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| This page is updated on an ad
hoc basis with local gossip that does not necessarily make it to
the papers. This won't always be 100% accurate (so please
don't pick holes!), and presents an alternative view of village
life. However, many of the items are based on fact. We hope
you'll be able to spot which is which. Any views expressed are not necessarily endorsed by any
official body whatsoever, but hopefully may provide you with a bit
of amusement, as well as keeping you up to date on what has
happened in the village. If anyone feels a comment is offensive, please be
assured that none is intended to be, and email the webmaster
immediately to have it amended or removed. Likewise, if you have a
story to tell, also email the webmaster.
All gossip welcome! And thanks to those who continue to
contribute. Click on any hyperlink (like this)
to be taken to the relevant page. |
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| Dateline:
15 May 2008 |
| We have
already had some feedback from two villagers following
the item below. First of all:
"If the lads had done nothing wrong then they have nothing to be afraid of. There is nothing to say the police did this in an aggressive or untoward manner therefore on that basis I have no problem with the police action. Indeed I feel encouraged that they are least seen in the village and they are keeping any eye on things – shame they were not as vigilant about the x 2 break-ins we have had."
And another
comment has been received from another villager, which
will not be published here for valid reasons. Any more comments, please email
the webmaster. The more, the merrier. After all,
debate is (so we're told) a good thing! |
| Dateline:
14 May 2008 |
| Yesterday
afternoon there was a strange incident here. A 16-year
old boy who lives in the village, and his 17 year old
friend, were sitting in the Chilton Foliat bus shelter
waiting for a bus to take them to college in Swindon.
There is nothing out of the ordinary about this, and
indeed, most people would consider it to be very
positive that the kids were using public transport, as
we are all encouraged to do in these fuel-conscious
times. When a police car drove by, they thought
nothing of it. Until the police car turned round and
stopped next to them. The police officers got out,
questioned the boys and then, to the boys' amazement,
searched them. Now, we are all conscious that the
police's job is to protect the public and keep us all
safe. But to question and search two teenage lads who
were doing nothing wrong, and indeed were behaving
like exemplary citizens is weird, to put it mildly.
Especially in broad daylight in a famously quiet and
peaceful village like Chilton Foliat. After this
incident, every parent will think twice about allowing
their teenage children to use the bus service in case
this happens to them. And the incident is not designed
to encourage people to use the bus service if they
think they are likely to be searched by the police for
doing nothing at all. It is reminiscent of the bad old
days in parts of London like Brixton, where the police
used 'stop and search' powers excessively, a practice
that has since stopped because of public outcry. The
police are supposed to foster relations between
themselves and the community, but this kind of action
will not help that cause at all. All it will do is to
encourage suspicion of the police amongst the younger
members of our community. Quite the reverse to what is
supposed to be happening. If any members of the
village or the police would like to comment on this
incident, please email
the webmaster and the comments will be posted on this
web site. It would appear that a public debate would
be healthy. |
| Dateline:
12 May 2008 |
| Sausages and
Mr F. Watch this space. Sausage-fanciers in the
village take note. |
| Dateline:
12 May 2008 |
| Chilton
Foliat is now renamed Chilton Ford. It has been
through several name changes in the past few years, including
Nick Foliat and Chicken Foliat. There is a water
leak outside the pub, which has been there for quite a
while now. As anyone who drives through the village
will know, your car gets wet. If it carries on like
this, it will put the local car washes out of
business.
It appears that Thames
Water is taking a very laid-back attitude towards it.
Tracy, the pub's landlady, has already reported the
leak to them, and a local resident phoned them today.
Only to be told that it is not scheduled for repair
until the 18th May.
The resident (Liz O)
reports: "Of course the cost will be taken by Thames
Water which of course means yours and my water bill and I find it totally unacceptable to have to wait so long for the water people to repair such a major leak
losing gallons of precious water. So much so I have written to Michael Ancram and ask that as many residents as possible do the same, these companies need a shake up so lets target our MP and get him to do something."
After a few years of
hosepipe bans in the area, nothing has been done by
Thames Water about this serious leak for several
weeks. The entire village could run its hosepipes for
the entire summer from this one leak, so much water is
being lost. It's getting so bad, that it appears
to be seeping into the foundations of the lady's house
over the road from the pub. It is to be hoped that
Thames Water will be rebuilding her house when it
floats down what remains of the river Kennet, whose
levels have been much lower than they should be thanks
to a water authority (wonder which one?!) taking water
out of it up-stream. |
| Dateline:
8 May 2008 |
| The minutes
of the 2007 Annual Parish Meeting, and the agendas for
the 2008 Annual General Meeting and Annual Parish
Meets are now up on this web site. Click
here to read them. They both take place on Tuesday
13th May 2008 at 8pm at the Village Hall. It's your
parish, so come along and take part. |
| Dateline:
3 May 2008 |
| The village
witnessed a convoy of World War II army vehicles
passing through this morning. Click
here to see the pictures. It's all part of a
massive reenactment of the area's role in World War
II, called Route to Victory. Click
here to visit the home site of the organisers.
It's well worth a visit. |
| Dateline:
27 April 2008 |
| News has
just come in that a village family, David and Amanda
Weller and their children, are going to leave. It is
not because they don't like the village. Quite the
reverse. But David's work is in Rugby, and the daily
commute has become just too much. They have made a
great contribution to the village, and Amanda has put
a lot of effort into running the toddlers' group, Chilton
Chicks. We wish them well. |
| Dateline:
27 April 2008 |
| The latest
police bulletin is up on the web site. Click
here to read it. |
| Dateline:
27 April 2008 |
| The village
hall will be closed from 29 April to 1 May for
treatment to the woodwork. It will be open as usual
from Friday 2 May. |
| Dateline:
6 April 2008 |
| Your
webmaster woke up this morning thinking that he was
hallucinating. Now, most people who know him would say
that is his normal state of mind. Very unkind. But he
wasn't. Because the white landscape he saw when he
drew his curtains at around 7am was not in his
imagination. It had snowed in the last hour or so. And
not just a little. It was about 3 inches deep. If
you'd like to see the evidence, click
here for photos taken in the village from around
7am through to just after 5pm. They are in the same
time sequence as they were taken. So you can see
before and after. |
| Dateline:
6 April 2008 |
| The Parish
Council could learn something from the current
elections for the Mayor of London. Apparently, the
Labour party apparatchniks have been ordered not to
refer to the follically-challenged Boris Johnson, as
'Boris'. Apparently this gives him more gravitas.
Then, on another note, as reported by the estimable
Sunday Times (a serious newspaper - nothing to do with
Sky TV or the Sun, of course), Boris's adversary, Ken
Livingstone, is coming under some scrutiny regarding
his personal life. As Ken (the Labour bigwigs (sorry
Tessa Jowell - yes it's you) allow us to know him as
just 'Ken') says, "I don't think anybody in this
city will be shocked by what two consenting adults do,
as long as you don't include children, animals and
vegetables". That's a fair point, and many in a
rural community like this could learn to be much less
personal with the latter two categories than they have
in the past. |
| Dateline:
2 April 2008 |
| Congratulations
are in order to Helen and Tim Purslow, who have given
birth (well, Helen did, anyway), to a very healthy baby
boy, Alexander (known already as Alex). Although the
webmaster cannot claim to have met Alex himself, he
has it on extremely good authority that Alex is very
cute, and adorable. Many congratulations to Helen and
Tim. |
| Dateline:
1 April 2008 |
| The
webmaster slipped in his duties to the village today,
and will have to wait another year to make the most of
it. He missed the opportunity to write a good April's
Fool here. But he was taken in by the BBC this
morning, who showed some brilliant film of the newly
discovered flying penguins. He believed it completely,
until his wife pointed out the date. But, who cares,
it was very well conceived and long may it last! Now,
flying penguins over Chilton Foliat could be
interesting - much better the Canadian Geese. |
| Dateline:
23 March 2008 (Easter Day) |
| As anyone
who lives in the village will know, it snowed
yesterday and today. It's been put here for the
record, so that anyone reviewing the village web site
in ten or twenty years will know. Of course, by that
time, nobody will be visiting the website because
fossil fuels will have been exhausted (or nearly), and
there are even now no viable alternative is even being
planned, let alone built. So there will be no electricity
to power a single computer. Adieu life as we know it. |
| Dateline:
22 March 2008 |
| We've just
received a very detailed enquiry from Judy Bishop
(nee), asking various questions about the village. Click
here to see the full email, plus Judy's contact
email if you have any information that will help her. |
| Dateline:
22 March 2008 |
|
Received
today from a villager. She's got a good point. Any
comments, please email
the webmaster and he'll get them all together,
anedsee if anything can be done. What's your
connection speed?
I
have been having considerable problems recently with
connectivity and speed. I have just done a
“speed” test and it says that my download speed
was 952-968 Kbps; upload speed 243-242 Kbps.
I
just wondered what the rest of the village is managing
and with which ISP. Perhaps the village should
be lobbying BT for a better service. |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
| Received
from yet another villager! The webmaster has some
suggestions as to the guilty party for the plum tree.
The woodpeckers. They are fabulous birds, but very
destructive to trees. The webmaster has been woken up
(well, almost!) by them for the last few years, and
only discovered what they were pecking when he found
his own plum tree had blown down, And the culprits
were? Woodpeckers.
One casualty of the storm
on 10th March was the small plum tree at the top end of the recreation ground. Half of it blew down last year and I guess it was either rotten inside or very weak, a shame because it was a useful free source of fruit for me to pick and cook!!
The next VH Committee meeting will be at Cedar Cottage on Thursday 20th March @ 8pm.
Village residents comments and suggestions for entertainment in the Village Hall are always welcome, please contact this web site; the chairman or secretary, thank you. |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
| The
webmaster has no idea what's going on here, but he
keeps getting unsolicited emails from villagers.
Here's another one, which is particularly apt, given
where we live.
A man owned a small farm in Wiltshire. The
UK National Wage & Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"Well," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him £200 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her £150 per week plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about £10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Whisky every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
"That's the fella I want to talk to ... the half-wit," said the agent.
"That would be me," replied the farmer. |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
Easter Sunday 23rd March,
Hungerford Farmers Market 9am - 1.30 pm
Bring your spare seeds or seeds you have saved from your garden to swap.
Vegetables, Flowers and Bulbs
If possible please bring your seeds in envelopes of 10 -20 seeds (a 1 person portion)
labeled with the variety and any pertinent planting / growing information.
If you haven't got seeds to swap come down anyway as I am sure we will have some surplus to give away.
We will also have :
- hot vegetable soup to taste
free recipe leaflets - what to cook with what's in season
information on what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint, books, magazines to browse
ideas for future food related projects to start in Hungerford - let's have your input !
In addition to the
seed swap, we are also now doing egg decorating for
kids and prizes for the best decorated egg on the HEAT
stall - bit of Easter flavour.
Future events :
April market - planting workshop to show kids and novice gardeners how to plant their new seeds in recycled containers (start saving your cardboard egg boxes now)
May market - plant swap so you can get rid of your surplus and gain some new.
Hope to see you (plus seeds) Easter Sunday. |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
| The
following email has been received from another
villager. Looks worth a visit.
A useful website for
reporting problems to our local councils, whichever
side of the county border you live on: http://www.fixmystreet.com/ |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
| The
following email has been received from a villager.
Make of it what you want!
Not Chilton but it may have an impact. The following has been officially applied for:
Berkshire, West Berkshire 07/02481/FULC
Pure Power Holdings Ltd, Ridgeway Grain & Saxon Storage, Lambourn Woodlands, Hungerford, RG17 7TJ
Pure Power Holdings Ltd, 6, Park Street, Cirencester
Installation of a 3mw renewable power station to use mixed waste wood as fuel
Interesting or not do you think? |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
| A villager
(yes, it could be the same lady who sent the pics
below), has just sent in a great idea for our local
pub, The Wheatsheaf. Click
here to see what is suggested. Dinner at The
Wheatsheaf in the sky is certainly an appealing idea!
Anyone up for it? |
| Dateline:
20 March 2008 |
| As
Easter is fast approaching, a villager has chosen to send
in a photo captioned 'Spot the Bunny'. Click
here to see if you can see the bunny, or work
out where it is. It's very appropriate,
especially since we're a rural community here!
This may not be so suitable for veggies, or
those of a sensitive nature. She (the same
villager, that is) also sent the picture on the
right! This will conjure up many sympathies for
parents who have been doing the rounds of the
supermarkets in the last few days. Click on the
picture to see a bigger version. |
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| Dateline:
19 March 2008 |
| There was a
big turnout of villagers, family and friends for the
funeral this week of Ron Liddiard, a much-liked local
resident who lived on Stag Hill, and died aged 77.
Brian and Eileen even came up from the Isle of Wight
to pay their respects. |
| Dateline:
7 March 2008 |
| The
following email has been received by the webmaster.
This could be a hoax, or it could be real. In any
event, be careful about opening (i.e. do NOT open
them) emails which have 'postcard' somewhere in them.
There is is a
new computer virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called POSTCARD," even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it!
This virus has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee a few days ago, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept. |
| Dateline:
7 March 2008 |
| The agenda
for the next Parish Council meeting is now up on the
web. Click here to
see it. |
| Dateline:
7 March 2008 |
| Our
local bobbies have been active in providing
safe entertainment for local children. They've
organised an event (see on right) which
promises to be fun. Click on the picture to
see a bigger poster. |
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| Dateline:
7 March 2008 |
| Received
from a villager:
Trindledown Farm in Great Shefford is part of the Animal Welfare Trust and provide retirement homes for all different kinds of animals. A great bunch of very dedicated workers run the place and they are in constant need of blankets; towels and quilts. If anyone has anything like that they are replacing or throwing away please contact Jackie at 01488 638584 or if they want to bring items to me I will be happy to deliver them to Trindledown. It's a lovely place to visit with the children but they do ask that you ring first, volunteer workers are always wanted for all kinds of jobs and they operate an adoption service too so if you can't have a pet at home you may like to adopt one of the pets at Trindledown. The Farm is run on private donations and bequests only and they never put a healthy animal down.
The link at the beginning of this article goes
straight to a very good BBC review website. |
| Dateline:
7 March 2008 |
| The
webmaster apologies for the break in web postings. He
has been having problems with his computers which
(hopefully) are now resolved. So it should be service
as normal now! But it has not damaged the amnount of
people who visit the site hugely. February 2008 saw
151 people a day coming here, and January was 154 a
day. Not bad for a small village like us with a population
of only about 300! |
| Dateline:
17 February 2008 |
| The web site
has received a request to publicise an event happening
in Hungerford a week today. It's called seed swap, at
Hungerford Farmers' Market on Sunday 24th February
9am-1.30pm. Called 'Seedy Sunday', everyone is
encouraged to bring along their surplus seeds, or ones
they have saved from their gardens. You are asked to
bring them in small packets, or envelopes of 10-20
seeds.
We're happy to
publicise it here. After all, we live in the country,
and everyone must have seeds in their gardens to take
along. Some of the more active (in their imagination,
anyway) men in the village would probably like to
donate their own seeds too. But remember boys that, as
it says above, they must be in envelopes of 10-20
seeds. And the envelopes must be dry. 10cc sang a song
called 'I'm not in love', but remember why the band
called themselves what they did. 10cc will fit in most
envelopes.
There are other
Farmers' Market events planned, so come along and
support them:
PLANTING WORKSHOP - April Farmers Market, Sunday 27th April. Bring your seeds along + we’ll show you how to plant them
PLANT SWAP – May Farmers Market Sunday, Sunday 25th May. Bring along your
surplus plants and swap them for something different
Events are held at the Hungerford Environmental Action Team stall on the Farmers Market |
| Dateline:
17 February 2008 |
| We could be
up for a big change in the village soon, with metal
detectors appearing outside the village pub. Today's
Sunday Times reports that police are going to be
issued with airport-style metal detectors which can be
folded up into the boot of a police car and erected in
just 5 minutes when needed. They are going to be
positioned outside pubs and clubs to find youths (sic)
carrying knives. Now, it has to be said, that
nobody in recent memory has witnessed any knife crime
in the village. That's apart from a couple of years
ago, when the pub landlord came for a chat with the
webmaster one summer's afternoon, and as he was
leaving, a very sharp and large kitchen knife fell
from his jacket sleeve and clattered on the ground.
His intention was to commit suicide. The webmaster and
another local disarmed and dissuaded him, because none
of them wanted to clear up the mess it would have
made. So can we see metal detectors being erected
outside the pub soon? Anybody with replacement hips
will need to watch out! Not many of the elderly in the
village have metal piercings, that we know about
anyway, so we're probably safe on that one. |
| Dateline:
12 February 2008 |
| The latest
Police bulletin is now up. Click
here to read it. It may be relevant to you. |
| Dateline:
8 February 2008 |
| Te following
piece of news has just come to the webmaster's
attention, thanks to another villager who sent it in
(and it wasn't Keith!):
Keith Smibert ran for charity in the annual Empire State Building Run-up yesterday
(that's the 5th Feb) & was placed 123 out of 215 entrants.
Click
here for the official web site.
It has to be said that the webmaster is very
impressed. The closest he comes to running is not
describable on a family website like this. But let's
just say that he doesn't go there. Well done Keith! |
| Dateline:
7 February 2008 |
| A much-loved
member of the village has died. Alfie, who has been
seen almost every day with his 'parents', David and
Edwina, is no longer with us. Alfie, known
(affectionately) by some as the 'robot dog' has gone
to join the kennels in the sky. We wish him well. |
| Dateline:
5 February 2008 |
Received
from the Chairwoman of the WI:
Please pass this onto any WI member you meet especially our members not on
the internet, thank you.
Please note the change of date for the Chilton Foliat WI AGM.
It will now be on WEDNESDAY 13th of February at 7.30pm and NOT Thursday 14th
as in the program.
Apologies for the change and I hope to see you all there |
| Dateline:
2 February 2008 |
| The web
stats for January are now available. An average of 154
people a day visited this site through the month.
That's the highest monthly average since August last
year. |
| Dateline:
2 February 2008 |
| The police
closed off the Littlecote road for several hours
today. Apparently there was a collision just by the
Littlecote House between a cyclist and a lorry.
Passers by said that someone was injured. We hope not
badly. |
| Dateline:
28 January 2008 |
| We are sorry
to announce the passing away of Margaret Priest, who
had been ill for some time. She leaves her daughter,
Gill Goodfield, and grandson, Claud, both of whom live
in the village. Her funeral is today at the village
Church at 2pm. Our condolences go to the family. |
| Dateline:
24 January 2008 |
| Since the
webmaster's plea for more jokes recently, one villager
has taken him up on his challenge and a very non-PC
collection. Click
here to see them. |
| Dateline:
24 January 2008 |
| We get
the strangest of requests on this web site. Here's one
received from a web visitor:
I wonder if you could spare five minutes to nominate the best pub in Chilton Foliat as West Berks CAMRA's 'Community Pub of the Year'. All you have to do is follow the link below and fill in the form. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF CAMRA TO DO THIS!
http://www.westberkscamra.org.uk/commpoty.htm |
| Dateline:
22 January 2008 |
| The
webmaster, during his many idle hours, has just
stumbled on an item on Ebay,
which is very relevant to this village, especially to
the chicken-lovers. Click
here to read all about it. If you're into
chickens, you won't regret it! Check out what the
lovely Victoria Roberts has to say about keeping
chickens at home! |
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| Dateline:
21 January 2008 |
| The latest
news has come in from the Neighbourhood Watch. Click
here to read it. It could affect you! This edition
is the best yet. It contains pictures of ferocious
dogs, as well as your local coppers. Which is the more
scary? Up to you to decide! Here's a tip from it. It
advises you not to leave your car keys readily
accessible to burglars. The webmaster has personal
experience of this, and will endorse it, since a few
years ago, he went to bed (OK, he's been to bed more
often than that!), leaving his car keys by the front
door. In the morning, his new (-ish) car and laptop
had been nicked. Not a good feeling. And then there's
a great headline, "Using plants to deter
thieves". We can imagine the entire populace of
the villager standing outside their houses waving some
pretty potted plants at the thieves! But
seriously, this has some really good tips in it. Go
ahead and read it. |
| Dateline:
20 January 2008 |
| The dress
rehearsal for the village Panto, Dick
Whittington, took place today. Click here
to see
some informal pictures. |
| Dateline:
16 January 2008 |
| The minutes
for the latest Parish Council meeting are now up on
this website. Click here
to read them. |
| Dateline:
16 January 2008 |
| Received
from a villager:
Regarding the recent explosion of chickens in the village, I was wondering if any 'chicken-keeping-villagers' are rearing any chickens which produce range eggs.
I was in Hungerford last week and went into the cafe for 'double free range-eggs and chips' and was charged 65pence each.
I'm thinking about calling the trading standards authority as this must surely be classed as mis-selling. |
| Dateline:
16 January 2008 |
| The pantomime
tickets have comedown in price. All tickets are now
only £5. It should be emphasised that this is not
because of lack of interest. It simply speeds up the
unenviable task of administering it. Ring Yvonne
on 01488 682067 if you lke to buy some. |
| Dateline:
15 January 2008 |
Received
from the Chairman the Parish Council:
Re your story about chickens (dateline 1 January - see
below), I've spotted a small flaw in your otherwise fine suggestion. We currently have too few roundabouts to implement the scheme (although I suppose we could convert the large hole in the road outside the pub if needs be).
You might want to step back from your chicken thought and maybe start a competition to decide where the Great Chicken Foliat Roundabout should be sited.
As Chairman of the Parish Council, I stand ready to judge this competition if necessary. |
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| Dateline:
15 January 2008 |
Received
from a villager who thinks you should be aware that the presence of a large white box van in similar circumstances in your area may be worthy of a second glance.
He's got a good point.
At around 13.00pm on Thursday 10th January a caller reported a suspicious large white box van and two males outside a house on Sanham
Green, Hungerford. The males were witnessed ringing the bell of the large metal security gate to the premises. When they got no reply they got out of the van and started pushing the gate. The witness shouted at them and they drove off towards the Salisbury Road. The males were described as white, aged in their late 20's or early 30's. One was around 5ft 7'' of medium to heavy build, the other was approximately 5ft 11'' and of skinny build. Both were wearing blue jeans and blue/green tops.
If anyone witnessed this event or has any information please contact the Police on 0845 8 505 505 quoting the URN reference number 637 and the date of 10.01.08. |
| Dateline:
14 January 2008 |
| Check out
the Jokes
page, for a new one in extremely poor taste. Speaking
of that page, it does not have enough contributors.
There are a small number of regulars (you know who you
are!), but it would be good to have some more jokes So
send them in,
and don't worry if you think they are in bad taste.
Your webmaster is used to editing just about
anything! |
| Dateline:
14 January 2008 |
| The village
panto (Dick Whittington) is almost on us. Click
here to read all about it and find out where to get
tickets. |
| Dateline:
4 January 2008 |
| Avid
followers of the web site will remember that on 17th
December, this column announced that a large house
in the centre of the village was coming up for sale.
There was some speculation in the village as to which
one it was. The secret's now out of the bag, and it
can be revealed that it is the house next to the pub.
Anyone can see this for themselves, as there is a Henry
George 'For Sale' sign on it now. If you haven't
noticed the sign yet, click
here to see which house it is. In fairness to
readers of this column, it should be pointed out that
the webmaster knows the inhabitants of this house
quite well. But then again, he has also known the
owners of all the other houses for sale that have been
mentioned in this column over the years. Although,
perhaps not quite as well. |
| Dateline:
4 January 2008 |
| The village
now has a large hole in the road outside the pub. As
it goes nearly halfway across the road, it should
prove to be an effective traffic-calming device. |
| Dateline:
4 January 2008 |
| There was a
gas leak from the front of the pub at about 00:00am
(midnight) this morning/last night. Nobody was killed
(at the time of writing) but it caused disruption in
the centre of the village. Not that there was any
traffic at that time. |
| Dateline:
2 January 2008 |
| The pictures
from New Year's Eve fancy dress evening in the pub are
now available. Click
here to see them. |
| Dateline:
1 January 2008 |
| There
has been much debate in the village as to
whether to re-name the village Chicken Foliat in
honour of the ever-increasing numbers of
chicken-keepers amongst the residents. Well,
it's still possible, but as you will see from
the picture alongside, Dorking has already
installed an 8 foot high (at least) steel chicken on one of
its roundabouts. Perhaps this should be
suggested in the Parish
Council meeting on 8th January! |
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| Dateline:
1 January 2008 |
| The agenda
for the forthcoming Parish Council meeting on the 8th
January is now up on this site. Click
here to read it. |
| Dateline:
1 January 2008 |
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Happy New Year to all
visitors to this web site. Watch this space to see the
pictures from last night's fancy dress evening at the
pub. And click here
to read the new review of 2007 in the village.
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Is there really
a Fairyland in Chilton Foliat? Click
here.
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