Village Voice The Newsletter of Stanton Harcourt and Sutton June 2012
Festival Week is here! Jubilee Village Street Party Saturday 16 June to Sunday 24 June ‘In The Park’ – Fox Field Sunday 3 June from 12 noon ‘Best of British’ Bring your own picnic ● Entertainment ● Pimms tent Ice lollies ● Balloon race ● Tug of war ● Giant games Festival Week this year will start with Cooper The Harcourt Arms will be open from 3.00 pm Black playing in the Village Hall on Saturday Family disco from 7.00 pm 16 June. Numerous Open Gardens and Events Barbecue / Snacks Will Be Available will be taking place each day until 24 June, with Any pictures of the Jubilee celebrations? the Fête being held on Saturday 23 June on the Please send them to Village Voice and School Field. The theme this year is ‘Best of we’ll aim to print some next month British’, so feel free to enter into the spirit by
wearing, displaying or waving anything you feel appropriate to symbolize this nostalgic slant. The procession will start as usual from Blackditch The Lower Windrush Choral Society presents at 1.30 pm on Gala Day. The Festival Queen this year is Charlotte Stacey, her Attendant Thea A Coronation Concert Watts, Princess Amy Taylor and Prince Adam Monday 18 June at 8.00–9.00 pm Swiergon. Watch out for the ‘Stanton Torch’ making its journey through the procession. St Michael’s Church Don’t forget to submit your entry forms for the Choral music from coronations over the last 300 years to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee including Scarecrow Competition to be eligible for a prize – Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ and music by Parry, it’s not necessary to stick to the theme, just Vaughan Williams, Wesley and Howells create whatever comes to mind. Also, Festival Conductor – Terry McNamara Organist – Francis Rumsey Programmes will be available shortly from the Tickets £5 (under 18s free) from the Village Shop, Village Shop, The Harcourt Arms and The Fox. Gil Hilleard on 883423 and Gill Salway on 881934 St Michael’s Church is once again hosting the Refreshments available Annual Flower Festival during Festival Week and In aid of the Church Restoration Fund the Lower Windrush Choral Society will be performing a Coronation Concert at the Church on Monday evening. Festival Week Cricket Match The Committee is in the early stages of creating a website stantonfestival.com – if you think you Sunday 17 June have anything of interest to help us build up the This year, Stanton Harcourt Cricket Club will be site, please contact any committee member. hosting a 20/20 match of great significance! The match is between Stanton Harcourt and Sutton Finally, as mentioned in May’s Village Voice, and will take place on Sunday 17 June at would anyone prepared to help the Committee on 3.00 pm. This is of course the ‘Best of British’ Friday 22, Saturday 23 (Fête Day) or Sunday Festival Week, and what better way to start 24 June please contact Paul Cross on 881363 or events! Anyone who is interested in taking any other committee member. Many thanks! part in this prestigious event can contact
John Woodward (Chairman SHCC) on Please note [email protected]. Refreshments and a barbecue will be available at The next Village Voice will be a reasonable rates for the hundreds of spectators combined July/August issue – deadline who we know will be attending. The sides will be Monday 18 June picked by H Sutton and O Pascoe, two of the biggest hitters around!
Action in Devon, mosaics and ‘wishsticks’ at the School In April, the children in Class 3 made a residential visit to Yenworthy Lodge near Oare in North Devon. The weather was variable, but it didn’t stop the children from enjoying rock-climbing, waterfall-climbing, rock- pooling, mountain biking, coasteering, and team- building activities. They also built fires and shelters, and learned survival skills which included eating wild plants (with supervision). The children were accompanied by several members of staff who all joined in, and Mrs Jupp was glad to report that everyone slept soundly (eventually!), made the most of Becky Paton, the mosaic, and helpers every opportunity, and had a fantastic time! During early May, the Oxfordshire mosaic artist Becky EURO 2012 Football Competition Paton (see right) came to talk to the children at a day’s seminar about her commission by the Parish Council Raising money for FOSHS to produce a mosaic of the Village, outlining its Entry forms can be obtained from: features and local history. The finished project will be Peter Floyd, Lee-Way, New Road about 3 metres in diameter, and the children were very Caron Glenn at Stanton Harcourt School interested to be able to talk to her about this exciting The Village Shop and The Harcourt Arms work. During the visit, the whole school was involved Olivia Harris or any FOSHS committee member in designing and producing a beautiful poppy made out Closing date is Friday 8 June of mosaic tiles in the Jubilee colours – red, white and blue. The West Oxfordshire Art Representative, Heather McCulloch, was also present during that day and was most impressed by the children’s ideas and enthusiastic input. On a separate occasion, the Bunnies and Foundation Stage children enjoyed a fruit and vegetable tasting session as part of the ‘healthy eating’ and ‘learning about different cultures and foods’ project. All children were given a delicious-looking plate of various delicacies and after a show of hands about what they liked best, strawberries came out firmly on top ... whereas avocado was at the bottom of the scale. The children have been taught how to use their five senses and have had a fun time during the ongoing ‘Forest School’ project, in which they are being taught outside about being safe in an outdoor environment and enjoy different activities such as ‘bug hunts’, all under the close supervision of the teachers and expert Naomi Crawford, a parent at the school who very kindly helps with this programme. A very popular activity was the production of ‘wishsticks’ – the children made notes of their personal wishes and wrapped them with string around sticks they found in the wood.
West Oxon Woodturning Association will be hosting an evening entitled Have Fun with Woodturning
with International Demonstrator, Les Thorne
Tuesday 12 June at 7.30 pm at the Scout Hall, Back Lane, Eynsham Next Village Market – Sat 2 June Come along for a free evening to see what woodturning and our club are all about Further dates: 1 Sept, 6 Oct, 3 Nov and 1 Dec Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult For more information, please email [email protected]
Royal British Legion Parish Council Updates Drum Head Service – Thurs 28 June RAF Brize Norton out-of-hours operations: At the at 7.30 pm in Stanton Harcourt Village Hall Parish Council AGM on 14 May, there was a Also, regular meetings are held in the discussion of out-of-hours operations by aircraft from Village Hall at 8.00 pm on the 3rd Monday RAF Brize Norton. As a result, the Parish Council has of every month. All are welcome. been sent the station website address (www.raf.mod.uk/rafbrizenorton/), which contains details of when out-of-hours flying will occur. Congratulations to Jack Judson Limited edition Jubilee mugs for purchase: The Congratulations to Jack Judson, who in May became Parish Council will be giving Jubilee mugs to all pupils county champion at the Oxfordshire and at Stanton Harcourt Primary School and Bunnies. The Buckinghamshire Athletic County Championships. He mugs are bone china and will be printed with the won the gold medal in the under-11 age group after official Blue Peter Jubilee Emblem and personalised competing in four events called Quadkids, comprising printing on the reverse (see below – the designs are a 75 m sprint, 600 m run, long jump and vortex throw. coloured!). There will be a limited number of 25 mugs Next stop the 2016 Olympics, or perhaps 2020 for a available for purchase. These will be available at the little more training time ... ? price of £5.00 each. If you are interested in purchasing
a mug, please contact Trudi Gasser, the Parish Clerk, at [email protected] or on 01865 301720 – Old tools in your shed or garage? please note that orders will be on a ‘first come first Until Monday 11 June, all the Oxfordshire Household served’ basis. Waste Recycling Centres will be taking in good-quality garden and hand tools, and will pass them to Oxford- based charity Orinoco. Orinoco will distribute the tools to be reused by schools, charity groups, gardening projects and other appropriate organisations. Tools such as forks, spades, trowels, hoes, hammers and screwdrivers are all suitable for reuse projects, but sadly power tools can’t be accepted. These can be recycled with other electrical items at the sites. If the trial works, the aim is to supply Orinoco with tools on a regular basis.
Next Parish Council Meeting Family Bike Day Monday 11 June at 7.30 pm Saturday 23 June Stanton Harcourt Village Hall The West Oxford Community Path Action Group All welcome (BikeSafe) and Transition Eynsham Area (GreenTEA) have joined forces to arrange a ‘Family Bike Day’. The Day will take place at the Eynsham Sports Pavilion, Zumba in the Village Hall Oxford Road, Eynsham, on Saturday 23 June from Zumba combines Latin and International music 3.00 to 5.00 pm. with a fun and effective workout system Attractions will include a free bike maintenance and Sessions are held on Thursdays advice service, a showing of the critically acclaimed in TERM TIME only at 6.30–7.30 pm community video made by Bike Safe supporters, £5.00 per class or book 10 classes for £40.00 information stalls, the chance to make yourself a bicycle-driven smoothie, a police bike-labelling service To pre-book your space call Debbie Pargeter plus the usual teas, raffle and information stalls. on 01993 773385 or for more details contact Kerstie Judson on 01865 731310 BikeSafe is a newly-formed charity which is leading the campaign for more investment to encourage cycling in Oxfordshire. GreenTEA is concerned that as Bridewell Organic Gardens many people as possible travel by cycle and on foot in Therapeutic Gardens in West Oxfordshire order to keep carbon emissions down. Our walled garden and vineyard in Wilcote For more information on the event, please contact (OX7 3EB) will be open 2.00–5.00 pm on: Ros Kent on 01865 884119. For more information on Bike Safe go to http://www.bikesafe.org.uk Sundays 17 June, 19 Aug, 9 Sept Refreshments, plants, cards and our organic wine will be available St Michael’s Church 200 Club For further details contact us on 01993 864530 May draw or email [email protected]
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Interested in Playing Bridge? The Catholic Church of St Peter We play bridge on the 2nd and last Fridays of each Fr Martin Flatman month at 7.00–10.00 pm in Standlake Sports Hall 07719 646790 [email protected] (just into Rack End after the Broad Bridges junction). Services: Sunday Mass 10.00 am with a Children’s Liturgy Excellent parking and access. Saturday 7.30 pm; Monday 5.30 pm; Tuesday 7.30 pm; If you would like to come along, please phone Wednesday 9.30 am; Thursday 12 noon; Friday 6.00 am.
beforehand: 01865 300509 or 300443 St Peter’s Church: Open for prayer every day at Abbey
Street, Eynsham, OX29 4HR. www.stpeterseynsham.org.uk Barbecue, fête and open garden – Sunday 1 July: Begins What’s on at straight after Sunday morning Mass and continues through lunchtime until 3.00 pm. If you would be prepared to run your The Harcourt Arms? own stall or assist on the day, please let Mark Hull know on Curry and Quiz ~ LAST ONE OF THE SEASON ~ 01865 863910 or email [email protected]. Tuesday 5 June ~ 8.00 pm start. Teams of 4 @ £5 pp.
‘Evening Class for Men’ ~ 1st Friday – 1 June. Girls ~ 3rd Friday of the month – 15 June. And finally … Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations ~ from 3.00 pm onwards, we Brown Team claim will have a large TV screening the celebrations in London. Free family disco to follow. Hot dogs and chips available until ‘Detectives of the Year’ 8.00 pm. A good time was had by all at the Murder Evening ... Father’s Day ~ 17 June ~ Sunday Lunch ~ 3 courses for well those who survived, anyway. The Rob Brown £14.95 Team were a cut above the rest, gaining the accolade Festival Week of ‘Detectives of the Year’, solving the mystery Family Quiz with Lasagne Supper ~ Tuesday 19 June ~ 10 minutes ahead of the next team. The Buckley Team bookings essential! Adults £5 1/2 portions £3. Only 2 adults tightened the rope on the other teams to win the Fun per team. Quiz, the Brown Team shooting into the runners-up Morris Men in the car park ~ Weds 20 June, 8.00 pm. position. And, of course, all the murder and mayhem Festival Day ~ Saturday 23 June was in aid of the Church, with £300 being raised – ‘Best of British’ ~ ‘YOUR PUB NEEDS YOU!’ thank you to everyone who contributed, particularly to VE Day style celebrations from 6.00 pm the staff of The Harcourt Arms for excellent food and Party in the air raid shelter with live band ‘The Limitations’ for looking very professionally part of the event. Disco with Smashie and Nicey in the bar later Ration book tickets only £6, kids £3 Thanks finally, of course, to Master Coordinator John Fish ‘n’ chips with homemade tartar sauce, sausage ‘n’ Faulkner for arranging the very enjoyable evening. mash or homemade pie ‘n’ chips with gravy, all with mushy or garden peas. Parish Council information Tel: 01865 881931 Email: [email protected] All official communications should be addressed to the Parish Clerk: Trudi Gasser, 5 Woodlands, Standlake, www.harcourtarms.com Oxon, OX29 7RA. 01865 301720 [email protected] St Michael’s Church Parish Council website: http://www.wospweb.com/ Rev Sarah Sharp site/Stanton-Harcourt-Parish-Council
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