Lorry and the Horse Chestnut Tree
John Howard of the Parish Council is hoping that The Bucks Herald will be printing a report which he has sent them concerning the recent HGV incident in Chearsley to highlight the dangers of large lorries using small village roads rather than keeping to main roads. John Howard is still in correspondence about the matter with Bibby’s Distribution on behalf of their customer Ultraframe, the owners of the lorry concerned. No apology has been received and Bibby’s Distribution say they have no intention of changing their routing instructions to their drivers. They seem more concerned about possible damage to their vehicles from overhanging branches than the threat to pedestrians and other vehicles. John’s report has also been passed to the local police and Transport for Bucks.
Parish Council Meeting will be held in the village hall (for the last time) on Monday July 17 at 7.30pm. Please note there will be no meeting during August.
Flower Festival
Joy and her flower ladies, Jann Grimshaw, Anne Lewis, Maria Allen and Julia Pountney have much to be proud of last weekend when the Church was full of amazing colour and imaginative floral displays depicting many aspects of Chearsley life. It took many hours of planning and days in the church constructing the arrangements. Congratulations to them all, and particularly to Joy for the great show they achieved.
Special mention must be made of the Village Shop window, which displayed a beautiful sari given by Sugi from our shop and a heavenly smelling jasmine garland, especially sent over from Sri Lanka for the occasion as well as fruits of their country. A good number of visitors from the village and beyond came to enjoy the wonderful sight and smell of the church and then to sit in the sunshine and enjoy refreshments with homemade cakes. A plant stall with donated plants helped to boost funds for the church. Thank you to the flower ladies and to everyone who contributed to the successful weekend.
Meadow Song takes place this Saturday July 8 in the grounds of the village hall when Paul Shinar and Laura Fealy will be performing another wonderful concert of well known and familiar songs. There will be a bar and barbeque. This will be an opportunity to say farewell to our old hall which has been the venue for many village occasions for over 60 years and a chance to write your memories or thoughts of the hall in a Memory Book which will be launched at Meadow Song.
Tickets are now available from the shop or from Joy on 208513 or Margaret on 208913. Tickets cost £10 each. No charge for children. All proceeds will go towards the cost of the new hall.
Sunshine Club Matinee Cinema
On Monday July 24 there will be showing of “Chicago” at The Bernard Hall Cuddington at 1.30 with doors open at 1pm. This 2003 musical stars Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere and Catherine Zeta-Jones and is described as “spectacular, rousing, energetic and humorous”. Sounds like it should not be missed! The hall provides a big screen, comfortable upholstered seats with tea and cake at the interval, which is included in the price of £5 or £4 concessions. Tickets available from Liz on 01844 299150 or on the door, subject to availability.
Services at St Nicholas:
- Sunday July 9 Evensong at 6pm
- Now until September 9 Eric Carte appearing in Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web at The Mill at Sonning
- Saturday July 8 Cuddington Fairy Tale Fete starts at 1.30pm
- Saturday July 8 Meadow Song from 6.30pm at the village hall.
- Wednesday July 12 Pub Lunch at The Bell at 12.30pm
- Monday July 17 Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the village hall
- Sunday September 10 Chearsley Classic & Vintage Fun Day from 12 noon at the Cricket Club
