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North Moreton News Useful Information PCSO: call the Wallingford Team on 101 North Moreton News Non-Urgent Police calls: 101 Crime Stoppers: 0800 555 111 NHS Non-Emergency Number: 111 Issue 131 December 2020 Parish Clerk: [email protected] 01235 511427 Parish Council Chairman: Ros Templeman 07969 349 831 SODC Councillor: Jane Murphy 07970 932054 OCC Councillor: Simon Clarke [email protected] Church Benefice Office, Blewbury: 01235 850267 Parish Transport Representative: Veronica Gibbs 01235 813829 Who would have imaged last December the changes to Village Hall Bookings Marion Shipton [email protected] our lives that 2020 would bring? Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators: Elm Road: Derrick Stevens Phone/Fax/Answer m/c 01235 812951 Rest of Village: Nora Haycock [email protected] 812202 This year has been difficult for everyone - for some Concessionary Travel: 0845 310 1111 or www.oxfordshire.gov.uk more than others - but hopefully it has been made a little Didcot Volunteer Drivers: 01235 816709 easier by the support of friends and neighbours, and by Wallingford Volunteer Centre: 01491 836345 North Moreton Volunteers: 01235 812202, 813829 or 813006 the beautiful countryside in which we live. Postal Services: The Village Stores, Brightwell: Mon. - Fri. 9.30 - 5.30 Sat. 9.00 - 13.00 01491 835551 Astons Village Hall Tuesday 9.30 - 12.30 Normal life may have been put on hold but we look for- Citizens’ Advice Line: 08444 111 444 ward to normal service resuming in 2021! Consumer Helpline: 03454 04 05 06 www.adviceguide.org.uk Refuse & Recycling Collections: alternate Thursdays. Garden Waste Collection: alternate Thursdays with recycling Black Bin dates: 10/24 December. 9/21 January, 4/18 February Green & Garden Bins: 3/17/December 4/15 January, 11/25 February Bank holiday dates in bold. No brown bin collection over the Christmas period. Editor: Nora Haycock, Peckwater, North Moreton. Phone 01235 812202 Email: [email protected] Copy for the March issue should reach the Editor by A very happy and safe Christmas 22nd February North Moreton News is published four times a year & can also be read on line at to you all www.North-Moreton.com North Moreton Parish Council Car park After noticing that all runoff from Bear Lane was draining straight through the Christmas 2020 gate onto the Rec, where it made a large contribution to the water-logging of the car parking area, the Parish Council sought advice from the District Coun- cil’s senior drainage engineer, who provided a report and recommendations for remedial action. We accepted a quotation from the outdoor water engineers, WJ Hatt Ltd, and at Advent Service the beginning of November they installed a half-moon concrete drainage chan- nel at the entrance to the Rec, with a gully trap at either end. (The traps remove 4pm on Sunday 6th December leaves and silt from the runoff before it enters the drainage pipe.) Pipework was laid under the car parking area to carry water from the traps to the ditch by the playground, and so far we’ve been very pleased with the result. Christmas Music and Readings The next step will be to fence the car park, reinforce the area most affected by 6.30pm on Sunday 20th December turning cars, and install a height barrier in place of the present entrance gate. We are grateful for financial aid for this project from the North Moreton Chari- table Trust and from Simon Clarke’s OCC Councillor Priority Fund. Roving Nativity Service More bins! 3pm on Christmas Eve You may have noticed that we have two new bins opposite the village hall, Start at the Village Hall where the old phone box used to be. The salt bin is full of road salt, and the new dog bin is regularly emptied, so both are now ready to be used for their intended purposes. Christmas Midnight Mass Parish Council Meetings 9pm on Christmas Eve We have managed to hold only two “live” parish council meetings this year, with the remainder by Zoom. As the future of public meetings is still uncertain, we would like to encourage anyone who has concerns to raise with the council to contact one of the councillors directly, because, despite the wonders of mod- ern technology, it is still easier to have a discussion face to (socially distanced) face, or over the phone. Some time ago, we suggested holding a village meeting to discuss whether we Please register your interest by wanted more small houses in North Moreton. As circumstances have so far emailing [email protected] made this impossible, we are considering sending round a questionnaire to eve- ry house, seeking parishioners’ views on further (limited) development. The next parish council meeting will be on Tuesday 12 January at 8pm. Ros Templeman Chair NMPC Shop Safely this Christmas! Moreton Cricket Club Many more of us will be shopping online this Christmas - some of us for the first time - so here are some tips from Neighbourhood-Alert to help There is more to report on with regard to the Cricket Club than keep you safe: ever seemed likely half way through the summer. Make sure the website is authentic by checking the address is spelled cor- With Covid precautions in place, the men’s section was able to play 14 rectly. Ideally, type it in rather than clicking on a link in an email, text or games (along with one internal game). Six were won and there were eight post as it’s easy for scammers to set up fake websites that are very similar losses (two of which were to boundaries off the last ball of the game, so to the real thing. the balance could have been so different!). Perhaps the most noteworthy feature was the latest game in the calendar year in living memory at More- When paying, make sure the page is secure by checking that addresses ton aside from the Boxing Day matches which were briefly played in the begin with ‘https’ (‘s’ is for secure) and there’s a closed padlock in the mid 1960’s. As I recall three inches of snow in 1968 brought these to an address bar. But beware - although this means that the page is secure, the end when my father was rather shocked that no-one else turned up, but site could still be operated by fraudsters. memory may be playing tricks. Due to Nigel Hessey’s enthusiasm and per- th Many advertisements for items such as gifts, holidays and events on social sistence we were out there on October 11 playing Iffley Village. It was media and online forums are genuine, but be aware that others are fraudu- not too cold and a remarkable 10 wicket victory ensued as we chased down the opposition score of 220. Steve Vinnicombe scored an unbeaten century lent. Don’t transfer money directly to people or companies you don’t know. and Andrew Payne 93 not out. If you can, pay by credit card and when payment is completed, log out of the web page or app - simply closing it may not log you out automatically. Our women’s section did well to come third in the Home Counties League Avoid ‘free’ or ‘low-cost’ trials – whether for the latest handset or slim- Division One competing against clubs of greater size and with more re- ming pills – without thoroughly reading the small print and trusted re- sources than Moreton. Dave Powell won the Carpenter Cup which is views. You could be signing up for large monthly direct debits which are awarded annually to a member who has made an outstanding award to the Club. Dave celebrated his award with a match winning half century against very hard to cancel. Goring. Christmas is a favourite time for scammers to send fraudulent emails, texts Regrettably, our close season events this year (including the quiz) will not or DMs, or post fraudulent offers on social media. At this time of year, take place, but we all cling to the hope that 2021 may be a more normal with the increase in internet shopping, fake parcel-firm delivery notifica- summer. tions are commonplace attachments or links, as are emails and other mes- Mike Howat. President , Moreton CC sages featuring ‘special offers’ and ‘prizes’. Don’t click on links in emails, texts or posts that you’re not expecting, and don’t open unexpected email attachments. New Click and Collect Service at Oxfordshire Libraries And don’t forget - if an offer looks too good to be true, it usually is!! Although Oxfordshire County Council’s library service is currently unable For more information and expert, easy-to-follow, impartial advice on safe- to open libraries for browsing, the government has made it clear that librar- guarding yourself, your family, finances, devices and workplace, visit ies may offer a collection service during this period. www.getsafeonline.org. If you think you’ve been a victim of online fraud, report it to Action Fraud, the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting To access the service, residents need to complete a short online form centre on 0300 123 20 40 or at www.actionfraud.police.uk. https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ click-and-collect/click-and-collect-form, telling the library what sort of books they like to read and how many they would like or call North and South Moreton WI Astons Online Sadly we haven’t been able to hold our normal monthly meetings in the vil- Free and friendly IT help is available to North Moreton computer users every lage hall but we have kept in touch as far as possible.
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