An application by the Parochial Church Council at St Michael’s Church for planning permission to build a Chapter House in the churchyard has been turned down. More than thirty villagers objecting to the plan occupied the public gallery at Aylesbury Vale District Council’s offices as its Development Committee considered the proposal. The Committee had been asked to rule on the application by local Councillor Janet Blake who spoke against the proposal, challenging a recommendation of approval from the council’s planning officer. Like others who spoke on the subject, Councillor Blake was allowed a five-minute presentation and, like the others, suggested that the harm that would be done to the setting of the church, a Grade I listed building described as possibly the finest example of original Norman ecclesiastical architecture in the country, would not be outweighed by the benefits such a building would bring. OTHER OBJECTORS Stewkley Parish Council had objected to the proposal with its case being presented by Councillor Paul Smith. Other objectors were represented by villagers John Sheldon and Rachael Webb. With Church Warden Geoff Ring beside him, architect Jeremy Bell spelled out the case for approval, pointing to the proposed building being an important part of the church’s mission to increase the size of its congregation, adding that if numbers continue to fall “the whole future of the church itself could become unsustainable”. In discussion, committee members used phrases such as “there’s no clear justification for the harm to this important building” and “public benefit does not outweigh the harm.” MEETING Church Warden Geoff Ring told the Grapevine that the setback will be discussed at a meeting of the Parochial Church Council on September 7 when decisions will be made on a way forward. September 2017 The baby swallows peering out of their nest in a village porch last month, a few days before fledging, perhaps didn’t know that within a few weeks they’d be on the wing flying 200 miles a day to spend winter in southern Africa. Whether they were among those congregating on telephone wires in Dove Street is not known, but late arrivals sometimes wait until October to leave for warmer climes. COUNCIL DECISION ON CHURCH PLAN Chapter House Scheme Rejected Councillor Blake INSIDE YOUR 20-PAGE GRAPEVINE Facebook ban puts villager on TV A walk on the history side THE GRAPEVINE: NEXT ISSUE WILL BE OUT ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1 : DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS & ADS: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 Contact: [email protected] : To advertise email or call 240765, for editorial email or call 240076 After 20 years, Rosie departs Death of lifelong villager Re-birth at Baby & Toddler Group Page 9 Page 20 Page 9 Page 20 Pages 10-11
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The baby swallows peering out of their nest in a village porch last month, a few days before fledging, perhaps didn’t know that within a few weeks they’d be on the wing flying 200 miles a day to spend winter in southern Africa. Whether they were among those congregating on telephone wires in Dove Street is not known, but late arrivals sometimes wait until October to leave for warmer climes.
COUNCIL DECISION ON CHURCH PLAN
Chapter House Scheme Rejected
Councillor Blake
INSIDE YOUR 20-PAGE GRAPEVINE
Facebook ban puts villager on TV
A walk on the history side
THE GRAPEVINE: NEXT ISSUE WILL BE OUT ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1 : DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS & ADS: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 Contact: [email protected] : To advertise email or call 240765, for editorial email or call 240076
After 20 years, Rosie departs
Death of lifelong villager
Re-birth at Baby & Toddler Group
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Home: High Street North Age : 60 Years in Stewkley: All of them Occupation: Newsagent Village Interests: Walking, Stewkley Players productions, Grapevine distribution, events in the Rec
Most treasured discs: Greatest Hits – The Eagles The Joshua Tree – U2 You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate Seagull – Bad Company Songbird - Eva Cassidy Luxury Item: Solar powered radio Book: Any Dick Pitt adventure by Chris Cussler Would you cope? Quite well as I enjoy my own company What would I miss most of Stewkley? Everything What would I not miss? Inconsiderate parking and speeding traffic
Feature information collected by Bunt Scott
St. Michael’s CE School & Stewkley Bump, Toddler & Baby Group
are holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning for everyone in the village
When: Friday September 29 Where: St. Michael’s School
Time: 9.30 to 11.30am ‘when coffee and tea will be served with
a choice of delicious cakes’
Bring a friend or two and enjoy a chat and a treat. Help us to make this a fantastic morning!
Tell your neighbours, friends and family. We can do it! We can raise an amazing amount again!
FLU CLINICS AT DOCTORS’ SURGERIES
Wing Surgery and Whitchurch Surgery
Saturday September 23
and Saturday October 7
at Wing 8.15am-11.45pm
at Whitchurch 9am – 12noon
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STEWKLEY SINGERS
A New Season
Rehearsals start St Michael’s School
September 14 at 8pm -------
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WHAT’SON
STEWKLEY PLAYERS
Annual General Meeting
Friday September 1 Stewkley Village Hall at 8pm
Casting Meeting for Autumn Production
Monday September 4 Stewkley Village Hall at 8pm
New members always welcome!
For further information regarding the players visit www.stewkleyplayers.co.uk or the facebook page
Available from: John Cornish 240333, Jill Scott 240639, Sheila Fellowes 240596, Sandy Flewin 240076
ACTION THIS DAY KENYA
CHARITY HALLOWEEN PARTY
Village Hall - Saturday October 28 - from 7pm
£15 entry includes a welcome drink
Music by Sir Jester, bar, food, fancy dress encouraged, prize for the best dressed
STEWKLEYVICARAGECRICKETCLUBFIXTURESSEPTEMBER
League matches start at 1.30pm; others 2pm
Sat 2nd Aston Clinton A L Sun 3rd Drayton Parslow A Sun 10th Twenty:Twenty at Rec Sun 17th Kimble A
Key: L – League game; A = Away; H = Home
VILLAGE DIARY SEPTEMBER Fr 1 Stewkley Players AGM, Village Hall 8pm (3) Su 3 Mobile Library, Stockhall Crescent 9am – 12pm
Refuse: garden bins Parish Council, Village Hall 7.30pm
Mo 4
Players casting, meeting Village Hall 8pm (3) Tu 5 Refuse: blue tops We 6 St Michaels School re-opens Th 7 Coffee Stop, Pavilion 10.30am – 12pm Fr 8 Stewkley Bump, Baby & Toddler Group resumes,
Village Hall 9.30am (20) Sa 9 Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust
sponsored Ride and Stride, 10am-6pm (8) Su 10 Cricket Club: Twenty: Twenty, plus barbecue, Rec.
Refuse: green bins Tu 12 Stewkley Walkers, Figure-of-Eight charity walk, meet Swan 11am (see special item pages 10-11)
Th 14 Stewkley Singers rehearsals resume, St Michaels School (2)
Sa 16 Chapel Lunches 12noon – 1.30pm Su 17 Mobile Library, Stockhall Crescent 9am – 12pm Mo 18 Refuse: garden bins Tu 19 Refuse: blue tops Sa 23 Cricket Club Barn Dance, Village Hall 7.30pm (3) Tu 26 Refuse: green bins Fr 29 MacMillian Big Coffee Morning organised by St
Michael's CE School and Stewkley Bump, Baby and Toddler Group. School 9.30am-11.30am (2) Scouts Jumble Sale, Village Hall 1.30pm (3) Sa 30 Cygnets Safari Supper (3)
OCTOBER Mo 2 Refuse: garden bins Su 8 Village Hall Sunday Lunch 1pm (3) Su 15 Spinney Autumn Clear-up (5) Sa 28 Charity Halloween Party, Village Hall (3) WEEKLY REGULARS
Explorer Scouts 8pm (resumes Sep 11, location tba) Mo Youth Club, Pavilion (resumes Sep 11) Brownies 6.15pm - 7.30pm Pavilion (resumes Sep 12) Short Mat Bowls 2pm, Village Hall (resumes Sep 12)
Tues
Tennis Club Rec 7pm Daisy Club, Methodist Hall 10.30am (resumes Sep 6) We Badminton, 8pm, Village Hall Beaver Scouts, Village Hall 6pm (resumes Sep 14) Tennis Club Rec 7pm
Th
Short Mat Bowls 7.30pm, Village Hall (resumes Sep 7) Stewkley Bump, Baby & Toddler Group, 9.30am, Village Hall (from Sep 8) (20) Mobile Library Service 1.30pm the Rec Car Park Cub Scouts, Pavilion 6pm (resumes Sep 15)
To hire…. The Village Hall call 07582 580229 The Rec Pavilion 240347 (this is a new number) The Chapel Schoolroom 217795
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SERVICES FOR SEPTEMBER 3rd 10.30 am Rev Donna Broadbent-Kelly 10th 10.30 am Service at Stoke Hammond 17th 10 00 am Café Church – Rev Broadbent-Kelly 24th 10.30 am Mr Ken Harris ● Friday workshop – September 22 from 3.30 to 5pm – “Seedtime and Harvest” ● Chapel Lunches - 12 noon - 1.30 pm, Saturday September 16
SERVICES FOR SEPTEMBER 3rd 10 am Parish Communion 10th 10 am Parish Communion 17th 10.30 Harvest Peoples Praise 20th 10 am Wednesday Holy Communion 24th 10 am
2.pm Parish Communion (Patronal)
Thanksgiving and Remembering † JJC & Labyrinth Sunday September 10 † Thanks to the Methodist Church for the opportunity to host lunches in August and to Margaret Carter for organization. † Bucks Historic Churches Trust sponsored Ride & Stride. Saturday September 9 - 10am - 6pm in aid of the Trust and St Michael’s. Sponsorship forms and details from Geoff Ball 240765. Refreshments in St Michael’s. † Cake and Bake Saturday September 9 at 10.30 † To sponsor the illumination of St Michael’s please contact Geoff Ball 240765
MESSAGE FROM THE TEAM RECTOR OF THE COTTESLOE TEAM
Dear friends Four years after my father's death in the Naval Nursing Home in Gillingham, Kent, I felt it was time to revisit some of my old haunts in that amazing county called the Garden of England. Being born east of the river Medway I am a 'man of Kent '(the other lot on the west side are 'Kentish men'). Like so many facts the origins are uncertain, but who cares? The four days that Joy and I spent exploring/re-discovering were very special for kindling memories and astounding perceptions brought about by so much change and development but also odd moments of reassuring 'aha, that's still there then! The return brought up all sorts of mixed feelings but mostly of a good and warming nature---to cherish and mull over on long cold Winter evenings. Such simple things are beyond price as are true friendship and loyalty. When we look around the world and see others' lack of these things and what they suffer as a result we can truly give thanks to our loving creator who gives us His all in His Son Jesus. Finally let us pray for all those working the land and at sea for our food and for all who go without.
MethodistChapelMinisterRevDonnaBroadbent-KellyThe Manse, High Street South Tel 240105 Email the stewards: [email protected] Web: www.aylesburyvale.org.uk
produced using a computer ….. the booklet “Stewkley,
Bucks, a BriefHistory of the Church andVillage” byKate
Mayne had been reprinted …. Beavers leader Jean
Saunders was moving to Devon and a new leader was
sought …. returning from France, a village couple told of
discovering an unexpected link with the Abbey of
Fontevraud in the Loire Valley where amap on the wall
showeditownedlandinStewkleyinthe12thcentury.
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The judges awarded points in each of the same various aspects they inspected in every village. Some aspects see scores out of five, others out of 10 and one out of 15.
For Stewkley, the scores were:
• Cemetery, graveyard 9/10 • Common, green, playing field 9/10 • Children’s play area 8/10 • Nature conservation area 4/5 • Village Hall, Church Hall 9/10 • General environment (hedges, verges, ditches,
pumps etc) 10/10 • Areas around shop 4/5 • Areas around pubs 4/5 • Bus shelters 5/5 • Noticeboards 4/5 • War Memorial 10/10 • Overall appearance, lack of litter and evidence of
community effort 14/1
PRESENTINGTHEAWARD
Officials and judges of the county’s Best Kept Village
Competitionwill be in Stewkley on Saturday September
In theabsence (onvacation)of theParishCouncilChair,
the Vice Chairman Councillor Keith Higgins will receive
the deFraine Cup, the council having handed back the
Tindall Cup thathasbeenheld in the village for the last
year.
Aftertheceremony,thepresentationteamtogetherwith
invited volunteers and representatives of those village
organisationsthat tookpart inthevariousactivities that
helped prepare the village for the summerwill attend a
specialluncharrangedbytheParishCouncil.
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Regular Down Memory Lane features including content from Grapevines of 10 and 20 years ago appear on page 7.
From the Robert Dickens book Stewkley in Camera, this picture shows the Old White Swan in 1907. It offered “Good Accommodation, Teas and Cyclists’ Rest.”
Queriestothewalkleader
CarolNash
on07812606411
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Haretoday,butwhatabouttomorrow? According to the Hare Preservation Trust, there were about
four million brown hares in Britain in the late 1800s. It is
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Advertising Copy By hand, or by email to [email protected] Electronic advertisements as .doc or .jpg files Display Ad Copy Guidelines Free upcoming village events: text only Quarter Page: Portrait. Half & Eighth Page: Landscape All advertisement appear as greyscale
Classified Ad Guidelines One line header, plus up to 12 words of text, and contact details. Words x two for twice the price
Ad Payment Terms STRICTLY in advance / Yearly advertisers: 10% discount Next Deadline for Ads: STRICTLY 6pm Sun. Sept 17
HOMEMAINTENANCET.G.R ELECTRICAL Stewkley based , Elecsa Approved Electrician . Sockets, lights etc. Free quotes. Call: 240498 or Mobile: 07840 100501 STEWKLEY DECORATING Quality guaranteed work. Reliable trustworthy service. PDA & FSB members. Fully insured. Call Stewart, 01525 242121 Mobile: 07981 226922 Web: StewkleyDecorating.com DAVE REID. FULLY QUALIFIED CARPENTER Kitchen & bathroom upgrades, staircase conversions, Replacement doors, general maintenance & small building work. 07939 146630 email: [email protected] (Soulbury) JTS DECORATING SERVICE & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Call John 240372, mob: 07809113090, email: [email protected]
SERVICES
WING PARK MOTORS - AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS Repairs & servicing all makes of car. VW /Audi specialists. Supplier of most makes of tyres. Stewkley Rd, Wing. Tel:01296 688256 COUNTRY FRAME Complete picture framing service. From prints and posters to paintings and needlework. Tel: 240163 / 07771 508805 : Paul Body. Please call first. COUNTRY CATS Small peaceful boarding cattery on Wing farm. Inspection welcomed. Gillian Alexander 01296 681104 or [email protected] 1-2-1 TUITION IN MATHS, SCIENCE, ENGLISH Maths, Science/Physics: KS1-4, English: KS2. Inc 11+ Qualified 121 tutor with CRB. Call Roger Crews on 07946 568153 or email: [email protected] HORSE RIDING LESSONS IN STEWKLEY From complete beginners to experienced riders. Adults and children. Fully licensed/ insured. Call Sarah Gammon, Kilnholm Stables. 240529 or 07712 854034 HOUSE CLEANER - STEWKLEY BASED LADY with 30 years experience, has a limited number of vacancies available from mid September onwards. Tel 07778 443246 or 240663 ask for Christine STORAGE
FORSALEELECTRIC GUITAR & CARPET CLEANER Stagg semi-acoustic electric guitar & hard case £350; Vax upright carpet cleaner. Good condition £40. Tel: 240401 6’ x 2’ WOODEN TRESTLE TABLES St Michaels Church has a number of tables surplus to requirements A donation secures – buyer collects. Contact Geoff - 240013 FREE TO GOOD HOME - Adult male Khaki Campbell duck around 10 months old. Tel: 240663
Display ads
PRIVATE SWIMMING LESSONS For adults and/or children. Small indoor heated pool.
Qualified teacher. The Orchard, High St South Tel: 240240.
STEWKLEY STORAGE LTD For all your storage needs. Domestic & Commercial
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LOCAL VILLAGE COMPANY WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE
BOILER BREAKDOWNS, REPAIRS & SERVICING FULL HEATING INSTALLATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
GAS SAFETY CHECKS AND CERTIFICATION NO JOB TOO SMALL
ALL WORKMANSHIP FULLY INSURED O.A.P. 10% DISCOUNT ON HOURLY RATES
NO CALL OUT CHARGE. COMPETITIVE RATES. TEL OFFICE: 240784
TEL DARON ON : 07799 122971
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Qualified Carpenter & Joiner: Double Glazing Repairs (Broken Handles/Hinges, Misty Sealed Units etc) Home Improvements: General Maintenance
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Only once before in living memory has Dunton Road come to a complete standstill for a boat. And that was twenty years ago when Rosie, a 30-foot long sea-going vessel arrived and found a home in the garden of Ingram and Juliet Murray’s home. Some 40 years years ago, with diabetes depriving him of a part-time military career, Ingram took to boats, both building them and sailing them. His first, a Cornish Crabber came as a kit. He assembled it in his outsized shed, then sailed it often in south coast waters. When retirement from the day job came along in 1997, she was swapped for Rosie, a 1990 copy of a Pilot Cutter, that needed refurbishment. At six and a half tons she was a much bigger challenge, and certainly would not fit in the shed. She was mounted on a wooden cradle in the garden, and Ingram started on the task. He returned to work for a while and other interests intervened. Twenty years later and with Ingram reaching the age of 80 the renovation job was never going to happen, so Rosie had to go – back to the coast and perhaps a new owner with the energy to restore her.
The move from her “moorings” in the Murray’s garden saw her lifted by crane onto a trailer, then squeezing her way onto Dunton Road. It was something of a military-style operation involving Berry Cranes of Towcester, Dave Bevis Transport of Weymouth and Robert Tuckwell agricultural contractors of Mursley. Tuckwell’s driver, Tom Gander, manoeuvred his heavily-laden trailer onto the road with an inch to spare, and the crane lifted her for a second time from the trailer to a special boat trailer at the Transport Training yard on Wing Airfield so she could make her way to the sea at Weymouth. Nearby residents enjoyed seeing the aggregate lorries that regularly transverse Dunton Road held up as Rosie and attendant crane briefly blocked the road. The Murrays have asked the Grapevine to thank all involved, including tolerant neighbours and John Cornish who introduced them to Tuckwells.
STEWKLEYBABY&TODDLERGROUPADDSABUMP
Stewkley’s long-running Baby and Toddler Group re-starts its Friday morning
have children who attend or have attended the group. They organise weekly
themesandactivitieswiththehelpoflocalvolunteers.
Group sessions at the Village Hall run Fridays from 9.30am to 11.30am and cost £1.50 for a first child, and £1 each for siblings. Newcomers welcome – just turn up.