VV_December 2020

The

magazine

for Penn &

Tylers green

DEC 2020/JAN 2021

issue 201

Winter News &

Seasonal Celebrations...

● Christmas Fun & Opening Times ● Around The Villages

● Schools & Sports News ● Your Letters & Photos ● & More...

Cover Photograph: Keith Hawes

WELCOME...

...to the December 2020 / January 2021

edition of Village Voice...

Dear VV Readers,

I think it would be fair to say that 2020 has been

a challenging year for most of us, one way or

another. This time last year, it was Brexit that

dominated the headlines, this year it was Covid.

During 2020, we have all been forced to

adopt almost a new language. ‘Pandemic’,

‘Covid-19’, ‘lockdown’, ‘shielding‘, ‘social

distancing’, ‘furlough’, ‘ bubble’, ‘rule of six’.

Many of us have been forced to distance

ourselves from those we love most and have

experienced huge compromise in the way we

live our lives. Many have experienced loss or

trauma.

It’s not all been bad news. When times are

challenging, people rise to the challenge, not

only helping and supporting those in our

community who are vulnerable, but to go the

extra mile. In P&TG the community rose to the

challenge, with over 200 residents offering to

help each other during the first lockdown. and

quickly put in place support for those who

needed it. P&TG Together was formed to put in

place a communication chain, and processes for

practical help where help was needed. When the

immediate need for support was eased at the

end of the first lockdown, the P&TG Together

team turned their attention to support One Can

in Wycombe – who had identified a sharp

increase in the need for food donations

So, in the last month of 2020, where do we

find ourselves following the second November

lockdown? Our familiar and loved P&TG and

family Christmas festivities will probably be

very different this year, and we will not be able

to celebrate in the usual way, so a small group

got together to create some fun Christmas

activities, for everyone in P&TG to join in.

On the middle pages of VV you will see an

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Village Voice December 2020/January 2021

invitation to join in and generate some fun and

celebrate Christmas.

Let's all decorate our front gardens and

windows. Lets gather on our doorsteps on

Thuesday 17th December at 7 p.m. to 'Light up

our Village' and clap and make a noise together,

to celebrate everyone who has helped us get

through a difficult year.

Lets also extend our thoughts to those who

are unwell, caring for those who are unwell, or

have endured loss in 2020.

Remember to look out for Father Christmas

on his sleigh. He plans to visit P&TG on the

evenings of 20th, 21st and 22nd December

between 5.30pm and 7 pm each evening.

As we reach the end of 2020, the VV team

would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas

& Peaceful New Year. Cathy O'Leary VV Editor

The next VV will be Feb/March 2021 edition. We would love

to hear from you and receive copies of your Christmas Fun

photographs by 4th January 2021

Regulars...

04 Around the Villages

11 Woodland & Green Spaces

13 Church News

21 Sports News

22 Schools News

32 Clubs & Societies

37 Fields in King's Wood

55 Index of Advertisers

56 Village Contacts

In This Issue...

17 In Memory: Gilbert Knight

19 In Memory: Philip Page

27 Your Photographs

29 Ashwells Archaeology

30 Christmas Fun in P&TG

38 Village Memories

In The Insert...

• Christmas Opening Times & More

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AROUND

THE VILLAGES

Christmas Fun in P&TG

We hope you will take part in the Christmas Fun

festivities which will be launched on Thursday

17th December at 7 pm. when the tree on the

common will be lit. Simultaneously, all

households are invited to 'Light up our Village'

and to 'Clap and make a noise' to celebrate

everyone in our community who has helped

others during these challenging times.See the

poster in the middle of VV for details

We are also thrilled that Father Christmas is

planning an early visit to P&TG on his sleigh,

and will travel around the village on three

evenings between 5.30 - 7 p.m. on 20th, 21st

and 22nd December. Look out for his sleigh as

he travels around the village - and do come

outside to wave (adults wearing masks and

ensuring any social distancing rules are adhered

to at all times) We hope the weather is good!

Christmas on the Common 2020

Yo Ho Ho and away we go. It’s time to adapt to

a different show... Sadly, and for reasons all too

familiar of late, our traditional Carols on the

Common will have to be cancelled this year. We

DEC 2013 - JIM HAWES WITH BEST DRIVER PAUL

FROM GORDON’S BUILDERS MERCHANTS

have painstakingly been through all “the rules“,

setting out The Common in a safely spaced grid

pattern, got our humble leader Brian safely up

on a stage along with Russel and his brass

blowers. Having done all this we thought we

had cracked it! Alas, audience singing is not

allowed, not much good for a Carol Service!

Then, to be inviting a gathering of more than 6

onto the Common (we would expect 250+) was

probably not the best idea given all the current

limitations! So that’s enough of the bad news.

The good news is that our traditional Christmas

tree will be in place as it is more than capable of

self Isolating! As all you good folk pass by over

the Christmas period we intend to occasionally

strike up some festive Carols for you to enjoy

and to get you into the festive mood. In true

Carols on the Common tradition, we would also

invite you to remember loved ones, past and

present in your quieter moments around the

Tree. Without our usual collection during the

concert we shall not be handing any donations

over to this year’s nominated charity, Bucks

Carers, a very apt charity during these times.

They do have a just giving page if you would

care to look them up or check out our notice

board, next to the Tree for more news. On

behalf of all the 1977 Jubilee Committee, Brian,

Muriel, Anne, Steve and myself, may we wish

you all a very Merry Christmas and... may all

your mince pies be... fruity! Bill Sadler

Tylers Green Village

Hall

Tylers Green Village Hall has

appointed Emma Byrne as its

new manager to replace Tina

Brown, who has retired after 20

years. Emma will be at the hall

every weekday morning

(although not during lockdown)

and is the person to contact for

bookings and other inquiries.

Sadly, the hall had to close its

doors again for the latest

lockdown but will reopen as soon

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as it is allowed. Because of uncertainty

surrounding the hall’s finances during these

lockdowns, the trustees decided at our autumn

meeting to hold fire on plans to build the Penn

& Tylers Green Heritage Centre on the site of

the hall’s changing rooms.

However, we do have planning permission

and hope to progress matters before too long.

Fingers crossed that by this time next year the

community will be within touching distance of

its long-awaited Heritage Centre. Peter Brown,

Secretary

P&TG Community Archive

Although progress on the proposed Penn &

Tylers Green Heritage Centre is stalled

temporarily, work is progressing on establishing

the community archive that it will contain - and

we would very much like your help.

Two residents, Madalyn Roker and Cathy

Sturrock, are forming a team to determine what

historical material there is available so it can be

catalogued. They have been in contact with the

Buckinghamshire County Archivist so that the

standard format for recording and archiving

material can be followed.

Eventually the Heritage Centre, at the village

hall, will store publicly accessible archive for

Penn and Tylers Green as well as host an

exhibition area to showcase special village

exhibitions and school projects on local issues.

Lots of old photographs, historically

important documents, village memorabilia and

fascinating artefacts are currently stored in

various spare rooms, cupboards and lofts in

people’s homes in the village. The centre will

enable all these treasures to be safely stored and

accessible in one place and available for future

generations to enjoy.

If you have such material that you would be

prepared to share, have copied or donate to the

centre, then please contact Madalyn or Cathy.

You can email them on madalynroker@hotmail.

com or cathy.sturrock@hotmail.co.uk. If you

would prefer to send a letter, write to me at

Tylers Green Village Hall, Church Road, Tylers



Green, Penn HP10 8LN and I’ll pass it on.

If you would like to join the archive team to

help sort out the available material and begin

the process of how to assimilate it, then please

also contact Madalyn or Cathy. Peter Brown

Chepping Wycombe Parish Council

Sadly we are still experiencing vandalism in

Ashley Park drive. During the first week of

November, fireworks were set off in the park,

causing irreparable damage to both the litter

bins and the dog poo bin. These will have to be

replaced at a cost to the Parish which ultimately

comes from the precept paid for by residents.

One bin costs at least £190 without installation

costs.

As a forewarning we are taking out more ash

trees in Kings Wood due to ash die back so very

necessary tree works. There will be more tree

works over the winter months, especially to the

trees around the common. Mostly crown lifting

but because this is in the conservation area, it is

dependent on the planning permission we have

applied for being granted.

We have also applied to the Beaconsfield and

Chepping Wye Community board to assist with

funding to fence around the play area in Ashley

Drive, which is a long-held ambition following

consultation with residents some time ago.

The Beaconsfield Rotary Club asked

permission to plant some crocus bulbs around

the bus stop area opposite JJs which we happily

gave so we look forward to a lovely display in

the spring.

Due to current restrictions our meetings are

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still being held on line with public participation,

which is always welcome. If anyone would like

to join us please contact the clerk. Katrina Wood,

Chairman – Chepping Wycombe Parish Council

Penn Parish Council

Penn Parish Council has written to express its

deep alarm and concern with the implications of

the wholesale changes to the planning system

proposed by the government's white paper:

Planning for the Future. This proposal, in our

view, allows central Government to take full

control of the planning system and to impose

massive development requirements on local

plans without adequate consideration of, or

funding for, the physical and social

infrastructure to accommodate it. Local

government, parish councils and local

communities will be helpless in resisting what,

for areas like this, will be a torrent of house

building. If you share our worries about this,

please be sure to make your views known to

anyone who can influence government thinking.

Roy Bentham, Chair

Tylers Green First School seeking

to appoint new members to it's

Board of Governors

Are you inquisitive, enthusiastic and energetic?

Do you like making a positive difference? Are

you creative and full of ideas? If yes, then we

need you!

TG First School is seeking new members for

its Board of Governors to replace those who are

reaching the end of their term of office.

Becoming a governor can bring you great

personal and professional benefits and can be a

valuable addition to your CV. Training is

provided and the learnings are transferable to

other areas of life. You have the opportunity to

gain a variety of new skills and develop the ones

you already have. We are looking for people

from all backgrounds who can bring their

professional knowledge and/or personal

experience to the school. You would need to

commit to:

• Attending at least three full governing board

meetings per school year (60-90 mins each)

• A four-year term of office

• Joining sub-committees who meet four to six

times per school year (60-90 mins each)

Whether you are a current or potential future

parent at the school looking to influence the

school’s continuous improvement for the benefit

of your child, or a member of the local village

looking to make a contribution to the

community, we want to hear from you. Please

contact us at office@tgfs.org.uk.To find out

more www.tylersgreenfirst.co.uk/governors

Litter Picking in the Villages

We had a wonderful turn out of 25 villagers on

Sunday 27th September which meant that we

had sufficient volunteers to be able to pick all of

the litter from Common Wood Lane, Gravelly

Way, Crown Lane, Noaks Lane, Church Road,

top half of Hammersley Lane and the fields

behind the tennis/football club.

Those roads and areas produced about 100

bags of litter, a bed and mattress, huge number

of bags of dog poo (why does anyone think that

this is acceptable?) and a variety of odd objects.


Most importantly the roads all looked so

much better for our effort and enabled

neighbours to meet one another and get a nice

warm fuzzy glow from improving our

environment.

We were pleased to see two of our local Penn

Parish Councillors, Mrs Jane Creasy, Penn

Councillor and Mrs Debbie Marsden, from

Knotty Green and Nicole, Webster, the Parish

Clerk who was co-organiser, as well as board

members of the Residents Society amongst their

numbers. We ranged in age from 4 to 80s and

had both 2 legs and 4, with Rex being a regular

and well-behaved attendee.

We now have litter pickers to borrow

available from Penn Parish Council offices if

you want to collect rubbish on your next walk.

Next one will be on Sunday February 21st

2021, so please make a note in your diaries to

join us and sign up for news at https://

pennandtylersgreen.org.uk/ or follow us on

Facebook for updates: https://www.facebook.

com/PTGResidentsSociety

Penn Patient Group

How do you protect our community from flu

during a pandemic? Back in August it became

evident that this years flu vaccination

programme would need to be very different.

Not only was it more imperative than ever to

vaccinate ~5000 Simpson Centre & Penn

Surgery patients, but it had to be achieved in a

Covid compliant, risk free way.

Think outside the box and that’s precisely

what the Simpson Centre & Penn Surgery had

to do. Due to the limited space in the

surgeries, a new plan was needed. A team from

the surgery and the Patient Participation Group

joined forces to devise a drive through

campaign that would minimise interaction

between clinicians and patients, whilst

delivering record numbers of jabs. The logistics

of organising such an open air vaccine

programme was enormous, time consuming but

was a challenge that the surgery embraced.

Beaconsfield Cricket Club, the perfect partner



After several

site visits across

Penn and

Beaconsfield, it

became clear that

Beaconsfield

Cricket Club

would be the

perfect location

that could

accommodate

several thousand cars in a drive through

scenario. We are immensely grateful to the

Cricket Club for the loan of their ground and

the army of volunteers who helped in planning

and implementing and stood outside for long

periods of time in some horrendous weather to

make the clinics possible.

Working in partnership with the community

A big thank you to Bovingdons Estate Agents

who provided signage to publicise the event,

minimise traffic disruption, as well as providing

hot drinks to the volunteers and clinicians.

When the prospect of a storm loomed, Feast

stepped in to erect a huge awning to protect the

vaccinators and patients from the inclement

weather.

A huge success and model for thefuture. The

clinics have proven to be a huge success with

thousands of patients receiving their vaccination

in a smooth and seamless operation. It has been

so lovely to read all the complimentary

messages sent to the surgery or posted on social

media praising the efficient clinics. One patient

posted: ‘Just had my flu jab at the Beaconsfield

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Cricket Club….what a very well organised

process. They are even holding people for no

more than 2 mins after, to make sure you feel ok

to drive after. Excellent duty of care. Well done

to all of the volunteers’ another wrote: ‘I just

wanted to write and express my appreciation for

the very slick flu vaccination “operation” I

experienced…..it was a very very wet morning,

all those involved must have got soaked, but

everyone was cheerful, explained the procedure

as you progressed along the line, without any

holdups….I appreciated being able to get the

vaccination’ Another grateful patient wrote

‘thank you for all the information sent about the

flu clinic, not every surgery offers so much.’

We now have a robust model to roll out any

mass vaccination programmes that may occur in

the future. Emma McPhee (Simpson Centre & Penn PPG)

Beaconsfield Arts Society

We will be continuing our very successful

exclusive online lectures on our usual lecture

dates and also adding extra events.

Lectures will be available live at 10.30 and as

a recording from 1.00 until the end of the day.

Members will be given a link by e-mail on the

day. Make yourself a cup of coffee and come

and join us.

• Thursday 3rd December: The Field of the

Cloth of Gold by Jo Mabutt

• Thursday 17th December: The Queen of

Instruments: The Lute in Old Masters

(includes live lute music) by Adam

Busiakiewicz

• Thursday 7th January: The Ghent Altarpiece

and Jan Van Eyck by Sian Walters

• Thursday 4th February: The Glasgow Boys

and Scottish Colorists by Harry Fletcher

The Society welcomes new members. If you

would like to attend one of our virtual members

as a guest to trial and possibly join us please

CONTACT US via our website: www.

theartssocietybeaconsfield.org.uk

On this website we now have a complete

programme through to summer 2021 including

Virtual Walks as a substitute for visits.



Dear VV,

First of all, congratulations to you all for your

excellent magazine.

I have lived in the village since 1986 and the

Village Voice has always been a brilliant way to

keep in touch with everything that's happening

in P&TG and beyond! Thank you.

I am writing to share with VV readers a film

review written by our 12 year old grandson Ray

on the latest Christopher Nolan film. Ray lives

in Epsom but knows our village well - after all,

his Dad grew up here!

In addition to watching films, when he comes

to visit. Ray particularly loves walks in the

"horse field" (soon to be a housing estate),

Common Wood and Kingswood,

Beverly Wood Carter Walk

Ray's Review of Tenet (12A)

Tenet is a weird and

complicated story, so it's

hard not to give anything

away. It's your choice

whether you want to read

this review although I've

made sure that everything I

say about the movie

happens, or is revealed, in

the first half an hour of the movie.

My personal scores (out of 10): Depth: 9,

Story: 7, Acting: 8, Graphics: 8, CGI: 9,

Characters: 4-8, Comedy: 4, Viewer

understanding: 4, Music: 8 - Overall: 8.5

Tenet is a complicated story about something

called "Inversion", a new kind of time travel in

which people or objects can switch the

direction they flow in time. I would describe its

genre as a mix of a classic spy movie like James

Bond, as well as science fiction with the same

unsettling vibe as Inception. I don't want to

give anything away but when you watch it

remember that there are many references to

the future (or the past) hidden almost out of

view in some scenes. As well as insane scenes

that leave you scratching your head for 5

minutes, there are also car chases and fights

that’ll give your brain a break.

It's a great movie, but if you're looking for a

quick movie to watch on a Monday night, don't

even think about the two and a half hour beast

known as Tenet. Ray Wood

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Motorists will occasionally check their coolant levels but how often do

they check the percentage of antifreeze present in the cooling system?

A frozen engine can be very expensive and easily avoidable so we have

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A correctly fitted bulb is essential to a good view of the road ahead as

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In many cars checking the oil level is not as easy as it used to be and

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WOODLAND

& GREEN SPACES

Autumn is always a beautiful time in the wood

as the colours change from green to the multiple

golds and browns.

We have said goodbye to the cows and hope

they will be back next year doing a wonderful

job of grazing Farther Barn field. Keep an eye in

the spring for the wildflowers and all the

pollinating insects that visit. We are proud of the

range of butterflies that visit. Next year we will

continue to work on the field to remove the wild

parsnip and ragwort which are invasive species.

Although ragwort is the food for the Burnett

moth we are required by law to remove it as we

neighbour horse grazing.

A major tree safety survey has been carried

out and as I write, we plan to have some work

remove some trees as they are potentially

dangerous to people walking on paths. I know

that for some people it is upsetting to see a tree

go down but unfortunately we have a duty of

care to keep the wood safe. We ask people to be

careful and if anyone has any concerns to

contact us.

We have sold some of the timber laying on

the ground to an individual, who drives a blue

Land Rover. He carries a letter of authority

which is displayed normally in his windscreen.

Selling timber for firewood is one of our sources

of income. I need to remind people that removal

of timber for fires requires permission and

unauthorised removal is regarded as theft.

The fungal growth in the wood has been very

good this year, however the Fly Agaric had a

short season.For those who visited the world

they may have seen sign saying “no fungi

picking”. Foraging is often promoted but it

requires permission from the landowner. We

have a problem with gangs arriving early and

stripping the wood leaving nothing for locals so

we have had to take a tougher stance.



There have been a number of reports of

antisocial behaviour by teenagers in the wood

culminating in litter and fires being left burning.

We don’t have any objection to youngsters

coming in sitting quietly enjoying themselves

and socialising within the wood as long as it is

left as they find it. However we do have a

problem with dog walkers still leaving poo bags

hidden behind trees or hanging from branches.

Over the winter work is carried out by

volunteers toward the maintenance and we have

a group of enthusiastic helpers. Tasks include

cutting back the sides of parts and clearing the

grips which drain water away. We appreciate

any help people can give us so we are now

doing some work parties on some Tuesday

mornings in addition to our monthly weekend

work parties. To get information send an email

to: commonwoodvolunteer@gmail.com.

The dates of the weekend work parties are:

• December 5th & 6th, January 2nd & 3rd,

February 6th & 7th

I am pleased to announce that we were

successful in a grant application to the local

community board for £1145 towards improving

a path into the wood from Burrows Close.

Volunteers will be helping with the work which

will start when we receive the funds.

I wonder if people saw the Times article

about Common and Penn Woods highlighting

the Long Walk? Earlier this year we distributed

a copy of the latest leaflet to every recipient of

Village Voice which includes this.

During lockdown, Common Wood has been

very popular and there are many people who

have never been before. The Times article has

also brought more increasing pressure on the

wood. Do enjoy our woods, it's a great place to

'decompress' particulalry if you have to stare at

a computer screen for lengthy periods. Or

maybe go for a seasonal walk before or after

your Christmas dinner.

In the current COVID environment it may be

the only way of meeting talking to others - out

in the open air! Mike Morley

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CHURCH NEWS

Holy Trinity & St Margaret's

Well at the time of writing this our churches are

closed for corporate worship but I hope that at

the time of reading they will be open again.

Either way Holy Trinity and St Margaret’s are

open each day (around 9am to 2pm) for private

prayer and we are posting an audio ‘on line’

service on our website each week (www.

holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk).

Over the next couple of weeks we will be

videoing a Taizé service, a Christingle service

and a Crib service. These services will appear

on our website. The service of Taizé chant and

readings will go up as soon as it is ready and the

Christingle will appear on the Sunday before

Christmas (the 20th). Our Crib service will be

the one from Holy Trinity where we tell the


story of that first Christmas as, in addition to the

usual figures, a number of cuddly toys also

make it to the manger. This will be posted for

4pm on Christmas Eve so put the time in your

diary to settle down in front of the computer

screen with the children. We will also post our

Carols for All and a service of Lessons And

Carols in the run up to Christmas.

I have been very conscious through the last 6

months that Holy Trinity Church has been on its

spot for over 800 years now and has seen some

extraordinary events, both for good and bad

over those years. The building itself has seen

times when it has been full of people and times

when it has been dilapidated. But it is still here

as a reminder of things more permanent and

things more spiritual. Let the building remind

you, as is its intention, of the Lord’s presence

and providence in these difficult times.

It will be a strange Christmas this year (it will

be for us in the Vicarage) but the message of

Christmas is one of hope, light and salvation. I

think the words of the last verse of ‘Away in a

manger’ are a good prayer for us throughout the

year...

Photograph: Eddie Morton

THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST MARGARET'S

IS 100 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR


Be near me Lord Jesus

I ask thee to stay

Close by me for ever

And love me, I pray

Bless all the dear children

In Thy tender care,

And fit us for heaven

To live with Thee there.

May you know that you are a child of God in

His tender care this Christmas time. Blessings,

Revd Mike Bisset, www.holytrinityand stmargartes.co.uk

Penn Free Methodist Church

We are meeting online via Zoom until

December 3rd, hoping that Lockdown 2 will not

be extended beyond this date.

Representations have been

made to Dame Cheryl Gillan

MP regarding the right of

churches to engage in public

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worship, especially if they are observing all the

necessary Covid precautions. We would argue

that such meeting together in person is a vital

contributory factor to the general well-being of

society.

For our Christmas services, please see the

special listing for churches elsewhere in VV. All

of these plans are somewhat provisional in

nature, and so please check the church website

for confirmation and more up to date details.

There is also the possibility that these Christmas

meetings will have to be carried out on Zoom.

For those who would like to join us online in

this way, and also not just at Christmas, but at

any time, please email me at revps@icloud.com

for the link. Even when we physically meet in

church, there are some people, either from other

parts of the country, or for health reasons, who

have fellowship with us in this manner.

A recent upload to our Sermon Recordings

webpage, www.soundcloud.com/penn-freemethodists,

is an address based on Exodus

25:10-30 and entitled, ‘The spiritual truths

revealed in the ark and the table of shewbread’.

These two items of sacred furniture in the Old

Testament tabernacle, and later the Temple, are

highly instructive for us in both their appearance

and how they were used.

The ark of the covenant was a golden chest

containing the Ten Commandments. It speaks to

us of God making Himself present amongst

men, as He appears in their midst above the

mercy seat, the top covering of the ark. The Old

Testament high priest would sprinkle blood

upon the mercy seat on the Day of Atonement.

This prefigures the shed of blood of Christ,

satisfying God’s justice, enabling all today, if

they repent of their sin and trust in Christ, to

have fellowship with God.

The table of shewbread, upon which fresh

loaves of bread were placed every week, speaks

to us of the believer’s need to present before

God the fruit of his labour. Whatever his or her

work, it must always be done to God’s glory.

Please visit our website at www.

realchristianity.org for latest news and for



articles from a Biblical perspective on some of

the burning issues of our day. Pastor Peter Simpson,

www.realchristianity.org

Tylers Green Methodist Church

Under lock-down rules we closed for Sunday

Services until (we hope) Sunday 6th December.

It is not possible at the moment to be clear about

Advert or Christmas Services but as soon as we

know, we will post details on social media.

I write this on the day after Remembrance

Sunday. The streamed service organised by

Marlow Methodist Church was very special and

was led by Rev Dave Bull who is, I think, the

vicar at Flackwell Heath. Although we were not

there in person it was a very special occasion

and I really felt part of the congregation. The

first 20 minutes were taken up by ‘The Lark

Ascending’ and then a video of war graves and

poppy fields where battles had taken place. The

service itself centred around the war memorial

inside Marlow Parish Church and it was a truly

ecumenical affair. 35 wreaths were laid

including one by Lady Howe on behalf of the

Queen. One particularly poignant moment was

to see and hear primary school children who

were word perfect in reciting the first two verses

of ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae. I

commend the service to you. It can be seen at

www.facebook.com/pg/marlowmethodistchurch/

videos/ or on Marlow Methodist Church website

So until we know more about what is

happening, stay safe, and may the message of

God come to earth at Christmas fill you with joy

and peace over the festive season. Peter Stevens,

Senior Church Steward

Oops!

In the last edition of VV we listed all our

fantastic volunteers who deliver Village Voice.

In error we missed one of our youngest

deliverers- Amber Riley now aged 9, who has

delivered VV to The Dell since she was 4 (under

supervision of course!) Thank you Amber!

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with over 500,000 calls a year and operate with over 1,000 Community

First Responders, some of whom operate across the High Wycombe Area.

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just scroll down to the Search box at the bottom left of the Home Page and insert the

words Save a Life. A video is available showing how to use a defibrillator and a

further search will provide information on Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). You

can also google "How to do CPR" for further information, although defibrillators are

easy to use, with full instructions on each unit.

Volunteers continue to increase the number of defibrillators in the High Wycombe

area. Devices that are available on a 24 hour basis in Tylers Green are Tylers Green

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IN MEMORY

Gilbert Knight 26th September

1931 to 23rd September 2020

Gilbert and his twin brother were born in

Leicester; he was one of five brothers and two

sisters. During his childhood he was a choirboy,

singing at Matins and Evensong every Sunday.

He went to Wyggeston Grammar School where

he enjoyed hockey and cricket. As a junior pupil

he shared the same dinner table for a year with

senior boy (Sir) David Attenborough.

The family moved to Harrow on his last day

of school and Gilbert entered the Midland Bank,

where he spent the next 40 years, posted in and

around London. His last and favourite position

was Midland’s student financial adviser at

Brunel University until retirement aged 56

years.

He moved to Tylers Green in 1960 with new

bride Brenda and soon joined P&TG cricket

Sunday XI. He was appointed treasurer, a post

he held for almost 50 years, becoming a Life

member. At 60 he passed the scorers exam and

became their scorer until the summer of 2018.

His most memorable occasion was being invited

to Lord’s to score for England v Pakistan.

During his years in P&TG he was a reader for

Beaconsfield Talking Newspaper, a Village Care

driver, community governor at Penn School and



a Rennie Grove volunteer amongst many other

roles, in particular with St Margaret’s Church.

Always welcoming and friendly, with a smile

for everyone, he had boundless energy for his

love of cricket and allotment gardening,

entering produce in the annual Village Show; he

is still holder of the Jubilee Rose Bowl. He will

be remembered for his entertaining Music Hall

appearances and singing with the Women’s

Institute in the ‘80s and ‘90s. He was also a

member of Chorleywood Choral Society.

His first wife died in 1991 and five years later

he remarried and moved to St Nicholas, Penn,

where he and Marie opened their garden

annually for Village Care.

In the last two years, with his mobility

impaired, he enjoyed doing crosswords and

sudoku in the garden. Gilbert was a generous,

kind and caring gentleman, who loved life.

He is survived by his wife Marie, his son

Matthew, daughters Judith and Ruth, stepsons

Peter and Richard, and a combined total of 14

grandchildren. Marie Knight

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IN MEMORY

Philip Page August 1937 to October

2020


He was also a season ticket holder at his

beloved Wycombe Wanderers for many seasons.

Philip was a devoted father and grandfather, a

family man, always supporting his two sons

Matthew and Russell with their sporting

exploits, mainly cricket, football and badminton.

Happily married to Jean for 58 years, he spent

the last four years of his life in Alde House,

Penn, due to failing health.

Jean, Russell and Matthew still live in the

village with 4 of Phil’s siblings living locally

alongside various nieces and nephews.

Philip, our father, sadly passed away on 29th

October 2020, aged 83. Russell and Matthew Page

Born Philip Page, the 6th of 9 children, in a

house on Tylers Green common on 15th August

1937 the family moved to Hazlemere soon after.

Philip went to school in Hazlemere, and lived

in the local area, mainly Tylers Green and Penn,

for all of his life.

He worked as a driving instructor for 35

years. After hanging up his 'driver under

instruction' plates, he moved to a couple of

different jobs and then in 1997 started working

at Amersham Hospital where after 16 years he

finally retired in 2013.

Philip had a long association with the church,

he was a choirboy at Hazlemere, then a regular

churchgoer at Penn Church for many years.

He was an active sportsman, playing cricket

and football for Penn & Tylers Green as a

young man.

He was one of the founder members of

Pennants Badminton Club circa 1970, and

played competitively until the early 1990’s, but

remained a social player until 2004 when he

suffered his second achilles tendon injury.


Dear VV,

I wanted to write to thank everyone who

supported 'Operation Christmas child', which

I wrote about in the last edition of VV

A big THANK YOU to both churches and the

community. We collected 79 boxes, which is

amazing. I thought VV readers might like to see

some pictures of the beautifully wrapped

shoeboxes. 79 children will be thrilled to get

these lovely boxes

We were a bit worried that given the current

covid situation, this might impact on the

number of boxes we would receive ( we usually

collect about 85 between the two churches)

As ever, the community rose to the

challenge, and 79 boxes is brilliant.

Thank you and best wishes,

Emma Byrne

79 BOXES!

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SPORTS

NEWS ROUND UP

P&TG Lawn Tennis Club

I am so happy to be

able to write that we

should finish the year

with the courts open…

but in reality we have

all had to get used to

planning short term

this year haven’t we?!

Looking back on

2020, I really feel we

have been very lucky to have such a wonderful

facility as the tennis club in our village.

Once the first lockdown finished we provided

a much needed safe space for members to get

out into the fresh air and enjoy some socially

distanced exercise. It has been a wonderful

space to catch up with friends old and new.

With more people working from home this year

we have welcomed many more new members.

We are currently awaiting the contractors to

re-surface the 4th court to the same Tiger Turf

as the main 3 courts which should be done

before the New Year. Since the second

lockdown finished we are trying to complete

our internal club tournaments, and the Winter

Vets leagues will pick up again with a few

matches to reschedule. During the Christmas

Break we will run a few fun competitions.

The PTG Tennis Club wish all VV readers a

very happy holidays, and a healthy New Year.

NEW MEMBERS – We are still running the

reduced annual membership for just £69 per

adult and junior membership starting from

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PennTennis or email ptgtennisclub@gmail.com

for more information. Kate Noble



P&TG Cricket Club

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The Cricket Club would like to wish everyone a

as Merry a Christmas as possible in 2020. Let’s

all hope that we can spend time with friends and

family in safety once again.

Looking back over the past 10 months, we

were fortunate that from mid-July, we were able

to play cricket in relatively normality. Yes there

were hand-sanitisation breaks, no changing

rooms and no communal teas so just playing at

was a considerable victory in the circumstances!

The Cricket Club has entered its annual state

of hibernation since those long Summer days.

The sight-screens have been returned to their

winter moorings at the bottom of the field, the

pitch-covers have been dismantled and the

square itself has been ‘put the bed’ ahead of its

reawakening in the Spring of 2021. What next

season has in store, nobody knows. But if a

similar pattern emerges again next year, the

advent of warmer weather and embedded

social-distancing habits will hopefully mean that

cricket can take place for most of the season.

Here at P&TGCC, we are proud to see a

healthy mix of players of all ages representing

our League teams and we will continue to work

hard with our 80-strong Colts section in the

hope that they will graduate into the League

teams when the opportunity arises. We are

always on the lookout for new players. If you

are new to the villages or perhaps used to play

cricket and looking for an opportunity to do so

again, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Off the field, the Club is in a decent financial

position and the August Bank Holiday 6-a-side

tournament enabled us to raise funds for Charity

too. We are lucky to have so many keen

volunteers that make all this possible. Please

keep an eye out for further events taking place

in 2021 as and when the pandemic allows, and

help the Club continue to make its contribution

to the community-life of our villages. To keep

up-to-date with Club news and social events

follow us on Facebook (Penn & Tylers Cricket

Club) Jon Wilson, jon2wilson@gmail.com

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SCHOOLS

NEWS ROUND UP

Tylers Green Middle School

Dear Village Voice,

Since the last edition, I am very pleased to say

that TGMS has continued to provide

uninterrupted education for our pupils. Despite

a second lockdown nationally, I am delighted

that the importance of school has been

recognised and we are able to remain open. The

role of schools in supporting families, and

especially the children, with mental health and

wellbeing has become very apparent and at TG

Middle School we have put this at the heart of

our recover, rejuvenate, relearn approach.

From the softer starts at the beginning of the

school day to the wellbeing time every day, our

curriculum is designed to allow some breathing

space for our children (and staff). With mental

health in mind (and having some fun!) on 9th

October I encouraged all of TGMS to wear

mufti, instead of school uniform to wear

something that makes you feel happy. This was

to mark World Mental Health Day (WMHD) on

Saturday 10th October. Voluntary donations

were collected for the local charity

Buckinghamshire Mind and TGMS Raised

£235.97. As a result of this fundraising we

arranged for Buckinghamshire Mind to deliver

a school assembly for our Year cohort.

Unfortunately, this was one of the events that

needed to be cancelled when lockdown 2 arose.

At TGMS, we love dressing up

and this year we took part in

Children In Need. We invited

the children and staff to

wear mufti, with a ‘bear’

theme. Various

competition and

activities were planned

which involve home, including decorating a

cupcake and designing a bear in class. We had a

selection of prizes with a Pudsey theme

awarded in our virtual assembly. Our Friday

assemblies are included on our school website,

should you wish to look.

In line with the national advice, we have not

been able to offer open days or face-to-face

parent consultations. We highly value

communication with parents and so have

offered virtual consultations this term with each

child’s class teacher through a system called

School Cloud. Feedback so far has indicated

that this has been really worthwhile.

If your child is due to move up to junior

school in September 2021, applications should

be made by parents by 15th January 2021, at the

latest. Instead of open days this year, we have

created a virtual tour and also would ask parents

to look at our website under admissions where

there is further information about joining Year 3

at TGMS. Vanessa Pinkney, Headteacher

Tylers Green First School

It was wonderful to welcome all of our children

into school full time in September and to be

re-united as a school family once more. Even


better, we welcomed our friends at Little Oaks

onto the school site and it has been very exciting

to see red jumpers and bobble hats beginning

and ending their busy day as our new

neighbours!

Our breakfast club and after school provision

is extremely popular and is a happy, tasty and

fun way to start and end our day! The children

continue to adapt and work well within our

‘new normal’ of year group bubbles, with

children having staggered playtimes and

lunchtimes and keeping their distance from

older or younger friends and siblings during the

school day. We find that a friendly wave will

suffice for now but we cannot wait until we can

all play together again.

Playtimes have also been slightly different

over the last few weeks due to long awaited and

much needed re-surfacing work on our

playground. With phase 1 of the work

complete, the playground is now ready for

phase 2 later in the year when we will add

exciting markings and equipment to our

fantastic new space.

Autumn term is always extremely busy and

this year is no exception. Our youngest children

have made the transition into Reception class

very well and they are busy enjoying their

colourful and exciting learning environment

with a new wet and messy play area.

Year 1 and 2 are working especially hard this

term and all pupils are following a ‘catch up’

curriculum to enable us to close any gaps in

learning that may have occurred due to

lockdown. Topics have included Food Glorious

Food, Marvellous Maps, Knights and Castles

and The Earth and Beyond.

The whole school took part in Black History

Month in October. Children learnt about key

events and inspirational figures within both

British and International history and produced

art, writing and role play linked to this topic.

Highlights included Windrush pictures, a

carnival and a (child size) bus linked to Rosa

Parks. It was a good opportunity to review our

curriculum and ensure that it fully reflects



everyone in our school and wider community,

more importantly we learnt new things and had

lots of fun!

So now we prepare for Christmas, a little

different this year, but no less important. Each

year group bubble will perform their own

Christmas production and it will be filmed for

our parents and carers to watch remotely. The

corridors at school are already full of children’s

singing and infectious songs that the staff will

be humming along to, long after term ends. In

these unusual times – some things never

change! We wish you and yours happy and

healthy festive season. Jude Talbot. Headteacher

The Village Pre-school

When we welcomed in the New Year 2020 on

Jan 1st, none of us could have predicted how

bad this year would become. Track & Trace and

no-touch head thermometers were definitely not

on our radar as a Pre-school requirement! We

were very unfortunate that 6 of our 9 staff

contracted Covid. We had to close our doors for

a while until everyone had been through the

disease and come out the other side. Fortunately,

all are recovering well and the school is open

again. We are lucky to have a great team of

staff that go above and beyond the call of duty.

On a happier note, we are looking forward to

Christmas and although our normal events

might not be happening, we are making sure

that the children have some great activities to

look forward to. Along with our ever popular

Forest school and keeping the children busy

with lots of outdoor play, we have a Christmas

party/disco planned for the last week of term.

Fundraising is difficult for all organisations at

present, but we are considering a virtual Quiz

Night that parents and staff can get involved

with to raise some much needed funds.

Looking forward to next term – we are

working on trialling hot lunches one day a week

for the children and the start up of our

woodworking sessions again. Onwards,

upwards and staying positive.

We hope that everyone has a wonderful

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Christmas time this year, even though it will be

very different to one we’ve ever had before.

Stay safe! Sharon Heron

Little Oaks Nurseries

“Roll on, 2021” is the plaintive cry of the

moment. Of course we all know that as the

clock strikes midnight on 31st December,

nothing is going to magically improve, but what

we can be sure of is that the little children

amongst us will always bring a ray of sunshine

to each day. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to

work with those who smile approximately 400

times a day (as compared to an adult’s 40-50)?

Throughout this tumultuous year, the amazing

children at nursery have proved over and over

that they are both much more resilient than we

think, and that their optimistic view of the world

around them trumps all the negativity that often

otherwise prevails. We as adults have as much

to learn from them as they have from us.

Instead of focusing on what we can’t do this

season, we are happily ensconced in learning

about the Christmas story, winter traditions and

scattering plenty of sparkle as we go. There

won’t be live Nativity events this year, so we’ll

be do our best to capture those special moments

for parents in picture and film instead. Santa will

visit in the dead of night (as he should), so there

will be a gift for all. On the subject of giving,

our wonderful Little Oaks families have pushed

the boat out again this year in support of the

DASH Charity, who work with victims of

domestic abuse in the local area, and the One

Can Trust. It’s horrifying that domestic violence

and food poverty have both increased during

these lockdown months so we’re determined to

do what we can to help. Thank you to all who

participated, for your ongoing generosity and

compassion. Ruthie Pocock, Principal, 07881 737149,

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Why outdoor play in winter is

good for you...!

At Little Oaks we are passionate about the

benefits of outdoor play. I thought readers might



be interested in the research behind its

importance

Why Outdoor Play in winter is good for

you! In Scandinavian schools and preschools,

children play outside at every opportunity. Even

in the depths of winter, children will be wrapped

up warmly and will spend the day exploring

forests, climbing moss-clad boulders or wading

in streams up to the tops of their wellies.

With proven health and development benefits,

why is it that we often don’t follow suit in the

UK? Is it habit? Is staying indoors during the

winter what our parents taught us as the way to

avoid catching a cold? During a pandemic

should we not be even more attuned than usual

to preventing the spread of germs and not

holding onto old beliefs about ‘being cold’

actually ‘causing a cold’? As if to prove a point,

in Scandinavian countries, children are found to

be fitter and more attentive, with better motor

skills and generally healthier than children in

the UK. What is the reason for this difference?

Escaping Indoor Germs. With viruses and

bacteria being more prevalent in winter it is

important to get outside into fresh air. For

children, getting outside is essential for them to

develop a strong immune system as they come

into contact with bacteria in a natural setting:

the more time they spend outdoors, the less

likely they are to develop autoimmune disorders

and allergies in the future.

Fresh Air is Healthy – Even in Winter! A

contradiction to common beliefs is that

exposure to the cold doesn’t actually cause a

cold. In fact, if dressed appropriately, fresh air is

healthy for everyone, even in the winter. When

people spend a lot of time indoors, especially

when it is overheated and poorly ventilated,

germs are recirculated and easily passed from

one person to another. That’s why outdoor play

is crucial! Not only does it allow children to

breathe fresh air and reduce the spread of

infection, but it also refreshes the mind, allows

them to burn energy and establishes a positive

understanding for year-round exercise

throughout the rest of their lives.

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Outdoor Play Provides Opportunities for

Better Exercise. We all know that as adults

should be getting at least 30 minutes of exercise

a day. For children, it is advised that they should

get 60 minutes a day and this is even more

important throughout the winter. When children

don’t exercise enough, this excess energy can

affect their sleep cycle and appetite, which in

turn affects their development and ability to

maintain a healthy body weight. While exercise,

in general, regulates this and ensures a healthy

lifestyle, winter exercise, in particular, is

essential for muscle growth, strength and

gross-motor development.

Winter Play Helps Children’s Cognitive

Development too… like exercise, outdoor play

also provides opportunities for learning and

development, some of which are exclusive to

those winter months. With outdoor play

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such as ‘how will I pack this snow tightly to

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footing?’ and becoming aware that they need to

adapt their behaviour in this new and less safe

environment, all ensure that they learn

important life lessons and develop vital skills.

Playing Outdoors Supplies Children with

Essential Vitamin D. While adults can take

supplements to compensate for the lack of sun

and amount they get from their diet, children

can’t. Vitamin D is even more important for

children as it promotes calcium absorption,

ensuring strong bone growth and preventing

bone deformities such as rickets.It is important

we get them as much sun exposure as possible.

With sunlight and vitamin D having a large

impact on daily mood, outdoor play in the

winter will help keep your little ones smiling!

As the saying goes, ‘There’s no such thing as

bad weather, just the wrong clothing’! Ruthie

Pocock



Your Photographs

OTIS ON A WALk AROUND THE FIELDS

ON A STUNNING NOVEMBER DAY

A COUPLE OF FLY AGARIC TOADSTOOLS IN

THE WOODS BY THE BACk COMMON

Well Done FMIFA!

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Photograph: David Pitron

Photographs: Carl Hale

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ASHWELLS

ARCHAEOLOGY


I expect many of you will have seen the

nineteen long trenches being dug on the

Ashwells site over 10 days, as marked on the

plan, to check on areas where houses are to be

built. It was a very international team, with an

Englishman, a Spaniard, and a young trainee

from Connecticut in search of the medieval and

much earlier finds that he cannot expect to find

in the USA. The digger driver was an Albanian

vet, unable to practice in England.


Most of the trenches did not

need to go down more than a foot

or so to get below the top soil and

on to undisturbed ground. Chalk

was the predominant base to the

north and west, with clay to the

east and south. There were two

intersecting ditches in No.2, and

No.7 (photo) had a 2m plus depth

of earth backfill, perhaps

connected with the adjacent large

(probably) chalkpit. There were

one or two places they needed to

check in the north-east, but by far

the most interesting area was

close to the southern hedge-line

where there were tile and pottery

finds of a date yet to be

determined, as well as a

pronounced ditch. If the final

report Is sufficiently encouraging,

the County archaeological team

could recommend this area to be

opened up for further

investigation. Miles Green

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Photograph: Eddie Morton


CHRISTMAS FUN

in P+TG 2020

We hope that you will be able to have some

fun this Christmas in P&TG.

The details in this edition of VV were

accurate at the time of going to print.

We do know that things change so if

anything needs to change the following

resources will publicise the details:

P&TG Residents Society facebook page

www.pennandtylersgreen.com

(Peter Brown's blog)


(P&TGRS website)

Photography

We know that there

are many keen and

talented

photographers in

the Village.

We would like to

invite

photographers to

submit photos

which capture the

beauty of our

village or the spirit

of the past year / a

'sign of the times’ which we will display in a gallery

on the P&TGRS website and a selection in the next

edition of VV. Send your pictures to info@

pennandtylersgreen.co.uk

Decorate your front garden (or

window or door step) for

Christmas!

You can use household items or recycle

household materials – no special materials,

equipment or skills are required

Ideas to consider

• An outdoor decorated Tree - the brighter the

better!

• A homemade, full size Christmas Figure in

your front garden

• A homemade Christmas wreath - displayed

on your front door (Hilary Forbes has written

some helpful basic instructions to get

started - please see overleaf in this insert)

• A decorated lantern on your doorstep

Children are invited to create a colourful

Christmas themed window decoration

(made of any materials) and displayed in

your front window

Ideas to consider:

• A picture,

• A stained glass effect window,

• A mobile decoration or

• Any other decoration you can think of

Please display your colourful decorations

between 19th December 2020 and 3

January 2021 for passers by to enjoy.

We plan to create a gallery of photographs on

the P&TGRS website: www.pennandtylersgreen.

co.uk. A selections of pictures will also feature

in the next edition of Village Voice.Please also

take a photo of your decorations and send a

high resolution jpg to info@

pennandtylersgreen.org.uk

A selection of photos will appear in the next

edition of VV, and all photos will be displayed

on the P&TGRS website.

Father Christmas to visit P&TG

Father Christmas is planning to visit

P&TG on his sleigh!

At 5.30 - 7 p.m. on 20th, 21st and 22nd December.,

look out for Father Christmas on his sleigh as he

travels around the village.

Come outside to wave! (adults wearing masks and

ensuring any social distancing rules are adhered to at

all times). We hope the weather is good!


LET'S

LIGHT UP PENN

&TYLERS GREEN AND

LAUNCH THE CHRISTMAS

FESTIVITIES ON:

THURSDAY 17th

DECEMBER 2020

AT 7 PM

Everyone is invited to light up your decorated front gardens, and

make a noise to celebrate and thank everyone who has served to

make our lives better in 2020.

Please join your neighbours to make a noise - by clapping, blowing a

whistle or banging on pots and pans!

We want to acknowledge and celebrate anyone who has demonstrated

an act of kindness during these most challenging of times.

Please clap for your family, friends and neighbours, for all carers, for

everyone in public service, for all key workers, our teachers, and all

volunteers

6pm - Switch off any decorations in your front garden

6.50pm - Gather outside your front door

7pm - Light up any and all Christmas Decorations

in your front garden, windows and porch

7pm CLAP AND MAKE A NOISE!

Where? YOUR HOUSE!


The Christmas Tree on the Common will be lit at

7pm on 17th December 2020 . We hope we

will also be able to play a recording of

the Church bells ringing.

December 2020/January 2021


CHRISTMAS

in P+TG 2020

Church Services, Christmas

Post & Local Opening Hours...

(Correct at time of printing)

Holy Trinity & St Margaret's

www.holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk

13 December: Carols for All (audio).

20th December: Traditional Service of Lessons and

Carols (audio)

20th December: A video of or Christingle Service

from St Margarets

24th: A video of our Christmas Crib service from Holy

Trinity where a series of guests (figures and cuddly

toys) gather around the Nativity Scene accompanied

by readings and carols

Christmas Eve: 11.30pm at Holy Trinity

Christmas Day: 10 am services at both Holy Trinity

and St Margarets

Penn Free Methodist Church

www.realchristianity.org, 812829

23rd December at 7.30pm: Carol service with

an address

December 25th at 10:30am: Christmas

Morning worship.

27th December: 11pm & 6.30pm: Morning &

Evening Services

31st December 7.30pm: New Years Eve

Service of Thanksgiving & Rededication

Coppice Farm Road

Methodist Church

www.highwycombemethodist.org.uk,

815631

Penn & Tylers Green

Christmas Post 2020

For many years, the Penn & Tylers Green Scout

Group has provided a Christmas postal service

delivering cards to resident in Penn, Tylers

Green and Manor Farm. We hope to provide

our normal service again this year, providing we

can operate safely within the Covid guidelines.

The delivery area covered is set out in the map

below, details are also set out below, and we

will advise nearer the time if we are able to

proceed. Please look out for updates on the

P&TG website, Facebook, blog and posters in

the shops where our post boxes are located.

We are not charging for the postal service this

year. If you wish to make a voluntary donation

to our chosen Charity, Shelter, there is a Just

Giving page in the name of P&TG Scouts –

thank you.

Timetable:

5th December - post

boxes in local shops.

12th December - first

collection

19th December - final

collection

Post box locations:

Kings Ride Supermarket

John’s Barber Shop

(formerly Filippo’s)

Joe Gleeson Butcher

JJ’s Delicatessen

Village Shop on the Green

Map of delivery area:

Stamp designs by

the Beavers:

Old Queens Head 813371

Christmas Eve : 12pm – 8.30pm

Christmas Day: 12.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Boxing Day: 12 – 8.30pm

Sunday 27th & Monday 28th: 12-7.30 pm

Tuesday 29th: 12-2.30 /5-8.30pm

Wednesday 30th December - Sunday 3rd

January: Open as normal

The Red Lion 815925

Christmas Eve: bar 12- 10 pm, Kitchen 12 - 8.30pm

Christmas Day: bar 11am-1pm

Boxing Day: bar 12 - 7 pm, kitchen 12-4pm

Sunday 27th: bar 12-7pm, kitchen 12-4pm

Monday 29th: CLOSED

Tue 29th & Wed 30th: bar 12 - 10.30pm, kitchen

12-2.30 / 6-9pm

News Year's Eve: bar 12 - 7pm, kitchen 12- 4pm

New Years Day: bar 11am - 7pm, kitchen 11 -4 pm

Horse & Jockey

Xmas Eve : 12 - 12

Xmas Day: 12 - 3 pm

Boxing Day: 12 -10 pm

New Years Eve: 12 - late

New Years Day: 12 -11pm

(please note food is not available)

The Crown 812640

Xmas Eve: 11 am -10pm

Xmas Day: s 11.30-3.00(last sitting)

Boxing Day onwards: Normal hours

Sports & Social Club

December 21st to 23rd :5 pm-10 pm

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing

Day : CLOSED

Sunday 27th: 2-10 p.m.

Mon 28th: 5-10 p.m.

Tue 29th - Thur 31st: 12-10pm

New Years Day: CLOSED

2nd/3rd Jan: 12-10pm


Shop on the Green

817369

Xmas day: CLOSED

Boxing Day until 30th December:

8am-6pm

31st December: 8am - 8pm

New Years Day: CLOSED

Co-op Rose Avenue

Christmas Eve: 8am - 8pm

Christmas Day: Closed Boxing Day:

8am - 6pm New Year's Eve: 7am

- 8pm New Year's Day: 9am - 6pm

Jan 2nd onwards: 7am -10 pm

Dip's Supermarket

Kings Ride 812369

Normal opening times except

Xmas Day: 9 - 1pm

Boxing Day: Normal opening

New Years Eve: Normal Opening

New Years Day: 8 - 4pm

Joe Gleeson's 813392

Monday 21st: 8am - 4pm

Tuesday 22nd: 8am - 4pm

Wednesday 23rd: 8am - 4pm

Thursday 24th: 7am -4pm

Christmas day: Closed

Saturday 26th - Monday 28th

Closed

Tue 29th - Thur 31st: 8am - 3pm

Fri 1st - Mon 4th Jan 2021: Closed

Tuesday 5th Jan: normal trading

resumes

JJ's 819933

Christmas Eve: open until 2pm

then CLOSED until January 4th 2021

Penn Surgery & Lansdales

Pharmacy 816163

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New

Years Day otherwise opening hours as usual.



Instructions for Making

a Wreath

The aim of our wreath making is to brighten up

doorways and also to not spend a fortune so

the challenge is to make it from recycled

materials or home grown greenery.

To make a rag wreath, you will need a wire

“frame” or an old coat hanger, a pair of scissors,

lots of material (they reckon around 2.5m)

altogether and a ruler. Please don’t buy an

“oasis” type wreath frame – they are made of

plastic and we are all trying to reduce our use

of plastic. Hobbycraft sell wire frames as do

many online stores.

For a rag wreath you need to cut your material

into 22cm strips, 3-4cm wide. Tie a piece of

ribbon or strong cotton to the wreath so you

can hang it up (or you can use the hook on the

wire framed coat hanger). If using a coat

hanger, bend it into an appropriate shape –

hearts look good as well as circles.

Now start tying. You make half a knot ie left

over right and under and pull tight. Keep

repeating and squash the knots up really close

to get a dense effect. For a picture of a rag

wreath – go to mumssavvysavings.com. There

are numerous examples and tutorials on the

internet. https://mucknbrass.com/shop/

Alternatives would be to cover the ring in

paper or indeed make one out of card and stick

coloured paper to it but bear in mind it will

need to be somewhere dry if it’s not to dissolve

into a soggy mess!

You could try attaching painted plastic (old

plastic bottles for example, painted in acrylic

paint) or you could make one from garden

greenery. To do this, secure a large potato

covered in tin foil to the frame with wire and

then stick the greenery into the spud through

the foil. There should be enough moisture in

the spud to keep it fresh.

Use your imagination!

You may decide to go one step further and

incorporate a string of fairy lights to your

wreath.

We look forward to seeing the creative and

innovative wreaths on display around the

villages!

Village Voice Treasure Hunt

Welcome to the Village Voice Treasure

Hunt – there are no prizes, but we

hope you find it enjoyable...

Once at the start, all the clues in this treasure

hunt can be seen from the pavement. A few

clues are on the right-hand side of the road but

are visible without needing to cross the road.

The clues and answers are sequential so you

should be able to tell if you have missed one.

You could return to the start across the fields

via the footpath from the bottom of the

destination car park, but you will need wellies

as the footpaths are muddy. A printable

question sheet is available on the RS websitewww.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk.

Answers will

be posted between Christmas & New Year.

No. Clue

1 Start at the pub with the most

common name in the UK

2 Mid Spring Cottage

3 Midsomer no more

4 Pinocchio’s lifelines

5 University professor by royal decree

6 One of three in P&TG

7 Forest in Cairgorms National Park

8 So here it is, Merry Christmas,

everybody's having fun

9 How Steamed (anagram)

10 Thimble full of fermented honey &

water

11 Fit philatelist?

12 Its OK, I’m holding its collar

13 It gets easier from here

14 Penn "trilogy"

15 Which Way?

16 Money laundering establishment?

17 Ship builders?

18 Weekday collections?

19 Crowns’ dated?

20 Surely, that’s not the time?

21 Finish at the pub with the second

most common name in the UK

Running clues

Iron rabbit, Stratfords, Flying Yacht, Oldfields,

Silver swan, Penn free Methodist church,

Telephone boxes, Lane House and war

memorial


Another Treasure Hunt...

No prizes, just for fun!

This is a circular walk. which starts and finishes

at the Christmas tree on The Common. Please

take care when crossing the roads. The clues

are sequential, follow the directions or look for

picture clues as you progress. A printable

question sheet is available on the RS websitewww.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk

Answers will

be posted between Christmas & New Year.

No. Clue

1 When was the first Christmas tree

erected on The Common?

2 On which ship did Geoffrey Bartlett

serve?

Cross the road

3 Points shared in thrilling local derby.

4 Which bus for High Wycombe?

5 How many ducks in

and around Tylers

Green pond?

Cross the road

6 Environmentally

friendly fruit & veg?

7 Name one of the

specials?

8 Clever bear?

Cross the road

9 Watery home?

10 5 ________ Road?

Cross the road

11 In which Regiment did

Bert & Joseph serve?

12 A place of safety?

13 What time is it?

14 Name of the Church?

15 Where did the Bishop

travel from to lay the

stone?

16 Humpty Dumpty’s

down here?

17 Fred & Wilma’s place?

18 Home of Winnie the

Pooh and name

of P&TG Beaver

colony? (Adult

volunteers needed,

see VV).

19 John Wayne western

– honestly.



20 __________ & apple crumble

– custard or ice cream?

21 On top of the Christmas tree?

Cross the road

22 Where is the flag?

23 Bee Gees hit from Saturday Night

Fever?

Cross the road

24 Known locally as the Back Common?

25 Royal tree?

Cross the road

26 Royal delivery?

27 Royal palace?

28 Cox’s orange ________ a classic

English apple?

29 Count the number of red oak trees

leading up to the pond?

30 How tall is this year’s Christmas tree

on The Common?

Picture Clues

1 3 5

8 11 13

19 22 23

24 26 29

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CLUBS

& SOCIETIES

Guiding in P&TG

Seasons Greeting VV readers! I hope that when

you read this, that once again, face-to-face

meetings for all our local units have resumed. It

has been an incredibly challenging year for all!

Our Guide pack managed to meet between

September and the announcement of the second

lockdown which was great for the girls and the

perfect opportunity for their Leader, Linda

Marriott to be awarded with her 30-year service

award. Congratulations Linda on such a

wonderful achievement! The Guides even

managed to squeeze in an evening outside

making armpit fudge and smores, using tea

lights to toast their marshmallows before

sandwiching the sweet gooeyness between two

chocolate digestives. Yummy! The 1st Brownies

are yet to meet as a unit so have been working

their way through activity packs which include

crafts, colouring sheets, badge work and a

newsletter. They have

been sending in lovely pictures of what they

have done. Sadly like the Brownies, the

Kingswood Trefoil Guild have still been unable

to have their monthly meetings but have

continued to stay in touch with a newsletter

including quizzes. Several members have

managed to meet in gardens for a natter and a

cup of tea, a few members have managed to get

away on short breaks for a change of scenery

and some have been working hard in their

gardens thanks to the good weather we had in

the Summer. It has been difficult for those who

have been bereaved during this time and for

those who are caring for loved ones. They are

really looking forward to meeting with not just

their own Guild but other members in the

County in the future. Preparations are in place

and lots of fingers are being crossed that the

events go ahead. I will be keeping my fingers

crossed too. The county office sent out an email

on Bonfire Night reminding us of the old Guide

Law – ‘a guide sings and smiles under all

difficulties’, I don’t want to imply that we

should hide our struggles behind a facade, but it

reminded and encouraged me that Girlguiding


has been around for over 100 years now!

During which time Guides, Brownies and more

recently Rainbows have experienced change,

adversity and even conflict, yet we have always

come through and we will come through this,

singing and smiling together! So, I wish you all

a very Merry Christmas and a happier New

Year! Katie Barnes

P&TG Scouts

The Scout troop had enjoyed a challenging

programme of outdoor meetings up until the

second lockdown when face to face meetings

were again precluded. Since then meetings have

continued on-line. Most recently Scouts

participated in the Wycombe Homeless

Connection Big Sleepout 2020; with members

sleeping in the garden under tarpaulins, the

bathtub and at the foot of the stairs.

The Cubs have also participated in online

meetings but as so much of the scouting

experience is hands on, Zoom is just not the

same. If the restrictions on gatherings ease, we

hope to have some outdoor meetings in the New

Year, though these may be at the weekends,

rather than in the evenings, to take advantage of

the extra light and warmth!

With the recent encouraging news on

vaccines, we can start to look forward to

meeting normally next year. With our members

being a year older, a number will have moved

up to the next group so we are therefore keen to

attract new recruits into all sections. However,

in order to provide a full programme of events

we need to recruit additional adult volunteers.

Hopefully, the alternative and more flexible

ways of working engendered by the pandemic

will enable a greater number of parents / carers /

relatives to assist with group meetings on a

regular basis. For more information please see

the contact details in VV.

The Scouts are hoping to provide the annual

village postal service commencing on 5th

December with final collection being on 19th

December – see Christmas section of VV.

Confirmation is dependent on the nature of



Covid regulations in force. Please look out for

further announcements via the P&TGRS

website, Facebook, blog and posters in the

shops where the collecting boxes are located.

Evening WI

At the time of writing we are in lockdown, but

this time prepared. The committee continue

meeting each month via zoom. In October we

had a very successful zoom ATM with

approximately half the members taking part.

This was followed by a very inspirational talk

by Misba Khan from her home in Manchester

on her participation in an international all

female expedition to ski to the North Pole. Our

question and answer session of the members

with Misba was almost as long as her

presentation.

One positive that has come from the situation

caused by Covid is that we can cast our net

wider in the search for speakers as distance and

location has no limit. Some members have

taken advantage of technology to log into talks

and demonstrations produced by the WI

organisation. These are open to non members of

the WI and good value at £5. Go to www.

denman.org.hi and explore "Denman at Home".

In November our speakers subject will be

History and Jewels and in December our talk

will be on Behind the Scenes of Quiz Shows.

We have been promised that this will be

amusing and light hearted, just right for the

festive season. If anyone would like to give one

of our evening talks a go with a view of joining

our WI, send an email to hforbes@pennsoft.

co.up and Hilary will be in touch with the

details. These are held on the evening of the

second Thursday of the month.

We continue to be kept up to date what our

members are doing with a regular newsletter

and the book club continues to meet, initially in

a members garden but now that the weather and

the rules do not make that possible we use

zoom. We enjoy reading and discussing books

that go beyond our 'comfort zone '.

We hope everyone has as happy a Christmas

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better than 2020. Lydia Andrews,

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Morning WI

When you read this we have just starting our

second lockdown. All our big plans for our

meetings at the Golf Club have had to be

cancelled which rather left us at square one.

Having an older membership we do not have

the expertise for modern technology that other

groups are fortunate to have, however we are

going to have a speaker on Zoom for November

as it is our birthday meeting and it would be

good to do the same for our Christmas meeting.

Our AGM took place on Zoom and twenty of

our members joined in. I have been succeeded

in my presidency after six years by Christine

Nisbet. I enjoyed my time at the helm but am a

great believer in change is good. New faces new

ideas. It was lovely that we had no problem

getting a committee. We send best wishes to all

readers. Sheila Sparrow

Village Care

Village Care is increasing our contact with

Clients and Volunteers during this second

lockdown. This service is much appreciated.

We wish everyone as good a Christmas as

possible, and we hope everyone keeps well.

Peter Sachs, 01494 257823

The Village Show

We intend to have a Village Show in 2021, we

are considering moving it from June to

September. Our Schedule will remain the same

and is on the website https://

pennandtylersgreenvillageshow.com and

Facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/

pennandtylersgreenvillageshow. We hope to see

you in 2021. David Deadman

Penn Pond Waders Golf Society

Following my last update, I am sad to report

that all golf courses were closed again for most

of November. We cancelled our planned trip to



Bournemouth in October since the social

restrictions would have been too onerous. Our

members are also disappointed that our popular

annual captain’s charity day at Ashridge GC has

also had to be postponed until next year. 2020

has been challenging for everyone. Fortunately,

we were able to enjoy playing golf during the

summer and early Autumn. We also managed to

host 3 PPWGS events during the year. Let us all

hope and pray that by the New Year we will

start to see this horrible virus being eradicated to

allow us all to get back to some degree of

normality again. Our planned 2021 events will

be announced in the next edition of VV.

If you are interested in joining our friendly

Society or coming along as a guest at any of our

future 2021 events, please contact our Secretary

Bob Teuton on 07973 137446. We would love

to welcome some new Waders at some of the

great golfing venues we normally play at. For

more information, please visit our website,

http://www.pennpondwadersgolfsociety.com

Hazlemere Gardening

Association

Like many other organisations it's been a

difficult year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sadly our Spring and Autumn shows had to be

cancelled along with planned trips and our

annual social.

On a more positive note, although we had to

close the barn store from March we were able to

continue selling products to our members via an

‘Order & Collect service’ from our website.

We are looking at the possibility of opening the

Barn store again from February next year, but

this will depend on the Covid restrictions in

place at that time and our ability to manage the

situation safely. If we feel unable to open

normally then we will continue with our order

& collect service and expand the list of products

on our website. We have put in orders for

potatoes, onions, shallots and seeds for next

season, so lets hope for a better year in 2021.

Peter Pearman (membership secretary) 01494711570 www.

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FIELDS IN

KING'S WOOD Part 8

So far, we have established that LiDAR images

unexpectedly reveal clear evidence of what

appear to be field boundaries in King's Wood,

that the underlying soft chalk rather than the

expected clay with flints would have allowed

early farmers to plough, that historical evidence

finds no evidence for medieval or Saxon use of

the fields and so suggests a Roman or earlier

origin. Four centuries of Roman occupation

resulted in an intensive agrarian economy and

there is abundant evidence of Romano-British

activity close to King’s Wood with the Roman

road along the Wycombe valley, two farmsteads

in Micklefield and, most recently, the possibility

of a Roman villa site in Gomm Valley near

Cock Lane.

Roman or Celtic field shapes &

sizes? In the absence of dateable finds in

King’s Wood itself, do the shape and size of the

fields offer any clue as to their age? Very little

direct evidence of Roman field systems has



survived in the Chilterns, but judging from

Romano-British fields elsewhere, those on the

Chiltern farms would have been roughly oblong

areas delineated by small banks and ditches and

ploughed one-way, rather than the crossploughing

of the earlier small, square, so-called

‘Celtic’ fields, which can date from the Bronze

Age (c.2000-600BC), as well as the Iron Age (c.

600BC- Roman arrival in AD43). These Celtic

fields were typically 1 acre (64m x 64m), the

amount which could then be ploughed in one

day.

The King’s Wood fields

The size of the fields varies considerably. The

two largest are rectangular and about 3½ acres.

Six fields, the majority, are squarish with

between 2 and 2½ acres and sides around a

norm of about 100m. The two smallest are

½-acre and ¾-acre squares. The direction of

slope within each field is consistent. All the

straight-edged field boundaries have the same

NE/SW alignment, taking their direction from

and incorporating parts of the longer, sinuous

lynchets which presumably preceded them.

These sinuous lynchets were created by

ploughing along the contours to form strip

lynchets, narrow flights of terraces on the

steeper slopes. There is some

evidence for more terracing than

has been shown on the map, on

the south-facing Tylers Green

side of the wood.

Thus, the fields do not fit

comfortably into what little is

known about Roman and Celtic

fields in the Chilterns, but many

of the banks are still very

considerable, even after nearly

two millenia of erosion, as

woodland, and must be the

product of immense labour over

many centuries. The Romans

would have inherited the fields

and probably adapted them to

some degree. Miles Green

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VILLAGE

MEMORIES

I found myself strongly relating to

Jonathan Wheeler’s village memories

(Oct/Nov 2020 issue of VV). I am also a

native of Tylers Green and fortunately still

live in the village...

As a war time baby I grew up in West Avenue,

the cul de sac by Penn Garage. Here in the early

1950’s, the inhabitants with its 20 odd houses

predominantly worked in the furniture or

building trade, although there were two

postmen. The houses were nicely detached with

decent gardens for growing vegetables rather

than flowers. There was only one car in the

whole avenue! The road surface was terrible.

Today, a desirable place to live in. My

Grandfather A.A. Harding was a local builder

who ran his business from “Cholesbury

Cottage”, behind the bus stop half way up

Hazlemere Road with his four sons. They built a

number of these houses including the one I grew

up in.

As Jonathan noted there were Cherry trees

everywhere for the London market so there

were lots of opportunities for scrumping by us

young lads! I now live behind Hazlemere Road

where the land was full of these trees and I

understand that the plague of ants which I have

and difficult to remove are there as a result. The

boundary between Penn and Tylers Green runs

across my drive so I have a Penn address but

pay my rates to Wycombe. Interestingly, in my

deeds, I can see that the red brick semi opposite

me and next to Burrows Close had no close

buildings in 1900 and apparently has a Trig

point? I wonder who built it and set this up? I

know the owner would welcome any

information.

I was lucky enough to go to the Tylers Green

Primary school along with other mainly

workingclass lads and lasses. There were 4

teachers managing all the pupils from age 5 up

to the 11 plus exam, perhaps 80-100 pupils.

Here, little did I know that I was in the very

same class as my future wife Pauline. There was

no middle school in the early1950’s. We all had

school dinners and were routinely visited by the

Dentist which we feared given all the lurid

details of extraction. The substantial air raid

shelter was still in existence.

We also had to do the gardening, including

mowing the lawn which needed two boys to

pull the mower. Managing the headmaster’s

garden was curtailed somewhat after his prize

dahlias went missing! In the last couple of years

there I took turns in filling ink wells and pulling

aluminium caps from used milk bottles. The

first job involved dissolving ink powder in

water and then filling inkpots in each desk.

Inevitably one’s hands at least became stained in

black ink. The only way to do the second job

was to put a finger in the hole in the aluminium

cap and pull. Result cut fingers! Apart from the

pond freezing so we could slide on it, the big

event of our year was Penn fair in mid

September on the front common. We boys

couldn’t wait to see the large steam engine

“Conqueror” pull the very heavy “big horses”

equipment onto site before becoming the

working centre of it and the “Little Marvel”

steam engine used for all the donkey work.

One memorable event was the success of the

school’s football team in 1952-3 winning the

local school league and being runners up in the

cup final. We played on WycombeWanderers’

hallowed turf at Loakes Park. We lost 3.1 and I

unfortunately

was the goal

keeper! Of

course, for many

pupils their only

summer holiday

was a day trip to

the sea in a

Sunday School

Coach convey.


I know of a couple of people, one a

close friend, who grew up in the village in the

50’s and 60’s and are still here, but I wonder

how many more there are. So many people

moved out for job opportunities and to perhaps

less expensive areas. Of course, it’s mainly

friends in your school year that you keep in

touch with. Kenny Allen arranged a School

Reunion in 2009 of retired pupils and I have a

wonderful photo taken in front of the school of

the mainly 70 or so who managed to come back

to the village. I hope when this wretched virus

has been sorted there will be an opportunity to

show it at some event so that names can be put

to faces. I know most but am unsure on some.

Of course, in the 50’s much of the village as

we now know it had not been developed,

particularly huge areas between New Road and

Hazlemere except for the main road from

Potters Cross or Muddy Bottom (as it was

known in earlier times) to Hazlemere and some

roads leading from it.

On the left of the playing fields along what is

now Ashley Drive was Kite Wood which was a

great place to play, make camps, get wood for

Bonfire Night and get up to mischief in general.

One great trick was to set light to a gorse bush

which would always burn very brightly and

fiercely. Unfortunately, one of my friends did

this on his own one Saturday afternoon, and

inevitably it got out of control and the fire

brigade had to be called out!

We were and are still lucky to live in an area

of large woods, which are available for walking

in and enjoying the outside life. with HS2 and

the M40 bypassing us. Penn Wood, now run by



the Woodland Trust, is the largest and still

supports huge rhododendron trees and bushes

which are a pleasure to see in the Spring and

Summer. In earlier times this area was off limits

for the locals except for Whitsun (Spring Bank

Holiday). In later times before the Woodland

Trust became involved, contractors made a real

mess of this area by cutting down the

magnificent confers which bordered the

rhododendrons. So, if its wet, wear stout shoes

or Wellingtons to see them. I walked through

these woods many times during this Covid year

which helped lift the gloom. (If only the Penn

Street pubs had been open!). The paths are well

marked thanks to our local volunteers.

Memories from our younger days are

generally strong and as I walk around the

village the names of the inhabitants and which

shops and pubs were where always flash

through my mind. I look forward to reviewing

the 1921 census when it’s available next year.

The quickly taken 1939 census which is

available with some names redacted due to the

100 year rule is fascinating in seeing how many

inhabitants worked (or didn’t) and in which

industries and where they lived. Brian Harding

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Serving the Penn area for over 17 years

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For an appointment

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or 07906 301639

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A boost in Literacy & Numeracy KS1 & KS2

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PLUMBING & HEATING

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tk plumbing and electrics

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No job too small

All work guaranteed

References can be supplied on request

Contact Tom on:

phone: 01494 580518 / mob: 07716 440916

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SHAKESPEARE

DECORATING

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07973 673337

mark@fletch1.co.uk

PAINTING

DECORATING

CARPENTRY

TILING

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We follow current Public Health England &

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MIKE MCLEOD

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Bucks. HP10 8AL

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For further details tel: 01494 815456 or

07791 273789

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(Advanced craft carpentry and joinery)

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Mobile: 07773 284844

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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

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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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INDEX

OF ADVERTISERS

Page Numbers for Village Voice

Advertisers...

Accountancy & Finance

FA F A Magee Accountants

Page 44 45

Financial FM Mortgages Management IFA Page 188

FM KMB Pensions Accountancy

Page 28 16

KMB Philip Accounting Harper Financial Management

Page 59 28

Architects & and Designers Designers

Applewoods Surveying Page 42

Penn Carrie Design Peck Design

Page 18 51

Penn Penn Planning Planning

Page 50 50

Bathrooms

Bathrooms and Kitchens

Autumnwood

& Kitchens

Page 12

Autumnwood Building and Property

12

Building All Locks& Property

Page 14

All Amersham Locks Aerial Fix

Page 42 14

Amersham Chalker Property Aerial Fix Maintenance

Page 46

Chalker Don The Property Handyman Maintenance Page 51 46

Don Dulieu the Builders Handyman Page 51

Dulieu Garage Builders Door Doctor

Page 48 51

Garage Hi Garage Door Doors Doctor Page 50 48

Hi Mick Garage Smith Doors Carpets

Page 44 51

Mike McLeod Window Cleaner Cleaning

Page 53

Penn Mike Garden Morley Rooms Handyman

Page 46 18

Sharley Penn Design Domestics Page 45 49

Carpentry

Sharley Domestics

Page 49

Steve

TJ Windows

O'Connell

Page 43

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Carpentry

Cleaning

Carpentry

&

&

Ironing

Joinery Services

Page 53

A Steve's & T Cleaning Furniture & Stopressed Repairs Ironing Page 53 41

Alan's Church Clean Ovens 47

Ovenproud Penn Free Methodist Church

Page 48 51

Red Cleaning Kite Carpet & Ironing Cleaning 49

Procare A & T Cleaning Carpet Cleaning Page 30 45

Computer Alan's Clean Services Ovens

Page 47

Ingenuity Ovenproud IT Page 51 41

Phil Red Jones Kite Carpet Cleaning

Page 49 46

Education Procare Carpet & Childcare Cleaning Sevices

Page 50

Little Computer Oaks Nurseries Services

42

Little Ingenuity Oaks Wraparound IT

Care Page 41 24

The John House Phillips that Jack Built Page 41 34

The Phil Village Jones PC Preschool Repair

Page 42 20

Electricians

Education & Childcare

Little Oaks

Page 18

CD

Little

Jones

Oaks

Electrical

Creche

Page 16

45

Oakfield The House Electrical that Jack Built

Page 34 53

R The O'Donoghue Village Pre-School Electrican Page 20 53

Estate Electricians Agents

JNP Alex Burridge Electrical

Page 18 42

Flooring Oakfield Electrical

Page 53

Hayes R O'Donoghugh Flooring Electrician

Page 53 43

Mulberry Estate Agents Flooring 54

Trio Ford Flooring and Partners

Page 24 2

Funeral JNP Directors

Page 42

Arnold Tim Russ Funeral Services Page 10 47

Beacon Flooring Funeral Services 43

Gardening Hayes Flooring Services

Page 43

A Mulberry Ellis Tree Flooring Services Page 54 28

Four

Trio Flooring

Page 24

Funeral

Seasons

Services

Gardening 54

Mike's Beacon Garden Funeral Services Services

Page 43 24

Penn Arnold Landscapes Funeral Service

Page 47 36


Village Voice December Village Voice 2020/January April/May 2020 2021

Gardening/Landscaping/Plants

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

Health Alison Haircare & Lifestyle

Ann Fry Personal Trainer

Bloom Beauty Room

Fellas Barber Shop

Fitness Function

Hazlemere Spa

Jane Symington Chiropody

Lorraine's Professional Skin Therapy

Shakespeare Pilates

Signature Nails

The Beauty Retreat

Victoria Green You & Yoga

Wendy Kepetzis Opticians

Your Doctor

Interior Design/Decorating Services

Interior Jon Woodbridge Design / Decorating

Mella Design Ltd

N Gillie Decorating Services

Paul Smith Decor

Ruffles Curtains and Blinds

Shakespeare Decorating

Pet Plumbing Services & Heating

Chiltern Heating & Gas

Dave Beck Plumber

Jackson Plumbing

N J Barrett Plumbing

Plumbing Penn Heating & Heating

Steve Hobson Plumbing & Heating

TK Plumbing & Electrics

Retail

Fields Domestic Appliances

Strings

Schools & Tuition

Retail Avril Stuart Tuition

French Tuition

Pauline Quirke Academy

Services Ros Kendrick English/Literacy Tutor

Services

Alexa Beck Photography

Cedar Barn & The Stables

Companion Care

Crossroads Vet

Emma's Walkies

Gill Morris

Joy Whittaker Crotchet & Sew

Lewis Nelson Counselling

Loraine Grainger-Dogwalkies

Organise and Shine

Taxi Penn Services Church Hall

The Phone Man

Turville Printing Services

Tuition Vintage Teaware Hire

Your Eco

Taxi Services

Impact Private Hire

Penn Private Hire

Vehicle Sales, Servicing & Repairs

Vehicle ASM Auto Services Recycling

Paul Russell's Garage

Penn Motor Company

Prestwood Motors

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Penn Tree Services 48

Pukka Planting Services 49

Tylers Green Garden Maintenance 53

Page 54

Alison Haircare Page 54 52

Ann Fry Personal Trainer Page 52 43

Fitness Function Page 36 46

Home Roots Page 26 36

Jane Symington Chiropody Page 528

Shakespeare Pilates Page 52 38

Signature Nails

Page

20

30

Page 52

The Beauty Retreat

Page

40

20

The Peace Room Page 43 40

Williams CBT Page 45 46

WJ Kepetzis Optometrist Page 42

You & Yoga Page 47 34

Your Doctor 34

Page 53

Jon Woodbridge Page 53 50

Mella Design Page 50 40

N Gillie Decorating Services Page 40 50

Ruffles Curtains & Blinds Page 52

Shakespeare Decorating Page 53 50

Crossroads Vet Page 43 16

Page 40

Dogwalkies

Page

40

54

Emma's Walkies Page 46

Page 12

Barrett Domestics Page 46 52

Dave Beck - Plumber Page 40 45

Jackson Plumbing 54

Penn Heating Page 12 14

Steve Hobson Page 52 54

TK Plumbing & Electrics 52

Page 52

Fields Domestic Appliances Page 14 54

Strings of Penn Page 544

Page 50

Car Leasing Solutions 2

Aerial Fix

Page

24

44

Page 49

Cedar Barn Hire

Page

49

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High Wycombe Friendship Page 54 24

Mr Van Man Page 53 44

Organise & Shine Page 48 16

Penn Church Hall Page 54 45

Penn Free Methodist Church Page 48 20

Solarbean Page 45

Turville Printing Services Page 40 48

Page 54

Impact Private Hire Page 47 54

Penn Private Hire Page 20 40

Page 53

Avril Stewart Tuition Page 52 52

French Tuition 54

PQA Academy of Performing Arts

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59

46

Page 20

Ros Kendrick - Tutor 52

Page 40

ASM Auto Recycling Page 40 42

Parnell's EV Page 10 60

Penn Motor Company Page 60 26

Prestwood Motors 44

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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

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 /


● TG Methodist Church Rev. Vida Foday

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

● 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

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, katrinawood02@gmail.com

www.wycombeconservatives.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 Matt Sara and PCSO Claire Bowles

Early Years Services

● Little Oaks Nurseries Ruthie Pocock 07881

737149 or ruthiepocock@little-oaks.org - Little

Oaks @ The Parish Rooms Jackie Richmond

01494 815413 | Little Oaks @ Tylers Green /

Breakfast & TeaTime wrap around care: Amy

Pass 07437 689158 | Little Oaks @ Forty

Green: Linda Franklin 01494 671228

● Toddler Group Thursdays @ Village Hall

Julie Rugg 07766 881567

● Toddler Group Wednesdays @ Parish Rooms

Ali Bisset 01494 816700

● 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 / Emma

Byrne / tylersgreenvillagehall@gmail.com

www.tylersgreenvillagehall.co.uk

Schools in P&TG

● Tylers Green First School Head: Mrs Jude



Talbot 813201 www.tylersgreenfirst.co.uk

● TG First School PTA: Sarah Elderton 07831

180083 / Janet Velde 07776 252261

● 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: 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 815346

● Table Tennis 815180

● Tennis Club Kate Noble ptgtennisclub@

gmail.com, www.clubspark.lta.org/PennTennis

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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 Jo Morrissey

(Beaconsfield constituency) 673745

● Buckinghamshire Council Councillors

● Tylers Green & Loudwater Ward

David Shakespeare OBE 817248 -

TG, Loudwater & part of Ryemead, Katrina

Wood 07827 820531, Tylers Green &

Loudwater, Lawrence Wood 07739 181043 -

Tylers Green & Loudwater

● Penn Wood & Old Amersham Ward Isobel

Darby 07798 538697 - Penn & Old Amersham /

Julia Burton 726411 / Jonathan Waters

890210- both Penn & Coleshill

● Chepping Wycombe Parish Councillors for

Tylers Green (CWPC includes councillors for

Flackwell Heath & Loudwater)

Ian Forbes 816438 / Sharon Herron 07905

614133 / 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

Village Voice is owned and

published by the P & TG

Residents’ Society

is produced 6 times a year and delivered to

all houses in Penn & Tylers Green.

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