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Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Newsletter “Be part of it” SMALL SQUARE also available at http://www.woottondrysandfordshippon.co.uk/newsletter ADVERT Published by the Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre February 2018 The Joint Neighbourhood Plan 4.4cm x 4.4cm The Questionnaire What’s in this month’s (19.36cm²) The Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire should arrive on everyone’s doorsteps before the end of January issue? approx. asking your views on your community; what we need to protect and what we need to improve. This will provide P2 Letters to the editor you with the opportunity to say what is important to you Message from the Editor within your area and for you to have a say regarding facilities in the area plus improvements you feel can be P3 St Helen’s Church Update SMALL HORIZONTAL introduced; it will shape the future of your community Neighbourhood Update from ADVERT PC Rich Osborne for the next 20 years or so. It will be vitally important 6.8cm width, 2.9cm depth that as many members of the community as possible P4 History Society Report (19.72cm²) approx. take the time to complete the questionnaire, as this will The Prehistory of the Upper provide the evidence to the Independent Inspector of Thames what the community wants. Watch out for details of a number of events introducing the questionnaire. Extra P5 Sandleigh Seniors copies of the questionnaire can be obtained or St Peter’s Church completed on-line on the website www.wshwnp.org.uk Wednesday Club or help completing the questionnaire can be obtained by contacting George Edmonds-Brown on 01865 P6&7: Community Centre Events 739419 or e-mailing [email protected]. P9: Friends of Shippon diary Cont’d on page 10

P10: Joint Neighbourhood Plan Cont’d

P11: WADS Christmas Craft Fair News from Wootton Parish Council

P20: What’s on in the village this month? Dear Editor I would like to thank our patrons for their generosity in 2017. As you can see from below, the money that was raised has gone to some very good local causes.

WOOTTON COMMUNITY COFFEE Donations made in 2017 The following organisations received donations during 2017 totalling in excess of £1800.00 St. Peters Church to purchase a lawn mower Sobel House – (Judy Phipps) RNLI – (Tony Morris) Dry Sandford School St. Helens Church to purchase an Altar Carpet 24th Abingdon Scout Group

Wootton & Dry Sandford Pre-School

Wootton St. Peter’s C of E Primary School also received a donation to purchase a shed for their allotment from previous years funds. Thank you for your support Regards – Tony Fitzgibbon (Wootton Community Coffee Treasurer)

Dear Editor I am writing on behalf of the county council, Oxford Health Foundation Trust, Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Oxfordshire Association of Care Providers to ask if you would support our campaign to recruit care workers across Oxfordshire.

Oxfordshire currently has around 14,200 people working in adult social care. But the county's ageing population is growing at twice the average, so there is an urgent need for more caring, friendly and reliable care workers to support older, frail people in their own homes, in nursing and residential homes or in community hospital settings. See advert for more details. Many thanks in advance, Naomi Slade Marketing Officer Oxfordshire County Council [email protected] | 07584481222

Message from the Editor I hope everyone managed to have a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year and managed to stay warm and safe during the winter months. Although we are still very much in the midst of our British winter, it’s reassuring to already see evidence of budding new life in our landscape in readiness for the spring.

Taking a little walk with my two dogs and granddaughter recently past the park behind the community centre, we noticed that a heavy mist had landed over the field making it look both menacing and romantic. My granddaughter piped up “look Nanna, the clouds have fallen from the sky.” So sweet! I managed to get quick snap shot but I’m not sure if it does it justice in black and white.

2 St Helen’s Church Update Interregnum Happy New Year everyone! At the start of 2018, we both reflect on the past as well as look forward with high expectations for the future at St. Helen’s Church. Although we reluctantly said our good-byes at the end of December to our well-loved Vicar of seven years, Tim Perry (and his family), we are grateful for the immeasurable difference they made to the life of the Parish. We are actively recruiting a replacement, and during this interregnum we have arranged for Sunday Services to continue each week.

Please do join us each Sunday throughout February as we will explore a new sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount and how it applies to living the Christian life.

Services in February  Sunday 4th Feb (11:15 am) – Morning Service  Sunday 11th Feb (11:15am),Morning Service led by the Rev. Stephen Coe  Sunday 18th Feb (11:15am) - Family Service  Sunday 25th Feb – (11:15am) Morning Service with Holy Communion led by the Rev. Dr. David Wenham

We welcome you each Sunday morning for a worship service at 11.15am. Don’t forget updates can be found on our website: www.sthelensdrysandford.org.

Marisa Goodenough

Neighbourhood update from PCSO Rich Osborn

Burglaries The Abingdon Outer Neighbourhood team along with the Investigation Hub have been carrying out high visibility patrols in the areas affected by the recent burglaries. Crime prevention advice has been given out and SmartWater kits have been sold.

What is SmartWater? Smartwater is a brand of forensic marking fluid containing millions of microscopic particles that make up an individual property identification code. The liquid is invisible to the naked eye, but glows green under UV light. It can be painted onto valuable items (e.g. laptops, MP3 players, televisions, antiques) so that if the items are stolen and later seized by the police, the markings can be checked and items linked with their owners. For more information please visitwww.smartwater.com We have a small supply of SmartWater and if you would like to purchase some we can offer it at a discounted rate of £11. If you are interested in finding out more about it or would like a crime reduction survey done on your property then please contact me using the details below.

Power tools seized A large number of power tools have been recovered from a warrant in the Wheatley area and Thames Valley Police are seeking to reunite the tools with their rightful owners. If you believe that one of the recovered tools belongs to you or your company then please feel free to attend Abingdon Police station to view the recovered items. (The viewing times were too soon for publication in this newsletter. £20,000 of stolen property was returned to their owners, but some power tools remain to be claimed. If you believe that your property may be amongst them, please contact Abingdon Police Station to arrange a viewing.) Please do your upmost to bring proof of purchase with you to the Police station. It is, however, understood that paperwork is not always kept so each case will be assessed on its own merits and the Police officers in attendance will be able to make a decision based on the information provided.

What the neighbourhood team have been doing I have been working with Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue carrying out Safe and Well checks on vulnerable and elderly people. We look at smoke detectors to make sure they work (or fit them if they don’t have any). We also discuss a Fire Plan so they know what to do in case of a house fire and carry out a home security check.

3 History Society Report - 11th January 2018 The Prehistory of the Upper Thames

This talk was given to the Society by Andrew Sargent. Mr Sargent began by telling us that the period he would cover spanned about 500,000 years. This was a time when Britain was attached to the European mainland, the climate was similar to the Mediterranean climate today and the fauna and flora were very different from the present. The Thames followed a very different course then, taking a channel to the north of the present one.

The earliest remains of ancestors of modern man (hominids) in Britain were found in Boxgrove in Sussex, and have been dated to 500,000 years old. Similar (though later) ﬁnds were made in Swanscombe in Kent and Kent’s Cavern in Devon. Later evidence of hominids in Britain is rather slight for a long period, until the appearance of Neanderthal man some 60,000 years ago. Only a few Neanderthal remains have been found in the Thames Valley.

The ﬁrst humans appeared on the scene about 40,000 years ago, although, again, there is very little evidence of their presence in this area. Then about 16,000 years ago the climate worsened and the Neanderthals disappeared. From now on there is more evidence of human activity. Flint axes and tools have been found in many places, including Burford and Goring, and this shows that groups were passing along the Thames, probably in pursuit of game.

Between 9,500 and 6,000 years ago, the Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Age, objects with a ritual significance were produced, and around 6,000 BC, at the beginning of the Neolithic Age, the first pottery and stone tools have been found, for example on the confluence of the Ock and the Thames, and in Tubney woods. Around this time was the start of mixed farming. The communities were still mobile, and there is only evidence of a little cereal farming. The main activity seems to have been the clearing of ground for grazing livestock. There have been many finds in Stanton Harcourt, and in Benson from this period. Some of the most significant monuments in the Upper Thames area from the Neolithic period were Waylands Smithy on the Downs (a Long Barrow), the Devils Quoits at Stanton Harcourt, structures at Dorchester on Thames and Barrows in Barrow Hills in Radley.

By the second millennium BC barrows were no longer used. With the onset of the Bronze Age we see the rise of a class of leaders, and evidence of conﬂict and the development of metal weapons. Trade, too, became more important, and there is evidence that Wallingford became an entrepôt for traders using the Thames to carry goods to the London area. Further down river, Runnymede became an even larger entrepôt. At this time people were often buried with weapons and rich objects, and many swords were cast into the river, probably as a ritual action.

In the Iron Age, between 800 BC and the Roman invasion, there is more evidence that a stable social order was developing. Small settlements were developing on a permanent basis, with ﬁelds and permanent dwellings. In Stanton Harcourt, and nearby at Gravelly Guy there was evidence of about 30 round houses. Another example was Mingies Ditch, on the Windrush, a farmstead with rough grazing for livestock. At about the same time, hill forts were developing, for example at Wittenham Clumps. Similar settlements were built in lowland areas too. Many of them survived the Roman invasion and have become known as Oppidums (Oppida). A good example of that is Silchester, in Hampshire. Abingdon, too, may have been an Oppidum. It was occupied through the whole of the Iron Age, and it has claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited town in the country. The main ‘Roman’ towns in this area were Abingdon, Cirencester, Dorchester, Oxford and Wallingford. The Roman occupation led to a more peaceful existence for the native people who often began to think of themselves as Romans, and villas appeared in many places. These were usually farmsteads, and not necessarily luxurious places, as they might have been in Italy. The Romans themselves were rather dismissive of the natives, often referring to them as “Britunculi” (titchy Britons), but there is little evidence in this area of poor relations between occupiers and occupied. The next meeting of the Society will be on Thursday 8th February, and the subject will be “The History of Oxford University”. David Taylor

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4 Sandleigh Seniors On Monday 4 December, members enjoyed a mammoth Grand Christmas Raffle of £300 worth of prizes with an excellent variety of themed goodies, followed by tea and cakes. On Monday 18 December a Christmas Carols Quiz provided much brain teasing and laughter. This was followed by a splendid buffet thanks to Frances Dix, and a meat raffle. A surprise visit from Father Christmas was enjoyed and each member received a gift bag containing chocolates, biscuits and wine!

The accompanying photograph taken by Sarah O'connor shows Father Christmas at work - or is he waiting for a haircut? At the AGM on Monday 15 January a new Committee was appointed. Roy Phipps (past Chairman) continues with the new committee.

Many grateful thanks to Sylvia Bull, Mollie Penn, Joyce Stone, Di Thorpe, Ann Webber (the outgoing committee), and Roy for their sterling efforts over several years, and to Frances Dix for her expertise and help with the catering. A special thanks also to Dick Cleeter for his help on 18 December!!

Sandleigh Seniors will continue to meet on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, apart from bank holidays. Ron Webber

St Peter’s Church Wootton. Wednesday Club Please come and join us on Sunday mornings at The Club held a New Year's Eve party at the 10am. Community Centre, which was well attended, and a You can be sure of a very warm welcome! great success. The comedian was very good he got We also have a service of Holy Communion every everyone dancing, even doing the conga at Wednesday morning at 10am. midnight! Everyone had a wonderful time! Especially For Families and Children: th Our Family Service is on Sunday 18 February at Our speaker on 12th February will be a 10am representative from Age UK: this talk should prove (Holy Communion at 9am) informative and interesting. In March we will have a

th talk by a local lock keeper and in April we hope to Messy Church will take place at 3pm on 25 welcome a member of the Thames Valley Police February Force.

Tiddlers is a friendly group of pre-school children nd Several members visited the New Theatre, Oxford and their carers who meet in the church every 2 just before Christmas to see an amazing Friday at 2pm for a story, activity and cake! th rd performance of War Horse. This wonderful story, Come and join us on 9 and 23 February based on fact, transferred from the novel to the stage remarkably well and was very enjoyable Furthur details available at: although sad at times. [email protected] www.woottonchurch.co.uk The next theatre trip is in February to see Cilla. or Jon & Jenni Williams on 01865 735661 The Wednesday Club had a very successful We look forward to seeing you in 2018! year. All meetings were well attended and the Easter break to Telford, Shrewsbury and surrounding areas was much enjoyed. All outings during the year were appreciated, enjoyed and well supported. The final trip was to Milton Keynes to buy up the sales just after Christmas. This latter trip was arranged to make up for the cancelled visit to the Christmas market at Cheltenham due to icy roads.

We look forward to another enjoyable and eventful year in 2018.

Eileen Knapp

5 Calling all Hobby Crafters 2018 WADS Community Dates for the diary nd Craft club meets on the 2 Thursday of each month at PSA dates 2018 Feb 11th, March 11th, April 8th, Wads CC 2-4pm room F1: Craft club dates Feb 8th, May 13th, June 10th, July 8th, Aug 12th, Sept 9th, March 8th, April 12th, May 10th, June 14th, July 12th, Oct 14th, Nov 11th, Dec 9th. Aug 9th, Sept 13th, Oct 11th, Nov 8th, Dec 13th WADS STOCK 2018 will be held on Sat July Please contact Karen Fysh for more details 28th.

Craft Cafe @ WADS CC Come and join us for a cuppa The Scarecrow Festival will be from Sat Sept th 29th until Sat Oct 13th. and chat on the 4 Wednesday of the month 2pm- 4.30pm, Feb 28th, March 28th, April 25th, May 23rd, The Craft & Produce Show will be held on June 27th, July 25th, Aug 22nd, Sept 26th, Oct 24th, Sunday Oct 7th. Nov 28th. For more info on any of the events listed please contact Karen. 01235 532816 or [email protected]

Would you like to help at Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre’s fundraising events? This could entail:

 Putting out/away tables and chairs

 Preparing food

 Selling items on a stall

 Selling refreshments 12.30 – 3 pm

It could be morning, afternoon or evenings for any amount of time that you are able and at any of the events of your choosing. For more information or to register your interest please contact Christine West on 01865 736523

Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre Registered Charity No. 1121899

Roy’s Quiz Nights @ Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre

Held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Future dates for your diary are: 10 February, 10 March and 14 April Wootton (Abingdon) Parish Council Meeting Free Tea and Coffee only - Bring your own The next meeting of Wootton Parish Council will be held th wine/beer on Tuesday 6 February 2018 at 7.30pm at the Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre. The following Quiz teams up to 8 person £2.00 per head. meeting of the Parish Council will be on 6th March 2018. Further info ring Roy Phipps 01865 735865.

6 Get fit the enjoyable way

Join our friendly groups at one of the following sessions

Pickleball Mondays 2pm to 3pm - Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre; Main Hall

Table tennis Tuesdays 11am to 12 noon - Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre; F3

Table tennis Thursdays 11.30 am to 12 .30pm - Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre; F3

Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre Fundraising Registered Charity No. 1121899

Dewdrop’in Teashop is open to all so please Dewdrop’in for cuppa, cake and chat.

Contact Details. Christine West on 01865 736523 or Sue Alder on 07821 534111

Laugh and learn Wootton Reading Group

Ballroom and Latin Dance Classes Do you love to read? We are a friendly group of readers who meet every six weeks on a Tuesday evening from 7.30 – 9pm. We David Douglas International ten explore a wide variety of genres as we discuss the set book and dance champion will be teaching choose a different book to read and discuss for our next meeting. If beginners and more advanced you would like to join us, and add your thoughts and ideas to the dancers. group,

This will be on a Monday night please contact Rebecca Turner on [email protected] 7.45 until 8.45 for beginners and for more details 8.45 until 9.45 for other dancers. You can then put your skills and Community Coffee Mornings practice on Friday nights with Mike Every Thursday at Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre and Margaret. 9:30am to 11:45 (last hot food orders at 11:15am) Coffee, teas, homemade cakes, toasted teacakes, bacon or sausage rolls etc. All ages welcome

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Frday 2nd March : 'Wildlife In Our Back Garden' May Parker

Friday 13th April: 'Ladies in the Tower' Tony Stafford

Friday 11th May: 'Children and War' Liz Woolley

Our meetings are held in Shippon Church Hall and start at 7.30pm Free entry for members, visitors £3 Information on above events: Val Dawson 01235 529596 Book club: Carol Gibbins 01235 527211 Bridge Club: Mo Hinkley Smith 01235 521657

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Young People’s Event We will be holding two Young People’s Fun Days from 2pm to 5pm on Wednesday 14th February at Dalton Barracks Community Centre and on Thursday 15th February at the Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre. There will be a range of activities and free pizza, cakes and drinks. Register at www.wshwnp.org.uk/youngperson or call Richard Bahu on 07802 201708 or e-mail him on [email protected] . A Consent Form signed by a parent or guardian, which can be downloaded on the website or obtained from Richard Bahu, will need to be brought to the meeting or completed at the start of the event. Placecheck Let us know what you like and don’t like about your community by signing up to Placecheck on http://www.placecheck.info/maps/view/?map=wootonsthelen It there is a green space that you think should be preserved or an road which suffers from traffic jams or speeding you can mark it on the map and make a comment. This will help us identify issues for the Neighbourhood Plan.

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NEWS FROM WOOTTON PARISH DOES WOOTTON NEED A WRITING COUNCIL GROUP?

Road Closure: Old Boars Hill Writing groups can be a pleasant way for potential Owing to water main renewal works there will be writers of novels, short stories, poems or non-fiction a prohibition of through traffic on Old Boars Hill books to get together, say once a month, to share and Orchard Lane from 12th February for about and comment on each other’s work and from time to 10 weeks. Further information regarding the time to invite a published author to address the group. works can be obtained from Darren Hewitt on 07464 544639. Do let me know if you are interested and we can decide whether to take it forward – George Dog Waste Edmonds-Brown, Tel. 01865 739419, e-mail- Dog owners are reminded of the importance of [email protected] properly disposing of dog waste. Most dog owners in the Parish are responsible, but there has been a marked increase recently in dog waste being left on pavements and elsewhere causing significant inconvenience to local residents. For advert enquiries, contact: Motor bikes Motor bikes and BMX bikes have been causing problems on footpaths in the Parish; motor bike [email protected] riders are reminded that they should not use their bikes on footpaths in the Parish. Deadline for March Edition is 15th February

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19 What’s On Upcoming events in the village CC : Community Centre CCC : Cumnor Cricket Club February 2018 CVH : Cumnor Village Hall CrP : Cricket Pavillion 3 Sleeping Beauty Pantomime CC DB : Dalton Barracks 6 Wootton Parish Council Meeting CC DBCC : Dalton Barracks Community Centre 8 History Society Meeting CC DSC : Dry Sandford Church 8 Craft Club CC DSS : Dry Sandford School 9 Friends of Shippon ‘Alice’ SCH SHQ : Scout HQ 10 Jumble Sale CC StH : St Helen’s, Dry Sandford 10 Roy’s Quiz CC StP : St Peter’s, Wootton 11 Pleasant Sunday Afternoon CC WS : Wootton School 12 Wednesday Club CC SVH : Sunningwell Village Hall 14 Joint Neighbourhood Plan young peoples fun day DB BP : Bystander Pub 15 Joint Neighbourhood Plan young peoples fun day CC (I) : Intermediate 19 St Helen’s Without Parish Council Meeting SCH (A) : All standards 28 Craft Cafe (Sh) : Shippon StHCC: St. Helens Church Centre ******************************************************* SCH : Shippon Church Hall March 2018 Please note - the postcode of the Community Centre is OX13 6DA 2 Friends of Shippon Wildlife in our back garden SCH 6 Wootton Parish Council Meeting CC 8 Craft Club CC 10 Roy’s Quiz CC 11 Pleasant Sunday Afternoon CC Monday 24 Spring Craft Fair CC Pre-School CC 9.15am 26 St Helen’s Without Parish Council Meeting DSS Bridge CC 2.00pm 28 Craft Café CC Pickleball CC 2.00 pm

Beaver scouts SHQ 5.15pm Cub Scouts SHQ 6.30pm Circuit Training CC 6.30pm Bingo CC 7.30pm Wootton Players CC 7.30pm Community Centre Bookings (October to February) Scouts SHQ 7.00pm Booking Clerk : [email protected] 07770 447186.

Tuesday Church Services Pre-School CC 9.15am Table tennis CC 11.00am St Peter’s, Wootton Calvary Chapel Oxford Zumba CC 6.30pm Sunday - 10.00am Sunday at 10.30 am Botley Primary School Wootton Warblers StP 7.00pm Communion mid week—Wed10.00am Elms Road, Botley, OX2 9JZ Badminton CC 8.00pm For enquiries, call the Vicarage: Jon and Jenni Williams - 01865 735661 Phone—01865 864498

Wednesday [email protected] St Helen’s, Dry Sandford http://www.calvarychapeloxford.org.uk/ Pre-School CC 9.15am Services—Sundays at 11.15am Keep Young Stay Fit CC 10.30am St Thomas More, Grace Dieu For enquiries, email Wootton Players CC 7.30pm Fox Lane, Boars Hill [email protected], or go to (October to February) Fr Daniel Lloyd (07584 32915) www.sthelensdrysandford.org. Bowls Group CC 7.45pm Mass at 8.30 a.m. on Fridays

Thursday Police

If you have information about To leave non-urgent messages for Pre-School CC 9.15am crime, phone CRIMESTOPPERS Community Coffee CC 9.30 am PCSO Rich Osborn C9323 call 101 On 0800 555 111 (voicemail available) Zumba Gold CC 10.00 am [email protected] Table Tennis CC 11.30 am Mums Tots Songs WS 2.10pm Public Libraries Recycling & Waste

(01235 520374) Friday Abingdon, Charter Redbridge, Oxford: (nr Park & Ride):

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Oxford, Westgate (01865 241718) Drayton: Pilates CC 9.30am 9.15am - 7.00pm (Mon to Thu) Mon-Sat 8.30-4.00 Zumba Toning CC 9.30am 9.15am - 5.00pm (Fri, Sat) Sun 9.00-4.00 Zumba CC 10.30am 20