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Welcome to the 

Autumn issue! 

The summer holidays are at an end and 

it’s back to school and college for our 

younger readers - but there’s still plenty 

to look forward to. 

As always, the magazine includes lots 

of local news. We also have a round-up of 

local events and days out in our What’s 

On section - there’s plenty going on this 

autumn, including Tring Apple Fayre, Tring 

Book Festival, not to mention the Christmas 

Festival later in the year! 

Our history feature takes a look at the long 

and fascinating story of Tring Silk Mill, while 

our walk takes in some other interesting local 

historical spots. We think autumn is just the 

best time for walking - not too hot, not too 

cold, and you can enjoy the changing colours 

of the countryside. 

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In the garden we have some ideas for making 

colour last just a bit longer, while we take a trip 

back to the 1980s in our fashion revival feature. 

There’s puzzles for children, and books from 

and about the local area to enjoy as the nights 

draw in. 

We also have interiors inspiration for your 

home. And if you’re planning some changes 

to your property, don’t forget to enter our 

competition for tickets to Grand Designs Live! 

If you want to be involved in the next issue, 

please email Naomi at editorial@livingmags. 

info with your news prior to our winter issue. 

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CONTENTS 

4 News and views from 

Tring and surrounding 

villages 

16 Find something special 

from our local shops 

22 Education: Applying for 

school places 

24 Kids puzzles 

26 Local history: Tring Silk 

Mill 

30 Fashion: The 80s revival 

35 Whip up a delicious 

Tiramisu 

36 A selection of books from 

local authors 

38 Autumn colour in your garden 

40 Property: Velvet is this 

season’s fabric 

41 What’s on 

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Pepper Show returns 

The longest-running theatre 

show in the Home Counties - 

the Pepper Show - returns in 

2022 for a 33rd year. 

Organised by Bucks and Herts 

charity, the Pepper Foundation, it runs at the 

David Evans Court Theatre with six shows from 

Tuesday 11 to Saturday 15 October. 

All funds raised help to fund the Children’s 

Hospice at Home service, delivered by Rennie 

Grove Hospice Care, which provides specialist 

nursing care for children with life-limiting or 

life-threatening conditions in Herts and Bucks. 

Tickets from www.thelittleboxoffice.com/ 

pepper/book/event/162762 

Fruity Fayre returns 

Tring’s own Apple Fayre 

returns this October to 

celebrate harvest time 

and local produce. 

Core dates are 2 October 

when Jeacock’s Orchard will 

open its gates for the popular Apple Day and 

Saturday 8 October when there will be a special 

Tring Farmers’ Market with the Pippin’ High 

Street Parade and scarecrow competition. 

There will be so much more to see and do 

including apple pressing, flour milling, a barn 

dance and the harvest festival - see our What’s 

On pages for more. 

For all the fruity updates, please follow ‘Tring’s 

Own Apple Fayre’ on Facebook, subscribe to the 

Tring Farmers’ Market newsletter and watch out 

for the full event programme to be published in 

mid-September. 

www.facebook.com/TringsOwnAppleFayre 

https://tringfarmersmarket.co.uk 

Christmas festival returns 

Come along with Christmas cheer and 

join Tring Together on Saturday 

26 November, 3.30pm- 

8.30pm for Tring’s Christmas 

Festival. 

There will be Christmas 

market stalls on Tring High 

Street and in Victoria Hall. 

Grab something to eat and 

drink while you’re out, at one 

of the many food and drink 

stalls or local restaurants. 

There will be opportunities for late-night 

shopping, open churches, live performances on 

the Christmas stage, Father Christmas, a magical 

light display and special Christmas-inspired 

activities in the Memorial Garden. 

Tring Book Festival, 

4-13 November 

Get set for 

the third 

Tring 

Book Festival, this 

November. Our Bookshop promises some big 

names, including a number of book launches. 

There will be multiple performances over the 

weekends, while during the week most events 

will take place during the evening. 

There should be something for everyone, with 

a variety of genres, and a mix of fiction and nonfiction 

books. 

2022 will also see new venues added to the 

programme - including some rather unusual 

ones - but you’ll have to wait to find out more! 

For updates check out 

www.tringbookfestival.co.uk. 

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Climb on board to shop 

Door2Store is 

a community 

accessible bus 

service that collects 

passengers from their 

home address to take 

them to Tesco in Tring 

on a fortnightly basis 

on Thursdays. The cost 

is £5 per person for the return journey and the 

shoppers are supported by two volunteers to 

help them around the store if they need it and to 

carry bags into their homes. 

The bus also runs two trips a month to various 

locations including lunches, garden centres, 

stately homes and theatre. 

Call 01442 212888 or email 

ctadmin@communityactiondacorum.org.uk. 

Cyclists tackle ultra event 

As we went to 

press, local 

cyclists Andrew 

Broadbent (Ivinghoe 

Velos) and Richard 

Bragg (Velo Club Tring) 

were setting off on the 

infamous London-Edinburgh-London selfsupported 

ultra-distance cycle ride. 

This event takes place every four years and 

Andrew and Richard will be joining 2,000 other 

cyclists from all over the world. 

Pictured at Musette Café in Aldbury (a popular 

spot for cyclists), they said: ‘We can’t wait to 

get started but we are not underestimating the 

mental and physical challenge,’ 

See the results at 

www londonedinburghlondon.com. 

All that jazz 

Tickets are now on sale for Tring & 

District Local History & Museum 

Society’s third concert celebrating 

Nica Rothschild’s significant involvement with 

the jazz world of the mid-20th century. 

Nica (1913-1988) was the granddaughter of 

the 1st Lord Rothschild and spent much of her 

childhood at Tring Park. 

Nica and the Jazz Divas takes place on 24 

September at Hastoe Village Hall. 

In both earlier concerts, the first one telling 

the story of Nica in New York, and the second, 

following her book on ‘Three Wishes’, all the 

musicians were men. So the society decided 

that the final concert should be devoted to the 

women of jazz connected directly or indirectly 

with Nica. 

The last concert was sold out, so book early! 

Tickets are £16. Email 

savage.shelley@gmail.com to book. 

Inquiry date set for Luton 

Airport expansion 

The inquiry date for the expansion plans 

at Luton Airport has been set for 

27 September. 

London Luton Airport Operations Limited 

plans to increase passenger capacity from 18m to 

19m a year - a move approved by Luton Borough 

Council in December. 

However, a decision was made on behalf 

of Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for 

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to hold 

a local inquiry, which aims to consider ‘all the 

relevant aspects of the proposed development’. 

The inquiry, at Luton Town Hall, is set to run 

for 10 weeks. 


EIC takes on challenge 

A 

team from Tring insurance broker EIC 

Insurance Services conquered a 26.2 

mile walk in aid of two charities, 

Chilterns MS Centre and KickOff@3. 

The team started their walk at 8:30am from 

The Three Locks, Stoke Hammond and finished 

their walk at 4:30pm in Kings Langley at The 

Rose and Crown. 

The challenge raised a total of £1625.88, which 

will be split equally between the two charities. 

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Valiant Trooper update 

The tale of Aldbury’s Valiant Trooper 

pub rumbles on, as a new planning 

application has been submitted to 

Dacorum Borough Council. 

The pub closed in summer 2021, was bought 

privately shortly afterwards and has remained 

closed ever since. 

Local residents rallied around to object to 

the owner’s initial planning application for 

refurbishment, fearing it would mean the end of 

the line for the CAMRA-award-winning pub. 

Erica Vilkauls, who is leading the campaign to 

save the pub, told Tring Living that in July: ‘The 

owner wrote to Aldbury Parish Council saying 

this project is moth-balled due to lack of support 

from the Parish Council and local community.’ 

However, as we went to press, new applications 

for the site had been submitted to the District 

Council - to include retention of the public 

house, conversion of the restaurant wing to a 

farmshop and deli, conversion of the outbuilding 

to a cafe, and the construction of three mews 

houses with gardens to the rear of the property, 

along with parking. 

Erica commented: ‘Since the owner closed the 

pub, we have all seen a resurgence in pubs with 

restaurants, such as The Stag at Mentmore and 

The Grand Junction. 

‘And all this time 

the Valiant Trooper 

has remained closed 

with no plan to 

open as a pub with 

restaurant. Supporters of the Valiant Trooper are 

not hanging on to the wonderful times gone by. 

The Valiant Trooper could be a hugely successful 

pub/restaurant bringing in visitors and groups 

to Aldbury. 

‘The latest application submitted on 28 July 

is an application for change of use. So we 

potentially lose this historic public house. 

We saw this coming so are well-prepared 

to challenge.’ 

Save the Valiant Trooper can be contacted 

at Savethevt@gmail.com. 

A spokesperson for Dacorum Borough 

Council said: ‘The application is still subject to 

consultation. The site is located within 500m of 

the Chilterns Beechwoods and planning officers 

will consider this among other planning matters 

before making a recommendation for the 

development.’ 

Tring Living was unable to contact the pub’s 

owner as we went to press. 

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Tring Brewery raises 

charity funds 

Tring Brewery’s recent Beer 

and Band Night has raised 

£4,200 for Rennie Grove 

Hospice Care. 

Many pints were poured as 

amazing live music was provided 

by both Jamie Donaldson and The 

Elastic Cats, making it a night to remember. 

Music and beer were accompanied by BBQ food 

from Jack’s Smoke Shack, providing tasty street 

food to attendees of the Tring Carnival event. 

The team at Tring Brewery would like to thank 

everyone who came out to support the life-changing 

care that Rennie Grove provides - generous 

donations are critical for its essential service. 

Dacorum’s Den 

winners announced 

Eight budding 

entrepreneurs 

were awarded up to 

£2,500 after they pitched 

their ideas to a team of 

Dacorum’s Den judges, 

led by Sir Mike Penning MP, who divided 

a grant fund of £10,000. 

The winning businesses included Tring 

husband and wife team Jan and Sarah Sisson, 

owners of Sunsible LLP. They were awarded 

£1,000 to fund a new drone for their solar advice 

and maintenance business. The new drone will 

allow them to capture roof-level images helping 

homeowners keep energy bills at bay and reduce 

their carbon footprint. 

Chiltern Society 

‘concerned’ over 

planning 

While the Chiltern Society has 

welcomed recent reports that the 

Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area 

of Conservation (including the Ashridge Estate 

and Tring Woodlands) need more action to 

protect them, it is setting up a working group to 

focus on planning in the area. 

Until satisfactory mitigation measures are 

in place, Dacorum Borough Council must put 

a temporary halt on granting any planning 

permissions for new homes near the area. 

As we went to press, the council told Tring 

Living: ‘We are working on a mitigation 

strategy, which sets out the actions necessary 

to protect the Chilterns Beechwoods Special 

Area of Conservation (SAC) from both existing 

and future pressures. Further information on 

the progress of the mitigation strategy will be 

provided later this summer.’ 

Tom Beeston, chief officer at the Chiltern 

Society, told Living: ‘We now pin our hopes on 

our MPs, councillors and government agencies 

taking a serious look at the broken planning 

system so that they start putting nature and the 

environment before developer profits. 

‘We’re so concerned about the specific 

planning implications around Dacorum, we 

are looking to set up a special working group to 

address the issues. 

‘Anyone wanting to volunteer to help can 

drop us a line at 

volunteer@chilternsociety.org.uk.’ 


Summer sounds 

This summer Tring 

Radio has been 

out and about 

at lots of events, most 

notably Tring Carnival 

where the sound system 

came along on a lorry 

(donated for the day 

by Chiltern Transport). 

The station has some new presenters and new 

shows including the What a Week chat show 

on Monday afternoons and a new Drum n Bass 

show (Bassology) coming soon on Saturday 

evenings. If you’d like Tring Radio to appear at 

your local event contact them via tringradio. 

co.uk where you’ll also find details of how to 

become a presenter. 

Census results in 

The first results from the 2021 Census (a 

data collection exercise undertaken every 

10 years) shows that the number of people 

living in the Dacorum Borough Council area has 

risen by 10,300 - a 7.1% increase. 

Dacorum now ranks 132nd for total population 

out of 309 local authority areas in England, 

moving up three places in a decade. 

To give you an idea of population density, 

the national average is three people for every 

football pitch-sized piece of land. Dacorum has 

around five people for each football pitch-sized 

area of land. 

There has also been an increase of 18% in 

people aged 65 and over, an increase of 3.7% in 

people aged 15 to 64, and an increase of 9.3% in 

children aged under 15. 

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Capturing the 

countryside 

Caroline 

Hendry-Smith 

started Notion 

Jewellery after her 

son returned from his 

gap year with gems 

and silver from India. 

They both attended 

a contemporary jewellery class at Queen’s 

Park Centre in Aylesbury and six months later 

Caroline had applied for her Hallmark with the 

London Assay Office. 

Caroline now specialises in creating woodlandthemed 

jewellery in both silver and gold and 

uses an ever-growing collection of woodland 

leaves and seeds from trees and plants from in 

and around Ashridge and Tring. You can see a 

couple of her items in our Shop Local pages. 

Visit www.notionjewellery.co.uk or follow on 

Instagram @notionjewellery 

Volunteers wanted 

for museum 

Tring Local History Museum is recruiting 

new stewards. No special knowledge is 

needed, just a willingness to give a few 

hours each month to welcome visitors to this 

volunteer-run museum. For more details call 

in at the Museum in Brook Street (Fridays and 

Saturdays) or contact via the website 

www.tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk. 

Promotional Feature 

Before you search 

globally, search 

locally 

An entrepreneurial website developer has 

created a digital high street for Tring to 

encourage consumers to shop local. 

Phil Knight builds websites for everyone from 

celebrities to local businesses. He told Tring 

Living: ‘I was building sites for shops in Tring 

when an idea hit me… why not build a website 

for the whole high street and make it so that 

shops and services could be searchable! You 

could then be at home, need to buy a lightbulb 

and instead of just going straight to the big 

online retailers, you could search for it locally, 

buy it directly and have it delivered to your door 

in 10 minutes. If they couldn’t deliver, at least 

you’d know it was there and go and get it. 

‘I kept hearing people say the high street is 

dead - frankly I think that’s rubbish! I think it’s 

going through a change, heading towards its 

most glorious period. A place for people to feel 

like humans again, relaxing, finding hidden 

gems and experiencing the true joy of being part 

of a community.’ 

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Public presentation on new 

hospital announced 

LOCAL 

Would 

you 

like 

to have a 21stcentury, 

patientcentred 

hospital, 

centrally located 

and easy to get 

to, on a clear 

site in West 

Hertfordshire? 

Then head to a public presentation at 

Berkhamsted Town Hall on Wednesday 14 

September at 7:30pm, to find out more. 

As reported in our summer issue, the 

project designer and project manager for 

the ‘Outstanding’ CQC rated Hospice of St 

Francis, Gordon Yearwood, believes that all our 

healthcare services should and could be of a 

similar high standard. 

West Herts 21 Century Hospital Solution was 

formed as a non-profit organisation, to get real 

transformation in hospital services, through 

achieving a purpose-built, 21st century 

designed, patient-centred, acute general NHS 

Hospital (including A&E, maternity and planned 

surgery) for the people of West Hertfordshire, 

centrally located between St Albans, Watford and 

Hemel Hempstead. 

The Government has indicated that up to 

£590 million could be provided for a ‘new’ 

hospital as part of its 40 new hospitals 

programme. But, says Gordon, local NHS senior 

staff want to spend £940 million building a 

tower block hospital, in the sloping car park 

area of the existing Watford General Hospital. 

To read the full story and learn how to make 

donations to progress this project, visit 

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Autumn treats at Farmers’ Market 

As we head 

into autumn, 


Farmers’ Market 

will be celebrating 

Tring Apple Fayre 

(now in its 17th year) 

on 8 October - a 

seasonal celebration 

of environment, 

food, culture and Tring. Also, with autumn and 

Hallowe’en fast approaching, pay a visit on 22 

October for locally grown pumpkins and other 

spooky delights! Held at the Market Place on 

Brook Street, with one-hour free parking at the 

Forge car park, Tring Farmers’ Market is the 

place to source artisan goods and local produce. 

The market takes place on the second and fourth 

Saturdays of the month, 9am - 12:30 pm. All 

stallholders come from within a 30-mile radius 

of Tring and are as knowledgeable as they are 

passionate about their goods and produce - look 

out for the new bagel stall! 

Details at www.tringfarmersmarket.co.uk. 

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Lidl plan upsets residents 

Discount supermarket Lidl has put in an 

application for a large food store and car 

parking on land at Sears Drive in Tring. 

The plan has upset homeowners at the Cala 

Homes Roman Park Development in Tring, 

Hertfordshire, who expected the site to house 

office space. 

They say they feel they have been misled and 

although they agree that a small independent 

shop would be useful, or better still a doctor’s 

surgery, feel the proposed development is too 

large for the site, with insufficient infrastructure 

and is inconsistent with Dacorum’s local plan. 

Objections raised include the likely congestion 

on Icknield Way and Sears Drive, unsafe roads, 

noise and light pollution and fears of increased 

anti-social behaviour and misuse of the car park. 

Tring Council has recommended refusal of 

the plan for a number of reasons, including the 

fact that ‘this land has not been proposed as a 

suitable plot for a supermarket on the emerging 

local plan’ and that it is ‘currently designated for 

industrial use’. 

Drayton Beauchamp Parish Meeting also 

opposed the plans, stating: ‘The residents of 

Drayton Beauchamp are extremely concerned 

that their sole exit on to the B488 will become 

even more dangerous than it is at present 

with the increased volume of traffic from the 

customers of a supermarket. 

‘The proposed supermarket is also inconsistent 

with Dacorum’s Local Plan section LA5 West of 

Tring development which stated ‘No Retail’. 

Tring already has two supermarkets, with 

a third proposed in a new neighbourhood 

development to the east of the town. A store here 

will undermine the proper planning of the area.’ 

However, other Tring residents have supported 

the application, with one resident saying: 

‘Currently Tring residents have to travel to 

Leighton Buzzard/Aylesbury to visit a ‘cheaper’ 

supermarket, this store will be more convenient 

for residents and reduce travelling and therefore 

pollution. It will provide a much-needed 

alternative to current options, create local jobs 

and improve the aesthetics of the area.’ 

There has also been some support for a smaller 

food store on the site: ‘A smaller food store 

e.g. ‘metro’ sized would have some utility to 

residents of LA5, and West Tring. 

A spokesperson for Lidl said: ‘If approved, 

the new supermarket would represent a multimillion 

pound investment for the local area 

and the creation of around 40 jobs once the 

store opens.’ 

Local Plan update 

A 

revised timetable for the Dacorum Local 

Plan was presented to and approved by 

the council’s Cabinet in February this year. 

A Dacorum Borough Council spokesperson 

told us: ‘A key factor to the delay of the Local Plan 

is due to the Habitats Regulations Assessment 

(HRA) – an important legal requirement for 

plan making. Work on the HRA to date has also 

resulted in some important changes to the way 

that the Council considers applications for new 

residential development in the borough. 

Further information on this can be found at 

www.dacorum.gov.uk/sac. 

‘There remains an expectation to consult on a 

revised draft of the Local Plan in 2023.’ 

Tring’s proposed Marshcroft development 

remains ongoing. 

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01 Kit Heath Silver Necklace £98 

02 Tissot ‘Lovely’ Watch £255 

03 Two Tone Gold CZ Bracelet £285 

04 Silver Gold Plated Pearl Hoops £35 

Debbie Shrimpton Illustrates - 

Berkhamsted 

05 Signed & Framed House Portraits £95 

Fancy That - Tring 

06 Italian Leather ‘camera’ bags from £40. 

Bag straps £10 

07 Sherlock Holmes 1000 piece puzzle £16 

08 Jellycat Hamish Hedgehog £54 

HouseThirteen - Tring 

09 Rise Ring Sterling Silver £42, 

Gold-Plate £50 

Notion Jewellery - Tring 

10 Sterling Silver Large Acorn and Oak Leaf 

Pendant with 18-inch chain £183. Other 

sizes available 

11 Sterling Silver Blackberry and Leaf 18-inch 

chain £128.50. Other sizes available 

Puddingstone Distillery - Tring 

12 PUD PUD Cacao Gin £36 

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FIRST 

SCHOOL STEPS 

What you need to consider when applying 

for a school place for the first time 

As the new school year begins, many of 

us will have an eye towards next 

September when our youngsters will 

be embarking on the school journey for the 

first time. While the excitement associated 

with seeing kids take their first big 

independent step is tangible, it can also be a 

stressful time for parents. 

So as the countdown begins towards final 

selection of places at the start of next year, 

here are some dos and don’ts for picking the 

right school for your little one. 

DO attend the open days. It’s easy to gloss 

over an establishment’s flaws when looking at 

a fancy brochure, which is why attending a 

school’s open day is essential (even though 

this is still arguably the best the place will 

ever look). Upon arriving, pay attention to 

how the school feels – what’s on the walls, 

how organised are the classrooms, are the 

teachers friendly and, if it’s a daytime 

opening, how engaged are the kids? 

DON’T be afraid to ask questions. Take the 

opportunity to ask teachers and pupils alike 

how they feel about the school, and don’t fret 

about being upfront with representatives 

regarding any nagging doubts you have. 

DO look for convenience. We may consider 

that selecting a school that’s a 10-minute walk 

away is acceptable, even when there’s an 

‘almost as good’ alternative three doors down. 

Yet when factoring in the walking speed of a 

four- or five-year-old, and the reality that you 

will be walking to and from the school twice 

each day (four legs, effectively), that 

10-minute walk could easily become an hour 

or more. For parents keen to return 

themselves to work and productivity while 

their children are in school, location and 

proximity are key factors. 

DON’T be taken in by cosmetic 

appearance. Schools come in all shapes, sizes 

and appearances. While the newer ones may 

look glossy, modern and straight from an 

architect’s brochure, it’s what goes on in the 

classroom, within the pages of books and 

inside the minds of our wonderful 

youngsters, that really counts. 

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DO pay attention to the Ofsted report and 

league tables. Official statistics will tell you 

test and exam results for the schools you’re 

looking at, offering a pretty reliable snapshot 

of how each is performing, while the Ofsted 

report will offer a broader understanding of 

how the curriculum is taught and the pupils’ 

overall wellbeing. 

But DON’T base your decision entirely on 

that. If an institute has an ‘outstanding’ 

Ofsted rating, but you’ve heard of bullying or 

disruption at the school, it’s important to bear 

both in mind. Similarly, if a school has a 

‘satisfactory’ rating but seems to have got its 

act together since the report, it may be worth 

giving it a second look. 

DO go with your heart. Whatever the facts 

and figures, the most important barometer is 

how you and your little one feel about the 

school, and that feeling normally comes from 

the heart. 

DON’T obsess over friends. While it’s 

tempting to want to surround our kids with 

the buddies they have made in pre-school and 

the local park, most childhood friendships are 

made when they start school. Our young ones 

are true social sponges and encouraging them 

to make new friends at every opportunity is 

only a good thing. 

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any apprehension. Your children will feed 

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be a nerve-wracking time, so when looking at 

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LOCAL 

HISTORY 1 

LOCAL 

HISTORY 

Hive of local industry 

Tring’s Silk Mill is now a hub for small local businesses, 

but in its past life it has produced silk, electricity, plane 

parts - and even lipstick cases! 

Today, Silk Mill in Tring is a hub for 

local businesses including a martial 

arts centre and winery, but its history 

begins, as its name suggests, with a very 

different local industry. 

The Silk Mill was the brainchild of William 

Kay, who had made his fortune from the 

textile trade in Manchester and bought the 

Tring Park Estate in 1823. 

A year later, the five-storey Silk Mill 

building was under way - along with a row 

of cottages in Brook Street. The project was 

managed by William’s brother Joseph - and 

the locals dubbed the new development ‘Little 

Manchester’. Four years later it was leased to 

a company belonging to David Evans. 

It was not only the Silk Mill that William 

Kay brought to the town - as the largest local 

landowner, he presented the case for the 

London & Birmingham Railway station being 

located not at Pitstone Green as originally 

planned, but in Tring. He died in 1838, not 

2 

long after the railway reached the town. 

You can find a tablet to his memory in Tring 

Parish Church, St Peter and St Paul. The 

Tring Estate was bought by Lionel Nathan 

Rothschild in 1872. 

The five-storey building had a warehouse 

on each floor, and the ground floor included 

a dining room for workers. The number of 

workers varied depending on the demand for 

silk and the agricultural season. At one time 

in 1840 there were 140 women, 320 children 

and 40 men employed. 


3 

Children were hired at an early age, and 

girls were more valued than boys, thanks to 

their nimble fingers and willingness to obey 

orders - and earned threepence a week more 

than their male counterparts! 

Children from workhouses were 

apprenticed to the Mill - and the young 

workers were housed in five cottages in 

front of the Mill, which became a dormitory, 

supervised by the Master and Matron. You 

can still these today at the entrance to Silk 

Mill on the left hand side. Though not 

exciting fare by today’s standards, they had 

a good food allowance including bread and 

milk for breakfast, and meat and vegetables 

four days a week. 

One child who worked at the Mill and 

escaped to seek his fortune in London, where 

he became a Chartist poet, editor and writer, 

said that he had ‘no childhood at all’. Gerald 

Massey (known as ‘Tring’s Poet’) was sent to 

work in the Mill at the age of eight, working 

12-hour days with a reward of between nine 

pence and one shilling and three pence. The 

flats opposite the Silk Mill remember him in 

their name - Massey House. 

With adults working 12 hours a day 

and children 10, the Tring workforce was 

constantly troubled by what was known 

as ‘ague’ or fevers, thought to be caused by 

stagnant water. 

By 1881, the census recorded that 212 people 

in Tring had silk-related occupations. 

David Evans also set up a small weaving 

operation in Akeman Street. The Mill suffered 

two serious fires in 1836 and 1842. After the 

second fire, the Parish of Tring’s fire engine 

was moved to the site. 

David Evans died in 1874 and the business 

passed to his three sons. But the building of 

the Suez Canal meant that getting silk from 

the Far East was far easier, and the demand 

for silk from England lessened. Eventually, 

the management asked Lord Rothschild to be 

released from the lease. 

The Mill closed in 1898, and Lord Rothschild 

offered older workers a pension, while 

younger men were 

offered paid passage to 

start a new life in Canada. 

The site was taken 

over by the maintenance 

departments from 

Tring Park, with the 

water wheel being used 

to drive a saw-mill and a generator that 

supplied electricity to Tring Park mansion, 

farm buildings and the Rothschild laundry 

on St Peter’s Hill. It was during Rothschild’s 

ownership that the top two storeys of the 

building were removed. 

As World War II approached, the mill 

site was being used as barracks for the 

Dorset Regiment, then leased by the 

Minister for Aircraft Production, painted 

in camouflage colours and used by RMR 

Engineering to produce torpedo detonators 

and aluminum alloy and brass sand castings 

for aircraft components. 

After the War, the factory switched to 

fabricating bus-ticket machines and cosmetic 

containers for companies such as Coty, 

Max Factor, Ponds, and Elizabeth Arden. 

By the early 50s Tring was sending out 

188,000 lipstick cases a week! When RMR 

engineering was bought out, and planning 

refused for a new warehouse nearby, the 

company left Tring. 

The Silk Mill building is Grade II listed 

and now houses a number of small 

businesses, including the Tring Martial Arts 

Black Belt Academy, Tring Winery, iQuilt 

Studio, The Spectacle and Sunglass Store, 

Le Tarot Spices, Enoch & ChaCha, Loveleigh 

Aesthetics, and Physique Fitness. Find out 

more about them overleaf. 

Find out more about the Silk Mill at 

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1. This earliest known photograph of Tring’s Silk 

Mill is undated, however the mill’s upper two 

stories were removed around 1898 

2. Tring Fire Brigade outside the Silk Mill (dated 

around the 1930s) 

3. Making lipstick cases in the 1950s 

With thanks to Wendy Austin and Tring & District Local History Society.Images: Wendy Austin and Tring & District Local History Society 

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THE EIGHTIES FASHION 

REVIVAL 

The era that provoked a fashion and music revolution is being 

celebrated right now, and it’s not too late to jump on the 

fashion trend of the year – Eighties revival! 

All that glitters is not gold 

In fact it can be silver, blue, pink, vermillion, 

turquoise, or any colour as long as the overall 

look is drop-dead fabulous. Think feathers, 

sequins and of course, Lamé. With such 

ostentation however, it’s still important to 

keep this look modern, so choose a sleek and 

slinky silhouette, keep makeup natural and go 

easy on the accessories. 

Give winter the cold shoulder 

Reviving the classic Eighties asymmetric look, 

and proving that those were simpler times, 

one perfectly exposed clavicle would always 

do. Keep it current by choosing muted colours 

and going for a structural statement rather 

than anything flouncy or frilly. 

The power pose 

Women may have been able to vote for 100 

years, but the power suit only became a thing 

in the Eighties. Not just for important board 

meetings; worn right the perfect suit will take 

you from the office to the dancefloor, and 

looks good in almost every colour. 

While the structure of the power suit hasn’t 

changed – broad shoulder, slender waist, big 

impact – the overall feel is more feminine, with 

a silky blouse or underlayer and killer heels. 

Be the prom queen once again 

Why not roll back the years with the latest 

incarnations of the tulle skirt, albeit with 

perhaps a touch sultrier sophistication than 

would have been played out in the era of Pepsi 

and Shirlie. Keep it short and punky or long 

and elegant, just don’t over accessorise. 

Padding it out 

Shoulder pads are back in fashion with the 

classic Eighties accentuation possibly having 

shown to reach its peak with this bold, 

horizontal look. 

Yes, the comparisons with American 

Football player silhouettes will always be 

there, but the shoulder pads actually served as 


a really smart, artificial boost to women with 

small frames who just wanted to show a bit 

more of themselves to the world. And thanks 

to the Eighties revival, they now can again! 

Bodysuits 

The versatility of the bodysuit means it’s a 

piece for any occasion. It is a tight, 

comfortable and versatile foundation piece 

that looks sleek, either in accentuating a 

slight frame or being used as a bottom layer 

for a larger jacket or puffy top. 

Bodysuits look best when worn with 

wide-leg trousers or even a flowy skirt – the 

tightness of the top half and the carefree 

movement of the lower half works in perfect 

complement, for a classic Eighties look. 

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Love a glove 

Gloves seemed to define a coolness of the 

Eighties. From Michael Jackson to acid house, 

the glove was a music moniker that 

permeated through to the high street, and 

they were back again in the summer, proving 

fashion over function truly exists! 

Legging it 

Finally, a nod to the legwarmers of the 

Eighties. While these had been around before 

the decade that changed fashion forever, their 

recent revival shows they have evolved, 

largely with different fabrics and shades. 

Once just the domain for professional 

dancers and workout queens looking to avoid 

cramp, they are perfectly repurposed for 2022. 

“ 

Bodysuits look best when worn 

with wide-leg trousers or even 

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works in perfect complement, 

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Walks in nature and regular exercise are very 

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brightest side in all months of the year. Your body 

is naturally adjusting to the phases of the moon. 

Wholsome diet is a key for your energy. It is 

recommended that it is full of fresh fruit and 

vegetables accordingly to your body type with an 

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Good night sleep is essential to maintain 

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RECIPE 

TIRAMISU 

This quick and easy 

Northern Italian 

dessert is made with 

a creamy mascarpone 

filling, coffee-dunked 

ladyfingers and finished 

with a dusting of cocoa 

This recipe comes from Tring’s 

Nonna’s Pantry, where you can 

find authentic ingredients so 

you can create your own delicious 

tiramisu at home. They say: ‘A 

traditional recipe involves no alcohol, 

however it’s a modern addition that 

we love. You can use our Amaretto or 

Vin Santo del Chianti dessert wine to 

give your tiramisu a richer flavour.’ 

You will need 

• 500g mascarpone* 

• 24 ladyfinger biscuits (one 

packet)* 

• 230ml strong-brewed coffee* 

• 3 tbsp grated dark chocolate 

• 4 egg yolks 

• 3 egg whites 

• 6 tbsp sugar 

• 4 tbsp Amaretto or Vin Santo 

dessert wine (optional) 

• 1tbsp cocoa powder 

* ingredients that can be found 

in Nonna’s Pantry 

You will also need a dish that 

is roughly 8 x10 inches to 

make this, but you can use 

more or less ladyfingers to 

accommodate the size of 

the dish. 

Method 

1. To begin, divide the egg whites and yolk into 

two separate bowls, and add 3 tbsp sugar to 

each (we’d recommend using soft light brown 

sugar for a caramel flavour if you are not using 

alcohol in your recipe; but any sugar works 

regardless). Whisk the egg whites until they 

are stiff and glossy. 

2. Moving on to the egg yolks, whisk those until 

pale and thick. 

3. Next add the mascarpone to the yolks and mix 

to make a smooth cream. 

4. One third at a time, gently fold the egg whites 

into the mascarpone mixture. 

5. In a shallow bowl, dip the ladyfingers into 

the coffee for about 2-3 seconds, making sure 

to soak both sides. If you’re adding alcohol, 

mix with the coffee before dunking the 

ladyfingers. 

6. Lay half of the ladyfingers in your dish to make 

an even layer. 

7. Now add half of the mascarpone mixture over 

the biscuits, making an even layer, and top 

with the grated dark chocolate. 

8. Continue with another layer of ladyfingers, 

and top again with the mascarpone, as you 

have previously done. 

9. Dust with cocoa powder to finish, and leave to 

rest in the fridge for roughly 6-8 hours before 

serving. 

Buon Appetito! 

Made by Mia Stevenson 


BOOKS 

The 

latest books 

from our local and 

regional authors 

A mixed selection of reads from or about the local area 

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession and the Natural 

History Heist of the Century! 

by Kirk W Johnson 

This is a slight diversion from our normal book reviews, which feature local authors. But 

our publisher Alison was intrigued by this title. She writes: 

This is a fascinating insight into the mania of exotic birds and feathers of the 

Victorian era combined with the obsession and the art of fly-tying, and in particular of 

salmon flies. 

The story covers the very real crime of the greatest feather robbery of all time, and from the Natural 

History Museum in Tring. 

Before buying the book, I had no idea whether the heading was fact or fiction, but I was absolutely 

hooked (if you’ll forgive the pun) from page one – it makes for compulsive reading. 

From A Hard Place To A Rock 

By Timandra Slade 

The evacuation of Dunkirk is well documented, but less is known about the regiments 

who defended the outer perimeter. These brave men fought the German onslaught, 

while sacrificing their own chances of evacuation. Many paid with their lives, or were 

forced to surrender. This fascinating book tells the story of four officers of the British 

Expeditionary Force who were captured and then escaped, making a perilous journey 

through Spain, France and Gibraltar to try to make it home. Told through accounts and 

letters and with sketches and photos, it’s a tale of courage and determination. 

Timandra lives in Chesham. She found a briefcase containing details of her father’s wartime escape - and 

here she brings to life his extraordinary story. 

Techniques in Painting: Learning from the 

Dutch Masters 

By Brigid Marlin 

This beautifully illustrated book by accomplished artist and lecturer Brigid 

Marlin brings to life the techniques used by the Dutch Masters from the 

Golden Age. 

Brigid demonstrates how to use the techniques of Rembrandt, Jan Van Eyck 

and Hieronymous Busch, and shows how contemporary artists have used the 

techniques in their painting. 

For practised students it includes techniques and advice in using materials and methods in your work - 

but for the less artistic of us, it is a fascinating insight into the work of the Old Masters. Anyone who has 

wandered a gallery wondering ‘how did they do that’ will find this an inspiring and informative read. 

Brigid lives in Berkhamsted and her work is included in many important collections including: the House 

of Lords, Westminster; National Portrait Gallery, London and Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. 

Local authors! Let us know about your book releases. Email editorial@livingmags.info 


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WHAT’S ON 

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MONDAY 5 SEP 

Fundraisers: DENS 

STEPtember 

Step up to the challenge of 

10,000 steps a day through 

September and raise money 

to help local people facing 

homelessness. www.dens. 

org.uk 

TUESDAY 6 SEP 

Theatre: Avenue Q 

7.30pm. To 10 Sep. A musical 

comedy featuring puppets and 

human actors with music and 

lyrics. Book by Jeff Whitty. 

courttheatre.co.uk 

WEDNESDAY 7 SEP 

Business: Tring Together 

Netwalking 

9.30am. Join BusinessMart and 

walk around Tring Park whilst 

you network. Dogs welcome. 

Register via email. vivianne@ 

tringtogether.org.uk 

Sport: Ashridge Golf Day 

18 holes on this prestigious 

course followed by a delicious 

three-course meal and live 

auction. www.stfrancis.org.uk 

FRIDAY 9 SEP 

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include your event in future magazines complete the form at: 

www.livingmags.info/submit-event. 

Fairs / Festivals: Heritage 

Open Days 

To 18 Sep. Celebrating our 

local communities and stories 

Berkhamsted Mind Body 

Spirit Show 10 September 

with both digital and in-person 

events. berkhamsted-history. 

org.uk 

Arts & Crafts: Berkhamsted 

Arts 

The Berkhamsted Art 

Trust’s 2022/23 season 

gets underway, promoting 

numerous arts events. www. 

berkhamstedartstrust.org.uk 

SATURDAY 10 SEP 

Markets & Sales: Tring 

Farmers Market 

Market Place, Brook Street, 

9am-12.30pm. 2nd and 4th 

Saturday of each month. www. 

tringfarmersmarket.co.uk 

Fairs / Festivals: Berkhamsted 

Mind Body Spirit Show 

Civic Centre, 11-5pm. Features: 

1-1 readings, holistic therapies, 

self-help and spiritual advice, 

crystals, arts & crafts, jewellery, 

healthy living products, talks and 

workshops. www.deerspirit.co.uk 

Music: Dixie Mix Jazz 

BJazz at the Civic Centre, 

Berkhamsted, 8pm. Dixieland 

jazz from a well established 

touring Sextet. www.bjazz.org 

SUNDAY 11 SEP 

Exhibitions: Pitstone Green 

Museum Open Day 

Enjoy a fantastic day out at an 

old Victorian farm now run by 

volunteers as a museum, with 

over 40 exhibits to suit all ages 

and tastes. Open the second 

Sunday each month and Bank 

Holiday Mondays. 

www.pitstonemuseum.co.uk 

Fundraisers: Chilterns 3 Peaks 

challenge for Rennie Grove 

Four route options are available 

from 6.5 to 18 miles, with all 

routes starting from Princes 

Risborough school. 

renniegrove.org 

Fundraisers: Ashridge Garden 

Party 

From dog shows to beer tents, 

there is something for everyone. 

www.stfrancis.org.uk 

TUESDAY 13 SEP 

Business: Tring BusinessMart 

Breakfast 

8am. Join the friendly 

BusinessMart networking group. 

www.tringtogether.org.uk 


Business: BDCC Networking 

Breakfast. 

Berkhamsted Cricket Club, 

7.15-9.30am. www.berkhamstedchamber.co.uk 

Talks: West Herts 21 Century 

Hospital Solution 

Berkhamsted Town Hall. Public 

presentation on proposals for the 

new hospital. gordonyearwood@ 

aol.com 

THURSDAY 15 SEP 

Comedy: Tom Allen Work in 

Progess 

Tom Allen is heading back on the 

road, warming up new material 

ahead of his brand new tour. 

www.get-stuffed.biz 

Music: Music Networking 

Evening 

Come along to find out ‘all things 

music’ happening in Tring and 

how you can be a part of it. 

Trish@tringtogether.org.uk 

Music: The Incredible Blues 

Puppies 

Blues Bar, Tring. 8.30pm. www. 

bluesbartring.co.uk 

FRIDAY 16 SEP 

Fundraisers: Welsh Three 

Peaks 

To 18 Sep. An epic adventure, 

creating precious memories 

and embracing the breathtaking 

scenery of Pen Y Fan, Cadair 

Idris and Snowdon. stfrancis. 

org.uk 

Film: Tring Cinema 

Nora Grace Hall. Doors 

8pm, film tba 8.30pm. www. 

tringcinema.com 

Fairs/Festivals: Berkhamsted 

Beer, Music & Comedy 

Festival 

Showcasing craft and cask 

beers, local bands and a comedy 

night with four renowned 

comedians headlined by Zoe 

Lyons. https://berkobeerfest. 

co.uk/ 


Fairs / Festivals: Herts Big 

Day Out 

To 14 Oct. Herts Big Weekend 

is back for 2022, now known 

as the Herts Big Day Out. 

hertsbigdayout.co.uk 

Walks: A Walk on the Chalk - 

Dunstable Downs 

9.30am-1pm. £5. Part of the 

5th Annual Chilterns Heritage 

Festival. chilternsociety.org.uk 

Fairs / Festivals: Chilterns 

Heritage Festival 

To 2 Oct. This festival of 

experiences promises 

something for everyone to 

enjoy. chilternsociety.org.uk 

Kids|Music: Tring Chamber 

Music Relaxed Family 

Friendly Concert 

Hastoe Village Hall 3-4pm. 

Francesca, Becky and Annabelle 

(The Lawson Trio) invite you 

and your family to a relaxed fun 

and interactive concert specially 

for children of primary school 

age. Enjoy a journey which 

explores the amazing sounds 

of violin cello and piano. www. 

tringchambermusic.co.uk 

Comedy: Seann Walsh 

With his extended ‘Back from 

the Bed’ tour. www.get-stuffed.biz 


SUNDAY 18 SEP 

Markets & Sales: Berkhamsted 

Farmers Market 

High Street, Berkhamsted, 10am- 

2pm. 3rd Sunday of every month. 

www.facebook.com/berkofm 

Music: Tring Chamber Music 

Summer Season - Three Plus 

One 

Hastoe Village Hall, 7.30pm. £20 

Under 18’s £10. Brahms great C 

minor Piano Quartet, music by 

Rebecca Clarke and Moszkowski 

with the Lawson Piano Trio 

(Francesca Barritt violin, Rebecca 

Knight cello. Annabelle Lawson 

piano) Paul Barritt, violin and 

viola. www.tringchambermusic. 

co.uk 

MONDAY 19 SEP 

Film: Belfast 

Berkhamsted Civic Centre, 

8pm. Also Tues 20. www. 

berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk 


Talks: Ashridge House 

High Street Baptist Church 

Tring, 8pm. With 700 years of 

fascinating history, there’s a 

palpable sense of heritage at 

the heart of Ashridge House. 

tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk 


Arts & Crafts: Evening Draw 

and Explore 

7-9pm. £15. Find out about 

the fascinating history of the 

specimens in a 30-minute gallery 

tour. Then take time to get 

inspired by the specimens and 

draw them. Suitable for adults. 

www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring 

FRIDAY 23 SEP 

Music: The Dung Beatles 

This show will celebrate the 

60th Anniversary of the Beatles’ 

first single release ‘Love me do’. 



Fundraisers: Dog Show 

Dudswell. Bring your dog 

along and enjoy a fun-filled day 

guaranteed to get their tails 

wagging! www.stfrancis.org.uk 

Music: Nica and the Jazz Divas 

Hastoe Village Hall. Music will 

be provided by the jazz septet 

The Shoe Horns. 01442 827702 

Arts & Crafts: Berkhamsted 

Live Goes Green 

Berkhamsted Civic Centre, 7.30- 

9pm. Music by Hanging Bandits, 

Open Door Ukulele Band, 

Richard & Chloe from Goodlife 

Vintage, Leslie Tate MC. lstate@ 

btinternet.com 

Music: 90s Indie Night 

For one night only the Common 

People DJs will be playing your 

fave ‘90s tunes. From Blur to 

Beck, Pulp to The Chemical 

Brothers, Oasis to The Prodigy, 

Primal Scream to The Cure. 


SUNDAY 25 SEP 

Exhibitions: Classic and 

Special Interest Car Show 

Dudswell 11am-4pm. Classic Car 

Show. stfrancis.org.uk 



International Graham Greene 

Festival 

To 2 Oct. 23rd Graham Greene 

International Festival. www. 

grahamgreenebt.org 

FRIDAY 30 SEP 

Fundraisers: Firewalk 

St Mary’s Close, Hemel Old 

Town, from 6.30pm. Community 

Action Dacorum are looking 

for brave people to walk across 

burning hot red embers! www. 

communityactiondacorum.org/ 

firewalk-fundraiser 

Fundraisers: Hospice Coffee 

Morning 

10.30am-12noon, last Friday of 

the month. 01442 869550 

Markets & Sales: 

Berkhamsted Book Fair 

Court House, Berkhamsted, 

10am-4pm. 01442 862011 

Fairs / Festivals: Tring 

Apple Fayre 

To 31 Oct. Tring’s Own 

Apple Fayre returns. Core 

apple dates Sun 2 Oct: 

Apple Day at Jeacock’s 

Orchard; Sat 8 Oct: special 

Tring Farmers Market with 

the Pippin High Street Parade 

and scarecrow competition. 

www.facebook.com/ 

TringsOwnAppleFayre 

Fairs / Festivals: Aylesbury 

Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing 

Show 

Grange School, 11-5pm. Meet 

experts in spirituality, holistic, 

psychic & mediumship, selfhelp 

& healthy living. Crystals, 

art & crafts, wellbeing products. 

Talks & workshops. www. 

deerspirit.co.uk 

Music: Peter Long Quintet 


Berkhamsted, 8pm. Swinging 

jazz made famous by the 

legendary Benny Goodman 

quintet in the 1940s & 50s. 

www.bjazz.org 

MONDAY 3 OCT 

Film: Berkhamsted Film 

Society 




WEDNESDAY 5 OCT 

Kids: Open Mornings 

Chesham Preparatory School, 

9-11am Also Sat 8 Oct, 9-11.30am. 

With tours of schools and 

opportunity to speak to class 

and specialist teachers. www. 

cheshamprep.co.uk 

Talks: Robin Ince - 

Bibliomaniac 

Join Robin Ince - he’s promoting 

the very book that he’s written 

following the last bookshop tour! 

www.tringbookfestival.co.uk 

THURSDAY 6 OCT 

Music: East West Maxwell 

Street 

Blues Bar Tring, 8.30pm. www. 


FRIDAY 7 OCT 

Fundraisers: Slip into Slippers 

With your help, Age UK Dacorum 

can highlight the needs of older 

people and raise vital funds to 

support its services. www.ageuk. 

org.uk/dacorum 

SATURDAY 8 OCT 

Exhibitions: Dolls House 

Miniatures Exhibition 

Wilstone Village Hall 11am-4pm. 

See what club members have 

accomplished in the last three 

very unusual years! In aid of 

Cancer Research. helen24@ 

talktalk.net 

Music: Gould Piano Trio 

Berkhamsted Civic Centre 

7.30pm, £20. Fanny Mendelssohn, 

Judith Weir, Tchaikovsky. www. 

berkhamstedmusic.co.uk 

SUNDAY 9 OCT 

Fundraisers: Rennie Grove 

Herts 10k 

10k race raising funds to provide 

specialist care and support for adults 

and children with a life-limiting 

illness. www.herts10k.com 

MONDAY 10 OCT 

Film: Dream Horse 




Tring Chamber Music Summer 

Season - Three Plus One 


Fundraisers: Open Door 

Repair Café 

Open Door Berkhamsted. 

First Saturday of each 

month, 9.30am-12.30pm. 

Bring along your broken 

items and let the experts take a 

look, in exchange for a donation. 

opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk 

Aylesbury Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Show 1st October 


TUESDAY 11 OCT 

Fundraisers: The Pepper 

Show 2022 

Court Theatre, Tring, 7.45pm. 

Sat matinee 2pm. To 15 Oct. A 

fabulous night of live music 

performed by a wealth of local 

talent. www.pepper.org.uk 


Business: Tring 

BusinessMart Networking 

Evening 

Tring Winery, 6pm. Come and 

network with local businesses 

in a friendly and comfortable 

setting. www.tringtogether. 

org.uk 

FRIDAY 14 OCT 

Music: Ma Bessie & Her 

‘Pigfoot’ Band 

Tring Church. 8pm. Classic 

blues and jazz from the 

Empress of Blues. www. 


SUNDAY 16 OCT 

Fundraisers: Mud Pack 

Challenge 

After two years, The Hospice of 

St Francis Mud Pack Challenge 

returns in all its mucky glory! 

stfrancis.org.uk 

TUESDAY 18 OCT 

Exhibitions: Sexuality and 

Gender in the Animal 

Kingdom 

Natural History Museum, 

7-8pm. Evening LGBTQ+ gallery 

tour to uncover the range of 

different animal behaviours 

from homosexuality in dolphins 

to sexual acts to defuse 

tension. Suitable for adults. 

www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring 

WEDNESDAY 19 OCT 


Lunch 

Venue TBC. 12.30-2.30pm. 

www.berkhamsted-chamber. 

co.uk 


Music: The Alex Hamilton 

Band 




Music: Howard Alden Trio 


Berkhamsted, 8pm. From 

the USA, one of the world’s 

leading jazz guitarists leads a 

trio performing a mixture of 

standards and originals. 

www.bjazz.org 

MONDAY 24 OCT 

Film: Parallel Mothers 


8pm. Also Tues 25. Nonmembers 

£5 at door. www. 


FRIDAY 28 OCT 

Film: Tring Cinema 

Nora Grace Hall. Doors 8pm, 

film 8.30pm. www.tringcinema. 

com 

SUNDAY 30 OCT 

Theatre: Nativity! The 

Musical 

At Waterside Theatre Aylesbury 

in aid of Florence Nightingale 

Hospice Charity www. 

fnhospice.org.uk 

THURSDAY 3 NOV 

Music: The Shufflepack 

Blues Bar, Tring. 8.30pm. 

www.bluesbartring.co.uk 

FRIDAY 4 NOV 

Fairs / Festivals: Tring Book 

Festival 

To Sun 13 Nov. A host of big 

names and book launches with 

something for everyone. www. 

tringbookfestival.co.uk/ 

SATURDAY 5 NOV 


Festival of Fire 

Tring Park Cricket Club 

5.30pm. Supporting sport in 

the local community. www. 

tringfireworks.co.uk 

Fairs / Festivals: 

Berkhamsted Town 

Fireworks 

Gates 6pm for 7pm start. A 

charitable event taking place 

at Berkhamsted Cricket Club. 

Berkobang.org 


Music: Brave Rival 

Tring Rugby Club, 8.30pm. 



Music: Ashley Wass, Piano 


7.30pm. Bach, Franck, 

Schumann and Shostakovich. 

www.berkhamstedmusic.co.uk 

Fundraisers: Ukrainian 

Network Concert 

Ashlyns School 7pm. Hosted by 

BATUHN and CAD, the evening 

will include music, food and 

drink, with money raised going 

towards help and support of 

Ukrainians now living locally. 

www.berkotringukraine.com 

TUESDAY 15 NOV 

Business: Tring BusinessMart 

Breakfast 

8am. Join the friendly 

BusinessMart networking group. 

www.tringtogether.org.uk 

WEDNESDAY 16 NOV 


Breakfast 

Berkhamsted Cricket Club, 

7.15-9.30am. www.berkhamstedchamber.co.uk 

Talks: Chiltern Hill Forts 

High Street Baptist Church 

Tring, 8pm. Dr Wendy Morris 

will be returning to give 

the results of this 4-year 

project. 

tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk 


Music: Mississippi 

MacDonald 




Music: High Wycombe Music 

Centre Big Band 


Berkhamsted, 8pm. Expect the 

music of Ellington, Basie, Miller 

& others of the Big Band era. 

www.bjazz.org 

SUNDAY 20 NOV 

Fairs / Festivals: BerkoFest 

Book Festival 

10am to 6pm. Author talks, 

readings, Q&A sessions, 

panels and book signings, all 

of which are quirky, fun and 

educational. www.bookfestival. 

berkofest.com 

MONDAY 21 NOV 

Film: Operation 

Mincemeat 


8pm. Also Tues 22. Nonmembers 

£5 at door. www. 



Comedy: Andy Parsons 

Court Theatre, 8pm. Join Andy 

Parsons as he warms up for 

another national tour with this 

intimate airing of a brand new 

show. www.get-stuffed.biz 

FRIDAY 25 NOV 

Fundraisers: DENS Sponsored 

Sleepout 

9pm-7am. Swap your cosy 

bed for a sleeping bag and put 

yourself in the place of those 

sleeping rough in the cold winter 

months. www.dens.org.uk 



Together Christmas Festival 

Tring High Street and Victoria 

Hall, 3.30-8.30pm. Christmas 

market stalls. Late night 

shopping, open churches, live 

performances, Father Christmas, 

a magical light display. www. 

tringtogether.org.uk 

SUNDAY 27 NOV 


Festival of Light 

Berkhamsted High Street, 

3.30-6pm. With entertainment 

from local musicians, stalls, 

Santa and the Elves Posting 

House, fairground rides, St. 

Peter’s Church service. www. 

berkhamstedtowncouncil.gov.uk 

MONDAY 28 NOV 

Film: Manon Des Sources 




THURSDAY 1 DEC 

Music: Moondogs 

Blues Bar, Tring. 8.30pm. 


SATURDAY 3 DEC 

Music: Ensemble Hesperi 


7.30pm, Hesperi presents the 

Battle of the Kings: a selection 

of baroque music from the 

courts of Louis XIV and Charles 

II. www.berkhamstedmusic. 

co.uk 

SUNDAY 4 DEC 

Markets & Sales: Berkhamsted 

Book Fair 

Court House, Berkhamsted, 

10am-4pm. 01442 862011 


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WALKS AROUND TOWN 

Hertfordshire Mansions 

and Parklands 

A circular walk From Great Gaddesden 

created by Walking Britain 

This walk is over the undulating plateau 

of the Chiltern dip slope, through the 

parklands of some of the 18th century 

mansions that dot the Chilterns. Although 

the land is now more given over to arable 

agriculture, the landscape is still influenced 

by the great designers of the day, including 

Capability Brown (see our local history 

feature on page 26). 

This circular walk will take just over 3 hours 

and covers a distance of 10.39km with an 

average difficulty level. 

The walk starts from a dirt layby on 

the A4146 (Grid ref TL030116), the Hemel 

Hempstead to Leighton Buzzard Road. The 

layby is opposite four blocks of houses on 

the right hand side of the road coming from 

Hemel Hempstead just after passing the 

turning signed to Great Gaddesden and with 

a Hemel Hempstead Garden Centre notice. 

As you face the houses there is a footpath 

at the right-hand end signed Gaddesden Row 

11/2: this is the Hertfordshire Way but not 

signed as such going this way. 

Cross the A4146 and go up this concrete 

drive and continue up the field edge curving 

left. Where the field edge turns sharp right, 

continue straight on over the field up to 

the wood at the top. Enter the wood and 

immediately turn right. The track goes along 

just inside the wood, and emerges through 

a kissing gate to go along a field edge with 

woods on the left. Go through a double set 

of gates and follow the fence on the right 

straight on through two fields to arrive at a 

large house (The Hoo) sitting in a parkland 

designed by Capability Brown. 

Here bear left to a gate and stile in the hedge 

a short distance off. Once over the stile, turn 

right along a hedge; where the hedge ends, 

continue straight on across a field to a gap 

in the hedge on the opposite side. Continue 

straight across another field aiming for the 

right hand end of a line of trees. Here go 

through a kissing gate and bear slightly right 

to come to a stile by a gate and tree. Once over 

the stile continue down an enclosed path - 

abandoned allotments on left - and come out 

at a (Roman) road (Grid ref TL042136). 

1. Turn left along the pavement and at the 

edge of Jockeys End turn right onto public 

footpath 9 through a children’s play area, 

and along the backs of houses and down a 

field break to steps down to a gravel lane in 

Ballingdon Bottom. Turn right and follow 

it out to a lane and immediately turn left 

through a wooden kissing gate. Cross the 

field up to a gate to the left of a line of 

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poplars. Turn right and walk along the edge 

of Beechwood House School playing fields. 

At the end of the playing fields follow the 

path through a coppice to come to the 

school drive. 

2. Here leave the Hertfordshire Way by 

turning right and following the drive past 

a Victorian Lodge out to a road. Turn right; 

ignore the road immediately to the right 

(signed Gaddesden Row) and go up the hill 

(be careful on the road) and along for about 

1/2 mile. Watch out for a Chiltern Way sign 

pointing left and straight on, then in about 

100 yds turn right at a second Chiltern Way 

sign (Grid ref TL055136). 

3. Now follow the Chiltern Way to Water 

End. Go down by the side of a woodyard to 

come quickly into a long field with woods 

either side. There is no obvious trodden 

path, but first of all you need to arrive at 

the far corner of the left hand wood and 

then, going forward, a gate in the hedge 

ahead. Go through the gate and turn left 

down a green lane which, after a gap 

leading to fields on either side, swings right 

and then goes straight to the JMI school at 

Gaddesden Row. 

There is a pub about 1km to the left, but 

the walk continues straight on over the 

(Roman) road down a tarmac drive. Just 

before a large black and white timbered 

farmhouse turn left along a field edge. 

At the field corner turn right down an 

enclosed footpath to a kissing gate facing 

Golden Parsonage, built in 1706. From the 

gate bear right and continue through a gate 

on this line over two fields to arrive at the 

drive into the Parsonage. 

4. Bear slightly right again to follow the drive 

towards Home Farm for about ½ mile 

before diverging right to follow the track 

through the woods to bypass the farm. 

Where you emerge from the woods by a 

wide gate there are glorious views over 

the Gade valley. Walk down to a line of 

power line poles and follow them across 

the parkland to a gate and stile. Cross the 

stile and walk up beside the 

fence. Pass an original estate 

gate in the modern fence 

and turn right through the 

next gate. 

Go straight ahead to a 

double and single gate in the 

fence ahead. Go straight ahead from the 

gate and when level with the architect 

Wyatt’s Palladian villa, Gaddesden Place, 

bear left through the parkland to a single 

gate in the fence running down hill on the 

left. (Great view over Great Gaddesden.) 

From here, bear right through a clump of 

five mature trees to another gate. From 

here there is a good view of the 17th 

century brick and timber cottages of Water 

End and it is a straight line down to the 

cream gable end of a cottage to the right. To 

the left of the cottage is a wicket gate, 

which decants you directly onto the A4146 

(Grid ref TL035107). Take great care in 

coming out onto the road and in crossing it. 

5. Once across, turn right for a few yards 

and then left down a very narrow footpath 

between buildings to a kissing gate. From 

the gate, cross the river Gade by the bridge 

and continue your line over the water 

meadows to a power line pole in the corner 

of the field. Go through a gate, turn right 

along a field edge and an enclosed path to 

arrive at a road in Great Gaddesden near 

its 12th Century church. Go down Church 

Meadow opposite, fork right past the 

school on the left and where the road bends 

left, go straight on to find a kissing gate on 

the right. Go through this, over the water 

meadow to the long bridge over the Gade 

and up to the A4146 at your starting point. 

Our thanks to Walking Britain for allowing 

us to share this walk. You can view the full 

details of the walk at: www.visorando.co.uk/ 

walk-some-hertfordshire-mansions-andparkland/ 

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