August 2008 Archives

By Polly Manser
pollymanser@trinitysouth.co.uk

MOTORISTS who regularly use the M25 must brace themselves for months, possibly years of speed restrictions and contra flows while widening work takes place.
The widening of the captital's orbital motorway is to start at Gerrards Cross in April 2009, the Government has said.
Contractors Connect Plus are to start with the section between junctions 16 and 17, before moving to the section between junctions 17 and 18.

THE FORMER Packhorse Pub in Gerrards Cross is to re-open as a restaurant called Wildwood in September.
Selling Mediterranean style food, its menu will include pizza, pasta, steak and salads.
The restaurant, on Packhorse Road, will be the first in a chain of Wildwood restaurants and is owned by Took Us A Long Time which runs the DimT restaurants in London.
Chrissie Hopkins, of Took Us A Long Time, said: "It will very child friendly with a kids' menu and colouring activities. The decor will be modern, light and airy with lots of pale wood. It should be great."

GERRARDS Cross pupils excellend once again in their GCSE exams.
Girls from St Mary's School, in Packhorse Road, achieved a 96 per cent pass rate with 80 per cent of grades being A*, A, or B, with 20 per cent of the girls achieved eight or more A* or A grades.
German again scored highly with all the girls getting A or A* grades and music matched that performance with no pupils taking the class getting a grade below an A.
Headmistress Fanny Balcombe said: "It is very pleasing to see the girls achieve the rewards for all the hard work they have put in over the last few years."

Gerrards Cross-based Fiona Castle, widow of the late entertainer Roy Castle, will open the Cancer Research Relay for Life event on Saturday August 30 at the Royal Masonic School in Rickmansworth starting at 2pm.

Stratstone, the Amersham-based Aston Martin dealership, have entered a car with a reserve price into a charity auction on the day.

Careers Springboard is the Chilterns, South Bucks and Wycombe self-help group for managers and professionals seeking work.

It is a registered charity run by volunteers, in the church hall at St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Packhorse Road. Call 01753 890 990 or see www.careersspringboard. info for more information.

Concertgoers' new season begins on Sunday, September 21 with a visit to the Barbican for a concert by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev, of music by Rachmaninoff, including the Piano Concerto no.4. Booking is now open. This is the easy way to enjoy a live performance, with transport direct from Gerrards Cross Memorial Centre to the door of the concert hall.

For more information, including details of the programme for the rest of the season,
please call 01753 883 729.

The bedroom of a house in High Beeches, Gerrards Cross, suffered 50 per cent damage after a fire at the weekend.

Firefighters from Gerrards Cross, Beaconsfield and Amersham along with Station Manager Graham Field battled the blaze.