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DORNEY P i',.R I S H N.E .W S. 
NO. i . JANU.lffi.Y, 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE P.lffi.ISH CHURCH OF ST. J.llMES. 
HOLY COMMUNION: Every Sunday at 8. a. m. 
First Sunday of the Month, at 12.noon. 
Third Sunday of the Month, after Evensong. 
MORNING PRAYER: Every Sunday at 11.a.m. 
EVENSONG: Every Sunday at 6. 3O. p. m. 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: Every Sunday at 2.35.p.m. 
SERVICES ON FE~T DAYS .AS ANNOUNCED. 
Vicar : 
Churchwardens: 
The Rev . E.T. Sherlock, A. K.C ., Hon. C. F. 
The Vicarage, Dorney , Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 421. 
Vicar I s Warden: 
People's Warden: 
Deputy People ' s 
Warden: 
Lt. Col~ P.D.-S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court , Windsor , Berks. 
~el: .Burnham 638. 
Mr. J . E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dor ney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386. 
Mr. T.W.E. Roche, 
St. Helier 1s, Dorney Reach , 
Maidenhead, Berks . 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447. 
THE EDITORS WISH ALL RE4,DERS_ A HAPPY AND PRO'SPEROUS NEW YEAR. 

THE SEi.SON OF EPIPIL:.NY. 
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Saturday, Januar{oth·:--·"The .Epiphany of · cur Lor·a. . 
7. a .m. and 1O. a .M. Holy Communion. 
Our Prayer Book word .. !.Epi:phanyL-is---a-lmost- a tra:ns-:-- - • • - 
literation of a Greek word meaning ' manifestation' or 'showing 
forth '. A more -anci·ent name for the Festival was the 
•' Theophania I or I the showing forth ·of God ' . It is interesting 
to note that· until the 4th · oentury, the Eastern Church celebrated 
our Lord I s Natiyi:tY., His Baptism ,;!nd· His first miracle in Cana on 
the Feast of the Epiphany. Towards the close of the century, it . 
appears tha t the West and East made ~utua l concessions, the West 
adopting J anu?ry ~th_ - wit~ its _E.1;tstern names - in addition to 
its own date and the East - but very s l owly - adopting December 
25th in addition t o January 6th. The beautiful story of the 
manifestation of our Lord to the Magi was added later than the 
other three events , but ftn~lly t ook precedence of them all. - __ _ 
Accor ding to· an·. otd l egend the names of the \/ise Men wer e 
Gaspar , Melchior , and.Balthazar; but how many there were is not 
told us in the Holy Scripture: we assume that there were three 
from the mentiqn of ·the three gifts. Tradi tibn also ni11su-s · - -· 
that they were baptized by S. Thomas , and suffered martyrdom 
for the Christian Faith. '.;1iether there is any historical foundation 
for this we. do not know . T4eir relics are said t o be 
preserved in the Cathedr~l Qhurch of Cologne , and three skull s . . I 
ar e exhibite~ there ,in a shrine enriched with jewels . 
There was a pious ·cus~om in England on the Feast of the 
Epiphany r'or the Sovereign_ t o make ,an offering of gold , frankincense 
and myrrh at_ th~ t.:lta~ of the- chapel Royal in St . J ames 1 
Palace in memory of the thre~ gifts which the Wise Men present ed 
to our Lord at Bethleheμi nearly t wo thousand years ago. The 
last Sovereign who made the· of fering in person was George III. 
Since then, two gentlemen of the Household lay a c asket containing 
the Sovereign1 s offering on the Altar. 
So much then for the hi storical aspect of the Festival: 
now l e t us remind oursel ves of one great spiritual truth it 
commemorates and one we tend to overl ook, and tha t is, t.he 
intrepid courage of the Uise Men in their search after· God . Their 
journey was an i mmense vent ure of Faith: it entailed bodi l y 

hardships and a steady perseverance, in circumstances of t he 
greatest discouragement , which was final ly crowned with success. 
And it was the 1star 1 that brought them t o their desti nation; we 
do not know what it was , but it was sufficient f or its purpose. 
We are also reminded of other 1stars 1 who have brought light to 
our world - Zarathustra , the Buddha, Confucius , Muhammad, Socrates, 
Plato, the Jewish prophets , and above all, our Lord Himself; for 
Christians He is 1The Light of the World 1 
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The Appointment of an Organist. 
It i s a pleasure t o announce that an emergency meeting 
of the P.C . C. has approved the appointment of Mr . Stephen Speight 
as organist , a post that has been vacant since the r etirement of 
Mr. A. Webb at the beginning of last year. Mr. Speight is an 
Oxfor d graduate, a schoolmaster and with experience in organplaying 
and l ooks f orward on t aking up his duties t o building 
up a good choir with the assistance of Mr . Bundy. Unfortunately, 
we shall be without the use of the or gan until the work t o the 
bells is completed i n February. In the meantime, we welcome Mr. 
Speight and hope that he will be happy with us. 
As Vic ar I should like t o take the opportunity of expressing 
on behal f of the P. C. C. and t he members of our congregation our 
deep appreciation t o Mr. Bundy for the excellent service he has 
given to the church during the t i me we have been without an 
organist and also to Mrs . Roche , Mrs. Ames and to my wife who have 
a l ways been willing to assist at the services. In particular, a 
1 thank you' t o Mrs . Roche for accompanying us so r egul arly at 
Evensong throughout t he past year. 
The Quota , 1962. 
The Vicar haJ3 r eceived notice from the Rural Dean that the 
apportionment of the Quota required from the parish of Dorney for 
the ensuing year is £61. What is the Quota? It is the l aity ' s 
annual subscripti on as members of the Church of England t owards 
the followi ng activities: 

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The maintenance of the Ministry, i . e . , its 
r ecruitment. 
The trai ning of Or dinands . 
The work of Religious Education. 
The work of Diocesan Administration. 
The work-of the Central Or ganization of the 
Church of England. 
Mr. A. Webb ' s Presentation. 
It is now some months ago since the P. C.C. agreed to 
make Mr . Webb a present t o show our appr eciation for the 
services he has render ed both the church and parish over many 
years. To date the donations have amounted t o £20. 9. O. 
As the suggestion originated in the P. C. C. and its members 
largely contributed to the fund, it was proposed at an 
emergency meeting uf the P. C.C. to increase it and present Mr • . 
Webb with a cheque for £60. before Christmas. 
The Reason Why. 
Why is the 1Gl6ria in Ex:celsis 1 in the Holy Communi on 
Service omitted in the Alfi:vent s eason? The seasons of the 
Church' s .Year refl ect her moods . The Church never presents the 
s ame uniform appearance anymore than do the member s that 
constitute her soul. In Advent and Lent the Church clothes 
herself in purple t o signify-her penitence and s orrow in preparation 
f or her Lord's Second Coming t o judge the world and f or 
the sin which was the cause of His Passion and .Death: at Easter 
she clothes herself in white to- s ignify her happiness and j oy 
in the commemor ation of her Lord's Resurrection and Triumph 
over s in and death. There are also certain other. customs which 
helJ.> t o enhance this I light and shade ' in the worship ~-:r' .. the - 
Church, for example, t o omit the 1Glori a in Excelsis' in the 
. Service of Holy Communion and to r efrain•from the use of flowers 
in. the church during these t wo seasons . 
The Christian Giving Campaign. 
Tr0 f;~~, m0 P.t ing oft.he Follow- up Committee , which, under 

Mr. Eastga t e I s cl: .. i:t ,:::nshi p h ~ 1:t::en ,,or king dxtremely hard ever 
since the end of t he intensive phase of the Campaign, was held on 
14th December and a new Pl edge Fulfilment Committee was elected 
as fol lows : 
Chairman: 
Recorder: 
Secretary: 
Committee: 
Col . Palmer. Vice-Chai rman: Mr. Eastgate. 
Mrs. Junes . Asst. Recorder : Mrs. Raylor. 
Mr. Gibson. Asst. Secret ary: Mrs. Cane. 
Messrs Farrington, Roche, Cottam, Gregory , f..mes , 
Allen, Pilkinton, Mrs . Raylor , Mrs . Gregory. 
This Commit tee will serve for the three years of the Campaign. Mr . 
Roche was elected Publici ty Chairman, His job will be t o publicize 
the work and results of the Campaign and in this connection Mr . 
East gat e has made Q proposal which recei ved f av ourable consideration
· namely tha t the "Dor ney Parish News" be used as the vehicle 
f or this publicity, as it enters almost every house in the Parish, 
and that a sum shoul d be set aside quarterly from the Campaign 
funds t o assist the Magazine for this purpose. The Editors 
strongly welcome t his idea; as i s well known, the Magazine ' s 
finances have been t ottering for a l ong time and it would be quite 
impossible to devot e space to r eports of the Campaign without 
further financial support. They believe that by this scheme up- todate 
information about the Campai gn will be made available t o 
everybody. An informal discussion will t ake place about the 
Magazine prior t o the next Meeting of the Pledge Fulfilment 
Committee on 4th January. 
Parishioners will be i nterested t o know that the fina l 
figure to date, when the Follow- Up Committee disbanded, was 
£6 , 850. 
Future issues of the Magazine will, if the f oregoing scheme is 
agreed, give details of progress , expenditure , work undertaken 
and social activities; the Hostess Committee is being r e - f ormed 
to take c are of the social side. 
Parochi a l Church Council. 
At a special Meeting of the P.C. C. held on Tuesday , 19th 
December it was decided t o appoint Mr. Stephen Speight t o the 
vacant p~st of Church or ganist. Mr. Speight is a graduate of 
Oxf'ord and at present t eaches in Slough. He will be free t o take up 
hi s duties at the beginning of January , when he wi ll co- opera~e 
wi th Mr. Bundy in enl arging the Choir and building up the musical 
l ife of the Church. 

Other mat t er s dis cus sed included t he pr esentati on t o Mr . 
Webb, which will be made shortly, and the possibility of 
installing a safe in the church t o r ec eive Chris tian Giving 
enve l opes . • . . . . . . . 
Offertory Counting Roster. 
Eve;ry Thursday at the Parish Room, Vicarage. 
_January 4th. Mr . Allen . 
Mr. Pilkinton . 
II 11th. Mr. Gregory. 
Mrs . Gregory. 
11 18th. .Col . Ame s . 
Mrs . Raylor. 
II 25th. Mr. Roche. 
Mr. East gat e . 
February 1st . Mr. Farringt on . 
Mr . Cot t am. 
Pi.RISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES. 
The Parish Council met on the 5th December . Subjects 
discussed included : 
Roa d Improvements . Cat s ' eye s had now been installed 
throughout the l ength of Mar s h Lane . It wa s r esolved t o write 
t o the County Council again about the Dent ' s Corner scheme . 
Playing Field. A l engthy di scussion t ook pla c e on Mr. 
Eastgate ' s propos al that part of the fie ld next t o the school 
should become a Parish pl aying field. It was finally decided t o 
ask the Ministry of Transport, the o~ner ~_of the l and, and the 
Eton Rural District Council f or their advice on its future us e 
and acquis ition. It was clear . that ev en fifty per c ent of the 
purchase price could not be raised from Parish r at es . 
Main Drainage Scheme . Det ailed pl ans of the main dra i nage 
scheme had been r ec eived ·from t he E.R. D. C. JJ't er discussion 
it was r es olved tha t these should be available f or ins pection 
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by the public at the Clerk' s house . They may, ther efore , be 
inspected at St. Helier 1 s on Saturday, January 20th, from 9. 30. a .m. 
to 11. 30. a .m. or at other r easonable times by a ppointment . 
Renaming of Road. A letter from a parishioner r egard ing the 
r enaming of the truncated portion of the old Marsh Lane was 
di scussed. Her proposa l was that the name Harcourt Drive 
was preferable to Oak Stubbs Lane, which the Council had sent 
forward to the E.R.D.C . The Council f elt that they had canvassed 
all r esidents of the road before making their suggestion, and , 
ther efore , r esolved to leave it with the E.R.D.C . 
Electricity Sub- Station. It was dec ided to write to the Southern 
Electricity Board, asking them to plant shrubs round the subs 
tation at the junction of Harcourt Road and Meadow Way . 
Other matters discussed included the by- pass and the Blue Bus 
Service . 
Dat e of next Meeting: Monday , 8th January, 1962. 
DORNEY VO MEN I S INST IT UTE. 
At the Monthly Meeting on 13th December , our eye wascaught as 
we ent er ed the Hall by the pr ett y table with its Christmas 
decorations and gifts 1 there for us to buy, the profits goi ng to 
the Oxford Famine Relief Fund. 
Mrs. Cane , the new President , greeted all Members and many 
friends; a special weicome was given t o Mrs. Fox who had r 8tu.rned 
after her illness. The Bursary for 1962 was drawn and Wir~. Roche 
won it . Mrs . Horner was proposed as a Group Convener and this 
suggestion was approved unanimously. 
A Handicraft Course for l ampshade- making, rug- making, 
leathercraft, glove- making, basketry , etc . will start on January 
25th at the Vill~ge Hall from 2.15. to 4. 15. and will last twelve 
consecutive weeks . Fee per person, ten shillings . Anybody, 
even if not a Member of the W. I ., will be very welcome t o this 
Course. 
A Drama Group was formed and fourteen Members j oined . It is 
hoped that it will be able to t ake part in the Bucks Drama Festival 
which t akes place in May. 
A l etter vias r ead from Mr. Bundy , who is again willing to act 

as Auditor , and the President expressed our grateful thanks . 
The Meeting again agreed t o give their Pennies for Friendship, 
which goes t o the Associated Countrywomen of the World 
who with this money help in the education of a woman in another 
country . We heard.; that one woman from Uganda is coming over her e 
to a University. 
The next Group Meeting will be he ld at Dropmore on March 
21st and Mrs. Horner suggested we should have a speaker who 
actually t ook part in the evacuation of Tristan da Cunha. 
The speaker , Miss Ballard, on costume from 1066 to the 
present day under the title "Pride , Prejudice and Petticoats11 
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descriped therepeat ed swings of the f ashi on pendulum through 
the ages, the r eflection of fashion in archit ecture and furniture, 
all of them expr essing the spirit of their particular age . A 
vote of thanks t o her was proposed by Mr s . Williamson. The soci al 
half- hour was organised by Mis s Ballard; it t ook the f or m of 
a miming game which evoked great l aught er . Our miming i s evidently 
not exactl y professional . 
The next Meeting will be held o,.~ January 10th; the speaker 
will be Miss H. E. Raven, whose subject will be "The Work of a 
County Almoner". Tea hostesses are Mrs. An!es and Lady Blake._ 
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DORNEY CHOR.CH CLEANilW RarA. 
January 6t}1. 
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13th. 
20th. 
27th. 
February 3rd. 
Mrs. Loughnan. 
Mrs . Gibson. 
Delphine Roche. 
Mrs. Williamson. 
Mrs . Barker . 
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"WITCHCR.A.Fl' . 
In my article last month I showed how a number of pagan 
customs survived into the Christian er a , and eventually became 
incorporated into the Christmas ritual , l ong after their 
original meaning had been f or gotten. This month I shal~ turn my 
attention t o a darker facet of pagani sm , which f or many centuries 
cast its shadow over Christendom, before it finally bowed t o 
r eason and enlightenment --- witchcraft. 
As I wrote in my las t article , the primary function of early 
religion was t o promote fertility i n crops , animal s and human 
beings . Many f orms of magic wer e pr actised t o achieve this a i m, 
but the most drastic and supposedly effective was t o shed the 
blood of a human v ict im. OrigJ.nally that blood had t o be l ong 
t o the noblest member of the c ommunity -- the king or chieftain, 
who , for the well-being of his peopl e , was doomed to annual 
death. In time, the wastefulness of this procedure became 
apparent, and a substitute victim -- a subject, slave or prisoner 
of war -- was off ered in his place . But the substitute sacrifice 
al~ays seemed dangerously near t o cheating the gods , and in times 
of s erious emer gency t he need to revert to the older practice was 
sometimes f elt. Of course, huraan sacrifice was not the only 
feature of pr e- Christian r eligi on. Ritual gatheri ngs of many 
types t ook place at approved seasons of the year, generally at 
such times as the solsti ces or the breeding seasons of domestic 
animals. Elabor ate rituals invol ving energetic dances and 
culminati ng in wil d orgi es were common, this being consider ed the 
most effective way of ensuring the universal f ertility upon which 
survival depended . 
When Christianity arrived in Europe , the ol der religions 
r etreated but did not surrender . An undercurrent of paganism 
coexisted wit h Christianit y throughout the Middle Ages and after, 
primarily, but by no means exclusivel y , among the less educat ed, 
and for the most part it was harmless enough. It matter ed 
little if a village crone claimed t o cure ailments by magic 
spell s , or if a scor e or so of peasants performed the anci ent 
ritua l dances at Beltane. But in the higher ranks of society it 
could cause trouble. Ther e is good r eason t o believe that 
William Rufus practised the ol d faith and that his per petual 
quarrels with the Church proceeded from this fact. Indeed it is 
more than likely that his death was not a s traightforward 

assassination by a discontentad subjact, but a ritual 
sacrifice of the king, reluctantly performed and 
heroically accepted to ward off some i magined disaster . 
By the sixteenth century witchcraft , which had pursued 
its way more or Jess unmolested throughout the Middle Ages, 
took a graver turn. In an age of political and religious strife 
its efficient organisation was frequently employed as a cover 
for subversive political activity. James I was the intended 
victim of a plot hatched by a coven of Scottish witches. And 
the dread of witches (not always women, by any means) so 
infected people1s minds that every drought and t empest, every 
plague of cattle or men , was attribut ed to the malevolence of 
some davil- worshipper. Laws against wi tchcraft became more 
and more stringent, and wer e so zealously enforced by terrified 
Catholic and Protestant alike , that thousands of harmless 
eccentrics were hounded to torture , trial and agonising death. 
Witchcraft at its best was innocuous, a harmless diversion of 
artless rustics; at its worst it was an ugly conspiracy. But 
never was it uglier than the forces sometimes ranged against 
it. The hideous catalogue of torture and burning employed 
to eradicat e this evil practice can be set beside the worst 
political persecutions of the t wentieth century. 
In the end human enlightenment destroyed the panic which 
had prompted this hysterical persecution. In 1650 witchhunting 
was at its height; by 1700 it was a dead- l etter, and 
the claims of surviving witches l argely a matter f or ridicule . 
In the country districts the superstition survived, but its 
t eeth were drawn, not by persecution but by scepticism. Even 
in the twentieth c entury a few credulous country folk may 
talk uneasily of the evil eye , but that is all that now r emains 
of a cult which once dominated Europe, and even t errified 
Christendom into its ugliest outburst of persecution. 
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DORNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Committee will \e meeting early this month to arr ange 
the Winter ' s activities and it is hoped that it will be possible 
t o make a further announcement i n next months i s sue . 
The frosty spell before Christmas and the incidence of the 
Christmas holiday will have limited gardening activi ties and in 
cons equence a back-log of work will have accumulated. At this 
time of the year gardening articles in t he Saturday paper s and 
the gardeni ng weekli es have from time immemorial enjoined one t o 
di g all vacant ground and the pioneer s of Dorne y Reach of thirtyfive 
or mor e year s ago c an still conjure up a smile when they 
r emember the time when all their half acre or more was vacant ground. 
In those days mechanical aids of the t_ype used i _n gardens today 
were unheard of and digging meant di gging - with a spade,. • 
Apart from the s easonable work of digging over the borders 
and dividing and r eplanting, pruning of fruit trees and bushes 
should be completed. Spraying with tar oil or similar winter 
washes should not be delayed much beyond the end of t his month. 
When pruning goos eberries why not try spur pr uning a few bushe s 
by cut ting back side shoots from the main branches , l eaving them 
about an inch or so long. This sys t em of pruning t akes l onger, 
but keeps the bushe s mor e open and· mor e~ver s implifies picking 
the fruit . 
In the cool greenhouse cutti ngs of Chrysanthemums can be 
t aken and Sweet Peas s own in pots. Seeds of many per ennials oan 
be r aised in seed pans or boxes and transferred l ater t o peat 
pot s r eady f or planting out direct into the border wi th no 
disturbance of t he roots . 
Stored Dahlia t uber s and Gladioli corms s houl d be inspected 
at intervals to guard against mildew w~ich may appear under 
humid conditions . 
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WATURE NOTES . 
In t he spr ing, the s t arch- white flower s of Jack- by- thehedge 
or Garl ic Mustard may catch the eye as these common 
plant s stand a l ong the hedger ow l ike plat oons of soldiers , but 
t he ability to l i ve in such a shaded situat ion usually means 
that the l eaves must start ver y ear ly t o make the plants food . 
For thi s reason t hey may be s een beginning thei r season' s 
growth in January. Marsh Lane has many of these plants along 
the base of the hedges and the leaves are alr eady showing 
in spit e of frost . 
The leaves of the Lor ds and Ladies are also ear l y for 
the same reason. Although t he correct name of this plant 
•arum maculatum• denotes that the l eaves are spotted with 
black, it is a curious fact t hat t he plant is gradually l osing 
its spots . Twenty or thirty years ago , it was comparatively 
rare to find an unspotted leaf - now they are common. I do 
not know of any explanation of t his , but cannot help wonderi ng 
if i n a century or so the botanists will not be confronted ~ith 
the task of changing the name to keep up with the plant. 
The Coltsfoot is another plant which appears very earl y, 
but here the order is r eversed as the flowering spikes appear 
first, follow ed by the l eaves. Food must be stored in an 
underground s t em for the flowers of the next s eason t o use. 
This plant can make use of dry , often artificial sites, such 
as the base of new walls , the edges of gravel paths or a 
heap of grave l by a roadside . 
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The Editor , 
Dorney Parish News , 
Dorney. 
Sir , 
Rhoswen , . 
Marsh Lane, 
Dorney Reach. 
. ·1oth Decemb~r , - 1961. 
On 8th December a r eport of a Parish Council Meeting, at 
which the r e- naming of a section of Marsh La~e was discussed, 
was published in the Slough, Windsor and Eton Express . As I am 
the resident r esponsible f or j_nstigating the appeal aga inst 
calling this section of road Oa~ Stubbs Lane, I should like t o 
explain the apparent contrariness· of my action of which a 
councillor complained. 
Firstly I do not see any_ reason why a· husband and wi -f e 
c annot disagree on any point of view or policy. Next , the s ection 
of road ori ginally suggested for r e-naming ran from G~imo ' s 
Corner to the By-Pass - it was this s ection that my hu~band . 
suggested should be called Oa~ Stubbs Lane when he spoke t o Mr. 
Bundy. In the November issue of the Parish News I sugg~sted 
that a shorter section, the one now to be r e- nf:lllled , should be the 
only part to ohange and · I gave my reasons for this ?nd for the 
choice of Harcour.t Drive . 
Now it seems that the Parish Council have r ecommended the 
r e- naming of the present,- shorter section while adheri ;1g to the 
name which to my husband and I at l east, was only suitable 
when it ap~lied to the stretch from Climo 1s Corner , which 
includes Oak S.tubbs Cottages . 
Finally I should like to point out tpat the l etter of 
protest sent'in the first instance to Eton Rural District Council 
was s.igned by s even r esidents r epr esenting five out of the nine 
households in this part of the road. Appar ently the f act that 
four of the signatories were women means that their opinions are 
not worthy of consider ation. 
Yours faithfully, 
D. P. GIBSON. (Mrs.) 

ROADS AND RUNWAYS. 
First things first: a Happy New Year to all readers of 
this column, which is, incident ally, exactly one year old now 
and still going strong. Since I have had no rude letters, I 
am presumptious enough to think that you like what is written. 
Maybe not! Any comments , or topics you would like to hear 
about? After all, it is your local magazine. 
I hope that you all will have a good party on New Year s 
Eve. 1 Charioteer 1 is spending New Years Eve in a Boeing 
720B bound for Karachi on a r ecord-breaking non-stop flight 
from London Airport. The Aircraft is the property of 
Pakistan International Airlines Corpor ation, and the r ecord 
they are trying to better i s h8ld by the Royal Air Force with 
a Canberra in 8 hours 52 minutes . We must better this t i me by 
at least 1% in order to have it officially recognised by the 
Federation Aeronautique Internationale i n Paris. More about 
the trip in a future issue perhaps. 
Talking of r ecords. - there is to be another attempt on 
the Sydney-London air r ecord in April next year by Ron 
Flockhart, the Scotsman who is perhaps best known for his 
exploits on a motor racing circuit. Although he is al so an 
accomplished pilot, Ron and his wife Gillian live in a small 
house at Warfield , near Windsor, and are both w~ll known to 
1Charioteer 1 • Ron, a delightfully dour Scotsman who looks 
about half his r ea1 age, is a par tner in an Ascot garage , but 
he is fully qualified engineer and has many additional 
int erests . You may r &call that early in 1961 he made an 
attempt in a Mustang fighter (similar to a Spitfire) which 
went wrong at Athens , when poor ground control on the part of 
the Greeks kept him waiting too l ong for t ake- off and the . ' engine blew up. Later, when he r eturned with a new engine to 
f erry the aircraft back to this country, fire broke out in 
the cockpit as the maintenance commenced the engine change · 
the air0raft was burnt out . ' 
Never to be discouraged , Ron has found another Mustang 
in Australia , and after completi ng the Australian and New 
Zealand mot or racing season, he will prepare the aircraft and 
himself f or the 11,000 mile flight from Sydney t o London. He 
will fly solo , and hopes to cover the r oute in about 36 hours . 
His s t ops, which will be for fue l only , are to be Darwin, 

SingaporG, Madr as , Balrr.:iin, ii.thens , and the final t ouch- down 
at London Airport . 
A pi oneering spirit s uch as Ron1 s is r ar e nowadays, names 
like Kingsford- Smith, Mollison, Lindber gh, Costes, ar c but 
memories s eldom stirred apart from r ecording their deaths or 
as a reminder of an er a. Although Ron1 s flight will be completed 
in a comparatively short space of time , it needs no l ess courage, 
determination, and concentration than ~as r equired by his 
predecessors in the field , - we wish him all the luck in the 
world for ev er y minute of those 36 hours . 
CHARIOTEER. 
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Editors: 
Editorial Board: 
Distributors : 
T.W.E. Roche, "St. Helier 1 s 11 
, Dorney Reach. 
(Telephone~ Maidenhead 1447). 
F. ]. Gibson, "Rhoswen11 
, Dorney Reach. 
(Telephone: Maidenhead · 3943). 
The Editors, Mr. L.H. Eastgate, 
Mrs. A. Eastgate, Mrs. H. Roche, and 
Mrs. D. P. Gibson. 
Village and Lake End. 
M±s. Finch, Mrs. Eastgate, Wrr. Allen, 
Mrs. Barker, Miss Bennett. 
Dorney Reach. 
Mr. GibsoR, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Roche, 
Mrs. Willia.ms, M:rs. Wooller, Mrs. Adcock, 
Mrs. Cobb, ·Mrs. Pilkinton, Mrs. Gregory, 
Mrs. Farrington. • 
Rates of subscription: 6s.Od. per annum f or 12 issues. 
12 months' reports for organisations: £2. 2. Od. 
12 months 1' insertion of advertisements: £1. 4. Od. 
.t dvertis ers and treasurers of organisations should please pay 
their subscriptions punctually to Mr. Eastgate . 
Distributors who collect subscriptions for thos e taking the 
magazine should hand them to Mrs. Gibson. 
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PARISH JJ -E W S. 
NO. 2. FEBRUARY, 1962. 
SERVICES . IN THE P .AfUSH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. 
HOLY COMM1.JNIOlh 
MORNING PRAYER i 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL g 
Vicar: 
Churchwardens i 
Eve:ry Sunday at 8.a.m. 
First Sunday of the Month, at 12 noon. 
Third Sunday of the Month, after Evehsong. 
Eve:ry Sunday at 11. a.m. 
Eve:ry Sunday at 6. 30. p. m. 
Eve:ry Sunday at 2.35.p.m. 
The Rev. E.T. Sherlock, A.K.C., HOn. C.F., 
The Vicarage , Dorney, 'vhndsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Vicar I s Warden: 
People I s •Nard en: 
Deputy People's 
Warden: 
Lt. Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor, :Berks. 
Teli Burnham '638. 
Mr. J.E. · Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Re'a ch, 
Maidenhead, Berks." 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386. 
Mr . T.W. E. Roche, ; . . 
St . Helier I s, Dorney R,~Ei"cih,; 
Maidenhea d, Berks. • • • • • 
Tel: _Ma.idenhead 1447 • 
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THE "NEW LOOK" OF THE DORNEY P .ARISH NEWS. 
You will have noticed the new preamblE?. at the begi:rming of 
this Magaz·ine, indica ting that it has been ·set for the first time 
on a prciper business footing with an Editorial Board and a much 
larger number of distributors. • • • 
.This .is the result of a Meeting _hel.d. at St. Helier I s on 

January 16th· to which all existing distributors and. a number of 
potential new ones were invited. Of OUJ'.' old distributors we were 
very sorry tc- say good-bye to Mrs. Wil-liamson who has borne the 
burden and heat of the day for some seventeen years; no-one has 
done more to see that the Magazine was punctually distributed and 
the Editors I lot made easier by punctual ·collection. She now • 
feels that her many cornmi tments require her to give up her ••• • 
magazine work; we regret, but understand , and can only say how .· 
· extremely grateful we are for all she has done. 
In her stead in the Village will be several new distributors 
working alongside Miss Bennett and Mrs. Finch , and the same in 
Dorney Reach 9 whe~e some of the great weight of work shared by 
Mrs. Roche, M:rs. • Farrington, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Dorrell has 
now been shared out.among a much wider circle . Mrs. Dorrell, too, 
felt that she must now give up, and the Editors thank her very 
much for sll her hard work.: on, what was a numerically very heavy 
assignment. 
Except in January, when there may be a day or two's delay, 
due to the Christmas holidays, the Magazine should normally be 
given out to distributors . so that it reaches all contri'butors 
who have paid i:.1p· for the · full year by the fourth of the month 
at the l atrnt. Should anyone not have received the magazine by 
the 4th, would they pleas e contact Mrs. Gibson immediately? 
It will be appreciated that it greatly lightens the work 
of distributors if subscribers would pay for the whole yea-:r at 
the outs et. We should also like to remind parishioners that 
they ar e only too welcome to contribute articles and lette-:r s to 
the Dorney Parish News, which in. days gone by was noted f o-:r the 
brillianc e· of some of· the letters to the Editor .. Yes , yo'-,,'-..',-,, 
Editors are gluttons · for ' punishment! 
At the meeting on J~nuary 4th, Tuir. Roche produced the bank 
statements of the Parish News which showed that the magazine 
has be~n struggling against an overdraft of from £2. to £19. 9 
according to season, fo:t ·nearlytwo · years - longer ago it was 
worse still. It was, therefore, very heartening news to learn 
that the Pledge Fulfilment- Bomi:il.i:ttee had ·agreed that a quarterly 
subs~r~ption wo:1-ld be paid to the "Dorney Parish News", on 
condi~ion that i~s accounts were submitted to the P.c.c., so 
that it could ac't as the vehicle . for diss eminating information 
about the ChTistian Giving Campaign and Church activities. This 
is a very welcome step and will at last enable the magazine to 
be run on a s ound financial basis.. For many years, of course, 

Chur ch a cti v i ties , s ervic es o.nd artic l es have appeared at no cost at 
a ll to the Church and indeed the Magazine .has copt:ributed in a 1?mall 
way t o t he Church funds, inasmuch as copies left in the Church 1nere 
sold in aid of Church finan<r:es and the money never r e turned to . 
Magazine funds. The present arrangement is, in your Editors' 
opinion, · a much fairer one. 
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OXFORD DIOCESAN BUDGET FOR 1962 . 
Summary of a letter from Sir Geoffrey Byass, 
Cha irman 7 Diocesan Board of Financ:e. 
On October 3:Lst the Diocesan Confer-enc e · passed ·the-· new 
]iooesan Budget for 1962. The figure is double that of 1960 , and 
in addition the Diocese i s being asked t o maintain the sum paid 
over by the Laity Challenge Fund as a r esult· of their yea r ended 
April, 30th, 1961, namely £13,000. The '.D1oc csan Budget for 1962 i s 
£74, 000. and the La ity Challonge Fund_ is expect ed to rais.0 £13 ,000, 
thus inaking a t otal of £87, 000,. <: _ . • •_ _ • _ 
. _ The who le amount of £8 7,000. is b e ipg , apportione d to: the 
D_eane;ri e s and Parishes by means of _1 Quota I or I Shar e 1 , and you will 
apprec i ate that the amount of n ew money b eing a sked for i s £30,000, 
i .. e. , , the difference between £44,000. for -~961 and ~74,000. for 
1,962 ( the Dioce sa,n Budget for 1961, . increE.Jsed by 20fo, was £44,000.) • 
The maintenanc e of the La.ity Cha llenge J?und is not new money: 
t.he n ew money i s accounted for in the follpwing manner: 
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For Clergy Stipends 
For Christian .Stewardship 
For Church Aided Schools. , _ 
For Extra Church Assembl y Appor ~ionment 
Ditt o for Training of Ordination Candida t es 
For Diocesan Administration 
F or various items including Reserve 
£15,0DO. 
£2 ,760. 
£6 ,000. 
,£2 , _282. 
r,370. 
£19 950. 
£1,638. 
£30, ooo. 

Comments on certain of the above figures. 
(1) • This amount with the sum of £13,000 from the Laity Challenge 
Fu,nd·, making a to.tal of £28,000, appears · mbdes.t compared 
with the present • grant from the Church Gommi'ssioners of 
£164,000. for the same purpose. · • 
(3) This figure is essent.i,a.l. ,f.o.r . .t ,h_e_, continuance of the 
modernisation programme. 
(6) A considerable part of this. increase is to improve :the very 
moderate standard of salaries . of the :b1ocesan .. Staff: . 
(7) The figure includes travelling expenses:, some extra 
expenses for Rural Deans, increased legal charges, an extra 
grant for Moral Welfare and a provision fGr a Reserve. 
To explain the whol e Diocesan Budget in a rather different 
way, out of each £1. a Deanery or a Parish is asked to pay, the 
money wil l . be used as fcliows: 
T.o improve Clergy Stipends. 
To Training Ordination Candidates. 
For Religious Education. • 
For Church_ Assembly Expenditure. 
For Christi an Stewardship. 
For the .repair Qf Churches. 
Fo:p mainten:9nce of 2 Suffragap. Bishops' Houses. 
Diocesan Office, · salaries and· expenses. 
Ditto, for Dilapidations Board. 
Maintenance of Church House. 
Infor!llation Committee , including Year Book and 
, . Bishop I s Letters. 
O~her: committees 1 expenses, etc. 
Other items and Reserve. 
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BAPT IS}lIS . 
December 3rd. 
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January 28th. 
BURIAL. 
December 29th. 
Carolyn Ann, daughter of Willi-am Bryan an<l Rose 
Marina Banfield. 
. J?hilip Mark, son of William Bryah and Ros',\3 
•• ~liarin'a Banfield. • • 
Linda· Jane, daughter of Ronald Munro· and llllile 
Penelope' Phyllis Swyer·. • 
Trevor John, son of John Richard· arid Jennifer Ann 
Ford. 
Edward Watson, aged 79 years. 
ALT.AR FLOWERS ROSTER. 
Feoruary 3rd. 
" 10th. 
11 17th. 
Mrs. Barker. 
Mrs. Fletcher. 
Mrs. Cane. 
-February_ 24 th. 
March 3rd. 
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CHURCH CLE~NING ROTA. 
Fe oruary 3rd. 
" 10th. 
11 17th. 
Mrs. Barker. 
Mrs. Farrington. 
_Mrs. Cane . 
Fi9'bruary 24 th. 
March 3rd. 
ROSTER OF USHERS. SUNDAY SERVICES. 
8.0. a. m. 
11. o. a. m. 
6.30. p.m. 
!111 Sundays. I\llr . Farrington. 
February ·4th: • • ' • ·wir . , ·Gibson. 
" 11th. 
" 18th. 
" 25th. 
March 4th~ 
All Sundays. 
Mr . Fletcher. 
Col. Ames. 
Ivir ••. Cottam . . . 
Mr. Gibson. 
. :Nlr. Roche · ) 
Mr. Eastgate) 
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I;ady Blake. 
Mrs. Ames . 
Delphine Roche. 
Mrs. fillles. 
by arrangement. 

OFFERTORY COUNTING ROSTER, 
Every Thursday. Pa~ish Room, The Vicarage. 
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8th. 
15th. 
22nd. 
1st. 
Mr. Farrington and Mr. Cottam. 
Mr. Allen and : M:r. Pilkinton. 
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory. · 
• Col. !l.llles and Mrs. Rayl or . 
Mr, Roche and Mr. Eastga~e . 
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1. CALL FOR VOLUNTEER BELL-RINGERS. 
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It i s hoped that our full pea l of six bells will be hung 
during February and the need for a team of ringers. is, . . .. 
therefore, imminent. Vo];unteers are sought for this inte:res ting 
and rewarding occ-qpation and a ti+tor ; will be available to teach 
t hem the art. 
As we ehall now hav~ ~x ~ij llsJ at least tw e lve volunte ers 
are needed. Dorney people have for long listened t o the pea ls 
of Bray ringing across ~he river to them; .so come forward · now 
and help to do your bit to help Dorney r e piy .to it~ -n ~ighb~m-! 
_Pleas e get in touch with the Vicar as ·e1frly as y ou • • • • • 
p~ssi bl-y ~an. Churcn be lls are part of the tradi tiopal English 
village life; we now have a r estored and r 'epaired 'Church ~ 
a go-ahea~ Church organis-a-ti:on "Wi:th ·a much wider appeal, 
all that is neede d are enthusiasts to give the outward and 
audible sign! • • . • :. _ _ . 
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CHRISTIAN GIVING Ci'JIIPAIGN·. 
A me eting of the Pledge Fulfi1fnent Committee was held at 
the Parish Room on 4th- January. Mr.· Gibson was elected 
·Secretary, a post which he, will hold in addition to his 
Secretaryship of the P.C .C . 
It was agreed tha t a -payment - or- subscription of £10. 
quarterly should be paid t o the "Dorn ey Paris h News " , subj ect 
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to its accounts being available for inspection by the PoC,C., so 
that it . may become the vehicle for circular.is;ing information 
regarding the progress of the Campaign. The Publicity Chairman, 
Mr. Roche, who is also co-Editor of the magazine, is also 
arranging the printing of the quarterly letter of information to 
all givers to the Campaign.. 
It was decided to set· up··--a Committee to look after the 
spiritual and social needs of the Parish. Further details of its 
activities will be given at .tt~ .f,Q 1 Q,.Meeting on February 7th, 
but in broad outline it is designed to keep alive the background 
interest in church affairs which was _evidenced s.o very .clearly at 
the Lo.y al ty Dinner, and to organise other aotiyi ties dμr,i:qg the 
year. _. 
The members of the Committee are willing to help anyone in 
difficulties - i.e. sicknes s , emergency, etc., ·with transport 
or practical help. Anyon~ ,, v{iql/.:i.-1?-€£ .~Q .EJVail themselves of this 
servic e , please contact Mrs. Sherlock at the Vicarage . (Burnham 
421). 
A further me eting of the Pledg e Fulfilmen,t Committee is 
being held on February 1st. As will be s een cin .anciiher pa-ge~ the 
now considerable task of counting t _he offertories to assist the 
Record.er has be en divided UP, on · a roster basis. 
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LEI'TER OF APPREC IAT ;ION FROM MR. WEBB. 
The Editors are pleased to print the follow1.ng le.tt er from 
Mr. Webb to the. Trea sur er of the Dorney Parochial Church Councili 
Edendale, 
~urnham, Bucks. 
Dear Colonel Palmer_, 
;r am indeed a lucky person to receive the cheque and g:ood 
wishe s from you and other friends in Dorney. 
I am unable to thank you all individually,, ' but I do remember 
the many .years of a very happy association with our Church and 
School which I am pfiv iJ.eged t o s h ar e.,. 

I have not yet been aple to come t o Dorney since ·-leaving • 
hospital a m0nth ago, but. look forward to doi.ng s o. soon. 
Yours .sincerely, , 
ALFRED WEBB. 
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The Editors take this opportunity of expressing their ·pleasure · 
at Mr. Webb's recovery and hope he may soon be well enough 
again t o pay a visit to his old haunt, Dorney . 
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~ AL PLACE N.AMES. 
The study of place names can throw a fascinating light on 
long f or g ot ten points of local lore. Enshrined in such names 
are innumerable scr.aps of information about an area -- its 
history, its customs, its vanished l andmarks, its people, and 
above all its topography·. ·· Throughbut its history -- and 
probably its pre-history too the River has been the 
dominating influence of our own di strict , and a brief glanc e 
at one or t wo of the local names ~estifies to the extent to 
which it ha s impressed itself upori those who have· dwelt along 
its banks . 
We must rem.ember . that in .pas t ages the Thames was a good , 
deal broader an d shallower t han in our own day, and places now 
~uite r emot e from its sho~es wer e once islands scattered among 
its numerous channels. An Old English word for islantl is 
'. ieg' ! now pr : ser':ed in. the archaic 'eyot', and the ending , -ey' 
in this l ocality is derived from this source. Thus our own 
village of Dorney means 'the island of the bumblebees' the 
first element coming from the Old_:g;n;glish 'dora', a h~blebee . 
The same derivation ~s fo.und ;in Boveney, .which means ' the place · 
above the island'. 
Taplow was presumably always far enough from the r;i.ver to 
escape i t s i nf luence when it was f i rs t named. It appear s to 
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have bee n c alled aft er . a mound i n ;the 'chprchy,ard ,: a'p.'d the :f i rst 
syllable may refer to some anc ient tribe or f amily of the narrie of 
Taeppa. Eton , too , i s unconnect ed with the r'iver. It :i s s imply 
a form of 'tun' or township, so c ommon in Englis h 0:J!l _g9_e _r:\ $IB8 $ ·~ 
But Windsor and Ma.idenhead are . firmly linked with the Thames. 
10ra' meant e bank in Old English, and 1windan 1 , not surprisingly, 
was the verb 1 to wind'. We may :imagine, ther efore, a row of' · ··· 
windlasses along the river ba~k in earlieJ'.' days , . denoting an 
important landing stage. The 1head 1 of Mai denhead should re a lly 
be 1huth 1 or 1hythe 1 ~· a landing place, and so this wa s onc e the 
spot where maidens came ashore. What ancient . c_ust<?rr.i.J ,f3 co,rnmeIP-orated 
in this, I wonder? 
Marlow s eems to t ake .its name , not from the river , but from a 
mere in the locality, aJ?,d the experts have conj ectur ed that the 
second element may be derived from I l af 1 , me aning I r emains i or 
1r emnants 1 • But what thes e r e lic s wer e his tory does not _r ecord • 
Perhaps some. ruined tower 0or -chu-:Pch br f orti-f'ication • whic h ~many 
centuries ago dominated the landscape . 
In conclusion, it must be admitted t hat the study of pl a c e 
names is often conj ectural , and alternative int erpre t at ions ar e 
sometimes plac ed upon the s ame name . If any · of ,·the explanations 
I have offered ar e unacc eptable to r eader s , the .,edi tars would be 
interested to hear their views on this intriguing subj ect . 
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PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIE·s. 
The Parish Counc.il met exc eptionally on a Monday this month, 
8th January to be precise. Subjects discussed i ncluded g 
Road improvements . It was decided to pas s t wo items recommended 
from the Road Safety Committee on t o the Divisional Surveyor for 
attention: 
(a) the subsidence of Common Road opposite Manor Farm 
(b) the bad condition of Court and Marsh Lane s . 
Attention was drawn to hls · predecesso~·, ~ under t aking tha t 
r egrading and r esurfacing would be undert aken when th e c ontr actors 
had finished with the by-pass works. 
It was al s o decided to send a r esume of the Dent' s Corner 

affair to Mr. Ronald Bell, M. P., as the Council, despite their 
repeated efforts over the last three yea:rs, s eem,ed to be 
waking no pr og:r: es s. • 
Main drainage. The Clerk reported that the plan's ,iiould be 
available for inspection on January 20th. 
By-Pass. The planting of shrubs on the f;Lyovers had again 
been broached· to the Ministry of Transport. The Cl,erk :reported 
a gap in the fence near the flyover which it was decided should 
be dr awn to the attention ?f .the Chief Resi~ent Enginee;r. 
Re-naming of roads. In view •Of the controversy which had 
arisen a bout re-naming the ~runcated part of Ma:r-s h • l,ane, , it was 
resolved to take a fresh vote- of electors on t h e stretch 
concerned and send the result to the E.R.D.C, • l:: 8fon1 their n ext 
Committee Meeting. 
Electricity sub-station, Harcourt Road/Ivleadow Way ,junction. 
It was decided to continue to press the Southern Electricity 
Board for the planting of shrubs round the now · very cons~
icuous sub-station. 
More may be expected on the subject of the proposed playing 
fie ld n exi; month. Other items discussed were F'inance and the 
County . Associa tion. 
The Parish Precept. This, the Council's for e c as t of expenditure 
and r a tes for the ensuing year, wa s pr es ent ed by Mr. B1111dy 
Chairman of the Finance Committee, and approved. It showed g ' 
General Rate: £152. 
Lighting Rate £98. 
representing 5. 56d. in the £. against 5. 99d. last year. The 
reduction is due to the fact that the lamp at Climo's Corner 
is now in s itu a nd paid for. The loan from the Public Works 
Loan Board for street lighting was now more than l:lalf rep;:iid 
and it was decided t© consider at the April mee ting the question 
of repainting the lamp standards. 
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LOCOSPO.rTERS, AIB.CR.AFTSPO'rTERS AN] SHIPSPOTTERS CLUB~ 
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The monthly meeting at St. Helier-1 s on J:a riuary 20th· was 
attended by only four members · and the Chairman. It was decided 
that a. rule should be made that members attending less than· six 
meetings a year could not participate in excurs ions. .rt was also 
decided to refer to the next meeting the possibility' ' of increasing 
the subscription to 9d. in order to provide . more ade quat e funds . 
The Chairman reported that h e had b e en a cc e pte d, as a . 
. Trainee GU:ard on the Bluebell Railway and had und er g one his first 
training trip· as guard under supervision of the Chief Guard . • 'rhe 
Club hopes to visit the line, pel'.'haps wh en the Chairman is 
guarding; next•· rneeting will be held at 9.30.a. m. ·on February 17th 
• for a vis it to London Airport, but . p e rhaps we shall get to the 
Bluebe ll line in April. 
A Quiz was held, won by Member Ferris, vvith Members Gwynn 
and Harris runners up. The Treas urer . made a statement of accounts. 
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CHAMPIONSHIP DOGS. 
Congratulations to Miss A. Allen, of. Elm View, Dorney, owner 
of Brocas Golden Guardian, a Golden Retriever, who has obtained 
three winning awards r ecently at Tiog Shm•J s. The f i rst occ a sion 
was at · the La dies' Kennel As s ociation s how at Olympia, when a 
First and a Second were won, a nd again a t the same venue, in the 
Richmond Championship . Show when a First prize wa s won. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. 
The monthly me eting was held on 10th January under the 
Presidency of NI:rs . Cane. She welcomed thr e e new Members , Mesdames 
Hohnen, Kelsey and Ravden and gave them the programme for the year . 
The meeting rec e ive d with great r egr e t the r esignation of Mrs. 
Singer, who is r e turning t o Canada. 
M.:rs. Barker r e ported tha t the proceeds of the Christmas Stall 
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were £5. l0s.; a letter o.f . thanks . . from the Oxford Famine Relief 
Fund was read, saying that still millions of Africans are dying 
of hunger and every gift, however small, is most welcome. 
As we now have a Drama sub-committee and the existing 
Committee needs enlarging, Mesdames Jones and Collins Jr. were 
co-opted. • • 
The Produce Guild is _running a competition for marmalade 
making at the Annual General Meeting at Aylesbury on 28th 
March. This competition will be five different varieties of 
citrus fruit marmalade or jelly. Anyone who would like to enter 
please bring one pound of their home-made marmalade to the 
February meeting. 
• Mrs. Roche reported on the Drama · sub-committee; there were 
now fourteen Members and they had entered for the Drama Festival 
in May fol' the Novice Cup. 
Members were asked for suggestions for a Spring Outing some 
time between 23rd April and 10th June, to •either an historic 
home, a factory, the theatre or the seaside. 
Miss Raven, in her · talk b:h "The· Work of a County Almoner" 
told us t11at 60 years ago, the first Almonei' started at the 
Royal Free Hospital. Most almoners work at hospitals in close 
connectio11 with the doctors who put them in touch withp.atients 
who need help in rehabilitation, help in the home and invalid 
aids for home nursing. She instanced inany cases of how an 
almoner had given invaluaole help to patients and their 
relatives and it showed without doub.t what a very worthwhile and 
busy life an almoner leads. Mrs. Horner proposed the vote-.: of 
thanks, 
The next Meeting will be held on February 14th, when the 
Speaker will be Mr. R. Taylor on Gardens. Tea Hostesses will 
be Miss I:redale-Smi th and Mxs .• . S.o;rensen. 
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THE DORl'l'EY PLAYERS. 
The first A~G.M. of the Dorney Players was held in the Village 
Hall on Friday, 12th January. The routine business included .the 
election of the foliow i hg officers for 1962:- • 
Chairman 
Secretary 
·Treasurer 
Committee 
Mr~ Gioson. 
Mrs. Finch. 
Mr; .Allen. · 
NU' s. Roche. 
Mr. Eastgate. 
Miss Cobb. 
When the business 'had been ·completed, the proceedings ended 
on a livel ier note, with a light-hearted entertainment by some of 
the junior members. 
Rehearsals for 'The White Sheep of the Family 1 are proceeding 
apace, and the play will be performed at the Village Hall on Friday 
and Saturday, 16th and 17th February. · The box office 1<1ill be in 
the hands of Mr. R. Bundy, and tickets will be · obtainab1e from him 
or through any member of the .Society. 
. Reminder to Members, that Subscriptions for 1962 ( 5s. Od. - 
2s. 6d. Juniors) are now due. 
DORNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
We can now look forward to more favourable gardenirig vJe ather 
and towards the end of this month seeds of Onion, Parsnip and Broad 
Beans· may be sown, also early Cabbage of a quick maturing variety 
such as Velocity, which will be ready for cutting in about twelv,e 
week·s if sown thinly and thinned out instead of being transplanted. 
For those who prefer to sprout potatoes prior to planting, seed 
should be obtained without delay and Members are reminded that seed 
potatoes are now obtainable at reduced prices at the Burnham 
Garden Society's hut on: Sunday mornings, between 10.a.m. and Noon. 
If gentl e heat is available in the gTeenhouse or frame, seeds 
of Antirrhinum, Aster, Stocks, Sweet Peas and many half,-hardy 
annua l s can be sown. Dahlia tuber s 1•1hich have been stored avJay 

from frost c an be placed in s:L.a llcw boxe s with 'a little soil and 
kept moist to encourage growth prior to t aking cuttings. --- 
In the greenhouse, cuttings of Chrysanthemums taken in 
Decemb er or J anuary may be ready for potting' up s ingly, but some . 
varieties do not str_ike :readily and· it is not too l _ate to take 
mor e cuttings to r eplace failure s. 
Pruning an~ s prayi:ng of fruit, trees should have_ been 
completed by now and they will b enefit from a dressing of a 
complete f ertilizer in the quantity· as directed ·by the makers. 
It should be app_lied to_ an area as to the spr.ead of the branches 
and lightly f orked in. • 
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NATURE NOTES . 
The bullfinch is r egarded as a pest ,by the .fruit far::ner and 
in coμnties s uch as Kent or ·Worcester they may flou]\'ish in gre at 
numbers and do much damage. In this parish I -have s een a f'e v-.' of 
them at a ll seasons a l ong t h e riv·er, but in my own .garden, which 
is a sho rt way 11 inland", t he y are only cold weather visitors . 
In the r e c e nt spell of c 0ld weather, two pai rs or bull - , 
f inches watched ot her birds feeding on m;y bird-table but did not 
v enture to us e it themse lves. • -I ·d.id •not s ee them f eed i ng a nd 
fe ar they found little to satisfy the i r hunger for a f ew days 
l ater at the beginning of the thav:-1 9 I was shaking snow from a 
fir tree branch and fo~d a bullfinch lying dead a t my f eet. 
The bird was a f emal e and I pr e :::;urne h ad r C'os t ed in the tre e , - 
-died in the bitt er night frost and f ell out when I t ouched the 
branch. . ' ' • 
It was inte r es ting to handle the 'bird and admire the black 
and grey plumage wi th pearl grey bre ast faintly suffused with 
the pink o olour 9- which in the cook becomes s uch a warm rose red. 
On spreading. the wings, the white rump came into view ,vhich 
makes the bird s o easy to identify as it flits away along a 
hedger ow. For a few days, the c ock, with or without the other 
pai~, vi::;;i "'!;eq. the garden , then, with improved we a ther, r eturned _ 
to its normal haunts. • , . 
The .cold WE!athe:r a l so brought a mi stl e thrus h to my bird 
t ab l e. This bir d i s _common i·n t 'n0-. .J:>i• 1r1 -: b t • : t • 11· - i e ~s , U l S no U S U 8 y 

inter es t ed in artific i al food. At one time it was f eeding with a 
song thrush which mad e it easy to see the much l ar ger size, 
greyer plumage and larger, more defined spots. These comparative 
differences are much mor e difficult to ass ess in normal conditions, 
so it is usef'ul to know that the mistle thrush has white tips 
to the outer tail feathers which serve as a most us eful field mark 
as the bird flies from the observer. 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. 
NO. 3. MARCH, 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE .PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES . 
HOLY COMMUNION: Every Sunday at 8. a .m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12 noon. 
Third ,Sunday of the Month after Evensong. 
MORNING PRAYER : Every Sunday at 11. a. m. 
EVENSONG: Every Sunday at .6. 30. p. m. 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: Every Sunday at 2. 35. p.m. 
SPECIAL SERVICES IN LENT: See below. 
Vicar: 
Churchwardens : 
The Rev . E. T. Sherlock, A.K. C., Hon~C. F., 
The Vicarage , Dorney, Windsor , Berks . 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Vicar ' s Warden: 
People ' s Warden: 
Deputy People ' s 
Warden: 
Lt. Col. P.D. S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor , Berks . 
Tel: Burnham _638. 
Mr . J . E. Farringto~, 
Melrose , Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead , Berks . 
Tel : Maidenhead 1386. 
• Mr. T.W. E. Roche, 
St. Helier ' s , Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead , Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447 . 
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THE PARISH NEWS Sl>EC IAL NUMBER. 
The March, 1962 , number , apart from being JRTger than the 
normal, is a very special issue. A copy of it is' being delivered at 
every house in the Parish, ' not only at those where existing 
subscribers live; and non- subscribers will find· a· l eafl et inside 

their copy invi ting .. them to take. the magazine regularly and giving 
the name and address of their distributor, who will be calling again 
before 18th March to.see whether they now wish. to become regular 
subscribers, 
This number also inoludes, for the first time, full details of 
the Christian Giving Campaign's progress to date, This information 
will appear quarterly, Another new feature is the publication of 
Dorney School term dates, which we fee1 will be helpful to parents, 
It will also be helpful, the Editors feel, to publish as many 
of the Parish rosters as possible, So many people now have commitments. 
to various _t~i~gs that the odd "date" is apt to be forgotten, 
In this connection, we invite the Secretaries of organisations to 
send us dates of events, 
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ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT. 
The word 'Lent• is derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'Lencten• 
1. th e spri•n g I , b ecause the f ast occurs i. n the spri.n g of the yea,r . It 
is a season of special preparation for the qommernoration of our 
Lord I s sufferings,. death a,nd rc,surrection. I:f the origin of Lent 
was mourning for. the death of our Saviour, it is easy to see how 
such mourning would pass into sorrow for the sin which caused His 
death, and fasting, the sign of sorrow, should become the mark of 
penitence. • 
The Lenten Collects consist mainly of oonfessions of sinfulness, 
and prayers ·for divine help and pardon, The Epistles and 
Gospels set forth the need of self-denial, and hold up the example 
of our Lord for our imitation. · 
Our Church lays do~n no definite rule about the character and 
degree of our self~denial, but leaves it to each man's conscience. 
Th~ ~nd to be kept· in view is the subjection of the body to the . 
spirit, and the preparation of our hearts for the due celebration 
of Easter, 
The Vicar hopes th~t parishio~er~· ~ill attend the Lenten 
services, especially Holy Communion, even if it should mean 
curtailing certain activities in ordor to do so, . 
. On Ash Wednesday, 7th March, and the following Wednesdays 
during Lent, the services will be: 
7, a,m, Holy Communion, 
10.a,m. Holy Communion, 
8,p.m. Compline and Address, Subject: 'Ou:r Lord's 
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MOTHERING SUNDAY. 
The Mothering Sunday Service for parents and children will be 
held on. the Fourth Sunday in Lent, 1st April, at 2.35.p.m. It is 
an ancient custom on this day to thank God for the love of our 
mothers who do so much for us. A festival in honour of motherhood 
goes back to the times of the ancient Greeks who worshipped Cybele, 
the mother of the Gods, and honoured her with pagan ceremonies in 
woods and caves. The custom passed from Greece to Rome about 250 
years before Christ, With the coming of Christianity this festival 
developed into the annual custom of attending a 'Mother Church• on 
the Fourth Sunday in Lent for the purpose of thanksgiving. It was a 
common practice many years ago - and still is in some parts of the 
country - to visit one's parents on mid-lent Sunday, taking some 
little gift such as a simnel cake or a posy of flowers. As an old 
rhyme puts it: 
CREMATION. 
February 1st: 
•When at mid-lent thou dost wake, 
To thy Mother bear this cake, 
She will prize it for thy sake', 
1We go a-mothering, sir, to-day, 
Our debt of' gratitude to pay. 1 
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Walter James Hope, aged 49 years. 
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THE • LAYMAN IN CHURCH GOVERNMENT, 
On Monday, the 16th April, the Annual Meeting or the Easter 
Vestry will be held in the Village Hall at B.p,m. For the information 
of parishioners interested in church_government, something 
should be said about th_e purpose of this Meeting and the qualifications 
required of thos·e who would like to attend and ta:ke part in 
the discussions and elections. I propose to treat the matter 
under three heads: 
First, the Purpose of the Annual Meeting or Easter Vestry, 
The "Annual Meeting must be held .every year not later than the 
week following Easter week. The Parochial Church Council presents 

for discussion at this Meeting a copy of the Electoral Roll,- the 
Annual Report on the proceedings of the Council and on the financial 
affairs of the parish and the Audited Accounts of the Council for 
the year ended· 31st December, 1961; there is also presented a Report 
on the fabric, goods and ornaments of the church. When this 
business is transacted, those who are qualified to do so (see note 
on Electoral Roll), immediately proceed to elect the church officials 
for the ensuing year, namely, the Members of the Parochial Church 
Council, the Churchwardens, the Representatives to the Diocesan and 
Ruridecanal Conferences and the Sidesmen. This in brief is the 
purpose of the Annual Meeting. 
Second 1 the Powers and Duties of the Parochial Church Council. 
Let us now go on to consider the powers and dJties of the 
Church Council, It must be obvious to the readers that the Church 
Council is the 'parliament• or •governing body' of the parish church, 
It exists to co-operate with the Vicar in the initiation, conduct 
and development of church work within the parish and outside. The 
powers vested in the Council enable it to carry out the following 
duties, 
(a) The Church Council is the financial authority of the parish 
church. It authorises expenditure and is responsible for collecting 
and administering money req,uir,ed £-o.r- church purposes, both for its 
spiritual and material needs. It is responsible for the allocation 
of money for church repairs, insurances, charities, religiol!J? 
education and for the missionary work of the church; in other 
words, it frames the annual budget. 
(b) Although the rights of the Vicar and Churchwardens are now 
so limited as to be almos·t negligible, the Vicar is in theory the 
'owner• of the church and churchyards and the Churchwardens are the 
•owners• of the goods and ornaments of the church. In practice 
however, it is the duty of the Church Council-to-see that .. thes; 
things are maintained in good order and that such property as ought 
- to be is properly insured. 
(c) The Church Council may also acquire property for church 
purposes connected with the parish, but this does not .concern us in 
Dorney. 
Third, the Electoral Roll of the Parish. 
Now arises a question of practical importance for those who 
wish :'o take p~rt in the local government of the church. -Who may 
exercise the right to vote in the election of church officers at 
the Annual Meeting in April? The answer is quite simple: only 

those whose names ar e on the Electoral Roll of the parish: this is 
the basis of the scheme. There is no r eason , of course , why ot hers 
- friends , those interested who are not on the Roll - shoul d not 
attend the Meeting, but they do so by courtesy. The Roll.contains 
the names of persons who are qualified elector s i n the parish. They 
ere l ay members of the Church of England , of 17 years of age and 
upwards , of either sex, who are bapti zed and declare that they are 
members of the Church of England , and do not.belong to any r e l igious 
body which is not in communion with that Church. The age used to 
be 18 , but was l ower ed t o encourage young people to take an active 
share in the life of the Church. Being one of the elector ate i s 
thus a responsible. matter .. •A person cannot be a qualifi ed elector 
unless he r esides in the parish, or is entered on the El ectoral 
Rol l as a non- resi dent · elector: · · in the,latter case, he must have 
habitually attended public worship in the parish on whose Rol l he 
seeks to be entered for a period of 6 months before he can apply for 
enrolment. 
But we should note that although baptism is the necessary 
qualification for having our names on the Electoral Roll of the 
parish, no person whose name is on the Roll can be elected to any 
office on the Church Council unless he is a communicant member of 
the Church. 
Application papers for en:rolment may be obtained from the Vicar. 1 
To the Editor, 
Sir, 
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Two Gates. 
I feel that 'the· ·b"c:11'd· ·a:rmouncement ·in your l ast issue - 
"Burial. Edward Watson11 is not a sufficient tribute to one of the 
best known and best loved characters in Dorney Vil lage . 
The associ ation of the Watsons with lhe Palmer family goes 
back many years. 
James Watson, Mr . Edward Watson' s father , was Coachman to 
Colonel C.H.D. Palmer for fifty three years. Mr . Watson hims elf, 
also worked for Colonel C.H.D. Pal.mer , grooming his hunt ers and 
.driving his car after the 1914- 18 War . 
For thirty four years , until his death, he r an his farm 
successful ly, but that is not the summation of what he was . 

I knew him well for the thirty years I have lived in Dorney 
and I know that he was one of the most liked, respected and generous 
of men. 
He had a famous saying which Dorney peopl~ will remember: 
"Everything rightens itself in the end". I hope it has for him. 
As far as I am concerned, I have lost a good friend and I am sure 
so have many others. 
Yours sincerely, 
W. L. WILLIAMSON. 
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WALTER ("CHARLIE") HOPE. 
The Editors record with very great regret the death of Walter 
Hope, known to all his friends as "Charlie", after a very protracted 
and agonising illness which he bore with tremendous faith 
and fortitude. For the last few months he was continuously in and 
out of hospital and the faith and fortitude which he showed were 
mirrored by Nancy to whom our very deepest sympathy i~ extended. 
Charlie I s arrival with the milk, irrespective of weather en 
cold dark winter morpings_, _ip, ;r_a.in or in sunshine, was always' a 
pleasant moment. He was invariably bright and cheerful and one 
wonders ~ow many of us viuuld care to rise habitually at 4.a.m., 
Sundays ·included, to de this essential, but cold and tiring job. 
In Dorney we shall keep Charlie 1 s memory green and we wish Nancy 
success in her new post. 
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THE DORNEY CHRISTIAN GIVING CAMPAIGN. 
The first quarter since the start of the Campaign is now over 
and the Committ;e has been able to take stock .. It is presided 
over by th; Chairman, Colonel Palmer, and in his a~s~nye by the 
Deputy Chairman, Mr. Eastgate. The Committee consists of a dozen 
people; at the centre of the organisation is the Recorder Mrs 
Ames, who supplies information to the Committee and record; fac;s 
and figures, a very onerous task.. • 

The r esponse t o the Canvass in the first quarter was extremel y 
generous and cons ider abl y in excess of the Committee ' s hopes. The 
total amount promised ov er the three years came to £6 , 824 : up t o 
the end of the first quarter on 28th January, 1962 , the amount 
pledged was £326. and the amount actually received was £311. In 
addition, annual donations and covenants r eceived came to £118. In 
addition £658. 9. 3. of unpledged money was r eceived from varying 
sources - £10. 13. 0. from f amilies us i ng the envel opes without having 
pl edged; £83. 17. 9. from , loo$e. c ash in Church collections , the Church 
Box and Carols; £10. 18. 6. from old covenant s; unpledged donations 
of £153. from parishioners; £250. from out s ide the Parish and £150. 
as a grant from t he Bucks Historic Churches Trust . 
Most of the repairs and r edecorations to the Chancel and Nave , 
as origi nally order ed, have been complet ed and have been paid for , 
except f or a small balance under £50. Good progress has been made 
on r epair s to the Tower and it i s hoped that our b ells will be 
r ehung before the end of March. The organ will then be brought 
back into use; Mr. Spai ght, our Or gani st , will then have an 
opportunity of pl aying to us on an instrumer:t of which we are all 
fond . Steps ar e being taken to expand the choir to accompany hi m 
and volunteers shoul d get in touch -with the Vicar; a l so, volunt eer 
bell- ringer s are needed and shoul d al s o contact Mr. Sher lock. 
It is hoped shortly to i nstal a moder n safe box in the Church 
to t ake both envelopes and coi n . By the end of Mar (.;h we should 
have paid off the bills for the Campai gn, but those for the bel~s 
and t ower r estor stion will just be comi ng in. A decision on bow 
thGse bills ar e to be met will be taken by the Parochial Chuxch 
Council at t heir annual budget meeting; and the Vicar , i n hi s 
article on "The Layman in Church GoverrL-nent" above ,- gi ves detail s 
of how people whose names ar/3 on the Church Electoral roll can h"ave 
a say in the choice of those who serve on t he P. C.C. . . 
Turning now to the spiritual achii.evements of the Campaign, 
ther e has been a noticeable increase in the numbers of those attending 
Sunday services and a steady growth of good fe llowship within 
the church itsel f . The Campaign has kindl ed fres h inter est in the 
work and worship of the church and f irm friendships have spr ung up 
as a result of whi ch new t a l ent has been brought in t o Church . 
affair s . The Campaign mor eover has r eveal ed that there is much_ 
goodwill in the Parish t owards the Chuxch and a r eadiness t o assis t 
in its various tasks , even among those who ar e not accustomed to 
"church going" . Among those 1?ho have come into the scheme have 
been a number of old age pens ioners . • 
Dorney has always b een an example· of the spirit of "One and 

All" and parishioners have stood by each other and helped each 
other in time of need and distress without requiring any second 
bidding; this characteristic has expanded as a result of the 
Campaign, Moreover, the Campaign has shown us that church members 
can agree to differ among themselves and yet remain loyal and 
devoted to their parish church - a fact which augurs well for the 
future. 
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A LIST OF JOBS TO DO IN THE PARISH. 
To give practical effect to the feelings exp~essed at the time 
of the Camp~ign, we give below a list of some of the jobs that need 
to be done in the Parish; it is appreciated that very many of 
t~es~ are already being done, but in some cases, it is by a band of 
w7lling horses only; and perhaps many people in the Parish would 
like to direct their efforts to some end useful to their fellons 
directly or indirectly connected with the Church, but do not as ' 
yet knm1. what needs doing, If, on rc,ading the list, you would like 
t? help in one or other direction, please contact the Vicar who 
will tell you who organises that particular branch of activity at 
present, 
1, 
2. 
3, 
4, 
5. 
6. 
7, 
8, 
9, 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14, 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
To j?i': in regular interce~sion (at home/in Church), 
To v7sit and entertain the ill or elderly or lonely, 
To give them practical help (washing, cleaning, shopping, 
etc,), 
To provide transport to bring people to Church, 
To act as a baby sitter. 
To d~str~bute Parish magazines (monthly), 
To distribute Church literature and notices (occasionally), 
To teach in Sunday School, 
To help with Youth Clubs. 
To Join the Choir, 
To join the bellringers. 
To join the hand-bell ringers. 
To serve at the Altar, 
To wash and mend Church linen. 
To make and mend Church robes and vestments, 
To clean the Church, 
To deal with Church cobwebs. 
To clean the Church brasses, 

19. To 
20. To 
21. To 
22. To 
23, To 
24, To 
25, To 
26. To 
27. To 
28, To 
29. To 
do the Altar flowers. 
decorate the Church at festivals. 
design posters, 
do the Churchyard and Cemetery, 
burn Churchyard and Cemetery rubbish. 
work on the Cemetery extension. • 
help with secretarial work (typing/duplicating), 
serve on the Magazine .Editorial. 
help at Social functions (entertaining, catering, 
serving). . 
take a closer inter~st in a Missionary Society (e,g, 
S,P,G,, C.M,S,, Bible Soc., Additional Curates Soc., 
Missions to Seamen, C,of E. Children's Society etc.) 
take a closer interest in a non-Church Society (e.g. 
Family service unit, Council for Social Services, 
W,V,S., Red Cross, Epilepsy Assoc., Infantile Paralysis 
_Fellowship, etc.). 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. 
In spite of a bitterly cold east wind and t_he imprGssion that 
the Village Hall would be blown away at any moment, 27 members 
turned up at our monthlY. mee~ing_o~ ~4th February; the Chairman, 
Mrs, Cane, welcomed a new Member, Mrs, Smylie, and the visitors, It 
v,as again brought to Members I notice that they should bring five 
different types of citrus fruit marmalade to the next meeting for 
possible entries for the Competition. 
By a majority vote it was decided that the spring outing 
would be to Blenheim on 16th May. The Secretary to the Drams Group, 
Mrs, Collins junior, reported that a stage make-up course, run by 
Leichner, would be held on 12th March. All particulars can be 
obtained from Mrs. Collins, "Northfield", Dorney, • 
A framing school will be held at High Wycombe on 13th March, 
to which·Mesdames Cliffvrd, Eastgate and Roche will be going, 
The 19th February will be the eightieth birthday of Mrs. 
Collins senior, and our Chairman wished her many happy returns on 
behalf of the Institute, • 
Our Speaker was Alderman R. Taylor on "Gardens", Already in 
Babylonian days people had a good conception of how to make 
qrnamental and hanging gardens; the .a~cient Greeks were the first 
propagators of hybrid roses. "Dorothy Perkins" type roses 

wer e bred i n Germany 800 years ago and the mediaeval monasteries 
had wonder ful herb gardens . 
Henry VIII introduced flower ing cher ries and from that t i me 
onwar d mor e formal gardens were l aid out , with Canterbury bells, 
Sweet Williams , etc . The first nursery was started i n York i n 1688; 
one of the most famous nurseries was that of Veitch and Son, whi ch 
was in Slough until 1912. 
Our country well deser ves the titl e of the greatest hor ticul 
tural nation in the world; plant speci mens were collected ~nd 
brought here from all over the earth. Kew Gardens have always been 
to· t he fore in research on plants, Dropmore , l a i d out by Granville , 
has one of the finest arbor-atories in the c-ountry and Hunter combe 
Ma-nor became famous for i t s violas . Cliveden had one of the most 
marv-ellous and famous gardens till forty years ago. All these 
gardens of great estates wer e run by head gardeners who were among 
the abl est men in ·their profession. 
The vote of thanks was proposed -0y Mrs . Eastgate . 
The Social Ti.me_ w_as r .~ .~Y _Mrs ._ Warner and several of us got 
prizes for havi ng ladders i n our stockings, having eaten fish that 
day and even for having husbands who took size 17 i n collars. 
The next Meeting will be on 14th March-, when the Speaker will 
be Miss K.H. Dench on "Deprived Children" . Tea hostesses are Mrs . 
Dorrell and Mrs . Williams . 
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LILIAN FOX. 
The day foll owing our Meeting, 15th February, was a s ad 
occasion for the Instit ute as i t was on that day t hat Lilian Fox 
died at her brother ' s home in Hythe, Kent. A Member of the Dorney 
W. I . for many years and P~esident from 1955 to 1958 , l ater a Group 
Convener , Mrs . Fox was well- l oved by al l who knew her both inside 
t he W. I . and wi thout . ·she ran our Social Hal f -Hour for a l ong 
ti~e and had an absolute flai r for produc i ng new i deas . 
. We shal l remember her as an i ntelligent , ki ndly and cultured 
friend , always impeccabl y dressed, with a ready humour and a 
bri lliant appr eciation of musi c; she was an Assoc i ate of the Royal 
Col lege of _Music . The W. I. and Dorney, ·in general , wil l miss her 
sadly. • 
I n cons lusion, t he W. I . woul d like to thank t he Vicar , Mr. 

Sherlock, especially for the way in which he .took the Memoria_l 
Service to Nil's. Fox and for arranging to hold it in Church at the 
same time as her crer!!ation was taking place at Gharing in ,Kent. 
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ACCOMMODATION FOR NEW LADY TEACHER. 
The School Iianagers are hopeful of obtaining the services of a 
young lady teacher, who h~s ju~t been intervie"'.ed for the post, to 
take the place of Mrs. Gibson at Dorney School, as from next term. 
This young lady is at present teaching at and lodging in 
Reading and would like to find accommodation in the Parish· ·0£ 
Dorney. Anyone willing to offer accommodation is askG,1 to get in 
touch with Mr. Eastgate, It would be from May onwards. 
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PLEDGE FULFILMENT COMMITTEE. 
Next Meetings: 1st March. 
5th April. ................. 
ALTAR FLOWER ROSTER. 
March 3rd. 
Thereafter no 
April 21st. 
Mrs. Ames. 
flowers during 
Mrs. Lely. 
Lent until: 
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CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER. 
March 3rd. Mrs. Ames. March 24th. 
" 10th. Nrrs. Lout,hnan. II 31st. 
II 17th. Mrs. Gibson. April 7th. ................. 
Mrs, Williamson. 
Mrs. Barker. 
Mrs. Farrington, 

ROSTER OF USHERS. SUNDAY SERVICES. 
8. a .m. 
11. a.,m. 
6. 30. p. m. 
All Sundays . 
March 4th. 
II 11th. 
II 1et:ti: 
II 25th. 
March 4th. 
Other Sundays . 
Mr. Farrington . 
Mr. Gibson. 
Mr . Fletche r . 
CoL ·Ames. 
Mr. Cottam. 
M.r. Eastgate. 
Mr . Roche and Mr. Eastgate . 
(by arrangement) . .......... ... .... ...... 
OFFERTORY COUNTING ROSTER. 
(Parish Room, The Vicarage) . 
March 1st. 
II 8th. 
11 15th. 
II 22nd. 
II 29th. 
DORNEY PLAYERS. 
Mr. Roche , Mr. Eastgate. 
Mr . Farrington. Mr . Cottam. 
Mr . Allen. • . Mr • . Pilkinton. 
Mr . and Mrs . Gregor y . 
Col. Ames . Mrs. Raylor . ... .. ...... ........ ... 
Months of rehearsai; often.in very cold conditions in the 
Village Hall, came to their logical conclusion on 15th, 16th, and 
17th February when 11The White Sheep of the Family11 , by Ian Hay 
and L. du Garde Peach, was presented by the Players . The first 
night , Thursday, was a special performance for the "old folk", 
who were a heart- warming audience with their ready laughter and 
comments . This put the cast in good spirits.for Friday the first 
night of a big house - ·perhaps"66 peopie were there , and this 
audience , appr eciative of the subtleties , evoked what was perhaps 
the best performance of the three . Saturday' s atmosphere, with a 
packed hall, was very cheerful and tulerant, but we did notice one 
or two inst~nces o~ forgotten lines and prompting. • 
It takes some t i me for the cast t0 assume completely their 
normal identities again. We now see Francis Gibson as.the impecc- 
abl y turned out, beautifuliy "enunciating master burglar , Mr. Winter ; 
who woul d n?t love to have his watch taken by such a glamorous pickpocket 
as Wi nter ' s daughter Pat (Diana Cobb) or a brooch "lifted" t.v 
her mother , Peggy Finch. Peggy does the r est of us a power of good 
on the s t age; she always knows her part absolutely and really ent ers 

into it . Her son Pet er , who has always been s o happy forging in his 
little den (David Turner) had r eluctantly turned honBs~--man to marry 
his Angela (Audrey Wooller) , who calmly and co~lly dGnied her first 
admission that she was sorry for cracking cribs all over London. 
Her father, Assistant Commissioner John Preston (Len Eastgate), 
r esplendent in ex- ..'i.rmy moustache and Special Branch bowler, shared 
with the Vicar (Twe Roche) the doubtful honour of being one of the 
only t wo actors whom convention , that purbli nd jade , would call 
honest. 
No such claim could be made . for Janet , the housemaid (Audrey 
Eastgate) who , though only a trainee pickpocket , certainly hung 
over Angela in such a menacing manner that anyone who habitually 
goes around smothered in valuables must have qua i led. The Vicar 
is suspected of having alter ed the text to drag in the Bluebell 
Line; anyway , when he r eturned to his normal job he was asked if 
he had r esumed his usual function of one of the black sheep of the 
Airport . 
The producer, Yetta Roche , has put in unstinted energy and we 
do hear it said inside and outside the village , that this year 1 s 
performance was ·a very polished one ; anyhow, we hear as we'go to 
press that the producer is off to Germany for a holid:;i.y and we are 
sure she deserves it. To the r est of the "back- r oom boys and 
girl s " the great thanks of the Players are extended - to Con 
Willi~mson as our Stage Manager , Dorothy Gibson as our Assistant 
Stage Manager and prompter and Lily .Allen for "props 11 
; to Roy 
Bundy for Box Office and Dora Cane for House Management , and to 
Glen Allen· for making the ·scenery; but if you think that i s Glen' s 
only job you obviously didn't see the play, because if ever there 
was a spivvy spiv it was he in his role o.f Sam Jackson, f ence of 
Hatton Garden, or, as he would prefer to be celled , International 
broker , complete with pencil moustache , carnation and a healthy 
terror of perishin1 coppers and dodge+s • Glen is our Treasurer, 
too, and he tells us that we have just about broken even; our 
expenses, includi ng royalties , were high, but at least we have 
covered ourselves . Thank you all , Dorney, Slough and London 
Airport , for your suppor~. And we mustn't forget Delphine and 
Elizabeth Roche who operated the curtains; the Vicar knows how 
agonizing it is to keep a ben~gn smile on your fac e whil e waiting 
for the curtain and is giad that Delphine was there to pul l . 

LOCOSPOTTERS 1 AlRCRAFI'-SPOTTERS AND SHIPSPOTTERS' CLUB. 
It had been intended to hold the monthly meeting on 24th 
February, but as this clashed with the Chairman• s journey' to 
Germany, it has had to be postponed till 24th March. Instead of a 
report, therefore, the Chairman offers a few notes on an hour's 
flight which took in Dover, Brussels and Dorney. 
Swissair had very kindly invited me to a demonstration 
flight in their new Convair 990, or "Coronado", which will shortly 
go into service on their South American service - hence the Spanish 
name, after one of the Conquistadores. The aircraft itself, !IB-ICD, 
bore the name "Baselland" and the arms of the canton of that name - 
the others of the class will also bear the names of Swiss cantons, 
so look out for the bull's head when the one called "Uri" appears. 
It can carry 98 passengers at a cruising speed of 600 m.p.h. 
and an altitude of 21,000 feet, and did so on the afternoon of 21st 
February. The load included the Sv,iss Ambassador and Ambassadress, 
Herr and Frau Daeniker, and the General Manager, London Airports, 
Mr. R.S.F. Edwards. Taking off at 1.55.p.m. very steeply eastwards 
(though one was not conscious of quite the same sense of going upstairs 
which I had had in a Comet) we passed through the thick grey 
cloud cover out into brilliant sunshine. T6 my amazement the 
Captain said we would be going as far as Brussels and back, though 
the flight only lasted an hour; sure enough it was not long before 
there was a break in the cloud and we could see Thanet below us, 
with Ramsgate•s harbour arms clearly marked as on a map. A few 
minutes more and the now cloudless North Sea gave way to the 
Belgian coast, the familiar harbour entrance of Ostend, and the 
meandering, of the Scheldt estuary away to port, for all the world 
like a relief map of Europe. The next city's ring of waten•ays 
proclaimed it unmistakably as Bruges; and by 2.22 p.m. we·were 
turning above the Belgian capital. 
As this was an inaugural flight, the Sv,iss cabin crew plied 
us very hospitably with.champagne so that I was feeling very warm 
and cuntented when we came in over East Anglia, swung round London 
and into the cotton wool once more, issuing at a great speed below 
the cloud oover right above Taplow Station. There unmistakably 
close to us was Marsh Lane, the by-pass, Dorney County Primary 
School, "St. Helier 1s" with the pony in the garden, Oak Stubbs, the 
Church and Court, the Village and the Common; we looked down into 
the Round Tower of Windsor Castle and in less time than it takes to 
write it rushed in over Colnbrook and were on the ground once more. 

Oh , yes , before any of t he technical boys come.knocking at· the 
door I would just add t hat t he Covair 990 i s equ'ipped wi th four 
Gene; al Electri c CJ 805- 23 aft- fan engines of 7325 kg s t atic thrust 
each. 
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PARISH COUNCI L ACTIVITI ES . 
The Pari sh Council met on Tuesday, 6th February. Among 
matt ers discussed were:- 
Road improvements : M.r . Ronal d_Be~l , M. P. ~ad replied ~o the 
Council 1 s let ter about the delay in implementing the. D,ent s 
Cor ner scheme , and had sent a very _cqmprehensive letter from the 
Count y Council whi ch made it clear that the delay was due to the 
Agreements to ~nter on the land not yet having been signed by t he 
owners concerned. 
Playing Fiel d: There was nothing to report on t his subject , 
but Mr . Eastgate has written about it elsewhere in this i ssue. 
Main drainage : The Clerk reported on the enquiri es made by 
par ishioners who had i nspected the plans of the scheme when t hey 
wer e on vi ew at his house on January 20th. 
By- Pass: The attention of the County Council had been 
dr awn to t he gap in the rail fence north of the by- pass , beside the 
flyover . 
s t reet Lighting : Mr . Bundy had arranged to meet the Engineer 
of the S.E. B. t o discuss the sub- station at Meadow Way . 
Street r enami ng: The Clerk repor ted on the ballot whi ch had 
been hel d among the r esidents of the truncated par~ of Marsh Lane , 
south of t he by- pass . A clear majori ty had vot ed i n f avour_of 
r enami ng i t "Oak Stubbs Lane" and t he E.R.D.C. had been so informed ; 
the objector s had now withdrawn t heir appeal . . 
A letter had also been r ~ceived fr om resident s i n the section north 
of t he by- pass , unanimously recommending that it be r enamed "Old 
Marsh Lane" and a sign erected to that effect . It was r esol :'ed 
to r ecommend this to the E.R. D;C. , •with a copy to Tap l ow P~rish . 
Council , as the northern end of t he lane - albei t not the inhabited 
part - l ies in thei r Parish. 
Other .matt ers discussed were house number ing, footpaths and 

rights of way, 
The following dates have .been fixed for meetings:- 
Parish Council Meeting, 
Annual Parish Meeting. (at which 
parishioners are .entitled .to .ask 
questions of Councillors): 
War Memorial Meeting~ 
6th March, 
20th March. 
27th March. 
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL. 
The P,C,C. met at the Vicarage on 7th February, This is the 
last meeting of the old P,C,C, - a new one will be .elected at the 
Annual Vestry on 16th April, and the Vicar has described the 
importance of this meeting on another page, 
A matter of great importance to the "Dorney Parish News" v,as 
before the P. C. C., namely a rocomrr,endation from the Pledge Fulfilment 
Committee that up to £10, per quarter should be paid to 
magazine funds, subject to the production of accounts to ·enable 
the magazine to be the vehicle for Church information: including 
progress reports on the Christian Giving Campaign; ·included in 
this sum was to be the.payment for production of the quarterly 
letter of information from the Campaign Chairm3n and the Vicar 
which ~s being_sent to all who donate to the Church by pledges· or 
oth~rwise. This was approved by the P.C,C, ancl:, as a res·u1t, the 
Parish News is now in credit for the first time for many·months 
and a special effort is being made to increase circulation. ' 
. The ?ouncil also heard. a report from the Trea.smer on finance, 
with special reference to the re-arrangement of the various accounts 
as~ r~sult_o~ the new_sources of income provided through the •. 
Christian Giving Campaign. A synopsis of the achievements 
expenditure and receipts to date are given elsewhere in this issue 
_Once_again, may·we remind readers that the Annual Vestry • 
Meeting will be held on 16th April and may be attended by those 
whose names are on the Chi.μ-ch Electoral Roll, • 
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• 
PLAYING FIELDS. 
Since I first suggested that now might be the time to think 
about acquiring a Playing Field site in Dorney Reach, several people 
have approached me to say that they think the idea is a good one 
b 
. ' 
ut are worried about where the money is to come from, 
Perhaps a few words of explanation might allay some fears that 
it would cause the Parish Rate to go up an unprecedented amount. 
What has happened in other villages has been usually along the 
following general lines, A grant of about 50% of the whole cost 
of acquiring and laying out the land has been obtained from the 
County Council and/or the National Playing.Fields Association. 
The other 5ofo has usually been raised by the Parish Council, 
as the owners of the Playing Field site, but usually organisations 
and people of the parish have contributed no sn,.,11 amount, 
sometimes as much as 25% and more. 
A scheme of the size suggested for Dorney might involve a total 
expenditure of £1,500 on acquiring the site and initial lay-out, 
Assuming that £750, of this could be obtained from grant, that 
would leave anothe~ £750, for the Parish Qouncil and interested 
persons to .raise. When we look back and think about the £100, 
which Garden Fetes and Christmas Bazaars have raised in the past, 
it would seem that Dorney cou],d .helP. the. J'arish Council and raise 
two or three hundred pounds in a couple of years, 
As most people know, the Parish Council has powers to apply 
for a loan from the Public Works Loan Board, usually over a period 
of twenty years or so, A loan of £350. would work out at a repayment 
ra'te of about £22, per annum for twenty years, less than a 
halfpenny rate. Some years ago, our Parish Council borrowed a sum 
of £385. from the Public Works Loan Board and this is being repaid 
at the rate of £21. per annum, according to information I was given 
at the last Parish Council Meeting, This loan was to bring electric 
lighting t0 the streets of Dorney and Dorney Reach, • 
I think we can rest assured that our Parish Council is well in 
touch with local· thought and will continue to give us good value 
for the money we pay in rates. 
L, H. EASTGATE. 
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Some useful dates for parents . 
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - PRIMARY SCHOOLS . 
Close at the end of Re- open on the morning 
aft ernoon session of: 
on: 
Easter . Thurs . 12th April, 
1962. 
Wed. 2nd May, 1962. 
Whitsun. Fri. 8th June . Mon. 18th June. 
Summer. Fri. 27th July. Tue. 4th Sept. 
.Autumn Half - 
term. Fri. 26th. Oct. If.on. 5th Nov . 
Christmas . Fri. 21st Dec . Tue. 8th Jan. 1963 . 
Spring Halfterm. 
Thur. 21st Feb. Tue . 26th Feb. 
1963. 1963 . 
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ROAD TRAFFIC BILL. CLAUSE 3. 
The Road Traffic Bill is now before Parliament again. Once 
again there have been objections from some quart ers , the strongest 
of them r evol ving around Clause 3, the clause tha t provides for 
automati c disqualification for at .l east six months •in the· event of 
a driver be i ng convicted of three offences committed within three 
years . 
But t o many people this Clause 3 is t,10 vita l Road Safety 
provision in the whole of this Road Traffic Bill. 
, Copious t ear s ar e being shed for the type of dr iver , paid or 
private, who picks up a third convicti on f or what i s euphemistically 
t er med a ' t echnical ' offenc e , and believe it or not , these 
euphemi sms ar e being freely applied to the offence of exceeding a 
speed limi t . 
Cl ause 3 of the Bill is not likely to hurt the vast majority 
of commer cia l drivers who ar e r enowned as examplers of good road 
manners. One fifth of t he paid driver population of this country 
enter for the Nati onal Safe Driving Competition r un by the Ro. S. P. A. 

each year and only0.14 per cent of these have been penalised for 
being convicted of a speeding offence. In other words each entrant 
averages a conviction for speeding about once in 700 years! 
With ten million licence holders on our roads, one can hardly 
expect each one of them to realise the full safety impact of the 
30.m.p.h. limit in built-up areas. Perhaps it is also too much to 
expect widespread appreciation by the ten million of the faot that 
the introduction, coupled with observance, of the speed limit in 
built-up areas has everywhere proved the biggest single piece of 
effective road safety legislation yet devised. 
The argument apologists frequently use is that, because the 
majority of drivers, with their modern vehicles and efficient 
braking systems, think it perfectly safe to exceed the speed limit 
and do not hesitate to break the law accordingly, the law itself 
must be wrong and should be altered rather than be ~llowed to fall 
into disrepute~ ·or all the weaknesses in this argument, the most 
cogent is that the majoriJy quoted is that of drivers, not of road 
users. On such a basis, one could argue that the law of blackmail 
should be revoked because ·,the majority of blackmailers find i 1; 
irksome, or that the penalty for arson should be discontinued 
because the majority of fire-raisers are incommoded by it! 
The blunt truth is that universal motordom has put an instrument 
of power into· the hands of many people who are not yet 
prepared to exercise that degree of self-control that the proper use 
of power demands. Along with a better road system, the crying need 
today is for greater self-discipline on the part of ALL road users, 
As far as the driver is concerned this self-discipline means 
willingness to conform at all times to the appropriate speed limit, 
whether er not he, in his wisdom, may personally consider it 
unrealistic in relation to i:revalent local circumstances • 
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The Editor, 
Dorney Parish News , 
Dorney. • 
Sir , 
Gr eenacres , 
Dor ney Reach , 
Taplow ; 
Bucks . 
21st Feb. 1962. 
When oh! when is somethi ng going to be done about the 
depl orable state of the truncated part of Marsh Lane? 
For more than t wo years the r esidents of this ar ea have 
suffered from the i ndignity of workmens ' huts , a hangar l arge 
enough to accommodate numerous aircraft , a shri eking siren ei ght 
times a day , steamrollers which shook the houses and , in our case , 
cracked the ceilings , activity starting at 7. a . m. - the early 
hours of the morning in our household - to say nothing of tremendous 
dust clouds during the summer which meant endl ess dusting and mud up 
t '0 our eyes during the winter. 
I , personally, have been greeted by wolf whistles from the 
workmen and have had a keenly watchful audience fr0m the top of the 
buses when dressing in my bedroom. 
These and countless other humiliations - notably the whole 
place looking like a s~um - ar e not a very nice reception for 
visitors from overseas and from other parts of Britain and are 3n 
ut ter disgrace to the fair name of Dorney in wnich we like more 
not abl e Ulster peop!e, t ake great pride. ' · 
I r ang sever a l of t he bodies r esponsible and the buck was 
p~ssed from one to the other until I finally arrived at Higgs and 
Hill wh~re a v ery super cil ious young man informed me tbat it was 
my hard luck as the Council had allocat ed that part of Marsh Lane 
as the general dump for the by- pass works . 
There has been·a·large · mounct · of earth situated just outside 
our _front door for sever al months now, servi ng only as a mountaineering 
exercise for the local children and dogs (a pleasure, I 
hasten to add , which I do not begrudge either) and little el se from 
what I can s ee. 
Occas ionally, t hree workmen will spend up to an hour movi ng a 
small t ruckload of this soil t o some nebulous place on the by- pass , 
t~e war~ bei ng accomplished in about five minutes , the r emaining 
t i me being spent sn:~ki ng , chatti ng and admiring the l amentabl e . 
r esult of their l abour on the by- pass. 

Having completely spoiled any view we ever had by erecting a 
fly-over, surely to Heaven something can be done by someone to ensure 
a more peaceful and pleasant summer this year. 
Yours, in a highly irritated state, 
MARY- SMILEY. 
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DORNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A Meeting of the Society has been arranged to be held at the 
Primary School, Dorney Reach on Thursday, the 8th March, at B.p.m. 
The Speaker will be Mr. Scrase who is the Parks Superintendent of 
Slough Borough Council and he will be pleased to answer gardening 
queries and give any informat~on on horticultural matters that 
Members may need. 
Members are again reminded that- the Hut of the Burnham Gardening 
Society is open on every Sunday morning from 10 to 12 noon for the 
sale of seeds, seed potatoes, roots and fertilizers etc._ and these 
can be obtained at reduced prices, on production of your membership 
card of _the Dorney & District Horticultural Society. 
Al though it is too early to commence :nowing of lawns they will 
benefit from a good raking with a steel toothed rake to eradicate 
moss and distribute the worm-casts. This operation can be followed 
by a rolling when the ground is not too soft and an application of 
lawn sand at tne rate of four ounces to the square yard, • 
Roses can be pruned this month, but it is safer to be guided by 
weather conditions and not always by the calendar. Pruning too soon 
will produce early growth which may be nipped should we experience 
late frosts. - Although they will be a .little later in coming into 
bloom, pruning can be delayed until early April, withalvantage. 
Incidentally, it is .;iot too late to plant new bushes, provided they 
are out back hard and periodically sprayed with water to encourage 
the sap to rise, A mulch of· peat or old manure will keep the roots 
moist, 
Fruit trees· can be sprayed with a lime-sulphur wash in the 
green bud stage and again after petal fall. Some varieties are 
sulphur shy but the makers of the wash usually indicate these 
varieties and the strength of the wash that can safely be used for 
each application. 

Most vegetable seeds can be sown now, but some gardeners 
prefer to delay the sowing of globe beet until April or early May, 
as in a favourable season they tend to grow too large and coarse. 
CYCLAMUS. 
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DORNEY WAR MEMORIAL. 
Since the War Memorial Ga:,,den was made, it has been maintained 
exclusively by voluntary helpers, but the original number of helpers 
has been gradually depleted, either by reason of illness or by 
others leaving the district, consequently an additional burden has 
• been placed on those still remaining. Additional helpers would be 
welcomed, even if only for a half-day once• during the Summer season 
and the Clerk to the Parish Council will be glad to receive offers 
from parishioners willing to assist. 
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SHORT STORY COMPErITlON. 
If you are aged twelve, or under, you are invited to enter for 
a short story· competition! The rules are given below, and there will 
be book tokens for the winners, whose stories will be published in 
the 1Dorney Parish News•. 
Rules, 
Class 1. Competitors aged nine years or under on 1st April,1962. 
A story with the title 'Danger in Dorney' about 150 to 200 words in 
length, (that is about two sides of exercise book paper). Credit 
for neatness and good spelling will be given in judging, 
Class 2. Competitors aged ten on 1st April, 1962, but not out of 
their twelfth year. A story with the title 'Danger i~ Dorney• about 
300 to 400 words in length, (that is about three or four sides of 
exercise book paper). Credit for neatness, good spelling and 
punctuation will be given in judging. 
All Classes. Entries, clearly marked with the author's name age and 
address_ must be recoived by Mrs_, Gibson, Rhoswen, Marsh Lan~, 
Dorney Reach, by 18th-March. If entrants would like to have their 
stories returned, will•they please say so. 
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NATURE NCJrES, 
The Lesser Celart!line which grows in profus.ion on the banks of 
the stream at Climo 1 s Cor.ner is one of the earliest fl.owers to appear 
in the spring, The plant belongs to the buttercup family andhas 
underground root tubers which serve the double purpose of storing 
food and providing a means of vegetative reproduction and whioh look 
very like a tiny bunch of potatoes. A plant with an efficient means 
of v.egetative reproduction .can aff.ord a wastage in Beeds and tests 
have shown that the average viability is about 50%, 
A v.ariant of this .plant has,, in addition, tubercles which are 
capable of for.ming new plants growing in the axils of the stem 
leaves and in these the proportion of viable seeds. falls so low that 
reproduction must be almost entirely vegetative, Although this 
variant is said to be common in parts. of Buckinghamshire, the plants 
I have examined in the. parish are of the "root-tuber-only" kind, 
Further along t.he road towards Dorney, between the chain-link 
fence and the. wooden paling borde.ring Dorney Court are some plants 
of the Greater Celandine which, in spite of its common name is no 
relation to the Lesser Celandine, but is a member of the poppy 
family. At present, the plant is showing only a r0sette of much 
lobed grey-green leaves, but later a tall leafy stem will be topped 
by yellow poppy-type flowers half an inch acr0ss. This plant, which 
may have been introduced by the Romans was once valued as a 
medicinal herb and was used for warts and fur eye afflictions, It 
may be identified with certainty by any passerby, even at the leaf 
stage, for when a leaf stalk or stem is broken, a drop of bright 
orange latex comes out, 
NATURALIST. 
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ROADS AND RUNWAYS. 
Sorry not to have been with you last month, Charioteer has 
been on holiday in Austria, sliding about in the snow on a pair of 
skis! Prior to this, I accompanied a Pakistan International Airlines 
Boeing 720B on a recordbreaking flight from London to Pakistan 
(Karachi) which was a very pleasant experience, The aircraft was 
on a delivery flight from the Boeing Aircraft factory in Seattle 
on the West coast of America, and on Dec. 30th, 1961, flew the first 
half of the journey from Seattle t0 London Airport in 8 hrs,55 mins. 
by routing over the North Pole, London Airport was suffering snow 
and ice and very few movements were in progress, However, at 
5, 30. a,m, on Tuesday, 2nd Jan., the crew of 10 and 46 passengers 

comprising technicians , journalists and Royal Aer o Olub-·0bservers , 
embarked and 10 minutes l at er we were airborne and on our way 
direct to Karachi. We commenced our climb to 34 , 000 feet , the 
pre- determined altitude for this operat ion and crossed Paris after 
25 minutes flying t i me. Thereaf ter, we watched the dawn creep ~ 
s lowly i nto an ot herwi$e darkened sky and the Alps trickled past 
with amazing beauty l ent by the early morning sun. As the morning 
wore on , places like Bri ndisi , Corfu, Athens , Mylos , Rhodes , and 
Nicosia flashed past like stations from an expr ess train. We 
r eached Beirut after only 3 hrs . 35 mins . airborne time. The 
ground below us grew more desolate and uninviting, as Damascus 
and the Syrian Desert floated by, and the vista became m~re desert 
as far as the eye could see , as we passed Kuwait and the land 
bordering t):le Persian gulf. The sky v,as completely cloudless as 
we r an along the coast by the Arabian Sea , and then suddenly 
Kar achi was underneath us - precisely 6 hrs . and 43 mins . after 
l eaving a bleak and icy London. We landed and taxied up to th~ 
t erminal b~ilding, wher e an enormous crowd had gathered to 
welcome PIA 1 s first company- owned Boeing into the country. Clearly 
the company and its aircraft are a national status symbol of 
which they are duly proud , and the managing director , Air Comm:rlore 
Nur Khan can be justifiably proud of his achievement of turning 
the financia l tables from a constant loss into a steadily increas ing 
profit. 
CHARIOTEER. 
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NO. 4. APRIL, 1962. 

Editors : 
Editorial Board, 
Distributnrs: 
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T .W . E. Rnche, "St. Helier I s ", D,.,rney Reach, 
(Tel ephone: Maidenhead 1447) . 
F.D. Gibson , "Rhoswen" , Dorney Reach. 
(Tel ephone : Maidenhead 3943). 
The Editars, Mr. L.H. Eastgate, 
Mrs. A. Eastgate , Mrs. H. R0che , and 
MTs . D.P. Gibson. 
Village and Lake End . 
Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Eastgate , Mr. Allen, 
Mrs. Barker , Miss Bennett. 
Dorney Reach. 
Mr. Gibson, Mrs . Fletcher , MTs . Roche, 
Mrs. Williams , Mrs. vlonller , Mrs . Adcock, 
Mrs. Cobb, Mrs . Pilkinton , Mrs . Gregory, 
Mrs. Farrington. 
Rates of subscription: 6s . Od. per annum f or 12 issues . 
12 m0nths 1 reports f or organisations: £2 . 2. 0d. 
12 months ' insertion nf advertisements : £1. 4. 0d. 
Advertisers and t reasurers of nrganisat ions should please pay 
t heir subscri ptions punctual ly t o Mr. Eastgate . 
Di stribut ors who collect subscriptions for those taking the 
magazi ne shoul d hand them to Mrs. Gibs on. 
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D O 'R- N E -Y - P -A R -I S H . - N E W. S • 
NO. 4. APRIL , 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES . 
HOLY COMMUNION: 
MORNING PRAYER : 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
SPECIAL SERVICES IN LENT: 
Wednesdays . 
Vicar: 
Churchwardens: 
7. a . m. 
10. a .m. 
8. p.m. 
Every- -Sunday at 8. a .m. 
First Sunday of the Mnnth 
Third Sunday nf the Mnnth 
Every Sunday at 11. a . m. 
Every Sunday at 6. 30. p. m. 
Every Sunday at 2."35". j) . Iil. 
Hol y Communion. 
Hnly Communion. 
Compiine and Address . 
at 12. noqn. 
after Evensong. 
The Rev . E.T. Sherlock, A.K.C., Hon. C. F., 
The Vicarage , Dorney, Windsor , Berks . 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Vicar t s Warden: Lt. Col. P.D. S. Pa-lmer,. 
Dorney C nurt , Winds or , J3erks . 
Tel: Burnham 638. - 
People I s Warde.n: 
Deputy People ' s· 
Warden: 
Mr. J . E. Farrington; 
Melrose , Dnrney Reach, 
Maidenhead , Berks . 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386 . 
Mr. T.W. E. Roche , 
St. Helier ' s , D~rney Reach, 
Mai ~anhead , Berks . 
Tel : Maidenhead 1447 . 
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SERVICES DURING HOLY WEEK AND ON EASTER DAY. 
Palm Sunday; • 15th April,· 
11. a.m. Mattins and distribution of Palm Crosses, 
Maundy Th..irsday, (Institution of the Blessed Sacrament), 
19th April. 
B. p.m. Holy Communion. 
Good Friday, 20th April. 
8. a.m. 
s.30.a.m. 
. -10. a.m. 
11. a.m. 
6. p.m. 
e. p.m. 
Ante-Communion or Table Prayers. 
lllattins and Litany (said), _ 
Children's Service • 
One-hour Devnti,~nal Service. 
Evensong (said). 
Film Strip: "The Passion n:f our· Lnrd". 
Easter Day, 22nd .April·., 
'J. a.m. 
8. a.m. 
- 11. a.m. 
12 nnon. 
2.35,p,m, 
6,3O,p.m. 
Holy Communicm, 
Holy Communion. 
-Mat tins· and $ermnn, 
Holy Communion, 
Children's Service, 
Evensong and Sermnn. 
"And- note, that every Parishioner shall communicate ot 
the least three ·tj.me~ in. th::, year, of, which Easter to be nne". 
Prayer Book Rubric, 
THE ANNUAL MEETING, 
The Annual Church Meeting will be held in the Village Hall, 
on Monday, 16th April, at 8.p,m, 

OUR NEW READERS. 
Las t month' s edition of the "Dorney Parish News" was a special 
number in more ways than one. Not only was it larger than usual, 
but it was the spearhead of a campaign to attract new readers • 
Complimentary copies were delivered to nearly nine ty housepolds , i n 
t he hope of attracting new subscriber s . . 
The Editors are pleased to r eport that this campaign has been 
an unqualified success . Forty- five new subscribers have been 
enrolled , and we are delighted t o welcome them to the number of our 
monthly r eader s . We hope that they will enjoy many year s of good 
reading in the future . 
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VISIT OF H.M. THE QUEEN. 
We understand that Her Majesty the Queen will be driving through 
Dorney at l!@,o8-~a . m. on the morning of Friday, 6th April, en route 
from Windsor to Bourne End , and that pupils of Dnrney Count y Primary 
School will line the route at the old school. 
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'!'HE BELLS AND THE ORGAN. 
Below you will find an article nn our bells and their history, 
which i s most topica l , as the full peal of six bells , t wo new and 
four old r ang out on Tuesday , 13th March , at 7. 3O. p .m. From what 
we hear ;ound about,this has made a deep impression· in the Parish 
and has been wide l y welcomed . Simul taneously the hanging of the 
bells and completion of t he work in the tower has freed the organ 
from its long sil ence beneath its dust- sheets, and as from Sunday, 
Mar ch 18th, second Sunday in Lent, its deep music has again 
accompanied our services . 
So a t last, what seemed at times a dr eam and certainly at a l l 
t i mes an act of faith, has come true . Music within and without 
is t he outward and ·audibl e s ound nf the success of t he Christian 
Giving Campaign . 
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THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 
On Easter Day our Lord stands revealed in the fulness r,f His 
power and grace as the Risen Christ nf God and the Redeemer of the 
wnrld. It is a unique fact and the foundatinn nf the Christian 
faith. If it were untrue ·our faith v,nuld bo unintelligible. To 
quote the words of St. Paul: 1If Christ has not been raisod, then 
our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain•. (1. Cnr. 
15 , 14), • 
When we turn tn the pages nf the New Testament we learn that 
the substance of the apostolic teaching was not only the Cross but 
also the Resurrect inn. That is to say, tho apnstles bore witness 
not nnly tn One Whn had·•diod• but·to Ono Whn had 'died and risen•. 
Thus the Resurrectinn of Christ is the explanation nf the 
apostnlic faith. Indeed, so essential was the;. Resurrec.ti0n- that 
the apostolic church demanded of the apostolatc that each nf its 
members should be a witness of it. 
But ·in what sense were the apnstles witnesses ~f our Lord I s 
Resurrection? Certainly not to its manner for it is a mistake tn 
assume that the Resurroctinn was an event that could be subjected 
tn the test nf the physical senses. Not nne nf the apostles was 
presnnt at the tnml, when ±t nccurred.· Like the r.ther evcmts nf 
the Incarnatinn, the Rcsurroctinn - although it took place in time 
at a particular place and is therefnre an historical event - is 
• also a spiritual event and theroforu partly outside histo:ry. ·As 
for the Gnspel e1ccounts nf the Resurrection, they witness to the 
empty tomb-, to the bewildering fact that nur Lnrd•s Body was no 
longer there - and that He was risen and had revealed Himself to 
His discipl;s; The nar:r'ntives also 'tell us something nf their 
reactinns; hnw staggered and nverwh~lmed the disciples wore at 
this unexpected turn of events. Tr, what then did thoy bear 
witness? ThGre can be but ,me answer - to the fact itself and , 
its cr,nsequences. 
Something astounding and inexplicable had happened to a 
bruised and lifeless corpse and it had the effect nf revolutionising 
the life ,,f the future church and completely transforming 
its members, The question the disciples were called upon to 
answer was not: 1Hnv, did our Lnrd rise from the d.ead? 1, but: 
'Did He rise frnm the dead? 1 • And the unwavering reply of the 
apostnlic church is that Christ did rise frnm the dead, and that 
in so dning, brought ·~n •influx•of'new spiritual power into the 

world. And to this fact the first Christians bore witne~s in their 
daily lives. 
And at this point we should be careful to 0bserve that by the 
Resurrection r,f Christ the church does not mean the resuscitati0n of 
a corpse, as in the case of the raising of Lazarus, nor does it mean 
a pictorial substitute for the doctrine nf the soul's inherent 
immortality nor again does it mean Christ's influence for gond 
throughout history, but the actual Presence nf the Living Christ in 
our midst today - the triumph of the Prince of Life over all the 
power of sin and death. 
'And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid 
His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first 
and the last: I am He that liveth,. and was dead; and, behold, I 
am alive fo+ evermore, Amen; and have the keys nf hell and of 
death.' (Rev. 1 : 17 - 18). 
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DORNEY BELLS. 
In the Visitation of Churches, a list of property made in 1637 
by order of Bishop J. Williams of Lincoln, it is recnrded that 
Dorney had four bells. These four bells still hang in the tower, 
although two have since been recast. 
The treble bell was recast in 1698 by William Eldridge, a 
Chertsey bell founder. The second bell is inscribed "Prayes the 
Lord", and was cast in 1631 by Ellis Knight, of Reading. The third 
bell is the oldest, and was cast in 1582 by Joseph Carter, ·also of 
Reading, and is inscribed "Blessed be the name of the Lords". The 
tenor bell was recast in 1771 by Thomas Swain nf Harmondsworth. 
In the course of time the old bell frame became unsafe, and 
the iron fittings rusted. It is doubtful whether the bells have 
b~en rung in the traditional English, manner since tho 19th· century. 
Chiming hammers were fitted, in order that the bells could be rung 
without having to swing them, and the bells were rung in this manner 
up to about 1950. Now Dorney bells have been rehung. The tenor 
has been recast, and twn new trebles added by Messrs Mears and 
Stainbank, the \Thitechapel bell foundry, making a delightful little 
ring of six bells. 
Bat the bells cannot ring them~ehes. A band of ringers must 
be formed in the village, and volunteers are wanted to ring the 
bells. As with a choir or orchestra, the band must be a team of 

people, willing to come regularly to practise and Sunday Service 
ringing, First and foremnst bell ringing is part of the Service 
nf the Church of God, but its interest can be extended outside the 
belfry into the realms of three centuries nf bell ringing history, 
and the mathematical problems of change ringing. Unlike church 
choirs, there is great freedom of mnvement in the belfry, and a 
gnod bell ringer will always be assured nf a welcome in any belfry 
in England, and even in places as far apart as Melbourne, 
Australia, and Vancouver, Jlritish Columbia, Once entered into, it 
can bec0me a lifetime interest and hobby, and further, a lifetime 
service to the Church. 
Thnse who would like to become regular members of the team of 
bell ringers at St. James' Church, Dnrney, are urged tn cnntact 
the Vicar as soon as possible. With a good effort, we could be 
ringing the bells regularly in time for Easter Sunday. 
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE "DORNEY PARISH NE'IIS". 
Sirs, 
It seems that the plan to tm·n a part rif Dorney Reach into a 
recreation ground may go forward, but before the scheme is 
irrevncably launched I must beg all local residents to cnnsider 
its implications. 
The principal beneficiaries will obvinusly be the young 
people. I have no wish tn deny them reasonable amenities, but 
their elders are also entitled to consideratirm. Fnr many of us, 
the principal attractinn nf the area is its cnmparative tranquility. 
New houses and even the invasion by the by-pass have not al t0g,ather 
destroyed its rural character. Its greatest amenity is, paradoxically, 
its lack of amenities• Morenver, it possesses tn a remarkable 
degree a communal character undisturbed by invasinn from the 
outside, Our only uninvited visitnrs are the fishermen wh,, haunt 
the banks of the River. 
But will this enviable isolation survive the addition of 
attractive playing fields? Are we not inviting an undesirable 
influx nf rowdies from the surrounding towns and villages? 
I have even heard mention of the possibility of a swimming bath. 
This particular facility is sufficiently rare in these parts to 
attract whole swarms of visitors in the summer months, and could 

well become the nucleus r,f a local funfair, which.must be the last 
thing that any of us would want. 
It may be that I am raising a scare,for which there is no 
foundation. Certainly I should be the first to support the playing 
fields project, could I feel sure· that its use would· be reserved 
for the people of Dorney alone. But as I see no way to ensure this 
condHion, I feel justified in sounding this warning. 
1VOX POPULI 1 • 
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DORNEY CHURCH CLEANING ROTA. 
April 7th. Delphine Rnche. 
II 14th. Mrs. Farringtnn. 
II 21st. :Mrs. Cane. 
II 28th. Mrs. Ames. 
May 5th. Mrs. Loughnan, 
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DORNEY CHURCH OFFERTORY COUNTING ROTA. 
April 5th. Mr. Roche. Tiir. Eastgate. 
II 12th. Mr. Farrington. Mr. Cnttam. 
II 19th, Mr. Allen. Mr. Pilkintnn. 
II 26th. Mr. Gregory. Mrs. Gregory. 
May 3rd. Col. Ames. Mrs. Raylor. 
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ROSTER OF USHERS SUNDAY SERVICES. 
8.a.m. All Sundays. Mr. Farrington. 
11,a.m. April 1st. Mr. Gibson •. 
Service. II 8th. Mr. Fletcher. 
II 15th. Col. Ames. 
" 22nd. Mr. Cottam. 
II 29th. Mr. Gibson. 
6.30.p.m. 
Service. 
All Sundays. Mr. Rnche. 
Mr. Eastgate. . ............... . 
) by 
) arrangement. 

ALTAR FLOWERS RillA. 
April 
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May 
21st. 
28th. 
5th. 
Mrs. Lely, 
Mrs. Hnrner. 
Mrs. Bundy. 
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PLEDLlE FULFillilENT COMll!ITTEE, 
Next Meetings, April 5th. 
May 3rd, 
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PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES. 
The Parish Council met on 6th Harch. Amnng the items discussed 
Road improvements. .It was resolved to ask the Cnunty Cnuncil tn 
whitewash the back nf the sign "Maidenhead - B3O2611 in Village Road 
near Dent I s Cnrner, as it was dangerous to pedestrians. 
By-Pass. Details had been received nf the bush planting proposed 
by the Ministry nf Transport on the flynvers •. It was .rosnlvea to 
ask their Horticultu:ral Adviser tn meet Mr. Bundy nn site. 
Street Lighting. It was agreed to approve t4e Snuthsrn Electricity 
Bo,ard I s proposal to plant flowering bushes round the substation on 
l.'.eadow Way. 
Best Kept Village Cnmpetition. It was resolved to enter the Parish 
again this year in two parts - Dorney.(including Lake End and 
Bnveney) and Dnrney Reach. 
Clerkship nf Parish Cmmcil. Mr, Roche was attending his last 
Crmncil Meeting as Clerk, The Chairman, Col. Palmer, thanked him 
for his services during the last four years and welcomed his 
successor, Mr. F~ D. Gibson, 
Other items discussed were Finance, Main drainage, and the Playing 
Field, 
Date of next meeting: Tuesday, 3rd April, 
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.NNUAL PARISH MEE:rING. 
The Annual :Parish Meeting was held at th,e Vi.llage Hall on 
'uesday, 20th March. All the Cnunoil, the Clerk, the Vicar and 
;hree Parishioners attended. 
This is the nocasion when parishioners have an nppnrtunity of' 
1earing a report by the Parish Council of' the work and events nf the 
rear and can ask questions of' them. 
Reports were given on Road .improvements, the By-Pass, Rnad 
' 3af'ety, the Best Kept Village Competition, the Seddings Charity, the 
playground and proposed Playing Field, and Parish Rates. The latter 
was a matter nf' particular satisfaction as Mr. Bundy was able tr. 
report a reduction from 5,99d, in the£. last year to 5,56d. this 
year. 
Mr. Eastgat2 appends some notes nn R"ad Safety below. 
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I ROLD SAFETY. 
The statistics f:nr R.oad Ac,c.ide,n:ts, in Great Britain in 1961 have 
just been published and they reveal some startling figures • 
There were 270,295 personal injury road accidents in Great 
Britain last year, in which 6,908 people were killea, 84,936 were 
seriously injured and 257,923 slightly injured. Thus 19 road users 
w~re killed and 940 injured (a quarter of' them serinusly) every day 
on average. Someone was killed on the road every 76 minutes, and 
there was an injury every 92 seconds. The year r1as the worst f'or all 
_I, casual ties, it being the seventh consecutive year in which a new peak 
• was reached. 
• It v,as a bad year f'or drivers and their passengers, m0tor 
, sconterists and their passengers and child pedestrians. Motor 
cyclists and pedal cyclists are among those whnse casualties 
decreased. 
The figures sh0w that last year was a bad one f'nr child 
walkers but an imprnved one f'nr ynung cyclists. Serinus injuries to 
children rnse to 526 (or 4.4 per cen~) and minor injuries by 999 (or 
2.4 per cent). 
Deaths to th8 under-f'i ves numbered 304, an increase of' 62 .. 
(or 25.6 per cent). 
The Royal Society f'or the Prevention of' Accidents has launched 
a natinnal scheme for reducing casualties tn the under-fives called 
the Tufty Club. This aims at getting propaganda over to the parents 
when they attend welfare clinics, Mothers Clubs, etc. 

The Club has been made known to millions through a ser:i.es of 
six Tufty (a small squirrel) adventuxes of eight minutes each, 
prnduced by A,R.T.V, in the Small Time programme. The series ended 
with one nf its central characters, Pussycat Willum, proudly displaying 
his Tufty Badge. There has been a good response to his 
appeal to nthers to join. 
In nrder to encourage local interest in this scheme for the 
safety nf the. under-fives, the. Dnrney Road Safety Committee is 
holding a competition this month. 1!Iry resident in Dorney, Dorney 
Reach or Bnveney may participate, there is no ago limit. 
Competitli>rs are asked to give as many hints as possible to 
parents of the under-five age group that will help tl10m to keep 
their children safe nn the roads, 
A prize of lOs. donated by Col, P,D,S. Palmer, J.P., Chairman 
of the Parish Cnuncil, will be awarded to tho cnmpetitor giving the 
greatest number of road safety hints or suggestions. 
!,11 entries tn be addressed to the Chairman of the Dorney Road 
Safety Committee:- L. H, Eastgato, The Schonl House, Dorney. 
Clnsing date fnr entries 18th April, 1962. 
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The Old Brick H~use, 
Dorney, Nr. Windsor, 
March 3rd, 1962. 
The Editors of The Parish News, 
Dear Sirs, 
I would like to echo Mr. Williamson's tribute to the late Mr. 
Edward Watson, 
I am only a comparative newcomer to the village, but feel 
very much the loss of a good and kindly neighbour, 
Yours sincerely, 
ANGELJl. BELL. 
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SHORT STORY COMPEI'ITION, 
It is to be hoped that Dorney will never be as dangerous a 
pla?e t~ live_in :19 t~e eighteen short story competitors made it! 
Their lively :unaginations saw it ravaged by fire or predatory 
monsters, the resort nf smugglers, counterfeiters and kidnappers, 

and the scene of every imaginable horror from hauntings to murder. 
Class I - for competitors up to the age of nine was especially 
hard to assess. All entries were neat and careful and to the point. 
Christopher Lake deserves special praise for an original approach; 
he wrote on the actual dangers of Dnrney, the river· and the cattle 
on the Common. Louise Lancelott and Anthony Barry produced spritely 
tales involving an escaped lion and a police battle and Robert 
Butler wrote of a fiendish kidnapping. 
The prize has been shared between Eric Stent0 n and Pntricia 
Eastgate, Eric's story has a delightful mingling of fantasy and 
reality and is a most commendable story in every way from so young 
a competitor, Patricia writes remarkably well for a nine year old. 
The slight inconsistencies r,f her st~ry wer8 redeemed by her style 
which makes the reader unconscir,us of incongruities, so well does 
she hold the attention. The variation in the age and the approach 
nf these two competitors made a decisi0n between them too invidious, 
Class II - for competitors aged ten to twelve - produced many 
interesting stories, but a number of them had to be disqualified 
because they did not keep within the set subject. Wendy Spicer 
deserves commendation for producing an exciting yarn, marred only 
by a rather slcrn pace and an incoherent ending. Elizabeth R0che 
started well, and made good use of an excellent vocabulary, but a 
lengthy opening resulted in a rushed con~lusion, . 
The prize goes to Deirdre Collins for an extremely well-written 
story which plunges straight into the 'danger', maintains plenty of 
suspense and concludes smoothly. (Note: If Deirdre's Mrs, W. was 
modelled on Dnrney's Mrs. W., I should like to sec the cart her dog 
was destined to draw!) 
I should like to thank my husband for.the help he gave me in 
assessing the entries, and also to thank the competitors for the 
pleasant reading time their work gave us. I feel sure that the 
winners' stories will give equal pleasure to subscribers to the 
11Dnrney Parish News". 
(No corrections have been made to these stories except in the 
case of spelling mistakes which have been put right as an ~id_to the 
printer. The number in brackets at the end of .each story indicates 
the number of words which were misspelt). 
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'DANGER IN DORNEY'. 
TherG was trnuble in Dnrney. Some naughty Bea.rs came and 
pulled down telephone wires they broke windows and threw papers 
at old ladies. They thrrn stnnes at the dogs, They were terribly 
naughty. It v,as terribly nnisy old ladies screamed and bears 
roared, The bears thought it was great fun but the penple thought 
it was horrid. The bears went to the schonl and stole the fnntball. 
'!'he Head Master ran after them. But it was no good. 
They threw thG ball in the Thames and it floated away. 
"I think I shnuld like a sleep" said the oldest bear 0f all. 
So he lay down. The others got some hnney f'rom a hive. An 0ld lady 
cam~ by so they flung the hive at her. The bees buzzed and stung. 
Police came to the rescue. They chased the bears away. The bears 
took the h·,ney to the, old bear v1ho was their leader. Thc,n they 
took the wheels of' a parked car and threw the wheels at people. 
b'ventually the police caught the bears and bundled them into a 
van. (3), • 
Eric Stenton - aged seven, 
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"Tina, 11 shouted :Mrs. Walker. Tina Walker was nine years old 
she had sh0rt brown curly hair. She was sitting nn a sof'a reading 
wi tl:: s big white and brown mnngrel lying curled up on her feet. 
She lonked up f'rom the bnok she was reading. "Yes" she answered 
"I wa nt ynu t o go ou t i• t, s t oo ni•c e to stay in. Ta' ke Timmy for a ' 
walk," said her mother. 
"All right mnther. Timmy will ynu please get nf'f my feet, 11 
replied Tina. 
So~-n they were walking dnwn the Village road, Timmy bounded 
around in front. Suddenly as she was ,•,alking past the Hermitage 
she saw a man running nut nf' the gate. Timmy -growled but Tina put 
her ha':1d on his collar to stnp him going after the man. There was 
some~hing queer about that man thnught Tina why should he be 
r1:1nning nut of' Mrs. Flint I s the richest woman in the village. "The 
richest wnman" perhaps he was a burglar she thought. But no he 
couldn't be. She decidod to explore the garden because Mrs. Flint 
was away. 
She explored the garden. But soon she was walking back hnme. 
The next day she looked in the newspaper. There on the front page 
it said "A DOR~EY HOUSE BURGLED" underneath it told ynu the name 
of' the house Tina gasped because it said "The Hermitage". 

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"Is anything wrong Tina?" said her mother. "Nn, nn," said Tina. 
She decided to explore the hnuse again with Timmy. They went 
along the road and were soon at the house they got to the door then 
she noticed that a viindow was npen. There must be somenne inside. 
Cautinusly she climbed in Timmy jumped in after her. They heard a 
noise coming out nf where Mrs. Flints jewellery was kept. Timmy 
growled she stopped him. Then she peeped in the ronm. she shut the 
door quickly. Fnr she saw that he was stealing snme jewels, She 
locked up the ronm in ,01hich the man was, Then she ran quickly hnme. 
She, told her mother who phnned the pnlice. Sn,m they caught the 
man and Tina and Timmy got a reward from Mrs, Flint who was very 
pleased with them. ( 8), 
Patricia Eastgate - aged nine • 
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Kim and Ken Baxter were sitting in their tree-house, discussing 
the subject nf their quarantine, "It I s a gnnd thing Jimmy Jnnes 
caught scarlet fever at this point," said Kim thnuglltfully, "we 
have roughly tv,o mnre weeks than our normal hnlidays. 11 
11 Yes, 11 said Ken, "Have y,...,u heard about ·the dogs?" 
"What dogs?" asked Kim, 
"Well," replied Ken, "old Mr. Jacksnn, Mrs, Lyn, Jimmy Green 
and Mrs. Williamson have all had their dngs stolen," 
"Gosh! 11 exclaimed Kim, "Look; there I s the paper-boy, Let I s go 
and get our "Riding" magazine." 
Kim and Ken scrambled dnwn the tree and ,,,ent nver tn the front 
door~ "Lnr.k! 11 cried Kim, excitedly, "Dngs stolen. £5, reward for the 
capture of the thiof." 
Lator after lunch, when Kim and Ken were r1alking rm Dr,rney 
Common, they saw a big, burly man walking towards some nld brnkendnvm 
sheds, He was carrying a largo newspaper parcel. 
"There's Mr. Winters," said Ken, "I wonder what he's up to," 
"I don't like him," said Kim, "Cnme 0n, let I s follnw him for n 
game, Sn Kim and Ken ran after Mr. Winters. They followed him to the 
sheds, which nobody went to because nf being dangernus, The children 
followed the man to the farther shed, He went in, nponed a trap 
door and went dnwn. "Gosh, we'd better watch him, I think he might 
have something to do with the dog-stGaling," said Ken thnughtfully. 
As they were crossing the cattle-grid, going hnme, Kim said, 
"Listen to thnse dogs in Mr. Brnckburn1 s back-yard. 11 
"Yes, 11 replied Ken, "Listen, I've got an idea. I heard him say 
that he was going nut tonight, Let's follow Mr. Winters." 

"Sh'>uld we?".said Kim looking frightened, "I mean, it would 
be a bit cheeky." 
"Nn it wouldn't," said Ken irllitably, "go on," he pleaded. 
"All right," said Kim obligingly. 
It was a quarter past six and Kim and Ken were .Jreeping 
silently through the shrubbery at the back of Mr. Winters cottage. 
About half an hour later, the twins saw a figure creeping to 
Mr. Winters cottage. He was a tall, thin man with blonde hair. 
"It 1 s Mr. Brockburn," hissed Kim into Ken's ear. 
11 I know, 11 replied Ken, 11 He must be mixed up in this too. 
The dogs in his yard must be the stolen ones." 
Mr. Brockburn went into the cottage. • 
A little later the two men came out and backed a van '>Ut of 
a garage, adjoining the cottage and. then went back inside thG 
cottage. "Let I s get inside the back of the van," suggested Ken. 
Kim agreed and they jumped in. 'rhon Mr. Winters and Mr, Brockburn 
got in the van and drove nff with Kim and Ken in the back. 
Sor,n they lurched to a stop; The men got nut and went into 
some sheds. "We 1re 0 n the common. Let's shut them under the trapdoor," 
whispered Kim. 
11 Gnod idea", whispered be.ck Kon apprnvingly, 11c0me nn. 11 
So they jumped out anil slammed the trap-door shut. Suddenly, out 
of the shadow, jumped a man. "Mr. Brnckburn!" gasped Kim and Kon 
together. 
"Listen Y"U two," said Mr. Brockburn," y,m must believe me. 
I'm an ex-police inspector. I was called in to lonk intn this 
business. Look! Here's my card. Now I keep dogs. I have six, The 
police should be here any minute," he went on, "but they're ·1ate. 
I called them to be here at this time to Dorney Common." 
"So all the stolen dogs are dnwn there," said Kim, "What are 
they for?" 
"To be exported for pulling carts in France," replieil Mr. 
Brnckburn. 
"Oh!" exclaimed Ken, "so it must have been the meat for the 
dogs in that parcel Mr. Winters was carrying." 
At that moment, the police arrived. "You• 11 get £5. reuar,l 
for this you t•o," said the inspector, "Meanwhile you'd better 
come down to the statinn. 11 
The next morning, the story was all over the village. With 
their £5, Kim and Ken bought a pair nf beautiful labradors one 
lfockand r>ne golden. (5). ' 
Deirdre Collins - aged 12. 
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THE DORNEY PLAYERS. 
Following the demand voiced at the A.G.M., a prr>gramme of social 
and dramatic activities has been planned for the summer months. 
The first of these will take the form of a theatre party to 
"Salad Days" at the Theatre Rnyal, Windsor, on Friday, 4th May. 
It is hoped to bonk a block of twenty.seats at ten shillings each, 
and members who would like to go are advised to get in touch 
immediately with Mrs. Finch at The Manor Farm, Dnrney. If demand 
exceeds supply, applicatinns will have to be dealt with in strict 
rotation, so ynu are advised to waste no time. 
On the 25th May we break new gr-.und with a Junior Review, under 
the direction of !it's. Wooller. Thnse who saw .the entertainment 
given by our junior members after the A.G,M, 11ill welcome another 
chance to watch the same talent in action. 
On Saturday, 23rd June, the Society will hold its second 
Treasure Hunt (mnre details later), and the summer activities will 
end with a play reading at St, HClliers -.n 13th July. 
Incidentally, copies nf the press phntngraphs of "The White 
Sheep nf the Family" are available. Members who want them should 
app],y to Mrs. Finch. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. 
The monthly Meeting on 14th March began with the President, 
Mrs. Cane, paying a tribute to the memory nf Mrs. Fr.x:· She 
welcomed two nev, members, Mrs. Dimbylow and Mrs. Lyn. 
Several pounds of marmalade were brought for the competition at 
Aylesbury and Mrs. Wallis came tn judge them to find the best to be 
entered. Mrs. Stacey will also enter a flor·a1 decoration for this 
competition. 
The Spring outing to Blenheim Palace will definitely take place 
on Wednesday, 16th May. The cost etc. will be discussed at the 
next meeting. 
Mrs. Collins junior, as secretary to the Drama Group, reported 
that a one-act play "New Day" has been entered for the Bucks w.r. 
Drama Festival. The Drama Group will be going to Wendover nn 12th 
May for the semi-final and the actual Festival will be at Aylesbury 
on 19th May, 
A letter was read concerning Mrs. Rugumayo, from Uganda, the 
first woman student to come to this country to study through the 

good offices of the Associated Countrywomen of the World. She 
will visit Dorney W. I. and watch the procedure at- our -Apr:i.i meeting 
and we rather hope she might talk to us on the subject- of the 
women of Uganda . 
. "Reading for Pleasure" on the 17th and 18th April at Aylesbury 
and at High Wycombe should prove a most informative lecture and 
many members hope to attend. 
Mrs. Finch, our Secretary, is representing Dorney and Taplow 
W.I.•s at the Annual General Meeting at the Albert Hall. 
By a majority vote it was decided to continue the arrangement 
whereby we have our tea at small tables instead of sitting 
in rows. The talk by Miss Dench on "Deprived Children" was an 
eye-opener to us all. The statistics for 1956 show that 80,796 
children suffering from neglect were cared for in homes administ-
ered by tho various Cni.m'ties and this figure is increasing year 
by year. Miss Dench 1 s description of the children who were brnught 
to these homes was indescribable. 
She concluded her talk by appealing for young girls whn want 
t0 make children's nursing a career to undergo pre-training at 
these homes. She also invited us to come and visit the homes at 
any time we liked and this, no.doubt, we shall all want to do. 
The speaker for the next Meeting will be Mr. Wilfred 
Greatorex, a well-known author of documentaries for B.B.C. Television. 
Tea hostesses wi1i be l,trs; ·Holland and Mrs. Cundy. 
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DORNEY LOCO- AND AIRCRAFT-SPOTTERS CLUB. 
The pnstponed mnnthly meeting was held at Lnndnn Airport 
on Saturday, 24th March and despite a cold east wind we were 
blessed with sunshine. Eight members and the Chairma~ attended. 
Luftha-r,sa obliged with a new Boeing D-ABOH and there was a 
continuous round of activity, including a Luxembourg Airlines 
Crmvair. • 
It was agreed that the Chairman should make enquiries about 
a party fare for_a rail trip to the Bluebell Line on Saturday, 
12th May., as this would be a more interesting route than'going 
b):' train •. A "briefing" meeting to discuss final plans and 
finance vllll be held at "St. Helier 1 s" at 4,p.m. on the previous 
~attorday,' 5th I!ay. T~ere. will, therefore, be no meeting in April, 
1he_Blueoell line trip wil~ pro1?ably 17ave Taplow by the 9,35, 
train nn 12th !.fay, travelling via Paddington, Victoria, Haywards 

Heath and Horsted Keynes ·,md nn to Sheffield Park nn the Bluebell 
Line, returning by the same route toreach Taplnw in the evening. 
The fare wr,uld prnbably be about 12s. per head and members are 
asked to bring as much.0f, tJ;i;i.$ ?B. t\1\"Y. can as Club funds are lnv,, 
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TAPLOW STATION. 
Taplnw Western Reginn Railway Statir.n has recently been 
repainted and mndornised. An exhibition nf phntngraphs is staged 
in nne nf the rr,nms on the up relief platform.·we hnpe to 
include some nr,tes by Mr. Gabb, the Station Ma~ter, in 0ur next 
issue. ............... 
DCJRNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIET:Y. 
The first nwcting nf the season was held by the Dnrney 
Hnrticul tural SncL,ty on Thursday, tho 8th of ~!arch, at the Primary 
Schnnl D0rn,ay Roach. Mr. Scrs>se, the Slough Bornugh Parks Superintond~
nt every kindly came and gave a very interesting and inf'ormative 
talk nn the work nf the Parks D0partment and hnw the m0ney 
was spent and saved in th~ maintenance of the Parks, Playing Fields, 
Grass verges, etc. After his talk the meeting was thrnvm open 
fnr questions followed by refreshments and a raffle. . 
The next Meeting will be held r,n Thursday,· the· 26th ,-,f Aoril,. 
when a talk nn matters -.f general interest tn gardeners will be 
given v.·i th special reference to "Gr"wing fnr Shnwing" hnping this 
will encourage mnre members tn suppnrt the Annual .Horticultural 
Show at tha Dorney Village Hall 0n the 14th 0f Ju:j.y. 
Members are reminded that the Burnham Allotment Hut now has 
its Spring stnck of Seed P"tatnes, Vegetable Seeds, Fertilisers 
and general garden raquisi tos which are available .tn the D,,rney 
Hnrticultural Snciety memberc, at very advantagenus prices, Please 
take,ynur memb~rship card with you (npen 1O.a.m. tn 12.nnnn. Sundeys, 
npnnsite the Maypole P.H.), 
" We hava also a very special select inn" f Gladi~li and Begnnia 
Cnrms available to members at reduced prices. (Apply tn any 
Committee member). 
ANTu1JAL SHOW. Please nnte that the revised datu fnr the 

Annual Horticultural Show wi ll be Saturday , July 14th. 
CYCLAMUS. 
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NATURE NOTES . 
I think it is generally r eal ised nowadays that most birdsong 
is connected with maintaini ng a t er ritory in which, in Winter 
the bird may f eed , and in Spring may nest and r ear its young. 
The different speci es may vary in the amount 0f s i ngi ng employed at 
different seasons but at this time of year birdsong in def ence of 
t erritory rises to a springti me peak as the cocks stake out their 
cla ims and announce in song that trespasser s will be prosecuted. 
Robins are t erritnr i al ' al l tne· year round and my garden is 
usually the domain of only one of them , except in the br eeding 
season when t he one becomes a pair . Occ~_si_n_nally the_ boundary 
between two robin t erritories has divided t he gard2n and I have found 
that sitting nut nf doors between two r iva l cocks , each determined to 
outsing the other , has its attractions but is not exactly peaceful . 
In contrast to the robin the t erritoria l "s ong" of the greenfinch 
is the most sonthing sound i maginabl e. It consists simply 0f a 
long- drawn- out , mellow dwee- ee- ee deliver ed by the cock from a 
commanding p~sition at the top of a tree or bush and repeated r egularl 
y and almost i nterminably. If the bird is disturbed the note 
changes to a _twitt ering as the bird f lies away. 
The aggressive nat~e. of birdsong is oft en cl early demonstrated • 
by the hedge sparrow. It happens i ·n most years that a pair 0f these 
birds nests under my bedroom wi ndow ond I have noticed that at ni ght 
any sudden noisy disturbance i s counter ed instantly by a furious 
snatch of song. The bird will attack in this way a passing motorcycle, 
if it is speciall y noisy or the sort of qui ck burst of r ain 
0r hail which comes very suddenly and makes the l eaves r attle . On 
sever al occasions I hovG heard i t protesting in the same way at a 
j et a i r .craft whi ch was f lying t00 lov, for comfort . The bird, i n fac t , 
was wakene~ by a threat and r eocted i mmediately with a song. 
Rf\.TURALIST . 
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BROWNIE NEVIS, 
Margaret Brooks and Elizabeth Roche of the 1st Dorney Pack 
have passed the 1st Class Brnwnie Test, the highest award which 
a Brnwnie can obtain. 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. 
NO. 5. MAY , 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST . JAMES . 
HOLY COMMUNION: Every Sunday at 8. a .m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12 , noon. 
Thi rd Sunday of the Month after Evensong. 
MOONI NG PRAYER: Every Sunday at 11. a .m. 
EVENSONG: Every Sunday at 6. 3O. p. m. 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: Every Sunday at 2. 35. p.m. 
SPECIJ.L SERVICES ON ASCENSION DAY: 
HOLY COMMUNION: 7. a .m. and 1O. a .m. 
VICAR: The Rev . E.T. Sherlock , A.K.C. , Hon. C. F. , 
The Vicarage , Dorney , Windsor, Berks . 
Tel: ~tμ"nham 421. 
CHURCHWARDENS : 
Vicar I s Warden: 
People ' s Warden: 
Deputy People ' s 
Warden: 
Lt . Col. P.D. S. Palmer , 
Dorney Court , Windsor , Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 638. 
Mr . J . E. Farri ngton, 
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Maidenhead , Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386 . 
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St . Helier ' s , Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead , Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447, 
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EDITORIAL NGrE. 
The Editors were particularly-pleased to receive the following 
letter: 
Durnford· House, Eton College. 
7th April, 1962. 
"Look Up". 
Eton Magazine. 
Secretary: Mrs. Hazell. 
Dear Mr. Roche; 
JI/lay I congratulate you and those who have helped you in the 
production of a new Parish Magazine, and wish you every success. I 
am sure from my own experience that a great many more people will 
take and read a Pari~h Magazine.if tt is an 11 active" one as yours 
so obviously is. • 
Best of luck to you, 
Yours sincerely, 
(Sgd). Elizabeth Hazell. 
EXCERPT FR.C1VI THE LNNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER TO THE 
PJJlOCHil,L CHURCH COUNCIL. 
The following is an excerpt of the beautifully-produced 
Report for the year ended 31st December, 1961, which was submitted 
to the P,C·,C. at the Annual Vestry Meeting 011 16th Lpril by the 
Hon, Treasurer, Col. _Pa_lmer .•. 
The 
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P.C.C. accounts, which 
first time, comprise: 
(a) I. Balance sheet. 
have been professionally audited for 
(b) 
(c) 
.'. summary of receipts and payments, supported by 
Schedules showing receipts and payments for each subaccount, 
to which W0
er·e· added a list of commitments for 
1962 and certain anticipated contra receipts, 

The credit palance of spendable money at 31st December, 1961, was 
£449.10.11-¼cJ., an increase over 1960 of £19.11.1-¼cJ.. This was due to 
bills not having been presented. In fact our income rose from about 
£430. in 1960 to £1,655. in 1961, but to offset this, expenditure 
rose from £612. to £1,635 .. 
Christian Giving Campaign. 
The main event of 1961 was the success of the leadership given by 
the P.C.C. in re-introducing into this Parish the concept of Christian 
Stewardship of Giving. So far some of the expenses of the Campaign 
incurred by_ the Wells Organisation have been paid and the payments to 
certain charities have been augmented to bring them to figures agreed 
by the P.c.c. 
The Pledged inc_ome for 1962 is estimated to be about fl,900, 
of_ which some £1,.100. will be availabl_e for augmentatiop. and_ support 
between :,ugust and December ,after the balance of the Wells fees, the 
balance of c_ampaign bills and the refund of £515. temporary loan from 
the Church Repair Account, have been paid, ,\g!"linst this £1,100. will, 
however, have to be set some £1,400. on known commitments ap.d there 
will be some unknown ones; in short, the P.C.C. will st~rt the year 
with a;n overdraft of about £1,000. which will recede to about £400. 
by the end of the year; that is to say that the real benefi.t of the 
Christian Giving Campaign is felt in its second and third years. 
The broad picture is this. In the course of the Campaign, about 
Sojo of the families in the Parish were canvassed, and of these just 
over half p_le:dged themselves to give some £2,275. (including tax 
rebates) a year for 3 years. The others, who could not bring themselves 
to pledge, contr_ipμt!S!l-. p_e_ty,een them a once and for all £200. 
These figures show a great giving response. In the pastoral sense, 
however, there remains a great challenge to lead the, as yet, 
uncanvassed 2ojo to Christian Stewardship, and the Continuation 
Committee will be making proposals to the newly elected P.C.C~ ·as to 
.how the laity can meet this challenge • 
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./i.NNUAL VESTRY MEEI'ING, 16th APRIL, 1962. 
The Annual Vestry Me<;!ting, held in the Village Hall, was attende.d 
by twenty-three parishioners, with the Vicar in the Chair. 
In his report, the Vicar commented on the success of the 
Christian Giving Campaign, and remarked with pleasure that it had 

brought several new v1orkers into parochial affairs. He referred to 
the re-hanging of t~e bells, and concluded by thanking all.parishioners 
for their contributions to the successful working of the 
parish, especially the Churchwardens, the members of the P.c.c., 
the Recorders to the Pledge Fulfilment Committee, and Col. /;.!Iles for 
his past services as auditor. 
The accounts for 1961 were presented by Coh Palmer, andapproved 
by the Meeting. 
Business then turned to the electi_ort of efficials. Gol,.Palmer, 
Mr. Farrington and Mr. Roche were re-elocted .Vicar's Warden, 
People's Warden and Deputy People's Warden respectively. The following 
wero elected as members of the Parochial Church Council for 1962- 
63, 
Mrs. Ames, Miss Bennett, Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Loughnan Mrs. 
Raylor, Mrs. Williamson, Col. Ames, Messrs. L].lert, Bundy: Cottam, 
Eaeetgate, Fletcher; _Gibson and Gregory. 
Mrs. 1.dc.cck VISS appointed an honorary member. Mr. Gibson was 
re--:eleqted Secretary, Mrs .• Williamson was electc,d J,ssistant Secretnry 
and Mrs. Loughnan was ro-appoi~ted_delegate to the Ruri-deoanal ' 
Conference. 
The retiring memb~rs of ·the .Vill,age Hall Committee, Mrs. Rocho 
and Mrs. Williams were re-elected unopposed. 
?ther business included a decision to re-appoint the present 
orgam.st at. the end of his six-month probationary period,. if considered 
satisfactory, on a temporary basis and at his present s£>lary 
and a recommendat~on to pay junior members of the choir. ' 
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SOCILL AND SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
This is a newly-formed committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. 
Francis Gibson. It is a sub-committee of the Parochial Church 
Council, whose main aim will _be, as .its ,i,ame implies to organise 
social activities in the parish and sec,k opportuniti~s to give 
service as and when required, either to the community. as· a· uhole or 
to individuals. • • • • ·• -- ··'· ·----" ·'--· 
The Committee, composed of The _Vicar, Messrs 1,llen, Eastgate 
and Gregory, and Mesdames Fletcher, Gibson and D. Roche met for the 
first time on 2nd 1.pril. Mr. J,llen was unfortunately u:iable to 

attend because of illness. Mrs. Gibson was elected secr_etary. 
i.f'ter the Chairman had explained how he had been asked to form 
the committee, and had given an outline of its purposes as an 
integral part of the Christian Giving Campaign, but this time with the 
accent on giving of time and service to the community, two important 
decisions were.made, 
1. The committee felt strongly that great care must be taken not 
to offend anyone by offering services to individuals which might be 
misconstrued as unwarranted interference in personal affairs, 
I,ccordingly it was decided to aim the initial scope of its activities 
at the more social side of its work. 
2. It was decided to hold a Garden Party this summer to which all 
parishioners should be invited. The suggested venue was Dorney 
County Primary School grounds, , and. a d@te of a Saturday in July was 
tentatively fixed; a final decision to wait until it was sure it 
would not clash with other local 1>Ctivi ties. It was further decided 
that the party should be entirely free, -and that the parish should 
be invited to contribute in kind, by giving food for tea, or time 
to organising an entertainment, or making a gift of a prize for a 
competition, 
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AN Il\lPCRTANT J.NNOUNCEMENT _JIB ALL _RESillENTS IN THE p;,RISH OF DCRNEY. 
There will be a Garden Party held in the grounds of Dorney 
County Primary School, Dorney Reach, for all residents in Dorney 
Parish. 
Entertainments will include a Fancy Dress Parade and Competition, 
Pony Rides, Comic Races, Folk Dancing Display, Pet Show, a Dramatic 
Show and a Sumptuous Tea! 1.LL THIS WILL BE ENTIRELY FREE: THE 
GIFT OF THE PARISH TO THE Pi\RISH. Would you perhaps like to ' . provide a cake, sandwiches, a prize, or your time to organise an 
event? 
The date 
coming issues 
will be a Saturday in July, probably the 28th, Watch 
of the •Dorney Parish News' for further details. 
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CHOIR N<JrICE. 
It is hoped that during the next month or two the choir will 
be built up to about .a dozen people, and that it will be possible 
to give a real lead in the hymns, canticles and psalms again very 
soon. As long as we have singers for all four parts, we should be 
able to tackle less complicated anthems as well with a choir of 
this size, 
J,t, the moment, however, more singers are still needed, Would 
anyone interested in joining the choir, please contact the Vicar as 
soon as possible, Choir practic.es are at 10. 20, a,m. on Sunday 
mornings. 
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PRLYER BOOK Su:NDLY, 20th· MJS. 
J,s. our reade~s ma? know!· the 19th May is the 300th Anniversary· 
of the i.ct for Uniformity which brought into use our present Book 
of Co~on Prayer. On that day it is planned to hold a Thanksgiving 
Rally i': the Central Hall, Westminster, There will also be special 
thanksgiving prayers and sermons in· our t:hurches on the following 
day, Sunday, 20th May. 
It is worth recalling that 400 years ago in the reign of 
Edward the Sixth the First English Prayer Book v;a~ published and 
ordered to come into use not later than Whitsunday the 9th June 
1549, Since then there have been four successive ~ditions of th~ 
Prayer Book in English. Incidentally, three other dates should be 
mentioned~ 1544 the Litany in English, 1548 the Order of Holy 
Communion in English and 1611 the Luthorised Version of the Bibl.o. 
We have become so accustomed to our Book of Common Prayer as 
to take for granted that the services should be in English and 
that we should possess one book containing all we need in our 
worship of God. But these blessings were not always ours as we 
learn from the Preface of the 1549 Prayer Book found also in our 
present Prayer Book under the heading, 'Concerning the Service of 
the Church•. The Preface tells us that the Revisers had two 
objects in view: 
(1) First, a return to 'Scripture and Primitive Usage•. 
There can be no doubt that our Prayer Book is •scriptural': 

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but this was not always so, For example, we recall that in the Middle 
1,.ges the 1cup 1 was withheld from the laity. For this reason, the 
'Order of Communion• in English was incorporated in the Latin Rite 
restoring the .•cup• to the laity. Further, the Canon or Prayer of 
Consecration was practically rewritten and expressions were omitted 
which countenanced the doctrine of the repetition of the Sacrifice of 
the Cross and the then prev2lent form of the doctrine of Transubstantiation. 
In addition, longer lections bf Scripture were introduced 
into the Daily Services and arrangements mad!" .for the continuous 
recitation of the whole of the Psalms, instead of fragmentary 
portions of them, Thus the reading of the Bible was to be restored to 
its old thoroughness and simplicity, It must be admitted that on 
examination the teaching and practice embodied in our Book of Common 
Prayer is in accord with the teaching and practice of the Apostolic 
Church, 
(2) Second, the Church Services-were to-become 1congregational 1 , 
This could be effected by the use of tho English language 
throughout, by the use of a single book and by great simplification, 
especially in the Daily Services. !.s regards larigua-ge, it was not 
that the Revisers objected to the use of Latin but to the fact that 
both priests and laity failed to understand the Latin services; this 
was a serious stumbling-block in the way of intelligent worship. We 
may recollect S, Paul's words to the Christians at Corinth: 
1 In the church I had rather speak five words with my 
understanding, thet by my voice ;r might teach ether~ 
also, than ten thousand words in an _unknown tongue 1 • 
(1 Car, 14. v, 19), 
Then ther.e is the Revisers I intention to use a single book, Tho 
Medieval Service Books were many in numbc,r; but long bc,fore our First 
Prayer Book appeared in 1549, a process of combination had reduced 
them to five, viz., the Missal, which contained all that was 
necessary for the Mass; the Breviary, which contained the Daily 
Services now compressed into our 1\attins and Evensong; the Manual, a 
collection of occasional of.fices fer the use of the parish priest; 
the Pontifical, which contained these services in wbich a bishop had 
to officiate; and the Processional, -containing the Litanies. These 
old Latin Service Books - in themselves great treasures of art - are 
the foundation of the Book of Common Prayer, 
In the course of time our Prayer Book will undergo further 

revisions for neither our language nor the forms of the various 
services can possibly remain static. To those.of us who love the 
Prayer Book, the changes will appear •revolutionary• just as they 
did to the clergy and laity in 1549 and at subsequent times, But we 
thank God for all the Prayer Book has meant to past generations and 
still means to us today. It is the manual of public worship of tho 
Church of England, and as such it possesses an authority, and has a 
claim upon our loyalty and esteem notwithstanding its imperfections, 
second only to th2t of the Bible. 
The nscension of our Lord. 
7.a.m. 
10.a.m. 
Holy Communion. 
Holy Communion. 
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THE CHRISTIJ.N FlJULY YEJJl, 
May 1962 to May 1963 will be observed throughout the Diocese 
of Oxford as a CHRISTIL.N FLMILY YELR, The Bishop looks upon it as a 
Diocesan Undertaking. designed to back up each Incumbent and his 
people in the Church I s witness to the importance of the Christian 
Family, It will offer opportunities for positive acts of prayer, 
worship, study and service. These will be organised in the Diocese 
in the following ways:- 
ON P!JlISH LEVEL. 
'l'he Rural Dean will approach the Incumbent and, if he is 
interested, the Christian Family Deanery Committee will request that 
they may be allowed to send a speaker to the P.C.C. or other group 
in the Parish to explain the aims of the Christian Family Year. nll 
parishes will be asked to report plans to the C,F. Committee, 
ON DEANERY LEVEL. 
The Christian Family Deanery Committee will be concerned 
mainly with activities outside the M.U. branches and groups, but 
should be empowered to advise and make suggestions to them. 
(a) It will organize three Deanery events during the year, 
(b) It will send lists of suggested activities, etc. to 
Incumbents and' ask for reports of services, meetings 
and activities from Christian Family Parish Committees, 

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(c) suggestions for activities will be se~t to the c.~. Deanery 
Con'.mittees from the M.U. Centre and .Diocesan Committee. 
JIRCHDE!.CONRY and DIOCESJ,N EVENTS wi],l be o~ganised and nqtices sent 
in due course, It is expected that there will be SERVICES. OF 
REDEDICJ,TIOl'i in 6 centres on May 18th, 1962'. . . 
Up-to-date propaganda, literature., advice, etc. will. be 
distributed ~o the Parishes, 
CENTRl,L EVE~S. 
May 16th, 1962, 
Oct. 20th, 1962. 
May 22nd, 1963, 
Westminster J;bbey. 
Albert Hall. 
Central Service of 
Rededication of M.U.Members. 
Parents Meeting . 
Thanksgiving, 
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A FOR.THC OMING EVENT, 
The Bishop of· Buckingham has kindly consented to dedicate 
bells and the organ on Sunday, the 24th June, at 11.a.m • 
BURIAL, 
April 12th: 
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Rosa Quarterman, aged 92 years. 
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DORNEY CHURCH CLEl,NING R<J.rA. 
the 
May 5th, 
May 12th. 
May 19th, 
Mrs, Loughnan, 
Mrs. Gibson, 
Delphine Roche. 
May 26th. 
June 2nd, 
Mrs. ·williamson. 
Mrs. Barker. 
ALTAR FLOWERS 
May 5th, 
May 12th. 
May 19th . 
R<J.rA. 
Mrs. Bundy. 
Mrs. Eastgate, 
Mrs. Stacey. 
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May 26th. 
June 2nd. 
June 9th. 
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Mrs. Adcock. 
Mrs. Gibson. 
Mrs. Loughnan. 

DORNEY .CHURCH OFFERTORY COUNTING RGrA. 
May 3rd . 
May 10th . 
May 17th. 
May 24th. 
May 31st . 
June 7th. 
Col. Ames, Mrs . ·Rayl or. 
Mr . Roche , Mr . Eastgate. 
Mr . Farrington, Mr . Cottam. 
Mr . Allen, Mr. Pilkin~on . 
Mr . and M.rs . Gregory. 
Col . Ames, Mrs . Raylor. 
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ROSTER OF USHERS . SUNDAY SERVICES . 
8 . a . m. All Sundays . 
11. a. m. May 6th.- . . ... . . 
May 13th. 
May 20th. 
May 27th. 
June 3rd. 
6 . 30. p.m. All .Sundays. 
Mr. Farrington. 
Mr•. · Fletcher. 
Col. Ames . 
Mr . Cottam. 
Mr. Gibson. 
Mr . Fletche·r . 
Mr . Roche , Mr . ~astgate, 
by arrangement . 
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ALFRED WEBB, of Edendale, Stomp Road , Burnham, 
died at home , 27th March , 1962, and buried at Taplow, 
30th March. . . . . . 
Mr. Webb, although he lived at Burnham always had a soft 
place i1: his heart for Dorney, where over the .years lie.. had -m~da . 
~any ~riends. He was a very friendly and likeabl e person. It 
18 said that he had been a Church organist for 60 years f~om the 
age of 15, He must have been a very humble man ~ith much . Christian 
forbe~rance to be able to get a long with so many different Vicars 
and wi~h ever changing choirs. He charmed music out of our old 
ha~monium for most of the 27'years"6f'his playing in Dorney. 
This, of course , was mainly during the time of Rev . A. C. Adcock. 
He was c~mpletely r eliable , never failing to turn up ror Services 
or practices no matte:r what the VJeather o:n personal inconvenience. 
He was our s~xton and for some- years sacretary of: the Parochial 
Church Council and until recently School -C.orrespondent . I suppose 
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that I first got to know hi m as Clerk of Dorney Parish Council , 
shortly after the War. He had a considerable store of knowledge which 
he imparted in a most tactful manner to us new boys . Mr .. Webb ' s many 
friends in Dorney were saddened ·to hear of his death and · o'ffer th~ir 
deepest sympathy to Mrs . Webb and their children. 
PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES . 
The Parish Council met on 3rd April, and discussed, amongst 
other matt ers , the follo:,ving items: 
Road improvements . 
I.t was hoped that 'agreement could be reached between the Bucks 
C. C. and the landowner on the question of comi:cnsation in time for 
work to begin on the widening of Dent ' s Corner by 1st August. 
By- Pass. 
There seems r elatively little demand for a playing field on the 
open ground beside the By- Pass between Meadm:i -Way and the River . 
The Council are pr essing, however , for i ts retention as an open 
space. 
Discussions are taking place between the Council_and the 
Ministry of Transport on the subject of planting shrubs on the flyovers 
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War Memorial. 
The annual meeting of the Memorial Society on 27th March was 
reported , and attention drawn to the need for caretakers for the 
memorial garden. Offer::; of help ·would be warmly welcomed . 
Road Safety. 
Road safety on Dorney Common ,Jill receive full attenti on from 
the Road Safety Committee during the summer months . 
Bus Shelter . . 
A petition to er ect a bus shelter in Dorney Rec1ch at the junction 
of Harcourt Road and Marsh Lane was r ec eived and the suggestion 
approved in principle. An offer· of. financial help from the 

Dorney Women's Social Club was gratefully acknowledged, Estimates 
for the erection of a shelter are being sought. 
Next Meeting: Tuesday, 1st May, 1962. 
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ROAD SAFETY COURSE. 
If sufficient names are forthcoming it is hoped that a Safe 
Cycling Course might be run on the usual lines at the Dorney 
County Primary School, sometime this year. 
Parents who would like their children to take part in. 
this course are. asked to give the children's names to Mr. L.H. 
Eastgate, Dorney County Primary School. 
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SCHOOL NEWS, 
It was with great regret that the children said goodbye 
to Mrs, D. P, Gibson at the end of the Spring Term, During 
·the time that Mrs, Gibson had been in charge of the Lower 
Juniors she had instilled a tremendous spirit of enthusiasm 
into the school. Thanks to her coaching, the Netball.Team had 
gone on from strength to strength and were now able to hold 
their own with any school in the district, On the last day of 
term, the children presented WJrs. Gibson with a bab_y basket 
full of useful things for her future family. This was a very 
moving occasion, but Mrs, Gibson promised the children that she 
would come along to see them as often as she could, as she would 
not be moving from the district. 
Mr. Eastgate would like to thank all those kind friends 
who offered accommodation for the new teacher, Miss M, Thomas. 
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SPORTS NEWS. 
Netball. 
. 7th Mar. v. 
13th" v, 
Football. 
19th Mar. v. 
2nd Apl. v. 
9th Apl. v . 
Eton Wick 
" If 
Taplow 
Eton Wick 
II It 
Won 
Lost 
Won 
Lost 
Lost 
2-0 . 
6-7. 
4-2. 
0-9. 
6-7. 
An interesting innovation was the match against The Old Boys 
Team on the evening of Friday, 23rd March. The school team lost 
4-1, but it is hoped to arrange another match of this nature in the 
future, 
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ROAD SAFETY COMPETITION. RESULTS. 
The winner in last month's Road Safety Competition was Miss 
Angela Bell, The Old Brick House, Dorney, 
Below we print the prize-winning entry - full of excellent 
suggestions. 
ROA]) SAFETY HINTS FOR PARE!'.'TS OF UNDER-FIVES. 
1. 
2, 
When taking toddlers out with the pram, push pram on outside 
of footpath, keep children on inside, not one on either side. 
Encourage children to run ahead, not lag behind. You can see 
them better. 
Don't allow a child under five to take a dog out on a lead, 
The dog can pull the child into the road. 

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Teach child to hold mother's hand or coat, or the pram - 
when crossing the road, Be sure Mother does "Look Right, 
Look Left, Look Right" drill before stepping off' the 
kerb, and teach child to do it too, 
If Mother meets a friend, also with .child, and they stop 
and talk, don•t let children start playing and step· into 
the road. 
Ban taking a BALL when out for a walk. 
Ban older children under 16 putting toddlers on hanμlebars 
of bicycles, 
Teach very small children NEVER to walk on a road wh~n 
there is a footpath, and if no footpath,to walk so near to 
the right hand side they can touch the fence all the time. 
9, If taking a small chi-ld out at night, even in a wheelchair, 
let it wear white cap or pale coloured coat, Fix luminous 
disc (Woolworths) to back of wheelchair, 
10. When taking small children in Cars - NEVER allow them to 
lean out of the window. 
11, Teach children, however young, NEVER to:- 
(a) Cross roads without looking both ways 
(b) Cross roads at a bend 
(c) Run out from behind a parked car 
(d) Race older children on bicycles, tricycles or 
scooters - 
( e) Play "Tag" on way home from school 
(f) Try to touch moving cars. 
12, Don't let small children look at picture books when out 
for walks - they can1 t look in two places at once. 
i,, Have your garden gate on a heavy spring so it is selfshutting, 
and have the spring so strong that an underfive 
cannot pull it open (garden gate to open inwards), 
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of a car, even in the garage. Once they have watched someone 
make it go, they' 11 .try to do ,it,- -Before now small children 
have taken the brake off •..... with dreadful results. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. 
At the monthly meeting on 11th April, our Chairman, Mrs. Cane, 
welcomed a new Member, Mrs. Kennedy, and we were all pleas"ed to see 
l,.rs. Nelson and Mrs. Hancock back again, both of whom had been very 
ill. Mrs. Cane also· welcomed !.lrs. Thirlway, who had brought Mrs. 
Rugamayo of Kampala, Uganda, one of the first overseas stud_ents 
fostered by the Association of the Countrywomen of t_he Worl_d. 
Mrs. Horner has booked a 29-seatcr coach for the spring outing 
to Blenheim on the 16th May. Cost, including tea, will be 
aprroximately 12s.6d. First picking up point wil_l be at Harcourt 
Road at 10.30., then the Palmers Arms, and the Pineapple. Those 
whc wish to take part are requested to bring their money to the 
next Meeting. 
Mrs, Barker reported on the Finance Cortferenc'e which she 
attended; it is evidently very necessary that our annual subscription 
should be increased from 3s.6d. to 5s,Od. The Drama Group is going 
ahead with its rehearsals of "New Day" which will be performed at 
Wendover·on 12th May. Anyone who wants to attend the Drama Finals 
at Aylesbury on 19th May should apply immediately to Mrs .. Collins 
who has to contact Wirs. Margetson. 
As Mr. Wilfred Greatorex was unable to come,.his place was 
taken by Mr. Christopher Barry, B,B.C, television producer of "The· 
Net" and "Compact". He brought with him blueprints and models 
with the help of which he showed us how much work and forethought 
needed to go into a single half-hour production. 
The next Meeting will be on 9th May and those Members who have 
attended the Handicrafts Course are asked to bring their work for 
other members to see. There will also be a competition to make up 
a slogan in prose or verse for W.I, recruitment. Miss Beckton, who 

is our V,C,O, and also the County Secretary, will judge the 
competition. Miss Bennett has offered to give the prize for this, 
Tea hostesses are Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Collins. 
DORNEY LOCOSPCTrTERS I AND AIRCRAFTSPCTrTERS I CLUB. 
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Members arc reminded that there will be a special meeting 
at St. Helier 1 s at 4,p.m. on Saturday, 5th !,lay, to discuss final 
arrangements for the excursion to the Bluebell Line on the 
following Saturday, 12th May. The through fare, including the 
·Bluebell Line return trip from Horsted Keynes to Sheffield Park 
and back, admission to the museum and inspection of the engines 
there, from Taplow back to·Tapl_ow, will be 12s;lld, 
As mentioned in our last issue, we asked the Station Master 
at Teplow to give us a short note on the repainting of that 
Station, which, for the first time since Great Western days, is 
no longer coloured in chocolate and cream, We give below the 
note which he has obtained for us from·the Public Relations and 
Publicity OfficeI', Western Region, Paddington; 
EXPERIMENTAL PAINTING 11'i' TAPLOW. 
Taplow Station, Western Region, has been repainted experimentally, 
brighter colours having been ·used than formerly. At the 
sam~ time, improvements have been made in the booking hall, 
unsightly fixtures have been removed and poster boards have been 
replanned, 
Colours chosen in the case of Tnplow are a light green/grey 
for all interiors, door and window frames silver grey w'i th doors 
in electric blue, Structural ironwork on the footbridge y,hich is 
prominent has been coloured a dark blue/grey, iron fences black 
and wooden fences silver grey. Wooden structures on the station 
have been used for station signs. 
An inspection of the station was made on the 14th March by 
members of the Western Area Board, the General Manager of the 
Western Region and a number of Officers . 
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NA,TURE NorES. 
The shag, which is probably familiar to overyone who has ever 
had a soa-side holiday is a close, relation of the cormorant, and 
differs mainly in its small.er size and in. lacking the cormorants 
white cheek patch. 
As it is described in my bird book as "strictly maritime", 
it was with some surprise that I h0ard of a party of forty shags 
v1hich ha_d been seen .at Reacl.ing at the end of March. The British 
Trust for Ornithology gathered news of shags being seen in unexpected 
places in widely separated parts of the country at about the same 
date and it became clear that as a result of the severe gales at the 
end of March, large numbers of thes() birds had bc,en blown inland and 
were unwilling lodgers in unfamiliar places·. 
I have not heard of one of those birds being seen on our 
Etretch of the river but my hu&band saw one standing on a post at 
Loultc,rs Lock. At Reading, they ,7ere seen fishing in the river and 
1 costing on the gasholder at Re3ding gasworks, this being .the best 
substitute they .could find for their usual rocks and cliff ledges. 
come of these birds were seen to be wearing rings on their legs and 
en being caught and c,xamined, it was found they were ringed as 
r.estlings on the Farne Islands. 
It is not unusual for sea "birds to be overwhelmed by persistent 
storms in this way, and if the numbers involved are fairly large 
ornithologists term tt. a. '.'YJ:!'\'9\<'.',. , . J_ :remember a little auk wreck 
a few years ago when some of the birds werco found locally in an 
exhausted state, efforts to return them to the sea were made but 
many must have perished. I hope that the shags will be successful 
in finding their way back _to their usual haunts. 
NATURALIST. 
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DORNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Spring Garden Competition will be judged towards the 
end of the week commencing April 30th. It is hoped that as many 
as possible will enter by giving their names to any member of 
the Committee, a day or two before. 
The Annual Shem will be held in the Village Hall on Saturday, 
the 14th of July, preceded the week before by the Summer Gardens 
Competition. Details of this and the Show Schedule will, it is 
hoped, be distributed to the members by May. It is earnestly 
hoped that as many members as possible will support the Show and 
any suggestions will be most welcome, provided that they are 
submitted soon enough. 
Seeds of French Beans, Peas, Beetroot, Turnip and Salads 
can be sown. Turnips require quick growth to yield tender roots 
and this can be helped by placing cloches over part of the row. 
Seeds of Sweet W~lliams, Canterbury Bells, Wallflowers and 
perenm.als for flowering next year can be sown this month 
-Bedding out of the more tender plants should be delayed ~til 
later in the month in order to guaI'd against losses by late frosts. 
C YC LAlv!US • 
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Editors: 
Editorial Board : 
Distri butors: 
T. Y{. E. Roche, "St. Helier I s 11 
, Dorney Reach, 
(Tel ephone: Maidenhead 1447). 
F .D. Gibson, "Rhoswen", Dorney Reach. 
(Telephone: Maidenhead 3943). 
The Editors, Mr. L.H. Eas tgate, 
Mrs. A. Eastgate, Mrs. H. Roche , and 
Mrs. D. P. Gibson. 
Village and Lake End. 
Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Eastgate, Mr. Allen, 
Mrs. Barker, Miss Bennett, Mrs. Raylor. 
Dorney Reach. 
Mr. Gibson, Mrs . Fletcher, Mrs. Roche , 
Mrs. Williams, Mrs . Woqller, Mrs. Adcock, 
Mrs. Cobb, Mrs . Pilkinton, Mrs . Gregory, 
Mrs. Farrington. 
Rates of subscription: 6s.Od. per annum for 12 issues. 
12 months ' r eports for organi sations: £2. 2. Od . 
12 months' insertion of adver tisements: £1. 4. Od . 
Advertisers and treasurers of organisations should pleas e pay 
their subscriptions punctually to Mr. Eastgat e, 
Dis tributors who collect subscriptions for t hose taking the 
magazine should hand them to Mrs . Gibson. 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. 
NO. 6. JUNE. 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES . 
HOLY COMMUNION: 
MCRNING PRAYER: 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
SERVICES ON WHITSUNDAY: 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar 1 s Warden: 
People 1 s Warden: 
Diaputy People's 
Warden: 
Every Sunday at 8. a.m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12.noon. 
Third Sunday of the Month after Evensong. 
Every Sunday at 11.a.m. 
Every Sunday at 6.3O.p.m. 
Every Sunday at 2.35.p.m. 
See next page . 
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The Rev. E.T. Sherlock, A.K.C., Hon.C.F., 
The Vicarage, Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Lt. Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 638. 
Mr. J.E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maid~nhead 1386. 
Mr. T.W.E. Roche, 
St. Helier•s, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447 • 
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EDITCRIAL, 
The chief news of the· month is the• greet succE!Ss of the Dorney 
Women's Institute at the Drama Festival for Buckinghamshire at 
1,ylesbury, It is a tremendous honour to this small Parish that 
the Women's Institute, pitted 9gaiI11lt the giants from all over the 
County, succeeded in obtaining the ··coveted .:first prize :for. a oneact 
play, a silver .c~p.and certificate, and also a bursary for a 
drama course at Deru:1an College, Full details are given later in 
.. our report on Women•s Institute affairs. Our very heartiest 
congratulations to the successful participants. 
We should like to acknowledge receipt, thanks to the courtesy 
of Mrs. E. Hazell; df "Look Up", the Parish Magazine of Eton Eton 
Wick and Boveney., .This• with its charming cover with .the ' 
silhouettes of the three churches, and its very interesting local 
news, is most welcome as the magazine of our neighbour churches, 
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SERVICES ON WHITSUND~Y, 10th JUNE. 
7. rt.m. 
8. a. m. 
11.a.m. 
12 noon, 
2, 35,p.m. 
6,30.p.,m. 
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Holy•Communion. 
Holy Communion, 
Mattins and Sermon. 
Holy Communion, 
Child:r;el)' ~ Sqrvic q. 
Evensong and Sermon, 
SERVICE OF DEDICl,TiON, SUNDAY, 24th JUNE, 
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On Sunde.y, 24th June, the Bishop of Buckingham will visit 
St. ~ames I Church. Dorney, to dedicate our bells and organ. 
It ~1~1 be the usual service of Mattins at 11.a.m. with the 
addit~on of a short form of dedication following the Second Lesson, 
I~ediatoly after the deqiccition; the bells will be rung for two 
minute~ and again at the close of the service by a visiting team of 
bell-ringers under the direction of Mr. F,T. Blagrove, We are 
indeed grateful to him And his colleagues for their help. 
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BAP.rISM. 
May 6th. 
MARRIAGE. 
Sarah Elizabeth, ·daughter of Christopher John Wats_on ~d 
Margaret Elizabeth Everit t . 
April 23rd. Eric Gordon Old and Angela Veronica Denham. 
CREMATION. 
~pril 30th. Johanna GrMfin Bothmer- Haworth, aged 80 years . 
THE DAY OF PENTECOST. 
s. Luke ' s account in the Acts of the Apostles of the gift of the 
Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost , fifty days after the Passover, i s 
ful l of interest . There was first a p~riod of preparation, very likely 
spent i n prayer and meditation: 1And mark t~is : _I a~ sending upon 
you my Father ' s promised gift; so stay here in this city (Jerusalem) 
until you are armed with the power from above • (s. Luk~ 24. v . 49) . 
When the promise was fulfill ed, it was attended by t wo features 
(a) •a noise like that of a strong driving wind ' , and (b) •tongues 
like flames of fire • . 
First , ' a noise like that of a strong driving wind •. 
In the history of r eligion wind and fire have always been the 
symbols of the ener gy and presence of God. Both the Hebrew and Greek 
words for ' spirit ' indicate this: in Hebrew •ruach ' menns a desertwind 
and the Greek word •pneuma 1 may be translated •breath ' or ' wind ' 
and should be understood as describing God in action. This is so 
throughout the O. T. , as the distinct personality of the Holy Ghost 
was not yet r ecognized. In the story of Pentecost , our Lord '. s 
disciples experienced the .Hoiy' Ghost · sweeping in upon them with s~ch 
power that it seemed like ' u strong driving wi1:d ': Of course ! a wind 
can be destructive : it can also be gentle , stirring a l eaf_into 
motion : it can also be cleansing and life- imparting. In brief the 
wind is an excellent symbol to describe the various aspects of the 

work of God in the soul of man. 
Second , ' tongues like f l ames of f i r e 1 • 
And so with fire, the flashing lightni ng in a storm was 
r egarded as a manifestation' of the pres ence and energy of God . In 
the O. T. we have the account of the volcanic eruption at Mt. Sinai 
at the time of the giving of the Law. And ther e is the eariier 
incident of Moses at the burning bush wh~n he Tias c onstrained to 
r emove his sandals as he f elt tha t he was in the pr e s ence of God . 
V/ith fire we associa t e the idea of light illumina ting the mind of 
man : we may al s o think of fire as imparting warmth, zeal and ·· 
enthus i asm for the things of GosJ: and kindling the l ~ve of God 
v.1 i thin the heart of man . And jus t as fir e cleanses , so Tie may 
think of the Holy Ghos t as cle.a . n. s. ing. the soul fr om s in. 
Lastly , a word about ' speaking with other t ongues '. There can 
be no doubt tha t S. Luke believed tha t the disciples r eceived on 
the day of Pentec os t the miracul ous gift of longuages of ,1hi ch· •• • 
previous ly they knew nothing at a ll. This is hardly feas ible . The 
' speaking with ot her tongues ' pr obably r ef er s t o ecs t ati c utt e;an:
e~ under stress of emotion. It was one of the '&ifts of t he 
Spirit' and l a t er became a cause of confusi on in the Apostolic 
Church and f inally ceased. It appeared t o be intelligi ble t o many 
a t the time. These ecstatic utteranc es may be sai d t o emphasize 
·t wo truths: - 
( 1) the j oyous ecs t asy that marked the invasi on of God into 
human personality , and 
( 2) the pr omi se that t he Chri sti an Gospe l would eventually 
over come all bar 'r-iers of l anguage and uni. t e • all men i n one ·c orfiiiion - 
alleg~ance and experience of God . It is worth r ecalling the wor ds 
of Philo of Al exandria of xhe firs t c entury A.D. : 
'Ear t h has many tongues but Heaven only one , and t he' hear ts 
: of all men can hear the heavenly l anguage inwardly speaking t o 
them and under stand it •. 
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DCRNEY CHURCH CLEANI NG Rorli.. 
June 2nd . 
11 9th. 
11 16th·. 
Mrs . Barker . 
Mrs . Cane. 
Mrs . Junes . 
June 23rd. 
11 30th. 
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DORNEY CHURCH OFFERT CRY COUN'rING RorA. 
June 7th. Col. Ames, Mrs . Raylor. 
" 14th. Mr . Roche , Mr. Eas.tgat e . 
II 21st. Mr. Farringt on, Mr . Cottam. 
II 28th. Mr . Allen, Mr. Pilkinton. 
July 5th. Mr. and Mr s . Gregory. 
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ROI'A OF USHERS - SUNDAY SERVICES. 
8. a . m. All Sundays . Mr. Farrington. 
11. a .m. June 3rd. Mr. Fletcher . 
" 10th. Col. Ames . 
II 17t h . M:r. Cottam. 
II 24th. Mr. Gi bson. 
July 1s t . Mr. Fletcher . 
Mrs . Loughnan. 
Delphine Roche . 
All Sundays . Mr. Roche , Mr. Eastgate , Mr. ~ll en 
- by arrangement . 
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PLEDGE FULi',ILMENI' COMMITTEE. 
Next Meetings: June 
July 
7th. 
3rd. 
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SOCIAL AND SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
The Committee is anxious to make a rota for providing transport 
to church of elderly ~r infirm parishioners. If you know of anyone 
·who would like such·a service, would you contact the Vicar? So far 
only two names have been received, and there are probably more 
people in the area who would welcome an opportunity for an occasion-
al, or regular lift to church. 
P,IBISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES .• 
The Council met on Tuesday, 1st May, and the following matters, 
amongst others, were discussed: 
By-Pass. 
It was reported that the open ground beside the By-Pass between 
Meadow Way and the River was scheduled in the County Development 
Plan as Green Belt. There are good hopes, therefore, that it may 
be possible to preserve this field as an open space. 
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Bus Shelter. 
Further tenders are being sought for tli.e construction of· a· bus 
shelter in Dorney Reach.at.the junction of Harcourt Road and Marsh 
Lane. 
Numbering of Hous~s. 
J, scheme of house numbering, intended to eliminate needless 
address-hunting in Dorney Reach was presented by one Councillor .• 
The scheme would apply to Oak Stubbs Lane, Harcourt Road and 
Dorney Reach Road, but not the east side of Meadov1 Way, as build-
ing here may not be complete. Before pressing for its adoption, 
it was decided to invite comment from the Dorney Reach Residents• 
.1.Wsociation. 
Street Lemps. 
Estimates are being sought for =:epainting street lamps in 
Dorney. 
Playground. 
It has become necessary to take steps to remove rubbish 
deposited in the children's playground adjoining the school, It 
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was pointed out that rate-payers who are using this spot as a dumping 
ground are only s·quandering their o,,n money, for the r0mOVRl of their 
rubbish inevitably falls as a charge on the rates which they themselves 
pay. 
Parking of Cars. 
Complaints were reported from residents in Southfield Close about 
the parking of cars on the pavement and the noisy slamming of car dooro 
lato at night. The Council is investigating the matter. 
J,nti-Smoking Posters. 
It was agreed to display anti-smoking posters in the parish. 
Next ~footing, Tuesday, 29th May. 
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ROLD SL.FETY. 
"FacG the Trnffic". 
Whenever there is not a pavement and you arc forced to walk 
in the road keep your eyes and ears open. Remember you cnn stop or 
get out of the way much quicker than an oncoming vehicle. 
Sharp corners, blind bends 2nd the brews of hills are all danger 
spots. Of course it is as much up to the drivers of vehicles as to 
pedestrians to show the appropriate amount of caution. 
Nevertheless, pedestrians can do much to ensure their own safety 
by observing a few simple rules. 
Wherever there is nu pavoment or path 1,L\IJ.YS W:.LK F;~C:j:NG THE 
ONCOMING TR.~FIC, Then you have a chence of seeing the appr9aching 
vehicles and the drivers can seo you. 
Secondly, KEEP WELL INTO THE SIDE OF THE ROlJ). 
Thirdly, ,~T NIGHT WEf.R SO!OOHING LIGHT. Dark clothos me:r;ge 
into the shadows and are not always immediately visible. The 'extra 
second 1 s warning may make all the difference • 

The Editors·, 
Dorney Parish News . 
Sirs , 
lcrden, 
Oak Stubbs Lane , 
Dorney Reach, 
11th May, 1962. 
The excellent winning entry of Miss Bell in the •Road 
Safety for Under- Fives ' Competition published in your l ast issue , 
prompted me to write this . I would like to sound a TTarning, and 
make a plea to parents of those children over the age of five who 
ride bicycl e s . 
On mor e occasions than I can number I have seen children 
riding cycles at dangerous speeds on the FOOI1PATHS in Dorney Reach. 
Once children ar e considered by their parent s to be old enough to 
cycle unattended , no matter what the size or type of their machine, 
they should be taught that they ar c road user s . If they cannot keep 
to the simpl e rules of the Highway Code , they should not be riding 
at all. 
At present, any pedestrian emer ging from a gat m,my is in 
imminent danger of being knocked down , and seriously injured , before 
he ever r eaches the kerb. Thi s is especi ally true of anyone leaving 
a house in Har court Road where the high hedges surrounding the 
gardens make a view of the pavement impossibl e . 
Vfuile the toddler on his kiddy- car has an obvious right on the 
footpath , his older brother or sister should be taught for per s onal 
safet y , and that of the r est of the community, tha t the r oad i s the 
pla c e for vehic l es , and that until skill and technique ar e suffic i ent 
to ensure safe riding ther e , practice i s best carried out in the 
garden , or at a sober pace on a quiet stretch of road. 
Yours f a ithfully, 
D. P. GIBSON. (Mrs . ) . 
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SJ.TURDJ,.Y - 30l1H JUNE , 1962. 
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YOU are i nvit ed to a GARDEN P..IBTY to be he l d in the grounds 
of DORNEY COUN'IY PRDIUIBY SCHOOL on this date from 2. 30. p. m. 
to 5. 30. p .m. 
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ALL THE FAMILY will find some event to ent ertain them , for 
ther e will be: - 
CHILDREN' S Fii.NCY DRESS COMPEI'ITIONS - 
SIDE SHOWS TO TEST YOUR SKILL - 
COMIC RACES TO SPLIT YOUR SIDES - 
PEI' SHOW! PRIZES FOR YOUR PETS: 
HAMSTERS 
RlillBITS 
GUINEA PIGS 
BIRDS 
FOLK Dii.NCING DISPLAY BY PUPILS OF 
DCRNEY SCHOOL. 
DRJ.MJ.T IC INTERLUDE BY 
DCRNEY PLJ.YER.S . 
A DELICIOUS TE!, 
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YOU will soon be r eceiving a handbill giving more detail s of 
the programme. YOU ar e now invited t o think what your 
contribution will be . 

Would you like to: 
BJ.KE A CAKE? 
GIVE A PINT OF MILK? 
GIVE L QU!.RTER OF TEL? 
OR A BCJI'TLE OF SQULSH? 
CR I, BAG OF SUG!.R? 
OR 1. DOZEN SJ.NDWICHES? 
Would you prefer to offer, 
ONE OF THE Mi.NY PRIZES? 
We suggest: 
J. Bl.R OF CHOCOIJ,TE 
A BAG OF SWEETS 
. ~ HlJIDKERCHIEF 
!, SMLLL TOY 
J, LITTLE BOOK 
A BCJI'TLE OF SCENT 
il PENCIL 
LNY OFFERS of help will be gratefully received by 
the Secretary, Mrs. Gibson, 1.rden, Oak Stubbs Lnne, 
Dorney Reach. Telephone, Maidenhead 3943. 
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DORNEY VIQMEN 1 S INSTITUTE. 
At the monthly meeting on 9th May, Mrs. Jones, our delegate 'ror 
the B.F;,.r. I. Annual Meeting at J.yiesbury on 28th April, rsp~ted on 
the resolutions put forward by Institutes.in the County. Slie·gave· a 
most comprehensive description of, what happened and said l1ow nruch 
she enjoyed it and urged new members, if ever an op.!'>Ortuni ty to 
attend t_hese meetings arose, 'to do so. . 
11 lett'er of thanks we.s received from Mrs. Rugamayo, of Uganda, 
who seemed to have enjoyed herself thoroughly at our meeting. 
There.will be a one-day art school at High Wycombe en 14thJune 
and also a school on modern painting and sculpture at the Tate - 
Gallery, London, on 25th July. Names and addresses should be sent 
to the B. F. VI. I. office by 21st June. • 
The Group Outing to Ryde, Isle of Hight, will take place on 20th 
June. Departure at s.50.a.m. ,. fare 17s.6d. . 
Those who had taken part in the handicraft course brought their 
rugs lampshades gloves· and baskets to show and a special vote of 
th.anks was given' to Mrs. Finch for arranging the handicrafts course. 
It was unanimously decided again to entertain the old pe-0ple 
from Upton Towers, Slough, in July. • . . 
Members are asked to bring to the June meeting suggestions for 
speakers for the coming year. • • _ • 
Miss Bates explained the resolutions for' the N, F. v,. I. /.nnual 
Meeting at the Albert Hall. She also judged.the competition on the 
best slogan for. the ',i. r., which was won by Mrs. Cane whose ·entr;y.· read: 
"FOR 
, GOOD TE;,s 
JOIN 
GOOD Tl.LK AND 
GOOD COMP.I\NY 
THE ,I. I. 
It Is good fun ! " 
The speaker at the next.;J,!eeting_ will be Miss E. Swires. on. "The 
Flying Doctor". Tea hostesses are Mrs. Halstead· and. Mrs. vhlliamson. 
The Drama Group won the silver Novice Cup and first class 
certificate for their play "New Day", together with a bursary for 
Denman College. The adjudication for the play was as follows: 

Furniture: Pl easi ng set - right atmos-phePe-- helpfu---1 - - -- 
light ing. 
. Staging: lqipropr iate. 
Make- up: Good. 
Grouping: Neat l y managed. 
Choice of Play: Demanded authenti city of backgro~nd , 
emotional acting; character contr ast. General: The story held 
attention, There was a "polish r are _in a novice t eam" . Fell 
down _on pitch of voi'c e when Matron and Dixon wer e i n contrast. 
Crowder : 
(H. Roche ) . 
Kent: 
(C . Williamson) . 
Wolffe: 
(P. Finch) 
Greens l ade: 
(s. Cundy) 
Holder: 
(A. Eastgat e ) 
Dixon: 
( B. Collins) 
Matron: 
(M. Smiley) 
Had pleasnnt , smil ing personality - dusted 
properly, but l eft duster on t abl e . 
Good voic e , but ~hould have been slightly more 
staccato. Breakdown well done. 
Not proj ected quite firmly enough , should have 
used more voice. 
Easy r elaxed entrance , good expressi on but 
should have made speech mor e conversationa l . 
Sho~ed good sense of humour , could be speeded 
up. 
The f eeling was ther e , but not enough came 
over to audience;_ got handkerchief r eady for 
breakdoTin too soon. 
Very good first entrance , f ell doTin on contrast 
on l ong scene ; strengt h .needed. Hemline· uneven 
and hair too frivol ous . 
A good present ation; sound production; not quite conversational 
enough; but had directness and simplicity , a good r ate and love l y 
rhythm. 
Seven novice t eams were ent er ed; Dorney was by far the smallest 
numerical ly in Instit ute mombers. 
The pl ay was pr oduced by M.rs . Margetson, who did a r eally 
marve l l ous job; Mrs . Cane was , as a lways , an e xcellent s t age 
manager and Mrs . Jones took extreme care and great ,pride in making 
our nUI"Ses 1 headdresses and coll ars . 
I n concl usion, it should be s ai d that as a r esult of t his success 
our W.r. ~Dr am.a Group moves i nto the A cl ass . 
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DORNEY LCCOSPOI'TERS ' & AIRCRAFl'S_~Ol'TER~ 1 CLU:S. --· ·--·-- __ Saturday , 12th May , was a typical English spring day, bitterly 
cold with a s t rong East _wind and continuous black cloud which made the 
countryside look Arctic. This did not det er .s even Member s from joining 
the Chairman at 8. 45. a._m. and the party s et off in tr.e Minivan for 
Taplow; that part of the journey was blessedly s hort, and we 
transf erred to the diesel 9. 6. a .m. in which we bowled along to 
Paddi ngton. Thence a trip round the Circle Line to Vict oria and we 
ensconced ourselves in the 10. 45. a. m. el ectric to Brighton, in which 
we t ravelled r apidly dovm to Haywards Heath. 
It was s o cold a t this inhospitable junction that we crowded 
into t he dininutive r efreshment room until our t wo7 car el ectric tra i n 
f or the Hor s t ed Keynes branch pulled out pt 12. 4., stopped fleetingl y 
at Ardi ngly ( emphasis on the "1:l" ) and r an into Horsted Keynes 
:: .. outhern Region s t ation , and t her e , on the dis t ant pl a-t f orm, stood 
the Bl uebell t rain, brown and rihi te Chesham stock (the Chairman 
Lung on the buffer s l ast winter pai nting the end ! ) and "Bluebell" 
r.nd "Pri mrose", one at ench end of the train. 
Through t he subway the Club dashed up to the Bluebell· platform. 
~.'he Bluebell s t ationmast er and guard greet ed the Chairman incredul 
ously. "Didn ' t know you wer e worki ng today , fv'hat i s this - a 
busman ' s hol i day?" It was ; the Chairman rode down in the brake van 
through t he woods already filling with bluebells and so we c ame to 
Sheffield Pnrk. 
After lunch in the coach attached to the buffet c ar in the 
s iding, we wer e shown round the r emaining engines i n the shed - the 
Adams t ank, "St epney" and the 11Dukedog" - and looked at the latest 
rolling stock acqui s itions , a S9uth- East ern "birdcage" coach and an 
ancient goods brake from the Bodmin and Wadebridge line in Corn~all. 
We hear tha t the \lade bridge stat i onmast er was loath t o part .with it ! 
At 2. 50. we started off again, -with "Primros e " at the front 
end and the North London t ank pushing s turdily at .the r ear . The s ame 
route home and we arrived tired, bu t c ontent , at Taplow at 5. 56. p.m. 
on the dot. 
The date of the next Meeting will be announc ed. We shall need 
to get s ome more money in the kitty before we do anything else 
spectacular. 
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DORNEY AND DISTRICT 1-IORTICULTUR!,L SOOIETY.· - · 
1irJ. interesting talk illustrated by slides on the growing 
and showing of veget abl es was given by Mr. Scrase , Parks Superintendent 
of Slough at the last meeting of.the Society at the 
Dorney Primary School on the 26th of April. -He parti cularly_ 
stressed the importance of the proper prepa.ration_and one might 
almost say the grooming of exhibits. ·Question time produced a 
crop of queries from Members which were informatively dealt nith. 
Members ar e reminded that lhe libnual Show is being held on 
Saturday, the i4th of July , at the Village Hall. Due, no doubt, 
to the earliness of the ShoP last year , the veget able classes 
were very poorly supported and it i s hoped that more support will 
be forthcoming this· year . 
Owing to the continuance of cold weather , those ·:1ho have 
r aised· half- hardy bedding plants from s eed· are f ac ed with the 
problem whether to bed out and t ake the risk of' l at e frosts or 
to keep the plants in their boxes in orqer to afford them the 
nightly protection of· the greenhouse or garden fram·e . In the 
l atter case , a f ew days del ay in planting out will qo no harm, 
provided the plants are not crowded and they have a r e.2sonabl e 
root run. 
The windy weather has del ayed -the distribution of gene.r al 
fertilizers in pm1der form on l awns and borders , etc. , but 
"Nationa l Growmore" can be obtnined in coarse granu·les uhich can 
be applied in any weather , without wast age. 
Most owners of small_ greenhouses who r aise a f ew pot p1a~ts 
ar e often troubled with pests which almost invariably a~t ack some 
plants - Cinerarias , in particulnr , are· attacked by Aphides and 
although ther e are many insecticides in c oncentrated form on the 
market , the mixing up of the small qunntity needed is often a 
problem in that the makers instructions usually r efer' to' two 
gallons' of spray. There is now on the market an insecti cide in 
an inexpensive gla ss pack operated by a plunger (not aerosol), 
which projects a fine spray . Refills c an be obtained che~ply. 
The writer has· tried it out on affect ed plants and found it very 
efficient. Those inter ested can obtain det a ils as to name , 
price and where it can be obtained, from 
CYCLAMUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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NATURE NillES, 
Foreign plants which have arrived in this country by design or 
by accident often become very uidespread and are of great interest 
to botanists, although gardeners may only call them weeds. 
Last Summer, I found two such plants, the Oxford Ragwort and 
Canadian Fleabane on the topsoil dumps in front of September House. 
These dumps have now been removed, but it may well be that the 
plants have succeeded in leaving seeds to grow this year. I had not 
previously found either in the parish, but both are very common • 
The Oxford Ragwort comes from the slopes of Vesuvius and was 
planted in the Oxford Botanic Gardens about 300 years ago, For about 
150 years, it spread so slowly that it only reached the walls of 
some of the buildings in Oxford, The construction of the railways 
.,ave the plant its first great opportunity and ultb1atoly took it 
from Oxford to Swindon and thence to Devon and Lond0n. The clinkers 
and stones of the tracks and sidings provided ideal conditions and 
seeds werG carried in the wake of passing trains. T' e success of 
this plant was confirmed by the bombing in the Second World War 
which provided extensive waste ground in the centre of so many cities. 
The plant is similar to Common Ragwort but with larger flowers and a 
more attractive bushy shape. 
Canadian Fleabane has been with us almost as long, The story 
is told of it that it spread from seeds used to stuff a taxidermist's 
specimen sent to Europa from North IIIIlerica, Be this as it may, the 
plant is not likely to have been introduced for its beauty as the 
tall stem with simple leaves bears only small dirty-whitG dandeliontypo 
flowers. It too has benefi tted from both railway construction 
and bombed areas and it can also use such urban sites as cracks in 
pavements or the base of area railings. For the past two years at 
least, the trough over the entrance to the Eton Wick Village Hall 
has supported a crop of this plant and stunted specimens may often 
be seen growing in the cracks of the courtyard below. 
Both thesG plants have been flourishing in odd corners of the 
Maidenhead Tmm Hall building site and though this is now excessively 
tidy in preparation for the opening ceremony, it may well be that 
when the Queen has gene, the Oxford Ragnort and the Canadian Fleabane 
may find it safe to reappear. 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. 
NO. 7. JULY. 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. 
HOLY C0.1MUNION: 
MORNING PRAYER: 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar's Warden: 
People's Warden: 
Deputy People's 
Warden: 
Every Sunday at 8. a. m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12.noon. 
Third Sunday of the Month after Evensong. 
Every Sunday at 11.a.m. 
Every Sunday at 6.30.p.m. 
Every Sunday at 2.35.p.m. 
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The Rev. E.T. Sherlock, A.K.C. Hon.C.F., 
The Vicarage, Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Lt. Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 638. 
Mr. J.E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386. 
Mr. T.W.E. Roche, 
St. Helier•s, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447 . 
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BAPrISMS, 
May 27th, D!c!borah, Anne, Richard Thomas,. Martin. Dennis and 
Karen ·Joan, children ·of Thomas Harold and Joan 
Marjorie Clark. 
June 10th, Kay Angela, daughter of William Anthony and Phylli~ 
Kathleen Mary".Symons. 
MARRIAGE, 
May 19th. Roger Levy and Jill Elizabeth Farrington, 
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A VISITING PREACHER "FROM ErON COLL.EGE. 
On Sunday, July 15th, a Chaplain from Eton College will 
officiate and preach the sermOn'at Mattins" The Senior Chaplain, 
the Revd. Ralph Sadleir, will not be able to visit us as he is 
preaching at Lancing College, but he will arrange for one of his 
colleagues·to take his place.· It is a pleasant thing on occaaions 
t~ ?eceive,a visit from a neighbouring priest, so please give our 
visitor a good welcome by being present at the service, 
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OUR BELLS. 
The bells were rung for a service for the first time by the 
Dorney bell-ringers on Whit Sunday at Mattins, From now on, they 
will be rung each Sunday at 11.a.m. 
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THE DEDICATION OF THE ORGAN AND THE BELLS. 
Sunday, June 24th, will go down in the history· of Dorney as a 
never-to-be-forgotten day. Indeed, the Bishop of Buckingham, in his 
simple and charming address which warmed all our hearts, said that he 
was glad to be at Dorney on this historic occasion; he described how 
our beautiful Church, which had stood for centuries by the Bath Road 
and now stood by the new motorv,ay, symbol of speed, remaining the 
symbol of man's fundamental need of Christ; it pointed to Christ, 
it called to Christ and it helped us to follow Christ. 
Never have I sensed such an atmosphere as reigned in the Church 
that morning. It was very full and there was an air of thanksgiving 
among the parishioners who crowded it. - thanksgiving that the day 
had come for which Dorney had worked so long and so patiently. 
The Churchwardens led the Bishop first to the organ, which he 
blessed and dedicated, then into the vestry where they led him to 
the bell-rope, he likewise blessed and dedicated the bells and gave 
the rope into the Vicar's.hands; a pull on it and a signal to the 
unseen ringers in the ringing-chamber and then, as the Bishop returned 
to the al tar, the bells pealed out as we had longed to hear them. 
And at the end of the service the organ, not to be outdone, literally 
spoke as Mx. Speight made it fill the church with its harmony. 
The weather matched the occasion - a perfect summer's day and 
a stiff breeze which made the St. George's flag flutter out bravely. 
The Bishop had spoken of the unison with which all who had served 
the Church for centuries and those who served it now were filled. 
Indeed, it was a real Dorney .occasion in which everybody took part. 
The service over, our visiting team of ringers treated the parish to 
a wonderful sustained peal lasting for two-and-a-half hours. They 
are still talking about it in the village and we have no doubt people 
will be talking about the service of dedication too for months to 
come. 
T. W. E. R. 
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OUR VESTRY, 
I feel quite sure that there is no housewife in Dorney Parish 
. who, when she was expecting visitors, would tolerate in her own 
house the sort of shabbiness that now exists in our Vestry. This 
is no-one's fault because proper facilities do not yet exist. The 
Archdeacon in his address to Churchwardens at this year's Visitation 
urged Parishes to put their Vestries in order. We a1'e 
ahead of him in that we advertised in the Christfon Giving Brochure 
the need to find money for this purpose and Parishioners have 
pledged themselves to give it. 
The Vestry is a very small room and it is a tricy..y problem 
to fit all our needs into it. First, for safety, the electric 
panel needs covering in, as does the boiler well, but in such a 
way that the best use can be made of the resulting space without 
hampering maintenance, Then for security we need a modern safe in 
which to house the Church documents and vessels, We want hanging 
space for clothes of the Vicar and choir, where they will be free 
from dust and dirt, yet convenient to get at; a looking glass to 
robe at; storage space for the Church linen and other small articles 
on the Inventory; a cupboard for the cleaners' kit; shelves for the 
flower Vases; space for the choir to dress in and for the five 
minute bell to be rung; some method of catering for the funeral 
equipment and churchyard tools. 
It is hoped !o get the views ·of those who use the Vestry on 
what they would like and then to produce a plan to fit all their 
requirements into the space available. When we know that we can 
provide electric light to suit the needs of all. Finally, when 
we know exactly what we want, we will be in a position to decide 
what the finished Vestry ought to look like to our many visitors, 
Let us hope that they go away feeling that like the housewife I 
started with, we take a pride in our house of God. '. 
Finally, the surrounds to our organ are several degrees 
worse.than th~ Vestry itself ~nd, in addition, could hardly be 
more inconvenient for the organist. An improvement here should be 
part of the Vestry project. 
It will be seen, therefore 1 _that_a great deal of preparatory 
work needs to be done on this complicated matter, before a proposal 
can be put to the P,C,C. in a form suitable for debate and decision. 
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THE P.C.C. decided to allot the loose cash collected on the 
following occasions to charities as listed and to augment the 
collections from pledged giving if they fell short of the amounts 
shown:- 
Christmas Eve and Day 
Carols 
C. of E. Childrens I Soc ... 
Famine Relief 
20 
18 
10 
10 
10 
• 8 
Remembrance Sunday 
½Holy.Communion Collections 
1,_ II II II 
2 
Harvest Festival 
•. Earl Haig Fund 
S.P.C.K. 
,. C.M.S. (Kaloleni) •• 
Save the Children Fund 
In addition the P.C.C. decided to make the following donations,- 
Bishops' Appeal for New Churc~e~, .9t. Andrews, 
Cippenham, 3rd and last instalment. 
Kelham College Fund (Society of Saints of 
Britain) . 
Central Advisory Council for Training Ministry. 
Bucks Historic Churches Trust. 
Jerusalem and.the East.· 
St. Luku' s Nursing Hom~. 
Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford. 
25 
16 
10 
10 
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5. 5. o. 
10. o. 
72.15. o. 
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And the Sunday School oollections for missions go to Tumelong 
(last year £7.) 
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DIOCESAN MISSIONARY FESTIVAL. 1962. 
The Festival will be heid in Reading on Thursday, 12th July. 
It will commence with a sung cetebration 'of Holy Communion in St. 
Giles• Church, Southampton Street at n.15.a.m. The ~eleb'rant wi~l be, 
the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. A choir· will be pr·ovided by Reading 
Blue Coat School and there' will be' a sermon. Evensong wi1·1 be sung, 
with a sermon, at 5,p.m. 

The theme throughout the Festival will be 'The Mission of 
the Church•. The Festival is - to use the Bishop's words - •a 
representative act of the whole Diocese in which we pray and think 
together in order to renew our dedication to the cause of spreading 
the Gospel through the v,ork of the Church Overseas 1 • 
There will be a continuous exhibition of films at the Olympia 
Hall, L6ndon Street (three minutes walk from the church). There 
will also be exhibitions by the principal missionary societies from 
12,30.p;m, onwards, Public ·meetings viill bo held at 3,30.p,m. and 
8.p,m,,'the latter being directed especially towards young people, 
laying emphasis on Christian vocation. 
Refreshments will be available during the day at the Olympia 
Hall, 
The Bishop hopes that every parish in the Diocese will make 
an effort to be represented at tho Festival and in this way take 
part in a united act of worship, witness and study, 
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DORNEY CHURCH ROSTER OF USHERS, 
s.o.a.m. 
11.0.a.m. 
6. 30, p.m, 
All Sundays. 
1st July. 
8th July, 
15th July. 
22nd July. 
29th July. 
5th Aug. 
1.ll Sundays. 
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Mr. Farrington. 
Mr. , Fletcher. 
Col. Ames. 
Mr. Cottam, 
Mr. Gibson. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Col. Ames. 
Mr. Roche. ) 
Mr. Eastgate.) 
Mr. Allen. ) 
DORNEY CHURCH OFFERTCRY COUNTING ROSTER. 
5th July. Mr, and Mrs, Gregory, 
12th July. Col, Ames, Mrs. Raylor. 
19th July. Mr. Roche, ·Mr. Eastgate. 
26th July. M:r, Farrington, M:r, Cottam. 
2nd Aug. Mr. Allen, M:r, Pilkin~on. 
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DORNEY CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER. 
7th July. 
14th July. 
21st July. 
28th July. 
4th Aug. 
11th Aug. 
Mrs. Wi.lliamson. 
Delphine. Roche . 
Mrs. Barker. 
Mrs. Farrington. 
Mrs. Cane. 
Delphine Roche. 
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P,IBOCHIAL CHURCH CO\TNCIL MEEI'ING, 
23rd MJ.Y • 
The newly elected P.C.C. met for the first time on 23rd May. 
Business included the following items:- 
Choir. 
It was decided to pay junior choir members at the rate of 5s. a month, 
with suitable deductions for absenc-e-.. 
Alms Box. 
For extra security, it was agreed to inst'all a small Chubb alms 
bQJ!: in the church, and to have the existing wooden box repaired. 
Bells. 
Expenditure of £1,323. on the re-hanging of the church bells was 
approved, but it was hoped that a gift of £200. towards this amount 
might be forthcoming from the Barron Bell Trust. As there was 
insufficient cash in hand to meet this expense, it was decided to 
take out an overdraft, which would eventually be liquidated by 
future income. 
Chari ties. 
It was resolved to support previous charities to the extent of £155. 
and to hold a further £45. in reserve for any other causes which 
might arise. 
Alterations to Vicarage.· 
Plans for modernising the vicarage were reported and discussed, and 
it was agreed that, amongst other things, the Parish Room' should be 
demolished and electrical central heating installed downstairs. 

Church Lighting. 
It was decided to i nstall a light in the gallery to enable the choir 
to s ee during practices , and to investigat e the ~uestion -of electric 
light els ewher e in the church, but it- is not intended to abolish 
the present candle lighting , which i s so popular· with parishioners . . . . . . . . . 
SOCIAL JilID SERVICE COMMITTEE. 
Arr angements have now been c·oinpiefed for those who 'l?Ould like 
t o have transport to or from church for any service. 
If you need a lift, or if you know of anyone who , ·tlfrough • • 
transport difficulties is unable to attend a church service , ·si mply 
t e_l ephone Maidenhead 3943 or call at Arden , Oak .Stubbs Lane , any 
time during the week before. A car will then collect passengers 
about t wenty mi nutes before the service , and return them when t he 
servi ce i s over. 
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PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES . 
• The · Annual Meeting of the Parish Council took place 
on Tuesday, 29th May , and the followi ng business was conducted: - 
Election of Officers . 
Col. Palmer was r e- electad ChaiJ:•man and Mr. Bundy Vice- Cha.irman. 
The Standing Commi t·tee , composed of The Chairman , Vice- Chairman and 
Mr , Cl ark was r e- appointed , and Messrs . Bundy arid Brooks were r eelected 
to the Finance· committee. 
Bus Shelter. 
It was decided to obtain an estimate f or a brick shelter in Dorney 
Reach. 
Fi el d 242. 
Cdr . Dixon , Dorney r epresentative on the E.R . D.C . , prom•i sed to 
enquire into the futur e use of this ground with the Ministry of 
Transport. 
Parking in Southfield Close. 
A petit ion s igned by al l the residents in Southfield Close was 
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present ed , complaining of obstructive pa~king and disturbance caused 
by car owners . The Council is investigati ng the complaint. 
Dent I s Corner . 
The Chairman r eported a change- of· p-lans . Instead of moving the 
existing wal l on the Corner , it was now proposed to erect a new wall 
behind the existing one , and then to dismantle. .. -the lat.ter .. It. W813 . 
hoped that Tiork would start as soon as the pattern of brick was 
agreed on - possibly some time in June . 
War Memoria l Garden. 
A suggestion by a parishioner for r e- f encing the Garden is under 
consideration. 
House Numbering - Dorney Reach. 
The Council is awai ting the commen't"s' ·of the Dorney Reach Residents ' 
Association on the proposed. sc}:leme of hous·e numbering, ! 
Street Lamps . 
Arrangements were ag:r_eed upon for re- painting the street l amps in 
Dorney , in time for the Best Kept Village Competition . 
Road Safety . 
It was not ed with satisfaction that the road across Dorney Commor. 
had r emained free of accidents since the star t of the grazing 
season. Council lors expressed their gr atitude to the Commoners for 
their action in driving cattl e away from the r oad each evening. 
Dorney Camp. 
The Chairman r eported , with satisfaction, that the Camp area had now 
been fully r ei nstat ed. 
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LITTER . 
Since the Meeting of the Parish Council on 1st May , litter 
depos ited in the children' s playgr·ound in Dorney Reach has been 
cleared by the Public Cleansing Department; yet it w~s r eported at 
the following Meeting that already r efuse had begun to collect there 
again. Councillors were shocked and astonished that certain loca l 
residents should car e so littl e. either for the appearance of their 
vil lage or for the safety of their children as to' use this site as a 

dumping ground for rubbish. It would seem that such people do not 
realise that the rates which they themselves pay, must be 
squandered on the removal of this litter. . . . . . . . . 
WAR MEMCRIAL G.tJillEN. 
The Parish Council would like to draw the attention of parishioners 
to the dangers which might result from playing games in the 
War Memorial Garden. A ball striking a passing motor-cyclist could 
be the cause of a serious accident. Parents are particularly asked 
to ensure that their children do not use the garden for a purpose 
for which, in any case, it was never intended. • . . . . . . . . 
DORNEY WOMEN 1S INSTITUTEtS WINNING PIJ,Y. 
On the evcming of Tuesday, 19th June, about sixty people 
gathered in the VillagG Hall to see "New Day", presented by the 
newly-formed drama group. 
. The President, Mrs. Cano, introduced the play by tolling the 
audience how the drama group had boon formed under the ,'chairman.c. 
ship of Mrs. Rocho, and as an inaugural venture had entered the 
Novicos 1 Class in the County Drama Festival. She expressed the 
gra~_i tude and appreciation that the group folt for the work of 
their producer, Mrs. Margetson, and their delight on winning the 
Novices' Cup. 
"New DaylO, by Dorothy Cooper is a one-act play sot in the 
si~ter•s room in a hospital and concerning the lives and personalities 
of the nurses working in the maternity ward. The curtains 
swept back on a pleasant set,.with bright touches of colour in 
chintz c':"'ers and a vase of lupins which made a gay contrast to 
the sobriety of the ~urses 1 uniforms. Nurse Crowder (lllrs. Roche) 
appea~ed, dusting with brisk efficiency and showing all the' · · · 
prac~i~al and warm-hearted sympathy of the experienced nurso. Sho 
was.Joined by Sister Wolffe (Mrs. Finch) whose dry humour and more 
c~ical approach to life were well-conveyed. From their conversation. 
we learned of the arrival of triplets in the ward; the gradual 
decline of the_only medical patient still retained in a private 
w~rd, No'. 3, since the end of the war, and the devotion shown.by 
Sister Dix'?n (Mrs. Collins) in nursing him• the unfortunate "crush" 
felt for Sister by the junior nurse, Kent (Mrs. Williamson). Kent 
was well-portrayed; self-conscious, emotional and breaking into 
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embarrassing hysteria with conviction. The other junior nurse, Holder 
(Mrs. Eastgate) was a perfect foil to this; devoted, good-humoured 
and practical. 
The new night sister, Greenslade (Mrs. Cundy) gave an assured 
performance; one could easily visualise her taking charge of a ward, 
and she brought the feeling of freshness that an outsidm' .invariably 
does on a first appearance in a new job, Sister Dixon, of whom much 
was hoard before her entrance, a situation hard for any actress to 
live·up to, met the challenge superbly, She was tired, and facing a 
tragic bereavement - she was socretly engagod to the dying No, 3 - 
and she had to face, unexpectedly, an unpleasant emotional scene with 
Kent; all this was clearly expressed, Matron (Mrs. Smiley) showed all 
the authority, tact and kindliness of the woman responsible not only 
for her patients but her staff, _ . 
At coffee-time it was clear from the delighted talk of the 
audience.how much this competent and lively production had entertained 
them. Than]!: yo~ for letting u~ sec your play; good luck with your 
next venture - and please invite us again! . ...... . 
TREIJ3URE SEEKERS, 
The popularity of last year•s Dorney.Players Treasure Hunt 
prompted a repetition on a more ambitious scele this year; and at 3 
o1 clock on the afternoon of Saturdey, 23rd June, six cars were waved 
off from the Village Hall.by a green flag, which, one suspected, had 
seen more service on the Bluebell Railway than in Dorney, to follow 
a trail blazed by Messrs. Roche and Eastgate. , 
The early stages proved deceptively simple, but after an uneventful 
run to Flackwell Heath, trouble began to set in, as more than one 
team traversed and re-traversed the same stretch of road in a 
frustrating quest for Handy Cross. And even when this hurdle had been 
negotiated, a broken signpost complicated the next stage to Booker. 
Thereafter the route grew easier to follow, but powers of observation 
were severely tested to the end, and it was gratifying when the final 
party pulled in for a vrnlcome ten at 'The Copper Kettle' in Cookham. 
Despite the spells woven by the organisers, the final reckoning 
was a close affair, turning on such hairs-breadth considerations as 
the correct spelling of •The Compleat Jingler• or the most accurate 
description of the twin gables on the tower of Fingest Church. In 
the erid youth triumphed, and Deidre Collins and Elizabeth Roche were 
adjudged joint winners with full marks on their questionnaires. 
For the rest, the challenge of the contest, tho charming drive 
through the Chilters and the convivial refreshments at the end were 

reward enough. Fullest marks of all to the organisers for providing 
such an agreeable afternoon. 
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THE D CRNEY PL/1.YERS. 
Members of the Dorney Players are reminded that there nill be a 
Play Reading at "St. Helier's" on Fridny, 13th July, at 8,p.m. 
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DCRNEY L080SPOI'I'ERS I CLUB. 
The June meeting has had unavoidably to be postponed. It is 
hoped to hold the next meeting at St, Helier 1 s at 4.p.m, on Saturday, 
July 7th, but this will be subject to confirmation, • 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. 
. At our June meeting Madam President welcomed back Wirs. Kennedy 
whb had been in hospital and thanked Mrs. Loughnan for the 
beautiful tables she had bought and which are at prcsont on loan to 
us, At last, vie can have a cup of tea without fearing that the 11hole 
thing will collapse under us! 
Everyone seemed to have enjoyed the outing to Blenheim even if 
it v•as thought that the •bus was. rather old. A complaint wa; sent in 
. to the company and a letter of reassurance was read, saying that it 
would never happen again. 
The old people from Upton Towers will be entertained again on 
25th July at Elibank, Taplow, by kind permission of Wirs. Livsey. 
• Mrs .• Roche showed the meeting the cup which was won by the 
Instit1:'te• s drama group .for the play "New Day" at the Drama Festival. 
She said that the play would be performed at the Village Hall on 19th 
June. (a re~ort ?n this performance appears on another page). 
The financial statement was given by the Treasurer, Mrs. Barker; 
our.funds now stand at £44; nothing to worry about_ yet. But no 
doubt, by the time wo h.ave p:iid all our commitments off at tho 'end of 
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the year, we shall have to have a special effort again to raise funds. 
Mrs. Finch gave us a most comprehensive and talented report 
on the Jlnnual General Meeting at the Albert Hall. In concluding, she 
thanked the Institute for giving her the privilege of attending and 
said how much she had enjoyed it; she recommended any members who 
might have the chance of attcmding in the future to seize their 
opportunity, 
The speaker, Miss Swires, spoke on "The Flying Doctor". This 
service was started in 1928 by Alan Vickers, who was the first flying 
doctor; and she described how it started thon with a wireless run 
from a dynamo with bicycle· pedals on a grindstone! The service was 
essontial because of the groat Australian distances and over the 
years it has improved out of recognition, Now overy house has its 
own set and they tune in each afternoon and spoak to neighbours even 
hundreds of miles apart, Children even go to school by wireless; 
thoy tune in at a given time to their teacher, who is situated somewhere 
centrally miles away.from all her pupils; she even produced a 
Nativity play by this radio method! Every afternoon there is a 
social half-hour for r1omen to enable thorn to have some social contact 
1'ith oach other, despite the distances, During one of these, one 
woman taking part tried to emulate King Alfred; she suddenly shouted 
.\'lith horror, roalising she had burned her scones! Thus women living 
at great distances get to foel they know each other, even though 
they have never met, 
The flying doctor system r,orks like this, Each homestead has a 
chart of the human body divided into numbered squares. Mother 
contacts the doctor by radio and says little Mary has a pain in 
square 12; the doctor enquires if it ever shifts over to square 13; 
Mother says it sometimes does and the doctor then d·iagnoses the 
trouble and tolls Mother to give Mary a dose of medicine No. 20 from 
her medicine chest, as all modicines too are numbered according to a 
special code. 
Miss Sv,ires, a delightful speaker who delighted us with her 
Australian accont, told us in conclusion that Australians hold this 
country in deep affect.ion; 9t% of them are of British stock and 
they refer to returning to England as "coming home to Imperial Mum." 
The next meeting will be. on July 11th, and will be a Garden 
Mooting at Elibank House. Tea hostesses will be Mesdames Bundy, 
Clifford KayG-Green and Miss Bennett. Progressive games will be 
organised by Mrs. Horner and Lady Blake, so please bring pencil and 
paper. 
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NATURE NCJl'ES. 
The Prickly.Lettuce or Compass Plant (Lactuca serriola) was 
regarded as a rarity in 1900 and was probably conf'ined to a few 
disused gravel pits in Hertfordshire. The transport of gravel all 
over the country which has been so speeded up in the past few years, 
has made this plant a common one and since our road w~s built, many 
plants may be seen here. The plant, tall with bluntly rounded 
leaves up the stem and small yellow flowers is, as its name suggests 
fairly prickly all over, but in particular bears a row of sharp ' 
spines along the underside of the midrib. The other common name of 
Compass plant refers to the curious way it holds its leaves at an 
angle to the sun. This makes it very easy to rocogniso at the 
roadside and I have seen it on other roadworks in different parts of 
the country. This plant may well be the road-builders e~uivalent of 
the.Oxford Ragwort which I mentioned last month as being specially 
assisted in its spread by the railways, 
When the rondworks began I mentioned the Chicory which grows 
here and which though common is very local. I was inclined to 
wonder if the plant would survive the disturbance, but last summer, 
I am glad to say, w0 had more than ever before. Disturbing the soil 
mu~t have released dormant seeds thus increasing, at least temporarily, 
the number of flowering plants. I ought to have realised 
th~t this would happen, whatever the reason, for the amount of 
Chicory.on the Eton.Wick verges near the common (now being disturbed 
again) increased considerably after the last upheaval. 
I heard, too late for the parish magazine till now that two 
of the shags which I mentioned in an earlier note did a~pear at 
Bray Lock. Mr. Baldwin tells me that one spent about a week or ten 
da~s here, much of the time standing on the weir while the other 
paid frequent visits. He watched them fishing.successfully in the 
broken water below the weir. 
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DCRNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICUill'URAL SOCIErY, 
The Annual Show is being held at the Village Hall on Saturday, 
the 14th of July, and Awards will be presented by Lady Astor, 
It is hoped that Members will make a special effort to support this 
year's Show and send in as ma~y entries as possible. Entries can be 
handed in to any Committee Member. It is hoped that the Show 
Schedules will have been circulated during the last week in June 
and it will be seem that there are several new i terns especially in 
the Floral Decorations Section. 
Mr. Scrase, the Parks Superintendent of Slough, is kindly 
coming to judge the Summer Gardens Competition the week preceding 
the Show and itis hoped that as many residents as possible will 
enter their gardens . 
Now is the time to sow seeds of various perennials, also 
biennials such as Canterbury Bells and Wallflowers etc. for blooming 
next year. Pinks can be increased by taking pipings with a heel 
and planting out in a shady nursery bed. 
Owing to the dry spoll, lawns are looking rusty and will 
benefit from a dressing of fertiliser, but this should be deferred 
until a rainy spoll, otherwise scorching will occur, Tho procumbent 
grnssos have continued to grow nnd in this caso the lawn should be 
given a light raking and than mown with a side-wheel machino, 
CYCLiiMUS . 
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SAFE CYCLING COURSE. 
A Safe Cycling Course will be held at the Dorney County Primary 
School on the evenings of Friday, 6th July; Monday, 9th July; Friday, 
13th July; Monday, 16th July; and Friday, 20th July, at 6.p.m • 
P,C. J. Rao will bo conducting the course and all those 
children who wish to take part should come to the opening session on 
Friday, 6th July, at 6.p.m. 
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PARIS-H --·-NEWS 
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Editors: 
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(Telephone: Maidenhead 1447). 
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Distributors who collect subscriptions for those taking the 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS, 
NO. 8. AUGUST, 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. 
,. 
l HOLY Ccr.!MUNION: 
MCRNING ERAYER: 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
VICAR: 
' \ CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar's Warden: 
People's Warden: 
Deputy People's 
Warden: 
Every Sunday 
First Sunday 
Third Sunday 
Every Sunday 
at 8.a.m. 
of the Month at 12.noon:. 
of the Month after Evensong.,\ 
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at 11.a.m. ,} 
Every Sunday at 6.3O.p.m. 
Every Sunday at 2.35.p.m. 
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The Rev.E.T. Sherlock, A.K.C., Hon.C.F., 
The Vicarage, Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Lt. Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 638. 
Mr. J.E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386. 
Mr. T.W.E. Roche, 
St. Helier•s, Dorney Reach. 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447 • 
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EDITCRI!.L. 
August is always a difficult month for the Editors. Many 
Parishioner.~ are away and !fl<?r~ .. time . is . ?Jp.ent g~rdening than 
reading the magazine by those left at home. Nevertheless the 
Editors must try to produce interesting "copy" and whip up all 
the news which is going. . 
They are , ther efore , pleased to ann·oillice .. afi-ehtirely new • 
f eature , the Junior Page , which readers will fi~d in about the 
middJe of this· issue. The success of a f eature lies with its 
r eaders and it is hoped that our younger r eaders will accept the 
invitation to s end in something which can be published in the 
"Parish News"·. • You don I t have to be a grown- up for the Editors 
to print your article . 
We ar e· ple·ase·d to welcome the Rov .. B. C. Daniell to Dorney 
again while· the- Vicar is on holiday .. Our happy association • 
during the Interregnum is recalled with pl easure; for ourselves 
we shall always r emember his sermons, not least the one nith the 
bit about the old lady and· 'tiie· 'b'oatma~ 
The Christian Giving Campaign is forging steadily, if 
. U?obtr.u_si:ve_ly .ahead. The. ~ex,t r.:ieeting of the Pledge Fulfi1I,uent 
Committee is ~h Thursday, 2nd August, at 8. p. m. in the Vica:t'ag·e. 
A full Quarterly ~eport w~ll appear in our next issue. 
Other happeni ngs of note include the Horticultural Show on 
14th July and the opening of Dorney Court gardens -to the,· public 
on 22nd July. ·----:. ·• ·- =--··'-·-··- ··-··· 
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CONFIRMJ,TION CLJJ3SES. 
Classes wili' begin 'someti me in September. Those who r1ould 
like tu attend should give their names to the Vicar. The Bishop 
of Oxford recentl y ,;,old the .. c,lo-rgy-·that it is not a sufficient 
qualification for Confirmation that candidates should he.ve been 
r egul ar in attendance at. classes: they should also have made a 
rule about be-ing present a t worship and be striving to keep it. 
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THE REVD. B. C. DANIELL. 
Parishioners will be pl~ased to know that Mr. Daniell has '' 
agreed to take church services on Sundays, the 19th and 26th August 
while the Vicar is on holiday, Sunday, August 19th, being the third 
Sunday in the month, ther~will be a celebration of Holy Communion 
after Evensong. The Vicar will be on holiday from .August 13th until 
September 3rd inclusive. 
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BURIAL . 
July 12th. Malcolm James Jol).nston, aged 18 years. 
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WHAT DOES CONFIRMATION DO FCR US? 
What.is the meaning of Confirmation and what does it do for us? 
The word Confirmation - and it is not found in the N.T. but 
goes back to.the 5th c~nt,xry - means •strengthening' and reminds 
us that in this sacrament God the Holy Spirit strengthens our souls 
for the spiritual warfare of life. Then again when we were 
baptized a seed of new.life was planted in us and it is this new 
life which is strengthened and invigorated by the gift of the Holy 
Spirit in Oonfirmation. Thus we should think of Confirmation not 
as an end in itself but as the beginning of our Christian life. 
This is the reason why Holy Baptism and Confirmation are so 
closely connected. At the beginning of the Church's history and for 
many years afterwards, Confirmation was administered immediately 
after Holy Baptism; the two sacraments were regarded as two parts 
of the one act of initiation into the life. of the Church. We learn 
from the Acts that the Apostles regarded baptized persons as incomplete 
Christians until they,had-been confirmed (see Acts 8. v. 
12 ff). Confirmation came to be called the Sacrament of Perfection 
or Fulness because it completes what was begun in Baptism. To this 
day in the Eastern Church Holy Baptism and Confirmation are 
administered to infants. 
There is another way in which we may think of Confirmation. To 

use an illustration from a book by C.R. Thornton, C.R. He writes, 
'In Holy Baptism we were made God 1 s children, taken cut of the 
muddy street in~o the palace of a King, washed snd clothed with 
beautiful new garments, .But now we want to take our place in God Is 
kingdom, to serye God in the world but we mast be equipped as 
soldiers to fight in our Lord•s army• (•Baptism and Confirmation•). 
Father Thornton thi·nks of Confirmation ss the ;,rming of the 
Christian for battle and there is foundation for this view ins. 
Paul•s Epistle to the Ephesians written during his first imprisonment 
at Rome, about 62 A.D. It is the description of the Christian 
armour and one of the most famous· passages in the N.T. It probably 
occurred to the Apostle as he watched the Roman soldier stand:illg 
on duty, perhaps just outside the door of the •hired house• ··a-- -privilege 
whic~ as a Roman citizen S. Paul was allowed to e~joy. 
The Apostle saw in this soldier the prototype and symbol of the 
Christian soldier, clad, for ~is spiritual warfare, in the armour 
of God, In the N.E,B. the passage runs, •Buckle on the belt of 
truth; for coat of mail put on integrity; let the shoes on your 
feet be the gospel of peace, to give you firm fol,ting; and, with .. 
all these, take up the great shield of faith, with which you uill 
be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take 
salvatto~ for helmet; for sword, take that which the Spirit gives 
you - the words that come from God• .. (6. vv. 14 - 17). 
Sometimes peo~le suppose that Confirmation means •taking upon 
ourselves the promises made at ow Baptism•. This is not so, for 
we are pl~dged to fight against evil in any case at our Baptism, 
Confirmation means being fully equipped by the seven-fold gift of 
the ~oly Spirit for the spiritual warfare to which we are already 
committed, True, the Holy Spirit has always been with us since the 
day ~ our Bap~ism; but when we are confirmed, He comes to give us 
the gifts of His ~ace - a wonderful Christian armoury_ to equip 
us for God's service, To use another figure of speech Confirmation 
is the 'spiritual accolade• whioh admits us to the fuli privilege 
of Christian knighthood. 
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DffiNEY CHURCH ROSTER OF SIDESMEN1 
a. o. a.m. 
11.0.. a.m. 
6.;o. p.m. 
All Sundays. 
5th August. 
12th August. 
19th August. 
26th August. 
All Sundays. 
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Mr. Farrington. 
Col. Ames. 
Mr, Cottam. 
Mr. Gibson. 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Ju-. 
Roche. ) by 
Eastgate.) 
Allen, )arrangement. 
DCRNEY CHURCH OFFERTCRY COUNTING ROSTER, 
2nd August. 
9th August. 
16th August, 
23rd August. 
30th August. 
Mr. Allen, Mr, Pilkinton, 
Mr. and Mrs, Gregory, 
Col, Ames, Mrs, Raylor. 
Mr. Roche, Mr, Eastgate. 
Mr. Farrington, Mr, Cottam. 
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DCRNEY CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER. 
4th August. 
11th August. 
18th August. 
25th August. 
1st September. 
Mrs. Cane. 
Delphine Roche, 
Mrs. Junes. 
Mrs, Loughnan. 
Mrs, Williamson. 
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SOCIAL Jl.ND SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
Volunteers want_ed! It has b,een suggested that a. hospi:taJ. 
visiting service would be a welcome adjunct to local life. 
By this we mean a rota of people who would be willing to give· 
lifts to those in the parish who have to visit friends and 
relatives in-hospita~. (The committee knows that there are already 
many people in Dorney who help sick-visiting in this way, and it 
has no ~,ish to intru~e on any pertional arrangements of.this,kind). 
Perhaps there a!e people in the parish who need to get to a 
h?spital in M'.3idenhe~d., Windsor, Ascot, Slough or Taplcm at a 
time when buses are unavailable to coincide with visiting hours. 
Maybe. the~e is someone who wo1:1-ld lik('. to give an occasional lift 
of this kind, but has no means of knowing .:ho is in need of one. 
This is where the committee feels it could help, by bringing these 
people together. 
In the first instance, therefore, we need some volunteers 
who can offer transport. Once we ha,e a list we can let those in 
need of lifts have a me/μls of contacting orle. If you·are willing 
to be •on the rota• please call or telephone me: 
THANKS TO DORNEY. 
(Mrs.) Dorothy Gibson, 
Ju-den, Oak Stubbs Lane, 
Dorney Reach, 
Tel, lllai'denhe·ad ·3943. 
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To organise a garden party for several hundred people is a 
formidable undertaking in any circumstances; to do so.without 
financial backing is an act of.faith. The success which attended 
the first Dorney Parish Party is an index of how well thet faith 
was founded in the generosity 9f.th~ p~ople of Dorney. 
As Chairman of the Social and Service Committee of the 
Church, with which the idea originated, I expressed my verbal 
thanks to as many helpers as was possible on the day; but so 
great was the army of those who assistGd in some way or other, 
that it hc,s proved impossible, either in writing or by word of 
mouth, to express my gratitude to them all individually. I am, 
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therefore, taking this opportunity of saying a collective word of 
thanks to all those who, in any way, contributed to the success of 
the occasion. 
At the head of the list I am bound to put Mr. Eastgate and the 
staff and scholars of the school, who not only went to such lengths 
to make their premises look attractive, but also contributed by far 
the greatest share of the entertainment, My thanks are due also to 
the judges of the various competitions, to the innumerable people 
uho made gifts of food and offered and awarded prizes, to those who 
ferrie~ these items to the school in their cars or took the 
remaining fragments to those kept away by sickness, to the devoted 
company of caterers, to the Dorney Players for their share of the 
entertainment to those who helped with the side-shows, to those who kindly gav' e lifts to certain old folk, who would otherw.i se 
have been unable to attend, and to those who helped with publicity, 
If I have failed to mention any others deserving of gratitude, 
the omission is inadvertent, nnd only reflects the huge scale on 
which help was forthcoming. _ 
To the members of my Committee my debt is unbounded. Without 
their help and co-operation and their conviction that the scheme 
could succeed the project could never have come to fruitioμ. 
Finally, my thanks to the people of Dorney as a whole for co~ing 
in their hundreds and so abundantly enjoying themselves. Their 
evident delight in the proceedings far exceeded my most extravagant 
hopes, and I know I speak for my colleagues when I say that this 
was ample reward for all the efforts we had made, 
Thank you,Dorney! 
F • D. G. 
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JUNI OR PAGE. 
Dear Junior Readers , 
The Editors have agreed that you shall have a page of your o~n 
every month. I hope that you ar e pleased about this , and that you 
will all have something you want to write for i t . Perhaps you have 
had an inter esting holiday that you c an t ell about: maybe you have 
a pet of which you ar e fond , and you can write a story or poem 
about it. Has~anything amusing happened to you r ecently that you 
could t ell us ~bout? Do you f eel angry enough about something you 
have seen or heard to want to t ell all the r eaders of the magazine 
about it? 
Now , I will make a bargain with you. I will r ead all you 
s epd to the Editor s , and see that as much as possible is printed 
every month. If three months go by without anything coming from 
you, I shall t e l l the Editors that you do not want your page any 
longer . . You s ee , it is up to you ! 
The addresses of the Editors are on the inside of the front 
cover . If you l eave your writing at either address befor e the 12th 
of any month, it will be in print the next month if there is spac e 
for it. 
Yours sinc er ely, . 
TOUCHSTONE. 
P. S. Her e is a puzzle for you ,to --try.• Can any of you l et me have 
the answer by 12th August? 
I am given a stone for a prize: I spend half of it on a 
camera, half of what is l eft on a s l ide- viewer , nine shillings 
on films and I pay for a pet pig as much as its name says. 
Why is all I have l eft like King George and Queen Victoria? 
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PllRISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES. 
The Parish Council met on Tuesday, 3rd July, 1962, and among 
other matt ers the following topics were discussed: - 
Bus Shelter. 
An estimate for the construction of a brick snelter was r ec.e:i.ved , 
and it was decided to investigate the cost of a number of types of 
pre- fabric at ed shelter . 
Field 242. 
An enquiry from a Slough firm about the possible purchase of this 
land as a sports ground was co!13,ider ed_.. It i s hoped to hold a 
meet ing with r epres entatives of this firm before the Council meets 
again in order to learn more of this proposal. 
Car Park. 
The possibility of a car park in the village was discussed. Two 
alternative sites were considered. 
Dent Is Corner. 
The pattern of bricks for the new wall on Dent ' s Corner has nov: 
been agreed. Documents arc now awaiting signature by ~he parties 
concerned, and work can go ahead when they have been s igned. 
House Numbering. . 
It was decided to postpone action on this scheme until t~e opinion 
of the Dorney Reach Residents ' Association had been r eceived. 
Street Lighting. 
Re - siting of street l amps at Dent ' s Corner to accommodste the 
r e- routing of the road is being investigated. 
Notice Board. 
The er ection of a Parish Council notice board outside the ' Palmer 
Arms ' was agreed on. 
Road Safety. 
The erection of new cattle warning signs on Dorney Common has been 
r ecommended by the Road Safety Commit tee . 

Signpost, Dorney Reach. -- •-·--·----· --····•· --·-··· 
It was resolved to ask the Divisional Surveyor to move the 
signpost at the junction of Marsh Lane and Oak Stubbs Lane from 
its dangerous position on the footpath. 
Monkey Island Barbecue. 
It was decided to ask that the barbecue building on Monkey 
Island should be painted, as its appearance was causing_ offence. 
Next Meeting: 
The Editor. 
Dear Sir, 
7th August, 1962. 
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Syringa, 
Harcourt Road, 
Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead. 
I gather that there is some opposition to the numbering 
of houses in Dorney Reach. I will admit that the confusion 
arising from the present situation provides a challenge to the 
imagination. It should be exploited fully, to become the subjec·t 
of a lively and intriguing game for the winter months. 
On a dark night, a visitor with no torch can provide much 
amusement, You score one point for every match, and five if a·· 
motorist attempts to back across the street to bring his headlights 
to bear on the gates. Watch the trees, which arG well 
placed for supplementary marks; score one point for a bent 
bumper, and two for any broken lamps. If this manoeuvre coincides· 
with the arrival of the Blue Bus, half an hour late after uaiting 
at the latest obstruction in Eton High StrGet, count double. 
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Houses near M4 are well placed for high scores. Here, the 
object is to inveigle the visitor into a position from whioh his 
destination can be seen a mere fifty yards away, - across the bypass 
- and then explain how he is to get there. On the north side 
exhilarating ploys are possible, and if perchance you say "left" 
instead of "right" you score twenty marks if your victiin arrives 
at Rray Lock. 
Visitors on foot can be recognised eot once. They occupy the 
middle of the road, and appear to be following a slow notion 
tennis match. Score one on their first excursion, two on their 
way back, and four if they miss the bus; double if it is raining. 
The possibilities, you will agree, are endless, but keep it 
clean. Give the victim a chance. It is fair to spread the name 
in two halv~s across folding gates, and then keep one gate open, 
and even permissible to mount the board below the eaves, where_ 
it is only visible from pavement level, but rather mean to change 
the name of the house, and then persuade the authorities to alter 
the road as well! 
Yours faithfully, 
M. P, WOOLLER. 
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The Edi tars, 
Dorney Parish News. 
Sirs, 
Arden, 
Oak Stubbs Lane, 
Dorney Reach. 
9th July, 1962. 
Since coming to live in Dorney, I have been most impressed 
by the liveliness and industry of our Parish Council. It meets 
three times as often as is statutorily necessary, and appears 
to take a keen interest in anything which concerns parishioners, 
if one is to judge from the length and complexity of the agendas 
posted monthly about the parish. Consequently I am more than 
puzzled at the dilatory way in which councillors seem to be 
dealing with the black spot in the village - namely, Dent•s 
Corner. 
I have checked through back issues of the •Dorney Parish 
News• and find that it is now three and a half years since 
this problem.f_ir_st <la'!l.e under discussion. Personally, I have 
little sympathy with the motorists who, by ignoring the thirty 
mile an hour limit in Dorney Village, crash their vehicles on 
the corner. But as everyone.knows, .it is not always the fool who 
is the victim of his folly. My fears are for the innocent bystander 
or pedestrian whose lifo is in constant danger on that 
corner, and for the local motorist who, in attempting to turn 
from Lake End Road into Court Lane, must hazard his safety so 
often on that blind bend. 
Despite my admiration for the general activity of the 
councillors, I am beginning to wonder if in this instance at 
any rate they are regarding a monthly chat on the topic of Dent•s 
Corner as an integral part of their duties. Perhaps they feel 
that after all this time an agenda without 1Dent•s Corner• would 
be invalid. Personally the sooner I see it off the agenda, and 
that masking wall •off the map•, before someone in the parish 
is a permanent invalid, or dead, the better will I be satisfied. 
Yours faithfully, 
D. P. GIBSON. (Mrs.) 

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DOONEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, 
The weather was very unsettled on the occasion of our Garden 
Meeting, so it was held instead in Mrs, Livsey• s beautiful drawingroom. 
As we have again to have a money-raising effort, Madam President 
thought it would be a good idea for members to consider during 
holidays ways and means by which this mi~ht be done. 
Follow-up work on the A,G,M. resolutions was read out snd it 
was evident that N,F.W.I. does not let sleeping dogs lie, 
f.rrangements were made for the old people's party, which will 
take place on 25th July, again by kind permission of Mrs. Livsey 
at Elibank House, Taplow. The suggest•ions for the programme for 
1963 were passed round and nine speakers were chosen, It should 
prove another very variegated and stimulating year. 
A money-raising effort will. be held at Cliveden House on 6th 
December, The Institute was asked to help, but as we have already 
committed ourselves to helping with the 'Freedom from Hunger' 
Campaign, perhaps individuals who have the interests of spastics 
particularly at heart could help by making and sending contributions 
to Lady Astor at Clivedon, Taplow. 
We had no speaker at the monthly meeting, and Mrs, Horner and 
Lady Blake arranged progrossive games, which were a great success 
and caused a great deal of laughter, 
The next Meeting will be on 12th September, The speaker will 
be Mrs, Bush on •Freedom from Hunger• (ideas for financial aid), 
Tea hostesses are Mrs, Farrer and Mrs, Stacey, 
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DORNEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIEI'Y. 
The Eleventh Annual Show was held at the Village Hall on 
Saturday, the l4th of July, and the Committee were very pleased 
at the increased number of visitors and to note the improvement 
and quality of the entries, especially in view of the long spell of 
dry weather which did not encourage one to great efforts in the 
raising of produce to show standard, Mrs, Dowding has to be 

congratulated on her many successes. 
Lady Astor presented the Challenge Cups and other Awards 
and was given a cordial reception. 
As the Annual Show is the culminating point of the Society•s 
year, .there will be no further activities until the Annual 
General Meeting in October. Due notice as to the date, etc., 
will be given in the October issue and it is hoped that as many 
as possible will attend. 
CYCLAMUS. 
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DCRNEY LOC 0- AND lURCRAFr-SPCII'TERS t CLUJ3. 
The much-postponed meeting was held at st. Helier•s at 
5.p.m. on Saturday, 7th July, with ten members present among 
whom we were gl~d to welcome a newcomer, Robert Lyn. A quiz 
was held, at which some very close finishes were recorded the 
winner being Member Ferris. ' 
. ~ii:iances are not too disappoint.ing, considering the Club• s 
activities, and it was decided to aim to visit the new Great 
~estern_Railway Museum at Swindon in November or December and 
if possible, combine this with a visit to the sheds. In the ' 
ne':' ~useum are housed I Lode Star', •City of Truro• and the 
original 'North Star•, as well as many exhibits of Brunel. 
Meanwhile we hope to meet on Saturday, 4th August, at 
9.30. at St. Helier•s for a visit ·t·d London Airport, 
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Ml1TURE NorES. 
When my husband and I came to live here seventeen years ago , 
we started a list of all the different species of birds which we 
saw without leaving our own garden. The garden itself has no very 
obvious attraction for birds , but we set up a bird t able which 
brought in some which we might not otherwise have seen. 
~ brief resting period while on migration often provides an 
unusual bird r ecord and in this categor y I would put the Whinchat 
which rested on a f enc e post one autumn afternoon, and also the 
Common Redstart which stood for a while on a garden fork in our back 
garden. The Wheatear passes through her e in some numbers t wice a 
year , but I have only ever seen one in the garden. It was very wary 
and soon r eturned to the open field where it f el t more at home . 
Probably on migration too were the two Turtle Doves which walked in 
through the back gate one lunch time . I had heard "the voice of 
the turtle 11 from time to time all morning and it was the best view 
I have ever had of the bird itself. 
Bad weather is a major source of bird r ecords . I r ecall a Reed 
Bunting which came to our bi:rd t able when snow was thick along the 
river. Snow al so brought 01ll' only Tree Sparrow though I suspect 
this bird is commoner than it seems because it may often pass as a 
House Sparrow. 
I mentioned the local Quails in an earlier note and it has 
a lways been a triumph to have seen them on one occasion, running 
about in the fiel d. J.nother possible breeding bird was a Spotted 
Flycatcher which adopt ed our t elegraph pole as his insect- catching 
headquarters one Spring • 
Probably our most dramatic moment was when a Kestrel stooped 
for a sparrow a f ew yards from where we were sitting on the lawn. 
The Sparrow escaped , but we still r emember the frightening sound of 
t earing linen which the Kestrel made as it descended. Another 
excitement was the sight of a Kingfisher which flashed , shrieking, 
up the l ength of Harcourt Road on its way to Lot ' s Hole from the 
river . 
Our list of birds has now r eached a total of sixty- one species 
and I have mentioned only a few of them. I hope I have shown that 
it is well worth keeping a good watch on the most ordinary garden. 
NATURALIST . 

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PARISH NEWS 
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No. 9 September 1962 

Editors : 
Editorial Board: 
Distributors: 
T. W. E. Roche , "St. Helier I s ", Dorney Reach, 
(Telephone: Maidenhead 1447) . 
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(Telephone: Maidenhead 3943) . 
The Editors , Mr. L. H. Eastgate , 
Mrs . A. Eastgate , 1.trs . H. Roche, and 
Mrs . D. P. Gibson. 
Village and Lake End . 
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Mrs . Barker, Miss Bennett , Mrs . Raylor. 
Mr. Bartl ett. 
Dorney Reach. 
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Mrs. Williams , Mrs . Wooller , Mrs. Adcock, 
Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Pilkinton, Mrs . Gregory, 
Mrs. Farrington. 
Rates of Subscription: 6s. oa.. per annum for 12 issues. 
12 months ' r eports for organisations: £2. 2. Od . 
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Advertisers and treasurers of organisations should please pay 
their subscriptions punctually to Mr. Eastgate. 
Distributors who collect subscriptions for those taking the 
magazine should hand them to 11ll's . Gibson. 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. . . .. . . 
NO. 9. SEPrEMBER, 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST . JAMES . 
HOLY CCE.ruNION: 
MCRNING PRAYER: 
EVENSONG : 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
• VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar I s Warden: 
Peopl e ' s Warden: 
Deput y People ' s 
Warden: 
Every Sunday at 8. a . m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12 noon. 
Third Sunday ·of t he Month after Evensong. 
Every Sunday at 11. a.m. 
Every Sunday at 6. 3O. p. m. 
Every Sunday at 9. 5O. , a .m. 
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The Rev. E. T. Sherlock, A.·K.C. , Hon. C.F. , 
The Vicarage , Dorney , Windsor, Berks . 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Lt. Col. P.D. S. Palmer , 
Dorney Court , Wi ndsor , Berks . 
Tel: Burnham 638, 
Mr. · J.E. Farrington; 
Mel rose , Dorney Reach , 
Maidenhead, Berks . 
Tel: Maidenhead 1386. 
Mr . T.W. E. Roche , 
St. Helier 1s , Dorney Reach , 
Mai denhead, Berks . 
Tel: Maidenhead 1447. 

EDITORIAL. 
August is, as we have mentioned before, a quiet month. Most 
people are away-for part .of it --and most of the ,issociations and 
societies have a rest from meetings. Even the Sunday School does 
not function. Then, in September, it all gets into its stride again 
and in this respect the Sunday School will be to the fore; it is 
making news by altering its time for the first occasion for many 
years. In future it wiii be held at 9.50.a.m. instead cif-2-.35-.p.m. 
We would remind parents that there is a bus from Dorney Reach at 
9.45. on Sunday mornings. 
Among the people who are away this August is the Vicar, and by 
the time this appears in print we shall again have welcomed our old 
friend, Mr. Daniell, to Dorney. 
Our readers-will have wondered what has happened to cause the 
change of cover. We are temporarily using this form because our 
very kind supplier is, at the moment, having some difficulty in 
producing the usual style, which he has so kindly let us have free 
for so long. As soon as it proves possible to revert to our usual 
picture cover we will do so. 
This month we regretfully take leave of two of our most valued 
workers. •Naturalist• has for long concealed the identity of Mrs. 
Toms, vihose Nature Notes liave_been one of the most populnr features 
'of the ·magazine; Nois, .after seventeen years of residence, she and 
her husband are leaving Dorney for Leamington Spa. We are happy to 
say, however, that the feature will continue in the hands of 
•Wayfarer•, ,1hom we are glad to welcome as a regular contribut-or-, 
and whose articles, we know, will continue to give pleasure. The 
other departure is that ·of 'cin.e of our distributors, Mrs. Fletcher, 
who le.aves us shortly ·for the more distant destination of Cairo. 
To Dr. and Mrs. Toms and to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher and their family 
we offer our thanks for all their past help, and on behalf of all 
our readers we extend our sincerest good wishes for their happiness 
and prosperity in their.new homes. Dorney will miss them, but we 
are pleased that they will retain contact with Dorney by remaining 
readers of the Parish News. , 
In this issue we are pleased to include a new contribution, 
which will become, we hope, a regular feature of future editions. 
This is an article on photography by a local expert who prefers to 

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veil his identity under the pseudonym of 1Hypo 1 
• We are convinced 
tliat this will prove a popular addition ahd one· that will help our 
readers to get the best out of their cameras;. 
Finally, and by no means least, we welcome.the addition of Mrs. 
Crane to our already long list of distributors. We are most 
grateful for her help in this necessary, though sometimes tedious, 
work. 
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CHRISTHJ'! GIVING CAMPAIGN, 
As in previous quarterly issues, we are pleased to give extracts 
of the quarterly letters which the Campaign Chairman and the Vicar 
have sent to all parishionc,rs who donate to the Church. 
A new Chubb alms box has been installed in the wall near the 
entrance door of the Church and this will take coin and notes. 
The old alms box has been repaired and strengthened and this can 
take envelopes as well as money. . 
Up to the end of the third quarter of the Campaign on 29th July, 
1962, the total amount_ received _was .:969. 13, 4fad, against a pledged 
figure of £1029,11. Od. In addition, covenants and pledged annfal 
donations came to £340. 10, 2d. to which must be added £870, 12.- 6~. 
of unpledgcd money received up to the same date, This is made up 
by families using envelopes without pledging - £36,12, 6~.; loose 
cash in Church collections, box, Carols, etc. £236,14,1~.; old 
covenants £32,14, 2d,; unpledged donations of .:144.19. Od. from 
Parishioners and £419.12, Od. from outside the Parish. 
J,s reported in our July issue, the organ and bells were 
dedicated by the Bishop of Buckingham on Sunday, 24th June. 
Immediately afterwards the rounds were rung by five members of our 
own team under the leadership of Mr, W.A, Theobald, the bell hanger. 
In the afternoon a visiting team of bell ringe£s successfully 
completed the first peal on the bells in two and a half hours. 
AB far back as 1637 there were four bells at Dorney, but now 
we rejoice in having six, two having been added in 1~61 •. Dill: 
readers may be interested in a complete list of the insoriptions on 
the bells: 

Treble "Eton gave to God's Glory, Mears and Stainbank, 
1961", 
Second "The Palmers gave me, Mears and Stainbank, 
196111 
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Third "William· Eldridge made mee, 1698", 
Fourth - "Prayse the Lord, 163111 (this bell is by Ellis 
Knight), 
Fifth "Blessed be the name of the lorde, 1582, Joseph 
Carter". 
Tenor "Richard Siddings, Thos, Martin, Church Wardens, 
Thos, Swain Feci t, 1771, Recast by Mears and 
Stainbank, 196111 
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The members of both teams were later invited by Col. and Mrs. 
Palmer into the Court for refreshment. The occasion was indeed a 
happy and memorable one in the history of Dorney Church. 
The other event, also reported in these pages, was the highly 
successful Parish Garden Party held in the grounds of Dorney 
School by kind-permission of Mr. Eastgate, It was organised by Mr. 
F. Gibson and the members of the Social and Services Committee 
supported by a band of helpers and friends who contributed in kind 
and money towards this most successful social gathering. 
These two efforts are, of course, the fruit of our Christian 
Givil'lg Campaign, The subscribers to the scheme have made it 
possible for-us to hear again the peal of pells in the parish of 
Dorney - and it is evident that people.ar~ glad to hear them again 
- and to contemplate other improvements in the life and work of the 
Church, The Campaign has also kindled a fresh interest in the • 
social needs of the parish and the Soc.ial and Services Committee 
have arranged visits tp sick people in hospital, small gifts to them 
and transport to Church for those who have none, It is almost a 
year now since our Campaign was launched and now the Annual Review 
draws near, to be held in October. The Campaign Committees thank 
all of you for your support during the year, 
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DCRNEY Cht.JRCH ROSTER OF USHERS. 
s.o.a.m. All Sundays. Mr. Farrington. 
11. O. a .m. 2nd September. Col. /,mes. 
9th " Mr. Cottam. 
16th " Mr. Gibson. 
23rd " Mr. Fletcher. 
30th " Col. J,mes. 
7th October. Mr. Cottam. 
6.3O.p.m. All Sundays. Mr. Roche. ) 
Mr. 'Eastgate.) 
Mr. 1,llen. 
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DORNEY CHURCH OFFERTORY COUNTING ROSTER. 
B.p.m. The Vicarage. 
6th September. Mr. Farrington. Mr. Cottam. 
13th " Mr. Allen·, Mr. Pilkinton. 
20th " Mr. and Mrs. Gregory. 
27th II Col • .Ames, Mrs. Rayl or. 
4th October. Mr. Roche, Mr. Eastgate. 
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DCRNEY Cm.JRCH CLEANING ROSTER . 
1st September. 
8th 11 
15th 11 
22nd 
29th 
6th 
II 
II 
October. 
Mrs;•Willi8mson. 
Delphine Roche. 
Mrs. Barker. 
Mrs. Farrington. 
Mrs. Cane. 
Delphine Roche. 
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arrangement. 

SCX::I.1\.1 AND SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
Have you a car? Have you the time and the will to t ake 
sick visitors t o hospita l occasionally? 
The commi ttee would like to organise a rota of people who 
would be willing to t ake r e l atives and friends to visit at 
hospitals in the area at times when bus services ar e unavailable. 
(The committee knows that many people do this on a personal 
basis already , and it has no wish to intrude on such arr2ngements) 
. 
If you would like to help, a l l that is necessary is to 
contact the secretary, at the address or t el ephone number below , 
and say who you ar e , and on what days you would be free to help. 
Obviously this would not be a r egul ar , or even a very frequent 
service , but is one that would be much appr eciated by both s ick 
and vis itors ~hen an occasion arises . 
Secretary: 
(Mrs . ) Dorothy Gibson, 
Arden, 
Oak Stubbs Lane, 
Dorney Reach. 
Tel: Maidenhead 3943 . 
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JUNIOR p !i. G,-. - • - 
Dear Junior Readers , 
You have missed your first chance to appear·in print ! Per haps 
you uer e all away on holiday , and could not find time t o write an 
article or poem or l etter for the •Dorney Parish News ' . If that 
was the r eason ; you should have plenty to say now - on the subject 
of your holiday! _ 
Lots of people say that schoolchildren have t oo much holiday 
t ime or at l east too much all together in the summer . What do you 
think' ? Would you pref er to have less , or the same amount spread 
out differently, or do you think you should have more? I have 
heard some people SRY that children are bored with their holida?s. 
What suggestions have you to make for inter esting ways of spending 
holiday time ? I shall expect t o hear , by way of t he editors , 
some answer s from you to these questions by 12th Sept ember, so 
that we can print some in the October i ssue. • 
Paul Gregory of 18 Meadow Way was the firs t to give me the 
correct solution t o last month' s puzzl e . His answer is printed 
below as he gave it. \fell done , Paul; I am sorry that there is no 
prize to award . Can anyone suggest some sort of badg~ or_ . 
certificate tha t could be given to anyone whose contribution i s 
published in the magazine? It would have to be something that cost 
very little to make; who can des i gn such a thing? 
Paul Gregory1 s Solution . 
The Prize £14. 
Camera. 
Slide Viewer . 
Films . 
Guinea Pig. 
I have 2 sover eigns l eft . 
Yours expectantly, 
TOUCHSTONE. 
£7. o. o. 
3. 10. 0. 
9. o. 
1. 1. o. 
£12. o. o. 

PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES. 
The Council met on 7th August, and business inoluded the 
following items:- 
( 1) 
(2) 
( 3) 
(4) 
( 5) 
Field 242. 
The Council met a deputation from the residents of Dorney 
Reach, who are petitioning that this field should be 
acquired for the village as a sports ground. The Council 
was sympathetic to the petitioners' case, and agreed to 
seek advice from the Bucks Playing Fields Association. 
Bus Shelter. 
Fresh estimates for the erection of a wooden shelter are 
being sought, and a new site beside the Parish Council 
notice board at the end of Harcourt Road is under consideration. 
The ground is level here, and erection would 
be much cheaper than on Marsh Lane. 
Dent•s Corner. The land has now been purchased by the 
County Council, and there is no roason why the work should 
be further delayed. 
House Numbering. 
Residents in Dorney Reach are invited to make their 
on this scheme known to the Clerk (See below). 
Monkey Island Barbecue. 
A request has been made that this building should be 
painted green. 
ViGWS 
Next Meeting: ,, Tu1,,sday, Ath September, 1962. 
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HOUSE NUMBERING, 
A certain amount of publicity has recently been given to a 
proposal for numbering houses in Harcourt Road, Oak Stubbs Lan: . 
and Dorney Reach Road, but few residents have expressed any opinion 
on the subject, The Council is unwilling either to go forward with 
the scheme or to abandon it without adequate knowledge of the 
feelings of those concerned, Residents are therefore a~k:d to 
inform the Clerk at Arden, Oak Stubbs Lane, of their opinion of the 
project. 
It is most important that both those who favour the idea and 
those who oppose it should make their views known. If further 
information is required, the Clerk will be glad to provide it, 
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DORNEY LOCOSPOTTERS I AND AIRCRAFT SPOI'TERS I CLUB. 
The Saturday before August Bank Holiday is no:t an auspicious 
day to hold a meeting, but it was the only date we could manage 
and at least it was brilliantly fine when three Members and the 
Chairman set off from St, Helier's at 9,3O,a.m. for London Airport. 
This was one of the peak days of the year for air traffic and the 
airlines provided a continuous cavalcade of aircraft, so much so 
that even that expert and possessor of scores of registrations, 
the Vice-Chairman, admitted that he had "copped" quite a few, One 
Member who stayed on after the others did, we believe, had the . 
unusual distinction of seeing a Roumanian Airlines aircraft arrive 
from Bucharest, 
The date of the next Meeting will probably be Sept~mber 8th, 
but members will be advised early in September, The Swindon Museum 
visit will probably be in December, 
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PHGrCGRli.PHIC NDrES, 
Many people now use cameras, and the Editors have suggested 
a series embracing various aspects of photography. I realise 
that few of my readers will consider themselves serious photographers, 
and use their cameras mainly for holidays, with 
occasional forays for Christmas and weddings. I will not try 
to persuade you to do your own developing and printing - yet - 
but will endeavour to help you improve the results you do get. 
Colour is fast gaining ground, and there really is nothing 
very difficult about it. The film will contain instructions for 
exposure, and if these are followed, you will not go far wrong, 
I will return to this subject at a later date, 
With autumn nearly upon us, the ideal time for outdoor 
colour work is approaching, al though Dorney with its cornfields 
presents a colourful scene from the middle of July onwards, In 
general, though, high summer is not a good time for colour 
photographs of landscapes, due to the preponderance of heavy 
shades of green, This is where the painter scores for a 
Constable meadow will be full of rich warm colours: while the 
photogre:pher•s version tends to be drab and monotonous ,lith 
little variety, ' 
In the autumn, much of the grass is dying into yellows and 
browns, and the t:vees and bracken take on rich warm tints. No" 
is the time to take picturos, but before you do so, pause, before 
the riot of colour runs a>7ay ni th you. 
It is not a good picturo just because it has a lot of 
:olour in it - quite the reverse. A picture of the Cliveden 
vi'oods from the Cookham side of the river will be just a jumble 
o~ colo~s, with no design, but the yellow plume of a single 
~ilver birch_can provide a bold colour pattern in contrast "ith 
its surroundings. • 
. ~otice the part that a good sky plays in a photograph or 
painting, and for preference choose days when there are good 
cloud forms, But the sky is still part of the picture and it 
pays to wait until the cloud shapes arc well arranged, 'and 
often they can repeat the fo:r:m of .. :t;rees and hills to good effect, 
There is much that is colourful around Dorney in the autumn 
so don•t put the camera anay when you come back from holiday, ' 
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NATURE NarES. 
A clear indication that the suJnmer is nearly over is the 
departure of the swallows on their migration southwards. They are 
invariably the first of the migrants to leave us each year for a 
warmer climate. Most of the birds who will remain, to spend the 
winter months with us such as starlings, thrushes and sparrows, 
are looking far from their best at present. The effort ~f raising 
a family has left the parent birds rather ragged and untidy, Their 
young have already attained adult feathers so that w~en_the parent 
birds develop their full winter plumage it will be ~iffi~ult to 
tell adult and young apart. The robin will be ~bowing his . _ 
cheerful red breast whilst the cock-pheasant displays a magnificent 
plumage to make him' one of our most handsome birds. 
The wild fruits are ripening, with crab-apple, dog-rose, 
elderberry and hawthorn bearing well. An old country sayi•n g h as it 
that a heavy crop of berries in autumn usually indicates a severe 
winter ahead. 
This month wasps often take great delight in attacking ripe 
fruit in the garden, plums and pears in particular. I do not think 
that we should begrudge them a little of our fruit, as this only 
seems a just reward for the large number of our insect pests which 
they consume. It is not generally accepted that, apart from this 
weakness for our fruit, wasps are extremely beneficial insects. 
T<mards the end of September the oran5e and yellow colours 
of autumn should be noticeable on the trees. Last autumn was the 
first for about three years when the weather was suitable for this 
rich display of colour to be seen to full advantage. Usually wet 
weather seems to prevent the leaves from turning colour and the 
arrival of a cold spell rapidly brings about their fall. 
WAYFARER. 
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No. 10 October 1962 

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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. 
NO.1O • OCTOBER, 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. 
HOLY COMMUNION: 
MIBNING PR~YER: 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar's Warden: 
People I s Warden: 
Deputy People I s 
Warden: 
Every Sunday at 8.a.rn. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12 noon. 
Third Sunday of the Month after Evensong. 
Every Sunday at 11. a.m. 
Every Sunday at 6.3O.p.m. 
Every Sunday at 9.5O.a.m. 
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The Rev. E,T. Sherlock,A.K.C., Hon.C.F., 
The Vicarage,.Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Lt, Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 638. 
Mr. J.E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
T~l:.Maidenhead 27986 • 
Mr, T.W.E. Roche, 
St. Helier•s, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead 27047 • 
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ED IT CR IAL. 
The Editors are sorry to announce that "Cyclamus", the 
faithful author- o:f .. the Dorney HorticulturaL-8.ociety• s column of 
gardening notes, has decided that he cannot carry on any longer - 
in fact, that his Muse is now dry. We believe all our readers 
shared our liking for his friendly, kindly style - two characteristics 
of the author who, we can now disclose was none other than 
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our old friend, Roy Bundy. We exfend .him·our· warmest··tnailks for· 
his unfailing contrib~tions over so long a period. 
Another loss of a slightly different kind is the departure of 
Harry and Doreen Fletcher .fqr Cairo, after five years in Dorney. 
They will be greatly missed; they proved themselves towers of 
strength here and were universally.popular and respected. Harry's 
contributions to.church affairs were always distinguished by sound 
good sense and unremitting endeavour. Alas-! officers of Her • 
Majesty's Foreign Service go where they are posted and his· 
expertise in Middle East affairs will take him away from his 
country for at least two years. ·Motorists will miss their dog 
standing looking enquiringly on the edge of the curb in Marsh Lane; 
both he and the cat are, we gather, bound for relatives• homes. In 
short, a unit we have come to regard as part of Dorney will be • . • 
broken up. • We -hope they will return here when their spell of ..... 
overseas duty is finished. 
It has been represented to the Editors that many people would 
like a personal advertisement column service in the magazine 
provided they could, if they wished, preserve their ano11y11i:i-b"., We 
are, therefore, _prepared to offer Box Numbers for your advertisements 
("small ad~••, as· one of our contemporaries would say) at a 
fee of a shilling per_insertion. They should be sent to either 
of the Editors by the 20th of the preceding month. 
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THE HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES. 
The Harvest Thanksgiving Services on Sunday, the 7th October, 
will be as follows:- 
8.a.m. 
9. 50. a.m. 
11 .. a.m. 
12 noon. 
6.30.p.m. 
Holy Communion. 
The Children's Service. 
Mattins and Sermon. 
Holy Communion. 
Evensong and Sermon. 
We will be pleased to receive gifts of fruit, eggs, vegetables 
and other good things and also flowers towards the decoration of the 
church. The children are invited to bring their gifts to the 
Service at 9.50.a.m. Last year the harvest produce was distributed 
among the sick and the old age pensioners of the parish; we shall 
do so again this year. . 
As our Annual Review takes place during the month of October, 
we should think of the Harvest Thanksgiving as an occasion of 
thanksgiving to God for what we have been able to accomplish in the 
past year through the generosity of our families. 
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CATECHISM. 
As Mr. Roche stated in his Edit_orial last month, the Sunday 
School and Catechism will, in future, meet in church at 9.50.a.m. 
and not in the afternoon, We hope that the change of time will make 
it easier for parents to send their children to Sunday School as so 
many families like to go out on Sunday afternoons, when the weather 
permits. 
CONFIRMATION CLASSES. 
Young people who wish to· be confirmed should give their names 
to the Vicar, as soon as possible, as the classes commence this 
month, There must be some connection between the prospective 
candidate and the church; this condition has been stressed by the 
Bishop of the Diocese as a necessary qualification for Confirmation. 

HOLY COMMUNION ON WEDNESDAYS. 
C•ommencing on the 3rd October, there will be a weekly 
celebration of Holy Communion on Wednesdays at·1O.a.m. There is 
reason to believe that this Service will meet a real need. 
BAPI'ISM. 
Septen:ber 9th. 
MARRIAGES. 
July 28th. 
August 4th. 
September 8th. 
BURIAL. 
August 20th .. 
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Debra Noelle, daughter of Keith Francis and 
Iris Nora Barnard. 
Raymond Alfred Gowers and Elizabeth Ann Hutley. 
Stephen Stanley Reynolds and il'Iiriam Doris 
Farmer. 
Kenneth Henry Jaycock and Denise Holmes. 
Elsie Annie Wilson, aged 59 years. 
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CHRISTIAN GIVING Cl.MPAIGN. 
The Annual Review of the Campaign v1ill start towards thA end 
of October. The main event will be a Buffet Supper in the • 
Village Hall on Friday, 26th October, at B.p.m,, by invitation, 
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SOCL\L AND SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
After the Parish Garden Party in June, an anonymous donation 
·was made to the committee. At a subsequent committee meeting, it 
was decided to use this money to buy small gifts for sick 
parishioners until the amount was exhausted. 
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This has now been done, and four people, of whose illness the 
Secretary was informed, received sweets, flowers, magazines and 
cordial together with accompanying letters, explaining the origin 
of the gift. 
It has been very pleasant to add a note of cheer to-a time of 
discomfort. To any sick parishioners who may feel to have been overlooked, 
we can only say that we· are sorry: either we were unaware 
of such cases while the funds lasted, or we had no more money left 
by the time those people fell ill. 
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PfJlOCHIAL CWJRCH COUNCIL. 
The P,C.C. met on Thursday, 13th September, and business 
included the following items: 
Organist. It was 
from 4th November. 
during August.) 
resolved to appoint Mr. Peter Jones as organist 
(Mr. Jones played the organ on several Sundays 
Vestry. A committee was appointed to enquire into the refurnishing 
of the vestry. 
Charities. 
Campaign. 
It was decided to send £30. to the Freedom from Hunger 
Annual Review. In connection with the Review it was resolved to 
hold a buffet supper in the Village Hall, and to invite all those 
who had helped the church in the past, as well as potential new 
givers. 
Churchyard. It was agreed that, as the existing cemetery was 
virtually full, burials in the present ground would have to stop. 
The offer by Col. Palmer of an-adjoining piece of land was accepted, 
so that the closure of the burial ground would be unnecessary. 
Reading of Lessons, It was decided that ~n_fu~ure·~he· second 
lesson should sometimes be read by the off1c1at1.ng sidesman. 

The Council recorded their thanks to Mr, Fletcher, who 
leaving the parish, for his services as one of its members, 
to him and his family for all they had done for the church, 
Next Meeting: Monday, 3rd December. 
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PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES. 
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The Parish Council met· on'Tuesaay, 4th September, 
business discussed included the following items: 
1962, and 
Field 242. The Council is agreed that ·every effort should be 
made to keep this ground as open space, and is enquiring into the 
best methods of doing so. A meeting with the Secretary of the 
Bucks Playing Fields Association is being arranged. 
Bus Shelter. Before proceeding with plans for erection'·on the 
new site proposed last month, the Council. is seeking the opinion 
of l':'°al organisations about this site, including the Road Safety 
Committee, the Dorney Women's Social Club and the Residents• 
Association, 
Dent's Corner. Efforts are being made to have bus draw-ins 
added to the development plan, and a meeting with the Divisional 
Surveyor to discuss this point is being arranged. 
War Memorial Garden. The difficulty of finding volunteer caretakers 
for the garden was noted, The Council gratefully acknowledged 
the efforts of Mr. Collins and his fam.ily in August and 
of the Horticultural Society in September, but unless other • 
volunteers come forward, the outlook is not encouraging. 
House Numbering. After lively discussion it was agreed to 
defer this matter until next month, in the hope that sufficient 
residents would by then have made their views known to the Clerk, 
Other Matters. Successful entrants in the Safe Cyc.ling Competition 
are to have their certificates presented by Miss Bennett. 
Mrs, Eastgate will be organising a collection on behalf of 
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Efforts are being made to improve the muddy ground at the end 
of the footpath leading from Dorney Reach Road to the Thames towpath, 
and to make the whereabouts of Meadow Way more obvious from Marsh 
Lane. 
For the first time for many months, a member of .the public 
attended this meeting. Parishioners are reminded that they are 
quite entitled to attend meetings and to know what is r~aily 
happening at the most immediate level.of local government, 
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DIBNEY CHURCH CLEA..1'1'ING ROSTER;. 
Oct. 
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6th. 
13th. 
20th. 
Delphine Roche. 
]{,rs. Ames. 
Mrs. Loughnan. 
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Oct. 
Nov. 
27th. 
3rd. 
Mrs, Williamson. 
Delphine Roche. 
DORNEY· CHURCH ROSTER OF USHERS. 
s. oo. a. m. All 
11. oo. a. m, 7th 
14th 
21st 
28th 
4th 
Sundays. 
October, 
October. 
October, 
October. 
November. 
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Mr. Farrington. 
Mr. Cottam. 
Mr, Gibson, 
Mr. Fletcher. 
Col. Ames .. 
Mr. Cottam. 
DCRNEY CHURCH OFFERTORY COUNTING ROSTER. 
8,p.m, at the Vicarage • 
4 th October. 
11th October. 
18th October. 
25th October. 
1st November. 
Mr. Roche, Mr. Eastgate, 
Mr, Farrington, Mr. Cottam. 
Mr. Allen, Mr, Pilkinton. 
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory. 
Col, Ames, Mrs. Raylor. 
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DCRNEY AlID TAPLOW LCXJOSPorTERS I AND AIBCRAFT SPorTERS CLUE. 
The monthly meeti ng was hel d at St . Heli er 1 s at 6. p.m. on 
Sat urday , September 15th , s ix members bei ng pr esent . A quiz 
was hel d, won by Member Ferris , and a knock- out ques tion had. 
t o be fired at the two seconds to decide who should take 
pr ecedence - Messrs Dorrel l and Lyn. 
The future programme is : October 6th, meet at St. Heliers 
at 9. 30. a .m. for visit to London Airport; November 17th, 
meeting. a t St. Heliers at 3. 0. p.m. ; December 8th , visit t o 
Gr eat West ern Railway Museum, Swindon. Far es and train times 
will be announced l at er . 
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DCRNEY CRICKET CLUE. 
Dorney Cricket Club played Cookham Dean on Sunday , ·2nd 
Sept ember , on the Cookham Ground. A' bal d stat ement of f act, you 
may say. After all , Dorney C. C. pl ays many another t eam on the 
other t eam ' s ground. But this Tias·a·game with a difference. 
Ken Cox , our skipper , won the toss and e l ected to bat. 
The opening batsman (anonymous until l at er) was clean· boTiled by 
the very first ball of the match. After this , Dorney settled 
down to a steady , if not inspired , exhibition of run- getting 
as follows: 0 for 1, 33 for 2, 61 for 3, 94 for 4 t 98 for- 
5. and then Roly Bascombe and Bunny Sharp got together . In 90 
mlllutes 140 runs mor~ were on the board. Roly was missed very 
early on but , . l uckily for Dorney, he survived. Eventually Ken 
declared the . innings closed at t eatime wi th 209 for 6 on the 
board. 
That i s the factual account of -the innings , but there ar e 
one or t wo things tha t I think ought to be mentioned. Three 
club r ecords were broken: ._ 
( 1) It was the first time 200 had been scored. before t ea. 
(2) 
( 3) 
This was the occasi on of the firs t 100- run partnership 
in the history of the club. (R. Bascombe and ·B. Sharp) 
The first ·individual century in the Club was ·made 
(R. Bascombe , 100) . • • 
Bunny Sharp finished with a first- class 51 not out. 
Our anonymous opening batsman, i . e. Frad Alder , wi ped hi s 
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s l ate c·l eaner than cl ean with a magnificent mat ch bov,ling ana-lys-i s 
of s even wickets for only 29 runs . Revenge indeed fvr his summary 
dismissal with the bat. 
For the r ecord , Cookham1 s score against Dorney' :; 209 for 6 
declared was 152 all out. It had been a very good, - enjoyabl e and 
rewarding day ' s cricket . By the t i me this appears in pri nt , the 
present season will be over; ROLL ON NEX.T SEASON! ! 
W. L. W. 
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DCRNEY WOMEN ' S INSTITUTE . 
At the mont hly meeting on 12th September , a letter from t he 
Matron of t he Old People ' s Home at Upton Towers was r ead , to say 
that the ol d people had again enjoyed their party very much and to 
thank t he Institute for or ganising it . 
The programme for 1963 i s going ahe'ad and it a l most l ooks as if 
we shall get ever y speaker we have asked for . 
The Caledoni an Market nhich was to take pl ace on 14th Sept. 
was· discussed and plans for it made. It has , of course, now been 
hel d and was f i nancially a great s uccess. 
Nominations will t ake place at the October meeting for the 
Annual Gener al Meeting in November. A one- day druma s chool wi l l 
t ake place on 12th October at Crendon Ha l l , High Wycombe , . from 
10. 45. a . m. to 3. 30. p.m. It is hoped that as many as possible of the 
Drama Group wil l be able to attend this . On October 18th and 19th, 
there will be t he Country Feasts and Festivals at the Town Hal l , 
Reading, from 10. 30. a .m. t o 7. p.m. The officia l opening and 
presentation of· aw~rds will be performed by Lady Brunner at 3. p.m. 
on the Thursday - admission 2s. 6d. Anyone ,?ho would like to attend 
this should give their name in at the October meeting; t ransport 
vi l l be arranged. At Reading, there will be a Bring and Buy Stall 
which the County particularly · asks'us to support. Anything saleabl 
e in the way of produce - handicrafts , etc . - will be welcome; 
pl ease price your articles. 
On 21st October there will be a :Mot orists ' Day at the Grange 
School , Aylesbury, from 1. 30. to 3. 30. p.m. , i n conjunc tion with the 
Bucks Road Accidents Prevention Committee. The Viscount Curzon, 
C. B. E., J . P. , will preside and the main speaker will be Professor 

G. c. Drew, Head of the Department of Psychology at the University 
of London, who will speak on an ,ispect of driving about which too 
little is known - "Fitness to Drive". Ther.e will be an "A..rry 
Questions?" Session with a panel of experts, so please come armed 
with questions. 
The autumn council meeting will be held on 24th October, 
1962. Miss Bennett will go as a member of the Committee and one 
other member of the Institute will be asked to go with her. 
Mrs, Bush spoke ~o us ~n the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, 
which is sponsored by the 1Jnited Nations and was launched in 1960. 
It has the full support of the Bri,t.i.sh Government with the Duke 
of Edinburgh as its Patron, The idea is not simply short time, 
giving the people money, but to teach them to help themselves - 
how to grow the right food and so on, Only one third of th·e· 
world's population is well fed, while two thirds are undernourished; 
as the world's population increases by 50 million a year, 
something evidently has to be done to educate these people, 
Each County and W, I. hav8 their special project for this. The 
Bucks Federation of the W. I. has adopted Karamoja, a district in 
Uganda, A Farm Institute will be built there at the cost of 
£2,700, where people will be taught how to make the most of their 
land - not to over-graze it, protect it from soil erosion, etc, 
This is an enormous task because so much superstitition has to be 
overcome. When this Farm· Insti tutc, is well established, the 
Uganda Government will take it over to extend the scope of this 
teaching. As the Duke of Edinburgh so wisely said, it is no good 
bringing these students over here to teach them as our soil is 
totally different from that of Africa, and it.has to be done· in' 
their own country, The Campaign in Bucks started in June and by 
August £400 had already been collected. 
Next Meeting will be on Octbbbr'lOth,· Mrs, T. Edge will 
speak on "Escape and Escapade." Tea hostesses will be Mrs, 
Eastgate and Mrs. Hancock. 
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Dear Sirs, 
11Markrisarit, 11 
Oak Stubbs Lane, 
Taplow, 
Maidenhead, Berks, 
Sept.llth. 
A suggestion is being considered that the new·bus shelter should 
be sited by the notice board at the corner of Harcourt Road. 
I should like. to appeal to all parents of young children to 
consider carefully what this would mean. On a wet day, children 
travelling to Eton Wick, EtonPorney,etc., as well as those waiting 
for the school bus would be waiting there on the wrong side of the 
road, As soon as the bus appeared the natural instinct of a young 
child would be to dash across the road to be first in the queue, 
Marsh Lane is not a country lane, but a road carrying fast-inoving 
traffic, and, as we know to our regret, on0 young life has already 
been lost not many yards from this proposed bus shelter, Are you 
willing that your children should be exposed to this dreadful risk 
for the sake of saving just a few pounds of the ratepayers' money? 
Surely we all value our chi~drcn1 s safety above mere money! 
Parents, please act now before it is too late. Tell your 
Parish Councillors what is your Tiish'in this matter, 
The Editors, 
Yours faithfully, 
MARGAREI' L, BROOKS. 
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Arden, 
Oak Stubbs Lane, 
Dorney Reach. 
18th Sept.1962. 
Sirs, 
I should appreciate space in your pages to put the folloBing 
points on the subject of house numbering. 
1. The naming of houses is surely only practicable in an area where 
there are fifty or less in a group, As soon as ther~ are moro than 
this an address that bears only a name is meaningless for no-one 
can find it. 

2. Since moving to Dorney Reach two and a half years ago, I 
have been stopped, on an average, every three weoks, by people 
looking for houses. Sometimes they were not even equipped 
with the name of the road. I know of several other people who 
J:\ave s_hared my experience, and while I am willing to direct 
where my knov1ledge is sufficient, the enquirers must suffer hours 
of frustration. 
3. ~is-delivery owing to this inadequate system of address 
nearly lost my husband a perfoctly good jacket. The time and 
trouble spent in recovering it were doubly annoying when the 
incident would not have occurred if the houses had been numbered. 
4, I don1 t suppose for a moment that the inconveniences that I 
have suffered are not she.red by every other resident in the 
Reach. When numbering would ease the situation, if not outright 
cure it, I cannot understand the attitude of those who apparently 
wish to retain the old system - if systmn it can be called. 
Yours faithfully, 
D. P. GIBSON, (Mrs.) 
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NATURE NCTrES. 
When out for a walk duxing October, one often finds examples 
of those curious plants, the fungi,_ 
As a group they show enormous variation, including not only 
Mushrooms and Toadstools, but microscopic forms such as Moulds, 
Mildews, Yeasts and Rusts. Unlike the green plants, fungi have 
no means of manufacturing their own food, they obtain it from 
living or dead organic matorial. It is this which makE!S some 
fungi so important economically, not only in causing disease in 
plants and animals, and damage and destruction in stored foods, 
timber and other materials, but also in bringing about fermentations 
useful to man. 
The familiar •toadstool• growths we soe are but a small part 
of the plant, the rest lies beneath, hidden from view and consisting 
of a mass of thin strands spreading like roots. Throughout 
the summer these roots have been storing food ready for 
production of the 'fruiting body•. In function this is perhaps 
best described as the flower, fruit, and seed of the fungus. 
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The field mushroom (which has a much richer flavour than that 
of the cultivated variety) can sometimes be found in great. profusion 
on rich pastur0 or grassland, Its growth often produces a pattern of 
circles in the grass; well !mown as Fairy.rings, and therefore a 
popular source for imagination and myth. They consist of concentric 
rings of different coloured grass above the growing fungus. There 
may even be a clear ring of dead grass if the goodness in the soil 
has beon exhausted; not, sad to say, a result of the pattering of 
fairy feet, It is quitG rc,markable that some fairy rings are known 
to be over four centuries old. 
The association with fairies is but one example of the linking 
of fungi with the mystic and supernatural. Such names as Devil's 
Boletus, Destroying Angel, Fool's Mushroom and Death_Cap go further, 
especially as these four toadstools are extremely poisonous. 
In addition to the field and cultiv3tcd mushrooms there are 
several British species said to bo quite agreeably edible. The 
names Oyster Mushroom, Beef-Steak Fungus and Horn of Plenty certa~nl;y 
sound attractive, but great care should always be tcken to determine 
the correct identity of any fungus -intended for consumption. General 
appearance and odour aro an insufficient guide. 
VI AYF !iRER. 
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PHGrOGRA.PHIC NGrES. _ 
Last month I touched on the artistic use of colour in photogTc1pliy, 
'fhis month we will consider the available procc,ssc;s, 
Until about two years ago; the only colour available was in 
tho form of positive transparencies. These hud to be looked through, 
and needed either a viewer or better sllll a projector for their 
proper appreciation. They lAr-kcJ the convenience of prints. 
Colour prints require a colour negative film material, and 
are now made by most manuf'acturers. The colour negative not only 
reverses light and shade os does a black and white film, but renders 
colours by their complementaries as well. Most photographic 
dealers con get such films developed and printed for you. 
Before you buy a colour film, therefore, make up your mind 
whether you want transparencies or prints. Prints are handy, but 
their impact falls far short of projected slides, which are . 
altogether more luminous and brilliant. It must also be admitted 

that while the prints you get will be passable, the standard of 
colour printing in this country is still rather low. 
If you want a record of a conventional holiday by the sea, 
colour prints will serve you well enough, but if you are 
embarking on a more ambitious holiday, where you hope to take 
enough pictures of interesting places to entertain your friends, 
transparencies are preferable. Kodachrome is a good film for 
this purpose. 
With monochrome, exposures over a wide range will yield 
acceptable prints. Colour negatives have less latitude; and 
transparencies very little - they have to be right. But if you 
follow the instructions with the film, and do not attempt very 
ambitious subjects of impossibly high contrast, you will not go 
far wrong. Some modern automatic cameras do the calculating for 
you, but they are sensitive delicate instruments, and it would be 
advisable to try out a roll of film first, before committing a 
range of important subjects to them. 
HYPO. ......... 
JOY CR SORROW? 
Life may get tedious, day by day, 
As onward goes its endless way; 
Joys and sorrows come and go, 
But seeds of happiness we can sow. 
Every day the life we follow 
Shows us, as the seasons go 
That birds or flowers - each living thing 
May bring gloom or make us sing. 
We have not the power to change, 
Ought we see in nature's range 
Of colours bright and voices sweet, 
Of heady scents and.hastening feet. 
While we live we can be sure, 
Through the days that lie before, 
That heads held high we share the sorrows 
Or the joys of our tomorrows. 
'RICKY BART' . . . . . . . . . . 

JUNIOR PA GE. 
Dear Junior Readers, 
This may well be the last time that.this page will appear in the 
'Parish News•. I hope that one of you will let the editors, whose 
addresses are inside the cover of the magazine, have something for us 
to print by 12th October. If nothing is sent, the editors and I 
shal.l realise that you do not want a page of your own. In case you 
would like to write, but don 1 t know what to say, here is a story for 
you to finish. I hope that we shall receive not one, but several 
lively endings. 
Yours sincerely, 
TOUCHSTONE. 
LOST. 
"'The Clarion• and 1The Star', please," Clive said to the 
newagent. Having handed over sixpence and received the papers, he 
turned and dashed back along the promenade towards the boarding house 
where his:f:ather was waiting. 
Suddenly he stopped. Under one of the benches facing the sea he 
had noticed a curious bundle of what looked like dirty rags. He 
knelt down, placing the n~wspapers on the seat to set his hands 
free, and peering under the seat he made a grab for the bundle. 
Immediately it callie to life with a snarl and a yap, showing itself 
to be a skinny terrier· with a black patch over one eye, a lame leg 
and a bleeding ear. 
"Poor old lass", murmured Clive sympathetically. He reached 
out a hand to encour-age the dog to come to ,him, but with a whimper 
of alarm it squeezed past him and shot off down some steps which 
led from the seafront into the town. Forgetting all about the papers 
and his parents and even his breakfast, Clive followed. 
Ten minutes later the boy £ound himself in a part of the town 
where he had never been bofore. There was no sign of the terrier; 
the only living creature in sight was an old woman polishing the 
brass handle of hRr front door, and - Clive had not the least idea 
how to get back to the seafront, He was quite lost • 
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ROAD SAFFI'Y. 
The Dorney Road Safety Committee has been asked to impress 
. upon parents .that it is unsafe for children to take dogs out on 
the road unless on· a lead. One cannot expect a child to give his 
wholeat-tention to a dog when he is out, and it has been reported 
that dogs have been running on our roads, the children in charge 
being oblivious to the fact and not knowing about the danger to 
drivers of .l·oose dogs on the roads. Last year, 25 accidents were 
attributed to animals on the roads in Buckinghamshire. So please 
do not allow your children to take their dogs on the roads of 
Dorney, unless they have got them on leads. 
The ball is also a danger factor in accidents to children 
on the roads of Britain. All too often a young child goes racing 
into the road after.his ball and comes into collision with a 
motor vehicle. Local authorities provide playing spaces for 
young children and we ask parents to encourage the children to 
play there and not on the streets. 
The following children were successful in the recent 
Cycling Proficiency Tests held at the school in Dorney Reach:- 
Diana Collins, Anthony Barry, Richard Williams, Sally Collins, 
Mark Dobson, Patricia Eastgate, Peter Sharphouse, Stephen 
Taylor, Richard Freeman, Marion Newcombe, Wilma Geddes, 
Christopher Covey, John Basher, Christopher Lake, Ian Geddes, 
Margaret Brooks, Kenneth Pilkinton, Robert King, Ghristopher • 
Bell, Andrew Collins and Christopher Gilbey, 
They will be presented with their Certifiqates, Badges and 
Pennants at the Public Film Show which is to.be held.in the 
Village Hall on Friday, 12th October, at 7.15.p,m. A well-loved 
and much respected member of the Dorney Road Safety Committee, 
Miss C. Bennett, will make the presentations. 
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DORNEY 
PARISH NEWS 
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No. 11 November 1962 

Material for publication should reach one of the editors 
by 20th of the preceding month. 
Editors: 
Editorial Board: 
T. W. E. Roche, '_'St. Helier I s 11 , Dorney Reach, 
Telephone: Maidenhead 27047. 
F.D. Gibson, "Arden11 , Dorney Reach. 
Telephone: Maidenhead 23943. 
The Editors, Mr. L.H. Eastgate, 
}JI:rs. A. Eastgate, Mrs. H. Roche, and 
1vb:'s. D.P. Gibson. 
Village and Lake End. 
Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Eastgate, Mr. Allen, 
Mrs. Barker, Miss Bennett, M:r.·so Raylor. 
Mr. Bartlett. 
Dorney Reach. 
Mx. Gibson, Ius. Crano, Mrs. Roche 
Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Wooller, Mi's, ldcock, 
Mrs. Cobb, IJfrs.Pilkinton, Mrs. Gregory, 
Mrs. Farrington. 
J'.ates o_f. _S u_b_s.c _r_ip tion•.. 6s •0d• per annum f o~ 12 i·s sues. 
12 months I reports for organisations: 
12 months' insertion of advertisements: 
£2. 2. Od. 
£1. 4. Od. 
Adv:rtisers and treasurers of organisations should please pay 
their subscriptions punctually to Mr. Eastgate, 
Distr~butors who collect subscriptions for those taking the 
magazine should hand them to J.1rs. Gibson. 
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DORNEY PARISH NEWS. 
NO. 11.. NOVEM:BER. 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. 
HOLY CCMMUNION: 
MCRNING PRAYm: 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar's Warden: 
People 1 s Warden: 
Deputy People's 
Warden: 
Every Sunday at B.a.m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12 noon. 
Third Sunday of the Month after Evensong. 
Every Wednesday at 10.0.a.m. 
Every Sunday at 11.a.m. 
Every Sunday at 6.30.p.m. 
Every Sunday at 9.50.a.m. 
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The'Rev.E.T.Sherlock, A.K.C.,Hon.C.F., 
The Vicarage, Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421. 
Lt. Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney qo~t, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 638. 
Mr. J.E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead· 27986. 
Mr. T.W.E. Roche,' 
St. Helier's, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks. 
Tel: Maidenhead,27047 • 

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:Sy the time. the13e lin!3S. appE:l~ .. the Annuaj. Review Buffet 
Supper in the Village Hall will have been held and no doubt many 
new residents of the Parish will have begun to feel that they 
"belong" after attending a. fup.ption which will demonstrate Dorney 
working as a unit. • • • ••• 
Dorney is part.icularly good at this. Somebody who didn1 t 
live in the Parish-said to us·at a party in the Parish one night, 
•11 oh, you1 re a Dorneyite; you're all right; you all stick together. 11 
An unsolicited testimonial which we think is well deserved, and 
we look f.or-w&rd- to making our newcomers part of the village we all 
love. It is 1:.o~k~ng particularly attractive this autumn, we think; 
was there ever such a display of· roses in the gardens so late in 
the year? It -sounds particularly attractive,too; it is very 
pleasant to hear the bells ringing on Sundays and not just have to 
listen to borrow·ed 'sounds from over in Bray when the wind was in 
the right direction. 
A French friend was asking ·about Dorney, the other day. We 
doubt if he quite believed our description of a virtually mediaeval 
v~l~age w,i t:}rlp 25 miles qf .L~ndon. But it might well take its 
,motto ~ram the f'.amous sgying in his language: 11 ttunion fait la·· 
force 11 • May it ·go :£:orward with renewed strength and vigour. 
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICES, 11th November. 
On Remembrance Sunday the seryices will be as follows:- 
. 8. 
9. 5.0 . 
10. 50. 
a.m .• . a.m. 
a.m. 
p.m. 
Holy .Communion. 
Sunday School and Catechism. 
Mattina with a Special Introduction 
• ·ancl Sermon. 
Evensong.and Sermon. 
The 1Two Minutes' Silence' will be observed at 11.a.m. and 
we hope to have the pleasure ag:a,i.n t,his year of hearing Mr. 
A.H.J. Williams sound 1The Last Post 1 and 1The Reveille 1 • 

In drawing up the church budget, the Parochial Church Council 
agreed to make a donation towards the work of the Earl Haig's Fund. 
A GIFr OF AN ALMS DISH. 
Parishioners will be interested to know that Mrs. Ames has very 
kindly given the church an oak alms dish to receive the envelopes at 
the Sunday services : the one now in use is inadequate for the 
purpose. We are grateful to Mrs. Ames for the gift • 
OUR NEW OOG ANIST. 
Master Peter Jones, who is already known to many of us for his 
skill at the organ, will take up.his duties, as our organist, on 
Sunday, the 4th November. He is a gifted young man and comes to us 
with the full approval of our Parochial Church Council. Let us give 
Peter a warm welcome and hope that he will be very happy with us. 
B.APrISMS. 
Sept. 22nd. 
Oct. 7th. 
Oct. 14th. 
BURIAL. 
Sept. 27th. 
Simon Peter, son of Ronald Gerald and Rita Margaret 
Brades . 
Rachel Mary, daughter of Francis Douglas and Dorothy 
Patricia Gibson. 
Jane, daughter of Anthony George and Maretta 
Hewett. 
George Alfred Wiltshire, aged 60 years. 
Clffi.ISTIAN FAMILY YE.AR. 
This year we are trying to show the value of the Christian • 
Family. Is it not a time when we can consider whether we have room 
in our homes for a little stranger? 
The Moral Welfare Association, the Church's own special service 
to the £amily, is far too frequently in need of a short-term foster 

home, usually for very wee babies for about five or six weeks 
while suitable adoption arrangements are being made. Everything 
is providedt and there is enough money to cover the expenses. 
Your reward? The special look that a little one has for the 
person who feeds, loves and cares for it. They are so completely 
dependent on us. 
If you can take a .little guest, would. you let the Vicar know 
or telephone Miss Griffiths, Slough 26369. It may only be once 
or twice a year - it may be whenever you feel you can take a wee 
one. 
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Cl.N I BE A CHRISTHN AND NC!l' GO TO CHURCH? 
In answering this question, we should first understand what 
is meant by the word 1Christian 1 • Some people tell us that a 
C~istian is one who tri~s to follow Christ. lilld they suggest 
this means Christian living, but not •going to church' as one can 
be just 1;-s ¥ood a Christian outside the church as within' it~ Of 
course, it is true that a Christian should be a person who is 
following the example of our Lord, but according to the New • 
Testament there is more in the word 1Christian 1 than this. To 
the apostolic Christians it was unthinkable to talk aboμt following 
our Lord 'outside' the followship- of thD church : it did not 
make sense to them. For them a Christian was one who followed 
Christ in and through the fellowship of the Christian Church.· 
For the New Testament Christian the question 'Can I be a 
Christian and not go to church? 1 would be meaningiess. He viould 
have put it thus, 'Can I be a Christian and not be n living paTt - 
of the church?' 1...nd to this.question, an apostolic Christian 
would have-given a decided 1No 1 • To the Christians of those'days, 
t~e local church was not so much a building - in point of fact they 
did not possess 1 churches 1 in-~1:l?·sense of the word but used 
private houses - but the local family of baptised believers who 
assembled themselves together Sunday by Sunday to s~- -1 the prayers 1 
and to I break bread I. To become a Christian meant being baptised 
or spiritually initiated into this family or community and sharing 
together in its corporate life and worship. In the Lets of the 
l .. postles, S. Luke tells us t'lhat it meant to be a Christian. 1 They 
continued steadfastly in the apostles• doctrine and :fellowship, and 
in breaking of bread and the prayers •··•' (2. vv. 42 - 46). 
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The short answer to our questi.Pn t .hen i .s thaLJJJe . ca~ot fairly 
call ourselves 1Christians 1 in t he New Testament sense of this word 
and not ass ociate ourselves with the Body of Chri s-t by Holy 
Baptism, by worship and by witness . 
On the other hand , it is a l so fair to add that- there are many 
people today who cannot see their way to belief and- Baptism ahd 
perhaps regular worship, but mho try to live their lives in the 
spirit of Chl·ist rs life . There is indeed a real sense i n which they 
should be called , Christians 1.• But unfortunately , our question is 
often asked by people who want to be thought ' Chri stians ' without 
exercising their r esponsibilities _as . Christjans to the Body of 
Christ . 
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DCRNEY CHURCH ROSTER OF USHERS . 
8. O. a .m. 
11.O. a .m. 
6. 3O. p ,m. 
All Sundays . 
4th November . 
11th November . 
18th November . 
25th November . 
2nd December . 
All Sundays . 
lVIr . Farrington. 
Mr . Cottam. 
Mr . Gibson. 
Mr . Farr in t on. 
Col.Ame·s . 
Mr . Cottam. 
Mr . Roche . ) by 
Mr . Eastgate. ) 
Mr . Allen. ) arrangement . 
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DCRNEY CHURCH OFFERTORY COUNTilTG ROSTER . 
8. p.m. The Vicarage . 
1st November . 
8th November . 
15t.)1. November . 
22nd November . 
29th November . 
Col. Aines , Mrs . Rayl or . 
Mr . Roche . Mr . Eastgate . 
Mr . Farrington. NU' . Cottam. 
Mr . Allen. Mr . Pilkinton. 
M.r . and Mrs . Gr~gory. 

D CRNEY CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER. 
3rd November . 
10th November . 
17th November . 
24th November . 
1s t December . 
Delphi ne Roche. 
Mrs . Barker . 
Mrs . Farri ngton. 
Mrs . Cane . 
Del phine Roche . 
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DCRNEY CHURCH ALT.AR FLOWERS ROSTER. 
3rd November . Mrs . Adcock. 
10th November . 
17th November . 
24th November . 
Mrs •. Farri!+gton. (Remembranc e Sunday) . 
Mrs . Finch. 
Lady Blake. 
1st to 22nd December . The Season of Advent no flower s . 
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DCRNEY LOCOSPDrTERS AND AIRCRAFTSPDrTERS 1 CLUE. 
We spotted aircraft , not trains , this month and had a 
most successful day. Only four members and the chairman were 
able t o make it but nevertheless the total "bag" of new aircraft 
c ollected was enormous; Saturday , 6th October was the day 
and the place was the ~ueen1 s Building at London Airport . As 
usual , VJe cast off at 9. 30. a .m. and got there when it opened . 
Next meeting, 17th November at 3. p.m. at St . Helier ' s . 
This will be to make final arrangements for the trip to the 
Great Western Museum at Swindon on 8th December . 
New members are welcome . We are getting rather a deplet.e.d 
little band due to people gro,:ving up and getting involved in 
other interests . There r emains a loyal "hard core " and as it 
approaches the fourth anniversa:ry of the Club 1 s foundation it 
• ' is appropriate to pay special tribute to N. Dorrell our Vic e- 
Chairman, •who has really stuck by the Club through -thick and 
thin. Thank you , -Nicky. 
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PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES . 
The Parish Council met on Tuesday , 2nd Octob.er , and business included 
the following: 
Car Park. 
Measlll'es are being considered for :providing a car par.k in Dorney. 
Field 242 . 
There is good reason to hope that this land may be acquired as either 
open space, or a playing field, or both. 
Bus Shelter . 
It was agreed that this should be put up on the site originally 
suggested, namely behind the bus bay on t he east side of Marsh Lane , 
and approval by the County Council for siting it here is being s ought • 
Dent 1 s Corner . 
The Council was informed that neither the County Council nor the 
Police favour the addition of ·a bus -pull-in on or near the Corner , 
but the matter is to be re- exami ned when the road vJOrks have been 
completed . 
River Footpath. 
The Council was informed that the E.R.D.C. is to look into the 
question of improving the footpath leading fr om Dorney Reach Road to 
the River bank. 
Road Sign. 
The County Council has refused to set up in Marsh Lane any additional 
sign indicating the whereabout s of Meadow Way. 
War Memorial. 
In the absence of volunteers to look after the Memorial Garden, the 
Council has decided to seek an estimate from a contractor for 
cutting the grass . 
Footpath Diversion. 
No objection was raised to a proposed diversion of Footpath No. 12 
at the back of Manor Farm, ' but a protest has been lodged against 
· the proposal to extend this footpath across a section of the Common. 

NarE: A new Parish Council notice boa~d has been put up outside 
I The Palmer Arms I • In futur e all Parish· Counc f i notic·es ' ••• -- - - ·-- 
including ·Planning ,Applications .(previous.ly show.n • in the Post 
Office), wi l l be displayed here," except that notices convening 
meetings will als o be posted, as former ly , in the Church porch 
and on the notice board at the east end of Harcouri; Road _in 
Do:rney Reach. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
PICTURE LIGBT for S~le. 
Suitable for lighting a picture 
35 ins . by 25 ins . 
New condition. £2 . 
Write :Box A, Dorney Parish News , St . Helier 1 s . 
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LEI'TERS TO THE EDITOR. 
The Editor, 
Dorney Parish News . 
Sirs, 
Tudor Lodge, 
Marsh L1;1I1e . 
Why should people number theix houses if they don1 t want to? 
Nobody seems to want to, except for one or t wo remorselessly 
active 11Social engineers " . I am also getting rather tired of the 
kind of earnest argument which sounds so convincing until you 
think about it a little. 
May I make some suggestions about the points your correspondent 
from "Arden" raises , addressed , somewhat uneditorially, 
to your correspondent? 
1. tf people need to go to your house , tell them where it is 
first in plain English. There is nothing difficult about this . 
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3- 
Incidenta1ly, what is an "area" - why fifty and not sixty or 
s~venty one - and what is a "group" ? 
If peopl 0 ask you where somebody else 1 s house ~s , t ell them. 
Two and a half years is quit e long enough to r emenber a few 
names ar.d most people can spare , say , t vo minutes every three 
weeks. Jmyhow, this is a useful~ social service. 
If your cleaners, or whoever they are, deliver jackets to the 
wrong house, change your cleaners. This will make them more 
careful next time~ 
Try to forget II systems" in connection with people1·s homes . I 
doubt very much whether many other residents have give~ the 
matter a thought until now. Give credit to those who prefer 
names to n:11llb~rs, _as all s ensible people do. 
At any r ate, I shall lov~_you..~:u,ch more , dear Rosalind, if you 
stay in Arden. I couldn ' t bear to think of you at No. 19a, Oak 
Stubbs Lane. 
I have the honour to r emain , Sirs, 
The Edit ors, 
Dorney Paris-h News . 
Dear Sirs , 
Yours faithfully, 
(Sgd) . A.V. CCJ.rT.liM. 
. ....... . 
11Tregullas11 , 
Harcourt Road, 
Dorney Re3.ch . 
October 12th, 1962 .• 
I have been a regular reader of the parish magazine for many 
years, but what I find hard to understand is the· attitude of those 
people who keep writing to the Editors hoping to tura Dorney Reach 
into a ''Coronation Street" . . 
If these people a:re so much in favour of number3d houses , why 
did they choose to live in this beautiful spot nestling close to 

Old Father Thames? Su:rely the choice of accommodation and also 
the area in which they now r es ide was of their own choosing. To 
me it is a great pity that people do not take these things into 
consideration before coming to live in this area .. 
With regard to the ~oor ~eople who must suffer hours of 
frustration looking for houses, I have never read so much twaddle 
in my l ife ! Let Dorney Reach r emain a s ma ll compact residential 
ar ea , different to the usual everyday street . 
In conclusion , may I say that when it becomes too much 
bother for me to help and direct the poor frustrated enquirers, 
I will gracefully move out of this area, which I would remember 
and like most as it is today - 
" Named but not numbered11 • 
(Sgd ) . · KEITH A. N. COVEY. 
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PHillOORAPHIC NOI'ES . 
At times, if t_hese notes ar e to be helpful, I shall have 
to refer to s ettings on your camera controls . So it would be as 
well to lmow a bit about them. 
Next time your c·amera is empty , open the back, set the 
shutter open on time , and look through the lens. You will see it 
has a hole in the middle through 'w}ifoh the light passes . Around 
the l ens mount you will find a small lever moving over a scale 
marked s omething ~ike this:- f22 , fl6 , fll, f8 , f5 . 6 , f4, and 
so on. Move the lever over these markings and obs erve the hole. 
As the number on the scale gets smaller, so the hole gets bigger , 
i.. e. th~ smaller the f number the more light pass es through the 
lens , so that in dull conditions we use a small f number which, 
just to make things easy , is known as a "large stop" , and in 
bright conditions we use a large f number or 1ismall stop11 • 
In the sequence above , each downward step in f number 
doubles the intensity of the light passing to the film. 
Now a f i lm needs a cert ain ~uantity of l ight to fall upon it 
t o be properly exposed, in the same way that a bucket needs a 
?iven :alum~ of _water to fill it. If _the wat er pressure (light 
intensity) is high, the bucket will fill quickly , and the tap (or 
C 

shutteI') need only be open for a short time; Conver sel y , if t he 
pressure. i s low , i. e ; a smal l stop , the tap ( s hutter) must be open 
f or a l onger time . 
There is thus a range of al t ernative f numbers and s hut ter 
speeds which wi ll give the same expos1.ll'e - i. e. i f you hal ve the 
intensity by changing from f8 to f l l , you cart r est·ore t he bal ance by 
doubling the time the shutter is open. F8 at 1/50 gives t he same 
exposure as f ll at 1/ 25 . , 
Next month , we will consider how to select the best alternative~ 
11HYP01.
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DORNEY WOMENS INSTITUTE. 
In the absence of our President, Mrs . Cane , who was in Melbourne , 
Australia , taking part in the Conference of th~ Associa t ed Countrywomen 
of the World , Mrs . Loughnan took the Chair . 
The final r esult of the Caledonian Market , held on 14th 
September , was £38 , of which £10. was sent to the Freedom fr om Hunger 
Campaign. 
It was decided to hold another money- raising effort at the 
beginning of December in the shape of a yood Fair . and Christmas 
:Bazaar . 
Mrs . Jones will be the r epresentative of our new Handicraft 
Guild . 
Particular attention was drawn in the Monthly Letter to the 
:B. F.W. I . 1963 Art Exhibition, which will take place from the 27th 
February to the 1st March. The Letter also stressed particularly 
how important it was for members who had sent in their names for 
County events to attend them. Quite often members do not turn up 
and this causes great inconvenience and loss of money td the 
Federation. Recently only 35 out of 71 who had applied actually 
came to a Conference. If something unavoidably prevents anyone from 
attending, the County Secretary should be advised . 
Anyone who has any books for children in Kenya , please send 
them to The English Speaking Union, 37 Charles Street , London W. l . , 
marked "Children' s :Books for Kenyan ; They are most urgent l y needed .. 
M:rs . Edge , in her most exciting talk "Escape end Escapade", 
told us about her escape from Greec e after the German occupation . 

She was a secretary in the Naval Attache 1 s Office at Athens , and 
was one of the l ast peopl e t o leave , with sixty others in a 
privately- hired yacht. After travelling thr ough the night they 
arrived at a small island where they ,had to :spend the day so as 
not to be spotted ; whil~t mos t of the people. had gone off 
exploring the -island , the yacht was bombed and most of the crew , 
who were Greek , and some of the passengers who had· remained on 
board , were killed or very badly wounded . . Everybody' lost everything 
and our speaker was l eft with the clothes she stood up in , 
one handkerchief and a small book of Shakespear e ' s Sonnets . The 
inhabitant s of_ the very smal l village on this island gave what 
they could spare in-- the way of food and bandages for the very 
badly injured people . After . t~~. days , a fishing ketch was 
sighted and aft er it had anchored , to the astonishment of everybody 
, one of the women of the party threw herself round a man ' s 
neck; it was her husband who had picked up a ·r adicn:nessage from-· 
the cas taways who could trensmit out not r eceive . He persuaded 
the Greek c aptain to bring him over with an Army doctor and 
supplies from Crete . 
Then , one night they sailed off for Crete. in t he fi shing 
craft . In the middle of the night , the passengers were awakened 
by a tremendous noise to find Peter Fleming, one of the passengers, 
holding a pistol at the head of the capta i.11 who , he found, had 
turned back becaus e he .had got cold f eet . He forced him i nto the 
cabin and t wo British ex- naval men took the ship over and brought 
them to another smal l island . The descriptions of the conditions 
on board in rough s eas were hair-raising. Eventually they got to 
Crete , where the speaker and another passenger were _ arr ested as 
spies by t he Cretans . After the production of many documents , 
they were r e l eased and eventually r eached Alexandria and made 
their way thence to Cairo. 
The next meeting will be the Annua l General Meeting on 14th 
November . V.C. O. will be Mrs . Geeves . A new Committee will be 
el ected and doors will be open at 2 o 1clock for the voting. 
Tea hostesses will be Mrs . Sherlock and Mrs . Cull um. • 
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" 
JUNIOR PA G .E., 
Dear Junior Readers, 
Thanks to the industry of Elizabeth Roche, your page can 
continue for another month! I was delighted to receive the 
following poem from Elizabeth - I think she has described her pet 
so that we can all visualise him perfectly. I shall hope to have a 
contribution from another writer.for the next issue • 
Yours. sincerely-,. - 
TOUCHSTONE. 
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A LEX AND ER. ==--===-~-=----=-- 
.a description. 
Big brown buck, 
With long loppy ears, 
Huge brown eyes 
And a whit~ bushy tail. 
Large back feet 
lmd small front paws, 
Furry white stomach 
And a twitchy little nose. 
He hops very fast, 
With all his whiskers 
Bobbing up and down, 
For all the world like 
A silly little clown. 
• • • Murlc'hing a carrot , 
Staring happily at you 
As if to say they're very good 
Why don•t you have one too? 
His long white teeth, 
Biting in hard, 
With such a happy expression on his 
face, 
But just his pleading eyes, 
Begging you for· o.ore. - • 
At night he curls up in a ballJ 
The moon lighting up his cage. 
Then:! s a rustle in the straw,· 
Then a gentle little snore, 
Then silence reigns once more. 
ELIZABETH ROCHE. 
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AT THE RUIDiAGE SALE held in Dorney Village Hall in 
September, a number of bo·oks were sold in error. These were of 
great sentimental value to the owner, who would be most gxateful 
if the purchaser of any books marked "Shirley Horner" or "Shirley 
Hiscock" would return them to~ c/o Miss Bennett, Village Hall, 
Dorney, or ring Maidenhead 21661, to have them collected. 
.Any costs would, of course, be refunded. 
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D CRNEY HORT ICULTlJ"RAL S CC IEI'Y. 
The Horticultural Society has again come to life after the 
Summer Show and will hold its A.G.M. on Wednesday, November 14th, 
in the Primary School, Dorney Reach, at 8.p.m. 
All members will be notified and it is earnestly hoped that 
as many as possible will come and support the Society and make 
some suggestions or give new ideas for next years programmes. 
There will be a guest speaker v,ho will talk on some subject 
of horticul till'.'al interest.· 
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~'llRMING NEWS. 
The Parish of Dorney had the following successes at the 
Royal South Bucks Agricultural Association 119th Ploughing match 
held at Court Farm, Denham, on 3rd October, 1962:- 
Long Service Awards to agricultural workers:- 
Aged 40 to 60. Years Service. Reconunended by. Award. 
T.F. Bartlett. 40 Sir R. Haddon, 35/-. 
G.H. Green. 38 II 35/-. 
E.G. Allen. 29 II 30/-. 
E.J. Beale. 9 II 20/-. B.F. Sharp. 9 II 20/-. 
J.,H. Tod.kill. 15 Lt.Col.Palmer. 25/- & 
R.B. Ford. 
tankard. 
12 II 25/-. 

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Aged 20 to 40. 
A. Mylam. 
Years Service. 
11 
Recommended by. 
Sir R. Haddon. 
Award. 
.30/- .. 
A~a~d for Cottage and Gardon Upkeep. 
J. R_- TodkilL 25/ .... 
• Si:r Richard Haddon, 
Bove~ey Court Farm. 
Lt, Col. P.].S. Palmer. 
Park Fruit Farm. 
P. Palmer, Esq. 
Pigeon House Farm. 
1st • 
1st. 
1st. 
Res. 
1st. 
1st. 
1st. 
3rd. 
·3rd. 
1st. 
2nd. 
3rd. 
'.4 acres of v,inter oats. 
4 acres of spring oats. 
2 acres of marrow stem kale. 
2 acres of Thousand head kale. 
Samuelson Cup for best kept and 
cultivated farm under 100 acres. 
12 lb. box of tomatoes. 
½ bushel box of Cox 1 s dessert apples. 
½ bushel box of any other variety of 
dessert apples (Laxton Sup~rb shown) 
½ acre of lettuce. 
6 new laid hen's egg~ - white. 
Pair of Pork pigs. 
Pair of Cutting pigs. 
. ........ . 
NATURE NCTrES. 
To associate Seagulls with our Parish of Dorney, situated as it 
is in the heart of the Thames Valley sixty miles from the nearest 
seashore, would seem to require some explanation. _ 
However, during the forthcoming winter months, seagulls will 
frequently number amongst the birds which are to be seen. The_old 
saying that seagulls inland foretell of rough weather at sea is not 
strictly accuxate anymore. No doubt the statement was gener~lly 
true a few years ago, as than, gulls were usually o~ly seen inland 
hunting for food when.bad weather made feeding difficult on t~e 
seashore. But recently, incrQq~i:qg_numbers of gulls are tending to 
spend more and more time inland. Some return to the coast only_ 
infrequently, and records of nest building and successful rearing 
of young in this area aro by no means rare. 

_ Apart frqm the familiar sight of gulls wheeling and turning 
in the tracks of the plough, the birds· c-an often be seen • 
scavenging at refuse dumps and filter beds. The abundance of food 
at such places no doubt encourages the birds to remain inland. To 
do so, however, they have one difficult problem to overcome - they 
must find a suitable roosting site. This is made the more 
difficult because gulls need to be able to rest on a large expanse 
of water away from theix enemies, and such sites are hard to find. 
They do seem to have discovered that ·the Staines Reservoirs are 
eminently ·suitable for roosting, however, as tlie number of birds 
settling there has increased annually over the past ten years. 
It has been known for there to be as many as one hundred thousand 
gulls on the reservoirs during bad weather .in January. 
The reservoirs cannot provide anything like this numbor of 
birds with sufficient food,- so they are forced to 1 commute' 
outwards into the surrounding districts each day. Dorney, it 
seems, is a favourite hunting ground for many of these inland 
gulls. They can quite often be seen feeding in the fields and 
along the river, but their most inte~esting activities occur just 
beforu dusk •. The .birds congregate in large nwnbers and fly off 
in the direction of Staines. I havo recently seen ·flocks of 
several hundred going off to roost, s·ome adopting the characteristic 
V-shaped flying pattern of wild geese. The round journey 
from Staines to Dorney and back entails a flight of some twelve 
miles which seems no small daily tasU. Judging from the gulls 
flying straight over Dorney, many birds appear to have come from 
even further afield. 
The species most likely to be seen are the Great BlackBack, 
Lesser Black-Back, Black-Headed, Common and Herring glllls. 
The Black-Headed gull is probably the commonest of the five in 
this area at the moment. Identification of this species is made 
a little difficult in winter as the diagnostic black head 
marking is lacking from the winter plumage. 
WAYFARER. 
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by 20th of the preceding month. 
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Tiates oi' c>ubscription, 
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Telephone: Maidenhead 27047, 
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Telephone: Maidenhead 23943, 
The Editors, Mr, L,H. Eastgate, 
Mrs, A, Eastgate, Mrs, H. Roche, 
Village and Lake Enq~ 
Mrs, Finch, Mrs, East1:;2te, Mr, Allen, 
Mrs. Bnrker, Miss Bennett, Mrs, Rayl or, 
Mr, Bartlett. 
Dorney Reach. 
Mr, Gibson, Mrs, Crane, Mrs, Roche, 
Mrs, Williams, Mrs, Wooller, I:Xs. Adcock, 
Mrs, Cobb, Mrs. Pilkinton, Mrs, Gregory, 
Mrs, Farrington, Mrs, Smiley, 
6s,Od, per annum for 12 issues, 
12 months I reports for organisations, £2, 2, Od, 
12 months' insertion of advertisements: £1, 4, Od, 
Advertisers and treasurers of organisations should please pay 
their subscriptions punctually to Mr, Eastgate, 
Distributors who collect subscriptions for those taking the 
magazine should hand them to Mrs, Gibson, 

DORNEY PARISH NEWS, 
1;0, 12. DECEMBER, 1962. 
SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES . 
HOLY COO!UNION: 
MCRNING PRAYER: 
EVENSONG: 
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
Vicar 1.s Warden: 
People's Warden: 
Deputy People's 
Warden: 
Every Sunday at 8.a.m. 
First Sunday of the Month at 12 noon. 
Third Sunday. of the Month after Evensong. 
Every Wednesday at 10,,0,a.m. 
Every Sunday at 11,a.m. 
Every Sunday at 6.30.p.m. 
Every Sunday at 9,5O.a,m. 
...... 
The Rev.E.T, Sherlock, A.K.C,, Hon,C,F., 
The Vicarage, Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 421, 
Lt. Col, P.D,S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, Windsor, Berks; 
Tel: Burnham 638, 
Mr. J.E. Farrington, 
Melrose, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks, 
Tel: Maidenhead 27986, 
Mr, T.W,E, Roche, 
St, Helier•s, Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead, Berks, 
Tel: Maidenhead 27047, 
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EDITORIAL, 
It is wi ih deep i"·eg:r-et this month that we record the death 
of Col, W,A,R, Ames, A full appreciation of him and all that he 
did for Dorney appears elsewhere in this issue; but the Editors 
would like to express •the;i.r sy!'lpat)ly, .anli,. they are. sure, that of 
all their readers, to Mrs, Ames and her family in their tragic 
loss. 
They also record with deep regret the death of Mr, P,N, 
Hawthorn, of 11 Cranmere", Harcourt Road, one of the earliest 
residents 0f-Derney Reach and extend their sympathy to Mrs, 
Hawthorn and to her family, An appreciation of Mr. Hav1thorn also 
appears on another page, 
The close of the year is a time for retrospection, and this 
has been a year on which the Parish News may look back with 
justifiable.pride,' An intensive campaign was undertaken last 
April, and its effect was to raise the circulation of the 
magazine from about a hundred and sixty to well over two hundred, 
It can now truthfully be said that it is read in virtually every 
, household. in Dorney, 
T)1is spect13cular i)'lcrease in circulation would have been 
impossible without the unremitting labo=s of the now sizeable 
army of distributors, who not only carry out their routine 
eeliveries each month, but who also remain constantly on the 
alert for fresh customers in the shape of new arrivals iii Dorney, 
To them, to the contributors·, both regular and sporadic', and to 
all others who· have subscribed in any way to the success of the 
Parish News the Editors owe a debt of gratitude which they are 
happy to acknowl,edge, 
It is now. the Editors' :task to ensill'e that next year is no 
less memorable thap the one almost past, There is one way in 
which readers could help to make it so, and that is by having 
ready for their distributor next month their an~ual subscription, 
s u making fUTther collections unnecessary, 
May I close by thanking all our readers for their support 
d=ing the last twelve months, and by wishing them on behalf of 
the Parish News the happiest of Christmassc3, 
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THE SHEPHERDS AND THE WISE MEN. 
It is impossible to state exactly from our present state of 
knowledge the historical details surrounding our Lord's Birth. 
S. Luke tells us that Christ was born during the reign of Caesar 
Augustus on the occasion of a general census. Nothing so far is 
known about this , it may be that s. Luke was referring to a local 
or partial census. From the Gospels• we learn that our Lord was born 
in the most humiliating circumstances on the lowest level of human 
comfort. The Gospels also inform us that outside the circle of the 
Holy Family only trio classes of men were aware that something 
unusual had.taken place at Bethlehem - a group of shepherds and 
certain professional astrologers. 
It is in the light of later events that our Lord's Birth 
assumed a profound significance for the.Christian Church. In fact 
the Gospel story of the Nativity was written in the· realization of 
this spiritual significance and cannot be interpreted apart from it • 
At the time of its occurrence it- appeared to be just. anothe.r birth 
among millions. s. John writes of it, 1The Light shineth in 
darkness ; and the darkness comprehended it not 1 (i..· v·. 5). The 
Greek word for •comprehended' in the text means literal'.l.y ·•grasped' 
or 'seized tight hold of 1 , and i.t is still true tod~y· that: the world 
fails to comprehend the true significance of Christmas Day. It 
observes the trimmings but is completely indifferent to the fact 
itself. 
Two classes of men, however, grasped something of its importance 
- a group of shepherds and certain Persian Magi : but we should 
be very careful to note that these men came to grasp its significance 
only by divine revelation. What kind of thoughts they entertained 
about Christ's Birth we. shall never know ; but it is evident from 
the adoration and worship the men gave Him that they believed His 
Birth to haves divine significance despite the humble circumstances 
of its occurrence : they perceived that it was not an ordinary birth 
: they were enabled by the eye of faith to see beyond the humble 
trappings and even beyond the physical form of. tne. Babe and. to grasp 
the Presence of God Himself in the form of the Child. Th.e shepherds 
and the wise men did not understand the full significance of the 
Birth of Christ - that was left for the succeeding generations of 
Christians to work out - but they did. grasp the all important fact 
that God Himself was there in the Manger, 
And this is the meaning of Christmas Day. On this Day, the 

Church points to a human life and says, _, Look, there is Go_d ! He .. 
comes to dwell with men, in their cities and in their villages 
and in their homes, but most of all He comes to dwell in their 
hearts! · Thi's makes sens·e of Bethlehem, 
A Happy Christmas to you all ! 
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THE CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES. 
The services on Christmas Day will be as follows:Christmas 
Eve, 24th December, 
11,45,p,m, Midnight Eucharist .(no Address), 
Christmas Day. 25th December, 
e. o.a.m, 
9,50,a.m. 
11, O.a,m, 
12, noon, 
Holy Ccimmunion, 
Children• s Service, 
Mattina and Sermon, 
Holy Communion, 
As a special collection for the Church of England Children's 
Society will not be taken at Mattina on Christmas Day, the 
Parochial Church ·Council will make a donation of £20, towar'ds 
this work, The Council contributed this sum to the Society last 
year, 
Ladies are invited to provide flowers and help in the 
dee.oration of the ·church for Christmas D·ay, 
THE TOY SERVICE, 
The service this year will be held on Sunday, 16th December 
(Advent 3) a,t 3,p,m, Parents are invited to attend with their 
childrei:1, The, children are asked to bring gifts of toys and 
books v,i th them to the service + these should be in excellent 
condition as there is no sacrifice in giving to others what we 
n? longer want for ourselves, The Vicar hopes that Mr, Devine 
~ill_be able to co~e alo~g to the service to receive the toys 
in time for the children to have them on Christmas Day, 

A PANTOMIME AND TEA. 
The V_icar is ,arrangi,ng a Pantomime and 
boys and the children of the ,Sunday School. 
be given. t,he ,child.ren nearer ,the event. 
a Tea for the o-hoir 
Furthe_r details 01ill 
BiJ'l' ISMS , 
Oct, 28th, Graham Kenneth, son of Kenneth Reginald and Jeanette 
Elizabeth Hudson._ 
Nov. 4th, Sharon Jane, daughter of William Joseph and Joan 
.Hakesley. 
MARR I:,G ES . 
Nov. 
Nov, 
10th. 
16th. 
BURIAL. 
Donald G·eorge ·Dawson to Eliza_beth Mayo. 
David John Lindsay to Susan. Margaret Lane. 
Nov, 15th. William Arthur Roger Ames, aged 64 years. 
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DECEMBER ORGAN MUSIC. 
pee. 9th, 
Prelude 
Voluntary 
Dec, 16th, 
Prelude 
Voluntary 
Dec,23rd. 
Prelude 
Voluntary 
Chorale Prelude "Gottes Sohn ist kommen" - 
J.s·. Bach. 
Postlude in G. Major (Op.1O5) on a Theme of 
O:rlando Gibbons. c. V. Stanford, 
Prelude in G, Major, 
Fu.g.::.2 in G. Major. 
F • .i:\rcher. 
J,S, Bach, 
Gothic - Minuet·,·· - L. Bo'e'llmann. 
Postlude - Cnnti~ue. T, Dubois, 

Dec, 24th, (Midnight Communion). 
Prelude 
Setting 
Voluntary 
Dec. 25th. 
Prelude 1 
Prelude 2 
Voluntary 
Dec. 30th. 
Prelude 
Voluntary 
Andante Religioso, H.C, Morris, 
.John Mer"becke, Communion Service. 
Postlude in G, Minor (Op,101). C,V. 
Stanford, 
Introduction - _Chorale (Gothic Suite), 
L. Boellmann,. 
Chornle - Prolude "In Dulci Jubilo". 
J. s. B2ch. 
Toccata (Gothic Suitci), L, Boe~lmann. 
Trio in C, Minor. J,S. Bach. 
And the Glory of the Lord (l\!essi'ah). 
F. Haildel. 
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SOCIAL AND SERVICES COMlil:LTTEE, 
The Committee is organising a- Christmas Party for older 
parishioners and those who live alone, It is to be held on 
Snturday! 15th December, at the Vicarage, by kind permission 
of the Vicar and Mrs, Sherlock, There will be a· festive meal 
and entertainment. 
The Committee members have tried hard not to overlook 
anyone who should have had ·an invitation, If you know of 2 nyone 
who fits into the above category, but who has not been invited, 
please contnct the secretary: 
Tel: 
• Mrs. Dorothy Gibson, 
Arden, 
Octk Stubbs Lane, 
• Dorney Rench. 
Maidenhead 23943, 
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LT. COL, W,A,R, AMES, O,B,E,. 
52nd Light Infantry, 
It was in 1917 that Roger Ames, .aged 19 and just out of Eton 
and Saridhurst, saw active service in France ,,i th the Oxfordshire 
and Buckinghamshire Light Irifantry and was wounded, After the War 
he served in Ireland and India until 1933 when he was appointed an 
instructor at Woolwich, He retired in 1937 and, ·on becoming Director 
of Physical Training at Eton College and Secretary of the Old 
Etonian Association, came to live at Dorney, He had barely settled 
in when World War II broke out, he returned to the Colours and had 
the honour 'of commanding a battalion of his ov,n Regiment, After 
the War he went back to his job at Eton and took on as well 
Secretary of the Old Etonian Trust, ,,,hich v,as responsible for the 
v,onderfully successful Eton Appeal, 
• His help and encouragement to the Windsor & Eton Athletic . 
Club was the very foundation of their success and he became their 
President, He had himself participated in the Berlin and Los 
Angeles Olympic Games, • . 
In Dorney he become loved and respected by all who knew him for 
his friendliness and kindness and his willingness to help. When 
anything had to be done, as opposed to b8ing talked eb~ut, ~t was 
always Roger Ames who was called upon to do.it and he invariably 
made a success of it, For a time he was Chai~man of the Dorney 
Branch of the Conservative Association and for many years a Churohwarden 
and a memoer of the 'Parochial Church Council, It was he v.ho 
organized the bazaars and fetes which brought money. to the Church 
and no-one else ever approached the success he had in this, He.had 
that rare gift of making everyone enjoy working with and for him. 
He died on 10th November at the comparatively early age of 64 
and was buried on 15th November at Dorney, after a very lovely 
service in Eton College Chapel, 
Vie will cherish his .memory with affection for a very long time 
and would like to offer our sympathy to Mrs. Ames and to Simon and 
Clemency, 
P,D.S.P, 
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PERCY NEVILLE HAWTHORN. 
On Sunday evening, November 25th, occUTred the death of Mr. 
P,N. Hawthorn, of "Cranrnere", Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, after 
a long and extremely painful illness, most bravely borne, The 
writer, as his· next door neighbour, has cause to know how kind 
and welcoming Mr. Hawthorn was to him and his family r,hen they 
came new to Dorney' ten years ago, He himself had been one of the 
first residents of Dorney Reach, his father having had the three 
houses built simultaneously. 
Neville Hawthorn was a man of great intelligence, v1ith 
decisive· opinions of his own, a dislike for idleness and deceit 
and with a great sense of humoUT, He served in the 1914-iB war 
and his tall erect figure marching down his garden with Judy, the 
spaniel, at his heels, was still soldierly, He loved gardening 
and it was a pleasUTe to pause awhile in one's digging or planting 
for a chat over the fence, not least to hear his reminiscenc.es 
about Dorney of years gone by, 
His last days were passed in very great pain end yet, within 
a few hours of his death, he summoned up the strength to ,1hisper 
to me how kind it was to come and see him. He v1as cou:rageous and 
courteous to the last and we are the poorer for the passing of a 
Christian gentleman, 
T.W.E.R. 
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LEI'TER FROM CAIRO, 
The editors are happy to publish the following impressions 
of Cairo, received in a letter from Mrs. Fletcher v1ho has 
promised a further instalment later, 
From Alexandria·we dTove by the desert road to Cairo and ou:r 
Ambassador, who had been on board with us, preceded us in his car 
to guide us through the maze ·or s'treets to the Embassy. 
At first we stayed in a hotel in the centre of Cairo and, 
though it was hot and noisy, it was an excellent opportunity to 

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feel the pulse of this great city and observe the changes that have 
taken place since I was last here as a tourist sixteen years ago. 
Here it: Cairo history is not only in glass cases in the museums, but 
in the streets, and ne11 history· is in the making, 
In essence the scene from our hotel balcony was the same - the 
majestic sweep of the Nile with picturesque boats with huge 
triangular sails, called feluoas, plying their way up and· down . 
The ~;ide boulevards, too, w.ere as congested as ever and all the 
taxi drivers hooted incessantly as they drove, There '7SS such a 
medley of traffic as one only sees in the Middle East or the East 
gleaming, opulent limousines flying flags of different nations 
(there are wer seventy Embassies here), battered old cars, as it 
is most difficult for Egyptians. to buy nevi or;es now, Egyptian Army 
cars with sirens shrieking, buges so crowded that some passengers 
r,ere hanging on by one hand and or:ce foot, while 1i ttle boys clung 
on behind, horse-drawn c2bs, Arabs in flowing rotes on bicycles 
piled perilously high with lwely fl0"1'1ers, others calmly leading 
buffalo across the Nile bridge, oblivious of the shouts of abuse 
hurled at them by reckless taxi drivers, pedestrians "in Arab and 
European dress, young girls gay cotter: dr<assee and the 
occasional older woman ,;,i th black veil and yashnmk - though these 
one sees more often in the country - and street vendors of every 
description, Many of the latter were selling garlands of jasmine 
blossom. 
At mid-day the age-old Moslem call to prayer from mosque and 
minaret strikes a note of peace in all this bedlam. 
After a couple of days in c.entrnl .Cairo we moved out to Ma 1 adi, 
a pleasant, quiet garden suburb, It is very picturesque, with 
attractive villas and bungalows of every shape and size well hidden 
in their gardens ftcll of trees· and shrubs, It must be n wonderful 
sight when the scarlet flame trees and purple jacaranda are in full 
bloom, !,ow all the trees are very dusty after ar: exceptionally hot 
summer and only here and there does one see a few sod-looking 
flowers arid some sprays of plumbago or bougainvillea that have 
survived the heat, but here in the garden where I am writing I nm 
almost overpowered by the heaily sce·nt of jasmine, 
The cost of living is very cheap here, except for .anything 
that is impor.ted, and this is either unobtainable or ,:rohibitive in 
price, Flowers cost next to. nothing; I bought a dozE,n lovely roses 
yesterday for one and twopence, 
Egyptians and British have been most kir:d 'and welcoming to us 

and we have been invited out constantly since our arrival. One 
day we lunched with an Egyptian lawyer on a houseboat on the Nile 
and that was most romantic. We feasted on some of our favourite 
Arab dishes, waited on by silent-footed Sudanese suffragis in 
e-legant striped galabics and turbans and I really felt I was in 
the Arabian nights atmosphere of the Middle East again, 
On another occasion we had a very English tea of scones 
and fruit cake with an Egyptian family - an ex-Ambassador with an 
English wife, They have a lovely garden and stables with two 
horses and a donkey, a pony trap, two dogs (an Alsation and a 
Dachs), dozens of caged birds and a parrot, who greeted us with 
"Hello darling". Our hostess carried him around on her forefinger 
and kept kissing him on his beak, His eyes glowed yellow with 
pleasure, 
Last Sunday we attended Matins at Cairo Cathedrcl. Afterwards 
the whole congregation was given lemon juice And biscuits in the 
courtyard and then Harry and I lunched vii th the Provost end his 
wife - -with the Provost himself ecting as s\J.ffragi ! While we 
were lunching there was a terrific shrieking -of sirens 2,nd I 
thought there must be an air-raid, but it was only President 
Nasser, henv-ily escorted by outriders and police, rushing past 
at great speed with the President of the Cameroons, who is here 
on a state visit, 
There are many clubs in Cairo where you can swim, play 
tennis, croquet, golf, squash, go to the cinema shovrn and so on 
- but none exclusive to Europeans as in the old days, Harry 
'rides every morning at 6,3O,a,m, along the banks of the Nile 
with a German professor. 
Cairo is still a very cosmopolitan city and many languages 
are spoken, but mostly, here at lfa'adi, one hears German, as the 
place is swarming with German technicians, who have come to 
build factories and hotels, 
Perhaps the greatest change we notice in this new republic 
is that the girls of this generation flock to school in European 
dress, while many of their mothers still cling. to the yashmak 
and the tradi ti.ons that go with it, The poverty in Egypt is 
slightly less marked .and we are not constantly being 2.sked for 
baksheesh· (alms) as we were when we were last here, 
This account of our life in Cairo may sound glernorous. and 
exciting, but I can assure you that there are many times when 
we feel uncomfortably hot, homesick and pestered by flies or 

bitten by mosquitoes, and long for the quiet peace and pure air of 
Dorney. 
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DORNEY CIITJRCH CLEANING ROSTER. 
December 
It 
It 
It 
ls t. 
8th. 
15th. 
22nd, 
29th. 
Delphine Roche, 
Mrs. Ames. 
Mrs, Loughnan, 
Delphine Roche. 
Mrs. Williar:is on. 
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OFFERTORY COUNTING ROSTER. 
frvery Thursday, Farish Room, Vicarage) 
December 6th. 
11 13th. 
11 20th, 
" 27th, 
Mr, Smiley, !.\rs. Raylor. 
Mr, Roche, Mr, Eastgate, 
Mr. Farrington, Mr". ·cottam, 
Mr, Allen,. Mr, Pilkinton, 
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ALT1\R- FLC/1/ERS ROSTER,- 
December 1st to 22nd inclusive, Advent - no flowers. 
It 
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24th, 
29th. 
Mrs. Folmer (Christmas Day). 
Miss Jl, Roche. . ....... . 
THE DORNEY CHURCH ROSTER OF USHERS has been temporarily suspended 
pending re-organisation. 
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DORNEY W01IEN1 S INSTITUTE. 
Two i terns of great importance were discussed at the 
November meeting of the W.I. ' ·· •• • .. 
The first was the decision to hold a Christmas Gift and Food 
Fair from 11.a.m. on Saturday, 15th December , · in the Village Hall. 
Members were reminded that this would be our big effort, and···were 
asked to do their best to ensure that we made sufficient money to 
pay Institute expenses for the next two y~ars . 
We were urged to make full use of our "bits bags" , but as it 
was appreciated that certain items, - such as lamps~ade trimming 
and baby wool , - could be very costly, it was agreed th:it members 
could ask for a swn up to 10/- for materials (to be deducted from 
the final grand total) , when their"finished articles were brought 
for sale. Anyone who could not bring her contribution to the hall 
on the afternoon of Friday, the 14th, was asked to hand it over 
to a Committee member for safe keeping at the December me.eting; 
The second matter of importance referred to our first meeting 
in 1963. Mr, Harrison, a consultant at Cliveden Hospital, had 
agreed to speak to the w. r. on Wednesday, 9th January, on Plastic - 
Surgery. As it was felt that this •HIS a subJ'ect that min,-.,- ht 
arouse general interest, it was ' decided to·make this an open 
meeting to which anyone fron the Village or Reach was ~armly 
invited. If our guests could tell a w.r. member , before the 
December meeting, of their wish to hear Mr,Harrison'_s te.lk, ,ve 
could then make arrangements for sufficient extra chairs in the 
hall and for enough extrn cakes at teatime. 
Miss Bennett.gave a first-class account of the.Council meeting 
at Aylesbury, and members nominated Mr$, Williamson for the 
National Executive Committee,_and,suggested the name of Mrs. Horner 
as Group Convener for a further year before the business of the 
Monthly Meeting closed. 
We then moved on to that of the Annual Meeting c1t which we 
were pleased to welcome Mrs . Geeves, our County Treasurer. 
Everyone thorougl,ly enjoyed the Secretary's most interesting 
annual report. Its adoption was mave9- by the President, after she 
had given her thanks to the Committee and members for their help 
and co-operation during a year when - for the first time in its 
history - Dorney had a new President and a new Secretary at the 
same time. 

After Mrs. Barkerts_fin~ncipl Statem~nt 'had b~~n presented and 
adopted, Mrs. Geeves spoke on the various ways in which we could 
recruit and i~terest new ,members . She noted that our W.I. appeared 
to do everything but sing, and suggested thet this .might .be 
remedied! • 
The tellers, Mrs . Dixon and Mrs . King, uho had kindly come · 
from Taplow announced the result of the ballot, and from the ne~ 
Committee of: Mesdames Barker , Bundy, Cane , Collins Junr ., Eastgate, 
Finch, Jones, Loughnan, ·smiley and Williams, Mrs. ·cane was made 
President . 
After tea, ''!here a wonderful birthday cake baked by Mrs. 
Kay Green was much enjoyed , Mrs . Horner engineered a most 
tantalising quiz which ~as won by M.rs. Williamson and Mrs . Ravden. 
On 12th December , our last mee·.,ing before Christmas , we are 
to have a very good conjuring . show , and members are invited to 
bring their .friends and children as guests . · Tea hostesses are 
Mrs. Roche and Mrs. Horner. 
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For Dorney W.I. Funds . 
A 
CiffiIST:M.AS ·GIFT AND FOOD FAIB 
will be held on 
SATURDAY , 15th DECEMBER, 1962, 
in 
The Village Hall, from 11. 00. a . m, 
Morning Coffee , 
Lucky Dips . 
Home-made Cakes . 
Handmade gifts and decorations . 
Entr ance FREE. 
Afternoon Tea. 
Raffles, 
Home- grown Plants . 

DCRNEY LOCOSP<JrTERS I ANil AIR.CRAFT SP<JrTERS I CLUE, 
The monthly· meeting was he~d at St, Helier I s on Saturday, 
17th November, when six members attended, among whom we were 
glad to welcome back Keith Harris, The Q,uiz was a very close 
thing and necessi tnted a knock-out between. the two who tied for 
first place, 
On.November 21st, Captain Cane very kindly invited Members to 
a showing of his film on the new VC 10 aircraft at Dorney School. 
We understand that those who were able to go found it !llOSt 
interesting and that Club members asked some very_ good questions. 
We are very grateful to Captain Pane, 
Arrangements for the forthcoming visit to Swindon have had 
to re altered as the Motive Power Depot cannot have us on a 
Saturday and can only have us. at 3,30,p,m. on the revised date i:1e 
have chosen, This will be in the Christmas holidays, Friday, 
January 4th, 1963, Would Members please bring a packed lunch 
and 2/-- ench toia2rds the speci,:,1 return fare of 10/ 4? The rest 
will come out of Club funds .•... 
The revised timetable for that day is as follows: 
Meet at St, Helier 1 s, 11,10.a.m, (Those going direct 
.to T,9p-lov1 ,should be 
there by ll,20,) 
Taplov1 
Reading 
depart 11,31.a,m, 
arrive 11.56,a,m, 
depart 12,25,p,m, 
Swindon arrive 1;· 9,p.m; 
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Visit G,W,R, Museum 2. O.p.m. 
Visit ){iotive =Pov/er Depot ====-3. ;10. 'Q, m. 
Swindon 
Reading 
depart 5,23,p,m, 
'arr'ive· 6, 5,p.m, · 
depart 6,15,p,m, 
Taplow arrive 6,36,p,m, 
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approx. 
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PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES. 
, .The Parish. Council met on Tuesday, 6th November, and business 
included the following items: 
Car Park, 
It was.decided to apply for permission to d~velop the land at 
present occupied by the School House as a car park, 
Bus Shelter, Dorney Reach, 
Estimates for a brick shelter are being sought, and the possibility 
of a wooden shelter is still under consideration, 
Road Improvements. 
It was reported that the delay to the Blue_ Bus Service caused some 
weeks ago by the road repairs to Marsh Lane had been taken up with 
the Divisional Surveyor. It was also learned that the c2t I s eyes 
are due to be replaced, 
House Numbering, 
The opinions of the Post Office and the Fire Brigade are being askei', 
for. 
War Memorial. 
It was agreed that the upkeep of the Memorial Garden would have to be 
put out to contract,_ 
Rating Valuation, 
J'.rrangements are beipg made for the new Valuation Lists, 17hich will 
tnke effect in 1963-64, to be displayed at the Village Hall during 
Je.nuary, 
Date of Next Meeting, 4th December, 1962. 
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DffiNEY RQ,l]) SAFETY C Ci\uUTTEE, 
MINUTES of the Meeting held on 6th November, 1962, at 7 . .•,O ,p,m. 
in the Village Hall. 
Members Present: 
Apologies 
Miss Bennett, Mr. llundy, Mr, Harris nnd 
Lt.Col.Palmer, Mr, llundy took the chair, 
were received from Mrs. Williamson and Mr, 
Eastgate, 
The Jfinutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, 
Matters I.rising: Nil, 
Correspondence, Nil. 
Other Business, 
Proficient Cyclists, 
Mr, Harris proposed e vote of thenks to Miss Bennett for 
presenting the Awards to the Proficient Cyclists and this was 
carried unnnimously. 
Co-option. 
~lr, ~arris advised the meeting that at present the Dorney 
Reach Residents 1 Association was without Offfcers or Committee and 
acc~dingly he felt he cotcld no longer attend me<at:lngs of _this 
Committee as the Represontative of that body. . 
In. vi,,,w of his interest in the furtherance of Road Safety, 
he wa': inv1 ted to continue to attend our n:eetings in 2 pr-i vate 
cap8city, 
The meeting closed at 7,56,p,m, 
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The Editor. 
Dear Sir, 
Syringa, 
Hare o=t Road, 
Dorney Reach, 
Maidenhead., 
12.11.62. 
I have read the letters by Messrs Cottam cmd Covey in favour 
of house names as opposed to numbers with interest, but not with 
conviction. 
The gist of Mr. Cottam's letter is thc,t the evils of the 
present system have been exaggernted, For centuries the s2me 
argument has been made to restr2in progress, from slave trading to 
Dent's Corner. 
He also claims that "sensible" people, support him,· As a rule 
"sensible" people prefer a solution based on logic rather thah. 
er.1otion, The only logical way to define the position of an obJect 
so that it can be found when needed, is to establish a pattern in 
which it has a clearly defined place, This is the basis of all 
r.1odern filing and stock control syster.1s, and is merely the 
application of common sense. to make life simpler, Applied to it 
houses, this means numbers, Most "sensible" people would have 
that way. d 
Mr, covey claims greater ar.1enity value for names as oppose 
to numbers but the character of a district does not depend on such 
triviali ti~s, it relies, on the pride and behaviour of the_ people. 
who live in it, In any case, many very respectable peop~e liv.e in 
numbered houses, .or will No, 10 after restoration become Chez Nous" 
in honour of the Colilfilon Market? 
In both letters. I detect little sympathy for visi tars and 
tradesmen; but there are times when it is to OUT a~vantage to be 
found quickly •. The frustration of an ambulance driver could be 
a matter of life and death, 
Yours sincerely, 
M, P. WOOLLER. 

The Editors, 
Dorney Parish News, 
Sirs, 
Arden, 
Oak Stubbs Lane, 
Dorney Reach, 
8th November, 1962, 
I should like to take up a point raised by Mr, Cottam in 
his letter published last month, He comments on the oddity of my 
writing to the editors when I nm a member of the editorial board, 
I agree that his remarks are justified, but before tendering my 
reo:ignation from the board, .I should like to offer an explanation 
for my apparent peculie.ri ties, 
There has, from time to time, been a shortage of copy for 
the magazine, As 3lso, from time to time, I feel the urge to 
be indignant about something, written material for the Parish 
News seems a reasonable outlet. Besides, as a member of the 
edi torL1l board, I had alwcys the hope that someone would feel 
impelled to reply to a letteri thus providing copy for the next 
issue! My one regret is that what I consider to have been the 
least worthwhile of my various topics, is the one that has raised 
the first response. I cannot, for example, feel that the topic 
of whether houses should, or should not be numbered, is .QS vital 
as how children locally behave on cycles, 
As I do not wish to remain tongue-tied in future, as I feel 
that Mr. Cottam I s comment requires action, and as I. will not write 
letters under a pseudonym, I herewith tender my resignction from 
the editorial board of the 'Dorney Parish News• •. 
Yours faithfully, 
DORCJrHY P, GIBSON, 
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The Editor, 
Dorney Parish News. 
Dear Sir, 
The Old··Brick House, 
Dorney, 
Nr, Windsor. 
Nov, 8th, 1962. 
May I be allowed to m_ak_e a su1,gestion about the maintenance of 
the Memorial Garden, and keeping it tidy. 
I suggest that a central area be laid down with Paving stones, 
flanked on either side by half-moon shaped flowerbeds, and the 
tv,o seats placed in the pa'led centre part. The flowerbeds to be 
bedded with wallflowers, and later for the summer with any annual 
with a long flowering period, such as antirrhinums etc, The grass 
beneath and around the oak trees should be left to grow, and planted 
11i th a large number of mixed Daffodils and Narcissi ( available very 
che8ply by the cwt, from "1holesnlers) which would give a fine show 
in the spring, The grass would thus only need to be cut twice or 
so through the summer - once after the bulbs had flowered, and once 
later, This arrangement would look tidier and more atfrcctive than 
the present attempt to keep the grass mown, which is not always 
ac.hieved, Nothing looks worse than neglected lawn. 
The cost of the Paving stones would- be app, £35, but I have 
no doubt one or two of Dorney' s famous Jumble Sales could produce 
t.hot ! - and thereafter would need no upkeep - only the bedding 
plants and twicce yearly scything of the grass. 
If this idea were approved in the main, I would be very 
pleased to provide at least some of the Bulbs to be planfod in 
the grass, 
Yours sincerely, 
ANGELA BELL. 
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JUNIOR PA G E. 
Dear Junior Rea~ers, 
• Here is " conclusion to the story 'Lost•, started in the 
October issue, It was sent in by Patricia Eastgate, who has 
made, I think, a most interesting and well-written ending. Can 
anyone else supply a different one? • 
Yours sincerely, 
TOUCHSTONE, 
Then the woman turned round, Clive· shivered. She had the kind 
of look that sends a shiver down your spine, 
"Well, why are you staring at me, boy?" she cackled, in a 
croaky voice, 
"I-I-I'm lost," said Clive, 
"Well, wh2t brought you to this dump?" she asked him, 
''I was chasing a terrier with o black patch over one eye, 
a bleeding ear and n lame leg," he answered her. 
11 Eh? 11 she said. 11 Pstch, 11 she shouted, "come here. Is this the 
dog?" She pointed to a_ terrier trembling beneath her legs ni th a 
dirty bit of plaster on its ear and 2 black patch over one eye. 
"Why, y:es, 11 .he seid, 
"So you're the boy who keeps cin beating my Patch, aren't you? 
Well, you keep away- from P2tch or I 111 tan your hide," she said, 
"But - but I'm not," Clive answered, He blurted out t,,e 
whole. story of how he got lost. 
"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you i-1ere, Well you've told me 
your story, I'll tell you mine, I'm trying to sell Patc.h bec,mse 
she has a long life ahead of her and needs a young master or 
mistress, not like .me, But someone keeps on beating her, so I cannot 
sell her, Eh, do you want her? If you feed her she'll come up 
well, 11 the old ,woman said to Clive. 
"All right, i•ve gc,"t £1,6s. holiday money, but I'll have to 
ask my parents first, and I 1 d. .like. .to know the way home," said 
Clive. 
"All right. If you can have her come to nUl!lber 6, The Terrace, 
tomorrow at three o'clock," then she gave him directions how to get 

home to the sea front, 
Clive at last got to the boarding house, His father was waiting 
for him, "Well, wh.at kept you late? You've .been gone almost an 
hour," his father asked. him, Clive told him the story and when his 
mother came in he told her, His mother_ had a soft spot for animals 
and said all right to the idea, 
The next day there they were at 6, The Terrace, at 3 o'clock, 
The old woman handed Patch over without a word exce'pt a mumbled 
thanks for the money, They took Patch to the nearest vet, 
Now, the once scruffy Patch is the sleek and glossy Petrone! 
who romps around with Clive, Clive always remembers ·how he got 
Petrone 1. 
PATRICIA EASTGATE, 
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NATURE NGrES, 
Whilst driving along the Bath Road at Taplow a few evenings_ 
ago, I spotted a fox lying on the grass verge at the side of the 
road, As the animal might v,ell have been injured by a vehicle, I 
stopped to look at it, It appeared to be completely undamaged 
however, and feeling that it should not be left at the roadside, I 
put it in the back of the car and drove home, The.next morning I 
examined my quarry, It was a male or dog fox, probably in its 
second year. His fur VJhich was very thick and in beautiful 
condition, was a rich reddish-brmm colour intermixed with black, 
white and grey, The tail or brush was remarkably bushy; little 
.. onder it is so prized by huntsmen, From nose to. tail he measured 
over three feet and would probably have stood some twelve inches 
.high, Being such a fine specimen I thought it worthwhile getting 
his pelt preserved, 
Foxes are by no means uncommon in the Parish, the small 
thickets and copses affording them good cover, They reside in 
burrows called I earths I which are tunnelled in the soil,. often 
under the roots of a tree or beneath a bramble patch, Unlike most 
British mammals, the fox does not hibernate but.remains fairly 
active during the Winter months - especially near pou1try at 
Christmas! During the snowy .. eather his footprints can easily 

betray his movements. In shape they are similar to those of a 
small dog, but in pattern there is an important difference. A dog 
invariably trots, whilst a fox walks stealthily. The fox, "j;herefore, 
leaves clear prints in a single line, whilst the dog 1 s 
tracks are in a double line. 
More important in betraying his wherenbouts is the powerful 
scent he emits. It was certainly most noticeable on the specimen 
which I found. Some country folk insist that it is so strong 
that they, like the hounds, can follow a fox .across the fields 
by his scent. Indeed this odour is a great embarrassment to a 
hunted fox who will make the most extraordinary leaps and detours 
to throw the hounds off his scent. His great skill at ev.asive 
tactics more than justifies the saying •cunning as a fox•. 
WAYFARER. 
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PHCJl'OGRAPHIC NCJl'ES. 
, We will defer the camera controls until next month, to deal 
with indoor photography for Christmas. It ts good fun teking 
pictures of children playing, and opening their parcels and not 
very difficult. The oormal light in the room is seldom ~ufficient 
and needs supplementing by photoflood or flash, ' 
Photofloods are overrun lamps, which are very bright but 
whioh have a life of only nbout an hour. They can replac~ the 
1:sual room lamp, but are very hot, and may damage the shade, which 
is best removed. With one larap five feet from the subject, ,m 
exposure of l/25th at f8 on H.P.3. or l/50th at fB on H.P.5. 
would be suitable. Halve the exposure for light coloured clothes. 
There are two types of flash; bulb, or electronic. For 
occasional use the bulbs are more appropriate. 
The familiar heavy shadow rimming the subject in flash 
pictures, is caused by mounting the light on the camera. If the 
lamp is take~ to one side, and raised slightly, much better 
modelling results. An alternative, particularly where children 
tend to watch the bulb, is. to direct the light onto a light 
coloured wall. Known as "bounce flash", this will need four times 

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the indicated expos=e, but gives a pleasant soft light, 
Most cameras made since the war, have sockets for connection 
to a flash gun, For bulbs, set the camora to l/25th with between 
lens shutters, (adjustment on the lens rim) or to the lowest speed 
on the high speed dial with focal plane shutters, (This is usually 
l/2oth, and the dial is on the camera body,) If you have 
alternative connections, use the 11M11 setting; 11X" is for 
electronic flash, The flash bulb package will list figUTes known as 
"guide numbers", which vary with the film, Divide this number by 
the distance from the flash to the subject, and the result is the 
11 f 11 number you must use, Thus with a guide number of 80, and the 
flash 5 feet away, the stop is fl6, or with "bounce flash" f8. 
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DOONEY HORTICULTURl.L SOCIETY, 
The Annual General Meeting of the Dorney Horticult=al Society 
was held on Wed, November 14th at the Primary School, Dorney Reach, 
and about twenty members were present, In the absence, through 
illness, of the Secretary, Mrs, Cottam, the Minutes of the last 
meeting were rend by the Chairman, Mrs, Horner, followed by the 
Financial Statement read by the Hon, TreasUTer, Mr, 'ii, Clifford, 
In her address, Mrs, Horner welcomed the members who had come, 
including the President, Mr, Lely, and thanked him on behalf of 
the Society for all the help and support he had given to the 
Society in the past, The Committee were then elected as follows: 
Mrs, ,\r,1es Mr, Allen, Mr, Bundy, Mr, Clifford, 
i/lrs, Finch, Mrs, HepbUTn, Mrs, Horner, Mrs. Loughnan, 
Mrs, Roche, Mr. Sharphouse 1 with Mrs. Wooller co-opted on 
to take charge of the children's exhibits at the Show, 
The programne for the coming year was then discussed and it 
was agreed that the Committee should try and arrange two lectures 
in the spring, and suggestions were received from various members, 
and it was agreed that, if possible, a speaker should be found to 
talk on the cultivation of roses and planning a small garden, The 
dates of these meetings would be announced after Xmas, 
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