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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, Naunton, Longborough and Temple Guiting Extra copies of Stow Times are generally available in Stow Visitor Information Centre and Stow Library.
Warmer days and longer evenings... And there’s LOTS going on Climate Change & energy efficient houses Exhibitions, concerts, fetes & The Prof on the Four Shire Stone festivals, open gardens, glorious walks and Ben Eddols with something for the weekend! record-breaking picnics! Is this the worst best place... Join in! With Local Sport, Clubs and Cinemas – this is your May edition!
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STOW TIMES From the Editor Inside this edition First, I must say Thank You. I really appreciate all the readers who have told me that they like the way Stow Times looks these days. Feedback is FEATURES always welcome, especially when it’s positive, 10 & 11 ‘Climate Change’ – Ed Pomfret & and it is good to know that the magazine is being well received. Charlie Mckinnon-Little tackle this emotive subject on two very different fronts As the seasons change it is interesting how different issues keep coming around. In May of 31 Is this ‘The Worst Best Place’? course it’s the horse fair, and it was disappointing Asks Alana Powell, our newest correspondent to learn that CDC feel unable to go any further with finding a managed solution to the current REGULARS long presence of what was originally a one-day event. Far from a delightful and welcome 5 Rotary & The Cotswold Festival, from Brian Honess traditional Gypsy fair, as it was until about 15 6 Round up from Local Schools years ago, Stow and Maugersbury are besieged with crowds of people too great for the 7 A Pledge from our Community Police communities, and the fair site itself, to handle – 8 Book Reviews from Cotswold Bookstore and for far too many days. The cost of each fair (spread across the county) would run Stow VIC 9 The Prof writes about The Four Shire Stone for 2 whole years – how bizarre is that! LOCAL INFORMATION & EVENTS However we hope the weather stays dry and that there are no major incidents. 16 Stow Town council Notes & local issues Best wishes, Jenni Turner Editor 17 Information from our Local Authorities 18 Church Services Our copy date is generally the 16th of the month. 19 Village Halls & Rural Cinemas 20 – 23 LOCAL EVENTS Approximately 80% of the content of Stow Times appears in Moreton Times, including the 24 EVENTS DIARY commercial advertising and community news etc. 25 Local Walks in May & Notes from Community and fundraising events are all carried Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust free of charge. Specific to Stow Times/Moreton Times are the Local Authorities, Council, 26, 27 NEWS & Information from some of local Agencies – Churches, Letters and Club pages. In total we New Grants & Local Funding Success Stories deliver over 6,000 copies of the two magazines each month, centred on Stow on the Wold and 28 – 30 YOUR LETTERS, EMAILS & TELEPHONE CALLS Moreton in Marsh. 37 ‘Something for the Weekend’ – from Ben Eddolls, our Motoring Correspondent
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THE COTSWOLD The Rotary Club of FESTIVAL the North Cotswolds STOW-ON-THE-WOLD From Brian Honess From Brian Honess Cotswold Festival Report The last week of April will have been a busy one for the Rotary At the time of going to press many of you from Stow and the Club and unfortunately this month’s report has been prepared in surrounding Cotswolds will have been reading about the closure of the advance of a number of scheduled activities. However with the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) in Stow and the possible immediate support that was being shown, we can be assured that the events involvement of The Cotswold Festival organising committee in were successful and enjoyed by all who supported them. We will attempting to keep the VIC “door open” – if only for free literature and have some photographs for you next month! advice for the passing tourist. There was an obvious advantage for us Wednesday evening 23rd April a fun evening, known by the in having the outlet, in order to promote the Cotswold Festival. When a Rotary Club as “Memory Lane”. The Naunton Players put on group of us came together last August and decided to go ahead with an annual entertainment inviting many elderly and disabled people running a Festival, we never dreamt that the VIC would be threatened from the area to the Village Hall in Naunton to watch (and join in!) with closure, for it is a VIC that is second to none in the area, for its their production. This year’s event, entitled “Old Thesbians Never activities and with the need to promote the Cotswolds and service the Die “ will have been packed with it’s usual local flavour, and the ever increasing number of visitors to the area, it was inconceivable that enthusiasm of the performers in their various song and dance there would be any move towards closure. activities will have been equally enthusiastically received by the packed hall. As usual it will have been a late night for many of the However, things were to develop otherwise and no matter how the Town audience – but well worth it!! Thanks to The Naunton Players yet Council fought and objected to the closure of the VIC, it seemed pretty again for inviting so many to come a join in one of your most obvious that sanity (or at least what we considered sanity) was not successful activities. going to prevail. There was only one thing to do and that was to Secondly, the Rotary Club hosted its third “Youth and Music” attempt to put in place some form of temporary system and through Concert in St Edward’s Church, Stow on Saturday 25th.As approaches made to the owners of the VIC property and Martin Elliot & usual this will surely have been a “night to remember”, as a group Partners, it was agreed, subject to a number of conditions, that we of highly talented young musicians will have entertained a packed could have use of the vacated VIC possibly up until The Cotswold audience. This year the musicians came from the Young Musicians Festival at the end of September. Here we must thank the owners and competition held in the South Cotswolds, and the recent Chipping Martin Elliot for the co-operation we received and the help given to us. Norton music festival. Toby Hughes (16yrs old) playing the double bass, will have demonstrated his huge ability to really make this So that was the plan! It was a distraction that we had never anticipated instrument sing. His sister Megan Hughes (14 years) grows in her (or ever wanted!) and a lot of our planning activities for the Festival mastership of the violin and her return to St Edward’s after two were put on hold to some degree. However, as we moved into the final years, will have been a real pleasure. Toby and Megan were winner phase of our arrangements, things were to change – and the change and runner up in this year’s Young Musician’s Competition held in was one that we could applaud and welcome. An 11th hour reprieve Stroud. Our third performer was Alex Webb (19 years) for the VIC seemed to be likely! We, The Cotswold Festival Committee, percussionist, runner up in last year’s competition and now studying would establish a rota for the voluntary manning of the VIC, but the at Birmingham Conservatoire. The other two performers, Josh Cotswold District Council would maintain an involvement, so that we Herring (17years) on clarinet and piano and Benedict Mcaw would work alongside experienced staff. As we go to press the (11years) on flute, both from Oxfordshire, helping to make up a rich outcome of discussions are still uncertain – but we hope will be and varied programme of music. Proceeds of the Concert, sponsored resolved as described. We do hope so – and a visit to the VIC will by Kendall & Davies and The Crock Shop in Stow, will go to indicate if our hopes have materialised! Rotary Foundation – Rotary’s own charity.
As for the Cotswold Festival we do progress and even if there has been Thirdly – Sunday 26th April will have been Children’s Multi- a delay in some of our planning we shall soon catch up! Very shortly sports day at Bourton School, when many young children under 13 years old will have been tutored in a number of sports. The event, we will be launching our “Grand Draw” – a registered activity that will put on by the Rotary Club is held in association with The Cotswold run over the summer months to be drawn at the Cotswold Festival. District Council and Cheltenham Town Football Club. Photographs are already being submitted for the Festival Calendar competition – and we anticipate that many more will follow now that we May is a fairly quiet month for us – but we have a visit from our are into late spring; (rules for entry are in the April edition of the “twin” Rotary Club, Bressuire in western France. We expect Stow/Moreton Times or on the website www.cotswoldfestival.com). about 7 Rotarians and their wives from Bressuire and yes, for once, we shall be out to enjoy ourselves, fostering the entente cordialle Further details of the Cotswold Festival and the many attractions that that exists between our two clubs and nations. Then as May comes will be taking place over the weekend of 25-27th September are to a close we shall be focussing on our golf day on 8th June. available on the website or at the Visitor Information Unit at Hollis House This event, held annually at Naunton Golf Club, aims to raise in in Stow Square! excess of £3,000 for charity – but more about that next month! 5 StowTimes_May09.qxd 27/4/09 15:30 Page 6
SWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL From Judy Morgan STOW-on-the-WOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL The children from Swell Primary School (ages 4 to 10 years) enjoyed a roast Easter lunch cooked by members of FOSS heart hand mind (Friends of Swell School) at the end of term. The children had all been very busy at home making Easter hats for this COMMUNITY-WIDE TABLETOP SALE special occasion. All the pupils had also attended an Easter Church Service earlier in the week. The photo is of the From Amy Edwards children showing off their hats following their lunch. Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School and Stow-on-the- Wold Nursery School have received “outstanding” marks in several key areas of their Ofsted inspection reports, notably in how both settings promote the welfare of children in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The full Ofsted reports can be viewed and/or downloaded at www.ofsted.gov.uk. The photos show Class One preparing and As part of their study of enjoying Easter Tea: Transport the Infant Class 1. Millie and Ollie make clay bunnies in preparation for Easter (ages 4 to 7 years) had an 2. Ollie rides his bicycle built for two exciting visit to Hacklings 3. Millie prepares to ride with Ollie on their bicycle built for two Transport Depot at Bourton on the Water. The children were thrilled to report seeing 'the lorry washer', 'the lorry drivers bed in the lorry' and that 'we had a ride in the lorry' as part of their extensive visit.
Temple Guiting Church of England School David Ogden, Headteacher
Longborough Primary School Celebrated Easter with bonnets From Val Latham
Pictured below are Harvey Davis; and Ben Oakey with Lottie Wizard Success in the SATs! Oxton and Amelia Dash. They all had great fun and celebrated When the ‘league tables’ were published last month we were pleased to be once again with some chocolate eggs! near the top: ranked 21st among the 236 primary schools in Gloucestershire.
Another Successful Inspection Every few years, the Church of England inspects us in a way similar to Ofsted. The Inspector said: ‘There is a delightful family atmosphere that permeates the whole school’ and ‘The school, through its distinctive Christian character, is ‘outstanding at meeting the needs of all learners’
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gutters to gargoyles
The Prof continues his look at some of the historic landmarks in our communities
The Four Shire Stone three countries come together. A When poddling around the countryside one day, we were driving secondary towards the Wolfords, and came across a large imposing stone quadripoint is monument which looked a bit like one half of a pair of entrance where four political gateposts towards a grand country estate. We noticed that the or administrative monument was surrounded by a small iron picket fence. This must be regions come something interesting. We stopped the car and clambered out to together within one inspect our find. About three feet square, the weathered pillar made country. It is known of dressed Cotswold stone rises to an elaborate curved weather- that secondary capping with a ball finial completing an imposing sight, about nine quadripoints still feet high. In the apparent middle of nowhere. exist in the USA, The four faces of the monument were each inscribed with the name Canada, the of a county: Gloucestershire; Oxfordshire; Warwickshire; Phillipines and in Worcestershire. So, what’s all this about ? Does it mark some Switzerland – just boundary inter-section? One face had a further inscription: THE one in each FOUR SHIRE STONE. This must be a fairly rare and interesting country. The picture occurrence, we thought – and we were right. shows the quadripoint in the Research has indeed thrown up some facts about the stone which will USA, known as surprise and delight. Although I have been unable to determine “The Four Corners” precisely when this stone boundary marker was erected, the style where four states meet at right angles: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico might indicate the Georgian era – 1714 to 1830 – and yet the carved and Arizona. inscriptions are still quite crisp. I did find a reference to There were two quadripoints in the United Kingdom. One was the stone existing in 1719, thought to be south west of Stamford – where Rutland, Lincolnshire, when Thomas Gardner drew a Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire meet, although in 1974 the series of one hundred strip Unitary Authority boundary changes meant that the Cambridgeshire roadmaps of England. More point moved into the Peterborough Unitary Authority, effectively than one website suggests leaving two tripoints around 20 metres apart. However, our own Four that the stone marks the old Shire Stone was acknowledged as a (secondary) quadripoint until the meeting place of the four so-called detached fragment or enclave of the Parish of Evenlode, counties for the past twelve Worcestershire, was reassigned to Gloucestershire (the county that centuries, and that the annual completely surrounded it) in 1931. This reassignment was one of Moreton Show still brings many which were determined following the Counties (Detached together the four counties to Parts) Act 1844, and left our stone as a tripoint, about ten miles from celebrate past and present today’s Worcestershire. farming life. The Four Shire Stone is believed to be have been an inspiration for Technically, in geographical Tolkien’s Three-Farthing Stone, a central point in the Shire, where terms, a quadripoint is a point three Farthings met, in the books by J.R.R.Tolkien such as the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It was described as a stone by the side of East Road that marked the point where the borders of the Eastfarthing, Westfarthing and Southfarthing of the Shire came together. It was also said to mark the point near the centre of the Shire itself. The stone stood about five miles southest from Bywater, and exactly fourteen miles west from Frogmorton. The fourth of the four farthings, the Northfarthing, did not meet the other farthings at on the Earth that touches the Three-Farthing Stone. Where it did meet the West and East four distinct regions. Such farthings, however, there was not a second three-farthing tripoint points are often called stone to mark this particular spot. “four corners”, from the Just in case you were wondering, dear reader, if there was anywhere corners of the four regions in the world where more than four divisions converge at any one meeting there. There are point…there is, but only one, on the island of Nevis in the no recognised quadripoints Caribbean, where five parishes meet on Nevis Peak, and this is the involving different world’s only secondary quintipoint! countries, although an argument could be made So, whilst we might not have a world’s exclusive in our midst, do for the “thalweg stop and look at our Four Shire Stone next time you are in the confluence” of the vicinity – there is nothing quite like it in the real world, or even in Zambezi River with the the world of Bilbo Baggins and the Hobbits. Chote River, where The Prof Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana With thanks to come together, but the www.tripatlas.com/quadripoint boundaries are subject to www.en.wikipedia.org varying disputes and only www.geograph.org.uk one combination of www.rootsweb.ancestry.com boundaries, if ever to be www.touruk.co.uk agreed, would produce a quadripoint. There are www.absoluteastronomy.com several instances of www.tolkiengateway.net country tripoints, where and The VB, my research assistant
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Don’t let this be The Age of Stupid by Ed Pomfret Last month at the world’s biggest ever simultaneous film premiere a new film Ed Pomfret is head of campaigns at the Woodland Trust and has been campaigning starring Pete Postlethwaite was launched. The Age of Stupid is set in 2055 with an on climate change for over a decade archivist sitting in a research station in the melted arctic looking back at footage Contact: from 2008 and wondering why we didn’t act to tackle climate change when we [email protected] knew it was happening and when we had the chance. www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/campaigns If you get the chance to see the film which is showing in various places (see There is further information and screenshots from the film on the Age of Stupid's www.ageofstupid.net for details) it is a fascinating documentary following the website – www.AgeofStupid.net stories of six people from around the world who are all affected in different ways by our crazy thirst for oil. From the hurricane Katrina survivor who works as an oil explorer for Shell, to a mountain guide in the alps who has seen the glaciers melt over the last 80 years, to a wind farm developer who faces local opposition at every turn. Pete Postlethwaite The stories highlight the fact that the time for action on climate change is now. Steven Spielberg called Pete Postlethwaite "the best We need to see a global peak and decline in greenhouse gas emissions by around actor in the world", of which Postlethwaite says: 2015 or the science shows we are going to face much worse impacts from climate "I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, 'The change. One of the first countries that will be affected is the low lying Maldives in thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best the Pacific and at the Age of Stupid Premiere they announced that their country actor in the world." would be zero carbon by 2020. This developing country is leading the way in the world. We need a new global deal to cut global greenhouse gas emissions which covers all countries including the USA and also fast developing countries like China and India if we are going to stand a chance of tackling this issue. All of us as individuals can make a difference and you’ll have already heard Fernand Pareau people asking you to change your light bulbs to low wattage bulbs, turn your For French mountain guide Fernand Pareau it was thermostat down by (at least) one degree, insulate your house, drive as little as "truly love at first sight" when he set eyes on the ancient glaciers of the Chamonix valley. But over his possible and think before flying to destinations you could reach by train. All of long lifetime Fernand has seen his beloved glaciers these small actions are vital – we should all be acting to make sure our impact melt by more than 150 metres. on the problem is a positive one, but the fact remains that to make a difference nationally and internationally we need our Government and other countries to take strong leadership and tackle the issue by showing some leadership. One of the most important things you can do is to put pressure on ministers, the Prime Alvin DuVernay Minister and MPs to make sure that the UK takes a lead in pushing for a strong Searching for oil off the coast of America is like global deal on climate change. "being a sports star or in some kind of battle", says Alvin DuVernay. They drill three miles down, suck The UK Government has so far said and done the some positive things on climate up some mud and give it to paleontologist Al. He change for example the Climate Change Act passed last year contains the most examines the microscropic fossils, "deconstructs ambitious targets for carbon dioxide cuts of any developed country, but we now time itself" and advises where to drill next. The best need these words to be backed with action. This means the Government has to stop bit is when the oil starts flowing. promoting climate damaging infrastructure like new coal-fired power-stations or new runways at airports and instead needs to invest in green energy and green jobs. You can help by writing to the Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband asking him to make sure the UK takes the lead in the climate change negotiations. Go to Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud www.stopclimatechaos.org/action to see actions you can take now and keep Jamila and Adnan were only 5 and 6 when their checking back throughout the year for the latest things you can do. home was destroyed by a missile on the second day of the Iraq war. They fled the house before the missile struck, but their elder brother, Malik, was badly burned and their father killed.
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Green building – for a lower impact future From Charlie Mackinnon-Little, Cotswold Green Energy Knowing that natural resources on this planet are finite means that we must learn to standard (developed in live sustainably. A significant way of reducing our adverse impact on the earth is to Germany 1996) represents the improve our homes. The following paragraphs set out to introduce some of the highest practicable standard fundamentals of green building. that can be achieved in terms Improving the energy performance of any building will need to be considered on a case of an energy efficient house, by case basis, with good housekeeping guidelines set out by organisations such as the far exceeding the current UK Energy Saving Trust being addressed first. Optimise factors such as insulation and building regulations. heating systems before considering integrating renewable energy systems – solar thermal is often the most cost effective choice. Commonly encountered renewable energy systems are, solar hot water, solar electric (PV), wind, hydro, and biomass (log, pellet and chip boilers). Heat pumps can only be considered Passivhaus renewable when the electricity driving them comes from a renewable on site source. Passive Houses are very well insulated buildings with an Eco-minimalism annual space heat demand so To move forward from the pilot projects of individual eco-houses it is crucial that low that conventional heating green builds are accessible, affordable, genuinely environmentally-sound and gimmick- systems can be omitted. The free. A green building needs to be economic to run, simple to maintain and practical. It small amount of heat still is not sufficient to ‘bolt on’ renewable systems and declare that you have an required can be delivered to environmentally sound property. individual rooms by heating An airtight and super-insulated building will need very little if any heating – savings the air supplied by the from designing-out heating can be applied to improving building fabric quality. ventilation system. This will work when the space heating energy demand is up to 15kWh/(m2a-) (kilowatt-hour per square metre of living/usable area per annum) Newcomers to green building can be easier to persuade than the old diehards, that the ‘technical fix’ icons of the green movement (wind turbines, PV) may not be as green as The construction of a Passive House is very demanding in terms of performance of the they seem. That a building can be genuinely green without being self conscious, or building components used. looking radically different, is also very attractive to many people, and particularly • Exterior building elements must have a U-value (a measure of heat transmission pertinent to the Cotswolds. through a building element/given thickness of insulating material) below 0.15 How to achieve a green build • The external envelope must be constructed without thermal bridges When a new project or refurbishment is undertaken it is vital to pay attention to detail • The airtightness of the building should be verified by means of an air leakage test. from the onset. Insulation detailing, thermal bridging (heat loss from areas of the Air leakage below 0.6 air changes per hour (Current building regs 10) buildings with little or no insulation), door and window specifications, building and • All glazing/frames must have U-values below 0.8 W/(m2K). Glazing must have a glazing orientation – must all be carefully considered. As the insulation performance high total solar energy transmittance to achieve net heat gains in winter of a building improves, the percentage of energy used to heat it reduces, with other • The ventilation system must be designed with the highest energy recovery efficiency factors such as thermal bridging and hot water generation become more important. • Domestic hot water generation and distribution systems must have minimal heat losses. The following questions address the choice of materials. Can recycled materials be • Highly efficient use of household electricity is essential used? Are the materials environmentally benign? Can they be sourced locally? (Technical details explained on the Passivhaus website) Various organisations are now pushing for improvements in energy efficiency and many Simply combining appropriate components is not sufficient to construct a building as a companies are meeting this emerging market. Two non-governmental bodies, The Passive House – the integration as a whole is greater than the sum of the individual Association for Environmental Conscious Building (AECB) and the Passivhaus Institute parts. The component interaction necessitates an integral plan in order to achieve the publish excellent standards for achieving an energy efficient building. The Passivhaus Passive House Standard. This is the purpose of the Passive House Planning Package. Cotswold Green Energy Cotswold Developed by Charlie Mackinnon-Little as a culmination of a masters degree in Green Energy Architecture; Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, many years of plumbing and heating experience and involvement in green build developments. Cotswold Green Energy aims to achieve high quality and appropriate workmanship, specialising in: Renewable Energy Systems – solar hot water, biomass boilers, solar electric, wind power Passive House Planning – design detailing to ensure highly efficient buildings in terms of energy requirements Renewable Energy Systems Environmental conscious plumbing and heating – water conservation, rain harvesting, Passivhaus Planning efficient heating systems Plumbing & Heating Cotswold Green Energy is interested in specifying and installing systems that are appropriate. A hard sell approach is not adopted.
www.cotswoldgreenenergy.co.uk Organisations, references and further reading The Association for Environment Conscious Building – www.aecb.net [email protected] Passivhaus Institute – www.passivhaus.org.uk tel. 07979 460925 Severn Wye Energy Agency – www.swea.co.uk Charlie Mackinnon-Little The Energy Saving Trust – www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
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Transform your Country Bolt Hole into a ‘Nice Little Earner’ For many people owning a second home has become an expensive luxury. ‘As these second homes are essentially discretionary purchases, their sale prices have been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn and people are looking at alternative ways to get a return on their investment’ comments Patrick Phillips, Director of Jigsaw Holidays. By renting your property on the holiday lettings market, you can still enjoy your country bolt-hole for summer breaks and long weekends throughout the year while taking advantage of the increasing number of people holidaying in the UK. If you enjoy spending time in your holiday home, the likelihood is that others will too. Letting agencies such as Jigsaw Holidays can often give a wealth of advice on how to make those small changes to make your property appeal to the widest audience possible. If you would like to know further details about how to transform your Cotswold hideaway into a nice little earner email [email protected] or call 01242 252672.
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THE john davies gallery
DAVID TRESS The Rude & Beautiful Landscape
An Exhibition of 45 New & Recent Paintings
1 Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, mixed media on paper, 22 ⁄2 x30ins
16th May - 6th June 2009
Open 9.30am - 5.30pm . Monday to Saturday
Colour Catalogue, including an appreciation by John Russell Taylor, £10
David Tress is one of the country’s leading landscape painters with work included in a growing number of public and private collections. He has also been favourably featured in reviews by leading art critics in such newspapers and journals as Art Review,The Independent,The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.
The Old Dairy Plant . Fosseway Business Park . Stratford Road Moreton-in-Marsh . Gloucestershire . GL56 9NQ t: +44 (0)1608 652255 e: [email protected] www.johndaviesgallery.com
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Call Alfred Bryant or Jonathan Hewitt THE EXTRA HOUR on 01608 651781.
Visit NFU Mutual Office, 4 Cotswold Link, IT CONSULTANCY Cotswold Business Village, London Road, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0JQ. From fixing & improving your PC to advice on what to buy From Anti-Virus to Security, Broadband to WiFi Home, motor and FOR ALL YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS business insurance Contact: Richard Telephone: 01451 850782 or 07773 781112 from the heart of Email: [email protected] the country. COTSWOLD PC CLINIC 01608 812386 Agent of The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited. 07979851183 [email protected] Having trouble with your email? Internet does not work? FOR ALL YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS Save ££££’s on your internet and telephone bills. Computer upgrades, repairs and 2nd hand computers. Advice on where to buy your new equipment PLUS Website Support all @ www.cotswoldpc.com
I’m writing this article a few days before the Budget so I can’t comment on the Need help with measures due to be announced, measures that are needed to deal with the huge economic problems that this country faces. What I can remind you of is the your increase in National Insurance contributions announced last year but delayed because of the gloomy economic picture. Things haven’t changed since then but it Tax Return or Payroll? seems that this ‘tax’ hike will go-ahead at a time when taxes need to be lowered to a sensible level. The Chancellor needs to restore some confidence; small business Contact has been hard hit & increasing the tax burden can only dent any prospect of a quick recovery. It just doesn’t make sense, with millions unemployed, to increase Robb Eden the cost of employing people. What we need is a fresh approach. The approach so far has been similar to measures taken to boost the economy in the ‘20’s & ‘30’s for and look what happened then. One thing that needs to be done to restore confidence is to deal with the excesses Accounts Preparation & Analysis of the banking industry. Again, if we look back to the ‘20’s & ‘30’s the bankers PAYE & Book-keeping were blamed for the collapse of the UK economy & yet here we are many decades later & the same thing happens again. At a time when everyone else is tightening Vat Returns their belts it seems that the banking industry is loathe to give up some of the Personal Tax practices that have made them so unpopular with their customers. The issue of Sage Training bank charges has still not gone away &, perhaps, this is the one issue that affects most people, particularly those in business. Even though the Office of Fair Trading Business Tax won the initial court case & the appeal by the banks it seems that our trusted bankers will still not give in. Surely it is time to take some decisive action before More than just accounts – a personal service more businesses go bust. tailored to your needs. We will work with you Finally, if you’ve received a Tax Return or a notice to deliver a Tax Return you have to get the best from your business. plenty of time to submit these. However, if you’re unsure about what to do you should either contact your accountant or, if you’re worried in anyway about filling in your Return, give me a ring at the telephone number below. Telephone advice is 01608 651802 free of charge. Robb Eden is a director of FBL Limited, based in Moreton-in-Marsh. He can be [email protected] contacted via e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone 01608 651802.
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Let us take away those wash-day blues – and take a load off your mind V V V V Delicious Mary’s Laundry is a friendly Our Specialities family owned and operated business Dry cleaning serving Bourton on the Water and the Gentleman’s shirt service Eating & Grazing at the surrounding area. We take away your Light commercial laundry for washday blues. Gentlemen’s shirts are restaurants, hotels and guest houses a speciality and we offer first class Dry & fold, Ironing cleaning for suits, dresses, gowns, ties, A etc., as well as curtains, feather and lterations and repairs fibre duvets and cushions. Friendly customer service – Expert Staff Horse rugs laundered and re-proofed – Same Day ‘Quick Wash’ Tack room washables – Complete Laundry Service All commercial enquiries – Personal Touch Excellence is Our Standard A Few Lite Bites, Starters & Mains:
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NOTES FROM STOW TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS OF 9TH APRIL 2009 FULL MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FREE GROUPS COUNCIL OFFICE for Adults
NEXT MEETINGS: 14th May; 11th June and 9th July in The Masonic Hall, Church Street, Stow starting at 7pm Are you thinking of: Office move Council have moved office to Stow Youth Centre. Hours & • Improving your email & letter writing skills? phone number 832585 remain the same. • Doing your driving theory test? White Hart Lane The gates remain closed despite successful negotiations • Getting a qualification in English/Maths? between Council & Arkells, because of legal issues raised by the Youth Hostel • Improving your reading & writing skills? Association regarding their rights to vehicle access. Separately, a resident has • Would you like to increase your confidence? applied for the lane to become a Public Right of Way. YES offers small friendly classes where you can The Future for Stow Visitor Information Centre (VIC) The CDC learn at your own pace… ongoing from VIC in Hollis House has now closed. Discussions are ongoing. September 2008 Cemetery memorials The memorial safety inspection has been completed. Everyone is welcome: please call Sally for a chat Memorials which failed the Government recommended test have been staked, laid on 07988 531 774 flat or notices fixed. Council asks anyone whose family memorial has failed to contact the clerk about repairs. Moreton Area Centre, Moreton in Marsh Road/Street Lighting problems Call GCC on 08000 514514 Monday 2.00 - 4.00pm when street lights are not working or roads need repair – you will need to give the lamp number/road name & good directions. 14 Frederick Place, The Library, Moreton in Marsh Bristol, BS8 1AS New street lights are funded by Stow & GCC in partnership. Stow is Phone: Tuesday 2.00 - 4.00pm considering a request for lights in both Spring Gardens. 0117 973 9744 If you are interested but would prefer Email: May 14th – Stow Fair information@youthed different times, please give us a call ucationservice.org.uk & we will see what we can do. Road verges will be taped off; Maugersbury Road car park will be closed. Event parking on the day will be on King Georges Field playing field & the cricket field. STOW POLICE STATION ROADSIDE PARKING WILL BE BANNED 13/5-15/5 ON: COMMUNITY PANEL MEETING WITH PC CHRIS SKINNER 1 Park Street/Oddington Road & the area around the Bell public house – all sides, PC Chris Skinner confirmed that the Police Station reception will NOT be closing. 2 Maugersbury Road both sides from the car park to Park Street junction. Existing staff will man the office until the position is taken up by an employed receptionist, releasing police officers to their policing duties. Reception will then be 3 Oddington Road both sides from the Bell public house to Pound Lane open 5 days a week (Mon-Fri) between 9am – 5pm. There are no future plans to (including grass area at junction Oddington Road & King Georges Field). close the station itself. 4 Union Street both sides. Next Panel meeting – 2 July, 7pm, Stow Primary School. 5 St Edwards Drive both sides. 6 Sterling Close both sides. Cotswold District Local Development Framework (LDF) 7 King Georges Field both sides. Core Strategy – Settlement Strategies 8 Back Walls & Lower Park Street both sides including the road from the Bell As part of the CDC Core Strategy development, and following discussions with Stow public house to Maugersbury Park. Council about the community’s aspirations and needs, and a request to Stow council to 9 Swell Road both sides Unicorn junction to cricket field entrance. consider a ‘vision’ for the area to cover the next 20 years, CDC have devised a (draft) Cars parked on these roads during the period above, will settlement profile for Stow on the Wold. Using this profile a draft settlement strategy be booked by CDC wardens, regardless of ownership. Stow has been produced (available in Stow Council office), based on the information Council, CDC, GCC & the police hope that despite the inconvenience to residents, available at the time; it will continue to be developed further as new evidence emerges. they will recognise the temporary need for these measures. Further evidence base will be developed over the coming year, including a study on open spaces, sport and recreation facilities, and a study on climate change and Cotswold Festival 26-27/9 in Stow Square Event parking will be opportunities to utilise renewable energy solutions within Cotswold District. on the cricket field & KGF. A generic Vision and Strategy sheet for Cotswold Market Towns and main service Play Parks King Georges Field play park work has been centres has also been developed to avoid repeating common issues that could be found completed. Please come to the Opening Ceremony at across Cotswold settlements. 2:30pm on Saturday 30/5. The celebrations will include refreshments This is the first stage in the iterative process of planning for Stow settlement’s future, and a Silver Band, with goody bags for the younger children. and CDC will be meeting with town and parish councils, and other stakeholders, to Council has denied permission for ice cream sales on Shrubbery Green. further develop the Core Strategy. Call Council on 832585 to report any flytippers or Any comments or observations on the documents, as well as on CDC’s approach to incidents of dog fouling – we need names & times. New involve parish councils, are welcome, and can be sent to Tina Emsley, Forward dog waste bins have been installed. Planning Team, at [email protected] or at CDC’s Cirencester Offices.
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NEXT MEETINGS STOW TOWN Thursday 14th May COUNCIL Residents are welcome to attend MAY meetings. Questions* from the public Notes on the Stow Town Tuesday 5 May – Clapton-on-the-Hill relating to a proposal in discussion by (0945-1015), Little Rissington (1030-1115), Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting Council Meetings for Upper Rissington (1300-1400), Westcote on that proposal. General questions are (1415-1515), Wyck Rissington (1530-1600) taken at the end of the meeting. May Wednesday 6 May – Temple Guiting (0930-1000), Guiting Power (1015-1115), * A max of 3 minutes allowed. Notes of the meetings from Naunton (1130-1215), Lower Slaughter Town Councillors are available before & Mike Corker, Town Clerk, are (1315-1345), Upper Slaughter (1400-1500) after the meeting. District & County Cllrs, included on p.21. Thursday 7 May – Condicote (0915- representatives of Stow Police and local 0945), Longborough (1000-1030), Full Minutes of the meeting, associated Bourton-on-the-Hill (1045-1115), Press regularly attend. Committee meetings and Todenham (1130-1215), Draycott (1400- correspondence are available in the 1430) Blockley (1445-1545) C.D.C Committees Stow Youth Centre, George Alley, Stow. Thursday 14 May – MPS booked for Stow Horse Fair There is a letterbox in the main door. May Friday 15 May – Bledington (0930- The Council Office is open 1030), Icomb (1045-1115), Oddington (1130-1200), Adlestrop (1300-1345), Members of the public are encouraged to Tues, Weds & Thursday 10am-1pm Evenlode (1400-1445), Broadwell (1500- attend meetings of the Council and (subject to meetings). 1530) Donnington (1545-1615) Committees. If you 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 Market Towns in Gloucestershire are working together to help support community projects, share good practice, source advice and expertise – and have a louder voice. GMTF an independent network encouraging the exchange of May information and ideas in a climate of mutual support. www.town2town.org.uk s packed with information, including case studies showing how other rural towns in the county have faced a range of challenges, an A-Z contacts guide to No Planning Meetings useful organisations and illustrated reports from Look and Learn visits and networking meetings. Stow on the Wold is Thur 7 May County Council Elections a member and you can register for regular e-bulletins. Tues 12 May Council Annual Meeting From the March/April e-Bulletin Forum funding helps launch Chipping Campden community website. www.funding.town2town.org.uk) Meetings generally start at 10am. A £2,000 grant from the GMTF Development Fund has helped Chipping Campden launch its own community website which will Planning meetings held at Moreton Office not only keep local people informed and support the Town Council, the community and local businesses, it will also eventually start at 9.30am. generate income from the local Tourist Information Centre by offering secure, on-line accommodation booking for visitors to the area. www.chippingcampdenonline.org. Questions must be received by the Head of Empty shops? The challenge of keeping our High Street shops busy and open during the downturn has generated some Democratic Services – interesting suggestions in the national media. Check out the following: By email no later than 5pm on the prior The Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/18/slack-space-vacant-shops working day [email protected] The Mirror: www.mirror.co.uk/tags/save-our-high-streets/ and here's the Mirror's suggested 10-point 'rescue package': By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. 1 Monthly rents instead of quarterly to ease bills GL7 1PX Tel: 01285 623204/ 201 2 Abolish upward-only rent reviews 3 Reduce business rates in line with falling RPI 4 Scrap plans for business rate supplement 5 Cut red tape on rate relief for small firms 6 5% VAT rates for small businesses 7 Force banks to lend to small firms again 8 Persuade insurers to reinstate credit insurance 9 Scrap high street parking charges at weekends The National Blood Service 10 Urge landlords to let empty shops at low rents May Latest news from Community Action for Energy (CAfE) www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/cafe/Community-Action-for-Energy/for News on Funding Opportunities – Bourton on the Water, Royal British – Funding to develop Media Skills for Disadvantaged Young People Legion Hall – 1 May (2 days) – The People’s Millions, getting people involved in their local community Chipping Norton Town Hall – 13 May (5 days) – New Cashflow Fund, short term loans to community & voluntary organisations for early stage support – Community Sustainable Energy Programme, funding Not-for-profit organisations to install renewable energy technologies.
Road Closures INFORMATION Tel: 01452 425000
Little Rissington – Bourton Road through to Little Rissington Road Closed 22 to 29 May Resurfacing Works Chipping Campden – Scuttlebrook Wake – High Street & various roads off. 29 to 31 May
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BURFORD TERCENTENARY St EDWARDS CHURCH Quaker Meeting House 1710 – 2009 Stow-on-the-Wold MAY 300th Anniversary Celebration SUNDAY 3rd 8am HOLY COMMUNION of Burford Quaker Meeting House, Easter 4 11am Sung Eucharist Pytts Lane, Burford, Oxon. 0X18 4SJ. 6pm Choral Evensong This year Burford Quakers (Society of Friends) are celebrating Tuesday 5th 10am HOLY COMMUNION the three hundredth anniversary of their Meeting House, a Thursday 9th 10am Parish Prayers simple and beautiful building that has remained largely SUNDAY 10th 8am HOLY COMMUNION unchanged since the first stone was laid in 1709. To mark the anniversary, Burford Friends have organised a series of events Easter 5 11am Matins and they would like to welcome members of the public to 6pm No Evening Service at St Edwards the following: Combined Service at the Baptist Church for Christian Aid Week Tuesday 12th 10am HOLY COMMUNION APRIL 1ST TO OCTOBER 31ST Thursday 14th 10am Parish Prayers An exhibition of Quaker memorabilia at Tolsey Museum, Burford High Street. SUNDAY17th 8am HOLY COMMUNION Weekdays – 2pm to 5pm Sat & Sun – 11am to 5pm Easter 6 11am No Evening Service at St Edwards Free Admission. ROGATION SUNDAY 10.30am Condicote Rogation Service 6pm Evensong Sunday Meeting for Worship Tuesday 19th 10am HOLY COMMUNION in Burford Meeting House Thursday 21st 10am Parish Prayers 11am to12pm. All are welcome. SUNDAY 26th 8am HOLY COMMUNION Through their work, Quakers have touched the lives of Easter 7 11am Matins many people. If you would like to know more about the 6pm Evensong history of Burford Meeting House and the Society of Tuesday 26th 10am HOLY COMMUNION Friends, visit our website at www.burford-quakers.org.uk Thursday 28th 10am Parish Prayers To talk to someone about Burford Meeting House, in the first instance contact Vi Welbourn, phone 01608 SUNDAY 31st 8am HOLY COMMUNION 810854 or email [email protected] Pentecost 11am Sung Eucharist – BCP Merbecke Whit Sunday 6pm Evensong The Catholic Church Stow-on-the-Wold STOW-ON-THE-WOLD Mass Times for May Methodist Church BAPTIST Our Lady, Help of Christians SUNDAY SERVICES 10.30am Station Road, Bourton on the Water CHURCH Sunday Mass 8.30am All welcome In the Community Our Lady & St Kenelm MAY for the Community Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold [email protected] Sunday Mass 10am & 6.30pm Sunday 3rd Mr Ridley Ellis Sunday Services in MAY For times of Confessions and other SPEAKERS Sunday 10th information, please telephone 01451 830431 May 3rd Rev Alan Swann Steve Sizmur Sunday 17th May 10th CHRISTIAN AID WEEK Mr Bob Brock Cliff Meade 10-16 MAY 2009 Sunday 24th May 17th Mr Martin Hannant Sunday 10th May – 6pm Ian Mair Sunday 31st May 24th ANNUAL CHRISTIAN AID WEEK SERVICE Rev Chris Clewlow Alan Slough at Stow on the Wold Baptist Church FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS May 31st Tuesday 5th May at 2.30pm Bill Harvey Fri 15th & Sat 16th May Bible study led by Rev Alan Swann COFFEE MORNINGS, 10AM – 12.30 At Church Christian Aid Service Churches Together in St Edward’s Church Summer Supper – TBA Bring & Buy sale of paperback books May 10th 6pm at For information contact Stow Baptist Church ALL WELCOME Jackie Palmer OPEN DOORS FOR ALL 01451 822285 Join us on any Tuesday, 10.30 -12noon CHRISTIAN AID is an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland – Stow Baptist Community Hall Graham Simms working wherever the need is greatest – irrespective of religion or race. Companionship, conversation 01451 822545 and coffee.
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DON’T MISS ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL 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 RURAL CINEMAS and blinds and resurfaced the floors. And our rates are STILL very competitive. Oh, 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 THE PLAYHOUSE, ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY GET YOUR DATE IN OUR CALENDAR Thursday 28th May AUSTRALIA ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 booked £.50 on the door Fully Licensed Village Hall available for hire. Advance tickets/queries 01386 701033 Seating capacity – 160 A fine village hall, recently refurbished and in OLD SCHOOL VILLAGE HALL, BOURTON ON THE HILL good decorative order. Large well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets. Saturday 23rd May Gas central heating. *Suitable for wedding receptions etc. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528 Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 including choc ice Advance tickets/queries 01386 701901 EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL VILLAGE HALL, BROADWELL adjacent to Green in quiet village Friday 15th May AVAILABLE FOR HIRE at reasonable rates SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Ideal for pilates/yoga classes, children’s clubs and parties, receptions, presentations Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 including refreshments and family events. Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen & loos; Advance tickets/queries 01451 831153 disabled access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery available. Please call Bill Hill on (01608) 650898 VILLAGE HALL, CHURCHILL Saturday 9th May LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE VILLAGE HALL FOR HIRE Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £4.00 Advance tickets/queries 01608 659067 [email protected] Main Hall & Annexe (Snooker Room) available separately/together. Good decorative order. Pull down screen, extendable stage, table tennis. SCREEN ON THE GREEN, VILLAGE HALL, ILMINGTON External Hire – tables/chairs/crockery/cutlery/short-mat bowls woods & 30' Friday 29th May carpet. Discounts for L & S Clubs. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT 01451 830218 01451 830218 Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 Advance tickets from the Red Lion & Village Stores ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL VILLAGE HALL, LITTLE COMPTON ‘Yes, I remember Adlestrop...’ • Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special NO FILM THIS MONTH functions, classes or any event – only £6 an hour. • Discounted fees for long term bookings. Film 8.00pm | TICKETS £4.00 including tea/coffee • Just redecorated it has a small stage, kitchen facilities, disabled toilet and Advance tickets/queries 01608 674298 disabled access. • Excellent parking. VILLAGE HALL, LITTLE WOLFORD Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further information. Thursday 21st May SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE The newly refurbished STOW YOUTH CLUB Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50 is available for hire. Advance tickets/queries 01608 684223 Facilities include: Two large rooms (will accommodate 50 – 60 people) • Modern kitchen • Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector and screen VILLAGE HALL, LOWER ODDINGTON • 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 Tuesday 19th May the Fosse Way and accessed easily from the square. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE For more details contact: Dilys Neill: [email protected]. Tel 01451 830656 Sarah-Jane Rich: [email protected] Tel 01451 830654 Film 3pm & 7.30pm | TICKETS (see below) Advance tickets/queries 01451 830817 or 830403 LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, BELL BANK BLOCKLEY Matinee performance – £5.00 to include an elegant afternoon tea Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions,meetings, Evening performance – £3.00 classes, conferences family parties, weddings, etc. suitable for 35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking Tel: 01386 700 880 ST. DAVIDS CENTRE, MORETON IN MARSH Saturday 16th May CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE The perfect setting for that special occasion” Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 Recently built in Cotswold stone. Large car park, well Advance tickets/queries 01608 812338 or 652666 equipped kitchen, on the outskirts of the village. Tel: 01451 870385 Come & see what we have to offer! VILLAGE HALL, WYCK RISSINGTON Friday 29th May LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL EASY VIRTUE (cert PG) Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village green. Recently Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.50 refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, tables & chairs, Advance tickets/queries 01451 820232 disabled facilities, seats up to 70. Competitive rates (inc heating) The May film will be the last at Wyck Rissington until September vary with use. Tel: 01451 830578 Eml [email protected] Australia Slumdog Millionaire (15) Nicole Kidman as an English 120mins A young illiterate boy WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL aristocrat who travels to the faraway looks to become a contestant on the Recently refurbished continent where she attempts to Hindi version of “Who Wants To Be A A perfect Venue for Family Occasions save lands that she has inherited. Millionaire” The story follows his life Beautiful rural location onto village green and pond. Seats 40 / dinner before and after the contest. for 20. Disabled access & loos. Fully equipped kitchen inc dishwasher. Early booking recommended Enquiries Call Liz Wright 01451 820232
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Stow on the Wold WI ART IN THE COTSWOLDS MAY A group of local artists will be staging an Church Rooms, Stow Exhibition in Lower Slaughter Village Hall Thursday 7th May at 7.00pm 29th April-5th May. Open 10am-6pm. An eclectic mix of paintings, jewellery, glass and ‘Radio Gloucestershire’ ceramics - a colourful and inspiring exhibition. Raffle Join us for tea or a glass of wine on our opening day. All welcome More details 01386 430038. Betty Phelps – 01451 820556 Eve Knight – 01451 831189 STOW-on-the-WOLD PLOUGHMAN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL LUNCHES heart hand mind
ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL LADIES’ PAMPER EVENING, FRIDAY 15TH MAY MONDAY 25th MAY Join us for a fun and relaxing evening and treat yourself to a manicure, massage, reflexology session, Indian Head 12-2.30pm Massage and more. SPIRIT ORGANIC HAIRDRESSING will be giving consultations, and DAISY DIX will be among the stalls offering jewellery, Lunch £6 including gifts, stationery and other items. Doors open at 7.30. Admission is £5 (£4 in advance) a selection of sweets. and includes the treatments. Refreshments available throughout the evening. Coffee / Tea 50p. Slots are still available for product stands and therapists; please Stalls include – cakes, plants, contact Sandra at 01451 832 206 or [email protected] for details or to purchase tickets. tombola and Raffle. PROCEEDS FOR ODDINGTON CHURCHES COMMUNITY-WIDE TABLETOP SALE SATURDAY 6th JUNE MORETON ART GROUP We invite residents of Stow, Moreton and the surrounding area to take part in our tabletop event. Whether you’re doing a spring clean and have items to sell Annual Exhibition or you’re a local business looking for a new market, this event is for you! Tables available for £5 (individuals) or £10 (trade). April 30th – May 10th Redesdale Hall, Stalls will include clothing, toys, CDs, bric-a-brac, books, plants, and garden items as well as hot and cold drinks, cakes and snacks. Doors are open from Moreton-in-Marsh 10am-12pm. Admission is free. We’re also accepting donations of items in good Open 10am to 5pm condition for a PTA stall. To reserve your table or arrange a donation (not Tuesday Market Day) contact Amy at 01451 831 385 or [email protected]. Both events are sponsored by the Stow Primary School PTA
A ddateate fforor yyourour ddiaryiary - The History of Health and Healing ADLESTROP VILLAGE in Churchill A new and unusual Exhibition highlights some of the developments OPEN DAY in local health provision over 300 years, supported by recent research and oral SUNDAY 21ST JUNE 2009 records of residents, with exhibits on local doctors, diseases, remedies and the history of public health and family welfare of this area of the Cotswolds. 12.30 - 5.00 Also permanent exhibitions about village history including Warren Hastings, Governor General of India (1732-1818) and geologist William Smith (1769-1839) GARDENS OPEN PLOUGHMANS LUNCHES 12.30 - 2.00 – both born in Churchill. TEAS 2.00 - 3.45 Saturday & Sunday 2.00-4.30 pm NEW ATTRACTION FOR 2009!! 4 April – 30 September 2009 FUN DOG SHOW at The Heritage Centre, Churchill REGISTRATION £1.00 PER CLASS FROM 12.30 3 miles from Chipping Norton on B4450 SHOW FROM 1.30 - 3.00 RAFFLE, PRODUCE STALL, PLANT STALL AND MANY MORE ATTRACTIONS Churchill Village Festival RICHARD PHILLIPS RACING STABLE OPEN FOR Book your pitch now VIEWING Stalls (01608 658599). Car Boot Sale (01608 659534). ENTRANCE £3.00 PER ADULT - CHILDREN FREE - Sunday 14 June 2009. 12 noon-4.00 pm. FREE PARKING Churchill Village Green OX7 6NJ Proceeds to Benefice (B4450 Stow-Ch. Norton).
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KATHERINE JENKINS On a Haydn to ~ in concert ~ at Everything Gatcombe Park Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Hayden’s death By kind permission of H.R.H Princess Royal Chipping Norton Choral Society together with the Cheltenham th Chamber Orchestra perform an all-Haydn programme on Saturday 27 June Saturday May 16 Gates open 5.30pm Concert 7.30 – approx 10pm in St Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton. The two choral works are the joyous Te Deum and the dramatic Adults £32.50 Child 5-14 yrs £15 Nelson Mass (called Missa in Angustiis by Haydn). The Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra completes the evening with Katherine will be performing the a performance of Haydn’s Symphony No 6, Le Matin. With virtuoso solo passages for wind, horn and strings, all members of ‘Gatcombe Park Last Night of the Proms’ the orchestra have a chance to shine. With the National Symphony Orchestra Supporting artist(s) to be announced The concert starts at 7.30pm Tickets available from [email protected], £10 Tickets available from the (£12 after April 22) with under 14s free. Visitor Information Centre, Victoria Street Refreshments will be served in the interval. Bourton on the Water New singers are always welcome to join this friendly choir. There are no 01451 820211 auditions but the ability to read music is an advantage. For more information please call Brian Jones on 01608 683635, St James’s Singers e-mail [email protected] or Sarah Cobb, e-mail [email protected] RACHMANINOV CHIPPING CAMPDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2 ACTIVITY DAYS IN MAY VESPERS Sat. 16 May & Sat 24th May, 10-4pm A very special concert is to be held at Holy Trinity at St. James Church Rooms, Chipping Campden Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon on Saturday 16th May 2009 Experienced leaders with specialist training in early years/ primary years at 8pm with the St James’s Singers. singing and music development… Yvonne White, Barbara Dunn, Carol Green and Micaela Schmitz. They have trained with Voices Foundation, Ready Steady This choir is the St James’s Singers, their conductor is Sing for Early Years, and Singup – to mention just a few. Julian Harris, a young and adventurous musician, and • Short sessions for ages 3-5, 5-7, and 7-12 years. the small choir is made up of enthusiastic and • a booking system to secure places for each session • There will be a nominal fee. experienced singers from the Stratford-upon-Avon area. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE PLEASE The concert features Rachmaninov’s Vespers, opus 37, CONTACT Micaela Schmitz 01386 898162/01386 859648 sung in Russian, with a rich and full Russian texture, email: [email protected] which sounds so fantastic in a church acoustic. TICKETS Kingham Primary School Association’s 4TH FUND RAISING MUSIC FESTIVAL £15 reserved central nave, £10 unreserved (£5 under 16), phone Box Office 0791 919 2253 www.stjamessingers.com, or on the door.
on the schools playing field between 1.30pm & 10.30pm Saturday 6th June Featuring: ROCK IDOL – a Battle of the Bands competition a brilliant opportunity for young musicians to showcase their talents in front of a judging panel to include Alex James (Blur!) & top producer Steve Lipson. Followed by – ABBA Gold & Beverley Craven plus local bands including the ever-popular Red Hand Gang Packed with family fun, music & entertainment MUSIC WORKSHOPS with Umbanda (extremely popular and fun Packeddrumming), with clowns, family pony fun,rides, bouncymusic castle, & entertainment fire-eaters & much more. All proceeds to Kingham Primary School Music Fund with a percentage of profits also going to CLIC Sargent. ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL Event organised & run by parents of children at the school. Saturday 6th June at 8pm For further information & tickets log on to www.commotionfestival.co.uk Tickets – www.peterknight.net • 07974 842950
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MMOORREETTOONN YYFFCC NNEEEEDDSS YYOOUU!!! Moreton-in-Marsh & District Young Farmers & Advisory invite you to join them for a Rounders
Match & BBQ SPRING EVENT AT SEZINCOTE HOUSE AND GARDENS st with the North Cotswolds Voluntary Help Centre Sunday 31 May Saturday 16 May 2.00pm – 7pm From 2pm until 8pm at & by kind permission of A programme of entertainment provided by Stow-on-the-Wold & District RFC The Camellian Singers, a choral group from Berkshire. We are looking to recruit new members for our packed programme of events for the forthcoming season. We meet With trickery and illusions throughout the day By the multi-talented entertainer every Tuesday during September to May and hold ‘The Void’ informative talks, visits, social and sporting events. If you are aged between 10 – 26 yrs…..we are just what Teas, coffee, cakes and refreshments bar and barbecue. you are looking for! For more information contact: James Windridge (Chairman) This is a wonderful opportunity to 07976 315701 see Sezincote’s splendid gardens and enjoy delicious food and beverages in unique surroundings. COUNTRY FAIR & Tours of the house itself will be available for a small additional fee. CAR BOOT SALE Tickets £8 for adults, children under 10 free. Available at Sunday 12th July, Bowldown Farm, Nr. Tetbury. the gate, or in advance from The North Cotswolds Hot air balloon, clay pigeon shooting, children’s corner, hog Voluntary Help Centre, Moreton Area Centre, High Street, roast, Rolls Royce and Bullnose Morris Car Clubs, magicians, Moreton-in-Marsh 01608 651415. tarot card readers, farmer and craft markets. Each ticket sold will bear a unique number that will go into a draw Stallholders/Car Boot Sellers contact a.s.a.p: where the lucky winner will receive a voucher for a meal at the [email protected] or call 07831 196424 award-winning Horse and Groom Inn at Bourton-on-the-Hill. and speak to Kit. All proceeds from the event will go The North Cotswolds Voluntary Help Centre, which provides much-needed transport to enable people without transport of their own Whatcote ‘Bluebell Walk’ to get to appointments with the doctor, dentist etc. Annual Bluebell Walk At Whatcote Additionally, the Centre offers a Sitting & Befriending ‘Come for a gentle walk up to Hell Brake to see the bluebells Service for housebound or disabled people, providing and enjoy a cream tea in the Church on your return.’ respite to carers. Sunday 10th May 2pm to 5pm Mark Turner, Centre Manager Strong boots or shoes essential Dogs welcome on leads. North Cotswolds Voluntary Help Centre The cost is £5 for adults, accompanied children free – including the tea and scones! [email protected] 01608 651415 Plant & Produce stall Proceeds to St Peter’s Church
Free Car Park (CV36 5EF) in the village, also the start of the walk. Location - 1 mile W of Moreton-in-Marsh on A44 to Contact Sue Price on 01295 680007 for more details Evesham; turn left by lodge before Bourton-on-the-Hill.
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6th – 14th June Art & Craft event in Chipping Campden This inaugural event will showcase the superb and exquisite range of contemporary art and craft designed, produced and available in Campden. Participating venues will be offering either demonstrations, refreshments, concessionary entry fees or a complimentary jewellery cleaning service. The trail will begin at the Court Barn Museum and continue through the historic High Street to the Old Silk Mill, Sheep St. Further information about the event and free tickets available on www.campdenartsandcrafts.co.uk
The Kingham Plough FARMER’S MARKET ~ 24TH MAY From 11am onwards, visitors will be able to sample and buy good local food from around 30 of the Plough’s key suppliers • Demonstrations of sausage making and brewing. • Pig roast lunch at £10 per adult and £5 per child • Chef Emily Watkins and her team of 4 demonstrate some of their skills – Liquid nitrogen is on the menu for an experiment making ice-cream and lollies. • Home-made pork pies, salamis, bacon and ice-creams on sale from the Plough’s market stall. • Local cheese supplier and Blur celebrity Alex James and food guru Juliette Harbutt will demonstrate mozzarella making, with tastings from their joint cheese venture – the Evenlode Partnership. • GUEST APPEARANCES from the Hook Norton Brewery Shire horses, new born lambs and the new puppies from the Plough’s dogs Monkey and Ooti. • The Plough’s adopted charity – Kingham Primary School and Kingfisher Pre-school will have a cake stall • A charity raffle to raise funds for these local establishments with prizes of a hamper of tasters from each of the stall holders – and as much Cotswold beer as is humanely possible to drink! FURTHER INFORMATION at www.thekinghamplough.co.uk
National Family Week – Is your family getting together?
National Family Week is celebrating you and your family. In its first ever year, this new initiative has one simple aim – bringing families together! With sponsors, schools, community organisations, government bodies, charities, local councils, sports clubs, associations, celebrities and even the Prime Minister behind the week, the only thing missing is your family! Families like yours all across the country can enjoy hundreds of events and competitions, offers and promotions to make National Family Week fantastic fun for the whole family. National Family Week promises something for everyone! – spend quality time together. Join in the fun with your family and celebrate National Family Week! www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk 23 StowTimes_May09.qxd 27/4/09 15:31 Page 24
Market days May 2009 BOURTON ON THE WATER FULL INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT STOW & MORETON VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Farmers Market every 4th Sunday, 9.30-13.00 CHIPPING CAMPDEN EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS W I Country Market every Thursday, 9.00-1100am To 5th ART IN THE COTSWOLDS An eclectic exhibition put on by a group of local MORETON IN MARSH artists. Lower Slaughter Village Hall. 10am to 6pm daily. 01386 430038 Weekly Market every Tuesday, 8.00-2.00pm To 10th MORETON ART GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBITION Redesdale Hall, Moreton- W I Country Market every Thursday 9.30-11.30am in-Marsh. 10am – 5pm (not Tuesday Market Day) STOW ON THE WOLD 12 – 23rd CHIPPING CAMPDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL St James Church, Farmers Market 2nd Thursday 09.30-13.00 Chipping Campden. Programme/to book www.campdenmusicfestival.co.uk. 01386 849018 5 May to COTSWOLD STYLE an Exhibition of work by David W Birch, Rod Perkins & 14 June Emma Clegg. The Gallery, The Guild, Open Gardens Old Silk Mill, Chipping Campden. 10am – 5pm daily. 07870 417144 MILL DENE GARDEN, Blockley – from 1st April Exhibition of Affordable 16 & 17 ART IN THE GARDEN An exhibition of ceramic sculptures, paintings & May photographs. Lamorna, Hidcote Road, Pottery & Sculpture from local artists. Teas, light lunches. Ebrington. 10.30am-5pm. Refreshments. 01386 841206 [email protected] 01386 700457 5 HIDCOTE MANOR GARDEN 2-3pm Meet and quiz members of the REGULAR EVENTS garden team. 01386 438333 MON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 13-17 SNOWSHILL MANOR Secrets Explorer Tour, 10.30-12noon. Tickets 5.30-7pm Children and 7-9pm Adults £8. Booking Essential 01386 842814 MON CHILDRENS DANCE CLASS Chipping Campden Town Hall. 6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp, 17 WYCK RISSINGTON Village Gardens 2-5pm Plants. Teas. Produce Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057 Proceeds to Church Restoration Funds. MON YOGA Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm 01386 438537 17 ABBOTSWOOD Lower Swell. 1.30-6pm. Admission £4 (children U14 TUES COTSWOLD AONB WALKS www.cotsaorb.org.uk 01451 862000 free) Homemade Teas. Plant Stall. In aid of N.Cots. A.R.C. (Dogs on leads) 1st WEDS Free Martial Arts Lessons, Chipping Norton Leisure Centre 25 WYCK RISSINGTON Rare Plant Sale. Stone House, Wyck Rissington, Separate adult & childrens classes – www.tkdschools.co.uk 07977 560086 nr Stow. Refreshments available. Entry £5 (Children free) 10am-2pm. WEDS WEDNESDAY WALK Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 860366 10% of sales to Rainbow Trust Childrens’ Charity. 01451 810337 WEDS CHIPPING CAMPDEN BRIDGE CLUB 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members welcome. 29 UPTON WOLD Northwick Estate Nr Moreton. Adult £6, inc glass of Partners no necessary 01608 664456 wine. 5-8pm. No dogs please. Plant Sale. Proceeds to British Red Cross. WEDS STEAK NIGHT at the Plough Inn, Stetton on Fosse. 6-9pm www.redcross.org.uk/opengardens. Ring Matt 01608 661053 1st THUR Free Martial Arts Lessons, Stow Primary School Separate adult & childrens classes – www.tkdschools.co.uk 07977 560086 Shakespeare on the Green THURS LINE DANCING at Ch.Campden Town Hall 2.30-4pm 01386 438537 In aid of St Edwards Church, Evenlode THURS QUIZ NIGHT at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden from 8.30pm 01386 840688 THURS BELLY DANCING New beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Rooms, The Merchant of Venice Chipping Campden. Informal & relaxed classes suitable for ladies of all Intriguing Comedy of Riddles, Romance and Revenge - ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 And the most suspense-filled trial scene of all the great plays. A brilliant all-male FRI & MON DANCE FUSION Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience nec. company in a richly costumed production appealing to all ages. All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) FRI ACTIVE & ABLE Fitness & Falls classes for older people Evenlode Village Green at St Edwards Hall. Stow 01285 623450 SATURDAY 7TH JUNE at 7.30pm FRI BELLY DANCING New beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Rooms, Tickets £12 (£6 under 16s) Tel: 01608 650608 or 652400 Ch.Campden. Suitable for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 Open Air Production. 6, 13, 20, 27 TOURS of CHASTELTON HOUSE with the Custodian 10 –12noon. Please bring your own seating & picnics (if required) from 6pm. Booking essential – Charges apply. chastleton@nationaltrust.org.uk 01608 674981 WYCK RISSINGTON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AGM DIARY Thursday 28th May, 7.30pm in the Village Hall 2/3, 16/17, CRAFT FAIR in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. 10- 5pm. Victoria Hall, 30/31 Bourton on the Water. 01793 770148 4 FETE & DUCK RACE on the river at Bourton on the Water. STOW ON THE WOLD CRICKET CLUB Village Green & Victoria Hall. 10am to 4pm. 01451 821069 FIXTURES FOR SUMMER 2009 5 MORRIS DANCING in Stow Square at 3pm 12 GARDEN VISIT to Barton House, Nr Moreton in Marsh by Ebrington & District 2nd May Northleach (Home) Gardening Club. 6-30pm. Visitors welcome. 01386 593302 9th May Cirencester (Away) 13 TALK – The Story of Worcester Porcelain Factory, hosted by 16th May Malmesbury (Home) Cotswold Antiques Study Group (NADFAS). At Bradwell V Hall (south of Burford A361) Non members welcome. 01869 345332 23rd May Badminton (Away) 14 STOW HORSE FAIR – restricted parking in town centre and residential areas. 30th May Tetbury (Home) Signposted additional all-day parking. 6th June Slaughters (Home) 14 TALK – The C18th craze for gin, by Paul Booy. Visitors welcome £2. Gt Rissington Club, Nr Bourton on the Water. 7.45pm. 13th June Northleach (Away) 16/17 MACMILLAN CRAFT FAIR Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water. 01793 770148 20th June Tetbury (Home) 17-24 DAVIDIA WEEK at Batsford Arboretum nr Moreton in Marsh. 4th July Cirencester (Home) www.batsarb.co.uk 01386 701441 19 CAMPDEN FOLK NIGHT Bakers Arms, Broad Campden. 11th July Cricklade (Home) 01386 840761/840670 18th July Slaughters (Away) 20 EMBROIDERERS GUILD Workshop – Textile Gifts with May Martin. 25th July Charlton (Away) Broadwell V Hall 2-4.15pm. Visitors Welcome £3. Booking 01451 830259 25 CHURCH FETE St Catherine’s Church, Chipping Campden 2-4pm 1st August Malmesbury (Away) 25 Church Summer Fayre & Duck Race Village Green 8th August Charlton (Home) Bourton on the Water 10am. 15th August Badminton (Home) 29 COTSWOLD OLIMPICK GAMES (Traditional Annual Event) Dovers Hill nr Chipping Campden, starts at 7.30pm. Rustic activities, 22nd August Cricklade (Away) wrestling, bands, fireworks and a torchlight procession into 29th August Blockley (Away) Campden, dancing in the Square. www.olimpickgames.co.uk 30 LIVE 50s/60s ROCK BAND Kabinrock. British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Ashley Andrews – Stow CC Captain Water. Tickets from TIC at Bourton, Post Office at Stow. 7.30-11.30pm. 07891536418 www.kabinrock.com (Reports & Results will be on the Sports pages from June.) 30 WHITSUNTIDE FAIR – Scuttlebrook Wake in Chipping Campden. www.olimpicgames.co.uk 01386 849018
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North Cotswold Ramblers Group Local Walks with These boots were made for walking so why not put them on to join us on one of the following circular walks in the the Cotswolds glorious Cotswold countryside. Walking with us means that an experienced leader guides you on one of their favourite Voluntary Wardens walks and selects a local pub for a sociable lunchtime stop. This month we take you to the eastern and western extremes of our North Cotswold Region, perhaps areas that you have not explored much before. Saturday 2 May – 10.15am 5/6 hours Saturday 9 May 10am – 9 miles 6/7 miles – Moderate Brailes/Tysoe Circular Walk. Conservation in the Cotswolds Start: Meeting at Brailes Village Hall, Castle Hill Lane, Upper Brailes in Warwickshire, this 9-mile circuit takes us Start at Charlbury Station (Charge made for from Brailes via White House to Tysoe. This walk includes views of Brailes Hill, the second highest point in Warwickshire parking). Through the Evenlode Valley. and recognisable by the Highwall Coppice clump of trees on its top, Compton Wynyates and Windmill Hill. Lunch will be taken at The Peacock Inn, Middle Tysoe before the return trip to Brailes. For more details 01608 685597. Sunday 3 May – 10am 6.5 hours Sunday 24th May 10am – 6 miles 13 miles – Moderate Cockleford-Sparrowthorn-Elkstone-Cowley Wood – Circular Walk. In and Around Wychwood Start: Meeting at the Green Dragon Inn car park at Cockleford, south of Cheltenham and just off the A435 at Circular walk via Ascot-u-Wychwood, Chilson, 10:00am. A 5.5-mile walk from Cockleford along the Churn Valley via Sparrowthorn, to Elkstone and return via Cowley Cornbury Park, Finstock, Ramsden, Leafield. Woods. A highlight of this walk will be to indulge in a tasty snack or a full lunch in the Mouse or Lower Bar at the Pub lunch available. Green Dragon Inn. These bars contain furniture handcrafted by Robert Thompson, the famous “Mouse Man of Kilburn”. Please book in advance if lunch is required – 01242 519608. Wednesday 6 May – 10am 7 miles – Easy In common with many other Ramblers Groups, we have a no Dogs policy. Follow the River Evenlode from Shipton under More information on any walk or a copy of the Group’s current walks Wychwood to ‘No Man’s Land’. programme can be obtained from the Secretary (Tel: 01386 700847 or Start: Shipton under Wychwood Village Hall. email – [email protected] or by searching for the North Please bring packed lunch. Cotswold Group on the Ramblers website www.ramblers.org.uk) Sunday 10 May – 2pm Annual Bluebell Walk approximately 2 miles. Strong boots or shoes are essential. Start from Whatcote, (just north of Shipston on Stour) Free Parking. For more information tel: 01295 680007
The pioneering composting project run by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is winding down after an unprecedented six Tuesday 12 May – 2.30pm year run, which diverted more than 2,406 tons of waste going to the county’s landfill sites – the equivalent weight of 3 hours more than 2,406 cows which, standing nose to tail, would stretch almost 39 miles from Gloucester to beyond Bristol. 4.5 miles – Easy The Don’t Waste Wildlife project was established in 2003 to encourage households in Gloucestershire to compost Bluebells & Tomatoes their organic waste, rather than put it in the bin. Almost 20,000 people (around 8 per cent of the county’s Start Broadway War Memorial on the green. households) have benefited from the scheme after receiving help and advice on composting. We’re sure that everyone will carry on composting... Tuesday 19 May – 10am 2.5 hours So, if you haven’t done it already, then promise yourself that this weekend you’ll take out all that fresh compost from 2.5 miles – Easy your compost bin and spread around your garden. It will refresh and invigorate the garden soil and plant pots: mulch Talk and Walk around Blockley Village and add nutrients, build up soil fertility and encourage wildlife into the garden. Start: Blockley Village Green. Pub lunch available. The compost bin also needs to be emptied to make room for this year’s kitchen and garden waste so the natural composting process can begin again; in haste when the weather warms. At this time of year beneficial micro-organisms begin to Tuesday 26 May – 10am multiply and, very conveniently for us, chemically convert kitchen and garden waste into nutrients, making these available 5 hours 8 miles – Moderate to other larger compost creatures. These creatures will then chew, grind, bite and tear your waste down even further. Deer Park and Secret Forest So, when your compost is ready, just turf it out! You can’t see them all, but these creatures will be present amongst the Start: Charlbury Spendlove Car Park. compost and larger wildlife can then feed off of them. The Voluntary Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds and are Can our Readers help? actively involved in conservation work and the restoration of historic features. Walks are free – During April we received a call from Joyce Jones, of Anglesey. On a recent trip with friends she visited a furniture donations help to fund our conservation and salerooms and spotted a painting which appealed to her. “It was of the most beautiful house I had ever seen, in front of a lake – and it took my fancy so I bought it. improvement projects. “When I got home I noticed that it had ‘Stow on the Wold’ Full guided walks programme and on the back, which could be the title, and the name Clarissa information about joining the Voluntary Johnson, possibly the artist. I wondered if anyone would be able to tell me a bit more about the house, where it is, is it Wardens see www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk, possible to visit it, and does anyone know if Clarissa was the the Cotswold Lion (available from artist, and when was the painting done?” Information Centres) or call the Cotswold So readers, it’s over to you. If you can help please contact Joyce on 01407 710208. Conservation Board on 01451 862000
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FUNDING NEWS - Abbeyfield Week All Aboard The Revamped Awards! – Coffee Morning in the Old Stocks More than £60 million funding is on offer to support community projects throughout the UK after the re- launch of the flagship Awards for All programme, with a £45.2 million funding pot for grants ranging The Abbeyfield Society operates a from £300 to £10,000 in England. number of houses throughout the United Kingdom where independent Changes in the Big Lottery Fund’s small grants scheme make the application process simpler and quicker. Charities, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, local councils, health bodies, and older people can live as part of a small schools can get grants to carry out projects that will improve the quality of life for local people. The community. The Society is non profit- Awards for All fund will support projects that meet broad themes such as encouraging healthier lifestyles, making, so costs are kept to a giving people the opportunity to develop their skills, and promoting community involvement. minimum while providing decent single-room accommodation and Sir Clive Booth, chair of Big Lottery Fund, said the Awards for All changes would have a big impact. “A serving nourishing and tasty main simpler application process and a maximum turnaround time of six weeks for a decision are among the meals of a good standard. Many of changes to the programme which will make it much easier for applicants to successfully apply for small pots of funding that can have such a big impact on local communities and lives.” the rooms have en-suite facilities. Abbeyfield has two houses in this area For further information about the scheme visit the Awards for All website www.awardsforall.org.uk – at Kings Arms Lane in Stow and in Rectory Lane, Bourton on the Water FUNDING TO DELIVER THE YOUTH OFFER IN THE COTSWOLDS and these are supported by the local Friends of Abbeyfield group, £100,000 is available to run a small grants programme during 2009/10 under the consisting of volunteers. Integrated Youth Offer “Things to do, places to go”. The aim is to provide young people with positive alternatives to just hanging around and also to prevent them being tempted To mark the annual celebration of into potentially anti social behaviour. Abbeyfield Week, which this year is from 8th to 13th June, the friends of The Cotswold district share of the grant is £13,500. Funding will be allocated (with input Abbeyfield in Stow are holding a from the Cotswold Youth Council) and managed by the Cotswold Children and Young Coffee Morning at the Old Stocks People’s Thematic Partnership – it must be spent by 31 March 2010. Hotel in The Square, Stow on the Wold, on Thursday 11th June from Bids are invited from voluntary and community groups to provide projects and/or 10.00am to 11.30am by courtesy of services that meet the criteria of the Youth Offer (details available from CDC) and the Jason Allen, the landlord of the Old following local criteria: Stocks: all proceeds will go to raise we will consider projects that work with children of 11 yrs and up funds for the work of the Friends in bids can tackle the issue of rural isolation and lack of transport supporting residents of both the Stow and Bourton houses. During bids supporting the aims and objectives of the Cotswold Play Strategy. This is Abbeyfield Week, the Friends will also available at www.cotswold.gov.uk, under Community and Living. be delighted to hear from anyone bids recognising the needs of children and young people with disabilities. who wishes to support their work. In Please bear in mind that our allocation of £13500 needs to help deliver the Youth Offer addition, anyone who would like to find out more about Abbeyfield and across the district - this is more likely to be achieved through a number of smaller the accommodation it provides, is projects than one very large one. Similarly match funding is not a requirement but will welcome to contact us - clearly help funding stretch as far as possible (i.e. additional funding could come from John Kennell on 01451 832556, other funding sources). Barbara King on 01451 831633 or Mary Honess on 01451 830052. Our main focus is to support new projects and initiatives but we will consider applications from last year’s projects for new work or activities building on success/ bidding for a MAKE A DATE AND COME ALONG FOR development or extension of what you already provide. A COFFEE WITH US ON THE MORNING OF 11TH JUNE Bid forms must be in by 10am on Friday 29th May 2009. All bids will be assessed by the Cotswold Children and Young People’s Thematic Partnership and successful bidders will be informed by 16th June 2009. If you would like further information, a list of the criteria, an application form or help/ support with your application, please contact the following: Helen Jones, Team Leader, Cotswold Youth Service on 01285 650067 Or Marilyn Cox, Rural Adviser, GRCC on 01452 528491
WANTED! Living with Grief 2,000 women for the girls’ event of the year LEARNING 2 COPE is an eight week programme aimed Girl power will be the order of the night when the Cotswold at those who have experienced the death of a loved one. Midnight Walk sets off at midnight on Friday June 26th in Cirencester. Last year 1,200 women took part and raised We are currently setting up support groups in Gloucestershire and would like to hear from anyone £120,000 for Cotswold Care Hospice. This year the charity is who feels that they or someone they know would benefit aiming for 2,000 women to make it the biggest Midnight Walk from attending. in Gloucestershire. Scores of men are also needed to act as To find out more or book a place, please contact volunteers and marshals on the night. Entry is £10 and details Barbara Piranty or Vicki Hewlett at GRCC on 01452 528491 are available from events manager Vicki Hayward on 01453 Learn2cope.org 886868 or email [email protected] or log on to www.fancyagirlsnightout.com. Women must register in advance.
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Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council COTSWOLD FUNDING NEWSLETTER Stories of success!
Throughout the past financial year (April 2008 – April 5 shops receive financial support from the Gloucestershire 2009) many community groups, organisations and local Rural Services Support Group statutory authorities (Parish councils/meetings) have The Rural Services Support Group (RSSG) provided a grant been successful in securing funding for a wide range of scheme, using money sourced from Gloucestershire County projects and initiatives. The following stories of success Council, following the post office closures in 2008. The aim of are here for you to use as inspiration, reference and the funding was to help shops and community initiatives information. address the effects closures were having on rural shops and When reading them consider: communities. 5 shops in Cotswold District (Siddington Village Would this pot of funding be relevant to our Shop and Post Office, Rendcomb Village Stores, Blockley project? Community Shop, Down Ampney Community Shop, o Has the funder’s criteria changed? Longborough Community Shop) received funding for a range o Is the funding still available? of projects. Some required funding towards fixtures, fittings Would speaking to a contact from the successful and equipment and others required funding toward structural project be useful to us? changes. All applicants had to demonstrate how their project Who helped fill in the application and can I access would help aid the viability of the shop to secure its future the same support? trading. Unfortunately the RSSG does not have any other grants to give at present. 7 projects are supported by Gloucestershire Community USEFUL NOTE: Village shops and community shops can read Foundation’s Grassroots Grants about the new stream of funding from Rural Development A wide range of projects have been supported with funding of up Programme in England (RDPE) www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe/ to £5000 from the Grassroots Grants Scheme. Kingscote Village Hall, North Cotswold Radio (Chipping Campden), Stow Disability Village hall receives funding from 5 different sources Association, Poulton Football Club, Cirencester Cyber Café, towards community energy project Tetbury in Bloom, Kemble Village Hall were all supported. Rencomb village hall secured funding from the Community Projects supported include a kitchen refurbishment at a village Sustainable Energies Programme (CSEP), Gloucestershire hall, financial support for an employed post, fixtures and fittings Environment Trust (GET), Cotswold District Council (CDC), at project premises, electronic equipment for community use, Sustainable Development Fund (SDF), Garfield Weston and decorating equipment and 40 weekly art sessions for people with the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP). The funding disabilities & other health issues. was used to install a ground source heat pump at the village USEFUL NOTE: The deadline for Grassroots Grants is always the hall which will transfer heat from the ground into the hall to 1st Wednesday of every month. Please do check your eligibility for provide space heating. The total amount of money secured this grant. from the funders was £66,000!
Integrated youth offer Primary Care Trust supports good cause in the North The £13,500 awarded across the Cotswold District in 08/09 Cotswolds resulted in a wide range of activities District wide, including in the St Saviours Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre, Chipping Campden most rural areas of the District. Willersey, Blockley and Weston received financial support to help their work with people Sub-edge youth clubs have worked together to provide activities affected by an alcohol problem. They work with individuals for youth in our area in a sustainable, joined-up, more accessible and families, and the provision of counselling services is way. They have developed the North Cotswold Youth Partnership, crucial. The PCT helped them to fund some of the counselling where the groups use the strengths of the leaders for the benefit costs of all their members, and have joined together to maximize transport costs on their visits – swimming, bowling, Sustainable Development Fund provides funding to skateboarding and to the Snowdome. The young people got on overcome barriers with each other well, and they are now planning what they want Bledington gravel pit play area benefitted from receiving to do next year. funding from the Sustainable Development Fund provided Village hall gets £33,000 of funding through Cotswold Conservation Board within the Cotswold Weston Subedge village hall secured the funding from Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The money was spent on Gloucestershire Environment Trust and Cotswold District specific soil and gas testing to enable them to proceed in Council’s Community Projects Fund toward capital works on the obtaining planning permission. The SDF recognised the hall itself. Some of the work carried out using the funding importance of young people’s involvement in driving forward included structural and heating work in the hall. this play area.
USEFUL NOTE: The Cotswold Community Projects Fund will YOUR GRCC COTSWOLD RURAL ADVISER: provide between £1,000 and £15,000 of funding but will not Marilyn Cox (North Cotswold area) exceed 35% of the total cost of the project. [email protected] or 01452 528491
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Your Letters, emails & phone messages
STOW’S RAILWAY DAYS – STOW TOWN COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE – Last month’s article on the Cotswold Railway prompted this PLANNING has been a ‘hot’ issue recently, and STC has been letter from Sheila Heath – battling with CDC on behalf of the town. “Reading your article about Mr Frank Williams in your April To The Overview & Scrutiny Committee, CDC (by eml) 2009 issue of his memories working at Stow Station from from the Town Clerk on behalf of STC – 14th April 1944 to 1947, my own memories came flooding back, of From a report from our ward member Dist Cllr David Penman we when my father returned from the war to where we lived at learn that your Overview & Scrutiny Committee is to review your Oxford. Unfortunately it was not to be a warm welcome Council’s Planning procedures. Stow Council believe that this home as my Mother decided to take me, leaving my brother review is very much and urgently needed. and father) to live at Lower Swell. The way that the recent (2008) Wells House planning applications During the next three months I walked from Lower Swell were handled indicates that although procedures might have across the fields to Hyde Mill, up the lane and then across the been followed, they were seriously lacking. main road by what was then The Farmers Arms, down to the The recent CDC Planning Committee rejection of the Stow Gospel station. Bear in mind that this was at 6.45am, in time to catch Hall application on straightforward CDC policy grounds, after CDC the 7.15am to Kingham where I changed trains to Oxford, as Planning officers had directed the Brethren to the proposed site I was still attending The Oxford Central Girls School which also leads to serious questions about the Planning process. was situated in New Inn Hall Street, opposite what was then Major changes in the height and appearance of ten new Wells The Oxford Mail offices. One day, on my return journey, I House buildings appear to have been approved by CDC officers missed the connecting train from Kingham, and the station as minor amendments, to the great dissatisfaction of most local master somehow alerted my Mother at Lower Swell who residents and even members of CDC’s own Planning committee. then organised a taxi, which operated from the villager shop Only the site developers and some CDC officers seemed happy run by Mr and Mrs Attwell. with these decisions. Being a town girl having to walk across the fields at this time Stow Council is most concerned that the current Planning in the morning was very scary, to say the least. On one mechanism is investigated thoroughly and that improved checks occasion approaching Hyde Mill a herd of young cattle came and balances are incorporated. Stow hope that this will ensure no towards me (I now know, out of curiosity) – being very possible repetitions of the approval which led to what Stow frightened I scrambled through barbed wire into Slaughter knows as the ‘Barrack blocks’, which tower above all the Copse, then running as fast as I could back into the village, at neighbouring properties and dominate the street scene in a very the end of the three months travelling my Mother decided I ugly and unfavourable way. could complete my education at Lower Swell School, as I did Stow Council looks forward to confirmation of a full enquiry into not wish to attend Westwoods at Northleach. Therefore I CDC’s Planning process and to improvements coming from the left school in the July of that year, aged 14 years.” Overview & Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations. Sheila Heath. Mike Corker. Town Clerk. GLOUCESTERSHIRE ONE ACT FESTIVAL – A reply from Dist Cllr Peter Martin (Independent – Tetbury) New awards & mentoring for young talent requested further information. From a letter to STC from Graham Lint, Festival Administrator. To Cllr Martin CDC Overview & Scrutiny Committee (by eml) from the Town Clerk on behalf of STC – 21st April (abridged) “Gloucestershire Drama Association feels it is time to make amateur drama more accessible, particularly to the younger members of our “We do not see much doubt in the local public arena that some community. We intend to bring the old One Act Festival up to date, things have gone wrong at CDC planning….We hope for a review encouraging more people to get involved especially those who feel to identify possible improvements in CDC’s planning process to they need help in developing their talents. bring them more in line with the aspirations of the local community, while staying within the law. Seán Gleeson and his partner Stirling Gallacher, stars of TV soap Our council meetings and letters confirm that local residents Doctors, have agreed to be patrons of the Festival, with GlosCAT, have not been happy with how CDC’s planning process enabled The Citizen, Cotswold Life and BBC Radio Gloucestershire all the former Wells House ‘Barrack blocks’ to be allowed involved. We envisage the new festival - permission. Our concern …..was the passing of many changes – Extending to 12 nights to the original applications as minor amendments by CDC – Offering workshops Mon-Fri during the day officers, when CDC Planning Committee members did not seem – Evening performances to have any knowledge of their changes or their significance. – Being open to anyone to develop their theatre skills. The training in planning processes made available to our We will be offering a top award of £1,000 for the best play, councillors has been from CDC officers and has been quite with Scholarships to both the top male and female in a informal as has been the advice given by CDC officers – some of juvenile role, with 20 awards in total. the advice from a senior CDC planning officer to Stow cllrs We are a registered charity (Charity Reg. No. 1011080) positively flippant. It may be that CDC cllrs have received formal and hope to raise some funds towards this year’s Festival ,and to training from an outside body, but they have also apparently give the Gloucestershire Drama Association the impetus to plan received informal training from CDC officers on a similar basis to further Festivals in the future. that received by Stow. Graham Lint, Festival Administrator. (I referred in my earlier letter to)…. at least one major concern www.whatsoninglos.com or www.glosdrama.com about the Gospel Hall planning application, in that CDC
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Bill Cheston kindly forward these two stunning photographs of St Edwards under the full moon of April 8 2009.
officers guided the Brethren applicants to think that the site just north of and alleviating some of the pressure caused by the time it takes for visitors Tesco would be favoured with approval, when it was clearly against CDC to access the toilets. It might also help to deter the unacceptable and policies as stated in the Decision Notice – ‘Consequently the proposal increasing practice of urinating in the alleyway which is the approach to the would be contrary to PPS1, PPS7 and Cotswold District Local Plan policies Youth Club and Council Offices 7,19 and 32.’ I am sure that you have access to the detailed reasons given With the difficult economic climate causing difficulties for traders in slam by the Planning Committee. market towns anything that can be done to mitigate problems must be 0n 9/04 David Penman gave some indication that the CDC OSC would be vitally important. It has been noted that due to the length of time spent undertaking a review of the CDC planning process in view of the great waiting in queues many visitors are denied an opportunity to actually look concerns aired by Stow residents (and others). He seemed to make it clear around Stow or visit the shops and cafes. that any review would be impartial and general regarding the planning Stow Council request CDC to give this proposal serious consideration as process as laid down for CDC and as executed in recent examples. It is soon as possible. formal confirmation of that sort of review that we seek, especially the terms of reference and subsequently the conclusions reached. Robin Jones, Chairman Stow Town Council. Mike Corker, Stow Town clerk. ------Editor’s Note: TOILETS - another ongoing ‘issue’ with CDC It seems that CDC have an obvious preference for Cirencester. Of course – it’s where they work and it is the biggest urban area in the To CDC Dist Cllrs Mark Tufnell, David Penman and Meryl Phillips from District – and therefore where most of the District’s voters are. It is a Robin Jones, Chairman of STC – 22nd April nice town, but should the rest of the Cotswolds be starved of funds in “At the April meeting of Stow Town Council we reviewed our position our order to support the budget and facilities lavished on it by CDC for position with regard to the twelve month moratorium that was agreed with tourism and visitors? There might have been an argument once, but the CDC in respect of the future use of the now disused party of the toilets in need now lies elsewhere. the Square. CDC has slashed it’s support for VIC’s in Tetbury, Chipping Campden and During the last few months this area has been considered as a possible Bourton on the Water, and now closed Stow VIC, once widely recognised alternative site for an unmanned Visitor Information Point. Following as ‘The Cotswold VIC’ because of the value and importance of its VIC and discussions with Dist Cllr David Fowles and Monica Stevens it was staff to the whole area. A huge wave of public support for Stow’s VIC unanimously decided that this was not a sensible site for visitor information. saved it from closure four years ago, and its ongoing value was obvious in the figures published by CDC last year. However, since the new toilets have been open there have been ongoing problems and it is a common sight to see long queues of visitors waiting to A Stow VIC working group have had several meetings with CDC, working use the facilities. There are frequently two or three coaches in the Square – hard and imaginatively towards a solution – but it seems that CDC have some 100-150 passengers – many of whom wish to use the toilet facilities. been ‘toying’ with Stow, cancelling meetings and making decisions in The problems with blockages, roof leaks and general dissatisfaction with isolation, with only one aim – to close the VIC. Now we learn that a Gov’t the standards of cleaning have not helped and on many occasions one or payment of £188K, coming from our business rates and intended to more toilet has been unusable. Mike Corker, our Town Clerk, has support local economic development, is going to support Lynden Stow’s frequently drawn CDC’s attention to the problems. expensive recycling project and (… can you guess?) provide more and improved visitor benefits for Cirencester. Ouch! STC understands that the ‘closed’ section of the toilet building still contains facilities suitable for men and that, with a low-cost clean and re-decoration, Perhaps it’s time for Stow to publically express its dissatisfaction with the these could be brought back into use, lessening the lengthy of the queues behaviour of its District Council. JT.
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In the Editor’s Opinion
It’s quite likely that you haven’t noticed a recent announcement With reference to Simon Crump’s headline piece in the from the Government about a Local Authorities Business Growth Journal – ‘CDC says it will spend its share on projects such as Incentives (LABGI) scheme, the result of a 2003 White Paper. It recycling, the environment and heritage because these attract deals with Business Rates, which as we know are particularly high visitors to the Cotswolds.’ Quoting Lynden Stowe: “We have in this area. (To give credit where it’s due, I picked this up from put this money into the council’s priorities fund, which invests in the article on the front page of the Cotswold Journal on schemes like increasing recycling and protecting our Thursday 23rd April, written by Simon Crump, with some good environment and heritage. comment from Mark Vance, chair of Stow Business Association. This helps the economy by attracting visitors to the area. We The article ‘Cotswold business leaders claim recession cash is also intend to put some money into enhancing the Market Place being spent wrongly’ is available on the Journal’s website in Cirencester, making Cirencester and the Cotswolds an even www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk.) The amounts that the Government more attractive place for visitors and shoppers alike.” has awarded to our local authorities under this scheme are £538,000 to GCC and £188,000 to CDC. Interestingly I didn’t GCC Cllr Julie Girling, a Cabinet member for the environment, find any reference to these awards on our LAs websites, although commented that “This additional funding will provide support GCC have an interesting item on ‘Sustainable communities – do where it is really needed in our communities.” Diane Dewberry you want to improve the place where you live?’ – which I’ll get is on the Federation of Small Businesses in the North back to another time). With our deadlines looming I did some Cotswolds, and ‘agreed that saving the VIC was a priority. She research on ‘LABGI’, and found the Local Government added that using some of the money to lower car parking Information Unit. charges and repair the county’s “appalling” roads would also help attract visitors.’ She gave the Journal this quote:” The LOCAL AUTHORITY BUSINESS GROWTH INCENTIVES trouble is, everything goes to Cirencester. They forget about the SCHEME (LABGI) Background: North Cotswolds, which is the prettiest part of the county.” The Local Authorities Business Growth Incentives scheme Mark Vance is chair of Stow Business Association which held an (LABGI) is designed to give local authorities an incentive to open meeting on Tuesday 21st April. Well over 60 people maximise local economic growth, by allowing them to keep a attended, discussing the issues most concerning local businesses proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend – the VIC was a priority issue. He told the Journal: “It’s the on their own priorities. The Government introduced the single most short-sighted decision. A portion of that money framework for the scheme in the Local Government Act 2003. could easily go to keeping the VIC open for a couple of years.” Accompanying the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review was a Businesses and residents alike recognise the important role the White Paper on Business Rate Supplements and a consultation VIC has played to date. Interestingly the VIC footfall on Saturday document on reforms to the LABGI. The proposals contained in 18th April, its last day, was approximately 800; volunteers from these documents, summarised in this briefing, are meant to the Cotswold Festival group manned Hollis House on the empower local authorities to pursue economic development, following Saturday, with Veronica Woodford ‘serving out her which is now being described as a central and fundamental notice’ but unable to access information, take bookings, etc – purpose of local government. the footfall climbed towards 300 in an hour and a half! The White Paper sets out the principles guiding the CDC, and Lynden Stowe in particular, complain that Stow is Government's approach, covering the purposes to which uniquely awkward and difficult. I wonder why? Actually it seems additional funds are to be used, accountability, and protection for very reasonable to me that CDC has no fans in Stow. JT. smaller businesses. Supplements will only be used for clearly defined economic development purposes, as set out by the local Red Cross Week 3rd- 9th May authority, clearly distinct from general revenues. The key aspect Stow’s Red Cross Shop in is that supplements should only be used to finance additional Digbeth Street has been here investment in economic development, and not to support the for 20 years….. diversion of funds away from activities that the authority would have undertaken without the supplement. However, providing criteria which effectively focus spending on economic development also provides challenges. Existing definitions, such as those used for Best Value purposes, are narrowly confined to activities surrounding direct business support. Because of the potentially wide range of activities that and needs your help with can be construed as economic development, the Government donations for this year’s Red does not intend to produce a specification of legitimate activities. Cross Week. Fi has been manageress there for over 3 years, with a team of 14 volunteers who Instead it will set out areas of expenditure to which revenues describe it as ‘a local shop run by locals for locals; it’s a great place from businesses can not be put (such as some of the main to drop by & chat’. You can drop in donations Monday-Saturday 9am- statutory services although there are exceptions). 5pm – clothes, toys, books, CDs & videos, unwanted gifts and Transparency and Accountability bedding – its all processed, with all fabric items checked for Local authorities will be required to undertake a statutory cleanliness (and pockets for items left there by mistake) and steamed, consultation with local businesses and other stakeholders about then priced and tagged. For Red Cross Week the team are selling their proposals. Local authorities will be required to set out Home-made Cakes, and businesses can ask about having a donations detailed plans for expenditure, including timescales, the way in box. From Fi: ”Thank you everybody from the team for your support, which the supplement will work, and an assessment of economic and my thanks to the team for theirs!” Our Red Cross shop It’s a costs and benefits. community shop, and it needs your help especially during this Red Cross Week 3rd- 9th May. Can you help? 30 StowTimes_May09.qxd 27/4/09 15:31 Page 31
A warm welcome to Alana Powell, the team’s newest correspondent. Her first article focuses on Stow itself. The Worst Best Place in the World By Alana Powell.
I have lived in Stow all my life and although that isn’t a very long time, (17 years to be precise) I have already grown attached to this historic market town. Others of my age can’t wait to leave their home towns and even though I would love to move to a city and am planning on leaving for university far away in 18 months time, I wouldn’t really mind if I ended up in Stow for the rest of my life. You only have to look at the breathtaking scenery which frames this town and the smiles on the faces of tourists and residents alike to understand why living here wouldn’t be so bad after all. In 2005 AA Gill described our little town as “The worst place in the world”, and when I read this I was shocked that someone could have this view. Clearly, he had not been on one of the many local walks and taken in the wonderful sights from Maugersbury and the Mast to Lower Swell and the Wells, visited Ann Willows and sampled scones and a milkshake (or should that be tea?!), drank in the Queen’s Head and soaked up the local, authentic atmosphere and wandered aimlessly around the shops marvelling at the massage chair in Verdict, the beautiful jewellery in Daisy Dix and the oh so cute baby grows in Bo Bo Benson’s. And it’s not just the shops, the pubs, the restaurants and the walks which explain why I love living in Stow; it’s the safety one feels when they go to bed at night, it’s the smile one gets from a neighbour when walking in the street and mostly it’s the simplicity of life here. Stow on the Wold may not have the bright lights of the city, or the roar of traffic screaming past our windows at night, the Primark’s, the Boots’ and the Clinton’s cards but we do have a calm and quiet town without the gun crime, the binge drinking and the frankly, scary culture of the cities. Being a resident of this town means being recognised in the street by all sorts of people but wouldn’t you prefer that to walking down a busy London Road and no one knowing your name? Living in Stow means that you can go to a neighbour’s house first thing in the morning - in your pyjamas! - to ask for some ironing, but wouldn’t you rather embarrass yourself like that than be afraid to knock on next door’s door to ask for some milk? Living in Stow means that one becomes part of a community; part of a place which I know I will never truly leave. For me, Stow on the Wold will always have a special place inside. It’s been a great friend to me over these 17 years and I know it will continue to be one. Wherever I go I’m not ashamed to tell people where I come from, my favourite thing to do (buying a book from The Borzoi Bookshop and, with blanket in hand, going down the fields near my house and reading for hours on end) and STOW ON THE WOLD sharing my memories of this beautiful place. And this is because TAXI SERVICE Stow on the Wold, for all we moan about it, is quite clearly: The 6 SEATER GALAXY • AIRPORTS • STATIONS best place in the world. • HOSPITALS • COURIER SERVICE In my opinion anyway. LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE By Alana Powell TONY KNIGHT – 07887 714047 [email protected] Contact Alana by email at [email protected] www.stow-on-the-wold-taxi-service.co.uk
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Natural Therapies Clinic COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH CENTRE The home of experienced complementary health specialists in Moreton, established 15 years Introducing… Jackie Turner ago by Sylvia Hemming, a McTimoney Chiropractor. Personal therapies available:- Jackie Turner BSc Hons (Acu) MBAcC Dip CHM is a well qualified acupuncturist and ACUPUNCTURE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE AROMATHERAPY medical herbalist with over ten years experience. As well as expert advice and CHIROPODY CHIROPRACTIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY treatment, she provides friendly and sympathetic individual attention. HOMEOPATHY HYPNOTHERAPY INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE IRIDOLOGY NATUROPATHY & NUTRITION REFLEXOLOGY REMEDIAL MASSAGE The Clinic is open from 8.30-5.30 Monday to Friday with some evening and Saturday appointments. Your first appointment will include an analysis of symptoms & treatment. Forecourt parking. Grays Lane House, Old Town, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0LP 01608 650077 www.natural-therapies-clinic.co.uk “does it hurt?” is probably the most frequently asked question about acupuncture. It is actually a surprisingly relaxing and comfortable treatment. Acupuncture needles are not like the needles which are used for taking blood or metayer giving injections. They are very fine – about the same thickness as a
human hair.Some of them can hardly be felt at all whereas others hair by produce a sensation like a ‘slightly dull ache’ or a ‘warm glow’. LADIES & GENTS HAIR SALON does it work?.... acupuncture is an ancient system of medicine that has been used for at least two thousand years and is now scientifically proven. Clinical trials have been conducted and prove that ORGANIC acupuncture is effective in the treatment of osteo-arthritis of the knee, low back pain, headaches and anxiety. However, it is effective in the COLOURING treatment of many other conditions and in Eastern countries acupuncture is routinely used instead of medication and even instead of & anaesthetic for surgery! TREATMENTS how does it work?.... in the human body there are energy pathways called meridians. Sometimes these pathways can become obstructed or blocked, producing ill health. Acupuncture helps to release any obstructions, allowing the energy to flow more freely and please call for balancing the body’s energies. Modern science has now shown a consultation acupuncture to affect specific parts of the brain, particularly those associated with pain and emotions. Acupuncture also affects hormones and the “feel good” chemicals of the brain. BOOKING ESSENTIAL what can it help?.... acupuncture promotes a feeling of well- being and is an excellent ‘energy leveller’, relaxing for patients who are 01608 650788 anxious and stressed and giving energy to patients who are tired and finding it difficult to cope with demanding schedules. It also helps 5 Oxford Street • Moreton-in-Marsh emotional as well as physical problems including:- Open: Tues 8.30am-5pm. Wed & Thurs 8.30am-7pm. Fri 8.30am-6pm. Sat 8.30am-4pm anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia, chronic fatigue, tiredness, IBS, digestive disorders, arthritis, back and shoulder problems, sciatica, Generally, and for most conditions, 4 to 6 follow-up treatments should fibromyalgia, high blood pressure, circulatory disorders, gynaecological be expected. After that most patients have a treatment when they feel problems (menopausal, menstrual and infertility) asthma, headaches, the need for it. In Eastern countries people tend to have a ‘maintenance migraines, hayfever, sinusitis, sports injuries. treatment’ for each season. They have the same seasons as the Western who can it help?.... it is invaluable for anyone who wants to world with an extra one – late summer. avoid surgery or who cannot tolerate medication. Acupuncture is safe how to get treatment…. for most adults including pregnant women and the elderly and can also Personal recommendation is the best way to find a good, experienced be used by patients who are taking medication. acupuncturist. your first consultation and treatment what can I expect?.... Otherwise the British Acupuncture Council at 63 Jeddo Road, London may take up to one and a half hours. There will be a relaxed discussion W12 9HQ. tel 020 8735 0400. www.acupuncture.org.uk will be about your health problems, medical history and lifestyle; together with able to advise you of acupuncturists in your area. tongue and pulse examination for diagnosis. Treatment is started immediately providing there is no contra-indication. Most of the If you have any other questions about acupuncture or if you require acupuncture points used are on the lower arm and lower leg, therefore more information please ring Jackie Turner on 01608 650077 removal of clothes is not normally required. From Sylvia Hemming, Natural Therapies Clinic, Moreton in Marsh
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Osteopathy for Everybody! Chris Stevens, an experienced local Osteopath talks about the benefits of this effective and versatile therapy. You’ve probably already heard that Osteopathy isn’t just for back problems! Although we’re known for treating spinal problems, you can see an Osteopath for injuries that affect any part of your body, from your head to your toes! In fact, headaches and foot pain are high up on the list of common complaints I see people about! Osteopathy is a treatment for people of all ages from babies to the very elderly. We undergo 4-5 years of rigorous training, and this enables us to diagnose and treat many painful disorders that people suffer. Some of these conditions include arthritic pain, muscle spasms and strains, ligament sprains, trapped nerves, headaches, RSI, sports injuries, joint aches and pains, spinal pain and sciatica. For babies, Cranial Osteopathy can help with colic, sleeping difficulties, irritability and feeding problems. We generally treat patients with a carefully selected combination of techniques. These include gentle spinal and joint manipulation, massage, stretching, acupuncture and exercise/ lifestyle advice. The number of sessions you may need varies with each complaint. For most problems you should expect 2-4 sessions, however with more serious or chronic complaints, a few more may be needed. I’ve treated all kinds of people over the years, from the very young to very elderly through to professional dancers and skiers… even lion tamers and trapeze artists!! It continually amazes me how such a gentle and effective therapy can achieve so much without the use of drugs. It just goes to show – if you can keep your body moving properly, you can avoid all kinds of aches and pains! If you need a treatment, please call on 01451 832275 or pop into the clinic on Sheep St. If you have any questions about Osteopathy I’ll be happy to have a chat with you first. Chris has been an Osteopath and Sports Therapist for 12 years. He qualified from the British School of Osteopathy with an award from HRH Princess Anne for high performance in all areas of Study. He has co-authored a DVD on Clinical Examination Skills and practices in Oxford, Stow on the Wold and Cheltenham.
Stow Clinic – 1 Wells Barn, Sheep St, Stow on the Wold 01451 832275
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Self Hypnosis – How To Day Dream With A Purpose From Nicola Menage B.A.Hons., D.Hyp., HA.
Just imagine turning your day dreaming to your advantage? By learning how to Additional benefits are that we feel and become more confident, better at public enter into a deeply relaxed state, safely and quickly, we can imaginatively speaking and giving presentations, more effective at writing reports, sitting experience achieving our goals as if they were for real. Our horizons and exams and managing any perceived difficult situation. expectations improve to such an extent that how we think and behave influences You can enjoy a lot of personal satisfaction applying self hypnosis on a regular the outcome. Top athletes have the best visualisation skills. They have trained basis and I have taught individuals to write their own hypnotic suggestions, themselves to visualise winning. They mentally rehearse and experience the including how to overcome their fear of visits to the dentist, to positively enjoy winning glory. interviews and to overcome writers block. Evidence suggests that our brains are functionally and structurally influenced by All that is required is a desire to change the way you think and embrace your shape according to how they are used. A good example is the London Black Cab imagination and day dream the best possible scenario to achieve your goal. driver who undergoes a rigorous set of tests to learn “the knowledge”. The Paul McKenna says “Just as a gardener plants seeds and patiently waits for them hippocampus, a particular part of the brain, is significantly enlarged in the to grow, every time you practice (the art of self hypnosis) you’re planting London cab driver due to the training their brains undergo to retain navigational positive suggestions in your mind that will grow into powerful new ways to knowledge. This so called neuro-plasticity of the brain is also proven to reshape operate the world’s most advanced bio-computer – your brain!” through practices such as self hypnosis and meditation. Learn how to access this enhanced state and achieve your personal best on my Learning how to access our deeper internal state greatly enhances our potential next two-day course “How To Manage Your Mind, Emotions And Energy To Achieve for personal development. “Intended” hypnosis channels our natural ability to Results” based at the stunningly picturesque Cool Contours in the depths of the enter this mental state by guiding us with positive suggestions to achieve a beautiful rolling countryside just 10 minutes from Banbury. Relax and learn how desired change. to power up your main computer all at the same time. By learning the correct set of tools we can benefit whilst at work, study or any What can this two-day practical course help you achieve? sporting activity. Self hypnotists harness successful results easily and quickly. • Greater relaxation, peace and calmness This altered state is a powerful progressive tool that changes our emotional • Improved health and vitality state, relieving stress, anxiety and sleep problems. It teaches us how to remain • Staying and being in control in control of our feelings and immediate environment. • Better memory, concentration and problem solving • Increased motivation and focus • Enhanced work, study or exam performance • Improved sports performance • Increased career or business success • Confidence in dealing with people or speaking in public COTSWOLD ELECTRICAL The possibilities are endless! CONTRACTORS You can use the skills of self hypnosis on a regular, ongoing basis to help you relax and achieve more in your work, business, personal, and social life. All Electric work undertaken. Reliable and tidy What will you learn? Professionally qualified Contractor. • Accessing empowering states • Enhancing the way you see yourself • New installations • Creative visualisation and mind mapping • Rewires • How to use persuasive language to get what you want • Lighting • Enhanced suggestion writing • Sockets • How to produce instant self hypnosis and mind rest • Night storage heaters fitted and repaired • Safety and best practice • Distribution boards/fuse boxes renewed The course fees are £266 inclusive of lunch and refreshments and takes place on • Showers Friday 12th and Saturday 13th June 2009. For more information visit • Cookers www.feelgoodhypnosis.co.uk or call Nicola on 01451 831122. • Intruder alarms • Security lighting Nicola Menage is a motivational • Garden lighting and outdoor sockets hypnotherapist who works with • Fault finding and repairs. professionals and business owners. Through hypnotherapy FOR A FREE QUOTATION CALL and other beneficial mind 0797 435 3863 programming techniques she 01608 644842 successfully works with people to [email protected] help them get their lives back in control by allowing them to NICEIC DOMESTIC RETAILER – PART P REGISTERED change the things they want to change in their business and 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CALLOUT personal lives.
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One for the weekend From Ben Eddols, our Motoring Correspondent.
Since August of last year I have been on quest which has I was getting nowhere, the Rugby season was passing by only now come to fruition. My challenge was to buy a car to and time began to run out for that bargain find until one day, carry four or five (some portly) supporters to Rugby Matches whilst driving along near Brize Norton, I spotted a ‘For Sale’ on Saturdays throughout the season. It would need to be sign on what I initially thought was an old golf GTI. Always large enough to accommodate said burly passengers, on the look out for something interesting I turned around to comfortable and also with sufficient charm to make up for find out what was really hiding behind the stone wall. My car the fact that it cost so little, my upper limit was £500! recognition had let me down but lo and behold, I had found the answer to a prayer – not an LS 400 and not surrounded Jaguars were ruled out, the age of vehicle I would get would by stinging nettles, but there sat the most lovely old BMW. certainly put me back to the time when tin worm (Rust) and Like a kid in a toyshop I excitedly asked if I could look? Alan, unreliability were part of their DNA; a Mercedes would have it’s owner of many years, opened it up. Of course the battery been nice but they hold their price very well and were was disconnected – these old cars have the forerunners of excluded. One or two large BMWs were followed up, but it today’s electrical wizardry on them, only it gets tired and seemed the stinging nettles surrounding them would be a drains all the power. Leads connected, and away it goes. major hazard, and they were also dismissed. Finally I looked “The cam’s a bit rattley” he shouts over the din, but I don’t to the east for the answer – surely a Japanese luxury motor really hear. This is a most wonder full piece of machinery, an would fit the bill. I considered a number of cars: Toyota M535i, one of the Munich legends and I’m sold straight Carina, a biggish car, luxurious, reliable but so bland it was away, but I play it cool. “Er, I’ll have to comeback with my discounted; old imported Datsuns named Laurel were son who’s a mechanic” I say and the clatter subsides as he lurking, but there’s a mad bunch who customise these old turns it off. Back we go and re-enact the starting procedure things, holding up their value. Of course Honda has an before taking it for a spin. We let the 3.5 litre straight six offering called a Legend, disparagingly known as a leg end, warm before giving it some welly. It drives really well for a it is large luxurious but unloved. The only obvious answer is car made in 1985; old leather Recaro seats hold you in place the Lexus, LS 400. as it darts round corners and the big old engine ticks over at This was a serious motor car which shook the old brands to two thousand revs as we tickle along at 60 miles per hour. their roots when it appeared in 1990. A 4 litre V8 engine It’s old but with a certain charm and presence that would be shoved it along at a remarkable rate, it was big, comfortable, great for Saturday jaunts. with every extra pretty much as standard, and above all else Cash changes hands and I become the proud owner. On the reliable – so much so that there are plenty of them still going way home the indicators, horn and wipers go on strike, but a with super high mileages. good dose of WD40 and a fiddle gets it all going again. I have polished and preened and it now sits outside awaiting Many excited evenings were spent watching LS 400’s on Ebay the next Rugby season, as this one is now over. I just need to – the one in Huddersfield went for £500 but I missed the get it through another MOT and keep things working to find closing bid, another beauty with only 250 thousand miles on out but just how much motoring fun you can get for £500. the clock was knocked down for £525, above my budget and a nice chap with a gold number in Middlesborough emailed Ben Eddols can be contacted by email at: back in distain asking if I was bidding only for the seats. [email protected]
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MORETON RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB A FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT CLUB www.clubwebsite.co.uk/moretonrangersfc Rangers close in on leaders From Martin Jones, Club Secretary Moreton Rangers First Team are still in with an outside chance of winning the Cheltenham League First Division as the season comes to a close with a rush of matches following the bad weather postponements earlier in the year. The team has lost only once since last November, but must rely on the league leaders slipping up if they are to sneak the title. As the table shows this will be a tall order but it is great credit to Manager Gary Barnett and his young side that they should secure runners up spot. With a squad of players the majority of whom are still under 21 the future looks bright. With the prospect of a reserve team being formed next year for our junior players to feed into, Moreton Rangers hope to have games most weekends at the London Road Ground for our local supporters to watch.
Cheltenham League Div One – League Table POS P W D L GD PTS 1 FC Barometrics 22 17 2 3 34 53 2 Moreton Rangers FC 20 13 4 3 26 43 3 Newton FC 21 13 2 6 19 41 4 Whaddon United 22 12 1 9 12 37 5 Finlay Rovers 20 11 36433 *
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Stow-on-the-Wold & District Rugby Football Club
April highlights – Reports and photos from Huw Powel and Ian Roberts
Support is on hand as Edward Fanshawe is hauled down Controlled aggression rewards UNDER 8'S COUNTY CUP PLATE FINAL a good-spirited Stow team Stow Under 8's qualified earlier in March for the County Cup Plate Finals at Cleeve. The draw pitted them against Cirencester B in the Semi-Finals. SRFC U 15/16 28 They took to the field in confident mood and played some superb rugby Drifters RFC 8 to brush their opponents aside by 11 tries to 2. Stow finished their season on a high note running This win took them to the final where they would play Dursley. Stow in 4 tries against spirited opposition. From the first quickly opened up a two try lead and indeed took a 5 try to 3 advantage whistle Stow pressed deep into the visitors 22 but in at the break. The second half saw Stow pull clear with 4 more tries could not penetrate the defence until Louis Millar with Dursley scoring 2, leaving Stow comfortable winners by 9 tries to 5. pounced on a handling error to cross for a try. A deserved win in reward for some very hard work put in by not just the Drifters responded with determination, running County Cup team but the complete squad. Well done. everything at Stow they finally outflanked the Picture of the winning Stow Under 8's Team: defence for a try of their own, and a penalty on Back Row L to R: Alexander King, Oscar Roberts, Fred Roberts, Tom Styler the stroke of half time gave them a narrow lead. Front Row L to R: Giles King, Archie Benson, Oli Pearson, Theo Hayward Fired up by a half time team talk from inspirational coach Giles Canning and lead by captain Connor Shoemark Stow started the second half in top gear. From the kick off forwards and backs combined to take play to the visitor’s line where Stow pack drove the visitors off the ball the ball and Elliot Stook charged over the line. A third try was not long in coming as Edward Fanshawe rounded the defence to open a comfortable lead. Drifters redoubled their efforts but some important tackles by Angus Griffiths, Mikey Wood and James Edwards kept them trapped in their own territory. Just as it looked as though Elliot Stook might grab another try he was hauled down but Matthew Hicks was in close support to complete the move. Louis Millar slotted the conversion to maintain a 100% record with his boot. Beaten but not dispirited the visitors played right to the end and when the final whistle blew they were pressing hard on the Stow line.
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A Heritage Plaque for Moreton & District Young Farmers Club WILLIAM SMITH 1769 – 1839 NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Stow Civic Society are consulting with Cotswold District Moreton & District YFC has been established for over 70 Council about placing a plaque on the wall of the Manor House in Stow Square, to honour Dr Smith. years, meeting every Tuesday evening from September – May inc. We have a variety of speakers/visits as well as social These Notes were provided by Dr Dennis Jackson, from a talk events. YFC is a charity and provides a great grounding for that he gave on William Smith. young people aged 10–26 from all backgrounds; you don't An important contribution to our knowledge of the geology necessarily have to be involved in farming to join. of the Cotswolds came out of the pioneering work of William Smith, who is regarded as the ‘Father of English Contacts: Geology’. Smith was born in Churchill and his father was a Chairman: James Windridge – 07976315701 blacksmith who died when William was eight years old. He Press Secretary: Neil Castle – 07780867873 moved from the forge to live with his step-father Robert Gardner, landlord of The Chequers Inn. At the age of eighteen he moved into the Manor House (now called Tudor House) in Market Square, Stow on the Wold, spending four years (1787-1791) with Edward Webb (1751-1828) training to be a surveyor. In 1795, Webb and Smith surveyed the route for the Somerset Coal Canal and during 1795 Smith developed techniques to map rock units and the use of fossils to determine the geological succession. Between 1800 and 1812 Smith worked in the land and mineral (especially coal) Cub Scout Trip to RAF Cosford surveyor and drainage engineer. Such projects took him all Eight Cubs, one Scout and one Beaver from 1st Moreton In Marsh Scouting Group, their Parents and over England and enabled him to collect vast amounts of Leaders, enjoyed a visit to Raf Cosford in March. They saw the rebuilding of a Sopworth Dolphin and data for his pioneering geological map of Britain that was Sikorsky MH-53 Helicopter, and were intrigued by the wooden 1950's protection vessel used by the not published until 1815. In the meantime another geologist Royal Navy. They also visited the ‘touch and learn’ centre, the Cold War Exhibition and various stole Smith’s data and published a competing map and this displays. During the day the Cubs all had to solve clues to earn their Air Activities Badge – for the together with a failed quarrying venture resulted in Smith’s Scout it was the start of his Air Researchers Badge, and the Beaver finished his Air Activity Badge. bankruptcy and his imprisonment in 1819. Upon release he The 1st Moreton In Marsh Cub section raised £141.80 for Comic Relief – Well done all of you from Chil. moved to Scarborough, Yorkshire with his wife. Dave Manley, Scout Group Secretary, 01608 650814 Eventually, in 1831, Smith’s wonderful pioneering work was recognised by the establishment and the Geological Society of London awarded him the Wollaston Gold Medal in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford; four years later Trinity College in Telling Dublin awarded Smith a Doctorate of Law. Smith died in 1839 NCCR on his way to a scientific meeting in Birmingham and was North Cotswold buried in Northampton. A monument to him in the centre of Community Radio Stories Churchill village (SP 283 243) is an obelisk of Middle Jurassic limestone from Sarsgrove Wood. What he will be remembered From Richard Price, NCCR’s presenter. for is his major contribution to geological mapping. And to stratigraphy – a discipline of geology that deals with New to NCCR is Story Teller Annie Macmillan. layered strata that were once sediments laid down by wind A former resident of Blockley, Annie has collected many poignant tales on or water. Exploration for coal, oil and gas are just a few of her travels in Australia, Africa, China, Canada and North America. the disciplines that use the techniques developed by Smith. Specific stories are chosen for their restorative nature or teaching capacity, then she weaves real life and other stories of significance into an STOW CIVIC SOCIETY entertaining hour. Occasionally, she writes one herself, and loves to April Meeting "1000 Years in 50 Minutes: a brief history of Blockley". encourage others to tell their stories in their way, And in her free time, Speaker, Jeremy Bourne, President of Blockley Heritage Society. she loves experimenting with textiles and culinary ingredients. From its earliest origins in middle Anglo-Saxon times, touching on Listen to a hour of wonderful story-telling on NCCR on Friday afternoons persistent quarrels with the Vatican over the valuable church income from 1.30 pm….a perfect way to wind down stress levels. from the Blockley estates and coming more up to date to the arrival of The photos are of Annie Macmillan and of Richard Price, one of the regular the Rushout family at Northwick Park, descendants of Huguenot silk team of NCCR presenters, with his new co-presenter and Girl Friday weavers, there began the period for which Blockley is best known, that Charlie Doran Davies (centre) and a recent Cooler Breakfast special guest is as a manufacturing town specialising in the silk-throwing industry. Nikky Smedley. Nikky (from Ilmington) is writer, producer and chief This lasted for nearly two hundred years and created a community almost twice as large as it is today, with seventy shops, seven pubs performer of a children's stage show called The Tell Woman and several places of worship including the Baptist chapels. (www.thetellwoman.com) which she is taking on tour across the UK over the next few months. She was also the voice, body and soul of Laa Laa Today Blockley is a dynamic, mixed community with all age groups and (everyone's favourite Teletubby) and has choreographed children's TV economic groups, a friendly atmosphere, a village-owned community productions such as BooBah and In The Night Garden. shop and cafe, many thriving societies, and a popular school with 150 pupils. Long may it last. Listen to NCCR online at www.northcotswoldonline.com
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Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities Clubs Tae Kwon Do Assoc of GB Stow Civic Society Lee Chapman 07977 560086 [email protected] Secretary Tel 01451 833783 Cotswold Investment Club Meets 1st Tues of each month. Roger Turner 01608 658496 Music Stow Times, PO Box 6, Stow, GL54 1WD Tel 07789 175 002 [email protected] Life Saving Club (Fire College) Campden Music Society Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 Carol Jackson – concert Mgr Charities [email protected] Moreton Flower Club RNLI N Cotswold Branch 4th Thurs/monthly (not Aug/Dec) at Broadwell Village Hall Cotswold Choral Society Chairman Diana Porter 01451 830508 Mrs N Dickinson 01451 832199 [email protected] David South 01451 870494 Stow Fund Thurs 7.30-9.30pm at Upper/Lower Slaughter Village Halls Robert Barnett – [email protected] tel: 870349 N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] Cotswold West Gallery Group Children & Youngsters Annette Smith 01451 830160 N Cotswold Bridge Club Army Cadets at Moreton/Bourton Meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs Kingham Choral Society Weds 7.30-9.30pm Alan Lamb 01386 701603 Derek Woods 01608 658738 Major M G Little 01451 831408 Little2@aol/com N Cotswold Disabled Club Stow Junior Singers Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 Ages 5-8 Sats 10.30-11.30 am at St Edwards Church Room, Stow Bledington Toddler Group Nicki 01608 658137 N Cotswold Digital Camera Club Stow Youth Singers Mon 10-11.30am James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk (Ages 9+) Linda Green – 01451 830327 Fridays Term Time, 6-7pm at St Edwards Church Room, Stow Bumps, Babes & Beyond N Cotswold National Trust Arts & Crafts Mondays 10-12 at Oddington Village Hall Sec Dr Colin Ellis 01451 822208 Emma 07966 205774 currently we have no arts and crafts clubs listings. N Cotswold Probus Club Condicote Playgroup & Toddlers Meets 2nd & 4th Thurs mornings Local Authorities Leader Jo Abrahams 07796 987176 Sec Warren Wood 01451 831071 County Cllr Barry Dare Key Information N Cotswolds Rotary Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT Childline 0800 11 11 Local Contact Brian Honess 01451 830052 01452 425000/01386 701280 N Cotswold U3A [email protected] Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 Contact Peter Akass 01386 853905 Cotswold District Council Moreton Hospital (Minor Injury Unit) Royal British Legion Cirencester – Trinity Road, Cirencester 01608 812 608 – 8am-8pm Branch T 831550 and 07779 452396 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Xray opening times – Mon-Fri 9.12am-12.45pm and Mon and Wed 1.45pm-4.15pm Club at Well Lane, Stow T 830242 Moreton Area Centre Scottish Country Dance Group High Street Moreton 01608 650881 N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 [email protected] Non-Emergency 0845 090 1234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk Stow Badminton Club District Cllr Merryl Phillips Cecil Haslam 01451 830293 or Joyce Norris 01451 833668 01285 623870/01608 658822 Business Associations & Groups Stow & District Stroke Club [email protected] N Cotswold Athena Network Margaret Peaston 01608 650526 District Cllr David Penman Reg Dir Nicola Menage 0845 833 9733 Alternate Mons 10-12, Fisher House Stow 01285 623808/01451 830479 www.theathenanetwork.com Stow Embroiderers’ Guild – tel 01451 832427 [email protected] Stow Business Association Glos Market Towns Forum Mark Vance 01451 830344 Stow Gardening Club Jenni Turner 07789 175 002 First Monday, 7 for 7.30pm at Church Rooms, Stow Main office: 01452 425953 www.town2town.org.uk www.stowonthewold.net Stow Guides – [email protected] Glos Rural Community Council WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) Network Stow WI Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 N Cotswolds: Emma Heathcote-James Eve Knight 831189/Betty Phelps 820556 [email protected] www.wireuk.org/networks Sports & Outdoor [email protected] www.grcc.org.uk 01386 831 379/07977 226 025 Adlestrop Cricket Club Stow Town Council YHA Stow on the Wold Nick 01451 831458/Eric 01451 830793 Stow Council Office, Stow Youth Club, Stow, GL54 1AB Robert Williams (Mgr) 01451 830497 Tel 01451 832585 [email protected] [email protected]/www.yha.org.uk Cotswold Walkers Jeanette Hughes 01285 623450 Visitor Information Centre Every Thurs 2pm Moreton Area Centre The Square, Stow Tel 831082 [email protected] Clubs listings London Chinatown TaeKwonDo Community Groups Weds, 6.30pm Kids & families Fair Shares If your club, association or group should be 7.30pm teens & adults N Cotswolds Community Time Bank listed here please let us know the relevant Redesdale Hall, Moreton 0751 7437 300 01608 812338 [email protected] information and we can add the details to this Moreton Bowling Club Friends of Stow Surgery list. The Listing is free of charge. Margaret 01451 821399/Tom 01608 651761 01451 832200 & 830610 If the details listed for your club, association N Cotswolds Youth Cricket Club Homestart N Cotswolds Shaun Williams 01608 652138 Lesley Thorn 01451 831781 or group are not up-to-date or need www.ncycc.co.uk N Cotswold Community Radio amending, let us know the relevant Stow Cricket Club Old Police Station, Ch Campden, www.northcotswoldonline.com information and we can make changes. c/o Royal British Legion, Stow 01451 830242 N Cotswold Friendship Centre Please note: There is a separate listing for Stow Rugby Club (Affiliated to Heyday) 01993-842820/01386-700656 Moreton in Marsh clubs, associations & groups Ian Roberts – 0777 5998551 www.stowrfc.co.uk [email protected] in Moreton Times.
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Local Business Directory Stow Times & Moreton Times new BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Accommodation Marquees ACACIA Bed & Breakfast COTSWOLD MARQUEES LTD Stow Roses – The Flower Shop New Road, Moreton, GL56 0AS Tel 01608 650130. Tel 01608 686900 www.cotswoldmarquees.co.uk TREE TOPS GUEST HOUSE (Liz & Brian Dean) 4 Sheep St, Stow on the Wold Secluded B&B; 5 mins from train station & Moreton town centre TOP MARQUEES – Marqees & Tents for all events GL54 1JW LONDON ROAD, MORETON IN MARSH 01608 651036 01608 658890/ 07788 553311 www.topmarquees-cotswolds.co.uk 01451 832277 www.stowroses.co.uk Chiropody Nursery & Plant Growers Passion in every petal DEREK BROOKES MSSCh,MBCPA,HPCReg SHAPES & SIZES; Yew Box & Holly for Topiary and Hedges; For all your foot health needs. 01451 822540 Standard Old Fashioned Apples/Fruit Trees Clothes & Curtain/Alterations Tel J D O Leigh on 01608 650991 BERNIE’S ALTERATIONS – 35 yrs experience Pest Control Services Tel 01451 833831 or 07768 305427 COMPLETE PEST CONTROL Domestic & Commercial Sewing Classes – £7 per Night Class Tel 01608 652563/07900 558727 Advertise your business here Or day classes see: www.sewing-tuition.co.uk Property & Garden Services Ring Sue on 01608 644877 Business card sized box – £280 for a year in colour Or We Can Sew Things For You ! MARK JAMES PROPERTY & GARDEN SERVICES Remember Stow Times & Moreton Times are delivered to Tel 01698 650040/07900 558727 approximately 6,000 homes and businesses in the two market towns. Florist Dovedale Services – Mowing/Landscaping/Decorating For information or to book your entry call 07789 175 002 ALLIUM FLORIST www.alliumflorist.co.uk Mark Penfold 01386 700165/07811 217043 [email protected] or [email protected] The Florist for all occasions Taxi/Private Hire 12 Old Market Way, Moreton. Tel 01608 650630 Windows & Glazing M.H TAXIS – your Local Taxi Service Health & Fitness Tel 0777 993 9415 www.mhtaxis.com COTSWOLD CASEMENT COMPANY Bespoke Windows & Glazing Specialists, Cotswold Business PHYSIOTHERAPY – Orthopaedic & sports injury specialists. NORTHWICK PRIVATE HIRE John Whateley 01386 701806/07855 824 788 Village, London Road, Moreton GL56 0JQ MCSP HPC Reg. Spinal & joint pain. Acupuncture. Tel 01608 650568 Bourton-on-the-Water. 01451 822660 Valeting Language Training LEARN TO SPEAK GERMAN: Language Training/ COTSWOLD MOBILE VALETING (est 1996) FOR INFORMATION or TO BOOK YOUR ENTRY Translation Service Tel 01608 686352 High Quality interior & exterior valeting service 07789 175 002 email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel: Dan on 07770 357739 or see the website www.stowtimes.co.uk
Stow Times & Moreton Times are building a new Local Business Directory We hope to make it the most comprehensive Business Directory in the area, bringing local businesses’ It’s tough details together in a format that will ensure they are clearly presented, easily found, and at a price that makes sense. Entries will be for a calendar year (content can be changed within the year) and Finding new customers... priced per business. It is straight forward and simple – 2 lines (approx 10-15 words) £70 for a year – in black, greys & white Especially in today's financial climate 3 line Box (approx 10-20 words) £140 for a year – in black, greys & white 4 line Box (approx 10-25 words) £180 for a year – in black, greys & white Business card sized Box £280 for a year – in colour We can help! FOR INFORMATION or TO BOOK YOUR ENTRY Call 07789 175 002 or Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Tell Stow Times and we'll Tell Stow Times & we’ll tell the tell the whole community. WHOLE COMMUNITY! Tell local people ALL about your business – the Who, What, Where and How to contact you ! The most dangerous time for a business in a small community is when the Locals dont know about you or aren’t sure Now is the time to put your business into every house in if you're there! Now is the time to put your business into every house in the community, from Adlestrop to Bourton on the the community. We deliver to approx 6,000 letterboxes Hill, Condicote to Fullbrook, Naunton to the Wolfords, through Blockley, Wyck Rissington and the Swells. and reach 22,000 readers – if your advertisememnt Our deliveres visit them all. WE DELIVER TO APPROXIMATELY 6,000 LETTERBOXES and reach catches the eye of just 1%, that is 220 people.' 22,000 readers – IF YOUR ADVERTISEMENT CATCHES THE EYES OF JUST 1%, THAT IS 220 PEOPLE. Ask us about advertising Carrying local news and advertising Stow Times and its twin Moreton Times are established as important your business. means of sharing information around the community. With delivery during the first week of the month. The copy dates are our next editions is May 16th 07789 175002 but don’t leave it that late. [email protected] Get your message onto the pages of Stow Times & Moreton Times. As community publications Stow Times & Moreton Times are produced and distributed almost entirely by volunteers.
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Extensive range of products W. J. Wright including lampshades, Roberts radios, Funeral electronic components & cables Director and much more... Rectory House High Street • Telephones & Accessories Bourton-on-the-Water BT phones GL54 2AP new range now in stock • Ipod/Wii Accessories • Computer Peripherals Serving the Vacuum Cleaner Cotswold Community • Aerials and Batteries Bags from £3.99 for over 25 years • Audio and Video Leads 24 Hour Service • Large Range of Xmas Lights Private Chapel of Rest Printer Memorial Consultant • Computer Repairs Cartridges Home Visits available wide range always in stock • Mobile Phone Accessories Prepaid Funeral Plan Stow-on-the-Wold 01451 831829 25a High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh Bourton-on-the-Water 01451 810700 tel: 01608 652980 [email protected]
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