Clive & Marion Mason

Hallmark August 1986. Early in July the tastefully renovated Pink and Lily re-opened it’s doors after being closed for nearly a year and becoming dreadfully neglected. The new landlords are Clive and Marion Mason.

Hallmark September 1991. Letter to the Editor from Clive Mason. Chairman Lacey Green and Loodley Row Sports Cub

Dear Mr Janes,

On behalf of the Sports Club we are writing to say how disappointed we were to read the editorial in the current edition of Hallmark.

The inference in the article is that the sports club does not wish to be associated with the village and this could not be farther from the truth.

You may not agree with the decision of the Mid Bucks committee not to allow us to postpone our league fixture, indeed we were disappointed. However, if they had sanctioned the request all games to be played that day would have had to be postponed. If every village requested the same the league would be in chaos.

As is hopefully apparent, the members of the club have, over the past couple of years, put in a tremendous amount of effort to give Lacey Green a club to be proud of. At the same time we have done everything in our power to help the Village. The local school uses the nets and the cricket square for their home games. We have offered a piece of land to the village for the purpose of building a play area for the children, that offer having been on the table for the past eighteen months. We have written to everyone in the village making them aware of the facilities offered at the club. The tennis and football sections did contribute on Village Day and the cricket section offered to play a match against our French friends in the morning. The parade also finished at the sports club.

I think you will agree that the above actions do not indicate a couldn't care less attitude but exactly the reverse and we hope that by the next edition of the Hallmark we will be able to report that Lacey Green are League Champions!

Like the village day committee, we survive on voluntary help, don't knock us we really do have the village at heart.

I trust you will include this letter in the next edition and we would love to see more villagers down at the club, we are sure they would benefit from it.

Clive G. Mason (Chairman – Lacey Green & Loosley Row Sports Club) – Pink & Lily.

Hallmark May 1996. Clive Mason reported on The Pink and Lily - " As some of you may have noticed we have had a paint problem on the outside of the building. I am glad to report that the problem has now been identified and a solution found by Paul Forster and Ted, a vote of thanks to them. By the time you read this the pub should be looking radiant with its new (slightly different shade of pink) coat.