Tadmarton and Swalcliffe December 2017– January 2018

The Link News and information covering Tadmarton and Swalcliffe December 2017– January 2018

Come, and meet the real Santa Claus

Tadmarton Church

Sunday December 3rd 2017 4.00pm

Children aged 0 – 99 warmly welcomed Grannies and dogs too.

Refreshments afterwards.

Tadmarton Village Website Swalcliffe Village Website

www.tadmartonvillage.co.uk www.swalcliffevillage.co.uk

Editorial and Advertising Editor New arrivals, births, Mery Wolke marriages and deaths send to: Honeystone Cottage Carole Moir Lower Tadmarton, nr Banbury Tel: 01295 788509 OX15 5SS [email protected] 01295-780451 Swalcliffe contributions: Charlotte Watkins Advertising Manager and Treasurer Holly Cottage, Bakers Lane, Julie Lingwood Swalcliffe. Willows End, Lower Tadmarton, Tel: 01295 788045 Banbury OX15 5SS Tel: 01295 788813 Advertising Rates The Link is delivered to 370 homes in (Lower) Tadmarton, IMPORTANT! Swalcliffe and The Highlands Last copy date for the The Price for 1 year (10 issues) February issue is 17th January Full page 125mm x 185mm £ 110 ½ page 125mm x 90mm £ 66 Articles received LATE will ¼ page 60mm x 90mm £ 33 1 NOT be included in the next /8 page 60mm x 40mm £ 18

Tadmarton Parish Councillors Swalcliffe Parish Councillors

Richard Pinchin, Chairperson 780198 Ben Benson 07970838304 Steve Kingsford, Vice Chairperson 780558 Ryan Smith 788537 Jane Fitzpatrick 780451 Victoria Taylor 780206 Joan Thomas 722770 Cllr Urquhart 07867 695550 Tim Turner 780764 Christine Coles, Parish Clerk 276229 Steve Yeomans 780426

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Christopher Dean & Co Horticultural Society Tadmarton Village Hall Swalcliffe Church Tadmarton Church

3 Letters and Emails

THANK YOU TADMARTON

I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who helped me when I fractured my arm in the Village Hall after the Pudding Club and for the kind messages afterwards.

Once again it shows what a caring community Taddy is.

With Love

Another very enjoyable evening was had by all, at this years Pudding Club.

This event first started in 2014 as a one off fund raiser for the Church and Village Hall. But has proven to be as popular as ever ; so here's to next October.

Grateful thanks to all the donations of puddings, These together with Raffle prizes and help makes this such a special event .With no outgoings the total raised was £741 with some of the money coming from Tim conducting the auction which raised £81. Well done Tim.

Also a big Thankyou to Gill for supplying all the China.

Thankyou everyone for the support you give to Village events.

Notes from the Editor:

Welcome to the last issue of the year 2017.

I hope you all have been reading The Link with much interest . I know that I have enjoyed being the editor (so far).

I am always looking for inspiration , interesting facts, friendly banter, letters from villagers, ideas, photos, local history hints and tips and what’s on information.

So should you feel you can contribute or there is something you feel needs inclusions……………. Shout up.

With a bit of luck and guidance of the readers The Link will remain a MUST READ for the year 2018

P.s. Don’t forget that ALL mistakes are deliberate !

THANK YOU! Roy Freeman would like to thank everyone who came to his birthday tea party at the Lampet Arms. Thanks to Phyllis and Des for the food, to Roy, his brother and Wendy for the music- which made it.

Also thank you to our children and grandchildren who arranged it all- the best birthday ever!

Thank you to Des for the snowflakes and to everyone for their donations which came to £160 and will be split between the Village Hall and the Church.

An Evening with Sam Luxemburg. Thursday 7th December @ 7pm Tadmarton village Hall.

For those who have not yet registered their interest, there are still some spaces available.

Sam emigrated from England to Australia in August 1963 because he was offered a job in computer programming. This was when computers were still very new, cost millions of pounds, and were too big to fit into an average living room!

However, in the mid-seventies, Sam had a revelation moment, and switched from working with his head to working with his heart.

Sam studied, and subsequently qualified as a psychologist, and for the last 35 years his career in this field has included counsellor, teacher, management coach and organisational consultant.

Sam Luxemburg retired last year after an active career in psychology in Australia. He is spending a year in Europe and has now fallen in love with Oxfordshire and is staying in Lower Tadmarton.

Psychoanalysis, behaviourism and counselling are three flavours of psychology. How is it that they are all so relevant, and yet all so different? Note that they are all created by men. Why no women, especially when the majority of psychologists are female?

Further developments have included PTSD, EMDR, CBT, REBT and a lot more alphabet soup!

THREE MEN WHO CHANGED PSYCHOLOGY

Sigmund Freud Carl Rogers BF Skinner

Sam’s particular interests include the work of Carl Rogers, plus mindfulness, self-awareness and empathy.

As light refreshments and canapés are provided, please register your interest in advance with;

Sam Luxemburg Registered Psychologist in Australia Member of the Australian Psychological Society and the College of Counselling Psychologists [email protected] or, by ringing him, on 07474067793

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Tadmarton Village Hall 250 Club

November 2017

Lovesey. £15. Perry. £5. Curtis. £10. Luke. £5.

SWALCLIFFE & TADMARTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Our December meeting is on Thursday 14th at 8pm in Tadmarton V.H. Bill Darbon will be talking to us on the subject of: ‘Cacti and Succulents’ and, to end the evening Mulled Wine, Sausage Rolls and Mince Pies Look forward to seeing you all there.

PS. Don’t forget 8th February 2018 when Pauline Pears will be talking to us about

8 Tadmarton Charities

As the Village Appraisal highlighted the fact that many people in the Village knew little about Tadmarton Charites I thought it would be helpful to give a little back- ground especially as new people move into the village.

Tadmarton Charities is an amalgamation of the Poor’s Land Charity, the Macder- mot Charity and the Macdermot’s Educational Charity. The Poor’s Land Charity arose from the Inclosures Act of 1775 when a small area of land, which is now part of Tadmarton Golf Course, was made available to help the poor and needy of the parish. Subsequently this land was swapped for the 16 acres which the charities now own. This comprises of 2 fields which run down from the golf course road and up to a field owned by the Banbury Ornithological Society.

The 16 acres of land provide a rental income which makes up the majority of the income distributed to recipients in the parish. The other main investment is a holding in M & G Charifund originally of £12,500 which were monies received for granting a right of access to the Banbury Ornithological Society land back in 2005. This holding does not distribute income and with the addition of £3,000 from our Building Society account was worth £31,071 at the date of the last ac- counts (Dec 2016).

The Trustees are strictly bound by the trust deed which allows us to ‘relieve either generally, or individually, those residents of the Parish who are considered to be in genuine need, or suffering hardship, or distress’. It is interesting to look back and see that in 1867 the charity delivered coal to 70 families who were deemed to qualify.

However there are still people and families who are in genuine need and it is the trustees job to allocate funds to them. They do of course rely on people applying for themselves or nominating others.

The Trustees would now like to hear from any person who feels that they, a neigh- bour, friend, or family member, might qualify for consideration for the 2017 dis- tribution.

The name, address and brief details should be provided to the Clerk to the Trustees at the address given below. Those who have always received help from the Chari- ty will automatically qualify and need not reapply.

C Dean Clerk to Tadmarton Charities

Christmas at The Lampet Arms.

Come and celebrate with Des and Phylis in their welcoming pub.

Starters: Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil. (V) Prawn Cocktail Chicken Liver Pâté

Mains: Roast Turkey Roast Beef Lamb Shank in Red Wine Gravy Salmon and Leek in White Wine Sauce

All served with Homemade Yorkshire puddings, Honey roast Parsnips, Crispy Roast Potatoes AND seasonal vegetables

Desserts: Eton Mess Lemon Cheesecake Apple Pie Christmas Pudding

All served with Custard, Fresh Cream OR Vanilla Ice Cream

1st of December to the 24th December a 3 course meal

Each spring a group of villagers de- scend on the Fuel Allotment (Common Land) south of Swalcliffe Grange for a few hours on Sunday mornings. Armed with loppers, secateurs, strim- mers and saws we remove fallen trees and thin out the undergrowth, allowing established trees to flourish. We have made great progress over the last few years, and are planning to do some tree planting this year in some of the areas that we have opened up.

If you have not been involved in this before and would like to find out more please contact me for further details.

We will be having working parties out between January and March 2018, meeting at 9 a.m. at the top of the woods and finishing by about 12.30 p.m. The commitment is as great or little as you wish and all volunteers will be welcomed. The planned dates, weather permitting, are:

Sunday 14 January Sunday 11 February Sunday 11 March Sunday 28 January Sunday 25 February Sunday 25 March

WELCOME TO TADMARTON

Please contact Tim Turner on 01295 780764 if you have recently moved into Tadmarton or if you know someone who is a new arrival.

He will be delighted to call with one of the “Welcome to Tadmarton” leaflets.

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St. Nicholas, Tadmarton, Church Services

December 2017

Sunday 3rd 4.00pm St Nicholas Service (RH) Sunday 10th 10.00am Benefice Eucharist and Confirmation (Bishop Colin) BROUGHTON Tuesday 12th 7.00pm Traditional Carol Service (RH) Sunday 17th 11.00am Holy Communion (JT) Sunday 24th 10.00am Benefice Eucharist SHUTFORD BCP (JT) Monday 25th 10.00am Holy Communion (JT) Sunday 31st 10.00am Benefice Eucharist EPWELL (GE) January 2018 Monday 1st 10.30am BCP Holy Communion Broughton Castle Chapel (RH)

Sunday 7th 10.00am Benefice Eucharist SIBFORD (RH)

Sunday 14th 11.00am Holy Communion (EH)

Sunday 21st 11.00am Holy Communion (JT)

Sunday 28th 11.00am Village Service (RH)

February 2018

Sunday 4th 10.00am Benefice Eucharist SWALCLIFFE (EH)

Sunday 11th 11.00am Holy Communion (JT)

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How many words can you find?

Make sure you use the middle letter in each word.

Let me know and I will post the highest number in the

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22 SWALCLIFFE PARISH COUNCIL

Draft Notes from Parish Council Meeting held 31st October 2017

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 19th September 2017 The minutes were approved and signed.

Update on Swalcliffe Woodland Community Play Area All three planning applications have been approved. A management committee has been set up. The Terms of Reference for this committee have been given signed approval by both the Group and Parish Council. There will be working party meetings in addition to full management meetings. The Committee are now applying for funding. A huge vote of thanks was given to the committee for all their work.

To receive an update on the garage lease A revised rent increase has been increased which will commence in January 2018. There is more work to be done on the lease.

Defibrillator Installation The defibrillator has been installed in the kiosk. A training session will be arranged for the New Year.

Finance The following payments were approved: £192.19 to CDC (emptying of dog bins) £360.00 to A Darby Electrical (defibrillator installation) £450.00 to A Bathe (grass cutting)

Planning Decisions 17/01169/F, Creation of a new Swalcliffe Woodland Community

Play Area – Approved. 17/01170/F, Create a new public footpath in parallel to the boundary wall to Swalcliffe Park School on a grass verge that is classified as publicly maintained highway status at Swalcliffe Park School – Approved.

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17/01171/LB, Alteration to the existing curtilage listed stone wall: demolition of a 2 metre section of the stone wall and the creation of a new pedestrian access with timber hunting gates at Swalcliffe Park School – Approved. 17/016783/F, Proposed single storey extension, car port and garage at Wykham, Park Lane. Approved.

Councillors Reports Both Cllr Stanley and Cllr Melvin have resigned from the Parish Council. CDC would be notified and the positions advertised.

A children’s Christmas party will be held in the village hall on 22nd December. This will be discussed at the next meeting.

Date and time of next meeting, Tuesday 5th December 2017 at 7.30pm

Swalcliffe Church December and January Services

Sunday 3rd December – 9.30am Holy Communion (Rev’d John Tattersall) Sunday 17th December – 9.30am Morning Worship (Rev’d Elisabeth Hawkes) Friday 22nd December – 6.30pm – Carols on the Green and Nativity Tableau (Rev’d Ronald Hawkes) Christmas Day – 11.00am Family Communion (Rev’d Elisabeth Hawkes)

Sunday 14th January – 9.30am Holy Communion (Rev’d Canon Glyn Evans) Sunday 21st January – 9.30am Morning Worship (Rev’d Elisabeth Hawkes) Sunday 28th January – 9.30am Holy Communion (Rev’d John Tattersall)

In addition, there will be Benefice Eucharists at 10.00am Sunday 10th December in Broughton (led by the Bishop of Dorchester) Sunday 24th December in Shutford (led by the Rev’d John Tattersall) Sunday 31st December in Epwell (led by the Rev’d Canon Glyn Evans) Sunday 7th January in Sibford (led by the Reverend Ronald Hawkes).

Please don’t forget the Christmas Market in Swalcliffe Church on Saturday 2nd December (doors open at 12 noon). 25

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Swalcliffe Harvest Supper

It was an ambitious plan, yet the idea of holding the annual Harvest Supper in the church itself - for the first time perhaps in hundreds of years - became reality on the evening of Saturday 28th October. Now that the church has toilet facilities and a servery kitchen, it was possible to seat 95 villagers at tables down the aisles and treat them to a magnificent four-course candlelit supper. Three local farmers - the Coopers, Taylors and Sancroft-Bakers - again generously donated the cold meats for the carvery and a large number of volunteer cooks provided the delicious parsnip soup, roasted vegetables, jacket potatoes, fruit crumbles and cheeses. There was a short musical interlude from Misha Kovalovs, a Latvian guitarist and sing- er, and a raffle, with gifts donated by villagers (special thanks to Katie Loxton) boosted the total fundraising A BIG thank you to everyone who contributed to make it a magical, memorable evening. There was a lot of hard work behind the scenes (Kate Foley deserves a special mention here) to transform the church into a 100 seater 'restaurant', but we did it and an impres- sive £1,300 was raised, all of which goes towards the maintenance of our lovely church building.

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St.Nicholas Church, Tadmarton December 2017 and January 2018

1. Saturday October 21st, the famous Pudding Club in the Village Hall, was a very good evening with many delicious puddings enjoyed by many members of the village. Over £700 was raised during the evening and divided between The Village Hall and The Church. Our thanks for this splendid evening are given to Shirley and Ron together with ladies from the church and members of The Village Hall committee

2. With Christmas festivities commencing on Sunday December 3rd at our St. Nicholas service at 4pm followed by Carols by Candlelight on Tuesday 12th December at 7pm in the church.

3. The full list of services is published for December and January 2018 in The Link and also on the church notice board.

4. We hope to see you soon, especially if you are new to our village, and you will be made most welcome at any of our services or events.

5. On behalf of The Church Council we wish everyone a peaceful time at Christmas and hope, peace and prosperity in the New Year 2018.

JHW 15/11/2017

November started with a bang, quite literally, with the spectacular firework display which was part of our annual Bonfire Night celebrations. It was a real pleasure to be able to welcome so many of you to this event which was organised by our amazing and dedicated PTA. During the second half of the Autumn Term, lots of exciting topic work has been taking place. The children in Acorn and Willow Class have been thinking about ‘People Who Help Us’. We have invited lots of interesting visitors into school to talk about what they do, including the Mayor and Mayoress of Banbury, an aeroplane pilot, a teacher of the deaf, a small animal vet, a nurse and an optician. The children have been able to ask all sorts of questions and have been inspired to think both about what they might like to be when they grow up, and ways that they can help others. In KS2, Maple Class completed a unit of work linked to Remembrance Day to bring to life for our children just why it is so important that we mark this day to remember those who have given their lives for their country. The class explored what life was like in the trenches for soldiers in the Great War, even building a trench in their classroom as an inspiration for their writing. Heidi Greenhalgh (Year 5) wrote a very effective opening paragraph: “Dear Diary, I have been awakened by the horrific sound of continuous screaming. I felt angry but my anger suddenly turned to sadness. My immediate response was to wake everyone up but, at that moment, I simply didn’t think I was doing the right thing. I needed a minute to think. I only came yesterday!” Heidi then went on to write an eloquent and moving account of her first days as a soldier in the trenches. To find out more about the school, our pupil’s achievements and all the wonderful things that go on here, please take a look at the school website at www.sibford-gower.oxon.sch.uk With kind regards Jane O’Sullivan (headteacher)

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Dates for your Diary:

Christmas Fayre – Saturday 9th December – 2pm-4pm – Tadmarton Village Hall – Craft Stalls, Children’s Crafts, Christmas Raffle, Bottle Tombola, Mulled Wine and Mince Pies and much more…………..

Coffee Morning – Saturday 13th January 2017 – 10am-11.30am – All welcome to join us for chat and a cuppa.

We are also looking for helpers to join us at coffee mornings etc. Please contact Helen on 780426 or [email protected] if you wish to volunteer.

Computer & iPad Club – 2nd and last Tuesday morning of every month - 11am–1pm. Contact Pat Pierce on 722643 for further information.

Folk Dance Club – Tuesday evenings – 7.45pm – 9.45pm. Contact Chris Jackson on 788180 for further details.

Seniors Luncheon Club – Every 4th Friday of the month. £4 to include main, pudding and coffee. Contact Shirley Wackrill on 780596 or [email protected] for further details. Next date: 26th January 2018

If you would like to get involved, we would love to hear from you.

Please contact:- Alex Silverman [email protected] Diana Yardley 01295 780481 Helen Yeomans 01295 780426

St Nicholas Church, Tadmarton Carols by Candlelight

Tuesday December 12th 7pm Followed by mulled wine and mince pies

CHRISTMAS FAYRE SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2pm – 4pm TADMARTON VILLAGE HALL CRAFT STALLS CHILDREN’S CRAFTS MULLED WINE & MINCE PIES CHRISTMAS RAFFLE BOTTLE TOMBOLA FREE ADMISSION Funds Raised in Aid of Tadmarton Village Hall Trust Registered Charity Number - 286258

TADMARTON PARISH COUNCIL VACANCY NOTICE There are a number of vacancies on the Parish Council up and coming. We have a number of interesting projects currently being worked on such as the Conservation Project and Social Events. Do you care about your community? Would you like to have a say in how your community is looked after? Please contact the Parish Clerk, Christine Coles on 01295 276229 or by email on [email protected] for further information.

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The New Bus Timetable from Monday 5th June 2017

Banbury & District Dial-A-Ride A minibus with tail-lift to take the elderly or disabled and escort to Banbury (£5 return) door-to-door service. Book at least one day in advance. Operates Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm. T: 01295 263777 for details.

LOCAL VILLAGE EVENTS

T= Tadmarton S =Swalcliffe VH= Village Hall C = Church

3 December Meet Santa (TC) Page 1 3 December Shutford Village Fayre page 26 5 December Swalcliffe P C Meeting (SVH) Page 23 7 December Talk with Sam Luxemburg (TVH) Page 5 9 December Tadmarton Christmas Fayre (TVH) Page 37 12 December Carols by Candlelight (TC) Page 35 14 December Horticultural meeting (TVH) Page 6 22 December Nativity Play (SC) Page 13 13 January Coffee morning (TVH) Page 34 17 January Copy Date Feb Issue Page 2 8 February Talk with Pauline Pears (TVH) Page 6

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