October 2008 Archives

There was a knitting marathon to make sure a shire horse stays warm for the winter.
Sovereign dropped his normal leather reins and spruced himself up with a new colourful set.
Visitors to the Chiltern Open Air Museum on October 18 and 19 took part in a knitting marathon to make 36 feet of new driving reins.

Two students were treated for smoke inhalation after a bin caught fire in a suspected arson attack.
The incident happened at Buckinghamshire New University in Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles on Sunday, October 26.

by Kathy Miller

FIREFIGHTERS were asked to abandon their hose pipes and pick up spades instead when they were called out to dig a Jack Russell out of a drain pipe at a golf course.
The dog ran off from the public footpath that runs through Oaklands Park golf club, Chalfont St Giles and found his way down a 15-metre long overflow pipe, where he promptly got stuck, requiring both the detective and digging skills of a Gerrards Cross fire crew to rescue him.

Children in Need takes place on Friday, November 14 and people across the country will be taking part in events from sponsored silences to jumping out of planes!

Children in Need takes place on Friday, November 14 and people across the country will be taking part in events from sponsored silences to jumping out of planes!

Children at Chalfont St Peter Church of England school learned all about life Down Under for their art week.

Fireworks have been seized by Trading Standards Standards officers in Chalfont St Peter as they were being illegally stored.

Chalfont St Giles Infant and Nursery School was delighted to learn the school had rocketed to success by achieving the highest possible rating of 'outstanding' in its recent Ofsted report.

Residents of Deadhearn Lane and Gorelands Lane in Chalfont St Giles are dismayed to learn that it might take up to three years for Bucks County Council (BCC) to clear drains which regularly become blocked and lead to flooding during heavy rainfall.

by Kathy Miller
kathymiller@trinitysouth.co.uk

Visitors from Chalfont St Giles' twin town in Holland were shocked to find that their coach had been damaged by vandals during their stay in the village.
During a visit over the weekend of October 11 and 12 hosted by the twinning association for 25 residents of Graft-De Rijp in Holland, the Dutch driver was given permission to leave his coach overnight in the surgery car park on Townfield Lane. When the party came to board the coach for Sunday's outing, they found scratches and dents in the paintwork, apparently caused by stones hurled at the vehicle. While the damage was not sufficient to keep the coach off the road, it did delay the party's departure by an hour.