No. 69, November 2010 Published by the Jericho Community Association – www.jerichocentre.org.uk Here comes the crowd Large developments ahead Walton Street, one of the city’s key north- any new developments are being south routes, is likely Mplanned or proposed in or near t o b e c o m e m o re Jericho – from the huge Radcliffe Ob- congested, with many servatory Quarter (ROQ) to the boatyard more cyclists and site – see box below. These will have a pedestrians. People substantial impact on the local commu- already often have to nity. Residents, schools and other places step into the street to of education, shops, restaurants and other pass each other on businesses will all experience change. the narrow pavements. One option might be All these developments will intensify to close the street to the use of local facilities, bringing new through traffic. residents and more visitors. This will in- crease many of the problems already ex- perienced, unless steps are taken to pre- park cars. There will also be more residents There will also be greater demand for local pare for the changes. at the boatyard and Grantham House sites. cafes, restaurants, bars and entertainment There will be more daily visitors. The The arrival of new residents could also in- in Walton Street, Little Clarendon Street, University and college plans will involve crease the pressure to convert street space and Woodstock Road. a huge new community of academic and to extra car parking. In addition to the initial effects of con- support staff. Ten thousand or more peo- In addition, there are ongoing concerns struction, there will also be more vehicles ple will want to come on a normal day. about family homes being occupied by making deliveries and servicing the area. The ROQ site has 3,000 cycle parking young people living temporarily in an area In the early stages of development of the places. Others will arrive on public trans- with which they have no association. Noise ROQ site, most demand will be on the port. While many people will come by bi- is part of the problem, probably related to Woodstock Road side, but as more build- cycle or on foot some may want to park in the plentiful availability of alcohol. ings are created closer to Walton Street, local streets. These large increases in numbers of there will be a tendency for delivery driv- But there will also be more residents. people will create considerable burdens for ers to park there. The student accommodation for Keble local residential and shopping streets. Jeri- There would also be more demand for and Somerville Colleges will bring more cho will be busier with a variety of activi- places at local schools. A growing popu- than 340 newcomers – and their rooms ties, not only at daytimes during the week, lation is already producing children who may also be rented to short-stay visitors. but during evenings and at weekends. need to travel to school and accompany While most students have no car, they will Many university students and staff will their parents on other journeys. need to shop, eat, and park their cycles. no doubt return to their colleges for meals, The development of the night-time Moreover, they will receive visitors who but there will also be many non-academic economy in Walton Street has already will need to use local streets, and perhaps personnel seeking to shop or eat locally. Continued on page 2 1. Radcliffe Observatory Quarter – A ten- Clarendon Street – 35 student study rooms acre development with floor space in excess and six retail units. of 120,000 square metres. There could be 5. Grantham House – The City Council around 10,000 daily visits to the site. The intends selling the site for new housing development will itself be almost car free. development. 2. Acland Site – Keble College will 6. Jericho Health Centre – The centre will have 240 student bedrooms, accommodation move to the north-west corner of the ROQ for fellows, a café, library, and teaching and site, making its present accommodation research buildings. available for other uses. 3. Somerville College – The college will 7. Boatyard site – A new planning have three new buildings including two application can be expected. This may accommodation blocks for 68 students. involve more housing and a new canal 4. 123 to 127 Walton Street –- and in Little bridge for pedestrians and cyclists.

November 2010 – Jericho Echo – 1 ­created considerable problems in terms of noise and disturbance. Late night revellers seem unable to comprehend that raised All the fun of the Jericho Street Fair voices disturb those who merely wish to sleep. Many pedestrians spill into the road at night creating a seemingly hostile envi- ronment for those simply wishing to go on their way, as well as causing risk to them- selves and others. There is also litter from the discarded packaging, and possibly the contents, of fast meals purchased late at night. The area has already witnessed con- siderable problems related to congestion and the effects of motor vehicles. Walton Street connects with Worcester Street, of- fering drivers an alternative route between Woodstock Road and Hythe Bridge Street, avoiding the traffic signals at St. Giles and Beaumont Street. Rail patronage is also expected to grow at station, and some of this growth will be from the new developments north of the city centre. This will require better bus routes and also a convenient pedestri- Jericho’s Street Fair was held on June 12, and as usual attracted thousands of people to an and cycle link. While the boatyard site Canal Street. Thanks to all the local people and businesses who helped make the day should include a new bridge adjacent to St such a success, and to Oxford City Council for a grant towards stall hire. From top left Barnabas Church, the intervening link to clockwise: MP Nicola Blackwood presents a hairstyling raffle prize to Emmett Schlueter; Rewley Road would need replacing in or- PC Jamie Cuthbertson mans the police stall; George Taylor and Colin Cook have the der to exploit the full potential. hottest job of the day on the barbeque, members of the youth club sell home made cakes; To get planning permission, develop- and Johnny Hinkes performs with pupils of his ‘Max Moonlight’ guitar school. ers are required to contribute financially to better local facilities. But the combined impact of these developments will be too The JCA is finally VISIBLE great for individual contributions. Should he Jericho Community Association One of the advantages of putting in all there be an area plan for Jericho and Walton T(JCA) has been awarded a VISIBLE the work to prepare for this assessment Manor? Among the questions are: certificate by Community Matters, which is that it has encouraged the officers and is the National Association of Community management committee to think more • What facilities should be provided for Organizations. VISIBLE accreditation clearly about the many responsibilities in- lunchtime recreation and exercise? serves as a kind of kitemark to confirm the volved in running the Community Centre, • Should Walton Street be closed to quality of the organization. including child protection, fire risks, and through traffic? In making the award the assessor con- health and safety. The relevant documents • How can we deter visitors from cruis- cluded that “The Jericho Community As- on these and other issues are available at ing through Jericho for parking? sociation is a welcoming, impressive and www.jerichocentre.org.uk. • How can Walton Street be redesigned community focussed With this accreditation, the Commu- to cope with more pedestrians and cy- charity. It has lim- nity Association is now in a stronger posi- clists? ited staffing resources tion to apply for funds for building a new • How can we get better bus services? but is led by a highly community centre. Community Matters is, • Should there be an improved lightly experienced and lo- for example, one of the organizations that trafficked link between , cally well established group of community manages the government’s Community-

Jericho and the rail station? members.” builders fund. • Should new residential developments be car free? Jericho Living Heritage Trust lines up for a bid To answer these and other questions, there he Jericho Living Heritage Trust has been to consider the plans and to agree needs to be a dialogue between the local Tpreparing plans, through architects, for the best legal structure, organization community, developers, and the planning a preferred scheme for the redevelopmment and governance arrangements, for the and highway authorities. For this purpose of the boatyard site. This is in anticipation of acquisition, development and operation the JCA will be arranging a special public submitting a bid to the Communitybuilders of the site. meeting early in 2011. fund, for £2 million to buy the site – should To inform Jericho residents about the administrators, PwC, be prepared to these plans there will be a drop-in This article is based on a paper prepared sell it. The funding bid has to be submitted ‘communications event’ early in December, for the JCA by Paul Cullen of Richmond by 30 November. probably in St Barnabas Church, which Road. The full version is available at: In the next few weeks there will be will display models and plans and invite www.jerichocentre.org.uk a series of meetings with local groups comments. 2 – Jericho Echo – November 2010 A final opportunity to preserve Criminal intent Conservation area proposed ericho has had a spate of burglaries in College which from the 1850s developed Jboth homes and businesses. Someone ity Council officers are proposing that its extensive estate in Jericho on a lease- is already in custody in connection with CJericho become a Conservation Area. hold basis so it could control the type of these crimes. We also seem again to They will be holding surgeries at the Com- building. This was reflected in consistent have the dismal ‘SOAK’ graffiti sprayers. munity Centre on Saturday 20 November architectural styles such as in the houses Residents should report sightings on 0845 and Saturday 4 December between 10 a.m. in Juxon Street, for example, now owned 8505505. Cycle theft is also high – and 12 noon to answer questions. by Lucy’s, and the grander properties in usually of bikes with inadequate locks. The officers have concluded that Jeri- Walton Crescent and Richmond Road Jericho’s cycle shops will post-code bikes cho is “under threat from inappropriate al- which are more like other former St Johns for tracing. The next ‘have your say’ police terations to the fabric of its buildings” and properties in North Oxford. meeting will be outside Ali’s on Sunday are proposing an ‘Article 4’ designation Another major landowner, the Welling- 21November from 2.00 to 2.45 p.m. which would control changes to features ton-Furse family, exercised less control such as windows, doors, brickwork, chim- because it sold the freehold. One of its ma- Distant outline of new centre neys, roofs and boundary walls. jor sales, in 1825, was of three-and-a-half The JCA has been granted ‘outline’ The Central South and West Area Com- acres to the University for the construction planning permission for a new Community mittee meeting will discuss this in January of the Press. They also sold land to the Ox- Centre to go on the land in Dawson Place 2011 but the final decision will be taken by ford Canal Company. In addition, the fam- and the adjacent part of the development the Council’s Strategic Development Con- ily sold off small plots in the centre of Jeri- site we secured following the first planning trol Committee. If it votes for an Article cho to speculative builders who generally appeal. Detailed plans, however, will have 4 directive this would start a more formal rented out their hastily constructed houses. to await progress on the redevelopment of consultation process with residents. You can track the progress of these mini- the whole site, hopefully by the JLHT. As part of the assessment the City developments in small breaks in housing Council has, with the help of local people, style as you move along certain streets. Radcliffe Arms on the brink carried out a detailed appraisal of the area. You can download the full study from Yet another pub is threatened. The owners This explains, for example, how Jericho’s the City Council or Jericho Echo websites. are selling the freehold of the Radcliffe architecture reflects the policies of the Some information has been extracted for Arms. New owners could, however, only historical landowners. One was St Johns the box below. get planning permission to convert it to flats if they could demonstrate that a pub Did you know? • Jericho has a number of listed buildings: on this site was no longer viable. • was probably St Barnabas Church is Grade I listed; the sited in Jericho to take advantage of the University Press is Grade II* listed and its Jericho Youth Club availability of coal from the canal for railings are Grade II; numbers 96-101 The Jericho Youth Club is open for 11-19 steam power for the presses. Walton Street are Grade II Listed. year olds every Friday from 7–9 p.m. at • In1951 the Census indicates that fewer • Shirley Place is a 1930s art-deco style the Community Centre. Weekly activities than 10% of the properties were owner development that replaced St Paul’s School. include pool, table tennis, laptops, chess, occupied. Many shared facilities – 25% • Excavations for gravel for the rail karaoke, X-box, Wii and a tuckshop, T-shirt shared piped water and 18% a WC. 70% embankment resulted in the undulating and card-making workshops, recording did not have a fixed bath. land around Polstead Road. studio sessions, dance and drama classes • A lantern on 24 Great Clarendon Street • As a result of redevelopment in the and lots more. Regular updates and info at the corner of Hart Street, indicates the 1970s, 30% of properties in Jericho are on the Jericho Youth Club Facebook original style of street lighting. ended up owned by the City Council. group and on the Youth Club website: www.myspace.com/jerichoyouthclub

Farewell to Philippa and Tom Our thanks again to Oxford University Press for printing this issue of the Jericho Echo Philippa Foot – Philippa, who died aged Tom Richardson – Tom, who died in Sep- 90 in October, was a world-renowned phi- tember, lived for five years in Canal Street losopher. From 1947 she was a fellow at before moving two years ago to Plantation Home Somerville and later vice-Principal, before Road. Born in Scotland, he worked in the leaving in 1967 for professorships in the Cowley car factory and in the probation Maintenance US. She returned to Oxford in 1991, liv- service. But for many years he was direc- ing at 15 Walton Street and was an hon- tor of the Community Health Over 30 years experience orary fellow at Somerville. One of her Council and also an Oxfordshire County as a Skilled Craftsman and major contributions, Natural Goodness, Councillor. He will be missed in the Jeri- Expert Handyman was published in 2001 by OUP. She also cho Café where he was a familiar figure, formulated the tricky moral dilemmas that always with his brown satchel and Guard- All your DIY jobs, including electrical and came to be known as ‘trolleyology’. In ian. Tom was famously forthright in his carpentry, undertaken by 1995 Philippa helped relaunch the Jericho opinions, notably being asked to leave one Jericho resident, Emmett Schlueter Echo, notably suggesting that OUP should of the canalside appeal hearings for pro- Tel: 01865 310007 Mob: 07779 985234 print the paper free of charge, which it has testing too vociferously A memorial serv- [email protected] done ever since. ice is being arranged for January. November 2010 – Jericho Echo – 3 Jericho Notice Board Jericho’s best breakfast

JCC = Jericho Community Centre Tuesday of each month at 8.00 p.m. at St Jericho Community Association – The Margaret’s Institute, Polstead Road. JCA, a registered charity, meets on the Babies and Toddlers Group – Thurs. 9.00– second Monday of the month at the JCC at 11.00 a.m. at the JCC. Anyone with a pre- 8.00 p.m. Everyone in Jericho is a member school child is welcome. Contact Trudy Foulk of the Association and is welcome. on 760048, or [email protected]. Full English brunch, or coffee Conservation Area Consultation – Sat. Creative Tots – Arts & Crafts for toddlers. and home-made cakes. 20th Nov. and Sat. 4th December between Tues. 10.00–11.00 a.m. at the JCC. Contact: Jericho Community Centre Café. 10 a.m. and 12 noon at the JCC. Hannah, tel. 07880 617858. Every Saturday 11.00 a.m to 1 p.m. Community Café – Every Sat. 11.00 a.m. www.creativetots.co.uk to 1.00 p.m. at the JCC. St Barnabas Sunday School – At the JCC, Room hire at the community centre – Sun. 10.00 a.m.–12.00 noon. Rooms may be hired for regular classes or Art Jericho – 4th – 27th November, photo- Jericho one-off events such as children’s parties. graphs by Michael Green. artjericho.com. For a booking form which indicates the Guitar lessons in Jericho – Most styles. Community Boatyard conditions for hire please go to our web- www.maxmoonlight.co.uk. AGM, Thursday 25 November site: jerichocentre.org.uk, or call 557902. Contacting Councillors – City Council- Jericho Community Centre Meals for Homeless – November 21 and lors: Colin Cook (Labour) 721844. Susanna 7.30–9.30 p.m. every third Sunday of the month. Catholic Pressel (Labour), 554001; she has a surgery Any member may put their name forward as Volunteer Movement. JCC, 1.00 p.m. at the JCC, first Saturday of the month, a potential director. Closing date Friday Nov. Oxford Baptist Chapel – Albert Street. 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon. County Coun- 19th. Candidates must have the requisite time, Sunday morning worship, 11 a.m. Sunday cillors: Alan Armitage (Lib-Dem), 516115; enthusiasm, and skills to represent the community. School, 3 p.m. Sunday evening Gospel Susanna Pressel (Labour) 554001. Please contact: [email protected]. service, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening Police – Jericho’s Neighbourhood Spe- prayer meeting and Bible Study, 7 p.m. cialist Officer is PC Steve Gibbens. For www.jcby.co.uk Friends of St Sepulchres Cemetery – Our crimes in progress, including vandal- next clean-ups will be at 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 ism and graffiti spraying, call 999. For noon on Saturday 4th and Thursday 8th of other crimes, call 08458 505505. Email: CAROLS IN JERICHO December. Please bring your own secateurs [email protected]. with singers and brass or loppers and gloves. Information from Jericho Online Meet at St Barnabas’ Porch, Gennefer Clarke on 516414. Jericho Echo: jerichoecho.org.uk sing around the streets, then JCBY AGM – 25 Nov. 7.30 p.m. at JCC. Community Centre: jerichocentre.org.uk mince pies & mulled wine at Jericho Youth Club – Fri. 7.00–9.00 p.m. Youth Club: myspace.com/jerichoyouthclub. the Community Centre Contact: Ana on 07799382521, or Mick Church: sbarnabas.org.uk Thurs, Dec. 16, 6.30-8.00 p.m. on 07905111248. Or check the website: School: st-barnabas.oxon.sch.uk Come and join us! www.myspace.com/jerichoyouthclub. Community Boatyard: jcby.co.uk Women’s Institute – Meets on the second Jericho Living Heritage Trust: jlht.org Tried and tested Classes at the Community Centre Pilates – Thurs. 12.30–1.15 p.m. Contact: Can you recommend someone Ivana Starkova ­[email protected] or who has done good, conscien- Antenatal classes – Tues. Wed. and Thurs. 0781 8062351. tious work? Please let us know. 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Contact Virgil Pilates – Tues. 1.00–2.00 p.m. Thurs. The current list is: Car repairs: Clarke (N.C.T.) 512965. 6.15–7.15 p.m. Contact: Andrea, 0790 Autoworks 880381. Symon Page Ballet for Children – RAD classes for 8652807, [email protected] 438300. Tow truck DF Autos, 401341. Car- children from 3 years upwards. Mon. 3.30 Tai Chi – Tues. 10.30 a.m.–12.00 p.m. penters: Tony Everett, (07778) 907834. p.m.–6.00 p.m. Contact: Vicky Hill, tel. Mixed class. Everyone welcome. Contact Cycle rickshaw: Oxoncarts 07747 024600. 01993 709226 or [email protected]. Emma Westlake, tel. 0771 0768810. Flooring: Textures Flooring: 311807. Gen- Ballet for Adults – Wed. 8.00–9.30 p.m. Urban Dance – Tues. 8.00-9.00 p.m. Tel. eral builder and landscaper: Steven Bish- Contact: Marianna, tel. 07747481798, 07951393710 op, 07931 342468. Home maintenance, [email protected] Wing Chun, Martial Arts – Mon. 6.30 p.m.– including electrics and carpentry: Emmett Egyptian Dance – Raqs Sharqi. Wed. 6.30 p.m.– 9.30 p.m. Contact Ed Yuen, tel. 862518. ­Schlueter, 310007. Loft conversions, Ox- 8.00 p.m. Contact Katrina Robinson, tel. 777462. Yoga – Mon. 9.30–10.30 a.m. Contact: Kate fordshire Lofts, 07766 768404. Painter Life Drawing – Sat. 11.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m. Binnie, tel. 07931792654 and Decorator: Jamie Hornblow, 0779 Oxford Tango Argentino – Thurs. 7.30– 9.30 Yoga – Wed. 9.45–11.15 a.m. Contact: Kate 515 0146; T. & J. Simpson, 07931935841. p.m. ­Contact: Antony Brown, (01869) 248459. Miller, tel: 01865 554743. ­Plasterer: K. Dolton, 450256. Plumbers: M. Daniels, 557068; A1, 327732. Roof re- The Jericho Echo is published several times each year by the Jericho Community Association, Jericho Community Centre, Canal Street, Oxford. Editor: Peter Stalker, 51 Cranham St., tel. pairs: Keith Webster, 374585. TV, Video 552794 or [email protected]. Please contact us if you want to write an article or help with and Hi-Fi Repairs: Oxford Powershop, delivery. This edition has been printed courtesy of Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon 375834. Window installation, Raven Street, from artwork supplied by the editor. Available online at www.jerichoecho.org.uk. ­Architectural Glazing, 557514. 4 – Jericho Echo – November 2010