Issue 24 - September 2012 (PDF) - Chipping Norton Times

CHIPPING NORTON TIMES
From the Editor
Thank goodness for Autumn! After weeks of ‘hit and miss’
weather with temperature swings in double figures, a
month or so of anticipated chilly breezes, cool evenings and
damp misty mornings will be quite a relief. The chances of
choosing the right clothes (and footwear!) at the start of
the day increase enormously.
As we edge closer to a winter which is forecast to be ‘hard’
our local businesses will become more important, more
valuable for being close. Chippy is ahead of the pack here
with a good range of retailers for everything from apples to
autobiographies, shoes to shampoo.
Local businesses – local traders – keep money moving
within the communities, which keeps our towns and
villages vibrant and interesting places to live. With a tough
winter ahead we need to use our local businesses and talk
to them about how they can encourage us to visit more
often. It may be the range of goods and services – it can be
difficult for a smaller business to compete with a large
multinational on an out-of-town business park somewhere
– except that they have access to us on a regular basis and
could be clever at finding out how to provide what we
need, what ‘service’ may be expected – and how
customers would like to see things presented. A boring
shop or tired office, one that tries to tell us what we need,
or appears to be closed too frequently, doesn’t invite
people to ‘come again’!
Prices are frequently put forward as a barrier to shopping
locally, but I wonder if it’s easy to ignore the cost of travel in
a quick reckoning of cost? It is worth having another look at
how much of our shopping is available within say 5 or 10
miles.
This autumn we could try keeping more of our money
within our community – why pay it away in high motoring
costs when local business can help to keep our town vibrant
and alive?
Best wishes, Jenni Turner
Editor
Our next edition is for October - it comes out at the end
of September. The copydate is 15th September. .
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Inside this edition
FEATURES
9 Lindy Allfrey – Award-winning Portrait Painter, in Stow
12, 13. Kites in the Cotswolds – by Will Masefield and Mike Boyes
14 Short Story by Nicholas John - ‘Waiting for Six’
35 Scarecrows & Festivals – the modern scarecrow
43 Plant & Rake without the Ache – Tips for gardeners
REGULARS
15 Book Reviews from Cotswold Bookstore
18 Robb Eden – Paying too much tax
21 Local Church Services
23 - 25 News and events from local authorities & organisations.
26 -29 LOCAL EVENTS and EVENTS DIARY (33)
30 Local Cinemas and regular events
31 Local Open Gardens
32 Walks, including the Cotswold Wardens Walks
40 - 42 Reports from some of our local Schools
46 - 51 News & Reports from some of the local Sports Clubs, etc..
52, 53 List of local Clubs, Societies and Associations
54 Chipping Norton and Kingham & Daylesford Rotary Clubs.
Chipping Norton Conservatives
55 Local Business Directory
This month there is a special Thank You to all our deliverers for their resilience
and persistence. The weather for delivering the August editions was
horrendous – thunder, lightning, gales and downpours. The magazines don’t
cope well with rain, so if the one you received through your letterbox a month
ago was either late or wet with its pages sticking together, or both, we are
really sorry - but we tried! (To those unhappy readers – I do understand your
frustration.) With luck we will have better weather this month – and I hope
you will enjoy reading this edition.
(As a deliverer myself I know that there are times when it seems a thankless
task. What would make a huge difference is more help, so that we could get
the deliveries made in less time. Could you help? You would receive your
copies as soon as they come from the printers, ready to go into your
neighbours’ letterboxes – at a time to suit you. Twenty minutes or so of your
time would make a difference.)
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Our Front Cover photograph Snowshill Lavender Farm taken by
Charlie Doran Davies ©www.Doran Davies Photography
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