June 2009 Archives

TWO Chilterns MPs met rail bosses this week to discuss their concerns about a high speed rail link running through the district.
Great Missenden MP David Lidlington and Amersham and Chesham MP Cheryl Gillan met Sir David Rowland, chairman of High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2), on Monday (29/6).
HS2 has been set up by the government to plan a high speed rail link between London and west Midlands and will present a report outlining their preferred route at the end of year.
There have been fears that it will run through the Chilterns.

CHESHAM Fairtrade and Shed@ThePark have teamed up to launch a new CD to help celebrate both of their birthday's this month.
Priced at £2.99, tracks from the CD will be performed in the town, including a Fairtrade-themed song called Sow, throughout July.
On Saturday at 12pm the theatre group will be performing outside the United Reformed Church, in Chesham Broadway, before playing at the Drawingroom between 5pm and 6pm.

A FOUNDING member of The Beacon School was joined by other pupils past and present to celebrate a special reunion on Sunday.
Anthony King was one of five boys at the school when it opened in 1934 which is represented by its logo - a star with five points.
He was alongside 50 former pupils returned to the school, in Chesham Bois, which now has 400 pupils, who were given a tour by the year eight boys before sitting down for lunch.

A GROUP of successful minority ethnic women councillors held a motivational session in Amersham last week to help encourage others to enter public life.
The Government Equalities Office organised the event at the Chiltern District Council offices, in King George V Road, on Friday morning led by the only minority ethnic female CDC councillor Mimi Harker (Con) who has represented Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill since 1999.

FREE hand massages and Tai Chi demonstrations were just some of the things on offer at a special Health and Wellbeing day in Chesham last Friday.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (OBMH) hosted the event at the town hall which was attended by more than 80 members of the public.

AN ART teacher at Chesham Park Community College is laying down his paintbrushes and retiring after 37 years at the school.
Clive Ablett, 59, began his career at Cestreham Boys School in 1972 before it merged with Lowndes Girls's School in 1988 and took up its present form, in Chartridge Lane.
The father-of two, who both attended the college, is coming to the end of his final term and will clock off on his last teaching day on July 17.

CHILTERN District Council have insisted the conservation area in Chesham is safe despite it being placed on the English Heritage 'at risk' register last week.
Last Tuesday (23/6) Chesham town centre and old town were named in the first ever list of areas which were at risk of 'neglect, decay, and damaging change'.
All local authorities, including CDC, were sent questionnaires to complete about their conservation areas before the list was published.

A GROUP of friends jumped on their bikes for a country wide fundraising trip from Land's End to John O'Groats.
The trio - Doug Ramsey, 50, and Nick Tarling, 47, both of Brushwood Road, Chesham, and Pete Estelle - set off from the Cornish landmark on Friday, June 12, to raise money for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society.
The gruelling 10 day trip saw them cover 1,043 miles and passing through Somerset, Lancashire, and Northumberland before crossing into Scotland.

A RECYCLING message was delivered at Waterside Combined School last week as part of a county wide roadshow.
Bucks County Council and Quantum Theatre Company are currently touring 12 primary and infant schools with their 'Bin Raider' show.

This is a list of planning applications registered at Chiltern District Council this week.
All applications on this list, except Chiltern District Council's own applications, may be determined by the Head of Planning Services acting under delegated authority, unless the application is referred to the Planning Committee by one of Chiltern District Council's Members.
Representations should be made either in writing to the Head of Planning Services, Chiltern District Council, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AW or by e-mail to planning@chiltern.gov.uk.