Dorney Parish News ,-;;-􀛼_ _ ..:􀛽􀛾 UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JII.LHARR/S HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY P8.Ut§!i]! Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ----- - c:::, ------ EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@femaiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Florist Real Florists Local, Nat􀈘onal & International Deli􀉌ery Telefloris_B-) "' • Bou􀈵uets • Arrangements 􀋼􀈗sa, Mastercard, Solo • Balloons • Wedd􀈙ngs Tel: 01753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 & Electron cards accepted 􀉗 Funerals • Parties • Cor􀈳ate • Same Day website: www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers.co.uk 31 b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork SAND • BALLAST • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative andOOD CHIPS and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard 􀋫OP SOIL • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees MUSHROOM- COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07􀊗60 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers offi ne Antique Furniture !i'£dr'{Y lJll;,,r11p,im1 THE COACH HO􀋷􀋧E􀉣 DORNEY COURT􀉤 DORNEY, BE􀋤KSH􀋄RE SL4 6QP 􀋭EL: 01628 6􀊕􀊊708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am, IO. I 5am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editon are not responsible for the opinions of corresp ondents expressed in letten or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 1/09 EDITORIAL FEBRUARY 2009 In the present climate of collapsing banks and small businesses, and the loss of Woolworth's and other national high street names, it is significant that newspapers have given many column inches to another endangered quintessentially English tradition. Not, specifically, a victim of the credit crunch, more a victim of the cultural cmnch - with bells on. Yes, that good old English pastime - Morris dancing. Now, I doubt whether the reported waning of this country pursuit has given you sleepless nights and I confess that I am not a devotee, but I do hate to see our national idiosyncratic traditions lost. Morris dancing is an age-old tradition. It is on record that it was performed during the Lord Mayor's Procession in London in June 14 77, and in the centuries that followed, Morris dancing became an established part of summer revelries, although during the ascendancy of Puritanism it was reviled as 'pagan and ungodly'. Prosecutions against participants became more numerous, and it was eventually outlawed altogether under Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. It was re-legalized after the Restoration, but its symbolism faded with changing times and it was only with the revival of English folk music and dancing in the Edwardian era that its countrywide popularity was regained. Although today it is primarily associated with celebrations of the coming of spring, and especially with May Day, the dances are performed at many other times of the year. It is reported that unless young blood is recruited, Morris dancing will soon become extinct. A spokesman for The Jockey Morris Men of Birmingham is quoted as saying, "It is one of the rare activities that is purely English and people don't want to see something that has been going for several hundred years die out". It is also reported that, apparently, young people are very self-conscious and Morris dancing is simply not fashionable. The same self-consciousness does not seem to apply to the young of many other nations, for I am sure that, like me, you have been delighted by the traditional dances performed by the young in the streets of foreign towns and villages that you have visited on your holidays, and by the folk groups that have performed in your holiday hotel or cruise ship. These troupes are often made up of youngsters, who wear traditional costume and dance with pride and enthusiasm. Obviously, what we need is a drive to make our national folk dance popular. I suggest 'Strictly Come Morris Dancing' which will be on the telly on Saturday evenings. Teams of 'celebrities,' say, from 'EastEnders' and 'Coronation Street' and other cultural programmes, will compete to gain the approbation ofj udges and the votes of a nation fired with a passion for this exquisite terpsichorean tradition. There may even be a place for a certain gentleman who Morris danced the paso doble. DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Steak Pie Supper and Quiz Friday 20th February 7.30 p.m. in the Village Hall For information contact Yvonne Povey 01628 603036 -1- Revd Lucy Holt Writes: Church News: Christmas festivities at St James the Less, concluded on 4th January with the dedication of the refurbished West doors. The original oak Tudor doors had not been used for over 50 years, and they were in poor condition. The restoration of the doors was undertaken by the Lillyfee Wood Carving Studio at Wooburn Common . A lot of hard work bas taken place to enable this restoration to happen and I am extremely grateful to Mr Peter Legge in particular who has managed the whole project. The doors were in a terrible state of repair and it is fantastic to see them back in use and it bas enhanced the whole building. Lent starts at the end of this month. I am delighted that the Archdeacon of Berkshire is coming to lead our Ash Wednesday service at St James on 25th February. We will also be holding Lent courses in various locations within the two parishes - please see Church notice board or website for more details. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in February 2009 Sunday 1st February 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Candlemas service of light and healing Wednesday 4th February 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 8th February 9.30 am Family Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion Sunday 1 5th February St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30 am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00 am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 1 8th February 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 22nd February 9.30 am Morning Worship 1 1 .00 am Holy Communion (children's groups) Wednesday 25th February 7.30 pm Ash Wednesday Communion Service Sunday 1st March 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Informal Service St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton Avril Desseot Poole Peacefully passed away on the 18th of October, 2008. Born in Seymour Road, Slough on the 29th of April, 1938, married Brian Poole in 1957. With two children, James and Louise, they moved to Lake End Road in 1969 before moving to Dorney Reach in 1980. Here she enjoyed many happy years down by the river. She was a tireless supporter of the PT A and Cubs, raising monies from various fund raising activities. Shall always be remembered for her kind and loving nature and will be sorely missed by her family and friends. R.I.P. ANS Garden & Tree Setvices • Garden Maintenance • Tree Surgery ( Qualified & trained to NPTC standard) • Conifer/Leylandii topping • Grass Cutting • Hedge Cutting • Turf supplied and laid • Paddock Maintenance • Garden Clearance • One Off or Ongoing Maintenance • Winter Gritting, private and commercial LOGS FOR S Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01189 345341 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btinternet.com PA RISH PUMP j 􀐘;sh,d on 􀑺 o􀒯 Dorney 􀐕 C«mcH Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 603856) Counc􀐺lors,Andrew 􀐚ie (670611) 􀙿Q JCleillr Daxk: 61(603486enda Co ),lAlinlisce ( 0F1oxley753 (66602!5533681)) •Gro holn Easton(627416) Ken Rlchmond(626972). ,,..,, P􀒫r 􀐭th (County 􀐛lr -017!13 827034) AFORNN􀐵UACOL MMIEETING􀐆 M􀚀, MARCH, 􀐯uudoy,2!1th. , Fob 10􀐫, 􀐂EDULEDr 10, Apri GRASSl 14, CI/TTIN6M􀑵 12. , to be advtsod 􀑃DATE T􀐈 PA􀐢 􀐔A􀐄 Cllr. Alice Foxley has p< oduccd o draft update to the P􀑤sh plan, 􀑾 upon the recent approlsol. It Is 􀒮 t􀓵, once a􀐖, 􀒋ies will be .,.,;1able for discussion 􀑱 the APM on Morch 2!5"'. 􀐍􀑊MPIC 􀐷T 􀐉lympic organisers haw: still not finalised how they 􀒭 to 􀓦t 20,000+ daily spect􀑳 from the 􀑮 y􀒪 undefined park and ri􀒗 sites to the Lake possibly via Windsor R􀑔􀒞 - no public parking there. It would appear that the "􀐌lympic f􀑚ily" - 4000 􀒔ily plus a few t􀓷 spectators via Taplow 􀐩tation will use the A4/Lake End 􀐧/Court 􀐀/Marsh circuit, 􀑿 all has yet to be 􀒆firmed. 􀐏ARD HERBS 􀐬 There will be a 􀐙lic Inquiry into County planning decisions In respect of the 􀐐􀓴 Herbs site on 4,. Feb,,..ry. It Is bellew:d that 􀑝 􀐪DC l􀒡l a􀒎ion on d􀒝isions already In place may be on hol􀒑 awaiting the result of this new Inquiry. BETTER KEPT VII.I.AGE Tfuhnctionse Counci tl ohos th eagreed Parish Couo 􀒉ncil, w􀓹lt. w it-h Bucksop, l􀑏 tCoune futynd i􀓕ng. dWoo- 􀓳 to oincroasof 􀒄 lthen envi amwronmentant of l labour owllable to 1.,... the 􀑟 of the parish. UnfartunoEly, current 􀒊 will 􀒇nue to cut the 􀓭. If you how, any 􀒃ints or CClll1IMflts rolating to roads and pathways (o.􀓠. potholes, ow,rh􀑜ing w,getotion, bloc:bd drains otc.) ploase a􀒀􀐃 the clerh. 􀐑r initi􀑘 obnotjiefcietid"'. PIsri orito ty􀒘 aforl wi Jtonh a/􀒜ny proby F􀚁lems for I swh thiche a woroa ho 􀑕"' rosponsnt tol bscll􀓶ity 􀑅wtitheninisn 4 􀒍 -ks. of being MNowA􀐥 thaH tLA legalNE Fprob􀐎lemsA􀐶 ha "' 􀑼on resolw,d, County oxpect to clear w,getation 􀑛 􀓧rally preporofurther monthe ire􀒧ma areind aowar lolafb thle.o 􀓔th route, for 􀒌otfon (promised by s.ptember 2009) whoo PARKIN& AD.1 ACaIT T􀐊 DORNEY LAKE ENTRANCE The 􀒖rous porhing by walkers which occurs when the main Lako 6ate is shut hos 􀑽n roported to the police, wha ha"" agreod to discuss the problem with 􀏿 management. CouHA􀐡nty hosRT agreed 􀐤AD toD􀐠 deIaNlS w/iGUU.EYth the bSl oc:kagos "as soon as their machinery Is ropolrod'. Pot.ICE 􀐁will sponsorl police Vwoillh i􀒈cle Anuect􀒳w tot eoped Sraignste radduriangr 􀓮thens oin􀑥 they months area on o fa 2f009airfy; 􀒅rquldinedr 􀑸 􀐮is.􀒟 T hainds Coun ANPRcil do􀑌ces may be 􀒙loyed .., a rogular 􀑹is. MIFDT Dorney and Topl􀑴 Councillors met In December and agree􀒐 joint strategies on certain matters of l'Grismutuahl CouncinEroils tme. Iett ingwas and agre NeAdG t wia suggestll hold o t 􀓲"newt a npoly iNcyA"G memeeettiingngs immed􀑩 hoi􀑲ld lyimmed prioriate toly the prior Dorney to a Aandnnual Dorney l'Gris wh ilmeel bet ihongl don in Mtorche shumme 25''r. .􀐹 next meeting of the Mutual Intorost Forum for T􀑞ow -4- • l>ORNEY VILLA6E HALL Councillors ogrud to ..-t. in principle. • DVH manc,gemeat committee plan to constnJct • canwnttonal new roof and to oxtend the holl within Its existing rectongular foo􀑍nt. Domey Village Hall ls an Independent organlsG-. l>ORNEY COURT LICENCE The Council will not object to an omnsloo of licence to pem,ft playing nuslc Inside and outside, but haw requested that S8DC set specific noise lew,ls os they haw dooe with Domey L4lORNEY LAKE PLANNING County hos not yet resolwd the long outstanding planning problems and we will write again to press to,- an early concluskln. NEW PLANNING REGULATIONS Planning regulations are being slightly relaxed. It is ...,...tant that residents report any possible lnfringemen1' to the Clerk '"' Dlstrk:t planners. This Council submi1' conwnents on all applications to the District Council Gnc1 application details are published on the South Bucks District webslte.www.southbucks.gov.uk Parish mlnutu .,.. oost«f on thtt website & no-boards in thtt Vi/Ip Hall and Vtltnr "'I. ENQUIRIES & comments to Glenda Collins. Council Offices. 63 Chequers Orchard,Iwr. SLO 9NJ. Phone,01753 655331. •-IIICIII: dorneypc@btconnect.com: website (for Agenda, minutes, links to SBl>C, etc. , -.buckslnfo.net/dorneypc/ FAULTY FOOTPATH UGHTING- email : office@bleiqhqroup.co.uk. or phone 01753 893339. Environmental CGffl!IIGlll1s/conwnents- el!ICIII dlre<:t to, refuseandrecyclinq@southbucks.gov.uk Energy saving light bulb myth buster Why use them? Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) use 80% less electricity, save you about £3 a year each, and lasl up to 12 limes longer than old-fashioned tungslen bulbs. What are they? Think of them as compact versions of the strip lights in work places since the 1 950s. Have they improved? You can now get all shapes and sizes, fittings and levels of brightness, including 1 50W equivalent and dimmable options. A recent blind test of 761 shoppers, found that 64% preferred the light from them. Is ii better to leave them running? No, switching them on uses the equivalent electricity as leaving them on for a few minutes. Most now light instantaneously. How should I dispose of them? Use the service your municipal tip provides for the safe disposal of fluorescent tubes. Is mercury an issue? Ironically, installing CFLs oughl to help reduce lhe need for coal-fired electricity production - a major cause of global mercury emissions. CFLs contain mercury - about 5mg. Locked into its tube, this is harmless. What should I do if I smash one? Ventilate lhe room for 1 5 minutes. Put on your rubber gloves, brush the bits info a bag, seal ii and drop ii at the tip next time you go. Are tungsten bulbs banned? No. Manufacturers have agreed to withdraw them for sale, starting with 100N this year, 60W in 2010 and 4WJ in 201 1 . Where can I find out more? Contact the Energy Saving Trust on 0800 512 012. -5- Ne􀓺gh􀑷ourhoo􀒒 􀐒oli􀒁ing Newsletter. January 2009 􀑆el􀒂ome to the latest newsletter 􀒵rom the 􀐰aplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team. Mobile Beat Surgery The Taplow & Dorney team will be parking up on various roads to conduct a Mobile Beat Surgery in the Neighbourhood Van on Saturday 14th February 2009, please feel free to come along and have a chat about any issues or concerns you may have. We will be at the following locations: Conway Road, Taplow 1.00pm Village Road, Dorney (in bus stop) 1.30pm Village Hall, Taplow (car park) 2.00pm Cliveden Gages (by concierge) 2.30pm SToeehe Ndeiniggh bourhood Team is continuing with monthly speed enforcement operations in and around the Taplow & Dorney area. The Neighbourhood Action Group is planning to hold a public consultation in March, details of this will be in the February Newsletter. The object of the consultation is to raise awareness about the NAG, its achievements and to re-assess the priorities. Parking Now that the schools have returned from the Christmas holidays, the Neighbourhood Team will be reinforcing the campaigns held last year. The NAG is also currently looking into alternative solutions such as higher kerbs and bollards. BurgJary There has been an increase in burglaries in the Taplow area since Christmas. The Neighbourhood team are increasing patrols in these areas, however, we would like to remind residents to ensure that your property is secure and that valuables are left out of sight. Consider buying a timer switch for your lights so that they come on when you are not at home - a dark house is a key target for an opportunist burglar. If you would like any crime reduction advice then please contact us on 08458 505 505. Changes to Staff There have been some changes to the Neighbourhood team. Inspector Lucy Price has now gone on maternity leave after having her daughter. Inspector Beverley Pearce has now taken over the role. 􀒪HAMES VALLEY POLICE 0846 8 606 606 THAMES VALLEY CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 666 111 call anonymously with lnfonnation 􀓤􀙾 crime Dorney and District Horticultural Society The programme of events for this year will be published in the Dorney Parish News shortly, but in the meantime please make a note that the first meeting will take place on February 20th in the village hall at 7.30 p.m. The steak pie supper will be followed by a quiz and a raffle. As usual please bring your own bottles of refreshment to your special liking and prepare for a pleasant evening. 􀐦lphLiney. IN 2009 THE COUNCIL WILL BE PROVID􀐌NG E􀓍􀒹A 􀑀BOUR TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PLEASE MAINTAIN & KEEP nDY THE AREA ADJACENT TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE ACnON WHERE SKIPS AND BUILDING MATERIALS ARE KEPT ON PUBLJC VERGES FOR LONG PERIODS DRMNG & PIIRKJNG ON VERGES IS ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING, ANTI-SOCIAL AND ILLEGAL. issuo:! by dotncy p.ttish council -6- • • Dorney Parish News <--- • - -,. .... - ..L.:" .• - --- .:.---;-:::-􀂍- - ,. -·;;. -- ,. -􀁤 ":II' :::=::::::::-.:..-- =-'"""= -- . -- 􀁪􀁫􀁬􀁭- 􀁖􀁗􀁘􀁙􀁚 ::.. -j 􀁥 • ::- 􀂊=-􀂋-.;:;== -- 􀂌 -- - -----=-:: _--== j􀁛 􀂵􀁜-.....-=------=------􀁝 􀫆 - ;,--- 􀫇---: ' - '"" ·¼􀫈 4- ,.,., "' -:..-1/., .. 􀂎 -__ ,t..1,1 UNDER THE MANAGEMENT DF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pa.Qj􀀎􀀏J􀀐& Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - - - - - c::> - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags, jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmaiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 wwwJanemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Florist Real Floris􀉇 Local, National & International Deli􀉌e􀈸y Telefloris!S-)" • 􀊫uets • Arra􀈫gements • Balloo􀈫s Visa, Mastercard. Solo • Weddings Tel: 01 753 833225 Tel: 01 628 602968 Fax􀊚 01 753 842422 & Electron cards accepted • 􀊺unerals • Pa􀈹􀉄ies • 􀊭orporate • Same Day website􀊛 w􀉓.brackenflowe􀉀.com email: bracken@bracken􀈐owe􀉀.co.uk 31b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Si􀉃e Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of􀊜 • Turfing • Driveways • Plan􀉃s􀉦 Trees and S􀈓ru􀈁s • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BAL􀋘ST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSHROOM 􀉖 COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture !.J,'/(,d,-';? Yk;?Tpion THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COU􀋥􀋮, DORNEY, BERKSH􀋆RE S􀋑4 6QP 􀋵L: 01628 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children 's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Te l: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscal i.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Even􀐳ng􀓚Service􀓚 ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am, I0. 1 5am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material􀓚􀐉or􀓚pu blication􀓚should􀓚 reach􀓚one􀓚of􀓚the􀓚Editors􀓚by􀓚 the􀓚16th􀓚of􀓚the􀓚preceding􀓚 month.􀓚 NOT􀓚PUBLISHED􀓚IN􀓚JANUARY􀓚AND􀓚 AUGUST􀓚 Editors: Mr.􀓚 C.􀓚C.􀓚Cody,􀓚Easter􀓚Folly,􀓚7,􀓚Dorney􀓚 Reach􀓚Road,􀓚 Dorney􀓚 Reach,􀓚 Maidenhead .􀓚 SL6􀓚0DX􀓚 Tel:􀓚 01628􀓚624121􀓚 Mrs.􀓚 J.􀓚 M.􀓚 Spencer,􀓚 Dorincou􀒕,􀓚45,􀓚Ha􀒇ourt􀓚 Road,􀓚 Dorney􀓚Reach,􀓚 Maidenhead.􀓚 SL6􀓚0DT.􀓚 Tel: 01628􀓚624213􀓚 Editorial Board: The􀓚 Ed􀐴tors,􀓚 Mrs.􀓚M.C.􀓚Cody􀓚 Distrib utors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wo od-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for I O issues (payable in Advance) It􀓚is􀓚requested􀓚 that􀓚Treasurers􀓚of􀓚Local􀓚Organisations􀓚pay􀓚their􀓚subscri􀑱tions􀓚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􀓚corr􀐀pondents􀓚 exp􀑹essed􀓚in􀓚letters􀓚or􀓚articles􀓚published􀓚in􀓚 this􀓚maga􀓓ne.􀓚 ISSUE NO. 2/09 EDITORIAL MARCH 2009 I hope you read the Euergy Saving Trnst 's article in last month 's magazine entitled 'Energy saving light bulb myth buster.' Its purpose was to encourage us to swttch to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). Some of the criticism ofCFLs can be found in reports by the US Department of Energy, for exaruple:- Bulbs take th􀈺ee minutes to reach output. The life of a CF􀋒 is signifi cantly shorter if turned on for a fe􀉒 minutes at a time. 􀋇n the case of a 5 minute on􀊇off cycle the lifespan of a CF􀋓 can be up to 85% shorter. 􀋯he 􀋺S 􀊵nergy Star Programme says to leave them on at least 15 minutes at a time to mitigate this problem. CFLs produce 􀈢ess light in thei􀈻 life than they do at the sta􀈻t. One quarter of CFLs tested no longer met their rated output after 􀊒0% of their 􀈺ated survival life. CFLs can give out Mercury and 􀋻V emissions. Fluorescent bulbs can damage paintings and textile fabrics 􀉒hich are composed of light sensitive dyes and pigments. Last month's 'myth buster' article addressed some of these issues and may have persuaded you (if you needed persuading) to make the switch. I 􀑭 not entirely convinced of their safety when, in the article, we are advised that if we should smash a CFL we should ventilate the room for 15 minutes, put on rubber gloves, brush the bits into a bag, seal it and drop it at the tip next time we go. And rumours persist that close proximity to a fluorescent bulb could cause the equivalent of sunburn. If you read in bed it might be advisable to apply some suntan lotion to your face before retiring for the night. Anyway, I decided to try out one of the CFLs that had been posted to me as a gi􀓚 from an Energy Saving organisation. I've had it some while and I can't truthfully remember the narue of the donor. The bulb is rather ugly and, for a comparative wattage, puts out a duller, yellower light. This stirred some long forgotten memories. . When I was a very young child our home was lit by gaslight. I can still picture the wh􀓼te gas mantles and the centre ceiling fitting with the two little hanging chains that, when pulled, moved the pivoted arm that regulated the gas 􀓑ow and, thus, the light density. When we moved to a new house, instant electrical illumination was our greatest joy and from then on my father becarue an advocate for well-lit rooms. 150watt and even 200watt bulbs were his speciality. He argued that the monetary cost of electricity used between a low wattage bulb and a high wattage bulb was infinitesimal, and was much better than suffer ing from eye strain. Although not quite in my father 's league, I do like a bright light where required and it may take me a little while to accept CFLs. And will the abolition of tungsten lights make a real reduction in carbon emission or is this just another green gesture. Ouly last weekend I read an article which highlighted the fact that burning the rainforest is responsible for 20% of carbon emissions - more than all cars and planes combined. Changing my light bulbs seems neither here nor there . A sentence in last month's NAG report under the 'Parking' sub title read - "The NAG is also currently looking into alternative solutions such as higher kerbs and bollards." I hope the higher kerbs are not being mooted for Dorney Reach, for we are rather fond of our cobble kerbs and anything on the lines of the concrete urban kerb that runs along the verge of the new fo otpath to our historic oak tree must not even be contemplated. - 1- Revd Lucy Holt Writes, Mothering Sunday this year falls on Sunday 22nd March. Cynics may say this is just another ploy of the card industry to get us to spend more money - but in fact celebrating Mothering Sunday goes back to the 16th Century. During this time people returned on the fourth Sunday of Lent to their mother church. This was often a large local church or their nearest Cathedral. It was also a time when families would get together. The practice of giving posies developed as people walked home to join their families they collected wild flowers on the way. Often this Sunday was also known as Refreshment or Simnel Sunday as the Lent austerity was lightened for the day and families would celebrate together by eating Simnel cake. Well nowadays we use this day to remember our own Mothers and to give thanks to them with cards, flowers and gifts. But as well as remembering the gifts of our mothers at Church we celebrate the maternal aspects of God's love to us and see God in terms of not just a Father but a parent. So this Mothering Sunday enjoy your time with your families and perhaps try eating a Simnel cake! For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in March 2009 Sunday 1st March 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Open Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Prayer and worship in the reflective tradition of Taize Wednesday 4th March 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 8th March 9.30am Family Communion 1 1 .00am Family Communion Sunday 15th March St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 18th March 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 22nd March 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 29th March 1 1 .00am Combined Service St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton Glenda Collins Parish Clerk Tel: 01753 655331 Fu: 01753 654922 11Bornep 􀀘ari􀀙b QCouncil c--oo􀇢􀇣􀇤 Nc!L 'LI -· 63 Chequers Orchard IVER Bucks SL0 9NJ Email: dorneycouncil@co-net.com Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING will be held on Wednesday 25th March 2009 in Dorney Village Hall starting promptly at 8. 00 pm The meeting will be preceded by a Neighbourhood Action Group Meeting at 7 pm ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• DORNEY COUNCILLORS' RESPONSillll.ITIES. FlnallC#- K Richmond. GCZC- A FO>dcy, K Harris, K Richmond; etm/0/ynf'k:s - J Dax,K Horrls,K Rk:hmond;Slll'-P Smith, 6 Easton; SBA/.C- A Foxley, A Purdie; NAG- K Horris. Parish 􀇥 K Richmond; Tru Wardn- Mrs 6 Easton. Vt7/ag6 Hall- K Richmond DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL mHts on the second Tuesday of e,ery month except August. Meetings ON held at the Eton Domey Centre in Lake End Road, ...,..11y from 11pm - 10pm. County & 􀇦 Councillors and Police (084!5 8505 505) often attend. Residents ON welcome and may ask questions. Refreshments are usually served. 2009 PARISH MEETIN&-MARCH 25"h. OLYMPICS 2012: JULY 28th-AU6 11th. PARALYMPICS SEPT 1st-3rd ********************************************************************************* WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 14th March at 7.30 p.m. Eton College School Hall Overture : Portsmouth Point City Reflections Cello Concerto No. I (Soloist Jozefien Vanherpe) Symphony No. 5 Tickets £12 (£10 OAP), (£6 student/child) Walton David Aune Saint-Saens Shostakovich Concert tickets are available at the door (subject to availability) or from Sheargold Pianos, 53, King Street, Maidenhead or from the ticket hotline tel. 0118 966 5149 or from www. wmso.org.uk LENT LUNCHES 2009 The following lunches will be held in aid of charity during Lent this year: Thursday 26th March at the Eton Dorney centre, Lake End Road, Dorney This will be hosted by Rod Dollimore and Lily llles. Thursday 2nd April at Dormouse, Oak Stubbs Lane, Dorney Reach This will be hosted by Jean Tyler and will be in aid of the Slough Child Contact Centre A light lunch will be served at each of these from noon to 2 pm. Please come along, bring your friends and meet some neighbours. - 3- YOUNG AT HEART Are you young at heart? Do you like to walk? Would you find it easier to walk regularly with a group of enthusiastic children? If your answer is yes, then we would love to have you on our team. How about walking to school with the children from Dorney School on Wednesday and Friday mornings? We gather together between 8 - 8:15am. Park the car and walk to school from two different routes. Both routes start at the car parks on the Jubilee River: Route I starts at the Weir Car Park on Marsh Lane. Route 2 starts at the Wetlands Car Park on Lake End Road. The walk will take about 20 -30 minutes and we will walk regardless of the weather. Children of primary school age are a treat to spend time with and truly are young at heart. So if you like to walk and are looking for company or encouragement to carry on doing so, then why not join us twice a week as we walk with the children to Dorney School. For more inform ation please contact Dorney School Tel: (01628) 620871 Mary Baker - School Travel Co-ordinator Dear Editor Re: Ken Richmond and a belly dancer !just want to say what a great Valentine's dance was held at the Village Hall last Saturday. The new Chairman brought a razzmatazz to the annual Dance with a Turkish belly dancer (25 years old) who danced amongst the tables and got wide-eyed men dancing with her too. One person enjoying the show was Ken Richmond who was honoured with a lifetime award for services to the Village Hall - he was the Chairman who instigated the building of the new Hall in 1970 and has been on the committee ever since, lending his wit and drive recently to push new plans along for a renovated Hall. The disco, raffle of wonderful prizes and the meal were all excellent and over 70 people enjoyed a great evening. Graham Easton -4- THE PALMER ARMS We are very pleased to be able to advise village residents that The Palmer Arms will be opening under new management at the end of February. The new owners are Chrys and Hanna Fisher from Datchet who have considerable experience in the hospitality bnsioess. It did take a little longer than we had hoped to sell The Palmer Arms, partly down to the current economic climate and partly becanse we very much wanted to find the right people to follow us. We would like to siocerely thank all of the residents for their support duriog the past five years. We have very much enjoyed re-creating a tiviog, community busioess in the village that we love so much. We have many happy memories of Village events io The Palmer Arms and we are sure that these will continue io future. We wish Chrys aod Hanna every success in takiog The Palmer Arms on the next stage of its development. We are certain that they will do this very successfully. Bill, Jill and Elizabeth Dax DORNEY XTRAS "Everything but the main coune" Canapes • Ta rts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease the saain when you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays ! -5- •• 􀞇 •. "'_:_·._· · • . •· • • . • . -,,·. • ' ·, -􀁦<;" -<,' c/􀙆 C􀙹ntryside 􀐏nitiativea 􀒬ea􀘏 Buckinghamshire C􀙢nty Council Ann􀘤e A County Hall Biodiversity Partnership Aylesbury 􀐉 !􀓃􀓎 􀒭el: 01296 382705 e-mail: ieBrin@'!􀘣dw;c.goy.uk Hunting for Ancient Trees in South Bucks Give a tree a hug and help identify the district's ancient trees. That's the message from nature conservation groups working together in South Bucks. The area is of national importance for its ancient trees, for example Burnham Beeches alone has trees dating back more than 500 years, and they can all be identified by how many people it takes to give them a big hug. Trees are important as a part ofliving history in the landscape and are also the home for a wide range of rare wildlife, including birds, insects and fungi. Langley Park, for example, is the third most important site in the country for insects living in dead wood. Hunting for ancient trees is easy and anyone can get involved, to find out more about the Ancient Tree Hunt come along to one of three events in March and April. 14th March 28th March 18th April Black Park (10.00 - 1.00) Burnham Beeches (10.00 - 1.00) Cliveden (9.30 - 12.30) Ancient trees are not just confined to protected sites, they can also be found on roadsides and in local hedgerows. The Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Biodiversity Partnership is mapping these trees as part of their work in linking the wildlife habitats in South Bucks and also as part of the Ancient Tree Hunt, a five year plan by The Woodland Trust to find and record 100,000 ancient trees in the UK. Candidates for 'ancient' status can be identified by how many 'British Standard Hugs' it takes to go around their fat, old trunks, which means that hunting for ancient trees this summer can be great fun and absolutely anyone can take part. The Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Biodiversity Partnership consists of around 50 organisations working together to promote and enhance nature conservation across the county. Organisations specifically involved in the Ancient Tree Hunt in South Bucks include Bucks County Council, City of Loudon, National Trust, and Woodland Trust Please contact me for more information on 01296 382949. or jelkin@buckscc.gov.uk Yours Sincerely J.D. Elkin Biodiversity Project Officer Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Biodiversity Partnership -6- Eto􀘥 College 􀒇􀙈wing Centre Dorney 􀑊ke After the extreme weather of February's first half signs of spring have appeared. The severe cold will have helpfully killed off not a few pests, though it may have impeded other flora and fauna. However, the fibn of ice on the Lake has gone, our trees are slowly coming into bud, aided by the removal of some of the surrounding undergrowth during the winter, and not a few birds are beginning to bustle about. The common scoter spent its longest recorded time with us till Christmas and shelducks, green sandpipers and redshanks stayed until the ice appeared. On New Year's Day the 141st species noted, a goosander, was sighted. The first migrants, the ringed plovers, will soon be with us. There are fairly frequent local media mentions of the logistics, opportnnities and ramifications of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as they relate to our area and to Dorney in particular, now that they are just over three years away. Access plaus, including tie-ups with public transport, park 'n' ride schemes and the projected footbridge over the river are progressing nnder the aegis of the Olympic authorities. The Dorney Lake site constrnction works are scheduled to begin in September and be completed by the end of March 2010. In 2012, whilst we will be very active with the Olympic Games, we will also be host to the adaptive (disabled) rowing in the Paralympic Games due to run from 1st to 3rd September. Great Britain won medals at both Games in Beijing. Despite the notices of Dorney Lake site closure between Christmas and New Year displayed in the car parks and at the entrance gates for well over a month, as well as the information being repeated in Dorney Parish News, there were unfortunately a number of walkers who still attempted to access the site (at their own risk), when the gates were closed to vehicles, and parked messily nearby. We have no jnrisdiction over the public highways but hope very much that the culprits will think of the inconvenience and danger to Dorney villagers and park only in permissible areas. Lastly, please be aware that the suffix to our e-mail addresses has changed - Managing Director Ivor Lloyd can now be reached at i.lloyd@domeylake.co.uk and I am at p.powell@dorneylake.co.uk. The telephone number is still 01753 832756. Patricia Powell -7- DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Cheese & Wine + Speaker Friday 27th March 8 p.m. in the Village Hall For information contact Yvonne Povey 01628 603036 SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Saturday 28th March at 7.30 p.m. Eton College School Hall Suite from the ballet 'The Nutcracker' Pavane pour une infante defunte Danse Macabre Invitation to the Dance La Boutique Fantasque El salon Mexico Tickets £1 2/under 16s £6 Tchaikovsky Ravel Saint-Saens Weber Rossini Copland The SPS box office is managed through the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Attwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF. Telephone 01628 788997 www.sloughph il.freeserve.co.ulc/tickets.html ANS Garden & Tree Services • Garden Maintenance • Tree Surgery (Qualified & trained ID NPTC standard) • Conifer/Leylandii topping • Grass Cutting • Hedge Cutting • Turf supplied and laid • Paddock Maintenance • Garden Clearance • One Off or Ongoing Maintenance • Winter Gritting, private and commercia l LOGS FOR IIAJ,E Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01189 345341 e-mail: anbgardenservices@bti nternet.com -8- /!; ;:. . -i<.J Dorney Pa rish News UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pa,nt§li]& Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - - --- c:::, --- - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 -26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@jsmailnet Mob: 07887 994222 wwwJanemorgandresshire.co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Floris t Real Florists Loca l, National & International Delivery Telefloris_B-)" * Bouquets * Arrangements • Balloons Visa, Mastercard. Solo • Weddings * Funerals Te l: 01 753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 & Electron cards accepted • Parties • Corporate • Same Day website: www .brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers.co.uk 31b Eton Wick Road , Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOPSOIL MUSHROOM COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture !l£uf,,;f !YJ::i-m/>klll, 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 VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 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 CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am, 10.15am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material􀓚􀐋or􀓚publication􀓚should􀓚reach􀓚one􀓚of􀓚the􀓚Editors􀓚by the􀓚16th􀓚of􀓚the􀓚preceding􀓚month.􀓚 NOT􀓚PUBLISHED􀓚IN JANUARY􀓚AND􀓚AUGUST􀓚 Editon: Mr.􀓚 C.􀓚C.􀓚Cody,􀓚Easter􀓚Fol􀑋y,􀓚7,􀓚Dorney􀓚Reach􀓚Road,􀓚Dorney􀓚Reach,􀓚Maidenhead.􀓚 S􀑌.6􀓚0DX􀓚 Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs.􀓚J. M. Spencer,􀓚Dorincourt,􀓚45,􀓚Harcour􀒧􀓚Road,􀓚Do􀒑y􀓚Reach,􀓚Maidenhead.􀓚S􀑔6􀓚0DT.􀓚 Tel: 01628 624213 EdiJoria/ Board: The􀓚Editors,􀓚Mrs.􀓚M.C.􀓚Cody􀓚 Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (payable in Advance) It􀓚is􀓚requested􀓚that􀓚Treasurers􀓚of􀓚Local􀓚Organisations􀓚pay􀓚their􀓚subscri􀑲tions􀓚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. 3/09 EDITORIAL APRIL 2009 The medical record of each and every one of us is to be put on a computer database. The idea is that if we should fall ill, or have an accident when we are anywhere in the country, doctors called upon to treat us can gain immediate access to our medical history and, with this knowledge, be better placed to treat us. You may think this is a worthy idea or an infringement on your personal privacy. But it is more than likely that you will be thinking that this will be one more database that will be mysteriously lost or stolen and the contents made available to unscrupulous persons or organisations. I believe it is possible to ask to be excluded from this database, so if that is your wish, contact your doctor. Infringements upon our personal liberties seem to be in the ascendancy. The fear of terrorism has, of course, made us accept that Big Brother needs to keep an eye on us, but some new regulations and restrictions have the whiff of an emerging police state. The latest, and most invidious, being the new security database being set up to log all journeys abroad. All trips out of Britain are to be recorded, along with personal details of every business traveller and holidaymaker. People planning a journey abroad will have to supply information such as passport and credit card details, home and email addresses and exact itineraries. Day trippers will be affected, including shoppers on 'booze cruises' to supermarkets across the Channel. The rules will apply to all journeys that involve leaving the UK, whether by air, sea or Channel Tunnel, regardless of how brief the trip, and will encompass trawler men. yachtsmen and leisure boaters who plan to make landfall overseas. Even cross-Channel swimmers and their support teams will have to comply. Would-be travellers will have to log details online at least 24 hours in advance and anyone who fails to do so will face the risk of criminal prosecution and fines up to £5,000. Now, I don't think that my travel itinerary or my credit card details are any business of the Government and given its appalling record on looking after our data, entrusting any Government department with such details is rather scary. How long will it be before discs containing all this information are left on a train or lost in the post? One critic of the security database seemed to sum up the situation quite succinctly: "Sounds like the East Germany of old, what other paranoid control freak plans do they have up their sleeves?" More good news for ramblers. The historic oak tree footpath goes ever onwards, towards its final destination - wherever and whenever that may be. We may have lost some more hedgerow and a bit of tree trunk here and there, but hey, we've gained another stretch of delightful kerbstone. I've heard there is yet more beautification of the parish to come. A roundabout! - and yellow lines! COPY FOR THE NEXT ISSUE (MAY) MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THURSDAY 9TH APRIL. THIS IS ONE WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL AND YOUR CO-OPERATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. Revd Lucy Holt Writes: I always think that this time of year appears rather hopeful. After the dark winter days and long nights signs of life are appearing with spring flowers, warmer days and longer evenings and the Jubilee River cycie path resembling the M 1 with so many cyclists and walkers. This sense of hope is of course very evident in the Church calendar and must be the main theme of the Easter season which will soon be upon us; the hope that is offered in the death and resurrection of Jesus, the hope of life in all tts fullness not only in this life but for etemtty. Easter seivices are full to the brim with the word Alleluia in liturgy and hymns. Why? Because it is this hope that is worth celebrating and shouting about to the world. Why not come along and hear more about tt for yourself over the Easter period? For information about our churches, activtties and church history please see our parishes' web stte: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in April 2009 Wednesday 1st April 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 5th April (Palm Sunday) 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Seivice) St John the Baptist Eton Wick Palm Sunday Procession starting from the Village Hall Eton Wick at 1 0.50am 6.30 pm Informal seivice: 'The Passion' St John the Evangelist Eton Monday 6th April 12.00 noon Holy Week Reflection followed by soup and roll Tuesday 7th April 12.00 noon Holy Week Reflection followed by soup and roll Wednesday 8th April 1 2.00 noon Holy Week Reflection followed by soup and roll Thursday 9th April (Maundy Thursday) 7.30 pm Bring and share Passover Supper Friday 10th April (Good Friday) 1 1 .00 am Family Seivice with Reflection -2- St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Baptist Eton Wick Eton Dorney Centre St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 12th April (Easter Day) 9.30am Family Communion 1 1 .00am Family Communion Wednesday 1 5th April 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 19th April St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 26th April 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 3rd May 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Informal service ANS 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 Garden & Tree Services • Garden Maintenance • Tree Surgery (Qualified & trained to NPTC standard) • Conifer /Leylandii topping • Grass Cutting • Hedge Cutting • Turf supplied and laid • Paddock Maintenance • Garden Clearance • One Off or Ongoing Maintenance • Winter Gritting, private and commercial LOGS FOR SAJ,E Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01189 345341 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btinternet.com -3- Dorney Social Diary Thursday 2• April Wednesday 8"' April Saturday 16• May Mid May/June DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITIEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Lent Lunch Dormouse, Oak Stubbs Lane, Dorney Reach 12 noon -2 p.m. Eton Wick History Goup Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7 .30 p.m. TV AP Sponsored Walk Best Kept Village Judging Period Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. May, July Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (-) 12.15 - 2.00 Dates: 21/4* 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 Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6--16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Area Co-ordinator:- Joo Willmore 01628 663334 jwillm@btioteroet.com TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 £ton College 􀚹owing Cent􀦁e Do􀦂ney Lake 􀫊 Spring has very definitely sprung now and we have had some good rowing and canoeing days before the main season begins shortly. There have been a few cross-winds but the tree shelter belts and landscaping help to minimise these. Visitors often ask about the lay-out of the Dorney Lake site and how it was planned. Our Volunteer Wardens group will soon find out in more detail, since our pre-season gathering end-March will not only allow new and existing members to meet each other and feel part of things but will feature a talk by Roderick Watson, former Director, on 'Dorney Lake - Design and Landscape'. The Volunteers find it helpful to broaden their knowledge. They will be in action from end-April to end-September but some have enthusiastically put themselves on duty during the winter too with our permission. We'd be delighted to welcome more to our merry group, who do morning or afternoon sessions on Saturdays and Sundays on a rota basis, helping visitors and gently ensuring all is in order. Anyone interested should please contact me at p.powell@dorneylake.co.uk or call 01753 832756. Ivor Lloyd, Managing Director, continues to liaise regularly with the Olympic authorities and we're currently awaiting a '2012' transport plan update, following the last draft discussed in November. Windsor Racecourse remains the preferred option for the major access to the venue, using a temporary bridge across the Thatnes. Meanwhile, in order to facilitate the groundworks required by the ODA construction programme, planning permission was agreed and a small number of trees have been moved and replanted in the Park area. An application has been made for retention of the car park area containers for the period of site coustruction, for use in equipment storage. The old construction site office is intended to become the Junior Aquatic Initiative's clubhouse and the British Canoe Union High Performance Team's base through to 2012. Our poor chestnut trees in the entrance avenue are very definitely suffering from weeping canker and/or leaf miner infestation, as are a number of trees across the site. Self-healing may occur with the former and we're hoping that may be the case with at least some of the trees. Both afllictions have spread nation-wide though and may change the look of wooded areas, as did the Dutch elm one. However, many of our other 30,000 plus trees are doing very well now. Lastly, some of you like to look at what's coming up here on our Website. The calendar of main events is there but we're in the throes of refreshing the site, so it's more userfriendly and up-to-date. The revamp is planned to be completed in April, just in time for Easter, for which we offer everyone our good wishes. Patricia Powell -5- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter. March 2009 Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 505. CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 1 1 1 At the last public consultation, the neighbourhood priorities v.ere agreed as I. Speeding 2. Parking 3. Litter Mobile Beat Surgery The Taplow & Dorney team will be parking up on various roads to conduct a Mobile Beat Surgery in the Neighbourhood Van on Saturday 18th April 2009, please feel free to come along and have a chat about any issues or concerns you may have. We will be at the following locations: Village Road, Dorney (bus stop) Village Hall, Taplow 4.00pm 4.30pm Parking/Litter The local police team are continuing with parking enforcement with regards to parking on pavements and double yellow lines. The NAG are also in the process of investigating alternative solutions to the problem areas such as alternative parking etc. Litter is the third priority and is only just being looked into by the NAG, there will be no further developments until after the public consultation. However, there has been improvements in areas such as Amerden Lane which has been cleared of fly tipping through the enviromnental audits, these are carried out every three months and the next EVA is due in April. Youth Activity Afternoon The local neighbourhood team are working together with SBDC and other youth organisations to provide an activity afternoon on Wednesday 8th April. This will include a football match (Police v Kids), the IV AN where kids can have a go at mixing their own music and the Gladiator Duel. There will also be representatives from the local rugby club, army & sea cadets, karate and youth clubs. The idea is to provide a fun afternoon and to offer the local youth an opportunity to get involved in local youth groups. The event will be held at the Phoenix Court Rugby ground, Institute Road, Taplow between 1-4pm BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION PLEASE KEEP TIDY THE AREA ADJACENT TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION WHERE SKIPS AND BUILDING MATERIALS ARE KEPT ON PUBLIC VERGES FOR LONG PERIODS issued by domey parish council DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 -6- Dear Editor Wiodrush, Village Road, Dorney March 16, 2009 Best Kept Village Competition The Parish Council has decided to enter Dorney in this competition agaio this year and I have volunteered to act as co-ordinator, together with Alan Russell. We have done a walk-about of the area and made proposals, which have been accepted by the PC, to enlarge the footprint of the competition boundary in order to include new features of which all Dorney residents can be proud. These ioclude the tennis court and surrounding area, the entrance to Dorney Lake and arboretum, plus the car park and gateway to Dorney Wetlands. A new map has been submitted with these features as well as the regular items that the judges look out for, such as the Village Hall, the Church and surroundings, the Memorial Garden, the "Village Green", pub surroundings and basics such as bus shelters and notice boards. We are looking for volunteers to join us and members of the Village Hall Management Committee for a day to help paint the barge boards of the Hall and clear the debris surrounding it and the tennis court. This area let us down last year. We plan a community BBQ when the skip has been filled! On another day we plan to clear and tidy the strip of land adjacent to the bridleway along Court Lane. This is now a major pedestrian thoroughfare between the Jubilee River and Dorney Lake. We will also refurbish the two bus shelters with suitable wood treatment. We will gain extra points ifwe can show evidence of community effort over and above residents keeping their own frontages tidy. If you would like to join us for one or two days, to be determined when we have some volunteers, please contact either Alan or myself. Judging is usually mid May and June and the volunteer days should be before then. Let's make an effort and improve on last year's results! Nick Teale Contact: Nick on 01628 605177 Alan on 01628 784515 -7- en ,. J' - ::-􀫋i::: 􀫌:. "􀫍􀫎•--'. -s- \ 􀄘 ,-ly .:'.) 'y Dorney Parish News UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pan/it!2& Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ c:::, - - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 -26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Florist Real Florists Local. National & International Delivery Telefloris_B-)"" • Bouquets • Arrangements • Balloons Visa, Mastercard. Solo • Weddings Tel: 01 753 833225 & Electron cards accepted • Funerals Tel: 01628 602968 * Parties • Corporate Fax: 01753 842422 • Same Day website: www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenftowers.co.uk 31 b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU 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 TMOUPSHSROOILO M - • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture 􀂶"<;? l?;;;upio11 THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COUIIT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 660708 - - - ---------------------------------------SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full detai ls of our Services and Children 's Activities are included in this magaz ine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. 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The Government has changed the planning system, and has introduced a new type of plan called a Local Development Framework (LDF). The South Bucks LDF will be a set of documents that will guide future development in the District for the next 1 5 to 20 years. The Core Strategy is at the heart of the LDF and will set the 'big picture.' It will have a long-term vision, objectives and will set the broad strategy for accommodating future development in South Bucks. The key challenges in South Bucks are:- Where to accommodate 1 , 880 new dwellings in the period 2006-26, of the right type, with the necessary supporting infrastructure. How to accommodate further development, whilst protecting the character of our towns and villages. Where and how to provide more affordable housing. How to support the local economy. How to ensure that existing and new development is made more sustainable. How to conserve and enhance the natural environment. How to reduce traffic congestion, and the related impacts on the quality of life. How to address the issues arising from an ageing population. How to address the causes of crime and the related fear of crime. The Core Strategy contains proposals for housing development in Burnham, and Hitcham & Taplow Society have identified very serious issues that would be likely to affect the extenVdistribution of future development in Taplow. The Society is also concerned at references to parts of Taplow being in Burnham! The issues, and I quote, "appear to have serious implications for the distinct identity of Taplow", quite apart from proposals to ease a ban on infill development within conservation areas. The development of the Mill Lane paper mill site is also proposed in the Core Strategy. Skindles is to be pulled down and replaced by a new 150 bedroom hotel, which will retain the Skindles name. The present plan shows it to be of little architectural merit! The Mill Lane development is a mixture of 1 52 dwellings (houses and apartments) and 28 house/work units. The proposed development seems pleasant enough, but of course together with the Burnhamffaplow proposals, plus all the new apartments on the Maidenhead side of the bridge, it all adds up to a serious impact upon traffic on the A4. When questioned at the Dorney Annual Meeting, Mr. Gillespie left us with the impression that SBDC decides upon various sites that could accommodate a certain number of dwellings and then these sites are put forward as Core Strategy proposals without, at this stage, considering the affect this may have on traffic numbers, bridges, schools, shops, railways etc. He said this all comes at a later stage. I think many of us in the village hall thought the Council was putting the cart before the horse! Although these developments may not specifically impinge upon our parish, there is no doubt that they will affect us, and I propose that we support our neighbouring communities in their endeavour to preserve our shared environment. I will not mention Mr. Gillespie's revelation of an application for a supermarket at the Bishop Centre!! -1- Revd Lucy Holt Writes: A comment I hear often as I meet individuals is this - "well of course Lucy you don't have to go to Church to be a Christian". In many ways the comment is one which is valid - the Christian faith is about our individual relationship with God. However, my answer to this comment is often along the lines of "well I personally would find it difficult to be a Christian and not go to Church - not get the support of others to help and encourage me in my faith". At the end of this month we celebrate the feast of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit comes upon the disciples of Jesus in great power. In many ways this is seen as the birthday of the Church and we see them transformed from a frightened group of individuals to a group who went and shared the good news of Jesus far and wide often facing persecution and even death. Throughout the accounts of the early days of the Christian church we see the importance for them of having the support of others around them, praying and encouraging them. To take a Christian stand in this day and age can often be a tough thing to do and we all need help and support to do this. I hope and pray that our Churches in the benefice of Eton with Eton Wick, Boveney and Dorney can be places where we can receive such support and encourage each other to grow and develop in our faith. Well of course you don't have to go to Church to be a Christian - but why not come and see if it can make a difference to you! For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in May 2009 Sunday 3rd May 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Service of Healing and Wholeness Wednesday 6th May 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 10th May 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Sunday 17th May 1 1 .00am Combined Holy Communion Wednesday 20th May 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 24th May 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 31st May (Pentecost) 1 1 . 00am Combined Holy Communion 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 Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton Dear Editor Windrush, Village Road, Dorney April 10, 2009 Best Kept Village Competition We have had a good response from residents to our appeal for help to tidy up. By the time this is published the village hall and tennis court area will have been cleared and I hope that the overall improved appearance will be appreciated by all. This was a great co-ordination job between the Village Hall Management Team, Alan Russell and members of the Parish Council. Our next community clear up is to be on Friday June 5 where we will concentrate on the surroundings of the graveyard and Court Lane bridleway/footpath. Anyone who would like to help can meet us around 10 am in Court Lane. I would like to give my apologies to the residents of Ashford Lane as I did not "flag" The Pineapple on the map you published in April. 􀐸e boundary of the map cle􀑣ly includes both the excellent pub and the area surrounding it and I will make a suitable correction so that the judges don't miss it' Sincere thanks to all who have volunteered time to keep our comer of South Bucks a great place to live in and be proud o􀒸. If you would like to offer additional help please call Alan or Nick. Nick Teale Contact Nick on O I 628 605177 Alan on O 1628 784515 THA􀐅K YOU Our Lent Lunch raised £135 for the Slough Child Contact Centre. Thank you to everybody who supported the occasion. Jean and Peter Tyler SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Saturday 16th May at 7.30 p.m. Eton College School Hall The Seasons Haydn Tickets £12/under 16s £6 The SPS box office is managed through the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Attwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF. Telephone 01628 788997 www.sloughphil.freeserve.co.uk/tickets.html DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie -C3o-ish 01628 629381 From: Alex Glover 􀑍mailto:glover~alex@hotmail.com􀑎 Sent: 23 March 2009 13 :54 To: dorneycouncil@co-net.com Subject: Dorney Marks Family Dear Sirs I am trying to 􀒺􀓾nd a bit more about some of my 􀓁ily who lived at Dorney. My Grand􀒹ather Francis Glover b.1925 lived and grew up at Oak Stubbs Lane, with sister Joan Glover b.1932, their Mother Beatrice Glover (nee Marks) and Grandmother Harriett Marks worked at Burnham Abbey, and his father Francis Glover was a Guardsman at Windsor Palace. I am particularly interested in the Marks family, they lived at Rose Cottage, Dorney and later Lake End. They were: James Marks (head) and wife Harriett (above) and their children were, Alice Marks b.cl901, Beatrice Marks b.cl903, William (Bill) Marks b.cl905, L􀒤nard (Len) Marks b.cl907, Sidney (Sid) Marks b.cl912, 􀐨chard (Dick) Marks b.cl912. I understand they were a farming family, working on a farm at Dorney Reach. James Marks also had numerous jobs including gravedigger at the local church. From stories I have heard, the above young men often frequented The Pineapple and The Palmer Arms. I was wondering if you know of any resources where I could find more about the family and their time at Dorney? There may even still be relatives in the area. Thank you. Kind Regards, Alex Glover Want to Beat the Cowboys? - Buy With Confidence The Buy With Confidence scheme provides Buckinghamshire residents with a list of local businesses that have been vetted and approved by Trading Standards. Consumers can have peace of mind when using an approved member because they have all been individually checked for trustworthiness and compliance with consumer protection laws. In the unlikely event of a problem arising approved members abide with the Scheme's Code of Practice, which defines the minimum standards required to deliver good customer service. To find a tradesman you can trust visit www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or call 08454 04 05 06. If you think your business could make the grade and would like more information contact Gina Green at ggreen@buckscc.gov.uk or call 01296 383919. Murder? It Certainly Was Not! We've just been on The Orient Express. There are a lot of adjectives to describe it brilliaot, wonderful, romantic - words like that. If that was murder it was a great way to go. We would thoroughly recommend it to anyone with a Jove of earlier, better days. It was all part of my big birthday celebration. My wife, Tina, booked it a year ago when we still had the money to pay for it, and it was a stunning experience. We gathered at ao hotel near Victoria Station. It was unfortunate that Mr. Brown had invited Mr. Obama and all their G20 mates on the same day. It meant that we had to leave Dorney very early indeed, but we were provided with a lavish continental breakfust at the hotel before we strolled across to the Pulhnan train - beantifully restored to its original glory. We sat in grand armchairs sipping drinks and then enjoying a fine lnnch as we headed to Folkestone. We came down to earth a bit as we were coached on and off the Euro-Tunnel Shuttle, but then we boarded the magnificent Orient Express itself. What an experience lay ahead of us over the next thirty hours. The splendour of the train itself was everything we hoped for. The food was as good as any we have ever eaten. The bar was a joy with a pianist playing my sort of music. Everyone dressed for dinoer aod several were enjoying similar special celebrations. Best of all, were the staff. The service they give is superb. They seemed to love their work. Most have worked on the train for 10 years or more. This was one of the few times when we have really wanted to tip generously to show our appreciation. We stayed in Venice for two nights. We love it. We have never been there in high summer. In the cooler seasons it is sweet smelling, beautiful, quieter, and a photographer's paradise. I took many pleasing pictures, but there were three small problems. First we were saddened by the graffiti. What is the matter with Euroyobs who feel the need to deface everything beautiful? Dorney would certainly beat Venice in the best kept village competition at the moment. The second problem was more serious. Gigantic advertising hoardings now cover some of the finest buildings. The Rialto Bridge sported a giant banner advertising some concert. There was a huge billboard for Swiss Watches in St Mark's Square and, worst of all, The Bridge of Sighs and both sides of the canal leading up to it were covered, from water level to rooftop, by blue display boards. Just part of the bridge was allowed to peep through the resulting garish 3D advertisement for cosmetics. The third change, for me, was the quality of celebrities. There was a time when Venice, and particularly the legendary Harry's Bar played host to some of the greatest names in literature, media, politics and the arts. This time I was busy photographing romantic evening party revellers, wearing masks and riding in gondolas, when a nearby English tourist said, in awed tones "Look who's over there". I folJowed the line of her trembling gaze expecting to recognise a Dame, a Sir or an HRH, but all I could see was a fat little bald bloke with a bored looking girl beside him. "Who is it?" I asked. "It's Phil Mitchell of EastEnders," she said adoringly. What has Venice come to? I ask myself. Casanova would turn in his grave. Geoffrey Atkinson. -5- Dorney Social Diary Thursday 14th May Saturday 16'" May Saturday 16 .. May Wednesday 20" May Friday 􀞆 June Mid May/June DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY 􀓊LAGE HALL MANAGEMENT CO􀑗E DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children ofthe parish) BROWNIES LI􀒻LE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure bunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOO􀐶GS DDHS Evening Garden Visit Waltham Place, White Waltham 7 - 9 p.m. TV AP S􀚔nsored Walk Do􀛪ey 􀒠h􀙣l Fete Noon till 3 p.m. Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Best 􀐳ept Village Tidy-Up Volunteers Court Lane 10 a.m. Best Kept Village Judging Period Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. May, July Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (*) 12.15 • 2.00 Dates: 12/5 2/6* 14􀘦 No Lunch Club in Aug. 8/9 13/10 10/11 8/12 Every Tuesday Village Hall 􀒖.10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Ball 6--7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Area Co-ordinator:- Jon Willmore 01628 663334 jwillm@btinternet.com TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQU􀐣E I􀑕DIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -6- -==z,,;-,,v􀀙 Dorney Parish News • ""'-""'-= - . -- .-c ::'\.􀊢'/'11.Jli􀂑'CfU􀉱 􀊍􀂒 -􀐗 􀉲.,􀂓􀊡 􀉚􀉧􀉟 ..:.. 􀉳􀐘 .. 􀉴􀉞􀂔􀐙 HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING Th RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY 􀀇pa]/§.􀀈J􀀉! UNDER THE MANAGEMENT DF JILL HARRIS Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ---- - - C:::> - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmaiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 wwwJanemorgandresshire.co. uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Flo rist Real Floris􀉇 Loca􀈣, National & Inte􀈸nat􀈙onal Delive􀉪y 􀉘 Bouquets • Arrangements 􀉘 Balloons Teleflor-.=:::;is!>"1" " Visa, Mastercard. Solo & Electron cards accepted 􀉗 Weddings * Funerals 􀉢 Pa􀈹􀉄ies 􀉙 Cor􀈳ate Tel: 01 753 833225 Tel: 01 628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 􀉙 Same Day website􀊞 www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers.co.uk 31 b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Turfing • Plants􀉩 Trees and S􀈓ru􀈁s • Fencing • Driveways • Car Parks • B􀈠ock Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees 01628 666022 • 661􀊖68 Mobile 07860 706675 • Suppliers of: SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSH􀋦OOM 􀉿 COMPOST 􀀜 TRADITIONAL '\􀀝 ·. t􀀞' RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture l • c9"££h ;t !?JX; nym n • • THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COVITT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP 􀋶L: 0162􀊘 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children 's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Te l: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service 6.30pm ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am, 10. 1 5am and 6pm Vigil Mass Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT. Tel: 01628 6242 13 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wo od-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for JO 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 or correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 5/09 EDITORIAL JUNE 2009 The Taplow Car Boot Sale (CBS) has been a bugbear for 1 9 years and is a source of regular articles and letters in our local press. Last week's reports reiterated complaints that on Sundays and bank holidays traffic grinds to a halt along the Bath Road as frustrated shoppers and residents are forced to queue for more than an hour to get into Maidenhead. A spokesman for the Maidenhead and District Chamber of Commerce is reported as saying that the traffic is the "kiss of death' to the town's traders who are trying to boost Sunday business to offset falling weekday revenues, hit by the recession. Meanwhile, local residents report that the Great Car Boot Sale, which runs through the day and attracts thousands, makes them feel like prisoners in their own home. I am particularly sorry for residents of upper Marsh Lane whose 'room with a view' is regularly downgraded on 'Sale' days. Admittedly, the organisers of the Taplow CBS do their best to alleviate local disturbance by having marshals in Marsh Lane to prevent parking, and controlling traffic (as best they can) in and out of the site, but the fact that it could be worse does not make it acceptable. Better that the licence was withdrawn altogether or restricted to, say, one Sunday a month. I have never been to a Car Boot Sale; they usually look rather seedy and I cannot understand why they attract so many 'customers'. Unless circumstances give me no option, I avoid the A4 like the plague whenever a 'Sale' is taking place. No doubt you or your friends have been delayed when trying to negotiate this route from Dorney. Guests recently visiting a Dorney resident, were in a traffic queue as far back as the M4 exit 7 sliproad! Despite all, this month's NAG letter in this magazine, reports that the police attended the Taplow CBS on Sunday 1 0th May and found no congestion and traffic moving freely along the Bath Road. And a letter to this week's local paper says that the Taplow CBS is "a good day out." Maybe the majority of visitors to a CBS are simply there because it is 'a good day out' or 'something to do' on a Sunday, but I daresay some are hoping to make a profitable purchase. My heart sinks whenever I watch the Antiques Roadshow and an article purchased at a Car Boot Sale for 1 Op is found to be of "You're Joking!' value. I know that means an increase in cars on the Bath Road the following Sunday! I returned from holiday to find that the extended Historic Oak Tree footpath has reached its final destination. And all for a paltry £1 00,000?! I believe there is rejoicing in the village, for villagers can now walk to Dorney Reach in comparative safety. Our congratulations to our regular correspondent Geoffrey Atkinson, who won the Best Actor Award at the recent Kenton Theatre Festival in Henley. The Award, presented by Simon Williams, was for Geoffrey's performance in 'Happy Birthday Me', one of eleven plays performed by various groups across the county and beyond. - 1 - Revd Lucy Holt Writes: As I write this the daily news is full of the scandal of the allowances of MPs. We are shocked by the way this system has apparently been abused by so many. What seems to be at the heart of this though is self-j ustification: ·1 didn't do anything wrong", the letter of the law or rules as used to justify something which could be contested on ethical grounds. Why has this happened? The arguments will conti nue to abound I am sure, however, we can learn from Christian teaching about how to not simply use rules as a negative to stop us doing things but to see them leading to positive action. Jesus spoke clearly of this in the parable of the Good Samaritan. On being asked what was the most important law to keep, Jesus spoke of loving God and your neighbour. The questioner continued however in the words "who is my neighbour?" - in other words who can I get away with not loving! In reply Jesus telling the parable turned this idea on Its head with the example of our neighbour being drastically different from us. Rules and laws are important to keep us safe but more important are the positive attributes they point to amongst other things of respect, love and care for others. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in June 2009 Wednesday 3rd June 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 7th June (Trinity Sunday) 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Jan and David Townend talking about their ministry in Tanzania Sunday 14th June 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Holy Communion Wednesday 17th June 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 21st June 9.30am Holy Communion 11. 00am Combined Service Sunday 28th June 9.30am Morning Wo rship 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Charity Concert in aid of St James the Less Church Featuring: Members of the London Welsh Male Voice Choir and The Singing Group from Dorney School Saturday 20th June at 7.00 pm For Tickets (£10, including refreshments) ring: 0793 307 1306 or 0781 480 2979 or 01628 623769 or pay at the door AN APPEAL TO THOSE TEND􀘽G G􀚾VES IN THE G􀚿VEYARD Two years ago a com􀥟und was erected in the graveyard and a water supply provided in it, available for floral tributes that are placed on graves. This was provided following re􀥼uests f􀦆om elderly residents of the village. At the same time we put up a notice appealing for help by asking that dead flowers and other rubbish be removed by those tending the graves, rather than being dumped as previously. Regrettably this appeal has been ignored by many people. Parochial Church Council members will, once again, have to dispose of the rubbish that is in place at the present time but we appeal that in future everyone should comply with the notice and take any waste home and thus make a contribution to the appearance of the area. David Pepler Gill Hayton Churchwardens. ETON WIC􀙎 HISTORY GROU􀚟 MEETING Eton Wick 􀛽illage Hall at 7.30 p.m. NO MEETING IN JUNE Wednesday 8th 􀙆uly THE CENTENARY OF 􀙐G EDWARD VII HOSPITAL W􀘿SOR Speaker:- Mrs Sally Kemp -3- Winifred Sharphouse 29th May 1920- 30th March 2009 Win sadly passed away aged 88, having lived happily in Harcourt Road for over 50 years. Following her husband Reg's death inl989 from Alzheimers, Win continued to live there on her own. She met Reg when they were both working at County Hall, Kingston on Thames, and they were married in 1939. Following various moves they came to Dorney Reach in 1957. They had four children, all of whom grew up living happily at Oakdene. A proud moment for Win and all the family was when Reg was awarded an OBE by the Queen for his work in the Hospital Service. Win and Reg were active members of Dorney Horticultural Society, and Reg became Chairman for a time. Win was also a member of Dorney W. I. and served for a while as President. She also enjoyed painting with a local group. Until last June when Win was admitted to hospital, she shared the companionship of the Dorney Lunch Club, held at the Vicarage. The last few months of her life were spent at St. David's Nursing home, Ascot. Win and Reg enjoyed the friendship of many in the area, and their children Jan, Paul, Peter and Sue would like to thank everyone for their kindness. NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 St John's Chamber Orchestra Summer Concert Saturday 6th June at 7.30 pm Concerto in C for violin, cello and piano Siegfried Idyll Symphony No. 100 in G (Military) Tickets: £15 £13.50 (£5 under 16s) Thanks to the Palmer Arms Beethoven Wagner Haydn I was recently fortunate to win, as a prize in a raffle in aid of the Alzheimer's Society, a three course meal at the Palmer Arms, kindly donated by the owners Chrys and Hanna Fisher. My daughter and I enjoyed excellent food and wine with very friendly service and I wish to express my thanks to the hosts for their generosity. Joan Griffith Lake End, Dorney -4- Eton College Rowing Centre Dorney Lake 􀋶 Representatives of the International Olympic Committee Co-Ordination Commission visited all the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues in mid-April. This was one of their twice-yearly visits to assess constrnction and preparation progress. In our case the constrnction of the Droveway and the bridges is still planned to commence in September this year with completion due by end-March next year. The visit feedback was that they were impressed with the quality of both Dorney Lake and of the accommodation at the 'sub-village' at Royal Holloway College, which will be home to the rowing and canoe athletes. Commission members will return for their second update in November this year. Flying visitors in the last few weeks have included wheatears passing through, yellow wagtails, whimbrel, common terns and the first view of a greenshank this year in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Mallard families have been in evidence, with one brood numbering 15, later reduced to 12. Imagine having a dozen babies to look after. The summer programme of events commenced with the Asthma UK I Ok Run, followed by the Ball Cup Regatta for schools where rowing is only a minor sport. Wallingford Regatta took place on the first May Bank Holiday weekend with clement weather, an excellent entries register and the usual enthusiastic spectators. What was different this year was that the results included posting on 'Twitter'. Next up is the Metropolitan Regatta over the end-May weekend and then Marlow Regatta on June 20th and 21st. These are fun family occasions as well as being serious rowing events of international interest. As for the majority of businesses the 'credit crunch' is affecting us, with levels of activity on corporate bookings as well as private ones having been very quiet in the first three months of the year. In contrast, April and May have been busier as we approach our season. Income is not only key to paying for the upkeep of the site but it also allows the operating charity to support the Junior Aquatics Initiative. Since its 2002 launch 1,500 youngsters have registered and there are currently 20 schools, as part of their curriculum, using the scheme, for which we provide the coaching and equipment. Lastly, our Volunteers are now doing their stuff - gentle patrols around the grounds in three-hour Saturday or Sunday sessions and answering visitor questions, some of which are, occasionally, rather odd! If you'd like to join, please just e-mail me at p.powell@dorneylake.co.uk or telephone 01753 832756. Patricia Powell -5- Dorney Village Hall Management Committee Dear Reader, We would like to say a big thank you to everyone for the support we have received from the community over the years. We would also like to take this opportu nity to welcome all new fa milies that have moved into the village in recent years. It is lovely to see so many young families once again as part of our community. The hall is very well used by locals and reg ular hirers and for one-off celebrations (birthdays, weddings, anniversaries etc). This makes the hall a very valuable asset for the community and one that we want to constantly improve, to offer the very best facilities possible. The Village Hall Comm ittee is a small and lively group of local people and we would dearly love to take on some new committee members, especially from people new to the area. If you would like to know more about what we do, please come along to our AGM on Monday 13th July at 8pm in the Village Hall. We will be covering what we have been up to in the past year and our hopes and special projects for the future. We look forward to seeing you there. Mary Baker - Committee member village cars Serving Burnham, Dorney, Ta p/ow and surrounding areas Airports - Stations - Hotels - Bars - Clubs - Restaurants "Local services with a personal touch" 01628685557 Dorney Parish News Dear Editor, 3 Meadow Way Dorney Reach Maidenhead SL6 0DR 13 May 2009 A few weeks ago I went to the SBDC web site and keyed in the word 'Allotments' and came up with nothing. It would appear that there are no council operated allotments in the area. The nearest allotments are those privately owned and operated by Burnham Gardening Society on Boundary Road. In order to obtain a plot, I saw the allocations secretary who was very sympathetic to my request, but said that they were full, and that he would put me on the waiting list. I think I am about 23rd. Under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908, local councils have a duty to provide a sufficient number of allotments if there is a req uirement by six or more residents. If there are any other readers who would also like to have an allotment perhaps we could pool our efforts to make a co-ordinated approach to the Parish and or District Council. Those interested please contact me either by email mv.ferriday@ btintemet.com or come along and see me at the above address. Thank you Mike Ferriday RED ROSE CATERERS FOR ALL YOUR CATER ING REQUIREMENTS Cocktail Parties Buffets Anniversaries Barbecues Lunches Birthdays Office Functions Training Seminars CONTACT LOUISE OR GEORGIE ON 01628 669 158 or 07786 262727 E-mail: redrosecaterers@yahoo.co.uk -7- Dorney Social Diary Friday 5th June Sunday 14th June Saturday 20th June Mid􀓚May/June􀓚 DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LnTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or caren) Songs, stories, treasure bunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Best Kept Village Tidy-Up Volunteers Court Lane 10 a.m. DDBS Coach Trip. Upton House Charity Concert. St. James the Less, Dorney. 7 pm. B􀐁t􀓚Ke􀑳t􀓚Village􀓚Jud􀐯ng􀓚Pe􀒊􀑧d􀓚 Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second􀓚Monday􀓚o􀐍􀓚alte􀒌ate􀓚month􀒚􀓚 i.e. July, September Village􀓚Hsll 8􀓚p.m.􀓚 Luncheon􀓚in the􀓚Vica􀑿age,􀓚Do􀒍ey􀓚 Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (*) 12.15 - 2.00 Dates: 2/6* 14.n- Day Out. * See below No Lunch Club in Aug. 8/9 13/10 10/11 8/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m.􀓚 Tdephone 01628 629381 (between 4.J0.5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in but in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church􀑏 Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 *Dorney Lunch Club Day Out 14th July. Will be organized by Lily Dies and Sue Eaton. Coach Trip to Waterperry Garden starting 11.45 am, return at 4.30 pm. Cost including transport &􀓚 entrance £15.35 (cheque payable to the Eton Dorney Centre or cash) Booking till 01/07. Td: 01628 662823 E-mail: info@etondorney.org.uk NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Area Co-ordinator:- Jon Willmore 01628 663334 jwillm@btinternet.com TO REPORT ANYIBING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -8- c_-::7: L y Q "? Dorney Pa rish News UNDER THE MANAGEMENT DF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY panjfill]! Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - - - -- c::> - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 -26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 wwwJanemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Florist Real Florisls Local, National & 􀋉nternational Delivery Telefloris!S-)" • Bou􀈵uets • Arrangements • Balloons Visa􀊁 􀋛astercard, Solo • Weddings 􀉝 Funerals Tel: 01753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01 753 842422 & Electron cards accepted • Parties • Corporate • Same Day website: w􀉓.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@bracken􀈐owers.c􀈯.uk 31 b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSHROOM 􀉖 COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mob􀈜le 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture :1£dl'r; g;;;,?lfWt1 THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COVITT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE 􀋨L4 6QP T􀊷L: 0􀊎6􀊐8 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday I 0.30arn 6.30pm ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 9am, I0. 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 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT. Tel: 0!628 6242 1 3 Editorial Boord: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 6/09 EDITORIAL JULY 2009 "I don't know anything about computers. I don't even know how o􀓛en to change the oil." Buzz Nutley. Well I'm not quite as green as Buzz, and I do know a little about computers, but I am often frustrated by the seemingly unlimited number of things that can go wrong, particularly when I am trying to produce this magazine. In the middle of last month's issue, I suddenly found that I couldn't open any 'Word' document in my files, nor any 'Word' attachment to incoming emails. 'Restore' procedures failed to restore 'Word' or my equilibrium and I had to make arrangements to use another's computer to reproduce unopenable documents. For the following three weeks not a 'Word' was spoken, and then one day my machine uttered a series of bleeps and 'Word' was miraculously resuscitated. Its restoration was as puzzling as its demise. I know I am not alone in thinking that computers have a mind of their own and more often than not it's 'bloody-minded.' My least favourite message, and one that I frequently receive is, 'Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection.' At that point my vocabulary is less than polite! Nevertheless, the PC, when it's behaving itself, is a great boon and when I recall the early 1 960's when the Parish Magazine was typed on stencils and copies rolled off on a Roneo machine, I more than appreciate all the modern technology. Prior to the personal computer, correcting or altering an article was a tedious business. Now the whole page can be rearranged in a matter of seconds. There are computers that operate on voice recognition. In future we may do away with keyboards altogether. I will sit by my PC and talk to it, and, who knows, it may even be able to talk back. It can then tell me, personally, why it is being so fitful and slow. It may even be able to tell me what misfortune has befallen my 'Word' documents. The Parish Council has written in strong terms to the legal department of the District Council in order to try to get some action to resolve the repeated and long standing problems to the locality and the community caused by the Taplow car boot sale. Copies of this letter were sent to our MP, Dominic Grieve, and Chief Executives of the County and District Councils. Daphne Grant has distributed this magazine for many years, but due to my poor proof reading, I find that her name has been omitted from the list of distributors since the new covers were printed in February. I apologize, Daphne, for this omission. Unfortunately, the covers cannot be reprinted until next year, but to set the record straight here is the full list of distributors:- Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Tea.le, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshi􀏅 Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright The Dorney Parish News is not published in August. Copy for the September issue should be submitted by 16th August. -1- Revd Lucy Holt Writes I thought I would write this month to let you know some of the things that have been happening in the life of the Church in the two parishes of Dorney and Eton with Eton Wi ck. I am delighted to say that work has begun on some of the major restoration issues at Dorney with one of the windows now replaced , it is hoped that a further window will be restored in the coming months, the vestry is also looking res plendent with new curtains. The summer months bring with them wonderful occasions such as weddings and baptisms and we are looking forward to both in our churches over the coming months. Planning for our summer holiday club for children (aged 5-9) is well underway and this will take place at Eton Wick School from Tues 25th - Thurs 27th August. Children from Dorney, Eton Wick and Eton Porny Schools will receive an invitation through school. If you know of any other children who would like to attend please contact me for a fo rm. In the autumn we will be holding another Alpha course on Thursday evenings. This is a great opportunity to discover more about Christianity, ask all those awkward questions and make new friends in the process. Again please contact me if you require more information. Dorney Church will be open again during August for cream teas and we look forward to seeing many of you then. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site : stjohnstjamesed .org.uk Church Services in July and August 2009 Wednesday 1st July 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 5th July 9. 30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30pm Farewell service for Mike Town Sunday 12th July 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Wednesday 15th July 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 19th July 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Combined Service Sunday 26th July 9.30am Morning Wo rship 11.00am Holy Communion -2- St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 2nd August 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00am Our Space (All Age Family Service) Wednesday 5th August 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 9th August 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Sunday 16th August 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Combined Service Wednesday 19th August 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 23rd August 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion Sunday 30th August 1 1 .00am RiverReach Service 6.30pm Holy Communion (said BCP) ELSIE MAY COBB 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 St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Eton Wick School St John the Evangelist Eton My mother passed away on 3rd June; she would have been 97 on the 4th' We moved to Dorney Reach in 1952, the house had only just been fmished, and Meadow Way was still a rough track. All before the M4 was built. A lovely lady, active in Village life, she was for a few years secretary at the local school and active in the local WI. If children called, for whatever reason, they always left with sweets and chocolate in plenty. She enjoyed the social life with the Mobile Library and the monthly lunch at the Eton Dorney Centre. With a family of four to look after, I remember the long, cold winter of 1963/4. The house always clean and warm and us boys and Diana soaking wet after playing in the snow, but very quickly dry and warm, wrapped up in towels. The last 18 months spent in a lovely Care Home, Elsie was very popular with staff and everyone at the Home, but above all, happy to the end. Michael Cobb. A Memorial Service was held in Dorney Church on Monday 22nd. June. -3- 4 IBINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COUID DO FIRST: Emergency The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is! 12. If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112. The mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. SECOND: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? If you lock your keys in the car and spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your mobile phone. Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone at their end. Your car will unlock. THIRD: Hidden Battery Power Imagine your mobile battery power is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time. FOURTH: How to disable a stolen mobile phone To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone *#06# A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is uoique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use or sell it. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 8th July THE CENTENARY OF KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL WINDSOR Speaker:- Mrs Sally Kemp NO MEETING IN AUGUST -4- PARISH PUMP j ,Q,.....,,. - Publish«/ on bdtolf of DorneyP arish Council Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 6038!56) "'""'" Clerk: 61enda Collins (01753 655331) Councillors:Andrew 􀚰rdie (670611) Allee Foxley (660268) 􀛥hom Eoston(627416) Ken Riclunond(626972), Poter smith 017!13 827034. 1 NEW MEMBER TO BE CO-􀚐E􀘷 FORTHCO􀙨NG MEETINGS: T"""""' August - 􀙺E, 􀛠pt 8, Oct13, 􀚀v 9 􀛖HEllULEI) GRASS CUTTING: on throe weekly cycle. 􀛃Ai) SWEEPING: MONTHLY CO-􀚑􀚍 OF A NEW MEMBER 3 ncmes haw bun submitted and 􀙄 Is expected that a decision will be made at our 􀙇uly meeting. BEST KEPT VI􀙟AGE Judging has naw boon completed. The Pa􀧁sh l􀤢 in -h bette􀦈 shape than for many yea􀧟, thanks tu working pa􀧤s 􀤮nised by Nick Toole and Alan 􀛇sell and i-d cauncil CllTQ􀧣ll18nts for 􀥠id klbour. Dlst􀦻ct grass 􀧨ng is In its usual disa1TGy. 􀚋YM􀘃ICS There haw been two 􀦨 meetings in association with Ol)A and 􀙡, llcmey Lake and interested pa􀧢ies from County and District. Unfortunately the authorities s􀤊m no nearer finalising the llcmey 􀙒ake trans􀥥 plans than they were a year ago; negotiati􀤝, they claim, are on-going with Windsor 􀛄e and other park & ride sites on bath sides af the Thames. More detailed inf􀤰ation was withheld on the g􀧚s af confidentiality, which 􀥶ly means many more spectators will enter th􀧙h the Pa􀧀sh then the 4000 􀤯ginally 􀥷ised. A4 CAR B􀚎T SALE Dist􀧂ct, County, NA6 and the 􀥢ice are all involved with llcmey and Tapl􀤼 parish councils in cCHTCS􀥣ence and discussions aimed at reducing the weddy nuisance on the A.4/ Marsh Lane sites. It seems that the best that can be hoped for Is s􀤔 mitigation af the 􀛦nday chaos. Residents are encou􀦙d tu sign the petition which will shortly be circulated in the area. 􀚬tvh minutes are 􀥧t.d on the 􀧐ite & noti« boards in the VII, 􀘬l and VII, Rd. ENQUIRIEs & cammonts tu Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 63 Chequers O􀦞hard, Iwr 􀛚O 9NJ Ph􀤜:017!13 6511331. •-mail: dorneycouncil@btinternet.com: website (for Agenda. minutes. links to SBDC. etc.: www.bucksinfo.net/dorneypc/ FAULTY F􀚏ATH 􀘸NG- email: office@bleighgroup.co.uk, or phone 01753 893339. Envi􀧖mental complaints/comments- email direct to: refuseandrecycling@southbucks.gov.uk l>ORNEY COUNCILLORS' R􀗿BI􀙞E􀧯. F/11t111Ce- K Richmond. GC2C- A Foxloy, K Harris, K Richmond; Eton/􀚙 - ,K Harrls,K Richmond;􀧸-P smith, 6 Eostvn; 􀛊􀛑LC- A Foxley, A 􀚳ie; NA6- K 􀘨is. Parish l'lnrp- K Richmond; T􀦫 Warden- 􀙩 6 Easton. V,1/age Hall- K Richmond l>ORNEY PA􀛂H COU􀙳L meets on the 􀧾cond Tuesday of owry month except August. Meetings are hold ot the 􀘁 l>orney Centro in 􀙤e End Road, normally from 8pm - 10pm. County & bistrid Councillors and Police (0848 8505 !50!5) often attend. Residents are welc􀤓 and may osk 􀥿stions. Refreshments a􀦝 usually served. 􀚌YM􀚦􀧰 2012: 􀙈\A..Y 28th - AU􀘈 11th. PA􀚻A􀙓YMP􀘺 􀛘􀚠􀛭 1􀧱t -3"4 -5- OLYMPIC (OFF THE) RECORD Alternative plans are now being urgently proposed for the transport of 30,000 or so spectators, competitors and bangers-on 􀓘om their overnight accommodations to the Dorney Lake site. With the possibility of nil or very limited access being available via Windsor Racecourse, the previously proposed temporary dual carriageway connecting the westbound M4 direct with the Lake site may no longer have sufficient capacity; 􀓤es promoters are now considering the feasibility of using Dorney Common as a "Park & 􀑇􀑒lk" site. Calculations show that this large area could easily cope with up to 15,000 vehicles (daily). The Helicopter Pad will be sited adjacent to the Lake's Boveney Road entrance, for short and convenient access to the V.I.P stands. CAMP Furthermore, the provision of a luxury tenting area on Trurnper's Field with five star riverboat access direct to Dorney Lake would be viable and contribute massively to the green credentials of Olympic Rowing. Current plans to upgrade the Village Hall could be easily modified to provide toilet and entertainment facilities expected of a modern campsite and the resulting building would surely be welcomed by Council Chairman Keith Harris as Dorney's legacy from the Olympic Games. DORNEY XTRAS "Everything but the m􀑖n course" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease me strain when you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! Dear Resident, On the week of the 18th-22nd May there was great exclternen1 􀐔n the air as the children, •and specifically trained volunteers, most of whom were parents and local residents, took part In the 􀑩tional Walk To School week. It was such a lovely sight to see so many children and adu􀘉 In hlgh-vlsiblllty 􀐪ackets chattering and laughing their way to school, all bubbling over with delight to be pa􀛼 of this wollornoyile even1. The children who took part either walked, cycled or scooted to school and looked on the 􀓓ek as a great adventure, as well as doing their bit to keep flt and stay hea􀘇hy. Last June we added Wednesday to our regular Friday Walk 􀒳o School day and this has proved to be very successful. Research has shown that children that exercise 􀐕n the 􀘚rning are more alert and ready to learn when they a􀛷ve at school and we have found this to be the case at Do􀛱y. We have continued to use seasonal themes to 􀘓ke the walks more interesting and different for the children. 􀐖n February, we held a Valentine's walk Including breakfast for the chlklren when they arrived at school. 􀒾is used the healthy slogan 'Love your heart - love your body'. In March we held a Red 􀑡ose Day walk and also a Pancake Day walk, which Included a hot pancake and drink for the children on arrival. Many of the children dressed up with che􀚮s hats and aprons. We ended the spring term with an Easter Activity walk. Easter chicks and bunny cards were posted along the walking routes and the children had to pe􀛗rm the activities displayed from one card to the next. At the sta􀛽 of the next term we held a st. Geo􀛘e's Day walk with shields, cardboard swo􀚽s and the odd dragon. 􀐗n May we had a Hawaiian themed walk with lots of colou􀛖ul costumes and ga􀛥ands. We have a whole se􀛜es of themes planned for the remainder of the school year, including Royal Ascot Hat Day, Ame􀛝can Independence Day and a Carnival walk for the last day 􀙔 term. We also run Road Safety training each year for 􀓐ear 1 children. This includes an afte􀛮oon session each term, where the children are taken out for practical experience. 􀒿is increases the children"s sense of road safety and traffic awareness. The children are very aware that walking, cycling and scooting are good for the environment, as well as being a healthy and fun way of getting to school. To support our Walk To School, we are looking for volunteers to help supervise the walk and we would welcome any residents who would like to take part. All volunteers will receive training. 􀓅nder current legislation, volunteers will need to be CRB police-checked. We hope everyone enjoyed the coloulful sight of so many children happily making their way to school during the Walk To School week. This term we are also promoting a safe cycling scheme and have many more exciting ideas for the future. We are a􀘍ys looking for new Inspiration, so 􀐦 anyone would like to 􀙕er ideas or come along and 􀐫oin In, please don"t be shy. Just give the School 􀑺ce a call on 01628 620871, as we would be delighted to hear from you. Mary Baker - Dorney School Travel Plan Co-ordinator -7- THAMES VALLEY ' On Sunday 5th July Thames Valley Police and Neighbourhood Watch will be running a meeting between 1 .00pm - 2.00pm hours at Dorney Village Hall to try to promote Neighbourhood Watch within Dorney. Refreshments will be served. Neighbourhood Watch is about looking after each other, especially the elderly and more vulnerable members of our community. Getting to know who your neighbours are and working together as a group to reduce crime in the area. This can be done by becoming part of a Neighbourhood Watch scheme or by signing up to the Thames Valley Police Community Messaging scheme. To find out more about this please come along on Sunday 5th July or visit www.typcommunitymessaging.org ANS Garden & Tree Services • Garden Maintenance • Tree Surgery (Qualified & trained to NPTC standard) • Conifer /Leyland ii topping • Grass Cutting • Hedge Cutting • Turf supplied and laid • Paddock Maintenance • Garden Clearance • One Off or Ongoing Maintenance • Winter Gritting, private and commercial LOGS FOR SALE Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01189 345341 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btinternet.com J 􀚇ld? Who, Me???? Is it my imagination, or is old age becoming trendy? 􀊻􀋗􀋼seems to have been in the news recently. 'Retirement age may move to 70', 'older people have better resistance to swine flu', 'there are real signs of progress towards drugs for Alzheimer's disease' are al.I current news stories. Yesterday it was announced by scientists (so it must be true!) that 'The elderly are the happiest'. The argument to support this theory centres on things like stress control. Old people are apparently better at avoiding conflict with others. (Try telling that to my wife!) We 'stop and smell the roses' and notice what is good about life. I found it very difficult to agree with this unti.l I saw the recent inspiring television tributes to Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, the last two survivors ofWW l . These two amazing gentlemen, both over 1 1 0 years old, seemed serenely happy in their last interviews. They had lived through so much. Not just the horrors of the war, but all the ups and downs of the 20th century and, at the end of it all, their positive, happy, and forward thinking view of life was a delight to see. I then thought back to aU the old people we cared for at BEN (the motor industry's benevolent fund, which I ran) and rea.lized how true this is. There was so much creativity and laughter in our residentia.l and day care centres, and, as I write this, 1 am surrounded by paintings and poems and other memories of their enthusiasm. So why do some people over retirement age, especia.lly me, delight in being grumpy. When the actor/writer Dirk Bogarde was only 64 he said in a letter to a friend "growing old is very, very tiresome." I'm 70, and I grouse about the fact that I can't hear what actors are saying on TV. I groan about cars speeding down our road. I grumble about political correctness, hea.lth and safety, and mobile phones on trains. Perhaps I'm on.ly an apprentice old person and like many of my age group I still have to achieve a positive view of getting past my sell by date. I telephoned an old friend in Norfolk this week. She is 90 but, sadly, she is now fighting cancer. During a long conversation, she announced that she intends to Live another 1 0 years because she seived in the RAF during the war, and she wants to celebrate her IOOth birthday at the same time as they do. That's positive thinking! Another inspirationa.l oldie in my life is Dennis. He has always been a supporter of BEN. He recently announced that - to celebrate his 85'􀉆􀋼birthday - he had booked to do a sponsored freefall parachute jump from 15,000ft. Another old gent said he would do one at the same time. My dotty wife got highly excited and said that she wanted to as well, and several wee drams later I miserably announced that I'd better do it too. You have to have a medica.l certificate to say that you are fit to kill yourself in this way, and, to my horror, I got mine without any trouble. However both Dennis and the other gent failed theirs and Tina still has to get hers. If she should fail for some girly reason, I will be hurtling over 2.5 miles back to earth, in October, without a friend in sight. Eeek! Still, you may not have to put up with any more ramblings from this grumpy old man after that. 􀘉eoffrey Atkinson -7- PARISH PUMP j Q Publishld anN/ralfofDorn,yl'arishC«mdl Chai􀛨n: Keith Harris (01628 603856) 􀞊 Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 655331) Coundllors:A􀘴􀚴 Purdie (670611) 􀞋, Alice Foxlcy (660268) 􀏿hom Easton(627416) Ken Rlch􀘞626972), Peter smith 01753 827034. Eddie 􀑪􀘆on FORT􀐃COMING MEETINGS: 􀘩,,,..,., 􀒡t 8, 􀑸t13, 􀑫 9, Dec 8, J􀓫 11 􀒚EDU􀑂 GRA􀒝 􀓡􀑣: on three weekly cycle. 􀒎AD SWEEPING: 􀑘Y A􀒼DA􀑥 at J􀓋Y MEETING K. Rich􀘝 (Chair),A Foxley, 6. Easton, P. 􀒤ith, E. Nelson. D. Dhillon (County Cllr.) A􀚖l􀙖ies: Cllrs. Harris, 􀒆􀚾ie; Cllr. P. Adams (Distlict) and the Police. CO-􀑵ON 􀑯 A NEW MEMBER It wos 􀓯ed, by secret ballot, that Eddie Nelson of Meadow Way, Dorney Reach be co-􀙧ted to the Council. Having signed the necossary declaration, Cllr. Nelson wos welc􀙛d by the chai􀚲 and pa􀛾icipated In the July meeting. The - unsuccessful candidates wore thanked for their interest and it is ho􀚏 that this will continue into the l􀙌al elections 􀘶 year. COUNTY C􀑷􀑇 The Chai􀛩n also c􀙡lated Cllr. Dev Dhil􀘃 on his election os ..., newly elected County Councillor; Cllr. Dhillon, who hos previously re􀚞ented Dorney on 􀒧th Bucks District Council said that he i􀓢ked f􀙷 to 􀛌wi􀘹 􀙺r previously successful 􀚊rship and hoped to attend 􀘡t P􀓾sh Council 􀘙ti􀘺. 􀒀ESENTA􀒸ON Clerk Glenda Collins wos congratulated on her forthcoming (July) 􀘕􀓮 and thanked C􀙻illors for the wedding gift which wos 􀚟nted to her at the beginning of the meeting. BEST KEPT 􀓉 Councillors expressed their disa􀚜intment that we are 􀓭in 􀓱 the also-􀚷 despite the i􀘳 eff􀙲 shown by residents, parish empl􀚃 and, especially, Nick Teale and Alan Russell. Certainly. the appearance of the Parish 􀐘s 􀘢h im.,,..,wd compared with previ􀙽 years and we await. with inte􀛓. comments from the judges. 6RA􀒞 CUTTI􀑤 SBDC haw admitted that their arrangements are in disarray. F􀙵ely, extra Parish labaur hos been made available which, t􀙗ther with 􀘠 residents taking 􀛒ibility for their own frontages, has 􀛔lted an im􀚥me􀙁 in the overall appearance of the Parish. INSURANCE Due to the dilige􀘮 and persiste􀘬e of the Clerk, the Council hos 􀛃􀑑d a cheque for m􀙫 than £1600 in 􀛐 of a street light demolished in 2008 by an uninsured vehicle. PLANTIN6 T􀛅 Wa􀚿n 6111 Easton presented plans, d􀚹 up in conjunction with Dorney H􀙳icu􀘊ral 􀒦iety, for t􀛆hedge/shrub 􀚒anting in the 􀚑cnic pa􀛢 (Council 􀑎 􀓪j􀓧ent to the sch􀙤l) and f􀓺 ffl!eslhedging bordering the 􀘻w f􀓣th 􀓴 land bel􀙠ing ta and the res􀚗ibility of 􀓀 Water. 􀒟 planting is scheduled for the autumn, de􀚐ing 􀓵 awilable funding. EQUA􀑃 & HUMAN R􀐙6HTS 􀓂 commission for the above hos reminded the Parish Council that it (the Commission) will be 􀘜it􀙭ng the 􀒩atut􀙸 Re􀚩irement that the Council 􀚋 due 􀛉 to 􀚵e, disability and gender e􀚪lity in all that it d􀙒s; it wos noted and duly 􀛏o'-1 to continue sa to da. -8- • • VILLAGE HALL The Village Hall committee. whieh ope􀦛 as a eharity c􀤒pletely inde􀥐ndeftt of the Parish Council, has received planning pe􀧍issi􀤖 to extend and upgrade the: hall. Funding for the c􀤲t. estimated to be in excess of £200,000 􀘳s being s􀤵ht. 􀘟GH 􀚫􀚊LE There was no meeting in August and the f􀤏l􀤽ing matters will be dealt with at 􀛡mber and 􀚕tober meetings: Domey 􀙣ke Bund (Planning 􀥔ission): Car Boot 􀛞le; Verge Pa􀧆ing Parish muting mlnutu are on IN -ite 6 notia, boards in IN V􀘚/o« Hall and Villa« Rd. ENQUIRIES & eommems to 􀘔enda Collins, Couneil Offices, 63 Cheque􀧠 􀚛ha􀦠, I,,.r S􀙠 9NJ Phone,01753 655331. •-mall: dorneycouncil@btinternet.com: website (for Agenda. minutes, links to SBDC. ete.: www.bueksinfo.net/d􀤱eype/ FA􀛹LlY 􀘅ATH 􀙛NG- email: office@bleighgroup.co.uk, or phone 01753 893339. Environmentcd complaints/comments- email di􀦪 to: refuseandrecycling@southbucks.gov.uk DORNEY XTRAS "Eveiything but t􀓱e m􀑗 course" Canapes • 􀐳arts • Pods • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease the sttain wh􀒣 you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Harvest Supper and Speaker Dorney Village Hall Friday 25th September at 7 .30 p.m. Tickets from 􀑋vonne Povey 01628 603036 or Ralph Liney 01628 620884 -9- OBJECTION Verge parking has been on the NAG aggravation priority list for nearly two years and it is as prevalent now as it was in the 20th century. Despite regular grassing up from residents the police seem unable or unwilling even to place notices on offenders' windscreens, much less to take any more punitive action. It is unclear whether this is due to 'Health & Safety' regulations, lack of relevant training or unwillingness to leave the warm cocoon of patrol cars. DON'T GET COURT Anyone reading the Maidenhead Advertiser misdemeanours page cannot fail to notice a new and lucrative DVLA product. When you sell a motor vehicle it is, under certain circumstances, your responsibility to notify DVLA; but this is made far from clear on the documentation. Failure to comply will probably leave you £200 or more out of pocket in fines and costs, which, by current standards, is rather more than you would pay to assault two old ladies, or to mis park your car in Dorney Reach, in perpetuity. A N Gr□undcare 8 Garden. Tree H Field Management Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling - Poo Picking - - Fertilising - Spraying - - Fencing • Topping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery - Pruning - Felling - Stump Grinding - Dead Wooding - Logs and Wood Chip for sale - Garden Maintenance - Grass Cutting - Hedge Cutting - Fencing - - Turf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - -10- t 01189 345341 m. 07814 006639 e. office@anb-groundcare.co.uk w. www.anb-groundcate.oo.uk Bourne En lconry WILL BE PRESENTING A TWO DAY EVENT AT Donll'y Com·t, \Vi111!l􀀲or. Be-rksl.ili.-e SL4 6QP 26th and 27th of September 2009 Tickets will be available at the gate Adults £5.00 Children £2.50 There will be a whole host of bi rds to see hawks, falcons and ow s with two flying d ispl ays throughout the d ay. These d i sp l ays wi ll take pl ace at 1 2 0 0pm and 3 pm, so why not come down and bri ng the whole fam ily. OTHER FACIUTIES ON SITE : • Toilets , Care Garden Centre No Dogs will be allowed on site Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, NATURE NOTES + CRISP or COOLER Has anyone seen a straight banana? No, I'm not talking politics, thank you. At one stage, the E.U. was concerned that the bananas sold in England were bent and too curly. Later, on realising the ridiculousness of the order, the E.U. relented and withdrew its silly suggestion. Where does the E. U. find these idiots? Hands up those who believed the Met Office prediction back in April that the U.K. would have a Barbeque Sununer? Right, consider yourselves on a 'fizzer' at the double. Those of you who believed Dame Bridget of the Emerald Isle who said it was Wimbledon Tennis which brings the rain, it certainly did bring the rain, but fortunately on the day following the hot, dry, tennis fortnight. That was lucky! Our birds are doing very well. A good clutch of sparrows; several robins; chaffinches; blue, great and long-tailed tits; green and spotted woodpeckers; wrens; hedge accentors; ring doves; starlings; magpies and resident crows. The star this year was our resident blackbird (male) who sang from 4am to 9pm every day during June and July. From the beginning of August not a sound from him. With plenty of fruit about, perhaps he has moved on. We just hope that he is safe and well having entertained us so beautifully. Plant life is doing well too during a typical English summer. Blue Canterbury bells; pink lavateria; a variety of roses; orange Chinese Lanterns; white Russian vine; deep blue and yellow vetch; teasels; geraniums plus lots of fruit and vegetable plants including apples; plums; damsons; mirabelles; rhubarb; runner beans; cucumbers; tomatoes; blackberries; gooseberries, to name but a few. It's been a great year so far. After the hot Wimbledon fortnight, out came the global warming brigade including one eccentric M.P. who forecast we would all be burnt to a "crisp" by 2080. Considering he is in his mid-fifties, he certainly played safe with 2080, knowing he and any reader over 40 years of age would not be around to take him to the Tower with cries of "Off with his head." In fact I predict that in five million years' time the Sun will have cooled off and life on Earth as we know it today will no longer exist. I will gladly travel by limo to the Tower if proven otherwise. Dame Bridget agrees that five million years is a safe figure to choose. Thank you, Bridget. Finally, as summer fades away and autumn eases in, I'll play a lovely tune called "Days of Wine and Roses. • Here we go and enjoy it - The days of wine and roses Laugh and run away, like a child at play Through the meadowland towards a closing door A door marked "never more" that wasn't there before The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze Filled with memories of the golden smile That introduced me to the days of wine and roses And you. Regards, "' Tony Dixon-Smith (D.D.) Music by Henry Mancini; words by Johnny Mercer (1962) - 1 2- Set in 9 acres of Beautiful Grounds Private Nursing & Residential Care Hotne • Highest quatity 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms • en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system • Automatic lifts • Relaxed friendly atmosphere .. 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Every Thursday beginners and improwrs 8 to 9 p.m. Intermediate 9 to IO p.m. at Dorney Village Hall. Also children every Saturday 1 1 a.m. to 12 ooon. at Dorney Village Hall Children's classes include line dancing. Private lessons also available. 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Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ C=::> ------ EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresse􀅮maiLnet Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Villa ge Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Flo rist Real Florists Local, National & International Delive,y Te lefloris:B-)" * Bouquets * Arrangements Visa, Mastercard, Solo * Balloons * Weddings Tel: 01753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 & Electron cards accepted • Funerals • Parties • Corporate • Same Day website: www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers.co.uk 31b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Tu/ing • Driveways • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSHROOM COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Res torers of fine An tique Furniture !?!£,:1,,, '!Y Plkvy,101, THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COVITT, 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 VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday􀓚 I􀓚0.30am 6.30pm􀓚 ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday􀓚Mass􀓚 9.00am􀓚 M􀑬􀒏ing􀓚Service􀓚and􀓚Sunday􀓚School􀓚 Evening􀓚Service􀓚 OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Satu􀒂day􀓚 Sunday􀓚 6pm 9am,􀓚 I 0. 1 5am􀓚and􀓚6pm􀓚 V􀐻gil􀓚Mass􀓚 Mass􀓚 Mate􀒃ial􀓚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􀓚6241 2 1 􀓚 Mrs.􀓚J. 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Absolutely perfect, apart from the days blighted by inevitable bonfires. It may have been a succession of bonfires or just one left to pungently, and persistently, smoulder for a few days, but in view of the good weather it was rather unsociable. Later in the year than normal, our lawns have gone brown and turned to chaff and the leaves of some young trees and shrubs have shown their thirst by going limp and looking generally distressed. Although this is mainly due to the lack of recent rain, it is also indicative of a lower water table; which brings me back to last month's editorial. I presume, maybe erroneously, that the Dorney Parish News is read by at least a proportion of the parishioners to whom it is delivered and I was therefore expecting (no, hoping) to receive some comments, or opinions, of my criticism of the Environment Agency's 'significant' flood risk classification and of our parish council's unfortunate interpretation of the answers given in the parish appraisal and published in the parish plan. Although, since last month, I have got wind of yet another insurance company refusing to quote for house insurance cover for yet another Dorney Reach residence because of its blacklisted postcode, it seems our readers have no opinions in this matter, or are unwilling to share them. . Perhaps when more residents encounter insurance cover problems they will realise that more effort must be made to persuade the Environment Agency to reassess our local topography and our long history of no flooding and revise our invidious 'significa-nt' r-atin---=-g.- --------- Three cheers for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for its proposal to issue ASBOs to rogue wheel clampers. The motion, put forward by Cllr Phil Bicknell, paves the way for the Royal Borough to be the first local authority to use ASBOs to punish clampers. The councillor came up with this solution after receiving calls from victims who said they felt vulnerable when they were approached by 'menacing' staff. He added that if a firm clamped 1 0 people a day, it would rake in about £500,000 a year - a penalty which outweighs the offence. And of course that is what clamping is all about - an easy way for private firms, many of doubtful pedigree, to get rich by imposing exorbitant charges for releasing cars. Agreed, there must be penalties for parking illegally, but imposing penalties should not be in the domain of private individuals and clamping, which defeats its objective, should be abolished altogether. A review published by the RAC Foundation, states that clamping companies are acting illegally, and goes on to say "If the release fee is unreasonable, their actions are incompatible with the Human Rights Act 1998, which demands that punishment should only come after a proper legal process'. The Home Office is currently consulting on how wheel clamping can be better regulated and it will be the last opportunity for MPs to decide whether clamping actually has any future at all. Revd Lucy Holt Writes: Many people are surprised to find out that the upkeep and maintenance of any of our Churches are funded by the kind giving of members of the Church - unfortunately there is not some big pot from which we are given money by the central Church! We are fortunate most years to have adequate funds to meet our general expenses, however, for repairs and ongoing renovation we have been fundraising in different ways. I would like to thank all those who have supported our fundraising ventures this year which have again been a great success. Our concert in June raised over £400, a stall at the recent fair £201, but I am yet again delighted to report that the Church opening for teas during the summer months raised a staggering £2808. We are very grateful for the hard work of Peter and Elizabeth Legge who organised this yet again this year and did the bulk of the work in preparation including much jam and cake making by Elizabeth. Thank you for all those in the village who have supported these events in different ways. So far this year we have been able to repair one of the Church windows and we are in the process of applying for permission with the diocese for urgent roof repairs as well as repairing another window. This year also we have made the vestry a much more pleasant place by replacing all the curtains. Please do not hesitate to ask myself or one of the Church wardens if you want more information on the recent work or how you can support the church financially. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in October 2009 Sunday 4th October 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Harvest Festival) 6.30 pm Healing Service Wednesday 7th October 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 11th October 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 18th October 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Combined Service (children's groups) Wednesday 21st October 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 25th October 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) -2- St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St 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 Keith Harris Chairman Dorney Parish Council 3rd September 2009 Dear Keith Shepherds Close Village Road, Dorney, Windsor, Berks, SL4 6QW, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1628 661 1 1 9 E-mail: bilt@daxfamily.com jill@daxfamily.com I believe that BT Openreach has installed a Fibre Optic cable from Burnham to a cabinet at Climo's Corner by the entrance to Dorney Lake presumably to assist communications at the Olympics. If this is the case, a number of Dorney & Dorney Reach residents and businesses have indicated to me that it would be a very welcome pre and post Olympic legacy if this cable could be used to connect up to the existing copper cable in the village in order to provide us with a significantly improved broadband access. Below is an extract from Wikipedia which appears to indicate that this would come under the ITTN classification - Fibre to the Node - and is a recognised method of handling a situation such as this. •Fibre to the node Fibre to the Node (FTTN), also called fibre to the neighbourhood or fibre to the cabinet {FTTCab), is a telecommunication architecture based on fibre-optic cables run to a cabinet serving a neighbourhood. Customers connect to this cabinet using traditional coaxial cable or twisted pair wiring. The area served by the cabinet is usually less than 1,500 m in radius and can contain several hundred customers. {If the cabinet serves an area of Jess than 300 m in radius then the architecture is typically called fibre to the curb.) Fibre to the node allows delivery of broadband services such as high speed internet. High speed communications protocols such as broadband cable access (typically DOCSIS) or some form of DSL are used between the cabinet and the customers. The data rates vary according to the exact protocol used and according to how close the customer is to the cabinet. Why the node Is usually where fibre stops Unlike the competing fibre to the building (FTTB) technology, fibre to the node can use the existing coaxial or twisted pair infrastructure to provide last mile service. For this reason, fibre ta the node costs less to deploy, and if BPL technology is used, networking of AC devices can save energy to pay for the fibre deployment itself. While it also has somewhat lower maximum bandwidth potential than fibre into the building, it is radically less expensive and disruptive, and in practice no fibre to the home provider anywhere in the world can provide more than one gigabit worth of backhauf to individual home subscribers. Thus the case for power-integrated networking is usually made on the grounds of a hundreds-of -dollars-per-site deployment that pays for itself over time with energy savings, versus several thousand for fibre to the building that cannot justify itself with power savings or advanced "smart grid" services to enhance safety/security/resilience." If BT has installed such a cable, could I suggest that the Parish Council discuss the possibility of obtaining improved broadband services for Dorney & Dorney Reach at the next meeting? I would be more than happy to assist the Parish Council in progressing this further- but I recognise that there are already excellent technical communication skills within the members of the Parish Council. I am copying this letter to Charles Cody in order to widen the debate through Dorney Parish News. Yours sincerely Bill Dax Cc Charles Cody, Dorney Parish News -3- Dorney 􀓑􀙿 􀓟ub Dear Dorney Residents, Dorney Youth Club would like to thank everyone who supported the 'Village Fete' this year. Big thanks go to the young people, parents and leaders who baked cakes, set up the event, supervised sta lls and cleared up afterwards. There were a few surprises we had to keep under our hats, but were well received on the day, everyone who had a stall made a good profit. The Youth Club profit came in at £460, this will go towards running the Club and a Christmas show in London, there will be extra tickets ordered for residents to take advantage of - watch this space. Thank you again. Alan Russell. Dorney School PTA Firework Night Saturday 7th November at Dorney School The B􀈯athouse􀉭 Dorney Reach. 12th. September, 2009 Dear Editor, Whatever has happened to the Farm Shop off Lake End Road near the M4? It added a pleasant rural fe eling to the area. Our Clerk didn't know. And who does actually own that land? It's all beguilingly mysterious. Sincerely, Werner Fladee -4- Eton College Rowing Centre Dorney Lake We are nearing the end of another successful summer season, with many events at the Lake enjoyed by participants and spectators alike, as well as other visitors taking the air with their families and dogs. Thanks are due to our stalwart volunteer wardens under the aegis of scheme member Mrs Ann Newman, who kindly co-ordinates their duty rota, with a weather eye kept overall by me. Should you feel like joining us next season (provisionally April to September), please do get in touch on O 1753 832756 or at p.powell@domeylake.co.uk. We will be having our usual between-seasons gettogethers to keep people up-to-date and ensure they all feel part of the team. Meanwhile, nearby residents, on both sides of the river, will have received the new Engage newsletter from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) on Dorney Lake preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Work began on time on September 2'' 2009 and is due for completion end-March next year. It is a three-part project: Finish Line bridge replacement, a new cut-through bridge between the main Lake and Return Channel and upgrading the Droveway for construction traffic. Site visitors will have noticed Island area restrictions - part of Health & Safety precautions during construction. There is explanatory signage around the site about the works as well as construction safety signage. Construction working hours are planned to be only on weekdays, although there may be the occasional need for weekend working, if delays occur through bad weather or other unforeseen circwnstances. You can find Engage at http://www.1ondon2012.com/news/publications/pdli'etondomey- engage.pdf or ask at the Lake office for a photocopy. You can also ask for one to be e-mailed to you by applying to enguiries@london20l 2.com or calling 0808 100 2012, quoting reference ODA 2009/182. The '2012' dates for rowing and kayak events at Dorney Lake are: • Olympic Games from 28th July to 11 th August • Paralympic Games from 1 st to 3rd September. The ODA is keen to be a good neighbour and offers a drop-in session for local residents from 3.00 to 6.00 p.m. on 9th October at The Boathouse, Dorney Lake, when they will be happy to show you the plans and answer questions. You can also call their free Construction Hotline - 08000 722110. Lastly, our Website was re-launched in mid September, with rewritten and expanded items plus new photography, including some 360 degree views of the venue. Do have a look at it- www.domeylake.co.uk - and tell us what you think. Patricia Powell -5- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter October 2009 Welcome to the latest newslellBr from the Taplow & Dorney Neighbourhood Team THAMES VALLEY POLICE 0845 8 505 508 CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 At the last public consultation, the neighbourhood priorities were agreed as 1 . Speeding 2. Parking 3. Burglary Mobile Beat Surgery The next beat surgery will be held on 26th October 2009 and 􀇭e neighbourhood van will be at the following locations 12.00pm Taplow Village Hall (Car Park) 12.30pm Village Road (Bus Stop) Please feel free to come along and discuss any issues or concerns you have or altemativeiy you can e-mail us on Angela.O'Connell@ thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk Trevor.walker@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk Speeding The Neighbourhood Beat team held a road safety event at Sainsbury's, Taplow on Thursday 17th September, with a display van which incorporated all aspects of road safety, this was well attended by many local residents. Several speeding campaigns are planned throughout the months of October and November as a follow up to this. Parking A parking campaign was carried out by the Neighbourhood Action Group and the Neighbourhood Police team at Taplow Train Station on 9th September which targeted commuters parking on Institute Road and Station Road. The campaign is also aimed at raising awareness of vehicle crime in that area and to encourage use of the station car parks. Burglary Although burglary has recently reduced in the Taplow area there has been an increase in Dorney. The beat team have been working with Neighbourhood Watch to try to promote crime reduction in the area. A burglary recently occurred in the Taplow area and an offender apprehended and arrested close to the scene a short time later, this resulted in all the property being returned to its owner. The male has since admitted committing the burglary and has been remanded in custody and is currently under further investigation by our Priority Crime team. Halloween As Halloween and Bonfire Night are approaching the Neighbourhood Teams will be out and about to try to ensure that the events go smoothly. If you experience any issues or antisocial behaviour please call 08458 505505 immediately. Crime Updates In response to antisocial behaviour occurring in the Taplow area, three S27's were issued to three females found setting a small fire, one Penalty Notice was issued for Public Order and another was issued for an animal welfare issue, a Yellow card was also issued to one youth for ASB. An arrest was made for possession of drugs in Dorney and two shoplifters were arrested in Taplow. Two males were also arrested for going equipped and Theft from Motor Vehicle in Station Road, Taplow. There have also been some positive quick wins canied out from the Environmental Audit carried out in August. This resulted in an alleyway in Maypole Road being cleared jointly by residents & SBDC and an abandoned vehicle being removed in Boundary Road. • domey village hall management committee present a DINNER DANCE a la FRANCAIS on SA TURDA Y OCTOBER TOTH 2009 Bpm to 12pm HOT FRENCH CUISINE & ACCORDIANIST COMPLIMENTARY GLASS OF WINE PRIZE FOR BEST NATIONAL DRESS YES WE CAN-CAN DISCO in dorney village hall TICKETS £ 1 2.50 FROM MARY BAKER - maidenhead 66 1 435 BRING YOUR OWN DRINK & GLASSES domey village hall is a non-profit making, charitable organisation run for the benefit of residents, by a committee nominated by local organisations ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 21 st October A VICTORIAN BOBBY'S NOTEBOOK Speaker:- Mrs Christine Weightman -7- BROADERBA􀙭D Good news - rumour has it that latest Marsh Lane diggery is for the purpose of laying fibre optic cables from the exchange to Dorney Lake; these could conceivably, in the futun; be linked to local street comer cabinets; so, with any luck, better broadband times may be ahead - a worthwhile legacy from the Olympics! But, surely, this should better have been done during construction of the new footpath saving money and inconvenience. In the meantime, a technical tip. For £1􀛌 or less you can ac􀥽uire a small BT branded device called an I-Plate which fits into most standard BT outlet sockets and will probably improve your line speeds. If you can use a screwdriver you can fit it in a minute. Worth a try I'd say, but results not guaranteed by this column; see www.􀥑􀥳.eo.uk/links/l8li􀥈late for more information. To 􀦌m d out bow slow your speeds really an; try speedtest. bbmax.co,uk. The checks take less than half a minute; most Harcourt Roaders can currently expect to average around 400 bps download and 500 bps upload, but those with a good relationship with their IS􀚢 may mo􀦣 than treble these figures. COM􀘵C CUTS Talking, as we all are at last, of spending cuts, one prime candidate must be the Buckinghamshire LAF's. Local Area Forums are an extra layer of bureaucracy which County are attempting to impose and which Taplow, Farnham Common, Stoke Poges and Dorney are boycotting on the grounds that unelected persons, e.g. police etc., attend and vote on the distribution of a relatively small amount of tax pounds. County are arranging talks to try to solve this problem, which has been generated, by them, for no good reason that we can fat hom. Another prime candidate for the drop must be Taplow & Dorney NAG which seems to demand the monthly presence of at least three (paid) police persons, maybe a (paid) district or county councillo􀦍, an unpaid parish councillor or three, plus half a dozen members of the public with faulty teles, to debate for two hours or more, the same matters that have been shunting backwards & forwards for the past 2 years or so, with not a lot to show for the time spent. 􀫑 􀂻 􀂼2009 THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office 0118 969 8000 Wednesday 7/1 0-􀛍aturday 21/1 1 THAT O􀙖D FEE􀙗􀘶NG a feel-good musical comedy Directed by Richard Harris Music by Denis King WORLD PREMIERE Diftributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs 􀘖t, Mrs 􀘛ewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs 􀚈xlade, Mrs 􀚼ichmond, Mrs Robe􀦏ts, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs 􀛮yler, Mrs Wiltshi􀦤, Mrs Wood•Dow, Mrs Wright -s- • ' . .. 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Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES - ----- c::> - - - - - - EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Floris t Real Florists Local. National & International Delive,y Telefloris:B--) '" • Bouquets • Arrangements Visa. Mastercard. Solo • Balloons • Weddings Tel: 01753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 & Electron cards accepted * Funerals * Parties • Corporate • Same Day website: www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers .co.uk 31 b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSHROOM COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture /;!£,h'{f ,717;;;,?Tpk'll 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 VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday Sunday 6pm 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. Sl..6 0DX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincow1, 45, Harcow1 Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. Sl..6 0DT. Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 9/09 NOVEMBER 2009 EDITORIAL A commentary on the times is that the word "honesty" is now 􀥉receded by "old fashioned." 􀙘a􀦒􀦓y Wolter􀧴. The first week in November is 'Not In My Neighbourhood Week' (see Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter) and one of its objectives is to raise awareness of burglary and advise us of preventative measures to reduce the risk of becoming a vi_ctim. Thankfully our parish is not prone to burglary, but it pays to take precautions and not allow easy access to our property. According to police figures, rural areas, including the home counties, have been hit by a sharp rise in burglaries during the recession. Thefts, too, are on the increase and the sheer audacity of present day thieves is almost unbelievable. An acquaintance of mine is employed by a prestigious hotel group. Her tales of hotel life lead me to the conclusion that hotel guests believe that the price of their room includes an entitlement to all fixtures and fittings. Towels and bathrobes are stolen as a matter of course and, apparently so too are electric irons and hair dryers. Even a safe deposit box and a trouse; press have been unscrewed from the wall and carried off. The most audacious steal, so far, has been the purloining of the room's curtains! Today I heard on the news that a London petting farm, just recovering from the Ecoli scare, has had all its animals stolen. Last week there were reports that the traditional craft of dry stone wall building, which has been practised in Britain for thousands of years, is under threat because the stones are being stolen to decorate gardens. Rather akin to the stealing of York stone paving slabs from London pavements. From lead on church roofs, to cash machine heists, to personal identity; anything and everything is fair game for today's thieves. Watch over your garden gnomes! I think we all recognise that "fings ain't wot they used to be," - look no further than the Palace of Westminster - and it's a sad reflection of the lack of morals in our modem society, for in the words of Shakespeare "No legacy is so rich as honesty." Today it is not burglars that are trying to gain entry into my house. It is ladybirds! As I write this in my 'study', dozens are climbing up the outside of the 􀍕indows and several have come in through the open fanlight. I am reminded of the Jack Hulbert song "The flies crawled up the window, it's all they have to do. They went up by the thousand etc. etc ... " I hope the ladybirds are not the Harlequin variety that are killing off our native species, for I have gone outside to find the whole back of the house covered by the creatures. This is an annual hibernation-time phenomenon, but this year the numbers are excessive and I've no wish to give them houseroom. Revd Lucy Holt Writes: I was deeply moved by a story I saw on the BBC news website regarding the youngest headmaster in the world. It featured the life of 16 year old Babar Ali who in West Bengal manages to not only go to school each day himself, but in the afternoon returns home to head up his makeshift school of 800 pupils. The 800 would have no access to any other education and Babar teaches them along with 10 other youngsters (still at school themselves). As I read this I was struck by the power behind this story. This is one young man who is making a huge difference to change the situation of many other young people who without him would have remained illiterate. Jesus commands us to "Love our neighbours as we love ourselves" and it would appear that this is a brilliant example of doing just that. If more people were to put their own needs to one side to serve others with such genuine love then perhaps many of the world problems could be addressed. The challenge is out there for each of us; what can we do to genuinely love those around us, in our community or further away, to make a difference in the world? For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in November 2009 Sunday 1st November (All Saints' Day) 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 . 00 am Our Space Service 6.30 pm Healing Service Wednesday 4th November 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 8th November (Remembrance Sunday) 9.30am Holy Communion 10.45am Remembrance Service 4.00pm Ecumenical Remembrance Service Sunday 15th November 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 Evangelist Eton St John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 18th November 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 22nd November 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 29th November 1 1.00am Combined service St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton Dorney Youth Club. For our Christmas treat for the Young people, we have arranged a trip to see 'Grease' in London's West End on Friday 27th November departing 1800. £53.50 tickets in the stalls will be available at £35 to include transport by coach. We may have a few tickets available for residents/friends after priority to Youth Club members. Contact me Alan Russell 01628 784515. Secondly. I ask residents of Dorney Reach to be vigilant - we have recently suffered fly tipping by wheelbarrow ! The person (and I hope ij was not a resident) appeared from the footpath by the tennis court area and tipped the wheelbarrow onto the grassed area off the village hall car park at the rear of Meadow Way. This was witnessed, fortunately for them, not by myself. Alan Russell. w., '"' <>,,.,.-i..,,;"5-,.......,; i.-t,,n,,;t fn,01 􀉟I 1,o.,.. -· A< a 􀄈•It """ iort.,,,l to la-.h ov, J.Jout.d 􀄉􀄊 to -ft,, i.-h,nianOftal .,,􀉠t, in -th<> n<>aY fmY<-. 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Some of the 90 people who attended dressed as they thought most French people did, in striped black and white T shirts with black berets. No one thought to wear a string of onions round their neck, maybe they don't eat them anymore. Outstanding was the gendarme resplendent in black pepper box hat and a black cape to match. He spoke French too, saying 'good moaning' at times. He was rightly judged •Best in Show'. The disco music prevented all talk unless one shouted, but the dancing went on from the very start until midnight. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. So we say a very sincere thank you to Mary Baker and her helpers for making it all such a roaring success. What will happen next? The second and rather quieter event took place on Saturday last, 17th. October, when twenty-four people from Dorney and Eton Wick went by coach to a guided tour of Winchester Cathedral. The day was cold, but after a bite in the cafe and a hot coffee, the tour guides made the whole visit very informative and interesting. They answered difficult questions well; a much better system than going round on our own. After a visit to the shops, where someone bought a thermal vest, we met by the enormous statue of King Alfred in the town centre and were back home in time for tea. A very good visit for which we should like to thank Penny Dollimore very much. Coach outings take more time than one would think to organise . And so where next? R.Liney Dorney School PTA Firework Night Saturday 7th November at Dorney School -5- Prices From Local £5 Heathrow £20 Gatwick£55 Luton£55 Stansted £80 London £45 Marlow £15 Maidenhead £6 village cars fi'01628 685557 Accounts Welcome - References Available Cars, MPVs and Mini Buses 􀀳 Burnham Dorney Taplow Eton Wick Cippenham Maidenhead Windsor B,ay Airports -Stations -Hotels -Bars - Clubs- Restaurants- Courier Service "local services with a personal touch" SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Sunday 8th November at 7.30 p.m. Eton College School Hall Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Fanfare for the Common Man Symphony No.5 in D minor Tickets £14 & £10 Students £10 & £7 Tchaikovsky Rachmaninov Copland Shostakovich The SPS box office is managed through the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Altwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF. Telephone 01628 788997 www.sloughphil.freeserve.co.uk/tickets.html DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AGM + Supper and Speaker Dorney Village Hall Friday 27th November AGM 7.30 Supper 8 p.m. Tickets from Yvonne Povey 01628 603036 or Ralph Liney 0 1628 620884 -6- • PARISH PUMP j Chaim,.,,: Keith Ha􀧛is (01628 6038!56) Q Publin«I on bchttJf of /JomtlyPariRI Count:11 Cle􀧇: Glellda Collins (01753 655331) 􀫒 Counc:illors:Andrcw Purdie (670611) "'""'" Allct fo,cley (660268) 􀘕m E􀤳627416) Eddie 􀙾l􀛜627012). Ken Rlchmond(626972), Peter Smith 01753 827034. FORTHCOM􀙀 MEETIN6S: 􀛯oaday,a 􀚁 9, Oec 8, 􀙋an 11 SCHEDU􀙙D GRASS CUTTIN6: none 􀧻led. ROAD SWEEf'IN6: MO􀙽LY A􀛵NDA􀙯E at OCTOBER MEETING K. 􀘩i􀧹chair) A 􀚴, 6 Easton. E. 􀙿lson. K Richmond, P 􀛣th. District Councillor P.Adams. Apol􀤌es: Cllr. A Foxley 􀚔ARD HERBS The 􀥺lic hearing nocessary as a 􀦺lt of a successful a􀥫l by the 􀤾 against an ea􀧊ier 􀙃's decision and a subsequent 􀤗f,,, order, has naw been 􀥪d until late Ma􀦟h (2010). 􀙹 􀚪AY􀘑D We understand that South Bucks District will be funding this 􀥴ject via a governlMllt 9"Gftt. In theory this funding money must be used before the end of March 2020. Further inf......,tion may be found on their website. This pt􀥀 will be o􀦼ized and 􀧧 co,npletely independently of the Pa􀧃sh Council. TAPLOW CAR BOOT SALES O􀥗nions seem to differ as to the -of inconvenience caused by this 􀦗lor (summer) event. Before tolclng any further action. the C0<1ncil is seeking feedback f􀧕m residents with details of any 􀥵lems which they may haw ex􀥓enced and which may haw been caused by this weekly event. Please write to or email the Clerk. 􀛴EES The Council has ap.,...,...i tree planting plans 􀥰 by our tree warden, in c􀤛unction with the 􀘭ticultu􀦘l Society, subject to total cost not exceeding £6000. 􀘘ts totalling nearly £2000 hove al􀦥 been 􀦦ived thr􀤶h our District and County Councillors and it is hoped that 􀥘lng will t􀤐e place bef􀤬 the spring. L􀚉AL AREA FOR􀛺M A 􀦰tative from Bucks C...nty will attend prior to the -.,. meeting to explain workings of fo􀧦ms. Dorney Council, in conjunction with others in South Bucks, d􀤋s not attend meetings of the "Beeches" F􀤙 as it C011Siders the voting structure to be undemoc􀦚ic. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL C...ncillors haw agroed to meet Village Hall 􀦱tives to discuss the possibility of the Council tolclng .,. the hall and 􀦷ibility for the cost of the nocessary complete refurbishment of the 40 year old hall,and to make 􀦩ons for consideration at the 􀚂r C...ncil meeting. Parish muting minutes artt on tlw website 4 notiq boards ,,, tne v,1,- 􀘫ll and Vilfaae Rd. ENQUIRIES & comments to Glenda Collins, Council Offlcts, 63 Chequers Orchard, Iver 􀛛 9NJ Phone:01􀑔3 6!115331. e-mail: dorneycouncil@btinternet.com: website (for Agenda. minutes, eiohoroup.co.uknks to SBDC, etc.: www.buclcsinfo.net/dorneypc/ FA􀛻LTY FOO􀛳A􀛲 􀙜NG- emaiot : . office@blei9h9roup.co.uk or phone 01􀑔3 893339. Environmental complaints/comments• email direct to: refuseandrecycling@southbucks.gov.uk DOR􀙸Y COU􀙶' RESPONSIBn.ITIES. Finance- K Richmond. 6C2C- A Foxley, K Harris, K Richmond; EfM/0/ympics - .K Harris,K Richmond;􀛔-P Smith, 6 Easton; 􀛓- A Foxley, A Purdie; NA6- K Harris. Parish Pump- K Richmond; 7l-ee Warden- Mrs 6 Easton. Village Hall- K Richmond -7- Eton College 􀒉owing Centre Dor􀘵y 􀑌ke Autumn is coming on fast now, with the trees in the Arboretum turning. Soon the vivid colours of the dogwood stems will be apparent. They make such a striking sight dlll"ing the winter. A different wave of migratory birds will also be with us in the next few weeks. Re which here's a reminder that the Dorney Lake site will be closed over Christmas and New Year, as in the previous two years. The dates will be confirmed in the next issue of Dorney Parish News and will also be on the gates and on our Website - www.domeylake.co.uk. Meanwhile, the '2012' construction work is going well and on schedule and the recent Olympic Delivery Authority drop-in session was attended by at least 100 local people throughout the afternoon. As might be expected, transport was high on the agenda of most people. There was a good array of information to take away and members of the ODA, their colleagues from The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and Morrison Construction staff were on hand to show diagrams and answer questions. The last big event of our year will be the Cancer Research UK I Ok Run on October 25., with a similar number of entries to last year. We are pleased to host a number of charity events of this kind and the Lake topography lends itself, being flat and even, to runs, triathlons, duathlons and biathlons. Looking back over our calendar we do have an astonishing range of activities here, primarily the sporting ones for juniors and adults, but also all the meetings, conferences and special occasion functions all-year-round. And many people attending events here may come several times wearing different 'hats'. If you would like to book a birthday party, anniversary celebration, funeral reception or any other significant 'marker', Angela Leslie, Hospitality Manager, and her staff are always happy to help. Having myself held a variety of gettogethers at the Lake, from a 'Third Age' party to two school reunions to lunches for various associations I belong to and a political fund-raiser with well-known speaker, I can vouch for the quality and service always being top-notch. 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Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ c:::, ------ EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@ftmlliLnet Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Florist Real Florists Local, National & International Delivery Telefloris􀀙" • Bouquets • Arrangements • Balloons Visa, Mastercard, Solo • Weddings Tel: 01753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 & Electron cards accepted • Funerals * Parties • Corporate • Same Day website: www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers.co.uk 31b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Driveways • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSHROOM COMPOST 01 628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture ,(jif,d,-'{Y 􀄙ny,>,on 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 Chi ldren 's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali .co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday􀓚 10.30am􀓚 6.30pm􀓚 Morning􀓚Service􀓚and􀓚Sunday􀓚School􀓚 Evening􀓚Service􀓚 ST. 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There can be very few technologies in history that have taken off so fast, and changed lives so much ..... We are developing services to improve access to broadband in remote areas, and testing technology that provides up to 2mbps to people who get poor service because of their distance from the exchange ...... Now we come to the critical issue: how to build a fibre network for the whole country." Now, Dorney cannot be described as a remote area, but I understand that we are a distance from the exchange and, "yes please," we would very much like our broadband access to be improved. Well perhaps we may be in luck, for Openreach has laid a fibre optic cable to the entrance to the rowing lake to facilitate the expected demands of the rowing Olympics. You will have read Bill Dax's letter to the Parish Council published in the October Parish News in which he offered assistance to the Parish Council in seeking to arrange for this optic cable to be connected to the copper cable in the village to provide us with significantly improved broadband access. We have not been told how negotiations are progressing. Perhaps we will be able to publish an update in our February issue? As is usual, the Christmas season was launched in many shopping centres in mid October. Well, I suppose that's when some forward planners hit the town with their Christmas present lists and who can blame shopkeepers for trying to stimulate trade. The Christmas lights in London were switched on on 3rd November. Although I thought this date a little early, I'm sure it pleased the many hundreds of people who thronged Oxford Street and Regent Street. I did, though, think the occasion more than a little early for Christmas carols. Revellers secured the world record for the most people singing a Christmas Carol, led by Andrea Bocelli and the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir live on big screens in Oxford Circus. And all before bonfire night! The London Christmas lights will be burning until 5th January and will give pleasure to all who go up to Town. I love to see towns and villages decoratively lit for the festive season, although this year a rueful thought did cross my mind. Why can't I buy a I 00 watt bulb?!! Congratulations to Ken and Joy Richmond upon the naming of the new footpath 'RICHMOND PA TH'. It is a well deserved tribute in thanks for their many combined years of service to our local community. A report of the official opening of the path is on page 14. Cabaret Night Multi-award winning West End Star and one time Dorney Reach resident, Janie Dee, at Norden Farm (see pagel6) \ A Vef'lj l'lapp􀅯 Christmas and New Year I -1- Revd Lucy Holt writes: May I first wish you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful 2010. As Christmas time is here upon us again I would like to invite you warmly to any of our Christmas services which you will find listed in the diary. This year one of the themes we will be using in our Christmas services is "It's still wise to follow Jesus!" The wise men in the Christmas story are still a bit of a puzzle for a lot of scholars - who exactly were they and where did they come from? We don't even know if there were three but we do know they brought at least three gifts. But if we were to translate the story into the here and now of today's society I wonder who we would consider as truly wise men or women. Wisdom is a difficult thing to define and yet represents not merely knowledge but the experience and application of that knowledge. In many different ways the bible talks of wisdom as coming from an ongoing relati onship with God. As we celebrate the coming of the wise men on the first epiphany may I encourage you to consider this sort of wisdom and what a difference it may make in your lives. We will be starting a new Alpha course in February which is a great opportunity with others to explore what the Christian faith is all about and to ask those questions which you have always had but never had opportunity to ask. If you are interested in attending please let me know on 01753 852268. Revd Lucy Holt For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed .org.uk Church Services in December 2009 and January 2010 Wednesday 2nd December 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 6th Dece mber 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00 am Family Service 6.30 pm Advent Carol Service Sunday 13th December 9.30 am Holy Communion J 11.00 am Family Communion 􀇒 Wednesday 16th December 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Friday 18th December 7.30 pm Carol Service -2- St John the Eva ngelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 20th December 1 1 .00 am Morning worship with carols 4.30 pm Crib Service 6.30 pm Carol Service Wednesday 24th December: Christmas Eve 4.00 pm Christingle Service I 5.30 pm Christingle Service 1 1 .30 pm Midnight Communion 1 1 .30 pm Midnight Communion Thursday 25th December: Christmas Day 9.00 am Family Communion 10.15 am Family Service followed by Communion Sunday 27th December 9.30 am Combined Holy Communion Sunday 3rd January 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Family Service 6.30 pm Informal Service Wednesday 6th January 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 1 oth January 9.30 am Holy Communion 1 1 .00 am Family Communion Sunday 17th January St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St James the Less Dorney St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 1 1 .00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 20th January 1 0.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 24th January 9.30am Morning Worship 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Sunday 31st January 1 1 .00 am Combined Service St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton PARISH PUMP j Q 􀊐􀋨􀋺=􀋼 Published on behalf of Oorntty Parish Council Chai􀋉:􀋼 Keith􀋼 H􀈚is􀋼 (01628􀋼 603856)􀋼 "'""'"􀋼 Cle􀋅:􀋼 G􀉥e􀊀a􀋼 Co􀉢lins􀋼 (01753􀋼 655331)􀋼 C􀊧illors:A􀊃w􀋼 P􀋧ie􀋼 (670611)􀋼Alice􀋼 Fox􀈹ey􀋼 (660268)􀋼 Braham􀋼 Easton􀋼 (627416)􀋼 ,Eddie􀋼 Nelson􀋼 (627012),􀋼 K􀈳􀋼 Rich􀉶􀋼 (626972),􀋼 Peter􀋼 Smith􀋼 01753 827034.􀋼 FORTHCOMING􀋼 MEETIN&S:􀋼 􀈂""""1s,􀋼 Dec􀋼8,􀋼 J..,􀋼 11􀋼 SCHEDULED􀋼 GRASS􀋼 CUTTING,􀋼 ,,...􀋼􀋓􀉋led.􀋼 ROA􀉘􀋼 SWEEPING:􀋼 MONTHLY􀋼 A􀈇ANCE􀋼 at􀋼 􀊓􀊽􀊑BER􀋼 MEETIN6􀋼 All􀋼 councillors􀋼 􀋲re􀋼 􀊱t,􀋼 plus􀋼 County􀋼 Councillor􀋼 Dev􀋼 Dhillon􀋼 LEGACY􀋼 On􀋼 29"' Octo􀈠r,􀋼 C􀊦ty􀋼 Cou􀉾illor􀋼 Dev􀋼 Dhil􀉪􀋼 􀈓􀋼P􀈖􀉕􀋒h􀋼 C11r.􀋼 Ken􀋼 Rich􀉷􀋼 officially􀋼 􀊣􀋼 and􀋼􀈨icated􀋼 the􀋼 􀊄􀋼 f􀊟1J>ath􀋼 c􀊗cti09􀋼 Ha􀋀rt􀋼 Rd􀋼 with􀋼 Court􀋼 Lane.􀋼 C11r.􀋼 Peter􀋼 Smith􀋼 􀋳􀋼 􀋱s,􀋼 e􀊎rlier.􀋼 i􀊋l􀋯􀋼 in􀋼 the􀋼 al􀉩􀋼 of􀋼 􀉂s,􀋼 􀊳􀊭sed􀋼 􀋜􀋼 􀋞􀋼 the􀋼 County􀋼 Council􀋼 f􀊒􀋼 p􀋍di09􀋼 􀉁ll􀋼 fundi09􀋼 and􀋼􀉽i09􀋼 􀋃9hts.􀋼 WEB􀋼 SI􀈄E􀋼 &􀋼EMA􀉨􀋼 CONSULTATION􀋼 Cllr􀋼 Eddie􀋼 Nelson􀋼 has􀋼 􀈏􀈯􀋼 to􀋼 re􀋪i􀈷􀋼 􀊤r􀋼 existing􀋼 􀊚ments􀋼 and􀋼 􀉭􀉜e􀋼 r􀈮mme􀊁tions􀋼 as􀋼 to􀋼 􀊬ssible􀋼 􀉮􀊏􀊼􀋼 im􀊵me􀊇s􀋼 to􀋼 􀊨􀋼c􀊖m􀋥􀉙tion􀋼 with􀋼 resi􀈩s,􀋼 with􀋼 􀈫􀋼consid􀈶tion􀋼 of􀋼 Data􀋼 Protection􀋼 legislation􀋼 and􀋼 the􀋼 int􀈲it􀋶􀋼 of􀋼 this􀋼 l􀊜􀋼 st􀈔ing,􀋼 inde􀊫􀋼 􀊶lis􀉊,􀋼 P􀈗ish􀋼 M􀈎ine.􀋼 NEW􀋼 PLAYGROUND􀋼 Pl􀈕ing􀋼 pe􀋇ission􀋼 has􀋼 􀊅􀋼 been􀋼 􀉄􀋙ed,􀋼 􀋖􀉚ect􀋼 to􀋼 an􀋼 arc􀉌􀊕i􀈤l􀋼 􀋔􀋑y􀋼 􀊲or􀋼 to􀋼 co􀉴􀉿􀋼 of􀋼 c􀊝ion.􀋼 This􀋼 p􀉧􀋼 s􀉎ld􀋼 be􀋼 fully􀋼 i􀊆lled􀋼 by􀋼 April􀋼 2010􀋼 and􀋼 wi􀉣l􀋼be􀋼􀉯􀋼by􀋼a􀋼 􀈥ittee􀋼 c􀊙letely􀋼 i􀊂􀊪ent􀋼 of􀋼 the􀋼Parish􀋼 Council.􀋼 TREES􀋼 Tree􀋼 planti09􀋼 priorities􀋼 h􀈝e􀋼 been􀋼􀈑􀋼 and􀋼 will􀋼 􀊴eed􀋼 within􀋼 fundi09􀋼 limitations.􀋼 First􀋼 up􀋼 will􀋼be􀋼 hedgi"9􀋼 and􀋼􀊮􀋼al􀊛􀋼a􀋼 stretch􀋼 at􀋼the􀋼 end􀋼of􀋼 􀋝􀋼new􀋼M􀈛h􀋼Lane􀋼 poth􀋼 nearest􀋼 to􀋼 Harcourt􀋼 R􀊡.􀋼 It􀋼 is􀋼 h􀊢d􀋼 t􀉍t􀋼 􀈈mes􀋼 Water􀋼 and􀋼 Eton􀋼 Coll􀈱􀋼 (and􀋼 􀉰􀋼 Oly􀉸cs)􀋼 will􀋼c􀊞ri􀈢􀋼 t􀊩􀈘s􀋼 trees􀋼 and􀋼 hedgi09􀋼 􀇿􀋼 of􀋼 the􀋼 co􀋛;􀋼 Meadow􀋼 Way replacements􀋼 and􀋼 picnic􀋼 po􀋆􀋼 sh􀋐bs􀋼 and􀋼 tr􀈰s􀋼 􀈞it􀋼 further􀋼 􀉵ies.􀋼 LOCAL􀋼AREA􀋼 FORUM􀋼 Represe􀊈ti􀋩es􀋼 f􀋌m􀋼 Bucks􀋼 County􀋼a􀋠ended􀋼 our􀋼Nove􀉱er􀋼 meeting,􀋼 􀈡t􀋼failed􀋼to􀋼 con􀋫ince􀋼 c􀊥cillo􀋎􀋼 of􀋼 the􀋼 need􀋼 or􀋼 legitimacy􀋼 of􀋼 LA.Fs .􀋼 Do􀉳y􀋼 Councillors􀋼 􀈐d􀋼 to􀋼 attend􀋼 an􀋼 LAF􀋼 meeting􀋼 in􀋼 Nove􀉲r􀋼 to􀋼 try􀋼 to􀋼 􀈴􀋼 that􀋼 no􀋼 􀋦ptable􀋼 􀈧cisions􀋼 relating􀋼 to􀋼 a􀋡􀋼 or􀋼 􀋰ting􀋼 proce􀈪res􀋼 are􀋼 a􀊯􀋼 and􀋼 that􀋼 􀊔􀋼application􀋼 for􀋼 s􀊘􀋼 funding􀋼 is􀋼 prope􀋏y􀋼 considered .􀋼 DORNEY􀋼 LAKE􀋼 BUNI>􀋼 Bucks􀋼Coun1y􀋼 Council􀋼 􀉈e􀋼 re􀉛ected􀋼 our􀋼 r􀈵􀋤sts􀋼 for􀋼 enforcement.􀋼 on􀋼 the􀋼 􀉅nds􀋼 that􀋼 implied􀋼 pla􀉬ing􀋼 pe􀋈ission􀋼 may􀋼 exist􀋼 and􀋼 that􀋼 any􀋼 b􀋁ch􀋼 is􀋼 not􀋼of􀋼 any􀋼 signific􀈒e .􀋼 We􀋼 will􀋼 write􀋼 ex􀊰ssing􀋼 our􀋼 disappoi􀊉t􀋼 and􀋼also􀋼contiNJe􀋼 to􀋼 press􀋼 the􀋼 E􀊊ironment􀋼 A􀉃ncy􀋼 for􀋼 acceptable􀋼 􀈜􀊿􀋼 relating􀋼 to􀋼 its􀋼 effect􀋼 on􀋼 any􀋼 exis􀋘ing􀋼 fl􀊠ing􀋼 􀉉ard.􀋼 NO􀋼 CONSTRUCTION􀋼 􀈅AFFIC􀋼 ACCESS􀋼 􀋬ia􀋼 MARSH􀋼 LANE􀋼 We􀋼 ha􀋮􀋼 􀋂ested􀋼 that􀋼 a􀋼 􀋕itable􀋼 sign􀋼 be􀋼 erec􀋚d􀋼 on􀋼 the􀋼 A4.􀋼 -4- l>ORNEY VILLAGE HALL A Parish Council sub committee has been for,ned to consider a Village Hall Manage"""'t Committee proposal that the Parish Council tok& c,w,r the assets of the hall and the ongoing responsibility for funding the future major upgrading of fabric and facilities which is necessary within the next few years. It is anticipated that a consultation document will be prepared and published in the early port of 2010. Na changes to hall CM>ilability ON expected in the short tom,; and day to day running of the hall will continue to be the responsibility of the existing Village Hall committee, who would welcome new rnembers wishing to contribute discussions on the future of the hall. Parish m111utu are on the website d notice boards in the VIiiage Hall and V/1/aqe Rd. ENQUIRIES & comments to 􀏈enda Collins, Council Offices, 63 Chequers Orchard, Iwr SLO 9NJ Phaoe:01753 6!55331. e-mail: dorneycouncil@btinternet.com: cum,nt website •for Agenda, minutes, links to 581:>C, etc.: __ bucksinfo.net/dorneypc/ FAULTY FOOTPATH LIGHTING- email:.office@bleighgroup.co.ukor phone 01753 893339. Environmental complaints/comments- email direct to: refuseandrecycling@southbucks.gov.uk DORNEY COUNCILLORS' RESPONSJ:Bn.ITIES. Finance- K Richmond. 6C2C- A Foxtey, K HCUTis, K Richmond; E1on/Olymplcs - ,K Harris,K Richmond;SBP-P Smith, G Easton; SBALC- A Foxley, A Purdie; NAG- K Hon-is. Parish Pump- K Richmond: Tree Wartfen.. Mrs 6 Easton. V,1/age Hall- K Richmond DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings are held ot the Eton l>orney Centre in LolhoneMa􀀣 laler 011928 1919143 l>orne􀂞 Village Hall Management Committee -7- How to save up to £50 a month to help with those Christmas extras Christmas is a very enjoyable time for us all, but a lot of extra waste can be generated with all those presents, wrapping paper and the added entertaining. In 2007 an estimated 230,000 tonnes of festive food were wasted. Not only is this damaging to the environment but is a huge waste of money and resources, with the average family throwing away £50 of food a month, a figure that increase at Christmas time. Imagine all the extra presents, chocolates and stocking fillers that could have been bought! By saving money on food you may also find a few more pennies in your pockets for the New Year sales! The Love Food Hate Waste campaign is providing useful information on how we can all cut down our food waste during the festive period. Whether you're cooking for two people or twenty two this Christmas, by using the on-line Perfect Portions calculator at www.lovefoodhatewaste.com, Christmas cooks can make sure they have just the right amount of food on those plates, as well as get some excellent recipe ideas on what to do with all those leftovers instead ofletting them go to waste. Recycle Now is also launching a WEEE campaign (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), aimed at educating people on the environmental damage of throwing waste electrical and electronic items away. Many ofus choose the New Year as a good time for a clean out, to make way for all those new exciting presents we might have got from Santa. Visit www.recyclenow.com for information on how to recycle your old hairdryers, children's electronic toys and other gadgets that have fulfilled their use. Changes to collections over the Christmas period: Your refuse and recycling collection day will change for three weeks over Christmas and New Year. Please refer to your collection calendar, visit our website at www.southbucks.gov.uk or contact us by phone (01895 837362) or email (refuseandrecycling@southbucks.gov.uk) to find out when your collections will occur. Lorien Cummins Recycling Officer South Bucks District Council Dorney recycling date changes over Christmas and New Year. Black Bin. From Wednesday 23 Dec. to Tuesday 22 Dec. From Wednesday 6 Jan. to Thursday 7 Jan. 􀑐 Green Bin & Recycling boxes. From Wednesday 30 Dec. to Thursday 31 Dec. -8- • Dorney Social Diary Wednesday 9th December Friday 11 tit December Monday 21st December Thursday 31st December Wednesday 13th January Saturday 13tll February DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Coffee Morning Eton Dorney Centre 10 a.m. - Noon Carol Singing in Dorney Village Meet at Old Dimmings 6.30 p.m. New Year's Eve Dance Party Village Hall 8 p.m. Etoo Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Valentine Dance Village Hall 8 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month ( except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. January, March Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (*) 12.15 - 2.00 Dates: 8/12 Christmas lunch 12/1 9/2 9/3 13/4 Every Tuesday Village H.all 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - 10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m . Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Area Co-ordinator:- Jon Willmore 01628 663334 jwillm@btinternet.com TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -9- More than 230 Buckinglramshire walks to download and print FREE! There's no doubt about it, walking is good for you. It's good for your heart, it's good for your lungs, it's good for the muscle and bone growth of your children and it's good for your feeling ofwellbeing' Strong scientific evidence now supports the many benefits to health of regular walking - it is recommended that we take at least I 0,000 steps a day. Studies show that walking can: Reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke • Lower blood pressure • Reduce high cholesterol • Reduce body fat • Enhance mental well being Walking offers a great way to help kids get the active habit. If parents express excitement about the prospect of a walk in the countryside, they are more likely to transmit this feeling to their children. It's important to treat the walk as an exploration or adventure and to go at the child's pace, no matter how often they want to stop and look at things; take treats to eat and plenty to drink; and head for some landmark that will appeal to them such as a castle, a playground, an ice cream van or a boating pond. If children experience walking as part of a fun activity they are more likely to want to go again. So, how do you find out what is on offer? John Harris, a keen walker, got fed up with the lack of information on walks that were going on in the County. So, he decided that if he couldn't find what he was looking for - he had better create it! So www.walkinginbucks.co.uk came into being. www.walkinginbucks.co.uk gives you all the information you need for the best walking in the County: Details of more than 230 walks to download and print free, details of all the Buckinghamshire walking groups, maps and walk books - plus loads more information. So check out the website and get walking! Advance Notice by Dorney Village Hall Management Committee Valentine Dance in the Village Hall Saturday 13th February. domey village hall is a non profit making, charitable organisation run for the benefit of residents, by a committee nominated by local organisations -10- .. .. Electrical Services Burnham Napit Part np" Approved Additional Sockets - Lights New Fuse Boards - Updates Security - Attic Lighting Home - Landlords Certificates Portable Appliance Testing All Other Electrical Work Free advice and estimates All work guaranteed No Job too small Free Phone Rob on 0800 955 49 42 ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE -NAPIT Now, Listen up. It seems that I may have - inadvertently of course - upset local Naggers by suggesting that we could save our tax pounds by dispensing with government sponsored Action Groups, on the grounds that the regular meetings are expensive, ineffective and duplicate some functions of an existing organization which comes to you virtually free of charge. I would be very pleased indeed to celebrate, in this column, any NAG positive in dealing with the issue of persistent day and night footpath obstructions in Oak Stubbs Lane and Meadow Way, which was identified at the initial consultation 2 years ago; and over which the police seem to have no influence, despite, according to NAG records, regular discussions at NAG meetings. WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE NEW ROOM Followers of matters local may have realised that Village Hall Managers are rather keen on bnilding a new Comm.unity Hall in Trumper's Field and even keener that you pay for it. All four-hundred-thousand-pounds worth. A surprising, if not outrageous amount when you consider that the cost of our original 1920's building was around £25 and the present edifice was erected, in 1970, for little more than £8,000! Things are a little different now of course. Facilities for the disabled, currently non-existent, are now de rigueur and bare electrical wiring enhanced by unprotected 100-Centigrade-tothe- touch radiators can no longer be considered an attractive feature of any public building. But, four hundred thousand pounds .... ???? However, I understand that this is the sort of money which may be needed and, indeed, available; and it is arguable that a reasonable public facility has contributed much to local community spirit and will become even more essential in the future. Parish Councillors and Hall committee members are now working to establish the full facts with pros & cons which, I understand, will be published for consultation early in the spring; I know that much research has already been carried out and I am sure that the committee will be pleased to receive any thoughts or suggestions even at this early stage and certainly during a consultation period. ANOTIIER POSITIVE Kejers wishes all his readers, not excluding NAG members, the compliments of ··-- 􀂈 􀂽􀂉2009 - 1 1 - Make your hottJe 1t1ake ttJOttef We an, •'f<'""""''5-""'"""'' i.t.,,.,;t fyoo, /..:al homo OWi\􀂺. 􀂻 a yes:11/t we- intend to lallrlG-h OUY i:k.dic-ated we.kite- to #ie; i-onal .,.ricd; in tl,o ..,, fvtvn,. If 'I°' .,.,,IJ /ii<,, to lo,cw more-, pltsa,e- loo􀞋 a+ 011Y ul'nlrl" 􀞌rte. 111 OYdtW no+ 1b Mi<;<; ov+, Y69<;W 'f"Y name and adcln,t;<;_ We- will infonM 'fll a<; <;oot1 􀁹 we- are n,ad, to ta!<,, 'I°" prorert', 􀞍t.ik in .,􀞎 -that 􀞏 c-an !/' live on tt,e fin.I -it.. If '1°" aye, JlOt online-, pfeai;e. !}ve- u,; a 􀞐11. itt{ttefa􀞑/c:,􀞒.v/-:..'--OM www.faf::olefi;.v􀞓 0115, BZ70}4 1-akolot< k parl-of FJS ,\ Ud, C-harl-orod 5"""1""" """"'·1f' · • .. «>m THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 1 18 969 8000 Wednesday 25/1 1 - Saturday 9/1 TIME AND TIME AGAIN a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Robin Herford Wednesday 13/1 - Saturday 20/2 IT'S NEVER ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT Devised by and starring Simon Williams with Issy Van Randwyck MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on every fourth Wednesday. Meadow Way 12.20 - 12.45 p.m. Dates for 2009 Dec. 2 30 Dates for 2010 Jan. 27 Feb. 24 March 24 -12- • Eton College Rowing Centre Dorney Lake For the keen walkers and dog-exercisers amongst us you need to know the dates when the Dorney Lake site will be closed over Christmas and New Year: We shall be closed for all vehicle access from 12.00 noon on Thursday, December 24"' and will be open again as usual from Monday, January 4th • There will be no '2012' construction work during the closure period. The above information will also be posted on our gates. We shall look forward to welcoming visitors again from January 4th onwards. As for next year's calendar, this too will be updated on www.domeylake.co.uk or available from our office. There are some water- and land-based sporting events early in the New Year but the rowing and canoeing seasons really get going from Easter onwards. May and June see the now very well-established Wallingford, Metropolitan and Marlow International Regattas. These are always very popular with rowers and spectators alike. We wish all our neighbours in Dorney, Boveney, Taplow and Windsor A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR. Patricia Powell RICHMOND PATH It was with delight that locals, Highway officials, County, District, and Parish Councillors witnessed the opening of the Richmond Path to honour Ken and Joy Richmond for so many years'work on behalf of Dorney residents. Dev Dhillon, our County Councillor, listed their many achievements including Ken being on the Parish Council for 34 years, on the Village Hall committee for it seems like forever! and Joy for being District Councillor. Both of them have made Dorney a better place in which to live. Ken helped with the move from the old village hall and the improvements to the new Village Hall back in 1970. More recently, he, Parish council, Dev and the Highways department instrumented the funding and building of the path which now links Dorney Reach to the Village via Dorney Court and the Church. This has already been put to good use as we can now walk safely along the new path instead of dodging the cars. Dev also took the opportunity to present a cheque for £1000 to go towards one of Ken's latest projects of planting hedging and trees along the back of the new path, and in the picnic park behind the Village Hall. This cheque will be matched by Parish funds and will help bridge the open gap left between the village and the Reach after the laying of the cables for the Olympics and the past road works. Thanks must go to our clerk, Glenda Collins for all her organising and hard work arranging this and so many other things. It was kind of Highways to take the time to support the village so much on this project. Gillian Easton ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7 .30 p.m. Wednesday 9th December JOURNEY BY STAGECOACH FROM LONDON TO YORK IN 1820 Speaker:- Mr Hugh Granger Wednesday 13th January BERKSHIRE BEYOND THE OBVIOUS Lesser known sites and events of historic interest (A 'sunny' show for a winter's evening) Speaker:- Mr Trevor Ottlewski -14- A N Gr□undcare 8 Garden. Tree 6 Field Management Field Maintenance - Harrowing - Rolling - Poo Picking - - Fertilising - Spraying - - Fencing - Topping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery - Pruning - Felling - Stump Grinding - • Dead Wooding - • Logs and Wood Chip for sale • Garden Maintenance - Grass Cutting - Hedge Cutting - Fencing • Turf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - t. 01189 345341 m. 07814 006639 e. office@anb-groundcare.co.uk w. www anb-groundcare.co.uk DORNEY XTRAS "Everything but the main course" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients E􀑰 the strain when you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! -15- Prices From Local £5 Heathrow £20 Gatwick£55 luton£55 Stansted £80 London £45 Marluw £15 Maidenhead £6 village cars II 01628 685557 Accounts Welcome - References Available Cars, MPVs and Mini Buses Burnham Dorney Taplaw Eton Wick Clppenham Maidenhead Windsor Bn,y Airports -Stations -Hotels -Bars -Clubs -Restaurants -Courier Service Nlocaf services with a personal touch" NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Saturday 23rd January 7.45 pm Cabaret Night with Janie Dee Multi-award winning West-End star, Janie Dee has most recently performed in Calendar Girls. She won the prestigious Olivier Award for her performance in Comic Potential and has starred in Mack & Mabel, My One And Only and Showboat. She is introduced by James Church and joined by former Red.roofs student Derry Pope Studio £12 (£10 cone.) DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as 2llows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coisb 01628 629381 DORNEY PARISH NEWS IS NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY -16- • • • • • • Eton End Sch ool Eton Road, Datchet excellent􀋼sta􀈻 /􀋼pupil􀋼ratios􀋼 high􀋼standards􀋼and􀋼academic􀋼 success􀋼 sporting,􀋼musical􀋼and􀋼 dramatic􀋼 oppor􀋢ties􀋼 art􀋼and􀋼creativ􀉗ty􀋼 outdoor􀋼 􀉡e􀈙ng􀋼 and􀋼play􀋼 extracur􀋄cu􀉦􀈌r􀋼 acti􀋭ities􀋼 􀋻􀋼 􀈟e􀈽re􀋼 and􀋼a􀉀er􀋼 school􀋼care􀋼 For fu rther details please telephone 01753 541075 35 Eton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9AX email: admin@etonend.org website: www.etonend.org CA ROL SINGING mDORNEY VIL LAGE THE TR ADITION GOES ON MONDA􀈊􀋼21st􀋼DECEMBER􀋼 - 6.30􀋼 p.􀋼 m.􀋼 Starting􀋼 􀈿om􀋼 - OLD􀋼 DIMMINGS,􀋼􀈉ILLAGE􀋼 ROAD.􀋼 􀈃he􀋼 Wood􀋼- Dow􀋼 Family􀋼will􀋼be􀋼 providing􀋼pr􀈭singing􀋼 m􀊍􀉖led􀋼wine􀋼and􀋼mince􀋼 pies􀋼 in􀋼 their􀋼porch􀋼to􀋼start􀋼the􀋼evening􀋼o􀈺􀋼in􀋼good􀋼 spirit.􀋼We􀋼 will􀋼then􀋼 walk􀋼 around􀋼 the􀋼village,􀋼singi􀉼g􀋼ou􀋟ide􀋼 as􀋼 many􀋼 homes􀋼as􀋼 is􀋼 possible􀋼 bringing􀋼 hea􀊾ty􀋼 Christmas􀋼tidings.􀋼 With􀋼 our􀋼 village􀋼 pub􀋼 back􀋼in􀋼f􀋣ll􀋼swing􀋼we􀋼 are􀋼very􀋼please􀈦􀋼 that􀋼we􀋼 shall􀋼 be􀋼 able􀋼 to􀋼 close􀋼 in􀋼the􀋼warmth􀋼 of􀋼the􀋼Palmer􀋼Arms.􀋼We􀋼will􀋼also􀋼 be􀋼 encouraging􀋼all􀋼those􀋼 present􀋼 to􀋼join􀋼in􀋼with􀋼 a􀋼few􀋼 of􀋼the􀋼 fe stive􀋼 favo urites,􀋼 to􀋼 make􀋼 a􀋼 really􀋼 enjoyable􀋼 􀈼nale􀋼 to􀋼 the􀋼 evening.􀋼 Look􀋼􀈾rward􀋼 to􀋼 welcoming􀋼everyone􀋼 in􀋼good􀋼 voice,􀋼young􀋼and􀋼old􀋼 alike.􀋼 Please􀋼 bring􀋼 torches,􀋼song􀋼sheets􀋼 provided.􀋼 For􀋼 en􀊸uires:􀋼 Angie- 01628􀋼660507􀋼 Money􀋼 collected􀋼 wi􀉤l􀋼 be􀋼 shared􀋼 between􀋼 St􀋼James􀋼 Church,􀋼 Dorney􀋼 and􀋼 Cancer􀋼Research/Support􀋼 -17- Volunteers Wanted Rain water is penetrating the Village Hall roof and volunteers, who are comfortable working at heights, are sought to help to make effective repairs to the roofing felt. Please contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Invitation Friday 11 th December Coffee Morning at Eton Dorney Centre 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Everybody welcome for a cup of coffee, a mince pie and a chat SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Saturday 5th December at 7.30 p.m. German Requiem Ave verum corpus Exsultate jubilate Hear my Prayer Verleih' uns Frieden Eton College School Hall Brahms Mozart Mozart Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Katherine Walker (Soprano) Marcus Farnsworth (Baritone) Tickets £14 & £10 Students £10 & £7 􀛰he SPS box office is managed through the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Altwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF. 􀛱elephone 01628 788997 www.sloughphil.freeserve.co.uk/tickets.html tch Landscapes Ltd - Tree Surgery • Landscaping • Garden Design • Planting • Lawn care For free quotations and advice call Tom on: 07976 643 382 or 01628 624 113 or email tchlandscapesltd@yahoo.com -18- What a Saga! [' d better not mention any brand names in this saga, but I feel that readers in Dorney may be interested in our recent experience with our house and contents insurance policy. It has made me so twitchy that I am thinking of buying a small gun boat to moor at the front door. Apparently we may need it to keep villains away or to get to the shops the next time it rains. Well, that's according to our ex insurers. The saga started when their annual renewal notice arrived. We had been with them for over a decade and we had had no claims for three years ( even that one was only for paint spilled on a carpet). We were, therefore, more than a little shocked when they demanded a 47.70/o increase in our premium. "I do not belieeeeeeeve it!" was the least of my grumpy old man expletives. Naturally we questioned this and they mumbled about the high crime rate in our area and, of course, the high risk of flooding. The latter became an issue throughout the search that we then started for a new insurer. We went on to a price comparison web site. Fiendishly clever aren't they? I could wax my moustache and become quite operatic about the one we used. After entering our details, a list of quotes appeared. They varied widely, but all of them were significantly lower than our existing insurer. They, in fa ct, were among a number of well known insurance companies that refused to quote at all. Apparently this was because of our watery post code. The company we finally selected was not the very cheapest but it is well known, h􀞊 a good reputation and it provided all the cover we needed; but now comes the punch !me: the premium is - wait for it - 78% lower than the new premium demanded by our existing insurers. In real money that is over £1000 less. Our new people who I mustn't name, of course, have enabled me to sit back with a large cigar (if! smoked), say "Oh Yes!" and raise two fingers in a victory salute to the whole sorry saga. All the insurance companies I spoke to have us listed as a flood risk area, but some are very much less hysterical than others. I was completely open about our Environment Agency status to our new people. Their response was "but have you been flooded _m the last 5 years?" when I replied that our house hasn't flooded in living memory they msured us as not at risk. Should we not, perhaps, as a village have a bit of a go at both the insurance companies and the EA to get some sanity back into our situation? P.S. Skydive. We are pleased to say that our charity sky dive has raised almost £16,000. This is £ I k above our target. Thank you very much to fri ends who supported us. P.P.S. The insurance company we parted company with has, today, offered us private medical insurance. Do you think this would exclude water related ailments in Dorney? Geoffrey Atkinson (and Tina of course). -19- Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, NATURE NOTES; BANK + EARTHA'S SANTA Hands up those who enjoy collecting leaves? Well, there are plenty more to come! November's mixture of weather is now testing some plants' endurance, including roses; Japanese pink anemone; lavatera; yellow evening primrose; orange Chinese lanterns; red and orange spindle berries; white alyssum; whilst springing into life are yellow mahonia bushes and yellow winter jasmine. Last month, I mentioned the field which lies between Dorney Village Road and the Jubilee River as full of yellow rape. In fact the plant was flowering Caliente Mustard - yes, I was wondering who would be the first to spot that mistake. Lately, we have had a considerable increase in the numbers of great, blue and long-tailed tits. Plenty of rooks; crows; jackdaws and wood pigeons, plus squirrels are to be seen in the fields around 'conker alley' leading to Boveney Lock. Red kites, still soaring around Dorney Parish, two of which were seen by the Sisters of Burnham Abbey. Possibly the male kite now has a girlfriend, just in time for Christmas. The Slough High Street major bank safety-box saga is still ongoing, with the 'theft' of customers' gold, jewellery and personal items to the value of £500,000. The bank has denied res1xmsibility and told customers it was their own fault for not taking out insurance, despite the safety-box contents being kept in the bank for SAFE KEEPING! Meanwhile, the Financial Ombudsman is now investigating this strange enigma. Watch this space. Recently, at our local Sainsbury's, I was briefly discussing with Dame Bridget of the Emerald Isle, who has a personal interest in astronomy, some scientific facts and figures. Our Sun, which is a star with its powerful gravitational pull keeps our known planets, including Earth, asteroids and comets in orbit and provides them with light and heat. Our Sun is large enough to contain one million Earths. In our galaxy there are millions of stars, some of which could contain a million of our Suns, and beyond our galaxy there are millions of other galaxies with trillions of stars. "That rather puts ourselves and Earth into perspective, don't you think Bridget?" She replied, "Yes indeed, and isn't it a pity that mankind cannot live in peace." "An excellent Christmas message Bridget," I replied, to which she bade me cheerio and God Bless. Finally, on the piano. Let me play you a lovely, smoochy Christmas tune (as sung by purring Eartha Kitt). Girls will believe Christmas has really come, and the fellas knees will be wobbling. Here we go with 'Santa Baby.' Words and music by Joan Javits, Philip & Tony Springer 1953 Santa baby,just slip a sable under the tree - for me Been an awful good girl, Santa baby So hurry down the chimney tonight. Santa baby, a fifty-four convertible too - light blue I'll wait up for you dear, Santa baby So hurry down the chimney tonight. Think of all the fun I've missed, think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed Next year I could be just as good, if you check off my Christmas list. Santa baby, I want a yacht and really that's not a lot Been an angel all year, Santa baby So hurry down the chimney tonight. ,&, Have a peaceful and Happy Christmas. • Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D.D.) Set in 9 acres of Beautifu l Grounds 􀚤rivate 􀙮ursing & 􀚽esidential Ca􀦔e 􀘜ome •􀓚 Highest􀓚qua􀑕ty􀓚24􀓚hour􀓚professional􀓚nursing􀓚care􀓚 •􀓚 Bedrooms􀓚 •􀓚en-suite,􀓚 telephone􀓚 &􀓚TV􀓚 •􀓚 Nurse􀓚 call􀓚 &􀓚inte􀒈om􀓚system􀓚 •􀓚 Automatic􀓚 lifts􀓚 •􀓚 Relaxed􀓚 friendly􀓚atmosphere􀓚 􀏇E GISTERED NURSING "111:!􀆾ME ASSOCIATION •􀓚 Day􀓚 r􀑰,􀓚television􀓚 lounge,􀓚library,􀓚sunny􀓚consenatories􀓚 •􀓚 Excellent􀓚food,􀓚 choice􀓚of􀓚menus,􀓚 s􀑶ial􀓚 diets􀓚 •􀓚 Long􀓚or􀓚short􀓚stay􀓚acco􀑣tion􀓚 •􀓚 Activities􀓚Co-ordinator􀓚 •􀓚 V"1 Sitors􀓚always􀓚welcome􀓚 Parlia􀑚t􀓚 Lane,􀓚B􀓈􀓚Bucks􀓚SL!􀓚8NU􀓚 Midway􀓚 Between􀓚M4􀓚&􀓚M40􀓚Motorways􀓚 01 628 667345 www.burnhamlodgecare.com 􀁟􀁠 1'71'2 SAR GEANT & SON FAMILY FUNERAL DIRECTORS MRS P O'NEILL MR J O'NEILL An independen􀅏 caring and dignified service ready to assist at aJJ times 24􀓚 HOUR􀓚SERVICE􀓚 •􀓚 PRIVATE􀓚CHAPELS􀓚 •􀓚 PRE-PAYMENT􀓚 FUNERAL􀓚PIAN􀓚 MONUMENTAL􀓚 MASONS􀓚 •􀓚 PRIVATE􀓚&􀓚 WEDDING􀓚 CAR􀓚 HIRE􀓚 HEAD OFFICE 40􀓚 CHURCH􀓚STREET,􀓚 SWUGH,􀓚 BERKS􀓚SL!􀓚 IPJ􀓚 SLOUGH (01753) 520081 FAX:􀓚 (01 753)􀓚 578620􀓚 BRANCHES 61􀓚 ST􀓚 LEONARDS􀓚ROAD,􀓚WINDSOR􀓚 SL4􀓚3BX􀓚 WINDSOR􀓚 m01753)􀓚 865982􀓚 13􀓚 THE􀓚 COWNNADE.􀓚 MAIDENHEAD.􀓚 BERKS􀓚 S1..6􀓚 IOL􀓚 MAIDENHEAD􀓚 (01628)􀓚 783738􀓚 DORNEY SCHOOL Of Principal Joan Kellett AIDT A B/L Welcomes )Oil ID come danci,,g, ballroom/latin - adults. Every Thursday beginners and improvers 8 to 9 p.m. tn1mnediate 9 to 10 p.m. at Dorney Village Hall. Also children every Saturday 11 a.m. ID 12 noon. at Dorney Village Hall Children's classes include line dancing. Private lessons also available. Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 Matrix Plumbing & Heating ALL ASPECTS OF PLUMBING UNDERTAKEN Bathroom Installations including Tiling - Burst Pipes & Leaking Taps All General Plumbing & Heating - Kitchen Fitting - Flooring ✓ No Call Out Charges ✓ Free Estimates ✓ Competitive Rates ✓ Discounts for Senior Citizens ✓ Professional, Reliable & Honest ✓ All Work Guaranteed ✓ Fully Insured ✓ Contract Work Welcome LOCAL PROFESSIONAL FRIENDLY SERVICE Contact Steve on :- Tel : 07919 867833 or Email : matrixp/umb@aol.com Cookham Carpentry "Bes-poR.e 􀀨esi.gll\,S Fully qualified & insured with 15 years' design experience Call Alan on 01628 522533 or 07786 144970 www.cookhamcarpentry.co.uk Fitted wardrobes Radiator cabinets Stair balustrades Home office Fitted kitchens Garden design and decking Fencing and gates House renovations DIY disasters rectified MDF-LAMINA TE-OAK THE SUSAN HANDY SCHOOL OF DANCING Classes for children aged 2½ years upwards in Ballet Contemporary Dance Music & Movement Tap and Modern Jazz Ballet and Tap Classes for Adults Classes for Boys only Children entered for examinations in the Enrico Cecchetti method. Classes in Eton, Datchet and Windsor Principal: Susan Handy, F.I.S.T.D. Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail: office@susanhandydance.co. uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀂶 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL46QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning ✓ 4 Wheel Alignment Hours of Business: 08:30 - 17:30 Monday - Friday Tel/Fax: 01628 603188 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk ·"' Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Tel􀊟 01628 668562 scott@indigopandd.co.uk .. , ' Dorney Social Diary Saturday 7th November Monday 16tll November F􀛞day 27t11 November Wednesday 9t11 December Thursday 31't December DO􀒍EY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT CO􀑖E DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) BROWN􀐜S LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or caren) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOO􀐵NGS Dorney School 􀒁A Firework Night T􀓈A P Yuletide Fayre At the playground Bath Road 10.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. DDHS AGM + Supper with S􀚎aker Village Hall AGM 7.30 p.m. Supper 8 p.m. Youth Club London Theatre Trip Departs 6 p.m . Eto􀙉 Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. New Year's Eve Dance Village Hall Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. January, March Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (*) 12.15- 2.00 Dates: 10/11 8/12 Christmas lunch Every Tuesday Village Hall 11-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 - l􀑭 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Tbunday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Do􀛯ey School 6-16 year olds in two groups contact Alan Russell 01628 784515 Every Thu􀛹day Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every Wednesday (Term time only) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIG􀐆OURHOOD WATCH SC􀐇􀑔 Area Co-ordinator:- Jon Willmore 01628 663334 jwillm@btinte􀘒et.com TO REPORT ANYT􀐈G SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE 􀐟DIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 •• 11,,, final ,v,:,kit,:,. If '1"" '"" ,.,f- ooli•"', r''"''"' 6-"" o( • c.all. i11.fo€/a4/c.ft;.v/c.e.om MVW./al:;e.l6'",;.vk_e,om 017"3 BZ1'0:,t J....41ei.fi; i( par+ of P.J5A l--td, i Svrve4f􀐀 www.ej';a.v􀐁c.oM A N Graundcare B Garden. Tree 6 Field Man'!Jement Field Maintenance - Harrowing 􀉶 Rolling - P􀈱 Picking - - Fertilising - Spra􀉔ing - - 􀊼encing -􀋱opping - Hedge Cutting - Tree Surgery - Pr􀉊ning - 􀊽elling - Stu􀈥p Grinding - - 􀊰ead Wooding - - 􀋖ogs and Wood Chip for sale 􀉷 Garden Maintenance -Grass C􀉋tting - Hedge C􀉊tting - Fencing - -T􀉋rf supplied & laid - Garden Clearance - t. 01189 345341 m. 07814 006639 e. office@anb-groundcare.co.uk w. www.anbiJroundcare.co.uk DORNEY XTRAS "Everything but the main course" Canapes • Tarts • Puds • Cakes • Italian bread • Quiches Baked in the Aga to order using great ingredients Ease the strain when you Entertain! Phone 0773 6061365 or email nikkioliver27@hotmail.com for more information Learn to cook courses for teenagers during school holidays! -15- Dear Editor, Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney NATIJRE NOTES + THE PROMS Lots of wild plants have survived well during August and September. A walk around the ponds which lie parallel with the rowing trench revealed bull rushes; yellow common fleabane; yellow tansy with clusters of button - like flowers; blue succory (medicinal); large white bindweed; pink and white striped field bindweed; yellow and red low-lying common birds foot trefoil plus nearby Russian vine (white); mountain ash red and orange berries; hazelnuts; blackberries; and not forgetting the mighty ash tree which lies two-thirds of the way down on the right of the road leading to the main rowing trench HQ building and car park. That beautiful tree is a picture to behold. Our garden birds are thriving well - chaffinches, at least six; robins; sparrows (around one dozen); wrens; blue and great tits; hedge accentors; blackbirds; ring doves; magpies plus resident crows and several sightings of the red kite. The M40 going towards Oxford is still the best area to view lots of those beautiful birds, which obviously enjoy and take advantage of air uplift from fast moving vehicles. The Proms at the Albert Hall were great fun this year, with some splendid solo performers including our own excellent pianist Stephen Hough who played Tchaikovsky's piano concertos, and film maker M.G .M.' s seventieth anniversary of musicals. To􀓚see􀓚musicians􀓚of􀓚all􀓚ages􀓚in􀓚the􀓚various􀓚orches􀒶s,􀓚and􀓚a􀑴preciative􀓚audiences,􀓚is􀓚a􀓚 wonderful compliment to the drawing power of classical as well as lighter modes of music. On the Last Night of the Proms, I would have preferred music from composers of the British Isles and greater audience participation. Our own composers such as Elgar; Vaughan Williams; William Walton; Delius; But terworth ; Bax; Coates; Binge; Arnold; Purce ll, to name􀓚a􀓚few,􀓚would􀓚have􀓚given􀓚a􀓚worl d -wide􀓚audience􀓚a􀓚real􀓚taste􀓚of􀓚􀐟ne􀓚British􀓚music􀓚 reflecting the character and beauty of our islands, as well as according participating audiences a real chance to sing their hearts out in appreciation of such great composers and their􀓚music.􀓚 Hopefully, as many schools as possible are teaching music and as every student and teacher knows, you must practise your scales and arpeggios. So with that in mind, I will finish by playing on the piano *'Scales and Arpeggios' from Walt Disney's 'The Aristocats'. So􀓚here􀓚we􀓚go􀓚- and􀓚en􀑃oy􀓚your􀓚music.􀓚 Every truly cultured music student knows You must learn your scales and your arpeggios Bring􀓚the􀓚music􀓚ringing􀓚􀐧om􀓚your􀓚chest􀓚and􀓚not􀓚your􀓚nose􀓚 While you sing your scales and your arpeggios 􀞈 􀉔 w 􀇐 􀇐 w 􀉔 􀞉 􀇐 􀉔 w 􀇐 􀇐 w 􀉔 􀇐 If you're faithful to your daily practising You will find your progress is encouraging Do􀓚mi􀓚so mi do􀓚mi􀓚so􀓚mi􀓚fa􀓚la􀓚so􀓚it􀓚goes􀓚 When you do your scales and your arpeggios. Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D.D.) * Composed by Richard & Robert Sherman (1968) -16- Set in 9 acres of Beautiful Grounds Private Nursing & Residential Care Home •􀓚 Highest􀓚q􀓄lity􀓚24􀓚hour􀓚prof􀐃ional􀓚n􀑖g􀓚care􀓚 􀓗􀓚 Bedroo􀑘􀒞􀓚􀓘􀓚e􀑟-suite,􀓚telephone􀓚&􀓚TV􀓚 •􀓚 Nurse􀓚call􀓚&􀓚intercom􀓚system􀓚 •􀓚 Automatic􀓚lifts􀓚 •􀓚 Relaxed􀓚􀐦iendly􀓚atmosph􀏿􀓚 .EGISTERED􀓚NURSING􀓚 􀋧􀋨ME􀓚 ASSOCIATION􀓚 •􀓚 Day􀓚room,􀓚television􀓚lounge,􀓚library,􀓚sunny􀓚conservatories􀓚 •􀓚 Excellent􀓚food,􀓚choice􀓚of􀓚menus,􀓚special􀓚diets􀓚 •􀓚 Long􀓚or􀓚short􀓚stay􀓚accommodation􀓚 •􀓚 Activities􀓚Co-ordinator􀓚 •􀓚 Visitors􀓚always􀓚welcome􀓚 Par6ament􀓚Lane,􀓚B􀓉,􀓚Bucks􀓚SLI􀓚8NU􀓚 M􀐽dway􀓚Between􀓚M4􀓚&􀓚M40􀓚Motorways􀓚 01 628 667345 www.burnhamlodgecare.com /!f,􀂕 :r7:r2 SARGEANT & SON FAMILY FUNERAL DIRECTORS MRS P O'NEILL MR J O'NEILL An independent, caring and dignified service ready to assist at all times 24􀓚HOUR􀓚SERVICE􀓚 '􀓚 PRIVATE􀓚CHAPELS􀓚 •􀓚 PRE-PAYMENT􀓚FUNERAL􀓚PIAN􀓚 MONUMENTAL􀓚MASONS􀓚 •􀓚 PRIVATE􀓚&􀓚 WEDDING􀓚CAR􀓚HIRE􀓚 HEAD OFFICE 40􀓚 CHURCH􀓚STREET,􀓚SLOUGH,􀓚BERKS􀓚SLI􀓚 l PJ􀓚 SLOUGH􀓚 (01753) 520081 FAX:􀓚(01753)􀓚578620􀓚 BRANCHES 61􀓚ST􀓚LEONARDS􀓚ROAD,􀓚WINDSOR􀓚SI.A􀓚3BX􀓚 WINDSOR􀓚 (01753)􀓚865982􀓚 13􀓚THE􀓚CTJLONNADE,􀓚MAIDENHEAD.􀓚 BERKS􀓚 Sl..6􀓚IQL􀓚 MAIDENHEAD􀓚 (01628)􀓚783738􀓚 DORNEY SCHOOL OF Principal Joan Kellett AIDTA BIL Welwmes you to como dancill!I, bollroomllatin - adults. Every Thursday beginnen and improvors 8 to 9 p.m. Intermediate 9 to 10 p.m. at Dorney Village Hall. Also cbiklren every Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 noon. at Domoy Village Hall Children's classes include lino dancing. Private lossoos also available. Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 Matrix Plumbing & Heating ALL ASPECTS OF PLUMBING UNDERTAKEN Bathroom Installations including Tiling - Burst Pipes & Leaking Taps All General Plumbing & Heating - Kitchen Fitting - Flooring ✓ No Call Out Charges 􀂇 Free Estimates ✓ Competitive Rates 􀂇 Discounts for Senior Citizens ✓ Professio nal, Reliable & Honest 􀂇 All Work Guaranteed ✓ Fully Insured 􀂇 Contract Work Welcome LOCAL PROFESSIONAL FRIENDLY SERVICE Contact Steve on :- Tel : 07919 867833 or Email : matrixp/umb@aol.com Cookham Carpentry -s.espolu olesi.g vw; Fully qualified & insured with 15 years' design experience Call Alan on 01628 522533 or 07786 144970 www.cookhamcarpentry.co.uk Fitted wardrobes Radiator cab inets Stair balustrades Home office Fitted kitchens Garden design and decking Fencing and gates House renovations DIY disasters rectified M D F-LA MINA TE-OAK ' THE SUSAN HANDY SCHOOL OF DANCING Classes for children aged 2 ½ years upwards in Ballet Contemporary Dance Music & Movement Tap and Modern Jazz Ballet and Tap Classes for Adults Classes for Boys only Children entered for examinations in the Enrico Cecchetti method. Classes in Eton, Datchet and Windsor Principal: Susan Handy, F.I.S.T.D. Enquiries: Telephone 07515 270432 / 01753 542672 e-mail : office@susanhandydance.co.uk website: www.susanhandydance.co.uk BOSCH Service 􀉂 Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VI LLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WIN DSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servici ng ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning ✓ 4 Wheel Alignment Hours of Business: 08:30 - 17:30 Monday - Friday Te l/Fax: 01 628 603188 tom@whiteheathergarage.co.uk Printed by Indigo Print & Design - Te l: 01 628 668562 scott@ indigopandd.co.uk Dorney Parish News UNDER THE MANAGEMENT DF JILL HARRIS HOLIDAY COURSES SHOW JUMPING GYMKHANAS HACKING h RIDING SCHOOL & LIVERY pa.􀀌j§J:.􀀍& Elm Farm Boveney Road Dorney Common Nr. Windsor Berkshire Telephone: 01628 661275 INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL - QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION Daily and evening individual lessons and classes JANE MORGAN DRESSES ------ c:::, ------ EVENING DRESS HIRE & SALES • Ball gowns, prom dresses & cocktail wear • Handbags,jewellery & wraps • Sizes 4 - 26, competitively priced • The dresses can be altered to ensure a perfect fit By appointment 6 days a week 01628 600509 janemorgandresses@fsmail.net Mob: 07887 994222 www.janemorgandresshire.co.uk Village Road, Dorney, nr Windsor & Eton Bracken Flowers & Julies Floris t Real Florists Loca l, National & International Delivery • Bouquets • Arrangements Teleflor􀀕is0--.-,-'1 " Visa. Mastercard, Solo • Balloons • Weddings Tel: 01753 833225 Tel: 01628 602968 Fax: 01753 842422 & Electron cards accepted • Funerals * Parties • Corporate • Same Day website: www.brackenflowers.com email: bracken@brackenflowers.co.uk 31 b Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LU Design & Construction • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Driveways • Terraces • Suppliers of: • Turfing • Plants, Trees and Shrubs • Fencing • Car Parks • Block Paving • Patios • Brickwork Decorative or Standard • Mature Trees SAND • BALLAST WOOD CHIPS TOP SOIL MUSHROOM COMPOST 01 628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL RESTORATION COMPANY Restorers of fine Antique Furniture !¥􀀿!?Ji;􀁀 THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY couro: DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP TEL: 01628 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full detai ls of our Services and Children 's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. (ucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am 6.30pm Morning Service and Sunday School Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE Saturday CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, IO. I 5am 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. SL6 ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Roadro Dorney Reach, Maidenhead . SL6 ODT. Tel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mr Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Robers, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £5 per annum for 10 issues (payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opiuions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. ISSUE NO. 7/09 EDITORIAL SEPTEMBER 2009 Reports published two years ago suggested that 500,000 homes could be refused flood insurance unless government spending on flood defences is increased. Insurance companies are already blacklisting customers in high-risk areas by forcing them to accept excesses as high as £30,000 to cover most or all of the cost of flood damage. Defining a high-risk area is arbitrary. The Environment Agency reported that a large amount of recent flooding had been surface water due to poor drainage. If climate change is bringing more torrential rainstorms, then any built-up area may be classed as 'high-risk'. A great deal of money has been spent on local flood defence and yet you will be aware that the Environment Agency flood map classifies our parish as an area of significant risk of flooding. Despite the huge cost, is the Flood Alleviation Channel significantly ineffective? This blanket classification by the Environment Agency is to be resisted, for it has encouraged insurance companies to increase Dorney home insurance premiums, one company even refusing to give an insurance quote for a Harcourt Road residence. II is evident that insurance companies are attributing flood risk to postcodes rather than a district's history and topography. There is a bund that runs through Dorney Reach between the river and dwellings and the natural tendency is for rising water to spill over the far bank. I have lived here for fifty-three years and during that time, as far as I am aware, no property in the Reach or the Village has been flooded. During these years, too, the water table level has dropped appreciably, as local gardeners are aware, and the once large ponds at the Dorney end of the Common have virtually dried up. And yet despite local resistance to increased insurance premiums, the recently published Parish Plan has not helped in this matter, for it implies that parishioners have expressed concern over the increased risk of flooding to local housing! ! This stems from answers given to a question in the Parish Appraisal which asked us to express, by a rating of 1 to 5, our concern over water table levels and risk of flooding. You will note that the words increased and to local housing were not in the Appraisal question. Throughout the country people are concerned about the possibility of flooding. One never knows what trick of the climate could find any town or village in cold water. But being concerned does not mean that one is anticipating the worst. If the Parish Appraisal had asked, "Do you think there is a significant flood risk to your property?" the outcome might have enabled the Parish Council to challenge the Environment Agency's pessimistic flood prediction, rather than giving the insurance companies further encouragement to increase home insurance premiums. The judges didn't think we were the best Best Kept Village 2009 although we were awarded 23 more points than last year. Congratulations to all who worked to spruce-up the parish. The winning village, with 95 points, is Frieth; just 12 points ahead of us. Next year, with a little more collective effort, we could win the Morris Cup! -1- Revd Lucy Holt Writes: At the end of September we will once more be celebrating Harvest Festival in our parish Church of St James the Less. Harvest Thanksgiving is traditionally a time when people join together in Church to thank God for a good harvest, be it wheat, vegetables, beef or even herrings from the sea. The origin of the festival, as we know it today, isn't that distant. If it hadn't been for a Victorian vicar in Cornwall, there probably wouldn't be harvest thanksgivings in any of our churches. The Revd Robert Stephen Hawker, for forty-one years Vicar ofMorwenstow on the wild Comish coast, is said to have initiated the modern Harvest Festival. Being acutely aware of the life and death importance of the Harvest to his parishioners he went back to a middle age festival of Lammas - where the first loaf from the harvest was offered to God at the village church. So towards the end of Harvest a festival was held to give thanks to God for the harvest and the tradition of decorating the Church with harvest gifts and celebrating at a service began. Still today hmvest festival is seen as an important Church festival. But has it any relevance to now where the majority ofus are not associated with agriculture and the land? It offers us a unique opportunity in our lives, not to wallow in nostalgia of days gone by, but to pause and say, "Thank your Thank you for all those good things that have come our way this year." To pause and think; to panse and thank. It's worth thinking on the words of the medieval mystic Eckhardt who said:"Ifthe only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church Services in September 2009 Wednesday 2nd September 1 o.ooam Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 6th September 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 1 1 .00 am Our Space (All Age Family Service) 6.30 pm Informal Service Sunday 13th September 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1 .00am Holy Communion (children's groups) Wednesday 16th September 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) 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 Sunday 20th September 9.30am Holy Communion 1 1.00am Combined Service St James the Less Dorney (children's groups) St John the Baptist Eton Wrck Sunday 27th September 9.30am Harvest Festival St James the Less Dorney 1 1.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St John the Baptist Eton Wick DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age ofl8. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office 0 118 969 8000 Wednesday 26/8 - Saturday 3/10 HOLIDAY SNAP a comedy by Michael Pertwee & John Chapman 􀁨M.!.M,M.!.M􀁩M􀁪?.?.?. .- ...... • ......_ ,., .., _,, .. ,,,_,,. ., . ......._ ,,,, .., _ ______, . ................: .,•!.?.!.!.?_ ,?,?.!.?.!.!!.!.!,M.. .._ . . ,.. . .,.,_,􀁫 1 DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW Saturday 5th. September lt;:;:;-;:;:;,;:e;:;:•:;:;:;,,;:;;,:e;:;:;:;:;:e;:;nd;:;;:,-,::􀫏,::,,::.,:, :;:::,,c,m,:;:,7,e;:«nd;:;:m,;;:;:-;;;:;:,:;,:m􀙉􀫐 DORNEY YOUTH CLUB FETE on Trumper's Field Saturday 5th September 2pm - 5pm Stalls. Police Dog Demonstrations. Climbing Wall. Archery. Reptiles. Food. Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter August 2009 Welcome to the latest newslette􀦉 f􀧔m the Ta􀥆low & Do􀧏ey 􀙬eighbou􀦽o􀤈 Team THAMES 􀛾ALLEY PO􀙔􀘴CE 0845 8 505 508 CR􀘲MESTOPPERS 0800 555 1 1 1 At the la􀧲t public consultation, the neighbou􀦊hood p􀦋io􀧄ies we􀦢 ag􀦬d as 1 . 􀛋􀥇eeding 2. 􀚡arking 3. 􀙕itter Mobile Beat Surgery The next beat surgery will be held on 26th September 2009 and the neighbourhood van will be at the following locations 12.00pm Taplow Village Hall (Car Park) 12.30pm Village Road (Bus Stop) Please feel free to come along and discuss any issues or concerns you have or alternatively you can e-mail us on Angela.O'Connell@ tharnesvalley.pnn.police.uk Trevor.walker@tharnesvalley.pnn.police.uk Speeding A speeding campaign was held during the month of Jnne on the four roads identified as having a speeding issue, these are Lake End Road and Village Road, Dorney and Berry Hill and Hill Farm Road in Taplow. During this week-long campaign over 38 drivers were caught speeding and two other drivers were prosecuted for other driving offences. 1 1 of these drivers were local residents in the Taplow & Dorney area. Parking Letters have now been distributed around the Dorney area by the Neighbourhood Police team in an effort to discourage residents/visitors from parking on the grass verges. The letter was designed by the Neighbourhood Action Group and Dorney Parish Council. Traffic from the car boot bas been continually improving with no reports to police over the last month. We will continue to monitor the situation especially around the bank holiday period. Burglary An informal meeting was held in Dorney village hall at the beginning of July to try to promote Neighbourhood watch, if you were unable to attend and are interested in becoming involved then please contact the Neighbourhood Watch office on 01494 736642 or by e-mail on Chiltemvale.rin􀓩aster@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk Two prolific offenders have been arrested in relation to Burglaries in Taplow and one other is currently under investigation by our Priority Crime team. Crime Updates Due to the warmer w􀒛ther we have had an increase in antisocial behaviour around River Road, Amerden Lane and Dorney Rowing Lakes and Maypole Road. Increased patrols are being carried out in these areas and several yellow cards and S27 warnings have been issued to any o􀓉enders, home visits have also been conducted by the Neighbourhood Team. -4- • • • DORNEY COURT GUIDES Dorney Court will be open to the public in April and May as from 20 I O in the afternoons 1.30pm - with last admissions at 4pm, and I am looking for guides. If you are interested I would be grateful if you could get in touch either by e-mail on palmer@dorneycourt.co.uk or by telephone 01628 604638. It would be for a maximum of two afternoons during that time (probably ouly one) - and you would only do a maximum of2 tours during the afternoon (probably ouly one!). The pay is £ 18 ! Please do get in touch if this is something which may interest you. Jill Palmer Horticultural Society News Recently someone suggested that the government should do something about the lack of allotments for those who want to grow their own vegetables. This, he said, would help to reduce the worldwide food shortage. But has he thought it through? Who in, say, Africa would like hundreds of carrots and cabbages in various stages of decay? Supermarkets might lose out too, poor things. But it might give ministers food for thought. Oh, alright, nature often provides us with more than we need, this year is no exception. Unripe apples and pears are falling from orchard trees. We can cope with many ripe ones but the rest have to go on the compost heap. Time passes so fast these days and once again we shall be holding our Annual Show in the village hall on Saturday SEPTEMBER 5th. There are plenty of Show Entry Forms available to anyone who wants to enter their own exhibits and are available from any committee member. We look forward to Eton Wick Allotment Society competing again _ this year. You can be a member for a day and will be welcome, or for £2 can be a full member for a year. You may not have a prize-winning marrow but there are many excellent cooks in Dorney, Dorney Reach and Eton Wick, so why not have a go in one of the cookery sections in the Schedule. The Dorney Fete will be held in the field by the hall at the same time so it could be an interesting afternoon for everyone For more Show information please ring 01628 620884 or 01626 603036. Ralph Liney ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 9th September THE DARVILLE STORY Speaker:- Mrs K Darville -5- Dorney Social Diary Saturday􀋼5th September􀋼 Wed􀉻esday􀋼9th September􀋼 Friday􀋼25t􀉇􀋼September􀋼 Saturday􀋼26th September)􀋼 Sunday􀋼27th September􀋼 )􀋼 Friday􀋼27th November􀋼 DO􀈍EY􀋼PARISH􀋼COUNCIL􀋼 DORNEY􀋼VILLAGE􀋼HALL􀋼 MANAGEMENT􀋼COMMI􀈆EE􀋼 DORNEY􀋼OVER􀋼60's􀋼CLUB􀋼 DORNEY􀋼BADMINTON􀋼CLUB􀋼 DORNEY􀋼 SHORT􀋼MAT􀋼 BOWLS􀋼CLUB􀋼 DORNEY􀋼TENNIS􀋼COURT􀋼 DORNEY􀋼YOUTH􀋼CLUB􀋼 (􀈸or􀋼children􀋼of􀋼the􀋼par􀉓sh)􀋼 BROWNIES􀋼 LI􀈀􀈁LE􀋼FISHES􀋼 For􀋼pre-school􀋼children􀋼 (and􀋼parents􀋼or􀋼carers)􀋼 Songs,􀋼stories,􀋼treasure􀋼hunts,􀋼fun􀋼 and􀋼refreshments.􀋼 VILLAGE􀋼HALL􀋼BOOKINGS􀋼 DDHS􀋼 Annual􀋼Show.􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼 Fami􀉟y􀋼Fete.􀋼 Trumper's􀋼Field􀋼 Eton􀋼Wick􀋼History􀋼Group􀋼Meeting􀋼 Eton􀋼Wick􀋼Village􀋼Ball􀋼7􀋼.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 DDBS􀋼Harvest􀋼Supper􀋼+􀋼Speaker􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 Bourne􀋼End􀋼Falconry􀋼 Dorney􀋼Court􀋼 OOHS􀋼AGM􀋼+􀋼Supper􀋼with􀋼Speaker􀋼 Village􀋼Ball􀋼7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 Second􀋼Tuesday􀋼of􀋼each􀋼month􀋼(except􀋼August)􀋼 Eton􀋼Dorney􀋼Centre􀋼8􀋼p.m.􀋼 Second􀋼Monday􀋼of􀋼alternate􀋼months􀋼 i.e.􀋼 September,􀋼 November􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼8􀋼p.m.􀋼 Luncheon􀋼in􀋼the􀋼Vicarage,􀋼Dorney􀋼 Second􀋼 Tuesday􀋼in􀋼 month􀋼 unless􀋼 indicated (􀋹)􀋼 12.15 - 2.00􀋼 Dates:􀋼 8/9􀋼 13/10􀋼 10/1 1􀋼 8/12􀋼Christmas􀋼lunch􀋼 Every􀋼Tuesday􀋼Village􀋼Hall􀋼8-10􀋼p.m.􀋼 Ever􀋵􀋼Sunday􀋼Village􀋼Rall􀋼 7􀋼- 10􀋼p.m.􀋼 Te􀉠ephone􀋼01628􀋼629381􀋼 (between􀋼4.30-5􀋼p.m.􀋼 Monday-Friday)􀋼 Every􀋼Thursday􀋼evening􀋼during􀋼term􀋼t􀉔me􀋼 in􀋼hut􀋼in􀋼grounds􀋼of􀋼Dorney􀋼School􀋼 6-16􀋼year􀋼olds􀋼 in􀋼two􀋼groups􀋼 contact􀋼AJan􀋼Russell􀋼 01628􀋼784515􀋼 Every􀋼Thursday􀋼Village􀋼Hall􀋼 6-7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 Every􀋼Wednesday􀋼 (Term􀋼time􀋼only)􀋼 St.􀋼John's􀋼Church,􀋼Eton􀋼Wick􀋼 10􀋼a.m.􀋼- l􀋼l.30􀋼a.m.􀋼 Dawn􀋼Russell􀋼 01628􀋼784515􀋼 NEIGHBOURHOOD􀋼WATCH􀋼SCHEME􀋼 Area􀋼Co-ordinator:- Jon􀋼Willmore􀋼 01628􀋼663334􀋼 jwiJJm@btinternet.com􀋼 TO􀋼REPORT􀋼ANYTHING􀋼SUSPICIOUS􀋼TELEPHONE􀋼 POLICE􀋼08458􀋼505505􀋼 TO􀋼REPORT􀋼INCIDENTS􀋼TBA􀋼T􀋼REQUIRE􀋼IMMEDIATE􀋼POLICE􀋼ACTION􀋼 TELEPHONE􀋼999􀋼 -6- J Dorney Social Diary Sunday􀋼5th July􀋼 Wednesday􀋼8th July􀋼 Saturday􀋼5th September􀋼 Friday􀋼25th September􀋼 Friday􀋼27th November􀋼 DORNEY􀋼PARISH􀋼COUNCIL􀋼 DORNEY􀋼VILLAGE􀋼HALL􀋼 MANAGEMENT COMMITIEE􀋼 DORNEY􀋼OVER􀋼60's􀋼CLUB􀋼 DORNEY􀋼 BADMINTON􀋼CLUB􀋼 DORNEY􀋼SHORT􀋼MAT􀋼 BOWLS􀋼CLUB􀋼 DORNEY􀋼TENNIS􀋼COURT􀋼 DORNEY􀋼YOUTH􀋼CLUB􀋼 (for􀋼children􀋼of􀋼the􀋼parish)􀋼 BROWN1ES􀋼 LITTLE􀋼FISHES􀋼 For􀋼pre-school􀋼children􀋼 (and􀋼parents􀋼 or􀋼carers)􀋼 Songs,􀋼stories,􀋼treasure􀋼hunts,􀋼fun􀋼 and􀋼ref􀊹eshments.􀋼 VILLAGE􀋼HALL􀋼BOOKINGS􀋼 Police/Neighbourhood􀋼Watch􀋼Meeting􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼1.00􀋼p.m.􀋼- 2.00􀋼p.m.􀋼 Eton􀋼Wick􀋼Histo􀊺􀋴􀋼Group􀋼Meeting􀋼 Eton􀋼Wick􀋼Village􀋼Hall􀋼7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 DDHS􀋼 Annual􀋼Show.􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼 Fa􀉫ily􀋼Fete.􀋼 Trumper's􀋼Field􀋼 DDHS􀋼Harvest􀋼Supper +􀋼Speaker􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 DDHS􀋼AGM􀋼+􀋼Supper􀋼with􀋼Speaker􀋼 V􀉐􀉞lag􀈬􀋼Hall􀋼 7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 Second􀋼Tuesday􀋼of􀋼each􀋼month􀋼(except􀋼August)􀋼 Eton􀋼Dorney􀋼Centre􀋼8􀋼p.m.􀋼 Second􀋼Monday􀋼of􀋼alternate􀋼months􀋼 i.e.􀋼 Jnly,􀋼 September􀋼 Village􀋼Hall􀋼8􀋼p.m.􀋼 Luncheon􀋼in􀋼the􀋼Vicarage,􀋼Dorney􀋼 Second􀋼Tuesday􀋼 in􀋼month􀋼nnless􀋼indicated􀋼(*)􀋼 12.15 - 2.00􀋼 Dates:􀋼 14􀉺- Day􀋼Out.􀋼*􀋼See􀋼below􀋼 No􀋼Lunch􀋼Club􀋼in􀋼Aug.􀋼 8/9􀋼 13/10􀋼 10/11􀋼 8/12􀋼Christmas􀋼lunch􀋼 Every􀋼Tuesday􀋼Village􀋼H􀈋ll􀋼8-10􀋼p.m.􀋼 Every􀋼Sunday􀋼Village􀋼Hall􀋼 7􀋼- 10􀋼p.m.􀋼 Telephone􀋼01628􀋼629381􀋼 (between􀋼4.30-5􀋼p.m.􀋼 Monday-Friday)􀋼 Every􀋼Thursday􀋼evening􀋼during􀋼term􀋼time􀋼 in􀋼hut􀋼in􀋼grounds􀋼of􀋼Dorney􀋼School􀋼 6-16􀋼year􀋼olds􀋼 in􀋼two􀋼groups􀋼 contact􀋼Alan􀋼Russell􀋼 01628􀋼784515􀋼 Every􀋼Thursday􀋼V􀉑llage􀋼Hall􀋼 6-7.30􀋼p.m.􀋼 Every􀋼Wednesday􀋼 (Term􀋼time􀋼only)􀋼 St.􀋼John's􀋼Church,􀋼Eton􀋼Wick􀋼 10􀋼a.m.􀋼- 11.30􀋼a.m.􀋼 Dawn􀋼Russell􀋼 01628􀋼784515􀋼 *Do􀋊ey􀋼Lunch􀋼Club􀋼Day􀋼Out􀋼14th July.􀋼Will􀋼be􀋼organi􀋷ed􀋼by􀋼Lily􀋼D􀉒es􀋼and􀋼Sue􀋼Eaton.􀋼Coach􀋼 Trip􀋼to􀋼Waterperry􀋼 Garden􀋼starting􀋼11.45􀋼am,􀋼return􀋼at􀋼4.30􀋼pm.􀋼Cost􀋼including􀋼transport􀋼&􀋼 entrance􀋼􀋸15.35􀋼(che􀊷ue􀋼payable􀋼to􀋼the􀋼Eton􀋼Dorney􀋼Centre􀋼or􀋼cash)􀋼Booking􀋼till􀋼01/07.􀋼 Tel:􀋼01628􀋼662823􀋼 E-mail:􀋼 info@et􀊌ndorney.org.uk􀋼 NEIGHBOURHOOD􀋼WATCH􀋼SCHEME􀋼 Area􀋼Co-ordinator:- Jon􀋼Willmore􀋼 01628􀋼663334􀋼 jwillm@btinte􀋋et.com􀋼 TO􀋼REPORT􀋼ANYTHING􀋼SUSPICIOUS􀋼TELEPHONE􀋼POLICE􀋼08458􀋼505505􀋼 TO􀋼REPORT􀋼CNCIDENTS􀋼TBA􀋼T􀋼REQUJRE􀋼IMMEDIATE􀋼POLICE􀋼ACTION􀋼 TELEPHONE􀋼999􀋼 -9- Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter. June 2009 Welco􀘘 to the latest newsletter from the 􀒲aplow & Do􀛭ey 􀑠eighbou􀛙ood Team T􀐂AMES VA􀐹􀐺E􀓏 PO􀐻ICE 0845 8 505 505. CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 1 1 1 At the last 􀚅ublic consu􀘈n, the neighbourh􀙥 􀚆riorities we􀚯e ag􀛄d 􀓜s 1 . 􀒗􀚍edi􀘧g 2. 􀑾􀓝􀛡i􀘨g 3. 􀐼itte􀚭 Mobile Beat Surgery The Taplow & Dorney team will be parking up on various roads to conduct a Mobile Beat Surgery in the Neighbourhood Van on Saturday 4t􀓰 July 2009, please feel free to come along and have a chat about any issues or concerns you may have. We will be 􀑓t the following locations: Speeding Coffee Shop, Garden Centre, Court Lane, Dorney 13.00pm O/s St Nicolas School, Rectory Road, Taplow 12.00pm A speeding campaign is being held during the month of June which will involve speed enforcement by the police in an ef􀒽ort to identi􀓟 and prosecute any offenders. This is being conducted on the four roads identified as having a speeding issue, these are Lake End Road and Village Road, Dorney and Berry Hill and Hill Farm Road in Taplow. Parking A letter has been designed by the Neighbourhood Action Group and Dorney Parish Council in an e􀓈ort to try to encourage residents not to park on the verges in the local area. This will be distributed to any offending vehicles by the local police team. The Beat Team are also looking at alternative solutions to the parking issues along the Bath Road caused by the car boot sale. The traffic along the A4 during the boot sales has been improving and there have been no reports to police over the last three weeks. Burglary The Neighbourhood Police Team have been conducting several operations in the Taplow area over the last few weeks to try to combat the recent rise in Burglaries. There is also a coffee morning planned for the Dorney area to try to raise awareness about Neighbourhood Watch and to try to increase members into the scheme, details of this will be published in the local press. The Neighbourhood Action Group have also completed a Crime Prevention Campaign Drop delivering crime reduction packs to residents in the Taplow & Dorney area, these packs provide useful information about general crime prevention and Neighbourhood Watch. If you have not received a pack please contact PCSO Angela O'Connell on 08458 505505 to obtain one or come along to the beat surgery. Crime 􀓄􀚌ates Two S59 w􀑧ngs have been given to youths driving dangerously in River Road, Taplow and a further three S59 w􀑨ngs were issued to three males on the Jubilee 􀐟iver. Following a report of travellers attempting to gain entry on the Jubilee River the Beat Team were able to locate the potential site and working with the Enviromnent Agency had the area thoroughly secured to prevent access. A known Burglar has been arrested and is currently being investigated by the Priority Crime Team in relation to a burglary in River Road. -10- • Horticultural Society News The sun was shining, the day warm, just right for a visit to Upton House near Banbury, which is where the Horticultural Society members, having stopped for a coffee in Banbury, went on Sunday June 14th. Not all National Trust houses have a lived-in look, but this one did, and was better for it. The past owners collected genuine old master paintings, Brueghel, Canaletto, Hogarth and others. In the same period they bought fine Sevres tableware together with eighteenth century Chelsea porcelain figures. One needed a day to see them all. The great lawns swept down to terraced gardens on one side of a long valley, all immaculate. On the way home the beauty oflocal village gardens with the countryside in the summer sunshine made one realise what a lovely country this is if one really looks aroun􀒓. It w􀑯 generally a􀓫eed that it was a thoroughly enjoyable visLakot. For various reasons we were not able to attract as many people as we did in the past, so the coach was only half full. A pity. Possibly a weekday might be better, or later in the year. Your committee will have much to discuss at their next meeting But, in the meantime, vegetables and flowers will grow and mature in time for our Show on September 5th. This year we will again have entries from the Eton Wick Allotment Society members; the Dorney primary school will, we hope, provide examples of their written and art skills. In the field outside, the youth club will have their very active exhibition with st􀑙ls and other attractions for us all to enjoy. Anyone who would like details or an entry form, please just give any member of the committee a call. Gardens are to be enjoyed, especially now. Happy mowing and the rest Ralph Liney NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box O􀓌ce 01628 788997 Eva Doroszkowska (piano) Thursday 13th August at 7.30 pm Sonata in C Hob. 􀑉VI 50 Sonata No. 2 Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) R2 Songs Op. 74 Polonaise in Al, Op. 53 (Heroic) Tickets: £11. Members £10 (£5 under 16s) - 1 1 - Haydn Bacewicz Prokofiev Chopin/Liszt Chopin Dorney Youth 􀚆ub Clo 6 Meadow Way Dorney Reach Maidenhead SL6 0DS Ph 01628 784515 Email: alrussell@talktalk.net Dear Dorney Residents, Dorney Youth Club are staging another Family Fete on Trumper's Field again this year, to run alongside the Dorney & District Horticultural Annual show on; Saturday 5th September. We are still planning a programme of events and the sideshows that will be published a little later. I would again like to invite Parish organisations to join in, all profits to your own organisation. If you could contact me I will ensure there is no duplication of stalls. Dorney Youth Club has received funds from the Buckingham Foundation towards the costs of staging the Fete. Dorney Youth Club will shortly be taking delivery of a Marquee Bm x 4m, and would like to make it available to all in the community for a small donation towards the running costs of the Club. Alan Russell DORNEY TENNIS COURT Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available as follows:£ 10 under the age of 18. £20 aged 18 and over. £35 family Contact Cha􀧉ie Coish 01628 629381 -12- Eton COiiege 􀒈owing Centre Do􀛰y 􀑋ke Since the last Lake Lines there have been several sizeable events here which have all taken place in mostly reasonable weather. These have included the Metropolitan Regatta over the last May weekend. A full programme of races on the two days featured many UK and Irish uoiversity, boat club and school teams cheered on by the usual supportive crowd enjoying the activities and the surrouodings. Then there have been two inaugural events: the Eton Dorney Windsor Half Marathon (running) and Half Iron Aquathlon (excellent title!) Race (swimming and running) in early Juoe. In the Half Marathon three winners set personal bests and the Half Iron Aquathlon attracted many triathletes as a useful training occasion for a full Ironman/triathlon (including bike ride) event later in the year. The Marlow International Regatta is next up. Saturday, June 20th will see 29 races and Suoday, 21st 43. That's a lot of fast and furious rowing! Meanwhile the BBC did some filming for the two 'Songs of Praise' programmes from St George's Chapel as part of views of Windsor and environs. One programme has already been broadcast, with the second to be shown in September. A long-staying whimbrel (sandpiper family) has been sighted frequently over the last few weeks at Dorney Lake, along with some common greenshank, whinchat, dunlin and turtledoves. The whimbrel is on the 'Red List' of endangered species and is not the only threatened bird to visit us, so we're pleased to be doing our part in helping conservation. At midsummer things are beginning to pick up in the non-sporting activities at the Lake - the wide variety of meetings and conferences, management training, lunches, dinners and receptions. The recent 'Evening with Frederick Forsyth', a fund-raiser for a local group, attracted a sell-out audience who enjoyed our spectacular setting and good food and service. As per our last article, hospitality revenues are important to us, both to help towards site maintenance and in keeping rowing and canoeing costs down for our young users. It would be fantastic if some of our juniors were to become Olympians not so long hence. Patricia Powell Recent Parliamentary machinations have reminded me of an old popular song which I think may be due for a reprise: I'll tell you the tale of the Nancy Lee, the ship that got shipwrecked at sea The Captain's name was Captain Brown, and he played his ukulele as the ship went down. All the crew were in despair, some rushed here and the others rushed there But the Captain sat in the Captain's chair, and he played his ukulele as the ship went down. MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on eve,y fourth Wednesday. Meadow Way 12.20 - 12.45 p.m. Dates for 2009 July 15 Aug. 12 Sept. 9 Oct. 7 Nov. 4 Dec. 2 30 THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 1 18 969 8000 Thursday 4/6 - Saturday I tn THE BED BEFORE YESTERDAY a comedy by Ben Travers Wednesday 15/7 - Saturday 22/8 THE ODD COUPLE a comedy by Neil Simon ADVERTISEMENTS Articles for sale etc. can be advertised in this magazine at the following rates:- 20 words or less £2 each additional word !Op ■■■■IPNRDINIGT&O DESIGN UNIT 1 PIGEON HOUSE FARM COMMON ROAD DORNEY SL4 SQB TEL: 01628 668562 EMAIL:scott@indigopandd.co.uk • LETTERHEADS • BUSINESS CARDS • BUSINESS FORMS • COLOUR BROCHURES • BOOKLETS • LEAFLETS • DIGITAL PRINT "It's􀓚 Bein􀐬􀓚 So􀓚Chee􀒀􀐪􀑒􀓚That--"􀓚 Who􀓚 is􀓚old􀓚enough􀓚to􀓚􀐡sh􀓚that􀓚title􀓚o􀐛􀓚It􀓚was􀓚the􀓚wa􀒖me􀓚comedian􀓚Tommy􀓚Handley whose􀓚gloomy􀓚and􀓚p􀐂simistic􀓚friend,􀓚Mona􀓚 Lott,􀓚 had􀓚the􀓚catch􀓚 phrase􀓚 "It's􀓚being􀓚 so􀓚 cheerful􀓚 that􀓚 keeps􀓚 me􀓚 going"?􀓚 Mona􀓚has􀓚 long􀓚 gone􀓚 into􀓚the􀓚archives􀓚of􀓚the􀓚 BBC,􀓚 but􀓚her􀓚 descendents􀓚seem􀓚to􀓚 be􀓚 alive􀓚 and􀓚 well􀓚 and􀓚 working􀓚 􀐤r􀓚or􀐮anizations􀓚like􀓚the􀓚Environment􀓚 Agency.􀓚 I􀓚woke􀓚this􀓚morning􀓚 to􀓚bright􀓚sunshine.􀓚 "I'll􀓚go􀓚 for􀓚a􀓚bike􀓚 ride"􀓚 I􀓚thought􀓚as􀓚 I􀓚ate􀓚my􀓚toast􀓚 with􀓚 cholesterol􀓚 lowering􀓚margarine􀓚rather􀓚than􀓚 naughty􀓚 but􀓚 nicer􀓚butter􀓚 as􀓚ins􀒷cted􀓚by􀓚 Mona􀓚Lo􀒼􀓚dieticians.􀓚 I􀓚listened􀓚to􀓚 the􀓚 'T􀑮'􀓚pro􀐱e􀓚and􀓚the􀓚weather􀓚 forecast;􀓚 Mona􀓚 told􀓚me􀓚 to􀓚 put􀓚on􀓚 sun􀓚block.􀓚Then􀓚 came􀓚the􀓚 headline􀓚report􀓚from􀓚 the􀓚 EA􀓚 telling􀓚us􀓚 that􀓚 one􀓚 in􀓚six􀓚 homes􀓚 in􀓚 Britain􀓚 are􀓚 likely􀓚to􀓚 􀐢ood􀓚...􀓚Look􀓚up􀓚 your􀓚 address􀓚 on􀓚our􀓚website"􀓚 a􀓚 spoke􀒡an􀓚 said􀓚gloomily.􀓚 A􀓚Dad's􀓚Army􀓚 catch􀓚phrase􀓚came􀓚to􀓚mind􀓚as􀓚I􀓚looked􀓚at􀓚the􀓚 blue􀓚drenched􀓚map􀓚of􀓚Dorney􀓚 where􀓚the􀓚risk􀓚 is􀓚claimed􀓚to􀓚be􀓚'si􀐭ni􀐞cant'􀓚- "We're􀓚all􀓚 doomed".􀓚It􀓚is􀓚very􀓚unclear􀓚on􀓚my􀓚screen,􀓚 but􀓚it􀓚a􀑷ears􀓚to􀓚indicate􀓚that􀓚new􀓚flood􀓚 precautions􀓚will􀓚ensure􀓚that􀓚the􀓚Thames􀓚itself􀓚will􀓚remain􀓚dry,􀓚but􀓚it􀓚will􀓚be􀓚sur􀒁ounded􀓚 by􀓚 ducks􀓚s􀓍g􀓚ar􀑩und􀓚our􀓚chi􀑡ey􀓚pots.􀓚 Surely,􀓚 only􀓚 an􀓚 organi􀓒tion􀓚mn􀓚by􀓚 descendents􀓚 of􀓚Mona􀓚Lott􀓚could􀓚spend􀓚􀓔llions􀓚 on􀓚 a􀓚flood􀓚relief􀓚channel􀓚and􀓚then􀓚tell􀓚 us􀓚 that􀓚we􀓚are􀓚 still􀓚going􀓚to􀓚 flood.􀓚 I􀓚􀒽ed􀓚 o􀐙􀓚my􀓚computer,􀓚 got􀓚on􀓚my􀓚bike􀓚 a􀓂d􀓚pedalled􀓚into􀓚the􀓚 sunshine.􀓚The􀓚cattle􀓚 on􀓚 the􀓚 common􀓚were􀓚all􀓚 lying􀓚 down􀓚 as􀓚th ey are􀓚 supposed􀓚to􀓚 do􀓚 when􀓚 rain􀓚 is􀓚coming.􀓚 Perhaps􀓚 they􀓚had􀓚been􀓚 li􀒜tening􀓚 to􀓚 'Today'􀓚 too.􀓚 "It's􀓚hardly􀓚worth􀓚 writing􀓚anything􀓚 􀐥r􀓚the􀓚Parish􀓚 News,"􀓚 I􀓚thought.􀓚 "We'll􀓚probably􀓚 be􀓚 under􀓚water􀓚by􀓚 the􀓚time􀓚 it's􀓚printed."􀓚 But􀓚the􀓚ride􀓚cheered􀓚me􀓚􀓆.􀓚Thinking􀓚 about􀓚this􀓚magazine,􀓚 that􀓚Charles􀓚Cody􀓚puts􀓚together􀓚 so􀓚 well,􀓚 every􀓚month,􀓚was􀓚 itself􀓚an􀓚antidote􀓚to􀓚 the􀓚Monas􀓚 of􀓚this􀓚world.􀓚 Last􀓚month􀓚 Charles􀓚 kindly􀓚 mentioned􀓚an􀓚 acting􀓚 award􀓚 􀒮at􀓚 I􀓚received􀓚 in􀓚Henl ey.􀓚I􀓚admit􀓚 I􀓚was􀓚very􀓚 proud􀓚 of􀓚it,􀓚 but􀓚 it􀓚wasu't􀓚me􀓚 who􀓚told􀓚 him􀓚 about􀓚it- honest􀓚 .􀓚I􀓚haven't􀓚even􀓚 told􀓚 him􀓚that􀓚1􀓚 won􀓚 another􀓚best􀓚per􀐓or mance􀓚award􀓚 in􀓚Wallingford􀓚- I'm􀓚􀐏ar􀓚 too􀓚 modest.􀓚 The􀓚 same􀓚 issue􀓚 of􀓚the􀓚News􀓚gave􀓚me􀓚 a􀓚chance􀓚 to􀓚 say􀓚how􀓚much􀓚 we􀓚 had􀓚en􀑂oyed􀓚the􀓚 Windsor􀓚 Tattoo,􀓚 especially􀓚the􀓚 young􀓚 dancers􀓚 who􀓚 had􀓚 been􀓚 so􀓚 b􀒆ve􀓚 in􀓚 the􀓚rain.􀓚One􀓚of􀓚 them,􀓚 Katie􀓚 Lowe,􀓚 lives􀓚in􀓚Harcour􀒪􀓚 Road.􀓚 She􀓚 took􀓚 the􀓚 􀒵ouble􀓚 to􀓚 write􀓚 me􀓚a􀓚smashing􀓚 letter􀓚of􀓚thanks.􀓚 She􀓚 also􀓚 told􀓚me􀓚that􀓚she􀓚 is􀓚 a􀓚professi onal􀓚 dancer􀓚 and􀓚 actress.􀓚 Then􀓚 she􀓚 and􀓚 her􀓚mur􀓃􀓚Gail􀓚took􀓚 the􀓚 trouble􀓚to􀓚drive􀓚to􀓚 Wallingford􀓚to􀓚 see􀓚the􀓚play􀓚I􀓚was􀓚 in.􀓚 1􀓚was􀓚 terri􀐑􀐹ed􀓚 when􀓚I􀓚heard􀓚that􀓚 they were􀓚coming,􀓚 not􀓚 on􀑑y􀓚because􀓚Katie􀓚 is􀓚 a􀓚pro 􀐖ssional􀓚 but􀓚 because􀓚 Gail􀓚 works􀓚at􀓚the􀓚rowing􀓚 lake.􀓚 She􀓚has􀓚probably􀓚 had􀓚to􀓚cope􀓚with􀓚 􀒢me􀓚o􀐐my􀓚 grumpy􀓚phone􀓚calls􀓚about􀓚noise.􀓚They didn't􀓚throw􀓚rotten􀓚 eggs,􀓚 though.􀓚 They􀓚 were􀓚 really􀓚 nice􀓚about􀓚i􀒬􀓚 and􀓚 we􀓚 are􀓚 all􀓚going􀓚to􀓚meet􀓚up􀓚at􀓚the􀓚 excellent􀓚 Walled􀓚Garden􀓚 􀐒or􀓚lunch􀓚 soon.􀓚 Dorney􀓚 is􀓚a􀓚great􀓚place􀓚to􀓚 live,􀓚 full􀓚 of􀓚positive􀓚 people􀓚 and􀓚 pleasant􀓚places􀓚and,􀓚 obviously,􀓚no􀓚 Mona􀓚Lotts.􀓚 I,􀓚for􀓚one,􀓚 am􀓚very􀓚happy􀓚to􀓚 risk􀓚wet􀓚 􀐗et􀓚in􀓚order􀓚to􀓚stay􀓚here.􀓚 Geo􀐚rey􀓚At􀑅inson􀓚 -15- Dear Editor, Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney NAT􀑀RE NOTES + HUMMMM Thanks to a generally warm, dry end of May (last ten days or so) plus beginning of June (five days), newborn bird chicks got off to a good start of survival. Robins; blackbirds; chaffinches; lots of blue tits; great and long-tailed tits; hedge accentors; wrens; chiffcha􀓆s with their distinctive "chi􀓇-cha􀓊' call; cheeky-chappie sparrows on the increase; spotted and green woodpeckers; ring doves; song thrush and mistle thrushes plus starlings have all done well. Before long, the young of magpies, jackdaws and our mighty crows will appear. During early June, whilst hanging out the washing on the 'Dorney line', I heard a distinctive crow 'attacking' call in the sky above me. A red kite and a sparrow hawk were circling above within the crows' Dorney Triangle. Outsiders and roughnecks not allowed. Two of the crows tackled the intruders, disrupting their soaring flight until they disappeared into the distance. The battle lasted around two minutes or so. Job done, the crows flew back to the nest in a neighbour's tallest tree. Once again, all quiet on the 'Western Front'. These crows really are fearless in defence of their realm! Meanwhile, lots of roses; deep blue pheasant eye; various beauti􀓝l iris; wild mauve and yellow vetch; dog roses (white + pink); poppies; bluey/violet meadow cranebill; tall yellow melilot; white and mauve clover; tall green ribwort (plantain family); white and red comfrey flowers; hundreds of oxeye daisies and a great variety of grasses, and just appearing, beautiful blue Canterbury bells - all took advantage of the early June better weather. Some folk in Dorney Parish and indeed throughout the land have reported hearing a low, constant humming sound, usually between midnight and 5am. The lower the hum/sound, the greater the distance it will travel. Water too is a great conductor of sound. Several theories are proposed - tinnitus ( ringing in the ears); constant engines running; electricity pylons (they certainly hum); mains water running; military experiments; UFOs; aliens. One hum I'm certain o􀒿 and most of you will recognize, is Slough Sewage Works. At least you know where you are on the M4 motorway, so be grateful! Perhaps one day, scientists will prove the true cause of this nightly constant hum. Next time I see Dame Bridget of the Emerald Isle at Saiusbury's, I shall call on her expertise. Meanwhile, Wimbledon is on its way and the weather pattern is changing. Will Dame Bridget be right again when she says:- "It's the Wimbledon Tennis which brings the rain." We shall see. Enjoy your summer and I'll sign off with Gershwin's great piano piece *"Summertime." Summertime, an' the livin' is easy Fish isjumpin', an' the cotton is high Oh yo' daddy's rich, an' yo' ma is good lookin' So hush little baby, don' yo' cry. One of these mornin' s, yo' goin' to rise up sin gin' Then yo'll spread yo' wings, an' yo'll take to the sky But till that mornin', there's a nothin' can harm you With Daddy an' Mammy standin' by. 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