Archive

  • Big future predicted for Scowen after debut

    INJURIES to some of Wycombe’s established first team stars enabled youngster Josh Scowen to make his debut today. The midfielder entered the fray just as injury time was about to start, with striker Scott Rendell saying it was just desserts for some

  • The buildings of Wycombe: The bath house on the Rye

    I am sure that followers of the news section of this site will be aware of the Holywell Mead pool following its sad closure in 2009. The building that we know today was originally opened on the 1st June 1957 and it was a truly municipal building

  • Waddock pleased with side's ruthless streak

    GARY Waddock felt Wanderers were more ruthless than usual as they punished Morecambe mistakes in a 3-0 win at the Globe Arena. Scott Rendell took his season’s tally to 14 after notching a brace in a first half that was actually shaded by the home side

  • TV gardener to open restored maze

    GARDENER turned talk-show host Alan Titchmarsh will be opening the historic re-creation of Cliveden's 19th-century maze. The maze in Taplow, which disappeared more than 80 years ago, has been recreated at the National Trust property after a

  • Wycombe woman's poem wins Royal response

    A POEM written by a woman in High Wycombe about the upcoming Royal wedding has been acknowledged by the Royal family. Mary Mullet, 57, of Gibson Road, sent the poem off at the beginning of February, and after weeks of no reply, was surprised when she

  • Morecambe unwise as they gift Blues goals

    Morecambe 0, Wycombe Wanderers 3. WANDERERS stunned Morecambe with three goals in ten first-half minutes as they won their ninth away game of the season. The Shrimps had actually begun the game the better side but caved in completely once Scott

  • Brownies urge other youth groups to enter competition

    BROWNIES in Beaconsfield who won a prize for their community work last year are encouraging other teenagers to join in the effort in 2011. The 2nd Beaconsfield Brownies scooped £750 in a competition organised by Bucks Freemasons, who are based

  • RAF DJ enjoys success of E-book

    A HIGH Wycombe army DJ is enjoying success online with his E-book after writing the story of his life in just two weeks. Wez Thompson, 27, penned How To Say Boo To a Goose about his "life-changing" mission to track down his childhood friends he left

  • Parish takes district council to High Court

    CHALFONT St Peter Parish Council is set to take a district council to the High Court after it approved plans for 200 new homes in the village. Hundreds of residents and were outraged last year when Chiltern District Council gave the go-ahead

  • Tory quits to run as independent

    A MARLOW Town Councillor has quit the Conservatives to run as an Independent, saying party politics “shouldn't be relevant” at that level. Cllr Jo Braybrooke becomes the third Tory councillor in Wycombe district to leave the party in recent weeks – although

  • Schoolgirl scoops book token prize for slave trade essay

    A YOUNG schoolgirl has won £100 worth of book tokens after impressing Rotary club members with an essay about the slave trade. Natasha Ewart-Smith, of Maltman's Green School in Chalfont St Peter, won the first annual Youth Literary Prize, sponsored

  • Clocks go forward tonight

    DON'T forget to put your clocks forward by one hour tonight to mark the official start of British Summer Time. The time changes at 1am on Sunday, March 27, meaning an hour of sleep may be lost but there will be an extra house of daylight to enjoy from