February 2009 Archives

A Chalfont St Giles man was sentenced to 15 years in prison this week for an attempted robbery in Berkshire ten years ago.
Gary Mills, 32, of Fleetwood Close, was handed the sentence at Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty to a host of offences including attempted robbery, possession of a firearm with intent to cause violence, dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice.

The Annual Meeting of the Chalfont St Giles Revitalisation Committee will take place on Monday, March 23 at 6.15pm in the Gardens Association Hall in School Lane.

A new cycle path could soon be built between Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St Giles if Bucks County Council can secure funding for it.
If the route is built, it will run along Narcot Lane between the two villages, starting near the Chalfonts Community College and ending at the roundabout in Chalfont St Giles near to the White Hart pub.

A mentoring service is doing great work with young people in the Chilterns.
And now the service, a registered charity called The Chiltern Lighthouse, is holding a special one off event in a bid to recruit volunteer mentors.
The event will take place on Saturday, February 28, at The Garden Room, School Lane, Chalfont St Giles, when principals of the charity will be on hand to give a clear insight into the work envisaged. The day's activities will take place from 12.45pm until 5pm.

Diana Penrose owns All Dressed Up in Chalfont St Giles. She has run the shop in the High Street for six and a half years having previously operated from her home. She talked to us about the business.

Why did you open a shop after running the business from home?
My house was becoming very cluttered up with fancy dress costumes and it was becoming a pain so I decided to open it as a shop. Since then we have expanded into areas that we did not cover before. For example, if someone is having a fancy dress party we can come out and decorate the venue in the style of a casino or a disco or whatever it is they are after.

Two houses were targeted when burglers rummaged through people's possessions but stole nothing.
At around 4.30pm on Monday, February 16 a property in Orchard Road was broken into via a rear kitchen window and on 1pm the following day, offenders broke into a home in Kings House.
If you have any information call 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0 800 555 111.

Chalfont St Giles will be hosting a series of Lent lunches starting on Friday.
They will run for six weeks in the Reading Room on Fridays from 11.30am-2pm. There will be a selection of soups with cheese, bread and tea of coffee. Funds raised from the lunches will go towards supporting to missionary families from Chalfont St Giles who work with drug addicts to try and rebuild families.

Villagers gathered in Chalfont St Giles and Seer Green this week for a day of pancake fun in order to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.
In Chalfont St Giles pancakes were made and served all day in the church's Reading Room, which was turned into a Pancake Cafe for the event which was organised by Chalfont St Giles parish church.
Around 1,100 of the snacks were made throughout the day, ranging from savoury to sweet.

The Friends of Chalfont St Giles Community Library present Monica Wellar who will talk about her book 'Ruth Ellis' in the Gardens Association Hall, School Lane on Thursday, February 26 at 8pm.
Tickets priced at £3.50 from Community Library 01494 874732.

Spring Stitching 2009 at Deanway United Church, Chalfont St Giles 7pm - 10pm Monday, February 23.
£1 per session Adults & children, Senior Citizens 50p, coffee and biscuits included. All welcome.