Sips, Sounds & Socials 🕺🏻

Good morning, Wycombe!

It’s the Wycombe Pulse. Your local newsletter that’s just learned that today is National Small Dog Day.

So I’m dedicating this edition to Pancakes — my 14 year old Pom with a big heart and a weak bladder.

There’s lots of fun to be had in Wycombe this week:

• Mexican Night at the Brickies 🌮

• New walk through Bucks’ largest heritage asset 🚶🏻‍♂️

• Kids’ picnic afternoon 🧺

Plus a bunch of live music and parties, plenty of activities for the kids, career focused events, loads of local sport to enjoy, and much more.

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Editor's Highlights

• Wine Tasting at The Stag on Friday 28th February at 7pm – introducing their new wine list, alongside charcuterie and cheese boards 🍷

• Basic Sewing Workshop at Refresh The Marketplace on Saturday 1st March at 10am – learn how to start sewing with a machine and sew your own lavender bag 🧵

• Dads & Tots at St Andrew’s Church on Saturday 1st March at 9am – soft play, free bacon butties and chats 🥓

• Coopers Market on Great Missenden High Street on Sunday 2nd March from 10am-3pm – our favourite local artisan market 🛍️

• Harry Potter Quiz at The Phoenix on Wednesday 5th March at 8pm – no Felix Felicis needed! 🪄

Entertainment

• Pink Pony Snug Karaoke at The Snug on Thursday 27th February at 8pm – calling all girly pops 🎤

• Family Bingo in the Loft at High Wycombe Cricket Club on Saturday 1st March at 7pm – FREE entry, cash prizes, bar food and pizza!

• Magnolia Park FC Quiz Night at Magnolia Park on Friday 28th February at 7.30pm.

• It's Party Time at The Stag on Saturday 1st March at 7pm – time to celebrate the successful take-over of The Stag! 🎉

• Quiz Night at King George V on Saturday 1st March at 7pm.

• Bingo Night at The Front Room on Friday 28th February at 7pm.

• Moulin Rouge Party at The Phoenix on Friday 28th February at 9pm – cocktails, best dressed competition, and photo booth 💃🏻

• Quiz Night at The Mad Squirrel on Thursday 27th February at 8pm.

Live Music

• In Concert with Jaz Delorean at Wycombe Arts Centre on Friday 28th February at 7.30pm 🎹

• Mark Warner: Full Swing at Hazlemere Community Centre on Friday 28th February at 8.30pm.

• My Name Is Jeff at The Hour Glass on Friday 28th February at 9pm – playing your favourites from the 80s to the present day.

• Tinlin at The Mad Squirrel on Friday 28th February at 8pm – an acoustic duo playing unique covers and originals.

• Broken Bones at The Dashwood Roadhouse on Saturday 1st March at 9pm.

• Oasis Tribute Act at O'Neill's on Saturday 1st March at 9pm.

• The Lills at Stokenchurch Fleur de Lis on Saturday 1st March at 9pm.

• Stevie Whalley Band at The George Ale House on Saturday 1st March at 8.30pm – Americana 🇺🇸

• Button at Mad Squirrel on Saturday 1st March at 8pm – acoustic covers.

Time For You

• Hanae Harmony Soundbath at Wycombe Guildhall on Monday 3rd March at 7.20pm 🔔

• Morning Pottery Workshop at Great Missenden Memorial Hall on Saturday 1st March at 9.30am – make a teapot 🫖

• Women's Hour at The Full Moon Little Kingshill on Thursday 27th February at 7.30pm – featuring Bucks-based nutritional therapist Nikki Legg as speaker.

• Candle Making Workshop at The Walled Garden on Saturday 1st March at 10am – create a candle, votive candle and wax melts 🕯️

• Paint and Sip at the Crown Penn on Thursday 28th February at 7pm – tickets are £35 and include a welcome drink, plus you can take home your creation (your version of ‘Sunflowers’). Email [email protected] to book.

Cultivate Your Career

• Headshot Mini Sessions at Patch on Thursday 28th February from 10am-2pm – £95 buys you 30-40 minutes of shooting, background options, outfit change and 3 retouched images of your choice 📸

• Bucks Skills Show 2025 at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Wednesday 5th March from 4-8pm – recommended for people looking for a career change or for young people at the start of their careers, this FREE event will have exhibits from 120 employers across a number of different sectors.

• Coffee & Cake Women's Hour at Patch on Tuesday 4th March at 9.30am – a FREE session on overcoming barriers to reach your full potential and connecting with like-minded women.

• Coffee & Cake Men's Hour at Patch on Tuesday 4th March at 11am – a FREE session providing practical strategies to drive meaningful change, foster inclusivity and create a thriving career environment for all.

Family Fun

• Kids Picnic Afternoon at Spindle & Thread on Saturday 1st March from 3-5pm – enjoy an indoor picnic platter, games, colouring-in and free face painting.

• Pancake Week at the Walled Garden from Tuesday 4th to Sunday 9th March – indulge in a variety of sweet and savoury pancakes 🥞

• National Pig Day at the Bricklayers Arms on Saturday 1st March from 1-5pm – expect plenty of pigs, a piggy hunt, games and prizes 🐷

• Paddington Menu at Spindle & Thread until 30th March – bring your bear cubs to celebrate Paddington featuring a special themed menu (sticky marmalade chicken wings, picnic platters and bear-y pancakes amongst other treasures) and get a collector sticker book, activity sheets and prizes 🐻

For the Really Little Ones

• Babes in the Wood Forest School at Wycombe Museum on Thursday 27th February at 10am – outdoor play and exploring for 18 months to 5 year olds.

• Let's Play Café at JB's Bar on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am-2pm – let the kids enjoy the role play area and toys while you have a hot drink ☕️

• Tiny Talk Time at Wycombe Museum on Friday 28th February at 10am – crafts and museum fun based on the book, Oi Frog 🐸

• Stay & Play Soft Play at Wrights Meadow Centre on Tuesday 4th March at 9.30-11.30am – just £5 and includes a free cup of tea or coffee for the grown-ups!

Parent Coffee Mornings & Brunch

• Babies & Brews at The Apple Orchard on Tuesday 4th March at 10.30am – a cosy coffee morning with Chloe, a practicing midwife, health visitor and breastfeeding counsellor, on the topic of teething and travelling with babies and children.

• The Mum Club Brunch Club at Cote Brasserie, Marlow on Friday 28th February at 10am – ticket includes brunch, tote bag, small play area, like minded mums and a professional photographer.

• Mums Meet-Up HW Coffee Morning at The Front Room on Friday 28th February at 10.30am – FREE meet-up with other local mums.

Fancy a Short Drive?

• Amersham Big Band Presents AmJazz at Community Centre, Amersham on Saturday 1st March at 7.30pm – spotlighting featured vocalist for Jools Holland, Louise Clare Marshall 🎷

• The Henley Prelovd Fair at Henley Town Hall on Sunday 2nd March from 3-6pm – shop the best in second hand and vintage fashion and accessories 🛍️

• The Mystery of Grim's Ditch Walk, starting and ending in Monks Risborough – Grim's Ditch is Buckinghamshire's longest and largest heritage asset, thought to date back to the Iron Age, and you can uncover some of its mysteries on this 11km trail, mostly through woodland.

• Pop-Up Art Weekend at Chilterns Neuro Centre in Wendover on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March – a charity art sale and exhibition, featuring paintings, sculpture, jewellery, drawings, ceramics and more from local artists 🖼️

Sports and Activities

FOOTBALL

⚽️ Wycombe Wanderers vs Birmingham City away at St Andrew’s on Saturday 1st March: KO 12.30pm.

⚽️ Wycombe Wanderers vs Burton Albion at home on Tuesday 4th March: KO 8pm.

⚽️ Wycombe Wanderers Women vs Oxford City away on Sunday 2nd March: KO 2pm

RUGBY

🏉 HWRUFC vs Bracknell II away on Saturday 1st March

CRICKET

🏏 High Wycombe Cricket Club are welcoming new players to their Women’s and Girls’ sections on Tuesdays from 7-8.30pm.

DARTS

🎯 Darts Funday at the Penn & Tylers Green Sports and Social Club on Saturday 1st March at 12.30pm. Competitions with cash prizes!

RUNNING

🏃🏻‍♂️ Parkrun 5km on The Rye (meet at the Lido) at 9am on Saturday 1st March

🏃🏻‍♂️ Junior Parkrun 2km on The Rye (meet at Pann Mill) at 9am on Sunday 2nd March

🏃🏻‍♂️ Risborough Run In The Park at Wades Park on Sunday 2nd March at 9am

ROLLER DISCO

🛼 Roller Mania at Wycombe Leisure Centre every Friday at 5pm and 7.15pm

JUDO

🥋 Adult Judo Beginner Course at High Wycombe Judo Club starting Monday 3rd March at 8.15pm

Business News

Shop Jollof, an Afro-Caribbean supermarket, has opened on Frogmoor — next door to the Air Raid Café. Please make sure to support it if you can!

We’re sure you’ve heard by now that Wycombe’s 5th McDonald’s has opened its doors in the retail park on London Road. We’ve had a quick nosey around (aided by 2 Happy Meals and a McFlurry) and it’s slightly smaller than we expected, although there is some outdoor seating for when it’s warmer — there’s nothing like al fresco dining 😉

Community Notes

In memoriam: I was so sad to hear of the death of Colin Hingston this week — a stalwart of the High Wycombe community who will be greatly missed by many. I knew him to be incredibly kind, helpful and funny, and truly community minded. My condolences to his family and all those who knew him.

Marathon: Wycombe Homeless Connection have 3 FREE places in the Brighton Marathon 2025 on Sunday 6th April. You need to agree to raise a minimum of £500 in sponsorship, and you’ll have a dedicated point of contact in the fundraising team as well as a free running shirt with their logo.

Climate: Community & Climate Café at Patch on Thursday 27th February at 7pm – a FREE meetup for connection, friendship, and taking positive community action ♻️

Job Board

Do you have a vacancy that needs listing? Please reply to this email for details on our reasonable rates ✅

Where in Wycombe Am I?

Who knows the significance of this colourful chap?

Answer from 2 weeks ago: this is the Clock House — an important educational site in the town when it was first built in 1893 and a striking town building looking down over Frogmoor. Originally it was the Institute of Science and Arts, where classes were funded by a beer tax, before becoming the Wycombe Technical Institute — a precursor to Bucks New University and an educator to many of the town’s furniture makers and local craftsmen. It has since seen life as a theatre, swimming baths, student accommodation and a dentist!

Weather in Wycombe

The daffodils are beginning to poke their way through… 🌼

Friday

🌤️ 9°C - 💨 11 mph - ☂️ 5% chance

Saturday

🌤️ 9°C - 💨 12 mph - ☂️ 5% chance

Sunday

🌤️ 10°C - 💨 10 mph - ☂️ 5% chance

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