Berkhamsted Living Winter 2024
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BERKHAMSTED<br />
ISSUE 93 WINTER <strong>2024</strong><br />
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Welcome to the<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> issue!<br />
The days are shorter but there’s lots<br />
to look forward to with festive events<br />
and a chance for a fresh start in the<br />
new year.<br />
We hope to help you keep yourselves<br />
entertained on chilly evenings, with a<br />
selection of books for young and old<br />
from local authors, a recipe to try from<br />
Marcus Wareing, and two fabulous<br />
competitions to enter. There’s a cute<br />
Mum and Baby basket up for grabs, or a<br />
chance to win a terrarium workshop for<br />
you and your friends.<br />
We also have some ideas if you fancy a<br />
new look for your home as you start 2025.<br />
If you’re shopping for gifts do take a look<br />
at ‘shop local’ for ideas, along with our<br />
‘local small business’ feature - our local<br />
entrepreneurs will appreciate your support.<br />
CONTENTS<br />
4 News and views from<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> and<br />
surrounding villages<br />
16 Shop local - before you<br />
head online<br />
20 The history of cinemas in<br />
the town<br />
23 Dr Jane Goodall: an interview<br />
with the famous ape expert<br />
26 Supporting local small<br />
businesses<br />
27 Christmas Posting Dates<br />
28 New season events from<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Arts Trust<br />
And if Christmas is presenting some<br />
challenges, we have advice on avoiding<br />
loneliness over the festive season.<br />
As always, the magazine includes plenty of<br />
local news, and pages of events in the What’s<br />
On section. Look out for the <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Arts Trust ‘greensheets’ pullout, too.<br />
Meanwhile, our history feature looks at the<br />
town’s long association with the big screen,<br />
with a look back at its many cinemas over<br />
the past 100 or so years.<br />
If you want to be involved in the<br />
next issue, please email Naomi at<br />
editorial@livingmags.info with<br />
your news prior to our spring issue.<br />
Happy reading!<br />
Alison and Naomi<br />
31 Latest books from<br />
local authors<br />
33 Co-parenting<br />
successfully over<br />
Christmas<br />
35 Garden trends<br />
for 2025<br />
37 Win a Mum and<br />
Baby basket worth<br />
£285!<br />
37 Win a terrarium<br />
workshop worth £300!<br />
38 Your pets star in our<br />
fun feature<br />
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40 Make Marcus Wareing’s<br />
Brussels sprouts with<br />
pomegranate and almonds<br />
43 Kids’ puzzle<br />
44 Wallpaper trends<br />
for a new look<br />
46 Beat loneliness<br />
this Christmas<br />
47 Crossword<br />
49 Codeword<br />
50 What’s on<br />
54 Local Classified Services<br />
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Reconnecting <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Castle<br />
Visualisation from the consultants on how improvements at <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Train Station might look. © Land Use Consultants Limited for <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Castle Trust<br />
café and shop, exhibitions, historical<br />
A re-enactments and a full programme of<br />
events would encourage local residents to visit<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Castle more often, according<br />
to the results of a public consultation held by<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Castle Trust in early summer.<br />
The report on Reconnecting <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Castle, prepared for the Trust by Land Use<br />
Consultants, suggests possible future improvements,<br />
including better interpretation materials,<br />
physical connections from the castle and<br />
improvements to existing public rights of way.<br />
There is also support for improving the arrival<br />
experience from the town and train station.<br />
Over half of respondents did not know about<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> deer park or the historic and<br />
cultural significance of the landscape, and<br />
there was strong support for the idea of better<br />
connecting the castle with the former deer park<br />
to celebrate its rich historic and cultural heritage.<br />
While 40% of respondents supported dedicated<br />
parking for castle visitors, and 52% said they would<br />
visit more often if there were public toilets, there<br />
was also some support for events and volunteering.<br />
When it comes to future<br />
improvements of the<br />
surrounding landscape,<br />
respondents would like to see<br />
dedicated walking routes,<br />
signage and interpretation, as<br />
well as improvements to<br />
biodiversity, engagement with<br />
schools, new areas of public<br />
open space and artistic<br />
installations. Specific<br />
improvements suggested<br />
include more information at<br />
the castle site, better connections<br />
to the surroundings, and<br />
improved access for pedestrians.<br />
Adrian Barham, chairman of the <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Castle Trust, added: ‘We have shared the full<br />
report with English Heritage and Historic<br />
England, and await a date for a meeting to<br />
discuss this further with them. We have also<br />
provided copies to Dacorum Borough Council,<br />
who part-funded the report through the UK<br />
Shared Prosperity Fund, and to <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Town Council, who we hope will take this<br />
into account when developing the town’s new<br />
Neighbourhood Plan.’<br />
Get involved…<br />
The Chiltern Society, which ‘gives a voice<br />
to everyone who conserves, campaigns<br />
for and promotes the Chilterns’, is looking<br />
for volunteers.<br />
Members of the public who would like to<br />
be part of preserving this beautiful area, are<br />
sought for the organisation’s planning group.<br />
Find out how you can get involved at<br />
https://tinyurl.com/3a48a243<br />
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Cyclists celebrate club<br />
anniversary<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Cycling Club (BCC), is<br />
celebrating its 10th anniversary.<br />
The club organises weekly group rides of<br />
varying speeds, and its annual ‘reliability ride’<br />
has raised more than £3,800 for local charities.<br />
Two members, Michael Gower and Graham<br />
Earl, broke the Guinness World Record for<br />
fastest pedal-powered crossing of the English<br />
Channel. And Anna Henderson, a silver medallist<br />
at the Paris Olympics, was the winner in one of<br />
her early competitions on a BCC hill climb.<br />
Club chair Mary Holden said: ‘While we are<br />
proud of our members who have achieved huge<br />
feats and attained incredible levels of fitness<br />
and speed on the bike, I’m just as proud of the<br />
support and social environment we’ve provided<br />
to members who are every bit as interested in<br />
riding an easy loop while having a chat with<br />
friends. The brilliant thing about cycling is<br />
how there is something for almost everyone,<br />
whatever your ability.’ berkocc.com<br />
Get a winter welfare check<br />
In recent years, Age UK Hertfordshire’s team<br />
helped older people and their carers claim £8.1<br />
million in benefits, and distributed £80,000 of<br />
food vouchers, helping nearly 5,000 people.<br />
If you are concerned about an older person,<br />
you can refer them for a free <strong>Winter</strong> Welfare<br />
visit at www.ageuk.org.uk/hertfordshire<br />
Dentists make Swan<br />
Youth Project smile!<br />
Young people getting creative at The Swan Youth Project<br />
Kings Road Dental Practice has donated £1,100<br />
from its recent Smile Open Day Weekend to<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> charity, The Swan Youth Project.<br />
Patients visited a dedicated ‘smile suite’ at the<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> practice, to see simulations of their<br />
dream smiles using advanced technology.<br />
‘A big thank you to everyone who attended and<br />
started their personal journey towards achieving<br />
the perfect smile, while also helping to raise<br />
money for this great local charity,’ said practice<br />
partner, Dr Rishi Shah.<br />
Swan Youth Club Project Manager, Parul Dix,<br />
said: ‘Fundraising is tough right now, so we are<br />
more reliant than ever before on partnerships<br />
with local businesses. We are so grateful to<br />
Kings Road Dental Practice and their patients<br />
for their very generous support. It will help us<br />
to continue to give our young people a safe, fun<br />
and friendly place to go after school, where there<br />
is always someone to listen and they can try out<br />
new activities, cook food – or just chill and hang<br />
out with friends.’<br />
The Swan Youth Club is open term time after<br />
school from 3.30-6pm for anyone from Year 6<br />
upwards, located on <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> High Street<br />
at the back of the pink building next to Regents<br />
Estates. theswanyouthproject.co.uk<br />
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Libraries bag funding for centenary celebrations<br />
An Arts Council grant of nearly £100,000 will<br />
go towards a year-long celebration of<br />
Hertfordshire Libraries, which turns 100 on 28<br />
February 2025.<br />
The celebration will begin with the launch of<br />
an exhibition of the library service showcasing<br />
how it has developed over the past 100 years, and<br />
starting in March, there are plans for a ‘festival<br />
of creativity and reading’ to kick off across the<br />
county’s libraries.<br />
A council spokesperson told <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
<strong>Living</strong>: ‘We are still going through feedback<br />
from our survey on what people want to see<br />
during our centenary year and of course<br />
have our own celebration plans and ideas.<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> library will certainly feature in our<br />
plans, as will all our other libraries up and down<br />
the county.<br />
‘If you would like to tell us what you’d like<br />
to see in our year of celebration please fill<br />
out our survey’<br />
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/LibrariesCentenary<br />
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15,332 new homes for Dacorum<br />
Dacorum Borough Council has approved before an expected submission for examination<br />
steps to build 15,332 homes between 2026 by the National Planning Inspectorate in the<br />
and 2041, covering areas including <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>. new year.<br />
Approved on 15 October, the local plan will now The Regulation 19 consultation will run until<br />
undergo a Regulation 19 consultation.<br />
midday on Tuesday 17 December.<br />
Controversy surrounds the addition of sites You can have your say on the plan in the<br />
such as the British Film Institute (BFI), with a following ways:<br />
great deal of concern from residents, many of Online: Visit the Regulation 19 Local Plan<br />
whom attended the council meeting.<br />
Consultation on the Council’s Let’s Talk<br />
Changes made since the initial consultation Dacorum engagement platform to view the draft<br />
include adding:<br />
Local Plan and submit comments. (Letstalk.<br />
• 100 homes at the British Film Institute site dacorum.gov.uk/newlocalplan)<br />
in <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
In Person: Paper copies of the draft Local Plan<br />
• 100 homes at Haslam Playing Fields in<br />
are available for inspection at the following<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
locations during the consultation period:<br />
The council, which admits the plan was<br />
• Dacorum Borough Council Offices<br />
hastily pulled together, is keen to stress that it is For opening times, visit:<br />
essential to prevent uncontrolled development www.dacorum.gov.uk/contact<br />
in the area, while opponents argue for fewer • Local libraries within the Borough<br />
homes.<br />
For opening times, visit:<br />
It will now go to a Regulation 19 consultation www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/libraryopening-times<br />
to consider its legality and planning soundness<br />
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Santa Claus is coming to town!<br />
Santa is coming to the streets of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
again this year, courtesy of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Rotary Club and with the help of Vanarama.<br />
Planning for the visit starts in June, and<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Rotary Club’s Santa’s Sleigh<br />
Committee meets monthly to oversee sleigh<br />
maintenance, recruitment of elf volunteers,<br />
Santa drivers and Santa driver buddies.<br />
developer has plans to revitalise 168-192<br />
A <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> High Street, focusing on<br />
both the buildings facing the thoroughfare<br />
and the area that backs on to Water Lane Car<br />
Park - along with creating more than<br />
60 residential apartments.<br />
Sorbon Estates, which says it specialises in<br />
‘revitalising underused urban areas, turning<br />
them into vibrant, sustainable communities’<br />
has already held a public consultation on<br />
its plans, which would see it revitalise the<br />
buildings (from Boots down to Waterstones)<br />
‘with a high-quality design that honours<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>’s heritage’.<br />
Its plans, which it says would ‘enrich the<br />
town centre’s character and vibrancy by<br />
introducing modern amenities that honour<br />
Volunteer teams<br />
from different<br />
charities support<br />
the door-to-door<br />
collections as Santa<br />
makes his rounds,<br />
and the whole<br />
venture raises<br />
between £13,000<br />
and £15,000, which is distributed between the<br />
volunteer charities.<br />
Santa will be visiting the streets of<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> from 2 December.<br />
You can find out when he will be in your<br />
area to collect donations for local charities<br />
and schools, thanks to Trackit247. Details are<br />
available at www.berkorotary.org<br />
Developer plans to ‘revitalise’ High Street<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>’s historical charm’, also include a<br />
new leisure space for the community as well as<br />
the apartments.<br />
The proposal would also create ‘an inviting<br />
public courtyard’ fronting the car park, along<br />
with a mixed-use building with retail space and<br />
new greenery to boost biodiversity.<br />
New landscaped public squares of differing<br />
character are proposed to connect Water Lane<br />
car park to the High Street, improving the<br />
pedestrian routes and experience.<br />
As we went to press, the results of the public<br />
consultation were yet to be released and no<br />
formal planning application had been submitted<br />
to Dacorum Council.<br />
Find out more at<br />
https://168-192highstreet.co.uk<br />
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Scheme for ‘up to 90’ homes near Shootersway<br />
Developer Crest<br />
Nicholson has<br />
plans to build up<br />
to 90 houses off<br />
Shootersway in West<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>.<br />
The consultation<br />
period on the<br />
proposal, which<br />
included an exhibition<br />
at <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre, finished at the end<br />
of September.<br />
The proposed development will include two- to<br />
five-bedroom family homes, ‘reflecting the needs<br />
of the local community’, said the homes builder.<br />
At least 40% will be affordable and offered<br />
for rent or shared ownership, according to<br />
the proposals.<br />
The plans also include new areas of public<br />
open space and play areas, and the sustainable<br />
homes will feature solar panels and charging<br />
points for electric vehicles. Existing tree belts<br />
and hedgerows will be retained, and more trees,<br />
hedges, and grasslands will be planted.<br />
The company also says it plans to ‘make<br />
contributions to essential local infrastructure, to<br />
be agreed with Dacorum Borough Council and<br />
Hertfordshire County Council’.<br />
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She embraced everything<br />
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Anwen is passionate about netball and plays<br />
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Airport decision delayed again<br />
The government decision on whether<br />
Luton Airport can go ahead with its<br />
expansion from 19m to 32m passengers<br />
a year has been delayed until next year.<br />
A development consent order (DCO)<br />
must be approved to give the airport the<br />
chance for the proposed expansion, and that<br />
was initially extended until 4 October.<br />
The Department for Transport has confirmed<br />
that its verdict on the development will now<br />
not be ready until January 2025.<br />
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H<br />
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850 homes.<br />
Public consultation has already taken place on<br />
the proposals, which will include 40% affordable<br />
homes as well as homes reserved for the elderly.<br />
The site, the developer says, will also feature<br />
a local centre/community hub which could<br />
include small scale retail, community, primary<br />
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A network of pedestrian and cycle routes<br />
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connectivity to the town centre as well as to<br />
the open countryside and SANG (Suitable<br />
Alternative Natural Green Space) beyond the A41<br />
to the south.<br />
A new bus loop would serve the site itself<br />
as well as the wider town (to include local<br />
schools, employment sites, the town centre<br />
and railway station).<br />
More details at:<br />
https://southberkhamsted.co.uk<br />
Christmas tree collections<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> is spoilt for choice when<br />
it comes to tree collections.<br />
The Hospice of St Francis Christmas<br />
Tree Collection service has been going for<br />
seven years, and in that time it has<br />
raised £146,000.<br />
Its next Christmas Tree Collection will be<br />
taking place on the weekend of 4-5 January 2025.<br />
It’s also expected to run into the following week,<br />
with the support of its corporate partners.<br />
Another excellent service now more than 16<br />
years old is run by the 1st <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Scout<br />
Group in conjunction with Dacorum Borough<br />
Council. You can book your collection for 5<br />
January at www.1stberkhamsted.org.uk/trees<br />
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Alison Page was<br />
asked to speak at the<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Rotary<br />
in October, and was so<br />
impressed with their<br />
friendship, fellowship,<br />
commitment, and dedication that she just<br />
wanted to pen a few words:<br />
The <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Rotary meet weekly in<br />
addition to committee meetings, social events<br />
and of course their fundraising activities.<br />
They also support the community from kids<br />
to seniors, and a raft of other charities, such as<br />
the Open Door, Hospice of St Francis, Pepper<br />
Foundation, and Swan Youth Project. Their local<br />
and international reach and involvement is<br />
quite breathtaking.<br />
We’re probably all aware that the Rotary<br />
organises Santa’s Sleigh (see page 8), the<br />
fireworks evening, which took place on Saturday<br />
2 November, and the half marathon, planned<br />
for Sunday 2 March 2025, but did you know<br />
it also works with local schools and youth<br />
organisations to deliver a series of events to<br />
help boost the confidence and skills of young<br />
people? The Technology Tournament is key to<br />
this, taking place in March each year, but other<br />
activities include Young Chef, Dacorum Young<br />
Artist and a Musical Instrument Library, to name<br />
just a few.<br />
So the next time you enjoy a Rotary event,<br />
please give some thought – and huge respect<br />
– to the men and women behind such an<br />
undertaking. These things don’t come together<br />
by chance.<br />
If you would like to find out more about the<br />
fellowship of the Berko Rotary, please contact<br />
Peter Brown (greenwoodbrown@hotmail.com)<br />
or of course visit the website: berkorotary.org<br />
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As you will have read<br />
in the press, many<br />
charities are having a<br />
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or significant donations<br />
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To help our local charities better understand<br />
what their local communities think of them and<br />
the services they provide, they are reaching out<br />
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Foundling Hospital<br />
archive goes online<br />
Almost<br />
100,000<br />
pages of<br />
records from<br />
the Foundling<br />
Hospital,<br />
England’s first<br />
home for babies who were unable to be cared<br />
for by their parents, have been made available<br />
online for the first time. The Foundling Hospital<br />
School moved from London to <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
in 1935.<br />
The digital archive, launched by the UK’s first<br />
children’s charity Coram, which was established<br />
as the Foundling Hospital in London in 1739,<br />
brings to life the previously untold stories<br />
of over 20,000 children who grew up at the<br />
Hospital, and of their birth mothers.<br />
Today’s digital archive launch is the<br />
culmination of Coram’s five-year programme,<br />
Voices Through Time: The Story of Care,<br />
made possible by The National Lottery<br />
Heritage Fund. Coram has digitised 405<br />
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entire collection, spanning 1739 to 1899. Nearly<br />
6,500 volunteers from around the world helped<br />
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LOCAL<br />
NEWS IN BRIEF<br />
Castle Fields Interest Group<br />
More than 100 people have now joined a group that is campaigning against<br />
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The Group is gathering the evidence to support an application for those pathways<br />
that have been used for many years to be established as official public Rights of<br />
Way. If you have walked, sledged or picnicked in those fields over the 20 years<br />
before <strong>2024</strong> and would be willing to complete the required evidence form, head to<br />
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<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>’s<br />
big screens<br />
As the Rex cinema celebrates<br />
its 25th anniversary, we look<br />
back over more than 100<br />
years of its predecessors<br />
in the town<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> has a long association with<br />
the world of the big screen, thanks to<br />
the location of the BFI (British Film<br />
Institute) National Archive, and with our own<br />
Rex cinema celebrating the 25th anniversary<br />
of its reincarnation, it seems the perfect time<br />
to take a look at the town’s cinematic links.<br />
Before 1911, the townsfolk of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
had been treated to the occasional film<br />
showing at the Town Hall, or the travelling<br />
show that was Taylor’s Royal electric<br />
Coliseum de Luxe.<br />
The travelling show had, according to all<br />
accounts, been ‘fitted up in the most elaborate<br />
style that money and artistry study can produce’.<br />
The town’s first permanent erection<br />
designed for showing moving pictures<br />
sounds as if it was not quite so grand! The<br />
Gem Picture Palace was a corrugated iron hut<br />
sitting between the Wesleyan Methodist<br />
Church and the Sayers almshouses on Cowper<br />
Road. Two houses now occupy the site.<br />
A 10ft screen received images from a single,<br />
rather noisy projector to an audience of up<br />
to 168 people. Apparently, it was cursed with<br />
breakdowns, and the manager was often<br />
forced to return the ticket price when the<br />
projector jammed. The valiant Kitty Wilkins<br />
was the pianist who helped to drown out the<br />
sound of the projector.<br />
The Gem did undergo a bit of an upgrade,<br />
but thanks to the introduction of the Picture<br />
Playhouse its days were numbered. The<br />
Picture Playhouse was launched in 1912 in<br />
Prince Edward Street in the converted stables<br />
at the King’s Arms Hotel - a cinema for 340<br />
people in raked seating, watching a screen<br />
measuring 12 by 9ft.<br />
It upgraded the pianist to an additional<br />
violinist as well as live acts on occasion,<br />
but was a victim of its own success and the<br />
Court was subsequently built in 1917, to house<br />
a larger audience. The Picture Playhouse<br />
eventually had an upgrade of its own as<br />
the King’s Hall, until the 1980s. It was later<br />
demolished and replaced with the existing<br />
Fells House office block.<br />
The Court was built on the site of an old<br />
brewery in the High Street on the corner of<br />
Water Lane. Named after the Inns of Court<br />
Training Corps, which made its home in the<br />
town in World War I, this was a far grander<br />
affair - with Italian paintings on the walls and<br />
seats for an audience of more than 700!<br />
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HISTORY<br />
With the aim to entertain soldiers stationed<br />
in the town, the regimental band played on<br />
opening night and an all-female band was<br />
hired to accompany the silent movies. One<br />
wonders what the soldiers thought of the film<br />
The Growth of Plants, which formed part of<br />
the first-night’s programmes!<br />
The Court was extended and transformed<br />
once more in 1934, with space for 1,000<br />
filmgoers, and the addition of a Christie organ.<br />
However, the Court too was superceded by<br />
the new Rex, and instead became a theatre,<br />
hosting performances by the <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Amateur Operatic And Dramatic Society (now<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Theatre Company), and then the<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Repertory Company.<br />
Probably thanks to the war, the Court<br />
reverted back to showing films in 1940 -<br />
although the Rex continued to show the ‘big’<br />
titles. In 1960 it was sold and converted into<br />
a Tesco store. The building was demolished<br />
after a fire and the existing Tesco store built.<br />
The Rex, designed in Art Deco style by the<br />
architect David E Nye, opened in 1938,<br />
with Heidi, starring Shirley Temple as its<br />
first screening.<br />
It was an impressive sight, with its double<br />
height foyer, art deco pendant chandelier<br />
and a round wood and glass ticket booth<br />
with chrome trim - quite a step up from that<br />
corrugated iron hut 27 years earlier!<br />
It opened on Sundays from 1939 (the Court<br />
never opened on Sundays), but by the 1970s it<br />
had become too large for purpose, films were<br />
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shown four days a<br />
week (when it was<br />
called Studio 1) and<br />
from Thursday to<br />
5<br />
Saturday it took on<br />
a new persona as a<br />
bingo hall.<br />
In 1976 it was<br />
renovated at a cost of £90,000, with the stalls<br />
handed over for bingo and the circle divided<br />
into two screens.<br />
The lease expired in 1988, and the cinema<br />
closed with final screenings of The Witches of<br />
Eastwick and Teen Wolf Two, but not before<br />
the Cinema Theatre Association made efforts<br />
to get it listed by English Heritage as a Grade<br />
II listed building.<br />
Various attempts to demolish or develop<br />
the Rex were made over the years - including<br />
one proposal featuring a swimming pool in<br />
the auditorium. Eventually, permission was<br />
granted for what became the Rex Apartments<br />
to be developed, while the foyer was leased to<br />
a Fish! restaurant - now it’s The Gatsby.<br />
And in 2002, James Hannaway leased the<br />
auditorium, which opened in 2004 following<br />
a huge renovation project and has become the<br />
successful independent cinema we know today.<br />
Find out what’s showing at<br />
www.therexberkhamsted.com<br />
1. The Court Theatre. The dome was eventually<br />
removed, because it leaked! 2. The Court Theatre,<br />
post 1920. 3. The Rex café 4. The Rex, showing its<br />
two screens and bingo offering. Images property<br />
of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Local History and Museum Society<br />
More information about the cinemas in <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> can be found in the wonderfully detailed book Cinemas of Hertfordshire, by Allen Eyles, with Keith Skone.<br />
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WOMAN<br />
After six decades as a prominent<br />
primatologist, Dr Jane Goodall<br />
stands as one of our most<br />
prominent campaigners for the<br />
animal world and our natural<br />
habitats, and even at 90, she’s<br />
not done yet<br />
The times have changed somewhat since<br />
Jane Goodall’s childhood, spent around<br />
the leafy loveliness of London’s<br />
Hampstead. ‘From a young age, I harboured a<br />
dream that many found unrealistic – I<br />
envisioned myself growing up, travelling to<br />
Africa, living among wild animals and<br />
authoring books about them,’ she begins. ‘In<br />
those times, it was rare for women to pursue<br />
careers in science, so my ambitions were<br />
often met with laughter.’<br />
Two crucial allies in Goodall’s journey were<br />
traditional mother Margaret, and<br />
businessman father Mortimer, who both<br />
encouraged her to explore the natural world.<br />
In 1957, Goodall met Dr. Louis Leakey, a<br />
prominent British paleoanthropologist and<br />
archaeologist, and three years later the pair<br />
started a ground-breaking study at Gombe<br />
Stream National Park in Tanzania. There,<br />
working with minimal resources, she quickly<br />
established a research station and began her<br />
observations of wild chimpanzees.<br />
Over the decades since, her pioneering work<br />
has revolutionised our understanding of<br />
primate behaviour and human evolution,<br />
often to the chagrin of some of her male<br />
peers in the field. ‘It just wasn’t accepted<br />
that a woman would be such a leader…<br />
such a driving force behind research,’ she<br />
explains. ‘I am so glad we are at a different<br />
point of understanding and tolerance now,<br />
where there is the same respect and<br />
allowance for anyone of any background to<br />
push forward with what inspires them.<br />
‘Back then emotions would span derision<br />
through to anger, but I kept on – I knew I had to.’<br />
One of the ethologist’s most significant<br />
discoveries was observing chimpanzees using<br />
tools in the wild, as well as gaining deep<br />
insight into the social structures in<br />
chimpanzee communities, including<br />
dominance hierarchies. ‘The more I learned,<br />
the more I realised how like us they were;<br />
and the more I came to see chimpanzees as<br />
beings with their own personalities, minds,<br />
and emotions.’<br />
In the years since, the scientist’s conservation<br />
efforts have expanded exponentially,<br />
founding the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) in<br />
1977, which operates a variety of programs<br />
focused on wildlife conservation, education,<br />
habitat restoration, anti-poaching and<br />
sustainability.<br />
‘I look back over it all now and believe I was<br />
placed on this planet with a specific purpose.<br />
Now I’m searching for those who will take the<br />
work on, and I must admit I am constantly in<br />
awe of the enthusiasm and empowerment I<br />
witness in the young people I meet.<br />
‘Their energy in return provides in me a<br />
reassurance that booms loud, and says “we<br />
will be okay”… and that is incredible.’<br />
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<strong>2024</strong>/2025 SEASON December <strong>2024</strong> - January 2025 page 1<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2024</strong><br />
Venues are in<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
unless otherwise<br />
stated<br />
Local code 01442 applies to landlines.<br />
Tickets are available on the door<br />
unless sold out. DC = Dacorum<br />
Card accepted.<br />
Mon 2<br />
Dec &<br />
Tues 3<br />
Dec <strong>2024</strong><br />
Film<br />
B’sted Film<br />
Soc<br />
Film Nights at the Civic Centre<br />
For details of this week’s film please visit the<br />
Programme page of the Film Society’s website<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
7795148491<br />
Annual sub. £50.<br />
Visitors £7 at door (no conc)<br />
Sat 7 Dec<br />
<strong>2024</strong><br />
Music<br />
B’sted Music<br />
Minerva Piano Trio<br />
Mozart: Trio in B Flat Major K 502, Ravel: Trio in<br />
A Minor, Beethoven: Trio in D Major Op 70 No<br />
1 ‘Ghost’<br />
Civic Centre<br />
19:30 - 21:30<br />
www.berkhamstedmusic.co.uk<br />
tickets@berkhamstedmusic.co.uk<br />
Season £75, Visitors £20, U18 free<br />
Sun 8 Dec<br />
<strong>2024</strong><br />
Choral<br />
B’sted Choral<br />
Soc<br />
Christmas Concert<br />
Tsunami Requiem by Chris Williams chosen to<br />
commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Boxing<br />
Day 2004 tsunami plus traditional carols and<br />
Christmas music<br />
St. Peter’s<br />
Church<br />
19:30 - 21:30<br />
www.berkhamstedchoral.com<br />
Brown & Merry Estate Agents,<br />
High Street, <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> £20<br />
Wed 11<br />
Dec <strong>2024</strong><br />
Talk<br />
B’sted Hist<br />
Soc<br />
Christmas Unwrapped<br />
A look at the Christmas story and customs with a<br />
bit of local history by Rev Canon Dr John Kirkby<br />
Town Hall<br />
20:00 - 21:00<br />
berkhamsted-history.org.uk<br />
Annual Membership Single £10,<br />
Joint £15. Visitors £3 on the door<br />
Sat 14<br />
Dec <strong>2024</strong><br />
Jazz<br />
B’sted Jazz<br />
Marianne Windham – Horace Silver Project<br />
Five virtuoso musicians at the top of their form<br />
playing music drenched with an intoxicating blend<br />
of bebop, blues, funky soul and gospel. BJazz Bar<br />
available throughout<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00 - 22:30<br />
bjazz.org<br />
824173<br />
info@bjazz.org<br />
Member £14, Non-Member £20,<br />
Student £9 DC<br />
Mon 16<br />
Dec <strong>2024</strong><br />
Film<br />
B’sted Film<br />
Soc<br />
Film Night at the Civic Centre<br />
For details of this week’s film please visit the<br />
Programme page of the Film Society’s website<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
7795148491<br />
Annual sub. £50.<br />
Visitors £7 at door (no concs)<br />
Mon 23<br />
Dec <strong>2024</strong><br />
Choral<br />
Chiltern<br />
Chamber<br />
Choir<br />
Chiltern Chamber Choir Christmas Concert<br />
Vivaldi Gloria, Handel Dixit Dominus<br />
St. Peter’s<br />
Church<br />
19:30<br />
www.chilternchamberchoir.com<br />
thelittleboxoffice.com<br />
chilternchamberchoir<br />
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2025 SEASON January 2025 - February 2025 page 2<br />
JANUARY 2025<br />
Wed 8 Jan<br />
2025<br />
Talk<br />
B’sted Hist<br />
Soc<br />
Local Rothschild Properties<br />
A talk about the estate cottages, lodges and public<br />
buildings that were built by the Rothschilds in the<br />
Aylesbury Vale c1850-1915 including those in the<br />
vicinity of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> by Kathy Southton<br />
Town Hall<br />
20:00 - 21:00<br />
berkhamsted-history.org.uk/<br />
programme<br />
Annual Membership Single £10,<br />
Joint £15. Visitors at the door £3<br />
Sat 11 Jan<br />
2025<br />
Jazz<br />
B’sted Jazz<br />
The Scott Hamilton Quartet - major US sax<br />
star on tour<br />
International star Scott on sax plays the highest<br />
quality jazz classics with friends who have been<br />
playing together for over 23 years. BJazz Bar<br />
available throughout<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00 - 22:30<br />
bjazz.org<br />
824173<br />
Member £14, Non-Member £20,<br />
Student £9 DC<br />
Mon 13<br />
Jan 2025<br />
Film<br />
B’sted Film<br />
Soc<br />
Film Night at the Civic Centre<br />
For details of this week’s film please visit the<br />
Programme page of the Film Society’s website<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
7795148491<br />
Annual sub. £50.<br />
Visitors £7 at door (no conc)<br />
Mon 27<br />
& Tues 28<br />
Jan 2025<br />
Film<br />
B’sted Film<br />
Soc<br />
Film Nights at the Civic Centre<br />
For details of this week’s film please visit the<br />
Programme page of the Film Society’s website<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
7795148491<br />
Annual sub. £50.<br />
Visitors £7 at door (no conc)<br />
FEBRUARY 2025<br />
Sat 8 Feb<br />
2025<br />
Jazz<br />
B’sted Jazz<br />
Simon Allen/Derek Nash & The Purcell School<br />
Big Band<br />
Sax led Big Band – a high energy mixture of<br />
well-known jazz standards, as well as virtuoso sax<br />
player Derek Nash’s own compositions, in a huge<br />
variety of styles. BJazz Bar available throughout<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00 - 22:30<br />
bjazz.org<br />
824173<br />
info@bjazz.org<br />
Member £14, Non-Member £20,<br />
Student £9 DC<br />
Mon 10<br />
Feb &<br />
Tues 11<br />
Feb 2025<br />
Film<br />
B’sted Film<br />
Soc<br />
Film Nights at the Civic Centre<br />
For details of this week’s film please visit the<br />
Programme page of the Film Society’s website<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
7795148491<br />
Annual sub. £50.<br />
Visitors £7 at door (no concs)<br />
Wed 12<br />
Feb 2025<br />
Talk<br />
B’sted Hist<br />
Soc<br />
Archaeology in the Bulbourne Valley<br />
Dr Wendy Morrison will talk about regional<br />
archaeology local to <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> by<br />
Wendy Morrison<br />
Town Hall<br />
20:00 - 21:00<br />
berkhamsted-history.org.uk/<br />
programme<br />
Annual membership single £10,<br />
Joint £15. Visitors £3 at the door<br />
Sat 15 Feb<br />
2025<br />
Music<br />
B’sted Music<br />
Maxim Calver (cello)<br />
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No 4 in C Major Op 102<br />
No 1, Barber: Cello Sonata Op 6, Debussy: Cello<br />
Sonata (1915), Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano<br />
No 2 in F Op 99<br />
Civic Centre<br />
19:30 - 21:30<br />
www.berkhamstedmusic.co.uk<br />
tickets@berkhamstedmusic.co.uk<br />
Season £75, Visitors £20, U18 free<br />
Mon 24<br />
Feb &<br />
Tues 25<br />
Feb 2025<br />
Film<br />
B’sted Film<br />
Soc<br />
Film Nights at the Civic Centre<br />
For details of this week’s film please visit the<br />
Programme page of the Film Society’s website<br />
Civic Centre<br />
20:00<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.com<br />
7795148491<br />
Annual sub. £50.<br />
Visitors £7 at door (no conc)<br />
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This hilarious debut<br />
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The latest instalment<br />
in the lives of muchbeloved<br />
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including Lucy<br />
Barton and Olive<br />
Kitteridge, from<br />
expert storyteller<br />
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human relationships,<br />
Elizabeth Strout.<br />
Ten celebrities sign<br />
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children<br />
A Little Place in Prague - Julie Caplin<br />
The perfect book to cuddle up with on a winter’s night, this romance is set in snowy<br />
Prague, so gives all the Christmas feels!<br />
When Leo Knight reappears in Anna Love’s life, as her new housemate in her new<br />
attic home in the capital city of the Czech Republic, can the magic of the city - with its<br />
cobbled streets, snow-frosted Weneslas Square and candlelit Charles Bridge work its<br />
magic on the couple?<br />
Tring based author Julie Caplin (who also writes as Jules Wake) has sold more than 2 million books<br />
around the world.<br />
Last Christmas - Clare Swatman<br />
As Christmas approaches, Bea Preston has a choice. Her flight to New York is boarding<br />
soon, she knows that getting on that plane changes everything. Her life in London has<br />
grown stale, her relationship with boyfriend Dom has run its course, and New York has<br />
always been her dream. What if Bea could live both lives? In one she goes back home for<br />
Christmas, and in another she heads to the Big Apple. Would her fate remain the same,<br />
or can one decision really change everything?<br />
Successful author Clare lives in <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> with her husband and two boys.<br />
The Daily News - there is nothing hidden that will not<br />
be revealed - Alistair McIver<br />
This political conspiracy thriller is a work of fiction, but based on true experiences of<br />
the author, who witnessed corruption and abuse against women in Central Asia during<br />
his overseas mission, working for Christian charity Interserve.<br />
It’s a compelling read, but not necessarily an easy one, but while it focuses on<br />
corruption it also tells of redemption and introduces the reader to a little known area of the world,<br />
where ancient practices still affect the lives of many women.<br />
Alistair lives in <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> with his wife Sally, and they have two daughters. He has been widely<br />
published in both tennis and Christian publications over a career spanning three decades.<br />
A Wolf-Cat Called Alpha - Pam G Howard<br />
Two years ago exactly, we featured Pam’s book, A Dragon Called Shining Leaves. Here<br />
she brings the second part of this children’s fantasy series, and it’s as charming and<br />
thrilling as the first.<br />
Danger is coming as the evil wizard Malvic is on the rise once more.<br />
We meet Autumn again, who learns that a village has been attacked - and<br />
accompanied by Alpha, the wolf-cat, and her friend Yulia, she sets off to help.<br />
Meanwhile, we catch up again with Tan, Otto and Alton who are on a mission to search out some<br />
magic that could defeat Malvic. But they can’t find Shining Leaves - is the dragon in danger, and can<br />
they save him?<br />
Full of adventure and magic, an imaginative read for young readers aged eight and over.<br />
Pam lives in Little Gaddesden and loves ‘dragon hunting’ in Ashridge forest with her dog.<br />
Continued on page 36…<br />
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Co-parenting during the Christmas season can be a challenging<br />
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the children, it’s possible to make it work for everyone<br />
Prioritise the children’s needs<br />
Christmas should be a magical time for<br />
children, regardless of their parents’<br />
relationship status. Try to remove any<br />
personal conflicts from the equation and<br />
focus on what will make your children feel<br />
loved and supported.<br />
Plan early and be clear<br />
Start discussions well in advance, allowing<br />
plenty of time to negotiate and make<br />
decisions that you’re both comfortable<br />
with. Being clear and open about what<br />
you both want can prevent last-minute<br />
confusion and tension. Whether you’re<br />
dividing the holiday or spending it<br />
together, ensure everyone knows the plan<br />
well in advance.<br />
Be flexible and willing to compromise<br />
While it’s natural to have strong feelings<br />
about how you want Christmas to be, the<br />
more flexible you make the season, the less<br />
stressful for everyone involved.<br />
Keep communication respectful<br />
Finally, maintaining civil and clear<br />
communication is vital. Avoid arguments or<br />
confrontation in front of children and try<br />
to keep the focus on what’s best for them. If<br />
emotions run high, consider using neutral<br />
language and, if necessary, take a moment to<br />
calm down before discussing arrangements.<br />
Create new traditions<br />
It could be something as simple as<br />
decorating the tree, baking festive treats or<br />
opening gifts in a unique way. These will<br />
also help children adjust and embrace the<br />
idea of having two Christmas celebrations,<br />
giving them something to look forward to.<br />
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Want to be in the know with the gardening trends for 2025?<br />
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Gardening is evolving to meet modern<br />
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a fusion of sustainability, practicality<br />
and creativity in garden design. Here are six<br />
key trends to watch out for.<br />
1. Sustainable gardening practices<br />
With growing climate change concerns<br />
and resource depletion, gardeners will<br />
increasingly adopt eco-friendly practices<br />
such as rainwater harvesting, composting<br />
and using organic fertilisers. Wildlifefriendly<br />
gardening, including planting<br />
native species and creating habitats for<br />
pollinators, will also be a priority.<br />
2. Carnivorous plants<br />
With unique appeal and practical benefits,<br />
these fascinating varieties – think Venus<br />
flytraps and pitcher plants – naturally<br />
control insect populations, reducing the<br />
need for chemical pesticides. Striking<br />
appearance and unusual behaviour make<br />
them captivating additions.<br />
They can be made from a variety of<br />
materials, such as stone, wood, or metal<br />
and are perfect for framing views or<br />
creating a sense of passage between<br />
different garden areas. And they’re set to be<br />
popular in 2025!<br />
4. Resilient gardens<br />
As weather patterns become more<br />
unpredictable, resilience will be a key<br />
theme in garden design with a focus on<br />
creations that can withstand extreme<br />
weather conditions, such as heavy rainfall,<br />
strong winds and prolonged droughts.<br />
This includes hardy, drought-tolerant<br />
plants, improvements in soil health, the<br />
incorporation of features like windbreaks,<br />
and permeable surfaces to manage<br />
water effectively.<br />
3. Moon gates<br />
Inspired by traditional Chinese architecture,<br />
moon gates are elegant structures that add<br />
a touch of mystique and tranquillity to<br />
gardens, creating a sense of enclosure and<br />
guiding visitors towards a focal point.<br />
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GARDENS<br />
5. Edibles in hanging baskets<br />
The trend of growing edibles in small<br />
spaces will continue to flourish, with<br />
hanging baskets playing a central role for<br />
herbs, strawberries, tomatoes and other<br />
compact crops.<br />
Not only does this maximise space –<br />
making it ideal for urban gardens and balconies<br />
– it also means produce is easy to access.<br />
BOOKS<br />
Continued from page 31…<br />
6. Minimalist garden design<br />
Characterised by clean lines, uncluttered<br />
spaces and a focus on quality over quantity,<br />
minimalist gardens offer a calming retreat<br />
from busy lives.<br />
The trick is to emphasise a careful selection<br />
of a few key plants, often with a focus on<br />
evergreens and architectural forms.<br />
Hard landscaping materials like stone,<br />
gravel and concrete also play a significant<br />
role, creating a serene, low-maintenance<br />
environment.<br />
As we approach 2025, these gardening<br />
trends reflect a shift towards sustainability,<br />
resilience and simplicity. By embracing<br />
these ideas, gardeners can create beautiful,<br />
functional spaces that are ready for<br />
the future.<br />
Little Spirit and the Windows of Gold, and Little<br />
Spirit and the Shadow Soldier - A J Freer<br />
We’ve met Little Spirit before on these pages - the Guatemalan refugee who loves<br />
treasure hunting. All of his adventures are based in and around <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, so<br />
make the ideal prompt for getting out of the house at the weekend and exploring<br />
some of the places mentioned in the books.<br />
Book 3 in the series is the Windows of Gold. When Little Spirit and his friend, Eliza, visit<br />
Ashridge House and learn the story of the Abbot’s Gold, they’re desperate to see the stainedglass<br />
windows that are said to hold clues to find it. But the tale is dismissed as just that - a<br />
tale - but when Little Spirit finds a mysterious clue, the pair decide to investigate. A fabulous<br />
adventure set within Queen Elizabeth I’s childhood home.<br />
Book 4 is the Shadow Soldier. Based around the WWI trenches on <strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Common;<br />
when the two friends are shown a WWI medal that’s going to be melted down for scrap, they<br />
set out to trace its own and their family. But they are being followed by some strange shadows -<br />
and the medal risks falling into the wrong hands…<br />
Suspense and excitement make them ideal reading for ages 7-12.<br />
A J Freer lives in <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>. The children’s author was a big fan of Enid Blyton’s mysteries<br />
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See the local friends who make our<br />
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RECIPE<br />
Method<br />
1. Bring a large pan of salted water to the<br />
boil. Add the sprouts and cook for 5<br />
minutes until tender. Now drain.<br />
2. Heat a large frying pan/sauté pan and<br />
add the butter. Once melted add the<br />
cooked sprouts and season well with<br />
salt and pepper – sauté for a couple of<br />
minutes until lightly coloured and transfer<br />
to a serving bowl.<br />
3. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and<br />
toasted flaked almonds to serve.<br />
Marcus Wareing’s<br />
Brussels<br />
Sprouts with<br />
Pomegranate<br />
and Almonds<br />
Brussels sprouts – they’re a festive<br />
classic that usually divide. Yet with a<br />
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flaked almond, I’m willing to bet even<br />
the most doubting of Christmas<br />
dinner diners will be won over<br />
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Ingredients<br />
• 500g Brussels sprouts, outer<br />
leaves peeled (use small knife to<br />
criss cross the stalk)<br />
• 75g unsalted butter<br />
• ½ pomegranate, seeds removed<br />
• 100g toasted flaked almonds<br />
• Salt and pepper<br />
• Serves 6 • Serves 6 • Serves 6 • Serves 6 • Serves 6 • Serves 6 • Serves 6<br />
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Christmas<br />
Crossword
Why our love of wallpaper is<br />
perennial, and what’s to come<br />
in 2025<br />
As we move into a new year, wallpaper<br />
is no longer simply a decorative<br />
feature from the past but a bold<br />
statement of personal style and creativity in<br />
home interiors.<br />
Once regarded as old-fashioned, wallpaper has<br />
made a dramatic comeback and is evolving,<br />
offering a myriad of exciting options for<br />
homeowners and interior designers alike.<br />
From maximalist patterns to muted hues,<br />
wallpaper has become a canvas to express<br />
individuality in the home.<br />
Styles in 2025<br />
Designs range from classic to contemporary,<br />
allowing every space to feel unique. Botanical<br />
prints are still a firm favourite, with oversized<br />
leaves, tropical blooms and delicate floral<br />
motifs bringing the outdoors in, providing a<br />
lush, natural feel that works brilliantly in<br />
living rooms, bedrooms or even kitchens.<br />
Geometric patterns are continuing to rise in<br />
popularity, offering a more modern touch. The<br />
use of sharp lines, bold shapes and threedimensional<br />
effects adds depth and movement,<br />
making walls appear almost sculptural.<br />
Perfect for feature partitions or entire rooms,<br />
these arrangements can transform minimalist<br />
spaces into something far more striking.<br />
WHERE THERE’S A Meanwhile, vintageinspired<br />
designs are<br />
WALL<br />
making a resurgence,<br />
giving homes a<br />
nostalgic yet elegant<br />
THERE’S A WAY feel. From intricate<br />
damask patterns to art<br />
deco influences, these<br />
styles offer a refined sense of<br />
luxury, making them ideal for period homes,<br />
or for amateur designers looking to add a<br />
touch of timeless elegance to their interior.<br />
Colour trends<br />
When it comes to colours, the palette of 2025<br />
is embracing both ends of the spectrum. Rich,<br />
deep tones such as emerald green, navy blue<br />
and burgundy are making waves, offering a<br />
sense of warmth and opulence to interiors.<br />
These shades work beautifully in larger<br />
rooms, where they can be paired with velvet<br />
furnishings and gold accents to create a cosy,<br />
luxurious atmosphere.<br />
At the same time, pastel shades continue to<br />
have their place, providing a soft and calming<br />
effect. Blush pinks, sage greens and muted<br />
blues are perfect for creating a serene<br />
environment, particularly in bedrooms or<br />
home offices where tranquillity is essential.<br />
Textured wallpaper is also gaining traction,<br />
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In 2025, wallpaper is more than just a<br />
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It is promoted as a time of togetherness, but<br />
for many, Christmas can be an isolating and<br />
melancholy period. Beating those festive<br />
blues isn’t easy, but these techniques can<br />
help raise your spirits<br />
Stay in touch<br />
If you’re forced to be physically alone<br />
this Christmas Day, you can still connect<br />
with others (even if it’s via video calls or<br />
social media).<br />
A short video of a beloved grandson opening<br />
the present you sent, a visit to a neighbour, or<br />
a quick drink at the nearest pub will help you<br />
ease your loneliness.<br />
In fact, you might be surprised how simply<br />
sharing in the cheer of others can bring a<br />
smile to your own face.<br />
Help others<br />
Volunteering is a fantastic way to feel useful<br />
and use your time in a positive way. Serving<br />
dinner at a homeless shelter, collecting money<br />
for a charity, or even making crafts to sell at<br />
your local church fete will foster a sense of<br />
purpose and remind you that there are many<br />
others who also struggle this time of year.<br />
Be thankful<br />
It’s easy to become wrapped up in our own<br />
problems, especially if we have a lot of time<br />
alone to think. This is why it can help to focus<br />
on all the wonderful experiences and gifts you<br />
have received in your life.<br />
LONELY<br />
THIS CHRISTMAS<br />
Keeping a gratitude journal, or even<br />
just contemplate one thing<br />
each day you are thankful<br />
for, no matter how small,<br />
can help shift your<br />
perspective.<br />
Reach out<br />
The wonderful thing about<br />
the holiday season is that<br />
there are so many events and<br />
opportunities to meet others. You<br />
could join the local choir or theatrical group,<br />
or even just watch a carol concert, nativity or<br />
pantomime that’s playing in your area.<br />
Even attending Midnight Mass or a<br />
Christmas Day service can help remind us<br />
what Christmas is truly about, and there is no<br />
better way of experiencing that than in the<br />
embracing arms of your community.<br />
Accept your feelings<br />
Putting on a charade of happiness for others<br />
can be exhausting and, in these moments, it is<br />
best to just accept how you feel.<br />
Everyone has experienced conflicting<br />
emotions during the festive period – it is a<br />
milestone in the year we use as a point to<br />
reflect and contemplate, so remember the<br />
darker moments aren’t just your own.<br />
So be kind to yourself, eat your favourite food<br />
and watch whatever TV you want - a luxury<br />
many will wish they had when they’re forced<br />
to watch an entire afternoon of Only Fools<br />
and Horses reruns!<br />
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7 8 9<br />
10 11<br />
5<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
Across Clues:<br />
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5. Salivate excessively (5)<br />
7. Arctic-dwelling animals (9)<br />
10. Platform on a ship (4)<br />
11. Whispered alert (4)<br />
12. Unique frozen crystal (9)<br />
16. Bank withdrawal (5)<br />
17. Something that spoils (6)<br />
Down Clues:<br />
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2. Long-running dispute (4)<br />
3. Expression of shivering (4)<br />
4. Although (6)<br />
6. Big top entertainment (6)<br />
8. Bend in the arm (5)<br />
9. Move in a stylish way (6)<br />
10. 10 years (6)<br />
13. Fastener hammered (4)<br />
14. To tumble (4)<br />
15. Direction where sun rises (4)<br />
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17<br />
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7. Reindeers, 10. Deck, 11. Psst,<br />
12. Snowfl ake, 16. Debit, 17. Blight.<br />
Down: 1. Char, 2. Feud, 3. Brrr, 4. Albeit,<br />
6. Circus, 8. Elbow, 9. Sashay, 10. Decade,<br />
13. Nail, 14. Fall, 15. East.<br />
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MONDAY 2 DEC<br />
Talks: Cameo Lunch Club<br />
Tring Garden Centre, every<br />
Monday 11.30am-1.30pm. No<br />
need to book. Social club.<br />
www.facebook.com/<br />
groups/773041230629254<br />
Fundraisers: Santa Float<br />
To 22 Dec. Rennie Grove<br />
Peace Santa Float will be<br />
visiting houses in Tring<br />
and villages.<br />
renniegrovepeace.org<br />
Fundraisers: Santa’s Sleigh<br />
To 24 Dec. Santa is visiting<br />
the streets of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>,<br />
courtesy of <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Rotary Club and Vanarama.<br />
berkorotary.org<br />
Film: The Taste of Things<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
8pm. Also Tue 3.<br />
www.<br />
berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
TUESDAY 3 DEC<br />
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Arts & Crafts: Painted<br />
Wooden Ornaments<br />
Old Mill, <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 7.30-<br />
9.30pm.<br />
www.huishomewares.com<br />
Talks: Chef to 4 Prime<br />
Ministers at Chequers<br />
Wigginton History Society,<br />
Village Hall, Wigginton, 8pm.<br />
cliff.mills@outlook.com<br />
Dance: Scottish Country<br />
Dancing<br />
Potten End Village Hall,<br />
8-10pm. Weekly.<br />
berkhamstedreelclub.org<br />
Talks: Alcoholics<br />
Anonymous<br />
Corpus Christi Church<br />
Hall, Langdon Street, Tring,<br />
8-9.15pm. Every Tuesday.<br />
Help@aamail.org<br />
WEDNESDAY 4 DEC<br />
Business: Tring<br />
BusinessMart Breakfast<br />
8am. Business networking.<br />
www.tringtogether.org.uk<br />
Music: Age UK Community<br />
Christmas Concert<br />
St Peter’s Church,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 7pm.<br />
www.stpetersberkhamsted.<br />
org.uk<br />
Talks: Hec-Talk Group<br />
The XC Centre, Jarman Way,<br />
Hemel Hempstead, 7.30-<br />
8.30pm. Every first and third<br />
Wednesday of the month.<br />
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Talks: Alcoholics<br />
Anonymous<br />
The Swan Building, 137 High<br />
Street, <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 8pm-<br />
9.30pm. Every Wednesday.<br />
Help@aamail.org<br />
THURSDAY 5 DEC<br />
Arts & Crafts: Christmas<br />
Wreath Workshops<br />
Gill Masters Art Studio,<br />
Potten End Hill, Hemel<br />
Hempstead, HP1 3BN, 2-5pm<br />
& 7-10pm. Also 6 Dec 2-5pm,<br />
13 Dec 2-5pm & 7-10pm and<br />
Sat 14 Dec 10am-1pm & 2-5pm.<br />
www.gillmastersart.com<br />
Music: Man in the Street<br />
Blues Bar, Tring. 8.30pm.<br />
www.bluesbartring.co.uk<br />
FRIDAY 6 DEC<br />
Talks: Tring Outreach<br />
Event<br />
High Street Baptist Church,<br />
10am-12pm. Also 17 Dec.<br />
www.<br />
communityactiondacorum.<br />
org.uk<br />
Theatre: Far From the<br />
Madding Crowd<br />
Markova Theatre, Tring Park<br />
School, 2pm & 7.30pm. Also<br />
7 Dec.<br />
www.tringpark.com<br />
Theatre: The Further<br />
Adventures of Peter Pan:<br />
The Return of Captain<br />
Hook<br />
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre,<br />
To 5 Jan. Starring Bradley<br />
Riches, Andy Collins and<br />
Mark Moraghan.<br />
atgtickets.com/aylesbury<br />
The Further Adventures of<br />
Peter Pan: The Return of<br />
Captain Hook - 6 December<br />
Talks: Trench Humour in<br />
the First World War<br />
Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards<br />
Local History Group, St<br />
Leonards Village Hall. 7.30pm.<br />
www.cholesbury.com<br />
SATURDAY 7 DEC<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring<br />
Farmers Market<br />
High Street, Tring, 9am-<br />
12.30pm. Also 21 Dec.<br />
www.tringfarmersmarket.<br />
co.uk<br />
Fundraisers: Open Door<br />
Repair Café<br />
Open Door <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>,<br />
9.30am-12.30pm.<br />
opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk<br />
Markets & Sales: Pop Up<br />
Bazaar<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
10am-4pm. Also Sun 15 Dec<br />
10am-3pm. popupbazaarberko<br />
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Music: Minerva Piano Trio<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
7.30pm. Mozart: Trio in B Flat<br />
Major K 502, Ravel: Trio in A<br />
Minor, Beethoven: Trio in D<br />
Major Op 70 No 1 ‘Ghost’.<br />
www.berkhamstedmusic.co.<br />
uk<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring Arts<br />
& Crafts Market<br />
Victoria Room, Victoria<br />
Hall, Akeman Street, 10am-<br />
3pm.<br />
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SUNDAY 8 DEC<br />
Talks: Alcoholics<br />
Anonymous<br />
High Street Baptist Church<br />
Hall, Tring, 7-8.15pm. Every<br />
Sunday.<br />
Help@aamail.org<br />
Music: <strong>Berkhamsted</strong><br />
Choral Society Christmas<br />
Concert<br />
St Peter’s Church<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 7.30-9.30pm.<br />
www.berkhamstedchoral.com<br />
TUESDAY 10 DEC<br />
Music: Iron Room Carol<br />
Service<br />
Tring Station, 7pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
WEDNESDAY 11 DEC<br />
Dance: Choreography<br />
Showcase<br />
Markova Theatre, Tring Park<br />
School, 7.30pm. Also 12 Dec.<br />
www.tringpark.com<br />
Talks: Christmas<br />
Unwrapped<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
8-9pm.<br />
berkhamsted-history.org.uk<br />
THURSDAY 12 DEC<br />
Business: BDCC<br />
Networking Lunch<br />
The Highwayman, High<br />
Street, <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 12 for<br />
12.30pm. Booking required.<br />
www.berkhamsted-chamber.<br />
co.uk<br />
FRIDAY 13 DEC<br />
Dance: The Exhibition<br />
Markova Theatre, Tring Park<br />
School, 3pm & 7.30pm.<br />
www.tringpark.com<br />
SATURDAY 14 DEC<br />
Music: A Christmas Box<br />
from St Martha’s<br />
St. Martha’s Methodist<br />
Church, Tring, 7.30pm.<br />
stmarthas-tring.org.uk<br />
Music: Town Carol Service<br />
St Peter’s Church,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 6pm.<br />
www.stpetersberkhamsted.<br />
org.uk<br />
Music: Marianne<br />
Windham – Horace Silver<br />
Project<br />
BJazz at the Civic Centre,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>. Five virtuoso<br />
musicians play bebop, blues,<br />
funky soul & gospel. Early<br />
doors & bar 6.45pm for Noah<br />
Chiari Quartet.<br />
www.bjazz.org<br />
SUNDAY 15 DEC<br />
Markets & Sales<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Farmers<br />
Market: High Street,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 10am-2pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/berkofm<br />
Talks: Tring Eco Library<br />
Tarboush, Tring, 3pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/groups/<br />
tringecolibrary<br />
Music: Christmas Lessons<br />
and Carols<br />
St. Mary’s, Puttenham,<br />
3.30pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
Music: Candlelit Carol<br />
Service<br />
St Peter & St Paul, Tring 4pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
MONDAY 16 DEC<br />
Talks: Ordinary Council<br />
Meeting<br />
Market House, 61 High<br />
Street, Tring. 7.30pm.<br />
www.tring.gov.uk/towncouncil/meeting-calendar<br />
Film: The Trouble with<br />
Jessica<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
8pm.<br />
www.<br />
berkhamstedfilmsociety.<br />
co.uk<br />
WEDNESDAY 18 DEC<br />
Dance: Berko Dance<br />
Group<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Old Town Hall,<br />
1.30-4pm.<br />
susiemullready@gmail.com<br />
Music: Carols<br />
Aldbury Green, 7pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
THURSDAY 19 DEC<br />
Theatre: Cinderella<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> School<br />
Centurian Theatre. To Thu<br />
31.<br />
info@berkopanto.co.uk<br />
Music: The Frost and the<br />
Boughs<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Old Town Hall,<br />
7.30pm.<br />
www.behindthemirror.org<br />
Music: The Looters<br />
Blues Bar Tring, 8.30pm.<br />
www.bluesbartring.co.uk<br />
SATURDAY 21 DEC<br />
Fundraisers: Repair Café<br />
High Street Baptist Church<br />
Hall, Tring, 10.30am-1pm.<br />
www.sustainabletring.org.<br />
uk/repair-cafe<br />
Music: Tring Choral<br />
Society <strong>Winter</strong> Concert<br />
St Peter and St Paul Church,<br />
Tring, 7.30pm.<br />
www.tringchoral.org.uk<br />
SUNDAY 22 DEC<br />
Music: Candlelit Carol<br />
Service<br />
St John the Baptist, Aldbury,<br />
6pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
MONDAY 23 DEC<br />
Music: Chiltern Chamber<br />
Choir Christmas Concert<br />
St Peter’s Church,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 7.30pm.<br />
www.chilternchamberchoir.<br />
com<br />
TUESDAY 24 DEC<br />
Kids: Children’s Crib<br />
Services<br />
St Peters Church,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 3pm & 5pm.<br />
www.stpetersberkhamsted.<br />
org.uk<br />
Music: Crib Services<br />
St Peter & St Paul, Tring,<br />
2pm & 4pm. Long Marston<br />
Church, 4pm. St John the<br />
Baptist, Aldbury 4pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
Fundraisers: Christmas<br />
Tree Christmas Carols<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Christmas Tree,<br />
High Street, outside Tesco<br />
6pm. Free singalong.<br />
info@clearaccountingadvice.<br />
co.uk<br />
Music: Christmas Carol<br />
Concert<br />
Forge car park, Tring, 6.30pm.<br />
Organised by Tring Lions.<br />
www.tringlions.org.uk<br />
Music: Carol Service<br />
St Cross, Wilstone 7pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
Music: Midnight Mass<br />
St. Mary’s, Puttenham, 9pm.<br />
St. Peter & St. Pauls, Tring,<br />
11.30pm, St. John the Baptist,<br />
Aldbury, 11.30pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
Music: Midnight Mass<br />
St Peter’s Church, High Street,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>. Christmas Eve<br />
Choir carols 11pm, service<br />
11.30pm.<br />
www.stpetersberkhamsted.<br />
org.uk<br />
WEDNESDAY 25 DEC<br />
Music: Holy Communion<br />
St Peter & St Paul, Tring 8am<br />
& 10am. St John the Baptist,<br />
Aldbury, 10am.<br />
St. Cross, Wilstone, 10am.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
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SUNDAY 5 JAN<br />
MONDAY 13 JAN<br />
Talks: Eco Hub<br />
Quaker Meeting House,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> High Street,<br />
2.30-5pm. www.theecohub.<br />
org.uk<br />
Film: Dumb Money<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
8pm.<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.<br />
co.uk<br />
MONDAY 6 JAN<br />
WEDNESDAY 15 JAN<br />
Aladdin - 28 December<br />
Music: Christmas Day<br />
Parish Mass<br />
St Peters Church,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 9.30am.<br />
www.stpetersberkhamsted.<br />
org.uk<br />
SATURDAY 28 DEC<br />
Theatre: Aladdin<br />
The Dembe Theatre,<br />
Tring, 1pm & 5pm. To 1<br />
Jan. Presented by Tring<br />
Pantomime.<br />
www.dembetheatre.org<br />
WEDNESDAY 1 JAN<br />
Talks: Hec-Talk Group<br />
The XC Centre, Jarman<br />
Way, Hemel Hempstead,<br />
7.30-8.30pm. Every first and<br />
third Wednesday of the<br />
month.<br />
tinyurl.com/5n8c6p3v<br />
SATURDAY 4 JAN<br />
Fundraisers: Open Door<br />
Repair Café<br />
Open Door <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>.<br />
9.30am-12.30pm.<br />
opendoorberkhamsted.<br />
co.uk<br />
Markets & Sales: Pop Up<br />
Bazaar<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
10am-4pm.<br />
popupbazaarberko@<br />
outlook.com<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring<br />
Arts & Crafts Market<br />
Victoria Room, Victoria<br />
Hall, Akeman Street, 10am-<br />
3pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/profile.<br />
php?id=61558152523480<br />
Talks: Cameo Lunch Club<br />
Tring Garden Centre, every<br />
Monday 11.30am-1.30pm.<br />
Social Club.<br />
www.facebook.com/<br />
groups/773041230629254<br />
Talks: Full Council Meeting<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
7.30pm.<br />
www.berkhamsted-tc.gov.uk<br />
WEDNESDAY 8 JAN<br />
Talks: The Curious Mind<br />
Imagination and Creativity in<br />
Art and Science<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre<br />
10.30am.<br />
theartssocietytringpark.<br />
org.uk<br />
Talks: Local Rothschild<br />
Properties<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
8-9pm.<br />
berkhamsted-history.org.uk<br />
THURSDAY 9 JAN<br />
Talks: Tring Eco Library<br />
Tarboush, Tring, 3pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/groups/<br />
tringecolibrary<br />
SATURDAY 11 JAN<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring<br />
Farmers Market<br />
Church Square, High Street,<br />
Tring, 9am-12.30pm. 2nd and<br />
4th Saturday of each month.<br />
www.tringfarmersmarket.<br />
co.uk<br />
Music: The Scott Hamilton<br />
Quartet<br />
BJazz at the Civic Centre,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 8pm.<br />
www.bjazz.org<br />
Talks: Local Ordnance<br />
Survey Bench Marks<br />
High Street Baptist Church<br />
at 8pm.<br />
tringlocalhistorymuseum.<br />
org.uk<br />
THURSDAY 16 JAN<br />
Music: Zebra Jazz Collective<br />
Blues Bar Tring, 8.30pm.<br />
www.bluesbartring.co.uk<br />
SATURDAY 18 JAN<br />
Fundraisers: Repair Café<br />
High Street Baptist Church<br />
Hall, Tring. 10.30am-1pm.<br />
www.sustainabletring.org.uk<br />
SUNDAY 19 JAN<br />
Markets & Sales:<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Farmers<br />
Market<br />
High Street, <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>,<br />
10am-2pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/berkofm<br />
SATURDAY 25 JAN<br />
Music: Fleetwood Mac &<br />
Tom Petty Show<br />
Dembe Theatre, Tring, 7.30pm.<br />
dembetheatre.org<br />
SUNDAY 26 JAN<br />
Music: Tring Chamber<br />
Music Midwinter Concert<br />
The Anthony Hall, Aston<br />
Clinton, 11am and 3pm. A<br />
programme of music for harp<br />
and violin, from Baroque to<br />
20th century; solo works by<br />
Bach and his famous son<br />
Carl; French Romantic duos<br />
Saint-Saëns and Massenet;<br />
master of sound and silence<br />
John Cage.<br />
www.tringchambermusic.<br />
co.uk<br />
Tring Chamber Music Midwinter<br />
Concert - 26 January<br />
MONDAY 27 JAN<br />
Talks: Ordinary Council<br />
Meeting<br />
Market House, 61 High Street,<br />
Tring. 7.30pm.<br />
www.tring.gov.uk<br />
Film: Driving Madeleine<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
8pm. Also Tue 28.<br />
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.<br />
co.uk<br />
THURSDAY 30 JAN<br />
Business: Berko Interchange<br />
Waite & Rose Café<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 8-9am. Business<br />
networking.<br />
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/<br />
berko-interchangetickets-547768158307<br />
Business: Tring<br />
BusinessMart<br />
6pm. Business networking.<br />
Venue tba. www.tringtogether.<br />
org.uk<br />
FRIDAY 31 JAN<br />
Fundraisers: Quiz Night<br />
Nora Grace Hall, Tring,<br />
8pm. In aid of Tring Music<br />
Partnership.<br />
www.tringtogether.org.uk<br />
SATURDAY 1 FEB<br />
Fundraisers: Open Door<br />
Repair Café<br />
Open Door <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>.<br />
9.30am-12.30pm.<br />
opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk<br />
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Markets & Sales: Pop Up<br />
Bazaar<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
10am-4pm.<br />
popupbazaarberko@outlook.<br />
com<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring<br />
Arts & Crafts Market<br />
Victoria Room, Victoria Hall,<br />
Akeman Street, 10am-3pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/profile.<br />
php?id=61558152523480<br />
SUNDAY 2 FEB<br />
Talks: Eco Hub<br />
Quaker Meeting House,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> High Street,<br />
2.30-5pm.www.theecohub.<br />
org.uk<br />
Music: Festive Choral<br />
Evensong for Candlemas<br />
St Peter & St Paul, Tring<br />
6.30pm.<br />
www.tringteamparish.org.uk<br />
MONDAY 3 FEB<br />
Talks: Cameo Lunch Club<br />
Tring Garden Centre, every<br />
Monday 11.30am-1.30pm.<br />
Social Club.<br />
www.facebook.com/<br />
groups/773041230629254<br />
Talks: Full Council Meeting<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
7.30pm.<br />
www.berkhamsted-tc.gov.uk<br />
TUESDAY 4 FEB:<br />
Talks: The Women of<br />
Bletchley Park<br />
Wigginton History Society,<br />
Village Hall, Wigginton,<br />
8pm.<br />
cliff.mills@outlook.com<br />
WEDNESDAY 5 FEB<br />
Talks: Hec-Talk Group<br />
The XC Centre, Jarman Way,<br />
Hemel Hempstead, 7.30-<br />
8.30pm. Every first and third<br />
Wednesday of the month.<br />
tinyurl.com/5n8c6p3v<br />
FRIDAY 7 FEB<br />
Talks: The Role of High<br />
Sheriff from Anglo-Saxon<br />
Times to the Present<br />
Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards<br />
Local History Group, St<br />
Leonards Village Hall. 7.30 for<br />
7.45pm start.<br />
www.cholesbury.com<br />
SATURDAY 8 FEB<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring<br />
Farmers Market<br />
High Street, Tring,<br />
9am-12.30pm. 2nd and 4th<br />
Saturday of each month.<br />
www.tringfarmersmarket.co.uk<br />
Music: Simon Allen/Derek<br />
Nash & The Purcell School<br />
Big Band<br />
BJazz at the Civic Centre,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 8pm.<br />
www.bjazz.org<br />
MONDAY 10 FEB<br />
Film: Perfect Days<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
8pm. Also Tue 11.<br />
www.<br />
berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
WEDNESDAY 12 FEB<br />
Talks: Giotto and the Early<br />
Italian Renaissance<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre<br />
10.30am.<br />
theartssocietytringpark.org.uk<br />
Talks: Archaeology in the<br />
Bulbourne Valley<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
8-9pm.<br />
berkhamsted-history.org.uk<br />
THURSDAY 13 FEB<br />
Music: John Verity Band<br />
Blues Bar Tring, 8.30pm.<br />
www.bluesbartring.co.uk<br />
FRIDAY 14 FEB<br />
Theatre: A Joke<br />
The Dembe Theatre, Tring,<br />
7.30pm.<br />
www.dembetheatre.org<br />
SATURDAY 15 FEB<br />
Fundraisers: Repair Café<br />
High Street<br />
Baptist Church Hall, Tring.<br />
10.30am-1pm.<br />
www.sustainabletring.org.uk<br />
Music: Maxim Calver<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
7.30pm. Beethoven: Cello<br />
Sonata No 4 in C Major Op<br />
102 No 1, Barber: Cello Sonata<br />
Op 6, Debussy: Cello Sonata<br />
(1915), Brahms: Sonata for<br />
Cello and Piano No 2 in F<br />
Op 99.<br />
www.berkhamstedmusic.<br />
co.uk<br />
Music: The Paul McCartney<br />
Project<br />
Dembe Theatre, Tring,<br />
7.30pm.<br />
dembetheatre.org<br />
SUNDAY 16 FEB<br />
Markets & Sales:<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Farmers<br />
Market<br />
High St, <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 10am-<br />
2pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/berkofm<br />
Talks: Tring Eco Library<br />
Tarboush, Tring, 3pm. www.<br />
facebook.com/groups/<br />
tringecolibrary<br />
FRIDAY 21 FEB<br />
Theatre: Cinderella<br />
Cheddington Village Hall,<br />
6pm. To 23 Feb, see website<br />
for times. cheddingtonpanto.<br />
com<br />
SUNDAY 23 FEB<br />
Music: You’ve Got a Friend<br />
The Dembe Theatre, 8pm.<br />
dembetheatre.org<br />
MONDAY 24 FEB<br />
Talks: Ordinary Council<br />
Meeting<br />
Market House, 61 High Street,<br />
Tring . 7.30pm.<br />
www.tring.gov.uk<br />
Film: Four Daughters<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Civic Centre,<br />
8pm. Also Tue 25.<br />
www.<br />
berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk<br />
WEDNESDAY 26 FEB<br />
Business: Tring<br />
BusinessMart Breakfast<br />
8am. Business networking.<br />
Venue tba.www.tringtogether.<br />
org.uk<br />
THURSDAY 27 FEB<br />
Business: Berko<br />
Interchange<br />
Waite & Rose Café<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong>, 8-9am.<br />
Business networking.<br />
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/<br />
berko-interchangetickets-547768158307<br />
SATURDAY 1 MAR<br />
Fundraisers: Open Door<br />
Repair Café<br />
Open Door <strong>Berkhamsted</strong>,<br />
9.30am-12.30pm.<br />
opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk<br />
Markets & Sales: Pop Up<br />
Bazaar<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> Town Hall,<br />
10am-4pm.<br />
popupbazaarberko@outlook.<br />
com<br />
Markets & Sales: Tring Arts<br />
& Crafts Market<br />
Victoria Room, Victoria Hall,<br />
Akeman Street, 10am-3pm.<br />
www.facebook.com/profile.<br />
php?id=61558152523480<br />
Music: Legends of Motown<br />
The Dembe Theatre, 7.30pm.<br />
dembetheatre.org<br />
SUNDAY 2 MAR<br />
Talks: Eco Hub<br />
Quaker Meeting House,<br />
<strong>Berkhamsted</strong> High Street,<br />
2.30-5pm. 1st Sunday of the<br />
month. www.theecohub.<br />
org.uk<br />
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