Towersey Newsletter

December 2018

Editorial

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone in Towersey from the Newsletter team! A special thank you to all of you who help to distribute the newsletter printed copies around the village to your friends and neighbours. We really appreciate the time that you take and the effort that you go to – you are all wonderful! I’m pretty sure that quite a few of you will be tucking into your Penn Farm turkey and enjoying your Lashlake Christmas Tree (using your discount voucher of course!) this year as well as partaking in the odd tipple at your favourite watering hole, the Three Horseshoes. You can even do your gift shopping in the village by buying a gift voucher from Phoenix Studios for one of their excellent classes. The Christmas Carol Service and Nativity at St Catherine’s is always one of the most heart-warming and wonderful events of the year – an event not to be missed! The basics of a great Christmas are all here in Towersey! Editors: Lisa Davis (t: 217328 ) and Jenni Jones (t: 07788 351581) (newsletter@towerseyvillage.co.uk )

TOWERSEY ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S LUNCH 2019

Ahead of invitations being sent out, we would like to let you all know that the Towersey

Annual New Year Lunch will be on SUNDAY 6th JANUARY, so if you or your partner

is aged 65 or over, please put it in your diary now. To confirm, the criteria for receiving an invitation is as follows:

• All residents of Towersey who have reached the age of 65, or whose partner has reached the age of 65.

• Residents fitting the above criteria who move away from the village, for the one year after they move.

• The ‘extended family’ of Towersey - i.e. local residents (rather than ex- village residents) who may not live within the village, but whom the TMH committee considers currently do a significant amount to support and help the community, and have reached the correct age.

If you are new to the village or have become eligible in the last couple of years, please contact Rob Walsh (213794 or rob_walsh11@hotmail.com) so that we can make sure you receive an invitation in the next few weeks. If you are not eligible to attend as a guest but would like to help at the lunch (which can be just as fun!), please could you also let Rob Walsh know. TMH Committee

Thank you to Farol and Helpful Hirings who

between them, kindly pay for the printing of our

newsletter each month.

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed

If you are interested in the Community Car Share Scheme, please contact Nikki Jackson

on nljackson@live.co.uk Tel: 212410

First World War Centenary Mugs A Gift for all Village Children aged 16 and Under

from the Memorial Hall Committee and the Parish Council

If you live in the village and are aged 16 or under, please come and collect your First World War Centenary mug from Lucinda Masters, Brook

House, Lower Green by Sunday 15th December.

Any mugs not collected by this date will be available until the end of December for other villagers (over 16!) to purchase. Please contact me

after 15th December if you would like to buy one. First come, first served. No reserve list available! Any not sold by the end of the year will be

donated for use in the Memorial Hall

Here’s how you can reach Lucinda: jlmasters@btopenworld.com 01844 260869

Notice of Towersey Memorial Hall AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Towersey Memorial Hall Committee will take place in the Memorial Hall on Tuesday 18th December at 7.30pm Everybody is welcome to attend. The TMH Committee

TOWERSEY COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT PRESENTS:

THE TOWERSEY CABARET!!

PERFORMANCE DATES:

Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th May 2019

PLANNING & PERFORMERS MEETING:

SUNDAY 13TH JANUARY 2019 AT 3PM IN

TOWERSEY MEMORIAL HALL

Rise and Shine Yoga with Emma

Towersey Memorial Hall

Fridays 07:00 – 08:00

First session only £5!!!

Enquiries: emy@emmamorganyoga.com

07709 428629

www.emmamorganyoga.com

A Towersey Cabaret is always brilliant fun – both for

performers and audience!

We would love anyone and everyone who would like to be

involved (either on or off stage) to gather at the Hall at 3pm

on Sunday 13th January. Past shows have seen a remarkable

combination of musical routines, interspersed with dance,

poetry, comedy (allegedly!) and even mime – but the sky is

the limit and new ideas are always welcomed!

If you’re not so keen to tread the boards, help will be

needed with staging, production and back stage too, so

come along to find out more.

If you have any queries in advance, then please call Paul or Debbie Mellor on 01844 214888 or

07821 876887 – or just turn up at the Memorial Hall on 13th January!

Towersey Parish Council

December 2018

All electors in the Parish are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings.

If you wish to ask a question of the Council email The Clerk clerk@towerseypc.co.uk

Parish Councillors on the Council are:

Cllr Mark Davis (Chairman), Cllr Steve Nutley, Cllr Kerr Stephenson, Cllr Nikki Jackson and

Cllr Ashley Byrne (Vice Chairman).

District Councillors are: Cllr Lynn Lloyd, Cllr Ian White

County Councillor: Cllr Jeannette Matelot

2019 dates of the Towersey Parish Council.

All meetings will be held in War Memorial Hall and will commence at 7.30pm.

• 22nd January

• 5th March

• 23rd April

• (2nd May – Election Day)

• 14th May - First meeting of new Council in St. Catherine’s Church - Annual Council meeting

• 9th July

• 10th September

• 29th October

• 10th December

Ditch Clearance and Hedge Cutting

As we near the winter months please can we request that all ditches are cleared and any hedges in your ownership are

cut back. Thank you for your help in this matter.

Parish Council Elections – May 2019

Would you be interested in becoming a Parish Councillor for Towersey parish?

Elections will be held in May 2019

Councillors are elected on every four years. Towersey Parish has an allocation for 5 Parish Councillors on a voluntary

basis plus the Parish Clerk, who is a qualified Clerk in matters relating to Council.

In the May 2015 elections Towersey had an uncontested election as only 4 residents applied for the positions. The last

position was filled by co-option, which the Parish Councillors decide on. If more than 5 apply for the 2019 elections ALL

VOTING RESIDENTS get a chance to say who they want to represent them in the Parish….

At each TPC meeting subjects are discussed, such as Planning matters, Finance, Budgets and other local matters which

are addressed.

Application forms will be available from March 2019 to complete – you will need a proposer and seconder for your

application. All of your details will be published by SODC and will be in the public domain.

To qualify as a candidate a person must, on both the day of nomination and the day of the election, be 18 years of age

and a British or Commonwealth citizen, or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or a citizen of another Member State of

the European Union. In addition, the candidate must also meet at least one of the following four qualifications, again

both on the day they are nominated and on polling day:

(a) be registered as a local government elector within the parish; or

(b) have occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises during the previous

twelve months within the parish; or

(c) his/her principal or only place of work during the previous twelve months has been in

the area of the parish1; or

(d) have resided within the parish or within 4.8 kilometres (three miles) thereof during the previous twelve months

More details to follow soon when SODC release all of the relevant paperwork for 2019 elections.

Useful Contact Numbers:

Mrs Jo Wills - Towersey Parish Council Clerk – clerk@towerseypc.co.uk

PCSO Thame Valley Police - 101

OCC Street Light faults - 0800 317802

OCC Highways issues – pot holes etc 0345 3101111

Thame Citizens Advice Bureau 08444 111 444

C/Cllr Matelot 01844 213004 or email jeannette.matelot@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Planning Application to site 100 Storage Containers at Windmill Road

(Behind the sewage works at the edge of the solar farm)

Just thought you all should be made aware that this application has gone to appeal after having been refused by

Towersey Parish Council and SODC. This could affect you all. You have until the 11th of December to your views

known to the inspector. Via the website:

https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=3213195

Or by post to: The Planning Inspectorate, Room3/10, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN. Please include the Appeal reference in all correspondence: Appeal reference : APP/Q3115/W/18/3213195

Site Address : Land off Windmill Road Towersey OX9 3QH

Description of development: Change of use of agricultural land to storage and

siting of storage containers (As amended by plans received 2018_07_06 to

provide passing place and remove a row of containers to achieve visibility).

Application reference: P18/S1865/FUL

http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P18/S1865/FUL

Appellants name : Mr Edward Clark

Appeal reference : APP/Q3115/W/18/3213195

Appeal start date: 6th November 2018

All representations must be received by 11th December 2018. Any representations submitted after the deadline

will not usually be considered and will be returned. The Planning Inspectorate does not acknowledge

representations. All representations must quote the appeal reference. Please note that any representations you

submit to the Planning Inspectorate will be copied to the appellant and this local planning authority and will be

considered by the Inspector when determining the appeal. If you submit comments and then subsequently wish to

withdraw them, you should make this request to the Planning Inspectorate by the date above.

Mark Davis

Return your old tree here by Sunday 13

January 2019

(Trees left after this date will not be accepted)

Trees larger than 6 ft must be cut down in size

Christmas Tree Recycling at

Sports and Social Club car park and

Village Green, Manor Road, Towersey

Wishing Towersey A Very Merry Christmas !

From Lashlake Nurseries Lifestyles

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Applicable to 1 tree per household – please present voucher on purchase

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HOURS: Mon – Sat 9am-4.30pm Sun 10am-4pm

Greetings Towersey,

Christmas approaches and there’s no better gift than the gify of creativity! And as luck would have it,

the Phoenix Studio now sell gift vouchers that can be made out to a monetary value or for a specific

course. Have a look at www.phoenixstudio.co.uk for more details!

Our 2019 courses are now on the website and there’s loads to choose from! New tutors Harriet Riddell,

Jake Spicer and Oliver Bedeman will be joining Team Phoenix. The Drawing Circus will be returning in the

summer and we have some great courses at the beginning of 2019 including etching freestyle sewing, life

drawing and more – so make your 2019 an arty one!

We hope you all have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

All the festive best,

James (and the rest of Team Phoenix)

Harriet Riddell - freestyle stitching

Taking a break from stitching her way around the world, Harriet is coming to

teach students how to create sewn portraits! Often known as InStitchYou, her

work is utterly charming and if you know how to work a sewing machine then

this course is for you!

Jake Spicer - life & portrait drawing

In between leading the Drawing Circus, being a columnist for Artists &

Illustrators magazine, teaching at prestigious art schools, we have persuaded

Jake to come teach not one but TWO weekend classes - one on life drawing,

one on portraits. Don't miss it!

Oliver Bedeman - expressive portraits in oil

Shortlisted for the 2018 BP portrait award, Oli will be teaching students how to

bring colour, pattern and drama to their portraits on his weekend course. I've

already signed up so that's one space gone already!

Christmas Greetings!

Melanie and Rob Walsh , and the rest of the family , would like to wish all their friends and neighbours in Towersey, old and new, a joyous Christmas and a healthy,happy and peaceful 2019. The money we would have spent on cards ,will be donated to Crisis at Christmas, so someone who is down on their luck , can also experience a loving community at this special time of year . Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a happy and healthy 2019 from the Rasmussen family. This year’s donations will go to The Alzheimers Society and The Salvation Army. Wishing our friends and neighbours a Merry Christmas & a great deal of health and happiness for 2019. Thank you for another fun year in Towersey. The Jackson’s. I’ll make a donation to MIND’s RED JANUARY. N x. Join me in the challenge to do something active every day. www.redtogether.co.uk John and Joyce would like to wish all our friends in Towersey a very happy and healthy New Year.We have had an enjoyable summer here in Broadstairs, with long warm sunny days, just great. We still enjoy our holidays away, plus our local events near to home. John & I are keeping well and hop to see many friends at the Towersey Wives Club lunch. How time flies, we have been moved from Towersey 8 years August gone, but still enjoy coming back to see you all. All the very best for Christmas and the New Year Take care

The next newsletter deadline for all articles is Friday 4th January

Village Diary from December 2018

Tues 4th Dec 7.30 pm Parish Council Meeting St Catherine’s Church Tues 18th Dec 7.30pm AGM – Towersey Memorial Hall Memorial Hall Sun 23rd Dec 3.00pm Carol Service St Catherine’s Church

4.00pm Jingle & Mingle - Family Christmas Party Memorial Hall 2019 Sun 6th Jan Towersey Annual New Year’s Lunch Memorial Hall Sun 13th Jan 3.00 pm TOWCAP Planning Meeting Memorial Hall May Parish Council Elections Thursday 16th – Towersey Cabaret Memorial Hall Saturday 18th May Towersey Cabaret Memorial Hall

Thank you all for your custom this year!

From all at the Three Horseshoes Pub