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| Phoenix Tavern rises from its ashes | Faversham | 2009 Nov 23 13:58 (Mon) |
The Phoenix Tavern re opened on Thursday 19th November. The new owner has completely re fitted the bar and cellar. He also added two open fireplaces but unfortunately has painted over the lovely black beams Yuk ! (More)
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| More on the Archeological dig in Faversham | Faversham | 2009 Apr 10 13:49 (Fri) |
 This was a medieval, timber framed cellar from a building from the Anglo Saxon period.
The brick wall was part of another cellar from a Georgian or Victorian building built over the top of the other.
To the right (out of frame) were a couple of wells and rubbish pits.
The Phoenix Tavern is off the the left (More)
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| Archeological dig near the Phoenix Tavern | Faversham | 2009 Mar 29 10:45 (Sun) |
 Update The dig by SWAT Archaeology has finished. The Archaeologist on site said this was a couple of wells and rubbish pits. Some of the pots came from a kiln at Tyler Hill, Canterbury. Phase 2 will start in a few weeks.
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| Council Officers Apply Common Sense | Great Missenden | 2009 Jan 19 11:30 (Mon) |
We often complain about bureaucracy in Local Government and rile about officious application of rules. Here is a story that shows official can and do apply common sense when you get to the decision makers.
The story involves the work experience placement of a boy called Jack studying at the Chesham High School. Jack is in Year 11 and about to take his GCSEs. It is normal practice to arrange work experience placements with local employers for Year 11 children normally lasting about two weeks to take place in July at the end of the academic year (More)
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| Council Officers Apply Common Sense | Beaconsfield | 2009 Jan 19 11:29 (Mon) |
We often complain about bureaucracy in Local Government and rile about officious application of rules. Here is a story that shows official can and do apply common sense when you get to the decision makers.
The story involves the work experience placement of a boy called Jack studying at the Chesham High School. Jack is in Year 11 and about to take his GCSEs. It is normal practice to arrange work experience placements with local employers for Year 11 children normally lasting about two weeks to take place in July at the end of the academic year (More)
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| Council Officers Apply Common Sense | Amersham | 2009 Jan 19 11:28 (Mon) |
We often complain about bureaucracy in Local Government and rile about officious application of rules. Here is a story that shows official can and do apply common sense when you get to the decision makers.
The story involves the work experience placement of a boy called Jack studying at the Chesham High School. Jack is in Year 11 and about to take his GCSEs. It is normal practice to arrange work experience placements with local employers for Year 11 children normally lasting about two weeks to take place in July at the end of the academic year (More)
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| Council Officers Apply Common Sense | Chesham | 2009 Jan 19 11:02 (Mon) |
We often complain about bureaucracy in Local Government and rile about officious application of rules. Here is a story that shows official can and do apply common sense when you get to the decision makers.
The story involves the work experience placement of a boy called Jack studying at the Chesham High School. Jack is in Year 11 and about to take his GCSEs. It is normal practice to arrange work experience placements with local employers for Year 11 children normally lasting about two weeks to take place in July at the end of the academic year (More)
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| MMR, Secrets that the Government Doesn | Buckinghamshire | 2009 Jan 18 23:51 (Sun) |
 The NHS are concerned about the rise in Measles in certain areas and are pushing Health Authorities to administer the MMR vaccine. However, before you decide to let your child take the MMR Vaccine, have a look at this link (More)
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| Love Food Hate Waste | Braintree | 2008 Dec 17 20:09 (Wed) |
Braintree Xchange fully supports the Love Food Hate Waste campaign.
Click on the banners to find out more....
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| Check out the latest weather forecast... | Essex | 2008 Dec 17 00:04 (Wed) |
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| Latest news stories from Telegraph.co.uk | Essex | 2008 Dec 16 21:45 (Tue) |
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| Xchange gets its first Essex franchisee | Essex | 2008 Dec 16 21:03 (Tue) |
Keith Grinsted has been allocated franchises in Colchester,
Chelmsford, Southend on Sea, Braintree and Shoeburyness.
More franchise details can be found here.
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| More on Chesham Pool | Chesham | 2008 Dec 14 02:49 (Sun) |
I received the following in the following email from someone who read the article on Chesham Pool.
Just read your "Chesham Pool Poor Customer Service? " note on your xchange site.
My comments would be they have been doing that for years. It is just poor management.
A couple of years ago I had this poor service every week for ages. Then one day I turned up on a week day. Said "hi", paid my money, asked "will it be this quite" was told "yes" and got changed.
I started swimming (More)
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| CEO Cuts Days But Keeps Full Pay! | Hertfordshire | 2008 Oct 17 12:05 (Fri) |
The BBC has posted a news item about the CEO of the Three Rivers District Council,
Chief cuts days but keeps salary .
The CEO, Dr Stephen Halls, is to cut his working days to four days a week but he will be allowed to keep his current salary.
Even though the elected representatives have argued he should retain his full pay, we question Dr Halls's judgement in accepting the full salary. Surely, honour should dictate him should dictate he should accept a pro rata cut?
With people being made redundant and working on short time due to the Economic Downturn, surely this cannot be justified (More)
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| Cost of Advertising Cut | Kent | 2008 Oct 13 12:46 (Mon) |
In light of the world financial recent crisis, we at xchange have decided to help people cope by offering better value to our members.
We are all looking for value for money and one of the obvious ways is to look for free recycling. However, we all have things in our households items that may be valuable and some of them could be sold (More)
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| Cost of Advertising Cut | Hertfordshire | 2008 Oct 13 12:45 (Mon) |
In light of the world financial recent crisis, we at xchange have decided to help people cope by offering better value to our members.
We are all looking for value for money and one of the obvious ways is to look for free recycling. However, we all have things in our households items that may be valuable and some of them could be sold (More)
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| Cost of Advertising Cut | Buckinghamshire | 2008 Oct 13 12:44 (Mon) |
 In light of the world financial recent crisis, we at xchange have decided to help people cope by offering better value to our members.
We are all looking for value for money and one of the obvious ways is to look for free recycling. However, we all have things in our households items that may be valuable and some of them could be sold (More)
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| Cost of Advertising Cut | UK | 2008 Oct 13 12:43 (Mon) |
 In light of the world financial recent crisis, we at xchange have decided to help people cope by offering better value to our members.
We are all looking for value for money and one of the obvious ways is to look for free recycling. However, we all have things in our households items that may be valuable and some of them could be sold (More)
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| Supermarket Helps Chesham to be Plastic Bag Free | Chesham | 2008 Oct 08 19:18 (Wed) |
We all know there is a campaign to make Chesham a Plastic Bag free zone. Well one of our supermarkets, Sainsbury's, has gone one step further. Using text messaging, you can set up a weekly reminder to bring your bags when you shop.
How does it work? Well, you just text 6383* with the specific day and time you would like your weekly text reminder (e.g. Saturday 11am). They then send you a confirmation text with the date and time. Then, they will send you a reminder text every week until 31st December 2008. You can stop it at any time by texting STOP to the same number (More)
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| Want to know how the Credit Crunch Came About? | Buckinghamshire | 2008 Oct 08 19:04 (Wed) |
 If you want to know how the Credit Crunch and the Global Financial Crisis came about, then watch this entertaining and informative video made by Paul Grignol. Click on the play button and wait a twenty seconds. Make sure you have the sound switched on.
It looks like whatever we do with the global financial system after the bail outs will only be putting sticky tape over a broken system (More)
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| Want to know how the Credit Crunch Came About? | UK | 2008 Oct 08 18:53 (Wed) |
 If you want to know how the Credit Crunch and the Global Financial Crisis came about, then watch this entertaining and informative video made by Paul Grignol. Click on the play button and wait a twenty seconds. Make sure you have the sound switched on.
It looks like whatever we do with the global financial system after the bail outs will only be putting sticky tape over a broken system (More)
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| The 49th Little Missenden Music Festival | High Wycombe | 2008 Oct 01 14:07 (Wed) |
If you are a classical music lover, then you should look at the programme of live performances arranged under the Little Missenden Music Festival Banner. The programme features works from both contemporary and classical composers performed by artists of national and international renown. See www.little missenden.org.
This festival has been associated with the English composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams as his second wife Ursula, was a patron of the festival for a number of years (More)
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| The 49th Little Missenden Music Festival | Great Missenden | 2008 Oct 01 14:06 (Wed) |
If you are a classical music lover, then you should look at the programme of live performances arranged under the Little Missenden Music Festival Banner. The programme features works from both contemporary and classical composers performed by artists of national and international renown. See www.little missenden.org.
This festival has been associated with the English composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams as his second wife Ursula, was a patron of the festival for a number of years (More)
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| The 49th Little Missenden Music Festival | Chesham | 2008 Oct 01 14:05 (Wed) |
If you are a classical music lover, then you should look at the programme of live performances arranged under the Little Missenden Music Festival Banner. The programme features works from both contemporary and classical composers performed by artists of national and international renown. See www.little missenden.org.
This festival has been associated with the English composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams as his second wife Ursula, was a patron of the festival for a number of years (More)
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| The 49th Little Missenden Music Festival | Amersham | 2008 Oct 01 14:03 (Wed) |
If you are a classical music lover, then you should look at the programme of live performances arranged under the Little Missenden Music Festival Banner. The programme features works from both contemporary and classical composers performed by artists of national and international reknown. See www.little missenden.org.
This festival has been associated with the English composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams as his second wife Ursula, was a patron of the festival for a number of years (More)
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| The 49th Little Missenden Music Festival | Beaconsfield | 2008 Oct 01 13:59 (Wed) |
If you are a classical music lover, then you should look at the programme of live performances arranged under the Little Missenden Music Festival Banner. The programme features works from both contemporary and classical composers performed by artists of national and international reknown. Ave a look at www.little missenden.org.
This festival has been associated with the English composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams as his second wife Ursula, was a patron of the festival for a number of years (More)
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| Are Chesham Children being used as Guinea Pigs for the Pharmaceutical industry? | Chesham | 2008 Sep 24 22:33 (Wed) |
 From September 2008, in the UK, girls in year 8 at school (age 12 to 13yrs) will be offered the HPV vaccine. The vaccine the Government has chosen to use is Cervarix. Girls have three injections over 6 months given by a nurse. A letter about the vaccine and a consent form will be sent to the parents of the girl before she has the vaccine. It is up to her whether she has the vaccine. There will also be a 2 year 'catch up' programme starting in Autumn 2009, to vaccinate girls under the age of 18 (More)
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| Xchange in the Press | Buckinghamshire | 2008 Sep 17 13:41 (Wed) |
 On Thursday 18th September 2008, the South Buckinghamshire papers will be carrying an advert for the launch of this site. The advertisement is based upon a strapline "Your rubbish may be someone's treasure!". These adverts will be found in the front pages of the local papers. A copy of the advert is shown in the photograph on this article (More)
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| Faversham Raft Race could be finished | Kent | 2008 Sep 15 12:05 (Mon) |
The cost of insuring the Faversham Raft Race could be enough to finish it of completely.
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| Amersham Xchange Launch | Amersham | 2008 Sep 11 22:59 (Thu) |
The Xchange site for Amersham and surrounding areas will be launched officially on 22nd September 2008. This will cover Chesham, Great Missenden, Amersham and Chesham Bois.
There will be advertisements in the local papers using the slogan, "Don't chuck it, Xchange it!". This slogan will be used on cards to be distributed to local shops and outlets. We will also distribute advertsing material to select neighbourhoods.
The strategy is to obtain a good coverage in the area and to get listings of items for recycle first. This will also publicise the free giveaways (More)
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| Chesham Xchange Launch 22 Sep 2008 | Buckinghamshire | 2008 Sep 03 11:51 (Wed) |
 The Xchange site for Chesham and surrounding areas will be launched officially on 22nd September 2008. This will cover Chesham, Great Missenden, Amersham and Chesham Bois.
There will be advertisements in the local papers using the slogan, "Don't chuck it, Xchange it!". This slogan will be used on cards to be distributed to local shops and outlets. We will also distribute advertsing material to select neighbourhoods.
The strategy is to obtain a good coverage in the area and to get listings of items for recycle first. This will also publicise the free giveaways (More)
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| Creekside restaurant opens as Faversham Bistrot | Faversham | 2008 Aug 29 15:15 (Fri) |
Well, it seems like Acqua is gone for good, but the creek side restaurant at Provender Mill has been re opened and re named as Faversham Bistrot.
I guess I will have to take my girl friend to dinner there in a while to see how good it is !
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| Creekside restaurant Acqua due to open tomorrow | Faversham | 2008 Aug 26 15:08 (Tue) |
Well, it seems like the rumours are true. Acqua will open tomorrow (Wednesday August 27th 2008).
I also suspect the food theme will be French
More later.
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| Official Launch of Xchange in the Chesham Area | Buckinghamshire | 2008 Aug 23 18:15 (Sat) |
We are counting down the days to the official launch of the Xchange website in the Chesham area in September. Watch this space for more details. (More)
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| Things are afoot in Faversham ! | Faversham | 2008 Aug 21 17:49 (Thu) |
I was having a coffee in one of my favourite hang out places (Cosgroves) when all of a sudden a lady who works in another coffee house (Havashams) asked to borrow loads of cups. Apparently a crew were filming near by and had used all their cups !
Another restaurant is due to open in the old book shop on Preston Street in a while. Talk about saturation ! we already have Wimpy, Jadz, Spice lounge, Moonlite, Kebab House and The Railway Inn.
The Creek Creative project seems to be under way. I walked past the old Frank and Whitome place today and saw a bespoke furniture van parked outside (More)
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| Chesham Pool - This is more like it! | Chesham | 2008 Aug 08 10:42 (Fri) |
 I wrote a news item about a letter I received after complaining about the timetable at the Chesham Pool. The response from Karl Alexander was totally inadequate, full of platitudes with no commitment to take any action. In customer service terms, this particular letter was useless. Rather than pacifying me, it incensed me enough to prompt me to write again to Wycombe Leisure Limited copying to my two local councilors and the Chilterns District CEO.
After this missive, I received a reply from Mark Young. This is a much better letter as it shows what action is being taken (More)
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| Chesham Pool - Poor Customer Service? | Chesham | 2008 Aug 02 13:17 (Sat) |
 On Friday 31st July 2008, we went up to the Chesham Leisure Centre (CLC) for a swim. There were five of us; three adults and two teenage children. What was advertised as 4 lanes available for public turned out to be only 1 lane. So the five of us were using one lane. After half an hour 3 other people turned up. They were also under the impression that there were 4 public lanes. So, we had the ludicrous situation of 8 of us sharing one lane in the pool.
I spoke to the poolside staff who apologised for the mix up (More)
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| Lovely creekside restaurant (Acqua) forced to close | Faversham | 2008 Jul 31 17:15 (Thu) |
The Acqua restaurant was closed today. Their web site says
Dear Customers and friends of Acqua.
I have had to temporarily close Acqua whilst I review the business partnership.
The team at Acqua love serving you and will do our utmost to reopen in the shortest time possible.
If you wish to subscribe to my newsletter to be kept informed of progress, then I would love to let you know what is going on.
With my kindest regards
Edward Gaskin
UPDATE Rumours of Acqua Reopening In our forum (More)
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| Xchange group started on FaceBook | UK | 2008 Jul 28 16:38 (Mon) |
To help promote the site, I have started a group on FaceBook and invite my friends along.
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| New web site hopes to save the planet | UK | 2008 Jul 01 13:00 (Tue) |
xchange.org.uk has been setup to allow people to recycle their unwanted items instead of throwing them away. (More)
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