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CHIPPING NORTON TIMES<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
An independent monthly magazine delivered FREE OF CHARGE for residents and businesses in and around <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>.<br />
Copies will also be made available at a number of distribution points<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> <strong>Times</strong> – joining Stow <strong>Times</strong>, Moreton <strong>Times</strong> & Bourton <strong>Times</strong>,<br />
already delivered free of charge to over 11,500 homes and businesses<br />
SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES
2<br />
THE COFFEE HOUSE<br />
NOW OPEN<br />
Until 9:00pm TUES ~ SAT<br />
From 3rd <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Come & taste one of our freshly cooked meals<br />
Including the new Homemade<br />
Local Dexter Beef Burgers<br />
Our secluded garden is now open so come<br />
and enjoy Spring and Easter with us.<br />
Please check online for full menu or call in anytime<br />
Continental Coffee House & Restaurant<br />
Church Street, Stow-on-the Wold 01451-870802<br />
www.thecoffeehousestow.co.uk<br />
NUMBER FOUR AT STOW - HONOURED IN THE <strong>2012</strong> TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE HOTEL AWARDS<br />
TripAdvisor, Inc. the world’s largest travel website, has revealed that Number Four at Stow is<br />
amongst the top 10 hotels in the UK and came out top for service.<br />
Caroline and Patricia Lösel were delighted with the award and had no idea they had received<br />
one until contacted by the press. “ It was a lovely surprise and shows that our guests, both<br />
local and from further afield are looking for value for money along with great service and<br />
food. We come from a family of hoteliers and offer ‘old fashioned hospitality’ alongside our<br />
great team of staff . “<br />
The award from TripAdvisor is the latest in various industry recognitions – 2 rosettes from the<br />
AA guide and the hotel and restaurant are also recommended by the Michelin Guide.<br />
Cutler’s Restaurant is becoming well known locally for serving excellent food for lunch and<br />
dinner. Lunch for two courses is only £14.50 and is available from Monday to Saturday<br />
inclusive. An excellent Sunday lunch menu has various dishes including roast rib of Cotswold<br />
beef, roast duck and grilled calves liver.<br />
Number Four at Stow, Fosseway, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham,<br />
Gloucestershire, GL54 1JX Tel: 01451 830297 www.hotelnumberfour.co.uk
CHIPPING NORTON TIMES<br />
From the Editor<br />
Bringing together such a wide variety of content each month is<br />
quite a privilege, and also an eye-opener! In some ways it appears<br />
to makes the Editor a ‘know all’, like the man in a uniform who<br />
stands on a railway platform. A number of people ‘test’ this<br />
attribute every month – with mixed results!<br />
However, of one thing I feel very sure - collecting information<br />
about a community is special. Over time a picture evolves, a<br />
combination of personal experience and editorial overview – and<br />
rather like a random game of I Spy, it produces some interesting<br />
questions and answers.<br />
The town and its community are wonderful at producing vibrant<br />
and rewarding events, raising spirits and funds to support the issues<br />
that matter to us. In creating opportunities to take part - as ‘go-fer’,<br />
collector, organiser or performer, we are all challenged to be our<br />
best, develop news skills and make new friends. These are the<br />
things that bind a community together and in the face of a<br />
recession, when it is easy for negativity to surface, they really count.<br />
In the next few weeks our parish and town councils hold their<br />
Annual General Meetings, at which their district and county<br />
representatives are due to give their annual reports. These maybe<br />
notes taken from the Budgetary Report about how the district/<br />
county is doing; or a discussion about how they are representing<br />
our interests, which meetings and debates they attended, what<br />
reports they have written for our information.<br />
Maybe this is the opportunity to address some uncomfortable<br />
issues, to share with them ‘how it is’, how it feels to live and be in<br />
business during these tough times. The words we might really<br />
want to hear from them are “You are being listened to and here is<br />
the proof…”<br />
Don’t shoot the messenger!<br />
Our elected councillors need to know that they have our support<br />
to speak strongly and clearly on our behalves; they need to<br />
understand local concerns from the community point of view and<br />
be confident in gathering public support in order to put forward<br />
and debate community issues at a higher level.<br />
It doesn’t sound easy or quick. But when you live and work here, is<br />
it important?<br />
Best wishes, Jenni Turner<br />
Editor<br />
Something to sell? Lost Property?<br />
BARGAIN ADVERTISING RATES in our new SMALL ADS SECTION - open<br />
for any legal advertising (we retain the right not to publish a<br />
submission.) Until 15th May (June edition) there is a Special Rate of<br />
£0.50p a word (min 13/max 30 words).<br />
Our next edition is for May - it comes out at the end of <strong>April</strong>. The<br />
copydate is 15th <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong>..<br />
Telephone <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> <strong>Times</strong> on<br />
07789 175 002<br />
(The phone will take your messages too – leave your name<br />
& contact number; we will return your call.)<br />
email CHIPPING NORTON TIMES on<br />
editor@chippingnortontimes.co.uk<br />
www.stowtimes.co.uk<br />
P O Box 6, Sheep Street,<br />
Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD<br />
Inside this edition<br />
FEATURES<br />
14, 15 Return of the Vikings – an owl invasion of the Costwolds: words by Will<br />
Masefield of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, photography by Mike Boyes<br />
16 Local Award winners – Clarke Antiques and Foxbury Farm shop<br />
26, 27 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations; Jubilee Poetry competition;<br />
Commemorative Tablet<br />
45 ‘Oh to be in England…’ Carole Foster celebrates allotments<br />
46, 47 ‘Lost for Words’ – a short story by Nicholas John<br />
56 Debt is invisible – researched and written by Carole Foster<br />
REGULARS<br />
8 Book Reviews from Cotswold Bookstore<br />
9 Stow <strong>Times</strong> Writing Competition; Plant a Potato Pot; Faces of Britain<br />
11,12 Local Government & Community News<br />
24 Youth in Action: Youth Initiatives - changing neighbourhoods<br />
25 Young People in the Community; Cotswold Life-saving Club<br />
26 Local Church Services<br />
27 Local Authorities & Associations<br />
28 Village Halls<br />
29 Local Cinemas and regular events; Bargain prices on Small Ads<br />
30-36 LOCAL EVENTS and EVENTS DIARY<br />
36 Seven Wonders of the Cotswolds ; Walks with the Cotswold Wardens<br />
41 Correspondence – Localism.<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>’s new Honorary Citizen<br />
42 Robb Eden – dealing with HMRC<br />
50 - 53 Reports from some of our local Schools<br />
57 - 61 News & Reports from some of the Local Sports Clubs, etc..<br />
63 <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Rotary; U3A Summer Programme<br />
65 News & reports from local clubs and societies<br />
66 Clubs, Societies & Associations, etc (this list is updated bi-monthly)<br />
67 Local Business Directory<br />
One glance at our Index and you can see this <strong>April</strong> edition is bustling with an<br />
amazing mixture of items sent in and assembled from Stow and over the<br />
wider North Cotswolds area. It’s been busy in the office too and I have been<br />
delighted to have ‘backroom assistance’ from Christabel Hardacre, Jane<br />
Gleghorn (who tackled our biggest number of sports articles yet), Jan Marley<br />
and a growing number of contributors and correspondents. They have<br />
enriched this edition, and I hope you will enjoy it.<br />
Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd.<br />
0845 230 8955 / www.eagledesign.net<br />
Extra copies of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> <strong>Times</strong> may be available at The Leisure<br />
Centre, the West Oxfordshire information Point and at the surgery.<br />
Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to<br />
be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not<br />
necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced<br />
and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the<br />
accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any<br />
responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur.<br />
Our Front Cover photograph “ The monument at Churchill”<br />
03.12©<strong>Chipping</strong><strong>Norton</strong><strong>Times</strong><br />
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about advertising<br />
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MONTHLY SALES FINE ART, ANTIQUES, JEWELLERY,<br />
SILVER, PORCELAIN, COINS, MEDALS, OBJECTS D’ART<br />
VALUATIONS FOR PROBATE OR INSURANCE<br />
FROM ONE ITEM TO ENTIRE HOUSE CLEARANCE WE<br />
OFFER A PROFESSIONAL AND DISCREET SERVICE<br />
CALL TO HAVE YOUR ITEMS ENTERED FOR OUR<br />
FORTHCOMING SALE<br />
New Antique Centre opening shortly in Broadway for silver, porcelain,<br />
jewellery and collectables - Spaces available - Call for details<br />
Forthcoming Auction Dates<br />
Saturday 21st <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 11:00 am<br />
Sale of Fine Art, Antiques, Objets d Art,<br />
Select General Household Goods and Furnishings<br />
Saturday <strong>19</strong>th May <strong>2012</strong> 11:00 am<br />
Sale of Fine Art, Antiques, Objets d Art,<br />
Select General HouseholdGoods and Furnishings<br />
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NEWS<br />
Calling all murder mystery fans. Rebecca Tope will be with us on<br />
Saturday 14th <strong>April</strong> to sign her latest book, ‘Malice in the<br />
Cotswolds’. In this, the 10th of her Cotswold books, Thea<br />
Osborne and her dog Hepzibah are house-sitting in the village of<br />
Snowshill, when a local boy is found strangled. Of course it is up<br />
to Thea to catch the culprit. However, not only will this new<br />
hardback be available, but also the new paperback, ‘Deception in<br />
the Cotswolds’, is now in stock and she will happily sign that or<br />
any of her other paperbacks. On the day, we will have a special<br />
price reduction for the hardback so do come along or book your<br />
signed copy, at the special reduced price, in advance. Those of<br />
you who do attend our signings may remember the amazingly<br />
young author, James Aitcheson, who came last year to sign<br />
‘Sworn Sword’. James will be along in September to sign the<br />
second in the series but meantime, ‘Sworn Sword’ is now<br />
available in paperback at only £6.99.<br />
REVIEWS<br />
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryby Rachel Joyce<br />
Hardback at £12.99<br />
When Harold Fry receives a letter from an old friend he steps<br />
out of retirement and an empty marriage and starts a journey,<br />
on foot, all the way from South Devon to the hospital in Berwick,<br />
where Queenie is dying. On his journey he receives mostly<br />
kindness from those he meets and as his progress hits the news,<br />
more people try to help and even join him on his ‘pilgrimage’.<br />
However, this is more than a story of an imaginary journey for, as<br />
he travels, we gain insight into his marriage, into his relationships<br />
and into a very ordinary man doing something extraordinary. A<br />
dreamy ramble that is movingly built around a very unassuming<br />
English hero and I enjoyed every mile.<br />
The Bleeding Landby Giles Kristian<br />
Hardback £12.99<br />
Set at the start of the English Civil War, this novel concentrates<br />
on the family of Sir Francis Rivers, a friend of the King. It is a<br />
violent and unsavoury dispute with a neighbour which causes<br />
the younger son, Tom, to join Parliament’s army whilst Sir<br />
Francis and his oldest son, Mun, fight on the King’s side. I<br />
enjoyed this read from start to finish. It’s not just the non-stop<br />
action, nor the clearly defined and believable characters. Both of<br />
these points would make a fair read but this author’s plotting<br />
makes this a page- turner and he uses such rich description that<br />
his scenes are all atmospheric and involving. This deserves, and<br />
should receive, a very wide readership, especially as it is just the<br />
first of a series.<br />
More news and reviews - cotswoldbookstore.blogspot.com<br />
and cotswoldbookstoregamesworkshop.blogspot.com<br />
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COTSWOLD BOOKSTORE<br />
20 High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh<br />
01608 652666 email: cotsbookstore@tiscali.co.u<br />
Can you imagine being elderly, alone,<br />
isolated and afraid?<br />
Can you imagine the impact this would have on your physical<br />
and mental health?<br />
Cotswold Volunteers North has a heart-breaking waiting list of<br />
people in exactly this situation. We are looking for caring local<br />
people who will come forward and volunteer to befriend them.<br />
It is entirely possible that there is someone in your village who<br />
needs a befriender, a chat over a cup of tea about old times,<br />
someone to laugh with.<br />
Janet, who lives in Stow-on-the-Wold, is 95 and lives alone. She<br />
is still driving and living an independent life, but would really<br />
like someone local just to call in on her once a week to make<br />
sure everything is OK. This would give her a great sense of<br />
reassurance and peace of mind: ‘It would be so wonderful if<br />
someone could,’ she asks.<br />
John and his wife Alice live in Moreton-in-Marsh and have a<br />
combined age of 182! John has only 20% of his eyesight but is<br />
Alice’s full-time Carer, as she suffers from dementia. John<br />
would love someone to come and sit with his wife occasionally,<br />
so that he can enjoy some respite and his wife can benefit from<br />
some new company. ‘I have tried to get help, but didn’t think<br />
there was anything available,’ he explains. Julie in Bourton on<br />
the Water has lived with her brother for most of her life, but he<br />
recently died leaving her isolated and desolate. A regular local<br />
visitor could completely change her world.<br />
All our Volunteers are greatly appreciated. We offer training,<br />
support and the reimbursement of travel expenses. Many of<br />
our Volunteers make new friends and truly enjoy their<br />
invaluable volunteering role.<br />
Patricia Johnston-Deas recently joined Cotswolds Volunteers<br />
North as a Volunteer Befriender: ‘I am retired and had some<br />
time on my hands. I find the older generation so refreshingly<br />
honest and genuine. What is now considered to be old<br />
fashioned values are still so important and pertinent today -<br />
the young have a lot to learn from the old. With one of the<br />
lovely ladies I visit I am learning to play Yahtzee – she tells me<br />
off for not being good enough and has advised me to pull my<br />
socks up!’<br />
If you have some free time and are considering what to do<br />
with it could this be your answer?<br />
For more information please contact<br />
Cotswolds Volunteer North: 01608 6520<strong>19</strong><br />
Email: kirsty@cotswoldvolunteers.com<br />
amanda@cotswoldvolunteers.com<br />
(office hours Monday and Thursday 9am – 4pm)
OUR FIRST SHORT STORY COMPETITION: "A Place In The Heart"<br />
Our first short story competition is based on the theme "A Place In The Heart". Entries can carry an individual title - the only<br />
stipulation is that each entry must feature or mention a place (village, town, geographical landmark etc) within the areas where<br />
we deliver Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-water, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> - and the surrounding villages.<br />
The competition is open to all ages and we invite readers to send in their written work. The rules are below.<br />
RULES<br />
1. Closing date 30th <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
2. Entries must be in English and be the author’s own unpublished work. They must not be on offer for publication or entered<br />
in any other current competition.<br />
3. Maximum length 1,000 words.<br />
4. Authors may enter more than one short story, but not more than three. Each one should be submitted separately.<br />
5. Each piece of work, with its title and number of words, must be in clear type on one side of A4 sheet(s). Details of the<br />
writer<br />
must not appear on this sheet.<br />
6. The author’s name and address and the titles of all entries should be typed on a separate sheet of A4 paper.<br />
6. Entries can be sent by post or email. Please keep a copy of your work, as entries cannot be returned.<br />
7. The prize-winner will be notified by post, if SAE provided, or by email if email address is provided.<br />
8. All entries that arrive before the closing date (30th <strong>April</strong>) will be considered by the adjudicating panel, whose decision is<br />
final.<br />
No correspondence will be entered into concerning the result.<br />
9. The results and the winning short story will be published in the June editions of the magazine. We will publish the stories of<br />
up to two runners-up in the following editions.<br />
SEND YOUR ENTRY/IES:<br />
(by eml) story@stowtimes.co.uk<br />
(by post) Short Story Competition, P.O.Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD.<br />
Faces of Britain is quick, free and simple and we’d love as<br />
many people as possible to join in.”<br />
With both the Olympic and Paralympic Games now officially under a year<br />
away, local residents are being given the chance to join a number of Great<br />
Britain’s medal hopefuls by taking part in a free ‘online time capsule’.<br />
Stars from sports including rowing, beach volleyball and badminton have<br />
uploaded a photo of themselves onto the Faces of Britain website,<br />
www.facesofritain.co.uk. The site is open free of charge to everyone<br />
looking forward to the big events of <strong>2012</strong>, which include the London Games,<br />
Euro <strong>2012</strong> and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.<br />
Faces of Britain has space for 212 people from every area of the country. In<br />
total there are almost 100,000 spaces.<br />
Team GB stars on the site include:<br />
James Foad, Olympic rowing, Richmond Upon Thames<br />
Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Olympic rowing, Oxford<br />
Cameron Nichol, Olympic rowing, London<br />
Francesca Jus-Burke, Olympic rowing, Wandsworth<br />
Paul Mattick, Olympic rowing, Vale of White Horse<br />
Sam Lowe, Olympics judo, Woking<br />
Jody Gooding, Olympic beach volleyball, Gloucester<br />
Denise Johns, Olympic beach volleyball, Gloucester<br />
Izzy Hamilton, Olympic windsurfing, Cornwall<br />
Krysten Coombs, Paralympic badminton & table tennis, S. Hams<br />
Kenny Churchill, Paralympic javelin, Charnwood<br />
Hannah Cockroft, Paralympic wheelchair racing, Calderdale<br />
Fran Williamson, Paralympic swimming, Cambridge<br />
Join Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic stars and become a face of <strong>2012</strong>!<br />
To upload your photo go to www.facesofritain.co.uk<br />
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Local shops 'vital' for high streets<br />
From an article by Ruralcity Media: www.rsnomnline.org.uk<br />
Nearly eight in ten local people believe local producers, such as<br />
a butcher or baker, are critical to the future success of their<br />
town centres.<br />
A survey has been carried out by pollsters on behalf of the Local<br />
Government Association amid concerns over clusters of premises<br />
such as betting shops and fast food takeaways on high streets.<br />
The survey showed:<br />
• Local shops polled strongly<br />
• 47% of local residents believe that supermarkets had a<br />
community role to play<br />
• Older people felt most strongly about local shops, with 93% of<br />
over 65s saying the local grocer or butcher were crucial to high<br />
streets.<br />
• 88% of the same age group said local amenities such as post<br />
offices and libraries were important.<br />
• local people prefer a range of local shops<br />
• 74% require post offices, libraries and dry cleaners<br />
• Retail shops (75%), restaurants and cafes (69%) and newsagents<br />
(66%) also score highly<br />
• Younger people value entertainment<br />
• 53% of 18-24 year olds (53%) want facilities such as cinemas<br />
and bowling alleys.<br />
• 38% of this younger age group said sports centres could<br />
contribute towards the future success of high streets.<br />
Councils have developed a five-point plan to give high streets a<br />
shot in the arm. Proposals include taking over empty shops, more<br />
powers over local transport, local control over apprenticeship<br />
schemes and less red tape.<br />
Councils are also keen to work closer with businesses to ensure<br />
economic growth remains a priority, for example through<br />
Business Improvement Districts.<br />
Comment by Sally Henley<br />
“The reason that many high streets are in decline is because<br />
running an independent business is in many cases, no longer a<br />
realistic way of earning a living. The very people canvassed in this<br />
survey - those who like the idea of having local shops - are likely<br />
to be the ones who are not using local shops with enough<br />
regularity. Unless those who want local shops actually use them<br />
frequently, avoid a 'big supermarket shop' and resist shopping on<br />
line - nothing will change. It is not planning restrictions which<br />
stop people from opening shops, it is the costs of trading in a<br />
high street premises (business rates, BID levies, rents).In the<br />
absence of economies of scale, from which chains benefit, the<br />
independent has to charge more in order to cover these huge<br />
costs. We have betting shops and fast food takeaway outlets<br />
because there is a demand for them and a profit can be made<br />
from them – it’s very simple. These often spring up in sites where<br />
no other business has shown an interest - they are not 'depriving'<br />
other businesses from the opportunity of trading from these<br />
sites. It is not because planning is stopping a butcher a baker or a<br />
newsagent from opening - it is because starting up and owning a<br />
butcher a baker or a newsagent is a risky business in today’s<br />
society and economic climate. Reduced rents and heavily<br />
reduced business rates would almost certainly make the prospect<br />
more attractive whereas no amount of planning deregulation<br />
will.......”
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St Edwards Drive - Mondays 7.00pm<br />
Tel: Mandy 01608 64<strong>19</strong>23<br />
Shipston-on-Stour<br />
Townsend Hall<br />
Sheep Street - Wednesdays 7.00pm<br />
Tel: Christine 01608 686288<br />
Moreton-in-Marsh<br />
Congregational Church Hall<br />
Oxford Street -<br />
Thursdays 5.15pm & 7.00pm<br />
Tel: Christine 01608 686288<br />
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From RSN Online – www.rsnonline.org.uk<br />
Rural communities shape<br />
local development<br />
Neighbourhood planning is a key part of the government's<br />
localism agenda, aiming to give local people a major say in<br />
shaping development in their area.<br />
Using Neighbourhood Development Orders communities will<br />
be able to help determine where development should go and<br />
decide the type and design of developments granted automatic<br />
planning permission. The system formally commences later this<br />
year.<br />
This brings to 233 the number of 'frontrunner' communities<br />
that have been working up plans and testing out<br />
neighbourhood planning. Local to the Cotswolds are Faringdon,<br />
Calne (Wiltshire), Kempsey (Malvern DC), Honeybourne, Cleeve<br />
Prior and Pebworth (all in Wychavon DC).<br />
Communities minister Bob Neill said there had been "enormous<br />
interest" in neighbourhood planning. "The large number of<br />
communities jumping at the chance to trial these new powers<br />
demonstrates the enthusiasm people have for this local<br />
approach to planning. For the first time communities will be in<br />
the driving seat and allowed to shape the way they want their<br />
area to develop instead of having a vision imposed upon them<br />
from above.<br />
"Neighbourhood planning encourages people to plan positively<br />
for their future and is a real opportunity to deliver the homes<br />
and jobs communities need to thrive."<br />
The local councils of successful front runners have been given<br />
£20,000 per project to help their communities with<br />
neighbourhood planning.<br />
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The Cotswold’s are the Best for Antiques<br />
Christopher Clarke Antiques in Stow-on-the-Wold and<br />
Blighty Antiques in Cheltenham have been named as<br />
category winners in the inaugural Britain’s Best Antiques<br />
Shops Awards, Christopher Clarke Antiques as Best<br />
specialist shop and Blighty Antiques as Best antiques<br />
shop.<br />
Simon Clarke of Christopher Clarke Antiques said: ‘It’s a<br />
huge honour to win this award and be acknowledged for<br />
our specialty. Britain leads the world in antiques and<br />
these awards show that The Cotswolds is a ‘must go to ‘<br />
destination for anyone interested in period art and<br />
design.’ Sarah Seccombe of Blighty Antiques said: “We<br />
are delighted to be crowned as Britain’s Best Antique<br />
Shop and we owe a big thank-you to our customers and<br />
the public who took the time to vote for us - it’s the<br />
greatest compliment of all.”<br />
The Cotswolds have always boasted the largest<br />
concentration of serious antiques dealers outside of<br />
London and these awards confirm it. Blighty Antiques is<br />
home to a mix of country house and colonial pieces with<br />
some fabulously eccentric decorative accessories.<br />
Christopher Clarke Antiques are probably the only<br />
specialists worldwide to deal in Campaign Furniture - i.e.<br />
antiques that often look like domestic furniture but are<br />
made to fold up or dismantle for ease of travel. When<br />
the British Empire was at its height there was a large<br />
industry that provided such furniture for the soldiers and<br />
administrators who travelled to the Colonies.<br />
The Britain’s Best Antiques Shops Awards were launched<br />
in the November 2011 issue of Homes & Antiques to tie<br />
in with National Antiques Week. The competition invited<br />
nominations from the public to find the unsung heroes<br />
of the high street in one of five categories: Best antiques<br />
shop; Best antiques centre; Best specialist shop; Best<br />
vintage/mid century shop; and Best auction house.<br />
Blighty Antiques and Christopher Clarke Antiques will be<br />
profiled alongside the three other winning businesses in<br />
the May issue of the magazine, on sale <strong>April</strong> 5.<br />
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Foxbury’ National Award<br />
Foxbury Farm Shop just outside Burford visited the House of<br />
Lords last month to attend the "Rural Oscars" at the<br />
Countryside Alliance, Daily Telegraph and Farmers Weekly<br />
Business Awards.<br />
Colin Dawes, Pauline Kew, Rebecca Dawes and David Pitcher<br />
Colin Dawes and his team were delighted to be Highly<br />
Commended as the UK and Ireland Best Local Food Business.<br />
The judges included Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Countryside<br />
Alliance Executive Chairman Sir Barney White Spunner and<br />
The Daily Telegraph's Assistant Editor Philip Johnston. The<br />
judges commented "This working farm doesn't stand still – as<br />
well as producing and selling their produce in the farm shop,<br />
the farm is an unofficial rural school, reconnecting the next<br />
generation with our farming heritage. The farm shop has<br />
expanded in recent years with a popular tearoom that offers<br />
special deals to the local elderly, an often overlooked minority.<br />
The team's passions for community, produce and education<br />
are something the Countryside Alliance is proud to support - if<br />
youngsters don't understand the countryside, they won't care"<br />
This year alone Foxbury Farm Shop has received 13 awards<br />
including a Finalist in the West Oxfordshire Business Awards.<br />
View the list: www.foxburyfarm.co.uk<br />
The Good Food Barn serves hot and cold food, tea, coffee and<br />
more. All the lamb, beef and pork reared at Foxbury Farm is<br />
sold through Foxbury Farm Shop. More information online.<br />
Graffiti<br />
Writing Magazine<br />
Graffiti is a Gloucestershire-based magazine full of<br />
poetry and prose by writers from the UK and overseas.<br />
It is run as a non-profit making venture and was started<br />
as a response to the familiar cry from writers that it's very<br />
difficult to get good work published.<br />
The magazine runs a short story competition in each<br />
issue and offers a small cash prize to the winner and<br />
publication to all the shortlisted stories as well. The short<br />
story competition has been judged by writer and creative<br />
writing lecturer Tricia Wastvedt and writer Roshi<br />
Fernando as well as local short story writers and readers.<br />
It is published four times a year and seeks to include<br />
articles and reviews as well as poems and short stories.<br />
Postal subscriptions are welcome:<br />
1 issue - £2.50 plus 50p postage = £3. 5 issues - £13<br />
Contact: Rona Laycock for details<br />
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All those aches and pains getting you down?<br />
Sick of swallowing pills and portions that don't work?<br />
Moreton in Marsh Chiropractic uses a drug free<br />
approach to move your body towards optimum<br />
health.<br />
Get your life back today.<br />
Forward Head Posture<br />
What is perfect head posture?<br />
When the middle of the ear lobe lines up with the<br />
centre of the shoulder. To check this, imagine a<br />
line is dropped from the centre of the ear lode, it<br />
should land directly in the centre of the shoulder<br />
this is considered to be a “perfect” head posture.<br />
Why does it matter?<br />
Rene Cailliet M.D., famous medical author and former director of the<br />
department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University<br />
of Southern California states:<br />
“Head in forward posture can add up to thirty pounds of abnormal<br />
leverage on the cervical spine. This can pull the entire spine out of<br />
alignment.”<br />
With our modern fast pace lifestyle and usage of mobiles (texting)<br />
and computers (lap tops), the head placement of the population is<br />
getting worse and people are suffering. The forward head position<br />
from sitting at the computer all day and/or texting on the mobile<br />
creates tension and compression strain in the neck and shoulders, it<br />
has been suggested that this contributes to aches and pains of the<br />
neck, shoulder and/or arms.<br />
For every inch your head moves forward, it may gain up to 10 pounds<br />
in weight as the muscles in your neck and upper back have to work<br />
much harder to keep your head (chin) from dropping onto your chest.<br />
This results in the muscles at the back of your skull to remain in<br />
constant contraction, putting pressure on the nerves in that area. The<br />
compression to these nerves may cause headaches at the base of the<br />
skull and mimic other head and/or neck based symptoms. If forward<br />
head posture is allowed to persist, this can lead to other postural<br />
changes from compressive load further down the spine e.g. upper<br />
thoracic hump (often called ‘widow’s’ hump)<br />
Would you be surprised that your neck and shoulders hurt if you had<br />
a 20 pound bowling ball hanging around your neck? It is not<br />
uncommon to observe a 2 inch forward head placement in the new<br />
people that come in to see me. That's what forward head posture can<br />
do to you.<br />
The good news….<br />
Chiropractic is corrective and can help release the tension and<br />
pressure in the neck and shoulders. I specialise in reversing joint<br />
fixations to return the spine back to its natural balanced position and<br />
to re-train the muscles that normally retract the head.<br />
The result…<br />
Neck and upper back pain should diminish and disappear, and<br />
movement will be more flexible around the neck and shoulders as<br />
your forward head posture returns to normal.<br />
Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton in<br />
Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0AZ<br />
Tel: 07766 142113<br />
www.moretonchiro.co.uk<br />
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Virtual volunteering<br />
From YouthNetUK online, on Facebook, Twitter & You Tube<br />
Volunteering is moving online. Not just through websites like doit.org.uk<br />
that enable you to search and apply, but with<br />
opportunities that can actually be done from your computer at<br />
home or work.<br />
Here at YouthNet (the charity behind do-it.org.uk) we have<br />
several volunteering opportunities that require you to come to<br />
our London offices only occasionally or not at all.<br />
Journalists and bloggers<br />
We're always looking for people to contribute YouthNet's<br />
websites: do-it.org.uk and TheSite.org. For example, you could<br />
write a rant or diary for TheSite.org, or apply to be a blogger on<br />
do-it.org.uk. If you've got some experience you could even<br />
write a full-length feature.<br />
Karin Modig wrote several articles for do-it.org.uk.<br />
"Volunteering as a journalist has been a great opportunity for<br />
me to practice my skills," she says. " I learned about editing and<br />
publishing online. Plus, because it's flexible, I was able to carry<br />
on with my job as well."<br />
Modding<br />
TheSite.org also needs moderators to help run their popular<br />
Discussion boards. Covering a wide variety of topics, the boards<br />
are a place for young people to share their experiences and<br />
make their views heard.<br />
The role of a moderator is divided into two different areas:<br />
making sure that inappropriate posts are dealt with, and<br />
providing information and support to users.<br />
As YouthNet's Communities Manager, Jim Valentine, explains,<br />
it's a great chance to develop your skills. "Being a mod is all<br />
about being a facilitator. The skills involved include<br />
understanding the views of others and defusing potentially<br />
inflammatory situations."<br />
Peer advice<br />
Another YouthNet project, askTheSite, also has online<br />
volunteering opportunities. However, for their peer advice<br />
project you do need to be able to come to training at our<br />
London office (and you must be 18-29 years old). askTheSite<br />
deals with questions: sexual health, general health, mental<br />
health, housing, legal and rights, money and relationships<br />
issues. In a new pilot scheme, volunteers are being recruited<br />
and trained to answer questions in the relationships section.<br />
It requires a reasonable time commitment - about 4-5 hours<br />
per week, but volunteers will gain new skills in web<br />
communication, web journalism and providing online advice as<br />
well as receiving a comprehensive training programme in<br />
online peer advice.<br />
Not all the opportunities listed in this article are available at all<br />
times. Check online for the latest information - YouthNet<br />
YouthNet is the UK’s first<br />
exclusively online charity. We<br />
guide and support young<br />
people, enabling them to make<br />
informed choices, participate in<br />
society and achieve their<br />
ambitions.
Engaging Oxfordshire’s Young<br />
People in their Communities<br />
The National Citizen Service (NCS) is being piloted in Oxfordshire<br />
this Summer. NCS is designed to prepare school leavers for<br />
adult life, helping them to engage in their communities and<br />
become active and responsible citizens.<br />
The young people who participate in the scheme will be<br />
involved in a variety of activities including personal<br />
development challenges and a campaign of social action in their<br />
local areas. It is important that the young people gain a broad<br />
and detailed appreciation of their community, its needs,<br />
challenges, opportunities and resources.<br />
To successfully run the scheme we need the help of the whole<br />
community and we are calling on local people and business to<br />
get involved. This could take the form of sponsorship, provision<br />
of materials or resources for the social action projects or<br />
personal time supporting the young people to achieve their<br />
goals.<br />
Businesses could gain publicity, kudos, links with young people<br />
who are potentially their employees of the future and possibly a<br />
volunteer workforce for projects they support in their local<br />
community.<br />
Laura Coughtrie, Development Director for Connexions Thames<br />
Valley, said “It’s really important that young people gain an<br />
understanding of their local community to help them become<br />
supportive and active citizens in their adult life. This is a<br />
community project and we would like as many people as<br />
possible to join in and help us to support young people in their<br />
transition to adult life as it’s the local communities who will<br />
benefit. Quite often young people get negative press and the<br />
positive things that they do can sometimes get missed. The<br />
pilot was a great success in other areas of the country last<br />
summer and we are sure that Oxfordshire can equal and<br />
possibly surpass that success, as long as we get the support<br />
from local businesses and people that the young people on the<br />
project will need.”<br />
If you would like more information on the NCS scheme or you<br />
feel you can help the young people in your area with their<br />
community action projects then please call<br />
0845 408 5026 / email ncs@cxtv.org.uk.<br />
For further information contact Dave Cook, Head of Support<br />
on: 0845 408 5002 or davidcook@cxtv.org.uk.<br />
NCS will be supported by Connexions Thames Valley<br />
Connexions is a publicly-funded charity providing expert,<br />
confidential information, advice, guidance and personal<br />
development services to all 13 – <strong>19</strong> year olds (up to 25 for those<br />
with learning difficulties or disabilities). Connexions Personal<br />
Advisers (PAs), who are based in schools, colleges and our<br />
Connexions centres, aim to give young people the help and<br />
support they need to reach their full potential and give<br />
professional advice and guidance on a range of subjects<br />
including; careers and training, education and qualifications,<br />
money matters, housing, substance misuse, bullying,<br />
relationships, sexual health and teenage pregnancy. Connexions<br />
Thames Valley has its own Independent Chair and Board of<br />
Trustees drawn from the local area including young people, local<br />
authorities, voluntary and community sector, schools, colleges,<br />
police and health.<br />
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CHIPPING NORTON TOWN<br />
COUNCIL<br />
MEETS on the 3rd MONDAY<br />
EVERY MONTH<br />
NEXT - Monday 16th <strong>April</strong><br />
Parishioners are very welcome to attend all<br />
meetings; some confidential matters may be<br />
discussed by councillors in camera.<br />
Parishioners wishing to ask about local issues<br />
are given 5 minutes at the start of the meeting,<br />
subject to advising the clerk in advance.<br />
Local groups and organisations can apply for<br />
grants; Council also supports a variety of<br />
causes including The Town Museum,<br />
The Silver Band, The Lido, The Theatre and<br />
other charities operating in the parish.<br />
Town Councillors are available before and<br />
after the meetings. District & County<br />
Councillors, representatives of the Police and<br />
local press may attend.<br />
WEST OXON DISTRICT COUNCIL<br />
Committee Meetings<br />
Members of the public are encouraged to attend<br />
meetings of the Council and Committees. If you live in<br />
the District and are on the Electoral Register you can<br />
take part in the meetings. Information about this and<br />
your Councillors and committee members is available<br />
online at www.westoxon.gov.uk<br />
APRIL <strong>2012</strong><br />
Monday 2 Uplands<br />
Weds 11 Finance & Mgmt O & S<br />
Thursday 12 Environment O & S<br />
Monday 16 Lowlands<br />
Weds 18 Cabinet<br />
Thurs <strong>19</strong> Human Resources<br />
Weds 25 Council<br />
Tues 30 Uplands<br />
Meetings are held at the Council Offices,<br />
Woodgreen, Witney. Start time 2pm.<br />
For further information contact Committee<br />
Services: 0<strong>19</strong>93 861523<br />
EMail: enquiries@westoxon.gov.uk<br />
Agendas, reports and minutes are available<br />
online: www.westoxon.gov.uk/meetings<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>, Rugby Club – 15th.<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> Campden School – 22nd<br />
Milton-Under-Wychwood, The Village Hall – 30th<br />
THAMES VALLEY<br />
POLICE<br />
www.police.uk<br />
CHIPPING NORTON TOWN<br />
COUNCIL<br />
Notes on the Council Meeting for<br />
MARCH <strong>2012</strong><br />
Full Minutes of meetings, associated<br />
committee meetings and correspondence are<br />
available in the Council Office.<br />
Mr G Beacham (Acting Clerk)<br />
The Guildhall, Goddards Lane<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>,<br />
Oxon, OX7 5NJ<br />
01608 642341 (9am to 1pm)<br />
cntc@btconnect.com<br />
Hosepipe ban for West Oxfordshire from 5 <strong>April</strong><br />
After an exceptionally dry two years the Thames Water region, like much of the South East,<br />
is in drought. As a result Thames Water will impose a hosepipe ban from 5 <strong>April</strong> in a bid to<br />
tackle the problem.<br />
Hosepipe ban<br />
From 5 <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong>, you will not be able to use a hosepipe to:<br />
• water your garden;<br />
• clean a private motor-vehicle or boat;<br />
• fill or maintain a domestic swimming, paddling pool, pond or ornamental fountain;<br />
• draw water for domestic recreational use;<br />
• clean walls or windows of domestic premises;<br />
• clean paths, patios or other artificial outdoor surfaces.<br />
For more information, including exemptions, visit Thames Water's website:<br />
www.thameswater.co.uk/drought<br />
Water shortages<br />
Private water supplies<br />
If your water isn't supplied by a mains network such as Thames Water, the current drought<br />
conditions might cause additional problems such as water supplies running dry or the quality<br />
of the water abstracted being undrinkable.<br />
If your private water supply provides water for homes or businesses, you should have a<br />
water safety plan, which will help you manage the eventuality that the supply fails.<br />
Guidance on water safety plans can be found at www.who.int/water_sanitation_health<br />
If you are concerned with the quality of your water, please call West Oxfordshire District<br />
Council on 0<strong>19</strong>93 1000 who can arrange for a sample to be taken.<br />
Please use water wisely<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong><br />
Police Station<br />
London Road,<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>,<br />
OX7 5AW<br />
Non-Emergency Number<br />
101<br />
Opening <strong>Times</strong><br />
Monday to Friday<br />
8am – 4pm<br />
Saturday & Sunday – Closed<br />
Closed for lunch 12.15 – 1pm<br />
Please can you keep a look out for 'low flow' incidents and problems (such as fish gasping<br />
for air) and report any concerns to the Environment Agency's incident hotline 0800 80 70 60<br />
(freephone, 24 hour service). For more information visit The Environment Agency's<br />
website:www.environment-agency.gov.uk/drought<br />
ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 01452 425000<br />
Information continuously updated.<br />
Please check by phone or online (www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/roadworks)<br />
In November Thames Valley Police Constabulary introduced<br />
101 -the new national police non emergency telephone<br />
number. Our current non-emergency number 0845 090<br />
1234 will be phased out. Calls will cost 15p irrespective of<br />
how long that call may last, on landlines and mobiles.<br />
Call 999 In an emergency, such as when a crime is in<br />
progress, when there is danger to life or when violence is<br />
being used or threatened.<br />
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A D L E S T R O P V I L L A G E H A L L<br />
• Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special functions,<br />
classes or any event – only £6 an hour • Discounted fees for long term bookings.<br />
• Just redecorated • small stage, kitchen facilities, disabled toilet and disabled access.<br />
• Excellent parking.<br />
Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further info<br />
LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, BELL BANK, BLOCKLEY<br />
Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc.<br />
35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking.<br />
WITH -WIRELESS- BROADBAND incl BT OPENZONE.<br />
01386 700880 / email dimccaul@btinternet.com<br />
ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY<br />
Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order.<br />
Seating capacity 160. Large well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets.<br />
Gas central heating. Off street parking for 40 cars. Suitable for wedding receptions etc.<br />
Raised stage. Excellent sound system. (No discos)<br />
Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528<br />
BLOCKLEY COMMUNITY HERITAGE CENTRE<br />
Recently refurbished, the Jubilee Hall seats 80. Light,<br />
bright and warm, drop down screen, parking. Suitable for<br />
all sorts of events. Very good rates.<br />
Enquiries to Laurie Clayton, 01386 701528<br />
BOURTON ON THE WATER<br />
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION BRANCH HALL<br />
Available for hire; 150 seated / 250 standing.<br />
Ample off-road parking. Office Tel: 01451 824303<br />
Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water<br />
AVAILABLE TO HIRE - VERY COMPETITIVE RATES.<br />
LOCAL FUNCTIONS, CHILDENS PARTIES ETC WELCOME<br />
DISABLED ACCESS & FACILITIES<br />
CALL RICHARD MOONEY 01451 820679<br />
FOR BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION<br />
BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL<br />
Lovely rural location with spacious parking. Seats 90,<br />
Large main hall, & 2 meeting rooms. Stage with electric<br />
drop down screen. Built in sound system with microphone<br />
and hearing loop.<br />
Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities.<br />
Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994<br />
CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL<br />
The perfect setting for that special occasion”<br />
Recently built in Cotswold stone. Large car park, well<br />
equipped kitchen, on the outskirts of the village.<br />
Tel: 07587 097795 Come & see what we have to offer!<br />
roy.mercer@diversey.com<br />
EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL<br />
adjacent to Green in quiet village<br />
AVAILABLE FOR HIRE at reasonable rates<br />
Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, presentations & family events.<br />
Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen and loos. Disabled<br />
access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery<br />
available. Please call Philip Pratt, 01608 652499/ 07051 867493.<br />
KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL<br />
Beautiful Hall; capacity 100. Off-street parking; disabled access.<br />
AVAILABLE TO HIRE AT VERY COMPETITIVE RATES.<br />
Contact Jacki Jones, The Barn, Orchard Way, Kingham. OX7 6YT.<br />
Tel: 01608 658089<br />
ADVERTISING YOUR VILLAGE HALL<br />
This list is being updated to include more entries. Each box will<br />
become a little smaller but will still contain the key information<br />
about the facilities available, contact details etc.. in an A-Z list that<br />
circulates each month. Entries are free. Editor<br />
WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL<br />
Recently refurbished<br />
A perfect Venue for Family Occasions<br />
Seats 40/20 for Dinner. Disabled access & loos.<br />
Fully equipped kitchen<br />
Enquiries - Call Judith Wheeler 01451 821094<br />
STOW YOUTH CLUB<br />
Two large rooms (accommodating 50-60 people)<br />
Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector & screen • Pool table • Table football • Nintendo<br />
Wii • Modern kitchen • Disabled access & toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users.<br />
The Club building is next to the Police Station on the Fosseway and accessed easily from The Square.<br />
Dilys Neill: dwsshaneill@btinternet.co Tel: 01451 830656<br />
Sarah-Jane Rich: richfamly_91@hotmail.com Tel: 01451 830654<br />
ST EDWARDS HALL, STOW ON THE WOLD<br />
Panelled 1st floor room with Civil War portraits & memorabilia.<br />
Holds 100. Hearing loop. LIFT and staircase from lobby. Kitchen, toilets,<br />
anti-room. CCTV. Competitive rates. 2 Hrs Free C/P(day)<br />
<strong>2012</strong> dates available. 01386 761514 jimshields<strong>19</strong>50@btinternet.com<br />
STOW ON THE WOLD<br />
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB<br />
Clubroom and bar with entertainment system for discos, karaoke, etc. Small lounge bar.<br />
Large and small Meeting rooms with conference facilities for up to 150 (seats 60/ 12<br />
dining); Catering. Parking. Minibus.<br />
Enquiries to Colin and Alison 01451 830242<br />
STOW BAPTIST CHURCH HALL, STOW GL54 1AA<br />
In the community for the community<br />
Spacious hall, recently refurbished, fully-equipped new kitchen facilities<br />
& disabled toilets. Usage Policy: we support community-focused groups.<br />
We do not lease the hall for commercial events.<br />
01451 870437 stowbaptist@gmx.co.uk<br />
SALFORD VILLAGE HALL<br />
Recently Refurbished. Attractive and flexible venue in<br />
Cotswold Village. Seats 80. Disabled Access. Parking.<br />
Toilets. Modern Well Equipped Kitchen.<br />
www.salfordvillagehall.co.uk Tel: 01608 642853<br />
ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL<br />
Ideally placed in centre of lovely Cotswold village<br />
Newly refurbished - full c/h, new kitchen and toilets. Spacious main hall with seating for 100,<br />
stage, pull down projector screen and hearing loop, also a smaller meeting room. Facilities<br />
for the less able. Spacious parking. Children have access to the adjacent playground.<br />
TO GET YOUR DATE ON OUR CALENDAR please ring<br />
01451 830817 / 01451 83<strong>19</strong>17<br />
MORETON IN MARSH<br />
REDESDALE HALL<br />
Clerk 01608 654064 Two venues with a stair lift. The Lower Hall<br />
accommodates 80; modern kitchen facilities. Beamed Upper Hall<br />
accommodates 120. Reasonable charges. Nearby parking.<br />
Historic town centre building<br />
LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL<br />
Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village green. Recently<br />
refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, tables & chairs, Disabled<br />
facilities. Seats up to 70. Competitive rates (inc.heating) vary with use.<br />
Perfect for parties and receptions, Shows, displays, evening classes, etc<br />
Tel: 01451 83<strong>19</strong>16 Eml: rada8421@kingham.ocnmail.net<br />
LITTLE WOLFORD VILLAGE HALL<br />
The ideal hall for your event or activity<br />
Rural position 5 miles from Moreton and Shipston, accommodates 60 –<br />
80, good parking, fully equipped kitchen, china etc., disabled facilities,<br />
projection screen, hearing loop, stage available, reasonable charges<br />
Details and booking 01608 684704<br />
LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE<br />
VILLAGE HALL<br />
Set in the heart of this delightful village, we can offer<br />
We are fully equipped with a few unexpected bonusses - an extendable stage with pull-down screen • 3/4<br />
sized snooker table • table tennis table • piano • Hi-Fi system • all equipment for short mat bowls..<br />
So if you’re having a wedding reception or wake, children’s party or family birthday, training course or<br />
business meeting, exhibition or exercise class, club social or kids’ sleepover, we would love to see YOU!<br />
FOR FURTHER DETAILS T: 01451 830218 or E: alan@longborough.net<br />
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THE PLAYHOUSE, ST GEORGES HALL,<br />
BLOCKLEY<br />
Thursday 26th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Season Tickets available - £25<br />
Doors/Bar open at 7:00pm - 7:45pm film<br />
Advance tickets are now £3.50/ on the door £4<br />
Advance tickets/queries 01386 700647/593386<br />
SCREEN ON THE GREEN, VILLAGE HALL,<br />
ILMINGTON<br />
Friday 27th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50<br />
Advance tickets from the Village Store & Red Lion<br />
Refreshments, ice cream & bar.<br />
REGULAR EVENTS<br />
RURAL CINEMA - MARCH<br />
VICTORIA HALL,<br />
BOURTON ON THE WATER<br />
Monday 16th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
Film 2.30pm & 7.30pmTickets £3 refreshments.<br />
Family Tickets £10 (2 adults, 2 children)<br />
Tickets/queries 01451 822365<br />
VILLAGE HALL,<br />
LITTLE COMPTON<br />
FILMS SHOWN THROUGHOUT<br />
THE MONTH.<br />
Film 7.30pm | Matinee 2pm<br />
Advance tickets/queries 01608 674298<br />
E: david.woodpeckers@gmail.com<br />
First MON FOLK NIGHT, Ebrigton Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.uk<br />
MON DANCE FUSION:Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience necessary. Exercise in a fun way. No<br />
pre-booking necessary. <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden Town Hall 9.30 – 10.30. £4.50<br />
MON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30-7pm Children and 7-9pm<br />
Adults 01451 831876<br />
MON CHILDRENS DANCE CLASS <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden Town<br />
Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp,<br />
Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057<br />
MON YOGA <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept<br />
01386438537<br />
MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the Water (10am -12) for anyone to<br />
come along for a cup of tea and a chat,<br />
MON Burford Orchestra. Rehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community Primary School OX28 1HL.<br />
burfordorchestra@gmail.com. 07984 492 976. New members welcome; no audition.<br />
MON Powerfreestyle Kickboxing at Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7-7.50pm. Adults 7.50-<br />
8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. Call Adam 07774285459<br />
TUES Pottery Classes at Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30am to 12:00 noon<br />
10 week term £90 plus £15 materials/firing cost. Beginners welcome<br />
Contact annec@ebshr.co.uk 01451 870734<br />
First WED Free MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS. Separate adult & children’s classes. <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Leisure<br />
Centre. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk,<br />
WEDS WEDS WALK Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 860366<br />
WEDS CHIPPING CAMPDEN BRIDGE CLUB 7.15 for 7.30pm<br />
Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members<br />
welcome. Partners not necessary 01608 664456<br />
First THURS Free MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS. Separate adult & children’s classes Stow-on-the-Wold Primary<br />
School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk,<br />
First THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women (Adults only) Stow-on-the-<br />
Wold Primary School 07977 560086 www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk<br />
THURS QUIZ NIGHT at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688<br />
FRI BELLY DANCING New beginners class. 11- 12.30 The Church Room, <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden. Informal &<br />
relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480<br />
FRI until July. Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise classes. Suitable for all abilities.<br />
Fun exercise, great music!! 6.30 – 7.30pm.. Unit 6 Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-<br />
Marsh GL56 9JY Call 01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com<br />
FRI DANCE FUSIONAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary.<br />
& MON All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50)<br />
FRI ACTIVE & ABLE Fitness & Falls classes for older people at Stow to Church Rooms, Stow 01285<br />
623450<br />
FRI LINE DANCING: Willersey Village Hall, near Broadway 01386 438537<br />
FRI ACTIVE & ABLE CLASSES Posture & Stability – Tai Chi Chi Kong At Bourton, Moreton and Stow.<br />
01285 623450<br />
Upper Town Hall,<br />
CHIPPING CAMPDEN<br />
Friday 30th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
Film 7.30pm<br />
Advance tickets/queries 01386 841206<br />
from Ch C. Information Centre/on door.<br />
VILLAGE HALL,<br />
LITTLE WOLFORD<br />
Thursday <strong>19</strong>th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
Film 7.30pm - TICKETS £4.00<br />
Advance tickets/queries<br />
01608 684223 or 01608 674200<br />
VILLAGE HALL,<br />
CHURCHILL<br />
Saturday 14th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £4.50<br />
Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903<br />
E: churchillmovies@btinternet.com<br />
VILLAGE HALL,<br />
LOWER ODDINGTON<br />
Tuesday 17th <strong>April</strong><br />
THE HELP<br />
7.30pm | TICKETS (see below)<br />
Advance tickets/queries 01451 830817<br />
Refreshments served in the interval<br />
The Help (12A) 146 mins<br />
This award winning film set in the 60's is an adaptation of a best selling novel about<br />
the black Civil Rights era through the eyes of a white journalist (Emma Stone).<br />
SMALL ADS<br />
£0.80 per word. Min 12 words, max 30 words.<br />
Payment with booking. Copy by 15th month.<br />
Tel: 07789 175 002.<br />
INTRODUCTORY OFFER<br />
50p per word until 15/05/12<br />
In Bourton <strong>Times</strong>, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>, Moreton <strong>Times</strong> and Stow <strong>Times</strong><br />
(delivering almost 12,000 copies a month).<br />
LOST: GENTS COAT. Mid-length county-style, tweed, green lining. Call Chris<br />
07798 602 113.<br />
FOR SALE. Ladies British Eagle town/trail bicycle. In very good order. £48.oo<br />
O.V.N.O. 01608.650730<br />
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Escape to the Cotswold<br />
The Seven Wonders of the Cotswolds<br />
It’s time to VOTE<br />
Following our quest to find the Seven Wonders of the Cotswolds<br />
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, an overwhelming number<br />
and variety of nominations have been received. So we are<br />
putting it to the public vote to find the final seven!<br />
All eligible nominations (places and features within the<br />
Cotswolds AONB) which we received are listed-<br />
• Online at www.cotswoldaonb.org.uk<br />
• Pick up a list at the Cotswold Conservation Board office at<br />
Northleach<br />
• Call the office (01451 862003 for a copy by post)<br />
As you would expect, the list includes many places and events in<br />
our area including some local favourites.<br />
You can vote for your favourite seven from the list by:<br />
email: info@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk.<br />
Post: Nicola Greaves, Cotswolds Conservation Board<br />
Fosse Way, Northleach, GL54 3JH<br />
Closing date for entries is 1 June <strong>2012</strong> and the results will be<br />
announced shortly afterwards.<br />
LOCAL WALKS WITH<br />
THE COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY<br />
WARDENS – APRIL<br />
Over the Top and Round the Side – Saturday 14 <strong>April</strong> –<br />
Moderate. A contrasting walk over the top of Bredon Hill to<br />
Elmley Castle - ancient forts and orchards. Pub lunch available.<br />
5.5 hours; 8 miles. Start: 10 am Beckford, outside entrance to<br />
church. OS Map ref 976 358<br />
To Stow and Beyond – Sunday 15 <strong>April</strong> – Strenuous<br />
Using the Oxfordshire Way and other paths leading out of the<br />
Evenlode Valley to Stow. Please bring a packed lunch. 6 hours;<br />
12.5 miles. Start: 10 am Bledington Green. OS Map ref 244 228<br />
Bluebells in Foxholes – Friday 27 <strong>April</strong> -– Easy<br />
From Shipton-under-Wychwood passing through Bruern woods<br />
reaching the beautiful Foxholes Nature Reserve where Bluebells<br />
should be in flower. Return by woodland and field paths. Please<br />
bring a packed lunch. 4 hours; 7 miles.<br />
Start: 10 am Shipton Village Hall. OS Map ref 278 181<br />
Brewers and Traitors – Saturday 28 <strong>April</strong> – Moderate<br />
From Hook <strong>Norton</strong> to the Sibfords via Traitors Ford and Ditchedge<br />
Lane (Macmillan Way). Return via Swalcliffe Common and D’Arcy<br />
Dalton way. Stunning views over Brailes and beyond; a lovely<br />
woodland trail. Please bring a packed lunch. 5 hours; 10 miles<br />
Start: 100 am Hook <strong>Norton</strong> Primary School, Sibford Road. OS<br />
Map ref 356 337<br />
PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep<br />
and muddy in places. MODERATE - includes some hills and rough<br />
ground. Sorry, no dogs allowed except guide and hearing dogs.<br />
Walks are free although donations help to fund our conservation<br />
work and improvement projects.<br />
The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout<br />
the Cotswolds. For more information (including any changes to<br />
arrangements such as due to extreme weather) see<br />
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000.<br />
NORTH COTSWOLD<br />
RAMBLERS GROUP<br />
information on any walk or a copy of<br />
the Group’s current walks programme<br />
can be obtained from the Secretary : Tel. 01386 700847,<br />
email at salmonoldwell@hotmail.com or online under “Local<br />
Groups” at www.gloucestershirearearamblers.org.uk<br />
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS at CHIPPING CAMPDEN SCHOOL<br />
learn some new skills or revisit an old interest.<br />
Grow your own │ Keeping chickens │ Creative sketchbooks<br />
First Aid │Digital photography │Dinner parties on a budget<br />
Practical science PLUS Children’s football coaching.<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> Campden High School - Sat 21st <strong>April</strong><br />
£20 Adult Workshops │ £10 Children’s Football Coaching.<br />
For details and to book please email<br />
ccspaparentpost@s320281341.websitehome.co.uk<br />
Organised by CCSPA <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden School Parents Association<br />
fund raising on behalf of <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden High School.<br />
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We offer a main dealer<br />
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Glos, GL56 0UU.<br />
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Look online<br />
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Whatever it is you are looking for, it is worth giving us a call.<br />
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‘COST’<br />
You’ve got your plans and<br />
now you are going for quotes.<br />
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BE PREPARED –<br />
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Find out how.<br />
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Writing copy for the <strong>April</strong> edition is always difficult as I have to write prior to the Budget &<br />
therefore it is foolhardy to try to comment on something that hasn’t happened. What I can<br />
comment on is the farce that surrounded the Harry Redknapp affair. Unlike the very lucky man<br />
in question, most people don’t have the resources to take on HMRC therefore it is important<br />
that you declare all income, including any offshore accounts, especially those with pet names!<br />
It must be very disconcerting for HMRC to come away from what looked to be an open & shut<br />
case with egg on their face. The whole affair has sent out the wrong signals but perhaps it<br />
gives Parliament & HMRC an opportunity to review the whole tax system. Why are so many<br />
people trying to avoid paying tax? The answer’s simple – because our tax rates are punitive &<br />
do little to encourage people to contribute.<br />
It seems only yesterday that the last of the 2010/11 Tax Returns were filed in January but here<br />
we are on the cusp of another tax year. If you’ve received a notice to file a Tax Return for<br />
2011/12 it’s a good idea to strike while the irons hot by getting your paperwork in order as<br />
soon as possible. If your affairs are not too complex then you could consider filing the Return<br />
yourself. It’s very straightforward & there’s lots of online help available or, if you get stuck, you<br />
can talk to an HMRC adviser on the phone. Filling in your tax return can be a daunting task<br />
but if you organise your paperwork carefully & follow the guidance notes it shouldn’t take you<br />
long. However, if you have several income streams or your affairs are more complex than<br />
normal I would advise talking to an accountant. It’s better to be prepared – too many people<br />
leave it to the last minute, bringing about the possibility of a penalty or interest payable on tax<br />
due.<br />
If you have any doubt about filing your Tax Return or if you’re an employer having problems<br />
with year-end paperwork, don’t hesitate in contacting your accountant or you can contact me<br />
by phone or e-mail for free, impartial advice.<br />
Robb Eden is based in Moreton-in-Marsh. He can be contacted via e-mail at<br />
robbeden@aol.com or by telephone 01608 651802.
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LOST FOR WORDS<br />
By Nicholas John<br />
Another short story featuring the members of Wordplay, a creative-writing group.<br />
Melanie decided that she didn’t like peppermint tea. It hadn’t<br />
taken her long. She’d grown up in a family that drank mugs of<br />
tea; builders’ tea, proper dark brown, stiffened with several<br />
spoonfuls of sugar. Lavender only seemed to have tea with funny<br />
names. She sipped tentatively again at the pale liquid under her<br />
nose, then took a second chocolate finger to compensate.<br />
Lavender Pettigrew was beaming happily at the small,<br />
assembled throng. When the decorators working at St. Andrew’s<br />
had unsurprisingly failed to finish the painting by the start of<br />
term, the delay had necessitated the need for Wordplay to find<br />
pastures new, for a few weeks at least. Marjorie had been<br />
frantically keen to get everyone along to The Fairway, but it was<br />
outside town and, as most of them liked to walk, the offer had<br />
been politely declined, which was not what Marjorie had<br />
wanted at all. Lavender had happily invited them to her cottage<br />
in Merriweather Avenue and it seemed the perfect choice:<br />
Marjorie might have the biggest house, but, judging by the ooing<br />
and coo-ing, she’d have to go some to match Lavender’s<br />
Royal Doulton.<br />
“Do look Marjorie, a lovely design, Old Country Roses if<br />
I'm not mistaken? Quite, quite exquisite!” Felicity Batchmore<br />
was in raptures, twittering like a caged bird. There were two teapots,<br />
an array of cups and saucers, a huge plate of assorted<br />
biscuits and a vast Victoria sponge, all neatly arranged on the<br />
low, rectangular coffee-table that stood in the centre of the<br />
sitting-room. Lavender had, like her cake, risen to the occasion.<br />
Melanie had been relieved no-one had yet suggested<br />
that they took turns in hosting the weekly get-togethers - the<br />
idea of Wordplay descending on 27 Worrell Close for tea and<br />
creative-writing didn’t bear contemplating.<br />
“Fellow scribes, to order!” boomed Roland, in his usual<br />
parade-ground fashion. “Thanks are certainly due to Lavender<br />
for this lovely spread. Didn’t really need my breakfast!”<br />
The room filled with murmured agreements and<br />
Melanie discreetly placed her cup and saucer on the floor by her<br />
feet, where it hopefully wouldn’t be spotted.<br />
“Now, have we some mouth-watering morsels of prose<br />
to entertain us this morning? Some delicious diction to tickle our<br />
palettes?” continued Roland, warming to his theme. “But, before<br />
we begin, I had an email from David last night: he’s taking the<br />
car for its annual once-over this morning and will be here as<br />
soon as he can.”<br />
Melanie could have sworn that he glanced at her as he<br />
said this, but she was distracted by Lavender’s whisper from<br />
beside her.<br />
“More tea, dear?” She was beaming, nodding at the tea cup by<br />
the side of Melanie’s chair.<br />
Melanie felt herself colouring, but managed a weak smile. “No,<br />
no thank you, I’m fine at the moment.”<br />
Roland rumbled on, waggling his sheaf of papers with one hand,<br />
flicking crumbs from his Tweed with the other. “We’ll press on<br />
anyway. If everyone’s got something to read and we’re all<br />
topped-up, we should get things started I think. OK with you,<br />
Lav, old thing?”<br />
“Oh yes, Roland, up and running! Thank you all for coming,<br />
please do help yourselves to more tea, whenever. It’s lovely to<br />
be able to get the best china out.”<br />
Marjorie wasn’t one to let a golden opportunity pass by. “Now<br />
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then, Lavender,” she admonished with mock severity, “you really<br />
shouldn’t have gone to all this trouble for us. Your kitchen set<br />
would have been quite acceptable.”<br />
Lavender sagged visibly and even Felicity, who usually viewed<br />
Marjorie’s hectoring lightly, glared. Melanie winced: 27 Worrell<br />
Close only had non-matching mugs. For best or otherwise.<br />
Roland let out a long-drawn wheeze, like the air-brakes on a<br />
lorry. “Yes, well, um, any volunteers to start?”<br />
“I have a few lines, if I may, Roland.” Marjorie didn’t intend it as<br />
a question, certainly not one that required an answer. She was<br />
primed for action, papers in hand, attempting to stir her ample<br />
frame from the armchair into which she seemed rather snugly<br />
wedged. She braced her feet firmly, pushed down hard on the<br />
arms of the chair and heaved, but it wasn’t letting go without a<br />
fight. For a minute, the struggle was evenly matched, then<br />
Marjorie broke free like a cork from a bottle and lurched against<br />
the coffee-table with a crash, catching it shin-high and toppling<br />
forward like a felled oak, arms outstretched.<br />
“Steady on, old girl!” Roland was half on his feet, offering a<br />
supportive hand, but he was too late. Marjorie had, as in life,<br />
swept all before her.<br />
As catastrophes go, it probably didn’t rate that highly. Except to<br />
Lavender. Felicity shrieked theatrically, Roland remained in his<br />
adopted pose, half-sitting, half-standing, arms a-waving and<br />
Melanie did nothing much, save fight with every nerve to keep<br />
from laughing out loud. She kind of snorted, but hoped it came<br />
across as concern. Lavender just stared at the debris on the<br />
carpet. Three cups and two saucers in pieces, assorted<br />
teaspoons and the sugar bowl. A tea-pot without a spout.<br />
Marjorie had both hands firmly entrenched in the Victoria<br />
sponge, like an ageing movie star leaving her mark on Hollywood<br />
Boulevard.<br />
A pitiful gasp escaped Lavender; so quiet, yet timed<br />
perfectly to fill the sudden and complete silence that had fallen.<br />
It said all that really needed to be said and so, for a moment, noone<br />
said anything. All the colour in Lavender's face had drained<br />
away.<br />
"My tea set. My beautiful tea set." She looked at<br />
Marjorie accusingly, her voice rising. "It was my mother's."<br />
Everyone moved at once, in different directions:<br />
Marjorie sank back into her chair with a thump, Felicity dashed<br />
to the kitchen for a cloth and Melanie dropped to her hands and<br />
knees to help Lavender gather up broken pieces of best china.<br />
“Bless me! You alright, old thing?” Roland looked<br />
startled, but resumed a seated position. Marjorie waved him<br />
away.<br />
“Yes, yes, quite alright. Don’t fuss. The chair caught me by<br />
surprise that’s all. I was just going to give you my Ode To A Fallen<br />
Hero.” The irony appeared lost on her; she busied herself wiping<br />
jam and cream off her hands with a napkin, before rubbing her<br />
shins vigorously.<br />
“You must let me pay Lavender, but, really, what an awkward<br />
chair……”<br />
It was an apology of sorts, but one largely untroubled by<br />
culpability. Lavender appeared not to have heard, she was
picking little shards of Old Country Rose from the carpet.<br />
Melanie breathed deeply; it wasn’t really her place, but she was<br />
getting a little tired of Marjorie, this over-bearing battleship of a<br />
woman who held sway and always managed to become the<br />
centre of attention. She put some broken pieces onto a mat on<br />
the table, hearing Marjorie address no-on in particular, a sense<br />
of injustice colouring her words.<br />
“It was an accident, you know. It could’ve happened to anyone…<br />
.”<br />
“But it didn’t happen to anyone did it? It happened to you.” Even<br />
though she was still on her knees, half under the table, and even<br />
though she’d said them quietly, half-hoping they wouldn’t<br />
materialise, the words had escaped Melanie’s lips and reached –<br />
everyone. Felicity gulped audibly and gripped her dishcloth and<br />
Roland fidgeted helplessly: nothing in army life had prepared<br />
him for this.<br />
Marjorie spluttered like a tap with an air-lock. “Well! I really<br />
don’t think – “<br />
“No, you don’t, do you?” Melanie instantly regretted it. She’d<br />
said it without looking up, louder this time and before she could<br />
stop herself. And there they were: the five most contentious<br />
words she’d uttered since joining Wordplay. And everyone had<br />
heard them. She took a deep breath and raised her eyes from<br />
the carpet. Marjorie’s mouth was open and her chest heaved<br />
with barely-suppressed indignation, causing her pearl necklace<br />
to ripple. She took in a lungful of air, but the only sound was the<br />
loud ring of a doorbell (which, thought Melanie, was a clever<br />
trick if you could pull it off). Then the hot air left Marjorie with a<br />
rush. She closed her mouth with a snap like the crack of a dry<br />
stick. Lavender jumped to her feet and the tension was broken.<br />
David appeared, framed in the doorway, a smile of greeting halffading<br />
as he took in the scene. Melanie was pleased to see him,<br />
in a Seventh Cavalry kind of way – doubly-pleased in truth and<br />
her smile held both relief and affection.<br />
“Hi, how’s the car?” She said it a little too quickly,<br />
getting to her feet as he came into the room.<br />
“Er, fine, thanks. What – “<br />
“Oh, bugger!” She’d kicked her own tea cup (that'd been, up to<br />
now, safe from the mayhem), across the floor. “Lavender, I’m so<br />
– “<br />
Lavender had followed David into the room. She saw Melanie’s<br />
face and smiled wanly.<br />
“One more won’t make any difference, dear.” She turned to<br />
David. “Come on in. Tea? Peppermint or strawberry? We’ve had<br />
a little accident I’m afraid, just as we were getting started, but I<br />
can easily brew some more.” She looked at Marjorie. “Nothing<br />
serious I suppose, just a little crash.”<br />
Roland took up the reins again. “Morning David, er, you’ve not<br />
missed anything. Well, a bit of kerfuffle and a spot of gymnastics<br />
from Marjorie, ha ha……….ah.” He tailed off. Marjorie was<br />
looking at him impassively and his heart just wasn’t in it. He<br />
muttered something about spilt milk and left it at that. David sat<br />
down on the sofa, picked a biscuit off the carpet, blew on it and<br />
popped it in his mouth.<br />
“Goodbye, Melanie.” Marjorie was icy politeness and she didn’t<br />
wait for a reply. She strode down Lavender’s front path and<br />
wheeled out of the gate, Felicity struggling to stay in tow. Ode To<br />
A Fallen Hero had somehow got side-tracked by Roland’s four<br />
pages on life at Catterick Garrison after the war, a poem by<br />
Felicity about a butterfly and a rather long essay on Queen Anne<br />
furniture that David had felt needed some communal appraisal.<br />
Melanie’s handwritten side of A4 about her childhood wish to<br />
become a ballet dancer had stayed in her bag, unread and<br />
unbidden, but she didn’t mind. It had been a long morning.<br />
“So, what did I miss?” David grinned at her, “I think I<br />
arrived to the fanfare of ruffled feathers!”<br />
She pulled a face. “I’ve put one foot in it big time and<br />
probably shot myself in the other as well. How’s that for<br />
starters?” She turned to Lavender, who was standing on the<br />
front step. “I’m sorry Lavender. I didn’t mean to say……..well, I<br />
did, sort of, but not on top of everything else."<br />
Lavender patted her arm. “Don’t worry dear. I<br />
appreciate it. Quite an eventful morning really and Marjorie has<br />
promised to pay for all the damage, so no real harm's done.<br />
There's no point having best china just sitting in the cupboard is<br />
there?"<br />
“And we were spared Ode To A Bloody Fallen Hero!”<br />
“Now, now, dear!” Lavender's eyes twinkled. She went<br />
inside and shut the door. David held the front gate open for<br />
Melanie as she walked down the path.<br />
“I’ve got time for a coffee, if you have? It’ll make up for<br />
boring you with old Queen Anne.”<br />
Melanie felt tired. She’d spent the last hour and a half<br />
wishing she’d kept her mouth shut and trying to avoid looking at<br />
Marjorie. Tilting at windmills was all very well, but she didn't feel<br />
particularly cut out for it. She had to get something for the kids'<br />
tea and pick up the dry-cleaning, but she had time for a coffee.<br />
Or a mug of proper tea.<br />
“Builders’ tea,” she said, “with extra sugar.”<br />
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The first Stow Festival of Writing will take place over the<br />
Jubilee weekend of 1st-4th June, featuring storytelling,<br />
poetry, children's events and local authors. We'll be<br />
encouraging people to take up pen 'n paper (and laptops too!)<br />
and get writing! Enter our Jubilee Poem competition (see<br />
details in this issue) - and there's still time to enter a short<br />
story in the Stow <strong>Times</strong>' writing competition<br />
"A Place In The Heart" competition - both have closing dates<br />
of 30th <strong>April</strong>.<br />
For those who feel in need of guidance, there is a One-day<br />
Creative Writing Workshop in Stow on Saturday 2nd June.<br />
For this and more details on forthcoming events in the Stow<br />
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<strong>Times</strong>. Happy writing<br />
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Exposure to debt is invisible.<br />
Article researched and written by Carole Foster<br />
The world has certainly changed over the past five years<br />
and many of us have changed with it. Remember when<br />
Greece was a land of sunshine and sleepy islands? Since<br />
we’ve all been exposed to their rollercoaster trauma of<br />
meeting their loan payments it has shown itself to<br />
simply been a bigger reflection of what many families go<br />
through each month trying to manage their own debts.<br />
One in five of us are struggling with debts according to<br />
the Money Advice Trust and a recent survey by the<br />
charity, the Credit Counselling Service, shows that<br />
thousands of households across the Midlands spend at<br />
least a quarter of their total income meeting credit cards<br />
and loans repayments. This doesn’t include mortgage or<br />
rent payments and nearly half of them say it was hard to<br />
make it to payday. More than 60% of the people<br />
questioned said they were worried about the amount of<br />
debt they were carrying.<br />
For those trying to keep a business afloat or hold onto<br />
their house, it has been a time of huge stress and worry.<br />
When one man shot dead his family and animals at their<br />
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Motivation is probably the biggest challenge facing all of us when it<br />
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things we can all do to help ourselves and perhaps others in the process.<br />
We all know that the key to losing weight and staying fit is consistency -<br />
with the things we eat, the exercise we take, the early nights we have<br />
and the parties we behave ourselves at! But how do we get that<br />
consistency and keep it? The trick is to achieve something, because<br />
once you have achieved something, you feel so good about yourself<br />
and it makes the effort worthwhile. You will want to repeat that<br />
process and before long, you’ll be thinner, fitter, healthier and happier!<br />
Why not do something for charity? There are lots of Charity events out<br />
there and the beauty is you can pick something to suit your fitness<br />
levels and at the same time raise money for something that is close to<br />
your heart. That is a very strong motivating tool. Two common events<br />
are the Race for Life or The Sport Relief Mile – easy starting points that<br />
anyone can train for.<br />
A member of this gym, Jenny Stewart, has recently completed a<br />
gruelling 100km trek in the Sahara Dessert and in the process raised<br />
over £4500 for MacMillan Cancer Support – a fantastic achievement.<br />
Jenny won’t mind me saying, but there were points during her training<br />
that she thought she couldn’t do it. The difference was that she’d<br />
already signed up for it and had to keep going. She trained extremely<br />
hard, lost 3 stone in the process and completed the challenge with<br />
flying colours! Jenny is now really keen to keep up with her training as<br />
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So there is your challenge for the month. Pick a target, a goal,<br />
something to aim for. It can be as big a challenge or as small a challenge<br />
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About Sports Club<br />
Children of all ages can stay active in the school holidays by taking part in multi-sport coaching sessions offered at different venues<br />
throughout the Cotswold’s for as little as £10 per child per day.<br />
The Sports Club offers multi-sport coaching days with an emphasis on fun, fair play and teamwork in a safe and friendly<br />
environment. We cover a range of sports including football, cricket, rounders, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, tri-golf, martial arts, dance,<br />
handball and tag-rugby. All sports are delivered by qualified coaches in a fun and inclusive manner.<br />
Sports Club coaching days run from 9.30am till 3.00pm and cost £15 a day per child. There is, however, an opportunity for your<br />
child to become a Sports Club member and receive a £5 discount per day. Therefore making it just £10 per day per child to attend.<br />
Membership information is available at the bottom of this page.<br />
Any child attending school may attend but spaces are limited so advance booking is essential.<br />
See below for a list of dates and venues for <strong>2012</strong>/13 and booking information.<br />
Sports Club @ Cirencester<br />
• Easter <strong>2012</strong><br />
• June <strong>2012</strong><br />
• Summer <strong>2012</strong><br />
• October <strong>2012</strong><br />
• February 2013<br />
<strong>2012</strong>-2013 Sports Club<br />
Sports Club @ Bourton-On-The-Water<br />
Venue - The Cotswold School, GL54 2BD<br />
Directions -Start - 9.30am, Finish - 3.00pm<br />
Bookings and more information<br />
Bookings can be made for single or multiple days. Payments are taken on the day in the form of cash or cheques made payable to<br />
Cotswold District Council (or CDC). We do not have the facilities for card payments unfortunately. E-mail bookings or questions to<br />
thesportsclub@cotswold.gov.uk Or call Scott Burry, Youth Sport Development Officer (Sports Club Head Coach) on 01285 623447<br />
Sports Club Membership<br />
The Sports Club membership fee for the <strong>2012</strong>/13 programme is £25.00 per child or a family membership is available for only<br />
£50.00 (immediate family only). This year’s membership period runs from 1 <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong> until 31st March 2013. The Sports Club<br />
membership entitles the member to a £5 discount on Sports Club coaching day charges only. The Sports Club membership also<br />
entitles the holder to member rates at all Sports Club activities at other Cotswold District Council facilities and events but it does<br />
not entitle the holder to any discount on swimming or other leisure centre based activities.<br />
Sailing - Come and Try Day<br />
Sports Club @ Bourton<br />
• Easter <strong>2012</strong><br />
• June <strong>2012</strong><br />
• Summer <strong>2012</strong><br />
• October <strong>2012</strong><br />
• February 2013<br />
Sailing is one of the Olympic events where the British sailors<br />
have been very successful. As the weather is improving, we are<br />
holding an open day on <strong>April</strong> 21st from 10.30 am until 3.30 pm.<br />
Experienced sailors will be on hand to take you out on the lake<br />
for a sail and to talk to you about what sailing has to offer you as<br />
a leisure time activity. Refreshments will be available, so come<br />
along to Bowmoor Sailing club between Lechlade and Fairford<br />
and have a look around. Detailed map on www.bowmoor.co.uk.<br />
We offer training for all age groups and this year we are offering<br />
a course for the over 50’s on a Wednesday afternoon.<br />
Easter:<br />
Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th <strong>April</strong><br />
Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th <strong>April</strong><br />
June:<br />
Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th June<br />
Summer:<br />
Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th July<br />
Tuesday 31st July, Wednesday 1st August and Thursday 2nd<br />
August:<br />
Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 10th August<br />
Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th August<br />
Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd August<br />
Tuesday 28th, Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th August<br />
October:<br />
Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th October<br />
Feb 2013:<br />
Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th February<br />
(To Be Confirmed)
Moreton-in-Marsh<br />
Cricket Club<br />
Situated just beyond the recreation park along Batsford Road is<br />
our magnificent cricket ground. Our cricket club has been<br />
running since 1856 and we continue to strive to grow and<br />
develop the club further.<br />
We have two teams who play league fixtures on Saturdays in<br />
the Cotswold Hills League and a friendly team who play the<br />
majority of their fixtures on Sundays. Each team requires<br />
varying levels of commitment and ability - meaning new players<br />
can always be accommodated. For more information on playing<br />
please email Dave Henshaw on:- dave_henshaw@hotmail.com.<br />
Weekly practice sessions at the club will be on Thursday<br />
evenings from 18:30. Current and prospective members are all<br />
welcome.<br />
This season we are also running two junior teams for Under<br />
10’s and Under 14’s. Cricket practice will run start on Monday<br />
2nd <strong>April</strong> (18:00-<strong>19</strong>:00) for Under 10’s and Tuesday 3rd <strong>April</strong><br />
(18:00-<strong>19</strong>:30) for Under 14’ and run all weekly all season. For<br />
more information on junior cricket, please contact Graham<br />
Jones on:- 07880 886232.<br />
If you wish to get involved in our club, whether it is to play or<br />
come to watch and enjoy our fabulous surroundings, you are<br />
more than welcome.<br />
As well as hosting cricket, we also hold several events through<br />
the year, including our popular car boot sales.<br />
For more information please visit our new website:<br />
www.moretoninmarshcc.co.uk<br />
Play Tennis Day – Saturday 28th <strong>April</strong><br />
Not played tennis since you left school? Looking for a team to<br />
play competitive league tennis? Or just need to improve your<br />
fitness in friendly surroundings? Then try out the newly resurfaced<br />
courts and join in the fun and games at Bourton Vale<br />
Lawn Tennis Club’s free Open Day on Saturday 28 <strong>April</strong>.<br />
Players of all standards and ages are welcome and top Gloucester<br />
LTA coach James Hilltout will hold competitions throughout the<br />
day. Family tennis events run from 2–3.30pm with junior games<br />
and a fun factory for the kids. Adult social tennis follows from<br />
3.30-5pm and a tennis tea will be served at 4pm.<br />
Free racquet loan is available for rusty returners who don’t<br />
have their own, while stronger players can test their serve<br />
against a speed machine. Tennis whites are not required but<br />
players do need to have appropriate footwear that will not<br />
damage the courts. Sportswear and equipment will be on sale<br />
courtesy of Will Arkell’s Bourton-based Wreal Sports.<br />
Bourton Vale Lawn Tennis Club has two floodlit hard courts just<br />
off the Rissington Road in Bourton-on-the-Water, runs several<br />
adult and junior league teams and holds weekly social tennis<br />
evenings besides club tournaments and events throughout the<br />
summer.<br />
For more details, contact Gwyneth Simmons at 01608 651397<br />
or visit www.bourtonvaleltc.org<br />
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New Tractor for Ground<br />
MORETON RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
A FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT CLUB<br />
www.facebook.com/MoretonRangers<br />
Secretary Chairman Treasurer Vice Chairman<br />
Martin Jones Tim Sedgley Graham Rees Paul Luker<br />
2 Devonshire Terrace 6 St Pauls Court 5 Fosseway Drive 5 Grays Lane<br />
Hospital Road Moreton- in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh<br />
Moreton-in-Marsh Glos GL56 0ET Glos GL56 0DU Glos GL56 0LP<br />
GL56 0BL 01608 652696 01608 650611 01608 651737<br />
01608 650955<br />
Moreton Rangers are pleased to have purchased their new tractor for ground maintenance.<br />
The club have been fundraising to buy a tractor as we had a roller and grass topper with no means of using them. This tractor will<br />
help us maintain the ground at a good standard which along with a ball and goals is essential before you kick off any game.<br />
A friend of the club for many years Bob Noctor had been helping us with pitch marking and maintenance so we are now able to<br />
share the load with other club members having access to the equipment.<br />
We would like thank all those who supported us in the tractor purchase. Everyone who put the green tokens in the Warner<br />
Budgens community collection helped with raising over £800 for us. We also had support from the Edith Mann Trust and Moreton<br />
Charities, along with our own fundraising.<br />
The ground at London Road is starting to take shape with the final touches around the changing rooms being finished.<br />
Moreton have a new website courtesy of BOX- 3 which can be found at moretonrangersfc.com Ignore all other sites related to the<br />
club.<br />
Can I make an appeal to all those who use the Playing Fields to clear their rubbish up after them and that no dogs are<br />
permitted. This is a playing field for adults and children and not a dog exercise area.<br />
Moreton Rangers Under 9 squad with the new Tractor, along<br />
with coaches Graham Jones and Tom Newbould<br />
New Changing rooms<br />
Stow on the Wold Cricket Club<br />
With the summer fast approaching, Stow Cricket Club is back and ready to go. The team has started indoor nets and is preparing for the<br />
new season. If anyone would like to come along and get involved as a player, sponsor or supporter please do not hesitate to get in touch<br />
with the captain, Ashley Andrews for more information.<br />
A great deal of work has gone into the maintenance of the square this winter and the club would particularly like to hear from anyone<br />
interested in giving up some time to look after the playing area during the summer. They will be given all the help and resources they need<br />
to keep Stow playing. If you would like to help, please contact the<br />
chairman, Tom Knight on 01451 870238.<br />
The team starts playing in <strong>April</strong> with some pre-season friendlies before<br />
the league campaign kicks off in May. Once again, the lads will be<br />
playing in CDCA Division 1. There is also a midweek 20/20 league that<br />
Stow has joined this year. This is very much going to be a learning curve<br />
to begin with and something that will be most enjoyable. Along with the<br />
regular Sunday and midweek friendlies that have been arranged there is<br />
a lot of cricket to be played at Stow this year.<br />
Fixtures<br />
<strong>April</strong> Fri 20<br />
Sat 21 South Cerney away<br />
Sun 22<br />
Fri 27<br />
Sat 28 Duntisbourne Home<br />
Sun 29 Coln Valley away<br />
(All Friendlies)
From David Oughton<br />
Your chance to<br />
contribute to<br />
this exciting<br />
project<br />
As you will be aware Stow-on-the-Wold Rugby Club is doing well<br />
at present with two successful senior sides and a thriving Mini<br />
and Junior section collecting trophies in several age groups. One<br />
of our alumni recently played for England Under 20’s and we are<br />
well represented in the England South West squad with players<br />
up to, and including, the Under 16’s. What is not so widely known<br />
is how involved the Club is with the local community, hosting<br />
other winter and summer sports, and several schools in the area,<br />
allowing them free access to our facilities.<br />
The Club has undertaken a major project that will enhance the<br />
facilities and greatly reduce the cost of electricity and have a<br />
positive impact on the environmental issues in power generation.<br />
We have re-roofed the Clubhouse with insulated composite<br />
sheeting and installed a 29.6 kWp pv Solar System. A key part of<br />
the exercise was to take advantage of the beneficial rates<br />
available, enabling the Club to utilize £1400 of free power per<br />
annum, while at the same time pumping power into the National<br />
Grid.<br />
To meet an extremely tight deadline two colleagues and I<br />
underwrote the project on the Club’s behalf, buying time to raise<br />
the necessary funds. I have taken on the responsibility of leading<br />
this fund raising exercise from within the Club and from the<br />
“Good and the Great” of the community. In this way we can<br />
guarantee anonymity for those donors who wish to remain so; on<br />
the other hand, there will be a recognition board for those who<br />
prefer recognition for their generosity. Gift Aid forms are also<br />
available.<br />
Any contribution you feel able to make will be gratefully received,<br />
and if you feel so inclined, please make your cheque payable to<br />
Stow RFC, endorsing the back Stow Solar Panel PV. Please address<br />
your contribution to me at:<br />
Brock Bank, Rectory Farm, Lower Swell,<br />
Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 1LH.<br />
Yours sincerely<br />
David Oughton (Stretch)<br />
Trustee<br />
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Sport and Remedial Massage Therapist<br />
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tension? Looking to enhance your training programme?<br />
Call me on 01451 830911/07966068604<br />
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The Clubhouse, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold<br />
GL54 1AH 01451 830887<br />
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CHECK WEBSITE FOR REPORTS, PHOTOS, NEWS & INFO<br />
SOLAR PANELS PROJECT: SCHEDULE OF COSTS<br />
As an agricultural building with an asbestos roof nearing the end<br />
of it life expectancy the Club was ideally placed to take advantage<br />
of the Government’s generous Feed In Tariffs. It has to be pointed<br />
out that the Government has appealed against a recent finding,<br />
and if successful, the Feed In Tariffs will not be quite as good as<br />
currently available.<br />
Re-roofing Clubhouse with Insulated Composite Sheeting £18,000<br />
29.6 kWp pv Solar System, inclusive of all installation costs £53,000<br />
Contingency Fund £3,000<br />
Total Project Cost £75,000<br />
Feed-In Tariffs<br />
Should the Government win the appeal the Club will generate a<br />
return on capital of 2.5% of the full £75,000.<br />
Should the Government lose the appeal the Club will generate a<br />
return on capital of 7.5% of the full £75,000.<br />
Benefits to the Club<br />
£1,400 worth of electricity, free of charge, per annum, as a<br />
minimum at today’s rates. The Feed In Tariffs is index-linked and<br />
with an absolute guarantee that electricity charges will rise in the<br />
future, there will be considerable benefit to the Club over 25<br />
years.<br />
I will be happy to expand on this information if you so require it.<br />
My telephone numbers are:<br />
01451 870473 and 07976 8<strong>19</strong>613.<br />
Congratulations to Will Goodrick-<br />
Clarke, selected for England U16's.<br />
By Wayne Loxton<br />
After moving to Prop from No.8 on the<br />
recomendation of his coach at Gloucester<br />
Rugby Academy, Will's game has gone from<br />
strength to strength. No doubt he was very<br />
happy to be selected for England U16s South West but it has now<br />
got even better.<br />
Will was invited to attend a full England U16s camp and then<br />
made the cut to join England's Elite Squad of 22. He follows in the<br />
footsteps of another Stow player, Elliot Stooke, who is now<br />
playing 2 years up with the England U20s squad.<br />
Well done Will, your club is very proud of your achievements so<br />
far and looks forward to watching you develop even further. The<br />
U16s, from the coaches and parents to the players, should all feel<br />
proud of the help and encouragement they have given Will over<br />
the years. You've all played a part in helping him get to the<br />
England Elite Squad.<br />
Sorry, I just have to say that again as it sounds so good 'England<br />
Elite Squad'.<br />
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The Cotswold Tourism Awards<br />
are designed to highlight the successes and<br />
achievements of Cotswold tourism businesses through<br />
the last year in a range of categories, Including B&B of<br />
the Year and attraction of the year.<br />
Batsford Arboretum, Moreton, and The Gordon Russell<br />
Museum, Broadway, both won silver awards in the<br />
attraction of the year category while the Cotswold Farm<br />
Park won gold and silver in the campsite of the year.<br />
Winchcombe Caravan and Camping won gold in Caravan<br />
or Camping site of the Year while Broadway Manor<br />
Cottages won gold in Self-catering of the Year. The<br />
Cotswold Conference Centre near Broadway won gold in<br />
the conference centre of the year category and the<br />
Manor House Hotel in Moreton won silver in Hotel of the<br />
Year.<br />
Late News - 16th March <strong>2012</strong><br />
Wychwood<br />
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Chapel of Rest<br />
Shipton Road<br />
Milton Under Wychwood, OX7 6BA<br />
24 hour 0<strong>19</strong>93 831557<br />
info@wychchwoodfuneralservices.co.uk<br />
Memorial Masonry<br />
Prepaid Funeral Plans
The <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> branch of the U3A meets at the<br />
Methodist Hall in West Street on the first Wednesday of the<br />
month at 2pm.<br />
Membership is open to all retired/semi -retired people who<br />
still wish to keep their minds and bodies active while at the<br />
same time enjoying the company of like- minded<br />
individuals. The monthly meetings always feature a guest<br />
speaker and this year we have many interesting people<br />
visiting us. The programme going into the summer is as<br />
follows:<br />
<strong>April</strong> 4<br />
Mrs K Wiseman, head of education at Blenheim Palace will<br />
talk about Sir Winston Churchill's relationship with the<br />
people of Blenheim and his time at the Palace.<br />
May 2<br />
Mrs Moira Byast, a historian who has researched 17th<br />
century wills and diaries, will reveal how people in the past<br />
viewed the major events of the time.<br />
June 6<br />
A welcome return for Dr Richard Long with one of his<br />
thought provoking talks. This time Afghanistan after Bin<br />
Ladan<br />
July 4<br />
Chester House Productions return, this time with 'The<br />
Canberra Tales' a adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales<br />
for the 21st Century, as told on the cruise liner Canberra.<br />
Membership of the U3A does not stop there. Throughout<br />
the month Special Interest Groups meet and there is<br />
something available to suit everyone.<br />
For the energetic there are walking, bowls, yoga and table<br />
tennis groups. There are Jazz and Blues and classical music,<br />
Play Reading and Reading groups. Gardening, Travel,<br />
French, Bridge, Science plus, Personal Finance and Living<br />
History add to the list.<br />
We also arrange excursions - last year we went to The Lord<br />
Leycester Hospital and Kenilworth Castle for a day of<br />
History and Gardens, and also visited the Morgan factory in<br />
Malvern and Elgar's birthplace.<br />
If you are interested in joining (only £15 per annum) please<br />
contact either Barbara Walters on 01608 643750 or Sue<br />
Hadland 01608 641695<br />
We look forward to seeing you,<br />
Sue Hadland<br />
CHIPPING<br />
NORTON<br />
U3A<br />
Report from Simon Hamilton<br />
(simon@greygables64.plus.com)<br />
01608 677156, 07896 326149<br />
Rotary Club of<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong><br />
CAB Benefits from Rotary Fundraising.<br />
We were very pleased to welcome Barbara Shaw, the CEO<br />
of the West Oxfordshire CAB, to receive two cheques on<br />
behalf of everyone in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> who took part in the<br />
Trolley Challenges, which raised £400. The CAB is a totally<br />
independent charity although it has in the past received<br />
significant funding from District and County Councils. With<br />
the current austerity measures all charitable donations are<br />
gratefully received in order to maintain the service.. Mike<br />
Howes, a senior member of the Rotary Club and a wellknown<br />
figure around Chippy, presented the cheques.<br />
Another Cracking Race Night.<br />
Our Annual Race Night was fundraising Medical Detection<br />
Dogs and Home Start. Our visitors and members dug deep,<br />
and raised about £2750. We were lucky to be visited by<br />
Edward, a Medical Detection Dog with Heather Shute who<br />
represented the charity, and he encouraged everyone to<br />
play up and support the charity. We expect to divide the<br />
amount between the two featured charities and Rotary<br />
charities including the Rotary Foundation.<br />
Music For A Spring Evening - Sat 12th May.<br />
A fantastic live classic music concert starring our very own<br />
guitar maestro Craig Ogden with Jean Mouillère, an<br />
internationally famous violinist, supported by accompanist<br />
Michele Innocenti. The concert will start at 7:30pm in St<br />
Mary's Church and all are welcome. Profits will support the<br />
Romanian Challenge Appeal and End Polio Now (part of the<br />
organisation which has cleared India of Polio). Tickets are<br />
available for cash from Jaffe & Neale or by credit card<br />
through the <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Theatre on<br />
01608 642350 or via the Theatre web site. Tickets cost<br />
£15, no concessions.<br />
A New Rotarian.<br />
We welcome Nick Richardson into the Club as a new<br />
member. Nick lives in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> and is a retired<br />
Engineer. If you are a professional or business person and<br />
are interested in Rotary, do contact me or send me an email<br />
through our web site, or contact Mike Howes on 01068<br />
642423.<br />
Youth Jazz Band Challenge.<br />
“What a fantastic evening!”. The winners were the very<br />
deserving Reading School Big Band - although it was a close<br />
run thing. There were six bands in total vying to win the<br />
coveted Bob Ellis Cup.<br />
www.chippingnortonrotary.org.uk<br />
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Brand new showroom opening at our<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> workshop at the end of May.<br />
Need<br />
Storage<br />
Space?<br />
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Insulated Storage<br />
At our site in Shipston, on your site or at home<br />
• We buy, sell, move and convert<br />
containers of all sizes.<br />
• Fully insulated storage available.<br />
• Contract crane services available<br />
The ideal way to free up space in your home or<br />
workplace. You can store on our site or simply rent a<br />
container for your own property. Various sizes for rent or<br />
sale.<br />
Short or long term rates available<br />
01608 661677 or 07976 533771
Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities<br />
Clubs<br />
Chadlington Flower Club<br />
Julie Thompson Tel: 01608 676368<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Bridge Club<br />
Jack Viney Tel: 01608 641454<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Historical Research Group<br />
Jan Cliffe Tel: 01608 641057<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Lions Club<br />
Martin Guy Tel: 01608 641154<br />
Ch.<strong>Norton</strong> Museum & History Society<br />
2nd Mondays 7.30pm, September to May<br />
Methodist Hall, West Street, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong>.<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Postcard Club<br />
Brenda Morris Tel: 01608 643779<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Probus<br />
3rd Tues at The Crown & Cushion 11am<br />
Sec.Geoffrey Norris. 01608 676997<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Probus for Ladies<br />
Sec: Christine Carpenter. 01608 642155<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Rotary Club<br />
Mons 7/ 7:30pm. at The Mason's Arms, Swerford, OX7 4AP.<br />
David Haine 07889 609221 / 01608 643964<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Society<br />
Jill Thorley, 01608 6432<strong>19</strong><br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Railway Club<br />
Alan Brain Tel: 01608 641586<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Scrabble Club<br />
Sarah Turner Email: gos.info@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Cotswold Investment Club<br />
Meets 1st Tues of each month. Jeremy Main 01608 658675<br />
Friends Of The Town Hall.<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong><br />
Jackie Haworth 01608 641368 .jaxy1@btinternet.com<br />
Inner Wheel<br />
Terry Howes, 01608 642423<br />
www.kinghamrotary.org.uk/wwwribi.org<br />
Kingham & Daylesford Rotary<br />
Fortnightly Weds. Paul Jackson 01608 658500<br />
N.Cotswolds Bee-Keepers Assoc<br />
Julie Edwards 01608 659396 julia@ncbka.org.uk<br />
N Cotswold CAMRA<br />
01451810305 chair@northcotswoldcamra.org.uk<br />
Alan Lamb 01386 701603<br />
N Cotswold Disabled Club<br />
Joan M Oughton 01451 830580<br />
N.Cots Friendship Centre<br />
Tel No. 01608 650868<br />
anne@annelloydwanadoo.co.uk<br />
N Cotswold National Trust<br />
Sec Pat Poulton 01608 651373<br />
N Cotswold Probus Club<br />
2nd & 4th Thurs mornings Sec: James Grafton 01608 684181<br />
N Cotswold U3A<br />
Contact Jenny Stanfield 01451 824338<br />
Oddfellows (CN Branch) a social group.<br />
3rd Wed/.M at the Lower Town Hall, Market Street.<br />
Dave Talbot, 07815 099 884, Dave.Talbot@oddfellows.co.uk<br />
Over <strong>Norton</strong> History Group<br />
Jan Cliffe Tel: 01608 641057<br />
Round Table<br />
Gavin Southwell Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 730888<br />
Rural living Group<br />
Betty Bryan Tel: 01608 674255<br />
Royal British Legion<br />
Michael Dixon Tel: 01608 643755<br />
RBL (Women’s Section)<br />
Betty Hicks Tel: 01608 642551<br />
Scottish Country Dance Group<br />
Brenda Parsons 01451 831876<br />
Salford Players (Drama Group)<br />
Doreen Herrington Tel: 01608 642853<br />
Shipston on Stour ‘The Literary Society’<br />
Meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at the George Hotel.<br />
Tel: 01295 680628 or 01608 663482.<br />
Single File<br />
Single, divorced, separated and widowed people aged 50-70.<br />
Meets fortnightly on Friday evenings at The Chequers.<br />
Daphne Lever, 01295 788474<br />
Tangent<br />
Val Carpenter, 01608 641452<br />
Trefoil Guild<br />
Betty Gardener, 01608 641664<br />
The Theatre Friends<br />
Heather Leonard, 01608 643691<br />
Twinning Association<br />
Jo Graves, 01608 643976<br />
WI-<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong><br />
Prudence Chard, 01608 642903<br />
WI-Over <strong>Norton</strong><br />
Becky Pearman, 01608 643463<br />
WI-Salford<br />
Mary Smith, 01608 642577<br />
WI - Spelsbury<br />
Michelle Horace, 01608 641749<br />
Weavers Spinners & Dyers Club<br />
Rose Kirkcaldy Tel: 01295 253789<br />
Wine Appreciation Club<br />
David Megson Tel: 01608 645382<br />
Wychwood Old Time Dance Club<br />
Margaret Pitman Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 810897<br />
Outdoor Activities<br />
Angling Society<br />
Robert Jarvis Tel: 01608 643494<br />
Banbury Ornithological Society<br />
Frances Marks Tel: 01608 643494<br />
Banbury Ornithological<br />
Francis Buckle 01608 644425<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Horticultural Assoc<br />
Sec. Eileen Forse, 01608 643275.<br />
BBOWT<br />
Reg Tipping Tel: 01295 251673<br />
Cotswold Voluntary Wardens<br />
Wendy Lines Tel: 01608 642360<br />
Rambles Association<br />
Peter Barbour Tel: 01608 641081<br />
Rambling Club<br />
Liz Desbrow Tel: 01608 641222<br />
Woodstock & Ch.<strong>Norton</strong> Green Gym<br />
(environmental projects, Weds mornings).<br />
01608 643269 www.woodchipgreengym.org.uk<br />
Wychwood Forest (Friends of)<br />
Stuart Fox Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 832004<br />
Sports<br />
Athletics Club<br />
Allen Souch Tel: 01865 372484 / 0798 1089457<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Badminton Club<br />
Jeff 01608 642006 / Ant & Sheila 01608 646687<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Bowls Club<br />
Greystones Leisure Centre Tel: 01608 644154<br />
chippybowls@hotmail.com<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Rugby Football Club<br />
Andy Dawson Tel: 01608 683352<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Cricket Club<br />
Graham Beacham Tel: 01608 810047<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Easy Riders – Cycling Club<br />
Jill Reynolds Tel: 01608 642667<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Town Football Club<br />
Shaun Green. 07845216412<br />
info@chippyswifts.co.uk<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Golf Club<br />
01608 642383 | golfadmin@chippingnortongolfclub.com<br />
www.chippingnortongolfclub.com<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Skater Hockey Club<br />
Contact Louise Murphy on 01608 644091 for details.<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Hockey Club<br />
Clive Briant Tel: 01608 677913<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Pistol & Rifle Club<br />
John Chaplin Tel: 01608 641245<br />
Little Compton Bowls Club<br />
All Year Club. Play stars <strong>April</strong>. Sue Grantham 01608 642859<br />
Riding for the Disabled<br />
Ann Nobbs Tel: 01869 338404<br />
Tae Kwon Do Association of GB<br />
info@combinedselfdefence.co.uk www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk<br />
Music<br />
Bledington Music Festival<br />
www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Choral Society<br />
Roger Stein Tel: 01295 721522<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> CHAOS (Amateur Operatic)<br />
Martin Hannant 01608 643653<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Creative Arts Society<br />
Kathee Coonerty Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 891312<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Folk Club<br />
Peter Allum Tel: 01608 642296<br />
Hook <strong>Norton</strong> Film Society<br />
Harry Smith Tel: 01285 737417<br />
Kingham Choral Society<br />
Derek Woods 01608 658738<br />
<strong>Norton</strong>ians Amateur Dramatic Society<br />
Andrew Pitman 0<strong>19</strong>93 830930<br />
North Cotswold Chamber Choir<br />
Shauni McGregor Tel: 01608 642352<br />
Naunton Music Society<br />
Barbara Steiner 01451 850897<br />
barbara@marketsinternational.com<br />
Burford Singers www.burford-singers.org.uk<br />
(Box Office: The Madhatter Bookshop, High St Burford)<br />
Society of Recorder Players<br />
Jenny Graham-Brown Tel: 01285 740156<br />
Stow Youth Singers (Ages 9+)<br />
Linda Green – 01451 830327<br />
Fridays Term Time, 6 – 7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow<br />
Stour Singers<br />
01451 870361 vicandjill@btinternet.com<br />
Community Groups<br />
British Heart Foundation<br />
John Hunt Tel: 01608 642556<br />
Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation)<br />
01451 822102/810520<br />
CHART-Transport Group<br />
Eve Coles, 01608 643570<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Leisure Centre<br />
Burford Road OX7 5DY Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 86<strong>19</strong>51<br />
euen.kennedy@westoxon.gov.uk<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> ‘The Lido’<br />
Tel: 01608 643188 Email:info@chippylido.co.uk<br />
Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people)<br />
Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802<br />
jane@sc-vs.com<br />
Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults)<br />
2nd & 4th Weds/M at Rugby Club, Greystones, 7-9 pm.<br />
Sara McCrea, 01608 683334, Jane Nolan, 01608 643855<br />
Lawrence Home Nursing Team<br />
Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549<br />
Mind in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> (people with mental health difficulties)<br />
Di Taylor, 01608 645296<br />
mindinchippingnorton@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk<br />
Multiple Sclerosis Society<br />
Carol Owen, 0<strong>19</strong>93 880099<br />
Oxfordshire Association for the Blind<br />
Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL.<br />
Tel: 01865 725585<br />
Hailcorns Tenants & Residents Association<br />
Keith Clandfield, 01608 642327<br />
National Childbirth Trust<br />
Tel; 0870 444 8707<br />
N Cotswold Community Radio<br />
Old Police Station, <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden,<br />
www.nothcotswoldonline.com<br />
N.Cotswolds Friendship Centre (Within Age UK)<br />
1st Wed monthly. Colin: 0<strong>19</strong>93 842820/01608 650868.<br />
colmar@oxon<strong>19</strong>39.fsnet.co.uk<br />
N Cotswold Support Gp – Parkinson’s UK<br />
Mike Winter 01451 831<strong>19</strong>4<br />
RNLI <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Branch<br />
Mike Howes Tel: 01608 642423<br />
Save the Children Fund<br />
Catherine Kimmance Tel: 01295 810189<br />
The Stroke Club (Part of Age UK)<br />
Caroline Seguro 01452/www.stroke.org.uk<br />
Local Authorities<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Town Council<br />
The Guild Hall, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> OX7 5NJ<br />
01608 642341 cntc@btconnect.com<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Visitor Point<br />
<strong>19</strong> High Street<br />
(Mar-Sept. 01608 644379) (Oct-Feb 0<strong>19</strong>9381327)<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> War Memorial Hospital<br />
Horse Fair OX7 5AJ Tel: 01608 648450<br />
County Cllr Hilary Hibbert-Biles<br />
H.Tel:0<strong>19</strong>93 831822 / Mob:07793 935655<br />
Hilary.biles@oxfordshire.gov.uk<br />
District Councillor Eve Coles<br />
Tel: 01608 643570 eve.coles@westoxon.gov.uk<br />
District Councillor Patrick McHugh<br />
Mob:07980 117405 patrick.mchugh@westoxon.gov.uk<br />
District Councillor Annie Roy-Barker<br />
Tel: 01608 644107 annie.roy-barker@westoxon.gov.uk<br />
West Oxfordshire Council Offices<br />
The Guildhall, Middle Row, OX7 5NH<br />
Open: Mon – Thurs. 08:45 – 13:00 & 14:00 – 16:00<br />
Fri. 08:45 – 13:00 & 14:00 – 16:00.<br />
Oxfordshire County Council<br />
County Hall New Road OX1 1ND<br />
Tel: 01865 792422<br />
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Children & Young People<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Air Training Corps<br />
Steve Taylor 01608 641299<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Army Cadets<br />
Clare Watts 07383233272<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Brownies 1st CN<br />
Tracey Shadbolt Tel: 01608 645563<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Crusaders (11-13)<br />
David Radcliffe Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 831472<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Crusaders (14+)<br />
David Radcliffe Tel: 01608 646202<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Guides 1st CN<br />
Tracey Shadbolt Tel: 01608 645563<br />
6th <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Scout Group<br />
Gp.Scout leader: Ian Bushrod<br />
and<br />
Explorer Scout Unit<br />
Brian Sargent: brian@bsargent.me.uk<br />
Children’s Art Club (ages 4-12)<br />
After school, Saturdays and holidays<br />
Gill Parkes: 01386 700991<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> CN Rainbows<br />
Alison Dunbar Tel: 01608 644480<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Pre-School<br />
Tel: 01608 643376<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> St Mary’s Toddler Group<br />
Julie Jennings Tel: 01608 643796<br />
Kingfishers Playgroup<br />
Tel: 01608 659502<br />
Methodist Junior Church Club<br />
Sec: 01608 643847<br />
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Monkey Music (pre-school music classes)<br />
Tues. afternoons 01242 890200 or<br />
Sian.ferris@monkeymusic.co.uk<br />
Noah’s Ark Toddler Group<br />
Justine Fowler Tel: 01608 659853<br />
Key Information<br />
Childline 0800 11 11<br />
Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Police Station<br />
London Road, OX7 5AW Tel: 0845 8505505<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> West Street Surgery<br />
West Street OX7 5AA<br />
Appointments Tel: 01608 642529<br />
Prescriptions Tel: 01608 645999<br />
All Other Calls Tel: 01608 644655<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> White House Surgery<br />
Horse Fair OX7 5AL<br />
Appointments Tel: 01608 642742<br />
tony.love@gp-k84039.nhs.uk<br />
First Responders (St John’s Ambulance)<br />
Tel: 01865 378228 countyhq@oxfordshire.sja.org.uk<br />
www.sja.org.uk<br />
N.Cots.District, Community First Responders,<br />
meet at Notgrove Training Centre, SJA, Bourton-O-T-Water<br />
3rd Monday/M at 7-30pm.<br />
You can train to be a CFR in this area,<br />
Tel. William Warmington 01608 651886<br />
John Radcliffe Hospital Casualty<br />
01608 644655<br />
N Cotswold St John Ambulance & St John Cadets<br />
(from age 10) Meets at Bourton 7-9pm Thurs 01451 820570<br />
The Burford Singers are very grateful to The Madhatter Bookshop, 122 High Street, Burford OX18 4QJ, for agreeing to be the base<br />
for their Box Office for future concerts. Postal booking for The Dream of Gerontius on <strong>April</strong> 1st opens on February 4th <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
See www.burford-singers.org.uk for details.<br />
At the AGM in February Ronald Speirs was appointed as<br />
this year's President succeeding John Quinn who in his<br />
year as President with support from the Management<br />
Team, introduced a number of new ideas and<br />
innovations.<br />
Ronald Speirs in<br />
process of passing<br />
on the Vice<br />
President's regalia<br />
to Roger Harden<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong><br />
Probus Club<br />
The <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Probus Club has lined up a range<br />
of talks and presentations for the coming 12 months. In<br />
addition we have arranged a number of social events<br />
and visits. If you are retired and would like to come<br />
along to one of our meetings, held on the 3rd Tuesday<br />
in the month at The Crown & Cushion at 11am, please<br />
phone the Secretary Geoff Norris on 01608 676997 or<br />
Alan Stewart on 0<strong>19</strong>93 830907.<br />
We look forward to you coming along to see what we<br />
do and the benefits of being a member of The <strong>Chipping</strong><br />
<strong>Norton</strong> Probus Club.<br />
Business Associations & Groups<br />
British Heart Foundation<br />
John Hunt Tel: 01608 642556<br />
Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation)<br />
01451 822102/810520<br />
CHART-Transport Group<br />
Eve Coles, 01608 643570<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Leisure Centre<br />
Burford Road OX7 5DY Tel: 0<strong>19</strong>93 86<strong>19</strong>51<br />
euen.kennedy@westoxon.gov.uk<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> ‘The Lido’<br />
Tel: 01608 643188 Email:info@chippylido.co.uk<br />
Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people)<br />
Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802<br />
jane@sc-vs.com<br />
Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults)<br />
2nd & 4th Weds/M at Rugby Club, Greystones, 7-9 pm.<br />
Sara McCrea, 01608 683334, Jane Nolan, 01608 643855<br />
Lawrence Home Nursing Team<br />
Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549<br />
Mind in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> (people with mental health difficulties)<br />
Di Taylor, 01608 645296<br />
mindinchippingnorton@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk<br />
Multiple Sclerosis Society<br />
Carol Owen, 0<strong>19</strong>93 880099<br />
Oxfordshire Association for the Blind<br />
Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL.<br />
Tel: 01865 725585<br />
Hailcorns Tenants & Residents Association<br />
Keith Clandfield, 01608 642327<br />
National Childbirth Trust<br />
Tel; 0870 444 8707<br />
N Cotswold Community Radio<br />
Old Police Station, <strong>Chipping</strong> Campden,<br />
www.nothcotswoldonline.com<br />
N.Cotswolds Friendship Centre (Within Age UK)<br />
1st Wed monthly. Colin: 0<strong>19</strong>93 842820/01608 650868.<br />
colmar@oxon<strong>19</strong>39.fsnet.co.uk<br />
N Cotswold Support Gp – Parkinson’s UK<br />
Mike Winter 01451 831<strong>19</strong>4<br />
RNLI <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Branch<br />
Mike Howes Tel: 01608 642423<br />
Save the Children Fund<br />
Catherine Kimmance Tel: 01295 810189<br />
At our March meeting Simon Duffy, Headmaster of<br />
<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Top School, confirmed that the School<br />
now has Academy status, along with the implications.<br />
He gave us an indication of the management challenges<br />
that come with the role of Head Teacher, and the<br />
pressure to improve standards and maintain a<br />
motivated staff, all within tight financial constraints.<br />
Approximately 50% of the audience had not visited the<br />
school, and to dispel certain myths, stories and hearsay<br />
as to education today, we were invited to arrange to<br />
see for ourselves. If you are pleased with what the<br />
School does for your children do let Simon Duffy know,<br />
encouraging both him and the staff to keep up the good<br />
work. Next month: a presentation on the role of the<br />
Citizens Advice Bureau. Let me know if you would like<br />
to join us at The Blue Boar and enjoy a friendly chat<br />
over a meal and a coffee, for £10 per head. If so please<br />
call me on 01608 642423 or via e mail on<br />
mikehowes36@gmail.com.<br />
Mike Howe, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Norton</strong> Conservative Branch -<br />
Lunch Group Organiser.
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