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	click [[1986 Hallmark 100th Edition]] for details of that.		click [[1986 Hallmark 100th Edition]] for details of that.
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		+	click [[Editorials by Mike Piercy]] from 2009

	'''VOL 1 January/February 1970'''		'''VOL 1 January/February 1970'''

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 '''The Annual Whist Drive for the Bucks, Blind''' organised by Mrs I Weller and helpers proved a great success and an enjoyable evening, although finished by candlelight, The near record total of £193.50 has been sent to the Fund. We congratulate Lacey Green, Loosley Row and Speen and everyone involved in this effort, a cause worthy of support, (over 900 totally blind in Bucks alone), Three highest score winners of the Whist, Ladies and Gents, have won their way through to the Grand Areas Final Drive to be held in April at Aylesbury Tow Hall, The Whist Drive was followed by the Grand Draw (Lists on display at shops) and auction sale, The auctioneer and M.C. for the evening was Councillor H, Church.
-'''Yet another well-known land mark has disappeared''' in the village. We refer of course to the workshop and stores of [[J W Saunders and Sons]], for long known as "Jonnies Shop". These premises took their nickname from that well known personality the late John Saunders, one time landlord of [[The Black Horse]] Public House, village Undertaker, Builder and Carpenter, Rural District Councillor for 19 years, Parish Councillor for many years and a prime mover in obtaining and erecting the present village hall just after the 1918 war.
+'''Yet another well-known land mark has disappeared''' in the village. We refer of course to the workshop and stores of J W Saunders & Sons, for long known as "Jonnies Shop". These premises took their nickname from that well known personality the late John Saunders, one time landlord of [[The Black Horse]] Public House, village Undertaker, Builder and Carpenter, Rural District Councillor for 19 years, Parish Councillor for many years and a prime mover in obtaining and erecting the present village hall just after the 1918 war.
 John was well known throughout a wide area for his sporting activities, being at one time goalkeeper for the local club, and certainly doyen of the Lacey Green Cricket Club, for his great love was cricket, and he played well beyond the age when the. average person retires.
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 So again older village people must feel a sadness that yet anothher piece of old Lacey Green disappears in the name of progress, but at the same time have pleasant recollections of a wonderful man, and the invaluable contribution his business made to the village.
 '''Hallmark June 1977.   The Editor remembers.   1952 or thereabouts to 1977'''

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-'''The Editers have been''' M E Knott February 1970 (1st 6 editions) James Mowatt February 1971.([[James & Stella Mowatt]]). Ted Janes ([[Ted & Jean Janes]]). Peter Trotter ([[Peter & Lilian Trotter]]). Norman Tyler  2004-2009 ([[Norman & Bette Tyler]]). Mike Piercy 2009 onwards ([[Mike and Candy Piercy]])
+'''The Editers have been''' M E Knott February 1970 (1st 6 editions) James Mowatt February 1971.([[James & Stella Mowatt]]). Ted Janes ([[Ted & Jean Janes]]). Allison Needham December 1994. Peter Trotter ([[Peter & Lilian Trotter]]). Norman Tyler  2004-2009 ([[Norman & Bette Tyler]]). Mike Piercy 2009 onwards ([[Mike and Candy Piercy]])
 Hallmark April 1951.  Editor's Diary.

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	'''The Editers have been''' M E Knott February 1970 (1st 6 editions) James Mowatt February 1971.([[James & Stella Mowatt]]). Ted Janes ([[Ted & Jean Janes]]). Peter Trotter ([[Peter & Lilian Trotter]]). Norman Tyler 2004-2009 ([[Norman & Bette Tyler]]). Mike Piercy 2009 onwards ([[Mike and Candy Piercy]])		'''The Editers have been''' M E Knott February 1970 (1st 6 editions) James Mowatt February 1971.([[James & Stella Mowatt]]). Ted Janes ([[Ted & Jean Janes]]). Peter Trotter ([[Peter & Lilian Trotter]]). Norman Tyler 2004-2009 ([[Norman & Bette Tyler]]). Mike Piercy 2009 onwards ([[Mike and Candy Piercy]])
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		+	Hallmark April 1951. Editor's Diary.

	'''Hallmark April 1972. Editorial.''' Featuring People, Places and Happenings in and around the district		'''Hallmark April 1972. Editorial.''' Featuring People, Places and Happenings in and around the district

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 So again older village people must feel a sadness that yet anothher piece of old Lacey Green disappears in the name of progress, but at the same time have pleasant recollections of a wonderful man, and the invaluable contribution his business made to the village.
-Hallmark June 1977.   '''The Editor remembers.'''   1952 or thereabouts to 1977
+'''Hallmark June 1977.   The Editor remembers.   1952 or thereabouts to 1977'''
 We couldn't have a special Jubilee edition with such a nice cover, so professionally prepared by Tony Reed of Roundlands, without something appertaining to the occasion inside.

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	So again older village people must feel a sadness that yet anothher piece of old Lacey Green disappears in the name of progress, but at the same time have pleasant recollections of a wonderful man, and the invaluable contribution his business made to the village.		So again older village people must feel a sadness that yet anothher piece of old Lacey Green disappears in the name of progress, but at the same time have pleasant recollections of a wonderful man, and the invaluable contribution his business made to the village.
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		+	Hallmark June 1977. '''The Editor remembers.''' 1952 or thereabouts to 1977
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		+	We couldn't have a special Jubilee edition with such a nice cover, so professionally prepared by Tony Reed of Roundlands, without something appertaining to the occasion inside.
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		+	Yet when one stops to think of that mournful February morning in 1952 when King George VI peacefully passed away, and the then young Princess Elizabeth quickly returned from Africa to take up her responsible duties of Queen, and the gaiety and pageantry of the Coronation the following year, it’s not at all easy to remember what was happening at home. The people I have spoken to, just to jog my own memory, are a bit vague; its a long time ago. It’s easy to check that we still had food rationing, that petrol was only 20p a gallon, that Mr. Churchill was Prime Minister, that the last London tram was taken out of service and that we re-gained the Ashes, but not so easy to check local matters.
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		+	Although my own memory is not bad, because it’s a sort of jubilee of my own. In May 1952, together with Tony Adams, Ralph Biggs, Frank Chilton, Harry Church, Harold Weller, Bob Ridgley and Jack Wilson, we were elected to serve on the Parish Council. Sadly, some of these colleagues are no longer with us, others have retired, only Harold Weller joins me in celebrating 25 years on the Council.
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		+	Having moved from one part of the Parish, Speen, to Lacey Green in 1951, I have over the last 25 years, been involved in some degree with most organisations in this village. ‘Poking my nose into everything' some might say; others would be more kind and say ‘being public spirited'. What makes one become so involved I'm not sure; being willing and being pushed would be part of the answer. But I can say that apart from short spells of despair, frustration and a few heart-aches, they have been very happy years, working with marvellous people. This puts me in a good position to briefly look back over those years and some of the people I've enjoyed associating with, who have been so much part of the village scene during this jubilee reign.
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		+	One must remember that in 1952 the village was about half its present size – there was no Hets Orchard, no Westlands or Meadow Rise, no Roundlands, no Woodfield, but lengthy stretches of grassland and garden between many properties that today are nearly touching. It was in this year that the Parish Council sold for £2 Black Pit Pond; £1 to Mr. Rupert Rixon and £1 to Mrs. Ethel Dell. Now what was a pond is part of the front garden of 'The Haven' and 'Dendrige' properties on the main road, Lacey Green.
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		+	What was Lacey Green School like then? It was the year my daughter started School. There were only two classrooms, about 70 pupils, two teachers, a head teacher, Mrs. Gurney, and an infant teacher, Miss Jarvis (how the children loved her). Senior children, except those who passed the eleven plus, went to Hatters Lane or Mill End Schools in High Wycombe.
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		+	The Rev. Eric Steward was coming to the end of a long and popular stay as Vicar of the Parish, also a very active man in the community, Chairman of the Parish Council, Chairman of the Village Hall Committee, but in 1952 he withdrew from that year's Parish Council Elections and Harry Church became Chairman. Only two more Vicars have spanned that 25 years, The Rev. Keene and The Rev. Bernard Houghton.
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		+	The Sports Club having been quite recently presented with the sports field, was in fact only a Cricket Club, no Football or Tennis sections. A small pavilion with none of today's mod-cons. and no Bar.
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		+	More so in those days village cricket was really cut and thrust, to play the local 'Derby's' against Hampden, Speen and Naphill was to understand what prompted the ‘Wars of the Roses'. Chiltern villages have always played good cricket with Lacey Green always being positioned high in their League. The teams were all village lads with strong family connections. Me? I played in '52 in the 1st eleven, a position I didn't hold for long and was soon relegated to the end eleven. Some of the players I remember were Les Rixon, Arch Rixon, Stan Rixon, Harold Rixon, Bill Dell, Jack Dell (note the family make-up of the team) Ted Biggs, Frank Chilton, Ivor Kelloway, to name a few.
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		+	If the Village Hall is inadequate today, then in 1952 it was appalling (by today's standards). Two coke stoves roasted you in one corner and froze in the other, and on windy days how they smoked} Fred Adams has told me that on one November Sunday when the fires were lit for the United Armistice Service, they smoked so much that he swept the chimney in his best suit. Sometimes at dances the bucket lavatories would overflow and had to be emptied, again by poor Fred Adams and his wife. The back room that is now used for storage, housed an old fashioned washing copper for hot water, and a hand pump was used to draw water from the well. This was often so slow that Mrs. Adams used to get an extra bucketful from the well – with a rope, even after dark. When refreshment time was over and the copper fire had gone out, with no other heat in that old kitchen the drained cups and saucers from washing up have been known to freeze in the middle of winter. One is full of admiration for those ladies who worked in such conditions to supply refreshments at all the functions. Some of the Committee members I recall about that time were the Rev. Steward, Mr. Tong, Lady Bateman, Miss Fletcher, Mrs.Frederick, Mrs. M. Adams and Tony Adams.
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		+	There was no 81st Club; that was started by Mrs. Carpenter in 1958. Round about the same time the Parent Teachers Association was formed, but of course the Women's Institute had already celebrated one quarter of a century, and President for that year was Miss Sampson. The Youth Club was formed in 1955 by Wyndham Bradley and has gone on until today in fits and starts through lack of leaders. No organisation has been so consuming of people – Ivor Kelloway, Alan Randell, Rev. Keene, my wife and myself, Peter Barnard, Vera Griffiths, Malcolm Gilbert and Mrs. Woodwark, and yet another leader is required now.
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		+	Of the local businesses, the village shops, Mrs. Hickman was still alive, but Bert mostly served at the shop, not yet with May. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence had just taken over the general stores at Loosley Row, but not the Post Office – that was attached to the general stores of "Harvey's't Lower Road, Loosley Row. I am not sure if Mrs. Roberts had her sweet shop, where Dennis Gannon's dining room at the Crooked Chimney is now, and later to become Mrs. Belcher's Wool Shop. The Bakehouse at the beginning of Goodacres Lane was in full production with Sidney James and Charlie Claydon making their distinctive crusty loaves. Sidney delivered with his horse and cart.
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		+	Many local businesses are still going strong today with the same family names, Hickman's, Saunder's and Dell's the builders, Gommes Forge (Bakers) West's the farmers, and Mrs. Chilton still delivers the mail. Around Church Lane the factory at that time was Austin Hoy, the mining engineer people, who shortly afterwards moved to Saunderton. Rupert Newell was the licensee at ‘The Whip', Frank Gomme at 'The Black Horse', Mrs. Brown at 'The Crown' (alas now demolished), Mrs. Ridgley at 'The Plow' (nee Ishbell MacDonald, daughter of the first Labour Prime Minister) and Major Fairbrother at 'The Pink and Lily' (many must reminisce of Fairbrother and their Home Guard days when they see Captain Mannering in Dad's Army on the T.V.).
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		+	And as the years have speeded by I have enjoyed closely working with many of the newer people to the village, Ted Flintham, Randell Evans, Vera Griffiths, Geoff Prince, Frank Glenister, Wilf Sanders, to name a few. <A success story of Lacey Green that new and old have integrated much better than in many places; a view not shared by all, but it’s my belief.
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		+	In mentioning my 25 years of village life, I am not setting it up as any record, there are many other people who have done the same, and more, Harry Church, Tony Adams, Ted Biggs, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adams, Miss Fletcher, Harold Weller, again to name a few. It’s just that mine has spanned Her Majesty's reign. And in naming names I am well aware that I am courting disaster in a village, but these people, together with many, many more I have not mentioned, have, in my humble opinion, all helped to make it a happy and worthwhile 25 years for Lacey Green

	'''Hallmark December 1983.''' The Christmas Message by Ted Janes, the Chairman of the Lacey Green Parish Council and Editor of Hallmark		'''Hallmark December 1983.''' The Christmas Message by Ted Janes, the Chairman of the Lacey Green Parish Council and Editor of Hallmark

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 '''The Annual Whist Drive for the Bucks, Blind''' organised by Mrs I Weller and helpers proved a great success and an enjoyable evening, although finished by candlelight, The near record total of £193.50 has been sent to the Fund. We congratulate Lacey Green, Loosley Row and Speen and everyone involved in this effort, a cause worthy of support, (over 900 totally blind in Bucks alone), Three highest score winners of the Whist, Ladies and Gents, have won their way through to the Grand Areas Final Drive to be held in April at Aylesbury Tow Hall, The Whist Drive was followed by the Grand Draw (Lists on display at shops) and auction sale, The auctioneer and M.C. for the evening was Councillor H, Church.
-Yet another well-known land mark has disappeared in the village. We refer of course to the workshop and stores of [[J W Saunders and Sons]], for long known as "Jonnies Shop". These premises took their nickname from that well known personality the late John Saunders, one time landlord of [[The Black Horse]] Public House, village Undertaker, Builder and Carpenter, Rural District Councillor for 19 years, Parish Councillor for many years and a prime mover in obtaining and erecting the present village hall just after the 1918 war.
+'''Yet another well-known land mark has disappeared''' in the village. We refer of course to the workshop and stores of [[J W Saunders and Sons]], for long known as "Jonnies Shop". These premises took their nickname from that well known personality the late John Saunders, one time landlord of [[The Black Horse]] Public House, village Undertaker, Builder and Carpenter, Rural District Councillor for 19 years, Parish Councillor for many years and a prime mover in obtaining and erecting the present village hall just after the 1918 war.
 John was well known throughout a wide area for his sporting activities, being at one time goalkeeper for the local club, and certainly doyen of the Lacey Green Cricket Club, for his great love was cricket, and he played well beyond the age when the. average person retires.
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 How the boys used to gaze in envy at certain cards they required to complete their ‘set'.
 '''Hallmark December 1983.'''   The Christmas Message by Ted Janes, the Chairman of the Lacey Green Parish Council and Editor of Hallmark

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	'''The Editers have been''' M E Knott February 1970 (1st 6 editions) James Mowatt February 1971.([[James & Stella Mowatt]]). Ted Janes ([[Ted & Jean Janes]]). Peter Trotter ([[Peter & Lilian Trotter]]). Norman Tyler 2004-2009 ([[Norman & Bette Tyler]]). Mike Piercy 2009 onwards ([[Mike and Candy Piercy]])		'''The Editers have been''' M E Knott February 1970 (1st 6 editions) James Mowatt February 1971.([[James & Stella Mowatt]]). Ted Janes ([[Ted & Jean Janes]]). Peter Trotter ([[Peter & Lilian Trotter]]). Norman Tyler 2004-2009 ([[Norman & Bette Tyler]]). Mike Piercy 2009 onwards ([[Mike and Candy Piercy]])
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		+	'''Hallmark April 1972. Editorial.''' Featuring People, Places and Happenings in and around the district
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		+	'''The mechanical diggers, the heaps of pipes, the traffic lights have all arrived''', and we are in for one of the biggest upheavals that Lacey Green and Loosley Row have ever known, the sewage Scheme, a massive engineering undertaking, necessary for present day hygiene. Never will there have been more need for tolerance and understanding, throughout this year and well into 1973, we trust it will be forthcoming.
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		+	'''Over 14. years ago Mrs Carpenter, Mrs Rutland and Mrs Ferris''' founded the Derby and Joan Club in the village, the 81st Club so to be formed in Bucks, and hence its name, the 81st Club, The Club has gone from strength to strength over the years, with the help of a small band of workers, the senior citizens appreciate their club, but so much of the work falls on to the only remaining original organiser, Mrs, Rutland, who without someone to share the load is not prepared to carry on after September of this year, Will someone come forward to help; this important club must not be allowed to disband.
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		+	'''The Annual Whist Drive for the Bucks, Blind''' organised by Mrs I Weller and helpers proved a great success and an enjoyable evening, although finished by candlelight, The near record total of £193.50 has been sent to the Fund. We congratulate Lacey Green, Loosley Row and Speen and everyone involved in this effort, a cause worthy of support, (over 900 totally blind in Bucks alone), Three highest score winners of the Whist, Ladies and Gents, have won their way through to the Grand Areas Final Drive to be held in April at Aylesbury Tow Hall, The Whist Drive was followed by the Grand Draw (Lists on display at shops) and auction sale, The auctioneer and M.C. for the evening was Councillor H, Church.
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		+	Yet another well-known land mark has disappeared in the village. We refer of course to the workshop and stores of [[J W Saunders and Sons]], for long known as "Jonnies Shop". These premises took their nickname from that well known personality the late John Saunders, one time landlord of [[The Black Horse]] Public House, village Undertaker, Builder and Carpenter, Rural District Councillor for 19 years, Parish Councillor for many years and a prime mover in obtaining and erecting the present village hall just after the 1918 war.
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		+	John was well known throughout a wide area for his sporting activities, being at one time goalkeeper for the local club, and certainly doyen of the Lacey Green Cricket Club, for his great love was cricket, and he played well beyond the age when the. average person retires.
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		+	Although always a busy workshop, John was always ready to discuss cricket affairs, both locally and nationally, and some will remember the wonderful ‘sets’ of cigarette cards nailed to the beams of the workshop, depicting well known cricketers and also roses.
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		+	How the boys used to gaze in envy at certain cards they required to complete their ‘set'.

	'''Hallmark December 1983.''' The Christmas Message by Ted Janes, the Chairman of the Lacey Green Parish Council and Editor of Hallmark		'''Hallmark December 1983.''' The Christmas Message by Ted Janes, the Chairman of the Lacey Green Parish Council and Editor of Hallmark

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	'''Hallmark January 1991.''' We are indebted to Mr. Butler of Lily Bank Farm for the use of this copy - a letter received by his firm from a young man in the USSR, it shows the desperation that now exists in the Eastern European countries. Click [[Rupert & Diana Butler]] to read his letter which is reproduced as received.		'''Hallmark January 1991.''' We are indebted to Mr. Butler of Lily Bank Farm for the use of this copy - a letter received by his firm from a young man in the USSR, it shows the desperation that now exists in the Eastern European countries. Click [[Rupert & Diana Butler]] to read his letter which is reproduced as received.
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		+	'''Hallmark March 1991. Editors Diary'''
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		+	Without doubt the highlight of the last two months must have been the visit just down the road of both the Prime Minister and the Queen to Strike Command to personally thank that establishment for the very successful planning of the R.A.F. air operation during the Gulf War.
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		+	I believe it to be the nearest Her Majesty has ever been to stepping foot onto Lacey Green Parish soil during her very long reign. If these V.I.P.'s visits prompted the fencing and confer tree planting around the new carpark then that must be a blessing, because for some time now it had looked very tatty, although I shudder to think of the cost.
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		+	So, this news out-shone the ‘Open Book’ performance at the School, Elizabeth Hale's premiere at St. John's and the evergreens at the hall like the Turkey Supper and the Twinning Concert.
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		+	But it was two important days in March, the 16th and 23rd, the Village Hall Jumble Sale and the Residents Association Annual Village Clean-Up, both had much the same effect. Thanks to all the people who flocked to the hall with their jumble, it must have made a lot of room and greatly tidied many village attics and garages. Around 4.30 pm a convoy of cars and trailers left for the Bledlow Ridge dump, but not before nearly £200 had been made, proving that old north country saying that ‘Where there's muck there's brass’.
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		+	For the village spring clean the turn-out was down on last year, so it was just as well it wasn't such an arduous job, perhaps at last we are learning to Keep Lacey Green Tidy. If we could stop cars passing through the main road throwing out 'fag' packets and beer cans, and if builders would be a little more careful with the plastic wrapping of their materials, we would have the job licked. Every cleaner would have their own tale to tell of the strangest piece of rubbish collected, mine was a pair of old wellington boots found on the green at the entrance to Slad Lane, but they could have been missiles from the Stocken Farm wellie war.

	'''Hallmark August 1993.''' Letter to the Editor from David Lidington M P.		'''Hallmark August 1993.''' Letter to the Editor from David Lidington M P.

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 '''Election Time.'''   Its so easy for us to take for granted democracy, with all our electoral system of choice, that is denied to peoples of large areas of the world. And yet. we do, at election times, particularly local elections - 70% of us never bother to vote. Local government, with all its many, many faults, is still the best system in the world and very necessary, and for no other reason than they spend a large slice of our hard-earned income, we ought to show an interest.
-'''Hallmark January 1991.'''   We are indebted to Mr. Butler of Lily Bank Farm for the use of this copy - a letter received by his firm from a young man in the USSR, it shows the desperation that now exists in the Eastern European countries. Click [[Rupert Butler]] to read his letter which is reproduced as received.
+'''Hallmark January 1991.'''   We are indebted to Mr. Butler of Lily Bank Farm for the use of this copy - a letter received by his firm from a young man in the USSR, it shows the desperation that now exists in the Eastern European countries. Click [[Rupert & Diana Butler]] to read his letter which is reproduced as received.
 '''Hallmark September 1994.   Editorial  (by Ted Janes)'''.