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Susan Carter Editor 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.

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Summer 2008

Elizabeth Goudge was recently com-memorated with a blue plaque on RoseCottage, the house in Peppard where shelived. “She was the kindest and most gen-erous person you could wish to meet: athoroughly lovely lady in every way”; sosaid Mrs Betty Harper, a very close andlong standing friend of Elizabeth Goudge.

As a child and young woman, Betty livedat the Dog pub with her parents. WhenElizabeth Goudge moved into Rose Cot-tage in 1952, Betty quickly becamea constant visitor to the cottage andalthough there was a twenty yearage difference, they became firmfriends. At that time, Rose Cottagehad no electricity, running water orcentral heating and although Eliza-beth Goudge had electricity andwater put in she lived without cen-tral heating all her life and Bettyremembers that, with roaring logfires, she created a cosy andhomely atmosphere.

She loved simple things and simplepeople – these she expressed in herbooks, especially The White Witch- all written in longhand. In The

White Witch she described Dog Laneand Flowercott Walk with its avenue oftrees – taken from her own experience ofwalking in Peppard. Betty’s own fa-vourite book is Gentian Hill.

The White Witch, in particular, arosefrom her love of children although sadlyshe never married and had any of herown; Betty believes this is simply as aresult of her moving around and caringfor her parents – she didn’t have the op-portunity to meet Mr Right!

She also cared deeply for other peopleand demonstrated this in her kindnessand generosity to the couple who lookedafter her. Mr & Mrs Wells were her gar-dener and housekeeper respectively;Betty believes it was they who weredescribed in Centre Water. When MrWells became seriously ill, ElizabethGoudge paid his wages and continued todo so for 17 years until he eventuallydied. She also helped and paid for theeducation and living expenses of ayoung Hungarian refugee who fled theHungarian uprising in 1956. She wasknown to have said “I am a rich lady andI don’t wish to be”.

Only thirteen blue plaques have beenawarded in Oxfordshire outside the cityof Oxford and now one commemoratesElizabeth Goudge. We are very proud tobe able to boast of this fine author andesteemed lady having lived here in Pep-pard.

Rita Hadgkiss

Elizabeth Goudge

Elizabeth Goudge

Rose Cottage

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School Matters

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Peppard School Last term, Foundation class had a visit toThe Northmoor Trust Nature Reserve nearWallingford. The day included pond dip-ping in the morning followed by a healthylunch in the barn. After lunch the childrenran up and down Wittenham Clumps andwent mini-beast hunting. We were fortu-nate to have glorious weather and finishedthe day collecting lots of different petalsand leaves to bring back to school.

Years 4 and 5 had their residential trips toSomerset and Oxford respectively. Allthe children had a wonderful time. InSomerset they took part in clay modelling,grass sledging and willow art. At HillEnd, the Year 5 children had fantasticweather and they experienced pond dip-

ping, data logging, a mini-beast safariand orienteering.

KS2 SATs – Well done to all the Year 6

children who had their SATs, they alltried really hard.

We held a Celebration Assembly forValerie Phelps who had an importantbirthday recently. We sang a selectionof traditional songs that included theNational Anthem. The Choir performed

a Latin song by Mozart, known to be afavourite of Valerie. Each child wroteabout Valerie and drew pictures, whichwere presented in a folder for Valerie tokeep. She was also given some vouchersto buy books, a beautiful silk scarf and abouquet of flowers. Finally, she wasasked to blow out candles on a largechocolate cake, later shared between thechildren. This was followed by a sumptu-ous celebratory lunch for staff and gover-nors, prepared by the TAs and the schoolsecretary. Valerie was very touched bythe whole event and very grateful to allinvolved.

The School Choir is going from strengthto strength and recorded a song, AveMaria, which was played at Ms McNa-mara’s wedding in Ireland during the holi-day.

Term 6 started on Tuesday 3rd June andwe anticipate our usual busy, fun-filledsummer term. The children have nowbeen able to return to Gillotts to use thenewly refurbished swimming pool.

Our Open Morning on Wednesday 4th

June was a great success with a good turnout of prospective parents. FOPS sup-plied the refreshments.

Other Summer Events:The Summer Production this year will beon 25th and 26th June at Chiltern Edge andincludes a selection of songs and dancesfrom different musicals.

We are practising in earnest for our annualtrip to Dorchester Abbey on Thursday 3rd

July for the Festival of Voices.

Sports Evening is planned for Friday 4th

July, weather permitting. If the weather isinclement, the alternative date will be Fri-day 18th July.

Highmoor class are collecting aluminiumcans for recycling and would therefore bevery grateful for any donations.

Fiona Hilton

Foundation Class at the Northmoor Trust Nature Reserve

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Council Matters Parish

Council Chairman: Vivienne Kemp

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Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council usu-ally meets on 2nd Monday of the monthat 19.30 in the Pavilion, though there is

no meeting in August. Parishioners mayattend and observe, and may raise brieflyissues of concern to them. All may attendintermediate planning meetings as well -

see Diary for dates and times.

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Action Plan Bid Inspire 08 - Youth Event

Residents from Rotherfield Peppard andSonning Common have joined forces toorganise a youth event, 'Inspire '08' onSaturday 19th July 15.00-19.00 at SonningCommon Primary School playing fields.

This initiative was borne from the Com-munity Action Plan (CAP) process, whichboth villages are doing to establish whatresidents want for their village (and don'twant!) and to make sure everyone gets themost out of where they live. A main partof the CAP process is gathering villagers'views on the village - covering areas suchas Leisure (things to do and places to go),Housing, Environment, Traffic and Clubs& Societies.

Inspire '08 is a vehicle for consulting withyoung people aged 11-19 years, but is alsointended to showcase the variety of thingsthere are to do in the local area for youngpeople. There will be live music, freedance and drama workshops, martial artsand street dance displays and a demonstra-tion of bush craft and fire skills - all pro-vided by local groups. There will also beinformation on groups and activities thatyoung people can get involved in, and ahog roast and barbeque

To be kept informed of this event, pleasee-mail inspire08@sonning-

common.org.uk to join the email mail-ing list. The Rotherfield Peppard CAPgroup will have a stall at the RevelsFamily Day on 21st June where residentscan make their suggestions and sharetheir views. If you would like to shareyour views on, and ideas for, our villageplease visit the CAP stall at the Revels,e-mail rotherfieldpep-pardcp@yahoo.co.uk or text 07526922112.

Anna Moulton

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Local Pub Review The Reformation

We had heard that the Reformation atGallowstree Common had had its ups anddowns, having changed management sev-eral times over the past few years, so wewere looking forward to seeing for our-selves what it is like now.

Certainly, as you pull into the car park thepub is now very spruced and looks wel-coming and inviting. This was more thanmatched by the welcome we received aswe were greeted by the charming youngwoman behind the bar. The Reformationis now run by a husband and wife team –he as chef and she as front of house, serv-ing both drinks and meals. We went on aTuesday and found there were severalother diners, in fact most of the tableswere taken, giving confidence of thepopularity of the place.

Although the Specials board had a goodchoice we both ordered from the standardmenu—my friend ordered the crab cakesand I chose a Greek salad. My salad, ac-companied by pitta bread, was excellentwith very generous portions of feta cheeseand olives. I do believe that a Greek saladis only truly a Greek salad if it is drizzledwith fine olive oil; mine wasn’t and I didhave to put in a special request for this.

Unfortunately my friend was not so fortu-nate in her choice. She didn’t really enjoyher crab cakes, finding them very “un-crabby” and made worse by being over-cooked and accompanied by pre-cookedand then micro-waved potatoes. Beingsomething of a coffee buff however, shedid comment that the coffee was one ofthe best she had ever had.

We did not indulge in desserts althoughwe were very tempted having seen whatwas being carried to other tables.

Our lunch was just under £25 which weconsidered very reasonable.

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The Commons Jenni Hignett is the new Project Officerfor the Nettlebed Commons Project – sheis appointed for 2 years and is about 3months into her new role and is getting upto speed. At the end of the 2 years, sheshould be in a position to submit an appli-cation to the Secretary of State (SoS) tointroduce selected grazing on KingwoodCommon. Other commons were consid-ered, but at this stage it has been agreedthat concentration should be on King-wood, as this represents the greatest op-portunity to restore the lowland heath thatis so rare in Oxfordshire. There are manyissues to address, commencing with ex-tensive public consultation, followed byproposals then further consultation. Leaf-lets are to be prepared that describe theaims of the project and that will attempt toanswer some of the questions that arelikely to be raised by concerned local resi-dents and groups. Drop-in days in localhalls are proposed this summer.

In the Autumn, Jenni will start to preparethe application to the SoS and to preparethe draft Management Plan, then shewill look for funding sources for the graz-ing, including fencing. SoS approvalcould take up to 10 months from submis-sion. Other community schemes, e.g.access and interpretation are proposed.Jenni confirmed that plant surveys existon Kingwood, so this information will beuseful for the application. Six of the eightCommons are registered as County Wild-life sites (includes Peppard & Kingwood).Issues regarding grazing animals are to beconsidered as part of the proposals.

Nigel Wooding

Health Walks Want to get some exercise and improveyour fitness level? Come and join ourgroup of walkers and exercise in the coun-tryside. Sonning Common Health Walksorganise 11 free walks each week, whichare graded by distance, terrain/stiles tohelp you judge which are suitable for you.On a Health Walk each person walks attheir own pace so our groups do spreadout. Each walk has 2 trained leaders, oneat the front with the faster walkers, puttingdown arrows to mark the route, the otherat the back with the slowest walker. Lead-ers carry mobile phones to summon help ifrequired. We start each walk by warmingup and doing some stretching exercises.On your first walks we will ensure thatone of the leaders walks with you to helpyou find the way. You walk at your ownpace, which will make you feel slightlywarmer, slightly raise your heart rate and

make you breathe faster, but you shouldstill be able to hold a conversation.Health Walking has many benefits, forexample it helps to prevent heart dis-ease, reduces cholesterol and bloodpressure, relieves depression and anxi-ety, reduces stress, helps with weightmanagement/obesity, helps with diabe-tes.

I started walking to help with low bonedensity. Being asthmatic and workingfull time with a young familymade it difficult until I wasintroduced to the HealthWalks. Initially even the easi-est walks were very challeng-ing; I needed to stop at leastonce on hills. I was delightedhow quickly I started to im-prove and soon found I couldwalk up the hills (slowly)without stopping. Gradually Imoved from being at the backof the group to being in themiddle and then on to thelonger walks. My asthma andbone density have improved,my weight has decreased andmy fitness levels have soaredand I made lots of newfriends.

Our current timetable is available fromthe Health Centre or the Library. If youwould like more information please con-tact me on 0118 9242515.

Please do bring with you any medicationthat you need whilst exercising. Hopeto see you soon on the walks.

Chris(tine) Brook

Bishopswood NIMBY? No, it is in Sonning Common's back-yard.

The Sports Ground was sold out of pub-lic ownership, with the proviso that it beused for 'Sport & Recreation'. A plan-ning application has been presented toSODC for a new pavilion on the site ofthe existing shacks. The pavilion willbe a traditionally designed and builtlong structure and includes a flat for acaretaker.

The second phase, which is included inthe application, will approximately doublethe size and encompasses a tower to housea climbing wall. It is well screened fromthe surrounding habitation by the existingwoodland.

The developers, who are local people,have given an assurance that they have the£1M development finance is in place andthey hoped to start work on the develop-ment this autumn.

The only aspect of the proposal whichneed concern Peppard residents is access.The concept is that Sonning Commonresidents will be the main users and willapproach by foot from the centre of Son-ning Common and walk through thewoods to use these sports facilities. Caraccess will be from Horsepond Road,turning by the Day Nursery.

The development will be wheelchairfriendly, but it will not be possible to getthere in a wheelchair without a car, sincethere is no provision for a wide, smoothtrack through the woods, such as is pro-vided by BBOWT (Berkshire, Bucking-hamshire & Oxfordshire WildlifeTrust)and others.

All users from surrounding villages willno doubt arrive by car and this will inevi-tably generate more traffic on the roads ofPeppard.

Jim Smith

Architect’s Model of the New Bishopswood

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Slugs & Bugs With summer finally with us, make themost of the season at Greys Court andenjoy it while it lasts. The Garden andTearoom are open Tuesday to Saturdayplus Bank Holiday Mondays from middayto 17.00 with last admission at 16.30, untilSeptember 27th 2008.

For families - join the Slug and Bug hunts,featuring a relaxed day of activities forchildren in the garden, with an organicpicnic lunch included in the price. The dayinvolves looking for and at various gardenslugs and bugs which can be found atGreys Court and then various craft activi-ties relating to our garden and the slugsand bugs. All children must be accompa-nied by an adult. These take place onTuesday 5th and 19th August 2008, startingat 11.00. Tickets cost £15 per child andnormal admission charge applies to adults.Please do book in advance on 0871 5271887 or www.nationaltrust.org.uk/thamesandsolentevents. For further infor-mation on this and other events, pleasecall the property on (01491) 628529 orcheck the Peppard News website(www.peppardnews.co.uk)

Paul Williamson

FISH The FISH AGM took place on Monday28th April 2008 preceded by a BuffetLunch for volunteers and invited guests; Ibelieve a good time was had by all. Ourvolunteers and supporters come from allwalks of life and they prepare and donatemost of the food and beverages con-sumed. At the end of the meeting theyroll up their sleeves, wash up and sweepthe hall. It is heartening that we have somany like minded people in this and sur-rounding villages who willingly give uptheir time to help others.

The Co-ordinator Barbara Perez, retiredat the AGM after serving almost fouryears, and is succeeded by CarolineStockill who will no doubt give the samelevel of commitment that our clients havecome to enjoy over the years. Three otherCommittee members retired: CliffordPryke, Sue Frayling-Cork and RuthWhitaker, who have all given many yearsof excellent service between them.

Barbara reported that our volunteers havecarried out 687 ad hoc driving jobs duringthe course of the year, in addition to atleast 12 regular weekly/fortnightly jobsbringing the total to well over 1000 carjourneys. Our minibus makes trips mostweekdays, again driven by volunteers,taking our clients shopping and to placesof interest.

Malcolm Cooper-Smith, our Treasurer,reported that we had a small excess ofincome over expenditure and our financesare beginning to look healthier after thepurchase of the new minibus three yearsago which somewhat depleted our bankbalance. We are most prudent in our ex-penditure, and are ever mindful that with-out client and supporter donations wecould not operate effectively.

Reg Foster, our Bus Manager is preparinga new programme of events for the com-

ing months including the popular After-noon Tea trips, so look out for the post-ers and book in advance to avoid disap-pointment.

Our Chairman, Philip Clark, took thisopportunity to thank all our volunteersand supporters for their help during thelast year and all the Committee thankyou in advance for your continued sup-port during the next.

Barbara Perez

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Dragon Boat Racing is a team effort andis ideal for community minded organisa-tions. Teams compete in heats, racingfor position in the Grand Final. Tro-phies will be awarded to the winningteams, the best fancy dress and the teamthat brings the most sponsorship moneyon the day.

Remenham Farm, in Henley-on-Thamesis a lovely setting for this event. Specta-tors and participants alike can relaxalong the river bank and watch the spec-tacle. There will be car-parking on siteand refreshments.

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A Good Cause? In Need of Funds?

The Chiltern Edge Community Associa-tion, a charitable trust formed in 1979, isoperated by a management committeedrawn from local organisations. The com-mittee meets twice a year to allocate sur-plus income to local organisations andindividuals in accordance with its consti-tution – “…. to promote the benefit of theinhabitants of Sonning Common, KidmoreEnd, Rotherfield Peppard and theneighbourhood in a common effort to ad-vance education and to provide facilitiesin the interest of social welfare for recrea-tion and leisure-time occupation with theobjective of improving the conditions oflife for the said inhabitants”.

Since 2002, donations have totalled inexcess of £18,000. Recipients have in-cluded Guides, Playgroups, Schools,Scouts, Village Halls and a variety of lo-cal organisations and not least young peo-ple wishing to carry out sporting activitiesor to travel.

The CECA is keen to encourage requestsfor financial support, both for adults andyoung people, which in the first instanceshould be by letter to the secretary –Jenifer Titchener, 19 Sedgefield Close,Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9TS

Green Gym Having spent several sessions on the pro-ject, the Green Gym finally completed theremoval of a redundant fence in Flower-croft Wood at the end of April. The car-pet of bluebells made an idyllic setting fora satisfying morning's work.

See the Green Gym's current programmeon www.greengym.org.uk/sonningcommon or call Robin Howles0118 9723528.

Julia Booker

Local Recycling Group Claims Early Success

The Sonning Common RecyclingGroup, launched last October, has justrecycled its 50th item: a wooden chest.The group achieved this through an in-novative website which is dedicated tothe free exchange of goods. The siteworks like Ebay, but everything listed isfree. Anyone living near Sonning Com-mon is welcome to use the site.The group’s aim is to save things fromlandfill and promote re-use and recy-cling. Group member Michael Harpersuggests - “instead of taking unwantedpossessions to the tip, why not list themon the site? Whether it is a bed or a bi-cycle, someone might well be able to useit”.One of the fun features of the site is theMember Map: A map of the South ofEngland which then quickly zooms intoSouth Oxfordshire. Anonymous redmarkers show the location of each mem-ber of the group. There are severalmembers scattered around Peppard andKingwood. If you register on the site,you can have fun finding your ownmarker.The software was written for the Son-ning Common Recycling Group by asixteen year old pupil of Chiltern EdgeSchool. There is an uplifting and verypositive feel to the website. There aresome useful items on offer and the site isa reminder of the generosity of the peo-ple living all around you.Of 100 items listed, 50 have alreadyfound a new home.Visitwww.sonningcommon.recyclinggroup.org and start recycling today!Michael Harper, Sonning Common Re-cycling Group; e-mail:scrg@quickerwit.com

The Dog The old Dog pub, close to Rose Cottagewhere Elizabeth Goudge lived, recentlyclosed and has now been transformed intoan Italian restaurant – The Ruchetta, sisterrestaurant to one in Wokingham.

We haven’t been yet, but have you?Would you like to send us your review ofthis new restaurant? Please share yourexperience and views with other readers.

Susan Carter

The Dog Pub—Drawing by Nigel Wooding

Oak Tree Peppard News readers will recall that Ox-fordshire County Council felled a hugebeech tree located on the circus outsideAll Saints' Church last Autumn. We arehappy to report that as part of its arbori-cultural programme OCC has now plantedan oak tree to replace this beech.

At the same time, Oxfordshire HighwaysDepartment is actively looking at ways ofsolving the problem of the very large pud-dle, almost a permanent feature, outsidethe gates of All Saints' Church. TheHighways Department hopes to addressthe problem by constructing a soakawayunder the site of the puddle.

Ian Fraser

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for Fresh flowers, Bouquets, Plants and more 0118 9721240

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BRAMBLES New premises now open opposite

village hall car park exit42 Wood Lane, Sonning Common

Greenshoots Your Local Plant Nursery We have had a record number of visitorsto Greenshoots to buy their summerplants. Thank you for your feedback onthe improvements at Greenshoots; theyhave been appreciated and well received.

You may not know that Greenshoots ispart of The Ways & Means Trust, a Char-ity, which was set up in 1968 - we arecelebrating our 40th anniversary.

We work with adults who have a range ofdisabilities. The Charity was set up by DrDavid Duncan, and it provides a safe,friendly environment, where adults maylearn new skills or refresh old ones, togain confidence to progress towards em-ployment. It was started in premises pro-vided by an old established Reading Com-pany, Huntley and Palmers. GreenshootsNursery opened in 1994.

Plans for Greenshoots continue;sadly, one plan has resulted from thedeath of Mark Bradbury, who hadbeen working with us for some time.We have already collected £100towards developing a quiet area,where people may go to reflect andbe still. This idea came from thosewho knew Mark well and wished alasting memory.

We support the annual NationalMoth night, to provide data on thestatus of the moth population.

Studying these 'little brown jobs' isimportant for two reasons: a) weneed moths as pollinators because ofdeclining bee populations, and b)their short life makes populationtrends good indicators of climate andhabitat change. Greenshoots has beenparticipating in this survey for severalyears; the good news is a healthy and di-verse moth population, which indicatesgood site management - 150 species re-corded!

If you wish to join us on Friday 25th July,from 20.30 onwards, e-mail Denise – de-nise@waysandmeans.org.uk (or tele-phone, 0118 948 1944) – we do needsome idea of numbers. We will have sev-eral moth traps and local moth ‘expert’,John Notton, will be supervising us. Chil-dren enjoy this event and there is no

charge – all donations towards refresh-ments will be gratefully received. Re-member though, ‘little brown jobs’don’t like rain, so if it does, we willcancel. If we have your e-mail address,we will contact you to say when we arerescheduling.

Frances Hill

Peppard War Memorial Hall

Peppard War Memorial Hall is still seek-ing a Chairman to lead its Committee.

The Hall is a valuable community re-source used by many including PeppardBowls Club, Peppard Mother & ToddlerGroup and the Women’s Institute as wellas being home to the Chiltern Players.

If you think that you can help, or requirefurther information, please contact Jill

Kendal on 0118 972 2201.

There will be a Summer Fete takingplace at Peppard War MemorialHall on Saturday 28th June from14.00 in order to raise urgentlyneeded funds for a new roof andgeneral refurbishment. There willbe games and stalls as well as acolouring competition, face paintingand raffle. We look forward to wel-coming you.

For further information, please con-tact Emma Dag on 0118 924 2821.

Peppard 10K Run Charity runs - or strolls - help feed hun-gry children. Whether you are in serioustraining or just wanting a gentle stroll inbeautiful countryside, Feed The Chil-dren's popular Peppard 10K run/7Kwalk could be for you. The mostly off-road course starts from Greys GreenGolf Course, Rotherfield Peppard (RG94QG) and is for all the family – includ-ing the dog - on Sunday 28th September.Runners start at 10.30am, walkers at10.35, and registration is from 09.30.

Proceeds are in aid of international char-ity Feed The Children, which supportsneedy children and families in situationsof famine, disaster, conflict and poverty,across Africa, Asia and eastern Europe -and here in the UK with breakfast clubsin deprived areas.

Entry fees are: Runners, £8 for adults inadvance, £10 on the day. Walkers: £5for adults in advance, £6 on the day. £1for all children under 16.

For further information about the char-ity's work and to download a registrationform, see www.feedthechildren.org.uk,

call Sally Brown on 0118 932 0095 oremail info@feedthechildren.org.uk.

The charity would also love to hear fromyou if you could volunteer on 28th Septem-ber to help with tasks such as registeringthe runners, marshalling the course ormanning the water points.

Sally Brown

Christian Aid 2008 The amount raised from the houseto house collection during Chris-

tian Aid Week was £1,832. This figurewill increase by £200, when the tax re-claimable from gift-aided donations iscollected. With the inclusion of the pro-ceeds from the March Miscellany concert,residents of Peppard and Greys will havedonated a very generous £2,454 to enableChristian Aid to continue their work tohelp the world’s poorest communities.On behalf of Christian Aid, we would liketo thank the team of collectors, everybodywho donated, and Rebecca Bell andAnthea Fry for their delightful concert.

Ian and Pat Fraser

Last Year’s Peppard 10K Run

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Rector: Revd Graham Foulis Brown 0118 972 3987Asst. Priests: Revd Hugh Warwick 0118 972 3070

Revd Barry Olsen 0118 924 2812Churchwardens: Adrienne Heriot 01491 629254

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Our Small World We have recently returned from New Zea-land. We spent eight weeks there duringwhich Marion gave concerts in six venuesand the time in between was spent catch-ing up with families and friends. NigelFoster, Marion’s young English pianist,remarked on what lovely friends we haveand how they all seem to live in houseswith glorious views!

When we arrived we stayed with friendsin Auckland. Also staying with them wasa ‘wwoofer’. I learned that that means ‘awilling worker on organic farms’. Our‘wwoofer’ tries to visit New Zealand eachyear where she works on various farmsand for our friends in their B&B in returnfor lodging. She is a clergy widow andback in England runs a Quiet Garden inLudlow, a place one can visit for quiet andspiritual reflection. We look forward tomeeting up with her on this side of theworld.

A little later we went to stay with oursinging/farming friends, the Thorburns.They told us that they had other friendsfrom England staying. When the otherfriends arrived in from a walk they turnedout to be Margaret and Paul Jeffersonfrom Durham. Margaret is Dr JohnHasler’s sister! We had last met at ourTrafalgar Day celebrations.

And so our tour continued. At Taupo theyoung lady sitting next to me in the hotpool in the evening was from Reading. It’sa small world. I’ll leave you to work outthe spiritual implications of this for your-self! I imagine you’ll come up with some-thing about how interconnected and inter-dependent we all are.

Barry Olsen

A New Churchwarden At the Annual Vestry meeting on22nd April, Adrienne Heriot waselected as church warden to succeedKeith Atkinson. During the meetingPeter Hutt thanked Keith for the sig-nificant contribution he has made tothe church and the parish during theeight years that he has served as war-den. Churchwardens in the HenleyDeanery were sworn in at the Arch-deacon’s visitation at Goring on 15th

May. Adrienne is looking forwardto serving as churchwarden andkeeping this ancient and importantrole alive.

A Concert by Quire On Saturday May 10th another in theseries of concerts at All Saints’ wasgiven by Quire. As the title suggeststhe theme running through the con-cert was preparation and contempla-tion for the night ahead, and sleep.Interspersed within the musicalitems were four readings which in-cluded Night Mail by W H Auden, apoem by Dylan Thomas, In the Secu-lar Night by Margaret Atwood andGoodbat Nightman by RogerMcGough, a parody on Batman andRobin. There have been many ex-cellent concerts and recitals at AllSaints’, but this concert must rankamongst the most memorable for theprofessionalism of the singers andthe obvious enjoyment with whichthey delivered the programme. Thevoices blended beautifully and the

The E-type Returns Last year Hat Trick productions spenta day at All Saints’ filming a pilot epi-sode for a projected new series OurMutual Friend. This obviously wentdown well with the BBC and there isnow to be a six episode series of thiscomedy drama. Once again residentsof Church Lane had a grandstand viewof a vintage E-type Jaguar, this timedriven by the new star, AlexanderArmstrong, traversing up and downthe Lane. Co-star Keeley Hawes willfeature in a wedding scene when thefilm company returns to film scenesfor episode six in late June.

Hard Act to Follow The all star team representing All Saints’came second in the county in terms ofmoney raised at last September’s Oxford-shire Historic Churches Trust Ride orStride - over 500 churches in the countytook part! The challenge is to do evenbetter this year. The event takes place onSaturday 13th September and Ian Fraser,the OHCT organiser for All Saints’,would welcome new team members.Please phone Ian on 01491 629631 if youwould like to take part in a very enjoyableevent.

The Rector’s Anniversary On 4th July our Rector, the Revd GrahamFoulis Brown, will celebrate the 25th An-niversary of his ordination to the priest-hood with a special service at 20.00 at theChurch of St John the Baptist, KidmoreEnd. Everyone is most welcome to attendthis rather special occasion.

pieces were impeccably performedconveying the beauty and serenity ofthe music. A retiring collection in aidof Helen and Douglas House raised£560.

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Revd Phil Cheale0118 972 4519

St Michael’s Catholic ChurchRevd Chris Bester 0118 972 3418

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turn-out: just the usual suspects, so tospeak. And that can be positive, becausewe can interpret it as a sign of ap-proval....."Silence gives consent".

However we can’t rest on our laurels,and with a noticeable rise in our congre-gation, particularly young families, weperhaps have to consider the provisionof a creche. Since our present buildingisn’t really suitable we need to thinkcreatively about building an extension.

A genuine concern voiced at the AGMwas that we do not readily come to-gether for social events, and it was sug-gested that the Hall itself was not asinviting as it could be. So we have toface up to the idea of a make-over tomake the Hall a more enticing venue.We shall be seeking funds from the Lot-tery and possibly from funds and chari-ties in Europe. These are rather pleasant

issues to be faced with, because theyspeak of a lively and expanding commu-nity which is looking to develop anddeepen its social life.

Two weeks ago, 20 young children madetheir First Communion, and in three moreweeks our Archbishop will come to ad-minister Confirmation to another group ofour young parishioners. These are twoimportant steps in the lives of young peo-ple. We hope that they will see these ritesas affirming their maturity as young peo-ple preparing to face life's challenges andtake their place in our modern world.

As the weeks pass we all look forwardwith longing to our summer holidays. Ihope we can all make the very best of theopportunities we are offered in order torenew and refresh ourselves.

God bless you allFr Chris Bester

At St Michael's we come together eachyear for our Annual General Meeting:these are never the most exciting eventsand tend to be endured rather than en-joyed. But they do serve to allow every-one to come along and put any grievances,worries or complaints about the way mat-ters are proceeding. Our AGM was onSunday May 4th, and we combined it witha Bring-a-Dish lunch. For those of youwho have endured many such meetingsyou will know that if a great number ofpeople turn up then you are in trouble,because in all likelihood folk have comealong to complain. So it was with a greatsigh of relief that we did not have a huge

A Short Tribute to the Rev. Philip Cheale

Phil Cheale, the minister of Peppard Con-gregational Church, now known asSpringwater, has decided to retire in Au-gust of this year. Phil was offered the pas-torate in the summer of 1991 by the mem-bership at that time, which I believe num-bered six stalwarts of the church.

I would say these people were brave anduncharacteristically adventurous, not tomention in touch with the Lord, in makingthis appointment. Why do I say this? Be-cause Phil Cheale is a fantastically enthu-siastic and outspoken preacher neverafraid to "rock the boat" - if this is what isrequired to get across Jesus’ message.

However his biblical knowledge is phe-nomenal and the prayer and love thatgoes into his inspirational teaching havealways been evident.

The vision those church members hadwhen appointing Rev. Cheale has beenwitnessed by the huge growth in thecongregation over the ensuing years.This enabled the expansion of the prem-ises, also needed to accommodate largenumbers of children who attend the Sun-day school classes for various ages.There is also a parent/toddler groupserving the local area and outreach intothe schools and community and includ-ing Springwater's involvement in theCCA shop in Sonning Common.

Phil and his wife Sylvia were missionar-ies for many years (20, I believe) in Si-erra Leone and then Liberia in WestAfrica, before coming back to the UKwith their children. One could fill abook describing just that period in Phil's

life but suffice it to say that he, and there-fore this church, have strong links, par-ticularly with Liberia. Among other pro-jects, we support the Cheale VocationalCollege, to which containers of com-puters, clothes, etc, and even a large gen-erator have been sent.

Pupils at the college have gained a voca-tional skill and many have come to knowthe Lord, including some who previouslyhad tragic lives, even ex-child soldierswho had been drugged to kill and maim.This is in no small part due to the courage,determination and vision of Phil.

We are all going to miss this great man ofGod, this teacher, this loyal friend but noone deserves a rest more, although Iknow, even in retirement the Rev. PhilipCheale will continue to work for his be-loved Jesus in one way or another.

Thank you Phil for having been our pas-tor.

Chris Girdler

Clubs and Societies

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Taxi Service0118 972 2193

Peppard Relief in NeedA 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 getthem through a crisis, (or you need help yourself) please let us know.

Your call will be dealt with in total confidence - just telephoneSue Nickson (0118 972 4520) or Pat Fraser (01491 629631)

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Wyfold Riding for the Disabled

Several of our members have been out andabout recently. Jane Jones drove Magicon a sponsored drive around WindsorGreat Park raising money for the Air Am-bulance. It was the first organised eventshe had taken part in and she had a won-derful time. Driver Helen Towner wentwith Magic to the Royal Windsor HorseShow. They were not placed in their sec-tion of the showing class but came secondin the cones competition. Helen wasthrilled especially as Prince Philip stoppedand spoke to her. Rider Sara Lee has been

to some dressage competitions withBenjy. They have done so well, gainingboth first and second places, that theyhave now been entered for the SouthRegion RDA Show in June where wehope they will be just as successful.

Recently a small gathering of peoplecelebrated the planting of a tree in mem-ory of the late Marcella Skinner, a foun-der member and friend of Wyfold RDA.The whitebeam tree looks extremelyattractive with a seat round it that shouldprove popular in the summer.

On July 5th we are planning a Fun Dayand BBQ for our young riders, parents,friends and helpers.

Adrienne Heriot, Chairman

The edge On Saturday 5th July The edge Youth clubis holding its second annual open day atthe Youth Wing at Chiltern Edge. Lastyear's event was well attended, in spite ofthe weather, and we'd love to see evenmore local residents and friends joining usto see what our youth get up to! We willhave sports, games, refreshments andother attractions to be announced nearerthe time. For more information pleasecontact us on 0118 972 4418.

Secondly, we and local businesses aresponsoring a young authors' competitionfor 11-19 year olds in the Sonning Com-mon/Peppard/Kidmore End area, to bejudged by a panel of experienced youthwriters and English teachers. There aremany prizes to be won, including laptopcomputers, book vouchers, and the chancefor entrants to see their work performedon stage! Interested young writers willhave until October to submit their work.Full rules and conditions can be found onthe Sonning Common Parish website(http://www.sonningcommonparish.co.uk/Writing/).

Ros Jones

Peppard WI With a smaller committee than normal,Peppard WI members are all beingasked to make a larger contribution tothe running of our monthly meetings.This, in turn, brings an even warmersense of fellowship. At our May meet-ing, the two resolutions to be brought tothe NFWI annual general meeting inLiverpool, ‘ The inappropriate imprison-ment of the severely mentally ill’ and‘Ban on Bottom Trawling’! were clearlyexplained by two members. We dis-cussed these before we indicated to ourdelegate that we wished to vote for bothresolutions. We are hoping that theweather will be kind to us for our Julymeeting when we will be celebratingDinah Payne’s 100th birthday in a mem-ber’s garden. Dinah joined Peppard WIaround the time that many of the mem-bers were born. In August we are havingan ‘Open Garden’ event and we wouldwelcome family and friends to join us.Do contact me on 01189478392 or anyother member for more details

Irene Lindsay

Peppard Bowls Club Following the Open afternoon at the be-ginning of the season four or five newmembers have joined and are attendingClub afternoons on Mondays and Thurs-days. The Club is doing well in the MULand Plomer Cup leagues with five wins todate. Two new fixtures for friendlymatches this year: one at AWRE, anotheragainst Hanborough got off to a good startat the beginning of Bank Holiday week-end. Unfortunately due to bad weather theDick Bishop Cup competition and thereturn friendly at Goring Almshouses wascancelled - after a win for Peppard whenthey played them at home.

Gala Day is fixed for Sunday 10th Augustwhen we shall be entertaining a number oflocal Bowls Clubs in an all day competi-tion. See our website atwww.peppardbowlsclub.btik.com

Betty Freeman

1st Sonning Common Cubs

At our big musical spectacular at the startof April we entertained all our parentswith puppet shows and songs from JungleBook. This term we have completed ourPromise Challenge. As part of this we dida ‘Good Turn Every Day’ for two weeks!And we have just started our Fitness Chal-lenge. Most of us marched in the HenleySt George’s Day Parade and we entered ateam in the ‘Cub Powered Go-Karts’ com-petition in Goring. It was the taking partthat mattered! We are now preparing forthe June district camp in Homer.

We meet every Tuesday at 18.00 in Bask-erville Road, Sonning Common. If youare interested in joining us please contactPenny Cottrell (Akela) on 0118 3262790.You can put your name down at any ageand we always welcome new Cubs.

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Peppard Cricket Club Flaming June has arrived more with awhimper than a bang as the rain continuesto make the wickets soft and the likeli-hood of cricket being rained off very high.With a combination of poor cricket, goodopposition and indifferent weather it wasonly on the 1st June that the club recordedits first win in any form of competition. Afact that had even Marty Evans scratchinghis head to recall the last time it took Pep-pard so long to record the season's firstvictory.

This weather has how-ever meant that evenmore attention needs tobe given to the squareand the outfield withwilling volunteers to thefore.

The club has hobbledinto the 21st century andestablished a website,http://peppard.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp where anyonecan view the club’s re-sults and read reports ofgames. Those of a statis-tical persuasion canview the batting andbowling figures of theplayers going back to2005 and this willgradually be extended astime permits.

We all look forward to the summer finallygetting into full swing to get the best outof the facilities on the common and if theweather ever relents, would welcomespectators down to the common to watchproceedings on a Saturday or Sunday af-ternoon.

Ronnie Brock

2nd Kidmore End Brownies

The Brownie movement is linked verymuch to everyday life and tries to providewhat is useful and fun that school just

doesn’t have space for – so, overthe last few months, this has led toactivities for the Road Safetybadge and Healthy Heart award.As summer comes along we lookforward to participating in VillageDay at Kidmore End where weprovide a game to raise money forcharity, one chosen by the Brown-ies in traditional form, a pow-wow! To join the waiting list,please telephone 0118 9724606.

Ros Jennings

Peppard Mother & Toddler Group

We are a friendly group of parentsand carers that meet each Tuesdayduring term time from 09.45 to11.45 at Peppard War MemorialHall, Gallowstree Road. Comeand join us to play, listen to a

story and sing songs. Refreshments pro-vided.

Summer term ends on 15th July but wecontinue to meet at Binfield Heath play-ground during the summer break, weatherpermitting!

For further information call Emma Dag on0118 924 2821 or just turn up.

1st Peppard Guides With (we thought) the dark days of ourwet winter behind us we decided to greetour new term with lots of outdoor activi-ties. Well, the weather at the beginningof term did not match our confidence insuch pursuits, but as we got closer tohalf term the weather positively shonedown on our map reading exercises andthanks to the lovely grounds we have atour meeting place the girls held an ener-getic rounders match – which was bothhotly contended and great fun.

We rounded off the first half of theSummer Term with a bell boating ses-sion at Longridge in Marlow. The girlshad a fantastic (if rather wet) time withtheir instructors Conrad and Kim.

We are looking forward to the weathercontinuing to shine on us for the rest ofthe Summer Term as we get stuck intomore outdoor activities, e.g tracking and

1st Peppard Guides—Bell Boating

trailing, a riverside walk and barbeque –not to mention our weekend trip to JubileeHouse at the end of June. But whateverthe weather we are sure we will have agreat time.

Amanda Coull

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

Month July August September

Date 2nd 4th 16th 30th 1st 13th 28th 29th 10th 24th 26th

Place RP SC RP SC

Place: RP = Peppard Xroads, SC = behind Somerfield. Garden/electrical waste will NOT be accepted,ONLY Non-recyclable general. Times: Fri 8-11

Gdn Wste � � � � � � �

JULYTue 1 Mobile Library – see below for time & place Wed 6 Police Surgery/SC Village Hall/10.00-12.00Thu 3 Peppard School/Festival of Voices/Dorchester Abbey Mon 11 RPPC Planning Committee/Pavilion/20.15 scheduledFri 4 Peppard School/Sports Day (or 18th) Tue 12 Mobile Library – see below for time & placeSat 5 SODC/OCC Councillor Surgery/10-12/St Michaels Wed 13 WI/Open Garden

The edge Youth/Club Open Day/0118 9724418 Thu 21 FISH Pub Lunch/11.30/Details FISH officeWyfold RDA/ Fun Day/BBQ Tue 26 RPPC Planning Committee/Pavilion/20.15 scheduled

Sun 6 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15.30-17.00 Mobile Library – see below for time & placeMon 7 RPPC Planning Committee/Pavilion/20.15 scheduled Sat 30 Sue Ryder/Sale of Goods/10.30-13.30

FISH Garden Centre Outing/13.30/Details FISH office SEPTEMBERWed 9 WI/ Garden Meeting/ Roger and Shirley Hartley-Booth Mon 1 FISH Garden Centre Outing/13.30/Details FISH officeSat 12 Sue Ryder Sale of Books/10.30-12.30 Wed 3 Police Surgery/SC Village Hall/10.00-12.00Sun 13 Sue Ryder Dragon Boat Race Peppard School/Term beginsMon 14 Police Surgery/Sports Pavion/17.30-19.30 Sat 6 Hort.Soc./Autumn Show/CE School/15.00

RPPC Council Meeting/19.30/Pavilion Sun 7 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15.30-17.00RPPC Planning Committee/21.30 scheduled Mon 8 Police Surgery/Sports Pavion/17.30-19.30

Tue 15 Mobile Library – see below for time & place RPPC Council Meeting/19.30/PavilionWed 16 Police Surgery/SC Village Hall/10.00-12.00 RPPC Planning Committee/21.30 scheduledThu 17 FISH Pub Lunch/11.30/Details FISH office Tue 9 Mobile Library – see below for time & placeWed 23 Peppard Lunch Club/12.15/Memorial Hall Wed 10 WI/My Life as a Wimbledon Umpire/14.30/Mem.Hall

Peppard School/Term ends lunchtime Sun 14 Sue Ryder/10 or 30 mile bike ride/Sarah 01491641070Mon 28 RPPC Planning Committee/Pavilion/20.15 scheduled Wed 17 Peppard Lunch Club/12.15/Memorial HallTue 29 Mobile Library – see below for time & place Thu 18 FISH Pub Lunch/11.30/Details FISH officeAUGUST Sat 20 RPPC Planning Committee/10.00/PavilionSat 2 SODC/OCC Councillor Surgery/10-12/St Michaels Sue Ryder/Sale of Goods/10.30-12.30

Sue Ryder/Sale of Goods/10.30-12.30 Hort.Soc./Outing to Wisley/Janet Evans 0118 9723245Hort.Soc./Evening Reception/Lychgate Farm Tue 23 Mobile Library – see below for time & place

Sun 3 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15.30-17.00 Sun 28 Feed the Children/10K RunMon 4 FISH Garden Centre Outing/13.30/Details FISH officeMobile Library – time & place – Peppard School 11.45 – 11.55 FISH Office: 0118 9723986 (Mon-Fri, 09.30-11.30)Green Gym: Robin Howles – 0118 9723528 Peppard Lunch Club: Sally Longhurst 0118 9722808

Please Note that the generalwaste cart has now beenmoved to a FRIDAY

Sunday Servicesat All Saints’

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER NOTES

6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 2828th SeptemberHarvest Thanksgiving09.00 Communion � � � � � � � � � � � � �

10.30 Communion (sung) � � � � � � �10.30 Matins � � �10.30 Family Service � � �10.30 Sunday School � �18.30 Evensong � � � � � � � � � � � � �

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