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1 JUNE 2015 ISSUE 104 Helping a village in crisis: Alain Rouveure’s Nepal Fund PAGE 11 MAGNA CARTA in 20 places: a Review by Colin Piper PAGES 14-15 Go that extra furlong – Robin Furlong, master craftsman PAGES 22-23 Northleach House of Correction PAGES 46-47 Rural Policing – is it endangered? National Policing Survey PAGES 28-29 WHAT’S ON? – Exhibitions, fetes, fairs and festivals. Live music, great markets, a train ride, galleries and LOTS of things to get you out into the sunshine! PAGES 33-47
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JUNE 2015 ISSUE 104
MORETON TIMESCOTSWOLD TIMES
Helping a village in crisis: Alain Rouveure’s Nepal FundPAGE 11
MAGNA CARTA in 20 places: a Review by Colin PiperPAGES 14-15
Go that extra furlong – Robin Furlong, master craftsmanPAGES 22-23
Northleach House of CorrectionPAGES 46-47
Rural Policing – is it endangered? National Policing SurveyPAGES 28-29
WHAT’S ON? – Exhibitions, fetes, fairs and festivals. Live music, great markets, a train ride, galleries and LOTS of things to get you out into the sunshine!PAGES 33-47
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An AMAZING month for a small bookshop in Chipping CampdenEmily Dunn followed her dreams and opened her own ‘indie’ (independent) bookshop last year. ‘A Festival of Books’ opened in Chipping Campden, specialising in children’s books. It was a brave move – although we have a choice of bookshops in the Cotswolds, bookshops have been in decline for some years. Seriously worried about the future for ‘indie’ bookshops, the author James Patterson launched a new award for independent bookshops, providing a fund of £250, 000 a year to support outstanding bookshops across the country. In May Emily had news that “Not only was I awarded some of the James Patterson grant money for indepen-dent bookshops, but that the shop was Book Shop of the Month in May as voted by Love Your Indie in association with the Guardian and Nudge and will be featured on their
website and in their magazine New Books, along with a social media campaign. Also the Booksellers Association have chosen to do a feature on me and the shop for their magazine too. “The grant money went towards four wonderful eventsfor children at the local Campden Schools during the Literary Festival and Abi Elphinstone, debut author of The Dreamsnatcher is due to visit in June. A very busy month, I hope it continues and I can keep selling books in Campden for many years to come!”
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INSIDE OUR JUNE EDITION . . .FROM THE EDITOR
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With over 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds, we are delivering the four community magazines to letterboxes in Stow on the Wold, Moreton in Marsh, Bourton on the Water & Chipping Norton and the villages that use them as centres - Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church Westcote, Nether Westcote, Wyck Rissington, Lower & Little Rissington, Great Rissington (part),Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower Swell & Upper Swell, Lower Slaughter, Naunton, Notgrove, Sherborne (part), Clapton on the Hill, Donnington, Condicote, Longborough, Bourton on the Hill, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Batsford (part), Blockley, Todenham, Aston Magna, Draycott (part) and Over Norton in Bourton on the Water, Chipping Norton, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Chipping Campden, Paxford, Shipston on Stour, Great Wolford & Little Wolford, Little & Long Compton, Whichford, Heythrop, Chadlington, the Wychwoods, Northleach, Burford, Kingham, Churchill and Salford.
Our Next edition is for July 2015The copydate is 15th June, 2015 With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including:
Caroline Fisher, Julie Hall, Christabel Hardacre, Emma Hope, Nigel Moor, Cotswold Farm Park, Jan Marley, Colin Piper, Chris Turner and to all our deliverers.
Cover photograph: The weather vane from the Cricket Garden at Mill Dene Gardens, Blockley. GL56 9HU.
Extra copies of Moreton Times are generally available in Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, at Moreton Library and the surgeries, and at Budgens. Copies are also carried on The Villager Bus.
The sky was blue from very first thing today – and the early chorus of birdsong was bursting with energy. It’s impossible to be dreary when nature turns on the sunshine. Even a day in the office is cheerier when I can slide outside for coffee without having to put on extra layers.
Each month as the news and articles arrive for the next edition it is easy to see the ‘big issues’ that are being talked about in the community. Our community is . . . concerned about families in Nepal (Alain Rouveure at the Rouveure Galleries – you have possibly met some of his Nepalese craftsmen when they are here in the summer months); interested in the Magna Carta (the book Magna Carta in 20 Places by Derek Taylor who lives in Stow, has a public ‘signing’ here in June – our reviewer found it ‘witty and enchanting and impossible to put down’!); enjoys its local beers and breweries; admires and ‘relishes’ bespoke furniture and is always interested in our local history; and loves having the Lido open again! The police appeared on the radar twice and we have an article on the national policing survey which is running all month. Notable by its absence was local politics – but maybe that is understandable after all that hype and rushing about.
Essentially though, June brings lots of good things and this edition is packed with an amazing choice of events and places to visit, mostly on our doorsteps or within a short journey. With family and friends or footloose and fancy free, I hope you will enjoy the best that June can bring – summer!
Best wishes,
Jenni TurnerEditor
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FEATURES
9 A Pop Up Gourmet Dinner – Jenni Turner
11 Alain Rouveure’s direct link with Nepal Julie Hall and Alain Rouveure
14-15 Magna Carta in 20 Places – and in Stow Colin Piper reviews the book
18-19 Cotswold Breweries – Nigel Moor
21 Sheep Shearing at Cotswold Farm Park – Hannnah Ward
22-23 Robin Furlong – bespoke furniture maker – Caroline Fisher
28 Policing Survey
47 Banging down the Doors – Caroline Fisher at The Old Prison
REGULARS
10 Robb Eden – need help dealing with bureaucracy?
13 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books
24, 48, 49, 52, Community Pages: Cadets, Volunteering, The other side of Caring
25 Dates for Local Authority meetings, Blood Donor sessions, Our new District Councillors
26 Report from Moreton Town Council Meeting in May
27 Planning – Summary of Applications received
29 Bobbies on the Beat in Glos – Martin Surl
30 Correspondence
32 Church Services
33-47 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY
42 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing (always a Work In Progress!)
43 Club Notices
44 Report from North Cotswold Rotary
45 Cinemas & Regular Events
47 Events at The Old Prison
49 Sheep Shearing at Cotswold Farm Park
53-57 News from some of our Local Schools
63-65 News from local Sports Clubs
66-67 Local Business Directory
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ENTERPRISING local chef Alex Edgecombe took a punt on the former prison at Northleach to create a fine dining experience. Seeing the café’s potential, he held his first ‘Pop Up’ dinner under his company name The Little Pickle in April, following its success with a second evening in May, and – luckily for savvy diners – he has plans for more.
Outstanding dishes in a four-course Gourmet Tasting Menu delighted 30 diners on each occasion. The 27-year-old, from Moreton, said: “The venue is somewhere people often go during the day but probably hadn’t thought about it as a dining place in the evening. It was an opportunity to showcase my food and promote the venue. I transformed a friendly café to a fine dining space with dim lights and an intimate atmosphere.
“Guests had a pre-dinner drink and canapé and were then invited to their tables, beautifully laid with linen tablecloths and my own crockery.”
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“ If you have watched Master-Chef and envied the invited diners (in that case, food critics) the opportunity to taste top-quality food, beautifully prepared and presentedby someone who’s dedication and commitment to first class cooking is almost tangible …..then look out for The Little Pickle and Alex Edgecombe’s Pop Up at The Old Prison. The Old Prison building doesn’t ooze charm and intimacy, but with a warm welcome, well-informed and interested staff, the evening was a delight and shouldn’t bemissed. The food was beautifully presented, each course clearly chosen with flair and confidence and, although we aren’t experts, it was cooked with care and designed to please. Nothing disappointed. “A chosen menu will always lead to expectations – we were delighted with the quality and deliciousness of the food presented on each new plate.”
Remarkably, the adventurous bespoke private caterer is self-taught. Graduating with a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Alex clearly felt his path lay in food. “I knew my life was always going to be in catering but I didn’t want to go back to college, so I thought I’d dive in at the low end and work my way up.” After working for a large events company in London he became a full-time chef for luxury catered ski chalet company Scott Dunn, where his personal cooking style evolved. He then set up The Little Pickle, producing pickles, relishes and chutneys from which the catering sprang.
Pop Ups are not new in the area - Moreton and Stow have hosted Pop Up shops in otherwise empty premises, replacing blank façades with a new and potentially vibrant experience to attract new customers and encourage passers-by to stop. The opportunity is always short-term but, for a new business such as Alex Edgecombe’s The Little Pickle, a Pop Up provides an invaluable way to promote skills and expertise, or test-drive a new idea – and create a buzz in an otherwise quiet area.
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A system that takes with one hand & gives back with another is always fraught with difficulties and invites both individuals and companies to exploit the inevitable loopholes to their advantage. The job of the taxman is to create a working system that brings in the highest amount of tax possible. I believe that they should also be charged with overseeing a system that’s fair to all, something that isn’t happening at the moment. Punitive rates of tax and complicated tiers of bureaucracy are hindering rather than helping and are reducing rather than increasing the tax take.
If you’re in business or about to start a business it makes sense to contact an accountant who can guide you through the maze. Whether you’re a sole trader, partnership or a limited company it is important that you keep up to date with the ever changing legislation that affects your business. Whether it’s Vat, Payroll, Corporation Tax or Self-Assessment it’s vital that you understand your obligations by filing your returns and paying any tax due on time. The financial penalties for not doing so are severe.
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AN UPDATE ON ALAIN AND NEPAL From Julie Hall, abbreviated to include an update from Alain Rouveure
Just over a year ago I interviewed local entrepreneur, shop-owner andphilanthropist Alain Rouveure, and found him to be passionate and self-sacrificing in his efforts to help the people of Nepal through his own meansand by fundraising as part of his business at the Alain Rouveure Galleriesin Todenham. Recent developments both at home and abroad warranted a return visit, and we met in April, initially to discuss the progress of hisexisting projects and the development of new ones – with an update byAlain (in red) following the earthquake in Nepal only days later.
The Rouveure Galleries sell genuine Tibetan rugs made by workersemployed and supported by Alain in Nepal, using unique and traditionaldyes to produce high quality rugs that are sold through the shop. Theexquisite jewellery handmade by silversmiths in Nepal also sells well, asdo the smaller items and textiles. Alain pays his workers well – he is astrong advocate for Fair Trade rather than Aid and is a member ofRUGMARK, a world organisation. The new gallery exhibits a small part of Alain’s extensive collection of antique and highly collectable textiles,masks and other wares, including some rare and valuable Shamandresses recently exhibited in Paris and Venice. He has been collectingsince 1979.
Approximately every four months Alain returns to Nepal, seeing hisworkers and following up with his charitable work amongst the familiesand communities he supports. For Alain, this is the most important part ofwhat he does: the welfare of the people he has come to know and love,providing work so that they can benefit and profit from his support (bothpractical and emotional) and become as independent as possible.
I am still spending a lot of time on the phone trying to contact thefamilies we know in Nepal. As electricity cuts prevents mobile phonesfrom charging it makes it difficult and extremely frustrating. However, l domanage to speak to most we know and love, and get news of others viatheir network. The school wesponsor was affected but luckily, asit was Saturday, very few childrenwere in and no one was hurt. All ourother friends have escaped seriousinjuries but unfortunately there hasbeen major damage to their homes,traditionally built with mud and brick.Many communities are completelywrecked. The worst is in thecountryside where houses were often old and weak. Most have nowgone … with a monsoon about to start … if the current situation was notbad enough already!
The Alain Rouveure Nepal Relief Fund was set up over 30 years agospecifically to accept contributions from well-wishers and supporters alsowanting to make a difference. During his regular visits to Nepal Alainmonitors the different projects and ensures that 100% of the donationsreceived are spent directly where they count, without one single pennyspent on ‘admin’. Alain’s foundation is too small to make itadministratively viable to become a registered charity, so he relies solelyon his own income and that generated by the Galleries; donations arevery gratefully received (details on his website www.alainrouveure.com);even a small regular contribution of £5 or £10 a month makes possiblesome of his projects in Nepal on a long-term basis.
An example is the Namo Buddha School which Alain supports, and he is on the Board of Directors. Currently they have 300 childrenenrolled, 70 of whom are boarders. Readers who would like to sponsor a child abroad can donate a small amount to this school for books,stationery and toys; a larger/ more regular monthly amount couldeducate a child. For example: £500 a year would sponsor a day student’sfees and food, £45 would repaint a whole classroom, £55 would providea school bench & table for 4 children. I paid this year's fees for our 10 children during my visit in February.
Perhaps you could help fundraise by holding a cake sale at your oryour child’s school? Alain is keen to develop relationships between NamoBuddha and schools here in the UK, to promote better understanding ofeach country’s society and culture, educational styles & philosophies.
This could be achieved by letters between the children, by fundraisingprojects, or even by ‘twinning’ with a suitable school here in theCotswolds! If you are reading this and are a teacher, child or parent whothinks this is the opportunity you have been looking for, then pleasecontact Alain via his website or the Galleries – what are you waiting for,let the adventure begin!
The Namo Buddha School three hours away from Kathmandu was hit,but luckily only the old original farmhouse that had been converted into aprimary school. The new classroom block we are building with an anti-seismic reinforced concrete structure has only suffered minor damage.
Fortunately, on the day of the first and most powerful earthquake, manystudents were away and the boarding children were playing outside.
Most people who work and live in the Kathmandu valley come fromdistant villages, which are left peopled by women, children and theelderly. They hear that most of their family homes have been raised tothe ground. The majority of these communities are very isolated at thebest of times, making it difficult for aid to reach them fast.
Our glass-maker friend Bharat (some of you will have met him at thegalleries) his wife and little boy, are safeamongst the mayhem in Kathmanduand so is our silversmith friend Krishnaand many of ‘our group’. Most of theirrelatives in the villages made it, but notall. Like millions of Nepalis, they campoutside with the bare minimum, underplastic, sharing with others the little theystill have.
Of course people will try to rebuildtheir homes as rapidly as they can. I perfectly know that in Nepal,especially rural Nepal, most do not have bank accounts or access tobank loans, charged at rates of between12% and 16%. Many will have to rely on money lenders at interest rates between 30% and 50%,sometimes higher. I have seen it too many times, bailing out somefamilies with long term interest-free loans. Although I am sure some ofthe financial aid coming in will be put to good use, Nepal has its fairshare of financial scandals operating with impunity.
Long term funding is important, and cash without strings to buy thebuilding material needed to get the poorest in the communities back ontheir feet.
l feel that planning to help build at least one solid (anti-seismicreinforced concrete pillar system) community centre / village hall, thatwould very likely be the most resistant and the safest place in the smallcommunity, could be a start. It would also be a good investment thatwould be run by the community elders. And importantly, in myexperience, this would also minimise jealousy between families as towho gets help and who does not - because it is not if but when the nextearthquake will hit Nepal.
On behalf of our Nepalese friends I wish to thank those of you whohave enquired about making donations towards easing their burden inthese traumatic times. I am grateful and humbled to have some supportfrom clients and friends who feel the same as I do. Thank you.One of the ways to contribute is by cheque made payable to ALAIN ROUVEURE RELIEF FUND Sent to Alain Rouveure, Crossing Cottage, Todenham near Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9NU
or by bank transfer to ALAIN ROUVEURE RELIEF FUND; LLOYDS TSB 30 95 75; Account 22238 668IBAN GB43LOYD 3095 7522 238 668, BIC/SWIFT LOYDGB21385
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A SELECTION OF NEW BOOKS THIS MONTH
Top of the new fiction titles is Tightrope from Simon Mawer, whose previous books include The Glass Room. It is a Cold War novel, featuring a survivor of Ravensbruck who is finding it difficult to adjust to post-war life. We were very impressed with the advance copy we read. On a lighter note, and straight into paperback, is Fresh Hell by Rachel Johnson, Boris’ sister and former Editor of The Lady. It is another very funny and biting satire of the Notting Hill set, with the focus on their current obsession for basement swimming pools.
Moving on to fact, we like the sound of The Angel and the Cad: Love, Loss and Scandal in Regency England by Geraldine Roberts. It tells how a wealthy and beautiful heiress married for love, but unfortunately chose a feckless dandy who frittered her money away. Going further back in time, Britannia: A Journey from the Heart of Rome to Hadrian’s Wall cAD130 by Bronwen Riley conjures up what you would see and who you would meet on your travels across Roman Europe. Coming right back to the present, there are two books that have caught our eye: The New Spymasters: Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror by Stephen Grey – a manual of modern espionage; and equally topical, Nick Robinson’s Election Notebook: The Inside Story of the Bare-Knuckle Fight over Britain’s Future – insight, analysis and behind-the-scenes gossip.
Finally, an exclusive hardback for children aged 12+, and only available from independent bookshops this year, to mark Independent Bookshop Week. The apocalypse begins in a small seaside town in Wales. . . . Or at least it does in The Box of Demons by Daniel Whelan, with a fabulous pop-up illustration by Chris Riddell. It has never been published before and is an uproarious adventure perfect for fans of the late Terry Pratchett. All copies will be signed and numbered.
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on’t begin this book unless you are prepared to bedistracted from work and everyday obligations: it iswitty and enchanting and impossible to put down.
Observant, discursive, immensely well-researched, it’s like anunravelling detective story. The vibrant and racy narrative willenchant you. And a surprising exposure of our complacently-held beliefs about Magna Carta will present current truths asmyths (implying, as in the tongue-in-cheek reworking of Englishhistory by Sellar and Yeatman in ‘1066 and all That’, that theback story behind the sealing of Magna Carta was notnecessarily ‘a good thing’ for all).
The book takes us on a journey through Europe and theMiddle East to America, identifying twenty places which aresignificant in the 800-year tale of Magna Carta, seamlesslyweaving its history with sharp and relevant observations of
contemporary politics and always challenging the receivedwisdom, with amusing and deliciously robust language(describing the barons as ‘a self-serving bunch led bymanipulative thugs’) or with snippets of fascinating observationof contemporary life (as when the author notes that freedomfrom oppression, so grounded in Magna Carta, is a relativelynew concept for a group of young Czech tourists he observed inLondon, or how Magna Carta almost brought down PresidentClinton). I defy you not to be captivated.
The text is laced with a sharp, narrative evocation ofplaces, architecture and people, much reminiscent of Charles
Dickens who, as a reporter, shared thisauthor’s journalist eye for detail, infusing the text with an appreciation of military andpolitical strategy. (In deliciously journalisticlanguage, King John is described as beinggiven ‘a bad press’ by the religiouschroniclers of the day (the abbots themselvesbeing powerful barons in their own right),who forged a distorted image of John as, ‘a tyrannical, vicious, depraved, cowardly,sacrilegious and incompetent king’: quite a reputation to rebuff.
We start exposing the Magna Carta mythwith a memorably-photographic description ofthe pomp of The Royal Exchange in London, inwhich a Victorian painting reveals the historybooks’ version of a weak King John who hasabused his power, faced down by the uprightbarons who stood up to him (a far cry fromthugs!). We move from there to the lawlessFenlands, where the ruthless barons are shownin their true colours, and then to ClarendonPalace in Wiltshire to reveal John’s fatherHenry II’s administrative base, with his attemptto rein in, and wrest power from, the baronsand the powerful church, leading to the deathof Thomas á Becket. Thence we go to Acre in
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the Middle East, with King John’s martial brother, Richard theLionheart, whose crusading wars nearly crippled England,requiring the unpopular taxes which John had to collect, to fundthem. A link in the story’s chain is forged and Magna Carta’swording will reflect the barons’ displeasure!
In truths stranger-than-fiction we read with fascination of hisamazing crusading mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and of John’spolitical ineptitude and violent capriciousness in France(stealing a child bride at the altar; murdering a nephew of herfamily!) as well as in the Welsh Marches (where he cruellycrushed the powerful baron William de Briouze and appointedforeign mercenaries). So he alienated both the French allies heneeded to maintain his lands in Normandy and the powerful
barons at home. With the loss ofNormandy (helped by the battlewe are reminded that the Englishchoose to forget, at Bouvines) theworld changed and the barons’noose tightened.
Thought-provoking contrastsbetween today’s egalitariansociety, and the abject ‘near slavestatus’ of 99% of the population,colour chapters contrasting life inLaxton (where farming and life islittle changed from the time of
Magna Carta) and cities like Lincoln (then a city made wealthyby the rise of the Guilds and a rich Jewish community). Thesecities proved vital allies for the barons. In a brilliant parallel withcontemporary days, the author proposes that Magna Carta was‘an early attempt to regulate the financial markets’, with clause13 being, ‘the free market in operation, a politico-economicmarket’. At the same time he explodes the myth that Magna
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Carta gave a universal right to freedom, saying that it is ‘farmore a rule book for the king’; he proposes that it was probablyseen as little more than a short-term stalling tactic between thewarring king and barons and might not have survived, had notJohn died of food poisoning: and our inalienable rights of trialby jury, habeas corpus and due process of law may well be putdown to the brilliant Sir Edward Coke’s 1628 erroneous, ‘butdetermined fight to make Magna Carta live in a new age’ bysecuring the Petition of Right at Westminster in 1628. It’sfascinating stuff.
And so, with Coke, to America, where Magna Carta’sreputation blossomed. We visit Jamestown, hear the gruesomehistory of the first settlers and of the royal charter that backedthe Virginia Company of London, granting the colonial settlersnot only land, but also protecting their fundamental rights. Welearn that it was drafted by ‘that great proponent of MagnaCarta, Sir Edward Coke himself’ and led in 1641 to the passing of The Body of Liberties’ and to the incorporation of MagnaCarta into all subsequent means of government and legaladministration in the American colonies. We hear, after thestruggle in the War of Independence, that James Madisonturned to Magna Carta, with its central role as a defence against tyranny, in framing the American Bill of Rights as aconstitutional weapon. It makes Magna Carta an icon to allAmericans.
Part history, part travelogue and good part myth-busting(the first sight of Magna Carta in the British Library isdescribed as ‘what looks like a grubby piece of paper, aboutthe size of the Sun newspaper … No wax seal even’), thisshrewd observer of people and places makes subtly relevantassociations between past events and today’s politics.Throughout the book lies the contention that all myths willhave a golden thread of truth running through them, andDerek Taylor hands us one end of this thread, using it to leadus to revealing conclusions.
The book ends on the fields of Runnymede, where Magna Cartabegan. By serendipitous coincidence, the unusual floods of ourcentury mirrored the muddy and open fields which offered KingJohn protection against military assault in 1215. He is revealed inthis book to be no longer the villainous, weak character of ourhistory books, but a complex man of his time, coping with aturbulent and changing feudal system. The myth of Magna Cartaas the birthplace of democracy is shattered, but it is placed insteadin its true context inthe long lineage ofEnglish law andAmerican history, its influence urgingfollowing generations,from Chartists toopponents of today’sIS, to stand up and becounted. ‘A good thing’ then, after all.
Colin PiperColin Piper is a conservator of historic objects, has workedextensively for the National Trust and the National Museum ofIreland, and is proprietor of Piper Chatfield Fine Furniture inDigbeth Street, Stow on the Wold.
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Breweries in the North CotswoldsWe are fortunate in the North Cotswolds to have an impres-sive range of public houses and gastro pubs in our towns and villages, with four independent breweries whose ales and beers can be bought all over the area – we must be the envy of other parts of the country! It is thanks to the area’s agri-cultural heritage that we still have a good collection of pubs in the Cotswolds.
Domestic brewing was widespreadIn the seventeenth century domestic brewing was widespread, taking place in the kitchen, buttery or bake house, but by the eighteenth century brewing at home became more expensive largely due to high taxes being levied on malt and hops, and the common brewers and public houses enjoyed a virtual mo-nopoly. By the nineteenth century brewing was increasingly more industrial with scientific control over the manufacture of beer, the introduction of improved and more efficient plant, and an ever growing range of beers.
In Stow the first large industrial brewery was built in Sheep Street in 1837, at the time of Queen Victoria`s accession. Operated by a number of local families, the brewery office faced with flint stones on Cotswold stone was added in 1869 by Richard and William Gillett, whose family ran the brewery at the time. It was later sold to the Cheltenham Original Brew-ery who subsequently closed it.
In most of the market towns brewing was on a more domestic scale. In Bourton on the Water the northern wing of Harrington House was used as a brewery from the 1860’s by Hadley and Sons, who sold their beers from the Jubilee Inn nearby. Both the Woodman Inn and Lansdown Inn (now the Mousetrap Inn) had brew houses in use in the nineteenth century and in Moreton in Marsh during the 1880’s, ale was brewed in the Swan Inn by another member of the Gillett family; it relocated to the High Street before being sold to Flowers in 1914.
Small scale brewing also took place in Stow and the Queens Head in The Square had a brew house in 1848. The seven-teenth century inn was sold to the Arkell family in the 1860’s and became one of the first acquisitions of the Donnington Brewery, which this year commemorates its 150th year and in 2010 was voted “Best Small Brewery “by the Good Pub Guide.
The Donnington BreweryAlmost hidden in a valley west of Stow on the Wold, the Don-nington Brewery is one of the most picturesque breweries in the country. Constructed between the thirteenth and nine-teenth centuries, the buildings form two sides of a triangle with the mill pond on the third side. They are built of Cotswold stone and the central building with its steeply pitched roof and chimney is capped by Welsh slates.
The Donnington story began in 1291 when one of Broad-way Manor’s mills stood on the site. The mill race was built in the 16th century when the building, like others in the Cots-wolds, was used as a wool cloth mill before being converted by the Manor into two corn mills in 1580. Inside the building nearly all of the parts that helped to grind the corn are still in existence, including the grinding stones, gearing, cogs and external waterwheel.
In 1827 when it was bought by Thomas Arkell, there were three mills, a bakery and a malthouse. Arkells Donnington Ales were established here in 1865 by Richard, grandson of Thomas Arkell. Initially he sold his beers to the local gentry but over time Donningtons established its own family of tied public houses to sell ales to the working man.
The business remained a family concern right through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries but it was Claude Arkell, who came back from the Second World War as a RAF Officer in 1951 who, taking over the brewery from his father, ran it for more than fifty years and established it as one of the leading small breweries in the country. On his death in 2007 his cous-in Peter Arkell took over the reins with his son James, who had learned the art of brewing at Doddington before running Arkell`s Brewery in Swindon.
The Donnington Run – all 15 tied pubsUntil 1959 all power was supplied by two water wheels (still occasionally used), and until the mid-1960’s the brewery grew its own barley and malted it on a special malting floor. Today the malt is brought from Norfolk and the hops come from Herefordshire ad Worcestershire. As the water is drawn from a natural spring besides the mill pond, only the sugar is imported.
There are ten workers at the brewery and with the help of one lorry and a van they deliver 2,000 gallons of beer a week through the winter, rising to 3,500 gallons in the summer. Bottled beers and draught beers are brewed for sale through their fifteen tied public houses around the Cotswolds. A ‘Don-nington Run’ means visiting all the original fifteen pubs in a single evening, but probably more manageable is The Don-nington Way, the 62 mile walk which connects all these pubs – it could be covered over a long weekend.
It is thanks to our agricultural heritage that we still have a good collection of pubs in the Cotswolds
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Donnington pubs are now as well known for their food as their beers but this is a fairly recent change. The Coach and Hors-es at Longborough was known for its ‘beer only’ philosophy (well, maybe a bag of crisps . . .) and a note ‘No food served here’ was often found on the door.
The Hook Norton BreweryWalk down Brewery Lane past the Pear Tree Inn in Hook Norton and you will suddenly see the massive Victorian tower brewery built between 1899 and 1901 to the design of the London brewery architect William Bradford. It is described by Pevsner in his Buildings of Oxfordshire as ‘an extraordinary essay in brick, iron-stone, slate, weatherboarding, half-timber, and cast iron.’
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The brewery began in 1849 when John Harris bought land and maltings in the Scotland End area of Hook Norton. In 1869 he entered the tied trade with the purchase of the Pear Tree inn nearby and began to sell his beers as far afield as Birming-ham, Witney and Byfield. This was helped by the arrival of the Banbury to Cheltenham railway to Hook Norton in 1884.
Successive generations of the Harris family have helped to ensure that this independent brewery survives the ups and downs of the brewing industry; a major success was after the first world war in 1918 when the company secured a license to supply Coventry Working Men`s Clubs. Now it has over 40 pubs and its visitor centre is a top tourist attraction with over 10,000 visitors. If you visit the brewery beware - the climb to the top of the five-storey brewery tower is not for the faint hearted! On the ground floor is a fine 25 horsepower steam engine supplying motive power to the brewery through a series of belts, cogs and shafts, and I was impressed by the brewers’ pragmatic approach: ‘If it is working keep it, but if it breaks then replace it with the most modern and innovative device available’. Hook Norton produce a wide range of beers including the ever-reliable ‘Hooky,’ which has a sensible 3.5% alcohol volume and is always drinkable.
Both these breweries have survived through the determina-tion of families wanting to remain independent and offer their customers bespoke brews that are not found everywhere. It is heartening that elsewhere in the North Cotswolds there are newer breweries that show these same characteristics.
Stanway BreweryStanway House east of Winchcombe was built for the Tracy family between the late sixteenth and mid seventeenth cen-turies; Sir Richard Tracy obtained a lease from Tewkesbury Abbey in 1533 and bought Stanway estate and its buildings after the Dissolution. Like many manor houses it had a brew house and in 1993 brewing was restarted by Alex Pennycock, with the support of the owner of the house, Lord Neidpath. Al-most uniquely in England wood–fired coppers are used, which require fifty tons of wood each year. Beers such as Stanney Gold and Cotteswold Gold are sold in local pubs including The Crown and Trumpet in Broadway.
North Cotswold BreweryTo the east of Stanway the North Cotswold Brewery is a family-run craft brewery established in 1999 on the Fosseway near Moreton in Marsh and Shipston on Stour. The brewery has a core range of four beers - Windrush Ale, Cotswold Best, Shagweaver and Hung Drawn’n’Portered, available in both draught and bottles. Managing director Guy Holiday and his family went to the National beer competition in Sheffield earlier this year to represent the Wales and West region. Visitors are welcome but please book in advance.
Further Reading :
Bond, J. & Rhodes, J. (1985) The Oxfordshire Brewer Oxford Oxfordshire Museum Service.
Edgell, T. ( 2010) Cotswolds Pubs and Breweries Stroud Amberley.
Handy Colin ( 2003 ) The Donnington Way : Cotswold Walks between Donnington Brewery Inns Cheltenham Reardon & Son.
Moor, N. ( 2009) The Donnington Way Blockley Church and Village News.
Nigel Moor explores the history of brewing in the North Cotswolds and the legacy for today
Donnington Brewery
Hook Norton Brewery
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Shearing sheep has not always been the necessity that it is today. Before domestication, sheep would moult their own wool naturally leaving man to gather the deposits from the ground and hedgerows. It proved such a useful commodity that over many generations man bred sheep to retain their wool so we could harvest it at our convenience. In order to in-crease its versatility, we also bred the colour out of it; with regard to taking dye, a white fleece offers far more possibilities than a dark brown one.
Nowadays, with the huge decline in wool prices there is virtually no money to be made from shearing and, more than anything, it has become an inconvenience for the farmers. However, it is a vital exercise to ensure the welfare of the sheep and farmers of today must deal with the consequences of our own creation! If left untouched, the wool continues to grow which can lead to problems such as heat stress and fly strike. An extreme example is Shrek, an escapee Merino sheep from New Zealand, who holds the record for the world’s heaviest
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When the practice first began, a shearer would remove the fleece using a pair of hand operated blade shears. It was incredibly hard work and not particularly efficient – a good shearer could expect to get through five or six sheep an hour. Things got slightly easier on the forearms in the late 19th century when the first shearing machines were developed as these used a power source other than the shearer’s hand. Electricity, of course, sped up the task considerably. The handpieces that are used today operate in a similar way to human hair-clippers. It now
takes an average of two minutes to sheer a sheep with the current world record standing at just 39.31 seconds. Even with all the modern machinery, shearing is still extremely hard physical work and it is said that during an eight hour session the shearer will burn calories equivalent to running two marathons!
Before he begins the shearer dons some fashion-forward footwear, a special pair of felted shoes called moccasins. These allow the shearer to manoeuver the sheep in relative comfort and, more importantly, prevent the shearer from slipping on the slick lanolin-covered floor. Lanolin is a greasy substance that is found naturally on the wool of the sheep, its purpose is to protect both the wool and the skin from exposure to the elements. Lanolin’s properties work so effectively that we have harnessed them for use in several other unlikely products – check your make-up and shoe polish!
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Robin Furlong A furniture designer of distinction • Interview by Caroline Fisher
Ever dreamt of owning a beautiful one-off piece of furniture, specifically designed for you?
You may think it a sheer flight of fancy and head straight for a run-of-the-mill flatpack next time you need that new wardrobe or bookcase – or you could consult inspiring designer and craftsman Robin Furlong, who firmly believes that a tailor-made individual item is a lasting treasure.
“Everyone should have a least one bespoke piece of furniture to enjoy and relish,” he enthused at his Moreton-in-Marsh workshop and showroom. “It’s a real feature in a room as w ell as a talking point. Our ethos is to design and make beautiful furniture that is bo th functional and aesthetically pleasing. Pretty much everything we make has a purpose – to store things in, place things on, eat at or sit on – that’s the nub of it. Furnitur e and civilisation kind of go together. It reflects the evolution of people and creates a lovely environment for us to live and work in.”
Can’t see the wood for the trees?
However, Robin does admit that commissioning a unique contemporary piece could be bewildering, so for those who can’t see the wood for the trees he’s de-mystified it in his new Handbook to Bespoke Furniture. In it, he outlines the whole process from start to finish. “There’s a smorgasbord of wood and options available that might seem daunting to people. There’s a lot involved in the process, and a great deal of skilled craftsmanship – and I can guide people through that, dealing with any fears or concerns.”
Our portfolio also acts as a springboard for ideas
It is very much about teamwork and interpreting people’s visions imaginatively but realistically. Robin explained: “I love meeting clients and hearing what they’re looking for. Some people know exactly what they want, others don’t have a clear idea, and we’ll be working to different budgets, too. People can come into the workshop and look at examples of furniture and wood samples, and we can explain the details and different finishes. We rarely make the same thing twice and our portfolio acts as a springboard for ideas. I keep discussions quite fluid and give some suggestions, and fairly quickly we can start to sense the direction of the design.”
An exquisite display cabinet grew out of a collaboration with creative jeweller Michele White, from the Birmingham jewellery quarter. She visited Robin with the plans for her new gallery. The initial brief was quite loose – Michele had thought about two cabinets in an L-shape for a corner, with different lit display areas, but had no idea in what wood. “It was left to me to kind of decipher and develop, so I designed something very nice, and fairly straightforward,” said Robin. “Michele wanted it to be more visually exciting so I created something more avant-garde and came back with three concept sketches. Michele went with a cabinet with convex and concave curves, and I developed the idea with computer-aided design into a presentation drawing. Then we chose the wood.” The result was an exceptional interplay of shapes – the cabinet has convex-curved doors flanking two pairs of central concave doors. It is framed in cherry wood with a maple interior and the door panels are green ‘ripple’ sycamore.
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Robin takes inspiration from his surroundings and draws on experiences, as well as his clients thoughts, ideas and wishes for each project to create fresh ideas – and design the perfect piece of furniture.
Robin has built his reputation as a furniture designer of distinction whose work represents some of the finest style and craftsmanship of its age.
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To meet Robin to discuss specific requirements, please call in advance. Opening Times: Weekdays: 9am-5pm, Saturday: 11am-4pm
It’s all about the proportion, shape and the wood
Robin’s imagination was left to run riot for a speculative show piece for last month’s Inspired: Festival of Silver at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in Holborn. He devised a stunning crossbow side table in burr walnut and burr oak with ebony inlay. It has a shelf and curved legs, and can be made with two dovetailed drawers. “It sprang from a dining table design for a client,” said Robin. “It isn’t grandiose in embellishment but it is in form – it’s a gorgeous piece with a lovely elegant shape. But I also love making understated pieces because it’s all about the proportion, shape and the wood.” The show was jointly organised by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers for excellence in design and craftsmanship, from whom Robin has won four Guild Marks.
Robin is also fresh from exhibiting at the May Design Series at London’s ExCeL, the UK’s definitive international furnishings fair and interior design show. Robin’s trainee
Ollie has recently completed a furniture apprenticeship with him. Ollie said: “It’s a good opportunity to get a career and a unique skill that will earn me a living for the rest of my life. We all work as a team – once we get the main designs they always throw up problems, and everyone gets the chance of saying what they think is the best way forward.” Robin commented: “Ollie’s quality of work is already superb and he is continuing to gain experience.”
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VILLAGE HALLS This is free A-Z listing of village and community halls in our towns and villages which are available to the public to hire for functions and meetings, etc. The information is provided by the local community or committee and, to our knowledge, is up to date. This is not a comprehensive list of every hall in the area. If your hall is available to hire to members of the public and is not currently included in our free A-Z listing please email the information to be added to [email protected]. (If the information about your community or village is not up to date or inaccurate, please let us know using the same eml address.)
LIST YOUR VILLAGE HALL HERE
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ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL • Available to hire - special functions, classes /event - £6 an hour • Discounted fees for long term bookings. • Redecorated • small stage, kitchen, disabled toilet / access. • Excellent parking. Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further info
LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, Bell Bank, Blockley Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc.35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking. . With Wireless Broadband Tel 01386 700880.email [email protected]
ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order. Seating capacity 160. Well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets heating. Off street parking. Suitable for wedding receptions etc. Raised stage. Sound system. Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528
BOURTON ON THE WATER
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION BRANCH HALL
Available for hire; 150 seated / 250 standing. Ample off-road parking. Office Tel: 01451 824303
Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water
Available to hire - very competitive rates. Local functions, childens parties etc welcome. Disabled access & facilities Call David Tebbutt 01451 821098 for bookings and information bourtononthewatervillagehall.co.uk
BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL Lovely rural location with spacious parking. Seats 90, Large main hall, & 2 meeting rooms. Stage with electric drop down screen. Built in sound system with microphone and hearing loop. Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities. Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994
CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL Weddings, parties, clubs, classes, and family events. Large car park, modern kitchen, pull-down projector screen, disabled toilets and access, hearing loop Contact:: Philip Johnson 07587 097795 or at email: [email protected]
EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL
Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, presentations & family events. Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen and loos. Disabled access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery available. Please call Tim Proger 01608 652392 / 07718 207097.
Great Rollright Village Hall
Main hall, small meeting room, verandah, views, kitchen facilities, disabled access & toilets, parking. Suitable for meetings, parties, exhibitions. More information: Booking Sec. 01608 730268
GUITING POWER VILLAGE HALL Spacious hall seats 110 people. Large stage with artistes dressing room. New well-equipped kitchen, tea room, toilets/shower. Private free car park. Very reasonable and flexible rates. Contact – Mike Edwards Tel 01451 850232. [email protected]
KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL
Beautiful hall; capacity 100. Off-street parking; disabled access. Available to hire at very competitive rates.
Nicole Marina, 07733 238334. Email: [email protected]
LITTLE COMPTON VILLAGE HALL
Seats approx 60. Fully equipped kitchen. Easy disabled access.
Fixed projector for showing films. Good parking. Contact 01608 674437 for more information
BLOCKLEY COMMUNITY HERITAGE CENTRE
Refurbished, the Jubilee Hall seats 80. Light, bright and warm, drop down screen, parking.. Suitable for all sorts of events. Very good rates. Enquiries to Laurie Clayton, 01386 701528
GEORGE MOORE COMMUNITY CENTRE ▪ Excellent, new facilities ▪ Function Room seating 75
▪ Conference Room seating 14 Refreshment Facilities & convenient on-site Parking
Email: [email protected] Tel: 01451 820712
LITTLE WOLFORD VILLAGE HALL Rural position 5 miles from Moreton and Shipston,
accommodates 60 – 80, good parking, Fully equipped kitchen, china etc., disabled facilities, projection screen, hearing loop,
stage available, reasonable charges. Details and booking 01608 684704
LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE VILLAGE HALL We are fully equipped with an extendable stage with pull-down
screen. 3/4 sized snooker table • table tennis table • piano • Hi-Fi system • all equipment for short mat bowls.
For further details T: 01451 830944 or email [email protected]
LONG COMPTON VILLAGE HALL Up to 100 people, separate meeting room, china and furniture hire, kitchen, lawn, parking. 01608 684834 or [email protected] for information or to make a booking
LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL Recently refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, tables & chairs. Disabled facilities. Seats up to 70. Competitive rates (inc.heating) vary with use. Parties, shows, receptions, displays, evening classes. Mo Griffiths 01451 832241, 07903 829685, [email protected]
MORETON IN MARSH, REDESDALE HALL Two venues with a stair lift. The Lower Hall accommodates 80; modern kitchen facilities. Beamed Upper Hall accommodates 120. Reasonable charges. Nearby parking. Historic town centre building. Clerk 01608 650040 [email protected]. www.redesdalehall.org.uk
Women’s Institute Hall, Moreton in Marsh Suitable for meetings, parties and exhibitions. Accommodates 60 Kitchen facilities, hearing loop, disabled access / facilities, public car park nearby. Competitive rates (incl heating) vary with use Booking details from Pam Clarke 01608 652575
COTSWOLD HALL Northleach Ideal for wedding receptions, Parties, Dances, Exhibitions Accommodates up to 100. Lift, Licenced bar, Kitchen facility, Disabled access and toilets. All-round sound system, Hearing loop, Competitive hiring rates Information and booking phone Jacques 01451 860366
THE WESTWOODS CENTRE NORTHL EACH Large hall plus two additional rooms to let separately or as a whole, fully fitted kitchen, large enclosed garden, wifi access, disabled friendly, good off-road parking, well equipped, marquee lining available, licensed bar. [email protected] telephone: 01451 861499
NOTGROVE VILLAGE HALL Large hall with seating for 80 plus additional small events tent.
Raised stage. Disabled access and toilets. Licensed bar. Reasonable rates.
Contact: [email protected] / Keith on 01451 850726
ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL Newly refurbished - full c/h, new kitchen and toilets. Spacious main hall with seating for 100, also a smaller meeting room.
Stage, pull down projector screen and hearing loop. Facilities for the less able. Spacious parking.
Telephone 01451 830817 or 01451 831917
OVER NORTON VILLAGE HALL Large hall with stage, separate bar and kitchen area. Ideal for
family gatherings, children’s parties, exercise classes etc. Seating capacity approx. 100. Off street parking. Toilets.
Competitive rates with discounts for regular users. For bookings/enquiries please call 07880593597
SALFORD VIILLAGE HALL Attractive and flexible venue in Cotswold village. Recently refurbished. Seats 80. Disabled access. Parking. Toilets. Modern well equipped kitchen.
www.salfordvillagehall.co.uk Tel: 01608 642853
Stow Baptist Church Hall, Stow GL54 1AA In the community for the community
Spacious hall, recently refurbished, fully-equipped new kitchen facilities & disabled toilets. Usage Policy: we support community-focused groups. [email protected] Tel: 01608 650624. We do not lease the hall for commercial events
Stow on the Wold
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB Clubroom and bar with entertainment system, karaoke, etc. Small lounge bar. Large and small meeting rooms with conference facilities for up to 150 (seats 60/12 dining); Parking. Enquiries to Colin and Alison 01451 830242
Stow on the Wold Rugby Club Large venue with seating for 200 & plenty of private, free parking. Licensed bar and kitchen. Ideal for weddings, courses, classes, clubs, parties & presentations etc.
Contact Amanda on 07940 141192
ST EDWARDS HALL, STOW ON THE WOLD Panelled 1st floor room with Civil War portraits & memorabilia. Holds 100. Hearing loop. Lift and staircase from lobby. Kitchen, toilets, anti-room. CCTV. Competitive rates. 2 Hrs Free C/P(day) dates for 2014 -15 available. 01386 761514
STOW YOUTH CLUB Two large rooms (accommodating 50-60 people) • Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector & screen • Pool table • Table football • Nintendo Wii • Modern kitchen • Disabled access & toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users.. The Club is next to the Police Station on the Fosseway and accessed easily from The Square. D Neill: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830656. S-J Rich: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830654.
TODENHAM VILLAGE HALL in quiet location
Large Hall seats 60. Small anti-room. New modern well equipped kitchen. Disabled entrance and facilities. Car parking at rear. Very attractive rates. Contact Karen 01608 651301S-J Rich: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830654.
WESTCOTE VILLAGE HALL Recently refurbished hall in quiet rural village. Seats 50
Well equipped kitchen. Disabled toilet Enquiries: Christine Walford 01993 831196 or Tony Gibson 01993 830699
WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL Small hall in quiet, attractive setting. Ideal for small groups, classes and family gatherings.. Seats a maximum of 30 for dinner in comfort. Disabled access. Fully equipped kitchen.
Enquiries Judith Wheeler 01451 821094
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES
ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 08000 514 514 The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or onlinewww.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks
BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH:
Do Something Amazing...96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don’t leave it to someone else.
For more information/ to book an appointment toattend a session, please call 0300 123 23 23 or visit
www.blood.co.uk
Calls will cost 15p irrespectiveof how long that call may last,on landlines and mobiles. Call 999 In an emergency,such as when a crime is inprogress, when there isdanger to life or when violenceis being used or threatened.
MORETON TOWN COUNCILNEXT MEETING MONDAY 8TH JUNE
PLEASE CHECK NOTICE BOARD
Residents are welcome to attendmeetings. Questions* from the public relating
to a proposal in discussion byCllrs may be taken prior to Council votingon that proposal. General questions are
taken at the end of the meeting.
* A max of 3 minutes allowed.
Town Councillors are available before & after the meeting. District & County Cllrs,
representatives of Stow Police and local Press regularly attend.
MORETON TOWN COUNCILNOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING
IN MAY 2015
Abbreviated notes from the Meeting are available online at www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk and are displayed on the Council’s noticeboard in the High Street (on Barklays House). Copies are available at the Council’s Office, Moreton Library, and the CDC Moreton Area Centre in High Street.
Office opening hours: Tuesday – 10:00-16:00
Wednesday and Thursday – 09:00-16:00 AND subject to meetings. Moreton in Marsh Town Council, Old Town, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0LW
Tel: 01608 651 448
JUNE 2015
C.D.C. Committee MeetingsMeetings are held at the Council Offices, Trinity Road Cirencester, GL7 1PX.Agendas, reports and Minutes are published online five working days before each meeting at www.cotswold.gov.uk.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings of the Council and Committee. If you live in the District and are on the Electoral Register you can take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. Information about your Councillors and committee members are on the website www.cotswold.gov.uk
JUNETues 2nd Overview & ScrutinyWed 10th Planning Thurs 11th CabinetTues 30th Audit
Questions to the Council or a committee about any matter on which CDC have any powers or duties or which affects the district must first be received in writing by the Head of Democratic Services –By email no later than 5pm on the prior working day: [email protected] post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 1PX. 01285 623204/ 201
Petitions can be presented to express local feeling about an issue or a suggested action that we might take. A petition must contain at least 10 signatures.
Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes can be found on the Council’s Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Committee Meetings including dates, times and ven-ues and Membership of the Committees.
Gloucestershire Mobile Police stations
Dates & Times may change at short notice. The MPS can be called to attend local incidents.
NB. After June the Cotswold Mobile Police Service will cover the whole of Gloucestershire. Visits to the Cotswolds will be restricted to the larger communities. The MPS can still be booked to attend local community events by contacting PCSO Simon King, 07718 708520. [email protected]
CHIPPING NORTON, Glyme Hall, 98 Burford Road, OX7 5EF
24/06/2015
WILLERSY, The Village Hall, Nr Broadway, WR12 7PJ
22/06/2015
WINCHCOMBE, Abbey Fields Community Centre, Back Lane, GL54 5PZ
12/05/2015
02/06 Lower Slaughter, Upper Slaughter, Naunton, Guiting Power, Temple Guiting, Cutsdean03/06 Clapton-on-the-Hill, Great Rissington, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Wyck Rissington, Westcote,05/06 Bourton-on-the-Hill, Blockley, Paxford, Ebrington, Mickleton, Willersley 08/06 Bledington, Icomb, Oddington, Evenlode, Broadwell, Longborough19/06 Chipping Campden (0900-1200) Northleach (1300-1700)
Your new Councillors are:Cotswold DistrictBourton-On-The-Water District Councillors– Len Wilkins, Richard KeelingBourton Parish Council – James Cowen, John Harden, Lynda Hicks, Ernest Hovard, Sandra Morgan, Nigel Randall, Julian Stocker, Bryan Sumner
Moreton-In-Marsh District Councillors– Alison Coggins, Robert DuttonMoreton-In-Marsh Town Council – There was no election. Two new councillors will be co-opted.
Stow-On-The-Wold District Councillor – Barry Dare
Stow Town Council – Simon Clarke, Richard Clifford, Ben Eddolls, Michael Curtis, Valerie Davies, Tom Edwards, Susan Green, Michael Moseley, Jenny Scarsbrook, Colin Smalley, Alun White
West Oxfordshire DistrictChipping Norton District Council – Guy Wall Chipping Norton Town Council – Mrs L Carter, G Saul, G Wall
Motoring complaints lead to two-day police operationFollowing local concerns Gloucestershire Police carried out a successful traffic operation in Moreton and Bourton.Two vehicles that were being driven illegally were seized by police on April 22nd and 23rd in Moreton and Bourton during a two-day vehicle operation. In response to a number of local complaints received, Operation Wheeled Respect had been conducted and focused primarily on road safety and vehicle related crime.HGVs, vans and cars were checked over the two day operation. A substantial number of fines were issued with fixed penalty notices for a range of offences including tyre and brake defects. Further operations have been planned throughout the year – these will continue to focus on community concerns throughout the North Cotswolds.Sgnt Payne of the Cotswold Police in Stow on the Wold said: “The operation has been well received within the community and proven very successful”.First published in the Cotswold Journal.
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Your Councillors are: (A-Z) Moreton Town Council: AC Alison Coggins; LC Lys Cowap; MC Mike Cowley; TF Tom Fawcett; SH Sue Heady; AJ Alan Joynes, TL Tom Lewis (Chair); ML Michael Lucas; JM J Martin; NT Nicola Thompson; AW Ana Whitworth.
Cotswold District Councillors: AC Alison Coggins- Moreton West; RD Robert Dutton Moreton East (NB.The Moreton Ward boundaries have changed.) County Councillor: NM Nigel Moore
Planning Applications – full details, plans etc., are online-www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 13TH JUNE at 7pm Council Office at Old Town, Moreton in Marsh
NB. The website publishes all Council Agendas & Minutes.
ALL COUNCIL & COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO CAN ASK QUESTIONS / RAISE ISSUES.
Speakers may be limited to 3mins.
Committee Meetings are in the evening at the Council Offices Meeting Schedule is online at www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk
(Abbreviated) UNOFFICIAL NOTES from the Moreton Town Council meeting on
18th May 2015 These notes were drawn from the Draft Minutes of the meeting available online at www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk and written up by Jenni Turner for Moreton Times. (NB. See p25 top right reference the availability of all authorized Minutes for MTC meetings & committee meetings.) PRESENT: 7 Cllrs, 7 members of the public, CCllr and 1 DCllr.
TL was elected as Chairman for the year; ML was elected as Vice-C hair. Minutes of the previous Meeting, and of the APM held on 16th April were agreed and signed. Alan Joynes was accepted a Co-opted Member of Council.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. 1) Noticeboard – not easily accessible out of office hours. Thepedestrian gate may be left unlocked. 2) Traffic & Speeding along London Rd. GCC Signage still not erected by GCC – NM will check progress. 3) Footpath from Moreton Park to/from town needs resurfacing. The work hasn’t been scheduled. 4) Moreton Bowls Club - signage to the club is not possible on the highway. The Club would need permission to hold a Car Boot Sale but not a licence. 5) Senior Youth Club thanked MTC for the second basketball hoop and asked if MTC would consider replacing the badly worn astroturf – the Senior Youth Club would help to raise the funds. TL will refer this to Parks & Amenities.
Police: Clerk will request a report if the police are not attending.
GCC.(NM). 1) Road Works programme continues with work on the A44 in June and resurfacing Stow Hill in September. 2) Pavement resurfacing completed in Wellington Road; footpaths in Queen Victoria’s Garden and extending the footpath to the Hospital are next. Plus a review of repair works in the High Street and repair work required to the Fosseway footpath. NM asked residents to write to him reference additional lighting for Fosseway Avenue. 2) Foodstore planning application – GCC & CDC are concerned re access to/from Fosseway. 3) Moreton Park – still no satisfactory answers re funding/ doing the work. 4) London Road request for more signage needs support from the police. NM suggested a meeting with Highways, the Police and the Town Council to discuss this further. 5) A429 railway bridge - with no immediate plans in place NM hopes to arrange a Feasibility Study to be done with some of the funding from Capita. 6) Car parking - draft objectives and proposals have been sent to MTC for comment, before the public parking consultation takes place in July. CDC (RD).1) Foodstore access to/from the Fosseway needs to be fully considered before the application goes forward.
CLERK’S REPORT 1) Neighbourhood Plan formal application is going forward.2) Redesdale Hall – advice requested regarding the roof.
MTC COMMITTEES & WORKING PARTIES Allotments & Cemeteries will be separated. A Youth Club Committee will be formed. Current memberships:- (Chairman underlined) Allotments ML Cemeteries JM Finance & Policy LC, TF, TL Planning AC, LC, TF, ML Parks & Amenities AG, LC, TF Personnel LC, AW Skate & Sports ML, AW Resilience ML Youth Club AW
WORKING PARTIES Traffic & Parking AC Community Plan Steering Gp AC
MTC Representatives Moreton Charity JM Redesdale Hall ML, JM
Internal Auditors Report -not received in time for discussion – deferred to an Extraordinary TC meeting on 1st June.Ditto Accountancy Statements & Annual Governance Statement, deferred to an ETC Meeting before 5th June.
COMMITTEE REPORTS Resilience (ML) 1) Emergency Plan - St David’s Centre hall may be an emergency refuge centre. 2) The Scouts to help with the Watercourse Mapping Pilot - GCC will arrange a meeting of all parties.3) Flood Board - a lot of water has already been diverted from the town. Culvert works on Stow Bridge are planned post the Moreton Show – the road will closed for 2 weeks. 4) A letter Croft Holm residents to MTC has been passed to the Flood Board. 5) GCC and the EA will discuss the Thames Water facility – item to be included on the next Flood Board’s meeting agenda.
Moreton Youth Club (AW) 1) GMAS has run the service for three weeks and Junior numbers are increasing. The team leader is still working with the seniors; however they are now using the Astroturf/skate park instead of attending. So, Juniors session times will change to 6.30pm-8.30pm and the hall will stay open to 9.00pm for any seniors. 2) ABC training planned for April has been delayed until October. AW has made further enquiries - the volunteers who help at Youth Club and who will manage the Drop-In Café can provide the service subject to Safeguarding training and DBS Checks. Due to the reduction in cost 4 volunteers will now be trained, which gives the service better resilience. 3) Equipment - A Youth Club in Bristol is closing down and has offered pieces of new/nearly new equipment for a donation. £150 was agreed. 4) Friday night Drop-In Café has been deferred until September when the Seniors will prefer to use the Hall.
AOB: the APM was well attended; CDC have requested an invitation next year.
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CDC Planning Committee meets once a month – the details are on p25 of this magazine. Full information is available online at www.cotswold.gov.uk. This website also explains planning procedures, how to comment on applications and speak at public planning meeting at CDC.
Information about large / major new developments or those which are likely to raise public interest (not ‘general domestic’ and small residential applications). The top table includes the Applications within our area that went to the recent CDC Planning Committee Meeting for decision.
Planning Applications & Approvals
New Applications received between 06/04/15 and 10/04/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline
Hazleton 15/01115/FUL Barns To The North-east Of War Memorial Salperton Park Estate Hazleton Cheltenham GL54 4EE
Proposed alterations & extensions to barns to create enhanced hospitality facilities in connection with existing use
Owen Parry 01/05/2015
New Applications received between 13/04/15 and 17/04/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline
Winstone 15/00890/FUL Ivy Croft Jackbarrow Road Winstone Cirencester Glos. GL7 7JZ
New drive and entrance to the cottage. Change of use of land for new drive will run from agricultural to domestic
Chris Baynham 05/05/2015
Moreton-in-Marsh 15/01516/PAYPRE Land adjacent to Dunstall Farm Moreton in Marsh
04/05/2015
Lower Slaughter 15/00984/FUL The Old Quarry Fosseway Broadwell Gloucestershire
Improved access (part retrospective)
Chris Baynham 08/05/2015
New Applications received between 20/04/15 and 25/04/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline
Moreton-in-Marsh 15/01250/FUL White House Surgery High Street Moreton-In-Marsh Glos. GL56 0AT
Alteration and conversions of former GP's surgery to create four 2 bedrooms dwelling units
Chris Baynham 11/05/2015
Stow-on-the-Wold 15/01328/FUL Windy Ridge Station Road Stow-On-The-Wold Cheltenham Glos. GL54 1JU
Erection of a single dwelling house and associated works, formation of a new access and erection of a garage
Owen Parry 15/05/2015
New Applications received between 27/04/15 and 01/05/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline
Bourton-on-the-Water 15/00889/FUL 32 Springvale Bourton-On-The-Water Cheltenham GL54 2ES
Erection of dwelling at side
Chris Baynham 20/05/2015
New Applications received between 27/04/15 and 01/05/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline
Evenlode 15/01320/PAYPRE Land at Evenlode Moreton in Marsh GL56
0NN
29/05/2015
Cold Aston 15/01349/FUL The Ridge Fosseway Bourton-On-The-Water Cheltenham.GL54 2LE
Erection of 4 detached dwellings and 2 garages
Chris Baynham 26/05/2015
PLANNING COMMITTEE May 2015 - No Meeting
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20 May 2015
The largest ever survey into crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) in rural areas has been launched in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to find out how the police can better serve rural communities. The survey, launched by the National Rural Crime Network* (NRCN), is calling for people who work or live in rural areas to come forward and give their views on policing in their community, the impact crime and ASB has on them and their neighbours and to ultimately help shape the future of crime prevention and rural policing. Anyone living or working in rural areas is encouraged to take part in the survey to help build a picture of what is a widespread but often misunderstood issue. You don’t need to have been a victim of crime to have a view on how the police work. You may be concerned about police visibility or response, see incidents that go unreported, or you may have a local officer who is engaged and proactive. Any crime that happens in an urban area can, and does, happen in rural areas too, and how policing is delivered affects everyone living and working there. Traditional farm-related incidents such as fuel theft and sheep rustling make up just one part of the problem; we need to understand all the other issues that affect people in our remoter areas, as well as in market towns, villages and the countryside more generally.
The fear of crime can be as detrimental to people’s wellbeing as crimes themselves, so we are keen to find out more through this survey. Our aim is to build a clear picture of the issue to shape future delivery of services locally and nationally. By completing the survey, people can really have their say on how crime affects them and what they expect from local police and their partners involved in community safety.” The findings will be important to ensure the human costs, such as the psychological impacts of crime, are taken into account and police funding is spent where it is most needed, rather than simply being channelled to urban conurbations. The ultimate aim is to make rural communities safer. While the survey will aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the scale and financial cost of crime and anti-social behaviour, it will also measure the emotional impact of crime in rural areas by asking how incidents made victims feel and the longer term effects on confidence and security. Chair of the NRCN, Julia Mulligan said: “While average crime rates do tend to be higher in urban areas, tackling rural crime comes with its own specific challenges, whether that be the ability of police forces to respond quickly or the scale of crimes which may go unreported. This survey is an important step towards delivering a better service to communities and making the countryside a safer place to live and work.” The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) is supported by 29 Police and Crime Commissioners and police forces across England and Wales. The Network includes a wide range of organisations with an interest in community safety and rural affairs such as the National Farmers Union, Historic England, Neighbourhood Watch and Crimestoppers.
The survey will be open until Wednesday 24 June To complete the survey, visit:
www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net/survey?member=Gloucestershire *For more information on the NRCN visit: www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net
COUNTRYSIDE RESIDENTS CAN MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD
IN NATIONAL CRIME POLL The biggest ever survey to uncover true impact of
policing and crime in rural areas
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Bobbies on the beat are becoming an ‘endangered species, police leaders have warned.
"Bobbies on the beat are not an endangered species in Gloucestershire,"
Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl The Police Federation says three-quarters of forces have axed or merged neighbourhood teams, and budget cuts mean forces are concentrating more on responding to emergencies than local policing, with younger generations only seeing an officer if there has been a 'serious crime'. Gloucestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl has disputed the claims. He said: "The police in this county are visible. You only had to go to Gloucester Park at the weekend to see our officers engaging with the public at the Paws on Patrol event. PCSOs are also out and about so what The Police Federation is saying simply isn't true”. He added: "The public do see the police but the idea of an officer randomly patrolling on foot or in a car went out 20 years ago and is just not appropriate."
“Axing neighbourhood policing –
I won't let that happen”
Mr Surl said: "In the last four years the cuts have been difficult but manageable and the force is now in good shape financially. We haven't been told exactly what we face in the next four years but we know it will be challenging and that it will lead to a loss in officers. But axing neighbourhood policing - I won't let that happen. Even though we will have to cut our costs we will be as efficient as we can."
Mr Surl added: "It is more of an operational challenge. Obviously with less police officers and staff, operations have to change. I will be working carefully with the police Chief Constable on that."
The Federation has made a series of doom-laden warnings about the impact of the Government's cuts claiming they would deliver 'Christmas for criminals'.
In a speech at the organisation's annual conference at the end of May, Police Federation chairman, Steve White, said: "Neighbourhood policing is the foundation of local confidence, trust and reassurance in communities - that the police are there, that we will be there when needed, policing with their consent.
“Neighbourhood policing – it is the source of so much information that stops the public from becoming victims of crime - and now neighbourhood policing is just one of the endangered species in the new, streamlined, barren policing landscape." He added: "A generation of young people is growing up never seeing their local police unless they are unfortunate enough to experience a serious crime. Is that the type of remote, faceless police service the public deserves?"
“Crying ‘Wolf’ has to stop”
Home Secretary Theresa May accused leaders of the body of ‘scaremongering’ over the effect of cuts while crime was falling. She said: "Please - for your sake and for the thousands of police officers who work so hard every day - this crying wolf has to stop."
Crime is currently at its lowest ever level and fell by a quarter during Mrs May's first five years in the Home Office. Based on an original article in The Citizen on May 20, 2015
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INVOLVED IN ONGOING CORRESPONDENCE ARE:
Luke New and Denise Kinsella are from Thames Water Insight and Resolution – online research shows that their purpose is to ‘lead and define the effective management of complaints resolution across Thames Water; developing an empathetic and supportive response to any level of customer dissatisfaction, turning a negative experience for the customer into a positive one by consistently providing the highest level of customer experience whilst meeting regulatory targets; and proactively lead the identification and analysis of the reasons we may fail our customers across all aspects of operational and service delivery; and continually review processes, identifying the root cause of complaint generation and by working with the business, lead appropriate strategic and operational measures to minimise the impact of such fails on the customer.’ Robert Dutton is the Ward/District Cllr for Moreton in Marsh; Betterton J is PA to Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP for the Cotswolds.
C O R R E S P O N D E N C E Post to: PO Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold GL54
1WD Email: [email protected]
‘RE: Moreton in Marsh cess pit’ Moreton resident Stephen Holmes has been complaining bitterly to Thames Water for well over a year, following the unexpected deaths of his pigeons, which he believes were poisoned as a result of pollution created by Thames Water on an area of land immediately behind his home. The area has been frequently flooded by foul water, smells foul when the weather is warm - and nothing grows there any more. He made a claim on the insurers to replace his birds.
(01 May) Claim against Thames Water. Dear Mr Holmes
I am sorry I have not been able to get back to you earlier. I have reviewed the details you have given and I have discussed the matter with Thames Water. I believe that there are 2 issues- 1) whether the water caused the illness in the pigeons, and 2) does Thames Water have a legal liability. I do not believe that either of these points has been proven. I understand your frustrations with regard to obtaining the water samples but even if samples were found to have campylobacter this still does not mean that the pigeons were affected because they drank the water. My understanding is that Thames Water appear to have a legitimate authority to have carried out the works as they did and though the works that took place during the spring of 2014 was delayed it does not seem to mean that they have been negligent and as such they do not have a liability. The delay in finishing the work was beyond the control of Thames Water and we do not consider there was a liability in nuisance. The work and land use was accepted by the Environment Agency and we do not consider it was an unreasonable use of land. It is not possible therefore for a payment to be made to you. Should you wish to discuss the matter further do not hesitate to contact me. Yours Sincerely Andy Landers LLB ACII FCILA, Technical manager
From Stephen Holmes to Luke New Cc: Denise Kinsella; robert.dutton; bettertonj
(06 May) Dear Mr New I write to you concerning the non-activity at the
aforementioned site; when we spoke last year you said and I quote,’ Thames water were going to replant the site with the correct rushes and grasses.’ It has been an ideal planting season - yet, guess what, Thames water have done nothing again! The site is still just the same a brown hole. When will Thames Water actually start work on the promised work? To stop the site stinking us out again, and not driving away or killing local fauna and flora? Yours Faithfully, Stephen Holmes
From Denise Kinsella to Stephen Holmes
(06 May) Dear Mr Holmes Thank you for your email sent to my colleague Luke
New. As Luke is out and about in the field it is best I reply on his behalf. As I am sure you’re aware, there was a clean water leak on the grounds of the pumping station a few weeks ago. Although flow has been restored my colleagues in clean water, still need to complete a permanent repair. Once this is completed they will re-level the ground where they have excavated and re-seed the area with grass. The areas we had previously seeded had started to take, until this burst. Because of this, we are not looking to plant reeds at the moment, but wait until the areas have been reseeded, after the above work is completed. We will monitor how this seed takes and if needed in the future re-evaluate if reeds are still required. If you need to speak to me about this please do give me a call. Kind regards, Denise
From Stephen Holmes to Denise Kinsella
(07 May) Dear Madam Reeds and rushes are rarely planted from seed. Which varieties are you using? And, from our vantage point no planting or cultivating appears to have happened. Seedbeds must be cultivated, harrowed and or rolled for grass and i have just been over and no evidence of either rush, reeds or grass cultivation can be seen to have been done? Please could you inform us in writing when this "planting” occured and by whom and how it was done, and what was planted? Rushes, reeds and or grasses? Yours Faithfully, Stephen Holmes
Moreton in the Marsh sewage pumping station Stephen Holmes has been trying hard to receive some action from Thames Water and the Environment Agency
on the recurring flooding at the back of Moreton in Marsh. (Correspondence by Email)
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INVOLVED IN ONGOING CORRESPONDENCE ARE:
Luke New and Denise Kinsella are from Thames Water Insight and Resolution – online research shows that their purpose is to ‘lead and define the effective management of complaints resolution across Thames Water; developing an empathetic and supportive response to any level of customer dissatisfaction, turning a negative experience for the customer into a positive one by consistently providing the highest level of customer experience whilst meeting regulatory targets; and proactively lead the identification and analysis of the reasons we may fail our customers across all aspects of operational and service delivery; and continually review processes, identifying the root cause of complaint generation and by working with the business, lead appropriate strategic and operational measures to minimise the impact of such fails on the customer.’ Robert Dutton is the Ward/District Cllr for Moreton in Marsh; Betterton J is PA to Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP for the Cotswolds.
C O R R E S P O N D E N C E Post to: PO Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold GL54
1WD Email: [email protected]
‘RE: Moreton in Marsh cess pit’ Moreton resident Stephen Holmes has been complaining bitterly to Thames Water for well over a year, following the unexpected deaths of his pigeons, which he believes were poisoned as a result of pollution created by Thames Water on an area of land immediately behind his home. The area has been frequently flooded by foul water, smells foul when the weather is warm - and nothing grows there any more. He made a claim on the insurers to replace his birds.
(01 May) Claim against Thames Water. Dear Mr Holmes
I am sorry I have not been able to get back to you earlier. I have reviewed the details you have given and I have discussed the matter with Thames Water. I believe that there are 2 issues- 1) whether the water caused the illness in the pigeons, and 2) does Thames Water have a legal liability. I do not believe that either of these points has been proven. I understand your frustrations with regard to obtaining the water samples but even if samples were found to have campylobacter this still does not mean that the pigeons were affected because they drank the water. My understanding is that Thames Water appear to have a legitimate authority to have carried out the works as they did and though the works that took place during the spring of 2014 was delayed it does not seem to mean that they have been negligent and as such they do not have a liability. The delay in finishing the work was beyond the control of Thames Water and we do not consider there was a liability in nuisance. The work and land use was accepted by the Environment Agency and we do not consider it was an unreasonable use of land. It is not possible therefore for a payment to be made to you. Should you wish to discuss the matter further do not hesitate to contact me. Yours Sincerely Andy Landers LLB ACII FCILA, Technical manager
From Stephen Holmes to Luke New Cc: Denise Kinsella; robert.dutton; bettertonj
(06 May) Dear Mr New I write to you concerning the non-activity at the
aforementioned site; when we spoke last year you said and I quote,’ Thames water were going to replant the site with the correct rushes and grasses.’ It has been an ideal planting season - yet, guess what, Thames water have done nothing again! The site is still just the same a brown hole. When will Thames Water actually start work on the promised work? To stop the site stinking us out again, and not driving away or killing local fauna and flora? Yours Faithfully, Stephen Holmes
From Denise Kinsella to Stephen Holmes
(06 May) Dear Mr Holmes Thank you for your email sent to my colleague Luke
New. As Luke is out and about in the field it is best I reply on his behalf. As I am sure you’re aware, there was a clean water leak on the grounds of the pumping station a few weeks ago. Although flow has been restored my colleagues in clean water, still need to complete a permanent repair. Once this is completed they will re-level the ground where they have excavated and re-seed the area with grass. The areas we had previously seeded had started to take, until this burst. Because of this, we are not looking to plant reeds at the moment, but wait until the areas have been reseeded, after the above work is completed. We will monitor how this seed takes and if needed in the future re-evaluate if reeds are still required. If you need to speak to me about this please do give me a call. Kind regards, Denise
From Stephen Holmes to Denise Kinsella
(07 May) Dear Madam Reeds and rushes are rarely planted from seed. Which varieties are you using? And, from our vantage point no planting or cultivating appears to have happened. Seedbeds must be cultivated, harrowed and or rolled for grass and i have just been over and no evidence of either rush, reeds or grass cultivation can be seen to have been done? Please could you inform us in writing when this "planting” occured and by whom and how it was done, and what was planted? Rushes, reeds and or grasses? Yours Faithfully, Stephen Holmes
Moreton in the Marsh sewage pumping station Stephen Holmes has been trying hard to receive some action from Thames Water and the Environment Agency
on the recurring flooding at the back of Moreton in Marsh. (Correspondence by Email)
meant to take? You can’t just throw seed on a wet/panned base - it dies, simple. To suggest the seed is put on the base of the bund which is water logged, panned and with no seed bed prepared, would take some 6 months. Please could you tell us when it was seeded? It certainly wasn’t before October and if was after October you threw customers’ money away again! I do not know who is in charge of the plan but they haven’t a clue of what they are doing. I imagine you are relying on sub-contractors, and what is their knowledge! Please therefore could you supply the dates of seed sowing and by whom as at present Brian Rix could not have written a better farce. Yours Faithfully, Stephen Holmes
From Denise Kinsella to Stephen Holmes CC: robert.dutton, bettertonj and Customer Feedback [email protected] (21 May) Dear Mr Holmes
Thank you for your recent email, about the storm land at the sewage treatment works. I’m sorry you don’t feel we’ve prepared the soil correctly on this site. I know that you manage crops and livestock so have a good knowledge of cultivation. However, as we have explained this land is used when the Sewage Pumping station goes to ‘storm’. This is when after rainfall the pumping station is unable to match the flow coming in with the additional rainwater. When this happens the additional diluted flow will be directed over this land, after passing through a filter. The land is designed and graded to allow the flow to move evenly across the area and then be further filtered through a gravel bed before discharging into the river. This practice is used at many sites across the country. Because, this land is not used in the same way as cultivated land, we do not till or harrow the ground. As this will affect the grading of the soil and the above mechanism, but we will have suitably prepared the ground for the seed beforehand. I’m afraid I don’t have a precise date for when it was seeded. I appreciate, you are unhappy and as mentioned before, I would be happy to come and discuss this with you further. We are also arranging a local residents meeting to discuss this site and how it works, as soon as I have a date for this I’ll contact you. However, if you’d like to speak to me please call me on 07747 644251. Kind regards, Denise
From: Denise Kinsella to Stephen Holmes
(08 May) Dear Mr Holmes I’m sorry if my earlier email was not clear regarding
the reeds. The seed I mentioned is grass seed; we previously grass seeded this area last year. However, over the autumn and winter the grass had not appeared to have grown well, which is why we considered reeds. As you know we were looking into this with the Environment Agency to make sure any reeds, if planted, were the correct type. Since the weather has now warmed up we have found the original seed had started to germinate and establish itself. The clean water leak has obviously set this back especially as we now have to repair the pipe and re-grade the land, but once this work is completed we will re-grass seed the area. As mentioned, if this seed fails to establish itself we will re look at reeds, and as you have quite rightly mentioned it would not be seeds for reeds but plants. You may have further questions after reading this and it may be beneficial if I came out and talked to you further, if you would like this please give me a call. We’ve looked into arranging a residents meeting to discuss the pumping station, if this is organised you may find this a suitable alternative to discuss this more. Kind regards, Denise
From: Stephen Holmes to Denise Kinsella (06 May) Dear Denise
Grass seed sown in the autumn would not now take, and the bed was not prepared. Luke New came to see me in person in mid-autumn as he did not know what ‘panning’ was,
and told me it would be done in the spring! The base of the bund had not been tilled nor harrowed, so how was the seed
In the Editor’s Opinion: The problems experienced by residents of Croft Holm and the area surrounding this parcel of land housing the pumping station, have gone on for a long time. All the residents are familiar with it, and the smell - some have regularly experienced flooding, often into their gardens and sheds - and have been complaining about the lack of progress in dealing with the problem. The layer of foul water certainly doesnt look or smell clean, and the drying deposits are clearly not just silt.
I suspect that a huge number of complaints has built up, both at Thames Water and the EA, as well as MTC, CDC and Mr Clifton Brown’s office. No matter that the problem may be ‘just the tip of the iceberg’ when it comes to a solution, when does it become a health hazard to the families that live in this area?
A Local Champion I wonder if this area of Moreton, and Moreton Park where there is a similar problem, needs a ‘local champion’? Maybe someone un-hindered by political affiliation, and with sufficient clout to get things done.
Does anybody know one? JT
3rdJuly - everyone is welcome
NORTH COTSWOLDS FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Wednesday 3rd June, 11am
TALK by Bruce Smith 'Drovers Ways' Broadwell Village Hall, near Moreton in Marsh.
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BAPTIST CHURCH SHEEP STREET STOW ON THE WOLD
In the Community for the Community
Welcome to our family service every Sunday morning at 10.30am. The 1st and 3rd Sunday’s communion is celebrated during the service.
Our speakers for the month of JUNE are: 7th DR STEVE SIZMUR 21st GEOFF ENOCH
14th DAVID HUGHES – RURAL MINISTRIES – 355 years celebration 28th TONY GIBSON
MUMS AND TOTS every Monday during term time 9.30am - 11.00am. £1 per to cover snacks.. EVERY TUESDAY 10am - 12noo - COFFEE MORNING AND FOOD BANK.
All welcome!! Please check our Website: www.stowbaptistchurch.org.uk ST PETER & ST PAUL - BLOCKLEY
ST LAWRENCE – BOURTON ON THE HILL
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 7th 8.30am - Holy Communion (BCP) - Blockley 9.30am - Open Door all-age Breakfast + Service - Blockley 6.00pm - Evening Prayer - Bourton on the Hill Sunday 14th 9.30am - Holy Communion (CW) - Blockley 11.15am - Holy Communion (CW) - Bourton on the Hill Sunday 21st 9.30am - Holy Communion (CW) - Blockley 11.15am - Holy Communion (BCP) - Bourton on the Hill Sunday 28th PATRONAL FESTIVAL 9.30am - Benefice Holy Communion (CW) - Blockley 6.00pm - Choral Evensong - Blockley
Oxford Street, Moreton in Marsh Tel: 01608 651946 Rev Barbara Bridges [email protected]
http://moretoncongregational.org.uk June 2015
Morning Worship every Sunday 10.30a.m. Includes Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays
June 21st A special service for our Anniversary. A warm welcome to all ages, coffee and tea after all services.
Market Day Coffee morning - every Tuesday 10a.m. - noon Call in for a break any Tuesday. Separate room for families with a variety of toys. Stalls to browse, free wifi available.
Thursday Community Events 9.30 – 12 every week, drop in with P3. Coffee, crafts, company. 1st week 12.30 Drop in lunch, 2 courses, £4. 2nd week 2.30 Prayer and Praise, share thoughts and prayers about issues of the moment. 4th / 5th weeks 2.30 Social time with Scrabble and other games
Come and join us, you will be warmly welcomed.
The morning service at St David’s, Moreton in Marsh is recorded each week and broadcast online every Sunday at 4.30pm. www.nccr.co.uk
Quakers – The Religious Society of Friends Sunday 11:00 a.m. at The Friends Meeting House,Pytts Lane, Burford Everybody Welcome. For more information contact Howard Crook 01451 810 447 or go to http://www.burford-quakers.org.uk
Roman Catholic Church Meets at the Congregational Church, Oxford Street, Moreton in Marsh.
June Sunday Services
7th , 14th, 21st, 28th - Mass at 9.00am
ST DAVID’S CHURCH MORETON IN MARSH
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 7 June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662) 11.00am - Morning Service, Sunday Club 6.00pm - Sundays @ Six Sunday 14 June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662) 11.00am - Holy Communion, Sunday Club 6.00pm - Sundays @ Six Sunday 21 June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662) 11.00am - Family Service 6.00pm - Sundays @ Six Sunday 28 June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662) 11.00am - Morning Service, Sunday Club 6.00pm - Sundays @ Six
ST JAMES’S CHURCH LONGBOROUGH
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 7 June 8.00am - Holy Communion 9.30am - Morning Service Sunday 14 June 9.30am - Holy Communion Sunday 21 June 4.00pm - Countryside Service with picnic Sunday 28 June 9.30am - Holy Communion
ST MARY’S CHURCH BATSFORD
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 7 June 9.30am - Holy Communion(1662) Sunday 21 June 9.30am - Holy Communion (1662)
ST THOMAS’S CHURCH TODENHAM
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 14 June 9.30am - Holy Communion Sunday 28 June 9.30am - Morning Service
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A special new Children’s Trail at St Edward’s Church, Stow on the WoldWe are delighted to announce that we have a newChildren’s Trail at St Edward’s Church, Stow on theWold, devised with the assistance of BlockleyDecorative and Fine Arts Society, (part of theNational Association of Decorative and Fine ArtsSocieties, NADFAS). Combining NADFAS expertise with our desire to bringthe Christian faith alive for young people and welcomethem in church, the trail takes young people to some of the interestingand significant points in our beautiful building. They learn about theChristian faith alongside the historical and architectural features of theChurch and, most importantly, they are invited to pause for thoughtand spend some time thinkingimaginatively.During the development of thetrail we haven’t only had theassistance of representativesfrom NADFAS, we’ve also beenhelped by pupils from StowPrimary School and SwellChurch of England PrimarySchool who have road-tested thetrail during its planning stages.The trail will be launched on Wednesday 3 June at 11am in StEdward’s Church. We’ll be joined by those involved in developing thetrail, representatives from NADFAS, pupils from local schools andmembers of the St Edward’s congregation, all looking forward toexperiencing the new trail.On Sunday 7 June at 11am in St Edward’s our usual Worship for Allservice will include the chance to experience the trail as part of our worship.All are welcome at both events – do join us – it’s fun for all ages!For further information contact Revd Josie Goodwin on 0771 808 9099or email her at [email protected].
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LOCAL businesses, public bodies, clubs, groups and associations have given a rousing rally to Stow Cotswold Festival on July 4. Thecommunity is banging the drum for the event to celebrate AmericanIndependence Day and all things Cotswolds.Overall sponsor Stow Town Council has given £2,000. Other majorsponsors include the Grapevine Hotel, Knight Frank, William Hinton, RA Bennett, Scotts of Stow, Eastabrook Architects, Stow Lodge, StowFlea Market and Hawick Cashmere. To date, 81 tombola prizes including20 ‘star’ prizes with a value of £25 or more have also been donated.The event, which starts on the evening of July 3, supports four maincharities: Springboard Children’s Centre, Stow; Stow DisabilityAssociation; the Sue Ryder hospice, at Leckhampton, Cheltenham andthe Sam Pilcher Trust.The schedule of events is now finalised – so come along and be aYankee Doodle Dandy!
The Festival is supporting three maincharities: Springboard Children’s Centre,Stow; Stow Disability Association and theSue Ryder hospice, at Leckhampton,Cheltenham.Tickets for the Military Wives Choir, £12,are available now from the BorzoiBookshop, Stow andwww.musicatstow.com. The choir isdirected by conductor/organist DavidAshley and features soprano RoseJohnson.
FRIDAY 2ND JULY10am – 5pm. Events are in the Square, the Churchyard, on TheShrubbery and Stocks Green, in Brewery Yard and the town centre.Cotswold Market Stalls, USA Vehicles Display, Fire Engine, Tombola,Bran tub, Craft Tent, Face Painters, Treasure Tray, Splat the Rat, GiantSnakes & Ladders, Giant Noughts & Crosses, Children’s Rodeo Bull,Magic Man, Silver Bough, Treasure Hunt, Bouncy Castle – with popcorn & candy floss and an ice cream vendor.6-8pm GRAND SUMMER FAIR at Stow Primary School7.pm (TBC) Military Wives Concert at St Edwards Church
SATURDAY 4TH JULY (check specific timings) 10.15am. Celebrity Opening in The SquareFrom 10am – 5pm. Events are in St Edwards Hall, an Arena in theSquare and in the Church Rooms.6.45pm. Stow Primary School Summer Fete Prize Draw7-10.30pm. Square Dancing with the Silver BoughSewing bee, American-style Refreshments, making a Quilt to send toAmerica, Appomattox / Civil War film, Glos Gladiators Marching Band,Magic Man, Best dressed Dog competitions, Story Teller, Back in Black,Lya Stuart & Not Taken, and a Fancy dress competition.
SUNDAY 4th JULY11am. Civic Service in St Edwards Church
www.stowcotswoldfestival.com
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The Secret Garden at Upper Slaughter Manor.
By kind permission of
Mr and Mrs Feller,
this beautiful garden will be
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC for the first time in many years on
Saturday 27th June, 11am - 5pm.
Homemade cakes and teas £5.00 entrance fee. Children free
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO KATES HOME NURSING07540 893 143
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EXHIBITIONSto 7 Selling Exhibition by contemporary designer-makers. Tues-Sunday 10-5pm Court
Barn, Chipping Campden GL55 6JE.01386 841951.www.courtbarn.org.uk to 21 Shamanic Art Of Nepal.Antique Textiles and Ritual Implements. The Himalayan
Room, Alain Rouveure Galleries, Todenham nr Moreton GL56 9NU. Weds-Sunday (& BH Mondays) 10-5pm. 01608 650 418. [email protected]
4 Crawfurd Christie English Civil War Collection - 60 period portraits of C17th.characters involved in the Civil War and Battle of Stow. Free entry (donationswelcome). 10.30-3pm. St Edwards Hall, Stow Square.
13 - 21 Exciting Art Exhibition with 3 local artists, all very different in their styles. PrivateGallery in Bourton-on-the-Water. Open daily 10am – 5pm. Preview evening on 13 June, open till 9pm. 01451 810234/01451 823127
13 - 21 Conserving our Heritage. Blockley Decorative & Fine Arts Society exhibition ofwork including conserved textiles from stately homes, churches and places of historicinterest. Court Barn, Church St, Chipping Campden GL55 6JE. Admission £5 withconcessions.Tues-Sun 10-5pm. www.courtbarn.org.uk 01386 841951
27 -12 July Warwickshire’s Open Studios - over 229 artists and makers in 120 venues inand around the towns and villages in Warks. 2015 Brochure at Richard HarveyCollection, Shipston on Stour 01608 662168/ www.warwickshireopenstudios.org
to 30 Venice-Paris Exhibition of Black & White Photographs Peter MartinGallery/Studio, 2 Digbeth Court, Digbeth St, Stow GL54 1BN. 07479 [email protected]
until Sept Artist in Residence at Hidcote Manor Garden. Local artist Ali Grant’s bronzesculpture ‘The Hidcote Bower’, capturing the spirit of Hidcote, on display untilSeptember. Hidcote Manor Garden, near Chipping Campden, GL55 6LR. 01386438333. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote
DIARY Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 JuneVinyasa Flow Yoga classes at a beautifulstudio and grounds in Little Compton, GL56 0SH. 6.30-7.45 pm. 07932 611042 oremail [email protected].
2 Coffee & Cakes Fundraising for Northleach & Fosse Lions, at Victoria Hall, Bourtonon the Water. GL54 2BU. 01451 861210. www.northleachandfosselions.org.uk
2 - 4 Bledington Music Festival presents Pianofest ’15 at St Leonards Church,Bledington. O01608 658669. www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk
4 Cotswold Friends’ Volunteer Open Day. 10 -3pm at The Library, Stow Road,Moreton-in-Marsh. Kirsty Holder, Befriending Services Manager 01608 [email protected]
5 WordSong presents: ‘Wild Words’ – a vibrant showcase of contemporarystorytelling and acoustic music. Garden Terrace Café at Batsford Arboretum. Tickets£7.50 (£6.50 Batsford Season Ticket holders) At Batsford or call 01386 701441
5 - 14 Burford Festival 50 great events – new and entertaining experiences to amuseand entertain the people of Burford and surrounding villages, as well as our visitors.Brochure online www.burfordfestival.org
6 Sale on the Green, Stow – Women’s Section RBL. 12-2pm. Stalls, games,cakes, Tombola. (set up 9am) To book a stall/ contribute a Tombola prize contactChris on 01451 831592
6 KidsArcade Pop-Up – Cotswold Edition 1. Independent Shops, Brands &Designers with Pop Up studio – photographs, model scout, creative workshops andchildren’s entertainment. @kidsACADE (t@Kids_Arcade)
6 - 7 Burford Collectors Club 5th Annual Rally Rough Grounds Farm, (A361)Lechlade GL7 3EU. Start 10.00 am, Classic Vehicles, Trade Stands, Raffle andProgramme draw each day. Admission £4.00 Adults. £2.00 Concessions. Under 16sfree (must be accompanied by a paying adult). www.burford collectors club
7 Open Farm Sunday– a great family day out. Walks or tours, meet the animals, machinery& demonstrations. Look for your local farm and the events at www.farmsunday.org.
7 Strawberry Cream Tea supporting Cobalt. Upper Farm, Clapton-on-the-Hill,GL54 2LG 2-5pm. For more information call: 01451 820453
9 - 13 ‘HMS Pinafore’ and ‘Cox & Box’ double bill presented by The CotswoldSavoyards. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. 7.30pm (Sat Matinee 2.30pm) Box office: 01242 572573 or www.everymantheatre.org.uk
13 Friends of St Mary’s Church fete 12-4pm the Old Vicarage, Church Street, ChippingNorton with a BBQ, afternoon teas, competitions, games and a variety of stalls
13 Midsummer Murder Mystery fish and chip evening. Pre-booking is essential.Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
13 Ballet Central 2015 nationwide tour. Central School of Ballet’s ‘stars-in-the-wings’perform established and new works. 7pm at Chipping Norton Theatre, Spring Street,OX7 5NL. Box Office 01608 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com
13 - 21 30th Anniversary exhibition of Blockley Decorative and Fine Arts Society atCourt Barn, Chipping Campden. Contact Pamela Hudson Bendersky for moreinformation on 01608 661158.
June 2015Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (listed separately)
Market DaysBOURTON ON THE WATERFarmers’ Market 4th Sunday, 9.30–1300CHARLBURY Farmers’ Market 13 June, 12 September, 12 December
Playing Close, Charlbury OX7 3RJ (9-1pm)CHippiNg CAMpDENCountry Market every Friday, 9–11am (excepy January)CHippiNg NORTONFarmers’ Market 3rd Saturday, monthly from 8.30am Country Market every Saturday 8.45–11.00 Lower Town Hall
(with Farmer’s Market on 3rd Saturday)Weekly Market every WednesdaygREAT ROllRigHTVillage Market last Saturday monthly (except December)KiNgHAMFarmer’s Market 21 June, 20 Sept, 13 DecemberMORETON-iN-MARsHWeekly Market every Tuesday, 9–3.30pmCountry Market every Thursday, 9.30–12noonFarmer’s and Craft Market 1st Sunday (except 12 July) 09.30-14.00 approxNORTHlEACH every Wednesday, 8.30–3.30pmsTOW ON THE WOlDFarmer’s Market 2nd Thursday, 9.00–13.00pm
Tickets, Booking information etc. from –BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Victoria Street, Bourtonon the Water. Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5pm, Sat 9.30-5.30, Closed Sunday 01451 820211 E: [email protected]
BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. Open Mon-Sat 9.30-5pm, Sun 10-4pm. 01993 823558 E: [email protected]
CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINTGuildhall, Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri.
STOW VISITOR INFORMATION St.Edwards Hall, The Square, Stow. Library (open library hours) + Information Point in the lobby (open every day).
MORETON AREA CENTRE High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-4.00pm, Tues-Thurs8.45am-5.15pm, Fri 8.45am-4.45pm, Sat 10.00am-1.00pm (BST), 10.00am-12.30pm(BWT), Sun CLOSED. 01608 650881 E: [email protected]
14 Classic Vehicle Day. Admission charge to car displays. Normal train ticket priceswill apply. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
14 Car Boot Sale Fundraising for Northleach & Fosse Lions. Countywide forecourt,Station Road, Bourton on the Water. GL54 2EP. 01451 861210.www.northleachandfosselions.org.uk
20 Armed Forces Day: RBL Parade & Drumhead Service, Stow Square. Paradeleaves Well Lane at 1300hrs. Please come along or march with us. Refreshments &entertainment at the Club.
20 & 21 Days Out with Thomas. Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends visit theGloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. Please note that entry to the site will be byticket only. There is no free entry. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
21 Kate's Great Escape !!! Car Rally www.sportantiques.co.uk/blog/images-for-kates-great-escape-rally-2013 [email protected]
21 Chippy Town Festival Organised and presented by the Rotary Club with the helpof a band of committed individuals from the town. www.chippingnortonrotary.org.uk
21 The Klee Quartet – concert of Chamber Music at St John the Baptist Church, Gt Rissington. 6.30pm. Tickets £12.50 (£10 in advance) Incl. interval refreshment.01451 820497/ 820395/820129 or [email protected]
24 Think. Grow. Eat – a talk on Permaculture by Caroline Aitken followed by asummer BBQ. £15pp. 6.30- 9.30pm at Lower Farm, Ramsden, Oxon OX7 3AZ. Bookonline www.wychwoodproject.org/cms/content/events
25 How to work a Community Project GRCC invite you to see & learn atMickleton Community Archive. Booking essential Marilyn Cox ([email protected])or Helen Richards ([email protected]). Or GRCC 01452 528491.
26 Jane Phillips Memorial Golf Day & Gala Dinner at Cotswolds Club, ChippingNorton. Par 71 Course; prizes; buffet lunch & evening entertainment; Gala Dinner,Raffle & Auction. Fundraising for Lawrence Home Nursing. 01608 684475.www.lawrencehomenursing.org
FORTHCOMING EVENTSStanton Guildhouse– Summer programme. Information: stantonguildhouse.org.uk
1 July Dinner recital at Dumbleton Hall Hotel at 7 for 7.30pm with the Astaria StringQuartet playing Mozart. Followed by a two course dinner. 01386 881240 [email protected]
3 July Summer Fair at Stow Primary School. Music, BBQ, stalls, licenced bar, games. 5-8pm. Fundraising for Stow Primary School. www.stowprimaryschool.co.uk �
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FETE & FUN DOG SHOW PLUS NEW PLAYGROUND
GRAND OPENINGGuiting Power Village Fete Saturday 20th June 2015
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Church of St John the Baptist, Church Green, Burford OX18 4RYKarl Jenkins: Gloria
Bob Chilcott: Little Jazz MassJohn Rutter: Feel the Spirit
Burford Singers with Cotswold Youth Choir and theCotswold Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Brian Kay
Our summer concert brings together music by three of the most popularchoral composers in the world today, with music to lift the spirits at
Festival time.Tickets reserved at £25, £17.50, £13.50, unreserved at £10
Telephone booking: 01993 822412 or at The Madhatter Bookshop, 122 High Street, Burford OX18 4QJ
Public Rehearsal 2.30 pm Sunday 14 June (Tickets £5)Details and booking form available on our website
www.burfordsingers.org.uk
COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHTat Notgrove Village Hall
7.30pm – 11.30pmLIVE MUSIC – Licenced Bar, £5pp entrance
Thursday 11 June: Tonight's act is Kenny James.
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Warwickshire's Premier Artist-led Event27 to 12 June – the biggest exhibition of unique and original art andcraft with over 229 artists and makers in 120 venues in and aroundthe towns and villages of our leafy county.Entry is free to all our venues. Meet the artists and makers; manydemonstrations and workshops.MICKLETON ART BARN behind the Kings Arms. Mickleton.Hosting four artists – Usha Khosla, ceramics; Mark Baker, architecturaldrawing; Susan O’Grady, textiles; Suzzi Tayara, silver & beadjewellery. A wide range of items for sale; commissions; all budgets.2015 Brochure available free from Mickleton Art Barn and onlineat www.warmwickshireopenstudios.org.
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Conserving our HeritageCelebrating the 30th anniversary of Blockley Decorative & Fine ArtsSociety, this exhibition at Court Barn, Chipping Campden will show asnapshot of the Society’s important work including conserved textiles
from stately homes, churches and places of historic interest.
Thursday 18 June at 18.00 Talk Dr Florian Schweizer, NADFAS Chief Executive
and June Robinson, National Chairman willdiscuss NADFAS and its charitable role including
their vision for the future. Tickets £7
Court Barn Museum, Church Street, Chipping Campden GL55 6JEAdmission charges: Standard £5.00, Gift Aided £5.50
Under 18 and full time students freeTuesday – Sunday 10.00 – 5pm, closed on Mondays
(except Bank Holidays)
� 4 July Prize Draw at Stow Cotswold Festival Square Dance, fundraising for StowPrimary School. Wonderful prizes, tickets available now www.stowprimaryschool.co.uk
4 July Great Rollright Big Bake & Food Fayre in aid of Tearfund’s ‘No Child Taken’campaign. Stalls, teas, BBQ, Pimms tent & more. www.rollrightreview.webplus.net
9 - 20 July NCAA Summer Arts Exhibition at St Edward’s Hall in Stow on the Wold. 9 Julypreview, 6.30 to 8.00pm and then daily, 10am to 5pm until 1pm 20 July.
10 - 12 July Cornbury Music Festival at The Great Tew Park. Oxfordshire.0844 581 0777. www.cornburyfestival.com
12 July Bus Rally at Toddington Railway Station. Bus service from Toddington toBroadway. Normal ticket prices apply on the trains.
16 & 20 Aug Bourton Panto Group Fete24 - 26 July Heritage Diesel Weekend and Open Days. Restored locomotives from the
60s and 70s. Entry to the site will be by ticket only. The Toddington Narrow GaugeRailway will be steaming. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
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SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
It’s that time of year when parents’ thoughts turn to those long summer weeks and finding
activities for their children.
At The Theatre, Chipping Norton, young people take over the building for four weeks. We
have so many workshops to choose from, including Orange Hat Summer Adventures for
babies, toddlers and their carers; drama, dance and singing for 5 – 7 year olds; dance, drama
and musical theatre for 8 – 12 year olds and a dance week for teenagers as well as a full-scale
production of Grease.
We also provide outreach activities in Moreton in Marsh, Carterton and Woodstock and
transport the participants to The Theatre for some of the week at no extra charge!
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June 20155,6 Table Manners10 The Other half12 Fairport Convention13 Ballet Central19 Freddie Flintoff24 Gervaise Phinn25 Bob Fox: Warhorse Songman
FILMS at 7.30pm4,7 A Little Chaos11 A Pidgeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence14,21 Far from the Madding Crowd28 Clouds of Sils Maria
A GREAT DAY OUT, ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
18th Annual Charlbury Beer Festival
on Saturday 27 June at CharlburyCricket Club, Oxfordshire from 12 noon to 10pm
The country’s biggest independentone-day beer festival
PLUS the 5th World AuntSally Singles Championships.
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lunches from 12noon, official opening at 1pmTeas,Ice Creams, Barbecue and Beer tent
Stalls including cakes, books,costume jewellery and lots moreGames and sideshows including Bowling, Aunt Sally, Jousting.
Tug of War Competition, RaffleAll in aid of St Leonard's Church and Bledington School
Come along and bring the family!Adle s t r o p Open DaySu nday 1 4 Ju ne 1 2.0 0 – 5.00
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Children’s games and pony rides � Art Exhibition by local artists� Richard Phillips’ Racing Stables open for viewing �
Home baked cakes and produce � Bric-a-Brac � Plant stall� Raffle and Tombola �
FUN DOG SHOWJudged by Alexander Armstrong
£2.00 entry per class, starts at 2.00 pmA Donation will be made to the Blue Cross
All proceeds to benefit Adlestrop Church, our Village Hall, Medical Detection Dogs & Cotswold Wardens
Children’s Games and Pony Rides Art Exhibition by Local Artists Richard Phillips’ Racing Stables open for Viewing
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FUN DOG SHOWJudged by Alexander Armstrong
£2.00 entry per classStarts at 2.00 pm
A Donation will be made to the Blue Cross
The picturesque Cotswold village of Adlestrop, famous for its literary associations with Jane Austen and the poet, Edward Thomas, opens its gardens, large and small, and o�ers many attractions on its annual Open Day.
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LOCAL ARTISTS’ OPEN STUDIOSaturday 13 June to Sunday 21 June, Daily 10am – 5pm
Preview Day: Saturday 13 June open till 9pm
The Gallery, Grey Gables, Bow Lane, Bourton-on-the-Water
Judy Harden (watercolours and ink), Mandy Selhurst(acrylics) and Barbara Beale (watercolours)
THIS IS A SUPER EXHIBITION. DO COME AND VISIT US!
A contribution will be made from revenue taken during the period of the exhibition to the Childrens’ Acorn Hospice
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Battle Proms Picnic Concert Battle Proms Picnic Concert at Blenheim Palace on Saturday 11 July
A celebration of classical music with Fireworks, Cannons, Cavalry and Spitfire air display.
Adults £36.00 (£40.00 on the day) Child £17.00, under 4 free.
Don't forget we sell discounted entrance tickets for Blenheim Palacein Woodstock and also for Shakespeare’s Houses in Stratford –
a great saving if you have family or friends to entertain.
Please contact your Visitor Information Centre for further information.
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St D C of E Primary School MORETON IN MARSH
SUMMER FAIR SAT 20th June
11am-2pm
BOUNCY CASTLE FAIRGROUND RIDES
PIMMS TENT GRAND DRAW GREAT PRIZES
TOMBOLA FACE PAINTING PONIES
DISPLAY ARENA |MUSIC |SKITTLES |PLANTS
BBQ & REFRESHMENTS Lots more stalls, fun and games.
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BBQ LUNCH
STRAWBERRY TEAS TIPPLE TENT
STALLS GALORE!
PLANTS KITCHENWARE BOOKS
EVERYTHING STRAWBERRY
CAKES & JAMS
ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES
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NORTH COTSWOLDS WIND BAND
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SUMMER FETE and FUN DAY!Sunday 14 June, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Come and join the fun! All welcome!Fantastic raffle prizes, pony rides, bungee run,
giant bouncy slide, traditional games, craft stalls, BBQ, bar and much, much more!
BROADWELL & DONNINGTON FETESaturday 13 June, 12 noon to 4pmBroadwell village green is the perfect setting for an afternoon oftraditional fun and entertainment for all the family. BBQ lunch … Jake the Entertainer, pony rides, face painting, fun racesfor the children and of course our ever popular duck races!Bring your dog along and enter them in our Dog Show.Plenty of stalls: books, cakes, bric-a-bac, plants, tombola and toys.BBQ lunch, Pimms and teas, a grand raffle. It will be an afternoon toremember – fun for all the family. DON'T MISS IT !!!!
The Age of Elegance: Georgian furniture
BLOCKLEY DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETYa lecture
The Age of Elegance: Georgian furnitureby Janusz Karczewski-Slowikowski
at 2.30pm on 15 June 2015in St George’s Hall, Blockley
Please contact Elaine Parker (01386 840326) for booking guests (which is essential) and more details.
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is on Saturday 13th June 2015 from 2.00pm - 4.30pm
held along the High Street with many stalls plus a Hog Roast, Morris Men, Bar, Longborough exhibition, Village School contributions All welcome.
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MILL DENE GARDEN
RHS Partner garden and offers cream teas by the millpond, plant salesOpen Wednesday to Friday 10 – 5, Saturdays 9am to 1pm.
Entrance £7, (£6.50 for concessions.)Directions: follow brown tourist signs from Bourton on the Hill, A44
Info from 01386 700457 www.milldenegarden.co.uk
ELKSTONE VILLAGE GARDENS OPEN DAY
Our 23rd year!
Sunday 7th June 2.00pm – 6.00pm pm
Interesting Open Gardens to View
• Norman Church & Bell Tower Visits • Tractor ‘Hay’ Rides
• Cream and Traditional Teas & Ice Creams Local Art Exhibition and Items for Sale
• Stalls, such as: Plants and White Elephant Garden games
Adults: £5 Children: FREE FREE CAR PARKING
Elkstone lies midway between Cheltenham and
Cirencester just off the A435 or A417
All proceeds in aid of the Church and Village Hall
No dogs please
www.elkstonevillage.co.uk
Since 1927 the National Gardens Scheme has raisedmore than £45 million for nursing and caring charitieshttp://www.ngs.org.uk
NB. Some of these gardens are not open generally to thepublic and open specifically to support the NGS fundraising.
Gardans open in June10 Rockcliffe House, GL54 2JW
Eyford House, GL54 2JNErnest West Memorial GardenCampden House, GL55 6UP
14 Blockley Gardens, GL56 9DBStanton Village Gardens, WR12 7NEWhichford & Ascott Gardens, CV36 5PP
21 The Old Vicarage, Bledington, OX7 6UXStowell Park, GL54 3LE
24 Daylesford House, GL56 0YG
26 Snowshill Manor & Garden, WR12 7JU
28 Littlefield Garden, GL54 5SZSezincote, GL56 9AW
Gardens Open in Bourton-on-the-Hill14 June from 1p.m. to 6 p.m.
Price £6.00, also includes Bourton House GardensParking opposite Bourton HouseTea and Cakes in the Village Hall
Dig out your wellies –it’s time to get out on farm for this year’s
Open Farm Sunday 7 June 2015!
All the farms are organising events – and each event is unique;activities may include farm walks or tours, meet the animals,
machinery displays, sheep shearing and even milking demonstrations.
FARMS within an easy distance:Greystones Farm, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Bourton on
the Water GL54 2EN (01451 810853) Old Farm, Dorn, Moreton in Marsh GL56 9NS (01608 650394)Guiting Manor Farm, Guiting Powers GL54 5UX (01451
850320)Butlers Road Farm, Long Compton CV36 5LQ (01608 684413)Washbrook Farm, Ebrington, Chipping Campden GL56 6NW
(01386 593222)Ramsden Rare Breeds, Wood Farm, Leafield Road, Finstock
OX7 3AS (01993 868844)
More Open Farms and more information on www.farmsunday.org
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The Cotswolds Awards have been created to give everyonein the Cotswolds a chance to nominate their favouritebusinesses, hotels, restaurants, spas and shops, and togive every Cotswold business a fair chance to win an awardvoted for fairly by customers.We’re all the best at something … so get nominating onwww.CotswoldsAwards.co.uk
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Sunday 21st June 2015Live music from 11.00am until 8.0pm
The Friends of St Mary's Church fete Saturday 13 June, from 12:00-4:00pm
The Old Vicarage, 5 Church Street, Chipping Norton
There will be fun for all the family, with a BBQ, afternoon teas,competitions, games and a variety of stalls.
Also a grand draw with some spectacular prizes
If you would be interested in buying raffle tickets, donating itemsfor stalls or helping on the day, we will be outside Sainsburys on
Saturday 6th June – or you can contact the church office.
The Moreton Show See the countryside in a dayon September 5thThe summer is here and the countdown is well underwayfor this year’s Moreton Show, which takes place onSaturday, September 5th.It is one of this country’s biggest one-day agriculturalshows and yet, at this stage of the process, the day-to-day organisation lies with just a handful of people led bythe chairman, Katharine Loyd. Unsurprisingly, the show’snew headquarters in Wychwood Court, on the CotswoldBusiness Village, London Road, Moreton in Marsh is ahive of activity. Entries are pouring in for the livestock classes, the horseshow and the Home and Garden Marquee while bookingsfor trade stand space is rapidly approaching capacity.Those bookings will close on June 30, when 350 traderswill have secured their pitch.It takes a week to prepare the showground site just off theFosse Way and then more than 500 people will beworking on the show,which will featuresome 2,000 animals,including pigs, sheep,goats, cattle, poultry,rare breeds, horsesand dogs.There are displays andattractions too as wellas the finest food produced in the Cotswolds. One ofthe themes this year is the Future Farmers’ Initiative andthe call has already gone out to young stock handlers allover the UK, who want to show their cattle, sheep, pigsand goats at this important event in the agriculturalcalendar. The aim, of course, is to build on last year’s success,which saw 25,000 visitors and an increase in entries inalmost every section. As a result, the Moreton in Marsh &District Agricultural and Horse Show Society, which is acharity, made a profit to October 2014 of £23,253 – anincrease on the previous year of £26,996.
You can save money bybooking early and tickets areavailable online atwww.moretonshow.co.ukTickets are also on sale at the200th anniversary celebrationsof the Battle of Waterloo in thecentre of Moreton in Marsh onJune 17.
BBQ, Beer, Wine, Pimms & plenty more refreshments
Ice creams and cakes Games for the childrENCrafts and Trade Stalls for your choice of local goods
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO COME ALONG AND ENJOY THE WONDERFUL ATMOSPHERE WITH MUSIC
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Flowers • Fruit • Vegetables • Honey • Wine • Cookery • Preserves Flower Arrangements • Arts and Crafts • Junior and Children’s items
Raffle • Refreshments
2.00 pm Saturday 29 August 2015 Royal British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water
Admission: Adults 50p Children 10p Presentation of Prizes 5.00 pm
Schedules now available from Visitor Information Centre, Victoria Street,
Hartwells, Bourton Basket and Countrywide Farmers, and from www.gfgs.org.uk/clubs/bourtonvale
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Local walks with the CotswoldsVoluntary Wardens in JuneIsbourne Way 3 (Toddington to Wormington) – Tuesday2 June – ModerateThird in a series of five circular walks which will incorporatethe whole of the new Isbourne Way. 3 hours: 6 miles.Start: 10:00 am The Pheasant Pub, Toddington. OS Map ref SP 047 325.
A Circuit of Batsford – Thursday 4 June – ModerateWe go to Batsford village where we will hear about its connections withthe Mitford family. We take in views of Batsford House before returningalong the Heart of England Way. 2.5 hours: 5 miles.Start: 10:00 am Blockley Village Green. Please park considerately inthe village. OS Map ref SP 164 349.
Wild Farming – like other farming but harder – Tuesday 9 June –ModerateFarming wildlife instead of wheat?! With Ellie Phillips (ConservationOfficer) and David Stevenson (Ranger) from the Cleeve Conservators, joinus to discover Cleeve Common as a working farm. PLEASE wear sturdyfootwear as the route may be steep/muddy in places. 3 hours: 6 miles.Start: 10:00 am Cleeve Common Quarry car park (past Golf Club). OSMap ref SO 989 271.
Literary Connections 1 – Thursday 11 June – ModerateWe take in Stanway and Snowshill and trace the literary figures pastand present who have found inspiration in the Cotswolds. Some steepascents from Stanway and Snowshill. Please bring a packed lunch. 4.5 hours: 8 miles.Start: 10:00 am Stanton Village Car Park. OS Map ref SP 067 344.
A Remote and Beautiful Valley – Tuesday 16 June – ModeratePassing through some of the North Cotswolds' most remote andbeautiful countryside. 2.5 hours: 5 miles.Start: 10:00 am Hinchwick Hamlet. Please park tidily on the grassverge. OS Map ref SP 145 300.
A Mitford Hero – Saturday 20 June – Moderate.A favourite circuit visiting the church on the Batsford estate & looking athow events can change the course of history. Please bring a packedlunch & protective bags for boots. 5.5 hours: 9.5 miles.Start: 9:30 am Longborough. Meet by bus shelter in High Street next toschool. OS Map ref SP 179 296.
Greystones – A Walk on the Wildside – Tuesday 30 June –ModerateAn opportunity to explore this Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust gem withthe Reserve Manager. We complete the walk via Wyck Risssington. 3.5hours: 4 miles.Start: 10:00 am Bourton-on-the-Water, Station Road car park. OS Mapref SP 170 208.
PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep andmuddy in places. EASY – Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat (level);MODERATE – includes some hills and rough ground. We welcome guideand hearing dogs – sorry, others not allowed.Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund ourconservation and improvement work.The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout theCotswolds. For more information seewww.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, also forany changes to arrangements such as due to extreme weather.DOWNLOADABLE WALKS INCLUDE:Miles without Styles; Car-free Walks; Walkers are Welcome and Walkson Wheels www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/ walking
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Everybody is welcome
Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo
17th June 2015 – Moreton in Marsh High StreetWhat was Moreton like in June 1815?
The main industry was wool – the railway came to Moreton in Marsh to transport wool. The railway brought more people and the town bustled with life.
The war in France seemed a long way off …
WITH a live band and dancing in the eveningPLUS: Moreton’s hotels have been challenged to produce the best Beef Wellington - with top local foodie Pru Leith judging the competition! Pupils from 12 local Schools have been invited to get involved Choosing projects about the importance of wool, how the railway came toMoreton and what happened at the Battle of Waterloo – with plays – maypoledancing – decorating shop windows – dressing-up and picnics on the green.
COME & SEE:Livestock
Morris dancingSuffolk punches and an Oxford carta huge traction engine and a steam organBring a picnic or ENJOY the ox roast
beer and cider tentsand free apple juice for kids
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Local Clubs, Societies, Associations and CharitiesClubs
Music
Local Authorities
Community Groups
Young People & Children
Key Information
Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC!) Thurs 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall.David Artingstall, Sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] Bourton Panto Group www.bourtonpantogroup.comCH. Norton Amateur Astronomy Group www.cnaag.com3rd Monday/m. 7.30pm. Methodist Rooms, CN. Chairman Robin Smitten 07527 224411 or [email protected] Conservative AssociationMoreton-in-Marsh Branch [email protected] Investment ClubMeets 2nd Tues of each month. Judith Borsay, 01608 650787 Cotswold Volunteers NorthLunch Club – St David’s Centre, Moreton3rd Thursday/month – £4.00Cotswold Wardens (conservation work, guided walks)01451 8562000 www.cotswoldaonb.org.ukDinner Hosts www.DinnerHosts.net Single 35-55 yr olds – social life through dinner parties. Gloucestershire Heart Support Group10.15 am every Wednesday morning. Moreton-in-Marsh CongregationalChurch Rooms. John Green, 01451 824141Knit One, Sip One Knitting GroupAlternate Weds at 8pm Coach & Horses, LongboroughContact Carlin on 07769646996 or [email protected] Saving Club (Fire College)Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle, 01386 882430Moreton ConservativesChairman Nigel Moor [email protected] Flower Club Meets 4th Thursday every month, 7.30 Broadwell Village HallJoan Malings 01451 822723Moreton-in-Marsh Interest & Leisure Club2nd Weds monthly. Club Sec Helen Hancox, 01608 650972Moreton-in-Marsh Probus Club2nd and 4th Mondays each Month.10.30 am. Swan Hotel, Moreton-inMarsh. Secretary: Norman Frost 01608 652749Moreton-in-Marsh W.I. 1st Thursday (afternoon) W.I. Hall, New Road. Trish 01608 651367Moreton-in-Marsh (Evening) W.I.2nd Thursday. W.I. Hall, New Road. Sec: Jo 01608 650821Moreton & District Local History SocietySec Jane Ingles 01608 650349 Moreton Reading Club Newcomers welcome 01608 654111Moreton ScoutsDave Manley – Moreton Scout Group Secretary 01608 650814 N Cotswold Arts Association Sandi Garrett 01451 822550N Cotswolds Bee-Keepers AssocJulie Edwards, 01608 659396 [email protected] Cotswold Bridge ClubMeets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, ThursAlanLamb, 01608 650202.wwwbridgewebs.com/northcotswoldsN Cotswold CAMRA01451810305 [email protected] Cotswold Digital Camera ClubJames Minter, 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.ukN Cotswold Disabled Club Joan M Oughton, 01451 830580N Cotswolds Friendship Centre (Within Age UK)1st Wed monthly. Peter 01608 652267 [email protected] Cotswold Model Aero ClubFlying site at Far Heath Farm, Moreton-in-MarshKen Rathborne, 01386 858649sites.google.com/site/northcotswoldmac/homeN Cotswold National TrustMem.Sec. Dr. Colin Ellis, 01451822208N Cotswold Rotary ClubDudley Mills 01451 820704 Bourton on the Water, Brian Honness01451 830052 Stow, Barry Peaston 01608 650526N Cotswold U3AContact Jenny Stanfield, 01451 824338 u3asites.org.uk/bourtonScottish Country Dance GroupBrenda Parsons, 01451 831876Shipston on Stour ‘The Literary Society’ Meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at the GeorgeHotel. 01295 680628 or 01608 663482Single File Chipping Norton social group for unattached 50-70s. Fortnightly pub nights for new members. 077655 [email protected] on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer's Guild01451 821291Tredington & District Gardening ClubEvery 3rd Tuesday at the Tredington W I Hall at 7.30pm01608 682644
Blockley Toddler Group Jubilee Hall, Blockley, Thursday 10-11.30(term time). Call Clare on 01386 701695 or [email protected]’s Art Club (ages 4–12)After school, Saturdays and holidays. Gill Parkes 01386 700991Monkey Music (pre-school music classes)Tues. afternoons 07768 457403 or [email protected] Moreton-in-Marsh Guide UnitWednesdays 6.30-8.00pm at the Scout Hut. We are open to girls aged10-14. Guider in Charge Alison Eastabrook 01608 650 515Moreton ScoutsBeavers, Mondays 17:30–18:45 Age 6–8½Cubs, Mondays 18.45–20.15 Age 8–10Explorer Scouts, Wednesday (fortnightly) 20.00–22.00 Age 14–18Scouts, Thursdays 19.30–21.30 Age 10½–14Scout Leader, Oliver Robins [email protected] GroupBourton on the Hill Village Hall, Mon (term time) 10–12noon.Springboard Children’s CentreSt Edwards Drive, Stow 01451 831642 www.springboardcc.co.uk
CharitiesFirst Responders (St John Ambulance)01452 858234 [email protected] Branch Save the ChildrenJoyce Rees, 01608 650825
Childrens Physio Direct helpline 0300 421 69809.00am-12.00pm, Monday-Friday (except Bank Holidays)Childline 0800 11 11Chipping Norton Veterinary HospitalAlbion Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5BN 01608 642547Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111First Responders (St John’s Ambulance)01452 858220 [email protected] Gloucestershire Heart Support Group10.15 am every Wednesday morning, Moreton-in-Marsh CongregationalChurch Rooms. John Green 01451 824141N Cots. District, Community First Responders,Notgrove Training Centre, SJA, Bourton-o-t-Water3rd Monday at 7–30pm. You can train to be a CFR in this area,Tel. William Warmington 01608 651886North Cotswold Hospital Stow Road, Moreton in Marsh GL56 0DS.daily 8am-8pm, 0300 421 8770 www.gloshospitals.nhs.co.ukN Cotswold Neighbourhood WatchNon-Emergency 0845 090 1234. www.northcotswoldsnw.co.ukN Cotswold St John Ambulance & St John Cadets(from age 10) Meets at Bourton Thurs 7–9pm 01451 820570Police StationHigh Street, Stow on the Wold. Mon-Fri 08.30–16.30.Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999
Moreton Chamber of Commerceto be advisedRedesdale Hall Management CommitteeClerk Sarah James 01608 650040Tesco Community Champion Ann Lattimore [email protected] 408598WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) Network01386 831379/07977 226025N Cotswolds Emma Heathcote-James www.wireuk.org/networks
Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC!) Thurs 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall.DavidArtingstall. Sec 01386 701556 [email protected] Brass BandFriday 7.30–9.30 pm St George's Hall. Sec: Rachel Galt 01386 841677Blockley Ladies Choir Tues 7.30–9pm Little Village Hall. Sue Wareham. 01608 654299, 07917198327 [email protected] Music SocietyCarol Jackson – concert mgr [email protected] West Gallery Group Annette Smith 01451 830160Cotswold Youth Choir Every Saturday for children ages 3-6, and 7 upwards. Burford MethodistChurch. Contact Amanda Hanley 07976 353996Stour Singers Vic Twyman, Choir Manager 01451 [email protected] Youth Singers (Ages 9+) Linda Green 01451 830327Fridays Term Time, 6–7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow
County Cllr Nigel Moor01386 700240/07778 207034 [email protected] District Councillors Alison Coggins, Robert Dutton [email protected](01608) 651914Glos Homeseeker applying for affordable housing www.gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 666 6330 –charged at local rateGlos Rural Community Council Marilyn Cox 01452 [email protected] [email protected] www.grcc.org.ukMoreton Area CentreHigh Street, Moreton. 01608 650881. [email protected] Town CouncilCouncil Office, Old Town, Moreton in Marsh GL56 0LWTel 01608 651448 www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk.There was no election. Two new councillors will be co-opted.Village [email protected] [email protected]
Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation)01451 822102/810520Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people)Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 [email protected] 92 ClubDisabled & Carers, Frail & Elderly. 2nd Wed monthly. 7–9pm. JamesonCourt, Moreton. Irene Randell 01608 650213Fair SharesN. Cotswolds Community Time Bank01608 812338 [email protected] Stroke Gp Caroline Seguro www.stroke.org.uk 01452 520723Home-Start – N CotswoldsFamily Support Charity 01451 831781Independence Trust mental health, drug and alcohol support01608 652232, www.independencetrust.co.ukSue Tomlinson – local contact East Glos Mental Health01285 650523/07920 427608InsightMoreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton. Mondays 10am–1pm.01242 221170 is [email protected]’s Home Nursing (palliative nursing care at home) Karen Pengilley, [email protected], 0754 0898 143.Medical Detection Dogs (charity no 1124533)Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer Support group. Organising fundraisingevents and talking to local groups. 01993 [email protected] Cotswold Community RadioOld Police Station, Chipping Campden, www.nothcotswoldonline.comN Cotswold Support Group – Parkinson’s UKMike Winter 01451 831194P3 Charity (Supporting People through Advice & Guidance)High Street, Moreton in Marsh 01608653377.www.p3charity.orgRead Easy North Cotswolds1-1 reading coaching for adults, 0844 493 [email protected] Hall Plays Committee Mike Rees 01608 650825RNLI N Cotswold BranchChairman Diana Porter 01451 830508The Stroke Association (Age UK) Louise Read 01452 520723, [email protected] Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually impaired. 01242 252072. [email protected] – Bourton & DistrictSec Janet Prout 01451 821478 u3asites.org.uk/bourtonYoung At Heart Club1st and 3rd Thursdays monthly, 10.30am-2.30pm, Lounge at JamesonCourt. A light lunch is served; Carer Respite Service available for amodest charge. Val 01451 810637 for more info.
Business Associations & Groups
3 Counties TaiJiQuan AssocTues evenings, Broadway. Val, 01608 652835. ww.thinkingchanges.comAngling Club Chairman Neil Halley 07961 920708, [email protected] Cotswold WalkersSarah Clifton-Gould, 01285 623450. Every Thurs 2pm Moreton AreaCentre. Wed 2pm Bourton Parish Ch. Alan Robinson, 01451 821067.Great Rissington ArchersSat 10.30am at Gr Rissington Social Club (+ Weds 6.30pm in summer)Michael Ebelthite 01451 824161, Niall McIntosh 01451 870221Little Compton Bowls ClubAll Year Club. Play stars April. Sue Grantham, 01608 642859London Chinatown TaeKwonDoWeds 6.30pm kids & families, 7.30 teens & adults. Redesdale Hall,Moreton 0751 7437300Moreton Badminton ClubMike & Joyce Rees, 01608 650825Moreton in Marsh Bowling ClubClub Captain, Brenda Dix 01451 821020 [email protected] Chair, Helen Tuff 01608 650893 [email protected] Cricket ClubCapt, 01608 652630. Sec, 01608 650929 www.moretoninmarshcc.co.ukMoreton Rangers Football ClubSec 01608650955 www.moretonfangersfc.co.ukMoreton Tennis Clubwww.moretontennis.co.uk Club secretary Sue Bull 01386 853298North Cotswolds Aikido ClubThursday nights 8-10pm.Village Hall, Naunton, GL54 3AS. 07554252021 www.northcotswoldsaikido.co.ukNorth Cotswold Cycling ClubClub Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 650217N Cotswolds Youth Cricket ClubRobert Fox 07516 732609 www.nycc.co.ukNorthwick Bowls Club01386 700390/01608 650853Stow Rugby ClubTim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge www.stowrfc.co.ukTae Kwon Do Assoc of GBTues 6.30 Adults. Thurs 6.30 Juniors, 7.30 Seniors, 8.30 Adult Self [email protected] www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk
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Club NoticesSTOW & DISTRICT CIVIC SOCIETY
Calling all bakers! Do you fancy baking a few muffins or cookies? And do you enjoy eating them! Then please think of helping us at the Stow Cotswold Festival on Saturday 4th July when we’ll be providing American-style refreshments for our special ‘quilting sewing bee’ in St. Edward’s Hall. Offers of help with refreshments - or to take part in the quilting - all gratefully received! Please contact Rachel for more details on what will be a fun event! (Tel: 01451 833783) Our next talk, “Barley, Beer and Barrels” is on Friday, 5th June at 7.30p.m. in St. Edward’s Hall, Stow when Martin Way will give a potted look at the ‘Mystery of Brewing’. Please note: this talk follows our short AGM which begins at 7 pm. (Members free / visitors warmly welcome.)
Interested in joining us? Please call Rachel or Nigel on 01451 833783. Membership - single £8, joint £14. Full details of our 2014-15 programme are on our website and noticeboard. www.stowcivicsociety.co.uk
Stow on the Wold and Countryside
Embroiderers Guild We meet every first Tuesday of the month for some fascinating talks on textile and needle related work. This month, 2nd June, the talk is by Maryke Phillips "My Stitching Obsession" followed by tea and cake, from 2-4 at Broadwell Village hall. Visitors are always welcome, £5 charge. Our monthly workshops or sit and stitch days are open to non - members.
For info contact Fiona Vann - Chairman 01451 821 291
MORETON IN MARSH (EVENING) W I Our May meeting welcomed Lynda Warren, a WI historian, who took us back to our roots in 1915, when at one of the first meetings the programme consisted of, amazingly, a demonstration of a breadmaker,two other talks, one of which was goat management, including live goats, two musical solos and tea and cake. We now look forward to a busy summer programmes of Outings and Activities and two of our Quiz Teams are delighted to be through to the next round of the GFWI County Quiz. The next meeting will be in the WI Hall on Thursday 11th June at 7.30 when the Speaker will be Kathy Butterworth talking on the “Lighter Side of Dementia” – looking after Uncle John. Please contact Jo on 01608 650821 if you would like to visit.
MORETON IN MARSH W I For our May meeting we welcomed Lt.Colonel Lesinsky on a return visit who explained to us the historical significance of "The Crown Jewels" and how they have been adapted and renewed over the centuries. We were extremely pleased to welcome some new members and guests. Our next meeting will be held in the W.I.Hall on Thursday 4th June at 2pm.The speaker will be Jill Salmonds on the "Culture and Costumes of South Western China". New members and guests will be warmly welcomed. For further information contact Trish on 01608 651367
Naunton W I Meets in the Village Hall on the
1st Wednesday of every month
Visitors very Welcome Contact 01451 850475
RLNI NORTH COTSWOLD BRANCH At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Branch, our Chairman, Mrs. Diana Porter, BEM, gave a resume of the past year’s activities. These included various coffee mornings, Car Boot Sales, Personal Donations, House to House collections and Supermarket collections. In total the Branch raised over £13,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution with only £101 being paid out in expenses. A congratulatory letter, from Headquarters, on the Branch’s fund raising was read out. This gave a summary of RNLI life saving activities during 2013 when Lifeboats were launched across the UK and Ireland 8,304 times rescuing from the sea 8,384 people. In community fund raising a total of £13.4m was raised by Branch’s such as ours across the UK. In conclusion our Chairman asked members to note that the next fund raising collection will be at the Tesco store in Stow on the Wold on Friday and Saturday 23/24th May.
BOURTON & DISTRICT This month’s meeting will be on Wednesday 24th June at the British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Tea and coffee from 10am. The talk will be on “Droving through the Cotswolds” by Brian Smith, this will start at 10.45am. £2 per head. The University of the 3rd Age (U3A) is a group for retired and semi retired people that enables members to meet and share many educational, creative and leisure activities. Visitors very welcome, why not come along and see what we have to offer? More details available from www.u3asites.org.uk/bourton [email protected] Susan Dodd, Publicity Officer 01451 822431.
Upper Windrush Local History Society Next meeting on Monday 8th June at 7.30p.m. Vikings in Gloucestershire - Speaker Tony Roberts
Temple Guiting Village Hall. Visitors Welcome. Members £1 Visitors £2
A couple of Thank You’s
Thank you to everyone who came along to Blockley May Fair , a lot of fun was had by al l!
FUNDRAISING PLANT SALE
IN MAY Thank you to everyone who donated cakes & plants, and who helped to raise £1,200 for
Kate’s Home Nursing.
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Moreton train station receives a green-fingered make-over Train passengers travelling through Moreton-in-Marsh station may have noticed an improvement in the appearance of the flower beds and tubs on the station platform recently.
The flower beds were starting to look a little overgrown and in need of some attention so Batsford Arboretum & Garden Centre, who are located just two miles from the station, offered their services - along with local landscape gardeners Meadows Garden Landscapes - to clear the over-grown plants and shrubs and provide attractive, low-maintenance flower beds for train passengers to enjoy.
Joe Ford-Wilcox and his Meadows Garden Landscapes business partner Ron Crawford got to work clearing the beds and planter tubs and preparing them for re-planting. Batsford apprentices Bradley Rogers and Matthew Elliott were then tasked with planting a mixture of low-maintenance herbaceous plants and shrubs as well as a Sorbus ‘Autumn Spire’ and two Liquidambar trees, donated by Batsford Garden Centre.
Alan Field, Station Manager for the North Cotswolds, said: “We’re thankful to the team at Meadows Garden Landscapes and Batsford for doing a fantastic job of brightening up the Station. It’s a total transformation”. Stuart Priest, Operations Director for Batsford, said: “We believe in maintaining strong working relationships with local businesses and service providers in Moreton, and we’ve always had a good relationship with the train station, so we were more than happy to help out”.
Meadows Garden Landscapes will be in charge of the on-going maintenance of the beds and tubs to ensure they continue to look their best. Both teams have also cleared and re-planted some of the flower beds along the High Street in Moreton-in-Marsh town centre. From Laura Summers
Before….
After……with Bradley (L) and Matt ®
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The Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds
Aid for Nepal following Earthquake
A very big Thank You to Rotarian John Hackling and John Hackling(Transport) Ltd for waiving charges on his company's car park in StationRoad, Bourton-on-the-Wate, and allowing North Cotswolds Rotary Clubto collect from cars and buses parking there on Saturday 9th May, withall the takings (£1400, including donations from bus and car passengers)going towards longer term reconstruction projects in Nepal. OnSaturday 2nd May club members and their families collected £1200 inBourton, which went to ShelterBox and Aquabox for immediate disasterrelief, and the previous week the club donated £2000 for emergencyrelief in Nepal. Also on 2nd May Rotarian Phil Randall collected forNepal outside Budgens in Moreton in Marsh, raising £753 in four hours,and this will be added to the funds for reconstruction projects. Thus thetotal raised or donated so far comes to £5353, and we hope to contributefurther towards reconstruction projects through Rotary in Nepal in thefuture. Many thanks to all who donated.
Know Your Blood Pressure
North Cotswolds Rotary Club completed a very worthwhile day's servicein our local community on Saturday 18th April. At the end of Know YourBlood Pressure Day in Bourton-on-the-Water a total of 115 people hadtheir blood pressure taken, of which 18 were advised to see their GPwithin a month and several to see their GP immediately. In other wordsthere were concerns about nearly 20% of those seen. The exercise wasrun in conjunction with the Stroke Association, and Rotary clubs up anddown the country participated.
To find out details of our club go to www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.ukor
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Rotarians collecting for Nepal in front of a ShelterBox tent in Bourton.
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The Old School BOURTON ON THE HILLSaturday 27 JuneSELMA7.15pm. Hot dogs on sale from 6.30. Wine with a donation. £3.50 on the door.Tickets/queries 01386 701385/01386 701396
St. Andrew's ChurchNAUNTONTuesday 2 JuneSELMADoors open 7.15, Film 7.45. Tickets £3.00 at the door01451 850897 or [email protected]
REGULAR EVENTS1st MON Folk Night Ebrigton Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.ukMON Dance Fusion Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience necessary. Exercise in a fun
way. No pre-booking necessary. Chipping Campden Town Hall 9.30-10.30. £4.50MON Scottish Country Dancing St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30-7pm Children and
7-9pm Adults 01451 831876MON Childrens Dance Class Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs
5-6pm. Single class £7pp, Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057MON YogaChipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 01386438537MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the Water
(10am -12) for anyone to come along for a cup of tea and a chat,MON Burford OrchestraRehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community Primary School OX28
1HL. [email protected]. 07984 492 976. New members welcome; no audition.MON Powerfreestyle Kickboxingat Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7-7.50pm. Adults
7.50-8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. Call Adam 07774285459MON Bridge Club @ Northleach 7.30pm. Partners not necessary. Non members welcome,
01285 750288 Tim Morris MON Dance FusionAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary.
All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50)MON Robert Cox Pilates 4U relocation for Monday 7pm classes to Haybarn, Daylesford
near Kingham, GL56 0YGMON Jun/July Samba drumming group Bourton-on-the-Water. (Not bank holidays) 7.30-
9pm British Legion Hall. £5/£4 per drop in session or block discount. www.olasamba.co.uk3rd Mon West Oxfordshire WI St. Mary's Parish Rooms, 7.30pm. 3 sessions at £4 and then
hope you'll become a member! Contact Hilary Dix 01608 646228Last MON Whist Drives at Burmington Village Hall. 7.30pm. In aid of the village hallTUES Fit For Life at Baden-Powell Hall, Bourton. Tai Chi: 9.30-10.30am £4.50/session.
Balance & strength: 11-12noon £4.50/ session. Contact Denise Nethercott07909874186 or email [email protected]
TUES Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 /07908512734 [email protected]
TUES Seated Tai Chi 11.15am – 12 noon. Henry Cornish Care Centre, Rockhill Farm, Close offLondon Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. £2 per session. Sylvia Evans 01608 642364.
TUES Pottery Class Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30-12:00 noon. £95 plus materials/ firing costper 10 weeks. Beginners welcome. [email protected] 01451 870734
TUES Great Rollright Baby and Toddler Group 10-11.30am in the village hall. Ann White01608 737437
1st TUES Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer’s GuildAfternoon meetingswith speaker then tea & cake. Broadwell Village Hall. 01451 821291
1st WED Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes. Chipping Norton LeisureCentre. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk
2nd WED Charlbury Art Society 7:30 pm. Many other activities arranged throughout the year.Marion Coates 01608 810116.
WEDS Fitness classes and Kettlercise 5.15 - 6.30pm/6.30 - 7.45pm. Stow on the WoldPrimary School. email millyjopt@gmail
WEDS Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall. 1:30 - 4:00 01451 831862/07908 512734 [email protected]
WEDS Chipping Campden Bridge Club 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall.Non members welcome. Partners not necessary, 01608 664456
WEDS Environmental projects 10-1pm. Chipping Norton Green Gym is a friendly group withjobs for all! 01608 643269, [email protected] www.chippygreengym.org
Victoria HallBOURTON ON THE WATERMonday 15 JuneSELMAFilm 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3refreshments. Family Tickets £10 (2 adults, 2 children)Queries 01451 822365
Village HallLITTLE WOLFORDThursday 18 JuneSELMAFilm 7.30pm Tickets £4.00 inc. refreshmentsAdvance tickets/queries01608 684223 or 01608 674200
Screen on the Green, Village HallILMINGTONFriday 26 JuneSELMAFilm 7.30pm Tickets £3.50 (students £2.50)Advance tickets from Red Lion or OutreachP.O. or on door if availableRefreshments. Queries 01606 682806
Village HallODDINGTONTuesday 16 JuneSELMA7 for 7.30pm. £3.00 Wine and soft drinks.Advance tickets/queries Ted 01451 830738
Memorial HallCHARLBURY’S OWN CIMEMA (ChOC)Sunday 14 JuneTHE THEORY OF EVERYTHINGFilm: 7.30pm – Doors & bar from 6.45pm.Tickets £5 / U15s £3, at the door. Family ticket £12 (2 adults, 1 or 2 children)Queries: 01608 810713 served in the interval
WEDS Awareness Through Movement classes 7pm at Church Westcote Village Hall, OX76SF £10/£40 for 6 classes. Karin 01993 832520 [email protected]
WEDS Dance 50+ Termly, 9.45am-10.45am. Keep fit and mobile. Upstairs in The Theatre'sGallery. £60 for ten week term. 01608 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com
WEDS Weds Walk Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 8620003rd WEDS N Cots Support Group for Parents & Carers of people with additional needs. Childrens
Centre (behind Stow Primary Sch) 7.30-9pm. [email protected] 01451 831642WED & FRI Adult Garden Workshop.1.30 - 4pm. P3, The Windrush, High Street, Moreton.
Tel: 01608 653377 for more info.1st THURS Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes Stow-on-the-Wold
Primary School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk,1st THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women (Adults only) Stow-
on-the-Wold Primary School 07977 560086 www.selfdefencevoucher.co.ukTHURS Fitness League Exercise and movement to music. 9-45am to 11-15am in the British
Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Kathy Kirk 01993 882350THURS Belly Dancing Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes
Longborough V Hall, 7.30-9pm, Beginners 7-8.30pm, 01608 663480THURS Ceramics Class (adults). Blockley High Street, 4.30-7pm. 01386 700903.
[email protected] THURS Quiz Night at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688THURS Chippy Art Club Fortnightly in Glyme Hall, next to Leisure Centre. £5 per morning.
10.30-12.30 Friendly group. All abilities. 01608 730268THURS Adult Arts & Crafts Workshop. 09.30 - 12noon. Moreton Congregational Church
Hall. Tel: 01608 653377 for more infoTHURS Line Dancing1.45pm beginners, 2.30 others. King George Hall, Mickleton 01386 438 537THURS Notgrove Country Music Every other Thursday, 8pm to 11:30 pm. £5 entrance.
Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details.THURS Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC) 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall. David Artingstall, Sec:
01386 701556 [email protected] THURS Toddler groupVillage Hall in Upper Rissington. 10-12. £2 per Family. Newborn to
5 years old. Contact 01451 822379 or [email protected] Kettle’s On coffee morning. 10.30am to 12 noon. Henry Cornish Care Centre,
Rockhill Farm, Close off London Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. Contact Sylvia Evanson 01608 642364.
FRI Belly DancingNew beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Room, Chipping Campden.Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480
FRI Blockley Brass Band 7.30-9.30pm St George's Hall. Rachel Galt 01386 841677FRI Dance FusionAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. All Welcome.
Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50)FRI Active & Able classes for older people. Baptist Church Rooms, Stow 01285 623450FRI Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 /07908
512734 [email protected] Line DancingWillersey Village Hall, near Broadway 01386 438537FRI Active & Able Classes Posture & Stability – Tai Chi Chi Kong at Bourton, Moreton and
Stow. 01285 623450FRI Moore Lunch ClubThe Naight, Bourton on the Water. Secretary: Sheila Thorpe 01451
822846 [email protected] Drama sessions for 5-7 year olds. 10-11am or 11.15-12.15. Sessions build confidence
and creativity. £55 per term. Ch Norton Theatre, OX7 5NL. 01608 642350Last SAT (exc December) Great Rollright Village Market 9.30-12.30 in the village hall.
www.greatrollrightvillagemarket.weebly.com
FilmsThe Theory of Everything (PG13) 123minsThe extraordinary and uplifting story of one ofthe world’s greatest living minds, the renownedastrophysicist Stephen Hawking, and of twopeople defying the steepest of odds throughlove. With award winner Eddie Redmayne.
My Old Lady (PG13) 107minsKevin Kline plays Mathias who travels to Parisin order to liquidate a valuable apartment hehas inherited from his father. He finds an oldwoman and her daughter living in it and theyhave bad news regarding his plans.
The Playhouse, St George’s HallBLOCKLEYThursday 25 June MY OLD LADY2013 Season Tickets available – £25Doors/Bar open at 7.00pm – 7.45pm filmAdvance tickets £3.50/ on the door £4Advance tickets/queries 01386 700647/593386
Village HallCHURCHILL AND SARSDENSaturday 20 JuneMR TURNERFilm 7.30pm.Tickets £4.50 at the doorAdvance tickets/queries 01608 [email protected]
Rural Cinema – June 2015
Selma (PG13) 128minsA chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign tosecure equal voting rights via an epic march fromSelma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
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The panelled Court Room
Banging Down the Doors to Northleach House of Correction
Article researched and written by Caroline Fisher for Cotswold Times © May 2015
NORTHLEACH’S House of Correction wasn’t somewhere you wanted to spend much time 200 years ago - but current custodians hope people will be banging down the doors to get in, if a state-of-the-art transformation gets the go-ahead. This month (June 2015) the Friends of the Cotswolds are bidding for a Heritage Lottery Fund of £3.3m towards a £5m radical refurbishment of the centre, designed to put it firmly on the map.
The Friends of the Cotswolds bought the run-down and neglected Grade 2 listed building from Cotswold District Council in 2013, planning to re-launch it as a true gateway to the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and a destination in its own right. They are working with their tenants the Cotswolds Conservation Board (CCB) who run the venue, and the Cotswold Lion Café manager Jess Hughes, to provide visitors and local people alike an emotional connection with the environment.
“If you’re coming to the Cotswolds we want THIS to be the place you must come and see first,” said CCB director Martin Lane. “Here you’ll find all you need to know about the area - where to go and how to get there. We’ll explain what makes this special landscape tick, what you might see and how it changes with the seasons.”
The building is ‘crying out for an imaginative revamp’
Cutting-edge new buildings will give a ‘wow’ factor to the present rather dour and uninspiring site, which is crying out for an imaginative revamp. The outdated plot on the busy A429 Fosseway houses the Escape to the Cotswolds Discovery Centre and Cotswold Lion café –both clad in draughty single-paned glass – complete with prison cells and a courtroom. The old police station is sub-let as private offices and the CCB has its HQ above the courtroom. Across a large grassed courtyard languishes the nationally-important Lloyd Baker Collection of Rural Life featuring agricultural artefacts including waggons, farm machinery and tools. The fascinating farming bygones are cordoned off in a 1980s semi-circular open shed with a corrugated asbestos roof. Evocative shepherds’ vans are also behind barriers.
A sweeping new glass-fronted gallery will give a shining showcase for the Lloyd Baker exhibits. It will feature an impressive central two-storey building, acting as a facility for rural skills courses, giving stunning views up into the valley. The café and Discovery Centre will be revitalised inside new alluring and eye-catching modern glass structures. The new-look architecture is designed to complement and set off the existing historical core of the building.
There’s a rich story to tell
Mr Lane said: “The old gallery was open to the elements and fell a long way short of modern-day curatorial care. We’ll have the opportunity to take down the wooden fence barriers which said ‘look but don’t touch’ and have staff on hand to make our display really interactive. There has been little or no interpretation of the Lloyd Baker Collection, so we’ll help it to come alive with audio visuals. The carts grew out of the landscape, built to control the brush on the high wold – let’s explain the design features and it was actually like working the land.
CCB Director Martin Lane with Café manager Jess Hughes at the back of the building.
Below: A painted cart and a shepherd’s hut are part of the display of farming artefacts and tools
The panelled Court Room
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The panelled Court Room
Banging Down the Doors to Northleach House of Correction
Article researched and written by Caroline Fisher for Cotswold Times © May 2015
NORTHLEACH’S House of Correction wasn’t somewhere you wanted to spend much time 200 years ago - but current custodians hope people will be banging down the doors to get in, if a state-of-the-art transformation gets the go-ahead. This month (June 2015) the Friends of the Cotswolds are bidding for a Heritage Lottery Fund of £3.3m towards a £5m radical refurbishment of the centre, designed to put it firmly on the map.
The Friends of the Cotswolds bought the run-down and neglected Grade 2 listed building from Cotswold District Council in 2013, planning to re-launch it as a true gateway to the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and a destination in its own right. They are working with their tenants the Cotswolds Conservation Board (CCB) who run the venue, and the Cotswold Lion Café manager Jess Hughes, to provide visitors and local people alike an emotional connection with the environment.
“If you’re coming to the Cotswolds we want THIS to be the place you must come and see first,” said CCB director Martin Lane. “Here you’ll find all you need to know about the area - where to go and how to get there. We’ll explain what makes this special landscape tick, what you might see and how it changes with the seasons.”
The building is ‘crying out for an imaginative revamp’
Cutting-edge new buildings will give a ‘wow’ factor to the present rather dour and uninspiring site, which is crying out for an imaginative revamp. The outdated plot on the busy A429 Fosseway houses the Escape to the Cotswolds Discovery Centre and Cotswold Lion café –both clad in draughty single-paned glass – complete with prison cells and a courtroom. The old police station is sub-let as private offices and the CCB has its HQ above the courtroom. Across a large grassed courtyard languishes the nationally-important Lloyd Baker Collection of Rural Life featuring agricultural artefacts including waggons, farm machinery and tools. The fascinating farming bygones are cordoned off in a 1980s semi-circular open shed with a corrugated asbestos roof. Evocative shepherds’ vans are also behind barriers.
A sweeping new glass-fronted gallery will give a shining showcase for the Lloyd Baker exhibits. It will feature an impressive central two-storey building, acting as a facility for rural skills courses, giving stunning views up into the valley. The café and Discovery Centre will be revitalised inside new alluring and eye-catching modern glass structures. The new-look architecture is designed to complement and set off the existing historical core of the building.
There’s a rich story to tell
Mr Lane said: “The old gallery was open to the elements and fell a long way short of modern-day curatorial care. We’ll have the opportunity to take down the wooden fence barriers which said ‘look but don’t touch’ and have staff on hand to make our display really interactive. There has been little or no interpretation of the Lloyd Baker Collection, so we’ll help it to come alive with audio visuals. The carts grew out of the landscape, built to control the brush on the high wold – let’s explain the design features and it was actually like working the land.
CCB Director Martin Lane with Café manager Jess Hughes at the back of the building.
Below: A painted cart and a shepherd’s hut are part of the display of farming artefacts and tools
The panelled Court Room
Escape to the Cotswolds Centre The Old Prison, Northleach GL54 3JH
01451 862000
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EVENTS at THE OLD
PRISON
JUNE 2015 Saturday 6th June - Birds and Breakfast Andy Lewis of the North Cotswolds Ornithological Society will be taking you on an informative and fascinating walk in the Cotswolds. Tickets* £9 Saturday 6th June - Don't go into the Cellar!
Morbid Curiosities featuring Houdini, Conan Doyle & HP Lovecraft. “Designed to scare!” Tickets* £10
Tuesday 9th June - Cotswold Grassland Week
Magnificent Meadows at Night Join two local experts who will introduce you to the beautiful moths and fabulous bats that inhabit meadows at night. Friday 12th June –
Managing Grasslands for Wildlife An illustrated talk exploring our amazing wildflower grasslands and their ecology and management.
*BOOK TICKETS for these events – 01451 862000
Tuesday 16th June - Cotswold Friends: Lunch Club Come and meet other local people and enjoy a cooked lunch £5.50 for two courses (over 60’s only) Every third Tuesday of each month To book a place or transport call Wendy on 01608 651745
Escape to the Cotswolds Centre The Old Prison, Northleach GL54 3JH 01451 862000 Follow our latest news and talk to us!
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/events
The courtroom was still in use in the 1970s and there are opportunities for re-enactments in this historic space and in the cell block. There’s a rich story to tell in each of our areas and we can combine this with a new-look café specialising in local produce and working with the community, hosting events.”
Café manager Jess said: “We have a facility for people to hold their own events here and we can do catering and bar. We’ve already set up an agreement with The Cotswolds Friends, a charity for the elderly, doing a once-a-month lunch club. This kind of thing helps spread the word. Other regular groups include mums and toddlers, spinning and weaving and Northleach and Fosse Lions. The space fits 60 to 70 people seated and up to 110 standing for a music event, for example, and we did a very successful Pop Up Gourmet Dinner in May.
A really local ‘Cotswolds Ploughman’s’
“We’re sourcing local produce in the café such as Witney-based UE Coffee and Jeeves and Jericho tea. A Cotswolds Ploughman’s would consist of Simon Weaver organic cheese from Upper Slaughter; Cotswold Curer salamis (Cirencester); Little Pickle pickles (Moreton); bread from Hobbs House Bakery (Cheltenham), and beer from the Cotswold Brewery.”
Looking around, Martin added: “It’s a very flexible indoor-outdoor space. If we ran it as a hard-nosed commercial venue it wouldn’t fit in with the community agenda. Right at the start The Friends, with crucial local support, fought off a good level of commercial interest, convincing CDC they were the right party to sell to as they would keep it open for the community.”
HLF should give its verdict on the bid in three months. Meanwhile, The Friends are going all-out to fundraise to make up the shortfall. If the bid succeeds, they want lots of local input and ideas to refine the scheme. Building work could then start by autumn 2016 to create a jewel in the crown for the Cotswolds.
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Local businesses boost launch of Shipston Food Festival
Shipston is set to host its third annual Food Festival, with local businesses at the heart of the action. Building on the success of the previous two events, organisers have ambitious plans which will see the festival run from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September.
Taste of the Country will be unveiling its new shop and expanded product range at the Food Festival, following a complete refit. The shop will be offering free hot and cold tastings as well as selling snacks, drinks and lunches throughout the festival.
Event organiser, Dan Scobie, said: “ Shipston Food Festival is grateful for the strong commitment from Taste of the Country and other local businesses to support the event and help put Shipston on the food-‐lovers map.”
For further information, please contact: Philip Vial, Shipston Food Festival on 07814 192161 or [email protected] Jim Cherry, Taste of the Country on 07813 916329
A great big THANK YOU to the Moreton Community for supporting our first ever
BINGO Night at St David’s C of E Primary School.
We hope you enjoyed the evening. In total we raised £1005 to support the development of the reading corners in our classrooms. Please look at the school
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We look forward to welcoming you again to our SUMMER FAIR
Saturday 20th June ● 11am-‐2pm Thanks again, from all of the Children, Staff and Friends of St David’s Association (FOSDA).
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Children across the Cotswolds will have a fantastic range of activities on offer this summer many of which are free.
The 2015 ‘Summer off the Streets’ programme provides activities for children of all abilities to have fun, learn some skills and make new friends. These four ‘week-‐long’ programmes will run alongside the central ‘Summer off the Streets’ programme.
The programme is coordinated by community organisation, World Jungle, who this year were delighted to have received further support from Gloucestershire County Council to run additional Summer Holiday Activity Programmes for children and families to enjoy in Bourton & Northleach, Stow-‐on-‐the-‐Wold and South Cerney .
The funding was made available under the ‘Children’s Activity Fund’, a grant scheme from Gloucestershire County Council with the backing of the Local Councillor for the area: Cllr Nigel Moor (Stow-‐on-‐the-‐Wold), Cllr Tony Hicks (Tetbury) and Cllr Paul Hodgkinson (Bourton and Northleach).
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Volunteer Open Day
Thursday 4 June If you have a free hour a week available and you would enjoy befriending a lonely neighbour, please contact us!
We are currently looking for volunteer befrienders, drivers, IT mentors and helpers at our lunch and social events – just an hour a month can make a difference.
People volunteer for a number of reasons. It can be a great way of getting work experience, to gain employ-ment or get into a university. For some volunteers it’s a way of putting something back into their local community and meeting new people. If you have skills and experience that could be used to help support some of the more vulnerable people living in your village or town come along to our open day for coffee, cake and a chat. There is no personal care involved, we offer full training and support and any out of pocket expenses.
Our Volunteer Open Day - Thursday 4 June 10 – 3pm at The Library, Stow Road, Moreton-in-Marsh. If you can’t make the day, call us on 01608 651415 or look at our website www.cotswoldfriends.org
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As we sat in a local café Maureen, a Moreton resident, told me something of her story. For a few years she had travelled weekly to stay with her Mum who began to develop Dementia, along with other medical conditions making life difficult. Eventually, in order to provide necessary specialist support, her Mum moved into a care home before she passed away.
Her Mums death was hard – Maureen lost not only a Mother but confidante, friend and inspiration. Maureen’s’ life had been shaped around her Mum’s needs, even to the loss of job opportunities, so grief was compounded by having to rediscover and rebuild her life to regain some equilibrium and sense of purpose.
Maureen has reached out to make links with the Community but as she says, it’s not that you want to be labelled as a ‘former-Carer’ but some mutual support and encouragement from others who know what it’s like to be in that situation can go a long way to assist in reclaiming your life. Others who can listen with understanding, even though their actual circumstances may be very different, makes a real difference.
We are keen to organise get-togethers in Moreton for any such ‘former’ Carers living in the North Cotswolds. Similar groups in other parts of the County enjoy one another’s company with plenty of time for laughter, ‘general’ chat and socialising; but they do allow for people to talk about how they’re doing, and share coping strategies and ideas that have proved useful in taking life forward. If you’re interested please contact:
Roger Hare 01452 872241 or [email protected]
Sunday 7th June Pittville Park - Cheltenham
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On polling day we couldn’t use our usual base at Condicote Village hall so we went on an exciting bus trip to Sandfield farm near Evesham where we saw all sorts of exciting animals; bulls, chickens and even a newt. We followed a tyre track though the woods and played in a mud kitchen and we were all really tired when we got back, Thank you Emma! We have bought 4 new balance bikes with recent fundraising and are all learning how to use them, they go quite fast, even on the grass. Next term we will be doing lots of preparation for going to school with school sessions and visits from teachers, time is going to fly. Our Playgroup session is 9.15am – 1pm Monday to Thursday with extended sessions available on a Monday and Thursday until 2.45pm. Contact Jo Abrahams, our Early Years Professional / qualified teacher on 07796 987173, website www.condicoteplaygroup.weebly.com
Toddler Group on Fridays from 10am – 12am, all ages welcome
at Condicote Village Hall
By Helen Monteith
Our GCSE and A level scholars are now in the midst of a heavy timetable of exams. We wish them all every success and look forward to celebrating with them in August! Amongst all the revision and the hush of exams – for all year groups - we have been enjoying a wide variety of successes and activities too. Our students have excelled in the UK Maths Challenge again this year, while others have been selected for County Cricket. Aidan Hughes (Year 8) has been selected to represent Great Britain in the U-12 British Inline Puck Hockey Team and is off to California next month to compete in the USA Amateur Athletic Union’s (AAU) Junior Olympics. No sooner back, Aidan will then be off to the European Championships in Switzerland! In performing arts our students have also been showing off their talents. Our wonderful Jazz Band – Back in Black – gave a tremendous performance at The Cheltenham Jazz Festival last month to a very appreciative audience. At the end of this month, Emma’s Trust, a charity that has supported our students – not to mention hundreds of young people in the region – through sponsorship of sports and the performing arts will be winding up after 10 years. The Trust is going out in style with an exciting performing arts festival under the direction of West End professionals. Our students are invited to attend the open auditions which are to be held on 30 June 2015 from 3.30pm – 6.00pm at The Cotswold School, and are asked to bring along the sheet music for a song they would like to perform. We are looking forward to many of our young singers taking part and hope you will join us in attending what will be a memorable event when it takes place in September. We are delighted with the take up in all the clubs and activities that are on offer at the school. The variety is terrific and includes: karate, air rifle shooting, floorball, gymnastics, volleyball and more. More students will be involved in Duke of Edinburgh practice expeditions this month while our Scientists will be off to the Cheltenham Science Festival. It is wonderful to see our students enthusiastically taking part. As June draws to a close, we will be welcoming pupils and two teachers from Dulwich College in Suzhou, China. This is a cultural exchange opportunity for all concerned with the Chinese pupils attending lessons and experiencing life as Sixth Formers in the Cotswolds.
At Kitebrook we aim to give our children a solid foundation in art which will allow them to appreciate and enjoy this activity throughout their school career and beyond. Confidence is key to success in the early years and we develop a hands on approach using a wide range of materials and by developing individual techniques in drawing, painting, ceramics, print making, sculpture, mosaics and textiles. Our Year 4 children recently studied desert landscapes in their Geography lessons. We linked this to a project painting desert scenes influenced by the work of the American artist Georgia O’Keefe, subsequently making sculptures of her famous bleached cattle skulls, decorating these with individual interpretations of her huge abstract flower paintings. Year 6 are currently constructing low relief sculptures inspired through the study of 12th century architectural detail. Examples of other current projects are glazing fired ceramic pieces, screen printing fabric for a Design Technology project and multimedia canvases of seascapes using painted acrylics, collage, photography and construction techniques. The school also provides the option of afternoon art clubs where the children can explore more adventurous options for example; creating glass mosaics, print making with exciting colour mixing of metallic inks, computerised cartoon making and creative cookery. Specialist support is tailored to help pupils prepare for scholarships to senior schools and the department maintains an excellent record in this area with the most recent successes including an Art Scholarship to The Cheltenham Ladies’ College in 2015.
This term we have seen the start of whole group music lessons for the Junior class. The sound of recorders filling the building is becoming more musical by the week. Gardening Club along with regular visits to the school allotment has seen the start of a very productive season, the year 2 potatoes are growing very well. The school greenhouse is full of both flower and vegetable seedlings and cuttings. The Infant class have continued their studies with a visit to Pebbley plant nursery in Bledington. Here they learnt about the growth cycle from seeds to plants each child planting their very own marigold. A visit to the woodland in Longborough for the morning was great fun. Activities included den building, making magic sticks and a woodland observation. I think they would have stayed all day had they not needed to return to school for their cooked lunch! A visit to Rectory Farm has completed the visits for the Infant class. The Junior class have taken part in a Rounders Tournament and an Athletics event and thoroughly enjoyed both. With warmer weather on its way many more activities are planned and the children are all looking forward to taking part in sports Day.
Swell School From Judy Morgan School Administrator
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We are in the middle of a very busy summer term which started with a chocolate bingo night which was a fun (and chocolate) filled evening for all our families and friends. It was wonderful to see the hall so full and a really big thank you to John Griffiths for his bingo calling, and to Emma Taylor, Lorna Oswell and their team from St. James’ PTFA for organising the event. £546.24 was raised for the school. Of course, May would not be the same without our traditional May Day Maypole Dancing. Well done to all our dancers (and their supporters) for turning out for a 7am start on the 1st May to continue the tradition of maypole and Morris dancing in Chipping Campden Square to welcome in the day. Thank you also to Mrs. Morrey for teaching our dancers and to The Cotswold House Hotel who very kindly fed us all with delicious bacon sandwiches. On the sporting front another successful month; we took part in the swimming gala at Chipping Campden School, we beat St. David’s School at football and netball and are now looking forward to summer sports of cricket and tennis and our sports day at the beginning of July. We are very fortunate to be able to benefit from the Music and Literacy Festivals organised in the town. We have enjoyed many activities including visiting authors (Jason Rohan and Julia Fulton) a graffiti artist (Adam Bolton) and our children very much enjoyed visiting Mill House Nursing Home. The residents love hearing the children reciting poems and the children received many positive comments. We have also been able to take part in music workshops in school, which have been greatly enjoyed, and some of our children were entertained and instructed by the Lux Quintet. In light of the recent events in Nepal, we have raised £600 to send to help the people of Nepal. The children sold ice-creams at playtime and held a ‘‘Bring and Buy sale’ and a cake sale. Thank you to all the parents and children who contributed. Thank you also to the Y6 pupils for helping to organise the events. Other activities have included a visit from the local community police officer to deliver ‘stranger danger’ talks to all the children; We are now looking forward to maypole dancing at Scuttlebrook Wake and many outdoor activities. Let’s hope the English summer will be kind to us for our last weeks of this academic year.
ST JAMES’ AND EBRINGTON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Headteacher: Joanna Jonson
St Mary’s C of E (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton
Headteacher: Mrs Yvonne Barnes BEd (Hons) NPQH
MFL Language Festival
On Wednesday 22nd April, St. Mary’s Yr 3/4 children attended the MFL language at Chipping
Norton School. The children were split into groups of different countries Portugal, Italy etc. They
learnt three foreign languages, French, Russian and German. They also had to try some different
types of cheese e.g. Brie, Portsatou, etc. Twenty eight children of all were able to enjoy this
wonderful experience. Joanna Pike
Yr 3/4 Science
A few weeks ago all of year 3 and 4 were focusing their topic on how light travels. The pupils
worked on a project that showed that light travels in a straight line. To prove this fact the children
took 3 pieces of paper with holes in them. The pupils put these pieces of paper in a straight line,
making sure they were straight by threading string through the holes, a light was then shone
through the holes. The experiment was good fun. Kaya Malone
Competition Winner
In April I won tickets to go to Cornbury Music Festival. I took part in a completion in St Mary’s
School along with other musicians and singers, they were more singers than instrument players.
All of the acts were brilliant and many people were applauded with great enthusiasm. However,
there could only be one winner and the winner was chosen by the Head teacher and the musical
correspondent, they chose me to win! I will be receiving the tickets from a presentation at
Chipping Norton School. Charlie Weaver.
Author Visit
On 23rd April 2015 Steven Butler came to St. Mary’s Primary school to talk about his book the
“Diary of Dennis the Menace”. He read nine of the ten menacing rules and said we had to read the
first book to find out what the final rule is. After that he read part of the “Diary of Dennis the
Menace Bash Street Bandit” which is the fourth and final book so far. Then he answered some
questions.
Our whole school value for the summer term is ‘Trust’ and classes are exploring this in various ways through worship, topic work and the curriculum. Class 1 have been learning about the circus and have their own mini big top in their classroom! To coincide with a trip to a local estate, Class 1 have been learning about life on a farm. Meeting alpaca’s on their visit was a great talking point and a big success! Class 2 are looking at topics based on books and are currently studying ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’, and also animals, food chains and life cycles. To support this, the class went on an exciting visit to Birdland in Bourton where they were treated to an interesting talk on owls. Class 3 are learning about forces and magnets in science, and have been planning and carrying out their own exciting investigations. Who could have guessed that chocolate and jelly made such poor surfaces for vehicles to travel on! Class 3 are also learning about programming in computing and why the Bible is sacred in RE. As well as this, the whole class have been learning to play the clarinet! Class 4 are looking at ‘changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age’. Their work is taking the form of a historical study. This is a new topic from the 2014 National Curriculum and is proving to be interesting and enlightening. The whole school are looking forward to their performance of ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ which takes place in June. Every Wednesday we have ‘Creative Curriculum Afternoon’. This is where the whole school mix up into 5 small mixed aged groups and undertake termly workshops learning skills for life. This term the groups will be taking part in cookery, drama, PE and Forest School. We welcome input from parents and volunteers for these afternoons. In sport, we have sent representative teams to hockey, rounders, cricket, athletics, and archery and mountain biking.
A busy, exciting and enlightening term!
Cold Aston C of E Primary School by Katie Walker
Headteacher: Miss Alexandra Symondson
St David’s C of E Primary School Headteacher: Mrs F Heming
Enquiring minds, caring hearts, creative hands Thank you to the staff at Travis Perkins who welcomed our Reception classes to their premises in Moreton earlier this month to help the children find out more about building materials. It was a pleasure to see all of the children in their high-visibility jackets, walk up to Travis Perkins where they had a tour of the premises and the staff showed them various types of wood and explained how cement was made. The children really enjoyed seeing the forklift truck in action! On a sporting front, two determined Year 3 & 4 tag rugby teams travelled to Cirencester Rugby Club to attend the North Cotswold Schools Games competition. Both teams participated in 5 group matches each in the morning and were then split into finals groups to play another 4 matches in the afternoon. Both teams performed really well, with one team coming second and the other winning the Bowl trophy in their group. All the children showed teamwork, determination, respect, passion, self-belief and honesty; values at the heart of our school games ethos. On 24th April the whole school took part in the ‘Jump Rope for Heart’ skipping event to raise money for The British Heart Foundation. It was lovely to see everyone enjoying skipping in the sunshine whilst raising over £700 for the charity. The summer term is shaping up to be as busy as ever with sports day, a music evening, theme events and a number of leavers’ events for the Year 6 pupils. Our school orchestra will be playing at a number of events in the summer term including Broadwell Village Fete on Saturday 13th June, St. David’s Summer Fair on Saturday 20th June and our music evening on 8th July. Please see the school website for further details: www.stdavidsprimaryschool.co.uk
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Stow primary school Rebecca Scutt, Headteacher
Hard on the heels of the General election, came our school elections. Four parties from Class 4 battled it out with policies as wide ranging as “we will help you with your handstands” through to “we want compulsory finance education for KS4 pupils” After a very well run election campaign the children then took it in turns to be polling clerks and returning officers whilst the rest of the school cast their votes. The winning party were The Future party. We have had a number of sporting successes recently. Our Y5/6 rounders team did really well at a local tournament despite having only played a few times together due to Y6 SATS revision taking priority! We will be entering the North Cotswolds school athletics, Quick cricket tournaments, football, rounders and cricket matches! We’re also taking part in National School Sports week where everyone will have the opportunity to participate in a range of sports throughout the week. Donations for Nepal - We were thrilled with the massive pile of wonderful donations from the Stow Community for Nepal. Mrs Gorton (Sophie Y6 mum) works with several friends who are driving out to Nepal. They have relatives there who have lost everything so we know it is all going directly to help those in need. Thank you very much on behalf of Mrs Gorton and her friends for your generosity and kindness. Sports Day will be held on Thursday 4th June. All pupils are being asked to bring any new balls in with them so that we can donate them to our friends in Halale so that their pupils can benefit.
Dormer House Pupils Go Nutty for Nepal Last week, children from Dormer House put on their fundraising hats to raise money for the people of Nepal in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake last month. On Thursday 7th May, pupils from Dormer House School in Moreton-in-Marsh, held a fete to raise much needed funds for the people of Nepal. Last month, Nepal was rocked by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale. Thousands lost their lives and hundreds of thousands lost their homes. Vast areas of Nepal were destroyed. As the world rallies to provide aid to the people of Nepal, the children of Dormer House were keen to make their own contribution and so organised their ‘Let’s Go Nutty for Nepal’ fete. Year 6 pupil, Hywel Gadsby-Evans, explains, “We had lots of great stalls; a marble jar, splat the rat, knock over the can, throw the fish, hook the fish, touchy feely things, suck the skittles, apple bobbing, and stick the tail on the unicorn. We also sold friendship bracelets in the colours of the Nepalese flag. At the end of the day, we raised £650.00. This was more than double what we hoped to raise. This money will hopefully buy tents, water, medical supplies and blankets for the people of Nepal. We all had a great time raising funds.” The children were extremely grateful to Dormer parent, Mrs. Muschamp, who made the friendship bracelets. They were also thankful to Year 1 pupil, Amelia Balhatchet, who donated £7, which represented 14 weeks’ pocket money. Dormer’s Headmistress, Mrs Thomas, comments, “I am incredibly proud of the children for taking it upon themselves to raise much needed funds for the people of Nepal. They organised some wonderful activities and raised a fantastic amount of money. Well done!” To find out more about the huge range of opportunities that Dormer House can offer to your child, please telephone 01608 650758 to arrange a tour of the school. For more information, please email [email protected] or telephone 01608 650758. www.dormerhouseschool.co.uk
CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOL
Simon Duffy: Head Teacher
Installation artist and sculptor Angela Palmer talked to students from across the school about two of her projects: The Ghost Forest and Adrenalin. The students were enthralled by her story of how she acquired huge rainforest trees from the Suhuma Forest in Ghana and brought them to Trafalgar Square to raise awareness of the impact of deforestation. 13 Year 7 students took part in a STEM Challenge Day organised by The Smallpeice Trust. The students were split into small teams and challenged to design and build the fastest super capacitor –powered car. All the Chipping Norton School cars performed brilliantly. The car produced by Ettie Rux-Burton, Keira Koch, Matilda Donaghy and Santi Kenneford was the overall winner with their car reaching speeds of just over 7mph. The KS4/5 Geographers had a fantastic week exploring the south coast of Iceland. This trip is an invaluable opportunity to study at first-hand many aspects of the GCSE syllabus. The students had a wonderful week. The Year 9s were treated to a thought-provoking talk by author Stewart Ross as part of this year’s Chipping Norton Literary Festival. Stewart talked about his dystopian novels, The Soterion Mission and The Revenge of the Zed. In the evening football fans enjoyed an interview with Matt Dickinson about his researched biography Bobby Moore: The Man in Full. Year 4/5 pupils took part in an able, gifted and talented Great Inventions Science Workshop. The children learnt about scientific discoveries associated with three particular inventors and carried out a series of practical experiments. 201 Year 4 pupils took part in the Primary Languages Festival. The sessions had all been planned by and were run by Sixth Form Languages Leaders, who were so skilled and professional that some of the primary teachers who came with their classes thought they were actually teachers! 60 Year 12 students have been working towards achieving Community Sports Leader Awards this year. At the end of last term the students planned, organised and managed a Schoolympics Festival for 440 Year 2/3 pupils. The competition between the teams was fierce but fun and the winning team including pupils from Charlbury, St Mary’s, Enstone and Middle Barton primary schools. Congratulations to all the pupils that took part – you were all amazing!
St Catharine’s Catholic Primary School
In the run up to the general election our Year 6 students were so keen to ensure that they got the right to vote that they decided to run their own local election. It was completely child-initiated by Harry Jeavons. Groups formed to represent the different major parties and hit the campaign trail rallying support amongst other students in preparation for polling day. It was wonderful to see our children on a quest to understand more about the political shape of Great Britain. May has been a busy musical month. Class 4 have taken part in a three week Serenade Composition Workshop, we were delighted to host a concert by the Bute Clarinet group one evening, a large number of KS2 pupils chose to attend the Chipping Campden Music Festival’s lunchtime concerts and as I write, the whole school are recording a CD of the children’s favourite assembly Music. As part of the Chipping Campden Literature Festival our KS1 children enjoyed a visit from author Julie Fulton and back by popular demand, author Stuart Reid, inspired KS2 children’s creative writing skills. Sporting highlights included the football match against Bourton on the Water where St Catharine’s ultimately won 7-3. Congratulations to new pupil, Louis Parr for his 4 goal contribution! And St Catharine’s came second in a swimming gala competing against other local schoolsOne of our young pupils, Georgia Snape-Jones, was commended for a photograph that she took as part of a Class 2 project. It is the Cheltenham Camera Club’s 150th anniversary this year and you can see Georgia’s photograph, alongside a photograph accepted to the exhibition by Edward Smith, at the Wilson Gallery in Cheltenham. Please come and support a new initiative: St Catharine’s School in conjunction with Campden Rural Cinema will be showing ‘Big Hero 6’, from the Disney creators of Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph on SATURDAY 27th JUNE. Film Showing 3pm (Doors Open 2.30pm) at Chipping Campden Town Hall. Tickets £4 available in advance from TIC and St Catharine’s School. ENQURIES TO 01386 593795.
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Temple Guiting Church of England School
David Ogden, Headteacher
[email protected] 01451 850304 www.templeguiting.gloucs.sch.uk
District Athletics Tournament Nearly four hundred youngsters from eleven schools converged on our playing field for the district athletics tournament. We were very pleased at how many of our pupils progressed to the next level.
Science Festival The PTA are generously paying for each of our Juniors to go to the Cheltenham Science Festival this month.
Summer Term Topics Class 1’s topic is ‘The Seaside’. Besides looking back to the golden age of Victorian seaside holidays, they will be making model beach huts, kites and homemade ice-cream. Class 2 have supported Water Aid this year and much of their work has been stimulated by what they have learnt of the importance of this vital commodity. Class 3, our oldest pupils, will be studying the fascinating history of our locality and hope to benefit from the knowledge of local amateur historians. A century ago, folk tunes and playground games were collected from our school and we are relearning them for a special concert at the Winchcombe Festival of Music and Art.
Air Ambulance Art Competition All the children from Reception to Class 5 entered the Air Ambulance Art Competition. It was quite a tricky brief…to include St. George and the Dragon and an Air Ambulance helicopter in a drawing, painting or collage. Susie Godwin, Regional Fund Raising Manager judged the competition and was so impressed with all the entries that she asked if she could take them all back to the airbase to show the crews. Susie chose Kan Ikeda as the overall winner with Archie Fletcher as the winner in KS2 and Max Spodofora as the winner in KS1. Susie then announced runners up…..Max Bolam, Ruby Aylett-Magee, Cody Hutt, Zara Sampsan, Alice Webb and Freya Aylmore. All nine children have been invited to visit Strensham Air base on Friday 10th July to meet the crew, see the helicopter and learn more about the work of the charity. Knex Challenge Ben Denyar-Freeman and Jamie West travelled to Mill Academy, near Gloucester for the Knex Challenge. Each pairing had 1 hour to complete their 'build'. The task was to build an International Rescue Vehicle, for land, sea, air, space or all. Additionally, each vehicle had to incorporate into its design a mobile unit and locking door. The boys made a Rescue Truck, with a grabber attached and a stretcher on a winch. They shared their ideas with the judging team very enthusiastically and eloquently. Friends of the School Blockey May Day was a great success with fine weather and a good number people attending. Thanks to all the helpers, in particular those pupils (past and present) who sold sweets, did fabulous face painting and encouraged people to buy cookbooks, key rings and enter the treasure map game, the friends raised approximately £150. Class 1 Celebration of St Georges Day Class 1 and their teacher celebrated St Georges Day by dressing up as knights and princesses. The theme this term is castles and so the imaginative play areas, both inside and out, have been transformed into a castle with appropriate dressing up clothes and artifacts to extend the play. On St Georges Day there were many other activities planned around the theme including making articulated figures of knights which the children had to colour in and then cut out. They were then fixed together with split pins. The children really engaged in this activity needing a little help but showing great perseverance. Another group made bunting.
Blockley C of E School From Jenny Bruce
All-weather pitch joy for school! Chipping Campden School is celebrating the completion of an ambitious sporting project as part of its 575th anniversary in 2015. Work to finish a brand new £555,000 all-weather artificial grass pitch has come to an end and on Friday 1 May the new facility was handed over to the school by contractors S&C Slatters. The floodlit all-weather surface provides a full size hockey pitch or two junior pitches and a full size football pitch or three junior pitches. In addition there will be a cricket mat that will enable cricket training to take place regardless of weather conditions. The new pitches mean that the school will be able to significantly improve its sport offer to students all year round, and local clubs and the community will be able to access it at evenings and weekends. In order for the project to get off the ground, Chipping Campden School received grants from a number of sources including the school trust, school governors, Sports England, Cotswold District Council, Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucestershire Land Fill Fund. Principal John Sanderson said: “I can honestly say that seeing the excitement of the students as they first stepped out onto the completed pitches made the years of planning and fund raising all worthwhile. As a school we are very grateful to the various local and national grant fund holders for their partnership in enabling us to realise this ambition and must acknowledge the contribution made by S&C Slatters in delivering such a first class facility on time and on budget. To have built it during the year of our 575 celebrations is particularly special and I now look forward to seeing it being used as a major focal point for sport development at the school and in the wider community.” There will be an official opening on 4 July during the school’s Day of Celebration to mark 575 years the school’s founding in 1440. Any local sports group wishing to enquire about hiring the pitches should get in touch with the Chipping Campden School on 01386 840216.
CHIPPING CAMPDEN SCHOOL by Lise Evans
LONGBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL
From Tracey Hampshire, Administrator
During the Easter break the children of Longborough were all sent home with a tube of Smarties which they of course enjoyed eating, however they were set a challenge to fill the tubes with money earned by doing jobs around the house. Through their hard work and effort this year they raised over £100! Not only were the children working hard but so were the Parents on our Big Dig day. On Sunday 19 April, Parents and teachers gave up their own time to help clear our gardens and grounds ready for the glorious weather ahead of us, everyone worked really hard and the playground and surrounding areas look fantastic. We were able to add a further 18 books to our collection which were linked to the new topics in the National Curriculum as a result of a book bursary from Moreton & District History Society’s Book bursary, which we’re very grateful for. Lottie Oxton (on left) reached the finals of the Knex Challenge at Millbrook Academy in Brockworth. (pictured here with Lilly Arthurs from Swell). Class 1 visited Pebbly Hill Plant Nursery near Bledington to support their current science topic of plants. The children observed and drew plants growing at all different stages, from seed germination through to mature plants. A key objective of the visit was to support children's learning of plant names. Children chose their favourite plants to draw and name (including: snap dragons, red hot pokers and bears breeches). They also got to plant their own dahlia to take home, kindly donated by the Nursery.
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Sherborne pupils were at the forefront of the village community May Merrie celebrations. After a family service in the church, pupils delighted the audience with their traditional dances around the maypole. Refreshments from FOSS, a BBQ lunch and more entertainment at the Social Club finished off a lovely day. Congratulations to our Wildlife Quiz team of Henry, Ellen, Amy, Fletcher and Ellie L who retained the GWT North Cotswold Trophy. The team will now represent the North Cotswolds in the county semi-final in June. DON’T FORGET- registration for the Sherborne 10k race in June is now active – go to www.sherborneschool.co.uk for further information.
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of all children During June we will be thinking about holidays and days out. The children will be encouraged to find out about different: environments, activities, languages, cultures, foods and transport. We also hope to gather their ideas and suggestions for things they like to do at home to compile a summer holidays ideas book for parents.
Holy Trinity RC School We celebrated ‘Our Lady, Mary’ in our annual May Procession. Each class prepared for this occasion by creating artwork, writing prayers, poems and reflections. We welcomed M & M Productions to Holy Trinity to perform a version of Tom’s Midnight Garden to the whole school. This proved to be very thought provoking and produced some excellent fictional writing. Foundation stage class enjoyed their first experience of Forest School. They looked for signs of spring in Worton woods and Pool meadow and found lots of evidence that wild creatures live nearby. They enjoyed exploring the outside environment and came back muddy but full of fun! On Saturday 9th May, Katie Hickman had 12 inches cut off her hair! The hair that is being cut will be sent to the charity ‘Little Princess Trust’. They will use her hair to make a wig for a terminally ill child with cancer. Katie would also like to do some fundraising for the children's cancer charity “Clic Sargent“. They help not only the child who is suffering, but support the family too, at home and in hospital. If you would like to sponsor Katie, she has set up a Just Giving page online. Alternatively, there will be a collection box in the entrance hall for any donations. Katie would also like to thank Colin John Hairdressers in Morton in Marsh for cutting her hair. Just Giving link http://www.justgiving.com/owner-email/pleasesponsor/Katie-Hickman What a fantastic month for sport at Holy Trinity. We won five trophies in total, four in athletics and one in tennis. Well done to both our A & B teams consisting of Years 4, 5 and 6 at the athletics and especially to Year 5 A team who will represent us next year when in Year 6 for the WOSSP finals. Our tennis team – six Year 4s and 2 Year 3s won by 60 points and have qualified for the WOSSP finals. We would like to congratulate Emily Notman who competed for our school at Addington Manor Horse Trials during the holidays and came first in both her classes. She will now be going on to the National Championships and will be representing Holy Trinity School and Oxfordshire. Well done Emily. Also, congratulations to Isabella Howard and Grace Jarrett Rawlence (Y5) who have been selected for the U17 Climbing Squad at Far Peak, Northleach. We welcomed Amy from Explorabox to spend the day working with the children in Foundation and KS1. Amy travels around schools with a wonderful collection of resources based around popular children’s books. Her aim is to inspire the children’s imaginations through role play and drama. During their workshops, the children the descriptive language and were encouraged to empathise with the character in the story. The day ended with a presentation to their parents showing them some of the activities they had taken part in. As you can see from the photos, the children really enjoyed their day.
Kingham Hill School - The Brains of Oxfordshire
General knowledge quizzing has taken off as a hugely popular activity at Kingham Hill School. The arrival of Mr Gareth Williams (Head of Languages), a self-confessed general knowledge obsessive, lead the School to enter the national competition, Schools Challenge. Third time lucky, Kingham Hill achieved the distinction of being ranked first in the recent regional heats in Oxfordshire. The team, Tyler Smith (capt), Tom Kay, Nick Stell and Ben Onime, won their first two matches, beating Abingdon School 440-330 and St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon 380-240. In the final, against Dr Challoner’s School from Buckinghamshire, the Kingham Hill team lost 240-490. However, the valiant efforts of our team had ensured that we are the top team in Oxfordshire. At School, Inter-House Challenge, based on the rules of University Challenge, is popular with a thriving Quiz Club where the School team and other keen quizzers pit their wits against the toughest of questions on the buzzer. The mastermind behind the quiz revolution at Kingham Hill is Mr Williams himself. A competitive quizzer since sixth form in the 1990s, he reached the quarter-finals of University Challenge in the University of Manchester team. He has appeared on many TV quiz shows, winning against one of the chasers on ITV’s The Chase last year. This year it has been Mastermind, and we are very proud to have a Mastermind Grand Finalist on the teaching staff at Kingham Hill.
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• caring for the uniform• general appearance and discipline.• An introduction to the Cadet training programme and who is
who in the organisation.There are different stages of training culminating in the Master Cadet course at the national cadet centre at Frimley Park. This will include military and organisation skills (including learning teaching skills). SUMMER CAMP: Cadet have the opportunity to attend a 2 week summer camp, where they will take part in all aspects of cadet training as well as a host of adventurous training including:- drill, target shooting, map reading, hill walking, expedition skills, canoeing, sailing, raft building, climbing, assailing, archery, first aid – with an outdoor 48 hour exercise sleeping in makeshift shelters (called bashers). LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS: Cadets are involved in local community projects for charities including raising funds and assisting with welfare. Cadets are encouraged to assist with their local Royal British Legion Branches and become affiliated to them. ADULTS: An adult aged 19 or over can become a cadet assistant / instructor. They must attend induction course over several weeks at a cadet centre to evaluate their capability and to introduce them to the cadet training syllabus. All potential candidates are vetted nationally before being introduced to cadets and are supervised initially by qualified regular arm instructors and cadet superiors.
LOCAL CADET UNITS:Bourton on the Water: Royal British Legion Hall. Meet Wednesdays, 19:30 to 21:30 hrs. Moreton in Marsh: Fire College. Meet Wednesdays, 19:30 to 21:30 hrs.
Chipping Norton ACF Detachment The Chipping Norton Army Cadet Force parade in the ATC Hut on Burford Road in Chipping Norton on Wednesday evenings, under Detachment Commander Colin Tye.
The Army Cadet Force is a Voluntary Youth Organisation for young people ranging from 13 years to 18 years of age and covers such activities as Military History, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and Physical Recreation. It aims to introduce cadets to general Life skills such as First Aid and Cadet in the Community.
We are a registered charity and, contrary to popular opinion, are not a recruiting tool for the Army (although we do not discourage cadets from considering a move to any of the Regular or Reserve Forces).
Anyone interested can contact: Sgt Colin Tye Detachment Commander Tel: 07917273535
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THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CADETSBeing a Cadet means being a good citizen
in the community.BECOMING A CADET: A young boy or girl may join Cadets at age 13 or year 8 at school.BASIC TRAINING: Recruits learn:the history of the Cadet force
• what it means to be a Cadet – i.e: being a good citizen in the community;
• caring for the uniform• general appearance and discipline.• An introduction to the Cadet training programme and who is
who in the organisation.There are different stages of training culminating in the Master Cadet course at the national cadet centre at Frimley Park. This will include military and organisation skills (including learning teaching skills). SUMMER CAMP: Cadet have the opportunity to attend a 2 week summer camp, where they will take part in all aspects of cadet training as well as a host of adventurous training including:- drill, target shooting, map reading, hill walking, expedition skills, canoeing, sailing, raft building, climbing, assailing, archery, first aid – with an outdoor 48 hour exercise sleeping in makeshift shelters (called bashers). LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS: Cadets are involved in local community projects for charities including raising funds and assisting with welfare. Cadets are encouraged to assist with their local Royal British Legion Branches and become affiliated to them. ADULTS: An adult aged 19 or over can become a cadet assistant / instructor. They must attend induction course over several weeks at a cadet centre to evaluate their capability and to introduce them to the cadet training syllabus. All potential candidates are vetted nationally before being introduced to cadets and are supervised initially by qualified regular arm instructors and cadet superiors.
LOCAL CADET UNITS:Bourton on the Water: Royal British Legion Hall. Meet Wednesdays, 19:30 to 21:30 hrs. Moreton in Marsh: Fire College. Meet Wednesdays, 19:30 to 21:30 hrs.
I get to grips with a 50 year old icon! Ben Eddols goes out with an E Type
Some of us, not in the first flush of youth, bordering on the’ old’ even, carry vivid childhood memories which can provoke forbidden thought’s, nudge nudge, wink wink - totally unacceptable in PC Britain today. Ask an old ‘un about the 1960’s and their eyes may glaze over as memories slowly fall into place – Twiggy, mini skirts, Marilyn Monroe, and the E type Jag.
Ok, image s from a seemingly male dominated world, pure voyeurism, sultry, curvaceous, fast and dangerous, beyond the reach of the common man - until with the benefit of age an opportunity comes along, not to meet the star or relive the age, but to get to grips with an E type!
Jaguar made their mark on the racing world in the fifties with C Type and D type racers winning the legendary Le Mans 24 hour race. The cars employed three important elements, their proven six cylinder XK engine, an aerodynamic body to help slip through the air and disc brakes to stop. As the fifties came to an end all of this was suddenly combined in a road going sports car, the E Type, which could charge up the newly built M1 at a reported 150mph, unthinkable stuff at the time. Car restorer John Hodgson has recently acquired one and allowed me to drive it. We meet up on a sunny day. I open the driver’s door to step in - remember we are now going back to a car designed 55 years ago - the door opens wide and is hinged quite far forward giving surprisingly good access for legs and feet, unless you are in a mini skirt, I wasn’t this time! Once in the comfy leather bucket seat I took stock; two big dials in front, the familiar Smiths speedo and rev counter then, in aircraft style, a row of smaller gauges and switches stretching out to the left over the tunnel where the gear lever and handbrake protrude.
The steering wheel is big, with a thin wooden rim and three alloy spokes. I think to myself that as there is no power steering I will be struggling with this and constantly jiggling it to keep the car straight. I reach for the seatbelt - Oh! It’s not there, this is an early 1965 car made before seatbelts became compulsory - without it I suddenly feel quite vulnerable. I turn the key, press the black starter button and without drama, it lives.
The engine itself is a thing of beauty, two shiny alloy cam covers sitting atop the engine, three carburettors feeding fuel and air from one side, six chromed exhaust pipes existing from the other.
Ok, I push the clutch pedal down and slip the notchy lever up into first, hand brake off, a bit of throttle, foot slowly off the clutch and we move, no drama, stop, turn left onto the road and start to take stock again.
As I have said, the seat is comfortable but it doesn’t have the sideways support found in modern cars; controls are fine; she drives well over the rough roads thanks to higher profile tyres ironing out the imperfections; the steering, although heavy at parking speeds, is surprisingly light and precise when out on the open road - and of course the view down that never ending louvered bonnet is fantastic.
4.2 litres in a slippery old sports car feels great, it has loads of low down grunt and John urges me on. As the revs rise the warble of six cylinders sets the senses tingling. The speedo rises dramatically, the front end rising under acceleration; at first I feed her into corners then ease the power on as we exit, accelerating gingerly out; the steering is much more precise than I had imagined it would be and with only four gears to choose from I get much more robust with the old car, the roads are dry and there’s little chance of a calamity unless I am really stupid.
We trundle back to base with an inner glow. She’s not bad for a 50 year old icon! ©BenEddols.05.2015
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Approximately 150 runners will start in Letch Lane in Bourton, ascend the Steeps to Clapton, pass through Windrush, Barrington, Great Rissington and finish back in Bourton in the Rissington Road car park.
The roads will be open, but there may be some disruption to traffic. Anybody wishing to enter the race, or support on the day, is very welcome; look online for more details: www.Bourtonroadrunners.co.uk
We hit the ground running! Whilst it might not be the most appropriate image to associate with a group of Senior golfers, the Section certainly hit the ground running when the season started in March and there was no slackening of pace through April.
SENIORS’ SPRING CUP A Stableford competition played off of the Yellow tees and won by Richard Lee with 44 points; second was JAC Smith with 39 and third with 37 was Barry Dingle.
APRIL MEDAL & STABLEFORD Stroke-play off of the White tees - won by Jon Smith with 81 gross (handicap 15) 66 nett. Second was Peter Edwards 86 (17) 69 and third (after countback) was Bill Cretney 90 (21)
69. When scores were recalculated on a Stableford basis,prize winners (excluding those above) were John Brennan with 38 points, Paul Gwilt with 37 and (after countback) Alan Pinder also with 37.
MATCHES The first 7 of 32 matches have been played. The match at home to Wychwood was lost 2 - 4; that away at Gloucester was halved 3 – 3; that at home to Whitney Lakes was lost2 - 4; that away at South Hereford was lost 3 ½ - 4 ½; that at home to Stratford Oaks was won 4 – 2; that away at Thornbury was halved 3 – 3; and, that at home to Bransford was won 4 - 2. These last two Clubs are new fixtures this year and will be played on an annually alternating home & away basis.
Alan Pinder ([email protected]) April 2015
James Hurrell of Moreton in Marsh played his part to help England win the British Darts Organisation’s British Internationals recently.
Having victory in both his games, beating Scotland’s Stevie Plank 4-2 and Welsh captain Martin Phillips 4-1, James helped England succeed in claiming the title.
James Hurrell currently stands at 21st place in the World British Darts Organisation and recently won the Finland Masters.
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Bourton & Sherborne Hockey Club
Stuart Colmer - Chairman T. 07900 028732 E. [email protected] by Stuart Colmer & Sean Clarke
Photos: Stuart Colmer and Alex Schilling (Copyright )
End Of Season Awards
After years of asking to be allowed to join a central league, the two Mens’ teams will be playing in the MBBO leagues next season. The reason is quite bizarre with the club being expelled from the Davies Wood Hockey League because it couldn't fulfil a 12 hour away match against Pembrokeshire on St. Valen-tine’s Day. Although a number of clubs in the DWHL expressed their dismay at their league’s actions, this cloud had a gold rather than a silver lining. Most away matches in the MBBO league are less than an hour away with the furthest 1 1/2 hours. This will mean easier recruitment and retention of players so if you’re looking for a club, get in touch with Stuart Colmer above.
www.bashc.com
BASHC PLAYER CARD Name: Paddy Boxall
AKA Mr. Quiet
Team / s: Mens 2nds
Position: Centre Back
Secret to Your Success: Encouraging all to support each other & both go forward & defend as a team
No. of Hockey Years: Started at 15 on grass
BASHC Facts: Always played for 2nds in my 6 years at club with 2 as captain. Important to encourage both young payers coming up from Badgers and older ones feeling their age ! Collect Them All
The Men Are On The Move
Eighty members attended the Annual Awards Dinner on the 9th of May and had a cracking night. They were held at Stow Rugby Club for the second year running and Locojos provided an excellent 2 course meal with the bar staff kept very busy. The evening is of course a highlight of the club year and with so many young and new players coming through both the Junior ranks and Back To Hockey sessions it is only right that they get the recognition they deserve. Hannah Maclean started Back To Hockey at the club a year ago and has quickly risen to become an interregnal part of the Ladies 1sts. Team captain Niki ‘Killer’ Coombes was pleased to award her both the Most Improved Player and Captain’s Player awards. Richard Wiggins has a similar story and he took the Mens 2nds Captain’s Player trophy after a great season. Liam Wallis, a graduate to the 2nds from the Badgers, won a trophy for each team with the 2nds Most Improved Player and Badgers Captain’s Player. Ed Gum, who has also played for both teams, won the Badger’s Player’s Player and young goal keeper Ryan Dixon the Most Improved.
For the Vixens Eleonore Gilbert won Most Improved Player, Sophie Franklin was the Player’s Player and Zoe Lenihan the Captain’s Player. Other highlights included Dougie Haseler, who moved up from the 2nds to the 1sts, winning the Most Improved, rising star Georgia Hamilton winning the Ladies 2nds Most Improved, Emma Stewart and Bredon Baker of the
Ladies and Mens 2nds respec-tively both winning awards 2 years in a row and Tracy Dixon winning both the Ladies 1sts Player’s Player and the Good Girl Award for going a whole season without being carded ! The Chairman's Shield went to Alan Smith, Most Important Club Member to Heidi Larner and the Ladies Memorial Shield was awarded to Emily Walthew of the Ladies 2nds.
Hannah MacLean & Niki Coombes Richard Wiggins & Cam Lane
Sarah Collet & Georgia Hamilton
Stop Press - Ladies 2nds Sarah Collett, the Ladies 2nds Captain, confirmed at the Awards that, after a great season, the team are promoted.
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Junior Delight for Moreton Rangers TeamsTwo Moreton Rangers Junior Teams celebrated winning league and cup trophies at the culmination of a great season for our Junior Clubs.
The Under Twelve TeamThe Under 12 Team were unfortunate to become Runners Up in the Ambassador Under 12 Pool B League, when they finished with the identical record as the winners Shipston Excelsior. Comparing the results between the teams decided the title, with one game drawn and one game won by Shipston, making Shipston the Champions.
Pool B League Table
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1 Shipston Excelsior U12 16 12 3 1 39
2 Moreton Rangers U12 16 12 3 1 39
The League disappointment was overcome by winning the Under 12 Cup with a 2-0 victory over Welland Juniors. Pictured below is the Under 12 Team with coaches at the cup final.
The Under Eleven TeamThe Under 11 Team had the opposite outcome to their season.
Having lost a cup final they went on to win the Evesham Ambassador Under 11 Pool C League by 3 points from their nearest rivals Evesham United Robins.
They went the whole season undefeated.
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1 Moreton Rangers U11 14 13 1 0 40
2 Evesham United Robins U11
14 12 1 1 37
Pictured below the Under 11 Team celebrating winning the league after their last game of the season a 7-0 win over Stratford Town Colts.
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Moreton Rangers Under 12 Team and Coaches Moreton Rangers Under 11 Team
Bourton & Sherborne Hockey Club
Stuart Colmer - Chairman T. 07900 028732 E. [email protected] by Stuart Colmer & Sean Clarke
Photos: Stuart Colmer and Alex Schilling (Copyright )
End Of Season Awards
After years of asking to be allowed to join a central league, the two Mens’ teams will be playing in the MBBO leagues next season. The reason is quite bizarre with the club being expelled from the Davies Wood Hockey League because it couldn't fulfil a 12 hour away match against Pembrokeshire on St. Valen-tine’s Day. Although a number of clubs in the DWHL expressed their dismay at their league’s actions, this cloud had a gold rather than a silver lining. Most away matches in the MBBO league are less than an hour away with the furthest 1 1/2 hours. This will mean easier recruitment and retention of players so if you’re looking for a club, get in touch with Stuart Colmer above.
www.bashc.com
BASHC PLAYER CARD Name: Paddy Boxall
AKA Mr. Quiet
Team / s: Mens 2nds
Position: Centre Back
Secret to Your Success: Encouraging all to support each other & both go forward & defend as a team
No. of Hockey Years: Started at 15 on grass
BASHC Facts: Always played for 2nds in my 6 years at club with 2 as captain. Important to encourage both young payers coming up from Badgers and older ones feeling their age ! Collect Them All
The Men Are On The Move
Eighty members attended the Annual Awards Dinner on the 9th of May and had a cracking night. They were held at Stow Rugby Club for the second year running and Locojos provided an excellent 2 course meal with the bar staff kept very busy. The evening is of course a highlight of the club year and with so many young and new players coming through both the Junior ranks and Back To Hockey sessions it is only right that they get the recognition they deserve. Hannah Maclean started Back To Hockey at the club a year ago and has quickly risen to become an interregnal part of the Ladies 1sts. Team captain Niki ‘Killer’ Coombes was pleased to award her both the Most Improved Player and Captain’s Player awards. Richard Wiggins has a similar story and he took the Mens 2nds Captain’s Player trophy after a great season. Liam Wallis, a graduate to the 2nds from the Badgers, won a trophy for each team with the 2nds Most Improved Player and Badgers Captain’s Player. Ed Gum, who has also played for both teams, won the Badger’s Player’s Player and young goal keeper Ryan Dixon the Most Improved.
For the Vixens Eleonore Gilbert won Most Improved Player, Sophie Franklin was the Player’s Player and Zoe Lenihan the Captain’s Player. Other highlights included Dougie Haseler, who moved up from the 2nds to the 1sts, winning the Most Improved, rising star Georgia Hamilton winning the Ladies 2nds Most Improved, Emma Stewart and Bredon Baker of the
Ladies and Mens 2nds respec-tively both winning awards 2 years in a row and Tracy Dixon winning both the Ladies 1sts Player’s Player and the Good Girl Award for going a whole season without being carded ! The Chairman's Shield went to Alan Smith, Most Important Club Member to Heidi Larner and the Ladies Memorial Shield was awarded to Emily Walthew of the Ladies 2nds.
Hannah MacLean & Niki Coombes Richard Wiggins & Cam Lane
Sarah Collet & Georgia Hamilton
Stop Press - Ladies 2nds Sarah Collett, the Ladies 2nds Captain, confirmed at the Awards that, after a great season, the team are promoted.
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LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORYADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN EVERY EDITION
ALL 4 MAGAZINES FROM £12 PER MONTH +VAT LBDAnimals & Pets
Dog walking/Sitting ServiceTelephone Carol 01451 820661
DOG IN THE COUNTRYDoggie Walks, Boarding Services, Grooming & Vets Visits.Contact Jonathan, Matthew or Natasha - 07977 586 126
[email protected] www.doginthecity.co.uk
GRIMEBUSTERS 01993 868924 / 07778 298312Professional service at unbeatable rates
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
HOUSES: Holiday Cottages, Private HomesOne-Off cleans. Call Katie/Carly 01608 659514 / 0796 4444 283
Cleaning & HousekeepingMiss Marigold
Contact Katie on:0789 100 8657 / 01608 643762
Cleaning & Cleaners
Beautiful Handmade Curtains and BlindsBespoke clothing and alterations
www.jackie-whitehill-handmade-soft-furnishings.comStow on the Wold Tel: 078376 02004
BERNIE’S ALTERATIONS 35 yrs experienceTel 01451 833831 or 07768 305427
Clothes & Curtain/Alterations
CARE & SUPPORT IN YOUR OWN HOME. Experienced mature lady. Reasonable rates. 01451 850294 / 07890 187164
Home Care
M & H CARE SERVICES Personal Care & Support. NVQ Qualified & fully insured. 07540 237948 / 0778 552 5640
SHIRLEY • REGULAR RESPITE CARE. CRB.INSURED. EXPERIENCED. 01451•821•626
Locked Out? Whatever Time 24/7 Whatever your problem I have the key!
www.lockroundtheclock.co.uk 01451 861808
Music & the Arts
Rob Rhoman
Flute repairService and overhaul of all brands
Tel: 01608 654375E-mail: [email protected]
Marquees
01608 686900 www.cotswoldmarquees.co.ukCanvas and PVC repairs. Please call for details
Health & Lifestyle
Pilates Master TeacherMadeleine Wilson M.Sc
offers bespoke studio sessions & small group mat classes in a fully-equipped studio
01295 780279 or 07905 [email protected]
AA
To book your studio session 07500 188 445 www.robertpilates4u.com/complimentary-pilates-session.html
Complimentary Pilates session - book now
A boutique Pilates Studio –your Bespoke Pilates Workout
CHIROPODIST / PODIATRISTDr R J Davis HCPC Registered CH 17482
For all your Foot / Lower Limb Healthcare needsClinics in Stow ; Chipping Norton ; BloxhamHome visits available throughout all Cotswolds area
Tel. 01451 831277 or 07776136208email [email protected]
Health & Lifestyle
North Cotswold Baby Massage Classes in Moreton and Bourton 07748670433 [email protected] www.iaimbabymassage.co.uk/samsmith#2294
Professional Footcare Service Home Visits by Appointment Hannah Mackenzie BSc (Hons), M. Inst. Ch. P HCPC Registered
PODIATRIST / CHIROPODIST
Tel: 07582 113759
Photography
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY. 0145186012 [email protected] Competitive Prices • Album • CD • A4 photo canvas.
WORK SMARTER Working all hours?
No time to have a life? For £ 22 / m this space can work for you in every
home and business in our delivery area.
07789 175 002
A Rule of Thumb Guide to ‘VALUE FOR MONE Let’s say the budget is £250 – these figures are appro
£250 will buy - £260 = almost 1 x Half A4 for 1 month £280 = 2 x Qtr A4 for 2 months (1 per month) £220 = 2 x Sixth A4 for 2 months £225 = 3 x Eighth A4 for 3 months
Based on print-ready copy. All these prices will attract VAT.
Y’ ADVERTISING with COTSWOLD TIMES ximate for 14,500 magazines (i.e in all 4 magazine titles).
£220 = 4 x Twelfth A4 for 4 months £220 = 4 x Business Cards size for 4 months £240 = 6 x Sixteenth A4 for 6 months £220 = LBD (on this page) for a year. OR pay for 4,000 flyers to be delivered = 27.5% of our circulation.
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LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORYADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN EVERY EDITION
ALL 4 MAGAZINES FROM £12 PER MONTH +VAT LBD
Entries are for a calendar year (eleven editions) and priced per business. Your advert can include photos and logos as well as text – IT’S STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE
SMALL BOX: 15mm high x 60mm wide (1 column) £120/year or £72/6 months minimum at £12/month +VAT. Payment in Advance.
LARGE BOX: 33mm high x 60mm wide (1 column) £22/month (by DDM minimum 6 months) or £220/year +VAT. Payment in advance or by DDM please. This size can be amended up to 4 times a year @ £10 design fee.
CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED. FOR INFORMATION/TO BOOK YOUR ENTRY
Tel: 07789 175002 or email: [email protected]
Propery & Garden Services
B E CouriersSAME DAY
Based in Stow Anywhere in the UK01451 870027 07824 590493 [email protected]
Transport & Delivery Services
Oliver Bridge Architect Fine Quality Traditional Architecture.
New Houses, Extensions, Garden Buildings. www.oliverbridge.com
CONFIDENTIAL, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING at the Breakspeare Clinic Milton-under-Wychwood. 01993 830913. Elaine Russell-Jarvie P.G. Dip. Counselling & Psychotherapy. MBACP.
Professional Services
HOUSE CLEARANCE SERVICELoft, Garage, Garden Rubbish Removed
Free Quote 01386 830724 – 07768 566118
Matt FergysonDry Stone Walling01451 851927 / 07792 331241
Matt FergysonDry Stone Walling01451 851927 / 07792 331241
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Matt FergysonDry Stone Walling01451 851927 / 07792 331241
Matt FergysonDry Stone Walling01451 851927 / 07792 331241
Matt FergysonDry Stone Walling01451 851927 / 07792 331241
Cotswold Stone Landscapes Beautiful Dry Stone Wall Building
07535 974455 [email protected]
Propery & Garden Services
Batsford Timber Ltd – Fencing & Sheds01608 651096. www.batsfordtimber.co.uk
BARRON STONECharles Bell Bespoke Masonry Design, Dry Stone Walling
07805 433475 [email protected]
Domestic, Commercial and Industrial WorkFixed Wire inspections for Business and Landlords.
Electric Boilers and Heating Energy efficient Lighting
01451 861758 [email protected]
From Re-Wires to Changing a Light Bulb‘Watt ever you Want!’
dave payne electricians
Professional Horticultural Services . . .• Soft Landscaping• Grass Cutting • Lawn Treatment
• New Planting• Shrub & Hedge Cutting• Ground Clearance
• Turf laying• Fencing• Wild Flower Planting• Landscape Design
Telephone: 01295 817628e-mail: [email protected]
Painter & Decorator
Jamie Gainford
providing a professional and comprehensive service to the
Cotswolds
07904 211638 / 01608 658522
Working all hours?
No time to have a life?
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Unusual & Occasional
Vintage Charm China Hire
Mismatched vintage china andaccessories suitable for weddings,birthdays, anniversaries, christenings – any celebration!
Karen Temple (01451) 831674 / 07842 187814 www.vintagecharmchinahire.co.uk
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