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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor. Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Te I : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

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ISSUE NO. 1/79 JANUARY, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
The latest Taplow and Dorney Anti-Gravel Pit Committee's 
newsletter delivered to parish householders is a timely reminder 
that we are still menaced by a proposed local gravel pit. The 
planned workings are such a very real threat to our amenities 
that the TAG facts and warnings must be reiterated here. 
Bucks County Council turned down the application by William Boyer 
& Son Ltd. to extract gravel from Barge Farm. Boyers have now 
lodged an appeal against the County Council's decision and as a 
consequence a Public Enquiry is to be held at the Beaconsfield 
District Council offices, Windsor Road, Slough on Tuesday 6th 
February 1979. The proceedings will probably last for four days. 
I am sure that everyone in the parishes of Dorney and Taplow will 
support the County Council in this fight. None of us wishes to 
see the Barge Farm landscape destroyed and our surroundings ruined 
by machinery, lorries and mountains of gravel. Areas given over 
to gravel recovery soon become dreary, desolate places. The 
machinery is obtrusive and unsightly, dry and windy weather carries 
a film of dust over the district and in wet weather a sea of mud 
is left upon the roads from the wheels of countless lorries. 
If permission to excavate is granted, sixty large lorries will 
drive up and down Marsh Lane every day for, at least, the next 
ten years. It is already difficult to turn into the Bath Road 
from Marsh Lane; this additional heavy traffic would make life 
intolerable for local drivers and a misery for the unfortunate 
residents of Marsh Lane. 
A Mass Meeting will be held in Dorney Village Hall on Friday 
26th January 1979 to prepare outselves to meet the Secretary 
of State's inspector at the Enquiry. Prior to that meeting a 
traffic survey will be made from 15th-2Oth January 1979 to 
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monitor the flow of vehicles and pedestrians in Marsh Lane and 
the A4. Volunteers are required to assist at this survey. 
TAG have asked us to do three things:- 
1. Assist at the Traffic Survey, 15th-20th January. 
2. Attend the Mass Meeting on Friday 26th January. 
3. Attend the Public Enquiry 6th-9th February. 
At this, the traditional time for resolutions, let us resolve 
to resist this latest challenge to our immediate environment, and 
in the hope that the coming Enquiry will rule for the preservation 
of this countryside I wish you a happy new year. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
As most of you know, since April of this year Dorney Parish 
has been part of the Riverside Teaiμ Ministry, that is to say, 
one of five parishes (the others being Datchet, Wraysbury, 
Colnbrook, and Horton) grouped together in order that they 
may cooperate in the work of the local Church for the mutual 
benefit of each congregation and parish. The four clergy of 
the Team each have pastoral responsibility for their own parish 
(Jim Newell for both Wraysbury and Horton) but also work together 
as a team in matters of common concern to all the parishes. The 
leader of the clergy team, the Te8II.1 Rector, is Jeffery Whale, 
and he is also Vicar of Datchet, and we include below a letter 
from him. 
Our Parochial Church Council invited the Revd. Keith Punshon to 
the beginning of its November meeting in order to thank him for 
all the work he has done for Dorney over the last three years 
and to give him our best wishes as he leaves Eton College to 
become a parish priest in Birmingham in January. Eton boys gave 
their verdict on Keith when recently several hundred of them 
gave him a standing ovation and sung 'For he's a jolly good 
fellow' at a morning act of worship! He will be greatly missed. 
James Bentley is coming to join the chaplaincy team at Eton next 
term and I am sure we will all have opportunities of meeting him 
soon. 
May I remind members of the PCC that the January meeting will be 
on Wednesday January 17th, not on the first Wednesday of the 
month . 
With best wishes, 
PAUL HAWKINS 
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A LETTER FROM THE TEAM RECTOR OF THE RIVERSIDE TEAM MINISTRY 
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us " (John 1.14) 
11 ••• by the way, we're part of the Riverside Team Ministry." 
"Oh yes, that's nice! Now about that coffee morning .. .. 11 
Following the excitement of the Inaugural Service in May which 
marked the official beginning of our Team Ministry - and all 
that led up to that event - the average 'person in the pew• 
might be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about. 
There's been no violent changes. We haven't started rushing 
from parish to parish. There's really been nothing to disturb 
the cosy peace of our parochial lives. 
But of course, that is how it should be. Forming a Team Ministry 
is intended to re-inforce local church life, not diminish it. 
The effects are more subtle - but they are there to be seen. 
For me, the words from John's Gospel which we usually read on 
Christmas Day describe not just the event in history (the birth 
of Jesus) but the way in which we may always expect to find God 
working in his world. In this case what was born was a commitment 
to a new relationship - a willingness to look beyond our parish 
boundaries. This was the 'Word' that became 'flesh' at that 
particular time. Like the event at Bethlehem we must expect the 
'Word' to grow slowly but surely, and although we might feel we 
can predict its future shape, we can't say what its character 
will be or where it will lead us. 
Already the Joint PCC begins to feel more of a family. Already 
there is interchange between this body and the local PCC's 
as agreement is reached on what are the appropriate areas of 
concern for the JPCC. Already local congregations are beginning 
to accept (and welcome, if my own experience is general) seeing 
other staff members at their services from time to time. 
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Perhaps the clearest indication of this growth was experienced 
by the 12 people who were able to take part in a Team conference 
on Shared Ministry at Dorney recently. The sense of gratitude 
in being able to take part - and of loss that every other member 
of our parishes could not - will ensure that the good news of that 
event will be proclaimed. 
" we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from 
the Father." 
May I wish you all on behalf of the Team Ministry a very happy 
New Year . 
Jeffery Whale 
BAPTISM 
MARRIAGE 
R.I.P. 
PARISH REGISTERS 
November 5th Andrew Richard Cracknell 
November 4th John Gavin Henry Green to 
Sandra Ellen Cook 
November 25th - Alan Smith to 
Sally Joanna Hutton 
November 21st - Graham Thorton Dadson 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
14th January Epiphany I 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
21st January 
8. 00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Armstrong 
8.00 Mr. McIntyre 
10.15 Mrs. Gordon & Cathy Shepheard 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Keith 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Ames 
10.30 Mr. Young I Samuel 16: 1-13 
10. 30 Mrs. Handy Acts 10: 34-48 
10.30 Mr. Handy Matthew 3: 13-17 
Epiphany II 
Mrs. Robb 
8. 00 Mr. Armstrong 
10.15 Kay Summers & Mrs. Sherlock 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Keith 
Miss Collins & Mrs. Mack 
10. 30 Col. Palmer Jeremiah 1: 4-10 
10. 30 Mrs. Houldsworth Acts 1: 9-18 
10.30 Mr. Houldsworth Mark 1: 14-20 
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28th January 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
Epiphany III 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
8.00 Mr. Eastgate 
10.15 Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffith 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Keith 
Mr. & Mrs. Belcher 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
10.30 Mr. Belcher 
10.30 Mrs. Robb 
10. 30 Mr. Robb 
Exodus 33: 12-23 
I John 1: 1-4 
John 2: 1-11 
4th February 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Epiphany IV 
Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Sidesman 8.00 Mr. Liney 
Creche 10.15 Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Explorers Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Hawkins 
Coffee Mrs. Paton & Mrs. Coish 
1st Reader 10.30 Col. Palmer Hosea 
2nd Reader 10.30 Mrs. Wilkinson Philemon 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 10.30 Mr. Hayton Mark 
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11th February 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
8.00 
10. 15 
10.30 
10. 30 
10.30 
Septuagesima 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Chase 
Mr. Belcher 
Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Shepheard 
Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Hawkins 
Mr. & Mrs. Armstrong 
Brig. Mayes Isaiah 
Mrs. Armstrong I Corinthians 
Mr. Gordon Matthew 
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4: 8-13 
5: 1-12 
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Wednesday, 10th January 
Friday, 12th January 
Tuesday, 16th January 
Sometime in February 
Saturday, 17th March 
Saturday, 5th May 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
D.W.S.C. Coffee Evening with Bring & Buy 
@ The Coppice, 50 Harcourt Road at 8.00p.m. 
Dorney Cubs Party. 
Over 60 Luncheon Club held at the Vicarage. 
Dorney Cubs District Day Out. 
Dorney Cubs District Swimming Gala. 
Dorney Cubs Jumble Sale. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month 
at 2. 30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wenesday of every month 
at 8.00 p.m. 
·First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8. 00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
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* DORNEY P.C.C. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
* NOTE: 
DORNEY P. C.C 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet third Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
January Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
17th January not the first Wednesday of the 
month. 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Mary Robb, Burnham 2243. 
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DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
At the recent A.G.M. the following committee was elected - 
President Lt. Col. P.D.S. Palmer 
Chairman Mr. H. Cook 
Secretary Mr. D. Fowles 
Treasurer Mrs. K. Sharp 
COMMITTEE 
Mr. B. Sharp Mrs. L. Parker 
Mr. w. Parker Mrs. P. Fowles 
Mr. E. Chase Mrs. E. Cook 
Mr. w. Hutton Mrs. c. Williamson 
Mrs. c. Hood. 
I would like to thank all Members and friends who helped make 
1978 a most successful and profitable year for the Society. 
We must now look forward to 1979 which it is hoped will 
continue with the successes of 1978. On behalf of the committee 
I take this opportunity to wish all members and friends a very 
happy and prosperous New Year. 
H.A. Cook 
Chairman. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
The new President for 1979, Mrs. Sharphouse, opened the meeting on 
December 13th by welcoming a new member, Mrs. Edwards, and two 
former members returning as visitors, Mrs. Eastgate and Mrs. Rowlands. 
Mrs. Harrison, the Treasurer, gave a report on the Christmas Fayre 
which had raised more than E200. Mrs. Sharphouse called this a 
marvellous effort, and thanked all the helpers, particularly the 
husbands! It was decided to send another ES donation to help with 
repairs at Stuart Lodge, and also to double the amount sent to 
Pennies for Friendship. 
It is good news that Mrs. Roberts has offered to take over the 
Welfare Clinic duties, with occasional help from other members when 
necessary. 
Volunteers were asked to help at the over 6O's Club in the New Year, 
and ideas are also needed for the entertainment we have to give at 
the Group Meeting in April. Annual subscriptions of £1.75 are now 
being collected by the Treasurer. 
In her Christmas demonstration Mrs. Stacey showed us how to make 
some unusual table decorations in the form of beautiful miniature 
trees, as well as the more conventional arrangements for the festive 
board. Then members unpacked their bags and baskets and proceeded 
to make their own table centres with Mrs. Stacey's help and advice. 
Out of the fine display which resulted at the end of the meeting, 
Mrs. Sharphouse won first prize, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Sharp came 
second, and Mrs. Chase third. 
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The next meeting will be held on January 10th, when Mrs. M.E. Hutchins • 
will give a talk on Colourful Canals. There will also be a discussion 
on the Future of the W.I. Movement, based on the questions attached 
to the December Monthly Letter. 
Tea Hostesses: 
Competition: 
Mrs. Biggs, Mrs. Dorrell, Mrs. Jones. 
A four-line New Year Rhyme. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB 
The meeting held in November was a film evening about "Village 
Happenings" .. Jean Tyler and Mr. Sharphouse came along and showed 
some films all taken by themselves. They ranged from Dorney 
Gardens taken many years ago, through the Vicarage Happenings, 
Carnivals and right up to last year's Jubilee Celebrations. 
Everyone enjoyed the films and were thrilled to see themselves, 
their families and friends on the screen. 
Maureen Cox and Vera Lake won the raffle. 
We held our Christmas Supper Dance on Saturday December 9th. 
100 members, their husbands and friends were present and all 
enjoyed a dinner of chicken, potatoes, peas, stuffing and bread 
sauce followed by Christ.mas pudding and ice cream. Dancing 
followed to the "Friendship Band 11 led by John Potter and no one 
could believe it when it was midnight and time to go home. 
The next event on the calender in the New Year is a Coffee 
Evening with Bring and Buy to be held at 'The Coppice' 
50, Harcourt Road by kind invitation of Jean and Gordon Branch 
on Wednesday, 10th January at 8.00 p.m. 
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NATURE NarES 
I have long been puzzled by the apparent lack of reaction from 
top class horses in show jumping competitions when they jar their 
fetlocks against the bars of the fences they are trying to clear. 
I could not believe that horses could be so impervious to pain 
that they could knock off comparatively solid beams without some 
sign of discomfort. My thoughts returned to the subject when I 
examined some jumps set up locally for competition. The jumps 
had been constructed in heavy timber, the poles often being wired 
and stapled down so that the whole unit was really solid. 
At school I meet youngsters who are horse-mad, who so love their 
horses that they seem to spend all their time thinking and talking 
horses. They attend gymkhanas and other shows often taking part 
themselves. They, along with countless others who view the 
happenings on T.V. seem to worship the big names in the business 
who, apparently, loving these animals inflict pain on them by 
causing them to jump such solid objects. I have supposed that the 
animals learn by their mistakes and so learn to lift their feet 
higher and yet higher to avoid the discomforts. And yet ... 
and yet ... ?? 
An explanation for some of my queries turned up in the National 
Press recently. It seems that two techniques are currently being 
used which would render the horses unable to respond to pain and 
therefore to be able to protect itself by refusing to jump. One 
called neurectomy involves the cutting of nerves to the feet so 
that the brain does not receive the information that damage is 
being done. The second involves the injection of drugs (one 
commonly known as bute) which act as painkillers in the same way 
as the dentist prepares us for a tooth extraction. The poor 
horse, now unable to tell that it is damaging itself, bangs into 
heavy or immovable objects at the behest of the so called animalloving 
horse-doting rider. 
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According to a veterinary study, the knocking is causing flesh 
and ligaments to become torn away from the bones so that in the 
worst of cases the bone cuts its way out of the skin. As there 
is no way in which the vet can repair the damage, the horse has 
to be destroyed. This must be tragic for the "horse-lover" who 
has been earning up to £40,000 a year inflicting the damage. 
Until recently, Prince Philip, who is the President of the 
International Equestrian Federation has argued that there can be 
justification for the use of such means, however, I am pleased 
to see that he has had a change of heart. He is now suggesting 
a moratorium on (suspension of use of) the activities. 
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CORRECTION 
The Garrard Monument 
The notes on the Garrard family published on page 9 of the 
December 1978 issue of the Parish News opened with the 
following statement :- 
Sir William Garrard 
of 
Dorney, Kt 
born c.1537. Son of Sir William 
Garrard Kt, Lord Mayor of London 
1955* 
* This date should have read 1555. 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 62823 
Lt.Col. P.D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency .. 

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ISSUE NO. 2/79 FEBRUARY, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
The past weeks of political and economic unrest, compounded by 
the surprise of wintry weather in January, have been busy, 
satisfying days for the news media. For newspaper editors, bad 
news is good news and a crisis is a sure-fire sales promoter; 
provided paper is not in short supply of course. 
Is it a natural concern for the plight of Britain or for the 
unfortunate traveller buried in a snowdrift that stimulates the 
interest of the reader, or is there a vicarious satisfaction in 
calamity? The following quotation, written some time ago, contains 
a sentiment that we may recognise. "No one knew what was 
happening, but every one bore a hopeful look as though wishing 
for the sight of disaster or entertainment of some kind." 
If some enjoyment appears to be derived from news of national and 
individual disaster it must be remembered that a fire never fails 
to attract spectators, and that it is not so many years since a 
public hanging was regarded as a holiday treat for all the family. 
In our supposedly enlightened times it is curious that we should 
need to augment the very real calamities of the day with fiction, 
and find entertainment in disaster movies and violent TV 
programmes, but Man-eating sharks, Infernos, Earthquakes and 
general mayhem are guaranteed sources of pleasure. 
In the present 'crises' the news services seem determined to 
emulate the cinema and to make each bulletin an adrenalin flowing, 
X rated production. We must not be surprised then, when fantasy 
and reality merge. When housewives fight over the last packet of 
sausages in a supermarket and when pickets, as well as Superman, 
fly. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
At the time of writing the Shah is reported to be about to leave 
Iran and it seems that few will mourn his departure: towards 
the end even his own generals were admitting to the horrors and 
general oppressiveness of the Shah's regime. However, it seems 
that Iran is in danger of exchanging one despot for another if 
Ayatollah Khomeini replaces the Shah: rule by a conservative 
Islamic Council hardly holds out much hope for the establishment 
of freedom. 
The difficulty of creating freedom-giving and freedom-guarding constitutions, 
and the centuries of painful development that it ta.kes, 
must make us all the more determined to hold on to the comparative 
freedom that we enjoy and that all our main political parties are 
concerned to protect and develop. To balance the freedom of the 
individual with the freedom of society in general is perhaps what 
our society is struggling with, and is what divides politicians. 
But there is no doubt that the vast majority of people are 
concerned to hold on to the basic human freedom that we enjoy. 
Christianity is concerned with freedom: there is a great deal in 
the Bible about the importance of political and economic freedom, 
about the importance of people having the basic wherewithall for 
life. But there is also the recognition that no amount of social 
or political freedom, no amount of wealth, guarantees that inner 
freedom for which every human being longs. No constitution can 
provide freedom from the turmoils of the human spirit, release 
from anxiety, fear, loneliness: Christianity teaches that that 
kind of peace is to be found in God, and in him alone. over the 
centuries, countless souls have experienced that to be the truth. 
On the last day of this month begins the season of Lent. Lent is 
often thought of as rather a gloomy time as a result of the 
thought of "giving things up". But the gloominess is dissipated 
if we remember the purpose of such disciplines - which is to give 
ourselves more time for growing towards God. Do you feel you 
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have never experienced God? Do you feel that despite regular 
Church going your faith is weak and uneducated? Do you feel 
that God seems very remote? Then let Lent be a time for setting 
aside times of aloneness and silence before God. Don't let there 
be any excuses: we only have one life - why waste it on being 
over busy? Silence before God: perhaps slowly and thoughtfully 
going through the Lord' s Prayer, listening and attentive to what 
it can say to you, or perhaps after a time of silence spending 
time offering up to God family and friends and people you find it 
difficult to get on with. But always giving time to silence, 
that we may discover God within ourselves and find his peace and 
wholeness. If we persevere in our search, then we will receive 
a freedom that is the freedom of God himself. 
St. James Hospital, Mantsonyane, in Lesotho, the 
hospital to which we contribute through the United 
Society for the Propogation of the Gospel, sent us a 
Christmas newsletter and we include some extracts below. 
Extracts from a Special Christmas Letter from Mantsonyane 
All Change at Mantsonyane 
Once again St. James has suffered a change of staff. As 
some of you will know, Dr. Richard D'Aeth departed at the 
end of 1977, leaving Sister Tessa, CHN. as Matron, Ken 
Wells as Administrator, Mike McPollock as Engineer/Mechanic 
and Peter Agland as general Maintenance Supervisor. Of 
these, only Peter (who has been here for two years) remains. 
August this year saw the arrival of Michael Bartlett as 
Administrator and Pippa Gaye as Matron and, even without a 
doctor, it has been business as usual with the Hospital 
continuing to serve the people of Mantsonyane and surrounding 
area. 
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Shopping List 
Many of our friends ask what they can do to help the 
Hospital - what they can send in kind or what the parish 
or group can raise money for. We would like to send a 
shopping list with exciting items such as gleaming 
surgical instruments, modern medical equipment, things 
for the Maternity Ward, pretty clothes for the children 
etc. but really none of these items are priorities. 
Yet to ask for money for a few simple new buildings or 
for improvements to most of the old ones (bcth staff 
quarters and the Hospital itself) would have little 
appeal for would-be fund raisers. Money for drain pipes 
for a new sewerage scheme would seem even less attractive 
as a project. 
The Sisters of the CHN. 
If the above presents a rather gloomy picture of life at 
Mantsonyane, we ourselves are far from gloomy. One of 
the joys of the Hospital is the presence of our three 
Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name whose door is 
ever open to friend and stranger alike, and they do the 
pastoral work in the Hospital as we have no resident 
priest. 
The Patients 
In this mountain country where roads are all- but nonexistent 
many people come to the Hospital on horseback and 
every morning there is a line of horses waiting patiently 
outside while their riders are receiving treatment inside. 
One day a patient arrived with a broken ankle and had to 
be helped off her horse and into the wheel chair by the 
nurses. After we had X-rayed her and put her leg in a 
plaster cast she was most indignant that we would not let 
her get straight back on her horse again and ride home. 
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Stitching up 11 assault11 cases forms a fair proportion of 
the nurses' work: people in Lesotho seldom suffer from 
coronary heart disease, strokes or duodenal ulcers - they 
work off their emotions in more violent form, and most 
often they go for each other's heads. Tuberculosis is 
prevalent and we have an eight year old boy in the ward 
with one of his lungs almost destroyed, but with proper 
treatment, nursing care and good food he is doing very 
well. Typhoid is also common, and of course the maternity 
work goes on night and day. We have huts where those who 
come from afar can stay until their time comes, and as I 
write this I can see a group of the young ones playing 
netball so the night nurse will almost certainly have a 
busy time tonight - nothing like a bit of running and 
jumping to hurry on the labour pains. 
Finally, another plea for the Project'. A lot of the children who 
come here like to spend time painting, modelling, etc. and so we 
would be very grateful for old mens shirts which children could 
wear in order to protect their clothes. We could also use 
secondhand childrens plimsoles and swimsuits. 
With best wishes, 
PAUL HAWKINS 
BOOK FOR THE MONTH: "The Way of a Disciple" by George Appleton. 
95p. This is the Archbishop of Canterbury's 
recommended reading for Lent. George 
Appleton was Archbishop in Jerusalem. 
MARRIAGE 
PARISH REGISTERS 
December 16th - Geoffrey Andrew Creed to 
Wendy Joan Taylor 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
18th February Sexagesima 
8.00 Holy Connnunion 
10.30 Parish Connnunion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
25th February 
8.00 Holy Connnunion 
10.30 Parish Connnunion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
8.00 Mr. Skinner 
10.15 Kay Sunnners & Mrs. Sherlock 
Mrs. Hawkins & Mrs. McIntyre 
Mr. & Mrs. Robb 
10. 30 Col. Palmer Zephaniah 
Mrs. Hannnond James 
Mr. Hayton Mark 
Quinquagesima 
Young Peopl􀇎s Service 
Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Armstrong 
8.00 Mrs. Harpur 
10.15 Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffith 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Armstrong 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Chase 
10.30 -
Mr. Wilkinson 
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3: 14-20 
5: 13-16 
2: 1-12 

28th February Ash Wednesday 
8 p. m. Holy Communion DATCHET PARISH CHURCH 
4th March Lent I 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
11th March 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Mrs. Robb 
8. 00 Mr. Young 
10. 15 Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightfoot 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Armstrong 
Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Williamson 
10.30 Col. Palmer Deuteronomy 
Mrs. Shepheard Hebrews 
Mr. McIntyre Matthew 
Lent II 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
8.00 Mr. Houldsworth 
10.15 Mrs. Gcrdon & Kathy Shepheard 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Armstrong 
Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson 
Mr. Touche 2 Kings 
Miss Middlemas I John 
Mr. Armstrong Luke 
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30: 15-20 
2: 14-18 
4: ].-].7 
6: 8-17 
4: 1-6 
11: 14-26 

Sometime in February 
Thursday, 8th March 
Saturday, 17th March 
Friday, 20th April 
Sunday, 29th April 
Saturday, 5th May 
Sunday, 20th May 
Saturday, 9th June 
Saturday, 16th June 
Saturday, 11th August 
Saturday, 25th August 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
Dorney Cubs District Day Out. 
D. H.S. Cheese & Wine Evening. 
Dorney Cubs District Swimming Gala. 
D.H.S. Steak & Kidney Supper. 
10. 30 a.m. - 2.45 p.m. Parish Day and 
Annual Church Meeting. 
Dorney Cubs Jumble Sale. 
D.H. S. Bring & Buy Morning. 
D.H.S. Social Dance. 
Project Barbecue@ 8 p.m. at the 
Vicarage. 
D.H.S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D.H. S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
Saturday, 22nd September D.H.S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
Friday, 2nd November D.H. S. A.G.M. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P.C.C. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
Meet second Wednesday of every month 
at 2.30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month 
at 8.00 p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet third Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays 
(11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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Dear Sir, 
Through your magazine, I would like if I may to pay 
tribute to the Taplow Anti-Gravel Committee who put such a 
lot of work into organising the traffic census at the Marsh 
Lane - A4 junction this week. 
It has always been a 11 no-mans 1 land" here in Marsh Lane, 
unwanted by Dorney and ignored by Taplow - a long strung-out 
neighbourhood therefore not a cosy community, but this week 
re-inforced by friends from outside, we've struggled with the 
census. 
The committee, out from seven in the morning until eight 
at night keeping us supplied with hot drinks and food had even 
persuaded their parents to "come and count cars". 
Whatever the outcome of the appeal I am sure we're all 
grateful for the work put in by the T.A.G. Committee. 
Yours faithfully, 
D.A.G. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
The monthly meeting of the Dorney Women's Institute was held 
on January 10th. 
The President Mrs. Sharphouse was in the chair and opened the 
first meeting of 1979 by reading the apologies for absence, 
and by expressing a warm welcome to Mrs. Tinsley, a new member. 
The record of the last meeting was read by the Secretary 
Mrs. Allen. 
Members were asked to put their names down for the various 
forthcoming events. Suggestions were requested for the 
entertainment for the group meeting to be held in April. Members 
agreed that the best idea would be a short comedy drama or a 
miming show. 
Mrs. Sharphouse reviewed the monthly letter and Mrs. Allen read 
the correspondence. Then followed a short discussion on the 
questionnaire of the future of the W.I. movement. 
W.I. duties - Clinic Mrs. Roberts 
Over 60 Club January 23rd - Mrs. Harpur, Mrs. Roberts & 
Mrs. Sharp. 
Mrs. Allen announced that the winner of the 1978 competitions 
was Mrs. Sharphouse and presented her with a gift token. 
Mrs. Hutchings gave a talk on Colourful Canals illustrated 
with some beautiful coloured slides which members found both 
interesting and informative. 
Mrs. Williamson proposed the vote of thanks. 
The competiton - A four line New Year rhyme was won by 
1. Mrs. Sharphouse 2. Mrs. Harpur 3. Mrs. Chase. 
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The next meeting will be held on February 14th. 
will be Mr. Peter Eva on Food Preparation. 
Hostess - Mrs. Harpur 
Tea Hostesses - Mrs. Chase & Mrs. Sharp 
Competition - A Valentine. 
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The speaker 
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1st. DORNEY BROWNIE GUIDES 
Last month the Brownies gave some sweets together with hyacinths 
which they had been growing since September to local people who 
were chosen by the Brownies as in special need of cheering up 
this Christmas. They each took their gifts round in person. 
After Christmas the Pack enjoyed a trip by train to Slough to 
see the Pantomime, Dick Whittington. 
The following three Brownies have gained their Highway Badge, 
the highest award in the Brownie Pack and will be transferring 
to Guides in February. Tracy Guider, Jane Dobner, and Wendy 
Young. Paula Duffy has gained her Hostess Badge. 
Brown owl 
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! GRAND MARCH HARE DANCE ! • • 
: on : • • 
! FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND ! • • 
: at : • • 
! THE VILLAGE HALL ! • • 
! 8-12 p.m. ! • • 
! Refreshments. Tickets £1. 75 ! • • 
! BAR. obtainable from Mrs. Ames ! 
! Burnham 61065 ! • • 
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NATURE NarES 
During the spring and early summer the level of water in Cress 
Brook which starts at Lot's Hole and runs past Dorney Court 
gradually dropped until the flow stopped completely and the 
water-course dried up for most of its length. Only up by the 
M4 was there any water and even there it was little more than 
a few inches in depth. The dry autumn brought no change in 
the level and it wasn't until the rains of December that it 
began to rise. By December 12th the water had reached the 
footbridge on the path linking Ashford Lane with Dorney Reach, 
it wasn't flowing anywhere but had just soaked up through the 
ground. A week later water was flowing freely down towards the 
Court. 
Whilst all the ponds have been frozen in the cold spells since 
Christmas the water in the Brook has been free of ice for most 
of its length and even steaming in the cold air, for coming up 
from the chalk the spring water has been many degrees warmer 
than the surrounding air. As a result it has been a haven for 
snipe, heron and many other birds that have found it a welcome 
feeding place with open water and soft mud. 
I am pleased to be able to report that the rare Floating fern 
has at last reappeared in the Brook having been missing for a 
number of years since chemicals reached the water. Perhaps 
it is the fact that the water does not freeze during the winter 
that enables this interesting little plant to survive. The 
cold does affect it, turning the fronds from green to red. 
Still with water and ice but nearer home, I am careful not to 
create fish-stunning shock waves by cracking the ice on the 
garden pond. It is important that oxygen from the air be allowed 
to reach the water under the ice to replenish the dissolved 
stocks being used up by the fish and other water life. When 
there is a sufficient thickness of ice to support its own weight 
I melt out a circle by using hot water and then proceed to bail 
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out enough water from beneath to create an air space under 
the ice. The hole is then covered with paper and matting to 
prevent refreezing and only uncovered when the air temperature 
rises above o0c to allow a change of air. This has worked well 
over the years and I reconnnend it to anyone who does not wish 
to see suffocating fish frozen into the ice. 
When the last little thaw started I poured a kettleful of hot 
water on to the ice to make another breathing hole. However, 
the ice was so thick at that point that all I created was a 
water filled depression. The birds soon discovered the water 
and came to drink, a number of starlings even used it for 
bathing, standing on the ice in the water!: 
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Dorney Reach. Typewriter 
available. 
Please phone Maidenhead 21779. 
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I wish to express my thanks to the ladies 
who, every month, deliver the magazine to 
the door of every subscriber in the Parish - 
whatever the weather. 
I know this voluntary service is appreciated 
by all receivers of the 'News' and readers 
can help their distributor by paying for 
their copies annually in advance. 
c.c.c. 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

ISSUE NO. 3/79 MARCH, 1979 
once upon a time there lived a Prince, of exceeding charm and 
wit. He was of a respected royal house whose kingdom was an 
island: a welfare paradise set like a precious oil-rig in the 
silver sea. His charm was the gift of the Queen his mother. 
His wit was attributed by some to his father, but others blamed 
the Goons, a 'funny-people' who once had great influence over all 
the land, 
It was the time of the 'White Winter', when the Island's Snow 
Minister flew in his whirling bird to bring hot air to the 
freezing citizens of the kingdom, and emissaries of trade and 
commerce brought word to the Prince of unrest within his mother's 
domain. A great sickness, borne by the germs of selfishness, 
apathy and dissension had spread among the Prince's once proud 
and industrious people, who were now so weakened by unproductivity 
that they huddled in closed shops and sought subsidies. Many in 
the land, particularly the evil press-barons,blamed the fairy 
Godbrothers and their followers for this malaise. These followers 
were called 'workers' (an ancient name whose meaning had long been 
forgotten) and the old men of the country told tales of how giant 
ogres or 'bosses' had once cast a spell upon the workers and 
imprisoned them in factories for long hours every day; until the 
good fairies of the East had sent the Godbrothers, who with the 
power of their magic wands, or strikers, freed the workers from 
their captivity. 
The Prince knew that his people's sickness could only be cured by 
the wondrous elixirs manufactured by the workers in the factories, 
but it was rumoured that the workers would now only serve the 
wicked bosses in return for rich rewards and would only enter the 
factories under the protective magical work-cloaks, woven from 
double-percentage thread. 
The Prince did not believe these rumours and determined to scour 
the kingdom in search of the truth. Being very wise as well as 
charming and witty, he soon discovered the men responsible for the 
Nation's decline. It was the 'Managers'; the guardians of the 
wicked bosses' gold. They were a beastly people who would not say 
"Good Morning11 to the workers or eat in their canteens. Some even 
disguised themselves as dragons and belched smoke from pipes held 
between clenched teeth. And the Prince told them how their 
nastiness was upsetting the sensitive workers and consequently the 
Island's economy, and that they must mend their divisive ways. 
Having cast these pearls the Prince returned to the palace and 
lived happily ever after. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
Groups of people who come to stay at the 
visit to our Parish Church. They nearly 
some comment about how beautiful it is. 
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Vicarage often pay a 
always come back with 
The feature of the 
Church that has always attracted me most is the Norman font: 
for something like 800 years groups of children and adults have 
gathered around that ancient piece of stonework to take part in 
the sacrament of baptism. I sometimes imagine the groups of 
Norman peasants that must have used it and think of the time 
and developments that stand between us and them, and yet we 
still use the same font, a symbol, perhaps, of the changelessness 
of God. 
There has been a generous response to the Church Roof Appeal, 
which will enable us to do work that has to be done if St.James 
is to be properly maintained. Although we still need to raise 
another El,400, we intend to start the necessary re-tiling 
during the sunnner, as clearly it is becoming more urgent and also 
to avoid the further effects of inflation. 
However, whatever the state of the Church roof, the ongoing work 
of the Church still needs to continue, and this is why, after 
many months of careful thought and discussion, the Church Council 
has decided to embark on a Stewardship Renewal Campaign during 
Lent: there is little point in maintaining the Church Roof, unless 
we are also willing to build up the whole work of the Christian 
Church, its Sunday by Sunday worship of God, week by week trying 
to develop our understanding of how we live out our faith in our 
daily lives both at home and at work, the carrying out of 
baptisms, marriages, and funerals, the pastoral care by priest 
and people for people inside and outside the Church, our support 
of over 20 charities and missions working at home and abroad, 
and all the other aspects of a Church concerned to be a Christian 
body and vigorously to uphold and spread the Christian faith. The 
Dorney Parish - Eton College Project continues to expand and 
develop: in 1978 twelve groups of children came to stay, using 
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70 days in the year; in 1979 there will be a total of twenty 
groups of children coming, using 89 days in the year. This 
increased use in fact helps the finances of the Project as the 
increased use is being financed by Social Service Departments. 
Nevertheless, inflation means that the Project needs increasing 
support from its sponsors (one of which is the Parish} to 
maintain the holidays supported by our Children's Country Holiday 
Fund, to keep up equipment, and for staff salaries, etc. The 
vast majority of children that come here are referred by Social 
Service Departments: some have lost their parents, all come from 
appalling backgrounds of one sort or another. At our request we 
are having the same children coming over and again, as we feel we 
are more likely to achieve something by doing that than by having 
larger numbers of children coming just once. Then there are the 
other groups using the Project, from schools, parishes, youth 
clubs etc. The relationship between parish and project is that of 
a happy partnership, both receiving from each other: the Parish 
gives time and money to the Project, while the Project provides 
the Parish with the Projects various facilities, and also with 
an Assistant Warden (who runs two youth groups, a Sunday School, 
and a Lunch Club for the over 60's} and with a Vicar! 
So it is to enable the life of our Church to continue and to 
strengthen that has made the Church Council decide to hold a 
Stewardship Campaign: we spent more than we received in 1978 and 
the situation will be considerably worse in 1979 unless we act 
now. As many of you will already know, we are holding a Wine and 
Cheese party at the Vicarage on Wednesday March 14th, beginning 
at 8 p. m. , at which the reasons for, and the aims of, the 
campaign will be explained in more detail. Please try to come to 
this. It will provide an opportunity for questions and comments. 
Mothering Sunday is on March 25th: in place of the usual Parish 
Communion there will be a special Mothering service designed for 
all age groups to participate in, enjoy, and through which all 
families can worship God together. It will be at the usual time 
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of 10. 30 a.m. 
With best wishes, 
PAUL HAWKINS 
Future Events 
Fri. March 2nd 
Fri. March 16th 
Skating for Senior and Junior Youth Clubs. 
7 p.m. at Vicarage. Names please. 
Junior Youth Club Disco, 7. 30 p.m. at Village 
Hall. 60p at door or 50p in advance from 
Vicarage. 
Fri. 
Sun. 
March 3oth/ (
(Youth Club k d ' Gl t h' £8 wee en in ouces ers ire. . April 1st 
Fri. April 20th 
Sun. April 29th 
Tues. May 29th 
sun. July 1st 
Cowbcys and Indians Fancy Dress "Riverboat 
Shindig" for Youth Club members over 16 and 
their friends. In aid of Project. Tickets £2. 15. 
single, £4.20 double from Vicarage. 
7. 30 p.m. from Windsor Promenade. 
Parish Day and Annual Church Meeting, Vicarage 
11. 30 a. m. - 2. 45 p.m. 
2. 30 p.m. Children's Gift Service, Christ Church 
Cathedral, Oxford. 
Vicarage Happening. 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
18th March Lent III 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
8.00 Mr. Handy 
10. 15 Mrs. Sherlock & Kay Summers 
Mrs. Buttriss & Mrs. Hayton 
Mr. & Mrs. Houldsworth 
10.30 Col. Palmer Isaiah 59: 
Mrs. Houldsworth 1 Peter 2: 
Mr. Buttriss Matthew 16: 
Kathy & Emma Shepheard 
25th March Lent IV MOTHERING SUNDAY 
8. 00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Family Service 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Chase 
8.00 Mr. Eastgate 
10.15) 
) Both at Church 
Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Perryman 
15-20 
19-25 
13-28 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
10. 30 Mrs. Pepler 
Mrs. Lightwood 
Mr. Belcher 
None 
To be notified 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
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1st April PASSION SUNDAY 
8. 00 Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
8. 00 Mr. Pepler 
10. 15 Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Mrs. Buttriss & Mrs. Hayton 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Ames 
10. 30 Col. Palmer Isaiah 
Mrs. Shepheard Colossians 
Mr. Skinner John 
Tim Holt & Jeremy Belcher 
8th April PALM SUNDAY 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish Communion and distribution of palms. 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Armstrong 
8. 00 Mr. Gordon 
10. 15 Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Shepheard 
at Church 
Mrs. Collins & Mrs. Mack 
10. 30 Mr. Wilkinson 
Mrs. Handy 
Mr. Houldsworth 
Jane & Kay Summers 
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zechariah 
1 Corinthians 
Mark 
63: 1-9 
2: 8-15 
12: 20-32 
9: 9-12 
1:18-25 
11: 1-11 

12th April MAUNDY THURSDAY 
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion and stripping of the church 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Mr" Armstrong Isaiah 52: 13 53: 12 
Mrs. Wilkinson 1 Corinthians 11: 23-29 
Mrs. Harpur John 13: 1-15 
13th April GOOD FRIDAY 
10.30 a. m. Family Service for adults and children 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader To be notified 
3rd Reader & Sidesman Mr. Wilkinson 
14th April EASTER EVE 
8.30 p.m. Renewal of baptism vows & lighting of the Easter candle. 
Sidesman Mr. Young 
15th April EASTER DAY 
8. 00 a. m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader 
Servers 
& Sidesman 
Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Belcher 
8. 00 Mr. Liney 
lO.l5) ) At Church 
Mr. & Mrs. Belcher 
10.30 Col.Palmer Isaiah 
Mrs. Hammond Revelation 
Mr. Armstrong Mark 
Kathy & Emma Shepheard 
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12: 1-6 
1: 12-18 
16: 1-8 

THE PARISH PUMP 
or jottings on the 
February Parish Council Meeting 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
Following a letter from the Guides regarding the money that 
they raised for tree planting it was agreed to suggest that 
the most suitable ground would be in the childrerls playground. 
It is felt that this area was in need of planting to replace 
the elms that have been removed. 
The P.C. is to make representations at a meeting on February 
16th regarding the proposal that Dorney should share two 
District Councillors with Taplow. We intend to ask that 
arrangements are left as they are with one Councillor for 
Dorney and two for,Taplow. 
The Thames Water Authority have prepared a draft report on the 
use of the Thames as an amenity. The P.C. had no comments to 
make but local boat owners may find it interesting. Please 
contact the Clerk to the Council if you would like to see a 
copy. 
Accounts for Payment - 
Printing E 3.00 
Clerks Salary E74.00 
Subscription E 5.00 
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all approved. 

5. Three planning applications were viewed but the P. C. had 
no observations to make. 
6. The Annual Parish Meeting Agenda was approved. Copies will 
be posted to all houses in the Parish. 
7. Following complaints the P.C. had written to the Alder Valley 
Bus Company. The National Bus Company has replied - in 
effect they blame sickness and staffing and overall problems 
with recruitment. 
8. Councillor Peggy Williams tendered her resignation as keeper 
of the War Memorial Garden. She has recently broken her arm 
and regrets that she cannot continue this work. The Parish 
Council expressed their appreciation for all her hard work 
and now we need to find a volunteer to take over. Any offers? 
9. Lake End footpath - this work is to be started in the near 
future. 
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A Hunger Lunch in aid of 
The Save the Children Fund 
Will be held each Wednesday during Lent commencing 
on Ash Wednesday, 28th February at 12.30 - 2.00 p.m. 
Everybody is welcome and do bring your friends 
along. 
28th Feb. 
7th March 
14th March 
21st March 
28th March 
4th April 
11th April 
Badgers, Village Road 
The Vicarage, Dorney. 
Ranworth, Harcourt Road 
Norbury Cottage, Oak Stubbs Lane 
Pear Tree Cottage 
46 Harcourt Road 
2 Vine Cottages, Ashford Lane 
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(Mrs. Armstrong) 
(Mrs. Richmond) 
(Mrs. Harpur) 
(Mrs. Ames) 
(Mrs. Hayton) 
(Mrs. Griffith) 

1ST DORNEY BROWNIE GUIDES 
By purchasing their Christmas cards and gifts through our 
catalogue, parents and friends helped raise over £50 for 
funds. We're very grateful for your support and I wish to 
thank Tawny (Mrs. Perryman) who did all the work. And thanks 
to Mrs. Pat Guider for running a "Tupperware" Party for funds. 
This we shall spend on a Toadstool as ours was stolen from the 
Village Hall over Christmas. We were very sad to lose it as 
it was the original Toadstool given to the Pack when it was 
first formed 21 year ago this coming June'. We will be having 
a celebration, but more about that later. 
The Pack has been busy preparing games and entertainment from 
overseas for our Thinking Day Celebrations with the Guides on 
February 22nd. We welcome Anna Hutton and Sandra Wells to the 
Pack and send three Brownies on to Guides. 
The following four Brownies were successful in their test for 
the Agility Badge: - Anita Brestin, Lisa Brestin, Anne Dennis 
and Paula Duffy. 
Lucy Holt & Wendy Young passed their Musician 's Badge. 
Brown owl 
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Friday, 2nd March 
" " " 
Saturday, 3rd March 
Thursday, 8th March 
Friday, 16th March 
Satur" day, 24" th Mar" ch 
Sunday, 25th March 
Friday, 30th March/ 
Sunday, 1st April 
Friday, 20th April II II It 
Sunday, 29th April 
Saturday, 5th May 
Sunday, 20th May 
Tuesday, 29th May 
Saturday, 9th June 
Saturday, 16th June 
Saturday, 23rd June 
Sunday, 1st July 
Saturday, 7th July 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
Uorney Conservative Association Grand March 
Hare Dance, Village Hall @ 8-12 p. m. 
Skating for Senior and Junior Youth Clubs, 
7 p. m. at Vicarage. 
Dorney Cubs District Day Out. 
D.H.S. Cheese & Wine Evening. 
Junior Youth Club Disco, 7.30 p.m. at 
Village Hall. 
Dorney Cubs District Swimming Gala. 
P.T.A. Picnic Barn Dance. 
Berks & Bucks Draghounds Hunter Trail 
@ Dorney 9. 30 a.m. 
! Youth Club weekend in Gloucestershire. 
D.H.S. Steak & Kidney Supper 
cowboys and Indians fancy dress "Riverboat 
Shindig" for Youth Club members over 16 and 
their friends, in aid of Project @ 7. 30 p. m. 
from Windsor Promenade. 
1 1. 30 a.m. - 2.45 p. m. Parish Day and 
Annual Church Meeting. 
Dorney Cubs Jumble Sale. 
D.H.S. Bring & Buy Morning. 
2. 30p.m. Children ' s Gift Service, Christ 
Church Cathedral, Oxford. 
D.H.S. Social Dance. 
Project Barbecue @ 8 p.m. at the Vicarage. 
P. T.A. Barbecue at "Rookwood". 
Vicarage Happening. 
P.T. A. Fete. 
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Saturday, 11th August 
Saturday, 25th August 
D.H.S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D.H.S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
Saturday, 22nd September D .H.S . Harvest Festival Supper. 
Saturday, 13th October 
Friday, 2nd November 
P.T.A. Jumble Sale. 
D.H.S. A.G.M. 
Saturday, 3rd November P.T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
Saturday, 24th November P.T.A. Christmas Dance. 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN I S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P. T. A , 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P.c.c. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
Meet second Wednesday of every month 
at 2. 30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month 
at 8.00 p. m. 
First Thursday in every month P.T. A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7. 45 p. m . 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p. m. Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet third Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old ' s) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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Barge Farm Gravel 
After the big effort - the long wait 
The appeal by William Boyer & Sons Ltd. against Bucks County 
Council came to an end last Friday at 6. 30 p.m. after 4 long 
days of evidence. 
Raymond Tetlow, the solicitor retained by Taplow Parish Council 
to represent the Parishioners ' interests, called 10 witnesses. 
Our team - for that is what it was - included Mr. Tandy, Land 
use Consultants Ltd; Mr. Lindford, British Rail; Mrs. Law, 
Taplow Parish Council; Jonathan Barker, TAG; Richard Nutt, 
Hitcham & Taplow Preservation Society - who took all the 
photographic evidence; Captain Lloyd-Davis, Bray Preservation 
Society; Anthony Paines, Taplow Parish Council ; Mr. Birney , 
Bray Parish Council; Mr. Randle, Fisheries Residents Association ; 
and Richard Pode, Maidenhead & District Civic Society. 
on top of that Dorney Parish Council and others submitted their 
' proofs of evidence' and other individuals spoke against the pit 
as well. 
By the end there wasn't a point worth making (onour side) that 
hadn't been made. 
At one point, the Inspector Mr. J. Marsden had to raise his voice 
to be heard above a crying infant in the gallery which was packed 
with objectors as were all the spare seats in the Council Chamber. 
There can be no doubt that the Inspector was fully aware of the 
deep feelings held by many people about the proposed pit and the 
associated traffic. The TAG traffic survey which quantified this 
problem was well received - indeed the Inspector said he had sat 
at many inquiries and had many amateur traffic surveys but ours 
was the best one he had ever seen. So the effort by all those 
who gave up time (and sometimes money) to help was well worth it. 
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The big question now, which nobody can answer, is "Do you think 
we will win? " Informed opinion says that we have a 50/50 chance . 
All I know is that if we don't win it won 't be for want of trying 
or for lack of evidence. The pity is that it ll)ay be 6, 12 or even 
18 months before Mr. Marsden's recommendation is considered and 
a decision given by the Secretary of State for the Environment. 
So after the big effort we must steel ourselves for the long wait. 
Jonathan Barker 
TAG 
Dear Editor, 
"Rookwood" 
Old Marsh Lane, 
Dorney Reach. 
I am sure many residents of Dorney who have central 
heating or are considering to have it installed 
would prefer gas in preference to oil. 
Gas scores on easier and cheaper maintenance and normally 
also scores on running costs. It does not need an ugly 
storage tank and delivery is automatic. 
Unfortunately there is no gas main in either Dorney 
or Dorney Reach, I suggest that any readers interested 
write to North Thames Gas , The Causeway, Staines, 
requesting that N.T.G. carry out a survey in this area. 
W. J. HAKESLEY 
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Appeal by William Bowyer and Sons Ltd. 
Barge Farm Gravel Extraction 
DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING "PROOF OF EVIDENCE" 
TO THE INSPECTOR : - 
1. Dorney Parish, as its name implies, has the characteristic 
of an island in the Thames flood plain, on which all the 
numerous graded and listed buildings are above flood level. 
In appearance it is flat. The communities of Dorney, Lake 
End and Boveney retain their old bounds. Around them stretch 
the Commons with adjacent farmhouses and the ancient open 
fields and common meadows on which strip husbandry was 
practised until some 150 years ago. There were no enclosure 
acts and consequently hedges are rare. They have been dated. 
It is a historical pastoral landscape. We do not claim that 
it is an area of outstanding natural beauty since there are 
no hi.Us, valleys or woodlands. Its attraction lies in being 
alive - the continuous movements of living, growing creatures 
such as dairy and beef herds and flocks of sheep. on the 
arable areas there is the ever changing scene of cultivations, 
growth and harvest. Thus there is plenty to see at all 
seasons for those that can appreciate the countryside. 
2. Dorney is almost unique in having some 3 miles of River Thames 
frontage, which is totally unspoilt by development. In this 
it contrasts with the Berkshire bank with its commercial 
activities. Along the Dorney bank into Taplow runs the towing 
path which one day may become part of a long distance route. 
Unlike Taplow, we have nothing like the Cliveden Reach, which 
is so beautiful from the River a Nevertheless, at Boveney you 
can stand at water level and see one of the widest expanses 
of Thames Water passing downstream - placid and majestic. 
From the bank this view has outstanding beauty. 
The loss of all our elms from disease is to be deplored, but 
at least it has widened the local scene, and much replanting 
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of timber has been done in the way of restoration. 
3. Dorney with the area northwards to the A4 is unique as it is 
the only remaining part of the Thames flood plain in the 
District which retains its historic landscape and way of life. 
As such it acts as a buffer between the built up areas of 
Slough, Eton and Maidenhead. 
4. 
s. 
6. 
We now find ourselves confronted with the prospect of the land 
to our north becoming turned into the Venice that exists for 
all to see at Wraysbury and Horton further down the river. 
Much of the land between the A4 and our Parish Boundary is in 
the ownership of Gravel Companies and their families and is 
therefore vulnerable. 
we feel, with the proximity of the urban areas stretching 
from Maidenhead to Slough along and to the north of the A4, 
that this high grade Agricultural Land should, and must,remain 
as a buffer zone for our Parish. Many members of our parish 
travel regularly via Marsh Lane and the A4 to the station at 
Taplow, for shopping or employment in Maidenhead or Burnham. 
The gravel extraction would have a marked visual effect on 
these people, the same effect as one gets when passing through 
Horton and Wraysbury - one of desolation. 
Even if the appellants could be forced to reclaim the land 
after the working there is little, if any, evidence that wet 
workings can be satisfactorily reclaimed. The infill would 
have to be carefully monitored especially as the Thames Water 
Board is proposing to extract 6 million gallons of water per 
day from the gravels in our Parish. The ground-water contours 
as presented by the then Middle Thames Water Board at an 
Appeal Inquiry in 1974 clearly showed that water flows from 
the Barge Farm area into the Dorney Gravels. Top soil, when 
heaped up in readiness for gravel extraction always becomes 
compacted so that, with the best will in the world, there will 
be a marked downgrading of this high quality Grade 2 and 3 
Agricultural land. 
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7. The A4/Marsh Lane Junction has had its traffic problems at 
Peak times for years. Although not in Dorney, the traffic 
islands at the junction owe their presence to the persistence 
of the Dorney Parish Council and its Road Safety Committee 
over many years 1 after a number of serious accidents had taken 
place there involving Dorney people. The situation is now 
somewhat better but still dangerous so that the extra traffic 
any gravel extraction might generate can only aggravate the 
peak hour traffic problems for our parishioners. 
8. Traffic generated from the appeal site which might travel 
through Dorney will find that the roads are not adequate to 
carry gravel lorries. 
We ask the Inspector to accept these, our views and to reject the 
Appeal. 
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DORNEY WOMEN 'S INSTITUTE 
A surprising number of members braved the blizzard to get to 
the meeting on February 14th, and found a warm welcome in the 
small hall. The President, Mrs. Sharphouse, presented membership 
cards to Mrs. Tins·ley, our new member, and Mrs. Eastgate who is 
re-joining the Institute. We were also glad to welcome 
Mrs. Robb as a visitor. 
A short comedy has been chosen as our contribution to the Group 
Meeting in April, and the date was fixed for the first reading 
at the home of Mrs. Williamson. 
Members of the Art Group are to attend the Art Day at Aylesbury 
on March 21st. In the same week, Beaconsfield Old Town W.I. are 
holding a Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy Sale at Hall Barn on 
March 23rd in aid of the Stuart Lodge Repair Fund. 
The President said how pleased we were to receive a cheque for 
£10 towards our Bazaar fund from Mrs. Saunders. Also in 
financial matters, the Treasurer Mrs. Harrison presented the 
annual Budget and reminded us that the £200 realised at the 
Bazaar would have to see us through the next two years. 
Mr. Peter Eva proved to be a most unusual and interesting 
speaker. Brought up in the catering business, he is a mine of 
information on the choice and preparation of fish and poultry, 
before the actual process of cooking begins. He now uses this 
special knowledge to raise money for research into Multiple 
Sclerosis, a cause with which he has become personally involved. 
The first part of his talk described the devastating effects of 
the disease, and the difficulties encountered by those trying to 
do research into its causes. 
He then showed us the contents of a magnificent box of kitchen 
cutlery, demonstrating the different uses to which each knife 
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and chopper could be put. The final part was more in the 
nature of a conjuring trick, as he produced a complete chicken 
and demonstrated how to bone it, turning it inside out and 
keeping it all in one piece. The shape of the bird is then 
recreated by the clever use of stuffing, and the ends sewn up, 
so that it can be cooked, sliced, and eaten hot or cold. 
The competition for a Valentine card produced some very 
beautiful hand-made examples. The winners were Mrs. Williamson, 
Mrs. Livesey, and Mrs. Roberts. 
The next meeting will be held on March 14th. The speaker will 
be Mr. H. Minney of the Slough Arts Club on Engraving on Steel. 
Hostess: Mrs. Jones 
Teas: Mrs. Harpur, Mrs. Rayner & Mrs. Stacey. 
Competition: Six homemade biscuits. 
W.I. Duties. Clinic: Mrs. Roberts. 
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1ST DORNEY CUBS 
Our thanks to Mrs. Perryman who recently presented the Cubs 
with a substantial cheque, which was the result of commission 
for cards and goods she sold to the Cub's families before 
C hristmas. This must have involved a good deal of work, at a 
busy time, and is very much appreciated. 
Thanks also to Mrs. Poole for the Tupperware Party she held in 
February on behalf of the Cubs. Depsite the inclement weather 
this was well attended and mothers spent an enjoyable evening 
watching a cookery demonstration and then afterwards eating the 
results, Apple Sponge and Lemon Gateau. 
Please note that the District Swimming Gala will now be held 
on Saturday the 24th of March. 
Welcome to Andrew Staley, Richard Keith and Philip May who have 
joined the pack and farewell to Donald Henley-King who did 
extremely well to gain his Gold Arrow. 
The following Cubs have gained badges 
Bronze Arrow 
Silver Arrow 
Gold Arrow 
Artist 
Hobbies 
Cyclist 
Daniel Barber. 
Peter Perryman, Clifford Townsend, Nicholas 
Blacow, Neil Holloway, Paul Govey. 
Donald Henley-King. 
Traolach McCabe. 
Ricky Dennys, Andrew Coish, Clifford Townsend, 
Paul Govey, Jason Edwards, Neil Holloway, 
Matthew Armstrong, Richard Brooke. 
Ricky Dennys, Andrew Paton, Neil Holloway, 
Nicky Bampton, Traolach McCabe. 
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DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL 
NorICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT - 
THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE VILLAGE HALL ON WEDNESDAY 7TH 
MARCH 1979 AT 8 p.m. 
A G E N D A 
1. Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 8th March 1978 
2. Matters arising from the Minutes 
3. Gravel Extraction - Mr. P.J. Belcher 
4. Jubilee Seats and Trees - Mr. P.J. Belcher 
s. Review of Electoral Arrangements - Mr. P.J. Belcher 
6. Parish Precept 1979/80 - Mr. K. Richmond 
7. Best Kept Village Competition 1979 - Lt.Col. P.D.S. Palmer 
8. 
9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
The Seddings Charity - Rev. P. Hawkins 
The Eton Dorney Project - Rev. P. Hawkins 
Parish & District Elections - Lt.Col. P. D. S. Palmer 
Memorial Ground - Lt.Col. P. D. S. Palmer 
Any Other Business 
COFFEE WILL BE SERVED AT 9.00 p. m. 
All Local Government Electors for the Parish are entitled 
to attend the Annual Parish Meeting and the Members of the 
Parish Council will be pleased to welcome them and discuss 
the items which appear on the Agenda. 
P.D.S. PALMER 
Chairman of the Parish Council. 
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NATURE NOTES 
I came across an interesting account the other day of snails 
invading a parish council notice-board (not one of ours.) 
The Parish Clerk reported that the snails were chewing away 
at any paper material placed on the board so that within two 
days you could hardly read what the notice said and after three 
it had been completely eaten or blown away in pieces. No doubt 
this was an activity of warmer times. At the moment the snails 
will be dormant, tucked away from the worst of the weather under 
stones or logs where there is some protection from the cold. 
The technique for preventing dessication during long periods of 
inactivity during both summer (aestivation) and winter 
(hibernation) is to produce a thick mucilaginous secretion at 
the shell mouth which hardens to form an epiphragm or seal 
across the aperture. 
Shifting a pile of dry dead vegetation from around a tree stump 
last month I came across nineteen common garden snails sealed 
by their epiphragms to the bark of the stump almost below soil 
level. They varied from full grown specimens down to ones only 
half the size. Not wanting to encourage them in my garden 
where they would have played havoc with my dahlias and other 
juicy plants come the spring, I scattered them on the lawn where 
the thrushes had a hay-day. 
There are a number of differences between these terrestrial 
snails and their distant relatives on the sea-shore such as the 
winkles and whelks. For one thing, the marine ones have an 
operculum or trap-door attached to their "foot" with which they 
can close the shell entrance at the first sign of danger. They 
also have gills in a chamber under the lip of the shell. The 
terrestrial forms have lost both. The gill-chamber has become 
modified to form a "lung" with a highly developed blood system 
in its wall as a means of obtaining oxygen for respiration. At 
some stage, some snails have reinvaded water - this time freshwater 
and taken with them their terrestrial modifications, others 
have (almost) lost their shell and become slugs. 
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Although the Gastropods (snails and slugs) make an interesting 
group for study, I don't find their presence in my garden 
particularly pleasing!! 
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••: GRAND MARCH HARE DANCE •!• ••• on ••• ••• FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND ••• •• at •• 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 62823 
Lt.Col. P. D.S. Palmer. 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

ISSUE NO. 4/79 APRIL, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
Whenever there is a major threat to our local environment, Dorney 
residents are not slow in voicing their disapproval. The unified 
protests against the water board's plans, and more recently, the 
plan to extract gravel, are examples of our jealous concern for 
the preservation of this pleasant parish. 
Whilst a protesting fervour is readily generated against such 
extensive projects, it would be unrealistic to suppose that 
similar protests could be engendered against the day to day 
threats to our conununity, and we must, and do, rely on the 
integrity of our parish council to defend our communal interests 
against private and public development. We also rely on them to 
maintain the various amenity services that guarantee the 
acceptable standards of local living. If we are seldom the Best 
Kept Village, the council's efforts and inspiration ensure that 
we are never an Unkempt Village. 
The term of office for the present parish council is drawing to 
a close and it is therefore an appropriate time to express our 
thanks and our appreciation of their work performed on our behalf. 
The day set for the election of the seven strong council is 
Thursday 3rd May. I do not know whether all the members of the 
present council intend to stand for re-election or not, but anyone 
in the parish can offer themselves for nomination. This is the 
opportunity for those who do not share my euphoria, are 
dissatisfied with their present representatives and who consider 
they have some ability to serve the community. 
If there are more than seven candidates then there will be a poll. 
It would be nice if every eligible parishioner voted, if only to 
show appreciation for these public spirited citizens who are often 
only acknowledged with a complaint. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
Easter is undoubtedly the most important day in the Christian 
Year. In the early centuries of the Church, adult converts 
to Christianity would undergo a course of preparation during 
the weeks before Easter and then, on Easter Eve, they underwent 
a great initiation ceremony: they were baptised, confirmed, and 
received their first Communion. It was thought appropriate that 
the Church's celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus 
should be combined with the formal bringing in of new believers, 
It was a way of making the dying and rising of Jesus a thing of 
the present: new Christians, together with all the other local 
Christians, promising in baptism that they would do their best, 
with God's help, to die to evil and rise to good, to die to 
themselves and rise to Christ. 
Still today the Holy Week and Easter services are designed to 
help us enter into our Lord's passion and resurrection, so that 
God's love revealed on the cross and God's power and glory and 
victory demonstrated in the resurrection may become for us a 
living reality. At the Maundy Thursday evening Communion we 
remember Jesus' institution of Holy Communion on the night before 
his brutal execution: "Do this in remembrance of me" - and the 
stripping of the Church at the end of that service prepares us 
for meditation before the cross on Good Friday. To enable 
families to come together, there will only be the one service on 
Good Friday, at 10. 30 a.m.: you are invited to bring your 
children to the first twenty minutes, after which there will be 
the opportunity for them to be taken to the Vicarage for a 
creche, so that the adults can spend the rest of the hour 
meditating through hymns, readings, and prayer, on the cross. 
At 8.30 p.m. on Easter Eve (the Saturday evening) we in part 
revive the practice of the early Church with the short but lovely 
service of Renewal of Baptism Vows and Lighting of the Easter 
Candle, symbolic of our new life in Christ. This simple service 
can be of great power and assistance to us in our celebration of 
Easter. Then finally of course there are the Easter Communions 
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on the Sunday morning. May the risen Jesus come alive in us 
all this Easter and may we find in him the new life that we all 
so much need. 
May I remind you that the annual Parish Day and Church Meeting 
is on Sunday April 29th, beginning with Mattins in the Church at 
10. 30 a. m. You are asked, as last year, to bring a picnic lunch 
to the Vicarage. Children of course are welcome. The whole 
thing will finish at 2. 45 p.m. It was a very happy occasion 
last year and hopefully it will be again: you will notice that 
it will not be so long! 
With best wishes, 
PAUL HAWKINS 
Book for the Month: "the First Easter - What really Happened?" 
by H.J. Richards. 65p available on the 
Church Bookstall. 
R.I.P. 
REGISTER FOR FEBRUARY 
February 28th 
February 28th 
Robert Annesley 
Nellie Howlett 
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ST, JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
12th April MAUNDY THURSDAY 
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion and stripping of the church 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Mr. Armstrong Isaiah 52: 13 53: 12 
Mrs. Wilkinson 1 Corinthians 11: 23-29 
Mrs. Harpur John 13: 1-15 
13th April GOOD FRIDAY 
10.30 a.m. Family Service for adults and children 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader To be notified 
3rd Reader & Sidesman Mr. Wilkinson 
14th April EASTER EVE 
8.30 p.m. Renewal of baptism vows & lighting of the Easter candle. 
Sidesman Mr. Young 
15th April EASTER DAY 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Belcher 
8.00 Mr. Liney 
10.15) ) At Chu rch 
Mr. & Mrs. Belcher 
10.30 Col.Palmer Isaiah 
Mrs. Hammond Revelation 
Mr. Armstrong Mark 
Kathy & Emma Shepheard 
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12: 1-6 
1: 12-18 
16: 1-8 

22nd April LOO SUNDAY 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
Mrs. Ames 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
8.00 Mr. Robb 
10.15 Mrs. Sherlock & Kay Summers 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
10.30 
Holidays 
Mrs. Paton & Mrs. Coish 
Brig. Mayes Exodus 15: 
Mrs. Shepheard 1 Peter 1: 
Mr. Hayton John 20: 
Jane Summers & Emma Shepheard 
29th April PATRONAL FESTIVAL AND PARISH DAY 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Mattins 
2.00 p.m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 8.00 
creche 10.15 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 10. 30 
Sidesman 
Cross bearer 
Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Holt 
Mr. Young 
Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffiths 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. McIntyre 
At Vicarage 
Col. Palmer Job 23: 
Mr. Handy Acts 2: 
Jeremy Belcher 
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1-11 
3-9 
19-29 
1-12 
37-end. 

6th May 
8.00 Holy Communion 
10.30 Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
YOUNG PEOPLES SERVICE 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Chase 
Mrs. Roberts 
8.00 Mr. Eastgate 
10.15 ( 
(At Church 
10. 30 ( 
( 
Mr. & Mrs. Robb 
To be notified 
Mr. Belcher " 
Tim Holt & Paul Humpleman 
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THE PARISH PUMP 
or jottings on the 
March Parish Council Meeting 
Trees 
It was reported that the Guides have asked if the trees that are 
to be purchased with their donation could be planted in the 
Parish Churchyard. It was agreed that the P.C.C, should be asked 
for their approval. 
Best Kept Village Competition 
The Chairman re-iterated the need for everyone to support the 
Parish in this event. All of us need to be prepared to do that 
little extra if we are to do better than last year. 
Memorial Ground 
The Clerk is to continue to investigate possible methods of 
maintaining the Memorial ground. The P.C. expressed their 
pleasure at the offer by Messrs. Glennie and Mr. Buttriss who 
have volunteered to help with regular maintenance􀀾 
Accounts for Payment 
Street Lighting 
Copying 
Insurance 
Printing & Typing 
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£32. 72 
4.08 
40.55 
10.50 
Approved. 

Container Programme 
Usual Sites 30th April 14th May. 
B. D.C. 
Funds are available for any organisation who provide social, 
athletic or educational services and grants of up to El,000 
may be available for successful applicants. Details are 
available through the District Council offices. 
Next Meeting 
April 10th. 8 p.m. at School. 
Elections for Parish Councillors will take place on May 3rd - 
Thursday. 
Everyone should vote for your Council - why not stand for 
election yourself? 
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PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION 1979 
The Parish Council election takes place on 3rd May and the 
whole Council of 7 members has to be elected for a term of 
4 years. It is probable that it will be a contested election 
and that more candidates will stand than there are seats. If 
so, it will be necessary to vote for 7 individuals. The Parish 
will get the Council it deserves, so use your votes to get a 
good one. 
I believe that the present Council, which has no drones on it, 
has had a remarkably successful term of office and has done a 
really good job for the Parish. As Chairman I am grateful to 
all the members for their unfailing support and help. 
P.D. S.P. 
DORNEY COMMON 
The 1979 grazing season on Dorney Common opened on 
Saturday 24th March and it is expected that some 
145 beasts will be at pasture. 
The roads across the Common are not fenced and are 
not subject to a speed limit. Within the bounds of 
the Common, beasts may go on the highway and behave 
there as beasts will as of right. I would, therefore, 
ask drivers of motor vehicles to drive with due care 
on Common Road, Boveney Road and Lock Path. Cattle 
warning signs are erected on Common Road. 
P.D. S.P. 
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Friday, 20th April 
Sunday, 29th April 
Friday, 3rd May 
Saturday, 5th May 
Saturday, 12th May 
Sunday, 20th May 
Tuesday, 29th May 
Friday, 1st June/ 
15th June 
Saturday, 9th June 
Saturday, 16th June 
II 16th June/ 
31st July 
Saturday, 23rd June 
Sunday, 1st July 
Saturday, 7th July 
Saturday, llth August 
Saturday, 25th August 
Saturday, 22nd September 
Saturday, 13th October 
Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
D. H.S. Steak & Kidney Supper. 
Cowboys and Indians fancy dress "Riverboat 
Shindig" for Youth Club members over 16 
and their friends, in aid of Project 
@ 7. 30 p.m. from Windsor Promenade. 
11. 30 a.m. - 2.45 p.m. Parish Day and 
Annual Church Meeting at Vicarage. 
Parish Council Election. 
Dorney Cubs Jumble Sale. 
Village Hall Management Committee - May 
Dance, Village Hall@ 8 p.m. - 12 midnight. 
D.H. S. Bring & Buy Morning. 
2. 30 p.m. Children's Gift Service, Christ 
Church Cathedral, Oxford. 
(Preliminary judging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
D. H. S. Social Dance. 
Project Barbecue@ 8 p.m. at the Vicarage. 
(Final judging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
P.T.A. Barbecue at "Rookwood". 
Vicarage Happening. 
P.T.A. Fete. 
D.H. S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D. H.S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
D. H.S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
P.T.A. Jumble Sale. 
D.H. S. A.G.M. 
P.T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
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Saturday, 24th November 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P. c.c. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
P.T.A. Christmas Dance. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2. 30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8. 00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7. 45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet third Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7. 30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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ETON COLLEGE - DORNEY PARISH PROJECT 
Progress Report, October 1978 - March 1979 
By the number of bookings we have on our calendar, it certainly 
looks as if 1979 is going to be a very busy and interesting 
year. Already, 45 weekends have been booked by various groups, 
such as Parishes, schools, Eton Confirmation boys, and of course 
children's holidays. 
Our links with the London Borough of Hounslow are developing, 
and we were fortunate enough to receive a £2,000 grant from the 
Rainer Foundation to help improve our facilities for the 
children that stay at the Vicarage. We now have a new table 
tennis table, a cassette tape recorder, a pottery kiln, a caravan 
that we are going to convert into an arts and crafts centre, and 
various smaller items such as pairs of Wellington boots for the 
children to wear if the weather is wet. We are also hoping to 
buy some rowing boats that we will be able to use on the Thames 
during the warmer months. 
This year, we decided to ask some of the children who had come 
to us from Hackney (sent by the Children's Country Holiday Fund) 
if they would like a return visit after Christmas. The response 
from them was very good, so with the help of some of the Eton 
boys and various young people from Dorney, we were able to 
provide them with an extra week's holiday at the Vicarage. We 
hope that this idea may be repeated in future years, so that the 
children who come in the summer are able to have the opportunity 
of returning to Dorney if they would like to. 
We are now running an Old People's Lunch Club at the Vicarage 
once a month, which is proving to be quite a success. About 
12-15 over 60's come from Dorney, and then stay after lunch for 
some entertainment. we are very grateful to some of the Dorney 
ladies who have been able to help us with the cooking for the 
Lunch Club. 
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Children from the Canadian Memorial Hospital at Taplow are 
continuing to visit us at the Vicarage, and boys from Eton come 
out to help us with the food and entertaining the children. The 
children are all from the Arthritic Unit at the Hospital. In 
February, some of the boys went up to the Hospital to see some 
of the children, and the Eton pop group, the "Orphaned Rabbits" 
played to some of the older members of the Hosp!tal's Youth Club. 
The Dorney Church Youth Club continues to flourish, and the club 
for ll-14s from the Village is now well established. Our next 
venture is a trip up to Gloucestershire at the end of March for 
a Youth Hosteling weekend, and we shall be staying at Duntisbourne 
Abbots and Stow on the Wold Youth Hostels. Some of the older 
boys from Eton are beginning to involve themselves with the club, 
and are very helpful when discos are run for the younger members. 
In February, we were very sorry to say goodbye to Jackie Hawkins 
as our Housekeeper, and we would like to take this opportunity of 
thanking her for all the hard work that she has done here during 
her time as Housekeeper. Of course, Jackie will still be with 
us at the Vicarage, and has kindly agreed to work on our new 
Housekeeper's days off. 
Our new Housekeeper is Miss Chrissy Menniss, who has come to us 
from Bristol where she was working on a project with handicapped 
children. We wish her every success and hope that she will be 
very happy here. 
Bridget Middlemas & 
Paul Hawkins. 
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,--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION 1979 
On 3rd May our District Councillor representing the Parish of 
Dorney comes up for election. On this occasion the term of 
office will be for one year only. 
This may be the last occasion that we will be able to elect our 
own District Councillor. It depends on whether the Boundary 
Commission, after the recent Public Hearing, recommends to the 
Government that we ought to keep our own District Councillor or 
whether we must share one with Taplow Parish. We will not know 
the answer for several months. The next election will be in 
1980 for a term of 3 years. 
Our present representative is Vice Chairman of Beaconsfield 
District Council. 
P. D. S. P. 
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BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 1979 
At the Annual Parish Meeting on 7th March 1979, it was decided 
to enter Dorney, Dorney Reach, Lake End and Boveney as one entry 
for the Morris Cup (pop 500 - 1500). Judging will be in two 
stages - 
Preliminary 1st - 15th June by Judges appointed by B. D.C. 
Final by 31st July by Sir Francis Dashwood, President 
the County Association, the County Planning officer 
or his deputy and a member of the Chiltern Society. 
If we secure the highest marks in Beaconsfield District, we go 
forward for final judging with other District leaders. 
Marks will be awarded as follows:- 
1. The appearance and condition of Dorney Church and Boveney 
Chapel, The School, War memorial, Village Hall, 
Churchyards, graveyard and extension, children's 
of 
playground, bus shelters, Dorney and Lake End Commons. 60 
2. Neatness of appearance of dwelling houses, workshops, 
shops, The Palmer Arms, The Pineapple Public House. 
Tidiness of flower and vegetable gardens and neat 
appearance of outhouses, yards and sheds. 30 
3. General condition of hedges, trees, fences and walls 
adjacent to and surrounding buildings and gardens. 
Cleanliness of verges, ditches, ponds and streams. 30 
4. Appearance of signboards and notice boards. Taste and 
restraint shown in advertising displays. 
5. Bonus marks for general appearance of the village with 
special attention to condition of refuse dumps, absence of 
15 
litter and provision of litter baskets. 15 
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Total 150 

You will see from the above what a very comprehensive 
competition it is and how every Parishioner is involved as an 
individual or as a member of some Society or committee. we 
should be up to competition standard by 1st June and keep it 
up every day for two months - a very hard test. 
In June 1978 the whole Parish showed itself to be competition 
minded and we would have been the best in Beaconsfield District 
had we not lost marks for a rubbish dump in the Churchyard. 
It is, I fear, so easy to slip up like that. 
Of all the things to be judged, I would say that the Churchyard 
and graveyard, the Village Hall and the war Memorial are very 
important. Their standard of upkeep will tell the judges clearly 
whether or not the whole Parish is pulling together and is 
competition minded. 
I would ask neighbours to help those who are on holiday or who 
are too frail to make a good show. And if you see litter on the 
verges or roads, do please pick it up. If beyond you, contact 
a Parish Councillor. 
During the last few years all black spots have been eliminated. 
Nevertheless, early in May Parish Councillors will go round to 
see what needs doing and to try to get it done. 
I know we are potential winners, so let􀇭 do it this year. Good 
Luck! 
P.D.S.P. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
A welcome note of colour was added to the March meeting, on a 
rather bleak day, by the display of pictures by our speaker, 
Mr. Harry Minney. Engraved on brass or steel, and beautifully 
framed, they were arranged at the front of the hall, and later 
passed round to be examined in detail. Mr. Minney told us how 
he had started to scratch drawings on odd pieces of metal while 
he was working as a paint sprayer. Using a sharp implement on 
the black paint, he discovered he could produce a variety of 
effects by revealing the silver surface underneath. He then 
went on to experiment with transparent paints so that he could 
colour his work without concealing the glow of the metal. 
Influenced by the work of Durer, he produces remarkable animal 
pictures in which each hair seems to stand out separately. He 
has sold them all over the world, and still has not heard of 
any other artist using a similar process. Each work is an 
original, unlike other engravings from which numbers of copies 
are printed. His tools are simple: hacksaw blades, sharpened 
darts, and even household Vim for shading out the background. 
His pictures may be seen in Windsor, but as Mr. Minney regretfully 
told us, people buy them so quickly that he can never collect 
enough to hold an Exhibition! 
The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Sharphouse, and plans were made 
for the Group Meeting to be held here on April 18th. We are 
expecting to entertain about 100 guests from other institutes, 
so numbers of volunteers were needed to provide food for the 
teas. Rehearsals are under way for the entertainment, a short 
comedy entitled "All Right on the Night", which Mrs. Williamson 
is producing. 
The first of our joint outings with Taplow W. I. this year has 
been arranged, a visit to Leeds Castle in Kent on May 17th. The 
total cost will be E2. 65 for Senior Citizens and E3.40 for others. 
By combining with Taplow we are able to fill a larger coach, at 
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less expense, and also to have the opportunity for more outings. 
Mrs. Roberts will be collecting the money at the April meeting. 
A number of members will be attending the B. F.W. I. Council 
Meeting on April 30th. Mrs. Spencer reported on the A.C. W.W. 
day held on February 26th, where speakers had described the 
efforts being made to improve the condition of women and children 
all over the world. In connection with the Year of the Child, 
Mrs. Harpur encouraged members to attend the Hunger Lunches being 
held in the parish during Lent, in aid of the Save the Children 
Fund. 
Before she leaves Dorney, Mrs. Wilkinson is holding a Sherry 
Morning at The Chauntry on June 6th in aid of the Children's 
Holiday Fund and other children's charities. 
The Secretary said that we had received a letter from Lady Runge 
thanking us for our second donation to the Stuart Lodge Repair 
Fund. On the committee's recommendation, various ladies from 
widely spaced parts of the country were chosen as nominees for 
the N. F.W. I. Executive Council. Mrs. Horner stressed that often 
those with the fewest qualifications had more time for local 
problems. Mrs. Allen explained that all the ladies on the list 
were so highly qualified, it was difficult to meet with this 
condition. 
The winners in the competition for a plate of home-made biscuits 
were 1) Mrs. Harpur; 2) Mrs. Sharphouse; and 3) Mrs. Chase. 
At the next meeting on April 11th there will be a vote on the 
Resolutions for the B. F.W.I. Council Meeting. The speaker, 
Mrs. F. Young, will demonstrate a flower painting. Her hostess 
will be Mrs. Chase. 
Teas: 
Competition: 
Miss Kilpatrick, Mrs. Looker, Mrs. Povey. 
A Spring Posy. 
Welfare Clinic: Mrs. Roberts. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB 
On the 28th February, an enjoyable evening was had 
by 51 people who visited the Planet Theatre, Slough 
and saw a performance of Agatha Cristie's play 
'The Hollow'. 
Flower Arranging will be the subject of the next 
meeting on 25th April. 
*•• *****************************************************•• • • !•• VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE !•• • • 
!• MAY DANCE !• 
!• at :• 
!•• VILLAGE HALL •!• 
!•• on :• ••• 12TH MAY, 1979 •••• 
!•• 8 p.m. - 12 Midnight •!• •! Tickets £1.75p. •! 
! available from Dot Belcher Maidenhead 27047 ! 
: and Committee Members. : 
\****************************************************t 
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A Hunger Lunch in aid of 
The Save the Children Fund 
Everybody is welcome and do bring your friends along. 
4th April 46 Harcourt Road (Mrs. Hayton) 
11th April 2 Vine Cottages, Ashford Lane (Mrs. Griffith) 
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EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
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Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
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The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
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ISSUE NO. 5/79 MAY, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
This year it has been hard to share the Browning enthusiasm 
for 'England now that April's there', for the anticipated 
pleasures of spring have been replaced by the tedium of the 
hustings. 
Although I have seldom met anyone who would admit to being 
swayed by the intensive propaganda of the pre-election period, 
the political parties obviously consider that the time, effort 
and money spent in campaigning is well worthwhile, and you will 
judge me presumptuous and politically naive when I question 
their opinion. 
The majority of the electorate hold a particular unassailable 
allegiance - "My Party, right or wrong". A further proportion, 
disappointed and disillusioned by their previous choice, 
regularly cross sides at every election, in the mistaken 
assumption that a change must be for the better. Apparently then, 
we are subjected to the entire campaign solely for the benefit of 
those labelled 'Don't Know', who surely after three weeks of 
bickering and half-truths must be reduced to 'Don't Want to Know'. 
The image of our prospective parliament is rarely enhanced by 
the performance during this period, It is rather like certain 
amateur dramatic society productions - enjoyed by the players 
but painful for the audience. 
If ever I doubted the claims of the many critics who blame 
television for the violence and sexual permissiveness of the age, 
the Party Political Broadcasts have convinced me of the truth of 
their argument; for no other programme has so stimulated the 
desire to kick-in the screen and retire to bed early. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
Central to Jesus' short ministry was the formation of a small 
group of twelve people on whom he concentrated his teaching 
and training: he believed, rightly, that this small group 
would have a crucial part to play in the events that lay ahead. 
Why did Jesus choose to concentrate on such a small number of 
people in this way? It was presumably because Jesus knew that 
it was only in a group of such a size that certain types of 
experiences of growth and change and understanding could take 
place. 
One of the growing points and rediscoveries of today's Church 
is the vital part such groups can play in the life of local 
churches. While the role of the larger weekly Sunday morning 
gathering remains central to the life and witness of the Church, 
alongside these, all over the country, there are springing up 
groups of people who, gathering together regularly in each 
other's houses, are discovering the vitality and freshness that 
"house groups" can bring to their members and to the whole local 
Church. Indeed, this is happening throughout the world: in 
many countries the most vital development in the mission of the 
Church in recent years has been the formation of "little 
congregations" - house churches, factory cells, student groups, 
and so on - whose members meet not only for discussion but in 
order to experience the whole life of a witnessing, serving, 
sacramental fellowship at a deeply intimate level. These groups 
are part of and undergird the larger Parish Church congregation 
and often provide the real growing edges of the Church in the 
modern world. 
What is the work of a house group? In my first parish, such 
groups were called USPAT groups, following the lead of our 
bishop that house groups were for Understanding, Sharing, 
!:raying, 􀆃ction and '.!'.elling. - - 
Understanding our faith in the context of our lives in the world. 
We badly need to help one another to understand the Bible and put 
into simple words a clear outline of what we Christians believe 
and what it has to say about the world in which we live. 
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Sharing of ideas and concerns and feelings so that the group 
becomes for its members a source of reassurance and inspiration. 
Praying: from time to time a group should experience the joyful 
Communion which an informal celebration of the eucharist gives. 
But there are other forms of prayer which Christians should be 
exploring together. 
Action: to avoid becoming turned in on itself, a group should 
ensure that it is making an active contribution to the life of 
the whole local Church and/or community. 
Telling is the fifth element - communicating to others what the 
group is and is not achieving. 
Some members of St. James' have expressed the feeling that some 
sort of house group would be helpful: it is hoped that we will 
be able to form one soon. 
Not only Church members of various denominations but also those 
who feel unable to commit themselves to Christianity or to one 
of the Churches may find such a group a useful place for enquiry 
and discussion. Meanwhile, there will be opportunities to think 
further about the value and importance of house groups. 
With best wishes, 
PAUL HAWKINS 
PARISH REGISTERS FOR MARCH 
Baptism: 
R. I. P. : 
March 4th 
March 2nd 
CHRISTMAS CARDS 
Paul Scott Taylor 
Herbert Date Butler 
(in aid of the Eton-Dorney Project Children's Country Holiday Fund) 
45p for packs of 5. A very lovely 
in the snow. Order (NOW!) from the 
Gordon, Trevose, Dorney Reach Road, 
will be available soon. 
picture of Dorney Church 
Vicarage or from George 
Maidenhead 21922) 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
13th May 4th Sunday after Easter. 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.00 a. m. Parish communion Joint Riverside Parishes Service ETON 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
20th May 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Stacey 
8. 00 Mr. Houldsworth 
10.oo) ) at Eton Wick 
at Eton Wick 
)at Eton Wick 
) 
5th Sunday after Easter. 
WICK 
8. 00 a. m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a. m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
24th May 
Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Armstrong 
Miss Kilpatrick 
8.00 Mr. Armstrong 
10. 15 Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. McIntyre 
Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Williamson 
10.30 Col. Palmer Isaiah 51: 1-6 
Mrs. Shepheard 1 Corinthians 15: 21-28 
Mr. Gordon John 16: 25-33 
Kathy & Emma Shepheard 
ASCENSION DAY 
8.00 p. m. Holy Communion 
1st Reader Mrs. McIntyre 
Mrs. Paton 
Daniel 7: 13-14 
Acts 1: 1-11 
Matthew 28: 16-20 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Server 
Mr. Robb 
Jane Summers 
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27th May 
8. 00 a. m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a. m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
3rd June 
8.00 
10. 15 
10.30 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Sunday after Ascension 
Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mr. McIntyre 
Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Shepheard 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson 
Brig. Mayes 
Mrs. Wilkinson 
Mr. Butteriss 
Daniel 7: 9-14 
Ephesians 1: 15-23 
Luke 24: 44-53 
Jeremy Belcher & Paul Humpleman 
WHITSUNDAY 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
Mrs. Humpleman 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
8. 00 Mr. Liney 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
10. 15 Kay Summers & Mrs. Sherlock 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mr. & Mrs. Houldsworth 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
Mrs. Pepler 
Mr. Wilkinson 
Tim Holt & Kathy 
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Joel 
Acts 
2: 23-29 
2: 1-11 
John 14: 15-27 
Shepheard 

Saturday, 5th May 
Saturday, 12th May 
Friday, 18th May 
Sunday, 20th May 
Tuesday, 29th May 
Friday, 1st June/ 
15th June 
Thursday, 7th June 
Saturday, 9th June 
Saturday, 16th June 
II 16th June/ 
31st July 
Saturday, 23rd June 
Sunday, 24th June 
Saturday, 30th June/ 
Sunday, 1st July 
II 1st July 
Saturday, 7th July 
Saturday, 11th August 
Saturday, 25th August 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
Dorney Cubs Jumble Sale. 
Village Hall Management Committee - May 
Dance, Village Hall@ 8 p.m. - 12 midnight. 
P.T.A. Jumble Sale, Village Hall@ 7 p.m. 
D.H.S. Bring & Buy Morning, 
2.30 p.m. Children's Gift Service, Christ 
Church Cathedral, Oxford. 
(Preliminary judging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
Juvenile Rheumatism Unit Canadian Red Cross 
Memorial Hospital - Open Evening@ 6􀆅9 p.m. 
D. H. S. Social Dance. 
Project Ba􀆆becue@ 8 p.m. at the Vicarage. 
(Final judging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
P. T. A. Barbecue at "Rookwood". 
Beaconsfield Conservative Association, 
Sherry Party, Old Place, Boveney @ 12 noon. 
􀆇Flower Festival, St.James@ 10.00 a.m.-7 p. m. J 
Vicarage Happening. 
P. T. A. Fete. 
D.H. S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D.H.S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
Saturday, 22nd September D. H.S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
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Saturday, 13th October 
Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Saturday, 24th November 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P,T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P. c.c. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
P.T.A. Jumble Sale. 
D.H.S. A.G.M. 
P.T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
P. T.A. Christmas Dance. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2.30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8. 00 p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P. T. A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 8. 00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet third Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6. 45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
The President opened the meeting on April 11th by reading 
apologies from absent members, including one from Mrs. Horner, 
who we hope is enjoying her stay in America. She also welcomed 
two friends of members who were visiting us from other parts of 
the country. 
Mrs. Sharphouse said that during the recent coffee morning held 
at Hall Barn, Lady Burnham had said she was willing to show 
W. I. parties over the house and grounds, so it was decided to 
take advantage of this invitation later in the summer. 
The resolutions for the B.F.W.I. council meeting were read and 
voted upon, the W.I. coming out strongly against the introduction 
of mixed-sex hospital wards, except in intensive care units. 
Mrs. Hutton and Mrs. Jones are to attend the "Meet Your Executive" 
meeting at West Wycombe Village Hall on May 31st. There is also 
a Craft Day on May 23rd on the theme "Yarns and Threads". 
The Monthly Letter for April contained a special appeal to 
members not to go out into the country to pick cowslips for winemaking, 
as there is a great risk that these little flowers will 
become extinct. It is even sadder to think that there will be 
no more cowslip wine. 
Orders were taken for next year's calendars and diaries, and 
the W.I. have been asked to do the teas as usual at the Vicarage 
Happening on July 1st. 
There was a feeling that spring had really arrived at last, with 
the display of flowers for the competition at the back of the 
hall, and the subject chosen by our speaker, Mrs. Florence Young, 
a talented artist from Uxbridge. Starting with a blank sheet 
of card fixed to an easel, she demonstrated step by step how she 
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does a spring flower painting in gouache, with the help of a 
few blooms viewed from different directions. Although there 
was not enough time for her to finish the painting, Mrs. Young 
left us with a very good idea of how well the final result would 
look, and gave lots of excellent advice as she worked. Afterwards 
she answered questions from artists among the audience, 
and showed us examples of her other work. 
The winners of the spring posy competition were - 
1) Mrs. Allen; 2) Mrs. Tinsley; and 3) Mrs. Roberts. 
On May 9th there will be a report on the B. F.W.I. Council 
Meeting, and the N.F.W.I. resolutions will be presented by the 
four members who go to the Agenda Conference. Since there is 
to be no speaker, the meeting will end with a social half hour. 
Teas: Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Huddart, Mrs. Roberts. 
Welfare Clinic: Mrs. Roberts. 
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SATURDAY, 30TH JUNE 1979 
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Hardly Tennyson 
You must wake and call me early, 
call me early, mother dear 
for tomorrow's election day, mother 
and this is my eighteenth year. 
Although I'm not Queen o'the May, mother 
and the first and the second have past 
tomorrow, the third of May, mother 
my maiden vote shall be cast. 
I've promised the party lads, mother 
who've wooed me through April's days 
my favour to bestow, mother 
in one of the polling bays. 
Yes, to the May poll I will hie, mother 
to plant my kiss with a cross 
'gainst the name of he I love best, mother 
and mother, this love's labour's loss. 
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NATURE NOTES 
I am sorry that I missed writing the notes for last month. The 
deadline came and went without me being aware of it until it 
was too late. 
How the winter has lingered on! Only now, writing these lines 
in mid-April has there been any real indication that we could 
be in for warmer weather. Then all at once all kinds of signs 
appeared which made one realise that things were on the move. 
Frogspawn in the pond on the 6th of April, some of the horsechestnuts 
in Court Lane green with their first leaves on the 
11th, sandmartins and willow warblers on the 14th and reed 
warblers back on the 15th. Yes, the Spring seems to be under 
way at last. But, what if the jet stream up in the stratosphere 
or above, had remained on the course that it had all the winter? 
Running as it did, we had depression after depression following 
the same line across the country bringing with them the cold 
northerly winds. There is no apparent reason for it to change 
its pathway in the upper atmosphere - so what if it had stayed 
put? 
The mind boggles at the possibilities. Certainly as a nation 
we could have had 􀆄ood problems, for a number of important crops 
like potatoes and cereals might have suffered either by being 
unable to complete their life spans or else by not being able to 
grow at all. The same would have applied to many other plants 
which would have had a very serious effect on much of the animal 
life so dependent upon it. The bird migrants returning to this 
country from warmer climes would have found no insect life and 
they too would have perished. Some of the "experts" believe that 
we are heading for the next ice-age and as it appears to be 
overdue, some even go so far as to say that when it comes it 
could come very quickly. By that they mean, not in the time of 
our great, great grand-children but perhaps as early as in the 
next decade. Another school of thought says that the way we 
are adding to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - 
from the burning of fossil fuels (oils and coal) we could be 
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producing a kind of planetary green house in which the heat 
would not be able to escape from the earth's atmosphere as 
rapidly as it does now. The effect of this would be quite 
marked as the world climate could get warmer and warmer. 
Now, other sobering thoughts come to mind - the ice caps would 
melt - there would be more water in the seas which would be 
deeper - and what then for places like London? Walking along 
the Embankment last week the dangers of flooding were only 
too obvious with the Circle and District Lines just waiting 
to collect the water like open drains. 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CH URCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Vi II age Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

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ISSUE NO. 6/79 JUNE, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
Three articles printed alongside each other on a page of a daily 
newspaper caught rrr:1 attention. Two concerned the advanced 
technology of our times, while the third illustrated our 
dependence upon the earth's natural resources to maintain this 
technology. 
The first article told of the British satellite UK6, which is in 
orbit 330 miles above the earth, searching for proof that a stardevouring 
black hole, five million times heavier than the sun, 
exists in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy. This is a 
particularly voracious black hole which will eventually swallow 
all the stars in the Milky Way and what remains of the sun. 
There is as yet no need to make contingency plans for this 
cataclysm, for because we are so distant, eventually, in this 
instance, means more than 50,000 million years hence. Still, it 
is comforting to know that UK6 is keeping an eye on things, 
monitored incidentally from a laboratory in Slough. 
The second news item dealt with radiation leaks from microwave 
ovens, which can cause cancer. Whilst users of these ovens are 
naturally concerned with the serious health hazard thus introduced 
to the culinary art, Sir Bernard Lovell is concerned because they 
are jamming the space tracking system at Jodrell Bank. He says 
British housewives are being sold microwave ovens that are so 
badly constructed that they play havoc with reception from space. 
The manufacturers say that the ovens are perfectly safe, provided 
that they are kept clean; a simple remedy to placate both cook 
and scientist. 
The third article was in contrast to the other two, for it dealt 
with the proposed investigation into the possibility of a return 
to sail-powered cargoships. This study is to be made in the light 
of the present oil crisis and reveals the precarious tenure of 
the power reliant aids of today, including satellites and 
microwave ovens. 
Most of us are not too concerned about journeys into space, and 
will settle for less sophisticated cooking methods. We may even 
romanticize about a return to sail and, if this is indicative of 
future necessity, a return to horse drawn vehicles and the 
turf fire. In practice these romantic images may not be so 
appealing. We must however learn to make more use of the elements, 
and although a fitful sun is an uncertain source of energy in 
Britain, if we could but harness the rainfall our problems would 
be solved. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
A Church Geared for Action 
At the Annual Church Meeting on April 29th, the following 
elections were made: as Churchwardens: 
Philip Palmer, Dorney Court 
Michael Armstrong, Badgers, Village Road 
as our representatives on Burnham Deanery Synod: 
Margaret Butteriss, Wyndham, Village Road 
Elizabeth Skinner, 44 Harcourt Road 
to the Parochial Church Council: 
Con Allen, 25 Meadow Way 
Brigit Ames, Pear Tree Cottage, Village Road 
Peter Belcher, 6 Harcourt Road 
George Gordon, Trevose, Dorney Reach Road 
Alan Handy, 179 Lower Cippenham Lane 
Helen Harpur, Norbury Cottage, Oak Stubbs Lane 
Shirley Horner, Rosemerrion, Marsh Lane 
Peter Houldsworth, The Old Brick House,Dorney 
David Pepler, 54 Hag Hill Rise, Taplow 
Joy Richmond, 31 Harcourt Road 
John Robb, Farthing Cottage, Ashford Lane 
Gil Shepheard, 16 Dorney Reach Road 
Michael Wilkinson, 17 Britwell Road, Burnham 
Con Williamson, Two Gates, Village Road 
As secretary to the FCC: Monica Mayes, Old Dimmings, Village Road 
Please support the work of the Churchwardens and Church Council 
with your prayers and do talk to them about anything that you 
think ought to be discussed or considered by the FCC. 
A Play Group in Dorney? 
It would be possible to have a Play Group for Dorney children at 
the Vicarage during school terms if there are families who would 
like to use one and also if there are two mothers who would be 

interested in being paid leaders. Please let me know if any 
of you are interested in this possibility. 
Barbecues Galore 
There are the two annual barbecues during June which, between 
them, give us an opportunity to support both our own children 
in our school and also deprived children from inner city areas 
who come to the Vicarage for a holiday during the summer. Let 
us hope we get good weather for both of them! 
Churchyard 
Ralph Liney undertakes the mammoth task of keeping the graveyard 
in order and we are extremely grateful to him: it takes up many 
strenuous hours during the summer months. Recently he has also 
been looking after the Churchyard. It would be good if 
somebody would volunteer to take over care of the Churchyard, in 
order to share the labour more. There is not a great deal of 
work involved, but it would make a tremendous difference to the 
look of the Church. (The Graveyard is the area on the side of 
the road opposite to the Church; the Churchyard is the area 
around the Church itself.) 
Rheumatism Unit 
Finally, I would like to commend to you the Open Evening of the 
Juvenile Rheumatism Unit at the Canadian Red Cross Memorial 
Hospital at Taplow, which is being held at the Hospital on 
Thursday June 7th, 6.00 to 9.00 p. m. It is the only unit of 
its kind in the country and it needs all the support it can get 
in its work of bringing crippled children back to full health. 
With best wishes, 
Paul Hawkins. 
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Baptism: 
R. I.P.: 
Sat. 9th June 
Sat.16th June 
PARISH REGISTERS FOR APRIL 
April 14th: Paula Kay 
April 5th: George Alexander Hornblower 
Youth Club Day trip to Sussex coast. Please 
bring picnic lunch. Leave here at 9. 30 a.m. 
back at 6.00 p.m. ?Op for petrol. Names please 
if you would like a place. 
Eton-Dorney Project barbecue, 8.00 p.m. at the 
Vicarage. Tickets,price £1,50 for under 20s, or 
£2.50 for over 20s,from the Vicarage. Steel band, 
disco, Eton group "The Orphaned Rabbits", food 
and bar. Please do try to support this, all 
proceeds in aid of our Children's Holiday Fund. 
20th-22nd July Weekend at Aston Clinton near Aylesbury on 
Personal Relationships, run by the Diocese of 
Oxford. Sounds very interesting. Cost is 
£10.00, which includes everything-sports too, 
e.g. swimming, volleyball etc. Minibus will 
be available to take interested people and 
bring them back. More details from the Vicarage. 
Open to anyone aged 14-19. 
The Fancy dress riverboat party raised nearly £26.00 for the 
Project-thanks very much to all of you who came, especially 
those who dressed up. 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
10th June TRINITY SUNDAY 
8. 00 a. m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
17th June 
Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Thompson 
8. 00 Mr. Belcher 
10. 15 Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffiths 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Perryman 
10.30 Brig. Mayes Isaiah 6: 1-8 
Mrs. Handy Ephesians 1: 3-14 
Mrs. Harpur John 14: 8-17 
Jeremy Belcher & Tim Holt 
TRINITY I 
8. 00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Skinner 
Flowers Mrs. Belcher 
Sidesman 8. 00 Mr. Hayton 
Creche 10.15 Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Explorers Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Armstrong 
Coffee Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Ames 
1st Reader 10.30 Col. Palmer Exodus 19: 1-6 
2nd Reader Miss Middlemas 1 Peter 2: 1-10 
3rd Reader & Sidesman Mr. Houldsworth John 15: 1-5 
Servers Paul Humpleman 
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24th June TRINITY II 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
1st July 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Aines 
8.00 Mr. Skinner 
10.15 Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Shepheard 
Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Armstrong 
Mrs. Collins & Mrs. Mack 
10. 30 Mr. Houldsworth Deuteronomy 
Mrs. McIntyre Romans 
Mr. McIntyre John 
Emma Shepheard & Kay Summers 
6: 
6: 
15: 
17-25 
1-11 
6-11 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a.m. Parish Communion 
TRINITY III 
Flower Festival 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Server 
Mrs. McIntyre & Mrs. Armstrong 
Mrs. Snagge 
8.00 Mr. Young 
10.15 Mrs. Sherlock & Kay Summers 
Mrs. Hawkins & Mrs. Hayton 
Mr. & Mrs. Belcher 
10. 30 Col.Palmer Deuteronomy 7: 6-9 
Mrs. Graham-Campbell Galatians 3:26-4:7 
Mr. Wilkinson John 15:12-15 
Jane Summers 
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8th July TRINITY IV 
8. 00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Flowers 
Sidesman 
Creche 
Explorers 
Coffee 
1st Reader 
2nd Reader 
3rd Reader & Sidesman 
Servers 
Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Holt 
8. 00 Mr. Handy 
10. 15 Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffiths 
Mrs. Hawkins & Mrs. Hayton 
Mrs. Clifford & Mrs. Mayes 
10. 30 Mrs. Pepler Exodus 20: 1-17 
Mrs. Armstrong 
Mr. Pepler 
Tim Holt & Paul 
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Ephesians 
Matthew 
Humpleman 
5: 1-10 
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DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
What have the Cubs and D.W.S.C. in common? Where would you find 
Guides, Badminton players and the Parish Council under the same 
roof at the same time? Where do you take your prize marrow in 
September? Where do you watch the school pantomime? Where do 
you dance, collect your Brownie daughter, weigh your baby, select 
your jumble, celebrate your coming of age, compare W.I. produce, 
hold your wedding reception, change your football boots, say your 
piece at emergency meetings? 
The answer, of course, lies in your Village Hall, planned and 
built as the result of community effort, enjoyed (and sometimes 
criticized) by the community. But did you also appreciate these 
facts, less idealistic and more realistic? 
To heat the Hall, even at its present non-too-satisfactory level, 
costs £440 a year. Rates, water and insurance add up to £317 
annually. Last year, when no major undertaking took place, no 
less than £849 was spent on improvements, repairs and replacements. 
In short, during an average year it costs £1,998 or £38-£50 a week 
to clean and maintain your Hall (and we haven't as yet mentioned 
inflation!). 
Where does the money come from? Hiring charges, low by comparison 
with other similar Halls; jumble sales; Management Committee 
dances. Last year there was an excess of £343 of income over 
expenditure, which is ploughed back or earmarked for an extra 
amenity. 
Are you by now wondering tf an appeal is lurking just around the 
corner? Rest easy, your pockets are safe. All we ask for is your 
co-operation in seeing that our Hall is properly cared for; your 
willingness to take your part however small in supporting the 
Committee, by offering your services to carry out various 
maintenance or improvements as and when required. If you are 
prepared to spend a few hours on either a Saturday or Sunday 
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morning, please register your name as a volunteer by phoning 
a member of the Management Committee. 
Bob Roberts, Chairman Tel. 24127 
John Roberts, Vice-Chairman Tel. 28460 
Audrey Wooller, Secretary. Tel. 25039 
Michael Backhouse, Treasurer Tel. 26810 
Gerry Smart, Lettings Officer. Tel. 20632 
Albert Taylor, Amenities Officer. Tel. 27131 
Dorothy Belcher. Tel. 27047 
Peggy Covey. Tel. 28634 
Maureen Cox. 
Henry Cook. Tel. 29773 
Peter Lake. Tel. 20663 
Alan Brooks. Tel. Burnham 4955. 
ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED 
We have a new young female teacher appointed 
to the staff of Dorney School from the beginning 
of September who will require accommodation 
nearby. 
If you are able to assist in any way please 
contact Mr. J.V. Price at Dorney School or 
phone Maidenhead 71969. 
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BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 1979 
Writing this note on 12th May I think the Parish already shows 
clear signs of smartening itself up and I hope all will be 
ready by 1st June when judging starts. 
Parish Councillors are going to have a look round with a judges 
critical eye on 16th May. They will make suggestions for any 
improvements they may think are needed and will do what they 
can to help. 
So please be on your marks on 1st June and be ready to keep up 
competition standard every day for two months - in case we get 
into the Final. 
With best wishes for our success this year. We can do it! 
P.D. S. P . 
DORNEY TENNIS CLUB 
The Tennis Club is looking for new members. The 
membership fee is nominal (reduction for under 18) . 
We have the use of the tennis court at Boveney 
Court. If there are enough members who would like 
a club night once a week this will be organised. 
For membership forms please ring - 
Sarah Armstrong, Burnham 5595 
or Janet Paton, Maidenhead 23723. 
Coaching can be arranged if there is sufficient 
demand. 
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DORNEY WOMEN ' S SOCIAL CLUB 
The meeting was held in the Village Hall on April 25th. Dot 
Belcher introduced Mavis Stafford who gave us a most enjoyable 
and instructive talk and demonstration of flower arranging. 
She gave a beautiful arrangement of pink flowers as a prize 
for the raffle. Mrs. Greenwood was the lucky member to win this, 
and Mrs. Sharphouse won the 2nd prize. 
Names were taken of members who wished to go on the London trip. 
The meeting to be held on June 27th will be an "Any Questions" 
evening with a panel of Eton Masters, please think up your 
questions and if possible let Dot Belcher have them before the 
evening. 
The A.G.M. will be held on July 18th please note that this is the 
third Wednesday of the month and not the fourth as usual. 
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Friday , 1st June/ 
15th June 
Tuesday, 5th June 
Thursday, 7th June 
Saturday , 9th June 
9th June 
Saturday, 16th June 
II 16th June/ 
31st July 
Saturday, 23rd June 
Sunday, 24th June 
Saturday, 30th June/ 
Sunday, 1st July 
II 1st July 
Saturday, 7th July 
Friday, 13th July 
Friday, 20th July/ 
22nd July 
Saturday, 11th August 
Saturday, 25th August 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
(Preliminary judging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
Cubs Plant Sale @ Village Hall. 
Juvenile Rheumatism Unit Canadian Red Cross 
l•lemurial nospital - Open Evening @ 6-9 p.m. 
D. H.S. Social Dance. 
Youth Club day trip to Sussex coast 
9. 30-6.00 p.m. 
Proj ect Barbecue @ 8 p.m. at the Vicarage. 
(Final judging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
P.T.A. Barbecue at "Rookwood". 
Beaconsfield Conservative Association 
Sherry ?a􀉼ty , Old Place , Boveney @ 12 noon. 
􀉽Flower Festival, St. James @ 10.00 a. m.-7 p.m. 
Vicarage Happening. 
P.T.A. Summer Fete. 
Cubs Camp Weekend. 
Weekend at Aston Clinton near Aylesbury on 
Personal Relationships. More details from 
the Vicarage. 
D.H , S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D.H. S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
Saturday, 22nd September D.H. S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
Saturday , 13th October P.T.A. Jumble Sale. 
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Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
D. H.S. A.G.M. 
P ,T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
Saturday, 24th November P ,T.A . Christmas Dance. 
DORNEY WOMEN' S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN' S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2. 30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
B .oo p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8. 00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
DORNEY P.c.c. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
First Wednesday of every month at 8. 00 p. m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
MANAGEMENT COMMITI'EE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
Meet third Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth 
Junior Youth 
Club 
Club 
7. 30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6. 45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old ' s) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster , 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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DORNEY WOMEN ' S INSTITUTE 
The Group Meeting held at Dorney on April 18th turned out to be 
a most successful afternoon. The weather was fine, the 
entertainment provided by Mrs. Marion Lowe, a former Sadlers Wells 
opera singer, entitled "My Life in Music", was voted first rate, 
and even the short comedy presented by Dorney W. I. as a finale 
was greeted with much laughter. 
At the meeting on May 9th Mrs. Sharphouse thanked everyone for 
all their help, and Mrs. Clifford, as ex-President, thought 
Dorney as a small Institute ought to be congratulated for 
organising the event so well. 
After basking in all this praise, we moved on to the main purpose 
of the afternoon, which was to discuss the resolutions for the 
National Meeting at the Albert Hall in June. Mrs. King from 
Taplow is representing us this year, and she was warmly welcomed 
by the President. The four resolutions - on restricting the 
closure of small village schools; on introducing stronger 
deterrents against crime ; on stopping the spread of open mixed 
sex wards in hospitals; and on introducing a compulsory training 
scheme for learner motor-cyclists - were explained, with points 
for and against, by Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Harpur, Mrs. Huddart and 
Mrs. Spencer , and after some discussion were voted upon. 
Mrs. Harrison was our delegate to the B.F.W. I. Annual Council 
Meeting on April 30th, and her report was read in her absence 
by Mrs. Allen. 
Members were reminded about Mrs. Wilkinson's sherry morning at 
The Chauntry on June 6th , and urged to bring their friends with 
them to support the cause of the Children ' s Holiday Fund. There 
will be a Bring and Buy stall and a Raffle. 
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The next meeting will be held on June 13th, and the speaker 
will be Mrs. Chapman on "A Trip to Oberammergau". 
Teas: Mrs. Binns, Mrs. Jones & Mrs. Williamson. 
Competition: A pretty plate. 
W. I. Duties: Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Roberts. 
Over 60's Club - June 26th - Mrs. Sharphouse, 
Mrs.Jones & Mrs.Roberts. 
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1ST. DORNEY BROWNIES 
The Brownies have been on Pack Holiday this month. Eighteen 
Brownies including four from 3rd Burnham Pack spent three 
nights at Greenways which is Berkshire Girl Guide's Pack Holiday 
House. It is in lovely surroundings with plenty of space for 
outside activities, which we were able to take full advantage 
of - the weather being dry and sunny, if a little cold. During 
the day the Brownies helped prepare the meals, and tidy up and 
still found time to play games, do handicrafts, build houses in 
the woods, follow a trail across footpaths and collect natural 
treasures. In the evenings we built a log fire in the playroom 
and had a sing-song. There were two birthdays during the 
week-end so we had a party and a barbecue. Everyone agreed it 
was a very enjoyable week-end if a little exhausting for the 
leaders! 
Next month sees our 21st birthday. All ex-Brownies are invited 
to the celebrations on Thursday 21st June at 7.00 at the Village 
Hall. We hope to send out some invitations but for obvious 
reasons not everyone will get an individual letter. I hope 
therefore if you are an 'old' Brownie from the 1st. Dorney Pack 
you will let us know and come along to the Village Hall that 
evening. Mrs. Ferryman's telephone number is 29047 and mine 
is 26248 (both Maidenhead) . 
Anne Dennis and Karen Hodge both passed their Booklovers Badge. 
BROWN OWL 
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DORNEY CUBS 
The Dorney Cub Pack swimming team put in a very good performance 
to come first in the Beeches District swimming gala at the end of 
March. It was an excellent team effort with one or two cubs 
getting to the final of each event in every age group and gaining 
valuable points. The team was Andrew Coish, Andrew Paton, 
Nicholas Blacow, Daniel Barker, Peter Perryman, Neil Holloway, 
Richard Keith, Timothy Paton, Geoffrey Branch, Traolach McCabe, 
Andrew Staley, Jason Edwards, Jeffrey Shrimpton and Philip May. 
The team that won the 25 metre relay event was Andrew Coish, 
Andrew Paton and Daniel Barker, while Andrew Coish, Andrew Paton, 
Daniel Barker, Nicholas Blacow and Traolach McCabe gained 
individual certificates. 
The film show on April 11th was once again a big success - many 
thanks to those who helped during the evening. 
A disappointing turnout of 8 cubs from Dorney took part in the 
District St. George's Day parade in Beaconsfield on 29th April, 
but there was more support for the special children's service at 
St. James in Dorney on May 6th. 
A very successful Jumble Sale was held in Dorney on May 5th, 
the proceeds of which are going towards new camping equipment. 
The following Cubs have gained badges - 
Sportsman 
Hobbies 
Gold Arrow 
Silver Arrow 
Bronze Arrow 
- Daniel Barker, Andrew Paton, Timothy Paton 
- Peter Perryman 
- Andrew Paton 
- Jason Edwards, Traolach McCabe, Daniel Barker 
- Ricky Dennys. 
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FIRST DORNEY GUIDES 
Earlier in the year we welcomed Jane Debnar, Tracey Guider & 
Wendy Young up to Guides, when the Guides and Brownies held 
a combined evening to celebrate the Founder Lord Baden Powell 
and his wife Lady Baden Powell's Birthdays. The Patrols each 
adopted a six from the Brownie Pack and shared their international 
food which they had brought for the occasion. The Patrol Leaders 
organised several games to play during the evening. Our Thinking 
Day Pennies which amounted to £2. were sent to the Thinking Day 
Fund. The money helps other companies all over the world to 
further their Guiding where otherwise it might not be possible. 
Our sponsored Knit raised £54 this will be of great benefit to 
the Camp Fund and also to the Eton-Dorney Project who will be 
receiving their gift shortly. 
Our thanks to all those who came and supported our Coffee Morning, 
we raised a marvellous total of £34. 
Sandra Coish, Claire Bampton and Louise Poole entered the District 
Round of the Under 14's. Webbs Ivory Tennis Tournament. 
Unfortunately none of them was able to qualify for the Division 
Round. Maria Corcoran from 1st Taplow & Hitcham will represent 
the District. 
17 Guides from Dorney and 17 Guides from 1st Taplow Hitcham went 
to Camp at Cliveden during May. Angela Perryman took 5 of her 
patrol to gain her Patrol Camp Permit during that weekend. 
Angela had to organise and plan the whole week-end besides cooking 
and looking after her patrol. This she did and duly passed. 
Six Guides are attending First Aid Lectures at St. Johns 
Ambulance H.Q. at Slough. 
In June the company will be busy preparing to enter the Burnham 
District Cup Final Competition which is to be held on Friday 
July 6th at Dropmore. 
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The Guides have gained the following Badges - 
Angela Haisman, Anne Sherlock 
Sandra Coish & Claire Bampton - Swimmer 
Louise Poole 
Alison Keith 
Alison Backhouse 
Sarah Whiting 
Lorraine Zaremba, 
& Lisa May 
Helen Taylor 
Tracey Perryman 
Phillipa Whiting 
GILL LANGSTON 
- Hostess & Swimmer 
- Hostess, Swimmer, Entertainer 
& Child Nurse 
- Hostess, Entertainer & Child 
Nurse 
- Hostess 
Sandra Townsend, 
- Entertainer 
- Entertainer & Child Nurse 
- Dancer 
- Child Nurse 
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NATURE NOTES 
An interesting survey was carried out recently by the Royal 
Society for the Protection of Birds in which over 25,000 
people sent in reports of the birds they saw in their gardens 
between the hours of 8 and 9 on the morning of 27th January 
this year. The response to the request for help was quite 
tremendous and may perhaps have been helped by a mention on 
"Blue Peter." The results are indicated in the pie chart below. 
House sparrow 
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Also of interest was the information that showed there were 
differences in the distribution of the species across the 
country. The details for the chaffinch are shown in the graph. 
Scotland lre Ia n d Wales SW Midlands NE SE E. Ang/tIa 
5.9 5.3 3.1 2.2 1.7 14 12 0.7 
Number of chaffinches recordac per garden. 
This distribution may have been a very temporary one because 
as the country was in the grips of the very cold weather, many 
birds had moved west and south to warmer parts of the British 
Isles and even Europe. 
Perhaps, because Spring is so late, one of the local robins with 
a nest close to the M4 sings all night - trying to make up for 
lost time? 
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Those of you that stopped up late to view "Fox watch" on 
BBC T.V. may be interested to know that two of the foxes seen 
were the cubs shown to me at school two years ago. They had 
been hand reared after the vixen had been killed. Later they 
were released in an experimental unit of King's College (London) 
and subsequently transferred to the special unit near Bristol. 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M.J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

ISSUE NO. 7/79 JULY, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
Recently an industrial tribunal fined an employer for unfairly 
dismissing a member of his staff. His employee had not 
attended her place of work for four weeks and had not communicated 
with him or given any excuse for her absence. Eventually he fired 
her by letter, but the tribunal awarded her £188, because the 
rules were not followed. Admittedly a reduction had been taken 
into account because she was adjudged to be 50 per cent to blame, 
but the Chairman stated that "Employers must learn the 
consequences of not following the rules". 
When I read this report I could not help thinking what a 
tremendous change in working relationships and conditions has 
taken place within the span of my own working lifetime. Although 
when I started work the days of the Bob Cratchit office had long 
passed, the atmosphere of master and servant was still much in 
evidence in many, if not most, places of employment. At a time 
when being four minutes late for work required a pretty good 
excuse, I do not think a four week unexplained absence could have 
been tolerated. 
Over the years the trade unions have fought for the rights of 
workers and have spoken with passion of the dignity of the 
working man. A papal encyclical expressed similar sentiments. 
Employees are now enjoying the fruits of the many hard won battles, 
and in this age of tribunals and continual union militancy it is 
difficult to realise that many workers once went in fear of the 
boss. 
We rejoice at these new freedoms, but in many instances the wheel 
seems to have turned full circle, and perhaps there is now a need 
for an employers charter. Pope Lee's Rerum Novarum championed 
the cause of a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. 
Unfortunately the second part of this condition is often forgotten 
and the 'rights' of workers can be exemplified in the latest 
graffiti on a factory wall - 'Strike to defend the right to 
pretend to work'. 
The desired 'dignity• of the worker is not to be found simply in 
a swollen wage packet. It can only be attained by a correlation 
of just service for a just reward. 
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--------------------- Dear Parishioners, 
Christianity and Communism 
The visit of the Pope to Poland has made it clear that more than 
30 years of Communist oppression of Christianity in Eastern Europe 
has failed: if anything,.it has been counter-productive. Both 
those brought up in pre-Communist Poland as well as those brought 
up on Marxist-Leninism, flocked to the Pope: not only the elderly, 
but the young as well, remain faithful to Christianity. They put 
us to shame. There appears to be more and deeper faith in the 
East than in the West. Communism seems to be the unwitting ally 
of Christianity, while in the Capitalist countries there is a 
widespread apathy concerning religion. 
Why is this? The cynic might argue that in a situation where 
there is a general lack of freedom, then Christianity is used as 
the voice of freedom, whereas in a free society like ours, we can 
afford to drop such superstitions. But a truer way of 
understanding it is to see that under the kind of oppression that 
exists in a Communist country people are forced to see the issues 
more clearly and to opt for that which is both truer and more 
inspiring than Communism; whereas in our country, where we are 
free to believe what we wish, we easily become prone to apathy, 
because we are not forced to make a decision for or against 
Christianity and the Church, we do not make one at all. 
The tragedy and irony is that a people battling with oppression 
thereby discover a great sense of direction within themselves, 
while we, in our freedom, are running the risk of losing the 
benefits of freedom through our lack of commitment to that which 
is ultimately of most value. 
Churching 
What are called the "occasional offices" of the Church are those 
services, like weddings, baptisms, funerals, that do not happen 
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reg ularly but only when occasion arises. One such office which 
is rarely used nowadays is that of "churching", although in all 
the parishes that I have worked in, including this one, there 
are still those who ask for it. The function of churching is 
often misunderstood. Churching is simply a little act of 
thanksgiving for the safe birth of a child. It is a delightful 
service, only lasting about five minutes: the new mum, with or 
without child, with or without husband, comes to the Church and 
the priest says some prayers of thanksgiving with her. 
Rowdy baptism services are not the best occasions for quietly 
thanking God: churching provides and encourages that opportunity 
and some find it a moving part of the days following a birth. If 
any mother would like to come for churching,do let me know. 
Wastepaper 
we continue to collect wastepaper at the Vicarage (in one of the 
sheds around the back) in aid of the Project, so we are always 
grateful to those who collect and bring their old newspapers etc 
here. At the moment we are in need of more collectors to help 
pick up paper from the Eton boys' houses: the boys collect it 
but have no means of delivering it here. If anybody drives 
reg ularly through Eton and would not mind picking some up 
occasionally on the way through, we would be very grateful to 
hear from them. 
With best wishes, 
Paul Hawkins. 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
15th July TRINITY V 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Young People's Service 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
22nd July 
Mrs. Roberts 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
Mrs. Paton & Mrs. Coish 
At church 
Kathy Shepheard & Jane Sllllllllers 
8.00 Mr. Eastgate 
l0. 3o Mr. Robb) T be notified 
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TRINITY VI 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
8.00 
10.30 
10. 30 
Miss Kilpatrick 
Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mr. & Mrs. Armstrong 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Jeremy Belcher & Jonathen Longden 
Mrs. Harpur 
Mr. Belcher 
Mrs. Peper 
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1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 

29th July TRINITY VII 
8. 00 a. m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a. m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Skinner 
Mr. & Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Hawkins 
Mrs. Gordon & Miss Shepheard 
Kay Summers & Teresa Wilkinson 
Mr. Butteriss 
Reader 
8. 00 
10. 30 
10. 30 
Mr. Handy 
Col. Palmer 
John 15: 16-27 
Ezekiel 36: 24-28 
5th August TRINITY VIII 
8. 00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a. m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
8. 00 
10. 30 
10.30 
Mrs. Humpleman 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson 
Holidays 
Emma Shepheard & Jane Swumers 
Mr. Armstrong 
Mr. Hayton 
Mrs. Hammond 
John 
Ephesians 
17: 11-19 
6: 10-18 
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12th August 
8.00 a. m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a. m. Parish Communion 
Mrs. Thompson 
Mrs. Armstrong 
TRINITY IX 
Mr. & Mrs. Skinner 
Holidays 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Jonathen Lc:mgden 
Mr. Young 
& Jeremy Belcher 
Reader 
8.00 
10.30 
10.30 
Mrs. Wilkinson 
Col. Palmer 
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THE PARISH PUMP 
The Annual Meeting of the Dorney Parish Council was held on the 
4th June. 
Colonel Palmer has resigned as Chairman but remains on the Parish 
Council. 
The following elections were made,- 
Chairman Mr. David Shott. 
Vice Chairman Mr. Peter Belcher. 
Standing Committee: Mr. Shott, Mr. Belcher & Mrs. Armstrong. 
Finance Committee: Mr. Chapman, Mr. Richmond & Mr. Reg. Smith. 
Planning Committee: Mr. R. Smith, Mrs. Wooller & Mrs. Armstrong. 
Appointment of representatives on other bodies as follows:Beaconsfield 
District of Local Councils: Mr. Belcher & Mr.R. Smith. 
Dorney Village Hall Management Committee: Mr. Richmond. 
1. The Bus Shelter in Dorney Reach is to be mended as soon as 
possible. 
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6. 
Repairs are to be made to one of the sw ing seats in the 
Recreation Ground. 
Peter Belcher has installed the new Jubilee Seats in Dorney 
Village and in Dorney Reach and the work he has put into the 
project has been much appreciated. 
There is need for improvement to the newly made footpath at 
Lake End Road. Due to the heavy.rain there is a large pool 
of water at the entrance to the footpath which the County 
Council are going to be asked to improve and we hope a 
Public Footpath sign will be erected. 
Finance Accounts for Payment 
Mr. Sully for cutting village grass. 
Dorney Village Hall Committee - letting 
Thames Planning & Amenities Forum Annual 
Subscription 1978/79 
New seat for sw ing. w. Wicksteed 
Typing 
Contribution to Dorney Parish Magazine 
P. Belcher for cement, linseed oil, etc. 
for Jubilee Seats 
£22.00 
3.00 
2.00 
4.56 
3.00 
30.00 
5.00 
A contribution of £100 is to be made to Taplow Parish Council 
towards their costs of the Enquiry into the gravel extraction 
at Barge Farm. 
7. Best Kept Village Competition. 
We still have certain black-spots around the village which 
need attention if we are to stand a chance in the Best Kept 
Village Competition. Our Motto is 'keep trying '. 
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Dorney Parish News. 
Dear Sir, 
"Oakdene" , 
23 Harcourt Road, 
Dorney Reach. 
16th June, 1979. 
I would like to pay tribute to the much improved 
condition of the verges and corner lawns at the Domey Reach 
end of the Parish. Whilst the unusual weather that we have 
had so far this year may have contributed to the lush growth, 
there can be no doubt that whoever has used the mower has 
done so with the feelings of a gardener. At the junction of 
Harcourt Road and Marsh Lane the now maturing trees on a well 
maintained lawn present a parklike entry to this part of the 
village. 
Whether fortuitously or planned, there is also a 
sympathetic touch about the way the minimum amount of natural 
growth has been removed from the verges along Marsh Lane and 
this extends too over the Motorway Bridge and up Marsh Lane 
towards Taplow. The resulting wildflower show has been superb. 
If this is the deliberate policy of the District Council it 
illustrates the theory that good management can achieve better 
results with less money. 
I would rather have Dorney regarded as 
beautiful villages than the best kept village. 
it can be both, so much the better. 
Yours faithfully, 
REG. SHARPHOUSE 
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Saturday, 16th June/ 
31st July 
Sunday, 1st July 
Friday, 6th July 
Saturday, 7th July 
Friday, 13th July 
II 13th July 
Saturday, 14th July 
Friday, 20th July/ 
22nd July 
Saturday, 11th Augus t 
Saturday, 25th August 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
(Final j udging - Best Kept Village 
(Competition 1979. 
Vicarage Happening. 
Dorney Church Youth Club Disco @ Dorney 
Village Hall 8 p.m.-10. 30. Over 14s only. 
P. T. A. Summer Fete. 
Cubs Camp Weekend at Boveney Court 7. 30 p.m. 
Evening of Music in Aid of the Eton-Dorney 
Project @ 8 p.m. in the Elizabethan Hall 
and grounds of Dorney Court and in St. 
James Church. 
Beaconsfield Conservative Association, 
Dorney Branch r A Barbecue at The Old 
Brick House, Dorney 8 p.m. 
Weekend at Aston Clinton near Aylesbury on 
Personal Relationships. More details from 
the Vicar age. 
D.H.S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D. H.S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
Saturday, 22nd September D. H.S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
Friday, 12th October P. T.A. Jumble Sale. 
Friday, 2nd November D. H. S. A.G.M. 
Saturday, 3rd November P. T. A. Christmas Bazaar. 
Saturday, 24th November P. T. A. Christmas Dance. 
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DORNEY WOMEN ' S 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN' S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P . T. A. 
M􀅵et second Wednesday of every month at 
2 . 30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P. T. A. 
Committee Meeting. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Second Tuesday in every month at 8 . 00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE Second Tuesday in every month at 7. 4 5 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
DORNEY P.c.c. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet second Tues day of every month at the 
Vicarage. (NOT AUGUST) 
7 . 30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage , alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old ' s) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage , alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old ' s ) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster , 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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PARISH COUNCIL 
At the first Parish Council Meeting after the recent election 
of Councillors, Lt.-Col. Philip Palmer stated that he would not 
stand again for the position of chairman. 
Col. Palmer has faithfully served the Parish for 32 years as a 
councillor and had been the Chairman for nearly 30. This vacation 
of the chair was the passing of an era in which his shrewd mind, 
fund of local knowledge and devotion to the welfare of the Parish 
have seen us s afely through difficult and changing times. 
Discussions, lobbying and other actions on the M4, the new School 
and Village Hall and, of late, the Water Extraction Proposals 
have all benefited by his thoughts and expertise. Much of the 
successful fight to keep Dorney in Buckinghamshire must be 
credited to him. 
The Best Kept Village Competition has been very near to his 
heart - for in a way it has been a measure of peoples' care for 
this delightful Parish in which we are all so fortunate to live. 
His energy and enthusiasm is reflected in the two 1st places and 
one Certificate of Merit gained by the Village in the last 10 
years - a no mean effort for all who took part under his 
leadership. 
He will be missed from his position at our meetings but he will 
still be with us as a Councillor and no doubt will keep 'his' 
Parish on the right path. 
It is with all this in mind that I would like to say "Thank You" 
to Col. Palmer on behalf of the Parish for all his faithful 
years of service. 
Thank You Colonel Palmer. 
D.J.S. 
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AN EV ENING OF MUSIC IN THE ELIZABETHAN HALL AND 
GROUNDS OF DORNEY COURT AND IN ST. JAMES CHURCH 
Brass Ensemble 
String Quartet 
Organ 
Poetry Reading 
Tickets price £4.00 each 
to include Supper and Wine 
Obtainable from: 
Rev. P. Hawkins 
Mrs. J.P. Tyler 
Mrs. J. Callender 
(Burnham 62823) 
(M aidenhead 21560) 
(Windsor 64040) 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
Mrs. Sharphouse took the chair at the meeting on June 13th. 
The outing to Leeds Castle on May 17th had been greatly enjoyed 
(in spite of some difficulties with the coach driver!) and 
Mrs. Roberts was thanked for organising it. 
The Wine Morning in the beautiful gardens of The Chauntry 
on June 6th was a great success, and Mrs. Wilkinson was 
congratulated on having raised E61 for children 's charities. 
Art Group had contributed to the occasion by providing an 
impressive show of their pictures. 
Names were taken for the next Group Outing which will be to 
Blenheim Palace on July 20th. 
The 
Mrs. Jones described the Craft Day at Aylesbury which sane members 
had attended. 
Our speaker, Mrs. Chapman, called her talk "A Trip to 
Oberammergau" on purpose, as the details of her eventful journey 
to Bavaria and back were almost as exciting as her account of the 
play itself. For her it was a pilgrimage - from her youth she 
had always wanted to see the famous Passion Play, which only takes 
place every ten years, and at last after many postponements she 
had the opportunity to go. 
She reminded us of the origins of the play in 1632, when this 
remote mountain village, closed against the Black Death, had nevertheless 
become infected through the return of one woodcutter from 
a nearby village. The fatalities were so rapid that the people 
vowed to perform a Passion Play if the plague were halted, and 
from that day on there were no more deaths. Through the centuries 
they have kept their vow, and people from all over the world 
flock to see the play. 
Mrs. Chapman showed us pictures of Oberammergau with its quaintly 
painted houses, and passed round samples of the traditional wood- 
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carvings. She was surprised to see all the men, boys and 
unmarried wanen walking around with their long hair, which they 
grow for many months beforehand. In addition to the main cast, 
chosen for their resemblance in character to the figures they 
portray, over 1,000 villagers take part in the crowd scenes, and 
even the oldest grandfathers cling to this privilege. She 
described the vast, open-air stage with its backdrop of mountains, 
and the atmosphere of the play itself which held the rapt attention 
of the audience all day long. During the brief interval for 
lunch, she said it only added to the feeling that they had all 
been transported back in time to see the familiar figures of 
Christ and John and Baptist enjoying a mug of beer at a nearby 
table. 
The winners of the competition for the prettiest plate were: 
1) Mrs. Horner; 2) Mrs. Tinsley and Mrs. Harrison; 3) Mrs. Allen. 
At the next meeting on July 11th, Mrs. King from Taplow will 
report on the Annual General Meeting at the Albert Hall. Our own 
member Mrs. Harpur will demonstrate the making of savouries. 
Teas: Mrs. Binns, Mrs. Dorrell and Mrs. Hutton. 
Canpetition: A specimen rose. 
w. I. Duties: Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Roberts. 
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Tuesday, 3rd July 
Friday, 6th July 
DORNEY CHURCH YOUTH CLUB 
If any girls are interested in coming up 
to Taplow Hospital to help me and some 
of the boys from Eton organise a 
barbecue for a group of arthritic children, 
could you please give me a ring - 
Burnham 62823. Leave here at 6.30 p.m. 
back by about 9.00 p. m. 
DISCO at Dorney Village Hall 8. 00 p.m. - 
10.30 p. m. Over 14s only. Please tell 
all your friends about this! 60p. 
Refreshments. 
There will be no Youth Club during the Summer hols. as the 
Vicarage is so busy, at that time, but there is a DISCO ON 
FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST at The Village Hall. ll-14s. price 60p. 
Bridget Middlemas 
LUNCH CLUB 
The following Tuesdays at 12. 20 p. m. , 
Dorney Vicarage. 
(Minibus picks up at 12.10 p.m., Dorney 
Reach bus shelter.) 
Tuesdays - 10th July 
& 11th Sept. 
Cost of lunch - SOp. All welcome. 

DORNEY CUBS 
The Cubs plant sale on June 5th was a great success and we are 
very grateful to all those who grew plants and helped to sell 
them. 
The Cubs enjoyed a busy day at the Beeches District Day out on 
Sunday 10th June at Cliveden. The activities included volleyball, 
5-a-side football, handcrafts, a gun carriage race and a blind 
man's trail. Many thanks to all those who came to help out on 
the Dorney craft stand. 
The Cubs A.G.M. was held on June 12th and the following officers 
were elected to the Committee - 
Chairman 
Secretary 
Treasurer 
Peter Gorey 
Jean Branch 
Paul Bampton 
Maidenhead 20614 
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All cub parents are automatically committee members and anyone 
with ideas for further activities should contact one of the above. 
It was with great regret that we learnt of Akela's intention to 
stop running the Dorney Cub pack at the end of the Summer term 
in 1980. Alf Wiltshire and Nancy have worked extremely hard and 
unselfishly for over 10 years to keep the Pack going and feel 
that it is time for someone else with fresh ideas to take over. 
On behalf of all the Cubs and their parents, we would like to 
thank them for all that they have done for the Pack. We now 
have to look for a new leader and if anyone is interested or 
knows of someone who may be willing to take over, please let us 
know. If we cannot find a leader, the Dorney Pack will be 
forced, along with many others, to close. 
The following have gained badges:- 
Book Reader 
Home Help 
Bronze Arrow 
Your Cub reporters. 
- Peter Perryman 
- Daniel Barker 
- Geoffrey Branch, Nicky Bampton & 
John Harwood. 
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NATURE NOTES 
The other evening I collected quite a lot of rubbish that was 
scattered along the road-side verges. When I arrived home I 
popped the lot into the boiler where there were still signs of 
a fire. The next evening when I came to light-up I noticed 
that the ashes were alive with magg ots. Not only were the 
magg ots in the boiler ash pan, but during the day in our absence, 
many had escaped and made their way to all parts of the kitchen!! 
You can imagine the consternation this created and the activity 
to which I was put to find them. For some hours after the boiler 
had been lit they continued to emerge from the space beneath it 
and to head for all the dark corners available. 
If you place maggots on a sheet of paper in a dark room and shine 
a light from one side, most of them will turn their bodies and 
head aw ay from the light, though you do get the occasional one 
that is perverse and heads towards the light. If maggots are 
placed in a situation where they can choose between a damp and 
dry atmosphere they normally (the perverse ones excluded) choose 
the damp. This behaviour in the wild results in their survival, 
for being white bodied they would soon be spotted and eaten by 
foraging birds if they stopped where they could be seen. As 
their skins are also fairly thin,dehydration is also a problem - 
and the preference for damp conditions will keep them from drying 
out. 
Now mag gots are some of Nature's scavengers. The adult Blue-bottle 
lays her eggs on anything that will be suitable as food material 
for her offspring, such as a dead hedgehog at the road-side, the 
remains of a take-away meal or your Sunday joint left unattended 
aw aiting the oven. The offspring in due course hatch out and 
migrate into the hidden depths of whatever choice thing their 
mother selected. The perverse ones that insist on doing the 
wrong thing do not live very long to be able to pass the faulty 
behaviour on to their offspring. If it were not for the activities 
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of the many scavengers such as these the earth surface would 
rapidly become littered with corpses which were quietly and 
slowly decomposing under the influence of micro-organisms such 
as bacteria alone. It is the blow fly's offspring that help to 
speed up the process and also to help with the recycling of 
these rich sources of nitrogen. 
Just what it was that I picked up amongst all the papers I will 
never know. 
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EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks, 
Tel: Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks, 
Tel: Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney. Windsor. Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

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ISSUE NO. 8/79 AUGUST, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
It doesn't seem possible but the time has come round once 
again to browse, whilst we are on holiday perhaps, through 
the brochures for evening classes. 
The brochures will soon be available locally from the Burnham 
Adult Education Centre, and other bodies, at Burnham Library. 
Shall we keep ourselves fit through dance and exercise, cook 
something new and delicious, or do basic yeast cooking, making 
our own bread and buns, very satisfying and fattening, perhaps 
then needing a little 'Keep Fit'. 
If you have not been able to find someone to teach you how to 
play bridge, there are classes for beginners, or if it is more 
a craft you want to try, how about taking up the offer of 
lampshade makin,;,, macrame, crochet, etc. 
Keep Fit may not be your fancy, how about Badminton for 
beginners. 
Should you prefer something a little more mind bending there 
are courses on many an academic subject with exams at the end 
to satisfy a fe,,ling of achievement. 
It's surprising what fun can be had and quite a new world 
opens up, including an opportunity to meet new people all 
having a go at something different, and it makes a change from 
watching the 'telly'. 
Have a go, you've nothing to lose, why not make the most of the 
opportunities offered. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
Children Who Need You 
James is eight years old. He chain smokes. For most nights 
he is out in the streets with gangs of sixteen year olds until 
after midnight. His father, when challenged with this fact, 
claimed ignorance. James steals his cigarettes and money: he 
knows the police are not allowed to 'get him' until he is ten. 
Sally is thirteen. She comes from a happy and caring family, 
but she has eight brothers who are all younger then her, with 
the result that she never has a holiday and spends a great 
deal of her time at home not enjoying her childhood, but simply 
being a housewife. 
Sally and James are just two of the two or three hundred children 
who come to stay at the Dorney Parish-Eton College Project at 
Dorney Vicarage for week or weekend periods. Many of them, 
including Sally and James, come two or three times a year. 
The vast majority of them come here on the recommendation of 
Social Service Departments as part of ongoing programmes trying 
to offer the children, in some cases, just a holiday from their 
permanent situations, and/or, in other cases, as with James, a 
programme of care that might prevent him from becoming the kind 
of teenager and adult that his present background threatens to 
make him. The Project tries to offer all these children a homely 
and happy atmosphere where they can feel wanted but also try their 
hand at things they have not done before, like pottery, boating, 
long walks, and see things they have not seen before, like farms, 
the sea, and many other things. (It seems incredible, but it is 
sometimes evident that they have never before seen, for example, 
hens or the seaside). 
There is a particular reason for writing about this at this time. 
Social Service Departments have asked that holidays for deprived 
children should happen not only in the summer holidays but 
throughout the year, during the Christmas and Easter school 
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holidays and at weekends during the terms. To help us with this 
the Head Master of Eton has given permission for Eton boys to 
come out at weekends. But we would also be greatly helped if 
local people would be prepared to come and help us on these 
weekend events. It would be marvellous if a husband and wife, 
with their small children who could join in or with teenage 
children who could help as well, could take on one weekend. It 
is hard work but great fun and extremely rewarding. 
Please do think about it seriously. The weekends we particularly 
need help with this year are those of Oct. 5/7, Nov.9/11, and 
Nov.30/Dec.2. They run from the Friday evenings to the Sunday 
afternoons. 
John Bishop 
During August cur organist John Bishop will sadly be playing for 
us for the last time as he moves with his job to South Wales. 
John has been with us for nine years, not only playing the organ 
but also ringing the bells and, together with Michael Wilkinson, 
training the choir. John has been a tremendous support to the 
three Vicars he has worked with, accepting their vagaries with 
tremendous patience. He will be extremely difficult to replace: 
we are grateful to him for all he has done and wish him well in 
his future in Wales. 
With best wishes, 
Paul Hawkins 
REGISTERS FOR JUNE 
Marriage 
9th Colin Hanson to Viveca Anne Sacerdote 
R.I.P. 
5th 
25th 
Doris Rose Lee 
Mary Isabel Lefebure 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
12th August TRINITY IX 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish CoDDDunion 
Mrs. Thompson 
Mrs. Armstrong 
Mr. & Mrs. Skinner 
Holidays 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Jonathan Longden 
8.00 Mr. Young 
& Jeremy Belcher 
Reader 
19th August 
10.30 Mrs. Wilkinson 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
TRINITY X 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish CoODDunion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
8.00 
10.30 
10. 30 
Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Chase 
Holidays 
Kathy Shepheard & Teresa 
Mr. Robb 
Mr. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Houldsworth 
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John 13: 1-15 
Job 42: 1-6 
Wilkinson 
John 13: 33-36 
Isaiah 42: 1-7 

26th August 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers Mrs. Ames 
Cleaning Mrs. Harpur 
TRINITY XI 
& Mrs. Allen 
Coffee Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Williamson 
Explorers ) Holidays Creche ) 
Servers Kay Summers & Emma Shepheard 
Sidesman 8. 00 Mr. Pepler 
10.30 Mrs. Harpur John 
Reader 10. 30 Col. Palmer Isaiah 
2nd September TRINITY XII 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10. 30 a.m. Mattins & Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Mrs. Roberts 
Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mr. & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Hawkins 
Mrs. Sherlock & Kay Summers 
Teresa Wilkinson & Jane Summers 
8. 00 Mr. Gordon 
17: 20-26 
49: 1-6 
Reader 
10.30 Mr. Armstrong 
10. 30 Mrs. Wilkinson 
John 16: 1-11 
1 Peter 4: 12-19 
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9th September TRINITY XIII 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
Miss Kilpatrick 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Skinner 
Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Perryman 
Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Hawkins 
Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffiths 
Jeremy Belcher 
8.00 Mr. Liney 
10.30 Mr. Butteriss 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
& Jonatban .Longden 
Luke 10: 25-37 
Romans 12: 9-21 
16th September TRINITY XIV 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Ames 
All explorer t•achers 
Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Emma Shepheard & Kathy Shepheard 
8.00 Mr. Skinner Mark 10: 2-16 
10.30 Mr. Belcher Isaiah 54: 1-8 
10.30 Mrs. Robb 
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THE PARISH PUMP 
A meeting of the Dorney Parish Council was held on the 10th 
July 1979. 
The following items were discussed: - 
1. 
2. 
3. 
The Bus Shelter 
Repairs have now been carried out to the Bus Shelter. 
Lake End Road Footpath 
No further improvements were planned by the Beaconsfield 
District C)uncil because the footpath was considered 
adequate aa it is. We are hoping for a footpath sign to 
be erected. 
Best Kept Village Competition 
We came fourth in our group so there is obviously need for 
improvement all round. 
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4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
Finance - Accounts for Payment 
Mr. Sully for cutting village grass 
Mrs. Chapman - typing 
Bus Shelter 
Annual Sub. to Bucks 
County Association of Local Councils 
Quarterly Local Council Review 
Hire of Hall for five monthly meetings 
March - June Public Lighting 
Planning Applications 
E44.00 
4.50 
59!18 
20.00 
12.25 
22.80 
35. 17. 
No objections were made to the following planning 
applications at - 
Containers 
4 Old Marsh Lane. 
Rose Cottage. 
21 Meadow Way. 
51 Harcourt Road. 
Lavender Cottage. 
Usual Sites - July 30th - August 6th 
Aug. 6th - 13th August. 
Beaconsfield District Council have approved a scheme for the 
making of grants and/or loans to voluntary organisations to 
give financial assistance towards the reasonable capital cost 
of providing recreational and amenity activities. If anyone 
requires further information on this, please contact the 
Clerk to the Parish Council. The scheme will cover coDDDunity 
centres sports equipment outdoor and indoor sports 
facilities, etc. 
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B. 
9. 
10. 
11. 
A sign will soon be erected to direct people to the 
Village Hall. It will be placed on the fence at the end 
of Oak Stubbs Lane. 
The signpost to Dorney which is at the Huntercombe Post 
Office Junction on the A.4 is going to be removed and 
people will be directed to turn left at the next junction 
on the A.4 by the Neville and Griffin Dairy. 
A number of people have approached the North Thames Gas 
Board to consider the possibility of laying on gas in 
Dorney Reach and this is being looked into. 
Peregrine Palmer has won a 1st and 2nd prize for his 
Dorney Honey at the Royal Agricultural Show for 1979. 
IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN A DORNEY 
PLAYGROUP AT THE VICARAGE? 
PLBASE PHONE MAIDENHEAD 28181 
FOR FURTHER DETAILS. 
JANET EDWARDS 
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Wednesday, 8th August 
Friday, 10th August 
Saturday, 11th August 
Saturday, 25th August 
Friday, 14th September 
Friday, 21st September 
Saturday, 22nd September 
Friday, 12th October 
Friday, 19th October/ 
Sunday, 21st October 
Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Saturday, 24th November 
DORNEY WOM EN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
Coffee morning for The Multiple Sclerosis 
Society, 23 Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach 
@ 10.30 a.m. 
Disco at Dorney Village Hall, ll-14s. 
50p. 7. 30-10.30 p.m. 
D.H.S. Barbecue & Dance. 
D.H.S. Annual Show plus Social Evening. 
Disco at Dorney Village Hall, ll-14s. 
SOp. 7. 30-10. 30 p.m. 
Dorney Parish-Eton College Project, 
Riverboat Disco 7.15 p.m. @ The 
Promenade, Windsor - tickets E3. 75 from 
The Vicarage, light refreshments included. 
D.H.S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
P.T. A. Jumble Sale. 
(Youth Hostelling Weekend in Sussex. 
( 
D. H.S. A. G.M. 
P.T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
P.T.A. Christmas Dance. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2.30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8. 00 p.m. 
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DORNEY P.T. A. First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P. C.C. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet second Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. (NOT AUGUS T) 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(14-20 year old's) 
6. 45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate Sundays 
(11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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A COFFEE MORNING 
will be held in aid of 
THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY 
at 23 HARCOURT ROAD, DORNEY REACH, 
on Wednesday, August 8th, 1979, 
starting at 10.30 a.m. 
PRODUCE STALL - RAFFLE 
Everyone Welcome 
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DORNEY P.T.A. 
Dorney P.T.A. wish to express their gratitude 
to Bill and Joan Hakesley for their hospitality 
and use of their grounds and swimming pool for 
yet another enjoyable P.T.A. Barbecue. 
They also acknowledge with thanks the assistance 
given by Ray and Pat Hynam of the Pineapple. 
J.P.R. Chairman P.T.A. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
Dorney W.I. assembled as usual at 2.30 on July 11th, just as 
Skylab had started its final descent towards the earth, but 
nothing untoward occurred to mar the progress of the meeting, 
which was an exceptionally busy one, and very well-attended. 
Mrs. Sharphouse welcomed no less than three visitors, as well 
as greeting Mrs. King from Taplow, who came to report on the 
A.G.M. at the Albert Ball. 
She said that owing to a derailment at Rickmansworth, some 
Bucks. members had great difficulty in getting to London, and 
one elderly delegate had even had to resort to hitch-hiking 
rather than miss the meeting. The new Government's Budget had 
been announced 0n the previous day, and many increases in W.I. 
costs were forezast for the future. All was not gloomy, however; 
the debates wera lively, and the discussion on mixed-sex wards c.f 
in hospitals had produced some hilarious personal disclosures. 
Looking to the Euture, the W.I. is now represented in the E.E.C., 
and speakers ara prepared to visit Institutes and discuss how 
their work in EArope is widening our horizons. 
The W.I. now pu-Jlishes its own series of books on how-to-do-it, 
and to add to t1e list of topics such as crochet and jam-making, 
the newest one Ls to be on car maintenance. The American 
ambassador was :he guest speaker, and he took as his subject 
voluntary servi,,e, which seemed most appropriate to the W.I. 
Mrs. King was thanked for her very full and interesting report 
on the meeting. 
The Secretary, Mrs. Allen, said that we had received two letters 
from the Vicarage thanking the W.I. for their help at the 
Happening, and also for raising E61 at The Chauntry for the 
Children's Holiday Fund. We are accepting Lady Burnham's 
invitation to visit Ball Barn during the week beginning September 
17th. Details were also given of the outing to the Watermill 
Theatre near Newbury on September 27th. The coach will leave 
at 5 p.m. 
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In the more immediate future, Mrs. Sharphouse said that she is 
holding a coffee morning at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 8th, 
in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. There will be a 
Produce Stall and a Raffle, and everyone will be welcome. 
The Treasurer, Mrs. Harrison, gave the half-yearly financial 
report, which showed that we are happily still in credit. 
At the end of the business meeting, there was a poignant moment 
when Mrs. Sharphouse made a presentation to Mrs. Con Williamson, 
expressing our happiness at the news of her forthcoming marriage, 
and sadness that she would be leaving Dorney after so many happy 
years. Con was a founder member of Dorney W. I. , and in 31 years 
with the Institute she has been President and Committee member, 
V.C.O. and County Chairman, and the leading light in countless 
dramatic performances. She promised that she would come back 
and visit us on Wednesdays as often as possible! 
We then moved into the large hall for a mouth-watering cookery 
demonstration by Mrs. Harpur. She showed us how to prepare a 
delicious green summer soup, Russian fish pie, fricassee of ·veal, 
and two kinds of quiche: one with sausage and onion, and a quick 
one with tinned corn and white sauce. Some of these delicacies 
were left to cook while we went back for tea, and sampled later. 
From a large array of roses, the winning blooms were brought by 
1) Mrs. Stacey, 2) Miss Kilpatrick, and 3) Mrs. Tinsley. 
The meeting in September will be on the 12th, and the speaker 
will be Mr. Mayes on 11The Thames - Yesterday and Tomorrow". 
Teas: 
Competition: 
W. I. Duties: 
Mrs. Harpur, Mrs. Rayner, Mrs. Stacey. 
A recent happy holiday snapshot. 
Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Roberts. 
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DORNEY SCHOOL PTA FETE 
A large crowd, ideal weather and the 
appearance of Ernie Wise combined to produce 
another successful PTA Fete. The Committee 
is grateful for the support given by visitors 
and helpers which produced a profit in the 
region of £500. 
A BIG THANK YOU TO DORNEY REACH 
FROM 'MENCAP' . THE HOUSE TO HOUSE 
COLLECTION FOR MENTALLY 
HANJICAPPED CHILDREN RAISED THE 
MAGNIFICENT SUM OF £28.76p. 
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1ST DORNEY BROWNIE GUIDES 
We seem to have been very busy in the last two months. The Pack 
joined other Brownies in the District on a trip to Foxlease 
which is the Girl Guides camping and Training Centre in the New 
Forest. We were blessed with good weather and after a picnic 
and tour of the house we attempted to walk a Nature Trail. The 
wet weather of the previous weeks made the going very difficult 
and after both Brownies and Guiders had lost footwear in the mud 
we had to turn back but not before we were lucky to see some deer. 
Our 21st Birthday celebrations came next and we were pleased to 
welcome so many former Brownies and old friends, who were soon 
chatting together and reminiscing over snapshots of former 
gatherings. After viewing slides taken on Pack Holidays over the 
last eight years, refreshments were served and a beautiful 
birthday cake was cut by Mrs. Maureen Cody who was Brown OWl when 
the Dorney Pack was first formed. Three Brownies gained their 
Hostess badges that evening they were - Anita Breslin, Rebecca 
Paddy and Kate Mills. 
The Brownies have been maintaining their flower border at the 
Village Hall, cleaning the Church Brass with a special shine for 
the Flower Festival, and ran a stall at the Vicarage Happening. 
We have enrolled five new members Joanna Griffiths, Andrea Kirkby, 
Victoria Robb, Genista Balsley and Catriona McIntosh. Catriona 
has sadly left us but we know she will be happy in her new Pack 
in Brockenhurst. We plan to finish the summer term with a picnic 
at Pigeon House Farm where Mr. and Mrs. Hill always make us very 
welcome. 
Brown OWl 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB 
The meeting in June was opened by Dot Belcher who introduced 
Paul Hawkins as the Chairman of the "Any Questions" panel. 
Unfortunately Roger Royle was unable to attend the meeting but 
Paul kept the panel consisting of Alan Robson, Stephen Drew, 
Guy Daniels and Martin Shortland Jones under control. Questions 
varied greatly ranging from "Which article of women 's clothing 
does the team dislike most?" to 11 The teams views of the 
remarriage of divorced people in church?". 
Names were taken of members who would be willing to make a cake 
for the Vicarage Happening. 
Christine Harland won the raffle, a very nice toilet bag. 
As usual the A.G.M. was held on the third Wednesday of July, 
Dot Belcher was re-elected as Chairman, Margaret Perryman as 
Secretary and Sylvia Bampton as Treasurer. 
Committee members elected are:- Jean Smith 
Halwen Powell 
Christine Harland 
Lois Parker 
Iris Tarrant 
Maureen Cox. 
Suggestions were given for use in the 1979/80 calender. 
Dot expressed the clubs best wishes to Con Williamson on her 
forthcoming marriage and her departure from the village. 
The new season of the club starts on September 26th and we hope 
as many ladies as possible will come and join us. 
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DORNEY CHURCH YOUTH CLUB 
I have decided to run another Youth Hostelling trip for this 
Autumn. I am letting you know well in advance so that a) you 
can start saving up the cash and b) so that you can make sure 
the weekend doesn't clash with other things that you might want 
to do! 
We shall be spending the weekend in Sussex - 
Friday 5.30 
Friday 8.00 
Saturday 
Saturday 
Sunday 
Sunday 
leave Dorney 
Arrive at Brighton. 
Whole day in Brighton - plenty to do and see, such 
as The Royal Pavilion, loads of shops, the Pier, 
Madame Tussaud's Waxworks etc. 
Leave Brighton at about 5.00 p.m., to arrive in our 
next hostel, Alfriston, at about 6.00 p.m. 
morning - look round Alfriston, a small town in the 
South Downs, and the fourteenth century "Clergy 
House". 
Afternoon - walk along the cliffs near Newhaven if 
the weather is fine. 
Arrive back in Dorney at about 8.00 p.m. 
DATE Oct. 19th/21st 
Cost £10.75, to includes food, travel and accommodation. 
If you would like to come, please contact me at the Vicarage. 
Bridget Middlemas 
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EDITOR'S NOTES 
I am very pleased to welcome Marion Hellmuth as our new 
co-editor. 
She is our very first lady editor and I am sure Marion will 
instil new life into the magazine and bring fresh thought to 
the editorials. 
Brock wishes to retire. 
He has been writing his Nature Notes for many years and we 
have come to rely on these delightful articles which have 
given us a closer insight into the living world of the Parish 
countryside. He is finding it more and more difficult to find 
time and inspiration to complete these notes and he suggests 
that someone new may be willing to contribute a monthly offering 
in his place. 
I know you join me in thanking Brock for all his interesting 
writings, and I will be very pleased to hear from anyone who 
will volunteer to submit a regular 'country' contribution. 
Come to that, articles on any subject are always welcome. 
We are expecting to encounter printing problems in the next 
couple of issues. These problems may be overcome but please 
bear with us if the quality of reproduction is inferior or 
if there is no magazine at all during this time. 
Charles Cody 
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*• ************************************************• •• • ••• Dorney Parish - Eton College Project •••• • • •••! RIVERBOAT DISCO ••! « 2 •• 
•• Friday September 1st, 7.15 p.m. •« ,tt• at The Promenade, Windsor. •,tt !« • « Tickets price £3.75 from The Vicarage «! •« Light refreshments included «« «« «« ••-tt Disco - Bar ••􀂱 «« Over 16s only «•• • « ************************************************* 
OVER 60 LUNCH CLUB 
TUESDAY 11th September at 12.20 p.m., 
Dorney Vicarage. 
(Minibus picks up at 12.10 p.m., Dorney 
Reach bus shelter.) 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

ISSUE NO. 9/79 SEPTEMBER, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
It was the Duke of Normandy's knowledge of his adversary's 
traditional habits that turned the tide of battle at the Hastings 
encounter. Having seen several attacks repulsed, he planned his 
final assault for 4 o'clock, when he knew the enemy would be in 
their cups; tea cups, that is. Harold, looking up to receive 
the circulating sugar, received instead that fatal arrow through 
his eye, and even before the defending troops could blow on their 
saucers, William had conquered. 
Thus was born the French contempt for the English tea-break, 
nurtured over the centuries and recently made manifest in 
M. Francois Perrin-Pelletier's plans for its abolition at the 
Talbot factories. 
Well we British would never be prepared to accept such a strange 
dictate. We all know of the decadence of the Continental nations, 
exacerbated by their penchant for absinthe and other intoxicants. 
We also know that it is the cup of tea that has enabled our great 
nation to withstand the adversities of history and give spiritual 
and temporal leadership and guidance to the peoples of the world. 
Hitler may have scythed a swift path through the French but he 
knew what strength the nation just across the Channel could find 
in its teapots, and fear stayed his hand. 
Being British, we understand that in order to obtain the full 
beneficial rewards of this wondrous beverage it must be taken at 
regular intervals throughout each day, irrespective of other 
demands upon our time. The tea-break is therefore, of necessity, 
the most important period of our working hours. 
We have already succumbed to too many demands upon our national 
heritage from our European partners. They must be made to 
understand that some things are sacred to our way of life, not 
least of which is the worker's right to tea-breaks and redundancy. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
The Church Roof 
Many of you may be wondering why there is yet no sign of work 
starting on the Church roof. The reason for the delay is that 
we are still awaiting the result of our application to the 
Department of the Environment for a grant, an application which 
we made last February. The Department will not consider making 
a grant if the work has already started: so we have to wait for 
them. Of course this also explains why we have stopped fundraising 
for the roof for the time being, until we know how much 
more we will have to raise ourselves. We hope that the amount 
we have already raised will help our chances of receiving a good 
grant from the Department. 
Parish Worship 
Beginning in September, on the first Sunday of every month the 
10.30 service will be Mattins followed by Communion, the whole 
service lasting the usual time of about an hour. On the other 
Sundays we will continue to use our now well tried 'Yellow 
Booklet' Parish Communion. 
The Church as a body of all sorts and kinds of people, rather 
than as a building or as just the clergy, is increasingly 
expressed in our worship as a broader section of the Christian 
community takes responsibility for our services. So we are 
pleased that there are now four lay members of the congregation 
who, having been proposed by the Parochial Church Council, have 
the Bishop's permission to assist with the administration of 
communion: Michael Armstrong, John Robb, Muriel Pepler and 
Susan Handy. 
Our Harvest Festival Service of Thanksgiving is on Sunday 
September 23rd: it will again be a family act of worship, suitable 
for both old and young! We will again be grateful for Harvest 
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goods with which to decorate the Church and to distribute 
the.next day. It would be good to have as much as and more 
than last year as we would like to be able to take some goods 
to a London children's home as well as distributing it locally. 
Finally, now is the time to let me know if you are considering 
the possibility of being confirmed, particularly adults. You 
can mention it to me without committing yourself beyond discussing 
it as a possibility. 
With best wishes, 
Paul Hawkins 
Baptised: 
1st 
Confirmed: 
8th 
REGISTERS FOR JULY 
Rebecca Jessica Paddy, Sacha Victoria Paddy, 
Saffron Fleur Paddy, Joshua Duff Carlton Paddy 
Gillian Kathleen Holt 
Jonathan Longden 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
9th September TRINITY XIII 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Miss Kilpatrick 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Skinner 
Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Perryman 
Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Hawkins 
Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffiths 
Jeremy Belcher & Jonathan Longden 
Reader 
8.00 Mr. Liney 
10.30 Mr. Butteriss 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
Luke 10: 25-37 
Romans 12: 9-21 
16th September TRINITY XIV 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Ames 
All explorer teachers 
Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Emma Shepheard & Kathy Shepheard 
8.00 Mr. Skinner Mark 10: 2-16 
10.30 Mr. Belcher 
10. 30 Mrs. Robb 
Isaiah 54: 1-8 
Reader 
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23rd September TRINITY XV 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Mrs. Humpleman 
Mrs. Armstrong 
HARVEST FESTIVAL 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Mrs. Collins & Mrs. Mack 
; at Church 
Servers Jane & Kay Summers 
Sidesman 8.00 Mr. Eastgate 
10. 30 Mr. Robb 
Reader 10.30 Col. Palmer 
30th September TRINITY XVI 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Mrs. Thompson 
Mrs. Robb 
Mr. & Mrs. Belcher 
Luke 8: 4-15 
Deuteronomy 26: 1-11 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Shepheard 
Jeremy Belcher & Jonathan Longden 
Reader 
8.00 Mr. Handy 
10.30 Mr. Houldsworth 
10.30 Mrs. Pepler James 1: 22-27 
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7th October TRINITY XVII 
8. 00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Mattins & Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
Mrs. Clifford & Mrs. Mayes 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mrs. Sherlock & Kay Summers 
Reader 
8.00 Mr. Armstrong 
10.30 Mr. Pepler 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
Matthew 5: 21-26 
2 Corinthians 8: 1-9 
14th October TRINITY XVIII 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers .Mrs. Ames 
Cleaning Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Coffee Mrs. Paton & Mrs. Coish 
Explorers Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Butteriss 
Creche Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffith 
Servers Emma & Kathy Shepheard 
Sidesman 8.00 Mrs. Harpur 
10.30 Mr. Young Luke 5: 
Reader 10.30 Mrs. Handy Hebrews 11: 
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1-3 & 7-10 

Friday, 14th September 
Friday, 21st September 
Saturday, 22nd September 
Friday, 12th October 
Friday, 19th October/ 
Sunday, 21st October 
Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Saturday, 24th November 
DORNEY WOMEN' S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T. A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P.C.C. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 
LUNCHEON CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
Disco at Dorney Village Hall, ll-14s. 
Sop. 7.30-10.30 p.m. 
Dorney Parish-Eton College Project, 
Riverboat Disco 7.15 p.m.@ The 
Promenade, Windsor - tickets £3.75 from 
The Vicarage, light refreshments included. 
D.H.S. Harvest Festival Supper. 
P.T.A. Jumble Sale. 
􀆛Youth Hostelling Weekend in Sussex. 
D.H.S. A.G.M. 
P.T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
p·.T.A. Christmas Dance. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2.30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet second Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
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************************************************ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 
! Dorney Parish - Eton College Project ! .. .. .. .. 
: RIVERBOAT DISCO : .. .. .. .. .. .. 
: Friday September 21st, 7.15 p.m. ! ! at The Promenade, Windsor. ! .. .. .. 
! Tickets price E3.75 from The Vicarage : ! Light refreshments included : .. .. .. .. 􀀺 Disco - Bar 􀀺 .. .. .. .. « Over 16s only « .. .. .. .. .. .. ************************************************ 
OVER 60 LUNCH CLUB 
TUESDAY 11th September at 12.20 p.m., 
Dorney Vicarage. 
(Minibus picks up at 12. 10 p.m., Dorney 
Reach bus shelter.) 
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BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 
You will have read in the last edition of the Parish Magazine 
that we finished fourth in our group. Actually we were fourth 
out of the eight entries from the Beaconsfield District in this 
year's preliminary judging. The points were as follows: - 
Fulmer 137 
Hedgerley 130 
Farnham Royal 120 
Dorney 112 
Higher Denham 92 
Willowbank 83 
Colnbrook 80 
New Denham 
The judges found New Denham impossible to mark. Fulmer will 
represent the District in the County competition for the Morris 
Cup for entrants with populations between 501 and 1000. 
Looking back at this year's efforts one can't help but feel that 
although the overall picture of the village was quite good, there 
were areas where, for one reason or another things could have been 
better. Most of us live in this very attractive Parish because 
we enjoy the surroundings. It would have been all too easy for 
these to have become tatty with unkempt gardens and the 
accumulation of rubbish if it were not for the many public 
spirited Parishioners who have worked hard to keep their immediate 
and sometimes not so immediate area attractive. It would be 
unfair to single out one person and certainly impossible to 
mention you all - but on behalf of all the Parish - Thank you for 
your labours of love. 
I think one or two points should be made however. 
1) In this time of string􀆚nt economy measures we must not 
expect miracles from the District and County Councils. 
It is clear that they are finding it very difficult to 
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keep their work forces at the current rates of pay, 
so if we want our Village to remain attractive it is 
beholden on all of us to continue to do our bit 
throughout the year. By that I mean picking up the 
wastepaper, odd beer bottle or Coke can that seem to 
be so much a feature of our time and also to keep up 
the cutting and tidying of our verges. 
2) Please don't expect your Parish Councillors to fill 
the gap created by the shortage in the paid work force. 
We work hard for you in our way - but we were not elected 
for that! Partly on the parish rate and partly using 
funds supplied by the County Council for the purpose, we 
are able to afford the services of Mr. w. Sully who keeps 
certain specified grassy areas very neatly trimmed. There 
are limits to these funds so that we can only do our best 
with the resources available. 
D.J.S. 
HELP! 
House Help desperately 
wanted - Dorney Common 
Hours to suit. 
Phone: Burnham 61349 
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NATURE NOTES 
The 'phone rang - "I am having trouble with bees, can you help?" 
And so started a task that was later to take me 11 hours to 
complete. 
I ascertained over the 'phone that a swarm had been taken from 
a tree over the road from the caller and that they had come 
from the roof of her house. Taking a torch and my "spaceman's 
outfit" I went round to see if there was anything I could do. 
Slough Borough Council had been asked if they would help but 
they had declined saying that it was not their job. It turned 
out that the bees were not in the roof, but in the space behind 
the tiles covering the upstairs bay. An ear placed against the 
wall inside the bedroom located the position of the bulk of the 
bees and a hand on the wall added to the evidence as a warm patch 
could be felt. As they were truely in residence there was no 
immediate hurry to get on with the job, so I said that I would 
call when the weather was suitable and I could give a whole day 
to it. 
Sunday came. The day was overcast but with little chance of rain, 
it was warm but not boiling. It needed to be warm to prevent 
chilling of any brood that I might salvage to put into a hive, 
but not baking in sun - otherwise I should be running with sweat, 
in my protective clothing. 
Carefully I removed every tile from the Bay section and placed 
them in order on the lawn. Next, I prized off the wooden battens 
and finally rolled back the tarred felting. Nearly the whole 
space on that angle of the bay contained comb, about half was 
empty, the rest contained unsealed or sealed honey. Using a 
large mirror I was able to show the interested family in the room 
below just what they had inherited in the house into which they 
had only so recently moved from Dorney Reach. 
I then cut out the comb as best I could, without spilling too 
much sticky honey and transferred it to buckets with lids. It 
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was then that I discovered that none of the removed comb - the 
visible comb - contained any brood. The bees were not only using 
the space in the bay but were also in the first cavity between 
the ceiling and floor. I puffed in plenty of smoke and waited 
for the bees to leave the space in the hope that I might see the 
all important queen and catch her before she befell the fate of 
many of her workers - stuck in the honey. You are supposed to 
be able to drive bees upwards with smoke so that they will leave 
the nest of combs and so take them in a suitably placed container. 
The problem with this method is that if the container is placed 
above the smoke it fills with the offensive smoke and the bees 
won't enter. I was beginning to give up hope when I spotted her 
royal majesty in a crowd of workers above the comb-remains on 
the bay wall. I placed the tray of an empty match box over her 
and carefully closed the box. I had her and if I could get her 
to stay in the new hive I could, no doubt, get the remaining 
workers to join her. With the box in my pocket to prevent 
chilling, I cut out the remaining combs which had the brood in 
them and carefully built and tape-tied them into two wooden 
frames. After placing these in the waiting hive along with 
other ready formed combs in frames, the next task was to persuade 
worker bees that they should look after the brood to keep it warm. 
Taking a long feather, I swept as many bees as I could into a 
straw skep and emptied them over the frames, some stayed. Next, 
I opened the match-box and saw the queen run down the comb to join 
the workers. I breathed a sigh of relief, for I was nearly home 
and dry. 
To be continued 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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Tel : Maidenhead 28491 
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Mrs. Crane. Mrs. Foster-Key, 
Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Hakesley, 
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Mrs. Rae, Mrs. Sharphouse, 
Mrs. Shott, Mrs. Sorensen, 
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Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Wiltshire, 
Mrs. Wooller, Mrs. Wright. 
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Subscriptions punctually to Mr. Cody. 
Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine 
should hand them to Mrs. Cody. 
The Editors are not iesponsible for the opinions of correspondents 
expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. 

E. SARGEANT AND SON 
FUNERAL DIRECTORS MONUMENTAL MASONS 
Head Office: 
Church Street, 
Slough, 
Tel: Slough 20081 
Windsor Branches: 
61 & 313 St. Lconards Road, 
Windsor. 
Tel: Windsor 65982 & 60762 
PRIVATE CHAPELS DAY & NIGHT SERVICE 
HANDYSTORE 
(G .F. WILLIAMS ANO SON) 
SHOE REPAIRS • HARDWARE • WALLPAPERS • All FISHING REQUISITES 
CYCLE REPAIR SPECIALISTS 
I, BELL LANE, 
ETON WICK. 
Tel: Windsor 60576 Do-lt-Youl'Mlf Centre 
NEVILLE AND GRIFFIN LIMITED 
DAIRY FARMERS 
(E3t.1857) 
open 8.30-7p.m. 
Sunday 9-1 p.m. 
Milk - Cream · Eggs· Bread - Fruit Juice - Potatoes - Corona Products 
733, Bath Road, 
Taplow. 
MICHAEL S. COBB 
UPHOLSTERER 
ANTIQUE AND MODERN FURNITURE 
Tel: Burnham 3277 
KING STABLE STREET, 
ETON. 
FIRST CLASS WORK BY 
EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMAN 
Tel: MAIDENHEAD 30806 
Estimates Free 

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EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt.C ol. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

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Dear Parishioners, 
The Most Important Human Quality? 
If you were asked what matters most in human conduct, which 
qualities human beings should strive most hard to acquire, 
what would you answer? 
It is interesting to speculate how people of previous eras 
would have answered that question. In the thirteenth century 
St. Francis of Assisi - one of the greatest men in the history 
of civilisation - probably would have replied, "Chastity, 
obedience and poverty." Not qualities greatly valued today! 
But perhaps they ought to be. The great figures of the 
Renaissance - Michelangelo, Dante, or one of the magnificent 
Medici family - might have said, "Hate of baseness and injustice." 
The artists and writers of the eighteenth century might have 
said that "Love of beauty" was the most important quality for 
a person to have. The more humanitarian of the Victorians 
might have said "Kindness": belief in that kind of quality 
motivated people to fight heroically against squalid 
mistreatment of other human beings, like Wilberforce's forty 
year fight against slavery (he heard of the success of his 
campaign as he lay on his deathbed in 1833). Other Victorians 
strove to end other unspeakable horrors of the time, hundreds 
of perfectly harmless men in the army and navy being lashed 
daily, women chained together in threes as they rumbled through 
the streets in carts on their way to transportation, child 
labour in mines and factories, and so on. The hypocrisy of 
middle class Victorians who sunk their employees into abject 
misery has given Victorian morality a bad name, but nevertheless 
the humanitarianism of many nineteenth century people was one of 
the great civilising forces of that age. 
So how would we answer? I asked one member of the parish who 
surprised me with a word which I had to have explained: 
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after the amalgamation has a young queen in place of an old one 
who was not laying in an orderly fashion and was due to be 
replaced anyway. The new queen has really got down to the task 
of egg laying. And, lastly, the experience was worth it, not 
having tackled anything quite like it before. 
Postscript - I have since learnt that a number of other houses 
in the road have the same problem!! 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
21st October TRINITY XIX 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Mrs. Roberts 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Skinner 
·coffee Mr. & Mrs. Armstrong 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Miss Middlemas & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Jonathan Longden & Jeremy Belcher 
Reader 
8.00 Mr. Butteriss 
10.30 Mr. Skinner 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
28th October TRINITY XX 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
Miss Kilpatrick 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mr. & Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Hayton 
Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Shepheard 
Kay Summers 
8.00 Mr. Houldsworth 
10.30 Mr. Gordon 
10.30 Mrs. Houldsworth 
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John 17: 1-10 
Philippians 3: 7-21 
Luke 9: 51-62 
Daniel 3: 13-25 

Stage 2 
Stage 3 
Anthony Townsend 
Daniel Barker 
Neil Holloway 
Peter Perryman 
Ricky Dennys 
Richard Brooke 
Your Cub Reporters 
Traolach McCabe 
Nicky Bampton 
Andrew Paton. 
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THE PARISH PUMP 
A Meeting of the Parish Council was held on 11th September and 
the following items were discussed: - 
(1) The Best Kept Village Competition 
We have tried to obtain a breakdown of marks to find out 
what were our blackspots so as to improve them for next year. 
(2) Gas in Dorney Reach 
The Gas Board say there is nothing they can do at present to 
bring Gas to the Reach owing to a huge increase in the number 
of people changing to gas from oil and any major work such 
as bringing gas to Dorney Reach was out of the question. 
(3) Finance 
The audit had been completed satisfactorily. 
Grasscutting 
Booking fee for 
Village Hall 
Typing 
Clerks Salary 
Audit Fee 
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£22 .00 
1.00 
6.00 
74.00 
27.60 

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The guides have gained the following Badges - 
Angela Perryman 
Tracey Perryman 
Rebecca Tierney 
Sandra Coish 
Alison Backhouse 
Helen Taylor 
Mandy Humpleman 
Sandra Townsend 
Gill Langston 
Speaker, Commonwealth, Health. 
- Reader, Cook, Challenge Camper. 
- Camper,Accident Prevention, Emergency 
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Helper, 'I'oymaker, Laundress & Craft . 
) First Aid 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
Dorney W.I. assembled after the August break at 2.30 p.m. in 
the Village Hall on Wednesday, 12th September. 
As Mrs. Sharphouse was on holiday, the meeting was ably taken 
by Mrs. Harpur. It was a small meeting due to illness and 
members being on holiday. 
After the record of the previous meeting had been duly approved 
and signed final arrangements were made for the outing to the 
Watermill Theatre on 27th September. 
Mrs. Allen would be the delegate to the Half-Yearly Council 
Meeting at Aylesbury on the 17th October and Mrs. Jones would 
be the visitor. 
Mrs. Allen, the secretary, read two letters of thanks, one from 
Mrs. Ross (Con Williamson) and one from Mrs. L. Eva. The latter 
was to thank the W.I. for raising the sum of E37. at Mrs. 
Sharphouse's coffee morning in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis 
Action Group. Several notices of future events were read. 
Names were taken of members wishing to attend the Grenfell Group 
Meeting at George Green on Wednesday, 31st October, 1979. 
After the business Mrs. Harpur introduced an old friend, 
Mr. L. Mayes, who gave us an interesting and enjoyable talk on 
The Thames, Yesterday and Tomorrow. He showed slides of the 
river and its industries in the 19th century and compared it with 
today. All this was interspersed with amusing anecdotes of his 
own experiences on the river. 
The competition results were:- 
1) Mrs. Chase. 2) Mrs. Tinsley. 3) Mrs. Harpur. 
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Dear Editor, 
West Cottage, 
Ashford Lane, 
Lake End, 
DORNEY. 
I read in the August magazine that Beaconsfield 
District Council consider the Lake End Road footpath is 
adequate as it is. Well, I for one, disagree with this 
decision and I'm sure many other "Lake Enders" agree 
with me. For one thing the path needs surfacing with 
tarmac or at least smoothing ov.er as at the moment the 
surface consists of large, sharp stones, sticking up at 
all angles. Also the hedge between the road and the path 
needs to be removed and a grass verge put in its place. 
As it is now the hedge is growing and making the path 
rather unsafe to walk along especially on a dark winter 
evening. One other thing is the Lake End Road entrance 
to the path should be made the same as the other end. 
As it is now it is i.mpossible to enter or leave the path 
at this end without getting one's feet wet as there is a 
permanent puddle stretching from one side to the other. 
It seems a pity that after Lake End has waited 
so long for the path the council can't do the job properly. 
As it is at the moment it is just money wasted. 
Sincerely, 
Q.W. JONES 
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Friday, 12th October 
Friday, 19th October/ 
Sunday, 21st October 
Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Friday, 9th November 
DIARY OF EVENTS =============== 
P.T.A. Jumble Sale 
l Youth Hostelling Weekend in Sussex 
D.H.S. A.G.M. 
"HALLOWEEN HOOT" in the Great Hall of 
Boveney Court - a party in aid of the 
Project. Tickets and details from the 
Vicarage. 
P.T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
Cubs Family Film Show, Village Hall@ 6.45 p.m. 
Saturday, 24th November P.T.A. Christmas Dance. 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROlJ) SAFETY COMMITTEE 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2.30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. 
First Thursday in every month P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
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DORNEY P.c.c. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON 
CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet second Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 23953. 
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At the meeting in October the speaker will be Mrs. B. Rees 
on Great Houses of Bucks and their owners, her hostess being 
Mrs. Jones. 
Tea hostesses - Mrs. Eastgate, Mrs. Edwards and Mr.s. Sharp. 
Competition 
W.I. Duties 
- The greatest number of articles which can be 
put in a standard matchbox. 
- Welfare Clinic. Mrs. Roberts. 
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DORNEY GUIDES 
The company entered a team for the District Cup Final Competition, 
which was held in the grounds of Dropmore School. They failed 
to gain the cup by one mark, even so an enjoyable evening was 
had by all who attended. 
Our final meeting in July was another great event for the company. 
Thanks to our hosts Mr. & Mrs.. Hakesley the guides held their 
annual company swimming evening. The Pineapple Patrol regained 
the swimming trophy. To complete the evening many friends and 
Badge Testers were invited to Angela Ferryman's Queen's Guide 
presentation, this was followed by a barbecue and a cake to 
celebrate the event. Our thanks to all who came and made this a 
very enjoyable evening. 
The beginning of the Summer Holidays 12 Guides attended the 
week-end Summer Camp at Penn. 3 Guides were able to gain their 
Camper's Badge du.ring the week-end. 
In September the Guides returned to learn that those who had 
attended the First Aid Course had passed and were to receive 
their certificate at the end of the month. 
7 of the company attended the Division Camp which was held at 
Braid Wood Chesham, the County Scout Camp site. On Saturday 
evening at the camp fire Angela Perryman al.ong with the others 
from the Division received their Queen's Guide Certificates 
from Mrs. Pearce, Division Commissioner. 
The Guides are getting in training this term for the District 
Swimming Gala in order that they might retain the Shield they 
won 2 yrs. ago. The date is Saturday November 24th at 
Maidenhead Leisure Centre. 
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(4) Planning Applications 
47 Harcourt Road. 
1 Harcourt Road. 
replacing existing garage! no lounge extension at rear to mcaommkee. nts 
-- - 􀀎(5) A proposal has been made by the Beaconsfield District Council 
that as from April 1st 1980 we will be called the South 
(6) 
Bucks Dlstrict. 
The containers will be in their usual sites on the following 
dates: - 
29th October 
5th November 
5th November 
12th November. 
(7) Every householder will be receiving with their electoral 
form a copy of Beaconsfield District Council's local 
newspaper called Plan News which is designed to give the 
ratepayers more information about the Council's activities. 
People are invited to send in any comments they might have - 
preferably by the 1st November 1979. 
(8) The local Guides are undertaking some tree planting in the 
Graveyard on the opposite side of the road from the church. 
(9) A proposal has been put forward that the front boundary of 
the Vicarage be moved back to widen the road which would 
give motorists much better vision when travelling towards 
the A4. 
(10) The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 9th October 1979. 
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1ST DORNEY CUB.SCOUTS 
• This years camp at Boveney Court proved, as in past years, a 
very enjoyable weekend for the cubs. The weather was fine and 
a full programme was arranged for the boys. This year each six 
competed against each other for points in various activities, 
from washing dishes to swimming, volleyball and competitive games 
organised by parents. This was the first year a sporting theme 
had been tried and it proved very successful. Many thanks to 
Mr. & Mrs. Paddy who again very kindly allowed us camping space 
and facilities and also Mr. & Mrs. Goodyear for use of their 
swimming pool. 
The weather also excelled itself for our Cub Picnic at Bushy Park, 
and a marvellous day was had by all. Unfortunately there were no 
rowing boats on the lake this year, but the cubs soon forgot their 
disappointment and found plenty to do exploring, watching the 
model power boats, non stop cricket and the annual visit to 
Hampton Coμrt Maze. A marathon game of football between the 
dads and the cubs resulted in a score of 16 - 15 to the dads, 
although the cubs insisted this was intentional as they felt 
sorry for their older opponents. 
You will be pleased to know that we are holding another "Family 
Film Show" on Friday the 9th of November, so mark this date on 
your calendar. 
Welcome to Jonathan Dennys, Craig Holloway and Frazer McNeilly 
who have joined the pack and farewell to Andrew Paton who has 
left. 
The following cubs have gained the athletes badge: Stage 
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Jeremy Ainsworth 
Jonathan Churchill 
Jonathan Dennys 
Jason Edwards 
Andrew Staley 
Darren Taylor 
Philip May 
Paul Govey - 15 - 
Richard Keith 
Ian Farrell 
Craig Holloway 
John Harwood 
Frazer McNeilly 
Jeffrey Shrimpton 
Geoffrey Branch 

4th November TRINITY XXI 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Mattins & Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 8.00 
10.30 
Reader 10. 30 
Mrs. Williams 
Mrs. Armstrong 
Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson 
Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Hayton 
Mrs. Sherlock & Kay Summers 
Kathy Shepheard 
Mr. Hayton 
Mrs. Harpur 
Mrs. Lightwood 
John 4: 19-26 
Exodus 19: 16-24 
11 th November TRINITY XXII REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Mrs. Humpleman 
Mrs. Robb 
Mr. & Mrs. Skinner 
Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Hayton 
Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffith 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Jonathan Longden 
8.00 Mr. Liney 
& Jeremy Belcher 
Reader 
10.30 Mr. Armstrong 
10.30 Col. Palmer 
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Matthew 
Lamentations 
20: 1-15 
3: 19-26 

NATURE NOTES - Continuation 
How to get the remaining bees - the bulk of them - to join the 
hive which was sitting on the lawn? The answer was to sling 
the hive by ropes from the roof above, so that it rested on the 
wall a few inches from the point where the bees had been 
alighting to enter their old home. At first, not much happened, 
but as the bees became more and more frantic in their search 
for the missing queen they wandered further and further afield 
until some found their way into the hive. They weren't inside 
for long before returning to the entrance where they raised their 
abdomens into the air and proceeded to send out scent signals to 
attract their fellow workers. As it was nearly 2.30 p.m. and I 
hadn't had anything to eat, I decided to retire. 
When I returned at 5 p.m. most of the bees that weren't stuck 
had taken up residence in their new home. The few that were still 
visible were busily transferring honey from the comb remains to 
the hive. The clearing-up took quite a time.· All the comb and 
honey that remained were scraped off and the whole washed down 
as well as possible. No doubt robber bees would clear up 
anything that I might have missed. The felting and battens were 
put back in place and eventually the tiles - without breaking one! 
At 9 p.m. I covered the hive entrance with perforated zinc and 
lowered it to the floor, stowed it in the car boot along with all 
my gear and left for home. The colony has since been amalgamated 
with another small one to produce what I hope will be a strong 
one by the end of the autumn. 
Looking back - was it all worth the effort? Well - although the 
bees did sting me many times through the gloves and a few times 
through my trousers when I knelt on them on the lawn, they were 
not aggressive - a good trait worth cultivating. The honey 
obtained by melting down the combs has been fed back and should 
save on the sugar bills for that colony this winter. The 
purified wax will be sold and should pay for my petrol. The hive 
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"Empathy." I was told it meant the ability to listen to 
and understand other people. Well, that seems to me a good 
answer when we live in such a mixed society, made up of people 
of all sorts of race, creed, colour, culture, etc. We are not 
likely to thrive very well unless we are able to extend our 
vision beyond our own immediate interests and concerns. 
Possibly a revealing and amusing way of discovering quite 
accurately the qualities you do most admire is to imagine who 
in history one would most like to have been. What qualities 
does the figure you choose have? It might be worth checking 
them against the kind of qualities traditionally thought to 
be important, or, if you are a Christian, against the kind of 
qualities advocated in the New Testament. Kenneth Clarke, in 
his television series "Civilisation", suggested that still 
most people would, like our Victorian ancestors, say that 
"kindness" was the most important thing in human conduct. But 
what does "kindness" mean? Henry Drummond, in his famous little 
book "The Greatest Thing in the World," defined it as "giving 
pleasure to others." It would be hard to think of an::,thing 
more important than that. 
With best wishes, 
Paul Hawkins 
REGISTERS FOR AUGUST 
Marriage: 
9th Noel Winston Ross to Constance Armitage Williamson 
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DORNEY SCHOOL P.T.A. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
John Robb and Brenda Blacow were thanked for their 
services as Chairman and Secretary respectively 
after retiring from office at the Association AGM. 
The following officers were elected - 
Chairman 
Secretary 
Treasurer 
Committee: 
Joe Hayton 
Janet Edwards 
Alan Senior 
David Gittins, Joan Griffith, 
Pat Guider, Jeff.Horsley, 
Ken Richmond and Sue Thring. 
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ISSUE NO. 10/79 OCTOBER, 1979 
EDIT O RI AL 
Doesn't time sometimes stand still and catch you at odd moments. 
Recently we were invited to an Elizabethan Dinner in an Olde 
Inne by the river Thames with a group of friends. It was a 
lovely evening and the journey enjoyable. After our introductory 
drinks we were ushered into the long Dining Room, low ceilinged 
with oak beams. A long table set for the 'peasants' and at one 
end a table on a platform set for the 'King' and his Lords and 
Ladies. We were seated and the dinner served by wenches in 
traditional dress, with a handsome Minstrel to entertain. A mug 
of soup - did the Elizabethan's have mugs as such - a wooden 
platter with a small fowl (maybe a dove, isn't that what 
Dovecotes were kept for?)a baked potato, coleslaw and mixed 
vegetable salad, followed by Apple Pie with raisins and cinammon 
and ice cream, this followed with a mug of coffee and cream. 
Outside a peal of church bells. 
Slowly the feeling of Deja Vu crept in, - I had been here before - 
about 8-9 years ago to see in the New Year, surely then the 
Dining Room was larger, the food! remember as being exactly the 
same and at 12 midnight a peel of bells outside rang in the New 
Year. 
It couldn't be that all that time had passed by, two marriages 
and the birth of a grandchild in our family, and yet the 
Elizabethan Evenings are still here - I wonder does the Chef get 
bored with his baked potato and doves? and did the Elizabethan 
know the delights of vegetable salad and coleslaw - I must look 
it up and find out. 
Of course, as in life, the company makes the evening. 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.0 0 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 62823 
Lt. Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. j. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Vi II age Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

For an area to be a suitable habitat for this butterfly, 
there must be wild thyme and ants. Not many parts of the 
Country still seem to satisfy and perhaps that is why, in time, 
it may die out altogether. The records for the 1790's show 
that Cliveden (Clifden) was one of the places where it could 
be found. 
To all Parishioners. 
At the October meeting the Parish Council was '· 
delighted to be informed that, due to the generosity 
of Mr. Harold Pritchard, a new village notice board 
had been donated to the Parish. 
I am sure that we as a Parish all appreciate actions 
of this sort and will join with me in thanking 
Harold, who provided the materials, and also to the 
person who made this new work of art. 
Many thanks. 
Peter Belcher 
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Dear Parishioners, 
The Use of Power 
November 11th is Remembrance Sunday and one of the things that 
we could usefully remember is man's ability to misuse power, as 
exemplified in war. 
The first thing to remember is that we all have power to a greater 
or lesser degree: it may be in a formal way, over people 
employed by us, working under us, taught by us, or over those 
financially dependent on us, or politically under our authority; 
or it may be that we have power over others in other ways, our 
children, or friends who rely on us, for example. There may be 
some of you who, through your work, have considerable power 
over employees, customers, or clients .. So we need to be aware 
of how much power we each have - because it can be dangerous if we 
are not: if, for example, an architect is unaware of his power 
to create ugliness or wretched living conditions. 
The second thing is to examine how we use what power we have: do 
we use it only to build up ourselves and to protect our own 
interests, manipulating others for our own ends? To what extent 
are we using it for the real benefit of those who may be in one 
way or another dependent on us? 
The use of power is one of the greatest moral tests that we have 
to face and we should not avoid it. However, it is also worth 
remembering that some of those who have had the most influence 
on men's hearts and minds have been those who have had absolutely 
no worldly power whatsoever: artists, musicians, religious 
leaders, for example. Sometimes those who are the weakest in 
worldly terms finally exercise the most power - and that is also 
worth remembering and taking to heart. 
Dorney Cub Scouts 
There would betremendous disappointment amongst both boys and 
parents if the parish cub group had to come to an end. But that 
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R.S.B.A.A. 136th Ploughing Match 3rd October, 1979 
Entries from farms in Dorney gained the following awards . 
Pigeon House Farm (Mr. G.T. Hill - farm manager) 
3rd Best beef enterprise, 
1st Maize in the field. 
2nd Pulled maize. 
1st Butcher's beast. 
1st Sample of silage. 
1st Dessert pears. 
Park Fruit Farm (Mr. J.T. Todhill - farm manager) 
1st 121b box of tomatoes. 
1st 5 dessert apples. 
1st 5 cooking apples. 
P.D.S.P. 
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ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
18th November TRINITY XXIII 
8 . oo a.m. 
10.30 a.m. 
Holy Communion 
Young Peoples' Service 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 8.00 
10.30 
Reader 10. 30 
25th November 
Mrs. Thompson 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. 
) 
) at church 
Kay Summers 
Mr. Young 
Mr. Handy 
Mr. Gordon 
TRINITY XXIV 
Skinner 
Chase 
John • 3: 
Revelation 4: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Warner-Horne 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Keith 
Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Kathy Shepheard & Emma Shepheard 
Mr. Eastgate 
1-8 
1-11 
Reader 
8.00 
10.30 
10.30 
Mr. Wilkinson Mark 
Col. Palmer Hebrews 
13: 5-13 
11: 17-29 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB 
The first meeting of the new season was held in 
the Village Hall on Wednesday, 26th September, 
Lila Kay, a Palmist, who lives in Slough came 
and gave us a very interesting talk on fortune 
telling. There are many ways of looking into 
ones future including reading cards, tea leaves, 
and of course the hand. Lila Kay had a globe with 
her which she passed around the members. 
Many of the members had their fortune told after the 
talk, but some like myself would rather not know what 
is around the corner for them. 
The next meeting will be held on 28th November and is 
a demonstration of meat dressing by Cleares of Burnham. 
The Christmas Supper Dance will be held in the Village 
Hall on 1st December. 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 71618. 
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DORNEY PARISH - ETON COLLEGE PROJECT 
Progress Report, April - September 1979 
The summer has been a chaotic but nevertheless very successful 
round of fund raising events and children's holidays. Our 
Annual Barbecue raised £418.00, and was very well attended by 
people from the village and Eton. George Gordon and his helpers 
managed the bar very well indeed, and Peter Houldsworth was, once 
again, quite magnificent with his cooking of all the chops and 
sausages. Other events have included a party at Windsor Castle, 
organised by Elizabeth Handy, which raised £80.00; a Musical 
Evening at Dorney Court, by kind permission of Col. and Mrs. Palmer, 
which raised f.205.00, and was organised by Jean Tyler; the 
Vicarage Happening, another annual event, whic􀁽 was run by 
Joy Richmond from Dorney and raised £213.00; and a Grand Draw at 
the Eton Action Community Fair, which raised £18 3.00. 
Our children's holidays this summer have included two weeks of 
children from Hackney, sent to us by the Children's Country 
Holidays Fund; four weeks of children from Oxfordshire Social 
Services, run by Lincoln College, Oxford, and the Oxford-Dorney 
Project; and one week of children from the London Borough of 
Hounslow, which was run for us by some volunteers from Windsor 
Boys' Club. Once again, we have decided to invite some of the 
children who came to us from Hackney to return for a short stay 
at Christmas, when the holiday will be staffed by boys from Eton 
together with some local teenagers. 
Adrian Cripps, who left Eton last term, is now living with us, 
and proving to be a most useful addition to our staff here. He 
will be staying for six months, helping with our children's 
weekends and other activities, and also providing a useful liaison 
between the Project and the London Borough of Hounslow. 
Our Arts and Crafts Caravan has been very useful over the summer 
months, and is being used mostly for small groups of children who 

DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 
The Dorney W.I. met at the Village Hall on Wednesday, 10th 
October. 
The President, Mrs. Sharphouse was in the chair, and nineteen 
members were present. 
After the record of the previous meeting had been duly approved 
and signed,final arrangements were made for the visit to Hall 
Barn and the Group Meeting at George Green. 
Names of members wishing to attend a Craft Meeting at Taplow 
Women's Institute Hall on 20th November and of members who wished 
to go to the Elgiva Hall, Chesham on 8th November to see some of 
the entries for "Scene 80 11 , a competition for Drama, Poetry & 
Prose which will take place in 1980, were taken. 
The November Meeting will be the Annual General Meeting and 
nominations were taken for the 1980 Committee. Mrs. Jones & 
Mrs. Harpur will make the Birthday Cake and the tea hostesses 
are Miss Kilpatrick, Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Spencer. 
The competition will be "An Autumn Arrangement. " The new 
representative on the Village Hall Committee is Mrs. D. Jones. 
The Committee put before the meeting a suggestion that the 
December meeting should be extended into a Christmas Party and 
that two members from each of the other Institutes in the Grenfell 
Group be invited to attend. 
After the business Mrs. Sharphouse introduced Mrs. B. Rees who 
gave a most interesting talk with slides on Great Houses of Bucks 
and their owners, finishing with some slides of Cliveden. 
The competition results were: - 
i. Mrs. Stacey. ii. Mrs. Roberts. iii. Mrs. Harpur. 
W.I. Duties. Welfare Clinic. Mrs. Roberts. 
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Finally, we would like to say a big thank you to all those of 
you who continue to help us in so many different ways, by 
collecting waste paper, helping us with fund raising activities, 
gardening and decorating, and especially to Mrs. Julia Coleridge, 
who very kindly sold some of her paintings on the Fourth of June, 
and generously donated the proceeds. 
Paul Hawkins 
Bridget Middlemas 
********************************************* 
Christmas cards are being sold in aid of 
our Children's Holidays Fund, price 90p 
for ten. Available from The Vicarage, or 
by post (plus postage and packing.) 
********************************************* 
GA RAG E SA L E 
Saturday, 24th November 
at 
3, Dorney Reach Road 
From 10.00 a.m. 
Going abroad. Everything must go! 
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• 
THE PARISH PUMP 
A Meeting of the Parish Council was held on October 9th and 
the following items were discussed. 
1. The Parish Council has been informed that the main reason 
for changing the name of the District as mentioned in last 
month's magazine was that it seemed more descriptive of the 
district. 
2. 
3. 
The signs to be erected at the entrance to the Village Hall 
in Oak Stubbs Lane have been agreed by the Beaconsfield 
District Council and estimates are being obtained. 
The Beaconsfield District Council had an extremely poor 
response to the Beaconsfield District News which everyone 
received last month along with a questionnaire which 
everyone was asked to fill in and return . . The closing 
date of the 1st November has been extended and everyone 
is most strongly urged to think about the type of district 
they want to live in and send in their comments and 
suggestions. If anyone failed to get a questionnaire, 
Peter Belcher, 6 Harcourt Road has some spare copies. 
4. Finance - Accounts for Payment - 
Mrs. Chapman typing 
Clerk's salary 
£4.50 
6. 16 
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Friday, 2nd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Saturday, 3rd November 
Friday, 9th November 
Saturday, 24th November 
Saturday, 1st December 
1980 
Saturday , 14th June 
DORNEY WOMEN ' S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN' S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
DORNEY P.C.C. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON 
CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
D.H.S. A.G.M. 
"HALLOWEEN HOOT" in the Great Hall of 
Boveney Court - a party in aid of the 
Project. Tickets and details from the 
Vicarage. 
P. T.A. Christmas Bazaar. 
Cubs Family Film Show, Village Hall @ 6.45pm 
P.T.A. Christmas Dance, Village Hall 
@ 8. 30 p.m. - 12.30 a.m. 
DWSC Christmas Supper Dance @ Village Hall. 
P.T.A. Fete. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2.30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. 
Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. 
Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 7 .45 p.- m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet second Tuesday of every month at the 
Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage , alternate 
Sundays ( 14-20 year old's} 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (11-14 year old's} 
(See Church Noticeboard for details} 
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at 
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BOB HART & THE JACARANDA BAND 
REFRESHMENTS FOOD & DRINKS RAFFLE 
TICKETS - £2. 50 per head - available from 
Mrs. Pat Guider 
Mr. Jeff Horsley 
22, Meadow way 
Dorney End, 
Mr. Keri Richmond 
Mrs. Sue Turing 
Dorney Reach Road 
31, Harcourt Road 
7, Nursery Road, 
Taplow 
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Dear Editors, 
The Lake End Footpath has been a source of debate for 
some time in the Parish Council and also among Parishioners. 
Originally the Parish Council asked that the County Council 
provide a footpath of the tarmac type. This was to be too 
expensive and the alternative was to provide a public footpath 
of the type normally found on country rambles. This means 
that the footpath would be uneven but would provide an 
alternative to walking in the road. 
Whilst this does not actually satisfy the demand in total, 
it may be considered better than nothing and the Parish Council 
will continue to press for a "proper" footpath to be provided 
when money becomes available . 
As regards the present rough surface the Parish Council have 
asked the County Council to arrange for a heavy roller to be 
used as soon as possible. 
At least the heavy rains of the last few days have not caused 
large puddles, so that the recent drain can be seen to be 
doing its job. 
I hope that this information will be of interest. 
Sincerely, 
Peter Belcher. 
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5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
No planning applications had been received this month. 
Most parishioners and all Dorney School parents had received 
a letter from the School Managers concerning the viability 
of small schools in the area which includes Dorney. Parents 
were urged to remain loyal to the school. The Managers and 
the P.T.A. would continue monitoring the situation. 
A new office complex which had been planned in Beaconsfield 
for the Beaconsfield District Council will not now go ahead 
and extensions will now be made to the Council Offices in 
Windsor Road. 
An urgent appeal has gone out from the WRVS for more helpers - 
men and women to drive and act as assistants to help deliver 
meals to the elderly. See separate note in the magazine. 
Some of the stiles on two footpaths running from opposite 
the Pineapple across the north side of Dorney Village on 
to Dorney Common are in need of.repair and Beaconsfield 
District Council are being asked to help with repairs. 
A new notice board to replace· the existing one by the 
bus stop in front of the Palmer Arms has been denoted 
to the village. It has been beautifully made with 
attractive lettering and we are very grateful for this 
contribution. 
There had been some suggestion that No.8. Bridleway at Court 
Lane would be closed but it will remain a bridleway. 
Certain improvements have been made to the entrance of the 
Lake, End Road Footpath and it was agreed that the 
Beaconsfield District Council would be approached again to 
see if the path could be smoothed over. 
13. The next meeting will be held on November 13th. 
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can choose from activities such as pottery, painting or collage 
work. We would like to say thank you to all those people who so 
kindly sent us shirts for the children to use as painting smocks. 
Links between the Project and the Juvenile Arthritis Unit at 
Taplow Hospital are continuing to grow. Recent activities in 
conjunction with Eton College Social Services have included a 
barbecue for some of the Unit Youth Club's members, and a tea 
party at the Hospital for some of the younger children. Some 
of the boys are hoping to organise a party for the children in 
December. 
We are fortunate enough to have received a grant of £750.00 
from the Buckinghamshire Jubilee Fund, which will be used to help 
finance the cost of helpers on our children's holidays. The 
cheque is to be presented by Mr. J.T. Ireland of Eton Wick on 
Saturday October 6th. 
The Vicarage continues to be used by a variety of different 
groups and organisations, which during the past six months have 
included discussion groups from Tilehurst and Langley Parishe!l; 
school groups from St. Mary's c. of E. Primary School, Reading 
and the Royal Free School ( a c. of E. comprehensive) in Windsor; 
Wentworth Youth Club from Slough; Berkshire College of 
Agriculture; confirmation weekend groups from Eton College, 
disadvantaged children from Clapham on a holiday run for them by 
the Macaulay Club; weekends for children from the London Borough 
of Hounslow, and a week for children from the special education 
unit of Cranford Community School; and lastly Dorney Church 
Youth Club and the Dorney Over 60's Lunch Club, which both 
continue to flourish. 
In July, we said goodbye to Rev. Roger Royle, who was the first 
Warden of the Project when it started in 1971. From here, he 
went on to be Conduct and Senior Chaplain at Eton College. We 
wish him all the best for his future. 
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YOU AND YOUR CAR CAN BE A LIFE-LINE FOR THE ELDERLY 
The WRVS urgently need volunteers - men and women - to 
drive or assist in the delivery of meals to the elderly 
and frail people in their homes. 
If you are a driver who can spare at least three or four 
hours a month with your car we will pay 12.4p. a mile 
towards your running costs - you will be giving valuable 
service to the community. 
Assistants are also needed to accompany drivers to help 
deliver meals and we will pay your travel expenses. 
The problem is generally more acute in the urban areas 
and the area is desperately short of volunteers so if you 
can spare some time please contact the WRVS - Rosebank, 
67 Burkes Road, Beaconsfield. Tel. Beaconsfield 3394. 
BUCKS WRVS 
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2nd December 
8.00 a.m. 
10,30 a.m. 
ADVENT I 
Holy Communion 
Mattins & Communion 
Mrs. Ames 
Mrs. Armstrong 
Mr. & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Keith 
Kathy Shepheard & Kay Summers 
Jonathan Longden & Jeremy Belcher 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 8.00 Mr. Robb 
Reader 
10.30 Brig. Mayes 
10.30 Mrs. Armstrong 
Matthews 25: 31-46 
Romans 13: 8-14 
9th December ADVENT II 
8.00 a.m. 
10.30 a.m. 
Holy Communion 
Parish Communion 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
8.00 
10.30 
10.30 
Mrs. Roberts 
Mrs. Robb 
Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Perryman 
Mrs. Humpleman & Mrs. Keith 
Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffith 
Kay Summers 
Mr. Armstrong 
Mrs. Hammond 
Col. Palmer 
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Luke 
Isaiah 
4: 14-21 
64: l-5 

DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
To dispel misleading rumours which have, I understand, been 
circulating in relation to the suggestion of an Alcoholic 
Drinks Bar being installed in our village hall, this 
suggestion was placed before the committee as a proposal, on 
Wednesday 10th October, and adopted subject to the following. 
1, That the Bar facilities would only be available 
for local societies'functions and private parties. 
2. 
3. 
That the approval of every householder in the 
Parish of Dorney, would be sought before any 
further progress was made. This will be in the 
form of a ballot, and a percentage of approval 
yet to be decided. 
That a licence can be obtained. 
4. . Th at there are sufficient funds available after 
costs have been calculated, and that it is 
considered a viable proposition. 
A.H. Roberts, 
Chairman of The Dorney Village Hall Committee. 
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is what will happen if a new leader cannot be found quite soon. 
Alf Wiltshire has done this important and valuable work for 
ten years and many people owe a great deal to him for what he 
has achieved. Let us hope that somebody will volunteer soon to 
take over his work when he retires from it at the end of next 
summer. 
Horses and waste-paper 
For sometime, as most of you know, the Dorney-Eton Project has 
collected waste-paper to help raise money for our Children's 
Country Holiday Fund. The price we are receiving from the mill 
for it has now sunk so low, and looks like remaining that way, 
that we are spending more in collecting it than we are being paid 
for it. So we would like to thank those of you have been doing 
the gruesome task of collecting piles of paper from Eton boys' 
houses and for the money this has made for us, but we have 
decided to end these collections: it is unfortunately not worth 
your, or our, while any more. But the shed behind the Vicarage 
will remain open for those of you who kindly leave your own old 
papers as you go past or as you visit for other reasons. 
Perhaps to replace this, there is another way in which the Project 
needs help. Some of the deprived children who come here are keen 
to have a go at horse-riding, but neither they nor the Project 
can easily afford the commercial cost of this. So if there is 
anybody who owns a horse or pony and would be willing very 
occasionally to give a child a ride, it would be marvellous. Of 
course the Project would pay something towards the costs involved. 
With best wishes, 
Paul Hawkins 
Baptism: 
9th: 
25th: 
30th 
Marriage: 
1st: 
REGISTERS FOR SEPTEMBER 
Mark John Bosher 
Christopher James Alsworth 
Nicholas Charles Shearer Bourne 
Laura Claire Higgins 
Julian Charles Saxton to Caroline Isabelle Clarke 
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NATURE NOTES 
There have been a number of reports recently that our Large 
Blue Butterfly which was thought to have become extinct through 
not having bred in its known haunts in the West is still with us. 
Sightings seem to give some hope that all is not lost. I must 
say that I have wondered if those who claim to have seen it 
really have and are not confusing it with other species. 
The large blue has quite an amazing life history and one is 
left pondering the problem of just how it could have evolved. 
The larvae hatch from eggs laid on the buds of the wild thyme. 
They feed on the thyme flower buds which they resemble closely, 
being covered in downy hairs of much the same colour as the 
buds themselves. They also feed on each other if given the 
opportunity, and this may explain why the eggs are laid singly 
rather than in batches so giving a greater chance of survival!! 
After three moults, the caterpillars start to wander over the 
plants, lose their footholds and so fall to the ground to continue 
their wanderings. If an ant comes across one it begins to 
caress it with its antennae. The caterpillar responds by 
exuding a sweet liquid from a gland on its tenth segment which 
the ants like and lap up. The ant leaves the caterpillar at 
intervals, returning each time to milk it .. This 11courtship11 
may last 􀂷P to an hour and ends when the larva hunches its 
back so that it can be picked up in the jaws of the ant to be 
carried back to the brood chamber of the ant's nest. The 
caterpillar, which up to now has had cannibalistic tendencies, 
now turns its attention to the smallest of the ant larvae about 
it in the nest - without in anyway upsetting the ants. On this 
diet, growth is rapid, only stopping at the onset of winter. 
On awakening in the spring, it continues to feed on the strange 
food un􀂸il it pupates. After three weeks, the butterfly emerges 
and makes its way through the nest passages to the outer world 
where it dries its wings. Just how does a life history like 
that evolve? 
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ISSUE NO. 11/79 NOVEMBER, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
There has been a school in Dorney for over a century and so it 
is with great relief and satisfaction we learn that our school 
has been removed from the list of small schools in Buckinghamshire 
considered for closure. 
A quick glance at the records reveal that the tenure of three 
"heads" in fact covers the last 60 years. Miss Bennett took up 
her appointment just after the first world war with approximately 
fifty pupils (some coming from the Children's Home in the village). 
We know from the log book that in 1927 there were 77 pupils. 
Mr. Eastgate was appointed Headmaster in 1958 with 44 pupils on 
the roll, sharing the teaching with one other teacher, and when 
the school moved to Dorney Reach, Mrs. Wooller was appointed to 
teach the infants. 
By the time Mr. Eastgate handed over to Mr. Price in 1969 there 
were 100 pupils on roll. The school has continued to expand over 
the years to cater for 150 - 175 pupils attracting children from 
a wider area, and is now designated as a Combined School providing 
primary education for children from 5 - 12 years of age. The 
average class size is 25 pupils. The subjects taught range from 
the basic but essential 3 Rs, through Environmental Studies, 
Arts & Craft, Music, Drama, Physical Education, and French in 
Classes 5 & 6 culminating in visits to Brittany on a biennial 
basis which commenced in 1971. 
Of all the schools in South Bucks Dorney maintains the highest 
percentage of children attaining places in local grammar schools, 
but it can be fairly said that every child leaving Dorney school 
has received a very good grounding for the future secondary school. 
All in all we do feel pleased at the reprieve, and thanks go to 
the school Managers for their efforts in removing the threat of 
closure to our school. 
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the preceding month. 
Editors: 
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Distributors: 
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SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES 
EVERY SUNDAY 
VICAR: 
CHURCHWARDENS: 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.15 a.m. Explorers & Creche at the Vicarage 
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion (1st Sunday in Month : 
Mattins with Communion) 
The Rev. Paul Hawkins, 
The Vicarage, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 62823 
Lt.Col. P. D.S. Palmer, 
Dorney Court, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel : Burnham 4638 
Mr. M. J. L. Armstrong, 
Badgers, 
Village Road, 
Dorney, Windsor, Berks. 
Tel: Burnham 5595 
The Vicar tries to keep Thursday as his day off and you are asked please to 
respect this except in an emergency. 

ISSUE NO. 12/79 DECEMBER, 1979 
E D I T O R I A L 
A new date for Christmas is suggested by astronomer Dr. David 
Hughes, of Sheffield University. Almost certainly Christ was 
born sometime in September and the year was 7 BC rather than 1 AD. 
Dr. Hughes' astronomical research is published in a work of 
historical detection entitled 'The Star of Bethlehem Mystery' and 
it reveals that the miracle star in the East was in fact not a 
star but a bright object caused by a conjunction of the planets 
Saturn and Jupiter in the constellation of Pisces. Such a rare 
conjunction would create considerable interest and would last long 
enough for the Magi to journey to Bethlehem. Modern archaeology 
supports Dr. Hughes' theory, for an unearthed inscription records 
the likely date of the Census, for which Mary and Joseph left 
Nazareth, to be around 7 BC. 
Of course December 25th is not considered to be the date of Christ's 
birth. It is simply a date on which we can celebrate it and was 
fixed at this time because it coincided with the pagan feast of 
winter. 
Although peoples in other parts of the world are used to celebrating 
Christmas during their summer time, we in the west would find 
Christmas in September very difficult to accept. Dickens would have 
hated the idea. The spirits haunting Ebenezer Scrooge would have 
lost half their terror on a balmy September night. 
'In the bleak mid winter' and 'amid the winter's snow' set the scene 
for our celebration. A scene inextricably linked in our 
imagination to a world of log-fires and hot punch. This imagery 
reflects the spirit of Christmas; a cold and indifferent world 
warmed by the promise of an angel. The message of that Nativity 
eve melts, if only fleetingly, the ice in men's hearts. 
This December amidst the warmth of family and friends we won't 
care how frosty the weather nor that our celebrations are three 
months late. 
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Dear Parishioners, 
No Room At The Inn 
As Christmas comes once again the events in Kampuchea, formerly 
Cambodia, have forcefully reminded us that the 20th Century world 
in some ways has changed very little from that of the first 
century: there is still no room at the Inn for millions of our 
fellow human beings, not only for children and adults starving 
and dying in Kampuchea, but also for many others throughout the 
world who lack the basic necessities of life. Even in our own 
country, we are cutting back on essential services to the sick, 
the crippled, the elderly, and the dying, in obedience to the 
"Economy", the god of the twentieth century that haunts our 
national life and threatens to reduce us all to being his 
mindless subjects, intent only on our own advancement and wealth. 
The group of hospital inmates, crippled and confined to wheel 
chairs, who recently had to 11 sit in 11 in their hospital to draw 
the attention of the public and the government to their plight 
following cutbacks in beds, is sufficient testimony that in our 
country, as well as in the world as a whole, there is no room 
for many at the Inns of success and wealth. 
I Must Succeed! 
'fhe "Economy" is not the only idol around: 11 success 11 is 
another one. Think how much unhappiness, bitterness, and 
injustice i.s the result of our obsession with success. Perhaps 
one of the main reasons behind some marriage breakdowns is 
people's unrealistic expectations of marriage: when the 
expectations of complete bliss are not met, it cannot be faced 
or understood. Disillusionment and disappointment is caused by 
apparent lack of success at work. Passion for success causes 
jealousy and selfishness. If only we could all relax, confident 
in the faith that whether we succeed or fail we are of the same 
value in the sight of God and of those who love us. Of course 
it is right and proper that we should want to develop and use 
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the gifts that we have, but we nevertheless need to learn and 
accep\ that failure is an inevitable part of life. 
Strength Out of Weakness 
The child who was born at Bethlehem was not only born outside 
the Inn, but also died a failure: Jesus did not succeed in 
worldly terms. Yet out of that failure, a miserable death on 
the cross with his few followers terrified and scattered, men 
and women have experienced the power and triumph and wisdom of 
God. We would all be happier if we were less fanatical about 
success and the gaining of our 11rights11 , and thought more about 
enjoying and sharing what we already have. 
With best wishes for a happy and blessed Christmas, 
Paul Hawkins. 
REGISTERS FOR OCTOBER 
BAPTISM 28th Holly Anne Smith 
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16th December 
8. 00 a.m. 
10. 30 a. m. 
ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 
ADVENT III 
Holy Communion 
Parish Communion 
Miss Kilpatrick 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen 
Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Ames 
Flowers 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Mrs. Hawkins & Mrs. Armstrong 
Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Griffith 
Jonathan Longden 
Reader 
8. 00 Mr. Belcher 
10. 30 Mr. Houldsworth 
10.30 Mrs. Handy 
23rd December ADVENT IV 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
Flowers Mrs. Humpleman 
Cleaning Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Houldsworth 
Sidesman 8.00 Mr. Butteriss 
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Matthew 11: 2-15 
Philippians 4: 4-9 

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL 1979 
Sunday 23rd December 
6.30 p. m. CAROL SERVICE 
Sidesman: Mr. Robb 
CHRISTMAS EVE 
Monday 24th December 
5.00 p. m. CHRISTINGLE SERVICE 
Sidesman: Mr. Pepler 
11.30 p.m. MIDNIGHT COMMUNION 
Server: 
Sidesman: 
Jeremy Belcher 
Mr. Belcher John 1: 1-14 
1st Reader: Angela Perryman Hebrews 1: 1-12 
Tuesday 25th December CHRISTMAS DAY 
8.00 a.m. 
10. 30 a.m. 
Holy Communion 
Parish Communion 
Cleaning 
Servers 
Sidesman 8.00 
10. 30 
Reader 10. 30 
Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. Skinner 
Teresa Wilkinson & Emma Shepheard 
Mr. Eastgate 
Mr. Armstrong John 1: 1-14 
Col. Palmer Hebrews 1: 1-12 
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30th December 1st Sunday after Christmas 
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 
10.30 a. m. 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Reader 
Parish Communion 
8.00 
10.30 
10. 30 
Mrs. Hellmuth & Mrs. Belcher 
Mr. & Mrs. Belcher 
Jane Summers 
Mr. Liney 
Mrs. Hammond 
Mrs. Robb 
6th January, 1980 EPIPHANY 
8.00 a.m. 
10. 30 a.m. 
Holy Communion 
Mattins & Communion 
Mrs. Armstrong 
Mrs. Clifford & Mrs. Mayes 
Matthew 
Isaiah 
Cleaning 
Coffee 
Explorers 
Creche 
Servers 
Sidesman 
Bridget Middlemas & Mrs. Butteriss 
Mrs. Handy & Mrs. Lightwood 
Kathy Shepheard 
2: 1-12 
49: 7-13 
Reader 
8.00 Mrs. Harpur 
10.30 Mr. Hayton 
10. 30 Col. Palmer 
Matthew 2: 1-20 
Isaiah 60: 1-6 
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THE PAR ISH PUMP 
A meeting of the Dorney Parish Council was held on Tuesday, 
13th November. The following items were discussed. 
1. The School Signs in Harcourt Road have been repaired. 
2. Footpaths Nos.6 & 11 
The matter of the broken stiles on these 2 footpaths 
will be taken up with the respective landowners. 
3. Finance - Accounts for payment 
Public Works Lo an Board 
December payment on Loan Charges 
Clerks Salary up to 30. 11.79 
Typing 
Thames Planning and Amenity Forum 
Subscription 
£63.88 
83. 24 
6.00 
4.00 
4. Following a meeting of the Commoners Association with 
Colonel P. Palmer in the chair it was agreed that the 
common rights which was with the Old Bakery in Dorney Village 
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should be extinguished following a change of use to the 
property from bakery to Antique Shop. 
5. Bucks County Council are obtaining quotations for the 
Village Hall Sign to be erected at the end of Oak Stubbs Lane. 
6. Football Review 
A definitive plan by the County Council of the local footpaths 
may be seen by appointment at David Shotts house, 9, 
Meadow Way, Maidenhead 27964 or at the Beaconsfield District 
offices in Slough. 
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• 
Dear Sir, 
Willowcroft, 
Ye Meads, 
Taplow, 
Maidenhead, 
Berks. SL6 ODH. 
1st Dorney Cub Scout Pack 
Readers will no doubt have seen, both in the columns of your 
owri magazine and in those of the local press that Mr. Alf 
Wiltshire, the Cub Scout Le ader of the Dorney Pack intends to 
give up that particular appointment in the middle of next year, 
1980. In addition to his appointment with Dorney, Alf is also 
a District Cub Scout Leader with Beeches District, and in 
consequence has duties in a district which covers not only 
Dorney, but also Taplow, Lent Rise, Burnham, Hedgerley, 
Beaconsfield and Holtspur. As you can well appreciate, this 
does mean a lot of work, and he does intend to continue with 
this part of his Scouting. 
I should therefore like to appeal through your magazine, to 
anyone who would like to help with the Cub Scouts at Dorney. 
The Scout Association does offer a good training for young 
people, and to continue with the work, adult help is always 
necessary. If anyone is interested, whether they have been 
in the movement before or not, I should be only too pleased 
if they would contact either Alf or myself. 
It would be a shame if Cub Scouting in Dorney ceased through 
a lack of a leader! 
Yours sincerely, 
K. I. R. Grant. 
District Commissioner, 
Beeches District. 
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Saturday, 1st December 
Tuesday, 11th December 
1980 
Tuesday, 8th January ) 
Tuesday, 12th February) 
Tuesday, 11th March 
Tuesday, 1st April 
Saturday, 14th June 
" " 
Saturday, 5th July 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
INSTITUTE 
DORNEY WOMEN'S 
SOCIAL CLUB 
DORNEY P.T.A. 
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 
ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE 
) 
) 
DIARY OF EVENTS 
D.w.s.c. Christmas Supper Dance @ Village 
Hall. 
over 60's Lunch Club, 12.20 p.m. at the 
Vicarage. Cost 70p. 
Over 60's Lunch Club, 12.20 p.m. at the 
Vicarage. Cost 70p. 
Project Annual Barbecue, Dorney Vicarage 
@ 8 p.m. 
P.T.A. Fete. 
P.T.A. Barbecue. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month at 
2. 30 p.m. 
Meet fourth Wednesday of every month at 
8.00 p.m. 
Meet fourth Monday of every month for 
P.T.A. Committee Meeting. 
Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. 
Dorney School. 
Second Tuesday in Every month at 7.45 p.m. 
preceding the Parish Council Meeting. 
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DORNEY P.C.C. 
DORNEY VILLAGE HALL 
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON 
CLUB 
DORNEY YOUTH CLUB 
Senior Youth Club 
Junior Youth Club 
First Wednesday of every month at 
8. 00 p.m. Dorney Vicarage. 
Meet second Wednesday of every month. 
Meet second Tuesday of every month at 
the Vicarage. 
7.30 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (14-20 year old's) 
6.45 p.m. Dorney Vicarage, alternate 
Sundays (11-14 year old's) 
(See Church Noticeboard for details) 
Dorney Babysitting Club. For details 
contact - Catherine Lancaster, 
Maidenhead 71618. 
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DORNEY WOMEN 'S INSTITUTE 
The Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday, 14th 
November. This was the 30th Anniversary of the Dorney Institute, 
and it must be a sign of our advancing age that even the 
V.C.O. 's are beginning to look younger. When Mrs. Sharphouse 
welcomed our guest Mrs. Emery, we felt we were entering a new 
era of refreshingly down-to-earth speakers. A beautifullydecorated 
birthday cake graced the table, made by Mrs. Jones 
and iced by Mrs. Harpur. 
We heard that members had spent a very pleasant afternoon on 
24th October being shown round the house and grounds at Hall 
Barn by La dy Burnham, who is now Mayor of Beaconsfield. The 
entrance fees paid on that occasion have been donated to the 
Stuart Lo dge repair fund. 
Mrs. Sharp gave a report on the Group Meeting at George Green 
on 31st October, and said she had been impressed by the work put 
into the Hallowe'en decorations in the hall, and the excellent 
refreshments. Iver Heath Institute have invited two of our 
members to their Christmas meeting on 11th December. 
The nearest of the annual W. I. Carol Parties will be held at 
Amersham on Monday, 17th December. Programmes are now available 
giving all the events which will take place in the county during 
1980 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Bucks Federation. 
Mrs. Harpur reported on the B.F.W. I. half-yearly council meeting 
which she had attended. 
Mrs. Allen announced that she was holding a coffee morning in 
aid of the Bucks. Berks. and Oxford Naturalists' Trust at 
25, Meadow Way, on 29th November at 10.30 a.m. 
The business of the A.G.M. began with Mrs. Harrison presenting 
the annual budget. She was congratulated by Mrs. Huddart. 
Mrs. Allen read her report on the year's many activities, and 
in her address the President, Mrs. Sharphouse, thanked individuals 
on the committee for their help in different ways. 
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Mrs. Emery gave a lively talk on the work of the A.C.W.W., 
through which every member is linked with countrywornen's 
associations throughout the world. She urged us to think of 
the world as a global village. 
Our V.C.O. then presided over the election of the President 
and Committee for next year. Mrs. Sharphouse was again voted 
President, and the committee also happily remains the same, 
except that Mrs. Chase has resigned, and Mrs. Clifford has 
agreed to re-join. 
For Members' Time, Mrs. Allen had provided some interesting 
competitions. The winner of the first one was Margaret Hutton, 
followed by Mrs. Dorrell and Mrs. Hutton. The second competition 
was won by Mrs. Harpur and Mrs. Livsey. Among the autumn flower 
arrangements, Miss Kilpatrick's was first, with Mrs. Allen and 
Mrs. Livsey second and third. 
The meeting on 12th December will take the form of a Christmas 
Party. The committee will be providing the teas, and two members 
from each institute in the Group have been invited. Everyone is 
asked to bring along a small gift in a festive wrapping, and there 
will be various games and competitions. Mrs. E. Baldwin will 
speak on customs 11Around the Swedish Year", and her hostess will 
be Mrs. Huddart. Mrs. Roberts will be in charge of the Welfare 
Clinic. We wish you all a very happy Christmas. 
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A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE 
In September, you received a copy of a newspaper produced 
the Beaconsfield District Council in which they asked for 
help in preparing a plan for the whole District's future. 
paper was the first step in a series which should lead to a 
Local Plan that will be a statutory statement of planning 
The District Council will then use it as their guide over 
by 
your 
This 
policy. 
the 
next ten years. 
There are a number of aspects where we in Dorney could be 
affected and it does seem that before the Beaconsfield District 
Council Planners can start their task they would like, ev en need, 
to know our feelings so that they can be represented as a 
consensus in the plans that are later to be put forward for 
discussion. If there is no plan because those that should make 
one hav e not been pointed in the right direction by us, then, 
when applications for housing, mineral extraction etc., come 
along there can be no policy document to act as a guide by which 
decisions can be made and stands taken. We will then have few 
grounds for complaining about any action that might be taken. 
For example - we know that the Secretary of State for the 
Envir onment has made it clear that he expects the Beaconsfield 
District (our District) to find housing for developments at 
Heathrow and in Slough. It will be no good, if on this and any 
other point of conflict, ev ery Parish says 11Not here, somewhere 
else. 11 'rhere must be a plan for the area as a whole so that 
arbitrary decisions are not made. 
Do we want Postmen, Teachers, Nurses and the many other Public 
Service personnel to carry out their duties in our area? 
We all have a grumble when the dustbins are not emptied. Why 
are the people not available to do these jobs? One of the main 
reasons - if not the reason, is that they cannot afford to live 
in this very expensive locality and therefore don't. To somebody 
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in the North East without a job, the pay offered here is very 
attractive until the price of housing is considered. Should 
we have cheaper housing to accommodate them? If so, where? 
Or, do we put up with the poor services? 
Other sections of the document needing your thoughts were those 
on Transport, Shops, Employment, Recreation and leisure and 
lastly community facilities. Not all relate to us, but some 
certainly do. If you have views on any one (or all) , then the 
Planning Department at the Beaconsfield District Council would 
welcome your comments. All your answers will be read and a 
consensus taken as to how the majority in an area feel on any 
issue. Your Parish Council will be doing its best to look 
after the Parish's interests, but it really needs your support 
as well so that the planners are not given the feeling that they 
are just dealing with the seven councillors. 
Only 14 people in the Parish of Dorney have so far bothered to 
reply to the questions in the newspaper. Come on - let them 
know now what you think, rather than wait until the plans have 
been created for you and then complain. 
D.J.S. 
Chairman of the Parish Council. 
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DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB 
For our meeting held on October 24th in the Village Hall 
we were very pleased to welcome a retired Chemist from 
Langley, Mr. Norman Headen, to show us how to make wine. 
Mr. Headen has been making wine for many years and made it 
sound and look very easy. He filled many members with 
enthusiasm; who has a try remains to be seen. He brought 
a bottle of his wine for us all to taste and it was very good. 
Margaret Perryman won the raffle the prize being a tea towel 
and a pack of notelets. 
THE EDITORIAL BOARD 
W I S H YOU A L L A 
H A P P Y C H R I S T M A S 
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1ST. DORNEY BROWNIE GUIDES 
The Brownies have won the District Shield with their Autumn 
Collage. The District Commissioner Mrs. Thorne presented it 
to the Pack. The annual Willing Help Week went off very well 
with the Brownies working very hard and earning the splendid 
sum of E31. This money will be used for our Christmas Good Turn 
for a children's charity to be decided next month in the Pack. 
We have been swimming at Maidenhead Leisure Centre in readiness 
for the Swimming Gala to be held there on Saturday November 24th. 
Louise Palmer and Rebecca Paddy both passed the Swimmers Badge 
at this meeting. 
We welcomed three new Brownies Jennifer Govey, Hazel Goodier and 
Barbara Rayner who have now been enrolled. 
Other badges gained recently are House Orderly for Barbara Young 
and Pony Lovers for Anna Hutton. 
Brown Owl. 
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THE CAVY (Guinea Pig) 
The Cavy (Cavia porcellus) is a native of the Andes in South 
America. It was first domesticated by the Incas before the 
Spanish Invasion, its legs being considered as a delicacy, its 
pelt however is worthless, as the hairs are too loosely attached. 
The first cavies were brought to Europe in the eighteenth century, 
and then probably gained their common name guinea pig (presumably 
because their voice was comparable to that of a pig and they were 
sold for .a guinea). Now the cavy may be found in laboratories 
and homes throughout the world. 
Originally the cavy was golden-brown in colour, its coat consisting 
of hairs of dark and light brown. Now however selective breeding 
has resulted in the creation of about fifty true-breeding 
varieties. 
The cavy is one of the easiest pets to keep. It should be housed 
in an airy, but not draughty cage, which is well water-proofed. 
Each animal should have about 0. 18 m: (2 sq.ft.) of floor space 
and the cage should be about 30 cm. (1 foot) high. The floor 
should be covered in sawdust or wood-shavings and cleaned out 
regularly, as damp can be fatal. 
The cavy requires a varied diet, comprising grass, various 
weeds and vegetables and oats. In addition dry hay (not straw) 
for bedding, and water should be available. 
A cavy can be bought for about £1 and will cost less than 20p 
per week to feed (if advantage is taken of Dorney's abundant 
grass and weeds). However before acquiring a cavy it is 
important to remember that it may be expected to live as long 
as five years, and will need a kind home for all that time. 
One of the most exciting aspects of cavy keeping is breeding 
them. The gestation period is about ten weeks, and the young 
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(on average 3-4 per litter) when born are fully developed, 
with fur, open eyes and teeth. They are thus capable of eating 
solid food within a few hours and can be weaned within three 
weeks. 
As well as keeping cavies as pets, there are quite a large number 
of people who keep cavies for showing, some owning as many as one 
hundred. 
There are some seventy cavy clubs in Britain, each holding 
regular shows (Dorney's nearest clubs are Ealing, Aylesbury and 
Reading). 
At shows the classes are divided into two main types, 'self' and 
'non-self'. Self cavies are those of one colour, with short coats. 
The self classes are divided into about ten common colours and 
three age groups, under five months, five to eight months and 
adult. 
Non-self cavies are the remainder, consisting of the long coated, 
Peruvians and Shelties (who arrive at shows with their coats in 
curlers, to keep them clean); rosetted Abyssinians; Agouties 
which are most like the original South American cavies, with their 
ticked coats; Dutch which have bands of white and colour; and 
Himalayans, which are marked like Siamese cats. In addition to 
these, which are again subdivided into colour and age groups, 
there are rare varieties and unstandardised classes. 
Each cavy is entered into its breed class and is then duplicated 
in classes against similar cavies, until a best self, non-self 
and a best in show are found. Most shows offer prizes of rosettes, 
cup and money and charge a modest entry fee. 
As well as being kept as pets and shown cavies are frequently 
used in medical laboratories for drug tests. They are in many ways 
the ideal s􀃵all pet being of docile temperament, free from disease 
and even has its own clearly defined personality. 
GERARD TYLER 
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Dear Editor, 
Pidgeon House Farm, 
Dorney, 
Windsor, 
Berks. 
26th November, 1979 
May I draw the attention of your readers to 
the fact that we now have sheep in the field by Marsh 
Lane, and whilst we do not wish to deprive anyone of 
the pleasure of walking their dogs on footpaths,there 
has been a certain number of dogs worrying the sheep. 
In future any dogs seen loose in the fields will be 
shot on sight. 
Yours faithfully, 
G.T. Hill. 
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the preceding month. 
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Distributors: 
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E. SARGEANT AND SON 
FUNERAL DIRECTORS MONUMENT AL MASONS 
Head Office: 
Church Street, 
Slough, 
Tel: Slough 20081 
PRIVATE CHAPELS 
Windsor Branches: 
61 & 313 St. Leonards Road, 
Windsor. Tel: Windsor 65982 & 60762 
DAY & NIGHT SERVICE 
HANDYSTORE 
(G .F. WILLIAMS AND SON) 
SHOE REPAIRS • HARDWARE • WALLPAPERS • ALL FISHING REQUISITES 
CYCLE REPAIR SPECIALISTS 
I, BELL LANE, 
ETON WICK. 
Tel: Windsor 60576 Do-lt-Youraelf Centre 
NEVILLE AND GRIFFIN LIMITED 
DAIRY FARMERS 
(Est. 1857) 
open 8.30-7p.m. 
Sunday 9-1 p.m. 
Milk - Cream • Eggs - Bread • Fruit Juice • Potatoes - Corona Products 
733, Bath Road, 
Tap low. 
MICHAEL S. COBB 
UPHOLSTERER 
ANTIQUE AND MODERN FURNITURE 
Tel: Burnham 3277 
KING STABLE STREET, 
ETON. 
FIRST CLASS WORK BY 
EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMAN 
Tel: MAIDENHEAD 30806 
Estimates Free 

W. A. LIDSTONE LTD. 
58 BRITWELL ROAD. BURNHAM 
for 
ALL YOUR GARDEN NEEDS 
BIRD SEEDS; POULTRY & HORSE FO ODS 
WEEKLY DELIVERIES LOCALLY - 
OR CALL & DRIVE IN - AMPLE PARKING 
TEL: BURNHAM 2092 
J. T. IRELAND LTD. 
BUILDERS AND CONTRACl'ORS 
41 ETON WICK ROAD, 
ETON WICK. 
Telephone : Windsor 65373 & 66305 
I A. De Siano I 
2 Bell Lane, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. Tel: Windsor 65682 
108 Cookham Road, Maidenhead, Berks. Tel: M'hd. 25385 

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Directors: 
Garage DORNEY, Nr. WINDSOR, BERKS. 
AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS 
T. C. Williams, T.Eng. (CEI), A.M.1.M.I. 
A. M. T. Williams, C. E. Williams 
P H O N E u s F O R 
I. M O T TESTING WHILE YOU WAIT 
2. ALL MECHANICAL REPAIRS 
3, SERVICING 
4, CRYPTON TUNING 
Telephone: BURN HAM 318f3 
5. ADVICE ON TECHNICAL PROBLEMS - ON ANY 
MAKE OF VEHICLE 
We are a family business and like to establish good 
personal contact with our clients. We'd like to care for 
your car. 
Hours of Business : 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.