December 2008 Archives
The mystery Batman is back with a Christmas installment of his Becoming Batman video series.
Episode Seven entitled Batman and Robin sees the caped crusader appoint a sexy female Robin who he hits the Chalfont St Peter streets with in an effort to fight crime.
But having a beautiful sidekick brings its own problems for the evolving superhero.
Becoming Batman: Batman and Robin
MUSICIANS and music fans alike are invited to a Boxing Day open mic in Chalfont St Peter.
The Village Hall pub, in Gold Hill West, is hosting a special open mic night where musicians of all abilities have the chance to step up for a strum and a sing.
The event runs from 7.30pm.
Pupils at the Chalfonts Community College were given an early Christmas present when their school held its annual presentation evening.
Students and their parents attended the ceremony at the school in Chalfont St Peter, which was held on Wednesday last week, to see ex-pupils Mike Clare and Tom Inker hand out the prizes.
CHANGELING (15)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan
Run time: 141 minutes
IN LIFE, all great artists seem to fade as they get older.
Musicians, actors and authors all seem to struggle to recall the power and impact of their early work, leading to fans being disappointed and critics being left unmoved.
In the film industry, for example, Robert De Niro was hailed as the most talented actor in the business in the 1970s and 80s, but the fact remains that he has not given anything approaching a decent performance since 1995's Heat, and has had instead rested on his laurels, refusing to push himself as he once did.
The great songwriters of the 20th century have also apparently burned themselves out. For all we see of Paul McCartney in the newspapers these days, you have to go back almost 30 years to find a classic song by him, and the song writing form he showed in his 1960s heyday seems to have all but evaporated.
With this in mind, it is shocking to look at the recent directorial output of a certain Mr Clint Eastwood, aged 78.
Chalfont St Peter's Batman in training has returned with his sixth Youtube episode showing him interviewing candidates for the role of Robin in the Village Hall pub.
Entitled #38 the seven minute clip sees the mystery caped crusader debating the best partnerships in history, including Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke, and heading to the pub, in Gold Hill Common, to quiz candidates.
Becoming Batman: #38
by Jack Abell
jackabell@trinitysouth.co.uk
An elderly woman has told of her shock after having her handbag snatched from her as she walked home from the shops in Chalfont St Peter.
Shirley Girdler, 69, of Glebe House, Windmill Road, was walking back from Chalfont St Peter village centre after doing some shopping last Wednesday.
This week reporter JACK ABELL paid a visit to Roberstwood school in Chalfont St Peter to chat with the children there.
What is you favourite subject in school?
Toby Pickard, 10: Art and DT. I like art because I think it is really creative and interesting.
Jordan Cordina, 10: I've got three subjects that I really enjoy. I like art, English and geography. I like drawing, writing stories and learning about other countries.
Amy Harber, 9: History because I like learning about the past. I like learning about the Victorians especially.
Sophie McClelland, 7: My favourite subject is reading but I like going swimming as well.
Ella Roberts, 7: Literacy because I like writing stories.
Samir Brahmbhatt, 5: I like play time because it is the most fun part of the day.
by Jack Abell
jackabell@trinitysouth.co.uk
Police in Chalfont St Peter met with villagers this week to discuss how best to tackle problems of crime and anti-social behaviour in the village.
On Monday, police made themselves available at their offices in Gravel Hill along with members of Buckinghamshire County Council so that people could drop by and receive advice on how to deal with crime.
The Village Older Persons' Action Group has been given the cash to pay for a new hearing system in their meeting room.
A cheque for £1,500 was given to the group by the Buckinghamshire Foundation at a meeting held on December 11.
The money will go towards a permanent hearing loop which will be fitted at the group's room in Gravel Hill.
Members of the group met with district and parish councillors and a member of Bucks PCT for the event, before being entertained by songs from Chalfont St Peter C of E School.
Cheryl Gillan paid a visit to the National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) last week to see fundraisers there receive awards.
Mrs Gillan, MP for Chesham and Amersham, attended the event on Friday, and spoke of the importance of fund raising in the current economic climate.
A winning raffle ticket from Chalfont St Peter's fun night has yet to be claimed.
The owner of ticket 456 from Floors of Distinction's raffle is being asked to come forward with their ticket to claim the prize, which is a family trip to see Madgascar 2 at Gerrards Cross cinema.
If you are the owner, take the ticket along to the shop in Market Place to claim the prize.
The Chiltern Society has warned that the Misbourne River could be lost forever after its plight was ignored by the Environment Agency.
The Chiltern Society has reacted furiously to a decision by the Environment Agency not to take any action to bring back the flow of The River Misbourne.
Lovel End Nursery is celebrating after passing a surprise Ofsted visit with flying colours.
The nursey, which is attached to Chalfont St Peter Infant School, was inspected on November 6 and staff found out this week it got an outstanding mark in every area measured.
Thieving youths in Chalfont St Peter are stealing the spirit of Christmas by conning people into donating funds to them rather than to charity.
The Rotary Club of Chalfont St Peter and Gerrards Cross is currently providing a Christmas float which tours the streets of the village in the evenings with Father Christmas sat atop it.
Beverly Baker has been running the Works in Chalfont St Peter for the past month. She used to run Chalfont Photographic until it closed earlier this year, but has so far enjoyed great success running the Works, in Church Lane, whose motto is "We buy and sell anything."
A resident from Denham Garden Village was celebrating this week after winning a national catering competition.
Doreen Hughes, of Stewart Court, beat residents across the country with her Christmas tree design to take first place in Anchor Trust's Christmas Cake competition which was judged by Britain's first TV chef Marguerite Patten.
Chalfont St Peter's Batman in training has taken to the streets of the village for the fifth Youtube episode of his Becoming Batman series in a bid to tackle crime.
Entitled 'Rules of Engagement' the funny six minute clip sees the mystery hero attemtping to monitor parking in Church Lane car park while wandering the streets looking for crimes to solve.
The caped crusader is responding to calls by residents of the village for a Batman style vigilante to help tackle an increase in anti-social behaviour.
The series of short films have created a stir in both the village and on the internet with Episode Two: Batman Returns having been viewed over 70,000 times after being featured as one of the videos of the day by Youtube.
Becoming Batman: Rules of Engagement
A car was found on fire in Chalfont St Peter at the weekend.
The vehicle was found in a field between Chesham Lane and Gorelands Lane on Saturday at 3.28pm.
It is not yet known if arson was the cause.
Firefighters from Gerrards Cross attended the scene and worked to tackle the blaze.
Chalfont St Peter model Emma Webb has launched her bid to become next year's Miss England, but has called for people's support to help her achieve her goal.
Miss Webb, 18, of Lovel Road, has reached the quarter final of the photographic section of the contest, which will be decided next year.
Villagers in Chalfont St Peter turned out in force for the annual fun night.
The Christmas event, which was held on Friday, saw the village host a number of festive attractions including a carol service on Gold Hill Common.
A hairdressers in Chalfont St Peter decided to celebrate 15 years of life in the village by cutting hair for free.
Mortimers, in Market Place, gave a free hair cut to everyone who came into their premises on Sunday, December 7.
A man suffered a number of injuries on the A40 last month when an altercation with another driver led to a serious assault.
The incident happenend on the junction of the North Orbital Road and the A40 Oxford Road in Denham on Tuesday, November 25 at around 11pm.
Christmas Brunch at Jugglers' Cafe come and join us at Baptist Church, Gold Hill Common East, Chalfont St. Peter for coffee, cake and a chat with free creche for information call 01753 887 173.
Christmas Craft Session Sunday 21st December at 10am onwards at Chalfont St. Peter Parish Church. Church Office 01753 880 067.
Christingle Service will be held on Sunday 21st December at The All Saints Church, Oval Way from 10am. In aid of The Children's Society.
Church Hall, Christmas Social John and Jo Brewster - A Programme of Christmas & Epiphany Music and Customs with Chalfont St. Peter Garden Club on December 17th.
Over the past month, the activities of a masked vigilante operating in Chalfont St Peter have sent shockwaves through the village.
Appearing at a time when the village has suffered from a spate of serious crime incidents, a man modelling himself on Batman has made himself known to the public in the form of a series of video clips posted on the You Tube internet site.
He has never spoken directly to the public before, but now in a world exclusive interview with reporter JACK ABELL, Batman finally speaks out to answer the questions the whole village is asking.
A Denham model is aiming to raise money for charity by producing a calendar of sexy snaps showing her and her friends.
Jade Parsons, 20, who is the current Miss Buckinghamshire, stars in the Bucks Babes calendar, which is out for Christmas.."
This is a list of Planning Applications registered during the week ending 13 November 2008 at Chiltern District Council.
Representations should be made either in writing to the Head of Planning Services, Chiltern District Council, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AW or by e-mail to planning@chiltern.gov.uk. If you use e-mail would you also include your postal address. Your comments should be received by 5 December 2008.
Every week our reporters hit the streets to talk to people about life in their town or village.
This week we caught up with Maria Bond, 47, who has lived in Chalfont St Peter for 20 years having previously lived in London.
This week, reporter JACK ABELL went along to Chalfont St Peter Infant School to find out what the youngsters are hoping Father Christmas will bring them.
What is your favourite subject in school?
Chloe Mytom, five: PE because I like doing sport especially tennis. I am quite good at it.
Luke Amos, five: I like RE because I like learning on the whiteboard that we have in our classroom. I think it's really interesting.
Ben Howman, five: Numeracy because I like doing sums and things like that. I like learning about numbers.
Hannah Emery, five: I like numeracy as well because I'm really good at it and I can do all the sums we are given.
Poppy Denman, five: Art because I like painting pictures and doing lots of drawings.
Edward Rayner, five: I like playing in the playground with my best friend William because it is really good fun and better than lessons.
You can still be in with a chance of winning an entire Tesco Christmas dinner by printing off the first coupon online.
In last week's Buckinghamshire Advertiser (27/11) we launched our bumper competition teaming up with Tesco in Old Amersham to offer one lucky reader the chance to win everything needed for the perfect Christmas meal.
A Christmas catastrophe was narrowly avoided in Chalfont St Peter this week when a village bank finally agreed to pay a contribution to the festive lights only days before the fun night.
Barclays bank had previously told the Chalfont St Peter Village Association that it would not be contributing anything towards the cost of the Christmas lights in the village, meaning its section of Chalfont St Peter would have been left unlit.
People in Chalfont St Peter will be able to air their concerns to Thames Valley Police about the increasing crime in the village when police hold a special drop in day next week.
Residents of the village have becoming angry in recent weeks about the amount of anti-social behaviour that has recently occurred in the village and last week a large group of them met with two officers to discuss the problem.
A serious car crash occurred in Denham on Wednesday morning, which resulted in a section of the Oxford Road being closed.
At around 7.20am, a collision involving a white Mercedes van and a silver Peugeot 206 caused huge traffic jams as police and ambulance were called to the scene.
It is not yet known if anyone was hurt in the incident, but police logs described the event as an "injury crash".
Children at St Joseph's Catholic Combined School in Chalfont St Peter got into the festive spirit when a Christmas Fair was held at their school.
The event, which took place at the school on November 22, raised more than £6,000.
Father Christmas also paid a visit to the fair and was visited by 197 children in the two and a half hours that he was there.
More people than ever before attended this year's event, which also included a tombola, a raffle and a bouncy castle.
The fourth Youtube instalment of the Chalfont St Peter Batman in training is out and is one of his most hilarious film clips to date.
Entitled "It's How You Play The Game" the seven minute clip shows the mystery caped crusader struggling to conquer his fear of heights and debating which era of Batman he wants to emulate.
With his "bat whiskers", as he calls his moustache, threatening to grow out of control his trusty sidekick also decides to take some drastic action.
The videos are fast becoming an internet phenomenon with Episode Two: Batman Begins already having been viewed 63,478 times on Youtube.
Becoming Batman: "It's How You Play The Game"
An evening of classical music takes place at Buckinghamshire Golf Club in Denham on December 11.
The Ave Maria Concert will include a performance by Akiko Enomoto, the famous mezzo soprano singer, among atmospheric candlelit creations of Japanese wax artist Yoshiki Bann.
An Anglo-Japanese buffet with wine and Asahi beer is included.
For more information and tickets telephone 01895 835210.
Nominees gathered in Beaconsfield on Friday to discover which of them had won the £1,000 charity prize at the annual Let's Do It awards.
The awards, which are sponsored by Barclays Bank and the Buckinghamshire Advertiser, were held in the Beaconsfield branch of Barclays.
Readers were given the chance to nominate a charity which they feel deserves to be recognised and this year's finalists gathered on Friday evening to discover which of them had won the prize.