29/06/12….Open gardens, walks and beer – What’s on in Haddenham?

RUBBISH & RECYCLING Aylesbury Recycling and Re-Use Centre (ARRC) is about to cease operations as their site at Hampden Hall has been sold for re-development. ARRC has been collecting aluminium foil and cans from many locations in the county since 2001, but all the collecting bins will be cleared for the last time by the end of June. Aluminium will continue to be collected by AVDC in the household kerbside collecting baskets and from the public bring banks. If you have small pieces of aluminium foil (eg milk-tops) please ensure they are wrapped in a larger piece of foil to help the sorting process.

HADDENHAM.NET June Jones, who founded the Haddenham website in the 1990s, has been trying for the past year or two to find a volunteer to take over the site. Recently retired Keith Milmer, who has moved back to Haddenham with his wife Lorraine, after several years of living elsewhere, announced at last month?s annual parish meeting that he had agreed to take on the site. He has been working hard on updating it for the past couple of months and the site is due to be re-launched on Sunday (July 1st). Do visit www.haddenham.net to see what you think of it.

GAS PIPES Villagers may be interested to know that the latest white and coloured markings in Townside and Southend are in connection with the gas supply. When the work is done this will, I understand, complete the final upgrading of the last of the ductile iron pipes in the village to plastic PE
(polyethylene – no leaks) pipes.

Fri 29th/Sat 30th Youth Theatre Haddenham Youth Theatre Group is busy putting the final touches to their two forthcoming one act plays. The Junior Group is presenting ?Captain Blackboot?s Island? and the Senior Group is presenting ?The Secret of Madame Defarge? an unusual slant on Dickens’ classic novel a Tale of Two Cities.

The plays take place on Friday and Saturday at Haddenham Community Junior School, Woodways, (doors open at 6.30p.m.) and tickets (