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T magahe fo zine Tylerr Penn & s gre OCT/ NOV en o Ur 20 2 02 0 0Th e DiTion ! Autumn Around the Corner... ● Around The Villages ● Schools & Sports News ● Woodland ● GP Surgery Update ● Your Letters & Photos ● & Much More...
Village Voice October/November 2020 WELCOME... under two thousand pounds was raised for charitable causes. Sadly, the Village Show, due to take place on the same day, was cancelled. This was the one year when perhaps some of us ...to the October /November 2020 edition of spent more time in the garden and had hoped to Village Voice... showcase the fruits of our labour! Next years event is scheduled for 26 June 2021 Dear VV Readers, Readers will see that there are several appeals Welcome to the 200th edition of Village Voice. in this edition. The P&TGRS are looking for Over the past more than 34 years of production, volunteers (see page 4) Emma Byrne is Village Voice has evolved and changed, and so appealing for filled shoeboxes for 'Operation too has Village life. Edition 1, was 24 pages Christmas Child' (see page 21) and on P15 there long - this edition is 64 pages! The diversity of are details of how VV readers can nominate a content in VV is achieved by the inclusion of a neighbour for a 'Neighbour of the Year Award' wide range of news items, information and Our next edition of VV is our Christmas updates from many contributors edition (December 2020 and January 2021) and Of course, the past 6 months have been we invite your contributions. The deadline for exceptionally unusual, with the rhythm and flow copy is the first week in November. We look of Village life being compromised to a very forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, great extent. Living in such beautiful stay safe and well. Cathy O'Leary, VV Editor surroundings and having experienced some fine weather during the six months, has at least been compensation for the inconveniences and stress Regulars... of being locked down. Newspaper reports suggest that a larger than usual proportion of 04 Around the Villages people who live in more built up towns, and 13 Church News cities are looking to move to more rural settings. 17 Woodland & Green Spaces There have been reports that being connected to 18 Schools News nature is beneficial for our mental health, and 22 Sports News certainly walking around the village and woods 31 Noticeboard during the summer has been an uplifting 32 Clubs & Societies experience. Our cover picture captures a 37 Fields in King's Wood dragonfly resting on a blackberry bush in Penn 55 Index of Advertisers woods towards the end of September. For a map 56 Village Contacts of walks in Penn Woods go to http://www. pennhouse.org.uk/walks In This Issue... In this edition of VV, we report the ways in which the various clubs and societies are 10 Update from Your GP Practice adapting to meet the ever changing 26 Village Care Open Gardens Cover Photograph: Keith Hawes requirements regards socialisation and 29 Parnell's EV Electric Dreams distancing, and we are able to report on the 30 Excelsior: Village Memories Open Gardens which took place on 13th 38 Rayners (Penn School) Update September (just before a revised lockdown measure limiting gatherings of over 6 people In The Insert... was put in place!) It was a beautiful day as the photographs on Pages 26 and 27 show, and just • Village Voice: Our 200th Edition www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 3
Village Voice October/November 2020 AROUND mothballing for the moment, until needed again. Madalyn Roker, 07774 834615 THE VILLAGES Do You Love Living in P&TG? The P&TG Residents Society do too. We are a friendly team of 12 (who would like to P&TG Together increase our numbers to 14 or 16). We all live P&TG Together was formed in March with over across both villages, and we all enjoy working 200 residents offering to help each other during to ensure that the village is open and appealing the lockdown imposed by the Government. to all. Perhaps during the recent lockdown, you Once lockdown eased, we were less needed spent more time locally and developed an for shopping and errands but found that One increased appreciation of where you live as you Can in Wycombe was finding a sharp uptake in went for a walk or checked your social media people needing additional support in the form of feeds. It could be you don't know anything or food donations. Our area co-ordinators, Emma much about the P&TG Residents Society and B, Gill M, Ian F, Beth P, Catherine M, Kate V what we do. and Madalyn R rallied around and we held 4 The P&TG Residents Society manages monthly food bank donation drives across the Common Wood, runs the Village Pre School, is village, with donations being collected at street invited by planners to review and comment on level and then combined to make mega donation planning applications in our villages to ensure from the whole village. the continuation of the amenity value of living One Can have found that supermarket in a village setting, publishes Village Voice, runs donations are increasing as Street donations fall a P&TG Facebook page, website and more. reflecting the change as we slowly return to our We work as a team and frequently encourage places of work, school and some sort of routine, wider effort from other local volunteers. We We have experienced this too, so have played a key role in the organisation of the decided not to continue with our regular recent Covid-19 group, P&TG Together. collections for now, although if you do want to We would like to recruit 2 or more people to donate you can do so easily at various local join us; particularly, if you have admin and/or supermarkets including Village Store on the organisational skills/ experience to potentially Green, Co-op, Waitrose and Sainsburys. As well take on the Company Secretarial role or to as supermarkets, there are other Street Heroes contribute to the Residents Society's future who are continuing to collect including Emma plans and activities in the village. Byrne at 11 Kings Ride, who together with her We would also like to recruit a treasurer to husband, Dave, made such a difference by SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS offering their van to take our donations to Wycombe. We do need to take a moment to congratulate ourselves. We have completed 4 village-wide donations, amounting to about 20 car fulls and made a huge difference to those in need in the Photograph: Ian Petrie area. We set up networks in our area and provided support to many residents during lockdown and created a huge sense of community across Penn & Tylers Green. We are not disbanding P&TG Together, but 4 www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice October/November 2020 produce our annual accounts. Could you, or Commonwood and revellers enjoying someone you know, help with this? themselves, which isn’t the problem. It’s the Even if you don’t feel you have the specific mess they leave, tables, chairs, bottles, broken skills outlined above, but are just keen to join glass, picnic debris as well as smouldering us, enthusiasm is welcomed too. We would love bonfires. With the recent hot weather we have to hear from you - and would invite contact had fires that required assistance from the fire from anyone who would like to know a little brigade. more – you can attend one of our meetings (via We would like to ask everyone for your Zoom) or just meet us for a coffee. support and to encourage you, if you feel able, Please contact Madalyn Roker on 07774 and are visiting the woods, to remind these 834615 or madalynroker@hotmail.com for visitors to clear up after themselves? Take home more information. all their rubbish and leave the woods as they would like to find them? The Countryside Code P&TGRS and P&TG Together gives some sensible advice that we would like - An Update everyone to consider: Dear Residents and VV readers, • Respect other people Unbelievably it has been 6 months since the • Consider the local community and other Covid19 lockdown started, and Penn & Tylers people enjoying the outdoors Green Together was created. • Park carefully so access to gateways and P&TG Together would like to take this driveways is clear opportunity thank all our co-ordinators, • Leave gates and property as you find them volunteers and the residents of Penn & Tylers • Follow paths but give way to others where Green for their support during this time. it’s narrow • Protect the natural environment We are having a bit of a rest at the moment as • Leave no trace of your visit, take all your litter the needs seem to have diminished - but home depending on how things progress during the • Don’t have BBQs or fires autumn and winter - could well change. • Keep dogs under effective control In the early days of lockdown we undertook • Dog poo - bag it and bin it deliveries, sought out neighbours who needed • Enjoy the outdoors support as well as Village Care helping with the • Plan ahead, check what facilities are open, be collection and deliver of prescriptions. prepared • Follow advice and local signs and obey social As time progressed we got involved with the distancing measures admirable collection of food donations for One Can in High Wycombe. We collected an Then as we look further ahead to Christmas, amazing volume of goods, amounting to over we can’t predict where we’ll be with restrictions 20 carloads!! And this continues with donations related to Covid19, but we can think ahead to being made the local shops. We are very proud planning festive activities which are different of our collective effort. from previous years, but still bring a smile to We have recently moved into a new phase your face! – and are now restricted to the ‘Rule of 6’ in the P&TGRS working with P&TG Together are Covid19 pandemic. As we learn to cope with in the early stages of planning a virtual 12 days the new Rule of 6, we are writing to ask of Christmas Calendar of activities that we hope everyone for a different type of support in will be able to help with. At this stage we are looking after the village and woodlands that we particularly interested in any ideas you may so treasure. have. We have thoughts and ideas which could We have recently seen a spate of bonfires in include a virtual Christmas tree competition, a www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 5
Village Voice October/November 2020 children’s competition, perhaps a photography the position in a few weeks and we will let you competition, as well as a quiz. If you have any know the latest in the next Village Voice. bright ideas- please let us know! Please email Peter Brown Secretary info@pennandtylersgreen.org.uk. Also do look out for more letters from us, information and Beaconsfield & Chepping Wye updates on the website https:// Community Board pennandtylersgreen.org.uk and find us on our Some of you may have seen the press release Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ announcing the launch of the new Community PTGResidentsSociety, P & TG Residents Society Board funding process. If not details on how to apply for funding can be found here: https:// Tyles Green Village Hall Update www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/community-and- Tina Brown is retiring after 20 years as the safety/improving-your-local-community/ manager of Tylers Green Village Hall. If apply-community-board-funding/ anyone is interested in taking on the five The website includes detail on the application mornings a week role which involves co- process and criteria for all three of the funding ordinating bookings and dealing with the hall streams – Community Area Priorities, Health & admin, please contact Paul Ricketts, chairman Wellbeing and Local Infrastructure. of the Village Hall’s management committee, If you have ideas for projects that you feel on pfr.66@talktalk.net. would meet the relevant criteria and are in line The hall has now reopened for users/hirers with Board priorities or address an identifiable only after a five and a half month closure due to local need, please do speak to the Community restrictions imposed in the coronavirus Board Co-ordinator Andy Chapman. He is very pandemic. There are strict social distancing keen to engage with people and help with rules in place and a number of other measures to contacting other stakeholders as appropriate for keep all our users and staff safe. Not all of our support and information. groups have returned as they are waiting to see The Board are hoping to set up some working how restrictions develop and some have groups linked to the priorities and listed below. indicated they will not return until after If anyone is interested again please contact Christmas. Andy, either as an individual or if you are Under the present restrictions we are unable involved with a local group who might be to take bookings for children’s parties but our interested. organised sport and exercise/dance classes are • Young people's activities - including drugs resuming with limits on the numbers in each awareness and action on crime hall. Please see our website, www. • Loneliness and isolation - including mental tylersgreenvillagehall.co.uk or email Tina on and physical health tylersgreenvillagehall@gmail.com for guidance. • Transport/Highways - including parking, Please note that our toilets and foyer area are speeding and cycling not available for public use during the current • Covid Recovery and Regeneration situation. In fact all the hall’s facilities are for • Community facilities – playgrounds, outdoor the use of hall users only and the track and trace spaces, community centres system is in operation. At the moment the meetings are still being Although planning permission to build a Penn held on teams with the most recent one being and Tylers Green Heritage Centre in the area of held on 29thSeptember. If you missed it and are the changing rooms has been obtained, a interested on what the Board does then the decision on whether to progress to building meeting will be made available online. For any stage is still on hold. The trustees will discuss queries please contact Andy Chapman on 6 www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice October/November 2020 01296 383490 and 07753 288039 or andy. vandalism in there. Only recently the chapman@buckinghamshire.gov.uk Katrina Wood steppingstones in the adventure play area were – Vice Chairman, Beaconsfield and Chepping Wye all hacked to pieces and will have to be Community Board replaced. Unfortunately, this all comes out of public funds as it is the precept that pays for Chepping Wycombe Parish Council things like this and means we may have to put The Parish is continuing with meetings online other projects on hold. Katrina Wood, Chairman which are working well. If anyone wants to – Chepping Wycombe Parish Council attend, then please let the clerk know and she will send you joining instructions. We want to Penn Parish Council remain as open and transparent as possible Penn Parish Council's September meeting during these difficult times and we welcome marks a return to a new kind of normal. A public participation. If you are unable to attend, majority of Councillors felt it was important to you will find reports and minutes of the meet face to face and the opportunity to meetings on our webpage. welcome a new Councillor provided the It has been quite quiet this summer although necessary impetus. We look forward to we have of course continued with all the usual welcoming Mrs Debbie Marsden, a retired GP, maintenance work. In Cock Lane cemetery the who joins us to represent the Ward of Knotty path and driveway to the new cremation area Green. Councillors were fortunate to have three have been finished. This has much improved the excellent candidates apply to become the new cemetery and allowed for more widespread Parish Councillor and we are grateful to all disabled access. three, who have offered to lend us their We are still dealing with Ash die back in expertise in future. Penn Parish is comprised of King’s Wood and there will be a considerable nearly 3,500 people who live in five vibrant number of trees being communities and we have never felt the benefit removed over the of belonging to a community more than over the next few months. last six months. As the Parish's Planning In Ashley Drive Committee re-starts its vital work considering Recreation park, we local planning applications, Parish Councillors will be renewing the will also consider the impact of the surface under the Government's far reaching planning reforms. zipwire and are We will put that new sense of community, investigating costs kindness and the importance of local for fencing around representation at the heart of what we do. It the younger gives me great pleasure therefore to salute children’s play area Village Voice on its 200th Edition and to remark as this has long been on the vital role it plays helping us do this. Roy an ambition but it is Bentham, Chair proving very costly. Whilst The Village Show mentioning Ashley Sadly you will have heard we had to cancel the Drive, we are still village show, due to take place on 13th seeing a September. The ideas we had for staging the considerable show on the common, were intended to be amount of littering, simple, but the plans to manage the flow of broken bottles and people round each gazebo to amaintain social www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 7
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Village Voice October/November 2020 distancing, proved too great to manage. golfing venues above, but this may be The next show is Saturday 26 June 2021, we dependent on any restrictions on numbers that will keep the schedule for craft, art, photo and these clubs may impose. For more details, domestic categories the same as this year and please visit our website: http://www. adapt the flowers and produce to reflect the pennpondwadersgolfsociety.com seasons. David Deadman Litter in P&TG Penn Pond Waders Golf Society • L - itter Following my last update, I am pleased to report • I-n that our golf society is up and running again. • T - ylers Green Most clubs are currently restricting the number • T - his is of people who can play at their courses for • E - verybodies society events. Sadly, we have had to disappoint • R - esponsibility a few of our members who didn’t reserve their If only everybody would take their litter home place early enough. and clear outside their homes Wouldn't it be 30 of our members visited the challenging wonderful to have a clean village? We have Oxfordshire GC on Friday 14th August 2020. been litter picking for the past few weeks and Despite a damp, drizzly day, some excellent each week collect 4 plastic bags of cans, bottles, scores were recorded with 6 players scoring 38 crisp packets etc. Litter picking can be soul points or more: destroying but it is also very rewarding. From the • Kevin Croxon H/C 9: 40pts 'three litter pickers of Chiltern Close' • Roger Stewart H/C 11: 39pts • Keith Burwood H/C 9: 39pts Hazlemere Gardening Association • Graham Garrett-Smith H/C 14: 38pts Like many other organisations both local and • Jason Philp H/C 9: 38pts National its been a unique year for us all. The • Rod Jones H/C 14: 38pts first time we have had to cancel our Spring and On Thursday 10th Sept, 24 of us made the Autumn garden shows since we started 1n 1977. trip to the beautiful Hindhead GC in Surrey. Sadly our Barn store remains closed for our After a chilly early start to the morning, the sun normal Sunday morning shopping and we will came out with most of us playing in tee shirts not be opening again this year. However despite and shorts by mid-morning. Dave Cooper was depleted stocks of compost we are still running the winner with 38 points closely followed by our ‘Order & Collect service’ online till we Julian Harris and Kevin Croxon with 37/34 close in October. points respectively. I sincerely hope the Covid situation improves We are now looking forward to a trip to sufficiently for us to re-open the barn store Bournemouth in mid-October and returning to safely in February, so please keep an eye on our the lovely Ashridge course in late November. website for further updates. Peter Pearman Our remaining 2020 UK events will be: (Membership Secretary) 01494 711570, http://www. • Thurs 15th October - Remedy Oak GC hazlemeregardening.co.uk • Friday 16th October - Ferndown GC • Friday 27th November - Ashridge GC Advertising in Village Voice If you are interested in joining our friendly If you would like to advertise in Village Voice, Society or coming along as a guest at any of our our advertising rates are very competitive and future events, please contact our Secretary Bob start at just £25 per issue (initial commitment is Teuton on 07973 137446. We would love to 3 issues). Please email Ruthie Pocock on: welcome some new Waders at some of the great adverts@pennandtylersgreen.org.uk www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 9
Village Voice October/November 2020 “ We currently triage all our appointment UPDATE FROM requests by telephone. Where possible we are offering telephone advice or a video YOUR GP PRACTICE consultation to avoid the need to attend the surgery. Dr. Jo Layng As you can probably imagine, all surgeries Dear VV Readers, are now experiencing an unprecedented demand Unbelievably it has been 6 months since the for healthcare services, and we are seeing many onset of the COVID 19 crisis, and during that more patients presenting with non Covid related time the Simpson Centre and Penn Surgery have issues. We know that patients can become continued to offer a GP service, albeit with frustrated as they did not contact us at the peak some changes, and following the guidance from of the pandemic and are now experiencing some NHS England. delays in the resumption and availability of The arrangements we put in place were to treatment. We know that patients are concerned safeguard both staff and patients, whilst that many hospital follow up appointments have continuing to provide patient support for the been postponed and further concerned about elderly and infirm, as well as to patients with when these will be re arranged. illnesses and conditions unconnected to Many patients who have a chronic disease COVID. We are very fortunate to have such as diabetes or asthma, who we would remained open throughout, despite some staff normally call in for a regular review, have not illness, as we are aware that some local been called in over this period and we are now surgeries have had to close for COVID reasons. working hard to ‘catch up’ on these reviews. It Very early on we moved to limiting the is important that we do this safely. number of patients visiting the surgery in person and instead moved to telephone consultations. If “ We are very grateful for your patience as we increase our non Covid related work again. a face to face appointment was clinically needed It is likely to take us several months to complete this was arranged. To safeguard staff and this catch up and this may be delayed further if patients we introduced strict processes to Covid cases rise again over the winter months. minimise the risk of infection transmission. Dr. Moona Rakhit (Senior Partner) The past 6 months have been a challenging All the doctors and staff are very busy, time for everyone. Now that the lockdown has working hard to help as many people as possible been eased, we are now operating at Covid at this time. We know that when things change Phase 3, as are all GP practices nationally. as rapidly as they have over recent months, sometimes things go wrong, or patients feel Your Health is Our Priority frustrated by the changed systems that have The Simpson Centre and Penn surgeries are been put in place, but please remember that this open as usual. has all been put in place to meet government Covid 19 has not gone away so we need to guidelines, and to safeguard the wellbeing of remain vigilant and ensure we all follow the patients and staff. current guidelines. We all need to do everything In a few instances, staff have been subject to we can to reduce the potential spread amongst abuse or rudeness, and this cannot be tolerated. visiting patients and staff, to ensure we are able If you feel that you have not been given the to maintain a service to all our patients support you would expect, please contact including those most at risk, the elderly, our simpson.practicemanager@nhs.net. The doctors cancer patients and all those who have been and staff are happy to receive feedback and will required to shield over the past few months. work hard to resolve any issues. 10 www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice October/November 2020 We would also like to say that we really • We have increased our staffing levels: During the appreciate the kind words and gestures we have pandemic we have taken on two new Doctors received from many of our patients. and have a third starting in October. We have two The Doctors and the surgery support teams new nurses who joined our team in September. would like to thank you for your patience and understanding at this time. The Simpson Centre and Working Together – the ways you can help Penn Surgery our surgeries provide the best possible support to you • Only attend the surgery if your enquiry cannot Appointment Availability: be dealt with by telephone, email or via patient access • We offer a mix of routine, 48hour access and on • Please sign up for Patient access and order your the day appointments. • Some appointments have to be face to face. repeat prescription online. This can be sent • We are offering nearly 900 appointments each electronically directly to the chemist avoiding any week with our doctors. need to visit the surgery. • We also have two duty doctors each day • Please respond to any requests to book for a covering The Simpson Centre and Penn surgeries medication review. who can deal with up to 70 additional emergency • Please remember that a telephone appointment on the day calls. like any other appointment. Please ensure you are • Our nurses and phlebotomist offer as near available at the time the telephone appointment normal a service as they can will take place. Please remember to cancel the • The midwife continues to work with us as do our appointment if you no longer require it or will not health visitors, district nurses and palliative care be available. We aim to call around the time teams. indicated, however if we are delayed be mindful • We continue to offer the majority of our nurse this may be because we have been delayed by appointments: dressings, phlebotomy and some another call or because we are dealing with an GP /Paramedic appointments outside to reduce emergency. the risk of Covid transmission. • If your query is not urgent, please book for the • We have an indoor space dedicated for next available routine appointment. examinations that need to be carried out inside. • Please do not attend the surgery if you have any All staff seeing patients are wearing the required symptoms of Covid 19. Call 111 for advice. PPE and equipment and surfaces are cleaned Remember to wear a mask when you are asked between each patient contact according to to attend the surgery and follow social public health guidance. We have had to increase distancing advice. If you do not have a mask face to face appointment times to allow for this. please call reception and they will try to help you. Masks are worn to protect you and our staff. Did You Know? You can now e mail us with non-urgent enquiries by following the link on our website. (For example if you need a sick Flu Clinics - This year we are offering flu note or because we have asked you to send us vaccinations to a much larger number of people. some readings of your blood pressure or blood (Several thousand of our patients will be eligible sugars (if you are diabetic) for a flu vaccine should they wish). • We can now accept photographs to help in • Providing for such a large number of patients in diagnosis. Please ask reception to send you a link a Covid secure manner has taken a lot of planning. if you would like to do this when you book your • The Beaconsfield cricket club has kindly allowed telephone appointment. us to use their site and we will be inviting the • We can arrange a video consultation, so if you majority of our patients to attend there. would prefer this please let the doctor know • Eligible patients will be invited by letter which when they call you. will contain a bar code. Please look out for your • ‘Ask NHS’ is an online triage and advice tool letter and only attend the flu clinic when you have which you can access via our website. You can received an invitation. also make a telephone appointment with the • The most vulnerable patients will be invited first surgery through this site if required. as per NHS England guidelines www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 11
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Village Voice October/November 2020 CHURCH NEWS One of the hardest things about the lockdown for me and the life of our Parishes has been the uncertainty. So, we do know that we will have a memorial service for those who have lost loved ones on All Saints Day (1st November) and we Holy Trinity & St Margaret's will celebrate Remembrance Sunday the We have been running an 8am Prayer Book following week (8th November) but the timing Communion service at Holy Trinity and a and form of both those services is dependent contemporary Morning Prayer at 10am at St upon the Government guidelines at the time. Margaret’s, with Communion once a month. It Details will be posted on our website www. has been a real joy to meet with those who are holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk as soon as we able to come and it does feel like a moment of know what we will be able to do. normality in otherwise strange times. I am aware of many who are finding the Of course our ‘on line’ audio services current restrictions are deeply affecting their continue each week. They are recorded earlier mental and spiritual health. I do encourage you in the week so usually go on the website on to be as open and honest with those you trust Friday or Saturday. I know many people who about how you are feeling (they may understand enjoy the on line services and some who have better than you expect) and all of the staff at even confessed they like them more than ‘real’ Holy Trinity and St Margaret’s are available for church! I think that may have more to do with you to ring and chat. Ultimately, of course, we listening in bed with a cup of tea. Our on line have a God who when he was here on earth in services will continue for the foreseeable future. Jesus Christ spent a disproportionate amount of After the Sunday services, the churches are his time with the outcast and the lonely. He shut for Monday and Tuesday to give the 72 understands. Blessings, Revd Mike Bisset, www. hours necessary for any infection to ‘time out’. holytrinityand stmargartes.co.uk We have had to cancel our Harvest Supper at the Village Hall at the end of September as there Penn Free Methodist Church is no way that 150 people squeezed in for an All are welcome to our services at the church on evening of food and entertainment was ever Sunday mornings at 11am and in the evening at going to work with the current restrictions. 6.30pm. Please also come along to our midweek However, our Harvest Sunday service will prayer meeting and Bible Study happen on 4th October and we will be receiving on Wednesdays at 8pm. Those gifts of tins and anything that lasts (ie non- with special health perishable items) which will go to Wycombe vulnerabilities can join virtually Women’s Aid. We know this service is popular on Zoom - please email revps@ with young people so we will start at 9.30am icloud.com for the link. that week with a short 20 minute Harvest On Sunday November 8th at 10:45am there Celebration in St Margaret’s especially for will be a special Service of Remembrance to them. We will be well finished by 10am when commemorate before God those who have the normal service will start. If you are not able fallen in war in the service of our nation. to bring gifts on the Sunday then you may leave Details of our open air preaching work can be them in the porch of either Holy Trinity or St found on www.facebook.com/britainsonlyhope . Margaret’s from the Wednesday. As a church we consider it vital to go into the Both churches are open for private prayer public squares and high streets to declare the from Wednesday to Saturday from 9am to message of salvation to so many who are mid-afternoon. oblivious of their great need. www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 13
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Village Voice October/November 2020 Such open air activity is part of longstanding re-opening the church whilst adhering to historical tradition in this country. In the mid Covid19 regulations. We have undertaken risk and latter decades of the 18th century, eg, under assessments and taken necessary precautions. the open air preaching of men such as John Now we are back! Wesley and George Whitefield, even secular This first Sunday approximately 75% of our historians are prepared to acknowledge that this usual congregation came to worship under safe public proclamation of the gospel, as it distancing rules. The service was well-led by transformed the lives of so many ordinary folk Leslie Hatten, one of our senior local preachers up and down the land, helped to save Britain and was conducted in compliance with Covid from being enveloped in a violent revolution rules with no singing and with our faces such as occurred in France in 1789. covered. But what we were able to do was to A selection of audio sermons delivered at the worship God together. This we will do every church can be found on www.soundcloud.com/ Sunday at 10.45am unless circumstances force a penn-free-methodists. stricter lockdown. Meanwhile our thoughts and The church also has a Youtube channel with prayers are with all who are trying to get back to videos of various expositions of God’s word on some state of changed normality. Take care and it. Please go yo www.youtube.com and type in God bless! Peter Stevens, Senior Church Steward Pastor Peter Simpson Penn For any queries about the Christian faith and Neighbour of the Year Award the Biblical approach to the great issues of our 2020 Now Open time, please email me at revps@icloud.com. Dear Neighbourhood Watch supporters, Pastor Peter Simpson, www.realchristianity.org Why not nominate a neighbour that goes above and beyond for your community for the Neighbour of the Year Award 2020 run by Co-op Tylers Green Methodist Church Insurance and Neighbourhood Watch. Open at last! I write these notes the day after the For the third year running, we’re excited to Methodist Church reopened for public worship launch the nationwide search to find and on Sunday 6th September. The long months of celebrate some of the UK’s best neighbours. waiting are over. The previous six months had Our members have told us that to be a great been months when all our lives had changed and neighbour people share some clear qualities: a church life was not excluded. willingness to look out for others; being sociable and friendly; offering practical help; We had to get used to being church in and being kind, caring and respectful. different ways. We had to constantly remind In addition to our Neighbour of the Year Award, ourselves that the church is not defined by the this year we have a brand-new category, buildings in which we meet but by the great Co-op’s Young Neighbour of the Year. This family of faith and the fellowship we share award will celebrate someone aged 18-24 who together in different ways. Yes, we have had has gone above and beyond to help enhance streamed services on Sundays across the High their community and has brought people, young and old, together. Nominations are Wycombe Circuit. We have been specially now open. If you’ve got someone who ticks all blessed that we have had a BBC sound engineer these boxes and more in either category, tell us in the Circuit to produce services of true all about them and how they go above and broadcast quality. We have met by Zoom to beyond. Go to www.smartsurvey.co.uk/ pray and to study the Bible on many occasions Neighbouroftheyear2020 to be taken to our as well as to conduct necessary church business. nomination form, where you can share your We have telephoned or ‘door-step’ visited those stories of great neighbourly activities and acts of kindness. The deadline to nominate is 27th who do not go online. We have surveyed October 2020. worshippers to find out how they feel about www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 15
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Village Voice October/November 2020 commonwoodvolunteer@gmail.com WOODLAND We have to remind everyone that foraging requires permission and contrary to a report & GREEN SPACES elsewhere we have always held this position. Last year and this year we put up notices telling wood users that fungi picking is prohibited The cows are back in Farther Barn Field. This primarily because groups of people were time we have four females and their names are coming into the wood and stripping large Doris, Flower, Connie, Hoopoo. They are quantities of wild fungi. This is bad for the British White cattle and owned by Burnham ecology and illegal, particularly if they sell on. Beeches. Some of these cattle reside at Odds Generally we tolerate a small amount being Farm so they may be familiar. They are taken by an individual extremely docile and are kept purely for but when it gets to conservation grazing. By using cattle to graze large scale we have to off the field we hope to promote the growth of enforce the rules. the wild flower population. Their hooves open As we head into up the surface to help seed germination. British the autumn hopefully Whites are one of the oldest breeds in Britain you can enjoy the and classed as a rare breed. These four will be rich changes in leaf with us until mid October. If you do go down to colours. Mike Morley see them please ensure the gates are shut. To prepare for the cows we had weekly work parties on Tuesday mornings to clear Wild Parsnip and latterly Ragwort. Wild Parsnip because of the damage the sap can do to people’s’ skin and Ragwort because of horse grazing in a neighbouring field which is a legal requirement. I have to thank all the volunteers who turned out to help with this large task over the summer. By removing these pernicious plants we stop seeding and hopefully reduce the population over time. We have started holding our winter work parties. The first on September 5th/6th cleared the drainage grips beside the Rushmoor Path and cut back the vegetation on the sides of paths at the north end of the Wood. The planned dates for future work parties are October 3rd & 4th, November 7th & 8th, December 5th & 6th, January 2nd & 3rd, February 6th & 7th, March 6th & 7th, April 10th & 11th. We depend on volunteer help for many of the simpler tasks so if you could give a couple of hours to help us one weekend it would be greatly appreciated. Email www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 17
Village Voice October/November 2020 SCHOOLS NEWS ROUND UP Tylers Green Middle School Dear VV Readers, I am delighted that the Autumn term has begun so smoothly as we invited all of the pupils back on a full time basis. It is certainly super to see our pupils and how settled they are in school. Our new Year 3 pupils had an extra morning on Wednesday 2nd September so that they could have a tailor-made induction to the Middle School. Normally we would have invited them in to spend at least one day with us during the summer term. Alas, the each other from one day to the next! I appreciate restrictions meant this was not possible. that the new timings for the beginning and end We have had to put in a variety of measures of the day have meant lots of juggling around to ensure that the school complies with the DFE for parents in the village to make sure they meet guidelines. These include a staggered start, one their children at the correct time. way system, routines for handwashing and Year The famous Tylers Green Bear has been group bubbles. It has worked so well that the reintroduced as we have relaunched the Bear children in each bubble (and staff) do not see Necessities. At the time of writing Year 4 have been winners and the bear has spent a fortnight in the Year 4 bubble. As part of the school behaviour policy, the Bear Necessities is a class reward system and supports outstanding behaviour and collective responsibility from everyone. We have also reintroduced the green cards and will be awarding badges as part of the Friday Achievements Assembly, which is delivered virtually! Over the summer we had lockers installed for all of our pupils which was kindly funded by the Friends of Tylers Green Middle School . Everyone is very pleased with this and I must admit the cloakrooms are so much tidier and there is less lost property! As the Autumn Term progresses, we hope that the school can begin to return to normal or whatever normal is! Vanessa Pinkney, Headteacher Tylers Green First School The children at the heart of the School, the School at the heart of the Village 18 www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice October/November 2020 The children in Year 1 and 2 had a super start and play before school, and then have a super to the school year on the 3rd September. The programme of activities after school – including teachers had been working hard in school to activities in our woodland. The children who prepare the classrooms ready for the children to have attended so far have loved it! Jude Talbot. come back and it was worth it to see how Headteacher excited the children were to see all of their friends again. The Village Pre-school Our new additions to the Tylers Green First We’re back to something of the old normal and School Family have joined us in Reception with keeping everything crossed that it will last. The an extended transition period to support them as children, parents and staff are all delighted that some of the children have not been able to go to we are open again. nursery for a long time. The children have Afternoon activities have also resumed. We started off with visits to the school in small are pleased to be able to continue working with groups before eventually starting full time on Romar Sports, Dinky Dancers, Playball and to the 21st September. We have had new furniture welcome back Heddi from Kiddleydivey. These delivered for our Reception classrooms so their sessions which run in the afternoons between rooms are looking bright and colourful. 1.15 and 2pm allow the children the opportunity We’ve invested in a new phonics scheme for to take part in activities that would perhaps be the children – it’s called Bug Club Phonics and cost or time prohibitive if not included within it’s a fun and interactive way for the children to the Pre-school day. learn using games, videos and online books. While there are no other users of the building Children have their own login to the secure (with the exception of Church services on a website which they can access at home to Sunday, which are limited to the Sanctuary at practice their sounds and read the books set by the moment), we have minimum setting up each the teacher. It’s already made a difference as the day and are therefore, for the time-being, able to children are very enthusiastic about their offer a limited amount of earlier start times for phonics lessons! parents needing to get off to work. We are very pleased that our parents have Now that schools and pre-schools are back been able to order packed lunches from our and children are mixing in wider circles, the school meal supplier from September. The inevitable colds and sniffles have begun again. children have enjoyed tucking in to a healthy There is some (understandable) confusion about balanced meal and it saves time and money for whether children can attend and whether they busy parents. There’s sometimes even a need to have a test if they have sore throats and/ gingerbread man! We hope our hot meals or runny noses; these are NOT Covid-19 service will resume in the next half term – if the symptoms. The Royal College of Paediatrics guidance allows. After lunch our children have a and Child Health (RCPCH) in agreement with great time on the playground or field playing current Public Health England (PHE) guidance, with their friends within their year group. We’ve states that ‘We believe that children with simple been looking for lunchtime staff for a while now cold symptoms such as coryzal symptoms – if anyone would like to apply to supervise and (runny noses) or sore throats without fever who play with the children at lunchtime please get in would normally have attended schools in other touch! All of our vacancies are advertised on times should not be tested for Covid-19.’ our website. Symptoms that require a test are: Our new wrap-around childcare provided by • A new continuous cough Little Oaks @ Tylers Green is now up and • Fever/high temperature running. The children have a healthy breakfast • Loss of, or change in, sense of smell or taste www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 19
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Village Voice October/November 2020 The RCPCH also state that ‘in addition to testing, it is also important that parents keep Dear VV, I am looking ahead to the Christmas period children at home when they are unwell and (yes, already!) and would like to invite VV children are actively encouraged to follow good readers to contribute to 'Operation Christmas hygiene measures.’ Child 2020'. For many years St Margarets and We would like to thank the Methodist Church Holy Trinity have joined "Operation Christmas Child" and collected shoeboxes with gifts in for for being so accommodating to us during the children in over 130 poorer countries. phased return to full use of the building by all I have been the coordinator for this at St users. Thank you also to the Village Voice, the Margarets. This year the scheme (run by the residents of Penn & Tylers Green and the wider Samaritans) is still going ahead but with all the uncertainty associated with covid and social community for your continued support. distancing I thought that it might be nice to We are unsure of our calendar of events for invite the whole village to contribute to this the remainder of this year but hope we will be year's collection. Anyone who feels they are able to enjoy a variety of activities to celebrate able to fill a shoebox, are invited to drop them off to my house, (we have a covered porch so such things as Halloween, Bonfire Night, shoeboxes can be dropped off, avoiding any Remembrance Day and of course Christmas. need for contact. The filled shoeboxes do not Take care and keep safe! Nicky Lovegrove (Manager) need to be complex or expensive, so might include - a pack of pencils, and a colouring Little Oaks Nurseries book, a bouncy ball, a hat, a bar of soap and a flannel. (Please note that due to customs there Some things don’t change… and we’re grateful are restrictions on things like toothpaste, In a year that no one expected, the start of a liquids etc). Shoe boxes will need to be at my new school year promised some sense of house by 6th November. Best wishes, Emma Byrne normality, along with optimism and joy. And so Operation Christmas Child 2020 the children in their slightly-too-big uniforms Packing a shoebox: start to arrive, a little nervous at first but bursting • Get an empty medium sized shoe box and wrap the box and lid separately in colourful with energy and excitement by mid-morning, wrapping paper sharing tales of home and family. By mid • Label the top of your box, is it for a BOY or a afternoon there’s a little wilting but still enough GIRL and add the age range 2-4years, 5-9 years enthusiasm to run out into the arms of their or 10-14 years • Fill your showbox with a selection of fun toys, expectant parents, beaming. It’s autumn!! hygiene items and school supplies Opening our nursery and wraparound care at TOYS - toy doll, stuffed animal/toy, finger Tylers Green First School has taken months of puppets, slinky, skipping rope, playdough and planning and plenty of behind-the-scenes action. plastic cutters, musical instruments like a harmonica, small bouncy ball, small bag etc. Now we are fully open and it feels as though HYGIENE – comb, hairbrush, hair ties/bands, we’ve been here forever. Likewise, moving our bars of soap, flannel, toothbrush, plastic cup, younger children back to the Parish Rooms has plate, bowl, water bottle, bracelets, sunglasses, felt like coming home, whilst our lovely nursery hats, scarf, mittens, socks etc. SCHOOL – pencils, ruler, rubber, pencil case, at Forty Green goes from strength to strength. crayons, felt tips, colouring pencils, colouring Virtual tours of all our sites can now be books/pads, puzzle books, picture books, viewed by visiting our website: www.little-oaks. notebooks, sellotape, glue stick, paint set, org and we’re taking booking for 2021. brushes, paper etc. Please do not include any liquids, including In the meantime, we’ll enjoy the last few days toothpaste, or any food, including sweets of summer weather – by the time you read this If you would like to track your shoebox or make we may be talking cardigans and central a donation please visit: https://www.samaritans- heating! Ruthie Pocock, Principal, 07881 737149, www. purse.org.uk/what-we-do/follow-your-box- donation little-oaks.org www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 21
Village Voice October/November 2020 SPORTS red / orange ball tennis. Once this work is finished, we can be proud to have such a fantastic local facility in our village. Many NEWS ROUND UP visiting clubs comment on what a wonderful setting we have. NEW MEMBERS - From October you are P&TG Lawn Tennis Club able to pay half price fees for the remaining 6 months of our annual membership. For the half year, adult membership is just £69 and junior membership starting from £17.25. Full annual membership then renews in April 2021. Please visit our website at www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/ PennTennis or email ptgtennisclub@gmail.com for more information. Kate Noble Editor: Happy 60th Birthday to all at the Tennis Club and thank you for your contributions over the years. P&TG Cricket Club Firstly, everyone at P&TG Cricket Club would like to congratulate all at the Village Voice on the production of their 200th edition. We know how much dedication and hard work goes into Penn & Tylers Green Tennis Club wish the the creation of each month’s copy but we also Village Voice a very happy 200th Edition. We know the satisfaction that it brings. are also celebrating our 60th birthday this year, 2020 has been like no other year but as far as our club was formed on 7th November 1960 at the cricket season is concerned, “we got there in an open meeting at the Horse & Groom (now the end”. Once lockdown restrictions were the Horse & Jockey) which was attended by 34 eased sufficiently to allow recreational cricket to people and was first called Tylers Green & be played, the season burned extremely brightly. District Lawn Tennis Club. Planning for any It has been noticeable that the lockdown kind of celebration is tricky with the current, helped people to really appreciate the things that changeable COVID situation, but we hope to be they take for granted in normal years and for able to mark this important landmark in some many, the joy of playing cricket is one of them. way… watch this space! Just being able to get out in the fresh air and We can now reflect on a strangely successful play the game was such a relief when the time summer. Since re-opening the courts we have finally arrived in late-July. gradually returned to ‘normal’ tennis (distanced, Winning and losing has just not seemed so and sanitized, of course) and have happily important this summer…which is no bad thing welcomed lots of new members to the club. Neil for our 2nd Xi whose season was marked by a has been really busy with adult and junior lot of the latter and an absence of the former. coaching and it is great to see the club so busy. But while the players may have been found Looking forward, we are planning to upgrade wanting in cricketing skills, they certainly made the surface of Court 4 to the same Tiger Turf as up for it in team spirit and there was not a single the three main courts, and the mini court is game played that was not tremendous fun for all being repainted too for those just starting with that took part. OK, so maybe getting whacked 22 www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice October/November 2020 also the MIND charity that benefited from the fundraising activities that took place on the day. None of this would have been possible without the tireless work put in on the Ground by Chris Judge and his band of willing volunteers who have performed miracles to get the place ready for cricket this year, in the absence of our regular groundsman. Finally, we held an end-of-season awards ceremony after the final League matches with the winners listed below: for 300 in 40 1st XI Player of the Season: Chris Mason, overs away at 2nd XI Player of the Season: Mark Woolley, Hurley wasn’t so Chairman’s award: Henry Barber and Kenzie much fun but it Christopherson, Young Player: Lochie was soon Christopherson. forgotten. If you are interested in playing cricket By contrast, yourself next season or on behalf of your sons the 1st XI or daughters, you can get in touch with either enjoyed a far more successful season. Our 2020 Nick Barber at nick.barber@sjpp.co.uk (adults) side has been an incredibly young team, packed or ptgcccolts@gmail.com (juniors). Jon Wilson, with teenagers who have come up through our jon2wilson@gmail.com successful Colts section. The season started with a very narrow loss to the ultimate league P&TG Football Club winners Knotty Green but wins over Pinkneys It has been an eventful few months for the club, Green, Hurley and Bourne End followed before and we are incredibly excited that not only a spectacular tied match was salvaged against could we return to competitive football, but Denham. A couple of defeats to Coleshill and following small scale test events we could also Monks Risborough at end the season did not welcome back a limited number of supporters! dampen the enthusiasm and encouragement that The club have extensive Covid-19 risk has greeted the progression of our young assessments in place, which are in agreement players who will be even better in 2021. with FA and government guidelines. In fact our Player availability was notably up in 2020, hygiene and set up goes beyond government perhaps driven by lack of family holidays. guidelines and are already considered to be Whatever the reason, we were able to add doing far more than most facilities in the area, several evening T20 matches against local rivals with a fully functioning cleaning and track and and also fielded a Sunday side for the first time trace system in place, which allows us to have in a number of years. up to 300 paying supporters in the ground on Highlights of the season included spin-king first team match days. We welcome our Mark Woolley’s incredible 6-for-35 bowling neighbours to read FA & government guidelines spell in a losing cause against Holyport and the so they don't continue to use police and return of the annual 6-a-side Tournament on the taxpayers resources going forward. Bank Holiday weekend in August which was We had a historic start to the season at the planned and organized by two of our teenagers: club. On Tuesday 15th September we hosted Henry Barber and Kenzie Christopherson. our first league game of the season under Victors on the day were Team Super-Heroes but floodlights vs Abingdon Town. Its been a long www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk 23
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