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• Features • Puzzles • News • Events • Competitions • Reviews

Autumn
2016

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Halloween fun

Autumn Fashion & Beauty

Fungus, bats and toffee apples

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Hello

Well I have to admit I have had a real struggle to include everything
I wanted into this edition. What with Halloween, Fireworks Night,
Remembrance Day and so many local events it has been a bit of a
squeeze even with more pages. With this in mind please accept my
Bee Local Magazine is your apologies when I miss the occasional page number to squeeze in some
local magazine for Leighton extra text or if I can’t include all the detail of events, I really am trying
to fit in as much as possible particularly for the charities. I know this
Buzzard and the sometimes causes frustration but I am always happy to receive a call to

surrounding villages. provide more details if I can.

Congratulations to Tracey who won the tickets to One Night of Rock in
the Back to School edition. This edition we have not one, not two but
three ticket competitions and you really do have much better odds of
winning than the lottery! The competition has an email address on
it but if you would like to send postal entries please post to Bee Local
Magazine, 16 Slicketts Lane, Edlesborough, LU6 2JD making sure it
arrives before the closing date.

Editor: I have put together a page of Halloween events for the little ones (and

Andrena Carden-White not so little ones). It would be really lovely to see some costume and

Advertising: pumkin pictures so please tag in @BeeLocalMagazines on Facebook. If
[email protected] you like reading Bee Local I would really appreciate a review too.

Telephone: It seems too early to mention it but the Christmas countdown has
01525 222473 begun and if your place of work is even talking about Secret Santa
please consider the KidsOut Giving Tree instead. It is very simple to do
and you can find details on page 47 (tell them Bee Local sent you).
Bee Local Magazine is
Next stop, the Christmas edition, wrap up warm until then and don’t
delivered by forget the clocks go back an hour on Sunday 30th October.

Andrena

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call: 01525 791801 6 Local news 38 Puzzles
or 07920 793839 10 Local news 39 Fungus
14 Use it or lose it 40 Recipe
We do our best to get things 16 WIN TICKETS 41 War poems
20 Stop smoking easily 42 What’s on
right but neither the publisher 24 Wrap up warm 46 WIN TICKETS
26 Winter skin 47 Secret Santa
or contributors will take any 28 2, 3 and 4 year olds 48 Puzzle solutions
30 In the garden 49 WIN TICKETS
liability for loss or damage by 32 It’s the law Don’t forget to spot Herbee in
34 Big bang one of our adverts he is really
errors. Bee Local Magazine 36 Bats about bats well hidden this time!
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news local business who provided enjoyed by all. Local businesses
prizes, including Room Number kindly donated raffle prizes,
NEWS FROM KIDSOUT 9, To Have And To Hold, Poppy including a meal for two at
and Zach, Perfect Parties, The Lancer, a Wildwood men’s
Quiz Night Raises £600 for Morrissons, Jules, Marisa clothing voucher, a ceramic
KidsOut and Breast Cancer Helene, Reasons To Be Cheerful, pottery voucher at Reasons to
Now. Harmars, Amy’s Nails and be Cheerful, £25 One Delivery
Metalyka. voucher, a photography session
Alison Johnson with quiz winners “Our quiz master, Jeff Hewitt, at SF Digital Studios and more.
A quiz night organized by a wrote the questions and gave Local shops and business also
Leighton Buzzard mum raised his time free of charge, and advertised in the evening’s
more than £600 for KidsOut and everyone who came dug deep brochure.
Breast Cancer Now. to ensure we raised an amazing Overall, just over £1,000 was
More than 50 people took part total on the night – we beat our raised for disadvantaged
in the fundraising event, which target by more than £100. Huge children in the local area.
was planned by Alison Johnson thanks also to Debbie Dunstan KidsOut would like to especially
and hosted at Leighton Buzzard from the Football Club for hire thank Dave and Ruth at the
Football Club on 2nd September of the venue.” Rugby Club for all their support
2016. KidsOut would like to thank and for helping to make the
The evening included a Alison for all her hard work and night the success it was. Special
challenging quiz, raffle and congratulate her on a fantastic thanks also to Mary Hardy for
reverse bingo, with competitors quiz night. Their share of the being a fantastic quiz master,
splashing their cash for the money will be spent on children Alan Brandham for all his tireless
two causes. Leighton Buzzard- in need of fun and happiness in hard work, and all who donated
based KidsOut provides fun the local area. and/or attended.
and positive experiences for Mini ‘Question of Trivia’ Muddy Aubergine
disadvantaged children, while Raises £1,000 Toughed it Out
Breast Cancer Now is the UK’s KidsOut brought their Question
largest breast cancer charity. of Trivia quiz to Leighton Buzzard In March, local web and graphic
Alison, who is a Weight for the third year in a row. design agency, Aubergine,
Watchers leader in the town, Taking place on 16th September committed to competing in
said: “I’ve been overwhelmed by 2016, the scaled-down version the 12-mile, 28 obstacle Tough
the support we received. of KidsOut’s larger corporate Mudder assault course to raise
“I’m so thankful to the many fundraising events was a success funds for our local kids’ charity,
with over 80 people filling the KidsOut. They’’ve trained hard
town’s Rugby Football Club to every week, running miles,
take part. doing intensive CV exercises and
15 teams took part in the preparing themselves for what is
general knowledge quiz, which described as ‘The world’s most
tested subjects including intense and insane physically
geography, music, sport and challenging assault courses’.
history across 3 rounds, as well
as a ‘fiendishly difficult’ round
devised by the CEO. The evening
included a main auction for a
Drayton Manor Stay & Play pack
and Monty Python signed print.
The Rugby Club made a delicious
lasagne supper which was

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On Sunday 25th September, Pictured - Brenda Daly, Ollie Jones Market Street Mash), Cancer Research UK,
Mark Tomkins, Steph Henman, Manager and Jill Richards Celebrating 100 years of Cubs
Matthew Craft and James Thiel ,Hospice Care Week, 7th Day
stood on the starting line, A new addition to our store is Adventists Refugees
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support for those kids that have hygiene products, small
a tough break in life and just We would like to take this toiletries, hand creams, small
need a little normality of some opportunity to wish Maggie Rich soft toys and baby clothes to be
toys or a day trip somewhere. who works tirelessly at the Black sent to refugees fleeing from
Aubergine’s target was £500 but Horse for Leighton and Linslade war zones. The shipment will be
through the sheer generosity homeless a speedy recovery going at the end of November.
of friends, family and people from her recent illness - we If you can help there is a box
they don’t even know have hope you get better soon from at All Saints Church or they can
achieved a total of over £900 all the staff and customers at be given to Katharine Smith in
an incredible achievement and Morrisons. Morrisons.
will go a long way to help some If you would like support for an
very disadvantaged kids. You will Morrisons match fund event please write to: Katharine
be able to see photos and video employees for sponsored Smith, Community Champion
of them tackling this incredible events, Katharine Smith raised E: champion.leightonbuzzard@
feat on their website: www. £210 for Cancer Research UK morrisonsplc.co.uk
aubergine262.com/blog, loving with a 5k Pretty Muddy run and This sleepout will aid Leighton
produced by their coach, Mark Maria Horsfield did a skydive Linslade Homeless service and is
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Well done, Team Aubergine! match funded making £706! For more information
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Community News Charities we have helped/
From Morrisons helping Sept / October are:
Battle of Britain, SSAFA,
The staff in Morrisons Leighton Keech Hospice donating
Buzzard would like to thank cakes for Keech Fest, Luton
all their customers for their & Dunstable Neonatal
patience during the refit - we Care Unit, Macmillen
relaunched our new look store coffee mornings, Kidsout,
on 2nd September with two Breast Cancer, Sue Ryder,
of the supermarkets longest Appledown Rehoming and
serving colleagues Jill Richards Rescue Centre, Leighton/
and Brenda Daly. We hope you Linslade Homeless, Smalls4all
will agree it has created a more www.smallsforall.org,
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news “It also allows us to commemo- Please help us to start this
rate the Veterans themselves, Scheme!
so people can see their names
recorded for posterity,” he said. Leighton Buzzard Patient
Participation Group Network
Leighton Buzzard Voluntary
WW2 Veterans see their Eric Jacobson, from New York, Patient Transport
work has visited the heritage attraction
every year for the past decade There are a growing number
and has a huge interest in the of older, vulnerable, mobility-
development of computing impaired people who may not
and Alan Turing’s work. “The meet the new tighter criteria to
importance of what happened access the NHS patient transport
here is still underestimated and service to attend their hospital
it is terribly important to tell that outpatient appointments; for
story,” he said. whom public transport (if it

Over 70 Veterans who worked in The next episode of the Bletchley exists) is too difficult; and who
secrecy at Bletchley Park and its Park Podcast, out on 10 October, may be on low incomes and can’t
outstations during WW2 were will feature interviews with those stretch to paying for taxis.
reunited on 11th September, 20. who attended the reunion. We are an established group
Former staff of the Government of local people from Leighton
Code and Cypher School travelled A special offer for football Buzzard GP surgeries working as
from as far as Louisiana, USA, to lovers volunteers to set up a scheme
attend the annual gathering. to provide voluntary patient

For many Veterans, the reunion transport to meet this need.

was a chance to see their vital Like all voluntary initiatives
contribution recognised on a new we are seeking volunteers to
Codebreakers’ Wall, featuring the help get this started! We are
names of former staff, as well as beginning to gather volunteer
supporters of the Buckingham- drivers, and others to assist with
shire heritage attraction. This administrative support but we
proved to be an emotional expe- still need more volunteer help
rience for those who had been before we can start operating as
bound by the Official Secrets Act. Living Archive Milton Keynes a complete regular service.Once
“I’ve come today to look at the are offering a very special half the project is ‘off the ground’ we
wall, I’m 90, so it will probably be price offer on ‘Players, Passion will apply to register as a Charity.
my swansong,” said Joan Lever, and Pitches’ a book of compiled Volunteer drivers can claim for
a WAAF teleprinter operator of memories of football in the mileage allowance, parking and
who worked in Block E from Milton Keynes area. The book out of pocket expenses. Clients
1944-1946. “The work was all boasts anecdotes, stories, poems may offer a donation if they wish,
codes and cyphers – we did not and images from as far back as but there is no obligation.
do anything in plain language. the early 1900s giving an insight If you are interested in finding
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because we were so busy. At the has lead to MK’s football future.
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clothes that you don’t mind getting The clue is in the name, as the
dirty. A wicker basket is ideal for most
Picking your own food can be a very mushrooms, but it’s a good idea to giant puffball resembles a foot wide
enjoyable way to spend a day. Wild carry some extra containers to keep
mushrooms are in plentiful supply any ‘suspect’ mushrooms safely ball. Hedgehog fungus is also quite
apart, as well as wipes to clean your easy to identify, as it has hedgehog
hands. like white spikes underneath the
cap.

right now and many are much tastier When it comes to identifying any Mushroom Magic UK Fungus Day
than any you can buy in a super- mushrooms that you find, you’ll need Event Saturday 8 October 11am -
market. a good reference book, and possibly 4pm. Tel: 01296 331441

First off a warning – some mush- a magnifying lens. You’ll be looking www.buckscountymuseum.org
rooms can be deadly, so I cer- for the shape of the cap (the main A huge display of mushrooms and

tainly don’t advice picking any to eat part of the mushroom), as well as toadstools. Meet experts from the
without being absolutely certain what Bucks Fungus Group Bring in your
they are. Before trying to identify the colour, texture, gills, shape of own specimens for identification.
mushrooms by yourself, it’s a good the stem and so on. Some mush- Fun activities for all the family.
idea to book onto a foraging course. rooms are fairly easy to identify, Free entry. Just drop in. Bucking-
others less so. If in any doubt, hamshire County Museum Church
While some species of mushrooms don’t risk it! There are some 15,000
grow all year around, September to species of mushroom in the UK; Street, Aylesbury, HP20 2QP.

November is generally the best time some of which are edible (though

Tuesday 11 October | 11.30am - Free Sunday 23 October | Free entry 11am – 3pm

Fascinating Fungi - Feed the Birds – family fun day
a Tree Top talk by Tony Harding
Come and spend the day at Rushmere  Birds of prey demonstration by the
Have you ever wondered about those Tree Top talks are free of charge - we Country Park learning more about our English School of Falconry
strange things growing in the woods? welcome donations which help us to feathered friends and how we can feed them
conserve habitats and species, making our and help them thrive.  Get messy making a bird feeder
Most of us know very little about these green spaces more accessible for all.  Fun crafts including badge making
fascinating growths – come and join Tony to Aimed at the whole family - all children must  Guided bird walk
increase your understanding of this neglected Email [email protected] for be accompanied by an adult.  Make a bird box
but absorbing wonder of the natural world. information - to book call 01525 234260.  Bird ringing demonstration
There may be a small charge for some  British Trust of Ornithology
activities. Don’t forget your binoculars!  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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Autumn Recipes
Toffee Apples
Cheesy Onion Soup

The weather is turning cold and clocks go Toffee apples are a real treat and very easy to
back this month. Take comfort in onion soup, make yourself so why not make a few for bonfire
topped with crunchy bread and bubbling night?
cheese. Makes 12
Serves 2 Ingredients
Preparation time 55mins 12 small dessert apples like Cox’s
Ingredients 12 wooden lollipop sticks or short dowels
12oz / 350g onions 450g / 1lb Demerara sugar
Butter for frying 2 tbsp golden syrup
1 1/2 tsp Demerara sugar 60g / 2oz butter
2 tsp dark soy sauce 4 tsp lemon juice
1 pint stock (chicken stock is lovely) 4 tbsp water
2 thick slices lightly toasted bread
2oz / 50g cheddar or Gruyere cheese Method
Wash the apples and dry thoroughly with kitchen
Method paper. Remove the stalks and push a stick into
Peel and thinly slice the onions. the centre of each apple. Line a baking tray with
Heat the butter in a medium-sized saucepan. non-stick baking paper. Put half each of the sugar,
Add the onions and sugar and fry gently over a syrup, butter, lemon juice and water and stir over a
low heat for 10-20 minutes, stirring frequently. very gentle heat until the butter has melted and the
The sugar will caramelise to a nice golden sugar has completely dissolved. Bring to the boil and
brown coating on the onions. Be careful not to boil rapidly for 5-10 minutes until 130C has been
let it stick and burn though, especially towards reached on a sugar thermometer or until a teaspoon
the end. Add the stock and soy sauce, and of the toffee becomes hard and brittle when poured
season to taste with salt and black pepper. Put into a bowl of cold water. Remove the pan from the
a lid on the pan and simmer for approximately heat each time before testing. When the correct
30 minutes until the onions are soft and start- temperature has been reached remove the pan
ing to disintegrate. Grate or thinly slice the from the heat and quickly dip six of the apples into
cheese. the toffee until evenly coated. Lift out and let the ex-
Divide the soup between two heatproof bowls. cess toffee drip back into the pan. Stand the coated
Float a slice of toasted bread on top of each apples on the prepared tray and leave in a cool, dry
bowl of soup, and top with the sliced or grated place to set. Use the remaining ingredients to make
cheese.Grill for 2-3 minutes until the cheese is a second batch of toffee. If you try to make it all in
melted and bubbling (which is why you have to one go the toffee will set before you manage to coat
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War Poets Some such as, Isaac Rosenberg, Edward Thomas,
Charles Sorley and Wilfred Owen died in action,
whilst Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves
survived but went on to express their emotional
distress through poetry.

Wilfred Owen is generally accepted as the
greatest war poet to have written in the English
Language. After being blown up, suffering
concussion and being shell-shocked, Owen was
sent to a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh were
he met Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon
who inspired him to develop his poetry further.

By Susan Brookes-Morris Owen was awarded a George Cross in October
As we head towards Armistice Day, it’s a per- 1918 having seized a machine gun and shot and
tinent time to reflect on the work of the ‘War captured several Germans, but just a few weeks
Poets.’ The phrase is generally taken to refer to later, he was killed at Orps.
the 16 men who wrote about their first-hand His most famous poem is ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’
experiences of the First World War and who are meaning ‘it is sweet and right’ with the last line
commemorated in a slate memorial at Poets going on to mean ‘to die for your country.’ In
Corner. his poem The Sentry he talks about how one of
his sentries was blinded. He said ‘All a poet can
do is warn. That is why the true poet must be
truthful.’

The 16 are; Richard Aldington, Laurence Binyon, Anthologies celebrating the best of the genre
Edmund Blunden, Rupert Brooke, Wilfrid often include: Charles Sorley’s ‘When you
Gibson, Robert Graves, Julian Grenfell, Ivor see millions of the mouthless dead’, Isaac
Gurney, David Jones, Robert Nichols, Wilfred Rosenberg’s ‘Break of Day in the Trenches’,
Owen, Herbert Read, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried ‘Lights Out’ by Edward Thomas, ‘To his love’ by
Sassoon, Charles Sorley and Edward Thomas. Ivor Gurney and ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke.

Now often studied as part of the English Whilst not written by one of the
curriculum, the work of these poets is commemorated 16, the most quoted poem of
particularly notable for being violent and this era remains ‘In Flanders Fields’ which was
realistic and challenging earlier poetry which written by former doctor John McCrae during
had a pro-war message. Their work expresses the second battle of Ypres.
extreme emotions of fear, anger and love.
Many widely renowned British poets also have
The War Poets Association says; ‘the young war poems covering a wide range of conflicts
soldier poets of the First World War established within their collections, including Kipling,
war poetry as a literary genre. Their combined Tennyson, Hughes, Larkin and Hardy.
voice has become one of the defining texts of
Twentieth Century Europe.’ www.beelocalmagazine.co.uk
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What’s On Make sure your Christmas and New Year events are included

OCTOBER and FREE PARKING in the 234260 or call into the
Sunday 9th October large car park outside the Visitor Centre.Herons
Florence Nightingale hall. This event coincides View Visitor Centre
Hospce Colour Rush with the popular monthly Rushmere Country Park
11am & 2pm Green Farmers’ Market at Linslade Road Heath and
Park Activity Centre, Woburn.10am to 4pm, Reach LU7 0EB
Stablebridge Rd, Aston Woburn Village Hall, www.greensandtrust.org/
Clinton, HP22 5NE Crawley Road Woburn, Rushmere.html
Join in at the Florence Bedfordshire MK17 9QD Saturday 5th November
Nightingale Hospice Saturday 22nd October Pop Up Market Leighton
Charity for another annual Leighton Buzzard Craft Buzzard Town Centre
Colour Rush event! Market, Town Centre. 12th November
Sunday 9th October 9am-4pm Town Mayor’s Charity
Pitstone Heritage Park - 23rd October Tea & Coffee Morning 10am-
Open Day. Last open day Homemade cakes Potash 12noon. Pizza Express,
of 2016. Opens 10.30am- Nursery see page 31 Market Square, Leighton
5pm Adults £6 Children £2 Sunday 23rd October Buzzard. Tickets £3. Pay
Dogs on leads welcome. Feed The Birds see page on entrance or tickets
Plenty of free parking, 39 from Leighton Linslade TC
most but not all areas 24th - 28th October Tel 01525 631921
wheelchair accessible. Living History Week. Saturday 12th November
Pitstone Green Farm, Various events in Leighton Poppy Prom 7.30pm
Vicarage Rd. Pitstone, Nr. Buzzard contact Leighton A concert celebrating
Tring, LU7 9EY. Buzzard Town Council for the best music from The
Tel 01525 221583 details. Festival of Remembrance
www.pitstonemuseum.co.uk NOVEMBER and The Last Night of the
Friday 14 October Tuesday 1st November Proms. Featuring South
Cheddington Food and Knit and Natter Beds Concert Band, St
Drink FayreCome and First Tuesday of the Mary’s Choir and the
join us in a celebration of Month 10am- 12pm All Dagnall Community Choir.
eating and drinking!! Now welcome, whatever your Licensed bar. Box Office
in it’s eighth year. Many skill level. Come and 01525 222283. Tickets
stalls displaying and selling share knitting ideas and £10 & £12.50 St Mary’s
locally produced food and patterns or just join us Church, Eaton Bray LU6
drink.7-10pm, £1 entry to knit, chat and watch 2DJ
Cheddington Village the birds in this beautiful 13th November 9am-
Hall, Church Lane, setting. Buy a coffee and 11:30am Remembrance
Cheddington, LU7 0RU cake to sweeten the day. Parade In partnership
Sunday 16 October Please bring along your with Royal British Legion.
Crafts, Cake and a Cuppa own wool and needles. Parade marchers meet
Come along to this well- Free entry (£2 car parking at Bletchley Park to
established craft fair all fee applies). For more commence their walk to
day. FREE ADMISSION information call 01525 the Cenotaph to lay the
Poppy Wreaths.

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Things that and a meal included in the For Big Monsters
entrance fee. You’ll also find a Tulleys The Howl in Leighton
go bump in fireworks display taking place Buzzard is back for its second
that evening at the theme year featuring five huge haunted
the night park. Visit www.gulliversfun. attractions full of live, terrifying
co.uk for more. creatures. The park is open

Waddeson Manor is open various evenings from 8th
every day in half term November until Halloween you
(22nd-30th October). can find full details at
Illuminated Ugly Bug Ball www.halloweenattractionsco.uk.

trail, horrible Halloween Further afield Big Night Out
games, pumpkin carving Pub Crawl are putting on a
and more. Special late Zombie Halloween special, so
opening until 6pm on
join London’s expert bar crawl
Friday 28th and Saturday guides and let them take you on
29th October. an evening of fun and spooky
Where To Take Little Monsters www.waddesdon.org.uk frolics. Tickets cost £20 and get
Mead Open Farm has six Market Square Aylesbury have you free entry into 5 bars, 4
ghoulish family attractions, a Halloween Fun Day on 27th free shots & great drinks deals
including the new Shed of October 2016 between 3 -6pm across all the venues, PLUS
Dread for children of all ages to Including the very popular some other great bonuses like
enjoy from 22nd-31st October. Pantoween. There is an a free crawl t-shirt, free zombie
Toddlers can explore the Creepy opportunity to get up close with makeovers (if you’re not in fancy
Cottage, daily ghost stories a variety of spiders, bats and dress already prizes for the best
and puppet shows, whereas snakes, with a reptile roadshow fancy dress and free glow sticks.
older children can hunt through from Impeyan Productions. details are on eventbrite
the Haunted Hotel or try out The Spotlight Musical Theatre
Topper’s Twister. There will also group will be teaching and Fireworks
be fancy dress competitions and performing the Michael Jackson,
the chance to carve a pumpkin. Thriller routine. There will Saturday 5th November
Find out more at also be Halloween themed Brooklands School, Leighton
www.meadopenfarm.co.uk. crafts to create, games and an Buzzard 7pm.
Take part in trick and treat week amazing face painter to inspire Saturday 5th November
at Gulliver’s Land by joining your creations for the witching Axe and Compass, Heath &
the official trick and treat trail, hour all for free. Prizes for the Reach 7pm
with lots of sweet goodies. best Halloween fancy dress MK fireworks display Campbell
Take a trip to Leonard’s Scare costume and carved pumpkin, Park, MK on Sunday 6th
School or take part in a costume to be judged by the Mayor of
party during the week of 22nd Aylesbury at 5pm.
October, and Saturday 29th Ashridge Estate have Halloween
is Happy Hauntings day with Crafts and a Halloween Trail
extra special entertainment 10am-4pm, Mon 24th-Fri 28th

October Booking Not Needed. November at 7.30pm free entry
Dogs on leads welcome. Tel
01442 851227 www.national- The Pitstone & Ivinghoe Annual
trust.org.uk/events Fireworks Event, Saturday 5th
November, Pitstone Pavilion on
Rushemere Halloween Disco Marsworth Road.
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Friday 28 October | 6.30pm – 9pm

Fun kids’ event in the Tree Tops Café suitable for
ages 5-12 - experience the park after dark!
Ticket includes hot dog, juice, fancy dress
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Bar open and food available for adults -
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Limited spaces available, please book via
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Friday 4 November
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show celebrates its 10th birthday!

The unstoppable Magic of Motown thrills its millionth music
fan this year, embarking on a super-sensational nationwide
tour that also honours the 50th anniversary of chart-topping
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Tuesday 29th November

As featured at London’s Leicester Square Theatre
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The Leighton Buzzard Youth Theatre is pleased to
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To mark their tenth anniversary COMPETITION
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In the last few years Polymnia have performed
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millions. They have been the chosen choir of the
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