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Cutteslowe's Colourful, Creative Community! Ity! TheA quarterlyFlying Goose newsletterIssue 60 for the June 2021 TheTheA quarterlyA FlyingFlying quarterly GooseGoose newsletterIssueIssue newsletter 6060 f foror thethe JuneJune 2021 2021 TheAA quarterlyquarterlyFlying Goose newsletterIssuenewsletter 60 for the June 2021 parish and ward of Wolvercote parishparish and and ward ward of of Wolvercote Wolvercote parishparish andand wardward ofof WolvercoteWolvercote SSUE 60 JUNE 2021 I SSUE 60 JUNE 2021 SSUE 60 JUNE 2021 I SSUE 60 JUNE 2021 I SSUE 60 JUNE 2021 I I ISSUE 60 JUNE 2021 Cutteslowe's Colourful, Creative Community! Cutteslowe'sCutteslowe's Colourful,Colourful, Creative Community! CuttesloweCutteslowe Community Orchard Cutteslowe Community Orchard (([email protected]) ([email protected]) Nestled between the Allotments and the Community Woodland is a half-acre NestledNestled betweenbetween thethe AllotmentsAllotments and the Community Woodland is a half--acreacre plot Nestled of land thatbetween will become the Allotments an orchard and createdthe Community and cared Woodland for by the is locala half -acre plotplot ofof landland thatthat willwill becomebecome anan orchard created and cared for by the local plotcommunity. of land that Soon will afterbecome our originalan orchard announcement created and in cared March for this by theyear local practical community.community. 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