Village Voice Oct / Nov 2019 Issue 194

The 

magazine 

for Penn & 

Tylers green 

OCT/NOV 2019 

issue 194 

Our Autumn 

Edition 

● Around The Villages ● Traditional Public Houses in P&TG 

● Local History ● Schools & Sports News & Much More...

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WELCOME... 

Village Voice October/November 2019 

...to the October/November 2019 

Edition of Village Voice... 

Cover Photograph: Keith Hawes 

We have had an amazing summer - with lots of 

successful village events, accompanied, in the 

main with some glorious summer weather, 

which ended abruply recently with the arrival of 

autumn, in the form of torrential rain!. 

The changing of the season perhaps lends 

itself to autumnal walks, to enjoy the changing 

landscape of P&TG, which is spectacular at this 

time of the year. In this edition of VV, we are 

enclosing a recently updated copy of a leaflet / 

map of Common Wood, produced by the 

P&TGRS, which details the many footpaths and 

areas of interest to explore. 

We also have details of upcoming events, 

including the annual Sports & Social Club 

Firework Display, Village Care AGM, as well as 

an affectionate memorial to our dearly missed 

friend and VV regular contributor - Pat Dancer. 

Since the last edition of VV, a number of 

residents have been in touch, expressing some 

concerns about thoughless and dangerous 

parking, as well as speeding traffic through the 

village. It would be easy to assume (and perhaps 

be correct) that the culprits are from outside the 

villages, and it is certainly true that visitors are 

likely to be less invested in the concept of being 

a good neighbour and resident, and preserving 

Farther Barn Field, part of Common Wood and mainly an open 

meadow, is now being efficiently grazed by British White cattle 

on loan from Burnham Beeches - Doris, Coral, Eliza and Icarus. 

www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 

A Rainbow over Penn spotted by David Pitron (and dog Otis) 

the amenity benefits that we enjoy in P&TG. 

Parking is often an issue around school start and 

finish times, as well as when events are taking 

place in the village, please do think about the 

potential impact of parking - especially near 

school gates, residents driveways, on the bend 

or near corners of a road, or in bad weather - 

when visibility is likely to be reduced 

Our next edition of VV (December 2019 & 

Janaury 2020) will be our Christmas and New 

Year edition, so please do consider sharing your 

news and photos, especially any highlights of 

2019, or any details of any events you may be 

planning for 2020. Copy deadline is Monday 

4th November 2019 Cathy O'Leary, VV Editor 

Regulars... 

05 Around the Villages 

13 Woodland & Green Spaces 

15 Church News 

19 Schools News 

22 Sports News 

32 Clubs & Societies 

38 Noticeboard & Diary 

55 Index of Advertisers 

56 Village Contacts 

In This Issue... 

25 In Memory: Pat Dancer 

27 Community Boards 

31 The Road to Equality 

37 Fields In Kings Wood: Pt. 2 

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An earthwork enclosure - covers nearly 4 acres a hi l-top 

plateau, with substantial outer bank, i ner ditch and pond. Excavation 

of br oches, coins, jars and bowls near the 

remnants of imposing south-facing, outwardturning 

entrance revealed a Romano-British 

se tlement and evidence of iron smelting, perhaps 

a continuation of pre-Roman industry. Records of 

Bucks 48 (2 08), p.37-53. (See LiDAR image 

to right). 

An old ho loway, which descends northwards 

from the plateau to Deadmans Dean Bo tom. 

A banked oval pond - with no obvious entrance so perhaps an 

ornamental feature built by Earl Howe after the w od was enclosed in 

1855. 

The Chalk Track - Map evidence (1875) shows tha this track 

was put in after the 18 5 inclosure. 18 inches of excavated chalk 

from outside the w od were a ded in 1985 to improve the surface for 

vehicles. 

A large qua ry, one of seven. Flints, sand and perhaps clay, 

were most commonly quarried in the w od. There are also at least a 

dozen 19th century saw pit spread throughou the wood. 

A double bank and ditch ru ning 

north from the main gate to 

Ho loway. There are 

numerous old trackways and 

small banked boundaries elsewhere in the w od. 

Lynchets or te races 

in the fields to the NE of 

Deadmans Dean Bottom 

have b en observed in 1947 

aerial photographs and are relics 

of Bronze Age, Iron Age or 

medieval farmers in the valley. 

Circular walks 

i 

Golf Course 

Built up Areas 

W ods open to the public 

Private W odland 

Designated Public F otpaths 

Permi sive F otpaths 

Paths also used by horse riders 

& cyclists 

(with permits) 

Long Trail 

(4miles - 6.5km) 

Short Trail 

(1mile - 1.7km) 

Sites of Archaeological Interest 

Information boards 

Waymark posts 

Limited roadside parking 

i 

i 

Millar 

Wood 

Widmer Pond 

EARTHWORKS 

POND 

Ecology of the wood 

Farther Barn Field is an open field, but has b en part-planted and is 

grazed by ca tle. 

Grave ly Way Plantation is a former silver 

birch and larch plantation, which is being 

thi ned and replanted with native species. 

Elephant Tr e - Two beech tr es have 

grown together to form the shape of an 

elephant's trunk a s en on the front cover. It 

can be s en just above the 'M' of Middle Way. 

Common W od is a semi-natural Ancient 

W odland. This means it has b en w odland for over 4 0 years but 

has b en managed by man for most, if not a l tha time. The mainly 

b ech w odland we s e today was mostly planted by the Pe n Estate 

after the 18 5 Inclosure, with some Douglas Fir avenues. Over the 

years, the b ech has b en felled either by clear felling whole areas, or 

by selective felling to preserve a continuous canopy. This, combined 

with a rich variety of soil types, has resulted in an interesting mix of 

flora within the w od. 

There are no le s than 14 of the nationally recognised “vegetation 

cla sifications” within the w od, from B ech and Bramble, to Gorse 

and Bramble scrub, to Oak with Silver Birch, to Yew. This makes for 

exce lent biodiversity. In 2 03, 150 plant and tr e types, 85 fungi 

(including the first UK report of Ru sula lepidicolor) and 40 bird 

species were recorded. Le s common mammals include badgers, 

w od mice, muntjac and o casional roe d er. 

CHALK TRACK 

Keeper’s 

Stables Cottage 

Sports & 

Social Club Pu tenham Place 

i 

Pugh’s Wood 

Li tle Pe n 

Farmhouse 

Lions Farm 

Zachariah’s Pit 

Old Pe n Str et Way is the surviving centre part of the main track 

through the w od from Po ters Cro s to Pe n Str et, used before the 

18 5 enclosure established modern roads (Common Wood Lane and 

New Road). 

Red Gate (1838) was an entrance to Wycombe Heath. The side 

banks of Pe n House Way descending to Red Gate are evidence of 

long use. 

Barnfield (1690), Spilmor (1690) and Cr ok Snails (1838) are 

old field names. 

Deadmans Dean Bo tom (1838) - This former trackway probably 

owes its name to the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon grave, complete 

with skeleton and iron ba tleaxe, in 1828. A BronzeAge axe was 

found c.1905. 

The Two Sisters (1852) were two old b ech tr es on the Rushmoor 

Path side of Farther Barn Field 

The Penna is the central open place of Pe n W od where the purpleleaved 

b ech from Prince Charles' Highgrov estate was planted by 

Earl Howe in 2 0 to mark the purchase of the wood by the 

Woodland Trust after its rescue from becoming a golf course. 

Goose Pond Gate reminds us of the original role of Pe n W od as 

common land befor enclosure. A 17th-century protest poem runs: 

"The law locks up the man and woman/ who steals the g ose from o f 

the common/ But leaves the greater vi lains l ose/ who steals the 

common from the g ose." The nearby Gagemoor Pond could be a 

misheard Old English Goosemoor Pond. 

The Penna 

Old Names (earliest reference date in brackets) 

B echw od Co tage 

Church Knowl 

G ose Pond Gate 

Penn 

Street 

The 

Copse 

Penn 

Estate 

Pe n 

House 

Pe n 

Str et 

Farm 

AROUND 

THE VILLAGES 

Penn Patient Participation Group 

Flu Clinic Dates 2019: 

Once again the 

Simpson Centre and 

Penn surgery, together 

with the facilitation of 

the PPG, will be 

holding the highly 

successful flu clinics 

this Autumn. These free 

vaccines are provided for at risk members of the 

community who are registered at the surgery. 

At risk patients include the following patients; 

over 65’s, if you are pregnant, have certain 

medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma, 

heart disease, a BMI over 40 and young 

children. The complete list of this group can be 

found at www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/ 

who-should-have-flu-vaccine. Should you be 

unclear whether you are entitled to a free flu jab, 

please contact your surgery. 

Due to patient feedback and to improve 

efficiency and reduce waiting times, the clinics 

will be organised slightly differently this year. 

You will be asked to book an appointment slot 

within a 15 minute timeframe either by phoning 

the surgery or popping into reception. 

An early evening flu clinic has also been 

introduced if this is more convenient for you 

and 2 dates for children’s clinics will be 

published on the website. Eligible children up to 

age 11 will be given the vaccines in schools. 

Reduce your risk of getting flu by booking 

your vaccine appointment NOW. For more 

information visit www.thesimpsoncentre.com 

The Flu Clinic Dates: all Simpson Centre 

• Saturday 12th October 9 - 11am 

• Wednesday 23rd October 6.30 - 8pm 

• Saturday 2nd November 9 - 11am 

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P&TG Village Show 2019 

A couple of months on from the Village Show, 

all the trophies have been engraved, delivered to 

the winners and are hopefully resplendent on 

mantlepieces and window ledges. 

Profits from the show are donated to local 

organisations; takings on the door this year were 

donated to the Thames Valley air ambulance. 

Details of the donations will be published at the 

end of October. 

Diary Date: the 2020 show will be Saturday 

19th September 2020, and focus on late summer 

flowers and produce. Please put the date in your 

diary and watch out for more articles in VV. 

We are already planning next year’s schedule. 

If you have any suggestions for classes, please 

email them to our email ptgvsc@gmail.com 

We also plan to expand our new website 

https://pennandtylersgreenvillageshow.com/ 

There is already a list of this year’s winners, 

photos of some of the winning entries to have a 

look at and view too. Next year’s schedule will 

be available in the New Year together with hints 

and tips for entrants and (hopefully) online 

entries. You can follow us on Facebook too; 

https://www.facebook.com/pennand 

tylersgreenvillageshow David Deadman 

Common Wood Leaflet 

The existing Common 

Wood leaflet/map has 

been painstakingly 

updated and improved. 

A complimentary copy 

comes with this edition 

of VV, which will 

hopefully tempt you to 

walk in our very own 

local wood this autumn, 

Archaeology of the wood 

and even perhaps, volunteer for a work party. 

The map includes a new 11 acre section 

behind Larchlands and off Common Wood 

Lane. This was recently purchased by the 

P&TG Residents Society with the help of the 

Woodland Trust, from its former owners, a 

syndicate of local residents. Continued on p. 9 

Penn 

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TRADITIONAL 

PUBLIC HOUSES 

IN P&TG 

The four Public Houses that continue to 

serve Penn & and Tylers Green have a 

heritage that goes back Centuries when 

there was thriving agriculture and tiling 

and furniture making industries in the 

immediate area... 

The Crown 

want to explore the many footpaths and woods 

both behind the pub and adjoining Pauls Hill 

opposite can park their cars if they pre-book 

lunch early in the morning. 

The Crown is both family and dog friendly 

with a large outside garden area and offers a 

wide range of good value food including bar 

meals. 

Occasional events are organised including a 

recent ‘Hoe Down’ on Friday, 23rd August in 

aid of McMillan Cancer Care. ‘The Laughing 

Ants’ are performing on Sunday 1st September. 

For parties up to 8 people, It is best to book 

online – www.chefandbrewer.com – where you 

can also check opening hours, the menu, and the 

hours food is available. Also, you can find out 

how to book for Christmas! 

For that special event, parties up to 24 people 

seated can be accommodated as well as a buffet 

service for larger parties. 

The Horse & Jockey 

The Crown on Church Road (HP10 8NY) dates 

back to the 16th Century when it was one of 

only two ale houses in the area. It was owned by 

the Penn Estate from the 1750s until it was sold 

in 1929. It used to host Rent Suppers and large 

shooting parties. It was a favourite with the 

Home Guard during WW2. Some of the 

interviews for a TV documentary ‘The Ruth 

Ellis Story’ were filmed here. 

Manager, Tracy Armour, has been in post for 

4 years. Kitchen Manager, Rob, has been in 

post for 12 years. Tracy and her team provide a 

warm welcome. Tracy says The Crown always 

tries to stay open as much as possible. Most 

staff live in, and quite often help push cars up 

the steep hill from Beaconsfield when snow hits 

the Chilterns! 

The pub has a large car park. Walkers who 

The Horse and Jockey on Church Road (HP10 

8EG) first got its licence as a public house in 

1844 under Wellers of Amersham when it was 

called The Horse and Groom. 

Currently, it is being Managed by Bob Gray, 

ably assisted behind the bar by Berni Dawkins 

who deals with all the pub’s local publicity 

through their Facebook page. 

Good beer and entertainment are in plentiful 

supply here. Thursday night is Comedy Night. 

Friday is Live Music Night. There is a Quiz 

Night on the first Thursday of each month. 

6 www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk

Open Mic and Karaoke nights are planned for 

the future. 

The Horse and Jockey is open seven days a 

week. For full details of all future events please 

log on to The Horse and Jockey Facebook page 

or telephone 01494 815963. 

The Old Queens Head 


The Red Lion 

Bar Staff Elliot and Manager Mo Hoffelner 

The Old Queens Head on Hammersley Lane 

has deeds that go back to 1666 when there was 

a barn. It was then extended to be a private 

house for one of Charles II’s physicians, then 

purchased by Wethereds when it was converted 

to a public house in the 1800s. 

Manager, Mo Hoffelner, has been in post for 

over one year. Mo describes The Old Queens 

Head as being a popular and busy pub providing 

good dining , whether upstairs in the dining 

room or downstairs in the bar, All the food is 

home made on the premises. A popular Friday, 

Saturday and Sunday speciality is 'Old Queens 

Head Bubble and Squeak', served from 9.30am. 

Examples of special events held at the pub are 

‘Fish and Chips Monday’, ‘Bring Your Own 

Drinks Wednesdays’ – just as long as you are 

eating in, and music from ‘James Henton’. 

Families and dogs are welcome. There is 

ample outside seating and car parking. 

The Old Queens Head can provide for that 

special event including Christmas (bookings 

and menu available now), seating up to 30 in the 

upstairs dining area or a buffet for up to 60. 

For full details visit the website www. 

oldqueensheadpenn.co.uk. 


Manager Louise Holdcroft, Bar Staff Olivia and Millie, and 

Chef Yahia 

Deeds for The Red Lion on Elm Road (HP10 

8LF) go back to 1770. In 1325 land in Knotty 

Green, Forty Green, Drews Green, Witheridge 

Lane and Clay Street was all owned by 

Segraves. The Court of Segraves Manor met at 

the Red Lion in the 18th / 19th Century. Most 

likely a coaching inn, there may be evidence of 

a former carriage arch visible over the window 

on the right side of the building at the front. Part 

of the frontage was extended forward in the 30s. 

Louise Holdcroft took over as Manager when 

The Red Lion re-opened in March 2019. She 

and her staff are trying to build on the village 

pub atmosphere. The pub is open six days per 

week, being closed on Mondays to enable the 

ongoing program of improvement works to 

carry on. 

Local customers and those from further afield 

enjoy the close proximity to the very 

picturesque Widmer Pond whilst walkers 

appreciate the close access to Common and 

Penn Woods. 

Chef Yahia provides a wide range of options 

from cakes and coffee, sandwiches as well as 

hot food at lunch to a full sit-down menu. 

Buffets can be provided for that special 

occasion. Dogs and Children are welcome. 

Christmas Menu and bookings will be available 

shortly. There is a Moroccan themed night 

planned for Friday, 4th October. 

The Red Lion website is www.theredlionpenn. 

co.uk. For bookings phone 01494 815925. 

Ian Petrie 

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Continued from p. 5 This was done primarily to 

preserve an entrance to the wood as close to 

Potters Cross as possible. 

The map also shows the lower half of Penn 

Wood in that there is now a well-waymarked, 

new, 4 mile Long Trail which winds its way 

through both woods as well as through part of 

the Penn House Estate. Well worth exploring ! 

Enjoy! Russell Read 

Sports & Social Club Fireworks 

Major events at the Sports & Social Club in the 

coming months will be the our Fireworks event 

9th November with Queen soundtrack, tickets 

on sale shortly. On the night admission prices 

will be Adults £9.00, 16 and under £5.00 

Advance tickets available via Gleason butchers 

and P&TG Sports & Social club priced: Adults 

£8.00, 16 & under £4.50, children 5 & under 

free. Gates open @ 6pm, Fireworks @ 7.30pm 

Hold the Date: We will hold a winter 

“Christmas ale” festival at the Sports & Social 

Club on 7th December. This event will be under 

cover. (Clubhouse plus marquee covering the 

patio). Christmas ales & Gin Bar plus traditional 

mulled wine & cider.Further information will be 

available shortly! 

Don’t forget Sky Sports and BT Sports are 

available on our HD Screen, with a Happy Hour 

each week night from 5pm to 6pm. Tim Vincent 

Super Fun Run & Penn 7 

We’ve had a great year and thanks for all the 

support given to us in 2019, and are now 

beginning planning for 2020. If you know of, or 

are part of a charity locally, then get in touch so 

we can discuss applicants to be the beneficiaries 

of the fund raising for 2020. We will present 

this years charity monies to The Chilterns MS 

Centre at the Sports & Social Club after Carols 

on the Common in December. This year, Phil 

Duffy is taking over as the SFR/P7 lead, and, if 

you want to join us and be part of a great local 

volunteering team raising monies for local 

charities let me know, its not a lot of time, but 

its well worth it. Thanks again to everyone who 



in some big or small way contributed to the 

event this year, especially the Marshals, as I’ve 

said before, without you, the event would not be 

possible. Once we have set out plans for next 

year we will be publishing them on social media 

and village voice. Ian Barnett, imb@talktalk.net 

Chepping Wycombe Parish Council 

Our local area has had an issue with travellers 

for a couple of months. Whilst in general I am 

sure most people do not have an issue with 

travellers, it is a shame that the cost of clearing 

up after them for local authorities and in fact 

local residents through their council tax is both 

expensive, and the damage to the area can take 

several weeks to recover. 

CWPC were aware that travellers in the local 

area were looking for a new place to stay after 

being made to leave Rose Avenue recreation 

ground and we have a duty to protect our 

property. Whilst we knew that temporary soil 

heaps would not stop a determined caravan, it 

was hoped that obvious signs that the area was 

being kept an eye on would be enough to 

persuade anyone thinking of an incursion to 

look elsewhere. The residents in close proximity 

were advised prior to the soil being delivered 

but we did not have the time to do anything else 

I understand that this action has caused some 

concern as they are considered unsightly and 

perhaps a waste of money. Well the good news 

is that the soil is going to be used elsewhere, 

and by the time you read this they should be 

gone. Having seen the waste and mess all 

around the town and in Hazlemere, I make no 

apology for trying to protect our property so our 

residents can continue to enjoy it. The 

temporary bunds have stayed a little longer than 

we first thought, because although WDC have a 

temporary injunction to cover 101 of their sites, 

it does not cover CWPC land. We have to show 

you have a real problem before an injunction 

can be issued, and we are at the stage of trying 

to prevent the problem, not deal with it and 

hopefully will not have to. 

Onto some good news, we finally have the 

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plan decided to finish Ashley Drive playground 

with approval going through open spaces last 

week. It still needs to be ratified by Full Council 

but at last we are on our way. We are squaring 

up the area around the swing for disabled 

children by putting in a Jungle adventure Den 

with a net on one side and a mini sunken 

trampoline on the other. That area will have 

bonded rubber mulch under it for safety- we 

will then put a fence around the whole play 

area, which was requested by parents concerned 

about dogs running around the play area. 

Tylers Green ward currently has a space for a 

Parish Councillor following Jean Johnsons 

retirement. If anyone is interested please contact 

me or the clerk and we will be happy to provide 

further information. It is a very rewarding job 

and is a great chance to put something back into 

the community. Katrina Wood Chairman, Chepping 

Wycombe Parish Council 

Defibrillator Training 

The P&TGRS and Simpson Centre & Penn 

Surgery Patient Participation Group are hosting 

a series of training sessions for interested 

residents on how and when to use a defibrillator. 

These will take place on Saturday October 12th, 

at Tylers Green Village Hall. There will be.six 

30 minute sessions starting at 10.30, finishing 

at 3.15, you are inited to book a place 

Automated External Defibrillators (AED) are 

installed in many public places in the area. They 

are essential to improve a person’s survival after 

a collapse with a cardiac arrest. These devices 

are designed for a bystander to use before the 

ambulance crew arrive. With clear voice 

prompts, advice and directions are given to 

support the bystander in what they need to do. 

The training is a great opportunity to learn 

where the defibs are located and when and how 

to use them. The training will be led by Adam 

Poland (HealthTec Thames Valley Centre 

Manager). NHS England has established several 

training centres, around the UK, to increase the 

awareness of and use of defibrillators, as a 

means of reducing the negative outcome of 



cardiac arrests and heart attacks. In our area this 

is managed from the Buckinghamshire College 

Group, who have responsibility throughout the 

Thames Valley. To register for one of the 

sessions please complete the form at http://bit. 

ly/2k8epyo. For more information, contact 

P&TGRS on info@pennandtylersgreen .org.uk 

and PPG on info@simpsonpennppg.org.uk 

Ashwells & Gomm Valley 

Human+Nature's Gomm Valley application is 

still being considered by WDC and no decision 

seems likely before early next year. The 

proposed 'Spine Road', to be known as Ashwells 

Lane, which will run from Gomm Road all the 

way up the valley through the new housing 

areas to join Cock Lane, is of particular 

importance to us. We have continued to argue 

strongly for the observance of the Development 

Brief provision that it is not intended as a 

through route and that its design should not 

encourage a significant increase in traffic past 

the Middle School. 

The connection with Cock Lane seems likely 

to be near the phone mast, about 150 yards 

below where Cock Lane narrows at the top end. 

The planning permission already given to the 

Ashwells development allows that section of 

Cock Lane to be widened and we have argued 

that the traffic calming, currently proposed for 

New Road, should be placed in this widened 

section of Cock Lane to avoid the noxious 

fumes from waiting traffic close to houses. We 

have also proposed an underpass for animals 

under Cock Lane. 

H+N have been asked to do a detailed design 

for the whole length of Ashwells Lane. The road 

width will frequently vary in different sections. 

We have been assured that heavy vehicles used 

for constructing the new roads and houses for 

Gomm Valley will access via Gomm Road 

rather than through TG. This restriction will not 

apply to the Ashwells development. There is 

nothing yet to report about the Ashwells site 

itself, which as we have noted has already 

received planning permission. Miles Green 

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WOODLAND 

& GREEN SPACES 

As we end summer I thoughts turn to the 

autumn and winter and the general maintenance 

jobs need doing. These include 

clearing drainage channels, 

cutting back the sides of tracks 

and paths possibly clearing a 

fallen tree. I know I've said this 

before but we do depend on 

volunteers to help us keep the 

wood tidy and accessible. We 

are forever grateful for the 

woodland lovers who continue 

to pick up litter unbidden and 

make our job a lot easier. 

We seem to have a good 

harvest this year. A good crop 

of wild raspberries and a 

particular note are the 

Hornbeam. Judging by the amount of debris on 

the ground the screws have had a good munch 

on them. It is the one of the problems with the 

grey squirrels that they will eat seeds and nuts 

before they are fully ripe. This presents 

problems to our native species, particularly the 

hazel dormouse. 

Those who use Father Barn Field cannot fail 

to notice the new fence and gates that we have 

had installed. Unfortunately our contractor 

could not obtain a second bridle way gate before 

the fence was finished so there has been a 

temporary blocking of the path at the bottom of 

the Holloway. Apologies for any inconvenience. 

The completion of the fence allowed us to bring 

in cattle to graze the field to help us achieve our 

ambition of a Summer meadow. The cattle are 

British whites and can often be seen Burnham 

beeches or Odds farm. There is one bull and 

three cows. They are used to people and dogs 

and are extremely docile. They are more likely 

to walk away from you if they are approached. 



I've managed to get almost up to them. The 

name of the bull is Icarus, he is 10 years old. 

The ladies are Coral, Eliza and Doris. By all 

means go and see them but please do not feed 

them! 

During the summer we have to be grateful to 

the volunteers who turned out and helped us 

clear the Ragwort from the field. There is still 

more to do and we will focus 

our attention on this next year. 

Another source of concern is 

the wild parsnip. This can be 

recognised as the tallest plant in 

the field and although the roots 

are edible you do not want to 

get the sap on your skin. We 

will plan to try and remove this 

over the next 12 months to 2 

years but the only way of doing 

this is by pulling it out to 

prevent it from seeding. If 

you're able to give some of your 

time to help us in the woods 

please let us know by sending 

an email to commonwood volunteer@gmail. 

com. You will be most welcome. Mike Morley 

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CHURCH NEWS 

Holy Trinity & St Margaret's 

As a youngster growing up in the 50s and 60s a 

strong childhood memory is that of being 

bored... a lot. No computers or mobile phones, 

an older sister who did ‘girly’ things and only a 

9” black and white TV with one channel on for 

a couple of hours a day (I loved ‘Muffin the 

mule’ even though you could see the strings). I 

heard recently that the 1950 represented the 

peak of churchgoing in modern times. 94% of 

children went to Sunday school. I did (hated it 

by the way). Without shops, sport, TV or 

computers the church had something of a 

monopoly on Sundays. I would not want to go 

back to those days but there was much good 

then. Life was quieter and we were not 

bombarded in the same way as we are today by 

information and entertainment. There was time 

to think. And reflect. 

After a few year’s break. we will run an Alpha 

Course in the Sanctuary at St Margaret’s on 

Tuesday evenings starting on 1st October. We 

will meet at 7pm for a meal, consider that 

evening’s topic and then discuss over a cup of 

tea of coffee. The course will take us up to 

Christmas. If you want time out to reflect on 

life, if you sense that there is something more 

but have not got the time and space to think 

about it, then come and join me as we ponder 

what is important in life. 

By the time you read this our Harvest Supper 

will have taken place in the Village Hall with 

our Harvest Festival Services taking place on 

Sunday 6th October. Harvest gifts will again be 

forwarded to the Wycombe Women’s Shelter. 

Gifts of non-perishable items / tins can be left 

the week before, in either of the church porches 

if you cannot bring them yourself on Sunday. 

Sunday 3rd November is All Saints Day and 

in the Family Services in the morning we will 

be collecting our Shoeboxes so that they can be 



delivered to orphanages and homes in time for 

Christmas. The annual shoebox appeal is a 

terrific initiative which is so easy for us but 

which has a disproportionate impact on those 

who would otherwise not receive anything for 

Christmas. The idea is that one fills a shoebox 

with essentials and gifts for a child in an 

orphanage or home overseas to receive at 

Christmas. Last year we added over 100 boxes 

to the total of 675,000 that were sent to children 

in 13 countries across Eastern Europe, Africa, 

Central Asia and the Middle East. Let us see if 

we can do more this year. Because of the 

inevitable regulations there are things that can 

and cannot be packed into the boxes and a list 

can be obtained from the Sanctuary. 

Later on that day, we will hold our annual 

Memorial Service where you are invited to 

come to Holy Trinity church at 3pm and in a 

very simple service remember and give thanks 

for a loved one. The loss can be recent but many 

come to light a candle to remember those they 

have lost many years ago. Time lessens the 

sharpness of the grief but the memory is still 

there. Many find comfort in remembering in 

company with others also in sadness but most 

importantly in the presence of our loving 

heavenly Father. 

Christmas Tree Festival 

Holy Trinity will once again host our very 

popular Christmas Tree Festival. This will be on 

the weekend on November 30/1 December so, 

although it seems like ages off, please do think 

if you could decorate a tree either as a family or 

individual or as an organisation. There is always 

light hearted rivalry between the organisations 

to see whose tree is “best”. If you think you 

could decorate a tree for the festival, please ask 

Gail Wellings for an entry form. This helps us 

organise the layout. She can be contacted in 

the office (office@holytrinityandstmargarets. 

co.uk or 813254). I still think one of the best 

trees was that done by the church cleaners in 

the first year – it was decorated with mini 

dusters and scrubbing brushes! Go on, have a 

go! Hilary Forbes (Events Team) 

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Remembrance Sunday falls on November 

10th this year with acts of remembrance at the 

War Memorials at St Margaret’s and Holy 

Trinity after the 9.30am and 11am services. 

Please note that the 11am service at Holy Trinity 

starts at 10.50am that morning to allow for the 

silence at 11am. The Royal British Legion 

Service of Remembrance is at Holy Trinity at 

3pm and the service will be followed by 

refreshments in the hall. 

I will be leading the 11am short Act of 

Remembrance on the Back Common at 11am 

on Monday the 11th and this will be followed 

by a cuppa in the Sanctuary. Blessings, Revd Mike 

Bisset, www.holytrinityandstmargartes.co.uk 

Penn Free Methodist Church 

We will hold our annual Britain’s Only Hope 

- the Gospel Conference on Saturday October 

5th, from 11:30 - 4pm, with lunch from around 

1 - 2:20pm (refreshments provided; please bring 

packed lunch). There are four addresses entitled 

as follows: 1) The state of the nation and the 

only remedy; 2) Why I am a creationist (given 

by a fellow of the Geological Society of 

London); 3) Why abortion is wrong in God’s 

sight and why Christians must speak out; 4) The 

conference sermon on national righteousness. 

All are most welcome. 

Please visit our dedicated Facebook page for 

updates on our open air ministry - www. 

facebook.com/britainsonlyhope. as well as our 

main church website - www.realchristianity.org. 

Our Sunday School for ages 4-14 operates 

from 12:30-13:30, straight after the morning 

service. Please contact the Minister for further 

details (revps@icloud.com). 

Our Sunday services are at 11am and 6:30pm 

and our midweek Prayer meeting and Bible 

Study is at 8:00pm on Wednesdays. 

Recordings of sermons can be accessed at 

www.soundcloud.com/penn-free-methodists. 

One recommended sermon is an address based 

on 1 John 2:15-16 entitled ‘One cannot conform 

to this world’s thinking and be a true Christian’. 

Pastor Peter Simpson, www.realchristianity.org 



Tylers Green Methodist Church 

As I write (on September 1st) the beginning of a 

period running into October with Harvest 

Festivals is being celebrated in both urban and 

rural communities around the country. 

My memories date back to the 1940s when 

working heavy horses were still earning their 

keep on at least one of the local farms in 

Wiltshire where I grew up. In those days farms 

were labour intensive and there was always a 

need for extra people for the harvest. Children 

who had been evacuated to our village would 

return after the war to assist with the harvest 

alongside those from the village school. No pay 

was expected and no one had heard of Health & 

Safety - I don’t remember any accidents. 

The Harvest Festival was central to village 

life and every part of every church and chapel 

would be decorated with the produce of farm 

and garden, and on the big day places of 

worship were packed out thanks to those who 

only came at Christmas, Easter and Harvest! 

Many things about farming and the wider 

issue of what constitutes a harvest have changed 

beyond recognition from those days and have 

changed significantly during the 40+ years we 

have lived in Tylers Green; but the Harvest 

Festival goes on and the services are always 

well worth attending. By the time you read this 

the Festival at TG Methodist Church will have 

taken place with our donated gifts going to the 

Whitechapel Mission’s work amongst London’s 

homeless. 

We have no Harvest Supper but the parish 

churches do a wonderful job and invite the 

whole village. However, we have a simple 

lunch to support Action for Children on 

Saturday 12th October at our church in Coppice 

Farm Road beginning at 12 noon. If you would 

like to come along speak with any of our 

members or phone me on 815256. This will 

help with the catering arrangements. On 9th 

November our ‘open to all’ monthly Coffee 

Morning relocates to Hazlemere Library at 

10.15 am for a craft morning. Blessings, Peter 

Stevens, Senior Church Steward 

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SCHOOLS 

NEWS ROUND UP 

Tylers Green Middle School 

An evening of great entertainment together with 

a few tears took place during the Year 6 Evening 

in July as our Year 6 pupils attended a evening 

of celebration and reflection. Mr Owen 

Brangwin, Chair of Governors awarded each 

pupil with a leavers’ book. This was followed 

by the presentation of the Achievement Shields, 

the winners of which are listed below. 

• English - Holly Clark 

• Maths - Yasmin Jassim 

• Science - Finn McGrath 

• Creative Arts - Charlie Ward 

• Performing Arts - Izzy Blair 

• French - Risi Tennekoon 

• Computing - Callum Elsey 

• Sport (Boy) - Oliver Connor 

• Sport (Girl) - Erin Vojkovic 

• Year 3 Award (Boy) - Max Dale 

• Year 3 Award (Girl) - Lucia Creese 

• Public Speaking - Mia Gosnold 

• Community Award - Sophia Welsh 

• Progress - Benjmain Bishop 

• Challenge - Rosie Coppins 

• Outstanding Contribution (Boy) - Max 

Mitchell 

• Outstanding Contribution (Girl) - Jess 

Seedel Tripp 

In memory of our Governor Jean Stidwell, an 

additional award of the Jean Stidwell 



Community Award was presented by Ray, 

Jean’s husband to Charlie O. This new award 

has been devised by myself and in collaboration 

with Ray to be given to a pupil who has offered 

a genuine contribution to school life, delivered 

with a generosity of spirit, modesty and little 

regard for recognition. The type of pupil who is 

kind, helpful and encouraging to others when 

they need it, and is the sort of person everyone 

needs as a friend. 

The children then changed into costume and 

the stage became alive with music. Our Year 6s 

will leave with many fond memories of the final 

weeks of TGMS, particularly their leavers’ play 

– Darwin Rocks. Telling the life of Charles 

Darwin, the children acted, danced and sang 

magnificently and it truly was a night to 

remember. 

I am enormously proud of what we have 

achieved and in particular offer my 

congratulations to the Year 6 pupils for the 

tremendous end of Key Stage 2 SATS results. In 

comparison to the national picture, yet again the 

staff at TGMS have continued to support our 

pupils to achieve significantly above other 

schools across the country. 

I will really miss them all but take pride in a 

job well done I am confident that the children 

are now more than ready to fly the nest and 

move on to even bigger and better things. Good 

luck and keep in touch! Vanessa Pinkney, Headteacher 

Tylers Green First School 

I am delighted to be in the privileged position of 

Interim Headteacher at Tylers Green First 

School for the duration of the Autumn Term. It 

is an exciting time for the school as Governors 

work hard to appoint a new substantive 

Headteacher who will take up post in January 

2020. However, schools are constantly evolving 

environments and we have a term crammed full 

of events, trips and new initiatives, many of 

which link us to our wonderfully supportive 

wider community. 

We recently hosted a Macmillan Coffee 

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save our staff waistlines we sold the remainder 

of our cakes after school so this brilliant amount 

of money will certainly grow! 

A big focus for us currently is raising the 

profile of our Eco Schools credentials. To really 

highlight this we will be holding an Outdoor 

Day on 2nd October with each activity 

developing a ‘green skill’. Children will be 

coming in prepared to build camps, tend our 

garden and planted areas and create bird feeders 

to keep our feathered friends happy over the 

coming months. These connections with nature 

in a meaningful way help children understand 

that we can all make an important contribution, 

however small. 

Our newly elected School Council will be 

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school and recycle or upcycle resources. We are 

involving them in decision making about 

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(destroying trees/sustainable wood?) or recycled 

plastic ones. These skills and this wider world 

awareness is vital for our children to grow into 

responsible citizens who will protect the planet 

for future generations. 

The photograph below shows a group of our 

Year 2 children proudly displaying the 

Gardening Club tomato crop. Over the coming 

weeks we will be planting some vegetables to 

over-winter and hopefully enjoy these crops as 

part of their lunch in the spring term! Wendy Todd, 

Interim Headteacher 

The Village Pre-school 

In July we said goodbye to 33 children who left 

to move on to big school. Our last day was very 



emotional and ended with a Tot’s Disco for the 

children and parents. 

The new term has started quietly which has 

been lovely for the new children settling in. 

We have an exciting programme of activities 

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Christmas party with the elderly and Christmas 

panto, Easter party, Mother’s and Father’s day 

activities and Forest School throughout the year. 

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SPORTS 

NEWS ROUND UP 

PEArL’S 70TH BirTHdAy 

P&TG Lawn Tennis Club 

Well it’s been another fabulous summer for 

tennis at the club and our Annual Tournament 

finals on September 15th will bring the summer 

season to a close. Updates on the winners in the 

next issue. 

Over the past few weeks we have held The 

Wasgstaff Cup, which was a very close 

competition with Pearl Stephens and Tina 

Wright claiming victory on the day. Runners up 

were Mandy Cobbing and Vix Vincent, and all 

the ladies together managed to raise a over £150 

for Wycombe General Urology Department. 

Pearl has also recently celebrated her 70th 

birthday and there was no better excuse after a 

mornings tennis to have tea and cake to help the 

celebrations along. Happy Birthday Pearl. 

The Parent and Child Tournament is always a 

fun day and this year held in glorious sunshine. 

Caroline and Charlie Oakley took the trophy for 

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the U12s and Adrian 

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It’s so lovely to 

continue to bring news of 

success for our juniors, and 

pictured we have the U9s after playing their last 

match of the season and gaining a fabulous 5-0 

win against Milton Keynes, well done to 

Charlie Vincent and Jayna Thohan! 

Looking ahead to the next few weeks our 

membership are heading back into league tennis 

and hoping for another successful year. 

We always love to see new members. We 

pride ourselves on being a really friendly club, 

with a real mixture of abilities. We have lots of 

sessions that members can drop into for Ladies’, 

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P&TG Cricket Club 

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The summer of 2019 was an enjoyable but 

challenging one for our Cricket Club as the 

good weather ensured that over 30 home 

matches were played at French Meadow with 

only a few falling victim to the elements. 

On the playing side, our Colts played 30 

fixtures across 4 age-groups, home and away 

against local rivals in the South Bucks Leagues, 


whilst our youngest players (age 6-8) all 

enjoyed Sunday morning Coaching sessions. 

Meanwhile, our Senior sides, featuring a very 

healthy number of Colts, enjoyed some mixed 

results in their respective Leagues. 

Player-availability through this Summer has 

been good as more Colts came of age to play in 

both Saturday sides, and we noted another year 

of healthy interest from new or occasional 

players who have joined in and helped to make 

a difference. We are already determined to 

follow up on this success in 2020. 

Those that visited the cricket club in the 

summer will note that the Ground is looking in 

good shape thanks to the efforts of our small 

band of volunteers who give so much of their 

time to the Club. The outfield and playing 

square has now entered its annual state of 

hibernation, the sight-screens have been 

returned to their winter moorings at the bottom 

of the field, the pitch-covers have been 

dismantled and everything has been ‘put to bed’ 

ahead of its reawakening next Spring. 

If you are interested in playing, scoring, 

Umpiring, making teas or helping out around 

the Ground, please get in touch. However you 

would like to contribute, you will be guaranteed 

a warm welcome and lending a hand to one of 

the Village’s oldest concerns is an incredibly 

enriching and rewarding thing to do. 

Off the field, the Club finds itself in a 

reasonable financial position but in order to 

continue to invest in the club and to provide the 

best possible experience for local players, young 

and old, we will be looking to improve our 


PArEnT & CHiLd TOUrnAMEnT 


fundraising next year and we are always looking 

for sponsors. If you are interested in anything 

from branding our playing shirts or advertising 

at matches, to using the ground for a company 

event or the opportunity to promote your 

business to the 350-strong membership, please 

get in touch with Jon Cockcroft at jrcockcroft@ 

gmail.com. You can find us on Twitter (@ptgcc or @ 

ptgcccolts) or on Facebook (‘Penn & Tylers Green Cricket 

Club’ or ‘Penn & Tylers Green Cricket Club Colts’) Jon 

Wilson (jon2wilson@gmail.com) 

Penn Pond Waders Golf Society 

Since our last update, our members and guests 

have enjoyed 2 outings to some new golfing 

venues on the Waders event calendar. In July, 

we visited Buckingham GC. The course was in 

good condition and proved challenging for 

some, especially me, whose tee shots regularly 

found the abundance of trees lining the 

fairways! The day was won by our captain-inwaiting, 

Ben Childs, scoring an excellent 39 

points, playing off a handicap of 18. Ryan 

Shadwell was runner-up on count-back scoring 

35 points off a handicap of 10. 

Last month, 30 of our members visited 

Essenden GC. Favourable conditions and a 

relatively easy course led to some excellent play 

with the vast majority of the field scoring 30 

points or more. Ian Gray led the way scoring 43 

points to win the day, playing off 16 (not 

anymore now that he’s the latest victim of the 

occasional brutal cuts inflicted by our Handicap 

Secretary!). Runner-up was Gentleman Jim 

Morris, scoring an excellent 41 points off his 

handicap of 16 (now 13!). 

Diary date for an forthcoming event: 

• 5th Nov 2019 - New Zealand GC 

If you are interested in joining our friendly 

Society or initially to come along as a guest at 

one of the above events, please contact our 

Secretary Bob Teuton on 07973 137446. As 

always, we look forward to welcoming some 

new Waders at some of the great golfing venues 

we’ve got booked this year. John Horton, www. 

pennpondwadersgolf society.com 

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Pat Dancer, 1925-2019 

Pat Dancer led a 

remarkable life. She 

was 14, patriotic and 

headstrong when 

war was declared in 

1939. “I wanted to 

join the Wrens and 

be on the front line 

firing the ship’s 

guns,” she recalled. 

Of course she was 

far too young and 

her father, a successful businessman, insisted 

she first learn a skill. 

So for two years she commuted daily through 

war-ravaged and blitzed London to and from 

her home in Gerrards Cross to attend a 

commercial course at a Regent Street college. 

Much to her delight she was called up just 

before her 18th birthday in 1943. Before long 

she found herself in prefabricated huts in 

Stanmore, Middlesex with 500 other newly 

recruited girls. “We were given serious 

security lectures by serious officers who told us 

that we were about to do work of such secrecy 

we would be bound by the Official Secrets Act 

for life,” she wrote in her memoirs. “If we ever 

told anyone of the work we were doing, 

including parents and loved ones, we would do 

so on pain of execution!” 

Needless to say it was many, many years - 

and only after others had done so - that Pat was 

able to reveal that she was working under the 

direction of the famous code-breakers at 

Bletchley Park. Not that there was anything 

remotely glamorous about it. “The work 

involved an eight hour shift, either in day time 

or through the night, standing on stone floors 

working noisy machines, called Bombes, which 

contained banks of rotating drums. The 


machines were cracking enemy codes but we 

had no idea that’s what they were doing. It was 

hot, exacting and tiring and I was homesick, but 

we accepted it because we knew our work was 

important,” she recalled. 

At war’s end she found herself in Chatham at 

the sharp end of the country’s next priority… 

assisting with the demobilisation of thousands 

of sailors. Then a marvellous opportunity arose 

for her to travel to the USA and Canada for 

three months accompanying a friend whose 

fiance had been killed in the war. On her return 

she found work in Paris, based in an office on 

the Champs Elysees where she enjoyed a hectic 

social life and made life long friends. On one 

visit from London her boyfriend took her to the 

top of the Eiffel Tower and proposed. 

The marriage didn’t work out, but it 

dramatically changed the course of her life. She 

opened a sweet shop in the centre of 

Beaconsfield, quickly followed by the taking 

over a cafe opposite called Fiveways, where 

Costa is today. But dealing with two businesses, 

an impending divorce and caring for her mother, 

in a home fighting alcoholism, tested Pat’s inner 

strengths to the limit. Her deep Christian faith 

was her touchstone; her stoic, optimistic 

character her strength. 

As she helped her mother fight - and recover 

from - alcoholism she met another recovering 

alcoholic at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting 

…Dave Dancer, the man who was to become 

her devoted husband for 39 years. They married 

in 1960 and son Jonathan was born the 

following year. 

Pat sold the Beaconsfield Continued overleaf 

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businesses and settled to a new life in Penn and 

Tylers Green where she was to become a pivotal 

member of the community over the next 60 

years. She continued her work helping 

recovering alcoholics, touring the country to 

attend Al-Anon meetings and travelling to New 

York to be Al-Anon’s UK representative at an 

international gathering. A keen writer she was 

the village correspondent for the 

Buckinghamshire Advertiser for over 20 years, 

and wrote poems and articles for writing groups 

and specialist magazines, including, of course, 

Village Voice. 

She worked for many years as a secretary at 

Agropharm in St John’s Road; was a stalwart of 

the local church and volunteer secretary for the 

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. 

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welcome. Her faith in people was boundless - in 

her eighties she featured in a BBC TV 

documentary where she played host to a 

troubled young lad, convinced she could help 

him with some common sense, some straight 

talking and some TLC. 

Little wonder then that hundreds of people 

attended her funeral and thanksgiving service in 

the middle of the holiday period at Penn Church 

in August. A Village Voice interview with her a 

few years ago concluded: “Pat liked people and 

people like her. It is people like Pat that make 

communities like ours richer.” How we will 

miss her. Peter Brown 


The new Buckinghamshire Council takes 

over from the former County Council and 

four District Councils on 1 April next year. 

This new Council will be mainly based in 

Aylesbury but is anxious to involve local 

groups, which are to be called Community 

Boards, in order to encourage a strong sense 

of involvement and communication with the 

far-flung parishes around the county. 

The parish boundaries will not be changed 

initially, but all the present County and 

District Councillors are to be replaced by 

fewer (147) Unitary Councillors. The 

electoral boundaries will be revised in due 

course by the Boundary Commission. No 

decisions have yet been made on how the 

existing Planning roles of the District 

Councils will be dealt with. 

There has been a consultation by the 

Shadow Authority on this important matter, 

seeking views on how they should carve up 

the county - on the optimum number of 

Boards, their membership, budget, voting 

rights and agendas. The pros and cons of 11, 

12, 14 and 19 Boards were considered and 

their recommendation is for the 14 Boards as 

shown on the map. Membership of each 

Board would consist of the local Unitary 

Councillors, Parish Councillors, resident 

representatives, as well as the police, fire 

services, health professionals and so on. 

Each Board would have a full-time officer 

and a budget and would meet up to six times 

a year. The total county budget for these 

Boards has already been set at £2.5 m for the 

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10 th ‘Home Brass’, Brass Quintet, Students from the Music Colleges 

17 th ‘Words and Music’, Celebrating Autumn 

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first year to cover local projects, highways and 

health related activity. How this sum will be 

divided between Boards has yet to be agreed. 

One can see the logic behind many of these 

recommendations which will work better for 

some areas than others, but the current proposal 

is that both Penn and Tylers Green are in the 

'Mid Chilterns' Board which stretches from 

Flackwell Heath in the south to Hyde End and 

Ballinger in the north, covering over 20 towns, 

villages and hamlets. There is no major town 

providing a focus in the proposed Board and 

very little commonality of interests between the 

mix of Parishes in such an elongated area. Penn 

with its Penn Street and Winchmore Hill 

hamlets has decided that it would much prefer 

to look to be part of Amersham. On the other 

hand, Tylers Green and part of Penn are 

effectively one community and some would 

hope that in time this arrangement could 

be formalised. 

The consultation paper includes a 

detailed examination of why the Local 

Area Forums (LAFs) have not been a 

success - interest has been low and 

attendance very poor because parishes 

do not identify with it, the budget is 

miniscule and the staffing inadequate. 

The hope is that these matters will be 

addressed by the new Board 

arrangements. 

In the evaluation of options there is 

currently no information about how the 

Police, primary care providers and 

other partner organisations map onto 

the proposed Board structure. This is an 

important consideration and needs to be 

looked at before final decisions are 

made. 

The 19-Board solution puts Tylers 

Green in the Chepping Wye Valley area 

and Penn with Amersham. The 

14-Board solution keeps Penn & Tylers 

Green together but has other 

complexities which are not ideal. The 

question is, which of these options is 



the least worst? 

The consultation for this closed on 30th 

September. At the time of VV going to press 

Penn Parish has chosen to opt for the 19 Board 

solution and CWPC has yet to make its 

decision. 

The Residents Society has not yet discussed 

the matter and opinions will vary. It may be 

that we opt for the 14 Board solution on the 

basis that even though it is not perfect, in the 

longer term it will be in the interests of the 

community for Penn & Tylers Green to be in 

the same Board if they are ever to become 

formally joined together. 

Much thought has gone into the arrangements 

for these new Boards and their purpose 

undoubtedly meets a need, but the Mid 

Chilterns Board as proposed is far from ideal 

and requires further work. Miles Green 

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Five Remarkable Local Women... 

In April 2018 a statue was unveiled in 

Parliament Square London to remember the 

Suffragist & Social Reformer, Dame Millicent 

Fawcett, the plinth on which it stands contains 

59 names (55 women & 4 four men) who took a 

significant part in the campaign for Women’s 

suffrage, four of those named have a direct link 

with Penn & Tylers Green. 

The most recognisable name is 

probably that of Dr. Louisa 

Garrett Anderson CBE, niece of 

Millicent Fawcett and daughter of 

the medical pioneer Elizabeth 

Garret Anderson. In 1910 she was 

a member of the delegation, along with Emmeline 

Pankhurst, who met the Prime Minister, Herbert 

Asquith to press for votes for women, little or no 

progress was made and in the ensuing melee 

Louisa was arrested and taken to Holloway Jail 

Following the outbreak of WW1, she served in 

France and as Chief Surgeon of the Women’s 

Hospital Corps along with her life partner Dr. Flora 

Murray she ran the hospital in Endel Street Covent 

Garden. Between the wars she was well known and 

respected in both Penn & Penn Street and served 

for several years on Penn PC. She died in 1943 and 

is buried in Holy Trinity Penn together with Flora 

Murray, in life they shared a home in Gatemoor 

Grange Pauls Hill. 

Lesser known perhaps is 

Suffragette Mary Gawthorpe, 

Leeds born Mary was a dynamic 

orator and addressed many 

gatherings, including one of 

200,000 in Hyde Park, poor health 

restricted her involvement in the campaign and 

after falling out with others in the movement she 

moved to America in 1916, where she joined the 

struggle for American women’s suffrage, she 

married in 1921 and died in New York in 1973. She 

lived in Penn in the Autumn of 1912 although her 

exact address remains unknown, but she called for 



a National Hunger Strike through the press and 

gave her address as Penn Bucks, she also gave an 

interview to the Daily Mail on “Penn Common “ 

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh 

was the daughter of the last 

Maharajah of the Sikh Empire and 

a Goddaughter of Queen Victoria. 

An ardent suffragette, her sole 

aim in life was “the advancement 

of women” she refused to pay her taxes and was 

also a member of the 1910 Asquith delegation but 

was never arrested. During WW2 she lived in Tylers 

Green along with her sister Catherine and died in 

Colehatch House Hammersley Lane in 1948. 

Ellen Wilkinson’s later life was 

covered in an earlier addition of 

the VV, when she and notable 

others lived at Twixtlands in Penn 

Bottom. However, in 1913 she was 

a paid employee of the National 

Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies and helped to 

organise, in July, of that year the Great Suffrage 

Pilgrimage when 50,000 attended a rally in Hyde 

Park. It is sometimes difficult to understand how 

this remarkable lady, who has a number of schools 

and colleges named after her, can lie in such 

humble surroundings in Holy Trinity Penn Street. 

Finally, a fifth name, which 

although it does not appear on 

the plinth, belonged to probably 

the most flamboyant of all the 

suffragettes, Muriel Matters. 

Muriel was an Australian actress 

who had arrived in this country in 1905 and 

became a member of the Women’s Freedom 

League, in 1909 she handcuffed herself to the grille 

of the Ladies Gallery in the Houses of Parliament 

for which she spent a month in Holloway prison 

and followed this up with a balloon flight over 

Parliament from which she planned to drop 

leaflets, unfortunately due to a change in the 

weather she ended up over Coulsdon, in 1913 she 

married an American dentist, William Porter, and 

they lived for many years at St Johns Orchard, 

Manor Road Penn, which was located at the 

Hazlemere end of Manor Road close to the A404. 

Despite the fact that three of these ladies only 

came to live locally after the battle had been 

won, they have all left a legacy of which the 

villages can be rightly proud. Ron Saunders 

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CLUBS 

& SOCIETIES 

Guiding in P&TG 

Hello Village Voice readers! We are gearing up, 

in the Kingswood Division, for the start of a 

new term following the Summer break. 

Planning meetings have been taken place and 

exciting ideas bounced around to welcome the 

Brownies and Guides back into their packs. We 

are all anticipating noisy first meetings, as the 

girls are reunited after their holidays! The 

Guides have started working on the Madagascar 

Challenge Badge, they’ve already played Gecko 

Drive (like Beetle Drive) and learnt more about 

the country through a general knowledge quiz. 

The badge has been created by a Young Leader 

in Holmer Green to help fund her service trip to 

Madagascar where she will be working in an 

early childhood development centre to help 

local children to read, write and count. The 

Guides have also managed to fit in a camp to 

Willow Trees in Harefield where they 

participated in team building challenges and 

were rewarded for their efforts over the 

weekend by achieving their Camp Stage 4 Skill 

Builder badge! Just after the term finished in 

July one of the Guides undertook the brave 

challenge of a sponsored haircut in memory of 

her Nanny with her hair donated to the Little 

Princess Trust and the money raised to the 

Rennie Grove Hospice Care, and has so far well 

exceeded her initial target, well done Rose! See 

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiserdisplay/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=Ros 

eLongmoresHaircutForNanny&pageUrl=2 

In a fit of madness, I decided to participate in 

the Shine 2018 Night Walk for Cancer Research 

UK, but emergency surgery just a few weeks 

before the event forced me to pull out last 

minute, so I’m taking part this year on Saturday 

21st September. Training has been hampered 

with injuries but I’m raring to go now and 

looking forward to completing the 26 miles 

overnight! If you fancy sponsoring a pound or 

two to an extremely important cause please see 

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/ 

katies-giving-page-452 

In July, the Kingswood Trefoil Guild 

thoroughly enjoyed a lovely cream tea at the 

Hazlemere Golf Club overlooking the golf 

course, they highly recommend the venue! 

Sadly the BBQ planned for August had to be 

cancelled but they are now looking forwards to 


a board game evening in September. Several 

members of the Guild joined a large gathering at 

the County Trefoil Picnic held at the Guide 

Centre in Princes Risborough where they were 

entertained by a group of belly dancers and 

finished the event with a traditional camp fire 

sing song! 

It’s that time again where I beat my 

volunteering stick! We are on the look out for 

anyone who wants to help in our units, whether 

it be training to be a leader, a unit helper or a 

young leader! There are so many different 

opportunities to help work with the girls in our 

community, to gain great experience of 

leadership, travel and learn. There is so much on 

offer and it’s incredibly rewarding regardless of 

what role you undertake to be such an essential 

cog in the running of our Guide and Brownie 

Packs locally. See https://www.girlguiding.org. 

uk/get-involved/become-a-volunteer Katie Barnes 

P&TG Scout Group 

After the summer break the Group has started 

back on it’s Autumn / Winter programme. We 

have our Autumn Jumble Sale this month, 

Saturday 5th October at TG Village Hall, starts 

at 12.30 (Please note earlier start time). Why not 

come along and bag yourself a bargain? We 

always have plenty of varied and good quality 

jumble for sale. If you can spare hour or two we 

are always looking for help so why not come 

along and lend a hand? Friday night to get ready 

6.30 - 8.30p.m. Saturday morning from 9.00 

a.m. Hope to see a big crowd turn up. Paul Wicks 

Evening WI 

Our popular Craft Fair will be on Saturday 26th 

October at 2pm in the Village Hall, so maybe a 

good time to start your Christmas shopping! As 

usual there will be a WI Cake stall and home 

made refreshments on sale so why not pop in 

and have a look around and enjoy a slice of 

cake! Entry is free. 

Although we don’t meet officially in August, 

over 20 of us enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea, 

generously hosted by one of our members in her 



garden. We were fortunate that the sun shone 

which added to the enjoyment and money was 

raised to support Denman, the WI’s education 

college. Also in August, we Chomped and 

Chattered at Zaza in Old Amersham. 

September brought us back after the summer 

break and we saw some wonderful Wildlife 

Photography when Tom Way visited. In October 

we hold our Annual Meeting when a new 

committee is chosen and our speaker, Jacqueline 

Aviolet, speaks of Four Days at the Nursery. In 

November we focus on Christmas Crafts & 

Recipes 

The WI is here to inspire women of all ages 

and provides fun and friendship, plus the chance 

to learn new skills, get involved within the 

community and take part in a wide range of 

activities. We would like to invite you to a 

complimentary visit to one of our meetings on 

the second Thursday of the month at 8pm in the 

Village Hall. You are always welcome and we’d 

be delighted to see you. Pat Hedley, 812645, email: 

pennandtylersgreeneveningwi@gmail.com, web: 

pennandtylersgreeneveningwi.weebly.com 

Morning WI 

We had an excellent attendance for our August 

coffee morning; as we do not have an actual 

meeting in August. Unfortunately, we have had 

to cancel our visit to Waterperry Gardens due to 

lack of numbers and members taking later 

holidays. We will try again next year. 

Our September speaker was a Lady 

Toastmaster., with lots of tales to tell and an 

insight into her life. 

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October is our AGM so we shall not have a 

speaker on this occasion but something will be 

found to entertain members if there is some 

spare time! Then we are into our birthday 

meeting in November. How fast the year goes. 

If you would like to come and visit us, we 

meet on the third Monday of the month at Penn 

&Tyler's Green Sports & Social Club, Elm Rd. 

at 10am for 10.15am or phone me on the 

number below. Sheila Sparrow 812163 

Village Care Open Gardens 2019 

Penn & Tyler’s Green Open Gardens 2019 was 

truly amazing! Not simply because there were 

16 folk (two for the first time) in the centre of 

our community willing to share the beauty of 

their quintessential English village gardens with 

others, not simply because God blessed us with 

near perfect weather (not too hot, not too cold 

and free from rain) when both days either side 

were a deluge and ‘freezing’; not simply 

because we had a great choir (of village ladies) 

for the first time entertaining us at Mary Coker’s 

wonderful ‘pit stop’, but...and wait for it...taking 

into account the number of non-paying children, 

who dutifully went round the Gardens with their 

families, there were over 500 people! 

And when you consider that the average 

number of Open Gardeners these past 5 years 

has been in the region of just over the 300 

mark... we have truly witnessed - on the 9th 

June 2019... nothing short of a miracle! 

True, we advertised more widely, including a 

live ‘tweet’ at opening time on the villages’ 

Facebook page; true, the 20 strong singers from 



‘Local Vocals’ brought other members of their 

families too, and their excellent singing delayed 

folk into purchasing a second and sometimes 

third cuppa and additional pieces of Mary’s 

delicious baked cakes...all 40 of which were 

devoured by the end, doubling her usual 

donated contribution to Village Care; true, we 

had idyllic weather...enhanced by the first bit of 

warmth and dryness for days; but an increase in 

numbers of over 50% surely isn’t fully 

explained by the above...but then ‘miracles’ by 

their very nature retain a sense of mystery about 

them... don’t they?! 

In any event, an occasion to be cherished by 

us all, that’s for sure, but perhaps particularly by 

Maureen Baker and Ray Stidwell, both bravely 

opening their gardens following the recent loss 

of their lifelong spouses...tragically and 

untimely in the case of dear Jean. RIP. 

Looking down on us from on high, both will 

have been thrilled to see such record takings, 

which, with the donation from our village 

sponsor, FM (at Penn Barn), amounted to a total 

of just under £2,750 all of which will ultimately 

be fed back by way of gifts into the community. 

Thanks to all who contributed and especially 

to our Open Gardeners, along with our two 

professionals, Ruth Powell and Jan Lance. It has 

to said, that Ruth’s admin and networking skills, 

on top of her professional knowledge and ability 

makes her the true Queen of our lovely village 

Open Gardens. Paul Breeze 

Village Care 

We could do with another Tuesday telephonist 

for Village Care: please ring Gillian (815693) if 

you would like to talk about doing telephony 

once a month. If you would like to drive for 

Village Care, either once a month or as an extra 

driver, please contact Rob (817893); we are in 

need of both. Village Care will be holding its 

AGM on Friday, 4th October in St Margaret's 

Church Hall, at 7.30 for 8 pm. All are welcome, 

and there will be drinks and nibbles before, 

during and after the AGM - please come and 

meet us. Peter Sachs, 257823 

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FIELDS IN 

KINGS WOOD Part 2... 

The LiDAR map reveals that there were indeed 

fields in King's Wood, and many of them. The 

lines on the map are 'lynchets', marking the edge 

of a sharp change of slope, created mostly by 

movement of the soil downhill due to long term 

ploughing between boundaries, with perhaps 

also a deliberate element of levelling. This could 

be done by selecting land with a comparatively 

gentle gradient and cutting in to the higher land 

to create a back wall then pushing the removed 

earth across to the lower lying area to create a 

level surface. Depending on the topography this 

might leave one or both of the other sides as a 

wall. That might be what we see on the LiDAR 

images which often seem to show squares 

which have three strong sides and a weaker/ 

absent fourth. 



Where there is not much of a slope, such as at 

the Totteridge edge of the wood, we should not 

expect to find surviving lynchets of any size, if 

at all, but this does not necessarily mean that 

these areas were not cultivated. There are faint 

traces of boundaries in the more heavily used 

and flatter parts of the wood which have been 

eroded by the passage of feet. We should also 

bear in mind that what we see today is not what 

farmers many years ago would have seen 

because if you clear Chiltern valley sides of 

trees for farming you increase the risk of lateral 

movement and soil run-off with rain. This 

means that the thin soil that we see today would 

have been considerably thicker and would have 

better supported agriculture. 

The immediate question arising is when were 

these fields first marked out? How long has the 

wood protected these still well-defined, in some 

cases still massive boundary banks from erosion 

by feet and by the weather? Are we talking 

about medieval fields, or even earlier? Were 

they in use in the many centuries of the Saxon 

period before 

the Norman 

Conquest? Did 

the Romans 

inherit these 

fields from 

their 

prehistoric 

predecessors, 

and if so are 

we talking 

about Iron 

Age, Bronze 

Age or 

Neolithic 

farmers? 

These are the 

questions 

which I will be 

trying to 

address in 

future articles. 

Miles Green 

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October 

5th - Scouts Jumble Sales 

6th - Harvest Festival Services - St 

Margarets 

12th - Defibrillator Training 

12th & 23rd - Flu Clinic, Simpson Centre 

Noticeboard 

October / November 2019 

The Village Makers Market 

The Village Makers Market in association Savills the estate 

agents will be hosting its annual Christmas artisan makers 

market at Tylers green village hall on Saturday the 9th of 

November from 12 till 4pm. Paula Hall and Ruthie Goodall the 

organisers of the event are excited to announce that this year 

we will be supporting 2 local charities, as well as Williams 

Fund this year we have The One Can Trust, our local 

foodbank who will be there collecting donations. There is no 

admission charge to the fair but in lieu of this we would love 

visitors to bring along a donation if they can. We have 38 

fantastic local makers this year from artisan gin and beers, 

hand blended teas and of course lots of talented local gift 

makers, so it is a great opportunity to get your Christmas 

shopping done by buying local. Last year was a tremendous 

turn out, over 550 of you came along making this such a 

great event for the village and of course for the makers. 

Please follow us on Facebook , @The Village Makers Market 

for regular updates and videos of our makers products. 

Chiltern Music Academy 

During term time over 500 young musicians aged 4-19 come 

together each week to sing in choirs and play their instruments in 

orchestras, wind bands, jazz bands, recorder and chamber groups 

at the award winning Chiltern Music Academy based at the Royal 

Grammar School and Wycombe High School. Local residents, Kate 

and Tim Venvell, are part of the leadership team, and are keen to 

invite residents and their families to join in and become part of this 

friendly musical community! Children as young as 4 years old can 

come along and have fun learning through song, movement and 

tuned percussion playing. When the time comes, these children 

have a strong foundation upon which to build their own musical 

journey into the wonderful world of playing an instrument. 

Regular concerts, Festivals, national and international tours await 

them as they set off on this exciting adventure! You can find out 

more by visiting the CMA Facebook page or website: www. 

chilternmusicacademy.org Tim & Kate Venvall 

Carols on the Common 

An early date for your diary! Carols on the 

Common will take place on Thursday 19th 

December at 19.45 around the Christmas 

Tree. Bill Sadler (Christmas Tree Committee) 

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friendships, fun, competition and a whole lot more. All you 

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Hazlemere Gardening Association 

SOCIAL EVENING, FRIDAY 11th OCTOBER: Our social evening will take 

place at the Hazlemere Community Centre, Rose Avenue. The speaker 

will be Dick Smith Beaconsfield Town Crier who will talk on 

“Highwayman in and around Beaconsfield” His talk will be followed by 

an excellent supper with wine, soft drinks, cheeses, pate, sausages, 

salad and French bread. Tickets are only £5.00 each and are on sale at 

the barn shop . The price includes 2 glasses of wine or soft drink and a 

light supper, so get your tickets asap as numbers have to be limited and 

this is always a very popular event. Open to Non-members 

BARN STORE: Our Barn Store shop is open every Sunday morning from 

10am to 12noon. (February to October) You can find us at Cedar Barn, 

Barn Lane off Cedar Ave, Hazlemere, so why not come along and see our 

extensive range of gardening products at the best possible prices and 

join our association. Annual membership is only £5 (£3 if aged 60 and 

over). If you would like to know more please visit our website www. 

hazlemeregardening.co.uk We close on October 20th and open again 

the first Sunday in February 2020. Peter Pearman (Membership Secretary) 

01494 711570 www.hazlemeregardening.co.uk 

Priestfield Arboretum Stony Lane, Little Kingshill HP 16 ODU 

Open Day Sunday October 20th. 10.30 – 4pm. Private collection of rare & 

specimen trees in delightful 6 acre woodland setting. Managed & 

maintained by dedicated volunteers who have done much clearance in the 

past year, creating a more open and spacious feel to this lovely quiet place. 

Come and meet new Hon.Curator Tim Pye, who will be glad to welcome 

you.Admission £2. Free guided tours throughout the day. Guidebook 

available. Regret uneven terrain not suitable for disabled. Contact Tim Pye 

07768337619 or email curator@priestfieldarboretum.org.uk 

Tyler's Green Bridge Club 

If you play bridge and need a reason to come out 

on a Thursday evening, then come and join us in 

the Tylers Green Village Hall, Penn Room. We are 

a social bridge club and welcome players of all 

levels. We play in a friendly and relaxed style. If 

you have played bridge before (maybe rusty) or 

recently completed a Bridge course, this is the 

place to get practice and meet new people. 

Some of the comments from our members: 

• "Very nice social evening, friendly crowd" 

• "Very friendly, lovely people, not put under 

pressure" 

• "Meet up with friends, good bridge, nice 

environment" 

• "Friendly and amusing" 

We play Duplicate bridge and aim to play 16 

boards or more, if you are a very serious player 

we may be too relaxed! The doors open at 7.00 

pm for set up and we like to be seated at 7.20 pm 

for a 7.30 start and finish at 10.00pm. We look 

forward to meeting you. Contact Karen at 

tylersgreenbridge@gmail.com or phone Val 

812528 or Karen 816450 



november 

2nd - Flu Clinic, Simpson Centre 

9th - Fireworks, Sports & Social 

Club 

10th - Remembrance Sunday 

Services 

Beaconsfield Film Society 

October/November Screenings: 

Friday 4th October: Capernaum 

(“Chaos”) Saturday 19th October: Vice 

Friday 1st November: Wild Rose 

Saturday 16th November: Nae Pasarom 

www.beaconsfieldfilmsociety.com 

Hurricane Swoops 

Over The Village! 

There is nothing quite like the distinctive 

growl of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine and 

we were fortunate to have a Hurricane II 

c fly over on Bank Holiday Monday for 

the Hazlemere Fete. This was no 

ordinary Hurricane either but the last 

production line Hurricane built in 

Buckinghamshire, in July 1944, in the 

days when Langley was still part of our 

county. Something about the aircraft 

still has the ability, all these years on, to 

raise our morale and arouse a sense of pride. We had hoped to see The 

Dakota from The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight but it wasn’t airworthy 

on the day but we appreciate the RAF still sending us an historic aircraft. 

There was a strong sense of history, reinforced by the Art and 

Photography exhibition featuring “The way we were” with a lot of local 

pictures and stories. This attracted a lot of interest and comment and it 

would be nice to be able to expand the scope of the local history aspect 

next year. Old pictures of Penn, Hazlemere and the surrounding areas 

attracted a lot of interest. The fete was a great success and helped raise 

around £5,000, not including the monies that various clubs and 

societies were able to raise for themselves. Children in our village use 

the Hazlemere Youth Centre for example, which took in £822 from the 

raffle, so the facilitation of fund raising is an important aspect. People 

also appreciate the free entry and parking into the bargain. The hot 

weather meant a couple of the animal attractions had to be cancelled 

but the Alpacas enjoyed the shade of a large tree and seemed “chilled” 

listening to the jazz band and the Fun Dog Show offered plenty of 

shade and water and treats, so there were no stressed animals, only one 

lady who had the after effects of too much sun. Next year sees the 160th 

fete but in order for it to go ahead, there are a number of job roles to be 

fulfilled and volunteers are very much needed to make it happen. It is an 

event for the wider community that supports a lot of good causes, 

whilst providing community cohesion. There is more information about 

the fete on the website: https://www.bucksvoice.net/hazlemere-fete 

Alternatively, contact the fete Chairman, Ray Cox on 01494 817000 or 

email him at: penn.consult@btinternet.com 

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The 

Beauty Retreat 

Beauty & Holistic Therapy 

u Massage 

u Hot Stone Massage 

u Reflexology 

u Facials 

Call Zoë on 

07790 512371 

u Waxing 

u Manicures & Pedicures 

u Eye Treatments 

u Diamond Peel 

Microdermabrasion 

Find us on 

@beautyretreat2018 

Performance Computing 

Call John: 07831 373 871 

Slow Computers & Laptops Fixed 

Lost photos & files recovered 

All Repairs - Virus Removal 

Wireless - Email - Training 

Local + Friendly + Professional 

Home Visits + 30 Years Experience! 

CARS 

WANTED 

TOP PRICES PAID FOR 

Scrap Cars & Vans 

MOT Failures & Non-Runners 

3rd Party Insurance Write-Offs 

We are fully licensed by the Environment Agency 

and DVLA to process end of life vehicles and issue 

Certificates of Destruction. 

Choose 

01844 268 940 ( Option 2 

Rycote Lane, Thame OX9 2JB 

www.asm-autos.co.uk 

( 

DJ Beck Plumber 

Est. in Penn 35+ years 

01494 

813540 

No job 

too 

small 

Age Concern & Trading Standards approved 

Turville Printi ng Services LLP 

Unit 2, 67 Verney Avenue, 

High Wycombe, Bucks. HP12 3ND 

info@turvilleprinting.co.uk 

• Brochures • Leaflets • Letterheads 

• Business Cards • Newsletters 

• Compliment Slips • NCR forms 

• Canvas Prints • Posters & More 

For all your printing & design requirements 

01494 520322 

www.turvilleprinting.co.uk 

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Looking for a 

Parents like The Village Pre-school because we are: 

Flexible: choose your days, hours and start date 

Open long hours: open 9.15am to 12.15pm, 

1.15pm, 2.15pm, 2.45pm or 3.15pm - you choose 

your child’s finish time 

Affordable: Free for eligible 2-4 year olds up to 

30 hours per week. Just £6.25 per hour for extra 

hours and non funded children. 

We offer extra flexiblity for 2 year olds. 

Friendly: your child will be happy and safe with our 

attentive caring staff 

Supportive: we promote learning and independence, 

encouraging your child to be confident. We offer 

Forest School sessions, promoting confidence and the 

emergence of risk taking skills 

Fun: children enjoy exciting and stimulating 

activities, including visits from special guests and trips 

Contact us today on 01494 817093 or thevillagepreschool@btinternet.com 

visit us at www.villagepreschool.org.uk 

The Village Pre-school 

The Methodist Church, Coppice Farm Road, Tylers Green HP10 8AN 

Registered charity 1098879 

IT experts 

who speak 

your language. 

That’s Ingenuity. 

At Ingenuity we understand IT. Equally 

reassuring though, is our ability to 

understand and meet our customers’ 

needs, and to speak their language. 

High quality computer and IT systems 

support for individuals, small and 

medium-size businesses (SMEs) and 

non-profit organisations 

Great value services 

Plain English advice 

No-nonsense price promises 

Find out more about Ingenuity IT’s full 

range of services at www.ingenuityit.com 

info@ingenuityit.com 219 Penn Road, Hazlemere, HP15 7PB 

Freephone 0800 849 4503 

www.ingenuityit.com 

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Your local estate agency 

supporting the community 

and loving every minute! 

Hazlemere 01494 716000 www.jnp.co.uk 

Chartered Building Surveyor 

based in 

Hughenden Valley 

SURVEYS 

DESIGN 

PARTY WALL 

Contact Jason Wood 

for further information 

t: 01494 562547 

m: 07791 503607 

e: jason@applewoods-surveying.co.uk 

www.applewoods-surveying.co.uk 

W J Kepetzis Optometrists 

Est. 1989 

Friendly, professional personal service 

NHS & Private sight tests 

Contact lenses & Retinal photography 

Wide range of stylish frames 

Competitive prices 

Convenient community location 

Ample on-site parking 

26, Eastern Dene, PROFESSIONAL Hazlemere 

HP15 7BS 

01494 716708 

Mon-Fri: 9am – 5.30pm, Sat 9am -1pm 

New patients welcome 

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LAURIE HAYES FLOOR LAYER 

Specialist in Amtico, Karndean and other 

high quality vinyl products 

All types of carpet and vinyl supplied and 

fitted. 

Local for over 25 years 

01494 815523 or 07788 440852 

Please contact: Gary Arnold (Proprietor) 

27 Rose Avenue 202 Desborough Road, 

Hazlemere 

High Wycombe, 

Bucks HP15 7PH 

Bucks HP11 2TE. 

01494 81 81 81 01494 - 53 11 11 

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Plastic Free Penn & Tylers Green 

How you can plan to reduce your plastic footprint this Christmas 

At this time of year, many people start to think about and plan for Christmas. In 

advance of this there are some things to consider which could help reduce your 

plastic footprint this Christmas. 

Wrapping paper – it could be UNRECYCLABLE 

Before buying wrapping paper you may wish to consider the paper’s material. Shiny, 

metallic, glittery paper cannot be recycled! If placed wrongly in the recycling bin, it 

will contaminate whole loads of recycled materials, which will then be disposed of 

via landfill or incineration. Have you tried the scrunch test? If you are unsure whether 

your paper is recyclable, scrunch it into a ball. If it keeps its shape, it is recyclable. 

But if it’s glittery, it isn’t! Ideas to consider: 

• Swap traditional gift wrapping for brown paper 

• Use raffia ribbon for tying presents, or even hemp! 

• Avoid excess packaging and look for plastic-free ribbon and wrapping 

Christmas trees and wreaths 

Real Christmas trees should be cut up into small pieces and disposed of with garden 

waste, if you have a wreath or spring of mistletoe or holly, remove any synthetic 

hangers or decorations before you put them into the garden waste bin or compost. 

Disposable/single use cutlery/plates/tumblers/napkins 

Many plastic cups and other food ware are low grade plastic, which is often not 

recyclable. Dirty paper plates, napkins and paper towels contaminate the recycling 

facility, so these should be placed in general waste 

Recycling symbols 

The Recycle Now website outlines the current recycling symbols in 

use https://www.recyclenow.com 

Unwanted gifts and toys? 

If a product is made of materials which on their own are recyclable but cannot be 

easily disassembled – DO NOT put them into the recycling bin! Consider donating to 

charity for reuse. Always take batteries out of toys which are made of a singular 

plastic and recycle them through a battery collection scheme. Otherwise they can 

cause serious fires in a Materials Recycling Facility. 

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MIKE’s 

Garden Services 

for all your Gardening and 

Landscaping needs 

• Garden Tidy Ups and Renovation 

• Garden Ponds 

• Tree Surgery 

• Fencing 

• Pruning 

• Hedge Cutting 

Fast, friendly service by local company with 

over 15 years experience 

Tel: 01494 817 441 

Mob: 07734 297 136 

Email: michaeljknapp@hotmail.com 

tk plumbing and electrics 

Tom Kehoe 

For all your plumbing and electrical needs 

City & Guilds qualified 

No job too small 

All work guaranteed 

References can be supplied on request 

Contact Tom on: 

phone: 01494 580518 / mob: 07716 440916 

Email: tk_plumbingandelectrics@hotmail.co.uk 

C. D. JONES ELECTRICAL 

07930 371143 

Serving the Penn area for over 17 years 

Bespoke domestic electrician 

Free quotations 

Fully qualified 

chris-jones1985@live.co.uk 

www.cdjoneselectrical.co.uk 

F.A. MAGEE & CO 

(Est. 1942) 

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 

Offices in Hayes, Middlesex and Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire 

We offer a comprehensive range of professional services 

for the new, expanding and established business. 

• Accounts preparation 

• Audit services 

• Tax planning & advice including self assessment 

• Book keeping & salaries 

• Budgets & business plan preparation 

• Company secretarial 

• Management consultancy 

For a personal, friendly and efficient service contact 

Andrew Davies or Wendy Davies 

Telephone 01494 447181 or 0208 573 3939 

Partners: A. Davies, W.S. Davies Manager: P. Dean 

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PLUMBING SERVICES 

Repairs - Maintenance - Installations 

No job too small 

Free Estimates 

Established 1984 

Call or email Nigel Barrett 

01494 813464 

07971 570124 

barrettdomestics@googlemail.com 

Mike Morley 

Handyman Services 

01494 816638 

or 

07876 544302 

For your home 

maintenance needs 

F E L L A S 

WET CUT … £14.50 

OAP’S … £9.00 

BOYS (UNDER 5’S) … £6.00 

BOYS (UNDER 12’S) … £9.00 

DAD & LAD … £2.00 DISCOUNT 

24 KINGS RIDE, TYLERS GREEN 

01494 818184 

Providing a range of services: 

Mike Morley 

• Extensions 

• Painting and Decorating 

• Brickwork 

Handyman Services 

• Patios and Driveways 

01494 

07876 

816638 ALL GENERAL 544302 BUILDING WORK UNDERTAKEN 

For free advice and estimates, please contact: 

Tel: 01494 816201 • Mobile: 07956 131543 • email: dmchalker@yahoo.co.uk 

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For your home maintenance needs

YOU & YOGA 

Friendly classes. 

All ages and abilities welcome 

at Tylers Green Village Hall, every 

Tuesday & Thursday 

RESTORE 

strength, flexibility, lung capacity, 

mental focus 

RELIEVE 

chronic conditions, common aches & pains 

RELAX 

sleep well, reduce stress, increase energy 

For an informal chat, contact Victoria 

youandyoga@live.co.uk 

07984 492 094 

Victoria is BWY 500hr Qualified Teacher 

Impact 

Private Hire 

d Airport Transfers 

d Train Stations 

d Executive Business Travel 

d Conference Meetings 

d London Theatres 

d Luxury 7 Seater Vehicle 

d Company Accounts Welcome 

Professional and Reliable Door 

to Door Service 

Mob: 07973 137446 Tel: 01494 715915 

CLEAN 

OVENS 

Ovens, Agas, Hobs, Extractors, 

Grills, Microwaves, Barbecues etc 

For an appointment 

or quotation 

please telephone 

Alan on 

01494 269264 

or 07906 301639 

891 London Road, High Wycombe 

01494 472572 

32 Gregories Road, Beaconsfield 

01494 685000 

• Traditional and 

Alternative Funerals 

• 24 Hour Attendance 

• Pre-Payment Plan 

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Supply and Install new garage doors 

Up and over, Roller, Sectional, Side Hung 

Add Automation to new and existing doors! 

Repairs and servicing to all types and makes of 

doors 

Free Quotations 

No upfront costs on repairs 

PENN TREE SERVICES LTD 

Tom Hunnings, C&G Certified Arborist 

and Tree Surgeon 

Tree Maintenance & Removal 

01494 444843 or 

07968577225 

E: info@garagedoordoctor-bucks.co.uk 

W: www.garagedoordoctorbucks.co.uk 

Pruning - Shaping - Stump Removal 

Fully Qualified & Insured 

Fencing & Logs 

Free Advice and Quotes 

01494 815444 

info@penntreeservices.co.uk 

www.penntreeservices.co.uk 

D E C L U T T E R I N G O R 

O R G A N I S I N G Y O U R 

H O M E ? 

HALL HIRE 

at Penn Free Methodist Church. 

Contact Mrs. Langston on 01494 

815088 or email 

jacqui.langston@gmail.com 

www.pennhallhire.com 

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Pukka Planting Services 

RHS Dip Hort 

All Types of Plan.ng work undertaken including : 

• Hedges 

• Renova,on of ,red beds & borders 

• All year round interest & colour 

• Plan,ng ideas & plans 

• Friendly reliable service 

• 15 years experience 

• Fully insured 

v Also all types of fencing work 

undertaken 

Please call or email Andy 

for more informa,on 

Mobile : 07932 775488 

Tel : 01494 812662 

ajgardens@rocketmail.com 

SHARLEY 

DOMESTICS 

BUILT-IN APPLIANCE SPECIALIST 

SERVICE REPAIRS 

Hire Cedar Barn or The Stables 

Hazlemere 

Converted Barn and Newly Reburbished 

The Stables 

Each room holds 60 people 

Suitable for meetings, parties and fitness groups etc 

Cost: £18 per hour Cedar Barn 

Cost: £12 per hour The Stables 

MACHINES 

FREEZERS 

Tel: 01494 485926 

Fax: 01494 484140 

www.sharleydomestics.com 

Please call Rachel on 01494 715548 

or email cedarbarnbookings@btconnect.com 

or visit Hazlemere Parish Council website 

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MELLA INTERIORS 

has a brand new Shop 

Unit 2, DESBOX 

Baker Street 

High Wycombe 

HP11 2GG 

07949 185156 

01494 811912 

Curtains 

Upholstery 

Wallpaper 

Blinds 

Accessories 

Friendly Professional Interior Design advice 

on furnishings & colour for your home and office 

ella@melladesign.co.uk 

melladesign.co.uk 

style your interiors 

ENGLISH / LITERACY TUTOR IN 

PENN 

11+ tuition 

Specialist language, GCSE Level English 

Individual coaching 

Qualified teacher 

Ros Kendrick BSc (Oxon) 

Phone 07765 432258 

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Home Improvement Garage Doors supply, install & maintain 

garage doors in Penn and Tylers Green. 

C 

M 

Y 

CM 

MY 

CY 

Fast 

Repairs 

New 

Doors 

Low Cost 

Servicing 

Automated 

Systems 

CMY 

K 

FREE QUOTES 

& CONSULTATIONS 

07813 052915 

01494 714 809 

sales@higaragedoors.co.uk 

www.higaragedoors.co.uk 

Mortgage*or Life & Critical Illness cover? 

“the best you can 

DON THE HANDYMAN 

get in domestic 

QUALIFIED PLUMBER & TRADESMAN 

I believe oven that cleaning” you ll get the best advice from someone who s prepared to 

LOCAL & RELIABLE SERVICE 

listen first then help you to make the decisions that are right for you. 

Normally there s no fee for to book my help your and oven advice. in or General property maintenance, including 

to ask for a quote call 

the little things that need fixing 

However , if there is a fee it is typically £100 on application. 

01494 450 794 

The precise amount will depend on your circumstances. Bathroom refurbishments a speciality 

enquiries@ovenproud.co.uk Paul Wakefield 

Your DIY problems solved! 

*Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. 

Please call to see how I can help 

Mble: 07950 553190 Hme: 01494 817456 Office: 01494 812002 E: paul.wakefield@blrfinancial.co.uk 

www.ovenproud.co.uk 07957 490142 / www.donthehandyman.co.uk 

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A boost in Literacy & Numeracy KS1 & KS2 

11+ tuition 

SATS preparation Year 6 

Local Teacher with 30 years experience 

including 14 years tutoring experience. 

References available 

Contact: Avril Stewart 

01494 816316 

BRING RENEWABLE 

ENERGY HOME 

www.yourecouk.com 

O7858760398 

Solar PV & 

Tesla Powerwall 

designed, 

supplied & 

installed for 

domestic, 

commercial & 

agricultural use. 

STEVE HOBSON 

PLUMBING & HEATING 

GAS SAFE REG 205535 

Boilers, Gas Fires, Cookers 

Repair, Servicing and Installation 

Gas Safety, Landlord Certificates 

Unvented Systems & Plumbing 

Building Regs. Part P Electrical 

01494 524357 

Take that first step to a fitter and healthier self 

Ann Fry Personal Trainer 

Former World, European and Commonwealth 

Judo Champion 

Private Studio in Old Beaconsfield 

Call: 07973 841 821 

TEL: 01494 433139 

annhughesjudo@hotmail.com 

Shakespeare Pilates 

Strengthen & Lengthen Tone & Improve Posture 

Rehabilitate Injuries 

• Private Sessions in Studio with reformer 

• Group Classes covering all levels for fitness 

& rehabilitation 

• Sports Specific Pilates 

Qualified teacher with over 10 years experience 

Hilary Shakespeare 

T: 01494 812617 M: 07800 992122 

E: pilates@fletch1.co.uk 

SHAKESPEARE 

DECORATING 

MARK SHAKESPEARE 

01494 815300 

07973 673337 

mark@fletch1.co.uk 

PAINTING 

DECORATING 

CARPENTRY 

TILING 

SPECIAL EFFECTS 

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STEVE’S 

FURNITURE REPAIRS 

For all types of furniture repairs 

large or small give me a call! 

Chair doctor for loose joints 

Re-upholstery including loose seat pads, 

Polishing 

For a fast and reliable service 

call Steve on 01494 816115 

Oakfield Electrical 

Stephen O'Connell's 

Carpentry and Joinery Services 

(Advanced craft carpentry and joinery) 

Andrew Diplock 25 The Chase Tylers Green HP10 8BB 

andy.d2000@btinternet.com 07720 399703 


All aspects of Carpentry undertaken. 

Tel Number: (Beaconsfield) 01494 670785 

Mobile: 07773 284844 

MIKE MCLEOD 

WINDOW CLEANER 

6 Coppice Farm Rd., Tylers Green, High Wycombe, 

Bucks. HP10 8AL 

Window and Conservatory cleaning, 

Gutter clearing & cleaning of 

Fascias and Barge Boards 

Fully insured 


For further details tel: 01494 815456 or 

07791 273789 

birthdays, weddings, family celebrations 

vintage tea ware hire 

Diana Turner 

07788854462 

dcturner2007@yahoo.co.uk 

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HIGH WYCOMBE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE 

For retired and over 50-year olds 

Please come and make some new friends! 

Meetings every 4th Thursday of the month 

(except Dec / Aug) with a speaker, tea and biscuits 

2pm at St. Francis Assisi Church, Amersham Rd, 

High Wycombe 

All new members and visitors WELCOME 

OUTINGS RAMBLES PUB LUNCHES HOLIDAYS 

Weekly SWIMMING at LOCAL POOL 

Please call 01494 715775 / 812163 or 07769 631592 

Strings 

... of Penn 

Full range of stringed instruments 

and bows 

Sheet music, strings, cases, 

accessoriesand gifts 

Classical and acoustic guitars 

Instrument rental/purchase scheme 

Workshop facility 

Easy Parking 

www.stringsofpenn.co.uk 

Elm Road, Penn, Bucks. HP1O 8LB Tel: 01494 819966 

Penn Church Hall 

opposite the church 

Available for lettings 

Main hall seats 70 

Additional room & kitchen 

Rates on application 

Gail Wellings 

01494 813254 

Mulberry Flooring 

Specialists in bespoke hardwood floors 

Specialists in installation and 

refurbishment of all types of 

wooden floors 

T: 01494 535348 M: 07786 652271 

E: enquiries@mulberry-flooring.com 

QUALITY HAIRDRESSING 

IN YOUR OWN HOME 

ALISON 

Freelance Hairdresser 

07980 46 9208 

187566 

Jackson 

Plumbing & Heating 

For all your plumbing and heating 

requirements. 

• Installation • Services • Repair 

• 24 hour emergency call-out 

Tel: 01494 813917 

Mobile: 07799 850110 

FRENCH TUITION 

Children and Adults 

Beginners, GCSE, A level 

and conversation 

For further details telephone 

Fabienne 

01494 815749 

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OF ADVERTISERS 

Page Numbers for Village Voice 

Advertisers... 

Accountancy 

F A Magee Accountants 

FM Mortgages 

KMB Accountancy 

Philip Harper Financial Management 

Architects and Designers 

Applewoods Surveying 

Penn Planning 

Bathrooms and Kitchens 

Autumnwood 

Building and Property 

Alex Burridge Electrical 

All Locks 

Amersham Aerial Fix 

Chalker Property Maintenance 

Don The Handyman 

Dulieu Builders 

Garage Door Doctor 

Hi Garage Doors 

Mike McLeod Window Cleaning 

Mike Morley Handyman 

Penn Design 

Roy’s Clean Sweep 

Sharley Domestics 

TJ Windows 

Carpentry 

Carpentry & Joinery Services 

Steve's Furniture Repairs 

Church 

Penn Free Methodist Church 

Cleaning & Ironing 

A & T Cleaning 

Alan's Clean Ovens 

Ovenproud 

Red Kite Carpet Cleaning 

Procare Carpet Cleaning Sevices 

Computer Services 

Ingenuity IT 

John Phillips 

Phil Jones PC Repair 

Education & Childcare 

Little Oaks 

Little Oaks Creche 

The House that Jack Built 

The Village Pre-School 

Electricians 

Alex Burridge Electrical 

Oakfield Electrical 

R O'Donoghugh Electrician 

Estate Agents 

JNP 

Tim Russ 

Flooring 

Hayes Flooring 

Mulberry Flooring 

Trio Flooring 

Funeral Services 

Beacon Funeral Services 

Arnold Funeral Service 


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A Ellis Tree Surgeon 

Four Seasons Garden Services 

Keith's Maintenance 

Mike's Garden Services 

Penn Landscapes 

Penn Tree Services 

Pukka Planting Services 

Tylers Green Garden Maintenance 

Health & Lifestyle 

Alison Haircare 

Ann Fry Personal Trainer 

Aston Hearing Services Ltd 

Bloom Beauty Room 

Fellas Barber Shop 

Fitness Function 

Jane Symington Chiropody 

Lorraine's Professional Skin Therapy 

Shakespeare Pilates 

Signature Nails 

The Beauty Retreat 

Victoria Green You & Yoga 

Wendy Kepetzis Opticians 

Xtend by Shay 

Your Doctor 

Interior Design/Decorating Services 

Jon Woodbridge 

Mella Design Ltd 

N Gillie Decorating Services 

Paul Smith Decor 

Ruffles Curtains and Blinds 

Shakespeare Decorating 

Plumbing & Heating 

Chiltern Heating & Gas 

Dave Beck Plumber 

Jackson Plumbing 

N J Barrett Plumbing 

Penn Heating 

Steve Hobson Plumbing & Heating 

TK Plumbing & Electrics 

Retail 

Fields Domestic Appliances 

Strings 

Schools & Tuition 

Avril Stuart Tuition 

French Tuition 

Pauline Quirke Academy 

Ros Kendrick English/Literacy Tutor 

Services 

Alexa Beck Photography 

Cedar Barn & The Stables 

Companion Care 

Crossroads Vet 

Gill Morris 

Joy Whittaker Crotchet & Sew 

Lewis Nelson Counselling 

Loraine Grainger-Dogwalkies 

Organise and Shine 

Penn Church Hall 

The Phone Man 

Turville Printing Services 

Vintage Teaware Hire 

Your Eco 

Taxi Services 

Impact Private Hire 

Penn Private Hire 

Vehicle Sales, Servicing & Repairs 

ASM Auto Recycling 

Ollie Tapping Mobile Auto Technician 

Paul Russell's Garage 

Penn Motor Company 

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VILLAGE 

CONTACTS 

Need a number or an 

e-mail address? 

For changes or additions to these pages; 

e-mail; voice@pennandtylersgreen.org.uk. 

Animal Welfare 

● Cats Protection 448849 

● Lost Cats 676702 / www.buckscats.org.uk 

● RSPCA (South Bucks) 0300 1234 999 

(24-hour) www.southbucksrspca.org.uk 

● Stokenchurch Dog Rescue 482695 / 

www.stokenchurchdogrescue.co.uk 

● The Bat Conservation Trust www.bats.org. 

uk / www.northbucksbatgroup.org.uk 

Charities/Social & Conservation 

● Bridge Club Tylersgreenbridge@gmail.com, 

Karen Taylor 816450 & Val Macdiarmid 812528 

● Careers Springboard 

www.careersspringboard.info 

● Chiltern Samaritans (24 hours) 432000 

www.samaritans.org.uk 

● Citizen’s Advice Bureau 0844 245 1289 

www.citizensadvice.org.uk 

● Common Wood www.commonwoodpenn.co.uk 

● Curry Club Stewart Stone 07786 194642 

● Independent Village Website 

www.pennandtylersgreen.co.uk 

● NSPCC Helpline 0808 800 5000 

● NSPCC Childline 0800 1111 Confidential 

line for young people /children to seek help 

● Penn & Tylers Green Residents Society 

Chairman - Miles Green 815589 


● Royal British Legion Colin Doyle 816484 

● The Campaign to Protect Rural England 

(CPRE) Bucks; www.cprebucks.org.uk 

● The Chiltern Society 

www.chilternsociety.org.uk 

● Village Blog; www.pennandtylersgreen.com 

● Village Care; 816909 (Mon to Fri, 10am-1pm) 

● Village Show Committee 

Helen Whiting 816354/hcwhiting@aol.com 

● Women’s Institute (morning) 

Sheila Sparrow 812163 

● Women’s Institute (Evening) 

Hilary Forbes 816438 

www.bucksfwi.org.uk/pandtgevening 

● Woodrow High House 433531 

Churches 

● Holy Trinity & St Margaret’s Churches 

Rev Mike Bisset (t) 816700/ 

(e) vicar@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk 

Revd Derrick Carr (t) 442212 

(e) carrd@btopenworld.com 

Gail Wellings (Parish Office): (t) 813254 

(e) office@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk 

www.holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk 

● Penn Free Methodist Church 

Rev Peter Simpson 816202/812829 

revps@icloud.com / www.realchristianity.org 

● TG Methodist Church Rev. Vida Foday 

Health & Welfare 

● Chiltern Prostate Cancer Support Group 

Alan Rowe 814324 

● Dentists www.nhsdentistlocator.co.uk 

● Drug Abuse Confidential help, advice & 

support 473666 

● Emotions Anonymous Kevin 814702 

● High Wycombe General Hospital 526161 

● Stoke Mandeville Hospital 01296 315000 

● Highfield Surgery (Hazlemere) 813396 

www.highfieldsurgeryhazlemere.co.uk 

● NHS (t) 111 / www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk 

● Overeaters Anonymous Juliet 07808403602 

● Penn Surgery 817144 / Simpson Centre 

671571 / www.thesimpsoncentre.com 

Libraries 

● All Bucks Libraries - 0845 230 3232 

www.buckscc.gov.uk/leisure-andculture/libraries 


● Beaconsfield lib-bea@buckscc.gov.uk 

● Hazlemere lib-haz@buckscc.gov.uk 

● High Wycombe lib-hw@buckscc.gov.uk 

Political groups 

● Conservative Association Katrina Wood, 

814848, katrina.conservatives4tgandl@ 

gmail.com 

● Labour Party Mrs Jan Kaye, 813591 

www.labour.co.uk 

● Liberal Democrats Ian Forbes, 816438 

www.libdems.org.uk 

● UK Independence Party www.ukip.co.uk 

Police 

● Thames Valley (non-Emergency) 101 

● Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 

● Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) 

Suzanne Ludgate 

● Neighbourhood Police Community Officer 

PCSO Sam Jackson 

Pre-Schools 

● Little Oaks Nurseries Ruthie Pocock 07881 

737149 or ruthiepocock@little-oaks.org 

During opening hours: Little Oaks Crèche 

07437689158, Little Oaks 1 816987, Little Oaks 

2 815413, Little Oaks Beaconsfield 671228 

● Parent & Toddler Group Zoe Woods 761559 

● P&TGRS Village Preschool Nicky Lovegrove 

817093 / thevillagepreschool@btinternet.com 

Public Halls 

● Penn Church Hall Gail Wellings 813254 or 

office@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk 

● St Margaret’s Parish Rooms 

Mrs Mary Coker 812162 

● Tylers Green Methodist Church Hall 

Mrs G Nelson 815631 

● Tylers Green Village Hall 819990 / Tina 

Brown / tylersgreenvillagehall@gmail.com 

www.tylersgreenvillagehall.co.uk 

Schools in P&Tg 

● Tylers Green First School Head Mrs Janis 

Dieppe 813201 www.tylersgreenfirst.co.uk 



● TG First School PTA 

Marianne Whitlock 07789 435656 

● Tylers Green Middle School 

Head Mrs Vanessa Pinkney 812465 

www.tylersgreenmiddle.bucks.sch.uk 

● TGMS Friends Association 

Harriet Woolley 815474 

Schools (Other local) 

● Manor Farm Infants School 

Head teacher Mrs Paula Coppins 814281 

● Manor Farm Community Junior School 

Head Andrew Sierant 814622 

● Manor Farm Preschool and Nursery 

Mrs Wendy Terry 816730 

● Sir William Ramsay School 

Head Mrs Christine McLintock 

815211 www.swr.bucks.sch.uk 

Sports & youth groups 

● Cricket Club Nick Barber 07714720280 

www.ptgcc.co.uk 

● CC Colts ptgcccolts@gmail.com 

● Chiltern Music Academy www. 

chilternmusicacademy.org 

● Football Club Tony Hurst 815839, 

ptgfctony@btinternet.com, 

www.penntylersgreenfc.co.uk 

● Guides & Brownies Sue Stephens 817436 

● Hazlemere Youth Club Nikki Arnold 813364 

● High Wycombe Croquet Club 

858202 / www.hwcroquetclub.com 

● Loudwater Bowls Club Alan Tombs 481855 

● Penn Pond Waders Golf Society 

Bob Teuton 715915 

● Penn Pond Ladies Golf Society 

Jane Frizoni 812986 

● Pennants Badminton Club (Tylers Green 

Village Hall) John Youers 711647 

● Scouts Adrian & Heather Cooper 816505 & 

Paul Wicks 815715, pennandtgscouts@ 

gmail.com 

● Seido Karate Stuart Wilson 717400 

● Sports & Social Club Neil James 07929157075 

● Table Tennis 815180 

● Tennis Club 812929 / www.penntennis.net 

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Elected representatives 

● Members of Parliament; 

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham 

constituency includes Penn) 673745 

Steven Baker (High Wycombe constituency 

includes Tylers Green) 521777 

Neighbouring MP Dominic Grieve 

(Beaconsfield constituency) 673745 

● Bucks County Council Councillors 

Tylers Green (& Loudwater) David 

Shakespeare OBE 817248 

Penn (Wood & Old Amersham) 

Isobel Darby 07798 538697 

● Wycombe District Councillors 

Tylers Green & Loudwater Ward 

David Shakespeare OBE. 817248 / Katrina 

Wood 07827 820531 / Lawrence Wood 

07739 181043 

● Chiltern District Councillors 

Penn & Coleshill Julia Burton 726411 / 

Jonathan Waters 890210 

● Chepping Wycombe Parish Councillors for 

TG (includes Flackwell Heath &Loudwater) 

Ian Forbes 816438 / Peter Miller 07921 

740101 / Jean Johnson 816231/ Katrina 

Wood 814848 / Haydn Darch 813967 

Council clerk; Wendy Thompson 814600 

● Penn Parish Councillors for Penn (Penn PC 

includes councillors for Penn Street, Forty 

Green, Winchmore Hill & Knotty Green.); 

Mike Morley 816638 / Roy Bentham 813897 / 

Jane Creasy 816818 / Marian Raszpla 

812636. Council Clerk: Nicole Johnson 

815458. www.pennparish.org.uk 

email clerk@pennparish.org.uk 

P&Tg residents Society 

Chairman: Miles Green (815589), 

info@pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 

Website; www. 

pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 

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