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CASSINGTON & WORTON NEWS News and views from the of and Worton August 2014 (446) . . . visit our village website . . . www.wospweb.com/site/Cassington-Online . . . SPORTS & SOCIAL re sold he W p s 60 t F n RE de E to resi

Do you use the tennis courts, play footie with the kids, like watching amateur dramatic performances or enjoy any of the many other activities organised by Cassington Sports and Social Club? If so you will be interested to hear that the Club has plans to refurbish, improve and extend the current facilities to cater for a broader range of sporting and social activities . Find out more, including how to let them know your thoughts on the plans, on page 5 .

Contents I Am Malala – this summer’s book ...... 8 School bus service saved! ...... 2 Desert Island Discs...... 9 Roy’s Ramblings...... 3 St Peter’s School news ...... 10 Your village needs you!...... 3 St Peter’s Catholic Church news...... 12 Cassington Bike Night thanks ...... 4 St Peter’s Church of news...... 13 Cassington Sports & Social Club...... 5 Parish notes...... 14 Women’s Institute report...... 5 What’s on...... 15 Contributions should be provided by 20th of the month. Email submissions (in the body or as a Word attachment) to: [email protected]. Photographs should be supplied as separate attachments, not placed in the Word file. Typed or (as a last resort) clearly handwritten submissions may be posted to: Rebecca Clare, 12 Hollow Furlong, Cassington, OX29 4ET. We look forward to hearing from you. School bus service saved!

As reported in last month’s edition of CAWN, BURLEIGH FARM County Council had withdrawn the bus service from Traditional Farmhouse Cassington to for children due to start at Bartholomew School, Eynsham, in September . On 21 July Bed and Breakfast Accommodation an appeal panel found (partly) in favour of the Cassington Contact Jane Cook – 01865 881352 parents and expressed serious concerns about the safety Burleigh Farm, Burleigh Road, Cassington of aspects of the walk down the A40 . The Council has Oxfordshire OX29 4DZ reinstated the bus service for the next academic year, but has allowed itself the opportunity to look at ways in which the Visit shared cycle/footpath could be made safer and perhaps then www.oxfordcity.co.uk/accom/burleighfarm reassessed as safe for September 2015 . for more information

Bridewell Organic Gardens and Family Fun Picnic Vineyard August 2014 Cassington Playing Fields 20th Anniversary Year Sunday 31st August at noon Followed by family fun rounders Open Afternoon: Sunday 17th August, 2–5pm Please bring your own picnic food and drinks Teas, plants and Bridewell organic wine for sale . (eat your own or share with friends). We also require any spare rounders bats/balls Bridewell is situated in , between and . All ages welcome For more information, please telephone 01993 864530/868313 www.bridewellorganicgardens.co.uk

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2 Your village needs you!

We as a village have an opportunity to prepare a Community Led Plan . These plans enable us to think about all aspects of community life and identify opportunities Café Volunteers Needed for improvements, as well as highlighting issues of concern . The process involves Our monthly evening café is a lifeline for younger people surveying village members and village organisations with dementia and their families in Oxfordshire . for their views . Preparing a plan can also enable us to We offer: achieve (and resist) future development of our parish . • A regular fun social evening; This initiative must come from village members, so we • A tasty supper, live music and dancing . would like to invite anyone who would like to get involved to get in touch with Councillor Hugh Thomas by calling We need volunteers to help us make this happen . Would 01865 883377 . We hope a community committee can you be willing to help out with a variety of café tasks, be formed . This would be fully supported by the Parish none too arduous? If so, you are just the person we need . Council and the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council . You do not need any particular experience or background The café is from 7 .30pm to 9 .30pm on the fourth to be involved, simply an interest in and time available to Thursday of each month at the Village Hall, Cassington . commit to the project . David Casey, Parish Clerk If you can help out please contact Sean Hodgson, Family Service Manager, YoungDementia UK by calling 01235 522382 or emailing seanhodgson@youngdementiauk .org . Roy’s Ramblings Firstly my family and I thank everyone for their concern www.youngdementiauk.org about June . She is making steady headway, walking slowly, using her right hand to feed herself and has not forgotten to issue orders! June is worrying about our raspberries though . From the middle to the end of August please come and pick our raspberries for yourself . All we ask in return is a M&M Waste Solutions donation to the Church funds . We recycle over 90% of all waste we collect, Another big thank you to Godfrey Phillips for his first- class strimming job on the Green for Bike Night . We do and turn food waste into electricity! not know what talent he has . I went and saw him at work Bargain rates for local clearance in his metalwork shop at Sutton . He’s a highly skilled gent . Furthermore he has a woodworking workshop, which I did not have time to look at . He is restoring the wood carving on several pulpits, one from a well-known cathedral where people have broken bits off for souvenirs . Roy Partridge (Ed. – if you search for Carter’s Walk on Facebook you can see the public art Godfrey Phillips has been commissioned to create for Carterton.)

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3 Cassington Bike Community learning Night 2014 A full copy of the new 2014–15 This is a simple note to brochure is available to download from thank everyone who took the website at www.marlborough. part in this year’s Bike oxon.sch.uk/community . For a free Night event, and a promise copy of the brochure or to book a that after this letter we will place please telephone 01993 813592 not mention Bike Night or email comed.4560@marlborough. again until 2015 . oxon.sch.uk . As some of you may It is possible to join some of the know organisation of the weekly classes throughout the term, 2014 Bike Night got off to a rocky start and at one stage there if there is still availability – please was to be no official Bike Night at all . In February a meeting ring to check . was called to decide whether we would continue to organise For up to date and comprehensive the event . The outcome of the meeting was a resounding YES information about availability on and the follow on outcome was the creation of a committee courses please see the website; as made up of all of the major village groups (Village Hall, courses become full they are listed Sports and Social, Church Bells, Women’s Institute and St for your information . This year Peters PTA) as well as villagers who wanted to volunteer weekly courses and one day Saturday their time . workshops are being offered in the following subjects: The creation of this committee is the best thing that could yoga • Pilates • Zumba gold • tai chi • badminton • have happened . It brought fun back to task of organising the archery • badminton and table tennis • golf • psychology event and helped build the feeling that Bike Night is special • emotional freedom techniques • creative writing • guitar to Cassington . beginners and improvers • anyone can sing • so now I wish to thank the local businesses who worked with us you can sing (improvers) • French beginners/next steps/ again this year and donated the money to help cover the more steps • Italian beginners/next steps/more steps/ costs of running the event (Red Lion, Mary Hatwell, Debbie intermediate/conversation • Spanish beginners/next Hebborn, Sam Hatwell and James Clarke) . steps/more steps/intermediate • calligraphy for beginners Special thanks to everyone who volunteered to marshal . • watercolour painting for beginners • watercolour It’s impossible without you all . painting • life drawing • drawing and painting for Final thanks to the committee: beginners • flower arranging for beginners • knitting for • Gareth Want – St Peter’s PTA beginners and improvers • Indian vegetarian cookery • Kathryn Humphris – St Peter’s PTA & Governor beginners and improvers • computing for the terrified • computing next steps • Excel spreadsheets for beginners • Lorna Mills – St Peter’s PTA • web design for beginners • Publisher for beginners • • Gary Peasley – he will be on the PTA soon . He just doesn’t digital photography for beginners • photography with know it yet . your digital camera for beginners • Photoshop for • Dougie Beecher – press ganged by Mrs Beecher beginners • Apple Mac for beginners • iPad/iPhone for • Roland D’Costa – Sports and Social beginners • iPad/iPhone for improvers • stained glass • Ben Wilby – I think Ben came out for a quiet pint one • sewing machines for beginners • Christmas gifts and night and ended up as treasurer crafts • introduction to roman blind or curtain making • patchwork (by machine) for beginners • reflexology • • Oliver Hutton – I think Oliver was joining Ben for that Indian head massage • aromatherapy • back, neck and pint . He ended up as co-Chairman shoulder massage • optimise your health naturally • yoga • Nicky Copelin – Village Hall workshops • landscape painting in acrylic • drawing with • Lucy Brinicombe – PR and social media (new-fangled confidence • painting using special effects • handmade technology) christmas crafts • hand sewing for beginners • bicycle • Vanessa Goodman – Church Bells maintenance for beginners • French for holidays • Italian for holidays • sugarcraft • Mexican food with an Indian • Bob Butler – Prostate Cancer Charity twist • a traditional Indian meal • • Glenda Appleton – Women’s Institute Early booking is recommended . See you all again next year .

Thanks, Martin Ritchie If you wish to be uplifted, link into my thought for the day. Twitter @1947irene Rev’d Irene B (Irene Buckingham)

4 Cassington Sports and Social Club

The playing field in Elms Road is an important recreation facility enjoyed by the village . This includes the football ground, cricket pitch, tennis courts, children’s play area and of course the pavilion itself . Apart from the children’s play area, which the parish council looks after, the facility is managed by Cassington Sports and Social Club . The Club committee is made up of volunteers, all of whom are Cassington residents . The Club does not receive any grants, so income comes from fundraising . This includes the regular Saturday night meat draw in the Red Lion, barbecues at the Club on Later this year the committee hopes, with your support, Bike Night and various events in the garden of the Red to apply for grant funding from WREN (Waste Recycling Lion . Other events include C Factor and productions by Environmental Limited) . This is a not-for-profit business Cassington Players, such as the recent presentation of ’Allo which awards grants to communities living near a landfill ’Allo in the garden of the Red Lion . We are also grateful site . Our local landfill site is at Dix Lane in Stanton for donations from the Bike Night committee and the Harcourt. The pre-application process is quite intensive Blenheim FunRun . Additionally cricket and football teams and time consuming . The whole project must be planned are charged for use of the facility and members of tennis and surveyed and a competitive tendering process must club pay an annual membership fee to use the courts . be carried out . Further fundraising will be necessary for All the money goes toward day to day management of match funding and costs in excess of any grant . the facility such as insurance, utility and maintenance bills, Before we embark on this ambitious project we and the upkeep of the mowing tractor . Anything that’s strongly feel that we must have the support of the village left over goes into a small contingency fund that’s held in community and other users of the playing fields . We will reserve for improvements and emergencies such as roof shortly carry out a survey of the whole village (including leaks and repairs . We are very grateful for any voluntary Worton) to obtain your views . Please support the effort for repair and paint jobs and donation of equipment. Club by completing the survey . This will be part of our We also highlight some fundraising for specific projects; evidence in support of the grant application . We would for example the success of our recent burger stall effort has also be interested to hear any of your suggestions for gone into the purchase of a new set of goals for five-a-side improvements to our playing field facilities . Please email football . On the limited funds we have we would struggle comments to me . to carry out any major improvement . The accounts of the Roland D’Costa, committee member, club are presented to the parish council annually . Email: [email protected] The committee feels that it is very important to update and extend the facility so that we can get more people enjoying it, and to protect it for the future . The long-term Dinosaurs in goal is to refurbish and renovate the pavilion, extend or redesign the tennis court to allow for a multisport facility for Oxfordshire tennis, five-a-side football, softball, basketball and an open On 17th July, we had a very air theatre . The football and cricket fields are in urgent need interesting talk about Dinosaurs of updating to standards required for league-based teams. in Oxfordshire, by Paul Austin Sargent from the Oxford Geology Group . Dinosaurs, it seems, thrived in Oxfordshire during the Jurassic Period, 140 million years ago . A landmass track ran through FREE raspberries Oxfordshire, which consisted of shallow water with tropical type islands . The climate was hot and sultry and conditions Roy and June Partridge have a were ideal for dinosaurs to eventually become fossilized . surplus of raspberries, which Remains have been found in , Cumnor, Ardley you are welcome to pick in and Kirtlington, all of which are well documented in the return for a donation to church Oxford Museums . funds . If you are interested Our next Meeting, which is again an open meeting, will they should be available take place on 18th September, when John Ericson will be from the middle of August giving a talk entitled ‘Reading pictures . . are you visually at The Mill House, Eynsham literate?’ If you are interested, please come along – you will Road be very welcome . Janet Nattrass 5 influence and regime of the Taliban . I Am Malala – this summer’s book Malala writes affectionately about her father who (even In a break from my usual though she was a girl!) rejoiced in her from her birth . offerings for CAWN this Overcoming his own difficulties and humble background, he month I would like to set up a school for girls . present a book review . Malala talks of her friends at school, games they played, The book is I Am her hopes and dreams, and her family . She talks of her desire Malala, written by Malala to learn, and of her Muslim faith as she received it – no Yousafzai, the Pakistani radical Islam here! A deeply religious girl, she discovered in schoolgirl shot in the the Qur’an that all Muslims (male and female) should ‘seek head at point-blank range knowledge, study hard and learn the mysteries of our world’ . by the Taliban on 9th Malala and her father have become spokespeople for the October 2012 . But for right of all children to an education . the fact of that attempted There were many threats and many difficulties . Both her assassination, her father and Malala spoke out about injustice in education treatment in the UK, and with many in authority . And so, even after the Taliban had her remarkable recovery been driven out of their area of Swat in northern Pakistan, it after surgery, Malala and was the Taliban that ordered Malala’s assassination . her story may have stayed As I write Malala is in the news again visiting Nigeria, in complete obscurity . appealing to the Government there to do more to recover From the first page of Malala’s book I was captivated . the 200 (mainly Christian) girls who were kidnapped from It was not, as I had expected, a story revolving around school by Islamic extremists . In doing so Malala also adds the horrific event of the attempted assassination and her pressure to protect all girls (and boys) seeking an education subsequent recovery. It is a story of her life, her faith, her in that country . family and the struggle for education in Pakistan, and Malala’s story is amazing, inspirational, challenging particularly for the right for girls to receive an education . All and an eye-opening personal diary of this amazing young this in a culture where girls and women have been, and still person . I thoroughly recommend this book to you . are, held in lower status than men, and under the oppressive Rev’d Roger Aston

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6 ago . On being asked what he thought of Desert Island Discs Western civilisation Mahatma Gandhi Last month’s castaway was Bike Night organising supremo said, “I think it would be a good idea” . Martin Ritchie . Castaways get to pick their eight favourite Am I allowed to take a good old pieces of music (of any genre) along with a favourite book dog? There is always a tail wag in the and a ‘luxury’ item . Here’s this month’s . morning and something to talk to (Ed. 1. Be Still for the Presence of the Lord – David Evans . With – sorry, no dogs.); although I do have the shock of being landed on a desert island all alone I would conversations with myself when I have need this to bolster up my feeling of loneliness, as I feel the a problem to sort out . Maybe that’s Lord is there whatever is thrown at me . He does not do why I get more problems – I don’t everything I want done; regardless of this I still give myself the right answer! feel his presence and would be lost without it . As a dog is not allowed I would like to take an everlasting 2. Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens . This pen and paper to write stories that I don’t seem to get around to . has so much feeling in it . I don’t expect there Think you know who it is? Let us know at cawneditor@gmail . will be blackbirds on the island, but this is a com or write to the postal address on the front page . You good start to the day . might need to be quick this month! 3. You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel) – Rogers and Hammerstein . This, I find, gives you FREE inclusive sports sessions a bit of confidence that all is not lost . We can all feel a bit pensive when nature throws everything at you . I hope Free taster sessions are being offered to help launch a new there are no storms at sea, as I would feel a bit vulnerable on project to increase sports opportunities for young people a little island . in who have a disability or behavioural 4. Memory (from Cats) – Andrew Lloyd difficulty . The Council’s Inclusive Sports Opportunities (ISO) Webber . Again we all have a stock of project is organising the sessions for 14 to 25-year-olds with memories, which it takes something like this a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) to have a to awaken, and bring them back to savour . As go at a variety of sports from basketball, dance and football you get older the pictures in one’s memory to tag rugby, boccia and climbing . portfolio from 50 years ago are clearer than The project team also wants to take the opportunity to those from the present day . speak to people, find out what is already available locally and which other activities they would like to see introduced . 5. The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel) The next session is at Windrush Leisure Centre, – the version sung by the Bachelors . I feel this would be on Wednesday 20 August, from 10am–12 noon and 1–3pm . appropriate as today is always punctuated by vehicle noise, ISO has been set up after the Council was awarded a aircraft noise, radios in cars blasting out as they go by, £70k Lottery grant from Sport England’s Community Sport background music in shops and restaurants, and the mobile Activation Fund in recognition of its work towards making phone that has taken over . sport more accessible . The three-year project will see the 6. June Is Busting Out All Over (from Carousel) – Rogers and development of inclusive sports and expansion of existing Hammerstein . This would remind me of my wonderful wife, activities, as well as work with local clubs to help them to who I would miss terribly . I suppose it would be too much to become more inclusive . ask to take her with me (Ed. – sorry, no wives) although we For more information about the free taster sessions, call may clash over records! 01993 861080 . 7. Jerusalem – Parry (music) Blake (words) . This is the WI signature song and is a very rousing one, which should give me a bit of hope . I must add I am not in the WI . ‘Lights out’ for First World War 8. There Will Always Be An England – Ross Across the country, people are being invited to join together Parker and Hughie Charles . Whatever the in a shared time of reflection by turning off their lights Scots do to us, or anyone else for that matter, between 10 and 11pm on 4 August, leaving on just a single I am sure there will always be an England . light or candle . Maybe the Romans had the right idea . The large-scale event will echo the famous words spoken Did Scotland have an Alex Salmond then? 100 years ago by the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Perhaps they did . In my life I have had some Grey: “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall first class Scottish friends . I often wonder what not see them lit again in our lifetime ”. they would think of the situation now . The Government-backed initiative The Bible I would want is the New Testament issued by the church forms part of a wider ‘Lights Out’ to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 . In the front it cultural programme to commemorate has a very good list of where to look for different problems . the centenary and is funded by The book I would take is the Oxford Dictionary of £10million lottery money . Details of the Humorous Quotations that I won in a raffle some time cultural programme can be found at www.1418now.org.uk .

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8 Have your say on housing proposals Executive and VIP Transport The council would like to hear your views on how housing should develop in West Oxfordshire over the next 15 years, including a new overall target and strategy for meeting this . This follows changes to West Oxfordshire District Council’s draft Local Plan, which sets out how the District could develop until 2029 . The draft Plan, which will replace a former strategy that ended in 2011, has been refined to take account of the 2014 Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) published earlier this year . The SHMA suggests that 11,880 homes are needed in the District for the period 2011–2029 (660 per year), a significant increase on the figure previously set out in draft proposals . In response to the SHMA, and other relevant evidence, the Mercedes-Benz Saloon and 6-Seat MPVs Council is proposing to increase the overall target to at least 9,450 homes from 2011–2029 (525 per year) . • Airport & Seaport Transfers This is less than the SHMA recommendation, in • Business Meetings recognition of a number of factors including the fact that • Sporting Events the District has ‘over-delivered’ on its previous housing targets, which has affected future projections . The SHMA acknowledges that there is potentially a good case for My Chauffeur UK making an adjustment in West Oxfordshire because of these www.mychauffeuruk.co.uk high rates of past growth . As well as comments on the overall housing target and [email protected] how this should be met, the Council will be asking for 08000 72 52 92 your views on its proposed strategy for future development including: The Region’s Premier Chauffeur Service • Plans for the majority of the housing to be built at the three main towns of Witney, Carterton and , with strategic housing sites at west, east and north Witney, east Carterton and on MOD land within Carterton, and land to the east of Chipping Norton . • Outside of these main towns, a focus on development predominantly on larger centres and villages – Eynsham, Woodstock, Long , and . • Development on a smaller scale elsewhere with new homes in other villages to meet local housing needs . • Measures to increase the supply of affordable housing . • Achieving a good mix of housing on new developments to meet a variety of different needs, and to enable ‘self- building’ by those wishing to do so . • Around 60 hectares of land for business focused on the main towns . • New junctions at Down’s Road and Shore’s Green, Witney, together with improvements in the Lane/ Station Lane area and in the longer term, delivery of the West End Link to provide a second river crossing for Witney .

Once consultation has finished, all comments will be taken into consideration and a final version of the plan will be published and submitted to an independent Inspector for examination in spring 2015 . Further information about the Local Plan is available at www .westoxon gov. .uk/draftlocalplan and details of the consultation will be available here as soon as possible . The consultation runs from 28th July to 19th September .

9 St Peter’s Primary School and Nursery

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AUGUST distance. All of the children competed to earn points for their school team and the winner of the trophy was the ‘Brain Boxes’. A special thanks to Treasure Island our PTA who provided refreshments. There were piratical goings on at St Peter this week as the Willow Class staged ‘Treasure Island’ Results to the delight of their parents and friends. We have had a fantastic year and achieved a great With many ‘Aaarrr!’s and ‘Not the Black Spot!’ deal including becoming an academy and opening the whole crew threw themselves into a truly our Nursery. As an academy at the moment wonderful performance with some excellent we have no OFSTED rating, however our School characterisation from Aidan Buckner as Long Improvement Partner from Oxfordshire County John Silver, Daniel Humphris as Blind Pew and Council has rated us as a good/outstanding school. Ben Bakewell as Ben Gunn. Every child in the class Our academic results have been superb. played their role with conviction and style whilst Our Early Years Foundation Stage results show thoroughly enjoying themselves. Credit must be that already the children are leaving the Nursery given to Mr Dan Long, their classteacher, who at above national levels. Our year 1 children, who taught them how to act and sound like pirates, took their phonics test, did brilliantly, with 100% Mrs Jan Roberts and Mrs Emily Bowers who working at the required level and above. In Year 2 produced the stunning backdrops and props and the Key Stage One tests showed a similar pattern Mrs Sherry Lewis and Mrs Catherine Atherstone with the school well above national and local who put in the hard work of supporting the expectations. children with their rehearsals. The children who are leaving school this year took the Key Stage 2 Statutory Tests, with 100% Festival of Voices achieving the expected Level 4 in reading, writing, A major event in our summer calendar is the grammar, punctuation and spelling, maths and Festival of Voices. Our choir, supplemented by science. At Level 5 we had 82% in reading, 54% additional children from Maple and Willow Class, in writing, 73% in grammar, punctuation and sang with other Oxfordshire Primary Schools at spelling and 64% in maths. We also had a small Dorchester Abbey. The medley of songs, some of percentage achieving Level 6 in maths, writing which the choir had already sung during their and grammar, punctuation and spelling. All of concerts in the village, was well received by the these results are above national and local levels. packed audience. It was a memorable event in Our progress scores are also excellent with 100% which I was especially proud of our children and of children making the required progress in Key the magnificent way they represented our school. Stage 2. No year group is achieving less than Sports Day expected progress and many are above. In the morning the Nursery had their Sports These fantastic results are due to the dedication Event on our school field with races such as potato and hard work of staff, children, parents and and spoon, bean bag on the head and hurdles. governors. All of the children were encouraged to take part, St Peter’s Nursery from our youngest 2-year-old to our oldest Our Nursery is open to children between the 4-year-old. The support of parents was much ages of 2 and 4 years old. We offer an exciting, appreciated. stimulating environment with a fully trained and As in previous years we staged our Key Stage experienced staff. We run two sessions a day and One and Two Sports Day at Elms Road Sports have some places still free. You are warmly invited Field. The afternoon started with events which to view our provision and discuss your child’s showed off some of the skills that the children requirements. To make an appointment please use during their PE lessons. In the second part e-mail or phone the school office using the address they took part in races including sprints and long above.

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Serving the Hanboroughs, Freeland, Cassington, , THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF , Sutton and Northmoor. THE FIRST WORLD WAR will be commemorated at St Peter’s on Sunday 3rd August at our 10am Mass, when we will offer Many non-Catholics come to our Church or get help from our the Mass especially for all those who died in that War . If you Priest . You are always welcome . have a relative, as Father Martin has, who was killed in that war, SUNDAY MASS is at 10am with a Children’s Liturgy during please give us their name and we will remember him or her by Mass (and SATURDAY for Sunday 7 .30pm) name in our prayers on that day . In Eynsham there will also be a Mass also Monday 10am (sometimes 7am), Tuesday 5 .30pm, ceremony at the War Memorial at the actual time that dreadful Wednesday 9 .30am, Thursday 12 noon and Friday 7am . war began – 11pm on Monday 4th August THE PRIEST Fr. Martin Flatman is happy to receive enquiries OASIS – THREE DAYS OF WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES by phone, email or text . Mobile 07719 646790; for the over 60s . It is organized by people from the three frmartinflatman@gmail .com Eynsham Churches and takes place on Tuesday–Thursday 19th–21st August in Eynsham Village Hall . It lasts from 10 .30am HIS WEEKLY TALK (Homily) can be sent to you by email . Just till 3 .30pm each day and includes a good lunch . People need to send your address . It can also be found on the Parish Website book beforehand either for all three days at £8 or at £3 per day . and on his blog, which is: frmartinflatman .wordpress .com . See Application Forms are available at the back of all three Churches . his daily thoughts on FACEBOOK as Martin Flatman and on TWITTER @frmartinflatman THE SPONSORED BIBLE READ that Father Martin did last year is going to be repeated on Saturday 13th September . Last THE CHURCH is open for prayer every day (address below) . year a number of people said they would be interested in taking THE HALL (The Tolkien Room) is available for hire . part in the reading . If you’d like to take part this year, please tell Tel: 07919 605544; c .barton0660@gmail .com . him so we can arrange it in plenty of time . We ask people to guess how far we will get with the reading and thus raise money for the AUGUST 15TH IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR CATHOLICS . Church as each guess costs £5, and the winner gets a prize! It is Indeed in some countries it is a public holiday because we mark also a great way to come to Church and listen to parts of the Bible it as the day when the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, read right through rather than the bits we have at Mass . finished her earthly life; and we celebrate it as the day she went to heaven . It is a reminder to us all that however sad a death THE CATENIANS is an organization for Catholic Men that meets may be, our faith in God will bring us through death to be with monthly in various places in our area . This year their Annual Mass him for ever . will be held in St Peter’s on Sunday 10th August at 3 .30pm because this year Wilf Murray one of our parishioners is their President . If MASS ON THE 15TH AUGUST will be at 10am followed by you are interested in joining the Catenians please ask . Tea and Coffee and a time to meet and celebrate together . There will also be a Mass at 8pm Abbey Street, Eynsham OX29 4HR Telephone 01865 881613 Website: www .stpeterseynsham org. .uk EYNSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH GREENS FUNERAL SERVICES Baptist Church telephone/answer phone: 01865 882203 ESTABLISHED 1866 Church secretary, Denise Launchbury: 01865 881128 Hall bookings: 07900 066471 An independent family owned business, with five generations of experience, offering a dignified 24 hour service SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE and personal attention to detail. with Junior Church, 10 .30am

Songs of Praise PRIVATE CHAPELS OF REST usually the 2ND SUNDAY of the month, 3 .00pm Funeral Directors: Ian Green and David Ashton THURSDAY Reflective Service with Holy Communion, 12 .00 noon 21 HIGH STREET, EYNSHAM, OXFORD Tel: 01865 880837 Bible Study Groups meet throughout the week, 8 BRIDGE STREET, WITNEY, OXFORD so please enquire. Tel: 01993 776486 Golden Charter pre-paid plans available

12 ST PETER’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND CASSINGTON The Church of St Peter’s is here as a fellowship to worship God, build people up in Christ and share his love with others

The church is open daily as a place of quiet and escape from everyday pressures.

AUGUST 2014

There is a service of Holy Communion on Tuesdays at 9 .30am, and prayers at 12 noon on Thursdays . The church bells will usually be rung between 9 .30 and 10am prior to the 10am service . Practice night is on Thursdays between 7pm and 8pm .

3rd August 11 .30am Holy Communion at Longlands Nursing Home 8am Holy Communion (BCP) Revd Roger Aston 10am Morning Worship Revd Hugh Atherstone 24th August 10am Holy Communion 10th August Revd Morey Andrews 10am Holy Communion 6pm Evening Prayer(BCP) Revd Kath Cooke Derek Foster

17th August 31st August 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 8am Holy Communion (BCP) Revd Hugh Atherstone Revd Kath Cooke 10am Morning Worship 10am no service Keith Jones 10 .45 am combined churches service at St Leonard’s Church, Eynsham

Children and young people at St Peter’s Church Although we do not have any Sunday School at present, children are very welcome at St Peter’s . We have an area available where there are age-appropriate toys and books . There are various Youth Cell Groups held in Eynsham throughout the week . (Contact: Youth Worker – Olly Shaw 07885 914033 stleonardsyouth .blogspot .co .uk)

Cassington Tinies & Toddlers A parent/carer & toddler group in Cassington Village Hall 10–11 .30am on Mondays (school term time) . Restarts 8th September Toys, crafts, songs and refreshments for under-fives and their carers . The group is being run by St Peter’s Church in partnership with local parents . For more information please contact Kath Cooke – revkathcooke@gmail .com

Vicar: Revd Morey Andrews, 45 Acre End Street, Eynsham, Oxon OX29 4PF. Tel: 01865 881323. Email [email protected] Curate: Revd Kath Cooke. Tel: 01865 881366. Email [email protected]. Associate Curate: Revd Roger Aston. Youth Worker: Olly Shaw. Tel. 07885 914033. Email [email protected] Enquiries, including weddings, baptisms and funerals please contact Church Administrator Jan Macdonald (Mon–Thur, 9am–1pm); Tel: 01865 883325; email: [email protected]

13 parish notes The council met on 3 July with 2 members of the public present .

Actions from the last meeting Specialising in the letting of property in the Eynsham / Witney area The planning consent for Affordable Housing in Yarnton Rd has Professional advice been checked and there is no requirement to move the 30mph speed limit sign . Free market appraisal Competitive fees Cllr Martin attended a meeting with Yarnton Parish Council to discuss the possible 40mph speed limit on the Yarnton to For personal service call Christopher Dodds 01865 883108 [email protected] Cassington Road . A response is awaited from Yarnton on whether they will support the campaign .

11b High Street Eynsham - Tel: 01865 883108 WODC has been contacted about improvements to the play www.abbey-rentals.co.uk area and to arrange an inspection of the cracked beams on the multiplay unit . Cassington Landscapes has been asked to carry out wood preservative treatment of the play area . A quotation for a sand bunker for Elms Rd Playing Field has AIRPORT TRANSFERS been obtained .

THE WITNEY SHUTTLE PROVIDES DAILY, The owner of Battimer ditch has been thanked for agreeing to TIMETABLED, DOOR-TO-DOOR, MINIBUS clear the ditch of debris . TRANSPORT FROM CASSINGTON & WORTON The parents with schoolchildren attending Bartholomew School TO ALL TERMINALS AT HEATHROW have been put in touch with Cllr P Kelland WODC to help with FROM £64 PP RETURN (IF 2 PEOPLE TRAVEL). their campaign to reinstate the school bus service (see p .2) .

VISIT WEBSITE FOR TIMETABLES & FARES Highways has been contacted about overgrown grass verges and or CALL US FOR DETAILS. a fault with the illuminated 30mph sign on Yarnton Rd .

WWW.WITNEYSHUTTLE.COM The grass has now been cut at the closed burial ground . FREEPHONE: 0800 043 4633 Councillors’ contact details are now displayed on notice boards or 01993 705993 and in CAWN . The bag of salt outside the village hall has been moved to Cassington Nurseries thanks to action by Cllr Thomas . Cassington Nurseries has agreed to top up the salt bins over the Freshwater winter, subject to a charge to be agreed . Community Led Plan for Cassington . It was agreed to place Window an advert in CAWN to ask residents to come forward to help with the plan and form a committee . A letter will also be sent to Cleaners village organisations with the same purpose . Cllr Thomas will also approach individuals seeking their support . Call Kevin Wilkes on Yarnton Rd Housing scheme . Cllr Thomas has looked at the drainage scheme for the housing development which connects 07837 981 971 with the main sewer along Yarnton Rd and then runs along to Bell Lane . WODC has yet to approve the drainage scheme and it We also clean ... guttering, facias, soffits, cladding, is not clear if there is sufficient capacity in the existing drainage conservatory roofs, patios and driveways system to cope with the additional homes . Cllr Emery agreed to chase this query up with Cllr Kelland/WODC.

Withdrawal of school bus service from Cassington to Bartholomew School, Eynsham Concern was expressed that the county council has written to parents advising there will be a charge for the bus service for children year 8 and above . If the service is not financially viable it may be withdrawn altogether in December . Year 6 children at the Primary School are appealing against the withdrawal of service and are mounting a media campaign to raise support . Cllr Mathew (OCC) is working behind the scenes in support of the parents’ campaign . The parish council has raised the matter with Ian Hudspeth, leader of the County Council . It was also suggested that ROSPA should carry out a safety assessment of the route and this information will be passed onto parents mounting the appeal .

Correspondence Oxfordshire County Council has written regarding a Local

14 Transport Plan Consultation . The northern corridor relief road for the A40 is the only part of the plan affecting Cassington . what’s on? Oxfordshire County Council has written regarding a ‘Lights Out’ Event to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War 1 . This event calls on the pubic to turn their lights out between CASSINGTON WI 10pm and 11pm on the 4th August (see page 00) . THURSDAY 21ST AUGUST Questions from the public There is still evidence of flooding on the slip road as the drain has OUTING TO not been cleared . The Clerk will report this again to Highways . SULGRAVE MANOR Also there is a depression in the road at the traffic light junction causing water to stand on the road . This will be raised at the forthcoming parish walk with Highways . Cassington Bookworms Maintenance Our next meeting is on Monday 1st It was agreed to accept the quote from Thames Valley Tree Services September, when we will be talking of £630 for removing the diseased Lime Tree in Conse Walk . about the suspense fiction, Gorky Park Play Area by Martin Cruz Smith . The council has agreed terms with Preschool Playgroup allowing for At our meeting on 13th October we a one year completion time for the provision of new play equipment. will be reading Me Talk Pretty One Day A review of the play area will now be undertaken to see if further by David Sedaris . improvements can be made based upon grant funding available . All welcome at the Old Manor, Cassington (tel . 880709) Bike Night A letter of congratulation is to be sent to Martin Ritchie and the Bike Night Committee for putting on a well organised and CASSINGTON CAFÉ successful event . CASSINGTON VILLAGE HALL PLANNING APPLICATIONS No Café in August; next Café Monday a) For a decision: i) Planning ref no 14/0804/P/FP – Alterations 1st September, from 10am until noon and erection of extensions to provide commercial vehicle We look forward to seeing you all then! showroom with associated landscaping and car parking, Rygor Commercials Ltd, Eynsham Rd, Cassington . No objection subject to comments by adjoining neighbours . VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS ii) Planning ref no 14/085//P/AC – Erection of internally illuminated signage and five advertisement flagpoles (non illuminated), Rygor Commercials Ltd, Eynsham Rd, Cassington . No objection subject to comments by adjoining neighbours . iii) Planning ref no 14/086/P/AC – Erection of internally illuminated freestanding pylon sign, Rygor Commercials Ltd, Eynsham Rd, Cassington . No objection subject to comments by adjoining neighbours . For information, and to book the Village Hall, contact: b) WODC approvals . Planning ref 1/0340/P/FP – Conversion of redundant agricultural building to dwelling, The Elms, Yarnton Nicky Copelin, The New House, The Green, Cassington Rd, Cassington . Tel: 01865 881813; Email: nickycopelin@aol .com Planning ref /14/0538/P/LB – Installation of three solar panels on south facing roof – The Old Manor Bell Lane, Cassington – Don’t forget . . When you book the Village Hall you can approved . make use of our wireless broadband connection – ask Nicky for details when you make your booking YOUR COUNCILLORS Hugh Thomas (Chairman), Tel . 01865 883377 cassingtonvillagehall.org.uk Pat Clague (Deputy Chairman), Tel . 01865 882650 Anna Thomas, Tel . 01865 880418 Barbara King, Tel . 01865 880358 Claire Martin, Tel . 01865 882371

DATE OF NEXT MEETING There is a post office right here in Cassington The date of the next meeting was agreed for 7 .30pm, Tuesday 5th Every Monday and Thursday from 9.30–11.30am August in the village hall . in the Red Lion Public House David Casey, Parish Clerk Try it for all the everyday stuff that any post office does Email: [email protected]

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Do you know Dates for your diary there is a free Calling all Cassington Unless shown, events are in the Village Hall service to mums, dads and carers Cassington August residents that will take you to the We would like to invite you to join our Monday 4th, 10–noon doctors’ surgeries at Eynsham or friendly local group on Facebook. Search Cassington Café ? for Cassington mums’ group and send a Monday 4th, 10–11pm Run by volunteers, thisis available request to join. It’s a great way to meet new ‘Lights Out’ for the First World War by phoning people, keep up-to-date with what’s going Tuesday 5th, 7 .30pm Sheila Nelson on 880740 or on, and get involved in lots of fun social stuff Parish Council Meeting Pat Vereker on 880693 too – both with and without the kids! Thursday 21st Please give us as much notice as If anyone is new to the village and would WI Outing to Sulgrave Manor possible like a friendly chat to introduce themselves Sunday 31st, from noon, Elms Road Unfortunately we are now unable to offer and their families, feel free to contact Vicky playing fields transport to hospitals for routine outpatient (07917 403976; [email protected]) Family Fun Picnic appointments. For these please contact the patient transport number 0300 100 or Jess (07852187079; lefevrejessica@ September 0015 or Volunteer Link Up 01993 776277 yahoo.com). Monday 1st, 10–noon (there may be costs with this service). Cassington Café Monday 1st, 8pm, The Old Manor Longlands Hair Salon Bookworms, Gorky Park LOCAL CHILDMINDER Thursday 18th, 7 .45pm Professional hair dressing in our Reading pictures ... are you visually My name is Cate Sirkett and I can provide own salon. literate, WI, Open Meeting high quality childcare within my home as a newly registered childminder. Longlands Nursing Home October 881440 I offer a range of fun activities and Monday 13th, 8pm, The Old Manor experiences, trips out, home-prepared Bookworms, Me Talk Pretty One Day meals and healthy snacks all in a safe Tickets for films and shows from: and homely environment. The childcare If you need questions answered on the pavilion/garage/playing field, in the first Ruth Bakewell (01865 883512) I provide is based on the Early Years instance please contact Nicky Copelin (01865 881813) Foundation Stage principles for child development as regulated by Ofsted. Denise Cato: denisecato@hotmail. co.uk; 07548 736258. Babysitting offered: Contact me on 07968 720241 or Miranda Rogers and Frances Butson [email protected] for an informal both aged 17, both have completed Red chat about your childcare needs. ODD JOBS Cross First Aid for Babies and Children certificate. £4 per hour Need a hand in the garden or around the house? Telephone Miranda (881322) HATE IRONING? Clearing • Mowing / Trimming or Frances (881859) • Planting • Lifting / Moving Then Take It To Elsie • Painting • Car washing @ 15, Elms Road, Cassington ... and any other jobs you need doing. Tel. 01865 882168 for further details TIME FOR A STORY Contact Johnny Horgan Primary KS1/KS2 English 07863123983 Tuition in my home in Cassington. BARBER Gents cuts @ home by Vikki. Contact Nicola on 07734 308866 or Very competitive rates. [email protected] Tel: 07514333588

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