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Village Notice Board - Village News
Remembrance Day 2009
A Veteran’s Parade followed by a Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial was held on Sunday 8th November. Dr Michael Smith, Chairman, Chesham Bois Parish Council introduced the service and the prayers were led by The Reverend Huw Davies who also addressed the assembled congregation.
Amongst the organisations taking part were The Royal British Legion
Amersham & District Branch, RB Legion Women’s Section, St
Leonard’s Church, Chesham All Girls Band, the RAF Association, Rotary
International, Thames Valley Police, The Red Cross, Guides and Brownies
of Amersham West Guiding, Scouts, Bucks County Council, Chiltern
District Council, Amersham Town Council, Chesham Bois Parish Council
and The Women's Institute.
Autumn
Village & Common Clear Up
The Autumn Village and Common Clear Up was well attended; those
taking part in the event apart from Parish Councillors were members of
the local community together with the 1st, 2nd and
3rd Chesham Bois
Brownies and the 3rd Chesham Bois Guides. Over 40 sacks of rubbish were
collected including two abandoned slightly battered but repairable
mountain bikes subsequently collected by Thames Valley Police.
Annual Parish Meeting
After conclusion of the formalities associated with the APM members of the Parish Council gave an illustrated talk covering the various responsibilities of councillors, the work that they do and activities that had taken place during the year.
Parish Council's Chairman's Report 2008/9
Beat the
Bounds
The Council had led the annual ‘Beat the Bounds’ walk following the
Parish boundary on the Sunday prior to the meeting and this had been
enjoyed by those attending.
Village Fete
2008
Our Village Fete this year was opened by Elvis impersonator Mark Dobbs
who also kept people entertained with a series of shows throughout the
afternoon. Mark was joined in the arena by dancers from the Yvonne
Taylor School of Dancing who jived and danced to the songs made famous
by Elvis. The afternoon’s events were presided over by Town Cryer,
Simon Card who acted in the capacity of Master of Ceremonies.
Another special attraction was a low level flypast by a Hurricane
aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to a commentary by
Geoff Nichols, CBE, DFC a former Hurricane pilot who regaled everyone
with some of his flying experiences. An unexpected bonus was a low
level fly past by more than 50 aircraft including a Nimrod, C17 Cargo
Plane and close formations of Tornadoes and Typhoons that had taken
part in the Trooping of the Colour Ceremony in London and had been
given the location of the fete by the Hurricane pilot. They diverted
over Chesham Bois Common en route for RAF Halton where they were due to
take part in a flying display.
Apart from Elvis the arena also featured a display by Dogs4us of
obedience and dancing to music and the Amersham Music Centre Sax
Quartet who also provided some musical entertainment. There was a
separate arena area for children who were kept entertained by a series
of different shows including a Magic show and Punch & Judy by
Oscar the Clown. They were also able to work off any excess energy on a
nearby inflatable slide and bouncy castle.
Our thanks go to all the local interest groups and organisations that
supported the fete by running stalls, participating and generally
helping make the afternoon fun for all. The general consensus is that
the afternoon was a great success no doubt aided by some lovely fine
weather.
To view a small selection of photos taken at the fete click on the link
below.
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