l l Dorney Parish News . 􀁛􀁜 􀁝 ;-􀁞􀁟. ;Jffl!,\ • - ,...: 􀀊,i;􀀋n . • ,.;, -􀀌 UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY P8,Ui§]L�1 Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES C:::, ------ EVENING DRESS IDRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week 01753 859727 janemorgandresse􀂍nu,iLnet Mob: 07887 994222 Boveney Road, Dorney, nr W-uulsor & Eton 1Jracien :fCowers Jlb, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SIA 6LU .. . q,i,afiuJ 􀀓 -􀀱 oc.ca6um d. went Pamela Sanders ASF • Bouquets and Birthdays • Weddings our speciality • Funerals • Parties and Balloons www.flowersnet.com/bracken email: pam.sanders@blueyonder.co.uk Major Credit Cards Welcome Tel: 01753 833225 Local, National & International Delivery Fax: 01753 842422 -:-1::LlcFLORISl Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL MUSHROOM • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 COMPOST TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Specialists in Restoration off ine Antique F"rniture 􀊒􀊓 THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COURTET, DLO: 0R1N62E8Y 6, B61E17R11K8 SHIRE SL4 6QP SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE Saturday CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, I 0.1 Sam and 6pm Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C . Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach R o ad, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spence r, Dorincow1, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT Tel: 01628624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. 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ISSUE NO. 1/06 FEBRUARY2006 EDITORIAL "But when we meet a helpless woman, Or little boys that do no harm, We run them in, we run them in, we run them in, we run them in, We show them we 're the bold Gendarmes!• It has been revealed that the Government is planning a revolution in the legal system to enable prosecutors and the police to deal with petty criminals without ever going to court. This is in addition to new measures that came into force on 1st January giving the police sweeping powers to arrest people for every offence, including dropping litter or failing to wear a seat belt and other minor misdemeanours and are 'the biggest expansion in decades of police powers to deprive people of their liberty'. Up to the new year, officers could generally arrest people if they suspected them of committing an offence which carried at least five years in prison. They now have the discretion to detain someone if they suspect any offence and think that an arrest is 'necessary'. Is it acceptable that such powers should be left to the discretion of individual officers and do these powers endanger our civil liberties and make us fearful that we may be witnessing the birth of a police state? Well we may have reason to be apprehensive, and when a Government strengthens police powers we should always question its motives. Whether these new measures are absolutely necessary, and how they will be applied, remains to be seen. We, of course, wish for an effective police force, which, for most of us, means one that can be readily contacted when we need help and whose presence on the streets can ensure our safety, particularly in the present climate of unruly and violent behaviour. But, above all, it must be a force that is more concerned with safeguarding our liberties than restricting them. Paradoxically, Police Authorities become more remote at each reorganisation and, at a local level, where policemen are an endangered species, a police state seems improbable. We are more worried by a lack of police action than an excess ofit! ATTENTION All lOCAl ORGANISATIONS & BUSINESSES Do1'tle)' Parish Council will, in future, distribute an information package to all new residents. This is an opporlunity to promote yoUJ' organisation to newcomen. All you need to do is to provide, to the local organiser, suitable printed information for inclusion in future packages. (11,e Paruh Council may decline ID acttpl nuderial wi.iwut girinc any reason). Please contact Joy Richmond on 01628 626972 for further details. Arrangements for the church during the interregnum Following the departure of Paul Reynolds our parish is in an interregnum, which we hope will not last too long. The aim is that all our activnies should continue as usual. The telephone at the Vicarage in Eton Wick has an answer machine message advising people to contact Ged Pearce at the Eton Dorney Centre (01628 662823). Ged will know the best person to contact for each individual caller depending on what they need. For the past few years the two parishes of Dorney and Eton/Eton Wick have had a lay Ministry Team to support Paul Reynolds. The members of this team will be providing support during the interregnum. They are: Alison Hassell - a Licensed Lay Minister and who has been working in our parishes for round about 15 years Ged Pearce - the Warden at the Eton Dorney Centre Rod Dollimore - a former churchwarden at Dorney Vivienne Gibson - a churchwarden at Eton/Eton Wick In order to get a new vicar to replace Paul the first requirement was to persuade the Deanery that our parishes are active enough to allow us to have one wnhout having to share with yet another parish. We passed that hurdle at the end of last November so since then a team of people in the two parishes has been working to build up two profiles, one of the kind of person we want and the other of the kind of parishes we are. We get some help on these from a representative from the Oxford Diocese. These profiles are nearly complete in draft form so that the two PCCs can look at them on 17"' January. We aim to have the profiles and an advertisement fully completed, formatted and published by the end of February so we can interview applicants at the end of April. "!le are hoping to try to get a new vicar by about September. part of the length of time comes about because once someone is appointed that person is likely to have to give three months notice to a previous parish. Gill Hayton, David Pepler (Churchwardens) MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1 .35 - 1.55 p.m. Dates for 2006:- Feb. 9, 23 March 9, 23 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall Wednesday 22nd Febrnary 2006 at 7.30 p.m. THE PROVOSTS OF ETON Speaker. .... Sir Eric Anderson K. T • Church Services in February 2006 Wednesday 1st 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday5th 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00am Family Service 6.30pm Taize service led by Olivia Graham Sunday 12th 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) 1 1 .00am Morning Worship Sunday 1rnh St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshiping Together (children's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 26th 9.30am Family Worship 1 1.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick THANKS TO THE CAROLLERS A note of thanks to all those who supported the carol singing around Dorney Village. Once again, the Dorney Carollers of which we are about twenty now, enjoyed our village stroll singing at street corners and in front of the welcoming homes. We were extremely pleased to raise the sum of £185, the most we have ever achieved. I would like to think this had something to do with the singing!! Our thanks go to the very generous donators. As with previous years half the money has been given to the parish church, St. James the Less, and the remainder to Cancer BACUP. I would also like to add a quick goodbye and thanks to Rev. Paul Reynolds who has sung and led us each year in our carolling. He and his family have moved to a new parish and will be greatly missed from our happy group of singers next Christmas. My thanks again to our village pub, Palmer Arms, for welcoming us in at the end of our round and inviting us to sing to their customers who were very supportive. The mulled wine and mince pies were much appreciated; a perfect ending on a cold night, many, many thanks. Angie Wood-Dow Letter addressed to Dorney Parish Clerk .•• ••• THAM. E . SVAl,.LEY ·POLICE r=IR = IE -=C 􀀈VIE-.􀀉d =IE = /DJ􀀊 0 3 jAf·J 2006 Dear Sir or Madam, --------------- HQ Press Office OxfordThamesR Voadalle y Police Kidlington OXS 2NX 12 December 2005 I lllil writing to inform you of an important change to tbc way in which Thames Valley Police handles llon-etnctgency calls and to request your assistance in communicating this change to your parish. • • Jn Januuy 2004 the Force centralised its non-emcrgcncy call handling and adopted a single, 􀊔-llllltlber, 0845 8 505 505, which is answm:d by the two Police EriquicyC¥di"'ia'!iCBJ 􀊕 in_ KidJi!>gt(>Jl "!>!i_W,indsor .. However, in addition there still exist COlltacl numbers at each of the police stations which had been there since before tbc single number was implemented. These have long beai re-dittcti:d to the Plle;howi:ver the Force is taking these nmnbers out of use to simplify matters even futtbcr. A phased 'programnic has now been implemented to sec their total removal towards the end of Januuy 2006 and any assistance in communicating this change is welcome. If you have 1my publications and in particular Ji police I would ask you if you could include an artiteractun,le/en wtryhi cwhh liicshts communicontact 􀊖catelss th.foer cthhae nge. ' . . . • ihave 111 ·mticie writtm by Ch Supt Shaun Morley, photos, statistics and de1aiJs of the nunibers that will be ICmQvcd and I would be grateful if you could allot me some space in any publicatioo. I also enclose posters and leaflets which I ask you to display and distribute within the parish, further supplies are aviilable. Finally, Ch Supt Shaun Moclcy, Head of the Con1rol1woms and Enquiries Dept, has asked me to eximd 'an invitation to any intercaied mcmbaii of your Parish Council to come and visit cithc:, the Police F.nquiry Centre (ll!-Kidlingtoil er Wmdsor) oc a Control Room (Abingdon or Milton 1{cynes)tosee liist-hand wbc:ic noo􀊗iiru! 999 calls an: bandied. We can attangc for smlilJ parties of people to tour the fiicilitics and meet officer.; and callhandlers in the daytime or evenings (SW!jcct to operational demands) and we have had very ·positiv, mlback fi:om those that have alrt:ady attended similar visits. If yo.i .i feel you cotild assist me with this in m:iy way or would like to attend,! would be keen to bi:ar 1n1m you; ci1111:t by phone Oil 01865 846699 Oi' by cmul, tim..wiseman@thamesvalley.ptln.police.uk vo urs faithfully, Tim Wiseman, H Press Officer -4- Control Room and Enquiries l)epartment 􀀊o'i-􀀋y Lake -✓✓ We began the New Year with a flourish by hosting a reconnaissance visit from senior members of the International Canoe Federation (!CF), the British Canoe Union (BCU) and the newly-formed London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG). They came in January to get a first-hand view of the facilities to be used by top athletes in future major events including the Olympic Games 2012, when Dorney Lake will be used for rowing and sprint canoeing (the flat-water rather than white-water kind). Meanwhile we look forward to the World Rowing Championships here this August. Tickets are on sale - see www.wrc2006.com - and there is widespread excitement at the prospect of around 90 British participants being able to show their prowess in front of a home crowd. Amongst the competitors will be Britain's most promising young rowers, some of whom may well become Olympians. Sir Steve Redgrave, CBE, is Honorary President of the Championships. Great Britain will be defending titles in the Men's Four and Women's Quadruple Scull. We are working with all relevant authorities and local groups such as the Taplow Rail Users' Group to ensure traffic handling and other practicalities for the week of August 20th to 27th go as smoothly as possible. Other events between now and then include the Wallingford Regatta on April 30th , the Metropolitan Regatta on June 3"' and 4th and the Marlow Regatta on June 17"'. For the first time we shall also this year be hosting the British Canoe Union's Youthfest featuring bellboats and incmporating the National Bellboat Championships. The boats are 9-metre catamarans usable by people of all ages. We'll tell you more nearer the time, which will be June 25th . All these events offer good days out and fun for families and enthusiasts alike. During the winter we have been attending to our Website which was in need of an update. Its new incarnation is now up and running - www.domeylake.com - and continues to have more information fed into it. We find that virtually everyone who visits the Lake site asks a multitude of questions because they find the mixture of top sporting facilities, hospitality activities, community access, nature conservation, many thousands of trees and potential archaeological displays fascinating. Lastly we were pleased to learn that Spencer Lowe, son of our Receptionist Mrs Gail Lowe, a local resident, won the Slough Young Entrepreneur's Award recently. Patricia Powell -5- DORNEY PARISH PUMP LOCAi. B.ECTIONS- MAY 2006 j Published by l>orney Parish Council All residents registered on the Electoral Roll are eligible to stand os Parish Councillors at this year's elections. l>orney Parish hos 7 Councillors, not all of whom will necessarily be standing for re-election. Full information and assistance with nomination fonncallties is available from the Clerk or any Councillor. ANIIVAI. PARISH MEETING Representatives from the Police, District & County Councils, Dorney t.ake, Environment Agency and others have been invited to attend the APM on Wecmuday MARCH Z9th. WB.cOME FOR NEW RESIDENTS The District Council hos launched a new initiative to provide a "Welcome Pack" of lnfonnatlon to all I (about 30 per annum) residents. Local organisations or businesses who wish to provide printed lnfonnation for the Dorney pack should comact 01628 626972. WASTE COLI.ECTION ARRANGEMENTS The District Council 's indefinite trial of a new collection and recycling scheme starts in February. Wheelie Bins will be provided for Green / Kitchen waste and General refuse,and will be collected on alternate weeks. The District Council has sent details to all residents. District representatives will attend our Annual Parish Meeting on 29th March, to listen to comments and discuss any problems. DORNEY I.AKE Although due for publication last December, the Council hos not yet received draft plans for the World Rowing Championships plamed for 20 - 27 August this year. There has been a reported problem of -.ssive noise from a pN- Christmas function at the Boathouse. BOVENEY LOCI( There is a Temporary Footpath Closure Order at Boveney l.ock in force until 1st April 2006, in order that construction work may be carried out. COMMUNITY SEt.F HELP Pt.AN WE STILL NEEi> a volunteer to draw up a Plan for action in cose of significant emergencies e.g. flood , air crosh etc. A model Plan is available for customising. Please contact the Clerk for further information. FORTHCOMIN6 MEETINGS Feb. 14, Mor 14. APM MARCH 29 . ALL WEl.CQME' ENQUIRIES, complaints, comments, suggestions and congratulations relating to parish affairs, should be addressed to the clerk, 6lendcl Collins, Council Offices, 4!ib High St, r-. Bucks 51.0 9ND. Phone 01753 655331, fQ)( 01753 654922; e-mail dorneycouncil@co-net.com IT WILL BE QUICKER TO PHONE DIRECT regarding FLY TIPPIN& - 0845 330 1856. NOIWNUISANCE - 01895 837200 POUCE-(24/7 ---) 08458 505 505 6RAffITI - 01895 837253 MOTORWAY - 01962 893100 BURNHAM POi.ICE 5TN - WITHDRAWN DORNEY PARISH COUNCIi.: MEETINGS & CONTACTS THE COIINCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings start at 8pm at the Eton Dorney Centre; residents may ask questions, light refreshments are usually pnwided. Police should attend every ather month -6- • • I've Got Piles Everyone who lives in Boveney Road will know what I mean. It seems as if enough sheet piles are being delivered to the lock to build a jetty from here to The Thames Barner. I can't say that the clanking of the pile drivers is too much ofa probleru at our end of the road. How, after all, can a pile driver expect to compete with the amplified bellowings of the instructors on the rowing trench? If the oarspeople are really as deaf as their instructors seem to think, shouldn't they be given hearing aids? I l!!!! deaf, but I can sometimes hear them when I am indoors, behind double glazing, without my hearing aid in. The problem with the river work is the same for the contractors as it is for the residents - vel)' big trucks on very narrow lanes. Inevitably verges are being flattened and mud is being spread across the road. But does this slow cars down? Does it heck! Not only do regulars using the Boveney car park ignore the "slow" signs, but now we also have contractor's small vehicles driving at speed. When ice was combined with the mud, recently, it was truly frightening to think what would happen if a child ran out suddenly, or if a driver speeding after dark unexpectedly met one of the cyclists that ride without lights. It is amazing how many cyclists fail to understand that it is harder to see through a windscreen, at nigh􀈂 than it is with the naked eye. Riding across the Common without lights is suicidal, and the awful thing is that if, one evening, a driver, dazzled by oncoming lights, does not see the bike and kills the rider, they will have to live with that horror for the rest of their lives. My mother was what we described as a militant pedestrian. She would step out into the road giving motorists little time to stop. When we remonstrated with her she would say, "It'll be his fault ifhe hits me! Feet came before wheels;' (now you see where I get it from.) Many cyclists seem to have the same attitude especially those who ride with no lights, and in one case that I saw, with a small child on the crossbar. I am an experienced driver, but I still have a vested interest in this. It could be me who doesn't see the light-less cyclist or the speeding car as I manoeuvre through the mud in Boveney Road ( or indeed the bends in Marsh Lane.) Then again it could be you. Sooner or later if steps aren't taken to improve Domey's roads and road usage, it will be one ofus. Geoffrey Atkinson DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all. £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available at the following £10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Cluuiie Colsh 01628 629381 -7- Constance Allen 191 0 - 2006 Constance Allen, better lpiown to many ofus as 'Con', died on Monday January 9tl' in Wexham Park Hospital, at the age of 95. For many years she was a resident of Dorney Reach, moving to a flat in Bwnham several years ago with her sister, Mary. By the time Mary died in ·2004 they had both moved to Dewstraw, the Abbeyfield home in Lent Rise. When in the early autumn of2005 she had to move on to Boulter's Lock Residential Home, which could give her more care, she missed watching the cows in the Hitcham fields. Originally from Lincolnshire where she was brought up on a farm, Con travelled widely following her husband's career in the RAF in France, and later in Peru when he worked in the British Embassy. She was a frequent visitor to South Afiica where her sister and her family lived for many years. Having studied History and Maths at Girton College, Cambridge,she trained to teach young children and practised teaching whenever she could, retiring in her early 60's, by which time she was in Dorney. Con became very involved in village life being for many years secretary of the W .I. She was a member of the-now-defunct SQciai Club and supported events run by the Horticultural Society. Golfing was one of her passions and she continued as a member of the Maidenhead Golf Club even when i,he became too old to play. Ever independent, she could be seen driving around the area in her own car info her early nineties. As a long-time member of St James' Church, Dorney, she was actively involved in its daily life being on the Parochial Church Council, and on various other committees including that for overseas mission. She was also a guide at Dorney Court, and for several years organiz.ed a rota of church members to man the church on Sunday afternoons while the Court was open. With her questing mind she was an informative and interested conversationalist In Dewstraw she still read voraciously, end virtually up to the end she was enjoying her daily crossword puzzle. She is survived by a niece, Margaret, nephews and their families, several of whom live abroad. (Muriel Pepler) THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 118 969 8000 Tuesday 1 0/1 - Saturday 18/2 THE MAINTENANCE MAN Tuesday 21/2 - Saturday 25/3 STRICTLY MURDER -8- I .,,, 1,.􀀈 • ' -"", .:- Dorney Parish News ,-:-" ----- '-" . '. 􀀋 '""' -.:.:::. • ""'---'S':< u -􀀌􀀍􀀎􀀏 - -.L.: 􀀅 􀀅􀀆􀀇H􀀈- r 􀀌-;;- •,-.':. HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th>8 RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY P8BU!§l1AP􀀊it Elm Farm Boveney Road UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 JILL HARRIS INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES c=> -----EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week 01753 859727 janenwrgandresse!(@ftmaiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 Boveney Road, Dorney, nr W"uulsor & Elon 'Bracken :fCowers 31b, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SIA 6LU ••• cμuditlJ 􀁗 ,,.,,.,."' tu:ea6um d wffll Pamela Sanders ASF • Bouquets and Birthdays • Weddings our speciality • Funerals • Parties and Balloons www.flowersnet.com/bracken email: pam.sanders@blueyonder.co.uk Major Credit Cards Welcome Tel: 01753 833225 Local, National & International Delivery Fax: 01753 842422 Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs TOP SOIL • Block Paving or Standard MUSHROOM • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Specialists in Restoration off ine Antique Furniture 􀀟􀀠 THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Mornin g Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am. 10.15am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J.M. Spencer, Dorincourt. 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hellmuth, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Rae, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Tuddenham Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wooller, Mrs Wright. RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for I O issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 2/06 EDITORIAL MARCH2006 This year's Annual Parish Meeting is on Wednesday 29th March at 8 p.m. in the Village Hall. We are all invited to this annual gathering where we can discuss the issues that affect the local environment, express our approval or disapproval of proposed development and learn how the Parish Council has been safeguarding our interests over the past year. To encourage attendance, the abridged agenda is printed on page 5. If you are concerned about any or all of these matters, this is the time and place to have your say. There have been times in the past when this yearly meeting could work up quite a head of steam in a village hall packed with angry parishioners. A proposed rowing lake and a proposed flood alleviation channel guaranteed a full house and would incite even those normally reticent to belligerent rhetoric. Not all developments are so up front. Some come about gradually, piecemeal. Each proposed component seeming quite reasonable at the time, until all the components make a whole and are a fail accompli. We rely on the Parish Council to keep tabs on what is 'going on' within the parish bounds. Our support at the Parish Meeting will encourage the Council in its commitment to preserve our village environment. PRESS RELEASE: It's "open house" at the Magistrates Court in High Wycombe on Saturday the 22nd April. We will be open to the public from 1 o till 4. If you have never been inside a courtroom or even down to the cells , this is your chance! Demonstration Courts will be in aetion all day and YOU can join Magistrates on the Bench and sentence some of the defendants ! Refreshments will be available all day-so come and see how justice is done and join in the fun, there are many other exhibits to see while you are_ there. There is full disabled access and all ages are welcome! NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chier Co-ordinator:- Mike HoHe 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all. £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available at th .· following £10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 -1- We need a bishop as well as a vicar. It is not just in our parish that work has started to find a someone new. Many of you may know that in June the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Richard Harries will retire from the diocese after 1_9 years - the longest serving diocesan Bishop. The first stages m finding a new Bishop take place within the diocese itseW. Within the diocese there is a 'Vacancy-in-See' committee which has been chosen by elected representatives. It is made up of the area bishops, two archdeacons, members of General Synod, and four people nominated by the Bishop's Council to secure a reflection of the diocese as a whole (sounds like a really fun group to be in). The Committee meets to prepare a Description of the Diocese and a Statement of Needs Oust like our profiles?), and to elect six Diocesan Representatives to the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) - at least three of them must be lay 􀃖pie. There seem to be lots of consu_ltations going on to allow people in the d1oce􀃗 to give their views and there will_ also be an open hearing on Thursday 30 March m Chnst Church Cathedral, at which anyone may express views about the needs of the diocese. Eventually the CNC will produce a shortlist and then cut that down to two by votin􀃘 on them by secret ballot. These names and any order of preference are submitted to the Crown. The Prime Minister then chooses whom to commend to the Queen and invites the candidate concerned to accept the nomination. So although the press will eventually give the impression that the Prime Minister has chosen the new Bishop, the people in the diocese will have had plenty of opportunity to have some say m the final decision. Gill Hayton WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA An afternoon Family Concert Sunday 26th March at 4 p.m. Eton College Sclmol Hall Fanfare for the Common Man Excerpts from the Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty Wall< to the Paradise Garden The Sorcerer's Apprentice Symphony No. 8 Tickets:- £10 (adults) £5 (students & children) Copland T chaikowsky Delius Dukas Dvorak Family ticket: £25 (2 adults and up to 3 children) Reduced family ticket: £15 (I adult and up to 3 children) Concert tickets are available at the door ( subject to availability) or from Sheargold Pianos, 53, King Street, Maidenhead or from the ticket hotline tel. 01628 531209 Church Services in March 2006 Wednesday 1st 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday5th 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00am Family Service 6.30pm Lent Meditation Sunday 12th 9. 30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) 1 1 .00am Morning Worship Sunday 19th StJohn the Evangelist Eton StJames the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion StJames the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshiping Together (children's groups) StJohn the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 26th 9.30am Family Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick LENT LUNCHES Everyone is invited to drop in for a light lunch, between 1 2 noon and 2pm, at dates and addresses listed below All donations will be sent to the charities as shown. THURSDAYS: March 9th March 1 6th March 23rd March 30th Sylvia Livsey The Old Cottage Village Rd DORNEY Ged & Sue Pearce Eton Dorney Centre Lake End Rd Ged & Sue Pearce Eton Dorney Centre Joy Richmond 3 1 Harcourt Rd Dorney Reach -3- Thames Valley Adventure Playground Eton/Dorney Project Eton/Dorney Project Water Aid All WELCOME DORNEY PARISH PUMP Published by Dorney Parish Counc 1 ·1 ANNVAL PARISH MEETING. WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH 2006 All residents are encCM.raged to attend this meeting, the oganda for which is publishad elsewhere in this magazine. LOCAL ELECTIONs- MAY 2007 Apologies - local elections are not due in 2006- as noted last month- and it is possible that they may be postponed because of the current Local Government review. WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Draft plans, due in December, are almost complete and will be reviewed by the Parish Council at their March meeting. It is understood that proposed arrangements ara broadly similar to those successfully employed for last year's World Cup. WASTE COLLECTION ARRANGEMENTS No comments have bun received about the District Council 's indefinite trial of a new collection and recycling scheme which began in early February. DistriCt representatives will attend the Annual Parish Meeting to answer any comments or queries. DORNEY LAKE UCENCE EXTENSION The Council has written to oppose an application to extend their liquor and -ainment licences, throughout the site, up to 1 .30 a.m., sewn days a week, citing additional unacceptable late night traffic through the village. COMMUNITY 58.F HELP PLAN We ore still looking for a volunteer to draw up a Plan for action in case of significant emergencies e.g. flood , air crash etc. A model Plan is available for customising. Please contact the Clerk for further information. MARSH LANE FOOTPATH POSSIBILITY It appears that the County Council !lll!X have funds available, d!l'IIJ9 this financial year only for the already sirveyed footpath from Harcotrt Road to Climo's Corner. The only outstanding permission required Is from Thames Water, whom we will now press, urgently, for a reply to . earlier letter. County might also require anamount of local funding, which this Council is confident can be raised by the March deadline. BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION. 2006 The village will agoin be entered, despite poor morks in 2005. PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION, DORNEY LAKE We are advised that Eton College Fellows are looking into the feasibility of building s,J,st-ial permanent accommodation within the grounds of Dorney Lake. POLICE Our local PCSO reported an increase in theft from porked vehicles (keep voluables out of sight) and from garden sheds (make sure they are locked up). FORTHCOMING MEETINGS Mar 14. APR I I . APM MARCH 29 . ALL WELCOME ENQUIRIES. complaints, comments, suggestions and congratulations relating to parish affairs, should be addressed to the clerk, Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St, Iver, Bucks SLO 9ND. Phone 01753 655331, fox 01753 654922; e-mail dorneycouncil@co-net.com IT WILL BE QVICICER TO PHONE DIRECT regarding FLY TIPPING - 0845 330 1856. NOISE/NUlSANCe - 01895 837200 POUCE-(24n --emergency) 08458 !505 !505 GRAfFITI - 01895 837253 MOTORWAY - 01962 893100 IIIAINHAM POLICE STN - WITHORAWN -4- All residents are invited to attend the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Wednesday 29th March 2006 In DORNEY VILLAGE HALL starting promptly at 8pm Items of local interest include FINANCE & PRECEPT MAINTENANCE & TREES BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION POLICING & TRAFFIC JUBILEE RIVER DORNEY LAKE ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP ARRANGEMENTS 2006 OLYMPIC GAMES 2012 WHEELIE BIN PROBLEMS (if any) PARISH, DISTRICT & COUNTY COUNCILLORS, together with representatives from SCHOOL, DORNEY LAKE, POLICE & SOUTH BUCKS COUNCIL will be available to answer your questions ATTENTION ALL LOCAL ORGANI SATI ONS & BUSINESSES Dorney Parish Council is now distributing an information "WEI.COME" package to all new n!sidents. This is an opportunity to promote yoUT 01-ganisation to newcomers. All you need to do is to provide, to the local 01-ganiser, suitable printed information for inclusion in future packages. (11,e Patuh Council mar declbu, to accept material wilhord giring any reason). Please contact Joy Richmond on 01 628 626972 for further details. -5- Dorney Social Diary Thursday 9• March Lent Lunch. The Old Cottage, Thursday 16111 Marth Thursday 23" March Friday 24'" March Wednesday 29'" March Thunday 30• March Saturday 22"' April Friday 28'" A.fril Thunday 18 May Friday 19'" May Sunday 25111 June Sunday 20• August Saturday 9t1r. September Friday 221111 September Friday 24111 November New Year's Eve DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITfEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDE Youth Group 24n l-12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Village Road, Dorney. 12noon-2 p.m Lent Lunch. Eton/Domey Centre 12noon-2 p.m. Lent Lunch. Eton/Domey Centre 12noon-2 p.m. DDHS Cheese & Pate Evening Village Hall 8 p.m. Annual Parish Meeting Village Hall 8 p.m. Lent Lunch. 31, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach 12noon-2 p.m. 'Open Bouse'. Magistrates Court, High Wycombe 10 a.m - 4 p.m. DDBS Visit to Walled Garden, Dorney 7 p.m. DDHS Visit to Cliveden Gardens (maL 30 persons) DDHS Visit to Oiveden Gardens (maL 30 persons) London Bridges Walk. Kidney Research UK DDHS Summer Gardens Competition DDHS Annual Show DDHS Harv .. t Supper Village Hall 8 p.m. DDHS AGM. Speaker Village Hall 7 .30 p.m. DVHMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Second Tuesday or ea.eh .month Second Monday or alternate months i.e. April, June, August Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicated (*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2006: 14/3 18/4* 9/5 13/6 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thunday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thunday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thunday evening Eton/Domey Centre Wednesday evenings during tenn time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell -6- 01628 784515 • I ·, I Dorney Parish News ·-􀀖--c;: I "S' - . ," --, 􀀤 - '\.1'.11.!!''--"""' 􀀗-- . , 'f' '·􀀈. - ''- ·L,.,, ,.., ' UNDER THE MANAGEMENT DF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY paBui§lt􀀉i􀀊 Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common N r. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES e=::>-----EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week 01753 859727 janemorgandresses@lsmaiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 Boveney Road, Dorney, nr W'uulsor & Eton 'Bracken :Ffowers 31b, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SLA 6LU ... cμ,ality 􀀦 -+􀃃 occa6«m £ went Pamela Sanders ASF • Bouquets and Birthdays • Weddings our speciality • Funerals • Parties and Balloons www.flowersnet.com/bracken email: pam.sanders@blueyonder.co.uk Major Credit Cards Welcome Tel: 01753 833225 Local, National & International Delivery Fax: 01753 842422 :·ELEFLORIST 􀀐 Design & Construction W□D\S􀀇Gu□U7@ 4􀀌cap􀀍 &-Bal[{i{l9 • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard TOP SOIL • Fencing MUSHROOM }Lq • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY " ✓ \ • .Rt Specia􀀊􀀋Furnrture ' .• 1! - - ------------ THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 0 I 753 852268 METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am. 10.15am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publicaNtiOonT sPhUouBldL rIeSaHchE Don IeN o fJ tAhNe EUdAitRorYs bAyN tDhe A16UtGh UorS tThe preceding month. Etlltors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Helhnuth, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Rae, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mrs T uddenham Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wooller, Mrs Wright. RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 3/06 EDITORIAL APRIL2006 Since last November householders are required by law to check that anyone removing waste from their house is authorized to do so. Failure to check is a criminal offence, with fines up to £5,000 at Magistrates' Courts. You must check that anyone carrying waste away is registered with the Environment Agency as a waste carrier - ask for their waste carrier number. Tackling fly-tipping costs the Environment Agency, local authorities and landowners between £100 and £150 million each year. This latest measure, to make householders responsible for the proper disposal of their waste, is part of the ongoing battle against rogue carriers who, sooner than paying the levy at a licensed tip, oftload the contents of their lorry or van on a lay-by or secluded roadside clearing. There are favourite local spots for the disposal of old fridges, bed mattresses, armchairs etc. etc., intermingled with bricks, plasterboards, and other building materials. The sites are regularly cleared and just as regularly the oftloaders return. If you witness anyone dumping waste illegally, try to get the vehicle number and report it on the 24 hour reporting line: 0845 330 1856. Apart from the commercial offenders, litter-louts abound! People come down to the river, presumably because they think it rather pleasant, but leave litter along the banks. Others bring the remains of their picnic back to their cars, but instead of taking it home, leave it in the gutter, a gift to local residents. Private and public utilities workers enjoy a leisurely packed lunch in the comfort of their vans. When they drive away, the remains of a satisfying repast are discarded in their parking space, plastic bottles, drinks cans, chocolate bar wrappers, banana skins, half-eaten sandwiches and other titbits. I am sure that this form of antisocial behaviour is on the increase and when I drive around the countryside I am conscious of the great quantity of rubbish in the hedgerows and dismayed by litter in the towns. The Environment Agency and other public bodies are determined to get the better of the fly-tippers. Converting litter-louts to considerate environmentalists may be considerably more difficult. A regular correspondent has suggested that the editor of the Dorney Parish News, on behalfofthe loyal citizens of the parish, should wish Her Majesty the Queen a happy eightieth birthday. As a patriotic admirer of Elizabeth II throughout her long reign, it gives me great pleasure to comply with this suggestion. "Here's a Health unto Her Majesty and a Very Happy Birthday". At eighty the Queen continues to carry out her duties with unstinting commitment, earning the respect not only of the peoples of the United Kingdom, but of the world. Her warm welcome in Australia, despite the call there for a republic, is a measure of the affection and esteem which she has always enjoyed on her overseas visits. Knowing how difficult it is for the elderly to obtain travel insurance, maybe these trips abroad will have to cease. I hope, for the sake of the Commonwealth, special cover can be arranged. Our correspondent also suggested that our royal 'neighbour' in Windsor should receive a regular copy of this magazine. Although I am certain that Her Majesty would be enthralled by the exciting and riveting Dorney News, I think to put her on a distribution list would be presumptuous! -1- Greetings from our Licensed Lay Minister I am wondering what immediately comes to mind when we hear the word, 'Easter'. In our somewhat secular world, I suspect tt will be thoughts of Spring, - especially after a cold winter - eggs, lambs, bulbs in the garden, etc. Probably not immediately, 'Jesus Christ, risen Saviour.' Might there be a link? I ponder. Before Easter day comes Good Friday, before that Maundy Thursday, before that 40 days of Lent, the season that we are in as I wrtte this. During Lent we are encouraged to reflect on our lives, pray and be sorry for what is not so good and resolve to move on renewed by God. To ask for and receive forgiveness for our past wrongs and starl again. To look inside ourselves and open ourselves to God. Not negative as in 'giving up something for Lent' but posttive about new life with God. Surely we can see a link wtth those foetuses in the dark of their mothers' wombs growing into new spring life as lambs, eggs hatching chicks, bulbs blossoming into snowdrops and daffodils, etc. Come Maundy Thursday we are reminded of the Last Supper, the last meal Jesus had wtth his friends before his trial and crucifixion as he went to his death in some way overcoming all our wrongdoings. Hard to grasp but true. We think about this on Good Friday. Then that joyous Easter Day, when he was seen and known to be alive. He had overcome death for all time, he did tt for you and me at huge cost. So, this Easter, rejoice in Jesus Christ, your Saviour and mine. I wish you all a really happy and Christ filled Easter 2006. Alison Church Services in April 2006 Sunday2nd 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .0 0am Family Service 6. 30pm A Service for The Passion Wednesday 5th 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 9th 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) 1 1 .00am Morning Worship Sunday 1ff" EASTER DAY 9.30am Family Communion 1 1 .00am Family Communion Sunday23rd 9.30am Family Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 3oth 1 1 .00am Combined Service St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick. St.John the Evangelist Eton St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St. John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton It is chilly in mid-March but spring is on the way and rowers, canoeists, trees, birds and other wildlife are gearing up for the busy times ahead. 40 keen young rowers aged 14 to 17 are attending a Junior Officials Training Day hoping to be selected amongst 24 who will help the Start Team at the World Rowing Championships in late August. Their counterparts in 2005, when the scheme was introduced, had a wonderful time at the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup. The long-term aim is to identify young volunteers for future domestic and international regattas being held in the UK, including the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic rowing events. Meanwhile a member of the interim Olympic Delivery Authority - it becomes 'official' in April - recently attended a meeting at the office of Taplow Rail Users' Group (Taplow being a 'gateway' station) and then one at Dorney Lake. The World Rowing Championships this year will provide an ideal 'trial run' for the 2012 events. Details of the traffic management plan for August 20th to 27th 2006, currently being finalised along with sound level planning and other practicalities, will be provided in Dorney Parish News in good time. Last month I mentioned 'some fun facts and figures' likely to come up for any Dorney and Boveney quiz buffs. Over the next few months we'll pose some questions, the answers to which are all to be found in other 'Lake Lines' articles. The person with the most correct answers will be offered lunch for two at Dorney Lake later in the year. If level pegging occurs, a relevant general knowledge tie-breaker will be set. Here are the first two questions: • What type of sphere is the metal feature in the stone circle to the left (when going towards the Boathouse) of the perimeter road? • Which combined celebration takes place at Dorney Lake most years in early to mid-November? Please send the answers to me, Patricia Powell, at p.powell@etoncollege.org.uk or by post to Mrs P A Powell, Eton College Rowing Centre, Dorney Lake, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, SL4 6QY. Mark your e-mail or envelope 'DPN Quiz' and remember to include your name and contact details. Patricia Powell April 2006 for children & adults with special needs THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND Reg. Charity No. 278336 Ot 628 628599 Saturday 6th May 2006 • Starting from the Playground, Bath Road, Taplow 5, I O and I S mile walks (parking avallable) Registration for I 5 mile walk from 9.00 a.m. to I 0.00 a.m. Registration for I 0 mile walk from 9 .00 a.m. to 1 2.00 a.m. Registration for 5 mile walk from 9.00 a.m. to 1 .00 p.m. Entry £2.50 per walker (chlldren under 5 free) plus your sponsorship The route will follow the Jubllee River from Taplow to Dai.Chet, where the Jubllee River meets the Thames. The relllm route will follow the Thames path baclc to the Playground. The total distance 􀅫 1 5 mlles. 10 and 5 mile walks are posslble using the pathways that link the Thames, Dorney Rowing Lake and Jubilee River. Come and enjoy a fun day out and help support the Playground. For sponsorship forms or more Information, please call 01 628 628599. Please note It must be emphasized that the Thames Valley Adventure Play&round cannot accept responslbHlty for the safety of partlclpants. Footpaths can be slippery and uneven, it ls bnportant to wear suitable footwear and clothlng to suit the weather forecast. The route is suitable for buggies although some parts of the walk are uneven and narrow. In places the walk will run alongside and cross major roads. Please take extra care In these places. Young people under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all dmes. Dogs are wekome but must be kept under control, please respect pubOc notices. Refreshments are not provided but water will be avaUable at the start and at the marshal paints. -4- The Editor Dorney Parish News. Dear Sir In praise of Wheelie Bins Windrush Village Road Dorney The new South Bucks refuse collection arrangements are brilliant! No more black bags left overnight with their contents scattered all over the place by scavenging foxes. No more knotted black bags advertising the fact that the home owner is absent, which was a real bonus for burglars. Instead we have smart upright bins, animal proof and litter proof. I love mine! Of course, it can be a little confusing remembering which bin, black or green to wheel out on Wednesdays and whether the black box with papers goes out with the green bin or the black bin. Or whether the green box with glass bottles goes out with the black bin every other fortnight or with the green bin! This must be more confusing for the colour blind or dyslexic, but the council have made it simple to remember. The convenient chart provided indicates that the black box for paper and card is coloured brown and goes out with the green wheelie bin every time kitchen waste is collected every other week. The green box with the glass bottles and cans is coloured blue on the chart and goes out with the black wheelie bin sometimes in the first week of the month and sometimes in the last week. I'm sure we'll all get the hang of it soon, but already I have noticed some households taking no chances and leaving everything out to be on the safe side. Regards Nick Teale MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1 .30 - 1 .45 p.m. NOTE NEW TIME Dates for 2006:- April 6, 20 May 4, 18 June I, 15, 29 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall Wednesday 12th April 2006 at 7.30 p.m. The Penn Family and Stoke Park Speaker.. . . . Lionel Rigby -5- Dorney Social Diary Saturday 22 ... April Friday 28'􀇨 April Saturday 6111 May Thursday 11111 May Thursday 18th May Friday 19111 May Sunday 25111 June Sunday 20111 August Saturday 911t September Friday 22.,. September Friday 24111 November New Year's Eve DORNEY PARISH COUNCil.. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITIEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDE Youth Group 24n 8-12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS 'Open House'. Magistrates Court, High Wycombe 10 a.m - 4 p.m. DDHS Visit to Walled Garden, Dorney 7 p.m. TVAP Sponsored Walk. Start Playground Bath Road MACK AND MABEL. Criterion Theatre DDHS Visit to Cliveden Gardens (mu. 30 persons) DDHS Visit to Cliveden Gardens (mu. 30 persons) London Bridges Walk. Kidney Research UK DDHS Summer Gardens Competition DDDS Annual Show DDHS Harvest Supper Village Hall 8 p.m. DDHS AGM. Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DVHMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. - I a.m. Second Tuesday of each month Second Monday of alternate months i.e. May, July, September Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicated (*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2006: 18/4* 9/5 13/6 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7- 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30--5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday Village Dall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Rall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thursday evening Eton/Dorney Centre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co-ord inator:- Mike Boile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS TBA T REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -6- I /.A/3/ Q ( Dorney Parish News - 􀁖􀁗 --.. ,􀀍􀀎 ' 􀀣 Y' ' , -- -- -- .,; -:::;.-_._ - .,._ - -- :- --·;; , 􀁘----::::.:-:::::-----::::...----- 􀁜---􀁙􀁚􀁛-- -- -􀀧 - -- - ...- -<' 􀀓􀀔 ... 􀀇􀀈􀀉􀀊- , ' f "􀀋 􀀌 +"'- UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY paBU!§􀀈􀀉it Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES c::> -----EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week 01753 859727 janemorgandresse􀁙maiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 Boveney Road, Dorney, nr W"uubor & Elm, ' 'Bracken j'Cowers 31b, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SIA 6LU . .. qualibj 􀀴 􀀵- occa.,um 􀀶 went Pamela Sanders ASF Tel: 01753 833225 • Bouquets and Birthdays 􀁛􀁜Ii:\.\ • Weddings our speciality • Funerals • Parties and Balloons www.flowersnet.com/bracken Local, National & International Delivery Fax: 01753 842422 email: pam.sanders@blueyonder.co.uk Major Credit Cards Welcome "HHLOl!lq 􀀏 Design & Construction WDD\S􀀍Du□CP@ 􀀄􀀅cap􀀆 &- Bu.l£t/ia9 • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard MUSHROOM • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 70667 5 LQ TRADITIONAL "\􀀙·.-􀀚 RESTORATION COMPANY l Speciali􀅷:;􀅸􀅹:io􀅺􀅻:F11rnit11re \ . f <./􀀏 ,.,.,.,,,,,,., ,, 􀀚 -----T-HE-- CO-AC-H H-OU-SE, ----- DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 6611708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 METHODIST􀐢CHAPEL,􀐢Eton􀐢Wick􀐢 Sunday􀐢 10.30am􀐢 6.30pm􀐢 Morning􀐢Service􀐢and􀐢Sunday􀐢School􀐢 Evening􀐢Service􀐢 ST.􀐢GILBERT'S􀐢CATHOLIC􀐢CHURCH,􀐢Eton􀐢Wick􀐢 Sunday􀐢Mass􀐢 9.00am􀐢 OUR􀐢LADY􀐢OF􀐢PEACE􀐢 CATHOLIC􀐢CHURCH,􀐢B􀐅rnham􀐢 Sat􀐆rday􀐢 Sunday􀐢 6pm􀐢 9am,􀐢 I􀐢0.1􀐢Sam􀐢and􀐢6pm􀐢 Vigil􀐢Mass􀐢 Mass􀐢 Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT􀐢PUBLISHED􀐢IN􀐢JANUARY􀐢AND􀐢AUGUST􀐢 Editors: Mr.􀐢C.􀐢C.􀐢 Cody,􀐢 Easter􀐢Folly.􀐢7,􀐢Dorney􀐢Reach􀐢Road,􀐢 Dorney􀐢Reach,􀐢 Maidenhead.􀐢Sl.6􀐢0DX􀐢 Tel:􀐢01628624121􀐢 Mrs.􀐢 J.􀐢M.􀐢Spencer,􀐢 Dorincourt,􀐢45.􀐢Harcourt􀐢 Road,􀐢 Dorney􀐢Reach.􀐢Maidenhead.􀐢Sl.6􀐢0DT.􀐢 Tel:􀐢01628􀐢624213􀐢 Editorial Board: The􀐢Editors.􀐢Mrs.􀐢M.C.􀐢Cody􀐢 Distributors: Mrs􀐢Cobb,􀐢Mr􀐢Goodier,􀐢Mrs􀐢Grant.􀐢Mrs􀐢Hellmuth,􀐢Mrs􀐢Hewilt-Teale,􀐢Mrs􀐢Jackman,􀐢 Mrs􀐢Millward,􀐢Mrs􀐢O􀐚lade,􀐢Mrs􀐢Rae,􀐢Mrs􀐢Richmond,􀐢Mrs􀐢Roberts.􀐢Mrs􀐢T􀐌denham􀐢 Mrs􀐢Wiltshire,􀐢Mrs􀐢Wood-Dow,􀐢Mrs􀐢Wooller,􀐢Mrs􀐢Wright.􀐢 RATE􀐢OF􀐢SUBSCRIPTION:􀐢􀐜4.00􀐢per􀐢ann􀐇m􀐢for􀐢IO􀐢iss􀐈es􀐢(Payable􀐢in􀐢Ad􀐔ance)􀐢 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􀐢maga􀐛ine.􀐢 -------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - --- ISSUE NO. 4/06 MAY2006 EDITORIAL The Church of England Temperance Society's van visited this parish a few weeks ago. It was in the charge of Mr. Mark Lancaster, a farmer from Cumberland, who has for several months past been travelling through parts of Berks and Bucks. It shonld be remembered that the society consists not only of total abstainers, but of those who are not. Its object is to set before all the great duty of withstanding the evils of the fearful vice of drunkenness. This is one of the great evils which so many of the clergy have to contend against in their parishes. It is a fearful hindrance to their work. It is a vice which often lets in other vices, especially impurity. It causes the loss of all self respect and often sows the seed of disease in some form or other. It is also a sad fact that drunkenness appears to be on the increase among more women than formerly. Antisocial drunken behaviour is the scourge of present day society, but the above abridged account of Mr. Lancaster's visit and the aims of the Temperance Society is taken from the Dorney Parish Magazine of November 1894 (price one penny) and confirms the old adage that 'nothing's new'. Apparently, Parish Councillors were thin on the ground at the Annual Parish Meeting, but as I wasn't there I won't comment on their absence. Reports from the meeting suggest that the cost of the proposed footpath/cycle path from Harcourt Road to Climo' s Comer may be less than anticipated and may at some future date become a reality. The address from yet another new police inspector was apparently re-assuring, but the fact emerged that because of low pay and high housing costs, no young local bobby is going to remain for more than a year, so they never get to know the district. MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 - 1.45 p.m. NOTE NEW TIME Dates for 2006:- May 4, 18 June I, 15, 29 July 13, 27 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall Wednesday 17th May 2006 at 7.30 p.m. The Forgotten Industries of Cookham Speaker... . . Brian Boulter DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all. £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available at the follo11'ing £10 under the age of 18. £20 1111ed 18 and o .. r. £35 family Contad O.arlle Colsh 01628 629381 Church Report People may have noticed that the old fence on the East side of the Graveyard has now been removed: we are planning to erect new fencing there shortly so the area should look much better. A working party has done a great deal to tidy up the Graveyard - we are very grateful to all those who came along and helped. You may have seen in last month's magazine noti ces of the 'Lent Lunches' - and some of you may have been to some of them. As usual, these were successful and enjoyable events - a good opportunity to relax with local people and the lunches raised useful amounts of money for various charities: Sylvia Li vsey's lunch in aid of the Thames Valley Adve nture Playground raised £242 .60,while Joy Richmond raised £120 for Water Aid. The two lunches at the Eton Dorney Centre together raised £207 .82. We are also (we hope) making progress in finding a new vicar. Advertisements for the position were in two church newspapers for 3 weeks at the end of March and beginning of April. Copies of our profile were sent out to those who expressed interest: so many were needed that we had to pri nt more copies! We do not know how many of these have actually applied but we are planning to make a shortlist on 2"" May and interview the candidates on 16th May. Gill Hayton (Churchwarden) Church Services in May 2006 Wednesday 3rd 10.IJOam Holy Communion (s aid BCP) Sunday 7th 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00am Family Service 6.30pm Healing Holy Communion Service Sunday 14th 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) 11.00am Morning Worship Sunday 21st StJohn the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Ev angelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Ev angelist Eton 9.30am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11.00am Worshipping Together (childre n's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wi ck Sunday 28th 9.30am Family Worship 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wic k SLOUGH􀈏PHILHARMONIC􀈏CHORUS􀈏AND􀈏ORCHESTRA􀈏 Saturday􀈏20th􀈏May􀈏at􀈏8􀈏p.m.􀈏 Eton􀈏College􀈏School􀈏Hall􀈏 Overture :􀈏The􀈏Barber􀈏of􀈏Seville􀈏 Petite􀈏 messe􀈏solennelle􀈏 Rossini􀈏 Rossini􀈏 Tessa􀈏Spong􀈏(soprano)􀈏 Rosie􀈏Aldridge􀈏(contralto)􀈏 Ben􀈏Johnson􀈏(tenor)􀈏 Stephen􀈏Kennedy􀈏(bass)􀈏 Tickets􀈏􀈌12􀈏from􀈏Society􀈏Box􀈏Office􀈏01753􀈏643521􀈏 Dear􀈏Edttor,􀈏 I􀈏would􀈏like􀈏to􀈏comment􀈏on􀈏the􀈏appaUing􀈏lack􀈏of􀈏Parish􀈏councillors􀈏 at􀈏this􀈏year's􀈏Parish􀈏AGM.􀈏 This􀈏is􀈏the􀈏one􀈏opportunity􀈏to􀈏meet􀈏altogether􀈏as􀈏residents􀈏and􀈏 councillors􀈏and􀈏yet􀈏most􀈏of􀈏ours􀈏did􀈏not􀈏tum􀈏up.􀈏 If􀈏you􀈏are􀈏not􀈏interested􀈏in􀈏the􀈏.people􀈏of􀈏the􀈏Parish,􀈏􀈆y􀈏are􀈏you􀈏 sitting􀈏on􀈏our􀈏Council􀈏?􀈏 However,􀈏I􀈏would􀈏like􀈏to􀈏thank􀈏the􀈏Chainnan􀈏(Keith􀈏Harris)􀈏for􀈏his􀈏 attendance􀈏and􀈏also􀈏Ken􀈏Richmond,􀈏who􀈏attended􀈏e􀈀n􀈏though􀈏he􀈏 had􀈏just􀈏had􀈏an􀈏eye􀈏operation􀈏that􀈏day.􀈏 Thanks􀈏also􀈏to􀈏Graham􀈏 Easton,􀈏who􀈏at􀈏least􀈏managed􀈏to􀈏tum􀈏up􀈏half-way􀈏through.􀈏 Where􀈏􀈄s􀈏everyone􀈏else􀈏?􀈏 We􀈏made􀈏the􀈏effort􀈏to􀈏come􀈏- why􀈏 didn't􀈏they􀈏?􀈏 A􀈏disgrunHed􀈏Mary􀈏Baker􀈏 Congratulations􀈏to􀈏Mrs.􀈏Marjorie􀈏Rae􀈏of􀈏Dorney􀈏Reach.􀈏 Born􀈏on􀈏the􀈏same􀈏day􀈏as􀈏Her􀈏Majesty􀈏the􀈏Queen,􀈏Marjorie􀈏􀈃as􀈏pleased􀈏 and􀈏honoured􀈏to􀈏receive􀈏a􀈏birthday􀈏card􀈏from􀈏Her􀈏Majesty.􀈏 She􀈏also􀈏received􀈏a􀈏letter􀈏expressing􀈏the􀈏Queen's􀈏regret􀈏that􀈏Marjorie􀈏had􀈏 been􀈏unlucky􀈏in􀈏the􀈏ballot􀈏for􀈏lunch􀈏at􀈏Buckingham􀈏Palace,􀈏but􀈏enclosing􀈏 an􀈏invitation􀈏to􀈏attend􀈏a􀈏garden􀈏party􀈏at􀈏the􀈏Palace.􀈏 for children & adults with special needs THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PIAYGROUND Reg.􀐢Charity􀐢No.􀐢278336􀐢 01 628 628599 Saturday 6th May 2006 Starting from the Playground, Bath Road, Taplow 5, 1 0 and 1 5 mile walks (parking􀐢a􀐕ailable)􀐢 Registration for 1 5 mile walk from 9.00 a.m. to 1 0.00 a.m. Registration for 1 0 mile walk from 9.00 a.m. to 1 2.00 a.m. Registration for 5 mile walk from 9.00 a.m. to 1 .00 p.m. Entry􀐢 􀐝2.50􀐢per􀐢􀐙alker􀐢(children􀐢 under􀐢 5􀐢 free)􀐢 plus􀐢your􀐢sponsorship􀐢 Sp-ing􀐢(and􀐢the􀐢 Best􀐢 Kept􀐢 0Iiiage􀐢Competition)􀐢 Is􀐢coming􀐢 PLEASE􀐢 DO􀐢#OT􀐢1111111B􀐢Oil􀐢l'All/C􀐢0#􀐢GIIAIIII􀐢VEllGEII􀐢Oil􀐢OIIIITIIUCT􀐢FOOT􀐢WA YS􀐢 KHP􀐢YOUR􀐢WHEELIE􀐢BINS􀐢NEATLY􀐢 INSIDE􀐢YOUR􀐢BOUNDARIES􀐢 l"LEA6E ENSURE THAT YOUR HEDGES ARE TRIMMED & LEAVES REIIIOVED YOUR GRASS STRIP IS CUT & TIDY ONLY WITH YOUII HELi' CAIi ll'E􀐢IIAINTA/11 A BETTER l!IIVIROll􀐞EIIT􀐢 .......􀐢.,.....,􀐢.......􀐢c....a􀐢 -4- • Wildlife Oh dear! I've done it again. Last time, I was in trouble for saying that Dorney should be in Berkshire. Now I seem to have made some people cross by praising South Bucks for not filling Dorney with speed bumps. People have told me, in no uncertain terms, that there is a strong demand for humps, bumps and sleeping policemen through the whole village. Sorry I spoke, but my offer to do a spell of duty with a speed gun still stands. Once the village is known as a place that sometimes has a speed trap, average speed - especially of regular through traffic - will reduce significantly. In an attempt to tum over a new leaf and say nice things from now on, may I comment on the Walled Garden Centre at Dorney Court. What a delight this is now. It had a couple of bad starts, ending up with it sliding mto a shameful, shabby, shambles last year (How's that for alliteration, Mr Editor?) The new people have transformed it. They have worked really hard to make it into a beautiful place to visit, with fine plants and eye pleasing landscaping. Nothing is too much trouble for them. If they haven't got something you need, they will try to get it for you. The tea room is very tempting, as is the shop, and if it is more expensive than B&Q who cares? It is a pleasure to go there and dare I say that, like Dorney Court itself,it is a visitor attraction we can be really proud of. This brings me to the rowing trench. (Now, be nice!) 1 concede that despite the boat trailers, noise, late night parties and increasing levels of traffic, in its quieter moments it has good points. The Milton Keynes landscapmg has settled well and the flocks and variety of birds attracted by the Jubilee River and the trench are spectacular. I am doing my best to learn to hve with these brash new neighbours. It is many weeks since I last phoned to ask if the trainers could tum their megaphones down. ( Actually I am getting deafer so, if I take out my hearing aid,it is less of a pr oblem.) I am even trying to bond with the track suited rowers and canoeists who mooch about in Sainsbury' s, buying energy drinks. Most of them are quite polite and pleasant and I think that Patricia Powell was rather unkind, in last month 's "Lake Lines", to include them in her list of the "wildlife" at the trench that is gearing up for the busy time ahead. Geoffrey Atkinson NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Thursday 1 1 th May at 7.30 p.m. Celebrity Piano Recital: John Lill Mozart: Sonata in F, K332 Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op.1 17 Schumann: Carnival jest from Vienna, Op.26 Beethoven: Sonata in C, Op.54 (Waldstein) Prokofiev: Toccata, Op. I I Tickets £16 (£15 cone.) (£5 under 16's) -5- Dorney Social Diary Saturday 6111 May TV AP Sponsored Walk. Start Playground Bath Road Thunday 11111 May MACK AND MABEL. Criterion Theatre Thunday 18111 May DDHS Visit to Oiveden Gardens (max. 30 persons) Friday 19111 May DDHS Visit to Oiveden Gardens (max. 30 persons) Sunday 25111 June DDHS Summer Coach Trip. Mottisfont Abbey Sunday 20111 August Saturday 9111 September Friday 22 .. September Friday 24111 November New Year's Eve DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMTITEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATOTIJDE Youth Group 2<1n 8-12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS London Bridges Walk. Kidney Research UK DDHS Summer Gardens Competition DDHS Annual Show DDHS Harvest Supper Village Hall 8 p.m. DDHS AGM. Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DVHMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. May, July, September Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicated (*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2006: 9/5 13/6 lln No Lunch Oub in August 12/9 10/10 14/11 12/12 Every Tuesday Village Ball 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thunday Village Ball 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thunday Village Hall 6-7.JO p.m. Every other Thursday evening Eton/Dorney Centre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co- ordinator:- Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -6- I l Dorney Parish News 􀁡 ..􀁢. - ---....----:::- . ·-· .,,,. - -- _,,_.. ........ ·- ·- -- _.:-....-'-􀁪􀁫 ---=::-::::-::.-­ 􀀊􀁬-􀀦􀁭􀀋􀁮-􀁯-􀁰--­-- 􀁱,..􀀩􀁲 -􀁳-=􀁴--􀁵􀁶 􀁷 􀁸􀁹􀁺( --􀁻􀁼􀁽,, . --- 􀀉'.::::': ·- Y-7􀀊􀀋.J>i • 1\ Y' - . ...... -..:- 􀁾 "'..-i􀃦7ffl 'f' ' ".., ., - !1.. , • • '· •.., HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th􀀃 RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY paBQ􀀈§hp􀀉it Elm Farm Boveney Road UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Dorney Common Nr. 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JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE Saturday CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, I 0.1 Sam and 6pm Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th or the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SI.6 ODX Tel: 01628624121 Mrs. JM Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. Sl.6 ODT Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hellmuth, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Rae, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mrs T uddenham Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wooller, Mrs Wright. RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 5/06 JUNE2006 EDITORIAL Our editorial of June 2002 criticised the plan to set up Regiooal Assemblies in England. The proposal had provoked heated debate and, in many quarters, the creation of regional government was viewed with apprehension. Despite opposition, the plans were implemented under the aegis of John Prescott, who described the assemblies as the realisation of a persooal 30-year ambition. Government claimed it was a move to decentralize power, whilst the Opposition foretold that assemblies would take decisionmaking away from communities. This Opposition fear bas certainly been realised in the assemblies' planning policy on housing. The South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) has plans to build 478,000 new homes by 2021, although it was thought that John Prescott would demand even more. In addition to homes, industrial and business development and 67 road schemes are planned. Local councils and local communities now have little, if any, say in how their particular environment will be developed and it is apparent that Ruth Kelly bas inherited John Prescott's arbitrary attitude along with his department. Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council wants residents to throw their weight behind protests over the SEERA plan to build 5,620 new homes across the borough over the next 20 years and 52,480 new homes in Berkshire. Concern about overdevelopment in the borough and the effect on the infrastructure has been growing in recent years and Berkshire local authorities seek support in their fight to keep planning decisions decided at local level. Thankfully, Dorney is not within the royal borough, although you may remember that one or two of our correspondents recently thought inclusion would be to our advantage, hut we certainly support Windsor and Maidenhead Council in its quest to keep planning decisions at local level. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says the Green Belt Policy (introduced 50 years ago) is facing a 'major onslaught'. "It makes no sense to develop in the countryside and at the same time fail to tackle problems of urban decline and decay. We need to make much better use of the thousands of empty homes and swathes of derelict land and underused buildings that exist within our towus and cities." In other words, a 'brownfield first' approach. Government planning policies seem determined to detrimentally develop southern England, whereas many northern counties would benefit from a boost to their economy and could more readily absorb an overall residential increase. Perhaps the southern water crisis will determine the matter. Tending a garden bonfire can be quite satisfying, but other people's bonfires are rather less therapeutic. You know the scene. Having waited days, or even weeks, for a warm sunny day, you get out the garden chairs, settle down with a glass of wine or perhaps an alfresco meal, only to have the idyll scuppered by smoke and smell from a rogue bonfire. I am going to make a plea that, by general agreement, the burning of garden rubbish should be confined to dull, cool weekdays, preferably late evening. -1- Greetings from Alison Pentecost is one of the most exciting times in the church calendar and yet people often seem unaware of tts significance. It is when we celebrate the birthday of the church. Jesus had gone back into heaven to be with his Father, God. He left a raggle taggle group of followers behind him, watting for who knows what, in Jerusalem. Suddenly they feel strong winds, see flames of fire and start to speak in all sorts of different languages so that everyone there could understand. Amazing! The erstwhile timid Peter speaks out teHing publicly all about Jesus, how he came, taught, was crucified, died, was buried and then rose from the dead. All for us. He is alive for always so that \NII can have free access to God. Suddenly all those followers, all those converted to belief in Jesus, started to become a force to be reckoned with. The church was born. And has gone on from strength to strength for over 2000 years. And the invitation is there for us all to put our trust in Jesus and be part of his church. I rejoice that I am part of Christ's church and give thanks for tt. Many happy returns of the Day of Pentecost. Christ's blessings to you all - Alison For near1y 20 years Cafe Mozart has delighted specialist and non-specialist audiences alike with a unique blend of late 18th century vocal and instrumental music, some ligh􀁣 some serious, all of It attractive and typical of what appealed to players and listeners 200 years ago. So we are very pleased to offer. An Evening at St. James's Cafe Mozart Trio Mike Town (Organ) Friday 23 June 2006 8.00pm St James the Less, Court Lane, Dorney Tickets £10.00 (including refreshments) please contact: Gill Hayton 01628 623769 David Pepler 01628 663593 Church Services in June 2006 Sunday 4th (Pentecost Sunday) 1 1 .00am Family Service 6.30pm Pentecost Praise Communion Service Wednesday 7th 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 11th 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1.0Dam Holy Communion (children's groups) 1 1 .00am Morning Worship Sunday 1Bth St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 25th 9.30am Family Worship 1 1.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick 􀉷􀈙NDSOR & MA􀈚DENHEAD SYM􀉈HONY ORCHES􀉭RA The Baltic Connection Saturday 1st July at 7.30 p.m. Eton College School Hall New Work - World Premiere Violin Concerto (Soloist: Amanda Lake) Mihkel Kerem Sibelius Symphony No. 3 Rachmaninov Tickets: £10 (adults) £5 (students & Children) Concert tickets are available at the door ( subject to availability) or from Sheargold Pianos, 53, King Street, Maidenhead or from the ticket hotline tel. 01628 531209 l)ORNEY 􀉉A􀉠 COUNCIL meets on the second 􀉮uesday of every month 􀋱c􀋮t August. M􀈺tings st􀊭 􀊐t 8pn at the Eton 􀈅 Centre; residents may ask questions, light rafreshments ON usually provided. 􀉖lice ON scheduled to attend .­ ...,.􀊸 months. 􀈍ES, complaints, comments & suggestions relating to parish affairs, should 􀊹 addressed to the clerk,􀈑nda Collins, 􀇿il 􀉅fices,4!ib 􀈒igh St, I..,, ,. 􀉨 9N􀈡. 􀉔 01753 655331, f􀊴 01753 654922; •-mail 􀋠 naycouncil@􀋋-nat.com -3- Dorney Social Diary Friday 23111 June Cate Mcrurt Trio. St James' Church 8 p.m. Sunday 25'" June DDHS Summer Coach Trip. Mottisfont Abbey Sunday 20111 August Saturday 9'" September Friday 22"' September Saturday 7'" October Friday 24* November New Year's Eve DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITfEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDE Youth Group 24n 8-12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS London Bridges Walk. Kidney Rnearch UK DDBS Summer Gardens Competition DDHS Annual Show DDHS Harvest Supper Village Hall 8 p.m. DVHMC Ram Dance Village Hall DDHS AGM. Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DVHMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. - 1 Lm. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. July, September, November Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicated (*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2006: 13/6 nn No Lunch Oub in August 1219 10/10 14/11 12/12 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - !0 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Tbunday evening Eton/Domey Centre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co-ordinator:- Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYIBING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS TBA T REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -4- DORNEY 􀉊A􀉡 􀉐􀈸 l'lmlished 􀋄 􀈇 􀉒sh Council Chairman: 􀈯􀋤ith 􀈖is Clerk: 6 Collins (01753 65!l331) 􀈀llors: 􀈪 􀈄, 6 􀈎, A 􀉘, 􀈰 􀉤, 􀉦 􀉓ilpott. F􀉃M􀈣 M􀈋: 􀈮 13, 􀈭􀉼 11. W􀈔 􀈻T COME ALON6 ? j 􀉋A􀉝􀈦 COUNCIi.i.OR 􀉟D A 􀑇 has ,.;..., on the Council 􀊰 Alison Fell is .., longer 􀊖 to 􀋐,w. 􀈛f you are lntarested in joining the Council or for further inf􀉇, pleGM 􀋏 the Clerk on 017!53 6!l!l331. 0.. -, 􀋒llor. CHAIRMAN 4 􀉄 􀉞-B.ECTEI) At the Annual meeting of the Council 􀈱eith 􀈕rris was elected (for his 4th term} Councillor Andrew Pirdie continues os vice-􀋊irmon os 􀋟 􀈴n 􀉜ichmond os chairman of the Finonce Committee. W􀉂 RO􀉹 CHAM􀉎􀉀S llroft plans, which 􀊬ved too late for discussion ot the M􀋔h meeting, "- , 􀋀 􀋎idored. 􀉗'I' os d 􀊫 are 􀋁 simil􀊥 to those successfully -,,played for l􀊲 y􀋩s World CUp. 􀉬tators are -- g 1 ·􀑈 , l'Clll 􀋻lS􀉌 ort with 􀋂 laid on front Eton Bracas and T􀊣 Station to the 􀈠 􀋭 in 􀈂 Lane. It was felt to be too lote to raise 􀊢 meaningful ob,jectlons, 􀋃 the County 􀉏CIMOl'S will 􀊺 so odrised, 􀊟 that Councillors are 􀋍.,. 111􀋙 􀊗 ...is. lewls, traffic organisation and safety in Morsh Lane and 􀈃 Lane. County Council 􀊏i Is 􀋧 ot the 􀋬 of May and full information will be poblished In - month's imrgazine. BEST 􀈳 􀉶 COM􀉍􀈿, 2006 Judging hos olrcody st􀊮ed 􀊓nd will 􀋅ontinue until the lost week in Ju.ne. When 􀉿 􀋫 walking your dog, note anything that you think needs attention and advise the clerk. The 􀉆􀋆t 􀈁 􀈨 yet-to 􀋗 -the g,ass-t+lis .,-. 􀉣 􀋕,,t􀊒t ions "-􀊼 mGde +o 􀉧BtlC but, if they let us 􀋡n, we should all , perhops, follow the example of mony resi􀋜nts who ensure thot gross in front of their houses is cut and thot their front􀊛s 􀊨 kept ti􀋣. MAASH 􀈶 􀈏A􀉯 l'OSSIIID.ITV We are 􀊚sed that 􀉪􀉩 are re-...-..ying the ....,..,..., link f,- 􀈗 􀉥 to Climo's ear--􀊱 a .-􀊾ned footpath/􀋘􀋇le poth, ot 􀊞 􀋨t􀋪 C4St 􀑉!􀑊.!l'.!!!li' !!ff .t!l!!t t!\!t -􀑋 􀑌 .t!l! fyty 􀑍!􀈜, .􀑎!􀈝 􀊁􀑏 􀈫i􀑐 (!n principle) "- , 􀊿n obtained. 􀉱 Council is still -'-----EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week 01753 859727 janemorgandresse􀁘maiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 Boveney Road, Dorney, nr W'mdsor & Eton 'Bracken :fCowers 31b, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SlA 6LU .. . tp.,atity. 􀀜 -"' oca,,.,um d. went Pamela Sanders ASF • Bouquets and Birthdays • Weddings our speciality • Funerals • Parties and Balloons www.flowersnet.com/bracken email: pam.sanders@blueyonder.co.uk Major Credit Cards Welcome Tel: 01753 833225 Local, National & International Delivery Fax: D1753 842422 iHEFLORtST Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard MUSHROOM • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Specialists in Restoration off ine Antique Furniture 􀄠􀄡 THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6 .30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am, I O. I 5am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publicaNtiOonT sPhUouBldL rIeSaHchE Don IeN o fJ tAhNe UEdAitRorYs bAyN tDhe A 1U6tGh UofS tThe preceding month. Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J.M. Spencer. Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT Tel: 01628624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hellmuth, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millwa rd, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Rae, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Tuddenham Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wooller, Mrs Wright. RA TE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for I 0 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 6/06 EDITORIAL JULY2006 When I was writing last month's editorial the weather was rather inclement. Thames Water's declaration ofa drought and the introduction ofa hosepipe ban in early April had precipitated much precipitation, and an exceptionally wet May made the hosepipe ban seem rather farcical and, as far as the enthusiastic gardener was concerned, of little consequence or mconvemence. A month on, and now we would welcome a good downpour, for from being very wet it became very hot and within days lawns went from green to their familiar summer straw colour and many plants flopped and wilted in the hot sun. Having to resort to the watering can in an effort to resuscitate languishing garden flowers and shrubs is a very time consuming, tiring and weight lifting operation. The end of the summer will find us with bigger biceps or a hernia. If only the weather was less extreme. Occasional rain and sunny days with a maximum temperature of 24 degrees would be ideal. Staying with the garden - Magpies seem to be multiplying at an alarming rate. Where once there was one or two, or maybe three, there are now aggressive gangs of them strutting their stuff, their raucous and rapid chak-chak-chak warning nesting songbirds to beware. Several nests have been raided and wrens who were building a new residence in the arbour, abandoned the project after the black and white menace paid them too much attention. Magpie numbers trebled in the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, but it is reported that since then their numbers have become more stable. This report must be rather old, for without doubt there has been a marked increase over the past five years, an increase which I am sure is to the detriment of other species. Last year I bemoaned that for the previous twelve months I had found no frogs or toads in my garden, whereas they were normally lurking in the undergrowth. I asked if anyone could explain this absence. Now another year has passed without a single sighting. If they were dying from a disease I would expect to find the occasional corpse. I have no evidence of French poachers, so I suspect that they are being chomped. Could it be those vicious birds. Magpies eat small mammals and birds and occasionally prey on larger animals such as young rabbits. Are frogs and toads on their menu? THIS MAGAZINE IS NOT PUBLISHED IN AUGUST - ---·- - - --------------- - - - - DORNEY FARM SHOP Did you know we now have a village shop in Dorney? Martin and Tania Ashford are running the Farm Shop in Lake End Road (coincidentally very near Ashford Lane). They have an excellent selection of fruit and veg., free range eggs, cakes, biscuits, jam, various other goodies and some frozen food, too. Personally, I'm very pleased to find such a convenient, useful supply and friendly service. Sylvia Livsey. _,_ Church Report We were very pleased that following the interviews for a new vicar held on 1 6th May, by a unanimous decision, we were able to offer the position to the Revd Lucy Holt, and she has accepted. She has to complete her time with her present parish but it is planned that she will join us officially on 2oth September when there will be a special service at Eton Wick Church. Mrs Holt is married, with two daughters. It is a great regret to us that, for reasons of security, we have to keep the church locked when rt is not in use. However, this summer we are arranging that someone can be there so that the church can be open every Sunday afternoon. We are also aiming to open the church more often in August when Dorney Court will be open: this will be every afternoon, except Saturdays. We should be very pleased for local residents to come and have a look round. The church is small but of considerable historic interest, still retaining many characteristics of previous centuries. We wish to thank everyone who contributed to the Christian Aid collection. The amount raised in Dorney Parish was £722, which was slightly more than last year. Well done, everyone. Gill Hayton (Churchwarden) NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Thursday 3rd August at 7 .30 p.m. Summer Concert Alexandra Wood (violin) Huw Watkins (piano) Sonata in D, K.306 Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. I 00 Sonata No. 2 in D minor La Gitana Mozart Brahms Schumann Kreisler Tickets £1 I (£10 members) (£5 under 16s) DORNEY 8 DISTRICT HOR.TICOL TOUAL SOCIETY EVENTS 2006 AOOOST 20 SOMMER. GARDENS COMPE I ITION free enlry - phone ror demll6 SEPTEMBER 9 ANNUAL SHOW SEPTEMBER22 HAR.VEST SUPPER. NOVEMBER. 24 A.G.M + SPEAKER entries free (8pm) (7.30pm) Church Services in July and August 2006 Sunday 2nd July 1 0.30am Jubilee River Grouping Anniversary Old churchyard, Taplow Service Court (St Nicolas, Taplow if wet) 1 1 .00am 6.30pm Family Service St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Short Worship with farewell barbecue St.John the Evangelist Eton for David and Jan Townend and John Clark Wednesday 5th July 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 9th July 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) 1 1 .00am Morning Worship Sunday 16th July SI.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 23rd July 9.30am Family Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 3oth July 1 1 .00am Combined Service Wednesday 2nd August 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 6th August 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00am Family Service Sunday 13th August 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) 1 1 .00am Morning Worship Sunday 2oth August St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 27th August 9.30am Family Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Thank you Dorney for helping with the SLOUGH RUN. Your help from St James is much valued at Christmas and Easter. Thanks also to those in Dorney who help each week with forty Cokes and another each week with the same number of bananas. They never miss! We also have help with bread every week from The Pineapple. People often help with clothes, sleeping bags and blankets. Thank you1 My porch is usuaUy open for offerings! What makes the Slough Run work ecumenically is that we all do what we choose to do. There have been no administration costs either for the twenty one years of The London Run or for the twelve years of The Slough Run. Money given to us has always been spent on the people who need it. We are a Charitable Trust. We meet outside because in this way we often meet the really rejected who are frightened to go inside anywhere. We gather together at the back ofQueensmere close by the car park. We meet together at about a quarter past seven on Monday evenings. They are there and so are we, every Monday, rain, sleet, snow or Christmas, just always they know that we will be there for them. Financially we seem to get what we need and it is the opposite way round to a business, what we have we spend immediately on the needs that we see, and know that ifwe are meant to go on we do not have to worry and plan ahead, because it will come! We go round and serve everyone gathered there. They are so very different in type and we realise how really each type needs a different kind of hostel accommodation. There are the very young who need to be able to be active, make a noise and lark about; there are the employed homeless who need a steady quiet background and early nights with the possibility of sound sleep; there are the addicts on drugs and alcohol and who need long term help and who are so vulnerable; there are the mentaUy iU schizophrenics who often have paranoia and are so often so highly intelligent and gifted; there are the Europeans who often speak no English and who are not able to claim benefit until resident for a year with a permanent address and who are so often very hungry although well qualified but speak no English; and there are some very lonely from broken families. The homeless find a general hostel doesn't work and so often come back onto the street. We are there to give real friendship and consequently self-esteem, as well as hot drinks, chicken drum sticks for consuming there, and sandwiches, fruit, cold drinks, and milk to take away. We are there to accompany people in friendship often to a sad lonely and early death. But on Monday nights we are all happy and it is fun, because we all accept each other just as we are that night. We discover how similar deep within, we all are, and on a Monday night unconditional love flows and it is fun! Phyllis Wallbank. ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall Wednesday 26th July 2006 at 7.30 p.m Listed Buildings Churches, Shops, Theatres, Hospitals, Pillar Boxes, Restaurants & Bridges Speaker. NO MEETING IN AUGUST Peter Virgo -4- ,, DORNEY PARISH PUMP Published by l>orrwy Parish Council Chairman : Keith Harris Clerk : G Collins (01753 655331) Counci llors: j Dax, G Easton, A Purdy, K Richmond, s Philpott. FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: JULY 11, SEPT 12, OCT 10. (No meeting inj August) POLICE A new officer has been appointed to cover Taplow and Dorney in conjunction with PC.SO Ken Shaw. PC Trevor Walker is expected to be out and about in the area by early July and is scheduled toattend the Council meeting on Tuesday the 11th. BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION. Judging of the competition should, by now, have been completed, but the state of the grass is likely to lead to a poor result; councillors rejected a suggest ion that we withdraw from the competition .. Our maintenance man has done his best to cut key areas, but the District Council hos failed abys mally; we have asked the res ponsible SBDC officer to meet councillors in order to devise a solution for the future. Many residents look after their own frontages and this would seem to be the only effective solution, as District are currently unable to provide a cutting schedule! PARISH COUNCILLOR REQUIRE[) No volunteer has yet been forthcoming to fill the existing vacancy on the Counc il, but we are still hoping to fill the position at the meeting on 11th July. If you are interested in being co-opted to the Council, or find out what this involves, please contact the Clerk on 01753 655331, or any councillor. ORCHARD HERB FARM , LAKE ENI> ROAi> South Bucks District Council has extended the deadline. for removal of vehicles and general tidying of the main site until 26th June 2006. WORU> ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Dorney Lake authorities have confirmed that buses will run every day of the competition from Eton Riverside (via Village Road) and Taplow Station (via Marsh Lane), to Dorney Lake. Car Boot Sale organisers have declined to alter the date of their conflicting event. Hopes that, in the interests of safety, the proposed footpath between Harcourt Road and Court Lane might be completed will not be fulfilled, as we are still awaiting further information from the lake managers or Sustrans. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS - YEAR TO 31st MARCH 2006 Councillors have formally approved last year's audited accounts, which show a surplus of £2,940 and a cash balance of £14,022. The Parish precept has not been increased for the current year. PARISH COUNCIL WEB SITE Councillors discussed the need for and the practicalities of a new Parish Web site and would like to hear from any resident who would be willing to advise on this matter. DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings start at 8pm at the Eton llorney Centre; residents may ask questions, light refreshments ore usually provided. Police are scheduled to attend even numbered months. ENQUIRIES, complaints, comments & suggestions relating to parish affairs, should be: addressed to the clerk.Glenda Collins, Council Offices,45b High St, Iver, """'SLO 9NI>. -5- Dorney Social Diary Sunday 20th August Sunday 20'h - Sunday 2th August Saturday 9lh September Friday 22nd September Saturday 7•h October Friday 24th November New Year's Eve DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMrNTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDE Youth Group 24/7 8-12's Group VILLAGE RALL BOOKINGS DDHS Summer Gardens Competition World Rowing Championships Dorney Lake DDHS Annual Show DDHS Harvest Supper Village Hall 8 p.m. DVHMC Barn Dance Village Hall DDHS AGM. Speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DVHMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. - I a.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. July, September, November Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (•) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2006: 1 1 /7 No Lunch Club in August 12/9 10/10 14/11 1 2/12 Every Tuesday Village Rall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday Village Rall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thursday evening Eron/Dorney Centre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01 628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co-ordinator:- Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTH[NG SUSPIClOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -6- Dorney Parish News . :. 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Windsor Berkshire JILL HARRIS Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES c::::> - -- - -EVENING DRESS HI RE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week jan0e1mo7rgand53res s8e􀀿59ma7iL2n7et Mob: 07887 994222 &Jveney Road, Dorney, nr W"uulsor & Eton 'Bracken j'Cowers Jlb, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SIA 6LU .. • qualiliJ 􀀉 􀀊􀀋 occa-.1um d: went Pamela Sanders ASF Tel: 01753 833225 • Bouquets and Birthdays .;,i'!c-'t--111.'\\ • Weddings our speciality· • Funerals • Parties and Balloons www.flowersnet.com/bracken email: pam.sanders@blueyonder.co.uk Major Credit Cards Welcome Local, National & International Delivery Fax: 01753 842422 􀀘 Design & Construction wo□􀀄􀀅rru□[?® 4􀀆cap􀀇 a Bailefiar • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard • Fencing MUSHROOM 􀀂q • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY "✓,.􀀆 \ l Specia?;;;;;􀁒F1m11ture .. ,-_____T_HE C_O_ACH_ H_OU_SE_, _ __ DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 6611708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine The Vicarage 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday I0.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE Saturday CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, I 0.1 Sam and 6pm Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody. Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. S1.6 ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincowt, 45, Harcowt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT. Tel: 01628624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hellmuth, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Rae, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mrs T uddenham Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wooller, Mrs Wright. RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for 10 issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO.7/06 EDITORIAL SEPTEMBER 2006 "The single greatest issue affecting the quality of life in Dorney Reach is the noise from the M4. This must be the prime objective of the Parish Council to address." (from the 2003 Parish Appraisal) This 'single greatest issue' has been the subject of editorials in this magazine ever since this scourge was visited upon the parish, but as it is some time since we heard from the Parish Council regarding the 'addressing' of this issue, we thought it time to ask for a progress report. I think we can agree that motorways are a necessary affliction and Dorney was just one of the many communities that drew a short straw when the route of the M4 was planned. We accept that this is just the luck of the draw, but we do expect all possible measures to be taken to alleviate the constant noise of traffic that plagues us both day and night. It is incumbent upon the government, through the Highways Agency, to make the motorways of Britain as community friendly as possible. Way back in 1998, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution stated that noise arising from the latest quiet road surfaces was half the noise generated by traditional motorway surfaces. These 'quiet' surfaces are constantly improving and if you have recently driven on roads that have sections of the new surface you will be aware of the very significant reduction in wheel noise. The only consideration given to Dorney's plight has been the building of a diminutive wooden fence, adjacent to a short section of the road, which has proved to be a rather ineffectual sound barrier. Whilst Dorney Reach will never be rid of motorway noise, life for its residents would be more tolerable if our section of the M4 was given a 'quiet' surface. This must include the elevated section and the river bridge, for it is from this altitude that noise is carried over the whole of Dorney Reach. I believe that the Highways Agency rejected the Parish Council's last attempt to get something done because we were lacking in decibels I We have been promised that 'someday' ( perhaps when the road wears out, and if the Agency can afford it) our local section of motorway will be resurfaced with the 'quiet' material. I am hoping that the 'someday' forecast can be foreshortened. My concern is, that unless plans are monitored, we will find one day that the road has been resurfaced in the cheaper, noisy tarmacadam. The Parish Council, and our District Councillor (who, incidentally, has recently joined the Parish Council) must constantly badger every person and every authority that can hasten a "quiet' motorway surface and a quieter life for the parish. This is the Prime Objective set down in the Parish Appraisal. Congratulations to Jill Palmer. From 400 nominations, Dorney Court was one of the six finalists in the COUNTRY LIFE quest to find the Nation's Finest Manor House and was only beaten to first place by Mapperton, the home of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich. The criteria included the idea that the winning manor house should be occupied; have obvious historic and architectural character; have a fine setting; and a -1- sense of place in the community. Dorney Court received a highly commended status, out of admiration for the way Mrs. Palmer keeps the flag flying for a highly atmospheric and traditional manor house, home to the same family since the 1640's. Congratulations, too, to everyone associated with The World Rowing Championships. The event is declared a great success, and has particularly satisfied Lord Coe in that at least one Olympic venue is in place and up to scratch. As far as I know, the rowing traffic did not greatly inconvenience local residents and the fireworks were absolutely splendid! DORNEY B DISTWCT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SA TORDA Y 91hSEPTEMBER. DORNEY B DISTRICT 53rd ANNOAL SHOW in DORNEY VILLAGE HALL EXl1IBIT REGISTRATION 8.30AM TO 9.45AM EX111BmON OPENS 2.30pm PRIZE PRESENTATION 3 pm RAFFLE REFRESHMENTS EXl1IBITS WELCOME FR.OM NON-MEMBERS Contact (0 I 628) 603036 or 77737 I for entry fonn HARVEST SUPPER. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 In Dorney Vllla9<> NaU. smrls 8pm NOT SUPPER SPEAKER RAFFLE £8 BRING YOUR OWN DRINK B QI.ASSES ............................... For your dk>ry: NOVEMBER 24 A.O.M + SPEAKER 7.30pm MEMBERS ARE ENJTl1.ED TO A DISCOUNT AT THE WAI.I.ED GARDEN DORNEY NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Liz Stoc-ood: (01128) 777371. For !urlher in!ormallon, please conlacl: Yvonne Povey (01121) 103038 From our Licensed Lay Minister Greetings as autumn is about to arrive. It is an exciting time for us in the parishes of Dorney and Eton with Eton Wick and Boveney as Lucy Holt, our new priest in charge (vicar to most of us) is starting her time with us. She will be officially licensed by the Bishop of Buckingham on 20th September in St. John the Baptist church, Eton Wick, when she will be given the 'cure of souls' in the two parishes. It is a new beginning with a new priest but it is also an ongoing step in the life of the Christian community in our villages. I am sure you will all give Lucy and her family a very warm welcome and help them to feel at home in our midst. I thought that you would like some details of her first few services with us. Lucy's first services are on Sunday 24th September, starting at 9.30 am with Domey's Harvest Festival, an opportunity to give thanks to God for so many blessings. At 1 1 .00 am that day, she will celebrate Holy Communion at Eton Wick. On the following Sunday, 1st October, Lucy will celebrate Holy Communion at Dorney following The Book of Common Prayer rite and then at Eton Wick she will be leading the two parishes' combined Harvest Festival, along with a baptism. As this will be the first Sunday of the month, there will be another first: the monthly combined Evening Service at Eton church. This will be a Healing Service to which everyone is, as always, very welcome. I hope that you will come along to support and meet with Lucy at these services and continue to worship in our churches in the weeks ahead. Meanwhile, please pray for Lucy and her family. Blessings, Alison Harvest Festival St. James, Dorney Sunday 24 September 2006 9.30am There will be the usual harvest decorations in the church but please note that we ask congregation members to bring gifts of non perishable items (tins, packets, etc). These can then be taken to the drop in centre for the Slough homeless run by SHOC (Slough Homeless Our Concern) Church Services in September 2006 Sunday3rd 1 1 . 00am Family Service 6.30pm Summer Celebration Songs of Praise Wednesday 6th 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday1oth 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 17th St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 2oth 7 .30pm Licensing of Lucy Holt Sunday 24th 9.30am Family Harvest Festival Service 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick ·DOl!NE:Y VIU.AGE HAfl. hWiAGEMENT COMMITTEE• l'BE5EITT A BARN D.ANCE OR S.ti. TUBDAY 7 m OCTOBER STARTS 8PM OOBNE:Y VILLAGE HAll LM MtlSIC BT nm JUBILA 110N BAND • CJ\LLER • INSTRUC!iON • HOT SAUSAGE I BEANS SUPPER • !lAFfi.E • !lBlNG YOUB. OWN D!IIN!:S i. G!.ASSES ·ORDER 'TIOXr5N0WFBOM MARY B./\XllB. 01628 66 1¼35 ·ilO· •Fa8 rnrJ1l catdl'ORT & 5/lFETT, NV1JBERS W%tL /JE S11IICTLT UMfT1tD • ·4· Summer Garden Competition 2006 What a summer this has been. High temperatures, no rain together with a hosepipe ban have caused stress not only to the plants but to gardeners as well. Lugging buckets of water around the Jong gardens is no fun as many have fow1d out, so that only the most precious plants and those in tubs near the house received any tender loving care. Eleven owners allowed our judges, Miss Kirsty Kerr from the Walled Garden and her assistant Pip, to try to find out who has managed in spite of the weather to produce the best kept garden. Without water, lawns generally became brown and plants withered in the borders, so marking adjustments have had to be made not only for these but also to ensure that small gardens are able to compete with large ones more fairly and especially on quality. The results showed that there was very little between the assessment marks, but the judges were satisfied that they have been as fair as possible, which was not easy. Figures are not shown, only names of the winner and those less successful. Mr and Mrs Randle Mrs Dorney Mr and Mrs Richmond Akerman Povey Shaw Silvester Wright Alsworth Kellet ) Mr Hill ) We would like to thank Kirsty and Pip for doing such a good job for us, also for their thoughUw and kindly comments for each of the competitors. also our thanks to all those who opened their gardens for us to admire . If our weather gets any warmer nex1 year we may well be judging tropical plants, cacti, citrus. bananas and bougainvillaea, suitably attired. Who knows?_ Ralph S.L. Dorney Horticultural Society DORNEY PARISH PUMP Published by DorMy Parish Council Chaimon: Keith Harris Clerk: G Collins (01753 655331) j Councillors: J Dax, G Easton, A Purdy, K Richmond, S Philpott. FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: TUESDAY SEPT 1 2, OCT 10, NOV 14, DEC 12. PARISH COUNCILLOR APPOINTED With no other residents volunteering, our County Councillor, Cllr Peter Smith agreed to join the Parish Council and was formally co-opted and welcomed by the chairman. Parish elections, for 7 co1.mCiUors. are due to take place in May next year. POUCE A new officer, PC Trevor Walker, has been appointed to cover Taplow and Dorney in conjunction with PCSO Ken Shaw. Both attended the July meeting of the Council and submitted latest crime reports, which consisted mainly of car break-ins. A request for attention to dangerous parking (near Taplow Station - opposite SGT) was noted. ROAD SWEEPING SBDC has advised that roads will now be swept every 16 weeks and not 4 weekly as has been the custom. Last (scheduled) sweep w/c 21st August, next w/c 11th December! BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION & GRASS CUTTING. Councillors rejected a suggestion that we withdraw from the competition citing the failure of SBDC to cut our grass. Our maintenance man has done his best in key areas, but the District Council seems to have no control over their (new) sub contractors. Following strong representations things may improve in accordance with a cutting schedule just provided by SBDC, forecasting operations w/c August 14; Sept. 4, 25; Oct 9, 30; Nov 20. PROPOSED NEW FOOTPATH. DORNEY REACH Hopes that, in the interests of safety, the proposed footpath between Harcourt Road and Court Lone might be completed (or even started) in time for the World Rowing Championships will not be fulfilled, as we are still awaiting further information re funding from the Lake managers and Sustrans. Pressure will be maintained on all responsible parties and Councillors remain optimistic that a connection will be established before the Olympics. ORCHARD HERB FARM, LAKE END ROAD South Bucks District Council will be requested to take further action as the site owners have ignored an order to remove vehicles and unsightly scrap by the end of June. DORNEY LAKE SPECIAL UCENCE There is concern that an application for a licence to cover outdoor music etc. in connection with the opening of the World Rowing Championships was submitted too late for this Council to have any meaningful input. Any objection would have necessitated a special hearing and a licence could not have been issued in time for the opening, thus completely ruining the opening spectacle. The Council has raised no objection, but will ask Lake Management to ensure that their customers are advised to apply for any necessary permissions in good time. South Bucks will be asked to monitor noise levels. WORLD CUP ARRANGEMENTS The organisers have kept in close touch with the Parish Council and it is hoped that the agreed arrangements will prove satisfactory. A meeting will take place early in September to discuss any problems which need to be taken into account at future major events. NEW YOUTH CLUB Councillors met (especially). in August to discuss an appeal for funds and approved a grant of £250 towards start up costs of the Dorney Youth Club. -h- ' The Dorney Funnel? Phew! What a scorcher) My wife and I are two of those lucky people who love hot weather, so July was just great for us. What a shame, though, that it had to be accompanied by a drought and hosepipe ban. I am sure that all keen gardeners have grieved over treasured plants and lawns as they withered away for Jack of water. Even when rain has come it has been totally inadequate. Usually just fine drizzle, and when it has been heavier it has only lasted for minutes. That leads me to a serious question. ls it our imagination or does worthwhile rain tend to skirt round Dorney and Eton Wick? It certainly looks like it from where we live on the Common. We frequently see long steady downpours over Slough, Windsor or Maidenhead while we remain dry. One can often drive home from ahnost any direction through heavy rain and arrive here to dry roads and gasping gardens. My neighbour, Mike, has christened it "The Dorney Funnel Effect". ls there any foundation for our concerns? If so is there some scientific reason? Do thermals, perhaps, rise off the Common and the other local fields driving clouds away? Or has someone put a curse on us? Could it be the same curse that dried up Cress Brook? Perhaps we should all have bore holes or wells. Hey, there's an idea. lfwe did that and lowered the water table to keep our gardens green, we might empty the rowing trench. That would be great. Instead of the rowing, we could hold a new Olympic sport here - mud wrestling. Much more entertaining. Eh? As I write it is five days to The World Rowing Championships. Oh Yippee! Tail Piece. The Rowing Championships. Even I can not be churlish enough to say anything derogatory about this event. From where we live in Boveney Road, we hardly heard anything. Yes there were moments when the sound of a steel band, or the public address system or some spectators shouting drifted across, but far less than we expected. Our road was closed, so we did not even have traffic problems. Before the event, Jim Harlow from the site communications team took the trouble to come and see us all. He gave us his number and on the only two occasions when the sound briefly became a problem, I phoned him, and he sorted it out immediately. I would like to congratulate everyone involved. Not only did they ensure that the event was no real problem to us. but they have demonstrated that there can never again be an excuse for other, smaller events, like local regattas, to disrupt our quality of life. The Olympics now seem much less of a threat. Well done, all concerned. Geoffrey Atkinson -7- Dorney Social Diary Saturday 9th September Wednesday 2o•h September Friday 22nd September Saturday 7•h October Friday 24 th November New Year's Eve DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMllTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTII CLUB (for children of the parish) RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDE Youth Group 24/7 8-12's Group VILLAGE BALL BOOKINGS DDHS Annual Show Village Hall. Registration 8.30-9.45 a.m. Exhibition opens 2.30 p.m. Licensing of Revd Lucy Holt St. John the Baptist, Eton Wick 7.30 p.m. DDHS Harvest Supper Village Hall 8 p.m. DVHMC Barn Dance Village Hall 8 p.m. DDRS AGM. Speaker Village Rall 7.30 p.m. DVHMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. - I a.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. September, November, January Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicated (•) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2006; 12/9 I 0/10 14/11 12/12 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Ball 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-11 year olds 6.30 p.m - 8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. - 9.30/10 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thursday evening Eton/Dorney Centre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01628 7845 15 --- --- ----- --- MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 - 1.45 p.m. Dates for 2006:- Sept. 7, 21 Oct. 5, 19 Nov. 2, 16, 30 Dec. 14 -8- I l ., Dorney Parish News - - -􀀤 ~--:::.. 􀀓􀀔:, 􀀕· __ . _ ;-􀀖 :=-- ---..􀀛􀀜 ::=-:::::::--::.---􀁺------ 􀁻􀁼􀁽􀁾􀁿􀂀- --􀂁-- -· - -- -- - ---􀂂- ·: 􀂃 : . HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th􀀃 RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pa"􀀇/§h,􀀈i􀀉 Elm Farm Boveney Road UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire JILL HARRIS Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL- QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES 􀀱 -----EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 6 - 22, competitively priced • Alteration service, home visits By appointment 7 days a week 01753 859727 janemorgandresse􀁬maiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 Boveney Road, DoTMy, nr Windsor & Eton • 'Bracken :Ffowers 31b, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire SIA 6LU ... ax, G Easton. A Purdie. K Richmond. S Philpot. P Smith. FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: TUESDAY OCT 10. NOV 14, DEC 12. BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION Our poor result in the 2006 competition is blamed on lack of proper gross cutting by SBDC and reluctance of some residents to care for their own frontages. WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS A few minor problems had been reported, but,. generally, there had been little or no inconvenience to residents. Any suggestion for future improvements should be sent to the Clerk. SPEEDING IN VILLAGE ROAD Police have advised that 30 mph area does not comply with government regulations and Bucks CC will be asked to recommend necessary changes. VEHICLE ACTUATED WARNING SIGNS County soy that these signs have proved to be effective and the Council will make a case for provision of a sign in Village Road􀍻 STRATEGY FOR SOUTH BUCKS SBl>C have recommended that no permanent Olympic accommodation be permitted locally. MATTERS ONGOING Current position in respect of THE FOO'TPATH & MOTORWAY NOISE will be discussed at the October meeting of the Council. DISTRICT COUNCIL DIARY Road sweeping w/c 1 1th December. Gross Cutting w/c Sept 25; Oct 9, 30; Nov 20. l)ORNEY PARISH COI./NCI/. meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings start at 8pm at the Eton Dorney Centre; residents may ask questions, light refreshments are usually provided. Police attend regularly. ENQUIRIES, complaints, comments &. suggestions relating to parish affairs, should be addressed to the clerk, Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St, Iver, '"""' SL0 9ND. Phone 01753 655331, fax 01753 654922; e-mail dorneycouncil@co-nct.com IT WIU. BE QUICKER TO PHONE DIRECT regarding FLY TIPPING - 01895 837362. (day) 01 296 486630 (out of hours) DIAL-A-RIDE 01494 766123 NOISE NUISANCE 01895 837264 POLICE-(24n non-emergency) 08458 505 505 MOTORWAY - 01962 893100 BURNHAM POLICE STN • 0&4!18 !50!1!50!5; e-mail trcvor.walkcr@thamesvalley.pnn.policc.uk PROMOTE YOUR ORGANISATION 01' BUSINESS "WELCOME' INFORMATION PACKAGES are now distribuJed to all residents new to Dorney Parish. Your details will be included if you provide a small quantity (25 should last a year) of printl!d information suitab6e for inclusion in future packages. rn,, ,,,.,.,. c.aur,,,dl ,,ucli_,. M.apl 􀁧, will,o-,a􀁨 .,,., F'f!IUOnJ. please contact Joy Richmond on 01628 626972 for further information. SPONSORED BY SOUTII BUCKS DISTRICT COUNCIL & DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL -4- Tribal Wisdom Tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians (so legend has it), passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount." However, in govermnent, education and the corporate world, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:- I . Buying a stronger whip. 1 2. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired. 2. Changing riders. 13. Hiring outside contractors to 3. Giving horse and rider a good ride the dead horse. bollocking. 14. Outsourcing the management 4. Re-structuring the dead-horse's of the dead horse. reward scale to contain a performance related element. 15. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed. 5. Suspending the horse's access to the executive grassy meadow until 16. Providing additional funding performance targets are met. and/or training to increase dead horse's performance. 6. Making the horse work late shifts and week-ends. 17. Doing a productivity study to see iflighter riders would 7. Clawing back a percentage of the horse's improve the dead horse's past 12 month's expenses payments. performance. 8. Appointing a committee to study the 18. Declaring that as the dead horse. horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower 9. Arranging to visit other countries to overheads and therefore see how other cultures ride horses. contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the JO. Convening a dead horse productivity economy than do some other improvement workshop. horses. 1 1 . Lowering the standards so that 1 9. Rewriting the expected dead horses can be included. performance requirements for all horses. 20. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position. (from Matter Arising, the newsletter of the Buckinghamshire Association) -5- The Fifty-third Dorney Annual Horticultural Show We had a long, cold spring down in Dorney this year, but in early May everything changed. Once the sun had warmed the soil, buds soon opened to blossom and we all felt better. Better still there were no frosts, so it looked as though we were in for a lot of fruit later on. Well so we were, but for the long hot summer that followed, preventing the thousands of young apples, pears and others from filling out before ripening The hose pipe ban turned many people away from carrying water to their flowers. so that your committee wondered whether the Show would be a failure. Fewer members entered exhibits than last year but the standard was every bit as good as in previous Shows. Very few annual or perennial flowers were on display, but many excellent pot plants were there to be admired. Tomatoes. onions, beans, carrots, courgettes and marrows were all of a good quality, while a 361b pumpkin sat on a chair waiting for someone to guess its weight. Jams and other cooked items were well up to standard, but the one loaf on view made one wonder whether bread making machines have now gone out of fashion. For some reason the children's section was not as full as we had hoped. This may have been because our local school term had just started, so there was no time for writing, painting or model garden exhibits to be completed. Children often produce delightful items for the Show. so next year we hope to concentrate on encouraging families to compete. We should like to say thank you to all our exhibitors who go to considerable trouble to grow the best items they could, spending hours doing so and of course to the cooks. who know that the way to a man ·s heart is through his stomach. also to the artists, photographers, and others who exhibit the results of their hobbies. The names of those who were awarded cups and trophies are as follows: General Section Large summer garden: Novice sun1mer garden: Society Cup: Vegetable Division I Pollard Trophy: Div. I .Collection of six of any kind of vegetable and salad crop -6- Mrs Randle Mrs Dorney Mr J. Akerman Mr J. Akerman • Williamson􀌑 Challenge􀌑Cup:􀌑 Overall􀌑winner􀌑 Banksian􀌑Medal:􀌑 for􀌑vegetables􀌑 Woodhouse􀌑 Challenge􀌑Cup:􀌑 Dahlias􀌑 Bressingham􀌑Cup:􀌑 Planted􀌑 patio􀌑 container􀌑 Mrs􀌑Beaton􀌑Troph􀌉:􀌑 Savoury􀌑 items􀌑 Bill􀌑Barnes􀌑Trophy:􀌑 Photo􀌑floral􀌑subject􀌑 Cliffocd􀌑 Memorial􀌑Trophy:􀌑 E􀌅ibitor􀌑most entries􀌑 Dorney􀌑Show􀌑Trophy:􀌑 Overall􀌑 Show􀌑winner􀌑 Children's􀌑Section􀌑 E􀌑Chase􀌑 Memorial􀌑 Shield:􀌑 Hand􀌁ting􀌑 Poem􀌑 Ames􀌑 Cup:􀌑 Home􀌑 made􀌑model􀌑 Challenge􀌑 Shield:􀌑 Natural􀌑history􀌑e􀌃lubit􀌑 Ryecrofi􀌑Girls􀌑Cup:􀌑 Hobby􀌑handicraft􀌑 Henry􀌑Cook􀌑Shield:􀌑 Overall􀌑winner􀌑of􀌑all􀌑 children's􀌑crafts.􀌑 etc.􀌑 Mr􀌑 J.􀌑 Akerman􀌑 Mr􀌑Don􀌑 Wilson􀌑 Mr􀌑 Don􀌑 Wilson􀌑 Mrs􀌑 Va lerie􀌑 Bishop􀌑 Mrs􀌑 Valerie􀌑Bishop􀌑 Mr.􀌑 David􀌑Kelle􀌊􀌑 Mr􀌑John􀌑Akerman􀌑 Mr􀌑John􀌑 Akerman􀌑 Josh􀌑 Boxall􀌑Mazas􀌑 Hannah􀌑Rowe􀌑 Libb􀌋􀌑 Messin􀌑 Stephanie􀌑 Hakesle􀌌􀌑 Josh􀌑Boxall􀌑Ma􀌏as􀌑 We􀌑 value􀌑your􀌑 support foc􀌑 the􀌑Show􀌑and􀌑would􀌑ask􀌑you􀌑to􀌑encourage􀌑your􀌑friends􀌑 and􀌑others􀌑 􀋿􀌑green fingers􀌑 to􀌑join􀌑 us􀌑again􀌑ne􀌆􀌑􀌍ear.􀌑 R.S.Liney􀌑 DORNEY 6 DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FWDAY NOVEMBER.. 24 at 7.30pm ANNUAL GENER.AL MEETIN G