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Market health boost
February 22, 2019
For a number of years, Aylesbury Market has offered a free stall to charities and non-profit groups for them to sell cakes, goods, run raffles or tombolas. The market has now collaborated with the NHS, who will be providing a range of services throughout the year on the market. This will start with One Recovery […]
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Art of glass
February 21, 2019
A Glorious Glass exhibition at Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury runs until March 23 and features work by the Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society, Sue Purser Hope (see picture above). The glass art that she is showing in this exhibition makes us think about the elements and fishermen but also transports us back to […]
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Rail fans go loco
February 14, 2019
A classic locomotive is to be relaunched after a 40-year restoration at Quainton. In 1978, Quainton Railway Society bought an old locomotive from a scrapyard in Barry Island, Wales. Locomotive no. 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’ has been at Quainton, now better known as Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, ever since, while undergoing an incredibly long and complicated restoration, […]
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WhizzFizzFest to return
December 6, 2018
Aylesbury’s WhizzFizzFest returns on Saturday June 22 next year. The spectacular La Voix (pictured) from Aylesbury Waterside Theatre’s Peter Pan Christmas production was on hand to make the announcement. Festival-goers can expect another whizzfizzingly wonderful day. With some familiar faces alongside plenty of new things to see and do, the event will be brimming with celebrity author […]
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Music to our ears
December 3, 2018
Shops may come and go but some of Aylesbury’s smaller outlets are still in there and fighting the current High Street slump. Well known names such as Toys R Us, Maplin, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Evans Cycles and Mothercare have either shrunk or gone under, with 85,000 retail jobs lost in the first nine months […]
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Santa in the square
November 20, 2018
Aylesbury town centre’s popular Santa’s parade is back this year, on Sunday November 25. Last year’s parade reached record numbers, with more than 300 people taking part and this year’s promises to be even bigger. The festive parade is made up of local dance groups, professional entertainers, bands, local businesses and organisations. The parade gathers […]
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