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BLEDINGTON FOXHOLES and FOSCOT NEWS February 2021 No 443 1 BLEDINGTON FOXHOLES AND FOSCOT NEWS February 2021 No 443 Lighting up in Old Forge Close Thank you for leaving Christmas Lights on to cheer us up in the dark winter 2 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY FEBRUARY 2021 Mondays and Fridays; Post Office, Oddington Vill. Hall (p 3) 10.30 to 12.00 Monday 1 Foxholes/Foscot WODC Grey Collection Day (p 17) 6.00am Monday 1 Bledington Parish Council Meeting (ZOOM) (p 13) 8.00pm Tuesday 2 Bledington CDC Recycling Day (p 17) 7.00am Monday 8 Foxholes/Foscot WODC Green Collection Day (p 17) 6.00am Monday 15 Foxholes/Foscot Grey Collection Day (p 17) 6.00am Tuesday 16 Bledington CDC Recycling Day (p 17) 7.00am Monday 22 Foxholes/Foscot WODC Green Collection Day (p 17) 6.00am Tuesday 23 BLEDINGTON NEWS COPY DEADLINE (p 2) 12.00noon WE WELCOME NEWS CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLEDINGTON, FOXHOLES AND FOSCOT NEWS Please send your news contributions for the November 2020 Issue at any time. Copy deadline 12.00 Noon Friday 23 October 2020. Please send news contributions for Bledington News to the editors, Wendy and Sinclair Scott, by paper copy to 4 Old Forge Close, Bledington, Chipping Norton, OX7 6XW or email us at [email protected] Tel: 01608 658624. Bledington News is published in full colour at www.bledington.com Please ensure you have a prompt acknowledgement of your contribution sent by email; this makes it certain we have received it. News contributions may be subject to editorial adjustment and regrettably, if received after the deadline time, cannot be included. 3 FROM THE EDITORS Wendy and Sinclair Scott COVID-19 is back with a vengeance arriving like a storm into Bledington. A number of residents have tested positive and it is inevitable that the new highly transmissible and probably more deadly variant will spread more easily and further to others. The last events we want to witness in Bledington are funerals because we acted as if ‘it will not happen to me’. We see a number of people in the Village walking together or standing chatting, without masks, less than 2 metres from each other. We hear of residents travelling into other areas risking bringing the virus back into the Village from high infection level areas . Many of us are vulnerable and most are not yet fully immunised. Please keep us all safe - act as if the person you are close to and talking to IS infected with COVID. MAY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AN URGENT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO EACH OTHER: PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES STAY HOME, only go out for ESSENTIAL reasons PROTECT THE NHS SAVE LIVES. Even if you have been vaccinated the experts state that you can still contract a mild version of the virus and pass it on to others. Please protect those around you. Bledington News is uploaded monthly to www.bledington.com See Bledington News in full Colour Bledington.com is Bledington’s website carrying full details of every aspect of Bledington. POST OFFICE AT ODDINGTON Angie Price Angie Price has made arrangements to open her Post Office in Oddington Village Hall at 10.30am to 12.00noon every Monday and Friday for the foreseeable future. Entrance is through the back door of Oddington Village Hall, adjacent to the hall car park by the children’s playground. 4 BLEDINGTON COMMUNITY SHOP AND CAFÉ—FEBRUARY UPDATE Jo Shaw, Bledington Shop Manager “Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year.” Charles Dickens Happy New Year to everybody and I do hope that you had the best Christmas possible in the circumstances. I am sure many of us spent time reflecting on Christmases past and how different it all was this year. The majority of customers reported a quieter than normal festive period and although not what everyone had hoped for, they still enjoyed a more chilled and reflective time. Of course, Christmas leads to New Year and I am sure that I am not alone in hoping 2021 will be a more positive and safe year we can all enjoy and sometime soon we can gather to celebrate everything we have missed in this last year. The shop, however, had an amazing December all round and it was gratifying to have so many customers use the shop for their festive shopping. So many things were so well supported, including orders for 17 Turkeys – and the feedback from these has been amazing. We had a fantastic response to the prepared veg/fruit/meat boxes for the 23 December, with many orders placed, which helped tremendously with ordering. Our fresh vegetables and fruit continued to be the big winner in December; brussels being high on the list with 76kg of loose brussels and 148 brussels stems sold. 15kg of fresh chestnuts, and 100kg of satsumas! The lovely flowers and wreaths from Stow Flowers continued to be popular throughout the month and the holly and mistletoe were soon snapped up (how romantic you all are!). Many locally made products were also a huge hit, including the gorgeous cushions made by the very talented Anita, handmade Soaps by Petala and delightful candles by Amy. One of the most exciting things in December for the shop was launching our very own “Old Orchard Gin” – created by ourselves and using local botanicals, including the elusive Bledington apple, culminating in a smooth and very drinkable gin, which people are loving! The label designed by Amy is beautiful and eye catching, making it an ideal present as well as the perfect gin to have at home. Moving into the New Year, it is now the season for making Marmalade with the Seville oranges – these are coming in with our daily delivery, and preserving pans of Bledington are already bubbling with the aroma of citrus with marmalade in the making! If you would like to pre-order the oranges, please do let me know. Continued on page 5 5 Continued from page 4 January also bought us another national lockdown, which I am sure is disappointing for everyone. The shop continues to be an essential place for locals, providing fresh bread, milk and vegetables daily, as well as an array of general produce, allowing customers to be able to shop local for everyday needs and not having to venture too far for their shopping. We have also seen some new produce to add to our fresh vegetable stands, including nadorcott oranges, flower sprouts (also known as kalettes) – these are truly delicious! We have had huge pomegranates, and even some pak choi! Let us hope that February brings us more positive news regarding the virus and that we can get back to a normal life very soon. But in the meantime the shop is here to serve the community the best we can. Community Shop Open Monday to Saturday: 9.00am to 4.00pm Sunday: 9.00am to 1.00pm Tel: 01608 65 99 77 Email: [email protected] Send your shopping list in advance for collection KICKSTART - EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Graeme Ferrero Bledington Community Shop has joined the government Kickstart scheme which offers employment and training for young unemployed people. The scheme offers a six month fully paid intern job with training to help develop job hunting skills for people ages 16-24 and currently receiving Universal Benefit. You have to apply through a local Jobcentre, but Jo Shaw in the Shop will be happy to talk the job through. If you know anyone who might benefit, please tell them about this opportunity. Why was the chicken in the pop group? He was the only one with the drumsticks. What do snowmen wear on their heads? Ice caps 6 BLEDINGTON FLOODS AGAIN ON 23 DECEMBER Ian Simpson The extraordinary year that was 2020 had one final parting shot, drawing to a close with severe flooding rivalling 2007. Devastation was seen along the length of Village Brook with over 20 properties overwhelmed with insurance claims running into the tens of thousands of pounds. Some residents will not able to return to their homes for up to nine months. The 1 in 100 year event described in the 2007 Hyder Report (C.D.C) has now hit the village twice in 13 months, in November 2019 and now on 23 December 2020, with the October 2020 floods only just below these levels. December’s flood was preceded by steady rainfall which saturated the ground and the main deluge on the 23rd quickly overwhelmed the watercourses. The bund along Heath Lane and the railway embankment did hold. However, the bund behind the pub overtopped from the Westcote Brook with more surface water running through the pub car park. As a village our resilience and sense of community is astounding and I am sure I speak on behalf of the people who were flooded in thanking all those who pitched in, waded through water thigh deep, went home for a change of clothes and came back again to help. Also, thanks to the Council Workers who arrived at 5:00pm with sandbags and stayed till late in the evening having worked a 15 hour day. They were back at 9.00am the following morning with more sandbags ready to help. The Parish Council are looking at a coherent plan when flooding occurs, looking at building on our work and supporting the vulnerable and at risk and developing an action plan. As usual Rob Pearson’s Weather Article gives accurate local data and Rob was kind enough to lend me his little black book to show the flood peaks from August to December 2020.
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