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Moreton tiMes Issue 44 • June 2010 An independent paper delivered FREE OF CHARGE to every home & business in Moreton in Marsh, Blockley, Bourton on the Hill and Todenham. Copies also go to Batsford, Draycott and Dorn, Great Wolford and Little Wolford, Little Compton and Long Compton. Copies of Moreton Times also go into Chipping Campden & Chipping Norton Extra copies are generally available at the Moreton Area Centre in Moreton High Street, and at Moreton Library. CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE CARE SECTOR The Great British Care Awards are a celebration of excellence across the care sector, promoting best practice within the sector and paying tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their ﬁeld of work.

There are a total of twelve awards categories, representing all areas of the care sector, whether it be older people or specialist services. From frontline staﬀ such as care workers and care managers to people who have made an impact in other ways such as training, IT and innovation.

Winners from the regional awards held in 2009 were invited to attend the national ﬁnals spread over two dates by category.

The Home Care Team Award This award is presented to the team who are able to best demonstrate a shared vision and agreed goals. The team will require a leader whose role is known and accepted, and who takes personal responsibility for their tasks. Teams require an excellent communication process, with each member’s skills being recognised within the team. The team will demonstrating a commitment to dignity and privacy for clients - respect for their team members is paramount. At the Awards ceremony at The Guildhall on 15th May 2010 Kate’s Home Nursing was oﬃcially declared The champion ‘Home Care Team’ for 2010. We knew you were special, and now everybody knows! Well done - we are so very proud of you. Moreton tiMes

From the Editor Inside this June edition A little three letter word, s-u-n, can make such a huge difference! Not only do people smile more, there are more people around in the town and the FEATURES villages – and that certainly gives Moreton a summery buzz of busy-ness. 7 The Villager – Ed spends a half day on one of our local busses We’ve been busy too - this is a packed edition, with five pages of events! There is masses going on and with the weather looking up too, there is no 8, 9 Bourton House Garden re-opens for the summer excuse for sitting around and getting bored this month! This is the time to get out and potter round some of our local lanes….within four or five REGULARS miles you can gaze over a different view, walk fresh paths, admire new gardens and nature at her best. Take your time…the days are their longest 13 Robb Eden consider the time needed to file a tax return this month. (By the way, it’s not many weeks now until we run our 14 BOOK REVIEWS - from Cotswold Bookstore second Photographic Competition, featuring photos from all the villages and hamlets where we deliver - and that includes deliveries in and around Local Walks in June Stow and Bourton as well as Moreton in Marsh! This year we are hoping 15 Church Services & Events for lots more entries and plenty of prize-winners.) 16 Community Police News for Moreton area Meanwhile the uncomfortable shadows of two huge and unwanted housing developments still loom on the horizon, with proposals and National Moth Night 2010, from Mike Boyes objections temporarily stuck in Planning at CDC whilst the Cabinet 17 Local Authorities, meetings & information arrange to visit the sites (and hopefully talk to local people themselves about their opinions). There has been some excellent lobbying from 18 Community & LOCAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES Robert Dutton and Simon Young who have been working hard to promote 19 Village Halls & Events the strength of feeling held by residents to the new Government, through Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, our MP, and put forward well reasoned 20 - 25 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY for June arguments against the developers’ proposals. There is correspondence on 24 Rural Cinemas & Events the issue on pages 28 and 29. 27 Royal British Legion in Stow – Armed Forces Day; Celebrating I hope that you’ll enjoy this month’s Moreton Times. Every month there VE Day; National Memorial Arboretum is new content, and every month there’s an opportunity for you to send in a letter, an email, an article or a photo – we really will be delighted to hear 28, 29 Correspondence - The proposed over expansion of Moreton from you. Tuesday Waste collections in Moreton 30, 31 Local Schools – news & reports Best wishes, 33 Ten into 75 goes nicely - a welcome return to writing from Ben Jenni Turner Eddolls, our Motoring Correspondent

Copy Date for the July edition is 16th June. 37 Moreton Rangers (The 16th is our copy date for every month this year) 39 Stow Rugby Football Club – Elliott Stooke moves up; Moreton

Our Front Cover Photo ‘Duck family at the Horsepool in Moreton in Marsh’, with Bowling Club; Bourton Roadrunners thanks to Gary Gleghorn.© NCDCC.2010 40 Stow Cricket Club reports from Ash Andrers, Capt 41 Clubs News and Reports 42 Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities 43 Local Business Directory

Thank you to all our contributors and writers, to Diana Murphy who Telephone Moreton Times on researches and edits local information, to Janet Marley who is managing our deliveries and finds time to do a little sub-editing too, and to all our 07789 175 002 deliverers and sources of information. We always appreciate their time (The phone will take your messages too – leave and commitment. your name & contact number and we will return your call.) Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. email MORETON TIMES on www.eagledesign.net [email protected] www.moretontimes.co.uk Extra copies of Moreton Times are generally available at Moreton Library and at Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton. Copies are P O Box 6, Sheep Street, also carried on The Villager Bus. Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD DO YOU WANT YOUR HOUSE PAINTED?

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From Nick Smith, Stow-on-the-Wold We are a local team - businessmen, ﬁreﬁghters, building contractors and their families, who are cycling 125 miles from Stow on the Wold to Bournemouth over the Bank Holiday weekend 4th -6th June, to raise as much money as we can for the Help for Heroes charity.

I decided that I wanted to do "my bit" following an invitation from my brother in law, Corporal Rick Muirhead to a charity auction for Help for Heroes at RAF Lyneham back in November 09, following a sponsored 40 mile moonlit walk by the RAF dog handlers in full combat kit. So sitting with family and friends at The Royal British Legion one Sunday in February we plotted our charity event with much enthusiasm. Wanting to raise as much awareness as possible we contacted local papers and radio, Please look out for 24 cyclists wearing Help for Heroes t- featuring in a live broadcast in Stow square on Tuesday 11th May on BBC Glos and an shirts donated by Travis Perkins, and the support article in the Glos Echo on 10th of May. On Saturday 5th June we will be doing a live vehicles kindly donated by Hacklings Transport Bourton- broadcast with Claire Carter on her morning show on BBC radio Glos between 7.30 on-the-Water (which will be decorated with flags and and 8.30am banners kindly driven by our team of safety marshalls). Included in the team of cyclists is my 10 year old son Alfie Howells-Smith who We also have two motorcyclists for rapid response help. recently completed the forty mile Cotswold bike ride in aid of the Heart Foundation, Adam Stone 13 and Charlie Vinton 14 from Stow, and our only girl Emma Wise 15 Please support us by going online to from Moreton in Marsh. www.justgiving.com/cotswolds2christchurch125mls and kindly donating/ or call in to The Royal British Legion to The planned route planned goes from Stow on the Wold Royal British Legion leaving sponsor the team. at 10am and cycling via Burford, Letchlade, Highworth around Swindon to Marlborough Cricket Club who have very kindly donated their facilities for our first Thank you. night. The route then takes us to Pewsey, Upavon, Amesbury, Berwick St James for our second night, where Stonehenge campsite have kindly donated facilities. On the morning of our last day the route takes us down to Bournemouth via Salisbury and Ringwood. In preparation for the event we had a fantastic weekend the 15th, 16th of May at Stow’s Royal British Legion raising money for Help for Heroes. Saturday night there was a disco, with a raffle and auction with prizes and items donated by families and friends, and on Sunday an open invitation BBQ donated by the legion, raising altogether £1,050 for the Charity. I thank everyone who has given up their time and donations. Nick Smith.

4 5 Morgan Cars and a Cotswold gardener took Silver at the RHS Malvern Show

Craig Hamilton-Smith Garden Design Ltd. and the Morgan Motor Company combined talents this year to create a Spring garden at the RHS Malvern Spring Show 2010, winning a coveted Silver Award.

The Morgan Garden mixes formal structure with meadow-like planting. It is full of life and movement, catching the wind and light and encouraging biodiversity - a place where native ecology can thrive. Craig Hamilton-Smith shows that with even limited space it is possible to ‘grow a meadow’, requiring relatively little maintenance and consuming significantly less resources than a lawn and border.

The iconic Morgan three wheeler car and the latest zero emission Morgan sports car, celebrate the company’s aim for zero emission sports cars.

Craig Hamilton-Smith trained as a garden lighting designer, switching to garden design in 2000 and studying Garden Design at Pershore Horticultural College. The Morgan Garden can be seen on Craig’s website www.CHSgardendesign.co.uk.

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6 THE VILLAGER

There are some mornings when it is a pleasure to be ‘up and out’ of the house – the sky is bright and the countryside is looking gorgeous! This particular morning was a Friday early last month, and my excuse for getting out was to catch up with one of the Villager busses. I was going to Chipping Norton and back, along with the regular passengers and anyone else who happened along, and I was looking forward to it.

Val Davies was our driver. Val and her husband moved to Oddington a few years ago, and she hadn’t driven a bus before. But, with the oﬀer of a one-day driving course, she volunteered and now does one morning every fortnight with the occasional extra half day to cover other drivers. Driving on a regular route means that Val has got to know her passengers, many of whom regularly travel into Chippy to shop on a Friday morning. They are picked up at the same time each week from a bus stop local to them , and are dropped oﬀ at the same stop just before lunchtime, with bags of shopping, plants, Christmas trees etc., according to the time of year.

Most of the passengers are regulars - one or two have used the Villager for the 28 years or so that the service has been running, and many travel free on their bus passes. Fares vary according to the journey, generally between £2.50 and £3 return, with running costs made up by vital funding received from Oxfordshire & Gloucestershire County Councils - funding is guaranteed for as long as there is a need.

We left the Horse and Groom at 9.50am, going on to Oddington Village Hall where Joan joined the bus. Joan uses the Villager to go to Chipping Norton twice a week, and up to Stow and back on Thursdays to meet Ivy, a long term friend. They were planning a trip for later in the month - she would stay on the bus at Stow and Ivy would join her, with another Joan joining them at Bledington – and the three friends would have a day out in Witney – safely there and back on the Villager bus. What could be nicer – and what could be easier! I hope they had a lovely day.

“Waggons roll!” Val drove us on to Cornwell – nobody waiting today; left onto the main road to Stow then right to Chastelton. There are 25 volunteer drivers who cover the 13 routes, some doing more than half a day a fortnight – always driving the same routes and leaving each stop exactly at the time given in the timetable. If the bus fills up, which can happen on market days, the drivers will generally do a second or third run, cutting down on their turn-around time before the trip(s) home. The busses are kept clean by a local student (subject to exams) with the drivers making sure that nothing has been left on board, tidying up the seatbelts, and so on. Mary joined the bus at Chastleton, another regular – right past the burnt cottage (the firemen had helped Val manoeuvre the bus around their fire engines on that morning) and left onto the main road before turning right into Little Compton. 10.10am. Three joined the bus there (‘the back row brigade’) and we went on past The Greedy Goose before turning left into Salford where another four joined us, including a mum with her toddler (he had a lovely smile but was a bit bashful). Almost full now.

Into Chipping Norton now, with a stop in the centre (10.18) before swinging up behind the Co-op, where the bus parks up until 12 noon when it starts the return journey, arriving back at the Horse & Groom at 12.32pm. Val and I popped into Jaﬀe & Neale for a welcome coﬀee and a chat. Val loves driving the bus and commented on how appreciative the passengers are of the service. It’s not unusual for a driver to help a passenger with heavy bags of shopping, or a pushchair, and for regulars to be concerned if they haven’t seen someone for a while. ..we agreed, ‘that’s what community is all about’! Busses (with drivers) are The Villager Bus Services booked by the Schools to take children on The Villager is organised and provided entirely by volunteers. It is unique in the extent and trips, and you can hire a bus for a party and group for an outing or event. scope of its service. Many of the villages in the 300 square miles of area covered by its services do not have any other public transport services. It has been held up nationally as a You can become a volunteer driver – 4-5 shining example of community spirit – please continue to support this very successful service. extra drivers would help a lot at the moment, and if you haven’t driven a bus Timetable Information – available at Visitor Information Centres, libraries, bus stops and on before, what better place could there be to the busses - shortly it will be online. learn than in our beautiful part of the Cotswolds? I was told “It’s a brill service, and it is - brill! Jenni Turner. To enquire about The Villager call Roger Formby 01451 830439.

7 When Paul arrived at Bourton House Garden eleven years ago he brought with him years of experience at Hidcote House and Garden, part of the National Trust and internationally famous. Yet it is here at Bourton House, working instinctively rather than to a plan, that he ‘looks forward with glee’ to each new season.

Exceptionally this garden oﬀers the visitor ‘a ﬂamboyance and exoticism anchored by structure and form, both in its imaginative planting and its architecture’. So it is a photographer’s delight as well as a plantsman’s!

With each new season bringing fresh opportunities to develop the garden, it is summer and autumn that Paul looks forward to most. “We try to do something a bit diﬀerent to what the public expect. In the past this has been large hanging baskets at the front of the Tithe Barn, planting big, striking plants in containers - and we got a name for displaying pots ﬁlled with colour.

“Jacky Rae is my assistant gardener and we work together on all parts of the garden, from clipping the yew hedges BBOOUURRTTOONN and topiary to the bedding, making decisions at the time as to what will work well. Because the garden has a good structure it is good in the spring, with the box planting and topiary, HHOOUUSSEE hedges, etc.

Main Photo (top): GGAARRDDEENN Bourton House from the raised bed, taken by Christine Walford.

(Left) Head Gardener, Paul Nicholls

Bourton on the Hill is a stunning village - old Cotswold (Below) Assistant stone cottages climbing up the hill, pretty gardens and an Gardener, Jacky Rae impressive church. At the top of the hill there is an award- winning gastro-pub and stunning views to the east. At the bottom of the hill is another award winner, Bourton House and Garden – and the re-opening of the Garden this month is exciting news for both local garden enthusiasts and new visitors.

Bourton House Garden received the prestigious HHA/Christie’s Garden of the Year Award in 2006, under the creative and skilled husbandry of Head Gardener Paul Nicholls, actively supported by the previous owners, Mr & Mrs Paice. Monique Paice was frequently seen in the garden and her enthusiasm for creating and achieving that special ‘wow’ factor has been very much a keynote in developing the garden.

8 “We grow a lot of our own plants and use the Glasshouse to bring on tender plants and succulents. We try to do a diﬀerent style of planting, mixed in with the regular planting and giving people a few surprises when they look around the garden. Each year we use diﬀerent container plants for the pots and the hanging baskets - the only risk is getting out of scale.”

The brochure for the garden is wonderfully descriptive without overstatement….

‘Serene fountains, ponds and plunge pools give way to luxuriant terraces and deep herbaceous borders. A unique shade house; creatively planted pots; the carved herons guarding the Basket Pond from the Great Exhibition of 1851; ancient yew hedges mirroring the contours of contemporary trellis and metal work; an 18th century walk that provides an enticing link to the rolling Cotswold hills beyond. Bourton House was recently bought by Cheryl and Roelof And then there is box..in the parterre, the knot garden, and the Quintus, and for the new owners opening the garden to the topiary walk, delighting the eye in every season.’ public is a new experience.

Enthusiastically welcomed by many local gardeners, delighted to be able to visit the garden once more, we hope that they will derive pleasure from sharing this exceptional garden during the summer months.

Bourton House Garden is open from June 2nd until early September 10am to 5pm

• Ample free parking opposite the entrance • Teas/coﬀee and home-made cakes in the 16th century Tithe Barn • Gifts and cards • Toilets • Limited disabled access • Strictly no dogs.

Groups are welcome from May to October (by appointment please)

Bourton House, Bourton on the Hill, GL56 9AE

01386 700754

[email protected] www.bourtonhouse.com

‘Cleaved Air’ By Andrew Darke

9 10 3 th anniversary year

“Fosse Gallery….. one of the most influential and successful galleries outside the West End of London” Fosse Gallery remains in the home established for it by Gerard O’Farrell, Brian Sinfield and Don Steyn in 1980, in the Manor House on the Square, Stow on the Wold. The present owner, Sharon Wheaton, served her apprenticeship at the gallery and was mentored by Don Steyn – “ it’s a brilliant location”.

The excitement and passion developed by O’Farrell and Steyn established an enthusiastic clientele - continued by Sharon Wheaton with the same apparent lightness of touch and conviviality – making it easy for her artists to produce their best work; those considering buying an artwork for the first time are given as much help and support as those who are life-time collectors.

Fosse Gallery stands out – set apart by its exhibitions that mix new artists with the most well known and established ones, frequently introducing works that come straight from the artist’s studio and not seen before. FOSSE GALLERY’S ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION celebrates the gallery’s vibrant past, confirming the eclectic energy it displays today and casting a spotlight into the future.

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Copywriting is the key skill for any business owner Jane will share frameworks, checklists and techniques focusing on who wants to produce their own marketing materials structure, content and language to help you: • Do you ever sit staring at a blank piece of paper or screen and wonder • Work out what to say, cutting to the heart of your message and how to get started? expressing any complex ideas simply yet powerfully • Do you ever struggle with knowing what to write … or how to wrestle • Write down your chosen content logically and clearly multiple thoughts and ideas into one or two concise paragraphs? • Find your own personal style and tone of voice • Do you sometimes find it difficult to strike the “right” tone or achieve • Evoke a positive response in your audience flowing, appealing sentences? • Do you find it difficult to write about yourself or your own business? Who is this course for? Anyone who wants to write more effectively and efficiently ... and enjoy Key benefits it! Those who run their own business or write as part of their job. Those You will work on your own specific materials over the four weeks, so who provide services for clients who find they are asked to write more that, at the end of the course, you will have finished content for those or who could extend their offering by learning essential short copy skills items on which you have chosen to work … And you will have the tools - such as PAs, VAs, designers, event managers. and experience to carry on writing effectively and apply what you have learnt to many other copywriting tasks. At the end of the four weeks you will also have the opportunity to take ongoing writing tuition with Jane, either one-to-one or in a small group. Jane runs her own marketing consultancy and training business in the Cotswolds, working with a wide range of small businesses and teaching in a variety of settings. She is a local network leader for Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE) and teaches regular sessions for Cotswold Women in Business.

Call 01386 701944 to book or discuss the course with Jane. www.janeheatonassociates.com 12 How long should it take an accountant to prepare a simple set of accounts for a small Need Help business? That’s a question posed by a potential client recently & it’s one I can answer easily - it depends on the quality of the book-keeping. I’ve just finished working on a set of With Your accounts for a business with a turnover of nearly one million pounds and because the book- keeper kept things simple & was meticulous with the paperwork it took little time to Tax Return or prepare. Yet it can take twice as long to prepare accounts for a much smaller business when paperwork is missing or the book-keeping leaves a lot to be desired. Apart from the Payroll? problems that bad book-keeping brings it can also lead to mistakes and mistakes, where this Contact leads to an under declaration, will lead to penalties.

Robb Eden From 2009/10, if you are late filing your Tax Return but you have made a payment on for: account to cover any liability you will still receive a penalty. £100 fixed penalties for Tax Returns filed online after 31st January will be automatic even if you don’t owe anything. Accounts Preparation & Analysis That’s why it is important to get your books or paperwork in order at an early stage & not PAYE & Book-keeping wait until later in the year to tackle the problem. Penalties & interest will be also be charged Vat Returns if the Return is inaccurate in any way & the more serious the inaccuracy the higher the penalty will be. With the move to online filing and the changing deadlines it is wise to be Personal Tax one step ahead. Get your paperwork in on time & you can sit back and be safe in the Sage Training knowledge that everything has been filed & you will also know well in advance what your Business Tax liability will be. It makes sense.

More than just accounts - a personal service So if your book-keeper or accountant is making a meal of your accounts ask questions. tailored to your needs. We will work with you Don’t wait until it’s to late and, if necessary, take charge and start to get a thorough to get the best from your business. understanding of how your books are prepared. If you are in any doubt you can ring me for free advice at the telephone number below.

01608 651802 Robb Eden is based in Moreton-in-Marsh. He can be contacted either via e-mail [email protected] at [email protected] or by telephone 01608 651802.

13 Local Walks with the Cotswolds Voluntary Wardens Local Walks – MAY

NEWS Ancient Pathways - The Salt Way - Wednesday June 02 - Easy We have a signing due at 10.00 am on Saturday 12 June when Diz From Bibury, traversing the Salt Way, Includes a visit to Ablington village. 2.5 hours, 5 miles. White will be flying in from America (strikes and volcanoes permitting) Start: 10 am at Bibury church. OS OL Map 45/118065 to sign her latest collection of ghost stories, ‘Haunted Cotswolds’. Diz sets the scene with unrestrained imagination when telling us of A Poet, Plotter, Architect, Geologist and the East India Company - hauntings all across the Cotswolds. Snowshill, Kelmscott, Adderbury Wednesday June 09 – Moderate and Burford are just a few of the places where she exposes strange Adlestrop to Chastleton House and Cornwell. Lunch at the Chequers and return via Daylesford. 6 happenings though Chipping Norton perhaps, takes pride of place hours, 10 miles. Start: 10 am at Adlestrop village hall . OS OL Map 45/243272 (it’s a wonder there’s anyone left alive, over there!) Clearly the author takes the view that tales of ghosts and apparitions deserve Cotswold Wildflowers: Broadway Hill - Saturday June 12 - Easy exaggeration for their full effect on the nerves but she has come up Joint walk with Broadway Natural History Society and botanist Dr Paul Smith. Pay C/P in with many of the lesser known hauntings in her new collection. (She Broadway. . 3.5 hours, 5.5 miles. Start: 2 pm. outside Horse & Hounds PH, Broadway High is also the author of ‘Haunted Cheltenham’. Diz is multi-talented, for Street. OS OL Map 45/097374 she is also an actress and once came close to being beamed-up by Scottie. So, if you want a signed copy of ‘Haunted Cotswolds’ and to Cotswold Wildflowers: Cleeve Common - Sunday June 13 - Moderate meet someone from the Starship Enterprise, do come along. Walk with the Common's own conservation specialist in this site of special scientific interest. 2.5 hours, 4.5 miles. Start: 10 am at Cleeve Hill QuarryC/P. OS Explorer 179/989272 REVIEWS Wardens' and Windrush Way 3 - Thursday June 17 - Moderate One of four circular walks - From Guiting Power to Naunton returning via the Windrush Way. Zimbabwe - Years of Hope and Despair Bring suitable refreshments. 3.5 hours, 7 miles by Philip Barclay Hardback £18.99 Start: 10 am Guiting Power village C/P. OS OL Map 45/095248 Stories of countries destroyed from within are all too familiar but the Midsummer Sunset and Moonrise - Friday June 25 - Moderate story of Zimbabwe must be the saddest of them. The author, a British This year midsummer is special - as the sun sets in the west a full moon rises in the east. A diplomat, tells how, from being one of the most productive and steady climb on a quiet land to the highest point in Warwickshire. Please bring a torch. 2 peaceful of all African countries, Zimbabwe deteriorated to its present hours, 4 miles Start: 20.15 at Ilmington playing fields C/P on the Mickleton road. OS Explorer state. He was there from 2006 to 2009 and saw the election, which Map 205/210430. should have removed a despised leader, overturned by the unleashing of hordes of drug fuelled youths who used beatings, torture and rape to cow the people, allowing Mugabe to cling to PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and power. There are criticisms of both sides of Zimbabwe’s political muddy in places. divide as well as of other African states and the wider world in this EASY (terrain is mainly level), MODERATE (includes some hills and rough ground), fascinating, honest and well balanced account. STRENUOUS (may be rough underfoot and ascents/descents may be steep). Sorry, no dogs allowed except guide and hearing dogs.

The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay Walks are free - donations help to fund our conservation work and improvement Hardback at £30.00 projects.projects. In this 70th anniversary year of The Battle of Britain, there will be The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the many books on the subject but I doubt the illustrated version of this Cotswolds. For more information see www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk or revised classic will be bettered. It covers the long preparations, the Tel: 01451 862000. politics, aircraft and radar development and the developers themselves. It gives day by day events, diagrams and comparison charts of the aircraft, maps of the ground over which they fought and North Cotswold it gives an insight into the characters, on both sides, who fought the battle and there are many photographs. It carries all the detail you Ramblers Group could wish for and, for the most part, does it lightly, for despite the exhaustive research, it is still immensely readable, often with humour, sometimes very movingly. As this month’s walks involve travelling to the start point, arrangements can be made to pick up new walkers in Moreton to share transport. Please contact Sue Salmon on 01386 700847 a couple of days before. Follow us on Twitter as cotswoldbooks Saturday June 12 Aston Cantlow: The Alne & the Aqueduct Meet at the Kings Head, Aston Cantlow, near Henley-in-Arden - 10:00am start. This Figure of 8 format walk offers a short, medium or long walk. Morning: 6 miles along the Arden Way to Wootton Wawen, returning along the canal to Edstone Aqueduct and via Newnham to Aston Cantlow. Lunch at the Kings Head. Afternoon: a 3 mile walk via the Monarchs Way to Alne Park and Hill Farm, returning to Aston Cantlow.

A Hike on Nottingham Hill Meet at Quarry C/P near Cleeve Golf Club outside Cheltenham at 10.00am. A morning walk of 6 miles through the double banks and ditches which form part of this fortified hill. Lunch at Cleeve Golf Club. In common with many other Ramblers Groups, we have a no Dogs policy.

More information on any walk or a copy of the Group’s current walks programme can be obtained from the Secretary (Tel: 01386 700847 or email [email protected] or by searching for the North Cotswold Group on the Ramblers website www.ramblers.org.uk).

14 News from Adlestrop Adlestrop would like to thank The Gloucestershire Environmental Trust Company for their generous grant for the redecoration of the porch of St Mary Magdalene, which has been completed in traditional limewash. Our smart new porch is one more important step towards the repair and refurbishment CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH of our beautiful church Oxford Street, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0LA 01608 651946

Sunday Worship 10.30am. Includes Communion on 1st and 3rd Sunday Tuesday 10am Coﬀee Morning & Sale of goods Thursdays 2.30pm Fellowship Hour 1st Thursday each month 12.30pm Drop-in Lunch £3 per person.

15 FROM THE SAFER COMMUNITY TEAM Police Station, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, (01608) 652781|Fax: 01608 661889 www.gloucestershire.police.uk OPERATION SARCO

During April, North Cotswold Police held a two day operation in the Moreton area. ‘Operation Sarco’ included speed checks, leaflet drops and high visibility patrols in Moreton itself and surrounding villages. As part of this, PC Caroline Paxford, PCSO Renee Morgan and Neighbourhood Watch Officer Andy Fogden held an event at the Moreton Area Centre for the town’s retail premises. Every premise received an invitation to come along and chat to their local officers, get crime reduction advice and raise any issues or concerns they had. Approximately 20% of the town’s retailers took up this opportunity which we were very pleased with. Those attending received a pack containing literature on National Moth Night 2010 crime reduction for businesses, how to spot counterfeit bank notes and From Mike Boyes National Moth Night (NMN) is an annual event which celebrates and how to contact Police. records the astonishing diversity of moths in the UK – over 2400 species have been recorded.. The date varies each year so that a record can be The following day these officers concentrated their efforts on Blockley, built up over time for different seasons; this year it was 15 May, and the with the Mobile Police Station being based outside the village shop and theme was ‘Moths and Bats’. café for the day. Conditions were unfavourable for moths on the night of 15 May – clear skies, no cloud cover and temperatures close to freezing. Only 10 moths CRIME FIGURES from five different species came to our Robinson light trap in Little Rissington, together with six easily recognisable and very impressive May We are happy to report that crime in Moreton has dropped bugs. Amongst the ten were several Hebrew Characters and a Small in the last 12 months: Quaker (common names given to moths by under-employed country parsons, mostly keen naturalists, in Victorian times), and a lovely yellow CATEGORY 1ST APRIL 2008- 1ST APRIL 2009- Brimstone moth. Last year NMN took place in September, when we 31ST MARCH 2009 31ST MARCH 2010 recorded a total of 43 moths from 15 different species, and a month earlier Violence 50 46 we identified over 100 moths at our light trap. Sexual Offences 21 Robbery 01 Burglary 36 37 Theft 71 53 Fraud 12 11 Criminal Damage 39 38 Drugs 11 6 Other 73 TOTAL 228 196

This is an overall drop of 32. Considering the recession and all the talk of crime increasing, we believe the area has fared well. Fraud has dropped Contrary to popular opinion, many moths are beautiful to look at. On closer inspection you will discover a great variety of colour, pattern, shape which shows an increasing awareness of on-line security and identity and size, though these characteristics are not obvious from a distance. theft. It is pleasing to note the drop in Violence and Drug related oﬀences. Take a look, for example, at the Spectacle moth and the Brimstone We strive to keep Moreton a safe place and these incidents are dealt with (illustrated), or the markings on the underside of a May bug (all caught in robustly. our moth light recently and later released unharmed). Enjoy the wonders of nature all around you! If you have any issues please feel free to contact us. You are welcome to pop along to the Police Station at any time. There are no set opening hours but there is someone there most days and if we’re in, we will happily speak to you.

We can be contacted on the Police non-emergency telephone number: 0845 090 1234 [email protected] [email protected] Photos from top: Spectacle Moth, Yellow Brimstone, May Bug. ©Mike Boyes 16 MORETON TOWN COUNCIL MORETON TOWN NEXT MEETING COUNCIL Monday 14th June Minutes of the last Council Meeting are displayed on the Council's Notice board in JUNE Residents are welcome to attend the High Street (on Barklays House). Copies are available at the Council's Monday 7th June meetings. Questions* from the public relating Office, moreton Library and the CDC to a proposal in discussion by Moreton Area Centre in High Street. Temple Guiting (0930-1000), Guiting Power (1015- Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting 1115)Naunton (1130-1215), Lower Slaughter (1315- on that proposal. General questions are taken Office opening hours: 1345),Upper Slaughter (1400-1500). at the end of the meeting. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Wednesday 9th June between 9am and 4pm * A max of 3 minutes allowed. (closed for lunch from 12.30-1.30pm) Clapton on the Hill (0945-1000), Little Rissington (1030- AND subject to meetings. 1115),Great Rissington (1130-1200), Upper Rissington (1300- Town Councillors are available before & 1400) Westcote (1415-1500),Wyck Rissington (1515-1545). after the meeting. District & County Cllrs, Moreton in Marsh Town Council Monday 14th June representatives of Stow Police and local Press Old Town, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0LW 01608 651 448 regularly attend. Bledington (0930-1030), Icomb (1045-1115), [email protected] Oddington (1130-1200), Adlestrop (1300-1345), Evenlode (1400-1445), Broadwell (1500-1530), Donnington (1545-1615). C.D.C Committees inform Tuesday 15th June County Council Condicote (0915-0945, Longborough (1000-1030), June Research Team – Bourton on the Hill (1045-1115), Todenham (1130- Population, Land Use 1215), Draycott (1400-1430), Blockley (1445-1545). Members of the public are encouraged to attend & Community Proﬁling nd Committees. If you www.gloucestershire. meetings of the Council a Please see local Notice Boards for full details. live in the District and are on the Electoral Register gov.uk/inform you can take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. Information about your Councillors and committee members are on the website Council tax bills are set to rise in England by an average 1.8% this year - yet www.cotswold.gov.uk thousands of homeowners will be over-paying, with more than half a million June properties listed in the wrong tax band. Wed 2nd Planning (Regulatory) Thu 3rd Cabinet OUR MOST HATED TAX Official figures show that one in 20 homes are placed in too high a council tax band - although Mon 7th Licensing anecdotal evidence suggests the true figure is far higher. The reason you could be paying too Thu 10th Appeals if Required much council tax is down to the haphazard and error-ridden system first used in 1991 to Wed 23rd Planning (Regulatory) establish valuations (2003 in Wales). Government plans to introduce Council Tax in the early Meetings generally start at 10am. 1990s were met with riots and widespread public anger - and this affected the valuation Planning meetings held at Moreton Office start process. In order to push through the legislation quickly, the Government outsourced the job at 9.30am. of assessing properties to estate agents - and the process wasn’t scientific, with agents frequently making educated guesses on property values …and that means some Questions must be received by the Head of homeowners could have been paying too much for the past 17 years. Someone whose home Democratic Services – was incorrectly placed in Band E rather than D, for example, has been paying 22.2% too much By email no later than 5pm on the prior since 1993 - adding up to a total overpayment of nearly £2,500. working day [email protected] By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 How to find out if you’ve paid too much 1PX Tel: 01285 623204/ 201 FIRST - compare your band against other properties on your street by searching the online council tax valuation lists. Enter your details and you'll find all of the information about Gloucestershire Constabulary which council tax band you and your neighbours are in. To add further weight to any claim, Non-Emergency Number you may also want an accurate evaluation of what your home was worth in 1991 and compare it to the official list of council tax bands. There are plenty of credible sources on house price 0845 090 1234 data out there – two of the best are available from Nationwide and Halifax (‘historical house price data’ link). A house currently valued at £160,000 would have been worth approximately £52,000 and placed in band C. One important warning - if your home has been extended or converted or had major renovations, the process could actually see your bill rise!

How to make a claim 14th June - Chipping Norton Rugby Club – 5 days Banding appeals – officially known as ‘proposals’ - can be made online at the Valuation Office Agency for England and Wales. Alternatively, home owners can write to their local authority's 18th June – 2.30pm to 4.30pm & 5.15pm to 7.00pm-St listing officer or assessor. There is an official list of reasons for revaluation so it's worth citing David’s Centre, Moreton in Marsh – 2 days one of these when you make your claim. For example, this could be if part of your home has 24th June – Norgren Social Club, Shipston on Stour – been demolished (such as a garage), or if there have been physical changes in your area that 24th June - 3 days could affect the value of your property. If your claim is rejected you can cite one of the appeal categories above and take your case up with the VOA directly. Full details on The National Blood Service Read the full article and more information on rebates and exemptions, including the www.blood.co.uk complete guide to paying less council tax - on www.lovemoney.com

Road Closures – June 1st – 6th June – Yew Tree Inn Lane, Cherington – Surfacing Works 26th June – Lower Oddington – 10am to 12 noon – Street Market

17 Our thanks to David Whitehead for this cartoon - with a nod to the new ducklings on the Horsepool in Moreton in Marsh. TELL EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS –

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18 Situated in an area of outstanding beauty on the edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, Newlands is an established retirement community set in stunning landscaped gardens. Established in 1991, Newlands has built up an unrivalled reputation for delivering care and hospitality of the highest standard.

Following major development, we are Following major development our new Cottages expanding our care & hospitality services, and Apartments are due for completion in Summer we are currently looking to appoint a 2010, and we are currently looking to appoint a Hospitality Coordinator Sales Advisor/Concierge Responsible for the day to day smooth This new role will take the lead on all running of the purpose built restaurant and aspects of sales of cottages, assisted living delivery of all aspects of hospitality to those apartments and management of residents’ at Newlands and their visitors. requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity which would Part-time/full-time hours max 40 per suit a young graduate or someone with week – includes alternate weekends. catering experience. Salary £18,000 - £20,000 dependant Part-time/full-time hours max 40 per on experience. week – includes alternate weekends.

Salary £18,000 - £20,000 dependant on experience.

Application by CV to: Nicky Richardson, Newlands Manager Evesham Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1EJ Or by e-mail to: [email protected] Closing date: 9th June 2010. Interviews being held from 14th June 2010.

Nick Forrest Chauffeur Stow Youth Club Private Hire WE NEED YOU TH WORKERS 07788 583460 01368 700985 We have vacancies at Stow-on-the Wold [email protected] Youth Centre LiceNsed by cotswoLd district couNciL Youth Work is a professional rewarding experience

DO YOU Relish a challenge? CO-EDUCATIONAL, 250+ BOARDING & DAY STUDENTS (ages 11-18) Want to learn new skills? VACANCIES Offer skills to young people? CARETAKER - Two Roles Receive FREE TRAINING and a NATIONAL 1 x 30hrs Mon-Sat 5am-10.30am / 1 x 20hrs Mon-Fri 5am-9.30am HOUSEKEEPER - Two Roles QUALIFICATION 1 x 20hrs Mon-Fri 8am-12 noon / 1 x 30 hrs Mon- Fri 7am-1pm AND get paid?

Previous experience desirable but not essential as full training will be Salary range from JNC PT1 £7.33 p/hr (£14,143.00 pro rata) provided. Excellent working conditions; 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays; to Pt 6 £8.86 (£17,100.00 pro rata) depending on experience. stakeholder pension; free meals on duty.

For further information, Job Description & Application Form contact:- No experience required. Mrs. Cheryl Thomas, Head Housekeeper Full training given Kingham Hill School, Kingham, Chipping Norton, OX7 6TH Tel: 01608 731844 | E-mail: [email protected] For informal discussion/ more information/ application pack, please contact Kingham Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the Alun White on 07984352649 or by email at post, including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau. [email protected] (Kingham Hill School - Charity No. 1076618.)

A Wyck Hill House Hotel & Spa After extensive refurbishment - is now re-open under new management £10 OFF 20% OFF Dinner per person all Elemis treatments booked at Wyck Hill Spa Dinner for £25.00 per person instead of £35.00 and receive an Elemis Taster Pack Valid Sunday - Thursday (excl Bank Holiday Sundays) Valid for a maximum of 4 people per table Please quote Times_Spa when making your booking Please quote Times_Dinner when making your booking

both oﬀers are valid until 31-08-2010.

Wyck Hill house Hotel & Spa. Burford Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, GL54 1HY T: 01451 831 936 F: 01451 832 243 E: info@[email protected] W: www.bespokehotels.com/wyckhillhouse

B ST EDWARD’S CHURCH STOW-ON-THE-WOLD FLOWER FESTIVAL & CHURCH THINK BIG encourages young people aged 13-25 to tackle the FETE WEEKEND issues that most affect them, their friends, neighbours or community. If Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th July you are between these ages or know someone who is – if you want to make a change for the better – take a look at www.o2.co.uk/thinkbig. We Thursday 15th Preview at 7.30pm with music, wine and can offer funding, training and loads of support – to get projects going and refreshments. (Tickets £5) make things happen. The application is easy, and won’t take long. If your Friday 16th Flower Festival 9am - 6pm project is shortlisted we’ll call you to have a chat, and let you know within 6 *Saturday 17th Flower Festival 9am - 6pm weeks of applying if your application has been successful. Questions? Call Sunday 18th Flower Festival 9am - 6pm free phone helpline: 0800 902 0250. Songs of Praise Service 6 pm Coﬀee and tea on sale in church each day. Young Roots (UK) offers grants of £3,000 - £25,000 to projects involving All donations in aid of church funds 13-20 year-olds (max 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting CHURCH FETE community involvement. Projects must be related to the local and culturally * Saturda y from 12 noon varied heritage … A ﬁne HOG ROAST accompanied by the BLOCKLEY BRASS BAND and lots of E.g. it could involve young people researching a local archive or doing stalls including a Tombola, Plant Stall, practical casework on a nature reserve. Apply at any time. Toys, Books and a variety of Games. www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/youngroots.aspx

ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL LOWER SWELL Ideally placed in centre of lovely Cotswold village VILLAGE HALL Newly refurbished with full central heating, new fully equipped Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village kitchen and new toilets. Spacious main hall with seating for 100, green. Recently refurbished – fully equipped stage with pull down projector screen and hearing loop, also a kitchen, heating, tables & chairs, Disabled smaller meeting room. Facilities for the less able include separate facilities. Seats up to 70. Competitive rates toilet and access ramp from the spacious parking area. Ideal for (inc.heating) vary with use. meetings, classes, fund raising events, family parties etc. etc… Perfect for parties and receptions, Shows, Children have access to the adjacent playground. displays, evening classes, etc TO GET YOUR DATE ON OUR CALENDAR please ring Tel: 01451 830578 01451 830817 / 01451 831917 Eml: tmk@mypostoﬃce.co.uk

MORETON IN MARSH - REDESDALE HALL LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE VILLAGE HALL FOR HIRE Historic town centre building with two venues, and a stair lift. The Lower Hall accommodates 80; modern kitchen facilities. Magnificently beamed Upper Hall will Set in the heart of this delightful village accommodate 120. Exhibitions, meetings, classes, conferences, family parties, Fully equipped kitchen/server • extendable stage with pull-down screen • full sized weddings, etc. Reasonable charges, nearby parking. snooker table • table tennis • piano • Hi-ﬁ system • disability friendly • all equipment for Clerk 01608 651029 during office hours . short-mat bowls • tables, chairs & soft cushions • grassed area for outdoor functions FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT 01451 830218 | [email protected]

The newly refurbished STOW YOUTH CLUB EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL is available for hire. adjacent to Green in quiet village Facilities include: Two large rooms (will accommodate 50 – 60 people) • Modern kitchen • Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector and screen • pool table • AVAILABLE FOR HIRE at reasonable rates table football, • Nintendo Wii • Disabled access and toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users. The Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, presentations & family events. club building is next to the Police Station on the Fosse Way and accessed easily from the square. Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen and loos. Disabled For more details contact: Dilys Neill: [email protected]. Tel 01451 830656 Sarah-Jane access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery Rich: [email protected] Tel 01451 830654 available. Please call Bill Hill on (01608) 650898

BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL Lovely rural location with spacious parking. Seats 90, Recently refurbished Large main hall, & 2 meeting rooms. Stage with electric A perfect Venue for Family Occasions drop down screen. Built in sound system with microphone and hearing loop. Beautiful rural location onto village green and pond. Seats 40 / dinner Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities. for 20. Disabled access & loos. Fully equipped kitchen inc dishwasher. Enquiries Call Liz Wright 01451 820232 Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994

ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL ‘Yes, I remember Adlestrop...’ CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL • Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special functions, classes or The perfect setting for that special occasion” any event – only £6 an hour. • Discounted fees for long term bookings. • Just redecorated it has a small stage, kitchen facilities, disabled toilet and disabled access. Recently built in Cotswold stone. Large car park, well • Excellent parking. equipped kitchen, on the outskirts of the village. Tel: 07587 097795 Come & see what we have to offer! Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further information.

LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, BELL BANK, BLOCKLEY ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order. Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc. Seating capacity 160. Large well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets. 35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking. Gas central heating. Off street parking for 40 cars. Suitable for wedding receptions etc. WITH -WIRELESS- BROADBAND incl BT OPENZONE. Raised stage. Excellent sound system. (No discos) 01386 700880 / email [email protected] Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528

19 20 COTSWOLD AIRSHOW The Adlestrop Literary Festival 19th & 20th June at Kemble Airﬁeld MIDSUMMER DAY WITH JOANNA TROLLOPE Celebrating the 24 June 2010 at 11 am 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain at Adlestrop House, Adlestrop The world famous Red Arrows display team are scheduled to appear on both days of the show. Following the great success of the inaugural Adlestrop Literary Festival in June 2008, Advance tickets are now on sale from: the trustees of The Adlestrop Literary Festival are BOURTON VISITOR CENTRE 01451 822583 delighted to announce a MORETON AREA CENTRE 01608 650881 GO-STOW INFORMATION CENTRE 01451 870150 ‘Midsummer Day’ with Joanna Trollope. Adult: Sat/Sun - £19.50 (£25 on the day) Child: Sat/Sun - £5 Pssst! Its Father's Day on Sunday 20th June The day starts with a champagne reception before Joanna Trollope June 20th Medieval Themed Open Gardens talks about her new best seller, The in the Private Gardens of the Mansion House, Cirencester, by kind Other Family. This will be followed by permission of Lord & Lady Apsley. Fundraising for LINC. a sumptuous summer lunch. A book With the Plantagenet Society, have-a-go archery, hog roast, stalls, strolling stall is kindly being provided by musicians, donkey rides and various other entertainments Adults £8 (£10 on the day) Child £4 (£5 on the day), Family ticket (2+2) £20 Jaffé and Neale Bookshop, Chipping Norton and Joanna Trollope will July 17th Battle Proms Picnic Concert sign copies of her books after lunch. A celebration of classical music at Blenheim Palace with Fireworks, Funds raised from The Adlestrop Literary Festival will go to two Cannons, Cavalry and Spitfire air display. Adults £30 (£35 on the day) local charities, Helen and Douglas House, and St Mary Magdalene Child £15 Church, Adlestrop*. FARM OPEN DAY - SUNDAY 13TH JUNE Back to the roots of farming – from the beginning Tickets at £55 from Ernest Johnson Leigh Cottage, Adlestrop, Farms all over UK are opening their gates so that the general public can Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0UN experience farming ﬁrst hand, and see how important farming is in our For more information please telephone 01608 658617 every day lives. Locally you can visit… Or email [email protected] FOXBURY FARM, BURFORD ROAD, BRIZE NORTON, OX18 3NX *The village has set itself the considerable task of raising funds for the essential Admission: Donation of £2 per adult, U11s and over 60 free. Raising maintenance of the church as an important historical building. money for St Britus Church Roof Fund, Brize Norton. (ORGANISED BY LEAF -LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING)

21 22 June 2010 Market Days BOURTON ON THE WATER Full information available at Go-Stow & Moreton Visitor Information Centres Farmers Market every 4th Sunday, 9.30 - 1300 CHIPPING CAMPDEN EXHIBITIONS W I Country Market every Thursday, 9 - 11am 2-5 COTSWOLD ARTS CLUB EXHIBITION free admission. 10-5pm. Lower MORETON IN MARSH Weekly Market every Tuesday, 9 - 3.30pm Slaughter Village Hall. 01242 529008 W I Country Market every Thursday, 9 - 11.30 26 Midland Veteran Cycle Club Display – vintage & antique. Snowshill STOW ON THE WOLD Manor Nr Broadway (WR12 7JU) Normal admission applies.12-4pm. Farmers Market 2nd Thursday - 9.30 - 13.00 01386 852410 OPEN GARDENS 12-17 Nine Circles Kobudo at Snowshill Manor. Collection of Samurais armour and display of martial arts. Normal admission charges. 12-4pm. 6 Campden House Gardens. Gardens, woodland walk. Home made Snowshill Manor, Snowshill nr Broadway (WR12 7JU) 01386 852410 TEAS. Campden House (GL56 6UP). Adm £4/ Children free. 2- 6pmwww.ngs.org.uk. Open for NGS

REGULAR EVENTS 13 The Old Vicarage. An informal garden specialising in roses. Dogs MON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30- allowed on leads. Plant stall. Refreshments. The Old Vicarage, Bledington 7pm Children and 7-9pm Adults 01451 831876 (OX7 6UX). B4450 Stow-Chipping Norton. Adult £4. Accompanied Children free. 2-8pm. Open for Red Cross MON CHILDRENS DANCE CLASS Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp, Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057 13 The Old Stores. Organic cottage garden. Dogs allowed on leads. Plant stall. Refreshments. The Old Stores, Bledington (OX7 6RH). B4450 Stow- MON YOGA Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept Chipping Norton. Adult £4. Accompanied Children free. 2-8pm. Open 01386438537 for Red Cross TUES COTSWOLD AONB WALKS www.cotsaorb.org.uk 01451 862000 19-20 Chipping Campden Open Gardens 2-4pm. In aid of Action Medical TUES Pottery Classes at Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30am to 12:00 noon Research. 01386 840064 10 week term £90 plus £15 materials/firing cost. Beginners welcome Contact [email protected] 01451 870734 26 Chastelton House – TheTurbulent Years. A Jacobean family caught up TUES Stow Badminton Club in St. Edward's Hall at 19.30 from September with the Gunpowder Plot. Chastelton House, Chastleton, (GL56 0SU) to end March Booking essential. Adults £12. Gates Open 9.30-10am. 01608 674981 WEDS WEDS WALK Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 860366 WEDS CHIPPING CAMPDEN BRIDGE CLUB 7.15 for 7.30pm 12 Summer BBQ at Chipping Campden School. BBQ, salads, drinks, Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members icecreams, strawberries & cream, tombola, balloons, sweep stake, Swing Band welcome. Partners not necessary 01608 664456 followed by World Cup Football England vs.USA. Chipping Campden School, Cidermill Lane, Chipping Campden. 01386 834585 WEDS STEAK NIGHT at the Plough Inn, Stetton on Fosse. 6-9pm. Ring Matt 01608 661053 17 The Hidcote Play – The Tempest. Bring a picnic or book a pre-theatre supper in the Garden Restaurant. Hidcote Manor Garden. Booking essential. All THURS LINE DANCING at Ch.Campden Town Hall 2.30-4pm 01386 438537 tickets £25. 5.30-10pm. 01386 438333 Starts again 1st wk in September 18 Chastleton House – A private view with a glass of wine. Informal tour of this THURS QUIZ NIGHT at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688 Jacobean family home. Chastelton House, Chastleton (OX56 0SU) Booking essential. Adukts £12. Admission 6-6.30pm. 01608 674981 THURS BELLY DANCING New beginners class. 11- 12.30 The Church & FRI Room, Chipping Campden. Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, 18 Tea dance in Bourton. Ballroom, Latin & sequence. Royal British Legion Hall. shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 £3 on the door. 2-4.30pm 077970 180296 FRI DANCE FUSION Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. 18-20 Craft Fair. Demonstrations & handmade items for sale. Refreshments. Redesdale & MON All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) Hall, Moreton. Free entry. 10-4.30pm. www.craftinaction73.co.uk FRI ACTIVE & ABLE Fitness & Falls classes for older people at Stow to Church Rooms, Stow 01285 623450 21-27 National Trust Picnic Week at Hidcote Manor Gardens. Summer evenings at . Hidcote Manor Gardens, Chipping Campden (OX55 6LR) Normal DIARY charges apply. 5-10pm. 01386 438333 4 Pasta Plesiosaurus. Suitable for 7-12 year-olds. Some of the marine fossils 27 Celebration Brass Band –on the village green, High Street, Bourton on the discovered in the Cotswolds & making pasta models. Chipping Campden Library Water. 2.30pm 10.30-11.30am (01386 840692) & Moreton Library 2.15-3.15pm (01608 650780). Cost £3 per child. Booking essential. More Events on p.24 www.cotswold.gov.uk/go/museum 4 CDC Environment Fair. Learn how to preserve your environment while Tickets, Booking information Etc. from - getting the most out of it. PLUS stands from Severn Wye Energy, Glos Wildlife Trust, GO-STOW, 12 Talbot Court, Stow on the Wold. 01451 870 150. National Trust , Cotswold Preservation Board, Vision 21; from CDC - Waste & Open 10am-5pm Mon-Sat; 11am-4pm Sunday. Recycling, Climate Change, Flood Resilience. At Moreton Area Centre, High Street. E: [email protected] 9.30-2pm. 01285 623434 4 Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpicks. Dovers Hill above Chipping MORETON AREA CENTRE, High Street, Moreton. 01608 650881 Campden. ‘Olimpick’ games, bands, cannon, rustic activities & wrestling. Fireworks, Open 9-5pm Mon-Fri: 9-1 Saturday. Closed Sunday torchlight procession into town, dancing in the Square. From 7.30pm. E: [email protected] www.olimpickgames.co.uk BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE, 5 Scuttlebrook Wake. Post Olimpick Games procession & crowning of the Victoria Street, Bourton on the Water. 01451 822583 Queen in Chipping Campden Square. Fancy dress, floats, maypole, street fair. www.olimpickgames.co.uk Open 9.30-5pm Mon-Fri: 9.30-5.30 Sat: Closed Sunday. E: [email protected] 8,9 Two day Art Course with David Birch. Mill Dene Garden, Blockley (GL56 9HU). For beginners & experienced artists. £54/day. Booking essential. 10-3pm. The COTSWOLD FESTIVAL 01386 700457 Stow-on-the-Wold 9 Seasonal Snippets at Hidcote Manor Garden with the gardening CIVIL WAR FEAST team. Hicote Manor, Chipping Campden (GL55 6LR). Normal admission charges. Saturday 25th September (6.30 for 7pm) 2-3.15pm. 01386 438333 St Edwards Hall, Stow-on-the-Wold 9 Snowshill Manor – Secrets Explorer Tour. Snowshill Manor, nr Tickets £30 available from Go-Stow, Stow 01451 870150 Broadway (WR12 7JU) Adults £9. Booking essential. 10.15-12 noon. 01386 Authentic food for the period. The wearing of historic costume would greatly add to the 852410 atmosphere! Bring your own bottle.

23 RURAL CINEMA - JUNE THE PLAYHOUSE, ST GEORGES HALL, OLD SCHOOL VILLAGE HALL, VICTORIA HALL, VILLAGE HALL, BLOCKLEY BOURTON ON THE HILL BOURTON ON THE WATER BROADWELL Thursday 24th June Thursday 5th June Friday 18th June A SINGLE MAN JULIE & JULIA NO FILM THIS MONTH JULIE & JULIA Doors/Bar open at 7:00pm - 7:45pm film Film 7.15pm Doors open 7pm – 7.30pm film. Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £3.00 Tickets £3.00 booked / £3.50 on the door. including choc ice Tickets £3. Refreshments. including refreshments Advance tickets/queries 01386 700647 Advance tickets/queries 01386 701901 Advance tickets/queries 01451 822365 Advance tickets/queries 01451 831153

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Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society The next lecture to be held is entitled ͞ŽƚƚŝĐĞůůŝ͛Ɛ &ůŽƌĞŶĐĞ͟which will take place on Wednesday 12th May 2010 at 2.00 pm at the Bradwell Village Hall, two miles south of Burford on the A361 Lechlade Road. The lecturer is Dr Paula Nuttall, a freelance lecturer and writer Non-members are very welcome to attend. Tea and coffee are provided from 1.15 to 1.45.

6W(GZDUG·V&KXUFK6WRZ²on-the-Wold. Thursday 20th May ʹ 7.30pm An Æthelmar Musical Event Toddlers Messy Play Session Trinity College of Music String Orchestra from London together with The Gloucester Academy of Music FRIDAY 11TH JUNE, 9.30-11.30 WƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐDĞŶĚĞůƐƐŽŚŶ͛Ɛ^ƚƌŝŶŐ^ǇŵƉŚŽŶǇEŽϮ͕ĂŶĚǀŽƌĂŬ Serenade. Tickets £10 (students £5) from Go-Stow and Borzoi Condicote Village Hall Bookshop Saturday 5th June from 11am Everyone Welcome ,/^dKZ/dKhZ^K&^dtZ͛^CHURCH £2.50 per child Tickets £5 (including coffee) Saturday 19th June -7.30pm An Æthelmar Musical Event The Wooburn Singers ʹ ͞DƵƐŝĐĨŽƌĂ^ƵŵŵĞƌƐǀĞŶŝŶŐ͟ Tickets ʹ Advance £10 (group bookings from choirs, minimum 8, £8pp) LITTLE COMPTON MIDSUMMER FETE £12 Lat theiv doore on D the inight.nn Ticketser from J Go-Stowazz and Borzoi Bookshop Saturday 17th July: ^ƚĚǁĂƌĚ͛ƐŚƵƌĐŚ&ĞƚĞ In the churchyard - numerous stalls with Saturday 19 June 12-4.30 pm events and attractions.Frida Interestedy Nig inh havingts a stall? 2.17)*/#05.70%* Please contacta Thet Di gRectory.beths, D i g b eth Street & craft stalls &ƵůůĚĞƚĂŝůƐŝŶŶĞǆƚŵStŽoŶwƚŚ o͛Ɛn ŝtƐhƐeƵ ĞWŽolĨd ^ƚŽǁTimes On MondayBarbequ 31e astnMayd te afroms, st a12-2.30pmlls and In sOddingtonideshows, Villagedog sho Hallw, 18th June Come for a gentle walk up to Hell Brake to see the bluebells and enjoy a W>KMha'n,oDr gaErd͛^e>nhs Eope,n ά6, ĐƌĞĂŵƚĞĂŝŶ^ƚWĞƚĞƌ͛ƐĐŚƵƌĐŚǇĂƌĚŽŶǇŽƵƌƌĞƚƵƌŶ TO INCLUDE YOUR CHOICE OF 6 ITEMS FROM A SELECTION OF 10 Patrick pthlays AND A HOMEMADEFire Engi nPUDDINGe On Sunday May 9 ʹ 2.00pm to 5.00pm Strong boots or shoesGe arer sessentialhwin Stalls include plants, cakes, tombola, handmade Dogs welcome if kept on a lead candles, Iwillown the Pbaskets,laygrou jewellery,nd, Little cupcake Compt on The cost is £5 for adults 1(accompanied6th July children free) decorating, greetings cards, beauty products, and this includes the tea and scones! Plant & Produce stall. Proceeds to St Peter's Church ƌĂĨĨůĞ͙͘͘ Repairs. Free car Tparkingrom willb beo signn eposted in Admission free the village as will the start of the walk. Contact Sue Price fora morend details Gu onit telephonear D u01295o This is a fundraisingS eventing forl eOddington File churches. 680007 or e-mail: [email protected] August Friendly social group in Chipping Norton Richard Wargent For unattached people aged 50-65 on Sax Dinner from 7pm. Welcomes new members to join us, make new friends and choose from our varied events programme. Contact 01295 788474 for more details Now open evenings and weekends, come and try our new Bistro Menu! Last orders for Friday and Saturday Single File is not a dating agency but more a means of making new friends evenings are 8.45pm, 7.15pm on Sunday. of both sexes. If a relationship blossoms, then this could be considered a bonus. Activities include pub nights, meals out, walks, cinema and Reservations Tel. 01451 831609 theatre visits, days out, parties and get-togethers in members' homes. Email [email protected] Fortnightly pub nights are on Fridays – contact Daphne on 01295 788474.

25 Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland

North Cotswolds Rotary Rotary Club of KIngham & Daylesford From Rotarian Brian Honess, PRO From Paul Jackson Chastleton House - now open without pre booking COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD. Recently North Cotswold Rotary Club presented their Community Service Award to Stephen and Val Nicola Dyer of the National Trust, who manage Chastleton House, Farnsworth at their premises Grimes House Art Gallery in Moreton in actually lives in the original family quarters with her family. She Marsh. The Award is given annually to members of the North recently spoke to Rotary about the house. Cotswold community for Services to that community. Chastleton House is one of only a few preserved Jacobean houses in During the 2007 floods in Moreton Stephen Farnsworth photographed England to have been more or less in the same family since the early the disaster, putting the photos onto discs which he sold at £5 each 17th century. The owners at that time were not rich and because of through Grimes House Art Gallery. Over £10,000 was raised, and their Catholic sympathies, were not in the main stream of wealth and donated to St David’s School in Moreton, which suffered some £1.5 connection. The much vaunted Guy Fawkes connection - that the million of flood damage. Stephen’s other community activities have family provided the finance to purchase the gunpowder - inevitably involved, over a number of years, organisng Christmas lights in led to ruin, the house passing to the Jones family who remained Moreton’s High Street with a formal ‘Lighting-Up’ ceremony and owners until 1991. Its’ other claim to fame is that the Rules of Christmas Party for the children of the town. He has also been a long- Croquet were formalised there in 1865, with the first ‘world’ term chairman of the Redesdale Hall Management Committee. championships being held in Evesham in 1866 before moving to Wimbledon, the HQ of the All England Lawn Tennis AND Croquet Club founded in 1868.

Chastleton is running events and encouraging local school visits. Open Wednesday to Saturday afternoons (now without pre-booking) and well worth a visit. For opening times and admission - www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chastleton or call 01608 674 981 WINE TASTING SUPPER JUNE 4TH at KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL A fun charity evening with Quiz and more is assured. Tickets £15 from any Rotary Member or Kay Shortland 01993 832 927……………everybody welcome. For these and other services, and their general activities for the local community, the Farnsworths were ideal candidates to receive the Community Service Award. With the Award a citation is presented, which Stephen and Val Farmsworth are seen receiving from Rotary Club Members in the accompanying photograph, taken in Grimes House Gallery. There is also a cheque which the recipients may donate to their favourite charity. WELL DONE Stephen and Val!

YOUTH CONCERT. On May day (1st May!) the Club held their annual Youth Concert in St Edward’s Church, Stow. A large audience was treated to a superb evening of music played by Harry Smith (saxophone), Nathan Selladurai (guitar), Clare Haneghan (ﬂute) and Amy Hayes (clarinet). The highlight was surely singing by Laurence Kilsby – a local boy who won the BBC Choirboy of the Year competition 2009. This concert was truly very special; the talent demonstrated by all the performers was truly remarkable. The Concert raised some £800 for the Rotary Foundation (Rotary’s own charity) and we thank all those who supported the event and to the sponsors Kendall & Davies (Solicitors) and BOHO (Ladies Fashions).

CHARITY GOLF DAY. Finally we look forward to the Club’s major fund raising event of each year, our annual Charity Golf Day to be held this year at Naunton Downs Golf Club on Monday 7th June. Sponsorship, together with supporters of the event, will allow substantial donations this year to three charities - Water Aid, Multiple Sclerosis and The Family Haven. We hope for good weather for the event. (Details and pictures next month!) Are you being seen? Talk to us about advertising your business. 07789 175 002

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National Memorial Arboretum ‘Armed Forces Day is an annual opportunity for the nation to show support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, and from veterans to cadets.

Your support for the Armed Forces provides a much valued morale boost for the troops and their families.’ Stow on the Wold Armed Forces Day Stonemason Nick Hindle is responsible for engraving the names of (VETERANS DAY) fallen Armed Forces personnel onto the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum. The Memorial is the UK’s tribute Saturday 26 JUNE to the 16,000 men and women who have been killed on duty or as a Supporting those from our communities who have served in our result of terrorist action since 1948. Last year saw 119 service men armed forces, and those who are currently serving. and women killed on duty - their families will be attending a private Also commemorating the service of dedication at the Memorial on 5th June. 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The Assembly will include Standards from Legions across the County and the Womens Sections; the Army Cadet Forces from Moreton in Marsh and Bourton on the Water; RAFA Chipping Campden. The March will be lead by St Andrews Pipe Band from Cheltenham. SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY: 13.30 Muster at Stow Branch Royal British Legion, Well Lane The Memorial has been specially designed to allow a shaft of 14.00 March Oﬀ – to Stow Square sunlight to fall across the sculpted wreath on the central stone at Drumhead Service lead by the Rev. David Francis, Chaplin to the RBL precisely 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month. Branch, Stow on the Wold. This service is non-denominational. www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/national-memorial- Wreath Laying on the drumhead alter. arboretum After the Drumhead Service all Legion members are invited to meet at Stow Royal British Legion in Well Lane for refreshments and entertainment stretching into the evening. and the Womens Sections; the Army Cadet Forces from Moreton in Marsh and Bourton on the Water; RAFA Chipping Campden. The March and entertainment stretching into the evening.

CELEBRATING THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY. LOCAL BUSINESSES are asked to support Armed Forces Day by ‘flying the flag’. Flags, A national service of commemoration was lead by HRH The Prince of bunting & logos are available via the RBL website at Wales on 8th May at the Cenotaph, London. The event marked the www.armedforcesday.org.uk / Piggotts (approved supplier) official end of hostilities in Europe for the Second World War on 01277 363 2621 following the unconditional surrender of German Forces. VE Day became a day for celebration and joy, but also a poignant reminder of Collecting Memories those who never returned from duty. Did you or someone you know used to live in Rissington, work there or in one of the other local factories The service celebrated the achievements of the UK, the during the War Years? Commonwealth and the Allies in their victory against fascism, and honoured the 580,406 UK and Commonwealth Forces and 67,073 UK Please contact DEREK ARTHURS (RBL Stow) 01451 831550 civilians who were killed during the 6 years of conflict. St David’s Primary School is running a project on WW2 in our Communities and has built an Anderson shelter in one of the Also in attendance at the service were current personnel from the classrooms. They are interested in civilian life during the War years, three Armed Forces, and members of the public who came together particularly what it was like as a child. to pay tribute. Could you lend the School any memorabilia, or drop in and talk to the children about your memories? The Prince later met with VE Day veterans at a Royal British THE UK ARMED FORCES DEFEND THE UK AND WORK AROUND THE WORLD Legion-organised event in PROMOTING PEACE, DELIVERING AID, TACKLING DRUG SMUGGLERS, Horse Guards Parade. PROVIDING SECURITY AND FIGHTING TERRORISM.

27 Your Correspondence on: The Proposed over expansion of Moreton in Marsh and proposed changes in Waste Collection Services Letter to the Editor from Robert Dutton website, below I have provided some navigation aids for those wishing 17th May 2010 to ﬁnd them.

The overexpansion of our Town Let me also report that letters have now been submitted to CDC protesting at the unsatisfactory processes leading to the current unacceptable position. Let us hope commonsense prevails. Many of your readers will be concerned about the two huge housing developments, for a total of 600 new houses, being proposed in the Yours sincerely town - Cala Homes on the Todenham Road and at the Fire Service Navigation route to find the summary of residents’ comments: College – without them being carried out within a planning framework ix. Go to Cotswold.gov.uk involving local residents in a proper consultation process. These x. Select ‘Environment and Planning’ proposed developments were debated at a public meeting held in the xi. Select ‘Planning Register’ Redesdale Hall in January. Also there was further discussion at the xii. Select ‘T’ for ‘Todenham Road’ Geoffrey Clifton-Brown meeting in March. It is clear there is considerable xiii. Select application ‘09/04214/out’ opposition to the unsustainable scale of this proposed expansion of the xiv. Select ‘documents’ town and, in particular, to the Cala Homes development. xv. Select at the bottom of the list: 9/12/09 ‘Report on community engagement’ The two outline planning applications came before the Planning xvi. Go to the end of the report – Appendix D ‘Feedback’ (Regulatory) Committee of CDC meeting in Cirencester last week (on 12th May) chaired by Cllr. Mrs. Venetia Crosbie Dawson. Both Published here the Summary of Objections prepared by Simon applications had been recommended for approval by the CDC planning Young and presented at the CDC planning Meeting referred to in department which is yet further evidence that the views of Moreton the letter from Robert Dutton and referred to in correspondence residents and our town council are still not being fully heeded in with our MP, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. Cirencester. Cllr. Jenny Harris, Chairman of the Moreton Town Council planning committee, made a very effective presentation opposing the Cala development. She was followed by Simon Young, spokesman for the Summary of Moreton in Marsh team representing Moreton residents opposed to the development, who also gave a powerful presentation. I should add that, in preparing the Residents’ Objections case against this development, Douglas Grieve has made a most significant and valuable contribution and the town should appreciate his Cala Development efforts. Cllr. Rodney Hooper also spoke on the Fire College application. • 300 new houses, 700 additional residents and 400 more cars The previous day Cllr. Ben Jeffrey had stood down as Chairman of CDC on an unapproved greenfield site and, now unchained, was able, in his capacity as District Councillor, to • No associated increase in local employment, meaning more speak strongly against this overdevelopment. (Cllr. Harry Paviour did not environmentally unfriendly commuting attend or make any representations to the meeting.) • The site is a vital water attenuation area and CDC’s own drainage experts cast doubt on current infrastructure capability The Planning (Regulatory) Committee decided unanimously to defer and capacity making a decision on either application until it had had the opportunity • Missing and inconsistent reports – there’s no Thames Water to make a site inspection. The Committee next meets again in early June. Impact statement It was clear that the Committee is fully aware of the local opposition to • Inadequate Transport and Highways assessments done in this over-expansion and of the significant adverse impact it would have isolation of the Fire College proposal, and which conveniently on the town. However CDC was required by a central government ignore the weekly market, tourist traffic in the Summer, and the ‘target’ to have five years of ‘deliverable land’ available for housing choke point of the listed bridge at the northern end of the town development with an emphasis on affordable housing. Given the change of Government, it remains to be seen if this top-down ‘target’ will be abolished in which case the perceived need for all this housing in Just a few serious issues amongst many that cast serious doubt Moreton evaporates. We do not consider this scale of development can about the viability of this site to be delivered within 5 years and be justified by the fundamental housing needs of Moreton and its effectively integrated with existing infrastructure. Instead, the vicinity. I should add that, were these developments to proceed without Officer’s report and recommendation is over-reliant on ‘big a proper planning process and public consultation, this would be Government’ targets and a biased and liberal interpretation of contrary to the policies set out in the Conservative Party manifesto PPS3. Unfairly, the report is also too dismissive of legitimate recently described by the Economist magazine as ‘Cameronism’. This is concerns raised by the GCC, your drainage experts, our elected significant given the change of Government. Last week I went to MP, and the local community – there were over 600 negative Cirencester for CDC’s annual meeting and afterwards was able to make it comments from the public after the Cala Open Evening. crystal clear to senior CDC cabinet members that we in Moreton are not best pleased to face this threat and would not take kindly to this This Council describes Moreton as “suitable to allocate a modest overexpansion being approved. amount of development in a sustainable manner” – a 20% increase in homes over 5 years from this proposal alone is hardly I believe that for Cala Homes and the CDC planning department to be modest, and this becomes 40% if the FSC proposal is taken in pressing ahead with this development means that they have failed to aggregation. Either rate of growth is more than the local area take on board fully the concerns of the town’s residents. The hundreds of comments made after the Cala ‘marketing’ meeting held in November needs, is unprecedented within the District, fails to meet the 2009 were overwhelmingly against the development and I was tests within PPS3, and is immensely disproportionate against the impressed at the time with the quality of those comments. Some of your wider District requirements. readers may be interested to read a summary of these comments and, Just where does the Council’s threshold for excessive because they are buried quite deep on the CDC development lie?

28 At a public meeting in March with our MP, Cala acknowledged they had From: Scott Williams - Waste been invited to submit their proposal by CDC Development Control. This raises the questions as to whether Cala has been given an unfair Date: 29 April 2010 14:12 competitive and commercial advantage, and whether the ability of Subject: RE: WASTE COLLECTION Development Control to make an objective recommendation is severely To: Stephen Farnsworth compromised. Dear Mr Farnsworth, thank you for your email regarding the If this Committee approves this application today, we believe it lays the impending waste round zoning changes. Council open to future challenge and negative publicity: lack of oversight of the planning department, endorsement of inappropriate SITA’s current collection rounds have been in place for over 15 years collusion with developers, valuing private sector speculation ahead of and in a number of cases, different materials are being collected on local social and economic needs, and failing to safeguard the community different day’s which is causing confusion for some residents. There from unplanned and excessive development. is also an imbalance in the collection rounds with some crews finishing up to two hours before others and a high proportion of collection routes crossing each other and therefore wasting fuel and Since Cala and CDC jointly embarked on this proposal last year, a lot has time. SITA’s management team find it very difficult to adequately changed. The additional brownfield option for the Fire Service College, monitor the crews as a lot of time is spent driving from one part of other possible sites, and yesterday’s events signal a new political and the district to another and currently if a vehicle breaks down the government landscape. It defies all logic and best-practice to assess closest available vehicle may have to travel up to 40 miles to these 2 large-scale applications in isolation of each other and of these provide assistance. changes. Therefore we urge that this Committee rejects the CALA application until all alternatives are assessed and prioritised as part of an SITA’s management team have been working on a project to divide integrated long-term housing plan – a plan reflecting local community the district into 10 collection zones for the fortnightly refuse and input, top down District planning needs, and probable new government recycling collections – as the food and garden waste collections are guidelines – our view is that the FSC proposal would emerge more weekly, they will be divided into 5 zones. favourably. I can assure you that great consideration has been taken to ensure The residents of Moreton in Marsh support the need for future that the planned collections take place with minimal impact on development. All we ask from this Council is that it’s in the right residents, businesses and visitors to the Cotswolds and even though proportion, for the right reasons, in the right place and at the right time. the collections in Moreton are scheduled on a Tuesday (market day), SITA’s management team will ensure that the collection crews This Cala proposal fails on all counts. do not enter the main street to make collections when the market is underway and at it’s busiest. Simon Young On behalf of Moreton in Marsh Objectors It is estimated that results of the round zoning process may result 12 May 2010 in further efficiency savings of approximately £70,000 per year and will benefit residents by standardising collection days. In addition the collection crews will operate on a group ‘Task & Finish’ which Stephen Farnsworth eml’d CDC about Waste means that the crews will work as a team and no-one will finish collection in Moreton town centre - until all collections have been completed. The new zones will make not wasted words, as it turned out! it easier for SITA’s management team to supervise and will result in a reduction in the amount of missed collection and service From: Stephen Farnsworth complaints received by the Council. Date: 29 April 2010 14:03 Subject: WASTE COLLECTION Regards, To: [email protected] Scott Williams Waste Manager Dear Sir, Cotswold District Council In the scheme of ideas emanating from Cirencester centric CDC, I Trinity Road have today heard of the latest bizarre plan. This is the proposal to Cirencester change waste collection day in Moreton in Marsh to a Tuesday!! Glos. GL7 1PX This is undoubtedly one of the most ridiculous ideas to come from Tel: 01285 623096 CDC. Fax: 01285 623910  Help save paper - do you need to print this email? Have you forgotten that Tuesday is market day and that it will be impossible for your multifarious lorries to gain access to parts of the High Street, even from early morning? Traffic is heavy enough Gloucestershire drains mapped in digital survey throughout the town at the best of times, but this will severely heap congestion upon congestion. Work has started to produce a digital drainage map of Gloucestershire. Your plan, I believe is "to save money", that will not be achieved as It is hoped the system will allow potential drainage issues to be it will take your operative twice as long to complete collections thus identified early and fixed before they become more serious. increasing costs. That would be on a normal Tuesday, if that Tuesday So far the data has been collected from parts of Gloucester and follows a Bank Holiday when congestion is sometimes for miles Cheltenham and maps for these areas are expected to be finished around the town, I can't imagine when their collections will get by May 2011. A council spokesman said it meant the consequences finished! Even Glos. County Council Highways Dept. suspend all of flooding in the summer of 2007 could be tackled more quickly. operations in the town on Tuesdays Contractors use portable equipment - which receive GPS location data - to allow the location of drains, catch pits, chambers and Steve Farnsworth, manholes to be recorded. Resident and Business Association Committee Member Grimes House Gallery, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0AT The digital drainage mapping project has already received interest 01608 651029 from other councils and the National Assembly of Wales. From the BBC News website 11.05.10

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A useless piece of information: Stress was first recognised in sure about the inner city congestion charge but I think it should 1936. In the same year Hitler and his chums were marching be waived if anyone were brave enough to enter it. around Europe causing stress, while in Birmingham at the Longbridge motor works a little a little blue Austin 10 was born. In front of the steering wheel is the light switch lever with a slot 75 years later we have big stress, no Hitler but still the little blue in the centre for the ignition key, turn key to right, a red ignition Austin. In that time it’s two former keepers have only covered light glows and fuel and oil gauge needles leap from their hiding 53 thousand miles, and it is now in the safe custody of my sister places;, check the long spindly gear lever is in neutral and press in law Sandra who recently let me have a spin. the Bakelite starter button; all 21 horses of the 1125cc side valve To take in the full experience of 30’s motoring I indulge myself in engine jump to attention and settle down to a steady thrum; the Austin 10 Handbook, which advises all the necessary clutch down, ease into first, handbrake off and we’re moving. maintenance required to keep your motor in tip top form. It advises that having purchased said motor car (List Price with Now for the stress factor. In our modern buzz boxes it’s hard on the sunshine roof £168.00) it was best to break out the spanners accelerator, hard on the brake, snatch the gear, jostle for position - and check the cylinder head bolts were tight and, if you were but not so in the Austin. It needs to be coaxed and handled like a feeling inclined, get underneath with a wire brush and attack delicate piece of porcelain - relax, take time and feel the stress melt the springs. (Hopefully, if you could afford a car back then, you away; occasional grinding of gears reminds one that synchromesh had a man who would attend to these things too.) was a big thing back then and not always present.

So off on a Thames valley tour - I opt to sit in the rear whilst Tentatively through the village and out onto the open road where brother John acts as Chauffer. All this modern craze for suicide forty miles per hour is found to be a good cruising speed, it actually rear doors is just a poor attempt at the real thing, which allow feels a lot faster sitting up behind the big black steering wheel, easy access to the leather upholstered and very comfortable much as one would in a modern people carrier. Rain splatters onto rear seat. It conjures up thoughts of Bertie Wooster making up the vertical windscreen and the joys of electric windscreen wipers to a young floozy as a frowning Jeeves whisks them down become apparent. Pull out the knob which turns on the wiper and country lanes. The reality is that it’s all quite romantic, but with away it goes with a deafening din from the wiper motor as the neither the floozy nor the whisking, it’s not quite the same. blades swish back and forth clearing the spots. An added bonus is We pull over and it’s my turn at the wheel! Insurance is no that for intermittent use you can reach through the steering wheel problem, fully comprehensive for any licensed driver over 25, at and manually swipe the driver’s wiper. an amazing £53.00 per annum, and the road tax is nil. I am not Hills are not really to the A10’s liking but changing down into third and letting the engine gently take you over the top seems to work. Then we hit a main B road with lots of traffic. Surprisingly no road rage as we potter along at our cruising speed - it’s as if the other road users have some kind of respect for a 75 year old wandering down the carriage way. I am not sure if roundabouts had been invented back then but the best tactic seems to be to slow in, slow around and slow out. No power slides here I am afraid but it is an utterly drivable motor car.

So after a quick rub down with a damp cloth the little blue car returns to its home. Maybe it will continue to give drivers a stress free life for another 75 years.

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Double Joy for Rangers Teams Moreton Rangers Adult Teams celebrated two Promotions at the end of this season. The First Team collected their Trophy for winning the Cheltenham League at their last game of the Season at Winchcombe. They won the game 5-2 and their winning margin was 20 points over the runners up.

The Reserve Team followed this with promotion from the Stratford League Third Division as Runners Up. They went to Kenilworth for their last game knowing a win would guarantee their runner up spot. They ran out 2-1 winners to make their ﬁrst season a great success.

Stratford Alliance Football League –Coulter Division PWDLF AGD Pts Les Fisher presenting the Cheltenham League trophy to Golden Lion 24 21 21117 29 88 65 Moreton Captain Mark Boydell Moreton Rangers 24 18 3 3 72 29 43 57 Snitterﬁeld Snipers 24 17 43100 31 69 55 Kenilworth Wardens 24 16 26100 33 67 50 Badsey United 24 14 2865 52 13 44 Tysoe United 24 14 1987 58 29 43

Moreton Rangers Under 12s Moreton Rangers Under 12 Team ended their season in 6th Place in their Witney and District Football League. The team managed by Graham Jones and assisted by a new coach Ed Tarr have played exciting open football all season. This was reﬂected in the fact that they scored 58 Goals and conceded 54! (team picture below) Next Fundraising Event CAR BOOT SALE Saturday 10th July M.R Football Ground 9-am Start Reports and photos from Martin Jones, Sec.

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38 Stow U16s star Stow RFC Elliott Stooke www.stowrfc.co.uk Photo & report from Huw Powell

CONGRATULATIONS ELLIOTT Having won The Coach’s Award for the season’s best forward Elliott Stooke has capped a great season with Stow-on-the- Wold under 16s by being called upon to represent South West England Region at U16 level in an International tournament v Italy A at Wellington College, Berkshire. The region defeated the Italians 18-10 in a tournament that also included England, Scotland, Canada, Belgium, France and Portugal. Elliott was also part of the region’s successful team which recently beat Munster 36 – 00. He is one of only three Under 16 players to be oﬀered a place in Hartpury College's Silver Academy.

Moreton-in–Marsh Bowls Club Bourton Roadrunners Report from Margaret Peaston A small group of Bourton Roadrunners ran in the London Marathon on The Club hasstarted their Centenary year in good style by winning their ﬁrst 25th April, along with 35,000 other runners (including Princess Beatrice) three matches. Unfortunately the fourth game, a Ladies against Norgen, was and ﬁnishing the 26.2 mile course in style. stopped at twelve ends due to rain, when Norgen were in the lead by 3 shots. All games were closely fought and the results are as follows.

Mixed match v Cheltenham Spa away won 69------65 A. Ferguson, L. Bennett. C Chapman T. Pearson drew 17---17 C.Bennett. V.Lamb. J. Meadows. I Deakins lost 16----18 P.Harrison. R Formby. T Harrison. A.Pearson won 25---9 R.Dix. J. Hunt. M. Deakins B. Dix lost 11---21 Ian MacDougall had experienced injury during training, but completed the Mixed match v Cirencester home won 71-----70 circuit in 2 hours 52 minutes 33 seconds and coming 565th overall. J.Hunt. L. Bennett. R Gerry. I Deakins lost 13---21 B. Peaston. V. Lamb. M. Deakins. C. Bennett won 26---15 Steve Edwards , who completed a world-record breaking 500 marathons A. Ferguson. M. Peaston. V. Rowledge. J Stanfield lost 15---17 last month, is clearly on top form, finishing in a time of 3.09.44. J. Brooks. E.Adsett. B. Dix. C.Chapman drew 17---17 Ian and Niamh Shoemar k ran together, finishing in 3.46.04, as did Rachel Ladies match v. Cirencester home won 47------40 Griffin and John Gibson - 4.28.11. C.Norting. S. Brooks. T. Pearson lost 12 ---20 J. Sheen. M. White. M. Deakins lost 12---14 Nigel Frith ran in the Shakespeare Half-Marathon with a good time of J. Boyes. R. Gerry. B. Dix won 23---6 1.40.26.

Ladies match v. Norgen rain stopped play The Humph’s Hilly Half J> Sheen. L. Bennett. T. Pearson 10---5 C. Northing. M. White. M. Deakins 7---16 (described as “scenic, with the odd small hill”) P. Harrison. S. Brooks. B. Dix 9—8 Saturday, June 19, at 6 pm

The race starts in the centre of Bourton-on-the-Water, heading oﬀ up the Club Fund Raising Day hill to Clapton, through Sherborne, Great Barrington, Great Rissington and back to Bourton. TUESDAY JULY 20TH at Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water Entries – contact Steve Hudson on 01242 820920. TOMBOLA, BRIC-A-BRAC, For more information or to download an entry form, go to the club’s website bourtonroadrunners.co.uk. VARIOUS STALLS Entries will be allowed on the day.

39 Stow on the Wold Cricket Club

JUNE FIXTURES Sat 5th Bibury away League Sun 6th Naunton A Friendly Fri 11th Coventry Ramblers H 20/20 Sat 12th North Cerney H League Sun 13th Naunton H Friendly Sat 19th Coates A League

Saturday 1st May vs BARNSLEY - Match abandoned Stow's bowlers looked good and took wickets regularly to Stow won the toss on what was a bowler’s wicket and put Barnsley into bat. Stow keep Guitings scoring down. A bit of power in the middle started off well, bowling tight and restricting Barnsley to any easy runs. Stow got order kept Guiting in contention and kept Stow on their toes, the breakthrough in the 8th over when Hayden Elsdale's straight ball was missed but with all bowlers chipping in and taking wickets, Stow kept by the batsman, getting him out lbw for a 7 over duck. Stow's change of bowling their nerve. Dan Smith the pick of the bowlers ending with then proved to make the difference with Dan Smith being too good and too quick figures of 2-17. for Barnsley, taking 4/11 off 8 overs. He was backed up by debutant Dan Heaps who ended with figures of 3/29. Stow finally bowled out Barnley for 108 in a Saturday 22nd vs Avening & Cherington - WON brilliant display of bowling and fielding. For Stow's first away league game of the year the lads travelled to Cherington. On a great looking wicket Stow lost With rain in the air and grey clouds overhead Stow needed to get off to a good the toss and were asked to field. Louis Millar opened the start, but the lads had a nightmare with the bat with a lot of loose shots giving bowling and, going for only 16 runs off 10 overs, he was their wickets away. Barnsley’s openers were on the money and looked dangerous. definitely Stow's best bowler on the day. Avening struggled Stow were struggling at 43-7 when rain finally brought an end to the match in against Stow's bowling and didn't seem to get going. Dan what ended in a No Result. Heaps was Stow's wicket taker taking 4/31 in a great display.

Saturday 8th May vs WINDRUSH – Cancelled With the wicket still looking good Stow's openers once again got the team off to a great start. Chris Heaps hit the first ball Friday 14th May vs SPASMODICS CC - WON of the innings for 6 and didn't look back, scoring a quick 27. Stow's first 20/20 match of the season put the lads up against a touring team His opening partnership of 51 with Ashley Andrews, who from Liverpool. Stow won the toss and chose to bat. The innings started slowly went on to score 32 off 10 overs, settled any nerves Stow had. tempo with both Spasmodics openers being very tight. Stow upped the tempo Dan Smith looked composed at the crease in his knock of 40 and Ben Eakins scored a good 34 before being run out. Stow lost a few quick not out, knocking off Avening's runs with 10 overs to spare wickets but a good quick partnership in the last 5 overs between Ashley Andrews, and seeing Stow home to another victory. An important win 46, and Liam Andrews, 19, took Stow to a good 154 off 20 overs. for the lads who have some hard matches coming up. In reply Spasmodics looked good with a 3rd wicket stand of 87 putting them in Ashley Andrews. contention. However the run rate was always too high and although Spasmodics had wickets in hand, Stow's bowling was too tight for them to score quickly enough, and they ended their innings on 137/6 in what was a great game against a great bunch of lads.

Saturday 15th vs South Hill – WON With no rain around and the sun shining the lads knew we would finally get a full league game in. South Hill were the visitors and had a good start by winning the toss and putting Stow in to bat. This didn't look like a good decision when Stow’s openers got off to a fantastic start. Chris Heaps , who scored 47, and opening partner Ashley Andrews, who got 46, put on an opening partnership of 83 off just 15 overs. This set Stow up well but a few quick wickets got South Hill back into it. Dan Smith steadied the ship scoring a good 34 to help Stow to a total of 169.

South Hill needed to bat well from the start but some good bowling from Louis Grand opening ceremony of our newly re-surfaced courts at the Millar and Hayden Elsdale stopped them scoring. The pressure started to build on South Hill with the run rate going up and the bowling changes worked for Stow. MORETON TENNIS CLUB Jack Robson came on and took 4/42 off his 10 over, backed up well at the other (on the cricket ground, Batsford Road). end by Dan Heaps who took 3/38 in a good display of team bowling. Stow finally Saturday June 5th at 2pm. bowled out South Hill for 155, taking the first league win of the season. A VIP will be there to ‘cut the ribbon’. Thursday 20th vs Guiting Power - WON Exhibition tennis match. Stow took on Guiting in another 20/20. Stow won the toss and chose to bat. Refreshments will be available. Once again Ben Eakins set the tone for Stow hitting a great 37 at the top of the Help towards the costs of this project came from donations from The Moreton Charity and Gloucestershire Playing Fields order. He was backed up by Jack Robson who hit a fast 16. Ashley Andrews, 25 Association. Members also raise additional funds for the Club not out, and Hayden Elsdale, 17, hit some important runs at the end of the with regular coffee mornings at the Redesdale Hall. innings to help Stow to a total of 127.

40 41 Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities Clubs Moreton Cricket Club Friends of Stow Surgery Cotswold Investment Club Capt: 01608 652630 / Sec: 01608 650929 01451 832200 & 830610 Meets 1st Tues of each month. Jeremy Main 01608 658675 www.moretoninmarshcc.co.uk Homestart N Cotswolds Life Saving Club (Fire College) N Cotswolds Youth Cricket Club Lesley Thorn 01451 831781 Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 Shaun Williams 01608 652138 N Cotswold Community Radio Moreton Flower Club www.ncycc.co.uk Old Police Station, Ch Campden, www.northcotswoldonline.com 4th Thurs/monthly (not Aug/Dec) at Broadwell Village Hall Stow Badminton Club N Cotswold Friendship Centre Mrs N Dickinson 01451 832199 [email protected] Martyn Wilson 0774 8279821 (Affiliated to Heyday) 01993-842820/01386-700656 MIM Interest & Leisure Club Stow Cricket Club [email protected] 2nd Weds monthly. Dudley Smith 01608 652089 Captain Ash Andrews 07891 536418 Redesdale Hall Plays Committee Moreton & District Local History Society ash [email protected] Mike Rees 01608 650825 Sec: Margaret Shepard. 01451 830531 http://stowotw.play-cricket.com/home RNLI N Cotswold Branch Moreton in Marsh (evening) W.I Stow Rugby Club Chairman Diana Porter 01451 830508 2nd Thursday, W I Hall, Station Rd. Ian Roberts – 0777 5998551 www.stowrfc.co.uk Stow Fund Sec: Jo 01608 650821 Tae Kwon Do Assoc of GB Robert Barnett 01993 831520 Veronica Woodford 01993 831520 Moreton-in-Marsh Probus Tues 6:30 Adults | Stow Times , PO Box 6, Stow, GL54 1WD Twice monthly for retired Professionals & businessmen. Thurs 6:30 Juniors|7:30Seniors|8:30 Adult Self Defence Tel 07789 175 002 [email protected] Glos Association for the Blind Ken Burder: 01608 650157. Music Moreton Reading Club Moreton Area Centre, High St, Moreton Mondays 10am-1pm. 01242 221170 Blockley Ladies Choir Newcomers welcome. 01608 654111 [email protected] Tues 7.30-9pm. Little V Hall N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc Breathe Easy N.Cotswolds Jean Ellis 01386 841253 Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] 0145181-520 / 822102 Campden Music Society N Cotswold Bridge Club Children & Youngsters Carol Jackson – concert Mgr Meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs 1st MIM Cub & Beaver Scouts [email protected] Alan Lamb 01386 701603 Cubs: Mon 6.15-8pm (ages 7½ yrs - 10½ yrs Cotswold Choral Society N.Cotswold CAMRA (Roger Price.Chair) Beavers : Tues 6.15-7.30pm (ages 5-8yrs) David South 01451 870494 01451810305. [email protected] Scout Hut, Station Rd. 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[email protected] Kingham Choral Society N Cotswold Digital Camera Club Bledington Toddler Group Derek Woods 01608 658738 James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk Nicki 01608 658137 Mon 10-11.30am Stow Junior Singers N Cotswold National Trust Bumps, Babes & Beyond Ages 5-8 Sats 10.30-11.30 am at St Edwards Church Room, Stow Sec Dr Colin Ellis 01451 822208 Mondays 10-12 at Oddington Village Hall Stow Junior Fiddlers N Cotswold Probus Club Emma 07966 205774 11.30-12.30 - Linda Green 01451 830327 Meets 2nd & 4th Thurs mornings Childrens Art Club (ages 4-12) Stow Youth Singers Sec Warren Wood 01451 831071 After school, Saturdays & holidays (Ages 9+) Linda Green – 01451 830327 N Cotswolds Rotary Gill Parkes 01386 700991 Fridays Term Time, 6-7pm at St Edwards Church Room, Stow Local Contact Brian Honess 01451 830052 Condicote Playgroup & Toddlers N Cotswold U3A Local Authorities Leader Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 Contact Jenny Stanfield 01451 824338 County Cllr Barry Dare Stow Youth Centre Royal British Legion Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT Youth Worker - Suzanne Collinson Branch T 831550 and 07779 452396 01452 425000/01386 701280 07825 721220 Fosse Way, Stow Club at Well Lane, Stow T 830242 [email protected] Charities Scottish Country Dance Group Cotswold District Council First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 Cirencester – Trinity Road, Cirencester 01452 858234 SINGLE FILE social events for 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk [email protected] unattached 50-65s, Meets fortnightly. Moreton Area Centre MIM branch Save the Children Contact Daphne 01295 788474 High Street Moreton 01608 650881 Joyce Rees 01608 650825 Stow Disability Association [email protected] Key Information Every Weds at Adlestrop V. Hall - I. 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Stow Town Council WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) Network Michael Ebelthite: 01451 824161 / Niall McIntosh: 01451 870221 . Stow Council Office, Stow Youth Club, Stow, GL54 1AB N Cotswolds: Emma Heathcote-James Little Compton Bowls Club Tel 01451 832585 [email protected] www.wireuk.org/networks All year club. Play starts in April Visitor Information Centre 01386 831 379/07977 226 025 YHA Stow on the Wold Sue Grantham 01608 642859 Tel 831082 [email protected] London Chinatown TaeKwonDo Robert Williams (Mgr) 01451 830497 Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) [email protected]/www.yha.org.uk Weds, 6.30pm Kids & families 2nd Tuesday every month, 2-4pm 7.30pm teens & adults Baden Powell Hall, Bourton on the Water Clubs listings If your club, association or group should be listed here please let us know the Redesdale Hall, Moreton 0751 7437 300 01451 822102/810520 relevant information and we can add the details to this list. 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43 The Thai RESTAURANT 3 Oxford Street, Moreton-in Marsh, GL56 0LA Try one of the most popular set menus from our extensive new range SET B - for 2 PEOPLE £19.95 per PERSON MIXED PLATTER A delicious starter of chicken satay, duck spring rolls, prawns wrapped in rice paper, spare ribs with aromatic honey sauce. MAIN COURSE CRISPY ROAST DUCK WITH TAMARIND SAUCE SIRLOIN STEAK WITH PANANG SAUCE SIR FRIED MIXED VEGETABLES IN OYSTER SAUCE PLAIN NOODLES STEAMED RICE

Sunday Dining All Day Sunday Thai Buffet - £10.95 or Traditional English Sunday Carvery - £8.99 (Special Prices for Children) We let our food do the talking... The fact that we cater to over 100 people every Sunday speaks volumes!!!

Bookings: Tel: 01608 654080 www.thethairestaurant.co.uk

Have you only ever dreamed of owning a bespoke kitchen? Here are 5 reasons why you should talk to us... • Our unique and stylish design will make your dream become a reality • Fully accountable project manager to relieve your stress • Reassuring 10 year guarantee on our hand built cabinetry • Only ever expertly installed by us • Wide range of appliances and accessories always available

“Thank you, you and your team are first class” Mrs M, Gloucestershire Call us now on 01608 642266 to organise your free consultation The Cotswold Country Kitchen Company Unit 8 Worcester Road Industrial Estate Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5XW www.cotswoldcountrykitchens.com