June 2009 Archives
THE RE-INSTATED Chalfont St Peter Feast Day was a huge success at the weekend with thousands of villagers flocking to the event.
The fun lasted throughout the day on Saturday and ended with an Abba tribute act in the evening.
VICTORIAN street urchins are set to pick the pockets of guests at the Chalfonts Community College when the school hosts its production of Oliver.
The show, which takes place between July 8 and 11, will transport audiences into the underworld of Dickensian London with its famous song dance routines.
EVERYBODY who's anybody is at it: Beyonce, Pink, Lady Ga Ga, Katy Perry, Lily Allen and now your own Advertiser reporter Polly Manser.
Nail art that is. Would it make me look more like a superstar and less like a 43 year old mother of two? I was about to find out.
I visited beauty therapist Helen Griffiths in Chalfont St Peter (07920 461847) to have my temporary polymer nails applied. For pictures see today's Advertiser.
CHERYL Gillan has again come under fire in the expenses row, this time for her heavily blanked out accounts.
Last month Mrs Gillan, MP for Chesham and Amersham, was criticised after it was revealed that she had charged the taxpayer for dog food.
RESIDENTS of Chalfont St Peter were left angered this week after youths celebrating the end of their exams partied outside into the early hours and littered picturesque parts of the village.
On Monday afternoon, Year 11 pupils at the Chalfonts Community College descended on Gold Hill Common after completing the last of their GCSE exams.
YOUNG artists at a primary school used their knowledge of the world to create posters to promote their summer fayre.
The pupils, aged between five and seven, from Chalfont St Peter Infant School in Lovel End Road, competed to come up with the best poster to depict the theme for the fayre: Wonderful World.
NOISY motorbikes ridden by youths are causing anger and frustration for a host of residents in Chalfont St Peter.
People living in the Leachcroft area and on the other side of the village towards on land near to the National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) have made regular complaints to the police about the noise caused by the youths, who ride their vehicles on land near to their homes.
A RESIDENT at a care home had a dream come true when he rode in a helicopter for the first time.
Paul de Burgh, 88, who lives at the Chalfont Lodge care home in Denham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, flew around Buckinghamshire at the weekend thanks to a grant from a charity which raises money for people with mental and physical problems.
A CHALFONT St Peter flower shop is celebrating after surviving their first year of business in the face of the credit crunch.
Friday Flowers, in St Peter's Court, opened in June last year and has managed to stay in spite of the recession which has seen other businesses having to close their doors.
CHALFONT St Peter's Feast Day is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best events in the village's history, according to organisers.
The historic event, which was cancelled for the first time in years in 2008 due to a lack of volunteers, is set to come back in a big way this summer.
A PARISH council is calling on residents to help protect the village from careless development in future years.
Chalfont St Peter parish council is set to produce a Village Design Statement (VDS) which will state where they believe new houses should be built in the area and how the village will be able to cope with this.
The following is a list of planning applications recently registered with Chiltern Disitrict Council for Chalfont St Peter:
CH/2009/0473/FA: Erection of detached two storey dwelling served by altered access from Nortoft Road and erection of attached garage to side of No. 71 Nortoft Road at Pedn Olva, 71 Nortoft Road for Mr M Cocker.
CH/2009/0677/FA: Two storey front extension and rear conservatory at 4 Elms Road for Cathedral Homes.
CH/2009/0678/FA: Two storey front extension and rear conservatory at 6 Elms Road for Cathedral Homes.
CH/2009/0698/FA: Erection of detached bungalow at 19 School Lane for Ms D Bestwick.
CH/2009/0718/RB: Proposed construction of one additional mobile home pitch with fully serviced amenity unit, together with the replacement of the four existing dilapidated amenity blocks, with new fully serviced units following demolition at The Orchards Caravan Site for Bucks County Council.
A FOURTH consecutive term of office in Bucks County Council is awaiting Bruce Allen with the political veteran declaring today that it would be his last.
Mr Allen (Con) will represent Chalfont St Peter on the council after a landslide victory in the local elections today.
He earned 1,698 votes with Karoline Lamb (Lib Dem) in second place with 395, Tony Abbott (Greens) with 320, and Kim Honour (Lab) with 135.
A CHURCH has received a boost to its refurbishment plans thanks to a substantial donation from a dance group.
Chalfont St Peter parish church has been working over the last year to raise money to improve its hall, which is used by various community groups and for children's activities.
One of the groups that regularly use it, Ondine Academy of Dance, have donated a cheque for £3,000 to the church to help them with their plan.
THE news that Chalfont St Peter C of E School would like to relocate to the Holy Corss Convent site has provoked a huge response from Advertiser readers.
Last week's paper featured a front page article about head master John Underwood's plan, which would see the school moving to the former convent school site in the historic Grange area.
THE Chalfont St Peter and St Giles branch of the Royal British Legion have joined forces with the village's air training corps.
The union was celebrated at a special ceremony last week attended by senior officers and parents of the cadets.
BUTTERFLY spotters in Chalfont St Peter have had a treat in recent weeks after an influx of African insects.
Painted Lady butterflies have not been seen anywhere in the Chiltern District for more than two years, but experts believe that the recent spate of warm weather has led to them flocking to the village.