News Update

This is a selection of News Items, with the latest at the top.

22/06/03
 NEW 'MESSAGE' BOARD
The Speen website has started a NEW Chatline. This uses the latest technology for 'instant' discussions. Follow the link here to visit or register with your own Village system. Chat Line You can be a 'visitor' and read messages without registering. Check it out!

21/03/03
 Scout Hut and Woodland
It has been brought to our attention that 1968 Planning Permission prevents use of the Scout Hut by any other village organisations. Details have thus been removed from this website.

17/03/03
 Property Wanted
Check out "Property", someone is looking for a 3/4 bed property in the village.

11/03/03
 Parish Community Plan Meeting
On Monday 17th March, 8:30 Speen Village Hall. Last year this was in Lacey Green, this year it is our turn! Voice your views and concerns regarding village issues. Also in attendance Thames Valley Police officer to talk about law and order issues. Also the Annual Assembly of the Parish. Come early, this one could be packed.

10/03/03
 Playing Fields Association AGM
This is to be held on Tuesday 18th March, 8:00pm in the pavillion. Turn up and find out what is going on, ask questions, see what they need all that money for! Hear about arrangements for the Village Fun Weekend to be held over 7th/8th June.

8/03/03
 Scouts open up their Scout Hut and Woodland
You can now book the Speen Scout Hut for your private events. See Village Organisations for contact details or click here for a booking form.

15/02/03
 Pub QUIZ Night
Every other Thursday night, Speen Supporters Group organise a Charity Pub Quiz in the King William IV. For £1 per head this is a very entertaining night, even if (like me) your quiz knowledge is virtually NIL. Come and try it out. Teams form on the night - or you can come as a team. The quiz starts at 8:00 (ish), but Mike and Zena put on a special menu from 7:00pm. Click here for the latest dates and other events at the King William.

27/01/03
 Local e-mail Addresses
To help fund the costs of running this Website, we can now offer your own "Speen" e-mail address. The cost to you will be £2.50 per year, and you will still receive your e-mail in exactly the same way as now, except that everyone will think your e-mail address is "firstname.secondname@SpeenBucks.org". We can only do this if there is AT LEAST 25 of you wanting it.
Let us know if you are interested and we will send details back by e-mail, once the magic 25 has been reached, we will go live. There will be a village e-mail directory as well. Click here to ask for details.

1/12/02
 Local North Dean business featured on Radio Four On Your Farm. Click to hear it and read about the programme on Beechdean Farm.

30/11/02
 The Village Diary is being updated. Please send details of any December events to The Diary.

16/11/02
 The King William IV has launched it's Christmas Menu. Check out their opening times in Village Services.

1/08/02
 The King William has been forced to temporarily close for 7 days whilst Mike and Zena sort out their licence. This means that the Quiz night scheduled for tonight will be postponed.
Mike apologises to everyone, and especially those who have booked for meals during this period.
They will be re-opening on Thursday 8th August and, to celebrate their new start, Mike and Zena will be offering complimentary drinks to their friends in the village.

28/06/02
 Someone is looking for land - see chatline

04/05/02
 See photos from Saturday's charity football game against The Harrow, here and also read about the game.

03/02/02
 See last night's photos from Speen PreSchool Burns Night here

27/01/02
 Check out the village Diary for upcoming dates. Especially the Fete and the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Also see the Notice Board.

27/01/02
 Have you read about St John's School, Lacey Green being so full with children from outside their catchment area that they cannot take some Speen children from their own feeder school here in Speen? See the article in the Bucks Free Press (25/01/02 - page 4). Send your thoughts to our own Chat Line.

26/10/01
 Peter Symonds beautiful pictorial Map of Speen can now be seen here.

26/10/01
 Daffodils THIS WEEKEND - See below

13/10/01
We have received an invitation to help Marie Curie Cancer Care plant 10,000 daffodils at West Wycombe Park. See Notices or if you would like to help and get free entry click here for more details.

07/10/01
For those football fans amongst you, Wycombe Wanderers are hosting the England U16 team in their match against Wales on Friday 2nd November. For more details visit the South Bucks Youth League website (sbyl.co.uk) or click here for the flyer & Group Booking form. Adults £3.00 with upto 10 children! Unaccompanied children £3:00

16/09/01
Congratulations to Martin Stockley and the whole Festival team for a fantastic Festival. This was a really varied programme of activities which enriched the lives of everyone who attended. Most events were sold out, so appologies if you were unable to get tickets. There will not be another Speen Festival until 2003 at least.

12/08/01
Recent updates include the Festival section (mentioned below), more entries in the Services section, including village skiing expert and his "purple ski site" - well worth a visit, and a plea for a 4 bed detached house from a couple in Amersham in the Property section.

10/08/01
Speen WebSite now has all the details about the SPEEN FESTIVAL in September, plus that all important booking form. Go straight to their special section, click here.

10/03/01
Some more details about a 'Speen Festival' next September have come out. The event is still in the early planning stages, but you can get an inside line by clicking here.

03/03/01
The opening of the Doors of the King William IV was delayed to 7:00 pm on Saturday 3rd March. So after a ten or more year break, Speen gets it's pub back again. Clive and Marion started serving food on the following Wednesday evening.
The First Night

23/02/01
The Bucks Free Press (property section!) announces that Clive & Marion Mason - ex Pink & Lily will be running the King William IV as a pub again as from FRIDAY 2nd MARCH.

28/01/01
The Speen Millennium Choir has renamed itself The Speen Choir. You can join the music, for details see Village Organisations. You can also listen and watch them at work, they will be performing again soon (see the diary) a presentation entitled "All in the April Evening" contact Martin Stockley on 488101 to book your tickets before they sell out yet again.

01/01/01
Welcome to the 21st century and the third Millennium. There was one of Keith's fabulous firework displays on the playing fields last night to mark the start of the 'real' new Millennium. The new Speen Marquee was also erected to provide a shelter for those attending. Perhaps this can become a local tradition for parties on the field every year.

16/12/00
There was the grand unveiling of Speen's new sign on Saturday 16th December 2000. The sign, designed by Peter Symonds, which first made it's appearance in his delightfully illustrated map of Speen, (a few signed and numbered prints of the map are still available, order here) was made at Gomms Forge. All the work was done locally and it is set in a plinth of Denner Stone. The plinth contains a copy of the electoral roll in the year 2000 and other artefacts. See Photos.
The Unveiling