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The Spring 2009 issue includes:

a leading article by the Editor about the Environment Centre on Holywell Mead, currently reported to be under threat due to the termination of grants and possible imposition of a "market rent" by  Wycombe District Council.

an article by our Hon. Sec., Frances Presland, on the plans to put fishing platforms on the Rye Dyke.

an article by Transition Town High Wycombe about their aims and work.

a report on the Planning Inspector's decision turning down an appeal by Henry Homes to build on the line of the old High Wycombe to Bourne End railway line in Wooburn Green, and its implications for the restoration of the line for Ultra-Light Rail.

an illustrated article by Mike Dewey about the High Wycombe Furniture Strike and "lockout" in 1913/14.

a note by Trevor Carter on the current position on the new "Delivery and Site Allocations Document" which will be consulted on by Wycombe District Council in the next few months.

A report by Barbara Rippington on John Tyler's talk on the Ridgeway at our quarterly meeting on 9 January.

...as well as the usual report on "Planning this Quarter" by Tony Fooks.

• The High Wycombe Society Newsletter is published four times a year and is usually 12 pp long.  It is issued free to members.  Six months after each newsletter is issued, it is posted in full in the archive on this website.

• Our print deadline is on the 20th of February, May, August and November, and the Newsletter is distributed by our volunteer postmen the following month.

• The Newsletter covers the work of all the Society's groups, the quarterly meetings and other events. The front page comments on a matter of local interest and there is usually also a letters page.

• We are always looking for contributions to the Newsletter. We need articles, for example from people who remember Wycombe in its earlier days, or with a novel angle on local matters. We need letters with outspoken comment, which we welcome from anybody. And we particularly like to receive drawings and cartoons.

Please send all contributions to our Newsletter Editor, Chris Woodman, at 29 Maybrook Gardens, High Wycombe, HP13 6PJ, telephone (01494) 528106, or e-mail your material direct.