Akeley
Sherri Holland 01280 860486

WEBSITE: YOU can keep up-to-date with what's been happening in the village and find out what is planned for the next few weeks by visiting the parish council's website on www.akeleyparishcouncil.gov.uk.

Chackmore
Jennifer Beckett 01280 813448

PARISH COUNCIL: THE Annual Parish meeting of Radclive-cum-Chackmore Parish Council will be held next Tuesday, March 31, in the parish hall commencing at 7.30pm.
Refreshments will be available prior to the meeting.
The parish council now has a website – www.radclivecumchackmore.org.uk.
They would welcome your comments and items for inclusion.
MUSIC ON A SUMMERS EVENING: A FUNDRAISING concert in support of the 'fabric' of the church.
This event is being held on Saturday, June 13 at 7.30pm in St John the Evangelist Church in Radclive. Tickets will be £7.50. More details later.

Deanshanger
Jennie Dott 01908 564725

DISPLAY OF PLANS: COME and see the proposals for the new burial ground, public open space and two new dwellings in Church Lane at Deanshanger Community Centre, Little London, Deanshanger tomorrow, Saturday, from 10am until noon.
DAY CENTRE SPRING FAYRE: THIS is being held at the community centre, Little London, on Thursday, April 2 from 10am until noon.
There will be a variety of stalls including cakes, tombola, bric-a-brac, stationery, jewellery, and an Easter-themed stall. It will be a great morning and is for a great cause.
The day centre is run by volunteers to give elderly people of Deanshanger, Old Stratford and Wicken a place to meet each other, play games, enjoy a lovely lunch, freshly cooked for them, and to get out and see other people. It is held every Thursday (with very few exceptions) throughout the year. This event is to raise funds for the day centre.
DROP IN: ON the first Friday of every month there is Drop-in at Deanshanger Methodist Chapel.
This is held as an opportunity for people to meet up with others, make new friends and to enjoy having lunch together.
Lunch is served from noon but if you don't want lunch you can come just for coffee, tea and a chat if you like. If you've never been before, why not come along and see what it's like.
Drop-in this month is on Friday, April 3.

Gawcott
Susanne Winterbottom
01280 821079

RACE NIGHT: TOMORROW, Saturday, Roundwood School is holding a Race Night in Tingewick Village Hall.
Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Tickets are £7 and include food.
All bets only £1. There will be a licensed bar.
For more information or tickets please contact Alison 01280 847774 (Tingewick) or Beverley 01280 815745 (Gawcott).

Great Horwood
Patricia Rudkin 01296 712930

THAMES VALLEY COMMUNITY: BUCKINGHAM South neighbourhood policing team and Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) are holding a youth event in April where young people can get careers advice and information on sporting, leisure and voluntary activities.
Young people from Winslow and surrounding villages are invited to attend the event on Saturday, April 25, at the Winslow Centre.
There, they will receive information and advice on a wide range of careers, after-school activities, volunteering groups and much more.
People can also take part in a number of activities on the day, including a mobile skate park, a climbing wall, an 'i-van' (where ringtones can be created and downloaded to your phones), learn to DJ, various sporting activities, pottery-making and even a mobile bell tower to learn bell ringing.
More than 70 different organisations, groups and charities have so far confirmed their attendance at the event.
These include the emergency services, the armed forces, the motor engineering industry, agriculture, music and arts, hospitality, construction and hair and beauty.
Voluntary organisations attending include St John Ambulance, Red Cross, Macmillan Cancer Support, Royal British Legion, Guides/Scouts, Youth Café, Youth Club and Duke of Edinburgh Award, to name just a few.
Staff from youth careers service Connexions will be on hand to give advice and specialists on CV preparation and interview skills will be there to give guidance.
As well as showing some aspects of a career in the emergency services, Thames Valley Police, Bucks Fire and Rescue Service and Central Bucks Ambulance will be staging a medical emergency to give an insight into consequences of dangerous driving.
Food and refreshments are available, including a hog roast.
The event will run between 11am and 6pm, concluding with a live band who will be available all day to talk to young people who want to know more about the music industry. For further information about the event, please contact PCSO Wendy Taylor via the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505.
YOGA: THESE lessons are no longer held at the village hall. Contact Sarah on 01525 372136 for more information.
VILLAGE HALL: THE management committee is looking for a new chairperson as Jeannie Marshall, who has occupied this position for a number of years, wants to retire. Contact Jeannie for more information on 01296 713727.
EASTER LILIES: IF you would like to purchase a lily in memory of a loved one, please add their name to the list at the back of the church.
The lilies will decorate the church at Easter and all names on the list will be displayed at the front of the church.
The cost is £2 per lily or £5 for 3 and you can pay Sue Brazier, 17 The Close, or June Margerrison, 5 Wigwell Gardens. Closing date April 1, so lilies can be ordered in good time for Easter.
LENT LUNCHES 2009: Lent lunches will be served every Wednesday during Lent, from noon until 2pm at Great Horwood Village Hall.
All we ask of you is that you enjoy the fellowship and make a small donation for the lunch.
Monica Gilbey, Church Warden St James Church.
CRICKET AT THE NETS: THESE sessions are on Friday nights from 7pm to 8.30pm at Stowe School.
The facilities here are the best in the area and these sessions are open to senior men, under-15s and ladies.
The under-12s and below will be having practice sessions on Fridays from 7pm to 8.30pm at Kingsbrook Specialist Business and Enterprise College, Deanshanger.
These sessions will be led by our ECB-qualified coaches and will be run until April 3 (this includes the senior sessions).
If you are interested in attending these sessions contact Gary Lee, Hon Secretary, Great Horwood Cricket Club on 01296 712772, email garymlee1@hotmail.com. The website for the club is www.greathorwoodcc.com.
WI NEWS: WE enjoyed an audio visual trip around our beautiful countryside with Geoff Burnett, our speaker for the evening.
Two cameras were played simultaneously accompanied by music and for an hour or so we forgot the dismal weather conditions outside.
Five of our members are about to attend our training college in Oxfordshire to learn new skills, courtesy of a lottery grant.
Why not come along to our next meeting, which is always held on the second Tuesday in the month; we welcome visitors.
In April we are having a fundraising dinner to be held in the Cricket Pavilion, but this meeting will be on the third Tuesday in the month to avoid Easter. The meal is home cooking, all the trimmings including wine and the cost is £10 for members and £12 for guests. For further details contact Jeannie Marshall on 01296 713727.
SUMMER BALL: THIS year it will be held on Saturday, July 4 in Great Horwood School Hall.
For tickets contact June Margerrison on 01296 714554 or David Brazier on 01296 714712. It promises to be a great event!

Lillingstone Lovell
Jennifer Metcalfe 01280 860214

FROCKSWAP: REVAMP your wardrobe for just £5!
A frock swap will be held at Lillingstone Lovell Village Hall on Saturday, April 18 from noon until 6pm.
Just bring along good quality nearly new clothes - evening and daywear or accessories and swap them for others.
Tickets are just £5 and you will get swap vouchers for every item bought.
Please bring clothes on the morning of event if you can, this will help us avoid the rush and get you registered early.
Refreshments will also be available and you can enjoy a stroll around the picturesque village .
Also, there will be Ruby Rocks designer clothes available at great prices.
Towards the end of the day there will be a clothes sale and any unwanted items will go to Willen Hospice.
For further enquiries go to www.frockswap.net or email info@frockswap.net.
Contact Verity on 01280 860014 for more details.

Little Horwood
Chrissie Beckett 01296 712436

LITTER BLITZ: WHAT an amazing turn-out on such a glorious sunny morning!
Thanks to all the adults and children who came along to give a hand in clearing our village of rubbish and litter abandoned along roadsides and in ditches.
There were fewer tyres this year but we did have to release a computer monitor from a hedge and found enough car parts to build a new one!
The sad note is that the day after, new litter had to be retrieved along Mursley Road and Wood End.
BREAKFAST: THANK you to the organisers and congratulations to all the teenagers and young people who worked so hard to provide cooked breakfast in Mursley Village Hall last Saturday for 150 people!
You are a credit to your villages as well as to your parents.
The breakfast and service was excellent and well done on raising over £500 for Helen and Douglas House Hospice.
CHURCH CLEAN: SOME of the usual gang of stalwarts who turn up each year for the church clean are sunning themselves in better climes so it would be great to see new faces tomorrow, Saturday, from 10am onwards in the church. There are jobs for everyone.
Tea and coffee will be in constant flow so why not bring a picnic and join us in the fun?
If you prefer to be outside, there are opportunities to develop skills in clearing the churchyard too!
Many hands make light work so please give your support if you have a free hour or two.
CHILDREN'S SOCIETY BOXES: IF you have a Children's Society box please return it to me as soon as possible.
If anyone is interested in having a box in which to collect their pennies for this worthy cause, please contact me in the first instance. Thank you.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29: THE United Benefice Service will be held in our church at 11am.
You will find a friendly welcome awaiting you so come alone or with your family. If you have a CMS box please bring it with you.
A speaker from the Christian Missionary Society will be giving a talk about the work they do.
COFFEE MORNING: A BRING and Buy Coffee Morning will be held during Post Office hours on Tuesday, from 10.15am until noon, in aid of the church.
Please come along with your children and support your village.
Goods and groceries can be ordered from Swanbourne stores for delivery on the morning at the Memorial Hall.
Facilities are available for collecting pensions, posting parcels, letters, getting cash, topping up phones and much more.
Please use your local post office because otherwise we may lose it and it is a vital link in helping the elderly keep their independence!

Padbury
Sue Wrigley
01280 814199

ST MARY'S COFFEE MORNING: I AM having a coffee morning in aid of St Mary's Church at my house, The Well House, Lower Way, Padbury, today, Friday, from 10.30am.
Do come and sample the delicious homemade cakes and there will of course be a raffle. Everybody is more than welcome.
TENNIS CLUB: THE Tennis Club is having a club weekend next Saturday and Sunday, April 4/5 at the Recreation Ground at Springfields.
It will also be open to prospective members, so if you are thinking of joining, this will be an ideal opportunity to find out more about the club.
Please contact Sarah Morris, the secretary, on 01280 816262 for more information and also for details of their Strictly Come Dancing evening on Saturday, April 25.
AVON COSMETICS BREAST CANCER CHARITIES COFFEE MORNING AND RAFFLE: SUE Paxton is holding a coffee morning in conjunction with Avon Cosmetics in aid of UK Breast Cancer Charities, next Saturday, April 4 from 10am to noon at Wayside Cottage, Winslow Road, Padbury.
Proceeds from the sale of refreshments and the raffle will be donated to the charities.
Avon has been raising money for UK Breast Cancer Charities since 1992 so bring a friend and help support this very worthy cause.
If you would like to contact Sue, please telephone her on 01280 815289.
'SANDS' FASHION SHOW: ELSPETH Parkhouse would like to thank all who supported the Buckingham Ladies Circle Fashion Show a couple of weeks ago.
They raised £600.75 for SANDS (Still & Neo-natal Death Syndrome) as a result of selling more than 100 tickets, plus a contribution from The Katwalk Company's takings and the raffle - a fantastic total.
They are hoping to do another show next year so watch this space for details in due course.
PALM SUNDAY DONKEY SEARCH: DOES anyone out there own a docile donkey whose owner might permit him or her to walk up Main Street in Padbury as part of a small procession from the War Memorial to St Mary's Church on Palm Sunday, April 5, in time for the 11am service?
Please give me a ring if you may be able to help.
Please note that possible handlers are experienced in dealing with horses if not actually donkeys!
EASTER LILIES: IF you wish to donate an Easter lily in memory of a loved one as part of the decoration of St Mary's at Easter, please give the names and your donation to Jenny Shields (01280 814474) or Grace Tearle (01280 813600) before April 3.
AGAPE SUPPER: THE popular Benefice Agape Supper will take place once again in St Mary's, Padbury, on Maundy Thursday, April 9.
Those who have been before will know that this is a simple meal in commemoration of the Last Supper, in the upper room.
Good food and good company but places are limited, so please give your names to Jenny Shields (01280 814474) as soon as possible.
GOOD FRIDAY CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP: ARRANGEMENTS are now being made for the annual Good Friday Workshop for children of four years and over.
The older ones not only learn themselves but are able to help with the younger ones, so are especially welcome.
The outline plan is the same as in previous years although the activities will be different and the venue will once again be Adstock church and village hall.
The day will start at 10am with a short act of worship and then activities will take place until lunch at 12.30pm.
Each child is asked to bring a plate of something to share but drinks will be provided.
At around 2.30pm the activities will finish so that everyone can gather in Adstock church for the Good Friday Family Service at 3pm and afterwards there will be tea and hot cross buns in the village hall.
If you have children who wish to take part, please contact Jenny Shields (01280 814474) as soon as possible.
Any offers of help for all or part of the day would of course be much appreciated.
LENT LUNCHES: THE Lent lunches are still happening in St Mary's church every Thursday up to Easter from noon.
There is a choice of homemade soups plus fresh bread, with a cup of tea or coffee to finish, all for a donation which goes to charity.
BINGO & 100 PLUS CLUB: THE 100+ Club's Cheese & Wine evening made a grand total of £253.
Many thanks to everyone who came and obviously enjoyed the evening.
Shirley Lafford has decided to take a bit more of a back seat in the organisation of the 100+ Club so, as it is now time to renew your subscription, please contact either Jean Stutchbury on 01280 822109 or Carol Bloxham on 01280 812067 (who have very kindly agreed to keep things going) if you would like to stay in the 100+ club.
Bingo is in the village hall tonight, Friday, and then again next week, April 3, as there will be no bingo on Good Friday.

Steeple Claydon
Isobel Ashford 01296 730648

METHODIST CHAPEL: SUPPORT the Chapel at Steeple Claydon to hear the return of the popular Germains Male Voice Choir singing a varied programme including songs from the shows.
This event takes place tomorrow, Saturday at 7.30pm.
Admission is £6.50 and this includes a plate of refreshments.
To book call Lena on 01296 713026.

Tingewick
Joanna Brown 01280 847479

RACE NIGHT: ROUNDWOOD School will be holding a Race Night tomorrow, Saturday, in the village hall.
Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
Tickets £7 to include food are available from Alison (01280 847774) for Tingewick or Beverly (01280 815745) for Gawcott.
PLAY AROUND THE PARISHES: TEAMS of play workers, along with staff from the Sure Start Children's Centres, will be providing a range of play equipment and activities for one to 11 year olds, on Wednesday, April 8, from 2pm to 4.30pm at Roundwood School field on Main Street.
Activities will include art and crafts, sports and games, as well as bouncy castles and inflatables.
The events are free of charge and there is no need to book, just turn up on the day.
In the event of bad weather, it may be necessary to cancel the session.
Please note that parents must stay with their children and bring their own refreshments.
DIAMONDS CLUB: THE Tingewick Diamonds meet in the village hall on the first Wednesday of each month; they are due to meet on April 1 at 10.30am.
In addition, weather permitting, they go for a walk on the last Tuesday of the month(March 31); meet at 10.30am outside the village hall.
The walks are led by Will Litt and take approximately one and half hours, usually ending with a pub lunch.
Stout footwear is advisable.
Telephone Chris Carter on 01280 848291, Doll Lake on 01280 847015 or Carol Thurlby on 01280 848569 for more information.
MOBILE LIBRARY: THE mobile library will be in Stowe View from 3.20pm on Thursday, April 2.
EASTER CRAFT FAYRE: FOLLOWING on from last year's popular event, Tingewick Pre-school will be holding another Easter Craft Fayre tomorrow, Saturday, in the village hall, which runs from 2pm to 4pm.
Entry is free and there will be a small charge for each activity such as painting egg cups or making baskets, masks, and Easter cards.
There will also be homemade refreshments and an Easter Egg Raffle.
SPRING GARDEN COMPETITION: TINGEWICK and Water Stratford Horticultural Society are running their Spring Garden competition, this is an opportunity to show off all your hard work and it is open to members and non-members alike.
Judging will take place between 10.30am and 1pm on April 16, contact Pat Swinburne on 01280 847764 for entrance information.
VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT: IF you are interested in the history of Tingewick and its future development within the parish boundary, then come along to the village hall on Saturday, April 4, from 11.30am onwards.
It will be your opportunity to contribute and have your say in managing any future change.
POLICE CLINIC AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH: ON Monday, March 30, it is the regular police clinic at Tingewick village hall from 5pm to 6pm.
Come along to meet your local Community Support Officer, who will be available to discuss issues relating to our village and surrounding area.
Contact Mike Poole on 01280 847736 for more information.
The provision of the police clinic will be reviewed at the AGM on April 15 following a talk on identity fraud at 8pm.
PATH WALKING: THE annual survey of all the footpaths in the parish will be taking place on April 18.
If you can help by walking one (or more) of them, please come along to the Royal Oak at 10.30am for hot drinks and bacon butties before setting off. Any questions, please telephone Tim Poil on 01280 847354.

Thornborough
Chrissie Vernon 01280 813073

MINI MARKET: THE Mini Market will resume from tomorrow, Saturday, in church from 10am to noon and then on the last Saturday of each month.
Cakes, fresh organic vegetables, jams, marmalades and plants will be on sale.
MICHAELMAS FAYRE: ON Saturday, October 3, we are planning to hold a Michaelmas Fayre in church from 2pm to 4pm.
If you would like to book a stall telephone 01280 815591.

Twyford
Julia Cook
01296 738810

ST MARY'S CHURCH: EVENTS to look forward to are a teddy bear weekend in church on June 6/7.
Hopefully we will have lots of displays in church, plus a picnic following a special service.
There will be a bear treasure hunt and bear biscuits to decorate.
Look out for posters and flyers around the village.
On the afternoon of May 10 there will be a car treasure hunt, kindly organised by Nick and Joy Thorne.
In September we will be holding a fun run, so get into training now and be prepared.
TWYFORD C OF E SCHOOL: THE children have all been taking part in the Barnardos egg challenge where they had to care for an egg person for a week.
The eggs had to go everywhere the children went during the week.
The PTFA is holding its Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, April 3.
Future dates include Cream Teas on Friday, June 12 and Summer Sizzler on Friday, July 10.
The school are looking for a midday lunch supervisor to start after Easter, please contact the school for further information.
TWYFORD VILLAGE HALL: AFTER a very successful evening for St Patrick's Night raising £800 to be shared with the school, our next event is our May Day Fete on Monday, May 4. Look out for more details of competitions and events during the weekend. It is planned to hold an Art Evening on June 20.
CAFÉ CHURCH: ON Sunday, March 29, from 10.30am at the United Reformed Chapel. An invitation to All Age Worship in an informal setting – arrive for breakfast (coffee, croissants, cereals, fruit, etc) from 10.10am.

Westbury
Louise Evans 01280 706282

WI: LAST week's WI meeting in Westbury Pavilion proved to be an enjoyable evening with Jackie Maughan showing members and visitors how to make a 3D pop-up card for birthdays and anniversaries etc.
It is often surprising what hidden talents lie within us!
The next meeting which as usual will take place on the third Wednesday of the month will be a visit by Sally Hughes who will speak on what life is like as a Headteacher at St James and St John's Primary School in Chackmore.
Visitors are very welcome to attend
VILLAGE FETE: ADVANCE date for your diary that this year's village fete will take place on June 28. More news later.
BREAKFAST BRUNCH: A BREAKFAST Brunch, together with Easter Eggs for the children, will take place at the Pavilion on April 5.
Contact Jill and Ken Thurlow on 01280 841599 for more details.
WSCA COMMITTEE: WE are delighted to welcome several new members from the school site on to the committee. As always new members are very welcome.