City of London Sinfonia: Beethoven and Mozart – Chiltern Arts Festival
2020
date: 07/03/2020
time: 7:30pm
venue: St Mary s Church
Church Street
Old Amersham
HP7 0BD
cost: £20.00 – £35.00
event email: naomi.taylor@chilternarts.com
event web: https://chilternarts.com/festival-2020/
event tel nos: 01442 920303
Tickets cost £20 and are available from Waterstones Bookshop Sycamore Road, Amersham or for a small fee
Proceeds will go to local charities supported by Rotary in Amersham.
Carrol Morris, who owns Carrols Hardware Shop in Hill Avenue, celebrates the longest “One Woman” business in the Town on the 1st February 2020.
She claims that she is the longest “One Woman” business in the Town, owning the store she has personally opened almost every morning, 365 days a year at around 7.30am since 1985, including Christmas Day. She rarely takes a day off work! She employs a small staff to help her run the store, which has only ever closed one day in the mid 90’s when thieves broke into her van and stole her bag which contained the shop keys.
The shop sells a huge range of everyday items and one can often find that one small thing you’ve been looking for. Individual small items can be purchased rather than multi-packs as is often the case in the larger stores. She says, “we can give the personal help and advice people are frequently looking for”.
During her time in business she has been nominated for various business awards and the most recent being in 2016 when she won the Amersham Town Council Business of the Year Award.
A visit to ‘Carols’ will be well “worthwhile” especially during the coming month of February where many extra promotional items will be on offer.
Amersham Art Group
Amersham Art Group have meetings as follows:
Feb 4th 2020 Workshop (bring own materials),
3rd March AGM.
All in the Amersham Community Centre, starting 7:30pm-9:30pm.
£5 for non members.
More information & booking: http://amersham-art-group.org.uk/, amershamartgroup@gmail.com or calling 01494 771760.
AMCHOR Short Concert on Sunday 2 February at The Free Church, Woodside Road, Amersham.
More Choral Classics! – a short programme with organ featuring works by Tallis, Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Faure and Parry.
Venue: The Free Church, corner of Sycamore Road/Woodside Road, Amersham on the Hill HP6 6AJ
Time: 3.30pm, doors open: 3.15pm, duration 3.30-4.15pm
Tickets on the door £8, children under 10 free.
Followed by tea and cake, for which donations are invited.
AMCHOR Choral Society Charity Number: 1057791
Chiltern Name Change For Local Charity
A major local charity has started 2019 with a brand-new name.
The South Bucks Branch of the national Motor Neurone Disease Association* (mndassociation.org) will now officially be known as the Chiltern Branch. The Chiltern branch helps local people living with Motor Neurone Disease and their families with grant support and advice.
Motor Neurone Disease is an extremely debilitating, terminal condition which affects the brain and nerves. The MND Association offers accurate, professional, accessible information and practical day-to-day support to enable people with MND to live with their diagnosis and achieve the best quality of life possible.
Graham Read, Chair of the Chiltern Branch, said: “Our previous name South Bucks did not totally relate to the area we cover. We needed a name which was more synonymous with our local area. We are officially launching the new branch on January 21st at Cedar Barn, Barn Lane, Hazlemere, HP15 7BQ at 12.30pm. We will be looking to enlist the support of local organisations/companies in our quest to improve the lives of local people living with this awful disease. We already receive significant support from Tesco at Loudwater.”
*The MND Association actively campaigns to ensure everyone has access to the best possible care, no matter where they live.
For more information contact either lauradyett@hotmail.com or grahamaread@gmail.com
New book about Amersham on the Hill just published.
Currently available on Amazon (paperback & Kindle).
We are negotiating with local shops to make it available around town.
date: March 1st
For more information please call me on 07725 780155
