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Many might consider January to be 

the most depressing month of the year. 

Christmas has been and gone (I hope yours was good), the winter has well and 

truly set in unfortunately and that sensibly pre-booked 2014 summer holiday 

is another eight months away. I however think we should all make January our 

favourite month, let’s have some cheer left over from Christmas. 

CHARITY EVENTS | FUNDRAISERS | FÊTES & FAIRS | GATHERINGS | HAPPENINGS 

It’s when you can wipe the slate clean; make some big 

decisions about the year ahead and the days are getting 

longer – in fact I can see the snowdrops in the garden 

already. January is traditionally a quiet month for events 

with everyone still resting up from Pantos, parties and 

present shopping, but we have found a few ways to keep 

you all entertained, so let’s start 2014 as we mean to 

go on… 

On 23rd January the Twyford & Ruscombe 

Horticultural Association are holding a Quiz Night with 

a Horticultural theme with cheese and wine to enjoy 

too. It promises to be a special evening for all to begin 

the gardening year so make sure you arrive for 8pm at St 

Mary’s Church Centre on Station Rd, Twyford. Members 

and friends will need to pay £5. For more details go online 

to www.trha.org.uk or call 01189 320315. 

Ever wondered why our towns and villages are named 

as they are? Who named them and why? Why would a 

river name mean ‘to turn aside’? Were cooks really living 

at Cookham? Was Wargrave known as the burial place for 

soldiers? And why would a river name mean ‘hills’? 

In a new eBook called Berkshire Place Names, author 

Anthony Poulton-Smith examines the origins of the place 

names with which we are otherwise so familiar. Towns, 

villages, districts, hills, streams, woods, farms, fields, 

streets and even pubs are examined and explained. The 

definitions are supported by anecdotal evidence, bringing 

to life the individuals and events which have influenced 

the places and the way these names have developed. 

This is not simply a dictionary but a history and will prove 

invaluable not only for those who live and work in the 

county but also visitors and tourists, historians and former 

inhabitants, indeed anyone with an interest in Berkshire. 

Berkshire Place Names is currently available exclusively in 

Kindle eBook format, price £2.85. It can be downloaded 

to any Kindle device. It can also be read without a Kindle 

as Amazon provide free Kindle Reading Apps for PC, Mac, 

smartphones and tablets. 

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where a person may appear disoriented or confused. 

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Parishioners using St. Mary’s Church in Twyford will be 

wrapping up warm this winter and hoping the church’s 

ancient boiler sees them safely through to spring. Rev. 

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Simon Howard, Vicar of Ruscombe and Twyford with Hurst 

informs us that he’s been told the 30-year old boiler is 

“on the verge of expiring”. The church is hoping to raise 

enough money to replace it next March, but it is touch and 

go whether it will see them safely through the winter. A 

campaign to raise the £50,000 needed for a new heating 

system in the church is underway and the hope is that 

individuals and businesses from throughout the village 

and surrounding area will join the congregation in making 

donations and organising fundraising activities over the 

next few months to raise the money. Anyone wanting to 

make a donation or organise a fundraising activity is asked 

to contact the church office on 0118 9344729 or email 

office@rustwychurch.org Donations can also be made 

in person at St Mary’s Church Centre in Station Road, 

Twyford. 

Reading Outdoor Group is a long-established outdoor 

activity group that welcomes new members of all 

ages from Reading and surrounding areas. Events are 

arranged and led by members and the range of activities 

is varied including walking, cycling, and social events. 

At the next social on 6th January, there will be a talk by 

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The Caterpillar Club for toddlers in the local area meets 

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parents, carers and grandparents, for play, crafts, a singsong 

and a drink and biscuit for both children and adults! 

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The Woodley Photographic Club is a well-established 

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from the beginner to the expert. They meet every 

Monday evening at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley from 

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Listed buildings 

Berkshire has 4,919 listed 

properties - from pretty thatched 

cottages to Windsor Castle 

criteria get ever-stricter: post-1945 buildings have to be 

exceptionally significant to be considered. 

When a building or structure is listed it acquires 

protected status covering - contrary to popular belief - 

its entire plot, or curtilage. In turn this embraces both 

the interior and exterior of the property, its immediate 

surroundings, previously-added extensions like porches, 

canopies or glasshouses and features such as walls, wells, 

water pumps and garden statuary. 

If this sounds inflexible, it’s not – but it is indispensable. 

As countless owners know, regulation is vital if the 

errors of the past are to be righted and the challenges 

of the future confronted. It’s interwoven with the 

privilege of safeguarding our architectural heritage, 

and all that entails in maintaining venerable buildings. 

Or modifying them: given the appropriate guidelines, 

there’s no reason why yesterday’s time-honoured 

buildings and today’s time-pressured lives shouldn’t 

happily coexist. 

To make this a reality - after all, the majority of listed 

buildings are their owners’ homes – requires a central 

resource of counsel and expertise. This is where the 

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For over 20 years LPOC has been Britain’s only advice 

service dedicated to supporting the owners of listed 

buildings, and promoted as the first port of call for 

anyone contemplating such an acquisition. Its small-buthighly-experienced 

team – accessible directly, not via a 

call centre - dispenses the personal approach crucial to 

helping members enjoy their listed property ownership 

to the full. 

One message LPOC regularly reiterates is that listing a 

property does not mean embalming it. At some stage, 

it will almost certainly require some form of alteration, 

but with expert guidance owners can be steered towards 

the right solution and helped to negotiate that potential 

minefield called Listed Building Consent, without which 

no changes to a listed property are possible. Because 

the planning and construction disciplines involved are 

(necessarily) stringent, and because legislation constantly 

changes, one of LPOC’s key duties is keeping applicants 

informed of their rights and responsibilities. At the heart 

of the whole culture of listed buildings, LPOC is in a 

unique position to clarify contemporary thinking. One of 

its fundamental recommendations is that owners make 

a point of getting to know their second port of call, the 

Conservation Officer of their local authority. 

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best solid or engineered wood flooring and oak furniture 

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There are some truly great deals to help refresh your 

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the world. Not only have they achieved this excellent 

reputation for quality, they also take huge pride in the 

fact that they manage to do so at affordable prices. 

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warmth and character. Moreover, with so many different 

types to choose from and a proficient team on hand 

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product for you and your home. 

Over recent years wood flooring has become more and 

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has increased dramatically. Whether it’s traditional, 

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a range of new finishes such as smoked and limed. 

The result of this popularity means their business 

has grown and excitingly, they have just put the 

finishing touches to an all new 80m2 flooring and door 

showroom. Still based at South Oxford Business Centre 

in Garsington, they have extended the original building 

to incorporate a bigger flooring gallery and which also 

enables them to display a larger amount of oak doors. It 

has also made more room in the original showroom for 

an extensive range of furniture. Their oak tables, chairs, 

wardrobes, cabinets and nests of tables are all beautifully 

crafted and they also offer a slightly cheaper alternative 

of solid oak furniture to compliment their existing ranges. 

Be sure to ask about their painted finishes and their 

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Twyford Toddlers group meet at the Youth Centre (next 

to Loddon Hall) every Wednesday and Friday mornings 

from 9.30am to 11.30am. Babies and toddlers from 

0-5 years are welcome; there’s a huge range of toys and 

activities for them to participate in. For more information, 

call 0118 9342791. 

There’s an Older People’s Health and Welfare drop in 

at Amersham Road Community Centre on Friday, 

31st January from 10am to 3pm. There will be 

information stands, a seated Yoga class and tea, coffee 

and lunch is provided. Everyone is welcome to this free 

event. If you need help to get there contact Michelle 

Brown on 0783433510 or email michelle.brown@ 

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The Twyford and Ruscombe Women’s Institute meets 

on the third Monday in the month at St Mary’s Church 

Centre, Twyford, from 2pm to 4pm. The programme 

for this year includes a variety of interesting speakers and 

outings.This is a very friendly group and new members and 

visitors are always welcome. 

The friends of Ruscombe Wood are a friendly group of 

volunteers working for the conservation of a beautiful 

piece of woodland, found off Castle End Road in 

Ruscombe. The local people call it bluebell wood because 

of the carpet of bluebells that can be found there every 

spring. They meet on the first Saturday of the month from 

10am to 1pm. 

New volunteers are always welcome. No special skills 

or knowledge are necessary. They provide tools and 

guidance on the day’s tasks. Old clothes and strong 

footwear are recommended. To find out more contact 

Stephen Loyd on 0118 9345784 or George Parker on 0118 

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Wargrave History Society meets on the second 

Tuesday of the month at The Pavilion on the Recreation 

Ground in Wargrave. Founded in 1981, the Object of 

the Society is to provide a common meeting ground for 

the study and discussion of, and research into, history 

in general, and of the local area in particular. To join the 

society costs £9 per person or, for a family, £12 and £8 

concessions. Visitors are welcome at a cost of £3 per 

meeting. Visit their website at www.wargravehistory.org. 

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encouraged to bring along their own plants to sell. 

Visitors are also welcome at the meetings at a cost 

of £3. To join the Berkshire Group costs £5 for a 

single membership, and £7 for joint. You can apply 

online at www.berkshirehps.org.uk or call 01386 

710317. 

Members of Sinodun Inner Wheel Club have been 

absolutely amazed with the response to their appeal 

for mugs and bowls for the Churches in Reading 

Drop in Centre – C.I.R.D.I.C. On the 22nd November 

they were able to deliver to them 668 mugs and 74 bowls. 

Along with this, they had asked for volunteers 

to knit hats or donate wool (or both) for those who use 

the Centre and they took along 90 hats on the 22nd. For 

the moment they are ceasing to collect mugs and bowls 

but hats are desperately needed – especially the man’s 

size. The number to contact to get involved with that 

project is 01491 839415. The Centre badly needs men’s 

clothing. With this in mind, members of Sinodun Inner 

Wheel will be at the Methodist Church, St. Leonard’s 

Square Wallingford on Saturday 25th January between 

10am and midday to receive items of men’s clothing 

which are clean and in good condition. There is a 

particular need for hats, gloves and socks and also 

underwear (new). 

Twyford Bridge Club meets at Reading Cricket 

and Hockey Club on Mondays at 7.20pm. They can 

accommodate players without a partner and anyone 

is welcome to join. Call 0118 9401309 for more 

information. Reading Cricket and Hockey Club, Sonning 

Lane, Sonning RG4 6ST. 

The Loddon Valley Ramblers have been walking the 

Berkshire countryside since the club was set up in 

1935. They’re a very welcoming group and there is no 

commitment to join when you first walk with them. Each 

Thursday and Sunday morning, and sometimes at other 

times, they offer a short walk of four to six miles, and on 

many Sundays there is the chance to take part in a longer 

walk of eight to 12 miles. For January’s walks visit the 

website at www.lvra.org.uk 

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produce and craft stalls fill the town centre - there’s 

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holiday planning 

It’s 

time again! 

Peter Savage offers a guide on where to stay as he heads to the south of France 

Turning the corner of the year, so to speak, always makes 

January bearable, just three months and it’s spring. The 

lure of the south of France continually tugs us back and 

below are a few ideas about where to stay on the way 

down and back including the wonderful village of Saint 

Clair, Le Lavandou, between Toulon and St. Tropez. I hope 

you’ll feel some summer warmth creep through when 

reading. 

forgotten how pleasurable it is to potter along at a speed 

where you can appreciate the countryside. The road, 

on a Monday in August, was very quiet and the 70 odd 

kilometres from the A4 to Gudmont Villiers was soon 

covered. It is truly out in the wilds, or at least feels like it, 

but it’s oh, so worth it. Make your sat nav work! 

Super restaurant, great rooms, very nice people. Easy 

next day onward travel to Dijon. 

Notes on travel 

I became a Frequent Traveller on Eurotunnel last year 

that entitled me to 10 trips from Dover to Calais and back 

– that’s five out, five back – for just under £400. So, for 

roughly £80 per time, summer or winter, you know what 

you’ll pay. However, as good a deal as this is, be careful 

when booking as they bracket off certain times 

of the day to charge extra. For instance, if you 

want to leave Dover at about 10am it will 

probably cost you a further £20. The same 

applies to return journeys. It still represents 

value but if you’re not a regular tripper stick 

to booking as you go. 

The way down….south of Reims 

Off the motorway, but not far from Chaumont 

is La Source Bleue, Gudmont Villiers, Haute Marne, 

www.hotelsourcebleue.com. Having taken the route 

Anglais from Calais to Reims (2.5 hours) then continued 

towards Metz and Strasbourg (A4) we took the first exit 

for Chalons sur Marne and Saint-Dizier on the N67. I had 

South of 

France 

On the way back 

Macon, off the A6, about half way between Toulon and 

Calais, is not a bad spot to stay. The centre is of course 

lovely but about 7km west from there lies the pretty 

village of Sommere, La Roche Vineuse and the floral B+B, 

Le Tinailler d’Aleane owned by Eliane Heinen. She and 

husband rebuilt the old vineyard buildings amid the 

beautiful hillsides of the region of Saint Veran and 

Eliane will gladly help you to find restaurants 

in the area or arrange a wine buying trip. It is 

old fashioned but nice and is not expensive at 

about €50 per night for the room. Tel: (0)3 85 

37 80 68. Look up in Alistair Sawday online. 

A beach holiday in the south of France 

Saint Clair, Le Lavandou. 

The beach is where it’s at, quite definitely, and as Saint 

Clair is more a small bolt-on to La Lavandou’s much 

bigger town, space is at a premium. In fact, the whole 

area is fast becoming as popular as anywhere along the 

coast from Toulon to Ventemiglia. The beach is golden 

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On your 

>> Travel 

travels 

Above (top): 

Le Tinailler d’Aleane 

Above (middle): 

Bistr’eau Ryon 

Opposite page: St Claire Beach 

sand and swept daily from end to end. Have a look on 

Above the net (top): and you’ll Antwerpen see a Stadhuis curved beach (Antwerp with City the Hall) Roc Hotel 

Above: at one The end picturesque and the Astria Brabo Beach Fountain Hotel, La Falaise, at 

Opposite 

the other. 

page: 

In between, 

Views over 

the 

the 

Flot 

city 

Bleu, 

of Antwerp 

The Mediterranee, 

and a great lunch beach bar, La Pinade. Of course, there 

are private beaches with two loungers and umbrella 

for hire at €24 per day. Public beaches intersperse 

the private ones and there are several, good low cost 

restaurants and pizza bars all minutes away. Other 

accommodation lies behind the beach complex offering 

basic but good apartments, The Tamarind Hotel, The 

Orangery, La Bastide, and Madame Martine Bergoin has 

four apartments in her complex that offer a range of 

accommodation ideal for families and friends to book 

together. They are all self-catering and some have small 

or medium gardens for al fresco evenings. Email her for 

information at martine.bergoin@bbox.fr or call her on 

(033) 06 71 96 85 56. You’ll need your French when you 

call her! 

There’s much to discover here and along the coast. 

It’s only about 30 minutes to St. Tropez but there are 

hundreds of coves and beaches along the way on this 

hilly, interesting, sundrenched and fun-packed coast. Oh, 

do try the parasailing from Le Lavandou, it’s just fantastic 

fun! 

One of my fond holiday memories was when the children 

were small, money was tight and a friend offered to let us 

hire her family’s gite at an affordable price. 

The kids were packed and the car loaded with everything 

we could possibly require. This would be the first time we 

had ever driven in France. We nervously set off for the 

Ferry, an AA route plan clasped in my sweaty, anxious 

hand. Positive mental attitude - everything would be fine 

once we found our way out of Calais, I told myself. A 

flash of inspiration showed me what to do, follow the car 

in front, no worries, easy. 

Panic did not set in until we boarded the ferry (we were 

early as usual). Our car was positioned at the very front 

of the ferry and looked like a figure head from an old 

fashioned sailing boat, complete with 35-degree angle. 

We arrived in Calais full of trepidation. Everyone 

was called back to their vehicles to ensure a speedy 

disembarkation. Guess who was first off the boat? Yes us. 

Help! Where do we go from here? Which side of the road 

is it again? Off we went, no problem. “STOP!” We met a 

car on the wrong side of the road. Oops! 

“English!” The tolerant French driver exclaimed as he 

calmly went on his way. And that was just the beginning 

of our adventures in France. 

C McIntyre, via email 

And our final winner is... 

CONGRATUALTIONS TO DAVID RUSSELL FROM 

MARLOW, WHOSE STORY WAS PUBLISHED IN OUR 

NOVEMBER ISSUE. HE IS THE FINAL WINNER TO 

RECIEVE A DAY/OVERNIGHT CAR RETURN TICKET TO 

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Many thanks to all our well travelled readers who wrote 

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