At 9pm last night 75 tea lights, commemorating the start of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy, were placed in the Memorial Gardens. The lights flickered into the early hours.

At midday in the Memorial Gardens, Amersham paid its respects to the remarkable D-Day veterans, by commemorating the 75th anniversary of the landings in northern France.

On behalf of the Amersham and District Branch of the Royal British Legion, the Town Council would like to invite residents to a short service at midday on Thursday 6 June, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
The 15-minute service which is to take place in the Memorial Gardens will comprise a blessing from Rev. Tim Barnard, the Royal Standards followed by bugle call of the last post.
Later that evening, at 9pm we shall be lighting 75 tea lights which will line the path to the war memorial. The tea lights will be left to flicker into the early hours.

ATC welcomes Councillor Mark Flys as New Mayor of Amersham!

It is with great pleasure to announce that Councillor Mark Flys has been elected as the new Mayor of Amersham.

Councillor Flys accepted the Chains of Office from outgoing Mayor, Councillor Caroline Jones, at the Annual Statutory Meeting of the Town Council which took place at Flint Barn Court on Monday evening. Councillor Julie Cook has been elected as Deputy Mayor.

New Mayor of Amersham, Councillor Mark Flys, alongside the new Deputy Mayor, Councillor Julie Cook.

Councillor Flys shaking hands with the former Mayor, Councillor Caroline Jones.

Colourful tulips across the town

We hope that you’re enjoying the wonderful display of tulips that we planted beneath the street signs around town.

A huge thank you to all the residents that kindly sponsored the bulbs back in autumn and to Patrick Hudgell for the wonderful photographs.
Amersham working as a community!

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Happy Easter from all at the Town Council. 
If you haven’t had the opportunity to pop down to the Memorial Gardens this weekend then try to squeeze in a 
visit as the tulips are looking absolutely spectacular at the moment. 
You will not be disappointed!!

BBC TV SERIES DEDICATES EPISODE TO AMERSHAM

Last summer you may have noticed a camera crew filming members of the Bloom community as we prepped the town ahead of our quest for GOLD.

Watch Britain in Bloom and see the team in action as the whole half hour programme is dedicated to Amersham, and to the hard work carried out by the community to make the town what it is today!

Chris Bavin meets the local Bloom group from Amersham

The programme was aired on Mon 8 April, and is still available on ‘catch up’ on the BBC iPlayer. You will not be disappointed as it really captures the fantastic community in which we live.

Click the link below to watch the programme in full – 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003mt5

After 23 years of dedicated service at the Town Council, we said farewell to Mr Bob Higgins. Bob, who is also the Town Crier, will be a huge loss to the Council. Good luck Bob and thank you.

Amersham Town Council is asking for donations of vintage china (cup and saucer sets plus side plate if you have them to spare) for use in the Market Hall tea room during Heritage day, to help us raise funds for Amersham in Bloom.

We would be grateful for all donations and are more than happy to collect. Please call 01494434000 or email stevec@amersham-tc.gov.uk