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Dates for your diary
March
6th: Memorial for 75th Anniversary of Aeroplane Crash
20th: CANCELLED Pub Night
29th: POSTPONED Great British Spring Clean Litter Pick (10-12noon)
April
3rd: POSTPONED Hort Soc AGM and Spring Show (7:30pm)
5th: Palm Sunday Holy Communion (St John’s, 10am)
12th: Easter Sunday Holy Communion (St John’s, 10am)
24th: Pub and quiz night
May
8th: Tea, Cakes and Bunting for VE Day 75 (2-4pm)
9th: Hort Soc Annual Plant Sale (10-12)
June
27th: Village Fete
July
24th: Village “Olympics” and BBQ (possibly)
All events at the Village Hall unless otherwise stated.
For more Hort Soc events, see below.
Your Buckinghamshire, your new council
Your council is changing
On 1 April your council will change. The new Buckinghamshire Council will replace all five of the district and county councils in Buckinghamshire, and over the coming weeks and months you’ll start to see some changes as you come across the new look council.
What does the new council mean for me?
- The same services, better together. For most people there will be no change to the day-to-day services you use. This includes bin collections, looking after our elderly and young people, libraries and parking. The focus for the future will be on improving these services as a new council together.
- One council. Getting in touch with the council will be simpler because you’ll only need to contact one council for all the services currently provided by the county and district councils.
- Face-to-face advice, support and information from your council through a network of 17 local Council Access Points based at the heart of your local community – in current council offices and libraries across the county. The five council offices in Aylesbury (Walton Street and The Gateway), High Wycombe, Amersham and Denham will be ‘access plus’ points, geared up to handle more complex enquiries.
- Stronger links with local communities. Buckinghamshire Council councillors will work closely with local people and community organisations to understand and respond to the key issues affecting their local area through 16 Community Boards.
Who will be my local councillor on the new council?
There will be 147 councillors elected to Buckinghamshire Council. Elections for the new council will take place on 7 May 2020. Until these newly elected councillors take up their posts, your current elected members from the five existing councils will continue to serve your communities.
How can I find out more?
For regular news and updates, follow us on Twitter and Facebook @BucksCouncil or find out more on our website at www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk.
Hort Soc events reminder
- Trading Hut, Plot 3, Cameron Road Allotments, Potato & Onion Sales – 9am-Noon on 15/02, 22/02 & 29/02/2020 and then every Sat from 7th March until further notice.
- AGM and Spring Show, Friday 3rd April
- Plant Sale – Bellingdon Village Hall – Saturday 9th May 10-12noon
- Plant Sale – Steps of United Reform Church, Chesham 9am-noon 16th May
- Coach Trip to RHS Wisley, including specialist plant show. 20th June Pick up points bus stop outside St Columbus Church, Chesham 8.15am, Emmanuel Church 8.20am and Caffe Neros Chesham 8.30am. £15 per person (plus £6.50 if you require cream tea). Contact Sandra Hall 01494 773908 OR sandra@hallnet1.uk for details.
- Early Summer Show – Trinity Baptist Church, Chesham. 4th July. Open to public from 2pm
- Annual Show – Bellingdon Village Hall. 5th September. Open to the public 2pm.
- Social Evening – Bellingdon Village Hall. 9th October. 7pm onwards
The Hort Soc AGM and Spring Flower Show will be on Friday 3rd April from 7:30pm (setup for Spring Flower Show entries from 7pm). There’s also the annual plant sale on Saturday 9th May at the village hall from 10am-12 noon.
In addition the newly combined Chesham Horticultural Society and Bellingdon, Asheridge & District Horticultural Society (name for the new society yet to be agreed) are opening their Trading Hut, Plot 3, Cameron Road Allotments, again.
The Trading Hut will be open every Saturday from 7th March 10 am to 11.30 am until further notice. It can be opened at other times by prior appointment with Adrian on 07718609719.
Please see the Hort Soc pages on bellingdon.com for a list of what will be for sale, or speak to Tracey.
Adrian Norris & Tracey Ryan
Onion, potato & shallot sale
What we will be selling this year:
Potatoes:
First Earlies – Arran Pilot, Casablanca [AGM, New for 2020], Jazzy*(AGM, NEW in 2019)
Second Earlies – Charlotte (AGM, salad), Elfe*, Kestrel
Early Maincrop – Desiree (AGM), Picasso (AGM)
Late Maincrop – Cara, Maris Piper (AGM), Rooster* (AGM), Setanta* (NEW in 2018)
We are able to hold the prices as for 2019: £4.00 per 7lb; 70p per lb for quantities less than 7ib. * Except Elfe, Jazze, Rooster and Setanta which will be £5.00 per 7lb; 90p per lb for quantities less than 7lb. Quantities of the latter 4 varieties are limited.
Onions: Sturon , Red Baron
Shallots: Golden Gourmet, Red Sun
Prices for 2020 (as in 2019) – £1.00 per half lb.
Adrian Norris
Trading Hut Manager
Village Fete 2020 – 27th June
We’re already planning this year’s fete, fingers crossed for good weather! (Although maybe not quite as hot as last year…)
Every year we have a number of external stalls – which in past years have sold everything from handmade gifts to doggy ice creams. If you would like a stall at this year’s fete please complete the booking form which can be found here: https://forms.gle/e2kftGjf1ySDSg3k6 and we’ll be in touch.
We’re also on the look out for businesses that would like to advertise in our programme, which is delivered to every household in Bellingdon & Asheridge plus given to all fete attendees.
Or perhaps you’d like to donate a raffle prize?
We aim to give businesses (and individuals) that support the fete as much publicity as possible in the lead up to the big day, via our digital and print channels – including tagging your business on facebook, in twitter posts and namechecking in our programme plus over the tannoy on the day.
For any (or all) of the above please do contact us on fete@bellingdon.com or speak to one of the organisers.