Bourton Times August 2016 Issue 77
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COTSWOLD TIMES BOURTON TIMES AUGUST 2016 ISSUE 77 In your AUGUST magazine OUR (Seventh) PHOTO COMPETITION – start looking and finding the photos now – closing date 1 September PAGES 7–17 UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE Brass rubbing in the Cotswolds PAGE 29 I REMEMBER ADLESTROP for its bells! PAGE 42 PLUS SUMMER EVENTS . fetes, festivals, dog shows, games, duck racing, live music and theatre . cotswoldtimes COTSWOLD TIMES | 1 BOURTON_TIMES_AUGUST 2016.indd 1 24/07/2016 12:11 VAST CHOICE OF BEAUTIFUL JEWELLERY SHAWLS UNUSUAL GIFTS TOGETHER WITH TIBETAN RUGS PRODUCED BY TALENTED CRAFTSMEN IN NEPAL ALAIN ROUVEURE GALLERIES TODENHAM, NEAR MORETON - IN - MARSH . 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This month we are featuring our 7th Photo Competition – 7th, doesn’t time FEATURES fly! Once again the magazines have grown in a year, and when I go around with a camera it always amazes me how different in character the towns 7,8 How it works & an Entry Form are from one another, how each village maintains its’ unique identity. For 9-17 one taken in every community where we all of us (I expect) this competition is a wonderful excuse to potter around The Photos those communities that we haven’t visited in ages – or perhaps ever! Take a deliver the Cotswold Times Competition Answer sheet with you – who knows what you will see? All of 29 Understated Elegance Kathryn Allison the photos were taken from the road or pavement, and there was no trick photography (or photoshop to make changes!). So, start with a couple of easy 42 I remember Adlestrop Ralph Price ones – visit Longborough or Lower Slaughter, and take your time to have a proper look. 45 4 feet and 2 wheels for KHN! Fundraising for Kate’s Home Nursing Caroline Fisher With so much going on in the magazine this month a few of our regular community pages have taken a back seat - some communities are taking the 59 Our local Paralympians month off while others are busy running exhibitions and fetes! There’s quite a bit of activity from local government this month and a selection of central government reports and statements - some more interesting than others. The REGULARS 2016 Great British High Street Competition has just launched (p23) – Chipping Norton came a stunning second in their category last year and I’m sure they 44 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books won’t be holding back this time – we wish the team bags of energy and endless enthusiasm, and lots of luck. 18 Local Authority information, Blood Donor sessions, Community Notices Whatever you are planning to do in August we hope the weather will be… shall we say ’appropriate’! We will look forward to receiving your Photo 19 Notes from Bourton on the Water Parish Competition entry form – even if it has only half a dozen answers on it, you 21 Planning - Summary of Applications received could be a winner! So please make sure that we receive it by 1st September. Best wishes, 22 Community news 23 Great British High Street 2016 24 Local Church Services Editor 26 Tax issues – Robb Eden DELIVERING BOURTON TIMES 28 – 37 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY (Festivals, art and craft We urgently need your help, please shows, markets, live music, walks, clubs, fairs & fetes, etc) We really appreciate the help we receive delivering the magazines – but there are gaps and there is a serious risk that these areas will not receive Bourton 38-40 Club Notices & Rural Cinemas Times. Some of these areas (*) will easily split into smaller numbers, ideal for a small group of neighbours (eg: 3-4 people delivering in the new estate would 41 N. Cotswold Rotary; RAFA (as ST) get it done in about 20 minutes!) Can you help, please? 50-53 News from some of our local Schools Can you help with delivering Bourton Times in your area, please? 59-61 News from local Sports Clubs WHERE No. of magazines Time needed (approx.) Mousetrap Lane 18 12-15 mins 62, 63 Local Business Directory School Hill 15 10 mins Collets Court 4 3 mins Rectory Lane 22 15 - 20 mins Springfields 28 25 mins Bow Lane & Victoria St 14 10 mins Station Road (Including Foxes Court, etc) 45 40 mins With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including: Rissington Rd (part) 40 30 mins Kathryn Allison, Christabel Hardacre, Nicholas John, Jan Marley, Ralph Price, Copse Meadow 23 20 mins Rachel Ramsay and Chris Turner – the ‘prep’ and print team, and our volunteer Kings Meadow 101 (2 people?) 50 mins x 2 deliverers. They all help to make these magazines happen each month! New estate roads 59 (2 people ?) 25 mins x 2 Springvale/ Melville 125 (2 people ?) 1 hour x 2 Cover photograph: ‘Summer in the Cotswolds‘© Cotswold Times Collection(7.2016) Our next edition is for SEPTEMBER 2016 The copydate is 15th August 2016 Extra copies of Bourton Times are generally available in Bourton Visitor Infomation Centre, The Motoring Museum, Dial House Hotel, the Surgery and the Contact Bourton Times on: clinics. Tel: 01451 822788 Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced Mob: 07789 175 002 for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every [email protected] effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept www.bourtontimes.co.uk any responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur. P O Box 6, The Square Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AB COTSWOLD TIMES | 5 6 | COTSWOLD TIMES CoTSWold TIMeS photo Competition 2016 Where is that? I know where that is! Where was that taken? I’ve seen that before . LOOK UP – LOOK DOWN – LOOK BEHIND YOU! Inside the August editions of Stow Times, Moreton Times, Bourton Times and Chipping Norton Times are a set of numbered photographs, all taken recently, one in each of the communities where we deliver the magazines every month. But – these are not average picture postcard images, and you may need to look carefully! The Challenge . To identify the communities where the photos were taken. You will need to get out and about in our stunning corner of the Cotswolds and look for something or somewhere which is on our doorstep – and which you might not have noticed before! And EVERYONE can have a go! There will be LOTS of winners NB. Only 2 of the Cotswold Times team know where the for the most correct answers of course, and for the photographs were taken – so everyone can join in! youngest/oldest entrant, the best family entry, the best local business entry, the best pub or club entry and more.