Stow timeS Issue 69 • October 2009

An independent paper delivered to homes & businesses in Stow-on-the-Wold, Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church Westcote, Nether Westcote, Wyck & Little Rissington, Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower & Upper Swell, Naunton, Donnington, Condicote, Longborough and Temple Guiting Copies go into the Information Centres in Burford and Bourton on the Water. Extra copies are generally available in the Cotswold Festival Office (formerly the VIC) and Stow Library.

THE COTSWOLD FESTIVAL in STOW 2 Stow timeS

From the Editor Inside the October edition Well, we hope you a wonderful September – there FEATURES & PHOTOS were certainly some great opportunities the weather was almost consistently stunning, with big blue 6, 7 THE COTSWOLD FESTIVAL – in pictures skies, the first of the autumn mists and the trees turning gold in the sunshine. 13 Bus Bother - by Alana Powell 15 THE RESULTS of our August Photo Competition! The Moreton Show was one of the best ever, with masses of things to do and watch. It was wonderful to see such a superb array of livestock there, all REGULARS looking at their very best regardless of size or pecking order; and really good to that so many local 8,9 Local Schools news & reports businesses were there. 10 Book Previews from Cotswold Bookstore 12, Community News – Stow Youth Centre, Army Cadets – The fine weather stayed with us for The Cotswold Parking – 1st Report, 1 year on from Decriminalisation Festival, a tapestry of colour, activity, bustle and 16,17 Local Authorities, meetings and information excitement, rich in its variety, enormous fun and at times quite spectacular. Stow Square has doubtless seen great fairs in the past, and this first Cotswold 18 Church Services Festival has set a benchmark for the future. Very 19 Village Halls & Rural Cinemas well done to everyone who played a part in making it 20, 21,23 LOCAL EVENTS all happen. 22 EVENTS DIARY for OCTOBER 24 Local Walks – with the Cotswold Wardens & the North In October the clocks change – on the 25th. Somehow that truly marks the start of winter. Time to kick up Cotswold Ramblers some of those autumn leaves, get the logs in and catch up with what’s on. Pirates or a murder-mystery at the 29,30 Your Letters & Emails – tracing relatives, White Hart Lane & Rural Cinema? Anyone for a game of conkers? Abbeyfield at Stow 31 Homeopathy – A little goes a long way, by Jane Hornby P.S. Many thanks to our photographers at The Cotswold Festival, including Alex Lawrence from 33 Simple Steps for looking after your back, by Chris Stevens, B Ost NCDCC. 37 Stow Cricket Club – Captain Ashley Andrews sums up an excellent year Best wishes, N.Cotswolds Young Cricketers Club – a fantastic trophy haul Jenni Turner, Editor in their first year 39 Moreton Rangers Football Club – A great start for their Our Copydates for the November editions is October Rebuilding Project, and to the season 16th: and earlier on November 14th. for December. 40 News from local clubs and fund-raisers 41 North Cotswold Rotary – From Brian Honess Your NCCR needs YOU – North Cotswold Community Radio Telephone Stow Times on 42 Local Directory of Clubs, Societies & Associations 07789 175 002 43 Local BUSINESS Directory

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3 4 5 6 7 Kingham Hill School Set in 96 acres of the Cotswolds between Chipping Norton and Stow-in-the-Wold, the school was founded in 1886 by christian philanthropist Charles Baring Young. New headmaster Nick Seward was welcomed in September 2008, introducing a revised vision for the school whilst staying true to its roots as an all-ability, co-educational independent secondary school. Saturday school has been abolished, weekend activities for boarders have been seriously upgraded, two day houses have been opened, an academic society launched, a director of development appointed to enable ambitious refurbishment and new building projects, and school transport is being offered to day pupils.

Nick is delighted with progress - “The past twelve months has been a busy time, involving some significant readjustment. I applaud every member of the school community for their willingness to embrace change and for their contribution and New Reception support. I am doubly encouraged - not only has the school roll We are delighted to welcome our new 15 reception increased, we are also celebrating record GCSE results.” pupils this term. They are gently settling in to new routines and will be attending full time from November. Highlights this term will be a walk to Temple Guiting post office to learn about addresses and ‘where we live’. Another day we will look for Goldilocks and the three bears in the countryside surrounding our school and coming back to warm porridge!

[email protected] 01451 850304 www.templeguiting.gloucs.sch.uk ACORNS PRIMARY SCHOOL Long Compton LONGBOROUGH SCHOOL From Janine Whitehead, Governor

The good, old-fashioned school cook has returned to Acorns Primary School in Long Compton. For years Linda Warner from Long Compton cooked healthy meals from scratch from fresh ingredients, but some years ago her lovely meals were replaced by poor-quality meals provided by the council and bussed in from another school.

However, from now on children attending Acorns , one of the Above: smallest schools in the region, will benefit from healthy Our new reception home-cooked meals once again as Linda takes over cooking children Madeleine the lunches again. The corridors are filled with mouth- Tracey, Erin Bates, Angus watering smells and there will be no more watery mash or Russell and Charles lumpy custard here. Gillett painted an autumn Picture Thanks go to the hard work of Dorinda Hunt, Headteacher, parent volunteers and most of all to Linda who made this change possible. Right: We started term with a two and a half day musical workshop for the Junior Class. ‘Groove On’ brought in a variety of instruments for the children, who could also bring in their own. They were encouraged to improvise and compose, and at the end of the workshop they performed their compositions to the Infant Class, parents and friends. In the picture Max Tracey, Ambrose Loader, Megan Arthurs and George Luckett can be seen concentrating hard.

8 STOW-on-the-WOLD Swell School PRIMARY SCHOOL

heart hand mind From Judy Morgan, School Administrator from Head Teacher Rebecca Scutt We are very pleased to welcome to Swell School our new arrivals at the start of term. The children have been very busy making new friends and settling in

Off to a Flying Start Our 2009-2010 school year is off to a flying start, with all the children settling into their new classes and our Reception children making new friends and getting accustomed to school routines. We’ve held our second series of class information meetings where parents come into the classroom and their child’s new teacher explains some of the class routines for homework, reading and other information relevant to their child’s school day. These have proved to be immensely popular with parents and we will continue to do them regularly throughout the year.

Clubs Our after-school clubs are now in full swing as well, many thanks to the staff and parents who take time out of their week to run these each week. Our current clubs include Multi- skills, Tag Rugby, Writing, Cross Country, Netball, and Football.

Harvest Festival The children have had several events and activities during our Back row forward recent “Experience Harvest” week. We have visited St Henry Cronin, Charlie Dodridge and Frankie Kelly Edward’s church to explore the various "Fruits of the Harvest" Taryn Langley and Grace Malpass such as: Harvest of the Garden (Patience), Harvest of the The year 6 pupils from Swell Primary School visited Stow on the Ocean (Peace), Harvest of the Flock (Humility), Harvest of the Wold Farmers Market last month. Grain (Generosity) and Harvest of the Earth (Joy). The children were particularly pleased to meet Adam Henson We had a special visitor Pierre Mendy from Gambia, who Cotswold Farm Park Director and TV Presenter as seen on 'Country came in to talk with the children about Harvest in other parts File'. Adam explained to the children the process of bread making of the world and how some countries may not be enjoying at his stall. the plentiful harvest that we have in this country. He focused in The visit was part of their healthy eating and cookery lessons. The particular on harvest in the Gambia, with a presentation and children quizzed the stall holders on the source and production question-and-answer session with the children. methods of their produce. They were very interested to hear of the origins of soap making, Gloucester Old Spot sausages and how Our Harvest Festival will take place at 2pm on Thursday 1st trout are reared at Donnington Trout Farm. October at St. Edward’s Church. Donations of food for County Community Projects and financial contributions for the The children purchased various items of food which they took back to school, cooked and delighted the rest of the junior class with work of Dilys Neill in Zimbabwe will be much appreciated. samples. Dilys has links with a school in Zimbabwe and the children have been corresponding with their African counterparts. The photo shows Adam Henson with (left to right) Sophie Collett, Lydia Clarke, Euan Laughlin, Harriett Lees, Callum Shoebox Appeal Lewis, Emily Jane Bayliss, Sky Keegan, Sam Pilcher and William In October we kick off our Shoebox Appeal. This year we are Parker-Little. collecting shoeboxes for Samaritans Purse. Our goal is to collect (by November) 100 shoeboxes filled with toys, sweets, gloves, toothbrushes and treats for children (no liquids or books) in troubled areas of the world.

PTA The PTA will be planning several events and fundraisers throughout the year, so watch this space for more information! One date to mark on your calendar now is our Christmas Fair on Friday, 27th November from 6-8pm. Father Christmas will be paying us a visit so come along and stock up on early Christmas gifts.

9 Update VIC Watch this space! After months of discussions and meetings, it looks like we at last have some positive news regarding reopening the Visitor Information Centre in Stow on the World as a private entity. We NEWS had hoped to be granted funding as part of the initial start up Further to our introduction of Storyworld, the story and imagination phase but unfortunately, having waited nearly three months for prompting cards, we now have two additional sets. The packs are Quests and Adventures and Faery Magic. Call in if you would like to an answer we were turned down a week ago, on the basis that know more or go to www.templarpublishing.com our planned enterprise is not going to be big enough to even be considered for funding! We’ve even come up with a story or two using them - see our window. (All packs are reduced in price at Cotswold Bookstore.) Our Undeterred, we have now decided to forge ahead ourselves and next signing is our first for youngsters. Harriet Goodwin will be here the current plan is to open around the beginning of November in at 10.30 am on Saturday 10th October to sign her unusual book for our former shop premises in Talbot Court. We firmly believe that 10 to 12 year-olds called The Boy who fell down Exit 43. Stow needs an information centre in place which will not only Do come along and meet this new author. provide all the standard TIC (tourist information centre) services but will additionally showcase local artists and artisans, as well as locally made products and an extensive retail choice of gifts, TWITTER souvenirs, maps, guides and local history publications. We You can now follow the goings on in the shop on Twitter (if you are already have a strong online presence with our website so inclined!) Follow us under cotswoldbooks (Cotswold Bookstore www.gloucestershiretouristguide.com and we want to create a would not fit). We will be letting our followers know about new stronger web presence for Stow itself and the surrounding area. books, signings, special deals and how many biscuits have been In the next edition of Stow Times there will be a more detailed eaten that day. update but in the meantime if anyone would like to contact us regarding any of the above we would be delighted to hear from REVIEWS you! We are particularly keen to hear from any local businesses who would like us to promote their products or services in the The Boy who fell down Exit 43 shop. by Harriet Goodwin Paperback at £5.99 Please contact Sue or Walter Hasler on 12 year old Finn is still trying to come to terms with the death of his father and, while his Mum uses pills to hide from the truth Finn does 01608 651209 something even more dangerous - he ‘borrows’ Mum’s car. The email on [email protected] crash that should have killed him propels him down into the underworld via ‘Exit 43’ where he meets a very odd collection of spirits. As the crash happens, young Jessie, is travelling in the opposite direction and so their fates are joined. The pair find themselves on a quest to save the underworld spirits and also that of Finn’s father who is in the position of guardian angel to Finn. If all GLOUCESTERSHIRE VILLAGE this sounds a trifle complicated - it is. However, Goodwin keeps a firm grip on her protagonist as he meets all challenges and AGENTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE youngsters will enjoy the twists and turns of the plot. It’s often amusing, sometimes moving and always full of pace. 10 HOURS PER WEEK Gloucestershire Rural Community Council is looking to recruit a The Dragons of Ordinary Farm Village Agent for each of the following areas: by Tad Williams and Deborah Beale Hardback at £9.99 This is a book for youngsters, co-written by master of fantasy, Tad Williams and his partner. Two children go off reluctantly to a distant Cluster 1 - Adlestrop, Batsford, Bledington, Bourton on the Hill, relation’s farm while Mum has a holiday on her own. They expect Broadwell Donnington, Evenlode, Icomb, Longborough, nothing but boredom and hard work but soon discover that the farm is most certainly not ‘ordinary’. As they try to discover the secret of Maugersbury, Oddington, Sezincote, Stow on the Wold, why the farm has a multitude of mythical animals and the farm hands Todenham seem equally strange they meet up with ghosts, witchcraft and time- travel before you can say Dragon’s egg their enemies are everywhere and young Lucinda and Tyler are in and out of scrapes on every page. Cluster 2 - Cold Aston, Condicote, Cutsden, Guiting Power, A great adventure with more in the series to follow. Lower Slaughter, Naunton, Notgrove, Swell, Temple Guiting These areas may be subject to change on discussion Village Agents provide older people with easier access to information and services. If you: • Live in or close to one of the areas above • Have the use of a reliable car • Are committed to helping older people in rural areas, please contact Gloucestershire Rural Community Council on 01452 528491 for more information and an application form or visit www.grcc.org.uk Closing date 14th October Interview Date 22nd October

10 11 STOW YOUTH CENTRE Is this a Bridge too Far? Stow Youth centre was open 4 days a week during summer holidays From one bridge here in Bourton on the Water – with a variety of activities such as cooking, arts and crafts and team to another bridge in Arnhem… building activities. All went very well, with the majority of young people participating in the activities provided. From Jayne Thomas

From the 7th - 9th August 2 young people from Stow went on a Two sixth form students from district wide youth residential to Skern Lodge in Devon, where they Cotswold School, Cadet Louis Le took part in learning how to surf, tackling a high ropes course as well Breuilly and Corporal David as participated in many other activities. They said when they got Thomas, joined a group of Army back that they really enjoyed the residential. Cadets representing Gloucestershire ACF (the Rifles) On Friday 21st August 14 young people went on a subsidised day taking part in a 15k trip to Drayton Manor Park with the Youth Centre, they had a great Remembrance March around day going on as many rides as they could and, on the journey back Arnhem last month. The started talking about future trips and activities they would like to do. Airborne March is held annually Many young people had been looking forward to this trip all summer! at Oosterbeek in the Netherlands. It was to remember all those servicemen that You may have heard about Damon’s mission to have a skate took part in Operation Market Garden in 1944, including park built in Stow, well Stow Youth Centre and Damon are David’s own Grandfather Ronald Morgan-Lewis, and those putting together a Skate park committee. If there is anyone, any who were injured or fell at the battle 65 years ago. The age wishing to help fundraise and get this project off the boys also wish to pay a tribute to current heroes and will ground please contact me on 07825721220. bridge the gap between past and present by raising sponsorship in aid of Help for Heroes, by organising a non- I have just finished putting the Autumn term programme together uniform day at the Cotswold School later in the term. with help from the children and young people who come regularly to Stow Youth Centre. It will include: arts and crafts, The Big Draw, cooking, Halloween fancy dress party, sports, games, a fundraising Almost £3000 raised for local fund Tombola at Cotswold Festival and much, much more! Restoration of the Old School Village Hall in Bourton WHY NOT COME AND JOIN IN? on the Hill was £660 nearer completion last month, Opening times (until new workers have been appointed): thanks to another donation from money raised by the Warner’s Budgens Seasonal Lunches at the Horse DAY Juniors Inters Seniors and Groom, Bourton on the Hill, and bringing the total 8-11yrs old 11-13 yrs old 13-19yrs old raised this way to almost £3000. Monday 4-5.30pm 5.30-7pm 7-9pm Diners at the Seasonal Lunches raise these much- needed funds while enjoying a three-course meal using seasonal food from Warner’s Budgens stores. Thursday 5.30-6.30pm 5.30-7pm 7-9pm The cheque was presented to Marina Dunn from the Committee of the Old School Village School Fund by Darren Honour, assistant manager at Warner’s VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Budgens Moreton, and Tom Greenwood, owner of To help run any of our sessions – no experience needed – Free training & qualifications available to all the Horse and Groom, during the Bourton on the Hill Stow Youth Centre volunteers Fête on Sept 12th. For more information about Stow Youth Centre do not hesitate to contact me. Photo I look forward to from left, seeing you all! Darren Honour, Tom Suzanne Collinson Greenwood, Stow Youth Worker Marina Dunn 07825 721220 PARKING - The first annual report since councils took over parking enforcement from the police, has been published by GCC (31.08.09). The responsibility for parking switched from the Police to local councils when it was decriminalised in November 2007. GCC is responsible for deciding where on-street parking is allowed and how it is controlled, district councils are responsible for enforcing these restrictions and managing off- street car parks. The introduction of Civil Parking Enforcement in Gloucestershire has allowed GCC to ensure the parking restrictions they have introduced, in consultation with local communities, are effective and fit for purpose, says the council's report. "By and large, motorists, residents and visitors have been positive about the improvements in traffic flow and accessibility", said Cllr Stan Waddington, Cabinet Member for Environment at GCC. "We have worked closely with local residents to tackle congestion and anti social parking. Some of the measures we have introduced have been successful and well received others less so, but we are determined to get it right. With requests for additional parking controls in residential areas and are looking at residents parking schemes". View the full report at www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/parking

12 Bus Bother - By Alana Powell

Every child has the right to an education. Not every child everyone talking about climate change and the impact on though, it seems has a case for travelling on a school bus the environment surely it would be more environmentally for free. friendly to be able to take a bus to and from school instead of driving a car? Or maybe this move is in conjunction with At the beginning of the new school year sixth formers Gordon Brown’s government’s obsession in getting more began – as normal – travelling on the school buses so car tax out of people living in rural areas? imagine my horror when I came back from a week’s holiday to find out that all sixth formers had been told that they Another climate which has cause for concern is the current couldn’t go on the school buses unless they bought a bus economic climate. Many parents will not have £150 to pass. The result is now equal to entire carnage and uproar. spare to pay for their child’s bus pass and what about those I am writing this article as part of the sixth forms protest parents who have two children in the sixth form? That’s against this decision by the County Council and district £300 every 12 weeks just to get them to and from school councillors which states that sixth formers must pay to go everyday. In a time of recession many parents cannot afford on their school buses. This fee amounts to £150 a term for this amount and even those with children who have part the first two school terms and £100 for the last term, time jobs who could help to put money towards it, may therefore amounting to £400 a year or £800 for the two struggle to pay the amount required. More and more people years of sixth form. Just to go five miles down the road are losing their jobs or having to take pay cuts and many where a bus is going anyway I would have to pay around are struggling just to put food on the table, so how on earth £10 a week to get to school, the plans are simply are they going to afford £400 a year just so that their child outrageous. can get to school? However I must just point out at this moment, that those who cannot pay the full amount can Since starting at The Cotswold School in 2003 I have pay a subsidised sum from the County council of £370 a travelled on a school bus everyday, however this year I year or £140 a term. A massive saving of £10 a term! have not been able to do so because of the new rules set Thanks Shire Hall, that really helps to soften the blow. down by Gloucestershire County Council. I have been relying on public transport – which adds an extra two hours There is just one thing though that really gets me about this to my day – or the kindness of parents or other students whole situation. All sixth form students myself included who can give me lifts and I know many other students are could be just other 16-24 unemployed statistics in this doing the same. Some pupils in the sixth form are arriving county, but instead we have decided that we want to make late to school, and therefore lessons, because they have no something of ourselves, get good qualifications and good option but to use public transport and others are having to jobs so that we can give back to society. Now though we’re bother their parents everyday for lifts, it therefore not only penalised for it and it angers me. It’s so unjust to tax us in disrupts a students day but a parents one as well. this way when we don’t deserve it and unless something is Furthermore it adds unnecessary stress to students and done about this situation more and more students are parents alike who are wondering how their children are going to decide that higher education is not for them and going to get to school everyday and the detrimental affect will try and go out into the workplace thus decreasing the this could have on their education. amount of students in all of our local sixth forms – not just The Cotswold School. Take me as a case study. Living in Stow I am only five miles away from my school, yet I would have to pay the same Personally I believe that the only way this issue will be amount of money for a bus pass as someone living in resolved is if the cost of the bus passes is severely Andoversford, 15 miles away. Both of my parents have full subsided to around £60 a term or even better got rid of all time jobs in opposite directions to my school and so together. On most buses there is enough space for all the therefore cannot take me. Moreover as a family we do not sixth formers who want and need to get to school and have a spare £150 lying around which could pay for a bus receive that all important education, and unless the county pass and I do not get EMA (educational maintenance council do something and do something soon this issue will allowance; which is a government funded scheme offering carry on ballooning. One thing’s for sure; we’re not going to up to £30 a week for students who have a parent/or parents go away quietly. We have a right to education and therefore that earn under £30,000 a year) which could help me to pay a case to travel on the school buses for free. A case which for the pass. In short I’m stuck in a predicament which has will strongly and passionately fight for. been caused because the county council have made By Alana Powell spending cuts. If you support the plight of sixth formers from any higher One of my schoolteachers called this move a rural tax and I education school or could help us in anyway by making this happen to agree. Students who live and go to school in a more a public issue then please feel free contact me on: Cheltenham will not have to pay for a bus pass because [email protected] they are in walking distances to their schools. What’s more this move by the county council has put a greater pressure on students to learn to drive. In the current world with

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14 15 RE: STOW TOWN COUNCIL MEETING - BEECHCROFT NOTES FROM STOW TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Below is a summary of the main points discussed on the latest - NO MEETING in AUGUST. Beechcroft development amendment in Well Lane and now MINUTES OF ALL COUNCIL & COMMITTEE MEETINGS notified by Cllr Moyra McGhie in an Eml to our District Cllrs to ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNCIL OFFICES take forward with CDC.

Present: 8 Cllrs; Ward Cllr M.Phillips, 3 members of Press; 6 Public. “We are all aware of the controversy surrounding Beechcroft’s White Hart Lane: George Arkle has indicated that STC will receive a initial application and problems surrounding strict adherence to solicitor’s letter guaranteeing an increased width for 20-30 yrs to allow access for disabled carriages. A resident has applied to CDC via the permitted plans, so the points raised relate specifically to the Solicitors for the lane to become a Right of Way (i.e. open 24 hrs, most recent 'amendment' received by STC. This concern's pathway width of 4.6 m, a 999 year lease). The YHA have been given Beechcroft's amendment to install a pavement in front of the the gate code and are maintaining their rights to use the pathway at roadside (Well Lane) boundary wall, ostensibly to improve the any time. sight line of vehicles joining Well Lane. This requires GCC Traffic and Parking: STC have accepted a GCC proposal for parking Highways Authority permission since it is:- restrictions in Union Street to enable emergency vehicles access/egress. CDC have listed 22 sites for new signage to enforce a) On Highway Land, so Highways have to build it. parking restrictions around the town. The Committee suggested 1 b) Removes existing public parking spaces. sign at each entrance to the Town advising overall parking c) Reduces the existing width of this section of road. restrictions. Next Mtg 24/09. d) Requires double yellow lines on the opposite side of the road Well Lane development. Beechcroft have requested permission to to the new pavement, further reducing the number of parking ‘extend the pavement’ into Well Lane (1.6 metres) restricting the spaces. road width to 4.8 m. Highways advise that double yellow lines must be put on the other side of the road to enable traffic to pass through, reducing the number of parking spaces. As CDC has granted Technically, Beechcroft have already provided "insufficient planning permission on this as an amendment to the original plans no parking places" on this site, and it seems unreasonable to expect Appeal procedure applies. Querying the process adopted, STC will local residents to willingly accept this latest amendment being express Council’s concerns over various planning procedures and passed seemingly 'on the nod'. The additional loss of highway enquire about Council ‘calling in’ the changes for review. (This is parking spaces lies squarely at the developer's door. THE WALL IS usually done prior to the decisions being made.)(see panel on right) CDC: Cllr Merryl Phillips - the Beechcroft development had not TOO HIGH. As this is their slip up, we feel they should accept provided 2 Affordable Homes as expected. Public Toilets – update responsibility for improving the sight line. To avoid further meeting 24/09. Rubbish Collection day – may change from next antagonising local residents, plus the cost implications to Council February. Tax payers, we ask our District Cllrs to take this matter further, Future of the VIC: A grant application to SWRDA was unexpectedly asking Beechcroft to improve their sight line by reducing the judged to be outside their guidelines. A formal complaint has been height of their wall, and enacting whatever further measures that made with a request that the application to be re-assessed. Meanwhile Sue and Walter Hasler may soon be in a position to re- may be required to keep the entrance to the site clear. open their present property to house an Information outlet. Finance: Next year’s budget will be presented to Council next month. At first glance this latest 'amendment' seems a relatively simple Planning: Permitted - Star Inn House; 10 Maugesbury Park, new matter, but it exemplifies areas of growing concern regarding so- driveway; Objection - Well Lane /Well House, retrospective called 'amendments' linked to retrospective permissions…. planning. No objection - Chapel Street; 29 The Park, extension; 1 & a) A number of significant amendments passed 'retro-spectively' 2 Chapel Street, erection of single dwelling and garage. Next Mtg 23/09. as a 'fait accompli'. In effect they amount to new planning Parks: The vandalism at KGF is being sorted thanks to help from the applications since, in planning terms, they constitute a press. STC have objected to a formal r equest for the cricket field considerable impact on residents and the surrounding area, and to be designated as a village green, as this would restrict the go beyond minor 'tweaks'. This is unjust, since it affords no town’s occasion use of the field. Next Mtg 14/09. recourse for local residents. Burial Board: Problems concerning the Baddeley memorial are b) Paperwork for this 'amendment' was forwarded to STC weeks resolved. Stow Youth Centre: 3 new assistant youth workers are providing an after CDC's date of receipt stamp, leaving our planning extra 12-15 hours of cover and it is hoped to extend Outreach to committee, and local residents, unable to properly assess the other areas. SYC will have a Tombola stall at the Stow Festival. ramifications. The laxity in the system is compromising STC's duty Stow Fair: At the Silver Group Mtg it was felt that May’s Fair went to serve the interests of local residents. In this event, the very well, with no reports/ incidents registered with the Police. Committee could do no more than submit belated concerns. (Local shops will be requested to report any minor problems in c) The perceived 'closed' nature of 'cabinet' decision making is future). The Police felt that there were no traffic issues forthcoming causing growing concern. from the event. AOB: The Christmas lights will be illuminated during The Cotswold d) As developers are well aware of LA Planning Depts' inadequate Festival. Toilets - Local businesses are still being asked by the public resources to oversee developments on an ongoing basis, some for use of their conveniences. Parking - Businesses remind STC of seek advantage by submitting a flow of additional 'amendments' their request for parking for day-workers. to overstretched officers. We trust the OS Committee will look NEW CLERK - After a thorough interview process Carolyn Mackey has into this during the course of their consultation. been appointed (from 1st October 2009), with Linda Burke as d) The requirement for developers to adhere to building deputy. NEXT MEETING: regulations/planning permission conditions is now mainly handled 8th October in The Masonic Hall, Church Street, Stow by private sector management – it begs the question as to the starting at 7pm. extent CDC are able to monitor the probity of this sector. Moyra McGhie, Town Cllr.

16 STOW TOWN COUNCIL STOW TOWN NEXT MEETINGS COUNCIL Thursday 8th October 7pm October Notes on the Council Meeting Monday 5 October Residents are welcome to attend Clapton on the Hill (0945-1015) Little Rissington meetings. Questions* from the public relating for September (1030-1115), Great Rissington (1130-1200), Upper to a proposal in discussion by Rissington (1300-1400) Westcote (1415-1515),Wyck Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting Abbreviated notes from the Meeting Rissington (1530-1600). on that proposal. General questions are taken from Linda Burke, Assistant Clerk, Tuesday 6 October at the end of the meeting. Temple Guiting (0930-1000), Guiting Power (1015- are included on p.16. 1115) Naunton (1130-1215), Lower Slaughter * A max of 3 minutes allowed. (1315-1345),Upper Slaughter (1400-1500) Cutsdean (1515-1600) Town Councillors are available before & Full Minutes of meetings, associated after the meeting. District & County Cllrs, Thursday 8 October committee meetings and Condicote (0915-0945, Longborough (1000-1030), representatives of Stow Police and local Press Bourton on the Hill (1045-1115), regularly attend. correspondence are available in the Todenham (1130-1215), Paxford (1315- Stow Town Council Office situated in 1345),Draycott (1400-1430), Blockley (1445-1545). George Alley off The Square. There Wednesday 14 October Bledington (0930-1030), Icomb (1045-1115), C.D.C Committees is a letterbox in the main door. Oddington (1130-1200), Adlestrop (1300-1345), Evenlode (1400-1445), October The Council office is open Tuesdays, Broadwell (1500-1530), Wednesdays & Thursdays 10am- Donnington (1545-1615). Members of the public are encouraged to attend 1pm (subject to meetings) meetings of the Council and Committees. If you Please see local Notice Boards for full details. live in the District and are on the Electoral Register you can take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. Information about your Councillors and committee members are on the website www.cotswold.gov.uk October Thu 1 October Appeals If Required – With thanks to The FT Weekend Magazine. (Subject to business) The Manifesto Club fights encroaching state regulations with protest picnics against alcohol bans, a children’s sports day to highlight the vetting of adults who come into contact with children, club Wed 7 October Planning (Regulatory) night debates and discussion salons. It has also published a book of photographs of unnecessary, Mon 12 October Licensing absurd and patronising safety warnings in public space. Titled ‘Attention Please’, the collection Thu 15 October Cabinet contains submissions from all over the world – signs on benches ‘Caution – seats may be wet’; Wed 28 October Planning (Regulatory) patches of mud with cones around them; citizens naming and shaming signs.

Meetings generally start at 10am. “At present, it seems there is never a good reason for officials to not put up a safety sign. We are Planning meetings held at Moreton Office start at calling for a reversal of the burden of proof; it is the person unrolling the safety tape who should 9.30am. have to prove why a particular sign is necessary or helpful. If it isn’t, it shouldn’t be in public.” Questions must be received by the Head of The Manifesto Club campaigns, writes, petitions and argues for freedom in everyday life. Democratic Services – For more information www.manifestoclub.com Contact them at By email no later than 5pm on the prior [email protected] working day [email protected] By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 1PX Tel: 01285 623204/ 201 Urgent Message from SMAG ahead of the next Gypsy Fair which takes place on Thursday 22nd October 2009.

SMAG (Stow and Maugersbury Action Group) is made up of elected Councillors and other The National Blood Service - August elected persons and is there to represent your interests and to bring about improvements in the control of these twice yearly events. Chipping Norton Town Hall – 7th October (5 Days) We have an extremely good dialogue with the Police who are very keen to bring about improvements that they can influence .One main aspect of this is in dealing with reported crime. Full details on The National Blood Service There is, it seems, a reluctance by us to report some crimes or other misdemeanours, alleged www.blood.co.uk or otherwise. So we urge you, very strongly, to report anything untoward to the Police so that they can investigate and follow up if appropriate. CORGI On 1st April 2009, the CORGI Gas registration Otherwise, if we remain silent and report nothing, then the Police will quite rightly not take any scheme was replaced by the action, and assume that everything in the garden is OK. Gas Safe Register™. So please speak up !! Check for this logo on all documentation including the This the number of the Stow Fair Action Team (SFAT) 07710 963622 service engineer’s The number is operational during the Fair and between 7 am and midnight daily. Identification.

Road Closures INFORMATION Tel. 01452 425000 Stow Horse Fair Thursday 22nd October 3/131 Evenlode Road – 19th October to 6th November – Carriage Widening Additional parking has been arranged in King Georges Field and in Stow Cricket Field as previously.

17 Westcote Methodist Chapel St EDWARDS CHURCH Sunday Worship @11am Stow-on-the-Wold October 4th OCTOBER Mary Newman (St Mary's will join us) October 11th Steve Hutchinson from Scripture Union. Thursday 1st 10am Parish Prayers Family, Harvest Thanksgiving with lunch afterwards Sunday 4th 8am Holy Communion October 18th (TRINITY 17) 11am Sung Eucharist David Broomfiled, Holy Communion. 6pm Evensong with Youth Singers Chidren's Sunday Club October 25th Tuesday 6th 10am Holy Communion James Skinner, Chapel Anniversary. Children's Sunday Club Thursday 8th 10am Parish Prayers

Thursday Fellowship 7.30pm in Chapel Sunday 11th 8am Holy Communion (TRINITY 18) 11am Matins DONATIONS WELCOME 6pm Choral Evensong

FOR THE CHARITIES WE SUPPORT. Tuesday 13th 10am Holy Communion Details from Tony Gibson 01993 830699 Thursday 15th 10am Parish Prayers

Sunday 18th 8am Holy Communion (TRINITY 19) 11am Sung Eucharist The Catholic Church 6pm Evensong Mass Times for October Tuesday 20th 10am Holy Communion Our Lady, Help of Christians Thursday 22nd 10am Parish Prayers

Station Road, Bourton-on-the-Water Sunday 25th 8am Holy Communion (TRINITY 20) 11am Matins Sunday Mass: 8.30 a.m. 6pm Evensong Our Lady & St Kenelm Tuesday 27th 10am Holy Communion Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold Thursday 29th 10am Parish Prayers Sunday Masses: 10.00 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. For times of Confessions, or other information, please telephone 01451-830431 Stow-on-the-Wold STOW-ON-THE-WOLD Methodist Church BAPTIST BURFORD TERCENTENARY SUNDAY SERVICES 10.30am Quaker Meeting House 1710 – 2009 All welcome CHURCH In the Community OCTOBER for the Community Sunday 2nd [email protected] Rev Alan Swann Prayer & Praise Service OCTOBER 300th Anniversary Celebration Sunday 4th SPEAKERS of Burford Quaker Meeting House, Mrs Ada Cooper 4th Ian Mair Pytts Lane, Burford, Oxon. 0X18 4SJ. (Harvest Festival) This year Burford Quakers (Society of Friends) are celebrating the 11th John Appleton three hundredth anniversary of their Meeting House, a simple and Sunday 11th beautiful building that has remained largely unchanged since the first 18th Iain Mair stone was laid in 1709. To mark the anniversary, Burford Friends Rev Peter Vande Kasteele have organised a series of events and they would like to welcome 25th Andy Richmond members of the public to the following: Sunday 18th UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST Mr Tim Royle An exhibition of Quaker memorabilia at Tolsey Museum, Burford High Street. Sunday 25th Weekdays – 2pm to 5pm Sat & Sun – 11am to 5pm OPEN DOORS Free Admission. Rev Chris Clewlow FOR ALL Join us on any Thursday, Sunday Meeting for Worship NO FELLOWSHIPMEETINGS 1-.30 – 12 noon in Burford Meeting House THIS MONTH 11am to12pm. All are welcome. Stow Baptist Community Hall Through their work, Quakers have touched the lives of many people. If you would like to know more about the history of Burford For information contact Companionship, Meeting House and the Society of Friends, visit our website at Jackie Palmer www.burford-quakers.org.uk 01451 822285 conversation, and coffee. To talk to someone about Burford Meeting House, in the Graham Simms first instance contact Vi Welbourn, phone 01608 810854 or email [email protected] 01451 822545

18 The newly refurbished STOW YOUTH CLUB is available for hire. Facilities include: Two large rooms (will accommodate 50 – 60 people) • Modern kitchen • Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector and screen RURAL CINEMAS • pool table • table football, • Nintendo Wii • Disabled access and toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users. The club building is next to the Police Station on the THE PLAYHOUSE, ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY Fosse Way and accessed easily from the square. Thursday 22nd October For more details contact: Dilys Neill: [email protected]. Tel 01451 830656 Sarah-Jane Rich: [email protected] Tel 01451 830654 THE BOAT THAT ROCKED Doors/Bar open at 7:00pm - 7:45pm film I Tickets £3.00 booked / £3.50 on the door. Advance tickets/queries 01386 701033 LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village green. Recently OLD SCHOOL VILLAGE HALL, BOURTON ON THE HILL refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, tables & chairs, Check Locally disabled facilities, seats up to 70. Competitive rates (inc heating) Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 including choc ice vary with use. Advance tickets/queries 01386 701901 Tel: 01451 830578 Eml [email protected] VILLAGE HALL, BROADWELL LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, BELL BANK BLOCKLEY Friday 16th October Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions,meetings, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD classes, conferences family parties, weddings, etc. suitable for 35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking Tel: 01386 700 880 Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 including refreshments Advance tickets/queries 01451 831153

CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL VILLAGE HALL, CHURCHILL The perfect setting for that special occasion” Saturday 17th October Recently built in Cotswold stone. Large car park, well equipped REVOLUTIONARY ROAD kitchen, on the outskirts of the village. Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £4.00 Tel: 01451 870385 Come & see what we have to offer! Advance tickets/queries 01608 659067 [email protected] WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL SCREEN ON THE GREEN, VILLAGE HALL, ILMINGTON Recently refurbished Friday 30th October A perfect Venue for Family Occasions STATE OF PLAY Beautiful rural location onto village green and pond. Seats 40 / dinner Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 for 20. Disabled access & loos. Fully equipped kitchen inc dishwasher. Advance tickets from the Red Lion & Village Stores Enquiries Call Liz Wright 01451 820232 VILLAGE HALL, LITTLE COMPTON Tuesday 20th October DON’T MISS ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL THE BOAT THAT ROCKED But we don’t just have new signs! We have re-decorated, insulated the building, installed double glazing and new lighting, bought comfy new chairs, new curtains Film 8.00pm | TICKETS £4.00 including tea/coffee and blinds and resurfaced the floors. And our rates are STILL very competitive. Oh, Advance tickets/queries 01608 684223 and it still seats 100, has a full kitchen and toilets, a stage and car parking. To hire or find out more phone Anne on 01451 830817 VILLAGE HALL, LITTLE WOLFORD GET YOUR DATE IN OUR CALENDAR Thursday 15th October REVOLUTIONARY ROAD ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50 Fully Licensed Village Hall available for hire. Advance tickets/queries 01608 684223 or 01608 674200 Seating capacity – 160 A fine village hall, recently refurbished and in good VILLAGE HALL, LOWER ODDINGTON decorative order. Large well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets. Gas central heating. *Suitable for wedding receptions etc. Tueday 20th October Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528 REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Film 7.30pm | TICKETS (see below) Advance tickets/queries 01451 830817 or 830403 EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL adjacent to Green in quiet village ST. DAVIDS CENTRE, MORETON IN MARSH Saturday 17th October AVAILABLE FOR HIRE at reasonable rates REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Ideal for pilates/yoga classes, children’s clubs and parties, receptions, Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 presentations and family events. Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern Advance tickets/queries 01608 812338 or 652666 kitchen & loos; disabled access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery available. Please call Bill Hill on (01608) 650898 VILLAGE HALL, WYCK RISSINGTON LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE Friday 30th October REVOLUTIONARY ROAD VILLAGE HALL FOR HIRE Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50 Main Hall & Annexe (Snooker Room) available separately/together. Good Advance tickets/queries 01451 820232 decorative order. Pull down screen, extendable stage, table tennis. The May film will be the last at Wyck Rissington until September External Hire – tables/chairs/crockery/cutlery/short-mat bowls woods & 30' carpet. Discounts for L & S Clubs. The Boat That Rocked FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT 01451 830218 01451 830218 Based on the Radio Caroline story, with a pirate radio station set up on a North Sea Some great British talent, including Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Rhys Ifans. ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL ‘Yes, I remember Adlestrop...’ State of Play Russell Crowe & Helen Mirren. A blistering thriller about a rising congressman and • Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special an investigative journalist embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal functions, classes or any event – only £6 an hour. murders. • Discounted fees for long term bookings. • Just redecorated it has a small stage, kitchen facilities, disabled toilet and Revolutionary Road disabled access. Kate Winslet & Leonardo diCaprio star as a young couple living in a Connecticut • Excellent parking. suburb during the mid-1950s. Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further information.

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Church Rooms, Stow Thursday 8th October • 7.00pm ‘Line Dancing’ COME TO ODDINGTON’S Demonstration by Mrs Norma Marfell & friends Raffle All welcome Betty Phelps - 01451 820556 Eve Knight - 01451 831189

Kate’s PALLIATIVE OCTOBER 24th NURSING Home CARE ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL Nursing AT HOME 11 AM – 2PM

Cakes, crumbles, preserves, jams, chutneys & Fashion, Hair & much more! Coffee & Biscuits from 11 – 12 noon Beauty Show 2 course lunch served from 12 – 2 pm Thursday 20th October - 7.30pm St Edwards Hall, Stow on the Wold Tickets for lunch - £10 Kate’s Home Nursing are delighted to be from Margaret Lewis on 01451 831917 co-hosting a Fashion, Hair and Beauty Show with two businesses in Stow-on-the-Wold - Book early - only 50 lunch places available!

The Square, for Ladies Clothing &Accessories

Spirit Organic Hairdressing , who specialise in pioneering Organic Hair and Beauty care products, are staging an exciting display of autumnal fashions and hairstyles.

The evening will begin with drinks and canapés. The fashion show will follow and then guests will be given the opportunity to chat with the hosts Tabitha James- Kraan and Boni Webb, whose shop will also be open during the evening.

Tickets are £20 each and can be purchased from Spirit Organics and The Square or by visiting www.kateshomenursing.org

The event promises to be an innovative and inspirational night out. Kate’s is a registered charity funded mainly through donations and our active fund raising. As there is no charge to the patient or their families for the nursing care we provide, we are reliant on the local communities for their support. Further information is available on our website or please contact Nicky Healy on 01451 820288. Registered Charity No. 1059680 Stow Surgery, Well Lane, Stow-on-the-Wold, GL54 1EQ Coming to: THE REDESDALE HALL, MORETON IN MARSH Saturday October 7th at 7pm. Tickets can be booked by telephone: 01608-650825, or from Jacana or the Cotswold Bookshop in Moreton High Street

20 THE COTSWOLD CHORAL SOCIETY Valuation Day present with Bonhams a Concert for Remembrance Friday 6th Nov featuring Elgar's Spirit of England , Bledington Village Hall with other music and poems 10am - 3pm St David's Church, Moreton in Marsh General valuations with Simon Davies; Saturday 31st October at 7.30 pm. music items with Philip Scott of TICKETS IN ADVANCE £6 the Music Dept in London. at the COTSWOLD BOOKSTORE, MORETON, All in aid of publicity costs for Bledington Music Festival 2010 or CCS ON 1451 870494. TICKETS ON THE NIGHT £7. Developing the appreciation of music through participation in and performance of public concerts and recitals. Concert CAMPDEN AND DISTRICT MUSIC SOCIETY proceeds to the "Linc" charity, costs and the Society's A concert given by the charitable objectives. eNGLiSH StRiNG oRCHeStRA tuesday 13th october at 8pm ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Stow-on-the-Wold Chipping Campden School Hall, Cider Mill Lane, Chipping Campden POPPY LAUNCH An inspiring international programme, including Mozart - Divertimento in F K137, Bach - Concerto for two violins, Grieg - Holberg Suite, Sven Saturday 24th October Fridolfson - Forbantan, Barber - Adagio, Warlock - Capriol Suite and Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances. - 10.30am SPITFIRE REPLICA (full size) A subscription concert series. Members also have WWII Vehicles opportunities to join group visits to ballet, operas Army Cadet Force (1st Rifles) and concerts at different venues. Annual membership Royal British Legion Standards subscription £45 for five concerts, due now. Royal British Legion Riders Branch Campden music Society, c/o treasurer, Saxfeld, OPENING CEREMONY at 10.30am Hoo Lane, Chipping Campden, GL55 6AZ or Attended by local Primary Schools phone 01386 841520. & Mr Patrick Macenzie, http://www.campdenmusic.org.uk Branch Poppy Co-Ordinator They gave up their ALL for us WESTCOTE VILLAGE HALL Give up an hour - Sell poppies! VINTAGE FILM SHOW presented by South West Film & Television Archive Fascinating footage from the 50's, 60's & 70's including items on Stow-on-the-Wold, Bledington, Kingham, Chadlington, Adlestrop and Burford WEDNESDAY 28TH OCTOBER at 7.30pm For further information & tickets, please ring 01993 831196 / 07834 493 637

21 October 2009 Full Information available at Stow & Moreton Visitor Information Centres

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS (Oct) 4-11 Selling Exhibition of British Pottery by A D Antiques Chipping Campden Court Barn Museum, Church St, Chipping Campden, GL55 6JE Tue to Sat: 11am to 4pm. Sun: 11-30 to 4pm. Closed Mon. http://www.courtbarn.org.uk 01386 841951 10-11 Art Exhibition at Lower Slaughter Village Hall. Final year students from Banbury College of Art. Saturday: 10am to 5pm. Sunday 10am to 4pm 30 -8 Nov ‘Made In Campden’ Furniture by Jeremy Green Chipping Campden Court Barn Museum, Church St, Chipping Campden, OCTOBER EVENT GL55 6JE Tue to Sat: 11am to 4pm. Sun: 11-30 to 4pm. Closed Mon. http://www.courtbarn.org.uk 01386 841951 Walk the Golden Mile at Batsford Arboretum. See the best of the autumn colour. Open daily from 9am. Last entry 4-45pm. Gates locked 6pm. REGULAR EVENTS 01386 701441 MON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30- 7pm Children and 7-9pm Adults 15 A History of Repairs and Conservation Works to Gloucester Cathedral Great Rissington Club, Great Rissington. 8pm. Tickets £2 01451 820395 MON CHILDRENS DANCE CLASS Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp, 16 Tea Dance at Royal British Legion Hall , Bourton on the Water Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057 2pm to 4pm. Tickets £2.75 to include tea/coffee. 01451 822639 MON YOGA Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 01386438537 16 National Apple Day at Daylesford Organic Farmshop. TUES COTSWOLD AONB WALKS www.cotsaorb.org.uk 01451 862000 9am to 5-30pm Free admission. 01608 731700 1st WEDS Free Martial Arts Lessons, Chipping Norton Leisure Centre. Separate adult & childrens’ classes – www.tkdschools.co.uk 07977 560086 17 ‘One on One’ A talk by Diana Evans on the Four Seasons glass panels by Charles Blakeman. Court Barn Museum, Chipping Campden – WEDS WEDS WALK Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 860366 Limited seating. 11-30am (Talk will last approx. 30 mins) Normal museum charges apply. 01386 841951 WEDS CHIPPING CAMPDEN BRIDGE CLUB 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members 17 & 18 Apple Days at Snowshill Manor. Celebrate all things apple related welcome. Partners not necessary 01608 664456 Normal admission charges apply. Children’s Apple trail: £1 11am to 5-30pm 01386 852410 WEDS STEAK NIGHT at the Plough Inn, Stetton on Fosse. 6-9pm. Ring Matt 01608 661053 17 & 18 Cherwell Valley Craft Fair – Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water. 10am to 5pm. 01295 264723 1st THUR Free Martial Arts Lesson s, Stow Primary School Separate adult & childrens classes 07977 560086 ww.tkdschools.co.uk 20 Seasonal Snippets at Hidcote Manor Garden. Booking not required. Normal charges apply. 2pm to 5pm 01386 438333 THURS LINE DANCING at Ch.Campden Town Hall 2.30-4pm 01386 438537 Starts again 1st wk in September 24 Poppy Appeal Launch by well known personality. Display tents, full size Spitfire, vintage military vehicles. Town Square, Stow on the Wold. THURS QUIZ NIGHT at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688 10am to 3pm 01451 832360 THURS BELLY DANCING New beginners class. 11- 12.30 The Church 27-31 Halloween Trail at Snowshill Manor. Explore gardens and find & FRI Room, Chipping Campden. Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, hidden facts. Normal admission charges apply. Trail: £1 shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 11am to 5-30pm. 01386 852410 FRI DANCE FUSION Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. 28 Weird & Wonderful tour of Snowshill. Get up close to Snowshill & MON All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) Manor’s extraordinary exhibits. Adults: £8 Children: £4 10-30am to 12noon. Booking essential. 01386 852410 FRI ACTIVE & ABLE Fitness & Falls classes for older people at Stow to Church Rooms, Stow 01285 623450 29 Gods & Planets Astral Mobile - Myths and legends behind the constellations. Create your own night sky mobile. 2pm to 3pm Moreton DIARY (Oct) Library – Booking Essential 01608 650780 31 & Sale of china, glass & preserves at Lower Slaughter Village Hall 3-4 Craft in Action – Redesdale Hall, Moreton in Marsh. 1 Nov Refreshments etc. Sat: 10am to 4pm. Sun: 12noon to 4pm. Crafts for sale plus craft demonstrations. Refreshments served. 10am to 4-30pm. 01684 274853 31 Pumpkin Trail at Hidcote Manor. Children coming in Halloween costume are admitted free! Normal charges apply. 10am to 3pm 3-4 Macmillan Craft Fair at Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water 01386 438333 All funds raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Relief. 10am to 5pm 01793 770148 31 Halloween at Daylesford Organic Farmshop. Pumpkin carving and face painting for children. Free. 11am to 2-30pm. 10 Day Trip to Chester with Pulham’s Coaches. Booking Essential 01608 731700 Adults: £17 Children: £16. Pick up - Northleach 7.20am. Bourton on the Water 7.30am; Moreton in Marsh 8.00am. 01451 820369 31 Chastelton House – The Turbulent Years Find out about the connection between Robert Catesby and the 12 Medieval Pilgrimage in Glos & Oxon. Lecture by Tim Porter on what Gunpowder Plot, The English Civil War and the Jacobite Plots. it was like to be a pilgrim. Wyck Rissington Village Hall Admission £12 to include light refreshments. 10am to 12 noon 2pm to 4pm. Tickets £6.50 01451 820232 Booking essential. 01608 674981 14th 'Iznik ceramicware: joyous designs of the Ottoman court'. Talk by 31 Concert For Remembrance at St David’s Church, Moreton in Marsh Ian Gibson. Cotswold Decorative & Fine Arts Society. 2pm. Bradwell V Hall. Featuring Elgar’s Spirit of England. 7-30pm. Non-members welcome. 01869 345332 Tickets £6 available at Cotswold Bookstore or £7 on the door Doors open 7pm 01451 831498

22 Events in Blockley Village Hall October/November

Blockley Amateur Dramatic Company are holding an Open Evening on Monday 5 October, at 7:30pm in Little Village Hall. Drop in for some wine & nibbles - hear about all the many past productions and plans for the future. If you can (or aspire to) direct, act, sing, dance, play an instrument, create costumes or scenery, help with lighting or sound or other backstage stuff, do go along to find out more. Or just have a drink and chat with Company members.

On Monday 2 November, we again welcome the Loft Theatre Company from Leamington, with another Bill Wilkinson production. This time, it will be "The Weir" by Conor McPherson.

On a windy night in early spring, in a small pub on Ireland’s west coast, a pair of regulars take their evening pint and start swapping spooky stories to impress an attractive young woman, Valerie, recently arrived from Dublin. The simple visit to the local pub turns out to be an evening of funny and spell-binding stories, until the final tale, told by Valerie herself, takes a strange and unexpected twist....

The action for this production will take place in the body of the hall - so audience capacity will be notably reduced. If you want to be sure of your seat, book early! Tickets will be on sale early in October - or call 01386 700647 or 593386. From the Cotswolds Tree Wardens Does your Village have a Saturday 14 November is the date for the 2009 CHAMPION TREE Blockley Community Choirs Concert with YOUR chance to participate in perhaps the most The competition is open until November 21, and will popular choral work of all time: Handel's 'Messiah'. award prizes in categories such as most characterful The first half of the concert will feature performances by ancient tree, most colourful tree, most oddly shaped the various established Blockley choirs and groups. tree and most wildlife-hospitable tree. The second half will be devoted to the best-known parts of the Messiah. Details in your local Council office, on the BBC news website under Gloucestrshire, and on the Cotswold Life website. And if you've ever wanted to join in

COTSWOLD TREE PROJECT with a choir singing the 'Messiah', this TO FIND CHAMPION TREES is your chance! All existing and aspiring choristers welcome.

Rehearsals (under musical director Richard Stephens) started on Thursday 17 September, in Little Village Hall at 8:15pm. In addition to the Thursday evening rehearsals, Resources for the Family Historian there will also be 4 Sunday afternoon rehearsals in St Tutor; Julie Parker George's Hall.

Wednesdays 7th Oct to 11th November, 2 to 3.30pm IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, CALL GARETH LEWIS at the Library, St Edwards Hall, Stow. ON 01386 700789 - OR JUST COME TO ONE OF THE REHEARSALS. Cost £36 (free to applicants on some benefits) To book phone WEA Exeter 0845 4582758 TICKETS FOR THE COMMUNITY CHOIRS CONCERT Course information available from the tutor WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM Tel: 01285 4582758. BLOCKLEY VILLAGE SHOP IN OCTOBER.

23 North Cotswold Local Walks with Ramblers Group the Cotswolds Voluntary Wardens Roman Ways at Condicote Local Walks – OCTOBER Sunday 4 October. Moderate. Distance: 9 miles Long views across high wolds, estate land and villages, following the unmistakable line of a Roman Road - Ryknild Street. From Condicote village green, through woodland to A Way with Words – Shakespeare meets the Cotswolds Upper Slaughter and past Eyford Park. Contact Nicky 07905 287685 Sunday 4th October – moderate. 6hrs. 10.5 miles Start place: Condicote Village Start time: 9:45am From Chipping Campden to Mickleton via Ebrington, return over Dover’s Hill. Pun lunch available. Start at Chipping Campden Market Hall, 10am Blockley Sunday 4 October. Distance: 5 miles Climb to Batsford; rise and descend to Blockley. Fairly hilly and a steep descent. Walks on the Wild Side – “Far from the madding crowd” Contact name: Terri & Paul 01684 295215 Sunday 11th October – moderate. 3 hrs. 6 miles Start place: Park on the B4479 below the church in Blockley Start time: 10am Skimming past the villages of Childswickham , Laverton and Buckland, Kingham & Daylesford returning to Broadway. Start at Broadway War Memorial 10am. Sunday 18 October. Moderate. 14 miles. . Longer description: Lyneham, Kingham and Daylesford. Possibly no pub, so please A Real Gem bring a packed lunch. Sorry, no dogs allowed. Tuesday 13th October – moderate. 2.5hrs. 5 miles. Contact phone: 01865 372763 Start place: Churchill, the church 9am. From Icomb to Wyck Rissington on The Diamond Way, returning on The Please park considerately in the village Oxfordshire Way. Start from Icomb Parish Church Gates Farmland and parkland in the Chipping Norton area (please park with care) 10am Wednesday 21 October - Moderate. 5 miles/ 7km Farmland and parkland in the Chipping Norton area. Pub stop at the end. Contact Two Rivers & Two Valley phone: 01865 864088 Start: Chipping Norton main car park. 10:15am Wednesdfay 14th October– moderate. 6hrs. 9 miles. Along the River Windrush Valley to Naunton for lunch, returning through the General Note wooded valley of the River Eye. Pub lunch available. Most walks listed here are intended primarily for Ramblers' Association members. Start Lower Slaughter, St Mary’s Church 10am. (please park with care) Non-members are welcome to join us as guests on two or three walks, though if you walk with a group regularly you will be expected to join the Ramblers A Pair of Cockerells – history, views & autumn colour Saturday 17th Octiber – moderate.5 hrs. 8.5 miles. Passing Bourton Downs, Hinchwick Manor, Longborough & Sezincote. Please bring a packed lunch. Start Bourton on the Hill, (please park with care).

Royalty & Politician Wednesday 21st October – easy. 2.25 hrs. 4 miles. A short gentle walk from Chedworth Villa through Chedworth woods & village, back along The Monarch Way by the River Coln. Start Chedworth Roman Villa C/P, 10am.

Walking from Blockley No.1 Thursday 22nd October – moderate.5.5 hrs. 9 miles. A series of picturesque walks around Blockley. Snowshill via Upton Wood and Seven Wells, returning via Snowshill, Bourton Downs and along The Diamond Way. Pub lunch available. Start Blockley Village Green bus shelter. 10am

Rolling Hills & The Rollrights Saturday 24th October – moderate. 4.5 hrs. 7.7 miles. A circular walk starting at Salford via the Rollright Stones and Little Rollright. Starting at Salford Village 10am.

The Voluntary Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds and are actively involved in conservation work and the restoration of historic features. Walks are free – donations help to fund our conservation and improvement projects. Full guided walks programme and information about joining the Voluntary Wardens see www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk the Cotswold Lion (available from Information Centres) or call the Cotswold Conservation Board on 01451 862000

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27 28 Your letters, emails & telephone messages We frequently receive letters from readers commenting on, or following-up issues which appeared in earlier editions. Occasionally we run short of space and are unable to include every letter. Email addressed to Stow Town Council, available to be FINDING FAMILIES read in the Correspondence file. By email: THE HORNE FAMILY Dear Sir/Madam Dear Sir I found your site on the internet and wondered whether your publication would be I live at Spring Gardens and have a 4 year old little girl a place where I could ask about my family in Moreton. My family is the Horne who has been very excited about the completion of the family who lived in the High Street of Moreton at The Steps. They ran a general play park. goods shop which at various times sold groceries, hardware, farm feeds, coal and even had a bottling machine for pop! As far as I know the shop was in business from the last part of the 19th century until at least the 1960s. I live at Spring Gardens and have a 4 year old little girl who has been very excited about the completion of the play park I am trying to find out anything that is known about them and wondered whether on the allotment near the Park. We have lived here a your readers could help. I have birth and death dates but really want to find out couple of years now and have always used the park even more about their lives in Moreton. when it was old and battered! Imagine her excitement All replies will be answered. when they started to install the new equipment. Yours faithfully, Libby Owen nee Horne. [email protected] We visited there on Wednesday, what a let down. No, not the equipment, congratulations for that, it was the By email: MILDRED CONSTANCE EARLE (NEE ARKELL) Dear Sir, state it was already in. I hate rubbish, can't understand It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Mildred Constance Earle people littering so was appalled to see rubbish strewn (Arkell) who passed away in her 94th year at Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia in everywhere, crisp packets, plastic bottles, even broken the arms of her elder son, Richard Anthony Earle on Tuesday 11th August, 2009. perspex glasses, which could be dangerous. I did notice there is not a bin, but to be honest I wonder if people Mildred was the elder sister of Claude and Edith Arkell of Donnington Brewery. like this would even use it. She leaves behind her two sons, Richard and wife Kate, Peter and wife Sheila, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all those This evening my parents took my little girl to the same that loved her. park, when they brought her home my mum was upset Kate Earle (daughter-in-law) as there were a handful of 15/ 16 year olds 'hanging out' at the park. Apparently one of them was on the ABBEYFIELD HOUSE : STOW ON THE WOLD News from Friends of Abbeyfield slide so my little girl could not get on and my mum and In spite of the difficulties with the weather we have managed a few activities over dad felt very uncomfortable because of the behaviour recent months and were delighted when Jason Allen of The Old Stocks Hotel in and swearing, as my mum said it was no place for a 4 Stow-on-the-Wold agreed to sponsor a coffee morning for us during “Abbeyfield year old to be. Week” in June.

I am really saddened that this has happened, whilst the In August we were able to invite fellow Abbeyfield residents from Bourton-on-the- Water to join us for a BBQ organised by our House Manager and members of her works were being carried out we visited a few times to family. It was a wonderful spread and, of course, the boys did all the cooking see how it was going, and now it has put me off of Earlier in the year we took part in a local Charity Fayre where our tombola stall using something on my door step. On the fence of the raised funds which are put towards entertainment and special events for our old park there was a sign stating 'Not for children over 8 residents and we have had some pleasant birthday parties as a result. years', perhaps this may help? I don't know if this can As ever, we are grateful to everyone who has given us sponsorship or donations to be nipped in the bud put I hope something can be done help with these events. before something serious happens. We do have one vacant room at the moment, with private facilities. For anyone who hasn’t yet encountered us – Abbeyfield House is in the centre of Stow, in I have recently visited the children's parks at Broadway Kings Arms Lane and provides sheltered supported housing for anyone over the and Ilmington, They are great and when I have been age of 55. Independent living is actively encouraged and meals, heating and there kids of all ages have enjoyed them. I hope this can lighting are included in the rent, as are all other domestic costs apart from personal telephones so if you or a relative feel that you may be interested please be the case with ours. I get really annoyed that people contact the House Manager on 01451 831493 for further details. say there is nothing in Stow-on-the-Wold and when they are given something they do not treat it with respect. As Friends of Abbeyfield we are always delighted to welcome new volunteers to I really don't know if anything can be done, I do hope so assist in supporting our residents and with fund raising to cover the cost of social and look forward to your response. events and extra activities. Do get in touch with me on 01451 822090 if you feel you would like to help; in the meantime our thanks to you all for your continued interest. Yours faithfully Annie Lambeth – Friends of Abbeyfield Sharon Joynes (Mrs) 29 Cont... Your letters, emails & telephone messages

Council correspondence is held on file and can be read at the Council’s office, Fosse Way (access in George Alley from The Square)

PUBLIC TOILETS in STOW SQUARE STOW & MAUGERSBURY ACTION GROUP (SMAG) forwarded to Earlier in the year Mike Corker, then Clerk to STC, was chasing CDC for Stow Times a copy of their reply to Cotswold Life following their article answers on a number of issues regarding plans for the block formerly used on Stow Fair, published in September. as the Ladies Toilets in The Square and the land at the back of that block, formerly the entrance to the Gents. Regrettably this now seems to be used Dear Sir, as an out of hours/ free urinal. On 28th April he advised Cllrs: As requested in the Article in your Magazine entitled ‘Raggle Taggle “It seems that we will have to wait for a conclusion on land & former toilet Gypsies’ I am writing on behalf of the Stow & Maugersbury Action use before we can find out to whom we should talk to try to get the Group (SMAG) to thank you for expressing views supported by the vast battered old fence replaced and improve the approach to the Youth Centre majority of local residents who suffer the bi-annual visits of Gypsies & our new office.” and Travellers for the ‘Gypsy Gatherings’. Cllrs have recently contacted our District Cllrs Merryl Phillips and David Penman: SMAG was set up in 2006 in an effort to persuade the Police and “This issue is becoming VERY outstanding. The alley leading to the Council Cotswold District Council to ensure the proper and effective Offices & Youth Centre, and also to Fosse way & the cricket field, is most management of the Gathering and to limit its period to one day as in un-hygenic. the past. It was only in October 1990 that the event was held on the Can you advise if any progress is being made, please? present Field in Maugersbury and caravans began to be parked for I wonder if it’s possible to pressure CDC into taking action before overnight accommodation. The problems which now accompany the someone snags the District Council for allowing the town to become a event began. In 1995 and, after a Public Inquiry, an Injunction health hazard? In 21st century England this shouldn’t happen - and it’s on prohibiting the overnight parking of caravans on the Field was granted Lynden Stowe's 'watch'! Ultimately the responsibility lies with him.” to the CDC. This has never been enforced. Nevertheless, SMAG has There has been no reply to date. continued to campaign for improvements in the management of the Gathering and with the support of the Police and the CDC the period of PARKING & SIGNAGE IN STOW the event is being reduced. GCC Highways advised STC that a recent survey of parking signs in Stow There is still some way to go and SMAG is grateful that, for a change, recommended an additional 22 signs around the town centre. John Kennell your magazine has expressed the views of the local populace.’ chair of Parking & Traffic Committee, responded with this eml on 11th. September. GATES at THE WHITE HART INN “In your mail of 23 July 2009, you asked Stow Town Council to consider Mr George Arkell advised STC Chair, Robin Jones, that his solicitor was in CDC's list of parking enforcement signs. This matter was considered at last correspondence with Mr Nigel Drury, Stow, regarding his request for a night's full Council meeting. While welcoming the proposal to remove all permanent Right Of Way through White Hart lane. He provided a copy of restricted zone signs from Church Street, Council members were appalled the letter to Mr Drury, which we précis here. at the prospect of allowing 15 extra posts and signs around the Square ‘The Yard belongs to my clients Arkells Brewery Ltd (‘the Company’). We believe that it is not subject to any public highway rights, but that all access and a further 7 in Digbeth Street and Sheep Street. Our main concern is to through the gates and down through the Yard has in the past been on an preserve the appearance of the Square and its environs in our historic and informal permissive basis, insufficient to give rise to a public footpath. hitherto picturesque Cotswold market town. We would be implacably ….It is to be hoped that agreement can be reached which satisfies, within opposed to a forest of posts carrying signs indicating parking restrictions. reason, the parties involved. Our offer is as follows: Finally, we would ask why these are considered necessary, since they were 1) The Company grant a permissive facility for local people, on foot, along a not required when Gloucestershire Police were responsible for enforcing passageway to be fenced off by temporary fencing to ensure a 4’6” wide walkway. parking restrictions. 2) This would be subject to closure from late evening to early morning each Sorry I cannot be more helpful in this response but opposition to this day (specific times to be agreed) proposal was unanimous.” 3) This would also be subject to closure during Stow Fair. Rgds John Kennell 4) The Company would also reserve the right of temporary closure for repair Councillor, Stow Town Council. and maintenance work being done on the gates. Maximum notice would be given and the work would aim to minimise the disturbance and interruption. Do you have something to say? 5) Use would be at the user’s own risk NEWS, AN OPINION, A COMMENT – LET US KNOW. 6) The permission granted would remain a permission. The Company has no As a community magazine the Letters pages are here for your intention of dedicating a public right of way of any type, and never has comments and opinions, news and information. done. Email : [email protected] 7) The proposed arrangement would be subject to the private rights of way Post : P O Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow GL54 1WD enjoyed by YHA. PLEASE NOTE – the usual caveats about defamatory or libellous 8) The permissive facility would last for a (negotiable) fixed period – 20 or content apply. We always acknowledge receipt of emailed 30 years, with a renewal facility. information. We do not publish anonymous correspondence (we 9) A covenant mechanism binding any future owners of the pub during the can publish items without an author’s name, but we must know period. the source please). All content is subject to the Editor’s discretion. 10) Mr Drury would withdraw his application to GCC for a Right of Way. Copy dates are the 16th of each month. Mr Drury may wish to take legal advice before responding. END

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BLOCKLEY 30.08.09 – won A superb way to end the season with the wickets and will therefore receive the “A superb way to end the season with whole team performing to their best on League Award at the league’s end of the whole team performing to their best the last day. season party. He was also the second best on the last day” (captain) End of season review bowler in all divisions this year showing what a fantastic season he has had. This was Stow's final game of the year and Now that the dust has settled and the the most important. The lads needed to cricket season has been put to bed for Batsman of the Year. This was a lot win and get 16 points to confirm another year, it's time to reflect on what closer as all of the batsmen had a good promotion. The day started off well when has been a fantastic year all round. Stow season. No-one seemed to stand out as Stow won the toss and decided to bowl. have had one of the best seasons in recent having a spectacular season, but after the The opening bowlers were the key years, and also one of the most enjoyable. votes were counted Batsman of the Year weapons in Stows attack and had Blockley It has been great fun this year and to be went to myself, Ashley Andrews , but 4 wickets down after 10 overs. Tom able to captain such a great team has been anyone could have won it this year. Tanswell once again proved too good for an honour. the opposition and ended with figures of The lads have made it easy for me on the So that brings the curtain down on 10-4-23-5 (Tansie taking his second five field with a lot of help and some good another season and we are all looking wicket hall of the season). He was backed banter. Loosing only 3 games has meant forward to the start of next year - only 7 up superbly by Hayden Elsdale who had that team moral has been high all year with months to go!! We are planning on doing figures of 8-3-20-4. Both opening bowlers the team confident going into every game. indoor nets at the start of next year with using the new ball well to bowl out After securing promotion on the last game anyone welcome to come along. We are Blockley, who ended their innings in the always on the lookout for new players so 26th over with a score of 78 on the board. of the year Stow will now be playing their Saturday league cricket in Division 2 of if you are interested feel free to contact Stow's opening batsmen got stuck in the Cotswold District Cricket Association me. We are also planning to have a lot straight away putting on a first wicket league. This will be a step up for the lads more friendlies next year, so everyone will stand of 54. After a few good overs the but I am sure we will all rise to the have a chance. ball started swinging and moving off the challenge. pitch. This slowed the run rate down and a good ball picked up Stow's first and only Bowler of the Year. This year we Thanks to everyone wicket to fall. Stow then went on and got managed to recruit a few new quality who has supported the to the target set by Blockley in the 18th players and they didn't disappoint. Tom club this year and over with captain Ashley Andrews hitting Tanswell was the team’s bowler of the followed the results. 42 not out to guide the team home with a year, winning on votes by a long way! Have a good winter! maximum 20 points, ensuring promotion Tansie ended top of Division Three’s Ashley Andrews, Stow to Division 2. bowling averages after taking the most CC captain CONTACT DETAILS:- Capt. Ashley Andrews 07891 536418 Stowotw.play-cricket.com Ground at Lower Swell Road, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AR Tel: 01451830242

North Cotswold U.13s Cricket – a stunning collection of BADMINTON silverware in their first season Report from Sharon Williams St Edwards Hall, Stow-on-the-Wold, TUESDAYS - 7.30PM Latest news from the cricket We have entered the Evesham league, booked courts, field is that the U13 team arranged fixtures, appointed team captains, and all is well have won some more except we have only just enough players to keep the teams silverware in The Parker Cup. going. This 6-a-side competition was The ladies doubles has a problem. Bourton have held at Great Tew. In the amalgamated the ladies doubles with Stow ladies and entered two teams in the ladies division of the League. How older age group the U15 team the teams will be chosen is still being discussed and at the were close Runners-Up, losing time of writing it has not been resolved. Their first are off the last ball in the final. matches later this week. Stow have not entered a men’s team in the league as the The photo, with the season’s players are mainly at Bourton which has two mens teams. trophy haul, was taken at the last coaching evening. Bourton’s first men’s team is made up with players at the upper end of the age spectrum. Old stagers who play back row l to r: Edward Edgerton, Kieran Shoemark ( Wicketkeeper ), Tom regularly know all the tricks of the game and win some; lose Freeman, Peter Boyes, Samuel Nicholls, Jack Groves, Robert Curtis, William a few more. Their best shots are inhibited when their Underwood, Charlie Merrick. Zimmer frames get in the way. front row l to r : Shaun Williams, Ashley Icke, Samuel Hicks, Oliver Currill, The Stow mixed doubles team is problem free – the captain Daniel Moore, Darrel Williams ( Captain ), Henry King, Daniel Erasmus, Finn went out and poached players from other teams. At Bourton Shoemark, Esmond Payne. one of the partnerships has the man unable to play on a Trophies l to r Regional winners, Oxford U13 Cup winners, Great Tew 6-a- Thursday (but Ok on Wednesday) and the lady unable to play on a Wednesday (but Ok on a Thursday). Oh! side winners, Oxford League U13 winners, South West Regional winners. So if anyone wants to see if they can do better than the rest of us, come and try - because you probably will do better Just to update you further we have been nominated for some awards put up than the rest of us. by the Gloucestershire Echo / Citizen including Junior team / Club of the Year. Also our coaches have been put forward for the Senior Coach award. CONTACT MARTYN WILSON 0774 8279821 Shaun and Sharon Williams OR [email protected]

37 Moreton Rangers Football Club First Annual Sponsored 10 Kilometre Fun Run Sunday 18th October 2009

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38 MORETON RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB A FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT CLUB www.moretonrangersfc.co.uk Secretary Chairman Treasurer Vice Chairman Martin Jones Tim Sedgley Graham Rees Paul Luker 2 Devonshire Terrace 6 St Pauls Court 5 Fosseway Drive 5 Grays Lane Hospital Road Moreton- in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh Glos GL56 0ET Glos GL56 0DU Glos GL56 0LP GL56 0BL 01608 652696 01608 650611 01608 651737 01608 650955

Moreton Rangers, our local football Club needs your help. Since its formation with a few boys in 1997 it has grown to five junior teams and two adult teams in twelve years, and being awarded the FA Charter Mark as a Development Club , the only one in the North Cotswolds. The Changing Room facilities it took over were decrepit in 1997 and are out of date and past maintaining. We must build new ones now.

Because all the labour for the project, skilled and unskilled, is being given by club members and supporters, the cost has come down from £140,000 to £55,000. We are asking for everyone in Moreton to help us raise this money this year, so we can provide these new First Team lead the way facilities for the 80 Children and 45 Young men (increasing every Moreton Rangers first team have started their season in the year). Cheltenham League with four wins and a draw which has then The provision of healthy exercise, teamwork, discipline and trained leading the way. The squad (pictured )are hoping to keep this coaching (all given freely) is invaluable for the club members, but form up throughout the season and gain promotion to the next also gives great service to the community ( you know what they say- level. ‘the devil makes work for idle hands’!). Next Home fixtures Sat 10th October 3pm KO v Winchcombe Town Work in process So please help us as best you Sat 31st October 3pm KO v Bishops Cleeve. can. Please send your Cheltenham League Division Standing 19/9/09. contribution to the Hon Treasurer, Graham Rees, 5 Fosseway Drive, POS PWDLGD PTS Moreton GL56 0DU. Cheques can Moreton Rangers 541012 13 be made payable to’ Moreton Star FC Res 532012 11 Rangers FC ‘ Newton FC 53114 10 Woodmancote 53114 10 If you think you can help with a fundraising event, please contact the Kings AFC 52214 8 Chairman, Tim Sedgley on 652696.

Work Starts on Changing Rooms Thank you for your support, we will report on progress in The Volunteers have started work on the new changing rooms Moreton Times. (pictured) as the footings were dug over the weekend of 19th and 20th of September. The next major fundraising event is Canon Tim Sedgley Martin Jones Moreton,s first ever 10K fun run on Sunday 18th October at Chairman Secretary 2pm.To take part see advert in the Moreton Times...... Moreton Rangers Promises Auction Many thanks from Moreton Rangers to all who took part in our To Moreton Rangers F.C. Promises Auction at the Redesdale Hall on Friday 27th August. Please accept the contribution of £ ...... for the Changing Room It was a great night and rose over £1700 towards our Changing Appeal. Room appeal. Particular thanks goes to Mathew Sheridan who organised the event and to all those who donated promises for Signed...... the event. Address (for receipt) Are you a Roofer? Can You Help? ...... With many trades offering skills & time, one that is outstanding at the time of going to print ...... is ROOFER. If you can help, please contact one the Board members above. Thank you......

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40 If you’re a regular reader of Stow/ Moreton Times you probably know that The Rotary Club of the the North Cotswolds has its very own radio North Cotswolds station. At the present time NCCR can only be September marks the end of the first quarter of the Rotary Year, when heard via the internet plans for the first few months are firmed up and arrangements for at www.northcotswold projects and activities in 2010 are identified and confirmed – i.e. we online.com but we are are settling into our Club’s work with enthusiasm and commitment! constantly pushing to obtain a licence to The weather this summer has been poor (need more be said!) – fund broadcast on FM. raising activities have suffered to a degree, but this spurs us on to greater things in our planning. Our Christmas activities loom and as Until now Community in previous years the band concert by The Band of the Army Air Corps Radio licences have is set for Friday 11th December at The Cotswold School, Bourton-on- been issued by OFCOM regionally & the South West was due to be advertised the-Water. Tickets will be available in early November from The about now. However OFCOM have changed the rules and it is Christmas Shop in Bourton. As usual we expect a sell-out evening unlikely that any further licences will be issued in the and so if you are planning to attend take note of when tickets will be foreseeable future. This gives us a problem as we have been available as advertised in the November issue of The Stow Times. operating with very little income hoping that over the air Weekly meetings of The North Cotswolds Rotary Club at the Old broadcasting will bring NCCR to a much wider audience, Stocks Hotel in Stow-on-the-Wold give a chance for fellowship and bringing in vital revenue. friendship between members. The frequent speakers at meetings NCCR broadcasts a cross section of programmes for a wide often create an awareness of the activities of others, and particularly demographic audience. Volunteers from all walks of life come other charities, that are rarely heard about. into our studios to produce programmes of interest for their age group. Each week you can hear a variety of programmes - Recently there was one such evening when a young lady, Catherine those presented by young people for young people, a topical Crawshaw from The Family Haven project in Gloucester, spoke of the local news programme, a sports debate, a selection of female- objectives of this relatively unknown charity. The Family Haven has orientated programmes, Cotswold Country and even an been formed to ‘help vulnerable families to a brighter future’. Under Unsigned Music programme featuring singers, songwriters & the umbrella of its Patron Kate Winslet, the house that has been musicians from across our region. Throughout the year young established in Gloucester reaches out to deprived families and offers people are given the opportunity to gain invaluable work them direct assistance. The open door policy at the house allows daily experience and training whilst older volunteers bring a visits to take place where there can be child care, counselling, multitude of assets to the organisation, from administrative parenting advice etc.. There are facilities to provide a ‘good-square and organisational skills to hands-on technical expertise - meal’ for visiting families and an atmosphere of true friendship and everyone learning from everyone else whilst providing a local community service. care for families that would otherwise remain isolated and unable to cope. Of course a number of the families who find their way to The NCCR has received welcome grant funding from Family Haven are one parent families, but this is by no means always Gloucestershire Market Towns Forum, Co-operative Bank, the case. Just to find a place that will offer the resources found at The Cotswold Conservation Board, Gloucestershire Community Family Haven is so often a stepping-stone to a more stable way of Foundation and the Chipping Campden Community Trust - but family life and a hope for the future. One head of a family who to put it very simply NCCR needs your support to keep your discovered and was helped by The Family Haven commented “The local community radio station on the air. Our regular monthly Family Haven does what it says on the tin! I am so lucky to have expenditure includes studio rental, streaming via the internet, broadband/telephone costs and royalties for the music we found somewhere like this. Now I don’t know how I would cope play. Our 70+ volunteers would really appreciate your help in without it. All the staff are lovely and go out of their way to help”. meeting these costs Whilst government funds to support local Community Radio station, NCCR does not benefit from these funds because we do not broadcast on FM. If we could obtain a licence it would bring a welcome boost but this type of funding is widely believed to be inadequate - the money allocated to 150 Community stations would barely cover the yearly salary of a BBC Radio 1 DJ !

North Cotswold Community Radio is a non-profit organisation Our Patron, Kate Winslet and Princess Anne unveils a based in ‘The Cooler’ at The Old Police Station in Chipping client's children. commemorative plaque Campden. For a full programme schedule log onto our website at: www.northcotswoldonline.com The Charity is almost self supporting, receiving very little support from Can you help to keep NCCR alive? Every donation helps and, if Government or Council grants, yet the service provided is a life-saver you run a business, maybe NCCR can offer something in return to so many. Anyone requiring further information can contact the by giving media training or telling the local audience about Centre’s House at 31 Spa Road, Gloucester GL1 1UY (tel 01452 your product or service. 422971) or from the website - or, of course, contact your local If you can help, please send your donation to Stow/Moreton Rotarian! www.thefamilyhaven.com Times NCCR Appeal, PO Box 6, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD, making cheques payable to NCCR. Thank you. 41 Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities Clubs Music Stow Fund Cotswold Investment Club Campden Music Society Robert Barnett 01993 831520 Veronica Woodford 01993 831520 Meets 1st Tues of each month. Jeremy Main 01608 658675 Carol Jackson – concert Mgr Glos Association for the Blind Life Saving Club (Fire College) [email protected] Moreton Area Centre, High St, Moreton Mondays 10am-1pm. 01242 221170 Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 Cotswold Choral Society [email protected] Moreton Flower Club David South 01451 870494 Charities 4th Thurs/monthly (not Aug/Dec) at Broadwell Village Hall Thurs 7.30-9.30pm at Upper/Lower Slaughter Village Halls 1st Moreton in Marsh Cub and Beaver Scouts Mrs N Dickinson 01451 832199 [email protected] Cotswold West Gallery Group Cubs - Mon 6.15-8pm (ages 7yrs 6mths – 10yrs 6mths) Beavers - Tues 6.15-7.30pm (ages 5yrs 6mths to 8yrs) Scout Hut, Station N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc Annette Smith 01451 830160 Road, Moreton in Marsh. Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] Kingham Choral Society Scout Leader Di Warmington - 01608 651886 N Cotswold Bridge Club Derek Woods 01608 658738 Army Cadets at Moreton/Bourton Meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs Stow Junior Singers Weds 7.30-9.30pm Alan Lamb 01386 701603 Ages 5-8 Sats 10.30-11.30 am at St Edwards Church Room, Stow Major M G Little 01451 831408 N Cotswold Disabled Club Stow Junior Fiddlers Little2@aol/com Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 11.30-12.30 - Linda Green 01451 830327 Bledington Toddler Group N Cotswold Digital Camera Club Stow Youth Singers Nicki 01608 658137 James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk (Ages 9+) Linda Green – 01451 830327 Mon 10-11.30am N Cotswold National Trust Fridays Term Time, 6-7pm at St Edwards Church Room, Stow Bumps, Babes & Beyond Sec Dr Colin Ellis 01451 822208 Arts & Crafts Mondays 10-12 at Oddington Village Hall N Cotswold Probus Club currently we have no arts and crafts clubs listings. Emma 07966 205774 Meets 2nd & 4th Thurs mornings Local Authorities Condicote Playgroup & Toddlers Sec Warren Wood 01451 831071 County Cllr Barry Dare Leader Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 N Cotswolds Rotary Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT Local Contact Brian Honess 01451 830052 01452 425000/01386 701280 Children & Youngsters N Cotswold U3A [email protected] Stow Youth Centre Contact Peter Akass 01386 853905 Youth Worker - Suzanne Collinson Cotswold District Council 07825 721220 Fosse Way, Stow Royal British Legion Cirencester – Trinity Road, Cirencester First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) Branch T 831550 and 07779 452396 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk 01452 858234 Club at Well Lane, Stow T 830242 Moreton Area Centre [email protected] Scottish Country Dance Group High Street Moreton 01608 650881 Key Information Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 [email protected] Stow Badminton Club District Cllr Merryl Phillips Childline 0800 11 11 Cecil Haslam 01451 830293 or Joyce Norris 01451 833668 01285 623870/01608 651148 Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 Stow Disability Association [email protected] Moreton Hospital (Minor Injury Unit) Every Weds at Adlestrop V. 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