COTSWOLD TIMES BOURTON TIMES MARCH 2015 ISSUE 60

Artist’s brush with Royal Regiment PAGE 11

WHAT’S ON – Concerts – classics, folk & blues; local cinema, markets, and fundraising PAGES 33‑41

STAR STRUCK 2 – urban astronomy in Chippy PAGES 46-47

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4 COTSWOLD TIMES BOURTON TIMES

FROM THE EDITOR INSIDE OUR MARCH EDITION . . .

FEATURES At last a few days with very blue skies and bright sunshine, with scudding clouds in every shade of grey, and white. Sometimes the afternoon sunshine 9 Cotswold Farm Park – In the beginning glows – and is so clear! But the daffies are right, unless they are sheltered 11 Artist’s brush with a Royal Regiment from the wind and chilly night skies they are still in tight buds, waiting for Stow portrait painter, Lindy Alfrey more warmth to encourage them out. 12 Going for Gold – Sam Twiston-Davies Thank you to all the people who contributed articles, photographs, ideas and comments during February. We hope we have brought together an interesting 17 Bringing Mum home – A tribute to KHN collection of local community issues, business, sports and club news. 19 Garden Design – A plan for your garden The articles this month are a rich sample of the wonderfully eclectic mix of life that thrives in our Cotswold communities – there’s the curiosity of very new 46-47 Star-Struck 2 – Chippy’s Amateur Astronomers lambs at Cotswold Farm Park; the show-stopping magnificence of a huge and masterful portrait of the Irish Guards, Prince William’s own regiment, REGULARS painted in Stow; a very moving tribute to Kates Home Nursing; an amazing 8 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books collection of young and rising sports stars – and for one last time in our lifetimes, there’s an eclipse of the sun. It will be a memorable March! 18, 21, 28, 29, 30, 53 Community pages – Chimney Safety; Volunteers, Human We’ve left elections to the politicians this month, but there are some Rights, Internet Safety & Children interesting pieces on planning, growing our share of the tourist market, 20 Robb Eden – When is a mistake a catastrophe? designing a garden the way an architect designs a house (that’s from the foundations up), and moving Rotary, a stalwart of local fundraising activities, 21, 24 Businesses & JOBS online! 25 Dates for Local Authority meetings, Blood Donor sessions With spring in the air no doubt we will all be busy, but we will look forward District & County Transport CONSULTATIONS to hearing from you during March. Our readers’ comments are always 26 Bourton Parish Council meeting in February appreciated – the good, the bad, and the ugly! 27 Planning – Summary of Applications received Best wishes, 28 GCC Budget & Active Together Fund Moreton Citizens Advice Bureau Jenni Turner 29 The New Homes Bonus – quite a sweetener! Editor 30 Induction at Naunton PS. It’s been a little while since I thanked our deliverers in the towns and villages where you live. Without volunteers these magazines couldn’t work – 31 Cotswold Tourism – Get Involved! our income (from the commercial advertising - the community ads we carry 32 Church Services are mostly free of charge) pays our bills with a little over for office costs, etc. So our deliverers are invaluable – please thank yours when you see them. 33 – 38 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY 9 Cinemas & Regular Events 40 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing With over 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds, we are delivering the (always a Work In Progress!) four community magazines to letterboxes in Stow on the Wold, Moreton in Marsh, Bourton on the Water & Chipping Norton and the villages that use 41 Club Notices them as centres - Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church 42 Reports from North Cotswold Rotary, Northleach Lions Westcote, Nether Westcote, Wyck Rissington, Lower & Little Rissington, Great Rissington (part),Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower Swell & Upper Swell, Lower 43 e-Rotary, Walks with the Cotswold Wardens Slaughter, Naunton, Notgrove, Sherborne (part), Clapton on the Hill, Donnington, 54-57 News from some of our Local Schools Condicote, Longborough, Bourton on the Hill, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Batsford (part), Blockley, Todenham, Aston Magna, Draycott (part) and Over Norton 60 65 News from local Sports Clubs in Bourton on the Water, Chipping Norton, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, 66, 67 Local Business Directory Chipping Campden, Paxford, Shipston on Stour, Great Wolford & Little Wolford, Little & Long Compton, Whichford, Heythrop, Chadlington, the Wychwoods, Northleach, Burford, Kingham, Churchill and Salford. With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including: Tom Arkell, Caroline Fisher, Bob Forster, Chipping Norton Amateur As- Our Next edition is for April 2015 tronomy Group, Christabel Hardacre, Cotswold Farm Park, Paul Jackson, The copydate is 15th March, 2015 Richard Kemp, Joella Manley, Jan Marley, Dr. Nigel Moor.

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The major literary event this month, perhaps of the whole year, is a new novel, The Buried Giant, from the acclaimed Booker Prize winner, Kazuo Ishiguro. It is set in Britain during the Dark Ages and tells of the journey made by an elderly couple from their village to find the son they have not seen in years. We will have signed first editions. Turning to memoirs, we like the sound of A Different Kind of Weather by the Conservative politician, William Waldegrave. It is Have you billed as a literary memoir rather than a political autobiography. We are also intrigued by The Porcelain Thief by Huan Hsu, the author's search for a priceless collection of porcelain buried by his great-great-grandfather when he fled played Nanking in 1938. It sounds fascinating, with shades of The Hare with Amber Eyes. If you're enjoying the new Channel 4 series, Indian Summers, you might be attracted to The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, a round Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905 by Ferdinand Mount, a sweeping history of the British in India seen through the eyes of a single family. Of all the books commemorating the 200th anniversary of the of golf at Battle of Waterloo, the one that stands out for us is Of Living Valour: The Story of the Soldiers of Waterloo by Barney White-Spunner. We will have signed copies, but not until early May. Naunton Downs yet? Bring this advert along and two of you can play for £25.00 (£12.50 each) before 31st May 2015* www.nauntondowns.co.uk Robert Macfarlane writes most beautifully about nature and To book your round or enquire about membership from landscape. Landmarks, new this month, looks at the close £373.00 per annum, please telephone us on links between landscapes and language in a lyrical exploration of the power words have to shape our sense of 01451 850090 place. Finally this month, with Spring on the way, we welcome The *Only one coupon per person, subject to availability Yellow Book 2015, the annual directory of gardens open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme. Unfortunately, there has been a huge price increase this year to £12.99. Please don't shoot the messenger! Naunton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 3AE 8 Cotswold Farm Park M A R C H The first of a series of features from Cotswold Farm Park

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Adam Henson’s farm, just outside the beautiful village of Temple Guiting, is somewhere many readers will already feel familiar with. Every Sunday evening approximately 7 million viewers tune into BBC1 to watch the rural affairs programme COUNTRYFILE and appreciate the stunning Cotswold vistas and splendid animals. It’s not all sunsets and cuddles though; a lot of hard work goes into farming and no two days are ever the same. In these articles I hope to give you an insight into what goes on behind the scenes and keep you updated with all the seasonal goings-on at the farm. So, where did it all begin? In war-torn London! Adam’s father Joe grew up in a theatrical family, but even as a young boy he was far happier playing with a toy farm set, and from an early age it was clear he was destined for another path. As Joe himself admits, he was always going to be ‘an Animal Anorak’. In the 1950s Joe left London to attend Cirencester Agricultural College, settling down in the area and looking for business opportunities with his college friend John Neave. Grabbing the bull by the horns In 1962, Joe took on an unusual three generation tenancy of a 400 acre site called Bemborough Farm, then owned by Corpus Christi One of the first lambs this season, only 5 days College, Oxford. The pair began farming the land largely as arable old and one of triplets snuggled up with Mum. Photo by Laura fields with a few commercial sheep. A great start, but this venture did

not satisfy Joe’s desire to keep pedigree livestock - so when

SPECIAL OFFER for Cotswold Times readers, opportunities arose to acquire a few fine specimens, he quite literally grabbed the bull by the horns. His collection of rare breeds began with 1 CHILD FREE with a paying adult & a copy of what we now call ‘The Gloucestershire Trinity’ – Gloucester Cattle, (Valid to 27/03/2015 ) Cotswold Times Gloucestershire Old Spot Pigs and Cotswold Sheep. Along with many others, these breeds had fallen out of favour due to their relatively low yields of meat, milk or the ability to reproduce. As modern hybrids MORETON SHOW PIG TROPHIES were more financially viable, 26 breeds of our native farm animals became extinct between 1900 and 1973, when Joe founded the Rare The Chairman and Council of the Moreton Show are Breeds Survival Trust, dedicated to saving our indigenous animals. delighted to announce that the Marquess of Salisbury, Thankfully, not a single one has since suffered the same fate. the President of the British Pig Association, will be attending the Moreton Pig Show this year and A Cotswold farm park? presenting the trophies after judging. Meanwhile, with his own collection ever on the increase, in 1971 Joe proposed The Cotswold Farm Park, the first of its type in the world. Mervyn Forster and Julia Sibun, the organisers of the The suggestion was met with a mixed response but naysayers had to Pig Show are anticipating a high number of entries eat their hats when more than 20,000 people visited during the first following the success of the Show in 2014. Classes will year of opening. Since then, the Farm Park has gone from strength to include traditional and modern pig breeds with the strength, and continues to grow and develop each year with new presentation of the Championship Trophy and Rosette demonstrations, breeds and attractions drawing in large crowds from to the Show Inter-Breed Champion and Reserve all walks of life. The farm has quadrupled in size to 1,600 acres, Champion. overseen by Adam and his business partner Duncan Andrews. The In addition to the breed classes there will also be: park is run by an enthusiastic team dedicated to educating visitors.  Young Handler Classes - entries taken on the day th of the Show. After a short winter break, we reopened on 14 February with  “Guess the Weight” Competition of the everyone’s favourite season – lambing! New arrivals are coming thick magnificent British Lop boar named “Pastie” and fast and we’re delighted to say the maternity ward is fully booked owned by local young farmer James Brain until mid-April. In next month’s magazine we’ll be focusing on the  as well as watching the fun of the sows with their lambs in more depth but, in the meantime, if you’d like to see for young litters in their pens. yourself what all the fuss is about, do pay us a visit. For more information visit www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk. The Moreton Show takes place this year on Saturday 5th September. On Feb 11th2015 Cotswold Farm Park was awarded Farm Attraction of the Year 2014 by the Moreton Show Office 01608 651 908 National Farm Attractions Network, beating off competition from across [email protected] the country. This national award assesses every aspect of the business, so it’s been a real team effort to bring that trophy home to the Cotswolds. 9

The North Cotswold Property Market

Welcome to the new property column in the Cotswold Times magazines which I hope will be interesting and informative for people living in the North Cotswolds, with interesting facts and opinions on what is happening in the local area. The column is bi- monthly, but if you can’t wait until the next edition or have any questions, my contact details are at the end of the article. A little about me first….. I have grown up in and around Stow-on- the-Wold and started my career in estate agency back in January 2006. I have worked in Stow, Bourton and Moreton in that time, learning about the local towns and villages in our area. The property market in the North Cotswolds is second to none with beautiful stone properties and unique and quirky buildings that you won’t find anywhere else in the world. The lifestyle, stunning scenery and schooling (The Cotswold School, Bourton was ranked in the Top 20 Comprehensive Schools in England and Wales in November 2014 by The Sunday Times) are a big draw for people moving from other areas, with over 50% of sales going to buyers from London during 2014. What is the big news in property? OnTheMarket.com launched on 26th January 2015 – designed to be a cleaner, fresher and more user-friendly property portal, to rival Rightmove and Zoopla. Knight Frank was one of the founding members, involved with its development since its conception in 2011. There are currently around 2,500 agents signed up to the portal which is run by the member agents through an organisation called Agents’ Mutual. Not cluttered with unnecessary tools or adverts from property related businesses, OTM is expected to be a more efficient property portal, to grow quickly, with profits reinvested in continuous development of the site and ongoing marketing campaigns. You might like to have a look at www.onthemarket.com Will the general election affect the property market in the North Cotswolds? History tells us that in the months leading up to a general POTTERY election the property market tends to slow down as potential Classic Handmade English Flowerpots homebuyers and sellers develop a fear of the unknown. In Special Event at Whichford Pottery hindsight, nothing much changed - and the property market Discover the dazzling delights of dahlias picked back up after the election. In January and February Knight Frank Stow-on-the-Wold experienced high levels of Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd March activity, launching a number of properties to the market with each one receiving a positive response, with good levels of 10am to 5pm viewings and offers coming from UK and overseas buyers. We • March into spring with fabulous special offers on pots have seen competing offers for the same property on a number • Exciting selection of dahlia tubers for sale of occasions - which tells a story! The spring market could be from our favourite Dutch supplier very interesting indeed and my advice is to consider marketing your house sooner rather than later, taking advantage of the • Lots of useful dahlia planting advice high level of buyers looking here in the North Cotswolds. • The Straw Kitchen serving a scrumptious spring menu If you have any questions regarding the At 11am on both days property market in the North Cotswolds, feel free to contact me at the office in “The Plant Lover’s Guide to Dahlias” Stow on the Wold, or follow me on twitter illustrated talk and demonstration by for regular property related information.

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10 ARTIST’S BRUSH WITH ROYAL REGIMENT

Thirty faces fascinate portrait painter Lindy Allfrey – immortalising them in a time capsule.

Article by Caroline Fisher for The Cotswold Times©0215. The public’s image of the dashing Irish Guards is, almost without Lindy landed her captivating commission almost through pure exception, of soldiers on duty protecting Her Majesty The chance. An Irish Guards officer, a childhood friend of her two Queen. Exceptionally, they are captured in a ‘time capsule’ by sons Robin and Charles, was picking up a sketch portrait of his the award-winning artist Lindy Allfrey, whose studio is in Stow wife. The enterprising artist suggested she painted him in his on the Wold. ceremonial red tunic and great coat, as she had a yen to work on military subjects. This led to the Battalion’s retiring adjutant to The first informal group portrait of the regiment, a show- ask for a portrait of himself and his son, an Irish Guards stopping 8.5ft by 3ft canvas featuring the commanding soldiers Captain. And that inspired another Captain to take it a step at ease in the ir mess, is the biggest and highest profile further to request a group portrait. commission of Lindy’s career. The work will be officially unveiled at the Mons Barracks, Aldershot, on St Patrick’s Day, 17th March. “..immortalising people, creating a time capsule of that group and its members’ interactions.” Lindy started her project last March, building up a vital rapport “This is my largest work but I’ve painted murals in my life so it with her subjects by painting individual head and shoulder portraits from life. “My one condition was that everyone initially didn’t daunt me,” said Lindy. “It has given me a passion to do sat for one- to-one studies,” said Lindy. “It’s so important. It’s a more group portraits. It’s great working as a team and I really unique experience as you get to know people’s characters and enjoy the concept of immortalising people, creating a time spirit really capture their different expressions and mannerisms. capsule of that group and its members’ interactions.” I love engaging people in conversation as I paint, I get a real buzz Poignantly, the men are overlooked by a portrait of Major from it – I’m in heaven! And it’s more interesting for them as Matthew Collins, who died in Afghanistan when his vehicle hit a they become more part of the process and can keep their roadside bomb in March 2011. The painting includes the individual portraits along with a copy of the group painting.” Battalion’s mascot, Irish Wolf hound Domhnall in his red cape.

The off-duty personalities of the soldiers – who officially As Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen appointed her grandson Prince William conduct ceremonial duties at Buckingham Palace, Windsor to his first honorary appointment in the Army, in February 2011. As a Castle, St James’ Palace and the Tower of London – Foot Guards Regiment, the Irish Guards official role is in public and simply sparkle from the engaging work. ceremonial duties; it has deployed on operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Fresh shamrock is presented to the regiment’s members Lindy said: “I think the work conveys what warm genuine, great on St Patrick’s Day. guys they are. They’re well-known for being relaxed and are a Prince William wore the famous eye-catching scarlet tunic for his big family. We only had one day when everyone could be wedding to Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. The move propelled together and I had to cancel a flight ticket to see my son -but we the regiment into the eye of the world’s media. had a ball! The composition came very naturally as the men just Photograph by local photographer Anthony Paul, The Picture Taker. fell into groups to chat, and it only needed a few tweaks.” 11 At 7.30am on a wet and misty

Monday Sam Twiston-Davies was ready to ride the first of his two lots at his father Nigel's training base at Grange Hill Farm overlooking the Naunton valley. This is his usual routine unless he is needed at Ditcheat, the home of champion trainer Paul Nicholls in Somerset, where Sam is principal jockey – here his day will start at 5.30am. We are only three weeks and a day away from the start of the Cheltenham Festival…. a time of year when a buzz starts to “The New One” grow in the Cotswolds and every pub in the area looks forward to an influx of racing enthusiasts. Sam Twiston-Davies

Some would excuse the Twiston-Davies’ team to have half an Unlike many others I didn't ask Sam his thoughts on the eye on Cheltenham, which I'm sure they do with stable star chances of The New One - we just spoke about his dislike for The New One bidding to win the Champion Hurdle on the opening day. Today was business as usual, firstly for Nigel and polos and love of hay (the horse that is). The team are head lad Richard Bevis who were calling the shots on the confident of a good run but there is some serious gallops, and for Sam who was due to leave for Carlisle at 9am competition in the race, which has been a talking point for for two rides. many months leading up to the Festival! On a personal note, "I have a pretty busy Festival," Sam declares. Quite an I really hope he does win – as it will be one heck of a night in understatement for someone who is premier jockey for two The Hollow Bottom in Guiting Power! yards and could ride in the region of 15 – 20 horses over the four days, in most of the top races. He rides Sam Winner in Sam is humble in victory and defeat. "If I don't win then I the Gold Cup, stablemate of race favourite Silviniaco Conti. hope one of my mates will, and I'll congratulate them at the finish." This was demonstrated at last year’s Festival when Richie McLernon rode Holywell to victory. "What's the point of being miserable?" he asks "You’re a long time in this game, so you should really enjoy it" This Cotswolds man, working his way to the top of his profession, takes everything in his stride – and is completely un-phased by the media attention. Who knows what the future holds? With the recent retirement of AP McCoy, the The only place to be for the next champion jockey could be living on our doorstep! Cheltenham Festival! By Tom Arkell for Cotswold Times© MONDAY 9th MARCH Start the week off with our CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL PREVIEW which promises to be a great night. Only £20pp (light buffet included). 7pm. CALL US TODAY! Panelists are Alex Steedman (Racing UK), top jockey Sam Twiston-Davies, Gary Wiltshire (The Belly on the Telly), and our very own Double Grand National-winning Carl Llewellyn giving us a number of Winning Festival Tips. All sponsored by Star Sports, The Gentleman’s Bookmakers with Luke Tarr on hand to give his insight and betting info. THE REST OF THE WEEK! We start every day with Breakfast and the Racing Post from 08:30.

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NURSING Written by Richard Kemp. There is no better place My mother fell severely ill with the side effects of a blocked artery just before CARE her 89th birthday. Her doctor sent her to Cheltenham Hospital for what we thought would be an overnight stay to get her heart rate and blood pressure to visit this spring than AT back under control. Three weeks later my mother discharged herself because she so very much wanted to be back home. Staff and I agreed that I could HOME cope with the level of care my mother's return seemed likely to require. The same day I brought Mum home the outreach services adjusted all the Registered under the Care Quality Commission furniture at home to make mobility for Mum easier. Added to the portable Registered Charity No. 1059680 commode and zimmer frame I brought home with Mum from the hospital, we seemed set for a full recovery. Kate’s Home Nursing is a Registered Charity set up to nurse patients in their own home In this time I had terrific support from visiting Occupational Therapists, The through the last stage of illness and to Reablement Therapist, the District Nurse and my Mum's GP from Stow. support their families. Despite all our care, we agreed after a week or so that Mum's health was in When patients have been told that they are fact declining. This time Mum went to hospital in an ambulance. The idea dying and have expressed the wish to be at was again to see her condition stabilise so she could return home to enjoy home where this is possible, their GP or life as before. But the days turned into weeks and my Mum's spirits sank. District Nurse can ask us to provide nursing for them, working with other home nursing This time I met with the palliative care team who put together a package of services. Our patients are usually referred to sustainable care support. It was here that I first heard of Kate's Home us through the GP surgeries in Stow-on-the- Nursing. Kate's Home Nursing is a North Cotswold charity that provides in- Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, Northleach, home nursing care and support for the terminally ill. Mum returned home Burford and Winchcombe; we also work with in an ambulance to a house that the outreach staff had helped me set out sister charities looking after patients in the Moreton area. for her final comfort, with a hospital bed upstairs and all necessary support equipment. Mum was delighted to be home. Within an hour our lead nurse Our bank of experienced Registered Nurses from Kate's called by to introduce herself and make sure I had everything I provide expert ‘hospice at home’ care for people in the last stage of illness who wish to needed to keep Mum comfortable. As she left she reminded me that I could die at home. We seek to ensure the best call any time I needed for help. She left and my Mum spoke to me for possible pain relief and symptom control. We several hours about all the people she loved, her home, friends and family. also provide much-needed respite for the She could not have been happier. At three in the morning I was on the patient’s family or carer. phone to Kate's in desperate need of help because none of the medicines All the palliative nursing care we provide is and procedures I had been given seemed to be helping my mother who had free of charge and paid for from our funds as gone into a steep decline. Within 30 minutes the volunteer nurse was back, a Registered Charity. The total cost of this reassuring me, taking care of my mother, helping us both feel everything was £232,000 for last year, and is expected to be around £250,000 in the coming year. We was right. She left only after making sure I had some sleep and a bath. Her receive some support from official sources, colleague came in to give Mum a bed bath and to show me how to make my but still have to raise about 80% of our funds bedridden Mum properly comfortable. My sisters came to help. My Mum ourselves, and so depend on the generosity of died that night with another nurse from Kate's helping us make sure the people who support us through donations, everything was right for her. legacies, or attending our fundraising events. My Mum wanted to come home because it was the place she loved. In coming home she stepped back in to her own life. She felt she regained her dignity and her destiny. She died at peace, happy and purposeful. She felt she was going to join her husband who she loved beyond measure. She died feeling at one with all the people who meant the most to her. Though her return home was far more brief than anyone in the hospital or at Kate's Home Nursing had expected, it was absolutely the most wonderful final gift any of us could have given her. Every member of the NHS and Kate's Home Nursing that I met or dealt with in those final few days of my Mum's life are among the most remarkable, supportive, caring and truly empathic people I ✁ have ever met. They briefly became a part of my family's life in a way that reminded me of every aspect of all my Mum's best, closest and longest-lived friendships. I had feared having carers come into our home would make We are always happy to answer any questions about the service we provide. However we can everything difficult. The pure human quality of the people I met made this only accept new patients who are referred to us not so. Our leaving of this world seems now as important to me as our by their GP or the District Nursing Service, we coming in to it. Dying at home, at peace among the people we love seems to can advise you on that process and discuss me just about the best any of us can hope for. With the level of care, what we or other organisations can do to help. support, help and humanity I received, not least from Kate's Home Nursing, I www.kateshomenursing.org can say that none of us in the North Cotswolds need fear we will fail a loved General/Fundraising enquiries 07540 898 143 one by bringing them home to die if that is their wish. 17 There is no better place to visit this spring than

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18 Would you build a house without an architect’s design? There is no better place When someone wants to build a house or add an extension to their home they generally go to an expert to help transform their ideas and needs into a workable design and plan. Garden design can be a very similar process. There are decisions to be to visit this spring than made - the garden's style, the use of the areas in it, the levels to have, the materials to use and the plants to buy. A good garden designer helps to draw out these points, using them to Have you always dreamed of create a design that can be achieved within the given budget. transforming your outside space into Designing a garden does not have to be a regimented process. a beautiful garden? Nevertheless, there are some important elements that can be considered. These are some of the key steps:

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4. Decorative Planting Plans The planting plan defines the layout and location of decorative plants - for example, garden borders may contain small shrubs, perennials and bulbs. The planting style determines which plants to use according to their size, shape, colour, fragrance and importantly, their suitability for the conditions.

5. Detailed Construction Design & Specifications Construction drawings show in detail how to build complex structures. Other technical drawings define lighting and electrical requirements, drainage & irrigation. These, together with a detailed specification containing a scope of works and materials lists, are usually used in a tendering process with reputable garden construction/landscape firms.

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C.D.C. Committee BOURTON PARISH COUNCIL BOURTON PARISH COUNCIL NEXT MEETING WED 4TH MARCH NOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING Meetings PLEASE CHECK NOTICE BOARD IN FEBRUARY 2015 Meetings are held at the Council Offices, Trinity Road Cirencester, GL7 1PX. Agendas, reports and Minutes are published Residents are welcome to attend Abbreviated notes from the Meeting are published online five working days before each meeting at meetings. Questions* from the public relating monthly in Bourton Times. to a proposal in discussion by Full Minutes of meetings, associated committee www.cotswold.gov.uk. meetings and correspondence are available in Members of the public are encouraged to attend Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting the Bourton Council Office situated in the George meetings of the Council and Committee. If you on that proposal. General questions are Moore Community Centre, Moore Road, live in the District and are on the Electoral Register taken at the end of the meeting. Bourton on the Water, GL54 2AZ you can take part by asking up to two questions * A max of 3 minutes allowed. The office is open to the public Tuesday to per meeting. Information about your Councillors Thursday, (12.30 am – 3.30 pm). The office is also Councillors are available before & after the and committee members are on the website www. open for telephone enquiries Tuesday to Friday cotswold.gov.uk meeting. District & County Cllrs, between 9 am and 5 pm representatives of Community Police and local Press regularly attend. Tel: 01451 820 712 MARCH E: [email protected] Tues 3rd Licensing Thurs 5th Cabinet Weds 11th Planning Weds 18th Appeals ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 08000 514 514 (subject to business) The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or online Tues 24th Council www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks (setting Council Tax) Questions to the Council or a committee about any matter on which CDC have any powers or COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SURVEY duties or which affects the district must first be If you live in or often visit the Cotswolds, Cotswold District Council would like to know what received in writing by the Head you think about transport needs in the area and how transport could be improved both for of Democratic Services – getting around within the area and to nearby towns. By email no later than 5pm on the prior working day: [email protected] To tell us more about what transport is needed for the Cotswolds and to give us your ideas, By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 please fill in a short, simple tick box, questionnaire. 1PX. Surveys can be completed online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ 01285 623204/ 201 CotswoldCommunityTransportSurvey Petitions can be presented to express local feeling Alternatively, hard copies are available from local shops, post offices and other community about an issue or a suggested action that we outlets or Telephone 01285 658802 or 01285 623566 or email [email protected] to obtain might take. A petition must contain at least 10 a copy. signatures. PLEASE SEND US YOUR COMPLETED SURVEY BY THE END OF MARCH. Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes can be found on the Council’s Committee Information The results of this survey will contribute to System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan Review (2015-2031) Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues and Membership of the Committees. Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan Review (2015-2031) Consultation ‘A reliable transport network providing door to door travel choices’ Following Cabinet approval the public consultation process commenced on Monday 16th February for a six week period until Friday 27th March 2015. Have your say on the Local Transport Plan by logging on or visiting your local library. You can respond to all the consultation questions or just those that are relevant to you. BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: CDC awarded £400K to combat fraud across Gloucestershire Cotswold District Council has successfully bid for over £400,000 from the Department of Communities and BOURTON ON THE WATER, Royal British 20/03/2015 Local Government (DCLG) to establish a Gloucestershire-wide Counter Fraud Unit. Legion, Lansdown GL54 2AR CDC Head of Audit Cotswolds, Robert Milford, led the bid. “The Department of Work and Pensions recently created a Single Fraud Investigation Service to take on housing benefit fraud from local authorities. This SHIPSTON ON STOUR, Sheldon Bosley 20/03/2015 raised concerns that highly skilled fraud investigators based in local Councils would no longer be available to Hub, Pittway Avenue, CV36 4DQ tackle all other types of fraud, such as council tax, tenancy and business rate fraud. “To counter these concerns, I sponsored a project for the creation of a dedicated team to pursue fraud cases - other than housing benefit - in Gloucestershire. 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Gloucestershire Mobile Police stations Calls will cost 15p irrespective of how long that call may last, 04/03 Lower Slaughter, Upper Slaughter, Naunton, Guiting Power, Temple Guiting, Cutsdean on landlines and mobiles. 05/03 Clapton-on-the-Hill, Great Rissington, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Wyck Rissington, Westcote, Call 999 In an emergency, such as when a crime is in 07/03 Bourton-on-the-Hill, Blockley, Paxford, Ebrington, Mickleton, Willersley progress, when there is 13/03 Bledington, Icomb, Oddington, Evenlode, Broadwell, Longborough danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened. 24/03 Chipping Campden (0900-1200) Northleach (1300-1700) Dates & Times may change at short notice. The MPS can be called to attend local incidents. 25 Unofficial Notes from Bourton on the Water PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 4th February 2015 THE NEXT MEETING OF BOURTON PARISH COUNCIL From Tony Ferrige for Bourton Times Wednesday 4rd MARCH at the George Moore Community Centre, Moore Road.. PRESENT: Chairman, Clerk, 10 Cllrs and 5 members of the public. BPC Agendas, Minutes and Reports are available online at There was no Police Report. www.bourtononthewaterpc.org In response to the invitation from Chairman there were no COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN MARCH– 6pm & 7pm. questions from the floor. See Council Notice Board COUNTY COUNCIL: (PH) 1) The GCC parking blitz in Bourton in The public are welcome to attend Committee Meetings and can ask questions/ contribute to the meeting. September 2014 had produced 66 penalty notices and 1 on November 23. RV confirmed that a meeting with Highways BPC office is open to the public each Tuesday 12.30-3.30pm. would be held on 09 March to discuss further action over the and for telephone enquiries Tuesday to Friday, 9am – 5pm. coming summer season. 2) PH said the approach of the new 01451 820712 │[email protected] financial year would provide him with a further fund of £20,000 The Clerk can be contacted by phone or email during those times.

to be spent on Highways projects. 3) The annual GCC budget meeting would be held in two weeks. Your Councillors are: (A-Z) Bourton on the Water Parish Council: JC Jim Cowen; TF Tim Faulkner; BH Brian Harden; JH John Hovard; DISTRICT COUNCIL: (LW) would update matters as they arose SM Sandra Morgan; AP Alan Palmer; NR Nigel Randall; JS Julian under the meeting Agenda items. Stocker; BS Bryan Sumner; RV Richard Vann; BW Bill Wragge PLAYING FIELDS: (SM) 1) Minutes had been circulated. 2) In Clerk: Sue Cretney order to tidy up the Naight Fence area there will be meeting with Cotswold District Councillors: SJ Sheila Jeffery; LW Len Wilkins. the British Legion. County Councillor: PH Paul Hodgkinson BURIAL/ALLOTMENTS: Minutes had been circulated. Planning Notices + the CDC Planning Register are available via the FOOTPATHS/TRAFFIC (RV) 1) reported that an on-site meeting BPC website under Planning would be held on 11th February in Station Road to consider all issues surrounding traffic/buses congestion outside the School. 2) Several long standing signs advising 'No Parking' on grass is on agricultural land which is known to flood on the right hand areas on Rissington Road and Rye Close were no longer there side of the A429 when travelling towards Stow. BPC had not but the supporting posts remained. Following discussion BPC been consulted and were not aware of the proposal until it had decided in the interests of achieving a prompt solution to spend been approved. BPC were opposed to the development and £300 to replace the signs and then seek reimbursement from a concerned over the loss of agricultural land, sewage disposal and number of sources. 3) The Gypsy Fair in Stow will be held on the danger of entry/exit on to a busy road which has seen a Thursday 14th May 2015. number of fatal accidents. It was believed that persons were VILLAGE MAINTENANCE (TF): 1) The minutes had been already on the site as there had been reports of nuisance from circulated. 2) The Green area showed damage to surface areas quad bikes late at night. BPC had asked to be included in any due in particular to the large number of birds attracted by the future such consultations. presence of bird food which could now be purchased from local COMMUNITY CENTRE.(BS) 1) Premises in the Centre available shops. Seagulls were now here in much bigger numbers. The for rent would be advertised in the March issue of the Bourton Green needed some re-seeding once the weather improves and Browser. 2) The second flat is occupied. 3) Following the BPC voted the sum of £2,000 for this purpose, which was within withdrawal of the proposed occupier of the Health Suite, the 3 budget. 3) TF proposed that the Green be inspected by Lawn rooms will be strongly marketed. 4) The beech hedge was Specialists with a view to implementing a 'weed and feed' removed on 23rd January, visually opening up the Centre – with treatment to strengthen the grass. Such treatment would last for many good and positive responses. 5) The car parking area will 3 years and not be needed every year. Following discussion BPC be examined to ensure the entire area provides the maximum voted to have a 'feed and weed' plus 2 'feed only' treatments as number of spaces. 6) The Community Centre boundary will have a trial costing a total of £480. 4) BPC voted the sum of £5,000 for a cotswold stone wall not more then one metre tall. Provision of completion of the River Walk project. This was within the the wall was contained in the project estimates - BPC have also budget and would include the provision of cobble stones. 5) A received a substantial donation towards the cost. Whilst quotes further meeting would be held on 12 February in the tidy up were now being sought BPC voted the sum of £25,000 to process for the Rissington Road lay-by. 6) The provision of signs proceed with construction of the wall. for the Community Centre and Jubilee Gardens was under consideration. Formal Opening Ceremony for the Centre at 11am on Saturday 21st March 2015 to be performed by Adam Henson. PLANNING:(BS) 1) The new Draft Local Plan had designated Manor Fields as Green Space. This was a good step forward and there would be a petition in support of this in a forthcoming Bourton on the Water edition of the Browser. 2) The Co-Op were proceeding with their application for a new supermarket adjacent to the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING th Community Centre. 3) Future development of the Industrial Wednesday 25 March - 7pm. George Moore Community Centre Estate includes also provision for a supermarket and petrol station. 4) Approval had been given for a permanent Gypsy site Moore Road, Bourton GL54 2AZ on ground about half way between Bourton and Stow. The site ANY OTHER BUSINESS: The BPC website is experiencing 26 Planning Applications & Approvals

Information about large / major new developments or those Committee meets once a month – the details are on p25 of this which are likely to raise public interest (not ‘general domestic’ magazine. Full information is available online at www.cotswold. and small residential applications). The top table includes the gov.uk. This website also explains planning procedures, how to Applications within our area that went to the recent CDC comment on applications and speak at public planning meeting Planning Committee Meeting for decision. CDC Planning at CDC.

PLANNING COMMITTEE 11th February 2015 APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AND DECISION (abbreviated) Parish Application Key Stow on the Wold Tall Trees Oddington Road O1 REFUSE Stow on the Wold Cheltenham 14/04138/OUT CD.0780/D Outline Application Upper Rissington Building 10 Smith Barry Road Upper Rissington Gloucestershire O2 REFUSE 14/04215/FUL CD.1580/7/F Full Application KEY: A = Accept Officer Recommendation. V = Varied Officer Recommendation. O = Overturned Officer Recommendation

PLANNING COMMITTEE 12th January 2015 New Applications received between 05/01/15 and 09/01/2015 Parish Application No Location Proposal Officer and Deadline Stow on the Wold 14/03649/FUL Land At White Hart Lane Construction of four Alison Curtis Stow-On-The-Wold houses and three 01452 426951 apartments 30/01/2015 Bourton on the Hill 14/05480/OUT Maple Bank Erection of single Alison Curtis Bourton-On-The-Hill residential dwelling (all 01452 426951 Moreton-In-Marsh GL56 matters reserved 05/02/2015 9AB except for access) Temple Guiting 14/0101/CWMAJM Oathill Quarry Fiddlers Extension to the existing Alison Curtis Green Temple quarry 01452 426951 Guiting GL54 5RR 05/02/2015

New Applications received between 19/01/15 and 23/01/2015 Parish Application No Location Proposal Officer and Deadline Chipping Campden C/2015/033288/PRE Campden End, Park Road, 30/01/2015 Chipping Campden Moreton in Marsh 15/00075/ PAYPRE Land adjacent to Fosseway 12/02/2015 Garden Centre Moreton in Marsh

New Applications received between 02/02/15 and 06/02/2015 Parish Application No Location Proposal Officer and Deadline Northleach with Eastington 15/ 00037/FUL Bob Houghton Ltd Extension to display and Michael Glaze Midwinter Road workshop areas 01452 425626 Northleach GL54 3JD 23/02/2015 Willersley 14/05636/OUT Land North Of Collin Lane Outline planning Alison Curtis Collin Lane application for residential 01452 426951 Willersey WR12 7PE development of up to 50 27/02/2015 dwellings 27 Gloucestershire County Council - News and Notes by Cllr Dr Nigel Moor

BUDGET 2015/16 World Jungle are to organise a Summer of the Streets Zero Council Tax Increase programme aimed at all of the North Cotswolds, which will GCC approved their budget for 2015/16 of £420 million in feature a week- long series of events for youngsters, culminating February. For the fifth year running there is a zero council tax in a major kid`s festival at the end where children can showcase increase. Despite the council tax freeze there is more money to some of what they have been doing during the week. improve roads including nearly £18 million capital investment for highways and further funds to help safeguard children. Organising all of this has been time consuming but so rewarding. I have been privileged to meet so many enthusiastic volunteers The budget is in line with the priorities in the council`s savings who ensure that all of these clubs and activities thrive, and we programme Meeting the Challenge-Together we can which will are fortunate that, in the North Cotswolds, there are these look to make savings of around £75 million over the next three community groups who add so much to the quality of life here. years to meet the cost of Gloucestershire`s ageing population and expected reductions in central government grant. ACTIVE TOGETHER FUND ADVICE MATTERS IN This GCC scheme funds sport and physical activity and has MORETON generated a great deal of support and enthusiasm in the North Cotswolds. The last bid on behalf of the Slaughters Cricket Local Charity Cotswold District Club is being finalised whilst grants have been made to a wide Citizens Advice Bureau is variety of clubs and organisations throughout the community. Opening an Advice point Moreton Bowls Club received a grant to help with in Moreton from maintenance of their bowls green, crucial to their success as a leading competitive club that hosts county and regional events. Thursday 12 March Moreton Rangers Football Club were helped to purchase (9:30 -11:30am and 1- 3pm) sports kit and organise coaching sessions, whilst the North Cotswold Young Cricketers, who play at the picturesque People can call into the CDC offices on the High Street (by Moreton ground, received financial help with their A Chance to the pedestrian crossing) in Moreton to see a CAB adviser. Shine campaign which aims to provide coaching sessions at The CAB will provide confidential and impartial advice to eight schools in the North Cotswolds, and to provide help people resolve their money and other problems. equipment, so that there are no barriers to children who want to play the game. Sally Pickering, Chief Officer of the CAB said ‘We are delighted that we will be able to help people get the advice Schools that have benefited are The Cotswold School they need locally. The CAB advisers have the skills and Academy Trust at Bourton on the Water, in conjunction with knowledge to help people deal with their money, housing, Cllr Paul Hodgkinson, for new gym equipment, and Great employment, family and benefit problems. Everyone can Rissington School, to set up pre-school care for children in the be assured that the CAB service is free, confidential, Rissington area at the new school at Victory Fields, Upper independent and non- judgemental’. Rissington which will open in September this year. Temple Guiting C of E School are promoting The Active Playground, for Steve, one of the CAB’s clients, needed advice because of a range of sports including netball on their outdoor his financial situation. Steve had telephone advice from the playground, which will also provide an active camp during the CAB which helped him regain control of his finances. Steve school holidays, drawing youngsters from much of the said, ‘The CAB advisers were all very helpful. I wouldn’t surrounding district. have been able to manage this problem without them. I was under such pressure and felt really stressed. I would Youth clubs also feature. The Upper Rissington Youth Club recommend anyone who has a problem to contact the CAB. have received a grant to purchase sport equipment for the new The advisers are all very easy to talk to; they help you deal village hall and the refurbished tennis courts, which are being with your problem in manageable steps and are good at provided as part of the Victory Fields new housing scheme, explaining complex information.’ whilst Stow Youth Club are being helped with the initial costs of the feasibility study for a new sports and community The Cotswold District CAB is a member of the national building at the King George`s Field in Stow which will include charity Citizens Advice. There are 23 volunteer advisers in changing rooms and community space. the Cotswolds and they give the CAB 10 hours a week of their time to help members of our community resolve their Clubs that have benefitted are the Stow Cricket Club with help problems. The top 5 enquiry areas are debt, welfare to maintain and improve their ground – one of the most benefits, employment, housing and family problems. attractive in the county – and Stow Rugby Club who wish to erect new floodlighting for their pitches. If you need information and advice to help you deal with a problem, contact the Cotswold CAB by email, Freephone The Children`s Activity Fund, aimed at the younger age group, 0808 800 0511 or call in to the office. Emails are via the helped Moreton Town Council refurbish their skate park, and website www.cotswoldcab.org.uk which also has self- Stow Youth Club organise a Healthy Eating On A Budget series help information and the opening hours. of informal after school classes for young people aged 8-15. 28 New Homes Bonus

There is a positive side to having lots of new homes in the Cotswold District. In a move to encourage and reward the building of new homes, including affordable homes, the government initiated a financial incentive for local authorities, who are also the planning authorities – the New Homes Bonus. We are all well-aware of the need for caution, long-term vision and local consultation - so it’s quite good to know that there is a ‘new homes bonus’ somewhere in the mix.

The New Homes Bonus is a grant paid by central Funding government to local councils for increasing the The £1.17 billion of New Homes Bonus allocations announced number of homes and their use. for 2015 to 2016 brings the total to almost £3.4 billion over the 5 years between 2011 and 2016. Of that, £1.2 billion is The New Homes Bonus is paid each year for 6 years. How additional grant provided by DCLG (the Department for much is paid to each local council is based on the amount of Communities and Local Government). extra Council Tax revenue raised for new-build homes, conversions and long-term empty homes brought back into Final year 5 allocations use. There is also an extra payment for providing affordable Nationally these allocations bring the total amount of New homes. Homes Bonus allocated to local councils to almost £3.4 billion. Below are the details for Cotswold District Council’s final 2015 This rewards delivery of 700,000 net additional dwellings, and to 2016 allocations, and for the other three councils working over 100,000 long-term empty homes brought back into use. in partnership with Cotswolds (see below*).

New Homes Bonus: aggregate numbers of homes recognised for the 5 years 2011-12 to 2015-16

LOCAL AUTHORITY Net additions to Empty homes Affordable Total final payment Total New Homes housing stock brought into use homes for 2015/16 Bonus to dare (incl. (excluding empty (net) rewarded final payment for homes) 2015/16) Cotswold D.C 1,804 151 585 £2,564,790 £6,873,338 Cheltenham B.C Forest of Dean D.C 1,325 21 547 £1,523,573 £4,069,804 W. Oxfordshire D.C 1,184 132 416 £1,831,431 £5,460,798

New Homes Bonus: final allocations for 2015 to 2016

LOCAL AUTHORITY Total Net Empty Affordabl Affordable Year 5 payments Total payment in Units addition Homes e units homes 2015/16 (Incl for s premium @ previous delivery) reward £350/unit Cotswold D.C 442 443 -1 74 20,720 £614,958 £2,564,790 Cheltenham B.C Forest of Dean D.C 334 339 -5 139 38,920 £392,801 1,523,573 W. Oxfordshire D.C 227 148 79 54 15,120 £321,634 £1,831,431

Local councils can decide how to spend the New Homes Bonus. However, DCLG expect local councils to consult communities about how they will spend the money, especially communities where housing stock has increased.

*In 2014, the government awarded £400k to help develop a Challenge Award scheme granted earlier this year and will help joint working partnership involving Cotswold DC and three to support its vision for the future of: other authorities – Cheltenham, Forest of Dean and West “Four Independent Councils determining their own policies, Oxfordshire Councils. priorities and decisions supported by a small number of expert advisors who commission and monitor services either from the The ‘2020 Vision for Joint Working’ partnership is among private and voluntary sectors or from local authority-owned 80 local authorities to share £9m of investment to assist in service delivery companies.” joining up services and reducing costs for taxpayers. The partnership will use the funding to finance one-off costs to The £400,000 which is being provided to the partnership is work towards creating interim management arrangements in addition to £500,000 from the Government’s across the four councils. 29 A CELEBRATION OF MINISTRY IN THE PARISHES OF THE GUITINGS, CUTSDEAN, FARMCOTE, UPPERSLAUGHTER, LOWER SLAUGHTER, with EYFORD and NAUNTON on the INSTITUTION OF THE REVEREND KATRINA SCOTT AS RECTOR, by THE RIGHT REVEREND MARTYN SNOW, BISHOP of TEWKESBURY and

INDUCTION by THE VENERABLE ROBERT SPRINGETT, ARCHDEACON of CHELTENHAM Sunday 25th January 2015 at St Andrew’s Church, Naunton

9,000 people living in the Cotswolds are full-time Patricia Cook Carers, many are unsupported. Catering The majority of Carers are unsupported; many Carers suffer from loneliness and isolation, often affecting their physical and for every occasion mental health; exhaustion, anxiety and depression are common. 01451 830450 Cotswold Friends (formerly Cotswold Volunteers North) are [email protected] looking for 12 new volunteers to support Carers in Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water and Moreton-in-Marsh. Volunteers will sit with the person who is cared for, giving the Carer with a regular respite break. Some Carers want to walk their dog, meet friends, or do their weekly Funeral Director food shopping; they may need to visit their dentist or doctor. & Memorial Consultant If you have a little free time and are happy to sit with an older person and keep them company while their Carer takes a much- W. J. Wright needed break, please contact Kirsty Holder the Carer Respite Service Manager at Cotswold Friends, and volunteer to join the Carer Respite Service. “I’ve been a volunteer for 3 years,” said Denise Ogden, “providing regular breaks to a full-time Carer. It’s very rewarding. You can really see how valuable your time and The Chapel of Rest, Church Street, support is and know you are making a difference to the people Stow-on-the-Wold GL54 1BB you are helping.” Tel 01451 831829 Please don’t allow the valuable Carers in your local community reach crisis point - a little community support can change 24 Hour Service someone’s life. Please contact:- Private Chapel of Rest, Prepaid Funeral Plans Kirsty Holder- 01608 652019. [email protected] Serving the Cotswold Community for over 30 years Denise Ogden 01451 820900. [email protected] 30 Tourism businesses across the Cotswolds are being given a unique chance to influence the way their official tourism authority works.

Cotswolds Tourism is a new Destination Management Cotswolds Tourism Organisation (DMO) whose sole aim is to increase both have launched a domestic and international tourism to the Cotswolds. As Visitors Guide part of an ambitious project to engage with both existing Phone App, Cotswolds Tourism members, and anyone who may want designed specifically to join the DMO, a series of business engagement sessions to attract people to have been planned starting at the end of February. the Cotswolds as a destination. There Cotswolds Tourism’s Partnership Manager Susie Hunt says are opportunities for this is an exciting opportunity for any business involved in businesses to add tourism to help the DMO better understand what support their details. they need to grow their business. ‘We genuinely want to hear from the industry about how we can help them, as it Get Involved Now would be arrogant of us to assume we have all the A large marketing campaign will raise awareness of answers,’ she says. ‘Tourism is constantly changing but as the Phone App including via journalists, trade shows, an official DMO we will be recognised by Visit England and newsletters and social media – with a direct link from Visit Britain, the national domestic and international www.cotswolds.com to ensure both visitors and tourism authorities, and involved in national marketing locals are aware and use the app from the start. campaigns and tap into potential sources of funding.’ Cotswolds Tourism will be a new, independent, not-for- Have you seen… profit, public/private sector company which is run by businesses themselves, with the support of local Great Western Railway Benches authorities. “Direct from the manufacturer”

Susie Hunt says ‘We’re delighted with our progress setting up the new DMO and excited to be in the position to meet 14-15 Fosseway Business Park Cotswold Tourism members, and potential members to Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9NQ find out how we can work together in partnership. As one of Visit Britain’s top ‘attract brands’, it’s more important E-mail:[email protected] than ever that we work together to promote the Tel: 01608 652505 Cotswolds’. The Moreton company who manufacture the iconic 12 informal sessions are being held across the area giving GWR benches seen on so many railway platforms, people the chance to find out more about the work that’s supply Heritage Railways throughout the West Country being done on tourism businesses behalf and to discover and Wales. Customers have included Severn Valley more about what businesses want the DMO to deliver in Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway, Arriva and First Great future. (Sessions in the North Cotswolds are listed below) Western’s Penzance Line. You’ll also see them on new platforms opened for the Cotswold Line. Castings are Wednesday 4th March. sourced locally and the timber work, assembly and Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton, GL56 0AZ. painting are done in Moreton, alongside the main 10am, 2pm and 6pm. Paddington Worcester track. Friday 6th March. GWR Benches Ltd. of Fosseway Business Park in The Kings Head Hotel, Market Place, Cirencester GL7 2NR Moreton has just received a contract to supply Network Rail's updating of Bristol Temple Meads 10am, 2pm and 6pm. Station. "This is our largest and most prestigious contract to date," said MD Peter Watson. "However, Interested in coming along? Email your preferred date we get just as much pleasure supplying benches to sit and time to Susie Hunt on [email protected]. alongside garden railway layouts or as commemorative benches. We particularly enjoy supplying benches for For more information about the Cotswold Tourism surprise birthdays, arranging delivery on the morning business engagement sessions, please contact Susie Hunt of the day. Strict secrecy is involved with clandestine phone calls and emails to relatives. Great fun." on 07525 897798 or on the email address above. 31 Bourton-on-the-Water Eyford, Guiting and The Baptist Church Slaughters Minister: Revd Ian Fowler Sunday Services MARCH Sun 1st 8.30am – HC at Lower Slaughter Sunday Worship 10.30am & 6pm. 9.30am – HC at Temple Guiting Noah’s Ark Toddlers Group Monday 9.30am – 11.30am 9.30am – Village HC at Naunton Ladies Meeting (2nd & 4th of month) Wednesday 2.45pm – 3.30pm 11am – Family Service at Guiting Power OPEN4U Thursday 10am – 4pm Coffee, light lunch, crafts, 11am – HC at Upper Slaughter th games, WIFI access and computer skills. Sun 8 8.30am – HC at Naunton 9.30am – HC at Lower Slaughter J-Team Friday 6pm - Primary aged children’s club 9.30am – HC at Farmcote Church Office: 01451 824225 11am – Matins at Temple Guiting Email: [email protected] 11am – Matins at Upper Slaughter + donkey procession www.bourtonbaptist.homecall.co.uk 4pm – HC at Guting Power Sun 15th 8.30am – Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter 9.30am – HC at Cutsdean 11am – HC at Lower Slaughter 11am – Matins at Naunton The Catholic Church 4pm – Songs of Praise at Guiting Power with TG MASS TIMES FOR MARCH Sun 22nd 8.30am – Holy Communion at Guiting Power

Our Lady, Help of Christians, 9.30am – HC at Cutsdean Bourton-on-the-Water 11am – Holy Communion at Temple Guiting Sunday Mass: 8.30 a.m. 11am – Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter 6pm – Choral Evensong at U Slaughter with LS and Naunton Our Lady & St Kenelm, Sun 29th 8.30am – HC at Guiting Power Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold 9.30am – HC at Cutsdean Sunday Masses: 10.00 am & 6.30pm For times of Confessions, or other information, please call 01451 11am – Family HC at Lower Slaughter 830431 or visit our website: www.stowrc.co.uk 11am – Choral HC at Temple Guiting 4pm – Choral Evensong at U Slaughter with LS & Naunton

LENT TALKS - The Big Issues Wed 25th February at St Andrews Church, Naunton, 7pm - Why does God allow such suffering? Rev Sheila Rosenthal St Lawrence, Bourton on the Water Wed 4th March at St Peters Church Upper Slaughter, 7pm - What is the Trinity? Bishop of Tewkesbury Contact Rev Rachel Rosborough, 820386 for more information or go to www.bourtonparishchurch.co.uk Wed 11th March at St Mary’s Church, Temple Guiting, 7pm = The Sunday Services Resurrection...He lives... Really? Rev Ian Bussell 8am Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month Wed 18th March, St Marys Church, Lower Slaughter, 7pm - What do we 11am Church Family Service (all-age) on 1st Sunday of the mean by Grace? Rev Paulinr Godfrey month Wed 25th March at St Michael & All Angels, Guiting Power, 7pm - Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month Bishop David Jennings Morning Worship on 3rd Sunday of the month 6pm Communion on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month Jubilate on the 2nd Sunday of the month On the 2nd Saturday of each month 9am Saturday Breakfast Church food, craft, songs, prayers Quakers – The Religious Society of Friends and stories for all ages Sunday 11:00 a.m. at The Friends Meeting House,Pytts Lane, Burford Every Wednesday 10am Communion Everybody Welcome. For more information contact Howard Crook Bumblebeez meets in church every Thursday, 9.00 – 11.00am, 01451 810 447 or go to http://www.burford-quakers.org.uk fun for babies & toddlers, chat & coffee for parents and carers – all welcome. Larry’s Youth Group meets every other Friday evening for activities and fun, JoStL meet every other Wednesday for bible discussion and chat (age 11+).

St James’, Clapton on the Hill Sunday Services 9.30am Communion on 1st Sunday, Morning The morning service at St David’s, Moreton in Marsh is recorded each Worship on 3rd Sunday week and broadcast online every Sunday at 4.30pm. www.nccr.co.uk

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Bourton-on-the-Water Eyford, Guiting and The Baptist Church Slaughters Minister: Revd Ian Fowler Sunday Services MARCH Sun 1st 8.30am – HC at Lower Slaughter Sunday Worship 10.30am & 6pm. 9.30am – HC at Temple Guiting MADE IN MORETON Noah’s Ark Toddlers Group Monday 9.30am – 11.30am 9.30am – Village HC at Naunton Ladies Meeting (2nd & 4th of month) Wednesday 2.45pm – 3.30pm 11am – Family Service at Guiting Power   OPEN4U Thursday 10am – 4pm Coffee, light lunch, crafts, 11am – HC at Upper Slaughter th EVENTS: MARCH 2015 games, WIFI access and computer skills. Sun 8 8.30am – HC at Naunton 9.30am – HC at Lower Slaughter J-Team Friday 6pm - Primary aged children’s club 9.30am – HC at Farmcote A ce le brati on of a ll thin gs m ad e i n Church Office: 01451 824225 11am – Matins at Temple Guiting Email: [email protected] 11am – Matins at Upper Slaughter + donkey procession M oreton -in-Mar s h 4pm – HC at Guting Power www.bourtonbaptist.homecall.co.uk th Moreton-in-Marsh Business Association (MIMBA) is pleased to Sun 15 8.30am – Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter 9.30am – HC at Cutsdean present MADE IN MORETON, a month-long celebration of 11am – HC at Lower Slaughter everything produced in and around the town as a way of 11am – Matins at Naunton supporting and promoting local businesses. The Catholic Church 4pm – Songs of Praise at Guiting Power with TG nd MASS TIMES FOR MARCH Sun 22 8.30am – Holy Communion at Guiting Power You will find front-line producers such as local farmers, as well as those making unique food by hand, like Cacao Bean, the Konditorei Our Lady, Help of Christians, 9.30am – HC at Cutsdean Bourton-on-the-Water 11am – Holy Communion at Temple Guiting (German pastry shop) on Moreton High Street; a wide range of local Sunday Mass: 8.30 a.m. 11am – Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter artisans will be exhibiting Arts & Crafts; and companies such as  6pm – Choral Evensong at U Slaughter with LS and Naunton Our Lady & St Kenelm, th and turned “widgets” made at a precision engineers made Ro bin Fu rlong’s h igh-e nd b es poke furniture and the luxurious Sun 29 8.30am – HC at Guiting Power Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold interiors fabrics of Rapture & Wright. 9.30am – HC at Cutsdean l Sunday Masses: 10.00 am & 6.30pm For times of Confessions, or other information, please call 01451 11am – Family HC at Lower Slaughter On the website there is a programme of events that will continue to 11am – Choral HC at Temple Guiting 830431 or visit our website: www.stowrc.co.uk be added to as the month progresses. 4pm – Choral Evensong at U Slaughter with LS & Naunton Most events are free of charge (unl ess in dicated o therw ise ). N o LENT TALKS - The Big Issues reservati ons are ne eded b ut some comp anies wil l a pprecia te an ide a Wed 25th February at St Andrews Church, Naunton,S 7pm - Why does MADE-IN- God allow such suffering? Rev Sheila Rosenthal of numbers – if you wish to attend please contact them and co nfirm M h or St Lawrence, Bourton on the Water Wed 4th March at St Peters Church Upper Slaughter, 7pm - What is the the da te and n umb er o f peop le in you r p arty. Trinity? Bishop of Tewkesbury s Contact Rev Rachel Rosborough, 820386 for more Should you wish to be kept in touch with the m any eve nts tha t Wed 11th March at St Mary’s Church, Temple Guiting, 7pm = The information or go to www.bourtonparishchurch.co.uk w ill c ontin ue to be adde d as the month progresses, look online Sunday Services Resurrection...He lives... Really? Rev Ian Bussell Wed 18th March, St Marys Church, Lower Slaughter, 7pm - What do we MADE-IN-MORETON web site at http://www.centre- 8am Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month    mean by Grace? Rev Paulinr Godfrey p.c o.uk/MA DE_IN_M ORE TO N.pdf or simply type MADE IN 11am Church Family Service (all-age) on 1st Sunday of the F Sue Heady , Heady Communications on     Wed 25th March at St Michael & All Angels, Guiting Power, 7pm - month  MORETON into your search engine. This will offer you invitations, Bishop David Jennings 0 or Ian Sloan at Bankier Sloan Chartered Surveyors on 01608 Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month discounts and “special offers” as the event moves on through March. Morning Worship on 3rd Sunday of the month 6 r 6pm Communion on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month Jubilate on the 2nd Sunday of the month  On the 2nd Saturday of each month 9am Saturday Breakfast Church food, craft, songs, prayers Quakers – The Religious Society of Friends and stories for all ages Sunday 11:00 a.m. at The Friends Meeting House,Pytts Lane, Burford Every Wednesday 10am Communion Everybody Welcome. For more information contact Howard Crook  Bumblebeez meets in church every Thursday, 9.00 – 11.00am, 01451 810 447 or go to http://www.burford-quakers.org.uk A selection of even ts in March fun for babies & toddlers, chat & coffee for parents and carers – all welcome. Ro ck Precision E ng ineerin g, Fosse way Bus in ess P ar k. A to ur Larry’s Youth Group meets every other Friday evening for around the workshop explaining h ow i tems are made and a tal k activities and fun, JoStL meet every other Wednesday for     throug h v arious op erat io n s in th e man uf a ctu rin g pr o c es s. The y bible discussion and chat (age 11+). w ill o pen up a n engineering machi ne to d emonst rate the  process es th e stee l goes thr o u gh to cre a te pa rts for v ari ou s St James’, Clapton on the Hill Sunday Services 9.30am Communion on 1st Sunday, Morning The morning service at St David’s, Moreton in Marsh is recorded each industrie s.      rd Worship on 3 Sunday week and broadcast online every Sunday at 4.30pm. www.nccr.co.uk A sho rt presentation of DEKOMTE engineering solutions for  F or fu rther infor mation please P ower Plan t s a nd a practical demonstration of fabrication work in the workshop in Cotswold Business Village. con tac t Sue He ady, H ea dy Mill Den e Gard en s, Bloc kl ey. N ot on ly a b ea ut iful S prin g Co mmunic atio ns on Gard en but local talent as well. Paintings, ceramics, garden 01608 651692 or Ian Sloan at bench es an d plants. Exhibition free with entry to garden £7. Bankier Sloan Chartered                Wold Galler ies, O xfo rd Street. Advice and a ssis tance availa ble S urveyors on 0783 1 338111                   by Kit Have loc k-Davie s on Framing of prints, photographs, receptio n@ce ntre-p.co .uk watercolo u rs , mi xe d m ed ia or oil s.

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Tel:Tel:Tel: 01386 01386 700 457 700457 Email: [email protected] Bookshop 122, High Street, Burford OX18 4QJ Email:mail: [email protected] Public Rehearsal 2.30 pm Saturday 28 March 2015 Advance booking £5.00 (£6.00 at the door) Chipping Campden Festival Chorus Details and booking form available on our website sings www.burfordsingers.org.uk Handel's Messiah with Eleanor Broomfield, soprano Jeanette Ager, contralto Gethin Lewis, tenor Mill Dene Garden Grand Spring Charity Sale Jevan McAuley, bass We open again on 4 March and Thursday March 26 The Orchestra of the Swan celebrating Mother’s Day on 15 March Charles Matthews, organ with a garden full of early spring flowers at Oddington Village Hall, GL56 0XD Saturday 28 March conducted by Richard Stephens and a spectacular cream tea. 11am - 3 pm Please ring 01386 700457 to book. 10.30am – 12.30 – free entry St James’ Church, Chipping Campden in aid of Gloucestershire Eye Therapy Trust Saturday 28 March 2015, 7.30 pm Mill Dene Garden, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9HU Tickets from Chipping Campden Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01386 700 457 Fax: 0705 361 6982 Alpaca Jerseys, Murano Glass, Jewellery, Natalie Stutely Artist Reserved (Centre nave) £15 • Unreserved (Side aisles) £10 email: [email protected] www.milldenegarden.co.uk Other Stalls, Raffle, Coffee/Tea, Soup Lunches. Also available from choir members and on the door Entry free

 CHIPPING NORTON To 11 March INVITE YOU TO OUR EXHIBITION until 12 April   The Theatre Chipping Norton presents Keeping up Appearances – BOX O FFICE – 01608 642350 MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD Fashion Through Two World Wars Admin [email protected] EASTER BINGO by Charlotte Keatley www.chippingnortontheatre.com th The Oxfordshire Museum on Friday 27 March from 7pm Four generations of women wrestle their way through the storms Touring exhibitions, a stunning garden (with resident Megalosaur), MarcSUMMERh 2015 ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE and stirrings of the 20th century in a seamless patchwork of emotion, Museum shop and café complement the permanent displays. 14 King John FILMS at 7.30pm The Town Hall, Chipping Norton laughter and love. 16&17It’sTh thate V itimeew Bofe yearyon dwhen parents’ thoughts turn1 to3 those longBird msummeran weeks and finding FREE ENTRY activities for their children. 19,20& 21 The Picture of Dorian Grey 18 The Face of Love Tickets: £15, £13 conc, £8.50 schools Museum opening times: 23&24AtR Theefle Theatre,ctions Chipping Norton, young people2 take2 over S theelm buildinga for four weeks. We EVERYONE WELCOME 2-7 & 9-11 March at 7.45pm. Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sundays 2 – 5pm have so many workshops to choose from, including Orange Hat Summer Adventures for  26 Andy Parsons 30 Age of Champions Matinees at 2.30pm on Weds 4 & Saturday 7 March 01993 811456 babies, toddlers and their carers; drama, dance and singing for 5 – 7 year olds; dance, drama LOTS OF PRIZES • EASTER EGG RAFFLE • BAR & SNACKS 27 and Pe musicalnelope theatre Retol dfor 8 – 12 year olds and a dance week for teenagers as well as a full-scale The Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, Woodstock, OX20 1SN production of Grease. For more information please contact the Box Office on 01608 642350 28 Dr Phil Hammond            www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshiremuseum www.chippingnortontheatre.com 29 We Ka alsothr yproviden Rob eoutreachrts & S eactivitiesan Lake inm Moretonan in Marsh, Carterton and Woodstock and  transport the participants to The Theatre for some of the week at no extra charge!

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Market Days March 2015 BOURTON ON THE WATER Farmers Market 4th Sunday, 9.30–1300 Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (listed separately) CHippiNg CAMpDEN Country Market every Friday, 9–11am (excepy January) CHippiNg NORTON Farmer’s Market 3rd Saturday, monthly from 8.30am EXHIBITIONS Country Market every Saturday 8.45–11.00 Lower Town Hall to 2 Richard Philips: Peoplescapes A fascinating and enticing form of documentary (with Farmer’s Market on 3rd Saturday) Weekly Market every Wednesday photography recording the minutiae of modern life. Chipping Norton Theatre. gREAT ROllRigHT to 29 Arts & Crafts Metalwork made in Campden by Thornton and Downer, and in Village Market last Saturday monthly (except December) the Sapperton smithy of Ernest Gimson.10-5pm. Closed Mondays. Court Barn KiNgHAM Farmer’s Market 22 March, 21 June, 20 Sept, 13 December Museum, Church Road, Chipping Campden GL55 6JE 01386 841951 MORETON-iN-MARsH www.courtbarn.org.uk Weekly Market every Tuesday, 9–3.30pm Country Market every Thursday, 9.30–12noon Farmer’s and Craft Market 1st Sunday (except 12 July) 09.30-14.00 approx DIARY NORTHlEACH every Wednesday, 8.30–3.30pm sTOW ON THE WOlD 26 Feb Jazz at The Craven Crown, Shipton under Wychwood, OX7 6BP. Turner & Farmer’s Market 2nd Thursday, 9.00–13.00pm Jefferies (guitar & double bass) play jazz & blues. Free event, from 6.30pm. 2 Rag Mama Rag, Blues duo Ashley and Debbie Dow on tour. 9pm Norman Knight, handmade cards. Tickets £5. Proceeds in aid of ACES (Aid for Children of El Whichford, CV36 5PE. 01608 684621 Salvador). 01608 238165/ 01608 238416 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Yoga classes 6.30pm – 7.45pm. Studio in Little Compton, GL56 0SH. 28 Cirencester Philharmonia Varied programme including Schumann, Haydn, Elgar. Contact Alice on 07932 611042 [email protected] for more information. 7.30pm St Davids Centre, Moreton. Enquiries 01451 830327 5 Steve Knightley (of Show of Hands) on tour. Tickets £16, just on sale and going 28 ‘Sing Around the World’ Concert from Wychwood Chorale. Free admission & fast. www.wegottickets.com/event/278192 refreshments with voluntary collection in aid of St Kenelm’s and The Koestler Trust. 5 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. From 8 pm to 11:30 pm - live 7.30pm at St Kenelms Church, Enstone, OX7 4NL. music, licensed bar. £5 per person entrance fee. Tonight's act is Marty Smith. Contact 28 Burford Singers Spring Concert with Cotswold Chamber Orchestra play Ken on 07870795560 for further details. Haydn’s Requiem, Spring (from The Seasons) and Vaughan Williams ‘The Lark 6 Terry Harrison Demostration Painting techniques for landscapes and large-scale Ascending’. Church of St John the Baptist Church, Burford 19:30 - 21:30 subjects. Manor House Hotel, Moreton at 7pm. Tickets £25 including copy of her www.burford-singers.org.uk 01993 822412 latest book and a glass of wine, from Manor House Hotel, 01608 650501. 28 Handel’s Messiah Ch Campden Festival Chorus with The Orchestra of the Swan, 7 Eleanor McEvoy, “one of Ireland's most accomplished contemporary Charles Matthews organ. Tickets: Ch Campden TIC, and on the door. £15 singer/songwriters”. House Concert in Lower Brailes. Tickets £15 from Tim Porter. reserved/£10 unreserved.7.30pm. St James Church, Chipping Campden. [email protected] 28 Quiz Evening in aid of Broadway Arts Festival 7pm Tickets £10 include 7 Winter-Wilson folk-rock songwriters & musicians. 8pm at Wychwood Folk Club, supper. www.broadwayartsfestival.com or Sonia Woolven. 01386 852211. LIfford Tiddy Hall, Ascott-u-Wychwood.OX7 6AG. Hall The Green Broadway WR12 7AA 19:00 - 22:30 01386 852211 7 Acupuncture Awareness with Marilyn Talbott Smith 07964 417747 www.broadwayartsfestival.com 7 Whichford Marmalade Festival. Meet Tom Jaine at St Michaels Church, Whichford. 30 Mike Sanchez Rhythm King boogie/rock and roll piano player. Get in early. 9pm 10am. Fundraising for Shipston Home Nursing. [email protected] Norman Knight, Whichford CV36 5PE. 01608 684621. Free concert. 8 Car Boot Sale in the Countrywide car park in Bourton, by Northleach & Fosse 31 Tea/ Coffee and Cakes Fundraising morning at Victoria Hall, Bourton, served by Lions. E:[email protected] Northleach & Fosse Lions . to 12 Hare/Mosaics Family Trail at Chedworth Roman Villa, Yanworth GL54 3LJ. Walk in the footsteps of the Romans. 01242 890256 [email protected]. FORTHCOMING EVENTS 15 Mothering Sunday Special at Glos Warks Steam Railway. Toddington Station, 6 April Easter Eggspress at Glos Warks Steam Railway. Steam trains, the Easter Bunny Winchcombe, GL54 5LD. 01242 604134 [email protected] and Easter Bonnets. 01242 604134 [email protected] 19 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. From 8 pm to 11:30 pm - live 25, 26 April Wartime in the Cotswolds with Glos Warks Steam Railway. A nostalgic and music, licensed bar. £5 per person entrance fee. Tonight's act is Ronnie Del Rio. light-hearted look at 1940’s life in the Cotswolds. 01242 604134 [email protected] Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details. 22 May Keith Hyatt, Guitar Concert – classical, flamenco and folk. Westcote Village Hall, 20 Old Frampton CourtA Commonwealth House. Talk to The Rissingtons Local History 7.30pm Tickets £6. [email protected]@gmail.com 07719 533354 Society. Little Rissington Village Hall, GL54 2ND 19:30 - 21:00 01451 824161 2 - 4 June Bledington Music Festival presents Pianofest ’15 at St Leonards Church, 21 A Night of Music & Stories. Last date of first Wold Tour. Thrilling music from Bledington. O01608 658669. www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk Tinkerscuss with and spellbinding yarns from Chloë of the Midnight Storytellers. Bar. 21 June Chippy Town FestivalOrganised and presented by the Rotary Club with the help Adult themes – suitable age 14+. Lower Swell V.Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets £10 on the of a band of committed individuals from the town. www.chippingnortonrotary.org.uk door/ 01451 861185. 21 Family Easter Bingo. Fundraising by Friends of Blockley School. All welcome from 8yrs +. Refreshments. 6.30pm (eyes down 7pm) at St Georges Hall, Blockley. Tickets, Booking information etc. from – 21 28th Banbury Blues & Roots Festival “some of the best acts on the circuit” at BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Victoria Street, Bourton The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury. 2pm Tickets £11. 7pm (2 stages) tickets £21. 01608 on the Water. Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5pm, Sat 9.30-5.30, Closed Sunday 01451 820211 685332/07775 644073. Information www.themillartscentre.co.uk E: [email protected] 21& 22 Volunteer Recruitment Fair at Glos Warks Steam Railway at Toddington Station BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. Open (Nov-Feb) GL54 5DT. 01242 621405. Run an award winning Heritage Railway. Roles for Mon-Sat 9.30-4pm. 01993 823558 E: [email protected] everyone, all ages, unskilled to highly skilled. www.gwsr.com CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT 22 The Cotswold Table foodie market on The Green@Kingham, OX7 6YD. Come Guildhall, Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri. and experience the best produce the Cotswolds has to offer! 24 Oscar Romero: Archbishop, Martyr, “Voice of the Voiceless” Talk by Canon STOW-i, VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Cotswolds Cricket Museum, Brewery Yard off Sheep Street, GL541AA. 01451 830341 www.stowinfo.co.uk Anthony Harvey at W.I. Hall, Moreton, GL56 0AS. 7.30pm. Refreshments, raffle, MORETON AREA CENTRE High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-4.00pm, Tues-Thurs 8.45am-5.15pm, Fri 8.45am-4.45pm, Sat 10.00am-1.00pm (BST), 10.00am-12.30pm GLOUCESTERSHIRE BUSINESS SHOW – MAY 2015 (BWT), Sun CLOSED. 01608 650881 E: [email protected] Cheltenham Race Course – 2 days Raising the profile of local firms (in the county and beyond), Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester GL7 2BX encouraging collaboration, growth, dialogue, trade and promotion. 01285 655611 [email protected] Over 140 indoor and outdoor exhibitor spaces. www.coriniummuseum.org [email protected] Displays, Events, Family activities, 01242 807689 Adult workshops. Rural Cinema.

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Market Days B LE DI N GT O N FO R T HC O MI N G Kingham Choral Society March 2015 BOURTON ON THE WATER invites you to our spring concert Farmers Market 4th Sunday, 9.30–1300 EVEN T S Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (listed separately) CHippiNg CAMpDEN All Creatures Great and Small Country Market every Friday, 9–11am (excepy January) Bledington Music Festival - Pianofest '15 CHippiNg NORTON Saturday 11 April at 7:30 pm Tickets available soon from The Borzoi Bookshop, Stow on Farmer’s Market 3rd Saturday, monthly from 8.30am at Kingham Primary School EXHIBITIONS Country Market every Saturday 8.45–11.00 Lower Town Hall the Wold and Jaffe & Neale, Chipping Norton as well as to 2 Richard Philips: Peoplescapes A fascinating and enticing form of documentary (with Farmer’s Market on 3rd Saturday) Weekly Market every Wednesday Kingham Stores and Kings Head, Bledington. Tickets £5 (including light refreshments) photography recording the minutiae of modern life. Chipping Norton Theatre. gREAT ROllRigHT Details of coffee concerts and evening concerts on the web Available from choir members or contact to 29 Arts & Crafts Metalwork made in Campden by Thornton and Downer, and in Village Market last Saturday monthly (except December) site: www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk Gwyn Devas (01608-658090) or Linda Sale (01608-658647) the Sapperton smithy of Ernest Gimson.10-5pm. Closed Mondays. Court Barn KiNgHAM Farmer’s Market 22 March, 21 June, 20 Sept, 13 December Tickets also available at Kingham Coffee and Kingham Stores Museum, Church Road, Chipping Campden GL55 6JE 01386 841951 MORETON-iN-MARsH Bonhams Valuation Day www.courtbarn.org.uk Weekly Market every Tuesday, 9–3.30pm Friday 6 March Country Market every Thursday, 9.30–12noon Farmer’s and Craft Market 1st Sunday (except 12 July) 09.30-14.00 approx 10am - 2pm at Bledington Village Hall DIARY NORTHlEACH every Wednesday, 8.30–3.30pm £3 per item to Bledington Music Festival sTOW ON THE WOlD 26 Feb Jazz at The Craven Crown, Shipton under Wychwood, OX7 6BP. Turner & Farmer’s Market 2nd Thursday, 9.00–13.00pm Jefferies (guitar & double bass) play jazz & blues. Free event, from 6.30pm. 2 Rag Mama Rag, Blues duo Ashley and Debbie Dow on tour. 9pm Norman Knight, handmade cards. Tickets £5. Proceeds in aid of ACES (Aid for Children of El COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT Whichford, CV36 5PE. 01608 684621 Salvador). 01608 238165/ 01608 238416 at Notgrove Village Hall 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Yoga classes 6.30pm – 7.45pm. Studio in Little Compton, GL56 0SH. 28 Cirencester Philharmonia Varied programme including Schumann, Haydn, Elgar. 8pm – 11.30pm Contact Alice on 07932 611042 [email protected] for more information. 7.30pm St Davids Centre, Moreton. Enquiries 01451 830327 LIVE MUSIC – Licenced Bar, £5pp entrance 5 Steve Knightley (of Show of Hands) on tour. Tickets £16, just on sale and going 28 ‘Sing Around the World’ Concert from Wychwood Chorale. Free admission & fast. www.wegottickets.com/event/278192 refreshments with voluntary collection in aid of St Kenelm’s and The Koestler Trust. Thursday 5 March Tonight's act is Marty Smith. 5 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. From 8 pm to 11:30 pm - live 7.30pm at St Kenelms Church, Enstone, OX7 4NL. Thursday 19 March Tonight's act is Ronnie Del Rio. music, licensed bar. £5 per person entrance fee. Tonight's act is Marty Smith. Contact 28 Burford Singers Spring Concert with Cotswold Chamber Orchestra play Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details. Ken on 07870795560 for further details. Haydn’s Requiem, Spring (from The Seasons) and Vaughan Williams ‘The Lark 6 Terry Harrison Demostration Painting techniques for landscapes and large-scale Ascending’. Church of St John the Baptist Church, Burford 19:30 - 21:30 subjects. Manor House Hotel, Moreton at 7pm. Tickets £25 including copy of her www.burford-singers.org.uk 01993 822412 Youth Jazz Band Challenge latest book and a glass of wine, from Manor House Hotel, 01608 650501. 28 Handel’s Messiah Ch Campden Festival Chorus with The Orchestra of the Swan, In association with Chipping Norton Rotary Club 7 Eleanor McEvoy, “one of Ireland's most accomplished contemporary Charles Matthews organ. Tickets: Ch Campden TIC, and on the door. £15 singer/songwriters”. House Concert in Lower Brailes. Tickets £15 from Tim Porter. reserved/£10 unreserved.7.30pm. St James Church, Chipping Campden. The Challenge aims to find the best of youth bands. [email protected] 28 Quiz Evening in aid of Broadway Arts Festival 7pm Tickets £10 include The winners are awarded the Bob Ellis Cup 7 Winter-Wilson folk-rock songwriters & musicians. 8pm at Wychwood Folk Club, supper. www.broadwayartsfestival.com or Sonia Woolven. 01386 852211. LIfford 7th March 2015 Tiddy Hall, Ascott-u-Wychwood.OX7 6AG. Hall The Green Broadway WR12 7AA 19:00 - 22:30 01386 852211 Chipping Norton School from 6pm 7 Acupuncture Awareness with Marilyn Talbott Smith 07964 417747 www.broadwayartsfestival.com Tickets £2.50 on the door 7 Whichford Marmalade Festival. Meet Tom Jaine at St Michaels Church, Whichford. 30 Mike Sanchez Rhythm King boogie/rock and roll piano player. Get in early. 9pm promoting confidence through performance 10am. Fundraising for Shipston Home Nursing. [email protected] Norman Knight, Whichford CV36 5PE. 01608 684621. Free concert. 8 Car Boot Sale in the Countrywide car park in Bourton, by Northleach & Fosse 31 Tea/ Coffee and Cakes Fundraising morning at Victoria Hall, Bourton, served by Lions. E:[email protected] Northleach & Fosse Lions . to 12 Hare/Mosaics Family Trail at Chedworth Roman Villa, Yanworth GL54 3LJ. Walk Easter in the footsteps of the Romans. 01242 890256 [email protected]. FORTHCOMING EVENTS Monday with 15 Mothering Sunday Special at Glos Warks Steam Railway. Toddington Station, 6 April Easter Eggspress at Glos Warks Steam Railway. Steam trains, the Easter Bunny a difference! Winchcombe, GL54 5LD. 01242 604134 [email protected] and Easter Bonnets. 01242 604134 [email protected] 19 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. From 8 pm to 11:30 pm - live 25, 26 April Wartime in the Cotswolds with Glos Warks Steam Railway. A nostalgic and music, licensed bar. £5 per person entrance fee. Tonight's act is Ronnie Del Rio. light-hearted look at 1940’s life in the Cotswolds. 01242 604134 [email protected] Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details. 22 May Keith Hyatt, Guitar Concert – classical, flamenco and folk. Westcote Village Hall, 20 Old Frampton CourtA Commonwealth House. Talk to The Rissingtons Local History 7.30pm Tickets £6. [email protected]@gmail.com 07719 533354 Society. Little Rissington Village Hall, GL54 2ND 19:30 - 21:00 01451 824161 2 - 4 June Bledington Music Festival presents Pianofest ’15 at St Leonards Church, 21 A Night of Music & Stories. Last date of first Wold Tour. Thrilling music from Bledington. O01608 658669. www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk Tinkerscuss with and spellbinding yarns from Chloë of the Midnight Storytellers. Bar. 21 June Chippy Town FestivalOrganised and presented by the Rotary Club with the help Adult themes – suitable age 14+. Lower Swell V.Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets £10 on the of a band of committed individuals from the town. www.chippingnortonrotary.org.uk door/ 01451 861185. Monday 6th 21 Family Easter Bingo. Fundraising by Friends of Blockley School. All welcome from April 2015 8yrs +. Refreshments. 6.30pm (eyes down 7pm) at St Georges Hall, Blockley. Tickets, Booking information etc. from – 21 28th Banbury Blues & Roots Festival “some of the best acts on the circuit” at BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Victoria Street, Bourton The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury. 2pm Tickets £11. 7pm (2 stages) tickets £21. 01608 on the Water. Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5pm, Sat 9.30-5.30, Closed Sunday 01451 820211 685332/07775 644073. Information www.themillartscentre.co.uk E: [email protected] Come and meet the Easter bunny and ride the Easter 21& 22 Volunteer Recruitment Fair at Glos Warks Steam Railway at Toddington Station BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. Open (Nov-Feb) Eggspress at the GWR! Join in the fun and games GL54 5DT. 01242 621405. Run an award winning Heritage Railway. Roles for Mon-Sat 9.30-4pm. 01993 823558 E: [email protected] and if you have a special Easter bonnet you could everyone, all ages, unskilled to highly skilled. www.gwsr.com win a prize. Normal ticket prices apply. CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT 22 The Cotswold Table foodie market on The Green@Kingham, OX7 6YD. Come Guildhall, Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri. and experience the best produce the Cotswolds has to offer! Why Not Join Us? Ever thought about becoming 24 Oscar Romero: Archbishop, Martyr, “Voice of the Voiceless” Talk by Canon STOW-i, VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Cotswolds Cricket Museum, Brewery Yard off part of our award-winning heritage railway? Sheep Street, GL541AA. 01451 830341 www.stowinfo.co.uk Come along to our Volunteer Recruitment Fair at Anthony Harvey at W.I. Hall, Moreton, GL56 0AS. 7.30pm. Refreshments, raffle, MORETON AREA CENTRE High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-4.00pm, Tues-Thurs Toddington Station on Sat 21st - Sun 22nd March and discover how you can get involved. Trains run from 8.45am-5.15pm, Fri 8.45am-4.45pm, Sat 10.00am-1.00pm (BST), 10.00am-12.30pm Sat 7th March GLOUCESTERSHIRE BUSINESS SHOW – MAY 2015 (BWT), Sun CLOSED. 01608 650881 E: [email protected] Cheltenham Race Course – 2 days Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Raising the profile of local firms (in the county and beyond), The Railway Station, Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester GL7 2BX Toddington, Glos. encouraging collaboration, growth, dialogue, trade and promotion. 01285 655611 [email protected] Over 140 indoor and outdoor exhibitor spaces. www.coriniummuseum.org GL54 5DT [email protected] Displays, Events, Family activities, ෟ 01242 621405 01242 807689 Adult workshops. Rural Cinema.

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THE WYCHWOOD CHORALE (MD Bernard West) present their Spring Concert “SING AROUND THE WORLD” at St Kenelm’s Church, Enstone, OX7 4NL Saturday 28th March at 7.30 Free admission and refreshments with a voluntary collection in aid of St Kenelm’s and The Koestler Trust

OSCAR ROMERO: ARCHBISHOP, MARTYR AND ‘VOICE OF THE VOICELESS’ Tuesday 24 Ma rch 7 .30pm WI Hall, New Road , Moreton - i n7.30pm-Marsh G L56 0AS TWALK by C anon A n thon y Harvey, former Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey and Chair of th e C h urc hes’ R efugee Net work. Inf aid of Children o f E l S alvador . Tickets £5 01608 238165 and from Books Yule

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Thurs 16 anTd Sat 18 Ap ril at 7 .30pm & S atu rd ay mat ine e at 2.30pm Tickets £12.50, matinee £10.50 conc (incl £1 booking fee) T ic kets fr om The Box O ffice 0 1608 642350          Music by Richard Rodgers, Books & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II       An amateur production by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe            !"#$%&%"#   The Oxfordshire Museum '( )*+) ,%$-.$/!%/.0    Exhibitions & Talks 1*2%$-.$/$$0.    until 12 April  )((2%$-.$/!%/$3    *)((&4546"'+(& # Keeping up Appearances – Fashion Through Two World Wars Explore how the changing role of women impacted on the style, fabric and cut of their clothing. Free exhibition

Saturday 7 March 3pm Women's lives in Britain 1900-1950 – Radical changes or the same old oppressions? Cathy Hunt To highlight International Women's Day Cathy, lecturer and historian, will explore the changing role of women in the first half of the 20th century. The voice of Amen C orne r (If Parad ise Is Half As Nice, Bend Me Shape Me), the writer of Wide Eyed & Legless Saturday 21 March 3pm & guitarist with Georg e Harrison, Eric Clapton, Fashion on the Ration Julie Summers Roger Waters & Bill Wyman Broadcaster, historian and author Julie will show how for thousands of women throughout the long years of war, fashion was not simply a A N D Y FA I R W E AT H E R L O W distraction, but a necessity. & T H E L O W R I D E R S Saturday 28 March 3pm Beachwear & Bikinis 1920-1960 Alison Carter St Edward’s Church, Stow on the Wold From Coco Chanel and the sun tan craze, Sonia Delaunay and her Art Saturday, April 18th Deco knitted swimwear designs, unisex maillots to the introduction of rayon and development of spandex and lycra! Tickets at £20 (unreserved seats) are available now from The Cotswold Cricket Museum on 01451 870083 All tickets £7. Available from the Museum. Telephone 01993 814106 and with cash or a cheque from the Borzoi Bookshop The Oxfordshire Museum. Park Street, Woodstock, Oxon. OX20 1SN. in Church Street, Stow (01451 830268) T: 01993 811456

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THE WYCHWOOD CHORALE (MD Bernard West) Rural Cinema – March 2015 present their Spring Concert “SING AROUND THE WORLD” The Playhouse, St George’s Hall The Old School Victoria Hall Memorial Hall BLOCKLEY BOURTON ON THE HILL BOURTON ON THE WATER CHARLBURY’S OWN CIMEMA (ChOC) at St Kenelm’s Church, Enstone, OX7 4NL Thursday 26 March Saturday 28 March Monday 16 March Sunday 8 March Saturday 28th March at 7.30 THE IMITATION GAME THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAYS Free admission and refreshments with a voluntary collection 2013 Season Tickets available – £25 7.15pm. Hot dogs on sale from 6.30. Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 Film: 7.30pm – Doors & bar from 6.45pm. in aid of St Kenelm’s and The Koestler Trust Doors/Bar open at 7.00pm – 7.45pm film Wine with a donation. £3.50 on the door. refreshments. Tickets £5 / U15s £3, at the door. Advance tickets £3.50/ on the door £4 Tickets/queries 01386 701385/01386 701396 Family Tickets £10 (2 adults, 2 children) Family ticket £12 (2 adults, 1 or 2 children) Advance tickets/queries 01386 700647/593386 Queries 01451 822365 Queries: 01608 810713 served in the interval

Village Hall Screen on the Green, Village Hall Village Hall St. Andrew's Church OSCAR ROMERO: ARCHBISHOP, CHURCHILL AND SARSDEN ILMINGTON LITTLE WOLFORD NAUNTON MARTYR AND ‘VOICE OF THE VOICELESS’ Friday 13 March Friday 27 March Thursday 19 March Tuesday 3 March

Tuesday 24 March 7.30pm THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY THE IMITATION GAME THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY WI Hall, New Road, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0AS 7.30pm Film 7.30pm. Film 7.30pm Tickets £3.50 (students £2.50) Film 7.30pm Tickets £4.00 inc. refreshments Doors open 7.15, Film 7.45. TWALK by C anon A n thon y Harvey, Tickets £4.50 at the door Advance tickets from Red Lion or Outreach Advance tickets/queries Tickets £3.00 at the door former Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey and Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903 P.O. or on door if available 01608 684223 or 01608 674200 01451 850897 or bob@markets- Chair of th e C h urc hes’ R efugee Net work. [email protected] Refreshments. Queries 01606 682806 international.com Inf aid of Children o f E l S alvador . Village Hall The Village Hall, Lower Swell New season Films Tickets £5 01608 238165 and from Books Yule ODDINGTON THE SWELLS FILM SOCIETY starts in October Love, Old Market Way, Moreton in Marsh Tuesday 17 March Friday 6 March The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 122mins The Imitation Game (PG13) 114mins 01608 238416 THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY The Kadam family leaves India for France During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing where they open a restaurant directly across tries to crack the enigma code with help from 7 for 7.30pm. £3.00 Wine and soft drinks. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm, £3.50 on the the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin- fellow mathematicians. Advance tickets/queries Ted 01451 830738 door. Food and drink for sale. starred eatery. [email protected] / 01451 831167 Chipping N orton Amateur Operatic Societ y Presents REGULAR EVENTS WEDS Environmental projects 10-1pm. Chipping Norton Green Gym is a friendly group with jobs for all! 01608 643269, [email protected] www.chippygreengym.org 1st MON Folk Night Ebrigton Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.uk WEDS Awareness Through Movement classes 7pm at Church Westcote Village Hall, OX7 MON Dance Fusion Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience necessary. Exercise in a fun 6SF £10/£40 for 6 classes. Karin 01993 832520 [email protected] at T he T heatre Chipping Norto n way. No pre-booking necessary. Chipping Campden Town Hall 9.30-10.30. £4.50 WEDS Dance 50+ Termly, 9.45am-10.45am. Keep fit and mobile. Upstairs in The Theatre's MON Scottish Country Dancing St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30-7pm Children and Thurs 16 anTd Sat 18 Ap ril at 7 .30pm & S atu rd ay mat ine e at 2.30pm Gallery. £60 for ten week term. 01608 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com Tickets £12.50, matinee £10.50 conc (incl £1 booking fee) 7-9pm Adults 01451 831876 WEDS Weds Walk Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 862000 MON Childrens Dance Class Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 3rd WEDS N Cots Support Group for Parents & Carers of people with additional needs. Childrens T ic kets fr om The Box O ffice 0 1608 642350          5-6pm. Single class £7pp, Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057 Centre (behind Stow Primary Sch) 7.30-9pm. [email protected] 01451 831642 MON YogaChipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 01386438537 Music by Richard Rodgers, Books & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II       WED & FRI Adult Garden Workshop.1.30 - 4pm. P3, The Windrush, High Street, Moreton. MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the Water Tel: 01608 653377 for more info. An amateur production by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe         (10am -12) for anyone to come along for a cup of tea and a chat, 1st THURS Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes Stow-on-the-Wold  MON Burford OrchestraRehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community Primary School OX28 Primary School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk,    !"#$%&%"# 1HL. [email protected]. 07984 492 976. New members welcome; no audition. 1st THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women (Adults only) Stow-   MON Powerfreestyle Kickboxingat Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7-7.50pm. Adults on-the-Wold Primary School 07977 560086 www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk 7.50-8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. Call Adam 07774285459 THURS Fitness League Exercise and movement to music. 9-45am to 11-15am in the British The Oxfordshire Museum '( )*+) ,%$-.$/!%/.0    MON Bridge Club @ Northleach 7.30pm. Partners not necessary. Non members welcome, Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Kathy Kirk 01993 882350 01285 750288 Tim Morris 1*2%$-.$/$$0.    THURS Belly Dancing Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes Exhibitions & Talks MON Dance FusionAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. Longborough V Hall, 7.30-9pm, Beginners 7-8.30pm, 01608 663480 until 12 April  )((2%$-.$/!%/$3    *)((&4546"'+(& # All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) THURS Ceramics Class (adults). Blockley High Street, 4.30-7pm. 01386 700903. Keeping up Appearances – Fashion Through Two World Wars MON Robert Cox Pilates 4U relocation for Monday 7pm classes to Haybarn, Daylesford [email protected] near Kingham, GL56 0YG Explore how the changing role of women impacted on the style, fabric THURS Quiz Night at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688 MON Jun/July Samba drumming group Bourton-on-the-Water. (Not bank holidays) 7.30- and cut of their clothing. THURS Chippy Art Club Fortnightly in Glyme Hall, next to Leisure Centre. £5 per morning. 9pm British Legion Hall. £5/£4 per drop in session or block discount. www.olasamba.co.uk Free exhibition 10.30-12.30 Friendly group. All abilities. 01608 730268 3rd Mon West Oxfordshire WI St. Mary's Parish Rooms, 7.30pm. 3 sessions at £4 and then THURS Adult Arts & Crafts Workshop. 09.30 - 12noon. Moreton Congregational Church hope you'll become a member! Contact Hilary Dix 01608 646228 Saturday 7 March 3pm Hall. Tel: 01608 653377 for more info Last MON Whist Drives at Burmington Village Hall. 7.30pm. In aid of the village hall THURS Line Dancing1.45pm beginners, 2.30 others. King George Hall, Mickleton 01386 438 537 Women's lives in Britain 1900-1950 – Radical changes or the TUES Fit For Life at Baden-Powell Hall, Bourton. Tai Chi: 9.30-10.30am £4.50/session. THURS Notgrove Country Music Every other Thursday, 8pm to 11:30 pm. £5 entrance. same old oppressions? Cathy Hunt Balance & strength: 11-12noon £4.50/ session. Contact Denise Nethercott Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details. To highlight International Women's Day Cathy, lecturer and historian, 07909874186 or email [email protected] THURS Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC) 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall. David Artingstall, Sec: will explore the changing role of women in the first half of the 20th TUES Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 /07908 01386 701556 [email protected] The voice of Amen Corner (If Paradise Is Half As Nice, century. 512734 [email protected] FRI Kettle’s On coffee morning. 10.30am to 12 noon. Henry Cornish Care Centre, Bend Me Shape Me), the writer of Wide Eyed & Legless TUES Seated Tai Chi11.15am – 12 noon. Henry Cornish Care Centre, Rockhill Farm, Close off Rockhill Farm, Close off London Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. Contact Sylvia Evans Saturday 21 March 3pm & guitarist with Georg e Harrison, Eric Clapton, London Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. £2 per session. Sylvia Evans 01608 642364. on 01608 642364. Fashion on the Ration Julie Summers Roger Waters & Bill Wyman TUES Pottery Class Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30-12:00 noon. £95 plus materials/ firing cost FRI Belly DancingNew beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Room, Chipping Campden. Broadcaster, historian and author Julie will show how for thousands of per 10 weeks. Beginners welcome. [email protected] 01451 870734 Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 women throughout the long years of war, fashion was not simply a TUES Great Rollright Baby and Toddler Group 10-11.30am in the village hall. Ann White FRI Blockley Brass Band 7.30-9.30pm St George's Hall. Rachel Galt 01386 841677 A N D Y FA I R W E AT H E R L O W 01608 737437 distraction, but a necessity. FRI Dance FusionAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. All Welcome. 1st TUES Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer’s GuildAfternoon meetings Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) & T H E L O W R I D E R S with speaker then tea & cake. Broadwell Village Hall. 01451 821291 Saturday 28 March 3pm FRI Active & Able classes for older people. Baptist Church Rooms, Stow 01285 623450 1st WED Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes. Chipping Norton Leisure FRI Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 /07908 Beachwear & Bikinis 1920-1960 Alison Carter St Edward’s Church, Stow on the Wold Centre. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk From Coco Chanel and the sun tan craze, Sonia Delaunay and her Art 512734 [email protected] Saturday, April 18th 2nd WED Charlbury Art Society 7:30 pm. Many other activities arranged throughout the year. FRI Line DancingWillersey Village Hall, near Broadway 01386 438537 Deco knitted swimwear designs, unisex maillots to the introduction of Marion Coates 01608 810116. FRI Active & Able Classes Posture & Stability – Tai Chi Chi Kong at Bourton, Moreton and rayon and development of spandex and lycra! Tickets at £20 (unreserved seats) are available now WEDS Fitness classes and Kettlercise 5.15 - 6.30pm/6.30 - 7.45pm. Stow on the Wold Stow. 01285 623450 from The Cotswold Cricket Museum on 01451 870083 Primary School. email millyjopt@gmail FRI Moore Lunch ClubThe Naight, Bourton on the Water. Secretary: Sheila Thorpe 01451 All tickets £7. Available from the Museum. Telephone 01993 814106 and with cash or a cheque from the Borzoi Bookshop WEDS Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall. 1:30 - 4:00 01451 831862/ 822846 [email protected] in Church Street, Stow (01451 830268) 07908 512734 [email protected] SAT Drama sessionsfor 5-7 year olds. 10-11am or 11.15-12.15. Sessions build confidence The Oxfordshire Museum. Park Street, Woodstock, Oxon. OX20 1SN. WEDS Chipping Campden Bridge Club 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. T: 01993 811456 and creativity. £55 per term. Ch Norton Theatre, OX7 5NL. 01608 642350 Non members welcome. Partners not necessary, 01608 664456 Last SAT (exc December) Great Rollright Village Market 9.30-12.30 in the village hall. www.greatrollrightvillagemarket.weebly.com 38 39

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Local Clubs, Societies, Associations and Charities

Clubs Sports & Outdoor Young People & Children Bourton on the Water W I Angling Club Bledington Toddler Group 2nd Tues 7.15pm, Victoria Hall, BOW. Sec Tina Rose. 01451 821891 Chairman Neil Halley 07961 920708, [email protected] Nicki 01608 658137 Mon 10–11.30am Bourton-on-the-Water Probus www.moretonanglingclub.co.uk Bourton BumblebeeZ babies/pre school group 2nd & 4th Mondays 10 a.m. at the George Moore Community Centre Bourton Badminton Club St Lawrences Church, Thursdays 9.30-11.00am. Sec Chris Fowler 01451 820787 Cotswold School, Monday evenings 6.30–10pm Contact Linda Powell 01451 822206. Bourton Panto Group 07840 113477, [email protected] Bourton Pre-school & Out of School Clubs, www.bourtonpantogroup.com Bourton Hockey Club Home fixtures at the Cotswold School, The Contact Pam Coombes 07950048066 or email: Bourton Vale Horticultural Society 7.30 pm every second Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water, GL54 2BD bourtonpreschool&eygloucestershire.co.uk Wednesday of the month at the Baptist School Room, Station Road, Chairman Stuart Colmer, 01451 821921/07900028732 Children’s Art Club (ages 4–12) Bourton-on-the-Water. Antoinette Green 01451 824141 Bourton Roadrunners Tuesday & Thursday evenings at Bourton After school, Saturdays and holidays CH. Norton Amateur Astronomy Group www.cnaag.com Leisure Centre, 7.00 and 7.30pm. Info on adult sessions Lynn Hudson Gill Parkes: 01386 700991 3rd Monday/m. 7.30pm. Methodist Rooms, CN. 01242 820920. Juniors meet at Cotswold School, Tuesdays, 7pm. Children & Young Peoples Directorate Chairman Robin Smitten 07527 224411 or [email protected] Richard Bufton 01451 824379/ Chris Hartley 01451 830015 Stephen McDonald – Senior Youth Worker. North Cotswold Rural Youth Cotswold Investment Club Bourton Vale Cricket Club Work Team. Bourton Youth Centre, The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water Meets 2nd Tues of each month. Judith Borsay, 01608 650787 Hon. Sec. Philip Hawtrey, 01451 820359 [email protected]. 01451 820525. Mobile: 07825732523 Cotswold Wardens (conservation work, guided walks) Bourton Vale Equestrian Centre Pony Club email: [email protected] 01451 8562000 www.cotswoldaonb.org.uk Weds 3.45-5.45. 01451 821101. [email protected] Guiting Power Brownies (age 7–10) Duplicate Bridge Club Bourton Vale Lawn Tennis Club Tuesday Evenings 6.15–7.30pm Broadwell Village Hall, 2 pm every Wednesday afternoon. Ann Whitney, 07917163001 [email protected] Leader Cheryl Millar, 01451 831233 Contact Mary Wood 01451 822313 [email protected] Cotswold Walkers Guiting Power Pre-School Playgroup Dinner Hosts www.DinnerHosts.net Every Thurs 2pm Moreton Area Centre. Wed 2pm Bourton Parish Church. 01451 851742, Becky Roseblade, leader Single 35-55 yr olds. Social life through dinner parties. Sarah Clifton-Gould, 01285 623450. Alan Robinson, 01451 821067. [email protected] Knit One, Sip One Knitting Group Great Rissington Archers Monkey Music (pre-school music classes) Alternate Weds at 8pm Coach & Horses, Longborough Sat 10.30am at Gr Rissington Social Club (+ Weds 6.30pm in summer) Tues afternoons 07768 457403 or [email protected] Contact Carlin on 07769646996 or [email protected] Michael Ebelthite, 01451 824161. Niall McIntosh, 01451 870221 Moreton Scouts Life Saving Club (Fire College) Moreton in Marsh Bowling Club Beavers Mondays 17.30–18.45 Age 6–8½ Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 Club Captain, Brenda Dix 01451 821020 [email protected] Cubs, Mondays 18.45–20.15 Age 8–10 N Cotswold Arts Association Club Chair, Helen Tuff 01608 650893 [email protected] Explorer Scouts, Wednesday (fortnightly) 20.00–22.00 Age 14–18 Sandi Garrett 01451 822550 North Cotswolds Aikido Club Scouts, Thursdays 19.30–21.30 Age 10½–14 N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc Thursday nights 8-10pm.Village Hall, Naunton, GL54 3AS. 07554 Dave Manley-Moreton, Scout Group Secretary, 01608 650814 Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] 252021 www.northcotswoldsaikido.co.uk Springboard Children’s Centre N Cotswold Bridge Club North Cotswold Cycling Club St Edwards Drive, Stow. 01451 831642. www.springboardcc.co.uk Meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 650217 Alan Lamb 01386 701603 www.bridgewebs.com/northcotswolds N Cotswolds Youth Cricket Club N Cotswold Digital Camera Club Robert Fox, 01751 6732609 www.nycc.co.uk Music James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk Stow Rugby Club Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge www.stowrfc.co.uk Bell Ringers, Bourton-on-the-Water, Anne Clark, 01451 820 759 N Cotswold Disabled Club Bell Ringers, Great Rissington, Mondays 7:30-9pm, Sheila Jesson, Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 Tae Kwon Do Assoc of GB Tues 6.30 Adults. Thurs 6.30 Juniors. 7.30 Seniors. 8.30 Adult Self 01451 820 395 N Cotswold Friendship Centre (Within Age UK) Bledington Music Festival 1st Weds monthly. Colin 01993 842820/01608 650868 Defence. [email protected] www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk [email protected] Blockley Brass Band North Cotswold Model Aero Club Friday 7.30–9.30 pm St George's Hall. Sec: Rachel Galt 01386 841677 Flying site at Far Heath Farm, Moreton-in-Marsh Community Groups Blockley Ladies Choir Ken Rathborne, 01386 858649 Tues 7.30–9pm Little Village Hall. Ruth Wright 01451 831104 Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people) sites.google.com/site/northcotswoldmac/home [email protected] Jane Winstanley CEO, 01285 658802 [email protected] N Cotswold National Trust Burford Singers Essential Skills in Moreton-in-Marsh, run by YES Mem.Sec Dr.Colin Ellis 01451 822208 www.burford-singers.org.uk (Box Office: The Madhatter Bookshop, Mondays & Tuesdays at the library. Sally 07988531774 N Cotswold Rotary Club High St Burford) Fair Shares N Cotswolds Community Time Bank Dudley Mills 01451 820704 Bourton on the Water, Brian Honness Cotswold Youth Choir 01608 812338 [email protected] 01451 830052 Stow, Barry Peaston 01608 650526 Every Saturday for children ages 3-6, and 7 upwards. Burford Methodist Home-Start N Cotswolds N Cotswold U3A Church. Contact Amanda Hanley 07976 353996 Family Support Charity 01451 831781 Contact Jenny Stanfield, 01451 824338 u3asites.org.uk/bourton Kingham Choral Society Independence Trust mental health, drug and alcohol support Northleach & Fosse Lions Club Linda Sale, 01608 658647 01608 652232, www.independencetrust.co.uk 2nd Tuesday/month (business) at The Wheatsheaf Inn, 8pm Naunton Music Society Sue Tomlinson – local contact East Glos Mental Health northleachandfosselions.org.uk/0845 8339825 Barbara Steiner, 01451 850897. [email protected] 01285 650523/07920 427608 Rotary Kingham/Daylesford Stow Youth Singers Insight Meets fortnightly Weds evening, Sat morning (Ages 9+) Fridays Term Time, 6–7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow. Moreton Area Centre, High St, Moreton Mondays 10am–1pm www.kinghamrotary.org.uk Linda Green, 01451 830327 Royal British Legion Branch 01242 221170. [email protected] The Naight, Lansdown, Bourton GL54 2AR. Branch, 01451 824303 Kate’s Home Nursing (palliative nursing care at home) Scottish Country Dance Group Robert Barnett, 01451 870349; www.kateshomenursing.org Key Information Brenda Parsons, 01451 831876 Medical Detection Dogs (charity no 1124533) Bourton-on-the-Water Police Station Single File Chipping Norton social group for unattached 50- Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer Support group. Organising fundraising 70s. Fortnightly pub nights for new members. 077655 98518 events and talking to local groups. 01993 831909 Moore Road GL54 2AZ. Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 [email protected] [email protected] Bourton-on-the-Water Visitor Information Centre Stow Disability Association N Cotswold Community Radio Victoria Street. 01451 820211 / 822583. [email protected] Childrens Physio Direct helpline George Hill, 01608 658636 www.stowda.org.uk Old Police Station, Chipping Campden,www.nothcotswoldonline.com 0300 421 6980 Stow and North Cotswold Probus Club N Cotswold Support Gp – Parkinson’s UK 9.00am-12.00pm, Monday-Friday (except Bank Holidays) Childline 1st & 3rd Thurs mornings, Broadwell Village Hall, Broadwell nr. Stow, Mike Winter, 01451 831194 0800 11 11 Crime Stoppers 10.30 a.m. Secretary Martin Hornby 01608 654356 P3 Bourton on the Water Drop In Centre 0800 555 111 Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer's Guild Victoria Hall: every 1st & 3rd Wednesday 9.30am to 12.30pm First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) 01451 821291 RNLI N Cotswold Branch 01452 858220. [email protected] Chairman Diana Porter, 01451 830508 www.sja.org.uk The Gloucestershire Heart Support Group Local Authorities Moore Friends Secretary, Sandra Morgan 01451 824316 [email protected] 10.15 am every Wednesday morning Moreton-in-Marsh Congregational Bourton on the Water Town Council Read Easy North Cotswolds Church Rooms. John Green, 01451 824141 Council Offices, 8 Victoria Street. 01451 820712 1-1 reading coaching for adults, 0844 493 0686 Moreton Hospital (Minor Injury Unit) [email protected] www.bourtononthewaterpc.org.uk [email protected] 0300 421 8770, daily 8am-8pm County Cllr Paul Hodgkinson The Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually impaired. N Cotswolds District, Community First Responders, Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT. 01242 252072. [email protected] meet at Notgrove Training Centre, SJA, Bourton-O-T-Water 01285 831359/ 07785 263759 The Stroke Group (part of Age UK) 3rd Monday/M at 7–30pm. You can train to be a CFR in this area, [email protected] Louise Read 01452 520723, [email protected] William Warmington, 01608 651886 Cotswold District Council U3A – Bourton & District N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Cirencester – Trinity Road, Cirencester Sec Janet Prout, 01451 821478 u3asites.org.uk/bourton Non-Emergency 0845 090 1234. www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Young At Heart Club N Cotswold St John Ambulance & St John Cadets District Cllr Sheila Jeffery (Bourton Ward) meets on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays monthly, 10.30am-2.30pm Lounge (from age 10) Meets at Bourton Thurs 7–9pm. 01451 820570 01285 623850 [email protected] at Market Close. A light lunch served; Carer Respite Service available for Police Station District Cllr Len Wilkins (Bourton Ward) a modest charge. Val on 01451 810637 for info. High Street, Stow on the Wold. Mon-Fri 08.30–16.30. 01285 623802 [email protected] Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 District Cllr Venetia Crosbie Dawson (Rissington Ward) 01285 623876 [email protected] Business Associations & Groups Glos Homeseeker applying for affordable housing Bourton on the Water Chamber of Commerce www.gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 666 6330 –charged at local rate admin@bourtoninfo,com Glos Rural Community Council WIRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) Network Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 [email protected] N Cotswold. Emma Heathcote-James [email protected] www.grcc.org.uk www.wire.org/networks 01386 831379/07977 226025 Village Agents YHA Stow on the Wold [email protected], [email protected] Manager Dawn Rankin. [email protected]/www.yha.org.uk

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North Cotswold Friendship Group/Centre MORETON IN MARSH (evening) W I At our meeting on 4 March we shall hear about 'The Origin Local bookshop owner and entrepreneur, Richard Kemp was of Horse Brasses' presented by Martin Way. We meet in a thought provoking speaker in our February meeting as he Broadwell Village Hall, Nr. Moreton in Marsh on the first gave us his and his family’s life changing journeys to being Wednesday of each month, from 10.30 to 12 noon. booksellers, and his vision of books, not as products but Why not come and join us for a cup of tea/coffee and a chat emotional experiences enriching our lives and enabling at 10.30 (the meeting starts at 11.00), we would be so children to empathise with others. pleased to see you. Members had recently enjoyed their post-Christmas lunch At our last meeting we enjoyed many moments of at the Manor House Hotel. The next meeting will be on Thursday 12 March when the reminiscence during the talk by Ray Sturdy on 'The Real Speaker will be Brian Draper, one of the country’s leading Dad's Army'." authorities on the River Severn, with his talk entitled “What is a River?” It’s tried & proven We now eagerly await the arrival of WI Centenary Baton to THE FITNESS LEAGUE Moreton on Thursday 19 March. Enquiries to Jo on 01608 650821 Posture in Action – for all age groups Stretching, mobilising, strengthening – core stability and posture. Exercise and dance movements are combined and performed to music. 9.45am – 11.15am in the STOW & DISTRICT CIVIC SOCIETY British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Friday 27 March at 7.30 pm – St. Edward’s Hall, Stow Ideal for the older lady who has time in the morning The original Brideshead – a history of Madresfield and is looking to improve her general wellbeing and Madresfield Court, a 12th century moated gem at the foot of overall fitness, in a safe and friendly environment. the Malvern Hills, is the ancestral home of the Lygon family Free Class to anyone who would like to try us out who famously befriended the novelist Evelyn Waugh and Kathy Kirk, Fitness League Teacher 01993 882350 inspired his novel Brideshead Revisited. Our speaker Brian Jauncey is a guide at Madresfield and will relate the fascinating history of both the house’s colourful characters and MORETON IN MARSH (afternoon) W I sumptuous interior decorations. Our next meeting will be held in the W.I.Hall on Thursday (Members free/visitors warmly welcome. Complimentary 5 March at 2pm. David Hallett will be the speaker on the coffee/tea served from 7 pm) subject Why own an Hotel? We are always happy to welcome Please note: this talk is followed by our full-day guided visit to guests and new members. For further information please Madresfield Court and Worcester Cathedral on Tuesday 12 contact Trish on 01608 651367 May (cost £38). Places are still available. Details on the In future all bookings for the use of the W I Hall and Society website or Rachel Surman direct. applications for keys should be made to Pam Clarke Interested in joining us? on 01608 652575. Please call Rachel or Nigel on 01451 833783. Membership – single £8, joint £14. Stow on the Wold and Countryside Full details of our 2014-15 programme are on our website and noticeboard. www.stowcivicsociety.co.uk Embroiderers Guild We meet every first Tuesday of the month for some fascinating talks on textile and needle related work. This month, 3rd of ATTENTION Arts Groups March, the talk is by Ann Lowe "Nature Landscapes" The 2015 Epic Awards are encouraging applications from followed by tea and cake, from 2-4 at Broadwell Village Hall. voluntary arts groups across the UK and the Republic of Visitors welcome, £5 charge. Our monthly workshop or sit and Ireland. All voluntary-led arts groups are eligible to apply. stitch days are open to non members. For more info contact Deadline for entries 16 March 2015. Fiona Vann – Chairman 01451 821 291 Run by Voluntary Arts, the development agency for arts participation, the Epic Awards provide voluntary-led arts groups with the opportunity to raise their profile and to win a Upper Windrush Local History Society package of prizes including training, equipment and publicity. Monday 9 March 2015 (The 2014 winners included a drumming group who came together for Fred Archer (Champion Jockey 1857-1886) the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony; an arts festival in a Speaker Kevin George remote Scottish village; an Irish poetry group that held sessions in 7.30pm at Naunton Village Hall. Visitors Welcome their local park; and a Welsh knitting project that brought their entire Members £1, Visitors £2 www.upperwindrushlhs.org.uk community together, from farmers to ferrymen.) 01451 850232 www.epicawards.co.uk Download a nomination form now!

NORTH COTSWOLD ASSOCIATION Oddington W I OF THE NATIONAL TRUST Empower your Life – Change Your Language Next meeting at Broadwell Village Hall with Nicola Menage on 19 March is by Oswyn Murray on A riveting talk, one not to miss Drinking in the Greek Manner Oddington village hall Entrance £2, Why not join us? Tuesday 10 March at 7.30pm Colin Ellis, Membership Secretary, telephone: 01451 822208 Visitors: £2.50 on the door 41 Times March15_ST_OCT_11 21/02/2015 13:25 Page 5

Northleach and Fosse Lions Club The Rotary Club

Lion Dave Murphy was unanimously elected to be the of the North Cotswolds Club’s Vice-President with immediate effect. Plans and dates for the coming year’s activities were discussed. With a healthier membership it is hoped that the club can make a bigger Rotary Youth Competitions impact on the local community. Winners and runners-up in the Rotary Young Writer and Young At the recent meeting of the Club members approved donations to Photographer competitions at The Cotswold School received certificates and The Cotswold Hall Committee in Northleach, which is run by prizes from North Cotswolds Rotarian Mike Boyes at a presentation in the volunteers for the benefit of the Town’s residents; the RNIB in Art Department on 2nd February. Ella Sweeney won the Young Writer memory of Len Cave who died recently, and who was a founder competition, Intermediate age group, Phoebe Gore won the Young member of this club; Stow Primary School towards its defibrillator Photographer competition, Senior age group, and Katya Mullins won the appeal; and to the Starlight Charity which grants wishes of and Intermediate age group. Katya Mullins was also runner-up in the entertains terminally ill children. Intermediate section of the District Young Photographer competition, and The Lions Ebola Orphans’ Relief Aid Programme has already her achievement was recognized at a ceremony in Maisemore Village Hall on received a grant of $150,000 from the Lions International Saturday 7th February. Well done to Katya and all who took park in the Foundation in addition to the support from individual clubs. This various Youth competitions. money has been given to the local Lions clubs in the countries affected, to be utilised for immediate needs and for the long-term help for these children. The “100 Club” monthly draw winner was Jenny Pezet of Northleach. Club Members and friends enjoyed a New Year dinner at the Sherborne Arms Inn in Aldsworth in January. The Club holds its business meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm at the Wheatsheaf Inn in Northleach. All interested people are welcome to attend. Next month’s meeting is on 10th February. For further information – www.northleachandfosselions.org.uk / 0845 8339825

Northleach and fosse lions club Left to right, back row: Lindis Dobson, Nicky Hannam, Katya Mullins, Laurie Chilton, Phoebe Gore, Mike Boyes; front row: Emma Parker, Ella Sweeney

District Young Chef competition New faces at A District semi-final of the Rotary Young Chef competition was hosted by The the Cotswolds Cotswold School on Saturday 17th January. Four talented young cooks took part, including Maisie Laughton from The Cotswold School, one of the joint Conservation winners. Contestants prepared a three-course meal for two persons in two hours, with a budget of £15 for ingredients. They were marked on planning, Board presentation, use of skills, healthy choices, and of course, on taste, by judges Terry Woolcock, Head Chef at Hatherly Manor, and Jonathan Jeffcock, Head The Cotswolds Conservation Board is the independent Chef at the King's Arms, Stow-on-the-Wold. organisation responsible for looking after the Cotswolds Maisie's menu was beautifully presented, etched on glass using the school AONB. Two new members of staff join the team based in The laser cutter. Her starter was sauteed Cotswold pigeon breast with fruit compote, orange salad and locally-sourced Cotswold Gold dressing, followed Old Prison at Northleach. Former North Wessex Downs AONB by Pearl barley risotto with local beetroot, dressed rocket and crumble Cerney planner, Andrew Lord, has joined as Planning and Landscape goat's cheese. For dessert Maisie prepared a delicious caramelised Tarte Tartin Officer; and Raphael Koenig joins from Grant Thornton as of pineapple with cardamom cream and bitter chocolate sauce. Finance and Administration Officer. (The photo above shows e District Final takes place at e Cotswold School on 28th February and we (L to R) Andrew Lord and Raphael Koenig)) are most grateful to the school for hosting this event.

Andrew was previously the Planning Advisor for the North Wessex Downs AONB and remains as the current Chairman of the South East and East Protected Landscapes Planning Officer’s Group. With 25 years’ experience as a Town Planner his work at CCB will include responding to planning applications and appeals, making representations to Local and Neighbourhood Plans, national consultations and preparing position statements. He will also lead the review of the Cotswolds AONB Management Plan.

Raphael joins CCB from Grant Thornton, where he was an auditor specialising in public sector audits. His work at CCB will focus on day-to-day financial management and administration of the Board’s committees plus overall management of the Board’s offices at the Old Prison. Terry Woolcock watches Maise Laughton prepare one of her delicious dishes

JOB VACANCY: F/T Communications Officer Club details can be found on www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.uk For details, go to www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/jobs or on our club Facebook page

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Northleach and Fosse Lions Club Local walks with the Cotswolds The Rotary Club Voluntary Wardens Lion Dave Murphy was unanimously elected to be the of the North Cotswolds Club’s Vice-President with immediate effect. In Between – Saturday 7 March – Moderate From Toddington we climb the Cotswold Edge at Wood Plans and dates for the coming year’s activities were discussed. With Stanway and on to Ford for lunch, returning through Cutsdean. a healthier membership it is hoped that the club can make a bigger Rotary Youth Competitions Rotary joins the 21st century – Pub lunch available at Ford. 6.5 hours: 11 miles. impact on the local community. Winners and runners-up in the Rotary Young Writer and Young Start: 10:00 am Toddington Church. Please park considerately in At the recent meeting of the Club members approved donations to Photographer competitions at The Cotswold School received certificates and First it was eBooks and now eRotary village. OS Map ref SP 034 331. The Cotswold Hall Committee in Northleach, which is run by prizes from North Cotswolds Rotarian Mike Boyes at a presentation in the volunteers for the benefit of the Town’s residents; the RNIB in Art Department on 2nd February. Ella Sweeney won the Young Writer March 1st sees the opening of a new virtual Rotary Group. History and Mystery – Saturday 14 March – Moderate memory of Len Cave who died recently, and who was a founder competition, Intermediate age group, Phoebe Gore won the Young Yes via the internet! We dip our toes into Warwickshire between Ilmington and Stretton on member of this club; Stow Primary School towards its defibrillator Photographer competition, Senior age group, and Katya Mullins won the the Fosse and learn some fascinating facts about former inhabitants. Paul Jackson former President and founder of the Rotary Club of Please bring a packed lunch. 5 hours: 9 miles. appeal; and to the Starlight Charity which grants wishes of and Intermediate age group. Katya Mullins was also runner-up in the Kingham and the Wychwoods, who was also involved nationally Start: 9:30 am Ilmington Village Green, War Memorial. Please park entertains terminally ill children. Intermediate section of the District Young Photographer competition, and in the development of what Rotary are calling e Clubs, says the considerately in village. her achievement was recognized at a ceremony in Maisemore Village Hall on The Lions Ebola Orphans’ Relief Aid Programme has already world has changed and we need to go with the flow. OS Map ref SP 211 433. received a grant of $150,000 from the Lions International Saturday 7th February. Well done to Katya and all who took park in the Foundation in addition to the support from individual clubs. This various Youth competitions. People are so much busier now … they just want to get on and Valleys and Woods North of Guiting Power – Thursday 19 March – money has been given to the local Lions clubs in the countries do it! Business don’t have lunches anymore and they work longer Moderate affected, to be utilised for immediate needs and for the long-term hours which leaves little time for midweek social activities. A pleasant undulating route north of Guiting Power, passing the help for these children. Windrush river at Kineton and returning through Castlett Wood. eRotary means everyone can contribute online when they want to, The “100 Club” monthly draw winner was Jenny Pezet of Northleach. 2.5 hours: 5 miles. feel part of the group and develop relationships leading to real Start: 10:00 am Guiting Power Village Car Park (honesty box). Club Members and friends enjoyed a New Year dinner at the friendships. It also means that there is no pressure to be involved OS Map ref SP 095 246. Sherborne Arms Inn in Aldsworth in January. all the time. One gets involved when you want to online or offline. The Club holds its business meetings on the second Tuesday of There is even a weekly “speaker” online available to the members. Hidden Valleys in the Wolds – Friday 20 March – Moderate An early Spring walk from Hazleton where we will see several hidden each month at 8pm at the Wheatsheaf Inn in Northleach. All Paul Jackson says “using the Internet to develop ideas and find interested people are welcome to attend. Next month’s meeting is on valleys including the 'Valley of the Boars'. Quiet countryside and lovely 10th February. ways to help society just makes more sense allowing the scarce villages. Please bring a packed lunch. 5 hours: 10 miles. quality time to focus on fund raising and helping communities at Start: 9:30 am Hazleton Church. Please park considerately in the For further information – www.northleachandfosselions.org.uk / home and abroad”. There are 29 million users of Facebook in the village. OS Map ref SP 079 183. 0845 8339825 UK, how many are there in the North Cotswolds? Later Signs of Spring – Thursday 26 March – Moderate Northleach and fosse lions club One action underway is to work with the charity Hearing Link and Around Langley, Nottingham and Cleeve hills in search of signs that Left to right, back row: Lindis Dobson, Nicky Hannam, Cotswolds Times readers to identify public places where the spring is well under way. Pub lunch available or bring your own. Katya Mullins, Laurie Chilton, Phoebe Gore, Mike Boyes; hearing loop system should be in operation. 6 hours: 10 miles. front row: Emma Parker, Ella Sweeney Start: 10:00 am Winchcombe, Back Lane Car Park (Pay & Display). Another is the recent launch (literally!) of an internet balloon race OS Map ref SP 024 284. District Young Chef competition (raising funds for water purification in Malawi) where balloons A District semi-final of the Rotary Young Chef competition was hosted by The were purchased on the internet by friends and colleagues. A Short Walk along the Ways – Friday 27 March – Moderate Cotswold School on Saturday 17th January. Four talented young cooks took Also planned for this summer is a North Cotswolds Community Delightful route from Blockley to Broad Campden making use of the part, including Maisie Laughton from The Cotswold School, one of the joint Diamond, Heart of England and Monarch's Ways which all run through Show where local charities who are seeking volunteers will be this area. 3.5 hours: 6.5 miles. winners. Contestants prepared a three-course meal for two persons in two invited to come along and meet those who are looking to help hours, with a budget of £15 for ingredients. They were marked on planning, Start: 9:30 am Blockley, outside the Church. Please park considerately society locally. It will be supported ponsored by the Cotswolds presentation, use of skills, healthy choices, and of course, on taste, by judges in the village. OS Map ref SP 165 349. Terry Woolcock, Head Chef at Hatherly Manor, and Jonathan Jeffcock, Head Times and another local company allowing for the charities to exhibit free and provide funding to promote the event. PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and Chef at the King's Arms, Stow-on-the-Wold. muddy in places. EASY – Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat (level); Maisie's menu was beautifully presented, etched on glass using the school There is also a monthly eDraw online with 50% of the revenue MODERATE – includes some hills and rough ground. We welcome guide laser cutter. Her starter was sauteed Cotswold pigeon breast with fruit going to charities and 50% to the winners and another campaign and hearing dogs – sorry, others not allowed. compote, orange salad and locally-sourced Cotswold Gold dressing, followed is to sponsor a toilet! Yes, the club is supporting toilet Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund our by Pearl barley risotto with local beetroot, dressed rocket and crumble Cerney twinning.org as there are 2.5 billion people in the world without goat's cheese. For dessert Maisie prepared a delicious caramelised Tarte Tartin conservation and improvement work. a toilet leading to all sorts of diseases. Pay £60 and you get to of pineapple with cardamom cream and bitter chocolate sauce. sponsor a toilet in the middle of nowhere – but neither is there The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the e District Final takes place at e Cotswold School on 28th February and we Cotswolds. For more information see are most grateful to the school for hosting this event. CCTV monitoring via the internet! www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, also for Membership is also innovative with unheard of trial offers any changes to arrangements such as due to extreme weather. (3months free) and a new family membership. The annual fee of DOWNLOADABLE WALKS INCLUDE: £75 mainly goes towards the administration of the world’s largest Miles without Styles; Car-free Walks; Walkers are Welcome and Walks humanitarian organisation with 34,000 clubs where one is on Wheels www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/ walking welcome anytime. eRotary is not only cheaper (no meals) but it also brings all the benefits without the pressure. Rotary worldwide is developing what is being called Rotary Rural Skills courses www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk Community Corps (RCC) which are volunteer teams that help Hedgelaying – Beginners (Berkeley style) with specific projects in their local communities. Free to join, the 7 - 8 March, Coaley, Glos, £109 club just ask that individuals register and commit themselves Cotswold Tile Roofing – Beginners (when they can) to the projects that the RCC is undertaking. The 7 - 8 March, Naunton, £119 club being new is particularly looking for projects locally that can involve helping the under privileged in our society. Give us a call Dry-stone Walling Course – Intermediate if you see any such possibilities. 9 - 16 March, Northleach, Glos, £325 Blacksmithing – Taster Day COURSE The future has arrived in the Cotswolds where with eRotary you FULL! can now get the best of both worlds having fun online and offline Terry Woolcock watches Maise Laughton prepare one of her 15 March, Tetbury, Glos £99 … when you want to! delicious dishes Dry Stone Walling – Beginners Visit www.1100rotaryeclub.org or email 24 - 25 March, Cotswold Farm Park, £99 Club details can be found on www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.uk [email protected] or on our club Facebook page Or call Paul Jackson 01993 83 1967 … you will be most welcome.

42 43 ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL LITTLE VILLAGE HALL ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY • Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special functions, classes or any event – Bell Bank, Blockley Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order. Seating capacity 160. Large well equipped only £6 an hour Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, servery/kitchen. Toilets. • Discounted fees for long term bookings. meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc. Gas central heating. Off street parking for 40 cars. • Just redecorated • small stage, kitchen facilities, 35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking. disabled toilet and disabled access. Suitable for wedding receptions etc. • Excellent parking. WITH WIRELESS BROADBAND. Raised stage. Excellent sound system. (No discos) Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further info 01386 700880 / email [email protected] Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528

BOURTON ON THE WATER BLOCKLEY COMMUNITY Victoria Hall, HERITAGE CENTRE THE ROYAL BRITISH Bourton on the Water Available to hire - very competitive rates. Recently refurbished, the Jubilee Hall seats 80. LEGION BRANCH HALL Local functions, childens parties etc welcome Light, bright and warm, drop down screen, parking. Disabled access & facilities Available for hire; 150 seated / 250 standing. Suitable for all sorts of events. Very good rates. Call David Tebbutt 01451 821098 Ample off-road parking. Office Tel: 01451 824303 for bookings and information Enquiries to Laurie Clayton, 01386 701528 bourtononthewatervillagehall.co.uk

BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL adjacent to Green in quiet village Lovely rural location with spacious parking. The perfect setting for that special occasion. Seats 90, Large main hall, & 2 meeting rooms. • weddings, parties, clubs, classes, and family events. Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, Stage with electric drop down screen. • Large car park, modern kitchen, pull-down projector presentations & family events. Built in sound system with microphone and hearing loop. screen, disabled toilets and access, hearing loop Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities. Contact details: Philip Johnson 07587 097795 or at and loos. Disabled access. New pull-down projector email: [email protected] screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery available. Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994 Visit out new web site: www.condicotevillagehall.com Please call Tim Proger 01608 652392 / 07718 207097.

Great Rollright Village Hall KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL GL54GUI 5TXTING POWER VILLAGE HALL Main hall, small meeting room, verandah, views, Beautiful hall; capacity 100. Spacious hall seats 110 people kitchen facilities, disabled access & toilets, parking. Off-street parking; disabled access. Large stage with artistes dressing room Suitable for meetings, parties, exhibitions. Available to hire at very competitive rates. New well-equipped kitchen, tea room, toilets/shower Private free car park. Very reasonable and flexible rates. More information: Booking Sec. 01608 730268 Nicole Marina, 07733 238334 Contact – Mike Edwards Tel 01451 850232 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

LITTLE COMPTON VILLAGE HALL LITTLE WOLFORD VILLAGE HALL LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE Rural position 5 miles from Moreton and Shipston, VILLAGE HALL Seats approx 60. Fully equipped kitchen. accommodates 60 – 80, good parking, We are fully equipped with a few unexpected bonusses Easy disabled access. fully equipped kitchen, china etc., • an extendable stage with pull-down screen Fixed projector for showing films. disabled facilities, projection screen, hearing loop, • 3/4 sized snooker table • table tennis table • piano Good parking. stage available, reasonable charges • Hi-Fi system • all equipment for short mat bowls. Contact 01608 674437 For further details T: 01451 830944 or Details and booking 01608 684704 email: [email protected]

Need a Good Venue? LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL MORETON IN MARSH, REDESDALE HALL Long Compton Village Hall can meet your needs Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village green. Two venues with a stair lift. Capacity for up to 100 people, separate meeting room, Recently refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, The Lower Hall accommodates 80; modern kitchen china and furniture hire, kitchen, lawn, parking. tables & chairs. Disabled facilities. Seats up to 70. facilities. Beamed Upper Hall accommodates 120. Competitive rates (inc.heating) vary with use. Perfect for Reasonable charges. Nearby parking. Please phone Jon on 01608 684834 or parties and receptions, Shows, displays, evening classes, etc Historic town centre building email [email protected] for Mo Griffiths 01451 832241, 07903 829685, Clerk 01608 650040 [email protected]. more information or to make a booking. [email protected] www.redesdalehall.org.uk

THE WESTWOODS CENTRE N ORTHLEACH Women’s Institute Hall, Moreton in Marsh COTSWOLD HALL Northleach Ideal for wedding receptions, Parties, Dances, Exhibitions Large hall plus two additional rooms to let separately or as a whole, fully fitted kitchen, large enclosed garden, Suitable for meetings, parties and exhibitions Delightful main hall – accommodates up to 100 wifi access, disabled friendly, good off-road parking, well Accommodates 60 Lift, Licenced bar, Kitchen facility, equipped, marquee lining available, licensed bar. Kitchen facilities, hearing loop, disabled access and Disabled access and toilets facilities, public car park nearby All-round sound system, Hearing loop, Ideal venue for weddings, corporate meetings, Competitive rates (incl heating) vary with use Competitive hiring rates family partys, dances Information and booking phone Jacques 01451 860366 Booking details from Pam Clarke 01608 652575 [email protected] telephone: 01451 861499

NOTGROVE VILLAGE HALL ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL OVER NORTON VILLAGE HALL Large hall with seating for 80 Newly refurbished - full c/h, new kitchen and toilets. Spacious main hall with seating for 100, plus additional small events tent. Large hall with stage, separate bar and kitchen area. also a smaller meeting room. Raised stage. Ideal for family gatherings, children’s parties, Stage, pull down projector screen and hearing loop, Disabled access and toilets. exercise classes etc. Facilities for the less able. Spacious parking. Licensed bar. Reasonable rates. Seating capacity approx. 100. Off street parking. Toilets. Children have access to the adjacent playground. Contact: [email protected] / Competitive rates with discounts for regular users. Keith on 01451 850726 Telephone 01451 830817 or 01451 831917 For bookings/enquiries please call 07880593597

SALFORD VILLAGE HALL Stow on the Wold Stow Baptist Church Hall, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB Attractive and flexible venue in Cotswold village. Stow GL54 1AA Recently refurbished. In the community for the community Clubroom and bar with entertainment system for discos, Seats 80. Disabled access. Parking. Spacious hall, recently refurbished, fully-equipped new karaoke, etc. Small lounge bar. Toilets. Modern well equipped kitchen. kitchen facilities & disabled toilets. Large and small meeting rooms with conference facilities Usage Policy: we support community-focused groups. for up to 150 (seats 60/12 dining); www.salfordvillagehall.co.uk Tel: 01608 642853 We do not lease the hall for commercial events Catering. Parking. Minibus. 01608 650624 [email protected] Enquiries to Colin and Alison 01451 830242

STOW YOUTH CLUB LargeSto wvenue on with th seatinge Wo forld 200 Ru &g plentyby C ofl uprivate,b ST EDWARDS HALL, STOW ON THE WOLD free parking Panelled 1st floor room with Civil War portraits Two large rooms (accommodating 50-60 people) Licensed bar and kitchen & memorabilia. Holds 100. • Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector & screen Hearing loop. Lift and staircase from lobby. • Pool table • Table football • Nintendo Wii • Modern kitchen Ideal for weddings, courses, classes, clubs, • Disabled access & toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users. Kitchen, toilets, anti-room. CCTV. parties & presentations etc. The Club is next to the Police Station on the Fosseway and ac- Competitive rates. 2 Hrs Free C/P(day) cessed easily from The Square. Contact Amanda on 07940 141192 dates for 2013-14 available. 01386 761514 D Neill: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830656. [email protected] S-J Rich: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830654.

TODENHAM VILLAGE HALL WESTCOTE VILLAGE HALL WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL in quiet location Recently refurbished hall in quiet rural village Small hall in quiet, attractive setting. Large Hall seats 60. Small anti-room. Seats 50 Ideal for small groups, classes and family gatherings. New modern well equipped kitchen Well equipped kitchen Seats a maximum of 30 for dinner in comfort. Disabled entrance and facilities Disabled toilet Disabled access. Car parking at rear. Very attractive rates. Enquiries: Kathy Watson 01993 832981 Fully equipped kitchen. Contact Karen 01608 651301 or Christine Walford 01993 831196 Enquiries Judith Wheeler 01451 821094

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ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL LITTLE VILLAGE HALL ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY Bell Bank, Blockley Best Kept Secrets From Richard Kemp, Books Yule Love

Fiona Peart and Terry Harrison are possibly one of Bourton- Like Fiona, Terry has been painting all his life in water colours BLOCKLEY COMMUNITY Victoria Hall, on-the-Water’s best kept secrets. Each is a best-selling author and acrylics. Terry’s work is renowned for the drama of its light HERITAGE CENTRE THE ROYAL BRITISH Bourton on the Water of hands-on art books. Fiona is one of the all-time best-selling and sweep of subject - be that sea, land or sky. Terry is also LEGION BRANCH HALL authors of her publisher Search Press. No stranger to print one of art’s natural born teachers. People say of him that he himself, Terry has sold close to a million copies of his books over is very open and more than happy to share all his knowledge, the years. Alongside their writing, each is a famous painter in skill, techniques and master-painter secrets. This makes Terry their own right, whose work is very sought after the world over. hugely popular with audiences everywhere. He shows how to BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL Yet each is extremely modest about their achievements. When render a subject in paint in ways that lift others to paint at an you see either out and about in Bourton, painting the village’s ever higher standard and to really enjoy and take pride in their jaw-droppingly beautiful landmarks, you’d be hard pressed to work. Terry has also developed a range of brushes to make say you were looking at one of the most successful writers and painting easier for others - especially when using the particular artists in Europe or the English speaking world! techniques he recommends for creating stunning visual impact. The most famous of these brushes is the wonderfully named Great Rollright Village Hall GUITING POWER VILLAGE HALL KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Fiona spends her life painting, teaching painting and writing “fangogh”! Terry has also worked with paint producers to about how to paint. “Although I enjoy teaching,” she says create a number of distinctive watercolour and acrylic paint “I spend as much time as I can painting. When possible, hues that capture the special beauty of English colours under I paint outdoors. I take a couple of hours to soak up the Cotswold and coastal sunlight. The jigsaw maker Gibson’s has atmosphere. Any more than this and the light changes too commissioned many paintings from Terry specifically to make much. If I am painting in the village I can begin amongst a into some of the world’s most wonderful jigsaws. The most LITTLE COMPTON VILLAGE HALL LITTLE WOLFORD VILLAGE HALL LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE bustling crowd of visitors and by the time I am ready to walk popular of these is, of course, of Bourton-on-the-Water! VILLAGE HALL back home the village is almost deserted. If I need more time I return the next day, at the same time of day to ensure the light The bridges of Bourton have a special place in Terry’s heart, as is the same. I enjoy painting our local allotments where the well as his art - it was on Bourton’s beautiful central bridge that distant views through the trees beautifully contrast with the he proposed to Fiona on Valentine’s Day. So Bourton and the clutter on each plot.” Cotswolds have played a major part in shaping the vision and Need a Good Venue? LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL MORETON IN MARSH, REDESDALE HALL artistic flair of this most remarkable of Cotswold couples. Long Compton Village Hall can meet your needs

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Fiona painting the approach to the bridge outside the Motor Terry walks home after a hard day at the office (on the Village Museum, Bourton on the water, afternoon Green in September)

Fiona demonstrates painting for romance and mood Terry is demonstrating his painting techniques for landscapes TODENHAM VILLAGE HALL WESTCOTE VILLAGE HALL WYCK RISSINGTON and other large scale subjects at The Manor House Hotel in VILLAGE HALL in watercolour, and appeared at the Manor House Hotel in Moreton-in-Marsh last month. She says she is Moreton-in-Marsh on Thursday 6th March, at 7pm. particularly delighted to pass on her skills so close to home He is very happy to be sharing his tips and techniques with a – there is no better place to do so than in the heart of the home-grown audience in love with the Cotswolds, which are Cotswolds she loves so much. such a central part to his and Fiona’s art.

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By Caroline Fisher for COTSWOLD TIMES © An ancient mystical site has been granted significant stargazing status

The Rollright Stones is now the country’s 27th designated Dark Sky Discovery Site – thanks to a bid by Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group (CNAAG). Members nominated their top local spot to see the stars. The privately- owned site, with its sweeping panorama, now joins a nationwide network of special places providing great open views accessible to everyone. The venue is believed to represent a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch. Spanning almost 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development, the silhouetted shapes are dramatic backdrops to many shots of amazing sights taken by the group’s astrophotographers. CNAAG member Mel Gigg’s stunning picture of the Milky Way over the Rollright Stones and a time-lapse video of stars over Chipping Norton are actually used in the opening credits of BBC2’s Stargazing Live.

“all you need is enthusiasm and a warm coat – the stars, moons and planets do all the rest.” Brian, with a close-up of the moon.

“To be in the southern half of the country, with a sky like Robin’s love of astronomy is infectious. “It’s not the serious that, is a rarity,” said excited CNAAG chairman Robin subject people tend to think it is – it’s an awful lot of fun. Smitten, who applied to Edinburgh’s Royal Observatory for The fascination for me is the sky at night and seeing all the the official recognition. “Our site had to meet certain criteria stars’ differing levels of brightness,” he said. “You can pick for the award,” he said. “For a 1-Star Rating – an observer on a star and find out how far away it is. Light from some of has to be able to see the constellation of Orion; for a 2-Star these stars started out 1,500 years ago and you’re only just Rating – the Milky Way; and for a 3-Star Rating – to be able seeing it now. The Andromeda Galaxy is our nearest and it’s to count how many stars are in the great square of the 2.5 million light years away. Astronomy is such a buzz – it is constellation of Pegasus, not including the four bright corner the only opportunity on the face of this tiny, exposed planet stars. We can count possibly 13 – given six to eight is very to look back and see how something was. We’re a very good quality ‘seeing’, the Rollright Stones must be informal group – all you need is enthusiasm and a warm exceptionally good.” coat – the stars, moons and planets do all the rest.” 46 Stargazing feature 2_ST_OCT_11 21/02/2015 12:46 Page 2

The renowned group, celebrating its 10th anniversary, had a meteoric rise from humble beginnings. The first informal meeting was held at Long Compton, called by Robin, who is also the projectionist at Chipping Norton Theatre – word spread after a well-publicised lunar eclipse. The group finally formed a committee and joined the Federation of Astronomical Societies, enabling it to invite professional speakers. In a coup, it attracted famous UFO spotter Nick Pope, who gave a talk at Over Norton village hall. “But the biggest thing in those ten years was when I

wrote to Sky At Night presenter Sir Patrick Moore about Dawn at the Rollrights King Stone, the group’s formation,” revealed Robin. “He told me to © photo by Mel Giggs look him up if we were near his home at Selsey, West Sussex. So I rang and a group of 30 of us went. We had a guided tour of his telescopes, including his original 12.5 inch reflecting telescope, in his shed, and two observatories. There I was, sitting in his Sky At Night chair with wall-to-wall astronomy books!

“Astronomy is such a buzz – it is the only opportunity on the face of this tiny, exposed planet to look back and see how something was.”

“I invited his co-presenter Chris Lintott to talk at the Theatre before a showing of the film Nostalgia For the Light. This is about building CNAAG is hosting a special event to mark the 86% multimillion dollar telescopes in Chile, and Chris had been involved. eclipse of the sun from 8.30am on 20th March, He raced up from filming at Selsey with Patrick and we had a terrific outside Jaffe & Neale bookshop at Chipping evening. Since then Chris, who is an astrophysicist at Oxford Norton. For details of the group visit University, has been our guest speaker several times. www.cnaag.com. “When BBC launched their Stargazing Live programme it generated such national interest that the university came up with Stargazing CAUTION: be aware that looking at the sun Oxfordshire and asked us to take part. It provides access to is extremely dangerous – permanent and irreversible astronomers countywide, with us in the north, Abingdon Astro optical damage can occur. Society in the south and the astrophysics department in Oxford. Contact your local astronomy group for advice We hold very popular open days with displays and talks. or visit the Sky and Telescope web site: “The Rollright Stones, of which I’d become a trustee, was featured in www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy- the second Stargazing Live with astronomer Mark Thompson. A group news/observing-news/how-to-look-at-the-sun/ . of four people were filmed looking up, right by the circle. They This site has specific instructions for observing the couldn’t believe what they could see from there and the film has this eclipse and projecting the image in complete supernatural feel about it.” safety. 47 Need Storage Space? Tilemans Park Limited Insulated Storage At our site in Shipston, on your site or at home

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One for the road by Charlie McFadden

The Fleece was rammed to busting. The melodious tones of younger. A small beer and a shot of Johnnie Walker sat in an accordion swooped and bustled to be heard over the clink front of each man, an overflowing ashtray held the middle of glass and the babble of chattering voices. Ladies in their ground. Michael slugged his whisky followed by the remains of Sunday best were in full blather, letting slip a secret with his beer. He rose without a word, stood for a moment dragging a promise and knowing wink. Middle aged men, necks hard on the last few puffs of his cigarette. Blue smoke clung thickened with age, embroidered their youth with tales of and kept him company as wandered up to the bar. conquest and daring. In the far corner of the room was the stage. A fine dark “Will you look at him, Jaysus he's grown” said a bald headed haired girl of fifteen or sixteen sang out Carrickfergus, an man of a tall gangly youth. “Oh yes, he's top of the class” Irish melancholy ballad. Her voice fragile struggled to be said the proud Mother, her arm squeezing the boy’s shoulder. heard; as gentle wisps crept from her lips she told a tale of “He's wants to be a butcher. Don't you Sean?” Sean smiled the doomed and the lonely. disinterestedly as children often do. Danny cupped his ear, smiled and began to sing, and as he Grannies and grandpas scanned the room with the sharp eyes stumbled and fell through the lyrics, his thoughts were of of horse dealers. Smiling and waving they’d send out Mary. “You’ll be as big Sinatra himself, singing to hundreds,” grandsons or grand-daughters to capture their quarry for a she said in her innocence, her face radiant, with eyes that chat. Priests wandered in and out, demigods laughing at the held him as firmly as her arms. odd dirty joke and exchanging theologian intentions. Shouts and screams and the sound of breaking glass bought Danny O’Toole was forty eight, grey hair, bearded, eyebrows him back. In the middle of the room two young lumps like lintels with a haunted anxious look in his eye. In his youth wrestled, like hippo's waltzing. Back and forth they danced he was renowned for his film star looks. Years of the road had across the bar. Tables, chairs, drinks and the odd person flew hacked and battered the film star, leaving a scaffold of bone, into the air in a melee as they grappled and tugged at each a hollow face, its forehead razored with wrinkles. He wore a other. “Boys, boys, boys,” shouted big Tommy Doyle as he brown double-breasted suit held together by dust and beer caught hold of the two. Although well into his sixties he had which glistened with age. Around his neck a bright yellow the strength of a bull and a reputation to match. He had no tie, its colour sharp and bright against a frayed white shirt. problem separating the big galoots. One was in a head lock A generous complement of shamrock hung from his lapel. under his right arm, the other he held by the scuff of the Twenty four years ago Danny swore and cursed the day he'd collar. He released the two scrappers, fixing each one with stepped foot in The Fleece, but today was different. Time an icy glare. The bums rush would have been the usual changes a man and softens his resolve, the past had gone. It procedure, but Tommy had a romantic heart and as it was was a day for drinking, a chance to catch up with old friends. St Paddy's day. “You'll both shake hands; I won't have you's Sarah and Joe, now shrivelled with age, were still pulling fighting, there’s women and children here. You'll both shake pints, but Mary wasn’t to be seen. hands,” he repeated with malevolent intent. They shook and with a slap on the back from Tommy, the two hippos returned Across from Danny sat Michael, expressionless black piercing to their corners. Brothers and cousins whispering seeds of eyes, a lean athletic man, three years older but looking years vengeance for round two. Michael appeared his hands full of drinks, a couple of bags of crisps tucked in his jacket pockets. He shoved over a beer and whisky to Danny, the crisps he left for later. “Did you hear the girl sing?” Danny shouted. Michael didn't respond, but looked off in the direction of the now empty stage. “Did you hear the girl singing,” Danny repeated. “Which girl,” Michael replied scanning the room. “Did you not see the girl singing when you was up at the bar,” said Danny, adding “Carrickfergus, she sang Carrickfergus.” “No,” said Michael taking a gulp of beer, “No I did not.” Danny mumbled a curse under his breath. With nicotine fingers he picked up the whisky, swirling the oily amber liquid. He looked for the girl but she had gone. He peered down for a moment transfixed, his thoughts drifted. In a moment he was back, raised the whisky and swallowed it down in one. Irish pub story_ST_OCT_11 21/02/2015 12:52 Page 50 Irish pub story_ST_OCT_11 21/02/2015 12:52 Page 51

and out of breath after making the long journey uphill on his bicycle to the O'Toole's cottage. “Won't that girl leave you One for the road alone,” he'd say and curse as he handed over the mail. by Charlie McFadden Outside in the toilet, which doubled as a chicken coop, the hens looked on as Danny settled down to read. A few showed mild curiosity but none real interest, too busy clucking about The Fleece was rammed to busting. The melodious tones of younger. A small beer and a shot of Johnnie Walker sat in the new cockerel with fancy feathers who showed up a week an accordion swooped and bustled to be heard over the clink front of each man, an overflowing ashtray held the middle ago. Mary told of a black Zephyr, a car so big the whole of glass and the babble of chattering voices. Ladies in their ground. Michael slugged his whisky followed by the remains of family could get in; with enough room for Winky in the Sunday best were in full blather, letting slip a secret with his beer. He rose without a word, stood for a moment dragging boot. Of a park with a big pond where swans and ducks a promise and knowing wink. Middle aged men, necks hard on the last few puffs of his cigarette. Blue smoke clung swam, but tramps lived there too who'd cut your throat for thickened with age, embroidered their youth with tales of and kept him company as wandered up to the bar. the price of a pint. St Mary's church was at the end of the conquest and daring. In the far corner of the room was the stage. A fine dark road. To get to school she caught the number 7 bus, and the “Will you look at him, Jaysus he's grown” said a bald headed haired girl of fifteen or sixteen sang out Carrickfergus, an lessons were easy. man of a tall gangly youth. “Oh yes, he's top of the class” Irish melancholy ballad. Her voice fragile struggled to be Well the story went like this. The McGuffey's were a much In the summers the McGuffey's would return for a couple of said the proud Mother, her arm squeezing the boy’s shoulder. heard; as gentle wisps crept from her lips she told a tale of respected family back home in County Clare. They were weeks. Mary was now seventeen and Danny eighteen. The “He's wants to be a butcher. Don't you Sean?” Sean smiled the doomed and the lonely. renowned as generous in spirit, successful in business, and two would wander up to the lough and practiced their kissing disinterestedly as children often do. Danny cupped his ear, smiled and began to sing, and as he always welcome in church. Mary was the eldest of seven, until both became experts. Mary's confidence carried them Grannies and grandpas scanned the room with the sharp eyes stumbled and fell through the lyrics, his thoughts were of dark haired with a strong widow’s peak, skin as pale as milk, further than Danny would dare. One day they caught the bus of horse dealers. Smiling and waving they’d send out Mary. “You’ll be as big Sinatra himself, singing to hundreds,” eyes that glinted like coal. She was tough and strong willed, to Galway. Danny had saved up all year planning to buy grandsons or grand-daughters to capture their quarry for a she said in her innocence, her face radiant, with eyes that forever in trouble at school. They said she took after her Mary a ring as a surprise. But it didn't work out so well, chat. Priests wandered in and out, demigods laughing at the held him as firmly as her arms. grandfather Jack, a wild hearted gypsy, who'd fought and Mary spoke to a handsome navvy whilst he was buying ice- odd dirty joke and exchanging theologian intentions. Shouts and screams and the sound of breaking glass bought died for the rebels at the time of the uprising. Her school creams. “You’re an eejit, he only asked me where I’m from, Danny O’Toole was forty eight, grey hair, bearded, eyebrows him back. In the middle of the room two young lumps teacher Father O’Rourke, a mild and meek mannered man and that’s all!” she shouted at Danny, her eyes blazing. No like lintels with a haunted anxious look in his eye. In his youth wrestled, like hippo's waltzing. Back and forth they danced tried his best but could never control her. His soft pious voice ring bought, they fought all the way home. he was renowned for his film star looks. Years of the road had across the bar. Tables, chairs, drinks and the odd person flew “Sit down Mary please! Mary would you please sit down,” Despite wanting to, and Mary calling around for him twice, hacked and battered the film star, leaving a scaffold of bone, into the air in a melee as they grappled and tugged at each and if all else failed his temper frayed to breaking. “Off Danny didn't speak to her for the rest of the holiday. With a hollow face, its forehead razored with wrinkles. He wore a other. “Boys, boys, boys,” shouted big Tommy Doyle as he you go to Sister Veronica! I've had enough of you Mary bitterness and pride he stood in the distance as the McGuffey's brown double-breasted suit held together by dust and beer caught hold of the two. Although well into his sixties he had McGuffey.” Sister Veronica ruled with ruthless discipline, but loaded up, heading back to England. Mary looked for him, but which glistened with age. Around his neck a bright yellow the strength of a bull and a reputation to match. He had no didn't make much headway either. Mary was destined for hell he was hidden. He waved goodbye with his heart, his eyes tie, its colour sharp and bright against a frayed white shirt. problem separating the big galoots. One was in a head lock and didn't care a jot. burnt as virgin tears of despair fell for none to see. He moped A generous complement of shamrock hung from his lapel. under his right arm, the other he held by the scuff of the Despite their plans, two years on Mary left with her family about the cottage for days; all could see he was distracted. Twenty four years ago Danny swore and cursed the day he'd collar. He released the two scrappers, fixing each one with for England. Both their tender hearts were broken. When teased, Danny would say he didn't give a flying shite an icy glare. The bums rush would have been the usual about Mary McGuffey or any other girl for that matter. stepped foot in The Fleece, but today was different. Time Danny worked as the delivery boy and helped out in the procedure, but Tommy had a romantic heart and as it was changes a man and softens his resolve, the past had gone. It McGuffey's grocery store. Mary loved to tease him. In front A week later his father called out “Francis is on his way?” St Paddy's day. “You'll both shake hands; I won't have you's was a day for drinking, a chance to catch up with old friends. of her mother one day she asked if he wanted to practice Danny rushed out. “She won't leave you alone at all,” Francis fighting, there’s women and children here. You'll both shake Sarah and Joe, now shrivelled with age, were still pulling kissing. Both Mary and her mother laughed and as Danny said as usual, handing over the letter. “Good day to you hands,” he repeated with malevolent intent. They shook and pints, but Mary wasn’t to be seen. blushed Mary pecked his cheek and ran out the door. “The Tommy, its lovely morning,” he nodded at Danny's father, with a slap on the back from Tommy, the two hippos returned trouble with you Danny O’Toole,” she’d remind him, “is that smiling in the doorway, and with a wave Francis peddled off Across from Danny sat Michael, expressionless black piercing to their corners. Brothers and cousins whispering seeds of you’re too agreeable with people, you're too nice.” Which the way he came. eyes, a lean athletic man, three years older but looking years vengeance for round two. was in part true, Danny was easy going, happy to follow. But The boat crossing from Dublin was rough, it was a night Michael appeared his hands full of drinks, a unlike Mary's hotheadedness Danny's temper was cold, crossing and Danny was sick the whole trip. An hour after couple of bags of crisps tucked in his jacket brooding, an anger he buried deep. landing Joe picked him up in the Zephyr. He'd arrived in pockets. He shoved over a beer and whisky When not working, the two of them along with Mary's dog England with the promise of a job, and the hand of Mary to Danny, the crisps he left for later. Winky would wander up to the lough, where they'd paddle McGuffey. “Did you hear the girl sing?” Danny and if lucky catch an eel or two. Danny dreamt of the day continued on page 52 shouted. Michael didn't respond, but looked they’d marry, Mary had said they were sure off in the direction of the now empty stage. to, but let it known that Cornelius O’Keefe “Did you hear the girl singing,” Danny had asked her too. repeated. “Which girl,” Michael replied Despite their plans, two years on Mary left scanning the room. “Did you not see the with her family for England. Both their girl singing when you was up at the bar,” tender hearts were broken. said Danny, adding “Carrickfergus, she sang Carrickfergus.” “No,” said Michael There were big opportunities in England. taking a gulp of beer, “No I did not.” Sarah and Joe, Mary's parents settled in Coventry. They bought The Fleece, a pub Danny mumbled a curse under his breath. with bed and breakfast, run by Sarah, With nicotine fingers he picked up the whilst Joe ran a construction gang. In the whisky, swirling the oily amber liquid. He evening both worked behind the bar. Mary looked for the girl but she had gone. He wrote weekly and knowing writing was not peered down for a moment transfixed, his for Danny did not expect a reply. thoughts drifted. In a moment he was back, raised the whisky and swallowed it down On Friday’s the mail was delivered by in one. Francis the postman. He’d arrive red faced Irish pub story_ST_OCT_11 21/02/2015 12:52 Page 52

The Fleece was a huge airy pub with high ceilings, Damask wallpaper decorated the wall, along with faded photographs of startled farmers, spectres locked in time. Beautiful stained glass windows faced out to the street. The din of Irish music could be heard streets away, Joe and Sarah knew the power of advertising. Sarah showed Danny to his room upstairs which he shared with four other men. Mary brought him a plateful of potatoes and bacon. He wasn’t so hungry so they chatted and cuddled until Sarah called Mary down. Later in the evening Joe took him downstairs for a pint. “No need son,” said Joe, as Danny rummaged his pockets to return Danny's book, but then again he’d remind himself, unless the favour. “I'll put you on the tab.” Joe knew his people, and nailed down it was fair game. was smart enough to offer a thirsty navvy a pint and a plate of grub whenever they wanted, “We'll settle up on Friday,” Michael stuck a gnarly fist forward, holding the crisps he'd say to any newcomer. “Make it a double Joe,” many a towards Danny. Danny took a handful from the bag, and navvy would say handing over his last of coppers come began munching, he smiled and nodded at his friend “Them's Sunday night. good crisps, pickled onions!” and slugged down a gulp of beer. He was about to take another sup when a man slumped For the first few months Mary and Danny went out at the down on the seat beside him, barging Danny, beer splashing weekend to London and Birmingham to see the sights, over his already well coated suit. “Take it easy fella,” said always making sure to catch the last bus home. Mary loved Danny brushing the excess onto the floor. Spencer Tracy and would drag Danny along to see his films, sometimes she'd cry, which embarrassed Danny, self- Michael leant forward, eyeing the drunk, alert, assessing the conscious and uncomfortable to have her cry in public. But threat. “Do you not know me?” said the drunk, “Do you not most of their courting was a pint and a Babycham at The know me Danny?” His eyelids hung and dribble glistened Fleece, with Mary collecting empty glasses between rounds. from his chin. “No I do not; we're here just to have a drink”, The trips got less frequent and then one night Mary told him responded Danny. He turned away feigning casual she wanted more from life, her dreams were bigger. With indifference but kept one eye on the drunk. The man leant tears in her eyes she called off the wedding. The following closer, his weight now on Danny’s shoulder. He repeated, morning Joe had a chat with Danny man to man, saying he slurring out, “Do you not know me Danny?” smiling a was sorry and that Danny was welcome to stay on but Mary mouthful of decaying teeth. “Well it's been a while alright,” had made her up mind. he added. Straightening himself as best he could he raised a near empty glass, of maybe vodka or gin, his top lip drooped Brokenhearted Danny vowed never to see her, The Fleece or over the rim straining for the last of the clear liquid. Then as Coventry again. He'd work London, Birmingham, Liverpool, if starring in a comedy film he saluted and cackled out “It's Glasgow, anywhere but Coventry, wherever the wagon would me Paddy O’Rourke, do you not know me now?” he said take him and take whatever the shift would pay. Work and slamming down the empty glass. “Will you stand me a drink, then drink and work until he remembered her no drink?” more, but at times of stillness she would come to him and he'd wake. The veil lifted; it was indeed Mary's Paddy. Danny smiled and chuckled to himself, thinking, “Well Jesus, didn't she pick the A couple of years later Danny heard about the wedding. wrong one.” He'd seen many a man hit the bottle; the bottle Paddy O'Rourke, a foreman for Joe, was a teetotaler and a had hit poor Paddy alright. It wasn’t Danny’s usual practice regular man at the church too, a good catch. By all accounts but he reached into his trouser pocket and pulled out a it was a great bash, Joe and Sarah spared no expense, the handful of notes. Paddy's eyes followed in a hypnotic stare as food and drink were on the house, and Mary looked beautiful. Danny carefully and deliberately peeled one off. “There you go Paddy, take care of yourself now.” Paddy clutched at the money, drawing it close to his chest. He raised his hand in salute. “Thank You, God bless you General, God bless you,” and kissed the note. He rose unsteadily, and looked towards “What time’s the band on?” shouted Michael munching on the bar, his body swayed back and forth, his legs waiting for his first bag of crisps; hunger had got the better of him. an instruction which had lost its way. Danny had met Michael in Liverpool; Michael had stolen Something jumped in Danny's chest as he asked, “Is Mary Danny's fags, which of course he denied. They argued, fists here with you Paddy?” Paddy tried to turn but staggered, their legal representatives. The defence held sway, but as falling into Michael, who held out a hand to keep him Danny had presented such a pathetic case, Michael insisted upright. He settled, placing both hands on the table for on buying him a pint. The two became friends; Danny saw support. “Mary, Mary!” he repeated his mind a confusion the advantage of having Michael at his side, a character of of love, of loss and of pain. “Jesus Danny, Mary's been dead persuasion, but never to be trusted. A thief was a thief in for twenty years.”

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The Fleece was a huge airy pub with high ceilings, Damask wallpaper A non-governmental organisation decorated the wall, along with faded STANDING UP FOR focused on human rights with over 7 photographs of startled farmers, spectres million members and supporters locked in time. Beautiful stained glass around the world. windows faced out to the street. The din HUMAN RIGHTS AMNESTY of Irish music could be heard streets www.amnesty.org.uk INTERNATIONAL away, Joe and Sarah knew the power of advertising. “Dear Cotswold Times, Sarah showed Danny to his room I am part of the Amnesty International youth group at Chipping On 4th February, a group of students from Chipping Campden upstairs which he shared with four other Campden School and I wanted to inform you of an event we School took part in a slightly different form of fundraising, to men. Mary brought him a plateful of will be organising in January. raise awareness and money for Amnesty International. potatoes and bacon. He wasn’t so hungry so they chatted and cuddled As part of our work helping Women in Afghanistan who are Amnesty International is a charitable organisation that exists until Sarah called Mary down. Later in having their rights abused, we are planning to give up a human to defend humans and their rights all across the world. Our the evening Joe took him downstairs right for a day to raise awareness and money. At this point, we challenge was to give up a human right for a day - to show how for a pint. “No need son,” said Joe, as plan to give up the right to rest and relaxation by standing up privileged we are to always have our rights protected, and how Danny rummaged his pockets to return all day and working through our break and lunch times. This Danny's book, but then again he’d remind himself, unless unjust it is to have them abused. We decided to give up the the favour. “I'll put you on the tab.” Joe knew his people, and means we are quite literally ‘standing up for human rights’. nailed down it was fair game. right to rest and leisure, so we stood up all day and worked was smart enough to offer a thirsty navvy a pint and a plate We hope to carry this out on 21st January and we were hoping through all breaks: literally standing up for human rights. It Michael stuck a gnarly fist forward, holding the crisps of grub whenever they wanted, “We'll settle up on Friday,” you might be interested in sharing this story in your magazine. was a difficult day with aching joints and various clip-board towards Danny. Danny took a handful from the bag, and he'd say to any newcomer. “Make it a double Joe,” many a related injuries - and we are all positive that we will never take began munching, he smiled and nodded at his friend “Them's We are just a small group of pupils but we are extremely navvy would say handing over his last of coppers come chairs for granted again! Sunday night. good crisps, pickled onions!” and slugged down a gulp of determined to do something that might bring about change: beer. He was about to take another sup when a man slumped any help that you might give us by increasing the publicity of It would be lying to say we didn’t get some strange looks but, For the first few months Mary and Danny went out at the down on the seat beside him, barging Danny, beer splashing our actions would be hugely appreciated. weekend to London and Birmingham to see the sights, most importantly, we got people’s attention, and this was our over his already well coated suit. “Take it easy fella,” said always making sure to catch the last bus home. Mary loved We would happily forward some pictures of us while we are main target. We still hope that we can continue spreading the Danny brushing the excess onto the floor. 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In January class 4 had an exciting day at Warwick racecourse in order to learn more practical mathematics. Watching jockeys being weighed and The world comes to Dormer House as international fever hits! finding out about how it influences the handicap was only one example. Pupils at Dormer House School have been in the grips of travel They also measured the ring and many other exciting maths activities. mania as they raced around the world during International Week. Many children are reported as being couch potatoes these days but the The culturally diverse week in Moreton-in-Marsh based Dormer pupils of Blockley School could not be accused of that on a very drizzly House, incorporated a huge variety of day in February. Every child took part in a cross country run. They internationally themed activities and were competing for their house. Out came the trainers, clean at first but opportunities for pupils across the school. very muddy on their return. Several children from year 6 also From language workshops, food tasting completed their cycling proficiency course which entailed learning how and an ‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’ to conduct themselves on local roads around Blockley, a good exercise. visual Art competition, to an international The school had a three yearly Safety, Health and Welfare Audit in poetry slam and Music, Dance and Drama January and the result was as follows: workshops, the children were assured of a fun “The Headteacher’s preparation for this audit was very impressive and the material evidenced to demonstrate record keeping was filled week, learning about other countries inspiring. Overall safety is managed to an excellent standard with safe and cultures. Each class experienced a host of systems of work in place supported by conscientious staff and well interactive learning experiences about one of maintained premises with good standards of housekeeping. The the countries on Phileas Fogg's epic journey governing body is proactively engaged in scrutiny, challenge and from Around the World in 80 Days. support, helping to bolster the effectiveness of management Headmistress, Alison Thomas, comments, arrangements and their review.” Well done Blockley “We were delighted that parents from a number of different countries of the world, or who have links to those countries, took the time to visit the children to share their knowledge.” Dormer House was awarded the British Council's prestigious International School Award (2011 -2015) in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom. The international school award is a badge of honour for schools which do outstanding work in Temple Guiting international education. Church of England School Having also achieved Artsmark Gold Status, a national endorsement David Ogden, Headteacher

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Our best year for cross-country Our Toddler session on a Friday has been very popular since Christmas. We Five of the twenty-four runners who will represent the North are open from 10 – 12 and are lucky to have access to all the Playgroup Cotswolds in the county finals are from Temple Guiting. Selection resources enabling us to have different activities each week. was made at the district qualifiers last month at Moreton Fire The session is run by an Early Years Teacher and we have dough, painting, College. Two of our team are from Year 6 and three are Year 5!

jigsaws, books, role play, small world play and construction as well as a We dance into the regional finals regular fun singing session. It’s is a great opportunity to meet other Our talented group of dancers have progressed to the next level of families with children of the same age, making friends and learning to competition: the southern regional finals in Swindon. The girls’ interact with others. exciting dance routine is inspired by Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’. Our Playgroup session is 9.15am – 1pm Monday to Thursday with extended sessions available on a Monday and Thursday until 2.45pm. District gym success Contact Jo Abrahams, our Early Years Professional / qualified teacher on Our gymnasts came top of fourteen schools to take gold at the 07796 987173, website www.condicoteplaygroup.weebly.com district gymnastics at Cotswold School. A special mention is earned by Jess who won the individual gold medal. The event was part of a national gym competition for girls and boys aged six to eight.

Exciting link with local quarry We purchased teaching materials for the new geography curriculum

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Headteacher: Mrs Yvonne Barnes BEd (Hons) NPQH By Cathy Pickford Year 2 Looking at the Local Area In Geography we are looking at Chipping Norton and how it is different to where Katie Morag lives. We went to St Mary’s Church, the old hospital, the war memorial and

Sainsbury’s. Ben the manager showed us around the store. We saw

Swimming Gala where the food is kept, the bread is cooked and the freezing freezer. The 21st January saw sixteen excited and nervous pupils from St. Mary’s walk up the hill to take Written by Sophie Hergt, Year 2. part in the Chipping Norton Partnership Swimming Gala. In total, there were eleven schools that A School Trip to The Sheldonian. Year one to six were treated to a took part. We had an A and B team which each entered five races. The A team qualified for all four musical extravaganza. All the children had a truly memorable day. Two finals, unfortunately B team did not make it but several of B team members were scouted by year six children wrote about their experience. ‘Fourshires’ swimming club. The overall winners of all schools were St Mary’s A team. Gabriel On the 30th January our school, (apart from foundation stage), took part Alves, a member of our team quoted “I like the fact that the entire team got the credit not just an in the trip to the Sheldonian Theatre. The Oxfordshire County Youth individual person.” This is the second year in succession that St Mary’s have won the Chipping Orchestra put on a concert of 7 tunes including: Host Jupiter, Rimsky- Norton Partnership Gala. They will now go on to represent Chipping Norton in the West Korsakov, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Let It Go, First Time In Forever Oxfordshire Gala. The A Team and the Star Wars-overture. The trip was a great success for all the Tree Planting schools that came on the day. We could tell that the conductor had On Tuesday the 27th January 5 pupils from St Mary’s School went to plant some trees for the young children by the choice of some of the music. We decided that it community. First we made our way to the field which was next to Travis Perkins. The field had was a brilliant experience for the school. Some of the comments that been cleared of brambles in order to plant the trees. There were already over 200 trees planted. were given from the year 6 children reflect this. “I was speechless as the Lily (my friend) and I planted 3 trees and cleared a big bramble root. The 3 trees were, an Oak, a Orchestra played their tunes because they were all rather young, (but Willow and a Hazel! Overall it was a very fine experience and we can’t wait to see the beautiful still older than us). It was an excellent performance.” Clara Fyfe. trees grow! Mr Averill, from The Green Gym, commented “It was wonderful to have a new “The tunes were either lively or emotional and each had its own thought generation of ‘Chippy’ people, from St. Mary’s, involved in our project!” and emotion, so you always felt involved!” Olivia Riley. Tori Kennedy and Lily Edwards As you can see, the whole school enjoyed the music and the coach ride Chess Club to the theatre loads. By Olivia Riley and Phoebe J. th The Chess Club is a time to improve your chess playing skills and a time to catch up with your Hockey On Thursday 12 February nine of friends. It is a free club unless you want to enter the tournaments. It is really fun, I shall miss it our Year Six girl’s went to Tudor Hall to when I go to Chipping Norton School. I have not only improved my Chess skills but, also my maths, compete in the 2015 Official Annual Hockey I have also made new friends, there’s not many clubs that can do that! I would like to thank Mr. Tournament. They had a fantastic time and all Lawson for running the club. Charlie Yates thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to

participate. This is what one of our girls thought about the event:- “Five private schools participated along with us in this exciting tournament. We played 3 games and won against Bloxham in our final match, 2-0. Gaby Heath, one of our excellent team members, won a special award for her determination and encouragement to the team. Overall we came fifth, but had great fun playing. By Sienna Harris.

Stow primary school This term sees the advent of a new and much larger choir. We now Rebecca Scutt, Headteacher have 30 singers from Year 2 to 7 and already make a very impressive sound! We aim to learn as much material as possible,

from Coldplay to Thomas Tallis The recent quiz night was a succuss, with delicious ploughmans served and everything in between. We alongside a bar with waitress service! Everyone who took part had a ave a new baby grand piano in fantastic time. A big thank you to Mr Nigel Harrison a parent governor of the Prayer Room which will be the school who acted as quizmaster and also to the members of the PTFA used for concerts, assemblies who organised the entire evening. and music lessons. A new PA Class 2 held their assembly which was all about being healthy and system along with upgraded helping each other. They acted out a story about a Fox and Stalk with mics and a mixing desk enables our recently-formed Rock Band wonderful singing as well. The parents had a lovley time watching it. to rock out in style giving the Everybody including the staff all wore red on Friday 6th February, vocalists a chance to be heard over bringing in donations towards the Defibrillator fund. We hope to install the guitars and drums! the first one outside the school after half term. So thank you for Year 7 has been busy composing and supporting this very worthwhile cause. writing songs. During the recording Ten of our pupils took part in the inter-school cross country process they have had the championships at the Fire College. They all did well so congratulations to opportunity to learn about layering, Alice Stubbs, Stella Kanfer Clarke, Frankie Neville, Madison Shackleton, texture, ‘cover up’, level-setting and Lucy Catley, Beth Taylor, Henry Hunt and George Williams. microphone technique. The final edits The house teams have also been busy with their intra-school athletics are nearly complete! competition. Events included javelin, beanbag throwing, obstacle courses Rehearsals on this term’s Upper School musical, Rats! is well underway. The melodies are already sticking in our minds and we and other fun activities with the Juniors event being won by the Yellow have begun working on the dances too. There is a healthy Team and the Infant competition being won by the Green Team. balance between solos and chorus numbers and we are all Parents evenings will be held on 3rd and 5th March, which coincides with incredibly excited about performing it in Chipping Norton Theatre the World Book Day celebrations where all of the children and staff will on Wednesday 25 March. For further information please visit the be dressed up as their favourite character from a book. school website: www.kitebrookhouse.com or Tel: 01608 674350

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By Helen Monteith New £4M Mathematics & Science facility Last month’s whole school production of Delighted pupils are now receiving Mathematics and Science classes ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ with nearly 200 students in a brand new, state-of-the-art building to be known as The Veritas played to a packed house every night. There Building. The new facility is the product of much careful were huge dance numbers, breathtaking team consultation and the outstanding gymnastics, as well as fabulous music from a architectural input of Mark Foley, a live band providing the perfect backdrop for past head boy of the school. The considerable singing talents. We were grateful for the support of families, PTA and to local Veritas Building offers six laboratories, organisations who generously sponsored the six class rooms, a seminar room, three event through advertising and raffle prizes. Science prep rooms and office space as Another February highlight was a political well as a large light-filled atrium. Hustings event we hosted at which local parliamentary candidates faced Head of Science, Stephen Miller, will an audience of hundreds of Sixth Formers – our own joined by some of be putting the new labs to work at every opportunity. Over and their peers from Chipping Campden and Cleeve Schools. We were above a busy Science curriculum this will include a special annual delighted to see our young voters put the candidates through their Science Day for pupils in local prep and primary schools. “Our hope paces asking questions and entering into some lively discussions. is that nourished by our particular Christian ethos, pupils will be March now kicks off with our annual Book Week celebration which inspired to discover the complexity, beauty, and order of the Universe includes International Book Day when staff and students dress up as and our planet. In state-of-the-art facilities, we want them to develop characters from literature, stage and screen. a rigorous academic curiosity, and a thirst for greater knowledge of On 6th March we are hosting a charity supper to benefit The Injured the world around them.” Jockeys Fund and British Heart Foundation. The evening will feature Further details: Jenna Robinson, Development Officer. BBC Sports journalist Tom Clarkson interviewing our alumni and notable Tel: 01608 658999. [email protected] jockeys Tom Bellamy, Will and Sam Twiston-Davies, and Conor and Kieran Shoemark. On 27th March, Fashion guru and Next founder George Davies will St David’s C of E Primary School launch his new clothing line FG4 at The Cotswold School. Cotswold Headteacher: Mrs F Heming School students and staff will be modelling as will pupils from Great Enquiring minds, caring hearts, creative hands Rissington and Bourton on the Water Primary Schools. Meanwhile We have had a busy term at St. David’s C of more of our students will have the chance to work with Mr Davies’ E Primary School. The Eagle classes have team behind the scenes as photographers, runners and stage crew. been making bath bombs as part of their Everyone will be catwalk ready thanks to the generous help of VUOLO ‘potty potions’ themed work. The children Hair and Beauty in Northleach. thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to Tickets for both Charity Supper and FG4 Fashion Show are available create their own baths bombs and make the through the school. packaging. Parents and carers were invited into school to make a bath bomb and take part in a solids, liquids and gases quiz…. marked by their children! ST JAMES’ AND EBRINGTON The children at St. David’s have performed C of E PRIMARY SCHOOLS well in a number of recent sporting activities Headteacher: Joanna jonson with Isobel Barnett coming in first place at the inter-school Cross-Country event. Two Floorball: We are thrilled to report that both our A team and B teams are floorball teams have also made it through to through to the finals in their group. The girls team won their last game of the the finals and we look forward to their season against Dormer House. Well done! continued success. Panathlon: Some of the KS2 children enjoyed an afternoon of sporting activities We are now planning a range of event for World Book Day on 5th March at Chipping Campden School where they were awarded medals and we are and the staff and children are looking forward to dressing as a book delighted that one of our teams was placed first. Active Kids: Sainsbury are character, visiting the local bookshop, Books Yule Love, and making a running a scheme whereby vouchers collected when shopping between 28th story chair to sit in whilst reading or telling stories. January and 5th May can be exchanged for sports equipment. Last year we bought training ladders and bean bags.

Cross Country: Congratulations to the children who took part in the Swell School competition at Moreton Fire College. PTFA Events There was much excitement in school on Friday, 13th February From Judy Morgan School Administrator when one of our teachers, Mr. Daldry had his beard shaved off at our valentine’s disco. Many parents sponsored the event and thanks to the St. What a busy term it has been here at Swell! The whole school has had James’ PTFA for organising it so well. All the money raised is going towards great fun participating in the national Sign2sing event. This is an annual new computer equipment. event giving children an exciting and fun introduction to sign language Assemblies: Class 2 at Ebrington gave us an informative assembly based on this through music. Deafness isolates children, sign2sing brings Deaf and term’s topic ‘Mighty Mountains’. For most of us the highlight was their dance hearing children together through sign language. interpretation of ‘The Sound of Music’! The Junior class have been busy making ‘The Aztecs’ has been the topic in Class 4 this term and the children danced, pancakes and learning about the importance sang and acted scenes to illustrate Aztec life and traditions in their class and relevance of Shrove Tuesday. The pancakes assembly. Their performance skills have also been noted outside school as they where tossed high in the air and thoroughly have been selected to take part in an inter-school dance competition at The enjoyed by all. Wyvern Theatre, Swindon. Although the Chinese New Year fell in half term, We have been very impressed by our Junior Open the Book teams who organised collective worship assemblies for the school. it was no excuse for missing the celebration. Lego Computer Day: The children in Class 4 enjoyed a successful lego The Infant class set to work and made magical computer day on 2nd February. They made robots and programmed them. Chinese lanterns which were displayed in The challenges got progressively harder as the day progressed but great fun Tescos store, Stow on the Wold. The Junior class have put their culinary was had by all! skills to the test producing delicious Chinese spare ribs, sweet and sour Plans for the second half of this spring term include a talk on inland water chicken and fried rice. It was very exciting opening the fortune cookies. safety to be given by the RNLI, book week, house cross country competition Along with all the fun the children made shadow puppets and learnt that and a real highlight of the year will undoubtedly be the house dance it is the year of the Sheep. competition! I think the children all deserve a well-earned half term break. 56 CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOL St Catharine’s Simon Duffy: Head Teacher Catholic Primary School

We celebrated a wonderful Section 48 RE Inspection Report which reflected Since July last year, the Music, the hard work and many successes and strengths of the school family and I Drama, Dance and Technical Theatre am delighted that we have been successful in winning a supplementary bid departments have been working for additional computing and technology equipment, totalling now over tirelessly with a talented team of £33,000. We will be able to update the computers in the school’s computing students to bring ‘Sweeney Todd’ to suite and install LED screens and new computers in the classrooms, Library our school stage. The show was a and Nessy Hub! success. The audience was stunned Our cross-country squad represented the school at the regional qualifying by the performances of all the main actors who were supported by the round held at Moreton Fire College. Competing against over 200 children chorus, orchestra, the stunning set, special effects and lighting. from schools across the region, St Catharine’s ran really well with 4 children There has been a great deal of excitement from students since the arrival of qualifying for the regional final in Cheltenham on March 21st. the new Makerbot 3D printer in the Design and Technology Department. Congratulations to all the children particularly to Alexander Thackway (Year Using the printer to create the cut throat razors for Sweeney Todd, has 6 - 7th place), Jack Theo (Year 4 – 9th place), Emily Curtis (Year 6 – 6th place) and Teresa Doran (Year 6 – 10th place). shown students the potential they now have at their fingertips. Pupils have been captivated by BBC’s ‘Ten Pieces’ which is an exciting new After their success at the local competition, Eleanor Juckes, Abigail Hollis initiative for primary schools, designed to inspire children to get creative and Archie Powell succeeded in winning the zone competition of ‘Youth with classical music. Mrs Lovelock introduced the initiative across the school Speaks’ by delivering a persuasive talk on ‘women and inequality in and encouraged children to develop their own creative responses to what science'. The team will now compete at the district final in March. they hear in the Ten Pieces film. We have been particularly impressed by the We are working with stained glass artist, Graham Brant to create a WWI piece of music composed by Class 3 based on ‘John Adams: Short Ride in a commemorative window. The window will be funded by the Town Council, Fast Machine’ and the work of Class 5 who produced metaphorical paintings the British Legion, Chipping Norton School and others. Students have been of Gustav Holst’s ‘Mars’. As part of their topic based on the works of Julia involved in putting together the design and we want to raise £1000 to Donaldson, Class 1 enjoyed a super theatre trip to Malvern Theatre to watch enable us to install the windows at the back of the Main Hall. ‘Room on the Broom’ and performed their version of the ‘Room on the Before Christmas, the members of the Extra Time LAMDA club took their Broom’ song to the school in a sharing assembly. It was wonderful to see so exams; the results of the exams were very impressive with 4 students many Gruffalo, witches, dragons, sabre-toothed tigers, as well as children passing with ‘Distinction’ and 8 students passing with ‘Merit’. Well done to with some super home-made props! all students involved. Miss Homer and the Year 12 Dance Leaders went to Class 4 completed the K’nex Challenge which is part of Gloucestershire Holy Trinity School to lead a Dance Workshop based on the theme of Primary School’s STEM challenge. The engineering-based mission was to ‘Space’. After the fun warm-up the Year 3 pupils learnt a dance routine with construct a castle with special features such as a working drawbridge, a the Dance Leaders to perform at the end of the session. portcullis, arrow slits and turrets. The winners from St Catharine's were At the U11 Swimming Relay Gala each partnership school sent along a team Immy Turner and Imo Hill. We have been running this challenge at St (2 boys and 2 girls) of enthusiastic and talented swimmers to take part. The Catharine’s for 3 years and Team Imogen are the first female winners! They ‘Small School’, ‘Middle School’ and ‘Big School’ winners were Great Tew, will now travel to GE Aviation in Staverton to represent the school in the Enstone and St Mary’s respectively. St Mary's won overall and will go onto Gloucestershire finals. We wish them the very best of luck in the next stage! take part in the WOSSP Swimming Gala. Joanne Welch, Headteacher Congratulations to the winners and all the school teams who took part in the events and thank you to Four Shires Swimming Club who offered lots of support at the swimming gala.

Cold Aston C of E Primary

by Katie Walker School Headteacher: Miss Alexandra Symondson Each term at Cold Aston Primary School, we have a whole school topic that links into our Christian values; this term our value is ‘Friendship’ and this is explored in various ways across the curriculum. Class 1 are looking at ‘Winnie The Pooh’ through stories in English and will be looking at bees and how honey is made. Linking into their topic work, Class 2 welcomed an’ ice explorer’ into LONGBOROUGH PRIMARY school, who shared adventures and expedition experiences with the SCHOOL children. The children have made igloos from marshmallows! Yum! From Tracey Hampshire, Administrator Class 3 have been ‘erupting’ with excitement learning about volcanoes What a busy start to 2015 for the children at Longborough. Key stage 2 and there are some spectacular models being worked on in the children were able to visit a local Hindu Temple, bringing their learning of classroom! They are looking at rocks in science and have made some Hinduism to life. During the visit the pupils were able to observe an Arti very tasty no bake rock cakes! ceremony which included singing, ringing of bells, an Arti lamp being Class 4 have a very busy term. They have already attended a ‘Dickens passed around, blessing with water and offerings being made to the day’ where they participated in Dickens themed workshops and were Deities. As well as the ceremony the children were also impressed by the treated to a travelling theatre company performance of ‘A Christmas vibrant colours and materials displayed within shrines and images of the Carol’. Class 4 are also taking part in a ‘Mock Trial’. The charge for the Deities or Gods. case is ‘Harassment (without violence)’ and is about on-line bullying. Later on during the month the children of Swell joined us to take part in the Explorer Dome show. Mrs Regan arranged for a bespoke ‘body’ show all After working on paintings in the style of the artist Paul Cezanne, our about the human body, with particular emphasis placed on the digestive year 6 pupils had their work displayed at the Brian Sinfield Gallery in system. Content and delivery was tailored to meet the differing needs of Burford. This was part of an exhibition showcasing work from primary key stage age groups, to match year group learning objectives and support schools in the area and we were delighted to be awarded the prize for work previously undertaken in the classroom. Taking the learning out of the best overall collection. the classroom and into tactile and sensory stimulating environment such as The whole school is joining together in a ‘Reading for Pleasure’ the dome, captivates and inspires the children to be curious about their workshop which involves the older children retelling traditional tales to world. We are especially grateful to both Schools Parent groups (PFA- the younger ones. Continuing with the reading for pleasure theme, Longborough and FOSS – Swell) who funded the costs of the Dome. parents are invited into classes on Wednesday mornings to read either Saturday saw the successful conclusion to a lot of baking and preparation on a one to one basis with their child or with a small group. to raise funds for our PFA with a bake sale at Warner Budgens in Moreton- On the sporting front, earlier in the term we sent a team of gymnasts to in-Marsh, we’re very pleased to say we raised a massive £152.00. a ‘Key Steps’ gymnastics session at Cotswold School and as well as This week we’ll be welcoming Kitebrook House at Longborough for a game swimming lessons for our Year 3 pupils, we will be sending teams to the of Tag Rugby and a Team will be travelling to Moreton-in-Marsh Fire annual area cross country run at Moreton Fire College and to a ‘High 5’ College to represent Longborough in a cross country race – Good luck netball tournament. A busy term is underway! Longborough! 57 Millard Skips – the family run, professional skip company. 01608 641361 www.kjmillard.co.uk

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Excitement mounts as the 2015 season approaches! Although the winter months are probably considered a time of rest and relaxation for those involved in cricket, that certainly hasn’t been the case at our club! Of course, there’s been no action on the pitch but there’s definitely been lots going on off the pitch as we’ve been busily making plans for the season ahead. We already have so much to look forward to, including:  Junior Coaching Sessions for Under 9s and Under 11s every Friday 6.00-7.30pm from 24th April – 4th September;  Coach Support Workers’ Courses to train six of our members in April, to increase ratios at youth training;  Saturday & Sunday Home Matches every weekend from May – August as The Golden Ball Inn from Lower Swell come to play at Slaughters United Cricket Club and boost our fixtures;  Mixed Pairs’ Matches in April, June and August for our ladies’ team players and their chosen partners;  Ladies’ Team Players invited to participate in Bourton Cricket Week in a Bourton Vale Ladies v CDCA Ladies’ League XI match on Friday 10th July 2.00pm;  Ladies’ 6-a-side Tournament on Sunday 30th August for local clubs with new and existing ladies’ sides;  Beer & Cider Festival to be held over the last weekend in August;  Further Refurbishments to be carried out to improve our existing toilet and changing facilities. With so many events planned, we can’t wait for the season to kick off and we would welcome the support of members of the local community in any capacity. Please contact our Club Chairman, Nic Hayward, if you’d like to get involved: [email protected]

Men’s Team Update Ladies’ Team Update Winter League News Throughout the close season the ladies have been

Wayne Rose’s Indoor 6s’ team have been back in action with both working hard to raise additional funds for the club cup and league fixtures to fulfil. Victories over St Stephens and by organising bingo nights, curry nights and Winchcombe put the Slaughter 6s through to the semi-final of the quizzes but now it’s time to get back to business! indoor cup. But, unfortunately, a narrow defeat against Training Dates Cheltenham in the semis put an end to our excellent cup run. We will have six more training sessions before we However, on a more positive note, January was a great month for look to begin our friendly matches prior to the our league results. In our first match of 2015 we beat Marlborough start of our league fixtures. These sessions will be Stirling convincingly with a winning margin of 88 runs! A superb a combination of fitness training and cricket skills, batting performance by the team, supported by top scorer Paul including making use of the nets’ facilities. They Heming (44*), meant the team posted a large score of 142-3. Our will be held in The Cotswold School Sports Hall on bowlers were on fine form too and this, combined with good Wednesdays at 6.00-7.00pm on the following fielding, saw our opponents all out for just 54. A special mention dates: must go to the skipper who lost the toss, got a duck and didn’t 4th March 11th March 18th March bowl… proving that cricket really is a team game! 25th March 1st April 8th April We had another comfortable win at the end of January when our So, if you’re female and over the age of 14 you’re strong bowling attack restricted opponents Kingsholm to 58. We welcome to join us… there is no upper age limit! then knocked them off without losing a wicket and Paul Please come along to any of our sessions even if Heming continued his excellent form and was able to retire on 28! you can’t commit to them all. For further In February we have suffered two defeats. Firstly, despite Paul information, please contact our Ladies’ Team Heming’s fantastic display of wicket keeping with four stumpings Captain: [email protected] and one catch, we lost by one run to league leaders Chedworth. Then we were beaten by 15 runs by Bayshill, even with Matt Rose scoring a mighty 59 runs. We have now moved up to 2nd position in Kit Shop the table and have just one fixture remaining. We now have a wide selection of Slaughters Training Dates United Cricket Club clothing available to purchase Our men’s squads will be training at The Cotswold School Sports from our very own kit shop hosted by Wreal Hall on three more Fridays from 6.30-7.30pm on: Sports. Our range includes training wear, match 6th March 20th March 27th March wear and leisure wear. Simply buy your items Please come along if you’re looking to getting involved with a online and collect from our local stockists, Wreal friendly local cricket club. All abilities welcome. Sports, at Bourton Business Park. Start browsing For further information, please contact our Club Chairman for more now using the Kit Shop link on our club website: information: [email protected] www.slaughterscricket.co.uk

61 BOURTON VALE CRICKET CLUB Bourton Vale Cricket Club has been in existence since 1883. Our Senior Team are playing the best level of cricket in the area. We have a flourishing Junior Section which has already produced several players for Gloucestershire at various age groups; and our Ladies Team won their league last year. We are already proud holders of an English Cricket Board ClubMark Focus award which recognises the scope of our contribution to the community. The newly appointed Committee is determined to build on these foundations to create a focus in the local community of which all can be proud. However, still relatively few local people are involved with us. We intend to change that. Anyone with a desire to participate in cricket, at any level, is welcome at our Rissington Rd home in Bourton on the Water, across the road from Birdland. Whether you are a serious player or just wish to be involved in our club (in any role) you will be made welcome. Ladies, Juniors starting at Under Eights, and Senior level players of all abilities – all will be vital to the continuing success of our club. Contact details are at the foot of this article - or simply show up at one of our club evenings, or at the weekend in the summer, when there will be somebody around who will connect you to the correct Committee member for you. LADIES CRICKET TRAINING at The Cotswold School Sports Hall Ladies training has already begun with a great turnout and lots of new faces. All ages (13+) and abilities welcome for some fun batting, bowling and general fitness training before the start of the 2015 season! Training will take place every other Friday evening at the sports hall at The Cotswold School. For more information contact Caroline Ardron on 07793 949198 or email [email protected]

SENIOR MENS TRAINING th FRIDAY 6 MARCH 7.30PM at The Cotswold School Sports Hall All abilities and ages 13+ welcome! For more information contact Rob Langley on 07811 338806 or [email protected]

JUNIOR REGISTRATION & OPEN EVENING FRIDAY 24th APRIL 6PM at The Cotswold School Sports Hall We would love you to join us for a fun introduction to the club for old and new members! Fun activities and games! Bar and BBQ! Meet the coaches! Pop up cricket shop with all the kit you need for the 2015 season! For more information contact Lucy Gillespie on 07949 227128 or email [email protected]

GENERAL ENQUIRIES Contact - Tom Arkell on 07765 424022 or email [email protected] 62

Bourton & Sherborne Hockey Club

Stuart Colmer - Chairman T. 07900 028732 E. [email protected] by Stuart Colmer & Sean Clarke

Stix Skills Build Foundation The Junior Tournaments, like the Ladies, have been affected by the weather with all cancelled so far this year. However, training still goes on and we are currently doing the Stix Skills tests for the 6 to 11 year olds. This gives the players a great foundation to their game by building their technical ability. The coaches have been very impressed with the standard this year with all the players making huge strides in their skill, confidence and social skills. All attributes that playing a team sport encourages. A big thank you must go to our Volunteer Coaches: Niki Coombes, Brendon Baker, Petra Lorman, Kirstie Deane, Nick Jeffries, James Macurich and Heidi Larner who give great encouragement to the youngsters to develop their new skills.

Ladies Frozen Out January and February have brought the frustration of frozen pitches and cancelled matches, not helped by the 1st’s 10.30 hit off time. So, there is a backlog to be cleared but they have done well in the matches they have played with two away wins and a narrow loss. With Newent just below them in the league, A Round Up Of The Men BASHC’s 2-1 win against them was important and it was With home matches at 1.30pm and most away games in the followed up by a 3-1 win against Civil Service. The loss was a 2 afternoon, the Men haven’t suffered from the weather. The 2nds -1 away defeat to Colwell & Malvern. The 1sts are sitting at 4th have had mixed form losing 0-1 at home to Wotton –u- Edge, in the table with 3 games in hand on some of the other teams. followed by a 1-7 away win at Cirencester, a 1-2 home loss to The Ladies 2nds (photo above) have played a 2-2 away draw Gloucester, and a 2-3 away win against Winchcombe. They with Blockley and a 3-2 away loss to Lansdown. The Ladies then travelled to Stroud and despite a spirited performance, 3rds, playing in the same league as the 2nds, have had mixed where unable to capitalise on their recent good form, losing 5-1. results starting with a 0-0 away draw at Colwell & Malvern, a 5- However, Ed Gum and Liam Wallis came up from the Badgers 1 away loss to Newent and a 4-1 home win against Painswick. and equipped themselves so well they will now be regulars in the 2nds. The Men’s 1sts have also run in to better form with 2 BASHC PLAYER CARDS defeats, 3 draws and a big 3-1 win against Aberystwyth University. A number of the clubs in their league are Universi- Name: Greg Shepherd ties and have a huge pool of young, fit players to draw on. So AKA Sir Sheppy CWC we are doing well for a rural club. January saw a 3-3 home draw against Gwent followed by a 7-1 away loss to Stroud, 4-4 away Team / s: Men’s 1sts to Cleevilians & a 2-2 draw at home to Cardiff Uni Medics. & Mixed

Position: Striker Secret to Your Success: Commitment to training, treat my body like a Temple (of Doom.. Ed.) and cider (in a responsible manner ..Ed.)

No. of Hockey Years: 15 BASHC Facts: I’ve played every season since we’ve had a men’s league team. I help with coaching. Collect Them All

www.bashc.com Photos: Dev ToolBox (Copyright ), Stuart Colmer and Alex Schilling (Copyright ) 63 MORETON RANGERS FC Contact: moretonrangersfc.com MORETON RANGERS – About Us Club Development Fund Moreton Rangers Football Club play on the Fields in Trust Sports THE CLUBROOM Ground on London Road, Moreton in Marsh. The Club is a Football Association Charter Standard Club which means we meet criteria We have plans drawn up and had planning permission in relation to Child Protection, Player Behaviour and Pitch secured for a Clubroom. We have secured a generous Requirements. donation of all the windows and doors from a local business. We have already raised £5000 in fundraising. In the past ten years the club has gone from strength to strength, We are looking for an additional £8000 to be able to supporting seven Junior Teams for local boys and girls from the complete the work. age of five to sixteen with up to eighty local youngsters taking part. We also field two Adult Teams who play in local leagues. These enhanced facilities will help all our teams both adult and juniors. At present we are unable to offer any The club are very proud that we develop young leaders in the facility for food and drink for visiting teams, supporters community. Over the past five years we have encouraged and and guests in a clubroom. supported twelve local players who have passed through our junior ranks to become coaches themselves and act as role models to the next generation of footballers. This has included THE FLOODLIGHTS paying for their coaching courses and supporting the community Our research with local people tells us that the present aspects of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards that they have taken pylons for our floodlights and lights have been in place part in. We have been recognised for this work with a grant from since 1972. As you can imagine these lights need to be Gloucestershire County Councils Active Together Fund. updated to meet modern specifications. The lights themselves need to be replaced and the electrics MORETON RANGERS reconnected to make them functional again. We have FOOTBALL CLUB estimated costs of £15,000 to get this work done. We Your Local Team have a generous offer from a local electrician prepared to do the work for cost. BIG PRIZE DRAW The benefit of having a floodlit pitch means all our teams 1ST Prize YOUR BUSINESS NAME can train at our own facility in the town. The current Emblazoned on a full Moreton Rangers football kit situation is that players are travelling to locations around front and back - worth £500 the Cotswolds to find suitable training facilities. We would also be able to host evening matches during winter nd SPONSOR’S BANNER 2 Prize months and offer the facility for other local teams to use. At the London Road ground for 12 months Value £150 “WE KNOW HOW GENEROUS THE BUSINESSES AND 3rd Prize SPONSOR’S ANNUAL PLAYERS’ PEOPLE OF MORETON ARE - WE RAISED £85,000 TO AWARDS TROPHY BUILD NEW CHANGING ROOMS IN 2010 - AND WE For player of the year - value £75 HOPE THIS COMMUNITY SUPPORT REMAINS Moreton Rangers are offering local businesses and STRONG IN MORETON IN 2015. WE ALREADY HAVE individuals this unique opportunity for sponsorship. GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP FROM MIKE HONOUR Draw will take place on Saturday 18th April 2015 at 9pm at WINDOWS AND ROB WALKER’S BUTCHERS ” the Club’s End of Season Dinner at Moreton Cricket Club. PAUL LUKER, CLUB CHAIRMAN £25 PER TICKET

Bonus Prize! Purchase 4 or more tickets to be entered in a draw For Kit or Equipment, Pitchside Banners or any for 2 tickets for all 6 days of the BMW PGA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP other support you wish to give, contact 2015 at Wentworth on 19th-24th May. The European Golfs Tours premier event Martin Jones CONTACT MARTIN JONES ON 01608 650955 OR Tel Home 01608 650955 Mobile 07879015881 07879015881 OR m.jones125@btinterneticom email [email protected] 64 Stow on the Wold & District RFC

The Clubhouse, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold , GL54 1JAH . 01451 830887 www.pitchero.com/clubs/stowrtfc/ CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR REPORTS, PHOTOS, NEWS & INFO From Sean Clarke #CarryMeHomeKate Trophies Come To Stow Momentum is starting to build as the club look to raise money for Kate’s Home Nursing, get ready for the Rugby World Cup and involve the community as much as possible. Thanks to T20 Media, the Facebook page is up (please search and like us on the above title) and we will be Tweeting before you know it. We have places for 10 main sponsors and they will feature on the ball that is being passed. So, if you want to help a great cause and have some fun doing it, get in touch. We can’t reveal too much just yet but everybody from big business to local schools are signing up to be a part of it. The big question is, who can pass the ball in the most inventive way ? So far jockeys, diggers, yachts & RAF air freight have been talked about. The challenge has been set - are you up for it ? Time To Re-Group

Thanks to Peter Nottingham of Listers Stratford Audi and his contacts at Northampton Saints, the Aviva Premiership and Amlin Trophies came upto the club for the Minis & Juniors lunch on the 7th of February. Archie Clarke and Nick Emsley (above) of the U12s couldn’t wait to get their hands on the silverware, perhaps dreaming that they may win them one day. Although the Aviva Trophy might look small in the hands of Saints forwards player Courtney Lawes, the size is as big as one of our average U6s players. U13s On A Roll The U13s’ impressive form of winning 4 out of their 5 matches in Despite beating Drifters away in their first game back after Christ- the GRFU County Cup has given them a Quarter Final away to mas, injuries and availability have blighted Stow’s campaign. A 14 to Bredon Star. They narrowly lost their opening fixture 7 - 10 to Old 22 home loss to High Wycombe was followed by a 37 to 8 away loss Bristolians but then hit a strong run of form which they hope to to Marlow. However, the 2nd team players who have stepped up continue against Bredon. Tewkesbury were beaten away from home have done well which bodes well for the future. The 1st XV are sit- by 29 points to 7; next was an impressive home victory 43 to 12 ting just above mid table with a game in hand, so the rest of against Cheltenham, followed by a 29 to 7 win against Thornbury the season will be about building momentum to take into the next. and a 32 to nil score against Berry Hill. Freddie Roberts is the team’s leading try scorer with 14 and Edward Seagrave, Edward Hitchins Big Screen, Big Hit and Christopher Jeffries have each scored a brace. Jordan Milligan The big screen, good food from Locojo’s and a long bar have all has also weighed in with a try and James Ingham’s boot has done made for a great atmosphere at the club for the 6 Nations. We’re good work to put over 10 conversions. Stow narrowly came 2nd in hitting crunch time in the competition and all matches on the 28th their pool to Old Bristolians but had the best points difference in the of February, 1st, 14th & 21st March will be shown live. Be there ! table having scored 140 and only conceded 36. Well done the 13s !

Each Month the Spotlight Spotlight On is focused on a player from the club Ben Alvin

Team U9s

Position Anywhere I’m Needed Best Rugby Moment Winning the County Cup

Favourite Player Joe Marler (Harlequins and England)

I enjoy Rugby because It’s great fun

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