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  • Amid all the postings about the general election, it is pleasing to find this one by James Oates, the Lib Dem candidate in Wycombe:

    April 2005 2005

  • Amid all the postings about the general election, it is pleasing to find this one by James Oates, the Lib Dem candidate in Wycombe:

    Red kites over the Chilterns 2005

  • Amid all the postings about the general election, it is pleasing to find this one by James Oates, the Lib Dem candidate in Wycombe:

    Archive 2005-04-01 2005

  • • More on Steve Baker, meanwhile, the philosophical Tory MP for Zen West, aka Wycombe, who quotes Goethe for the benefit of his constituents.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • "To the majority of members who were already suspicious of CCHQ's intentions for Wycombe, which is a very safe seat, the compulsory CCHQ discussion was really highly suspicious and looked to most like an attempt at influencing the shortlist."

    The Latest From www.politics.co.uk 2009

  • There are priests at High Wycombe which is nearer; but I imagine they are very busy parochial clergy.

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932

  • And on a similar note: "Why is there a blinged-up swan on Wycombe Wanderers' badge?" wonders Will Deans.

    The Knowledge | Has anyone ever erected a statue of a player younger than Thierry Henry? 2012

  • Hayes lost patience when planning permission for a new ground on the outskirts of Wycombe was turned down, and a team that in the 2000s claimed the Heineken Cup twice and the league four times, is now more concerned with staying in the Premiership than winning it.

    Struggling Wasps should take a leaf or two from Sale's book 2012

  • According to the Bucks Free Press, the local force, Thames Valley, has itself been relieved of a truncheon, "five blue strobe flashing lights", handcuffs valued at £32.69, and a six-foot tall cardboard officer that was stolen from High Wycombe station.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2012

  • Mrs Fletcher, from Great Missenden, near High Wycombe, has demanded to see and listen to the recording, and has questioned the legality of Mr Offen's actions.

    CCTV Britain Not a sheep 2009

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