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MORETON TIMESJUNE 2014 ISSUE 92
COTSWOLD TIMES
The Soldier-Poet andthe Train Station PAGE 10-11
Planning issues PAGE 26-30
Dragonflies &DamselfliesPAGE 14-15
11 pages of EVENTS Things to do, places togo - and places tostop for a while ….. Plus sports clubs, localschools & localcharities
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MORETON TIMES
COTSWOLD TIMES
FROM THE EDITOR...
“One hot weekend and a thunderstorm”
After days of looking out of the office window at blue skies and roses, while
putting the June editions together, the bank holiday arrived with layers of baggy
grey clouds heavy with rain – not very holiday friendly! However the good old
British resilience comes to the fore at such times.…..exchanging the usual
weather-type pleasantries with a fellow dog walker he remarked that the wolds
wouldn’t be so green and lush without this much rain!
Last June the magazines were full of planning with MASS leading the fight
against an application for Sainsbury’s supermarket. Things haven’t changed
much in a year – the town is under an ‘avalanche’ of applications for large
developments, with plans for a total of 750 new homes (and potentially 1500
more cars on the roads!). However CDC can now demonstrate that they have
5 years housing supply which, although it’s not a guarantee, will help to fight
the planning battles ahead.
Our local, district and county councillors are fighting hard to protect the town
from becoming over-developed and, together with the villages, locked in a
permanent struggle to get around. They need our help - it’s important that the
planning authorities understand the strength of local opinion. A letter or an eml
from each one of us would certainly leave no doubt about how Moreton feels!
Meanwhile, although there’s no promise of summer weather, I can guarantee
you that there is a wonderful variety of things happening in our towns and
villages. You have a tremendous choice - amazing fairs, fetes, concerts and
festivals, stunning open gardens, exhibitions, walks and cycle rides, fabulous
local food and eclectic craft markets. Things to do, places to go to - and places
just to stop and enjoy!
Best Wishes
Jenni Turner, Editor
With approximately 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds , we aredelivering the four community magazines to letterboxes in Stow on the Wold,Moreton in Marsh, Bourton on the Water & Chipping Norton and the villagesthat 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 PLUS Centres
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.
Contact Moreton Times on:
07789 175 002editor@moretontimes.co.ukwww.moretontimes.co.ukP O Box 6, Sheep Street,
Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD
Our next edition is for July 2014The copydate is 15th June 2014
Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd.
0800 170 7955 / www.eagledesign.net
FEATURES
10,11 The Soldier-Poet and the Train Station - Gerald Heys
14, 15 Dragonflies & Damselflies - Mike Boyes
17,18 “A Dish served Warm” our Short Story - Charlie McFaddon
19 Winners of ‘The Essence of Batsford’ photo competition
24 Magna Carta – 800 years of democracy - Caroline Fisher
46 From Ancient to Modern - Will Masefield, Glos Wildlife Trust
55 A Flash of Yellow - BY Bob Forster
REGULARS
9 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books
22 Robb Eden on Tax
23,26 Business & Volunteering opportunities
25 Dates for Local Authority meetings, Blood Donor sessions
Road Closure – FosseWay at Stow 5-17th June
26 MoretonTown Council meeting in May
27-29 Planning, Buses & The Cricket Field
LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY -
Exhibitions, shows, cinemas, concerts, galleries, markets, museums and walks
38 Local Church services
41-45 News from some of our Local Schools
56 Village Hall listing
57, 58 News from local Sports Clubs
59 Reports from North Cotswold Rotary Club & Fairshares
60 Local Charities and fund-raising
61 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing (always a Work In Progress!)
62 Club Notices
63 Local Business Directory
With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including:Mike Boyes, Robert Dutton, Caroline Fisher, Bob Forster, Julie Hall, Christabel
Hardacre, Gerald Heys, Jan Marley, Will Masefield, Charlie McFaddon, Nigel More...
Cover photograph: “A summer afternoon in Batsford Village.” Photograph taken for Stow Times.
Extra copies of Moreton Times are generally available in Moreton Area Centre, HighStreet, Moreton in Marsh, at Moreton Library and the surgeries, and at Budgens.Copies are also carried on The Villager Bus.
Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced for
some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or any member
of the team. The magazines are produced and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made
to ensure the accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any responsibility for
the consequences of any errors that may occur.
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Mr Crème stormed off the bus, furious it had stopped so far from
the bus stop. He opened his black leather briefcase, took out a
Staedtler pencil, a jotter and noted down the bus registration
number.
Across the road a small freckled faced boy of twelve or thirteen was
sitting on a garden wall, watching intently. Mr Crème feared a
confrontation with the lad, but was determined to prove the driver's
complacency. He chose not to leave his briefcase as a marker,
opting for a jagged L shaped crack in the concrete slab. He strode
back towards the bus stop.
“Forty four,” he said muttered to himself, writing it down. He looked
back to where he had stood and retraced his steps - forty three this
time. Frustrated by the inconsistency, he was about to go again,
when the boy called out.
“Are you doing a survey? My father's an engineer. Can I help!” the
boy called over again. His face was bright and engaging. Mr Crème
made a point of not answering unsolicited questions, but knew not
to ignore the situation. He waved and smiled at the boy.
The boy rose waiting hesitantly to cross the road. A woman
appeared from the house.
“George you need to come in now,” she said. Her voice anxious.
“I was just going to help the man, he is doing a survey for the
police,” said the boy, exaggerating.
“He's not from the police. Come on in now!” she said, arms held to
her chest.
The boy followed his mother reluctantly, lingering a few moments
before he closed the door.
Mr Crème knew what she thought, and felt outraged. He quickly
underlined the forty four figure and slipped the jotter and pencil into
his pocket, and walked on briskly, not looking back.
Eight and a half minutes later he had arrived at his house, a tired
looking Victorian semi. Black paint scabs peeked through the red
front door and most of the small stained glass panes were broken.
The house had deteriorated in the twelve years since his mother
had died. She had been such a tidy, immaculate women. He
reached inside his pocket, pulled out a silver Yale key and opened
the door.
Once inside he removed his thick grey wool coat and hung it on an
old brass hook to the side. A shaggy haired black and grey dog
ambled in from the kitchen.
“Hello Sam, have you had a good day?” said Mr Crème half-
heartedly. Sam responded with a weary wag of his tail, and sat
down in front of his master. Sam was only five years old but had the
lethargy of a much older dog. Mr Crème had got him as a
companion but they had never struck up a real friendship. From the
start Sam was difficult. He had a habit of jumping up, wanting to lick
Mr Crème's face, which repulsed him. They tried puppy- training
classes, but still he could not control Sam. A colleague at work
suggested that neutering might make a difference. Neutering did
make a difference and Sam calmed down considerably.
“Good boy, sit-t”, said Mr Crème, patting the dog’s head. Sam
ignored sit-t, and followed Mr Crème into the kitchen and ambled
out of the now open back door.
Mr Crème took a small covered Pyrex dish out of the fridge, leftover
from yesterday's supper. He placed it in the centre of the
microwave, setting the timer at three minutes, forty seconds, and
began to set the table. Through the frosted glass the blurred outline
of Sam waited patiently. He ignored him and continued with his
task. On a small drop-leaf table he placed a table mat, cutlery, and
salt and pepper. He tore off a sheet of kitchen roll, made a precise
diagonal fold and placed it on the edge of his setting. A tumbler of
fresh water and the table setting was complete. He wondered
whether bread was required, but decided against, 'Waste not, want
not, use only what you need', he reminded himself.
The sound of scratching on glass alerted him, he opened the door.
Sam came in and went straight to his bed in the corner of the
kitchen.
A ‘ding' chimed! Food was almost ready. Mr Crème stood over the
microwave poised like a crane about to strike. He studied his watch
counting down, eighteen, nineteen, twenty seconds passed before
he stabbed a bony finger at the release button. Giving the bowl a
sniff, he smiled in anticipation. Supper consisted of a small piece of
chicken, one large potato one small, a portion of peas and
decoration of sweetcorn. He sat down, placed the napkin on his
lap and sprinkled his meal with a small amount of salt, which he
knew was bad for him, and a lot of pepper, which he thought was
good, and commenced to eat. Between each mouthful, he would
place his cutlery down on the side of his plate and with his elbows
on the edge of the table, clasp his hands as if deep in prayer. To an
observer he might resemble a particularly pious clergyman receiving
communion.
Sam stared intently, eyes devouring every morsel, his nose making
promises to his stomach, never to be kept. Dry biscuits and a bowl
of water would be Sam’s supper - he'd never tasted real meat in his
life, and was always hungry. Beneath his thick shaggy coat he was
as scrawny as his master but, unlike his Mr Crème, Sam had a
much bigger appetite.
His meal over, Mr Crème rose from the table, filled a grey washing
bowl with soapy water and washed up immediately - the smell of
cold food disgusted him. Once the kitchen was clean he turned his
attention to Sam’s dinner. He filled a plastic measuring jug half way,
which he felt was sufficient, and the biscuits went into the dog bowl.
Sam waited, he knew the routine.
Mr Crème called “Dinner”. In a shot the dog was there, devouring
every morsel in seconds. Mr Crème looked on disappointed,
wishing Sam would show more manners.
(continued over)
A Dish Served WarmA Short Story by Charlie McFadden
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Mr Crème put on a pair of tartan slippers from under the stairs,
neatly setting his shoes down in their place. His plan was to start
his new jigsaw, have a bath at eight forty and be back down for nine
o’clock to read a chapter of a new science fiction novel, retiring at
ten thirty. He checked his watch, it was seven fifteen - this left an
hour on the jigsaw.
A large dark cupboard dominated the lounge, beside which stood a
small bookcase. A tired selection of pictures of boat and ships,
sailing this way and that, decorated the wall. Below the window
stood a bare oak table and single chair. TV wasn’t for him,
“Constructive hobbies feed the brain” he muttered.
He knelt and reached into the cupboard to retrieve the jigsaw.
“Bloody Hell!” he squealed in pain. Embarrassed by his own
profanity, and for a second terror struck as he wondered if his
neighbour could have heard. His forefinger had caught on an
exposed rusty nail, the flesh was badly torn and blood oozed freely
from the open wound.
Mr Crème dashed into the kitchen, drops of blood dripping onto the
tiled floor. Hastily he tore off a paper towel to make a temporary
bandage, and with a bit of tape, secured it in place. The sight of
blood had left him feeling light-headed.
Sam had tentatively risen from his basket, head low, his body
submissively close to the ground as he went to investigate the
bright damp spots. Mr Crème saw him and pointed firmly in the
direction of the bed. Sam returned and watched as his master
wiped and disinfected the floor.
Mr Crème retraced his steps into the lounge checking for
bloodstains as he went, dabbing a damp cloth at what he thought
were blood stains, but the Paisley pattern was so busy he wasn't
sure.
Once satisfied he returned to the jigsaw, spreading it over the table.
No sooner had he begun when a movement from across the room
caught his eye. Sam was standing in the doorway. His patience
was wearing thin as he scowled across at his dog. “What are you
doing in here! Bed.... bed!” he shouted, pointing his bandaged
finger in the direction of the kitchen. Sam did not move. Mr Crème
shouted again, more loudly. Sam's head dropped between his
shoulders, he took one more sniff, turned and left the room.
An hour had passed, the puzzle was almost complete. Mr Crème
checked his watch, eight thirty, time to run his bath. He fitted just
two more pieces, and went upstairs. In the bathroom, he turned on
the taps and in seconds steaming water gushed forth as the old
cast iron bath began to fill. He went to his bedroom and pulled
from under his pillow a pair of striped pyjamas, laying laid them over
the warm radiator alongside a clean dry towel. He poured rock salt
into the water, an indulgence, but he felt it helped his bones, so the
cost was justifiable. Two minutes later he eased himself down into
the piping hot water. He turned off the cold tap, but allowed the hot
to flow. The hot water felt good as it crept up his pale chest. Sliding
down, he immersed his head below the surface and could hear his
own heartbeat. Slowly he sat back up; the bathwater was now
lapping up towards the edge of the bath. Using his toe he turned off
the tap. It was almost too hot but he loved the warmth. The
intoxicating heat engulfed him. Closing his eyes, he lay still, totally
relaxed, listening only to the sound of his breath, his thoughts
drifting like the mist which filled the room.
A creak at the door stirred him from a wonderful slumber. Looking
over he could make out the nose of a dog peaking around the door.
“Sam!” he shouted, then sharply, “Sam, go to your bed.” The nose
pulled back.
It was only then that he noticed the crimson colour of the water.
“Oh God!” he exclaimed. His heart raced and jumped within his
chest as his lungs tightened around it. The bandage had gone,
blood was pumping in gentle waves from his finger. In his panic he
rose too quickly, the heat had scrambled his equilibrium, sending
him crashing down. His head hit the solid edge of the bath. A
searing pain, which was both dull and bright, shot through his head.
The tiles felt cool, he wanted to move, but couldn't.
Something stirred through the fog, a furry shape moved towards
him. “Oh thank goodness, Sam, get help, get help”, but no words
came out. He felt warm breath, the disgusting smell of dog biscuits
and then he felt the rasp of a tongue on his flesh.
Charlie McKinnon©2014
Charlie McFadden can be contacted at The Moreton Gallery, High Street,
Moreton in
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Take That! It’s good news that HMRC won last months tribunal as it sends a clear message to thosewho are considering using tax avoidance measures to reduce their tax bills. However, the point I wouldmake is that if the tax system was fairer then these type of schemes would not be needed. Theseschemes are dreamt up by large accountancy firms who are employed to reduce their clients’ taxburden and many of them are HMRC approved. A system that takes with one hand & gives back withanother is always fraught with difficulties and invites both individuals and companies to exploit theinevitable loopholes to their advantage. The job of the taxman is to create a working system that bringsin the highest amount of tax possible. I believe that they should also be charged with overseeing asystem that’s fair to all, something that isn’t happening at the moment. Punitive rates of tax andcomplicated tiers of bureaucracy are hindering rather than helping and are reducing rather thanincreasing the tax take.
If you’re in business or about to start a business it makes sense to contact an accountant who can guideyou through the maze. Whether you’re a sole trader, partnership or a limited company it is importantthat 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 yourreturns and paying any tax due on time. The financial penalties for not doing so are severe.
Many readers will be aware that many tax codes issued by HMRC are wrong & therefore it is wise tocheck these and query them as soon as possible. If you pay too little tax, because a tax code issued byHMRC is incorrect, you are no longer able to argue that it is their mistake & you may be required to payany underpayment, interest or penalties immediately. If in doubt seek advice from your accountant orgive me a ring for free, impartial advice. I will be happy to help in any way that I can.
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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.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES JUNE 2014
C.D.C CommitteeMeetings - JUNE
Members of the public are encouraged toattend meetings of the Council andCommittees. If you live in the District and areon the Electoral Register you can take partby asking up to two questions per meeting.Information about your Councillors andcommittee members are on the websitewww.cotswold.gov.uk
Tues 3 LicensingThurs 5 CABINETWeds 11 PlanningTues 17 Audit & ScrutinyThurs 18 Appeals (subject to business)
Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports andMinutes can be found on the Council'sCommittee Information System. Also availableare details of your Councillor, CommitteeMeetings including dates, times and venuesand Membership of the Committees..
ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 01452 425000The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or onlinewww.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks
Gloucestershire Mobile Police stations
02/06 Lower Slaughter, Upper Slaughter, Naunton, Guiting Power, Temple Guiting, Cutsdean
03/06 Clapton-on-the-Hill, Great Rissington, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Wyck Rissington, Westcote,
09/06 Bourton-on-the-Hill, Blockley, Paxford, Ebrington, Mickleton, Willersley
11/06 Bledington, Icomb, Oddington, Evenlode, Broadwell, Longborough
13/06 Northleach, Bourton on the Water
14/06 Moreton in Marsh, Chipping Campden
Dates & Times may change at short notice. The MPS can be called to attend local incidents.
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE NO PARKING, NO WAITINGA429 Fosseway at Stow AND A424 Evesham Road, Stow From Stow Road to Broadwell Jntn including Jnctn with Evesham Rd and Tewkesbury RdDistance: 487 mReason: Carriageway Resurfacing (road too narrow for traffic to pass with plant in road)
Dates/Times Required: Thursday 5th June until Tuesday 17th June 2014Ref: 1912-001Contact Tel. No: 0800 514514 / Email Dominick.desando@amey.co.uk
LOCAL MEMORY CLUBS - supportive social clubs forpeople with dementia and their Carers, families and friends. * Bourton Young At Heart Club - meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month,10.30am - 2.30pm in the Lounge at Market Close.
* Moreton in Marsh Young At Heart Club - meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month,10.30am - 2.30pm in the Lounge at Jameson Court.
* Stow on the Wold Young At Heart Club - meets 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 10.30am -2.30pm in the Lounge at Chamberlayne House.
These clubs are all run by Memory Clubs UK - a non-profit community interest company set up toprovide social opportunities for people with dementia and their Carers, families and friends.
A light lunch is served at these Young At Heart Clubs and a Carer Respite Service isavailable for a modest charge. Please call Val on 01451 810637 for more information.
* Chipping Norton Lights Up Arts Club for people with dementia - meetson the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 10.30am - 12.30pm at Highlands, Burford Road.
Lights Up is run by Memory Clubs UK, under contract, for West Oxfordshire District Council.
BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH:CHIPPING NORTON, Glyme Hall - 11/06/2014
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POLICE DROP-INSESSIONS
Monday 16th JuneStow Primary School 2.30 -4pm
Wednesday 16th JulyStow Library 2 - 3.30pm
The next main Neighbourhood ConsultativeGroup joint agency meeting will be on Mon 22nd
September, 7pm at Stow Primary School.
The second in a series of Occasional Talks on Community Subjects organised by Moreton Conservatives (www/moretonconservatives.org)
Your New Health Facilities In The North CotswoldsBy Dr Hywel Furn Davies M.B.B.Ch,
Partner Mann Cottage Surgery Moreton in Marsh
Wednesday, 18th June at 7.00 pmAt Moreton Area Centre, High Street
(Coffee and Biscuits served from 6.30 pm) Admission free
An opportunity to find out more about the new health facilities now available at The FourShires Medical Centre, Stow Road, Moreton and to have your questions answered.
MORETON TOWN COUNCILNOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 2014
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EVENTSCOMMUNITY
WHAT’S ONWHEN & WHERE
COTSWOLD TIMES
Supportourlocalcommunity
EXHIBITIONS-8 June EssexHouse PressTypes: C RAshbee and his circle Exhibition includes
books that reflectAshbee’s linkswith theArts &Craftsmovement and theNationalTrust 10.00 - 17.00Court BarnMuseumChippingCampden. 01386841951
- 7 June Louise BalaamA fabulous and exciting exhibition of paintings reflecting theartist's interest in the land and the sea, including newworks fromPembrokeshire.Monday - Saturday:9:30 - 5:00pm01608652255www.johndaviesgallery.comTheJohnDaviesGallery,TheOldDairy Plant,Moreton-in-Marsh,GL569NQ.
7&8 Selling exhibition Sat:10–6pm,Sun:10–4pm.14 local artists inTheBurlandHall, Stanton,Broadway,WR127NE.Admission free.Donations toMotorNeuroneDiseaseAssociation.01242621202
- 4 June LAND–A cultural dialogue betweenman and natureThis exhibitionpresents a selection ofworks (somenew,some re-found) by a number of thegallery'smain artists from theUK,Australia and Japan.Prints from£250andpaintings from£480 - £12,000.9.30am-5.30pm,6 days aweek (closedTuesdays).01608650852or gallery@celialendis.comCelia Lendis Galleries,High Street,Moreton-in-Marsh,GL560AF
- 8 June EssexHouse Press:CRAshbee and his circle.The press published booksreflectingAshbee’s interests and friendships.Court Barn,Church Street,ChippingCampdenGL556JE.01386841951 admin@courtbarn.org.ukwww.courtbarn.org.uk
DIARY3,4&5 Bring-Your-Own-InstrumenYear - BledingtonMusic Festival.7.30pmat St
Leonard’s Church,Bledington,OX76XD.Tickets at Borzoi Bookshop,Stow, Jaffe&Neale,ChippingNorton,KingsHead at Bledington,KinghamVillage Stores andonline:www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk.01608658669/ 07860587035enquiries@bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk
4,11,18,25 YogaClasses held in beautiful studio in Little Compton.11.30 - 12.30 am/7.00 - 8.30 pm. CallAlice on 07932611042or email yoga@lovealocavore.com
5,12,19,26 YogaClassesheld in beautiful studio in Little Compton. 6.30 - 7.30 pm.CallAlice on 07932611042or email yoga@lovealocavore.com
6 ‘Putting on the Ritz’Agreat jazz eveningwith Edward d’Arcy Hatton singing andTimMotteshead on piano.Enjoy an all-inclusive eveningwith bubbly on the terraceon arrival and a complementary drink in the interval.A varied programof song andmusic from the great Jazz era.Tickets £28.Summer ofMusic at UptonHouseOX156HTwww.nationaltrust.org.uk/upton-house/ 01295670266
7 Adult PotteryWorkshops9.30am to 1.30pmNoexperience necessary.£75 perworkshop incmaterials etc.Booking essential.Whichford Pottery,Whichford,Nr.Shipston-on-Stour,CV365PG.01608684416www.whichfordpottery.com
June 2014Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (listed separately)
7/8 Burford Collectors Club RallyBuford Recreation Field, Tanners Lane, Burford,OX18 4NB at 10.00am. For further details www.burford collectors club
8 Churchill Vintage & Classic Car Show12 – 5pm. Over 500 entries includingmotorcycles. Some very rare exhibits. Attractions include a jazz band, stalls, WIbreakfasts, lunches & teas, BBQ. Church & Heritage Museum open. Admission £6(children free) Fundraising for local charities, Chipping Norton Theatre, LawrenceNurses & The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Venue OX76NJ.
8 Open Farm Sunday at Nosehill Farm, GL54 1HB (10 minutes from Bourtonand Stow). A great day out; find out how our food is produced; meet The CotswoldKeeper, wildlife photographer.
14/15 Stow Flea Market & Collectors Fair St Edwards Hall, Stow on the Wold, freeentry 10am– 4pm
14 Sezincote Fête, 01451 83016214 Meditations through Voice & FluteChants of Hildegard von Bingen with
original music by Rob Rhoman. £25 with supper & drinks. Booking essential 01608650418/07947 575818. Rouveure Galleries, Todenham GL56 9NU
14 Annual Tennis Tournament The Coln Valley Mixed Doubles local fundraisingevent. 2 Trophies; sliding handicap; coffee, lunch & teas included. £30.www.chedworth.org.uk. 01451 860903
15 Æthelmar Musical EventsHohenloher String Quartet with Johanna Messner(cello). St Edward’s Church Stow on the Wold at 3.00 pm. Tickets £12 in advance,(students £5) £14 on the door. Available from Borzoi Bookshop, Church Street, StowTelephone 01451 830268
20 Summer gardenparty3pm to 7pm. Henry Cornish Care Centre, Rockhill FarmClose off London Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. For information contact SylviaEvans on 01608 642364.
21 Guiting Power Village Fete & Dog ShowNoon – 4pm. Raising funds for theplayground, village hall & village church. www.guitingevents.co.uk
22 Kingham Market 24 Moreton Interest & Leisure Club Coffee morning, home-made cakes. From
10am. Fundraising for Moreton Hospital & the Air Ambulance29 Oddington Vintage Village Fete.1-4pm. BBQ, Teas, Pimms Tent, Dog Show,
Children's Entertainer Mr Merry, N. Cotswold Wind Band, Races, Lots of Stalls,Pottery making, Cake Decorating. Fun for all the family. 01451 830738
FORTHCOMING EVENTS3 July The Silver BoughTraditional Celtic music & songs from Keith Finlay & Donald
McCombie. £25 with supper & drinks. Booking essential 01608 650418/07947575818. Rouveure Galleries, Todenham GL56 9NU
5 & 6 July Cotswold Show Cirencester Park. Information and early bird tickets, with bigdiscounts on the gate price, via the Show’s website www.cotswoldshow.co.uk.
12 July Garden Party at The Old Vicarage, Church Street, Chipping Norton. Traditionalgames (skittling, croquet, splat the rat) Cream teas. 12-4pm. Friends of St MarysChurch. 01608 643976.
5 July St.Lawrence's Church Fun Day 10am - 4pm. Bourton Village Hall and Green.Fundraising for local groups. Stalls, Stocks, Duck racing, home-made cakes &refreshments. 01451 810213 / 01451 820386
June 2014Full information is available at the Visitor Informations Centres (listed separately)
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CHURCHESa place to worship
Quakers – The Religious Society of FriendsSunday 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
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
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ST DAVID’S CHURCHMORETON IN MARSH
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 1st June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662)11.00am - Morning Service, Sunday Club6.00pm - Sundays @ Six
Sunday 8th June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662)11.00am - Holy Communion, Sunday Club6.00pm - Sundays @ Six
Sunday 15th June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662)11.00am - Family Service 6.00pm - Sundays @ Six
Sunday 22nd June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662)11.00am - Morning Service, Sunday Club6.00pm - Sundays @ Six
Sunday 29th June 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662)11.00am - Benefice Communion6.00pm - Sundays @ Six
ST JAMES’S CHURCHLONGBOROUGH
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 1st June 8.00am - Holy Communion9.30am - Morning Service
Sunday 8th June 9.30am - Holy CommunionSunday 15th June 4.00pm - Countryside Service/Messy ChurchSunday 22nd June 9.30am - Holy Communion
ST MARY’S CHURCHBATSFORD
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 1st June 9.30am – Holy Communion(1662)Sunday 15th June 9.30am - Holy Communion (1662)
ST THOMAS’S CHURCHTODENHAM
Sunday Services in JUNE
Sunday 8th June 9.30am - Holy CommunionSunday 22nd June 9.30am - Morning Service
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHMeets at the Congregational Church, Oxford Street, Moreton in Marsh.
JUNE Sunday Services1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th - Mass at 9.00am
BAPTIST CHURCHSHEEP STREET STOW ON THE WOLD
In the Community for the CommunityWelcome 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:Sunday 1st PAT BAND Sunday 15t JOHN TAYLOR
Sunday 8th ROY TARBOX Sunday 22nd REV JOHN WITTS.
OUR 354TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARYall welcome to celebrate with us. - Sunday 29th NICK HARRIS
COFFEE MORNING EVERY TUESDAY 10am to 12noonat the BAPTIST HALL. All welcome!! !Please check our Website:
www.stowbaptistchurch.org.uk for UPDATES!!
STOW-ON-THE-WOLDMETHODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY SERVICES IN JUNE 10.30am. All welcome
Sunday 1st REV CHRIS CLEWLOW Sunday 8th REV SOBA SINNATHAMBYSunday 15th REV MALCOM COOKSunday 22nd MR DAVID LUNNSunday 29th MRS ADA COOPER
Contact: Jackie Palmer – 01451 822285
Graham Simms – 01451 822545
ST PETER & ST PAUL - BLOCKLEYST LAWRENCE - BOURTON ON THE HILL
SUNDAY SERVICES IN JUNE
Sunday 1st 8.30am - Holy Communion (1662) - Blockley9.45am - Open Door All Age Worship - Blockley6.00pm - Evening Prayer - Bourton on the Hill
Sunday 8th 9.30am - Holy Communion - Blockley11.15am - Holy Communion - Bourton on the Hill
Sunday 15th 9.30am - Benefice Holy Communion - BlockleyPlease note there is no service at Bourton on the Hill
Sunday 22nd 11.15am - Benefice Holy Communion - Bourton on the Hill6.00pm - Choral Evensong – Blockley
Sunday 29th 6.00pm - Blockley Patronal Festival EucharistPlease note there is no service at Bourton on the Hill
MORETON IN MARSHCONGREGATIONAL CHURCHOxford Street, Moreton in Marsh Tel: 01608 651946
Rev Barbara Bridges barbaraatmoreton@btinternet.comhttp://moretoncongregational.org.uk
JUNE 2014Morning Worship every Sunday 10.30a.m.
Includes Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays(all services are followed by tea and coffee)
Market Day Coffee morning every Tuesday 10a.m. - noonHeld every week at the church, usually stalls.
Thursday Community Events Every Thursday morning 10-12 Adult craft sessionAfternoon programme5th June 12.30pm Drop-in Lunch - 2 course lunch, £4. 12th June 2.30pm Prayer and Praise26th June 2.30pm Social afternoon
Bring a reading, hymn or thought to Prayer and Praise and see what othersthink. Social afternoons will include games, puzzles and time to make newfriends. Sometimes we watch a part of a DVD and discuss the issues raised.
Come and join us, you will be warmly welcomed.
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Our Year 11 students, along with our A level scholars, are now in the midstof a heavy timetable of exams. We wish them all every success and lookforward to celebrating with them in August!
Amongst all the revision and the hush of exams, wehave been celebrating a wide variety of successes too.Our students have excelled in the UK Maths Challengeagain this year, while others have been selected forCounty Cricket and yet more have shown their talents inthe performing arts. For example, Year 13’s AnnabelleDawes - an extremely gifted ballet dancer - throughfocus, resilience and perseverance has won herself aplace at the prestigious Northern Ballet School inManchester. Meanwhile, accomplished pianist SophiePrice has won (for the second year running) her divisionat The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts, winning the RichardFarbrother Cup. Then there was the stand-out performance from ourfantastic jazz band Back in Black at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
We are delighted with the take up in all the clubs and activities that are onoffer at the school. Many of our young sports people will be taking part inCounty Athletics and the Youth Games Equestrian Competition this month,as well as tennis and rounders. Yet more students will be involved in Dukeof Edinburgh practice expeditions while our Scientists, who were buildingrobots last month, will be at the Cheltenham Science Festival during thismonth. It is wonderful to see our students enthusiastically taking part.
While some of our students have just returned from cultural trips to theRheinland and Barcelona, we will be welcoming pupils and two teachersfrom Dulwich College in Suzhou, China at the end of June. This is a culturalexchange opportunity with the Chinese pupils attending lessons andexperiencing life as a Sixth Former in the Cotswolds.
Our calendar continues to be packed over these final months of the schoolyear. We are looking forward to concerts from our Chamber Choir who willbe performing at a variety of venues throughout the Cotswolds over Juneand July. There will be further cultural exchanges with our partner school inZambia and our Expedition Team will set off for their much anticipatedmonth-long journey through Nicaragua next month. Finally, we will mark theend of our 25th Anniversary year with a special event scheduled for July.
We are through to the national final of the Pit Stop Challenge; anational science competition run by GSK and McLaren. We haverecently celebrated the commitment and endeavour of students atour annual KS4 Awards ceremony. John Mitchinson, one half of theduo behind the QI TV programme, came to present the prizes. Johntalked about the role of fascination in learning and how there is somuch to interest enquiring minds. Among other interesting things, wefound out that Yoda’s first name is Minch!
Chipping Norton Literary Festival in partnership with Chipping NortonPartnership of Schools arranged for children’s authors to visit each ofthe primary schools as well as Chipping Norton School. We weredelighted to have three authors; Teri Terry,
Sharon Jones and Mary Hooper come and talk to Year 8 and 9students. Thank you very much to Caroline Watson. Congratulations are due to Lizzie Alarcon Clark (1st), Charlotte Facer(2nd) and Chloe Paish (3rd); the winners of Chipping Norton School'sFirst World War poetry competition, held in partnership withChipLitFest. All the students had the opportunity to read their poemswhich were displayed around the Town Hall during this year’s festival.Hopwood UK, a specialist martial arts company who regularly workwith elite sports performers, visited school this term to deliver judomaster classes. The team ran anger management and street safetysessions with great success for KS3 students as well as masterclasses in rugby. Hopwood UK praised the effort, ability andpoliteness of the students.
The annual U9, U10 and U11 Athletics Festival on the ChippingNorton School field gave pupils from the Partnership Primary Schools
the opportunity to raceon a 400m oval track.The pupils competed inthe 70m sprint, the 300middle distance raceand a shuttle relay. Theyalso had theopportunity to see howfar they could throw a‘rocket’ and took part in
a standing long jump competition. Year 7 and 10 Chipping NortonSchool Sports Leaders worked very hard as race starters and finishline judges. Holy Trinity School and Great Tew were the overallwinners of the ‘Big Schools’ and ‘Small Schools’ competitionsrespectively. Congratulations to everyone who took part and thankyou to all the teachers, TAs and parents who supported andencouraged the children.
CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOLSimon Duffy: Head Teacher
all students will exPerience the success that is essential in buildinG self esteeM, GaininG a
Positive attitude to learninG, and develoPinG indePendent learners.
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Nationally renowned children’s author,Sarah Lean came to school to run astimulating workshop for the older classesin school. She encouraged the children toact out scenes from some of her books.We would like to thank Sarah for her timeand enthusiasm working with the childrenthis term. This week all the children haveenjoyed watching ‘Alice in Wonderland’from a travelling theatre. It was awonderful production which will inspire the children in their fictional writing.We wish children from Year 5 good luck in their Cycling Proficiency Test onTuesday 3rd June. We will look forward to seeing them ride safely aroundthe town. Visit to Cornish House CharlieJennings had his picture in the Oxford Times on Thursday. Hewas one of the School Council who went to Cornish House CareCentre on Wednesday to sharetheir favourite books with theresidents. The residents werethrilled to have theChildren visit them and listened intently to them reading.The event was organised as part of the Chipping Norton Literary Festivaland was really enjoyed by both generations!Explorer Science Dome Children from Foundation Stage to Year 5 havebeen investigating different concepts of Science inside a large inflatabledome. Here are some of the children’s comments about their experience.“I thought the science dome wasfantastic. We learnt how soundcan travel through different typesof stuff. ” Saffron Williams “Weentered the amazing sciencedome, were we learnt thatvibration is a sound.” Clara “Iliked it because I learnt a lotabout the speed of light andsound.”Rose Kingham Sculpture Trail Children from Foundation Stage to Year 5will be visiting the sculpture trail at Kingham Lodge. We are hoping the tripwill inspire children when building their own sculptures back in school. Foundation Stage have been busy learning about Mini-beasts. As part oftheir topic they are observing the life cycle of a caterpillar in theirclassroom. Athletics We have come back from the Chipping Norton partnershipsports competition with two trophies. Well done to all the children involved. Holy Trinity came first overall and the Year 5 pupils will berepresenting our partnership in the regional competition. Thank you toMrs Woolley for her continued hard work and commitment to the school.Congratulations to: Emily Notman for achieving two firsts in theHeadington Showjumping competition. Katie Blundell for being awardedthe ‘swimmer of the month’ at the Four shires Swimming Club. JamesFord for achieving his grade 2 clarinet. Well done to all of you. Whattalented children we have here at Holy Trinity
Holy TrinityRC School
As the final summer term approaches the calendar becomes as busy as ever.
With sports day and the annual play looming, practices are being scheduled to
once again bring you another marvellous production and a fun filled sports day.
Sports The sporting achievements continue to flourish
as the Cold Aston Tag Rugby team earned their place at
the Level 3 final in Gloucester, coming 3rd in the local
round. They narrowly missed the final in a nail biting
clash with Temple Guiting. We wish the team every
success and enjoyment in the next round. The hockey
team went on to become Gold medalists at the Level 3 Games in Cheltenham,
what a wonderful result! Well done to the team and thanks to Mrs Benson for
her coaching.
In the classroom Class One enjoyed a delightful day at a local farm, where
they explored the woods and cuddled some adorable lambs! Many thanks to
the Fleming family for having Class One! Year 5 are now all proficient in cycling,
while Year 6 breathe a sigh of SAT relief. Mr Yiend kindly visited Class 3 during
art week to demonstrate African art, where they produced some wonderful art
work. They also had great fun learning African drumming!
Coming up Year 2 are delighted to be invited to Sherborne for a reading in
the woods day. Years 1 and 2 are looking forward to their farm to fork trip, at
Tesco in Stow. Whilst Year 6 begin to plan for their leavers service!
Cold Aston C of E Primary Schoolby Katie Walker Headteacher: Miss Alexandra Symondson
Headteacher: Mrs Yvonne Barnes BEd (Hons) NPQH
St Mary’s C of E (Aided) PrimarySchool, Chipping Norton
Roman Day
In April, a Roman soldier appeared at our school to help us with our
new topic. He started by talking in Latin which was very odd, as I
couldn’t understand a word he was saying! Next he made us stand
up and turn around to Latin commands. It was very hard to
remember which was which but I eventually got the hang of it. After
that we were given a shield and sword to take outside for training.
We were all told to tap the shield in time, gradually getting faster until
finally we charged at the teachers, who were so scared that they ran
and hid! In the afternoon we tried on different pieces of armour
before learning about the Roman amphitheatres. Finally we ended
with gladiator fights and death by beast. No one was really injured
and everyone went home with a smile on their face.
Lily Edwards Y4
Mechanics in Foundation! Our reception classes have been
enjoying our topic on wheels and have set up a garage workshop in
the classroom! Budding mechanics have enjoyed pumping up tyres,
taking bikes and scooters apart using real tools and booking in
customers with our appointment book. If your car needs a service
we can recommend St Mary's garage and their team of mechanics!!
World War IIAir Raid Shelter Five Boys in Year 5/6 wondered what it would be
like to experience life in an air raid shelter. To this end they enlisted
the help of Mr. Lawson and built one in the grounds. Using their
enrichment time each week, they have created a real feel for wartime
Britain. Charlie said “It must have been really scary stuck in here with
bombs going off.
Make do and Mend Another group of children were chosen to do
rag rugging. Lewis and Nicol, both Year 6 write: We have been
learning how to do this activity by threading material through the
Hessian. We have found this challenge very hard and it felt like we
would never get to the end, but we are nearly there!
Quilting Will and Edward write: First of all we had to cut up 216
pieces of fabric, we then had to sew all of them together. Once it is
completed we are either going to auction it or send it to a third world
country.
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Since returning from our Easterbreak, we have been very busyacross the school. Form 2 visitedSutton Courtney EnvironmentalCentre, learning all about habitatsand finding all sorts of weird andwonderful places that animalscan make a home! We had great fun pond dipping and evencaught a Newt!! A great place to visit, lots of interesting things to doand see and most importantly enjoyed by all.The sun tried it’s hardest to shine through for our annual WindrushValley School Football Tournament, which we hosted at KinghamHill School on Wednesday 7th May. Our biggest turn out to date,with 150 children attending. Congratulations to Sibford, overallwinners in the U9 category, and to KingsSchool in the U11s who narrowly beatWindrush Valley in the final! We look forwardto next year, and hopefully winning thetrophy back! Well done to U9s: Alex Howe,Cameron Cutmore, Bertie Bond, OsiahSpelman, Ben Hughes, Ethan Calvert, HenryWheeler, Ben Douglas, Poppy Lewis-Ing,Scarlett Boyce, Nathan Cutmore, Oliver Sherratt and BlakeO’Mahony. U11s: Jake Maudsley, Charlie Maudsley, Greg Davies,Finley Pemberton, Max Guest, Benjamin Lewis-Ing, Angus Birrell,George Boyce, Jamie Sherratt, Ben Hubbard, Eric Machiwenyika,James Thompson and Geronimo Neate-James
The Spring term here at Swell ended with thepresentation of The Michael Oughton Trophy.The trophy was donated by the MacDonald-Buchanan Swell Trust in memory of well knowpast pupil and local farmer Michael Oughton.The trophy is award three times a year to thepupil that has demonstrated significantly manyof the school’s values through their actions andbehaviours. The trophy for the Spring term waspresented to 11 year old Thomas Fowler, seen photographed proudlyshowing Reverend Martin Short the trophy.The Summer term is well under way with Friday Fizz Pop Science Clubgoing with a bang. The children really enjoy experimenting and learningabout different scientific theories in a fun and hands on way. Clubs inSport, Craft, Maths, Film and Model making are also very popular.The Infant class are thoroughly enjoying their weekly swimminglessons at Bourton Leisure Centre and are very grateful to the driversof the Villager Minibus for helping with transport. The new ‘mud’, yesmud kitchen is proving very popular with the children. With the lovelysunny weather they are having great fun producing mud pies of allshapes and sizes.Thanks to the Lower Swell Allotment Committee we are now theproud owners of a school allotment patch. A willing group of parentskindly volunteered to dig the patch and the children have been buyterecting a rabbit proof fence. Seeds are growing well in the schoolgreenhouse and will be transplanted shortly. The school potatoesplanted by Year 2 are well up and they are looking forward to cookingthem later in the term.
Swell SchoolFrom Judy Morgan School Administrator
Temple GuitingChurch of England School
David Ogden, Headteacher
En Garde!Fencing was a highlight of our Year 3/4 residential to Condover Hallwhich also included climbing, archery, caving, air-powered rocket
launching… and, inevitably, a disco!
Penguins, Romans, Bikes and the BardThis term, Classes 2 and 3 have been looking at the North
Cotswolds’ Roman heritage with visits to Chedworth Villa andCirencester Museum. Class 1 brought their ‘Under the Sea’ topicalive with a visit Birmingham Sea Life centre. This term variousgroups of pupils will receive cycle training, learn about public
speaking, sing at a Disney-themed concert, walk with the CotswoldWardens, dance at the Everyman Theatre, look at fossils at
Northleach and watch an all-male cast perform Romeo and Juliet atBatsford Arboretum!
Fete: Saturday 28th JuneFast becoming a Cotswold favourite, our Fete includes a dog show,coconut shy, home-made cakes, beer tent, dog agility… everythingyou would expect from a traditional village fete plus a very specialguest to open the event at 12.30. The fun continues until 3.30pm.
admin@templeguiting.gloucs.sch.uk | 01451 850304www.templeguiting.gloucs.sch.uk
We have an exciting and very busy term ahead of us. With lots of trips,
fund raising events and of course Sports Day which will be held on
Thursday 5th June. Class One went on a trip to the butterfly farm at
Stratford. They all took the opportunity to hold a mini beast and had a
fabulous time! Their behaviour was exemplary and they were excellent
ambassadors for the school.
Class Four have been studying the Aztecs and as this topic is drawing to
an end they are fortunate enough to be visiting Cadbury World! As you
can imagine this is a really exciting way to end their topic and we are
sure that they will bet the opportunity to taste some chocolate whilst
they are there. The World School of Rock visited the school recently and
gave an excellent assembly to everyone. The children all contributed
ideas for a song which was then recorded and put onto the World
School of Rock website!
Years 3,4,5 and 6 are taking part in an inter school athletics meeting at
Temple Guiting, where they all will participate in various events such as
relay, sprint, standing long jump and triple jump. We wish them all good
luck. We have again been accredited with Healthy Schools Status, this
takes into account everything from encouraging the children to be
healthy and active, so well done everyone for making this possible.
Years 5 and 6 really enjoyed themselves at PGL at the end of last term.
Everyone had a great time and by the looks of the photos got extremely
muddy and wet on some of the activities! All of the pupils took part in
challenges such as abseiling, climbing, dragon boat racing and zip wire.
Everyone enjoyed themselves including the staff!
Year 6 have just completed their SATs week. They have all been amazing
and put all of their effort into every paper. A big thank you to Mrs
Lancaster who prepared them with tutoring sessions beforehand.
Our Summer Fair is due to take place on Friday 4th July, 6pm til 8pm so
please come along
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The short half-term since Easter has been action-packed, and it is a pleasure to share some of thechildren’s experiences.Children have enjoyed being part of the Chipping Campden Literary andMusical Festivals: Stuart Reid, famous children’s author, visited the schooland inspired the children with his funny stories; KS2 children have visiteda series of lunchtime concerts held in the town; we hosted a flute andguitar demonstration for our pupils and those from neighbouring schools;and we were delighted to offer our school as a rehearsal venue forprofessional musicians as well. Children are busy practising for theirupcoming Civic Hall performance. On the sporting front, we were delighted to welcome WolverhamptonWanderers Manager, Kenny Jackett (my brother-in-law) to school. Wecurrently have an undefeated football team and our Squad benefitedfrom 2 hours of specialist coaching ahead of their entry into the StratfordFootball Club Tournament. It was brilliant to see right-footed playersbeing taught how to use their left feet, how to chest and head the ballappropriately, one touch passing and so on. The boys were simplybeaming! There will be more information about the Stratford tournamentnext time. Children have also competed in the local inter-school primaryswimming gala this term, achieving 2nd place. We have many differentclubs running, including netball and tennis. All children have taken part in ‘Forest School’ this term. We have startedthis because we are keen for children to benefit from outdoor learningexperiences in our beautiful outside spaces. Children are learningteamwork, independence, self-confidence, creativity and so much more. We invite you to look at the Co-Op window on Chipping Campden HighStreet where you will see a display of some of the other outdoor learningexperiences we are providing for children at St. Catharine’s. If you are interested to see the work of our school, perhaps you are aformer pupil or moving into the area, please contact the School Office01386 840677 for a personal guided tour.
Since the half term break, there have been lots of activities going on at Dormer House. We took part in the Kingham Hill School football tournament, where all four of our teams played well. Our U9 A-team got through to their final and although they were beaten in the end (by one goal), all the children played really well and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We held our annual swimming gala on 9th May. Allchildren swam a variety of races and gained points fortheir houses along the way. The highlight was the fun race at the end andeveryone cheered the three house captains when theyjumped in the pool fully clothed and with a variety of floats,balls and other attire. Congratulations to Wellington Housewho were this year’s winners.Earlier this week, the children in years 4-6 went to Worcester on a field trip to Knapp Paper Mill and NatureReserve. This complemented their river study and theyhad great fun along the way. The rain didn’t seem todampen their spirits.
We all get out and about as we know that it makes learning fun. Our reception class went to the Huffkins factory in Stow last week, where they made gingerbreadmen. They all loved being real bakers!Speech and Drama lessons continue to be hugely popular.
All candidates earned a merit or distinction in the recent LAMDA examsand several children are currently taking part in the Cheltenham Festival.The experience of standing up in front of an audience gives them somuch confidence. Everyone is invited to come and see for themselves why Dormer is theright choice for their child’s primary education. For more information, callus on 01608 650758 or visit www.dormerhouse.co.uk.
St Catherine’sRoman Catholic Primary School
Headteacher: Joanne Welch
St Davids C of E Primary SchoolHeadteacher - Mrs F. Heming
We have had a tremendously busy time this term at St
David’s. You may have seen some of KS2 out and
about in Moreton, litter picking at the Skate park or
packing bags in Budgens as we have learned
about the importance of offering ‘service’ to others in
our community. Those of us in KS1 found ways of
helping out in school so that our tables were gleaming
and tidy at the end of the day. We also
gave one of our Teaching Assistants a treat
to say thank you when we discovered all the
service she offers to Moreton by setting up
things like our youth club and organising our
skate park. We think she enjoyed the
manicure, massage, cordial, biscuits and
hairdressing…
Our Teaching Assistants are a really
important part of our school life; for instance
when we go out on trips. Key Stage 1 were
lucky enough to go to the Cotswold Farm
Park as part of our Animal Magic topic. We had a fascinating time learning
about all the sheep, chicks and goats and some rather mischievous pigs. It
was a great help with our writing back at school because we had seen,
touched and heard the animals in real life!
Now we are a little bit further on in Spring our Foundation Stage children are
starting to learn about planting and growing. We were delighted when Tim
from the Fosseway Garden Centre came out to work with us in class. They
donated some seeds and showed us how to plant them properly and
explained how to look after them carefully.
Years 3 and 4 have been exceptionally busy over the last few months. We
were delighted when Cacao Bean café came to help us make some delicious
bread and then in our Wild Wood topic Batsford Falconry centre sent some of
their owls to see us. We are hoping to trek up to Batsford ourselves soon so
that we can explore the woods and learn more about the trees, plants and
animals that we might find there. We have had great fun making shelters from
natural materials, even though we might just have got a little bit messy. We
even found time to write to the Prime Minister about schools – and got a reply!
Years 5 and 6, have moved on from our fabulous art theme and are now
learning about Summer Festivals. We have started off by finding out how
people might stay at a festival in the summer by visiting the Camping and
Caravan Club in Moreton. It really is quite amazing how you can live outdoors
quite comfortably. It looked like quite an adventure to us.
For more details please visit our website www.stdavidsprimaryschool.co.uk
Sherborne C of EPrimary SchoolFrom Gill Stratford, School Administrator
For once the sun shone on the village May Merry event! The
day began with a lovely May Day Service at the church where
our May Queen, Ellie Matthews was crowned. This was
followed up with Maypole dances, refreshments by FOSS and
a BBQ and entertainment at the social club.
Well done to the Wildlife Quiz team of Ferdy, Kenny, Henry,
Ellen and Amy who regained the North Cotswold Trophy.
The team will now represent the North Cotswolds in the
county semi-final.
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Our work with primary students extends far beyond our preparationsfor them joining us each September however. Long and richrelationships have been forged over many decades between localand not so local primary schools and Chipping Campden School,and we welcome primary students into CCS on a frequent basisthroughout the year.Earlier this year our Modern Foreign Languages team welcomedprimary linguists to develop their language, Italian style…and a tastefor pizza, and in another session led by Mrs Carr, Head of RE,Philosophy and Ethics, primary students and students from CCSworked together to extend their thinking and took part inphilosophical debate. For over three months 70 primary school pupils at St James’ and StCatherine's Schools participated in Science Clubs run by Sixth Formstudents which included some sessions in the science labs at CCS,and our Spring Concert provided a wonderful opportunity tocollaborate as over 150 Year 5 and 6 students from many of ourfeeder primary schools joined us for a memorable musicalperformance showcasing their talent in a special performance ofMichael Hurd’s Rooster Rag. On the sporting side the Primary Schools’ Floorball League, led byMr Clough, was on track with 16 primary schools fielding 31 teamsbattling it out to win the league. An army of young athletes and theirparents braved the weather to take part in the Primary Cross Countryorganised by Sarah Dowler and her team of sports leaders, and theInter-School Primary Swimming Gala saw some impressive times inthe pool.We also work closely with primary teaching staff to develop teachingstrategies to stretch their most able young learners. Primary staffjoined our English and maths departments to develop strategies toprovide challenge for their most able students in Year 6, and in July aPuzzle Challenge Day is planned to provide learning opportunities forgifted and talented Year 5 mathematicians. Our science departmentalso welcomed 30 primary staff to develop teaching strategies fordelivering aspects of the KS2 curriculum and in July we have an ICTday planned.We are looking forward to meeting another cohort of interesting,talented and energetic young people joining us in September, andparents and students joining Year 7 in September 2015 are invited toattend our Open Evening on Thursday October 2nd 2014.
CHIPPING CAMPDENSCHOOLby Lisa Ironmonger
Bledington School had its moment in thesun at the sculpture exhibition in thegrounds of Kingham Lodge - the firsttime the school has exhibited their art in apublic space. On the sporting front, years five and sixplayed a home football match onconsecutive days. They lost the first 5-2 against St Catherine’s, Chipping Campden, butrecovered their mojo the next day, winning 16-0 against Stow. The Juniors were able to let off steam at the end of SATS week with anathletics afternoon at Guiting Power School. Our infant block teacher Miss Jenkinson is sadly leaving Bledingtonat the end of this term. During her eight years at the school she hasrun innumerable after-school clubs, with gymnastics being one of themost popular. Each year, the children have a chance to show off theirskills at an external competition in the summer term. This year CalebYates won a gold medal and Jonah Shaw a silver, meaning that themuch-cherished Miss Jenkinson can vault out on a high.
Bledington SchoolFrom Clare James
The school has been very busy of late, we
took part in a fabulous Easter Service where
Longborough & Swell Schools had a parade to
the church led by ‘Gentle’ the donkey. It was
wonderful to see so much support from our
parents too. On May 1st we had a visit from
the Owlswick Morris Dancers where they gave
the children an insight into the origins of Morris
dancing as well as showing them some of the difference dances. The
children were able to join in the grand finale which they enjoyed.
During May our older pupils will be attending residential trips to the
Forest of Dean where they will be involved in numerous activities such
as zip wires, climbing towers, treasure hunts & problem solving
challenges. I’m sure a good time will be had by all and we hope the
sun shines for them. Also during May Class 1 will be visiting Cogges
Heritage Trust near Witney where they will take on the role of time
travellers who always stay in one place but travel through different
time eras. Covering both Saxon and Victorian periods pupils will
discover what type of materials were used to make buildings, how
they cooked, what they ate and where they got water.
The school continues to embrace learning outside the classroom and
this term we have begun our gardening club where we are beginning
to plant & weed for the new season. We’ve planted a new wild flower
meadow in a corner of the playing field which we hope which
encourage an abundance of wildlife over the coming months whilst In
our quiet garden area we will be creating a raised herb bed and to
complete the area the children will design and create a pebble
mosaic.
From Claire Goodfellow,
Administrator
Recently the children of Blockley School of various ages have done
well in many spheres both in and out of school. Year 5 and 6 pupils
took part in an inter school swimming gala at Chipping Campden
School and won. Freya Aylmore Y5 gained the most points in
Blockley Horticultural Society’s Spring Show. Anne Tallis swam an
incredible 186 lengths (over 2 miles) in a 1 hour 45 mins sponsored
swim. Alice Brown Y4 gained a distinction in her grade 3 piano
exam. Emile Lendis Y5 was awarded the player of the season at
Stow-on-the –Wold RFC presentation evening while James Clarkson
and Oli Crabtree both received awards for the Best Player and Most
Improved Player in their category. Jamie West, Thomas Boam,
William Tallis, Bernie McDonagh, Oliver Gill and Connor Scarsbrook
were awarded medals and trophies for their participation in Moreton
Rangers Football Club teams. They enjoyed successes as team
captain, coaches, player and highest goal scorer at a recent awards
evening.
Thomas Price took part in the Young Voices Choir at Chipping
Campden, while Oli Price featured in the Warwick Playbox Street
Theatre Festival in April. No wonder that OFSTED have decided that
Blockley school is doing so well and maintaining its high standards
that they will not be visiting the school for at
least another year.
All the school and many families and some
organisations in Blockley are very busy
making scarecrows for a competition on
Thursday May 22nd. They will be displayed
throughout the school and grounds. Next
month we should have some good
photographs.
Blockley C of E SchoolFrom Jenny Bruce
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It’s easy to forget, living as we do from day to day, about our
place in the wider stream of time. Sometimes we can get a
nebulous feeling of it when considering an ancient tree (what was
happening in the world when it was a seedling, a sapling?) or an
old building or ridge-and-furrow farming system, but there are
some occasions when our place in history – our rootedness in the
landscape – is brought vividly home. In preparing the ground for
our new parlour and robotic milking system at Greystones Farm
nature reserve in Bourton on the Water last month, a digger
elegantly trepanned the skull of just such an occasion only a
metre beneath the surface.
The body lay in a ritually crouched burial position in the top of an
ancient storage pit, and after a week or two of delicate
archaeological scrapings and less delicate mattockings, another
human skeleton and a skull were unearthed in further storage
pits, dating from the mid Iron Age, at least two and half thousand
years ago. This shouldn’t have been too unexpected –
Greystones Farm is a nationally significant Scheduled Ancient
Monument, hosting a Neolithic causewayed enclosure (the
birthplace of Bourton, over 5000 years ago) and an impressively
large Late Iron Age fortified town, or oppidum, known as
Salmonsbury. As part of any works here we undertake
archaeological assessments before any ground disturbance takes
place (although badgers and rabbits regularly flout these rules, as
if they hadn’t been told often enough). Previously, within the
farmyard no significant archaeological remains have been found
due to the length of time it has been a working farm, and the test
pits in this case, against all odds, unerringly missed all of the
several storage pits and possible roundhouse that were
subsequently excavated. When the works did go ahead, we had
an archaeologist on hand just in case, and he was able to stop
the digger in its metaphorical and literal tracks. We then
embarked on an unexpected, expensive and intriguing week of
unearthing the past.
Over the coming years we intend to improve the interpretation of
this site’s fascinating (but largely intangible) history, and tell the
story of 5000 years of farming in the Cotswolds, from Neolithic
times right through to today’s modern robotic technology.
It’s humbling, in a sense, to think of what has been lying there, a
metre beneath our feet all of this time. We can easily forget about
our rich and fascinating past, and equally how our actions, values
and decisions will affect the lives of our descendants. What sort
of world will we have bequeathed to future generations, I wonder,
as they look back at us and the way we lived?
Will Masefield, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Greystones Farm, Bourton on the Water, GL54 2EN
01451 810853 (no answermachine) or 01452 383333
07793 307056
‘From Ancient to Modern’by Will Masefield, Cotswold Community Wildlife Officer, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Discoveries and Developments at Greystones Farm, Bourton
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A new four-legged member for the Rotary Club of Kingham & The Wychwoods
The Rotary Club of Kingham & The Wychwoods has raised £2,700 to
buy a horse named Rotary Blue to help improve the lives of local
children and adults with physical or learning disabilities through horse
riding. The fourteen year-old horse, which has become an honorary
member of the Rotary Club of Kingham & The Wychwoods, has been
donated to work with the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) at
Chipping Norton.
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) works to improve the lives
of people with disabilities through horse riding and carriage driving.
With a network of 500 volunteer groups in UK, RDA provides
opportunities for therapy, achievement and enjoyment, improving
health, wellbeing and self-confidence, and benefiting mobility and co-
ordination. (80% of riders with physical or learning disabilities
experience physical improvement in 12 weeks or less and 82% of
riders demonstrate improved communication as a result of horse
riding.)
The Rotary Club of Kingham & The Wychfords raised funds at its Duck
Racing Festival, on Easter Monday. The funds will also provide £1,600 a
year towards the annual care of the horse. The Rotary Club of Chipping
Norton is donating £1,100 from its Chippy Jazz and Music Festival, to
help with upkeep.
Paul Jackson of the Rotary Club of Kingham & The Wychwoods
commented: “It’s been really rewarding for all the members to see the
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Affordable Homes for BatsWill Masefield, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Sinister, creepy, bloodthirsty and disease-ridden – are these
denizens of darkness really the stuff of nightmares? There can be no
animals that have suffered quite as much negative publicity as bats,
and centuries of myths and misinformation have taught many of us
to be afraid or repulsed by the very thought of them. Be honest; are
you one of them? You needn’t be! There are well over 1100
species of bats worldwide (that’s about a quarter of all mammals)
and they play an important role in many ecosystems as seed
dispersers, pollinators and insect pest-controllers! Having led
several expeditions in the Indian Ocean islands studying the role
that fruit bats play in tropical forest ecosystems, it quickly became
evident that the link between the bats and forest regeneration is as
important as the link between forests, soil erosion, coral reefs and
people’s livelihoods.
Bats are amazing and fascinating creatures. Ranging from the
smallest mammal, the bumblebee bat, to flying foxes with six-foot
wingspans, they have a huge range of feeding and roosting
strategies. All of our bats in the UK navigate by echolocation,
listening to echoes of their incessant shouting (fortunately for us in
an ultrasonic range above human hearing – they would otherwise
perhaps be more irritating than fascinating) and building up a sonic
map of their surroundings. No bats are blind, but to catch midges
and moths on the wing in complete or near darkness, they need
something a bit more sophisticated than vision!
In the UK our 17 species of bat (almost a third of our mammals) are
all small, and all insect-eaters. A pipistrelle, our commonest and
smallest bat, is said to be able to consume around 3000 midges in
a night – handy to have around at barbecues. As top predators of
nocturnal insects, they are good indicators of the health of our
natural environment, being sensitive to unsympathetic land
management practices. Loss of habitat has driven bats to adapt to
take advantage of our buildings, and this close association can
cause conflict. Bats are sensitive to disturbance and loss of roost
sites, and it’s fair to say that they won’t be at the top of many
developers’ Christmas card lists on account of their full protection
under the law.
Last year, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust requested help to provide
these incredible creatures with more roosting opportunities at our
nature reserve at Greystones Farm in Bourton on the Water. Friends
of the Cotswolds, Carter Conservation Trust and GWT members
kindly donated the money to buy ten boxes for bats, and the
materials to construct eight multi-chambered bat homes, which
were put together by local volunteers.
We know we have a maternity roost of natterers bats in our stone
barn at Greystones, where females give birth to single pups and
leave them in a crèche when they go out to feed in the evenings.
But we wanted to provide more opportunities for various species of
bats to roost around the farm, and for this reason erected the
‘woodcrete’ boxes on trees and the multi-chambered boxes on tall
poles near likely feeding areas. Under one of the wooden boxes we
soon began to find large numbers of bat droppings, and could hear
the garrulous chattering (audible communication squeaks, rather
than echolocation calls) of several bats in the box. At dusk, with the
aid of a bat detector and a pair of eyes (wonderful technology, those
pieces of kit) we were able to watch as thirty three soprano
pipistrelles (so called because they echolocate higher – at 55
kilohertz – than common pipistrelles) swooped out of the box to
forage along the adjacent hedge line.
We’re thrilled to have been able to put something back into the
environment for bats, and hopefully as a nation we will learn to give
these astounding little beasts more of the admiration they deserve.
For more information please visit our website at
www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.ukWill Masefield, Cotswold Community Wildlife Officer Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
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Some sportsmen are born and others are made; Malcolm Rose,
Chipping Norton’s star cyclist, certainly falls into the latter group.
Like most children, he rode a bike; nothing special about that. He
rode around the villages where he was brought up –Wigginton,
Ebrington and into Chippy, but he had no interest in racing, just in
exploring the rural lanes. In his teenage years he became a regular
smoker, a habit which could have precluded him from competitive
sport. Malcolm Rose was not a sportsman – well, not until he
started talking to an uncle one day after a wedding, an uncle who
was an enthusiastic rider. It was at this point that the fitness bug
caught hold, and a determination to turn over a new leaf.
Soon he was cycling regularly with his uncle and the time came to
buy a ‘proper’ bike - things were looking serious. Armed with his
sleek new machine, Malcolm joined Oxonian Cycling Club, now the
biggest club in the county, where he received plenty of advice and
support - the bug had taken root. The year was 2004 and, decked
in the club’s yellow livery, that bug was growing.
But the road to success has been a struggle. Malcolm runs his own
carpentry business and, together with his wife, looks after three
young children. With these pressures, devoting time to cycling has
been a challenge.
On summer evenings, crouched low over the handlebars, he trains
along the West Oxfordshire lanes and across the county border
around Moreton and Todenham but in the winter months a strange
sound can be heard from his garage on the steep hill up from the
trading estate - a mixture of gasping and whirring, the result of
effort-packed time pedalling on a ‘turbo trainer’, the cyclist’s
equivalent of a rowing machine. It’s hard work, it’s cold, it’s tedious
and the scenery leaves much to be desired.
However, with dedication comes rewards. This powerhouse of a
rider, despite only taking up the sport ten years ago, is now
probably his club’s best all-round rider, as the results prove. As well
as breaking the club record for 30 miles, a distance reached in 1
hour, 4 minutes and 39 seconds, Malcolm broke the record for the
ride from Oxford to Henley and back again. Most significantly of all
was his jaw-dropping success in the Classic 25 mile time trial
distance; here, he was chasing a club record held in 1984, set by
Welsh champion Mick Bowen – a record that he broke twice in
2013, finishing with a time of 52 minutes and 9 seconds. Just to
put it into context - that works out at an average speed of nearly 22
miles per hour, a speed most serious cyclists could only dream
about.
Malcolm has come a long way in a short time. Gone are those days
of nicotine and breathlessness. He has found something far better.
As he says himself, “Cycling has changed my life. I think it’s good
for everyone to have something in their life to feel passionate about
and that is what cycling is to me.
“I see every event as a challenge to improve and do better, and I
give every event my all, in hope of achieving the best that I can.”
So next time you see a blur of yellow speed on the roads bridging
the two counties, head bent to the task, or you hear those primeval
gasps from a garage near you, remember that every life can be
turned around no matter how unpromising the early years.
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Warner Budgens sponsoredMoreton Rangers FC Award EveningReport from Tim Sedgley
A large number of boys, girls and their families assembled at the Fire Service College for Moreton
Rangers' Annual Awards Evening, generously sponsored
by Budgens. Darren Honour, the store's Deputy Manager came to present the awards. All teams
except the under-11s took part, and each manager spoke of
the team's progress, and announced the award winners. These were:-
Under - 7s: Theo Mogford, Sam Hurrell and Ambrose Eaves.
Under - 9s: Will Tallis, Bradley Smith, Diago Silva, Ross Harding, Jordan Burdock,
Jamie West and Josh Hardwick.
Under- 10s: (Evesham League) Jake Brain, Edward Churchill, Olly Galagher and LouisTutarrs.
(Witney League) Dom Evans, Cian Burrows, Sam Elvin, Oliver Hedges,Riley Smith and James campbell.
Under – 15s: Best in Training – Sam Drew and Alfie Wilson.
Supporters' Player – Caspar Matejkl
Top Goal scorer – Connor Moore
Most improved – George Pashley
Clubman – Will Dubery.
Players' Player – Sam Drew
Manager's player – Conor Moore.
The Budgens' Sportsman of the Year Shield was awarded jointly to Harry Peters and Ryan Woskett,
two outstanding young coaches; and The Chairman's Award went to Nick Timms for his service to
the Club.
Photgraphs show:
Harry and Ryan with Darren
Honour,
Nick Timms with Darren and
the Chairman, Tim Sedgley.
The group shows the boys
taken with Darren.
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MORETON RANGERS FC
Family Fun RunSunday 22nd June
10 am start from London Road Recreation Ground
Children's obstacle race
5k and 10k adults' Road Run
Refreshments, Face painting, Raffle.
Prizes, Medals, Goody bags.
Entries: Adults £10, Under16s £5. Details at www.moretonrangersfc.com
or from Sam Smith 01608 652118
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STOW & DISTRICT CIVIC SOCIETYFriday, 6th June 2014 at 7.30 p.m.
Please join us for the last talk of our season’s programme
when we are delighted to welcome Glyn Jones, Head
Gardener of Hidcote Manor Garden for his illustrated talk
entitled “Hidcote back to Lawrence Johnston” which includes
the history and development of this famous local garden. This
talk follows immediately after our short A.G.M. to which all are
cordially invited. Venue: St. Edward’s Hall, Stow. All Members
free. Visitors (£4) and new members (£8) will be warmly
welcomed. Please contact Rachel Surman for further details
on 01451 833783 or log on to our website :
www.stowcivicsociety.co.uk
Places on our visits to Frampton Court on 15th July and The
National Memorial Arboretum on 17th September are available
so please contact Rachel Surman on 01451 833783 if you
would like to reserve a seat.
MORETON IN MARSH (EVENING) W I
Our May speaker, Rosemary Prosser believes that laughter is
the best medicine and we certainly felt better after the story of
her life as a farmer's wife, police officer and B & B hostess
kept us chuckling all evening. Her fund of laugh out loud
incidents interspersed with jokes and oddities were woven into
a fascinating talk and ensured that our members will never
want to run a B&B of their own. Our next meeting will be on
Thursday 12th June in the WI Hall at 7.30 when the Speaker
will be Rob Walker , our local butcher, with a talk and
demonstration of his butchering skills. Visitors and new
members welcome. Contact Jo on 01608 650821
NAUNTON W I Meets in the Village Hall on the
1st Wednesday of every monthVisitors very Welcome Contact 01451 850475
MORETON INTEREST & LEISURE CLUB Next monthly meeting is on 11 June at 2pm. Talk by Heather
Shute on Medical Detection Dogs. On 24 June in the WI Hall
there is a coffee morning at 10am in aid of Moreton Hospital
and the Air Ambulance. Cake donations welcome.
For more information call D Hardiman 01608 650688
MORETON IN MARSH W I We were introduced by Christine Councell to a lively and
entertaining talk, with pictures, of her travels in China over the
past few years. She spoke of the hospitality and goodwill she
experienced in some of the remote districts and how when she
visited schools, she was always welcomed by both teachers
and children. Christine made these visits, after the first time,
alone and not part of a group as she felt that way she would
see the real China.
At our next meeting on 5th June, Rosemary Prosser willgive us Farmyard Tales. Please come and join us at the WI
Hall, New Road, at 2.00. New members and guests are
always welcome. For more information telephone either Trish
on 01608 651367 or Shirley on 01608 650373 We look
forward to welcoming you then.
BOURTON & DISTRICT
Monthly Open Meetings are held every
4th Wednesday of every month at the
Royal British Legion Hall in Bourton on the Water from 10 –
12noon. Coffee/tea and biscuits are served at 10am. U3A is
for anyone not in full time employment and visitors are always
welcome. Open Meetings are £2 Please view our website:
u3a.org.uk/bourton for more information.
UPPER WINDRUSH LOCAL HISTORYSOCIETY
INDUSTRIAL ARCHAOLOGY SPECIAL EVENTSaturday 14 June 2014
Talk – The Stone Pipeworks Company at 6.30pm – Guiting
Power Village Hall. Speaker – Prof Hugh Torrens
Visitors Welcome Members £1 – Non Members £2
STOW ON THE WOLD AND COUNTRYSIDEEMBROIDERERS GUILD
Meet every Tuesday. Tues3rd June TALK by Eleanor Marsden
"Quilts form the Rainbow" 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 more info contact Fiona Vann - Chairman 01451 821 291
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY. 0145186012maria.lizana@yahoo.co.ukCompetitive Prices - Album│CD│A4 photo canvas.
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DOG IN THE COUNTRYDoggie Walks, Boarding Services, Grooming & Vet Visits. Contact Jonathan,
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