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Issue 117 • October 2013 Stow timeS Issue 117 • October 2013 An independent magazine 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, Longborough and Temple Guiting Copies go into Visitor Information Centres and onto the Villager Community Bus. Copies are also available at centres around Kingham and Guiting Powers. Extra copies are generally available in the Stow Library. STOW ON THE WOLD TAXI SERVICE 6 SEATER GALAXY • AIRPORTS • STATIONS • HOSPITALS • COURIER SERVICE LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE TONY KNIGHT – 07887 714047 [email protected] www.stow-on-the-wold-taxi-service.co.uk Are you looking for a caring and friendly dentist? SP We have a special offer ECIA O L for all new patients FFER Riverside Dental Practice Bourton-on-the-Water To find out more please ring us on 01451 820 306 or come in and see us. VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE riverside-dental-practice.co.uk 2 Stow timeS From the Editor Inside this edition There are strong feelings around the town about a number of issues, but particularly on planning. People are expressing their concerns, with 101 FEATURES different opinions and too much speculation to be healthy. I am certain 22 Cotswolds AONB - new Management Plan overview that the degree of angst is heightened by the fact that so many of these 26 Woodwork – A Short Story from Nicholas John bigger issues are outside our control – but they could have a huge impact on the town, affecting our lives considerably over the next 5-20 years. 27 “I will lift up mine eyes” – an autumn walk shared by Bob Forster There is a fear of ‘unwelcome change’. 28 Photographic Competition 2013 – the Answers and Winners 34 Remembering Stow Cotswold Festival – Of course there are many things that we change because we choose to do so. These are within our control - but the effects can be just as photos contributed by Judy Dean and Nigel Surman powerful on the community. We will always choose where and when we shop, how we get there, where to live and work. Look at our market towns and see the effects of our choices over the last 20-50 years! The REGULARS supermarkets and developers can speculate on how valuable our land is, 10 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books in Stow and our trade – but ultimately it is our choice and ‘convenience’ that calls 16 - 18 Business Pages – jobs, training, grants and opportunities the shots, from housing to public loos. 18 Robb Eden – Supporting local businesses Our local councillors are volunteers, and they are under pressure at the 19, 25,48, 49 - Community pages - New Community Hub in Bourton, local moment to keep informed and stay ahead of the rapid pace of local charities & healthcare government, particularly in planning. They are our representatives, but they have little power to do much more than put forward an opinion – 21-23 News from Local Authorities & Associations but as anyone who had been a parent or been in business knows, there 24 Local Church Services are ways to present your case, particularly in planning! There is clearly an awful lot of money to be made in development right now, and the North From 28 6 pages of LOCAL EVENTS and an EVENTS DIARY - cinemas, concerts, Cotswolds are irresistible. So our councillors are needing to wise-up fast, fetes, fairs and plays and work together to counter the threats and opportunities that are Including Local Walks with the Cotswold Wardens in October available - if you know the rules of the ‘game’. The stakes are incredibly high – with developers negotiating Section 106 arrangements to support 31 Village Hall Listing – being updated this month a local community and the Government’s Housing Bonus Scheme both 35 Correspondence – White Hart Lane; and have we lost our W’s? offering money to swell District Authority coffers – in the Cotswolds it will 37 - 39 Reports from some of our local Schools run to hundreds of £millions. 44 - 47 News & Reports from some of the local Sports Clubs, etc.. Meanwhile, in this beautiful but expensive part of the country, we can 51 Rotary Clubs of the N.Cotswolds and Kingham & The Wychwoods choose to support our local communities with our time and money. Every 53 List of local Clubs, Societies and Associations month of the year I am amazed at the huge number of emls and notices that arrive telling us about clubs, walks, quizzes, bake-offs, concerts, etc.. 54 Diary dates for some of our local clubs, societies and charities, etc that are being run by volunteers, fundraising for their community and 55 Local Business Directory supporting local charities. These are things that we choose to do to support our community - we can get involved and we can make a difference, from foodbanks to fetes and attending meetings, particularly If I was doing an Awards speech, these would be my Thank You’s! on planning. (I’m not, but I’ll thank everyone anyway because the magazines are a team effort – and I am proud of them.) Best wishes The production team – Jan Marley and Christabel Hardacre help yours truly. Writers and correspondents this month include Nicholas John, Bob Forster, Our next edition is for November 2013. Heather Bonomo and David Williams, plus club secretaries, sports captains The copydate is 15th Octoberr 2013. and coaches. There are approximately eighty volunteer deliverers who help deliver just under 13,000 magazines, co-ordinated by Jan Marley and Chris Turner. Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. 0845 230 8955 / www.eagledesign.net Telephone Stow Times on Extra copies of Stow Times are generally available in Stow-i, the new Visitor Information Centre, in St Edwards Hall and Stow Library. Copies are also 07789 175 002 carried on The Villager Bus. (The phone will take your messages too – leave your name & contact number; we will return your call.) Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced email STOW TIMES on and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the [email protected] accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any www.stowtimes.co.uk responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur. P O Box 6, Sheep Street, Our Front Cover: ‘My town, from the Church tower’ taken by Judy Dean during the Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD Stow Cotswold Festival ©August2013 3 Strictly - In Moreton Ballroom/Latin/Salsa/Tango Learn to dance at your own pace Waltz, Cha-cha, Tango Argentine, Salsa, Rumba, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Samba, Jive + MORE The Redesdale Hall in Moreton-in-Marsh Thursdays 7-00 - 8-30pm BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS...... separate rooms Classes run all year Please contact us for dates EARLY ENROLMENT ADVISED 01789 778007 W E D D I N G “ F I R S T D A N C E ” www.margaretgreenwood.co.uk Choreographed to your special song OTHER VENUES include… Especially for You STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, ASTON CANTLOW, MAPPLEBOROUGH GREEN 4 5 6 7 WOLD A traditional MERS COTS WIL WALK IN barber's Brewery Yard shop, in Stow on the Wold. Bryden Dental Practice House, at the top of Sheep Street, New Patients Welcome, Friendly Atmosphere, Stow Affordable Dentistry with Dental Plans Available I have over 10 years’ experience Ground Floor Surgery Available £12.00 working in top barbers in Birmingham and Stratford upon FREE Children’s Check Up for Registered Parents £15.00 Avon, offering the very best hot Whitening, Implants trends and styles on the market £8.00 2 Kids under 12yrs £14 Opening hours: 6 Brewery Yard, Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, £5.00 Mon closed Gloucestershire, GL54 1AA Tue-Fri 9-5:30pm £6.50 Sat 8 - 3pm P: 01451 830885 [email protected] Tel: 01451 831412 | Email: www.breweryyarddentalsurgery.co.uk [email protected] Predictably Good Teeth OUR 27th WOLFORDS BONFIRE We never cancel even in the worst of weathers! Prices unchanged. Free entry for children with pumpkins and prizes for the best designs. We pride ourselves on running a truly family friendly and very traditional Bonfire. We take safety very seriously (St.John’s in attendance) and have over 50 marshals, all village volunteers on the field , in the car parks, serving the pig, the bbq and the bar. Plenty of activities for children including apple bobbing. Words of advice for visitors – wear wellingtons and please don’t bring sparklers. They are a health hazard to children when alight and to animals when discarded. The Wolfords’ Truly Traditional Bonfire & Firew orks Saturday Nov 2nd Gates open 6.30 pm Great Wolford CV36 5NQ Adults £ 6.00 | Children £ 2.50 Family ticket 2 + 2 £ 15.00 Children with pumpkin lantern free + Prize for best pumpkin • Pig Roast • Bar • Apple Bobbing • Raffle • BBQ • Games (For your child’s safety and animal welfare - please no sparklers) In aid of The Wolfords Village Fund 8 9 Ashbee Dental Care Please contact us to welcomes new patients. book your appointment. From the moment you arrive our 3 Ashbee House team at Ashbee Dental Care will Battlebroook Drive look after you in a friendly and Chipping Campden Gloucestershire relaxed environment. GL55 6JX (Chipping Campden Business Park) Ashbee Dental Care is a small dedicated team, focused on Telephone Number: 01386 840 840 providing the highest quality dental treatment.
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