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CHIPPING NORTON TIMES Issue 30 • March 2013 An independent monthly magazine delivered FREE OF CHARGE for residents and businesses in and around Chipping Norton. Copies will also be made available at a number of distribution points Chipping Norton Times – joining Stow Times, Moreton Times & Bourton Times, already delivered free of charge to over 11,500 homes and businesses SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR MOTHERING SUNDAY... Treat her to a scrumptious hand-tied bouquet with luscious blooms beautifully wrapped – as only Allium can. Be it Narcissi from the Isles of Scilly or daffodils from Cornwall, we have something to suit all budgets – including that all important ‘pocket money range’! Choose from our Royal Botanical Kew pots, in lovely shades filled with spring bulbs, bursting with life for you to give to that special person on Mother’s Day! Pretty Jane Hogben pottery, handmade in Buckinghamshire, Kenneth Turner home fragrances, gorgeous True Grace candles, gift wrapped in tissue, ready for you to give…. Open on Mothering Sunday for local direct deliveries up to 2pm…. …. for that extra personal touch. 01608 650630 Email: [email protected] www.alliumflorist.co.uk 2 CHIPPING NORTON TIMES From the Editor Inside this edition For a short month February certainly packed a punch this year! The weather alone has been extraordinary FEATURES and I suspect that after those few sunny days in the 7 Six month Charity Challenge in aid of Kate’s Home Nursing middle of the month, we are all longing for more – roll 10, 11 A cold morning in the Windrush Valley – from Will Masefield of on Spring! Glos Wildlife Trust 15 Natural, organic and local - milk from Nell’s Dairy With Spring come the daffies, Mother’s Day, 16 ‘The Black Fields’ - Short Story by Nicholas John Cheltenham Gold Cup and Easter, all bringing visitors 20 What value is our AONB? Encouraging Rural Business Growth to the area and a welcome lift for many of our local 34 Easter eggs – Carole Foster is doing things differently this year businesses. Have you noticed how the days are 35 Not a False Alarm as a new Chipping Norton band wins a place on getting noticeably longer - what a joy it is to be getting Cornbury’s Festival stage. up in daylight again! With any luck at all Easter will bring us an opportunity to sit outside in some long- awaited sunshine – even if it is with scarves and REGULARS woolly hats! 9 Up the Creek – Peter Creek on wine 15 Robb Eden – Starting out in business’ In the magazine this month - we feature an 21 Local Church Services inspirational story of building an otter holt in the 22 - 24 News from Local Authorities & Associations Windrush Valley; I looked at some of the science behind the growing success story of a local herd of 25 Rural Cinemas & Regular Events Guernsey ladies, and Peter Creek our wine 26 Wardens Walks, Open Gardens correspondent has some tips for you on the 27 - 30 LOCAL EVENTS and EVENTS DIARY, Local Cinemas, regular events Cheltenham runners. There is a wonderful range of 31 - 36 Community News – Cotswold AONB, Family Bike Day, Chippy Literary things going on with a host of gardens opening for Festival Easter to show off their daffodils and herald in the 38 - 41 Reports from some of our local Schools Spring, with an idea or three about painting Easter eggs. Plus very new news - there’s a brand new girl 47 - 50 News & Reports from some of the local Sports Clubs, etc.. group to look out for who took the Battle of the Bands 50, 51 Rotary Clubs of Chipping Norton and Kingham & Daylesford by storm and won that coveted place on the stage at 52, 53 List of local Clubs, Societies and Associations Cornbury Festival – with luck, you may be privileged to 54 List of local Village Halls see and hear False Alarm before then. 55 Local Business Directory Oh, and don’t forget to put your clocks forward on Sunday 31st March, Easter Sunday– this time we lose The regular team (Jan, Christabel and Chris) have worked at speed this an hour in bed, but the light evenings are coming! month to bring together a packed edition – what a short month! Will Best wishes for a Happy Easter, Masefield of Glos Wildlife Trust put a group of volunteers to work one frosty morning (including Mike Boyes, who took photos) and provided a great feature; the story of a very special local milk had me researching; if you follow local planning there’s a letter on p22 which you should read… Best wishes, Jenni Turner Plus our regular contributors. A packed edition – I hope you will enjoy it! Editor With luck our wonderful team of volunteer deliverers will have warmer Our next edition is for April 2013. weather for deliveries. We are short of deliverers in Stow so, if your copy didn’t arrive through your letterbox, your area may need a new deliverer – It comes out at the end of March 2013. can you spare 10-30 minutes, once a month? If you can help to deliver in The copydate is 15th March 2013. your area we will really appreciate hearing from you – just ten minutes delivering your road will help!. Telephone Chipping Norton Times on Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. 0845 230 8955 / www.eagledesign.net 07789 175 002 Extra copies of Chipping Norton Times are generally available at West (The phone will take your messages too – leave your name Oxfordshire Information Point, the Leisure Centre and at the Surgery. Also & contact number; we will return your call.) at The Old Mill Café. Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to email CHIPPING NORTON TIMES on be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not [email protected] necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the www.chippingnortontimes.co.uk accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur. P O Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD Our Front Cover: A new spring lamb posing nicely for the camera – taken by Gary Gleghorn©02/11 3 Bringing work a lot closer to our home and hearts….. From Shaun Wilmer, (proud) proprietor of Wilmer’s Cotswolds Barber Shop. Two and a half years ago Leah, my wife, and I moved to the Cotswolds, having fallen totally in love with everything the Cotswolds can offer, from the wonderful village pubs and cottages , to the beautiful Cotswold market towns such as Stow on the Wold, and Bourton on the Water. I had been working in Stratford on Avon (and in Birmingham before that), and with Leah enjoying a thriving hairdressing career in Cheltenham I was looking at bringing work a lot closer to home when the opportunity arose to open my own shop in Stow. Being a traditional ‘Walk-In’ Barber Shop gives me the chance to offer customers something different. My years as a barber in Stratford & Birmingham have given me a wide range of experience of both high-end fashion cuts and more universal hair styles for men, no matter how long or short the hair may be, or how young or old my customer is. Stow has a thriving atmosphere with lots happening, unique and individual shops , art galleries, tea shops, lovely restaurants and pubs – and I'm thrilled to be a part of a fantastic community and I look forward to welcoming everybody into my shop, and to getting to know my customers. So, if you are passing, don't hesitate to come in an say hello and have a look around - see some of the artwork in my shop , top quality paintings provided by a friend of mine who enjoys a successful career as an artist. We’re at the top of Sheep Street just before the traffic lights – Bryden House, on the left. And if you want to make an appointment, phone us on 01451 831412 or you can email me at [email protected]. !! , ' !$! )&" '!! ! !!' !$ ##.-& +%$! !!"#' !#& !!! !& ! ! %$! + + ) " 2*0(/- 2*0(/- " 2*0(/- 2*0(/- !*1*/ 4 MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND AFTERNOON TEA - 9TH & 10TH March A selection of our delicious cakes, scones & open gourmet mini baguettes. Including a free yummy gift for mum. £9.50 per person, Under 12’s free (one child per paying adult) Booking advisable 9.00-17.00h Mon -Fri & 10.00 - 17.00h Sat, Sun & BH Closed from 1pm on Wednesdays Also available, Gift Vouchers for your mum, to enjoy at her leisure Tel: 01608 652060 www.cacaobean.co.uk COTSWOLD CRICKET MUSEUM Brewery Yard, Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, GL54 1AA We Buy Gold - Top Prices Paid Supporting The Bunbury’s Cricket charity * Bourton's only traditional family Jewellers, re- A fascinating display of cricket items opening mid-March after an extensive refurbishment covering the complete history of cricket from its early days to the present - including blazers, caps, bats, photographs, china, * Come and see our exciting new ranges of letters, tv showing rare footage and much more Ice-Watches and Italian Ti Sento silver jewellery Where you can also enjoy * Opening special offer - 10% off all purchases and coffee, tea and cakes etc and FREE Wi-Fi 25% of Tissot Watches (while stocks last) with this Advert Displaying the stunning art work of CHRISTINA PIERCE Cricket Artist High Bridge Jewellers Hight Street, Bourton on the Water, Cheltenham For all enquiries call Andy Collier 07768 840906 Gloucestershire GL54 2AQ • 01451 810928 5 A small and friendly MARSH FLOWERS salon in Moreton in Marsh Town Centre Something special for MUM? Mothers Day – 10th March We promise beautiful flowers at great value,