LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Jasmine & Simon Reeks
May Meeting – 22nd May Thursday a Walk In Hemel Hempstead with Chris Gill. 14.00 hours at Gadebridge Park, Car Park HP1 1LS, off Gadebridge Lane – free parking. Cost £2.00. There are many coffee shops in the High Street but not for large numbers, so it is a pick your own refreshment venue after the walk.
June Meeting – Wednesday June 25th will be an opportunity for the Group to visit the home and training
centre of MEDICAL DETECTION SUPER SNIFFER DOGS (Medical Alert Assistance Dogs) – at their
training centre at Great Horwood. Entrance cost is a £5 donation which includes coffee and biscuits.
Journey time to the Centre, just outside Winslow Please note: If you are using a Sat Nav to find them, please
enter: Winslow Road, Great Horwood. On arrival into Greenway Business Park please follow Medical
Detection Dog signs. Around 35 mins drive from Aylesbury. Starting time 10.00 a.m. – Finish around
12/12.30
This fascinating morning tells us how the wonderful work of Medical Detection Dogs started, and how the
science of smell when these dogs detect changes in an individual’s personal odour, triggered by their disease,
alerts them to an impending medical event where medical help may be needed.
The morning includes coffee and biscuits, a talk about their work – how it started, how they manage training
with one of the dogs or puppies and includes a video showing their actual work with one of their owners.
We have just 20 places reserved and booking and payment will be at our May meeting to Pauline
Noble, our organiser for the event.
July Meeting
This is still to be arranged but we are thinking along the lines of Hartwell Arboretum, Garden Centre lunch
and then a visit to the Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary. When we have a spare half an hour, we will try to
hammer out details by June, if not before.