Tring Living Summer 2021
We're going out! As restrictions continue to be lifted, and the sun starts to shine, we're looking forward to some magical family days out with an animal theme. And if the sun continues, take a look at how to plan a garden that can thrive during a dry summer. There's expert hints on how to care for an older home, and hair and beauty ideas for the long summer days ahead. As always, we include our local news, shop local section, local history and a calendar of forthcoming events. Visit our website for more at www.livingmags.info. The only local magazine offering guaranteed shrink-wrapped delivery to 10,572* addresses in the HP23 Tring postcode area. *Royal Mail postcode data.
We're going out! As restrictions continue to be lifted, and the sun starts to shine, we're looking forward to some magical family days out with an animal theme. And if the sun continues, take a look at how to plan a garden that can thrive during a dry summer. There's expert hints on how to care for an older home, and hair and beauty ideas for the long summer days ahead. As always, we include our local news, shop local section, local history and a calendar of forthcoming events. Visit our website for more at www.livingmags.info. The only local magazine offering guaranteed shrink-wrapped delivery to 10,572* addresses in the HP23 Tring postcode area. *Royal Mail postcode data.
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TRING
ISSUE 56 SUMMER 2021
Living
YOUR QUALITY LOCAL MAGAZINE
SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES SINCE 2001
ANIMAL
MAGIC
Great local
family days out
TLC FOR
HERITAGE
HOMES
We explain
why and how to
look after your
heritage home
WIN!
£300+ toys
up for grabs
TRING’S QUALITY QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. DELIVERED BY
TO 10,642 HOMES IN TRING & SURROUNDING VILLAGES
Welcome to the
Summer issue!
Summer days are finally with us! And with
them come a lifting of restrictions that
should see us all getting out and about
more, as varied leisure opportunities open up.
That said, as we go to print, it’s still Step 2
of the Covid roadmap, so fingers crossed that
we’ve progressed swiftly and safely to Step 3 by
the time you read this!
In the hope that everything is progressing
well, we’ve gathered together some ideas for
family days out with an animal theme - they
might even make a nice day out for Father’s Day
on 20 June.
Many of us will still enjoy plenty of time in
our gardens, despite the fact that we can go out,
out. So, with a nod to global warming, we’ve
looked at ways in which your garden can be
more drought tolerant and save on water use
over the summer. For anyone lucky enough to
live in one of the lovely older homes around our
area, we’ve got some expert advice on giving it
some TLC.
CONTENTS
4 News and views from Tring
and surrounding villages
14 Treat yourself to something
special from our local shops
17 Bake up a healthy batch of
sugar-free cupcakes!
20 Plan ahead - advertising
details and deadlines
22 Health and beauty: summer
trends for 2021
TRING
SUMMER 2021
If it’s you that needs the TLC, after a long
lockdown without makeup or hair care, we
round up some of the summer trends for skin,
hair and makeup.
Once again, Ian Bateman has come up with
a puzzling crossword to get our brains ticking
over. We hope you like it, do let us know!
As always, the magazine includes local news,
events and features. We love to hear from local
people, groups, schools and organisations, so
please email Naomi at editorial@livingmags.
info with your news prior to our autumn issue.
We hope this issue finds you safe and well
and wish you happy reading.
Alison and
Naomi
Owner & Editor
26 Animal Magic - fantastic
animal-themed days out
32 Give your home some TLC:
expert tips for heritage
properties
34 Drought-tolerant garden
ideas for hot summer days
38 Give your brain a workout
with our cryptic crossword
40 Local history:
Ye olde pubs of Tring
CONTACT US
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42 £300+ outdoor toys
for little explorers up
for grabs!
43 Summer reads from local
authors
44 What’s on locally
46 Walk: Discover Little
Tring
50 Essential local services
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Fond farewell to food heroes
Beechwood Fine Foods
has been a favourite
fixture in Tring for 11
years, but as we went to
press, Sarah and Toby
Murray announced that they
would be closing the doors for the last time.
Many Tring residents will have enjoyed at
least one jar of the 16,500 homemade preserves
Sarah has made - or one of her trademark
chocolate brownies.
The pair have garnered awards and tributes
along the way: Toby was a judge at the World
Cheese awards for a number of years and in
2018 Beechwoods won the inaugural Dacorum
Business Heroes Award, plus numerous Taste
Awards for Sarah’s preserves, jams and chutneys.
Tring Carnival is back!
Tring
Together
and Tring
Brewery have
announced
the return of
the annual
Tring Summer
Carnival Day!
It will take
place on Pound
Meadow
on Sunday 11 July from 11am-4pm. There
will be stalls galore, food and drink, live
entertainment, a vintage car show and so
much more. And don’t miss Savage Skills
– an amazing bike stunt team who will be
entertaining everyone in the main arena.
Let’s bring the party back to town!
In a farewell announcement, Sarah and
Toby paid tribute to local companies that had
supported them, including Living Magazines
owner Alison Page Marketing.
They told Tring Living: ‘We have enjoyed all
aspects of Beechwoods, from the unknown
and exciting times when we first opened,
wondering how Tring would react to us, all the
way through to the challenges of pivoting our
business around the restrictions of Lockdown
over the past 12 months or so, now is a time for
reflection and to recharge before deciding on
our next adventure.’
Market matters
Make a date to visit Tring Farmers
Market on the second and fourth
Saturday of each month.
If you’re interested in Tring’s history, you’ll
find local history books, photos and fridge
magnets for sale, plus there’s entertainment
from the ‘Market Mynstralls’.
The market is growing all the time and now
you might find fresh fish, sourdough breads,
luxury barbecue hampers, award-winning
crisps, plant-based vegan skincare, delicious
vegan cheesecake, bantam eggs, gin, crafts
and more.
The market is now in its ‘new’ spot at The
Market Place, Brook Street, Tring from 9am-
12.30pm.
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
What’s your
retirement
game plan?
Understanding your options and
managing your income are
no longer ‘one-off’ decisions
After the introduction of
Pension Freedoms in
2015, retirement choices
fundamentally changed.
Restrictions around access to defined
contribution pensions were lifted and
retirees gained more flexibility. You
can choose to stay invested, decide
your own level of income, or even
withdraw the entire pot. Purchasing an
annuity is now another choice, rather
than a necessity.
Greater freedoms also bring greater
responsibility to ensure retirement
savings last. Nobel Laureate William
Sharpe describes turning your
retirement savings into income as ‘the
nastiest, hardest problem in finance’.
And it’s no wonder, when you consider
how many options are now available.
The cliff-edge idea of stopping work
at 60 or 65 and ‘being retired’ are
fading into obscurity. People today
are adopting a phased approach,
transitioning from working and saving,
and moving towards leisure and
spending over a period of years. This is
all done on their terms, in line with their
own life plans, rather than restricted by
a pension scheme, or an employer.
Ask yourself, what does retirement
look like? How can I make it a reality?
If you’re ‘retired’ already, is it as you
imagined? Being ‘in retirement’ is much
more than simply drawing an income.
You’ll need to think about an efficient
home and use for your tax-free cash
(considering how poor savings rates
are), create a sustainable income that
will last your lifetime, and manage your
retirement capital.
Many people find that the
countless choices at
retirement are overwhelming
With no definitive retirement age
anymore, and different pressures
on supporting older and younger
generations, a rethink is needed on how
to make best use of your retirement
savings. This means considering other
assets and sources of income alongside
your pension, in such a way to adapt to
your changing needs over time.
This new found flexibility is not without
its risks. Accessing your pension
pot can present very different issues
compared to building your pension
wealth. If you have chosen to remain
invested in retirement, there will be
challenges that you will need help and
advice to navigate.
For example, stock market volatility
can potentially bring with it sequence
of returns risk and reverse pound cost
averaging when drawing an income,
which is an added layer of complexity
when establishing a retirement income
strategy. A problematic issue in
retirement is underestimating how long
your money needs to last. The 100-year
life is fast becoming normal, with more
of us living much longer, more active
lives than ever before.
The value of advice comes from
building a strong relationship over time,
to understand you and your family’s
needs. Our expertise in understanding
the intricacies of a modern retirement
means you can worry less and focus on
the important things in life.
The value of an investment with
St. James’s Place will be directly linked
to the performance of the funds you
select, and the value can therefore go
down as well as up. You may get back
less than you invested.
Equities do not provide the security
of capital which is characteristic of a
deposit with a bank or building society.
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Local Plan update
on the way
The Dacorum Local Plan consultation,
which closed on 28, February, attracted a
whopping 3,500 replies (although there
are more than 64,000 homes in the Borough).
As we went to press, the updated Plan was
due to be published at the end of July with
consultation to follow.
Tom Beeston, Chief Officer of the Chiltern
Society, commented: ‘It looks like Dacorum
Council is going to rewrite the plan. It looks like
good news for Tring and Berkhamsted, and it seems
that the council are listening to local pressure
groups. Let’s hope that any further rounds of
consultation will meet not just the needs of
Central Government but of the local community.’
Dacorum Council confirmed that the next
stage of the plan would include input from the
Hemel Place Strategy, looking at coordinating
growth across the town, along with a
comprehensive review of brownfield sites
across the borough.
In a statement, James Doe, Assistant Director
of Planning, Development and Regeneration
said: ‘We are delighted with the level of
response we have received from residents
to the consultation. We will consider all the
comments and concerns raised, and look
carefully at all the options as we progress the
Local Plan.’
The Court is rising!
As we went to press, Tring’s David
Evans Court Theatre was hoping to
be partially open from 17 May, with a
full opening on or from 21 June, as long as the
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goers can also look forward to the Sunrise
Festival of Original Comedy Writing from
4 July and splurge guns aplenty in Bugsy
Malone from 27 July!
Wellness celebration
The Virtual Wellness Festival, in partnership
between Active Dacorum and Healthy Hub
Dacorum, is a week-long health and
wellbeing online event. From 31 May - 6
June, each day will have a health and
wellbeing topic in which local organisations
will provide an online activity via Active
Dacorum’s YouTube channel. More at
www.dacorum.gov.uk/wellnessfestival
New house is
the bees’ knees!
Have you noticed this new
installation in the Memorial
Gardens?
Dacorum Borough Council has
been bee-vering away installing new
bee houses.
The sites encourage biodiversity for
solitary bees (such as the red mason bee) that
don’t live in hives or produce honey but are still
excellent pollinators.
The cardboard nesting tubes allow cocoons
to be easily removed. The bees can then be kept
safe indoors over winter and provided with a
fresh, pest-free nest each year.
Find out how to become a bee guardian at
www.masonbees.co.uk/bee-guardians.
NEWS
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Trails sound tasty
Enjoy Hertfordshire’s outstanding food and
drink and its breathtaking landscapes on
a Gourmet Trail.
The trails encourage consumers to explore,
discover and treat themselves on a UK short
break as and when Covid-19 related restrictions
allow and when they are ready to travel.
Tring gets a great showing in a trail that
includes Puddingstone Distillery, the Akeman,
Tring Park, Champneys, the Alford Arms
at Frithsden, the Ashridge Estate and
Tring Brewery.
There are Gourmet Trails across the UK. Find
out more at www.gourmetgardentrails.com
Elite run for Mark
Congrats
to Tring
Running
Club member
Mark Innocenti
who ran in the
Centurion 100 mile track race. He completed
100 miles in a time of 12 hours 34 mins 52 secs
which put him in the top 10 on the British alltime
list. Only elite runners were invited, and
Mark came second - the winner set a
world record.
Birthday celebrations
run and run
Tring Running Club is celebrating its 40th
birthday year with a variety of runningfocused
events, including a 40-mile relay
and a ‘Treasure Hunt’ Score Challenge.
With its founding club run on 14 April 1981,
‘Tring Jogging Club’, as it was then known,
has seen many changes in its 40-year history.
Perhaps the most remarkable change is its
significant increase in runners. Four decades
ago, the club had 30 members; it now has more
than 250.
Adrian Fails, Tring Running Club Chair,
said: ‘One thing that hasn’t changed is our
welcoming and sociable nature. People join
us because they’re looking for a friendly and
supportive group to run with. We have a
range of pace groups, so we cater for new and
experienced runners alike.’
The club is well known for hosting the annual
Midsummer Fun Run in June; a family-friendly
festival to encourage children and adults to
get into running. Over the 20 years of hosting
the Fun Run, the club has handed out 10,000
medals to children in the junior races and has
raised close to £100,000 for local charities.
Tring Running Club
members in 1983.
Founding member
Ken Laidler is third
from left on the back
row
Members on a club
run on 14 April 2021,
the 40th birthday of
the club
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Coach drivers
clean up
Charity music nights
Martin Harley
LOCAL
Masons coach drivers and staff got
out from behind their steering
wheels to get busy cleaning during
a charity car wash to raise funds for the
Frances Nightingale Hospice in Aylesbury. The
team cleaned 111 cars and raised just under
£2,000.
The Cheddington-based coaches have also
taken more than 100 people to get their Covid
vaccinations since January. While the trips
were free, they have raised just over £350
in cash donations to support the Pitstone,
Ivinghoe and Cheddington food bank, along
with donated bags of food.
The team are also taking part in charity
walks and skydives over the coming months
to raise money for the hospice. Candice
Mason told Tring Living: ‘In a year when
we have been so well supported by our local
community and when we are not too busy
with bookings, we have spent our time trying
to give back as much as we can.’
After more than a year of restrictions, the
coach company is now back in the driving
seat, running school buses and a variety of
day trips and holidays
Blues Bar Tring, in collaboration with
The David Evans Court Theatre, Tring
Carnival and Tring Brewery have put
together four nights of quality live music
in support of The Hospice of St Francis
Berkhamsted, The Chilterns MS Centre
Wendover, Neurokinex Hemel Hempstead and
Rennie Grove Hospice Care at Home Tring.
The nights run from 16 to 19 June, and include
Secondary Modern Jazz; roots, blues and slide
guitar from Martin Harley; and modern blues
band The Moon Dogs. The Dung Beatles show
has already sold out.
Tickets and availability at
www.bluesbartring.co.uk.
Powerful
designs
This year’s Chilterns Conservation
Board and Chiltern Society Buildings
Design Awards will recognise
designs that make a powerful
contribution to mitigating and/or
adapting to climate change, and
promoting local distinctiveness.
Entries are welcome from architects,
builders, planners and the public by
31 July - see
www.chilternsociety.org.uk/
buildings-design-awards-21.
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Being self contained
W
hat did you do over lockdown? Gain a
few pounds, binge watch Tiger King?
Marsworth author and journalist
Emma John used her time far more usefully -
penning a book, which was launched at Tring’s
Our Bookshop in May. Self Contained is about
living singly, and Emma explains that it was
‘written over the past
year in a lovely thatched
cottage on the canalside
in Marsworth – a village
that has been
an absolute refuge for
me, with its reservoirs,
its fields, its footpaths
and its kind neighbourly
community.’
Tring School build update
The steel framework for the new build at
Tring School is now virtually complete.
In addition to this most of the roof is in
place, the stairwells installed, over half of the
cement cladding for the walls has been attached
and many of the window frames in place. The
construction is moving incredibly quickly and
it remains on schedule for students and staff
to move in at the beginning of January 2022.
The next few months will see the walls
and window installation completed, the
roof put on the sports hall, and exterior
bricklaying begin.
Apple TV comes to Aston Clinton
TV programmes and films are set to be
produced at new Apple TV studios in
Aston Clinton.
The film production facility will be housed
in two units at the Woodlands Enterprise Zone
site on Symmetry Park in Aston Clinton.
Last year, Apple tasked a California-based
company to look for UK studio locations. The
two facilities in Aston Clinton will offer 170,000
square feet of space that will be used for film
studios and set workshops.
New facilities are also being built in Reading,
Liverpool and London.
Tring in
the Media
26 April, Daily Mail: Artist Mary Casserley,
who has recently moved from Berkhamsted to
Tring, makes the national news when the Prime
Minister bought her painting of him and his
family at Chequers. She tells the newspaper:
‘I don’t normally sell originals but I do some
commissions for £425. Everyone’s said they
hoped I charged him a lot of money and I said
no, I charged him the same price.’
2 May, The Telegraph’s Stella magazine:
Marsworth author and journalist Emma John is
interviewed as she releases her new book.
(See above for more details).
4 May, MailOnline: In a story highlighting
how hard it is for hotels and restaurants to
recruit staff after Brexit and lockdown, Luke
Garnsworthy, owner of Crockers in Tring, says:
‘Following the huge impact the pandemic has
had on our industry with job losses, we really
thought when we started recruiting again that
there would be huge numbers of people looking
for work. That simply isn’t the case. It’s even
harder than before to get anyone.’
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Tring Radio turns one
Tring Radio has just celebrated its first
birthday - and what a year it’s been!
The station began in lockdown 1 to
provide a bit of entertainment and raise some
money for the local food bank. A year on and
there are more than 40 volunteers.
In an eventful year, what have been the
highlights? Rachel Millington recalls: ‘Raising
£300 for the food bank, which DENS told us
would feed 12 families of four for three days;
collaborating
with Aylesbury
Town Council
to run the
Christmas Toy
Box appeal,
which collected
4,202 toys;
putting on
Chilfest 2020
on the radio
last July; and
broadcasting
the Tring
Carol Concert
in aid of the
Tring Lions on
Christmas Eve.
‘We have also had the great pleasure in
interviewing many celebrities including
Dame Esther Rantzen, Limahl from Kajagoogoo,
Tony Hadley, Mike Stock (Stock, Aitken &
Waterman), Paul Young and many others.’
They are also looking for new premises
(presenters broadcast from home at present),
and the Tring Radio app is also about to be
launched.
If you would like to become a presenter or
know of suitable premises for the station, email
info@tringradio.co.uk.
Happy nappies
A new reusable nappy scheme has
been set up for Hertfordshire parents.
The new scheme includes an online
hub for local parents and carers to
receive support and guidance, plus a
15 per cent discount on products.
For more information visit
www.wasteaware.org.uk/
ReusableNappies.
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Refresh for Tring
Tring has got off to a flying start as
lockdown restrictions begin to be lifted,
with new shops and eateries opening
their doors.
Outgoing Mayor Roxanne Ransley said:
‘We have been fortunate to have businesses
who took phone and online orders, prepared
takeaway food and delivered everything from
books to food to our doors.
‘The future for our High Street looks positive
as new businesses prepare to open their doors
making Tring a destination for shopping and
socialising with excellent independent shops
and all the events planned for the summer.’
Food fans will be pleased to hear that the old
Lussmans building is to be replaced with a
Barracuda cafe and restaurant. The Italian food
chain already has restaurants in Amersham
and Watford.
Nonna’s Supper Club should be open by the
time you read this. The brainchild of Tring
resident Georgina Sells, the High Street
building will include an Italian deli. On
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, you’ll
be able to enjoy a very Continental experience.
Georgina explains: ‘In Italy, before people go
out in the evening, they enjoy Aperitivo - they’ll
have perhaps a spritzer or glass of wine, along
with crostini, olives and so on.’ Later, she will
revive Nonna’s Supper Club, where Georgina
and her Italian grandmother - or Nonna - will
cook together, creating a menu of authentic
Italian dishes for guests to enjoy.
Supplying bread to Nonna’s will be Culture
Bakery, which conjures up delicious breads
and pastries. Storia has also arrived in the
High Street.
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Dacorum Age UK is listening
Age UK
Dacorum has
launched a
new initiative for
the local community:
Bereavement &
Covid-19 Support
Service.
This free
confidential listening
service aims to assist
those who would like
to talk to someone and
require guidance with
difficulties caused
by the pandemic. It is
open to those aged 50-
plus and their carers.
This free confidential listening support
service will be available Monday to Wednesday
10am-12pm at 01442 507880. At other times,
messages can be left for someone to return
your call.
That’s the spirit!
Congratulations to Wilstonebased
Puddingstone Distillery,
which has been awarded two
gold medals and two silver medals in
the 2021 London Spirit Competition
for its Campfire Gin range. A great
achievement for the nano craft gin
distillery, founded by Ben and Kate
Marston five years ago.
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SHOP LOCAL
Here’s our
selection of great
things to buy in
Berkhamsted,
Tring and the
villages
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Fancy That - Tring
11 Aeroplane Pyjamas £24
12 Butterflies £7
Gems & Jules - Tring
13 Silver Free Spirit
Earrings £89
14 Silver Trio of Hearts £29
22
Bailey & Sons - Berkhamsted
01 Mini Bee Pendant £60
02 White Gold Diamond Infinity Ring £335
Berkhamsted Arts & Crafts - Berkhamsted
03 Lamy Safari Fountain Pens £20
04 Pet Adoption Clay Kit £14.99
Creative H - Berkhamsted
05 Monstera Brights Cushions £42
06 Cards, Gift Wrap, Prints from £3
Debbie Shrimpton Illustrates - Berkhamsted
07 Ashridge Bluebells £45
08 Wigginton Sunflower Fields £45
Doodleshoe Paper Goods - Berkhamsted
09 Birthday Shoe Card £2.75
10 Dancing Shoes Card £2.75
Mary Casserley -
Berkhamsted
15 Horse Field Card £3
or Signed Print £25 available from
Berkhamsted Imaging
16 The Bull Card £3 or Signed Print £25
available from Berkhamsted Imaging
Number Twenty - Berkhamsted
17 Powder Trainer Socks £7.50
18 Repeat Repeat Jug £14.50
19 Pottery Jug £27
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Ingredients
Makes 12
• 150g self-raising flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 75g raisins
• 50g walnuts, roughly chopped
• 3 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3 large eggs
• 100ml sunflower oil
• 2 tbsp date nectar
• 3 tbsp milk
• 300g carrots, grated
• 200g cream cheese
• grated rind of 1 orange
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Our recipe for this issue comes courtesy of
Joy Skipper and the Alzheimer’s Society.
The charity’s Cupcake Day takes place on
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• Preheat the oven to 180°C, 160°C fan,
Gas Mark 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin
with paper cases.
• Place the flour, ground almonds,
raisins, walnuts, mixed spice and
bicarbonate into a large bowl and
mix well.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the
eggs, oil, date nectar and milk. Stir in
the grated carrots then add the wet
mixture to the dry ingredients and mix
to make a thick batter.
• Spoon the mixture into the paper
cases. Bake for 20 minutes then leave
to cool on a cooling rack.
• Beat together the cream cheese and
orange zest. Pipe or spoon the cream
cheese frosting on top of each cake and
then sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
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YOUR QUALITY LOCAL MAGAZINE
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HERE COMES
SUMMER!
The sun is shining and we’re
allowed out! It’s time to get
your skin back into shape
and your hair shining
Looking at ourselves on Zoom over the
past few months has been quite an
enlightening experience for many of us
- and not necessarily in a good way! Be honest,
unless you’re lucky enough to be in your teens
or early 20s, being confronted with your face on
Zoom - with no filters to blur lines or even skin
tone - can be a bit of a shock!
Because of this in-your-face experience, there
has been a surge in demand for treatments that
improve the skin. The stress of lockdown and
too much time spent indoors has also affected
our skin.
Dr Sophie Taylor at Berkhamsted’s Aesthetic
Skin Clinic points out: ‘Lockdown life has left
our skin feeling dry and looking dull. Moving
forward, we expect elevated home skincare to
continue, with special emphasis on nourishing
ingredients including antioxidants, peptides,
and acid-based products. The use of face masks
has led to the demystification of injectable
therapies to enhance the upper third of the face,
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HEALTH AND BEAUTY
coinciding with a move towards subtle
results, partly due to the recent ban on filters
in beauty advertising. As an aesthetic
practitioner, I welcome these emerging trends,
while looking forward to helping my clients
achieve a healthy glow as we return to our
professional and social lives.’
“
Fringes (or bangs, depending on
your age!) are also back with a
vengeance, whether it’s a big,
heavy fringe, curtain bangs,
or a choppier, 60s-inspired
style
Bangs are back
“
When it comes to hair, we’ll be looking back
to the 70s and 90s for inspiration. After a year
of the work-from-home pulled-back ponytail,
it’s perhaps not surprising that we are easing
ourselves back into hairstyling with cuts that
use the natural texture in our hair and present
a more relaxed look.
Fringes (or bangs, depending on your age!)
are also back with a vengeance, whether it’s a
big, heavy fringe, curtain bangs, or a choppier,
60s-inspired style. And curly girls can celebrate
- as curls also make a welcome return.
You could be brave and choose a pixie cut -
this time around they feature plenty of natural
texture and movement and soft edges to keep it
looking feminine.
And when it comes to colour - who made the
most of lockdown to have fun with rainbowcoloured
locks while school was out? A rather
more natural soft copper - inspired by popular
lockdown TV shows such as The Queen’s
Gambit - will be the summer colour of choice.
make the most of our peepers. The catwalks
were full of smoky, kohl-rimmed eyes, or
charcoal around the lash line with lashings
of mascara. Or pick a volumizing mascara
and bright coloured eyeliner. Summery green
eyeshades and graphic or floating liner are bang
on trend.
When you’re finally able to ditch that mask,
make sure your lips have something to say. This
summer’s look goes two ways. Let it shine with
purple tinted gloss or go for a semi matte lip in
this season’s hot colour - orange.
If you’ve barely worn makeup all year, you
might want to ease yourself in gradually - and
summer is the perfect time to work on your
‘barely there’ makeup look. Use a serum or balm
to give a dewy look to your skin, add cream
blush to the apples of your cheeks and use a pop
of subtle colour on lips.
Whatever look you choose, relax, have fun,
and enjoy being out in the real world - and
off Zoom!
“
…with masks still on for the
foreseeable future, we really
should make the most of
our peepers
“
The eyes have it
No one could miss Queen’s Gambit star Anya
Taylor Joy’s fabulous eyes, and with masks still
on for the foreseeable future, we really should
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Going beyond
‘skin deep’
A
new Aesthetic skincare clinic based in
Berkhamsted promises to go beyond ‘skin
deep’ therapies to help clients feel like the
best version of themselves.
Dr Sophie Taylor, founder of Dr Sophie Taylor
Aesthetic Skin Clinic, is particularly concerned
that social media is perpetuating the pressure to
be flawless.
Dr Sophie is a fully registered, GMC-licensed
doctor, having graduated from King’s College
London School of Medicine, and has completed
advanced training
as part of her Level 7
Certification at the
Medical & Aesthetic
Training Academy on
Harley Street.
Her new clinic offers
aesthetic, injectable
therapies and bespoke
skincare consultations.
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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is home
to a family of Amur tigers
At last we can get out and
about with the family. Many
animal parks and attractions
have had a hard time, closed
during lockdown, with no
visitors to bring in muchneeded
funds. Let’s make
the most of summer and give
them all the support we can!
ANIMAL
MAGIC
Natural History Museum
Tring
Alongside the usual fascinating exhibits, this
summer the museum is offering a chance to
discover more about animal mummies in a
special exhibition. Animal mummies were
given as gifts to the Egyptian gods, and with
modern technology, the museum’s scientists
Tyrannosaurus rex
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have been able to find out more about them.
Discover the untold stories that scans
and X-rays have unfolded. See the sealed
2,400-year-old wooden cat coffin, and find out
why a mummified crocodile has stones in its
tummy! Note that pre-booked time slots must
be allocated online before arrival.
Bucks Goat Centre
Bucks Goat Centre
Barnaby
Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury
For a relaxed trip out, pop over to The Bucks
Goat Centre. This petting farm has some
lovely friendly animals for the kids to meet,
in a peaceful environment. Buy a bag of feed
for the goats, pigs, alpacas and llamas. For
something special, why not book an animal
experience or encounter - you could spend
time with a goat, alpaca or even Barnaby the
stunning Silver Fox. There is a
small play area and trampoline, cafe,
picnic area, and a big garden to enjoy.
Folly’s Farm - Home of Rest For
Donkeys & Ponies
Potten End, Berkhamsted
This non-profit organisation runs entirely on
voluntary help and contributions. Most of the
donkeys have been rescued from mistreatment
and abuse, or from people who didn’t know
how to look after them. It should be open to
visitors by the time you read this, and there is
now a small onsite shop selling bric-a-brac and
donkey merchandise.
Mead Open Farm
Billington, near Leighton Buzzard
There’s 30 acres to explore at Bedfordshire’s
first open farm. There’s lots of animals to
meet, including cows, pigs, sheep, ponies,
goats, rabbits and more. And don’t forget
to say hello to the alpacas. Along with the
animal exhibits there are plenty of other
activities that make for a fun day out. Jumping
Pillows, Digger Village and Shaggy’s Cove
Sand & Water Play offer lots of outdoor play
opportunities. Hopefully the high ropes
courses and climbing tower, along with the
indoor play area, will be open as soon as
restrictions allow.
Tiggywinkles -
The Wildlife Hospital Trust
KIDS
Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury
This specialist hospital is dedicated to
rescuing and rehabilitating all species of
British wildlife. The public can book for a
session at the visitor centre, where you may
see baby birds, mammals and even badgers,
brought in to be nursed back to health by the
vets at this fabulous charity. In normal times,
guided tours are also offered - keep an eye on
the website for updates. Become a member and
not only will you be supporting the charity,
but you can visit for free.
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Whipsnade Zoo
The Horse Trust
Speen, near Princes Risborough
The oldest horse charity in the world plans to
open its doors in July, ready for the summer
holidays. The Home of Rest for Horses offers
retirement and respite for working horses
and ponies, as well as donkeys. Many of the
animals you’ll see have served in the Police or
armed forces, or with charities that use horses
to help people.
Two Oaks Pony Sanctuary
Northchurch, Berkhamsted
This is a pony and horse rescue and
rehabilitation home. However, you might find
pigs, cats, chicken, lambs and more on the site!
The sanctuary is likely to stay closed to visitors
until the end of July, and there may also be an
Open Day in September. Follow their Facebook
page to keep up to date with opening details.
Whipsnade Zoo
near Dunstable
The zoo, which celebrates its 90th birthday this
year, has cleverly introduced a fabulous new
outdoor play adventure area to allow little ones
to let off some steam. Hullabazoo outdoor play
includes bridges, swings, climbing frames, siton
crocodiles, tunnels, boats, mini safari jeeps
and more. Be aware that there may be time slots
and pre booking in place.
The summer holidays will also see an
invasion of dinosaurs - life-size animatronic
prehistoric creatures will be sure to thrill
any dino-mad kids. Come face-to-face with
long-necked Brachiosaurus, three-horned
Triceratops and the most terrifying of all,
Tyrannosaurus rex - are you brave enough?
Woburn Safari Park
Woburn, Bedfordshire
Lions and tigers and bears - oh my! Take a
safari without leaving the country on this
road trip that will see you encountering
rhino, lions, tigers, Canadian Timber Wolves,
mischievous Barbary macaque monkeys and
North American Black Bears. You might even
see the Amur tigers taking a bath! New to the
safari over lockdown are the first pair of bear
cubs to be born at the park since 2016 - look
out for Koda and his sister Georgia with their
mum Phoenix. There’s plenty more to see on
the Foot Safari including red pandas, sea lions,
and penguins. Plus great play areas, a high rope
trail, miniature railway and pedal-powered
swan and dragon boats.
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Woodside
Animal Farm
play barn open in June. There are plenty more
activities including the woodland activity
trail for little ones and the cable runway for
older children.
Woodside Animal Farm
Slip End, Luton
There are all kinds of cuddly animals to find at
Woodside, including bunnies and ducklings.
But you might also encounter giant lizards and
a 6ft boa constrictor! Woodside is well-known
for its hands-on animal activities so is a great
choice if you have a child who really loves
getting up close and personal with some cute
critters. As we went to press, the farm was
hoping to have its animal petting and feeding
activities up and running by May, depending
on government restrictions, and the indoor
Willows Activity Farm
London Colney, St Albans
This is the place to go for fans of the CBeebies
series Peter Rabbit. See Peter and his friends
in daily shows and then let little ones loose
on the Peter Rabbit Adventure Playground,
with lots of opportunities for imaginative
play including the Jeremy Fisher Music Pond.
There’s plenty more to enjoy, including cow
milking demonstrations, lamb bottle feeding
and sheep racing.
And there’s more...
• Crocodiles of the World,
Brize Norton, Oxon
• Standalone Farm, Letchworth
• Herrings Green Activity Farm & Bird of
Prey Centre, Wilstead, near Bedford.
Please note, as we went to press, we were still in Step 2 of lockdown easing - we hope that we have
progressed and successfully made it through to Step 3! At present, most attractions require pre-booking
to allow them to control visitor numbers. As things are liable to change during the pandemic, please
check on the attraction’s website before you travel.
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The kits are lovingly handcrafted and curated,
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TLC FOR HERITAGE
HOMES
If you’re lucky enough to live
in a heritage property, look
after it carefully, says Stewart
Ivory, director of Tring’s Lost
Marble Building Conservation.
He explains why and how, with
some top tips!
Heritage properties are all around us,
with approximately a quarter of all UK
housing stock built before 1919. That
means there’s about 5 million ‘traditionally
built’ houses in England, so the chances are that
you live in one, live next door to one or walk
past one every day without even noticing.
What does traditionally built mean?
A ‘traditionally built’ building is defined as
being of solid wall construction (no cavity)
from a range of materials including stone,
earth, brick, wood and lime. Generally, this
means that they will have been built before
1919. Lime was traditionally used for mortar,
render, paint and plaster, and enabled the walls
to breathe.
Traditionally built houses were designed to
behave in a totally different way to a ‘modern
construction’. Whereas modern houses are
designed to keep the elements out - in effect
creating hermetically-sealed boxes, traditional
dwellings were built to allow moisture to flow
through the very fabric of the building, keeping
it dry, even when built on a river or canal.
The use of lime mortar plays a vital role in the
process of keeping a building dry.
Let it breathe!
There are many benefits to the use of lime
mortar in traditional buildings irrespective
of the historical period or indeed social status
of the building itself. Hampton Court Palace
was constructed in similar materials to any
Victorian estate workers’ cottage and therefore
they should both be maintained in the same
way, as both need to breathe!
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PROPERTY
So when did things change? Historically,
the events of WWI decimated the male
population, and the skills and experience
often handed down from generation to
generation were effectively lost.
Rebuilding bomb-damaged towns and
cities and housing an expanding population
meant housing needed to be built quickly.
Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) became
the go-to material for post-war building,
and working with lime became obsolete
– its magical properties, benefits and
characteristics fading into history. Cement
was (and still is) hard, impermeable,
quick-setting, easy to use and cheap, which
inadvertently created a one-size-fits-all
maxim – cement ruled!
The damage is done
But here’s the thing – many, if not most,
traditionally built properties have now been
subjected to inappropriate and damaging
repairs using OPC, from the 1920s onwards.
Even in ancient Grade 1 listed churches and
castles, cement has been used to the detriment
of the original materials.
What the blanket-use of cement did was to
negate all the manifold benefits of lime, thus
creating problems that did not exist before;
typically damp through rotting timbers, rapidly
decaying stone, collapsing cob walls and
disintegrating bricks. Interestingly, cement
against a timber beam will cause more rot in 40
years than in the previous 400 years….
Luckily, help is at hand...
What you can do
If you are fortunate enough to live in a
traditionally built property there are some simple
steps you can take to help your property perform
as it should – and remember, it needs to breathe:
• ‘Stave off decay by daily care’ – the manifesto
of the Society for the Protection of Ancient
Buildings (SPAB)
• Remove all plants growing up and into your
walls
• Lower the external ground level to at least
12 inches below internal levels
• Keep windows open if drying clothes indoors
• Check and regularly clear gutters and drain
pipes etc
• Traditional buildings do not need ‘damp
proofing’ as this will prevent them breathing.
Enlist the help of specialists for any remedial
works such as:
• Removing all the cement pointing in brickwork
safely
• Repointing with lime mortar
• Replacing modern gypsum plaster and cement
render with haired lime.
With thanks to Lost Marble Building Conservation - specialists in the safe removal of inappropriate modern materials in
traditionally built properties, and reinstating original materials. Read the full article at www.livingmags.info/type/property
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Salvia nemorosa
‘Caradonna’
GARDENS THAT
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Three to take home
Helen Reeley, of Berkhamsted-based Reeley Gardens, shares her three favourite drought-resistant
plants with us. She says: ‘They’re bullet proof, a good size and, once established, will take all the sun,
so drought-tolerant. They won’t thrive in a shady position so south to south west is best.’
1. Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’ - a very delicate, romantic upright silver blue perennial that grows to 50cm.
Common name Russian sage.
2. Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’- has green foliage with purple flowers. Grows to 50cm.
Common name Salvia.
3. Hylotelephium ‘Matrona’ - fleshy pale green and purple leaves with pink flowers. Grows to 50cm.
Common name Sedum or Stonecrop.
With global temperatures on the rise and all of us trying
to cut down on our water usage, choosing drought-tolerant
plants for your garden is more important than ever...
2020 proved to be the hottest year in
Europe since records began, according to
the European Union’s Copernicus
Climate Change Service. It also tied with 2016 as
the hottest year worldwide.
So what does that mean for our green and
pleasant land? Lawns as we know them could be
one of the casualties, as any keen gardener will
know the sadness of a brown, scorched lawn
after a long hot summer. However, if you leave
your grass longer, or even transform it into a
wildflower meadow, your lawn will be more
resistant to weather change. Allowing more
growth on top makes for longer roots under the
surface - which can search out more moisture.
Mediterranean-type plants are bred to survive
long hot summers, and they can do well in
English gardens too. They don’t need constant
watering either, which is great for properties on
a water meter - or lazy gardeners! However, one
thing to consider is that the change in climate,
while resulting in longer, hotter summers, may
also see wetter winters - and Mediterranean
plants are not so happy in the wet!
It’s not just about plants
Cultivating your soil is also key to encouraging
water retention. You can dig in organic matter
such as composted bark, garden compost and
farmyard manure (as long as it is well rotted).
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GARDENS
Even used coffee grounds are good for water
retention. (The Akeman in Tring often has
plenty to give away). A mulch applied above
ground will also help to prevent water
evaporating from the soil in the heat.
Applying the correct amount of fertiliser is
also important. This enables plants to use water
efficiently. Too much and they will put on too
much green growth, and need extra watering.
Plant windbreaks to stop wind evaporation of
water from the soil. And remember to find space
for water butts so you are not using tap water.
Which plants to choose?
In addition to Helen’s suggestions on the
opposite page, look for plants that have silver or
grey-green leaves. These reflect the sun and so
help to retain moisture. Also choose plants
according to where you are going to plant them
- if they like semi shade, don’t plant in full sun
where they will become thirsty.
warmed up. If you plant in autumn they will
soon become unhappy in cold, damp soil.
• Weed regularly to cut down the competition.
Make a gravel garden
Gravel gardens are ideal for drought-tolerant
planting schemes and perfect for gravelly
or sandy soil. They’re also low maintenance.
To create a gravel garden, choose a sunny area
of your garden and lay landscape fabric or
weed suppressant over the ground before
planting - this will help to keep weeds at bay.
Cut crosses in the fabric where you want to
plant your chosen plants. Use whatever gravel
you like - limestone chippings can affect the
soil quality so best to avoid them, and if you
have lots of cats visiting your garden, choose
a larger gravel that doesn’t remind them of the
litter tray!
Some plants to choose:
• Ceanothus with its stunning blue flowers is a
great choice for maximum impact.
• Hebe ‘Margret’ has a compact, rounded shape
and delicate light blue flowers in early summer.
• Hebe albicans is an evergreen dwarf shrub with
dense spikes of white flowers.
• Don’t forget bulbs! Allium sphaerocephalon
sports unusual egg-shaped flowers, and tall
Allium ‘Ambassador’ boasts perfectly spherical
heads of purple flowers.
• Grasses look great in gravel gardens. We love
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Kleine Fontäne’ with its
feathery flower heads that turn from red to
silver in late summer/autumn.
Looking after your plants
• Water plants well when planting and mulch
around them.
• Choose younger, smaller plants that will
adapt to their new conditions more easily.
• Mediterranean plants should ideally be planted
in spring and early summer when the soil has
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1 We four return to
wander round road
(4,4)
5 Spies follow an
accountant to grove (6)
9 Uneven skyline
surrounds good walk (8)
10 Portfolio of origami
practitioner? (6)
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drive (5,4)
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eardrum (6)
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perhaps, on hill (7)
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in yard (7)
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the road (6)
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battered (9)
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sore at first (6)
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encouragement kept
pals jogging (3,5)
28 Vistas seldom
accommodate material
embellishment (6)
29 A long time ago, no
love for Irish county
road (8)
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trouble for emperor (6)
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with runners (9)
3 Guide without
commercial protection
(5)
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French (7)
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property (5,4)
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into road (5)
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initially releases genie
(8)
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of the working day (4)
15 Independent European
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17 Furnace contains
everything, providing
back gardens (9)
18 Bar for greeting boring
tool! (8)
20 View held by general
on guns (4)
21 Odd mail increase for
lane (7)
22 Tenant feasts regularly,
in general (6)
24 A blockage on small
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25 24 ale lane (5)
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LOCAL
HISTORY
With thanks to Mike Bass for the historic photos. You can find Mike at Tring Farmers Market, selling local history books and images.
Ye olde pubs of Tring
Since lockdown easing, many of us are really appreciating being able to pop
to the pub for Sunday lunch or for a quick pint or glass of wine, so it seemed
a good time to take a look at the history behind our local watering holes
The number of pubs Tring boasted in the
past is often wildly exaggerated, but until
the turn of the 20th century, when
magistrates started to clamp down on them,
there were certainly quite a few. The old town -
Akeman Street, Frogmore Street and Market Street
(now the lower High Street) - was the location
for most of them, with a cluster in the West-end
(now ‘The Triangle’) and at New Mill.
You could have done a pub crawl simply by
walking down Frogmore Street, with pubs such
as the Red Lion, Black Horse, The George, The
Victoria and The Dolphin Inn, all situated on
that one street!
The Dolphin Inn of course, gave its name to
Dolphin Square. It ceased being a pub and was
converted into a Workmen’s Hall or cocoa tavern
by the Reverend Arthur Frederick Pope, in the
early 1870s. The Victoria was demolished when
the ‘new’ shopping centre was built.
The Bell, dating from the 16th/17th century,
has the oldest surviving licence, although the
original Rose and Crown was of a similar date.
That inn was rebuilt in 1905/6, complete with
squash court, bowling green and banqueting
hall, all at Lord Rothschild’s expense, and handed
over to the Temperance-inspired Hertfordshire
Public House Trust - it still sold ale though.
The Bricklayers Arms is another pub that has
long since disappeared. It was situated at the
corner of Duckmore Lane, which was known
as Bottle Cross. We believe it was named after
a nearby house that was decorated with bottles
on its wall [we’d love to know if anyone can
confirm this story for us!].
Where we now enter the Memorial Garden
stood the Green Man, a handsome porticoed
pub whose landlord collected the market tolls.
We understand that Walter Rothschild’s pet wolf
was once taken there by a groom!
Another pub that called time some time ago
was the Britannia. Built by John Brown, of Tring
Brewery, its clients were the navvies who were
working on the London to Birmingham railway.
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The Black Horse
The Harrow
Formerly a lodging house, The Old Black Horse opened in the late 19th century,
one of several Frogmore Street pubs. Above right: Along with its publicans,
The Harrow Inn in Akeman Street was home to a bonnet sewer
(Martha Meager, 1861) and straw hat sewer (Ann Press, 1881)
You can still see the pub as you come into Tring
from Aylesbury, but now it is a private home.
A different sort of customer frequented The
Swan in Akeman Street in Victorian times -
it was known as the butlers’ pub thanks to
its proximity to the Park Street entrance of
Tring Park Mansion. Its neighbour The Jolly
Sportsman was knocked down to make way
for almshouses.
Another pub built for John Brown’s Tring
Brewery was the King’s Arms. Built in around
1830, its grounds stretched to the top end of
Charles Street - it even had an orchard. Later in
the 1800s warehousing and stables were built
at the edges of the pub’s land. The King’s Arms
even has a literary mention - Berkhamsted
author Graham Greene writes in his book A Sort
of Life about taking ‘exciting car rides to the
King’s Arms in the neighbouring town of Tring’
as a young man in the 1920s.
The King’s Arms has an interesting history
but not as long as The Robin Hood, which is
one of Tring’s oldest buildings. Thomas James
Pearman from Abbots Langley was the licensee
in 1901. He was a keen photographer and the
pub housed an outdoor studio at the back where
he could practice his art.
Finally, in nearby Aldbury the Trooper
Alehouse first appeared around 200 years ago. At
the start of the 19th century, it was run by Ann
Hall and her cousin Martha Parrott. Not only
did they run the alehouse, but they also were
responsible for the parish post, offered lodging
for the needy and even gave out food and drink
on prescription! It was renamed the Valiant
Trooper around 1890.
With thanks to Tim Amsden, Tring Local History
Museum. Find more from Tim about Tring’s pubs at
www.livingmags.info/type/local-history
Right: The Rose &
Crown (along with
the Bell Inn) was a
staging point for
mail and passenger
coaches, which ran
along the turnpike
road between
London, Aylesbury
and elsewhere
Left: The Kings Arms
Far left: The Robin
Hood
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Ends of the Earth
By Ian P Buckingham. Green Cat Books. Out this summer.
The second book in Ian’s trilogy has a rather timely subject. Following on the story of a
fictional enchanted family’s battle with dark magic, they encounter another challenge in
the form of a growing pandemic! The family come from Berkhamsted, and the book begins
after the battle of Berkhamsted Castle in Ashridge Forest. This time, the action takes them
to Namibia and Cornwall, so it would make a fabulous holiday read. Ends of the Earth is
aimed at readers aged seven-plus but is designed for the whole family to enjoy. Full of
magic, mystery and suspense!
Ian is based in Berkhamsted. The first book in his The Changeling Saga Trilogy is entitled
Legend of the Lost.
Steaming Through The Chilterns and Thereabouts
Compiled by Robert Freeman and Mary Casserley, with photos by
H C Casserley, Goose Books. Out Now and stocked in The Way Inn,
Fancy That and Waterstones.
Mary Casserley is a great friend of Tring and Berkhamsted Living, helping us with our
local history articles - and of course we love her local designs! Mary has teamed up with
local rail enthusiast Rob Freeman as they present a selection of photos from the collection
of her late father and grandfather covering Berkhamsted, Rickmansworth, Princes
Risborough, Chesham and St Albans, among others. As well as the obvious appeal of the
trains, there’s some lovely personal tales, including the time her grandfather spent two
days out in the snow by the Northchurch tunnel in a bid to get photos - all while he was in
the midst of a serious bout of bronchitis! A fabulous gift for any local rail enthusiast.
Mary Casserly grew up in Berkhamsted and now lives in Tring. She is well known for
her paintings of Berkhamsted and the Chilterns and has written three other local
history books.
Welcome Home: How stuff makes or breaks your
relationship
By Suzanne Roynon, Panoma Press. Out now
In this book, interiors therapist and stress coach Suzanne helps to explain how ‘stuff’ can
block you from having a successful relationship. She also explains which possessions can
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on many areas of your life.
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TUESDAY 1 JUN
Walks: Chilterns Walking
Festival
To 6 Jun. Save the date for the
spring Walking Festival with
something to whet all
appetites. www.visitchilterns.
co.uk/walkingfest
THURSDAY 3 JUN
Music: Richard Townend &
The Mighty Bosscats
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 4 JUN
Music: Nigel Bagge Band
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm. Smoky
vocals, sensitive guitar, blues
with a touch of soul, country
and rhythm ‘n’ blues.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
SATURDAY 5 JUN
Markets & Sales:
Berkhamsted Book Fair
Court House, Berkhamsted,
10am-4pm. Free admittance.
A huge selection of second
hand books of all sorts on
display. 01442 862011
SUNDAY 6 JUN
Walks: Wildflower Walk
and Tea
Faith Works Trust, Spring
Meadow Farm, Berkhamsted
HP4 2SX. 1.30-3.30pm or
4-6pm. Also Sun 13 & 20 Jun
(20 with live music).
Pre-booking required
www.faithworkstrust.org.uk
MONDAY 7 JUN
Travel: Norfolk
Masons mini bus and coach
hire. To 11 Jun.
www.masonscoachhire.co.uk
Bucks Art - From June 12th
Business: Tring
BusinessMart Breakfast
8-9.30am. Email to book.
www.tringtogether.org.uk
THURSDAY 10 JUN
Music: Nine Below Zero’s
Dennis Greaves & Mark
Feltham Duo
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 11 JUN
Music: Bex Marshall
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
SATURDAY 12 JUN
Markets & Sales: Tring
Farmers Market
Market Place, Brook Street,
Tring, 9am-12.30pm. 2nd and
4th Saturday of each month.
Fine produce from around the
district. www.
tringfarmersmarket.co.uk
Exhibitions: Bucks Art
Weeks
Oddyfields, Cow Lane, Tring,
HP23 5NS. Thu to Sun to 27
Jun. Free entry. Brenda
Hurley and Amanda
Curbishley, two Local artists,
will be exhibiting their work.
www.curbiart.co.uk
Talks: Local History Day
2021
Wigginton History Society
Local History Day. Online.
1.30-4.30pm. www.balh.org.
uk/event-balh-local-historyday-2021-agm-andtalk-2021-06-12
WEDNESDAY 16 JUN
Exhibitions: Gustave
Moreau: The Fables
Waddesdon Manor. To 17
Oct. Gustave Moreau
(1826-98) was one of the most
brilliant and influential
artists associated with the
French Symbolist movement.
www.waddesdon.org.uk
Music:
Secondary Modern Jazz
Blues Bar, Tring. 7pm.
Supporting the Hospice of St
Francis.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
Music: Stories
St Peter’s Church,
Berkhamsted, 7.30pm. Behind
the Mirror evening of
storytelling in music
celebrating the evocative and
distinct sound worlds of the
cello and accordion
www.behindthemirror.org
THURSDAY 17 JUN
Music: Martin Harley
Blues Bar, Tring. 7pm. The
man with the Weissenborn &
National Guitars. Supporting
Chilterns MS Centre.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 18 JUN
Music: Derik Timm’s
Moondogs
Blues Bar, Tring. 7pm. A
contemporary modern blues
band with a reputation for
astounding festival
performances. In aid of
Neurokinex Hemel
Hempstead. www.
bluesbartring.co.uk
SATURDAY 19 JUN
Music: The Dung Beatles
Blues Bar Tring, 7pm. The
Dung Beatles celebrate The
Fab Four’s virtuosity with
faithful musical renditions of
hits and album tracks.
Supporting Rennie Grove
Hospice at Home.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
Thursday June 24th
SUNDAY 20 JUN
Markets & Sales:
Berkhamsted Farmers
Market
High Street, Berkhamsted,
10am-2pm. An opportunity
for local customers to buy
high quality produce direct
from the producer.
www.facebook.com/berkofm
THURSDAY 24 JUN
Theatre: Macbeth
Waddesdon Manor, 7pm.
Adult £18.50, Child £10. The
Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the
UK’s premier all-male theatre
company. www.waddesdon.
org.uk/whats-on/easter/
SATURDAY 26 JUN
Fairs / Festivals: Armed
Forces Day
Series of events to support
Armed Forces Day including
an online fitness session by
Viking Fitness. Look out for
updates on the website.
www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/
community-living/
armed-forces-covenant
SUNDAY 27 JUN
Travel: Great Malvern
Masons mini bus and coach
hire. To 2 Jul.
www.masonscoachhire.co.uk
MONDAY 28 JUN
Film: Open Air Cinema
Ashridge House Open Air
Cinema. To 7 Jul. A series of
outdoor screenings this
summer. See website for
details. www.ashridgehouse.
org.uk/open-air-cinema/
WEDNESDAY 30 JUN
Business: BDCC
Networking & Social
Berkhamsted Cricket Club,
5-8pm. In aid of: Age UK
Dacorum, Berkhamsted Town
Hall Trust, DENS, Hospice of
St Francis & Open Door.
www.berkhamsted-chamber.
co.uk
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THURSDAY 1 JUL
Music: Mark Harrison
Band Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 2 JUL
Music: John Verity Band
Blues Bar Tring, 8pm. www.
bluesbartring.co.uk
SUNDAY 4 JUL
Theatre: Twelfth Night
Open-Air Tring Memorial
Park 2pm. From £15. William
Shakespeare’s masterpiece
and most popular comedy is
an amazing rounded play for
actors and audience alike.
www.dramaimpact.com
SATURDAY 10 JUL
Fundraisers: Florence
Nightingale NOT The
Midnight Walk
Set your alarm clocks for 5am
along with hundreds of
others for a virtual dawn
walk to raise crucial funds to
support Florence Nightingale
Hospice Charity. www.
fnhospice.org.uk/events/
notthemidnightwalk2021/
Markets & Sales: Tring
Farmers Market
Market Place, Brook Street,
Tring, 9am-12.30pm. 2nd and
4th Saturday of each month.
Fine produce from around the
district.
tringfarmersmarket.co.uk
SUNDAY 11 JUL
Fairs / Festivals: Tring
Summer Carnival Day
Tring Summer Carnival Day
2021! Visit the website to find
out more. www.
tringtogether.org.uk
WEDNESDAY 14 JUL
Music:
Transfigured Night
St Peter’s Church,
Berkhamsted. 7.30pm. An
evening of extreme
romanticism featuring
Brahms’ B major piano trio,
Tring Farmers Market - 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month
Schoenberg’s masterpiece
based on Dehmel’s poem
www.behindthemirror.org
THURSDAY 15 JUL
Music: Sam Kelly’s Station
House
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 16 JUL
Music: Shufflepack
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
SUNDAY 18 JUL
Markets & Sales:
Berkhamsted Farmers
Market: High Street,
Berkhamsted, 10am-2pm. An
opportunity for local customers
to buy high quality produce
direct from the producer.
www.facebook.com/berkofm
MONDAY 19 JUL
Travel: Bournemouth
Masons mini bus and coach
hire. To 23 Jul.
www.masonscoachhire.co.uk
SUNDAY 25 JUL
Travel: Whitstable
Masons mini bus and coach
hire. Adult £25, child £19.
www.masonscoachhire.co.uk
SATURDAY 7 AUG
Markets & Sales:
Berkhamsted Book Fair
Court House, Berkhamsted,
10am-4pm. Free admittance. A
huge selection of second hand
books of all sorts on display.
01442 862011
SATURDAY 14 AUG
Markets & Sales: Tring
Farmers Market
Market Place, Brook Street,
Tring, 9am-12.30pm. 2nd and
4th Saturday of each month.
Fine produce from around the
district. tringfarmersmarket.
co.uk
< Sunday 4th July
Travel: Eastbourne Air Show
Masons mini bus and coach
hire. Adult £23, child £19.
Eastbourne’s International
Airshow boasts a 2-mile
flying display.
www.masonscoachhire.co.uk
SUNDAY 15 AUG
Markets & Sales:
Berkhamsted Farmers
Market
High Street, Berkhamsted,
10am-2pm. An opportunity
for local customers to buy
high quality produce direct
from the producer.
www.facebook.com/berkofm
MONDAY 16 AUG
Travel: Alvaston Hall
Masons mini bus and coach
hire. To 20 Aug. Twin/double
£415pp. www.
masonscoachhire.co.uk
THURSDAY 19 AUG
Music: Ma Bessie and Her
Blues Troupe
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm. Classic
blues and jazz from the
Empress of Blues. www.
bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 20 AUG
Music: Paul Lamb and The
Kingsnakes
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
THURSDAY 2 SEP
Music: Spikedrivers plus
Tyzack and Tortora
Blues Bar, Tring. 8pm. Their
music has been described
as’haunting’, ‘gutsy’, ‘tribal’
and even psychedelic.
www.bluesbartring.co.uk
FRIDAY 3 SEP
Fairs / Festivals:
Chilli Fest
Aviary Gardens, Waddesdon
Manor, 10am-5pm. To 5 Sep.
With handpicked exhibitors,
live music, family fun and
children’s craft activities.
www.waddesdon.org.uk
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were installed; these have now been replaced
with electric pumps. Also in 1927, the building
brought from a redundant engine house at
Foxton near Leicester.
Please fo low the Country Code.
• Take away your li ter
• Keep dogs under control
Tring Town Council
WALKS AROUND TOWN
Tringford
Tringford pumping station was built in 1818
and worked in tandem with other stations at
Whitehouses and Marsworth until these two
were closed in 1836 and 1917 respectively.
When Whitehouses, situated above Wilstone
reservoir, wa shut down, an underground culvert
was constructed to connect with the Tringford
station. To this day, a l the Tring reservoirs are
inter-connected by culverts and water can be
pumped from one area to another. For over a
hundred years water from the reservoirs was
lifted using a steam engine. In 1927 diesel pumps
In 1904 the Wendover Arm was fina ly closed. It
is currently only navigable as far as Little Tring.
However, the road bridge has been rebuilt and
the leaky sections of the canal are progressively
being lined in concrete, and re-watered. The
future of the Wendover Arm looks much more
promising. It is po sible to walk th entire length
of the Arm fo lowing the towpath. From Li tle Tring
Bridge follow the path down past Wilstone reservoir
(on the right) and on to Drayton Beauchamp.
It is we l worth an afternoon’s stro l to the Arm’s
source in the market town of Wendover.
Walks1
Tring
Parish
was lengthened and remode led as a much
lower structure, using round-headed windows
• Leave gates in the position you find them
• Leave only your own footprints
Little Tring
LITTLE TRING
Approximate time: allow 1 hour 30 minutes
Approximate distance: 3 miles (5 kilometres)
Discover the Wendover Arm of the
Grand Union Canal and the historic
Tringford pumping station on this
circular walk, which starts from
Tring Town Centre
1. From FROGMORE STREET EAST car park
(behind DOLPHIN SQUARE and the Church
of St Peter & St Paul) head northwards
towards the NORA GRACE HALL. Passing
the hall on your left, keep on the main path
across the POND CLOSE play area and walk
beside a flint wall.
2. When the wall ends ignore all paths to the
left (leading to houses) and continue on the
main path, which runs below tall ash trees.
Below lies the STREAMSIDE WALK
environmental area, to which the path
gradually descends. Cross SILK MILL WAY
to a footpath with tubular fencing to its right
and continue on path to another road
junction ahead.
3. Bear slightly right and cross NEW ROAD.
Take the path left, beside the ‘feeder stream’.
Keep to the tarmac path until it reaches the
UPPER ICKNIELD WAY, once an ancient
track linking East Anglia with the Wiltshire
Downs, but now a busy road.
4. Cross carefully. There’s a
pedestrian crossing just to
The six-mile length of the Wendover Arm of the
Grand Union Canal was once a busy trade route
to London’s markets, ca rying livestock from
Wendover. Grains and other local produce were
loaded a the New Mi l and Tring wharves. A cow
transported to market by canal boat was much
fatter and cleaner than one driven on the old
ca tle trails and a be ter price could be had for
it. When the channel began to leak, much e fort
wa spent to maintain it in good condition, but it
was a losing ba tle. With increased competition
from the railways, the Arm fe l into disrepair.
the right. The path continues to follow the
stream until it flows into the WENDOVER
ARM of the GRAND UNION CANAL.
5. Turn left and continue along the canal to the
old ‘stop lock’. Just before the stop lock
opposite is TRINGFORD PUMPING
STATION, which pumps water from the
TRING RESERVOIRS into the Wendover
Arm, whence it flows into the GRAND
UNION CANAL at Bulbourne. Keep walking
beside the canal, up to the road bridge. Climb
the steps and cross the road at LITTLE
TRING to the footpath opposite.
6. Continue to follow the path with the canal
still on your right to a junction and then bear
left, while the canal curves away to your
right to its current (2018) terminus. Follow
this path to a gate and a four-way path
junction. At the gate, continue straight on,
with a fence to your right. When the fence
ends, take the gate on the right and continue
to the next field gate. Go through the next
gate and turn left onto the well-defined track
between hedges towards MISWELL FARM.
This track joins the farm lane which climbs
to the right up the hill towards Tring in a
deep and steep cutting beneath Beech trees.
7. Cross the busy UPPER ICKNIELD WAY
again, into MISWELL LANE, noting on the
left the old WINDMILL and on the right the
rookery in the trees beside the road.
Continue down MISWELL LANE, crossing
WINDMILL WAY to Goldfield playing fields
on the left.
8. Take the path to the right towards the school
with playing fields to the right. At the
three-way path junction continue straight on
to eventually meet CHRISTCHURCH ROAD.
9. Turn right and go down the hill to FRIARS
WALK. Turn left into FRIARS WALK and
continue, keeping right, to a T-junction with
the Black Horse pub opposite. Cross the road
and return to the car park.
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Do wear sensible clothing for your own comfort.
Strong footwear is recommended, particularly
after rain; you may encounter some muddy
stretches on this route.
This guide was produced by Tring Town Council
with support from Hertfordshire County Council’s
Parish Paths Partnership.
It was origina ly compiled for Tring Environmental Forum
by John Taylor, Jonathon Iles and Rodney Sims.
It was revised with the help of John Savage in 2017.
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A circular wa lk starting from Tring Town Centre.
Approximate time: a low 1 hour 30 minutes
Approximate distance: 3 miles (5 kilometres)
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Hemel Hempstead Hospital & Urgent Care
Centre (Open 24/7)
Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4AD.
01442 213141
Late Night Pharmacy
Open until 10.30pm 7 days a week
172 Tring Road, Bedgrove, Aylesbury HP20 1JR.
01296 432 696
ADDITIONAL USEFUL NUMBERS
Police Emergency 999
Police Non-Emergency 101
NHS Medical Advice Line 111
Samaritans Call free from any phone on 116 123
Child Line For free and confidential help for
young people: 0800 1111
TRANSPORT
Bus
0300 1234050 or visit www.intalink.org.uk
50 to Aylesbury via Wendover (Sun only)
50 to Marsworth via Pitstone (Sun only) to
Aylesbury (not Sun)
61 to Dunstable (not Sun)
164 to Aylesbury via Aston Clinton, Weston
Turville (not Sun)
164 to Wilstone (not Sun)
194 to Chesham (Wed, one service only)
387 to New Mill (not Sun)
387 to Tring Station, Aldbury and Beech Park,
Wigginton (not Sun)
500/501 to Aylesbury via Aston Clinton
500/501 to Watford via Berkhamsted, Hemel
Hempstead
Community Action
This service provides older or disabled people
who have difficulties in using public transport
safe, reliable and accessible transport to a local
supermarket. 01442 253935 or visit www.
communityactiondacorum.org/door-to-store.
Thursday morning every fortnight to Tesco’s,
Tring.
Train
London Northwestern Railway
0333 3110039 or visit
www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk to
download the operator’s app
To London Euston via Berkhamsted, Hemel
Hempstead and Watford Junction
To Northampton via Leighton Buzzard and
Milton Keynes
Southern Railway
0345 1272920 or 0208 1850778 from a mobile, or
visit www.southernrailway.com
To Milton Keynes via Leighton Buzzard
To South Croydon via Watford, Olympia and
Clapham Junction
50 / Tring Living
Home Counties Loft Ladders,
Quality You Can Trust!
These days most
homeowners suffer
from a lack of storage
space. So many
precious items that
need to be kept – but
where to store it all?
That’s where Home
Counties Loft Ladders
come in.
The company,
based locally, offers
homeowners the
opportunity to
maximise their storage
space with a loft ladder,
50sqft of boarding and
a light - all fully fitted
in less than a day from
just £355! But it’s not
just the affordability
of the package that
makes Home Counties
Loft Ladders stand
out, as manager Jamie
Oakley explains: ‘Our
watchwords are Quality,
Integrity and Value.
Quality in the materials
that we use for all our
installations and the
fact that all our loft
packages are fitted by
time served tradesmen,
so our customers are
assured of the best job.
Integrity in that we
will turn up at the
time we say and
make sure the house
is spotless when we
leave, and value in
that we offer our
services at a price
people can afford.
Our business relies
on referrals and we
get a huge amount
of our calls from
people who have
been referred to
us by our existing
customers - that simply
wouldn’t happen if we
didn’t adhere to our
overriding principles.
At the end of the day
the old adage that
happy customers
lead to more happy
customers is true and
we work hard to make
Need more
storage space?
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ladder, light plus 50 sqft boarding, fully
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that happen for every
installation we carry
out!’
So, if you want to make
use of your loft space,
call Jamie free on 0808
301 9558 and he’ll be
happy to pop round and
give you a no obligation
quote so you too can
make use of your loft!
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CALL FREE: 0808 301 9558
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COVID-19
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Hertfordshire | HP4 3AT
01442 878 424
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Hertfordshire | HP23 4BH
01442 890 384
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