508 Slate November 2020 FINAL C

Issue No 508 November 2020 New arrivals

Students and cows on Stonesﬁeld Common

The picture shows students from the When cattle are allowed to graze freely they Abingdon and Witney agricultural college select different plants, and even different (who own the cattle) having just herded the parts of the plant, to nibble or browse. Over four cows and their calves up Akeman Street time, this selective eating by the animals onto Stonesfield Common. They will stay on creates a varied structure within the plants the Common until January. The UK has 34 and the habitat. It is this that helps create the native cattle breeds, of which 14 are rare. right conditions for a wide range of plants, These cows are Whitebred Shorthorns. They insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals to exist. are among the 14 and considered rare The weight of the cows ensures that flower according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. seeds are pressed into the soil by their hooves, which will help germination in the spring. The breed originates from the border country in the North of England and is a good choice These cattle are helping us manage the for upland land management. They require Common to maintain and enhance its Site of little supplementary feeding, so are ideal for Special Scientific Interest status. I hope you’ll overwintering on the rough grazing of visit the cows and be sure to follow the rules Stonesfield Common. The breed are that are posted on the gates. considered to be docile, good mothers, and Richard Morris easy to manage. #Backthewhitehorse Share Offer is now open. See page 6

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 1 Christmas Gifts from our Creatives

A Blackbird Sang (Genny Early Kerry Burniston: painter/ Sonja Burniston: printmaker/ & Tony Davis): art in paper, maker *** illustrator wood and steel inspired by [email protected] [email protected] Nature 01993 891700 01993 891700 (Kerry Burniston) [email protected] www.kerryburniston.co.uk Instagram: @sonjaburniston 01993 891030 Instagram: @kerryburniston A range of colourful and heartfelt www.ablackbirdsang.com I make all sorts! Colourful, highly screen-prints, posters and cards at A range of nature-inspired sustainable decorated paper bird ornaments, prices ranging from £3 to £60. Please gifts in wood, paper and steel: wooden painted pebble jewellery, framed call Kerry for an appointment to view Christmas decorations £6; steel leaves painted slates, oil and acrylic paintings, both Sonja and Kerry’s work at the with quotations £9.95; tealights painted paper collage, prints, same time. (snowdrops, wrens, cow parsley, hares, notecards and small string baskets. deer) £12; garden sculptures £12-£55; Prices range from £2.50 to £400. steel bird silhouettes for fences, gates, Please call for an appointment to view etc. £7.50-£15; indoor/outdoor wall with no obligation to buy. art £79-£329. Local delivery available.

Carport Christmas Art & Craft Market 28 & 29 November, 10am-3pm, at Grey Cat Studio, Woodlands Rise, Stonesﬁeld. This event will be subject to Covid-19 guidelines for social distancing and the wearing of masks *** Exhibiting artists

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2 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate Christmas Gifts from our Creatives

Chris Davies: artist/printmaker Nick Hooper Rebecca Sherlaw-Johnson *** (Finalist, BBC Big Painting [email protected] [email protected] Challenge 2018) 07968 286810 01993 891328 / 07771 707818 [email protected] ‘Bird Being’, a children’s story for 11 Paintings, brightly hand-painted boxes, 01993 891693 / 07966 626403 year-olds and over, contains bird tables, bug houses and wooden Facebook: @paintedwallcandy illustrations by Stonesfield artists and items from £10 to £80. Local delivery A range of reasonably-priced prints of will be available from mid-November. available. Photographs can be landscapes and nature from £40 to ‘Six Strings’ CD – solo guitar of Irish provided by email. £70 and Christmas cards from £5 per tunes, awarded five stars by R&R pack. Please get in touch for an magazine and priced at £10. Both Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson: appointment to view. items sold in aid of ‘Back the White embroidered felt designs *** Horse’. [email protected] Claire Fyfe-Jackson Original and colourful embroidered 01993 898327 Jenny Lines: artist/printmaker felt designs including animal tree Instagram: @clairefyfejackson [email protected] decorations, window hangings, small Unique handmade designer jewellery 01993 898454 / 07468 563014 pouches and cases – all hand-sewn in silver and semi-precious stones; www.jennysprints.com and each one individual, they make flowers made from recycled metal. A range of etchings, many inspired by ideal presents. Especially for Christmas – sprigs of the landscape around Stonesfield. Stonesfield Soap Company mistletoe, holly and flower Available framed or unframed from (Tanya Bainbridge): decorations made from recycled £70 to £200. Free delivery in time for handmade soaps, metal, some with crystals, to decorate Christmas within a five mile radius. aromatherapy bath and your home or as a unique present. Please see my website and call or skincare products email for prices, availability and any info@stonesfieldsoap.com Judith Henderson further information. 01993 891949 [email protected] www.stonesfieldsoap.com 07966 314095 David Rudge Light Frame We make a range of luxury artisan Hand-rolled beeswax candles in red, Designs soaps and aromatherapy bath and green or yellow, £2 each/three for £5; [email protected] skincare products crafted from available as long as stocks last. 01993 898084 / 07814 142658 natural plant oils and butters. Prices Proceeds from these to the Friends of www.drlightframedesigns.co.uk range from £4 to £19 depending on Frank Wise School, a Special School in Covent Garden’s silhouette artist product and packaging. Gift sets Banbury. Collection by arrangement. David Rudge lights up your favourite available. Orders received by 10 ‘Pete’s Trees’: a CD of folk fiddle and images in solid light frames. All December qualify for free local guitar performed by silhouettes are hand-cut and lit delivery; collection from us also Henderson:Hooper, £10 from beautifully. Commissions taken. www.wordandnote.com or as above. available. Rachael Sherlaw-Johnson *** [email protected] 01993 891318 www.rachaelsherlaw-johnson.co.uk Vibrant, exciting oil paintings from £40 to £200; cards £2 & books c.£10. Appointments to view can be made subject to Covid-19 guidelines (one person at a time and masks to be worn). Local delivery available.

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 3 Notices & news

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West Oxfordshire District Remembrance Sunday 8 Council November – important The Government has launched a new It is with great regret and sadness that, due payment for those on low incomes who are to the complexities of COVID-19 unable to work while self-isolating. restrictions, there will be NO formal Act of West Oxfordshire District Council will be Remembrance at the War Memorial this processing applications and making year. This decision has only been made payments to those who: after strenuous efforts with the appropriate authorities to find a way for it to go ahead, • Have been told to stay at home and self- and everyone recognises that this isolate by NHS Test and Trace, either ceremony will be hugely missed. because they have tested positive for coronavirus or have recently been in Organisations may still, of course, wish to close contact with someone who has lay wreaths informally, and should do so as tested positive and when they wish. • Are employed or self-employed There will be a service at the Parish Church at 10am, and this will include two minutes’ • Are unable to work from home and will silence at 11am. Everyone is very warmly lose income as a result invited, but of course, numbers have to be • Are currently receiving Universal Credit, strictly limited. If you would like to attend, Working Tax Credit, income-based please email Employment and Support Allowance, [email protected] income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, or telephone 898757. Seats will need to be Income Support, Housing Benefit and/ allocated on a first come, first served, or Pension Credit. basis.

4 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate sheep. Please keep your dogs on a lead AT NHSE Armed Forces ALL TIMES when walking amongst ANY Engagement Questionnaire livestock. The NHS has launched a questionnaire and series of online events and focus groups to May we also take this opportunity to explore how it can improve health and remind dog owners to please pick up dog wellbeing support for the families of mess and take it to a bin. serving personnel, reservists, and veterans Stonesﬁeld Parish Council in England. Anyone can share their views, however, we Garage Sale Community are particularly keen to hear from armed fundraising update forces families (regular, reserve, and The Stonesfield Garage Sale held on a veteran families) people who are serving in sunny day in September raised just under or who have served in the British armed £2,000 for the following local causes: forces (regular and reserve) and Chrissie’s Owls organisations working with or supporting the armed forces community. Responses Friends of Stonesfield School (FoSS) will be treated in confidences and will help Save our pub #backthewhitehorse to improve the care and support we offer to Stonesfield Pre-School & Daycare armed forces families in England. Stonesfield Scout Group To access the questionnaire, please visit Stonesfield Village Hall www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/ Sunshine Cat Rescue health-and-wellbeing-support-armed- With additional funds being made by forces-families households recycling their unwanted For further information, including details wares, it was fantastic to see so many of online events or to request a copy of the residents, families, and village groups engagement toolkit, please email getting involved. [email protected]. The We’ve received lots of constructive deadline for responding is 30 November feedback on how to make the next Garage 2020. Sale event, or perhaps a Car Boot Sale, even better – so watch this space for spring Dog owners 2021! In the meantime, thank you. We would like to remind dog owners to Claire, Jacqueline, and Jess (07970 107805) keep control of dogs when walking in fields with grazing animals. There are many new dog owners since lockdown, and dogs are a cause of sheep worrying and do chase livestock. Sheep can die of shock even if uninjured. It is particularly upsetting and distressing for owners of sheep and other members of the public to witness incidents of dog attacks with deceased or injured

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 5 numbers are available and forms must be Carport Christmas Arts & completed by 22 November. Crafts Market 28 and 29 November We really hope this event will be a festive treat for all to enjoy whilst staying safe and This year, Grey Cat Studio will be holding shopping locally! their annual Christmas show under the carport (outdoors, but with the advantage Hannah Willans, Stonesﬁeld Pre-School of a covering over our heads). Lots of ideas for unique Christmas presents from local artists and artisans: paintings, cards, books, jewellery, hand painted birds, boxes and bird tables, knitwear and felt wear. This year, the artists are: Rachael, Rebecca, and Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson and Kerry Burniston. Part of the profits will go to the Back the White Horse Campaign. We will be open from 10am to 3pm at Grey Cat Studio, Woodlands Rise, Stonesfield, OX29 8PL. We will be asking people to be aware of social distancing and to wear The #backthewhitehorse masks. Thank you. share offer is now OPEN! Becki Sherlaw-Johnson This is your opportunity to buy shares in [email protected] the White Horse and help us bring it into community ownership, saving it from the Stonesﬁeld’s Christmas property developers who may be waiting in Market! the wings. We are so excited to be organising our own Shares are £50 each and you can buy COVID-19 safe Christmas market this multiple shares up to a maximum of 1,000 year!! It will be held on Sunday 6 (£50,000) per person. Anyone over the age December at The Village Hall and playing of 18, whether they live in Stonesfield or field from 2–8pm. We are fundraising for not, is eligible to buy shares. This is not a The Village Hall and Stonesfield Pre- get rich quick scheme, but more of an School. investment in the village we all love, to If you would like an arts/craft stall or a help it thrive with more than a pub at its food stall, please email heart. [email protected] for a This is a first for the village. No one has registration form. Stalls are £10 and a attempted it before. Over 100 other donation of a tombola prize. Limited communities have successfully bought and

6 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate now run their own pubs – will you help us other items by dropping us a quick line at join their ranks? [email protected].

A share prospectus, with application form, As before, we will have ‘crowd control’ in will be delivered to each household, but are line with the latest COVID-19 regulations also available from the village shop. Our to keep you all safe. business plan and further copies of the Don’t miss out, we look forward to seeing share prospectus can be downloaded from you there! our website: www.backthewhitehorse.com or if you email us at: Susan Rudlin (891679) [email protected] we’ll send them to you. Village Hall News Stonesﬁeld Community Pub Limited It has been so nice to be able to welcome people into the hall again by opening our A White (Horse) Christmas! doors and hosting the flu clinic for the community last month. It was very busy Firstly a big THANK YOU to everyone in with no appointments to spare, so the village who has donated to and bought hopefully, it saved some of our more from our previous stalls, because of you we vulnerable villagers from having to travel have raised significant monies for too far to get the flu jab. #backthewhitehorse campaign funds. We also want to say a big thank you to all We will be back outside the village shop, on of you who got involved with the Saturday 28 November from 9am, with a Stonesfield Garage Sale in September. The range of goodies to fulfil your Christmas format seemed to work well, and raised desires such as wreaths, chutney, jam, much-needed funds for a number of beer, mince pies, gingerbread, and cake. struggling groups in our community, and Avid followers of the Great British Bake Off everyone seemed to have fun whilst will know that the final happens just before recycling items they no longer needed. our stall takes place, so we’d like to Following on from that success, and as it challenge our bakers to attempt a has not been the easiest year for anybody, showstopper Festive Cake (it’s for fun, not we are determined to try and raise spirits, compulsory). We will create a picture and funds again, this time with a gallery of any entries for stall visitors to Christmas Market on 6 December!! judge and the cakes themselves will be sold Alongside the Pre-School, we are having an on our signature teatime plates. Will you event taking all the social distancing win the golden handshake? requirements into consideration, whilst You can help boost our funds by entering a providing fun, festive ambiance, and a cake in the showstopper challenge or relaxed shopping experience. donating items for sale on the stall, or by If you visit Field Close, you will be pleased coming to buy. It would be really helpful if to find there is a new service to the village! you could let us know in advance that We would like to welcome the Taco Truck, you’re entering a Festive Cake / donating which is in situ in the Village Hall car park

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 7 on Thursday from 5–7pm. Please take the translated version of the survey, please call opportunity to have a night off from 01865 520520. cooking, and visit Chris to see what’s on To find out more about Healthwatch the menu! Oxfordshire see For more information on the hall, www.healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk bookings, or our upcoming events, please contact: Police and community support Jacqueline Carthew (898919) Secretary & For information or advice on security Booking Clerk for Stonesfield Village Hall concerns, please contact stonesfi[email protected] [email protected] or call 101. Healthwatch Oxfordshire Healthwatch Oxfordshire wants to hear Stonesfield Neighbourhood from anyone who works to provide care Watch Scheme and support to someone in their own home For information, see www.facebook.com/ in Oxfordshire. StonesfieldNHW. If you are interested in The county’s independent health and social joining our scheme, please follow this link care watchdog is asking people employed and ensure you click ‘Join a scheme’ then in home care support, including those who select ‘Stonesfield’ to complete your work privately, on a self-employed basis or request: https://member- for an agency, to share their experiences of registration.neighbourhoodalert.co.uk/30/ what this is like by completing an Join anonymous survey at Deanna Blakeway Asplundh www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Paidcarers/ The feedback received will help those who pay for and plan care in the county understand what is working well and what could be better. If you’d prefer to talk this through over the phone, or to request a paper copy or

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8 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate Politics & local affairs

Stonesﬁeld Parish Council the taxpayer in the village, if we took this Election of Chair and Vice Chair on. Following Cllr Brown’s resignation as Cllr McArdell reminded the group that two Chair, Cllr P McArdell was unanimously months ago, when this was first discussed, voted in as Chairman. it was made clear by the group that they required grants only and a parish council Cllr M Heduan and Cllr D Brown stood for grant of £4,000 was given to the the role of Vice Chair. Cllr David Brown community pub group on this basis. We was elected as Vice Chair following a were advised that no further funding majority vote amongst councillors. investments from the parish council would Stockey Woods be requested. Last month, the public works It was reported that Sustainable order loan was floated again, which caused Stonesfield are pursuing getting village concern. Some councillors felt that the green status for Stockey Woods. The share offer allows members of the public to majority of parish councillors agreed that contribute, if they wish. Concerns were this was an important asset that we do not raised regarding the business case of the want to lose as a parish. pub. White Horse community pub Cllr Baldwin was in support of the parish council financing some of the costs needed Representatives from the community pub for the pub. He added that the group have group attended the parish meeting. Lots of not yet been able to have a structural discussion was had. survey. He felt the parish council should We were advised that the business plan help keep it going. All other councillors and prospectus is almost complete and the were against supporting the pub group group hopes that by the time this Slate is further from a parish council financial published the shares will be available to perspective. A vote was taken and purchase. The business plan is a work in councillors agreed not to pursue looking progress, but has been shared with the into ways of supporting the pub group parish council. financially any further. (Majority vote 7:1 against pursuing financial support.) The group confirmed that they are not asking the parish council to subsidise the All councillors wished the pub great pub, but discussions around the parish success and look forward to updates and council taking a public works order loan seeing the share offer. were had. Concerns from the parish council regarding the loan were raised, as this would mean a likely increase in precept (council tax), and a direct cost to

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 9 Reports from councillors Cllr Brown reported that Phil Martin is Cllr Brown asked Cllr Hudspeth if there are stepping down from the scouts. The scouts any proposals to look at the A40 following have plans for the build of the new hut and the terrible accident this week. Cllr are out to tender. The fundraising is not as Hudspeth explained there is funding for a active at the moment while the community bus lane on the A40, but not for making pub is fundraising, but the group would the road a duel carriageway. The District welcome any donations. awaits the report following the accident. Cllr Baldwin advised that Stonesfield Safety can then be considered once the Mutual Aid is still active and explained that cause is known, if appropriate. they still had some funds and that goodwill Cllr Bishop complimented the work of in the community is still there. If anyone is those working throughout COVID-19. in real hardship the fund will assist them. Cllr Baldwin thanked those who helped Cllr Heduan raised concern with 1 Farley previously for all of their support and Lane planning application which was councillors echoed this, and also thanked discussed at a previous meeting with Cllr Cllr Baldwin for his work with Stonesfield Bishop. This property received approval for Mutual Aid. planning (6 dwellings in the office building) despite numerous objections and Cllr Gould noted that the flu clinics at the concerns regarding the build, and asked for Village Hall went well. feedback on this regarding the decision at Blenheim Estate WODC. Cllr Bishop advised that people can The Parish Council would like to say thank write to the District, but members of the you to Roy Cox, Nick Bainbridge and team public cannot appeal the decision. The vote at Blenheim Estate for providing logs to at WODC was unanimous in favour of the block a gate in Stonesfield for us. Supplied build. and delivered free of charge after the Cllr Baldwin asked Cllr Bishop about how parish clerk requested assistance. many emails he had received in support of Date of next full council (public) meeting: the community pub. Cllr Bishop said he Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 7pm. had received 75, but none expressing Zoom virtual meeting. Members of the support of the parish council funding the public are welcome to attend. pub. Karen East, Clerk to the Parish Other business clerk@stonesﬁeldpc.uk The parish council agreed to pay 50% of the cost of servicing the church clock and Stockey Woods campaign also £200 towards churchyard grass The County Council has appointed an cutting. independent inspector to hear the Cllr Lawrence confirmed that the application to make Stockey Woods a defibrillator has been checked and the village green, which is being contested by batteries are working. As a reminder, it is the Blenheim Estate. The public inquiry positioned just outside the Village Hall. will start on 26 January and last up to eight days.

10 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate Sustainable Stonesfield, supported by the Many thanks for your support. If we are Parish Council, are fighting to get the successful, the whole of Stockey Woods will woods declared a village green to ensure in remain accessible to future generations of perpetuity that residents of Stonesfield can Stonesfield villagers in perpetuity: a prize roam throughout the woods as they have worth chasing! done for generations. In order to assist our Richard Morris, Chair Sustainable Stonesﬁeld cause, we are using expert legal advice. A specialist barrister will represent us, but that understandably comes at a cost. From our District Councillor Business is slowly returning to some In the August Slate, we asked people if they semblance of normality, in these abnormal would be willing to pledge money to help times utilising abnormal techniques. our campaign. The response was amazing. Webex and Zoom enable Council business We have written to all those who pledged to be enacted satisfactorily, although one money asking them to send their donation important planning meeting had to be now, because we know the date of the cancelled part way through because of a Public Inquiry and need to instruct our ‘glitch’. Barrister. The District Council has updated its flood However, if you missed that opportunity to procedures and flood defence procurement pledge funds it’s not too late to make a contracts. It is hoped that this will help donation and we can always use more. with any anticipated flood difficulties in Here’s how: future. 1. By Bank Transfer to the SUSTO Bank A new and comprehensive Equality Policy Account. This is our preferred method has been agreed. The Equality Act 2010 of donation, so please use this compels local authorities to comply with wherever possible. The account details the Public Sector Equality Duty. This are: protects people from discrimination on the Sort Code: 30–98–97 following bases: Account Number: 84966768 Account name: Sustainable Stonesfield Race; Disability; Gender; Gender When setting up the online bank reassignment; Sexual orientation; transfer on your bank account, please Marriage and civil partnership; Age; insert your surname in the payee Religion and belief; Pregnancy and reference section. maternity.

2. By Cheque payable to Sustainable The Act also specifies that public bodies Stonesfield – please deliver to David must review and publish updated policies Lines, Rivertop, Church Street, OX29 every four years. The West Oxfordshire 8PS (on the corner of Churchfields and policy also incorporates a clear definition Church Street) and ensure you write of anti-Semitism which demonstrates a your name and address on the reverse clear intention that no one should be of the envelope. treated unfairly.

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 11 In its report on revenue currently assessed dedication and enthusiasm. Especially for for the budget, it was noted that our the considerable success in alleviating the Budget position has been adversely hardship, both financial and social, caused affected by the pandemic to the tune of by the difficult times in which we all live. £1.8million. Much good wishes to you all – keep well Much time and effort has been expended and make as much happiness around you by the whole Council and particularly its as you can. officers on the new Government White Richard Bishop (891414) Paper – Planning for the Future; Pillar One [email protected] – Planning for Development. This Government initiative has by no means From our County Councillor attracted widespread support. As a result of criticisms by elected councillors, and the The rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases is a objections of our planning officers, a fast-moving situation. On-going lengthy and comprehensive response has discussions are taking place locally, been drafted. This document is far too long regionally, and nationally as regards the and detailed to be easily summarised here, number of COVID-19 cases and a very but suffice it to say, the District Council has close eye is being kept on trends and data. raised a plethora of objections and We will be ready to respond in terms of suggestions in its response to Central how any new system affects Oxfordshire. Government. It is felt that, if the document For now, work continues with partners to were to be translated into law, vast send increased and targeted tranches of the country, particularly in the communications that call on people to southern part of England, would be follow preventative measures and obliterated under a sea of concrete. Also, government guidance so we can contain the general effect would not alleviate the the situation and reduce the rate of perceived housing need especially in the infection. We need everyone to take ‘affordable’ sector. responsibility for their own actions as Plans for the Eynsham Garden Village, to families, individuals, colleagues, and be named Salt Cross, are being neighbours. The only way we can drive constructively developed. These plans are down the number of COVID-19 cases is in conjunction with a comprehensive through collective action on the part of review of the necessary infra-structure and people. a transport strategy. COVID Secure team All this work is in addition to the day-to- To help ensure Government safety rules day activity of a District council, and goes a are being applied, a new COVID Secure long way to proving that the COVID-19 team is now operating across Oxfordshire. disaster has not shut down the business of Funded by Oxfordshire County Council’s looking after our residents and caring for NHS Test and Trace grant, and delivered their welfare. In this context, I should like jointly across all Oxfordshire councils, the to compliment all our officers, whether team’s aim is to work with and support working in the office or at home, for their businesses to help them comply with the

12 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate rules and guidance that apply to them and www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test. It is to ensure good infection control measures essential you do not go to A&E asking are in places which the public access. for a test. A new local focused COVID-19 contact • If you do not have COVID symptoms, tracing system for Oxfordshire will be please do not book a test. You could be launched, designed to support and taking a test away from someone who compliment the national system. It will really needs it, such as a key worker. provide another layer of support to help This is increasingly important as we control the virus and #stopthespread. head into autumn and winter, when Collectively, Oxfordshire’s six councils will more people will get colds and the flu. work to contact people that the NHS test • If another member of your household and trace national system is unable to has symptoms, you must self-isolate. But reach. People contacted will be advised to you should only get a test if you develop isolate, talked through how to access local symptoms yourself. Further guidance on support when isolating, and asked about self-isolation is available. details of their close contacts so these can then be followed up by the national team. • If you have been in close contact with The service will run seven days a week with someone who has coronavirus and have calls coming from the council using a local been asked to self-isolate, you should (01865) phone number. Text messages will only get a test if you develop symptoms also be sent to people with mobile phones yourself. telling them to expect a call. • If you have been abroad and are in #StopTheSpread quarantine, you should only get a test if • The NHS COVID-19 app is available. you develop symptoms. Please download it if you can. The more If you are self-isolating or in quarantine, people who use the app, the more we can then a negative test result does not mean keep each other safe and stop infection you can end isolation early. The virus can rates rising. take time to develop and so a test early on • If you have COVID symptoms, you must does not prove that you will not go on to isolate for at least 10 days and get a test. develop the virus – you could still be at risk Do not wait for a test or test result of spreading the virus to other people. before self-isolating. Please do not hesitate to contact me and • The main symptoms of coronavirus are a keep safe. high temperature, a new continuous Ian Hudspeth (07956 270 318) cough, and a loss or change to your [email protected] sense of smell or taste. Most people with coronavirus have at least one of these symptoms. • If you have at least one of these symptoms, you should book a test by calling 119 or registering online at

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 13 Education, culture & more

Sally Wainwright OBE 1980s and driving a London bus, while she How many of you knew that Sally made her first attempts to break into TV Wainwright, recently honoured with an writing (she would later immortalise this in OBE for services to writing and television, Jane Hall). She lived in a shared house lives in Stonesfield? I recently did a count with, among others, Austin Sherlaw- up of the awards she has won for her Johnson, whose family have lived in writing (21 of them, including 5 BAFTAs). Stonesfield since 1970. They married in Add to that the OBE and the Freedom of 1990 and moved to Stonesfield in 1991. Calderdale, which she was awarded in Sally quickly became involved with the March. It is an impressive list. Stonesfield Players, directing Jean Most people know Sally best as the creator Anouilh’s Antigone, Skirmishes by and writer of Last Tango in Halifax, Catherine Hayes, and several one act plays Happy Valley (she’s writing the 3rd series for them, including her own The Wrong right now), and Gentleman Jack (just Parents. about to start filming the 2nd series). Her In 1994, she and Austin moved north and list of credits is long and includes Scott and returned to Stonesfield in 2001 with their Bailey, To Walk Invisible, At Home with two sons, George and Felix. Once again, the Braithwaite’s, The Amazing Mrs Sally found time to direct two very good Pritchard, and many others. If you had productions for the Players: Airswimming asked Sally what she wanted to do as a by Charlotte Jones and Di, Viv and Rose by young girl she would have said write, and Amelia Bullmore, which featured the last by the age of nine she would have told you performance by Jay Miller. she wanted to write for Coronation Street. She also directed a forty-minute version of Sally was born in Huddersfield in 1963 and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with Year 6 at brought up in Sowerby Bridge. She read Stonesfield School. English Literature at York University and achieved her ambition to write for Sadly, these days Sally is so popular as a Coronation Street in 1994 after writing for writer, director, and producer for television The Archers. She remained with the soap that she hasn’t been able to take on a big until 1999 when she left to focus on writing project for the Players, although she was original work. At Home with the one of the judges for their Lockdown Play Braithwaite’s was the result and was Writing Competition earlier this year. nominated for several awards. Sally never Since 2000, with the exception of two looked back. projects (Shakespeare Re-Told and The Sally’s connection to Stonesfield began Canterbury Tales), she has created and when she was living in Hounslow in the written all her own work. She was a producer on most of them and directed

14 November 2020 Stonesfield Slate episodes on Last Tango, Happy Valley, co-chairs. We have also set up our and Gentleman Jack. committees focused on the delivery of the high-quality curriculum and the financial What next? Well, she has several exciting management of the school to ensure best new potential projects in the pipeline, all use of limited resources. A key part of our being created in Stonesfield. role is having oversight of all aspects of the Becki Sherlaw-Johnson school, and so we have agreed a new schedule of governor monitoring to ensure Stonesfield School standards are high and resources are being well used. The autumn term is well under way, despite the restrictions necessary due to We are still looking for new governors to COVID-19. Teachers are rising to the join us in this important and rewarding challenge of developing techniques to work, especially, but not exclusively, those deliver high quality lessons while following with finance-based expertise, so please get all the safety rules. The school’s main in touch if you are interested. objective for this year remains to achieve Stonesfield Governors the best educational standards we can in our inclusive and supportive environment. Governors are continuing to meet online and at our first full board meeting, Harry Holland and Sue Corrigan were re-elected

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 15 Coordinator (Senco), Mel Carruthers, is Stonesfield Primary School also providing pastoral and nurture With pupils returning after lockdown, our support for other pupils. twin priorities have been catching children up academically while supporting their We recognise that ensuring our pupils have mental health and wellbeing. Staff have strong mental health will not be a short worked tirelessly to adapt our normal term fix – this is a priority we are curriculum to ensure children do not miss committed to in the long term: developing crucial elements of learning. We have also compassionate, resilient, emotionally prioritised our Personal, Social, Health and intelligent citizens to make our village Economic (PSHE) curriculum for all proud. pupils, establishing new routines and If your child is due to start school in giving children a common language to September 2021, I would love to show you identify and share their feelings and around and give you a flavour of what life emotions. Our highly regarded Forest at Stonesfield Primary School is like. School also gives our pupils much needed Please contact the school office on 891687 time outdoors, enjoying and learning in to arrange a tour. natural surroundings. Ben Trevail, Headteacher During this half term, we have also worked head.2353@stonesfield.oxon.sch.uk with a company called Evolve. Using their pupil survey, Wellbeing Compass, we Stonesfield Pre-School and collected baseline data for our pupils in Daycare years 1 to 6 on six dimensions of wellbeing. We are pleased to announce our first 100 The results were fascinating. Our scores Club winners for the October draw. were above the national average for Physical Activity and Diet, and in line with 1st Prize – Kate England £25 the national average for Emotional 2nd Prize – Karen Ball £10 Wellbeing, Personal Development, and Congratulations to you both. Brain Health. The survey highlighted sleep as an area to focus on – the national Zena Rozee picture is that lockdown has disrupted routines and the survey seemed to suggest Stonesfield Pre-school that a number of children were not getting Making the most of each and every enough sleep, were easily distracted, and moment found concentration difficult. Using resources from The PSHE Association, all During the last month the children have children have now had lessons on the been very busy going about their ‘Work’ at importance of sleep and what a good pre-school. In particular, carrying out bedtime routine is like. The survey also many tasks in the home corner, such as enabled us to identify children requiring cooking, making cups of tea, and looking targeted support. Evolve have worked with after the baby dolls. It is thought- pupils in small groups aiming to develop provoking and fascinating to stand back their confidence, self-esteem, and and observe a child as they absorb resilience. Our Special Educational Needs themselves in their many self-initiated

16 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate tasks. The children’s home corner play is report is available to read on our website driven by noticing what adults do, www.stonesfieldpreschool.com imitating what is observed and then doing Finally, we are really happy to be working it spontaneously when the adult is not together on a fundraising project with the there. The children are engaging in Village Hall, to help us raise much needed imaginative role-play based on their own funds for both of our organisations that are first-hand experiences. We often add extra a vital part of the village community. resources to extend play and exploration, Please join us for Stonesfield’s Christmas real vegetables were added to the play Market on 6 December from 2–8pm at the kitchen and we created a pop-up Village Hall and playing field. There will be hairdresser’s that was sparked by the local arts and craft stalls, festive food, and children’s interests. drinks too! The children have also been talking about Lizzie Wharton, Pre-school Manager ‘Ourselves and our families’. They have made paper cut outs of themselves and have been naming body parts… earlobes, The Oxfordshire Museum, elbows, and knee caps to name but a few. Woodstock Family photograph sharing has been a The Oxfordshire Museum is situated in the great visual prompt to support the children heart of Woodstock, with free admission, with their speaking and listening 10 galleries, Garden Café, gift shop, and development. With adult support, the older beautiful walled garden. There is children have enjoyed playing listening something for everyone! games in the rainbow room, too. Exhibitions We are now exploring the wonderful Distance – closes 8 November season of autumn with the children, so Distance is explored through Oxfordshire much fun to be had with lots of colourful, landscapes, townscapes, and through crunchy leaves to run through, kick and depictions of events and activities. In throw up into the air! We are also addition to work by well-known artists, collecting autumn items and materials to including William Turner of Oxford and add to our seasonal nature table. Stanley Anderson, the exhibition includes Early Years Quote of the Month items from the collections in the care of the We would like to share a thought- Museum’s Service that have not previously provoking Early Years quote with you each been on public display. month. This month we have chosen… From the 'Distance' exhibition When you: Cut it for me, Write it for me, Open it for me, Set it up for me, Draw it for me or Find it for me, All I learn is: That you do it better than me We held our Annual General meeting on 8 October via Zoom. Our Chairperson’s

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 17 The Oxfordshire Craft Guild 17th century, and a deer park was created Christmas selling exhibition around the house. William Wheate and 14 November – 3 January either he or one of his successors had the house remodelled later in the 17th century. We are thrilled to host this annual selling By the early part of the 18th century it had exhibition featuring many of the county’s an H-shaped plan with north and south leading craft designers and makers. The courtyards, each flanked on three sides by exhibition includes jewellery, textiles, wings of the house. ceramics, glass, wood, and more – perfect for Christmas! In the first half of the 18th century either Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet or Sir Online lectures Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet had the The Friends of The Oxfordshire Museum house remodelled with a Georgian are offering a varied programme of elevation of seven bays. By the early part of monthly online lectures, even if you are not the 19th century the western range of the a member! For more information visit: old house had been demolished. When the [email protected] 2nd Baronet died without a male heir in Opening times: 1746, the baronetcy passed to his brother Sir George Wheate, 3rd Baronet, but Wednesday – Saturday 11am–5pm Glympton Park became the dower house of Sunday 2–5pm his widow, Mary. Last admission 4.30pm Mondays and Tuesdays – Closed George Henry Barnett, the nephew of Sir Jacob Wheate, 5th Baronet, inherited Stay in touch Glympton Park in 1846. In 1849, Barnett You can keep up to date with all our events removed the east and west wings from the and exhibitions by visiting our website main front, re-faced the main front in Bath www.oxfordsire.gov.uk/museums Twitter stone in mid-18th century style, and added & Facebook @oxonmuseum an Italianate kitchen block on the east side. Barnett moved the main entrance to the Local History: Glympton west side and gave the new entrance a House Tuscan porch. Glympton Park remained in 4 miles North West of Stonesfield the Barnett family until Benjamin Barnett sold it in 1944. There was a manor house here by the 16th century, if not earlier, and since the Alan Paul Good, the Anglo-Irish head of a present house stands very close to the successful engineering company, bought medieval church, it was probably on this the house in 1944 and had grand plans for site, although nothing now survives that is remodelling it. Failing health compelled earlier than the 18th century. John Cupper Mr Good to relinquish his position as and his wife, Audrey Peyto, and their managing director of the Brush-ABOE descendants owned the property from 1547 group in 1952, and he died in South Africa to 1632. in 1953 aged 46. The Wheate family acquired the estate in In the following years, the house had a 1633, the parish was enclosed in the late number of owners, some for very short

18 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate periods. For example, in 1988 Alan Bond, In addition to feeding wheat, millet, and an Australian businessman, purchased rapeseed daily, we recommend: Glympton, but was forced to sell a year • Boosting seed food by providing uncut later when his business empire collapsed. areas, a wide mix of crops, stubbles or Glympton Park’s current owner is a trust seed-rich wild bird cover crops created by Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia. • Creating thick, thorny nesting cover in Prince Bandar bin Sultan, former Saudi hedges or by retaining areas of scrub, ambassador to the US, bought the estate in gorse or brambles 1992. Prince Bandar has transformed the house and estate since that date, buying • Cutting hedgerows on rotation every another 500 acres of land and various three to five years houses within the estate, including the old We now have over 20 sites across West rectory and Ludwell farm cottages. He has Oxfordshire – many near Stonesfield. We reconstructed the house, laying out new are looking for a few more volunteers to gardens, replanting the park, establishing a help us feed once a week or fortnightly. pheasant shoot, and developing the farm. You could help at Southill Solar Farm or Paul Bates Kingswood Break – both beautiful sites, a [email protected] short cycle or drive from Stonesfield. To find out more about our charity, visit Help feed our farmland birds farmlandbirdaidnetwork.org. If you can Ever seen a Yellow Hammer or a flock of help with feeding or surveying, please get Linnets? These glorious farmland birds are in touch with disappearing, so our charity and its many [email protected] volunteers provide supplementary feed from November to May to reduce their Thank you. decline. Judy Anders Some ‘red-listed’ species are familiar [email protected] ‘farmland’ birds such as House Sparrows and Skylarks, but many people are unaware of the challenges they face. Even species such as Chaffinches started to decline in 2012. So it’s never been more important to act now and do all we can to conserve these precious specialist birds. Remember Bird Aid? We have now re- launched as Farmland Bird Aid Network, an independent charity. Our hope is to help see thriving populations of farmland birds in our countryside, able to support themselves naturally.

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 19 An Englishwoman from New 80th Anniversary of Blenheim York Palace’s Top-Secret WWII Spy Blenheim Art Foundation has a solo Role exhibition of the British artist, Cecily Blenheim Palace is celebrating the 80th Brown, running until 3 January 2021. This anniversary of its top-secret wartime role is composed entirely of new works created as the headquarters of MI5. In 1940, the in response to the Palace. birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill became the temporary location of Britain’s secret Cecily Brown was born in London, studied intelligence agency, after its London offices at the Slade School of Art and then moved were destroyed in the Blitz. to New York in 1994 where she continues to work. She is credited as a central figure A series of pre-fabricated huts were set up in the resurgence of painting at the turn of outside the Palace, the Great Hall was filled the millennium. with filing cabinets, and the Long Library became a typing pool. Part of the Palace’s The exhibition includes a series dedicated upper floor was also transformed into a to the hunt and a number of battle communications centre, which included a paintings that evoke Blenheim’s military translation service and reference library. history. The exhibition closes with Brown’s As many of the records held in London had largest painting to date, titled The Triumph been lost, the work done at Blenheim to of Death. It was painted in four parts that rebuild their intelligence documents was so were assembled for the first time onsite at vital to the country’s wartime role, Blenheim Palace. Completed in 2019, the Churchill would call on virtually a daily work offers a poignant and prescient basis to see how things were progressing. visualisation of a society in crisis. He reportedly also sent chocolates and More information can be found at cigars when specific projects were www.blenheimpalace.com/whats-on/ completed, and visited the site on at least one occasion.

The Triumph of Death Security surrounding the estate was extremely high and staff, who were mainly women and mostly staying at Keble College in Oxford, were dropped off by bus at the Woodstock gate entrance to Blenheim where their passes were checked. They were then transported up to the Palace, where they were checked a second time before heading into the Palace’s Great Court, through a third checkpoint. Antonia Keaney, Blenheim Palace’s social historian said, ‘Everyone who worked at Blenheim Palace during this time was sworn to secrecy, and many of the staff did not speak about their vital roles to anyone.

20 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate We were fortunate enough to interview but we weren’t allowed to say what we did, some of the ladies for an archive several what we saw, or how anything worked.’ years ago, and some of them had only MI5 did not leave Blenheim immediately recently revealed what they did during the the war ended as they had nowhere to go. war to family and friends. One of the The Palace was not officially handed back women said if the Germans had ever found to the Marlborough family until 1948. out we had lost virtually every possible contact for their spies, we would have More information can be found at undoubtedly lost the war.’ www.blenheimpalace.com/whats-on/

Follow-up to BBC Radio Oxford recording of interviews with Stonesﬁeld people, 1987 Following on from the notice in September’s Slate, Mickie Taylor of Hats Off Studios contacted me and has kindly transferred the cassette recording onto digital, and separated each interview into individual MP3 files which can easily be sent in an email attachment. I am now in the process of making contact with the families involved so that they have the opportunity to listen to their individual Cynthia Boot interview, and give permission for this to One of the last surviving former MI5 staff go on a public platform, like the members is 95-year-old Cynthia Boot, who Stonesfield website. I have no contact was just 17 at the time, and too young to details for Dominic Hamerton’s family – if join the Forces. Even today, very few anyone can help with this please, I would people are aware of her secret wartime be very grateful. My contact details are role. ‘We had to sign the Official Secrets below. Thank you! Act, and after that we never said where we The interviews are: worked, we always just said we worked George Laughton, farming family since the near Oxford,’ said Cynthia. ‘We were mid 1800s allowed to say we were at the War Office, Richard Chancellor, Chair of Stonesfield Society Canon John Grimwade Jean Hall of the Women’s Institute Dominic Hamerton describes his cycle ride from John o’Groats to Land’s End Avis Ushaw, Chair of the Parish Council

Lindsey Thornton (891059) MI5 at Blenhiem, 1940 [email protected]

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 21 Clubs, societies & sport

Stonesﬁeld Gardening Club Front garden ‘lockdown’ project We always liked the circular bed in Bob and Nel Hain’s front lawn, but once we moved in, we wanted to give it a more all- year-round interest. After nearly 11 years of thinking about it – on and off – we agreed on a knot-garden design that would give some structure This is not at all how I was told to design a through winter and more planting space to garden; instead of clearing everything out put seedlings and cuttings produced in the and starting afresh, it has evolved over greenhouse every spring. With no idea of time with input from all the family – much what was about to happen throughout the more fun! Many thanks to all the passers- world, we started measuring up in late by for your words of encouragement from a February. safe two metres away over the hedge. We removed the turf and stacked it in Having enjoyed looking out over the pieces tidily out of the way, dug up the colourful display through the summer, at bulbs and sorted them ready for putting the end of September, many of the flowers back later: aconites, snowdrops, crocus, are fading away, but the hedging now has anemones, hyacinths, tulips, and dahlias. space to get growing! The project has By the end of March, we had put in the provided a focus of normality for us whilst edging around the new bigger circle and school and work were disrupted and I marked out the design with box hedging really appreciate how lucky we are. (finished off mid-April, despite lockdown Sybil Barton, Four Acres, Pond Hill restrictions, when more plants were delivered). This is the second in our features on gardening projects that members have After a fair bit of watering and bulb undertaken this year. Any member is more replanting, the hedge had its first clip and than welcome to contribute! the home grown flowering plants could go in. Reclaimed bricks went around the edge, Best wishes to all. but it took a while for us to decide on Diane Bates, Secretary pebbles to fill the remaining gaps; these [email protected] were delivered and moved via the www.stonesﬁeldgardening.info wheelbarrow into final position in mid- June.

22 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate The Reserves have done reasonably well Sports and Social Club after three games in Division 3 and Even though we are still living in very currently sit mid-table. They opened their strange times the Sports and Social Club is account at home with a narrow loss (1–2) ready to welcome you in our COVID-19 to Hook Norton, then followed that up with compliant and very friendly atmosphere. a home draw (3–3) in a pulsating All we ask is for you use the NHS Track encounter with Brize Norton. Pick of the and Trace on your smart phone or sign in bunch and their first win of the season manually before enjoying a chat and a (5–1) was at Chipping Norton Town. drink, or watch your favourite sport, as we Manager Ben Franklin can be proud of have a SKY sports package. their start to the season and his decision to Opening hours: Monday–Friday 4–10pm, play the veteran Sam Hibberd as target Saturday/Sunday 12noon–10pm. man and striker has reaped dividends, with the venerable Sammy scoring in all three Brian Clarke (891770) games! Let’s hope he and the team can keep it up as the winter months approach. Stonesﬁeld Football Club The reader will be aware that Fredo So, no sign of this pandemic going away Awards are not given away lightly and this anytime soon, but it is heartening to see month is no exception. Mike Phipps is a that our two teams are back out on the contender following his cameo role in field strutting their stuff and going for midfield against Hook Norton, a master glory. That feels like progress to me. How class that lasted 15 minutes and won the are our boys doing? A mixed bag, I’m game. Mind you, it really would be harsh to afraid. The Firsts have played two games in bypass Raffy Rice with his perfect hat- the Premier League and lost both, at Tower trick: left foot, right foot, header! Of Hill (2–1) and Carterton (5–3). The later course, his lovely Mum, Ursula, could also loss was hugely frustrating as our boys led claim some credit as she cooked his fry-up 3–1 at half time, but a second half collapse that morning, including his favourite saw them ship 4 goals without reply. An succulent sausages. Maybe credit should go early season portent of trouble ahead? I to his hairdresser who furnished him with don’t think so: they faced up to a tough a carefully designed quiff that had him challenge from Hook Norton in Round 1 of feeling dapper. In reality, it’s no contest, The Fred Ford Cup and a stunning Raffy Raffy, hat-trick hero, the first Fredo Rice hat-trick secured their place in Round belongs to you! 2 (3–1). The game hung in the balance with Finally, please do come along and support our boys struggling in midfield against our lads, but also remember to respect the their younger opponents until Mike Phipps rules and maintain your distance to keep vacated the subs bench, to set up two of everyone safe and well. Enjoy a drink Raffy’s three goals with fabulous passes afterwards in the Social Club, but please that ensured safe passage for our boys. also follow the rules that Sam and Ben Their reward is an away tie at Charlbury… Tomlin have worked so hard to put in a derby match that is always a humdinger! place. Take care. Tom Flanigan (891979)

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 23 Church news

Church of England Worship at originally published in 1936 in his book: A St James the Great, diary of private prayer. Stonesﬁeld Teach me, O God, to use all the (Benefice of Stonesfield with circumstances of my life today Combe Longa) that they may bring forth in me www.stonesfieldparishchurch.org the fruits of holiness rather than the fruits For any enquiries or help, including of sin. pastoral support, arrangements for Let me use disappointment as material for funerals, etc., please email: patience. [email protected] Let me use success as material for or contact the Area Dean: The Revd thankfulness. Jeremy Auld, Rector of Woodstock and Let me use trouble as material for Bladon (01993 810749), perseverance. www.woodstockandbladon.com Let me use danger as material for Parish letter courage. November is traditionally a time for Let me use reproach as material for long remembering and remembrance – we suffering. remember and give thanks for those who Let me use praise as material for humility. gave their lives for us in war, and we also Let me use pleasures as material for remember family and friends who have temperance. died and are no longer with us. Our Let me use pain as material for services on 8 November, as detailed at the endurance. end of this letter, provide a means of doing Amen this corporately. Lindsey Sellar Remembering can be a useful launch pad for taking stock, assessing where we ‘are’ now in our lives, and looking forward. As we think ahead and consider the ups and downs of life, the challenges so many of us face, and also the opportunities for change, new priorities and appreciation of all that is good, perhaps the prayer below will be helpful. It was written by the Scottish theologian John Baillie and

24 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate Services for November Roman Catholic Worship Sunday 1 November [All Saints’ Day] Keep going 9.30am Combe All Age Worship Father Tony Joyce says in his recent 11am Stonesfield All Age Worship weekly parish Bulletin 11 October 2020: Wednesday 4 November How does one keep going in times of great 5pm Combe Service of adversity, such as this COVID-19 Remembrance for the recently pandemic? Let us give some time to departed personal prayer in which we seek the Sunday 8 November [Remembrance guidance and help of the Holy Spirit to Sunday] inspire all those who are striving to 10am Combe Remembrance discover the safe antidotes to the virus and then service at War Memorial at for those in public life who have to make 10.45am decisions for the common good of all. In all of this we, as Christians, are able to find 10am Stonesfield Remembrance additional personal and communal (limited numbers – sign up strength from God’s word in the essential) No service at War Scriptures. Isaiah reminds us that the Lord Memorial promises and wants the very best for us. 5pm Stonesfield Service of He expresses this in terms of a great and Remembrance for loved ones who fulfilling banquet shared by the new are no longer with us humanity which God is bringing into Sunday 15 November [2nd Sunday being. Nothing is lacking: harmony, love, before Advent] joy, peace, acceptance and all that will truly 9.30am Combe Parish Communion fulfil our deepest hopes and desires. Jesus, as the one who inaugurates this new 11am Stonesfield Parish Communion kingdom, uses the same symbolism in the Sunday 22 November [Christ the parable of the wedding feast (Matthew King] 22:1–14). The symbolism continues with 9.30am Combe Parish Communion regard to the guest without the appropriate 11am Stonesfield Parish Communion wedding garment. An essential element to be an authentic guest at the feast is to Sunday 29 November [Advent ‘want’ to be there and to have ‘personal Sunday] faith’ in the Lord who makes the invitation. 10am Combe United Benefice In this regard again St. Paul summons us Communion to such faith and hope with this line from Wednesday Service of Morning The Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians Prayer 4:12–14, 19–20 ‘There is nothing I cannot 9.30am Stonesfield Every week master with the help of the One who gives me strength’. 11am Combe 18 November

November 2020 Stonesfield Slate 25 Let us go forward in our current situation Stonesﬁeld Methodist Church and difficulties, humbly petitioning the Lord to strengthen us in faith, hope, and Services for November love. 1 11am Mr Andrew Maisey

Father Tony Joyce, Parish Priest, Holy Trinity 8 10am Remembrance Service at Church, Chipping Norton and St.Teresa’s, the Parish Church Charlbury 15 11am Mr Martin Hannant St. Teresa’s is now open for Holy 22 11am Mr Iain Gray Mass on: 29 11am Mr Andrew Maisey Monday 9.30am Kathleen Albért (891733) Tuesday 9.30am Wednesday 7pm (followed by Adoration) Thursday 9.30am Friday 9.30am (followed by Adoration) Sunday Mass 9.15am (previously booked) If you wish to come to the Sunday Mass at St. Teresa’s, please email [email protected] Confession by arrangement with Fr. Clive. Prayers of spiritual communion: O my divine Jesus, how great is my desire to receive your sacred body! Oh, come now into my soul, at least, by a spiritual communion! O Jesus, my divine Saviour, save me. O my God, hiding myself with a humble confidence in your dear wounds, I give up my soul into your divine hands. Oh, receive it into the bosom of your mercy. Amen. Fr Tony Joyce can be contacted on: [email protected] or 01608 642703 For parish updates, any further information and further support, please see www.stteresaschurch-charlbury.com/ or contact Fr Clive Dytor: [email protected] Suze Mathews (891720)

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Alan Claridge Engineering is a garage in Witney that has been repairing cars for over 30 years. I now live in Stonesﬁeld and will collect your car from your house and deliver it back free of charge. I service and repair all makes of car so please call me to arrange an appointment.

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For help with anxiety, stress, pain control, insomnia, phobias, unwanted habits, confidence and self-esteem, exam and interview nerves. Acupuncture for stress reduction, pain relief, arthritis, migraine, fatigue, hormone imbalance, and more. Contact: Linda Flanigan clinic or in your own home. Clinical Hypnotherapist GHR Registered & Member (Lic.) of National Council for Hypnotherapy consultation please contact me on 01993 898102 / 07791 278618 Tel: 07866 360359 Email: [email protected] or visit www.lfhypnotherapy.co.uk Slate SEP 19.qxp_SLATE MASTER v3.3 22/08/2019 08:04 Page 27

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THAMES VALLEY Architectural, Construction, Agricultural & Equestrian Steel Fabrication TREE CARE LTD Services We also provide a full welding service A Stonesﬁeld based company in Steel, Stainless Steel. Aluminium & providing a professional and reliable Titanium, including repairs to Steel, service in all aspects of tree surgery Aluminium and Iron castings and hedge management UNIT 4D FREE no obligation quote ENSTONE BUSINESS PARK ENSTONE, OXFORDSHIRE OX7 4NP Tel: 01993 891381 Mob: 07971018279 TEL: 01608 678267 MOB: 07751 678412 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.tvtreecare.co.uk WWW.WITNEYWELDING.COM

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)4.R!*#*!#.S!TUVWX!VVTWTT!Y!TZZWV!Z[\U\[! ! ELECTRICIAN 0A!NE?A!9E!=EM!J89:!>;?A!C;=!>AGK8NA!8D!>8L@AO!! 0A!CEB/9!N:;GHA!DEG!9:A!N;@@]EM9!EG!8D!JA!N;B/9!D8P!89O! Additions · Alterations · Rewiring Surveys · Security Lighting R S Services Cookers · Showers Aerial, Satellite & TV Installations Telephone Points and repairs. Qualified Engineer with over 40 years NO JOB TOO SMALL experience. For a free quote Tel (01993) 882778/881409 Call Shane Berry 01865 882300 / 01865 881313 90 Main Road, Long Hanborough, Witney, OX29 8JY 07815 095704 [email protected]

38 November 2020 Stonesﬁeld Slate Stylist with 20 years of experience, specialising in colour and cutting

Traditional & modern HBH Full clean & sanitising colouring techniques & of all equipment & touch colour correction surfaces between clients

Every client has exclusive use of the salon during their appointment, one-in-one-out policy with a single stylist

Fully air conditioned & Peaceful atmosphere in a with free WiFi Booking essential private setting

Tel: Cheryl on 07884412534 / Email: [email protected] Whinstay, Peaks Lane, Stonesfield, OX29 8PY Mobile hairdressing services available on request

Family staying for Christmas?

THE PERFECT COTSWOLD HOLIDAY HOUSE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY GETTOGETHERS

Self-catering for up to 11 people Large garden with Arctic Cabin Children’s adventure play garden Fabulous walks Lots to do in the local area

07966 666048 • [email protected] • hollyhockholiday.com

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MICHAEL PRICE & SON MICHAEL PRICE & SON SpecialistPLASTERING Private Client Lawyers & Tax Professionals PLASTERING For all your internalTrusted plastering advisors to individuals and their families For all your internal plastering tel 07710 170049 or 01608 811642 tel 07710 170049 or 01608 811642 [email protected] [email protected] An outstanding niche private client ﬁ rm…its practitioners are recommended as experts in their ﬁ eld, providing high-quality advice…its client service is second to none and 58 Ticknell Piece Road,every client is valued equally and treated with sensitivity and genuine compassion. 58 Ticknell Piece Road, Charlbury, Oxon, OX7 3TW Charlbury, Oxon, OX7 3TW

We can assist you with specialist legal advice on Wills, inheritance tax planning, powers of attorney, helping with probate and generally Anna Burnside !"#$%&# [email protected] protecting your assets. We also help protect the vulnerable or elderly. J!"#$% B%&'( $"' ()#&*$+# Our tax specialists are also here to help with your personal tax [email protected] GEOFF BOOTH compliance,GEOFF including preparing BOOTH personal tax returns and offering Landscapingguidance on HMRC correspondence. · Paving They can· Wallingalso advise you on Landscaping · Paving · Walling tax planning on the sale/gift of assets, including the new reporting Drivewaysof capital gains on the· Fencingsale of private residences. · Treework For further information, please contact: Driveways · Fencing · Treework [email protected] Dealing Buildingwith your own affairs maintenance and getting them in order can appear Building maintenance daunting. We’re here to make life easier. Do pick up the phone or email Hardwood logs delivered us andHardwood we would be happy tologs have a free,delivered no-obligation initial chat with you. We can meetFree on video quotations call or in person when safe to do so. Free quotations Tel: 01993 891945 Tel: 01993 891945 The Carpenters’ Workshop, Blenheim Palace Sawmills, Combe, Oxfordshire OX29 8ET T 01865 987Mob: 781 E [email protected] 07710 628248 W www.theburnsidepartnership.com FOLLOW US ON: Mob: 07710 628248 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

27 40 Stonesfield Slate SeptemberNovember 2019 2020 Stonesfield Slate 27 Stonesfield Slate September 2019 M J Fyson BA BA VetMB MRCVS Wroslyn Road Freeland Nr. Witney Oxon OX29 8AQ E-Mail:[email protected]

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Opening hours: Mon-Fri 08:00-18:30 and Sat 09:00-12:00 Consultations by appointment only: -

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Fri-Sat 09:00-10:30 Friendly personal service for dogs, cats and small furries Stockists of Symply and Canagan pet foods

New clients always welcome &20387(5 +(/3 Follow us on Facebook: Coach House Veterinary Clinic

01993 880551 Broadbandwww.coachhousevetsclinic.co.uk and Wireless. Installation and Training. Problem solving. Jargon-free advice. Upgrades. Digital Photos. Virus Protection and Removal. Stan Johnston Painter and Decorator Call or email me, Len Kehoe phone: 01993 810125 With over 35 years experience in the mobile: 07944 877437 - Computer Science graduate trade. with over 30 years experience email: [email protected] web: [email protected] 07968 865251 or 01993 898730

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!"#$%&'()*")$ ·Professional servicing and repairs of most makes of garden machinery Member of the · Chartered Institute of Building New & second-hand machinery supplied ! ·Collection & delivery by arrangement General property 18 years’ experience with LAWNMOWER SALES & SERVICE N j f Chima... maintenance and Open 8–5 Monday–Friday, 8–12 Saturday high qualityWha ill DIY dice ? ! Unit H5, New Yatt Business Centre, New Yatt, OX29 6TJ Make S Chalb OX7 3PL 01608 811805 .cldfame.c.k Tel: 01993 881320 or email: robert.milloini@ btinternet.com Generalif@cldfame.c.k repairs All carpentry - Decorating Minor plumbing

November 2020 StonesfAndrewield Slate A. Adams FCCA 41 Prompt, reliable and Chartered Certiﬁed Accountant recommended service Quality personal service for your No job too small Accounting, Taxation and Business needs

Competitive fees agreed in advance Tel: 07876-275300 Free initial meeting [email protected] Telephone: 07790 854574 01993 891280 “A job done well” Email: [email protected]

31 Stonesﬁeld Slate September 2019 The New Collection is Here at Park View Our newest collection of homes has launched at Park View, Woodstock. The collection includes 1-2 bedroom apartments, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes, a number of which will be available under Shared Ownership and A!ordable Rent schemes. We’re proud to be truly a!ordable homes for local people as part of this new community. Visit blenheimestate.com/parkview to ﬁnd out more.

Christmas at Blenheim Palace We love Christmas at Blenheim Palace and we are so happy that even though 2020 has been a di"cult year, the good news is Christmas will still be happening, although a little di!erently this year. But don’t worry we haven’t gone all Baa Humbug... For 2020 we cannot o!er joint tickets for the Palace and Light Trail. Book your tickets and time slots separately at blenheimpalace.com/christmas

Blenheim Estate Lamb is now Available at Aldens Butchers We are excited to be launching the sale of Blenheim Estate Lamb through Oxford- based butchers Aldens. This is the ﬁrst time Blenheim Estate Lamb has been on sale to the public, and we are very proud to be able to o!er this truly local product to our nearby communities. Visit aldenoxford.co.uk to ﬁnd out more.

Palace, Park & Gardens Now Open. Buy One Day, Get 12 Months Free* For the latest news and updates visit blenheimpalace.com

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Despite the news headlines, there are still many great holiday destinations that are welcoming visitors, and there are lots of great deals around for next year already. Give us a call on 01993-627814, come in for a chat, or email us at [email protected], and well keep you up-to-date with the best places to go.

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