COOKHAM
SCHOOLS SPRINT TO SUCCESS
15
December 2014
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Cookham’s
primary school children took to the Alfred Major Recreation Ground for
the second fixture in the RBWM/Cookham Running Club Primary Cross
Country League on December 10th. . The event, co-organised by
Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, is a 3-fixture league between the
four Cookham schols including Cookham Rise, Cookham Dean and Herries
Preparatory.
On
a crisp afternoon, the year 3 girls were first off and were led home by
Sadie Huddleston from Holy Trinity (HT) with a storming run that saw her
finish almost a minute ahead of her nearest rival, Eva Warrington of
Cookham Rise(CR). Sam Gavin (CR) ran strongly to edge off Isaac Cozens
(HT) in the Year 3 boys race while Millie Elwood finished (Herries)
finished ahead of Macey Yazdi (HT) in the Year 4 girls event. Holy
Trinity’s Jacob Youthed repeated his Year 4 boys’ victory while
Sasha Tuke and Frank McGrath (both Holy Trinity) were convincing winners
in their respective Year 5 races. Herries had another winner in Daisy
Sturt (Year 6) while Iwan Hughes (CR) powered home ahead of teammate
Alex Bate in the Year 6 boys race.
There
is all to run for in the final fixture after Christmas with medals for
leading individuals and teams up for grabs and an impressive shield to
be presented to the overall winning school, currently lead by Holy
Trinity ahead of Cookham Rise. Pictured is Frank McGrath winning the Yr
5 Boys race for Holy Trinity.
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CHRISTMAS
QUIZ FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
14
December 2014
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Custodians at the Stanley Spencer
Gallery have produced a delightful Christmas Quiz, illustrating 17
of Spencer's paintings and asking you to decide where in Cookham these
were painted. Please email shez@stanleyspencer.org.uk
if you would like copies of these.
Should our
quiz inspire a family visit to the Gallery, please note the
opening times below:
Special Christmas openings:
11am to 3pm, not open 23 December 2014, Christmas Eve or Christmas
Day, then open continuously 11am to 4.30pm from Boxing Day until
Sunday 4th January.
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BOXING
DAY REMEDIES FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
14
December 2014
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A
perfect restorative for family and friends, post-turkey, post-pud, may
be a choice of walks following in Stanley Spencer's
footsteps around Cookham. Our new full-colour Guide, 'The
Cookham Walk' can help fill-in your Spencer knowledge delightfully, or
spark a lifetime of interest in this most mystical of painters. Just
pop into the Gallery to obtain The Cookham Walk at £2.95,
or even better, one of our
Festive Gift packs at £10.00 (value £15.00), which includes
The Cookham Walk and other items, plus a 2 for 1 voucher for Gallery
entry.
Special Christmas openings:
11am to 3pm, 23 December 2014, not open Christmas Eve or Christmas
Day, then open continuously 11am to 4.30pm from Boxing Day until
Sunday 4th January.
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FOOTBALL
TO HONOUR 1914 CHRISTMAS TRUCE CENTENARY THIS DECEMBER
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December 2014
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Saturday
6 December 2014
Cookham Dean FC and R.E.M.E are to commemorate the centenary of one of
the most iconic moments of the First World War - the 1914 Christmas
Truce – as part of a week of remembrance activity in December
2014.Teams will combine for a mixed squad photo before kick-off. This
picture will be uploaded to social media using #FootballRemembers
and will be hosted on footballremembers.com
R.E.M.E stands for the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and
they will be unfurling their Corps Flag for the photo with us at
Cookham -
the picture will be taken shortly before kick off.
Fixture details
Saturday 6 December 2014
BTC Senior Cup 2nd Round
Cookham Dean v R.E.M.E Aborfield
Kick Off 1.30
Football to honour 1914 Christmas Truce centenary this December
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Every club in
the country – from the Premier League to the grassroots - are being
asked to create a unique photographic record of football a century on
from the Christmas Truce
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The
same activity will happen at every match – a mixed squad photo
featuring both teams in the spirit of the togetherness shown by troops
from both sides in December 1914
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Teams will
combine for a mixed squad photo before kick-off. This picture can be
uploaded to social media using #FootballRemembers and will be hosted
on footballremembers.com
Cookham
Dean FC and R.E.M.E are
to commemorate the centenary of one of the most iconic moments of the
First World War - the 1914 Christmas Truce – as part of a week of
remembrance activity in December 2014.
'Football Remembers Week' will take
place from 5-14 December. A joint collaboration between The FA, the
Premier League, the Football League and the British Council, the aim
is to engage football fans and players at every level about what took
place on Christmas Day one hundred years ago on the battlefields in
Belgium.
On 25 December 1914, soldiers from both
sides put down their weapons and crossed into ‘no man’s land’ to
share in an impromptu ceasefire. First-hand accounts from the time
include references to football being played and photographs taken.
All photos uploaded to social media
using #footballremembers will be automatically uploaded to a special
website – www.footballremembers.com.
The site shall act as a moment of record of football in 2014, a
century on from the First World War, and will be preserved for future
generations.
HRH The Duke of Cambridge, President of The FA, said: “It promises
to be a powerful way to engage and educate young people about such an
important moment in our history. We all grew up with the story of
soldiers from both sides putting down their arms on Christmas Day, and
it remains wholly relevant today as a message of hope over adversity,
even in the bleakest of times.”
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How
it will work
For ALL matches taking place from 5-14 December, all players
involved will pose together in a mixed group photograph as a mark of
respect to those on both sides that took part in the 1914 Christmas
Truce. Each home team should nominate someone to take the photo.
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Fans, teams and schools will be asked to upload their
pre-match pictures via social media over the course of Football
Remembers Week. Any match of any size can be uploaded, from school to
Sunday league fixtures, five-a-side matches to kickabouts in the back
garden.
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Those posting photos to social media should use #footballremembers
to ensure it is uploaded to the special footballremembers.com
website. Any other information is welcome.
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The website shall act as a moment of record of football
in 2014, a century on from the First World War, and will be preserved
for future generations.
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ELIZABETH
HOUSE RECEIVES QUEEN'S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICES
25
November 2014
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A
ceremony to honour those organisations awarded the Queen’s Award for
Voluntary Service (the equivalent of an MBE for an organisation) took
place on Tuesday, 18 November at Newbury College.
Liz
Dye, long serving volunteer and former manager at Elizabeth House,
accepted the award from the Duke of Gloucester on behalf of the
Elizabeth House volunteers. She was accompanied on the platform
(pictured) by assistant manager Jill Morris and volunteer and trustee
Val Eckett.
“We
will display with pride the domed glass crystal and the certificate
signed by HM The Queen at Elizabeth House in recognition of all our
wonderful volunteers” said Lynne Hatch, manager.
A
further eight volunteers from Elizabeth House attended the ceremony:
Linda Addis; Sally Adamson; Olive Carmody; Joan Dean; Jenny Elton;
Margaret Mellon; Pat Middleton (former manager and chairman) and Mary
Purdie.
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A
VERY SPECIAL SPENCER SOIRÉE
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November 2014
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On Friday 21st November a very special
Spencer Soirée was held at Cliveden House to celebrate Spencer's love
of music. It started with a champagne reception followed by a concert
with Alexandra Wood playing the violin and Hugh Watkins on the piano.
The concert included a specially commissioned piece for violin and piano
by the composer John Woolrich who was there to present his composition
which was being played for the first time. Hugh Watkins also
played a solo piece for piano which h had composed based on the series
of paintings by Spencer, 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde'.
The concert was followed by dinner,
with over one hundred people in Cliveden's Terrace dining room. Lord
Astor who is President of the Trustees of the Stanley Spencer Gallery
gave a short talk. Lord Astor had known Cliveden well as a child as his
family had owned the property. The evening had been organised by Chris
Smyth from Cookham Dean who is the Treasurer for the Gallery.
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COMING
SHORTLY STANLEY SPENCER WINTER EXHIBITION
1
November 2014
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 The
Stanley Spencer Gallery’s Winter Exhibition continues the theme of
Spencer’s recovery from his traumatic First World War experiences to
produce some of his finest and most hauntingly memorable works. The
exhibition includes wonderful, monumental works on loan from the Tate,
such as the disturbing painting, The Bridge, 1920, with its fan-like
arrangements of identically-clothed young men gazing from Cookham Bridge,
and the mystical Christ Carrying the Cross, set in front of
Spencer’s home in Cookham High Street.
The
Stanley Spencer Gallery was named by ArtFund this year as one of the
five most 'unmissable' small Art Galleries in the UK.
It is also the proud possessor of a Michelin Star in the Great
Britain Michelin Green Guide.
Thursday
November 6th until Sunday 29th March
Winter
Exhibition, Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham High Street
Opening
hours: Thursday
to Sunday 11.00 am to 4.30pm
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OWL
NESTING BOXES
25
October 2014
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 A
wonderful team in Bisham are making owl and kestrel nesting boxes and
are looking for places to put them up in time for the winter. If
you have a suitable garden or some land, please contact Michael on 01628
483 803. Tawny owls like woods and copses and Barn owls like rough
grassland and fields.
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VILLAGE
LEAGUE FOR COOKHAM SCHOOLS
15
October 2014
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VILLAGE
school children are set to take part in the first stage of the inaugural
Cookham Primary Schools Cross Country League on Wednesday October 22.
Pupils from Holy Trinity C of E Primary, Cookham Dean School, Cookham
Rise and Herries are participating in the League which will take place
in the Alfred Major Recreation Ground.
A
joint venture between Holy Trinity C of E Primary, Cookham Running Club
and the RBWM Sports Development team, each of the events will feature 8
races, one for boys and girls in years 3-6. Points will be allocated to
each runner and prizes for the winning individuals and winning school
teams will be awarded after the third event in February.
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COOKHAM
COPAS TURKEY TROT
13
October 2014
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COOKHAM Running
Club’s inaugural Copas Turkey Trot 5 mile cross country run over
private land belonging to the Copas Partnership at Mount Farm on Sunday
12th October, was a huge success with over 100 runners taking part.
Local triathlete Graham Williamson from Marlow took the honours on
the tough, undulating course through ploughed fields with Anna Slater
winning the women’s race. Both received a voucher for an organic
Christmas turkey hamper worth £150. Cookham youngsters Harry Turner and
Frank McGrath finished second in the junior events.
Men:
Graham
Williams (Cookham RC) 30.25
Ben
Whalley (U/A) 32.22
Gary
Knight (Cookham RC) 33.33
Women:
Anna
Slater (Cookham RC) 33.33
Under
15 Boys:
Nathan
Brammar (Maidnehead) 5.00
Harry
Turner (Cookham) 5.10
Finn
Bell (Maidenhead) 5.14
Under
12 Boys:
Harvey
Bell (Maidenhead) 5.11
Frank
McGrath (Cookham) 5.43
Taylor
Gibson (Cookham) 6.12
Under
15 Girls:
Abbie
Jones (MAC) 5.15
Olivia
Lowrie 5.28
Hatty
Bell 5.33
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ACUPUNCTURE
CLINIC IN COOKHAM
9
October 2014
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Three
friends and acupuncturists, Inna, Padma and Tess, have opened a
multi-bed acupuncture clinic at Elizabeth House in Cookham. The clinic
is open every Monday from 3.30 to 8.30pm.
A
multi-bed clinic allows several people to receive acupuncture at the
same time. The practitioner treats one person, and whilst that
person is relaxing with the needles in, the practitioner then moves on
to the next patient. By treating more people at the same time, the
cost of the treatment is kept low. Each patient chooses how much he
wants to pay from £10 upwards.
As
well as the reduced costs, another benefit of receiving treatment in a
multi-bed environment is the community spirit that emerges when several
people are treated together.
For
a informal telephone consultation, any queries or to book an
appointment,
call 07756557669, or email info@healthyrootsacupuncture.co.uk.
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SPENCER
GALLERY AND THE JOKER (AFTER PICASSO)
7
October 2014
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SSG
was recently the host, and the prize, for an art competition for schools
in Berkshire. The competition was managed by Creative Junction, an arts
based educational organisation located in Slough, and involved primary,
secondary and special schools. The competition was linked to The
Sainsbury’s Games for Berkshire Schools.
There
were seven regional winners and then one overall winner chosen from
these seven works of art. Each winning school was offered an exclusive,
free visit to SSG with a gallery talk and guided walk around Cookham.
The
judges Andy de Mille, Ann Danks and Paul Grandidge, found their task
stimulating, very challenging and thoroughly enjoyable. There were many
lively debates about the merits of the entries which totalled well over
one hundred. Anna Jones, Director of Creative Junction, was on hand to
display the art in SSG and ensure that the judges reached agreement. All
the work was of a very high standard and it was wonderful to see that
creative activities are still very much alive in our local schools.
 The
winning entry was The Joker which was created by children from Lynch
Hill Primary School, Slough. The class had worked with their teacher on
producing relief work based on some of Picasso’s paintings. The judges
chose this work from many others of a very high standard as the children
had clearly looked closely at Picasso’s style and then, rather than
copy an existing Picasso, they had created their own image in the style
of Picasso.
We
were delighted work in partnership with Creative Junction to support
this excellent event and we now await the visit of the schools to SSG as
they claim their prize.
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SUCCESS
FOR LOCAL ARTISTS
7
October 2014
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The red dots are going up on the
painting and woodcuts at the exhibition of work by Andy de Mille and
Karen Goldschmidt at the Gallery at Elizabeth House. At an open
event on Saturday, there was a steady stream of visitors (and buyers)
and the show will remain open through October. Another Saturday
opening will be held on 24th October. The photo shows Karen and
Andy with some of the woodcuts on show. The exhibition also
includes a series of Andy's recently-completed oil paintings of Winter
Hill.
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FASHION
SHOW RAISES £600 FOR THAMES HOSPICECARE
1
October 2014
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A
fashion show held on Monday September 29th at the Bel & The Dragon
in Cookham and presented by The Little Shop, Cookham raised more than £600
for Thames Hospicecare. Nine models featured designer fashion from the
autumn winter collections of Basler,
Luisa Cerano, Greenstone,
Schneiders, Michelle and Airfield.
The
show was attended by over 80 supporters of the Hospice who enjoyed
champagne and canapés as they watched the show. A raffle was held which
included prizes of £250 voucher for The Little Shop, and dinner for two
at The Bel & Dragon.
Ronnie
Kimbugwe Bel & The Dragon Group Head Chef said
“We are delighted to be able to work with The Little Shop again to
help raise funds for such a worthy cause.”
Photo
caption Sarah King, The Little Shop, Lauren Jackson Manager Bel &
The Dragon, Ronnie Kimbugwe
with five of
the models.
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CHESHAM'S
SCOPE IN COOKHAM
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September 2014
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In
September the Stanley Spencer Gallery had a visit from four artists
accompanied from a group called 'The Birchwood Painters'. These
artists all live at Scope's Chesham residential service.
The group is led by Community Artist, Anita Osborne
The
group enjoyed a guided tour of the current exhibition followed
by a walk along the High Street to see at first hand some
of the locations featured in Spencer's work. Some of the artists
made preliminary sketches of 'Unveiling the war memorial' whilst
others compared how Stanley used local buildings and scenes with
their own work.
The
photographs were taken by one of their artist volunteers.
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CAN
YOU DONATE TO MAIDENHEAD FOOD SHARE?
25
September 2014
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Please can you
donate to Maidenhead Food Share?
tinned meat/fish. tinned vegetables, soup, cooking sauces, herbs/spices,
breakfast cereals, tea bags, instant coffee, sugar, UHT milk, rice, instant mash,
tinned desserts, biscuits/snack bars, jams, fruit juice
Food donations can be dropped off at the following locations in Cookham:
Holy Trinity Church, Church Gate, Cookham 10 - 4pm, except during services
St. John the Baptist Church, Church Road, Cookham Dean 10 - 4pm, except during services
Cookham Rise Primary School, High Road, Cookham Monday to Friday 9 - 3pm, during school term
You can donate money to Maidenhead Foodbank on the Open Kitchen website at
www.foodshare.today
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COOKHAM
FRIENDS SET UP NEW FLORISTRY BUSINESS
16
September 2014
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Cookham friends
Claire Woods and Chantal Williams last week launched a floristry
business with a difference. Bloom & More, situated at Spittal Street
in Marlow, provides flowers for weddings, special events, hotels,
restaurants and vase services for the home. In addition to the
flowers, Bloom & More offers interesting plants and one off vintage
pieces.
Claire
and Chantal, who met through their children at school, have over 25
years’ experience in the floral retail industry. They have worked
for some of the most highly regarded florists in London as well as
creating flowers for weddings and events in Europe, Tokyo, New York,
Seoul, Brisbane and Sydney.
Chantal
Williams (left) and Claire Woods (right)
Claire
Woods said, “Our first few days of opening were a great success
and we’ve had some good feedback from local residents. As a result, we
decided to extend our opening hours to cater for shoppers and visitors
to the area on a Sunday.”
Having
provided flowers for clients all over the world, the pair
wanted to bring their international experience to the local area.
Chantal
Williams said, “We identified a niche in the market for unique,
interesting floral creations, bringing clients beautiful, seasonal
flowers combined with a friendly service.
“As
part of our initial marketing
strategy, we are leaving bouquets in random local locations, then
asking recipients to post a photo of the flowers and ‘like’ on
Facebook.”
Bloom
& More’s shop front is open Thursday- Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm, and Sundays
11am-4pm, and other times by appointment.
www.bloomandmore.co.uk
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COOKHAM
AND MAIDENHEAD ARTS TRAIL
13
September 2014
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On
September 27th and 28th, a group of local artists will launch the first
ever Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail. Comprising 27 entries
in 17 venues across Cookham and Maidenhead, the trail will
feature paintings in oil, watercolour and acrylic, drawings, print
making, photography, ceramics, architectural glass, installation,
sculpture, embroidery, lamp-work glass and silver jewellery.
An
arts trail encourages visitors to meet the artists and talk to them
about their work, learn about their practise or see them in
action. Trail organiser Sarah Luton says "this format gives
the artist an opportunity to display their work under their
own terms, often in their own working environment rather than in a
gallery or shop." For painter Mandy McAllen it's about meeting
people and making a personal connection. She believes "it adds
value to a piece if the owner knows something about the artist
and how they work. It's also important that people who may
never consider visiting a gallery should feel comfortable about
looking at art in less intimidating and sometimes very interesting
venues."
Website: www.camat.org.uk
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COOKHAM
AU PAIRS GET TOGETHER
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September 2014
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The Au Pair gathering at the King's Arm
on 2nd September was a great success. Around ten au pairs turned
up from Spain, France, Estonia and Germany.
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TALKBACK
VISIT THE GALLERY
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August 2014
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On Wednesday 21 August 2014 the Stanley
Spencer Gallery hosted an event for 18 young people and five
staff/volunteers from Talkback. Talkback aims to enable people with a
learning disability to build and use the skills that will enhance their
quality of life and to be as independent as they can and want to be. The
theme this year was 'community'. Ann Danks took the visitors on a walk
around Cookham to see the locations Stanley incorporated from his
community into his paintings. The visitors then were introduced to the
paintings in the Gallery for those locations to see how he incorporated
residents into those paintings and watched a short video from Chrissy
Rosenthal in which local residents described him and his work. They then
selected an activity from a range of activities devised by Denise
Cottrell which included either completing a sketch based on one of the
paintings or making a story about the people in Christ Carrying the
Cross, placing themselves and their family and friends in the house and
watching what was going on outside in the street. Everyone then had
lunch and a discussion in the Parish Center.
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FIRST
EVER SUMMER HOLIDAY CHURCH KIDS' CAMP IN COOKHAM
4
August 2014
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"First Ever Summer Holiday Church Kids Camp in Cookham - it's a
week long and it costs £30". If you read that sentence a few
times and if you are a working parent you will probably think what I
thought - "BONUS" and you might even have done what I did
which was hotfoot it down to The Stationery Depot and buy a ticket. Read
on and I might be able to convince you that it will be worth it next
year when the organiser and her "glamorous assistant" are
persuaded that they really do have the stamina to do it all over again.
Not only did I buy a ticket for my 6 year old but I also volunteered to
be a group leader...This entailed making sure that eleven 6 year olds
got safely from the Parish Centre to the Paddock to the Church and back
again about 6 times a day for all the planned activities, supervising
picnic lunches and generally making sure that none of the littlies had
run off or were in tears for longer than thirty seconds.
 If
you read that sentence a few times and if you are a working parent you
are probably thinking "That is mad - why did she do that?"
Honestly there were two reasons - one was a set of master
manipulation tactics from my six year old daughter - and the other was a
strong sense of wanting to give something to the church and to the
community in terms of time and effort not money.
When we needed the church last year at the time of a family
bereavement they were there for us so this was my opportunity to do
something in return. Just what a "something" I had no idea. No
idea of the sheer exhaustion at the end of every day, no idea of how
amazing it was to see children learning how to be part of a team or
apologising to each other when they did something wrong or helping each
other when they needed each other. And a reminder of how magical it is
to see elderly people teaching and helping young children. But I had no
idea how to mastermind any sort of group activity - being particularly
lacking in arts and crafts skills. I am also particularly lacking in
remembering anything about bible themes but was leading a daily 45
minute group session - HELP. But that arrived in the form of a friend
who teaches and who did a lesson plan for both of us for the first
couple of days with arts and crafts thrown in - my group were thrilled
to paint a polystyrene cup blue, glue on their cut out figure of Jesus
and colour him in, thread a ribbon through a hole in the bottom of the
cup and hey presto there's a cloud on the top with a personalised
message about The Ascension written on the back. Job Done. But that was
only 45 minutes. The rest of their day was filled with Games Time aka
rounders, tag rugby, football, beach volleyball, badminton and a kids
Boot Camp in the Paddock; Blue Peteresque arts and crafts in the Briggs
room and I mean properly amazing arts and crafts run by ladies who can
sew and make bracelets out of beads and help with making an aquarium out
of blue card, stick on glittery sea creatures, cut out decorated paper
fish, string them into twine fold the paper across, make a couple of
neat holes and then stick a straw in between to dangle the fish on.
RESPECT to those ladies.
There was quilting for the older ones, daily quizzes, Dave the Disco
for everyone (can someone please tell me where he gets his energy?) and
donated hotdogs choccie cake and ice lollies for lunch one day. There
was the "take a pile of newspaper and some sello and wrap your
chosen team member up" competition - very popular. There was junk
modelling and painting; designing and painting cloth panels for a
display, tag graffiti panels and my group made a large cardboard castle
from scratch. There was outdoor drama where the children learned how to
make different sounds for the weather, recite tongue twisters and
pretend to be goblins giants or witches and chase each other silly. The
organiser (who also runs the Sunday school at Holy Trinity) struck just
the right note of having fun, keeping things ticking along with no
accidents, being authoritative without being bossy and being
approachable without being a pushover. Hello, our kids need to see
people like this in action! And if there's a stampede for tickets next
year I'm going to be in that queue because I don't want kindness and
good manners and showing a bit of love to be old fashioned values I want
them to be values that kids know about now..."
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REMEMBERING
THE GREAT WAR
2
August 2014
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Opening to coincide with
the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, the Gallery at Elizabeth
House is staging an exhibition of the Stations of the Cross paintings
created for display in Cookham last Easter. The nine paintings,
each the work of a local artist, can be seen together at the Gallery
from Monday morning, 4th August and will be on show to mid September.
Each painting takes a theme from the Easter story and imagines it in a
First World War context. Several also put the scene in a Cookham
location.
The Gallery will also open
specially next Saturday, 9th August, between 10am and 4pm. We
shall be serving refreshments (though no bully beef!) so do call in.
The Gallery at Elizabeth House is at Station Hill, Cookham SL6 9BS.
Normal opening times are 9am to 3pm weekdays.
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CHURCH
HOLIDAY CAMP STARTS TODAY
28
July 2014
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click on photo for
larger image
 More
than 60 primary-aged children will take part in the Church Holiday
Camp at the Holy Trinity Parish Centre this week. The event has been
organised by Chris Harris and Christine Taylor. The Benefice of the
Cookhams and Parfitt Media would like to thank all of the volunteers
and the following sponsors for making the event possible:
 Mums
About Cookham
Cookham Running Club
Cookham Rise School
Africa Turns Green
The Bel and the Dragon
Stageworks
Immortal Bootcamp
Dave the Disco
Pro-Direct Soccer Academy
Country Stores
Maceys
The Handmade Cake Company
CSQ Ltd
The Samurai Fitness Group
The Niche Gift Shop
Artist, Nicky Hislop
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SWAN
UPPING
20
July 2014
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(With thanks to Stuart
Conlin for the photos)
Swan Upping took place
this last week when there is a census of mute swans on the Thames. The
Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Worshipful Company of Dyers, were
granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century.
The boats arrived in Cookham on Tuesday
and there was a gathering of locals by the lock and also at the Ferry.
Actor Martin Clunes was also there and can be seen talking to David
Barber the Queen's Royal Swan Marker. A man not behaving badly!
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COOKHAM
WILDLIFE
18
July 2014
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A new group has been formed in Cookham
called Cookham Wildlife Supporters. It will be for local people taking
care of wildlife and sharing their passion and knowledge in a practical
and fun way.
They plan to have local events and activities such as guided walks and
talks, run practical campaigns and initiatives to enrich habitats and to
offer wildlife advice and build a community of interest through a
dedicated wildlife forum on cookham.com.
They are being supported by both the
National Trust and the Woodland Trust.
Click on article blow to read what the
Maidenhead Advertiser says.
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JUNIORS
COMPLETE THEIR FIRST SESSION
12
July 2014
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THIRTY JUNIOR members of Cookham Running
Club completed their first session on the fantastic new track at Little
Marlow on Tuesday. Around 25 club members (and several newcomers) turned
up to test the impressive-looking green surface that is part of a £40
million sports re-development plan by Bucks County Council. Club
chairman, Gerald Cooper, confirmed this week that he has successfully
negotiated an ongoing agreement for the club to use the venue
exclusively on Tuesdays 5-7pm. Club coaches Paddy McGrath and Peta Bee
will be there during those times and both junior and senior members of
the thriving club will train there. “It’s a brilliant facility,”
says Paddy. “We are very lucky to have it on our doorstep.” Anyone
interested in joining should visit www.cookhamrunningclub.com
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COOKHAM
COPAS TURKEY TROT
11
July 2014
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Are you up for the most exciting
challenge ever faced by villagers on October 12th 2014? Then come and
join 100s of others in the UK’s most authentic Turkey Trot race,
organised by Cookham Running Club and hosted by Copas Turkeys and the
Copas Partnership on their beautiful private farmland and trails in
Cookham. Open to runners of all abilities, the undulating course takes
in our stunning local views across the Chilterns towards Windsor
Castle as runners wind their way through fields and along trails.
There are
free-range turkey hamper prizes for first man and woman home in the
5mile race and commemorative ‘buffs’ for all finishers.
Senior 5 mile
race open to all runners aged 16 and over. Entry limit 400.
Junior 1 mile
race has prizes for the first 3 in the 8-11 category and first 3 in
the 12-15 category. Entry limit 100 per age group.
For online
and postal entry details visit www.cookhamrunningclub.com and
don't forget to 'like' our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cookhamturkeytrot
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WOW,
What a Night!
2
July 2014
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From
the organisers of the Cookham Media Hub's First Anniversary
Wow!
What a night! My colleague Sarah Parfitt and I hosted the Media Hub's
first birthday last week and we had a fantastic evening.
We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who
helped to make the evening a success - our members, our sponsors and the
Mayor and Mayoress of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,
Richard and Mary Kellaway. As always, James Molier and his team at the
Bel and the Dragon did us all proud!
A big thank you to Claire Pearce and her colleagues at Moor
Hall for the superb technical support, to Angela Robson, Mike Golding
and Pete Jones from PFC Ethiopia for such a moving presentation, to
Nelmarie Rennison for the stunning cake, to Renee Cullen and Oier for
the exquisite music, to Neil Mellon from Purinto for your attention to
detail and professionalism with the flyers and the agenda, and to
Mohammad Sabahi from Mah Images for the photos.
If you work in the media, we look forward to welcoming you
to our next events on September 11th and November 27th. We will be
posting more information about those events on our Facebook page in the
next few weeks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MediaHub/
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COOKHAM
LOCATION IN NEW FILM
19
June 2014
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The debut of the feature film Echo
Restless is being released on Monday 23 June. One of the
film's locations was Cookham at Barnside Motors petrol station.
£950 has been raised through a
successful crowd-funding campaign on indiegogo. The film was shot over
two weeks with a minimal crew
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LOVELY
BOATING WEATHER AT THE SAILING CLUB
15
June 2014
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The Cookham Reach Sailing Club said
"We had a fabulous Open Day on June 7th. After a really wet
start to the day the sun came out and everything went according to
plan in the afternoon. We had a record number of people
attending and we think as far as we can tell a record number of
people joining the Club as a result. A number of our guests said
that they had spotted the event on the Cookham.com web site so
a big thank you to you from the Club.
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IS
THAT A BABY OWL?
10
June 2014
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A Cookham resident in the Maidenhead Road
area of Cookham says that "My husband built an owl box a few years
ago, it is high in the trees in our garden This year we have had a Tawny
owl nesting and a baby, not sure if there is more than one. We thought
they had flown as we did not see them in the box for the last couple of
nights. The parent tended to sit at the front, but last night the baby
was sitting at the front while the birds around were causing merry hell.
We are so pleased that they nested but the question is, will they come
back to the box at night and treat it like home or will they disappear??
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GRANTS
FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
7
June 2014
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Many Royal Borough residents and
businesses affected by the winter floods have taken advantage of the
Council continues its commitment to help flood victimsfunding available
to help them recover from the worst flooding the borough has experienced
since 1947 – and the council is reminding those who haven’t that
there is still time to apply.
Two funds in particular have attracted high levels of applications:
Business Support Grant – 23 applications received, total awarded £59,000
Repair and Renew Grant – 112 applications received from 28 March to
date, of which 14 have been referred for approval to the next stage.
Cllr Simon Dudley, cabinet member for finance and deputy leader, said:
“We want to encourage residents and businesses affected by the floods
to submit their applications for funding. Claims can be submitted until
the end of September so there is still plenty of time.
“We want to do all we can to ensure that residents and businesses have
all the help and support they need in order to get back on track. The
repair and renew fund can help residents make their property more robust
in case of future flooding so I would urge people to submit their
applications. I would also encourage residents to talk to their friends
and neighbours affected by the flooding about the support available to
them.”
The online form is available at www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/news_flood_update.htm
and the closing date for submission of all applications is Tuesday 30
September to ensure sufficient time for the works to be carried out
before winter; applications submitted after this date may be considered
depending on circumstances.
The council’s flooding page also contains information on what other
support is available.
If anyone has applied online and not yet received a response, they
should contact the council’s customer contact centre on 01628 683800.
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