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Marcham & District News COTHILL – FRILFORD – GARFORD – GOZZARDS FORD – MarCHAM – TUBNEY Your Independent Local Newsheet – www.madnews.co.uk November 2012 Vol: 34 No: 11 READ & RECYCLE! FREE Marcham Village Shop and Post Office Mon - Fri: 07.30 - 13.00 & 15.00 - 18.00 ▲ The first six volunteers training to serve in the Sat / Sun: 07.30 - 13.00 Post Office see page 7 Official Opening 16 November 3 – 3.30pm For more details see page 7... Come and Support Marcham’s Shop Do you recognise this nurse? ► see page 21 ◄ Pre School exploring! see page 15 November 20 Tue Mobile Library Duffield Place: 10.05, 1 Thur Midweek Walk, The Red Lion, Blewbury, 12.30 7 Sweetbriar: 10.20 Lunch :: Grain Dryer 13.30 Walk 20 Tue Deadline for December MADNews, 17.00 6 Tue Mobile Library Duffield Place: 10.05, 21-24 Abingdon Drama Club:Great Expectations, 17 Sweetbriar: 10.20 Unicorn thaeatre, 19.30 7 Wed Have Your Say, MVS 11.00 – 12.00 3 24-25 Sobell Christmas Gift Fair, Radley College, 21 10.00 9 Fri MP’s Surgery, Didcot, 17.30 – 19.00 9 27 Tues Singing, 62 North Street, 14.00 – 15.30 15 10 Sat Nearly NewSale , Appleton Village Hall, 15 10.00 – 12.00 30 Fri Marcham School Christmas Fayre 18.00 – 15 20.00 10 Sat Gift Fair, Southmoor Village Hall, 14.00 21 13 Tues Singing, 62 North Street, 14.00-15.30 15 December 13 Tues Marcham Society, All Saints’ Church, 19.45 7 1&2 Christmas Fair, Denman College 13 14 Wed Marcham Parish Council Meeting, Duffield 3 4 Tue Mobile Library Duffield Place: 10.05, Place, 19.30 Sweetbriar: 10.20 15 Thur Marcham WI, Denman College, 19.30 13 7 Fri MP’s Surgery, Wantage, 17.30 – 19.00 9 16 Fri Official Opening of Marcham Villlage Shop, 7 8 Tue Mobile Library Duffield Place: 10.05, 15.00 – 15.30 Sweetbriar: 10.20 16 Fri MP’s Surgery, Wallingford, 17.30 – 19.00 9 14 Fri Oxford Waits, All Saints’ Church, 19.45 13 17 Sat Bazaar, Hanney WM Hall, 10.00 – 14.00 21 Details of events may change after publication, please check 19 Mon Street Briefing, Parkside, 19.00 – 20.00 3 with the relevant organisers before attending events. MarchaM & District News MarchaM Parish couNcil rePort Dear Readers MARCHAM PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Parishioner of the Year Award Winter is coming, the berries are thick on The Anson Trust – proposed new Back in 2003 the Parish Council discussed the trees and bushes and we have already had community facilities the giving of an annual award for community flooding! As part of our caring community, I am On page 3 of this edition of MADNews effort. This was to recognise the efforts going to take a moment to see who around the Anson Trust reveals its latest plans of local people from anywhere within me might need more help and support this for new community facilities. Your parish the parish who had contributed to local winter. Circumstances change so quickly so councillors will be finding out as much community life. Marcham Parish covers those who may have been helping others last information as possible, and will continue the wide area from the A420 in the north month, might need help themselves the next. to listen to parishioners and their views, and to the River Ock in the South and from the .... and it might be me next... will fully represent the parish in its dealings A338 in the West across to and including most of Gozzards Ford in the east. The Until next time with any future planning applications. RH Transport Council gives the award to anyone who, As many will know already RH Transport at any time, has significantly contributed ceased to operate with effect from 5th to life within the parish. Should there not October. This meant that the X15 Abingdon be any appropriate nominations, then the PUBLISHER / EDITOR award need not be made. The certificate is Meriel Lewis to Witney bus route which the company 8 Orchard Way, Marcham operated, and which served Marcham presented at the annual meeting for electors each year. Abingdon OX13 6PP came to an end. Fortunately Oxfordshire The scheme has been running for the past Tel: 01865 391725 County Council was able to negotiate with 9 years and the Council is again inviting Website: www.madnews.co.uk Stagecoach to take over the route and the Email: [email protected] nominations for the next award. There village continues to have the same bus ADVertisinG are many people who have devoted much service as before. The stops in the village Contact the Editor time and energy giving to the community are on the A415 by the war memorial on Adverts are not endorsed and MADNews now or in the past, who would be worthy both sides of the road, and at the eastern makes no guarantees as to accuracy or recipients, Would anyone who wishes authenticity. side of the village, by the entrance lane to to submit a nomination, please contact distributorS Hyde Farm Nurseries, again on both sides the clerk, whose details appear below, Judith & Peter Fontaine of the road. sending a short statement of not more than 14 Tower Close, Marcham Grants Abingdon Tel: 01865 391275 200 words, as to who he/she wishes to DEADLINES The Parish Council considers any requests nominate and the reasons why the person Advertising: 5pm 15th month for grants at its November meeting. should receive the award. Other copy: 5pm 20th month Therefore, if there is any worthy and needy Planning Applications except for Jan when it is 15th Dec for both organisation where Marcham residents The following planning applications have ADDITIONAL COPIES benefit which is considering applying to the been considered by the Parish Council These are available free from Marcham Parish Council for a grant, then please write P12/V1907/HH Proposed first floor side Post Office or the Editor. Postal copies are to the Clerk as soon as possible, stating the also available – contact the Editor. extension over existing garages - 4 Hyde purpose of the grant and supplying a copy NOTES Copse. The Council had no objections We apologise in advance for any errors that may of your organisation’s accounts. P12/V2007/HH Demolish bungalow creep into MADNews (online or print), or omissions Remembrance Sunday – Road Closure and construct a chalet style bungalow - 9 that creep out - we don’t do it on purpose! A415 Frilford Road, Church Street, Mill Road (amendments to a previously The Editor reserves the right to alter, New Road approved application). The Council omit or hold over copy to another issue. A road closure order for the section of supported the application The views expressed in the Marcham & Frilford Road between Church Street and Date of Next Council Meeting: District News are not necessarily those of North Street, Church Street itself and new Wednesday 14th November at 7.30 p.m. the editorial team, who are all volunteers. in the residents’ lounge, at Duffield Place. NHS NON-EMERGENCY Road has been obtained for the latter half Call Free from any phone - 111 of Sunday morning 11th November. This is Clerk to the Council: Mrs. L. Martin, POLICE to allow the parade from the Church, after 90 Howard Cornish Rd, 01865 391833 PCSO Carly Milward C6517 the Church service, to the War Memorial [email protected] www.marchamparishcouncil.gov.uk Call 101 (non-emergency in Frilford Road, in order to lay wreaths. COUNTY COUNCILLOR Please note that the diversion will be along HELP WANTED Iain Brown North Street to St. Peter’s cross roads, then I am an independent lady, in a Janus, Westcot Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, left to the junction with the A338, and left wheelchair, living in Marcham. I Oxon OX12 9PZ am looking for a LIVELY PERSON Tel: 01235 751210 again to the Frilford Service Station. to help me with personal care on Email: [email protected] Fireworks Saturdays and/or Sundays once or twice a month. This would DISTRICT COUNCILLOR November will soon be here, and the consist of 5 short visits per day. Marcham and Shippon letting off of fireworks seems to spread No lifting, age is no bar, good pay. Jane Hanna OBE over several days rather than on just 5th Please ring STELLA on 01865 391614 4 Charlton Road, Wantage OX12 8ER November. A reminder therefore, to be Tel: 01235 772782 Have Your Say & Street Briefings considerate for neighbours and the many • Wednesday 7 Nov 1100-1200 Email: [email protected] pets and animals in the village when letting For other councillors go to Marcham Village Shop www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk off your fireworks. Please notify others • Monday 19 Nov 1900-2000 © Marcham & District News 2012 when any fireworks are going to be lit so Parkside, Marcham The copying of any part of this publication that villagers are aware and arrangements PCSO Carly Milward C6517 without written authorisation is not permitted. can be made to keep pets indoors. Police Non-emergency: Dial 101 November 2012 3 MarchaM & District News letters & Notices Dear Editor Important ANNOUNCEMENT fROM THE ANSON TRUST There is no such thing as a Free Lunch As difficulties were being encountered finalising The BBC1 Programme “Watchdog” on contracts, the Trust decided that it was necessary to Wednesday 26th September was interesting re-approach other landowners in and around Marcham but my heart sank as I watched the piece and, as a result, has received an extremely generous relating to the severe problems that Taylor offer from Mr Duffield.