November 2009 Archives
ORGANISERS of this year's Chalfont St Peter Feast Day celebrated the extraordinary success of the event with a special reception.
This year, the village's Chamber of Commerce and parish council combined to bring back the event, which dates back to medieval times.
A GROUP of friends from Chalfont St Peter is hoping to inspire people to get together to reduce the effects of climate change by screening an award winning film.
The group, Change4Chalfont, is sponsoring the screening of The Age of Stupid at the Chalfonts Community College.
A RAFT of "significant savings" is to be made by South Bucks District Council next year and beyond.
A PENSIONER has told of her heartache after a ring given to her by her boyfriend before the outbreak of the Second World War was taken from her by a callous burglar.
Alice Jones, 88, of Nicol Road, Chalfont St Peter, was given the ring by Lachlan Macdonald, a merchant sailor, in 1939 before he went off to serve in the war.
POLICE in Chalfont St Peter are warning car owners to be on their guard after a spate of car tyre slashings in the area.
Figures show that 43 car tyres have been cut in the village since the beginning of 2009, and police are telling drivers to be aware of the issue.
TWO world record breaking soldiers paid a visit to Chalfont St Peter this week.
Major Alastair Macartney and Corporal Deane Smith dropped into the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Narcot Lane on Tuesday for an interview.
A HUGE public meeting is set to take place at the weekend to further discuss the future of the Holy Cross site in Chalfont St Peter.
Residents are being invited along to the Chalfonts Community College at 10am on Saturday morning to talk about the development of the historic site, which has been earmarked for the building of a series of flats and an old people's home.
For many children evacuation during WWII was a lonely and frightening experience. Not so for Maggy Read, who spent five years with wealthy relatives in Argentina where she rode horses and ran wild in the endless sun and outdoors. It was coming back to Chalfont St Peter that was difficult.
This is is a list of the planning applications for Beaconsfield submitted last week.
Believe it or not there are a few people left in the civilised world who have not seen and still refuse to witness the theatrical phenomenon that is Les Miserables. I suppose it must be the same kind of stubborn perversity that stops me watching East Enders or Waking the Dead on TV.