TOWERSEY NEWSLETTER
May 2017
Editorial
We hope everybody enjoyed the May bank holiday events in the village. This edition of the newsletter features a number of summer events including The Church Fete and The Fringe.
Lisa Davis (t: 217328) and Anne Barrow (t:215034)
HELPERS DRINKS Friday 16th June 6:30pm At the Manor Barn
Join us for a glass of Pimm’s To go through the fete preparations.
The fete is a great village event and if you would like to help on the day please let us know
Fete Committee: Louise Riley Tel: 01844 218005 [email protected]
Towersey Parish Council
May 2017
All electors in the Parish are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings. If you wish to ask a question of the Council email The Clerk [email protected] Next Meeting Date: All meetings in 2017 are being held in the War memorial Hall and will commence at 7.30pm 6th June - Annual Council meeting
Parish Councillors on the Council are: Cllr Mark Davis (Chairman), Cllr Steve Nutley (Vice Chairman), Cllr Kerr Stephenson, Cllr Nikki Jackson and Cllr Ashley Byrne.
District Councillors are: Cllr Lynn Lloyd, Cllr Ian White County Councillors are: Election on 4th May to determine the County Councillor – PLEASE VOTE
Planning Matters: PM.1 Planning Applications considered: P17/S0958/LDP Certificate of Lawful Development – info only Proposal to construct a single storey extension to rear (north) of 19 Windmill Close P17/S1171/HH Demolition of existing outbuilding and conservatory and erection of part single storey and part two storey rear extension at 19 Windmill Road Recommendation: Approval P17/S0831/FUL Variation of condition 2 and 8 of P16/S1316 to alter part of the garage to a gym and shower room – realignment of driveway at Elmhurst House, Manor Road. Recommendation: Approval Planning Permission granted by SODC: P17/S0664/HH Two storey side and single storey side and front extensions. Changes to external materials at Greenway, Manor Road Planning Matters PM.1 Change of use of agricultural building to accommodate a small livery business to be known as Cricketers Piece, Manor Road. PM.2 Appeal Decision – APP/Q3115/W/16/3164284 – land to west of Chinnor Road, Towersey – P16/S2212/O. The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for the erection of 4 dwellings and provision of new access to the paddock to the west.
Free Compost Giveaway Saturday 13th May – 9am to 11am – Old SODC office car park, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED Sunday 14th May – 9am to 11am – Rye Farm Car Park, Culham Road, Abingdon, OX14 3NN Come and collect FREE locally produced composts – don’t forget your shovel! Collect FREE recycling goodies along with lots of other great offers for composting and recycling.
Residents urged to get involved in South Oxfordshire Local Plan Communities in South Oxfordshire are being urged to “get involved” as the district council develops its plan to address the need for housing and job growth in the district. The plan includes a more detailed look at what new infrastructure will be needed and how it will be delivered. The latest draft of the council’s new Local Plan will be available for consultation from 29 March for seven weeks to give residents and local organisations the opportunity to comment on the document. The plan includes more detail about the district’s need for infrastructure like new shops, leisure centres, schools and roads - and how this need will change as new houses are built. The plan will be published on the council’s website at www.southoxon.gov.uk/newlocalplan along with all the details on how to comment.
Useful Contact Numbers: Mrs Jo Wills - Towersey Parish Council Clerk – [email protected] PCSO Natalie White – Thame Valley Police - 101 OCC Street Light faults - 0800 317802 OCC Highways issues – pot holes etc. 0845 3101111 Thame Citizens Advice Bureau 08444 111 444
HELP WANTED WITH LIGHT GARDENING Small garden – no lawns
Tom and Jean Digby
Pogles Wood, Manor Road
Call 216003
ANOTHER CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR THE
TOWERSEY 150 CLUB
IN AID OF THE TOWERSEY PLAYING FIELDS REFURBISHMENT PROJECT
Many of you subscribed to the scheme in 2016, for which we have been most grateful and hope that you were among the lucky winners.
Well it’s time to run it again!
For those of you not familiar with this, subscribers buy any number of shares at £60 each, and the share or shares are entered into 12 monthly draws for cash prizes – ranging from £15 to £75 with 2 bonus draws during the year of up to £500, assuming all 150 shares are purchased.
If you have any questions regarding this please contact Judith Allworth on 21676, [email protected]. Any of the Playing Fields Committee members will be happy to help you. We have included an application form in this newsletter for your convenience.
All applications need to be in June 30th 2017. The first draw will take place in July.
Thank you for your support Towersey Playing Fields Committee.
TOWERSEY 150 CLUB 2017 In aid of the TOWERSEY PLAYING FIELDS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 150 CLUB RULES
1. The shares will cost £5 each a month for twelve months. There will be a maximum of 150 shares in total and each share will be allocated a number, which will remain constant.
2. Payment will be made EITHER in full (£60), prior to the first draw, OR by monthly Standing Order of £5 per share payable on the first of the month starting in June 2014.
3. The scheme will run for a period of twelve months with the draw normally taking place during the first half of each month. Watch for the time and place of each draw in the newsletter.
4. Any person may purchase more than one share subject to availability. Co-ownership of shares must be arranged between the individuals concerned.
5. Prizes will equate to 40% of income received after the deduction of essential expenses such as printing, stationery and postage. The balance will be devoted to Towersey Playing Fields Development appeal.
Note: assuming the scheme is fully subscribed, monthly prizes will be: £75, £50, £35, £25 and £15 and six-monthly prizes of £500. This leaves a contingency for costs and non-receipt of standing order income of £200.
6. No prizes won in the draw shall be paid or delivered by the organisers to any person other than the person to whom the winning ticket was sold.
7. No share shall be allocated by the organisers except by way of sale and upon receipt of its full price or a completed Bankers Standing Order Mandate. No money received by the organiser shall in any circumstances be returned.
Share Application Form
Please complete this page in BLOCK CAPITALS and return it to Judith Allworth, Secretary of TPFMC, Lower Green Farm, Lower Green, Towersey OX9 3QP, or at [email protected] (if responding by email, a typed signature is acceptable)
Name:______
Address:
Telephone______
Number of Shares required:
I understand and accept the rules of the Draw and
EITHER enclose a cheque for £...... (£60 per Share) payable to “Towersey Playing Fields Management Committee”
OR have completed the attached bankers Standing Order Mandate (Delete as applicable)
Signature______Date______Bankers Standing Order Mandate
Your details: (BLOCK CAPITALS, please)
Name______
Address
Your Bank details______Bank
Address
Account No. Sort Code
Signature Date
Please pay to Barclays Bank Limited, Thame, Oxfordshire, to the credit of "Towersey Playing Fields Management Committee”. (Account Number and Sort Code to be provided by the organizers), the sum of £...... (£5 per Share) each month commencing on the first day of July 2017 and thereafter on the first day of each month until and including June 2018
NB Towersey 150 Club will send this form to your Bank
Dorothy’s Memories
Below we have another of the late Dorothy Turner’s many press clippings and articles that her daughter, Helen Milton, has kindly passed on to us. This one made the national press, appearing in the Sunday People newspaper on December 20th, 1981. Where is Kate now, I wonder?
To celebrate the Long Life of DOROTHY (DOLL) TURNER 1922 – 2017
A Memorial Service At St Catherine’s Church TOWERSEY 1ST July at 12.00 noon
Please wear a splash of Purple, Mauve or Dark Pink, Mum’s favourite colours.
A Buffet Lunch will be available in the Memorial Hall After the Service.
RSVP if you would like to join me for the eats. Helen Milton [email protected] 07813 161368 Wacton Grange, Bredenbury, BROMYARD. HR7 4TQ
Village Diary from May 2017
Sat 6th May 10.30am – 12 noon Pop Up Café Memorial Hall Sat 27th May 7 – 11 pm Red Onion Band & The Social Club Sirens Sat 27th May 7.30pm Tay O’Lay Three Horseshoes Sat 3rd June 10.30 – 12 noon Pop Up Café Memorial Hall Sun 11th June 2 – 5pm Towersey Open The Village Gardens Friday 16th June 6.30pm Fete Helpers Drinks Manor Barn Sun 25th June 12.30-4pm Church Fete The Manor Sun 27th August 12noon – midnight The Fringe Playing Fields Deadline for next Newsletter 26th May