Archive

  • RAFA rake off again

    RAFA Club got back to winning ways as they beat Barbara Bradleys Flackwell Heath FC team, winning 9-6 in the Wycombe and Amersham Darts League. Meanwhile Darren Sharp got a hat-trick of 180s as Cressex beat Beaconsfield Legion 9o-6. February 11, 2002

  • Tube bosses admit service is in disarray

    TUBE bosses have admitted that Met line services from Chesham and Amersham are in disarray - and have offered little hope for the future. A team of managers from LUL met with tough questioning from residents in Chesham Town Hall on Monday as they tried

  • SALES INCLUDING JUMBLES

    Charity Sale St Dunstan's Church Hall Bourne End Mon Feb 11, 8.30am Indoor Car Boot Sale Royal British Legion Beech Tree Road Holmer Green Set up from 9am Sun Feb 10, 10am Jumble and Nearly New Sale St Mary & St George's Church Rutland Avenue

  • EXHIBITIONS

    Art Crazy Nation Show Milton Keynes Gallery 900 Midsummer Boulevard Until Sun Mar 3 BCUC 3rd Year Work in Ceramics and Glass Finlandia Gallery A40, Gerrards Cross Sat Feb 9 - Mon Feb 18, 10am - 6pm Exhibition of Art Henley Exhibition Centre Sun Feb 10

  • Drive-thru protesters win the battle for housing on pub site

    AN ACTION group fighting McDonald's plans for a drive-thru on an old pub site can breathe a sigh of relief this week after developers announced plans to put up apartments there. The revelation comes from developers King's Oak Homes just weeks after Loudwater's

  • Teacher's records will be checked after court case

    BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council is taking urgent action to check on the credentials of teachers brought in from Canada in September via the recruitment agency, TimePlan. TimePlan was responsible for recruiting Amy Gehring, the Canadian teacher working

  • Teachers' records will be checked after court case

    BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council is taking urgent action to check on the credentials of teachers brought in from Canada in September via the recruitment agency, TimePlan. TimePlan was responsible for recruiting Amy Gehring, the Canadian teacher working

  • Primaries picked out for their good work

    PUPILS and staff across the district were celebrating this week as their schools were named among the most successful in the country. Three Bucks primaries, all from the Chiltern district, were among 224 English junior schools singled out in Her Majesty's

  • Going through the childish motions in council time

    CHILTERN District Council's Liberal Democrats have been described as "childish" after proposing and then withdrawing a tit-for-tat motion on the rights and wrongs of gay marriages. The motion was even described as "stupid" by its proposer, Cllr Jane Bramwell

  • Paul Ryan's Straight Talking

    Beauty before age THERE'S nothing like the death of a royal to bring out the hypocrisy and humbug in people, particularly royal reporters. There has been a wholly unattractive and gloating note in the coverage of Princess Margaret's death. I heard a BBC

  • Former riders return

    FORTY riders took part in the third winter of High Wycombe Cycling Club's winter Reliability Trials. And they were joined on the 100-mile testing course by former multi National Champion Eddie Adkins, former professional rider Willis Godly and former

  • Teenage road death: police appeal for witnesses

    AMERSHAM traffic police are appealing for witnesses after the death of a 16-year-old girl on Thursday night. At approximately 10.30pm, a blue Ford Fiesta travelling towards Amersham on the A404 left the road and collided with a tree near Beaumond End.

  • WALKS

    Ramblers' Association Wycombe Group 6-Mile Walk From the Lions Public House, Bledlow Sun Feb 10, 10am Ramblers' Association Wycombe Group 11-Mile Walk From Maidensgrove (west of Stonor) Sun Feb 10, 10am February 11, 2002 21:00

  • THEATRE

    Blood Brothers Wycombe Swan Tue Feb 19 - Sat Feb 23 Cats Theatre Royal Windsor For 5-7 year olds Wed Feb 13, 10.30am The Gruffalo Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead Sat Feb 16, 11am & 2pm Captain Corelli's Mandolin Watersmeet Theatre Rickmansworth

  • TALKS

    Africa's Neglected Refugees Telephone conference Tue Feb 12, 8pm (01494) 539132 Cape - Spring Time Prestwood Village Hall Thur Feb 14, 8pm Flowers of Cyprus Thomas Harding School Germain Street, Chesham Mon Feb 11, 7.30pm The Last Twenty Years Tylers

  • SHOWS AND EVENTS

    Acting & Art Theatre Royal Windsor For 8-10 year olds Fri Feb 15, 10.30am Be An Inventor! River & Rowing Museum Henley-on-Thames Wed Feb 13, 10.30am Be a Popstar for the Day Theatre Royal Windsor for 8-10 year olds Mon Feb 11 &

  • COMEDY

    Jethro's Beyond the Edge Tour Apollo Oxford Mon Feb 18, 7.30 Jo Brand Plus support Andy Robinson Wycombe Swan Fri Feb 15, 8pm An Evening with Lee Evans Civic Centre Aylesbury Wed Feb 20 & Wed Feb 27, 8pm February 11, 2002 21:00

  • CLUBS

    Amersham English Folk Dancing, Wed,01494 762983. Gentle Swimming Group, Tues & Thur 01494 714333. Ladies Harmony Singers, Tues, 01494 727328. Beaconsfield Silver Study Group, twice a month 01494 674170 Bourne End Amico's Club Night, Wed, 01494

  • Thief woke up student

    A BURGLAR fled after waking up a female student who mistook him for a housemate, a court heard. The girl, who lived in a house with other students in London Road, High Wycombe, mistook William French, 28, for a fellow student because when she saw him

  • Discworld heroes were old masters

    THE latest blockbuster by top-selling author Terry Pratchett features a host of characters that will be familiar to John Hampden old boys. Former Free Press journalist Mr Pratchett started writing during his time at Wycombe Technical School now John Hampden

  • Meeting on Amersham's future

    AN urgent meeting to discuss the future of Amersham-on-the-Hill is set to be held on February 20. The private meeting will be held between Chiltern District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council. It will be looking at alternative projects to boost

  • Primaries picked out for their good work

    PUPILS and staff across the district were celebrating this week as their schools were named among the most successful in the country. Three Bucks primaries, all from the Chiltern district, were among 224 English junior schools singled out in Her Majesty's

  • Need drove addict back to jail

    A DRUG addict's need for heroin drove him back to crime just two weeks after he was released on parole from a three-year prison term, a court heard. David Peploe, 26, of Foxes Piece, Little Marlow Road, Marlow, took two cars from the Dovecot multi-storey

  • Sanchez praises his team for reigniting play-off hopes

    WYCOMBE boss Lawrie Sanchez has praised his team's character for keeping the season's play-off hopes alive with two goals in three minutes on Saturday. Wanderers came from behind to beat promotion rivals Bristol City 2-1 at Adams Park, thanks to goals