.. ·. &, 11\ornep 􀀍arisb 􀀎ems .'i\ ;'1,111,. I,•:!, -r • '·ii·•􀃢:. :􀃣,.,,....,. Nf.Y CHURCH Ii BJ.CAMPSll 8 Cl 80 PEASCOD STREET, WINDSOR, SL4 1 OH. Telephone: Windsor 69055/7 10 ST. JUDES ROAD, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, TW20 OBY. Telephone: Egham 33696/7 * * * CHARTERED VALUATION SURVEYORS & ESTATE AGENTS * * * Fast, quality service from experienced staff. Mortgages arranged for suitable purchasers, free valuations, NO SALE - NO FEE. * * * Houses required for waiting buyers in the Dorney and Surrounding areas. * * * OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Agents for Northern Rock Building Society THE OLD SCHOOL ANTIQUES DORNEY PURCHASERS AND VENDORS OF GOOD QUALITY A NTIQUES VALUATIONS & RESTORATIONS undertaken. Tel: BURNHAM 3247 11d' 􀀝 Partner,: S. Brown •nd C. Hallmurh P􀀄4ca 93 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 6HZ Tel: Maidenhead 70722 PLUMBING, HEATING AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOR All INDUSTRIAL & DOMESTIC WORK BATHROOMS SUPPLIED & FITTED. 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Tel : Burnham 2243 ISSUE NO. 1/85 FEBRUARY, 1985 E D I T O R I A L 1985 has been designated 'Tudor Year' and throughout the Country festivities are being planned to celebrate the fivehundredth anniversary of the accession to the Throne of the first Tudor monarch. Perhaps many of you, like me, have forgotten much of what we learned of English history. We may recall that Ethelred was unready, that John lost his crown in the Wash and Charles I lost his head in Whitehall. But although we are rather vague regarding the sequence of Kings and Queens, the battles and treaties, and the repressions and reforms of former ages, I am willing to wager that the great names and events of the Tudor period are held fast in our memory. It was a time of expanding English influence in the world and of great change at home. A time of triumph and trauma, when a glance from the Throne could mean an accolade or the axe. Not an altogether happy era, and often cruel and oppressive. Its lasting, estimable memorial is its architecture, for above all it is the Tudor houses of England that endears that age to us and will inspire the scenes of celebration in this fivehundredth year. Dorney Court is a fine Tudor house and our Tudor Fayre, to be held in its grounds on 4th May, provides a local opportunity to join in the country-wide festivities of this historic anniversary. One unpleasant feature of Tudor life is seldom mentioned; sanitation, or the lack of it. And in particular the disposal of sewage. I believe it was customary to dig large pits to accommodate all waste matter, and whether Dorney Court was once besieged by such pits I know not. But I do know that after five hundred years it may soon find itself downwind from pits, or tanks, that are larger than those of old and even more noxious. We must now realise that there is a very real threat that the Perry Oaks sewerage works may be moved to Dorney I s back door. This is a vast project, covering several acres and will make life in Dorney and Dorney Reach intolerable. Please make sure that you attend the Parish Meeting in the Village Hall on 20th March to discuss this proposal, and Berkshire's plan to swallow Dorney. There is criticism that the once renowned Dorney ccmmunity spirit has waned. It must be rekindled to oppose these environmental challenges and to ensure that we have cause to celebrate Tudor Year. ******************** - 1 - This is my first opportunity to write in the Newsletter in an official capacity as being directly responsible for the parish of Dorney, and I do so with great pleasure although some trepidation. Since I became Team Rector of the Riverside Team Ministry in May 1978 I have in fact been, legally, the Rector of Dorney (together with Colnbrook, Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury). For those five parishes together make up the 'Benefice' of Riverside of which I am the Incwnbent. However, as you will know, I have been mainly concerned with the pastoral oversight of Datchet since we have been fortunate to have Team Vicars responsible for the other parishes, although in each case on a part-time basis. Thus, Jim Newell is Team Vicar of Wraysbury and of Horton (he happens to be resident in Wraysbury). Jeff Hall is Team Vicar of Colnbrook, but, like the Team Vicars of Dorney is only working in the parish for one third of his time (he is also Deanery Industrial Chaplain). Now the situation has changed somewhat and I have the privilege and pleasure of serving the church and parish of Dorney in a much more· direct way. However, I mentioned 'trepidation ' since although I have been around for almost 7 years, I don't really know Dorney and, inevitably, I will not always be in the right place at the right time ... Please do help by making sure I am informed either directly or through the vicarage of anything you think I ought to know. It is a particularly good time to start a ministry in a parish, because it co-incides with the period in which, in accordance with the Sunday themes and Bible readings, we look at the Ministry of Jesus which we are called to take as our example. On the first three Sundays in February we think of Jesus as 'Teacher', ' Healer' and 'Friend of Sinners ', before entering the six-week period of Lent. The Ministry of the Church in Dorney is to reflect those three themes, and whilst I am called to lead, it is not just my ministry but that of the Whole Body of Christ gathered in St. James'. In Lent we shall look particularly at the reason God founded his Church at all - that is ' What is our Mission?'. But whatever it is - Ministry and Mission - it can only begin as and when those who 'love the Lord Jesus ' conunit themselves to meeting for worship, prayer and the breaking of bread each Sunday as the 'Body of Christ'. I look forward to an exciting growth in the life and witness of our Church in Dorney. Jeffery Whale. - 2 - ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 3rd February 8.00 a.m. 9TH BEFORE EASTER, SEPTUAGESIMA 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Holy Communion Parish Communion Matthew 5: 1-12 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Mr. Liney Mrs. Ames Mrs. Pepler Mrs. Palmer, Mrs.Eastgate 1 Corinthians 4: 8-13 Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Pa.rk..er Cleaning Coffee Clergy Mrs. Gorle Eton College Chaplain Revd. Jeffery Whale & Mrs. Jones 10th February 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 8TH BEFORE EASTER, SEXAGESIMA Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman Mrs. Harpur Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Mr. Pepler Mark 2: 1-12 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Dollimore James 5: 13-16 Coffee Clergy Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Dodd & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Street Mrs. Warner-Horne Revd. Jeffery Whale Eton College Chaplain 17th February 8.00 a.m. 7TH BEFORE EASTER, QUINQUAGESIMA 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Holy Communion Parish Communion 8.00 a.m. Mr. Eastgate Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mr. Armstrong Mark 2: 13-17 Coffee Clergy Mrs. Harpur Philemon Mrs. Westendorp, Mrs. Dodd & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Robb Mrs. Ames Revd.Dr. Wallbank Eton College Chaplain 20th February ASH WEDNESDAY To be announced - 3 - 1-16 24 th February 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. lsr IN LENT Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Handy Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Belcher Matthew 4, 1-11 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Mrs. Hayton Hebrews 2: 14-end Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Butcher Cleaning Coffee Mrs. Belcher Clergy Revd. Jeffery Whale Revd. Dr. Wallbank 3rd March 2ND IN LENT 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Holy Communion Parish Communion 8.00 a.m. Mr. Dollimore Mr. Booth Mrs. Armstrong Luke 1 John 19, 41-end 4, 1-6 Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Mrs. Coish Pepler & Mrs. Butcher Allen Coffee Clergy - Eton College Chaplain Revd. Jeffery Whale 10th March 3RD IN LENT 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 10.30 a.m. Parish Connnunion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Mr. Pepler Mr. Hayton Luke 9: 18-27 Elizabeth Robb Colossians 1: 24-end Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Parker Cleaning Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Chapman Coffee Clergy - Revd. Revd. Mrs. Dollimore Jeffery Whale Dr. Wallbank - 4 - • • • THE PARISH PUMP Meeting of the Parish Council Notes on the meeting on a very cold January night Because of Christmas, there was not a great deal to discuss as no one seemed to have answered the letters the Parish Council had written following the December meeting. 1. Register of Birth , Deaths and Marriages. The County Council are proposing changes in the present arrangements because with the closing down of Cliveden Hospital (a large source of new born children) there will not be the same requirement for registrations. One of the proposals is that there should be a Registrar in Attendance for one hour only at Burnham on Mondays and Fridays. An alternative would be that there is a Registrar in Attendance every day in Slough. The Parish Council thought it would be more convenient to have the Registrar available in Slough all the time but felt strongly that there were many people who would prefer their birth , death or marriage registered as having taken place in Burnham in Buckinghamshire rather than in Slough in Berkshire. The compromise appeared to be that a room in Slough could be made Buckinghamshire sovereign territory so that the certificates could be satisfactorily worded ! 2. Accounts. Only three miscellaneous items were authorised for payment. 3. Planning Applications. Two uncontroversial plans for extensions to houses received no comment. 4. The resignation of Parish councillor Mrs. Bridget Woodhead was received with regret. - 5 - s. 6. 7. The Barge Path. Comment was made that cars and rubbish along and at the end of this path were spoiling this very attractive public footpath. Voluntary lift scheme. It was reported that Mrs. Belcher, tel: Maidenhead 27047, was prepared to organise it. A list of some 30 people have given their names as being prepared to offer lifts for those in need. Anyone having such need should telephone Mrs. Belcher who will make the necessary arrangements. The Parish Council is delighted that this scheme is getting off the ground. It will provide great assistance for those who have no car of their own and who find the present bus service inadequate. The scheme is to be known as "The Dot and Carry one Service." Next Meeting is on 10th February. The Annual Parish Meeting will be in the village Hall on 20th March. ANNUAL PARISH MEETING 20th March 1985 @ 8 p.m. Two very important reasons for coming: 1. Berkshire proposes to take over Dorney. What are the implications???? How should Dorney' s case be presented? 2. The results of the London Airports enquiry. The inspector has said that in the long term he sees no reason why Terminal 5 should not be built. What are the implications of this for us? Does it mean more aircraft coming? Does it mean more pressure on the local environment generally? Where will the enormous sewage works currently on the Terminal 5 site go to? Will it be to Iver or will it be in Dorney? THERE IS A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THE GIANT LONDON SEWAGE WORKS COULD BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DORNEY COMMON STRETCHING ALL THE WAY FROM ETON WICK TO CLOSE TO LAKE END ROAD. TIM SMITH M.P. will do his very best to come - parliamentary business permitting. - 6 - ' • • D O R N E Y V I C A R A G E Over 60 1 s and Early Retired We will now be holding two lunch clubs at the Vicarage per month. They will be on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. The 2nd Tuesday of the month will be the usual time of 12 o'clock until 2 p.m. and on the 4th Tuesday it will be from 10.30-4 p.m. This will include activities such as cards, puzzles, painting, knitting and we will organise the occasional demonstration and there is the possibility of hairdressing. Transport will be available from the corner of Meadow Way at 10.20 a.m. The cost for the day is £2. 25 which includes morning coffee, two course lunch, afternoon tea. We do hope as many of you as possible will come and enjoy the activities and we look forward to seeing you. Adrian Cotterill Carole Williams Stephanie Moss *************** *************** The villages of England are like pearls beyond compare - Such beauty to the passer by who can only stand and stare, Winding lanes and leafy trees, I know of such a place - Where I can walk and dream awhile viewing nature face to face, The sleepy Thames along its border gently rippling by, The bleat of sheep in emerald fields where breezes softly sigh. A little churchyard where the past at rest enjoy its sleeping, An ancient church enfolding all, its watch is ever keeping. Our duty is so clear before us, all this we must preserve Dorney is a haven with such history to conserve, This holy place of worship has given us so much, our help is needed now for once it needs the human touch In that church our prayers have passed to realms above, now may our donations restore it with our love. To close it would be stilling a vital throbbing heart. To save would be an act in which we joyfully take part. Jean Amor *************** *************** - 7 - DIARY OF EVENTS Friday 1st February Jumble Sale in aid of the Church repairs. Sunday 10th February Hunger lunch , The Chauntry, Lake End Road, 12-2 p.m. in aid of Unicef . Friday 15th March D.V.H.M.C. Jumble Sale. Wednesday 20th March Annual Parish Meeting @ 8 p . m . Monday 25th March P.C.C. Meeting Saturday 4th May Tudor Fayre @ Dorney Court . Saturday 11th May D.V.H.M.C. Spring Dance. Friday 27th September D.V.H. M.C. Jumble Sale. Saturday 12th October D .V.H.M.C. Anniversary Dance. Saturday 7th December D.V . H .M.C. Christmas Dance. DORNEY WOMEN ' S INSTIUTE Meet second Wednesday of every month @ 2,30 p.m. DORNEY P.T.A. Meet fourth Monday of every month for P .T.A. Committee Meeting. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Second Tuesday in every month at 8 . 00 p . m. Village Hall . ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE Second Tuesday in every other month at 7 .45 p.m. preceding the Parish Council Meeting. DORNEY P.C.C. First Wednesday of every month at 8 . 00 p.m. Dorney Vicarage . DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Meet second Wednesday of every month . DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON Meet second and fourth Tuesday of every CLUB month at the Vicarage. ************** *********** DORNEY PARISH NEWS PRICE INCREASE From 1st January, 1985 the annual price of the Parish News will be £3 . ********************************* - 8 - 􀃻 􀃼 􀃽 II 􀃻 􀃼 􀃽 II DORNEY PARISH-ETON COLLEGE PROJECT As many of you know the Intermediate Treatment programme started some two years ago at the vicarage collapsed twelve months later leaving the Project ' s Executive Committee with the task of finding a new role for the conference centre during weekdays . Although several ideas were put forward in the first half of 1984 the Executive Committee were unable to recommend any to the Trustees but were encouraged by the level of forward weekend bookings and the use of the vicarage for holidays for children from disadvantaged houses , mainly in city centres. Last July the Revd. Ronald Johnson announced his resignation to take up the post of Chaplain at Eastbourne College which posed a further difficulty for the Executive Committee and the Trustees. After numerous meetings and much discussion it was agreed to appoint an assistant Warden and an acting Warden, both full time until the end of 1985, to manage the conference centre and its continuing use , and to assist the Executive Committee in establishing a new permanent role . The Trustees have requested the Wardens and the Executive Committee to make detailed recommendations for consideration at the Trustee ' s meeting in September. Contrary to normal arrangements the appointment of an ordained Warden in Dorney has , since the time Roger Royle came here , been the responsibility of the Project, of which the Diocese of Oxford is one sponsor , rather than solely a parish and Diocesan matter . The Project has felt that in the present circumstances and with an uncertain future for the conference centre it would be difficult to appoint an ordained Warden or to offer the sort of terms of employment which would attract good applicants . In addition it has become clear yet again that the three-way nature of the job of Warden, Vicar of Dorney and part-time Eton Chaplain is a great deal to ask of anyone and that the accommodation offered at the Vicarage leaves a lot to be desired especially for a married man with children. Dorney, as a parish within the Riverside Team ministry , is fortunate in being supported by Revd . Jeffery Whale , Team Rector and Vicar of Datchet , who has undertaken with the help of the Eton chaplaincy and Revd. Dr. Wallbank to ensure that the normal Sunday services at 8 a . m . and 10.30 a . m . continue until it has been possible to determine - 9 - the Project 's future. Jeffery Whale will also visit in the parish and provide a very similar level of pastoral care as has, in practi.ce, been given in recent years. Naturally it is sad to see the break in the very long line of incumbents living in the parish but as a quite small community we have been particularly fortunate over the last twelve years during which time many villages larger than Dorney have lost their resident clergyman because of shortage of ordained men and financial resources. At the same time this challenge to our loyalty and faith is small as compared with that facing Christians in many other countries where hostility or persecution is common and it is to be hoped that those who value the worship offered to God at our parish church will re-dedicate themselves to His work and witness. John Robb Michael Armstrong Churchwardens Peregrine Palmer Trustee. ST. JAMES ' CHURCH, DORNEY The election of churchwardens ctnd THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING of ST. JAMES ' CHURCH, DORNEY will be held at the Vicarage on Monday, 25th March, 1985, preceded by Holy Eucharist at the church at 7. 30 p.m. Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 10 - • • • ' - ------- DORNEY Pl\RISH-ETON COLLEGE PROJECT Once again the Vicarage rang to the sound of Hackney children running and playing through the normally peaceful village of Dorney. After Christmas the village said a sad farewell to Ron and Pat Johnson who have moved to Eastbourne College . The Vicarage is still here but subtly changed. There are a couple of new faces but sadly not a vicar. What is going on? Well let me explain - I am Adrian Cotterill the new lay warden and I have a new Assistant Warden, Carole Williams. Stephanie Moss is still with us along with Sarah Armstrong who helps with the secretarial work. You will probably have seen Carole and I around for a few weeks now. As you will guess the Project is continuing and various functions like the Guides, the Over 60 ' s Lunch Club (increasing to twice a month, see separate note) and the PCC Meetings will continue. So everything that occurred while Ron was here will carry on. But what about the services, the Weddings and Baptisms and the other things that a Vicar does? Well Jeffrey Whale and the other priests of the Riverside Team Ministry will be taking the services. The pastoral care will continue through the care of Jeffrey Whale who will be visiting Dorney at least once a week. The Project will we hope become a lot busier with new ventures in the community and more conferences over the weekends and perhaps more school groups visiting the Vicarage for their special courses. I hope that you will feel free to come to the Vicarage now that it is becoming a more active Project. We had the Hackney holidays before Christmas and more holidays at Easter and in the summer. Do come and meet both Carole and I. We are here to run the Project but we are only too pleased to be a part of the Dorney Community and we hope a base from which the needs and functions of a parish priest can be passed on to the Vicar, Jeffrey Whale. Adrian Cotterill Warden - 11 - Dear Friends, Upper Flat, 14 Grange Rd. Eastbourne. I am writing this letter from the depths of frozen , darkest Sussex, to thank you all for the most generous gifts we received at Christmas. The table lamps are a great joy, and the cheque is being most useful. • There is much joy in our new work , but much adjus tment also. Despite • the snow, term has begun, and I am grappling with a new timetable and a sea of new faces. Everyone is being very kind - and gradually our new home is taking shape. Nevertheless, we miss you. please visit us if you are Thank you, again, for the gifts, and do on the South coast at any time. our love and prayers to you all. Ron and Pat Johnson. *************************** DID YOU KNOW ************** that there is a Club open to all , young and old, novice and accomplished, which will provide you with an evening ' s good company and friendly competition for a modest outlay? We refer to the Whist Club. Needless to say, Dorney has its own version of Whist Drives , which can be positively hilarious at times , so do not be put off if you have never played in your life before. Come along and sample the fun ! For details of venue, dates , etc , please ring Maidenhead 25039. ************** ST. JAMES ' CHURCH Very many thanks to the flower arrangers, and the cleaners. If there is anybody who could come and clean the church, about once in 5 or 6 weeks, we should be very glad to hear from them. Brigit Ames - Burnham 61065. ****************** - 12 - • • DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE DECEMBER 1984 A festive air prevailing at this meeting, coming near the Christmas season, we spread our wings into the main hall, making it suitably 'Christmassy', with holly, paper trees and many other appropriate decorations. This done we settled into our normal W.I. functions, first welcoming invited members from Taplow, George Green and Iver. The President thanked all members for their efforts and hard work in making the Christmas Fayre a successful event and expressed appreciation of the people of Dorney for their most welcome support. An Art Day has been arranged for 20th February at Hazells Hall, Aylesbury, Mr. Seabrook being the Speaker, Mrs. Sharphouse has the details. Misses A. Strugnell & M. Kilpatrick volunteered to attend the Resolutions meeting at Stoke Pages on January 24th. Mrs. Allen gave being Heraldry. College, and it a report on her visit to Denman College, the subject She said how much she had enjoyed her stay at the had proved to be very worth while. All then participated in a competition for the best Christmas table decoration, which had to be done 'on the spot'. The result was a beautiful array, we do indeed have talent in this direction, and it was a very difficult task, for Mrs. King of Taplow W.I., elected to do the judging, to make a final decision. However, after much deliberation, Miss Kilpatrick was declared a very worthy winner with Mrs. Chase a close second. Mrs. Hill presented all members with a well presented and duly authorised Balance Sheet for 1984, fortunately showing that we are still maintaining a 'credit'. Our Treasurer keeps a keen eye on our finances, and puts in much hard work in this direction and keeps us well and truly advised. W.I. Duties - Child welfare Clinic - Mrs. Harpur and Mrs. Allen. I .... - 13 - JANUARY 1985 A very wintry start to the New Year, and considering the 9th was bitterly cold and snowy underfoot we had a good attendance at this month's meeting. It says much for the W.I. that members were willing to leave their firesides and endure the cold of the Village Hall, in order to come to the meeting, particularly so to Mrs. Chase recovering after an operation, who we are delighted to have back with us. Business preliminaries were brief, in order to shorten the meeting. The 'Brain of Bucks' competition is being held on 20th March at HighWycombe and it is hoped that Mrs. Spencer, our very worthy representative,will have many Dorney supporters for this occasion. Details were given by Mrs. Allen of a Drama Festival, Tennis Coaching, Talent Register, Craft Exhibition, Music Day and Charity Fashion Show at Stoke Mandeville. The Regional meeting is being held at Bourne End on March 27th and the Speaker's subject will be 'What shall we have for Dinner Today'. 'Portrait of Portugal' is to be the theme of the International Day on 25th February, which should be very interesting. The Speaker this month was Miss E. Ricketts, who gave a most interesting talk on 'Women in Africa'. Unfortunately this talk too, had to be curtailed due to the freezing temperature, but we hope to have this lady to talk to us again at some more fortunate date. We have again adopted as our competition - Flower of the Month and it is hoped all members will do their best to participate. Speaker for February will be Miss P. Segsworth on the Reminiscences of a Policewomen. W.I. Duties - Child Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen. ********************* DORNEY COURT ********************** THERE ARE SOME VACANCIES FOR ASSISTANTS IN THE TEA ROOMS FOR THE FORTHCOMING SEASON. ANYONE INTERESTED PLEASE TELEPHONE - *****MR**S**. **P*. **PA*L**ME*R*,* *B*U*R*N*H*A*M* *4*6*3*8* *B*E*F*O*R*E* *T*H*E* *E*N*D* *O*F* *F*E*B**R*U*A*R*Y*.* ***** - 14 - DORNEY CONSERVATIVES The Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 5th March at Twnblewood, 17, Oak Stubbs Lane, Dorney Reach, by kind invitation of Mr. & Mrs. P.H. Bampton at 8 p.m. Mrs. P.S. Bentley the prospective Conservative Candidate for the forthcoming County Council Election will address the meeting. All members are invited to attend. ******************** HUNGER LUNCH There will be a lunch in aid of Unicef, on Sunday February 10th 12-2 p.m. at The Chauntry, Lake End Road, by kind permission of Mr. & Mrs. Robb. Many thousands of people in Africa are dying, through lack of clean water. Unicef helps to supply drilling equipment, pumps, water pipes etc. I hope you will be able to come and support this project. B.M. Ames. ************* TOMBOLA Wendy Breslin will be pleased to accept any unwanted Christmas presents for the Tudor Fayre Tombola. Recently married couples may like to donate one or two of those surplus toasters, or the what-d 'ye-call-it from Great Aunt Ethel. All gifts gratefully received. ************* - 15 - J.A. PET SUPPLIES, 31, ETON WICK ROAD, ETON WICK. Tel. WINDSOR 50994. FOR PETS AND PET FOOD REQUIREMENTS. ********** 'DIAL - A - STYLE' ********** Your local mobile Hairdresser PERMS £8.00 HIGHLIGHTS £8.00 CUT & BLOW DRY £4.50 also Men, Children and O.A.P. Professional styling at reasonable prices TEL: ANGELA - Maidenhead 20592 ********** CHURCHWARDENS MR. MICHAEL ARMSTRONG BADGERS, ********** VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY, TEL. BURNHAM 5595 has replaced Mr. Peter Belcher. - 16 - --------- ------------------ Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editon: Editorial Board Distributon Mr. C.C. 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TELEPHONE; BURNHAM 63372 K. & "• GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOOOS WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL OPEN 9.QQ.,_m.-5.JOp.m (s,x days• wed/ SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00 a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message at Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 2/85 MARCH, 1985 E D I T O R I A L I have just had a taste of being handicapped, having fallen over on the ice in the first fall of snow and breaking my wrist. It isn't until you have first hand! experience of trying to manage with one hand, the left one at that, that you realise how little you can do in the beginning. Well I mean washing up is definitely out. Cooking can be accomplished, as long as someone else peels the spuds and of course frozen veg come into their own. As for ironing well I can do it as well with my left hand now as my right. I must say I quite enjoy ironing, it's a job that you can see a finished product, many a pleasant daydream passes by and I am sure many of those unwanted calories are burnt up. Probably the biggest struggle I found was pulling on a pair of tights, having put one foot in then the other the effort of trying to pull up each side with one hand resulted in many a frustrated swear word and holey tights. Now the plaster is off and though my arm is more painful now than when plastered, it will soon be back to the status quo. I look back on the last five weeks with many pleasant memories of sitting in front of a roaring fire, with icy cold weather outside, taking it easy, because I could not do much else, but I do also reflect how lucky I have been in my lifetime1so many others have handicaps they carry all through their lives. ******************* - 1 - FROM THE REVD JEFFERY WHALE, TEAM RECTOR "I am making everything new. 1 11 (Revelation 21.5) These words from the very end of the Bible sum up one of the most powerful themes of the New Testament and of the Gospel we are called to proclaim both to ourselves and to our society. May I comment on this theme as we enter the period that leads up to Easter - the supreme celebration that out of Death comes forth Life. An experience remains vivid in my memory after almost 22 years. I had just fetched home from hospital my wife and our 10 day old first son. There we were away from the ordered and supportive routine of the hospital, on our own. What on earth do we do with this tiny, seemingly fragile, human being? Since he is now almost 22 you may deduce that we solved that problem and have had immense joy and fun in attempting to solve all the other 'problems' that come up in the on-going parent-child relationship. The point I would make is that in that area of life at least there is no 1 status quo'. Situations are for ever changing and bristling with new possibilities. Continuing the personal note, I came to be ordained from a background of science, being trained as a physicist. For some time I was personally involved in the so-called conflict between science and religion. However, among a number of things that conspired to engender the idea of ordination was a realisation that there was, in fact, no real conflict at all. It was possible to view the world from both points of view equally validly. Moreover, each point of view added something to the other. Again, the point I would want to make is that when we keep different aspects of our experience and understanding rigidly separate we miss out on what is, in my view, a far greater 1 truth': that the sum total of human experience and perception of God is immeasurably greater than any one of those separate experiences. In the light of Good Friday and Easter it seems that the Gospel is about the joy and fulfillment that may be experienced whenever we have the courage to let go those things to which we hold, whether they be a particular religious view, type of churchmanship, service, or any of the other 'fixed positions 1 we tend to occupy as normal human beings, and step out into the unknown. "Take up your cross and come with me" said Jesus. In the certainty that God can make 1 all things new', trust and follow. - 2 - This theme of Death and Resurrection permeates the whole of l ife. Whether we liked it or not (and of course we did) my wife and I had to "die" to our old life style and "rise" to a new life which included a baby son. I could not rest content within the narrow confines of my religious up-bringing any more than I could within the equally narrow confines of my scientific training. Once I accepted the truth of the Gospel Of Jesus Christ that he was risen and had become the life and spirit of his Church I could accept, if not with equanimity, at least with trust that I would always discover new life, new understanding,when I had the courage to "let go". Might this not also be true o= my understanding of resurrection itself? Jeffery Whale LENT STUDY COURSE The Mission of the Church a) A Series of weekly Study Meetings are taking place either in the Vicarage or in Houses on Monday evenings. For further details contact the Rector (Slough 41777) or one of the Churchwardens. b) In connection with the course there is a weekly ADDRESS being given on Tuesdays at 8.00 p.m. in St. Mary's Datchet. c) On Palm Sunday, March 31st, there will Service at 6.30 p.m. in Dorney Church. by an opportunity to share some of the Course. CONFIRMATION be a Team Evening Evensong, foll owed insights of the Lent A series of 'classes' has begun for young people but it is NOT too late for others to take part. So, contact the Rector or leave your name at the Vicarage. The Rector is keen to have names of any adults who might like to consider confirmation. - 3 - 17th March 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 4TH SUNDAY IN LENT MOTHERING SUNDAY Holy Communion Family Service Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Booth ( Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Robb ( To be advised Creche & Sunday School at Church Cleaning Coffee 24th March 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Mrs. Jones & Mrs. Rua Mrs. Hutton & Mrs. Chase 5TH SUNDAY IN LENT Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Armstrong Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Mrs . Harpur John 12: 20--32 Mr. Evans Collosians 2 : 8-15 Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Richmond Mrs. Harlow & Mrs. Gorle 3.00 p.m. "6 - 10 Festival" in Wraysbury Church 25th March 7.30 p.m. Sidesman 1st Reader ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING Holy Communion Mr. Pepler Mrs. Parker John 12 : 24-26 Ephesians 4: 1-6 followed by the Annual Meeting & Elections. 8 p.m. Vicarage 31st March 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. PALM SUNDAY Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Eastgate Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Mr. Armstrong Mark 14: 32 - 15.41 Mrs. Pepler Philippians 2 : 5 - 11 Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Belcher & Mrs. Neal Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Ashley Note: The mattins service normally held on the fifth Sunday in the month has been transferred to 14th April. - 4 - 4th April MAUNDY THURSDAY 8 . 00 p.m. Sidesman 1st Reader Holy Communion Mr. Dollimore Mrs. Handy John 13: 1-15 I Corinthians 11: 23-29 5th April 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman 1st Reader GOOD FRIDAY Family Service Mr. Belcher Mrs. Liney To be advised Creche for under lO's to be announced 7th April 8 .00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8 . 00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School at C1.eaning Coffee Flowers EAsrER DAY Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Liney Mr. Robb Mrs. Shepheard church Mrs. Palmer John 20 : 1 - 10 I Corinthians 15:12 - 20 Mrs. Perryman & Mrs. Dover Mrs . Chapman - 5 - THE PARISH PUMP Meeting of the Parish Council Notes on a Meeting in February even colder than in January 1. Village Hall signs. All permissions have now been received from the relevant authorities for them to be put up. The Parish Council have decided to spend £275 for two signs, which cover their manufacture, installation and ongoing maintenance so that if they get removed, knocked down or defaced, we will not have to pay for them again. 2. Agenda for the Annual Parish Meeting on 20th March. Items will be: Village Hall Finance, Emergency Planning, Terminal Five - Heathrow Expansion, Boundary review - Berkshire 's proposal to take over Dorney, Manor Farm - possible alternative uses to agriculture, Work of the planning committee, Parish precept, Seddings Charity, Report on Dorney/Eton College Project. Coffee will be served at nine o'clock and it is hoped that both our Member of Parliament Mr. Tim Smith and the Chief Executive of the South Bucks District Council will be in attendance. 3. The Jubilee Seat has been found - "It turned up" with one plank missing and it will be reinstated as soon as possible. 4. Accounts. A number of small, usual accounts were authorised for payment, including the clerk's monthly salary, which will go up by 5%. Total of all items £113.29, details in the full minutes. - 6 - • • • • 5. No planning applications have been considered in the past month. 6. Flood Warden. Following the resignation of our existing chief flood warden, the new man is to be Mr. Culley from Longwaters. Another one is needed at the other end of the Parish, in Boveney or Dorney village . 7. Boundary Review. Berkshire's desire to take over Dorney has been objected to by the Parish and letters of support have been received from both Buckinghamshire County Council and the South Bucks District Council, who are also in turn objecting to the Boundary Commission. 8. Casual vacancy for the Parish Council. If the Council wish to co-opt someone it has to be done by 18th March. If people have particular ideas, they should approach a Parish Councillor. 9. Under Any Other Business a number of items were raised, such as the tow path falling away just upstream from Bray Lock, excessive ponding in Meadow Way and Oak Stubbs Lane after heavy rain, grit on roads and paths following the resurfacing work which has not been cleared up. C.P.R.E. have reported that they will shortly be delivering the whitebeam which they awarded to the village following its success some years ago in the best kept village competition, and this will be planted, weather permitting, on the inside bend at Dents Corner. The Heavy Snow. Favourable comment was passed at the efforts of the County Council clearing the roads and salting them in the bad conditions on Sunday 10th February. - 7 - ANNUAL PARISH MEETING 20th March 1985 @ 8 p . m . Two very important reasons for coming: 1 . Berkshire proposes to take over Dorney . What are the implications????? How should Dorney ' s case be presented? 2. The results of the London Airports inquiry . The inspector has said that in the long term he sees no reason why Terminal 5 should not be built . What are the implications of this for us? Does it mean more aircraft coming? Does it mean more pressure on the local environment generally? Where will the enormous sewage works currently on the Terminal 5 site go to? Will it be to Iver or will it be in Dorney? THERE IS A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THE GIANT LONDON SEWAGE WORKS COULD BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DORNEY COMMON STRETCHING ALL THE WAY FROM ETON WICK TO CLOSE TO LAKE END ROAD . TIM SMITH M . P . will do his very best to come - parliamentary business permitting . ST . JAMES ' CHURCH, DORNEY The election of churchwardens and THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING of ST . JAMES ' CHURCH, DORNEY will be held at the Vicarage on Monday, 25th March, 1985, preceded by Holy Eucharist at the church at 7 . 30 p . m . DORNEY CONSERVATIVES The Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 5th March at Tumblewood, 17 , Oak Stubbs Lane, Dorney Reach, by kind invitation of Mr . & Mrs. P .H . Bampton at 8 p.m. Mrs . P . S . Bentley the prospective Conservative Candidate for the forthcoming County Council Election will address the meeting . All members are invited to attend. ******************** - 8 - ft e ft e DORNEY PARISH - ETON COLLEGE PROJECT In the last month we have seen the usual groups of Eton boys coming to consider confirmation, for a weekend. They are an interesting group who are given the opportunity to think about faith and the responsibility of becoming members of the Church . They come away to Dorney and find the chance to see from another view their lives, and all that they know so well. It is such an important opportunity to go away to see things in perspective, by being removed from the normal routine . Many other groups will be coming to Dorney over the year ahead, and we hope finding the same opportunity to re-think their situations and perhaps improve their situations . Groups grow together by being together for longer and talking and eating and working together . We hope that all groups who do come will benefit from their time in Dorney. I hope that you will support the staff at the Vicarage in your prayers, and other ways, in this unique work. Do let your friends know of the Projectswork and invite them to use the facilities for just those reasons. We still have some weekends free, for the early summer and the autumn . So do spread the word . I have been convinced of the value of going away with groups, since my early teens, as you will probably also know too . The Lunch Club is going to meet now on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. Transport will meet folk from Dorney Reach, at 12.00 mid-day on the corner of Harcourt Rd . , and Meadow Way . Do contact us at the Vicarage if you would like to come and need transport from elsewhere . The charge is £1 . 25 and includes lunch, with the opportunity to meet friends, and share fun in games and other activities. Why not come along . Ffnally a plea for garden tools, to keep the extensive grounds at the vicarage in trim. We will need spades, forks , trowels , and a wheel barrow . If anybody can let us have these tools, please contact one of the staff at the Centre. Adrian Cotterill Warden . ************************* - 9 - Tim Smith, Esq., M.P., House of Commons, London, S.W.l. Dear Tim, Dorney Court, Windsor. 28th January, 1985 Possible 5th Terminal at Heathrow Airport The Villagers of Dorney are horrified at the implications of the above proposal. You will be aware enough of the facts regarding aircraft noise, suffice to say here that one of the main take-off flight paths is straight over the Village. However, what really worries us even more are the implications for road and rail expansion which appear to us to be inevitable once existing roads are thoroughly blocked. Will there have to be another lane to the M4 or will there have to be a complete new motorway? Will there be a Western rail approach in and out of the airport? The M4 goes straight through Dorney Parish. Should any part of the Perry Oaks Sewage Works be situated in Dorney or be absorbed in an expanded Slough sewage Works which is on the edge of the Dorney Parish boundaiy, the consequences would be disastrous for the Village. You may wonder why Dorney is any different from the other villages in the area. It is because it is completely unspoiled and needs to be preserved as an example of what might have been anywhere else. Yours sincerely, Peregrine Palmer ******************* J U M B L E S A L E ****************** The Jumble Sale on 1st February made £239 for the Church roof fund. Many thanks to those who provided the goods and those who helped so willingly. Special thanks to Pat Oxlade and Ken Richmond. The 'left overs ' were transported to Chalvey where we did another Jumble Sale on Saturday making £96 for St. -Peters restoration fund. Mary Robb ******************** - 10 - • • • • COMMONS DEBATE ON POSSIBLE FIFrH TERMINAL AT HEATHROW AIRPORT (Extract from Hansard) MR. TIM SMITH (Beaconsfield) : I am opposed to the construction of a fifth terminal at Heathrow because of the damaging effect that it will have on my constituency. It will result in increased noise and affect the roads and the environment. As the chairman of the South Bucks district council, Mr. Peter Janes, recently said: "If Heathrow is expanded it will again be the long suffering population of the Heathrow hinterland who will endure the consequences of more aircraft overhead, more traffic on local roads and major erosion of the green belt. " Aircraft noise is of particular concern Colnbrook, Dorney, Burnham and Taplow. air traffic movements imposed and kept. to my constituents in They wish the 275, 000 So do I. limit on The M4 is already overloaded . opened. Further pressure will point of the M25, which for my congestion, will be lost. The M25 will be at capacity when it is be put on local roads and the whole constituents is the relief of local The green belt in south Bucks is already severely damaged. Only last Monday I had an Adjournment debate on the situation in Iver. I said: "Iver is under attack from every quarter". If the fifth terminal is allowed, the Perry Oaks sewage works will have to be moved either to south Iver or to Dorney. Both villages are in my constituency and both propositions would be totally unacceptable to my constitutents. Both the M4 and the M25 pass through Iver, and now the Department of Transport wants to build a_ motorway service area in Iver and British Rail wants to build a park-and-ride there. If the fifth terminal goes ahead, Slough might as well become part of Greater London, along with Iver and Colnbrook. We might as well give up the pretence that it is in a green belt and accept that we are- the unwilling victims of urban sprawl. Each time a motorway has been built, gravel has been extracted locally. Now the inspector suggests that more gravel should be extracted to - 11 - build a fifth terminal. Therefore, any remaining part of the green belt will become a giant rubbish tip. When I 􀈔ave evidence to the inquiry, I dealt in detail with the effect on south Iver and on Dorney. Because of the shortage of time I shall not deal with that again. All I would say is that because it would severely damage the quality of life in south Buckinghamshire I am totally opposed to the inspector's recommendation that a fifth terminal should eventually be built at Heathrow. Tuesday 5th March Friday 15th March Wednesday 20th March Monday 25th March Friday 12th April Saturday 4th May Saturday 11th May Friday 27th September Saturday 12th October Saturday 7th December 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 DIARY OF EVENTS • A . G.M. Dorney Conservatives, 17 Oak Stubbs Lane @ 8 p.m. D.V.H.M.C. Jumble Sale . Annual Parish Meeting @ 8 p.m. P.C.C . Meeting D.D.H.S. Cheese & Wine Evening with Talk. Tudor Fayre @ Dorney Court . D.V.H.M.C . Spring Dance. D.V.H.M.C. Jumble Sale. D.V.H.M.C. Anniversary Dance. D.V.H.M.C. Christmas Dance. Meet second Wednesday of every month @ 2.30 p.m. Meet fourth Wednesday of every month @ 8 p.m. Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting. Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. Village Hall. Second Tuesday in every other 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 and fourth Tuesday of every month at the Vicarage . *************************** * D.D.H.S. Programme on Page 16. - 12 - DORNEY WOMEN' S SOCIAL CLUB Demonstration of Micro Wave Cookery-23.1.85 This meeting was a great success. About 50 members and visitors attended so our Club will continue to function and meet every 4th Wednesday in the month. We now hope that it will once again prove to be a viable organisation. We welcomed Sally Woodhead, housecraft adviser at Slough S.E.B., who came to demonstrate the uses of the micro wave oven. She began by explaining some of the technical details. China and glass which would crack in an ordinary oven can be used and also cling film to cover food while cooking. It would be wasteful to cook one 4 oz jacket potato in an ordinary oven but the micro wave cooks it in 4 minutes. Sally prepared and cooked a variety of dishes; baked apples, sponge pudding, chocolate sponge cake, bread rolls and lemon curd. All were so quick and easy. It is not generally realised that jam and chutney can be cooked in a micro wave. However, recipesdiffer from those used in an ordinary oven, so Sally gave us leaflets and told us about various books on the subject. Prices of micro wave ovens start at £134. anyone requiring advice can contact Sally at the Slough S.E.B. District Office. Mrs. Belcher, Chairlady, thanked Sally for giving us an interesting evening and those present for attending. We hope to see everyone again at future meetings. It is a pleasure to conclude on a happier and more optimistic note. Lois Parker Secretary. =============================================================- Private advertisements will be accepted for publication. Rate per insertion : - 20 words £2. Each additional word lOp . Payment with advert to one of the Editors, please. ======================================-=--==========-=-----=-== - 13 - SPRING IN DORNEY Once again the nights are getting lighter, the sun is getting sunnier and the crocci are crocussing. But the real sign that spring is here is the confirmation by Dorney School PTA that their annual Spring Dance will be held on Saturday 23rd March. Once again the village hall will be transformed into their image of MOULIN ROUGE. Music with a 60's (and 70's) flavour will be provided by 11 1066" and a hot fork supper will be served. Demand for tickets always exceeds supply so why not organise your table now? For reservations phone Maidenhead 71618 or 26972 or contact any committee member. First come, first served. And you will be helping the children as proceeds will be set aside for the purchase of a Video Recorder. Bon chance! ********************** DATES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Rivers:Lde Team Ministry) Sunday March 24th Saturday April 27th - CHILDREN's FESTIVAL, under lO's, 3.00 p.m. at Wraysbury. - WORKDAY AT DATCHET, 131 s and upwards. Morning doing practical jobs afternoon at Fulham Pools. Saturday July 6th Saturday/Sunday - DAY OUT AT DORNEY & BURNHAM 28th & 29th September- WEEKEND AT DORNEY 10-13's. Details of all these events can be obtained from - Muriel Pepler (Burnham 63593) nearer the time. SUNDAY SCHOOL in Datchet Parish, BEECHES, 6-91 s. New children are always welcome to Sunday School, including children of new residents to the Parish. We're also happy to see old faces back! We meet at the Vicarage from 10.25 - Sunday School for 4-lO's and Creche for younger ones. We are also pleased to have new teachers and shall be looking for someone to join our Rota after Easter. *********************** - 14 - DORNEY W. I. - JANUARY REPORT Notwithstanding the very wintry weather, 20 brave souls ventured forth to attend this month's meeting. The curtains installed in the Village Hall helped considerably in our efforts to thaw the icy temperature, and we were much warmer than at previous meetings, although reluctant to shed overcoats. Notice was given of various outside meetings, "Brain of Bucks11 competition, for which Mrs. Spencer is our worthy representative, is to be held at High Wycombe, March 20th, on which occasion she will require as much support as possible from Dorney W.I. The Group meeting at George Green on March 15th, the Regional meeting at Bourne End on March 27th. It was agreed that our annual coast, and the date 22nd-May. advise as soon as possible. outing should be to Chichester and the Members wishing to participate should In the Monthly News Letter it was advised that in the near future, members will be asked for information about their local bus services and whether these adequately meet their needs. This subject should call for interesting comment in this area. It was also suggested that 1985 should be the Institute's opportunity to support UNICEF and NFWI to raise funds for the women and children of the Maldives, in order to prevent another situation to that of Ethiopia. There is to be an interesting University tour to Scotland, 23rd August to 1st September, including a visit to St. Andrews University, Edinburgh, Braemar, Crathie, Pitlochry, Glamis and the Lake District. For any members interested, further details will be given next month. From a letter received from the Thames Hospice, it would appear that this is now to be located in Windsor,. and it is felt that all effort should be made to support this very worthy organisation. We had a most interesting talk by Miss P. Sigsworth on the "Reminiscences of a Policewomen". Although now retired, obviously a lady of great experience in the Police Force, having been employed in many departments and many areas, and her stories and descriptions of her time with the Force were very much appreciated. Mrs. Brades, of 59 Harcourt Road, has very kindly volunteered to hold a Coffee morning at her house on March 28th, and it would be - 15 - appreciated if we could all support her on this occasion. The Speaker next month will be Dr. L. Lee on "Opera behind the Iron Curtain". W.I. Duties, Child Welfare Clinic. Mrs. Harpur and Mrs.Allen. DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMME - 1985 Friday 12th April Saturday & Sunday 13th/14th April Sunday 12 th May Sunday 16th June July - Open Evening Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st July - Cheese & Wine Evening with Talk on control of Pests and Weeds in your Garden. - Spring Gardens Competition. - Bring & Buy Sale. - Coach Trip. - date to be advised. - Summer Gardens Competition. Saturday 10th August - Barbecue Saturday 31st August - Summer Show. September - Visit to Taplow Vineyard - date to be advised. Saturday 21st September - Harvest Supper. Friday 11th October - Cheese/Wine - visit by Radio 210 Reading. Friday 8th November - A.G.M. 1986 - 18th January - Dance N.B. Please book early for the main events to avoid disappointment. Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 16 - Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. 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GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OPEN 9.OOa.m.-5.3Op.m /six day& 11 week/ SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message at Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. From the Revd Jeffery Whale, THE CHURCH l\ND THE WORLD / Within the space of six days two annual meetings took place towards the end of March: The Annual Meeting of the Parish, and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) of St. James' Church. They have somewhat similar names, but is there any other connection? A first answer might be 'no' for the one is concerned with the affairs of the whole community, whereas the other seems to be concerned only with the affairs of the Church. I would like to suggest, however, that this is not the whole answer. In the first place, some of those who attended the Parish Meeting will also have attended the APCM. Secondly, it is an historical fact that the Church is concerned not only with those who attend services or are on the electoral roll but with all t11e peop1.e living within the 'parish'. When a priest is instituted the bishop uses the rather quaint words: 'receive this cure of souls which is both yours and mine'. 'Cure' means care; 'souls' means in this context people in the parish. Moreover, at the APCM the new Parochial Church Council is elected, and the first 'function• of the pee, as set out in the Synodical Government Measure of 1969 is "Co-operation with the lncumbent in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical;" What does this add up to? Two main things: First it is clear that individual members of the Churcn have the duty to bring to near insights and understanding that they have derived from the Christian Gospel on their own personal lives, and also on their lives as part of the local community. Thus it is to be hoped that the christian attending the Parish Meeting, or elected to the Parish Council will be trying to see the issues that are raised from the point of view of those who believe that this is God's world and that he has shown us how we should live in it. secondly, it is equally clear, it seems to me, that the Church as a whole has the duty not only to servethe community but, where necessary, to challenge it. This does not, of course, mean prescribing solutions to particular problems, but it does mean trying to ensure that the right questions are asked. When you read this we - l - will be celebrating Easter. Easter sums up what the christian thinks about God and about the World. 'God so loved the world that he gave •••. ' The belief in the resurrection which inspired the first christians was a belief that God was actively involved in declaring his 'rule' on earth and in sorting out the problems of evil that mar his creation. The Church has the privilege and responsibility to co-operate with God in declaring this. Of course, those of us who are 'alright thank you' in our world and society, have a vested interest in keeping things as they are, and if we begin to ask questions about social issues, rich and poor, Nortfl and South, black and white etc. etc. we will not necessarily be very popular - even with ourselves! But, as the risen Lord said to his disciples as they contemplated the beginning of a movement that was to revolutionise the thinking of their world, 'Be assured, I am with you always to the end of time'. ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 14th April SUNDAY EASTER I 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 10.30 a.m. Mattins Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Pepler Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Hayton John 20: 19 - 29 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Harpur Exodus 15: 1 - 11 Coffee Flowers 21st April 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers - None Mrs. Eastgate& Mrs. Jones Mrs. :Richmond & Mrs. Williams Mrs. Street SUNDAY EASTER II Holy Communion Parish Communion Mrs. Ames Mr. Handy Luke 24: 13 - 35 Mrs. Dollimore Revelation 19: 6 - 9 Mrs. Chapman & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Street Mr. & Mrs. Robb Mrs. R. Smith - 2 - • 28th April SUNDAY EASTER III 8 . 00 a.m. Holy Communion 10.30 a .m. Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a . m. Mr. Armstrong Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Booth John 21: 1 - 14 1st Reader 10.30 a . m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mr. Longden Mrs. Westendorp, Mrs . Robb 1 Corinthians 15: 1 - 11 Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Hayton Coffee Flowers 1st May 10.00 a.m. Sidesman 1st Reader 5th May 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 10.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers ********************* Mr. & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Belcher ST. JAMES DAY Holy Communion Mrs. Harpur Mr. Cotter ill SUNDAY EASTER Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Belcher Mr. Dollimore John St . James IV John Mrs. Warner-Horne Revelation Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Armstrong 􀇟rs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Butcher Miss Kilpatrick 14: 1 - 21 1: 1 - end 21:15 - 22 3: 14 - end TUDOR FAYRE ********************** Childrens Clothes & Toys Adult Clothes Popcorn & Sweets Robb Family Darts & Treasure Hunt Hopefully , I am going to run a stall of children's clothes and toys, also adult clothes. I would be grateful if you could find the things your children have outgrown , and maybe the clothes you have got tired of. The girls are hoping to get up a stall of Sweets and Candies , so if you could make or provide some , it would help. Mary Robb. ********************** ********************** - 3 - THE PARISH PUMP Meeting of the Parish Council Notes on a meeting in March 1 . Casual Vacancy. Following discussion at the last meeting, Mr . E .L. Rowlands had been approached to fill the casuai vacancy, and accepted the office . 2 . It was noted that the order for Village Hall signs has been confirmed by the County Engineer, but it may be sorue time before the signs are erected, due to pressure of work. 3 . Land at Manor Farm. The Parish Council is to write again to tne Water Research Council to ascertain if there was any form of restricted agricultural use which could be carried out on the land . 4 . Planning applications . Two plans for extensions to houses were reviewed and received no comment. 5 . Accounts. A number of small accounts totalling just over £200 were authorised for payment. 6. Street lighting. One column at the top of Harcourt Road has been decapitated and another nearby is leaning over in sympathy . The appropriate authorities are to be contacted to restore normality. 7 . Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths . Arrangements have been made for a new outstation at the District Offices in Windsor Road, Slough . From 1st April 1985 this outstation will be manned on Mondays and Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. 8 . Road Safety Chairman . The present Road Safety Chairman Mr. D . Harris will be leaving the district shortly and a replacement - 4 - • • • ' will be needed. 9. Grass cutting. With the coming of better weather (?) paid local labour will be needed to maintain the cutting of such grass verges as come within the Parish Council ' s jurisdiction. 10. Bus Passes 1985-6. Half-fare concessionary bus passes can be renewed from March 18th to April 13th from local, Bucks, Post Offices. The nearest to Dorney would seem to be at 80 High Street, Burnham and 2 Milner Road , Lent Rise. New applicants must apply to the Council Offices in Windsor Road , Slough. The permits are only available to those of pensionable age, the handicapped or blind. Car owners/drivers and those in receipt of a mobility allowance are not eligible. The annual handling charge is . ES.SO. The next meeting is on Tuesday 9th April 1985. DATES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Riverside Team Ministry) Saturday April 27th - WORKDAY AT DA'ICHET, 13 ' s and upwards. Saturday July 6th Saturday/Sunday Morning doing practical jobs afternoon at Fulham Pools. - DAY OUT AT DORNEY & BURNHAM 􀇠8th & 29th September-WEEKEND AT DORNEY l0-13's. Details of all these events can be obtained from - Muriel Pepler (Burnham 63:i93J uearer the time. in Datchet Parish, BEECHES , 6-9 1 s. ----==--====---------=-----=--==========-====----·-==---=--======- Private advertisements will be accepted for publication. Rate per insertion : - 20 words E2. Each additional word lOp. =====Pa=y=m=e=n=t= ==w=i=t=h= a=d==v=e=r=t= t==o= =o=n=e= =o=f =t=h=e= =E=d=i=t=o=r=s==, -p-l=e-a=s=e-.- ===---==--- Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 5 - DORNEY PARISH-ETON COLLEGE PROJECT The Wardens Desk: by Adrian Cotterill Easter time is with us once again, and I am reminded of the events of Jesus life which led up to the crucifixion. &e was considered by many , to be outlandish, a curiosity. The unspeakable , outcasts and sinners 'loved him, and he would put himself out for them. Then the Suddenly familiar sadistic tables turned against him, when he was in Jerusalem. even his closest friends were against him. The story is to us. The mob demanded his death. It is a horifyingly story of the turn of events which led to a mans death. so The results were of incredible proportion . We , as Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead, defying death itself. Also taking with Him the cost for our sin, which we rightfully deserve. Be died in our place and made the way clear for us to have a relationship with God by taking away the barrier of Sin. Out of death came life, a saying you will have heard before. But there is a principal to be applied for our own situation. Whenever circumstances bring about the end of a relationship , or venture , they need to actually be left to be finished; in effect to die. Then like Christ on the Cross, an amazing resurrection is possible . People can benefit from just allowing the past to be finished , forgiven and forgotten , and the present accepted. New hope can be found , and a vitality which wouldn ' t have been possible while bearing the olct problems. The Intermediate Treatment was a great idea for the Project to be the agency through which it would run. However for various reasons , it went wrong , and flopped . Many people still remember the problems , and no doubt regret them. That is now past, and time has meant a change of attitudes has been possible. Some lessons have been learned . The whole thing has been allowed to finish. From it has come the opportunity to look at the idea of helping young people on the intermediate treatment scheme, but for a short term period. We recently had a weekend group from Oxford Social Services bringing a group of I . T . people. The whole event lasted 3 days, and great progress was possible for the individuals who came. This we hope will - 6 - , 'I fi 􀇡 be a new opening for I.T. work to continue through the Project. But it did need the time ro be left and all the problems left to die, before a worthwhile resurrection was possible. May I wish you all a very Happy Easter from the staff at The Project and hopes for remarkable resurrection experience through the same power which Christ himself displayed in Cruc ifixion. Adrian Cotterill. 'l'UDOR FAYRE Plans for the Tudor Fayre are now well advanced and the following stalls have been taken-up 1. Lace and Ribbons 2. Plant Stall 3. Provisions, Jams, Jellies, Chutneys 4. Herbs and other potions 5. W . I. Pie Stall 6 . Nearly New 7. Tombola 8. Clown Make-up 9. Cake Stall 10. Guess weight of Cake 11. Book Stall 12. Dorney Court Stall etc. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Dr. & Mrs. Dorney w.r. Mary Robb Hutton Hutton J. McLean Fell Wendy Breslin & 1st Dorney Cubs Windsor Rotoract Dorney Womens Social Club Mrs. Belcher Mr. & Mrs. Armstrong We will be pleased to hear from anyone who would like to have a stall or help in any way. We have a tentative arrangement for a Biscuit and Sweetmeat stall and we are looking for a Vegetable Produce stall. In addition to the many stalls there will be amusements and entertainments. The date of the Fayre , 4th May, fast approaches. We hope everyone in the Parish will participate: invite your friends and start praying now for a fine day . Marion Hellmuth - Maidenhead 28491 Maureen Cody 24121 - 7 - Friday 12th April Saturday & Sunday 13th/14th April Saturday 4th May Saturday 11th May Sunday 12th May Sunday 16th June July - D.D.H.S. Saturday & Sunday Open DIARY OF EVENTS D.D.H .S. Cheese & Wine Evening with Talk. D.D.H.S. Spring Gardens Competition. Tudor Fayre @ Dorney Court. D.V.H.M.C. Spring Dance. D.D.H.S. Bring & Buy Sale. D.D.H.S. Coach Trip. Evening - date to be advised. 20th/21st July D.D.H.S. Summer Gardens Competition. Saturday 10th August D.D.H.S. Barbecue. Saturday 31st August D .D.H.S. Summer Show. Saturday 21st September D.D.H.S. Harvest Supper . September - D.D.H.S. Visit to Taplow Vineyard - date to be advised. Friday 27th September D.V.H.M.C. Jumble Sale. Friday 11th October D.D.H.S. Cheese/Wine - visit by Radio 210 Saturday 12th October Friday 8th November Saturday 7th December 1986 18th January DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE DORNEY WOMEN 'S SOCIAI CLUB DORNEY P.T.A. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ROAD SAFETY COMMI'.ITEE DORNEY P.C.C. DORNEY VILLAGE HAIL MANAGEMENT COMMI '.ITEE DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON CLUB Reading. D.V.H.M.C. Anniversary Dance. D.D.H.S. A.G.M. D.V.H.M.C. Christmas Dance. D.D.H.S. Dance Meet second Wednesday of every @ 2.30 p.m. Meet fourth Wednesday of every @ 8.15 p.m. month month Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting. Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. Village Hall. Second Tuesday in every other 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 and fourth Tuesday of every month at the Vicarage. - 8 - ' DORNEY WOMEN ' S SOCIAL CLUB MEETING 27 . 2 .85 We were very pleased to see 42 members present to arrange a programme for this year . Many suggestions were put forward and after discussion • it was decided that each member vote for the 4 they liked best, the most popular were as follows : - • • OUtside Visits A London Walk (the Ghosts of London) Theatre Outing Country Walk Village Hall Meetings Talk on antiques Flower arranging Travel Talk by Wallace Arnold Courier Film Evening - (variety of subjects) Talk by a Clairvoyant Demonstration by a Butcher Cookery Demonstration by the Egg Information Bureau The Committee will endeavour to book these items and there are plenty of interesting alternatives should any speaker be unavailable . Please note our AGM will be held in January next year and meetings will now commence at 8 . 15 p.m. in order not to clash with the Keep Fit Class. The meeting ended with wine , sausage rolls and a pleasant chat. Lois Parker Secretary . ************ MOTHERS ************ Two qualified Norland Nursery Nurses in Dorney and Eton Wick are willing to look after preplaygroup aged children on Wednesday Mornings . For further details please phone - Clare Grierson - Burnham 4638 . ************ - 9 - Buckinghamshire Council for Voluntary Service Walton House, Walton Street, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP21 7QQ Tel:Aylesbury 21036 Chei.,.,,et1: Mr,. M. Thackray Director: A.J.K. Smith February 1985 'l'o: Village newsletters BUCKINGHAMSHIRE VILLAGE VENTOllE3 COMPETITION 1985 This month sees the launch or Bl.lckinghamshire's third Village Ventures Competition. The purpose of the Competition is to encourage new voluntary activity of all varieties in the rural are&& of the c01mty. Over £1000 can be won in cash prizes, and the vi.nning entries Will be widely publicised as an example to other communities of what can be achieved through voluntary effort. We would be very gr&teful if you could give some public! ty to the Competition in the next edition of your newsletter. All types of voluntary work can be entered, providing that ; a) the initiative is a new one ia started since the closing date of the last Competition--r,i'uly 1963). It need not be completed. b) it is being undertaken in a village community ie with a total population not exceeding 6oo0. Don't forget that there IIIBiY' be several eligible villages in ;your area even if' the main co!IIDUD.i ty is too large. Thie year there is a special section of the Competition, with 1 ta own cash prizes, for projects connected with village or collllllU%1ity halls. The winners in this section will also be eligible for prizes in the main Competition. We hope you will take this opportunity to ensure that the voluntary work being undertaken in your village receives recognition - and perhaps a cash prize. Entry forms can be obtained, together with alliY' additiona.l information, from :i¾mkingt,ams.,ire CVS at the above addreea. Thank ycu. Clare Graham Assistant to the Director - 10 - • DORNEY W.I. REPORT Must be this lovely Spring weather, we are all turning out in full force these days to attend our meetings. Good this, as it helps to create more enthusiasm for the proposed activities, which are pretty numerous this month. Mrs. Harpur listed the outside meetings and other activities, which are numerous at this time of year, and obtained assurance from members attending and arranged appropriate transportation. Mrs. Allen drew attention to the NFWI's effort to raise money for the Women and Children of the Maldives, and suggested that our effort should be a Raffle to be organised each month for the next few months, four members contributing the prizes each time in turn. The first one was this month. The outing to Chichester and Bogner was finally arranged for 22nd May, all participating to meet at Harcourt Road at 9.15 a.m. The Bucks. Federation outing has been arranged for 17th May, the venue - Rockingham Castle. Should any members be interested in joining this outing they should contact Mrs. Allen. Closing date for application is 12th April, price ES per person, (Cream Teas available at El.45 extra if required), starting point for this area is Beaconsfield. An item in the Monthly News Letter drew attention to the following: Brass Tacks Ltd. is sponsored by Wycombe District Council and the MSC to provide employment for the long term unemployed. Its workshops renovate furniture and electrical goods for distribution to the needy in Wycombe District. They are always in need of items for repair and can arrange for collection. Please contact Gordon Blyth on High Wycombe 35409. Also mentioned was Recreational Facilities for the Disabled. The Country Landowners' Association Charitable Trust, with the help of the Nat. West Bank, has published 'A guide to Countryside Recreation for Disabled People'. This is countryside recreation in its widest sense - covering self catering accommodation, sporting activities (Water Skiing to riding), nature and farm trails, country walks and gardens to visit. Facilities throughout England and Wales are listed. Copies of the guide can be obtained free from the CLA at 16 Belgrave Square, London SWl or can be consulted at Libraries. - 11 - An appeal was also made by Mrs. Wood, W.R.V.S. Hospital Organiser, Wycombe District (Marlow 2555), who would be very grateful to hear from anyone with a little time to spare to help on the Tea Bar at Wycombe General Hospital for two or four hour sessicns. Mrs. Huddart, asked for comments on the InternationaL Day-Portugal, said how very much everyone had enjoyed it. The Speaker at the morning session had been a last minute substitution and gave a more or less 'off the cuff 1 talk on his knowledge of Portugal, which is usually preferable to a well rehearsed or read speech. There was a colourful selection of slides of that lovely Island Madeira, destined to inspire a visit. The afternoon session was a further talk on Portugal by a Portuguese lady with a lively personality, who proved to be a popular speaker with the members present. Dr. L. Lee gave a very interesting tal.k entitled "Opera behind the Iron Curtain". A very able and fluent speak.er we were a captivated audience on this intriguing of subjects. The Speak.er for next month will be Mrs. P. Rutter on Bucks. Medieval Churches. W.I. Duties, Child Welfare Clinic will be Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Hill. FIRST DORNEY CUBS The leaders of the First Dorney Cub Pack are considering starting a Beaver Colony. This woul.d be for boys aged 6 to 8 years, probably on Friday evenings in the Village Hall. Beavers is the newest and youngest branch of the Scouting movement and the boys get together primarily to play games and have fun·. Anyone who would be interested in enrolling or helping should telephone Sue Barnes on Burnham 4583. - 12 - Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors : Editorial Board Distributors : Mr. C.C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach. Tel: Maidenhead 24121 Mrs. M.E. Hellmuth, Boskerris, 15, Marsh Lane, Dorney Reach. Tel: Maidenhead 28491 The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody. Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Crane, Mrs. Foster􀄌Key, Mrs. Gorle, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Hakesley, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. Hellmuth, Mrs. Hewitt Teale, Miss Kilpatrick, Mrs. Oxlade, Mrs. Pilkington, Mrs. Rae, Mrs. Sharphouse, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Wiltshire, Mrs. Wooller, Mrs. Wright. Rate of SubscriPtion : £3.00 per annum for 10 issues. It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. Printed by Suro Press Old Station Yard Taplow Telephone: Burnham 63122 E. SARGEANT AND SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS Head Office: Church Street, Slough, Tel: Slough 20081 PRIVATE CHAPELS WEDDING & PRIVATE CAR HIRE Windsor Branch: 61 St. Leonards Road, Windsor. Tel: Windsor 65982 DAY & NIGHT SERVICE J.B. PET SUPPLIES. 31, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick. PETS: INCLUDING BIRDS & SMALL ANIMALS. Tel: Windsor 50994. PET FOODS for CATS, DOGS, HORSES, SMALL ANIMALS and BIRDS. BULK FOOD ALSO SUPPLIED. NEVILLE AND GRIFFIN LIMITED DAIRY FARMERS (Est. 1857) Milk - Ski mmed Milk - Eggs - Bread - Fruit Juice - Potatoes 733, Bath Road, Taplow. 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TELEPHONE: BURNHAM 63372 K. & "• GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOODS WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL OPEN 9.00a.m.-5 30p.m. {s,xdar3aweek) SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTDR 8.00 a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message at Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 4/85 MAY, 1985 ********************************* The Parish News is printed in multiples of four pages; 12 pages being cheaper to produce than 16. Material submitted for publication this month provides a 12 page issue, again precluding the self-indulgence of an editorial. C.C.C. Saturday Wednesday 4th May 8th May *********************************** DIARY OF EVENTS Tudor Fayre@ Dorney Court. A.G.M. Management Committee, Village Hall @ 8.15 p.m. Saturday 11th May D.V.H.M.C. Spring Dance. Sunday 12th May D.D.H.S. Bring & Buy Sale. Sunday 16th June D.D.H.S. Coach Trip. July - D.D.H.S. Open Evening - date to be advised. Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st July D.D.H.S. Summer Gardens Competition. Saturday 10th August D.D.H.S. Barbecue. Saturday 31st August D.D.H.S. Summer Show. Saturday 21st September D.D.H.S. Harvest Supper. September - D.D.H.S. Visit to Taplow Vineyard - date to be advised. Friday 27th September D.V.H.M.C. Jumble Sale. Friday 11th October D.D.H.S. Cheese/Wine - visit by Radio 210 Saturday 12th October Friday 8th November Saturday 7th December 1986 - 18th January 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 CDLOURBN EY OVER 60 LUNCHEON Reading. D.V.H.M.C. Anniversary Dance. D.D.H.S. A.G.M. D.V.H.M.C. Christmas Dance. D.D.H.S. Dance Meet second Wednesday of every month @M ee2t. 30fopu.rmt.h Wednesday of every month @ 8.15 p.m. Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting. Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 p.m. Village Hall. 7S.e4co5n pd. Tmu.e psrdeacye diinn ge vtehrey oPtahreisrh moConutnhc ialt Meeting. First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. Dorney Vicarage. Meet second Wednesday of every month. Meet second and fourth Tuesday of every month at the Vicarage. - 1 - From the Revd Jeffery Whale; Rector St. James the Less - May 1st James, son of Alphaeus , is listed among the 12 apostles in the gospel s. Sometimes he is also identified with the ' James the Lord ' s brother' referred to several times. If this is true then it was he who presided over the Christian community in Jerusalem and subsequently martyred. Whatever the ' truth ' it is certain that our patron saint will have been put to death because be believed in, and lived out the ' life ' that came through faith in the risen Lord . In the Epistle of James, also attributed to the Lord ' s brother , he says: "Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only" and the whole of the epistle is taken up with a homily on the need to relate religious faith to deeds and words . on page 251 of the Penguin Good Church Guide published in 1982 St. James' Dorney (the only one of our five team churches to be mentioned) is described as follows : "St. James' is a lively church with a congregation delighted to share their worship with visitors . . . the parish gives enthusiastic support to a Dorney Parish/Eton College Project, a residential centre for educational and social work among young people . . . " As we come to our Patronal Festival which, this year, we will celebrate on Sunday, May 5th, it is good to remember that we who like James are alive with the life of Christ are also trying to follow his admonition to be ' doers ' of the word as well as hearers . Both worship and witness; churchgoing and service in the COOllllunity are the hallmarks of a ' lively church ' Tudor Fayre . • • which also reminds us to set our ' fund-raising' in context. Highlighted by the Tudor Fayre , Flower Festival and all the other events that have been taking place giving evidence of the tremendous dedication of the people of St. James and of the village as a whole, the efforts to restore the beautiful 13th century church and keep it in the Good Church Guide will be blessed only as that same church becomes a power house for worship and witness and the centre of our 'doing of the word 1 • May the weekend of May 4th/5th be a happy one in keeping with the life of the risen Lord , in whose name we are doing it all . Jeffery Whale . - 2 - • • 12th May 8 . 00 a . m . 9 . 30 a . m . Sidesman 8 . 00 a . m . Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Flowers 19th May 8 . 00 a . m . 10 . 30 a . m . Sidesman 8 . 00 a . m . Sidesman 10. 30 a . m. 1st Reader 10. 30 a . m . Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 26th May 8 . 00 a . m . 10. 30 a . m . S idesman Sidesman 8 . 00 a . m . 10. 3 0 a . m . 1st Reader 10. 30 a .m . Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER at SUNDAY EASTER V Holy Communion Team Service at Colnbrook Mr . Chapman Colnbrook Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Chapman Mrs. Ames SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Eastgate Mr. Booth Luke 24 : 45 - end Mr. King Ephesians 1 : 15 - end Mrs. King , Mrs . Armstrong & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Richmond Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Harpur Mrs. Chapman SUNDAY PENTECOST Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Liney Mr. Armstrong John Mrs . Hayton Acts Mrs . Evans & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Belcher & Mrs. Neal Mr. & Mrs . Belcher Mrs. Street - 3 - 14 : 15 26 2 : 1 - 1 1 2nd June 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. SUNDAY TRINITY SUNDAY Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr . Doll imore Mrs. Harpur Mrs . Liney John Ephesians 14 : 1: 8-17 3-14 Sidesman 10. 30 a.m. 1st Reader 10 .30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Will iams & Mrs . Butcher Coffee Flowers 9th June 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mrs . Palmer Mrs . Coish & Mrs . Paton Mrs. R. Smith SUNDAY TRINITY I Holy Communion Parish Commun ion Mr . Belcher Mrs. Ame s Mrs. Handy John 1 Peter 15: 1-5 2: 1-10 Sidesman 10. 30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Eastgate & Mrs. Jones Coffee Mr. & Mrs. Dollimore Flowers Mrs . Belcher ************* COME to applaud our efforts! COME to criticize our shortcomings! COME to make helpful suggestions! COME out of interest! COME to the Annual General Meeting of the Management Committee of the Vil lage Hall - open to all - at 8.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 8th May in - ye s, the VILLAGE HALL ! ************** - 4 - • • • THE PARISH PUMP Annual Parish Meeting 20th March 1985 A very brief summary A nearly record number of 75 people were in attendance together with in particular Tim Smith our member of Parliament and Sidney Jobson the Chief Executive of the South Bucks District Council . A welcome was extended to Mr. Rowlands , the new Parish Councillor who replaces Mrs. Woodhead who resigned and to whom thanks were given. Thanks were also given to the Press for the assiduous attendance of the Windsor and Eton Express , the Police who attended the road safety committee meetings , the chairman of the road safety committee Cyril Harris who has been there for some eighteen years or more and is soon to retire, and to our hardworking clerk . Parish Precept. No comment was made nor questions. Best Kept Village competition. The meeting decided unanimously to take part once again . The Parish Magazine. 200 copies are printed ten times a year and the magazine is just about solvent. Thanks were given to the ladies who do the distribution and to the Suro Press who print at cost. Eton/Dorney Project. Adrian Cottrill gave a short report on how the holiday weekends were doing with youth groups attending, and how short breaks were being given to mentally handicapped children mid-week . Seddings Charity . E34 had been distributed at Christmas among ten needy widows . Emergency Planning. Mrs. Wallbank's efforts over the past year were outlined. - 5 - The Village Hall Finance . Since last year when the meeting decided in principle it would be a good idea to support the Village Hall, some £3000 has been spent on repairs and renewals compared with £550 the previous year. The evidence is there for all to se e. Planning Committee . 18 applications have been commented on in the past year, of which more than half have been for extensions. Land at the Manor Farm . The situation was explained whereby the a Thames Water Authority now find themselves in a quandary with the problem of heavy metals polluting the soil and what to do with the e land as the result . It was pointed out that this land lay in Berkshire and not in Dorney Parish. Much concern was expressed by the meeting . Heathrow Expansion. The Meeting was unanimous in its opposition to any further expansion at Heathrow with the likely environmental implications for the village of noise , traffic congestion and the possible relocation of the Perry Oaks sewage works on the Sl ough site on the Dorney boundary. The County Boundaries Review. The meeting was again unanimous in its wish that the village should not be absorbed by Berkshire . 1. 2. 3. 4. MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL - 9TH APRIL 1985 Land at Manor Farm. Further correspondence has been received regarding the toxicity of small parts which date from the 1860's. The Parish Council is seeking to get clarifications of the intentions of the T.W.A. as they still suggest that one of the alte rnatives would be gravel digging. r Road Safety . Discussion took place on the reshaping of Oak 1\ Stubbs Lane to avoid ponding near numbers 5 and 7, the problems .of undercut on the towpath, the post and rails at the Cress - ff brook bridge , together with the 'No Cycling ' sign and so on to do with the M4 . On the question of road safety, a chairman is needed for the road sa fety committe e. Accounts . A numb er of payments were authorised totalling £271, the major one being for street light maintenance . Planning applications . No comment was made on a proposed extension at number 28 Harcourt Road . The new lessees of the Palmer Arms had requested approval for an illuminated sign to hang above the main door. 'The groaning board at the Rose and - 6 - a e r 1\ .r ff Crown '. The Parish Counc il expressed the strongest possible objection to this sign which would be 'abhorrent to tradition '. The Parish Council were however advised that the Rose and Crown was not intended to be a change of name and was merely intended as a style to be used on the sign . However, the Parish Counc il were not entirely satisfied . Later on, on the agenda, the Parish Council were advised that Regent Inns who are leasing the building from Charringtons will have Peter Charles Barrett an􀃃 Mohammed Khalil Ishmail as the landlords . 5. Refuse containers will be in the village from 28th April to 13th May; 29th July to 12th August; 28th October to 11th November and 27th January to 10th February . 6. Heathrow T 5. Copies of letters exchanged between the Chairman of the South Bucks District Council and the Department of the Environment were received . 7. The Parish Counc il were pleased to note that the Jubilee seat was once more back in place . 8. Pollarding of chestnuts in Harcourt Road were noted as being rather severe but in line with past husbandry practice . They soon recover . DORNEY W. I. REPORT FOR APRIL 1985 March proved to be an incredibly busy mon th , it seemed that everyone had arranged their meetings for this period , probably due to the Spring feeling in the air. We, too, commenced our April meeting with a long list of items to be discussed, so, obvi ously, there must be something in this "Spring awaken ing" . The Group meeting at George Green had, as usual , proved to be most enjoyable and entertaining. This small group are excellent organisers, the tables were beautifully decorated in Green and Yellow - Spring again -, an ingenious competition arranged and a really lovely display of historical costumes , very well modelled by W. I. membe rs, two of our own , Mrs . Street and Mrs . Looker showing considerable talent in this direction. The Home Economics Meeting at Bourne End on 27th March had been very well attended . An interesting Cookery demon stration had been arranged , but , unfortunate ly, the lay-out of the Hall , though a very pleasant building, was not suitable for a demonstration of this nature . The Coffee morning at the home of Mrs . Brades, was a great suc cess . The appreciable sum of £62 was raised for the Spinae Bifida - 7 - Assocation , and grateful thanks are extended to all who very kindly participated in this event . The Semi-final of the Bucks Mastermind was held at High Wycome on 20th March. Due to the large number of Groups taking part , there were five heats , the competition was keen, but Mrs . Jean Spencer, a Dorney member, proved to be a very worthy winner, and we were very proud of the fact that she goes forward to the final at Aylesbury on June 24th. A Public Transport Survey Form had been received requesting information and comments on local Bus transport and this was completed by Mrs. Allen after reading out the questions to the meeting. Mrs . Allen advised Deeko wrappers could be collected in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind, and Mrs . Crane kindly offered to collect these from members . This is a worthwhile effort so please don ' t throw away these wrappers, bring them to the W . I . Mrs . Hill, on being requested for a Treasurer's report, gave the very welcome news that we are still on the right side with our bank balance - most reassuring news . Mrs . Ritter, our Speaker this month , gave a most interesting talk on Bucks . Medieval Churches , accompanied by some really beautiful slides . This County is indeed blessed with some very lovely Churches , it is such a pity that the congregations are so sadly lacking. The date of the May meeting has been changed to the 15th. This will be attended by V.C.0. Mrs . Eades, who will put forward the Resolutions for the A.G.M. Attention was drawn to the Tudor Fayre to be held on May 4th. The W . I . contribution to this most interesting and worthwhile event is to be a Pie Stall , and assistance is required from all members for Pie making, Stall holding and any other duties in connection with this merry making occasion . Lets hope the Sun will be shining merrily too􀅇 W.I . Duties : Child Welfare Clinic will be Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Hill. Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 3687 5 . - 8 - • • --- ----- ------------- DORNEY WOMEN 'S SOCIAL CLUB MEETING 2 7. 3. 85 . The re was a good attendance and five apologies for absence . Gwen Hammond, herself a membe r, gave an enjoyable and informative demonstration and talk on Flower arrangements. She took Easter as her theme and began with a delightful Easter garden. She then showed us how to make an arrangement round an Easter Egg using red tulips , flowering currant and forsythia. A dining table decoration on a square base followed with pink tulips , pink carnations and daffodils. Finally, an Easter Basket really caught the eye . Pink tulips, purple iris, yellow and wh ite daffodil s, cerise carnations and forsythia were combined with charming effect. What Gwen did in lo minutes would take me an hour and then the results would only be fit for the dust-bin . All four arrangements were given as raffle prizes. Our Apr il meeting will be a film evening and in May we have a theatre visit. Lois Parker, Secretary. DA TES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE {Riverside Team Ministry) Saturday July 6th DAY OUT AT DORNEY & BURNHAM BEECHES , 6-9 's. Saturday/Sunday 28th & 29th September September WEEKEND AT DORNEY 10-13 1 s. Details of these events can be obtained from - Muriel Pepler (Burnham 63593) nearer the time . --=--=======-==================================-=-==============- Private advertisements will be accepted for publ ication . Rate per insertion :- 20 words £2. Each additional word lop . 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' , Now, modem living a1one. .' , , • technology has come to Although they choose to live in •• • al / • their aid in the fonn of familiar surroundings, they / 1 - 1 Piper Solo-an emergency must also live in fearof an ,: • , • • ., ,' speech communication illness which could leave ; • , -' ·' system that can link them bedridden, or an people in need with experienced helpers within =-􀀆¾iM I PIPER SOLO-HOW DOES IT WORK? - 10 - • ll • WHO CAN USE PIPER SOLO As Piper Solo operates on the public telephone network it can be used by anyone in any dwelling which has a direct telephone line. So whether the dwelling is an isolated country cottage or a city centre flat. Piper Solo can provide 24 hour emergency communication protection. Piper is already used in hundreds of sheltered housing schemes and an increasing number of organisations throughout the UK are offering this service to people in their own homes. Grants are available in some cases to meet up to 75% of the equipment charges while some orwmisations simply charge a weekly fee to cover the hire of the equipment and the emergency call service. If you would like to know more about the Piper Solo Seivice in your area, contact the address printed below and ask for 'Solo Information'. 􀀏 - 􀀐:PIPERSOLOSERVICE :1---- - For further information contact: DEBORAH LAWSON SLOUGH 33333 EXTENSION 248 SOUTH BUCKS DC COUNCIL OFFICES WINDSOR ROAD SLOUGH SL 1 2HN Care and safety for the elderly living at home. - 1 1 - OPEN-TOPPED BUS SERVICE Outline timetable - Service 01 - "Thames Valley Tour" 15 June - 14 September 1905 inclusive DAILY Windsor (opp. Parish Church) dep, 1040 Eton College 1054 Maidenhead (Bridge Avenue) 1110 Maidenhead (Boulters Lock - for steamer cor.nection) 1117 Marlow (Pound Lane Car Park) arr. 1137 dep, 1155 Maidenhead (Bridge Avenue) 1005 1217 Bray Village 1011 1228 Windsor !Castl-e· Mews) orr. 1034 1246 Comulete list of stouuin􀃈 points Windsor (Opposite Parish Church) Windsor Windsor (Central Station, outside W,H,Smith) (Barry Avenue) (Shepherd's Hut) (Marsh Lane) (Bridge Avenue) 1J40 1J54 1410 1417 1437 1455 1517 1523 1546 Eton College Eton Wick Dorney Court Taplow Station, Maidenhead Maidenhead Cookham Bourne End Marlow ! 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GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OPEN 9.00a.m.-5. 3Op.m. (1iKdaysawt,t,kJ SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00 a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.J0 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SLJ 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message at Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 5/85 JUNE, 1985 E D I T O R I A L Well it turned out to be a great success and I would like to take this opportunity of saying a sincere thank you to all the members of the Committee, Dot Belcher, Maureen Cody, Margaret Hutton, Jeffrey McLean, Jill & Peregrine Palmer, Joy Richmond, David Springbett, David Stark and Linda Weeks and everyone who helped to make the Tudor Fayre such a great day - a great deal of hard work and planning went into the day itself but I feel I should pay tribute to Linda Weeks who with her helpers took on the maDlllloth task of catering for an unknown quantity - how many - maybe 1000, maybe 5000, and to all the pie makers, cake makers, sweet makers, stall holders and funmakers,and an inspired Flower Festival. We raised the sum total of £2518 - hooray. Now for some statistics Paul Wright won the ham for staying the longest on the greasy pole (It wasn 1 t the greatest of days to be in the stocks but ye serfs and ye wenches took on allcomers with good humour). The weekend at the hotel in Oxford was won by a lady in Farnham Common and another lady from Windsor guessed the weight of the cake and had the pleasure of eating it. As for the balloons, well they seemed to be in a south easterly direction and the winner was Holly Tidy from Burnham whose balloon went as far as Rottareil, Germany, second was a Mr. Wilbourne from Rickmansworth, whose balloon went as far as Mont Didier, France and the third went as far as Faversham in Kent. What more can I say except thank you again for a happy day and where else could we have held a Tudor Fayre with such authenticity. Marion Hellmuth Sunday 2nd June Sunday 16th June Saturday 22nd June July - D.D.H.S. Saturday 6th July Sunday 14th July Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st July ******************* DIARY OF EVENTS Dorney Conservatives, Celebration Drinks, The Abbey House, Huntercornbe Lane South. D.D.H.S. Coach Trip. Dorney P.T.A. Summer Barbecue. Open Evening - date to be advised. Dorney P.T.A. Summer Fete. Dorney Conservatives, Barbecue@ Seveney Court. D.D.H.S. SuDllller Gardens Competition. *************** ************* For events after July and monthly meetings *********** see last issue. *******-**1* *-**** From the Revd Jeffery Whale, Rector PENTE COST - CONFIRMATION The Feast of Pentecost {Whitsun} is on May 26th and the Confirmation Service taken by the Bishop of Buckingham for the Riverside Team is on July 7th. It may seem 'passing strange' therefore that I should write about them in the June issue: There is gocd reason. Pentecost marked the beginning of the Christian Church following the events of the death and resurrection of Jesus. It sums up for us all Lhat we mean when we speak of the Holy Spirit of God being at work through the Church. If that had been a fairy tale I would not be writing this, nor would there be a parish of St. James, Dorney to write to. Pentecost also signifies the dyuamic nature of the Church for, if it is the 'fellowship of the Holy Spirit' then we can hardly expect it to be static and unmoving, taking the form that it had in, say, AD 33 or thereabouts. For almost half of each year when, in our church worship, we number off the Sundays after Pentecost, we remind ourselves of the tremendous variety of the gifts of the Spirit and what we are led by that Spirit to do. Thus, in June we are reminded that we are the 'People of Gcxl 1 , that as baptised Christians we enter in to a 'new Life', that we enjoy a freedom given by God's grace and live under a 'new Law'. It is into an awareness and new commitment to this dynamic, Spiritfilled Church that more than 30 people, about half of whom are adults, will enter when they are Confirmed on July 7th at St. Thomas Colnbrook. Confirmation is, in a sense, a completion of the rite of Baptism in which the person makes an affirmation of belief and statement of intention for themselves. Seven young people from Dorney are among those to be confirmed: Kevin Breslin, Johanne Griffith, Edward Griffith, Paul Hayton, Cleo Hill, Kristind Richmond and Philippa Williams. They need our prayers anC support. Jeffery Whale. - 2 - The Wardens Desk During the last weekend, we had a group of young people staying at the Vicarage as a part of tneir confirmation and youth experience of Church Life. I had been approached by the leader to take the part of a genuine dirty, smelly tramp, and to try to get into the Vicarage, to get the reaction of young people to such a person. The reaction was slightly predictable, in that they were embarrassed and yet inquisitive as to what the life of a tramp was really like. The objective of the exercise, was to think through who we treat well as people and who we tend to ignore. I, for my part had not washed or shaved for a few days, then I'd spilled cider down my well slept-in clothes and finally rolled in the mud before going to meet the group. But as I walked toward the vicarage I began to realise the loneliness and isolation of a tramp's existence. The shunning of ordinary people and yet the freedom which being on the road gave. I was also reminded of several occasions when I'd heard folk say how lonely life was living by one's self. The isolation was perhaps due in these cases to a husband or wife being bereaved by the loss of their life partner. Suddenly a person to talk to, or share a sadness or joy with, was gone. Everybody would feel sympathy for them and rally to help for the first week or two. Many neighbours would advise caution about coming in too often and leaving such a person in peace to work through the grief by themselves. The result is that the lonely person remains lonely and feels ever more isolated because of their neighbours' well meaning respect for their privacy. Also people with handicaps or disabilities or illness are left alone out of respect for their feelings and our own embarrassment in not knowing how to cope with someone else's problem. The result will lead to more lonely people than is healthy. After all, we love to be a part of someone's consideration and to be invited to whatever event in the locality. There grows a barrier which the ordinary people build to respect the privacy of the lonely or bereaved or handicapped. Jesus knew these problems and would go against society by being with the sick, outcasts, lonely and spending time with them. He commanded his disciples to Love one another, as I have loved you. We are called to do the same for His sake, even the people we are embarrassed to meet, and the lonely for whatever reason should take the initiative to - 3 - get out, to break free of their feelings of loneliness and make the first move.To make someone else feel special by giving them special consideration and a friendly visit. The need is real in our own community, and we are the ones who can answer the need. Jesus 1 command to love one another is still the answer, whether you would count yourself a Christian or not. But the love which God poured out for us, on the cross, is still there but lacks only the physical expression, which you and I can fulfil. His gift of Love will go beyond even our own limits for caring, if only we would ask. Then the truly lonely, isolated, bereaved, disabled or depressed would find comfort and hope instead of isolation. Shall we all think just a little of our own neighbours and see what loving them really means, and with Gods help alleviate one of the problems within our community. Adrian Cotterill. 16th June 8.00 a.rn. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flo1vers ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER SUNDAY TRINITY II Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Robb Mr. Pepler Angela Perryman Mrs. Westendorp, Mrs. Street John lS : 5 - 11 Romans 6: 3 - 11 Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Hutton & Mrs. Chase Miss Kilpatrick - 4 - ' 23rd June 8.00 a. m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10 .30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 30th June 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a. m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 7th July 8. 00 a.m. 10 .30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10 .30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers SUNDAY TRINITY III Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Booth Mr. Handy Mrs. Robb John 15: 12 - 17 Mrs. King, Galatians 3: 23 4: 7 Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Hayton Mrs . Robb Mrs. .Baker & Mrs. Gorle Mrs. Ames SUNDAY TRINITY IV Holy Communion Mattins Mr. Armstrong Mr. Hayton Matthew Mrs. Parker Ephesians Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Pepler Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Ashley Mrs. Chapman SUNDAY TRINITY V Holy Communion Parish Communion Mrs. Harpur & 19: 16 - 26 5: 1 - 10 Mrs. Butcher Mr. Belcher Luke 15: 11 - end Mrs. Pepler Colossians 3: 12 - 17 Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Chapman Mrs. Street - 5 - THE PARISH PUMP Notes of the Annual Meeting held on 7th May 1985. Mr. Peter Belcher was confirmed as the Chairman, with Mr. David Shott as Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Finance Committee Mr. Ken Richmond and Chairman of the Planning Committee Mrs. Audrey Wooller. Manor Farm A report was received from the water research council, saying they could not generalise about levels of pollution but from the information available so far it appeared there were particular spots which would be unsuitable for agriculture, except perhaps for taking of grass for silage or other conservation crops. They said it was not really their job to give a firm comment on alternative uses. We still await further correspondence from Thames Water. Loose Chippings There are still quite a lot on the road in spite of a clearing gang being in the village. Oak Stubbs Lane was stated by the County Council to need reshaping which would be too expensive at the moment, but the Parish Council thought that this was using a sledge hammer to crack a nut and would be pursuing the matter. Rubbish Collection Comments were made about the flimsy bags and that the Bank Holiday rota was not operating satisfactorily. Noone knows when rubbish is being collected and dogs rip open the nags. ( Items for payment total some El76. 41. Planning applications The site adjacent to Green Acres for which outline planning permission exists was up for detailed approval but the Parish Council thought the proposed house was too large for the site on a poor angle, and was on unamaginative design, too far forward and too near the boundary. - 6 - ( New steps by M4. The Parish Council were horrified at this invitation to children to try to get onto the motorway. It appeared that they had been put there by Berkshire ' s lighting division who, without any authority from anybody else, put them there. The Parish Council wants them removed from both sides of the motorway, as there are others by Old Marsh Lane banjo. Transport bill The Council received a copy of a letter from the District Council 's Planning Officer to Tim Smith, which your correspondent was asked to precis for the magazine. However, as it is completely incomprehensible, I can only say that the District Council appears to be expressing concern that the buses should be maintained and subsidised, regardless of cost. Best Kept Village Competion Our entry has been accepted and as you all know judging takes place at the beginning of June so please, as soon as you have read these words, go out and pick up any pieces of litter you see. Next Meeting On 11th June in the Village Hall. ******************************************************************** D O R N E Y C O N S E R V A T I V E S You are cordially invited to have CELEBRATION DRINKS with Pamela Bentley, our successful candidate in the recent County Council Election. (By kind Tickets: To be held at THE ABBEY HOUSE HUNTERCOMBE LANE SOUTH permission of Mr. & Mrs. on SUNDAY, 2nd JUNE 11. 30am - 1. 3Opm Adults El.SO Children Free Springbett) Available from J. Hayton Maidenhead 23769 * R. Hutton Burnham 66218 ******************************************************************** - 7 - TUDOR FAYRE A lot of hard work, a lot of fun on the day and a substantial sum raised for the repair of St.James ceiling ; these were the general conclusions to a very enjoyable village occasion at Dorney Court on 4th May which had called for a great deal of planning and preparation beforehand. Of course an event of its kind can only succeed in the right environment and none could be better than the grounds of Dorney court, so we must be particularly grateful to Jill & Peregrine Palmer for allowing their use and indeed for taking such an active and helpful part in the organisation beforehand on the day. It was Marion Hellmuth's idea in the first place and we owe her special thanks for having the tenacity to see it through, with her committee, from the germ of an idea to fruition and not without a number of anxious and frustrating moments which inevitably accompany this kind of enterprise. The substantial support provided by David Springbett and Brian Griffin was invaluable and Sue Handy 1 s dancers lent grace to a rather dour English spring day. Associated with the Fayre was the flower festival in the parish church organised with tremendous thought and care by Mrs. Parker and her team which again was enhanced by its setting and reminded us of the main point of the whole event. There were many others, too numerous to mention, who contributed time and skills and who enjoyed coming together as a community in a way one remembers from the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The work and the organisation would have been for nothing without the support of many families in Dorney and we thank them for coming and hope that they enjoyed the day too. It was also time up for the carriage clock competition which was won by Jennifer o. Howard, Little Rectory, Hitcham and our particular appreciation goes to Jeffrey McLean who organised this event and raised £462 for the appeal fund. The ceiling repairs at St.James were completed last September and now with the sum of £2 ,980 from the Tudor Fayre and the clock competition are paid for as well. It is a tremendous achievment to have raised over £12, 000 in only ten months and on behalf of the Parochial Church Council and all who care for St.James a sincere thank you to everyone who has played a part in maintaining it for its use now and in the year ahead. Joy Richmond Michael Armstrong Churchwardens. - 8 - ' • DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FLOWER FESTIVAL AT TUDOR FAYRE The Society' s Chairman and Committee would like to thank everyone who helped to make the Flower Festival so beautiful and successful. In particular, our appreciation is given to all the ladies who made the lovely floral arrangements, Margaret Perryman who drove the writer at crack of dawn to buy flowers at Covent Garden, Peter Tyler for making the excellent Welsh dragon which stood on the stair table, others who gave flowers and foliage, organised lifts, gave freely of their time and many who assisted in various ways too numerous to mention. We were also fortunate in Brian Chase, the son of our long standing members Ada and Ernie Chase, bringing his church's excellent choir to entertain with some really first class singing in the church during the morning. The writer would also like to give her personal thanks to the Chairman, Committee and everyone else who gave their help and support so unstintingly. L. Parker Secretary. ****************************************************** DORNEY CONSERVATIVES B A R B E C U E to be held at BOVENEY COURT {by kind permission of Mr. & Mrs. D. Paddy) on SUNDAY 14TH JULY, 12 noon-4 p.m . SWIMMING, TENNIS, CRCQUET, BAR TICKETS £3 CHILDREN 4-12 yrs. £1 Available from J. HAYTON MAIDENHEAD 23769 and R. HUTTON BURNHAM 66218 ***************************************************** - 9 - ********************* DORNEY PTA SUMMER EVENTS ********************** Not even the rain could dampen the enthusiasm last year. Once again, on June 22nd, there is the chance for staff and parents, present and former, to spend the year's longest Saturday wining/dining, dancing/ chatting al fresco at the Summer Bar-B-Q. The event is held in the School grounds, with a marquee, licensed bar, superbly cooked food, good music. Tickets £4.50 per head. Applications/enquiries to Nigel Lancaster (Maidenhead 71618). July 6th is the date for the annual Summer Fete held at the School. The theme is 'transport' and the main attraction is a miniature tracked railway providing children's rides. Variety of stalls and attractions including several 'first-time' appearances as well as all the old favourites. ********************************************************************* DATES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Riverside Team Ministry) Saturday July 6th Saturday/Sunday 28th & 29th DAY OUT AT DORNEY & BURNHAM BEECHES, 6-9's. September WEEKEND AT DORNEY 10-13 ° s. Details of these events can be obtained from - Muriel Pepler (Burnham 63593) nearer the time. ************* The Youth Club has started at the Vicarage and meets each week on a Monday from 7.30 - 9.30 p.m. Anyone between the ages of 13-18 is welcome to come and join the activities which include Table Tennis, Bar Billiards, Expeditions and of course friendship. come along if you are interested. Just ************* Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 10 - DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB MEETING 24.4.85 This was a film evening and attendance was quite good. Four excellent films were shown. The first, about Hoechst Porcelain, less familiar to us than Meissen, showed the whole process of making and painting these delicate figures. Hoechst Porcelain has been popular since the 18th century and contains unique pieces such as a children's band. "Perishing Solicitor", was a comedy with George Cole, as the "know all" whose legal advice brought trouble to his friends, who sensibly turned to the experts before it was too late. A scientific film on Time and into differences in various parts of the world followed. Finally, there was a "Walk round Coventry" compered by Pete Murray. So much of the city was destroyed by the savage war time air raid that today it is almost a new city. The new shopping centre is well planned and trees, bridges and pools make it most attractive. Dominating the city is the glorious new cathedral,- risen like the phoenix from the ashes. Its architecture does not appeal to all but none can dispute the beauty of the colours in the windows or the delicate ornamentation of the Gethsemane Chapel. After coffee the raffle was drawn and won by Margaret Perryman. This was a set comprising a cake tin and 2 storage tins bearing unusual floral designs. our June meeting is a visit to Burnham Bakery when a bread making of all kinds and designs will be given. most interesting and we hope for a good attendance. Lois Parker Secretary. demonstration of This should be ----------===========================-==== "W AN T E D. 3 - bedroomed house in the Dorney area up to E85,000. Please ring MAIDENHEAD 10049." =====================-========---====-=--- - 11 - DORNEY W.I. REPORT FOR MAY Mrs. Harpur opened this monthS meeting with the very sad news of the death of one of our members, Mrs. Betty James, She was a comparatively new member of Dorney W. I. but nevertheless '.ve all remember her as a charming lady and she will be sadly missed. Grateful thanks were given by Mrs. Harpur to all members for their assistance at the Tudor Fayre. This had proved to be a very happy and enjoyable event. Tremendous enthusiasm had been shown by all taking part, particularly in the wearing of the beautiful costumes, a great credit to all. The Church looked very beautiful, with the lovely flower arrangements, and much hard work must have gone into achieving the desired result. The grounds of Dorney Court made a beautiful setting for this very worthy effort. Mrs. Ferris gave a comprehensive report on the Spring Council meeting which she had attended with Mrs. Allen. There is to be a meeting at Stoke Poges Village Hall on July 18th for the purpose of meeting Executive members and to ask questions. In connection with the Craft Exhibition it was decided not to attend the one at Stoke Poges in June but to go to the major Exhibition at Wycombe Abbey School to be held on 15,16 & 17 August. The final of the "Brain of Bucks" contest is to be held at Hazels Hall, Aylesbury, on 24th June at 7.30 p.m. It is hoped many Dorney members will go in support of our very worthy contestant Mrs. Jean Spencer. 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Maidenhead 70722 PLUMBING, HEATING AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL &DOMESTIC WORK COMPLETE RE-WIRES, NEW WIRING, COOKER INSTALLATIONS. IMMERSION HEATERS OR EXTRA LIGHT & SOCKET POINTS BATHROOMS SUPPLIED Et FITTED, CENTRAL HEATING DESIGNED Et INSTALLED, GUTTERS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, TANKS, ROOF LAGGING & ALL DOMESTIC PLUMBING 79 HIGH STREET, BURNHAM, BUCKS. TELEPHONE: BURNHAM 63372 K. C -'• GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOODS WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL OPEN9.00a.m.-5.30p m (six day,a week) SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00 a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message a t Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 6/85 JULY, 1985 E D I T O R I A L The Government's White Paper on Airports Policy brings cold comfort to the populations surrounding the London area airports. Justifiable apprehension greets the forecast of an annual 89 million passengers through these airports by the end of the century. Expansion in flights, terminals and infrastructure threaten further deterioration in the immediate environments and an end to the rural tranquillity that many now enjoy and have so earnestly fought to preserve. Any feeling of relief and satisfaction brought about by the newspaper headline 'Fifth Heathrow terminal refused' soon faded when one discovered in the detailed text that this may be but a short-term refusal. The White Paper actually states that the fifth terminal cannot yet be regarded as a real option until the feasibility of moving the Perry Oaks sludge works has been established. There is to be an urgent study into the removal of the Perry Oaks works, because the Government considers that the release of the land to the airport is highly desirable - whether or not a fifth terminal is to be built. This news together with the decision not to impose the yearly limit of 275,(X)() air transport movements at Heathrow, gives Dorney no cause for celebration. Recently a persistent ill-wind blew for several days, bearing the malodorous miasma of the Cippenham sewerage works to Dorney Reach. It was a timely reminder that the re-siting of the Perry Oaks works remains our primary concern and that we must maintain a constant opposition to any suggestion that it is moved to within our range of sensory perception. ******************** - 1 - From the Revd Jeffery Whale, Rector of Riverside The other day someone asked me 'How do you classify yourself?'. We were talking about the different labels given to christians - high church, low church,evangelical, catholic, charismatic, born again .... Sometimes it is convenient to use labels. Thus when appointing a clergyman to a parish it is helpful in 'matching' his churchmanship with that of the parish. But it is also quite dangerous. Using labels to categorise people is a way of pinning them down; pretending that you know all about them - likes, dislikes, patterns of behaviour, mode of living, beliefs and so on. Sometimes it is a way of distancing them in order to cope with them. 'Oh, he's high church' or, 'she's charismatic', as if having said that all else follows. But it is not only in the church that this labelling goes on. working Class, Middle Class, white collar workers, professional,.conservative, socialist, black, white, disadvantaged, youth, single-parent family ... the list is endless and many of the labels become terms of abuse and contempt. They are, as it has been suggested, the language of prejudice. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about many things, but one of the most potent messages is that of 'liberation'. Delivering people from all that entraps them and enabling them to see beyond, and have the courage to go beyond, the narrow confines of their particular group, country, party, denomination or whatever. It also seeks to liberate them from their narrow perceptions of other people. One of the questions those being confirmed on July 7th will be asked is 'Do you repent of your sins?'. That might seem to be a simple question about being sorry for wrong-doing, but it is much deeper than that. 'Sin' means a barrier, between Man and God and between Man and Man. Barriers are created by fear, selfishness, pride, greed as well as deliberate wrong-doing. To repent is to have a change of heart. To see the world and people from God's point of view as his children. To see people for what they are and not for what our convenient labelling tries to make them. In common with most people I have had the pleasure and privilege of knowing a wide variety of people. They include rich and poor; people from India and Pakistan, the West Indies, Eastern Europe and many other countries, they include teachers and miners, hippies and skin-heads, managers and workers, Bishops and ordinary (that's a good label!) christians. Behind the labels they are all people acceptable and accepted by God and this, as a christian is how I must see them. Only then may I presume to evaluate their actions and influence on the society of which we all form part. - 2 - 14th July 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 21st July 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 28th July 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Ren􀇸er 70.30 a.m. Cleaning Coffee Flowers ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER SUNDAY TRINITY VI Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Chapman Mr. Robb Matthew 18: 21-end Mr. King I Corinthians 12:27-13:end Mrs. Westendorp, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Richmond Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Williams Mrs. R. Smith SUNDAY TRINITY VII Holy Communion Parish Communion Mrs. Ames Mr. Armstrong John Mrs. Parker Galatians Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Pepler Mrs. Belcher & Mrs. Neal Mr. & Mrs. Robb Mrs. Belcher SUNDAY TRINITY VIII Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Pepler Mr. Dollimore Mrs. Liney Mrs. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Hayton Miss Kilpatrick - 3 - John Ephesians 15, 16-end 5, 16-25 17, 11-19 6, 10-20 4th August 8 . 00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 1st Reader Cleaning Coffee Flowers 11th August 8 . 00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 1st Reader Cleaning Coffee Flowers 18th August 8.00 a . m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8 . 00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 8 . 00 a.m. 10. 30 a .m. 10.30 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. 1st Reader 10. 30 a.m. Cleaning Coffee Flowers SUNDAY TRINITY IX Holy Co!'lillunion Parish Communion Mr. Eastgate Mr. Hayton John Mrs . Pepler Philippians Mrs . Eastgate & Mrs. Jones Mrs . Parker & Mrs. Butcher Mrs . Ames SUNDAY TRINITY X Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Liney Mr. Belcher John Mr. Cotter ill 2 Corinthians Mrs . Street Mrs. Warner-Horne & Mrs. Westendorp Mrs. Chapman SUNDAY TRINITY XI Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Chapman Mr. Robb John Jessica Armstrong 2 Corinthians Mrs . Robb Mrs . J:l..mes & Mrs . Harpur Mrs . Street - 4 - 13: 1-15 2 : 1-11 13: 31-35 4 : 1-10 17: 20-end 5: 14-6 = 2 • • • 25th August 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 Sidesman 10.30 1st Reader 10.30 Cleaning Coffee Flowers 1st September 8. 00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. a.m. a.m . a.m. SUNDAY TRINITY Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr . Armstrong Mi. Pepler Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Belcher Mrs. R. Smith SUNDAY TRINITY Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Handy XII John 16, 1-11 Acts 7 ' 54- s , 1 Allen XIII Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mrs. Ames 1st Reader 10.30 a.m . Jonathan Longden Mark Ephesians 10, 2-16 5 ,25- 6,4 Cleaning Coffee Flowers 8th September 8.00 a.PI. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a. m. Sidesman 10.30 a. m. 1st Reader 10. 30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Chapman Mrs. Coish & Mrs. Paton Mrs. Belcher SUNDAY TRINITY XIV Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Eastgate Mr. Dollimore Elizabeth Robb Matthew 22 , 15-22 13, 1-7 Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Mrs. Pepler Mrs. Parker & Mrs. To be n.nnounced. Miss Kilpatrick - 5 - Romans Hayton & Richmond 1. 2. THE PARISH PUMP Notes on a Parish Meeting on 6th June 1985. Plastic refuse sacks. The District Council realise how awful the present ones are and the supplier is being changed. August Bank Holiday collection arrangements are as follows :- Normal collection date Tuesday 20th Tuesday 27th Holiday collection date Monday 19th Wednesday 28th. Steps by M4. Berkshire have reported that they were nothing to do with them, but the Department of Transport who wish to set up a vehicle counting exercise. The Parish Council are not happy and wish the steps to be removed before the school holidays. The Department of Transport say (unofficially) that they are thinking again. 3. Council payments totalling some £294, largely made up of an item for damage to a lamp post which we hope will be reimbursed. 4. Planning matters. An appeal has been notified regarding one of the Green acres sites and it was reported that the other Green - acres site had been rejected by the District Council along the lines reported in the last issue. No comment was made regarding an extension at No. 43 Harcourt Road. An outline application had been submitted for a house and garage at the apex between Meadow Way and Oak Stubbs Lane. The Parish Council thought this was much too small a site and it would also impinge upon the amenities of the neighbouring house , as well as those opposite in Meadow Way. 5. Next Meeting - 9th July in the Village Hall. - 6 - r r 6. School Governors - Ken Richmond was nominated on behalf of the Parish. 7. A Road Safety Committee : We are still awaiting a Chairman if anyone would like to do it. 8. Reports have been received from the County Council about land restoration after mineral extraction and the Public Transport plan. 9. 10. 11. Heathrow expansion/Fifth Terminal. We thought it was too early to discuss this matter in depth following the announcement in the House of Commons the week be fore. However, it was clear that the Parish may suffer like everybody else in the Solo􀇹on-like announcement that everyone will be adversely affected no matter how the demands for air travel is satisfied in the latter part of this century. The very good point for Dorney being , that the development of the fifth terminal has been turned down (for the time being) . The British Airports Authority and the Thames Water Authority have however been told to negotiate about how the British Airports Authority might acquire the Perry Oaks sewage works and the implications of this are quite clear - the works will have to be moved. We must therefore do all we can to prevent any expansion of the existing works at Manor Farm to take in any from Perry Oaks. The Council did not discuss any of the implications regarding the removal of the limit of flight numbers at Heathrow. Perhaps it was too obvious to merit comment. The Parish Council have been approached by the Burnham magazine Round and About as to whether we would like to pay to have our meetings and so on reported , but we thought we were well served by our own magazine and did not wish to weaken the Dorney magazine in any way. ********** H O U S E F O R S A L E ********** Lovely position overlooking farmland front and rear. 3 large bedrooms , 26 ft . lounge , dining- room , kitchen, breakfast room. Gas central heating. Garage. Hard standing for boat/caravan. Good size secluded garden. Brick outhouses . Greenhouse. £72 ,000. Telephone - MAIDENHEAD 30049. ** ******************* **** - 7 - DIARY OF EVENTS July - D .D.H.S. Open Evening - date to be advised. Saturday 6th July Dorney P.T.A. Summer Fete. Sunday 14th July Dorney Conservatives , Barbecue @ Boveney Saturday & Sunday 20th/21 st July Court. D.D.H. S. Summer Gardens Competition. Saturday 10th August D.D.H.S. Barbecue. Saturday 31st August D.D.H.S. Summer Show. Saturday 21st September D. D. H.S. Harvest Supper. September - D.D. H.S. Visit to Taplow Vineyard - date to be advised. Friday 27th September D.V.H. M.C. Jumble Sale. Friday 11th October D. D.H. S. Cheese/Wine - visit by Radio 210 Saturday 12th October Friday 8th November Saturday 7th December 1986 - 18th January DORNEY WOt1EN1 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 Reading. D.V.H.M.C. Anniversary Dance. D.D.H.S. A.G.M. D.V.H.M.C . Christmas Dance D.D.H. S. Dance Meet second Wednesday of every @ 2.30 p.m. Meet fourth Wednesday of every @ 8.15 P:m. month month Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting. Second Tuesday in every month at 8.00 Village Hall. Second Tuesday in every other month at 7.45 p.m. preceding the Parish Council Meeting. p.m. First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. Dorney Vicarage. Meet second Wednesday of every month. Meet second and forth Tuesday of every month at the Vicarage. (Not August) - 8 - • DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE • The new Committee is as follows : - • Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer Amenities Officer Booking Officer Entertainments Officer Garden - J. Roberts - Mrs . T. Duffy - Mrs. A. Wooller - Mrs. I . Budge - J. Jackman - Mrs . V. Lake - Mrs. D. Belcher - P. Lake Committee Members - P. Belcher , H. Cook, M. Cox, L. Kirkby, N. Lancaster , K. Richmond . The Committee members are always willing to be approached on any matters concerning the Village Hall. 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 The Hiring Charges are as follows . Local Residents and Organisations : - Mon. - Friday £2 . 25 per hour. Saturday 8 . 30 a.m. 12.00 midnight £32 . 12 . 00 noon 12 .00 midnight £25 8 . 30 a.m. 12 . 00 noon £ 7 . 50. A deposit of £40 is required, returnable . 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 Outside Residents and Organisations Mon . - Friday Saturday £4 . 00 per 8 . 30 a.m. 12 . 00 noon 8 . 30 a.m. hour . 12.00 12 . 00 12 .00 midnight £52 . midnight £45 . noon £ 7 . 50. A returnable deposit of £40 is required . Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 9 - The Wardens Desk Firstly may I thank the Youth Club for their dedication to staying awake from 1st to the 2nd of June. They were having a sponsored event to help raise money for the Hackney Holidays held in the Vicarage especially over the summer holidays. At the time of writing, we do not know how much has been raised, but we hope that it will be a worthwhile effort toward the great costs of giving fun filled outings to children who are so often deprived the fun and love of an ordinary child's life. Secondly, the lunch club will not meet after the 9th July until 10th September. The 9th of July is a guest speaker day, when a Fire Officer from Beaconsfield will be talking to us about the problems of fire control and the dangers all around us. Come along, if you are retired and wish to have an interesting lunch and discussion about Fire Safety. We are as I've already mentioned preparing a programme and facilities for the Hackney Children's Holidays at the Vicarage. With games and outings and crafts, arts and hopefully enough energy to see us through the time. A dedicated team of Etonians and helpers will be giving up their time to make these four weeks the happiest and healthiest yet. If you have some time to help us by giving them the benefit of your experience in making things or taking them out for fun and games, please contact me at the Vicarage where we will have up to ten children beginning 18th July. Just as an after thought, we have had a visit from a young man this last weekend, from one of the Hackney children who has outgrown the age at which he is sent along to enjoy the holidays in Dorney, yet he is still coming as a helper. He has been the source of some amazement to me, considering the family problems he has been faced with from Childhood. Yet he is willing and happy to help any and all whom be encounters. I'm thrilled to see that some of the children that the Project has helped are able to help others so selflessly. During this time of Summer rest and Holidays may I wish you all a peaceful and relaxing summer as we take holidays away, and the hope - 10 - that we will be able to continue working to improve the quality of life for the under-privileged and the people around us who are our innnediate neighbours. Adrian Cotterill (Warden at the Dorney Parish/Eton College Project) DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Winners of Spring Garden Competition Assisted Mr. D. Springbett Unassisted Mr. R. Brades. ************************************************* DORNEY CONSERVATIVES B A R B E C U E to be held at BOVENEY COURT (by kind permission of Mr. & Mrs. D. Paddy) on SUNDAY 14TH JULY, 12 noon - SWIMMING, TENNIS, CROQUET, TICKETS £3. CHILDREN 4-12 yrs. £1 4 p.m. BAR Available from J. HAYTON MAIDENHEAD 23769 and R. HUTTON BURNHAM 66218 ************************************************* Saturday July 6th Saturday/Sunday 28th & 29th September DATES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Riverside Team Ministry) DAY OUT AT DORNEY & BURNHAM BEECHES, 6-91 s. WEEKEND AT DORNEY lO-13's. Details of these events can be obtained from - Muriel Pepler (Burnham 63593) nearer the time. - 11 - REPORT ON DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR JUNE It must be the start of the holiday season - no less than eleven of our members being away this month. We hope that they will return refreshed and energetic. The meeting opened with the singing of Jerusalem and Mrs. Harpur, the President, welcomed Dr. Thomas, who represented Taplow & Hitchem and Dorney Women's Institutes at the National Federation's Annual General Meeting at the Albert Hall on 6th June. Dr. Thomas gave a most comprehensive report of that meeting, saying how cheerful it was to go into the hall, leaving a miserable day outside and seeing all the ladies, some with becoming hats but most without, in their bright clothes. Mrs. Edwards was thanked for organising the outing to Chichester and the coast. Transport was arranged for the members who are going to Aylesbury to support Mrs. Jean Spencer in the "Brain of Bucks" contest. Members were reminded that the July meeting will be held in the garden of Mrs. Street's home at 2, Pond Leys Cottages, Lake End Road, on Wednesday, 10th July. Will members who would like lifts please be at the end of Harcourt Road at 2.15 p.m. Miss A. Strugnell will give a demonstration with her dog, Moss. Our speaker this month was Mr. R. Cornwell, from the National Diary Council. His talk was "English Country Cheeses". His talk was most interesting, describing the history of cheese making and telling why each cheese has its own distinctive taste and appearance. He brought several kinds of cheese for us to try and we all went home replete. Competition winners. 1. Mrs. Sharphouse & Miss Kilpatrick. 2. Mrs. Cliff. - 12 - Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Editorial Board : Distributors : Mr. C.C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach. Tel: Maidenhead 24121 Mrs. M.E. Hellmuth, Boskerris, 15, Marsh Lane, Dorney Reach. Tel : Maidenhead 28491 The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody. Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Crane, Mrs. Foster-Key, Mrs. Gorle, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Hakesley, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. Hellmuth, Mrs. Hewitt Teale, Miss Kilpatrick, Mrs. Oxlade, Mrs. Pilkington, Mrs. Rae, Mrs. Sharphouse, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Wiltshire, Mrs. Wooller, Mrs. Wright. Rate of Subscription : £3.00 per annum for 10 issues. It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. Printed by Suro Press Old Station Yard Taplow Telephone: Burnham 63122 E. SARGEANT AND SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS Head Office: Church Street, Slough, Tel: Slough 20081 PRIVATE CHAPELS WEDDING & PRIVATE CAR HIRE Windsor Branch: 61 St. Leonards Road, Windsor. Tel: Windsor 65982 DAY & NIGHT SERVICE J.B. PET SUPPLIES. 31, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick. PETS: INCLUDING BIRDS & SMALL ANIMALS. Tel: Windsor 50994. PET FOODS for CATS, DOGS, HORSES, SMALL ANIMALS and BIRDS. BULK FOOD ALSO SUPPLIED. NEVILLE AND GRIFFIN LIMITED DAIRY FARMERS (Est. 1857) Milk • Skimmed Milk - Eggs - Bread - Fruit Juice - Potatoes 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 B.H.S./A.B.R.S. APPROVED ESTABLISHMENT panish5it Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor. Berkshire Telephone: Burnham 61275 RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY HACKING * HOLIDAY COURSES * SHOW JUMPING * GYMKHANAS INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL * QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes J. T. IRELAND LTD. BUilDERS AND CONI'RACI'ORS 41 ETON WICK ROAD, ETON WICK, Telephone: Windsor 65373 TAPLOW TYRE CO. LTD. "We offer a personal and efficient service" PLUS! * THE LATEST COMPUTER BALANCING * WHEEL ALIGNMENT (FREE CHECKI * INSTANT PUNCTURE REPAIRS * FREE BATTERY CHECK AND FITMENT * FREE FITTING AND CHANGE ROUND Phone Pet BURNHAM 67424 MARSH GATE TRADING ESTATE Between Bishop Centre and The Maypole Pub IT'S FREE! * * FREE PUNCTURE SERVICE FOR OAPs * * * FREE PUNCTURE SERVICE TO KID'S BIKES 2VEAR GUARANTEED BATTERIES Phone for quote ALL PRICES IIICtuDE VALVE, BAUIICE, AND VAT OPEN 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. 5 DAYS A WEEK 8.30 a.m.-3.00 p.m. SAT. 􀀋􀀌j;J)WHITE HEATHER GARAGE .......... .,.., (Established 68 years) (Dorney) LTD. Telephone: Burnham 3188 OFFER THE FOLLOWING S£RV/C£SAutosense ®Computerised Vehicle Test System Pinpoints problems quickly, eliminating "trial and error" methods. Prints out a report showing your car's actual performance compared to factory standards. Professional Repair and Servicing using Sun Roller brake tester, Hartridge Headlamp setter and Dunlop alignment equipment. MOT Testing carried out while you wait and watch feel free to ask questions. Full Tyre, Petrol and Lubrication Service we have the best equipment in the area and we know how to use it ! Please visit our workshops and discuss your problems we test - not guess t • I ... " . ' "': i},J.􀀑:/ ·:;;;) -· 􀀒 ORNE.Y CHURCH U.CAMPBll 8 Cl 80 PEASCOD STREET, WINDSOR, SL4 1 DH. Telephone: Windsor 69055/7 10 ST. JUDES ROAD, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, TW20 OBY. Telephone: Egham 33696/7 * * * CHARTERED VALUATION SURVEYORS & ESTATE AGENTS * * * Fast, quality service from experienced staff. Mortgages arranged for suitable purchasers, free valuations, NO SALE - NO FEE. * * * Houses required for waiting buyers in the Dorney and Surrounding areas. * * * WINDSOR OFFICE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Agents for Northern Rock Building Society THE OLD SCHOOL ANTIQUES DORNEY PURCHASERS AND VENDORS OF GOOD QUALITY A NTIQUES VALUATIONS & RESTORATIONS undertaken. Tel: BURNHAM 3247 93 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 6HZ Tel: Maidenhead 70722 PLUMBING. HEATING ANO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL & DOMESTIC WORK COMPLETE RE-WIRES. NEW WIRING, COOKER INSTALLATIONS, IMMERSION HEATERS OR EXTRA LIGHT & SOCKET POINTS BATHROOMS SUPPLIED & FITTED, CENTRAL HEATING DESIGNED & INSTALLED, GUTTERS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, TANKS, ROOF LAGGING & ALL DOMESTIC PLUMBING 79 HIGH STREET, BURNHAM, BUCKS. TELEPHONE: BURNHAM 63372 IC.CJ. GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OPEN 9.0Da.m.-5.JOp m (si􀀎daysaweekj SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message a t Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 7 /85 SEPTEMBER, 1985 THE PARISH PUMP Notes on Parish Council Meeting held on 9th July 1985. 1. Steps by the M4. Tim Smith has asked Linda Chalker, Minister of State, for a full explanation. Otherwise, nothing further. 2. Dents Corner, road surface. The Bucks County Council have said the resurfacing would be put in hand in the next financial year. The Parish Council, having heard that a motor cyclist tumbled off quite recently, wish it to be done as a matter of urgency before that time. 3. Bus Services. The County Council plan for the future: The Parish Council wish the Wednesday and Saturday Maidenhead service to be retained, because although it is not used by many people, those who do use it are those who asked for it and have a genuine need. 4. London Airports White Paper, and in particular relocation of the Perry Oaks Sewage works. The petition going round the village, Eton Wick, and neighbouring areas was mentioned and supported. The Parish Council are to present the Dorney case, as opposed to any other case. That is to say, that our problem is mainly the sewage works and is not really to do with aircraft noise and infrastructure. We wish to demonstrate as soon as possible to the Thames Water Authority that any expansion to the sewage works at Slough would cause unacceptable environmental problems for this village, which in turn would have a bad effect on neighbouring communities. We are well aware, of course, that if Perry Oaks does not come here then it has to go somewhere else but we believe that the area around Dorney is too fragile to absorb such an impact and that there are other places better able so to do. - 1 - The South Bucks District Council and the Bucks County Council may find it embarrassing to suggest such a fact and that is why we have to present our own case. S. Accounts were presented for payment amounting to approximately £175, full details in the minutes. 6. Planning. No comment was made on an application to renew the outline permission at the site by Lodge Farm House. A list of listed buildings in Dorney was received from the District Council. • This can be inspected at the District Council Offices and a digest i􀅚 to appear in the Parish News. 7. Next Meeting. 10th September in the Village Hall. 8. 9. 10. Parish Boundary review. The proposals by Taplow to take over parts of Dorney have been very sensibly discarded by the Boundary Commission. The Palmer Arms. The Parish Council were pleased with the way the modernisation works have been carried out but expressed comment that the visa sign could have been better sited. The ecclesiastical Parish of Dorney. There are proposals that the ecclesiastical Parish of Dorney be amalgamated with Eton Wick. Though the Parish Council, being a secular authority, are disinclined to become involved with Church affairs, concern was expressed about the new proposed ecclesiastical unit stradling the county boundary with Berkshire. This was from the point of view that we wish to remain a part of Buckinghamshire, but the comment does not necessarily imply that the Parish would prefer the Church to link up with the a Buckinghamshire parish. D O R N E Y W H I S T C L U B The Whist Club re-opens for the new season on Thursday September 12th, at 8 p.m. in the Village Hall. All are welcome. NO qualifications are needed, except a capacity for enjoying an evening's friendly - and inexpensive - entertainment! Just turn up􀅛 ******************************* - 2 - Hill. Fran the Revd Jeffery Whale, Team Rector CHANGING AND CHALLENGING MINISTRY This month sees two well-known clergymen move from this Deanery to take up new appointments: Alan Christmas, 19 years Industrial Chaplain is to become Rector of Easthampstead, and Martin Peirce, Team Rector of Langley and my predecessor as Rural Dean is to become Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO) based in Oxford. As we wish them well, it reminds us of the ever-expanding breadth of christian ministry. The parochial system remains the bed-rock of the Church and the majority of full-time ordained and lay ministers will be deployed within it, but it is supplemented by sector ministries such as Hospital, School, Prison, Industrial and Community Chaplaincies, and by those, who like Martin Peirce, work to serve and service the rest. For the DDO has the important task of encouraging and fostering vocations to the ordained ministry; of guiding ordinands through selection and training, and of exercising a pastoral care for their families. Whatever else may be happening, there is still the need for full-time ordained clergy and the challenge needs to be put continually - is God calling you? M i n i s t r y o f A l l None of us can be unaware, however, that the call to ministry is to us all. Many men now offer themselves as Non Stipendiary Ministers, undergoing part-time training and being ordained priest whilst still remaining in full-time employment. Many women offer themselves as Lay workers, and/or Deaconesses - full and part-time. Again the challenge must be put - is God calling you? It doesn't stop there! Teachers and leaders to work with the young in one of the most important areas of Church life; Parochial Visitors to supplement and canplement the work of the full-time minister; specialist counsellors i House group leaders .... these and many more Ministries are urgently required as the life and ministry of the whole Church expands. The challenge, therefore, is to everyone - is God calling you? T r a i n i n g No one feels adequate to do what God wants. But if He calls, be sure that the means of Grace is provided. It is in this context that there are now many opportunities for training and adult education provided for all categories of aspiring minister. In particular, in our Archdeaconry, is the CHILTERN TRAINING SCHEME based in High Wycombe where courses are run in a wide variety of subjects and skills. Included are: "What we believe"; "Understanding Bereavement": "Pastoral Care"; "Helping people with Marriage" i "Using microcomputers in the Church" and many, many more. For information on any aspect of ministry, without any obligation, please get in touch with me by letter of telephone {Slough 41777}. - 3 - 15th September 180..3000 aa..mm.. SSiiddeessmmaann 8. oo a.m. 1st Reader 1100..3300 aa..mm.. CClreeacnhien g& Sunday School CFolfofweeres 22nd September 108..0 300 aa..rnm.. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. C1sretc Rhee a&d eSru nd1a0y. 3S0c hao.oml. CColfefaneie ng Flowers 29th September 180..0300 aa..mm.. SSiiddeessmmaann 8.oo a.m. 1st Reader 1100..3300 aa..mm.. CClreecahnei ng& Sunday School FColofwfeeres ST . JAMES DUTY ROSTER SUNDAY TRINITY XV PHaorliys Cho Cmommumniuonino n Mrs. Harpur MrMrs. . KRinicgh mond RomLaunkse 1120:: 295--e37n d MMrrss.. BKeilncgh e& r Mr& sM.r Bs.ut Ncheearl MMrrss.. ABmakees r & Mrs. Gorle SUNDAY TRINITY XVI HARVEST FESTIVAL HFoalmyil yCo Smemruvniicoen MMrr.. BDeollclhiemro re CTrhiacledrye Pne artr yCmhaunr ch MMrrss.. PKaelitmhe r & Mrs. Ashley Mrs. Chapman SUNDAY TRINITY XVII HMoaltyt iCnosmm union Mr. Liney MMrr.. HEavyatnosn MMrrss.. CEhaastpgmaatne, &M rMsr.s .A nJnosnterso ng & Mrs. Butcher MMrrss.. SPterrereymt an & Mrs. Dover - 4 - • • • 6th October 180..0030 aa..mm.. SSiiddeessmmaann 180..0300 aa..mm.. C1sretc Rheea d& eSru nda1y0 .S3c0h oao.ml. Cleaning CFolofwfeeres SUNDAY TRINITY XVII PHoalryi sChomm Coun:unniuonni on MMrr.. BPeopotlehr Mrs. Robb HMeatbtrheewws 161:: 124- 2 -& e8nd- 16 MMrrss.. WSetrsteeent dorp, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Hayton MMrrss.. SRmicihtmh ond & Mrs. Williams Buckinghamshire Council for Voluntary Service Wallon House. Watlon Slreet, Aylesbury. Buch. HP21 700 Tel:Aytesbury 2'1036 Ch1lfm1n· Mn M n,ac-••v o .. ,c,oi: A J 1,::. Smoth Augui;t 1985 To: Vill􀃇e newsletters BCVS OPDl DAYS The Buckinghamshire Cowicil !or Voluntary Service exists to support volwitary organisations and to promote volwitary activity, especially in village communities. We o!!er practical services - photocopying, printing, 􀃈oan of display stands, newsletters, meetings etc - together with advice, information and guidance to individual groups. The ea.me office provides the secretariat to the Bucks Association of Local Cowicils and Bucks Playing Fields Association, and operates the village halls advisory service. There ie a network of Cowicils for VolWltary Service (or Community Councils) all over the cowitry supporting the volwitary sector in this way. In an attempt to make our services more widely known, the BCVS is holding a series or Open Days in its Aylesbury offices this September. We would be very grateful. i! you could give some publicity to these, and could encour􀃉 local people to come and find out what help is available. Affiliation to the BCVS is free, and is open to all types of volwitary and cotm:ru.ni ty groups throughout the cowity. Everyone will be most welcome. Thank you. Clare Graham Assistant to the Director - 5 - DIARY OF EVENTS Thursday 12th September VDoirlnleayg eW hHailslt. C lub re-opens @ 8 p.m. in FSraitudradya y 2217tsht SSeepptteemmbbeerr DD..DV..HH..MS.. CH.a Jrvuemsbtl eS Suappleer.. SSautnudradya 2y9 t2h8 tShe Spteepmtebmebr er/ Wl0e-ek1e3n' ds.@ Dorney Vicarage SFerpitdeamy be1r1 t-h OcD.tDo.bH.erS . Visit D.toD .HT.aSp.lo Cw hVeeinsee/yWairnde --davties itt ob yb eR aaddviois e21d0. SFartiudradya y Saturday 182tt hh NOoctvoebmbeerr 7th December 1986 - 18th January DORNEY WOMEN 1 S INSTITUTE DORNEY WOMEN1 S SOCIAL CDLOURBN EY P.T.A. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ROAD SAFETY COMMTTEE DORNEY P.C.C. DMAONRANEGYE MVENILTL CAGOEM MIHATLTEL E CDLOURBN EY OVER 60 LUNCHEON DR.eVa.dHin.gM..C . Anniversary Dance. DD..VD..HH..SM..C A.. CGh.rMi.s tmas Dance D.D.H.S. Dance @M ee2t. 3s0epc.omn.d Wednesday of every Meet fourth Wednesday of every @ 8.15 p.m. month month Meet fourth Monday of every month for SPe.cT.oAnd. CTuoemsmdiatyte ei n Meeevetrinyg m.o nth at 8.00 p.m. VSeiclloangd e THuaelslda.y in every other month at M7.e4e5t inpg..m. preceding the Parish Council DFiorrnste yW Vedincaersadgaye. o f every month at 8.00 p.m. MMeeeett sseeccoonndd Wanedd nfeosduaryth o fT ueevsdearyy mofo netvhe.r y month at the Vicarage. Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 6 - • • MUSIC AT ST.JAMES' Bvoertyh rsaegdu tlhaar ta Bndob lGeossrd roeng•Bullaarck meerm boeurr s oorfg atnhies tc ofnogrr etghaet iloanst wisilxl be yqeuaarlis fiheads rteos icgonmemde.n t Roenv dc.h uDrrc.h Wmaulsilbc amnakt wtheor s ios bpsaerrtviedcu laat rBlyob w'esl l lstaasntd aserrdv iocfe oorng a2n8 mtuhs iJucl yt htahta Bto fbe hwa dvi lplraogvie dcedh uSrucnhdeas ye bnyjo ySuednd atyhe ahti gh Dorney and that he will be much missed. Bmaodbe waa s sguebnsetraontuisa tlo c oSntt.rJiabmuetsi ionn tteor mfus ndosf hmiosst tiombev iaonuds ltya al enfte w aynde ars aognloy wbhye ne nat huHsyimans-mI na ndwa sa nhiesleded i nb aalilds ohef, thseu prpoorotfe da pbpye atlh.e Scuhsotiari naendd hsoymmen riant htehre uEnntgrlaiisnhe dHy amdndailt itaoknailn g vuopi ctehs,e bpleasyte dpa ratl lo for a pdaarty aonfd each raising over £700. Oaruer asm anulmlb cehro iorf ywioulnlg a plesoop lmei swsh Boo bwi'sll frrieemnedmlbye re nhciom uarandge mtheen t muansdi c thtehreey made together with pleasure for many years to come. Acofntgerre ghaitsi olna stp rseesernvtiecde BDorb. Wwailtlhb aan kc,h eqoune baehndal fa ocfo mtphleet eP .Cs.eCt. oaf ndth e harpsichord parts for Bach' s Brandenburg Concertos. wpel ayw iasht BDoobrn ewye llo cicna sithoen aflulytu arned a nrdem ihnodp e uhse owfi tlhla ts tdiillst iben ctaibvlee to csoon mturicbhu.t ion to the quality of worship at st. James we have valued Joy Richmond Michael Armstrong 4-10 YEAR OLDS SpUlNeDaAsYed S CtoHO wOeLl csotmaer tbs oaygsa iannd ong iSrelpst, emwbheert h8etrh n. ewW teo s htohuel dv iblel avgeer, y or moalkdi nfgr iaenndd s.m anyc omoet heanrd ajcotiinv iutis efs oro vestro trhiee s,w eesiknsg.i ng, quizzes, model Wbea cmke eatt acht utrhceh bVyi ca11r.ag30e aat. m1.0 .wh25en fotrhe a se10rv.i30ce a .emnd. s.st art, and finish aThtetreen diisn gC roeucrh e1 0f.o30r yao.umn.g eserr vchiicled.r en and babies whose parents are Muriel Pepler - BURNHAM 6*3*59**3.** ********* - 7 - TRAVELLERS 'S TALES I grmouapd et mryip ftiros Stt t.r iMpa ltoo. fAors eaig tnr puea rBtrs itaos n aw yitohu nlgisttterl e -oar nseov kenno-dwalyed ge Forfe nfcohr esigunf filcainegnutag efso rI m ce otnosi dveenrteudr me y ou'tYe osn' ,m y'N oow'n a ntdo g' eTtha nak vse' ryin f. necessary haircut. After some wanderings I found a hairdresser, 􀈕 sinadidic a"Otueid mmyer rceiq" utiroe mhiesn to bcyca wsiaogngallin gr emtwarok sf oarnedf irnegceerisv aerdo uinn dr metyu rhne ad, Q aan h uanierxcputec, tae ds hamamopunoto oanf df r.a.n.c hs oalnd di ta .gr.e.a ta dmeaarlce lo fw gavieg.g leIst a cnods t me vlearuygh ntiecre w ghiernl I driedt usaryn ed"O tho, Hthaer rcyo, mypoaun yl ooofk m yso g hraonudps, omalet:h"o uFgrhan o nteh en on whenever I visited a foreign land I carried a phrase book. rTeenst oufp tonh esmey hbaonodkys hleiltvtesl.e vDoulruimnegs t(phroosev ildaetde bry y ae alrsa tIe rw eamsp liony eSorf) inao.w hIott wela s (wehveenrei nIg , waI s stboopokpeedd ain t) .a xiH, e shsohwooedk hthise hderaivde, ro tbhvieo nuas'mlye nooft t he Ia vsatiloapbpleed af otrh hiridr e.an d I a stfoopurptehd aannodt haeftr era ntdh er ecfeiifvtehd htehade sshamake e rgeaspvoen se, udpec ifdoirn gth te htei mtaex bies inwgo ualdn dn pout tb ue ps foo bru tsyhe inn igthhet mino ran innge.ar byWh hiloitnegl , rawevaeya ltheed .e veItn inrgea hdo u"rIns rI eprleyad t toh ar oquguhe smtyio pn hra ahseo riozoonokt aaln dsh aaklel woafs of the head means ' YES ' and a nod of the head means 'NO'. BEnugllgiasrhi aJ. wadhieerse tthakeye ucaser ea.n"d uSondfieras tiasn,d o tfh acotu r(tseo , mteh) e ucnarpeaidtaabll cei, ty of tnwoon -Runudsseirastna nbdraobthlee rssc, rCipytr ilc alanlde d Mtethheod Cyiurisl.l) icF aMcte.th od (invented by Which recalls the occasion when in a Moscow restaurant I examined the 􀈖Ii mspeontu tpinrgin ta ewdo, rdo ft hcoatur ssoem, ehionw t hhaadt Cav rfaiilnltilc ys lcrikipelty, alnodok evabenotuuta lilty, pstoainrttelde dt.o Mitu rwmhuernin gt hes omweatithienr g caimn e Rfuosrs imayn hoer dmero.ve dH eo vlero otkoe da nsoomtehwehr at tsaob ilte wseheemree ds, ewvehreraelu pyoonu ngo npee oopfl et hew eyroe unsigt mteinn gc, amjoek tedo mweit han dt hseami, d orin coanre ebfoutlltyl ep roof nCoougnncaecd Ebnrganldiysh?", "WDoe lylo u. . k. n howe tthhaetn kyionu dhlyav oe radsekreedd ffoorr lmeea, vjiunsgt, wanhda t glI andoci nngo t akt nboyw , pehxracseep tb oiotk w, aIs mvoervyed n iaccero. ss Stoo, hbiemfo, res aying - 8 - f. 􀈕 Q 􀈖Ii I" podzihscaolvoeuriestd al"a,t tero winh imchy phhe rarseesbpooonkde, dI shmaidl insgaliyd. "PAlenads neo wonder, as the intended "Thanks". "instead of Wamelusli, ntgr aavse lI lidnigsc oarvoeurnedd wfhoereni, gnin cIoustnatnrbieusl , ian cmcyom psmaanlield wbayy ai s fnroiten adl, l Im ovsqisuiet Ie dp aa umseodsq aute .a Wsoarltk inogf isnidtee rcehstapedelly w ahreorue nad tyohuet thh wicaksl ys ictatripnget oend Hthe ew afsl ooswr awyiitngh cryrtohsmseidca llelgys bainck w hanadt fI otrthhin, k chisa nttihneg loitnu ts impeo swititiho nh. is bswacaky inagn d "lfoar tahll, abha cikl aalnlda hfo, rtlha aasl laI hw ialtc ahledl aahn, do wvaetr cahnedd oanvder t haegna ina , Cdoimste anont . voWihcaet, aanr e Eynogul isdho invogi? ce HbArRoRkYe! "i natnod tmhya hne aa rhinagn d "Hoanr mryy ! arHmar ranyd: twhale keqdu iqetu ievtoliyce froofm m yt haftr imeonsdq, ue"H, aprurtyt, inwhga ton' sm uy ps?h" oesI acasm eI tloe.ft . I In tthhae t oucthasnitdein bg rainghdt swliagyhintg o, fc hdaanyt iIn gr eaanldis eswd ayI ihnga.d beI esnh huyddpenorteids. edI bty was a somewhat frightening experience. We walked on through the city ofifs hIsetrmanebnu' ls b-otatous rainngd tthhee ns, igahlmtos st- utnheb emlairevkaetb lpyl, aac em, ant hwe acso sliotutrfiunlg on the pavement kerb with a fully upholstered settee and a fully upholstneercekd , anvedr ysh cooumldfoerrts.ab leI lgoaozekdi nags taromnicshhaeidr arnedst minygst oinf itehde. bWahckat oofn h eiasr th gweats hteh edroei?n g Mwy itfhri ean dsu siptoet otefd fmuryn ilotoukre. ro"uThnadt h ishs ankee cyk oaun?d" hhowe sdmiidl it cianrgrlyy inags ktehdi, ngansd atrohuenn dw lenikte otnh a"th.e ' sJ ua shta mnoawl .h e Hei s eatranksin gh isa lreivstin agn d, hael tchoanug'ht hgee t cuapn cfarormry h tihsa ts itstorintg o pfo sliotaido wn haennd h aen yios nwe aplkaisnsgi nugp wriiglhlt, , as wa ayr etcoo gInsitsaendb cuuls ytoomu , whielllp n hotim s teeo mhainsy fheaemta.l"s Baurtou nidf ynoouw . arTeh oe n your aTlulr kdisihs apEmpbeaasrseyd firno mL otnhdeo n scteonled .m"e Sroemceetnhtilnyg" o.f. . ah armeellise fh, amvea ybnee.ar ly Sciot, yt hsqeuna roeff. tIot A twhaes nisn, wfrhueirte tI on tohtei ceexdt aenn to roaf nognee torerea nggre oawnindg, nino tt he hnaivcien gi tb weeonu lds ob nee taor ptoic ka tfhreu itofruanlg eo raanngde tatkreee itb ehfoomree , ftohro tughhet chhoilwd ren wthhois c oouralndg be ofaostr ttoh etmh. eirI rferaiecnhdesd utpha tf otrh ietir a Dnadd t hheand afrcotmu atlhlye cpoircnkeerd - 9 - doofn em yi ety" e II tsphootutgehdt aan ds tderrno pfpeadce dmy proaliisceedma an ramp aprso tahchaitn gp.o lic"Tehmaatn ' s mmoeavenidn gi n inf omro tmheen taarryr etstr epaindd atsaiiodn asst erhen lyra i"Uselda kh?i" s hI apndon daebroevde mhyi s wsheolull adesr ,g etptiicknegd a tfher eeo roarngaen gae ndI hgaadve lieat rnteod mae. b itP heofw !t! heS oG,r eaeks language - "Ulak?" clearly means "Would you like an orange?" But that is only one of the kindnesses I have noticed on my travels f'DoErA iRn B RaInToItShHe rG BUuDlSgTSar' iwahni Hcoh tienlf oI rmweads gmei voefn tah ep ri'Sntpeedci laela felmeits siheoandse d dbyir techtel Buu lagnda riwea n hotpeel eyviosui owin llo fh atvhee Oa lynimbcei ct icamme esw awtochuilndg bet hber oadcasted TOhlyenmb, icwhsi.l' e AI nthiicen kt ohofu igth,t tbhuetr ae sw aa s gutdhest exI tejunssitv ew oandnder ehdel apf ulliltytl e. translated into BErnogililishn g roefst aTruerlalnit s menu that included: Eggsg wairnthi sVh.i ennese dogs, with or without FSuanmdigwiatcehdes smwoicthk edsm occhkeeedse cheese TRaoratst ewdi tfh ilrluebdb erpi cg.h ocolate Jruusbtb era cfheow coolf atteh e bu200t i ti tewmass oonf f tahen d mehanvui. ng I thoernd erseedt tlTaerdt fowri tht he BTurtel lofi s coruercesiev eodt hefir scho, unwhtircihe s waars e veeqryu alwleyll hefilpllfeutle di n antdh esvee rym antitecre.s to wandering Englishmen. Think of that restaurant in Sicily where the equally extensive menu included : SMeplalgohne tatind f Purnogsutsi tute Ham Dreaded Veal Cutlets YFolragsoh to fa nyd oGunrgi pdees ar, oberjeans, muchrooms end spaces, in wite whine, all cocked up by your seat. And not forgetting, on a somewhat different note, "The Management reserve the right to remove any woman they consider improper." Which aso wmoehrodw orf emEingndlis shme anodf athsa it t whaaiptpere neidn RI ocmoaunilda nwohot csopueladk hnoits cuonndfeorusntdanedd language, so my reasonable request for bottled drinking water with my - 10 - • • alsu nhche esavwe ntiuta, lulynt idle vtehloep ehdo tienlt Mo aan agsoerm eiwnhtaetr mvoernee dt haennd wtoorlddy h icom ntjuesstt, swthaartt Il ienxgpleyc ftleud,n gw hhiers eaurpomns broyu wnady m oy fn eaep:o,l, oagnyd h kei tsusernde mde toon m beo, th cnheaerebkys , ttaob lteh.e accompanying chortles of some English people at a But now off to Samarkand .......... (To be continued} Harry Dorrell Buckinghamshire Council for Voluntary Service AT 1975 - 1985 OPEN DAYS ON WElffl::jDAT 15th 5D'I'D'IBDl 'l11URSDAl' 26th 6Ef"I'fflllOl FRID.l.l' '17th SEJ'I'EJ'IDrn ou.r orfiee■ on the f1rot floor at WALTON HOUSE. W.I.LTON S'rm'T.I', AYimBIIRT (nut ta 'lla.lton ChtUt:h on the read to Wendov.r). Allple ea.r pu-k.J.ng - aeeeH via Croft Raad. are you involY1ed in • valimtu-y or emmnm.J.t:,­ or􀄄Htian anywhere in llucka? COl1E and find ou.t the benefit■ a! ■J"f:i.liation. 'lhe CVS 1• here to help 7011. la )'Ou.r organleation already a.I"fillated? COME and help the CVS to celebra.t. it■ tenth lllllliveraazy. E V E R Y O N E V E L C O K E I (refreahaienta provided) .. . .. .. . .. . . .. . l!CVS 1■ • regiatered eharity "'1.ich a.J..ma ta improve th• qw,J.ity of life in the county by ■upporting voluntazy organi■ationa and enoour,,,g1ng volu.nt,uy a.cUOD.. - 11 - DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB aDmido nyg oout hkenorw inthgraetd Sietnontse, Aggrea sMas na nacdt ubailrldy s meaedde; hoisr tohwna tb trheaed N owrimtha,n s msaonlyv eod thtehre pinrtoebrleesmt oinfg wafsahcitsn g wuerpe b byr oeuagthitn gt ot heliigrh tp laatt etsh? e DThoernseey and oWofm Beunr'nsh aSmo cBiaakle Cryl.ub meeting on Wednesday 26th June, by Mike Smith SMtikoen eg Aagvee , usIr oan m Aogste , enRlomigahnt, eNnoirnmga nt alakn do nTu d"Borre.a dH Teh hroaudg cha rtrhiee Ad goeust" . berxetaedn smiavdee rbeyse tahrceh pienotpole h oisf tshuebsjeec bty gaonnde evdeany sp, rmoavdidee wdi tsahm pplreosd uocft st he awesr en enaort a sp aprotisscuibllaerl yto atphpoestei soinrgi,g ibnualt lnye vueserdt.h elSeosms e othfe yth ewe rree sults obviously bread. oStr obneir Adg see medan, certucs.h, edw ithhi s rioncgkrs eadinedn btys , thiinsc lmudeianngs cprraocvkiedde dw thheeat ,s algtr ass wdhriiecdh hisis st' alnodavaerds ' ini nt tohdae ys'usn .p roIdruoctn. A gAe ftMaenr mmiaxdie ngh iws itbhre awda tefrro mhe asibmlei ltaor ifnasghrieodni ehnitmss, elbfu t a wgirtihd tdhlee -olnikseet coofn trthapet idoisnc oonve rwyh iochf hireo wn aws as able to cook his bread over the fire. lThikei nRgo mtaon s wwaestree tanhye tfhiinrgs,t ttohe yi nutsreoddu ctehe yescarsta piinntgos tfrhoims ctohuenitrr yw.in eN ot vats in their bread. pTlhae tNeosr omra ns" Trweernech eorbsv"i oauss lyt hevyer yw eernet ecrapllreidsi, ngfr momen braneda dm aadned tsherevired twhaesi, r ostfe wceoudr msee,a ttsh, ee otnc.e , whoon tcohueslde tnoretn ochnlerys .po lTihshe torffu ea Trlea.rngceh erdminann er bTruetn cchoeurlmda anl' .s o eat the plate, hence the expression ' Eating like a tFhoer dtahrek Tbudreoards fborre adth we apso oa r.st aItruos nsiycmalbloyl -enwouhgithe Mfikoer tdhisec orviecrhe da ntdh at bine caspuiset e ooff e aetvienrygt htihneg c othaer speoro wrheor lpeemoepall eb wreeraed , btahsaicn althlye mroicrhe eheaatlintghy the less nourishing white bread. - 12 - • • • aMi kfee wt ehyeen sg, avinec luus dai ngde smoomnset wrahtoi foen lotn t hmeaikri ngb rberaeda wd,a sw ahlirceha doype ngeodod q.u ite fMriokme 'Bsu rrnehcaipme B ackoenrsyis) t, ed1 oofz . 3½s allbt,. o1 f ogze. nsuuingea rb,a½k eorz's. offlo uhir s (osbetcarietn able firngersehd yieeanstt, aknnodw 1n 􀈔o pnliyn ttso o af tperpiviidl ewgaetedr f. ewT haet stehecr meet eitingnrge.d ieln½t o zcu.t daos wMni qkeui tsea iad , bi'tYo ouf o tnlhey gperto voinugt wtihmaet aynodu spuotm e ion ft ot hem ahkainrgd bworerka,d .b" ut Plenty of stretching and kneading. wsien chearde al yt thoharonkug hMilkye eSnmjoiytahb, leMa astnedr iBnafokermr.at ive evening for which we * * * * * * * * * * * * * * dUinsfaoprtpuoniantteilnyg,. only 28 members were able to attend, which was meeting in AugusWt,e wboutu lhdo rpee mtihnedy e wveirlylo anel lt hcaomte taheloreng w oinll W neodtn ebsed aay W25et hsh Saelplt bemeb elre awvhiengn wthee h atovep oorfg Haanricsoeudr ta cRooaadc ha tt o6ur. 1o5f p".Hma. unptreomdp tL.o ndoThne" . cpohsotn ionfg tDhote Beevlecnhiengr woinl lM abidee njuhseta d£ 237.70457. oPrl Veaasle Bbuotcohke yro ourn Bsueartn hbamy 2148. ROolodk wMoaodrsh, Lane. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Dorney Reach, we collected £47.70, for the Lifeboat Appeal. Many thanks. Bill & Joan Hakesley. **************************** - 13 - DORNEY W. I. REPORT FOR JULY The 10th of July fortunately turned out to be a lovely warm, sunny day, and thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Street, our meeting was held in her beautiful garden. our enjoyment of this monthly 'get together' was greatly enhanced by our delightful surroundings and appreciation of the unaccustomed summer weather. In the absence of Mrs. Harpur, Mrs. Huddart ably presided. Although we were not successful in obtaining first prize at the Brain of Bucks competition, our congratulations go to Mrs. Spencer for being our worthy representative and we are justly proud of her performance in the finals of this event. The monthly News Letter gave notice of a Chinese Brush Painting Day School to be held at the beginning of November. Details are to be supplied next month but as numbers are limited applications will be needed as soon as possible. A very interesting demonstration of Dog training in obedience etc. was given by Miss A. Strugnell, with her dog MOSS, and was a proof that sympathetic training of this nature was beneficial both to the animal, its owner and other members of the local community. A demonstration was also given by a Cosmetic representative in the art of make-up. This was very much appreciated by an attentive audience, and the W.I. volunteer was duly inspected on the finished result, which was agreed was "a result worthy of achieving". Our thanks to the lady for giving us this informative and interesting lecture. Attention was drawn to the Trading Stall at the monthly meeting. It had previously been called a Produce Stall, but it is to be stressed that any articles would be welcome which would be suitable for sale. The proposed sale price should be marked on the article, and in the event of sale being achieved, the resulting amount, less 20% for W.I. funds, to be given to the donating member. The Speaker for September will be our own member, Mrs.L. Parker, who will speak on the History of the River Thames. W.I. Duties, Child Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Crane & Mrs. Hill. - 14 - • Mrs. R. McIntosh Dorney Reach . Dear Mrs. McIntosh, Windsor Hospital League of Friends. On behalf of the Committee of the League of Friends, I am writing to offer our sincere thanks for your kind donation of £37.00. In these present days of Government cuts and inflation, every donation is vital to help the League continue its work. Your interest shown in our work is very much appreciated and, if at any time in the future, you feel you would like to become a member or help in some other way, then please do not hesitate to contact us. Yours sincerely, W.R. WEATHERALL, Co-ordinator. ****** I wish to thank everyone who gave to Mrs. w. Smith's collection. The money collected was £48. 50, £11. 50 for flowers and £37 to the League of Friends at King Edward VII hospital. Thank you very much. (Mrs. ) R. McInto*s*h*. ****************** ********************************** An invitation has been extended to the congregations of Upton - cum - Chalvey for a lunch on Sunday September 8th 12. 30 onwards at The Chauntry, in aid of St. Peters Restoration Fund. Anybody who would care to join them would be most welccme (£1. simple lunch}. Hopefully the young will provide some good music and there will be a cake/junk stall in the barn. Mary Robb. ****** ******************************** - 15 - DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB - COUNTRY WALK 17. 7. 85 Eleven members set out from Cookham Green on a breezy but fine evening on the same walk we took in May 1983. However, as it was high Summer the countryside was different. There were no bright, yellow fields of oil seed rape to catch the eye. We walked across Winter Hill Golf Course which probably annoyed players wishing to drive off and then past a farm where two friendly horses came to the fence. I had some refreshers with me which they munched with relish. We passed a field of barley, bordered by tall, feathery meadow grass with its delicate, coppery flowers in full bloom. An uncut hay field was full of flowers but not so a field of wheat. The crop was good but fertilisers had made it "weed free". Down to the river and the magnificent view with the soft, tawny gold of ripening corn. The small, willow pools were full of water plantain in fragile mauve and golden spearwort. The scent of thyme on the chalk escampment was delightful. By now Cookham Bridge was in sight and the end of another enjoyable walk. Refreshment was taken in the local hostelry. Our thanks to Margaret Perryman for walking the course in the afternoon to make sure the way was clear. Perhaps, next time more members will turn up. Not only is it fun but good for the figure. Our September meeting takes the form of a London Walk ''The Ghosts of London". Lois Parker, Secretary. DATES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Riverside Team Ministry) 28th & 29th September WEEKEND AT DORNEY l0-13's. Details of this event can be obtained from - Muriel Pepler (Burnham 63593). ********************** - 16 - Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHEO IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors : Editorial Board : Oistributon : Mr. C.C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach. Tel: Maidenhead 24121 Mrs. M.E. Hellmuth, Boskerris, 15, Marsh Lane, Dorney Reach. Tel: Maidenhead 28491 The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody. Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Crane, Mrs. Foster-Key. 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HEATING AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL &DOMESTIC WORK COMPLETE RE-WIRES, NEW WIRING, COOKER INSTALLATIONS, IMMERSION HEATERS OR EXTRA LIGHT & SOCKET POINTS BATHROOMS SUPPLIED & FITTED, CENTRAL HEATING DESIGNED & INSTALLED, GUTTERS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, TANKS, ROOF LAGGING & ALL DOMESTIC PLUMBING 79HIGHSTREET, BURNHAM, BUCKS. TELEPHONE: BURNHAM 63372 IC. I"• GUTHRIE GREENGROCER e FRUITERER FLOWERS e PETFOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OPEN 9.00a.m.-5.3Op.m. (sixdaysawedf SERVICES IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00 a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message at Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 8/85 OCTOBER, 1985 *E* D* **I *T* **O* R* **I* A* *L* I can't help feeling concerned about our Water Table. In our garden after the wet summer we have had, our ground is as dry as can be, and, after a week away in September, probably the only week the sun shone for three whole days, a hydrangea almost died, and this not on the sunny side of our garden, and has been there for twenty years. I know our soil was always dry but at least it retained some moisture for a few days if the weather was dry. Much more to the point I feel is the stream that runs from Lots Hole to the bridge in Court Lane. It always had water in it though this was reduced to a trickle in a very hot dry summer. In all the twenty years I have lived in Dorney Reach I have never seen it like it has been this year. Now we all know it has been a very wet year but there has hardly been any water in that stream at all, mostly just a dry bed. Are the Water Board draining our surroundings dry? take too much water out, to our detriment? ***************** - 1 - Can they From the Revd Jeffery Whale, Rector RECIPES FOR JUSTICE - Food for the World This is the theme for 'One World Week' this year which is October 20 - 27. In a letter to the churches of the diocese our Bishop writes: "We are heirs of those Western christians of the nineteenth century who brought about the greatest expansion of the Church since it began in the belief that Jesus Christ came that all humanity might have life and have it more abundantly." "The question for us a hundred years later is whether we are not going to turn our back on that 'One World' which has so astonishingly opened up since our great-grandfather's day, and by the greed of consumerism and the sale of destructive weapons cancel out the work that they began .... or whether we too shall try to serve Christ's idea of justice, which is love at long range." Only those who see their religion as an escape from reality can ignore the claims of the Gospel of the Kingdom which challenges individual christians and Church communities to engage with the problems of our world. This 'One World Week' provides us with an opportunity to "celebrate the riches we enjoy; to reflect on the causes of hunger; to try out some recipes for justice" to quote the leaflet circulated this year. On Sunday, O::tober 20th we shall use this theme of 'One World' as the basis for our services. But for us as individuals it must surely go beyond our weekly worship. For one recipe must surely be that a fairer distribution of the riches of this earth must be made, and the implication for us is that we must deliberately accept less. This, in any case, is the basis of a true christian stewardship of God 1 s 'One World'. DOES IT MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE? The strident voices that have been heard since the Bishop of Durham have tended to obscurethe verifiable in talking to ordinary church-goers consider themselves christians, that people do accepting all the so-called orthodox beliefs. don't understand them. Sometimes they find in the appointment of fact, easily and others who have difficulties in Sometimes they just the light of 20th century knowledge, they don't make sense. I wonder if you come in - 2 - • • that category, or whether you are priviledged to have complete certainty in your faith? On MONDAY, OCTOBER 21st, we invite you to an informal meeting at 31 Harcourt Road (by kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond) at which all who wish can share their certainties and their doubts. Jesus always seemed to encourage people to think through the questions they asked him and never to be afraid of exploring truth. Please come and join in doing this . ***************************** 13th October 8.00 a.m. 10. 30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 20th OCtober 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER SUNDAY TRINITY XIX Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Chapman Mr. Handy Mr. Evans Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Mrs. Robb Mr. & Mrs. Robb Mrs. Belcher SUNDAY TRINITY XX Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Eastgate Mr. Robb Mrs. Harpur Luke 9: 51 - end Romans 8: 18 - 25 Pepler & Mrs. Parker Luke 18, 1 - 8 Acts 26, 1 - 8 Mrs. Evans & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Hayton Miss Kilpatrick - 3 - 27 th October 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. NINTH SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mrs. Ames Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 3rd November 8 .oo a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers Mr. Armstrong John 3, 1 - 8 Mr. King Revelation 4 Mrs. King & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Chapman & Mrs. Ames Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Ames EIGHTH SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS Holy Communion Parish Communion Mrs . Richmond Mr. Dollimore Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Richmond John 3,13 - 21 Romans 7: 7 - 13 Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Butcher & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Warner-Horne & Mrs. Westendorp Mrs. Chapman - 4 - • • • • THE PARISH PUMP Notes on Parish Council Meeting held on 10th September 1985. 1 . Manor Farm Land. A letter has been received from the Thames water Authority giving the exact areas where the main pollution is. These are relatively small parts of the whole, being sanewhat less than a quarter. On these areas the TWA say the land would only be fit for low grade agriculture, i.e. grazing or forestry or gravel extraction. From their point of view the attraction of gravel extraction is that the gravel would pay for the long term restoration of the site to full agricultural use. The Council does not necessarily accept that the gravel extraction would be an acceptable use. 2 . M4 Steps. Following representation by Tim Smith to Linda Chalker, these have now been fenced off. They were put in so that traffic counts can take place. The Parish Council are reasonably satisfied. 3. Heathrow 5th Terminal. Letters have been received from TWA and their director of corporate strategy because the TWA have to consider all the options for the relocation of the Perry Oaks Sewage works. They say relocation is not the only option being considered in view of the technical advancements. The Council wants to know the timescale of the studies being undertaken so that we can have our views considered at the right stages . 4. Finance. The clerk's salary rises by 5.25% to £447 per year, plus £100 expenses. We consider this to be good value ! Miscellaneous expenses for the past two months total £168, details in the minutes. - 5 - 5 . Straw and stubble burning. New Bye law copies have been received from the District Council . These came in force on 31st July. They are available to be seen at the Parish Council free of charge . They are somewhat different from the Code of Practice adopted by the National Farmers Union . 6 . Next Meeting - 8th October - in the Village Hall . 7 . Best Kept Village. with 86 out of loo. Dorney Reach . Dorney came second to Hedgerley in our group, Main problems were rubbish in places in 8. Planning. The second site by Greenacres has been granted planning permission by the Inspector on appeal . 9. Mr. E. Rowlands . The Parish Council have written to him wishing him well for a speedy recovery after his spell in hospital. 10. The County Emergency Planning Adviser . The Parish Council were very sad to hear that Mrs. Wallbank has resigned and sent her a letter of thanks for the enormous amount of work she has done these past 18 months . 11 . Overhanging hedges in Public footpaths . Complaints have been received about hedges and bushes overhanging footpaths from people's gardens . It was pointed out that it was the responsibility of the householder to keep their bushes etc . in control and they should be cut back to avoid any inconvenience to passers by . The Council will be writing to householders asking them to get on with the job but please do it without being written to! It is very inconvenient having to avoid wet, overhanging branches , especially at night when you can't see them. Maidenhead Flood alleviation scheme. A land drainage sub-committee of the Thames Water Authority have produced initial proposals to show how possible flooding in Maidenhead might be alleviated. No firm plans have been drawn up by the TWA but suggestions have been made for a new channel to be cut through parts of Dorney parish, to help matters. The Parish council have asked to be consulted at an early stage, i . e . now. - 6 - e e The Cottage, Highclere Street , Highclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RGlS 9PY. Dear Marion, 13th September , 1985 I don't know if you have room to put this brief note into the Dorney Parish News , but if you do I should be grateful . Annie and I write merely to say thank you to a large number of people in Dorney who we were beginning to get to know. It always seems to take a while to feel at home in a community and we shall very much miss the village, St. James' Church where the children were christened, and many kind and good people . If anyone is passing through Highclere we should welcome the opportunity of renewing friendships . With very best wishes to everyone and good luck with future fund raising. Assisted : - Yours sincerely , Simon Channing-Williams DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Results of Summer Garden Competition 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 3. Mr . R. Lock Mr . A . R. Shetty Mr . R . Goldstein Mr . R . L . Rutherford Mr . A . L . Hodge Mrs . D . Wright ) Mrs . C . Downes ) TIED - 7 - Friday 11th October Saturday 12th October Friday 8th November Saturday 7th December 1986 18th January DIARY OF EVENTS D.D.H.S. Cheese/Wine - visit by Radio 210 Reading. D.V.H.M.C . Anniversary Dance. D.D.H.S. A.G.M. D.V.H.M.C. Christmas Dance. D.D.H.S. Dance DORNEY WOMEN 'S INSTITillE Meet second Wednesday of every month @ 2.30 p.m. DORNEY WOMEN 'S SOCIAL CLUB DORNEY P.T.A. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE DORNEY P.C.C. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL Meet fourth Wednesday of every month @ 8.15 p.m. Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting. Second Tuesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. Village Hall. Second Tuesday of every other month at 7.45 p.m. preceding the Parish Council Meeting. First Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. Dorney Vicarage. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Meet second Wednesday of every month. DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON Meet second and fourth Tuesday of every CLUB month at the Vicarage. *************** - 8 - • • • • DORNEY W. I. REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER After the holiday break, the monthly meeting resumed on September 11th, albeit with a little reluctance due to it being one of those rare really lovely sunny days, which made spending it indoors seem rather wasteful. However, as W.I. meetings are generally enjoyable and informative, this proved sufficient ccmpensation. A Craft Exhibition had been held at Wycombe Abbey during August and Mrs. Allen reported on this and said how much those of us attending had enjoyed it. It really was a remarkable exhibition, with lots of wonderful exhibits, showing that there are many ladies in the W.I. with a talent for embroidery etc. of the highest standard. It was decided to hold a craft show of our own at the November meeting, in order to ascertain how much talent we had in our own community. A sub-Committee was elected, under the supervision of Mrs. M. Williams to make the necessary arrangements, and anyone having anything suitable to exhibit should contact Mrs. Williams. Due to the very able organising by Miss Strugnell & Miss Kilpatrick, the Trading Stall got off to a good start, with many assorted articles being offered for sale and business was quite brisk. It is hoped that members will continue to bring along items for the stall, as it will assist them and our own general funds. The Group meeting is to be held at Dorney on OCtober 16th, at 2 p.m. It is hoped as many members as possible will be able to attend, and in order to prepare the room and make catering arrangements, it is suggested we should assemble in the Hall at 12 o'clock and bring our own lunch. Activities of general interest were noted for anyone wishing to attend. Those were - Chinese Brush Painting Day Schools Nov.4 Aylesbury, Nov.5 Chalfant St.Peter Nov.6 Buckingham. Cathedral Window Patchwork Oct.22 Fulmer, Nov.12 Chalfant St.Giles, Nov.23 High Wycombe. Craft Regional Meeting, Machine Embroidery Oct.18 Hedgerley. Wildlife & Countryside, Oct.24 Aylesbury. Autumn Rambles, OCt.8 Hambleden and locally to be arranged by Mrs. Williams. Mrs. L. Parker gave a very interesting talk on the History of the River Thames. To some of us, history had seemed dull and a listing - 9 - of dates, but Mrs. Parker made it come to life and showed it could be an absorbing subject. She also had a collection of lovely slides taken on a trip up the river. The speaker next month will be Mrs. A. Fishburn on the making of Lampshades. W.I. Duties - Child Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Hill & Mrs. Street. MUSIC AT ST. JAMES' The continuing story ..... . You will have read in the September issue of the magazine that our organist for the last six years, Bob Gordon-Blacker, has resigned. During August and September we managed to find people to play for a week or two to enable us to continue with music - one week it was "touch and go" but at the last minute (Friday evening) we found someone. We are trying all avenues to find an organist, if you can play or know someone who can and is able to give two hours on Sunday mornings (9.30 - 11.30) we would be very pleased to hear from you. Joy Richmond Michael Armstrong ********************* Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 10 - • • TRAVELLER'S TALES (Continuation) Over the years I had some sort of sentimental attraction for Samarkand. In my earlier years I had read Flecker 1 s historical drama 11Hassan 11 • In this the merchants of ancient Bagdad left their 11 ••• families, girls, eunuchs and Syrian boys" to whose saddened begging to stay the merchants chanted over and over" We take the Golden Road to Samarkand, we take the Golden Road to Samarkand .... ". So when a friend suggested a trip to Samarkand my romantic memories revived and together we took the Aeroflot flight to Samarkand (on which journey by the way the stewardess refused to sell me a glass of wine and gave me a bottle of wine free saying "We do not sell glasses of wine"). Among the particularly memorable events of that trip to Samarkand is certainly the occasion when I got locked in the hotel lavatory. After much twisting and turning of the door handle and pulling and pushing I shouted for my friend. "Alan! ALAN! I'm locked in." A few more shouts and bangs on the door and my startled friend joined in my escape efforts, equally unsuccessfully, and then, warning me to stand clear, he flung his full weight at the door, successfully brought three wall tiles down crashing to the floor at my feet, and before I could yell "Stop it, you're smashing the joint" another tile crashed down with his repeat effort. By this time the pleasant woman floor supervisor had come on to the crashing scene and after a few more twistings and pushings and her accompanying chuckles she sent for the hotel maintenance man who, with the aid of his various tools, let me out, adding to his successful expert effort a very, very stern gaze as I emerged. Well, I suppose it's a bit of fun being locked in a lavatory and that's how I remember it; different however from that other incident in Samarkand I remember with a sort of pleasureable, if somewhat sentimental, affection. For it was when walking around that city that I strolled down a narrow, shabby side street and there I saw the sidewalk marked out in chalked squares and heard the sound of children's voices - all in that to me strange language - but children's voices are the same the world over. And there they were - playing hopscotch. The very game that I played as a kid in that side street in my native London! I looked almost unbelievingly that these children in this entirely different country and culture, so far from my homeland, were playing my own childhood game. I watched for a moment or two, then, to their surprise (and somewhat to mine) I joined in the game! They watched, they giggled, spoke to me in their - 11 - non-understandable language as I hopped about, missed my footing and then gave up; joining in their laughter. I waved and called 11Goodbye, good-bye. They answered with some non-understandable words and then, copying my words, they called in their childish voices "Good.bay, gocxi-bay, good-bay11 as I walked off. I have not forgotten and think I never will forget those childish 11Good-bays". Samarkand has other memories. I do not forget how it was related to me that, within living memory, women were compelled to wear veils made of horsehair. These, all else apart, eventually blinded many of them, but times had changed and the women also. They assembled, a small crowd of them, in the city's imposing public square, tore off their veils and trampled them underfoot. Immediately attacked by some of their menfolk, some were beaten and a few were killed. But times have changed and the women no longer wear veils and no longer is any man allowed to force a woman to wear a veil or even attempt to persuade her. The mosques, that splendidly impressive public square, the tomb of the ancient warrior, Genghis Kahn, the history of the Samarkand people, past and present, are tourist memories to me, but the story of those courageous women and the childish laughter and 'Good-bays' of those children are and will remain something more to me - not to be put into words. Well, so much for Samarkand and childhood memories To be continued. Harry Dorrell. - 12 - Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors : Editorial Board : Distributors : Mr. C.C. 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JAMES EVERY SUNDAY TEAM RECTOR 8.00 a.m. 10.20 a.m. 10.30 a.m. The Revd. Jeffery Whale St. Mary's Vicarage, Datchet, Slough. SL3 9JW. Holy Communion Explorers and Creche at the Vicarage Parish Communion Tel: Slough 41777 To contact the Rector either telephone him direct or leave a message at Dorney Vicarage, Tel: Burnham 62823. ISSUE NO. 9/85 E D I T O R I A L ***************** NOVEMBER, 1985 The sure-fire way to raise money for the dialysis machine, a minibus for the OAP's club or sports equipment for the school team is to organize a sponsored event. In times of national economic difficulties (which is pretty-well always) and when 'government money' is in short supply, sponsorship plays a significant role. It sharpens our awareness of the need for caring generosity and gives us unlimited opportunities to accept and to support the ideals of charitable responsibility. When approached, very few of us refuse to contribute to a worthy, or even half-worthy, cause. My own signature is pledged to every proffered clip-board, committing me to so-much per mile, per lap or perhaps a set sum whatever the outcome. However, as much as I may sympathize with the appeal, and admire the dedication of the part·-• icipants, whenever I see a straggle of hot and weary sponsorees upon the highway I think, "What an awful waste of energy." It seems a pity that so much time and effort cannot be put to some additional use, where the expended physical exertion produces a beneficial result over and above the promised financial reward. There must be innumerable opportunities to perform 'good works', and surely countless community tasks await the infusion of this energetic and dedicated host. I suppose that to tackle such tasks, en masse, is difficult and almost impossible to organize; and that consequently pointless pursuits will continue to be the main activity of those raising sponsored funds. So whilst these pursuits have no secondary benefit let them not be too exacting or dangerous. I am quite prepared to support a cause without demanding a ten mile run or a parachute descent by a terrified novice. I am just as willing to sponsor a contemplative short-distance stroll by the river (payment by the yard), reading so many pages of a new novel over the week-end, or the number of hours not asleep while viewing evening television. I am sure you can think of many more enjoyable yet useless activities, but no-doubt the apparent predilection for blood, toil and sweat will remain the first requisite of sponsored success. ******************** - 1 - From the Revd Jeffery Whale, Rector RE MEMB RA NCE This is a word with which we christians are very familiar. 'Do this in remembrance .... ' is heard every time we celebrate the Holy Communion. Remembrance, therefore, has some very important aspects of meaning for us. First, it is a looking back to the events of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But it is more, much more: In the second place, remembrance is about life here and now. About us as christians bonded together in that complex family called 1 The Church'; alive with the life of Christ; sharing in fellowship; recognising our mutual responsibility and interdependence. And it is more than this too .... As we take the bread and wine at communion we are entering into that risen life of Christ. we are indentifying ourselves with the work ne began and continues. 1Thy Kingdom come on earth as in heaven'. We are looking ahead to a time when God's rule is firmly proclaimed throughout the world, not just in words but in the ways in which all men are given life. Remembrance, therefore is looking back, rejoicing in the present and looking forward in dedication and action. On REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY we must not be content to look back, important though that is. As we give thanks for lives given and freedom gained, our remembrance will be hollow if we are not at the same time giving thanks for our lives here and now and committing ourselves to work for an end to war, violence, injustice .... and all that is associated with this denial of God 's Kingship. Jeffery Whale - 2 - • • ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 10th November 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 17th November 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 24th November 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Hayton Mr. Pepler Matthew 5: 1-12 Mr. Evans Romans 8: 38-end Mrs. Westendorp, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Belcher & Mrs. Neal Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Harpur Mrs. Street SIXTH SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Booth Mrs. Harpur Mark 13: 5-13 Mrs. Handy Exodus 6: 2- 8 Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Parker Mrs. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Belcher Mrs. Smith FIFTH SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS Holy Communion Parish Communion Mrs • Richmond Mr. King Mark 13: 14-23 Mrs. Pepler Isaiah 10: 20-23 Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Eastgate & Mrs. Jones Mrs. Coish & Mrs. Paton Mrs. Belcher - 3 - 1st December 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers 8th December 8.00 a . m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Coffee Flowers FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Liney Mr. Belcher Mrs . Robb Mrs. King, Mrs. Matthew 25: 31-end Isaiah 51: 4-11 Pepler & Mrs. Hayton Mrs. Street Mr. & Mrs. Pepler Miss Kilpatrick SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Handy Mr. Robb Luke 4: 14-21 Mrs. Parker Isaiah 64: 1-7 Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Robb Mrs. Baker & Mrs. Gorle Mrs. Ames COMMEMORATIVE FLCWERS Whilst on holiday in Somerset exploring an old Church we discovered a custom that we felt could be taken up in Dorney. There was a beautiful display of flowers with a card commemorating it to the memory of a loved one who had been cremated. I spoke to a lady in the Church who said people liked to express their feelings with flowers on anniversaries but had nowhere at Crematoria to do so. They started this custom and found people who lived away from the burial place of their loved ones were also pleased to be able to participate. Flowers could be purchased and arra􀈴ged by the people wishing to or purchased and arranged by the "Flower Rota" ladies in Church. The new "Head of Flower Rota", is Dot Belcher (Maidenhead) 27047 and she will be pleased to help you. Joy Richmond . ********************** - 4 - • • • • • • DORNEY PARISH-ETON COLLEGE PROJECT The Wardens Desk Nobody likes change. Somehow there is happiness and security in keeping things the same. But then again, we always grumble about the things which aren 't quite right. In the Third World Countries of South America and East Asia people find that life is oppressed by political ideologies to the extent of being victim to hunger. Most pointedly we have seen and heard about starvation in Ethiopia. Change b ecomes a matter o f life and death for them . We are not so far removed from these people. In South America, the church is at the forefront of a political struggle to allow people to believe what they want. Christ on Earth spoke of the liberation and justice which involves changing wrong for right. This involved daring to identify the injustice and wrong and speaking out against it in the right quarters. There is liberation in finding that you are not powerless to speak out. There is a point to change if it is dealing with injustice. There is a point to change too if we are stirred from our normal path to consider someone else first. Change can lead to good. It should never mean the end of the good, as that will be able to exist in what ever setting it is in. So be on the look-out for those places where injustice is done and be an agent of good and make it known in the place it happens and where it is upheld to continue. At the Vicarage we have seen many changes lately. Some of them will be described as sad, others are for the good. I am very sad to have said farewell to Carole Williams who was the Assist ant Warden as she left to move back to Lancashire to follow her career in teaching. Yet another sadness was that Stephanie Moss who was well known to so many and did so much for the Project left at the beginning of September. She has gone to work in a large concern locally so is not lost to the area, and after 3 years as Catering officer was the longest standing person in that post. Our thanks go to both of them for all their friendly and helpful efforts for the Project and in our community of Dorney. Another change comes in the form of a new Assistant, who is Stephanie Watson. She comes at the start of a new era in the life of the Eton/ Dorney Project. I am happy to report that after careful considerat ion - 5 - of a new set of proposals for the Project , including schools using the facilities for mid-week courses , that a 2 year extension to the • life of the Project has been recommended , by the Trustees. With the help and support of everyone we will press on and hope to serve people both locally and further afield, especially those in difficult • or deprived circumstances. Please come to meet us at the vicarage and encourage this work to go on. Adrian Cotterill (Warden) OCTOBER MEETING-DORNEY W.I. Autumn usually means a slowing down time for most things , but with this unexpected burst of sunshine and summer weather everything seems to have taken on a new lease of life , the flowers in the garden are blossoming better than they have done all summer. This renewed activity seems to have invaded the W.I. too, as this has been the busiest month of the year; with more events taking place than one could, unfortunately , fit into the normal schedule. The usual monthly meeting was well attended , with few absentees , but we are missing our member who, for years, provided the President's table with a lovely bowl of flowers each month, Mrs. Kay Sharp, and we are hoping that she will be coming back again soon to our monthly "get together". After the usual preliminaries Mrs. Allen gave details of a Theatregoers Association which would enable us to partake in some organised transport , with theatre booking for Me & My Girl in London. This seemed a good idea and November 27th is the suggested date, departing Dorney during the morning, lunch in London and attending the afternoon performance. Mrs. Williams suggested a local ramble while the good weather was continuing; and this was arranged for October 15th. Arrangements for the Group Meeting to be held at Dorney on the 16th were finalised. It was decided that members would not , in the future , be expected to pay for the Monthly News Letter, this would come out of the W.I. Fund. - 6 - • The Trading Stall continues to do well, ably organised by Miss A. Strugnell and Miss M. Kilpatrick. It is hoped that members will continue to bring along any saleable articles for our monthly 11trade-in11 • Our Speaker this month, Mrs . A. Fishburn , gave a very interesting talk on the making of Lampshades. She had a lovely collection of varying shapes and sizes and materials, and gave some tips on making these shades quite economically. This is a creative art and one which is well worth while and can save money when compared with buying ones already made. The November meeting will be the Annual General with v.c.o. Mrs. Manoch attending . The election of the new Committee and President will take place and there will be an exhibition of craft items made by Dorney W.I. members. Mrs. Ferris has again very kindly volunteered to make the Birthday Cake and several members have contributed the ingredients . It was decided the December meeting would be our Christmas Party and guests would be invited from Taplow , George Green and Iver W.I . W.I. Duties - Child Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Cobb and Mrs . Smith , ************ May we remind readers that there is no issue of the Dorney Parish News in January. Therefore contributions covering December and January are due on 16th November. ************** - 7 - 1 . 2 . 3 . THE PARISH PUMP Notes of Parish Council Meeting October l985. Relocation of Perry Oaks Sewage works . A meeting has been arranged with senior members of Buckinghamshire County Council so that they can see at first hand just how vulnerable any intrusion into the village of Dorney would be. We shall be taking them around the village, pointing out all the problems. The Parish Council has been advised that a preliminary report of the British Airports Authority into the Perry Oaks site may be expected sometime in the spring of 1986 . Maidenhead Flood Relief Scheme . No official letters have been received from the TWA as yet . Accounts. minutes. £75 was authorised for payments. Details in the 4. Planning Applications . The Parish Council made no comment on a listed building application for internal alterations only at Number 2 Dorney Court Cottages, nor for an extension at 15 Meadow Way. 5. Thames long distance path - "The Thames Path " . The countryside Commission propose to create a long distance path from the mouth to the source of the Thames. They say that everyone involved should be consulted and one wonders what the implications are for our stretch of the river. 6. Rubbish Skips. The District Council has had lots of complaints about these skips not being emptied and litter piling up around them and with people continuing to dump rubbish after they have left . I t must be said that th is is not the experience in Dorney - 8 - but the District Council have indicated that they want to withdraw the provision of these skips as from 1st April. The Parish Council is to request the service continues. It feels that it is a service that is well used and appreciated by the villagers. The Public rubbish dump some three miles away in Burnham is inconvenient to many people, and rubbish will end up in the ditches. 7. Next Meeting 12th November and it was noted that the meeting in December would be on 3rd December so as not to clash with the school concert. 8. 9 . 10. war Memorial. A complaint has been received about the state of the grass cutting but the grass is cut in the same sequence as the verges to the highway and therefore the standard was not as good as it always used to be. Mr. Rowlands offered to cut the hedge which was much appreciated. General comments were received about the proliferation of estate agents and other signs, and complaints about the apparent increase in industrial activity leading to a further occlusion to the garden of the house in Marsh Lane near Ye Meads . Dustbin bags . Further complaints were received and heartily endorsed by all members of the Parish Council that they were too thin. These complaints will be passed on to the District Council . *********** ******************* ** CAROL SINGING AROUND THE PARISH DECEMBER 19TH MEET 6 . 00 P . M. CORNER HARCOURT ROAD/MEADOW WAY ************ ******************** - 9 - ************ Friday Saturday Thursday 1986 8th November 7th December 19th December 18th January DIARY OF EVENTS D.D.H.S. A.G.M. D . V . H .M .C. Christmas Dance. Carol Singing meet 6.00 p .m . corner Harcourt D.D.H.S. Dance Road/Meadow way . DORNEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE Meet second Wednesday of every month @ 2.30 p .m. DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL Meet fourth Wednesday of every month CLUB @ 8.15 p.m. DORNEY P.T .A. Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting . PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE DORNEY P.C.C. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60 LUNCHEON CLUB Second Tuesday of every month at 8.00 p.m . Village Hall. Second Tuesday of every other 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 . **************** Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 10 - • • • • • DORNEY WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB TOUR OF HAUNTED LONDON 25.9.85 Our excellent guide, Mr. Bryant Peers, had appeared on TV and broadcast on the BBC series "Man Alive". This programme took him to the College of Psychic Studies and here he uncovered irrefutable evidence and facts concerning the phenomena of ghosts. Ghosts are around us all the time but only people with extra-sensory perception can see them - a gift I can well do without. They are waves in the atmosphere. owing to limited space I can only relate a little of the fascinating information he gave us. Mrs. Binning , an ex-president of Farnham Royal W.I., worked as a V.A.D. during World war I at St.Georges Hospital. Coming off duty one evening she boarded a No.30 bus which travelled down Knightsbridge. To her surprise she saw an old type cart with high wheels, the driver's hat being pulled down over his face. She commented on this to another passenger who replied that they had seen nothing. At a later date, when her father was Governor of Guernsey , she chanced upon a book in the library of his official residence, about old London. It contained a picture of a cart exactly like the one she had seen. It was a 1665 plague cart. She was to discover that there had been a plague pit at that particular spot in Knightsbridge. Building is not permitted over such pits so it remains a narrow spur jutting into the street between the Bank of Kuwait and Charles Jourdan's shop opposite. John Harvey , a chemist lived over his shop with his family. His small daughter said she was unable to sleep because "a man in a black frock and hood" kept standing by her bed. Mr. Harvey investigated old records and found that the house and much of the area had been built on land belonging to the monks of the Charterhouse , three of whom were murdered when the King's officers called at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Later all the monks suffered the cruel traitors' death for refusing to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII and their land accrued to the crown. The tour was also historically interesting. St.Bartholomew's Hospital was founded by Rahere, jester to Henry I. On reaching middle age in 1117 he thought he had done no real good in the world and decided to become a monk. He went to Rome and entered the Augustinian Order where he trained in medicine. In 112 3 , when he was ready to leave he - 11 - fell victim to the plague but St. Bartholomew came to him in a vision and said that he would not die but must return to London and found a hospital. Thus it came about that our capital city has the world's best teaching hospital, though not the original building. In a nearby house in the 1800 1 s, a beautiful young wife 11died" in bed for no apparent reason. After she was buried the sexton learned that a valuable diamond ring had been interred with her. Greed took over and when night came he opened the grave. The ring would not come off the girl's finger because the knuckle had swollen. Sending his wife home for a knife he continued to tug at the ring when suddenly the "corpse" s:reamed and sat up. The sexton scrambled out of the grave followed by the "corpse" who lived to a ripe old age. Having been given much food for thought we drove home. For those who do not believe in "ghosts" I quote the works of the irmnortal bard - "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy". May I remind you that our meeting on 27th November will be a talk by a Clairvoyant and we are hoping for a qood attendance. L. Parker Secretary. ************ ************************* W A N T E D *********** ************* The Village Hall Management Committee require an Honorary Treasurer. If you feel you can offer Your services to the community in this capacity , please contact John Roberts on Maidenhead 28460. *********** - 12 - • • • • • • NATURE NOTES - SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER A welcome change in the weather is giving us a pleasant autumn with many warm, sunny days. The river scarcely seems to move on a still autumn morning. The only ripples are made by a pair of Great Crested Grebe appearing out of the mist. These beautiful water fowl have grey brown upper parts, satiny-white under parts, long slender necks and narrow heads with prominent chestnut and black frills during the breeding season. They have nested near the M4 bridge for six years but I have seen no chicks this season. The Rookery by the bridge on the Bray side is thriving. Dutch elm disease deprived the birds of their original nesting sites but they have rebuilt in chestnut trees. The Rookery has grown from 20 nests to 32. Squirrels are on the increase and I have occasionally caught sight of a weasel. The tall hemlock plants have withered but their seed heads make an attractive silhouette. Teasels are ready to cut and spray for Christmas decorations. Travellers' Joy has ceased to bloom and is fast becoming old man ' s beard. The chestnut trees are throwing their bright, auburn fruit to the ground for the delight of small boys. Scarlet hips and crimson haws are plentiful but the wild plum or sloe is scanty this year. However, there is plenty in the larder for our winter visitors. Soon redwings and fieldfares will be with us. The redwings mix with the large number of lapwings which feed in surrounding fields although last year both species were few. On chilly mornings the eye is drawn to the large number of spiders' webs sparkling with dew. One specie weaves a sort of sleeve in a hole in the ground where it waits to pounce on its prey. There have been some wonderful sunsets this autumn . Some have glowed with many hues and others have burst in golden light transforming the sky over the M4 . The end of October will see Halloween or All Souls' Night when bonfires of fallen leaves are lit to keep ghosts at a safe distance. The scent of smoke on the evening air is delicious and by November leaves remaining on the trees will take on a richer colour. By that time our Indian Summer will no doubt be a happy memory. Lois Parker. ******************************** - 13 - TRAVELLER'S TALES (Continuation) • The week in Munich around 1960 comes to mind and the nice and thoughtful hotel where I stayed and a printed leaflet informed me "'Ille management cannot be held responsible for the values non-deposed in the safe." It was the week of the annual Fasching. The festival and carnival of five days when to a first time foreigner like me, everybody seems to go potty. Everyone dresses up in fancy or comical outfits. A complete clown's outfit, a comical hatted outfit, right through the comical dress-up range down to perhaps boots about a foot long or just a false nose, very long and painted a brilliant red. Funny false beards and moustaches were popular and it seemed every other shop or business premises had its loudspeaker churning out music. It was not a holiday, people went to work, shops were open as usual and in the pharmacists where I went to buy some aspirin the assistants behind the counters were dancing away to the music from next door. At the street market a large notice read "The Market Women Invite You to Dance" (In German of course) . And as the brass band belted out the dance music I can put it on record that I danced with a Munich market woman. The Festival ended and the following Monday I went to the Munich Court of Justice for the purpose for which I had travelled - the trial of 22 nurses who, under orders from the Nazis, had killed some thousands of their patients who were regarded as an 'unwarrantable drain upon the national financial resources'. From the press gallery in that MJnich Court of Justice I waited, wondering and unable to imagine just what these self-confessed killers would look like. They streamed into the dock. To me, any one of them could have been any of those middleaged women we see shopping in Maidenhead High Street or Slough on any Saturday morning. The trial went on and one of them said to the Judge "If I had not done it they {the Nazis) would have killed me." Another said "I did not do it at Christmas time, I just could not do it at Christmas time." Another, "I went to my priest and said 1 Father, what shall I do? 1 and he said 'My child, hold off this evil thing for as long as you can and if you have to do this terrible deed come to me and I will give you comfort' . " During the proceedings one of the women suddenly choked and collapsed. Immediately, these women who had in cold blood killed so many sick people, became the professional nurses. They stood, they lifted the collapsed woman, - 14 - • laid her along the seats in the dock, respectfully awaited the arrival of a doctor and carried out his instructions. At the end of the trial the judge addressed them "There is no penalty, no possible retribution that I can impose to match the enormity of the crime you have committed. You will go back to your communities, you will live with the memories of these dreadful deeds for your life. Leave this court. Go. 11 A strange verdict it seemed to me - to blame those women for horrible deeds forced upon them on pain of death. But then, other places, other times. And now back in England at Reading Station no less, with my Czech friend, Lada (Pronounced 'Ladya' in that strange Czech language). A good speaker of English and always trying to improve his lingual ability with any new word he might come across. And there it was. At the bottom of an estate agent's poster in large black impressive lettering the estate agent's name 'VAN DER PUMP'. What is a van der pump?" asked Lada. "Oh, that's just a gentleman, an English man." Immediately alert for a new word in English, he asked me "So you also are a vanderpump?". Oh dear, these foreigners, they do get a bit confused now and again. And that does remind me of Jiri, another Czech acquaintance who wrote asking me to bring a shirt for his son's girl friend. He wrote "Eva is slim and elegant, she is 22 centimetres round the bossoms which is in your English measures I think perhaps 14 inches and if you get this size it will be all right". 'Bossoms?, Bossoms? I pondered. He had asked for a shirt and this read more like 14 inch trouser leg bottoms or did be mean round her bottom? I remembered he became somewhat mixed on a previous occasion. On that occasion he had told me in conversation he did not care much for his other son 1 s girl friend, Jirka. (And, while I think of it, the J in Czech sounds like Y in English and the 'r' in Jirka does not sound like 1r 1 at all). Anyway, of Jirka he told me "She is too much on the side". "On the side?" Yes, you know how it is, the back of her side too big." Comprehending readily I replied "You mean she's got a fat arse". "Yes, that's it 1 fattarse'. PLain English, I like it - ' fattarse 1 . " And that remembrance put me on the right track. It was a shirt he wanted for Eva who he meant was 14 inches round the bosom, except that he really meant round the neck which is a little way up from the bosom. A bit of luck our correspondence started six months before my visit to Prague. To be continued. Harry Dorrell. - 15 - ************ GOOD QUALITY STRIPPED PINE CHESTS - WARDROBES - TABLES - BOXES - FIRE SURROUNDS REALISTIC PRICES. DELIVERY CAN BE ARRANGED PHONE BURNHAM 65 745 ANYTIME. ************** DORNEY CONSERVATIVES ******************** Invite you to meet JOHN WA'ITS M.P. Member of Parliament for Slough IN OPEN FORUM AT DORNEY COURT FRIDAY 22nd November, 8.00 p.m. Ticket: E3.00 - Buffet included ************ Available from - J. Hayton, 46 Harcourt Road, R. 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ISSUE NO. 10/85 E D I T O R I A L ***************** DECEMBER, 1985 An old lady's exclamation - "Not that comet again!" is evidence of how quickly the years pass-by and confirms our own awareness of the passage Of fleeting time; now compounded by the imminence of Christmas. It seems that no sooner do we cormnit the tinselled decorations to the attic than we fetch them down again. Although Christmas has adopted this unwarranted frequency, it loses none of its capacity to engender goodwill. Though just why and how this festival retains and maintains this undeniable power is something of a mystery. After all, it is not the greatest feast in the Christian calendar and its promise of a Saviour is often unappreciated by many who will join in the celebration of His birth. Is this Christmas euphoria simply the result of an overdose of sentimentality, of persuasive commercial enterprise, of parties, of presents and of alcoholic indulgence? Certainly all these things and many other temporal pleasures play a part in the seasonal rejoicing. And who would wish otherwise? But I know, and you know, that what we celebrate this day transcends all the baser pleasures and never fails to instil a spirit of true happiness and love in mankind. Halley's comet, despite the old lady's dismissiveness, fires the imagination of people throughout the world. All want to see it and many are prepared to pay large sums of money for a privileged viewpoint. Its orbit spans history and many great events have been attributed to its appearance. Yet greater than all the portentous earthly visitations of this comet is the influence of the Star of Bethlehem. No eye nor telescope shall find it in the sky, but every happy Christmas is conscious of its presence. ****************** - 1 - From the Revd Canon Jeffery Whale, Rector 0 COME LET US ADORE HIM! How many times will you hear those words this year? Maybe for the first time in a supermarket. Outside your door from the carol singers. At carol services and concerts. On railway stations and in other public places as groups sing and collect for charity. Certainly in church on Christmas Day. Yet, what is this invitation? The story has it that shepherds and wise men, animals and, no doubt, 'common folk', gathered in an out-house to worship the new-born child of Mary and Joseph. Our imagination might fill in the context - a very different context from the Christmas Card pictures and nativity plays - of a hostile world, a subjugated and tyrannised nation, a bleak unwelcoming and over-full town and a summons to travel a long way in a delicate condition in order to gratify the insatiable demands of the rulers for money. In contrast, our 'context' may seem mild despite the commercialism, the apostasy and the selfishness that seems to be around us. In what sense then can we worship and adore? Well, for me, personally, it is in the face of another new-born baby 10 days old born to a member of our congregation. In the power that seemed to come frcm a family caught up in the awful process of death from cancer I was recently privileged to witness. In the words of a 13 year old girl trapped, horrifically, in the mud in Colombia and able to suggest that her would-be rescuers go and have a rest. If we look we will see the spirit of the baby in Bethlehem in situations of Joy and Sorrow, Victory and Defeat and it will not be too bizarre to say 10 come let us adore!' Perhaps in a tranquil moment this Christmas we shall recognise what for us will be the Christ Mass. Canon The observant will have noticed that word inserted in the ascription at the top of this page. The Bishop of Oxford has invited me to become an Honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral and I am both delighted and honoured to accept. I shall be what is called 'Collated and Installed' during the service of Evensong in the Cathedral on Saturday, December 14th at 6.00 p.m. If any members of the parish feel able to attend they will be most welcome and it would be helpful to know in advance so that I can communicate numbers to the Dean. I should make it clear that the title is honorary and does not mean I am moving. Jeffery Whale *********-**2* *-**************** • SERVICES AT DORNEY - CHRISTMAS 1985 THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER SUNDAY 22ND DECEMBER Carolling round Village (meet 6.00 p.m. Corner Harcourt Road/ Meadow Way Carol Service @ 6.30 p.m. TUESDAY (CHRISTMAS EVE) Christingle: 5.30 p.m. Midnight Eucharist: 11.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY (CHRISTMAS DAY)Holy Communion 8.00 a.m. Parish Communion: 10.30 a.m. ST. JAMES DUTY ROSTER 15th December 8.00 a.rn. 10.30 a.m. THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT Sidesman Sidesman Holy Communion Parish Communion 8.00 a.m. Mr. Armstrong 10.30 a.m. Mr. Booth Matthew 11: 2-15 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Tracey Perr)'P.lan Malachi 3: 1-5 Creche & Sunday School Mrs. westendorp , Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Parker Cleaning Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen Coffee Mrs. Keith & Mrs. Ashley Flowers 22nd December 8 .00 a.m. 6.30 p.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 6.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Flowers Mrs. Chapman Holy Communion Carol Service Mr. Eastgate Mr. Pepler FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT Christingle rehearsal in Church Mrs. Ames & Mrs. Chapman Mrs. Street - 3 - 24th December 5 .30 p.m. 11.30 p.m. Sidesman 5.30 Sidesman 11.30 1st Reader 11.30 25th December 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. 29th December 8 .00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Sidesman 10.30 a. m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Cleaning Coffee 1986 5th January 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 1st Reader Cleaning Coffee 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY Christingle Service Midnight Eucharist Mr. Robb Mr. Belcher Elizabeth Robb THURSDAY Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Chapman Mrs. Richmond Angela Perryman CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS DAY FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Holy Communion Mat tins Mr. Dollimore Mrs. Ames Colossians 1: 1-20 Jessica Armstrong Isaiah Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Richmond Mrs. Richmond & Mrs. Williams 40: 18-end SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Holy Communion Parish Communion Mr. Liney Mr. Hayton Matthew 2: 1-12 & 1e9n-d Jonathan L:..ingden Mrs. Belcher & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs . Robb - 4 - Revelation 21: 22- Neal 22. 5. • • • • 12th January 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Eastgate Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Handy John 1: 29-34 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Mrs. Parker Ephe sians 2: 1-10 Creche & Sunday School Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Hayton Cleaning Mrs. Palmer Coffee Mr. & Mrs. Hayton 19th January 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Belcher Sidesman 10.30 a.m. 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mr. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. King Pepler Evans, Mrs. Eastgate & John Galatians Armstrong & Mrs. Jones Coffee Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Butcher 26th January SEPTUAGESIMA 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion 10.30 a.m. Parish Connnunion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mr. Robb 1: 35 -end 1: 11-end Mrs. Hayton Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Armstrong 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Liney Luke 8: 4-15 1 Corinthians 2: 1-10 Coffee Mrs. King , Mrs. Armstrong & Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Street Mrs. Warner-Horne & Mrs. Westendorp - 5 - 2nd February 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Sidesman Sidesman 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. SEXAGESIMA Holy Communion Parish Communion Mrs. Richmond Mrs. Harpur Mrs. Handy Luke 1 Peter 2 : 22-35 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. 2 : 1-10 Creche & Sunday School Cleaning Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Pepler & Mrs. Butcher Coffee 9 th February 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Mrs. Robb Mrs. Ames & Mrs. QUINQUAGESIMA Holy Communion Parish Communion Sidesman 8.00 a.m. Mrs. Ames Harpur Sidesman 10.30 a.m. Mr. Pepler John 8: 2-11 1st Reader 10.30 a.m. Mrs. Armstrong Colossians 1: 18-23 Creche & Sunday School Mrs. Westendorp, Mrs. Parker & Mrs. Hayton Cleaning Mrs. Harpur & Mrs. Allen Coffee Mr. & Mrs. Belcher *********** SUSAN HANDY SCHOOL OF DANCING ***************** Principal : Susan Handy, A.I.S.T.D. Hons. Classes for children aged 2½ upwards in Ballet General Dane ing Drama Tap Modern Jazz Dancing Children entered for examinations in the Enrico Cecchetti method Tap, Ballet and keep fit classes for adults Classes in Eton, Windsor and Datchet Enquiries: Telephone Slough 42990 ******************************************************************* - 6 - • .. • • • .. I • THE PARISH PUMP Notes of Parish Council Meeting November 1985. 1. Relocation of the Perry Oaks Sewage works. The Parish Council took the Vice Chairman of the Buckinghamshire County Council and its Planning Committee Chairman to view the farmland north of the village which some people have suggested as a possible site. The County Council have pledged strong support. Note - Since the meeting, your correspondent has attended a meeting of the National Policy for Britain's Airports Consortium which is a group of local authorities against further expansion of Heathrow. It marshalls together oppposition and employs parliamentary lobbying consultants to try to influence Parliament itself. The battle over Perry Oaks is considered to be the first line of defence in the overall strategy to contain the expansion of Heathrow. The main object of this consortium now is to get the decision which has to be taken in 1986 on what happens to Perry Oaks to be taken in public so that such a decision may be influenced. A number of possible relocation sites are being considered, maybe as many as 12 . It is becoming clear however that technical advances in sewage treatment may mean that the present 250 acre site could be reduced down to 5 acres􀌃 That would mean dewatering the sewage sludge and removing the resultant dried cake in lorries after 24 hours, with considerable amount of lorry movement. The alternative is roughly speaking the present system of settlement lagoons. The consortium will be fighting on the general principle, but as soon as an actual planning application is made for a particular site all the other authorities who are not involved in that planning application will doubtless heave a sigh of relief and it will then be to the authority involved to fight their corner. The - 7 - sewage works is not the only matter of contention. There are such things as a new rail and road to London, a helicopter link with Stanstead and Gatwick, increased aircraft movements and so 2. Maidenhead Flood Relief scheme . A letter from the Thames Water Authority has been received saying all options are still being considered and that the Parish Council will be asked for comments before a scheme is finally proposed . There does seem to be quite a strong possibility that a favoured scheme will involve cutting a new channel pretty well along the route of the stream which runs from the motorway by Lots Hole to Climos Corner, on through the fields and across the Common, coming back to the river just below Boveney Lock . There appears to be some Loddon Pond weed which inhibits a possible alternative route which would have less effect on Dorney. The scheme is fairly expensive , some eleven million pounds, and one wonders whether it shall ever get off the ground . 3. Denham. The Parish of Denham is considering asking the Boundary Commission to remove their village from the South Bucks District Council. The implications of this were considered and it waG felt that there could be a knock-en effect as far as Dorney was concerned in that if the district became too small it would cease to be viable and the district could be split up amongst its neighbours, making it a possibility that we could be put into Berkshire and our urban neighbours. Reasons for Denham's action were unclear but it is always the case that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence , except perhaps in our case . 4. Planning . Beatherdale, Marsh Lane. Enforcement notice is being taken by the District Council to prevent further occlusion of this annoying site. No comment was made on a conversion of a barn into a family room at the Elms on Dorney Common, nor on the creation of a granny flat at Dorney House. 5. Accounts for payment. The village hall has asked the Parish Council to pay the balance of the El, 500 promised following last year' s Annual Parish Meeting and this the Parish Council agreed to do. The Parish Council is to point out that the village hall, should they wish to have further contributions, should work to an - 8 - annual budget which should be agreed in advance . There is no doubt that the benefit of the improvements and repairs to the village hall are a credit to all those involved and increased bookings are bringing in some financial returns. Full details of the financial payments can be found in the minutes. 6. Boundary changes. There are two places along the Thames where the old ferry used to cross the river where the county boundary does not follow the centre of the river itself. A proposal has been made to straighten out the boundary so that it always runs along the centre of the river, but the Parish Council felt that these anomalies were of historical interest and there was no valid reason, apart from straightening out the boundary, for the change. They requested that the change be not made. 7. Community Adviser . Following the resignation of our last post holder , anyone interested should please contact the Parish Council . 8. Date of next Meeting . Tuesday 3rd December. 9. Road Safety. The condition of the gutters and footpat hs, particularly in Villa ge Road which have become infested with leaves, weeds and debris, was raised . We have asked the County Council to send in a working party. 10. Bus Service No .63 Maidenhead to Eton Wick on Saturdays and Wednesda ys. There was a suggestion that now there is a market on Tuesdays and not Wednesdays that the service be altered to Tuesdays. The Parish Council is to make investigations as to what people would like . 11. The ecclesiastical Parish of Dorney . People will have seen correspondence that Dorney would be amalgamated with Eton and Eton Wick to form a new Parish . The Parish Council was pleased to note that the proposal has been dropped and that the new proposal is that Eton and Eton Wick should be amalgamated and that a new Vicar should in due course be appointed to look after the new parish of Eton and Eton Wick, together with the parish of Dorney, but within the overall framework of the Riverside team ministry . This is not, as incorrectly reported in the local paper. The identity of the parish of Dorney and its boundaries 􀌄 to be maintained. 12. Water table . Following comments in last mont hs' s magazine, we are writing to the Thames Water Authority and asking them for their comments, because it is not only the editor' s hydrangea that appears to have run out of water but also the Cressbrook brook and other open water areas. - 9 - Saturday 7th December Thursday 19th December 1986 - 18th January 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 DIARY OF EVENTS D.V.H.M.C. Chrisbnas Dance. Carol Singing meet 6.00 p.m. corner Harcourt Road/Meadow Way. D.D.H.S. Dance Meet second Wednesday of every month @ 2.30 p.m. Meet fourth Wednesday of every month @ 8.15 p.m. Meet fourth Monday of every month for P.T.A. Committee Meeting. Second Tuesday of every month at 8.00 p.m. Village Hall. Second Tuesday of every other 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. ******************************* Dorney Babysitting Club. For details contact - Jean Foster-Key. Maidenhead 36875. - 10 - T**O Y O U A L L. **************** • • .. I • • .. • DORNEY W . I . This month 's meeting was the Annual General - not a subject, generally, to create much enthusiasm, but we had almost a full attendance, with only two absentees, a very encouraging sign, as it only goes to show that even a meeting of this nature can be made interesting and entertaining, which indeed it proved to be. Our visitor Mrs. Marnoch a V.C.O. from the Bucks. Federation, come to see the results of our meetings during the past year, proved to be a most entertaining speaker, regaling us with amusing incidents, and not, as one expects, with dry as dust statistics. After hearing a report read by Mrs.Allen on the year's activities, she did comment that for an Institute with a membership as small as ours, we had made quite a remarkable effort and achieved a good result. A very well produced and comprehensive Balance Sheet was issued to all members by our very efficient Treasurer Mrs. Hill, which proved, thankfully, that we are still managing to keep on the credit side. A new Committee was appointed for the corning year with Mrs. Harpur, by popular acclaim, being re-elected President for a further session. A very grateful vote of thanks was given to Mrs. Allen, for her sterling work as Secretary. She carries out these duties - and many they are - so faultlessly, we could not possibly do without her. Mrs. Harpur thanked all members for their efforts for the Group meeting which had been a great success. The competition of guessing the tune had been greatly enjoyed and resulted in all joining in the end result. The Ramble arranged by Mrs. Williams had been very much appreciated. The route taken was through Burnham Beeches, finishing with a well earned Pub Lunch. It was decided to arrange further Rambles, at times when weather would be permitting. Teatime was special this month, as it is customary to have our W.I. Birthday Cake. As usual Mrs. Ferris, who excels in cake making, made us a really lovely cake, attractively decorated in the Green and White W.I. colours, and this was obviously enjoyed by all. The December Meeting will be our Christmas party and all members are reminded to bring a small gift. - 11 - A Craft Exhibition was held this month and it was a revelation to see the talent we have among our members. There were beautiful paintings, really lovely needlework, and knitwear, Period Dolls, and many other items of equally very high standard. It is commendable 2 that these very busy ladies can find time to achieve these lovely works of art. The Trading Stall continues to be a great success. Members a􀌂e reminded to bring along items of saleable value, which, if successful will assist both themselves and the Institute. W.I. Duties. Child Welfare Clinic - Mrs. Harpur and Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Mabel Eleanor Whattam/Miss Eleanor Platt The Revd. Jeffery Whale has received a letter from Mrs. P. Day of Langley seeking the help of Dorney residents in tracing the history of a relative. Mrs. Day is trying to establish whether Mrs. Mabel Eleanor Whattam of Dorney Post Office/Stores (Kelly's directory 1939) was the Miss Eleanor Platt who came to Eton from Paris in 1910 or 1911. Mrs. Day remembers reading an article in a Slough paper, around winter 1982/3, about a 90 years old lady in a local 'Home ' who said she had been born Miss Eleanor Platt and had come to Eton from Paris. story in the Unfortunately, Mrs. Day has been unable to find this Slough papers' back-issues or in the Slough library reference room. If you remember Mrs. Whattam or know something of her history the editors will be pleased to put you in touch with Mrs. Day. **** ** ******** **** *********** ***************** ----======-==========---========-=-======= =-=-=-======----=-=-- Private advertisements will be accepted for publication. Rate per insertion - 20 words £2. Each additional word lOp. Payment with advert to one of the Editors, please. ---=-====-======================== =================---==--= - 12 - • • • • NATURE NOTES - Oct./Nov. Skeins of Canada Geese have been flying over, doubtless to find good pickings amongst the gold stubble. Other fields are now green with winter corn or dark with ploughed earth. During the latter part of OCtober I was treated on several occasions to a close view of a male kestrel which has a favourite perch in a hawthorn at the foot of the M4 bridge. Hovering in the sky, the kestrel looks dull brown but close to one can see his spotted chestnut back, pinkish buff chest and grey head, rump and tail. Females have rusty brown backs, barred instead of spotted. Many goldfinches are to be seen feeding on seed heads. Once they left us in winter for warmer climes but milder winters, particularly in the south of England, have induced them to stay. The red and gold in their plumage is a cheerful sight on a dull day. Another delightful bird, much in evidence lately, is the long tailed tit which at first glance resembles a golf ball with a black tail. They fly around in groups making squeaky, mouse like calls. By 1st November the Autumn leaves were in their full beauty. Black poplars had turned ochre yellow, sycamores gold and orange and hawthorns red. The chestnuts flamed bronze and russet against the silver grey of aspens and white willows. Unfortunately, an Wlusually severe frost during the night of 2nd November brought all this glory to an end. We awoke on Sunday morning to a crisp, white world with leaves tumbling down in brilliant sW1shine to make a deep carpet. The cold snap will have killed off the few remaining dragonflies I saw in the garden, some brown, some blue green. Hedgerows and banks, however, are thriving with berries, purple elder, orange bryony, black and red of woody and purple nightshade. I hear the Vicarage and a nearby house have an invasion of the smallest mammal north of the Alps - the pygmy shrew. Grey and brown in colour it measures 6.9 ems. from nose to tail tif - a cute little creature but not as a house guest. The dry Autumn has produced a poor fWlgi crop but on my own rubbish heap I found a Laccaria Amethystina which I have not seen in the Dorney area before. 'As the name tells, it is amethyst mauve in colour, cap 4 ems. across and twice as high and toadstool in shape. Many of us are worried to see the brook by the church has dried up. The Cressy Brook on the common was also very low. If this trend continues we shall lose more of our flora and fauna. L. Parker. - 13 - DORNEY WOMENS' SOCIAL CLUB MEETING 23 .10.85. TALK ON WORK OF THE CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAU. This meeting was reasonably well attended. Mrs.Belcher, Chairlady, stated that although the London Coach trip was successful, over half the seats were taken by guests, which is disappointing when we have 56 members who have paid a subscription, on our register. • we were given a most interesting talk by Mrs.Susan Tremlett who is the organiser of Maidenhead C.A.B. Mrs.Tremlett is the daughter of the late Mrs.Shirley Horner and is well known to many of us as she lived many years in Dorney Reach. She is a specialist in consumer problems, some of the many which come before the highly trained staff of the C,A.B. The C.A.B. began in 1939 and deals with enquiries on law, tax, rates, rents, tenancies, marriage, divorce, education, benefits and many others. It is funded by local authority grants but is an absolutely independent body and entirely confidential, giving impartial but caring advice. Up-to-date information comes every week from a central office in London. So confidential are they that should it be suspected that a child may be at risk they are not allowed to report it. They can only do everything in their power to persuade the parents to go to the Social Services for help. In time, many kinds of problems are sorted out but there are some to which there is no answer, especially marital ones. The C.A.B. is housed in the same building as the w.v.s. and Marriage Guidance Council with whom they liaise. They deal with approximately 1000 enquiries per month. Their offices are situated behind the Ivy Leaf Club. Sometimes emergencies arise, such as a battered wife turning up with her children when only one member of the staff is on duty on Saturday morning. An all too frequent problem nowadays is the loss of the husband's job and the strain it can put on the marriage and family. Complaints to manufacturers and retailers concerning faulty equipment carry more weight when backed by the C.A.B. At the end of her talk, Mrs.Tremlett gave ou􀌁 slips to some of our members on which were printed a few of the various problems faced by the C.A.B. She then demonstrated the advice and help which would·be given. By this time 2 hours had flown by and the raffle was drawn. Prizes were won by Mrs.Wood and the writer. There will be no meeting in December but please January meeting on 22nd of that month in 1986. - 14 - try to attend the SLeocirse tPaarryk.e r. TRAVELLER'S TALES (Continuation) It was on the occasion of that visit to Prague that Lada got his own back for his Reading Van der Pump slip. He had arranged a trip to the tiny country village of Utery. The day before going he remarked casually 11well, Harry, on Monday we go to Tuesday." Slightly bewildered I politely asked him what he was talking about, whereupon he handed me a Czech-English dictionary and all was revealed. 'Utery' is Czech for Tuesday. My phrase book would have helped me there, although there was that previous occasion when, not unusually, I had forgotten where my hotel was. Spotting a group of young people I took a quick glance at my phrase book and politely asked their help. Against the background of their laughter one of them implored me "Please, please speak the English." I did and taking this ccmical Englishman firmly by the arm they conducted me across the busy traffic laden street, along narrow pavements by ancient buildings and right to r.ey hotel door which, all smiles, they opened and saw me safely in. They like a spot of humour those Praguers. Being taken on a bit of a tour round the city I was shown the Bridge Tower, dating from the 14th century, and had pointed out to me the two small constructions projecting out over the river Vltava. "Two toilets" explained my guide and, chuckling, "Water flushed WCs." "very early examples of sanitation." Which recalls the occasion in that same city when I entered a public toilet, sure it was a 'Gents' and found a woman attendant sitting there. Obviously I had got it wrong; had my phrase book let me down? I quickly retreated only to confirm it was a 'Gents'. Whether they have men attendants in 'Ladies' ... well - I never looked. It was my friend Lada (Czech for Ladya if you remember) who took me along - uninvited as we were - to the Charles University in Prague for the annual graduation ceremony. It is a small University, founded in 1348 by King Charles of those days and said to be the oldest University in central Europe. In the main Hall, where the ceremony is held, I took my seat among the parents and other relatives of about twenty students-one of them blind-due for the presentation of their degrees, on this occasion of the Philosophy faculty. First came a procession through the Hall led - 15 - by the Rector, the Dean and other University dignatories, with the students bringing up the rear, accompanied by the organist playing "Gaud.eamus igitur" - 'Let us live then and be glad while young life's before us' as the wording goes. The Dean made a pretty lengthy speech to the assembled students, including the student promise to use their knowledge for the benefit of humanity. Then one student, replying on behalf of all the students, thanked the University professors and parents and families for their help and rmderstanding during the five years of their studies. Next the reading in Latin of the Academic pledge and each student saying "I promise" as he is handed his diploma; a handshake and the ceremony was over, with the organist once again playing 11Gaudeamus igitur" as the parents and friends rose with their bunches of flowers and kisses for the young students and all off for happy celebrations. 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