VV_December 2020

IN MEMORY
Philip Page August 1937 to October
2020
Village Voice December 2020/January 2021
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.
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
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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