October, 2018

The Month Ahead . . .

Tuesdays 4.45-5.45pm~Tai Chi Qi Gong mixed all-age drop-in class ~ Wootton Village Hall Wednesdays @ 11.30am & 12.30pm ~ Dance and Stretch for the over-50s @ Woodstock Town Hall @ 7.00pm ~ Football Training (all welcome) on the War Memorial Playing Field Thursdays @ 7.30—9.00pm ~ Bell Ringing practice night @ St Mary’s, Wootton—all welcome Fridays @ 9.00—11.00am during term time only ~ Baby and Toddler Group @ Wootton Village Hall Saturday 6th@ 9.00am ~ Wootton Walkers meet @ The Killingworth Castle car park (p. 8) And @ 3.00pm FOWS Jumble Sale in Wootton Village Hall (p. 14) Sunday 7th@ 3.00pm ~ Harvest Festival Service followed by Tea in the Village Hall (p. 3) and @8.00pm approx. ~ “OUTREACH” QUIZ @ The Killingworth Castle (p. 16)

Tuesday 9th @ 7.30pm ~ Woodstock Natural History Soc’y talk on Goshawks (p. 17)

Thursday 11th @ 12.30pm ~ TRIO Luncheon Club in the Burditch Hall (pp. 4 & 9) Saturday 20th from 10.00am until 12 noon ~ Village Tearoom in the Village Hall

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2 3pm. followed by a Harvest Tea in the Village Hall at 4pm. There will be a Collection for Water Aid, an organisation providing water in places more dusty and thirstier than ours. Also, gifts of tinned and dried food are welcome for our Foodbank, helping people in need in our own area. At the risk of sounding old-fashioned, let me repeat: Dear Friends “Come, ye thankful people, come”! For many of us, the invitation: “Come, ye Stephen thankful people, come” may not sound strange at the beginning of October. We remember Harvest Thanksgiving, Churches decorated with the fruits of the earth, usually followed by the Harvest Supper, tables laden with more offerings! Farmers Harvest joined by others giving thanks for God’s gifts, Tea and afterwards, the Supper, for which there 4.00pm would be no charge, emphasising the fact that God’s gifts are free. However, things Wootton have changed, and even I know that farming Village Hall is somewhat different these days! Highly mechanised, no longer employing large numbers of people, and children not taken

- NO JOB TOO SMALL - Quality, trustworthy, friendly and local handyman service. Garden maintenance & clearance, Fencing Decorating,:Painting – internal & external, out of school to help with Harvest and re-sealing, re-grouting, plaster repairs; Potato-picking! But we still should be Fitting: Shelving, blinds, curtain rails; thankful, not only to the God of Earth and General: Flat pack construction, Heaven, but to those who make sure that hanging pictures/mirrors, assemble the bread is delivered on time, to providers shed, pre-sales tidy up, “man with a of heating, lighting and other facilities, and van” removal service; to those who can get rid of our aches and Cleaning: Patios, driveways, car valeting pains! Such an opportunity arises for us on etc. th SUNDAY, 7 . OCTOBER. We will be having a Please call for quote. Thanksgiving Service in Wootton Church at Contact: Géza Kiss

3 359225 (please dial the area code as well as LILife’s Events the home number) or 07557300212, or email me at: [email protected]. th n Sunday 16 September Arabella Janet Mead Olive Ponsonby was baptised and welcomed into the Church. Her Trio luncheon parents, Arthur and Joanna, were Omarried at Wootton, and it was good to club welcome them back again, along with many family members and friends. Arabella, a I don’t want to say much, lovely and lively child, repaid the Rector for except to ask you to read the excellent her baptism by pinching his hymn-sheet! article by our Editor, with a first-rate any friends in our community description of the September lunch, and a have been extremely sorry to heartfelt plea for support before we lose hear of the death of Audrey such a good thing for our Community. As he Stockwin. We have all points out, it’s for everyone, and at a very appreciatedM her down-to-earth manner, and good price! The next lunch is at the Burditch th also her commitment to Arts and Crafts in Hall on THURSDAY, 11 . OCTOBER at 12- our area. A gifted ceramist, many amongst 30pm. Transport can be provided, if needed. us will treasure pieces of pottery lovingly If you would like to come, ring Stella 811728 made by her, and applaud her contribution to events like Arts Week, and to local Art Stephen Groups. To Arthur and the family we send our love and sympathy. We hope that they have been helped by the number of people attending her Thanksgiving Service, proof of the love and affection in which she is held. elcome to Will and Amy who have recently moved into Corner Cottage. We hope that they W settle in well and enjoy our village. e should like to offer our best wishes to all who have birthdays in October, and especially to W Angus Braden who will be 4 on 13 October, to Florrie Ferguson who will be 5 on 17 October, and to Didier Fellot whose birthday is on 23 October. Happy Birthday to you all! Please send any news, including your birthday or special celebration if you would like it commemorated in 'Outreach', to me at 4 Dorn View, Wootton or phone me at 01993

4 doctor my symptoms and was then taken A LIFE across to the nurses for an ECG. This done, the printout was given to the doctor who shortly called me in and announced that he EVENT had called an ambulance. There’s me thinking it’s a bit extreme for indigestion when he announces that I have had a n the August Bank Holiday of last myocardial infarction. year, (Peter Loftus recalls) we were I planning a family get together over a I had never heard of this phrase before, but weekend with most of our children and all the doctor went on to say that I’d had a our grandchildren, most of whom would be heart attack. I was then helped back to the staying with us in one way or another. nurses, bearing in mind that I had got myself to the surgery un-assisted, to wait for my During the run up, Sarah and I had laid in all ambulance. While waiting, I mused that you the food, drinks, made beds etc., etc., and wouldn’t want to find an infarction floating there was nothing more to be done but to in your swimming pool. await arrivals. Our family arrived in dribs and drabs over the weekend – the main event was a big lunch in the garden on the Bank Holiday Monday. On Friday evening I developed a pain just below my ribcage which, due to previous experience, I put down to indigestion. Proprietary medicines were taken and I thought no more about it. The pain persisted over the weekend but it really only bothered me at night as during the day I had plenty to keep my mind occupied. During lunch on the Monday, our children started to insist that I go to the doctor, and I reluctantly agreed to phone the following day. Tuesday at 08:00 I phoned the surgery for an emergency appointment and was told to come in at 09:00. I drove myself into Woodstock and presented myself as requested. I was seen quickly and explained to the

5 Shortly, I could hear sirens approaching and Critical Care Unit where I was plugged in my ride had arrived. I was not allowed to again to a myriad of screens, beeper et al. walk the short distance to the front door but From arriving at Woodstock Surgery at had to be put in a wheelchair and trundled 09:00, I was sitting up in bed fully fixed by out. Once loaded on to the ambulance. I was 11:30. Never one to knock the NHS, I will say plugged into all sorts of machinery while the that in a crisis, the level of care and excellent crew assessed my condition whilst professionalism cannot be beaten. explaining all the time what they were doing and why. The problem with the NHS lies not with the front-line staff but with the tier upon tier of We then set off for the JR, all sirens and managers, managing managers – end of flashing lights which I thoroughly enjoyed. rant. Arriving at, what I now know to be the Oxford Heart Centre in the JR, the rear door I was discharged two days after arriving. of the ambulance was opened and a fully Later I did some research on my “event” and gowned doctor gave me the once over discovered from the British Heart before my stretcher was lowered to the Foundation website that coronary heart ground and the crew wheeled me inside. disease is the biggest cause of death in the I expected to be taken to the A&E UK. I was not aware of this at the time. Department but instead I was amazed to be At no time did I have thought of imminent wheeled straight into an operating theatre death, in fact the whole thing was rather to be greeted by two surgeons and a team of exciting what with all the blue and twos, nurses all dressed in scrubs, booted and high tech’ equipment and amazingly gloved and ready to go! professional and calming medical staff. This I was transferred to the operating table and turned my “event” into rather wizard the team pounced. I was quickly fitted with experience. the 12 stickies of an ECG machine, a canula There have been two occasions in my life in my left wrist and at this point I closed my when I knew I might die but this was the eyes. I felt my right wrist being sprayed with second time in my life I have been close to something and then some twisting and death without knowing or appreciating it. shoving in that area. The lead surgeon told Time for lashings of lemonade! me that I could watch the action on the screen above me, but I said that I would Peter Loftus keep my eyes tight shut and he replied, “Probably for the best”. All I felt was some (Peter is Chairman of Wootton Parish slight twisting and tugging at my right wrist Council) but nothing painful at all. ALL MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION IN I learnt afterwards that this was where the wire with the stent was inserted and guided NEXT MONTH’S EDITION OF all the way to the blockage in my heart, “OUTREACH” SHOULD BE IN THE inflated and left in place. After about 30 HANDS OF THE EDITOR BY THE 15TH minutes I was tidied up, shown some screen shots of my blockage, put on another trolley OF OCTOBER AT THE LATEST and wheeled off to a room in Cardio-thoracic

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This morning I drove into Kidlington for a few fresh vegetables and fruits. After parking my car, I noticed a young man with a long white stick across the main road. He found a space in the traffic and I approached him and risked asking: “How do we know when to approach someone who is holding a white stick in order to be helpful?” He said: "Feel safe to ask anyone. If they are offended by your approach, tell them to ***** off!” He had been into a hairdresser’s, who had apparently refused to accept a card payment. I did not feel happy that a trader could do that to anyone. Anyway, the young man said: “Hold on to me”, and he tucked his arm in mine. It felt good contact. He had walked across the main road in order to get cash from an ATM. He allowed me to help him do that. Then, together, arm in arm, we waited for the traffic to stop, and I walked to the other side with him. I felt privileged to have met this young man. He knew how to communicate; so few people do - especially adults! I have found the local authority service department are so over-stretched with people needing their help, that it seems (to me), they have become desensitised; themselves, disabled. What we need SO much is natural friendship. People being natural friends .Helping where needed, as each one of us is out and about, each day. What I learned today, is that it is ok to take a risk of rejection, if even once in a while, we are truly able to give practical help and friendship. Yours sincerely, Margie McGregor West Wing, Hordley House, Wootton, WOODSTOCK. OX20 1EP. 01993-812141. www.hobbiesinspire.uk

7 Wootton SuDoku walkers Solution on Page 19 – but don’t look yet!

On Saturday, October 6th the Walkers will meet on The Killingworth Castle car park for a nine o’clock start of our regular monthly walk of approximately six miles - and at a leisurely pace. Newcomers are always most welcome, as are doggy companions. It is customary to stop for a prepacked drink and snack approximately half way, so be prepared to bring something with you, and upon our return we restore our energy and spirits with a well-earned pint and lunch together at The Castle. Why not come and join us?

8 Thoughts from Wootton Stores, and the two floral table decorations. I was so impressed by what a the Editor’s Chair very friendly and pleasant monthly social ur event it is, but at the same time puzzled venerable by the astounding fact that it is in Rector imminent danger of ceasing due to lack of enlisted support. It is astonishingly good value O when you consider people sat down to all my help in setting out the Trio Lunch in the that for a mere £5.50, and it is obvious Burditch Hall last month, as he was that this ridiculously low price cannot be otherwise engaged in clerical matters on maintained, but what I failed to that particular day and thought he might understand is why so relatively few be too late back. It was quite an villagers avail themselves of the experience to see how everything slots opportunity of an excellent lunch in together to make what is a very pleasant pleasant company. There were just dining experience happen every month. twelve people who sat down, and a Tables are gathered together, laid and set further ten non-eaters there to help lay- with cutlery and floral decorations and up, serve, wash up and generally plates are put into the oven to heat up. administer things. Finally, the meal itself arrives. Sylvia This is not “an old folks’ lunch”! It is a Lodge is a very fine cook and the lunch to which all residents of Wootton, tempting smells arising from her foil- and are invited. covered culinary efforts had me salivating Understandably, there are more retired immediately. people able to take up the opportunity to At twelve-thirty the luncheon club guests attend, but all ages are made very sit down, and wine - both red and white - welcome, and indeed are urgently is served with fruit juice as an alternative. needed if this very pleasant village dining Last month’s main course consisted of a event is to continue. We can all see how liberally stuffed succulent breast of roast amazingly successful The Village Tearoom chicken wrapped in crispy bacon and has been in attracting all ages across the served with a delicious mushroom sauce board. There is no earthly reason why the with cream and chicken stock, carrots and Trio Luncheon Club cannot do exactly the peas and baby new potatoes. For dessert same. Why not give it a try? Come to the th was a delightfully goo-ey plum crumble next one. Put October 11 in your diaries served with either fresh cream or custard. now. All you have to do is ring either the The Rector had arrived in time to Rectory or Stella Dunman a day or two generously refill everyone’s glasses before to say you are coming. And, what before tea or coffee was served. is more, you can rest assured everybody All diners are presented with a free raffle will be very pleased to see you. The more ticket and there were three prizes, the merrier, and the greater likelihood of comprising a sponge cake, donated by the Luncheon Club’s survival. N.P.T.

9 THE “OUTREACH” CROISSANT CROSSWORD FOR OCTOBER—163 Across 1) Unwanted email (4) 3) Wading bird with collar of plumage (4) 7) Sweat (12) 9) Toilet (informal) (3) 10) Unusual, strange (9) 11) List of items for discussion (6) 13) Hook and loop fastening (6) 16) Finished (9) 19) Gesture with head (3) 20) “David” sculptor (12) 21) …. College, Berkshire school (4) 22) Small island (archaic) (4)

Down 1) Skinflint (7) 2) Sufficient (5) 3) Entourage (7) 4) Milled wheat (5) 5) Dishwasher, fridge, etc (9) 6) Elegance (esp. of movement or manner) (5) 8) Squeezebox (9) 12) Marine mammal (7) 14) Vie for (7) 15) As yet (5) Only one entrant 17) Slightly damp (as with 7 last month, but across….) (5) nevertheless a 18) Poorly lit (5) winning solution for Tony Benfield. Congratulations!

Solution to September’s Crossword No. 162

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11 , and embarked upon a Museums Audrey Stockwin, potter Diploma, which she completed in Australia. Audrey Stockwin was born on 22nd January Her museum career was, however, rudely 1936, and died on 4th September 2018, interrupted by marrying me on 30th January following a long, long 1960, and sailing with me on journey through the the SS Orcades through the remorseless paths of Suez Canal to Australia a dementia. She was born week later. We settled in in Bromley, Kent, but Canberra, the federal capital, spent the war years living where we started a family and in Harrogate, Yorkshire. she took lessons in pottery. After the war her family By the 1970s she had her moved south to Guildford own pottery workshop, built where she lived her own kiln, and was throughout her teenage becoming well known in years. In 1957 she Canberra and beyond. She graduated in History of Art was perfecting her style with and Modern Languages an emphasis on simple and from the University of elegant form, and over Manchester, so that her several stays in Japan influences were a mixture absorbed something of the of the north and the aesthetic of Japanese south, to which an ceramics in their remarkable Australian element was to diversity. be added later. Soon after After 21 years in Australia we graduation she secured a returned to the United position in the William Kingdom, settling in Wootton Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, north-east in May 1982, where Audrey resumed her

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12 pottery career. She was an early member of the Craft Guild, founded in 1981, and served one term as its president some years later. As she had done in Canberra, in the approach to Christmas every year she held open studio weekends, the only difference being that while in Canberra her exhibition was held in our garden under a hot sun, in Wootton the location was indoors and the heating electric. She was also a regular participant in Oxfordshire Art Weeks, held in May or June. In addition to making beautiful pots, she acquired – with a little help from her husband – a varied collection of pottery from Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the , France and elsewhere. She also made pottery in a ‘shepherd’s hut’ we had acquired in the mountains of the Massif Central, south-central France, where she converted what had once been the basement cattle pen into a working pottery. The last pots she made were in France, in the summer of 2014. After that, she was overtaken by her illness. Arthur Stockwin

13 Shoebox Sunday Service 10.15am on November 4th at St Mary’s Wootton

Once again, we are taking part in the Shoebox Campaign.

All you need to get you started are an empty shoebox and a leaflet.

Leaflets are available in our churches and village shops.

Cover the box with some Christmas paper, please remember to cover the lid separately and use the leaflet to guide you through choosing the gifts to fill it.

As our boxes will be sent to the Middle East we are asked not to include sweets or toothpaste.

We extend a warm invitation to Thank you so much to everyone who made the 125th bring your boxes along to the Wootton Flower Show a great success. We had even more special service, after which entries than the previous year, and the standard was so high refreshments will be served. that the judges commented how difficult it was to pick winners! A special mention should go to the children and If you need any further information, teenagers, who really embraced the challenges we set them please call Connie 812076. this year across all the classes - we really appreciated your enthusiasm and talent, thank you!

The Committee and Chairman would like to thank all of the judges and stewards, the volunteers and helpers, and all the bakers and washer-uppers. Without all of you, the Flower Show simply couldn't happen, so thank you all very much and we hope you enjoyed being part of such a fantastic village event. We feel very lucky to be part of such as an amazing community.

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These hands . . . have stamped their maker’s mark Which continues These hands, . . . made strong down years of Though they are still. making pots, A poem written for Audrey Stockwin’s Service Grip mine with a fierce intensity that brooks of Thanksgiving and read by Julie Matthews no resistance. (Audrey’s daughter-in-law) These hands belie the body they belong to; have lived beyond their usefulness And, Latterly, Have sat awkwardly idle in her lap As “What are we doing now?” she asks. She may well ask, This lady whose hands have purposefully moulded and shaped for decades.

These hands . . . have captured arid browns and golds of Australia, Given form to the mannered rigour of Japan, Conjured the mottled shades of Oxfordshire seasons, Dreamy Kelmscott water-meadows, The greens of a French summer.

These hands . . . made clay vital with life- created curves from clarinet notes, Clean lines from the batsman’s purposeful stance, Echoed the crackle-glaze creativity of the designer, The careful composition of the photographer,

15 competitors, together with the odd wry and much appreciated jokey one. We did not wrestle long, however, over whether one of Karl Marx’s six sisters was called Onya. In fact, someone suggested he only had four sisters, and all uncannily with transgender problems – Groucho. Chico, Harpo and Zeppo! Team Alb were pipped this month from their Six teams presented themselves at The usual pole position with Septet soaring into Killingworth Castle on Sunday, September the lead, due in part to a thorough 10th for another excellent “Outreach” Quiz knowledge of some of the lesser known compiled this time by Martin Eastaugh. countries making up the Dark Continent of Unfortunately, illness in the family prevented Africa. Well done to all who took part, and him from attending and Phil Parker, our quiz our warmest thanks to The Castle for hosting us each month, thereby continuing to help co-ordinator, gallantly stepped into the ensure a free copy of “Outreach” lands on Quizmaster’s chair in Martin’s place. your doormat each month – together, of It was a very good quiz with some innovative course, with the financial support of our questions which tested the mettle of all advertisers – God bless them!

16 WOODSTOCK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Toddler Group would like to congratulate Abbie This month’s meeting is on Tuesday October Unthank and Harry Hemingway on a joint 9th at 7.30pm in the Community Centre, New record of hooking an amazing total of SEVEN Road, Woodstock, OX20 1PB. ducks each in under a minute. Conor Jameson will give an illustrated talk Also thank you to all the support we entitled“ Goshawks”. received on our stall. lt was the most Visitors £2. All welcome. successful show for our ever expanding baby and toddler group. PDFs NCD We are open again from Friday the 14th September 9am , so please come along for Pretty Darned Fiddly homemade cake, healthy fresh fruit snacks No Can Do! and various drinks ,fun, chat and a singsong! Deb Davis

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20 Local contact people

Rector Rev. Stephen Jones 01993 812543

Licensed Reader Mrs Jenny Wagstaffe 01993 811027

Churchwardens: Wootton ~ Mr Nicholas Tomlinson 01993 813484 Wootton Verger ~ Mrs Jane Scott 01993 813236 Churchwardens: Glympton ~ Lt. Col. Peter Browne 01993 813525 / 01608 658017 Mrs Connie Surtees 01993 812076

Churchwardens: Kiddington ~ Miss Jill Thorne 01869 340117 Mrs Jo Deacon 07917 158274 Mrs Dora Simms (Emeritus) Baby & Toddler Group ~ Chair: Mrs Debbie Davis 07803 569084

Bell Ringers ~ Tower Captain: Mr Mel Leggett 01993 813005

Burditch Hall ~ bookings: Mrs Ann Day 01993 811500 Burditch Playing Field ~ Chair: Mrs Ann Day 01993 811500

Glympton Village Hall ~ bookings: Mrs Serena Warmington 01993 811486 Glympton P.O. & Stores Mrs Serena Warmington 01993 811486

Parish Council ~ Chairman: Mr Peter Loftus 01993 812387

Parish Council ~ Clerk: Mr Robert Damerall [email protected]

Police ~ Sgt. David Yates and PC Gordon Richardson, Community Support Officer PCSO Phil Workman

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Sports Club ~ Chair: Mr Ted Thomas 01993 812354

Village Hall (Administrator): Mrs Janet Mead (dial area code too) 01993 359225

Wootton Flower Show ~ Sec.: Natalie Mitchell-Boorne 07971 638136

Wootton School ~ Head teacher: Miss Valerie Lucas 01993 811520

Wootton Stores ~ Mrs Rachel Jones 01993 811474

Wootton Relief in Need ~ Mrs Joan Thomas 01993 812354 Mrs Jane Hoare 01993 813026

“Outreach” Editor ~ Nicholas Tomlinson 01993 813484

“Outreach” Advertising Manager ~ Mrs Primrose Williamson 01993 812670

“Outreach” Treasurer ~ Mr Neil Scott 01993 813236

“Outreach” e-mail address ~ [email protected]

Should you, or someone else, be on this list? Please let the Editor know of any omissions.

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Friday 5 October 9.00 am. School Community Service – Wootton

Sunday 7 October 8.00 am. Holy Communion – Wootton 3.00 pm. Harvest Festival –Wootton followed by Harvest Tea in the Village Hall

Sunday 14 October 10.15 am. Parish Eucharist (traditional) – Glympton

Sunday 21 October 6.15 pm. Evensong + Holy Communion– Wootton

Sunday 28 October 10.15 am. Parish Eucharist (traditional) – Kiddington

Sunday 4 November 8.00 am. Holy Communion – Wootton 10.15 am. Shoebox All Age Worship – Wootton 4.00pm. Memorial Service for All Souls – Wootton In late October, Wootton School are working on a whole-school project to mark the centenary of the end of World War One. This will focus on the names on the Wootton war memorial, which we are hoping to link with details in our school log books. We would be very grateful if anyone could share any information about these names, beyond that which we can find online. If you have information about Glympton or Kiddington soldiers who may also have attended our school, please do let us know.

If you are able to share any information, please call into the school office or email [email protected]. Thank you

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