/; 􀀁 _,; Dorney Parish News UNDER THE OMAF NAGEMENT JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pan􀀈§h!?o! Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - ----- C::> - - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@jsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton • Eton End School Eton Road, Datcher PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 OV've Cvi􀊫Lo!viooo! OV'vt 6o!ucciHoV'v • • exce􀑇lent staff/ pupil ratios high standards and acade􀑛􀐧c success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor lea􀒴g and play extracurricular ac􀓠vities • bef􀑵re and after school care For f􀓵rther details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Ber􀐾shire SI..3 9AX ema􀓗: admin@etonend.otQ" website: www.etonend.or2: • Site Clearance • Turfing • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing Design & Construction • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL • Block Paving or Standard MUSHROOM- • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628􀚃666022􀚃•􀚃661768􀚃 Mobile 07860􀚃706675􀚃 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday I 0.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9.45am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J.M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT. Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible ror the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 1/11 EDITORIAL FEBRUARY 2011 Readers will be aware that Bill Dax has been trying to secure local broadband enhancement by way of the two fibre optic cables laid by BT for the Olympics communication requirements. We are indebted to Bill for taking on this task and giving his time over the past year. His letter on pages 6 & 7 brings us up to date in this matter. Our regular correspondents, Geoffrey Atkinson and Peter Bowman, have expressed their enthusiasm for the promotion of Amateur Dramatics in Dorney and asked, in their magazine articles, for anyone interested in treading the boards to make contact with them. Neither of these gentlemen has told me how many parishioners have professed a latent acting desire, but I am sure there are many in Dorney just nching to star on the stage of the village hall. 'The Dorney Players' waxed and waned through the decades from the 1950s to the end of the1980s, under the direction of Yetta Roche, Con Williamson, Betty Gray and Sandy McCabe. It was not always easy to recrun a cast, as this letter to the Parish News in October 1973 reveals:- Once upon a time we had a dilapidated, draughty, uncomfortable and badly lit Village Hall. There we looked forward every year to the Dorney Concert Party's Variety Shows and their Annual Pantomimes. At the time of financial crisis every organisation in the Village, including the Parish Council, combined to provide a riotous evening. After that the Dorney Players put on many plays with large casts, in 'My Wife's Lodger', 'Quiet Weekend', 'Blithe Spirit' and many others. The Hall was also filled for an evening of one-act plays, including one by the village schoolchildren. Now we have a large, comfortable, wann and well lit Hall with a stage that is hardly ever used. Have we all become so hypnotised by that "SQUARE BOX" that we are incapable of entertaining ourselves? Can't we get together and do just that? Let's have a try. Con Williamson I re-publish this letter because its sentiments are still relevant and it may encourage a response to the Atkinson/Bowman proposed AmDram revival. Despite Con Williamson's plea, it took some while for the 'Players' to be resuscitated, but with Sandy McCabe in charge, the 1980s saw several productions, all attracting enthusiastic local support. Perhaps the 201 0s will see the return of this enthusiasm. A new or refurbished village hall would be a spur! Turn to pages 14 & 15 to read emails exchanged between DPC and Transport for Buckinghamshire regarding the non salting/gritting of Harcourt Road during the December cold spell. -1- Revd Lucy Holt writes: In our Churches this year we are following a Bible reading challenge to read 100 essential passages over a period of about 6 months. It is exciting to see how many of our congregation are engaging with this and our Sunday sermons will link in to the readings for the coming week as well as small groups meeting fortnightly to discuss them. I am sure that together we will leam a great deal from this challenge and begin to see how the whole of the Bible can be relevant to our lives today. What strikes me as I read these passages is the way that the whole Bible speaks to us so clearly of God's love for us and his plan for us to know him for ourselves. It is in many ways a great love story with the two main characters being God himself and humankind. We've just celebrated love in many different ways at Christmas with presents to all those important to us and we move now into February with the great celebration of love on 14th , perhaps we should pause for a moment and see the greatest love behind all of this, the one who created us and who loves us deeply. If you would like to join in with our Bible challenge it's not too late to contact me, or you can see weekly comments and sermons through our website. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in February 2011 Wednesday 2nd February 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 6th February 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am 'Our Space' Family Service 6.30 pm Informal Service Sunday 1 3th February 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion Wednesday 16th February 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 7.30 pm Holy Communion Sunday 20th February St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 27th February 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick ARTHUR RUSSELL SPENCER 1923 -2010 We are sad to announce the death on December 6th of Russell Spencer, who came to live in Harcourt Road with bis family in 1963. He took a keen interest in local affairs, regularly attending the Parish A- G. M. and supporting the Horticultnral Society, the Eton/Dorney Project, the Adventnre Playground and other charities. Although his business took him on many trips abroad, he always enjoyed walking in the countryside around Dorney. After his retirement he joined the East Berks Ramblers and introduced them to the many riverside walks created in the area. Even when slowed down by Parkinson'• he could be seen distributing the Burnham Round and About in Harcourt Road and Meadow Way. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. THANKS TO THE CAROLLERS A note of thanks to all those who supported the carol singing around Dorney Village . As like last year, we enjoyed singing in a true winter wonderland. Our merry group of about 20 singers, boasting four part harmony on occasions, wrapped up warm and strode out with high hopes of finding some welcoming owners and open doors to sing carols and wish Happy Christmas to. We were certainly not disappointed . We raised the amazing sum of £213.00 which has to be the best ever since we took over from the Palmer F amity some 1 2 years ago. As usual half will been given to St James Church, Dorney and the other half sent to Cancer BACUP now a part of Macmillan cancer support. I would also like to say a special thank you to Chris and Hannah at the Palmer Arms, who welcomed us in to a very full and happy crowd to sing our last carols. Thanks for your welcome warming drinks and your support along with your customers. A perfect ending on a cold snowy night, many thanks. Angie Wood-Dow DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Programme 201 1 Friday February 25th Steak Pie Supper and Quiz Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Friday March 25th Cheese and Wine with Speaker Village Hall 8 p.m. Wednesday 18th May Afternoon Garden Visit. Sunday June 26th Coach Outing, Saturday September 3rd Annual Show. Village Hall 8 a.m. - 4.p.m. Friday September 23rd Harvest Supper, with Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Friday November 25th AGM and Supper, with Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. A N Graundcare 8 Garden. Tree S Fi,􀌕 M01B!lenrenl Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling - Poo Picking - Fertilising - Spraying - - Fencing - Topping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery - Pruning - Felling - Stump Grinding - - Dead Wooding - Logs and Wood Chip for sale - Garden Maintenance - Grass Cutting - Hedge Cutting - Fencing - Turf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - t. 01189 345341 m. 07814 006639 e. office@anb-grooodcare.co.uk w. www.anb-groundcare.co.uk DORNEY XTRAS "Evayd,ing but the main coune" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease the strain when you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! 30 November 2010 ROTARY CLUB OF BURNHAM BEECHES PRESS RELEASE End Polio Visit from Dorney to Delhi SERVICE ABOVE Sl!.LF The Indian government declared November 14 as National Immunisation Day as part of the longterm plan to eradicate polio. Rotary International has been behind this Polio Plus campaign since 1985 and has contributed some £560 million during this period. It is not only donations which have been given, but also physical support to help the Rotary Clubs in India with their tireless efforts in raising awareness of the need for vaccination and the organising of immunisation days. Nick Teale of Burnham Beeches Rotary Club and his wife ghirley of Burnham Inner Wheel, who live in Dorney, have just returned from a visit to Delhi to do just that. "There are 64 Rotary clubs in Delhi and some 25 volunteers from across the UK were assigned to one of them. Rotarians from other countries assisted with other clubs" said Nick on his return. uour partner club had organised banners and publicity in one poor suburb of Old Delhi where they had set up their booths, or immunisation centres in clinics, schools and health centres. There were over 2000 booths across the city and it was estimated that some 68 million children would be vaccinated over the course of the weekend: "We spent an hour or so in five booths and administered the vaccine to some 1400 children and 01stributed small presents, such as pencils, to older siblings who brought the under fives for the treatmenr said Nick. MTo check their age you look to see if their back teeth have grown! Once they have had their drops their left little finger is dye marked. The following day we did a house to house ·mopping up" operation to check that no one had been missed. We found about fifty under fives with no mark, so they received the drops then. Parents were admonished for not taking them to a booth the day before. It was a hectic but rewarding experience" said Nick. "ghirley and I are pleased we decided to assist'. In 2010 there have only been 39 cases of polio in India, compared with 741 last year, so there is confidence that it will be gone in a couple of years The recent planting of purple crocus bulbs by Rotary Clubs across the UK is set to increase awareness of the battle to eradicate pono when they flower next February. For more information about Rotary Club of Burnham Beeches visit www.bumhambeechesrotarv.ora.uk For more information and pictures about the eradication of polio call Nick Teale, details below Nick Teale , P R Officer, Rotary Club of Burnham Beeches Windrush, Village Road, Dorney, Windsor, SL4 6QJ Tel 01628 605177 email: ndPi, il{e>􀀏t W}Ce> tC>Pi.􀀐l) IN THE VILLAGE HALL ON SATURDAY 26™ FEBRUARY 8 p.m. - MIDNIGHT BRING YOUR OWN DRINK AND GLASSES TICKETS £13 in advance. £15 at the door. PHONE ALAN RUSSELL 01628 784515 Dorney Village Hall Management Committee -9- THE W•JJ,ED GABDEN CENTRE The new friendly giants who have the privilege of taking on The Walled Garden Centre would like to introduce themselves and share their exciting new vision for what they believe to be a truly special venue. They are Ryan and Stretch, whom you will􀕚not miss next time you visit Dorney Court as they are 6'5" and 6'7" respectively. Ryan was born with green fingers and is a passionate gardener and landscaper. He has run a very successful landscaping company for the last 15 years and has brought a very talented team of landscapers with him to be based at Dorney Court. Between them they have designed and built gardens which have been opened to the public through the National Gardens Scheme. Ryan currently lives in Cold Ash,􀕚 near Newbury with his wife, Caroline who also works at the garden centre and their two year old son, Denny who is already following in his dad's footsteps enjoying rides on the digger! You may also meet their loveable friendly Golden Retriever, Harry, who happily comes to work with Ryan every day and has become somewhat of a celebrity at the garden centre. Stretch has recently moved to Dorney with his wife, Jen and they have been made to feel very welcome. He has been in the hospitality industry all his life . Having graduated in Accounting and Finance, he decided not to go into a career in this industry but instead return to his love - restaurant and retail. Those who have spoken to him will􀕚have noticed he is very passionate about good quality coffee ... bordering on obsessive! Rumour has it, it won 't be long before they have a new machine and are serving some of the best coffee in the country. Outside of work Stretch is a keen triathlete and also loves to surf when he finds the time to get down to Cornwall. Since taking over the reins of The Walled Garden Centre in early December, Stretch and Ryan spent the Christmas period asking everyone who visited how they would like to see this already fantastic garden destination grow and help it reach its potential. They had a great response with some fantastic ideas and made it into a fun􀕚competition. Congratulations to Mr􀕚Corrie who won the Fortnum and Mason hamper and the garden design consultation. There were loads of ideas ranging from subtle and necessary to whacky and innovative - a great platform from which to create a thriving garden centre that can be enjoyed by all. The boys are passionate about fo cussing on making the Walled Garden Centre a stunning venue and building on its reputation. Between now and their launch party in April they 􀔶ll􀕚 be putting into action many of the ideas suggested by you and they hope you 􀔹l􀕚 pop by during these exciting months to see their progress. -10- .. ,/"'IAt!c/-1 ) o / / Dorney Parish News HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY 􀀏P8] f􀀈l1]1 UNDER THE MANA GEMENT OF JILL HARRIS Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ c:::> ------ EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & co cktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, co mp etitively priced • Th e dresses can be altered to ensure a perfe ct fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgan dresses@fsmail. net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire. co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Wi ndsor & Eton Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 ov,.,e c.viLlolvioool OV\,e coluc.citLoV\, • excellent staff / pupil ratios high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor learning and play extracurricular activities • be􀒋re and after school care For 􀑮urther details please telephone 01753 541075 35 E ton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9AX email: admin􀑾)etonend.orv website: www.etonend.or􀑃 Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL MUSHROOM . • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage. 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01 753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am Morning Service and Sunday School 6.30pm Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9.45am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody. Easter Folly. 7. Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M Spencer, Dorincourt, 45. Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Di str i but ors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody_ The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 2/11 MARCH 2011 EDITORIAL There are two public meetings in the village hall this month and everyone who wishes to learn of what is going on in the parish and wants to have a say in local decision-making should try to attend. The first is on Friday 1 1th March at 8 pm when the Dorney Village Hall Management Committee will give a Presentation regarding the rebuilding/restoration of our village hall. The second is the Annual Parish Meeting, on Wednesday 23rd March at 8 pm, where you will learn of all the good work the Parish Council has performed on our behalf over the past year and perhaps a general forecast of parish expectations for the coming year. I am very pleased to read in the current Neighbourhood Policing Letter that suggestions have been made to the Railway Authorities for improvements to Taplow Station car park, including cheaper parking. It is quite some while since I was a regular commuter to Paddington and a regular user of Taplow car park, and now when I drive up to meet passengers from a train I am surprised to find so very few cars parked there. But then, when drivers are charged for that privilege who can blame them for choosing a cost free alternative and they are, of course, all parked in Station Road and Institute Road. I have always felt that transport planning in this country leaves much to be desired. We are always being urged to abandon the car and use public transport. If we had reliable, regular and above all, cheap public transport we might be more willing to give it a go. With commuter rail fares being so exorbitant and trains being so overcrowded, driving to Town has always been attractive. It would be at least some encouragement to take the train if station car parks were cheap or even free. I suggest that a commuter season ticket entitles one to free parking. Until there is some incentive to use the station car park, expect Station Road and Institute Road to be car lined, and as private properties do not face on to these roads and parked cars cause no major hold-ups, why get too uptight about ii. I wish to express our thanks to Nancy Wiltshire who, as one of our distributors, has been delivering the Dorney Parish News for some fifty years or so. She now feels, reluctantly, that the time has come to retire from this regular delivery service. Many years ago, Nancy did the original line-drawing of St. James Church for the cover page of this magazine, and before the age of computers she would set-up and draw the art work for our advertisement pages. I have very much appreciated Nancy's commitment over the years, and wish her leisured and happy years ahead. Revd Lucy Holt writes: Lent starts this month with Ash Wednesday 9th March. Historically Lent has been a time of giving up and often is associated only with the lack of chocolate or even alcohol! But rea lly Lent should be about growth as we take the time to think about spiritual things in a new way and prepare ourselves to celebrate Easter. This year in our churches we are thinking rather than giving up about taking up and are offe ring opportunities for you to take up to think about the spiritual bit of your lives. How about having a one to one for an hour with myself or one of my colleagues in our team to think about an aspect of spirituality, or use Eton Church for a bit of quiet on a Monday and Friday morning? Our evening service on 6th March (just before Lent starts) will give you opportunity to walk a prayer labyrinth, something which people have found a very helpful tool to engage with prayer in a new way, and then there are opportunities to engage in a short retreat or quiet day. If you would like any more information about these or other things on offe r please do let me know. For infonmation about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstja mesed .org.uk Church Services in March 2011 Wednesday 2nd March 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 6th March 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00 am 'Our Space' Family Service 6.30 pm lnfonmal Service Wednesday 9th March (Ash Wed nesday) 7.30pm Holy Communion Sunday 13th March 9.30 am Holy Communion 11.00 am Holy Communion (children's groups) Wednesday 16th March 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 20th March St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 11.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick 4.00pm Bereavement Service St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 27th March 9.30am Morning Worship 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick tc>AJtTY AT DORNEY VILLAGE HALL ON FRIDAY 29TH APRIL 201 1 TO CELEBRATE THE ROYAL WEDDING We are in the process of arranging a street party. This will be a free event and a warm invite is extended to all Dorney residents and their families. We will publish full details for our plans in the April issue of the Parish Magazine but for now reserve this date in your calendar, as this is a party not to be missed. Please contact Leanne Kittel, Alan Russell or Leon Williams; we would gratefully accept any support by way of donation or assistance on the day. To register your interest individually or as a group or organisation in the village, please send us an email providing name, address and numbers in your party to info@playground4dorney.org.uk or visit our website at www.playground4dorney.org.uk and complete the registration form. Please feel free to approach us for further information. Supported by: Dorney Youth Club Playground4dorney Dorney Village Hall Management Committee A t 011B9 345341 N Graundcare m. 07814 006639 8 Ganlen, lree &Fie􀉏 MBllagement e. office@antrgrotJ'ldcare.co.uk w. www.anb-groundcare.co.uk Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling - Poe Picking - -Fertilising - Spraying -Fencing -Topping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery - Pruning - Felling -Stump Grinding - • Dead Wooding - • Logs and Wood Chip for sale • Garden Maintenance -Grass Cutting -Hedge Cutting - Fencing - • Turf supplied & laid• Garden Clearance· DORNEY XTRAS "Evetything but tbe main coune" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease tbe strain when you Entertain! \ Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! Deja Vu At the time of writing this, the media is obsessed by the appalling lack of care for old people in hospitals and the community all over the UK. Panic is setting in as recognition finally dawns on the great and the good that the imbalance between the working population and those who depend on them is spiralling out of control. But why is it all such a surprise? If you keep people alive longer and you make them retire when they are still perfectly capable of working, the cost just has to escalate. Also, the frailer we get the more difficult we can become to care for, so neglect was bound to be an outcome. Half of my working life was spent in the care sector. We looked after all ages, but inevitably the main demand came from older people. We ran sheltered housing, residential and nursing care homes and a day care centre. I like to think that we provided and they still provide an environment that gives people the quality of life that they deserve. As a charity we subsidized the poorest whilst others contributed according to their, or their local authority's means. This was community care in the truest sense and we were one of a number of trade benevolent funds, caring for their own dependents in the same way. Even as I headed for retirement, though, care was in crisis. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph in 2002 a correspondent described the collapse that was occurring in elderly care in the UK due to "The worsening provision of bedscompounded by the inability of social services to give adequate care to the elderly''. He then wrote "As a former full-time NHS consultant in healthcare, I was once proud to have been at the forefront of improved standards of care in Britain ---- I am proud no longer, but ashamed of this Government's attitude to those who have worked for this country and now face a poor end to their lives." Now comes the deja vu bit. Compare the heading to that letter 9 years ago" Treatrnent of the old and frail is shaming" with yesterday's front page headline in the same newspaper- "NHS shamed over callous treatment of the elderly." It seems that the only improvement in attitude is that the subject has moved from page 21 to the front page. On the following day in 2002 I had a follow-up letter published, headed "Fearful Future". I described the "accelerating collapse ofresidential care in Britain" due to inadequate and ill-administered public funding, and I claimed that unless adequate funding became available - "care, choice and dignity will be unavailable at any price." Sometimes there is little joy in being proved right. Geoffrey Atkinson -5- 􀁝-- - - - - - ------------------- ---- - - - - The Walled Garden Centre We are now settling in at the garden centre and have enjoyed meeting many new faces and getting to know a lot of the locals. The community have been extremely supportive and enthusiastic about the changes and improvements we have been making and we really do appreciate this. Spring is just around the comer and we are very excited to see a M more light in the evenings as we're sure many of you are. Hopefully some brighter weather and longer days will mean we can all spend a bit more time outside enjoying our gardens. We realise many of you will be using this time to plan ahead and fill in any gaps left over from the winter with some much needed colour to brighten things up. We have a great range of beautiful perennials now available, as well as a variety of herbs from The Hairy Pot Company, which have proved to be extremely popular with our customers for their quality and ecological design. The buds on our Camellias are just opening up and look stunning, alongside our rhododendrons and azaleas. Here at the Garden Centre, Ryan is particularly pleased with the completion of his beautiful new design for the restoration of The Walled Garden. If you would like to take a look and give us some valuable feedback, the design is currently taking pride of place on the wall in our cafe. The construction of the design is now being carried out by our team of hard working gardeners and designers, ready for the spring I Stretch is also extremely excited about the new arrival of our long anticipated coffee machine. This combined with a fantastic new espresso blend has made a huge difference to the taste and quality of the coffees available. Those of us who have been lucky enough to sample the new coffee absolutely love It and the smell of the freshly ground beans is so addictive! We can't wait to hear everyone's feedback and invite you all to come and enjoy a freshly brewed cup of coffee with a morning paper or with a slice of our delicious homemade cake. You are very welcome to visit us at any time to see our range of plants and garden products, ask for advice on your garden from our team of expert gardeners, enjoy our beautiful homemade food or to simply watch our progress! We are also thrilled to announce that we will be holding a big launch party in the spring to celebrate the opening of the newly reconstructed walled garden and the introduction of our new name and l􀉿o! We would like to invite you all to join in with the celebrations over the weekend of the 16 -17"' April, which will involve great food, fun and music for all the family and you will be able to see and enjoy the 1rults of our labour' (llterally!) for yourselves! Upcoming Talks and Events Tuesday March 1" Lunchtime Rose Talk at 2pm (Free of Charge) MONTHLY Tuesday March 1st Evening Rose Talk at 7.30pm with wine and refreshments £5 (£4 for members of Dorney Horticultural Society) Book now as places are filling! MONTHLY Friday March 4°' at 2pm 15 minute feature spot on an aspect of the garden centre (free of charge) WEEKLY Wednesday March 16°' at 10am-1pm Practical Workshop with expert tuttion from a professional head gardener and hands--on experience of practical gardening skills. Being part of this small group will enable you to learn and apply the trade secrets for horticultural success. The Workshop includes morning coffee, short lecture, practical sessions and something to take away. Please note that numbers for this course are limlted and prebooking is required £35. SIX PER YEAR -6- Tuesday April 5th Lunchtime Talk at 2pm (Free of Charge) Tofu Desodrnaeyy A Hporrtilic 5uthlt uErvael Snioncgi eTtya)l kP alet a7s.3e0 npomte w thiatht wprinee-b aonodk inrefg rise snhemceensstsa ry£5 (£4 for members Weekend April 16th-17th The launch Party. More details to followl tPhlee aesxec cttoinmg ec ahnadn gveisstt tuhsa ta ta rteh eh gaaprpdeenni nceg! nAtrles oto, pbloeoaks ey ofueer lp flarecee ftoor pthheo ntael kus sa nodn s0ee16 2a8ll 669999 if you require any further information. Email from Simon Ames to Peter Bowman Peter, I was interested to read your piece in the February 201 1 edition of Dorney Parish News about why Dorney does not have a village shop. I was a teenager in the 1950s and grew up in Dorney. My parents owned Flaxford at Dents Comer and after my father died in the early 60s my mother (Brigit Ames) moved to Pear Tree Cottage where she lived very happily involved in village life uotil her death in 2004. Yes, there were two shops in Dorney in the 50s. B J Barksfield was a grocer and baker immediately next to the Palmer Arms public house. It was ruo by Roger and Olive Stacey and Roger was a baker. In fact, the old bread ovens are probably still there in the front room unless the later owners who turned it into a private house did away with it all. Olive had an out-going personality and was always 'on show'. She was a singer and her shrill soprano voice was dominant in church on Suodays. She would also dress up in fishnet stockings and appear in Variety type shows with Arthur Woodley ( a farmer who lived on the Common) in the old village hall by the gates to the Common. There was also a Post Office and shop in the house opposite the White Heather Garage. It was ruo by Mr Whattam, a very precise man who wore a white linen suit and a straw hat behind the couoter in the summer. He was a Peter Sellers type character ("Would you mind putting a quieter nib in your pen, Mr Meekie") but clinically efficient and a village stalwart. The White Heather Garage also had a motor accessory shop in the building that faces on to the road. It was ruo by the Quaterman family who were principally builders • old man Quaterman built Flaxford and my father bought it from him in 1937. He leased it to the actor David Niven during WWII. The daughter Peggy Quatennan married John Williams, a wartime RAF engineer and John and Peggy ran it for many years. Con Williamson was married to Lambert Williamson. He was involved in the film industry as a Music Director. He did the music for the film Moulin Rouge among many others. I hope this all helps .. ? All the best, Simon Ames -s=-iar11 "Hold a Fish and Chip Supper to help spinal cord injured people live full and independent lives.• Great British Fish and Chip Supper - Friday 20th May 201 1 Want to do something different? Want to raise money where you live or work? Want to eat Fish and Chips, while raising money for charity? Hold a fish and chip supper on Friday 20th May 201 1 whilst raising awareness of spinal cord injury and supporting SIA's information and support services. You can hold a fish and chip supper in your own home, at work, or hold a larger supper at your local community centre. SIA will provide a fundraising pack containing hints and tips, recipes, invitations and donation envelopes. By inviting 7 friends and asking them to donate an additional £5.00 means you will raise at least £35.00 from your supper but we will also give you additional fundraising ideas to raise even more money for SIA. Last year we had over 1 00 suppers taking part in England and Wales and we raised £6,000. In 201 1 we want to double that figure and ensure we can provide more support to spinal cord injured people. The money raised from the suppers will help the Spinal Injuries Association offer support to individuals who become paralysed and their families, from the moment a spinal injury occurs, and for the rest of their lives by providing services and publications which enable and encourage paralysed people to lead independent lives. Every year in the UK over 1 ,000 people experience a spinal cord injury and there are an estimated 40,000 spinal cord injured people in the UK alone. Community Fundraising Officer, Elizabeth Wright, says, "The Fish and Chip Supper is a wonderful opportunity for a great evening with friends and family. We are also encouraging people who work to hold a Fish and Chip Lunch in their work places to raise even more funds. You may be even a local community group wanting to run a fun evening with your group. Be a part of something special and make a real difference to help spinal cord injured people gain access to the information and support they need to enable them to live full and independent lives." For more information or request a fundraising pack call Elizabeth Wright on 0845 678 6633 xtn 229· or email fishandchips@spinal.co.uk or visit www.spinal.co.uk Dorney & District Horticultural Society Cheese & Wine Evening with Guest Speaker Friday 25th March 8.00pm Dorney Village Hall Bring your own drink and glasses Please come along all welcome Tickets from Ron Alsworth O 1628 669988 or Louise Whaley O 1628 625589 See our correspondent Geoffrey Atkinson in:- A􀚃non-professional􀚃prod􀘽c􀘢on􀚃presented􀚃by􀚃arrangement􀚃􀙍ith􀚃Samuel􀚃French.􀚃 The Henley Players present Bedroom Farce By Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Darrel Poulos The Kenton Theatre 1 5 - 1 9 March 201 1 7.45pm New Street, Henley-on-Thames. Box office 01491 575 698 www.henleyplayers.com Tues l5"' £8􀚃 Wed I6"' £IO (conc.£9)􀚃 Thurs 17"' £I0 (conc.£9)􀚃 Fri 18"' £11􀚃 Sat l 9"' £11􀚃 A􀚃Saturday􀚃night􀚃housewarm.ing􀚃par􀘼􀚃goes􀚃horribly􀚃wrong,􀚃leaving􀚃three􀚃young􀚃couples􀚃 dealing􀚃with􀚃a􀚃range􀚃of􀚃misunderstandings,􀚃complications􀚃and􀚃unfinished􀚃business􀚃from􀚃their􀚃 past.􀚃Will􀚃the􀚃intervention􀚃of􀚃the􀚃in-laws􀚃help􀚃to􀚃resolve􀚃the􀚃situation,􀚃or􀚃make􀚃it􀚃worse?􀚃 Relationship􀚃comedy􀚃as􀚃only􀚃Ayckbourn􀚃can􀚃produce.􀚃 If􀚃you􀚃like􀚃a􀚃good􀚃laugh,􀚃then􀚃this􀚃show􀚃is􀚃for􀚃you.􀚃 Dorney Social Diary Friday 11" March Saturday 12th March Monday 2111 March W􀑗nesd􀐃 23rd March Friday 25'" March Wednesday 30'" March Thursday 7"' 􀙉ril Wednesday 13 April Friday 29" April DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEYTENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (􀒌r children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure bunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS DVIIMC Presentation Village llllll 8 p.m. Slough & District Welsh Society Dinner & Dance Village Hall 6.30 p.m.. Lent Lunch St. Johns Eton Wick 12-2 p.m. Annual Parish Meeting Village Hall 8 p.m. DDHS Ch􀑚e and Wine Evening with Speaker Village Hall 8 p.m. Lent Lunch Old Dimmin􀒠 Village Rd. 12-2 p.m. Lent Lunch Dormouse Oak Stubbs Lane 12-2 p.m. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Dorney Str􀑅et Party S􀑖ond Tuesday of each month ( except August) Eton Dorn􀑭 Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. March, May Village llllll 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 - 2.00 8/3 12/4 10/5 14/6 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.3-0-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term. tim.e in but in 􀒟ou􀓔ds of Dorney School 6--16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (􀑯erm time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m.. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME ********** Area Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER WANTED ********** TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 - 1 0- ,/"J'r J, -,<7 " c.- 2c 􀁜I" Dorney Parish News ij UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pa,9sj􀀊£!?oit Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 0 1628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - - - - C=::> - - --- EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton • t • Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 ov-ve ct-1Llclv10ocl 0111,e scluce1tL0111, excellent staff / pupil ratios high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor learning and play • extracurricular activities • before and after school care For further details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9AX email: admin@etonend.or website: www.etonend.or Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS TOPSOIL and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard MUSHROOM - • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628􀚃666022􀚃•􀚃661768􀚃 Mobile 07860 706675 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am Morning Service and Sunday School 6.30pm Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9 .45 am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcm.rrt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT. Tel: 0!628 6242 1 3 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. 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The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. • ISSUE NO. 3/11 EDITORIAL APRIL 2011 The􀕚 Presentation􀕚by􀕚the􀕚Dorney􀕚Village􀕚Hall􀕚 Management􀕚 Committee􀕚regarding􀕚 the􀕚 rebuilding/restoration􀕚 of􀕚our􀕚village􀕚hall􀕚a􀔆d􀕚hardly􀕚 a􀕚score􀕚 of􀕚parishioners􀕚to􀕚the􀕚 village􀕚 hall􀕚on􀕚Friday􀕚 11􀕚th.􀕚 March.􀕚A􀕚very􀕚 disappointing􀕚tum-out􀕚and􀕚 a􀕚discouraging􀕚lack􀕚 of􀕚support􀕚for􀕚the􀕚members􀕚 of􀕚a􀕚dedicated􀕚 Committee􀕚who􀕚have􀕚 spent􀕚many􀕚hours􀕚 on􀕚 this􀕚 project.􀕚 The􀕚minutes􀕚of􀕚this􀕚meeting􀕚can􀕚be􀕚found􀕚 on􀕚page􀕚7􀕚of􀕚this􀕚 issue,􀕚 and􀕚so􀕚I􀕚will􀕚not􀕚go􀕚into􀕚 too􀕚 much􀕚 detail􀕚 here.􀕚 Suffice􀕚to􀕚 say,􀕚that􀕚of􀕚three􀕚 proposed􀕚 options􀕚the􀕚 meeting􀕚 rej ected􀕚 No.1􀕚and􀕚voted􀕚on:- 2.Upgrade􀕚and􀕚 extend􀕚 the􀕚present􀕚building􀕚£320,000.􀕚 3.A􀕚completely􀕚 new􀕚building􀕚£660,000.􀕚There􀕚was􀕚a􀕚clear􀕚majority􀕚for􀕚option􀕚2.􀕚 Funding􀕚 is􀕚to􀕚be􀕚achieved􀕚by􀕚applying􀕚for􀕚grants􀕚 from􀕚The􀕚National􀕚 Lottery,􀕚 SBDC,􀕚BCC,􀕚 Landfill􀕚 Taxes,􀕚 Trusts􀕚 sympathetic􀕚to􀕚Community􀕚 Projects􀕚and􀕚 the􀕚balance􀕚by􀕚a􀕚Loan.􀕚 At􀕚 present,􀕚 it􀕚 is􀕚 estimated􀕚that􀕚 a􀕚loan􀕚 of􀕚£190,000􀕚may􀕚 be􀕚 required,􀕚 repayment􀕚 of􀕚which􀕚will􀕚 necessitate􀕚an􀕚increase􀕚of􀕚£22.58􀕚(£1􀕚.88􀕚per􀕚month)􀕚on􀕚our􀕚Council􀕚Tax.􀕚 I􀕚rather􀕚doubted􀕚 the􀕚 assertion,􀕚made􀕚 from􀕚the􀕚 floor,􀕚 that􀕚some􀕚 residents􀕚 could􀕚not􀕚afford􀕚 this􀕚increase,􀕚 although􀕚there􀕚will􀕚be􀕚 residents􀕚 who􀕚 may􀕚 be􀕚unwilling to􀕚afford􀕚 it.􀕚 We􀕚 are􀕚 all􀕚 feeling􀕚the􀕚effects􀕚of􀕚'cuts'􀕚and􀕚diminishing􀕚financial􀕚re􀔈s,􀕚but􀕚I􀕚would􀕚consider􀕚myself􀕚 mean􀕚spirited􀕚if!􀕚was􀕚unwilling􀕚to􀕚give􀕚50p􀕚a􀕚week􀕚for􀕚the􀕚benefit􀕚of􀕚the􀕚parish.􀕚In􀕚fact,􀕚I􀕚 would􀕚be􀕚prepared􀕚to􀕚make􀕚it􀕚£1􀕚a􀕚week􀕚and􀕚go􀕚for􀕚option􀕚3.􀕚 There􀕚were􀕚a􀕚few􀕚more􀕚people􀕚at􀕚the􀕚Annual􀕚Parish􀕚Meeting􀕚on􀕚23rd.􀕚March,􀕚but􀕚not􀕚 enough􀕚to􀕚make􀕚one􀕚feel􀕚that􀕚parishioners􀕚in􀕚general􀕚have􀕚a􀕚great􀕚interest􀕚in􀕚local􀕚matters.􀕚 Congratulations􀕚were􀕚expressed􀕚for􀕚the􀕚achievements􀕚of􀕚the􀕚'Playground􀕚4􀕚Dorney'􀕚 committee􀕚in􀕚obtaining􀕚£133,000􀕚funding􀕚from􀕚various􀕚sources􀕚to􀕚furnish􀕚the􀕚children's􀕚 playground.􀕚You􀕚can􀕚read􀕚the􀕚Playground's􀕚annual􀕚report􀕚on􀕚page􀕚12.􀕚 I􀕚was􀕚very􀕚pleased􀕚when􀕚DPC's􀕚chairman􀕚paid􀕚􀔀bute􀕚to􀕚John􀕚Farrell.􀕚John􀕚is􀕚the􀕚man􀕚you􀕚 see􀕚around􀕚the􀕚parish􀕚keeping􀕚everywhere􀕚neat􀕚and􀕚tidy,􀕚verges,􀕚hedgerows,􀕚repairing􀕚 fences,􀕚washing􀕚road􀕚signs,􀕚etc.􀕚etc.􀕚etc.􀕚Even􀕚in􀕚the􀕚extremely􀕚inclement􀕚weather􀕚of􀕚last􀕚 December􀕚he􀕚was􀕚still􀕚out􀕚and􀕚about􀕚doing􀕚what􀕚he􀕚could.􀕚I􀕚have􀕚been􀕚aware􀕚of􀕚his􀕚 conscientious􀕚commitment􀕚for􀕚some􀕚time􀕚and􀕚from􀕚the􀕚applause􀕚at􀕚the􀕚chairman's􀕚remarks􀕚 it􀕚is􀕚evident􀕚that􀕚John's􀕚good-husbandry􀕚is􀕚appreciated􀕚by􀕚us􀕚all.􀕚 Ian􀕚Barham,􀕚Buckinghamshire􀕚Manager􀕚for􀕚the􀕚2012􀕚Garnes􀕚and􀕚Sean􀕚Rooney,􀕚Localities􀕚 and􀕚Traffic􀕚Manager􀕚for􀕚Buckinghamshire􀕚were􀕚at􀕚the􀕚meeting􀕚to􀕚give􀕚us􀕚an􀕚update􀕚on􀕚the􀕚 Rowing􀕚Olympics􀕚plans􀕚and􀕚travel􀕚arrangements,􀕚and􀕚they􀕚promised􀕚to􀕚keep􀕚us􀕚fully􀕚(?)􀕚 informed􀕚in􀕚the􀕚months􀕚to􀕚come.􀕚They􀕚said􀕚that􀕚their􀕚knowledge􀕚of􀕚overall􀕚planning􀕚was􀕚 limited,􀕚due􀕚to􀕚security􀕚restrictions,􀕚and􀕚they􀕚could􀕚not􀕚divulge􀕚certain􀕚known􀕚(to􀕚them)􀕚 details􀕚because􀕚the􀕚same􀕚security􀕚restrictions􀕚apply.􀕚'Security'􀕚has􀕚also􀕚been􀕚used􀕚as􀕚an􀕚 excuse􀕚to􀕚bar􀕚our􀕚Parish􀕚Council􀕚from􀕚the􀕚local􀕚Olympics􀕚planning􀕚meetings􀕚and􀕚there􀕚is􀕚 considerable􀕚resentment􀕚by􀕚the􀕚Parish􀕚Council􀕚and􀕚Dorney􀕚residents􀕚that􀕚they􀕚are􀕚denied􀕚 consultative􀕚input􀕚in􀕚matters􀕚that􀕚affect􀕚the􀕚parish.􀕚Is􀕚'security'􀕚really􀕚a􀕚worr􀕅􀕚at􀕚this􀕚early􀕚 stage,􀕚or􀕚is􀕚it􀕚a􀕚'secrecy'􀕚 complex?􀕚 I􀕚hope􀕚you􀕚have􀕚been􀕚watching􀕚Twenty􀕚Twelve􀕚on􀕚BBC4􀕚on􀕚Monday􀕚evenings.􀕚Is􀕚it􀕚a􀕚 parody?􀕚 And􀕚is􀕚it􀕚responsible􀕚for􀕚the􀕚secrecy􀕚complex?􀕚 PLEASE􀕚NOTE􀕚 Due to fo reseen circumstances, the May edition of this magazine will not be available for circulation until 7th. May. at the earliest Revd Lucy Holt writes: The end of the month sees with it great celebration, with not only the Royal Wedding, but also the greatest celebration in the Christian calendar, Easter. I am sure there will be much pomp and ceremony on 29'" April and if you enter into it you will enjoy the atmosphere and the street parties that have been planned by this celebration. Most of us love a good party and birthdays, anniversaries, weddings are good reasons to do just that, to party and to celebrate. But what about Easter? The message of Easter is one of triumph and celebration, but perhaps it is an uncomfortable one as we have to get through the pain of Good Friday in order to realize the true meaning behind our celebration; the true meaning of forgiveness, eternal life and triumph over death. This year we are trying a new way to celebrate this with a sunrise service at Boveney Church by the river. Why not join us as we use the sun coming up to remind us of the start of the story of Easter day and the powerful reminder that Jesus indeed rose from the dead. It may be a bit early, but we are going to lay on breakfast at the end! For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in April 2011 Sunday 3"' April - Mothering Sunday 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am 'Our Space' Family Service 6.30 pm Healing Communion Wednesday 6th April 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 10th April 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion Sunday 17th April Palm Sunday 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Combined Family Communion Wednesday 20th April 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Thursday 21st April Maundy Thursday St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton 7.30pm Informal supper and Communion for Maundy Thursday - venue to be confirmed phone Lucy on 01753 852268 for more information • • Friday 22nd April Good Friday 1 1 am Reflective service with Children's activities St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 24"' April Easter Sunday 5.45am Sunrise Service 9.30am Family Communion 1 1 .00am Family Communion Sunday May 1st 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am 'Our Space' Family Service Wednesday May 4th 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday May 8th 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion 6.30pm Informal Worship Boveney Church St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton The Churches of Eton with Eton Wick, Boveney and Dorney in anticipation of 2012 invite you to a get: On your marks .... For a Family Fun Afternoon On Saturday May 14"' from 2-5pm at Eton Wick School There will be games, activities, bouncy castle, music, afternoon tea and much more . . . . . . Tickets £1.50 per family or 50p per adult then everything free DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 A N Graundcare 8 Garden, lr,e &Field Manayement Field Maintenance - Harro􀙎ing􀚃- Rolling􀚃- Poo􀚃Picking􀚃- - Fer􀘂ilising􀚃- Spra􀙙ing􀚃- - Fencing􀚃- Topping􀚃- Hedge􀚃Cu􀘰ing􀚃- Tree Surgery - Pruning􀚃- Felling􀚃- S􀘃ump􀚃Grinding􀚃- - Dead􀚃Wooding􀚃- - Logs􀚃and􀚃Wood􀚃Chip􀚃for􀚃sale􀚃- Garden Maintenance - Grass􀚃Cu􀘵ng􀚃- Hedge􀚃Cutting􀚃- Fencing􀚃- - Turf􀚃supplied􀚃&􀚃laid􀚃- Garden􀚃Clearance􀚃- t. 01189 345341 m. 07814 006639 e. office@anb-groll'ldcare.co.uk w. www.anb-groundcare.co.uk DORNEY XTRAS "Evetytbing but the main coune" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease the strain when you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! • SATU RDAY 21 st MAY 5, 10 or 15 mile walks, fallowing th e Th ames & Jubilee Rivers Last year 153 men, women, children and dogs raised over £20,000 to help children & adults who have a special need enjoy all the fu n and fr eedom of adventure play which most of us take fo r granted. Please, join us if you can! Call O 1628 62 8599 for deta ils and a regis tration form, or visit www. tvap.co. uk. Don't fe el you can wa lk? Why not Sponsor Sid to do a 'virtual' walk - fi nd his page on the Playgro und's websit e. . .. helping to raise funds for the THAMES VA LLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND for children & adults with all typ es of special need Bath Road, Tap/ow, Maidenh ead Berkshire, SL6 OPR Reg. Charity No. 278336 -s Easter Egg Hunt 􀀃f) _fri, 􀀈􀀉 . 􀀍􀀎6 Easter Sunday 3.oo pm Dorney Court Organized in aid ofRiverReach the children's Christian holiday club: Entry £1.00 per child. MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits􀚃Dorney􀚃Reach􀚃 on􀚃 alterna􀘄e􀚃 Monda􀙚s􀚃 .􀚃Meado􀙏􀚃 Way􀚃 13.20􀚃 - 13.35􀚃 p.m.􀚃 Dates􀚃for􀚃2011􀚃 April􀚃 11􀚃 May􀚃 9􀚃 23􀚃 -6- Village Hall Development Public Meeting 8 PM Friday, 11 March 201 1 The meeting opened with a brief reprise of the Village Hall Trust's objectives which included not only keeping the village hall in good repair but also ensuring that the facility was suitable to meet the requirements of the inhabitants of Dorney and the surrounding neighbourhood. Regrettably, despite everyone's best endeavours, shortage of money and the passage of time had resulted in a building that was currently in poor repair and inappropriately configured to meet all the demands made of it. There then followed a presentation by the chairman of the Village Hall Committee of three options for future development of the Village Hall ranging from the minimum necessary to repair the roof and meet minimum codes/standards, through to a complete replacement building. The costs estimates for each option were given as follows: 1 . Roof repair and minimum upgrade to meet basic standards (£120,000) 2. More extensive upgrade and extension to provide additional hireable spaces (£320,000) 3. Completely new building to include additional area and additional hireable spaces (£660,000) The meeting was reminded that a significant number of bookings were currently being turned away and the key to satisfying this demand was the provision of additional separate hireable spaces in the form of a second small hall and meeting room. Only Options 2 and 3 satisfied this need. The Village Hall Committee proposed that Option 2 should be progressed on the basis that this provided the necessary additional facilities at least cost,and that "recycling" the building was a much greener option than a new build. It was emphasised, however, that the Village Hall Trust currently had insufficient funds for any of these options and the viability of the proposals will depend upon the availability of grants and local funding from the Parish Precept; priority naturally being given to raising the maximum money from grants. Several useful comments were made by attendees and whilst there was some support for a completely new building there was a clear majority amongst those attending in favour of the Village Hall Committee's recommended option. The Village Hall Committee therefore intends to progress the development of the Village Hall by refurbishment of the existing structure, extending in part to form a second hireable hall and small meeting room, improving the toilet facilities and kitchen and also upgrading insulation, electrics, heating and storage. On this basis, planning will be sought; grants applied for and tenders obtained over the coming months. Regular updates will be given in the Dorney Parish Magazine and it is hoped that the Village will continue to support the Committee's work towards a substantially improved facility capable of meeting the local community's needs for many years to come. -7- SSAFA - Forces Help Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association On Sunday 1 st. and Monday 2nd. May (May Bank Holiday weekend) Dorney Church will be open for visitors. Teas will be served in the church and locally made cakes, jams and chutneys will be on sale, together with asparagus (if in season). It is the intention that money raised on those days will be allocated for use at Norton House where families stay while visiting their 'lads' injured serving in Afghanistan who are now convalescing in Headley Court nearby. Our support will be a way of saying thank you. Dorney Court is also open for visitors on 1 st/2nd May. Incidentally, you may be interested to know that Catherine (Kate) Middleton's parents were married in St. James on a June day in 1 980, with the reception being held in Dorney Court. Ralph Liney We ,,. e,r,,-i.,...;"5-... ""°" i􀒛 fr,,., J«..I ho= o􀒜. 􀒝 a 􀖩It we- i􀒞 +o launi:,h our- c:kJj􀒟 􀒠 to the, iom,n,ali,.,I -W, in -/1,& n&aY fvtv,e. If 'I°' ..,,.Id Ii􀊔 -I> lcnow .,.,.,, rJ .,;" oorl-, "c9􀂌 ,a11r na􀒡 and ad,WeK We. will inform 'I°" 􀒢 􀒣 a􀒤 􀒥 arc. ....dj -I> t,􀊔 •1•'" f'M droik in oYd« -tl,,t 􀒦 c.an ?/ Ii􀒧 on #>& final Mmb10}􀀦 14ce/of< i< f',t of PJS>< /.-tJ, c.i,,,t.,..J 􀒩 www.ti""-u􀁆 -s- More Dorney memories. In the email from Simon Ames to Peter Bowman, which we published last month, reference was made to Lambert Williamson. William Lambert Williamson, who lived in Village Road, composed/arranged/ conducted the music for over fifty films. His wife, Con, played a leading role in all Parish activities, including the Dorney Players, and I had the pleasure of appearing opposite her in 'My Wife's Lodger.' She was 'the Wife' (Maggie Higginbotham) and I was 'Roger the Lodger.' After the final performance of that play, in the old village hall, the cast and guests were invited back to 'Two Gates' where Bill entertained us at his grand piano, and encouraged with a glass or two of wine we sang a few songs. Bill anticipated Britain joining the European Union (1st. January 1973) in the following verse for the August 1972 edition of the Parish News. Ed. UP THE SIX! (Or DIX as it may be) (To the tune of"RULE BRITANNIA" ifit fits) "Achtung" "voici moi" again with my European pen. "Quelques pensees" for my tum Common Market! Here we come! Very "bonne chance" to him who tucks into the "fromage" from Benelux. A condiment we can't do without "Deutschlands" tasty "sauerkraut." Soon the time when eveiyone hasta have a bash at succulent "pasta." At "Ravioli" we'll not stoppo very toothsome "ma non troppo." Soon the time when eveiyone begs for "le gout" of "Grenouilles" legs. Nor should the palate e're demur At the thought of snails "au beurre." The "prix" of "busser" will not be low "Quand nous l'achetons" by the "kilo." All of which makes jolly good sense "Honi soit qui ma! y pense." Wilhelm van Guillaumefils. -9- Dorney Social Diary Thursday 7'􀒦 April Monday 11 th Arril Wednesday 131 April Sunday 24th April Fr􀒶day 29th April Sunday 1st May ) Monday 2nd May) Monday 9th May Saturday 14u, May Wednesday 18th May Saturday 21st May Monday 23rd May DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (􀒍r children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and par􀑆nts or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Lent Lunch Dormouse Oak Stubbs Lane 12-2 p.m. Lent Lunch EtonDorney Centre 12-2 p.m. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Easter Egg Hunt Dorney Court 3 p.m. Dorney Street Party SSAFA Teas & Produce Sale Dorney Church Co􀒁ee A􀑰ternoon Eton Dorney Centre Family Fun Afternoon Eton Wick School 2-5 p.m. DDHS Garden Visit TV AP Sponsored Wa􀓴k Co􀒂ee A􀑱ternoon Eton Dorney Centre Second Tuesday of each month ( except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. May, July Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 - 2.00 12/4 10/5 14/6 12n Outing. No lunch club in August. 13/9 11/10 8/11 13/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Vil􀓶a􀒘e Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 1 1 .30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME .. ******** Area Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER WANTED ********** TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMED􀓵A TE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 • ,. /"?.,7' 2.o 􀂆 r Dorney Parish News j UNDER THE OMAF NAGEMENT JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY par1j􀀈]!t Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - ---- - c:::> - - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 DIM! C-viLlclvioocl DIM! ccluuitLoV\, • • excellent staff / pupil ratios high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor le􀏿g and play extracurricular activities • before and after school care For further details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9AX email: admin we􀐆site: www.etonend.or Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL MUSHROOM - • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01 628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 0 1 753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9.45am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody. Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. Sl.6 ODX Tel: 01628 6241 2 1 Mrs. J. M Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach. Maidenhead. SL6 ODT. Tel: 01628 6242 1 3 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Di str i but ors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 1 0 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 4/11 EDITORIAL MAY 2011 I have just returned from holiday and so was out of the country for the royal wedding and for the Dorney Street Party. Worldwide TV coverage ensured that I didn't miss seeing the William and Catherine nuptials, but the Dorney Party was not even mentioned on the news. From all reports the parish event was a particular!􀔉 jolly, festive gathering of friends and neighbours, where, entering into the spirit of the day, everyone fully enjoyed the party atmosphere and many suggested that something similar should be arranged more often, and not be solely dependent upon a royal occasion. Everyone has been fulsome in expressing their appreciation and thanks to Leanne Kittel and her committee for organised the whole thing. I'm sorry I missed it! Amongst my mail I found the letter from SBDC advising me that formal objections to the LOCOG application for certain licensable activities at Dorney Lake must be received at the Council Offices by the close of business on 1 6th May 201 1 . I dd appreciate that a whole day watching rowing could become rather tedious and that Films/Recorded Music/Performance of Dance/Alcohol are obviously needed to relieve the boredom, but I see that the premises license application covers 1st. July 2012 to 30th. September 2012, a period of thirteen weeks. During that period, the Olympic and Paralympic Games take place on a total of nineteen days. Now I don't know whether recorded music etc. will be too disturbing to local residents, but personally I am prepared to put up with it for the period of the Games. What I would object to, is that licensable activities take place in the ten fallow weeks. I hope LOCOG or the College have nothing in mind. If you go down to the beach today you're sure of a big surprise. Many years ago, when my daughters were very young, we were bathing in the sea at Bournemouth when to our disgust we became aware of raw sewage being washed up on to the beach. My letter to Bournemouth Council brought the reply that this could happen on an adverse wind and tide. Reports published this week, reveal that our Bournemouth experience is now commonplace on many English beaches. There are more than 15,000 sewage and floodwater overflows that pour untreated sewage and storm water into the river network and along the coastline. More than 450 affect designated bathing areas. Instead of taking measures to prevent this pollution, councils are applying to remove their beaches from the list of designated bathing waters. It is disgraceful that councils and the environment agency continue to offload waste in this way, and draconian penalties should be levied against the offenders. Our thanks to Mrs. Jacqui Leishman who has kindly agreed to deliver the Parish Magazine to subscribers in Ashford Laoe. Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Leishman, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs WriMt -1- Revd Lucy Holt writes: I am not a great gardener but even I will no doubt spend a bit of time in my garden this month. I am sure a few of you will do too particularly over our holiday weekends, clearing up and replanting our beds with the joy and anticipation of being able to see what has been dormant coming back to life again. In the Christian church we remain in the Easter season until Pentecost and are reminded each week of the truth of the resurrection with the words Alleluia echoing through our liturgy. The truth of the resurrection makes us aware of rebirth and the clearing away of the things that are not of God to make way for his Holy Spirit to change and restore us. Like our gardens we need to "weed out" things which stop us developing those bad habits or attitudes. The joy is that like our gardens when we make time and sometime a fair amount of effort to do this the results can be glorious as we begin to reflect God in the world and be in Jesus' words salt and light. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Don't forget on May 14th from 2-5pm Family Fun afternoon at Eton Wick School . . Games, refreshments, music, and much more including an art display in the church from our local school. Entry only £1.50 per family or 50p per adult. Church Services in May 2011 Sunday 1st May 9.30 am Family Communion 1 1 .00 am 'Our Space' Family Service Wednesday 4th May 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 8th May 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Holy Communion (children's groups) 6.30 pm Evening Service Sunday 15th May St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 18th May 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 22nd May 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 29th May 11.00am􀚃 Holy􀚃 Communion􀚃 Wednesday 1st June 10.00􀚃am􀚃 Holy􀚃Communion􀚃(said􀚃BCP)􀚃 Sunday 5th June 9.30􀚃am􀚃 Family􀚃Communion􀚃 1 1 .00􀚃am􀚃 'Our􀚃Space'􀚃Family􀚃Service􀚃 6.30pm􀚃 Evening􀚃Service􀚃 St􀚃Mary􀚃Magdalene,􀚃 Boveney􀚃 St􀚃John􀚃the􀚃Evangelist􀚃Eton􀚃 St􀚃 James􀚃the􀚃Less􀚃Dorney􀚃 St􀚃John􀚃the􀚃Baptist􀚃Eton􀚃Wick􀚃 St􀚃John􀚃the􀚃Evangelist􀚃Eton􀚃 The􀚃Churches􀚃of􀚃Eton􀚃with􀚃 Eton􀚃 Wick,􀚃 Boveney􀚃 and􀚃 Dorney􀚃in􀚃anticipation􀚃of􀚃 2012􀚃 invite􀚃you􀚃to􀚃a􀚃get:􀚃 On your marks .... For a Family Fun Afternoon On􀚃 Saturday􀚃May􀚃 14"' from􀚃 2-5pm􀚃 at􀚃 Eton􀚃Wick􀚃School􀚃 There􀚃will􀚃be􀚃games,􀚃activities,􀚃 bouncy􀚃castle,􀚃music,􀚃 afternoon􀚃tea􀚃and􀚃 much􀚃 more􀚃. . . . . . 􀚃 Tickets􀚃􀙣1 .50􀚃per􀚃family􀚃o r 􀚃50p􀚃per􀚃adult􀚃then􀚃everything􀚃free􀚃 Dorney Fete Saturday􀚃3rd.􀚃September􀚃12.30-3p.m.􀚃 Dorney􀚃Youth􀚃 Club􀚃will􀚃be􀚃staging􀚃the􀚃Fete􀚃again􀚃this􀚃year􀚃on􀚃 Trumper's􀚃Field􀚃 to􀚃 run􀚃alongside􀚃the􀚃DDHS􀚃Annual􀚃Show􀚃 All􀚃organisations􀚃and􀚃local􀚃businesses􀚃are􀚃invited􀚃to􀚃apply􀚃for􀚃a􀚃s􀘒nd/stall.􀚃 Of􀚃course,􀚃any􀚃help􀚃to􀚃run􀚃the􀚃event􀚃would􀚃be􀚃gratefully􀚃received.􀚃 Also􀚃any􀚃non􀚃bulky􀚃Items􀚃for􀚃a􀚃table-top􀚃sale.􀚃 Contact􀚃Alan􀚃Russell􀚃01628􀚃784515􀚃 A N Gr□undcare 8 Garden. Tree Hield Management Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling - Poo Picking - - Ferlilising - Spraying - - Fencing -Topping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery - Pruning - Felling - Stump Grinding - - Dead Wooding - Logs and Wood Chip for sale - Garden Maintenance - Grass Cutting - Hedge Cutting - Fencing - - Turf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - l 01189 345341 m. 07814 006639 e. office@anb-groundcare.co.uk w. www.anb-groundcare.co.uk DORNEY XTRAS "Eveiything but the main course" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease the strain when you Entenain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! -4- SATU RDAY 21 st MAY 5, 10 or 15 mile walks, fo llowing the Th ames & Jubilee Rivers Last year 153 men, women, children and dogs raised ove r £20,000 to help children & adults who have a special need enjoy all the fun and fr eedom of adventure play which most of us take fo r granted . Please, join us if you can! Call O 1628 628599 for details and a regis tration form, or visit www. tvap .co. uk. Don't feel you can walk? Why not Sponsor Sid to do a 'virtual' wa lk - fi nd his page on the Playground's website. . . . helping to raise funds for the THAMES VA LLEY ADVENTURE PLAY GROUND for children & adults with all typ es of specia l need Bath Road, Ta p/ow, Maidenhead Berkshire, SL6 OPR Reg. Charity No. 278336 -5- Lent Lunch I wish to thank everyone who supported my Lent Lunch on 7th April 2011. £100 was raised and this has been forwarded to the treasurer of the Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead Club of Soroptimist International for inclusion in the President's Charity Fund in aid of the WRVS York Club in Maidenhead. The money will be used to pay for automatic doors at the entrance of the building in York Road to help disabled people access the day centre. Jean Tyler SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Saturday 21 st May at 7.30 p.m. The Leisure Centre, Windsor Mass in C Minor Symphony No. I (Spring) Vesperae Solenues de Confessore K339 Tickets £14 Students & UI6s £10 Mozart Schumanu Mozart The SPS box office is managed through the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Allwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF. Telephone 01628 788997 www.sloughphil.org DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under Cthoen atagcet oCfh 1a8r. li£e2 C0 oaigshed 10816 a2n8d 6 o2v9e3r8. 1 £35 family Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part "P" Approved Additional Sockets - Lights New Fuse Boards - Updates Security - Attic Ughtlng Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All Other Electrical Work Fr111Ael la wodvircke g;1unadr aestntiemedate s No Job too sm;1II Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 -6- • NAPIT Dorney Street Party ...Wh at a memorable day! Well. after many weeks of meetings and discussions the day arrived and the committee began preparations at 08.30 on a day of national celebration. The weather looked threatening but marquees were erected in full preparation for whatever the English weather had to throw at us. Union Jack plates were fastened down to the tablecloths and bunting tied and double knotted to the poles ..... in the end we were blessed with a picture perfect day. For the committee and helpers 1 1 .00 o'clock saw a brief break to see the beautiful couple exchange vows within the magnificent Westminster Abbey. Whilst munching our bacon rolls and coffee, courtesy of a busy Mary Baker and Mrs Oxlade .... , the ladies admired the dress and the men commented on the proud father of the bride. A brief break but a memory to treasure. Final preparations and we were ready to go at 14.00. A champagne and bucks fizz reception and a guest book started the celebrations in true wedding style. Residents arrived with donations, cakes and many kind words for the committee. People were generous beyond expectation. The area was decorated in true street party style, finished off with the surprise arrival of an ex Dorney resident and now a Chelsea pensioner in full uniform! Children were dressed as princesses, kings and army personnel and had faces painted to add to the decor of the day. Special thanks has to go to Whitty The Clown (David Whittard) who gave his time free of charge to the day and certainly made a huge difference to the smooth consistent running of the day's activities and entertained children and adults alike. Thanks also to the Palmer Arms who enabled a free running Pimms table for all to enjoy through the day! 15.30 saw Mary and her team serving coffee and cakes supplied by the Dorney Court Kitchen Garden and generous residents. This really was a day of community gathering; a party for the community, by the community. Dorney did the newly-wed couple proud but also succeeded more importantly in bringing its residents together for a fun filled day. In 1977 I was lucky enough to enjoy my own street party for the Queen's jubilee, (and pictures supplied by Jean Tyler saw Dorney doing just the same) although at a tender age of 4 I still hold memories of the day and pictures help me to recall the events of the day. With the help of Scott our professional photographer on the day, and a personalised commemorative mug, I hope that the children and adults went away taking their own memories of the Dorney Street Party of 201 1 , to celebrate the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Good luck to our happy couple and here's to more events in the not too distant future. A final word goes to the team of people that made this happen, without them the day would not have been the success it most certainly was. Leon Williams, Zoe Gilbert, Jo Ellis, Mary Baker, Alan Russell, Sonia Mead, Shirley Hewitt-Teale, Trudi Harwood, Andrew Purdie Leanne Kittel Special thanks to our sponsors: Playground4dorney charity, Dorney You1h Club, Dorney Horticultural Society, Dorney Church, Dorney Tennis Club, Lakelets, Dorney Parish Council, Dorney Village Hall, Dorney School, The Palmer Arms, Dorney Court Kitchen Garden, L&Q Housing and Residents of Dorney. -1- Saturday 21"1 May from 12.30pm - 2.30pm May Fayre♦♦♦ Dorney School Great fun for all the family! LOTS of Games and Entertainment, inflatable obstacle course, prizes, bric-a-brac and an amazing Food Court with a wide variety of hot and cold food including a sizzling BBQ and delicious cakes. Ample car parking on Trumper's Field. COFFEE AFTERNOONS AT ETON DORNEY CENTRE Monday 9th. May and Monday 23rd. May Free of charge. Further information can be found on the Centre's website:- www.etondorney.org.uk or telephone 01628 662823 Wei. •􀂿 c.Jf"l􀋳c-i"5-􀋴YWIO􀋵 i􀋶 from loc.al hon,􀋷 􀋸 1K. a Ye(vft rv& iwfbnd fo lavnG-h ovr- ded'i􀋹 􀋺 to & 􀋻ooal .,.􀋼 in -t!,& Ma, fm􀂿. If 'I'" w,,,l,J Ii􀋽 ii, 1:1,ow MOre&re««, pf􀅋 lool::. a+ ovr GU􀋾 􀋿iu. 111 or-c:kw not to mi«: ovf, 'I°"' ,...., ,.,J 􀌀,. W& will inform 'I°" a< ""°" a< wo •􀂿 􀌁 ii> 􀌂 'I'"' fYOfffl'1 clotaik in orci« -that ff101J &an !f Ii,,. "' -fJ,& j,o,I -m,. If 'I°" •􀂿 no/" onlin&, pi􀅋 ff,,. ,< a """· i"-fo'1l􀀟e-􀀠i,l;:.e-om MVW.f􀁏.vk..G,om 0175"} 6270}4 w"'"o!< i< f"1" of P.JSlr l-td, Cmt«od s-,,.. """"'·D"-'"-«M -e- • • Dorney and the Bulldog Spirit We're very lucky that a group of residents took the considerable trouble of organising a Street Party on April 29. It was a sobering thought that the writer of the announcement in the previous DPN implied that the year of the last such local event - 1977 - represented the 'good old days'. That year doesn't seem very old and I don't recall many of us at the time felt particularly good. Also, from David Bowie downwards, 'glam' was then the male watchword, so it's sad only ladies were invited to dress with 'sparkle'! It was fun to mingle with old and new friends (not to mention the scoffing of scrumptious cakes). That nuptial feel good factor has been seen as a reflection of the British at their best. Cake eating might not be the finest national attribu1e, but the bulldog spirit aroused at the annuol Parish Council meeting in March seemed to me to be very British, as LOCOG's apparent determination to exclude the Parish Council and other local interests from all infrastructure discussions prior to the Games was exposed. We're happy with the Lake and sort of proud of the Olympics, bu1 don't exploit us, and don't ignore or patronise our representatives seemed to be the sentiment. Two fundamentals bubbled up to the surface, two decades after the village united under the DROPET banner. 'They' can't take us for granted, and, anyway, should such an international facility be shoe-horned into a rural corner of Bucks, based as the project was on the fundamental untruth that the 'trench' was for the use of 'our boys'. rve been re-reading the Proof of Evidence the village presented to the appeal in 1992. We must have had very efficient tea leaves because we were remarkably accurate in our predictions. Our 'identity. ...w ould cease to exist' - we predicted that signs to Dorney would be re-written as 'the National Rowing Centre ... with the village merely an attachment to it.' But we didn't predict that 'they' would be even more daring and rename us as the fictitious 'Eton•Dorney'. The village was expendable then and little changes. Nothing should obstruct Eton's and now LOCOG's agenda. Eric Anderson, then the headmaster, said on TVthat 'you have to balance in these things the disadvantages to those few people living nearby against the very big advantages for the country as a whole of having a really good sheet of still water in the south of England.' We laconically observed that 'this comment appears to be somewhat contrary to the presentation by Lord Charter is to Dorney residents.' To remind you, his Lordship had told us the facility was to be 'essentially for Eton College use' but 'local schools and local clubs should be invited to use the course.' So if in 2011 Dorney can dig out its bunting and union flags from 1977, perhaps it's time to retrieve all those posters and campaigning leaflets from 1992 ....b ut you never know, they still might consult our Council and repay us with all that Olympic legacy ..... . Peter Bowman {peter.bowman@virgin.net) Dorney Social Diary Monday 9th May Saturday 14th May Wednesday 18th May Saturday 21st May Sunday 22nd May Monday 23rd May Wednesday 25th May Saturday 3rd September DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITIEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure bunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Coffee Afternoon Eton Dorney Centre Family Fun Afternoon Eton Wick School 2-5 p.m. DDHS Garden Visit Maryfield, Taplow 2.15 p.m. TV AP Sponsored Walk Dorney School May Fayre Best Kept Village Tidy Up Meet Village Hall 9.30 a.m. Coffee Afternoon Eton Dorney Centre Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Vollage Hall 7.30 p.m. Dorney Fete & DDHS Annual Show Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. May, July Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 - 2.00 10/5 14/6 12/7 Outing. No lunch club in August. 13/9 1 1/10 8/11 13/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in but in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME ********** Area Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER WANTED ********** TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -10- "' " - 􀖪- f􀂍,,-1􀂎 Dorney Parish News z􀂏 ,, ' - ..:-. -􀁉----:::...-- 􀁐􀌢 ·--·•􀌣 -;: ---------- 􀂐􀂑=- --􀀗§ . -----:=-:--􀀩....:=---- 􀖫ii 􀖬 :Jf,I!􀖭-✓􀂛 --.. ---=-u ...,\\:t . ... j) :r - . . - ·--- '· ,,_ ;/ J '' I 􀁟 -_ . 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Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ C::> - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@ftmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 wwwJanemorgandresshire.co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton .. • Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 0111,e cviLlvlvioovl 0111,e 6DIL{caH0111, • excellent staff / pupil ratios • high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor learning and play extracurricular activities before and after school care For further details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9AX email: admin@etonend.or website: www.etonend.or Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block TOP SOIL Paving or Standard MUSHROOM . • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 70667 5 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture - -- - - -- -- · --- SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 0 1753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday I 0.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9.45am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincowt, 45, Harcowt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT Tel: 01628 6242 1 3 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 1 0 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. • • • ISSUE NO. 5/11 EDITORIAL JUNE 2011 In the October 2008 issue of this magazine I expressed my pleasure that there were plans for the resurrection of Skindles, once the 'Jewel of Maidenhead.' A new luxury 120 bedroom hotel with 'stunning architecture' was incorporated in the plans for the development of the site of the old Taplow Paper Mill. And it was not just the hotel that was to be 'luxury', the whole 23-hectare development, incorporating hundreds of homes and businesses, marinas, river walkways, gardens etc, was marketed as a 'luxury resort'. There was opposition to the scheme, but generally it was felt that it "could be worse." Unfortunately, the developers went into administration, and in July 2009 the plans were scrapped. It is now reported that Barrett Homes has been working with landowners National Grid and Taplow Investments Ltd. on a comprehensive brief to guide development. Initial plans for 240-300 houses and flats have been announced. At a recent Taplow Parish Council meeting, Frank Browne of consultants Curtin & Co. (acting for the developer) assured residents, "Barratt Homes is committed to developing a very high quality development. They're not proposing to go significantly above the height of existing buildings, but it's an ambitious proposal and it'll include some large buildings." I am disappointed to learn that the plans contain no proposals for Skindles. For thirty years or so we have watched this once famous and fashionable hotel rot away. It is shameful that this prime site, this gateway to Maidenhead, has been allowed to deteriorate and become such an eyesore. Surely the granting of a licence for development of the Mill Lane site should depend upon the incorporation of a first class hotel, one worthy of the Skindles legacy. Residents are invited to attend a public exhibition on the Severnside part of the site to discuss every aspect of the proposed development including the effect of increased traffic on the A4. The date has not been confirmed, but developers have pencilled in 9th June. Thinking of increased traffic on the A4 brings up the old perennial - Taplow Car Boot Sale. I understand that on the Easter and May Bank Holiday Mondays, the car boot sale caused, again, traffic gridlock on the A4. Local drivers are often greatly inconvenienced by it and yet past reports from the police indicate that when they investigate they find the traffic flowing quite satisfactorily! But in the police report on page 1 7 you will read that they admit that there have been some traffic 'issues' on TCBS days and they invite you to report if you have any TCBS 'concerns.' Please make sure that you take up this invitation, for when our county councillor, Dev Dhillon, asked for support in his attempts to prohibit or curtail the Taplow Car Boot Sale, he received little, if any, response from Dorney residents. The Best Kept Village Competition judges will be around in June. Make them happy! _,_ Revd Lucy Holt writes: The summer is fast approaching and we have already started planning for our annual RiverReach holiday club. This year it will be held from 26th to 28th July and invitations will be going out shortly through our local schools. The theme is to be "To infinity and beyond" and we will be space travellers looking down on the earth and seeing all that God created. The three days consist of games, songs, stories. craft and cooking activities and an opportunity to explore the theme in a fun way. If you have children aged 5-9 who are not in our local schools who would like to be part of the fun then please do contact me for more details. This is a free holiday club and funded by the Easter Egg Hunt and donations. I wonder if you have any questions about Christianity, faith or the meaning of life? If so then the Alpha course may be for you. Over a course of evenings we discover the fundamentals of the Christian faith and some of the difficult questions we all have. If you are interested I plan to run a course in the autumn so please do ask me for more details. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in June 2011 Wednesday 1st June 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 5th June 9.30 am Holy Communion (BCP) 1 1 .00 am 'Our Space' Family Service 6.30 pm Informal Service Sunday 12th June 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Holy Communion (children's groups) Wednesday 15th June 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 19th June St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 26th June 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) -2- St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick • • Water! Water! Our Tree Warden is concerned that due to the lack ofrain the newly planted trees are in danger of dying, and asks that residents will help save them by watering trees in Harcourt Road and in the Picnic Area at the back of the Tennis Court. A gallon or two for each specimen is recommended. Thank you. WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 25th. June at 7.30 p.m. The Leisure Centre, Windsor Overture: Rienzi Slavonic Dances Tzigane Suite: Petroushka Violin: Jihye Lee Wagner Dvorak Ravel Stravinsky winner WMSO Young Musicians' Competition 2009 Tickets £15 (£5 student/child) Concert tickets are available at the door (subject to availability) or from Sheargold Pianos, 53, King Street, Maidenhead or from the ticket hotline teL 0118 966 5149 or from www.wmso.org.uk DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.S0 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. f.20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coisb 01628 629381 ETON WICK IDSTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. NO MEETING IN JUNE Wednesday 13th. July LOCAL LOCKS and BIRDLIFE. Speaker: Bill Stacey MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Mondays . Meadow Way 13.20- 13.35 p.m. Dates for 201 I : June 6 20 July 4 18 Aug. I 15 Sept. 12 26 -3- Last year over 2,500 fly-tipping incidents were reported in the county, costing tax payers around £300,000 in clearance and disposal. Over a third of all convictions in 2010 arose from witnesses who reported seeing someone fly-tip. We want to encourage more people to report incidents where they see waste being dumped illegally as this will help reduce the amount local councils have to pay in clearance and disposal costs. If you have seen rubbish being dumped illegally, please report it by: • Taking down the vehicle registration number (very important, if you can) • Location details • Call the fly-tipping hotline - 0845 330 1856 • Do not approach the scene • All reports will be dealt with in the strictest confidence There have been over 200 successful prosecutions in the county since 2003, with the chance of being caught increasing five fold since 2003. People caught dumping rubbish illegally can be arrested, fined up to £50,000 at Magistrates Court, unlimited fine at Crown Court, be imprisoned and get a criminal record. If a householder or business fails to make the necessary checks when disposing of their waste they could be fined up to £5,000. •􀂓 ,,-----tt ASTE PART N E R S H I P FOR 8UCICINGHAMSHIRE; HOTLINE AGAINST FLY TIPPING 0845 330 1856 -4- • • Windrush, Village Road, Dorney May 18, 201 1 Dear Editor 2011 Best Kept Village Competition A revised map has been submitted to the organisers of this competition. We have added some new features which may help us gain additional marks, such as the enlarged playground facilities in Trumper's Field and the tree planting along Richmond Path. The Pineapple and The Palmer Arms were already flagged ( under areas surrounding pubs) and we decided to add the other two major businesses in Dorney namely The White Heather Garage and the newly renamed Dorney Court Kitchen Garden. Both are very attractive buildings which enhance the village. We hope this may give the judges an incentive to enter and see both Dorney Court and the Kitchen Garden Cafe. Please keep up the good work on your frontage. Judging is in June. Nick Teale Contact Nick on 01628 605177 for Dorney Village Alan on 0 1628 784515 for Dorney Reach BucksOpenStudios Exhibitions and events by local artists and makers in Buckinghamshire 18th June -3rd July 2011 Free entry-􀐲􀒹re􀐚tory available from 􀓹􀒺braries, 􀒙a􀓸leries and art shops from mid May For more information contact co-ordinator on 01296 614283 or email vi•gtoup@btconnect.com See online directory at www.bucksopenstudios.org.uk Bucks Open Studios is an annual event held in the last 2 weeks of June when artists and makers all over the County open their studios or 􀐇old exhibitions and events showcasing and demonstrating their work. It is a wonderful opportunity to experience first-hand the creativity going on around the County. Bucks Open Studios is run by the Visual Images Group, an alliance of over 600 artists and makers living and working in Buckinghamshire. Now in its 25th year, Buckinghamshire was one of the first counties to hold an Open Studios event. 2010 was our largest event yet, with 260 directory entries, involving over 450 artists and makers. We expect to exceed last year's record of 􀓥ust over 25,000 visits made to studios & exhibitions during the fortnight. -5- A N Graundcare 8 llirden. Tree Hield Management Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling • Poo Picking - • Fertilising • Spraying • - Fencing • To pping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery • Pruning - Felling - Stump Grtnding - • Dead Wood ing • Logs and Wood Chip for sale - Garden Maintenance - Grass Cutting - Hedge Cutting - Fencing - - Turf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - w., "" ""f<"""'􀃙 ... ......, im􀑊 own􀙊. 􀙋 a Ye-(11􀑴t we- 􀒻􀙌 to lav􀓺\£-h orr 􀓭􀐵i􀓓 􀙍 to t􀒲 int....ti,nal -, in t􀒯 noar 􀑼r,,. 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At the risk of writing a very cosy column, I learnt that our corner of the county is even more appealing than I've always believed, with hidden areas of places like Beaconsfield on a par with Oxford or the best of Cotswold small towns. Also, whatever the Telegraph or the anarchist bloggers say, people are civic minded and generally sympathetic to our project. Somebody said that it was great to have an event in which the whole population, humble and haughty, could take part. There is one national project, just announced, which is quite the reverse ... the chance to be an Olympic torchbearer this time next year. Many people feel uneasy about aspects of the Games, but you have to respect traditions like the torch relay, which have been followed since the mists of antiquity, or, well since Dr Goebbels introduced it for the 1936 Berlin Games. Remembering those stern faced Chinese security guards who accompanied the Torch to these shores in 2008, it's a great relief that this time three quarters of the 8,000 torch bearers will be selected by high minded, disinterested bodies dedicated to the nation's physical wellbeing like Coca Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung. I've always worked in advertising and media, and I'm proud, to take one example, that a compelling combination of creative ads and targeting expertise (reaching young males, for instance) has allowed the commercial media coverage of sport to attain such scope and excellence. But is this aspect of these Games just one materialistic step too far? Chariots of Fire it isn't. I bet many of us who love both sport and our neighbourhood feel uneasy about our scepticism about the Games intrusion into Dorney (oops, sorry, into Eton Dorney). But, it seems, that our old friend LOCOG is proving even more evasive and threatening to the residents surrounding Greenwich Park, scene of the equestrian events. Meetings of Greenwich Council and LOCOG drop-in sessions are proving stormy. At least here in Dorney we have a purpose built facility, unlike Greenwich, and however nervous rowers get before events, human competitors apparently don't generate 'waste' to quite the same degree as do their equine equivalents. It's all so familiar .... the number of extra lorry journeys to remove manure, the cutting back of three times as many 'veteran' trees as forecast, when and where will security fencing prevent access to what is a public park. The questions mount up. Dorney's not unique. I almost feel sorry for Lord Seb .... Peter Bowman peter.bowman@virqin.net -7- Dorney Court Kitchen Garden Well the season is now in full flow, the house has opened its doors, the nursery is looking spectacular and people are enjoying cream teas in the seamlessly never ending sunshine we have been experiencing. We have witnessed some spectacular changes in the kitchen garden over the past month and the excitement has grown as we approach our very first harvest. At the time of writing this we have just picked our first strawberries to garnish the cream teas, our first radishes to put on the freshly prepared lunchtime salads and the beetroot, spinach, rhubarb, courgettes and potatoes are all showing signs that they will be ready within the next week or two. The kitchen garden takes the phrase "local produce" to a whole new level, allowing us to pick the salad, vegetables and herbs each morning that we wish to use in the cafe that day. This means we are able to create fantastic fresh dishes full of real flavour and the nourishing goodness that only comes from newly harvested produce. It is a very exciting concept that is already showing signs of being a real success. The nursery has also seen a transformation since the New Year. We are getting bundles of new stock in each week that look absolutely stunning and so healthy. We have an ever expanding area dedicated to growing your own fruit, vegetables and herbs. This combined with our expanding team of knowledgeable staff on hand to give you guidance and advice means it has never been a better time to give it a go and grow your own fresh produce to cook with at home. You would be surprised at how little space you need to get yourself started. The garden talks are still proving to be very popular. There was nearly a mini riot when we announced that we would not be able to hold the talk on the first Tuesday of May, however we are pleased to announce that the first Tuesday of June will bring with it a talk on stunning small trees for any garden. Our speaker will be none other than our resident plant expert and nursery manager Kirstie Kerr and we all look forward to hearing what she has to say on the subject. A full line-up of forthcoming events is listed at the end of this article. As the summer holidays rapidly approach, we are busy preparing for the kids gardening sessions we plan to hold where we will invite parents and kids to come along to educational workshops in the kitchen garden. These fun sessions will show kids all about where and how food is grown. We will get them planting seeds, watering their plants, picking and eating some produce, rooting around for insects and worms and generally getting them to have fun in the great outdoors! If you would like to bring your kids along to one of these sessions then please do send an email to info@dckg.co.uk and we will be sure to let you know the dates when they get released. Calendar of forthcoming events: Friday May 27th - Talk on 'Preparing proper coffee at home" Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Speaker: Stretch -8- • - ,. Friday June 3'' - Talk on "Trends from Chelsea this year'' Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Speaker: Kirstie Kerr Tuesday June 7th - Talk on "Stunning small trees for any garden" Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Speaker: Kirstie Kerr Tuesday June 7'" - Evening talk on "Stunning small trees for any garden" £5 per ticket meet in the cafe at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. A glass of wine and nibbles will be provided. Speaker: Kirstie Kerr Wednesday June 22nd - Dorney Court Kitchen Garden will be running a stall at the Burnham market in support of "Eco Week" Thursday June 23"' - We will be holding an evening talk with wine and nibbles for "Eco Week" where we will be showcasing the great invention that is The Hairy Pot and telling you everything there is to know about them. Dorney Fete Saturday 3rd September 12.30 - 3 p.m. Dorney Youth Club will be staging the Fete again this year on Trumper's Field to run alongside the DDHS Annual Show All organisations and local businesses are invited to apply for a stand/stall. Any help lo run the event will be gratefully received. Also any non-bulky ttems for a table-lop sale. Contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part "P" Approved Additional Sockets - Lights New Fuse Boards - Updates Security • Attic Lighting Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All other Electrical Work Free advice and estimates All work guaranteed No job too small Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 -NAPIT ake your event special with 􀁍􀁎- Gareth Jones - Tenor Singer of Ballads, Folk, Show Songs & Opera Call Gareth for a sample CD 01 753 851 568 or 07963 646055 oldelviansglj@yahoo.co.uk www.myspace.com/leyshon jones Always at your service! The Horticultural Society visits Maryfield This year, the annual Society garden visit on the afternoon of May 1 8 was memorable. Much fun was had, and lovely cake was eaten, but even more important, a hidden gem of a garden ( and house) was revealed on our doorsteps .... well, up the road in Taplow. Maryfield sits at the top end of the High Street. The house is of Victorian vintage and seems (to my eyes) to float above the village and the 2 acre garden which surrounds it on three sides. I'd never seen the house before, even though it has commanding vistas looking southwards over the Thames Valley to Windsor. In the past it has served as the wartime HQ of the exiled Dutch high command and a home for nurses at the Red Cross Hospital, but for the past several years has been the beautiful home of Jacqueline and Roger Andrews. The gardens are opened under the National Gardens Scheme 'open for charity' programme. The Society's thanks are extended to Roger Andrews, who personally conducted us around his garden. That garden, according to Roger, is a constant work in progress. He shared with us the vision of various horticultural designers who had inspired him - Roger himself has created stands at the Chelsea show. I'm sure all those who accompanied him admired and enjoyed the lily pond with its generous borders, the walled vegetable garden and the herbaceous planting area. I can also recommend the tea and homemade cake provided to visitors! Over 40 members enjoyed the visit. If you're not already a member of Dorney & District Horticultural Society, and would like to join, please call Louise Whaley on 0 1 628 625589. Peter Bowman -10- .. .... c-..l-' ✓, _ 􀂜. / / I Dorney Parish News J UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pa.u f􀀇􀀈J􀀉 ! Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRE SSES ---- --c::> --- -- EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfe ct fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 wwwJanemorgandresshire. co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Wi ndsor & Eton Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 OV\,e C-viLlolvioool OV\,e 6oluc.CltLoV\, • excellent staf􀑶 / pupil ratios high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor learning and play extracurricular activities • before and after school care For 􀒔rther details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Ber􀓯shire SLl 9AX email: adminrii􀓼etonend.orv website: www.etonend.or2' • Site Clearance • Turfing • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing Design & Construction • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL MUSHROOM - • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01 628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 0 1 753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday I 0.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9.45am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 1 6th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODX Tel: 01628 6241 2 1 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dmney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT Tel: 01628 6242 1 3 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 1 0 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 6/11 EDITORIAL JULY 2011 If you are annoyed when you read that the Rowing Olympics are to take place at Eton Dorney you will be even more piqued by the Windsor 2012 Legacy Group's assertion that - Quote :- Windsor is hosting the rowing and sprint kayaking events at Dorney Lake, with 30,000+ visitors a day expected and the press of the world. It is likely to be the largest event Windsor will ever see, in most people 's lifetime. - Unquote. Now the nub of this group's surprising claim, that Windsor is hosting the events at Dorney Lake, is to persuade the ODA that it entitles them to a lasting legacy from the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Excited by the temporary footbridge that will bring spectators from Windsor Racecourse to the rowing lake, they are campaigning for a permanent and more grandiose footbridge from Sutherland Grange in West Windsor to the North bank of the Thames, enabling better access to Dorney Lake, the Jubilee River and beyond. I'm afraid I do not share any of their enthusiasm for this proposed project. This is a very one-way deal. Windsorians may be envious of the delights of Dorney, but to walk from our river bank to a car park in a meadow in West Windsor is hardly quid pro quo. As to a legacy for hosting the Games, then Dorney must be the obvious recipient. The estimated cost of the Windsor pretenders' project, ranges from £1 .5m to £6m. I n comparison, a new village hall for Dorney is a most reasonable inheritance. The World Rowing Junior Championships at Dorney Lake will be held over four days from the 4th - 7th August, 201 1 . 600+ junior athletes representing around 50 countries will be competing. Entrance for spectators is by the main gate and parking is on site. A licence to permit, amongst other things, Live Music, Recorded Music and the Supply of Alcohol (as for the Olympics in 2012) has been applied for. It could be an 'interesting' four days! As far as I know, the Windsor Legacy Group has not yet claimed that Windsor is hosting the Junior Championships!! An appreciative audience attended the recent Thames Valley Police Community Briefing Event entitled Delivering a Safe and Secure Games. The message for local residents was that we must all play our part in local security, particularly in the lead up to, and during, the Rowing Olympics. The police rely on our local knowledge and awareness and we should not hesitate in informing them of anything that may arouse our suspicions. Raising a false alarm is better than turning a blind eye. THE DORNEY PARISH NEWS IS NOT PUBLISHED IN AUGUST Copy for the September issue should reach the editors by 1 6th. August Revd Lucy Holt Writes: In our house we are just coming to the end of the exam period and recovering from the stress that this has posed on our home. As a parent you go through the process with your children and yet you have to let them get on with it themselves, you can support them but you obviously can't do it for them. This letting go as a parent can be quite a painful process as I am sure many of you will be aware of. It strikes me though when we experience this with our own children how God feels about each of us. He has given us free will so we are responsible for our own actions no matter what those may be. Yet as our Heavenly parent he is there celebrating our successes and realising our pain at our mistakes. Just as we want our children to turn to us and to share with us what they are going through it is the same with God. He longs for us to share everything with him and has promised that he will be there for us - by the still or troubled water. I do hope that this summer period may be good for all, bringing the necessary exam results for our young people, and the holiday period may give much refreshment to all. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in July and August 2011 Sunday 3rd July 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Open Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Informal Service Wednesday 6th July 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 10th July 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Sunday 17th July St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups) St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 20th July 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 24th July 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 31st July 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Wednesday 3rd August 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 7th August 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Open Space (All Age Family Service) Sunday 14th August 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Wednesday 17th August 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 21st August 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together Sunday 28th August 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Sunday 4th September 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Open Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Informal Service St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office 0118 969 8000 Thursday 9/6 - Saturday 16/7 GUILTY SECRET a thriller by Roger Mortimer-Smith Thursday 21/7 - Saturday 3/9 WIFE BEGINS AT FORTY a comedy by Arne Sultan, Earl Barret & Ray Cooney 􀁠 - - ---- - - - ----------------------------- 'Chillin' in the Park' South Bucks District Council's Sports Development Summer Holiday Programme The Sports Development Team is changing its 'Chillin' in the Park' Summer Holiday Programme to have a more Olympic theme this year to reflect the events in 2012 This year's FREE 'Games in the Park' will provide fun and games in Olympic Sports such as athletics, tennis, basketball and cycling. Art will also be available. Below are a selection of dates and venues close to Dorney, visit www.southbucks.gov.uk for a view of all dates: Mon 01 & Thurs 11 Aug. Burnham Par1< Tues 02 & Wed 10 Aug. Dorney: Trumpers Field Thurs 04 Aug. Taplow: Phoenix RFC Tues 16 Aug. Stoke Poges: Bell's Hill Recreation Ground Wed 17 Aug. George Green: Harvey Memorial Recreation 10am - 3pm (Arts 11am-2pm) Ages 6-16yrs (under B's must be accompanied by an adult) In addition to 'Games in the Park', the team will be delivering two weeks of skate boarding and bmx at 'Sk8 Weekz': Mon 1st- Fri 5th August Beacon Centre, Holtspur Beaconsfield Mon 1 5th - Fri 19th Burnham Grammar School 10am - 3pm Ages 6-16yrs (under B's must be accompanied by an adult) £3/day As well as a multitude of ramps there will be music competitions and prizes. Helmets and water provided plus a limited number of skateboards are available to hire. For details on all these activities plus activities for young people with disabilities please call 01895 837348 or email culturalandyouth@southbucks.gov.uk Regards Joe Sammon SBDC Sports Development Officer ake your event special with Gareth Jones - Tenor Singer of Ballads, Folk, Show Songs & Opera Call Gareth for a sample CD 0 1 753 851 568 or 07963 646055 oldelviansglj@yahoo.co.uk www.myspace.com/leyshonjones Always at your service! Calling All Home Bakers! Sheila, David, Tom and Lucy from Meadow Way will be running a cake stall at the Dorney Fete on Saturday 3rd September to raise funds for Helen and Douglas House Hospice Care for Children and Young Adults, Oxford. Any donations of yummy cakes, pies or biscuits would be very welcome. Please label your baking so we can help people with allergies. We can collect any donations on the Saturday morning so please give us a call on 01628 671668. Otherwise we look forward to seeing everyone at the Fete. Thank you for your help. MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Mondays . Meadow Way 13.20 - 13.35 p.m. Dates for 201 1 : July 4 18 Aug. I 15 Sept. 12 26 A N Graundcare 8 llarrlen, lree Hie􀌕 M01agem,nt infa'!la/;:e/e-􀂐.􀂑kc.om WWW./􀂒f􀂓. .l 􀂔t:.om 0175) BZ?"}t Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling - Poe Picking - - Fertilising - Spraying - - Fencing - Topping - Hedge Cutting Tree􀚃S􀙁rgery􀚃 - Pruning - Felling - Stump Grinding - - Dead Wooding - - Logs and Wood Chip for sale - Garden Maintenance - Grass Cutting - Hedge Cutting - Fencing - - Turf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - -k f',t of PJS,\ 1.-td, 􀂕 􀂖 􀃚-fi''-'"'·""" -6- t. 01189 345341 m 07814 006639 e. office@anb-grwtdcare.co.uk w. www.anb-groundcare.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------- Marooned􀚃 in􀚃 Dorne􀙞􀚃 I was on Desert Island Discs last week. rve waited a lifetime for the call from Radio 4, but then came the email telling me that Kirsty Young would interview me in the famous studio in Broadcasting House the next day. The producer wondered whether that 'would put me out' but I assured her that it would not. There I was on the morrow discussing my selections with Ms Young, who told me all about the legends who had occupied the very same chair in which I was sitting. What happened next? Well, it wasn't the alarm clock ringing to rouse me from my blissful reverie. After a quarter of an hour's recording, my wife and I wandered off to enjoy a pizza and a much needed (and deserved) glass of Merlot. 15 minutes, you will say ..... but surely celebrity guests have three quarters of an hour to expand on their choice of 8 'gramophone records' to sustain them during their exile on the fabled desert island? I admit this was no ordinary edition of the programme. It was 'Your Desert Island Discs; a special based on the 27,000 people who posted their 8 selections on the programme's website. I feel very humble because only a handful of us got to share our choice with the Radio 4 audience. rm an unrepentant blues and rock fan - which was slightly at variance with the mainstream response, which nominated Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Beethoven as their top three choices - but the programme's splendid production teom wanted me to talk about my long term relationship with Nkosi Sikeleli Africa, the glorious hymn which is now the national anthem of South Africa. I like the programme and I love music, and choosing your 8 tracks, especially with friends, is a bit of a fun party game. The selections can reveol much about people. I reckon our editor, being a􀕚navy man, might go for a stirring rendition of 'A Life on the Oceon Wave'. Thinking of other DPN contributors, Tony Dixon-Smith would plump for the greot tunes of Broadway like Lerner-Loewe or Gershwin, while Geoffrey Atkinson, our own thespian, might select witty musical comedy from the likes of Noel Coward. The Revd Lucy, rm sure, prefers a rousing spiritual like 'If I had a Hammer', while Joy Richmond I see as a bit of a jiver in her younger days, who probably has a soft spot for Elvis or Cliff. A few yeors ago, we held a 'desert island party' at our house aiming to interweove everybody's nominated choice. The ideo is greot fun, but I think the logistics of handling sundry discs and tapes rather defeated us. Today, a play list on your laptop would make it eosy. If anybody is of a like mind and feels like emailing me their choices, we might have an archive to rival the BBC. We could return to this subject, and, who knows, it could be the basis for a community event in the Village Hall! Peter Bowman peter.bowman@virgin.net http://twitter.com/peterbowman -7- Dorney Social Diary Wednesday􀈕13th July􀈕 Saturday􀈕3rd September􀈕 DORNEY􀈕PARISH􀈕COUNCIL􀈕 DORNEY􀈕VILLAGE􀈕HALL􀈕 MANAGEMENT􀈕COMMITTEE􀈕 DORNEY􀈕OVER􀈕60's􀈕CLUB􀈕 DORNEY􀈕BADMINTON􀈕CLUB􀈕 DORNEY􀈕SHORT􀈕MAT􀈕 BOWLS􀈕CLUB􀈕 DORNEY􀈕TENNIS􀈕COURT􀈕 DORNEY􀈕YOUTH􀈕CLUB􀈕 (for􀈕children􀈕of􀈕the􀈕parish)􀈕 BROWNIES􀈕 LITTLE􀈕FISHES􀈕 For􀈕pre-school􀈕children􀈕 (and parents or carers) Songs,􀈕stories,􀈕treasure􀈕hunts,􀈕fun􀈕 and􀈕refreshments.􀈕 VILLAGE􀈕HALL􀈕BOOKINGS􀈕 Eton􀈕Wick􀈕History􀈕Group􀈕Meeting􀈕 Eton􀈕Wick􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕7.30􀈕p.m.􀈕 Dorney􀈕Fete􀈕&􀈕DDHS􀈕Annual􀈕Show􀈕 Second􀈕Tuesday􀈕of􀈕each􀈕month􀈕(e􀈕xcept􀈕August)􀈕 Eton􀈕Dorney􀈕Centre􀈕8􀈕p.m.􀈕 Second􀈕Monday􀈕of􀈕alternate􀈕months􀈕 i.e.􀈕 July􀈕 September􀈕 Village􀈕Hall􀈕8􀈕p.m.􀈕 Luncheon􀈕in􀈕the􀈕Vicarage,􀈕Dorney􀈕 Second􀈕Tuesday􀈕in􀈕month􀈕12.15􀈕- 2.00􀈕 12n Outing.􀈕 No􀈕lunch􀈕club􀈕in􀈕August.􀈕 13/9􀈕 11/10􀈕 8/11􀈕 13/12􀈕Christmas􀈕lunch􀈕 Every􀈕Tuesday􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕8-10􀈕p.m.􀈕 Every􀈕Sunday􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕 7 - lO p.m.􀈕 Telephone􀈕01628􀈕629381􀈕 (between􀈕4.30-5􀈕p.m.􀈕 Monday-Friday)􀈕 Every􀈕Thursday􀈕evening􀈕during􀈕term􀈕time􀈕 in􀈕hut􀈕in􀈕grounds􀈕of􀈕Dorney􀈕School􀈕 6-16􀈕year􀈕olds􀈕 in􀈕two􀈕groups􀈕 contact􀈕Alan􀈕Russell􀈕 01628􀈕784515􀈕 Every􀈕Thursday􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕 6-7.30􀈕p.m.􀈕 Every􀈕Wednesday􀈕 (Term􀈕time􀈕only)􀈕 St.􀈕John's􀈕Church,􀈕Eton􀈕Wick􀈕 10􀈕a.m.􀈕- 11.30􀈕a.m.􀈕 Dawn􀈕Russell􀈕 01628􀈕784515􀈕 NEIGHBOURBOOD WATCII SCHEME􀈕 **********􀈕 Area􀈕Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER􀈕WANTED􀈕 **********􀈕 TO􀈕REPORT􀈕ANYTHlNG􀈕SUSPICIOUS􀈕TELEPHONE􀈕POLICE􀈕08458􀈕505505􀈕 TO􀈕REPORT􀈕INCIDENTS􀈕THAT􀈕REQUIRE􀈕IMMEDIATE􀈕POLICE􀈕ACTION􀈕 TELEPHONE􀈕999􀈕 -s- • News From Dorney Court Kitchen Garden Wspitrhin gW imanbdl edthoen oonfsfeitc ioafl lmyu cmha rnkeiendge dt hrea ienn,d moafn yo upre olong dry be kicking back to watch Andy Murray' s campaign rrloem wtihlel pcoermffeocrtt toifm e thteoi rg ets itotuitn gi ntroo ornt. h..b eu tg arndoetn uasn!d Ngoewt fiese dtihnge atinmde w oeefd yinega ry wouhre rpea wrceh nedee dla wtnos s. tAarlsto fweee dainreg ocoumr ivnge gteota tbhlaest waneedk sh'a nwgoirntgh boafs kfeotosd. iCnom l?iots tw hiccohn,t aiinfs yoaup pprolxainmtaetde ldyu r4in-g6 Aarper ilm aonry ewaarylsy yMoauy ctahni sf eyeeda ry, ouwri lpl lannotws be{l idqeupilde,t edgr. aTnhuelarre tehtcei) r bugrt owailnlg palnadn tsf lodwoe rinnege d secaosnotnin utoou sp rfoedeudcien g thteh rbouegsht wbolonodmesr s oorn ytohue r btiogmgaetsote s vaengde tnabowle si.s tThoem orpietref ecwti ltli mew otrok give them that extra boost they need . cIno rnitnhge thKriotucghhen. OGuarr dceonu rgweet theasv ea res obmeeg inexncinitgi ntgo gnoe wb ecrrsoeprsk parnodv wineg arteo hbarev eisnt invge rtyh emh igath ad ermaatned owfi tkhno tosu ra s ctuhsetyo maerrse wbaegnitninni9n gt o tob uyco mteh emth rfoourg hc onookwi nga nda t wihtohm e a. n Wiatbhu ndouanrc ep eoasf dexipfefcert entto vbaer iteatsiteisn go f sommien t fagnrtoawsitni9c ifnr eosuhr shoeurpbs gianr doeunr, restaurant this month . aOnvnero untchee tchoautr sew eo f witlhle bcoern imnagk iwnege kas,r rawneg eamreen tse xcfiotre d thteo aabrruinvdaaln ceo fo f onuarm ens ewp utf afmoirlwya rdo f atc hoiucrk enlasu. ncWhi twhe ekseuncdh, wane uhanvtei l ptlheenyt ya rtroi vceh otoos em afkreo msu raen dt hwei lnla mcee rstuaiitnsl yt hbee cwhaici tkeinn?. sIung gtehset iomne, anatlilmoew iyto'usr niomta gitnoaot iolna ter unt ow ipludt anfdo rwlaertd usa know what you come up with next time you' re in ! Events coming up at Dorney Court Kitchen Garden: DSuonrdnaeyy ! 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WNea tuarree " vetrhyi se xcsiutmemde rt.o Waen nowuinlcle tbhee hloauldncihn g ofa "Dsrearwiiensg oonf pexratrcetmicealyl wtaolreknshtoepds arfotri stp eaonpdle moodf ela lml akaegre sP, aurlu nR obbyb enthse. tThhees et itfulne wsuogrgksehsotpss, baere doepsiegnn etdo aarlolu nadg etsh ea nidn swpiilrla,t iolnikael wsuorurldou ndliinkges hteor e faitn d Doronuety Cmoourret, Kpitlcehaesne Gaemrdaieln . uIsf yoatu info@dckg . co . uk or pop by and speak to one of the team. cTohnet anienx to ure dinteiwo nl inoef- upt heo f Dotranlekys wPhaircihs h wiMlalg arzeicnoem mwenilcle wagoualidn tlhiikse atuot umhnea. r Ift hyeonu phlaevaes ea ndyo supgogpe sitni onansd ons eweh auts yoour send an email to info@dckg . co . uk with your suggestions . -9- Dorney Fete. Sat 3rd Sept. 12.30-3pm Tru mper's Field. off Meadow way, Dorney Reach. Free car parking. The amazing Kondini Act. Horse drawn cart rides with Samson the Shire. Face painting. Sumo Suits. Climbing wall. Food. Beer tent. Trade and fundraising stalls. For more Info. Contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Dorney Youth Club. -10- • .. t Dorney Parish News .. HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY 􀀏P 8.Q f􀀈􀀉& UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRE SSES ---- C::> ------ EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • Th e dresses can be altered to ensure a perfe ct fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire. co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 DVl-e 􀐛nt􀓽􀐜H·wool OVl-e 6olu􀐝􀑔HoV1- excenent staff / pupil ratios high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor learning and play extracurricular activities • before and after school care For further details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Berksh􀓠e SL3 9AX email: admin@etonend.or we􀐉site: www.etonend.or Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL • Fencing • Patios MUSHROOM . • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 0 1 753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday I 0.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9 .45 am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT. Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody_ The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 7/11 EDITORIAL SEPTEMBER 2011 Over the last few years, the leaves of many local horse-chestnut trees have turned from green to brown in mid to late summer, and this week, driving along Court Lane, I find that the overhead canopy is of a distinctively autumnal hue. Having witnessed the ravages that Dutch Elm Disease wrought upon the parish environment, I become rather concerned whenever local trees appear in some way blighted. Resorting to the internet, I learn that horse-<:hestnuts are currently under threat from two diseases, the more serious Bleeding Canker (if you'll pardon the expression) is a fungal pathogen known as Phytophthora and causes bleeding cankers on the stem and scaffold branches. If the areas of bark killed are extensive, large trees will die. Our local trees are probably afflicted by the less serious, horse chestnut leaf miner - Cameraria ohridella. This moth, first observed in Macedonia in the late 1970s, spread across Europe and was found esta blished in Wimbledon in 2002. Since then, it has ranged across the country. The damage caused by the larvae can be striking, severely damaged leaves shrivel and tum brown by late summer and fall early, well before normal leaf fall in the autumn. Although this afflicti on is spoiling the summer beauty of Dorney horse-<:hestnut trees it is comforting to learn that despite the trees' poor appearance, there is no evidence that the larvae damage leads to a decline in tree health, the development of dieback, or tree death. Trees survive repeated infestations and re-flush normally in the following year. Whether, with this annual flushing, the trees can eventu ally overcome Cameraria ohridella remains to be seen. In the meantime, whilst the appearance of early autumn is disappointing, it is preferable to the consequences of Bleeding Canker. A tree with brownish leaves is better than a dead tree. In June, Geoffrey Atkinson wrote of "the disgusting piles of litter along the river bank." Well, rubbish left by visitors to the river is not confined to the river bank, as residents in Dorney Reach Road are frequently made aware. Fishermen, walkers, some swimmers and occasional canoeists park their cars here to access The Snicket (I blame the free distribution of the 'Dorney Walks Map') . Many of these visitors deposit their unwanted 'remains of the day' around The Snicket entrance and along the pavement before driving off. This morning I gathered a few squashed drinks cans, two cigarette packets, cellophane sweet packets, a plastic bag filled with polystyrene boxes containing remnants of a takeaway meal and an empty plastic engine-oil bottle. It seems that many people have no compunction at dropping litter wherever they may be. I believe Nick Teale regularly fills a bag or two with rubbish on his morning run through the parish and a recent mowing of the Common revealed an almost continuous line of discarded plastic bottles in the grass along the roadside. The selfish and anti-social 'litterati' have little regard for the environment or for their fellow men. I suppose this is a facet of what has been recently labelled 'The Me Society.' -1- Revd Lucy Holt Writes: As I write, the recent outbreak of trouble on the streets of our cities is still very much on our minds. I have to say I am grateful I live in a village location rather than an inner city. There are obviously a raft of reasons why such trouble happened and we will all have our pet theories and even, like the pollticians, potential solutions. One reason I am sure to add to the debate is the breakdown of family and family values that has been so prevalent in our society over the last couple of decades. It is difficult to parent these days with the pressures that are on our young people and It must be especially difficult where there is little family support present. So what can we do? I am sure one thing, rather than just to criticise what has happened, is to pray for the young people of our country and for those who work with them. Another would be to support and encourage those who work with our young people in different ways. Personally I would like to publicly thank those in Dorney and Dorney Reach who work in different ways with our own young people. We are indeed blessed to have such a wonderful local school giving a good start in life and where they learn moral values. I would also like to praise and thank Alan Russell and his team who run our local youth club. If each community were to take supporting family life seriously, then I am sure that we will begin to see a difference in our society. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in September 201 1 Sunday 4th September 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Informal Service Wednesday 7th September 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 11th September 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Sunday 18th September 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Combined Worship (Songs of Praise) Wednesday 21st September 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 25th September 9.30am Harvest Festival 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 􀁔 You will know of Brigadoon, the enchanted small Scottish Highland village that only comes to life for one day every hundred years. But have you heard of Dorney Wick? No? Well, when I found on the 'World Rowing' website that it lies within the vicinity of our own village, I realised that Dorney Wick together with Eton Dorney are enchanted places which come to life not just for one day, and not once every hundred years, but at times of imminent great aquatic sporting contests. Within one of these two enchanted places lies an enchanted lake, chosen by LOCOG as the venue for the Olympic rowing events. This is disappointing, for we have a perfectly adequate lake and were expecting to host the Olympic rowing here, in DORNEY. I say disappointing, but I suppose that if it means that we will escape the Olympic hordes, then perhaps we should be grateful. Ed. Dorney Youth Club's Ch ristmas Show outing. 'SHREK THE MUS ICAL' Friday 25th November 201 1. Coach departs Oak Stubbs Lane /Meadow Way. 5pm Tickets £48.00 Priority to Youth Club members, fa mily, residents, in that order. Contact Alan Russell 01628 784515. DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open􀚃to􀚃 all􀚃 £2.50􀚃 per􀚃 hour􀚃or􀚃yearly􀚃 season􀚃 􀘤ckets􀚃 available􀚃 as􀚃 fo Uows:£ 10􀚃 under􀚃the􀚃age􀚃of􀚃18.􀚃 £20􀚃aged􀚃 18􀚃and􀚃over.􀚃 £35􀚃fa mily􀚃 Contact􀚃Charlie􀚃Coish􀚃 01628􀚃 629381􀚃 PARISH PUMP j Extracts from the Minutes of the Dorney Parish Council Meeting held at the Eton Dorney Centre on Tuesday 12th July 2011 at 8 pm Present:- Councillors K Harris (chaired the meeting), A Purdie, P Smith, Mrs Kittel, Mr Nelson, Ms Foxley and G Easton. In Attendance:- Mrs S Moffat (Clerk), Cllr A Dhillon, Windsor Legacy Group (Mike Moss, Peter Brown, Dan and Ron) and Stephen Election of Chairman for the ensuing year - At the proposition of Cllr Smith, seconded by Cllr Purdie, Cllr Harris was elected Chairman for the ensuing year. Declaration of Acceptance - Cllr Harris read and signed the declaration. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - A presentation was given by Windsor Legacy Group regarding their proposals for an Olympic Legacy Bridge over the Thames from Windsor to Dorney. Proposed designs and locations of the bridge are appended together with their Objectives and Outcomes for the Windsor Community. The cost of the bridge is estimated at £4million and as yet no permission has been granted from the landowners. The Windsor Legacy Group is discussing this proposal with the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) at beginning of September. Mr Harris raised concerns that a bridge may not be a benefit for the community of Dorney and Dorney Parish Council will consider this proposal and respond accordingly. Reporf from SBDC - Cllr A Dhillon reported that he will be attending an ODA Transport Engagement meeting this coming Friday. Cllr Harris asked for 3 questions to be raised:- (i) Where will the northern pedestrian entrance be located and who will be allowed to use this access? (ii) How will access be distributed between residents, customers and spectators? (iii) How will the ODA restrict traffic coming through Eton? Apologies received from Cllr D Dhillon and PCSO O'Connor. Election of Vice-Chairman - At the proposition ofCllr Foxley, seconded by Cllr Harris, Cllr Purdie was elected as Vice-Chairman for the ensuing year. Chairman's Report - Cllr Harris reported that the proposals from the Windsor Legacy Group will be put on the next Council agenda. He asked for the Clerk to thank the Group for their presentation and that the Council will respond after it has been discussed although Parish Council does have concerns about this proposal. Rebuild of Dorney Village Hall - Cllr Easton reported that the Dorney Village Hall Committee has just received the plans from the architect. After hearing about the possibility of funding available from the 2012 Olympic Legacy, he will ask the Committee to approach the ODA for funding. Resolved if the Playground4Dorney Management Committee will organise for 2 signs to close the park when grass cutting takes place then Mr Harris will arrange for John Farrell to cut the grass in the playground. Dorney Olympic Countdown Committee - Playground4Domey Charity was approached by Ian Barham from the Olympic Management Committee to see how it can help this charity to become involved with the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. A group was set up with all the non-profit making organisations; membership being Playground4Dorney, Dorney Youth Club, Dorney Tennis Club, Dorney Horticultural Society, Dorney Church, Dorney Walle to School Group, Dorney Village Hall Committee and Dorney School plus NAG, ODA and Ian Barham. A week-end event has been arranged to mark the 'one year' run up to the Olympics. It is now a registered committee. The ODA Engagement Officer and Dorney Lake Management are offering support for the week-end and Jill Palmer has offered the use of Dorney Court. During the week-end activities there will be a consultation by the ODA with residents about the Olympics and to find out what legacy the community would like in Dorney. - Update on events taking place can be found on the Web site - www.domeyolympics.org.uk . Diamond Jubilee Celebrations -To consider an event for Dorney in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 -Deferred to the next Council meeting in September. Correspondence-News Update regarding the Olympics from Ian Barnam:- (i) Olympic Route Network Engagement will be consulting the community at the event this week-end, (ii) Travel Advice for Business supporting local businesses to operate at Gmne Time -copies can be found on www.1ondon2012.com/traveladvicebusiness and (iii) The BBC has expressed an interest in setting up an outside broadcast location in Dorney possibly at the Eton Dorney Centre. Resolve any complaints received from residents - ( a) Parlcing on verge outside Ashford Cottages by customers using the Pineapple PH and a request for posts to be installed to prevent this -Mr Smith reported that 5 posts will be required and he will find out the costs. Date of next meeting - 8pm on 13th September, 2011 at the Eton Dorney Centre Meeting closed at 9.5Sp.m. Harvest Supper with Guest Speaker Friday 23rd September 7.30pm Domey Village Hall Bring your own drink and glasses Please come along all welcome Tickets from Ron Alsworth 01628 669988 Louise Whaleyo r O 1628 625589 -5- Dorney Olympics Weekend Starts with Bells and Whistles Whilst we are more than aware of the disruption the Olympics is going to bring to our small village, we are also fully aware that this event is bigger than any of us and will go ahead whatever. Therefore, the Olympics committee set themselves up with the aim of bringing some fun and excitement into the village in the lead up to the games, to jump on the bandwagon (as many surrounding towns have done) and gain whatever legacy we can for our village. So started the plans for the Dorney Olympic Countdown Weekend. A matter of 5 weeks to arrange but with lots of dedicated volunteers we made it and certainly made a start to what we intend to see much more of in the coming months. On the Friday, Harcourt Road had to be closed off by police on the first morning of the countdown weekend, when an estimated 300 excited participants walked to Dorney school. There were horns and whistling and a chorus of "Dorney, Dorney" shouts before the group, consisting of top Olympic and Paralympics athletes, residents, school children, teachers, friends and relatives, turned into Harcourt Close and finally into Dorney School where breakfast awaited the children on their last day before the summer holidays. Mary Baker, the organiser of the walk to school since 2006, who has braved wind1 rain, snow and sun every Wednesday and Friday during school terms had her moment of glory for years of never-ending commitment. She walked proudly ahead with the original Olympic torch of the Athens 2004 Olympic games in her hand followed by Ian Rose, a Paralympics Judo silver medallist and David Lister, a member of the British Rowing team in Barcelona 1992. Ian Rose said: "I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Olympic torch. This is a very special day for me. Even as an athlete I have never been able to even touch an Olympic torch.11 Personally, I have never experienced a community event as uplifting as this before. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw the sheer number of people and heard the children shout: "Dorney, Dorney". Following the breakfast, Ian Rose addressed the children and told his amazing life story with losing his right eye as a child to cancer, how he was bullied at school, started Judo, gained his confidence, trained hard and won a silver medal. You could hear a needle drop and following his speech the questions by the children would not stop. Who knows, one day it may !Je one ofthem? The afternoon continued with about 300 people joining the last day of sctiool village party on and around Dorney playground. A truly wonderful start. -6- The 'Sports Day' The Cowtdown weekend continued on Saturday with Tennis competitions, a fantastically organised run from Dorney Lake to Trumpers Field and a rowing challenge. By this time the press had heard of the events and the BBC were present filming the events of the day and interviewing residents. Our run saw participants presented with medals and T-Shirts and due to the hard work of Alan Russell and his team of marshals, runners were given timed return with the hope of improving times in our next running event!! Times were as below: Name Number Distance Time Age Alfie Russell 533 lk 9.43 ulO Abigail Purdie 534 lk 9.43 ulO Thomas Russell 535 lk 9.44 ulO William Smith 536 lk 10.24 ulO Trudi Harwood 537 lk 11.52 adult Ben Scott 538 lk 13.S ulO Harry Scott 539 lk 11.29 u6 Jack Kittel 502 2.Sk 16.09 u14 Isabella Purdie 506 2.Sk 16.09 ulO Leanne Kittel 504 2.Sk 16.1 adult Liam Harwood 501 2.Sk 16.S u14 Chris Stanton 507 S.Sk 24.29 adult Bill Milman 511 S.Sk 24.32 adult Kristin Purdie SOS S.Sk 24.33 adult Martin Kittel 503 S.Sk 26.09 adult Murial Pepler 508 S.Sk 01:03.1 Senior David Pepler 510 S.Sk 01:03.1 senior Penny Dollimore 509 S.Sk 01:03:01 senior For me there were two major highlights of the day, firstly that our tennis courts were occupied from morning to evening with budding tennis players aged from 2 upwards. We have a fantastic facility here and with the help of Charlie Coish we intend to build upon this for residents. Secondly the rowing challenge. We were fortunate enough to have Terry from the Lake, a gold medallist rowing coach, supervising the "Rowing to Stratford Event" along with Dorney residents David Lister and his wife Helen, both members of the British Rowing team in Barcelona 1992. The event was so popular on day one that residents managed to row to Stratford and back again in one day! A great achievement! Residents were also able to get more information from the Olympics Delivery Authority, who were present for questions on the Friday and Saturday of the weekend. Olympic Countdown Weekend Ends With Gold Olympic gold medallist Mark Hunter, the reigning Olympic champion in the men's light weight double scull. joined an exited crowd on the last day of the Dorney Olympic Cm.m.tdown Weekend, the Family Fun Day. He set the children a 100m rowing challenge, which they enthusiastically embraced on the 6 Ergo machines in Dorney Village Hall. He was absolutely wonderful with the children, encouraging them and giving lots of support. Despite his gruelling training for the forthcoming 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, he spent time opening the playground, giving lots of signatures and having himself photographed with all the local admirers. He showed the children his gold medals and even opened the iPlay. The iPlay is the 3rd and final instalment of Dorney playground and most costly piece of equipment the playground now owns. Mark seemingly enjoyed the summer party and the welcoming local spirit and said: "It's wonderful to see Dorney embracing the Olympic games and the rowing so much. The kids have been really great and the iPlay is a fantastic piece of kit. It will give them an excellent opportunity to exercise and get fit." He then even had a go on the iplay and really enjoyed the game. Mark captured the hearts and minds of the local community and children and will surely be supported by a lot of residents when he does his rowing in Slovenia and hopefully qualifies for London 2012. His father, Terry Hunter, a renowned local rowing coach. had already kindly given up his time on Saturday and Sunday to oversee the rowing challenge in Dorney village hall. Young and old joined in to row to the Olympic village in Stratford and overall during the 2 days, rowed there and back twice, well in excess of200km! The family fun day saw a lot of other highlights. Lots of free events including a free bouncy castle, free face painting and some great games sponsored by Cadbury's, 2 different teams, "spots and stripes" challenged each other in a series of competitions. One of the best was Sumo wrestling. but also the tug of war and a number of smaller games were all heavily frequented. People got themselves comfortable and either had a picnic or enjoyed the food provided inexpensively by the Olympic countdown committee. A big thank you does not only go to the organisers of the Olympic countdown weekend, but also to all the helpers, athletes, the school, visitors and Cadbury's, who sponsored some of the games. Here is to more fun events in the future, hope you can join us ...... Leanne Kittel -8- • FRENCH EVENING AT DORNEY VILLAGE HALL ON SATURDAY gTH OCTOBER 20 11 FROM 8PM COME ALONG AND JOIN US FOR AN EVENINdS ENTERTAINMENT WITH MUSIC, DANCING, FOOD, RAFFLE & PRIZES DRESS CODE: FRENCH THEME PRIZE FOR THE BEST THEMED OUTFIT BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL AND GLAS SES TICKETS COST £13.50. IF PURCHASED IN ADVANCE OR £15 ON THE NIGHr FOR TICKETS PLEASE CONTACT GRAHAM EASTON ON 07503745760 OR ALAN RUSSELL ON 07802436850 -9- ake your event special with Gareth Jones - Tenor Singer of Ballads, Folk, Show Songs & Opera Call Gareth for a sample CD 01753 851 568 or 07963 646055 oldelviansglj@yahoo.co.uk www.myspace.com/leyshonjones Always at your service! PUPPY TRAINING CLASSES Starting Sunday 1 1 th September from 4-5 pm at Dorney Village Hall For more information or to reserve a place please contact Claire Sayles on: 07966 1 84 948 or 01 628 625 1 31 Or Email claire@paws4thoughtdogs.com www.paws4thoughtdogs.com Cat's Collars I have 2x Snap-on cat collars. Someone's cat has been patrolling my 'estate' - which I don't mind, especially at night-time - to keep rodents at bay. Ix collar is blue with a blue bell. Ix collar is green with a green bell. Cat's owner can call any day at Wyndham, Village Road between 4pm-6pm to claim the collars. No reward is required. Tony Dixon-Smith -10- Much AAdo About Nothing! No, that is not a spelling mistake. After all, it was the Automobile Association that scattered cones, diversion signs, and even traffic lights all over Dorney and South Taplow at the end of July and the start of August to prepare us for the huge crowds expected at the World Rowing Junior Championships (WRJC). Our road on Dorney Common initially had two big red signs saying "ROAD CLOSED" these were quickly followed by more signs listing those who were permitted to ignore the order, e.g. residents and businesses. The signs did not give permission for dog walkers, cattle or horses to use the road, but happily they still kept coming. So that's moo! woof! and thrice neigh! to the dear old AA. The odd thing was that no one seemed to know when the event was due to happen. The AA started to put up signs on the 30th July, but the Dorney Lake website said it would run from the 4th to the 7th of August. They must have been a bit startled on the day before that, when bus loads of athletes turned up, because the WRJC site announced that the event was starting on the 3"'. I have to say that despite all the build up, we hardly noticed any serious problems. Traffic seemed normal, and everyone I have spoken to from other parts of the parish says much the same thing. Of course there were some heavy vehicles bringing grand stands, crush barriers, portaloos, marquees and boats, but where were the massive crowds of spectators? The crowd noise was no worse than any other competition day- unpleasant but not unbearable. When I pedalled down to have a look, I couldn't see any spectators in the stand or anywhere else on the site for that matter. Was there any press coverage? I saw one short clip on TV with a bored looking reporter standing in front of the empty water saying he was talking to us from ETON rowing Lake which is enough to make any Dorney resident cross. OK, so I know this was just a rehearsal for the big event. I am sure that traffic control will be vital when the real thing happens in 2012, but was it really necessary? At one point cones were placed along the pavement outside The Pineapple pub to stop customers who normally park there quite legitimately . Why did Sainsbury's customers from the Village have to turn left onto the A4? In my view, the exercise was ill conceived, silly and unnecessarily intrusive, but as I watch the build up to the Olympics in London, with all the privileged traffic lanes for officials, that will cause grave problems for people who live and work there, I realize that there is a dreadful inevitability about it. Geoffrey Atkinson Dorney History Group www.dorneyhistory.co.uk In 2010 a small group of us met up one evening to discuss the possibility of setting up a Dorney History Group along the lines of the well-established Eton Wick History Group. Local history is of great interest to many people - those living in the area, those whose families have lived in the area in the past and those who have an interest in village life in general. The Founder Members at the first meeting were John Barker, Bill Dax, Jill Dax, Robbie Gibbs, Jean Tyler, Peter Tyler, Karen Williams and Tom Williams. We met a few times and started to pull together some of the published Dorney History that was available both in the Village and at the Aylesbury Records Office. Karen Williams developed the website and we started to populate it with some of this information. We consulted with Jill Palmer at that time regarding the huge amount of information about the Village that resides in the historical archives at Dorney Court. Jill advised us that an archivist was, coincidentally, just starting work on bringing all the records together and that this work would probably be completed in the middle of 2012. When the work is completed we will be advised on what can be accessed and the process of researching the documents, some of which will be very fragile. Even though that is some time away we felt that we should start work on certain Village history projects, formalise the Group and seek input and involvement from others who are interested in the subject. So, what might be the stated purpose of the Dorney History Group and how might we go about researching and publishing the history of the Village and surrounding areas? The Purpose: To research and record local history for Dorney Village (including Dorney Common), Dorney Reach, Boveney and Lake End and to provide the information online for access by all. How might we go about this? Our initial thoughts are listed below: • Develop a website that leads people easily and quickly to what they are interested in. • Provide regular features in the Dorney Parish News that would link to greater detail on the website. • Establish. a series of regular meetings at various locations to bring people who are interested in local history together - in a social gathering. -12- :,􀁚 -',,, ,., - . -;·-· .,,,,:·7􀁛 " 7 ,,. r.,, Dorney Parish News HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY 􀀊Pa.u/§h􀀋t UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ c:=:, - - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Eton End School Eton Road, Datchet PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL BOYS 3 - 7 GIRLS 3 - 11 0111,e CvtLLcH1ooo! o􀒭 6olucC1tL0111, • excellent staff / pupil ratios high standards and academic success sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities art and creativity outdoor learning and play • extracurricular activities • before and after school care For further details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9AX email: admin@etonend.or2 website: www.eto􀑨end.org Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL MUSHROOM - • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01 628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 THE TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY LTD Contact: Audrey Thompson The Coach House, Dorney Court 01628 660708 Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9.45am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT Tel: 01628 6242 1 3 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distri butors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Oxlade,Mrs Richmond, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 8/11 OCTOBER 2011 EDITORIAL I thought I was beginning to understand the transport plans for visitors to the Rowing Olympics, but a report in this week's local newspaper makes me think otherwise. Weren't all visitors to be picked up from outlying railway stations or from outlying park-and-ride centres and be bussed to Windsor Racecourse from whence they would walk across the temporary footbridge to the Olympic Rowing site? Now, it is reported, applications have been submitted on behalf of the Olympic Delivery Authority for temporary parking sites to be set up in Stafferton Way and Braywick Road and are awaiting approval by our neighbouring Royal Borough. Catering for more than 1,300 vehicles between them, spectators would be shuttled to and from Dorney Lake using speciallydesignated buses. I imagine, or hope, that this report is misleading and that spectators using these proposed parking sites will be bussed to Windsor Racecourse, but in the ever changing transport saga I must not make assumptions. Having written the above, I received, just before going to press, the TVP 'Delivering a Safe & Secure Games' Newsletter 3, where the last paragraph 'Park and Rides' deals with this subject. The BBC website given has more detail and you will find an extract on page 8. I suggest, too, that you look at the SBDC webpage, 'proposed traffic plans'. Have you seen it -the Beast of Berkshire? It is reported that the 'Big Cat' which has been sighted in 24 encounters in the Thames Valley was seen on Common Road, Dorney at 12.45am on Thursday 15th September. The lady who saw it said: "It was moving at a fast walk in the direction of Dorney and was being tailed by a police car." She goes on to say that, "it was a very large black animal, about the size of a male deer, with small pointed ears". Apparently a 'large cat' was also spotted on Common Road in August, last year. Was that when the UFO was also sighted?!! I'm sure Conan Doyle could have woven an exciting mystery around it, but what a pity that 'The Cat' didn't turn up when the Best Kept Village judges were doing their rounds, it could have gained us a few vital Primary Features points. If you are of a certain age (and perhaps even if you're not) you will be aware that the Air Transport Auxiliary's headquarters was at White Waltham airfield, just 30 seconds flying by Spitfire from Maidenhead Heritage Centre, where you will find the world's only dedicated exhibition and archive for the ATA, including Grandma Flew Spitfires. A new and permanent display including the opportunity to fly a Spitfire simulator, and imagine you are one of the intrepid men and women of ATA . info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk Tel: 01628 780555 _,_ Revd Lucy Holt Writes: The Church of St James the Less has been a focal point in the village for hundreds of years thanks to all those who have supported It down the centuries. It is the responsibility of the Church Council (PCC) to maintain the building and we get no financial support from the Diocese or the wider Church of England. We have just had our five yearly architect's inspection of the Church and unfortunately this has brought to light some rather urgent work that needs doing on the tower. He has given us an estimated figure of around £65,000 to complete this work which includes the hire of scaffolding etc. As you can imagine this is a shock to the PCC and we are in the process of considering applying for grants and fundraising to meet such an amount. I hope that the village will support this activity and if anyone is able to offer assistance in terms of helping to fundraise or apply for grants we would be grateful to receive your offers of help. We will be launching an appeal shortly but in the meantime if anyone feels able to donate towards this repair and renovation please do see myself or one of the churchwardens - Gill Hayton or David Pepler. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in October 2011 Sunday 2nd October 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) Wednesday 5th October 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 9th October 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion 6.30 pm Informal Service Sunday 16th October St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups) St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 19th October 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 23rd October 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 30th October 1 1 .00am Combined Holy communion -2- St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton From John Barker. Dear Friends and Neighbours, Further Dimmings, Village Road, Dorney. I feel I should use this magazine to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for their offers of help and the kind words of sympathy following the big bonfire early on Sunday morning at Further Dinunings. 4 9 1 1 will ever remain in my memory (But it will not become my new pin number). All the pitched roof of the house is now on the first floor covering everything below. One can stand on the debris to see the stars. Downstairs is intact from fire damage, but very sodden. My sincere thanks to the two county fire services for endangering themselves in entering the blazing building and salvaging practically all the downstairs nture. My insurance company had, within hours, a Fire Damage Team on site that shored up a ceiling and had a temporary electric supply, so reactivating the security system. They even provided a van on the Monday to move essential items over the road to my new abode. But this is where I broke the rules by using my own initiative to find accommodation so near without their prior approval. After 43 years in the property there is obviously a lot of clutter to move before the refurbishing commences, but it is my intention to restore Further Dimmings to its former self as soon as possible. Lastly, two unknown ladies lent us two blankets in the early phase of the blaze. Would they call round to collect these as I have them safe and sound. The greatest blessing is that nobody was hurt, and material items can be replaced. Again, best wishes and grateful thanks to one and all. John Barker Dear Editor Windrush, Village Road, Dorney Best Kept Village Competition Certificate of Merit 2011 September 12, 2011 Yes! We won a Certificate of Merit for our efforts and the highest score since I have been involved! Here is the updated schedule of marks per category: Primary Features Possible Actual Actual Actual Actual Marks 2011 2010 2009 2008 1A Places of worshi""'"'ravevard/cemeterv 10 8 7 7 7 1 B Common areen, olavinn field 20 18 14 15 9 1 C Villane hall commun"" hall church hall 20 18 16 16 10 1 D Boundary hedges, verges, ditches, 10 9 8 9 6 fences and defined wildlife conservation areas Secondarv features 2A areas surrounding inns, hotels, pubs, 10 9 8 9 8 shorn::. 2B Bus shelters, telephone kiosks, notice 10 7 6 8 6 boards, toilets 2C Ancillary features e.g. war memorial, 10 8 7 10 8 nnnd stream villaae oumo Bonus Points 3 Additional marks for overall appearance 10 8 8 9 6 and evidence of community effort (marks mav be deducted for inad.,.,.,,uate mans\ 100 85 74 83 60 This is what the judges said: cat1) Primary features 1 a) St James' Church. Building fabric and surrounding grounds were tidy. Separate graveyard was well maintained. 1 b) Very good feature upon the verge whilst entering the village, by the left hand side comprising of six stone troughs containing bedding plants. War memorial green well kept and tidy. Adventure playground (Retreat Play Area) in course of construction/completion. Good facility. 1c) Village Hall - Well maintained sunuunds. Hall fabric around guttering area could do with some remedial attention? 1d) Boundary verges very well maintained. Dorney wetlands car park - a good natural area set aside for wildlife conservation. Richmond Path - area well managed, new planting evidence. Cat2) Secondary Features 2a) Palmer Arms - clean, tidy surrounds. White Heather Garage - a character feature and tidy area. 2b) Notice Board (Village Road} had Best Kept Village on display along with other up to date information. Notice Board by village hall was newsworthy. Telephone kiosk -'phone unserviceable. Surroundings not looked after. Bus shelters-satisfactory, but with evidence of discarded glass bottles. Undergrowth surrounding the features not managed. 2c) War memorial - smart appearance and maintained. Cat3) Overall Appearance/Community Effort. 3) Boundary areas are particularly well looked after. Good evidence of community spirit. Amazingly the 'phone kiosks in Village Road and Lake End Road have since been painted, but, sadly, not the one in Harcourt Road at time of writing. Perhaps a re-build or demolition of the bus shelter opposite Harcourt Road is due! Well done everyone and particularly to John Farrell, our Parish Council groundsman. Thanks to all, once again, for a second Certificate of Merit in four years. Nick Teale -4- Heroes & Villains In mid September, a hero visited - or more precisely, swam through - Dorney Reach. In the same week, by way of contrast I came across 3 bits of villainy. Not of the life threatening kind, you understand, but more of the boo-hiss pantomime mean spirited kind. David Walliams, the comedian, took 8 d􀐅s to swim 140 miles down the Thames, from the river's source to Westminster Bridge., raising £2m for Sport Relief. At around 1.30 on Saturday, September 10 he arrived in the Reach, breaking for lunch at Monkey Island. I wondered whether the. village. had ever welcomed such a combination of celebrity, heroism and eccentric good nature., and the.re. was indeed a cheerful bunch of villagers along the. Thames Path to cheer him on. We. rushed to the. waterside. prompted by Twitter tweets from similar crowds upriver - he.re., after last month's urban horrors, was a friendly crowd 􀐗osted by positive. use. of mobile. technology. If David, and his supporters get a thumbs up, my thumbs down goes to the British Olympic Association, South Bucks District Council and the. Dept of Transport. Now, I admit, I don't have the respons ibility of running a sporting event apparently designed to serve major sponsors &. media interests, or provide services in the face of savage cuts, but these bodies' actual or mooted policies defy common sense. The Maidenhead Advertiser group, and indeed , all of our local papers, will not be allowed to cover the rowing events taking place in their 􀐏ckyard. No accreditation has been issued, so no local re.porters or photographers .... and this policy is duplicated across all regional centres and even the capital. The Olympics Minister, Hugh Robertson, said that the policy reflected criteria like circulation size, publishing frequency and past coverage. of the Games, thus missing the point that some vital media are local and weekly. I bet the Advertiser now really regrets not sending a reporter to Beijing .... On a personal note, I often used to stop off briefly in Burnham High Street .... afte.r all, there was a free half hour's parking available in the Summers Road car park. If that was abolished , as it was by SBDC last January, then you would think little re.venue would be. raised, but under pressure. local retailers would suffer. Well, according to the Burnham Advertiser, that's what's happened with parking tickets down by over half over the first three months in re.turn for the princely extra returns of around £400. A petition has now been launched by the local paper in alliance with the Burnham High Street Association. Did you know that Taplow and Burnham railway stations, much used by Dorney residents, are in category E? It appears likely that the transport secretary will accept a recommendation that E class stations, including our local stops, will become unmanned and reliant on ticket machines. Leaving aside 1000 lost jobs, which I suppose is the point, these machines I know from regular personal experience don 't work. The queues at Paddington necessary to buy tickets and convince a sceptical & harassed collector that there really are no tickets at Taplow are terrible to imagine. Cuts are a reality and efficiency a constant goal, but what sort of world do these. policy makers want to live in? Bland &: beige coverage of the 'McDonald's Games7 Emptying high streets? Impersonal (literally) railway stations? A few moments on the riverside that Saturday lunchtime to me offered a better alternative. Peter Bowman peter.bowman@virgin.net http://twitter.com/peterbowman - 5- Welcome to our third monthly bulletin. as the follow up to our Delivering a Sate and Secure (;a mes p_re􀜆i;tation·s._ End of the Summer Even!$ Now that_the !n􀜇rpatio􀜈al canoe· event whi_ch we used in a 􀊾imilar tashiori to .th􀜉- 􀜊orld Rowing Junior Championsh!ps.(see last edition) and1he South Coast Rowing Championships are over, life around jhe rowing lake should be quieter for you and us. _We would .be irite'l'Sled. in any feedback that locaJ residents/businesses feel woulq be releva_nt for us. The _.BBC's take on the canoe event can be fotind at http://news.bbc.eo.uk/sport1 /hllcanoeing/14776446.stm Ho_wever, security guards frol)1 G4$ will remain at the lake as certain bits of the _infras!llJcture (that you might noticel) used for these 'test' evi,nts will remain in place until after the Paralympic Games next year. • Extension to the LQCal N&ighbollrhood Tea􀊋s Later this month we _will be augmenting the local neighbourhood leal)1S on both •ides oUtie rivi,rwith 12 dedicated officers from the Special Constabulary .(volunteer officers). They will _be in place until after the Paralympic Games to prnvide additional patrols and deal with local problems including those already identified 1o'11I1}- through th 􀜋 various neighbourhood ac.>tion .groups lh􀜌t_cover the 'footprint' around the Dorney Lake . .Jhis will include Burnham. Etpn and south Slμugh to _the.north and_ Bra,y, Clewer an.d DedwμrtiJ to the smith .. O_n their first patrol.they dealt with two' yo uths in a suspicious vehicle so a,;, alr'eady proving •jhe1r worth. Further details of these officers will be provided in the ne> To"l"'1h or<>o - s;,. Q ..... , ... _ry lt,j'"30 Dorn<1yCcmmon \ As explained at our original event, the LOCOG transport plan, whilst not finalised yet,is planning that in order to r8duc;e traffic conge$lion on _the roads around the venue it is the intention to bail spectator parking at Dorney Lake and Windsor Racecourse and use a system of Park and Rides. Details of thf>Sl:> Parl< and Rides inMaiden􀓧ead, Slo\/gh and Windsor Great Park have been released (courtesy of th.e El8C again!) At the time of writing we still expe<;t LOCOG/ODA to hold further consultation events _fhiS autumn about-Local Area Traffic Plan arrangements. http://www.bbc.eo.uk/news/uk-enqland-berkshire-14911974 Send feedbaclsfquest/ons on the contents of this bulletin to: TVPOJympics@thamesvitlley.pnn.pOlice.:uk The above map is originally in colour and when reproduced here in black and wh.ite is of little value. I suggest you click on to the TVPOlympic webpage. Ed. BBC NEWS Olympics 2012: Park and ride schemes for Dorney Lake events Dorney Lake is the venue for the rowing and kayak events at the Olympics Four temporary park and ride sites are being set up in Berkshire to get 30,000 fans to Olympic 2012 rowing events. Braywick Park and Stafferton Way, Maidenhead, Upton Court Park, Slough and Windsor Great Park will be used to help spectators attending by road. Buses will travel to Windsor Racecourse where a temporary bridge over the Thames will give access to Dorney Lake. Phil Bicknell from Windsor and Maidenhead council said any temporary road disruptions would be worth it. The councillor, in charge of highways, transport and the environment at the Conservative-run council added: "We can't have hundreds and thousands of cars all over the place so it makes sense to satellite park them and then free shuttle bus them in." "But to have this event going on once in your lifetime in your own back garden is an amazing thing." 'No confidence' However, Taplow resident Robin White told the BBC that people living around Dorney Lake had not been given enough information about the plans. "The locals are frightened to death about what's going to happen," he said. "I've been told I shan't be able to turn le􀘫 off my drive because I'm on the main Bath Road." "Don't get me wrong, I love sport. I want it to be a success but I've got no confidence in what these people are doing." Dorney Lake is the venue for the rowing and kayak events in the Olympic and Paralympic Games between 28 July and 3 September 2012. -s- • FRENCH EVENING AT DORNEY VILLAGE HALL ON SATURDAY gTH OCTOBER 201 1 FROM 8PM COME ALONG AND JOIN US FOR AN EVENINdS ENTERTAINMENT WITH MUSIC, DANCING, FOOD, RAFFLE & PRIZES DRESS CODE: FRENCH THEME PRIZE FOR THE BEST THEMED OUTFIT BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL AND GLASSES TICKETS COST £13.50. IF PURCHASED IN ADVANCE OR £15 ON THE NIGHT FOR TICKETS PLEASE CONTACT GRAHAM EASTON ON 07503745760 OR ALAN RUSSELL ON 07802436850 -9- Sue Moffat Pa􀓒sh Clerk Tel: 01753 655331 Fax: 01753 654922 c0(7lllep 􀁖arish -h, ii» 􀛸 -. .. ii» ..,... r,,t,n,. If ,.. ...,IJ file,, .,. - -, ,,...., Mc at.,.. ......t od. 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ISSUE NO. 10/11 DECEMBER 2011 EDITORIAL You􀕚will􀕚read􀕚 in􀕚the􀕚Parish􀕚Council􀕚 Minutes􀕚 in􀕚this􀕚issue􀕚that􀕚the􀕚M4􀕚is􀕚to􀕚be􀕚 resurfaced􀕚 between􀕚 junctions􀕚8/9􀕚 and􀕚6􀕚and􀕚that􀕚the􀕚Clerk􀕚has􀕚been􀕚 asked􀕚to􀕚 ensure􀕚that􀕚 the􀕚 Highways􀕚Agency􀕚 uses􀕚 low􀕚 noise􀕚tarmac.􀕚 The􀕚 work􀕚 was􀕚 scheduled􀕚to􀕚 commence􀕚 on􀕚 16th􀕚 November􀕚 and􀕚 is,􀕚 presumably,􀕚 now􀕚 completed.􀕚 If􀕚you􀕚 have􀕚 not􀕚 noticed􀕚a􀕚 reduction􀕚 in􀕚traffic􀕚noise􀕚 it􀕚 is􀕚 because􀕚 our􀕚 e􀕂pectations􀕚 were􀕚unfounded.􀕚 It􀕚transpires􀕚that􀕚resurfacing􀕚was􀕚 only􀕚between􀕚 junctions􀕚6􀕚and􀕚 7􀕚and􀕚perhaps􀕚 up􀕚to􀕚 the􀕚 Jubilee􀕚River􀕚bridge.􀕚 And,􀕚 although􀕚 low􀕚noise􀕚tarmac􀕚 was􀕚to􀕚 be􀕚 used,􀕚 the􀕚work􀕚was􀕚confined􀕚to􀕚'patching',􀕚and􀕚only􀕚on􀕚the􀕚eastbound􀕚 lanes.􀕚 The􀕚road􀕚was􀕚 no􀕚doubt􀕚closed􀕚from􀕚junction􀕚8/9􀕚to􀕚 facilitate􀕚 the􀕚work.􀕚 It􀕚is􀕚very􀕚disappo inting,􀕚 a􀕚 low􀕚noise􀕚 surface􀕚 over􀕚 the􀕚Thames􀕚 bridge􀕚would􀕚 have􀕚been􀕚a􀕚wonderful􀕚 present,􀕚 and􀕚 not􀕚just􀕚for􀕚Christmas!􀕚 We􀕚thank􀕚everyone􀕚associated􀕚with􀕚this􀕚 magazine,􀕚 DPC,􀕚 local􀕚 organisations,􀕚 regular􀕚contributors,􀕚 advertisers􀕚and􀕚distributors.􀕚 After􀕚decades􀕚of􀕚delivering􀕚 the􀕚magazine,􀕚 John􀕚and􀕚 Mary􀕚Jackman􀕚 have􀕚had􀕚to􀕚retire􀕚from􀕚 their􀕚round.􀕚We􀕚 are􀕚 indebted􀕚to􀕚them􀕚 for􀕚 being􀕚 part􀕚 of􀕚the􀕚delivery􀕚'team'􀕚 for􀕚so􀕚 many􀕚years,􀕚 and􀕚 wish􀕚them􀕚 well.􀕚 Harry􀕚 McGuinness􀕚 has􀕚very􀕚 kindly􀕚volunteered􀕚to􀕚 take􀕚 over􀕚 John􀕚 and􀕚 Mary's􀕚 'customers'.􀕚 Distributors􀕚will􀕚be􀕚asking􀕚 for􀕚your􀕚subscription􀕚 for􀕚2012􀕚 in􀕚February.􀕚 Despite􀕚 inflation ,􀕚there􀕚 will􀕚 be􀕚 no􀕚 price􀕚 increase,􀕚 and􀕚 􀕋5􀕚􀔸ll􀕚secure􀕚 your􀕚 access􀕚to􀕚 local􀕚 news,􀕚 events􀕚 and􀕚 opinions􀕚for􀕚 the􀕚whole􀕚year!􀕚 THE􀕚 DORNEY􀕚 PARISH􀕚 NEWS􀕚IS􀕚NOT􀕚 PUBLISHED􀕚IN􀕚JANUARY􀕚 Christmas and New Year Refuse and Recycling Collection Dates. All refuse, green waste and recycling collections will be􀕚as follows Normal􀕚Collection􀕚 Day􀕚 Revised􀕚 Collection􀕚Day􀕚 Wednesday 28th December Thursday 29th December Wednesday 4th January Thursday 5th .January Revd Lucy Holt writes: I am looking forward in a few weeks to switching on our Christmas lights outside the Vicarage. I am probably a bit of a big kid but I do love Christmas lights giving one a warm feeling in the dark days of winter. Lights at Christmas though point to a profound truth which is at the heart of the Christmas message - Jesus Light in our darkness. The message that Jesus the Light of the Wortd came into the wortd born as the baby at Bethlehem. Light is important in our lives to show us where to go and to help us and keep us safe. In the same way at Christmas we celebrate Jesus the Light of the Wortd who by coming to the earth showed us the way we should live and showed God's ultimate care and love for the wortd. Please do join us this Christmas in celebrating once more this great truth. Revd Lucy Holt For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in December 2011 and January 2012 Sunday 4th December 􀃏 9.30 am Holy Communior {said BCP) 1 1 .00 am 'Our Space' Family Service 6.30 pm Advent Carol Service Wednesday 7th December 10.00 am Holy Communion {said BCP) Sunday 11th December 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion Sunday 18th December 1 1 .00 am Morning Worship with carols 4.30 pm Crib Service 6.30 pm Carol Service Wednesday 21st December 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Saturday 24th December: Christmas Eve 4.00 pm Christingle Service 5.30 pm Christingle Service 11.30 pm Midnight Communion 11.30 pm Midnight Communion -2- st James the Less Dorney st John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton st John the Evangelist Eton st James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick st John the Evangelist Eton st John the Baptist Eton Wick st James the Less Dorney st John the Evangelist Eton St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney st James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 25th December: Christmas Day 9.00 am Family Communion 1 0.15 am Family Service followed by Communion Sunday 1st January St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 1 1 .00 am Combined Family Communion Service St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 4th January 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 8th January 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion Sunday 15th January St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 18th January 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 22nd January 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 29th January 1 1 .00 am Combined Service Boveney Church St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton We had hoped to hold a carol service at Boveney again this year. Unfortunately due to continued work on the inside of the building we are unable to have a service at this 􀏆hurch. Hopefully when _all the work is finished next year we will hold a special service to mark the end of this phase of restoration. MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Mondays . Meadow Way 13.20- 13.35 p.m. Dates for201 1 : Dec. 5 19 Dates for 2012 : Jan. 16 30 Feb. 13 27 March. 12 26 DORNEY TENNIS COURT Opeo to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 Sue Moffat Parish Clerk Tel: 01753 655331 Fu: 01753 654922 Email: dorneycoancil@co-net.com www.bucksinfo.net/dorneypc (,Yi ftF[Y! '£'i .-----, Minutes of the Dorney Parish Council Meeting C/o Iver Parish Council 63 Chequers Orchard IVER Bucks SL0 9NJ held at the Eton Dorney Centre on Tuesday 8111.November, 2011 at 8 pm Present:- Councillors K Harris (chaired the meeting), A Purdie, P Smith, Mrs Kittel, Mr E Nelson and G Easton. In Attendance:- Mrs S Moffat (Clerk), Mrs Williams, Ian Barham. 95 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Ian Barham, Buclcingbamshire Manage, for the 2012 Games, reported that there is a £50,000 legacy for 4 main community events. The Torch Relay will come through Dorney on 10• July 2012. It will be visiting the lake and the community of Dorney will be invited to this event i.e. residents and school children. Regards Traffic Management, there has been no final decision on the issuing of permits as this will depend on the location of check points. There will be a public consultation on the Olympic Route network on 2111 November. There will be no stopping in Marsh Lane, Court Lane and Lake End during the event which wilJ be enforced by Thames Valley Police Authority. In the New Year there will be a 4 week consultation on the Local Area Traffic Management Plan. There will be no restrictions to visiting the area for - residents and their visitors. The local businesses, Park and Ride and the Pineapple PH, have raised concerns and LOCOG is meeting with them. The detailed operation of the event is still on-going but LOCOO will ensure disruption is minimised to residents and businesses. This week LOCOO are looking at the 'Look & Feel' resource e.g. planting schemes (working with local horticultural groups) and an educational art programme (working with the school). The proposed schemes will come back to the community to be finalised. There will be a Business Information Workshop on 23111 November from 1 to 4.30pm at Burnham Park Hall to promote the benefits of the Olympics to local businesses. The following concerns were raised which Ian Barham will investigate and report back (i) travelling to Church on Sundays during the event, (ii) disabled access from Windsor Station via footpath, (ill) loss of internet access on local communications dwing the games, (iv) unable to access the Local Events programme. Report from SBDC: Cllr A Dhillon reported that the planning permission for the 2.Sm sleeper wall at Orchard Herbs Farm was permitted. The Parish Council objected to this and is concerned that the conditions of this permission are being flouted as there is now hardstanding outside the sleeper walls with caravans that people are living in. Mr Smith again raised the issue that the Certificate of Lawfulness of Use bas been breached and SBDC, like Taplow Car Boot Sales, are allowing the situation to get out of band. Cllr A Dhillon wiU pursue this with SBDC. The only alternative will be for Dorney Parish Council to take the matter to the Local Government Ombudsman. Bucks County Council's report: Cllr D Dhillon urged councillors to respond to the Budget consultation. He reported that M4 Junction 9/8 to 6 is due to be resurfaced. The Clerk was asked to ensure that the Highways Agency uses low noise tarmac. Also Cllr Dhillon reported that be has not received the petition from the school for the gritting of roads. Mrs Kittel will organise for this to be addressed. Mr Harris asked Cllr D Dhillon to investigate the reasons that it took the Fire Brigade 45 minutes to respond to a house fire in the village and the fact the water hydrant was not working. 96 Apologies received from Mrs Foxley. 97 Resolved to receive and approve the minutes of the previous meetings held on the 1 1111 October 2011 after amending Minute 81. 3 (c) to delete 'warranty' and to state ' .. .length of the life expectancy' .. 98 Disclosure of interest in items oa the agenda-Cllr Easton disclosed an interest in Agenda Item 102 regards the Village Hall. Q 99 Clerk's Report -(a) No response as yet 􀏿 Ms Nimmo (ODA) regarding letter with reference 􀓽g up a meeting to discuss a legacy for Dorney, (b)Press release from Chief Inspector Kate Ford - Following the opening of Taplow Police Base on 21st October 2011, staff from Burnham Police Station will be rel􀑸g to Taplow after the 2012 Olympics, (c) WRG (Waste Recycling Group) have been awarded the new co􀑮act for BCC's ten household waste recycling centres which will result in an anticipated saving of 30% of approved budget and an improved service. 􀑁NCbairman's Report - Mr Harris 􀓀ised concern about the 􀑞resentation of the facts regards the press report on the Village Hall after the last Council meeting. 101 To resolve to res􀒢d to the prese􀑭tions on the redevel􀒆ent pro􀒣 for the Bishop Centre, Taplow. Mr Harris was diS8􀒥inted that the Highways Consultant was not 􀒫t at this 􀑝 to answer the Highways's 􀐪 so no 􀓎 was 􀑚. 102 Rebuild of Do􀓝ey Village Hall - Resolved to (a) agree the method 􀓈g the Parish Council's public c􀑿sultation to find out if the community agrees to an increase in 􀒨 for the refurbishment of the Village Hall as follows:- A postal vote will be sent to everyone on the electoral role with a posta􀑆 􀓏 (b) agree an acceptable level of response and level of a􀐏ent from the questionnaire in orde􀒹 to pr􀑹ed with applying for the l􀑶n as follows - Non-repliers and spoiled 􀓐 will not be counted, over 50% of the replies will ca􀑣y the vote for or against. Mrs Kittel wil􀑃 pr􀑺uce a questio􀑨 for approval at the next council meeting to be sent out early in the New Year. Update fr􀑳m the Village Hall Co􀑟ittee - The Business Plan is 75% completed and the financial pro􀐯ections are being drawn up. There is a cost involved to pay for an architect to draw up the tender documents but accurate costs are needed for the grant applications. 9.50pm Mr Easton le􀐃 the meeting. 103 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations - Mrs Kittel repo􀓰 that the pro􀒤 are to have a hog 􀓢st and street party with Diamond Jubilee mugs to present to the children. The exact costs are not yet 􀐶own. It was resolved that the Pa􀒸ish C􀒏ncil will underwrite any loss up to a limit of £500. 104 Resolved that individual councillors will respond to the Public Consultation on the •Buc􀐵n􀐊 County Council's Consultation on Bud􀐉 Priorities 2012/13'. 10S Resolved to dele􀐆te to Mr Nelson to submit comments on the 'Scrutiny Review into Transport for Buck􀐩 services'. 106. Resolved not to respond to the Street Light Energy Saving Trial Consultation. 107. Planning of community events up to 2012 Olympia - Mrs Kittel has been d􀑲ing a lot of networking and is pleased that the Olympics Committee now recognises Do􀓞ey and are keen to ensure the local co􀑘munity are involved. 108. Planning a. Resolved to note planning issues, decisions and appeals recently notified by South Buc􀐳s District Council -None received. b􀕹 Resolved to consider and comment on applications -None received .. 109 Finance a) Resolved to authorise 􀒙􀑙ent of Accounts for November201 l in the sum of £1362.24 net as appended. b) Resolved to receive list of income for Novem.ber201 l -None received. c) Resolved to receive recent bank statements and chairman to sign reconcil􀐠ons. 110 Correspondence-None 111 Circular􀓷 to receive and note November circulars as per attac􀐛 list. 112Member's Reports None available. Mrs Kittel offered to be the Parish Council's repre􀓼ve at the NAG's meetings. 113 Resolved any complaints received fr􀑴m residents -None. 114 Maintenance and Highway emp􀑋ork-U􀑧􀑏 the Highway's employee is unwell and will not be at work for a while. Date of next meeting - 8pm on 136 December, 2011 and Finance meeting on 22 .. November at the Eton Dorney Centre Meeting cl􀒊ed at 10.10 p.m. Chairman ..............•.......•.•.•.......•.••...................... Date ...................................... .. Q Dorney Social Diary Thursday 1 st December Saturday 10'" December Tuesday 13111 December Wednesday 14 .. December Friday 16'" December New Year's Eve Wednesday 11'" January Saturday 11'" February DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITfEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VlLLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Dorney History Group Coffee Morning Eton Dorney Centre 10.30 Lm. - 12.30 p.m. TV AP Taplow Youth Choir Concert Windsor Methodist Cbureh, Alma Road 7.30 p.m. Eton Dorney Centre Over 60s Cbristmu Luocb Eton Domey Centre 12 noon. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Etoll Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Children's Christmas DilCII Village Hall 5-(i.30 p.m. & 7-$.311 p.m. Dance Party. Village Hall 8 p.m. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Valentine Dance. Village Hall 8 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except Augnst) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate m.onths Le. January, March Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the V,cuage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 -2.00 13/12 Christmas lunch 12 noon 10/1 1412 1313 10/3 8/S 12/6 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in but in gronnds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alsn Rnssell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.Dt. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME ********** Area Co-ordinator:􀑼 VOLUNTEER WANTED ********** TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 Dear Residents , In order to continue to raise funds to maintain our playgro und, the committee is holding a Children's Chr.istmas Disco in the village hall on Friday 16th December 2011. All details are below and tickets are available to buy at the Tu ck Shop after school (village hall) or alternatively see one of the committee members: Leanne Kittel 07919484855, Jo Ellis, Zoe Gilbert or Leon Williams. We do hope to see your children there and as always thank you so very much for your support. Ct ristM o.s ':Dis co .,., ,.,.,i,..,.. .............. &s.:...1􀀞d.aor"􀀟-... "-•-,-:i...,..... ·i-J..£..i-..J.<.....t+,,,sl<-.tk.i.t.4,&􀁈 ,• Ml-􀀠􀀡). f '"'1""'"""'-....... --'& ... """., .,􀂦 "--::,,,,,,e .,........ ' 􀁉 -.􀁊 h,(n u􀁋r"J.J Sessionl: 17.00-18.30 for preschool children to year 2 Session 2: 19.00-20.30 for school year 3 upwards Tickets are priced at just £5.00 and now include: Disco, with laser lighting, fog snow and bubble machine Pizza and pasta Face painting, Prizes The Tuck Shop will be available for the purchase of drinks sweets etc The kitchen will be open for adults to purchase warm mulled wine and mince pies, tea, coffee or hot chocolate and Baileys! (N.B All children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult) www.plgyground4dorney.org.uk for any further details Dorney History Group It is unlikely, bk should this issue of the DPN be circulated before the end of the moath you are reminded of the Coffee Morning at the Eton Dorney Centre on Thursday 1st December from 10.30am to 12.30pm and you are invited to this infurmal get-together to discover who has knowledge to share and who is interested in learning more about the history of the Parish. THE􀚃SUMMER􀚃OF􀚃2012􀚃WILL􀚃BE􀚃MOMENTOUS􀚃AND􀚃EXCITING.􀚃 The􀚃Queen's􀚃Diamond􀚃Jubilee;􀚃British􀚃Open􀚃Golf􀚃Championship,􀚃Wimbledon;􀚃2012􀚃 Olympics􀚃and􀚃Paralympics􀚃...􀚃the􀚃eyes􀚃of􀚃the􀚃world􀚃will􀚃be􀚃on􀚃the􀚃Uni􀘘􀚃Kingdom􀚃and􀚃 millions􀚃of􀚃people􀚃of􀚃all􀚃ages􀚃will􀚃be􀚃part􀚃of􀚃the􀚃celebrations.􀚃South􀚃Bucks􀚃will,􀚃of􀚃course,􀚃 be􀚃 a􀚃very􀚃special􀚃place􀚃with􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃and􀚃Paralympic􀚃Rowing􀚃 venue􀚃at􀚃Dorney􀚃on􀚃our􀚃 doorstep.􀚃There􀚃are􀚃many􀚃ways􀚃of􀚃joining􀚃in􀚃with􀚃the􀚃excitement􀚃of􀚃the􀚃games􀚃and􀚃below􀚃are􀚃 just􀚃a􀚃few􀚃ideas􀚃to􀚃get􀚃you􀚃started.􀚃 LONDON􀚃2012􀚃LOCAL􀚃LEADERS􀚃 If􀚃you􀚃have􀚃an􀚃idea􀚃of􀚃how􀚃you􀚃want􀚃to􀚃celebrate􀚃the􀚃Games􀚃within􀚃your􀚃community􀚃or􀚃are􀚃 keen􀚃on􀚃creating􀚃your􀚃own􀚃events􀚃but􀚃need􀚃a􀚃li􀘷􀚃inspiration,􀚃why􀚃not􀚃sign􀚃up􀚃to􀚃LOCOG􀚃 and􀚃become􀚃a􀚃London􀚃2012􀚃 Local􀚃Leader􀚃and􀚃get􀚃both􀚃ideas􀚃and􀚃support.􀚃The􀚃LOCOG􀚃web􀚃 site􀚃has􀚃some􀚃ideas􀚃from􀚃communities􀚃across􀚃the􀚃UK􀚃who􀚃have􀚃already􀚃signed􀚃 up.􀚃You􀚃 know􀚃what􀚃will􀚃work􀚃in􀚃your􀚃community􀚃and􀚃you􀚃know􀚃how􀚃to􀚃make􀚃It􀚃happen,􀚃so􀚃don't􀚃hold􀚃 back.􀚃This􀚃is􀚃a􀚃once􀚃in􀚃a􀚃lifetime􀚃opportunity􀚃for􀚃the􀚃UK􀚃and􀚃South􀚃Bucks􀚃and􀚃with􀚃your􀚃help􀚃 we􀚃can􀚃really􀚃make􀚃these􀚃games􀚃local!􀚃 ETON􀚃 DORNEY􀚃CALLING􀚃 There􀚃are􀚃still􀚃Games􀚃related􀚃volunteer􀚃opportunities􀚃for􀚃local􀚃young􀚃people.􀚃 If􀚃you􀚃are􀚃16- 1 8 􀚃years􀚃of􀚃age􀚃why􀚃not􀚃check􀚃out􀚃the􀚃following􀚃website􀚃www.eton-rin!J 􀂍01<1r own drinl And Glasses AJJ Wefcorne Ticl f& £13 in advance or £1S at the door fhone Afan llusseH 81628 '784S1S llornei, \'illa9e l'lall Mana9ement Committee -12- • .. • • .. • 13 November 2011 The Editor Dorney Parish News Dear Editor 28 Castle Lane Warwick CV34 4DA I wonder if I could use your magazine to make a plea for help. I am writing this to you on a sunny Sunday afternoon but we are being told that we are going to have a winter colder than that of last year!! My parents live in Dorney Reach and currently have carers visiting the house four times a day to feed them and get my mother up, washed and dressed and then to put her to bed. I am concerned that if we have some really bad weather and the carers cannot get through to Dorney they will be left with no assistance. I live in Warwick so would not be able to get there to help. I was wondering if there is a carer in the village who would be willing to provide paid help if the weather was so bad that the current carers could not attend. Obviously this would be a short notice situation. If anyone feels they are able to help please could they contact me at the above address, or via e-mail on lizziwaters@yahoo.co.uk or by phone on 01926 479051 . Thank you Yours sincerely Liz Waters ETON DORNEY CENTRE OVER 60's LUNCH CLUB Christmas Lunch at the Eton Dorney Centre on Tuesday 13th Dec 2(!11. Please join us from 12 noon for a glass of sherry and to eat , at l;.30 . • There will he other surprises and more ... Cost £5.S0 Please contact Lili Illes at 01628 662823 From Bucks CC Christmas Day Lunch If you know anyone who will be alone on Christmas Day, they may like to join in the festivities at the Salvation Army. This is FREE but needs to be booked in advance. Salvation Anny, 16b Cowley Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2LT 10 am to 3.30 pm Phone: 01895 234088 Lunch, games and en􀓙ent. Keep Warm, Keep Well! - T􀐳􀒑 for keeping warm this winter!!! Heat your home well Set your 􀓞ostat between 18-21centi􀐑e/64-70 Fahrenheit. You'll s􀓓y warm and keep your bills low. If you feel cold at ni􀐊, use a hot water bottle and extra blankets. Get financia􀑓 suppo􀒺 There are 􀐒, benefits and advice available to make your home ene􀒨y efficient, improve your beating or help with bills. Make sure you claim all of t􀐣 benefits you are entitled to. Just ring the Welfare benefi􀓰 team on (01296) 382309. If you're eli􀐎ble for a Winter Fuel Payment, make sure you have received it. Eat Well Fo􀑿 is a vital 􀓈􀓺􀒟ce of ene􀒩, which helps to keep your body war􀑟. Try to make sure yo􀓹 and your 􀒠mily have hot meals and hot drinks regularly throughout the day. Get a flu 􀐼ab Have a long term health co􀑯ition or are over 65? You can get a 􀐀 in􀐽ection from your GP. Look a􀐂er yourself and othe􀑩 Remember to wrap up wa􀑪n if you need to go outside on cold days. If you have older neighbours or relatives look out for them during winter to make sure they are safe and well. On really cold/icy days don't go out un􀑕ess neces􀓂, and make sure you have plenty of p􀒵vision s in case it snows unex􀒌y. Make life difficult for the distraction hnrglar! A distraction burglary is when someone calls at a door where they think 􀓉meone vulnerable may live; this may be an older per􀓀on or someone with a disability. Follow these simple steps to protect yourself and your home: Lock: Keep all doors and windows l􀑼ked when not in use. Don't leave the keys in the lock but do keep them near the door or window in case of an emergency such as a f􀐴re. Stop: Before you answer the door, stop and think - are you expecting anyone, or has anyone 􀓅nt you a letter 􀑠 an appoin􀓤ent? Before answering the door check that the back door is l􀑾ed. If possible check through the spy hole or glass 􀒈el to 􀓆 if you recognise the person. Chain: If you decide to o􀒋n the door, place the door bar or chain on f􀐸t. Check: If someone looks official, q􀓼on them as to whom they are, where they are from, why they are calling then ask for ID. Take the ID, close the door, then look up the organisation or company in the phone book or ring directory enquires and ask them to co􀑲rm the phone n umber on the carc􀑔. Or set up a password scheme with anyone t􀐠t visits your home. • • • --- - - - -- - -- - - - -- - - BBC Radio 3 'Youth Choir of the Year 2008' CONDUCTOR-GILLIAN DIBDEN SATORDAY 1 0tb DECEMBER 201 1 WINDSOR METHODIST CHORCH Alll)a Road, WiQdsor, SL4 3HH 7.30 p.n,. Tickets £ 1 0 (Stude11ts u.1 6 £8) Call 0 1 628 628051 or el'l)ail dol)atiol)s@tvap.co.uk . . . helping to raise funds for the THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND for children & adults with all types of special need Registered Charity No. 278336 Bath Road Tap/ow, Maidenhead, SL6 OPR www.tvap.co.uk -15- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome to the latest newsl-• from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 HAVE YOUR SAY The next beat surgery will be held on: Thursday 1111: December between 11-2pm at Sainsburys, Taplow,the beat team will be carrying out a Winter Car Campaign with Bucks County Road Safety Officers please come along and get a free ice scraper!! Please feel free to come along and meet your neighbourhood police team and discuss any issues or concerns you have or alternatively you can e-mail us at: Taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORmES Anti-social behaviour (ASB) - For the Halloween and Firework period there will be increased patrols by all the neighbourhood teams in and around the area. If you experience any problems then please call us on 08458 505 505. Vehicle Crime We are still experiencing vehicle crime in the Dorney and Taplow areas, many of our car parks are isolated and remote. Please ensure that you remove all valuables from your vehicie when left unattended. Burglary The Neighbourhood team recently carried out a Darker Nights Event at Sainsburys in Taplow providing crime reduction advice in relation to going home to dark properties with the nights drawing in. They also provided Select DNA property marking kits and timers to local residents. NAG Priorities Litter/Parking /Otymplcs The NAG are still working on these long term issues. If you are interested in becoming involved in tackling these new priorities then please contact the neighbourhood team or come along to the next NAG meeting on Thursday 9th December 2011 at Dorney Combined School, Dorney. Thames Valley goes live with 101 Thames Valley Police is due to go live with 101, the new national singSe non emergency number on 1411'1 November 2011, this will replace the 08458 505 505 number. Both numbers will run side by side until March 2012. Calls to 101 (from both landlines and mobile networks ) cost 15 pence per call no matter what time of day the call is made or the duration of the call. Crime Update Stanley Butler was charged with an attempted burglary in Hag Hill_ Lane in Taplow. Jack Yarrow has been sentenced to a 12 Month Community Order, complete 80 hours community service and £250 fines for a Theft from a Motor Vehicle in Taplow. And a third male is currently under investigation for a distraction burglary in Dorney Community Messaging Community Messaging is a free service which provides information to subscribers about crime and police activity in their area via phone or email. It also includes information on what we and our partner services are doing to bring offenders to justice or combat anti-social behaviour. 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Classes in Eton, Datchet and Windsor Principal: Susan Handy, F.I.S.T.D. Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail: office@susanhandydance.co.uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀂰 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning Hours of Business: 08:30 - 1 7:30 Monday - Friday Tel/Fax: 01 628 6031 88 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Tel: 01 628 668562 l r (g) The Village Hall Committee produces a workable management plan to ensure the business plan and financial forecast is achieved. (h) To ensure all legal aspects .,.covered. Tree and hedge planting at tlae Picnic Park, Ricla.moad Path and a few in Meadow Way/Harcourt Road. Mrs Easton has raised concern about the condition of the hedgerow and trees and the maintenance programme. It was agreed that the hedgerow which has died back should be replaced as n:commended by Wyevale and to monitor the trees to ensure they are still alive in the spring. Mrs Easton has announced that she would @re to retire as Tree Waroen. Dorney Parish Council thanked Mrs Easton for all her hard work and will advertise in local newsletters for a volunteer. NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 0 I 628 788997 Sunday 27th November at 7.30 p.m. Michael Law presents Cocktails and Laughter From the founder and director of The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, Michael Law is a stylish interpreter of the Noel Coward songbook. Studio. Tickets £13 (£11 cone.) SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Saturday 26th November at 7.30 p.m. Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Adagio for Strings The Centre, Slough The Walle to the Paradise Garden Rhapsody in Blue Four Sea Interludes Handel in the Strand Phantom of the Opera Orpheus in the Underworld Overture Tickets £14 Students & U16s £10 Walton Barber Delius Gershwin Britten Grainger Lloyd Webber Offenbach The SPS box office is managed through the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Allwood Road, Maidenhead, SUi 4PF. Telephone 01628 788997 www.sloughphil.org Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part "P" Approved Additional Sockets - Ughts New Fuse Boards - Updates • Seairity - Attic Ughttng Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All Other Electrical Work Free advice aAndll -estrkim gatesuan inteed No job too small Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 -11- -NAPIT Dorney Olympic Countdown Group Minutes from meeting held on Tuesday 4th October 2011 at 7:30pm Venue: Hut at Dorney School Represented: Playground4Domey, St James Church, Dorney Village Hall, Parish Council, Walk to School, Reactivate Bucks, Cadburys Spot v Strips, Cyclewise, Dorney Horticultural Society and local residents Leanne Kittel chaired the meeting and started with an update from Jan Barham from Bucks 2012 • Dorney School is now registered with the get set network. Mrs Grove does still need to return agreement form to complete registration according to get set records. • Again to confirm there is very little hope of a permanent bridge from Windsor to Dorney as an Olympic legacy. • BBC news want a location in the village, currently looking at Eton Dorney centre. Mrs Grove has also offered the school as a venue. BBC sports and ITV are also looking for a suitable off site venue for the rowing. Look & Feel project for the Olympics is currently under way and in Its consultation stages. Considering a Public Art installation for all local groups to contribute to i.e. school, youth club, church etc ... Locations have been considered, one of which is the wall at the main T junction between Court Lane and Lake End Road. Bunting, flags etc for residential streets. Planting area which may be near Eton Dorney Centre junction with Lake End Road. Bucks 201 2 are looking for volunteers as meet & greet marshals from the area. LK to advertise this in the next Parish Mag. • Other main consideration at the moment is the transport; only other news on transport at present is that restr-kttons-will be from 7am to 7pm every day. ODA are in the process of setting up a drop In centre at the Bishop Centre, presumably until Jan 201 2 when the Centre closes. • Other information not relating to the Olympics is there may be moneys available from the redevelopment of the Bishop Centre. • The Olympic Torch will come through Dorney on 1 om July 2012. Ian confirmed Trumper's Field as a location for a big screen to view the games is a no go. There will be one at Burnham Park Hall. As alternative for Dorney residents only is a screen inside the Village Hall showing the Games? Subject to the Hall being available. • Bucks 2012 are arranging a Cultural weekend of the history of the paralympics. They would like input from the newly formed Dorney History Society. It was mentioned that Taplow Court also had previous involvement in an Olympic games Events Actioned: Steve (Cyclewise) - Offers the Dorney School the bike ability course (cycling proficiency) which is fully funded Committee agree on events for the year dates to be confirmed: l . Two Olympic themed walks to school - on the 1 Qth July (Tuesday) the day the torch is coming through the village and the last day of summer term. 2. Family walk around Dorney with a treasure hunt and possibly finishing with a picnic or at the Palmer Arms. 3. Dragon Boat race which the lake are happy to host (Summer event) with Hog roast. 4. Family Fun Day - with Cadburys spots v stripes. -12- 5. Street Party for Queen's Diamond jubilee (not an Olympic event but it will be arranged by the same people so agreed to list it as an event). 6. Village Fete - in conjunction with the DHS annual show. Note to DHS - before setting the calendar of events for 2012 make sure the dates are not clashing with the Olympics (e.g. normally the first Saturday of Sept - believe this is the opening of the Paralympics, suggest the previous weekend?). 7. A party for Dorney residents at the lake to tour the venue or view the opening/closing ceremonies at the Lake. Need to press Locog to make this one happen. Sports events: 1 . Cycle Event level 1 - off road (Ideal for school years S & 6) 2. Virtual reality cycle ride - ideal for the winter 3. Historical cycle tour of Dorney 4. Reactivate Bucks will support: a. Setting up a jogging club b. Nordic walking taster c. Zumba taster & more d. Tennis coaching 5. Other taster events to include: a. Fitness class - Lisa a local Instructor to run b. Bowls club c. Badminton Club d. Tennis Club (local to support by gaining funds for some equipment) 6. Cadburys are currently running an indoor activity called 'in it to win it' until December. Ideally would like arrange this but may be short on time. 7. Tree walk of the Lake including the school, warden at the lake could do this or woodland trust. 8. OHS arrange a local annual event normally in May and perhaps this could have an Olympic theme and tie in with the above event. AOB: Note Jill Palmer had offered the use of Dorney Court for an event. There are a lot of events listed and we may need to combine them to make it all happen MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate􀕚Mondays􀕚. Meadow Way 13.20􀕚- 13.35􀕚p.m.􀕚 Dates for 2011 Nov. 7 21 Dec. 5 19 DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £3S fam.ily Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 BBC Radio 3 'Youth Choir of the Year 2008' CONDUCTOR-GILLIAN DIBDEN SATORDAY 1 0tb DECEMBER 201 1 WINDSOR METHODIST CHORCH Alll)a Road, Wil)dsor, SL4 3HH 7.30 p.n,. Tickets £ 1 0 (Studel)ts u.1 6 £8) Call O 1 628 62805 1 or ell)ail dooatioos@tvap.co.uk . . . helping to raise funds for the THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND for children & adults with all types of special need Registered Charity No. 278336 Bath Road Tap/ow, Maidenhead, SL6 OPR -14- www.tvap.co.uk Supercallifragilisticexpealidociousl The last few months have produced dreadful reports about abuse of older people. Sadly, there is nothing new in this, and unless attitudes change the situation will only get worse, Everyone is living longer, often becoming increasingly frail, both physically and mentally, as they do so, and the age gap between carers and frail old patients is becoming so wide that the relationship can become almost impossible. After all, a 30 year old nurse has absolutely nothing in common with an incontinent, senile, disabled 80 year old. Or has she? I believe that abuse stops when carers recognise that they are looking after people who have been young and full of hope and energy, just like themselves. When I was working, I was in charge of 4 residential centres for adults of all ages, the "young disabled" and the "dementia" units were among my favourite places to visit. Residents in the latter were in advanced stages of Alzheimer's or similar debilitating diseases. Some of them looked very frail, but there were smiles and even laughter. The staff treated them with respect and affection. We always asked families to bring in photos of the residents when they were young. Wedding photos were on many of the bedside lockers. These pictures of youth helped all the staff to identify with the residents as real people like themselves. Also carers and nurses were carefully selected for their compassion and sense of humour, as well as their experience. Most stayed with us for decades. We believed that however serious memory loss was, there was always something there. Often music brought back memories. There was one old lady who couldn't speak and didn't remember any of her family, but if we asked, she could sing "Phil the Fluter's Ball" from end to end. One visitor used to bring a tape recorder and play 30! dance music. Then she and her totally senile husband would waltz together romantically on the terrace outside the Unit. I had a wonderful experience this year when I revisited our Southport care centre for the first time since I retired 8 years ago. Before I left a lady had been admitted following a massive stroke. She had serious brain damage and almost no speech. I often set residents like her a fun challenge to aim towards as part of their recovery. I gave her a word to try to say and promised that I would give her a kiss when she said it to me. She didn't manage it before I retired, but this time she was still there, looking extremely frail and confused, but when she recognised me she smiled lopsidedly and very slowly said the word at the top of this page. I wasn't the only one crying with pleasure when I gave her the promised plonker. Caring for the very old and frail can and should be fun for the carer and the cared for, Geoffrey Atkinson Dorney Social Diary Friday 11111 November Saturday 12t11 November Friday 25111 November Thursday 1 st December Saturday lGtt. December Wednesday 14t11 December DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS TV AP Quiz Night. Playground Bath Road 7 p.m. Clic Sargent Cancer Care Concert School Hall, Eton College 8 p.m. Youth Club Outing. Sbrek The Musical DDHS AGM & Supper. Guest Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Dorney History Group Coffee Morning Eton Dorney Centre 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. TV AP Taplow Youth Choir Concert Windsor Methodist Church, Ahna Road 7.30 p.m. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. November, January Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 -2.00 8111 13/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village llall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - lG p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. -11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME ********** Area Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER WANTED ********** TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -16- . September 2011 to November 2012. (b) Temporary Footpath clos􀑖e to prohibit anyone 􀒬ing except for acces.s. in that length of Public Footpath No. 18 which commences at itsjunction with Footpath No 8/2 to 􀐮unction of Footpath No. 10 to facilitate towpath improvement for the Olympics - Noted. 71 Circula􀓧 to receive and n􀒍 Au􀐓ber circulars as per attached list. 72 Member's Reports a) Neighbou􀑗􀒃 Action Gr􀒎p - Meeting date changed to 16" September, 2011. -1 1 - b) SBALC-N􀒄. c) South Bucks Partnership-None. d) Local Area Fo􀒲um -None 73 Resolve a􀑯 comp􀑈􀐝nts 􀓅 from residents - (a) Mr Fielder's complaint 􀓇ing the condition of the footpath that 􀒳uns 􀒕lel to the River Thames between "Round M􀒁r Stream" b􀒰idge through to "Boveney Chtn'Cb" was noted and bis 􀒠tion endo􀓪; (b) Loud music from the Edwardian marquee l􀑷 outside the Parish was noted and (c) Ms Foxley 􀓊􀓯 that a local resident has complained about par􀐴ng al􀑾g the Village R􀑵d on Sunday afternoons. Ms Foxley will ask the reside􀑫 to write to the Parish Council with info􀑩on. 74 Maintenance and Highway empl􀒑ee/work - F􀒂t􀒘 f􀒱􀑱􀑔 Marsh Lane to the Jubilee is overgrown and needs cutting back. Date of next meeting-8pm on 11• October, 2011 at the Eton Do􀓖ey Cent􀓁 Meeting d􀒋 at 10.20 p.m. MARLOW MOBILE IJBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Mondays . Meadow Way 13.20- 13.35 p.m. Dates for 201 I : Oct. JO 24 Nov. 7 21 Dec. 5 19 DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 􀒛r hour or year􀑎 season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 fa􀑓ily Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 Dorney Porish News DistribuJors: Mr Cobb, Mm Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mm Leishman, Mm Oxlade, Mm Richmond, Mr Rnssell, Mm Tuddenham, Mm Tyler, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part "'P" Approved Additional Sockets - Lights New Fuse Boards - Updates Security - Attic Lighting Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All other Electrical Work fn,11 ;idvtc;e and estimates All work guaranteed No Job too small Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 -12- NAPIT • The Eton College - Dorney Parish Project To: All residents of Dorney Reach, Dorney Village & Eton Wick. You are wannly invited to the Eton/Domey Centre onTuesday25 October ( drop-in anytime betweeo 7pm - 8.30pm) to find out about plans for the Project over the next couple of years. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. I look forward to meeting you at the Centre in October. Best Wishes, Revd. Dr. John Breadon, Centre Director & Part-Time Chaplain, Eton College ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 26th. October "I'M NOT REALLY OLD, I'TS THESE TROUSERS" Speaker: Hugh Granger We ,..., .,,,..;"""'􀘬""""""􀋆 i􀋃 fn,m 􀘭I ho􀘮 OW'fl􀂟. 􀂠 a n½v􀘯 .w- i􀘰 +o lam:-h our- ckdic.aud wekiu +o f#v;. i11/m1afio,al MaricM, ior 􀘱 ""'" fv!>n,. If 'I'" MWI.I Iii<,, to !:,,ow "'°􀘲, pi􀘳 loof:::. at our GVl'Yenf M":-k􀘴. In ord« naf- -fl> 111i«: oirt, 􀋄/<,, 'I'" 􀘵 d,,t,;k in ord« that􀋅 c.,,11 9' Ii"" oor fl,., final wcb few of them about. I got my first car in 1958, it was a pre war Morris 8. I happily drove everywhere for business and pleasure from then on until I retired 8 years ago. There were sometimes traffic jams, of course, but they weren't part of every journey as they seem to be now. My successor can't follow in my tyre tracks round the country, and the misery of today's driving is the only thing that makes me glad to be part of life's scrappage scheme. But it isn't just the cities and motorways that are becoming impassable. Even our local journeys can be slow, exacerbated by speed bumps, car boot sales and increasing activity at Eton Dorney Lake. (I only called it that to wind our editor up - actually I usually refer to it as the Dorney Rowing Trench. That winds Eton up). There was a time when the only thing that regularly caused traffic jams in Dorney was cattle on The Common. Now all the roads leading in and out of the area are constantly jammed, and for no apparent reason. One of the worst problems has been caused by the road works on the Windsor By-Pass. I used it every day when I was working in Sunninghill and the journey never took more than 20 minutes. Now I have to allow at least half an hour because of the hold-ups at that chaotic roundabout. I was interested to see that The Windsor Express is running a competition to rename the by-pass. In view of the fact that the elegant tree lined road running past Buckingham Palace is called "Constitution Hill", wouldn't it be appropriate to call the ugly traffic jammed road that runs past Windsor Castle, "Constipation Hill"? Geoffrey Atkinson DORNEY FETE - SATURDAY 3nl. SEPTEMBER- CAKE STALL Sheila, David, Tom and Lucy Brown would like to thank everyone who donated or bought a cake at our stall. We raised a fantastic £226.09 for Helen and Douglas House Hospice for Children and young Adults, Oxford in memory of our daughter/sister, Emmeline. We would also like to say a special thank you to everyone that helped us on the day including Alan Russell for making the Fete such an enjoyable community event. NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office O 1628 788997 Sunday 23rd October at 7.30 p.m. Laurie Holloway and his Trio: Jazz meets Classical Laur􀓊e Holloway and his Trio with special guests including Will Torrent, Emily Pic􀓰n, Louis Chavannes., t􀒩e Taplow Boys Choir and the best students of201 I. Not to 􀐊e missed. Tickets £12 A N Gr□undcarB 8 Garden. Tree 6 Field Management The ANB Groundcare terun pro.iide a complete Gard􀑋n, Tree & F􀓉􀑝d Maintenan􀐢 so􀒮tion􀒎r 􀐖t􀒪 private and 􀐬nun􀑫 􀐧ients across Berlcs􀒨ir􀑌. "Tttth auJumnj,st approa;lnngy,ur !+ will ,..,J CYJtmg ll/f1U\ y,ur faun fid and jJ/onls and s/uubs aJl bad< ;, p,,pam,ion fa winl,r 1hisis also a ifX!d lime tf year lo saujjj and if n,cc,.wry luif or re-sad T, ,es tl,at have had a ifX!d grol1ih spurt dl10Ufi, dw """"' ""!Y n,,,J m,wn "11,u;mg or thimirvl' Ple-ase oontactusfor an Dorney Court Kitchen Garden Update As summer draws to a close and the kids go back to school, autumn seems to be rapidly setting in with trees showing some stunning autumnal colours. Of course this brings with it the never ending raking of leaves into piles which Harry our friendly Golden Retriever takes great pleasure in jumping on to redistribute! We have recently taken delivery of a fantastic range of bulbs this year and have set up a step by step guide on planting pots for some great winter and spring colour. Our monthly talks are starting up again with the first one "Planting bulbs for a stunning Spring" being on Tuesday October 4th• As usual there will be a free afternoon talk at 2pm (table reservations available for lunch) and an evening talk at 7.30pm (arrive from 7pm) which is £5 per head and includes a glass of fine wine and some nibbles. We are expecting both sessions to be busy so book early to secure your place. We have also taken delivery of a healthy collection of super berries and fruit trees (including Espaliers and Step-overs). Now is the perfect time to plant them and specialist advice is always at hand in the nursery to help you choose and grow the right varieties. As much as it pains us to even mention the word "Christmas,» we are getting really excited about some of the ideas being thrown around. Christmas is going to be very special at Dorney Court Kitchen Garden this year. We have big plans for decorations and we will be buying in lots of traditional, really good quality gifts and stocking fillers to transform the gift shop and nursery. Santa's Grotto will be back this year with several opportunities for the kids (or adults!) to meet Father Christmas himself. We will also be hosting various workshops including "How to make your own wreath" and "How to decorate a tree" and will also be holding tasting and sampling evenings to get everyone in the festive spirit. The team in the restaurant will, as always, be creating a superb Christmas meal which will no doubt include sprouts which are furiously growing away in our kitchen garden. One idea which we would welcome feedback from is to have a "real ice rink" within the Walled Garden over the Christmas period. We can't think of a more beautiful location to host a winter wonderland and would really appreciate you popping by to let us know what you think of the idea. -t7- Dorney Social Diary Saturday 8th. October Wednesday 26" October Friday 25tb November DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60'• CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS French Evening Village Hall 8 p.m. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Youth Club Outing. Sbrek The Musical Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. November, January Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 -2.00 11/10 8/11 13/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term tim.e in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. -11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME ********** Area Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER WANTED ********** TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -18- The 58th Annual Horticultural Show, Saturday September 3••. I helped one exhibitor transfer his entries from the car park into the hall. For some reason, the words of William Blake's Jerusalem ran through my mind ..... 'bring me my marrows of desire' .... these were formidable vegetables. They were grown by Glyn Jones ofEton Wick. Rather fittingly, Glyn was declared the Overall Show Winner and received his cup from Dorney & District Horticultural Society's President, Yvonne Povey. Once again, John Akerman picked up the DDHS Cup for most entries, with 26 first prizes from 33 entries. As always, the Show encouraged a large number of entrants across a variety of classes. In fact, 41 exhibitors entered 89 classes with a total of 376 individual entries. The judges - Robin Russell, Pam Sanders, Andrea Alsworth and Jan Bowman - spent Saturday morning sifting through the entries, villagers were free to inspect the entries after lunch, with numbers no doubt boosted by the Annual Fete in full swing on Trumper's Field, and the winners reaped their reward as prizes (in the form of a brand new set of commemorative medals) and cups were then presented. The Society truly appreciates the efforts of well established entrants in the Fruit & Vegetable section, and of course, Dorney School works hard to boost the number of young entrants. We'd love to see an even wider cross section of residents perhaps expand classes like Adult Handicrafts in 2012. The Results Adults Best Exhibit - 'Fruit & Vegetables' = Don Wilson Best Entry - 'Collection of Vegetables' = John Akerman Overall Winner Div. 1 (Fruit & Vegetables) = John Akerman Best Entry 'Planted Patio Container' = Valerie Bishop Winner 'Floral Decoration' = Valerie Bishop Overall Winner 'Domestic Section' = Robina Jones Best 'Colour Photograph Exhibit' = Valerie Brewer Exhibitor with the Most Entries = John Akerman Overall Show Winner = Glyn Jones Children Best Exhibit 'Children's Handwriting' = Sasha Hardins Hubbard Best 'Natural History Exhibit' = Libby Messitt Best 'Handicraft Exhibit' = Isabella Purdy Best Exhibit 'Picture or Painting' = Romilly Hunter Peter Bowman Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, After a mixed swnmer and the coolest for eighteen years, some plants thrived well, such as clover; gladioli; spindle berries; lilac flavoured water mint, seen by the small Rowing Trench pond; orange Chinese lantern; yellow evening primrose; a resurgence of green alkanet with small white-centred blue flowers; pink Japanese anemones; white Russian vine; autumn crocus and pink scillas. Has anyone seen green finches in their garden this year? A deadly virus attacked them last year, and I haven't seen one this year. Other species are thriving well including blackbirds; sparrows; chaffinches; wrens; hedge accentors; starlings; ring doves; wood pigeons; magpies and crows. Many sightings of red kites in the Lake End Road area on the way to Sainsbury's. Bobby, our garden robin, has left several offspring, one of which is Bobby junior. He is smart and into everything, inspecting every piece of gardening equipment, whether it's gloves; bucket; hoe; rake etc. He sits close by and serenades you whilst you work, anticipating that you will unearth tasty morsels, which he will seize with lightning speed. He's a real character and treasure. This is a serious question for which I hope learned readers will provide a measured answer. Recently, up to mid-September as I write this letter, we have experienced disturbed and turbulent windy weather. Why has it been given female names? For example, we suffered the tail-end of hurricane 'Irene' and hurricane 'Katia' and the major current crossing the Pacific and causing turbulence is 'La Nina' - all female - and all COLD, WET AND WINDY! Where and who decides these weather pattern names and are the ladies satisfied to be so tagged? As the questioner, I couldn't possibly comment, though for deigning to even ask this strategic question, I have taken the precaution of alerting C.H.I.P.S. - the Critical Handbagging Incident Prevention Squad - for word has it throughout the land that no male has ever survived a handbagging. Security staff are on 'Red Alert' so no handbagging in the aisles of Sainsbury' s please. Thank you. Two ladies who recently lost their husbands asked me to play the following lovely tune for them. Indeed anyone who has lost or is missing someone close or dear to them, this is for you too. It's called 'The Very Thought of You' composed in 1934 by English composer Ray Noble. The very thought of you, and I forget to do The little ordinary things that ev'ryone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream, I'm happy as a king And foolish tho' it may seem, to me, that's ev'ry thing The mere idea of you, the longing here for you You'll never know how slow the moments go 'till I'm near to you I see your face in ev'ry flower, your eyes in stars above It's just the thought of you, the very thought of you, my love. It really is a beautiful melody, with fine lyrics. Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D.D.) Private Nursing & Residential Care Horne • Highest quality 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms - en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system • Automatic lifts • Relaxed friendly atmosphere .. 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Also children every Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 noon. at Dorney Village Hall Children's classes include line dancing. Private lessons also available. 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Classes in Eton, Datchet and Windsor Principal: Susan Handy, F.I.S.T.D. Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail: office@susanhandydance.co.uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀚁 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning .- /l /,.: . '•a,. ' 􀚂 Hours of Business: 08:30 - 1 7:30 Monday - Friday Tel/Fax: 01628 6031 88 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Tel: 01628 668562 • To research certain aspects of the history of the area as individual projects. • To promote the Group and its work at suitable village events - fetes etc. • To liaise closely with the Eton Wick History Group and other neighbouring groups. A list of possible subjects for the Dorney Parish News features and the Website: 1. Dorney Court & the Manor Court Archives 2. Dorney Common & the Commoners 3. The Village School History 4. The many changes to the Dorney/Boveney/Lake End/Dorneywood Parish Boundaries 5. Dorney Waterways (other than the Thames and Jubilee River) 6. The Dorney Parish Council History 7. The 1836 Tithe Commutation Act and the 1840 Tithe Map of Dorney 8. Who lived where? - an analysis of the 1840-1911 Censuses 9. The Archaeological History of the Dorney area 10.The Natural History of Dorney Parish 11.A Bibliography of published material relating to the Area 12.St James the Less, Dorney 13.St Mary Magdalene, Boveney 14.The Memorial Garden 15.The Vicarage 16.Dorney Reach 17.The Businesses of Dorney - from the Farms to the present day 18. Dorney Lake 19.The Jubilee River It is planned that The Dorney History Group will be formally established at the next meeting to which all those who are interested are invited. It is likely that this will be before Christmas - venue to be advised in a later edition of the Dorney Parish News. Should anyone be interested in further information or have any suggestions as to how the Group might proceed please email me on bill@daxfamily.com. Bill Dax Shepherds Close, Village Road, Dorney SL4 6QW THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 118 969 8000 Thursday 8/9 - Saturday 15/10 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY The Story of Doris Day by Adam Rolston -13- Atthe '[),lllverln9 a.Safe and Secure Games' semin.irs at Domey Lake ancj Windsor Rat;ecouil>e in. .J uf!e, we.promls'1'1 to pn>vidte fr<>m J.ohn Tumpuu, presenter and lead Tham"!' Valley PQlice 2012 planner 'Thanks .. to the ,many 9f YQU 􀉵o_f􀉶und the time to, attend ,our sesSi_on􀉷. We hope _you foiJnd the co􀛹1.1>nt irifprmajive, ver(ng subjects .that may be unfamiliar to you .. and providing a better understanding of the impact of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic GamOurhood watch sbucrure'. Wrth just over 12 months to go before the Games, we want to provide information on deYelopmeilts, listen. and help resolve your issues and build on the 8xisting comm Unity COhesio􀉸 _in the footprjnt covered by the events· which we realise is. l'TltiCh_ wider than .the two venues. As a return_, we seek your assistance in providing us with_ information about any inciden_ts rahging from anti-social behaviour to unusual -activities by individuals you consider susJ)icious'. ·We __ ·h;ave already spoken to partn_er agencies about this bulletin and they will be contributing to the content which should start to provide reassurance to some of your ·q􀉹estiQns.' _'Strange.men' at_Domey Lake V'{e ha_vt) recei􀉺 :severa_l calls about men sitting in a car_ at Dorney -􀉻ake. These·are :in fa pt ·personnel from the security firm G4S -􀉼ho are providing 24-hour security at the la_ke in rel_3tion to ·eqlliprrie_nt, in􀉽J_uding ttJe big screen _on the return island. Keep the cans coming in thc;,i.i'gh, a:s we would rather have a chance to check anybody out rather.than tniss them . al!()gether. Travel plan L<;>COG has a page about traveHing to the venue at www.london2012.com/visitinglgettingto, the-game§lkx:ations-of-venijesltravel -to-eton-domey.php which includes. a. map .. As far as YIca.tion of!he .p,:,destrian en􀛺nce onth􀛻 Nol:!h side has yet to . be fQCed and; in a,jy c;ase, this page will be updated as plans mature. LOCOG are holding two eub!.ic e􀛼gage1T1ent even!$. on this subject at Trumpets Fiekl, !)omey 􀛽each, qn F'riday ;12July }-Spm, and 􀛾t Qdmey Village Hall, Dorney Reach on Saturday 23 July 10am03pm. Pafl\ing .. . . . . . . •. . . . . . . .. . . . • Parki􀛿􀜀 re􀜁tr{ctions wiH need . to be put in place to ,pre􀜂11nt spectators. parking in the. eQVirons of !he lake and i'll􀜃urse during Gii"'!'S tim1>. Yow ri,􀜄ri,s'entatives, tht!)!.Jgh the LO􀉾I 􀉿􀊀tti'_Omi.8􀊁, 􀊂re: 􀊃􀊄_en_ to call􀊅."thif1.011af 􀊆i_sruptiO_n:, to_·reSidenls ·a􀊇_ 'b!.isin_􀊈􀊉-S. _itl􀊊Y 􀜅f!<'Working \with us ,and_LOCOG/ ODA to come up with ,;n acceptable plan.We will keep you updatlfd lbrough future editions of !hi􀊾 b.ulletin. Car boot sale The Force (and councillor Dev Dhillon) is aware of the recent problems caused by traffic on the A4 Bath Road. trying to get into Taplow car boot sale on recent Bank Holiday weekends. Thi,. .will be factored in to our plans and we know LOCOG will be monltoring the situation during.the test event. • Wor:ld Rowing Junior Champi011$hip TheWoild Rowing Junior Qhampionship lak<>S place from 4 io 7 August. It is being run by G!i Rowing.,,,, f(>r inore delail!, see www.wrjcWt1.com. T􀓘e event is a􀓙ut half the size spect;,tor.;w/se than ihe W<>rld Rowing Championships elf 20()6. The traffic plan. developed • by ihe organisers is the same as used before. Undue disrupijon is not 6lllowing our debrief notes for that ·event The canoe event at the lieginriing of September is a lot smaller and is not ticketed. , R,iver us􀓚 in G􀓛_rnes time In. Ille ia􀓜t couple of ,weeks, we . have. had a further meeting with . LOCOG and the Environrrie,nt _Ag-e:ocy tQ- IQ(J􀓝 a􀓞 rtver. traffl_c flow pc1st the propo_sed.canoe_ training area, and we nave worked tiuta way to keep 2 way traffic past Queens Eyot and ensure safe navifatiofi ·for.·eYeryonei. Domey"·P8rish_Coun.il meeting On 14 Jun􀓟. -1.,:C)COG's Venue .General_ and Operations mana:􀓠rs _attended _the Dorney Parish· .CouridLmonihly-meeting and answered questions .. around the temporary bridge, Big Mea(Ovided 􀑁dbaek .to llle 'inili.al .nev,slelier, whi􀑂 shoul!l have upcfated you 􀑃n lhE> ran􀑄e. of topics that were Qisbu􀑅􀑆- :_at :j􀑇􀑈 -- 'E􀑉n . Doffl􀁣f. Jlf􀑊n􀑋li_on􀑌. ·Qommuhi􀑍lioi\ -.is ·.-se_en ·. 􀑎s-. -􀑏cici.1 _ when .plan_lling something 1hat iact on j>e6ple but ft is often_ nQI man􀑐 pacticular!Y 􀑑II. HopefulWy. the publication of lllis bulfi\tir\ is S'E!en as .a.,pofdiV1' move aridari .l\pJ)9rtunity Jo alldre$s this and other issues 􀀝ng)􀀞I concerns fo,; using on !he 2Q12 Games or policii)g issues. T!iill bulleUn has iiow ·b.e_en . 􀑒!slrj􀑓􀑔 "to not c\)hly -lo􀑕I communities. b_ut also to other •9roup$, 8:nd .ofQan _isations for. thE;tir information. • - The_-Pla_nl"li11g f()r:the,:G􀃠􀑖􀑗 ·1s -fl􀑘tf!􀑙Jing pa-􀑚 .a􀀅 the_ reality' .th,at the G?,n,i8s:􀑛re next year -is _s􀑜rtif)9 to sink in. The 'Orie Year to Go_' date tias now been celebrated both at Dorney Lake and nationally linking into the launch of the 500 local amba_ssadors. World 􀑝owing Junior Championships The beginning of the month saw the World Rowing Junior Championships, which gave both LOCO<;l and ou!S8lves an · oppo[lunily to test certain aspects of the plan and .to observe a. large . row ing 􀑞"lpetili9ri.' at th e r0Wi09 -- 􀑟􀑠tre . . We _we􀑡 -􀑢bl,e . to ammt:1e. a_n ob.􀑣􀑤r .p􀑥ogram!'ll_e allowillg ma_r,i}(Of our key pJ;mners _and . comm.anders to vi$i! the venue, liaise .with the Enl/ironmen_t Agency t8!Jartljrig the_ 􀑦{_:C.OrnmUo􀑧, visit -:Royal. Holloway CoU􀑨e. assess ,tf1e .. tran$J)o_a, .·arrangemftnl$;: and. -link·wfth 􀑩OCO<;l sfijif'i!,ho will be i􀑪VOl)led nexl year, F'rom our point Of view the event passed off well, but we are,keen to fl1ceive _any .feedba􀑫 or comments from readers so th8t we can_ r􀑬 fine our plans. - The High􀑭Y$ Agency were mnning livetime traffic flow monitoring on the Sunday including the A4 with Hs add􀑮ion.al traffic restrictions. On the Monday nightbefore .theGham􀑯ionships started a number of white push _bikes displaying a small BMVV bil!lge (as belqwj were stolen from the site. Although two people have been arre_sted and a ,coupfe. :rE!QO_Ve_rfad . .:th􀑰re .- 􀑱rt? still a :few .Qt,1tstand_iog. Please contact: ,us on our :normal number 08458 SOq50s if ""8n or you'Mve any otfier intormatipn. • • Traffic Co􀑲!lJitii"tlon . • , • . • . . . . • .· . . . . . .. . .' • . .. . ·• We .hQJl •wcoc;; tr,\V!>i public engage111ent session.• at, tlorn􀑳y;Y,IJag<1 /!'lailf(and Jllli'll!e .@ke,part in the •􀑴tic fov/ing !!)iianf l). WhUst ·_;t ','ias mainJy.ijlgaldins ·_t11e:q,􀃠j9r road􀑵pri·_.the Olylil!ii!':•ilotite Net,,vo_rk we tin(le􀑶tarid U1at.LocoG·inf"nd !_reventian - _of terrorism __ in· ,_Gaines time as -per ·our briefing sessions; we 􀥚e a. Iong;hist'!'ll' ,of dealing With protest within TliamesVaDey and our planning fut next year hasjilway& incltiQed the-capacity to deal with such events, . Finally . . •. YVeJl ·done to thfchildnan Of Dorney School ·on .their last Walk to Schoor Of 201 0/1 1 with Paralyrnpic . . _go_􀥛 --medal -Wlf!nma athlete l􀥜n Rose .and the 2004 Athens torch, Send􀥝bacl(lquestions on the conten"ts ott:his JJU11etin ·to: TVPOlymp Jcs@th_amesvai!ey.pnn.poiic e.uk THE GRIMM PLAYERS present AN El/ENIN6 OFVICTORIAN Ttit:A11t£ LICENCE WITHDRAWN and COX & BOX Wednesday 28 September to Saturday 1 October 201 1 The Studio, Nolden Fann. Maidenhead 7-45 pm -Tickets £11 -BoxOffice01628 624798 Ucence W-d:hdrawn is the second play-with-music by Tony Joseph and highlights a true event in 1907 when Middlesbrough Operate Society bad their licence to perfonn The Mikado withdrawn because of visiting Japanese royalty - but Miss Middethwaite, their doughty secretary, brooked no defeatl Kay Lord is dirediog. .,;o Co,x & BoX was Arthur Sullivan's first succ;essful comic opera, an entertaining musical farce with a libretto by F􀥞C.Bumaml. written five ';'E21S before hisfust collaboration with w.S,Gilbert. It tells the story of a landlord who lets a room tn two lodgers, one who works at night and one who workS during the day. When one of them has tfte day affr they meet each other in the room and temoers flare! Maggie Kearney is directing. Efi:zabeth Stade Is music directing for bOth halves of the Victorian Theatre Evening. • Geoffrey Atkinson plays 1he Loni Chamberlain (file villain of the piece) Dorney Social Diary Saturday 3,. September Dorney Fete & DDHS Annual Show Wednesday 14" September Etou Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Friday 23nl September DDHS Harvest Supper Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Saturday 8th October French Evening Village Hall 8 p.m. Friday 25th. November Youth Club Ou.ting. Shrek The Musical DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITI"EE DORNEY OVER 60'• CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. September, November Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarag􀥌 Dorney Second Tuesday in month 12.15 -2.00 13/9 11/10 8/11 13/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (b-een 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during tenn time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contaet Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 ETON WICK IDSTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 14th. September CLEWER- THE OLDEST VILLAGE IN THE AREA - A CONDENSED IDSTORY Speaker: John Denham Every Uttle Hurts August in 1911, a hundred years ago, apparently, was blazing hot. This typified the high Edwardian summer, when nothing much happened in the languid English countryside. The pattern continues - after all, avid DPN readers must 􀒞 two whole summer months between issues. Times have indeed changed. Much has come to pass since last we went to press. We've had an Olympic Countdown weekend involving real live Olympians and have been rewarded by LOCOG revealing in person, here in the village, the transport and access plans for next summer. A dry run for the Games, the World Rowing Junior Championships seemed to pass without undue calamity. The Windsor 2012 Le􀒜cy Group met with the PC, and it seems their plans for the unwelcome legacy of a permanent bridge might be quietly forgotten. Plans for the extended Village Hall, which the A􀑂t􀓄s􀑦 quoted at £300k, have been submitted to SBDC. All this may have been anticipated, but in mid June I didn't expect that we'd have a local campaign running against Tesco. Land Securities who own the Bishop Centre in Taplow have issued notices to quit to existing tenants by early next year and invited the retail behemoth to dominate what loo􀓲 like a revamped bog-standard retail park. Already there have been on-site presentations, a well attended public meeting in Burnham Park Hall and a Facebook campaign with 800 supporters. I've repeated the mantra that residents need to be kept informed and not taken for granted and that the internet can be a means to address this. The planning section of the South Bucks website is where comment on the Hall plans should be made by mid September, but it's an opportunity for many to see for the first time the pretty impress􀓅ve plans for front and side extensions to the existing single-storey building. LOCOG were pretty good in Trumper's Field - at one stage I had five of them talking to one of me. On their website, grit your teeth and find out about 'travel to Eton Dorney'. Don't drive, they say ... there will be no parking or spectator access to the north of the site. Is it too optimistic to expect no disruption to Dorney, at least from spectators:? On their downloadable map for travellers, it's strangely re-assuring to see no Marsh Lane, and Dorney Reach has disappeared. The presentation at the Bishop Centre was not impressive. The sole Tesco representative hardly won over sceptical locals by referring to some as 'nimbys'. One of the owner's staff said full consultation had happened with Dorney PC (it hadn't) and one said it was the PCs fault it hadn't (it wasn't). Claiming that planning applications would be submitted in September (they won't) probably was to scare off opponents. T aplow PC had been briefed about a rather smaller undertaking than the monster residents w􀑥e now promised. I dislike Tesco because they bully and disrupt local commun􀓆ties, but the main argument of the embryonic protest movement that 'we've got enough supermarkets in the area' 􀓇s nimby-􀓈sh. Even Tesco have the right to compete for market share. Salvation, if that is how you see fending them off, will come from the utter incapacity of the Bath Road to absorb any more traffic as other developments impinge on this fragile corridor. Peter Bowman peter.bowman@virgin.net http://twitter.com/peterbowman Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 HAVE YOUR SAY The next beat surgeries will be heJd on: • Saturday 3«1 September 12.30-3pm Dorney Fete, Meadow Way, Dorney Please feel free to come along and meet your neighbourhood police team and discuss any issues or concerns you have or alternatively you can e-mail us at: Taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES Anti-social behaviour (ASB) - Increased patrols are now in place to target hot spot locations at peak times with the summer holidays now upon us. The neighbourhood team are encouraging residents to contact us if they are experiencing any ASB related issues. The Neighbourhood team have recently dealt with a young male involved in anti-social behaviour in the Maypole Road area and a penalty notice has been issued. Also, an S59 warning was issued to another male in the Taplow area for driving in an anti-social manner. Litter/Parking -The Environment Agency are currently working to improve the Jubilee Car Park in Marsh Lane, Taplow where a recent amount of fly tipping/criminal damage has occurred. This area has now been cleared and joint patrols are being conducted in the area. 2012 Olympics -A New priority has been started with the forthcoming Olympics, the NAG have agreed to team up with a group of residents in Dorney who have started a local group called "Dorney Olympic Countdown􀛶. A recent Torch bearers walk was carried out on 22. 7 .11 with over 90 children from the local school taking;art and two Olympians carrying the original torch from the 2004 Olympics. On Saturday 23 July a sporting weekend was held in Dorney where the Neighbourhood Police Team assisted in rowing the 58,000km!! Well they managed 2000km anyway. If you are interested in becoming involved in tackling these new priorities then please contact the neighbourhood team or come along to the next NAG meeting on Thursday 8111 September 2011 at 7_30pm Pineapple, Lake End Road, Dorney. Offenders brought to Justice: A male was arrested for Theft from a motor vehicle in Burnham/faplow and the property recovered, this is now being investigated by the local priority crime team. Two prolific shoplifters who have been targeting Sainsbury's in Taplow have now been arrested and charged with at least eight offences of shoplifting. Clear Car. As you will have seen from the local press the Neighbourhood team are working hard to raise awareness about leaving valuables and belongings on display in vehicles. We are averaging approximately 1 O thefts from motor vehicles a month,however the Neighbourhood Team have identified over 113 vehicles this month who are potential targets. Community Messaging. Community Messaging is a free service which provides information to subscribers about crime and police activity in their area via phone or email. It also includes information on what we and our partner services are doing to bring offenders to justice or combat anti-social behaviour. More information can be obtained via our website, and you can sign up by following this link: http://www.tvpcommunitymessaging.org/rmwebportal/startup.aspx' For crime information in your area, go to: http://maps.police.uk/view/thames-valley If you have any queries or questions regarding neighbourhood policing or any police matter, please feel free to contact the Taplow & Dorney neighbourhood policing team on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk You can also find us on the Neighbourhood pages: www.thamesvalleypolice.co.uk -20- The Horticultural Society visits Polesden Lacey 'A gift of hospitality amounting to positive genius. ' Well, that may well sum up an outing of the Dorney & District Horticultural Society, but, in reality, it was Edward V l l 's assessment of Polesden Lacey's most famous hostess, Mrs Greville. This National Trust property just down the M25 welcomed us in regal fashion, and made for a memorable annual Coach Outing on June 26. There is every reason for the horticulturalist to visit this Edwardian country estate nestling in the Surrey hills near Dorking. The Edwardian Garden extends to 30 acres with 10 acres of lawns and elegant grass terraces, including a walled rose garden and summer border and winter displays. It was hot, and the house was cool. Members lingered indoors during the heat of the midday sun, and were rewarded with an unspoilt presentation of Edwardian society. Mrs Greville's rise was worthy of a genteel soap opera, but once at the apex of society, she enjoyed the trust & affection of successive crowned heads. Those of us fresh from a viewing of the 'The King's Speech' were intrigued that the house was the 1923 honeymoon destination of the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth. After the house, rose gardens and wooded terraces were explored. Before long, the 'gift of hospitality' was again sampled. A cold drink, or two, or several, saw many of us through a sultry Edwardian afternoon. This lovely venue, an hour or so from Dorney, would, I'm sure be recommended by any of those who made this trip. Thanks are especially due to Ralph Liney, our former president, who identified the venue and set up the trip. Louise Whaley was an organisational tower of strength with her clipboard & laptop. Around 40 members enjoyed the visit. If you're not already a member of Dorney & District Horticultural Society, and would like to join, please call Louise Whaley on 01628 625589. 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and􀕚indeed􀕚it􀕚did.􀕚Oh􀕚ye􀕚oflittle􀕚faith!􀕚Perhaps􀕚the􀕚weather􀕚whingers􀕚should􀕚get􀕚in􀕚touch􀕚 with􀕚the􀕚Almighty,􀕚and􀕚if􀕚they􀕚need􀕚help􀕚I'm􀕚sure􀕚the􀕚Revd.􀕚Lucy􀕚would􀕚guide􀕚them􀕚on􀕚all􀕚 matters􀕚ethereal.􀕚 Lavateria;􀕚Chinese􀕚lantern;􀕚res􀔜gence􀕚of􀕚dark􀕚blue􀕚Canterb􀔤􀕚bells;􀕚roses;􀕚yellow􀕚fleabane;􀕚foxglove;􀕚 peri􀔰inkle;􀕚yellow􀕚multi-headed􀕚tansy;􀕚yellow􀕚gro􀔙t;􀕚yellow􀕚cat's􀕚ear􀕚(􀕚dandelion-like􀕚plant􀕚which􀕚 invades􀕚la􀔽s);􀕚tall􀕚yellow􀕚hawkweed􀕚􀔷th􀕚dandelion-like􀕚heads􀕚and􀕚a􀕚beantiful􀕚seot􀕚of􀕚almond􀕚which􀕚 attracts􀕚hover􀕚flies􀕚(gardener's􀕚friends);􀕚mauve􀕚and􀕚p􀔣le􀕚b􀔔leia􀕚(attracts􀕚b􀔦es􀕚and􀕚bees);􀕚pink􀕚and􀕚 mauve􀕚􀔺d􀕚s􀔵et-pea;􀕚mauve􀕚knapweed;􀕚gladioli;􀕚bl􀔕􀕚succory􀕚(medicinal);􀕚scented􀕚ma􀔐ve􀕚􀔻low􀕚herb;􀕚 mo􀔘tain􀕚ash􀕚berries;􀕚b􀔗􀕚galore;􀕚all􀕚fared􀕚well􀕚in􀕚o􀔝􀕚more􀕚temperate􀕚English􀕚s􀔑mmer,􀕚so􀕚far.􀕚 Plenty􀕚of􀕚sparrows;􀕚robins;􀕚bl􀔖􀕚and􀕚great􀕚tits;􀕚blackbirds;􀕚chaffinches;􀕚􀔿ns;􀕚hedge􀕚accentors;􀕚starlings;􀕚 along􀕚􀔯ith􀕚jays;􀕚􀔾peckers􀕚(green􀕚and􀕚spo􀔄);􀕚ring􀕚doves;􀕚wood􀕚pigeons;􀕚magpies􀕚pl􀔥􀕚three􀕚yo􀔛􀕚 crows.􀕚So􀕚more􀕚pairs􀕚of􀕚eyes􀕚to􀕚􀔴ch􀕚out􀕚for􀕚the􀕚hawk􀕚brigade.􀕚 Some􀕚eccentric􀕚Government-paid􀕚climate􀕚warmers􀕚are􀕚now􀕚reversing􀕚their􀕚opinion􀕚and􀕚 telling􀕚us􀕚that􀕚we􀕚could􀕚be􀕚in􀕚for􀕚at􀕚least􀕚a􀕚ten-year􀕚cooling-off􀕚period.􀕚I􀕚suspect􀕚their􀕚 Government􀕚funds􀕚have􀕚been􀕚withdrawn.􀕚 Recently􀕚there􀕚was􀕚consternation􀕚amongst􀕚the􀕚womenfolk􀕚of􀕚a􀕚Wiltshire􀕚village.􀕚About􀕚a􀕚 do􀕈n􀕚of􀕚them􀕚had􀕚noticed􀕚that􀕚their􀕚menfolk􀕚were􀕚regularly􀕚leaving􀕚home􀕚around􀕚7􀕚pm􀕚 ".􀕚...t􀕚o􀕚help􀕚Jim􀕚with􀕚his􀕚 latest􀕚engineering􀕚project,"􀕚and􀕚returning􀕚well􀕚after􀕚 10􀕚pm,􀕚 weekends􀕚and􀕚Bank􀕚Holidays􀕚included.􀕚One􀕚wife􀕚suspected􀕚her􀕚husband􀕚of􀕚having􀕚an􀕚affair􀕚 and􀕚checked􀕚with􀕚Bert􀕚the􀕚local􀕚newsagent􀕚ifhe􀕚was􀕚delivering􀕚to􀕚a􀕚'new􀕚woman'􀕚in􀕚the􀕚 area.􀕚No,􀕚confirmed􀕚Bert- the􀕚only􀕚change􀕚was􀕚that􀕚Mrs.􀕚Brown􀕚had􀕚stopped􀕚her􀕚Sunday􀕚 newspaper􀕚as􀕚she􀕚was􀕚fed􀕚up􀕚reading􀕚about􀕚'rotten􀕚and􀕚corrupt􀕚MPs􀕚interrogating􀕚rotten􀕚and􀕚 corrupt􀕚Bankers􀕚and􀕚Police􀕚Chiefs􀕚interrogating􀕚rotten􀕚and􀕚corrupt􀕚news􀕚editors􀕚and􀕚 hackers'􀕚and􀕚she􀕚felt􀕚they􀕚should􀕚all􀕚be􀕚sent􀕚to􀕚the􀕚Tower􀕚and􀕚OFF􀕚WITH􀕚THEIR􀕚HEADS!􀕚 So􀕚several􀕚of􀕚the􀕚wives􀕚agreed􀕚to􀕚confront􀕚their􀕚menfolk.􀕚Have􀕚you􀕚been􀕚seeing􀕚another􀕚 woman?􀕚Yes!􀕚What􀕚is􀕚her􀕚name?􀕚Victoria.􀕚Where􀕚does􀕚she􀕚live?􀕚Down􀕚the􀕚road􀕚in􀕚Didcot􀕚 in􀕚the􀕚sidings.􀕚Why􀕚does􀕚she􀕚live􀕚there?􀕚Well,􀕚she's􀕚a􀕚big􀕚girl,􀕚she's􀕚a􀕚120􀕚ton􀕚locomotive!􀕚 Built􀕚in􀕚1934,􀕚she􀕚was􀕚in􀕚need􀕚of􀕚TLC􀕚to􀕚restore􀕚her􀕚to􀕚her􀕚former􀕚beauty􀕚and􀕚working􀕚 order.􀕚The􀕚menfolk􀕚then􀕚asked􀕚their􀕚wives􀕚"You􀕚do􀕚trust􀕚me􀕚don't􀕚you􀕚dear"?􀕚"Yes,􀕚of􀕚 course,"􀕚they􀕚replied.􀕚FIBBERS􀕚ALL!􀕚Will􀕚those􀕚womenfolk􀕚get􀕚to􀕚heaven?􀕚We􀕚shall􀕚see.􀕚 Finally,􀕚Alison􀕚will􀕚be􀕚seven􀕚on􀕚Tuesday􀕚September􀕚6th and􀕚asked􀕚me􀕚to􀕚play􀕚a􀕚special􀕚 Birthday􀕚song􀕚for􀕚her.􀕚With􀕚pleasure!􀕚 *Today􀕚is􀕚Tuesday,􀕚you􀕚know􀕚what􀕚that􀕚means􀕚 We're􀕚gonna􀕚have􀕚a􀕚special􀕚guest􀕚 So􀕚get􀕚out􀕚the􀕚broom􀕚and􀕚sweep􀕚the􀕚place􀕚clean􀕚 And􀕚dust􀕚off􀕚the􀕚mat,􀕚so􀕚the􀕚"Welcome"􀕚can􀕚be􀕚seen.􀕚 Roll􀕚out􀕚the􀕚carpet,􀕚strike􀕚up􀕚the􀕚band,􀕚and􀕚give􀕚out􀕚with􀕚a􀕚Hip!􀕚Hooray!􀕚 Wiggle􀕚your􀕚ears􀕚like􀕚good􀕚mouseketeers􀕚 We're􀕚gonna􀕚present􀕚a􀕚guest􀕚today􀕚 'cause􀕚TUESDAY􀕚IS􀕚GUEST􀕚STAR􀕚DAY.􀕚 •From Walt Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club. 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Dorney & District Horticultural Society Annual Horticultural Show 􀂅f> I Jli {􀒪 "􀒫􀒬 􀀪􀀐 Saturday 3rd September 201 1 I11 j l􀀫 Dorney Village Hall } 1 􀊒 Show categories include: vegetables, fruit, flowers, handicrafts, i 􀊒 domestic, photography, children's section I j Please come along all welcome ii ' I { Obtain your show programme from any committee member: 􀕐 􀀏tl 􀀐 i􀀙􀀚i Yvonne Povey 0 1 628 603036 􀕑ii􀕒. Ron Alsworth O 1628 669988 Peter Bowman 01628 623228 ; Janet Messitt 0 1 628 664307 , Pat Wilson O 1753 869954 􀕔/ Louise Whaley 01628 625589 􀕓){ 􀀃k ii f1 􀁿􀂀􀂁􀂂􀂃􀂄J􀃛 DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 fa􀑒ily Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 - 1 1 - l_ Sue Moffat Parish Clerk Tel: 01753 655331 Fax: 01753 654922 Email: dorneycouncil@co-net.com www.bucksiafo.net/dorneypc :;􀀃􀀄􀀅= 􀁇et' \ .,..,""􀖯 - - C/o Iver Parish Council 63 Chequers Orchard IVER Bucks SL0 9NJ Minutes of the Dorney Parish Council Meeting held at the Eton Do􀒲ey Centre on Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 8 pm Present8- Councillors Purdie ( chaired the meeting), K Harris, P Smith, Mrs Kittel and G Easton. 􀑎􀑸 Attendance:- Mrs S Moffat (Clerk), Cllr D Dhillon, Cllr A Dhillon, James Egan (Venue Manager for the 2012 Olympics) Ben Emerson (O􀒉rations Manager for 2012 Olympics), Inspector Richard Brown (concerned with public safety and security at the 2012 Olympics) and 2 members of the public. 16 Election of Chairman for the ensuing year - Resolved to defer this until 􀓜e next meeting and Mr Purdie will continue to be Chairman until then. 17 Declaration of Acceptance of Office of newly-elected chairman. Deferred until the next meeting. 18 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Mr Egan explained he is now the Venue Manager at Dorney Rowing Lake for the 2012 Olympics and meeting the Parish Council will be the start of greater communications between the Parish Council and LOCOG. Mr Pu􀒣ie enquired about the movement afoot to change the planning application from a temporary to permanent footbridge across the Thames from Windsor to Dorney. lnsp Brown informed the Council that although there was a desire from residents on the Windsor side for a permanent bridge, the costs would inc􀒞ease 8 fold and they were unable to raise this money so no longer pursuing this option. Mr Smith declared a pecuniary interest in the 2012 Olympics due to his business connections. Mr Smith enquired if Boveney Road was earmarked for the pedestrian access on the Dorney side. Mr Egan was unable to conf􀐮rm this as they were also looking at the possibility of using Big Meadow but the f􀐰nal decision will be made in a couple of months. For the Paralympics the main operational par􀑁 and ride will be transferred from Windsor Racecourse to Big Meadow. Mr Easton expressed concern that a statement on security has been issued but there has not been a consul􀓑tion process. Mr Purdie asked about the legacy from the 2012 Olympics as although the provision of flowers has been agreed there was also the possibility of a roundabout at Court Lane/Lake End Road with a 'structure' in the centre to reflect the Olympics being held at Dorney. Although it was not in his remit, Mr Egan would look in to this and report back. Insp. Brown advised that Ian Barham, Bucks Manager for the 2012 Olympics, should be approached as be has a substantial amount of money for this purpose. Mr Hall, a l􀑽l resident, raised the question about helicopter 􀓪c regarding the amount of movement and location of a landing pad. Mr Egan would f􀐯nd out about this and report back. It was concluded that Mr Egan would attend Council meetings on a regular basis to improve communication and transparency of information. Mr Purdie thanked Mr Egan, Mr Emerson and Insp. Brown for attending. SBDC report - Cllr A Dhillon had 2 issues to report:- (i) A misunderstanding regards planning 􀒊rmission at Harcourt Road. The applicants be􀑏ieved they would be permi􀓱 planning permission and were ready to commence building works when they found out their p􀑗g application was· re􀐄sed. Cllr A Dhil􀑐on has taken this up with the Planning Officer; (ii) Orchard Farm - a large pile of hardcore has been stored. He contacted the Environmental Health and the Enforcement Officers but it was permitted. Mr Smith expressed concern that this was allowed as under the Certificate of -12- • La􀈏ess􀈕the􀈕only􀈕material􀈕allowed􀈕should􀈕be􀈕incidental􀈕to􀈕their􀈕building􀈕business􀈕and􀈕not􀈕to􀈕store􀈕 material􀈕for􀈕recycling􀈕or􀈕sorting.􀈕 Bucks􀈕 CC􀈕report:􀈕 -Cllr􀈕 D􀈕Dhillon􀈕reported􀈕that􀈕(i)􀈕There􀈕 has􀈕 beeu􀈕a􀈕major􀈕change􀈕 at􀈕County􀈕with􀈕 Martin􀈕Tett􀈕 being􀈕the􀈕 new􀈕leader􀈕resulting􀈕 also􀈕 in􀈕 changes􀈕 in􀈕 committees;􀈕 (ii)􀈕 Cllr􀈕D􀈕 Dhillon􀈕 has􀈕 been􀈕examining􀈕the􀈕effects􀈕 of􀈕Taplow􀈕Car􀈕Boot􀈕sales􀈕on􀈕traffic􀈕over􀈕the􀈕last􀈕3􀈕Sunday􀈕mornings􀈕but􀈕 has􀈕not􀈕found􀈕a􀈕severe􀈕disr􀈋tion􀈕to􀈕traffic􀈕flow􀈕as􀈕previously􀈕reported;􀈕 (iii)􀈕Regarding􀈕the􀈕Localism􀈕 Bill,􀈕 parish􀈕 aud􀈕towns􀈕 will􀈕 be􀈕encouraged􀈕to􀈕 look􀈕at􀈕 neighbourhood􀈕planning;􀈕 (iv)􀈕No􀈕Adult􀈕 Care􀈕 Centres􀈕 will􀈕be􀈕 closing􀈕 in􀈕 Bucks􀈕 aud􀈕 all􀈕the􀈕centres􀈕 are􀈕operating􀈕 well;􀈕 (v)􀈕 Cllr􀈕 D􀈕 Dhillon􀈕 has􀈕 suggested􀈕to􀈕 County􀈕 that􀈕the􀈕roads􀈕req􀈉􀈕IJlajor􀈕repair􀈕in􀈕this􀈕 area􀈕are􀈕the􀈕Bath􀈕Road􀈕 (including􀈕 signage)􀈕 ready􀈕 for􀈕the􀈕 2012􀈕Olympics,􀈕 Institute􀈕 Road,􀈕 Stomp􀈕 Road􀈕 and􀈕 Boundary􀈕 Road;􀈕 (vi)􀈕 The􀈕 LAF􀈕co-ordinator,􀈕Stephen􀈕Young,􀈕is􀈕leaving􀈕so􀈕there􀈕may􀈕be􀈕changes􀈕to􀈕LAF􀈕in􀈕the􀈕fut􀈅re.􀈕 Mr􀈕Purdie􀈕asked􀈕Cllr􀈕D􀈕Dhillon􀈕if􀈕it􀈕was􀈕possible􀈕to􀈕have􀈕more􀈕funding􀈕under􀈕Devolved􀈕Powers􀈕now􀈕 that􀈕 Dorney􀈕Parish􀈕 Council􀈕 is􀈕mowing􀈕the􀈕grass􀈕verges􀈕 on􀈕behalf􀈕of􀈕highways.􀈕 Cllr􀈕D􀈕Dhillon􀈕will􀈕 investigate.􀈕 19􀈕 Apologies􀈕were􀈕received􀈕from􀈕Mr􀈕Harris􀈕and􀈕Mr􀈕Nelson.􀈕 20􀈕 Disclosure􀈕of􀈕interest􀈕in􀈕items􀈕on􀈕the􀈕agenda􀈕- Mr􀈕Smith􀈕declared􀈕a􀈕pecwriary􀈕interest􀈕in􀈕items􀈕 related􀈕to􀈕the􀈕2012􀈕Olympics􀈕due􀈕to􀈕business􀈕connections.􀈕 21􀈕 Election􀈕of􀈕Vice-Chairman􀈕for􀈕the􀈕ensuing􀈕year.􀈕Deferred􀈕until􀈕the􀈕ne􀈐t􀈕meeting.􀈕 22􀈕 Clerk's􀈕 Report􀈕 - The􀈕 Clerk􀈕 agreed􀈕 to􀈕 bring􀈕 forward􀈕 another􀈕 watering􀈕 session􀈕 by􀈕 Wyevale􀈕 Landscape􀈕 Group􀈕 last􀈕 month􀈕 due􀈕 to􀈕 dry􀈕 weather.􀈕 Wyevale􀈕 have􀈕 suggested􀈕 to􀈕concentrate􀈕 on􀈕 watering􀈕the􀈕trees􀈕in􀈕Trumpers􀈕 Field􀈕if􀈕volunteers􀈕 are􀈕 available􀈕as􀈕these􀈕are􀈕more􀈕expensive􀈕to􀈕 replace􀈕than􀈕the􀈕hedgerow.􀈕The􀈕Clerk􀈕will􀈕find􀈕out􀈕the􀈕cost􀈕of􀈕an􀈕additional􀈕􀈎ng􀈕session􀈕and􀈕 Wyevale􀈕 will􀈕 consider􀈕carrying􀈕o􀈍􀈕one􀈕additional􀈕session􀈕at􀈕no􀈕cost􀈕if􀈕req􀈈􀈕(b)􀈕local􀈕resident􀈕 has􀈕asked􀈕for􀈕more􀈕information􀈕from􀈕the􀈕applicant􀈕about􀈕the􀈕new􀈕premises􀈕licence􀈕application􀈕for􀈕 the􀈕Olympics.􀈕(c)􀈕Transport􀈕for􀈕Bucks􀈕's􀈕third􀈕Local􀈕Transport􀈕Plan􀈕has􀈕now􀈕been􀈕published􀈕and􀈕 can􀈕 be􀈕 viewed􀈕 on􀈕 www.buckscc.gov.uk/ltp3􀈕 (c)􀈕 Letter􀈕 from􀈕 Leader􀈕 of􀈕 Bucks􀈕 C.C.􀈕 informing􀈕 residents􀈕 on􀈕road􀈕improvements􀈕(as􀈕appended),􀈕(d)􀈕 Windsor􀈕2012􀈕Legacy􀈕Group􀈕have􀈕 asked􀈕to􀈕 give􀈕 a􀈕presentation􀈕 regarding􀈕 their􀈕 campaign􀈕 for􀈕 a􀈕lasting􀈕 legacy􀈕 at􀈕 Eton􀈕 Dorney􀈕 Lake􀈕 for􀈕 a􀈕 permanent􀈕bridge􀈕across􀈕the􀈕Thames.􀈕The􀈕Clerk􀈕will􀈕ask􀈕for􀈕an􀈕update􀈕from􀈕Mr􀈕Harris􀈕to􀈕find􀈕out􀈕 if􀈕this􀈕project􀈕is􀈕ongoing.􀈕 23􀈕 Chairman's􀈕Report􀈕- None.􀈕 24􀈕 Rebuild􀈕of􀈕Dorney􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕- Dorney􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕Committee􀈕has􀈕instructed􀈕an􀈕architect􀈕to􀈕 produce􀈕new􀈕plans􀈕to􀈕include􀈕the􀈕extension􀈕to􀈕the􀈕original􀈕building.􀈕This􀈕will􀈕take􀈕3􀈕to􀈕4􀈕months.􀈕 25􀈕 To􀈕 resolve􀈕if􀈕Dorney􀈕Parish􀈕 Council􀈕should􀈕take􀈕responsibility􀈕for􀈕the􀈕mowing􀈕ofTrumpers􀈕Field􀈕 Play􀈕area􀈕 Mr􀈕 Purdie􀈕 and􀈕 Mrs􀈕 Kittel􀈕 declared􀈕 a􀈕 non-pec􀈄niary􀈕 interest􀈕 being􀈕 members􀈕 of􀈕 the􀈕 Play4Domey􀈕Management􀈕Committee.􀈕 The􀈕Clerk􀈕will􀈕investigate􀈕the􀈕possibility􀈕of􀈕additional􀈕 funding􀈕and,􀈕 if􀈕this􀈕is􀈕available,􀈕 to􀈕find􀈕 out􀈕 from􀈕the􀈕groundsman􀈕if􀈕he􀈕is􀈕willing􀈕to􀈕work􀈕additional􀈕hours􀈕to􀈕cover􀈕this􀈕work.􀈕 26􀈕 Planning􀈕 a.􀈕 To􀈕note􀈕planning􀈕issues,􀈕decisions􀈕and􀈕appeals􀈕recently􀈕notified􀈕by􀈕South􀈕Bucks􀈕District􀈕 Couucil􀈕- (appended).􀈕 b.􀈕 To􀈕consider􀈕and􀈕comment􀈕on􀈕applications􀈕- (appended).􀈕 27􀈕 Finance􀈕 a)􀈕 Resolved􀈕to􀈕authorise􀈕payment􀈕of􀈕Accounts􀈕for􀈕J􀈊e􀈕2011􀈕in􀈕the􀈕swn􀈕of􀈕£2340.26􀈕 as􀈕appended.􀈕 b)􀈕Resolved􀈕to􀈕receive􀈕list􀈕of􀈕income􀈕for􀈕June􀈕2011􀈕in􀈕the􀈕swn􀈕of􀈕£7,325􀈕net􀈕as􀈕appended.􀈕 c)􀈕Resolved􀈕to􀈕receive􀈕recent􀈕bank􀈕statements􀈕and􀈕chainnan􀈕to􀈕sign􀈕reconciliations.􀈕 d)􀈕Resolved􀈕to􀈕monitor􀈕budget􀈕for􀈕201 1-12􀈕as􀈕appended.􀈕 e)􀈕Resolved􀈕to􀈕approve􀈕the􀈕accounts􀈕as􀈕approved􀈕by􀈕the􀈕internal􀈕auditor􀈕 (appended).􀈕 f)􀈕Resolved􀈕to􀈕approve􀈕and􀈕complete􀈕the􀈕Statement􀈕of􀈕Assurance􀈕for􀈕the􀈕Atmual􀈕Re􀇿􀈕as􀈕appended.􀈕 28􀈕 Correspondence􀈕- The􀈕Communi􀈀􀈕Activities􀈕Co-ordinator􀈕from􀈕 SBDC􀈕has􀈕organised􀈕'Games􀈕in􀈕 the􀈕Park'􀈕at􀈕Trampers􀈕Field􀈕on􀈕2''􀈕and􀈕I􀈕o• A􀈇􀈕201 1.􀈕 - -- -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - ------------- ----- - 29 Circulars to receive and note June circulars as per attached list. 30 Member's Reports a) Neighbourhood Action Group -None. b) SBALC- None. c) South Bucks Partnership -None. d) Local Area Forum - As reported by Cllr D Dhillon during the Public Participation at the beginning of the meeting. 31 Resolve any complaints received from residents -(a) Shrubbery needs cutting back at the side of 3 Ashford Cottages on the junction of Ashford Lane - There appears to be some confusion regarding this matter with the police, and the resident at 3 Ashford Cottages does not want the vegetation cut back; (b) Parking on verge outside Ashford Cottages by customers using the Pineapple PH and a request for posts to be installed to prevent this - Mr Smith reconuuended bollards. He will measure the area to find out how many are required. The epicormic growth at the base of the tree on the verge needs cutting back. Mrs Kittel reported that sbe had received a complaint that the conifers aloug the boundary at the back of the Village Hall need cutting back. Mr Easton will investigate and report back. 32 Maintenance and Highway employee/work. A car window was accidentally chipped whilst grass cutting work was being carried out by Dorney Parish Council. It was agreed to pay the £40 invoice received for repair work. Mrs Kittel asked if the vegetation can be cut back along the west side of the footpath from Marsh Lane to Oak Stubbs Lane. Date of next meeting-Spm on 12th July, 2011 at the Eton Dorney Centre Meeting closed at J0.20p.m. NORDEN􀕚FARM􀕚CENTRE􀕚FOR􀕚TIIE􀕚ARTS􀕚 Altwood􀕚Road,􀕚Maidenhead􀕚 Box􀕚Office􀕚0􀕚1 628􀕚788997􀕚 Sunday􀕚10th􀕚July􀕚at􀕚7.30􀕚p.m.􀕚 The Charleston Chasers Exciting, exhilarating swing music from the glittering 1920s and l 930s. The band features ten fine musicians and a wealth of vocal talent, bringing to the stage the fun and excitement of the period. With the sounds of Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael and George Gershwin. Songs include The Man I Love, The Charlston, California Here I Come, Stardust and My Baby Just Cares for Me Tickets: £15 (£13 cone.)􀕚 Dorney Parish News Distributors: Mr􀕚Cobb,􀕚Mrs􀕚Cox,􀕚Mrs􀕚Grant,􀕚Mrs􀕚Hewitt- Teale,􀕚Mrs􀕚Jackman,􀕚 Mrs􀕚Leishman,􀕚Mrs􀕚Oxlade,􀕚Mrs􀕚Richmond,􀕚Mr􀕚Russell,􀕚Mrs􀕚Tuddenham,􀕚 Mrs􀕚Tyler,􀕚Mrs􀕚Wood-Dow,􀕚Mrs􀕚Wright􀕚 DORNEY PARISH COUNCILLORS 2011 Mr Keith Harris Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Windsor Berks SL46QD Mr Andrew Purdie 54 Harcourt Road Dorney Reach Berks SL& ODU Mr Graham Easton Tel No. 01753 655331 Email: kelth_sbr@hotmall.co.uk Tel No. 01494 515253 Email: a_purdie@yahoo.com 39 Harcourt Road Email Dorney Reach Tel No. 01628 628819 Email: ge45ton@aol.com Berks SL& ODT Mr Eddie Nelson 11 Meadow Way Dorney Reach Berks SL& 0DS Mr Peter Smith The Old Place Dorney SL46QQ Ms Alice Foxley Paddocks End Village Road Dorney Berks SL4 6QW Mrs Leanne Kittel 27 Meadow Way Dorney Reach Berks SL&0DR Tel No. 01628 627012 Email: etbnelson@googlemall.com 01753 827030 peter@pjsmith.co.uk Tel No. 01628 660268 Email: Alice.Foxley@tui.UK.co.UK Tel no. 07919 484855 Email: leanne@kittel.co.uk Dorney Parish News is printed by Scott Peters 07710 422431 ------- -- - - -- -- The Grimm Players present aROOtBOURNE 2011 In aid of Annual Charity Concert with full orchestra TARGET OVARIAN CANCER 􀀐g\AL BY JUii); Tickets £1 0 l'HITE HORSE INN Tuesday 1 2 - Thursday 1 4 July 7.30 pm Taplow Court (Ikeda New Century Hall) Taplow SL6 OER Licensed Bar Lovely grounds open for picnics from 6 pm Be aware of natural hazards, eg uneven ground BOX OFFICE 01 628 624798 ETON WICK IDSTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 13th. July LOCAL LOCKS and BIRDLIFE. Speaker: Bill Stacey NO MEETING IN AUGUST Christian Aid Collection I should like to thank everyone who contributed to the Christian Aid collection organised by St James Church in Dorney Parish this year. We raised a total of £558. Well done to all, and thank you. Gill Hayton (Christian Aid co-ordinator) -16- ----------------------------- - - - - - -- - -- - -- -- -- -- --- - - - -- Olympic Security I was impressed and depressed in equal measure when I attended one of the Thames Valley Police half day briefing events about security. On the positive side, I thought that their attention to detail was really encouraging. We were told about all aspects of the terrorist, crime and even health threats. We were told what and who to report to the police, this included people taking inappropriate photographs that might be used in terrorist plans. I felt uncomfortable at that point because, about a month before, a cyclist had stopped and taken photos of mine and my neighbours' houses. I guess we are in rocket launching range of the grandstand. The presentations were really thorough, and I felt a great deal more confident by the end of the meeting. My only, albeit light hearted concern, was the bomb disposal man who talked about his "explosive dog". I think I know what that meant, but, even so I think we should all watch out for explosive cows on the Common next year, don't you? They could do a lot of damage if detonated. I did have some serious reservations, though. Why??? Why, if the threat of terrorism and crime is so great to the venue and the surrounding area, is it going ahead at all? Why should our everyday life be so seriously threatened and disrupted in order to accommodate and finance a major terrorist or criminal target? We have already had to fight off extreme licensing applications. We still do not know how badly our freedom of movement will be affected. So why should this be? I accept that it is too late to stop the Olympic juggernaut now, but I just hope that the very real efforts being made by our excellent police to protect us all will prevail. la Haute Guais Once upon a time upon a whim, I decided to treat all our family to a one off holiday in France. We found a magnificent 9 bedroom 'manoir' in Dinard, overlooking St Malo bay. It had its own, virtually private beach, and a big garden. It was love at first visit. We (11 adults & 5 children this time) have just returned from our eighteenth holiday there. Our photo albums, and now CDs, show grandchildren at all stages of development in the same, much loved locations. We have a picture of the house painted by my late sister on our wall. La Haute Guais, as it is called, has become our second home. My reason for writing this is to draw your attention to it. We love it so much that we are happy to promote it to others if only to ensure that it remains viable for the owner to continue to let it. If you have a large party of family and/or friends who love each others' company try googling Manoir de la Haute Guais. You will find a full description and photos there. I'll happily let you know more if you email me on geoffatkinson3@aol.com. I promise I am not on commission. Geoffrey Atkinson -17- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 HAVE YOUR SAY The next beat surgery will be held on: • Saturday 9th July 10-11 am Cale at Dorney Court Kitchen Garden Please feel free to come along and meet your neighbourhood police team and discuss any issues or concerns you have or alternatively you can e-mail us at: Taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES Anti-,social behaviour (ASB) - Outreach workers have been working in the T aplow area engaging with local youths over the last month, they will continue to be out and about in the area at key times providing support and information over the next couple of months. Litter/Parking - The neighbourhood team have recently arranged for a local offender to conduct a litter pick along the Jubilee River as part of reparation. The Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) are continuing to work closely with the Environment Agency for long term solutions. If you are interested in becoming involved in tackling these new priorities then please contact the neighbourhood team or come along to the next NAG meeting on Wednesday 6th July 2011 at 7.30pm Oak & Saw Public House, Rectory Road, Taplow. Burglary: The neighbourhood team have been running Operation Grinder to combat the spat of shed and garage breaks. They have been conducting plain clothes patrols at key times and have conducted joint operations at the T aplow car boot for any possible stolen items being sold. This has already proved a success as there has been a decrease in Burglaries over the area since this operation has started. Currently, there are vast amounts of bicycles being stolen from garages and sheds in the Taplow area. The team have an engraver to post code bikes - if you are interested in having your bike post- coded, please contact the team either by calling 0845 8 505 505 or byemailing taplow&dorneyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk This is a free service we are offering as we do have lots of bicycles handed in to the police that we are unable to return to the owner. By having your bicycle post-coded, you will have a better chance of getting it back. For more crime information, please go to http://maps.police.uk/view/thames-valley. Overall, crime has decreased by 21 .8%, when compared to the same period last year. Community Messaging Community Messaging is a free service which provides information to subscribers about crime and police activity in their area via phone or email. It also includes information on what we and our partner services are doing to bring offenders to justice or combat anti-social behaviour. More information can be obtained via our website, and you can sign up by following this link: http://www.tvpcommunitymessaqinq.org/rmwebportal/startup.aspx' For crime information in your area, go to: http://maps.police.uk/view/thames-valley If you have any queries or questions regarding neighbourhood policing or any police matter, please feel free to contact the T aplow & Dorney neighbourhood policing team on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow&dorneyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk You can also find us on the Neighbourhood pages: www. thamesvalleypolice.co.uk -18- Electrical Services Burnham Naplt Part "P" Approved • Additional Sockets - Lights New Fuse Boards - Updates Security - Attic Lighting NAPIT Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All Other Electrical Work Free ■ctvice ■nd estimates All work gu■ranteed No job too small Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 f9 THE ETON DORNEY CENTRE fal OVER 60'8 LUNCH CLUB OUTING Visit Nymans House & Garden - West Sussex / Travel by coach Tuesday 1 2th July 201 1 Meet at Eton Dorney Centre at 1 1 :00 a.m. Return to Elon Dorney Centre at 4:30 p.m. Followed at Eton Dorney Centre by afternoon tea, coffee and biscuits. Cost: £8.00 p.p. ( entrance fee J or free for National Trust Members Travel expenses and packed lunch provided by the Centre Open to all residents but limited places. Please book in advance Please gontact Lili Illes or Sue Eaton Phone: 01 628 662823 Email: info@elondorney.org.uk -19- Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, NATURE NOTES + illGH NOON VILLAGE ROAD With the generally warm and dry May and up to mid-June, with the odd welcome shower, plants which have survived well include beautiful deep blue Canterbury bells; iris; foxgloves (bees love them); columbine; white flowered wild garlic; lords and ladies; varieties of roses including beautifully scented dog roses; violets; pink lavateria; yellow fleabane; yellow stone crop; yellow-centred white-flowered Chinese lantern; bluish-purple periwinkle; daisies and yellow pimpernel to name a few. The good weather has also helped many bird chicks to survive. So far, sparrows; robins; starlings; blue and great tits; pied wagtail; hedge accentors, and no doubt soon to follow, blackbirds; wrens; goldfinches and chaffinches. The plumpest jay I've ever seen visited our back garden - what a beauty! The larger birds, such as magpies and crows' chicks no doubt will follow later. Picture the scene: Clint Eastwood rides slowly into town, half-cigar held firmly between parched lips. Also in town are Ramon and Chico with their motley crew of swarthy bandittos. The target? The Bank of El Paso. Tension is mounting as Ennio Morricone's music begins to reach a crescendo. Forward now if you will to Dorney Village Road,May 201 1 . On one side, Bucks County Council Chief Executive Chris Williams with his henchmen Jim Stevens and Eric Meek of Transportation Dept. (new title?). On the other side, yours truly the Duke of Dorney with Mighty(Claws) Basil the big black cat and Anne (Whiplash) Robinson of BBC I TV's Watchdog. The target? The eight month badly potholed footpath opposite the red telephone and post box, Village Road, Dorney. Deadline? 3 1st May 201 1, or else Anne and Co. swing into action. May Bank Holiday passes peacefully, pot-holes still not done. Tuesday 31st. dawns, a cool north wind is blowing and tension is mounting. But wait, at High Noon, swinging round the bend in Village Road comes the Bucks C. C. Tarmac cavalry ( the Macadams) just in the nick of time. Most assiduously, the pot-holes are filled. Job done, the Macadams ride off into the distance. Mighty Basil and myself agree to defer credit to Anne Robinson for getting the job done. Obviously, her reputation goes before her - what a gal! By way of thanks to Anne, I will now play the following tune. 'The Deadwood Stage' (Whip-Crack-Away) composed inl963 by Sanuny Fain and Paul Francis Webster. Oh! the Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains With the curtains flap pin' and the driver a-slappin' the reins Beautiful sky! A wonderful day! 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Dorney Social Diary JUNE􀈕 Sunday􀈕261b June􀈕 Wednesday􀈕13th July􀈕 Saturday􀈕3rd September􀈕 DORNEY􀈕PARISH􀈕COUNCIL􀈕 DORNEY􀈕VILLAGE􀈕HALL􀈕 MANAGEMENT COMMITIEE􀈕 DORNEY􀈕OVER􀈕60's􀈕CLUB􀈕 DORNEY􀈕BADMJNTON􀈕CLUB􀈕 DORNEY􀈕SHORT􀈕MAT􀈕 BOWLS􀈕CLUB􀈕 DORNEY􀈕TENNIS􀈕COURT􀈕 DORNEY􀈕YOUTH􀈕CLUB􀈕 (for􀈕children􀈕of􀈕the􀈕parish)􀈕 BROWNIES􀈕 LITTLE􀈕FISHES􀈕 For􀈕pre-school􀈕children􀈕 (and􀈕parents􀈕or􀈕carers)􀈕 Songs,􀈕stories,􀈕treasure􀈕bunts,􀈕fun􀈕 and􀈕refreshments.􀈕 VILLAGE􀈕HALL􀈕BOOKINGS􀈕 BEST􀈕KEPT􀈕VILLAGE􀈕JUDGING􀈕 DDHS􀈕Coach􀈕Trip􀈕to􀈕Polesden􀈕Lacey􀈕 Meet􀈕top􀈕Harcourt􀈕Road􀈕10􀈕a.m.􀈕 Eton􀈕Wick􀈕History􀈕Group􀈕Meeting􀈕 Eton􀈕Wick􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕7.30􀈕p.m.􀈕 Dorney􀈕Fete􀈕&􀈕DDHS􀈕Annual􀈕Show􀈕 Second􀈕Tuesday􀈕of􀈕each􀈕month􀈕(except􀈕August)􀈕 Eton􀈕Dorney􀈕Centre􀈕8􀈕p.m.􀈕 Second􀈕Monday􀈕of􀈕alternate􀈕months􀈕 i.e.􀈕 July􀈕 September􀈕 Village􀈕Hall􀈕8􀈕p.m.􀈕 Luncheon􀈕in􀈕the􀈕Vicarage,􀈕Dorney􀈕 Second􀈕Tuesday􀈕in􀈕month􀈕12.15􀈕- 2.00􀈕 14/6􀈕 12/7􀈕Outing.􀈕 No􀈕lunch􀈕club􀈕in􀈕August.􀈕 13/9􀈕 11/10􀈕 8/11􀈕 13/12􀈕Christmas􀈕lunch􀈕 Every􀈕Tuesday􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕8-10􀈕p.m.􀈕 Every􀈕Sunday􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕 7 - 10􀈕p.m.􀈕 Telephone􀈕01628􀈕629381􀈕 (between􀈕4.30-5􀈕p.m.􀈕 Monday-Friday)􀈕 Every􀈕Thursday􀈕evening􀈕during􀈕term􀈕time􀈕 in􀈕hut􀈕in􀈕grounds􀈕of􀈕Dorney􀈕School􀈕 6-16􀈕year􀈕olds􀈕 in􀈕two􀈕groups􀈕 contact􀈕Alan􀈕Russell􀈕 01628􀈕784515􀈕 Every􀈕Thursday􀈕Village􀈕Hall􀈕 6-7.30􀈕p.m.􀈕 Every􀈕Wednesday􀈕 (Term􀈕time􀈕only)􀈕 St.􀈕John's􀈕Church,􀈕Eton􀈕Wick􀈕 10􀈕a.m.􀈕- 11.30􀈕a.m.􀈕 Dawn􀈕Russell􀈕 01628􀈕784515􀈕 NEIGHBOURHOOD􀈕WATCH􀈕SCHEME􀈕 **********􀈕 Area􀈕Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER􀈕WANTED􀈕 **********􀈕 TO􀈕REPORT􀈕ANYTlllNG􀈕SUSPICIOUS􀈕TELEPHONE􀈕POLICE􀈕08458􀈕505505􀈕 TO􀈕REPORT􀈕INCIDENTS􀈕TBA􀈕T􀈕REQUIRE􀈕IMMEDIATE􀈕POLICE􀈕ACTION􀈕 TELEPHONE􀈕999􀈕 -1 1 - Dorney Horticultural Society Annual Coach Trip Polesden Lacey - near Dorking An Edwardian country estate desi􀐋ed to be the perfect setting for a millionairess hostess to entice roya􀐹ty, politicians and the best of Edwardian society for entertaining weekends in the country. The house, with its notab􀐺y stunning interiOrs and co􀐼lection, delight􀐄l gardens and superb views ac􀒾ss the rolling Surrey hills is waiting to be explored. Immerse yourself in the lifestyle where nothing was t􀒀 much trouble for your hostess, while discovering the secrets that Po􀐻esden Lacey has to tell from the parties it has seen. Wander through the beauti􀐅l walled garden, before strolling through the extensive 􀐌ounds and landscape walks. Don't miss Newly o􀒓ened areas of the house. Feel like one of Mrs Greville's house-party guests. En􀐭oy the stunning for􀑑al gardens, 􀐜ncluding the famous Rose Garde􀑡. COACH TRIP - 26TH JUNE 2011 - 10-00am Top of Harcourt Road Cost = £10 plus entry (NT members free entry) Please call Louise Whaley on 01628 625589 to reserve your seat -12- ,. • - NATURE IN DORNEY REACH I felt I wanted to let everyone know of the wonderful happening in the front garden of 31 Harcourt Road on the 3oth April. There were lots of insects in the warm morning air so I thought nothing of tt UNTIL. .... what I took to be a brown puddle appeared on my front lawn, small at first but then tt grew warranting a closer look. The puddle comprised hundreds of bees! They had obviously swarmed from the colony that has lived in the Indian Bean tree for the past 5 years. I rang the local police number [08458 505 505] as they have a list of local Beekeepers - 3 calls later I found a local Beekeeper living in Bracknell [Mr. Roberts - 01344 641495 ] who could come to take the swarm. The process was amazing, he arrived with a swarm box and laid it on its side near the swarm. This box had two new frames and two older frames that still had the scent of the bees. An orderly line was then formed by gently shepherding the bees into an orderly column. {Mr. Roberts just touched the outside bees wtth his hands, he did not receive any stings because the bees were full of honey eaten before they swarmed.} As the bees went into the box, he saw the queen and gently helped her in, the remaining bees followed. I saw some drones who had mated with the queen and were dying. In all tt took approximately 45 minutes for all the bees to enter the swarm box. Some sentry bees stayed on the outside of the frame and faced heads up over the entrance to the frame. Then a further row of bees put their heads under the first row of bee's wings and so on until they formed a cover. They do this so that any rain slides down their wings and does not enter the hive. Did you know that as many as 6 new queens are produced by the colony in spring. As each swarm they take some of the original colony with them. The first is the prime swarm when almost haW of the bees depart. Later new queens take fewer as they leave. The colony living in the Indian Bean tree appears to be as active as ever and as long as we humans do not get in the way of their flight path they leave us alone. Oh! the mice in my shed enjoyed the feast I gave them in the form of trays of seed in compost - 1 runner bean and 2 sweet corn were the only vegetables left - kind neighbours supplied me with further seeds and all is back on track. Joy Richmond PS. Yesterday a moving carpet of ants and flying ants appeared in the breakfast room. NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Thursday 23rd June at 7.30 p.m. A Grainger Odyssey Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender (piano) A very special concert, played on two Steinway grand pianos, marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Australian born composer and pianist, Percy Grainger. The concert reflects the composer's interests in folk music, the culture of Scandinavia, and his admiration for the music of Bach, Grieg, Delius and Gershwin. It includes Grainger's Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess. Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender have recorded all ofGrainger's piano works for four hands. Tickets: £12 (£10 cone.) £8 Members (£5 under 18s) -13- oZiJtJmep 􀁖arish 6}JunC1! Sue Moffat Parish Cler􀐰 Tel: 01753 655331 Fax: 01753 654922 E􀑐ail: do􀒯neycounc􀐸l@co-net.com www.buc􀐷inf􀑰.net/do􀓕ey􀒒c 􀁓 C/o Iver Parish Council 63 Chequers Orchard IYER Bucks SLO 9NJ Minutes of the Dorney Parish Council Meeting held at the Eton Dorney Centre on Tuesday 10th May 2011 at 8 pm Present:- Councillors Purdie(chaired the meeting), K Harris, P Smith, Mrs Kittel and G Easton. In Attendance:- Mrs S Moffat (Clerk) and PCSO O'Connor. At the proposition of Cllr Smith, seconded by Cllr Easton, it was agreed to elect Cllr Purdie as Chairman until the next council meeting. Declaration of Acceptance was made by the newly-elected chairman. Co-option of councillors - At the proposition of Cllr Purdie, seconded by Cllr Easton, it was agreed to co-opt Mr Harris and Ms Foxley as councillors onto Dorney Parish Council. PUBLIC P ARTJCIP A TION - PCSO O'Connor circulated the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Newsletter as attached. She reported that crime figures have increased during the warmer weather and that members of the public still leave possessions on display in their cars. Cllr Harris raised concern about the spate of burglaries but PCSO O'Connor was unable to provide further details as they were in the process of being investigated. Apologies were received from CUr Foxley, Cllr Nelson, Cllr D Dhillon and Cllr A Dhillon. Resolved to receive and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 12th April 2011. Disclosure of interest in items on the agenda - None. Election of Vice-Chairman for the ensuing year - There were no nominations for Vice-Chairman. To receive, and in so far as is required, approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 12th April 201 I. (copy previously circulated). Resolved to fix the amount of the Chairman's allowance in pursuance of section 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 at the budgeted amount of£ 150. Finance Committee - Resolved that all counci.llors are members of the Finance Committee. To appoint representatives on the undermentioned bodies:- (a) Rowing Lake Committee -No representatives were appointed as this Committee no longer meets. TbeClerk will invite the 2012 Olympic Venue Manager to the next Council meeting for updates. (b) SBALC - To appoint Cllr Purdie and Cllr Ms Foxley. (c) South Bucks Partnership - To appoint Cllr Smith and Cllr Mrs Kittel. ( d)Neighbourhood Action Group - To appoint Cllr Harris Resolved to fix the dates and times of meetings of the Council for the ensuing year - to be 2nd Tuesday of every month except August - (at the Eton Dorney Centre). Annual Electors meeting Wednesday 21st March 2012 in Dorney Village Hall. Finance Meeting to set budget and precept and review internal audit plan and risk assessments etc - Tuesday 22nd November 201 1 held in Eton Dorney Centre. Resolved that the newly elected members are the authorised signatories on the Council's bank accounts with Investec and the Bank of Ireland. These are Mr Purdie, Mr Easton, Mrs Kittel, Ms Foxley, Mr Nelson, Mr Smith and Mr Harris. Clerk's Report - (a) Clean up day on 22nd May is being organised by Nick Hewitt-Teale, (b) The Landscape Group reported that the trees and hedges in Meadow Lane and the picnic area were watered on 19th April, 2011. There is a 3 year contract in place for maintenance of the newly planted trees in Marsh Lane which includes the reolacement of anv dead trees. ... • Chairman's Report - Nothing to r􀑠rt. Rebuild of Dorney Village Hall - No 􀒖her updates. Delegated budget Fund - Resolved that the following bids are put forward for Delegated Budget on Transportation:- (i) new lamp post at Southfield Close (next to c􀐂le grid), (I i) new 􀐔llards at Jubilee River. The Clerk and Cllr Harris will 􀒉 the costs 􀐁ciated with t􀒱se works. Resolved to make no comment on the Application for the Grant of a new Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 for Eton College Rowing Centre as appended althou gh it was noted that 7 am start was very early for an alcohol licence. Planning a To note planning issues. decisions and appeals recently notified by South Bucks District Council as on list appended. b. To consider and comment upon applications on the list appended. Financ􀑈 a) Insurance renewal 􀒑om 1 st June 201 1. R􀑩lved to renew the 􀓞ce with Peter Came & Company on a 3 year Long Tenn Agreement a􀑵ter consid􀑧on of removing street lights and sports equipment from the sum insured. b) Resolved to authorise paym􀑞t of Ac􀐫unts for May 201 1 in the sum of £1468.48 net c) Resolved to receive list ofincome for May 2011 - None. d) Resolved to receive recent bank statements and C􀒰 to si􀒝 reconciliations e) Resolved to allow 4 days additional work for the Highways Attendant if additional work is required for the Best K􀑢 Village Competition2 Corresponden􀐣 CPRE informing everyone that the o􀒃cial consultation on HS2 is w􀓀derway and a series o􀑲 roadshows are being held along the proposed route. Circulan To receive and note May 􀐥ars as p􀑤 attached list Member's Reports -No further me􀑬ngs have been held of the following Committees. a) Neigh􀐕urhood Action Group b) SBALC c) South Bucks P􀐀ership d) Local Area Forum Resolve any complaints received 􀒒om residents - (a) Shrub􀐒ry needs cutting back at the side of 3 Ashford Cottages on the 􀓦unction of Ashford Lane. This is the responsibility of Lord of the Manor. (b) Parking on verge outside Ashford Cottages by 􀐰omers using the Pineapple PH and a r􀑣uest for posts to be insta􀓻led. Cllr Snrith will inv􀑪gate and r􀑡rt back, (c) Grade I potholes in Boveney Road at the 􀓧unction of Lock Path and collapsed road by Ehn Farm Bungal ow - This will be reported to Bucks CC Maintenance and Highway employ􀑙ork. - As per schedule. Date of next meeting - 8pm on 14th June 2011 at the Eton Dorney Centre M􀑘ting ended 9.47 pm. 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Workshops and Private Sessions For Parents, Children, Teens Call Judy Bartkowiak 01628 660618 Email: judy@nlpkids.com -16- • • Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 1 1 1 HAVE YOUR SAY The next beat surgery will be held on: Saturday 1 1th June between 1-2pm at Bishops Centre, Taplow Please feel free to come along and meet your neighbourhood police team and discuss any issues or concerns you have or alternatively you can EHTiail us at: Taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES Anti-social behaviour (ASB) - over the Easter holidays we have seen a reduction in ASB in the area, however there have still been issues of youths swimming in Dorney Lake and causing criminal damage to property. Patrols have been increased during the warmer weather and Banning Letters are being issued to anyone caught. Although Dorney Lake is a beautiful location and the water is very inviting during the warmer weather it is also very dangerous, there are underground cables in the water that could cause serious harm. Please remind your families of the dangers of swimming in open water and the potential consequences of bridge jumping! Litter/Parking - The Neighbourhood Action Group(NAG) are looking into getting young offenders to conduct a community clear up along the Jubilee River from Taplow to Dorney. A proposal was also presented to the Environment Agency from Dorney School recommending benches and litter bins, which is now under consideration. If you are interested in becoming involved in tackling these new priorities then please contact the neighbourhood team or come along to the next NAG meeting. Car Crime - Vehicle crime has increased over the last month, mainly due to number plate thefts. Number plates are stolen to either change identities of other stolen vehicles or disguise cars for other crimes such as ram-raiding or petrol theft. To prevent being a victim of number plate theft, tamper proof screws can be purchased from local DIY stores and if buying a new car you can have theft resistant number plates fitted. In addition the Neighbourhood team are still carrying out patrols of all the car parks in the area identifying where items are being left on display. Using the 'dear car campaign', letters are then sent to owners in the hope of reducing crime. 23 vehicles were identified during April compared to 55 in March as potential target vehicles! Crime Information Our Priority Crime Team have successfully charged and remanded an offender for a Burglary in Marsh Lane, Taplow. With the warmer weather still upon us we would like to remind all residents to be vigilant when in the garden or going away to ensure that all windows and doors are locked to prevent any unwanted visitors! Car Boot As most of you are aware the Car Boot is back and over the last couple of weeks there have been some traffic issues, this has also been impacted by the warm weather and more people coming to the area to enjoy walks along the river. The Neighbourhood T earn are working with the organisers to try to ease the problems. If you have any concerns then please do not hesitate to contact us on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk Community Messaging Community Messaging is a free service which provides information to subscribers about crime and police activity in their area via phone or email. It also includes information on what we and our partner services are doing to bring offenders to justice or combat anti-social behaviour. More information can be obtained via our website, and you can sign up by following this link: http://www.tvpcommunitymessaging.org/rmwebportal/startup.aspx' For crime information in your area, go to: http:/Jmaps.police.uklview/thames-vatley If you have any queries or questions regarding neighbourhood policing or any police matter, please feel free to contact the Taplow & Dorney neighbourhood policing team on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk You can also find us on the Neighbourhood pages: www.thamesvalleypolice.co.uk -17- O'i,,􀂒'C) BC'r'RCITLIlSnGH The Breeze network ·breeze Group bike rides - led by women, for women The􀚃Breeze􀚃network􀚃is􀚃British􀚃Cycling's􀚃new􀚃national􀚃network􀚃of􀚃bike􀚃rides􀚃for􀚃women.􀚃 Supported􀚃by􀚃Sport􀚃England􀚃 lottery􀚃funding,􀚃 Breeze􀚃will􀚃deliver􀚃tens􀚃of􀚃thousands􀚃of􀚃cycling􀚃 opportunities􀚃for􀚃women􀚃across􀚃England.􀚃 These􀚃fun,􀚃recreational􀚃group􀚃bike􀚃rides􀚃will􀚃be􀚃led􀚃by􀚃women􀚃for􀚃women.􀚃The􀚃Breeze􀚃 network􀚃empowers􀚃women􀚃to􀚃change􀚃the􀚃face􀚃of􀚃cycling􀚃for􀚃good􀚃 and􀚃 leave􀚃a􀚃lasting􀚃legacy.􀚃 Over􀚃the􀚃next􀚃three􀚃years􀚃British􀚃Cycling􀚃will􀚃train􀚃over􀚃1 ,000􀚃women􀚃to􀚃become􀚃local􀚃 Breeze􀚃champions􀚃with􀚃a􀚃Ride􀚃Leader􀚃qualification.􀚃This􀚃will􀚃 result􀚃in􀚃over􀚃80,000􀚃women􀚃 cycling.􀚃 The􀚃Breeze􀚃network􀚃 •􀚃 Dedicated􀚃Ride􀚃Leader􀚃training􀚃and􀚃support􀚃for􀚃female􀚃volunteer􀚃Breeze􀚃champions􀚃- motivating􀚃like-minded􀚃women􀚃to􀚃get􀚃on􀚃a􀚃bike􀚃 •􀚃 Fun􀚃and􀚃local􀚃bike􀚃rides􀚃led􀚃by􀚃women,􀚃for􀚃women􀚃 •􀚃 Information􀚃on􀚃female􀚃friendly􀚃bike􀚃shops,􀚃bike􀚃hire􀚃and􀚃re-cycle􀚃schemes􀚃 •􀚃 Mass􀚃participation􀚃bike􀚃rides􀚃across􀚃the􀚃country􀚃 •􀚃 Easy􀚃to􀚃use􀚃website􀚃and􀚃registration􀚃process􀚃 •􀚃 Cycle􀚃training􀚃- more􀚃female􀚃instructors􀚃trained􀚃by􀚃British􀚃Cycling􀚃to􀚃help􀚃women􀚃get􀚃 on􀚃their􀚃bike􀚃 Being􀚃part􀚃of􀚃the􀚃Breeze􀚃network􀚃 British􀚃Cycling􀚃are􀚃investing􀚃lottery􀚃funding􀚃from􀚃Sport􀚃England􀚃in􀚃 providing􀚃free􀚃national􀚃 governing􀚃body􀚃training,􀚃 kit􀚃and􀚃ongoing􀚃support􀚃to􀚃the􀚃network􀚃of􀚃volunteer􀚃Breeze􀚃 champions.􀚃 In􀚃 return􀚃we􀚃 hope􀚃you􀚃will􀚃 provide􀚃some􀚃straigh􀘙oAard􀚃 information,􀚃promote􀚃 the􀚃 Breeze􀚃network􀚃and􀚃deliver􀚃around􀚃 14􀚃rides􀚃a􀚃year􀚃in􀚃your􀚃local􀚃area.􀚃 Breeze􀚃champions􀚃will􀚃help􀚃other􀚃women􀚃to􀚃enjoy􀚃the􀚃fun,􀚃fresh􀚃air􀚃and􀚃freedom􀚃offered􀚃by􀚃 bikes􀚃rides.􀚃This􀚃network􀚃of􀚃Breeze􀚃champions􀚃are􀚃vital􀚃to􀚃the􀚃success􀚃of􀚃the􀚃network.􀚃 To􀚃find􀚃out􀚃more􀚃e-mail:breeze@britishcycling.orq.uk􀚃 Breeze􀚃Champions􀚃- Local􀚃Training􀚃Places􀚃available,􀚃email:recreation@britishcycling.org.uk􀚃 BREEZE Women's Champions - Local Training BREEZE􀚃- British􀚃Cycling's􀚃new􀚃network􀚃of􀚃local􀚃bike􀚃rides􀚃for􀚃women􀚃is􀚃launching􀚃soon.􀚃 You􀚃can􀚃now􀚃get􀚃involved􀚃through􀚃the􀚃Women's􀚃Champion􀚃- Ride􀚃Leader􀚃courses􀚃in􀚃 Aylesbury!􀚃Next􀚃Women's􀚃Champion􀚃Ride􀚃Leader􀚃course:􀚃25/06/1 1􀚃(venue􀚃TBC)􀚃 Local􀚃champions􀚃help􀚃other􀚃women􀚃get􀚃on􀚃their􀚃bikes􀚃for􀚃fun.􀚃The􀚃small􀚃group􀚃bike􀚃rides􀚃are􀚃 free,􀚃informal􀚃and􀚃social.􀚃 Volunteer􀚃local􀚃champions􀚃receive􀚃full􀚃Br􀙲ish􀚃Cycling􀚃training􀚃and􀚃support􀚃as􀚃well􀚃as􀚃great􀚃 ki􀘇􀚃You􀚃don1􀚃need􀚃to􀚃be􀚃an􀚃expert􀚃cyclist􀚃- just􀚃comfortable􀚃on􀚃your􀚃bike􀚃and􀚃enthusiastic.􀚃 Register􀚃your􀚃interest􀚃with􀚃the􀚃training􀚃team􀚃on􀚃recreation@britishcycling.org.uk􀚃and􀚃course􀚃 dates􀚃will􀚃be􀚃e-mailed􀚃to􀚃you􀚃once􀚃they􀚃are􀚃confirmed.􀚃 E:􀚃breezenetwork@britishcycling.org.uk􀚃T:􀚃www.breezebikerides.com􀚃 -18- • • Generating Rubbish. Last week, the front page story in the Burnham Advertiser carried the headline "Hydro weir plan is outrageous". This referred to the Environment Agency proposal to harness the river flow at various locks, including Boveney, to generate electricity. The outraged organisation was The Angling Trust whose concern was that the EA had not considered "the impact on fish". I can't decide which a fish would prefer, death by turbine or by being dragged out of the river with a hook in its mouth. I shouldn't think there is much in it really. I'm with Mr Derek Paxton. He is quoted, in the paper, as saying "I'm all for it as I can't see it being very intrusive and you've got to be in favour of anything eco-friendly." Of course he is right. The river is a natural source of energy which can be tapped without any significant visual impact, or indeed interruption to the flow of the Thames. Of course it will be a pity if fish stocks decline (which I rather doubt), but I am afraid that I can't feel sorry for all the anglers. Let me stress the word "all", because I am sure that most treat the environment with respect. There is, however, a significant minority who certainly don't. The disgusting piles oflitter they leave along the river bank would not be missed. One early morning, I watched one angler clearing his pitch by throwing all his litter, including beer cans, papers and sandwich packs into the river. I wasn't brave enough to challenge him because he was a lot bigger than I am, but I'll be glad ifhe never comes back. I called this piece "Generating Rubbish" because that is exactly what some anglers are doing. Surely, we would be much better generating electricity even if it makes the fishing less attractive. Whilst on the subject of eco-friendly power, what school of thought are you in regarding wind turbines? I admit that I quite like them. Currently, from my window here, I can see the chimneys of the power plant in Slough, electricity poles and cables, and even the sewage farm. Ugly though they all are, none of them distracts from the overall beauty of my view across Dorney Common. So I can't help agreeing with the suggestion, once made by our next door neighbour, that a couple of elegant wind turbines on top of the mound of spoil that was created when the Jubilee River was dug could almost enhance the scene. Heaven knows, the wind that howls across the Common and the water in the Thames might, together, power the whole of Dorney. Well, perhaps not. Geoffrey Atkinson Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, NATURE NOTES + SAFETY FIRST+ PEACE The generally mild and dry weather has encouraged tulips; wallflowers; soldiers and sailors; woodland bluebells; yellow reflex stonecrop; mauve chive flowers (bees love them) variety of columbines; dog roses; ox-eye daisies; periwinkle; green-leaved alkanet; pink honesty; deep blue iris; lupins and foxgloves to flourish. The weather, too, has helped bird chicks to thrive, helped of course by extra tit-bits and water supplied by caring householders. Several bird incidents took place. A ring dove, usually a timid bird, chased off a magpie from his feeding patch. Another magpie created a larder of food, taking bread from the bird stand and burying it in soft soil outside my kitchen whilst I was doing the washing-up, as men invariably do these days, The following morning, the same magpie dug up the bread, dipped it in the nearby bowl of water, and flew off to feed its chicks- clever bird! Recently, two red kites were circling above the house, when one came much lower, just above roof height. Suddenly from nowhere our two local • crows appeared like lightning and chased them off. These crows are fearless in defence of their realm, especially when their chicks are in the nest. R.S.M. speaks, "Parade! Atten ....t ion! Parade! Stand at ... ease! Now my lovely boys, this early evening we haven't got a full squad as Miss Gunner Cheeseman is sitting her Grade 6 music exam in London accompanied by two female colleagues for moral support - let's all wish her well. Others are still training on Bodmin Moor. So, gentlemen we shall retire to the club for a jar or two, whilst I give you some fatherly advice and you can all buy me a drink. Parade! To the club at the double!" No further encouragement was needed, "Now my lovely boys, listen carefully to what I have to say, your future happiness could depend on it. In times of stress with your wives, partners, girlfriends, avoid at all costs the following terms. I. Calm down, dear. 2. You sound just like your mother, and 3. Do trY to be reasonable dear." "Yes Sergeant Major, my dad would agree with you, and he says the following terms are most useful for a quiet life. I. Yes, dear. 2. Just coming, dear and 3. Yes, how right you are." "Your father is a very wise and cautious man, securing himself longevity, peace and contentment." So to help bring back happy memories especially for those who have survived life's course, I' II play the following duet, 'I Remember it Well,' by Alan Jay Lerner and Fred Loewe (1947). (He) We met at nine. (She) We met at eight (He) I was on time (She) No, you were late (He) Ah yes! I remember it well - we dined with friends (She) We dined alone (He) A tenor sang (She) A baritone (He) Ah yes! I remember it well -that dazzling April moon! (She) There was none that night, and the month was June (He) That's right! That's right! (She) It warms my heart to know that you remember still the way you do (He) Ah yes! I remember it well. 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Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail: office@susanhandydance.co.uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀃮 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control r Systems ✓ Air Conditioning Hours of Business: 08:30 - 1 7:30 Monday - Friday Tel/Fax: 01628 603188 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Tel: 01 628 668562 "' " Dear Editor 201 1 Best Kept Village Competition Windrush Village Road Dorney April 27, 201 1 The Dorney Parish Council has entered this South Bucks competition again this year. The judging is in June. At least three out of four features must be present for a village to enter: • Place of worship with graveyard or cemetery • Commons/ greens/ playing field/ park • Village or town hall/community centre/church hall • Boundary hedges, road verges, ditches, fences and designated wildlife area. Additional marks are awarded for areas surrounding pubs, bus shelters, phone kiosks and notice boards. We also have one "ancillary feature", the war memorial grounds in Village Road. The awards are for BEST KEPT village, not for pretty or attractive villages. Care, concern, maintenance and community effort are what the judges are looking for. We can show evidence of community involvement by: • keeping house frontages tidy, check the weeds between wall and pavement • no overhanging hedges • I itter free Please join Alan Russell and me on Sunday May 22nd from 09 .30 am at the ViJlage Hall for a general tidy-up. From there we can move on to the graveyard in Court Lane, or to wherever else needs attention. Please bring strimmers, shears and anything else you think may be useful! If you are aware of any other areas which need attention please contact Alan or me. With your help we may be able to better the certificate of merit we won in 2009! Thank you Nick Teale Contact Nick on 01628 605 177 for Dorney Village Alan on 01628 784515 for Dorney Reach -11- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 HAVE YOUR SAY The next beat surgery will be held on: Saturday 14th May between 1-2pm at Sainsbury's, Lake End Road, Taplow Please feel free to come along and meet your neighbourhood police team and discuss any issues or concerns you have or altemativefy you can e-mail us at: Taplow&domeyNHPT@lhamesvalley.pnn.police.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES Anti-social behaviour (ASB) - Due to the rise of anti-social behaviour and arsons in Taplow, the Neighbourhood Team have increased ASB patrols in the affected areas in the evenings and weekends. A letter drop was also carried out in the Hag Hill area by officers and the ASB Team giving advice about how to deal with anti-social behaviour. Also home visits have been carried out to repeat offenders and warnings issued and local outreach workers have been out and about in the evening engaging with local youths. Litter/Parking - The Neighbourhood Action Group(NAG) are working together with other agencies looking at long tenn approaches to these issues. If you are interested in becoming involved in tackling these new priorities then please contact the neighbourhood team or come along to the next NAG meeting on Tuesday 12 April 2011 at 7.30pm TaplowVillage Hall, Taplow. Clear Car Campaign - During March vehicle crime went down from five to three vehicles being broken into in the Taplow & Dorney area. The neighbourhood team are patrolling the car parks and identifying potential target vehicles where items are being left on display. Using the 'clear car campaign', letters are then sent to owners in the hope of reducing crime. Fifty five vehicles were identified during March as potential target vehicles! You said we did! The Neighbourhood team have been working with local residents in Amerclen Way, Taplow to reduce speeding on the lane and to remind visitors that this is a bridleway. We are pleased to announce that new signage is soon to be put up in the area along with speed limit reminders. Crime lnfonnatJon A drugs' warrant was executed in the Taplow area which resulted in one offender being investigated. Sheducatlon In view of the recent number of shed breaks in the Taplow/Domey area here are a few useful tips provided by South Bucks Community Safety Team: • Make sure that you lock your shed, use strong padlocks and other locks. Fix padlock protectors to all padlocks and replace exposed screws with coach bolts. • Fit an alann these are cheap to install and can be effective. • Security mark the contents of your shed and make a note of serial numbers • Check that your insurance covers thefts from your shed/garden • Fit an external security light • Make sure that you put tools away - a burglar could use your tools to break into your home. • Secure windows to prevent anyone from seeing into your shed by covering windows • Try to secure items such as bicycles to the structure of the building. If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact the South Bucks Community Safety Team on 01895 837200 or communitysafety@southbucks.gov.uk Community Messaging Community Messaging is a free service which provides infonnation to subscribers about crime and police activity in their area via phone or email. ·rt also includes infonnation on what we and our partner services are doing to bring offenders to justice or combat anti-social behaviour. More information can be obtained via our website, and you can sign up by following this link: http://www.tvpcommunitymessaging.org/nnwebportal/startup.aspx' For crime infonnation in your area, go to: http://maps.police.uk/view/thames-valley If you have any queries or questions regarding neighbourhood policing or any police matter, please fee free to contact the Taplow & Dorney neighbourhood policing team on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow&domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk You can also find us on the Neighbourhood pages: www.thamesvalleypolice.co.uk • • It's 7 o'clock in the morning- Fancy a glass of Gin? When I was still a working man, I was once invited to the Henley Regatta by one of our suppliers. I wasn't at all keen to go. Why would I want to watch a load of lycra clad rowers sweating up and down the Thames? I admitted to my would-be host that I am not a sports enthusiast and he replied, jovially, "don't worry old chap, nobody ever watches the races, we are all far too busy eating, drinking and chatting for that". It was true. I had a grand day out - excellent food and drink, and hardly a glimpse of the river, let alone anyone rowing on it. The Olympic rowing is far more serious, of course. The only reason to go to Dorney lake next year will to be to watch flashing oar blades and medals. Or will it? Did you get one of those letters from South Bucks District Council asking for your views about an application by LOCOG for a drinks, music, dancing and film licence to run between 1.7.2012 and 30.9.2012? If granted, alcohol will start flowing at 7am. Blimey it will be lonely for athletes going for gold with tipsy crowds wandering about all over Dorney singing, dancing and waving glasses about. Alright, I know I'm exaggerating, but I still think that there is a serious side to this. The three months covered by the licence application, as well as the months before and after the event, will be very trying for us local residents. I was appalled, when I attended the Parish Council AGM, by how little the Bucks manager for the Olympics could (or would) tell us about the likely impact on our day to day lives. Which roads will be shut, and which will be jammed by traffic? How much noise will we need to tolerate? (The PA system is already very intrusive at some events, but this will be made to seem quite quiet by the 2012 Games). What precautions are being made against terrorism? I know that the police are holding seminars about this, but the fact that they need to do so is, in itself, cause for concern. Should I already be watching everyone passing my house for suspicious behaviour? What is suspicious behaviour anyway? Wearing a balaclava in a heat wave? I do think that we all need to keep asking questions. I know that manyperhaps most local residents are proud that we will soon be hosting part of The Games. But this is our home. We must make sure that in the nations' single minded determination to make 2012 a huge success, we are not ploughed under a great tide of noise, inconvenience, traffic jams, litter, loutish behaviour and crime. Geoffrey Atkinson. The Dorney Street Party We had a wonderful afternoon at The Dorney Street Party which was well supported by old and young from the Parish. The Committee had worked very hard to make it happen, and the weather was much kinder than in 1977. It was good to have had the opportunity to meet up with old friends and to make new acquaintances. The afternoon helped revive some of the community spirit which was evident in Dorney when we moved here fifty years ago. Well done to Leanne Kittel and her committee. Hopefully we can build on this foundation and have more celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games next year. Jean and Peter Tyler. ETON WICK IDSTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 25th.May A VICTORIAN CHILDHOOD. Speaker: To be announced MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Mondays . Meadow Way 13.20 - 13.35 p.m. Dates for 2011 : May 9 23 June 6 20 July 4 18 Aug. I 15 Sept. 12 26 Dorney Street Party Commemorative Mug Dorney residents who did not attend the Street Party and would like a commemorative mug please contact info@playground4dorney.org.uk -14- Dorney Court Kitchen Garden -The Grand Opening After much hard work and long days (and nights) the team at Dorney Court Kitchen Garden managed to finish in time for the grand opening and renaming ceremony on Saturday April 16th. The weather for the weekend couldn't have been better with brilliant sunshine and warm temperatures. Jill Palmer was there to cut the ribbon in front of an excited crowd, eager to have a look around the new kitchen garden. The turnout for the weekend was fantastic and Ryan and Stretch want to thank everyone who came along to show their support. Dorney resident and West End star Amy Lennox along with guitarist Alex Colman created an amazing atmosphere in the kitchen garden playing to crowds on picnic blankets all afternoon on the Saturday and Sunday. The new children's play area was a hit with parents who managed to get some quiet time whilst their kids burnt some energy on the climbing frame. There were also some mini John Deere tractors in the kitchen garden itself which were definitely a highlight with the kids. There were plenty of applicants for the two competitions with HGuess the size of the sunflower" entries ranging from a rather small 1 metre 42 cm to an ambitious 4 metres I Be sure to pop by and see how they progress over the summer. The "Name our Chickens" competition saw some whacky names being suggested, the winners will be decided when the hens are introduced to the kitchen garden this summer. Some amusing names put forward included "Tikkan, "Nugget", "Will and Kate", "Giblet" and "Chaz n Dave" whilst some slightly more alternative suggestions included HLord Waffleton-Buck", "Nana", "Lovely' and "Hebe". Watch this space to see the eclectic range of names chosen for the new family of hens moving to Dorney. The vision for Dorney Court Kitchen Garden is very exciting. The boys are passionate about growing a sustainable business that not only supports local producers but where possible grows its own produce on site. This ensures the freshest ingredients are used in the kitchen, food miles are kept to a minimum and more money is injected into the local economy. Growing produce on site also opens up the opportunities to hold educational workshops for children who can gain hands on experience about where food comes from and the cycle of food from seed to plate. They want the plant nursery to be an Inspirational place full of great quality plants including unique varieties not found in regular garden centres. You won't find A-Z supermarket shelves of plants here but instead be welcomed by beautiful displays and creative ideas for your garden. Diary of upcoming events Friday May 6th - Talk on "Caring for hanging baskets" Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Friday May 13'" -Talk on "Conifers, not just for the winter garden" Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Friday May 20"' -Talk on "Mulch and Manures" Free of charge meet in the care at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Friday May 27th -Talk on "Preparing proper coffee at home" Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Friday June 3rd - Talk on "Trends from Chelsea this year" Free of charge meet in the cate at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Tuesday June 7'h -Talk on "Stunning small trees for any garden" Free of charge meet in the cafe at 2pm (Lunch reservations available) Speaker: Kirstie Kerr Tuesday June 7th -Evening talk on "Stunning small trees for any garden" £5 per ticket meet in the cafe at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. A glass of wine and nibbles will be provided. Speaker: Kirstie Kerr Vacancies: There is currently a vacancy for a chef position to add to the existing talented team. They need to have a passion for food, using fresh ingredients and be used to working in a busy environment. Please speak to Stretch or Liz for further details on 01628 669999. -15- ILLEGAL DUMPING OF RUBBISH (FLY TIPPING) If you see rubbish being dumped illegally please call the fly-tipping hotline 0845 330 1856 All reports will be dealt with in the strictest confidence ADVERTISEMENTS Articles for sale etc. can be advertised in this magazine at the following rates:- 20 words or less £2 each additional word I Op NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office O 1628 788997 Friday 27th May at 8 p.m. The Kickback Plus After a sell out gig last year, The Kickback Plus return with their Folk Americana Big Band sound. This is a foot-tapping, barn-storming entertainment which conjures up the sounds of New Orleans and America. The 12-piece line up includes guitars, bass, drums, piano, banjo, violin, washboard, 3-piece horn section and accordion. Tickets: £8 (£6 cone.) THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 1 1 8 969 8000 Thursday 21/4 - Saturday 4/6 SPECIAL OCCASIONS a comedy by Bernard Slade WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 21st May at 7.30 p.m. St. Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough SL! IPJ Mendelssohn Elijah with Maidenhead Choral Society conductor: George Badacsonyii tickets O 1628 822886 -16- DORNEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY · GARDEN VISIT 1 B™ MAY 2011 - 2-30pm Maryfield, Taplow, SL6 OEX Jacqueline & Roger Andrews Visitors also welcome by appointment. Groups encouraged. £7.50 per head incl afternoon tea & cakes l P· •"' Facilities: (5\ ,<,\ Refreshments: Home-made teas & light refreshments Location: lm S Cliveden, Yim E Maidenhead. From M4. J7 or M40, J4 follow signs for Taplow. Drive past the Church and drive up the High St. Maryfield is on your left on the bend of the High Street Description:2-acres wrapped around our Victorian home in the heart ofTaplow Village. Walled vegetable/potager and herb garden bordered by fruit trees, overlooked by a mature lime walk, lily pond surrounded by generous borders, extends into herbaceous planting and rose garden, mature yew hedging, pond area, orchard and Japanese-inspired garden. Roger Andrews is an accomplished gardener, garden designer and artist, who also created the planting for the NGS stand at Chelsea last year. In the press: Featured in Berkshire Life, Maidenhead Advertiser, filmed by BBC & Scottish TV for cookery/gardening programmes. Also featured on Berkshire Radio Disability information: Limited wheelchair access. Some narrow paths Further details: Our vision for the perfect spring or summer afternoon in the garden is to meander through the paths and discover the different spaces that we have created at Maryfield. To finish the day, we offer tea and scones or our rhubarb & sour cream cake. Tea in the garden is a big favourite with all of our visitors. Please call Louise Whaley 01628 625589 or Ron Alsworth 01628 669988 if you wish to put your name down for this visit We will meet in the car park at Maryfield at 2-lSpm on Wednesday 18th May. -17- Dorney Parish AGM Key Facts & Briefing Update March 2011 Ian􀚃Barham,􀚃Buckinghamshire􀚃Manager􀚃for􀚃the􀚃2012􀚃Games􀚃ibarham@bucks2012.org􀚃Tel􀚃 01296􀚃585184􀚃 Sean􀚃Rooney- Compliance􀚃Manager􀚃(Localities􀚃and􀚃Traffic􀚃Manager)Transport􀚃for􀚃 Buckinghamshire􀚃srooney@buckscc.gov.uk􀚃01296􀚃382077􀚃 Dorney Lake Venue Planning James􀚃Egan􀚃has􀚃been􀚃appointed􀚃by􀚃LOCOG􀚃as􀚃the􀚃venue􀚃manager􀚃for􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake.􀚃 James.egan@london201 2.com􀚃 Construction􀚃work􀚃on􀚃the􀚃temporary􀚃River􀚃Thames􀚃Crossing􀚃will􀚃commence􀚃Winter􀚃201 1 , 􀚃 installation􀚃of􀚃the􀚃temporary􀚃overlay􀚃at􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake􀚃will􀚃commence􀚃Spring􀚃201 1 􀚃and􀚃will􀚃be􀚃 removed􀚃from􀚃 September􀚃2012􀚃 Transport Hub & Spectator Entrance Windsor􀚃Racecource􀚃will􀚃be􀚃the􀚃Main􀚃Spectator􀚃entrance􀚃for􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃Games,􀚃Big􀚃Meadow􀚃 located􀚃alongside􀚃the􀚃main􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake􀚃venue􀚃entrance􀚃will􀚃be􀚃the􀚃main􀚃transport􀚃hub􀚃for􀚃the􀚃 Paralympic􀚃Games.􀚃 Spectators􀚃will􀚃be􀚃able􀚃lo􀚃access􀚃the􀚃venue􀚃via􀚃any􀚃public􀚃entrance􀚃although􀚃the􀚃pedestrian􀚃 entrance􀚃to􀚃the􀚃north􀚃of􀚃the􀚃venue􀚃will􀚃not􀚃be􀚃advertised􀚃outside􀚃of􀚃the􀚃local􀚃community.􀚃 The􀚃final􀚃loca􀘆ion􀚃of􀚃the􀚃northern􀚃pedestrian􀚃spectator􀚃entrance􀚃for􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃Games􀚃has􀚃 not􀚃been􀚃confirmed.􀚃Buckinghamshire􀚃County􀚃Council􀚃and􀚃South􀚃Bucks􀚃District􀚃Council􀚃are􀚃 pressing􀚃LOCOG􀚃for􀚃this􀚃outstanding􀚃item􀚃to􀚃 be􀚃considered􀚃as􀚃a􀚃matter􀚃of􀚃urgency.􀚃 Only􀚃members􀚃of􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃 Family􀚃including􀚃athletes,􀚃coaches􀚃and􀚃accredited􀚃IOC􀚃officials􀚃 will􀚃be􀚃entitled􀚃to􀚃use􀚃the􀚃main􀚃venue􀚃entrance.􀚃 Transport Planning Murray􀚃Smith􀚃has􀚃been􀚃appointed􀚃as􀚃the􀚃venue􀚃transport􀚃lead􀚃for􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake􀚃and􀚃the􀚃 transport􀚃planning􀚃teams􀚃at􀚃LOCOG􀚃and􀚃the􀚃ODA􀚃have􀚃now􀚃merged􀚃to􀚃assist􀚃communications􀚃 and􀚃planning.􀚃 Murray.smith@london2012.com􀚃 Community􀚃Engagement􀚃on􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃Route􀚃Network􀚃and􀚃the􀚃Local􀚃Area􀚃Traffic􀚃 Management􀚃Plan􀚃will􀚃take􀚃 place􀚃this􀚃summer.􀚃All􀚃of􀚃the􀚃 Dorney􀚃Parish􀚃will􀚃be􀚃included􀚃in􀚃the􀚃 managed􀚃zone􀚃to􀚃support􀚃movement􀚃through􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃Route􀚃Network.􀚃 Transport􀚃for􀚃Buckinghamshire􀚃Officers􀚃are􀚃currently􀚃taking􀚃direct􀚃role􀚃in􀚃the􀚃engagement􀚃 programme􀚃and􀚃are􀚃currently􀚃working􀚃with􀚃the􀚃LOCOG􀚃transport􀚃team,􀚃Thames􀚃Valley􀚃Police􀚃 and􀚃other􀚃partners􀚃to􀚃consider􀚃the􀚃detail􀚃of􀚃the􀚃Local􀚃Area􀚃Traffic􀚃Management􀚃Plan.􀚃 Last Mile LOCOG􀚃will􀚃be􀚃looking􀚃at􀚃supporting􀚃a􀚃programme􀚃of􀚃activities􀚃to􀚃support􀚃spectator􀚃movement􀚃 along􀚃the􀚃last􀚃mile􀚃into􀚃venues.􀚃 This􀚃programme􀚃will􀚃include􀚃stewarding,􀚃crowd􀚃control􀚃 measures,􀚃toilet􀚃&􀚃refreshment􀚃facillties.􀚃 -18- London􀚃2012Test􀚃Events􀚃 Two􀚃test􀚃events􀚃will􀚃be􀚃 held􀚃at􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake􀚃this􀚃summer􀚃the􀚃World􀚃Junior􀚃Rowing􀚃 Championships􀚃August􀚃3"' -7°' and􀚃a􀚃smaller􀚃Canoeing􀚃Test􀚃Event􀚃September􀚃1􀚃"-4"􀚃 The􀚃Transport􀚃for􀚃Buckinghamshire􀚃Team􀚃have􀚃already􀚃met􀚃with􀚃Rowing􀚃Test􀚃Event􀚃 organisers􀚃and􀚃the􀚃South􀚃Bucks􀚃District􀚃Council􀚃Safety􀚃Advisory􀚃Group􀚃will􀚃be􀚃meeting􀚃with􀚃 the􀚃team􀚃in􀚃May􀚃to􀚃consider􀚃the􀚃final􀚃event􀚃management􀚃plans.􀚃 www.wric201 1 .com􀚃 Look􀚃& Feel􀚃 Funding􀚃 has􀚃been􀚃secured􀚃for􀚃the􀚃"Look􀚃&􀚃Feel"􀚃programme􀚃s􀘾pporting􀚃the􀚃areas􀚃surrounding􀚃 the􀚃Olympic􀚃&􀚃Paralympic􀚃Venues.􀚃Both􀚃 Dorney􀚃and􀚃Dorney􀚃Reach􀚃will􀚃be􀚃fully􀚃included􀚃in􀚃 this􀚃programme􀚃and􀚃consultation􀚃will􀚃be􀚃undertaken􀚃with􀚃the􀚃Parish􀚃to􀚃determine􀚃local􀚃 requirements.􀚃 Further􀚃details􀚃of􀚃potential􀚃look􀚃options􀚃will􀚃be􀚃announced􀚃in􀚃April􀚃201 1 . 􀚃 Street􀚃Trading􀚃& Advertising􀚃 Advertising􀚃and􀚃trading􀚃are􀚃being􀚃regulated􀚃for􀚃three􀚃reasons,􀚃to􀚃ensure:􀚃the􀚃Games􀚃have􀚃a􀚃 consistent􀚃look􀚃and􀚃feel􀚃across􀚃London􀚃and􀚃the􀚃UK;􀚃that􀚃Games􀚃sponsors􀚃are􀚃able􀚃to􀚃achieve􀚃 appropriate􀚃brand􀚃exposure􀚃and􀚃are􀚃protected􀚃 against􀚃amb􀘿sh􀚃marketing;􀚃that􀚃spectators􀚃and􀚃 those􀚃participating􀚃in􀚃the􀚃Games􀚃can􀚃access􀚃venues􀚃easily􀚃and􀚃safely.􀚃 Only􀚃areas􀚃 immediately􀚃adjacent􀚃to􀚃the􀚃venue􀚃have􀚃been􀚃included􀚃in􀚃the􀚃proposed􀚃restricted􀚃 􀙢one􀚃for􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake.􀚃The􀚃full􀚃 consultation􀚃Document􀚃now􀚃available􀚃at􀚃 http://www.culture.qov.uk/consultations/7759.aspx􀚃 Consultation􀚃open􀚃 until􀚃May􀚃30th 2011􀚃- Hard􀚃copies􀚃of􀚃maps􀚃&􀚃full􀚃 consultation􀚃documents􀚃 available􀚃from􀚃 Mandy􀚃Davis􀚃at􀚃South􀚃Bucks􀚃District􀚃Council􀚃 Ticketing􀚃 Tickets􀚃for􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃Games􀚃events􀚃are􀚃now􀚃on􀚃sale.􀚃Applicants􀚃have􀚃up􀚃to􀚃April􀚃26"􀚃to􀚃 register􀚃their􀚃applications􀚃for􀚃tickets.􀚃 Prices􀚃for􀚃the􀚃 events􀚃at􀚃Dorney􀚃Lake􀚃start􀚃at􀚃£20􀚃rising􀚃up􀚃 to􀚃£200􀚃for􀚃the􀚃top􀚃tickets􀚃on􀚃the􀚃rowing􀚃finals􀚃days.􀚃 Tickets􀚃for􀚃the􀚃Paralympic􀚃Rowing􀚃Competitions􀚃will􀚃go􀚃on􀚃sale􀚃in􀚃September􀚃2011􀚃 http://www.tickets.london2012.com􀚃 Torch􀚃 Rela􀙛􀚃 Announcement􀚃of􀚃T􀚃arch􀚃Relay􀚃Evening􀚃Stops􀚃to􀚃be􀚃made􀚃May􀚃1 8th.􀚃Consultation􀚃on􀚃the􀚃 daytime􀚃stops􀚃and􀚃the􀚃route􀚃will􀚃 commence􀚃with􀚃 local􀚃 authorities􀚃from􀚃June􀚃201 1􀚃with􀚃the􀚃final􀚃 route􀚃expected􀚃to􀚃be􀚃announced􀚃early􀚃in􀚃2012.􀚃 Details􀚃of􀚃the􀚃nomination􀚃process􀚃for􀚃the􀚃8000􀚃torch􀚃bearers􀚃will􀚃commence􀚃on􀚃May􀚃1 8th and􀚃 will􀚃be􀚃open􀚃until􀚃June􀚃1 8th 201 1 . 􀚃 Additional􀚃nominees􀚃will􀚃be􀚃selected􀚃from􀚃nominees􀚃from􀚃Sponsors,􀚃Schools􀚃in􀚃the􀚃Get􀚃Set􀚃 network􀚃 and􀚃 Inspire􀚃 Mark􀚃 Projects􀚃 Parallel􀚃 Events􀚃& Open􀚃Weekend􀚃 The􀚃London􀚃2012􀚃Open􀚃Weekend􀚃2011􀚃will􀚃take􀚃place􀚃between􀚃 July􀚃22""-24"􀚃2011􀚃 marking􀚃 the􀚃1􀚃 year􀚃countdown􀚃to􀚃the􀚃Olympic􀚃Games.􀚃Events􀚃can􀚃register􀚃at􀚃􀙔.london2012.com􀚃 -19- Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, NATURE + CHANGE IN LAW March usually roars in like a lion, but this year padded in like a pussy cat and very nice too, continuing in similar vein up to mid-April so far. It's as if spring said " ... everybody out," as the plants, birds and ourselves enjoyed many lovely days. Daffodils; narcissi; tulips; violets; pansies; primroses; hyacinths; great hyacinths ( deep blue); periwinkle; celandine; daisies; dandelions; wallflowers; blue pheasant eye; greenleaved alkanet with dainty blue and white flowers; blue and mauve soldiers and sailors· honesty, along with lilac blossom; wisteria; kerria; forsythia; quince; cherry; apple; p.,,;, and mirabelle blossoms - all burst forth to greet our lovely spring-like weather -what a picture! Anyone living close to Dorney Village Road Memorial Garden will have heard 'Albert', our dominant singing blackbird. He's a cracker, with perfect tone, pitch and extensive melodic repertoire. He has to be a King's College Cambridge man, along with 'Bobby' the robin from the Royal Robin College of Music- only the best for Dorney and Dorney Parish. The pair of them started an early morning chorus, around Sam from mid-March onwards, a perfect start to lovely days. They were quickly followed by thrush; blue and great tits; wrens; starlings; sparrows and the rest of the chorus. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Duck and friend landed in the back garden as I was putting out the bird food. Obviously they thought "We'll have some of that!" It's wonderful in Dorney to be so close to nature. Whilst hundreds of teachers are leaving the profession as a result of some pupils' violent behaviour, a school governor is blaming the weather for the pupils' behaviour. Well, why not? The same excuse could be used for the non-payment of gas; electric; water; income-tax and council tax. "How does the prisoner at the bar plead?" "Not guilty, your Honour, as I was suffering from I.C.V." The judge turns to his learned clerk. "What's I.C.V? "It's Increased Climate Variability, your Honour". "Never heard of it - could be an awkward case this one." "Right, case dismissed! - next". The E.U. law makers have now established that Cumberland Sausages must come from Cumbria; Cheshire Cheese from Cheshire; Comish Pasties from Cornwall, and Mars Bars from? "What do you reckon, Churchill?" "Ooh No!" "So we have a problem?" "Ooh Yes!" " .... and what about Milley Way and Galaxy Chocolate?" "Hmmm" "Shall we call in the Daleks?" "Ooh Yes!" The following tune might help sum it all up. It's called "Undecided", composed in 1939 by Sid Robin and Charles Shavers:- First you say you do, and then you don't And then you say you will, and then you won't You're undecided now, so what are you gonna do? I've been sitting on a fence and it doesn't make much sense 'Cos you keep me in suspense and you know it Then you promise to return, when you don't I really burn Well I guess I'll never learn and I show it. If you've got a heart and if you're kind Then don't keep us apart, make up your mind You're undecided now, so what are you gonna do? 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Classes in Eton, Datchet and Windsor Principal: Susan Handy, F.I.S.T.D. Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail: office@susanhandydance.co.uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀃮 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT T esting ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ T raction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning Hours of Business: 08:30 - 17:30 Monday - Friday Tel/Fax: 01628 603188 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Tel: 01 628 668562 .j • ,. AT DORNEY VILLAGE HALL ON FRIDAY 29™ APRIL 201 1 TO CELEBRATE THE ROYAL WEDDING Join us for music, fun & games and feel the true Dorney community spirit alive and kicking today with something to entertain young and old alike. And for those who remember the last street party in 1977 to bring back the good old days The Village Hall car park will be transformed into our street party venue and decorated in a traditional way with tables and chairs available for you to enjoy your picnic in a safe and fun location. Please bring your own picnic & drinks to celebrate with your friends & family. We will provide afternoon tea serving tea, coffee or squash with a selection of cakes Ladies why not dress for the occasion with as much sparkle as you like (Dig out those old tiaras stored in the attic) Bring along your own wedding photo to be displayed in the Hall for all to see and admire We are aiming to give out a commemorative gift to each family subject to funds available. Competitions for young & old: • Hat competition • Fancy dress - wedding theme • Cake decoration competition A small prize will be awarded to the winners in each category Timetable 2:00pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 5:00pm Open Afternoon Tea Presentation of competition prizes Close We would gratefully accept any financial support or other help to make this a truly memorable party. Please contact Leanne Kittel, Alan Russell and Leon Williams or email info@playground4dorney.org.uk or visit our website to register your support at www.playground4dorney.org.uk by completing the online form provided . To help us calculate numbers for the day, please register your intention to attend at our website as detailed above. Supported by: Oorney Youth Club, Playground4dorney, Dorney Parish Council, Dorney Parish News Dorney Village Hall Management Committee & Dorney Horticultural Society - 1 1 - The Dorney Playground Management Group (register charity 1131683), otherwise known as Playground4dorney held their AGM on February 15th to reflect the year just past and plan the forthcoming year. 2010 was a very successful and busy time, with the installation of phase one junior equipment and phase two toddler equipment. A big thank you to all our supporters and in particular our funding partners who made it all possible: Phase One - PlayEngland & South Bucks District Council. Phase Two - Veolia Environment Trust, Buckinghamshire Foundation and a number of private donors. The great news is thanks to our successful funding applications, we can now install the final phase three of our playground project this spring. The charity trustees worked really hard throughout the year to maintain the playground to a high standard and organized a number of fund raising events to cover the ongoing running cost of the playground .. This year we will continue to organize such events and here are some dates for your diary: • End of term Summer BBQ - Friday 22nd July 2011 from 3pm on Trumpers Field • Halloween - Monday 31st October 2011 - 1st session 16.30-18.00 and 2nd session 18.30-20.00 • Christmas Disco - Friday 16th December 2011 - 1st session 17.00-18.30 and 2nd session 19.00-20.30 The Charity trustees are Leanne Kittel (Chairperson), Leon Williams (Treasurer), Zoe Gilbert (Secretary), Andrew Purdie (Trustee) and Trudi Hardwood (Trustee). Kelly Broyhill has decided to stand down from the charity as she has moved out of the area, but we would like to thank Kelly for her hard work in helping to get us this far. We would like to welcome Jo Ellis to the charity, who has volunteered to become a trustee. We look forward to 2011 and what successes it can bring. Dorney Playground Management Group -12- The future is bright, the fu1ure is www.dornev.com Dorney needs a website. Or, to put it another woy, there is a need for another means of communication to supplement the splendid magazine you're now holding, and a village site is probably the answer. I know that if you call for something, you might be expected to complete the project, but here I have little skill to offer. It seems most village sites result from alliances between parish councils, interest groups and, most importantly, dedicated amateurs. Three factors influence this call. A walk or pub visit outside the parish usually generates a quick search for online information, and you become aware of what nearby villages are up to. Also, we need a home for the content villagers could easily generate. Ask, as I did about Dorney shops or amateur dramatics, and the emails arrive - and here's where I thank Sandy McCabe, Jean Tyler, Jill Dax and Simon Ames for the information they have supplied. But, the main trigger for me was the recent open meeting organised by the Village Hall Management Committee, which looked pretty ill-attended. One resident wondered if the new plans or the detailed presentation could be made available to residents - and, of course, they should be. We just need the appropriate medium .... Later this month, those who attended that Friday meeting plus one or two more, will go to the annual Parish Council meeting in the same place. Only a fraction of the population will be involved in important deliberations. Sharing is the watch word these days, and the Playground for Dorney group has blazed a trail with their splendid website. Elsewhere in Bucks we have http:/ /www.farnhamswebzine.orq.uk/ 'sharing life in our community', while http://www.littlechalfont.org.uk/ proclaims that 'by posting comments about the village, we have put together a community vision for Little Chalfant.' Closer to home, http:/ /www.taplow.orq.uk/ links to a 'forum for people to have their say about the local area'. I now know a lot more about the complex Skindles/Paper Mill issue ..... Now, fair enough, these are bigger communities, with flourishing community groups, and, notwithstanding the efforts of Bill Dax, we in Dorney only have steam driven broadband, but perhaps the existing, and I would say underutilised sites for the Parish Council and Village Hall, both part of http:/ /www.bucksinfo.net/ could be beefed up. A web practitioner said to me the other day, rather colourfully, 'the internet is like living in small towns in medieval times, where everybody knew each other, & we are craftsmen learning a new culture.' Only a few want to go to a meeting on a cold Friday evening, but everybody wants to see a new Village Hall design they might very well like, or to hear about a council tax increase some might oppose and many might support. Peter Bowman peter.bowman@virqin.net -13- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 HAVE YOUR SAY The next beat surgery will be held on: Saturday 16"' April between 1-2pm at Coffee shop, Bishops Centre, Taplow Please feel free to come along and meet your neighbourhood police team and discuss any issues or concerns you have or alternatively you can e-mail us at laplow@dorneyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES Antisocial Behaviour - Antisocial behaviour appears to be on the increase around the Hag Hill Lane and Hltcham Lane areas, the team are continuing lo patrol hot spot locations and have also carried ASB home visits lo main offenders. We would like residents to continue to contact us should they experience any issues. Liller/Parking - The Neighbourhood Action Group are working together with other agencies looking at long term approaches to these issues. If you are interested in becoming involved in tackling these new priorities then please contact the neighbourhood team or come along lo the next NAG meeting on Tuesday 12th April 2011 al 7.30pm Taplow Village Hall, T aplow. Clear Car Campaign - During February we had over 5 vehicles broken into in the Taplow & Dorney area where Items have been left on display, this is also likely to rise with the weather improving and more people venturing into the area to enjoy the scenery. The neighbourhood team are patrolling the car parks and identifying potential target vehicles where items are being left on display, the clear car campaign letters are then sent to owners in the hope of reducing crime. Please ensure that when you leave your vehicle all valuables are out of sight or taken with you - DON'T BE A VICTIM OF CAR CRIME Road Safety Operation The Burnham and Taplow Neighbourhood Teams recenUy carried out a joint road safety operation in the T aplow area working with VOSA and the Environment Agency. 20 fines were issued for no seat belts, 12 for using mobife phones and 16 other vehicles were stopped for other road traffic offences/vehicle defects. A second operation is planned for March! Crime Information We have had four Burglary/shed breaks in the Taplow/Dorney area during February and the NHPT are advising that when leaving your property you ensure all doors and windows are locked. If you need any crime reduction advice then please contact the Neighbourhood team for infonnation. Operation 'Green Stick· has been successful through several arrests being made and offenders being charged for theft offences. One male has also now been arrested and remanded for Burglary in the Dorney area. If you are interested in signing up to community messaging please contact the Neighbourhood team. For crime infonnation in your area, go to: http://maps.police.uk/viewlthames-valley If you have any queries or questions regarding neighbourhood policing or any police matter, please feel free lo contact the T aplow & Dorney neighbourhood policing team on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow@domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk You can also find us on the Neighbourhood pages: www.lhamesvalleypolice.co.uk The􀚃Walled􀚃Garden􀚃Cen􀘅re􀚃 Well􀚃the􀚃countdown􀚃 is􀚃 well􀚃and􀚃truly􀚃on􀚃to􀚃 the􀚃 launch􀚃of􀚃Dorney􀚃Court􀚃Kitchen􀚃 Garden.􀚃 There􀚃 have􀚃 been􀚃 many􀚃long􀚃 days􀚃(and􀚃 nights!)􀚃working􀚃hard􀚃 to􀚃get􀚃things􀚃 ready􀚃for􀚃the􀚃 big􀚃 weekend.􀚃Those􀚃of􀚃you􀚃 who􀚃 have􀚃 been􀚃 popping􀚃 in􀚃 over􀚃the􀚃 past􀚃 month􀚃will􀚃 have􀚃 seen􀚃 Ryan􀚃 and􀚃 our􀚃 landscaping􀚃team􀚃 progress􀚃 at􀚃the􀚃 rate􀚃 of􀚃 knots.􀚃 Our􀚃 new􀚃 children's􀚃adventure􀚃 play􀚃 area􀚃 recently􀚃 had􀚃 its􀚃topping􀚃out􀚃ceremony􀚃after􀚃we􀚃managed􀚃to􀚃 negotiate􀚃 the􀚃 roof􀚃 up􀚃 through􀚃the􀚃trees􀚃 and􀚃 into􀚃 place.􀚃 As􀚃we􀚃 write􀚃 this􀚃 the􀚃 Kitchen􀚃 Garden􀚃 is􀚃 now􀚃taking􀚃shape􀚃 but􀚃is􀚃still􀚃very􀚃much􀚃 a􀚃building􀚃site.􀚃The􀚃cen􀘬al􀚃seating􀚃area􀚃and􀚃water􀚃feature􀚃have􀚃been􀚃 excavated􀚃 and􀚃the􀚃 edging􀚃has􀚃been􀚃 laid.􀚃 This􀚃has􀚃brought􀚃the􀚃schematic􀚃to􀚃 lne􀚃and􀚃you can􀚃 now􀚃really􀚃visualise􀚃 how􀚃the􀚃 area􀚃will􀚃 be􀚃 used.􀚃 Wrth the􀚃successful􀚃 launch􀚃of􀚃our􀚃 new􀚃coffee􀚃and􀚃 the􀚃stunning􀚃feedback􀚃we􀚃 have􀚃 received,􀚃 our􀚃 attention􀚃will􀚃now􀚃 be􀚃turning􀚃to􀚃tea.􀚃 Although􀚃􀗿tch􀚃 is􀚃a􀚃coffee􀚃nut􀚃through􀚃and􀚃 through,􀚃he􀚃also􀚃has􀚃a􀚃fair􀚃M􀚃to􀚃say on􀚃teas􀚃 too!􀚃 Keep􀚃your􀚃eyes􀚃 peeled􀚃this􀚃month􀚃for􀚃the􀚃 launch􀚃 of􀚃our􀚃new􀚃ethically􀚃sourced􀚃􀙐ole􀚃 leaf􀚃teas,􀚃 each􀚃encased􀚃in􀚃 its􀚃 own􀚃 biodegradable􀚃 tea􀚃 temple.􀚃 As􀚃 the􀚃weather􀚃begins􀚃to􀚃 warm􀚃 up􀚃 and􀚃the􀚃 sun􀚃starts􀚃to􀚃 shine􀚃we􀚃have􀚃 begun􀚃 to􀚃 start􀚃 serving􀚃 cream􀚃teas􀚃 again.􀚃Liz􀚃has􀚃been􀚃 hard􀚃 at􀚃 work􀚃 in􀚃 the􀚃 kitchen􀚃perfecting􀚃 her􀚃 recipe􀚃 and􀚃we􀚃are􀚃 now􀚃proud􀚃to􀚃 say􀚃that􀚃all􀚃our􀚃scones􀚃are􀚃homemade􀚃and􀚃 baked􀚃in-house.􀚃 This􀚃combined􀚃with􀚃 our􀚃new􀚃whole􀚃 leaf􀚃tea􀚃 range􀚃will􀚃 make􀚃for􀚃a􀚃fantastic􀚃cream􀚃tea.􀚃 Out􀚃in􀚃the􀚃nursery􀚃 things􀚃 are􀚃 really􀚃 beginning􀚃 to􀚃 come􀚃to􀚃 lne.􀚃 Kirstie􀚃 and􀚃the􀚃team􀚃 have􀚃been􀚃 busy􀚃stocking􀚃 up􀚃with􀚃 some􀚃 fantastic􀚃new􀚃and􀚃 unusual􀚃varieties􀚃 of􀚃 plants􀚃 and􀚃 shrubs.􀚃 We􀚃 are􀚃particularly􀚃excited􀚃 about􀚃the􀚃 Michelia,􀚃 a􀚃stunning􀚃evergreen􀚃 shrub􀚃with􀚃 elegant,􀚃 cup􀙥 shaped􀚃 fragrant􀚃white􀚃flowers􀚃 in􀚃 spring.􀚃 If􀚃you have􀚃 a􀚃wish􀚃 list􀚃for􀚃anything􀚃 unusual􀚃and􀚃 exciting􀚃 you would􀚃 like􀚃for􀚃your􀚃garden􀚃 then􀚃 please􀚃do􀚃pop􀚃 in􀚃 and􀚃we􀚃will􀚃do􀚃our􀚃very􀚃best􀚃to􀚃 source􀚃 it􀚃for􀚃 you.􀚃 We􀚃have􀚃had􀚃some􀚃really􀚃positive􀚃 feedback􀚃on􀚃 our􀚃garden􀚃talks􀚃to􀚃date􀚃and􀚃there􀚃was􀚃 a􀚃 great􀚃tum􀚃out􀚃to􀚃our􀚃first􀚃evening􀚃talk􀚃last􀚃month􀚃 on􀚃 roses.􀚃 The􀚃next􀚃one􀚃will􀚃be􀚃about􀚃 clematis􀚃on􀚃Tuesday􀚃April s􀙱.􀚃The􀚃full􀚃schedule􀚃of􀚃events􀚃for􀚃the􀚃month􀚃of􀚃April􀚃is􀚃as􀚃follows:􀚃 Friday􀚃April􀚃 1"-Talk􀚃on􀚃"Garde ning􀚃Myths."􀚃 Free􀚃of􀚃charge􀚃meet􀚃in􀚃the􀚃cafe􀚃at􀚃 2pm􀚃 (Lunch􀚃 reservations􀚃available)􀚃 Tuesday􀚃April􀚃 5th -Talk􀚃on􀚃"Clematis "􀚃Free􀚃of􀚃charge􀚃 meet􀚃in􀚃the􀚃cafe􀚃at􀚃2pm􀚃(Lunch􀚃 reservations􀚃 available)􀚃 Tuesday􀚃April􀚃 5th - Evening􀚃talk􀚃on􀚃 "Clematis"􀚃 £5􀚃 per􀚃ticket􀚃meet􀚃in􀚃the􀚃cafe􀚃 at􀚃7pm􀚃 for􀚃 a􀚃 7.30pm􀚃start.􀚃 A􀚃glass􀚃of􀚃wine􀚃and􀚃nibbles􀚃will􀚃be􀚃provided.􀚃 Friday􀚃 April􀚃 8th - Talk􀚃 on􀚃 "Planting􀚃 Pots!'􀚃 Free􀚃 of􀚃charge􀚃 meet􀚃 in􀚃the􀚃cafe􀚃 at􀚃 2pm􀚃 (Lunch􀚃 reserva􀘣ons􀚃 available)􀚃 Friday􀚃April􀚃 15th - Talk􀚃on􀚃"How􀚃to􀚃 restore􀚃 a􀚃kitchen􀚃garden􀚃 in􀚃7􀚃weeks !"􀚃Free􀚃of􀚃charge􀚃 meet􀚃 in􀚃the􀚃 cafe􀚃 at􀚃2pm􀚃 (Lunch􀚃 reservations􀚃ava ilable)􀚃 Sa􀘸rday􀚃16th and􀚃 Sunday􀚃 April􀚃 17th - Launch􀚃Weekend.􀚃We􀚃will􀚃 be􀚃showcasing􀚃 the􀚃 restoration􀚃 of􀚃Dorney􀚃Court's􀚃Kitchen􀚃Garden􀚃along􀚃with􀚃our􀚃new􀚃look􀚃and􀚃 name.􀚃We􀚃hope􀚃 you􀚃 will􀚃join us􀚃to􀚃 celebrate􀚃 in􀚃 a􀚃weekend􀚃 of􀚃fun􀚃 and􀚃 activities􀚃 in􀚃 particular􀚃at􀚃 11􀚃am􀚃on􀚃the􀚃 Saturday􀚃for􀚃the􀚃 ribbon􀚃 cutting􀚃 ceremony􀚃and􀚃 the􀚃official􀚃 opening􀚃 of􀚃the􀚃Kitchen􀚃 Garden.􀚃 Friday􀚃April􀚃 22nd - "Compost,􀚃 mulch􀚃and􀚃manure"􀚃Free􀚃of􀚃charge􀚃meet􀚃in􀚃the􀚃cafe􀚃at􀚃2pm􀚃 (Lunch􀚃 reservations􀚃available)􀚃 Friday􀚃April􀚃 29th -"Wed ding􀚃inspired􀚃flowers"􀚃 Free􀚃of􀚃charge􀚃meet􀚃in􀚃the􀚃cafe􀚃at􀚃2pm􀚃 (Lunch􀚃 reservations􀚃 available)􀚃 Once􀚃 again􀚃 thanks􀚃for􀚃all􀚃 your􀚃support,􀚃 we􀚃 look􀚃foAard􀚃 to􀚃 seeing􀚃 you􀚃 soon.􀚃 Ryan􀚃 and􀚃Stretch􀚃 01628􀚃669999􀚃 -15- Minutes of the Do􀒰ey Parish Council Meeting held at the Eton Dorney Centre on Tuesday 8dl Ma􀒡h 2011 at 8 pm Present:- Coun cillors K Har􀒚i s( c􀐡 the meeting), A Purdie, P Smith and G Easton. In Attendance:- Mrs S Moffat (Clerk). PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PCSO O'Conn ell was unable to at tend but provided the March Newsletter produced by Tap low and Dorney Neighbourhood Police Team. Apolo􀐌es were received from Parish Coun cillor Foxley, Cllr Nelson, County Cllr Dhillon and District Cllr Peter Adams. Resolved to receive and approve the minutes of the previous meeti ng held on the 8th Febr􀓻 2011. Di.,closu􀒛e of interest in items on the agenda - CUr Easton declared an interest in Agenda Item 182 regarding Dorney Village Hall aod Cllr Purdie in Agenda Item 185 re􀐇g Meadow Way Street Party. Clerk's Report - (a) Bucks CC Press release - Sch􀒂l Crossing Pa􀓬l Service is secure; b) CPRE Branch meeti ng on 12th March 2011 at Wendover Memorial Hall will include a presentation on Waste Incin erator at Calvert and Housing Develop ment at Fleet Marston and High Speed Rail and HS2; (c) Freedom of Information - Re􀐈g the ann ual ren ewal regi􀓋on fe e of £35 it is a legal requir ement for parish council's to re􀐍ster under the Data Protection Act where any personal information is pr􀑻essed on a comp uter system in relation to local service s provided. T􀐛e registration fees are used to fund the UK Data Protection op eration s conducted by the Information Co􀑢issioner's Office; (d) (g) Invitation from Bucks CC on Governments con sultation on High S􀒍 2 Summit from 2 to 4 pm on 15" April at Oculus, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road HP􀑉9 8FF (Ayl esbury Vale) and ; (h) Nomination Packs for Parish Coun cil election s have been dis􀓨ib uted. Casual Vacancy - The Clerk reported that no ap plications have been 􀒤eived. Rebuild of Do􀒱ey Village Hall - The Village Hall Committee will be presenting the available options at a meeting this Friday. T􀐜􀒥 options (i) Patch up and redecorate, (ii) Refurbish and extend, (iii) Comp lete rebuild (Bi􀐆 Lottery Grant not available as affluent area). Al􀑊 opt􀐬on􀒾 have now been costed. Cllr Ha􀒷is mentioned that he has read an article about a new village hall havi ng been built in Larc􀐤e]d (Maidenhead area) for £174,000. Update on tree planting - Cllr Easton reported that all the 􀓫 have been planted and the invoice has now been received for this work. Cllr Har ris was thanked for sorting out fe nce line with Tham es Water in Marsh Lan e. To consider the Speed Enforcement Report from PCSO O'Conn ell - Noted. To consid er a donation to the Meadow Way Street Party to celebrate the Royal Wedding in April -To note that the street party is in the area around the Village Hall and should be named 'Dorney Street Party' which is open to all residents of Dorney. It was a􀐕d to donate £200. Resolved not to contin ue receiving 8 copies per quarter of the Local Council Review. A copy is available in the ci rculation box if required. Planning- (a) Resolved to note p􀑖g issues and decisions recently notified by South Bucks District Coun cil - As app ended. (b) Resolved to com ment on planning applications as appended. Finance a) Resolved to authori se payment of Accoun􀓮 for March 2011 in the sum of £1303.08 net (ap pended). b) Resolved to receive income for March 2011 -None. c) Resolved to monitor the budget for 2010/2011 to 8􀔧 March 2011 (appended). d) Resolved to receive recent bank statements and c􀐢 􀓦 sign recon ciliation s. Correspondence for Ac􀓡on - a) Bucks CC con sultation on the future of home to school 􀓩an sport in Bucks from 1 to 28th March is available on www.b uckscc.gov.uk/haveyoursay,Noted; (b) Have your say on the futur e of West London 's Waste- Consultation from 9th February to 25th March 2011 and is available on www.wlwp. net- Noted and; (c) NALC Policy Consultation on Community R􀐫ght to Buy - Assets of Community Value and Community Right to Chall enge N􀑷􀐚;•,rl . -16- • To receive and note March circulars -Noted. Member's Reports a) Rowing Lake Committee meetings - No meeting bas been held. It was agreed to write a letter to the Managing Director of Dorney Lake to ask for the meetings to be reconvened. b) Neigbbourbood Action Group-Cllr Hanis will attend the next meeting. c) SBALC -Cllr Purdie will be attending the next meeting. d) South Bucks Partoership -Cllr Smith is unable to attend the next meeting. e) Local Area Forum-Cllr Dhillon to report at the next meeting. Resolve any complaints received from residents -None Maintenance and Highway employee/work - Mr Hanis reported that bus stop and bencbes will be painted this month. Date of next meeting - - 8pm. on 12tb April 2011 at the Eton Dorney Centre and the Annual Meeting of Electorates will be held at 8pm on 23"' March 20ll at Dorney Village Hall Meeting ended 9.27 pm. NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Attwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Wednesday 27th April at 7.30 p.m. European Arts Company presents Chekhov's Shorts A hugely entertaining collection of classic one-act farces by Anton Chekhov. Including The Evils of Tobacco, The Dimwit, The Bear, Swan Song and The Proposal. This is Chekhov at his comic best, before Uncle Vanya started shooting, The Seagull got stuffed, The Cherry Orchard was 'car parked' and The Three Sisters started moaning! Tickets: £13 (£! I cone.) £8 School groups THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O I 18 969 8000 Thursday 3/3 - Saturday 16/4 JOKING APART a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn Thursday 21/4 - Saturday 4/6 SPECIAL OCCASIONS a comedy by Bernard Slade ETON WICK IDSTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 13th. April BROOKLANDS (the birthplace of British motorsports and aviation) INTO THE SECOND CENTURY. Speakers: Tim Morris and David Norfolk from the Brook:lands Museum LENT LUNCHES 201 1 Thursday 7"' April at Dormouse, Oak Stubbs Lane, Dorney Reach This will be hosted by Jean Tyler and will be in aid of the WRVS York Centre in Maidenhead, to provide funding for automatic doors to assist disabled people. Monday 11"' April at Eton Dorney Centre This will be hosted by Lili Illes and will be in aid of the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal and Lunch Club Over 60's Outing At each of these a light lunch will be served from noon to 2 pm. Please come along, bring your friends and meet some neighbours. COFFEE AFTERNOONS AT ETON DORNEY CENTRE Monday 9th. May and Monday 23rd. May Free of charge. Further information can be found on the Centre's website:- www.etondomey.org.uk or telephone 01628 662823 Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part "P" Approved Addltfonal Sockets - Lights New Fuse Boards - Updates Security - Attic Lighting Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All Other Electrical Work Free advice and estimates All work guan,nteed No job too small Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 -NAPIT • • Technophobe Me? Well I Am Now! As an avid computer user, I really loved my old machine. I knew my way round it, and spent hours enjoying the skills it gave me. Of course, a lot of those hours were spent waiting for the internet, but thanks to Mr Dax's splendid efforts to get a faster service for Dorney, I thought that would soon be a problem of the past. Then suddenly my computer died . Wow! That was scary. Instant impotence and amnesia set in as the systems and memories become unuseable. Happily we know a man who can, and a shiny new machine soon arrived. He salvaged my old memories, and installed the latest programmes and I was tickled pink by its speed. I used to turn my old machine on, and then go and make a cup of coffee while it wound itself up to face the outside world, now I can get on line in under a minute. All other applications are quick too. It is splendid - or it would be if they hadn't changed the progranunes. I used to use Windows XP now I've got Windows 7, and I have no idea how to use it properly. The same mad nerds who keep "improving" all the electronic gadgets that are replacing human activity have been at work. As I write this, I am confronted by forty options to change the lay out. In addition there are six more tabs I can press to give me further variations. Searching for basic functions can consume more time than was saved by the faster operating speeds. Another piece of technology that is wonderful until it goes wrong is a burglar alarm. We are waiting for yet another visit from the engineer as I write this. The principle of a good alarm is that it notifies the emergency services as soon as it rings. They will phone your mobile (if you can find it) before sending someone to catch the intruder. All very reassuring when it works, but for some reason, yet to be sorted out, ours went off at the same time on two successive mornings just as I was getting bathed. Racing about with no clothes on to stop it ringing and then trying to answer the mobile phone two days in a row was not good for my morale and, once again, I found myself cursing technology. All this electronic drama has been going on during the run of the play that I have been doing in Henley, so it did not do much for my jangling nerves. Perhaps it isn't surprising then that , despite all the beneficial electronic gadgetry developed in my lifetime, I am now looking back somewhat wistfully to the days when we only had the wireless, a typewriter and a dear old dial telephone to worry about. Geoffrey (Technophobe) Atkinson -19- Wyndham,􀕚Village􀕚Road,􀕚Dorney􀕚 Dear Editor, NATIJRE􀕚+􀕚HAPPY􀕚MEMORIES􀕚 As􀕚 I􀕚write􀕚 this􀕚 letter􀕚 up􀕚 to􀕚 mid􀕚 March,􀕚 the􀕚 weather􀕚has􀕚 generally􀕚 been􀕚 dry􀕚and􀕚 sunny􀕚 to􀕚 which􀕚many􀕚plants􀕚 have􀕚responded,􀕚including􀕚daffodils;􀕚tulips;􀕚primroses;􀕚crocus;􀕚 hyacinths;􀕚violets,􀕚soldiers􀕚and􀕚sailors􀕚(pulmonaria);􀕚periwinkle􀕚and􀕚miniature􀕚 rhododendron,􀕚giving􀕚the􀕚oncoming􀕚spring􀕚a􀕚splash􀕚of􀕚colour.􀕚 The􀕚wild􀕚birds􀕚too􀕚 have􀕚 been􀕚busy􀕚nest-building􀕚and􀕚calling􀕚for􀕚mates􀕚- love􀕚 is􀕚 in􀕚the􀕚 air.􀕚 From􀕚March􀕚2nd􀕚to􀕚6th,􀕚I􀕚didn't􀕚hear􀕚nor􀕚see􀕚our􀕚resident􀕚Memorial􀕚Garden􀕚crows.􀕚I􀕚 became􀕚quite􀕚concerned􀕚thinking􀕚we􀕚had􀕚lost􀕚them.􀕚But􀕚on􀕚March􀕚7th,􀕚early􀕚morning􀕚 feeding􀕚 time,􀕚I􀕚heard,􀕚 much􀕚to􀕚 my􀕚relief􀕚the􀕚usual􀕚'knaw'􀕚call􀕚they􀕚make.􀕚 I􀕚can􀕚 only􀕚 guess􀕚 they􀕚must􀕚have􀕚been􀕚collecting􀕚nesting􀕚materials.􀕚Anyway,􀕚good􀕚to􀕚see􀕚them􀕚back,􀕚as􀕚they􀕚 do􀕚help􀕚smaller􀕚wild􀕚birds􀕚by􀕚seeing􀕚off􀕚invading􀕚hawks.􀕚 Recently,􀕚whilst􀕚working􀕚in􀕚my􀕚back􀕚garden􀕚around􀕚5.30􀕚pm,􀕚our􀕚resident􀕚blackbird􀕚was􀕚 merrily􀕚singing􀕚away,􀕚when􀕚I􀕚responded􀕚by􀕚whistling􀕚back􀕚to􀕚him.􀕚He􀕚then􀕚responded􀕚as􀕚I􀕚 altered􀕚the􀕚song􀕚rhythm,􀕚gaining􀕚another􀕚response􀕚from􀕚him,􀕚when􀕚suddenly􀕚our􀕚resident􀕚 robin􀕚joined􀕚in.􀕚It􀕚was􀕚five-plus􀕚minutes􀕚of􀕚joy􀕚and􀕚f􀔍n􀕚with􀕚the􀕚'Dorney􀕚Trio'􀕚in􀕚perfect􀕚 polyphonic􀕚harmony;􀕚and􀕚that􀕚takes􀕚practice!􀕚 Whilst􀕚listening􀕚to􀕚the􀕚Classic􀕚FM􀕚music􀕚radio􀕚programme,􀕚a􀕚listener􀕚emailed􀕚the􀕚presenter􀕚 with􀕚the􀕚following􀕚p􀔨le.􀕚 When􀕚one􀕚sees􀕚murals􀕚and􀕚pictures􀕚of􀕚Heaven,􀕚often􀕚you􀕚will􀕚see􀕚 depicted􀕚angels􀕚blowing􀕚trumpets􀕚and􀕚cherubs􀕚playing􀕚harps.􀕚What􀕚musical􀕚instrument􀕚 could􀕚be􀕚played􀕚in􀕚Hell?􀕚A􀕚listener􀕚responded􀕚"The􀕚Bagpipes!"􀕚Don't􀕚tell􀕚the􀕚Black􀕚Watch.􀕚 May􀕚I􀕚suggest􀕚the􀕚Vuv􀔧ela,􀕚as􀕚blown􀕚in􀕚the􀕚last􀕚World􀕚Football􀕚Cup􀕚in􀕚South􀕚Africa.􀕚It􀕚 would􀕚certainly􀕚raise􀕚an􀕚interesting􀕚competition􀕚between􀕚Heaven􀕚and􀕚Hell.􀕚Perhaps􀕚Harry􀕚 Hill􀕚could􀕚take􀕚this􀕚on􀕚..􀕚.''Fight!"􀕚 On􀕚the􀕚radio,􀕚I􀕚recently􀕚heard􀕚a􀕚song􀕚which􀕚brought􀕚back􀕚happy􀕚memories􀕚of􀕚my􀕚female􀕚 piano􀕚teacher􀕚and􀕚three􀕚other􀕚older􀕚ladies􀕚whom􀕚I􀕚met􀕚either􀕚at􀕚college􀕚or􀕚at􀕚work􀕚in􀕚my􀕚 younger􀕚days.􀕚They􀕚all􀕚had􀕚a􀕚big􀕚influence􀕚on􀕚me􀕚and􀕚encouraged􀕚the􀕚love􀕚of􀕚music.􀕚By􀕚 way􀕚of􀕚thanks􀕚to􀕚them􀕚all􀕚and􀕚indeed􀕚my􀕚good􀕚parents􀕚who􀕚encouraged􀕚the􀕚love􀕚of􀕚music􀕚 from􀕚an􀕚early􀕚age􀕚(bless􀕚them􀕚all)􀕚I'll􀕚now􀕚play􀕚this􀕚tune􀕚which􀕚cap􀔇s􀕚those􀕚wonderful􀕚 early􀕚days􀕚and􀕚perhaps􀕚bring􀕚back􀕚happy􀕚memories􀕚to􀕚others.􀕚Here􀕚we􀕚go􀕚with􀕚'I􀕚Recall􀕚A􀕚 Gypsy􀕚Woman,"􀕚by􀕚Bob􀕚Mc􀕚Dill􀕚and􀕚Allen􀕚Reynolds􀕚(1970)􀕚and􀕚well􀕚sung􀕚by􀕚Don􀕚 Williams:- Silver coins that jingle jangle Fancy shoes that dance in time Oh the secrets of her dark eyes They did sing a gypsy rhyme Yellow clover-entangled blossoms In a meadow silky green Where she held me in her bosom Just a boy of seventeen I recall a gypsy woman Silver spangles in her eyes Ivory skin against the moonlight And the taste of life's sweet wine. How􀕚about􀕚that􀕚Ch􀔠hill?􀕚"Oh,􀕚definitely􀕚Yes!"􀕚 Regards,􀕚 Tony􀕚Dixon-Smith􀕚(D.D.)􀕚 • Private Nursing & Residential Care Home Set in 9 acres of Beaunful Grou􀖧􀖨 o Highest quality 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms - en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system • Automatic lifts • Relaxed friendly atmosphere .EGISTERED NURSING 􀊶􀊷ME ASSOCIATION • Day room, television lounge, library, sunny conservatories • Excellent food, choice of menus, special diets • Long or short stay accommodation • Activities Co-ordinator • Visitors always welcome Parliament Lane, Burn􀒥am, Bu􀐦s SLI 8NU Mi􀐱way Between M4 & M40 Motorways 01 628 667345 www.burnhamlodgecare.com E Sargeant & Son Established since 1712 FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND MONUMENTAL MASONS • A family orientated business which offers a traditional and caring service with attention to detail For immediate personal assistance, please call 01 753 520081 40 Church Street, Slough SL 1 1 PJ 01 753 865982 61 St Leonards Road, Windsor SL4 3BX 01 628 783738 12 - 13 The Colonnade, Maidenhead SL6 1 QL Providers of the Perfect Choice Funeral Plan F U N ER A L PARTN£RS L [ e T E D DORNEY SCHOOL Of Principal Joan Kellett AIDTA BIL Welcomes you to come dancing. ballroom/latin- adults. Every Thursday beginners and improvers 8 to 9 p.m. lntennediate 9 to 10 p.m. at Dorney Village Hall. Also children every Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 noon. at Dorney Village Hall Children's classes include line dancing. Private lessons also available. Plea8e telephone Joan (01628) 670003 Matrix Plumbing & Heating ALL ASPECTS OF PLUMBING UNDERTAKEN Bathroom Installations including Tiling - Burst Pipes & Leaking Taps All General Plumbing & Heating - Kitchen Fitting - Flooring ✓ No Call Out Charges ✓ Free Estimates ✓ Competitive Rates ✓ Discounts for Senior Citizens ✓ Professional, Reliable & Honest ✓ All Work Guaranteed ✓ Fully Insured ✓ Contract Work Welcome LOCAL PROFESSIONAL FRIENDLY SERVICE Contact Steve on :- Tel : 07919 867833 or Email : matrixplumb@aol.com Cookham Carpentry -ses-poR.e oles􀂯gli\,s Fully qualified & insured with 15 years' design experience Call Alan on 01628 522533 or 07786 144970 www.cookhamcarpentry.co.uk Fitted wardrobes Radiator cabinets Stair balustrades Home office Fitted kitchens Garden design and decking Fencing and gates House renovations DIY disasters rectified MDF-LAMINA TE-OAK • • t THE SUSAN HANDY SCHOOL OF DANCING Classes for children aged 2½ years upwards in Ballet Contemporary Dance Music & Movement Tap and Modern Jazz Ballet and Tap Classes for Adults Classes for Boys only Children entered for examinations in the Enrico Cecchetti method. Classes in Eton, Datchet and Windsor Principal: Susan Handy, F.I.S.T.D. Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail: office@susanhandydance.co.uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀃮 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning / / Hours of Business: 08:30 - 17:30 Monday - Friday Tel/Fax: 01628 603188 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Tel: 01 628 668562 ij In Dorney Village Hall on Friday 1 1 th. March at 8 pm the Dorney Village Hall Management Committee will give a Presentation to the village regarding the rebuilding/restoration of our village hall with an open discussion to consider all the proposed possible alternatives. Dorney Tree Planting Two years plus ago I went on a Tree Wardens' course sponsored by the Tree Council in Windsor Great Park. I met some of the senior officials, (including the Tree Warden from the Archers, John Stokes, who is a leading figure, and a great source of inspiration).They told me the dates to apply for grants, and together with Glenda our Clerk and the whole Parish Council we set about looking for funding for the three projects; the one along Marsh Lane, the one in Meadow Way, and the last one for the Picnic Park, which was particularly championed by Ken Richmond. There are now apple trees etc. in the Picnic Park, 2 rowans in Meadow Way and an avenue of 21 limes, together with an indigenous mixed hedge including hazel hawthorn etc., alongside the Richmond Path. There are so many people to thank for their help and support: particularly Highways, Thames Water, Dev Dhillon and the BCC who were instigational on many fronts, Tree Council, SBDC, our village Horticultural Society, and especially our own Parish Council and Clerk, and my husband. They and many others have all helped to create a Highway for Nature and restore the balance. Now begins the long-winded bit of form filling to collect the grants and show evidence of what we have achieved, but hopefully these plants will flourish with locals' help and the maintenance contract. On another tack; if in the summer months people could water trees outside their houses, this would certainly be a help. Good wishes and thanks, from your Tree Warden Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter Welcome􀚃to􀚃the􀚃la􀘕st􀚃newsletter􀚃from􀚃the􀚃Taplow􀚃&􀚃Dorney􀚃Neighbourhood􀚃Team􀚃 THAMES􀚃VALLEY􀚃POLICE􀚃 0845􀚃 8􀚃 505􀚃 505􀚃 CRIMESTOPPERS􀚃 0800􀚃 555􀚃 111􀚃 HAVE􀚃YOUR􀚃SAY􀚃 The􀚃next􀚃beat􀚃surgeries􀚃will􀚃 be􀚃held􀚃on:􀚃 Wednesday􀚃16th􀚃March􀚃be􀘺en􀚃5.30-6.30pm􀚃at􀚃Taplow􀚃Railway􀚃Station􀚃 Saturday􀚃 16th􀚃April􀚃between􀚃 1-2pm􀚃at􀚃Coffee􀚃shop,􀚃Bishop,􀚃 Centre,􀚃 Taplow.􀚃 Please􀚃feel􀚃free􀚃to􀚃come􀚃along􀚃and􀚃meet􀚃your􀚃neighbourhood􀚃police􀚃team􀚃and􀚃discuss􀚃any􀚃 issues􀚃or􀚃concerns􀚃you􀚃have,􀚃or􀚃alternatively􀚃you􀚃can􀚃e-mail􀚃us􀚃at􀚃 taplow@domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk􀚃 Have􀚃Your􀚃Say􀚃online􀚃 You􀚃can􀚃now􀚃send􀚃non-emergency􀚃messages􀚃to􀚃us􀚃using􀚃the􀚃online􀚃form􀚃that􀚃is􀚃available􀚃on􀚃 the􀚃 Thames􀚃 Valley􀚃 Police􀚃website.􀚃 A􀚃number􀚃of􀚃people􀚃 have􀚃 already􀚃 sent􀚃 their􀚃concerns􀚃 using􀚃this􀚃method.􀚃 Please􀚃allow􀚃some􀚃time􀚃for􀚃us􀚃to􀚃get􀚃back􀚃to􀚃you􀚃as􀚃we􀚃do􀚃check􀚃our􀚃 mail􀚃box􀚃only􀚃at􀚃certain􀚃limes􀚃of􀚃the􀚃day.􀚃 GOOD􀚃NEWS􀚃 Kate􀚃Ford􀚃has􀚃taken􀚃over􀚃from􀚃Paul􀚃Cook􀚃as􀚃he􀚃has􀚃now􀚃retired􀚃as􀚃South􀚃Bucks􀚃area􀚃 Commander.􀚃Kate􀚃Ford􀚃has􀚃been􀚃deputy􀚃commander􀚃for􀚃Slough􀚃since􀚃 May􀚃2008􀚃and􀚃 previously􀚃also􀚃worked􀚃 in􀚃Maidenhead,􀚃Windsor,􀚃Slough􀚃and􀚃Bracknell.􀚃 NEIGHBOURHOOD􀚃PRIORITIES􀚃 An􀘡social􀚃Behaviour􀚃-We􀚃are􀚃continuing􀚃to􀚃see􀚃a􀚃reduction􀚃in􀚃anti􀚃social􀚃behaviour􀚃 mainly􀚃due􀚃to􀚃the􀚃work􀚃carried􀚃out􀚃with􀚃the􀚃local􀚃youths􀚃and􀚃the􀚃NHPT.􀚃 However􀚃the􀚃team􀚃 are􀚃continuing􀚃to􀚃patrol􀚃hot􀚃spot􀚃locations􀚃and􀚃would􀚃like􀚃residents􀚃to􀚃continue􀚃to􀚃contact􀚃us􀚃 should􀚃they􀚃experience􀚃any􀚃issues.􀚃 Li􀘴r􀚃- The􀚃recent􀚃issue􀚃of􀚃litter􀚃in􀚃the􀚃 Amerden􀚃Lane􀚃area􀚃has􀚃now􀚃been􀚃cleared􀚃with􀚃the􀚃 help􀚃of􀚃Taplow􀚃Parish􀚃Council.􀚃 Parking􀚃-Further􀚃work􀚃has􀚃now􀚃been􀚃carried􀚃out􀚃in􀚃relation􀚃to􀚃Parking􀚃in􀚃Station􀚃 Road/Institute􀚃Road;􀚃the􀚃NHPT􀚃and􀚃local􀚃councillors􀚃recently􀚃attended􀚃the􀚃location􀚃to􀚃 discuss􀚃long􀚃tenn􀚃 solutions.􀚃 Suggestions􀚃have􀚃also􀚃been􀚃 made􀚃to􀚃the􀚃 Railway􀚃Authorities􀚃 for􀚃improvements􀚃to􀚃the􀚃station􀚃car􀚃park,􀚃including􀚃cheaper􀚃parking.􀚃 If􀚃you􀚃are􀚃interested􀚃 in􀚃becoming􀚃involved􀚃in􀚃tackling􀚃these􀚃new􀚃priori􀘁ies􀚃then􀚃please􀚃 contact􀚃the􀚃neighbourhood􀚃team􀚃or􀚃come􀚃along􀚃to􀚃the􀚃next􀚃NAG􀚃meeting.􀚃 Crime􀚃Information􀚃 Burglar􀙘􀚃is􀚃still􀚃an􀚃issue􀚃in􀚃the􀚃T􀚃aplow/Dorney􀚃area􀚃and􀚃the􀚃NHPT􀚃are􀚃advising􀚃that􀚃when􀚃 leaving􀚃 your􀚃 property􀚃you􀚃 ensure􀚃 all􀚃doors􀚃and􀚃 windows􀚃 are􀚃 locked.􀚃 We􀚃 have􀚃 a􀚃 limited􀚃 number􀚃of􀚃 FREE􀚃 timer􀚃 switches􀚃 donated􀚃 by􀚃 South􀚃 Bucks􀚃 District􀚃 Council􀚃 Community􀚃 Safety􀚃Team.􀚃These􀚃are􀚃a􀚃great􀚃way􀚃to􀚃 making􀚃your􀚃property􀚃appear􀚃to􀚃have􀚃somebody􀚃 in􀚃when􀚃you􀚃 are􀚃out􀚃especially􀚃if􀚃you􀚃are􀚃not􀚃due􀚃home􀚃 during􀚃 the􀚃 hours􀚃of􀚃darkness.􀚃 If􀚃 you􀚃are􀚃in􀘖rested􀚃 in􀚃obtaining􀚃 one􀚃please􀚃contact􀚃one􀚃of􀚃the􀚃 Neighbourhood􀚃Officers􀚃via􀚃 the􀚃e-mail􀚃below􀚃or􀚃attend􀚃one􀚃of􀚃the􀚃have􀚃your􀚃say􀚃meetings􀚃as􀚃listed.􀚃 DON'T BE A VICTIM OF A DISTRACTION BURGLAR Sometimes􀚃people􀚃tum􀚃up􀚃unannounced,􀚃with􀚃the􀚃intention􀚃of􀚃tricking􀚃their􀚃way􀚃into􀚃your􀚃 home.They􀚃are􀚃known􀚃as􀚃"distraction􀚃burglars"􀚃or􀚃"bogus􀚃callers"􀚃whose􀚃only􀚃aim􀚃is􀚃to􀚃get􀚃 into􀚃homes􀚃to􀚃distract􀚃you􀚃and􀚃steal􀚃money/valuables.􀚃 Bogus􀚃callers􀚃may􀚃be􀚃smartly􀚃dressed􀚃and􀚃claim􀚃to􀚃be􀚃from􀚃authorities􀚃such􀚃as􀚃the􀚃council,􀚃 they􀚃can􀚃be􀚃male􀚃or􀚃female􀚃and􀚃may􀚃ask􀚃to􀚃use􀚃the􀚃bathroom􀚃or􀚃look􀚃for􀚃a􀚃lost􀚃pet􀚃to􀚃gain􀚃 entry􀚃to􀚃your􀚃home.􀚃 -12- If you are expecting the caller, remember to check their identification carefully or the password you have agreed before you let them in and ALWAYS PUT THE CHAIN ON THE DOOR FIRST. DOMESTIC ABUSE During January we have seen a small rise in domestic abuse in the area, If you are a victim of domestic abuse, there is help and support available to you. Domestic abuse is a crime and you do not have to put up with tt. Alternatively if you think a friend or family member is experiencing domestic violence then there are things you can do to help. Please visit our website www.thamesvalley.police.uk/reduction/domestic or call 08458 505 505 Partnership activity Although graffiti reports are down, for a small deposit a graffiti kit is available from South Bucks District Council's Community Safety Team. For more information, please contact 01895 837200 or email communitysafety@southbucks.gov.uk If you have any queries or questions regarding neighbourhood policing or any police matter, please feel free to contact the T aplow & Dorney neighbourhood policing team on 0845 8 505 505, or contact us via e-mail on: taplow@domeyNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk You can also find us on the Neighbourhood pages: www.thamesvalleypolice.co.uk Wo '"' •,,..-. 111i􀔄 M, 􀔅'™" 'JOVY ...,. ,nJ >ddl'O<<. Wo will infonn 'I" " - a< ..,. ,,. ,..,J'I t. Mc,; .,..,. f"'f"'"l .lei>ik in ,,Jo. that􀔆 Gall !/' Ii"' on iho final .wkiu. If 'I" ,,. not .,.Jino, rloaMONTHLY< Tuesday March I􀕚st - Evening talk at 7􀕚.30pm with Wine and refreshments (Ticket price to be confirmed) >MONTHLY< Friday March 4th at 2pm - 15 minute feature spot on an aspect of the garden centre. (Free of Charge) >WEEKLY< Wednesday March 16th at 2pm - 4.30pm. Practical Workshop for a small group led by a professional Gardener ( charges to be advised but will􀕚include relevant materials and afternoon tea). Pre-booking required. >SIX PER YEAR<􀕚 They are really keen to involve as much of the community as possible and invite everyone to come down and see the exciting changes as they happen. ETON WICK IDSTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick􀕚 Village􀕚 Hall􀕚 at􀕚 7.30􀕚p.m.􀕚 Wednesday􀕚23rd.􀕚February THREE􀕚 LOCAL􀕚LADS:􀕚 Peter􀕚 Tarrant􀕚 on Tarrant􀕚 farm ing impact John􀕚Read􀕚 on􀕚 Old􀕚Wheatbutts􀕚and􀕚around􀕚 Frank􀕚 Bond􀕚 on􀕚 Boveney􀕚 ANNUAL􀕚 PARISH􀕚MEETING􀕚 Wednesday􀕚23rd􀕚March􀕚 8􀕚p.m.􀕚 Village􀕚Hall􀕚 -11- Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part upn Approved Additional Sockets - Ughts New Fuse Boards - Updates Security - Attic Ughtfng Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All other Elecbical Work Fnte advice and atilll9tes All -rk guaranteed No Job too ,mall Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 W& ,,. &lfO'"""" "/r -i􀉅 fn,M !«.al hoM& OMI􀀶 􀀷 ii 􀀸llft M:- jnk-nr::f fo fawuJ, OVY ck,djt:-afed wc;kif,e:. fo 􀉆 ;,,to.,../i....,I 􀉇 i• ff>&-• f,tm,. If '1"' M>VI.J Ii􀃸 to lolow MO•"&􀀲«-r, pfea{e loof;:. at OIIY G-Urreilf 􀃹ite:.. In orde.r flOt to mi􀃷􀃷 ovt, 'I""" ...., >lld 􀉈,. W& will infom 'I"" a< "'°" a< ""' = .-...1, to t.,􀃸 'I""' f'"n ,kt.,il< i• ..-.J« that tt,., ,... !I' Ii"" ,. ih&f. .l 􀃹􀉉- lf 'I"" ,,. •ol- ,.Ii•&, 􀉊 8-"" " • <-al/. i11.foli!/a􀉋!􀉌ft.u􀉍c-om WMV.􀉎v!c.um 011'"} 6ZW􀀉4 -i< f"T of pJS #r 1-tJ, C-h,,t.,,.J 5"""'1"" www.fi<>.o!c"°"' DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all NAPIT £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £3S family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 -12- • Dorney Social Diacy Wednesday􀚃23rd􀚃February􀚃 Eton􀚃Wick􀚃History􀚃Group􀚃Meetilig􀚃 Etou􀚃Wick􀚃Village􀚃Hall􀚃7.30􀚃p.m.􀚃 Friday􀚃25'"􀚃February􀚃 DDHS􀚃Steak􀚃Pie􀚃Supper􀚃&􀚃Quiz􀚃 Village􀚃Hall􀚃7.30􀚃p.m.􀚃 Saturday􀚃 26111 February􀚃 DVHMC􀚃Post􀚃Valentine􀚃Disco􀚃 Village􀚃Hall􀚃8􀚃p.m􀚃 Wednesday􀚃23n1 March􀚃 Annual􀚃Parish􀚃Meeting􀚃 Village􀚃Hall􀚃8􀚃p.m.􀚃 Friday􀚃25th March􀚃 DDHS􀚃Cheese􀚃and􀚃Wine􀚃Evening􀚃wi􀘛􀚃Speaker􀚃 DORNEY􀚃PARISH􀚃COUNCIL􀚃 DORNEY􀚃VILLAGE􀚃HALL􀚃 MANAGEMENT􀚃COMMITTEE􀚃 DORNEY􀚃OVER􀚃60's􀚃CLUB􀚃 DORNEY􀚃BADMINTON􀚃CLUB􀚃 DORNEY􀚃SHORT􀚃MAT􀚃 BOWLS􀚃CLUB􀚃 DORNEY􀚃TENNIS􀚃COURT􀚃 DORNEY􀚃YOUTH􀚃CLUB􀚃 (for􀚃children􀚃of􀚃the􀚃parish)􀚃 BROWNIES􀚃 LITILE􀚃FISHES􀚃 For􀚃pre-school􀚃children􀚃 (and􀚃parents􀚃or􀚃carers)􀚃 Songs,􀚃stories,􀚃treasure􀚃hunts,􀚃fun􀚃 and􀚃refreshments.􀚃 VILLAGE􀚃HALL􀚃BOOKINGS􀚃 Village􀚃Hall􀚃8􀚃p.m.􀚃 Second􀚃Tuesday􀚃of􀚃each􀚃mon􀘜􀚃(e􀙖cept􀚃August)􀚃 Eton􀚃Dorney􀚃Centre􀚃8􀚃p.m.􀚃 Seeond􀚃Monday􀚃of􀚃alternate􀚃months􀚃 i.e.􀚃 March,􀚃 May􀚃 Village􀚃Hall􀚃8􀚃p.m.􀚃 Luncheon􀚃in􀚃the􀚃Vicarage,􀚃Dorney􀚃 Second􀚃Tuesday􀚃in􀚃month􀚃12.15􀚃- 2.00􀚃 8/2􀚃May􀚃be􀚃cancelled.􀚃Please􀚃call􀚃before􀚃at􀘔nding􀚃 (01628􀚃662823)􀚃 8/3􀚃12/4􀚃10/5􀚃14/6􀚃 Every􀚃Tuesday􀚃Village􀚃Hall􀚃8-10􀚃p.m.􀚃 Every􀚃Sunday􀚃Village􀚃HaU􀚃 7 - 10􀚃p.m.􀚃 Telephone􀚃01628􀚃629381􀚃 (b-een􀚃4.30-5􀚃p.m.􀚃 Monday-Friday)􀚃 Every􀚃Thursday􀚃evening􀚃during􀚃term􀚃􀘠me􀚃 in􀚃hut􀚃in􀚃grounds􀚃of􀚃Dorney􀚃School􀚃 6-16􀚃year􀚃olds􀚃 in􀚃two􀚃groups􀚃 contact􀚃Alan􀚃Russell􀚃 01628􀚃784515􀚃 Every􀚃Thursday􀚃Village􀚃Hall􀚃 6-7.30􀚃p.m.􀚃 Every􀚃Wednesday􀚃 (ferm􀚃time􀚃only)􀚃 St.􀚃John's􀚃Church,􀚃Eton􀚃Wick􀚃 10􀚃a.m.􀚃- 11.30􀚃a.m.􀚃 Da􀙌n􀚃Russell􀚃 01628􀚃784515􀚃 NEIGHBOURHOOD􀚃WATCH􀚃SCHEME􀚃 **********􀚃 Area􀚃Co-ordinator:- VOLUNTEER􀚃WANTED􀚃 **********􀚃 TO􀚃REPORT􀚃ANYTHING􀚃SUSPICIOUS􀚃TELEPHONE􀚃POLICE􀚃08458􀚃505505􀚃 TO􀚃REPORT􀚃INCIDENTS􀚃THAT􀚃REQUIRE􀚃IMMEDIATE􀚃POLICE􀚃ACTION􀚃 TELEPHONE􀚃999􀚃 Emails exchanged between Cllr. Andrew Purdie/Cllr. Eddie Nelson DPC and Chris Schwier, Transport Localities Team Leader, Transport For Buckinghanshire. Dear Chris, It was reported at the last DPC meeting that Harcourt Road & Harcourt Close is not/has not been included upon the South Bucks gritting rota. The reason I have been given is that "the roads are not on a hill". I would kindly ask that this decision is reconsidered with all haste. There are a number of special factors which need to be illuminated; above and beyond the financial cost of the salting/gritting. 1. There is a school in Harcourt Road/Close. Children, parents, teachers and coaches are often all using the entrance simultaneously. The adults are often in a huny. 2. Harcourt Road is very narrow and can be difficult to navigate in normal circumstances. Two coaches cannot pass each other side to side in good conditions. The owners of vehicles park along the road making it effectively a single file road. Most people can control a skidding vehicle in an open space ... but in a single file road, lined with trees? 3. Meadow way off Harcourt Road, is used by parents to park orto get to the village hall car park and loop around back to Marsh Lane. 4. There is a slope on Harcourt Road. In fact there are two notable inclines. One directly off Marsh Lane and one directly after Harcourt Close. I kn.ow you are aware that even a modest slope, when icy, can cause drivers to lose control. 5. The volume of school vehicles on these small roads compresses the snow, exacerbating the conditions. If this then freezes it is double the problem. I have witnessed cars coming down Harcourt Road sideways on snowy or icy school days. You may notice I have copied in the headmistress, youth club, playground committee and locally living councillors who I believe will all substantiate my concerns. In summary: We have a mix of children with potentially out of control vehicles on a single file road! Please note: I believe an accident is just a matter of time unless this decision is reversed. Rgds. Cllr.Andrew Purdie 18/12/10 Dear Cllr Purdie, It is not because the road is not on a hill. We have a criteria for assessing roads for gritting, which includes: gradients, bends, service bus route, school bus route and more which can be seen if you follow the following link and then open the winter maintenance policy and operational plan at the bottom of the sheet. http://www.transportforbucks.net/Winter-maintenance.aspx Each of the criteria is then scored and roads receiving a score of above 28 are included on our precautionary salting routes, when we have snow fall we reduce these routes again. I do not believe that Harcourt Road has sufficient of the criteria for it to qualify as a precautionary salting route. If you would like any further information or would like to speak to me please call me on 01494 586622. Regards, Chris Schwier 20/12/10 Andrew, Our winter maintenance officer has carried out the review of Harcourt Road, Harcourt Close, Meadow Way, Oak Stubbs -ane. Using the following laid down criteria the road scores 10 and that is for adjacent key facilities (School). For any road to be considered for inclusion on our precautionary salting routes it must score 28 or above. If you would like to discuss this further I am quite happy to meet and bring along the scoring mechanism for the assessment criteria. Risk Assessment Criteria a. Traffic Flows b. Gradients c. Bends not subject to a speed limit d. Community Link e. Previously salted route f. Regular or School Bus Routes g. Adjacent key facilities h. Route efficiency and practicality i. Collision record Regards, Chris Schwier 14/1/11 -14- Chris. Thank you for loo􀑅ng at it again. As you will no doubt guess I think the conclusion is, at best, misg􀓽ded. The marking system is imperfect, and an executive decision needs to be made. DPC will continue to try to find ways to have a reversal of 􀓟s decisi on, or put some other form of 􀐖ttin g in place. I will again repeat my warning that this is an accident waiti ng to happen. Rgds. Andrew Purdie 1711/11 Dear Mr. Schwier, I'd like to add my support to Cllr. Purdie's ori􀐏 email and would also like to than k you for your swi􀐁 response. As you suggested, I have looked at the link you provided to your Winter Mainten ance Plan, and whilst f􀓷􀑙y understandi ng the need to have a list of single cri􀓗ia to iden􀓣 your Priority I precautionary 􀓁ting network 􀒘􀑶utes, you 􀐺ust a􀐔 that 􀓛ere are o􀐃 circ􀓾ces w􀐙en the sheer number of individual risk fact ors can lead you to a different co􀑭lusion - I believe that this is the case with Harcourt Rd! Gradien􀓭 - Harc ourt Rd does have small gradients, but enough to stop ca􀒸 - ask o􀑱 or two of the people who have been stuck on it over thi s weekend. School Bus route -I don't believe that Dorney School has a 􀓃hool bus, however, a.minibus does come down Harcourt Rd and Meadow Way that takes children to Burnham Grammar. Community L􀐶􀑀 - (unsure of your def􀐪􀑦ition) However, there are only two roads into Dorney Reach, and this is one of them. T􀒗affic Flows - Between the hours of8.15 to 9.00 & 3.00 to 3.30 there are something in the re􀐋on of 50 cars picking up children from Do􀒯ey School for each of these periods. When it sn ows, these cars can very quickly 'hard pack' the s􀑳w that can then remain there for a prolonged 􀒎od. I believe that the elements above, identified from your 􀑡, in con􀐻forction with; - very 􀑫ow road - ma􀓲re trees on one side of the 􀒙oad (no escape route from a sliding car / truck) - l􀐵ted al􀓘tive acce ss for emergency vehicles would suggest to me that Harc ourt Rd, in Dorney Reach should be included in your P􀒪ority 1 prec autionary salting network, or at the very least have a separate risk assessment carried out. I do look forward to your reply. If you do require any further information, please do get back to me. Cllr. Eddie Nelson (Dorney Parish Council) Over 60's Lunch Club The Eton Dorney Centre Lunch Club for over 60's wants to thank all contributors for the Christmas raffle prizes. We especially want to thank Dorney Pineapple Pub for the generous donation, which was put as the big raffle prize. Without it the day wouldn't have been as exciting as it was. The whole day was a great success and it raised £ 136 which will make a great difference to the next year Lunch Club outing for our members. More events to come, please watch this space and our website www.etondomey.org.uk Lili Illes -15- PARISH PUMP j Extracts from Minutes of the Dorney Parish Council Meeting Q held at the Eton Dorney Centre on Tuesday lltb. January 2011 at 8 pm QUWIT Present:􀥋 Councillors K Harris( chaired the meeting). A Purdie, G Easton and E Nelson. C::. In Attendance:- Mrs S Moffirt (Clerk), Cllr Dhillon, PCSO O'Connell, Austen Parry (Officer from Priority Crime Team), Viv Nicholas (I'hink!Bumham) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - PCSO O'Connell circulated a report produced by Tap low and Dorney Neighbourhood Police Team which stated there has been a high level of burglaries in Dorney over the Christmas period. Austen Pany, the Investigating Officer, explained that his team is working hard to arrest the culprits of these crimes. However, it is always difficult to prosecute suspected burglars successfully as it is dependent on forensic evidence and/or catching suspects in the vicinity of the burglary. The Crime Prevention Officer has visited vulnerable properties in Dorney and offered advice about additional security. Also Police Officers are tasked to visit and drive through the village to increase the police presence. Mr Nelson suggested an increase in the level of community networking may help to combat crime and this could be enhanced by using such things as twitter. Mr Harris raised the on-going problem of dangerous parking on the road by the entrance to Dorney Lake when the gate is closed which happened again over the Christmas period. PCSO O'Connell responded that she had received no complaints and would urge people to report any problems to the police so they are recorded. Viv Nicholas from 1bink!Bumham gave an interesting presentation about community work this organisation has carried out in Burnham. It started 3 years ago from a Government initiative to set up a Market Town Health Check. As a result, working groups evolved covering transport, environmental, social and economic issues. At present the main focus is on the development of cycling within the community and Ecoweek. Cllr Dhillon reported on the following matters; (a) Bucks CC has to make savings of £58 million over the next 3 years; (b) there is a Library and Transport Consultation being undertaken; ( c) after the electoral review there is a reduction of 57 to 49 county councillors which will make a £100,000 saving. The exact electoral boundaries will be identified by the end of March; and (d) Cllr Dhillon suggested that it may be advisable to submit a petition from the school and local residents to encourage Bucks C.C. to add Harcourt Road to the gritting rota. Apologies were received from Parish Councillors A Foxley, P Smith and District Cllr Peter Adams. Clerk's Report - (a) Summary of the Local ism Bill (appended), (b) Letter from Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport encouraging communities throughout the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 (appended), (c) Update on Harcourt Road to be included in the gritting rota - Cllr Purdie has arranged for Highways to re-assess the situation, (d ) Tempo':','.l; IOMPH Speed Limit Order 2011 for approximately 3 nights at each site commencing on 10 January 2011 between 2000 and 0600 hours for 28 days along Dorney Hill North, Hedgerley, Dorney Hill South, Bumharn, Collinswood Road, Bs and Collinswood Road, Farnham Common, from its junction with M40 to its junction with Egypt Lane Casual Vacancy - Tue Clerk reported that no applications have been received. Rebuild of Dorney Village Hall - Mr Easton explained that the Village Hall Committee is seeking det.ailed costs for all the building options available. These costs include a condition survey, structural swvey and asbestos survey. One option will include detailed costs to cany out the minimal refurbishment required e.g. disabled access and make safe the roof and electrics. Once the costs and plans of all the options are collated, the Committee is hoping to carry out a public consultation at the end of February. Mr Harris pointed out that the Parish Council would only be able to support a project which has a guaranteed lifespan the same as that of the loan from the Public Works Loan Board if the Committee wished to proceed along this route. Speed Camera Awareness Signage - To consider erecting a road sign '30 for a reason' on Village Road, Dorney. Further information is required as to the exact location of the sign and whether the sign would be legal. -16- Why t>oesn't Dorney Have A Village Shop? They looked so enticing in the second hand book shop in Liverpool. A complete set of the iconic (at least to those who studied the subject in their long distant youth) Oxford History of England. I resolved to, one by one, purchase and maybe even read them. Volume 3 on the 12th century found its way into my Christmas stocking. I found myself stealing away from the celebratory throng from time to time to caress its blue covers and anticipate pleasures to come. The final volume had been written by AJP Taylor, who some will remember as a kind of David Starkey of black and white TV. Reading it, I reflected on the development of Dorney and Slough. He identified in the 1930s a species of 'new Englishmen' who had their own early and spurious 'escape to the country'. They aspired to live 'within sight of green fields' though these 'smeared with ribbon building, could hardly be called the country'. They lived in a 'baronial mansion on a tiny scale' with 'ill fitting windows and doors'. Sounding just like the Slough scorned by Betjeman, 'these new settlements had no centres, no sense, & no communal spirit.' It's my understanding that at the time individuals like 'the old colonel' sought to preserve Dorney from such encroachment with a narrow barrier of green fields. Now millions can enjoy their Escape to the Country via the TV programme of that name. Families from Ilford or Swindon search out their own haven in a real country location. Expectations are wide ranging and virtually universal. We must have seen hundreds of episodes, but I think Dorney has yet to be included. How would our parish measure up to the demands of another generation of new Englishmen? Everybody prioritises a village pub, and we have two. Young families always want a 'good school', and we have the finest, and now there is the Playground. Wouldbe villagers on the show always intend to 'get involved' ..... well, Dorney has a village hall used by mony societies, and the development of the hall has been to the forefront of everybody's minds this past year. St James is the most beautiful of churches. But, there is something missing. In each village in each episode, the camera lingers on the village shop which is invariably the beating heart of the village. Dorney has no such heart. Our festive visitors asked why we didn't have such a hub to our village. I replied that we did have a village shop, and it was called Sainsbury's. Well, that's now, but can anyone tell me why this has apparently always been so? Can anyone tell me whether there has ever been a 'Dorney Stores', and if not, why not? Peter Bowman (peter.bowman@virgin.net) -17- DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Steak Pie Supper and Quiz Dorney Village Hall Friday 25th February 7.30 p.m. Bring your own drink and glasses All Welcome Tickets from Yvonne Povey 01628 603036 or Ron Alsworth 01628 669988 NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Friday 11th February at 8 p.m. Jazz at the Farm Mark Nightingale (trombone) A living UK jazz legend, Mark Nightingale is one of the busiest session musicians on the London scene. He is joined by Simon Allen (sax). Both team with the huge talents of Clark Tracey (drums) Malcom Edmonstone (piano) and Andy Crowdy (bass) Tickets: £10 (£8 cone.) (£5 under 1 8s) THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 1 18 969 8000 Wednesday 19/1 - Saturday 26/2 FRAMED a thriller by Martin Sterling Thursday 3/3 - Saturday 1 6/4 JOKING APART a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Mondays . Meadow Way 12.30 - 12.45 p.m. Dates for 201 1 : February 14 28 March 14 28 April 1 1 May 9 23 -18- GrumpyThoughts in a Barber's Chair "Usual please Mike. Not too short at the back. " I'm􀕚entering􀕚201 1􀕚in􀕚a􀕚mental􀕚muddle.􀕚Little􀕚seems􀕚to􀕚make􀕚sense􀕚in􀕚this􀕚nation􀕚of􀕚 graduate􀕚leaders.􀕚Indeed􀕚the􀕚demonstrations􀕚in􀕚London􀕚over􀕚university􀕚fees􀕚may􀕚be􀕚the􀕚 best􀕚example􀕚of􀕚this.􀕚If􀕚the􀕚disrespect,􀕚desecration􀕚and􀕚violence􀕚demonstrated􀕚by􀕚those􀕚 young,􀕚would-be􀕚undergraduates􀕚is􀕚anything􀕚to􀕚go􀕚by,􀕚their􀕚schooling􀕚would􀕚seem􀕚to􀕚have􀕚 been􀕚a􀕚complete􀕚waste􀕚of􀕚our􀕚money.􀕚It's􀕚ironic􀕚that,􀕚one􀕚day,􀕚a􀕚boy􀕚was􀕚campaigning􀕚for􀕚 university􀕚education,􀕚and􀕚some􀕚days􀕚later􀕚he􀕚found􀕚himself􀕚completing􀕚his􀕚o􀔭n􀕚education,􀕚 at􀕚o􀔋r􀕚e􀕀pense,􀕚in􀕚H.M.Prison􀕚for􀕚􀔁ing􀕚to􀕚murder􀕚people􀕚with􀕚a􀕚fire􀕚e􀕃inguisher.􀕚 Then􀕚there's􀕚the􀕚NHS.􀕚Last􀕚month􀕚I􀕚developed􀕚a􀕚double􀕚hernia.􀕚My􀕚GP􀕚said􀕚that􀕚recent􀕚 funding􀕚cuts􀕚meant􀕚that􀕚I􀕚couldn't􀕚have􀕚an􀕚operation􀕚on􀕚the􀕚NHS􀕚unless􀕚the􀕚hernias became􀕚strangulated.􀕚I􀕚do􀕚not􀕚have􀕚private􀕚health􀕚insurance􀕚because􀕚I􀕚was􀕚daft􀕚enough􀕚to􀕚 think􀕚that's􀕚what􀕚58􀕚years􀕚ofN.I.􀕚payments􀕚were􀕚for,􀕚so􀕚I􀕚am􀕚now􀕚£3,340􀕚worse􀕚off􀕚having􀕚 gone􀕚private.􀕚 Surely􀕚it􀕚is􀕚barmy􀕚not􀕚to􀕚treat􀕚people􀕚early􀕚rather􀕚than􀕚to􀕚wait􀕚until􀕚their􀕚 problem,􀕚whatever􀕚it􀕚may􀕚be,􀕚becomes􀕚a􀕚really􀕚expensive􀕚emergency?􀕚 No􀕚one􀕚can􀕚deny􀕚that􀕚times􀕚are􀕚tough,􀕚and􀕚this􀕚is􀕚when􀕚we􀕚rely􀕚more􀕚heavily􀕚on􀕚charities.􀕚I􀕚 have􀕚reason􀕚to􀕚know􀕚this􀕚because􀕚I􀕚used􀕚to􀕚run􀕚one􀕚and􀕚the􀕚distress􀕚we􀕚saw,􀕚especially􀕚in􀕚 the􀕚bad􀕚times,􀕚could􀕚be􀕚heart􀕚breaking.􀕚Mine􀕚was􀕚called􀕚BEN.􀕚We􀕚looked􀕚after􀕚people􀕚 from􀕚the􀕚motor􀕚and􀕚allied􀕚industries􀕚and􀕚trades.􀕚We􀕚were􀕚voluntarily􀕚funded􀕚by􀕚 employees,􀕚companies and􀕚other􀕚supporters.􀕚Trade􀕚Benevolent􀕚f􀔉nds􀕚are􀕚amongst􀕚the􀕚 oldest􀕚and􀕚the􀕚most􀕚British􀕚examples􀕚of􀕚care.􀕚Almost􀕚every􀕚major􀕚employment􀕚sector􀕚has􀕚 one.􀕚Now,􀕚however,􀕚The􀕚Attorney􀕚General􀕚has􀕚referred􀕚them􀕚to􀕚the􀕚Charity􀕚Tribunal􀕚to􀕚see􀕚 if􀕚they􀕚"satisfy􀕚the􀕚public􀕚benefit􀕚test".􀕚In􀕚other􀕚words􀕚should􀕚they􀕚enjoy􀕚charity􀕚tax􀕚 concessions􀕚such􀕚as􀕚 Gift􀕚Aid􀕚 if􀕚they􀕚limit􀕚their􀕚benefits􀕚to􀕚a􀕚certain􀕚group􀕚of􀕚employees,􀕚 past􀕚and􀕚present,􀕚and􀕚their􀕚dependents.􀕚If􀕚it􀕚is􀕚decided􀕚that􀕚they􀕚should􀕚not,􀕚the􀕚work􀕚of􀕚 these􀕚charities􀕚would􀕚implode􀕚causing􀕚chaos􀕚in􀕚UK􀕚care􀕚as tens􀕚of􀕚thousands􀕚of􀕚families lose􀕚their􀕚support.􀕚Perhaps􀕚our􀕚government􀕚in􀕚its􀕚youthf􀔊l􀕚wisdom􀕚will􀕚rule􀕚against􀕚 benevolent􀕚funds.􀕚If􀕚they􀕚do,􀕚I􀕚trust􀕚they􀕚won't􀕚wear􀕚poppies􀕚next􀕚November.􀕚After􀕚all,􀕚the􀕚 Royal􀕚British􀕚Legion􀕚is􀕚a􀕚benevolent􀕚fund􀕚with􀕚restricted􀕚beneficiaries,􀕚too.􀕚 This􀕚is􀕚not􀕚to􀕚say􀕚that􀕚charities􀕚are􀕚always􀕚right.􀕚The􀕚YWCA􀕚(founded􀕚in􀕚1855)􀕚has recently􀕚changed􀕚its􀕚name?􀕚Understandably􀕚they􀕚thought􀕚that􀕚the􀕚initials􀕚we􀕚all􀕚know􀕚so􀕚 well􀕚did􀕚not􀕚really􀕚explain􀕚what􀕚or􀕚who􀕚they􀕚are􀕚so􀕚they􀕚spent􀕚£60,000􀕚on􀕚a􀕚new􀕚image􀕚to􀕚 make􀕚it􀕚all􀕚much􀕚clearer.􀕚The􀕚new􀕚name􀕚 is􀕚- wait􀕚for􀕚it- "Platform􀕚SI"􀕚and􀕚if􀕚that􀕚leaves􀕚 you􀕚baffled􀕚they􀕚have􀕚added􀕚the􀕚explanator􀕄􀕚strap􀕚line:- "girls􀕚and􀕚􀔬omen􀕚at􀕚heart."􀕚 Wow!􀕚I􀕚bet􀕚whoever􀕚dreamed􀕚that􀕚up􀕚took􀕚media􀕚studies􀕚at􀕚uni.􀕚 "Thanks, Mike. Great haircut. See you next month. 'Bye." Geoffrey Atkinson -19- Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, NATURE NOTES+ TRAINING+ ROMANCE We certainly had a white, peaceful Christmas 2010. Peace and quiet throughout the parish thanks to a blanket of snow. No planes and few road vehicles, driving slowly and carefully well within 30 m.p.h. Idyllic, up to a point, for it was also the coldest December for 120 years. One of the Government-paid eccentric professors promoting 'global warming' was tackled on radio on that very point. "Ah, yes, freezing winters are all part of global warming," he said. So now you have the complete picture, so that's all right then. Any complaints, see the manager. Our wild garden birds certainly went through a tough period. Early on, the snow wasn't too difficult to brush aside on the back lawn, making it easier for them to be fed and watered. Our special singing robin is still with us, joined by a couple of others, plus lots of sparrows; blue and great tits; blackbirds; pied wagtails; hedge accentors; wrens; thrushes; chaffmches; starlings; ring doves; wood pigeons; magpies and our two resident crows. One ring dove is quite a character-he shoos off the bigger wood pigeons when he's feeding. Not too many plants around at present which is not surprising. However, yellow winter jasmine and yellow mahouia have survived well, and thanks to somewhat milder recent S W. winds, pansies and wild primrose are showing as I write in mid-January. Regimental Sergeant Major (RS.M.) speaks .... "Parade! Atten ... tion! Parade! Stand at .... ease!" R.S.M. casts a beady eye over the parade and notes some post-Christmas beer bellies as well as cake and chocolate tummies. "Well my lovely boys and girls, it looks as though you all had a good and plentiful Christmas, as I did. Indeed, Santa left me a lovely CD of Mr. Rossini's music .. " "William Tell, Sergeant Major? "Yes, thank you Miss La De Da Gunner Cheeseman." The R.S.M. is glad to have her in his squad as she is a good pianist and a fountain of knowledge on matters cultural in inter-squad quizzes. R.S.M. "On the command ..... commence ... You will start running on the spot to the final movement of Rossini's William Tell - guaranteed to get you all back to parade fitness." The R.S.M's dashing 'tash twitched and a rare grin crossed his face as he pressed the C.D player's start button. Those of you who wish to lose weight, I can recommend you run on the spot to any of Rossini's music. Soon it will be St. Valentine's Day, February 14th, so here's a pleasa nt little tune to set the scene - 'The Lady's in Love with You' by Frank Loesser and Burton Lane (1939). If there's a gleam in her eye, each time she straightens your tie You'll know the lady's in love with you. If she can dress for a date, without that waiting you hate It means the lady's in love with you. 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