Beaconsfield Together - July / August 2021 Issue

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need help! 

Charity Cheese & Wine evening at 

Bekonscot Model Village in support of 

Rennie Grove Care 

Wed 15 September 2021 

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secretary@beaconsfieldrotary.co.uk 

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Hello & welcome! 

How exciting to introduce this Summer Issue! It’s 

jam-packed with news! Not only do we have a new 

Town Council (see centre pages) but also a new Town 

Mayor, Alastair Pike and his deputy, Jackson Ng. 

Read more about Alastair in our, ‘In the Spotlight’ 

feature (p28). 

As part of the celebration of Buckinghamshire Day - 

22nd to the 25th July - many organisations, businesses, 

and community groups will be taking part in a Culture 

Open Weekend. Waitrose Beaconsfield, and Bekonscot 

(p5) are two of those taking part. Some of the older 

residents, might recognise themselves or friends in 

the photos sent in by Waitrose Beaconsfield. (p42) 

The Country Fayre takes place at the end of August, 

and Sylvia is keen to hear from any sponsors who can 

help (p5). 

Ever fancied growing your own organic vegetables? 

If you are handy with DIY projects then maybe you 

can have a go at making your own raised vegetable 

bed with our guide from Doc. Green Finger (p44). 

New Beaconsfield company, Salanti Pies, have offered 

five lucky readers a chance to win one of their delicious 

Ossetian Pies (p34) in our summer competition. Yum 

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Summer activities 

at Bekonscot 

We are busy preparing for what we hope will 

be a lovely summer and a welcome return to 

our programme of special events. 

Professor Crump 

at Bekonscot 

Buckinghamshire Culture Open Weekend, 

22nd - 25th July 

In celebration of the rich cultural heritage in 

Buckinghamshire, Bekonscot will be contributing 

to this county wide event by collecting memories 

of Bekonscot from our visitors. If you have a 

special memory of the village, or if generations 

of your family have visited over the years, then 

we want to hear from you. The collection of 

stories and memories will be collated into a book 

of celebration. 

On 24th - 25th July we will be joined by the 

Author Christopher Vine who will be running 

interactive storytelling workshops for children 

aged 5+ based on his Peter’s Railway books. 

Greg Chapman, magician and story teller 

Greg will be with us every Wednesday and 

Beaconsfield Country 

Fayre is back! 

Come down to Windsor End in Old 

Beaconsfield on Bank Holiday Monday 

- August 30th. 

There will be many stalls selling food and crafts, 

Pimms, charity stalls, children’s art display and 

entertainment for the children - perhaps being 

escorted up the church tower with their parents! 

Thursday in the summer 

holidays from 28th July 

to 2nd September. 

Bekonscot Light Railway 

20th Anniversary Weekend, 

7th - 8th August 

Our ride on miniature railway celebrates its 20th 

birthday this summer and we are planning a 

weekend of train inspired fun activities. 

Professor Crump, 28th - 30th August 

Our favourite children’s entertainer will be back 

with us over the bank holiday weekend. 

For further details of all these events, please visit 

our website www.bekonscot.co.uk 

All tickets must be booked in advance online. 

If permitted, there will be a 

Dog Show and the popular 

Stretcher Race. We are 

always looking for kind 

sponsors to help cover costs 

and help local charities, 

including Thames Valley Air 

Ambulance, and you will 

receive useful publicity. 

The Arts Society Beaconsfield 

The Trumps - 2019 winners 

of the Stretcher Race 

Contact Sylvia: 01753 889 384 or 

Facebook page: Beaconsfield Country Fayre 

for more information. 

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will be given a link by e-mail on the day. Make 

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We now have a complete programme 2021/2022. 

Lectures will be either live or online according to 

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Topics include The Bayeux Tapestry, Polperro 

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Sing the UEFA 

Euro 2020 anthem 

Mellor Performing Arts School are excited 

to reveal their involvement with the 

brand-new anthem for this year’s UEFA 

Euro 2020 tournament (rescheduled from 

2020 due to Covid restrictions). 

Fans will be delighted to hear the remake of the 

rollicking football anthem ‘Vindaloo’; the track 

made famous by Fat Les in 1998 during the FIFA 

World Cup, with all proceeds going to the NHS. 

The brainchild of Will Mellor, the song is 

performed by a host of well-loved TV 

personalities including Leigh Francis/Keith Lemon 

(Celebrity Juice, Through The Keyhole, Shopping 

with Keith Lemon), Danny Dyer (EastEnders, The 

Wall, Real Football Factories), Paddy McGuiness 

(Top Gear, Take Me out, Phoenix Nights), Bez and 

Rowetta (Happy Mondays). 

Twelve children from the celebrated Mellor 

Performing Arts School in Burnham joined the 

cast as dancers and singers, celebrating with 

the rest of the gang during the official video for 

the song. As a nod to the original track, the new 

version was filmed at Hoxton Market in London 

(where the original video was filmed over 23 years 

ago) with a cameo appearance from Keith Allen 

who wrote the original lyrics. 

Recorded at the Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, the 

recording and video also included members of the 

NHS and The London Community Gospel Choir. 

Children that were involved in the project were: 

Gyaan Bharj, Amelia Brigdale, Josh Brigdale, 

Charlotte Haward, Louie Holiday, Ria Joshi, 

Autaum Letton, Ellen Liston, Jayden Mellor, Renee 

Mellor, Jessica Smith and Willow Standing. 

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Waitrose 

Beaconsfield 

continue to embrace 

the community 

Meet Alison Lambert, the Community 

Liaison Partner, at Waitrose Beaconsfield 

who enjoys liaising with and helping 

charities and good causes wherever 

possible. She explains some of the 

community initiatives that have taken 

place over 2020 and this year. 

The Community Matters scheme was revamped 

as a result of Covid and along came ‘Give 

A Little Love’. (GALL) At a time when acts of 

kindness were truly valued, whether large or 

small, over the Christmas period the GALL 

scheme enabled the Partnership to support 

both FareShare and Home-Start charities across 

their network of shops - giving support to those 

people who were increasingly reliant on these 

charities - to an excess of £5M! 

Cheque donations have also been donated 

to organisations such as; Wycombe Food 

Hub, One Can Trust, Better Connected 

Beaconsfield, Beechview Academy and Young 

Carers. The FareShare scheme is still continuing, 

and they also deliver several bags of food to the 

Home-Start Slough Little Starters Support Group, 

biscuits to Rennie Grove Hospice Care nurses, 

and Christmas gifts to some of the medical staff 

at Wexham Park Hospital. 

Alison says, ‘ I want to commend the phenomenal 

effort made by Waitrose Partners and The 

Christian Eye.’ One of our Partners, Alex, and 

his charity, The Christian Eye, started taking 

shopping orders from the most vulnerable, then 

Alex and several other Waitrose Partners would 

shop for the items, which would be delivered 

to the customer. This service was maintained 

through the year, and Alex still has a number of 

regulars that he continues to help. During the 

same period we also worked with both Better 

Connected Beaconsfield and Beaconsfield Rotary 

Club, again helping to get food to those people 

unable to get out. 

Summer fun singing 

at Marlow & Chesham 

United Football Grounds 

Singing is SO good for our physical and mental 

health & wellbeing, the benefits include: 

• Reducing pain (singing releases endorphins, 

the body’s natural pain killer) 

• Reducing stress (singing has been proven to 

lower cortisol levels) 

• Lifting our mood, lowering blood pressure 

• Promoting deep breathing (great for managing 

anxiety or lung conditions) 

• Improving immunity and posture 

To capitalise on these benefits “Sing Your Pain 

Away” have launched a series of outdoor happy 

singing classes in covered grandstands! No 

prior singing experience is needed. Choose 

from: Mondays at 6pm at Marlow football club 

and Wednesdays at 3pm at Chesham United 

football club. 

Prices from £8/session. Pre-booking is 

essential. To book or for more info please 

email jane@singyourpainaway.co.uk 

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Unleash children’s sense of adventure this 

summer at Camp Beaumont 

Camp Beaumont, the UK’s most experienced day camp provider, is excited to 

announce the opening of two new sites in Buckinghamshire for summer 2021. 

Green Park Activity Centre on Stablebridge 

Road in Aston Clinton and Beaconsfield High 

School on Wattleton Road in Beaconsfield will 

both open their doors to campers for a range 

of fun-filled activities and adventures in July 

and August. 

Located in the Heart of Chiltern on a former 

Rothschild Estate, Green Park Activity Centre 

presents an awe inspiring 80-acres of rolling 

parkland and mature woodland for campers to 

enjoy. Outdoor adventures are made for this 

site, and campers will have the chance to 

take part in a range of fun activities such 

as climbing, abseiling and zip wire, archery, 

trebuchet and a host of team challenges. 

There is a wonderful drama studio and art 

room which will act as a perfect location for 

all of Camp Beaumont’s creative crafts and 

performing arts activities, meaning there really 

is something for everyone. 

Beaconsfield High School is also a fantastic 

site packed with exceptional sports facilities From action-packed high-wire activities 

including an Astroturf court, sports hall, tennis that allow children to explore their sense of 

courts and spacious sports fields for lots of adventure, through to artistic pursuits hosted 

fun-filled games and activities. 

in the impressive classrooms – there is never a 

dull moment at the camps... 


connected, get active, relax and unwind, and 

express yourself. 

And while giving kids the opportunity to have 

fun alongside developing skillsets in social 

interaction, leadership and getting them 

active, parents can feel confident that their 

kids are enjoying themselves while learning. 

After the challenges of the last year, the 

opening of the new camps comes just in 

time for children to finally have some fun 

with their friends. 

In fact, a recent study revealed three quarters 

of children said they are most looking forward 

to playing with their friends (74%) and going 

on adventures (72%) this summer. 

The activities on offer help to build confidence 

and give children a sense of pride in their 

abilities. It’s not every day that they get the 

chance to tackle the high wires, have the 

chance to use a trebuchet, or get involved 

with archery. 

The Camps are not only fun for children, but 

they help to reduce stress levels, and improve 

vital life skills such as teamwork, leadership, 

confidence and resilience. Engaging in fun 

activities with their peers helps children truly 

discover their full potential. 

While children are able to create memories to 

last a lifetime, parents also notice the impact a 

camp can have on their child with 61% saying 

their children appeared to be more confident 

after attending camp. 

One parent whose child attended Camp 

Beaumont last summer said: “Our 5 year old 

can be shy and unwilling to try new things but 

we were delighted with how he skipped in to 

camp every day.” 

And another who booked their child 

into Camp Beaumont last October also 

commented: “You’re the only camp in the 

area that has truly made an effort to provide 

a great offering during these current times. 

You have saved me from insanity and 

provided my children some normality 

during the summer holidays and half term.” 

That is why Camp Beaumont, which has 

been running its camps for more than 40 

years, is on hand with fun-filled activities to 

help adventure seekers have the time of 

their lives and allow them the chance to 

make new friends, try new activities and 

create memories to last a lifetime. 

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FINANCIAL NEWS 

Saving the planet 

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A more sustainable approach to investing 

is gaining momentum, moving from a niche, 

bespoke area to a more mainstream investment. 

It’s called ESG investing - the Environmental, Social 

and Governance factors that some Managers 

now consider when building a more sustainable 

philosophy within a portfolio. Public consciousness 

as we know has shifted on a broad range of issues 

and these ESG factors are a growing attempt to help 

address areas becoming increasingly important to 

savers. 

This sustainable investment approach aims for 

strong, long-term returns with a desire to improve 

corporate practices thus benefiting society and the 

environment. This sounds very laudable of course, 

but versions of this have been around for some 

time receiving a somewhat lukewarm response due 

to a perception of higher costs and a trade-off in 

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Interestingly the performance of some of the 

specialist funds in this area is very impressive. 

Risk rated solutions from managers are also making 

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diversification of risk, and more solutions are coming 

to market. In fact, Morningstar research shows that 

amounts invested into ESG funds have increased by 

53% over the past year. 

Electric battery development is for example a key 

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EYE HEALTH 

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With the sun making its appearance again 

the temptation to eat inside with friends 

and family and with theatres and events 

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So, are your eyes ready for the welcome sights 

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Whether it’s prescription or non-prescription you 

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If you have worn contact lenses before or tried 

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4th Beaconsfield Scouts 

Annual Litter Pick 

Once again members of the 4th Beaconsfield Scout 

Group have been out picking litter off the streets of 

Beaconsfield town. This is their 7th litter pick and this 

year they took part in the Million Mile Mission. 

An amazing 70 

Beavers, Cubs 

and Scouts 

came out during 

the week along 

with Leaders 

collecting 

litter with 

equipment kindly 

donated by 

Buckinghamshire 

Council. Their 

week culminated 

in a ‘Whole Town 

Litter Pick’ on Saturday 12th June, when they 

had 21 volunteers from the local community 

along with Town Councillors, Jackson Ng 

and Paul Mason and family who all spent the 

morning collecting litter. Even some of their 

Scouts came for a second go! It was a great 

effort and between them they collected a 

massive 201kg! 

They would like to thank everyone who turned 

up on the Saturday to help make Beaconsfield a 

cleaner place to live. 

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What’s On 

this July/August 

July 2021 

Every Mon & Wed, 

4.30pm - 7.30pm 

Lindengate Charity 

Opening up their 5 acre site 

showcasing and abundance of 

bloom, wildflowers and wildlife. 

Aylesbury Road, 

Wendover, HP22 6BD 

(sharing car-park with Dobbies 

garden centre) 

01296 622443 

www.lindengate.org.uk 

Sat 24th and Sun 25th 

10am 

Chiltern Open Air Museum 

A special WWI event! The Rifles 

will be returning to the Chiltern 

Open Air Museum this summer. 

They will be holding a small 

Great War event. 

Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, 

Chalfont St Peter 

01494 871 117 

www.coam.org.uk 

Sun 18th and Sat 31st 

2.30pm - 4pm 

Walks of Amersham Old Town 

Amersham Museum 

49 High Street 

Old Amersham 

Buckinghamshire 

HP7 0DP 

t: 01494 723700 

e: info@amershammuseum.org 

Thurs 29th 7pm - 8.30pm 

Amersham Guided Trail Run 

Guided trail run from 

Amersham train station. 

Their final run of the series 

takes you to Amersham and 

will explore the surrounding 

wood-land and countryside. 

12km run! Tickets from the 

Chiltern Society £10 

e: chris@runawayuk.com 

www.chilternsociety.org.uk 

Fri 23rd - Sat 24th 

Pennfest 

The Big Park Penn 

Penn, Amersham HP7 0PS 

07553 072244 

pennfest.net 

August 2021 

31st July - 25th Sept 

Carousel at Regents Park 

Open Air Theatre 

Celebrated for their innovative 

approach to classic musicals, 

they redis-cover Rodgers 

and Hammerstein’s Carousel. 

Featuring a score that includes 

‘If I Loved You’ and ‘You’ll Never 

Walk Alone’. 

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whats-on 

Sat 8th and Sun 9th 

10.30am – 5pm 

Bekonscot Light Railway 

20th Anniversary Weekend 

Rides on the miniature railway 

celebrates 20th birthday and 

they are planning a weekend 

of train inspired fun activities. 

Advanced booking essential 

w: www.bekonscot.co.uk 

t: 01494 672 919 

Mon 30th Aug 

11am - 4pm 

Beaconsfield Country Fayre 

Music, food and craft stalls, 

children’s entertainment. If 

permitted dog show and ever 

popular Stretcher Race. Other 

attractions include a Pimms Bar, 

a childrens’ art display and many 

charity stalls. 

Annual charity: Thames Valley 

Air Ambulance. Free entry. 

Windsor End, 

Beaconsfield Old Town 

Contact Sylvia 01753 889 384 

Fri 28th - Mon 30th August 

Professor Crump at 

Bekonscot Model Village 

Children’s favourite entertainer 

will be back at Bekonscot over 

the bank holiday weekend for 

lots of fun entertainment for the 

whole family. 

Advanced booking essential. 

www.bekonscot.co.uk 

The information published 

is correct to the best of 

our knowledge, but please 

check with organisers before 

making plans. 

To add your event, contact: 

events@communitytogether.co.uk 


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Indoor meets 

outdoor spaces 

With most of us at home over the last 

eighteen months those of us lucky 

enough to have gardens can create an 

indoor/outdoor living space which can 

be life-changing. Not only does it enable 

us to entertain with friends and family it 

lets us enjoy coffee and croissants on the 

patio surrounded perhaps by birdsong, 

barbecues on warmer days or simply 

retreating under cover with the sliding 

doors open when it rains! 

Planning your indoor/outdoor living 

spaces. 

When planning your interior design, it is 

important to budget for your outdoor 

space(s) too, especially the area closest 

to the house. This needs to look just as 

attractive as indoor spaces and they do 

need to ‘flow’ visually into one another, 

especially if you need go through the 

house to get to the back garden. It is worth 

landscaping the garden before making a 

start on your interior spaces. 

Use your windows to ‘frame’ your 

garden views 

Most of the year we infrequently get to sit 

outside and enjoy our garden, so it’s very 

important to have visually stimulating views 

of your garden from the house. This might 

be a lovely tree, water feature, garden 

sculpture or sitting area. Outside my studio 

window I have a corten tree sculpture with 

a couple of modern bird feeders, and I 

love watching my little feather friends visit 

throughout the year! 

Think about 

materials used 

inside and out 

Many homes 

open out on to 

a garden via large 

folding or sliding 

doors, so you can 

extend internal 

flooring to your 

terrace or patio 

in the same or 

similar colour. 

Materials such 

as slate, limestone, 

porcelain and 

wood can be used inside and outside to 


INTERIORS 

create a single space. This will also make 

the space feel much bigger and it is worth 

considering outdoor-style furniture that can 

be moved outside when the sun shines and 

pulled back in during the cooler months. 

With such a great selection of outdoor fabrics 

available furniture can become multi-functional. 

Do think about the style of both your 

interior and your exterior 

Take a look at your space inside and create a 

similar style outside, for example if you have a 

sleek modern kitchen then it is important that 

the mood and style outside reflects this with 

contemporary paving, garden furniture and 

minimal planting. Recently in a contemporary 

project in Taplow I used a soft blush and navy 

palette in the family and kitchen area which 

opened onto the garden. To complement the 

scheme I used corten steel planters, a water 

feature and patterned screens with minimal 

planting and natural stone. Pull your palette 

of colours, style and materials from your home 

and base your planting palette, furniture, pots, 

sculptures and choice of materials and colours 

to unify the scheme. 

Lighting 

outdoor living 

spaces 

As with indoor 

spaces, it is 

important to 

light outdoor 

spaces to add 

a touch of 

‘magic’, as you 

sit and enjoy 

the garden in 

the summer 

but especially 

when you look 

out of your 

windows 

through the 

long, dark 

winter months. 

Subtle exterior 

lighting is key which creates drama and 

atmosphere throughout the year if you 

do not wish to drawer the curtains. The 

contrast between light and shade picks out 

beautiful textures of bark, foliage and walls. 

Enjoy your home and gardens and have a 

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Community service by 

local kitchen founder 

Founder of Ashford Kitchens & Interiors, 

Richard Flower has been volunteering at the 

local food bank in Slough since November 

2020. “It is a huge operation with two 

large warehouses in Slough trading estate” 

Richard explains. 

He was on food packing, making up boxes for 

different categories of clients from single people, 

couples to small and large families. “Clients who 

are referred receive 3 lots of food for 3 days 

which includes a very generous amount of food. 

It really emphasises how these food banks are 

such a lifeline for people who have fallen into 

hard times.” says Richard. Parcels distributed 

from Slough, serve people in need in Slough, 

Windsor, Maidenhead and Gerrards Cross areas. 

In addition to this Ashford Kitchens have a One 

Can Trust donation box outside their shop which 

has been open for donations throughout the 

numerous lockdowns. As some of the office 

staff have been in the showroom receiving 

deliveries and managing ongoing installations, 

they were able to collect any food donations 

outside the shop daily and then bring inside for 

safe keeping, until they were ready for delivery to 

High Wycombe One Can Trust. The generosity 

seen has been incredible and is so important to 

local people and families. 

Ashford Kitchens & Interiors, 1 - 2 The Parade, 

The Broadway, Farnham Common, SL2 3QJ. 

www.ashfordkitchensandinteriors.co.uk 

How a song could help save a life 

Are you a singer? Or do you belong to a 

choir? At the Epilepsy Society, we are looking 

for lots of voices from the community to help 

us raise awareness of how to help someone 

if they are having a seizure. 

One of our 

supporters, Teni 

Majek, has written 

and performed a song 

based on our simple 

seizure first aid 

message ‘Calm, 

Cushion, Call’. Now 

we are hoping that 

other singers and 

choirs in the area 

will record their own 

version as part of a 

compilation video 

that we are putting 

together. 

We are hoping to hear from mums, dads, 

children, school choirs, church choirs, friends 

on the sofa, colleagues in the canteen, 

picnickers on Gold Hill Common – whoever 

and wherever. 

You can listen to Teni’s song at 

bit.ly/epilepsy-singasong 

All you need to do is record yourself singing 

it on your mobile – turning the phone to 

landscape – and send your video to 

pressoffice@epilepsysociety.org.uk 

Many people with epilepsy fear going outside 

in case they have a seizure and no-one is 

able to help them. Teni’s song and your voices 

could help spread the vital message ‘Calm, 

Cushion, Call’ and make people feel more 

confident when in public. It could even help 

save a life. 

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FINANCIAL NEWS 

When can I 

afford to retire? 

You may have an idea about the type of 

lifestyle you want, but knowing if your 

expenditure will be sustainable is not 

straightforward. 

In terms of budgeting, inflation is a big factor 

over 20 to 30 years, and it’s easy to overlook 

capital expenses like replacing cars or home 

refurbishments. The investment strategies in 

our pensions are vital in determining the 

potential sustainability of our income. Yet, 

these are often ignored by many savers. 

The order in which we draw from our assets 

in retirement, and the use of available tax 

allowances, can also play a significant factor 

in our money’s longevity, but these are not 

simple matters. 

Ben Walter, CEO at Walter & Partners, 

comments, “Planning for retirement has never 

been so important, with people living longer 

and more active lives. We help our clients map 

out their retirement budgets, recommend 

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drawing from their assets in a tax-efficient way. 

This ongoing process provides clarity, direction, 

and peace of mind when planning for, and 

living in retirement”. You can find out more 

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23

What’s been happening 

at the Beaconsfield 

Town Council? 

Since our last newsletter, the local elections have taken 

place and so we have a new council for the next four 

year term, made up of some familiar faces and some 

new ones too. Due to the current restrictions, we held 

a face to face meeting outside the Town Hall to enable 

the new councillors to accept office and to elect a Mayor 

and Deputy Mayor. 

Our new Mayor is Councillor Alastair Pike and our new 

Deputy Mayor is Councillor Jackson Ng. 

NORTH WARD 

Alex placing Mayoral chain on Alastair 

Alastair placing Deputy Mayor ribbon on Jackson 

Paul Mason Sandy Saunders Alison Wheelhouse 

CENTRAL WARD 

Alex Dunlop Kanwal Toor Gill Mohammad Khaled Jackson Ng 


SOUTH EAST WARD 

Anita Cranmer 

Alastair Pike 

WEST WARD 

Colette Browne Graham Corney Andrea Essery Paul Henry 

Deirdre Holloway Chris Owen Lorna Shaw 


25

Old Town Public Toilets Refurbishment 

Although it has taken longer than we had 

hoped to get the necessary permissions 

in place, we are now able to press on with 

the refurbishment of the Public Toilets in the 

Old Town. 

Public toilets are an essential service. There has 

been a decline in provision across the country 

over the last decade and this is something which 

contributes to social isolation with some people 

Female WC 

DDA WC 

not wishing to leave home unless they are sure of 

being able to access facilities. 

Urinal 

Initially, our new design was based around the 

Male WC 

concept of making the toilets dementia-friendly 

as part of our wish to try and make the whole 

town Existing as dementia-friendly Layout 

as possible. For people 

suffering with dementia sometimes the most 

simple things can become confusing. But with 

careful thought and good design practice, some 

of these issues can be overcome. 

Whilst our designer was working on the concept, 

the pandemic struck and we had to send them 

back to the drawing board as we wanted the 

new design to be both dementia-friendly and to 

reduce risk of covid or other potential infection. 

Notes - See tender document for full details 

All existing internal toilet walls to be removed. New walls to be formed from either 100mm partitioning or Breeze block/Brick constr 

All new toilet doors to be fitted with Dementia friendly signs 

Cubicle panel system to all toilets walls 

Laytex screed over existing floor and install new Vinyl flooring with coved skirting. Store floor to be left painted 

New MF ceiling installed on hangers below existing wood ceiling, new 120mm dia LED lighting installed to create correct Lux Leve 

Replace existing external sofit with new plastic sofit 

All sanitary to be white with contrasting Doc M pack and seat in Graphite Grey 

New 50L water heaters to be installed in the store area 

New extraction system to be installed to all toilets 

Dementia Friendly sign by entrance gate to show opening times, the word toilet and an image of a toilet. 

New exterior wall lights and bollard lightning to be install and new flower beds to be planted to from one way system 

New seating area created 

2 new iron entrance gates to be installed wide enough for wheelchair access 

As a result, the new design encompasses 4 

superloos. Instead of cubicles in shared areas, 

each toilet will be a self-contained unit with 

hand washing and drying facilities. We will also 

maintain a disabled accessible unit as well as a 

unit with baby changing facilities. 

We also hope to install a drinking bottle refill 

station by the gate. 

2300 

2000 

2000 

LED Round backlight panles 

12w 170mm dia 

Altro anti-slip flooring 

with coved skirting 

to all WCs 

Male Urinal 

Service duct to the back 

wall to hide all plumbing 

ducted. Cubicle panels 

to tall walls 

New litter Bin 

200 

Dryline existing walls 

Shrubbery removed 

and path made good. 

Store floor made 

good and painted 

1315 

Unisex WC 

Male DDA WC 

Female DDA WC 

1675 

Litter bin replaced and moved 

to new location 

STORE 

1200 

Electrics 

Electrics and access 

cupboard relocated 

Jale semicircle 

LED wall light 

New plastic sofit 

New low flower beds to create 

a one way in and out system 

Dryline existing walls 

1500 

Unisex DDA WC 

with Baby Changing 

Existing front wall 

removed and new 

structural beam 

installed 

New Stainless Steel Sign 

for Toilets with WC Image 

and opening times 

2 new iron gates installed to 

create an "in and Out" system for any 

future pandemics 

Hand Dryers 

New Ester 800 LED path lights 

New bottle filling station 

Proposed Layout 

2200 

Boarder retained 

and replanted 

New seating area 

Shrubbery removed 

and path made good 

New Water Pipe for 

LED Round backlight panles 

12w 170mm dia 

1315 

Unisex WC 

Male DDA WC 

Female DDA WC 

STORE 

Some features of Electrics the new design. 

1500 

Unisex DDA WC 

with Baby Changing 

1200 

• Dementia Friendly sign showing opening times. 

• All sanitary to be white and seat in graphite grey 

• New 

Lighting 

exterior 

Layout 

wall lights and bollard lighting. 

2200 

• New flower beds to be planted to form one 

way system 

• Two new iron entrance gates to be installed 

wide enough for wheelchair access 

• New outside seating area created 

• Altro anti-slip flooring 

Back in Beaconsfield, 

Town Council event. 

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone back in 

Beaconsfield in the near future and to celebrate, 

the Town Council are holding an event on the 

Town Hall Green on Saturday 24th July. Time to 

be confirmed. Hope to see you there! 

For more information, visit the town council 

website (see below for address) or news will 

be posted on the Town Clerk Facebook page: 

www.facebook.com/btctownclerk 

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT 

In the spotlight - Alastair Pike, Beaconsfield 

Town Mayor 

Welcome to Alastair, 

Beaconsfield’s new 

Mayor. We asked Alastair 

a few questions so we 

can get to know him 

a little better. Tell us a 

little bit about your 

background: 

I grew up in Liverpool 

in the early 60’s when 

you either kicked a ball 

in the street or played a 

guitar in someone’s 

garage. 

My early recollections 

included standing on 

Alastair with boys’ Andrew and David 

the terraces at Goodison 

with Everton’s trophies. 

Park in 1959 and then starting my grammar 

school education at the Liverpool Institute a year 

later. It was a period packed with memories, first 

the Beatles and the Stones and then the death of 

Kennedy. Local MP Harold Wilson became Prime 

Minister in 1964 and we had a mock election at 

school. My father, a local Headmaster, was not 

impressed by my voting intentions! 

What was your first job and how 

did your career develop? 

My first job was with Martins 

Bank but I soon realised that 

industry was more appealing. 

After spells with United 

Biscuits, Bibbys and 

Spear Jackson I joined the 

Swedish multinational Alfa 

Laval in 1974 later becoming 

Head of IT. Then to the Swiss 

company Landis & Gyr where 

I was Head of Distribution in 

the UK. I started a consultancy 

business in 1988 and worked for AEG, 

Whitbread Hotels and Hilton International. 

Apart from the Debating Society and Spanish 

which were fun I couldn’t wait to start earning a 

living. Attempting to “get rich quick” I entered 

the weekly “Spot the Ball” competition in the 

local newspaper. Early joy with a second prize of 

£44 was short lived when my mother announced 

that the money should be divided equally 

between the whole family. There was a lesson 

to be learned there which I would never forget. 

Spot which player is Alastair! 

Alastair and Varvara in St Petersburgh 

How did you get involved in an art business? 

Having acquired an art materials shop in 2000 the 

local artist Irene John suggested that we started 

art lessons. Irene was our first tutor in 2004 and 

within 5 years we were running almost 30 classes a 

week in nine towns. Today we are concentrated in 

four locations with demand divided between the 

young and the old, the working and the retired. 

As a hobby, art is incredibly popular but ironically 

choice of class is often determined by when the 

“student” is available not by the medium. Our 

current goal is to have every class back face to 

face in September. 

What made you interested in the Town Council? 

My interest is almost certainly in the genes. My 

father was Chair of Education for Wirral Borough 


Council in the mid 70’s but it was only in 2005 

whilst working as a consultant for Windsor & 

Maidenhead that I realised that government did 

know what they were doing and that there really 

was joined up thinking through all the tiers. I first 

became a councillor in Beaconsfield in 2010 and 

this year on 20th May became the Town Mayor. 

This is a great honour and I hope that I will be able 

to “add value” through my years of experience in 

both the Public and Private Sectors. Specifically, I 

want to see closer links between residents and the 

Council. If we can achieve this then I will feel that 

we have made progress. 

Tell us about life for you outside of work and 

council business? 

Football is never far away from our family’s life and 

coming from Merseyside we follow our heroes 

fanatically generation after generation. It was 

a memorable moment in 1985 with my sons 

Andrew and David with the European Cup 

Winners Cup, the F.A. Cup and the Charity Shield. 

1984/85 was a flagship moment for Evertonians 

and today, my son Andrew and his boys’, Edward 

and George follow in their father’s footsteps, 

with my other son, Davids’s twins, Jessica & Ethan 

and now daughter Kaira all owning their own 

T-Shirts! I have now stepped back and with my 

artist partner, Varvara to spend time with her family 

in St Petersburg. 

Editor: We wish Alastair every success in his new 

role as Mayor of Beaconsfield. 


29

EDUCATION NEWS 

Calling all students past 

and present from The 

Beaconsfield School 

You may be surprised to hear that The 

Beaconsfield School has been teaching 

local children since 1854. 

We have occupied three local buildings since our 

inception, including the old Ribbon Factory in 

Factory Yard and The Old Church School building 

(which is now the Beaconsfield Masonic Centre). 

Our current school site is 90 years old in 2022 and 

we are in the process of creating an exciting project 

which will celebrate our heritage. 

We have fantastic archive photos and documents 

from as far back as 1854 as well as a ‘History of the 

Beaconsfield School’ book which has been written 

by an ex-teacher of the school.These treasures 

depict our links with the local community, historical 

buildings and generations of local people. 

The campaign will take place between December 

2021 when the foundation stone was laid (1931) 

and July 2022 (the school was re-opened in 

July 1932) and our local community will be 

invited to join us to view our rich history displayed 

throughout the school, hear stories from alumni 

about their time here at The Beaconsfield School 

and watch a performance by our current students 

which will tell the story of the school. 

If you attended the school at any time, please get 

in touch with any photos or memories that you 

have so that we can keep growing our archives for 

future generations! 

Please send in any photos, school 

reports, school magazines or memories 

to cgriffiths@beaconsfield.school 

Education news 

from Anita Cranmer 

For our children this has been a year to 

remember! We are proud of the way 

our schools have coped with the Covid 

lockdown... Families receive lateral flow 

test kits twice a week, masks are worn 

where appropriate and ‘bubbles’ and 

‘social distancing’ remain in place. 

We know that changes and adaptations have 

taken their toll. Children need social interaction 

and stimulation from learning to thrive and they 

feel missed out. Outwardly the system continues. 

In Bucks 2341 children sat 11+ and 99% got their 

first preference. Movement into Upper Schools 

produced a 95% success in achieving first choice. 

Exams have been adapted to a long series of 

shorter tests which are graded by the schools. 

Some GCSE and A level students sat through 

30+ short exams this way. Congratulations to the 

teachers who have kept the system going. 

We do know that some have suffered. The 

government is providing money for “Catch up “ 

tuition in the summer ... Mental health ‘wellness’ 

is being addressed in every school. Incidences of 

some young people exhibiting stress has been 

high. The good news is that our vaccination 

programme has been excellent and the eligible 

age range is lowering. 

Anita Cranmer 

Cabinet Member for Chidrens 

Services, Education and Skills. 

Councillor for Beaconsfield 

Beaconsfield Town Council 



31

ISSUE 4 

Eye catching 

summer trends 

THE YOUNG 

Images courtesy from Jak & Liza’s stockists. 

The long-awaited warmer weather 

and more freedom from government 

restrictions brings more creativity and 

expression in our fashion choices, 

especially in terms of colour, pattern 

and texture. 

A pastel colour palette took centre stage on 

both the catwalk runways and street fashion 

with colours like lavenders, pistachios and 

muted oranges - perfect for pairing with 

neutral items for a seasonal, striking burst of 

colour. Through the lockdowns, many of us 

took up new hobbies at home. An example of 

this being the recent enthusiasm for crocheted 

cardigans, dresses, bralettes and tote bags that 

give off an effortless bohemian appearance - 

just in time for the brighter days. 

I spoke to the 

inspirational and 

fashionable Samantha 

Kenwright, owner of 

clothing shop Jak & Liza 

in Beaconsfield New 

Town, to get her 

perspective on summer 

trends and how 

COVID-19 has affected 

the fashion industry. 

Her inspiration for 

fashion like many 

of us derives from 

celebrities like Audrey 

Hepburn, Cameron 

Diaz and Kate Middleton. 

more flattering when paired with the wide leg 

silhouettes. 

I asked her how the pandemic had affected 

High Street shops: “I think shopping habits have 

changed because we are not going out so 

often and feel less need to dress up - during 

that time we’ve got more and more used 

to shopping online”. She also said “the 

Beaconsfield community has been very 

supportive of her business during these 

difficult times”. 

I asked her about her advice for someone 

wanting to shop more sustainably. She 

expressed her view that the best way to do 

that is by shopping on your local High Street, 

supporting independent shops – 70% of the 

brands she supplies are more sustainable! 

Sam has always been determined to be a 

part of the fashion industry. She worked at 

her mother’s independent clothing store in 

Liverpool when she was 13 and moved to 

London to pursue fashion when she was 

18. Some of her favourite fashion-trends for the 

summer include comfortable wide-leg trousers 

(seen recently on Kate Middleton), raw hem 

jeans and tops/blouses slightly shorter to be 

Loren Dutton 

Fact File: 

Jak & Liza 

10 The Broadway, Penn Road, 

Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 2PD, 

United Kingdom 

01494 258 808 

sam@jakandliza.com 

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JOURNALIST 

The art of meditation 

Maddie Godsell-Tagg 

Schools and universities 

have returned, social 

events are taking place, 

pubs and restaurants have 

opened, summer is around 

the corner and everything’s returning to 

a form of normal. 

As nice as it is to socialise with friends and family 

many will feel overwhelmed by the easing of 

restrictions. It is good to have an awareness of 

various coping-mechanisms that can be used in 

times of unease and anxiety and I find comfort in 

creative outlets. In particular reading, painting, 

drawing, and writing allow me to take my mind 

off any stress in a healthy and constructive way. 

Another outlet, known to have multiple positive 

impacts on your physical and mental well-being, 

is a practice which dates back to as early as 5000 

BC and has religious ties to Judaism, Hinduism, 

Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. It focuses on 

training attention and awareness to achieve a 

mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable 

state, more commonly known as Meditation. 

According to Francisco Mendizabal, a meditator 

instructor and founder of HackSelf, there are many 

types of meditation which can be categorised 

into 9 types, each with different focuses and 

requirements but generally they reduce 

stress, improves focus and decision-making, 

improves your 

mood, decreases 

aggressiveness, 

reduces jobstrain, 

and burn out, 

and has lessened 

symptoms of 

depression and 

anxiety in people 

who meditated for 

an 8-week period. 

Correlations between 

meditation and sleep, 

weight loss, relationships and pain has also been 

found since it is a process that builds up areas of 

our brains and rewires it to enhance positive traits 

(focusing and decision making) and diminishes the 

more pessimistic ones (fear and stress). 

Angie Tiwari (@tiwariyoga on Instagram) 

works as an assistant yoga teacher for GROW’s 

‘holistic programme of yoga and meditation’. She 

particularly places emphasis on the importance 

of consistency, patience, and reflection as key 

qualities when engaging in the two practices. 

For example, starting with 10 minutes daily, the 

aim of being patient with yourself, maintaining 

persistence, alongside having a ‘why’ and sticking 

to a routine is the best way to begin. For more 

detailed and specific tips visit her Instagram 

handle. 

FACT FILE: 

9 different types of Meditation 

Mindfulness 

Mantra 

Transcendental 

Loving-kindness 

Sound 

Movement 

Visualisation 

Guided 

Gazing 

For more information, 

visit: bit.ly/TypesMeditation 

To young advertise journalist@communitytogether.co.uk 

please call 07786 735 711 or email marketing@beaconsfieldtogether.co.uk 

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Salanti Pie 

Competition 

Soslan Slamov and his wife Zarina have ventured 

into a life-long dream to build a unique pie business 

where these delicious pies originated from Russia. 

They have the pandemic lockdown to thank for 

this opportunity and are now baking Ossetian pies 

(both sweet and savoury) to make a living and give 

the Brits the experience of trying something new. 

Welcome to the birth in the UK of the Salanti Pie! 

Win a 

delicious 

PIE! 

Soslan is a dad of 

three and runs his 

own educating 

consulting 

company, 

where he helps 

students from 

abroad come 

to the UK to find 

places in boarding 

schools, universities, 

and language schools. 

The family live in Beaconsfield and have lived 

in the UK for 27 years, and run their business 

from home. They are the first Salanti Pie 

business here in the UK on the market and 

we are happy to introduce this to their local 

community here in Beaconsfield. 

Soslan said, “My wife has 

been cooking these pies 

for years and our guests 

all over the world liked 

it. The pies are both 

sweet and savoury”. 

Beaconsfield Together 

are delighted to work 

with Salanti Pies and are 

offering 5 lucky locals the chance 

to win one of these tasty Russian pies. 

To enter please go to: 

www.beaconsfieldtogether.co.uk/ 

competition to have a chance of winning. 

Fill out the online form. 

The lucky 5 winners will have their photo taken 

with their pie and featured in a later edition of 

Beaconsfield Together. 

To enter our Summer Competition to win a 

Salanti Pie visit: 

www.beaconsfieldtogether.co.uk/competition 

Closing date: 1st August 2021 

Good luck! 


Steering 

youinthe 

right direction 

Time is precious; we want to spend as much ofit 

doing the things that makeushappy. 

So keeping on topofour finances and managing our 

wealth –atask that can be both time-consuming and 

complex –can often fall waydown our listofpriorities. 

We offer afriendly and approachable service, backed by 

the strength and security of FTSE 100company. 

We appreciate that you are unique, with your own 

financial ideals, which is why we will tailor the services and 

recommendations thatwemakespecifically to you. 

Being local means we’reheretohelp wheneveryou need us. 

FLACKWELL FINANCIAL LIMITED 

Senior Partner Practice of St. James’s Place Wealth Management 

Philip Stebbings and Karen Webb 

Tel: 01494 578630 | Email: flackwell@sjpp.co.uk | www.flackwellfs.com 

The Partner Practice is an Appointed Representative ofand represents only St. James’s Place Wealth Management plc (which is 

authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the group’s wealth management 

products and services, more details of which are set out on the group’s website www.sjp.co.uk/products. The ‘St. James’s Place 

Partnership’and the titles ‘Partner’and ‘Partner Practice’are marketing terms used to describe St. James’sPlace representatives. 

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LOCAL BUSINESS 

Check your tyres 

regularly! 

Checking the condition of your tyres 

regularly is very important for your safety 

- they are the only thing between you and 

the road! There are better ways of checking 

your tyres than kicking them, and we asked 

Alex Dunlop owner of A. J Dunlop in Old 

Town, Beaconsfield, to give us some pointers 

on how to do this ourselves. Look at these 

photos of common tyre problems and read 

what Alex has to say about each one. 

The tyre tread in this 

photo is worn to the 

minimum legal depth 

of 1.6mm. An easy 

way to check is to look 

for the wear bars, they 

can be found in the 

tread and you can see 

them in the picture. 

When the tyre treads 

wears down so it is 

level with the wear 

bars, your tyre has 

reached its minimum 

legal requirement. 

In this picture the 

Wheel alignment 

of the vehicle is 

incorrect. The tyre 

has worn on the 

inside edge all the 

way through to the 

webbing which is the 

main structure of the 

tyre. You wouldn’t 

see this at a glance 

because it is on the 

inside of the tyre when the rest of the tyre 

appears in good condition. 

Driving on this tyre would likely soon cause a 

blow out, or a flat. 

out, hitting a pot hole 

or even mounting a 

steep curb can cause 

this and you may not 

notice any difference in the steering. We 

advise you to get the wheel alignment checked, 

if you are aware of hitting something. Also get 

the alignment checked at the annual service of 

the car. 

Perfectly good tyre on the outside but in the 

inside of the tyre the tyre is blistered, torn and 

ruined. This is what happens when the tyre 

went flat and the driver continued to drive the 

car. The customer only covered a few metres 

on the flat tyre, then pumped up the tyre at 

a garage. They then continued driving with a 

slow puncture, unaware of the severe internal 

damage. 

A perfect tyre with 

good tread.... 

I hope these photos 

will help you check 

that you are driving on 

safe and legal tyres. If 

in doubt, get in touch 

with your local garage 

or call into A. J Dunlop 

and they will be happy 

to help. 

Alex Dunlop 

It does not take much to put the alignment 


CHARITY NEWS 

Love running? Run for MPS! 

We’re the Society for Mucopolysaccharide 

Diseases (MPS Society), based in Amersham. 

Founded in 1982, by Christine Lavery, 

MBE, we are the only registered charity 

providing professional support to individuals 

and families affected by rare, life-limiting 

genetic diseases such as MPS, Fabry or a 

related disease in the UK. We reach over 

1500 people per year. 

MPS diseases can affect both children and adults. 

The disease is caused by a genetic mutation 

which leads to a build-up of waste products and 

causes progressive damage. There is no cure. 

With summer around the corner, we have some 

great running events that you can get involved 

in. Why not become part ofthe world’s greatest 

Marathon and run the Virtual London Marathon? 

Or perhaps join in our Royal Parks Half Marathon 

to take in the capital’s world-famous landmarks? 

If those don’t 

leave you 

breathless (pardon 

the pun!) then 

surely the 40th 

Great North Run, 

the world’s largest 

and most iconic half marathon will make you 

want to dust off your running shoes. 

To sign up to our running events, please go 

to: www.mpssociety.org.uk/run. If you have 

any questions about fundraising events, contact 

our fundraising team on 0345 389 9901 or 

email fundraising@mpssociety.org.uk. 

To see what we’re up to, head to our 

social media channels @MPSSocietyUK 

or our website: 

www.mpssociety.org.uk 

Thank you for your support! 

From Team MPS 

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BUSINESS NEWS 

A little history about 

Flackwell Financial Ltd 

In the early days, it was very much a 

mortgage broking business, but the 

Investment and Pension business started 

to build through the 90s and Karen joined 

in 1998 to strengthen the team. 

In the mid-90s we opened an office in 

Flackwell Heath and changed the name 

to link to our new home. That was until, in 

1999, when we moved to Wooburn Green 

and 2016 to Hazlemere and decided against 

any further name changes; today we remain 

as Flackwell. 

Philip Stebbings and Karen Webb 

Mortgages have always been the backdrop 

to our business. Today, we are arranging 

mortgages for the children (now adults) of 

couples who were first time buyers in our early 

years. 


Library news 

It’s so good to be back and open for our 

lovely readers, we are looking forward 

to seeing more of you in the coming 

months, we have regular deliveries of 

newly published books as well as your 

favourite authors, please check the website 

for details of opening hours. 

www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/libraries/find-alibrary/beaconsfield/ 

Don’t forget we will soon be sharing details of 

the Summer Reading Challenge for children, 

which will start in July, there will be updates 

on our website as well as Facebook and Twitter. 


When cohabiting parents separate who pays for bringing 

up the children? 

The number of couples living together, without 

getting married or entering into a civil partnership 

has increased significantly, more than doubling 

between 1996 and 2017. Many cohabiting couples 

have children, and naturally expect life will be 

‘happy ever after’. 

Sadly that is not always the case – and when 

co-habiting couples separate there can be 

financial implications regarding the support of their 

children that weren’t anticipated. It is particularly 

important for unmarried parents to understand the 

options available if they do separate. 

Following relationship breakdown, the first step 

for many parents, married or unmarried, is to 

seek regular monthly payments for their children 

through the Child Maintenance Service. The Child 

Maintenance Service ensures that a non-resident 

parent ie. the parent no longer living with and 

looking after the children, contributes to the financial 

support of their natural children, the amount payable 

depending on the income of the non-resident parent 

and other factors. 

Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 enables the 

parent with care of a child to claim financial support 

from the other parent and not just limited to 

maintenance payments. In fact, Schedule 1 allows 

the Court to make wide ranging awards for the 

benefit of a child, such as requiring that a property 

or home is provided, payment of lump sums, 

payment of school fees, support through university, 

or “top-up” maintenance. The Court has wide 

discretion when deciding what financial support 

needs to be provided to meet a child’s needs. 

A word of warning regarding Schedule 1 awards: 

whatever the Court decides will always be based 

upon the needs of the child or children. The Court 

looks at “all the circumstances” but the financial 

award will never be made in order to benefit the 

parent caring for the child or children. 

Family breakdowns are distressing, both emotionally 

and financially. For the parent with the continuing 

care of children, determining at an early stage what 

financial provision might be available is vital, and 

Schedule 1 can often be the answer! 

However, there RAYDEN_SFL_BECS_L_CMYK_130X90_OUT_1.pdf is another important provision Catrin 1 29/09/2020 Dawson, Associate 20:11 Solicitor 

available which can often be overlooked. 

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Beaconsfield Together 

Brain Matter 

DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS 

Each four-letter word can be found in 

a diamond shape in the grid (one has 

already been entered, as an example), 

and every word will start at the top 

of the diamond and flow in either a 

clockwise or anticlockwise direction. 

BEDS LIME PINK 

5 should BULB appear LOAM once in each PLUM row, as well as once in each column. 

e of five FORK smaller MOLE squares should ROSEalso contain one of each of the 

n you LAWN complete MOSS the grid? SLUG 

LILY PEAR SOIL 

M 

O P S 

F M S L P 

P S K U R A E 

I G K L S Q A T L 

M X N U O Y L B E N I 

E V O L G F I S F E M A N 

L Y B I Q K K D O N I 

U L B O S L R P I 

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S V L A S 

A P N 

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3 

4 

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JIGSUDOKU 

The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 should appear once 

in each row, as well as once in each column. 

Every heavily outlined shape of five smaller squares 

should also contain one of each of the numbers 

1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Can you complete the grid? 

5 1 

IN HIDING 

These six fish are hiding in the picture below. Can you spot them? 

40 Beaconsfield Together is part of Community Together 

(answers on p47)

Safe & gentle ear wax removal at a clinic near you 

Ear wax removal should always be conducted by a qualified 

medical professional. We do not recommend using over the 

counter solutions to manually syringe your ears or using hopi 

ear candling. Microsuction is recognised as the safest and gentlest 

method to remove wax from the ear canal. It involves placing a 

suction tube into the ear canal to gently suck the wax out. There 

is no water involved, is a completely dry procedure and can be 

done on ears that are not suitable for irrigation/syringing at the GP. 

Irrigation is the use of a controlled flow of water to flush out 

wax from the ear. It is safer than manual syringing which is now 

a banned practice in the UK. Irrigation can be particularly useful 

for very deep wax. Your audiologist should make the most 

appropriate recommendation on how to remove the wax. 

Our associated clinicians are all registered with the HCPC. They 

have all undertaken training, and achieved competency in wax 

removal and should luse best practice procedures to ensure you 

walk away a happy and satisfied customer. 

Are you experiencing any of the following? 

• Pressure in the ears 

• Blocked feeling in the ears 

• Need to pop your ears but can’t 

• Sudden loss of hearing or muffles sound 

• Hearing aids whistling 

• Underperforming hearing aids 

If you are experiencing any of the above then book in to see us today! 

Your ears will be happy you did. 

Call for more information on 

Call: 07903 013 123 or 07535 603 744 

Email: hearwego.beaconsfield@gmail.com 

Web: www.hearwegohearingsolutions.co.uk 

Consulting Suite, 19 London End Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2HN

WAITROSE 

A short history 

of Waitrose 

& Partners, 


Buckinghamshire Culture Open Weekend 

runs from 22nd - 25th July in order to 

re-engage with people in the aftermath 

of lockdown by organising events and 

activities themed around stories or 

storytelling. It seemed pertinent to 

share the history of Waitrose & Partners 

in Beaconsfield. 

In 1904, three young 

businessmen opened 

their first grocery store 

in Acton: Wallace Waite, 

David Taylor and Arthur 

Rose all very successful 

in selling a wide range 

of grocery products. 

David Taylor left the 

business, and in 1908 

Waite and Rose formed 

Waitrose Limited. The 

business continued to 

grow, acquiring more 

small grocery shops in 

the Acton area. Sadly, 

Arthur Rose was injured 

in The Great War and 

Wallace Waite took 

over responsibility of 

running the stores. 

Wallace Waite 

Arthur Rose 

Arthur Rose left the business in 1924 but 

the stores continued to flourish, including 

branches between Windsor and Gerrards 

Cross. By 1937 Wallace Waite was looking 

for someone to take over the business, and 

in October the ten Waitrose stores joined 

the John Lewis Partnership, which had been 

founded by John Spedan Lewis in 1929. 

In the early 1950s, self-service shopping 

became popular and Waitrose opened its 

First grocery shop at 263 Acton Hill, London 

first supermarket in Streatham in 1955. 

By the early 1970s there were 50 Waitrose 

branches with a plan to continue expansion. 

Then came the arrival of Waitrose 

Beaconsfield on 28 September 1982, 

built on the site of the former Earl of 

Beaconsfield public house under Branch 

Manager Ian Ray, which changed the face 

of grocery shopping in the town. 

Waitrose Beaconsfield open its doors in 1982 

Since then there have been six Branch 

Managers - Ian Ray, David Paul, Paul 

Miller, Lee Homer, Alistair Boot and Steve 

Peppiatt, each having steered the store 

through huge changes in the shopping 

habits of the local community, the most 

obvious being the arrival four years ago 

of our e-commerce delivery vans with 

Waitrose.com. 


About fifteen years ago an extension was 

added to the store, resulting in a large 

increase in floorspace - and availability of 

products. Waitrose enjoys a reputation for 

stocking items not always available in other 

supermarkets and our Partners are always 

willing to recommend favourite ingredients 

or recipes. 

Our regular customers will know we are 

currently undergoing a refurbishment that 

will yet again bring changes to the store. 

Whilst we endure the stresses of the building 

work, we know that the end result will be 

worth it! Completion is due mid-August, 

Come and see all the improvements for 

Steve Peppiatt, Beaconsfield Branch Manager 

© Penn Road Studios 

yourself. Steve Peppiatt and the whole 

team look forward to welcoming you. 

For more information go to: 

www.bit.ly/waitrose-history 

Words by Alison Lambert 

Landscape portraits 

from Decorare 

We believe that landscaping is 

an art. A skill that that demands 

attention to detail, from start 

to finish. 

It’s how we approach every project, 

inside or out. 

It’s quite simply, the Decorare way. 

Call 01844 299040 

or visit decorareltd.co.uk 


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GARDENING 

Grow your 

own organic 

vegetables in 

a raised bed! 

Raised beds are the perfect way to grow 

vegetables in your garden or allotment. 

They are easy to maintain, taking much 

less time to plant and weed because of the 

comfortable working height and enclosed 

relatively small area. The bed can be built 

on a hard surface and where quality soil is 

unavailable, a raised bed is an ideal solution. 

When the timber is suitably treated and 

stained they will last a good few years. 

This design is for a 5 foot square bed, but you 

can adjust the dimensions to suit your space, 

each about a foot deep, The bed base timbers 

were supported below with 3 cross batons 

attached to the bottom of each bed. We raised 

the bed 2 feet off the ground and the corner 

posts extended through the beds and 

continued up 1 foot to support netting that 

protects the plants from pests. Finally, an 

additional leg was wedged centrally under 

the bed base. 

PVC (damp course) sheets were added, one 

inside the bed, one on the ground below. 

Numerous drainage holes were made in 

the PVC, we used a barbecue skewer! We 

filled the beds with organic soil and added 

compost and manure. Carefully consider 

which vegetables you would like to grow, and 

how much space they need between planting! 

Materials 

Tanalised timber rough-sawn painted with 

a suitable fence forest green paint was used to 

blend in with the garden. As we were lining the 

timber bed with PVC we felt it was safe to 

grow vegetables using painted and treated 

wood. 


Building & Assembly 

• Cut the base and sides to 5 feet lengths, 

corner legs to 4 feet, and the central leg to 

2 feet. Additionally, cut cross supports to 5 

feet and edging batons to 5 feet. 

• Paint with 2 coats paying particular attention 

to cut ends and let dry. 

• Take one leg and screw 2 side pieces to one 

face with approx. 1 inch gap between side 

pieces. Use at least two 100 mm screws for 

each leg/side piece connection. 

• Repeat for the other 2 side pieces attaching 

at right angles to the first two. The leg should 

be on the inside. 

• Repeat the assembly for the diagonally 

opposite leg. 

Base and sides: Eight off, 10 feet by 6 inches 

by 2 inches 

Legs and cross support: Four off, 10 feet by 

3 inches by 2 inches 

Edging batons: Two off, 10 feet by 2 inches 

by 1 inch 

PVC sheets: One off, 8m by 4m 

Soil: 500L organic soil plus 1 bag of compost, 

1 bag of organic manure 

Screws: 100 mm (Box of 100 should be 

enough), size 6, 50 mm size 5 rustproof screws 

• With legs horizontal screw the two 

assemblies together to form a square using 

the 3rd and 4th legs. 

• Add the three cross members inside the 

bottom of the base dividing the base area 

into four. 

• Screw the eight base timbers to the 

underside of the bed sides and the cross 

members leaving a small gap between 

them for expansion and drainage. 

• Using two people rotate the bed the correct 

way up. Cut the PVC sheet and place the 

pieces in and at the base of the bed. Use the 

shorter screws to fix the batons horizontally 

holding the PVC in place along the edges. 

• Add soil and vegetables, water and feed 

regularly and watch your vegetables grow! 

Plants we are growing 

Spinach, red peppers, pak choi, mange tout, 

rainbow carrotts, cucumbers and lettuces. 

by Doc. Greenfinger 


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Together Trades 

Directory - Beaconsfield 

Share your recommendations with us at trades@communitytogether.co.uk 

BUILDERS 

SMB Services 

Family owned business. Specialists in roofing and 

building. Free estimates. 

t: 01494 676 922 / 07795 597 264 

e: smbservices2001@gmail.com 

CAR SERVICES 

A J Dunlop Car Servicing Ltd 

We have provided friendly advice, quality 

servicing, repairs and MOTs since 1985. Online 

book-ing, collection and delivery available. 

t: 01494 670 510 

w: www.ajdunlop.co.uk 

PC COMPUTER HELP 

Roger can help you with your Windows PC 

and laptop. 

Basic computer tuition, office, software updates, 

email and increase the speed of your PC. 

t: 07510 479 416 

ELECTRICIANS 

ElecFix Solutions Ltd 

All domestic and residential electrical work 

carried out 

Napit registered. Free local quotations 

t: 07476 264 691 

e: elecfixsolutions@hotmail.com 

GARDEN AND LANDSCAPING 

Decorare 

Garden landscapers to trust 

t: 01844 299 040 

w: www.decorareltd.co.uk 

INTERIOR DESIGN, PAINTERS 

AND DECORATORS 

N. Gillie Decorating Services 

Experienced, friendly professional internal and 

external decorators who have been working in 

the area since 1993. 

t: 01494 681 794 / 07771 521 263 

w: ngilliedecoratingservices.co.uk 

Samantha Johnson Interior Design Services 

Creating liveable, laid-back and luxe interiors. 

t: 01494 882 219 

w: www.samanthajohnsondesign.com 

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 

– INTERIOR 

Chalfont Oven Cleaning 

First class results every time. Ovens, hobs, 

extractors, grills, stoves, microwaves, Aga cookers, 

barbecue trays. 

t: 01753 889 922 / 07939 539 058 

w: www.chalfontovencleaning.co.uk 

Concept Carpet Cleaning 

Family owned business established for over 

30 years. 

Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning 

services. 

t: 01784 240 320 / 07850 901 311 

w: www.concept-management.co.uk 

Home Counties Loft Ladders 

Complete loft storage solution. 

t: 0808 301 9558 

w: homecountiesloftladders.co.uk 

Oxford Aerials 

Local TV aerial and satellite installation and 

repair services, internet/Wifi blackspots fixed. 

t: 01628 439 115 

e: shaun@oxfordaerials.co.uk 

w: www.oxfordaerials.co.uk 

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE – 

EXTERIOR 

Asset Roofing Specialists 

All roofing repairs, guttering and chimney 

renovations. 

t: 01494 257 595 / 07931 371 003 

w: www.assetroofings.co.uk 

Colourfence Bucks 

25 year guaranteed fences that will stand 

strong winds throughout winter and any storm. 

t: 01494 711 400 

w: www.colourfencebucks.co.uk 


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