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 2 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 The Link is Sponsored by 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. 4 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 eve- ryone for their donations which came to £160 and will be split between the Village Hall and the Church. 5 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 6 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 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 7 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 hold- ing 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 9 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 10 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.