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50Years 08 Apr 2010 - 16:53 - NEW KarlLawrence
Fifty years of service to our community HITCHAM AND TAPLOW SOCIETY Founded in 1959 to protect Hitcham and Taplow and the surrounding countryside from being spoilt ...  
AnyAnswersHolding 15 Oct 2014 - 09:56 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Holding Area for Any Answers The truth is out there. Some people look for it on the Hitcham Taplow Society website at http://www.taplowsociety.org.uk. Nowadays such ...  
ChartPlan 24 Aug 2005 - 17:38 - NEW FredRussell
Office of Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) South East Region (SER) (Plus 8 others) Regional Communities Plan The Government’s vision for us. It sets out strategic growth ...  
DidYouKnow 15 Oct 2012 - 16:32 - r1.2 KarlLawrence
Do You Know? The Society receives many queries from visitors to its web site www,taplow society.org.uk If you have the answer to any of the requests below please ...  
EasterEggHunt 20 Apr 2010 - 19:14 - r1.3 KarlLawrence
Easter Egg Hunt To mark the Society’s 50th Anniversary, a new event was held at Taplow House Hotel on Easter Monday. The aim was to expand the Society’s social event ...  
GasHolder 17 Mar 2013 - 19:02 - NEW EvaLipman
Gas Holder Mill Lane I have been informed by the National Grid that the gas holder at Mill Lane Taplow has been decommissioned and will not be used for gas storage ...  
MembershipSec 15 Oct 2012 - 17:18 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Farewell and Thank You and Welcome Farewell to Geoff and Gill Holloway who have moved to pastures new in Pangbourne. After a long spell at Rectory Farm House restoring ...  
Neswletter93HistoryofTheSociety 17 Mar 2010 - 16:17 - NEW KarlLawrence
50 years of the Society  
NewLetter98TaplowOlympics 27 Nov 2012 - 10:28 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Olympic Torch in Taplow The Olympic Torch Relay came to Taplow on 10th July 2012. The flame was carried by Dominic John, who lives in Bourne End. Having crossed Maidenhead ...  
Newarticle 27 Mar 2010 - 17:09 - NEW EvaLipman
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NewsLetter100 16 Oct 2015 - 12:12 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 100 Autumn 2013 NewsLetter100Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter100Officers Officers of the Society Print Layout ATTACHURL /Newsletter-100.pdf PDF copy of Newsletter ...  
NewsLetter100Cover 22 Nov 2013 - 10:41 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter100Officers 14 Oct 2013 - 13:40 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Officers President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Karl Lawrence Vice Chairman Secretary: Neil Blundell ...  
NewsLetter101 16 Oct 2015 - 12:11 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 101 Spring 2014 NewsLetter101Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter101NewsletterProduction Building the Newsletter Print Layout ATTACHURL /Newsletter-101.pdf Newsletter ...  
NewsLetter101Cover 12 Jun 2014 - 11:03 - NEW AndrewFindlay
The Thames in Flood by Nigel Smales  
NewsLetter101NewsletterProduction 13 Apr 2014 - 19:42 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
Building the Newsletter Andrew Findlay joined then Editor Fred Russell to produce the Society’s Newsletter 80 (Autumn 2003). Together they transformed our Newsletter ...  
NewsLetter102 16 Oct 2015 - 12:11 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 102 Autumn 2014 NewsLetter102Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter102Editorial Editorial NewsLetter102LandifllLong The End of the Line for Landfill (longer article ...  
NewsLetter102Cover 20 Oct 2014 - 13:58 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter102Editorial 04 Nov 2014 - 14:37 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Editorial Paul Cheshire is Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. On 9th July 2014 his post on the LSE's Spatial Economics Research Centre ...  
NewsLetter102LandifllLong 04 Nov 2014 - 15:26 - NEW AndrewFindlay
The End of the Line for Landfill Every man women and child in this country creates their own lorry-load of waste every year a mind-numbing 177 million tonnes in ...  
NewsLetter103 12 Jun 2015 - 08:53 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 103 Spring 2015 NewsLetter103Cover Cover Picture Print Layout ATTACHURL /Newsletter-103-screen.pdf Newsletter-103-screen.pdf : Newsletter 103 layout screen ...  
NewsLetter103Cover 12 Jun 2015 - 08:56 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter104 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 104: Autumn 2015 NewsLetter104Cover Cover picture ATTACHURL /Newsletter-104-screen.pdf Newsletter 104: Autumn 2015 PDF, to read on screen ATTACHURL /Newsletter ...  
NewsLetter104Cover 16 Oct 2015 - 12:05 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Mike Clarke seeding the Village Green (Nigel Smales)  
NewsLetter105 19 Oct 2016 - 14:30 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 105: Spring 2016 NewsLetter105Cover Cover picture ATTACHURL /Newsletter-105-screen.pdf Newsletter-105-screen.pdf : Newsletter 105: on-screen version (PDF ...  
NewsLetter105Cover 16 May 2016 - 09:45 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Cover picture: Sarah Tony Meats' grandson Herbie during the Race to the Church (Nigel Smales)  
NewsLetter106 07 Dec 2016 - 16:49 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 106: Autumn 2016 NewsLetter106Cover Cover Picture ATTACHURL /Newsletter-106-screen.pdf Newsletter 106 : Newsletter 106 for reading on-screen ATTACHURL ...  
NewsLetter106Cover 07 Dec 2016 - 16:54 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter29 04 Aug 2011 - 18:16 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 29 Autumn 1974 ATTACHURL /newsletter29.pdf newsletter29.pdf : Newsletter 29 scanned  
NewsLetter81 17 May 2012 - 18:03 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 81: Spring 2004 ATTACHURL /newsletter81.txt newsletter81.txt : Newsletter 81 text ATTACHURL /newsletter81.pdf newsletter81.pdf : Newsletter 81 scanned ...  
NewsLetter82 29 Mar 2005 - 14:41 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 82: October 2004 NewsLetter82FrontCover Front Cover (Large image) NewsLetter82Editorial Editorial NewsLetter82Murals Village Hall Murals NewsLetter82AcidTest ...  
NewsLetter82AcidTest 03 Jan 2005 - 20:50 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Acid Test There is a developing situation in Ellington gardens, part of the Riverside Conservation Area, that is going to provide an acid test as to whether a Conservation ...  
NewsLetter82CanadianHosp 03 Jan 2005 - 21:41 - NEW AndrewFindlay
The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital 1959/1960 Sheila Peroni SRN Having completed 4 years of general nursing training at University College Hospital I decided ...  
NewsLetter82Colophon 04 Jan 2005 - 16:04 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Editor: Fred Russell White Heath, Ellington Road, Taplow, Bucks, SL6 0AX. Tel 01628 672457 E-mail: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the ...  
NewsLetter82Ducks 03 Jan 2005 - 21:23 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Save Our Ducks! Earlier this year Heather Fenn wrote to the Conservation Officer of DEFRA (Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) about the overseas ...  
NewsLetter82Editorial 03 Jan 2005 - 20:25 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Editorial It would appear from recent articles in the local papers that the Environment Agency (EA) are having some trouble explaining away the apparent failure of ...  
NewsLetter82FrontCover 04 Jan 2005 - 16:00 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter82Lincoln 03 Jan 2005 - 20:55 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Lincoln's Corner People This Society is as much about people as scenery, and although many of those who live in the area have retired from responsible positions there ...  
NewsLetter82Murals 03 Jan 2005 - 20:26 - NEW AndrewFindlay
A Celebration of Taplow the Murals in our Village Hall, ten years on Sheila Horton Not many people seem to know that when I finished the murals in about 1993 I made ...  
NewsLetter82Planning 04 Jan 2005 - 15:36 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Planning Applications Remember, readers, whilst your Society is responding to these applications on your behalf, it helps if you also write to the District Council ...  
NewsLetter82Rethatch 17 Feb 2005 - 15:56 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Re-Thatching the Thatched Cottage Brenda Burns Many of you will have noticed the work being carried out at the Thatched Cottage in Berry Hill owned by Brenda and ...  
NewsLetter82ShapeFuture 03 Jan 2005 - 21:36 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Your part in shaping Taplow's future As the article by John Kennedy points out, a Steering Committee was set up in March of this year tasked with the problem of identifying ...  
NewsLetter82VGP 03 Jan 2005 - 20:59 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party 2004 Barrie Peroni It was shortly after dawn on Saturday June 19 that the final run down commenced towards the start of the party that evening ...  
NewsLetter82WIBanner 17 Feb 2005 - 15:57 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
The W.I. Banner On the front of the last issue I printed the WI banner and raised the question of where those shield motifs came from. Muriel responds: The W.I. banner ...  
NewsLetter82WasteTransfer 03 Jan 2005 - 21:26 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Waste Transfer Station? Heather Fenn An application has come in to Bucks County Council whose consequences will be sweeping if it succeeds. The application is for ...  
NewsLetter82Winter 03 Jan 2005 - 20:58 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Winter Sports at Taplow Jeremy Vanstone Now that winters are no longer as cold as once they were, when it snows in Taplow now the falls are not as heavy nor as long ...  
NewsLetter83 09 May 2005 - 11:04 - r1.18 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 83: Spring 2005 NewsLetter83FrontCover Front Cover NewsLetter83Officers Preface and list of officers NewsLetter83Editorial Editorial NewsLetter83HitchamHouse ...  
NewsLetter83Acronymity 29 Mar 2005 - 15:26 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Acronymity in Acronymania (AA) I was reading a Civic Trust Circular the other day and in the space of two pages I encountered no less than 19 acronyms behind which ...  
NewsLetter83ChromeRoadsign 08 May 2005 - 22:39 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Chrome Roadsign! How many roads in the UK have a chromium-plated nameplate?  
NewsLetter83Cliveden 08 May 2005 - 22:35 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Cliveden's Back Door Free Entry! This is a recent photograph of the state of the entrance to the Canadian Red Cross Hospital which is ignored by both the developer ...  
NewsLetter83Colophon 29 Mar 2005 - 15:45 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Editor: Fred Russell White Heath, Ellington Road, Taplow, Bucks, SL6 0AX. Tel 01628 672457 E-mail: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the ...  
NewsLetter83Crossrail 09 May 2005 - 09:03 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Taplow and Crossrail Fred Russell By now most of you will have read something about the ambitious Crossrail project to connect Maidenhead to the East of London. Taplow ...  
NewsLetter83Editorial 07 May 2005 - 17:19 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Editorial Fred Russell I’ve been writing these editorials for quite a while now and maybe its time for a fresh hand at the keyboard and some new ideas. For instance ...  
NewsLetter83FrontCover 25 Apr 2005 - 21:45 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Hitcham House As it was in about 1953 when it became a training centre and nurses' home as an annexe to the Canadian Red Cross Hospital.  
NewsLetter83HitchamHouse 09 May 2005 - 10:54 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Hitcham House Alan Senior The present 'Hitcham House' was originally built in about 1868 for George Hanbury, the great-grandfather of Robert Hanbury who currently ...  
NewsLetter83HitchamHouseOriginal 09 May 2005 - 10:51 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Hitcham House, Some Facts and Views Alan Senior Note: This is the original article as submitted. A NewsLetter83HitchamHouse shorter version was published in the Newsletter ...  
NewsLetter83LeonardMiall 07 May 2005 - 17:27 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Leonard Miall The death of Leonard Miall was a sad blow to this Society. Leonard had been associated with it for many years. His wife was the first Secretary and ...  
NewsLetter83LincolnsCorner 08 May 2005 - 21:49 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Lincoln’s Corner Lincoln Lee Earthy Joke As readers know, Joyce Grenfell spent most of her adult life in Taplow. For the much shorter time that he was here, she was ...  
NewsLetter83LocalPower 07 May 2005 - 17:34 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
The Erosion of Local Power Eva Lipman Are you aware that our County and District Councils have had and are having their powers eroded? Some of the things previously ...  
NewsLetter83Officers 07 May 2005 - 17:20 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society Formed in 1959 to protect Hitcham, Taplow, and the surrounding countryside from being spoilt by bad development and neglect ...  
NewsLetter83RememberingTaplow 08 May 2005 - 22:07 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Remembering Taplow Elizabeth Shearman (formerly Elizabeth Cornelia) I was delighted to receive a copy of the Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society Newsletter 82 ...  
NewsLetter83SEPlan 08 May 2005 - 22:00 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The South East Plan Eva Lipman The South East Plan comes from SEERA which stands for the South East of England Regional Assembly. This covers the area Berks, Bucks ...  
NewsLetter83SummerLeaze 08 May 2005 - 22:04 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Quarry Mike Lowe, Summerleaze director Summerleaze Ltd held a liaison meeting with representatives of Taplow and its surrounds on Tuesday 5th April at the ...  
NewsLetter83TaplowCanutesAndOstriches 08 May 2005 - 21:44 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Canutes and Ostriches John Hanford At the meeting in the Village Centre last year to discuss the Parish Plan, Professor Trevallion, who introduced it, said ...  
NewsLetter83TaplowParishPlan 07 May 2005 - 17:29 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Parish Plan Karl Lawrence Parish Councillor Mary Trevallion, with significant contributions from her lifetime and professional partner Professor Bernard Trevallion ...  
NewsLetter83VillageGreen 07 May 2005 - 11:00 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party 2005 Above is Sheila Horton's evocation of our 20th annual Village Green Party. Don't forget to book up for a grand evening's fun with Mike Sanderson ...  
NewsLetter83WaterWater 01 Apr 2005 - 18:10 - r1.3 FredRussell
Water water... Last year many of you might have received a flyer from Thames Water regarding the work carried out up Berry Hill and environs. I can discover few people ...  
NewsLetter83Website 07 May 2005 - 17:38 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Website Andrew Findlay The Society now has a website of its own. Its aims are to: Promote the Society and its objectives to the wider world. Provide updates to members ...  
NewsLetter83planning 08 May 2005 - 22:15 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Planning Applications Remember, readers, whilst your Society is responding to these applications on your behalf, it helps if you also write to the District Council ...  
NewsLetter84 07 Oct 2005 - 13:12 - NEW AndrewFindlay
HTPS Newsletter 84: Autumn 2005 NewsLetter84FrontCover Front Cover NewsLetter84SocOfficers Society Officers NewsLetter84Editorial Editorial NewsLetter84ClivedenCommonLand ...  
NewsLetter84AnnMilne 09 Sep 2005 - 10:16 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Anne Milne A true friend of Taplow and a founder member of the Taplow and Hitcham Preservation Society Anne's loving defence of Taplow and its environs was rooted ...  
NewsLetter84BerryHillWorks 07 Oct 2005 - 12:51 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Berry Hill Works Dear All, I would like to inform you all as representatives of the Taplow Quarry Liaison Committee that we will be starting work on the construction ...  
NewsLetter84ChartText 07 Oct 2005 - 12:54 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Office of Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) South East Region (SER) ...One of 9 in England Regional Communities Plan The Government’s vision for us. It sets out strategic ...  
NewsLetter84ClivedenCommonLand 07 Oct 2005 - 12:52 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
COMMON LAND AT CLIVEDEN AND WHAT IT MEANS Mary Trevallion Bordering the road by Cliveden is a strip of land which technically seems to belong to the Parish as common ...  
NewsLetter84ClivedenEnquiry 07 Oct 2005 - 12:53 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Cliveden Enquiry In the summer of 2004, the South Bucks Planning Committee refused an application by the National Trust and Countryside Properties to develop the ...  
NewsLetter84ClivedenOneNineOne 07 Oct 2005 - 12:44 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Cliveden 191 Appeal The Appeal for the 191 units to be built at Cliveden has just finished and we await the outcome, which might take some time. The Inspector first ...  
NewsLetter84ClivedenOneseventy 07 Oct 2005 - 12:43 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Cliveden Planning Application for 170 units We are delighted that South Bucks District Council turned down the National Trust's planning application to build 170 ...  
NewsLetter84CuriousConveyances 18 Aug 2006 - 18:32 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Unidentified Floating Objects The floating bikes were on the Thames opposite the rowing club last month. Main.AndrewFindlay 05 Aug 2005 Floating bikes: Floating ...  
NewsLetter84Editorial 07 Oct 2005 - 12:53 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Editorial Fred Russell Notwithstanding that the District Council is widely regarded as the most inconsistent, centrist and inflexible in the land, (like every other ...  
NewsLetter84FrontCover 07 Oct 2005 - 13:16 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter84HazardsOfElectricity 03 Jan 2007 - 18:08 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
The Hazards of Electricity You may have read in the press that many local events like our Village Green Party (VGP) have been cancelled by their organisers as a result ...  
NewsLetter84HelenLee 07 Oct 2005 - 12:45 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
HELEN LEE It is with very great regret that we have to announce the death of Helen Lee. Helen was a very active committee member of this society for many years. She ...  
NewsLetter84LincolnsCorner 07 Oct 2005 - 12:52 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Lincoln’s Corner Berry Hill Why is it called Berry Hill? Despite the curse of being repetitious, let me pose some ideas. The obvious answer is that lots of berries ...  
NewsLetter84MembershipFinance 07 Oct 2005 - 12:50 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Membership and Finance John Hanford In the current year the Society has 228 family memberships and three corporate sponsors. It is difficult to compare this with ...  
NewsLetter84ParishPlan 07 Oct 2005 - 12:55 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Parish Plan : Making It Happen Karl Lawrence Taplow Parish Plan : Making It Happen Karl Lawrence The concept of the Parish Plan and its role in the development ...  
NewsLetter84PlanningApps 07 Oct 2005 - 12:56 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Planning Applications 05/09072/TPO Former Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Cliveden Road This one is for permission to fell or crown various Cedars. Is this additional ...  
NewsLetter84PlanningSystem 07 Oct 2005 - 12:45 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
The New Planning System how it works... Fred Russell I have attended many meetings of planning bodies and amenity groups during the past year or so and so far have ...  
NewsLetter84SocOfficers 07 Oct 2005 - 12:55 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Committee President: Eva Lipman. Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Dr. J. Kennedy, Derek Walker, Lincoln Lee. Chairman: Anne Hanford. Treasurer: John Hanford. Secretary ...  
NewsLetter84VillageGreenParty 03 Jan 2007 - 18:18 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Village Green Party The Society organised the Taplow Village Green Party for the 20th successive year. It took place this year on Saturday 18 June, a beautiful ...  
NewsLetter84Website 08 Sep 2005 - 15:38 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Weaving the Website The Society website is growing since the last Newsletter we have added large chunks of the Taplow Parish Plan, the full text of the Newsletter ...  
NewsLetter85 12 Apr 2006 - 09:34 - NEW AndrewFindlay
HTPS Newsletter 85: Spring 2006 NewsLetter85Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter85NewEditorial Editorial NewsLetter85Officers Officers NewsLetter85DropMore Dropmore House ...  
NewsLetter85AgmNotice 12 Apr 2006 - 10:35 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Notice of AGM The Annual General Meeting of Hitcham and Taplow Preservtion Society will take place at 8 pm on Friday October 13 at the Taplow Village Centre, High ...  
NewsLetter85AirlyWarnings 12 Apr 2006 - 10:38 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Heathrow Expansion Update Having considered a report issued to members of the Policy Advisory Group in October 2005 on the Heathrow Airport Interim Master Plan (draft ...  
NewsLetter85ChurchRecorders 12 Apr 2006 - 10:08 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Church Recorders If you had been into St Nicolas Church on the last Friday of each month at the beginning of 2003, you would have found it alive with the members ...  
NewsLetter85ClivedenAppealResults 12 Apr 2006 - 10:32 - r1.9 AndrewFindlay
Cliveden Victory John Hanford On November 7, 2005 the Society won a famous victory over the National Trust and Countryside Properties, with the announcement by the ...  
NewsLetter85ClivedenPlan1 12 Apr 2006 - 10:05 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Cliveden Development Plan This is the proposed development at Cliveden the '135 plan': Reproduced by kind permission of the National Trust  
NewsLetter85Cover 12 Apr 2006 - 09:52 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society Newsletter 85: Spring 2006 Old Court Hotel on the Bath Road, formerly one of the great houses of Taplow called Kenmore House ...  
NewsLetter85DropMore 12 Apr 2006 - 10:30 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Dropmore House Past and Future The Dropmore Estate, created by Lord Grenville at the end of the 18th century, at one time extended from Dorney to Egypt and included ...  
NewsLetter85GoodNeighbour 12 Apr 2006 - 10:14 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
A Good Neighbour One of a number of people living in South Bucks, whose community and volunteering work has been recognised by the Chairman of South Bucks District ...  
NewsLetter85LincolnLetter 12 Apr 2006 - 10:31 - r1.10 AndrewFindlay
Letter to Lincoln This issue of the Newsletter bears the unhappy burden of the news that for personal and family reasons you will no longer be providing us with your ...  
NewsLetter85MaidenheadBridge 12 Apr 2006 - 10:14 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Hands Off Our Bridge! Maidenhead Bridge, listed Grade 1, is the symbol of Maidenhead. So the astonishing proposal from a South Bucks councillor to knock it down and ...  
NewsLetter85NewEditorial 12 Apr 2006 - 10:29 - r1.10 AndrewFindlay
Editorial Without doubt, the key event since the last issue is the significant victory we achieved at the Public Inquiry into the Cliveden affair. We all did well ...  
NewsLetter85Officers 12 Apr 2006 - 11:19 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society, Spring 2006 Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society Formed in 1959 to protect Hitcham, Taplow, and the surrounding countryside from being ...  
NewsLetter85PlanningApplications 12 Apr 2006 - 10:39 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Some Planning Applications 06/00244/FUL 16/02/2006 Old Lodge West, High Street. Single-storey front extension, solar panels to roof. Repositioning of front door. ...  
NewsLetter85StRegis 12 Apr 2006 - 10:22 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Paper Mill Site St Regis Paper Company Ltd is beginning a process of investigating options for the future of its Taplow site. This has been prompted by the emerging ...  
NewsLetter85TPPProgress 12 Apr 2006 - 09:57 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Parish Plan Update Copies of the Taplow Parish Plan are now with the parish, district and county councils, the government of the South East, the constituency ...  
NewsLetter85TruG 12 Apr 2006 - 10:31 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
TRUG According to our man at TRUG (Taplow Rail Users Group), Jon Willmore, the World Rowing Championships are to be held at the Eton Rowing Club this year and that ...  
NewsLetter85VgP 12 Apr 2006 - 10:00 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party The annual Village Green Party will be held this year on Saturday June 17.  
NewsLetter85WheelieBins 12 Apr 2006 - 10:32 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Spy in the Wheelie Bin Beware! Be very aware! Radio Frequency Identity is about. A chip is embedded in your wheelie bin and it identifies your bin. It tells the ...  
NewsLetter86 10 May 2007 - 20:14 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
HTPS Newsletter 86: Autumn 2006 NewsLetter86Cover Cover picture NewsLetter86Editoral Editorial NewsLetter86CedarChase40th Cedar Chase 40th anniversary Newsletter86TaplowToilets ...  
NewsLetter86AGM 27 Aug 2006 - 13:54 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Come to the AGM! The Annual General Meeting of the Hitcham Taplow Preservation Society will take place at 8pm on Friday October 13 at the Taplow Village Centre, High ...  
NewsLetter86CedarChase40th 30 Sep 2010 - 14:41 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Cedar Chase 40th Anniversary In 1966, Span Estates built 24 new houses in Taplow. Replacing a run-down old house that had been used as a bible college, the modern ...  
NewsLetter86CedarChaseArchitecture 06 Oct 2006 - 10:43 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Cedar Chase Architecture The architectural face that Cedar Chase presents to the pretty village of Taplow is bold and uncompromising, yet also quite introverted: ...  
NewsLetter86CedarChaseHomeToTwoGenerations 06 Sep 2006 - 10:36 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Cedar Chase Home to Two Generations Anne : We moved into 9 Cedar Chase, the show house, in the spring of 1967. Our eldest son, Jonathan, was nearly two years old ...  
NewsLetter86CedarChaseManagement 06 Oct 2006 - 10:47 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Cut to the Chase Walking around Cedar Chase today, it quickly becomes obvious that all the houses have the same paint colours, the doors are all the same and the ...  
NewsLetter86CedarChaseSnippets 06 Oct 2006 - 10:20 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Cedar Chase Snippets I asked everyone to send reminiscences etc. Some of them were used as box inserts in other articles. This is the complete collection. Main.AndrewFindlay ...  
NewsLetter86Cover 06 Oct 2006 - 11:18 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society Newsletter 86 Rear view of a house in Cedar Chase showing the distinctive mono-pitched roof. Photo by Andrew Findlay  
NewsLetter86Dropmore 27 Aug 2006 - 14:05 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Dropmore Update External work on the foundations, ground floor and mezzanine floor of Dropmore House has been completed. Work is in progress on the first floor. Plans ...  
NewsLetter86Editoral 06 Oct 2006 - 10:40 - r1.10 AndrewFindlay
Editorial Great Things are stirring and happening in Taplow these days... While the battle for the Cliveden development is over, we are now seeing the first impact ...  
NewsLetter86InfraStucture 06 Sep 2006 - 16:30 - r1.9 FredRussell
Infrastructure: Who Pays? Following a recent application to build 400 new houses on a disused RAF site in Oxfordshire, the issue of infrastructure arose, particularly ...  
NewsLetter86LincObit 06 Oct 2006 - 11:03 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Lincoln Lee: 7 January 1922 1 May 2006 It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of our Vice President, Lincoln Lee. Lincoln served as a bomber pilot ...  
NewsLetter86Muntjak 06 Sep 2006 - 08:55 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Muntjak John Hanford has these at the bottom of his garden. The Reeves Muntjak or "barking deer" is native to South-East Asia, but is now the most common deer in ...  
NewsLetter86OldManorHouse 06 Sep 2006 - 11:21 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Old Manor House, Rectory Road, Taplow What’s in a name? "Old" is a word rightly associated with many named properties in Taplow (Old Cottage, Old Malt House, Old ...  
NewsLetter86PlanningApplications 27 Aug 2006 - 14:13 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Planning Applications There are relatively few applications of significance this time round but a few stand out as worth a mention. 06/01098/FUL Old Court Hotel, ...  
NewsLetter86StRegis 27 Aug 2006 - 15:38 - r1.4 EvaLipman

 
NewsLetter86VillageGreenParty 05 Sep 2006 - 09:45 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Village Green Party, 17th June 2006 Once again, we were very fortunate with the weather and enjoyed a lovely summer evening. The band was a success, with the ...  
NewsLetter86VillageGreenTrees 06 Oct 2006 - 10:55 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
The Trees of the Village Green My interest in the Village Green trees occurred as a result of a Maidenhead Advertiser article, which spoke of an event "under the ...  
NewsLetter87 10 May 2007 - 19:59 - r1.16 AndrewFindlay
HTPS Newsletter 87: Spring 2007 NewsLetter87Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter87Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter87Editorial Editorial NewsLetter87Mill Farewell ...  
NewsLetter87Agm 10 May 2007 - 19:40 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
AGM Notes The 47th Annual General Meeting of the Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society took place at the Taplow Village Centre on 13 October 2006, attended by 31 ...  
NewsLetter87Colophon 10 May 2007 - 20:13 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Editor: Fred Russell White Heath, Ellington Road, Taplow, Bucks, SL6 0AX. Tel 01628 672457 E-mail: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the ...  
NewsLetter87Conservation 10 May 2007 - 19:43 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Conservation Area Extension In September last year the recommendation was made that the existing Taplow Conservation Areas should be extended. This decision was a ...  
NewsLetter87Cover 09 May 2007 - 16:18 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
How will this look five years from now?  
NewsLetter87Crossrail 23 Apr 2007 - 12:48 - r1.4 GillianHolloway
Crossrail and its Impact on Taplow Crosslogo top.gif: In the spring of 2005 I included a brief article on the impact that the Crossrail project could have on Taplow ...  
NewsLetter87Editorial 10 May 2007 - 19:37 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Editorial This newsletter sees a preoccupation with the situation in the Mill Lane area emerging. Ironically a lot of the area acquired by the new owners, Towntalk ...  
NewsLetter87Mill 06 Aug 2007 - 18:20 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Farewell to Taplow Paper Mill The riverside site at Taplow has industrial links that date to the 12th century, and paper has been made there almost continuously for ...  
NewsLetter87MillLane 10 May 2007 - 19:39 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Future of Mill Lane With the closure last year of Taplow Paper Mill, there is now the best opportunity for many years to improve the Mill Lane area. For a long ...  
NewsLetter87Officers 10 May 2007 - 08:44 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society, Spring 2007 Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society Formed in 1959 to protect Hitcham, Taplow, and the surrounding countryside from being ...  
NewsLetter87OldCourt 25 Mar 2007 - 21:14 - r1.2 FredRussell
The Old Court then and now The Old Court Hotel then and now It’s with great sadness that I feel it necessary to print the following two pictures. The Old court ...  
NewsLetter87Oldcourt 23 Apr 2007 - 13:30 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
The Old Court Then and Now It’s with great sadness that I feel it necessary to print the following two pictures. The Old Court featured on the front page of our ...  
NewsLetter87Oldest 29 Mar 2007 - 13:04 - NEW FredRussell
Oldest House in Taplow The history of the Old Cottage When I was first asked to write a history of the Old Cottage I was, for a long time, reluctant to undertake ...  
NewsLetter87OldestHouse 29 Mar 2007 - 12:52 - r1.3 FredRussell
The Oldest House in Taplow The history of the Old Cottage When I was first asked to write a history of the Old Cottage I was, for a long time, reluctant to undertake ...  
NewsLetter87Oldslipway 10 May 2007 - 19:48 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Old Public Slipway A bit of history, by S.S. Smith Following the recent purchase of the Skindles site by Towntalk Ltd, the slipway just north of the bridge is ...  
NewsLetter87PlanningOrFarming 09 May 2007 - 14:00 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Planning or Farming? I recently attended a meeting of the Chiltern Society, since I am a member of their Planning Team, where we were given a briefing by some local ...  
NewsLetter87Quo 18 Mar 2007 - 17:36 - NEW FredRussell
The Public Slipway Maidenhead Bridge The public slipway – Maidenhead Bridge A bit of history, by S. S. Smith Following the recent purchase of the Skindles site by ...  
NewsLetter87Runways 10 May 2007 - 19:46 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Third Runway Update Sadly, as I predicted when I wrote the last piece on runway alterations and additions, it now seems almost inevitable that the Government, aided ...  
NewsLetter87ScruffyTaplow 06 Aug 2007 - 18:18 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Neglected Taplow The area by Maidenhead Bridge has for some time now been the scene of neglect. The slipway, too, is suffering and since it is owned by the council ...  
NewsLetter87SqualorGlory 10 May 2007 - 19:42 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
The Squalor and the Glory – Living along Mill Lane Life along Mill Lane is a life of two halves, offering possibly the best as well as the worst of life in Taplow ...  
NewsLetter87VGP 09 May 2007 - 14:12 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party 2007  
NewsLetter87oldcot 10 May 2007 - 19:43 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Old Cottage The Oldest House in Taplow When I was first asked to write a history of Old Cottage I was, for a long time, reluctant to undertake the task, as researching ...  
NewsLetter88 04 Sep 2007 - 14:10 - r1.14 AndrewFindlay
HTPS Newsletter 88: Autumn 2007 NewsLetter88Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter88Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter88Editorial Editorial NewsLetter88NewEditor ...  
NewsLetter88AGM 04 Sep 2007 - 13:36 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
AGM Notice A reminder that your AGM will be held in the Village Hall at 8pm on October 12th 2007  
NewsLetter88Applications 04 Sep 2007 - 12:25 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Planning Applications worthy of note 07/01557/FUL 16/08/2007 Old Court Hotel, Bath Road Block of 11 flats with associated car parking and landscaping to replace ...  
NewsLetter88Beating 04 Sep 2007 - 13:35 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Beating the Bounds The discovery of an old boundary stone on the river bank opposite Gaiety Row, marked ‘MB 1934’ (one of two such it is believed), sparked the investigative ...  
NewsLetter88Bibles 28 Aug 2007 - 18:53 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
All Nations Bible College in Taplow BIBLE COLLEGE HAD AN HISTORIC HOME This article by Leonard Miall was discovered in an old copy of the magazine Round and About ...  
NewsLetter88Bridges 19 Aug 2007 - 14:15 - NEW FredRussell
The Bridges of Taplow ATTACHURL /Bridges.tif Bridges.tif :  
NewsLetter88Consent 04 Sep 2007 - 12:24 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Involving the Community the South Bucks Way Consult the public, say the Government or 'Have your shout', to quote the peculiar vulgar phrase used by our District ...  
NewsLetter88Cover 04 Sep 2007 - 14:15 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Cover picture: Dunloe Lodge after the fire in August 2007.  
NewsLetter88Crossrail 04 Sep 2007 - 12:12 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Crossrail: Its Impact on our Skylines In the spring of 2005 I included a brief article on the impact that the Crossrail project could have on Taplow. This was a fairly ...  
NewsLetter88Dropmore 04 Sep 2007 - 12:30 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Visit to Dropmore An open day at Dropmore House took place on Thursday 26th July, to give local residents some idea of the progress being made on the restoration ...  
NewsLetter88Editorial 04 Sep 2007 - 12:08 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Editorial We are supposed to be apolitical in our society but we cannot ignore the simple realities that it is governmental edicts that govern the way our society ...  
NewsLetter88Farming 28 Aug 2007 - 11:13 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
The Rise of the Urban Farmer As a member of the Planning Team of the Chiltern Society, I recently attended a society meeting where we were given a briefing by some ...  
NewsLetter88Fire 04 Sep 2007 - 12:25 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
The Great Fire of Dunloe – and none dare call it arson It is curious how a fire could spontaneously start in an old property without mains gas or electricity in weather ...  
NewsLetter88Floods 04 Sep 2007 - 13:40 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
A Gravelly Grumble Even Taplow Heights, alias Rectory Road, did not escape the effects of the flooding. Our aged soakaway system was completely overwhelmed, so that ...  
NewsLetter88IndexOfArticles 04 Sep 2007 - 09:20 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Index of Articles For some time I have been meaning to provide a comprehensive listing of all the significant articles that had appeared in your Newsletter over the ...  
NewsLetter88Jubilee 28 Aug 2007 - 18:45 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Acid Test for the Jubilee River (An unqualified success?) Opinions are still divided over whether the Jubilee River is a success or not. While it was hailed as the ...  
NewsLetter88Mill 04 Sep 2007 - 13:40 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Musical Chairs at the Mill? Bob Dulson, who is a member of the Maidenhead Civic Society, prepared this article and kindly gave his permission for it to used in this ...  
NewsLetter88Neglect 19 Aug 2007 - 14:08 - r1.2 FredRussell

 
NewsLetter88NewEditor 04 Sep 2007 - 11:13 - NEW AndrewFindlay
You Need a New Editor After 9 years as your editor I feel the weight of history on my shoulder and I feel called upon to pass to burden to younger or more able shoulders ...  
NewsLetter88Officers 04 Sep 2007 - 12:07 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society Autumn 2007 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Derek Walker, Professor Bernard Trevallion Chairman: Euan Felton Treasurer ...  
NewsLetter88Planning 04 Sep 2007 - 13:29 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
The Planning White Paper No power to the people This article represents a personal view but one which appears to be shared by many others. The Planning White Paper ...  
NewsLetter88Politics 19 Aug 2007 - 18:07 - r1.2 FredRussell
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NewsLetter88TaplowGreenBog 04 Sep 2007 - 15:12 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Green Pond The poor state of Taplow Village Green has been the cause of some concern recently. Successive very dry summers and the patter of many tiny feet ...  
NewsLetter88Wheelies 28 Aug 2007 - 11:28 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
The Ubiquitous Chip A spy chip in your wheelie bin! You read it here first!! (Issue 85 Spring 2006. Ed) And where next for the ubiquitous chip? Built-in on your car ...  
NewsLetter88Wildlife 28 Aug 2007 - 11:33 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Recognising Locally Important Sites for Wildlife We are indebted to Joy Marshall for doing the research which unearthed this project. These sites do not receive any ...  
NewsLetter89 22 May 2008 - 16:08 - r1.19 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 89: Spring 2008 NewsLetter89Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter89Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter89Editorial Editorial NewsLetter89TheRiseOfMordor ...  
NewsLetter89ANTAS 19 Apr 2008 - 12:00 - r1.3 FredRussell
ANTAS, the Civic Trust and Us Your Society is a member of ANTAS (Association of North Thames Amenity Societies) and nominated members of the committee attend their ...  
NewsLetter89AbitofNews 28 Apr 2008 - 14:42 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
A Bit of News During the night of Friday 21st March, a very large mature chestnut tree – a major local landscape feature next to footpath 11 – blew down. This tree ...  
NewsLetter89CloseMillLane 21 Apr 2008 - 09:32 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Close Mill Lane! Letter to the Editor With all the development being proposed in Mill Lane there will have to be improvements to the junction with the Bath Road. ...  
NewsLetter89Cover 28 Apr 2008 - 14:23 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Cover Picture Springtime at Taplow Court  
NewsLetter89Editorial 22 Apr 2008 - 10:27 - r1.4 GillianHolloway
(Guest) Editorial It would appear that history does repeat itself after all! Years ago Dick Nutt attempted to hand over the baton of editorship but found that he ...  
NewsLetter89LondonAirports 28 Apr 2008 - 15:24 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
London Airports The Future With the current debacle at Terminal 5, it does not seem appropriate to discuss the merits or otherwise of a third runway at Heathrow ...  
NewsLetter89Officers 21 Apr 2008 - 11:08 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society Spring 2008 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Derek Walker, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Euan Felton Vice ...  
NewsLetter89RipeForDevelopment 28 Apr 2008 - 15:34 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Ripe for Development? Boarded up and abandoned, this small cottage on Amerden Lane awaits its fate. Will this be the site of the next hotly-contested application ...  
NewsLetter89ThamesValley 28 Apr 2008 - 14:39 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Thames Valley Adventure Playground How often have you driven past the Thames Valley Adventure Playground? Tucked away at the back of the lay-by by the railway arch ...  
NewsLetter89TheRiseOfMordor 28 Apr 2008 - 14:43 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Brussels: A Parable for Our Time The Lords of the Plan Spatial Plans for Elvish Commissars to ratify Core Plans for the Dwarf Lords in their gravel pits Regional ...  
NewsLetter89VGP 12 Oct 2010 - 13:32 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party Saturday 21st June 2008, 6 p.m. See PUBURL /Main/NewsLetter94VillageGreenParty/VGP-flier-2008.pdf booking form for full details.  
NewsLetter89WhyBuffins 22 Apr 2008 - 10:28 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Why Buffins? Part 1 You will not find an explanation of this name in any book – you must go to the oral history of the area that preserved the local legend of St ...  
NewsLetter90 01 Oct 2008 - 18:30 - r1.16 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 90: Autumn 2008 NewsLetter90Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter90Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter90Editorial Editorial NewsLetter90DerekWalker ...  
NewsLetter90ASilentSummer 26 Sep 2008 - 09:15 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
A Silent Summer? Many years ago, a perceptive and caring lady called Rachel Carson noted the impact that the spreading use of DDT was having on the environment and ...  
NewsLetter90AbbotsWood 22 Sep 2008 - 13:01 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Footpath 21 – Old Routes and New Possibilities A new footpath has been laid out both extending and replacing part of Footpath 21 in the north of the Parish. The existing ...  
NewsLetter90Chalk 22 Sep 2008 - 12:38 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
South Lodge Pit Were you aware that on your doorsteps sits a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)? Do you have any idea what lies behind the grey fencing on ...  
NewsLetter90ChestnutTrees 16 Sep 2008 - 12:07 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Trees in Peril Is there a conspiracy of silence about the current unsightly plight of our horse chestnut trees? Responding to a telephone enquiry, a South Bucks District ...  
NewsLetter90Cover 22 Sep 2008 - 12:14 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter90DerekWalker 01 Oct 2008 - 14:27 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Derek Walker It is with great sorrow that I have to report the sudden and tragic death of our Vice President Derek Walker on 17th September in Wexham Park Hospital ...  
NewsLetter90Editorial 22 Sep 2008 - 10:57 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Editorial A very short editorial as this issue is bursting at the seams already. We bring you the first published master-plans for the Mill Lane redevelopment, articles ...  
NewsLetter90EttieDesborough 16 Sep 2008 - 12:10 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Book Review Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough, by Richard Davenport-Hines. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2008. This is a good and ...  
NewsLetter90GlobalWarming 22 Sep 2008 - 14:01 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Global Warming This article is extracted from the June 2008 edition of Chiltern News , the magazine of the Chiltern Society. One element of climate change which is ...  
NewsLetter90MaidenheadRowingClub 22 Sep 2008 - 12:49 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Maidenhead Rowing Club The origins of Maidenhead Rowing Club are not clear, but records of Henley Royal Regatta indicate that there was an entry from The Star Club ...  
NewsLetter90NettieDesborough 12 Sep 2008 - 22:02 - NEW EuanFelton
Richard Davenport-Hines (2008) Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. A Review This is a good and interesting ...  
NewsLetter90Officers 30 Jul 2008 - 12:33 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society Autumn 2008 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Derek Walker, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Euan Felton Vice ...  
NewsLetter90PublicDrawdock 24 Sep 2008 - 10:15 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Mill Lane Riverside When St Regis first announced their intention to sell off the Taplow Paper Mill site, with its 48 acres of land, local residents reacted with ...  
NewsLetter90StainedGlass 11 Sep 2008 - 10:34 - NEW FredRussell
Rosencrantz window  
NewsLetter90VillageShop 22 Sep 2008 - 11:52 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
A Village Shop for Taplow? Would life in Taplow be better if there was a village shop? In the 19th and early 20th centuries Taplow High Street thrived. The shops ...  
NewsLetter90WoodsofTaplow 22 Sep 2008 - 12:44 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Woods of Taplow William Wood and Sons Ltd is familiar to many in Taplow as a well-respected local landscape design and horicultural business. A recent enquiry to ...  
NewsLetter91 18 May 2009 - 12:02 - r1.15 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 91: Spring 2009 NewsLetter91Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter91Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter91Editorial Editorial NewsLetter91NLArchive ...  
NewsLetter91BucksStrategic 01 May 2009 - 09:39 - r1.3 KarlLawrence
Democracy  
NewsLetter91CelticCross 28 May 2009 - 09:52 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
The Celtic Cross The Celtic Cross stands near the Burial Mound in the old graveyard adjacent to Taplow Court. In 1996 the whole of the disused graveyard became a ...  
NewsLetter91Colophon 17 Mar 2009 - 18:16 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Contact: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Society or its Committee ...  
NewsLetter91CoreStrategy 02 May 2009 - 16:30 - r1.4 KarlLawrence
DEMOCRACY AT THE GRASS ROOTS : A DISASTER IN THE MAKING My article in the Spring 2008 edition of the Newsletter addressed the proposal by Buckinghamshire County Council ...  
NewsLetter91CountDolgorouki 30 Apr 2009 - 19:03 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
Count Dolgorouki Our Russian Connection The weather-worn coat of arms and the fading inscription on the flat tombstone to the west of the south porch of St Mary’s ...  
NewsLetter91Cover 13 May 2009 - 19:28 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter91Democracy 04 May 2009 - 11:05 - r1.5 GillianHolloway
Democracy at the Grass Roots : A Disaster in the Making My article in the Spring 2008 edition of the Newsletter addressed the proposal by Buckinghamshire County Council ...  
NewsLetter91Editorial 18 May 2009 - 12:32 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Editorial We have another packed issue for you this time so the editors are keeping quiet. An important Main.MillLanePlanning planning application has been submitted ...  
NewsLetter91Geology 13 May 2009 - 19:58 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
The Gravel Terraces of Berry Hill In September last year a select group including HTS President Eva Lipman and her husband Max donned hard hats and yellow jackets ...  
NewsLetter91HeritageDay 13 May 2009 - 18:21 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Heritage Day, 2009 Saturday July 4, 2009, will be the first Taplow Heritage Day. The highlight will be an exhibition at the Village Centre. The day is intended ...  
NewsLetter91MembershipSec 18 May 2009 - 11:58 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Membership Secretary We are delighted that Gill Holloway has agreed to take up the new post of Membership Secretary. Gill will support the Committee to improve communications ...  
NewsLetter91NLArchive 04 May 2009 - 22:49 - r1.4 KarlLawrence
Newsletter Archive The Society Archives now hold a complete run of the Newsletters from Number 28 Spring 1974 to Number 90 Autumn 2009. A copy of each of the Newsletters ...  
NewsLetter91NewBridge 06 May 2009 - 13:53 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
A Footbridge to Boulters Lock During Victorian times, the island of Boulter’s Lock near Taplow won fame and notoriety across the country, as the upper classes flocked ...  
NewsLetter91Officers 07 May 2009 - 17:14 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society Spring 2009 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Euan Felton Vice ...  
NewsLetter91Planning 07 May 2009 - 10:05 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
What Are They Planning for Us? In the not-too-distant past, ‘they’ usually meant the District Council or the County. However, the goal posts have been radically moved ...  
NewsLetter91Porches 08 May 2009 - 17:12 - NEW AndrewFindlay
The Porches Where Baron Rosencrantz lived while in Taplow.  
NewsLetter91PrinceDolgorouki 25 May 2010 - 12:31 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Our Russian Connection The weather-worn coat of arms and the fading inscription on the flat tombstone to the west of the south porch of St Mary’s Church in Hitcham ...  
NewsLetter91River 18 May 2009 - 11:59 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Too Precious to Lose The unique river environment around Taplow Mill The River Thames between Boulters Lock and Bray Weir is a unique and special stretch of water ...  
NewsLetter91Rosencrantz 07 May 2009 - 10:29 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Baron Arid Rosenkrantz He that hath an ear let him hear what The Spirits saith unto The Churches to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Julia Louisa Rosenkrantz ...  
NewsLetter91Snow 30 Apr 2009 - 19:34 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Snow RED I have a set of snow pictures from Fred which could be used here. Will see what space we have in the layout. ENDCOLOR  
NewsLetter91TaplowHouse 06 May 2009 - 15:40 - NEW KarlLawrence
Thank you Taplow House Hotel The Society would like to express its thanks to Sam Goss the general manager of the Taplow House Hotel for kindly allowing us to use ...  
NewsLetter91VGP 06 May 2009 - 17:58 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Village Green Party This year's village party will take place on Saturday June 20, starting at 6 p.m. Once again, Mike Sanderson and his band will be providing music ...  
NewsLetter92 05 Nov 2009 - 19:47 - r1.22 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 92: Autumn 2009 NewsLetter92Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter92Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter92Editorial Editorial Newsletter92AGM AGM Notice ...  
NewsLetter92AircraftNoise 26 Sep 2009 - 18:50 - r1.4 GillianHolloway
Aircraft Noise With the building of the third runaway at Heathrow to begin in the very near future, the British Airports Authority (BAA) published a Noise Action ...  
NewsLetter92Anna 05 Nov 2009 - 19:44 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Anna and the King of Siam The Taplow Link Most people know the fictionalised film version of this true story, but how many know about the Taplow connection, I wonder ...  
NewsLetter92BackCover 05 Nov 2009 - 19:52 - NEW AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter92BlessThisHouse 05 Nov 2009 - 19:36 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Bless this House An adaptation by Nigel Smales from his exhibit All Our Yesterdays at the Taplow Heritage Day. Nigel will be expanding the contents of his exhibit ...  
NewsLetter92Colophon 18 Sep 2009 - 09:32 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Contact: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Society or its Committee ...  
NewsLetter92Cover 13 Oct 2009 - 10:11 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter92Editorial 05 Oct 2009 - 22:31 - r1.6 KarlLawrence
Fifty Years in Action Our Society was founded with the name Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society in December 1959 with the aim "to protect Hitcham, Taplow and ...  
NewsLetter92Gasometer 05 Nov 2009 - 19:19 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Our Gasometer There used to be a gas works on the river side of Mill Lane. The old boundary wall is all that remains, together with the few buildings which today ...  
NewsLetter92GillianDibden 05 Nov 2009 - 19:03 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Congratulations Gillian Dibden, MBE Gillian Dibden was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to youth choral music in Berkshire. Gillian ...  
NewsLetter92HeritageDay 29 Sep 2009 - 22:20 - r1.10 KarlLawrence
Taplow Heritage Day Several hundred people visited the Village Centre on July 4th to view the Taplow Heritage Day Exhibition. Throughout the day there were many long ...  
NewsLetter92HeritageWeek 05 Nov 2009 - 19:22 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
On the Heritage Trail Towards the end of the summer term, the whole of St Nicolas’ School participated in the Taplow Heritage Week. The week was organised by Miv ...  
NewsLetter92Officers 20 Sep 2009 - 13:57 - r1.3 KarlLawrence
Officers of the Society Autumn 2009 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Euan Felton Vice ...  
NewsLetter92Salmon 05 Nov 2009 - 19:14 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Salmon in the Thames Back in 1998 your Newsletter published an article by a River Thames expert, Mr G Armstrong, entitled The Thames Rehabilitation Scheme. This described ...  
NewsLetter92Sportsman 05 Nov 2009 - 19:05 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Sports Person of the Year The competition for the Taplow Sports Person of the Year was announced at the Taplow Heritage Day. It will be an annual event open to man ...  
NewsLetter92TaplowArtists 05 Nov 2009 - 19:40 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
The DIY Exhibition on Taplow's Heritage day It’s not often that artists have the freedom to organise their own exhibition free of the constraints of a gallery and ...  
NewsLetter92Taplowlancers 05 Nov 2009 - 19:17 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Lancers This is an adaptation by Laird Mackay from his exhibit Military and Aviation at the Taplow Heritage Day. 1794 Units of mounted volunteers known as ...  
NewsLetter92Thetimes 27 Sep 2009 - 18:41 - r1.6 KarlLawrence
Taplow in The Times A selection of headlines and items selected by Miv Wayland Smith from his exhibit Taplow in The Times at the Taplow Heritage Day. His exhibit ...  
NewsLetter92WomensInstitute 03 Dec 2015 - 16:46 - r1.13 AndrewFindlay
Women's Institute The first WI was formed in Stoney Creek, Canada in 1897. A farmer’s wife, Mrs Adele Hodless, saw the need to help country women to improve their ...  
NewsLetter93 12 Oct 2010 - 13:29 - r1.30 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 93: Spring 2010 NewsLetter93Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter93Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter93Editorial Editorial Newsletter93AletterfromthePresident ...  
NewsLetter93ANTAS 29 Apr 2010 - 14:54 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
What ANTAS Can Do for Us For a number of years now Fred Russell and I have represented your Society at the biannual meetings of the Association of North Thames Amenity ...  
NewsLetter93Colophon 08 Dec 2009 - 11:12 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Contact: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Society or its Committee ...  
NewsLetter93Cover 29 Apr 2010 - 15:18 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 93 front cover  
NewsLetter93DoYouKnow 29 Apr 2010 - 15:08 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Do you know? The Society receives many queries from visitors to its website http://www.taplowsociety.org.uk/ www.taplowsociety.org.uk If you have the answer to any ...  
NewsLetter93EasterEggHunt 28 Apr 2010 - 18:04 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Easter Egg Hunt and Lunch To mark the Society’s 50th Anniversary, a new village event was held at Taplow House Hotel on Easter Monday. An uncertain time of year weather ...  
NewsLetter93Editorial 28 Apr 2010 - 17:47 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Editorial When our first chaiman, Dr Maurice Rogers retired in 1974 he wrote an open letter stating that he believed that your society had had “a significant influence ...  
NewsLetter93ExEditorRecalls 29 Apr 2010 - 12:56 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
An ex-editor recalls Aleyn Grellier, recalls how he changed the presentation and layout of the Newsletter. Our family moved into Victoria Cottage in the High Street ...  
NewsLetter93FiftyYearsOfService 28 Apr 2010 - 17:54 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Fifty Years of Service to the Community The Society came into being as the Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society in December 1959 in the dining room of Lea Rig ...  
NewsLetter93FiftyYearsOfTheNewsletter 29 Apr 2010 - 13:20 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
50 Years of the Newsletter In the beginning was the ancient style single sheet with details of recent Committee meetings. Then came multiple one-side pages with brief ...  
NewsLetter93Officers 08 Dec 2009 - 11:11 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society Spring 2010 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Euan Felton Vice ...  
NewsLetter93OfficersThroughTheYears 28 Apr 2010 - 17:53 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
Officers throughout the years President 1959-66 Lord Astor 1966-?? Louis Freedman 19??-74 Dr Maurice Rogers 1974-91 Leonard Miall 1991-96 John Kennedy 1996-00 Tony ...  
NewsLetter93PeterLane 29 Apr 2010 - 12:31 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Taplow People: Peter Lane A while ago we changed the name of your Society to more properly reflect the focus of our community activity. The previous concentration ...  
NewsLetter93RecreationGrounds 29 Apr 2010 - 14:54 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Hitcham and Taplow Recreation Grounds To many, the piece of land off Boundary Road where the Scout and Guide Huts are situated and which looks like an old gravel ...  
NewsLetter93SampleArticle 27 Mar 2010 - 16:53 - NEW EvaLipman
What ANTAS can do for us For a number of years now Fred Russell and myself have represented your Society at the biannual meetings of the Association of North Thames ...  
NewsLetter93SpreadingOut 29 Apr 2010 - 14:55 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Spreading Out… On moving into the 51st year of your Society’s existence, it was felt at the last AGM that we should be engaging with aspects of parish life other ...  
NewsLetter93VGP 29 Apr 2010 - 15:09 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party Saturday 19th June 6 p.m.  
NewsLetter93Wickenden 29 Apr 2010 - 15:03 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Interesting Taplow Homes: Wickenden Approaching Taplow village from the north, the tall Lutyens-style chimneys of Wickenden are clearly visible as one passes the ...  
NewsLetter94 08 Mar 2011 - 14:36 - r1.20 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 94: Autumn 2010 NewsLetter94Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter94Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter94Editorial Editorial NewsLetter94Maidenhead ...  
NewsLetter94AdventurePlayground 05 Nov 2010 - 16:27 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
The Thames Valley Adventure Playground New Annexe Ever since the Thames Valley Adventure Playground opened its doors in the summer of 1982, we have been located on ...  
NewsLetter94Ancestors 26 Oct 2010 - 16:28 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Ancestors The Hancock family and the Paper Mill Article received from Alison Bromley by e-mail I was very excited and pleased to find the Hitcham and Taplow Society ...  
NewsLetter94BillBallObit 05 Nov 2010 - 16:33 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
William Clemence Codrington (Bill) Ball : 1923 – 2010 His full title was known to few but many knew of the deeds of 'Bill' Ball through his long years of quiet service ...  
NewsLetter94Chestnut 11 Oct 2010 - 19:27 - r1.4 GillianHolloway
The Chestnut Crisis In the previous autumn edition of your newsletter I called attention to the apparent apathy of the relevant authorities to the growing plight ...  
NewsLetter94ClivedenGages 05 Nov 2010 - 16:29 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Life at Cliveden Gages Professor Bernard and Mary Trevallion decided to downsize and leave their lovely home near Dropmore and their choice of a new home was an apartment ...  
NewsLetter94Colophon 03 Nov 2010 - 11:48 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Colophon Edited by the HTS Committee White Heath, Ellington Road, Taplow, SL6 0ET Contact: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed ...  
NewsLetter94Cover 02 Nov 2010 - 19:24 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Cover picture: Taplow Village Panorama by Andrew Findlay  
NewsLetter94Editorial 02 Nov 2010 - 12:13 - r1.4 FredRussell
Editorial Editorial It’s been a very quiet six months with no major developments either to support or to fight, as the case may be. Loads of applications for conservatories ...  
NewsLetter94GretaSaunders 05 Nov 2010 - 16:26 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Greta Saunders at 100 Greta Saunders of Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow, celebrated her 100th birthday on 1st September 2010 at a tea party in the garden with many ...  
NewsLetter94KingOfSiam 11 Oct 2010 - 20:16 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
More about the King of Siam and Taplow The following is a summary of an article in the Maidenhead Advertiser of Wednesday August 11th 1897, which covers the arrival ...  
NewsLetter94MaidenheadBridge 05 Nov 2010 - 16:23 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Repairs to Maidenhead Bridge For no little time many of us had been concerned at the state of disrepair of our bridge and often enough wondered whether the obvious ...  
NewsLetter94Matisse 05 Nov 2010 - 16:20 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
A Chelsea Adventure The Matisse Garden – An application for Chelsea Flower Show 2011 I’m sitting here in the middle of a heap of gardening books, Henri Matisse’s ...  
NewsLetter94MillLane 12 Oct 2010 - 14:42 - r1.5 FredRussell
Mill Lane Time Now This is a summary of where we are with the Mill Lane Project the 'project' being the Society's attempt to ensure that the eventual development ...  
NewsLetter94Officers 03 Nov 2010 - 11:45 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Officers of the Society Autumn 2010 President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Euan Felton Vice ...  
NewsLetter94Planning 12 Oct 2010 - 14:41 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Planning: Where Are We Now? Following the election and the Conservative pledge to revisit the planning system constructed by Mr Prescott's office, some first intimation ...  
NewsLetter94Poppies 27 Oct 2010 - 17:58 - r1.4 FredRussell
Poppies and Remembrance A note by Lt Cdr George Milne PN (ret’d) As once again we near Remembrance Sunday and the annual Poppy Appeal, I have been asked to write ...  
NewsLetter94PuntingChampionships 13 Aug 2012 - 10:45 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Thames Punting Club Championships, 2010 I suspect than many of our readers are not familiar with such things as racing punts and I didn't until Dr Brian Smith introduced ...  
NewsLetter94Ratty 05 Mar 2011 - 17:29 - r1.3 FredRussell
Are Ratty and Mole's Days Numbered? For many years now the riverbed bank and islands near the mill have remained undisturbed. This has meant that wildlife, both water ...  
NewsLetter94S100YearsOn 19 Sep 2010 - 21:35 - NEW FredRussell
100 Years On... GRETA SAUNDERS 100 Greta Saunders of Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow celebrated her 100th birthday on 1st September 2010 at a tea party in the garden ...  
NewsLetter94Sally 05 Nov 2010 - 16:32 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Sally Miall 1918 2010 Sally Miall died calmly at the age of 91 at the end of an extremely eventful life. Her father, Gordon Leith, a young South African architect ...  
NewsLetter94SomeArticle1 19 Sep 2010 - 21:34 - NEW FredRussell
100 Years on... GRETA SAUNDERS 100 Greta Saunders of Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow celebrated her 100th birthday on 1st September 2010 at a tea party in the garden ...  
NewsLetter94SomeArticle2 19 Sep 2010 - 21:39 - NEW FredRussell
Poppies and Remembrance Poppies and Remembrance (a note by Lt. Cdr George Milne PN (ret’d) As once again we near Remembrance Sunday and the annual Poppy Appeal, I ...  
NewsLetter94SomeArticle7 01 Oct 2010 - 15:43 - NEW EvaLipman
PLANNING Where are we now? Following the election and the Conservative pledge to revisit the planning system constructed by Mr. Prescot's office, some first intimation ...  
NewsLetter94SomeArticle8 01 Oct 2010 - 15:48 - NEW EvaLipman
Are Our Local Ratty and Mole's Days Numbered? For many years now the riverbed bank and islands near the mill have remained undisturbed. This has meant that wildlife ...  
NewsLetter94TaplowCourtActivities 12 Oct 2010 - 13:40 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
A Busy Year for Taplow Court The members of Soka Gakkai International continue to use the beautiful Taplow Court to undertake a wide range of activities in support ...  
NewsLetter94TaplowVineyard 12 Oct 2010 - 13:31 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Vineyard When Iris Midlane and her late husband, John, bought Wickenden on the northern edge of Taplow in 1988, the purchase included two rather surprising ...  
NewsLetter94VillageGreenParty 04 Nov 2010 - 10:11 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party 2010 It's that time of year at last When all turn up and have a blast. The pit is dug, the ox is turned, Just well cooked and never burned! The ...  
NewsLetter94WoodlandWalk 12 Oct 2010 - 13:31 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Woodland Walk If you go down to the woods today be sure of a big surprise… Indeed, if you happen to visit the National Trust Woodland Walk you will encounter all ...  
NewsLetter95 17 May 2011 - 12:38 - r1.15 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 95: Spring 2011 NewsLetter95Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter95Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter95Editorial Editorial NewsLetter95Ancestors ...  
NewsLetter95Ancestors 26 Apr 2011 - 13:56 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Ancestors: The Hancock Family and the Paper Mill Article received from Alison Bromley by e-mail I was very excited and pleased to find the Hitcham and Taplow Society ...  
NewsLetter95AndysLeaving 21 Apr 2011 - 13:49 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Off to France McKenzie, April 2011" title "Annick and Andy McKenzie, April 2011" width "400" height "422" / This month sees the departure of one of our longest-standing ...  
NewsLetter95ChurchCentenary 21 Apr 2011 - 12:16 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
St Nicolas' Centenary? The history of St Nicolas' Church in Taplow goes back well over the 100-year mark, but the centenary of the present church building will happen ...  
NewsLetter95Colophon 04 Oct 2011 - 13:40 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Colophon Edited by Fred Russell White Heath, Ellington Road, Taplow, SL6 0AX Contact: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in ...  
NewsLetter95Cover 21 Apr 2011 - 11:59 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Sheila Horton paints a new scene on the gates of the Old Rectory Photo by Andrew Findlay, October 2010  
NewsLetter95Editorial 04 Oct 2011 - 13:41 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Editorial Its been a quietish few months but I can’t help the feeling that it is the lull before the proverbial! There are stirrings in the developmental undergrowth ...  
NewsLetter95EggHunt 26 Apr 2011 - 13:59 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Easter Egg Hunt They're off! Ginny Felton's picture captures the excitement at the start of this year's Easter Egg Hunt at Taplow House Hotel.  
NewsLetter95JohnNoble 21 Apr 2011 - 14:13 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
The John Noble House Miv Wayland-Smith found two watercoulour paintings of an unbuilt Taplow house for sale on Sarah Colgrave's fine-art website. The story behind ...  
NewsLetter95KingOfSiam 21 Apr 2011 - 12:21 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
More about the King of Siam in Taplow The following is a summary of an article in the Maidenhead Advertiser of Wednesday August 11th 1897, which covers the arrival ...  
NewsLetter95MillLaneWhatNext 21 Apr 2011 - 22:57 - r1.8 KarlLawrence
Mill Lane : What next? Core Policy 15 of the South Bucks District Council specifies Mill Lane as an 'opportunity site...in need of sensitive, comprehensive regeneration ...  
NewsLetter95MyTvTimes 21 Apr 2011 - 12:14 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
My TV Times Anthony Read In 1963 I took up a three-month contract with BBC TV as a script editor, giving up a secure job as a publisher’s editor. I had also been ...  
NewsLetter95Officers 04 Oct 2011 - 13:40 - r1.8 GillianHolloway
Officers of the Society President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Karl Lawrence Treasurer: Peter ...  
NewsLetter95OurLibrary 14 Apr 2011 - 11:46 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
The Future for Our Library In Taplow we share the excellent public library in Burnham...but for how many more years or even months? The United Kingdom public library ...  
NewsLetter95OurRatty 21 Apr 2011 - 12:24 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Are Ratty and Mole's Days Numbered? For many years now the riverbed bank and islands near the mill have remained undisturbed. This has meant that wildlife, both water ...  
NewsLetter95Planning 26 Apr 2011 - 13:54 - r1.12 AndrewFindlay
Planning: Where Are We Now? First intimation as to what is to come was revealed at a meeting of the Chiltern Society Planning Committee to which the Society is affiliated ...  
NewsLetter95Royal 26 Apr 2011 - 13:50 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Royal Jubilee Although your Society did not put on an event for the Royal Wedding, undoubtedly many of you enjoyed the Go-cart and other events in the village on ...  
NewsLetter95TaplowVinyard 21 Apr 2011 - 12:22 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Vineyard When Iris Midlane and her late husband, John, bought Wickenden on the northern edge of Taplow in 1988, the purchase included two rather surprising ...  
NewsLetter95Thechestnut 21 Apr 2011 - 12:13 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
The Chestnut Crisis In the previous autumn edition of your newsletter I called attention to the apparent apathy of the relevant authorities to the growing plight ...  
NewsLetter95VGP 26 Apr 2011 - 14:00 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party 18th June 2011 from 6pm  
NewsLetter95Woodland 21 Apr 2011 - 14:06 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Woodland Walk If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise… Indeed, if you happen to visit the National Trust Woodland Walk you will encounter ...  
NewsLetter96 18 Oct 2011 - 11:24 - r1.22 AndrewFindlay
HTS Newsletter 96: Autumn 2011 NewsLetter96Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter96Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter96Editorial Editorial NewsLetter96Clivedenmaze ...  
NewsLetter96AGM 12 Oct 2011 - 15:32 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Notice of AGM The Annual General Meeting of the Hitcham and Taplow Society will take place on Friday 2nd December at the Village Centre, High Street, Taplow, starting ...  
NewsLetter96Cliveden 22 Sep 2011 - 10:10 - NEW FredRussell
The Cliveden Maze THE 19-CENTURY CLIVEDEN MAZE RECREATED WITH TWO METRE HIGH YEW TREES A ‘lost’ maze in the magnificent grounds of Cliveden in Buckinghamshire that ...  
NewsLetter96Clivedenmaze 13 Oct 2011 - 11:10 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Cliveden Maze I was told of this spectacular maze quite recently and felt you would would be interested to read a little about its origins and its resurrection ...  
NewsLetter96Colophon 13 Oct 2011 - 19:18 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon Edited by Fred Russell White Heath, Ellington Road, Taplow, SL6 0AX Contact: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in ...  
NewsLetter96Committee 13 Oct 2011 - 14:52 - NEW AndrewFindlay
The Committee The Society is looking for members to join the Committee. Two long serving members will not be standing for election at the AGM. Jill Harden is finding ...  
NewsLetter96Cover 14 Oct 2011 - 13:03 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay

 
NewsLetter96Diary 04 Oct 2011 - 13:19 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Diary Dates This is an experimental new regular section of your Newsletter, intended to give you a six-month look ahead at what is going on in the parish. Some items ...  
NewsLetter96Editorial 14 Oct 2011 - 11:12 - r1.4 FredRussell
Editorial There can only be one topic for an editorial comment this issue, and that has to be the new government proposals to ‘simplify’ the previous planning system ...  
NewsLetter96FutureBC 06 Oct 2011 - 13:27 - r1.6 KarlLawrence
The Future of the Bishop Centre Land Securities, the owners of the Bishop Centre, presented proposals for the redevelopment of the Centre at an exhibition on 8 and ...  
NewsLetter96Hermitage 07 Oct 2011 - 11:24 - r1.3 FredRussell
The Hermitage Elsewhere in this newsletter there is an article about the new draft National Planning Policy Framework, (NPPF) basically warning residents of Taplow ...  
NewsLetter96LandSale 04 Oct 2011 - 13:32 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Taplow Land for Sale: A General Alert There are two or three large fields (20-30 acres each) up for sale on the edge of the Taplow Village Conservation Area, and ...  
NewsLetter96MakingHistory 12 Oct 2011 - 14:40 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Making History Many of you will recall the Taplow Heritage celebrations in 2009. I was pleased to contribute to those events in a number of ways including remembering ...  
NewsLetter96MillLane 04 Oct 2011 - 13:37 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Mill Lane: What Now Progress towards agreement on the content of the Development Brief by the landowners/developers in conjunction with the South Bucks District Council ...  
NewsLetter96Officers 12 Oct 2011 - 12:41 - r1.2 EvaLipman
Officers President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Professor Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Karl Lawrence Treasurer: Peter Mole Secretary ...  
NewsLetter96OxRoast 04 Oct 2011 - 13:19 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
The Village Green Party Many thanks for all those who helped with the Ox Roast. It went very well, much better than expectations, given what an awful day that Saturday ...  
NewsLetter96PlanningProbs 13 Oct 2011 - 10:34 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
The Planning Crisis We cannot divorce ourselves from the impact of a government edict that seriously impacts our small parish, just as much as it does the whole country ...  
NewsLetter96RowingClub 13 Oct 2011 - 19:39 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Maidenhead Regatta 2011 Maidenhead Regatta was held on Saturday 13th August over the usual 500m upstream course with the finish just below Maidenhead railway bridge ...  
NewsLetter96Skindles 13 Oct 2011 - 17:21 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
The Famous Skindles : Then and Now An elegant of its age, Skindles became famous in the late Victorian and Edwardian era and its reputation was sealed with Royal ...  
NewsLetter96Subscriptions 14 Oct 2011 - 13:27 - r1.4 EvaLipman
Proposed Changes to Subscriptions As indicated at last year’s AGM, the Committee would like to propose an increase to the annual subscription from £5 per household ...  
NewsLetter96TaplowHouse 12 Oct 2011 - 10:34 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Taplow House Hotel A Gardener's Perspective The first part of the following article is an extract from Gardening Tours by J.C. Loudon 1831-1842. Ed The house is ...  
NewsLetter96WI 10 Oct 2011 - 06:51 - NEW FredRussell
Cliveden and the Women's Institute Nancy, Lady Astor had a close connection with the Women's Institute, she was president of the Cliveden and Dropmore Institute for ...  
NewsLetter96WhenYoureSmiler 12 Oct 2011 - 14:50 - NEW AndrewFindlay
By the Write Taplow has a new author. Nigel Smales has emerged blinking into the daylight having written and published his first book. When You’re Smiler is a hardback ...  
NewsLetter96X 22 Sep 2011 - 09:46 - NEW FredRussell
Are bonfires illegal in a Conservation Area? We are approaching the time when there is a lot of garden refuse to dispose of or burn and the question is occasionally ...  
NewsLetter96XX 30 Sep 2011 - 17:24 - NEW FredRussell
Proposed changes to the subscriptions As indicated at last year’s AGM, the Committee would like to propose an increase to the annual subscription from £5 per household ...  
NewsLetter96YouthChoir 05 Oct 2011 - 10:19 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Youth Choir: A Resounding Success At the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 28 August, the Taplow Youth Choir sang in a truly inspiring performance of Mendelssohn ...  
NewsLetter96bonfires 14 Oct 2011 - 10:59 - r1.4 FredRussell
Bonfires in a Conservation Area We are approaching the time when there is a lot of garden refuse to dispose of or burn and the question is occasionally asked whether ...  
NewsLetter97 17 May 2012 - 17:12 - r1.19 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 97 Spring 2012 NewsLetter97Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter97Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter97Editorial Editorial NewsLetter97SchoolWalk School ...  
NewsLetter97AGM 29 Mar 2012 - 09:49 - r1.2 KarlLawrence
SOMETHING'S BREWING SERECOLDS COMFORTS The coming of the railway brought something new to Taplow: commuters. Among the first was Charles Pearce-Serocold, senior ...  
NewsLetter97BigSociety 11 Apr 2012 - 15:51 - r1.4 GillianHolloway
The Big Society Is Here in Taplow Following the demise of Regional Planning, the over-centralised planning system that had evolved to become an instrument of national ...  
NewsLetter97Bishops 09 May 2012 - 14:58 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
The Bishop Centre Decision The application to build a supermarket and other retail outlets at the Bishop Centre was permitted by the South Bucks Planning Committee ...  
NewsLetter97Bless 15 Mar 2012 - 13:01 - r1.2 FredRussell

 
NewsLetter97Church 11 Apr 2012 - 13:20 - r1.5 GillianHolloway
Church Recording Church recorders are members or associate members of NADFAS (The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts), a society founded in 1968 by ...  
NewsLetter97ChurchNews 26 Mar 2012 - 16:59 - r1.2 FredRussell

 
NewsLetter97Conservation 15 Mar 2012 - 12:55 - r1.2 FredRussell
The Big Society is here in Taplow Following the demise of Regional Planning, the over-centralised planning system that had evolved to become an instrument of national ...  
NewsLetter97Cover 09 May 2012 - 15:10 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Bluebell Wood Andrew Findlay  
NewsLetter97Cricket 11 Apr 2012 - 13:26 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Our Cricket Club Events As well as an extremely busy programme of fixtures from April 22nd to August 27th, the club has a number of upcoming social events. June 24th ...  
NewsLetter97Debut 09 May 2012 - 15:10 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
Debut by Local Author When You’re Smiler by Nigel Smales is the story of his father Eddy, Sgt 'Smiler' Smales, one of the original cine-cameramen in the Army Film ...  
NewsLetter97Diary 09 May 2012 - 14:48 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Diary Dates Hitcham and Taplow Society Jun 23rd NewsLetter97VGP Village Green Party Nov 30th AGM at the Village Centre St Nicolas Church We are celebrating the centenary ...  
NewsLetter97DoYouKnow 11 Apr 2012 - 13:14 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Do You Know? More queries from visitors to our website. Answers to the Chairman, Karl Lawrence. Lionel Percy Smythe Sally Hayles writes: Can you help me? I am researching ...  
NewsLetter97Editorial 06 Oct 2012 - 15:41 - r1.7 FredRussell
Put the title here The combination of the new Localism Act and the all-too-loosely worded National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) spell out new opportunities and ...  
NewsLetter97Feathers 09 May 2012 - 14:38 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
The Four Feathers No, I don’t mean the book or the film. Back in ’09 the Feathers pub opposite Cliveden passed into new hands who then proceeded to renovate the building ...  
NewsLetter97Gilbert 09 May 2012 - 14:48 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Gilbert, Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte and the Dibdens Taplow has had a St Nicolas Church for over 1,300 years. The current one is a mere whippersnapper of 100. Its centenary ...  
NewsLetter97HeathRow 11 Apr 2012 - 13:06 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Heathrow Additional runway use trials These trials will affect Taplow of course so we shall just have to wait and see what happens about noise levels. Ed. People ...  
NewsLetter97Ladies 11 Apr 2012 - 13:24 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Ladies, are you new to Taplow? Taplow Hitcham Women’s Institute recently celebrated its 86th birthday with a delicious lunch which was enjoyed by all the members ...  
NewsLetter97NigelsBook 29 Mar 2012 - 09:40 - r1.2 KarlLawrence
DEBUT BY LOCAL AUTHOR When You’re Smiler by Nigel Smales is the story of his father Eddy, Sgt 'Smiler' Smales, one of the original ciné-cameramen in the Army Film ...  
NewsLetter97Nutt 09 May 2012 - 14:57 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
A Soldier's Tale Dick Nutt October 1942 March 1945. Officer Cadet to Lieutenant Oct ’42 Joined Royal Engineers, training to be an officer, including 6 months at ...  
NewsLetter97Officers 26 Apr 2012 - 18:21 - r1.5 FredRussell
Officers of the Society President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Bernard Trevallion OBE, Fred Russell Chairman: Karl Lawrence Vice Chairman: Neil Blundell ...  
NewsLetter97Olympian 09 May 2012 - 14:55 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
A Taplow Olympian (Lord Desborough's Sporting Legacy) This year, the year of the Olympics, the SGI-UK, a lay Buddhist centre in Taplow Court, are celebrating this ...  
NewsLetter97OlympicTorch 11 Apr 2012 - 12:55 - r1.4 GillianHolloway
The Olympic Torch in Taplow A total of 8,000 torch-bearers will take the torch on its 70-day journey, which begins at Land's End on the 19th May. Current information ...  
NewsLetter97SchoolWalk 09 May 2012 - 14:42 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
School Walk Round the Village On a couple of cold days in January, groups of six and seven years from St Nicolas' School were seen in Rectory Road and High Street ...  
NewsLetter97Slopers 09 May 2012 - 15:03 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Ally Sloper’s Family Takes the Field On a sunny June afternoon in the year 1888, an unusual cricket team made its appearance in the district. The team was called ...  
NewsLetter97SomethingsBrewing 30 Mar 2012 - 15:50 - r1.3 KarlLawrence
Something's Brewing-Serocold Comfort The coming of the railway brought something new to Taplow: commuters. Among the first was Charles Pearce-Serocold, senior partner ...  
NewsLetter97SomethingsBrewing-SerecoldsComforts 09 May 2012 - 14:48 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Something’s Brewing: Serocold Comforts The coming of the railway brought something new to Taplow: commuters. Among the first was Charles Pearce-Serocold, senior partner ...  
NewsLetter97SomethingsBrewingSerecoldsComfort 29 Mar 2012 - 11:30 - NEW FredRussell
Put the title here  
NewsLetter97TVP 09 May 2012 - 15:02 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Unlocking Potential through Play The Thames Valley Adventure Playground IMAGINE... if every family outing meant leaving out a member of your family, because it is ...  
NewsLetter97TaplowLodge 09 May 2012 - 15:08 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
TAPLOW LODGE Cliveden Road This is an intriguing (edited) article by Daman Torsden who was responsible for producing a horror film The Harrowing in Taplow back in ...  
NewsLetter97TaplowLodgeShort 25 Apr 2012 - 12:45 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Lodge On the site now occupied by Orkney Court once stood a grand house called Taplow Lodge. Owned by Patrick Craufurd Bruce MP from 1794 until his death in ...  
NewsLetter97TaplowPoet 11 Apr 2012 - 13:05 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
A Taplovian Poet A keen poet who discovered her literary talent after retiring from her job as a physiotherapist has emerged a double winner in a poetry competition ...  
NewsLetter97VGP 09 May 2012 - 14:31 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party The party will be on 23rd June 2012. Booking forms will be included with the paper Newsletter.  
NewsLetter97Vineyard 16 Mar 2012 - 16:15 - NEW FredRussell
A Taplow Vineyard When Iris Midlane and her late husband, John, bought Wickenden on the northern edge of Taplow in 1988, the purchase included two rather surprising ...  
NewsLetter97WhoKnows 30 Mar 2012 - 15:53 - r1.3 KarlLawrence
Do You Know? More queries from visitors to our website. Answers to the Chairman, Karl Lawrence. Lionel Percy Smythe Sally Hayles writes : Can you help me? I am researching ...  
NewsLetter98 23 Mar 2013 - 14:09 - r1.17 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 98 Autumn 2012 NewsLetter98Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter98Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter98Editorial Editorial NewsLetter98Subs HTS Subscription ...  
NewsLetter98AGM 14 Oct 2012 - 16:54 - r1.3 FredRussell
HTS AGM Friday 30th November at 8pm in the Village Centre  
NewsLetter98Allinthegames 11 Oct 2012 - 19:26 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
All in the Games One Magic Moment On 2nd January 2000, Phillip Wells was the first child to be baptised at St Nicolas' Church in the 21st Century. On 10th July this ...  
NewsLetter98Birdies 11 Oct 2012 - 19:32 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Where have all the Birdies gone? As you all know, Taplow is a part of the Chilterns, although not a part of the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB ...  
NewsLetter98BishopsCentre 15 Oct 2012 - 16:43 - r1.7 KarlLawrence
Death of an unique shopping village The thirty shops and the car wash which comprised the long established popular Bishop Centre Shopping Village have now closed ...  
NewsLetter98Churchrecording 15 Sep 2012 - 11:41 - NEW FredRussell
Church Recording revisited Church recorders are members or associate members of NADFAS (The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts), a society founded in ...  
NewsLetter98ClivedenRoundGarden 15 Oct 2012 - 17:53 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Revival of the Round Garden The ongoing restoration of the magnificent National Trust gardens and woodlands at Cliveden has revealed many secrets, including a long ...  
NewsLetter98Cover 27 Nov 2012 - 10:23 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Photo by Nigel Smales  
NewsLetter98Diary 17 Dec 2012 - 18:21 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Dates for your Diary HTS AGM: Friday 30th November at 8pm in the Village Centre Parish Council Mtgs. are to be held on 15 Jan 13 and 2 April 13 both commencing at ...  
NewsLetter98Editorial 11 Oct 2012 - 19:07 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Editorial I’ve lost count of how many editorials I have contributed to these newsletters, it may not be all that many in real terms I suppose, but it feels a lot ...  
NewsLetter98Fourfeathers 15 Oct 2012 - 11:04 - r1.2 FredRussell
The Four Feathers No, I don’t mean the book or the film. Back in ’09 the Feathers pub opposite Cliveden passed into new hands who then proceeded to renovate the building ...  
NewsLetter98ItsonlyWords 11 Oct 2012 - 19:33 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
It’s Only Words... We tend to take books for granted in the UK. They are a luxury in Lesotho. Jenny Dobson and the children of St Nicolas’ School are delighted to ...  
NewsLetter98JubileeBeacon 27 Nov 2012 - 10:25 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Torchlight Procession More pictures here: Main.JubileeProcession2012 Burnham Advertiser report: http://www.burnham-advertiser.co.uk/News/Areas/Burnham/Beacons-lit ...  
NewsLetter98MillLane 16 Oct 2012 - 11:45 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
The Mill Lane Saga Six months into its second year, the story of the Development Brief for the Mill Lane Opportunity Site required by South Bucks District Council ...  
NewsLetter98MineralExtraction 13 Oct 2012 - 19:37 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Gravel Extraction in Taplow The next phase of gravel extraction from Taplow Quarry will start soon, so the Community Liaison Group met for an update on 25th September ...  
NewsLetter98MonkeyRun 16 Oct 2012 - 12:11 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Monkey Run The Monkey Run began in 2003 as a challenge between a 1973 Hillman Imp and a 1982 Jaguar XJ6 to see who would triumph in a return trip to Monaco. When ...  
NewsLetter98Officers 22 Mar 2013 - 14:27 - r1.5 EvaLipman
Officers President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Karl Lawrence Vice Chairman Secretary: Neil Blundell ...  
NewsLetter98OlympicTorch 03 Oct 2012 - 15:18 - r1.2 FredRussell
All in the Games One Magic Moment On 2nd January 2000, Phillip Wells was the first child to be baptised at St Nicolas' Church in the 21st Century. On 10th July this ...  
NewsLetter98Punting 11 Oct 2012 - 15:54 - r1.2 FredRussell
Thames Punting Championships 2012 This event takes place on the Sunday immediately after Maidenhead Regatta. A warm and sunny day by the river, home-made cakes, and ...  
NewsLetter98RaftRace 11 Oct 2012 - 19:19 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Oarsome Jubilee Last summer Taplow celebrated the Royal Wedding with a Race to the Church. It seemed the right thing to do – wedding, church and all – but the helter ...  
NewsLetter98Subs 19 Oct 2012 - 10:22 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Subscriptions The HTS Subscription Year now matches the calendar year so subscriptions for 2013 will become due on January 1st. The new annual subscription rates ...  
NewsLetter98Taplowpoet 15 Sep 2012 - 11:38 - NEW FredRussell
A Taplovian Poet A keen poet who discovered her literary talent after retiring from her job as a physiotherapist has emerged a double winner in a poetry competition ...  
NewsLetter98VGP2012 15 Oct 2012 - 11:37 - NEW FredRussell
The Village Green party 2012 Again a success ... in its 27th year our annual Village Green party continues to be a prime event in the Taplow Village calendar ... ...  
NewsLetter98swimathon 18 Oct 2012 - 09:56 - r1.5 FredRussell
The Great Thames Long Swim In the early hours of 30th June 2012,100-plus swimmers supported by 25 colourful – and vociferous – kayakers took part in the inaugural ...  
NewsLetter99 14 Oct 2013 - 12:18 - r1.33 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter 99 Spring 2013 NewsLetter99Cover Cover Picture NewsLetter99Officers Officers of the Society NewsLetter99Editorial Not the Editorial NewsLetter99ThankYouFred ...  
NewsLetter99AnOddStory 10 May 2013 - 18:10 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
An Odd Story There are nearly 200 farm attractions in the UK. Taplow's is 'leading the way in terms of innovation, quality and customer experience'. Odds Farm Park ...  
NewsLetter99Answers 10 May 2013 - 17:58 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Any Answers? The truth is out there. Some people look for it on the http://www.taplowsociety.org.uk/ Society's website . Nowadays such enquiries tend to be passed ...  
NewsLetter99BoultersToBraySwim 10 May 2013 - 17:06 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Boulter's to Bray Swim Saturday 6th July, from Boulter's Lock to the Waterside Inn at Bray: a distance of 2.8km. Anyone wishing to take part needs a wetsuit and should ...  
NewsLetter99BritishLegion 10 May 2013 - 17:57 - r1.4 AndrewFindlay
Something to Remember Members of the Hitcham Taplow branch of the Royal British Legion contribute to send a small party of Scouts and Guides to the Festival of Remembrance ...  
NewsLetter99BurnsNight 18 Apr 2013 - 11:38 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Burn’s Night – 25/1/13 – Reply from the Lassies I didn’t intend to make a speech But Laird can be persuasive. I think perhaps in retrospect I should have been more ...  
NewsLetter99Carols2012 18 Apr 2013 - 18:03 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Carols on the Green December 2012 The 'official' carols were cancelled last year due to a clash with other events, but a hardy band assembled on the green anyway ...  
NewsLetter99Choirmaster 10 May 2013 - 17:11 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
American Choirmaster for Taplow Andrew Boddicker joins the Taplow Choirs from the USA where he was Director of the Boys' and Children's Choir and a teacher of music ...  
NewsLetter99Colophon 10 May 2013 - 18:18 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Colophon e-mail: editor@taplowsociety.org.uk phone: 01628 633962 Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the ...  
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NewsLetter99Diary 18 Apr 2013 - 18:00 - r1.9 AndrewFindlay
Diary Dates Sunday 19th May Maidenhead Rowing Club Junior Regatta Saturday 22th June Village Green Party Saturday 29th June Taplow Choir at St Luke's Church, Maidenhead ...  
NewsLetter99Editorial 10 May 2013 - 16:51 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
Not the Editorial I am a Newsletter without an Editor. I have been created by a committee. After so long in the wise and tender hands of Fred Russell it feels rather ...  
NewsLetter99Gages 10 May 2013 - 17:44 - r1.7 AndrewFindlay
Gazing on the Gages Cliveden Gages (Cliveden Village) has had a long and tortuous gestation, perhaps appropriately in view of its previous incarnation as a maternity ...  
NewsLetter99HedsorQuartet 10 May 2013 - 17:48 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Hedsor House and Quartet Hedsor House first opened for events five years ago and since then we have hosted over 250 weddings, numerous corporate events and a number ...  
NewsLetter99Jamie 10 May 2013 - 17:12 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Taplow Wombles My working day starts and ends with a brisk walk from my front door at to Platform 4 at Taplow Station. I need 13 minutes to make the train. All too ...  
NewsLetter99Officers 28 Mar 2013 - 11:25 - r1.4 EvaLipman
Officers President: Eva Lipman Vice Presidents: Tony Hickman, Fred Russell, Bernard Trevallion OBE Chairman: Karl Lawrence Vice Chairman Secretary: Neil Blundell ...  
NewsLetter99SecretGarden 10 May 2013 - 18:27 - r1.10 AndrewFindlay
Taplow's Secret Garden Look carefully, and you'll see something Scarlett in Old Priory Garden. Push on a little deeper, and you'll discover one or two Hills, some ...  
NewsLetter99TaplowCourt2013 10 May 2013 - 17:01 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Opening Times of Taplow Court in 2013 Taplow Court will be open on the following Sunday afternoons from 2:30pm – 5pm: 5th May, 2nd June, 7th July, 4th August, and ...  
NewsLetter99ThankYouFred 10 May 2013 - 17:01 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Thank You Fred Fred Russell became our Editor with Newsletter 70 in 1998. With characteristic modesty in his first editorial he hoped that 'this issue is up to its ...  
NewsLetter99VGP2013 08 Apr 2013 - 14:49 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Village Green Party 2013 22nd June 2013 See insert for details and booking form.  
NewsLetterIndex1 04 Aug 2011 - 18:11 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Index of Newsletter Articles Part 1: Issues 28 to 59 For some time I have been meaning to provide a comprehensive listing of all the significant articles that had ...  
NewsLetterStock 10 May 2013 - 18:21 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Newsletter Stock articles and ideas Newsletter99Upbeat Letter from the President Newsletter99GasHolder Gas Holder Mill Lane Newsletter99ChurchRecording Church Recording ...  
Newsletter86ClivedenRoadclosure 27 Aug 2006 - 12:35 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Cliveden Road Closure A condition for the redevelopment of the Canadian Red Cross Hospital site at Cliveden states that additional visibility splays for vehicle drivers ...  
Newsletter86DelegatedAuthority 06 Sep 2006 - 15:26 - r1.5 FredRussell
The Powers of Delegation The new planning laws that were recently implemented now grant special powers to our planning officers. Individual planning officers are ...  
Newsletter86StatementofCommunityInvolvement 05 Sep 2006 - 17:43 - r1.3 AndrewFindlay
Statement of Community Involvement The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires South Bucks District Council (SBDC) to produce a Local Development Framework ...  
Newsletter86TaplowToilets 27 Aug 2006 - 12:09 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Living in Taplow Toilets We were the first family to move in to Cedar Chase, in August 1966 – there were in fact two couples already living on the estate, but they ...  
Newsletter89AGMannouncement 18 Apr 2008 - 15:39 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Notice of AGM The Annual General Meeting of the Hitcham and Taplow Society will take place at 8 pm on Friday 31st October at the Village Centre, High Street, Taplow ...  
Newsletter89ChristmasParty 28 Apr 2008 - 15:26 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Taplow Christmas Tree In 2006 the Parish Council organised a carol-singing event on the Village Green. It took place by the barn (the best light source) on the ...  
Newsletter89HealthAct 18 Apr 2008 - 15:35 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Town and Parish Councils: Democracy at the Grass Roots The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act This Act would appear to be an honest attempt to ...  
Newsletter89JerryBurleytribute 21 Apr 2008 - 22:11 - r1.3 GillianHolloway
Our Friend Jerry Burley, 1931-2008 On New Year's Day, 1988, the Burley family moved into Maryfield, and once again the house was a family home. Before arriving in ...  
Newsletter89PlanningBill 18 Apr 2008 - 15:37 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Planning Bill Update A criticism of the Planning Bill, at the 'white-paper' stage, featured in the Winter edition of the Newsletter. Further scrutiny reveals that ...  
Newsletter90AGMannouncement 16 Sep 2008 - 13:04 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Notice of AGM The Annual General Meeting of the Hitcham and Taplow Society will take place on Friday 31 October at the Village Centre, High Street, Taplow, starting ...  
Newsletter90MillPlans 01 Oct 2008 - 18:28 - r1.6 AndrewFindlay
Plans for the Paper Mill Site and Skindles On 16 September 2008 the developers held an exhibition at the mill. They showed plans covering the area from the A4 at ...  
Newsletter90Raffle 19 Sep 2008 - 19:05 - NEW AndrewFindlay
TVAP Raffle The raffle at the 2008 Village Green Party was in aid of Thames Valley Adventure Playground. It was very successful, raising £628.50. Nicky Hutchinson ...  
Newsletter90ThirdRunway 16 Sep 2008 - 13:05 - r1.2 GillianHolloway
Do We Need a Third Runway? Last November the government put its proposals to expand Heathrow out to public consultation and in essence what it wants is: More planes ...  
Newsletter91MillPlans 13 May 2009 - 19:47 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Mill Lane Development On 26 March, Hunter Page Planning set out a second public exhibition of their plans for the redevelopment of the Mill Lane area. For those of ...  
Newsletter91SirJohnPage 12 May 2009 - 19:56 - r1.5 KarlLawrence
Sir John Page, 1919-2008 Sir John Page was a founder member of the the Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society in 1959 and an active Vice-President until 1974. Each ...  
Newsletter91SirJohnPageSirJohnPage 26 Apr 2009 - 20:19 - NEW KarlLawrence
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Newsletter92AGM 05 Nov 2009 - 18:57 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
AGM The Annual General Meeting of the Hitcham and Taplow Society will take place on Thursday 29 October at The Village Centre, High Street, Taplow, starting at 8pm ...  
Newsletter92MillLane 27 Sep 2009 - 14:25 - NEW KarlLawrence
Mill Lane : What Next? The Royal Borough Council and the Taplow Parish Council voiced the view of the majority of their electorates in asking the South Bucks District ...  
Newsletter92Thebeatles 05 Oct 2009 - 16:27 - r1.5 AndrewFindlay
The Beatles at Cliveden An item selected by Miv Wayland Smith from his exhibit Film, TV and Music at the Taplow Heritage Exhibition. At a time when the Beatles are ...  
Newsletter9350YearsoftheSociety 17 Mar 2010 - 16:46 - NEW KarlLawrence
50 Years of the Society  
Newsletter93AletterfromthePresident 28 Apr 2010 - 18:04 - r1.8 AndrewFindlay
A letter from the President I feel greatly honoured by being elected your President and feel even more so on looking back on our distinguished list of Presidents ...  
Newsletter93HistoryofTheSociety 17 Mar 2010 - 16:20 - NEW KarlLawrence
50 Years of the Society  
Newsletter99Article 23 Mar 2013 - 12:35 - NEW EvaLipman
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Newsletter99ChurchRecording 28 Mar 2013 - 13:40 - r1.2 NigelSmales
Church Recording Church recorders are members or associate members of NADFAS (The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts), a society founded in 1968 by ...  
Newsletter99DropmoreHouse 10 May 2013 - 17:45 - r1.9 AndrewFindlay
Dropmore House A group of Taplow residents were invited to meet with the team of architects and planners who are intending to correct the disaster that the previous ...  
Newsletter99GasHolder 18 Mar 2013 - 19:02 - NEW EvaLipman
Gas Holder Mill Lane I have been informed by the National Grid that the gas holder at Mill Lane Taplow has been decommissioned and will not be used for gas storage ...  
Newsletter99TaplowsSecret 21 Mar 2013 - 16:51 - NEW FredRussell
Taplow's Secret Garden  
Newsletter99TheOldChurchyard 28 Mar 2013 - 13:50 - r1.5 NigelSmales
The Old Churchyard Taplow Court There has been a small subsidence at the Old Churchyard which means that because of possible danger to the public it is closed until ...  
Newsletter99Upbeat 28 Mar 2013 - 12:54 - r1.2 NigelSmales
Letter from the President I thought that I would strive for an upbeat note in these increasingly depressing times. You will see from articles in this and recent newsletters ...  
Newsletter99X1 23 Mar 2013 - 12:26 - NEW EvaLipman
Upbeat You will see from a couple of the articles in this newsletter as well as in previous ones, that we are extremely fortunate that some, although by no means ...  
Newsletter99X2 23 Mar 2013 - 12:34 - NEW EvaLipman
Upbeat This will be the first editorial I have written and thought that I would strive for an upbeat note in these increasingly depressing times. You will see from ...  
Newsletter99X3 24 Mar 2013 - 23:32 - NEW EvaLipman
The Old Churchyard Taplow Court About two weeks after the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of HM the Queen on June 4th, the Old Churchyward had to be closed to the pbulic ...  
PlayPage15 02 Nov 2008 - 17:50 - NEW EvaLipman
Sir Jack Page It is with deep regret that I have to announce the death on Friday November 30th 2008 of Sir John Page our much beloved longstanding member and committed ...  
ProductionTimeline 06 Aug 2007 - 15:52 - NEW AndrewFindlay
Newsletter production time-line It takes time to produce a newsletter. Here is a guide to planning the job: Task Time allowed Start time before publication Gather ...  
TechnicalDetails 29 Apr 2009 - 18:03 - r1.2 AndrewFindlay
Newsletter technical details The Newsletter of the Hitcham and Taplow Preservation Society is published twice per year, with spring and autumn editions. It is an ...  
TheHistoryOfTheOrchard 19 Oct 2016 - 14:45 - NEW AndrewFindlay
The History of the Orchard, High Street, Taplow This is the original version of the article that appeared in Newsletter 105 About a year ago Nigel asked me to write ...  
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Hitcham and Taplow Society Newsletter The Hitcham and Taplow Society Newsletter is published twice per year. Current Issue NewsLetter106 Newsletter 106: Autumn 2016 ...  
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