In Dec 2019 Buckinghamshire County Council started the parking review in the Amersham area (yellow lines, parking bays) across 49 roads. The purpose of the review is to see if new parking controls are needed or if the current controls need to be changed.
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The Old Amersham Business Association and the Amersham Society would like to inform residents of Old Amersham that the permission to close the roads throughout the town for A Magical Christmas Evening event on Fri 6 Dec 2019 has been granted by Bucks County Council.
We are encouraging all residents of the Amersham Old Town to get creative in time for A Magical Christmas Evening and join in the local Best Front Door Decoration competition supported by the Amersham Society and the Amersham in Bloom team.
Your new 2019-20 committee was elected at the Society’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 30 Oct and the members are as follows: Dorothy Symes, Chair Edward Copisarow, Vice-Chair Geraldine Marshall-Andrew, Hon. Secretary David Atkinson, Hon. Treasurer George Allison, Planning Peter Borrows, Membership Secretary Elena Morgan, Website Manager All the above […]
Our congratulations to the Amersham “Bloomers” who received the joint highest score ever for the region. The results of the competition were announced on 24 Sep at Thames & Chilterns in Bloom regional awards ceremony held in Woodley. Amersham won in three categories:
The Vagrant Notice is back up on the wall of no. 60, The Broadway. As Peter Borrows, our project co-ordinator, reports: it has been cleaned, woodworm treated and the lettering carefully re-painted and now much more legible – all thanks to Martin Cook of Martin Cook Studio.
Amersham Society September 2019 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
About 100 members of the Amersham Society, the Friends of Amersham Museum and the Museum Volunteers accepted the invitation to get together in the Museum garden for an early evening reception on 5 Sep 2019. This joint event celebrated the long-standing commitment to promote cooperation between the Museum and the […]
This is an update on the progress of the Vagabond Notice conservation work commenced by the Amersham Society.
We would like to thank all our members and their guests who joined us for the Summer Drinks Recruitment Party on 3 Jul 2019. The party was successful and everyone who has spoken with us since was enthusiastic about it.
Started: 6 Jan 10.00am & 17 Mar 10.30am (listed in blue) Weather: cold overcast on 6 Jan & wet with hail on 17 Mar Revisited: 31 Mar, clean up day (listed in red) Survey carried out by: Tim Harmer and Lesley Harmer Area of survey from the bottom end of […]
Amersham in Bloom team are inviting all Amersham residents to join in the Local Gardening Competitions for 2019. The full details including the entry form can be found here.
Amersham Society May 2019 Newsletter is now published and is being delivered over the period of 31 May to 2 Jun to Society members. We apologise for the slight delay.
On 15 May 2019 Chiltern District Council approved the publication of the Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan 2036 for a six-week public consultation. The consultation is now open until midnight Fri 23 Aug 2019 (this has been extended from the original consultation period which was to have ended on […]
On 25 Apr 2019 Buckinghamshire councillors voted unanimously to ask the Government to halt HS2 enabling works in Buckinghamshire until they have issued Notice to Proceed. The motion was put forward by county councillor Charlie Clare and seconded by councillor Angela Macpherson.
In Episode 11, Series 2 of the Britain in Bloom documentary, which will be broadcast on Mon 8 Apr 2019 at 18:30 on BBC Two, the focus is on the Amersham in Bloom team. The programme was filmed just seven weeks before the end of the competition and preparation was […]
Buckinghamshire County Council is proposing to construct a new Zebra Crossing in the publicly maintained section of The Broadway in Old Amersham at a point approximately 12 metres east of the entrance to the Old Town Dovecote Car Park, in front of the new McCarthy & Stone Retirement Development.
We are sad to report that Anthony del Tufo, a prominent member of the Amersham community, died on 17 Jan 2019 aged 79.
The booklet “50 years of The Amersham Society, Founders of the Amersham Museum” was written by Dr Michael Brooks, Christine Standring and Barbara Webber and published in 2006 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Society. Today we are pleased to make the full text and illustrations available online.
Amersham Society January 2019 Newsletter and 2019 Programme are now published and have been delivered to the Society members.
On Sunday 11 Nov 2018 thousands of people across the county commemorated the centenary of the Armistice and paid tribute to the men and women killed in the First and Second World Wars.
Your new 2018-19 committee was elected at the AGM on Wednesday, 31 Oct and the members are as follows:
