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6 Phonebox Magazine

Gill Puddefoot, Bursar at

Lavendon School will be running

in the London Marathon on 25th

April 2010, a race Gill has dreamt

of taking part in since she was a

child and this year she is doing it!!

Gill will be running the 26.2 miles

for Asthma UK and is hoping to

raise £1,500. To date she has

raised £1,000. If you can help Gill

reach her target you can do so by

donating on line at:

http://www.justgiving.com/Gill-Puddefoot

Alternatively you could send a cheque or cash for the attention

of Gill to Lavendon School, High Street, Lavendon, MK46 4HA.

Gill's running for Asthma UK

OutwiththeOld,InwiththeNew

The League of Friends of Paganell Grange held an Extraordinary General
Meeting on 26th January at which the members agreed to disband the
League. The decision has been taken for administrative reasons and the
Committee, having studied the various options available, recommended
that the League be disbanded. As many of you probably know the nursing
home which we support changed both its name and ownership last year,
and this has presented us with an opportunity to improve the efficiency of
our fund raising which necessitates a change of status. We would like to
take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters, including the many
local businesses, who have supported us over the years.

However, this isn't the end, merely a new beginning, as a new
organisation, called the Friends of Westbury Grange, will be starting up
soon. There will be an inaugural meeting of the Friends of Westbury
Grange starting at 7.00pm on Tuesday 2nd March in the Coffee Lounge in
Westbury Grange on Westbury Lane, Newport Pagnell - please feel free to
come along and help to support our residents.

TimesPast

I was only a lad in nineteen thirty eight
When people were happy and free
In an island in which they knew to be great
And the air was as fresh as the sea

It seemed the thing then to be content
To work hard be honest and fair
And have joy in the day well spent
For the deceitful and lazy were rare

Folks lived their lives at a leisurely pace
Thought the pleasures of some were but few
Most everyone wore a smile on their face
And had a heart that was both good and true

Cattle grazed in fields of green
And sheep would be safe in a flock
The farmer with pony and trap could be seen
And no door need you trouble to lock

The night sky glistened with millions of stars
Until pollution obscured them from view
When farm horses outnumbered the cars
And the wireless was something quite new

When the byways were all but deserted
One could walk in the dark without fear
Then the laws of the land were asserted
At a tme that we all held most dear

R L Kightley

Copy deadline for the April issue of Phonebox Magazine is 15th March

Dear Editor

In response to February's Mercury
report, in which the Mayor is quoted to
have said:

"...it wasn't even clear if the people of
Olney even wanted a bypass." Can I say
that the results of a Lib Dem Focus
survey show that in two thirds of the
replies, people would like a bypass for
Olney. The survey was conducted
recently and went to a thousand homes
in the town!

I thought that Jim Middleton's words:
"Olney has probably the best case for a
bypass anywhere in England" made a
strong case for the project!

Val Menzies (Focus Leaflet Team)

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