Congratulations to Donald Main of Mahogany Hall who was awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours List for services to the Accountancy Profession in Scotland.

Diane Bunting of Little Windmill Hill is at last a grandma. Alfie Peter Bunting-Rowe was born at Watford General Hospital (12 days late!) on 1 November at 8.35am – a whopping 8lb 9oz. A precious son for Kate and Steve. Well done!
The above announcement arrived too late for inclusion in our last issue – but then in December we were delighted to receive the following :
Diane Bunting is delighted to become a grandma for the second time in 5 weeks. A cousin for Alfie, Freddie Kenward was born on 6 December at Watford General Hospital weighing in at a massive 9lb 2oz! – the first child of Sally and Chris. Sally attended Sarratt JMI School and was a keen Brownie and Guide. Sally and Chris married in Sydney in February 2005 and happily moved back to Chipperfield last year after a few years in Abbots Langley.

Welcome to Noreen Murphy, the new manager of The Two Brewers. Noreen arrived on 20 December, just in time for a baptism of fire dealing with dozens of diners over the Christmas and New Year period. She has worked for the Spirit Group, who own The Two Brewers, for 19 years and has managed a wide variety of their eating establishments. Noreen is delighted with the warm reception she has received from staff and regular customers and would like to thank all those who have called in to welcome her. She looks forward to meeting more residents as well as visitors to the village.