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Spring 2009
Editorial Spring is upon us and it is time for anotherissue of Peppard News; how quickly pub-lication dates come around!
As always, we have a plentiful supply ofarticles from the many Clubs, Societies,Churches and Schools in our parish andthe surrounding areas. A lot of these arti-cles are too lengthy to include in full andhave colour photographs which we can’treproduce here. In the past, we have ed-ited these (not always with full approval),as a necessity in order to give you a widerange of articles to read. You will see in
Peppard News is a community newspaper publishedby Rotherfield Peppard PCC with financial supportfrom Peppard Parish Council, and is distributed freeto almost all households in the ecclesiastical andcivil parishes of Peppard. Views expressed are notnecessarily those of the PCC or RPPC unless statedas such.
Peppard News is also available by e-mail.
Issues: March, June, September & December
Editor: Susan Carter,Well Cottage, Kingwood Common, RG9 5NB.
e-mail: [email protected]
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this issue that some of the articles areshort, with the full article being avail-able on our website.
You may or may not like this approach,so PLEASE let us have your feedback,we really do want to hear from you, ourreaders and contributors.
We also try to give a full list of up andcoming events and activities as well asany village news. Please do have alook.
Susan Carter Editor
6 Years On …During the spring of 2003 the campaign tosave The Unicorn from extinction was infull flow. Even the Prince of Wales, withhis own interests in preserving rural life,supported it. Boris Johnson (our then MP)helped enormously by getting activelyinvolved, visiting the pub and havingmeetings with Brakspears and conse-quently creating lots of publicity.
When Tim and Steve took over in August2003 they were determined to make a suc-cess of it – if only to prove Brakspearswrong! They changed the décor through-out, created a comfortable seating areaaround the fireplace and modernised thebar area.
Their pub has a broad appeal with custom-ers of all kinds and ages mixing easily atthe bar – just as it should be in any goodvillage pub. They serve English pub food,but stress that they are a pub not a restau-rant. The menu is changed regularly andthey try to respond to what people wantbut their restaurant business is not what
defines them. A couple of local, part-time staff help out at weekends butmostly it is Steve behind the bar withTim slaving away in the kitchen. Youare more than likely to be greeted by thesame person whenever you visit.
The Unicorn works hard to play a piv-otal role in the life of Peppard and be afocal point of the community. Tim andSteve host all the cricket club meetings,they have a darts team, a cribbage team,run quiz nights and are hoping to accom-modate a Book Club soon. The PeppardLunch Club has benefitted from Tim andSteve’s largesse by enjoying theirChristmas lunches at the pub and there isa place on the bar for local charityboxes.
The presence of several gastro-pubs inthe area has not affected their businessat all – on the contrary, it seems thatmany people in the village and nearbyvillages who want to go along to a pubto socialise with like-minded friendlypeople now go to The Unicorn whenperhaps they didn’t before.
To what do they attribute the secret oftheir success? ‘Charm and modesty’said Tim with tongue-in-cheek. Mainlythey believe it’s because they workhard to be compatible with their cus-tomers: the pub is a reflection of them.
While we see pub closures all around us,one thing seems to be for sure and that isthat the campaign was successful andThe Unicorn will continue to give Pep-pard what it wants – a friendly local pub,where you can turn up in your walkingboots for just a drink or you can sit downto dinner with friends.
Rita Hadgkiss
Congratulations … … to Mrs Mollie Walker on her 100th
birthday on 5th February. She came toPeppard in 1923 and married John Walkerin 1931 at Peppard Church. She thenmoved to Kingwood and has lived inKingwood ever since.
During the war she was Billeting Officerfor the area, finding accommodation forrefugees and helped at Kingwood Camp.Here she remembers seeing two Germanofficers, in full military uniform, goosemarching across the camp. They hadbeen given the choice of being imprisonedor continuing their work as doctors! Astrange sight in wartime England.
She spent 25 years on Peppard ParishCouncil and in the 50s became HonorarySecretary of the Friends of KingwoodCommon; they saved the common frombecoming a housing estate. Mrs Walkerreceived the MBE for her work with theWVS/WRVS. She still takes a great in-terest in the village and regularly walksthe commons with her dog, Meg.
Mrs Mollie WalkerPhotograph courtesy of
the Henley Standard
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Peppard Primary School After the disruption of the snow, when wewere closed for 3½ days in February, it islovely to have some slightly warmerweather.
Looking back over the last term, theschool topic was science and the childrenwere treated to a performance of Octo-pushy by Quantum Theatre.
During last term, Mrs Jarvis was given aLong Service Award, having been Head atPeppard for 18 years. Well done to her!
The children learnt all about the scientificforces. Greys Class went on a mini-beasthunt and had lots of fun finding creepycrawlies.
The children enjoyed Shrove Tuesdaymaking pancakes with the help of MrsPitson and Mrs Kirby.
Amelia Jones (Greys Class) writes:
On Shrove Tuesday Greys Class madepancakes. We made them with milk, but-ter, flour and eggs; we all had a go atmeasuring and mixing the batter. MrsPitson showed us how to flip the pan-cakes; luckily she didn’t drop it on the
floor. Before lunch we ate them withlemon and sugar, they tasted yummy!
Highmoor are studying poetry and inparticular similes. Mr Sharpe set them atask creating simile trails. Excerpt fromLily Shanagher’s English book:
1. An elastic band is like spaghetti2. Spaghetti is like long hair3. Long hair is like string4. String is like a lion’s mane5. A lion’s mane is like the sun6. The sun is like an orange7. An orange is like the world8. The world is like a football9. A football is like a Malteser10. A Malteser is like a planet.
Children from Years 4, 5 and 6, at thetime of writing, are preparing them-selves for the excitement of their resi-
dential trips that take place in March andMay. These are much awaited trips, hav-ing heard many stories from past pupils ofall that they entail.
Henley Youth Festival week commences23rd March and we will be taking part asalways in many activities during theweek.
Our annual Easter service was onWednesday 18th March at All Saints’
Church.
Now we are fast approach-ing the summer term, plansare being put in place for allthe usual summer activitiessuch as sports day which ison Friday 26th June.
Greys Class are hoping fornice weather to enable themto continue with their fact-finding walks around thevillage.
Springwood children haverecently been looking at theart world and as part of thistopic they sketched theschool in the style of John
Piper, a local artist.
Fiona Hilton
Mini Beast Hunt
Making Pancakes
Sketch of School
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Friends of Peppard School The year began with a new core commit-tee, and we’re thrilled that so many par-ents have come forward to support us.
We started the year with a wonderful Lan-tern Festival when all the children andparents came to a BBQ in the playground,blessed by a calm and beautiful evening,with fun autumnal games and a lanterncompetition, culminating in a stunningfinale of Chinese lanterns being releasedinto the sky.
We had a thoroughly enjoyable Christmaswreath making evening at the beginningof December and were surprised at ouramazing efforts. This was followed by ourannual Christmas Fair, a favourite for allthe children, with great stalls, pony rides,activities and, of course, a visit by Santa.All these events were a terrific start to theyear, were well attended and a good timehad by all. This year’s School Calendarwas a sell out with sales up 40% and wethank all our local sponsors.
This term we started with a Valentine’sDisco just before half term. We’re lookingforward to our Quiz Night at Peppard Me-morial Hall on Friday 20th March, with aChilli Supper and Bar. Later in the yearthere will be a wonderful Supper Cruiseon board The New Orleans on Thursday21st May. Please come and join us.
We have been able to fund two extra cur-ricular events at school so far this year, aswell as funding the extra sports sessionsand after school sports on a Monday. AsChair, I must thank all our supporters andhelpers these past six months and lookforward to the next few events. Please docontact me if you would like to hear moreabout any of our events: 01491 826835 ore-mail [email protected]
Melanie Jones Chair
Peppard Mother & Toddler Group
Peppard Mother & Toddler Group is afriendly group of parents, grandparentsand carers that meet each Tuesday dur-ing term time from 09.45 to 11.45 atPeppard War Memorial Hall, Gallow-stree Road.
We welcome children from birth up toprimary school age and have a wonder-ful selection of toys and activity equip-ment as well as a cosy baby corner.Come and join us to play, listen to astory and sing songs.
Our last session before we break forEaster is on Tuesday 31st March return-ing on Tuesday 21st April 2009.
For further information call Emma Dagon 0118 924 2821 or just turn up. Welook forward to seeing you.
Sonning Common Pre-school Achieve ‘Good’
from Ofsted — again! We are looking forward to the comingSpring term after our recent OfstedInspection in January which gave usan overall ‘Good’. The inspectionfound that the pre-school provides ‘agood level of care for the children andenables them to learn and develop at agood pace’. The report also com-mented on how well the staff workedas a team and their overall commit-ment along with the staff’s willingnessto ‘go the extra mile’ to ensure parentsand carers are kept informed abouttheir children’s learning.
For the coming term we are planning anumber of themes and activities that willfocus on the Spring and the Weatheralong with World Book Day, Red NoseDay and Bring-a-Male Relative to Pre-school Week when many dads and
granddads have volunteered to come inand do activities with the children. Wewill also be doing lots of planting out-doors to make the garden look pretty andplanting vegetables to eat.
We have a waiting list for any parent whowishes to register their child to join pre-school. The registration costs nothingother than a phone call and our current listgoes up to 2011. If you wish your child tostart in September 2009, we strongly ad-vise you to add their name to the waitinglist now as we are already starting to fillup! We are also more than happy for par-ents to visit the pre-school to look around.If you would like to register your child orbook a visit, please contact Sara(Registrar) or Jo (Manager) on 0118 9724760.
Jo Batten
Bishopswood Day Nursery Congratulations to the nursery on theirvery positive Ofsted Inspection Report.To see the report in its entirety seewww.PeppardNews.co.uk orwww.bishopswoodnursery.co.uk
Staff of Bishopswood Day Nurseryproudly displaying their Ofsted
certificateJo Papworth
The Councils Page 4
Parish Council Chairman: Nick Launders
Parish Clerk: Barbara Marston0118 946 2459
Website: www.rppc.org.ukSODC Councillors: Paul Harrison
0118 972 2665& Alan Rooke—01491 572919OCC Councillor: Carol Viney
01491 680887
Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council usuallymeets on 2nd Monday of the month at 19.30in the Pavilion, though there is no meeting
in August. Parishioners may attend andobserve, and may raise briefly issues of
concern to them. All may attendintermediate planning meetings as well - see
Diary for dates and times.
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Reading Transport Proposals
A recent meeting held at Dunsden VillageHall enabled local parishes which wouldbe directly affected to look at the Oxford-shire aspects and for OCC negotiators tolisten to the concerns we have and hope-fully take them into consideration beforeagreeing to any of RBC's wish list.
The concerns expressed to me by manyare the implications of extra traffic on oursmall country roads, and the possible ex-pansion into a northern bypass for anythird Thames bridge built, no matter whatrestrictions are placed upon it at the out-set. It also discussed Park and Ride siteson our Oxfordshire borders. If there is onesited at Play Hatch then many of the smallsingle lanes (already rat runs to SonningBridge), would become even more con-gested and dangerous. Similarly, if Maple-durham were chosen for Park and Ride,this could affect Tokers Green Lane,Kidmore Lane, Kennylands Road and theBird in Hand Lane. It could also affectBlounts Court Road and Horsepond Road.
Advantages: more frequent bus servicesinto Sonning Common and Henley, in-cluding some late night and Sunday ser-vices. Less pollution if more people usethe buses instead of driving their cars.
Parish Councillors came from HenleyTown Council, Shiplake, Sonning Com-mon, Mapledurham, Binfield Heath,Kidmore End and Harpsden. Four DistrictCouncillors attended, Alan Rooke, PaulHarrison, Angie Paterson and MalcolmLeonard as well as three County Council-lors, myself, David Nimmo Smith and IanHudspeth. John Howell MP gave a veryrelevant and encouraging speech at thesumming up
Carol Viney
Annual Parish Meeting The Annual Parish Meeting will takeplace on Wednesday 22nd April at 20.00in the War Memorial Hall. Come alongto hear our councillors advise on mattersthat have occurred during the last year.We have an interesting guest speaker,who will talk on the origin of local placenames.
Nigel Wooding
Oakley Wood The Waste Recycling Centre is the latestOxfordshire site to be scheduled for animprovement programme and will closefor three months on 23rd March for thework to be carried out.
The improvements will deliver faster,better access; more bins and parking; plus
Buy with Confidence Oxfordshire County Council’s TradingStandards Team has launched ‘Buy withConfidence’, a scheme that lists trust-worthy gardeners, plumbers, buildersand many other types of businesses, allof whom have been individuallychecked for reliability and compliancewith consumer protection laws.
The Council’s Cabinet Member forCommunity Safety, Judith Heathcoat,said: ‘This scheme is one of the coun-cil’s measures to provide additionalsafeguards to communities and ensure
doorstep con-men in Oxfordshire find itharder to defraud innocent people.Crimes that target the vulnerable – asthese so often do – are particularly abhor-rent.’ The list of approved traders can befound by visiting the website at:www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or phone01865 792422
Micro-Chipped Wheelies Commencing in June 2009, there will be aweekly food waste collection (kerbsidebins), fortnightly recyclable waste andresidual waste collection (wheeled bins)and fortnightly (charged for) green wastecollection (wheeled bins). Residents willbe able to recycle glass, tetra paks andaerosols from the kerbside for the firsttime. Assisted collections for people withmobility problems will continue.
The bins will be micro-chipped to enablethe council to monitor progress on therounds, track missing bins and help tomonitor participation and performance ofthe service by measuring the waste andrecycling. The delivery of bins will startweek beginning 30th March and will con-tinue for 10 weeks.
The council has no intention of introduc-ing a pay by weight scheme, unless this isrequired by Government.
How Green is Your Household?
The details of what can be recycled andhow is published on our website. Unfor-tunately the article is too long to be pub-lished in this newsletter. Seewww.PeppardNews.co.uk and look underVillage Information, Latest Village News,Recycling Information.
STOP PRESS! The Lamb at Satwell re-opens on Friday20th March just in time for Mother’s Day.The new owners, Chris and Emma Smith,with partner Nick Gross, have retainedmany of the previous staff.
For further details seewww.PeppardNews.co.uk orwww.thelambpub.net.
clearer signage and layout. While thesite is closed the closest alternatives siteswithin Oxfordshire are at: Redbridge –Old Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4XGand Drayton – Steventon Road, Drayton,near Abingdon, OX14 4LA
Alternatively, there is the Reading siteoff the A33.
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Bus Services – Use It or Lose It
From 20th April, Peppard Common andSonning Common will be served byRoute 2, every half an hour on weekdaysand hourly in the evening and Sundays.The new route will run across Readingtown centre, giving better access thannow to town centre stops. For informa-tion phone: 0118 959 4000
Local Pub Review The Butchers Arms
When we visited the Butchers Arms oneWednesday lunchtime, it was fairly quietand the friendly landlord explained thatone item on the Budget Busting menu wasnot available as his wife was currentlymaking it! Now, one could argue that wewere either being cautious with our moneyor that we were suffering from the reces-sion, but the interesting choices promptedus to order from the Budget Busting menu!The Butchers Arms is a real pub, it has nopretences of being a gourmet or trendyestablishment and while I sipped a greatpint of bitter my friend, drinking a largeglass of cola (and he is well over 18),commented that the interior seemed nodifferent in layout than he rememberedfrom 20 years ago.Our food arrived and I was pleasantly sur-prised with my beef stew and crusty breadroll. It had an excellent flavour and themeat was lean. Meanwhile, my friendworked his way through a very ample por-tion of nachos with salsa, cheese and chil-lies. Hoping to dip in and have a taste ofthis myself, he fortunately 'threw in thetowel' shortly after I finished my stew. Ihad a couple of mouthfuls and it reallywas very good. By the time we decided tohead back to the busy life of retirees therewere several other customers; I noticedone having a very well filled bread roll.The Budget Busting menu currently costs£4.50 Tuesday to Thursday, lunch andsupper. Fridays is fish and chips (costinga little more) and on Saturdays, sirloinsteak is on the menu for under a tenner.We enjoyed our meal and on departureadmitted we were the 'Peppard MichelinInspectors'; the landlord confirmed he wascontinuing with the budget meals for thenear future. If your idea of a nice mealout is a sleek, trendy establishment and aproprietor with a French accent or goateebeard and all the other trimmings of a de-
Christmas Crossword How did you do? Here are the answers:
Please let us know if you would like usto feature more crosswords.
A Talk at The Herb Farm
Following the success of last year’sevents, the Herb Farm, Sonning Common,is hosting an illustrated talk by DavidNobbs, RSPB (Royal Society for the Pro-tection of Birds) Community Talks Offi-cer, entitled Our Wild Birds - some oftheir successes and many remaining chal-lenges, on Wednesday, 25th March at19.00. Phone 0118 9724220 to book youplace. £2.00 per adult, children free.
The Red Lion Congratulations to landlord Graham forraising £300 in the Sue Ryder ‘Trash forCash’ Appeal.
Join us for our Fun Quiz nights everyother Wednesday from 1st April. Checkout our full menu and specials as well asour daily Deal of the Day menu at £8.95.
Julie Martin 01491 628329
Peppard Flat Earth Society The Society held its annual Wife Placat-ing Evening at the Red Lion on Saturday17th January. It was attended by its localmembers, full quota of wives and 8guests. The evening was very convivialhelped along by the various products onsale from behind the bar. Our thanks goto Julie and Graham for their traditional,
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well cooked and tasty fare. The Peda-gogue welcomed his guests and reportedon the year’s activities, thanking DaveWatson for his cultural efforts and AlanSmith for organising the winter’s bowling,this proving at the moment to be a onesided affair. It is hoped that visits nextyear will include Bletchley Park, the Nor-mandy Beaches and the IWM at Duxford.We also wish to recreate Jerome KJerome’s sail down the Thames. Who willbe Montmorency has yet to be decided.Then came the highlight of the evening,the naming of next year’s leader. This wasgreeted by a chorus of boos and jeers ofdisappointment when it was revealed thatthe Pedagogue was staying on for a fur-ther term.We concluded with a paper provided byJack on the scientific makeup of womenwhich was met with joy by the members.Any local males who enjoy banter and apint or two are welcome to join us at theRed Lion any Friday after 21.30
The Pedagogue
signer pub, then the Butchers Arms isnot for you; it is a proper pub, with afriendly atmosphere, offering a goodvariety of well cooked food and goodbeer. But, you could just pay a visit andmake your mind up for yourself.
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The Right to Remove a Gentleman’s Hat.
When asked if I would consider becominga Churchwarden my first thought was toacquaint myself with what was involved.I discovered that Churchwardens are offi-cers of the Bishop, represent the laity andco-operate with the incumbent. Theyhave custody of the contents of the build-ing, are responsible for order in the churchand churchyard and have the right to re-move a gentleman’s hat. I have not triedthat one yet! In practice the wardens aremore concerned with the day-to-daysmooth running of the church and its ser-vices.
Since being elected I have learnt a greatdeal about the way the church runs.Gradually, I am discovering new things,ranging from where the Christmas cande-labrum is hidden for most of the year, tothe fact that almost everything done byway of alteration or repair to our ancientand beautiful church needs a faculty(ecclesiastical planning permission) whichhas to be obtained from the diocese. Oneof the most memorable things so far wasbeing involved in the restoration of one ofthe Altar frontals, which gave me the op-portunity for a very interesting visit toWatts and Co in London, who make andrepair fine vestments and altar linen.
Perhaps the best way to sum up is to saythat this job is what you make of it. Muchof the roll of churchwarden is steeped inancient history. I am not a historian but Ifind it inspiring that I am party to the con-tinuation of such an ancient and fascinat-ing tradition.
Adrienne Heriot
On Your Bike 2009 – Start Training
The annual On Your Bike family/community cycle ride will be held on Sun-day 26th April (starting at 11.00 from Son-ning Common Primary School, GroveRoad) to raise funds for Sonning CommonPrimary School and the Chiltern &Thames Valley Air Ambulance Trust.Two local rides – 5.5 and 11 miles; Entry£4 in advance; £5 on the day; Entry Formsavailable from Sonning Common HealthCentre, Library, School reception, BevilleEstate Agency, Sonning Common Garage,or log on towww.onyourbikesonningcommon.com
Last year more than 330 cyclists, agedfrom two to seventy-seven, covered 2,600miles between them, raising £2,785 for thetwo charities.
Ione Stacey 0118 9723348
FISH – Friendship in Sickness & Health
FISH has now completed thirty years ofservice to the local community. This isan impressive record. Many thanks tocurrent and past volunteers. Well Done.
Monthly visits to local garden centreshave recommenced on the first Mondayof each month. We are also hoping toarrange regular trips to National Trustproperties as they open shortly. Pleaselook out for these on the Notice Boardsand put your name down in good time.
The regular shopping trips continue andare free to bus-pass holders. Door-to-door service is provided, so you save onpetrol and parking costs. Each monththere are day trips to local towns as wellas the ever popular pub lunches.
We are looking for a volunteer to organ-ise the Christmas Charity Gift and CardSale in the autumn. Please phone theoffice, 0118 9723986, with your nameand phone number for further informa-tion. Our office hours are 09.30-11.30Monday-Friday.
Caroline Stockhill Co-ordinator
Commons News The lay-by on the top common has nowbeen closed and the area will be seededshortly. This repairs an unsightly areawhere cars, buses and lorries oftenparked. There is a small car-park closeby on Colliers Lane and a lay-by nearthe old Dog Pub.
The Green Gym has done an excellentjob clearing and widening many of thepaths on Kingwood.
Finally, after about 18 months, work byThames Water is nearing completionand the trenches are being filled in. Theflushing out of the pipes into Patrick'sPond on Kingwood has taken place, withthe agreement of the Conservators.Thames Water will now repair the pond,which has had a leak in the clay liner forsome years. The Conservators are goingto take advice on how the pond shouldbe maintained.
On Saturday 21st March, a workshop willbe run by John Morris of the ChilternWoodlands Project and will focus on thevalue of woodland archaeology and relatethis to the Nettlebed area, e.g. chalk andclay pits, boundary banks and ancientearthworks. Tea/coffee and a light lunchprovided. Please bring good footwear, andappropriate clothing for outdoor sessions.It is organised in conjunction with theChilterns Conservation Board meeting atNettlebed Village Club, 10:00 for a 10:30start. Finish at 16:00. Contact Rachel San-derson at [email protected]
Advance Notice - The Annual Friends ofthe Commons Meeting will be held onWednesday 14th October.
Nigel Wooding
A Welcome Return
Peppard Village Fair is back! Followingthe success of this event in 2007, therewill be a repeat performance on PeppardCommon on Saturday 6th June, 14.00 -17.00. Do make a note of the date in yourdiary. There will be lots of traditionalstalls and games, including a local craftand garden section. Special arena eventsare being planned and yes, there will be abarbecue, bar and tea tent. The Fair isbeing run in conjunction with PeppardPrimary School, with support from AllSaints’ church. If you are interested inrunning a staff please contact me on01491 628696.
Louise Adams
Health Walks A new programme of Health Walks hasnow been issued but unfortunately it is toolarge to publish in full here. To see theentire spring and summer programme goto www.PeppardNews.co.uk – VillageInformation, Activities.
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for Fresh flowers, Bouquets, Plants and more 0118 9721240
Wedding flowers Funeral tributes
Make a bee line to
BRAMBLES
New premises now open oppositevillage hall car park exit
42 Wood Lane, Sonning Common
Greys Court We reopen on Wednesday 1st April,(opening Wednesday to Sunday, plusBank Holiday Mondays) until 27th Sep-tember; we will be closed on Good Friday.The gardens and the Cromwellian Tea-room open at 12.00 and last entry is at16.30. Unfortunately, the house will notbe re-opening until April 2010. This isbecause of complications with the renova-tions, including the removal of asbestosfrom what is a delicate building with acomplicated layout. Come along and findout what is involved with a major Na-tional Trust project at the Visitor Site Hut,see our wonderful gardens and the widerestate and make time for a delicious lightlunch or afternoon tea.
April 15th, 16th and 17th, 10.00-12.00 seesour annual Easter Egg Trail, normal ad-mission charges apply and a trail sheetcosts £1.50, just turn up. On April 23rd and24th at 10.00 join us for a guided walkthrough the bluebell woods, starting withMorning Coffee in the Cromwellian Tea-room, tickets cost £8. Friday 15th May, 5th
June and 19th June, join our popular Eve-ning Garden Walks, starting at 18.30, tick-ets cost £15 inc. refreshments. Learnabout the garden, ask questions and relax,finishing with delicious canapés and wine.Friday 12th June, sees our first open airtheatre, with the renowned Illyria present-ing A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ticketscost £12 for adults and £8 for children.Bring along a picnic, seating or a rug /blanket. It is essential to book in advancevia the National Trust ticket line on 0844249 1895 or via the websitewww.nationaltrust.org.uk/thamesandsolentevents.
For full details of our events programmesee our leaflet available shortly, pleasecall 01491 628529 or visitwww.nationaltrust.org.uk and link toGreys Court.
Paul Williamson
Police News The Neighbourhood Team, has carried outa crime prevention initiative visiting allour parishes.
We are continuing to hold police surger-ies, where we hope to meet members ofthe community and discuss any concerns
News from the Library We are planning another of our popularFamily History Taster Days later in theyear. Please tell the library staff if you areinterested, so that you can be kept in-formed of future arrangements.
For those of you who are keen to get togrips with the Internet, we are having aSilver Surfers’ Internet Taster Day onMay 15th. We are offering ‘one-to-one’slots of 45 minutes: places are limited, soplease book as soon as possible.
We are hoping to organise ‘Rhymetimes’for under-3s on a regular basis. Please telllibrary staff if you and your child wouldlike to take part, so that we can decide onan appropriate day and time.
Meanwhile, Easter is approaching and wehope to have a storytime for 3–7 year oldson Wednesday April 8th at 10.00. It is free,but booking is essential as places are lim-ited.
If you, or anyone you know, is house-bound and unable to visit a library, we canarrange for a personal supply of books tobe delivered and collected on a regularbasis.
For more information about any of theseactivities, call in at the library in GroveRoad, Sonning Common, or phone on0118 972 2448.
Rosemary Dunstan
Christian Aid Week Christian Aid is an agency of the churchesin the UK and Ireland and for more than60 years has fought poverty throughoutthe world, strengthened the poor andturned hope into action. Christian Aidworks through local organisations, to de-liver direct and practical benefits to someof the poorest communities, regardless ofreligion or race, in around 50 countries.
This year, the house-to-house collection insupport of Christian Aid will take placeduring the week of 10th – 16th May.Please be generous when the red envelopedrops through your door; your donationwill go towards helping poor communitiesbuild a better future.
We would be delighted to hear from any-one who would like to join the Peppardteam of collectors!
Ian and Pat Fraser: 01491 629631
they may have. The next one will beheld in All Saints’ Church, Sunday 5th
April at 11.30.
In response to one of those concerns, wewill be visiting relevant locations withthe Speed Indicator Device and also theLaser Speed Detection Device.
You can contact the Police on 08458505 505 or see :www.thamesvalley.police.uk
Sue Ryder Care At the Nettlebed Hospice we desperatelyneed to replace 18 beds and 2 liftingbaths at a cost of £1500 per bed and£8000 per bath by the end of March. Ifyou would like to sponsor a bed or abath or donate to the overall appeal,please call the Fundraising Departmenton 01491 641070.
Two events coming up are; the MidnightWalk on 9th May in Green Park, Readingand, the Chiltern Challenge Walk onSunday 7th June.
For more information visit www.suerydercare.org or call 01491641070.
There are many more events in aid ofSue Ryder Care that we simply do nothave space for – for details seewww.PeppardNews.co.uk
Peppard War Memorial Hall
Thanks to Peppard Parish Council, ThePeppard Revels, those who boughtbricks and those who have supportednumerous fund raising activities, theCommittee has been able to deal withthe leaking flat roofs and replaced the oilfired heating with gas.
Funds are now urgently needed for anew kitchen and hall redecoration. Alsothe main roof will require replacing anda disabled toilet must be installed. Thetotal estimated cost is £100,000; it is£5000 for the kitchen and redecoration.
Please support the Quiz Evening, Satur-day, 21st March and, later the plannedsummer fête and jazz concert in aid ofthe Hall funds.
All ideas and/or help will be gratefullyreceived, contact: Jill Kendal, Hon. Sec.0118 9722201
Our Churches All Saints’
Church of England
www.allsaintspeppard.org.uk
Rector: Revd Graham Foulis Brown 0118 972 3987Asst. Priest: Revd Barry Olsen 0118 924 2812
Churchwardens: Adrienne Heriot 01491 629254Peter Hutt 0118 984 1061
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From the Rectory….. “It’s not the abilities you have that makeyou who you are, it’s the choices youmake that matter”
That’s probably the sort of thing we mightimagine a Headteacher saying to theirpupils as they leave their school to set outinto pastures new. In fact, it was Profes-sor Dumbledore to Harry Potter and theystayed together for several more adven-tures in the series.
We’re all rather stuck with who we are forwe can strive for a lifetime to be someonedifferent only to realise we’ve been ourown self the whole time. I suppose myown view of my abilities is that I ambright enough to know how thick I am buthaving been quite well educated, I knowwhere to find the answers I don’t immedi-ately have at my disposal.
But my choices…? They don’t reflectmy abilities so much as they reflect who Iam. Who my parents brought me up tobe, who their parents brought them up tobe, and so on. I remember writing to myfather-in-law (so long ago that I wrote aletter) saying that he couldn’t expect toagree with every decision we made buthoped he could rely on us to choosewisely.
You may be an amazing parent, a loyalspouse or partner, a brilliantly entrepre-neurial professional but it’s not the abili-ties you have that make you who you are,it’s the choices you make that matter. Iknow that behind every truly successfulman there stands an astonished mother-in-law but some things just can’t be avoided.
In difficult times when our abilities aresometimes called into question, it’s goodto remember that the choices we make are
down to us – and to make them wisely.Graham
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
The Annual Parochial Church Meetingand election of Churchwardens will takeplace on 24th April at 20.00 in the ParishRoom at All Saints’.
Anyone on the church electoral roll orresident in the parish and on the localgovernment electoral roll may attend toelect the new Churchwardens. AdrienneHeriot will be standing again but PeterHutt will not seek re-election as he re-cently moved out of the parish havingcompleted four years as a warden.
Historic Time Change The church clock has moved into the21st century with the fitting of automaticwinding and regulation equipment. Theonce-a-week climb up the ladder to windthe clock and adjust the hands is nolonger needed. Grateful thanks are dueto several local residents who have per-formed this task over the years.
Awards to Young People Several awards have been made re-cently. The Charlotte Starmer-SmithAward may be made annually at thediscretion of the Rector and Churchwar-dens to acknowledge the contribution ofa young person to the life of the church.The award was recently presented toFelicity Cunningham for outstandingservice to the choir and Junior Church.
Helena Bell achieved the best choir at-tendance for 2008 and on 11th January
was presented with a song book and ac-companying CD.
A number of young choristers have beenpresented with Royal School of ChurchMusic medals to mark their progress inthe choir. Emily and Claudia Ainsley andLaurie Martin received light blue ribbonsand Stephanie Franklin, Catherine Hilland Stuart Martin received red ribbons.Congratulations to all these choristers!
Musical Interlude Two excellent concerts are due to takeplace at All Saints’.
On Saturday 28th March at 19.30 we arewelcoming Julia Booker and RobinHowles who will sing again for us in aconcert entitled Mélodies. There will be aretiring collection for Christian Aid
The second event is a very welcome re-turn of Elizabeth French on Saturday 30th
May at 19.30. Her piano recital withmusic by Mozart, Liszt and Prokofiev isentitled A Brief History of the Sonata. Theretiring collection will support RotherfieldPeppard Educational Charity.
OHCT Ride or Stride Last September, over 500 churches of alldenominations took part in the annualOxfordshire Historic Churches Trust Rideor Stride event. The Trust has just releaseddetails regarding the total amount raised inthe county - over £110,000! The AllSaints’ team achieved a splendid total ofjust over £3,300.
This year’s event will take place on Satur-day 12th September. Worthy of record isa quote from a first timer last year who,when extolling the pleasure he obtainedfrom taking part, said: ‘It really did openmy eyes to the fabulous treasure we have!Thank you so much for the opportunity.’
Ian Fraser, All Saints’ Peppard churchorganiser for this event, would welcomenew members to the team. All detailsfrom Ian on 01491 629631.
The Unicorn Kingwood Common
Tim & Steve thank the people of Rotherfield Peppard for their support, help and custom in making their dream come true.
01491 628 452
St Michael’s Catholic ChurchRevd Chris Bester 0118 972 3418
Revd Francis Andrews 0118 972 [email protected]
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LENT is an old English word forSPRING. The days are lengthening andlight, life and warmth are returning to theearth. In our homes, we might be thinkingabout a spring-clean, so that we feel freshand new for the coming months. In ourgardens, we are busy pruning shrubs andbushes. It is a time of new growth, withthe promise of a fuller growth which sooften manifests itself at Easter.We take for granted the rhythms ofMother Nature and the Church challengesus to make a connection with our ownpersonal lives. We too are subject torhythms and seasons: we experience ourown personal springtime, and maybe some
of us are now in the autumn of our lives:I know I am.In LENT the church challenges us,whatever our age, to look inside our-selves and ask if we are living up to thechallenges which the Gospel sets beforeus ... ideals of love and kindness, gener-osity and forgiveness.Here at St Michael's it is my task to keepthis challenge before our eyes and ask ifthere is anything in us which needs to becut away so that a more vigorous growthcan take place at the heart of our lives.The Oriental concept of Feng Shui en-courages us to rid our lives and homesof clutter and rubbish allowing the dy-namic a greater access to our daily lives.The Church calls this process LENT,ridding ourselves of rubbish and clutterthrough a process of self-denial, fasting,and prayer so that we develop a deeperrelationship with the Almighty, a greater
awareness of our own unnecessary con-sumptions, and consequently a greatersensitivity to those who have so little.LENT is not easy, none of us goes natu-rally for self-denial, but unless we havediscipline in our lives and rise to the chal-lenge of the pursuit of excellence, then wenever reach our full potential and therebyfail to live the happy and fulfilling lifewhich is offered to us.For many people the ‘credit-crunch’ willact as a sort of secular Lent, having to cutback on luxuries and treats and seek outonly what is essential. This will not beeasy either. And as obesity takes hold inmany people’s lives we might all need alittle more restraint in what we consume.This has a positive side to it: if we con-sume less and reduce our ‘carbon foot-print' then, in the end, we shall all be win-ners and the earth will rejoice.
FR Chris Bester
On Saturday 13th December, in the lead upto Christmas, Springwater hosted an excit-ing “Praise Party” for young children.Doug Horley ( Duggie Dug Dug ) and histalented team entertained over eightyyoungsters with a fast moving multimediamixture of action songs, funky dancetracks, break-dancing, hilarious puppetsand praise and worship. This was familyfun with an underlying Gospel message.One parent commented, ‘We loved theGospel presentation as well as the ani-mals, songs and all the funky stuff. I’venever seen either of my children so enthu-siastic about worship before …That sameday Doug held a training seminar for chil-dren’s workers from the area; looking at
the culture in which kids are growing upand how we can stay relevant to theyoung generation with our praise andworship.Our Christmas theme: “Follow KingJesus to the real Christmas”, remindedus of the true meaning of this celebra-tion - God’s gift of His Son to us onearth – in this increasingly commercialworld. Visitors joined us for the Nativityplay and Christmas services, and ourannual visit to the Hare and Hounds pubto sing carols was greatly enjoyed bysingers and patrons alike.As we continue our search for a newSenior Leader, well supported by RevBarry Kirk and our lay leaders, life atSpringwater continues on many variedfronts. On Sunday mornings we are tak-ing an in-depth look at the book ofEsther, an exciting story with many les-sons for us today, which will take us upto Easter. A crèche and Sunday school
classes are run for children up to the ageof 14. At the moment the children aremaking a life–sized (almost!) modelwhale as they learn about Jonah.Our regular and weekly activities includeCradle Club, for mothers and babies, TheArk, for toddlers, young mums’ study andshare group, ladies’ bible study, grandpar-ents’ group, book club, and more. Ournew website www.springwater.org.uk hasmore details of our activities..Our work in the community continues asour assistant Minister regularly visits localschools and other organisations to talk toyoung people about personal relation-ships, how to handle money, and other lifeissues.Despite the economic gloom in the worldat the moment we look forward to sunnierdays, spring flowers and the wonderfulEaster message of joy, resurrection andnew life.
Chris Mills
Clubs and Societies
Mike Farina Auto ServicesServicing, repairs and welding for all makes of vehicles
21 Sedgewell Road, Sonning CommonTelephone: 0118 972 4036
MOT tests arranged
Colin Porteousof Sonning Common
Taxi Service0118 972 2193
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Rotherfield Peppard Educational TrustFund for support of educational activities
The Trust supports educational activities undertaken by under twenty-fives from Peppard. It can help with purchase of books, educational
visits, special projects, and the like. If you may be eligible, or know ofothers who may wish to apply, please give us a call.
Robin Howles (0118 972 3528) or Sylvia Overbury (01491 628 245)
THAMES VALLEY ANIMAL WELFARE Charity No: 900616
Has many beautiful and affectionate cats looking for loving homes. If you can give a home to any
of them, please call: 01189 721871/01494 484527 Or visit our website www.tvaw.org.uk
Spring Comes to Wyfold The RDA (Riding for the Disabled) groupat Wyfold spent several weeks shiveringand shovelling as snow brought the stablesto a halt. We didn’t dare bring the horsesin from the fields, because the ground wasicy and there was a risk of slipping. So wekept the horses warm, cancelled all ridingsessions and waited until the frost gaveway to warmer sunshine. It is now greeninstead of white at Wyfold, and we cansee the early signs of spring at last.
We have our in-house dressage competi-tion soon. It’s rather experimental, as wehaven’t done it before! Our enthusiasticgroups of riders are already learning someof the skills involved in dressage duringtheir usual weekly sessions: moving off,walking, trotting, steering, turning andhalting. A dressage exercise usually lasts 3or 4 minutes, and involves the horse andrider forming controlled geometric pat-terns, e.g. they might walk up the centre ofthe arena, turn left, make a circle, trotback down the side, halt and so on. Eachrider will enter one class. It promises to bea fun event and we’re looking forward togiving out some colourful rosettes to ourproud dressage champions!
The riding at Wyfold helps people withphysical and learning difficulties to de-velop strength, posture, balance and confi-dence. We have a dedicated team of vol-unteers, and more are needed. For moreinformation please call 0845 450 7017.
Alison Stodolnic (a rider’s parent)
1st Peppard Guides Recently, the guides enjoyed some of thecultural delights on offer in our area. TheMoscow State Ballet’s performance ofRomeo & Juliet was a visual delight – thecostumes and scenery as spectacular as thedancing. Following hot on the heels of thistrip, we headed next to the Kenton Theatre
to see the Oxford Touring Theatre Com-pany’s (OTTC) performance of Hansel& Gretel (the melting snow enabling usto follow the trail of breadcrumbs!).John Reeves generously arranged for theguides to explore the whole theatricalexperience of staging a performance.Karen Simpson (Artistic Director ofOTTC) took the girls under her wingand explained how all the elements ofthe production from lighting, staging andacting come together through dedicatedteamwork. After a thoroughly enjoyableshow, the guides met some of the actorswhich made their night.
We are now looking forward to springand are working hard on our next project– a Spring Fair to be held on Saturday28th March at Sonning Common VillageHall from 09.30 – 11.30. Entry is free sowe would love to see you all there!
Amanda Coull
1st Sonning Common Cub Scout News
2009 started off with a little sad news forthe Cub Scouts at Sonning Common asAkela was taken ill a couple of daysbefore the start of term and was out ofaction until half term but is now back. Abig thanks to Mowgli and the other lead-ers for taking over until she was fit andwell again.
The cub pack now has a new websitewww.1stsonningcommon.org.uk, we aretrying to keep it up to date with every-thing that is happening in the group andadd pictures of things we are doing asoften as possible.
We took part in the District Chess com-petition and one of our cubs, Jordan,came third and went on to represent theDistrict in the County Chess Competi-tion. A very well done to him.
As always, the pack continues to be
oversubscribed and has a large waitinglist. If you want to add your child to ourwaiting list please contact Akela (PennyCottrell) on 0118 972 4282. If you feelyou could spare a couple of hours eachweek or every couple of weeks to help runthe group you will be made very welcome.Full training will be given to any adultwho is keen to help.
Graham Edwards
2nd Kidmore End Brownies We began the year with what has becomea tradition – a visit to the pantomime atthe Novello Theatre in Sunninghill. Whythere? Well, Brownies like expeditionsand doing things differently. This trekmeans a train journey, a walk by footpathwith torches and all rewarded with a veryinteractive old-fashioned show.
A few days later, we were back into ourregular meetings; the first focussing onfriendship and then on work for the Sea-son’s badge. This involved growing bulbs,learning about birds in winter, tracks inthe snow, winter festivals and safety in thedark. Half term brought us to ThinkingDay, the birthday of the founders of theScout and Guide movement, when wehave a short ceremony, give considerationto Brownies in other corners of the world,and make our contribution to the GuideFriendship Fund: a good start to our nextbadge – World Cultures.
Ros Jennings 0118 9723520
Peppard Bowls Club We’re looking for new members to boostour numbers so, if you’ve grown out of allthose “jumping and running about” ballsports why not take a break, have somefun and try your hand at bowls? We’re avery friendly bunch and welcome peopleof all ages and abilities.
If you fancy an afternoon out in the fresh
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Everything you need for your pets and wild birds
Food & Accessories Friendly personal service with lots of parking
Southlea House, Blounts Court Road Sonning Common Tel: 0118 924 2747
(Just at the top of Gravel Hill)
Computer Problems?Is your PC misbehaving? Fault Diagnosis, Maintenance &Upgrades, Broadband, Networking, Data Recovery &Migration, Virus Cleaning, and much more.
Phone Robin Piercey at Influential Computers on 01491680036, or visit www.influentialcomputers.com.
air, with a little laughter thrown in, popinto Peppard Bowls Club on their OpenDay at 14.30 on Sunday 26th April at theWar Memorial Hall. The only criteria area pair of flat-soled shoes and a sense ofhumour.
Visit our websitewww.peppardbowlsclub.btik.com to seewhat we’re about.
Bowls definitely beats housework and that‘list of jobs’! My house doesn’t see aduster all summer!
Chris Eldred
Sonning Common & Peppard Table Tennis Club
All of the Club’s teams are doing wellthis year in the Reading & DistrictLeague.
Both the top two teams have shown goodform in the past few weeks. The B teamcurrently occupy one of the promotionplaces while the A team have climbedaway from danger at the bottom to moveinto 4th place. The C team have put to-gether an excellent run to stay clear ofany danger, while the D team are alsohandily placed in mid-table in Division 4.
The E team look set for a top 4 finish inDivision 5, however a promotion placewill probably be out of reach, while the Fteam have kept themselves just awayfrom the relegation zone to lie safely inmid-table. Finally, the H team are mid-way down the Division 6 table.
Monday evening's junior sessions areproving extremely popular with up to 20youngsters taking part, receiving coach-ing and guidance from Alan Dines andJohn Taylor.
The Club’s annual club tournament takesplace on Saturday 28th March. A competi-tive day’s play is guaranteed with a Sin-gles, Handicap Singles and HandicapDoubles competition all taking place.
Anyone interested in joining the club, orin junior coaching activities can contactclub secretary, Nigel Maltby on 01189463191.
Chiltern Edge Squash Club We are looking for new members to jointhe Chiltern Edge Squash Club (CESC).The annual membership (£10 per yearfor an individual, or £15 for a familymembership) and costs of using thecourts (£4 for a 40-minute session) aremuch less than other squash clubs in thearea. So if you hung up your racketsome time ago and would like to startplaying again, or you are a new playerstarting for the first time, CESC couldbe the right club for you.
The courts are located at Chiltern EdgeSchool in Reades Lane, Sonning Com-mon. More information from RichardSeymour on 0118 9242142, or [email protected] or Roger Loveys on0118 9546120, [email protected].
Peppard Tennis Club Here we are again looking forward tothe lighter evenings and better weather!We are playing two club nights at themoment under floodlights on Tuesdayand Thursday evenings from 18.30, so ifyou want to have a game, please join us.We are situated behind the Red LionPub on Peppard Common, a whitepicket fence beside the pub will leadyou to six courts in lovely surroundings.In the Summer we run three club nightsTuesday, Wednesday and Thursdaywith competitions at various times andwe also play teams in the Berkshireleague.
Any enquiries please phone Kim Fry0118 9474051
Chiltern Players Performances of The Chiltern Players’spring production, Jane Eyre, take placeat Peppard Memorial Hall, GallowstreeRoad, Rotherfield Peppard on 27th & 28th
March and 3rd & 4th April, at 20.00. Tick-ets £7 available on the door or from Occa-sions, Wood Lane, Sonning Common.
Adapted by Willis Hall, one of Britain’smost respected screenwriters and drama-tists, this abridged version loses nothingof the emotional power and impact of theCharlotte Brontё classic. The audience istaken on a journey starting with Jane’scruel and miserable childhood to her firstmeeting with Rochester, her moral di-lemma when she learns of his dark secretand through to the story’s moving finale.
Carol Evans 0118 9723628
Peppard WI The WI constitution does not allow us tospend money from subscriptions or fundraising, involving the general public, on‘selfish pursuits’, but only on the qualityof our monthly meetings and speakers orfor donations to local good causes.Therefore, individual members have con-tributed a great deal of time, money andeffort over the last year raising moneyamong themselves and close friends forour 90th Birthday Fund. Along the way,we have had a great deal of fun at coffeemornings, lunches and those teas ‘full ofEastern promise’. At Sonning Golf Clubon February 27th, we celebrated with ourBirthday lunch ninety years to the daysince a group of ladies gathered in the oldPeppard Parish Room and decided to forma Women’s Institute. This was followedby our celebration cake at the Marchmeeting, and a theatre trip, and other out-ings are planned throughout the year.
Irene Lindsay, President 0118 947 8392
CHURCH SERVICES
STATIC ATTENDED DUSTCARTS/KERBSIDE GARDEN WASTE (BROWN BINS)
Sunday Services at Springwater(Peppard Congregational Church)
Family Service: 10.30 - 11.45 � Sunday School 10.30 - 11.30
Mass at St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church�Monday-Friday 09.00�
Saturday 17.30 � Sunday 09.00 & 10.30
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Trade CounterBishopsland Farm, Peppard Road, Dunsden, Reading RG4 9NR
Tel: 0118 972 2028 Fax: 0118 972 4559
PEPPARD BUILDING SUPPLIES
APRILWed 1 Greys Court Gardens open Sun 10 Sue Ryder Sale/10.30-12.30/01491 641070Fri 3 Peppard School Term ends Mon 11 RPPC Meeting & Planning /19.30/Pavilion
Chiltern Players/Jane Eyre/20.00/Mem. Hall Wed 13 Outing Barnsley House,Glos/Hort.SocSat 4 Hort.Soc/Spring Show/15.00-17.00/Chiltern Edge WI/NFWI Resolutions/14.30/Mem.Hall
Chiltern Players/Jane Eyre/20.00/Mem. Hall Fri 15 Silver Surfers/SC Library/0118 9722448Sun 5 Police Surgery/11.30/All Saints’ Church Evening Garden Walk/18.30/Greys Court
Circle Dancing/15.30-17.00/Christ the King Tue 19 Mobile Library - see below for time & placeMon 6 FISH Garden Centre/13.30/details FISH Office Wed 20 Peppard Lunch Club/12.00/Memorial HallTue 7 Mobile Library - see below for time & place Thu 21 FISH Pub Lunch/11.30/details FISH OfficeWed 8 Storytime 3-7 years/10.00/Sonning Common Library Supper Cruise New Orleans/FOPS/01491 826835
WI/On foot in Oxfordshire/14.30/Mem. Hall Sat 23 RPPC/Planning/10.00/Pavilion
Hort.Soc/Great Russian Gardens/19.30/CE School Sat 30 Brief History of Sonata/ Piano Recital/19.30/All SaintsTue 14 RPPC/Planning/20.15/Pavilion Sun 31 Sue Ryder Sale/10.30-12.30/01491 641070Wed 15 Easter Egg Trail/10.00-12.00/Greys Court JUNE
Peppard Lunch Club/12.00/Memorial Hall Mon 1 FISH Garden Centre/13.30/details FISH OfficeThu 16 Easter Egg Trail/10.00-12.00/Greys Court Tue 2 Mobile Library - see below for time & place
FISH Pub Lunch/11.30/details FISH Office Fri 5 Evening Garden Walk/18.30/Greys CourtFri 17 Easter Egg Trail/10.00-12.00/Greys Court Sat 6 Peppard Village Fair/14.00-17.00/01491628696Sun 19 Sue Ryder Sale/10.30-12.30/01491 641070 Evening Garden Walk/18.30/Greys CourtMon 20 Peppard School Term starts Sun 7 Chiltern Challenge Walk/Sue Ryder/01491 641070Tue 21 Mobile Library - see below for time & place Circle Dancing/15.30-17.00/Christ the KingThu 23 Bluebell Woods Walk/10.00/Greys Court Mon 8 RPPC Meeting & Planning/19.30/PavilionFri 24 Bluebell Woods Walk/10.00/Greys Court Wed 10 WI/Compiling Crosswords/14.30/Mem Hall
Parochial Church Council AGM/20.00/Parish Room Fri 12 Midsummer Night’s Dream/Greys Court/0844 2491895Sun 26 On your Bike/11.00/SC Primary School/0118 9723348 Tue 16 Mobile Library - see below for time & place
Bowls Club Open Day/14.30/Memorial Hall Wed 17 Peppard Lunch Club/12.00/Memorial HallMon 27 RPPC/Planning/20.15/Pavilion Thu 18 FISH Pub Lunch/11.30/details FISH OfficeWed 22 RPPC AGM/20.00/Memorial Hall Fri 19 Evening Garden Walk/18.30/Greys CourtMAY Sat 20 Outing Nymans (NT) Sussex/Hort. SocSun 3 Circle Dancing/15.30-17.00/Christ the King Sun 21 Sue Ryder Summer Fair/10.30-14.30/01491 641070Mon 4 FISH Garden Centre/13.30/details FISH Office Mon 22 RPPC/Planning/20.15/PavilionTue 5 Mobile Library - see below for time & place Tue 30 Mobile Library - see below for time & place
Mobile Library – Peppard School 11.45–11.55 Green Gym: Robin Howles – 0118 9723528 FISH Office: 0118 9723986 (Mon-Fri, 09.30-11.30)
Peppard Bowls Club afternoons Mon & Thurs 14.00 – 16.00 Peppard Lunch Club: Sally Longhurst 0118 9722808
Sunday Servicesat All Saints’
APRIL MAY JUNE NOTES5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 GOOD FRIDAY, 10th APRIL
10.00 Morning Prayer andLitany14.00 Devotional Hour
--------------------1Festal Evensong for EasterDay2Guild Service3Festal Evensong for WhitSunday
09.00 Communion � � � � � � � � � � � � �
10.30 Communion(sung)
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10.30 Matins � � �
10.30 Family Service � � �
10.30 Sunday School � � � �
18.30 Evensong � 1 � � � � 2 � 3 � � � �
Month April May JuneDate 8th 22nd 6th 8th 20th 3rd 5th 17th
Place SC RPPlace: RP= Peppard Xroads, SC= behind Somerfield. Garden/electrical waste will
NOT be accepted. ONLY Non-recyclable general. Times: Fri 8-11
Gdn Wste � � � � � �
St Michael’s Easter ServicesFri 3rd April Mass of Reconciliation 19.00
Sat 4th April Vigil Mass 17.30Sun 5th April Palm Sunday 09.00 & 10.30
Thurs 9th April Maundy Thursday 19.00
Fri 10th April Good Friday 12.00 Stations of the Cross15.00 Good Friday Service
Sat 11th April Holy Saturday 20.00 Easter Vigil
Sun 12th April Easter Sunday 09.00 & 10.30
Peppard Diary
