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Winter 2014

No, not with Gareth Malone but with our

own church choir of All Saints’. The

choir sings at church services week in,

week out, and over recent years has also

led the singing of carols in The Unicorn

one evening just before Christmas. This

year’s date is Tuesday 16th December at

19:45. Everyone is very welcome to

come along and join this festive occasion.

Through its affiliation to the Royal

School of Church Music (RSCM), a roll-

ing programme of musical education is

available to all members of the choir,

young and old – the medals worn round

their necks are testament to that. The

colours denote the levels currently

achieved by each proud wearer. The

choir also sings beyond the confines of

the church at RSCM festivals that in-volve choirs from around the Oxford

Diocese – next year’s festival is to be

held in Christ Church Cathedral, Ox-

ford. The junior choir members also

have the opportunity to attend choral

courses held by the RSCM where they

can meet up in Oxford with singers of

their own age, over a two or three day

period, to enjoy group singing sessions,

St Michael’s Catholic Church

During Advent our Christmas tree will

have labels hanging from its branches.

Parishioners will take a label, buy the

named gift, wrap it and place it under the

tree. Just before Christmas the gifts will

be distributed locally and to the Reading

Drop-in Centre.

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Springwater Reaches Out Chris Lewis took over as Pastor at the

church in Blounts Court Road in 2012

having come from a church in London

that operates a food bank. He has now set

up the same in Peppard and the first par-cels were delivered for Christmas in

2012; it became a regular part of the

church's outreach from the beginning of

2013.

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culminating in a service in the Cathedral

or a college chapel.

If any of this has whetted your appetite

for singing and you would like to con-

sider joining the choir, or have children

who enjoy singing, rehearsal night is

Thursday with warm up rehearsals in

church at 09:45 on Sunday, prior to the

morning service at 10:30. For more infor-

mation contact me on 0118 972 4065,

Rebecca Bell, Junior Choir Leader, on 0118 972 2967 or Keith Atkinson, Choir

Secretary, on 0118 972 2844.

David Butler, Director of Music

Carols with the Choir

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Peppard School We are fast approaching Christmas now,

the days are flying by. School has grown

in numbers and we are currently at 96

with three more joining us in January. We

are also very excited that we have had a hard surface play area and a gate fitted to

The Meadow (adjacent to Reno’s Restau-

rant) which we hope to use very soon.

This term, we raised money for Roald

Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and

Children in Need with dress down days. Two Year 6 girls ran a cake sale to raise

money for an orphanage in Mongolia. We

also gave up time and donations to Blue

Skye Thinking, a children’s cancer char-

ity. The challenge is called Loom to the

Moon. A group of children spent a lunch-

time or two ‘looming’ and we managed to

create a 121m band which we sent off to

add to the main length of 23,876m! We

received a ‘thank you’, not only from

Skye’s parents but from John Howell MP too.

The school’s girls’ and boys’ football

teams have been competing. Our Year 5/6

football team finished 4th at the annual

competition at Bishopswood. In Novem-

ber we were asked if we would like to enter a team in a Spelling Bee hosted by

Queen Anne’s School and were delighted

when four Year 6 girls took on the chal-

lenge. They had an excellent afternoon

and were treated to tea and cakes! The

girls did a tremendous job, coming second

in their age-group. The following week

four Year 5 children were invited to the

Oratory to take part in a maths challenge

which went equally well. As always, the

children were impeccably behaved and

fantastic ambassadors for the school.

For the Remembrance Service at All

Saints’, the children made individual pop-

pies which were then made into a wreath

and presented at the service by our School

Council.

We hosted a cross country run on Friday

20th November, with two other local

primary schools joining us. Altogether,

there were 70 children running 1.2k and

1.8k around Peppard and through Springwood.

The KS1 children are busy rehearsing

for their Christmas play Prickly Hay!

There will be two performances on

Tuesday 9th December, one in the after-

noon and the other in the evening for working Mums and Dads. Our Christin-

gle this year will be on the last day of

term, 18th December at 18:30 in the

church. Our choir is busy as always,

rehearsing for Young Voices 2015 at the

O2 in January and lots of other events in

the run up to Christmas – Riding for the

Disabled, and Spirit of Christmas at the

Christ Church Centre in Henley in aid of

the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.

Fiona Hilton

Friends of Peppard School Our Christmas raffle is back! We have

seven luxury hampers packed full of

goodies, toys and festive treats, as well

as a chance to win a scrummy Sunday

roast for four at Henley's newest restau-rant CAU. Tickets are on sale from 8th

December for just £1 each, the draw

will take place Wednesday 17th Decem-

ber. See Fiona in the school office. All

proceeds go straight back into the

school.

Shenan Morgan

Snow White at The Kenton

Should I really try that tempting apple?

Oh Yes, I should, or there will be 'no

show' as I have the privilege of being

Snow White at the Kenton Theatre's New

Year panto, directed by Muffin Hurst and presented by the Henley Children's Thea-

tre Group (HCTG)

(www.henleychildrenstheatre.co.uk).

I moved to Peppard last year and have

been a member of HCTG for seven years,

Mia Dobson

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Rose - International Dressage Champion

Fifteen year old Rose Hugh Smith lives

with her family in Church Lane. She has

had a keen interest in horses from a very

early age, started riding lessons aged

four and had her first pony at seven.

From there she has progressed to own-

ing her present horse Florentino (known

as Flo) a ten year old which stands at

seventeen hands. Flo is a German bred

dressage horse and together he and Rose

are proving a very successful team.

Rose was a member of the European

Pony Team in 2013 for riders

aged 14–16 with ponies under

14.2. The team won a Bronze

medal. This year she has com-

peted in England, France and Bel-

gium gaining a personal best in

France last year of 75% from one

judge. This is her first year of

competing on a horse rather than a pony and she has been in the

under 18 Junior Squad since the

beginning of October. This sum-

mer she took part in the under 25s

Championships and became a

medium reserve champion.

The summer also saw her in

the British Young Riders Dressage

Scheme where her successes continued.

Rose has two trainers, keeps fit in a gym

and both she and Flo have physiotherapy and chiropractic treatment.

I know almost nothing about horse riding

but had to wonder how Rose fits all this

in with school! She attends a girls' board-

ing school in Ascot, Berkshire which is

very supportive of her sport. Her mother collects her from school so that she can

come home to ride during PE lessons and

while she is away compet-

ing she takes school work

with her.

Rose will take GCSEs in nine subjects next year and

plans to go to university to

do an economics degree.

She has her sights set on the

Olympic Games and the

World Equestrian Games.

It is no surprise that she

hopes to make a career in

dressage.

Sue Nickson

Rose on Florentino performing the extended trot

being everything in past productions from

a golden harp, a villager, to a scarecrow;

however this will be my first time in the

lead role.

We have just received our scripts and are

now rehearsing every Saturday to get the

show ready for you. Muffin manages to

keep us focused on getting the perform-

ances right and having fun while we do it.

This year is extra special for me, as aside

from being Snow White, my best friend Amber is the prince. The challenge will be

keeping a straight face as we sing to each

other! (See Diary page for details)

Hope to see you at the show.

Mia Jobson, 12 yrs

Champion Kayaker Sam Keeps Paddling

It was a pleasure to catch up with Sam

Kirschstein Smith again. From previous

editions of Peppard News you will know

how proud we are to have such a talented

young sportsman in our village.

Sam turned 18 in the summer, a month

before competing in Szeged, Hungary in

the World Kayaking Championships. He

competed in K2 and K4 1,000 metre races

in front of crowds of around 600. He

reached the A Finals in both events. He

and his fellow paddler Ed Haws are now

eighth fastest in the world in K2 and in

K4 the team are sixth fastest in the world!

They also broke the GB Junior 1000 me-

tre K4 record by three seconds with a time of 2:58 minutes. The temperature in

Szeged was 31° and the team spent a week training and acclimatising before-

hand. Sam is rightly proud of his own and

his team’s achievements.

So what next? He is looking to compete in

the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 and

will continue to paddle at Bisham and Dorney Lake. His commitment to his

sport is really impressive while also keep-

ing on top of his academic work.

Sue Nickson

Sam with K2 partner Ed Haws (Photo by Ollie Harding)

The Councils

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Parish Council Chairman: Tony Cotton

e-mail: chairman@rppc.org.uk

Parish Clerk: Linda Collison

7 Grange Avenue, Rotherfield Peppard, Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 5LD

01491 629676

e-mail: clerk@rppc.org.uk

Website: www.rppc.org.uk

SODC Councillors: Paul Harrison 0118 972 2665

& Alan Rooke—01491 572919

OCC Councillor: David Bartholomew 07769 808773

e-mail: david.bartholomew@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council usually meets on 2nd Monday of the month at 19.30 in the Pavilion. Parishioners may attend and

observe, and may briefly raise issues of concern to them. All may attend

intermediate planning meetings as well - see

Diary for dates and times.

Parish News I am delighted to welcome two new coun-

cillors who have recently joined the

Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council. They

are Barry Wood, who moved into the vil-

lage a few months ago, and Veronica Treacher, a long term resident. This

means that once again we have a full com-

plement of councillors. In view of the

time and effort that all councillors contrib-

ute, this is important if we want our vil-

lage and its aspirations to be properly rep-

resented and heard.

One aspect of this is your Council's aim to

protect the nature of the area. To this end,

if there is sufficient interest, the Council is

considering setting up a Village Working

Group. Anyone who would like to be part

of this should contact our Clerk

Linda Collison 01491 629676 or

clerk@rppc.org.uk.

Thanks to the generosity of the local char-

ity, Millie's Dream, a defibrillator has

been installed in the old telephone kiosk

next to the school. This potentially life

saving device is simple to use and full

instructions are with the machine. A very

informative course, under the instruction

of South Central Ambulance Service, was held in the Sports Pavilion attended by

nearly forty people. If sufficient money

can be raised we would like to install an-

other defibrillator in the village possibly

in Peppard War Memorial Hall.

External lighting has now been fitted to the Sports Pavilion, which will make it

more attractive for hire during winter eve-

nings. With the help of a contribution

from Oxfordshire County Council,

arranged by Councillor David

Bartholomew your Council has approved

a new noticeboard for outside the Sports

Pavilion.

Whilst mentioning the Sports Pavilion, we

are still looking for a part time cleaner to

ensure that the room is always suitable for

hire. If you are interested, please contact

Linda Collison as above.

The number of residents subscribed to the

Village e-mail continues to increase. If

you would like to join this confidential

service which aims to keep you informed

of Parish Council matters and other

important village information please

contact Linda Collison.

Following damage by a pink Vitality

bus, I am pleased to say that the bus

shelter next to the Unicorn has now

been repaired. Reading Buses have

agreed to reimburse the Council for the cost.

As winter approaches can I remind

residents that all four salt bins in our

Parish are full and ready for use. This

salt is provided at rate-payers’ expense

for use on public areas only.

Finally, on behalf of the Parish Council,

may I wish you all a very Merry Christ-

mas and a healthy and happy New Year.

Tony Cotton

Christmas Wishes I would like to take this opportunity to

wish all constituents a peaceful Christ-

mas. It is my wish for us all that 2015 will

be a good year.

May I also say ‘thank you’ to all those

who work hard in our communities to

make them special for the rest of us.

It is always a pleasure when I get the

opportunity to visit community activities

and I look forward to learning yet more

about what is being done during the forth-

coming year.

With best wishes

John Howell MP

Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan

There will be a Public Consultation on 6th

and 7th February: residents from in and

around our NDP area are invited to an

exhibition of our draft Plan that will be

displayed in Sonning Common Village

Hall on Friday 6th February from 18:00-

21:00 and again on Saturday 7th February

from 10:00-15:00 . This will be the start

of a formal six week consultation about

our Plan with residents of Sonning

Common, Kidmore End and Rotherfield Peppard parishes.

Comments and feedback from all

attendees will be a vital part of the

consulation process.

Members of the NDP Working Party will

be there to answer questions and there

will be feedback forms/questionnaires to

collect written comments.

We hope that many residents will come

along to give us their opinions.

Barrie Greenwood, Working Party Chairman

From John Howell, MP In his November newsletter John

Howell discusses mobile phone cover-

age. Currently 11.5% of Oxfordshire

suffers from 'partial non-spots' – much

of which is in the south.

The Government is working with

mobile operators to find voluntary im-

provements as well as considering if

new laws are required to improve cover-

age. Part of this will be to look at allow-

ing people to use other networks when their own cannot provide a signal or,

alternatively, requiring companies to

cover a certain geographic percentage of

the UK.

The department is looking at a system of

national roaming which Ofcom says is

technically possible.

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Peppard People

Sonning Common Library Storytimes take place every Saturday at

10:00, and our next ‘special’ storytime

will be a Christmas one, on 20th Decem-

ber. There will be Christmas stories and

crafts, and home-made cakes for sale.

I’d also like to invite everyone to visit the

library for seasonal refreshments on Fri-

day 19th December, between 14:00-17:00.

The library will close for Christmas on

Monday 22nd December at 17:00, and

open again in the New Year on Friday 2nd

January at 09:00.

Rosemary Dunstan

Wood Lane Dentistry At Wood Lane Dentistry we feel very

lucky to be supported so well by the local

community. Feedback and community

plays an important part in developing our

services for you.

We have decided to put together a patient

forum. This will include a panel of pa-

tients who will meet once or twice a year

(probably during an evening) to contrib-

ute ideas and help develop the services

we offer.

If you feel you have a contribution to

make please contact Vik at

vik.chugani@woodlanedentistry.co.uk

Many thanks and Merry Christmas

Vik and all the Team

Neighbourhood Policing The Home Office national crime mapping

website gives the public access to street-

level crime information as well as infor-

mation on their Neighbourhood Policing

Teams, Neighbourhood Priorities and Events - details of Have Your Say and

other neighbourhood activities.

Log on to www.police.uk, type in your

local postcode or neighbourhood name

and then click on ‘Find out more’.

Claire Overbury As a child, Claire was taken to concerts at

the Royal Albert Hall and such is her

musical talent that one of the highlights of

her career was performing there herself!

Her parents were already settled in

Church Lane when Claire was born. Clas-

sical music was part of her home life even

before she started playing piano and re-

corder at the age of five.

Although she wanted to be a vet, music

won out in the end and, originally inspired

by James Galway, she finally opted for

music in order to achieve her degree from

Christchurch College, Oxford. She chose

Oxford for its many orchestras but also

because she enjoys mixing with a greater variety of people, not just musicians.

It is as a flautist that she has pursued her

career although she still plays the piano

and teaches flute to all age groups at a

girls’ school in Hampton.

After college, she played with the

Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra before

branching out to perform on cruise

ships. Claire says that this is the perfect

way of playing music to large audiences whilst, at the same time, seeing the

world. She has travelled extensively

and feels so lucky to be able to have

had a taster of many countries and be

paid for doing so at the same time:

Sydney is certainly one place she

would love to return to.

When on board she gives two or

three recitals of a combination of

popular and more obscure music and

also her own favourite, South Ameri-

can music – much enjoyed by her

audiences.

As a teenager, Claire fell in love with

a Venezuelan flautist who introduced

her to South American music and

dancing. Several years on, she is still

in touch with the young man and his

influence of the music and Salsa

dancing has remained a big part of

her life. She adores the emotion and

passion of the music.

Recently Claire has played 2nd flute

for the Royal Philharmonic Orches-

tra, travelling with them to Barcelona

in Spain, Verona in Italy and has toured

Switzerland, including participating in

the Montreux Festival. Nevertheless,

Claire is her own toughest critic and is always striving to improve – this means

practising every single day.

Although a country girl at heart, Claire

moved to London as it provides more

opportunities for performing as well as

pursuing her very busy social life. She may be London-based now but Claire

retains her strong links with Peppard, as

those of us who have been to any of her

charitable recitals in All Saints’ will

know.

Rita Hadgkiss

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Commons News The Conservators are delighted to confirm

Rhona Ash, 01491 628234, as the Conser-

vator for Kingwood - previously she was

co-opted. Nigel Wooding is now a con-

sultant to the Conservators. Rhona has been a wonderful ambassador for the

commons for more than 10 years and has

dedicated a tremendous amount of her

time to protect and promote Kingwood

and Peppard Commons.

Further afield from our own commons, a new play trail was formally opened on

1st November on Nettlebed Common,

which has proved extremely popular with

local children. Funded by the Chilterns

Commons Project, it was designed and

constructed by Alastair Phillips, with the

help of many volunteers. RPPC council-

lors attended the event. Do pay it a visit.

The Conservators have been busy tackling

overgrown vegetation - at the request of

Peppard School, a massively overgrown

hazel clump was cut back, right by the

school gate, making access to the school

considerably easier. Additionally, the

overgrown hedges along Stoke Row Road

between Berrywood and Halcyon Rest

have been trimmed back to make the foot-path usable for those residents walking to

the bus-stop by the Unicorn.

Nigel Wooding

Free Workouts! Have you made a resolution to get fit

during 2015? And if not, perhaps you

should! So what are your plans? To go to

a conventional gym and sit on a rowing

machine? Why not give the Green Gym a try?

It was started by Dr William Bird of the

Sonning Common Health Centre around

17 years ago. We work in the local coun-

tryside to keep it looking good. Because

we don’t use any power tools, it’s a very easy way to get fit. Research has shown

that working with the Green Gym is just

as good as going to a conventional gym

and a great deal more useful. And it’s

free!

In the immediate area, we help keep the Millennium Green in Sonning Common

Nuffield Place William Morris, later Lord Nuffield, came

to Nuffield to play golf and bought the

Golf Club when it got into financial diffi-

culties. When Nuffield Place came on the

market he bought and converted it for himself and Lady Nuffield, making some

pretty major changes. However this major

industrialist, who set up production lines

to build hundreds of identical cars, could

not measure his own dining room carpet

accurately. It still has a roll at one side.

All heroes should have feet of clay!

The National Trust has run the house for

four years and is seeking extra volunteers

to tell these stories and many others. We

are opening for more days next year and

would welcome volunteers for any day of

the week, but especially Monday and

Tuesday

I have volunteered for the last year and

thoroughly enjoyed myself. No one ever

queries my ‘facts’!

You are invited to an Open Day for new

volunteers to meet and view the house on

Saturday 31st January at 10:00. For more

information phone Nuffield Place

on 01491 642857 or visit nuffieldvolun-

teers@nationaltrust.org.uk

Jim Smith

in good shape, we’ve cleared a lot of the

Spring Wood holly and we’ve installed a

kissing gate on the south side of Carlings

Orchard. We keep the ski slope clear on

Peppard Common and we’ve cleared the glades on Kingwood Common.

We work on around twenty different sites

in beautiful scenery in South Oxfordshire.

In the process we keep our muscles and

joints in good shape which in turn will

help keep us mobile, healthy and enjoy life more. So can you afford not to join

us? We’ll be at Greys Court on 4th Decem-

ber and Nuffield Place on the 20th to name

just two. Call our secretary Robin Howles

on 0118 972 3528 or visit our website

www.sonningcommon.tcv.org.uk.

John Hasler

Peppard Revels Film Club Three great films topped this year’s vot-

ing and will be screened early in 2015.

First is Belle, the wonderful story of Dido

Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter

of an RN Officer and his African mistress, born in the West Indies but brought up in

the house of her father’s uncle, the Earl of

Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice. If you

only get to see one of our films make it

this one!

Next is Philomena, the true story of Philo-mena Lee sent to a convent in Ireland

because she had produced an illegitimate

son. Years later, Philomena and journalist

Martin Sixsmith attempt to find out what

happened to the boy. Nominated for four

Oscars, four BAFTAs and three Golden

Globe awards.

Finally we have Midnight in Paris, a

Woody Allen romantic fantasy. Gil Pen-

der is wandering alone in Paris at night

and finds himself transported back in time

to the twenties. These midnight trips be-

come a regular pastime and he meets,

amongst others, Cole Porter, Scott Fitz-

gerald and Ernest Hemingway.

For details of booking, etc., see the insert

in this edition of Peppard News or visit

our website www.peppardrevels.org.uk. A

word of warning. These films get very

booked up and we have had to turn people

away in the past.

John Hasler

Look Out for Hare Coursing

Thames Valley Police ask us all to report

this crime and associated criminal dam-

age: to fencing and hedging to gain ac-

cess, and to the land, with indiscriminate

use of vehicles. Hare coursers tend to travel in groups, usually in 4x4 vehicles,

with dogs. You might see them parked

by a field, gathering in a field, or walk-

ing in a line across a field.

If you believe hare coursing is taking

place call 999. Tell the police what you

have seen. Give details of the location

noting of landmarks or road junctions,

number of people involved and a

description of vehicles and number of

dogs. If suspects leave, determine direction of travel. DO NOT approach

offenders or put yourself at risk.

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Peppard Revels 2015: At the Movies

The Peppard Revels Organising Commit-

tee is delighted to announce an action-

packed Spring Bank Holiday (23rd-24th

May 2015) weekend extravaganza for the

whole community to enjoy, featuring a

series of exciting ‘At the Movies’ themed

events with something for everyone. Pro-

ceedings will begin with a family event on

Saturday 23rd May with an Olympics-type

team competition during the day (The

Peppard Games) and a disco or country band for barn dancing or line dancing in

the early evening; food and drinks will be

available throughout the day. On the

morning of Sunday 24th May there will be

an ecumenical church service, involving

all our local churches, in the main

marquee at which everyone is welcome.

This will be followed that evening by the

main event - a red carpet, black tie dinner

(although we will encourage guests to

dress up in their favourite ‘At the Movies’ outfits to coincide with the main theme of

the weekend). In addition to the sit-down

meal, there will be dancing to a live band,

fireworks, and a range of other activities

during the evening. Tickets will be avail-

able from early 2015 and local residents

will be given priority for early booking. A

flyer summarising the event is included

with this copy of Peppard News so please

make a note of the date in your diaries -

we look forward to seeing you there!

For enquires and further details please see

our website: www.peppardrevels.org.uk

Gavin Brooks

Health Walks With winter upon us it’s good to wrap

up warm and get out into the beautiful

local countryside for a brisk walk. The

Health Walks’ timetable continues

through the winter, whatever the weather (unless it’s snow, when we

might have to cancel the walk because

roads are closed) with a programme of

walks to suit all levels of fitness. After a

short break for Christmas and New

Year the walks continue into 2015 with

different starting places and new routes.

Join us to walk off your Christmas

pudding!

FISH The FISH Volunteer Centre runs regu-

lar shopping trips to Tesco in Henley

every Monday morning and to Henley

Waitrose, Henley Farmers’ Market,

Morrisons in Reading and Reading Town Centre every month.

The programme of shopping and

leisure trips for each month is

published and distributed on 20th

of the preceding month and book-

ings are taken from that date. Copies of the programme are

available the FISH Volunteer

Centre, Sonning Common Li-

brary, the Christian Community

Action shop, Pet Country Sup-

plies and on request from Car-

son’s Chemist.

Details of all minibus trips can

also be found on the FISH web-

site www.fishvolunteercentre.co.uk

For more information and to book any trip call 0118 972 3986 any weekday

between 09:30 and 11:30.

Poppy Appeal Year on year, the fortnight before Re-

membrance Sunday has been the time to

donate to the Royal British Legion Poppy

Appeal and to wear our poppies. We do

this to remember all those who made the supreme sacrifice and to support those

who have suffered because of war. The

centenary of the start of the First World

War and our withdrawal from Afghani-

stan have raised public awareness. We can

see the plight of the two thousand seri-

ously injured young men and women. We

can grieve with four hundred and fifty

bereaved families.

Peppard War Memorial Hall

A reminder of summer now that winter is

upon us! The Chiltern Edge Horticultural

Society in partnership with the hall has,

this summer, created stunning planters to

really enhance the hall. Currently they are

planted up for the winter/spring when,

again, they should be a great success.

Over the summer our cloakrooms have

been completely refurbished with new

baby changing facilities and the provision

of a toilet for the disabled. The Garfield Weston Foundation has helped us, along

with SODC, Chiltern Edge Community

Association and Peppard Building Sup-

plies (PBS). Of interest is the fact that Rue

Butler, a Director of PBS, is the grandson

of Arthur Butler who built the hall. A

small world! We are now moving forward

to prepare for the roof replacement which

is fast needing to be done, having lasted

well since 1921. The project will cost

£50-60,000. Can anybody help? For de-tails of activities in the hall please visit

our website:

www.peppardwarmemorialhall.btik.com

This year we will be decorating the hall in

preparation for Christmas, something I

gather hasn`t been done for some time.

Clive Mills

We cover Stoke Row, Greys and Pep-

pard. Our local team has raised

£3,925.73 so far this year. This is a 15%

improvement on 2013. Thanks are

therefore due to our 25 house-to-house collectors, to All Saints’ (£406.16 at our

Remembrance Day Service), and the

schools, pubs and businesses with static

boxes.

We offer our most grateful thanks, most

of all, to you, the donors. Thank you!

Nick Launders

The timetable is available from the library,

the Health Centre and the Herb Farm, or

on websites

www.sonningcommonhealthwalks.co.uk/

timetable or www.PeppardNews.co.uk/VillageInformation/Activities. If you’d

like to talk to someone about the Health

Walks, phone Colin Davies on 0118 972

2527

Rosemary Dunstan

Our Churches

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From All Saints’ ‘Christmas is coming, the goose is getting

fat’… so the old rhyme goes, and time is

racing past as we gear up to respond to

the plethora of adverts on TV telling what

we need to get ready for the festive sea-son. What shall we buy Dad this year?

How many will there be for Christmas

dinner? What are they showing on the

TV ? Christmas is a wonderful time to be

with friends and family and to get in touch

with people who have somehow slipped

through the net and off the e-mail during

the busy year. But as we listen to the carol

jingles in the shops, do we really listen to

the words and the message they carry?

Hark the herald angels sing glory to the

new-born King! When we think about Christmas, let’s remember that this is the

time to celebrate the coming of Jesus our

Saviour: God’s greatest gift to us, born

into what we would think of as dire

poverty. And the old rhyme comes back to

us ‘Christmas is coming, the goose is get-

ting fat ... but ... who will ‘put a penny in

the poor man’s hat’? So, as we prepare to

celebrate Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, we

wish you a joyful and blessed Christmas

and peace and goodwill to all for 2015, especially those less fortunate than

ourselves.

Revd Susan Cooper

Remembrance Sunday The Remembrance Day Service held on

Sunday 9th November at All Saints’, saw

approx. 170 people present at the 11:00

service, where wreaths were laid at the

war memorial on a sunny autumn morn-ing. It was lovely to see a full church and

we look forward to seeing you again at

our other services.

Harvest Lunch Our annual Bring and Share Harvest

Lunch held at Peppard War Memorial

Hall on 28th September was attended by

nearly 50 parishioners. Donations after

expenses totalled £169 and were

donated to Rotherfield Peppard Relief in

Need. Thanks go to Ian and Pat Fraser

and their team for organising this annual

event.

RSCM Events This year’s RSCM Oxfordshire Annual

Choirs’ Festival took place in St

Helen’s, Abingdon-on-Thames on Sat-

urday 4th October, in which several

adult and junior members of the choir

participated. Four of All Saints’ Choir,

(three junior members and one adult)

have recently been successful in obtain-

ing RSCM singing awards. A service of

Evensong was held at Christ Church

Cathedral on 15th November, where medals were presented. Congratulations

to all those involved.

Margaret Woodward

Monthly Parish Prayer Meeting

On the second Monday of each month, the

monthly Prayer meeting is held between

20:00 and 21:00 in All Saints’ Parish

Room, when the needs of the Parish and

Benefice are prayed for. Please support these monthly prayer meetings.

For further details contact Nick Launders

on 01491 628243 or

nicklaunders@gmail.com.

A Norfolk Connection During a recent holiday in Norfolk, Pat

and Ian Fraser visited the Church of St.

Mary Magdalene, Sandringham. There

they noted an inscription on a brass

plaque:

‘In loving remembrance of our beloved

General and Lady Knollys who, with their

children, occupied these seats for 14 years

from 1863 to 1877.’

From Alexandra and Albert Edward

‘The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God’

Albert Edward was Prince of Wales and

later King Edward VII. He married Prin-

cess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. Gen-

eral the Rt. Hon. Sir William Thomas

Knollys (1797 – 1883), who is also re-membered in All Saints’ Church and who

lived at Blounts Court, was the Prince of

Wales’ Treasurer and Comptroller from

1866 to 1877.

Keith Atkinson

Looking Ahead On Tuesday 16th December at 19:45, the

choir will lead the Community Carol

Singing at The Unicorn.

Henley Annual Choirs’ Festival will take

place on Saturday 24th January, at St

Mary’s, Henley in which several local

choirs will join together to sing Messe De

Minuit by Charpentier.

OHCT Ride and Stride This annual event took place on

Saturday 13th September, when a team

from All Saints’ visited churches in the

County (and further afield) and raised

£2067 through sponsorship for Oxford-shire Historic Churches Trust. Half of

this amount has been returned to All

Saints’, to be used for the maintenance

of the church and its grounds.

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St Michael’s Catholic Church

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In September we celebrated the feast of St

Michael with a weekend of reflection,

prayer and celebration. The theme was

Reaching Out to Others.

We know that Catholic families move

into the area and are not sure where we

are or how to get involved with parish

life. There are also people who were once

part of the life of our parish but for some

reason there has been a separation of the

ways.

With these people in mind we have

arranged a series of events during the

weeks leading up to Christmas, in addi-

tion to our usual weekend services,

which we hope will provide opportuni-

ties for people to step across the

threshold for the first time or re-establish

contact: all are welcome.

The highlight is of course the celebration

of Christmas itself. We will be celebrat-

ing with a Mass for families with young

children at 18:00 on 24th December. At

Through contact with the Christian

Community Action shop in Sonning

Common, Chris was made aware of the

needs of people in Sonning Common and

now a team of six volunteers at the church put together food parcels which

are delivered to about 24 addresses in

Peppard, Sonning Common, Pangbourne,

Whitchurch, Woodcote, Caversham,

Wallingford, Reading and Emmer Green.

About one third of the recipients live in

Peppard and Sonning Common. A small

number of deliveries are made weekly,

some fortnightly and some monthly.

The recipients of the food parcels range

from single individuals to couples and

families, who have a variety of reasons

for needing help; some of them

short-term. Referrals also come from the

Health Centre in Sonning Common and

Readifood in Reading, an organisation

which offers the same sort of assistance. Chris has seen the need increase over the

last 12-18 months.

So, I asked Chris, where do the goods

come from? Church members give

goods or money to buy the goods,

donations also come from Christian

Community Action, St Michael’s Catholic Church and the Harvest

Festival services at Peppard and

Sonning Common Primary Schools.

And what goes into

the boxes? All

goods are non-

perishable such as

tinned meat, fish,

baked beans, vege-

tables, spaghetti as

well as rice, pasta,

cereals, tea, coffee, jam, and toiletries

like soap and

shampoo, and toilet

rolls.

Special items are added for Christ-

mas such as Christ-

mas cake, crackers,

Christmas pudding,

chocolate biscuits,

paté, tinned

salmon and

selection boxes of sweets for families with

children.

Wherever possible, the same volunteer

delivers the food parcel each time so mak-

ing a relationship with the recipient and

giving time to listen to other concerns they

may have.

Sue Nickson

From left: Mrs Ella Brown, Revd Chris Lewis,

Mrs Sheila Brownjohn and Ms Denise George

20:30 there will be carols and readings

followed by ‘Midnight’ Mass at 21:00.

Christmas Day Mass will be at 10:30.

During this Christmas season the parish-

ioners of St Michael’s look forward to

meeting new friends, re-establishing con-

tact with old friends and wish everybody

in the Peppard area a joyful Christmas and

every blessing for the New Year.

Deacon Brian Theobald

Clubs and Societies

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Peppard Relief in Need A local safety net for helping those who have fallen on hard times

If you know someone who could do with a little financial help to get

them through a crisis, (or you need help yourself) please let us know.

Your call will be dealt with in total confidence - just telephone

Sue Nickson (0118 972 4520) or Pat Fraser (01491 629631)

Peppard Bowls Club We are pleased to report that we are back

in competition thanks to new members. A

successful recruitment campaign has

resulted in gaining eleven new members

and, with this additional support, we have been accepted back into both Manchester

Unity and Plomer Leagues commencing in

the forthcoming season. The club held an

end of season lunch at the Great House in

Sonning which was very well supported.

The three course lunch was followed by

bingo and a quiz and the afternoon ended

with prizes being presented to the winners.

Members can enjoy meeting at the Great

House again in the New Year for a get-

together and lunch. Perhaps you would

like to take up this fascinating pastime, if so, please visit our website at

www.peppardbowlsclub.com or ring me

(Membership Secretary) on 0118

9242617.

Jenny Wingrove

Circle Dance News If you have been aware of the recent

concern about the prevalence of loneli-

ness, especially among older people, and

if this touches you personally, or some-

one you know, then do read on!

Circle Dance is just what it says; you

dance in a circle with seven, eight, or

more people. You may not know them to

start with, but by the time you’ve

laughed over the mistakes, or shared

the joy of moving together to inspiring music you will not only know them,

but you will have made lots of new

friends, and with the physical and

mental exercise (memorising the

steps) you will feel a different person.

Perhaps you can be tempted by some

of the dances coming up, Mistletoe,

Romanian Duck Dance, Wishes for

Health and Prosperity. You don’t

need a partner, just comfortable shoes

and curiosity. You are welcome to sit out whenever you like and we all have

a sit down with a cup of tea anyway.

First time is free, every first Sunday of

the month at Christ the King Hall,

15:30 -17:00.

Ros Jennings

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Peppard WI I was somewhat disappointed that, in

spite of widely advertising our Open

Meeting on Organ Donation throughout

South Oxfordshire, the meeting began

with just 27 people in the hall. I need not have worried; the evening was a

great success. Rory Collier, a SNOD

(Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation)

from the RBH led the meeting with

sincerity, compassion and humour. He

explained that, due to the circumstances

in which they die, only a small percent-

age of registered organ donors actually

become donors. As the audience was

relatively small, everyone contributed to

Free Junior Tennis Trials Teach Me Tennis provides coaching for

juniors from the age of three at Peppard

Tennis Club. Children can learn all as-

pects of tennis, including how to score

and compete, in a fun but structured envi-ronment with LTA qualified coaches. The

new term starts from Monday 5th January

with sessions running after school every

weekday and on Saturday mornings.

Children new to the coaching can book a

FREE trial session so that they can come

along to experience the lessons before

booking in for the term. To book a free

trial session for your child please email

info@teachmetennis.co.uk or call 01491

728080 and mention Peppard News.

Adult group and individual lessons are

also available, along with tennis camps in

most school holidays.

For details about Teach Me Tennis and to

view the coaching programmes please

visit www.teachmetennis.co.uk

Louise Fry

the discussion; Rory was able to answer

all the concerns which people had and

some stopped to chat to him after the

meeting was drawn to a close. A serious

subject but something we should all consider discussing with our families.

We were very sorry to hear of the death of

Ron Bunnett who was a good friend to

Peppard WI. For many years he was our

auditor and those of us who served as

treasurer in his time, still remember how we took the books to him in trepidation.

He didn’t miss a trick but, having checked

and corrected our figures if necessary, he

always invited us to take afternoon tea

with him and his wife Jean, who was also

a WI member. When Jean died, he estab-

lished a Bursary Fund in her name,

enabling one lucky member of our WI to

attend a course, of her choice, at Denman

College, each year.

Thank you Ron, God Bless

Irene Lindsay

Bea Wingfield Digby

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Chiltern Players Our next production is written by

ex-Monty Python Michael Palin. This

very funny play The Weekend first pre-

miered in the 90s in the West End. It

deals with dysfunctional family visits at their worst. Irritable and difficult,

Stephen Pebble does everything to fore-

stall a visit from his daughter, dreary

husband and precocious child. With

their dog putting its special mark on the

house and his wife’s chiropodist arriv-

ing for a dinner party, Stephen’s blood

pressure reaches an all-time high.

We’ll be premiering our rendition at the

end of April 2015, at the National Thea-

tre of Peppard War Memorial Hall.

Heather Cannan

Sonning Common & Peppard Table Tennis Club

Your local table tennis club continues to

thrive with eight teams playing in the

Reading & District Table Tennis League

and Junior coaching sessions taking place

every Friday evening. The A and B sides

are in Reading's top division, playing

against the very best local table tennis

players. Both teams are near the bottom

of the table, but both still have every

chance of avoiding the two relegation

places. The A team have struggled early on but should soon start moving up the

table in the coming weeks. The B team

have enjoyed a good start to their season

with three points on the board. In Divi-

sion 2, the C team are currently mid-table

with youngsters, Danny Dockree and Joh-

nathan Abbott, continuing their rapid im-

provement. In Division 3 the promoted D

team took a few weeks to find their feet

but are now perched just behind the lead-

ing teams. Derek Wavell, Anthony Reeve and Allan Mollett could yet go on to

clinch a second successive promotion.

Both the E and F teams are in Division 4

and both are just above half way in the

league table. The E team started very well

with local youngsters, Joe Barraclough and Thomas Perkins, stepping up from

Division 5 and performing very well. The

F team made a slow start but a good re-

cent run has seen them climb up the table.

In Division 5 the G team are fifth while

the H team are currently seventh. Both

will be very happy to remain mid-table.

Junior coaching sessions take place be-

tween 17:00-19:00 on Fridays. Anyone

interested in these, or in playing senior

league table tennis can contact me on

n.maltby587@btinternet.com.

Nigel Maltby, Club Secretary

Club SC In September thirteen members of Club

SC (Sonning Common Youth Club)

were treated to a trip to Thorpe Park.

Chiltern Edge Community Association

kindly donated funds to make the trip possible and FISH provided a mini bus

and driver. It was a real community

effort all round and the young people

had a fabulous day. We were particu-

larly proud of our young leaders, Calum

Bulloch and Alex Jolly, for taking

younger members 'under their wing' on

the day and encouraging them on to the

bigger rides and showing them around.

For this they were both awarded their

young leader certificates and hoodies as

part of their leadership course. Both are regularly volunteering with our younger

group and are an asset to Club SC.

Luckily the weather was on our side, but

this didn't stop the young people getting

drenched on the log flume and made for a rather soggy drive home! We are hop-

ing to return again in May for the Youth

Groups’ Big Weekend and are currently

fundraising for a trip to Gravity Force

indoor bounce/trampoline centre in Cam-

berley. If you are able to help fund Club

SC, please contact our Committee Chair

on carolyviney@aol.com.

We are now offering our members the

chance to take part in the Arts Award:

similar to the Duke of Edinburgh Awards,

but focused on the arts. Members will be

treated to several sessions with profes-

sional artists ranging from print making to

video production. We began our own taster session at the club by decorating old

classroom chairs which we found in the

school's skip! We are keen to offer the

award as it is a qualification which can

enhance young people's CVs. Sue Car-

son, Deputy Youth Leader, is now trained

to deliver the course which has been

funded by Oxfordshire Youth.

Club SC are currently looking for volun-

teers to help on Wednesday and/or Thurs-

day evenings. Can you help us? Just two

evenings a month would help to keep the

club running … Contact me at#

beckyclubsc@hotmail.co.uk.

Becky Jenkins, Youth Leader

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DECEMBER Wed 10 St Michael's/Emmanuel: God-with-us talk/Fr Paul/20:00 Sun 11 Woodcote 10K Charity Road Run/10:30/01189842660

Sat 13 Greys Ct/Children's paper decorations/12:00-15:00/01491628529 Mon 12 RPPC Meeting/19:30/Planning/21:30.Pavilion

St Michael's/Christmas Flower Arranging/01189722106 Tue 13 CEHS/The Garden in Winter/PWMH/19:30

Sun 14 Springwater Congreg Church/Nativity Service/10:30 Wed 14 WI/Victim Support/Eileen Dickson/PWMH/14:30

Mon 15 St Michael's/Advent Reflection/19:30-20:30 Thu 15 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55

Greenshoots Homemade Produce/Christmas Carols/Caversham Court Fri 16 Peppard Film Cl/Belle/PWMH/19:00/07747762871

Tue 16 All Saints' Choir/Carols at the Unicorn/19:45 Sat 17 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199

Wed 17 St Michael's/Word Made Flesh/Fr Paul/20:00 Wed 21 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491628644

FOPS Christmas Raffle Sat 24 Henley Annual Choirs’ Festival/St Mary's/Messe de Minuit

Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491628644 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00

Greenshoots Homemade Produce/Barclays Bank Broad Street Tue 27 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55

Thu 18 Peppard School Term ends Sat 31 Nuffield Place/Volunteer Open Day/10:00/01491642857

Peppard School Christingle/All Saints'/18:30 FEBRUARY

Fri 19 SC Library/Seasonal Refreshments/14:00-17:00 Sun 1 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00

Sat 20 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199 Mon 2 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199

RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00 Fri 6 Sonning Common NDP Public Consultation/SC Hall/18:00-21:00

SC Library/Special Story Time/Crafts/10:00 Sat 7 Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19.30/01189723609

Sun 21 Springwater Congreg Church/Carol Service/10:30 Sonning Common NDP Public Consultation/SC Hall/10:00-15:00

Mon 22 St Michael's/Service of Reconciliation/19:30 Mon 9 RPPC Meeting/19:30/Planning/21:30.Pavilion

SC Library closes/17:00 Tue 10 CEHS/Roses/PWMH/19:30

Tue 23 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55

Wed 31 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/14.30/01491575698 Wed 11 WI/Is our Weather changing?/Ian Currie/PWMH/14:30

JANUARY Fri 13 Peppard School Term ends

Thu 1 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/14:30/01491575698 Wed 18 All Saints'/Ash Wednesday Holy Communion/20:00

Fri 2 SC Library opens/09:00 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491628644

Sat 3 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/13:00 & 18:00/01491575698 Fri 20 Peppard Film Cl/Philomena/PWMH/19:00/07747762871

Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19:30/01189723609 Sat 21 Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199

Sun 4 Kenton Theatre/Snow White/13:00 & 18:00/01491575698 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00

Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00 Mon 23 Peppard School Term begins

Mon 5 Peppard School Term begins Tue 24 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55

Kingwood/Peppard Comm Vols/09:30-12:30/01491 641199 For FISH shopping/leisure trips: see notice boards,

www.fishvolunteercentre.co.uk or 0118 972 3986

Peppard Tennis Club: Junior Tennis, six days a week from Mon 5 January,

01491 728080, info@teachmetennis.co.uk

SC Library: Storytimes, Saturdays 10.00/0118 972 2448 SC Library: Friendly Fridays 10.00 Scrabble/Knit & Natter/Crafters etc

Christmas Services

All Saints’ St Michael’s Springwater

Sunday 14th 10:30 Nativity Service

Sunday 21st 10:30 Carols Service

Wednesday 24th 17:30 Nativity Tableau 18:00 Mass for families

21:00 Holy Communion 20:30 Carols and

readings

21:00 Midnight Mass

Thursday 25th 09:00 Holy Communion 10:30 Mass 10:00 Christmas Day Service

11:00 Seven lessons & carols

Sunday Services

at All Saints’

DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY NOTES

7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 * No Service

A Advent Sequence of Carols,

Hyms and Readings

B Benefice service at Kidmore

End at 11:00

C Choral Evensong

D Christian Unity service at St

Michael’s RC Church at 18:30

09.00 Communion *

10.30 Communion (sung) B

10.30 Matins

10.30 Family Service

10.30 Sunday School

18.30 Evensong A C D

18th February at 20:00 – Ash Wednesday Holy Communion

Sunday Services at Springwater

(Peppard Congregational Church)

Family Service: 10:30 - 11:45 Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30

Mass at St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church

Monday-Friday 09:00

Saturday 17:30 Sunday 09:00 & 10:30

CHURCH SERVICES