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T & T News - Autumn 2010

The autumn 2010 edition edition of T & T News will be delivered from Saturday 4th September. We now reach nearly 3,500 homes and local businesses within Teriiers, Amersham Hill and Totteridge on the hill areas. If you would like to view a copy on-line then visit the "Our Files" tab where the current and previous editions of the magazine are available. The deadline for articles and news for the winter edition is Saturday 20th November so please get your items in by this date. (30-08-10)

New Post Box at Terriers

After several months without a Post Box a new one has finally been installed at Terriers Cross Roads. The new box is round the corner from the the old one and is outside the entrance to the new homes on Milton Place. We say this is a new box but look more closely and you will note the letters 'GR' for King George indicating this Post Box is over 50 years old! The latest post time on weekdays is at 4.45pm.

Windsor Drive residents in battle against path

Residents of Windsor Drive recently came home to find a notice attached to a street lamp informing them of an application for a modification order. The order refers to a path that leads through the private estate grounds to a secondary exit onto Sheraton Drive. The application was made by a Sheraton Drive resident and was dated 23rd March 2010.

If the order is approved by Buckinghamshire County Council residents could find themselves with a public footpath literally across their gardens. A number of residents have already sent their objections to the County Council and to Valerie Letheren, the local councillor for the Terriers and Amersham Hill Ward, (07-04-10)

New Police Comander for High Wycombe

Supt Gilbert Houalla has taken command of the Wycombe Police Area and will be based at the Police Station in Queen Victoria Road. He is of French Lebanese decent and was born in Toulouse in France and has been with Thames Valley Police since 1990 starting as a constable in Aylesbury. Over the years he has held posts including head of the force's Special Branch and was in the counter terrorist unit for the south east where he oversaw covert operations.

Supt Houalla has a simple approach to policing: Prevent it in the first place and if you can't you had better catch those who did it. Outside of policing his passion is for Rugby. (07-04-10)

T & T News awarded funding from the Mid-Counties Co-Operative

Totteridge and Terriers News has recently received a grant of £250 from the Co-Operative Membership Community Funding. The award will be used to help with the printing costs of the community magazine and enure our print run can increase to 3,500 copies for the summer 2010 edition.

Locally the Mid-Counties Co-Op has a food store and funeral directors at Park Parade in Hazlemere with other stores across Bucks, Oxon and the Midlands. There is more information on their web site at www.midcounties.coop  

 New Events

Our events pages are regularly updated. If you have an event taking place then let us know so we can add it to the diary. This is your 'space' to let everyone know about whats happening and attract additional visitors. The diary was last updated on 30th August 2010. 

Volunteers Needed

If you would like to help with distribution of Totteridge & Terrriers News then we would like to hear from you. We currently have several roads where we could do with an extra pair of hands. The magazine is distributed in the early part of the month in March, June, September and December each year. You do not need a lot of time and as a guide between 60 & 100 copies depending on dwelling type can be delivered in an hour. A couple of hours of time four times a year is all we need and there is up to two weeks delivery time giving total flexability.

To get invloved call us on 01494 - 463107, Text / Call 07905 - 888098 or e-mail us at tandtnews@tiscali.co.uk