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Wycombe Road, GREAT MISSENDEN, HP16 0PQ

Located by the edge of a field west of Prestwood, this information board comprises of two notices with the following wording: i) Going with the Grain Cereal crops are an important part of our British diet. Breakfast cereals, bread and beer are made with grain from fields like ours. Cereals are not just grown for people. They are also am important ingredient in feed for farm animals. We have to make the right decisions at the right time - and have the weather on our side! - to make a profit. The harvested grain has to be dry and free of disease and weed seeds otherwise no-one will buy it. Young wheat, barley and oats look similar, but when ready for harvest they are easier to tell apart. The drawing show from left to right: Oats, Wheat and Barley. ii) Farm Hedges Hedges are home to lots of birds, mammals and insects. Since ancient times, hedges have marked the boundaries between fields and farms. A thick hedge keeps farm animals in (or out!) and gives shelter from wind and rain. Keeping hedges in good condition and full of full of food for farmland birds takes time and thought. Older hedges are cut to ground level and strong branches bent - or laid - to prompt new growth. Each year, but not in the nesting season, we trim some of our hedges. This also encourages young shoots that keep the hedge thick. Planting a new hedge is very satisfying.

This noticeboard is at the corner of Clare Road and Wycombe Road and advertises the 2022 Platinum Jubilee Party events in Prestwood. It has the following wording: Fri 3rd June 10am-2pm Village Hall CAKE COMPETITION CHILDREN'S CROWN COMPETITION LOCAL LIVE SINGER "SORAYA RAY" COFFEE, TEA & CAKE FUN, GAMES & STALLS 3pm - 8pm Prestwood Common PRESTWOOD'S GOT TALENT LIVE PERFORMANCES BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC MALT THE BREWERY THE WICK TRIMMERS DRAG PERFORMER "LUNA CORTEZ" LIGHTING OF THE BEACON Follow our Facebook for more details. There is a watermark of a crown behind the wording of this noticeboard.

Typical street of this era.

This green cabinet is located at the corner of Clare Road and Wycombe Road, the notice mentioning that full fibre is on its way to you. This will result in the blue and yellow copper wiring which currently connects landlines to dwellings, being taken out in due course and will mean the end of telephone and broadband service from the local telephone exchange. In Prestwood's case, this will be the TE in Great Missenden https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/966391 refers, which will eventually close down.

1970's terraced houses here.

This photo shows a field west of Prestwood with a footpath on the right and Stony Green Wood in the distance. It can be accessed from a path between 44 and 46 Wycombe Road HP16 0PQ.