Stow timeS Issue 90 • July 2011
An independent paper delivered to homes & businesses in Stow-on-the-Wold, Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church Westcote, Nether Westcote, Wyck & Little Rissington, Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower & Upper Swell, Naunton, Donnington, Condicote, Longborough and Temple Guiting Copies go into the GO-STOW Information Centre, Burford Information Centre, and onto the Villager Bus. Copies are also available at centres around Kingham and Guiting Powers. Extra copies are generally available in the Stow Library.
Stow timeS From the Editor It’s a few weeks now since we went to the polls to elect our district Inside this edition & local councillors - enough time for the dust to settle and work to begin ‘in earnest’. There was little change in representation in Stow FEATURES and, along with many other folk, I hope that won’t stop things 6 You only have minutes to save a life – the Community Public progressing well in the months to come. Access Defibrillator The Localism Bill, for all the press comment and behind the scenes 7 Working together to make the difference – St Lawrence’s debate, got through its Second Reading this month and, as it opens up new doorways and challenges for local communities, we need to be Church, Wyck Rissington from Andrew Ransom aware of what is involved. For a start - how local is ‘local’? Is CDC 10 STOW’S GOT TALENT - Everyone is welcome! our ‘local’ council, or should they be listening to and working with the residents and business people who know these areas best? If that is 11 The Wrong Case – A Short Story by local author, Nicholas John the preferred model then our Town Plan, initiated and consulted 12 Fostering – Have you got time to spare? upon last year, will be an invaluable guide to where we are wanting to be in, say, five or ten years time – for housing, schools, transport, 35 Hydrotherapy, for your pet parking, hospitals, police, recreation…etc…etc…and some of the responsibility for making sure that the Town Plan is observed rests on us, as well our town and parish councillors. It’s ‘our’ town plan, and complacency is not a good friend in times like these – look at its track REGULARS record! 10 Book Reviews from Cotswold Bookstore CDC are neither a magnanimous and paternal overlord and provider nor a cynical and unresponsive district authority, such as the Sheriff of 13 Robb Eden – on VAT and the importance of our small local businesses. Nottingham would have recognised! Their role is to use their funding (received from us, our businesses and the authorities above them in the chain) and their authority to make the district work at all service 17 The Community ‘Right to Build’ + Conservation and Localism and amenity levels, with care and attention to the plans and ambitions 18 Stow Town Council – Notes from the last Council Meeting; of their communities. 19 Local Authorities, meetings & information In our democratic process we elect our representatives to CDC in order for them to attend the committees to do just that – to 20 Church Services represent our opinions and our plans for the future, and to debate 22, 23 Village Halls; Rural Cinemas and Regular Events Diary. the issues that arise with that in mind. Our representatives are not CDC’s representatives, not ‘the Sheriff’s men’ – and that must surely 27 EVENTS DIARY for July mean that they are not ‘the Party’s men’ either. They aren’t in the Party’s pay, after all – whichever budget their attendance allowance 21- 30 LOCAL EVENTS for July and expenses come from, it was provided by our taxes and our rates. 29 Local Walks in July So, our local meetings, about where the town is headed and how we get there, should be well attended then? 32, 33 Correspondence – The new and the old Hospital – where does Meanwhile, let’s hope that some overdue summer weather will all the equipment go? encourage us back out into our gardens and the amazing countryside that we see from our windows. I hope you will have a very happy July. Debating Fuel prices; and In the Editor’s Opinion… 34 North Cotswold Rotary; Kingham & District Rotary News Best wishes Jenni Turner, Editor 37-40 Reports from some of our local Schools Our Front Cover: 43, 45, 47 News & Reports from some of the Local Sports Clubs, etc.. Common Blue Butterflies – taken and sent in by Liz Lal, Stow. 48 Club News & Reports
Copydate for the August edition is 16th July 2011. 49 Clubs, Societies & Associations, etc (this list is updated bi-monthly) (The 16th is our copy date for every month next year) 51 Local Business Directory
Thank you to all our contributors, the writers and photographers who have helped produce this edition. This month the team doing research, sub-editing and proof reading was tiny - Jan Marley (who also manages Telephone Stow Times on our deliveries) and Yours Truly. The volunteers helping to deliver the magazines have changed a little too, and we thank everyone for their help, past & present. A lot of our deliverers tell us how much they enjoy 07789 175 002 doing it and, as a deliverer myself, I think it’s because it is a really great (The phone will take your messages too – leave your way to get to know your area…and your neighbours (it does help when name & contact number; we will return your call.) the weather is nice!)
email STOW TIMES on Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. [email protected] 0845 230 8955 / www.eagledesign.net www.stowtimes.co.uk Extra copies of Stow Times are generally available at Go-Stow, Stow’s Visitor Information Centre in Talbot Court, Stow, and at Stow Library. P O Box 6, Sheep Street, Copies are also carried on The Villager Bus. Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD Amazing Art’s Kool produces outstanding work Art’s Kool is a unique new Arts Festival created by artist Jan Harvey to encourage young people aged 8-18 to explore their creativity to the full. The first Festival on 11 June received over 50 entries and the judges were very impressed by the standard of the work. The stunning winning piece was a crinoline dress made of hammered out drinks cans and “fanned” magazine pages created by 15 year old Bryony Parkinson, who received £150 and a specially commissioned glass trophy. Another stunning entry was an intricate and beautiful ‘Little Owl’ made entirely from old jewellery and watch parts by 13 year old Milly Light. On the day, 5 workshops in the morning were transformed into an instant exhibition in the afternoon, with work framed and displayed as soon as it was completed. Eight local companies lead by The Rooflight Company provided the sponsorship to make the event possible. Photographer David Fisher gave his time free of charge and his amazing pictures of the event are online https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1147349759/2b50133d862eb63f3a842e99ff96f4b8 Contact Jan Harvey at Art’s Kool on 01993 832357 or mail [email protected]
Our names are Katie Lillywhite and Beth Pudifoot. We are in the sixth form at The Cotswold School and have recently taken up an amazing opportunity to go on an expedition to Zambia and Botswana in 2012! In order to raise funds for this we have set up a t-shirt printing and designing business in association with Phil Bedford of RedMolotov, husband of local florist Vivian Bedford (Stow Roses).
On the expedition with 13 other Cotswold school students we will spend 28 days in Zambia and Botswana. We will firstly visit our link school in Ndola, then travel east to complete a 5 day trek in the Mutinondo Wilderness. We will also spend a week in Mwandi building a house for an orphaned member of the community, who is a victim of the HIV pandemic before visiting Victoria Falls and returning home. To be able to do this we have to raise £4000 by next summer!
...so we set up BanKc! We began by designing t-shirts and had Cat Sutton and Dom Sharrock model them for our catalogue, which we put together to promote our designs and company. We also had posters professionally printed as part of our advertising campaign. This was all in the build up for our launch at school on 28th April 2011. We chose students from all year groups to participate in a catwalk to showcase our designs and new catalogue. We had a really good turnout of both students and teachers.
Since then we have also produced leaver’s hoodies for Cotswold School year 11’s and t-shirts for trips to Barcelona and France. We are also currently designing and organising kit for Cotswold School Barbados sports tour 2012. Recently we have gone ONLINE! If you would like to have a look then please do; the web address you need is www.redmolo.tv/bankc. As we are in partnership with RedMolotov, there are also loads more designs on this website so take your time and have a good look, you may find the ideal birthday present or the perfect new t-shirt for (a hopefully warm) summer. You can also visit our facebook page where you can suggest ideas for forthcoming t-shirt designs.
We hope to gain as much as possible from our Zambian experience but hopefully we’ll also be able make a small difference to the Mwandi community, so we would be very grateful if you could support us. Thank You
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6 Freshly carved ridge tiles on Working together to make the difference the Nave From Andrew Ransom (May 11)
The tiny Cotswold village of Wyck Rissington , with a population of under 80, has successfully raised over £300,000 to save St Laurence’s Wyck Rissington. With its roof failing fast, the church was in peril. But villagers, local businesses and charities worked together to get the funds needed to re-roof this medieval building and secure its future. After six months work, the restoration is now complete. Using reclaimed slates on the Chancel St Laurence’s is famous for its Chancel, dedicated in 1269. The East Window represents one of the earliest examples of what is known as ‘plate tracery’, a tradition of containing glass within masonry which found its ultimate expression in the windows of Gloucester Cathedral.
Local charities and trusts recognised how important it was to save such an important part of Gloucestershire’s heritage, but it was the generosity and enthusiasm of local residents that kick-started the fund raising effort. Starting in 2007, they made donations, ran bridge lunches, organised fetes, produced Christmas Cards, opened gardens and hosted a concert jointly with the Holst Birthplace Museum, amongst the many and varied activities. The money they raised amounts to over £2000 per household.
Supporting this local effort grants were obtained from organisations as varied as the National Churches Trust and The Veneziana Fund. Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust, English Heritage South West Region, the Summerfield Trust, The Notgrove Trust, CHK Charities and the Warneford Ecclesiastical Charity all St Laurence’s Church made crucial contributions. The Gloucestershire Environmental WYCK RISSINGTON Trust granted £4000 using Landfill Tax Credits donated by Cory Environmental which owns and operates the local landfill sites at Hempsted and Stoke Orchard. [A full list of organisations that have The Story of a Cross made donations or pledges is available.] Standing proudly on the Nave of the Local builder Highgate Construction Ltd won the competitive newly restored roof of St Laurence’s Wyck Rissington is a new gable cross tender and the contract was signed by Rev Jill Carman, Priest-in- designed and sculpted by charge, on Friday 15th October 2010. The Project was supervised Gloucestershire mason Richard Bossons. by Evesham based architects John C Goom, who brought their specialist knowledge of church conservation to the project. The original, a Celtic cross erected when the roof was last restored in 1879, had been damaged beyond repair. Richard was inspired by “We were very pleased to have won this prestigious contract, the story of St Laurence, who was reputed to have met his death which has provided much-needed employment for local craftsmen on a gridiron, and Richard’s design reflects the narrative of the and a showcase for traditional Cotswold building skills” says martyrdom of the church’s patron saint. Highgate Construction MD Nigel Smith. “We recovered enough good old slates to re-roof the chancel. All the new slates on the St Laurence is regarded as one of the Church’s first Archivists and Nave were quarried locally at Tinkers Barn Quarry.” Treasurers. When ordered by the Prefect of Rome to hand over the wealth of the Church, he said that he would in three days. He duly “The way that the village has pulled together to preserve this returned with the poor and the sick, and declared “This is the Church’s beautiful church has been amazing; from the outset they have Treasure”. He was then put to death by slow burning on an iron grid iron. been involved, enthusiastic, interested and enormously generous. It is no mean feat to take so seriously their ownership of the Church The grid iron is therefore the centre of which has for so long stood at the heart of this small village” says the design. The trefoils and three Roman the Reverend Jill Carman. nail heads on the cross arms relate to the Holy Trinity, the three days that Natural materials were used throughout, including sheep’s wool St Laurence took to gather the poor, and insulation, and lime render and lime wash internally. The quality of the three nails used in the crucifixion. the workmanship has already attracted commendations from The Trustees of the Cottam Will, English Heritage. The Project was completed in April 2011. Despite administered by the Friends of the adverse weather in December, it had come in on time and Friendless Churches, generously funded within budget - a tribute to all those involved. the entire cost of the carving and erection of the new cross. The full story and some excellent photographs are online at www.stlaurence-wyck.org.uk or contact Andrew Ransom on 01451 822275 E:[email protected].
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9 SSTTOOWW’’SS GGOOTT TTAALLEENNTT Can you sing? Can you dance? Tell jokes? Play an instrument? If you can do any or even all of these, then Stow’s Got Talent needs to know. NEWS We’re looking for Stow’s answer to Jai McDowall and Steven Hall as After the success of our Ann Granger signing, we look forward our own version of the popular TV show comes to the Old Stocks to meeting Adrian Magson for his signing 17Sept. His spy Hotel in Stow, on Saturday, August 20th. Everyone is welcome, whatever their talent or even lack of it. thrillers and the new ‘Rocco’ novel are excellent. Jason and Helen Allen, owners of The Old Stocks, are generously REVIEWS staging Stow’s Got Talent to raise funds for Stow Youth Club. There will be big prizes for the winners and let’s face it, the TV version The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield serves up the fascinating and the farcical and there’s no reason why Hardback at £12.99 Stow can’t do the same. The idea is just to have fun with some home- grown entertainment on a summer evening and raise some money for Samuel Lake is a out-of-work preacher when, in 1956, he Stow Youth Club. returns to the family farm in Arkansas. His family, comprising his three children and his devoted wife, Willadee, fit right in to The production team are especially pleased to announce that former Tiller girl, Vera Norwood will be one of the judges. Vera is making a the unusual and unruly family home ruled by Calla Moses, triumphant return as a talent show judge as she was on the original Sam’s mother-in-law. With the front of the house run as a store judging panel of Opportunity Stocks which inspired the staging of and the rear as an all-night bar, the house ‘never closes’ and Stow’s Got Talent. is often home disreputable types from far and wide. The Vera said: “I think it’s absolutely great that we’re having Stow’s Got Moses family are honest, hardworking and kindly, and are full Talent and who knows what great talent we’ll unearth. I really hope of homely wit and good sense. However, not all their lots of people will come forward and show us their talent.” neighbours are as decent. Raz Ballenger is a horse beater, Vera performed all over the world and on TV with the famous John wife beater, child beater and far worse and Nina was seriously Tiller Girls. She said: “I’m especially pleased that we’ll be raising funds upset by the book, because of him. That is the measure of the for the youth club because I was one of the original trustees. I’m writing, for the author has given us the good and the bad and really looking forward to what should be a great night for Stow.” made them equally believable. She has produced a host of There will be no set admission fee for Stow’s Got Talent. Instead, the memorable characters and a plot that neatly dovetails them all organisers are hoping for generous donations to Stow Youth Club. together leaving nothing unsaid. It is mostly amusing, There will also be a BBQ and raffle on the night to raise funds. sometimes moving, always involving, Further details of the fabulous prizes and other judges will be briefly terrifying and, finally, completely satisfying. announced shortly. Performers wishing to take part should phone Stow’s Got Talent Death on the Marais by Adrian Magson producer, Sybil Ruscoe on 01451 870238. Paperback at £7.99 With the jungle fighting of Indochina behind him, Inspector Lucas Rocco thinks his transfer to rural France will give him a quieter life than his beat in Paris. That is until his first day there when, despite the war with Germany being nearly 20 years previous, a woman’s body in a Gestapo uniform is found. Rocco is not known to be deterred by political interference but when he discovers that the woman was the daughter of a rich industrialist with links to the resistance he knows he must tread carefully. He must also be careful where he puts his feet in the woods near his new home - there’s a crazy man out there setting explosive booby- traps. Rich in eccentric village characters and with a mystery complex enough to puzzle experts, this atmospheric novel is unusual in place and time. It is the first of the Rocco novels and I look forward to the next in the series later this year. Can you sing? Can you dance? For more reviews - cotswoldbookstore.blogspot.com Tell jokes? Play an instrument?
We’re looking for Stow’s answer to Jai McDowall and Steven Hall as Stow’s own version of the popular TV show comes to the Old Stocks Hotel in Stow, on Saturday, August 20th.
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The production team are especially pleased to announce that Stow’s former Tiller girl, Vera Norwood will be one of the judges.
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Performers wishing to take part should phone Stow’s Got Talent producer, Sybil Ruscoe on 01451 870238.
10 A Short Story - by Nicholas John THE WRONG CASE
Guido stared at the carousel in appalled fascination. The clothes, not his drugs. small, single case continued its stately circular progress, He hurried slightly, partly in anticipation and fear; partly, accompanied by the discordant clanking of the metal he hoped, to appear as a delayed passenger eager for runners and the squeaking rubber track. Baggage home. Rounding a corner, he violently yanked the orange Reclamation was hardly silent (when could the Aeroport label from the handle and stuffed it into his jacket pocket, Leonardo da Vinci ever be considered truly silent?) but it praying that no camera had picked up his movement. He'd was as quiet as midnight. The last arrival had landed safely, soon know, but he couldn't risk being caught with a the last passenger had collected their over-stuffed and different name on the case. The "Nothing To Declare" heaving carry-all. This last case however, though it looked channel was, thank God, unmanned. Nearly there. A almost identical to his, was not Guido's. carabinieri, lounging against a wall, glanced at him uninterestedly and nodded as their eyes met. Nothing He looked about him wildly, but he, like the solitary more. He was through. suitcase, was alone. He swore viciously under his breath, it He breathed deeply and resisted the temptation to was the wrong case! "Madre di Dio," he was in trouble increase his pace. Drug smuggling was all well and good as now. He caught himself quickly, suppressing the urge to a means of income, but the risk-factor was outweighing panic: he knew the close-circuit cameras would be the rewards and he still had the problem of either tracking watching and that he was now the sole occupant of those down the stuff or trying to explain why this consignment revolving lenses. had disappeared. On the face of it, he thought ruefully, he didn't hold out much hope of a good result from either It felt like it had taken a lifetime, but in seconds he had option. made up his mind and hefted the case from the carousel. A traveller arriving back from Istanbul would have a case, He needed some fresh air, needed to get clear of the even a small one: to saunter through customs as if he had airport and the bright, unforgiving lights of the terminal just stepped off a bus would arouse the interest of even building, but he really needed a caffeine shot. His nerves the most casual officer. "No case? Si Signor, we will find it - were taking a pounding. There was a café still serving and we can check the passenger lists, don't worry!" No, this he ordered a black coffee which he swallowed in one, case, bruised and battered as it was, looking as if it had feeling the heat as it passed down his throat. He laid the travelled the four winds, would have to be his. case onto the nearest stool and tried the catches. Locked. He pushed his cup away and as he left, pocketed a knife It was heavier than it looked and Guido had to steady from the stack of cutlery near the till. Heading quickly himself as he took the weight and walked towards the across the marble-floored concourse, he barged through corridor that led to the customs gate and the airport the door into the male toilet. Empty. He told himself that concourse. Where the hell was his case then? It could even he should be away from the airport, far away, as quickly as now be in the boot of a taxi heading for central Rome. Or possible, but he wanted to check just exactly why what he outside, hidden in the corner of the baggage-trolley. Or was carrying was so damn heavy. He checked the line of still in Istanbul. Or, just maybe, it was being opened by vacant cubicles and, dragging the case in with him, locked customs officers at this very moment, while a flustered himself in the last stall. He laid the case flat on the grubby businessman from Cerveteri tried to explain that it really lid of the toilet, pulled the straps apart and jammed the wasn't his case. And that he really had no idea why this knife hard into one of the catches. It resisted at first, but case had fourteen tiny packets of white powder sewn into the locks were as old and battered as the rest of the case the lining. and it suddenly snapped open. He repeated the trick with the second one, grunting in satisfaction as the lock gave There was a thousand things Guido needed to do right and the catch clicked up. He pushed the lid back, reached now: getting stopped at the gate wasn't one of them. He inside and pulled out three old paperbacks and a couple of needed to get away from the airport as fast as possible. If crumpled shirts. they'd already got his case, they knew who he was and he had no chance of getting through. But, if not, he might Blessed Santa Maria! Guido leant back against the toilet make it. He'd cleared Passport control and they didn't door feeling giddy. He knew now why the case was so usually look again, unless they had a reason. He glanced heavy. There was nothing else in it save for row upon row down. A bright orange label fluttered from the handle. of neatly-bundled 500 Euro notes, a pinkish-hue Aware of the cameras, he lowered the case and, shimmering in front of his eyes. pretending to adjust his grip, looked closer: "Salvadori", address somewhere in San Marcos. He could find him if The wrong case? By fate or by the touch of the Divine, necessary. Most likely just an unlucky mistake and maybe Guido Rossi had picked up the right case. his courier had not yet discovered it was not his case, his Nicholas John
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Mandy and Malcolm Ward (see case study attached) from Gloucester have been fostering for almost two years. They currently care for a group of four brothers and sisters, aged four, five, nine and 12.
Mandy said: "Fostering has taught us all to appreciate the things we can all take for granted in a loving caring home. In turn, the foundation the children have gained with us we hope they will achieve their own caring and stable family in future years. We're doing things we'd stopped doing because our own children had grown up. They keep us young and they keep us fit but most important they make us laugh and keep us on our toes!"
Cllr Paul McLain, Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said: "We want all our children to have the same opportunities as their peers and to offer them as wide a choice of foster homes as possible. We already have a tremendous network of dedicated foster carers in Gloucestershire, many of whom have been carers for 10 years or more, but we always need more. Fostering is a challenging role to take on but it can make a real difference to a child's life.
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2.5 days a week | Part time Turn your home improvement Tel: 01608 650883 dreams into reality. Moreton-in-Marsh practice JIM TAIT /// ARCHITECT is offering the area’s homeowners a fantastic opportunity to get expert advice on how to turn their home improvement dreams into a reality, while raising funds for housing and homelessness charity Shelter by taking part in Architect in the House, a joint fundraising initiative from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Shelter that’s now in its High quality domestic 15th year. The scheme gives homeowners the chance to receive an hour-long cleaner required consultation from an RIBA architect on any home or design related query, whether it’s creating space for a growing family, adding an for house on the outskirts of Stow on the extension or simply finding the best ways to allow more light into your Wold. Ideally 1-2 days per week to home. In return, homeowners can make a suggested donation of £40 include all domestic cleaning and ironing. to support Shelter’s work with homeless and badly housed families. Must be dog friendly. Since its launch, Architect in the House has raised more than £1.1 We also require an occasional dog sitter for million for Shelter. This year the scheme is sponsored by TV channel, full days and also some holiday times (must Home (Virgin 265, Sky 246). live in). We are happy for one person to take on both roles or to apply for one position. Jim Tait said: ‘Everyone has a dream project for their home and Architect in the House can help people start to make it happen, while Please ring: at the same time raising money for a good cause. It’s a great 07875 133708 or 07588 094979 opportunity to show people the benefits of consulting an architect.’ or 01451 870278 TV presenter Sarah Beeny, said: ‘I know how daunting it can be to embark on a home improvement project, but whatever the size and scope of your plans, consulting an architect can help you take that first step to turning your home improvement dreams into reality. Whether St Edward’s Hall it’s a newly bought property you’re planning to renovate or want to (Registered Charity No 295660) Administrator Required create extra space for a growing family, architects can add huge value for St Edwards Hall by sharing their design expertise advising on fixtures and fittings, and Stow on the Wold. even finding builders to carry out the work. Architect in the House is a great way to make the most of their experience while raising money The applicant should live locally and will be responsible to the for Shelter.’ trustees for taking bookings, invoicing & liaising with the users; and overseeing the cleaning, maintenance and security of the hall. Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter, said: “’We all know the value of having a decent, safe and secure place to live, so it’s shocking The job will be part time and flexibility in the hours worked will to think that more than 70,000 children in England have no home to be essential. Salary by negotiation. (This could be a good call their own, and that more than a million live in housing that is opportunity for a retired person.) overcrowded, damp or in disrepair. The money raised through Architect in the House is absolutely crucial to Shelter, enabling us to For further information and full Job Description please apply to the chairman Michael Lee by e-mail provide vital housing advice and support to more than a million people [email protected] each year and to work towards a future where no child’s life is blighted by bad housing.’ FIXED TERM/PART TIME ACT NOW - Homeowners wishing to take part can register at www.architectinthehouse.org.uk until Sunday 3 July. Participants will YOUTH CENTRE MANAGER REQUIRED be matched with architects in early July and consultations can take place up until the end of November. Must have proven record of fundraising, have JNC recognised qualification in, with experience and management of, Youth INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IS and Community work. Enquiries to: [email protected] AVAILABLE ONLINE - WWW.ARCHITECTINTHEHOUSE.ORG.UK
15 16 LOCAL GOVERNMENT from Ruralcity Media at rsnoline.com Community Right to Build
The Community Right to Build is a set of proposals to give local communities the power to decide what is built in their area. The new powers would mean that where developments for new houses, community facilities or shops have the agreement of the Conservationists slam Localism Bill local area through a 'community referendum', and meet a Tuesday, 07 June 2011 minimum criterion, communities will not need to go through the normal planning application process.
This will give communities the freedom to decide how to meet the MEASURES giving local priorities in their area, and allow new homes, shops, people the power to businesses or facilities to be built where they want them. Communities would be able to decide the type of developments run local communities and housing they want to see, and the benefits would be retained threaten green spaces, for the community - managed by a corporate body formed by conservationists have members of the local community. warned.
Communities will need to identify suitable land, sources of finance and secure support for their proposals. There will be help and The government's flagship Localism Bill was a muddle of guidance available, and advice from people with prior experience conflicting provisions, said the Open Spaces Society. The society of taking forward community-led schemes. campaigns to protect common land, village greens, open spaces and public paths, and people's right to enjoy them. Q: What is Community Right to Build? A: The Community Right to Build is a means by which like- Society case officer Nicola Hodgson said the Bill should be minded people from the local area come together with a shared amended so that green spaces were protected. "We believe one of vision of what they want to achieve in their community and how the Bill's most important aspects should be the care and future of they can go about it. New powers for these communities will mean open spaces but it lacks any clear idea of what is needed." that community organisations would be able to take forward new local developments without the need to go through the normal The most worrying threat to open spaces was contained in new planning application process, as long as the proposals meet certain general powers given to local authorities in Part 1 of the Bill, said criteria and there is community backing in a local referendum. Ms Hodgson. "Even with the limitations proposed, we are concerned that the general powers could be used to enable local Q: Who will be able to use the new powers? authorities to do whatever they want with open spaces and public A: Community Right to Build would be able to be used access land." throughout England - in both rural and urban areas. We also envisage that communities would be free to use property The society wants the government to ensure local authorities developers, should they wish to do so or enter into partnerships won't be able to dispose of land subject to special protection or such as with a housing association to manage their homes. See the conservation. It also wants a commitment from the government links below for examples of areas that have taken forward that any existing procedures relating to specially protected land community-led schemes. will not be relaxed. "We believe the Bill should exclude open spaces held in trust for the public, and rights of way dedicated as Q: What developments could the powers be used for? highways from modification under the general powers. A: A wide range of plans could be approved where a community agrees. For example additional housing to meet the Much of the detail was to be dealt with by regulations, enabling demand of future generations, new shops where communities ministers to interpret the legislation as they wished without want to offer low rent deals to local convenience stores or farm returning it to parliament. "The Bill is being paraded as offering shops, or a new community hall or sports facilities. opportunities for local communities and empowering them, but this may not always be the case in practice," said Ms Hodgson. Q: When will they come into force? "Every local authority is required to compile a list of land of A: The new powers are part of a range of measures included community value in its area, to remain on the list for up to five in the Localism Bill which is currently before Parliament. The exact years; however the purpose of the list is not explained." Including date that the powers may become available depends on the open spaces on this list may encourage the owner to dispose of it, Parliamentary process, but communities should start thinking claimed Ms Hodgson. about what the new powers could mean for their area and how they would use them. The Localism Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords on Tuesday 7th June. Q: What do I need to do to plan for the powers? A: If you're interested in a community-led development you For more details on the Localism Bill visit the UK Parliament should talk to your neighbours to get an idea about what sort of website at development the whole community would want to see. You may http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010- also want to talk to your local council, housing association or other 11/localism/documents.html community groups. It could be useful to get advice from people who already have experience of taking forward community-led Related publications schemes. END The Community Right to Build Published: 2 June 2011
17 NOTES FROM STOW TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Letter to Stow & MaugersburyAction Group 16th May 2011 from Cllr Barry Gibbs, CDC Cabinet Member MEETING 12th May 2011 with responsibility for Stow Fair NOTES OF ALL COUNCIL & COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNCIL OFFICES, GEORGE ALLEY (OFF Stow Fair – May 2011 THE SQUARE), STOW ON THE WOLD “I am pleased to report that the fair passed off peacefully Stow Primary School with a minimum amount of disturbance. The police have The head teacher demonstrated to the Council how the informed us that there were no incidents of anti-social behaviour or public offences reported in Stow and nearby plastic bottles could be used to make an eco-greenhouse. The Maugersbury during the Fair. Their high profile approach school is planning a poppy party with the Royal British provided reassurance for residents and visitors, and it was Legion. The head teacher thanked everyone in the town who good to see that the traffic control measures in place – had donated supermarket vouchers to the school. particularly along Pound Lane – ensured continuing access for Unfortunately the planned sports day was rained off but has residents and emergency services. been rearranged. The school is very concerned at the outbreak of graffiti in the King George’s Field area. The police There were a couple of instances of damage - to Mr. have been informed and the Council will arrange for Saunders’s fencing and Mrs. Russell’s stone wall – the field remaining graffiti to be removed. owner, Andrew Lovell, has agreed to make good the damage to the fencing ,as it could be directly attributable to the fair, Stow Youth Club although this would be more difficult to prove in the case of Council thanked the Brethren community and our neighbours the wall. in Longborough parish for their generous donations to the Youth club. The Council has asked Cotswold District Council if There is a proposed review of traders’ opinions of the fair by it can help the Youth club buy the freehold of the Youth PC Skinner and Mrs. Russell, but the general atmosphere in Centre – a price has now been agreed with the County the town on fair day seemed relaxed and normal, with many Council. We are also looking for help to produce a business shops and catering establishments open. plan for the club and the Council has agreed to run payroll services for the club. RSPCA officials did not report any incidence of mal-treatment of animals although there was evidence of puppy sales and Around the Town there seemed to be a misunderstanding over RSPCA’s The Council has agreed to install an Automatic External delegated powers of enforcement – this needs to be rectified Defibrillator (AED) in the Square. An AED can be used when before the next fair. someone has had a heart attack before the ambulance arrives. The model chosen by the Council is supported by the Whilst it was difficult to assess numbers, the police reported Ambulance Service, is vandal and weather proof and will only a reduced flow of vehicles onto the field , although the work if it detects a serious heart problem. It’s likely to be crowds , particularly around the trading stalls seemed similar to last May’s event, but , again, the atmosphere was installed outside the Pharmacy, subject to planning peaceful. permission. In addition to the usual extensive clean-up arrangements The Council is commissioning a detailed survey of the Square after the event, the Council also provided a specialist to look at how parking and traffic flows can be improved. cleaning crew on the day to collect glass bottles and other debris. We are also looking at removing the fence that separates the play area on King George’s Field as it is in bad repair. We will keep the reduction in the fair days on the agenda as well as the field owners’ agreement to provide hedging at the A group of volunteers, councillors and the Town Clerk will be bottom end of the field . draining and cleaning the Wells on Monday 4 July. If you’d like to help please contact the Council Office on 832585 – a In summary, we feel that the strategy we have adopted to sandwich lunch will be provided. improve safety, traffic and waste management and to reassure the public without detracting from the enjoyment of The Council has had a very useful meeting with the Highways the event, is working. The peaceful atmosphere that typified Department which covered parking in the Square, traffic this latest fair shows that we are achieving the right balance. light timings onto the Fosseway, drainage and flooding and Barry Gibbs, Cotswold District Council the problems in Well Lane. NB Cllr Dibbs has since past responsibility to Cllr David Fowles. Stow Cemetery and Churchyard The Council is going to put the maintenance of the cemetery and churchyard out to tender and is drawing up a schedule of the work that needs to be done immediately, a regular programme of maintenance and some works to be done over the longer term.
The Council is also concerned at unauthorised memorials in the cemetery which are either not in keeping with the area that they are in and/or are unsecured
Next Council Meeting: Thursday 14 June at 7pm, in the Masonic Hall.
* ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND RAISE ISSUES.
18 C.D.C Committees - JULY STOW TOWN COUNCIL STOW TOWN COUNCIL Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings of the Council and Committees. If you live in Notes on the Council Meeting for the District and are on the Electoral Register you can NEXT MEETING June 2011 take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. Thursday 14th July Information about your Councillors and committee members are on the website www.cotswold.gov.uk Residents are welcome to attend Abbreviated notes from the Meeting from meetings. Questions* from the public relating Roger Croake, Town Clerk are published 7 Cabinet to a proposal in discussion by monthly in Stow Times. 11 Licensing Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting 12 Council on that proposal. General questions are taken at the end of the meeting. Full Minutes of meetings, associated 13 Planning committee meetings and correspondence are 14 Appeals * A max of 3 minutes allowed. available in the Stow Council Office situated Town Councillors are available before & in George Alley off The Square. There is a after the meeting. District & County Cllrs, letterbox in the main door. Minutes & Decisions are available for the representatives of Stow Police and local Press public to read at CDC offices and online at regularly attend. The Council office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 10am-1pm (subject to meetings www.cotswold.gov.uk Tel: 01451 832 585 E: [email protected] Meetings generally start at 10am. Planning meetings held at Moreton Office start at 9.30am. The Gloucestershire VCS Assembly has over £640,000 to distribute to voluntary & community sector organisations. Questions must be received by the Head of Democratic Services – The grant scheme has just published the criteria and forms for applications to the first £500,000. Information, online guidance and application forms at By email no later than 5pm on the prior working day [email protected] http://www.gloshub.org.uk/our-work/performance-reward-grant By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 Key features and points of note: 1PX Tel: 01285 623204/ 201 • The aim of the fund is to support long term Voluntary & Community services that will produce improvements and benefits across the wider community - not just the individual organisation • There are 2 rounds for applying – 11th July deadline and 31st October deadline • Grants must be spent within 15 months of submission • Minimum grant application is £10,000 and maximum is £150,000 (for revenue projects) and £350,000 (for capital projects) JULY 2011 • Some of the £500,000 pot is available for capital build so local community buildings should Thursday 7th be able to benefit as long as they can show that any capital work is to improve facilities for a range of users (adult learning, youth club, sports groups, playgroup, luncheon clubs, library Temple Guiting (0930-1000), Guiting Power (1015-1115), Naunton (1130-1215), Lower Slaughter (1315-1345), Upper club) Please contact Barbara Pond at GRCC (Village and Community Halls adviser Slaughter (1400-1500) [email protected] 01452 528491) for support in defining your project and advice on your Tuesday 12th application Clapton-on-the-Hill (0945-1015), Little Rissington (1030- • £143,000 of funding will be available in the coming month as a small grants empowerment 1115), Great Rissington (1130-1200), Upper Rissington fund. The upper limit for grants will be £5,000 and organisations with turnovers of higher (1300-1400), Westcote (1415-1500) and Wyck Rissington than £100,000 will not be eligible to apply. (1515-1545) More details to come…. Friday 15th Chipping Campden – Back Ends (1500-1600) If you need help with reading draft applications or just have queries please contact Marilyn Tuesday 19th Cox, Rural Adviser N. Cotswolds 01452 528491 [email protected] Bledington (0930-1030), Icomb (1045-1115), Oddington (1130-1200), Adlestrop (1300-1345), Evenlode (1400-1445), Broadwell (1500-1530) and Shopping online? Donnington (1545-1615) I support Stow Disability Association www.stowda.org.uk Wednesday 20th (Registered charity 1063286) Condicote (0915-0945), Longborough (1000-1030), Please consider using www.buy.at/stowdaorg when shopping Bourton-on-the-Hill (1045-1115), Todenham (1130- online as all purchases generate a donation to Stow Disability 1215), Draycott (1400-1430) and Blockley (1445-1545) Association. Stow Disability Association will receive up to 12% Please see local Notice Boards for full details. commission on the amount you spend, paid by the shop, not by you. Please take a look. Every purchase counts ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 01452 425000 The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or online www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks Chipping Norton, The Rugby Club 7th – 12th July Major & minor roads closed, NAUNTON , electrical works to 8/07 Stow, Royal British Legion Hall, Well Lane Middle road ASTON MAGNA to DRAYCOTT, resurfacing to 12/08 11th & 12th July Chapel Ask at GUITING POWER. Resurfacing 14 - 18/07 Shipston on Stour, Sheldon Bosley Hub High Street LONGBOROUGH, resurfacing 18 – 21/07 14th – 17th July Ganborough Lane LONGBOROUGH, resurfacing 21, 22/07 Station Road, CHIPPING CAMPDEN, essential Railtrack works at Level Crossing 23/07 – 22/08 Full details on The National Blood Service B4479 Station Road Blockley, as above 24/07 & 6/08 - 22/08 www.blood.co.uk Swell Wold road, Lower Swell, resurfacing 1/08 – 3/08
inform Temporary Road closures County Council in the area for summer fairs, fetes, etc- Throughout the month Research Team – Population, Land Use Gloucestershire Constabulary & Community Profiling www.gloucestershire. Non-Emergency Number gov.uk/inform 0845 090 1234
19 St. Edward’s Church STOW-ON-THE-WOLD Flower Festival 13th – 17th July * 9am – 6pm daily (not during Sunday Services) Preview – Thursday 14th 7.30pm Tickets £5 including wine and canapés. Piano Recital – Grace Yeo Saturday 16th July 7pm Festival Songs of Praise Sunday 17th July 6.30pm
20 THE COFFEE HOUSE OPENING TUE 5th JULY The UK’s most vibrant youth music festival ! Inspirational performances of jazz, orchestral, rock, folk and world, urban, EARLY EVENINGS wind and brass, pop, choral and chamber music. Plus workshops, conferences, commissions and brand new collaborative projects. TUE ~ SAT Until 8:00pm
337 young talented musicians aged 5-20 from Gloucestershire Serving All your Favourites have been invited to perform live to audiences in venues including Symphony Hall, Town Hall, HMV Institute, Birmingham Come and Enjoy a Relaxing Glass of Wine after Work Conservatoire, and the Museum and Art Gallery. From A-Z they are Dragon Piano Trio, Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band, With our NEW DAILY SPECIAL MENU Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra, Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra String Section, Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra, Leckhampton School Infant Choir, South Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra and The Dragon School Chamber Choir and Orchestra.
A range of workshops will be available for the young performers to work with The National Youth Orchestra, National Youth Brass Band, National Youth Choir, National Youth Jazz Collective, National Children’s Orchestra, National Youth Music Theatre and Don’t Forget our Beautiful Garden ~ Weather Permitting! the South Asian Music Youth Orchestra. Box office 0121 780 3333 www.mfy.org.uk/bookings 3~4 Church Street Stow~on~the~Wold For further details visit mfy.org.uk/national
21 ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, BELL BANK, BLOCKLEY Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order. Seating capacity 160. Large well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets. Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc. Gas central heating. Off street parking for 40 cars. Suitable for wedding receptions etc. 35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking. Raised stage. Excellent sound system. (No discos) WITH -WIRELESS- BROADBAND incl BT OPENZONE. Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528 01386 700880 / email [email protected]
Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL AVAILABLE TO HIRE - VERY COMPETITIVE RATES. • Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special functions, LOCAL FUNCTIONS, CHILDENS PARTIES ETC WELCOME classes or any event – only £6 an hour • Discounted fees for long term bookings. DISABLED ACCESS & FACILITIES • Just redecorated • small stage, kitchen facilities, disabled toilet and disabled access. • Excellent parking. CALL RICHARD MOONEY 01451 820679 FOR BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further info
BOURTON ON THE WATER WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL Recently refurbished THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION BRANCH HALL A perfect Venue for Family Occasions Available for hire; 150 seated / 250 standing. Seats 40/20 for Dinner. Disabled access & loos. Ample off-road parking. Office Tel: 01451 824303 Fully equipped kitchen Enquiries - Call Judith Wheeler 01451 821094
BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL Lovely rural location with spacious parking. Seats 90, STOW YOUTH CLUB Large main hall, & 2 meeting rooms. Stage with electric Two large rooms (accommodating 50-60 people) drop down screen. Built in sound system with microphone Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector & screen • Pool table • Table football • Nintendo and hearing loop. Wii • Modern kitchen • Disabled access & toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users. The Club building is next to the Police Station on the Fosseway and accessed easily from The Square. 21 Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities. Dilys Neill: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830656 Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994 Sarah-Jane Rich: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830654
CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL ST EDWARDS HALL, STOW ON THE WOLD The perfect setting for that special occasion” Panelled 1st floor room with Civil War portraits & memorabilia. Holds 100. Hearing loop. LIFT and staircase from lobby. Kitchen, toilets, Recently built in Cotswold stone. Large car park, well anti-room. CCTV. Competitive rates. 2 Hrs Free C/P(day) equipped kitchen, on the outskirts of the village. Tel: 07587 097795 Come & see what we have to offer! 2011 dates available. 01451 831633. [email protected]
EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL STOW ON THE WOLD adjacent to Green in quiet village ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB AVAILABLE FOR HIRE at reasonable rates Clubroom and bar with entertainment system for discos, karaoke, etc. Small lounge bar. Large and small Meeting rooms with conference facilities for up to 150 (seats 60/ 12 Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, presentations & family events. Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen and loos. Disabled dining); Catering. Parking. Minibus. access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery Enquiries to Colin and Alison 01451 830242 available. Please call Philip Pratt, 01608 652499/ 07051 867493. KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL STOW BAPTIST CHURCH HALL, STOW GL54 1AA In the community for the community Beautiful Hall; capacity 100. Off-street parking; disabled access. Spacious hall, recently refurbished, fully-equipped new kitchen facilities AVAILABLE TO HIRE AT VERY COMPETITIVE RATES. & disabled toilets. Usage Policy: we support community-focused groups. Contact Jacki Jones, The Barn, Orchard Way, Kingham. OX7 6YT. We do not lease the hall for commercial events. Tel: 01608 658089 01451 870437 [email protected]
LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL VILLAGE HALL Ideally placed in centre of lovely Cotswold village Set in the heart of this delightful village, we can offer Newly refurbished - full c/h, new kitchen and toilets. Spacious main hall with seating for 100, We are fully equipped with a few unexpected bonusses - an extendable stage with pull-down screen • 3/4 stage, pull down projector screen and hearing loop, also a smaller meeting room. Facilities sized snooker table • table tennis table • piano • Hi-Fi system • all equipment for short mat bowls.. for the less able. Spacious parking. Children have access to the adjacent playground. So if you’re having a wedding reception or wake, children’s party or family birthday, training course or business meeting, exhibition or exercise class, club social or kids’ sleepover, we would love to see YOU! TO GET YOUR DATE ON OUR CALENDAR please ring FOR FURTHER DETAILS T: 01451 830218 or E: [email protected] 01451 830817 / 01451 831917
LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL MORETON IN MARSH Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village green. Recently REDESDALE HALL refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, tables & chairs, Disabled Clerk 01608 654064 Two venues with a stair lift. The Lower Hall facilities. Seats up to 70. Competitive rates (inc.heating) vary with use. accommodates 80; modern kitchen facilities. Beamed Upper Hall Perfect for parties and receptions, Shows, displays, evening classes, etc accommodates 120. Reasonable charges. Nearby parking. Tel: 01451 831916 Eml: [email protected] Historic town centre building
Johnson Cleaners 20 Market Place, Chipping 2 DOUBLE DUVETS C.C.Electrical Norton, OX7 5NQ Electrical Problem? We can help! cleaned for £20 O1608 642817 All jobs undertaken; no matter how big or small. Portable Appliance Testing (PAT). 2 SINGLE DUVETS FAULT FINDING | SERVICE 24/7 Chris Turner 07798 602113 | [email protected] cleaned for £10 QUOTE J2 for offer Cameron Smalley 07538 538534 | [email protected] Only at Chipping Norton
22 RURAL CINEMA - jULY THE PLAYHOUSE, ST GEORGES HALL, OLD SCHOOL VILLAGE HALL, VICTORIA HALL, VILLAGE HALL, BLOCKLEY BOURTON ON THE HILL BOURTON ON THE WATER BROADWELL Thursday 28th July Saturday 22nd July Monday 20th July Friday 15th July THE SOCIAL NETWORK NEVER LET ME GO NEVER LET ME GO NEVER LET ME GO Film 7.15pm Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 refreshments. Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 Doors/Bar open at 7:00pm - 7:45pm film Advance tickets are now £3.50/ on the door £4 Advance tickets/queries 01386 701196 Tickets/queries 01451 822365 including refreshments Advance tickets/queries 01386 700647/593386 Tickets - £3.50 Advance tickets/queries 01451 831153 Upper Town Hall, VILLAGE HALL, SCREEN ON THE GREEN, VILLAGE HALL, VILLAGE HALL, CHIPPING CAMPDEN CHURCHILL ILMINGTON LITTLE COMPTON Friday 22nd July Saturday 9th July - PLEASE SEE LOCAL TRUE GRIT THE KING’S SPEECH NEXT SCREENING IN SEPTEMBER NOTICE BOARDS Film 8pm Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £4.50 Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50 Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £5.00 Advance tickets/queries 01386 841206 Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903 Advance tickets from the including tea/coffee from Ch C. Information Centre/on door. E: [email protected] Village Store & Red Lion Advance tickets/queries 01608 674298
VILLAGE HALL, VILLAGE HALL, ST. DAVIDS CENTRE, VILLAGE HALL, LITTLE WOLFORD LOWER ODDINGTON MORETON IN MARSH WYCK RISSINGTON Thursday 21st July Tuesaday 19th July Saturday 16th July NEVER LET ME GO NEVER LET ME GO NEVER LET ME GO NO FILM ADVISED Film 7.30pm - TICKETS £4.00 7.30pm | TICKETS (see below) Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50 Film 2.00pm | TICKETS £3.50 Advance tickets/queries 01451 830817 Advance tickets/queries Advance tickets/queries 01451 820232 Advance tickets/queries Refreshments Matinee with elegant tea served 01608 684223 or 01608 674200 in the interval £6. 01608 812338 or 652666 Check Notice Board
The King’s Speech (15) 118 mins REGULAR EVENTS ADVANCE BOOKING RECOMMENDED FOR THIS FILM First MON FOLK NIGHT, Ebrigton Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.uk Based on the true story of the Queen's father and the remarkable friendship which MON DANCE FUSION: Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience necessary. developed with maverick speech therapist Lionel Logue, starring Colin Firth as King Exercise in a fun way. No pre-booking necessary. Chipping Campden Town Hall George V with Geoffrey Rush as Logue, the man who helps him find a voice with 9.30 – 10.30. £4.50 which to lead the nation. Quite rightly, winner of the top 4 Oscars this year. MON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30- 7pm Children and 7-9pm Adults 01451 831876 The Social Network (12A) 120 mins MON CHILDRENS DANCE CLASS Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp, A multi-Oscar winning film which tells the (fictionalized but compelling) story about Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057 Facebook - and the (now) 27-year old billionaire who is able to tell G20 leaders how MON YOGA Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept they should deal with the internet phenomena. 01386438537 MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the Water Never Let Me Go (12A) 103 mins (10am -12) for anyone to come along for a cup of tea and a chat, Having attanded the same boarding school, two girls and a boy need to reassess their TUES COTSWOLD AONB WALKS www.cotsaorb.org.uk 01451 862000 relationships and the strange reality of their future. Sci-Fi thriller starring Keira TUES Pottery Classes at Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30am to 12:00 noon Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield. 10 week term £90 plus £15 materials/firing cost. Beginners welcome Contact [email protected] 01451 870734 TUES until July Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise True Grit (15) 110 mins classes. Suitable for all abilities. Fun exercise, great music!! 2-3pm. Unit 6 A tough US Marshall helps a young women track down her father’s murderers. An Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call 01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com impressive remake of the John Wayne classic starring Jeff Bridges. WEDS until J uly. Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise classes. Suitable for all abilities. Fun exercise, great music!! 6.30 – 7.30pm.. Unit 6 Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call 01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com THURS QUIZ NIGHT at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688 First WED Free MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS. Separate adult & children’s classes. THURS in April Thump Boxing - Exercise Class. No previous experience. Chipping Norton Leisure Centre. 07977 560086 Drop into one of our mixed classes. 6.30 – 7.30pm.. Unit 6 Draycott www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk, Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call 01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com WEDS LINE DANCING at Chipping Campden British Legion Hall at 7pm THURS BELLY DANCING New beginners class. 11- 12.30 The Church WEDS WEDS WALK Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 860366 & FRI Room, Chipping Campden. Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 WEDS CHIPPING CAMPDEN BRIDGE CLUB 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members FRI until J uly. Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise classes. welcome. Partners not necessary 01608 664456 Suitable for all abilities. Fun exercise, great music!! 6.30 – 7.30pm.. Unit 6 Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call First THURS Free MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS. Separate adult & children’s classes Stow- 01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com on-the-Wold Primary School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk, FRI DANCE FUSION Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. First THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women & MON All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) (Adults only) Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School 07977 560086 www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk FRI ACTIVE & ABLE Fitness & Falls classes for older people at Stow to Church Rooms, Stow 01285 623450 THURS LINE DANCING at Ch.Campden Town Hall 2.30-4pm 01386 438537 Starts again 1st wk in September FRI LINE DANCING: Willersey Village Hall, near Broadway 01386 438537 23 Art, Craft & Cake Stretton-on-Fosse Village Hall. Chastleton House Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th July, Jazz in the Garden Sunday 31st July, 1pm until 6pm 10am - 4.30pm . Tickets - Adults: £10, Children: £5, Under 5’s: Free
Celebrate the English summer with a concert of vintage Jazz courtesy of Debbie Arthurs An eclectic exhibition including pottery, paintings, and her Band! Don your summer finest, bring your own picnic, sit back jewellery, stained glass and much more. Come and and soak up the sounds of a bygone age of glamour… enjoy the art and indulge in a slice of cake at the cafe. With special appearance by the Chastleton House Croquet Club. Lunches also available. Midsummer Garden Tours - Tickets £12.00 www.lucysstudio.co.uk 01386 430038 Friday 29th July and Friday 26th August, 6pm until 8pm Families at Chastleton Saturday 27th August, 10am until 12 noon Tickets - Adults: £5, Children: £3, Under 5’s: Free
Numbers are limited for all events and pre-booking is required please telephone 01608 674 981 or email [email protected]
Chastleton House, Chastleton, near Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0SU
24 THE STRETCHING WORKSHOP Hay Barn Spa, Daylesford Farm Saturday 6th August 2011 10.00-12.30 For bookings please call 01608 731703 www.daylesfordorganic.com
Pottery Painting Parties For every occasion
Call Emily 07814978819 or visit www.facebook.com/potterycraft
Sunday 10 July – Town Square Local bands, dancers, vintage cars, street performers, surprise guests, stalls, rides.... And much more. 1500 people came last year for a day of fun, entertainment and musical performances to celebrate what makes Chipping Norton such a vibrant community. Let’s do it again and bigger! The 2011 Festival will raise funds to support specific community projects. This year the projects are: Chipping Norton Silver Band Highlands Day Centre Youth projects Stage line up includes: The Ric Sanders Band, Craig Ogden, The Retros, Chipping Norton Silver Band, Cooper Black, Jady Mirro, King Eddie's Revival Band, CHAOS, Arthur Taylor, St Mary’s School, Fiddlebop, Silverthorne and Jane Gridley, The Reaper, Voice Box and CEROC dancing. Entertainment: Rotary Vintage Car Display, Kids Fairground Rides, Face Painting, Pig Roasts, Stalls Candy Floss & Ice Cream. Plus over 30 stalls and exhibitors: including: Astronomy Soc, Horticultural Soc, CN Leisure Centre, BBOWT, Hospital League of Friends, Phoenix Trading, Natasha Field Jewellery, CN Tai Chi, Emma's Trust, Churches Together, Bernwood Press, Community Police, The Lion’s Club, Amnesty, Fire Brigade CN, The Theatre CN, Cancer Research, numerous food outlets. Sponsors Optimise, Travis Perkins, Owen Mumford, Rotary Club, Barchester Homes, Sainsburys, Beales Festival starts 11.30, finish 8.15 pm The Festival is free - please help to support it by buying a lucky programme and raffle tickets which will be on sale, before the festival, as well as on the day. Thank you. More details: www.chippingnortonfestival.com
25 The Westcote Traditional Country Fete Saturday 20th August 2 – 6.00pm Note the date in your diary for a day of family fun!
On 14 May Mendelssohn’s dramatic oratorio Elijah was given an electric performance by Stour Singers & The Cherwell Orchestra conducted by Richard Emms in St Edmund’s Church, Shipston-on-Stour. The soloists, Sarah Power (soprano), Sofie Almroth (mezzo soprano), Richard Dowling (tenor) made a fine trio alongside the renowned Welsh operatic baritone, Jeremy Huw Williams in the title role. He portrayed the Old Testament prophet so vividly he had the capacity audience on the edge of their seats. Richard Emms galvanized his choir to respond likewise, transmitting to all the emotions of the drama, from despair to serenity, with such clarity that some experienced visitors in the audience declared this to be the best Elijah they had ever heard.
Stour Singers’ next concert, also in St Edmund’s, will be on Saturday 3 December at 7.30pm featuring Handel’s Messiah. Rehearsals start at 7.00pm on Thursday 8 September in the Community Lounge at Shipston High School. New members are always welcome - no auditions! If you have always wanted to sing or especially to take part in Handel’s great work, now is your opportunity. Please contact Vic Twyman on Tel: 01451 870361 for further details.
26 Market Days July 2011 BOURTON ON THE WATER Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (see below). Farmers Market every 4th Sunday, 9.30 - 1300 Car Boot Sale every second Sunday, 9am. (Mar to Oct) (for Northleach & Fosse Lions Club) EXHIBITIONS CHIPPING CAMPDEN W I Country Market every Thursday, 9 - 11am To-14 th. Tasmania Exhibition - Raymond Arnold: A History of Gravure. Mon- Country Market every Friday. 9-11 Weekly Market every Wednesday. Sat 10-6pm (closed Tues) Sun 11-4pm. Celia Lendis Gallery, High Strret, Moreron Farmer's Market third Saturday morning GL56 0AF. 01608 650 852 MORETON IN MARSH Weekly Market every Tuesday, 9 - 3.30pm To 27 th "And Next to Nature..." Photographs, sculpture, ceramics and paintings W I Country Market every Thursday, 9 - 11.30 by Kate Barry, Caroline Barnett, Emma Clegg and Arabella Kiszely. The Gallery @ Country Market every Monday, 9.30am (W.I.Hall) the Guild, Sheep Street, Chipping Campden. 07870 417144 NORTHLEACH every Wednesday 8.30am-3.30pm STOW ON THE WOLD 1-3 CORNBURY FESTIVAL at Great Tew, nr Chipping Norton. Farmers Market 2nd Thursday - 9.30 - 13.00 www.cornburyfestival.com 16 Fete & Duck Racing at Bourton on the Water. Stalls – and duck racing on the 14-20 Giffords Circus – War & Peace. Actors, acrobats, learned geese, tumbling river! Village Green, Bourton on the Water. 10 -4pm. pigeons, clowns, musicians and runaways. The Fox Inn, Great Barrington, Oxon OX18 4TB. Adults: £20 Children: £12. 0845 459 7469 16 The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, presented by the Gloucestershire Youth Players Directed by Edward Derbyshire, as part of the LFO 15, 16 Paintings & Pottery. Original & eclectic work by Cathryn Lucy Bellow & Alice Education Programme and the national RSC Open Stages Programme. Longborough Shepherd. Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water. 9am-5pm. 01386 430038 Opera House, Longborough, GL56 0QF. Booking essential - www.lfo.org.uk or 01451- 830292. Grouns open 5.50pm. Performance 7pm 20-26 Glorious Gloucestershire & much more. .oils, pastels, landscapes, flowers & undersea. From 10 – 6pm. Lower Slaughter V Hall. 01452 812417 16 Prize Bingo Evening in aid of Sue Ryder. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water. 7.30pm 01451 821852 23,24 Art, Craft & Cake showcasing local artists – ceramics, stained glass, jewellery, photography, wood-turning, paintings. Café. 10-4.30pm. Stetton on Fosse V Hall. 16 Battle Proms Picnic Concert at Blenheim Palace. A celebration of classical 01386 430038 music with Fireworks, Cannons, Cavalry and Spitfire air display. Adults £32.00 (£37.00 on the day) Child £15 ( under 4 free). Tickets at Visitor information Offices (see box below) DIARY 17 Cherwell Valley Craft Fair , Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos. 10 – 5pm. 01295 264723 1 1st Moreton-in-Marsh Scout Group Annual Street Fayre. Tombola, White Elephant, Books & other stalls & games. Refreshments & Raffle. 21, 22 Flea Market. Various stalls, Bourton on the Water. 10-5pm. 01242 650881 Centre of Moreton-in-Marsh. 10 – 3pm. 22 Tea Dance in Bourton Ballroom, Latin & Popular Sequence. Music by Good 2 Summer Fayre Outdoor activities & stalls (weather permitting), cakes, freshly Dancing with Bill. Free tea & coffee. £3 on the door. 2-4.30pm. Royal British Legion baked bread, preserves, jewellery, plants, paintings, Bric & Brac, crafts. Adlestrop V Hall, Bourton.. 07970 180296 Hall, Adlestrop, Glos. 10 – 4pm. 23,24 Craft Fair. All crafts handmade by the exhibitors. Demonstrations. Most items are 2 Summer Fete - Upper Slaughter with Live music, childrens games, BBQ, FREE for sale!Refreshments. Free Entry.10 – 4.30pm. Redesdale Hall, Moreton in Marsh. parking, duck racing, tombola, white elephant, plants and produce stalls and splat 01684 274853. www.craftinaction73.co.uk the rat!. Along the river in Upper Slaughter. Tea's, coffees and homemade cakes in the V Hall. 12 Noon – 3.30pm. 23,24 Fair supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water. 10- 5pm. 01793 770148 3 Champagne Classic - More than a Car Show A Cotswold garden party with classic cars! Classic & Vintage Car displays, Magician, Auction of luxury promises, 26 Reptile Safari 1. A bite-sized session of Wildlife Watching for children aged 7+. Morris Men, Bar, Jazz Band, Art Exhibition, Trade Stands & Displays, BBQ, Teas, Cakes, Pig Reptiles such as slow worms and common lizards up close. Includes an informative Roast, Traditional Fete side shows and much more. Kingham Hill School, Kingham, children-friendly session on reptile ecology. GL54 5XU Booking essential - places are Oxon. £4 adult, Children U16 free. 12 noon -7pm. 01608 658500 limited. Details sent on booking 2 – 3pm 01452 383333 6 Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) An exercise class focusing on 28 Flowers are my Music - Moreton-in-Marsh Flower Club meeting with a endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity and recovery. Suitable for all abilities. demonstration by Shirley Preston. Visitors welcome. Broadwell Village Hall, Broadwell, Fun exercise, great music!! Unit 6 Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in- Glos. 7.30pm Marsh GL56 9JY. 6.30 - 7.30pm. www.raid-fix.com. 01386701231. 29 Marvellous Roman Mosaics. Join the Corineum Museum to recreate a mosaic of your own using foam squares and a host of images for inspiration. Suitable 7, 8 Flea Market & stalls. Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water.10- 5pm. 01242 for 5 – 11 year olds. Booking essential. Chipping Campden Library 10.30 -11.30. 699720 01285 655611 www.coriniummuseum.cotswold.gov.uk 9 Moreton-in-Marsh combined WI's & Craft & Produce Show 30 Duck Race &Tombola. Rotary will also display a ShelterBox disaster support tent Craft & Produce Show. Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in,Marsh. (as sent to Japan after the tsunami). 10-4pm 9, 10 GWR - Summer Diesel Gala. Line open between Cheltenham Race 30, 31 Flea Market. Various stalls, Bourton on the Water. 10-5pm. 01242 699720 Course and Winchcombe PLUS services from Toddington Station to Hailes Abbey, returning over the 15 arch Stanway viaduct and our new extension to Laverton. The Railway Station, Toddington, Glos. GL54 5DT. . 10 – 5.30pm. 01242 621406 ADVANCED NOTICE 9, 10 Flea Market & Collectables Fair. Jewellery, silver, militaria, giftware, 17,18 Sept The Cotswold Festival at Stow on the Wold, including ‘troops’ from The Sealed Knot. paintings. Refreshments. Free entry. St Edwards Hall, Stow on the Wold. 10-4pm. 01451 831675 Tickets, Booking information Etc. from - 9,10 Craft Fair supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the- BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE , Victoria Street, Bourton on the Water. 10- 5pm. 01793 770148 Water. 01451 822583 Open 9.30-5pm Mon-Fri: 9.30-5.30 Sat: Closed Sunday E: [email protected] 10 Car Boot Sale. Bag a bargain or Book a pitch. On hard-standing at BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, The Brewery, Sheep St, Burford. Countrywide Store C/P, Station Road, Bourton on the Water. £5 pitch.. 9.30am- Open (Nov-Feb) Mon-Sat 9.30-4pm. OX18 4LS. 01993 823558. [email protected] 1.30pm. 01451 861210 CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT Guildhall, Gossards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri. 10 Gloucestershire Morris Men & Chipping Campden Morris Men, 7.45pm GO-STOW, 12 Talbot Court, Stow on the Wold. 01451 870 150. Open 10am-5pm Mon-Sat; 11am- at The Bakers Arms Broad Campden.(subject to weather). 01452 410132. 4pm Sunday. E: [email protected] www.glosmorrismen.org MORETON AREA CENTRE, High Street, Moreton. 01608 650881 Open 9-5pm Mon-Fri: 9-1 Saturday. Closed Sunday E: [email protected]
27 28 LOCAL WALKS WITH Greystones Farm Nature Reserve THE COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY (& Salmonsbury Meadows SSSI) WARDENS – JULY
Two Rivers & Two Valleys - Friday 15 July – Moderate Walk out along the beautiful Windrush valley for lunch at Naunton. Different scenery as we return to the Slaughters along the Eye Valley. Pub lunch available or bring a packed lunch. 5 hours, 9 miles. Start: 10 am at St Mary;s Church, Lower Slaughter. OS OL Map 45/165 225
A Remote and Beautiful Valley - Tuesday 19 July – Moderate Explore some of the most beautiful and remote north Cotswolds, through woods Bourton-on-the-Water GL54 2EN. 01452 383333. above the Hinchwick Valley, returning along the valley itself. Super views and big Booking for all events is essential as places are limited skies. 2.5 hours, 5 miles. Start: 10 am at Hinchwick – please park tidily on the grass verge. OS OL Map 3 July Wildflower Walk 1. A guided two hour walk to 45/145 301 learn more about the management of the farm and to see the river side wildflower meadows. An event aimed at PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and muddy in places. adults with an interest in learning about wildlife in more EASY - terrain is mainly level, MODERATE - includes some hills and rough ground, detail. More information will be given on booking. 2-4pm. STRENUOUS – may be rough under foot, ascents and descents may be steep. Sorry, no dogs allowed except guide and hearing dogs. 5 July An evening walk - Mammal Tracks & Signs An evening walk introducing the mammals of the nature Walks are free although any donations help to fund our conservation work and reserve, and how to identify tracks and field signs of improvement projects. resident mammals. This event is suitable for families with children aged 6+, and is aimed at those with little or no The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds. prior knowledge of mammal tracks and signs. 7-9pm. More information online at www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, ALSO for any changes to arrangements (such as during bad weather). 6 July Wildflower Walk 2. A guided two hour walk to learn more about the management of the farm and to see the river side wildflower meadows. An event aimed at adults with an interest in learning about wildlife in more THE ROLLRIGHT STONES – detail. More information will be given on booking. 6.30 - JEWEL IN THE CROWN 8.30pm The Rollright Stones have stood the test of time for over 5000 years and are one of the many jewels in the crown of 17 July Archaeology - the history of Salmonsbury Camp Chipping Norton’s rich history. If you have yet to visit them ancient monument. A guided walk with expert local or want to go somewhere for a relaxing time, make a point archaeologist Gail Stoten. The walk will last approximately of coming on a sunny day - bring a picnic and let the kids two hours and is taken at a leisurely stroll. Not suitable for run round while you enjoy the view across to the town young children. Dogs must be on leads. 2-5pm. and Oxfordshire or, from the Kings Stone field, one of the best views north into Warwickshire. NORTH COTSWOLD The presence of a Warden on site is proving to be a huge bonus. We are planning a major clean up and repair RAMBLERS GROUP weekend over the 9th & 10th July , removing some Get Walking Keep Walking is a Ramblers hazards and generally sprucing up the site – all volunteers project aimed at helping people improve will be most welcome for what will be a lot of fun. We are their health and well-being by walking still looking to recruit more Wardens to deal with the regularly and locally. The North Cotswold region contains a public at weekends - very rewarding, especially if the vast network of well-maintained footpaths and some of the weather behaves. We continue to attract people from far best views in the country. The walks provide opportunities to and wide - the monuments are included in the ‘must see’ explore the locality on foot, enjoying nature in all its glory lists of the many tourists from around the globe. with a group of friendly people. If you would like to help out either as a Warden or We have a no Dogs policy. More information on any walk Volunteer please get in touch with Robin Smitten Wardens or a copy of the Group’s current walks programme can be & Volunteers coordinator 07527224411. obtained from the Secretary : Tel. 01386 700847 , email at [email protected] or by searching for the North FIND THE ROLLRIGHT STONES north of the A44 (Chipping Cotswold Group under “Local Groups” online at Norton to Moreton in Marsh) and south of Long Compton. www.gloucestershirearearamblers.org.uk
29 30 Cotswolds Health & Fitness Club 01451 821320 | [email protected] Unit 4d Hawthorn Court, Bourton Industrial Park, Bourton on the Water, GL54 2HQ
Gym Open Day! Saturday 2nd July 8am – 3pm. Free trials and consultations and no joining fee (worth £50!) with this publication.
The gym at Cotswold Health and Fitness Club is on the business park in Ed Shaw (personal trainer) has been with Alex since Jan 2008. He was Bourton on the Water and was started in Jan 2008 by Alex Doggett. educated at Cheltenham College, went to Nottingham Trent University The team has expanded into the next door unit which nicely fits in with where he read Sports and Science with Coaching. He like the other their ambitions to grow. Indeed, since they started, the personal trainers has REPs to level 3. Ed also uses the InterX machine which is trainers have increased from two to four and the range of equipment wide ly used by physiotherapists especially in the USA. This device has and services has increased dramatically. been used to treat a wide range of painful conditions; bruising, painful hip joints, bad back and many more. Ed’s training of Adam Henson on Country One thing Alex always points out is that exercise should be enjoyable. File (BBC) was widely seen by many. Ed can be reached on 07727020160. This gym is friendly and fun, yet professional with expert advice always on hand. Along with personal training, the Cotswolds Health Club A newcomer to the expanded gym is Ken Hurst-Earl BCMA, a offers gym memberships, vibration training, pilates, yoga and practitioner of 18yrs experience in the field of complementary integrated complementary therapy. Everyone who joins has their healthcare. Ken is the founder of Soma Healthcare which includes a programmes designed and monitored by one of four highly qualified range of therapies including Acupuncture, Allergy Testing and personal trainers. Treatment, Connective Tissue Treatment and Bowen/NST. This enables him to take a much broader view and treatment approach than would If you really do not know where to start, but know you really should otherwise be possible with a single discipline. He is also the developer make that first step, a gym can be a very daunting place, especially for of Soma Release, specializing in the relief of pain and restriction those lacking in confidence or experience. A personal trainer is a great caused by trauma and postural problems. Ken is currently offering free way to begin. Cotswolds Health and Fitness Club invite you to call in consultations for anyone interested in exploring how these therapies and have a friendly chat about how we could help. In a few weeks, you may help them. You can contact Ken on 07773333673 or could feel far better able to deal with the stresses of everyday life as [email protected]. well as feeling stronger and fitter than you ever have before. Their latest use of some of the extra space was to invite Dr Peter Dean (a local water colourist who took over the space in Talbot Court to help out the tenant) to exhibit his work. The upstairs waiting room walls are covered with local scenes, doors (something Peter has been concentrating on recently) and Venetian scenes. The exhibition is being installed this week, so come and visit. There is no entrance fee and you get a chance to see the gym.
To get there go into the Industrial Park in Bourton, go down to Travis Perkins, turn right after 50yds. The gym is in the far left corner of the estate next to Stow Physiotherapy. A more detailed map is available on our website.
Ed Shaw Alex Doggett
31 Correspondence
PLEASE NOTE that all letters and emails sent to the Town Council are in to public domain and are open for the press to view. They are reproduced here when, in the Editor’s opinion, the subject matter is of interest to readers, and subject to space.
From Steve and Val Farnsworth (13/06/11) An Email also sent in by Steve Farnsworth, feeling more High Street, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0AT 01608 651029 cheerful (18/06/11) – “So, it has come to pass! Contrary to the bulk of public opinion, against Town “I LIKE THE SOUND OF THIS MAN Council wishes, in a designated Area of Outstanding Fw: Every Town in England needs a Council Chief like this. Natural Beauty, on a greenfield site, we have been A maverick mayor elected after promising to slash council honoured with the architecturally challenged ( and more spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct akin to a modern industrial unit) new ‘North Cotswolds services is the torchbearer for how towns should be run. Hospital’ On his first morning as Mayor of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, For 135 years the existing Moreton Hospital has served it’s Peter Davies cut his salary from £73,000 to £30,000 then closed patients and the public very well, with it’s diverse facilities, the council’s newspaper for "peddling politics on the rates". including X-ray, Minor Injuries Unit, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, various other therapies and multifarious Now three weeks into his job, Mr Davies is pressing ahead with outpatient clinics and screening services. I know at least plans he hopes will see the number of town councillors cut from 63 to just 21, saving taxpayers £800,000. Mr Davies said: "If 100 one important therapy department will have to downsize senators can run the United States of America, I can’t see how and share in the new building. 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster".. This isn’t to mention the inpatient capacity - the existing He has withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government hospital has greater potential than the proposed 22 single Association and the Local Government Information Unit, saving inpatient rooms. The uncharitable could argue that, in another £200,000. Mr Davies said, "They are just talking shops". such accommodation, cut off from the social interaction of say 4 bed bays which are often the norm even in new "Doncaster is in for some serious untwinning. We are twinned facilities, the in staying patient will soon lose heart and be with probably nine other cities around the world and they are out of the hospital one way or another! Efficiency I just for people to fly off and have a binge at the council’s suppose! expense". The mayor’s chauffeur-driven car has also been axed by Mr This wonderful achievement has only been made possible Davies and the driver given another job. by a grant from our lovely European Union; however, I am also led to believe that it is dependant on the sale of the Mr Davies, born and bred in Doncaster, swept to power in the existing hospital to help fund this ugly carbuncle. May election with 24,244 votes as a candidate for the English Democrats, a party that wants tight immigration curbs, an Would it not have been far more sensible to have spent English Parliament and a law forcing every public building to fly half of the £11million on improving access, refurbishing the flag of St. George. and renovating those areas necessary in our lovely He has promised to end council funding for Doncaster’s Moreton Hospital? Don’t forget that there have already International Women’s Day, Black History Month and the been a number of fine new facilities built in the last few Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. years, including a fairly new X-ray machine. He said, "Politicians have got completely out of touch with what people want. Again those less charitable might just wonder the fate which may behold the old hospital. Coincidentally it lies “We need to cut costs. I want to pass on some savings I make in next door to another fine Moreton institution, the Bowls reduced taxes and use the rest for things we really need, like Club which also has to relocate! Is there a whiff of further improved children’s services". housing development which wouldn’t have been possible on their new sites?! Mr Davies has received messages from well wishers across the country and abroad as news of his no-nonsense approach spreads. Supported by many generous donations from the public over many years the League of Friends has worked hard to Now it’s your chance to spread this most sensible way to improve the facilities in the hospital, most of which will go run a town council. to waste. However we are getting a shiny new hospital - and A BEGGING LETTER FOR £1,000,000 to help equip this Kind regards, Steve Farnsworth new monolith with facilities we already have, last time I High Street, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0AT. looked!!! THE VERY GALL OF IT!!! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR…BY POST OR EMAIL I think I hear the loud rattle of the old Baron Lord P.O.Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow GL54 1WD Redesdale, the forefathers and benefactors of OUR lovely Email: [email protected] hospital, spinning swiftly in their graves. Whilst we can and do withhold* a name, address, email address Are we to be asked for further public subscription to fund or phone number belonging to a correspondent (*when the move of the doctor’s surgeries to this site? Another appropriate), the Editor always needs to know the identity of wholly unnecessary project!” the author. (Responses received are passed to the correspondent.) Anonymous correspondence goes straight into Yours Sadly, SP & VA Farnsworth the recycle bin. Otherwise, as to be expected, all the usual caveats apply. Ed
32 In the Editor’s Opinion… MPs debate 'sky-high' fuel costs Wednesday, 15 June There are a lot of reports, reviews, press releases and news-letters that arrive here every month, some of which go into the Article from Ruralcity community pages of the magazines. Occasionally there is an Media, opportunity to collect and organise my thoughts on what I have available online at been reading, together with the comments I have received from www.rsnonline.com readers, residents and, surprisingly often, visitors to the area. “The average motorist is now travelling 10,000 miles a year just to access essential services” said Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey and There was a huge amount of dismay and deeply felt concern about Southampton North. "The problem is particularly distinct and the closure of the local police stations, which leave these Fosse severe in rural areas," she said. “In some remote rural areas, fuel is towns and their wider communities without a police desk, now more than £1.50 a litre.” dramatically reducing the visible police presence. It happened very fast and a lot of the community has been left in disbelief that this MPs highlighted the issue of high fuel costs during a Westminster could happen. It wipes out generations of local policing (a frequent Hall debate on Tuesday (14 June). role model for policing around the world). Angus Brendan MacNeil, Scottish National Party MP for Na h- This is taken from one of the press releases. Eileanan an Iar, called on the Office of Fair Trading to "show more Chief Constable Tony Melville said: “I understand that people in teeth" regarding fuel. "When the oil price goes up, the price at the Gloucestershire feel a certain level of reassurance in seeing a pump increases quickly, but when falling, it does not happen at the police building in their community but I can assure them that the pump at all. The OFT must start investigating the trade for closure of these buildings will not negatively impact on our fairness." presence in those communities.” Anne Marie Morris, Tory MP for Newton Abbot, said high fuel He added: “Selling buildings which cost us a lot of money to run prices were affecting rural businesses as well as residents. "If we and which do not in themselves provide policing is a vital step in combine the issues of rural businesses and micro-businesses, they making sure that we continue to have a very visible presence right are the ones that are badly hit. That is where we need the at the very heart of the communities we police.” (the highlighting economy to grow."As for the range of prices, my hon. Friend talked is mine.) about an average of £1.36 a litre, but in fact it is between £1.30 and £1.51, mostly in rural areas." I thought that didn’t read ‘quite right’ the first time I read it! The Country Land and Business Association said it welcomed news Of course buildings do not ‘in themselves’ provide policing – do that MPs were challenging the high cost of petrol and diesel. CLA not patronise us Chief Constable! WE do understand that there East Midlands director Andrew Shirley said there was mounting must be budget cuts. But closing a community police station does concern from businesses and the motoring public about sky-high have an effect on how people feel, and on how wary those who prices. "Despite a fall in oil prices, pump prices have stayed high. don’t have the well-being of the community at heart may feel For many rural businesses, and for people who rely on their cars, about committing casual or premeditated crime in the town. the current situation is becoming untenable. A permanent solution Remove the police station & you instantly raise the opportunity for to stabilise the price of fuel must be found." small crimes to increase during the day when people are out shopping & going about their business. Chancellor George Osborne had promised a workable solution to steady the price of fuel in his April Budget, said Mr Shirley. "We Our North Cotswolds towns are generally quiet & peaceful, not must see this put into practice as a matter of urgency because for troublesome to the police….and are therefore an easy target for many businesses in the Midlands, time is running out." cost-cutters. But do not take it for granted Chief constable that your action will not be without a reaction at street level - and it The debate was called by Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for will be our residents and businesses who will be paying the price. Harlow. Mr Halfon said: "Motorists and businesses are genuinely suffering, and the high fuel price is an obstacle to bringing jobs If you want to keep your very nice low crime stats, don’t mess with back and getting our economy moving again. The oil price is falling the set up that created it…..or as they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix internationally, but hard-pressed British motorists, businesses and it. Jenni Turner, Editor road freight companies are still paying inflated prices at the pump. That's why I have written to all the major energy companies, to ask if they will lower their prices across the country." END
POST SCRIPT: On page 18 we publish an eml’d letter from District keeps many of our residents in their homes, and deters many Cllr Barry Gibbs regarding the May Gathering in Stow. Mr Gibbs regular shoppers and visitors from coming to Stow during ‘Fair’ has been CDC’s Portfolio Holder on Gypsy events for the last four weeks. Clearly things have not changed, for Cllr Gibbs or Stow and years. His first report was also published in Stow Times and my Maugersbury, or for the neighbouring parishes! comment at the time was that Cllr Gibbs saw the event through Interesting too, that once more Mr Lovell produced £500 cash to rose-coloured glasses. I hoped that he would ‘find his feet’ and give to the community. Last year Stow Police quickly passed it to gave his first report 4 out of 10. I gather he was quite hurt – I Stow Town Council, who after a public debate voted to put it into hadn’t intended that, but found it irritating that someone who the Budget for the benefit of the whole community. They were doesn’t live in the area and who came as a visitor on the day of the harshly criticised for that decision. This year CDC took it. We know ‘Gypsy Fair’, chose to gloss over the ugly side of the event, telling that CDC is short of cash, so why don’t they licence the Gathering us how we should accept and accommodate the anti-social and help it pay its way? behaviour which fouls our town, 33 The Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds
From Brian Honess, PRO 2nd JULY 2011 The International flavour of Rotary was underlined at the end of May when a number of Club members and their wives made a PARADE visit to our ‘link Club’ of Bressuire in France. There are strong Assemble at H.Q Well Lane. March Off 2pm similarities - Bressuire is a small town in the north of the Deux- Lead by the St.Andrews Pipe Band from Cheltenham Sevres Department (some 50 miles south of Angers), and Rotary draws its members from the surrounding rural area. The long DRUM HEAD SERVICE & Wreath Laying standing link between the two clubs has lead to many personal Outside The Stocks Hotel, The Square, Stow friendships. A full weekend of engagements was arranged with visits to The Chateau of Serrant (close to Angers) which has surprising links with Bonnie Price Charlie, and the new ‘Terra Botanica’ botanical theme park in Angers. We also explored a The Rotary Club mining museum and now defunct mining village south of of Kingham & Daylesford Bressuire at Faymoreau. All this was interspersed with food, wine and most important, much laughter and ‘entente cordial!’
At the formal banquet our President Michael Orme presented a From Paul Jackson souvenir plate of the recent Royal Wedding. Our French hosts knew more about the background and the detail of the wedding Can the local village shop survive? than ourselves – they were truly mesmerised by the event. Wednesday 13th July sees an interesting presentation from This Club linkage is highly valued and the exchange visits develop Jennifer Smith the Chief Executive of the Plunkett Foundation an understanding between our two cultures - a living experience who is charged with helping local communities develop rural of Rotary International, its common aims and objectives. shops. There are now 260 community shops in the UK with sales of £33 million, most of which have been helped by Plunkett. 40 PHOTOS clockwise from top left: The chateau at Serrant; more are set to open this year. Members of the public are President Michael Orme presents the Commemorative plate. welcome to attend 6pm for 6.30 ..stay for dinner for £10. Call Michael Orme presents a £1000 cheque to Seven Free Wheelers. Mike Clarke 01451 830 684 Rtn.Brian Honess presents the ‘Honess Cup’ to the overall winner, his son Andy Honess ( this was not a fix!) WHAT DOES ROTARY DO? 1) Major ..Major numbers Rotary is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation with over 1.3 million members in 33,000 clubs in 160 countries - so there are times when it doesn’t say what it is doing! Rotary in the UK raises approximately £20M per year for a very large range of causes at home and abroad. Its global charity fund gave out £110M in 2010. Every penny collected for charity goes to charity…..the members pay for the administration of the organisation.
Community Service Wednesday 8th June saw 440 Rotary clubs across Britain and Ireland take 25,000 disadvantaged children on a special day out never to be forgotten - to the seaside, theme parks, adventure parks, museums and zoos.
Scholarships Rotary funds additional post graduate studies and each year a graduate from this area goes abroad for study and hosting from a local Rotary organisation. In this area Rotary hosts graduates and one, Candice Roggeveen from Vancouver, recently gave a Nearer to home – the first Monday in June saw our Rotary Golf stimulating account of her studies at Oxford into Disaster Day at Naunton Downs Golf Club. Some 80 golfers teed off in the Management. She told the interesting story of how UPS (United main event, which generated funds for selected charities. This Parcel Services) have helped with their parcel tracking service in year £1,000 was donated to each of three charities – The British Haiti by monitoring all the various food supplies to avoid them Epilepsy Association, The Mersey Regional Epilepsy Association getting into the black market. If you know of anyone that could (with which our present President has strong ties) and the local be nominated from this area to go abroad for a year then Severn Free Wheelers who provide an out-of-hours emergency please contact John Shapley 01608 642 478 for further delivery service to hospitals in (and out of) our immediate area. information. Many thanks to Naunton Downs Golf Club for hosting this event and for the numerous sponsors and helpers who made it possible We welcome all shapes and sizes!! and so successful. We are new club with ladies and gents, young and old. If you want to join the Rotary ‘Big Society that has been going for over By the time this report is published we shall be into a new Rotary 100 years….. don’t wait to be invited - call Martin Dare to take a year – with new a new President and officers; more next month! no obligation look on 07733 306856. 34 Hydrotherapy at Woozelbears saved Gerrard from major surgery
At only one year old Gerrard the Newfoundland was in a sad way. He went into the Woozlebears veterinary practice in Witney where he was diagnosed with hip dysplasia, a joint defect and a condition called osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), which affects the joint cartilage. He had minor surgery on his shoulder to resolve the OCD but still needed a hip replacement..
Two weeks after his shoulder surgery Gerrard was in the hydrotherapy pool three times a week to build up the muscles on a restricted exercise regime. In conjunction with hydrotherapy he has had a joint supplement developed by Olympic swimmer David Wilkie MBE and T.V Vet Joe Inglis. David Wilkie was the first to import the cartridge supplement glucosamine into the UK, initially to help humans. Since then Joe and David have created the Vets kitchen range, which can be purchased at Woozelbears.
Eight weeks later Gerrard went for a post-operative check at the Fitzpatrick veterinary referral centre and was declared sound in his hips - and no longer needing a total hip replacement. At the time his shoulder was still a little lame but the vets expected him to fully recover within a few weeks, no longer requiring medication but continuing with his hydrotherapy and joint supplement.
David Wilkie & Joe Inglis discuss hydrotherapy as Gerrard swims with hydrotherapist Charlotte Pimm.
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42 Call for parents to join Maternity Committee Moreton-in-Marsh Bowls Club From Pat Wainwright ([email protected]) NHS Gloucestershire is asking expectant parents or those with children under the age of 3 years to join the *An important message from Mike Wainwright: Gloucestershire Maternity Services Liaison Committee “Moreton-in-Marsh Bowls Club wishes to apologise (MSLC). “We want to hear from mums and dads from all unreservedly to the fire-fighters of Moreton-in-Marsh walks of life. The committee only meets four times a year so Retained Fire Station for having attributed recent help in it isn’t a big commitment but it can help make a difference to local maternity services.” the watering of the Club`s new green to The Moreton Fire College. During the extended period of dry weather in Any expectant parent or parent with a child under the age March and April it was , in fact , the Retained Fire Station of 3 years or who wants to be part of the Gloucestershire which came to the Club`s rescue on several occasions. MSLC should contact: The newly-laid turf may well have died without these welcome interventions and our sincere thanks go to all Caroline Smith on 08454 221514 or who helped avoid this potentially disastrous situation.” [email protected] for further information.
Are you a fan of Radio Drama? Our innovative audio drama ‘THE FALLING SKY’ can be heard at a number of villages over the summer…. “Twelve extraordinary months in the life of an English village.”
Starring Stephanie Cole and Julian Glover the play was first performed on a regular rural tour in 2007 and recorded in 2010 Brenda Dix and Peggy Harrison and is specially designed to be listened to as part of a guided walk around your village - a captivating drama played out in Brenda and Peggy represented Moreton-in-Marsh Bowls familiar surroundings - a unique opportunity for rural Club in the 2011 County Ladies Pairs. They were community audiences to experience this original and absorbing successful in the first two rounds of the competition, on new approach to touring theatre. ( c.100 mins) both occasions beating teams from Bishops Cleeve. This took them through to the last 16 of the competition in If you're interested in which they played a pair from Stroud at Gloucester Spa hosting the show in your Bowls Club. In a close match Brenda and Peggy won their village please contact us way through to the last eight of the competition where on 0115 927 2334. they came up against a very strong pairing from Cheltenham Whaddon. The Cheltenham pair came out on top and subsequently won their way into the final. However, Brenda and Peggy should be congratulated on their achievement in getting so far in the County New Perspectives Theatre Company, Competition. E: [email protected] T: 0115 927 2334 New Bowling Clubhouse gets even higher The Mark Jones Memorial Golf Tournament & Auction On Friday, 27th May, the Mark Jones Memorial Golf Tournament & Auction took place at the Chipping Norton Golf Club, Chipping Norton in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK and the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oncology Unit). It was a fantastic day and evening with 56 golfers and around 80 in attendance in the evening. There was live entertainment, a great buffet and a fantastic raffle and Auction, raising almost £7000.00 for the evening. Please go online for information on next year's event, date and time (www.markjonesmemorial.org.uk). Photo sent in by Bill Goldie. Thank you to all for your support, encouragement and “I took the attached photo of workmen putting participation. the (appropriate) weathercock up on the new Gayle Eastell , Organizer Bowling Club building behind Redesdale Place in Mark Jones Memorial Golf Tournament & Auction 16a London Road Moreton. It seemed a milestone of sorts so I Chipping Norton, OXON OX7 5AX 01608 642242 thought you might find it of use at some time.” [email protected] www.markjonesmemorial.org.uk 43 • Loft conversions • Velux windows • Loft ladders COTSWOLD ELECTRICAL Supplied & fitted from £95 CONTRACTORS SPECIAL OFFER Free quotes 100sq.ft. boarding + & Friendly Advice loft ladder supplied 0800 4488280 & fitted £289 All Electric work undertaken. Reliable and tidy 07702 702719 Professionally qualified Contractor.
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Twenty months ago we started the task of fundraising £65,000 and then building new changing rooms at our London Road Ground following the fire and vandalism the destroyed the original building. This sum that seemed a huge challenge at the time was raised thanks to the generosity of local charities and individuals plus the fantastic support of the people of Moreton.
The response, in terms of giving both money and time was heart warming and the work is now complete. We have so many to thank and we are holding a day of celebration at the Ground on: Sunday 17th July ( between 12 midday and 5pm) There will be food and a Bar available alongside a community Six A Side and children’s activities. The official opening will take place at 3pm.
Honours for Club Members At our end of season awards the Warners Budgens Sportsman’s award was given to our vice chairman Paul Luker in recognition for all his work in managing the building project as well as being involved with our new Colts team and helping out several of our junior teams.
Left: Paul Luker recieving Warner Budgens Sportsman Award from Darren Honour of Moreton Store
Right: Gary Barnet receiving The Chairman’s Trophy from MR Chairman Tim Sedgely
The Chairman’s Award for dedication to the club went to our First Team Manager Gary Barnet for his achievements in taking our team to two promotions in four years and his development of local players to play some great football at a high standard.
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46 Stow on the Wold Cricket Club Reports from Ashley Andrews,Capt.
Saturday 28st May vs Oakridge – LOST Stow welcomed Oakridge this week and were up against a team with a lot of experience in division 1. Stow won the toss JULY FIXTURES and chose to bowl and this looked to be a good decision as Sat 2 Sherston Magna A League things got off to a great start. Dan Heaps dismissed both openers for low scores and bowled very tightly. He ended with Sun 3 Naunton H 10-3-20-2 after a superb bowling display. He was backed up by Fri 8 Guiting H Dan Smith who ripped through Oakridge’s middle order taking 3 wickets for 24 runs. Stow bowled extremely well and didn’t Sat 9 Williamstrip A League give any runs away. Louis Millar and Albie Griffin both took 2 Sun 10 Bayshill H wickets each at the end of the innings to bowl Oakridge out for a low score of only 87. Sat 16 NATS H League Sun 17 Coln Valley H The lads were confident in reply but didn’t start well loosing Sat 23 Oakridge A League two wickets in the third over. A small partnership between Chris Heaps, 17, and Ben Close , 18, steadied things but both Sun 24 Chipping Norton H fell cheaply. Resistance from Dan Heaps who got 21 looked to Sat 30 Adlestrop H League help things but once he was out things went from bad to worse. Stow threw wickets away and needed 8 runs to win with Spectators are welcome at all SCC’s matches, particularly those at home. the final two batsmen at the crease. They got it down to 1 run to tie before Oakridge took the final wicket Robson came in and steadied leaving the lads things along with 27, with gutted, loosing by 1 Ashley Andrews scoring a run! A disappointing quick 35. With 5 overs to go end to a very close Stow needed to up the run nervy game. rate and some big hitting from Ben Close and Ashley Sunday 29th May Andrews put Stow on the vs Naunton – WON brink of stealing victory from After a disappointing Adlestrop. But some good defeat the day before bowling got both of them out Stow looked to build and the lower order of the confidence in this team collapsed. Stow lost by a friendly against narrow 6 runs after scoring Naunton. Stow won 151. Another very close the toss and chose to defeat for the second week bat. Both openers running against a team went early but a challenging for the league quick 18 from Jack title Robson got Stow going. A solid partnership between Dan Smith and Ashley Sunday 5th June vs Chipping Norton – WON Andrews really got Stow scoring before Dan was finally bowled The team has always done well in the annual friendly against out for 45. Ash went on to hit 102 , accompanied by Kieran Chippy and things didn’t change. Stow lost the toss and were Shoemark who hit a good 16 not out on debut to give Naunton asked to bat. Ben Close and Dan Smith opened well until Ben a target of 239.In reply Stow’s opening bowlers kept things fell for 27. Jack Robson then came to the crease, playing some tight and both picked up a couple of wickets. Albie Griffin took great shots before being dismissed for 49, missing his first ever 2-5 and Sam Webley 2-34 to put Stow in a commanding 50 by one run! Some huge hitting by Smitty saw him hit his position. A good partnership in the middle order for Naunton maiden hundred for the club and he was the rock of this helped them get to 100 but once Chris Heaps took their innings, ending 110 not out. The team finally ended on 248-5. wickets (2 for 23) Stow bowled Naunton out for 128. In reply the opening bowlers got stuck in straight away. Albie Griffin took 2-10 and Sam Webley 3-17 blew away Chippy’s top Saturday 4th June vs Adlestrop – LOST order between them. The bowling changes didn’t ease things This week Stow faced the current league champions in up for Chippy with Ashley Andrews taking 3-19 to remove the Adlestrop. Stow won the toss and chose to bowl and didn’t middle order. A lower order partnership for Chippy saw them have much joy to begin with. Adlestrop got to 20 overs without get to 120 before finally being bowled out. An enjoyable game losing a wicket and scoring 67 runs (a run rate that wasn’t too (with good on field jokes from Craig Hughes) and a good high, but not loosing any wickets was a big bonus for them). performance by the team against a good bunch of lads at Stow finally took a wicket and from then batsmen fell at regular Chippy. intervals thanks to Louis Millar who took 3-43. Adlestrop increased the run rate but some good death bowling limited Friday 10th June vs Coventry Ramblers - Cancelled Adlestrop to 157 - a challenging total. Saturday 11th June vs Barnsley – Cancelled Stow got off to a good start with Max Fisher hitting a solid 30 at Saturday 18th June vs Chedworth - Cancelled the top of the order. Stow lost a few early wickets but John 47 Clubs, News & Reports
48 Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities Clubs Sherborne Hockey Club Glos Association for the Blind Art Club Fisher House (in the hall) Stuart Colmer - Chairman Tel: 01451 844 278 Moreton Area Centre, High St, Moreton Mondays 10am-1pm 01242 221170 Tuesday 9.30 – 12.30 Home matches@The Cotswold School, Bourton GL54 2BD [email protected] 01451 831408: [email protected] Stow Cricket Club Home-Start N Cotswolds Cotswold Investment Club Captain Ash Andrews 07891 536418 Meets 1st Tues of each month. Jeremy Main 01608 658675 Family Support Charity: 01451 831781 Cotswold Wardens (conservation, guided walks) [email protected] N Cotswold Community Radio 01451 862000 / www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk http://stowotw.play-cricket.com/home Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, Embroidery Guild, Stow & Countryside Branch. Stow Rugby Club www.nothcotswoldonline.com Meets 1st Tues/month- Broadwell V.H. Speakers, workshops. Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge www.stowrfc.co.uk N Cotswold Friendship Centre (Within Age UK) Mrs S Davis - 01451 831277. Tae Kwon Do Assoc of GB Lee Chapman 07977 560086 Knit One, Sip One Knitting Group 1st Weds monthly. Colin 01993 842820/01608 650868 Alternate Weds at 8pm Coach & Horses, Longborough Tues 6.30 Adults| [email protected] Contact: Kirsty on 07787767957 0r [email protected] Thurs 6.30 Juniors|7.30 Seniors| 8.30 Adult Self Defence N.Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Life Saving Club (Fire College) [email protected] / www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk Non-Emergency 0845 0901234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk Co-ordinator: Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 Music N Cotswold Support Gp – Parkinson’s UK Northleach & Fosseway Lions Club Mike Winter 01451 831194 2nd Tuesday/month (business meeting) at Red Lion, Northleach, 8pm Bledington Music Festival northleachandfosselions.org.uk/0845 8339825 RNLI N Cotswold Branch N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk Chairman Diana Porter 01451 830508 Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] Blockley Ladies Choir Sec:Jean Ellis 01386 841253 The Friends of The Moore Cottage Hospital N Cotswold Bridge Club Tues 7.30-9pm - Little Village Hall. Chairman: Philip Winter Tel:01451 821920 Meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs Campden Music Society [email protected] N Cotswold CAMRA Carol Jackson – concert mgr [email protected] 01451810305 [email protected] The Stroke Association (Age UK) www.stroke.org.uk Alan Lamb 01386 701603 Cotswold Choral Society 01452 520723. Helpline: 0303 3033 100 N Cotswold Disabled Club David South 01451 870494 YHA Stow on the Wold (www.yha.org.uk) Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 Thurs 7.30-9.30pm Upper/Lower Slaughter Village Hall Manager Dawn Rankin. [email protected] N Cotswold Digital Camera Club Cotswold West Gallery Group James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk Children & Youngsters N Cotswold National Trust Annette Smith 01451 830160 Pat Poulton 01608 651372 Kingham Choral Society Moreton Scouts N Cotswold Probus Club Derek Woods 01608 658738 Beavers Mondays 17:30 – 18:45 Age 6-8½ 2nd and 4th Thurs mornings Sec: James Grafton 01608 684181 Naunton Music Society Cubs, Mondays 18.45-20.15 & Tuesdays 18.30-20.00 Age 8-10½ N Cotswold Rotary Club Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 [email protected] Contact: Dudley Mills 01451 820704 – Bourton on the Water Explorer Scouts, Wednesday (fortnightly) 20.00 - 22.00 Age 14-18 Brian Honess 01451 830052 Stow /Barry Peaston 01608 650526 Stow Youth Singers Scouts, Thursdays 19.30 - 21.30 Age 10½-14 N Cotswold U3A (Ages 9+) Linda Green – 01451 830327 Dave Manley-Moreton Scout Group Secretary 01608 650814 Contact Jenny Stanfield 01451 824338 Fridays Term Time, 6 – 7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow Army Cadets at Moreton/Bourton Oddington WI Local Authorities Weds 7.30-9.30pm Major M G Little Meet on the 2nd Tue each month Oddington Village Hall 01451 831408 the [email protected] Sue John 01451 830989 Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) Rotary Kingham/Daylesford Bledington Toddler Group Meets Weds evening; Sat morning 2nd Tues/monthly. 2-4pm. 01451 822102/810520 Nicki 01608 658137 Mon: 10-11.30am www.kinghamrotary.org.uk Baden Powell Hall, Bourton o/t Water Children’s Art Club (ages 4-12) Royal British Legion County Cllr Barry Dare After school, Saturdays and holidays Branch T: 831550 and 07779 4523960 Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT Club at Well Lane, Stow T: 830242 Gill Parkes: 01386 700991 Scottish Country Dance Group 01452 425000 /01386 701280 Condicote Playgroup & Toddlers Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 [email protected] Leader: Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 Single File social events for Cotswold District Council Monkey Music (pre-school music classes) unattached 50-65s, meets fortnightly Cirencester – Trinity Road, Cirencester Tues. afternoons 07768 457403 or Contact Daphne 01295 788474 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk [email protected] Stow Disability Association George Hill - 01608 658636 www.stowda.org.uk District Cllr Merryl Phillips Oddington Bumps, Babes Beyond Stow District Civic Society 01285 623808/01608 651148 Mondays 10-12 at Oddington Village Hall Meets 1st Tues evenings alternate months, Church Rooms [email protected] Emma 07966 205774 Nigel Surman 01451 833783 District Cllr David Penman Stow Youth Centre Fosse way, Stow Stow Embroiderers’ Guild – tel 01451 832427 01285 623808/01451 830479 Youth Worker, Suzanne Collinson. 07825 721220 Stow Guides Stow Probus [email protected] Guiting Power Brownies (age 7 – 10) 1st and Thursday mornings Tim Sedgley 01608 652696 Glos Market Forum Tuesday Evenings 6.15-7.30pm Stow WI Main office: 01452 425953 www.glosmts.org.uk Leader Cheryl Millar 01451 831233 Jackie Palmer 01451 822285/ Alison Varnish 830909 Glos Rural Community Council Sports & Outdoor Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 [email protected] Key Information Bourton Vale Cricket Club [email protected] www.grcc.org.uk Childline 0800 11 11 Philip Winter 01451 821920 Moreton Area Centre Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 [email protected] High Street, Moreton 01608 650881 First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) Adlestrop Cricket Club [email protected] 01452 858220 [email protected] Mr S/N Kean 01451 831458 Stow Town Council www.sja.org.uk Stow Badminton Club Stow Council Office, Stow Youth Club, Stow, GL54 1AB Glos Heart Support Group Forbes Campbell 01451 832188 Joyce Norris 01451 833668 Tel 01451 832585 [email protected] Weds 10.15am. Moreton Congregational Church Rooms Cotswold Walkers Village Agents John Green 01451 824141 Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 623450 [email protected] GO-STOW Visitor Information Every Thurs 2pm Moreton Area Centre [email protected] 12 Talbot Court, Stow. 01451 870150 Weds 2pm Bourton Leisure Centre – Alan Robinson 01451 821067 Moreton Hospital (Minor Injury Unit) Great Rissington Archers Community Groups 01608 812605 8am-8pm Sat 10.30am at Gr Rissington Social Club (+ Weds 6.30pm in summer) Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) (X-Ray Mon-Frii 9am-12.45/ Mon & Weds 1.45-4.15pm) Michael Ebelthite: 01451 824161/Niall McIntosh: 01451 870221 N Cotswold St John Ambulance & St John Cadets London Chinatown TaeKwondo 01451 822102/810520 Cotswold Volunteers (helping disadvantaged people locally) (from age 10) Meets at Bourton 7-9pm Thurs 01451 820570 Weds: 6.30pm Kids and families; 7.30pm teens and adults Stow on the Wold Police Station Redesdale Hall, Moreton 0751 7437300 Jane Winstanley CEO.01285 658802 / [email protected] Fair Shares N Cotswolds Community Time Bank High Street, GL54 1AB Tel: 0845 0901234 Moreton Bowls Club Business Associations & Groups Barry Peaston – 01608 650526 01608 812338 [email protected] Ian Deakins – 01451 821399/Rod Dix – 01451 821020 Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) Cotswold Business Clubs Moreton Bowling Club 01451 822102/810520 Cotswold Business Centre [email protected] Margaret 01451 821399/Tom 01608 651761 Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people) Stow Fund Trustee Robert Barnett Moreton Badminton Club Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 WIRE Network (Women in Rural Enterprise- N.Cots) Mike and Joyce Rees 01608 650825 [email protected] N Cotswold: Emma Heathcote-James N Cotswolds Youth Cricket Club Fair Shares N Cotswolds Community Time Bank www.wire.org/networks 01386 831379/07977 226025 Shaun Williams 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.uk 01608 812338 [email protected] Friends of Stow Surgery 01451 832200 & 830610
49 NORTHLEACH & FOSSE LIONS CLUB The Lionistic Year commences on 1st July and the main office- bearers for the coming year will be Stuart Asquith as President, Nick Stroude as Secretary and Corina Sherman as Treasurer. The Club supported the Scout’s St George’s Day Parade in Northleach with Lion President Ray and Lions Stuart Asquith and Michael Chappin in attendance.
Carparking supervision in Bourton successfully raised money for our charities and the monthly car boot sales in Bourton are always well supported. The Club attended Northleach Charter Fair at the end of June, running a tombola and a “Message in a Bottle” stand to promote this valuable social service. A donation was approved to Cancer Research UK’s “Walk the Walk”, the retiring President’s selected Charity for his year of office.
We offer a full range of Roofing Services including: The Club’s Annual Charter Anniversary Dinner at the Swan Hotel All aspects of Lead Work in Bibury in May was very successful. The principle speakers were the Lion District Governor Colin Duncan and a former Club Flat and Pitched Roofs President Tony Dale. Strip and Re-tile Small Repairs to Major Extensions The Cirencester branch of the Club now meets monthly at The Fleece Hotel in town every 3rd Thursdays. Those interested are Over 20 years experience within commercial and private welcome to attend. Contact: [email protected] market together with an impressive portfolio of clients. The Northleach Club meets for its monthly business meeting at Competitive Rates. Fully Insured. High Quality of Workmanship. For a free no obligation quotation, please call the Red Lion Inn in Northleach at 8pm, every 2nd Tuesday in the month. All those interested are welcome to come along. The next 07894 320015 / 07957 212161 meeting is July 12th. There’s more information online northleachandfosselions.org.uk or telephone 0845 8339825
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