Bartons and Sandford Bulletin October 2020

1st Barton Scout Group; Needs You! Many If you need more information, please For general enquiries please contact 01869 people have said they would like to do contact Councillor Dave Jackson; 07407 699699 or visit www.ourbusbartons.org.uk more volunteering – now is your chance. 443944; email [email protected] We look forward to welcoming you on the For many years, we have been a flourishing Food Parcels: We can provide a food bus again. group providing excellent scouting parcel from the Salvation Army to anyone Our Library: is still operating with ‘self opportunities for boys and girls. However, in the community who has insufficient service’. There are sheets to record details we have had a few leaders and adult funds to buy food in these unprecedented of books borrowed and we have provided volunteers leave and we really do need times. It will be completely confidential hand sanitiser for your use. We are people to help so that we can continue. We and there is absolutely no shame in continuing to add and replace books. need adults to join as regular helpers or requesting one – this situation can affect Please leave returned books on the table even leaders (try as a regular volunteer first anyone. If we can help, please telephone and we will deal with them. Diane has very if you are not sure) especially with the Marj or Edward (01869 347293). kindly said that books may be borrowed at Beavers sections (ages 6-8) and Cubs (8- Friends of the Museum: anytime during shop opening hours and 10½). You do not need any experience and Join the Friends Open Zoom talk on we are very grateful to her for this any training you need will be available as Wednesday October 7th at 7.30pm and hear flexibility and her ongoing support. If the will the full support of the Group. It is about Treasure Hunting in Oxfordshire door is locked, just ask at the till. Happy great fun and provides our youngsters with and beyond. Dr Edward Caswell of the reading! experiences they will appreciate for a long Portable Antiquities Scheme will talk about Pre-school: The children are all settling time. It has been noticeable how much the the scheme and its finds collected from into the ‘new normal’ and we welcome all children have missed scouting during metal detectorists and others. This is an our new families. The main topic this term lockdown so it would be a terrible shame if open zoom talk available to anyone. Please is ‘All About Me’. During the holidays, we we could not continue for many years to email David Wharton at had the exterior of the building and fences come. Please contact Anne, Group Scout [email protected] for a free painted so all now looks very smart. In Leader on [email protected] visitor invitation to the talk or more September, we held our AGM and a new Bartons Good Neighbour Scheme: We information. As a former History Group committee was formed. We welcome our are a small group of volunteers here to help committee member, David thinks the talk new committee and would like to say a big the elderly and isolated in our community. should be of local interest to the villages. thank you to the outgoing one for Coronavirus has meant we are unable to Katherine House Hospice: Carol and Kay everything they have done for us. At pre- offer help with transport at present but we Stewart are collecting used postage stamps school, we are very aware of the need to can help with small outdoor tasks, have a to raise funds for the Hospice in care for our environment and work hard to friendly chat over the phone, collect Adderbury. Your donations can be left at minimise our use of plastic packaging – prescriptions or pick up essential shopping Middle Barton shop please. including in the children’s lunchboxes! We items. We may even be able to help with Our Bus Bartons: has resumed a limited have finished the display the children the odd technical problem! Please contact service – subject to Government started last year; thanks to all those who Mary and Louise if you would like any help restrictions. OurBus is operating within collected them for the display but the staff or if you are interested to join us as a the Covid19 guidelines with all passengers never want to see another plastic bottle volunteer on 07486 886971 or email and drivers required to wear masks at all top!! We still have places available for [email protected]. times. Masks are available for those who children from the age of 2. Please email us Financial Help: A fund has been set up may have forgotten their own! Hand on [email protected]. uk with grants from WODC and OCC sanitiser is available for the use of all for more details. (administered by the Citizens Advice passengers and the capacity of the bus has Speedwatch: The Bartons and Sandford St Bureau) to give assistance to anyone over been reduced to ensure social distancing Martin are fortunate to have been gifted 18 who is in financial difficulties due to rules are being adhered to. Not all services our own radar equipment giving us the Covid19. Help could be offered to buy food are running at this stage; for example, capability to effect speed reduction within and essential supplies like toiletries as well routes 1,2 & 5A will not run at all and other the 30mph limits of our villages. During as topping up meters and phones or help services have time alterations so please lockdown, we were unable to use our pay for essential travel costs. Citizens check with the new timetable, now widely Speedwatch equipment but we now have Advice will check on individuals eligibility available and on our website. To make the opportunity to deploy it so we are for help. Contact them on 01993 892057; certain of a place on the bus, we are asking again appealing for additional volunteers email [email protected] people to reserve in advance if possible by to be added to our list of trained calling either 01869 340635 or 3471988. volunteers. Using the equipment is simple but requires three people in attendance at for ways to support the youth and young because social distancing determines the each outing if we are to report adults in our Parish. Next Meeting; will be size of the congregation we can have. observations to . You on 19th October, 8pm at the AM Hall – However, guidelines are changing all the will see the equipment out and about in the Covid permitting. If not, it will be a time so please keep an eye out for updates coming weeks and we would be delighted telephone conference. on our website, Facebook page and notice if you would speak to us or contact Brian Women's Institute: the first piece of good boards. October Services; are planned as McKeown (07766 004577), email news was that we were able to hold our follows; 4th October 11am Westcote [email protected] Please do September meeting. Not all members felt Barton. 11th October 11am – consider contributing to making the comfortable enough to return but a Eucharist. 18th October 11am Over villages safer for everyone, particularly our reasonable number arrived to a very Worton. 25th October 11am Sandford St children, when crossing the busy roads relaxed evening observing all the Covid19 Martin. Our weekly service on Zoom that bisect the villages. The more guidelines. After a small amount of continues at 9.30 each Sunday. Log in is volunteers we have, the more visible we business to keep members up to date, we from 9.20. For the link, please email become and the greater the impact we will were able to just chat and exchange [email protected]. Looking ahead, have on traffic calming. thoughts, ideas and experiences we have our Annual All Souls Service on PC: Report of meeting throughout this very strange period in our Monday 2nd November in Steeple Barton held on 21st September – a telephone lives. But the following day, it was Church at 3pm. We will remember loved conference due to Covid. We welcomed announced that restrictions were returning ones who have died so please contact us Stephen Saunders as a new member of the limiting social gatherings to just 6 now if you wish to add any names to those PC. Parking; this is becoming an issue in individuals. At present the guidelines are being read out at this service or to tell us if parts of the village and we urge people to somewhat confusing but we are trying to you plan to attend. For more information, be courteous and neighbourly when work our way through the paperwork so email Clare; parking. We would also remind you that no news as to when we can hold our next [email protected] or there is plenty of parking at the S&SC meeting but we will continue working ring Jane. This year’s Remembrance when visiting the shop or friends in that towards this end. For more information or Sunday on 8th November will, Covid area. Carrying on from this and thinking of any queries, please call Mary; 01869 permitting, be an open air service at the the environment, if your journey is short - 347021, email Memorial Garden at the Bartons Victory walk! Taking the children to school, going [email protected] Memorial Hall. We send out a weekly to the shop – make it part of your daily Roman Catholic Church: Services: St Notice Sheet by email from our churches. exercise regime; help to keep roads clear Teresa’s, . Sundays; Mass at If you would like to receive this, please let and do your bit to save the planet. The 9.15am. Holy Days; Mass at 7.00pm. us know by contacting the Enquiries Bartons Volunteer Group; is still running Church News: Services and Events; address as below. With all best wishes; during this very uncertain time; if you September has seen a number of our Rev’d Jane Wright, Rector. Tel; 01869 need help, they are there for you (see Good regular events take place among them two 340510; email Neighbour Scheme above for more details). harvest festivals - one outside the church in [email protected] For Disposable Face Masks; these are being Over Worton and one inside at Steeple general enquiries, please email Clare discarded and left for others to pick up. Do Barton. Our thanks to all who contributed Harper, Benefice Administrator on not drop them; take them home and gifts to benefit Polly’s work and the food [email protected] dispose of in the appropriate manner. Dog banks. We also took part in the annual Website; www.bartonbenefice.org/uk Poo; here we are again! Pick up after your sponsored Ride and Stride so thanks to all Facebook; facebook.com/bartonbenfice/ dog! Speedwatch; this group is continuing participants and volunteers involved. to monitor the speed of vehicles through Steeple Barton churchyard tidy-up was at November Bulletin: I would be grateful the village (see separate item above for the end of September. A big thank you to if contributions for inclusion in the more details) and we are still pushing all those who came and helped. Thanks November Bulletin could please be sent to forward with our traffic calming also to everyone who has continued to me no later than Saturday 17th October. requirements; sadly, these things take time support our churches while services are Thank you. as the wheels seem to turn very slowly but less frequent either through regular we are continuing on your behalf and donations or the giving link on Bill Lawrie; New Grove, 83 North Street, doing our utmost to get this done. Lollipop www.bartonbenefice.org/uk. Thankfully, Middle Barton. Lady; it has been noted that many children worship inside our buildings continues Tel; 01869 347641. email; are not using the crossing at Mill Lane even since the recent changes to rules on [email protected] which is there for you and primarily, your gatherings. We ask that you let us know child’s safety. The lollipop lady is there for beforehand if you plan to attend services, you; please use the crossing. Councillor for either on Sundays or other occasions on; Youth; Cllr Bruce Norgrove has been [email protected] or by appointed to this post and will be looking ringing one of your churchwardens; this is