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Peppard News is a quarterly community newspaper published by Peppard News Publications with financial support from Rotherfield Peppard Par ish Council, and is
distributed free within the parish of Peppard. Views expressed are not necessarily those of Peppard News Publications or of the RPPC unless stated as such.
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Winter 2014
No, not with Gareth Malone but with our
own church choir of All Saints’. The
choir sings at church services week in,
week out, and over recent years has also
led the singing of carols in The Unicorn
one evening just before Christmas. This
year’s date is Tuesday 16th December at
19:45. Everyone is very welcome to
come along and join this festive occasion.
Through its affiliation to the Royal
School of Church Music (RSCM), a roll-
ing programme of musical education is
available to all members of the choir,
young and old – the medals worn round
their necks are testament to that. The
colours denote the levels currently
achieved by each proud wearer. The
choir also sings beyond the confines of
the church at RSCM festivals that in-volve choirs from around the Oxford
Diocese – next year’s festival is to be
held in Christ Church Cathedral, Ox-
ford. The junior choir members also
have the opportunity to attend choral
courses held by the RSCM where they
can meet up in Oxford with singers of
their own age, over a two or three day
period, to enjoy group singing sessions,
St Michael’s Catholic Church
During Advent our Christmas tree will
have labels hanging from its branches.
Parishioners will take a label, buy the
named gift, wrap it and place it under the
tree. Just before Christmas the gifts will
be distributed locally and to the Reading
Drop-in Centre.
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Springwater Reaches Out Chris Lewis took over as Pastor at the
church in Blounts Court Road in 2012
having come from a church in London
that operates a food bank. He has now set
up the same in Peppard and the first par-cels were delivered for Christmas in
2012; it became a regular part of the
church's outreach from the beginning of
2013.
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culminating in a service in the Cathedral
or a college chapel.
If any of this has whetted your appetite
for singing and you would like to con-
sider joining the choir, or have children
who enjoy singing, rehearsal night is
Thursday with warm up rehearsals in
church at 09:45 on Sunday, prior to the
morning service at 10:30. For more infor-
mation contact me on 0118 972 4065,
Rebecca Bell, Junior Choir Leader, on 0118 972 2967 or Keith Atkinson, Choir
Secretary, on 0118 972 2844.
David Butler, Director of Music
Carols with the Choir
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Our Schools
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Peppard School We are fast approaching Christmas now,
the days are flying by. School has grown
in numbers and we are currently at 96
with three more joining us in January. We
are also very excited that we have had a hard surface play area and a gate fitted to
The Meadow (adjacent to Reno’s Restau-
rant) which we hope to use very soon.
This term, we raised money for Roald
Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and
Children in Need with dress down days. Two Year 6 girls ran a cake sale to raise
money for an orphanage in Mongolia. We
also gave up time and donations to Blue
Skye Thinking, a children’s cancer char-
ity. The challenge is called Loom to the
Moon. A group of children spent a lunch-
time or two ‘looming’ and we managed to
create a 121m band which we sent off to
add to the main length of 23,876m! We
received a ‘thank you’, not only from
Skye’s parents but from John Howell MP too.
The school’s girls’ and boys’ football
teams have been competing. Our Year 5/6
football team finished 4th at the annual
competition at Bishopswood. In Novem-
ber we were asked if we would like to enter a team in a Spelling Bee hosted by
Queen Anne’s School and were delighted
when four Year 6 girls took on the chal-
lenge. They had an excellent afternoon
and were treated to tea and cakes! The
girls did a tremendous job, coming second
in their age-group. The following week
four Year 5 children were invited to the
Oratory to take part in a maths challenge
which went equally well. As always, the
children were impeccably behaved and
fantastic ambassadors for the school.
For the Remembrance Service at All
Saints’, the children made individual pop-
pies which were then made into a wreath
and presented at the service by our School
Council.
We hosted a cross country run on Friday
20th November, with two other local
primary schools joining us. Altogether,
there were 70 children running 1.2k and
1.8k around Peppard and through Springwood.
The KS1 children are busy rehearsing
for their Christmas play Prickly Hay!
There will be two performances on
Tuesday 9th December, one in the after-
noon and the other in the evening for working Mums and Dads. Our Christin-
gle this year will be on the last day of
term, 18th December at 18:30 in the
church. Our choir is busy as always,
rehearsing for Young Voices 2015 at the
O2 in January and lots of other events in
the run up to Christmas – Riding for the
Disabled, and Spirit of Christmas at the
Christ Church Centre in Henley in aid of
the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.
Fiona Hilton
Friends of Peppard School Our Christmas raffle is back! We have
seven luxury hampers packed full of
goodies, toys and festive treats, as well
as a chance to win a scrummy Sunday
roast for four at Henley's newest restau-rant CAU. Tickets are on sale from 8th
December for just £1 each, the draw
will take place Wednesday 17th Decem-
ber. See Fiona in the school office. All
proceeds go straight back into the
school.
Shenan Morgan
Snow White at The Kenton
Should I really try that tempting apple?
Oh Yes, I should, or there will be 'no
show' as I have the privilege of being
Snow White at the Kenton Theatre's New
Year panto, directed by Muffin Hurst and presented by the Henley Children's Thea-
tre Group (HCTG)
(www.henleychildrenstheatre.co.uk).
I moved to Peppard last year and have
been a member of HCTG for seven years,
Mia Dobson
The Peppard News Editorial
Team wishes all our readers
and distributors a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
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Rose - International Dressage Champion
Fifteen year old Rose Hugh Smith lives
with her family in Church Lane. She has
had a keen interest in horses from a very
early age, started riding lessons aged
four and had her first pony at seven.
From there she has progressed to own-
ing her present horse Florentino (known
as Flo) a ten year old which stands at
seventeen hands. Flo is a German bred
dressage horse and together he and Rose
are proving a very successful team.
Rose was a member of the European
Pony Team in 2013 for riders
aged 14–16 with ponies under
14.2. The team won a Bronze
medal. This year she has com-
peted in England, France and Bel-
gium gaining a personal best in
France last year of 75% from one
judge. This is her first year of
competing on a horse rather than a pony and she has been in the
under 18 Junior Squad since the
beginning of October. This sum-
mer she took part in the under 25s
Championships and became a
medium reserve champion.
The summer also saw her in
the British Young Riders Dressage
Scheme where her successes continued.
Rose has two trainers, keeps fit in a gym
and both she and Flo have physiotherapy and chiropractic treatment.
I know almost nothing about horse riding
but had to wonder how Rose fits all this
in with school! She attends a girls' board-
ing school in Ascot, Berkshire which is
very supportive of her sport. Her mother collects her from school so that she can
come home to ride during PE lessons and
while she is away compet-
ing she takes school work
with her.
Rose will take GCSEs in nine subjects next year and
plans to go to university to
do an economics degree.
She has her sights set on the
Olympic Games and the
World Equestrian Games.
It is no surprise that she
hopes to make a career in
dressage.
Sue Nickson
Rose on Florentino performing the extended trot
being everything in past productions from
a golden harp, a villager, to a scarecrow;
however this will be my first time in the
lead role.
We have just received our scripts and are
now rehearsing every Saturday to get the
show ready for you. Muffin manages to
keep us focused on getting the perform-
ances right and having fun while we do it.
This year is extra special for me, as aside
from being Snow White, my best friend Amber is the prince. The challenge will be
keeping a straight face as we sing to each
other! (See Diary page for details)
Hope to see you at the show.
Mia Jobson, 12 yrs
Champion Kayaker Sam Keeps Paddling
It was a pleasure to catch up with Sam
Kirschstein Smith again. From previous
editions of Peppard News you will know
how proud we are to have such a talented
young sportsman in our village.
Sam turned 18 in the summer, a month
before competing in Szeged, Hungary in
the World Kayaking Championships. He
competed in K2 and K4 1,000 metre races
in front of crowds of around 600. He
reached the A Finals in both events. He
and his fellow paddler Ed Haws are now
eighth fastest in the world in K2 and in
K4 the team are sixth fastest in the world!
They also broke the GB Junior 1000 me-
tre K4 record by three seconds with a time of 2:58 minutes. The temperature in
Szeged was 31° and the team spent a week training and acclimatising before-
hand. Sam is rightly proud of his own and
his team’s achievements.
So what next? He is looking to compete in
the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 and
will continue to paddle at Bisham and Dorney Lake. His commitment to his
sport is really impressive while also keep-
ing on top of his academic work.
Sue Nickson
Sam with K2 partner Ed Haws (Photo by Ollie Harding)
The Councils
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Parish Council Chairman: Tony Cotton
e-mail: [email protected]
Parish Clerk: Linda Collison
7 Grange Avenue, Rotherfield Peppard, Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 5LD
01491 629676
e-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.rppc.org.uk
SODC Councillors: Paul Harrison 0118 972 2665
& Alan Rooke—01491 572919
OCC Councillor: David Bartholomew 07769 808773
e-mail: [email protected]
Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council usually meets on 2nd Monday of the month at 19.30 in the Pavilion. Parishioners may attend and
observe, and may briefly raise issues of concern to them. All may attend
intermediate planning meetings as well - see
Diary for dates and times.
Parish News I am delighted to welcome two new coun-
cillors who have recently joined the
Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council. They
are Barry Wood, who moved into the vil-
lage a few months ago, and Veronica Treacher, a long term resident. This
means that once again we have a full com-
plement of councillors. In view of the
time and effort that all councillors contrib-
ute, this is important if we want our vil-
lage and its aspirations to be properly rep-
resented and heard.
One aspect of this is your Council's aim to
protect the nature of the area. To this end,
if there is sufficient interest, the Council is
considering setting up a Village Working
Group. Anyone who would like to be part
of this should contact our Clerk
Linda Collison 01491 629676 or
Thanks to the generosity of the local char-
ity, Millie's Dream, a defibrillator has
been installed in the old telephone kiosk
next to the school. This potentially life
saving device is simple to use and full
instructions are with the machine. A very
informative course, under the instruction
of South Central Ambulance Service, was held in the Sports Pavilion attended by
nearly forty people. If sufficient money
can be raised we would like to install an-
other defibrillator in the village possibly
in Peppard War Memorial Hall.
External lighting has now been fitted to the Sports Pavilion, which will make it
more attractive for hire during winter eve-
nings. With the help of a contribution
from Oxfordshire County Council,
arranged by Councillor David
Bartholomew your Council has approved
a new noticeboard for outside the Sports
Pavilion.
Whilst mentioning the Sports Pavilion, we
are still looking for a part time cleaner to
ensure that the room is always suitable for
hire. If you are interested, please contact
Linda Collison as above.
The number of residents subscribed to the
Village e-mail continues to increase. If
you would like to join this confidential
service which aims to keep you informed
of Parish Council matters and other
important village information please
contact Linda Collison.
Following damage by a pink Vitality
bus, I am pleased to say that the bus
shelter next to the Unicorn has now
been repaired. Reading Buses have
agreed to reimburse the Council for the cost.
As winter approaches can I remind
residents that all four salt bins in our
Parish are full and ready for use. This
salt is provided at rate-payers’ expense
for use on public areas only.
Finally, on behalf of the Parish Council,
may I wish you all a very Merry Christ-
mas and a healthy and happy New Year.
Tony Cotton
Christmas Wishes I would like to take this opportunity to
wish all constituents a peaceful Christ-
mas. It is my wish for us all that 2015 will
be a good year.
May I also say ‘thank you’ to all those
who work hard in our communities to
make them special for the rest of us.
It is always a pleasure when I get the
opportunity to visit community activities
and I look forward to learning yet more
about what is being done during the forth-
coming year.
With best wishes
John Howell MP
Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan
There will be a Public Consultation on 6th
and 7th February: residents from in and
around our NDP area are invited to an
exhibition of our draft Plan that will be
displayed in Sonning Common Village
Hall on Friday 6th February from 18:00-
21:00 and again on Saturday 7th February
from 10:00-15:00 . This will be the start
of a formal six week consultation about
our Plan with residents of Sonning
Common, Kidmore End and Rotherfield Peppard parishes.
Comments and feedback from all
attendees will be a vital part of the
consulation process.
Members of the NDP Working Party will
be there to answer questions and there
will be feedback forms/questionnaires to
collect written comments.
We hope that many residents will come
along to give us their opinions.
Barrie Greenwood, Working Party Chairman
From John Howell, MP In his November newsletter John
Howell discusses mobile phone cover-
age. Currently 11.5% of Oxfordshire
suffers from 'partial non-spots' – much
of which is in the south.
The Government is working with
mobile operators to find voluntary im-
provements as well as considering if
new laws are required to improve cover-
age. Part of this will be to look at allow-
ing people to use other networks when their own cannot provide a signal or,
alternatively, requiring companies to
cover a certain geographic percentage of
the UK.
The department is looking at a system of
national roaming which Ofcom says is
technically possible.
Snippets
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Peppard People
Sonning Common Library Storytimes take place every Saturday at
10:00, and our next ‘special’ storytime
will be a Christmas one, on 20th Decem-
ber. There will be Christmas stories and
crafts, and home-made cakes for sale.
I’d also like to invite everyone to visit the
library for seasonal refreshments on Fri-
day 19th December, between 14:00-17:00.
The library will close for Christmas on
Monday 22nd December at 17:00, and
open again in the New Year on Friday 2nd
January at 09:00.
Rosemary Dunstan
Wood Lane Dentistry At Wood Lane Dentistry we feel very
lucky to be supported so well by the local
community. Feedback and community
plays an important part in developing our
services for you.
We have decided to put together a patient
forum. This will include a panel of pa-
tients who will meet once or twice a year
(probably during an evening) to contrib-
ute ideas and help develop the services
we offer.
If you feel you have a contribution to
make please contact Vik at
Many thanks and Merry Christmas
Vik and all the Team
Neighbourhood Policing The Home Office national crime mapping
website gives the public access to street-
level crime information as well as infor-
mation on their Neighbourhood Policing
Teams, Neighbourhood Priorities and Events - details of Have Your Say and
other neighbourhood activities.
Log on to www.police.uk, type in your
local postcode or neighbourhood name
and then click on ‘Find out more’.
Claire Overbury As a child, Claire was taken to concerts at
the Royal Albert Hall and such is her
musical talent that one of the highlights of
her career was performing there herself!
Her parents were already settled in
Church Lane when Claire was born. Clas-
sical music was part of her home life even
before she started playing piano and re-
corder at the age of five.
Although she wanted to be a vet, music
won out in the end and, originally inspired
by James Galway, she finally opted for
music in order to achieve her degree from
Christchurch College, Oxford. She chose
Oxford for its many orchestras but also
because she enjoys mixing with a greater variety of people, not just musicians.
It is as a flautist that she has pursued her
career although she still plays the piano
and teaches flute to all age groups at a
girls’ school in Hampton.
After college, she played with the
Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra before
branching out to perform on cruise
ships. Claire says that this is the perfect
way of playing music to large audiences whilst, at the same time, seeing the
world. She has travelled extensively
and feels so lucky to be able to have
had a taster of many countries and be
paid for doing so at the same time:
Sydney is certainly one place she
would love to return to.
When on board she gives two or
three recitals of a combination of
popular and more obscure music and
also her own favourite, South Ameri-
can music – much enjoyed by her
audiences.
As a teenager, Claire fell in love with
a Venezuelan flautist who introduced
her to South American music and
dancing. Several years on, she is still
in touch with the young man and his
influence of the music and Salsa
dancing has remained a big part of
her life. She adores the emotion and
passion of the music.
Recently Claire has played 2nd flute
for the Royal Philharmonic Orches-
tra, travelling with them to Barcelona
in Spain, Verona in Italy and has toured
Switzerland, including participating in
the Montreux Festival. Nevertheless,
Claire is her own toughest critic and is always striving to improve – this means
practising every single day.
Although a country girl at heart, Claire
moved to London as it provides more
opportunities for performing as well as
pursuing her very busy social life. She may be London-based now but Claire
retains her strong links with Peppard, as
those of us who have been to any of her
charitable recitals in All Saints’ will
know.
Rita Hadgkiss
Our Village
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Commons News The Conservators are delighted to confirm
Rhona Ash, 01491 628234, as the Conser-
vator for Kingwood - previously she was
co-opted. Nigel Wooding is now a con-
sultant to the Conservators. Rhona has been a wonderful ambassador for the
commons for more than 10 years and has
dedicated a tremendous amount of her
time to protect and promote Kingwood
and Peppard Commons.
Further afield from our own commons, a new play trail was formally opened on
1st November on Nettlebed Common,
which has proved extremely popular with
local children. Funded by the Chilterns
Commons Project, it was designed and
constructed by Alastair Phillips, with the
help of many volunteers. RPPC council-
lors attended the event. Do pay it a visit.
The Conservators have been busy tackling
overgrown vegetation - at the request of
Peppard School, a massively overgrown
hazel clump was cut back, right by the
school gate, making access to the school
considerably easier. Additionally, the
overgrown hedges along Stoke Row Road
between Berrywood and Halcyon Rest
have been trimmed back to make the foot-path usable for those residents walking to
the bus-stop by the Unicorn.
Nigel Wooding
Free Workouts! Have you made a resolution to get fit
during 2015? And if not, perhaps you
should! So what are your plans? To go to
a conventional gym and sit on a rowing
machine? Why not give the Green Gym a try?
It was started by Dr William Bird of the
Sonning Common Health Centre around
17 years ago. We work in the local coun-
tryside to keep it looking good. Because
we don’t use any power tools, it’s a very easy way to get fit. Research has shown
that working with the Green Gym is just
as good as going to a conventional gym
and a great deal more useful. And it’s
free!
In the immediate area, we help keep the Millennium Green in Sonning Common
Nuffield Place William Morris, later Lord Nuffield, came
to Nuffield to play golf and bought the
Golf Club when it got into financial diffi-
culties. When Nuffield Place came on the
market he bought and converted it for himself and Lady Nuffield, making some
pretty major changes. However this major
industrialist, who set up production lines
to build hundreds of identical cars, could
not measure his own dining room carpet
accurately. It still has a roll at one side.
All heroes should have feet of clay!
The National Trust has run the house for
four years and is seeking extra volunteers
to tell these stories and many others. We
are opening for more days next year and
would welcome volunteers for any day of
the week, but especially Monday and
Tuesday
I have volunteered for the last year and
thoroughly enjoyed myself. No one ever
queries my ‘facts’!
You are invited to an Open Day for new
volunteers to meet and view the house on
Saturday 31st January at 10:00. For more
information phone Nuffield Place
on 01491 642857 or visit nuffieldvolun-
Jim Smith
in good shape, we’ve cleared a lot of the
Spring Wood holly and we’ve installed a
kissing gate on the south side of Carlings
Orchard. We keep the ski slope clear on
Peppard Common and we’ve cleared the glades on Kingwood Common.
We work on around twenty different sites
in beautiful scenery in South Oxfordshire.
In the process we keep our muscles and
joints in good shape which in turn will
help keep us mobile, healthy and enjoy life more. So can you afford not to join
us? We’ll be at Greys Court on 4th Decem-
ber and Nuffield Place on the 20th to name
just two. Call our secretary Robin Howles
on 0118 972 3528 or visit our website
www.sonningcommon.tcv.org.uk.
John Hasler
Peppard Revels Film Club Three great films topped this year’s vot-
ing and will be screened early in 2015.
First is Belle, the wonderful story of Dido
Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter
of an RN Officer and his African mistress, born in the West Indies but brought up in
the house of her father’s uncle, the Earl of
Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice. If you
only get to see one of our films make it
this one!
Next is Philomena, the true story of Philo-mena Lee sent to a convent in Ireland
because she had produced an illegitimate
son. Years later, Philomena and journalist
Martin Sixsmith attempt to find out what
happened to the boy. Nominated for four
Oscars, four BAFTAs and three Golden
Globe awards.
Finally we have Midnight in Paris, a
Woody Allen romantic fantasy. Gil Pen-
der is wandering alone in Paris at night
and finds himself transported back in time
to the twenties. These midnight trips be-
come a regular pastime and he meets,
amongst others, Cole Porter, Scott Fitz-
gerald and Ernest Hemingway.
For details of booking, etc., see the insert
in this edition of Peppard News or visit
our website www.peppardrevels.org.uk. A
word of warning. These films get very
booked up and we have had to turn people
away in the past.
John Hasler
Look Out for Hare Coursing
Thames Valley Police ask us all to report
this crime and associated criminal dam-
age: to fencing and hedging to gain ac-
cess, and to the land, with indiscriminate
use of vehicles. Hare coursers tend to travel in groups, usually in 4x4 vehicles,
with dogs. You might see them parked
by a field, gathering in a field, or walk-
ing in a line across a field.
If you believe hare coursing is taking
place call 999. Tell the police what you
have seen. Give details of the location
noting of landmarks or road junctions,
number of people involved and a
description of vehicles and number of
dogs. If suspects leave, determine direction of travel. DO NOT approach
offenders or put yourself at risk.
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Peppard Revels 2015: At the Movies
The Peppard Revels Organising Commit-
tee is delighted to announce an action-
packed Spring Bank Holiday (23rd-24th
May 2015) weekend extravaganza for the
whole community to enjoy, featuring a
series of exciting ‘At the Movies’ themed
events with something for everyone. Pro-
ceedings will begin with a family event on
Saturday 23rd May with an Olympics-type
team competition during the day (The
Peppard Games) and a disco or country band for barn dancing or line dancing in
the early evening; food and drinks will be
available throughout the day. On the
morning of Sunday 24th May there will be
an ecumenical church service, involving
all our local churches, in the main
marquee at which everyone is welcome.
This will be followed that evening by the
main event - a red carpet, black tie dinner
(although we will encourage guests to
dress up in their favourite ‘At the Movies’ outfits to coincide with the main theme of
the weekend). In addition to the sit-down
meal, there will be dancing to a live band,
fireworks, and a range of other activities
during the evening. Tickets will be avail-
able from early 2015 and local residents
will be given priority for early booking. A
flyer summarising the event is included
with this copy of Peppard News so please
make a note of the date in your diaries -
we look forward to seeing you there!
For enquires and further details please see
our website: www.peppardrevels.org.uk
Gavin Brooks
Health Walks With winter upon us it’s good to wrap
up warm and get out into the beautiful
local countryside for a brisk walk. The
Health Walks’ timetable continues
through the winter, whatever the weather (unless it’s snow, when we
might have to cancel the walk because
roads are closed) with a programme of
walks to suit all levels of fitness. After a
short break for Christmas and New
Year the walks continue into 2015 with
different starting places and new routes.
Join us to walk off your Christmas
pudding!
FISH The FISH Volunteer Centre runs regu-
lar shopping trips to Tesco in Henley
every Monday morning and to Henley
Waitrose, Henley Farmers’ Market,
Morrisons in Reading and Reading Town Centre every month.
The programme of shopping and
leisure trips for each month is
published and distributed on 20th
of the preceding month and book-
ings are taken from that date. Copies of the programme are
available the FISH Volunteer
Centre, Sonning Common Li-
brary, the Christian Community
Action shop, Pet Country Sup-
plies and on request from Car-
son’s Chemist.
Details of all minibus trips can
also be found on the FISH web-
site www.fishvolunteercentre.co.uk
For more information and to book any trip call 0118 972 3986 any weekday
between 09:30 and 11:30.
Poppy Appeal Year on year, the fortnight before Re-
membrance Sunday has been the time to
donate to the Royal British Legion Poppy
Appeal and to wear our poppies. We do
this to remember all those who made the supreme sacrifice and to support those
who have suffered because of war. The
centenary of the start of the First World
War and our withdrawal from Afghani-
stan have raised public awareness. We can
see the plight of the two thousand seri-
ously injured young men and women. We
can grieve with four hundred and fifty
bereaved families.
Peppard War Memorial Hall
A reminder of summer now that winter is
upon us! The Chiltern Edge Horticultural
Society in partnership with the hall has,
this summer, created stunning planters to
really enhance the hall. Currently they are
planted up for the winter/spring when,
again, they should be a great success.
Over the summer our cloakrooms have
been completely refurbished with new
baby changing facilities and the provision
of a toilet for the disabled. The Garfield Weston Foundation has helped us, along
with SODC, Chiltern Edge Community
Association and Peppard Building Sup-
plies (PBS). Of interest is the fact that Rue
Butler, a Director of PBS, is the grandson
of Arthur Butler who built the hall. A
small world! We are now moving forward
to prepare for the roof replacement which
is fast needing to be done, having lasted
well since 1921. The project will cost
£50-60,000. Can anybody help? For de-tails of activities in the hall please visit
our website:
www.peppardwarmemorialhall.btik.com
This year we will be decorating the hall in
preparation for Christmas, something I
gather hasn`t been done for some time.
Clive Mills
We cover Stoke Row, Greys and Pep-
pard. Our local team has raised
£3,925.73 so far this year. This is a 15%
improvement on 2013. Thanks are
therefore due to our 25 house-to-house collectors, to All Saints’ (£406.16 at our
Remembrance Day Service), and the
schools, pubs and businesses with static
boxes.
We offer our most grateful thanks, most
of all, to you, the donors. Thank you!
Nick Launders
The timetable is available from the library,
the Health Centre and the Herb Farm, or
on websites
www.sonningcommonhealthwalks.co.uk/
timetable or www.PeppardNews.co.uk/VillageInformation/Activities. If you’d
like to talk to someone about the Health
Walks, phone Colin Davies on 0118 972
2527
Rosemary Dunstan
Our Churches
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From All Saints’ ‘Christmas is coming, the goose is getting
fat’… so the old rhyme goes, and time is
racing past as we gear up to respond to
the plethora of adverts on TV telling what
we need to get ready for the festive sea-son. What shall we buy Dad this year?
How many will there be for Christmas
dinner? What are they showing on the
TV ? Christmas is a wonderful time to be
with friends and family and to get in touch
with people who have somehow slipped
through the net and off the e-mail during
the busy year. But as we listen to the carol
jingles in the shops, do we really listen to
the words and the message they carry?
Hark the herald angels sing glory to the
new-born King! When we think about Christmas, let’s remember that this is the
time to celebrate the coming of Jesus our
Saviour: God’s greatest gift to us, born
into what we would think of as dire
poverty. And the old rhyme comes back to
us ‘Christmas is coming, the goose is get-
ting fat ... but ... who will ‘put a penny in
the poor man’s hat’? So, as we prepare to
celebrate Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, we
wish you a joyful and blessed Christmas
and peace and goodwill to all for 2015, especially those less fortunate than
ourselves.
Revd Susan Cooper
Remembrance Sunday The Remembrance Day Service held on
Sunday 9th November at All Saints’, saw
approx. 170 people present at the 11:00
service, where wreaths were laid at the
war memorial on a sunny autumn morn-ing. It was lovely to see a full church and
we look forward to seeing you again at
our other services.
Harvest Lunch Our annual Bring and Share Harvest
Lunch held at Peppard War Memorial
Hall on 28th September was attended by
nearly 50 parishioners. Donations after
expenses totalled £169 and were
donated to Rotherfield Peppard Relief in
Need. Thanks go to Ian and Pat Fraser
and their team for organising this annual
event.
RSCM Events This year’s RSCM Oxfordshire Annual
Choirs’ Festival took place in St
Helen’s, Abingdon-on-Thames on Sat-
urday 4th October, in which several
adult and junior members of the choir
participated. Four of All Saints’ Choir,
(three junior members and one adult)
have recently been successful in obtain-
ing RSCM singing awards. A service of
Evensong was held at Christ Church
Cathedral on 15th November, where medals were presented. Congratulations
to all those involved.
Margaret Woodward
Monthly Parish Prayer Meeting
On the second Monday of each month, the
monthly Prayer meeting is held between
20:00 and 21:00 in All Saints’ Parish
Room, when the needs of the Parish and
Benefice are prayed for. Please support these monthly prayer meetings.
For further details contact Nick Launders
on 01491 628243 or
A Norfolk Connection During a recent holiday in Norfolk, Pat
and Ian Fraser visited the Church of St.
Mary Magdalene, Sandringham. There
they noted an inscription on a brass
plaque:
‘In loving remembrance of our beloved
General and Lady Knollys who, with their
children, occupied these seats for 14 years
from 1863 to 1877.’
From Alexandra and Albert Edward
‘The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God’
Albert Edward was Prince of Wales and
later King Edward VII. He married Prin-
cess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. Gen-
eral the Rt. Hon. Sir William Thomas
Knollys (1797 – 1883), who is also re-membered in All Saints’ Church and who
lived at Blounts Court, was the Prince of
Wales’ Treasurer and Comptroller from
1866 to 1877.
Keith Atkinson
Looking Ahead On Tuesday 16th December at 19:45, the
choir will lead the Community Carol
Singing at The Unicorn.
Henley Annual Choirs’ Festival will take
place on Saturday 24th January, at St
Mary’s, Henley in which several local
choirs will join together to sing Messe De
Minuit by Charpentier.
OHCT Ride and Stride This annual event took place on
Saturday 13th September, when a team
from All Saints’ visited churches in the
County (and further afield) and raised
£2067 through sponsorship for Oxford-shire Historic Churches Trust. Half of
this amount has been returned to All
Saints’, to be used for the maintenance
of the church and its grounds.
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Revd Chris Lewis
0118 972 4519
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St Michael’s Catholic Church
Father Paul Rowan 0118 972 3418
Deacon Francis Andrews 0118 972 2354
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In September we celebrated the feast of St
Michael with a weekend of reflection,
prayer and celebration. The theme was
Reaching Out to Others.
We know that Catholic families move
into the area and are not sure where we
are or how to get involved with parish
life. There are also people who were once
part of the life of our parish but for some
reason there has been a separation of the
ways.
With these people in mind we have
arranged a series of events during the
weeks leading up to Christmas, in addi-
tion to our usual weekend services,
which we hope will provide opportuni-
ties for people to step across the
threshold for the first time or re-establish
contact: all are welcome.
The highlight is of course the celebration
of Christmas itself. We will be celebrat-
ing with a Mass for families with young
children at 18:00 on 24th December. At
Through contact with the Christian
Community Action shop in Sonning
Common, Chris was made aware of the
needs of people in Sonning Common and
now a team of six volunteers at the church put together food parcels which
are delivered to about 24 addresses in
Peppard, Sonning Common, Pangbourne,
Whitchurch, Woodcote, Caversham,
Wallingford, Reading and Emmer Green.
About one third of the recipients live in
Peppard and Sonning Common. A small
number of deliveries are made weekly,
some fortnightly and some monthly.
The recipients of the food parcels range
from single individuals to couples and
families, who have a variety of reasons
for needing help; some of them
short-term. Referrals also come from the
Health Centre in Sonning Common and
Readifood in Reading, an organisation
which offers the same sort of assistance. Chris has seen the need increase over the
last 12-18 months.
So, I asked Chris, where do the goods
come from? Church members give
goods or money to buy the goods,
donations also come from Christian
Community Action, St Michael’s Catholic Church and the Harvest
Festival services at Peppard and
Sonning Common Primary Schools.
And what goes into
the boxes? All
goods are non-
perishable such as
tinned meat, fish,
baked beans, vege-
tables, spaghetti as
well as rice, pasta,
cereals, tea, coffee, jam, and toiletries
like soap and
shampoo, and toilet
rolls.
Special items are added for Christ-
mas such as Christ-
mas cake, crackers,
Christmas pudding,
chocolate biscuits,
paté, tinned
salmon and
selection boxes of sweets for families with
children.
Wherever possible, the same volunteer
delivers the food parcel each time so mak-
ing a relationship with the recipient and
giving time to listen to other concerns they
may have.
Sue Nickson
From left: Mrs Ella Brown, Revd Chris Lewis,
Mrs Sheila Brownjohn and Ms Denise George
20:30 there will be carols and readings
followed by ‘Midnight’ Mass at 21:00.
Christmas Day Mass will be at 10:30.
During this Christmas season the parish-
ioners of St Michael’s look forward to
meeting new friends, re-establishing con-
tact with old friends and wish everybody
in the Peppard area a joyful Christmas and
every blessing for the New Year.
Deacon Brian Theobald
Clubs and Societies
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CHILTERN ANTIQUES Your Local Antique Dealer
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boxes & lots more. See us at local and national Antique Fairs
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Peppard Relief in Need A local safety net for helping those who have fallen on hard times
If you know someone who could do with a little financial help to get
them through a crisis, (or you need help yourself) please let us know.
Your call will be dealt with in total confidence - just telephone
Sue Nickson (0118 972 4520) or Pat Fraser (01491 629631)
Peppard Bowls Club We are pleased to report that we are back
in competition thanks to new members. A
successful recruitment campaign has
resulted in gaining eleven new members
and, with this additional support, we have been accepted back into both Manchester
Unity and Plomer Leagues commencing in
the forthcoming season. The club held an
end of season lunch at the Great House in
Sonning which was very well supported.
The three course lunch was followed by
bingo and a quiz and the afternoon ended
with prizes being presented to the winners.
Members can enjoy meeting at the Great
House again in the New Year for a get-
together and lunch. Perhaps you would
like to take up this fascinating pastime, if so, please visit our website at
www.peppardbowlsclub.com or ring me
(Membership Secretary) on 0118
9242617.
Jenny Wingrove
Circle Dance News If you have been aware of the recent
concern about the prevalence of loneli-
ness, especially among older people, and
if this touches you personally, or some-
one you know, then do read on!
Circle Dance is just what it says; you
dance in a circle with seven, eight, or
more people. You may not know them to
start with, but by the time you’ve
laughed over the mistakes, or shared
the joy of moving together to inspiring music you will not only know them,
but you will have made lots of new
friends, and with the physical and
mental exercise (memorising the
steps) you will feel a different person.
Perhaps you can be tempted by some
of the dances coming up, Mistletoe,
Romanian Duck Dance, Wishes for
Health and Prosperity. You don’t
need a partner, just comfortable shoes
and curiosity. You are welcome to sit out whenever you like and we all have
a sit down with a cup of tea anyway.
First time is free, every first Sunday of
the month at Christ the King Hall,
15:30 -17:00.
Ros Jennings
MR FIX-IT—Handyman Services Call Tony on 0800 025 70 80 (evenings on 0118 972 3004),
or text 07794 464273 or e-mail [email protected]
for a free quote and call out
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Peppard WI I was somewhat disappointed that, in
spite of widely advertising our Open
Meeting on Organ Donation throughout
South Oxfordshire, the meeting began
with just 27 people in the hall. I need not have worried; the evening was a
great success. Rory Collier, a SNOD
(Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation)
from the RBH led the meeting with
sincerity, compassion and humour. He
explained that, due to the circumstances
in which they die, only a small percent-
age of registered organ donors actually
become donors. As the audience was
relatively small, everyone contributed to
Free Junior Tennis Trials Teach Me Tennis provides coaching for
juniors from the age of three at Peppard
Tennis Club. Children can learn all as-
pects of tennis, including how to score
and compete, in a fun but structured envi-ronment with LTA qualified coaches. The
new term starts from Monday 5th January
with sessions running after school every
weekday and on Saturday mornings.
Children new to the coaching can book a
FREE trial session so that they can come
along to experience the lessons before
booking in for the term. To book a free
trial session for your child please email
[email protected] or call 01491
728080 and mention Peppard News.
Adult group and individual lessons are
also available, along with tennis camps in
most school holidays.
For details about Teach Me Tennis and to
view the coaching programmes please
visit www.teachmetennis.co.uk
Louise Fry
the discussion; Rory was able to answer
all the concerns which people had and
some stopped to chat to him after the
meeting was drawn to a close. A serious
subject but something we should all consider discussing with our families.
We were very sorry to hear of the death of
Ron Bunnett who was a good friend to
Peppard WI. For many years he was our
auditor and those of us who served as
treasurer in his time, still remember how we took the books to him in trepidation.
He didn’t miss a trick but, having checked
and corrected our figures if necessary, he
always invited us to take afternoon tea
with him and his wife Jean, who was also
a WI member. When Jean died, he estab-
lished a Bursary Fund in her name,
enabling one lucky member of our WI to
attend a course, of her choice, at Denman
College, each year.
Thank you Ron, God Bless
Irene Lindsay
Bea Wingfield Digby
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Chiltern Players Our next production is written by
ex-Monty Python Michael Palin. This
very funny play The Weekend first pre-
miered in the 90s in the West End. It
deals with dysfunctional family visits at their worst. Irritable and difficult,
Stephen Pebble does everything to fore-
stall a visit from his daughter, dreary
husband and precocious child. With
their dog putting its special mark on the
house and his wife’s chiropodist arriv-
ing for a dinner party, Stephen’s blood
pressure reaches an all-time high.
We’ll be premiering our rendition at the
end of April 2015, at the National Thea-
tre of Peppard War Memorial Hall.
Heather Cannan
Sonning Common & Peppard Table Tennis Club
Your local table tennis club continues to
thrive with eight teams playing in the
Reading & District Table Tennis League
and Junior coaching sessions taking place
every Friday evening. The A and B sides
are in Reading's top division, playing
against the very best local table tennis
players. Both teams are near the bottom
of the table, but both still have every
chance of avoiding the two relegation
places. The A team have struggled early on but should soon start moving up the
table in the coming weeks. The B team
have enjoyed a good start to their season
with three points on the board. In Divi-
sion 2, the C team are currently mid-table
with youngsters, Danny Dockree and Joh-
nathan Abbott, continuing their rapid im-
provement. In Division 3 the promoted D
team took a few weeks to find their feet
but are now perched just behind the lead-
ing teams. Derek Wavell, Anthony Reeve and Allan Mollett could yet go on to
clinch a second successive promotion.
Both the E and F teams are in Division 4
and both are just above half way in the
league table. The E team started very well
with local youngsters, Joe Barraclough and Thomas Perkins, stepping up from
Division 5 and performing very well. The
F team made a slow start but a good re-
cent run has seen them climb up the table.
In Division 5 the G team are fifth while
the H team are currently seventh. Both
will be very happy to remain mid-table.
Junior coaching sessions take place be-
tween 17:00-19:00 on Fridays. Anyone
interested in these, or in playing senior
league table tennis can contact me on
Nigel Maltby, Club Secretary
Club SC In September thirteen members of Club
SC (Sonning Common Youth Club)
were treated to a trip to Thorpe Park.
Chiltern Edge Community Association
kindly donated funds to make the trip possible and FISH provided a mini bus
and driver. It was a real community
effort all round and the young people
had a fabulous day. We were particu-
larly proud of our young leaders, Calum
Bulloch and Alex Jolly, for taking
younger members 'under their wing' on
the day and encouraging them on to the
bigger rides and showing them around.
For this they were both awarded their
young leader certificates and hoodies as
part of their leadership course. Both are regularly volunteering with our younger
group and are an asset to Club SC.
Luckily the weather was on our side, but
this didn't stop the young people getting
drenched on the log flume and made for a rather soggy drive home! We are hop-
ing to return again in May for the Youth
Groups’ Big Weekend and are currently
fundraising for a trip to Gravity Force
indoor bounce/trampoline centre in Cam-
berley. If you are able to help fund Club
SC, please contact our Committee Chair
We are now offering our members the
chance to take part in the Arts Award:
similar to the Duke of Edinburgh Awards,
but focused on the arts. Members will be
treated to several sessions with profes-
sional artists ranging from print making to
video production. We began our own taster session at the club by decorating old
classroom chairs which we found in the
school's skip! We are keen to offer the
award as it is a qualification which can
enhance young people's CVs. Sue Car-
son, Deputy Youth Leader, is now trained
to deliver the course which has been
funded by Oxfordshire Youth.
Club SC are currently looking for volun-
teers to help on Wednesday and/or Thurs-
day evenings. Can you help us? Just two
evenings a month would help to keep the
club running … Contact me at#
Becky Jenkins, Youth Leader
A very wet James and Christopher Taylor
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DECEMBER Wed 10 St Michael's/Emmanuel: God-with-us talk/Fr Paul/20:00 Sun 11 Woodcote 10K Charity Road Run/10:30/01189842660
Sat 13 Greys Ct/Children's paper decorations/12:00-15:00/01491628529 Mon 12 RPPC Meeting/19:30/Planning/21:30.Pavilion
St Michael's/Christmas Flower Arranging/01189722106 Tue 13 CEHS/The Garden in Winter/PWMH/19:30
Sun 14 Springwater Congreg Church/Nativity Service/10:30 Wed 14 WI/Victim Support/Eileen Dickson/PWMH/14:30
Mon 15 St Michael's/Advent Reflection/19:30-20:30 Thu 15 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55
Greenshoots Homemade Produce/Christmas Carols/Caversham Court Fri 16 Peppard Film Cl/Belle/PWMH/19:00/07747762871
Tue 16 All Saints' Choir/Carols at the Unicorn/19:45 Sat 17 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199
Wed 17 St Michael's/Word Made Flesh/Fr Paul/20:00 Wed 21 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491628644
FOPS Christmas Raffle Sat 24 Henley Annual Choirs’ Festival/St Mary's/Messe de Minuit
Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491628644 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00
Greenshoots Homemade Produce/Barclays Bank Broad Street Tue 27 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55
Thu 18 Peppard School Term ends Sat 31 Nuffield Place/Volunteer Open Day/10:00/01491642857
Peppard School Christingle/All Saints'/18:30 FEBRUARY
Fri 19 SC Library/Seasonal Refreshments/14:00-17:00 Sun 1 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00
Sat 20 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199 Mon 2 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199
RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00 Fri 6 Sonning Common NDP Public Consultation/SC Hall/18:00-21:00
SC Library/Special Story Time/Crafts/10:00 Sat 7 Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19.30/01189723609
Sun 21 Springwater Congreg Church/Carol Service/10:30 Sonning Common NDP Public Consultation/SC Hall/10:00-15:00
Mon 22 St Michael's/Service of Reconciliation/19:30 Mon 9 RPPC Meeting/19:30/Planning/21:30.Pavilion
SC Library closes/17:00 Tue 10 CEHS/Roses/PWMH/19:30
Tue 23 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55
Wed 31 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/14.30/01491575698 Wed 11 WI/Is our Weather changing?/Ian Currie/PWMH/14:30
JANUARY Fri 13 Peppard School Term ends
Thu 1 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/14:30/01491575698 Wed 18 All Saints'/Ash Wednesday Holy Communion/20:00
Fri 2 SC Library opens/09:00 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491628644
Sat 3 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/13:00 & 18:00/01491575698 Fri 20 Peppard Film Cl/Philomena/PWMH/19:00/07747762871
Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19:30/01189723609 Sat 21 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199
Sun 4 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/13:00 & 18:00/01491575698 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00
Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00 Mon 23 Peppard School Term begins
Mon 5 Peppard School Term begins Tue 24 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55
Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199 For FISH shopping/leisure trips: see notice boards,
www.fishvolunteercentre.co.uk or 0118 972 3986
Peppard Tennis Club: Junior Tennis, six days a week from Mon 5 January,
01491 728080, [email protected]
SC Library: Storytimes, Saturdays 10.00/0118 972 2448 SC Library: Friendly Fridays 10.00 Scrabble/Knit & Natter/Crafters etc
Christmas Services
All Saints’ St Michael’s Springwater
Sunday 14th 10:30 Nativity Service
Sunday 21st 10:30 Carols Service
Wednesday 24th 17:30 Nativity Tableau 18:00 Mass for families
21:00 Holy Communion 20:30 Carols and
readings
21:00 Midnight Mass
Thursday 25th 09:00 Holy Communion 10:30 Mass 10:00 Christmas Day Service
11:00 Seven lessons & carols
Sunday Services
at All Saints’
DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY NOTES
7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 * No Service
A Advent Sequence of Carols,
Hyms and Readings
B Benefice service at Kidmore
End at 11:00
C Choral Evensong
D Christian Unity service at St
Michael’s RC Church at 18:30
09.00 Communion *
10.30 Communion (sung) B
10.30 Matins
10.30 Family Service
10.30 Sunday School
18.30 Evensong A C D
18th February at 20:00 – Ash Wednesday Holy Communion
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
CHURCH SERVICES