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4 | COTSWOLD TIMES Cotswold Times - Chipping Norton Contents - December 2019 FEATURES & LOCAL STORIES Local Directory of Really Useful Information to pull out & keep - centre pages May your Christmas be all the things you wish it to be... 11 Sounds Alive – Nicholas John The first dusting of snow stirred a flurry of activity here, adding wellie-socks and birds’ nuts to the shopping list, 14 Queen Henrietta Maria, St Edwards Hall checking de-icers and stocks of a favourite foods! It’s interest- Portraits – Tim Norris ing how cold weather sparks the need for comforting things! 15 With the December magazines on their way the team can relax His New Year, Short Story by Bob Forster for a while, remembering the high spots this year and quietly looking ahead to our New Year’s ‘wish list’ for 2020. We defi- 49 New year, new start – 9 lifestyle tips to nitely need to ask for more help with delivering the magazines implement this coming new year – Ed Shaw – please! (If a small group of people each take a small bundle of magazines to deliver in their area, it can be done easily and quickly.When there are no local volunteers in an area we will try REGULARS to cover the delivery, but this isn’t ideal and can’t be main- tained. So our major ‘wish’ will be for more people to help to 12 Crossword deliver magazines in their immediate area - 20 to 30 minutes, once a month perhaps?) That would be wonderful! 17,19,20 Local Authority Information, Blood Donor Sessions, Community Notices As Christmas gathers momentum, building excitement and anticipation while we check that growing list of ‘Things To Do’, 18 Planning News, Lorry Ban we hope that you’ll dip into and enjoy the magazines’ collection of Christmas-sy things. Take your pick - lighting-up Christmas trees, joining the carol singers, visiting craft markets and festive 19 The A417 Missing Link fairs, live music, shows, and late night shopping - whilst enjoying some of the community news and stories from around the area. 20 Thames Police Police crack down in Oxford With our very best wishes . . . 21 Correspondence Jenni Jenni Turner, Editor

22 Local Church Services My thanks to the Cotswold Times team for their invaluable input over the year. In A-Z order: Ian Deakins, Christabel Hardacre, Marian Hutchinson, Kelly, Janet Marley, Pam Newman and 23 Events Diary Jaime Shaw. Also to the Fire Service College in Moreton for their kind assistance. 24-29 Events: Festivals, Exhibitions, Concerts, Local Fundraising, Walks & more We deliver the Cotswold Times Community Magazines to letter- boxes in the four market centres and their surrounding villages 30 Local Rotary and Lions – that’s over 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds. Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not 31-32 necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced Club Notices and Rural Cinema and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur. 44 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books Our front cover photograph this month - 37,39,45 Community, News and chatter, etc… ‘Waiting for Santa’ from Santa’s Magical Grotto at Clapton on the Hill.  Lee Bishop Photography. 07816 663 725. 42-43 LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY REPORTS Our COMPETITION to win a Champaigne Tea at Stoneleigh Abbey asked 36-39 News from local Schools readers to name the novel that was inspired by Stoneleigh Abbey? Congratulations to Maisie Coulbert who gave the correct answer 35 Crossword Answers ‘Mansfield Park’. 44-46 News from Local sports Clubs

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10 | COTSWOLD TIMES ’Winter Is Coming’ for us, rather than just a passing phase. The songs may have developed, but the gig’s the same.” With famous Fairport songs such as ‘Matty Groves’, ‘Come All Ye’ and ‘Fotheringay’ still in the set, an evening with Fairport Convention is a folk music lover’s dream. “Sometimes we even play the nineteen verses of ‘Matty Groves’ in the right order,” laughs Nicol. “It’s a song that never fails to feel completely fresh and exciting, even after so many years.” The songs may carry the same thrill, but touring them is a game that has changed considerably over the years. Fairport have had to stay ahead of the curve to keep up with the ephemera that accompanies making money in the music business. “The sat-nav has replaced folding paper maps and endless questioning of pedestrians, and the mobile phone means no hunting for the one smelly phone box that has a Forgive the ‘Game Of Thrones’ quotation, asked what it means to be the keeper of working phone in it. These days I always but you know that the seasonal winds the legendary Fairport flame after over try to forget to pack my electric toothbrush are blowing a little colder (and that half a century – a long way from being a – so I have to use the acoustic one!” winter is really coming) when Fairport schoolboy with his first guitar. It’s that lightness of touch that has kept Convention announce their winter tour “It’s not legendary to us - it’s just what Fairport in the hearts and minds of music dates. Setting off on a hefty run of dates we do and what we have managed to do,” fans through line-up changes, new when the New Year is still blinking its says Nicol. records and countless re-issues. “You way into life is somewhat of a tradition “I’m quietly pleased that we have a history must remember that I started out being for Oxfordshire’s favourite sons, and and a degree of name recognition, but I a schoolboy with a guitar, pursuing an their Wintour 2020 is no exception. hope never to trade on it for its own sake. ordinary hobby, being in a band with a few Fairport are national treasures, celebrating I don’t expect anything special over and of my mates,” says Nicol. “The difference over 50 years making music and, along above what we deserve as a working band is that, along the way, I forgot to get a with Steeleye Span, are unarguably the in the swim with our contemporaries. We tertiary education, a pension, a career or originators of English folk-rock since their ask fans to judge us for who we are now, even something definable as a job!” formation in 1967. The current line-up not who we once were.” Fifty years and counting: who knows features Simon Nicol on guitar and vocals, Who are Fairport Convention nowadays? where the time goes? Dave Pegg on bass guitar, mandolin and Still very much a band that will make any Nicholas John vocals, fiddlers Ric Sanders and Chris given night out go with a song. “Audiences Fairport Convention play The Rose Leslie and Gerry Conway on drums and make the music memorable,” says the Theatre, Tewkesbury on 29 January 2020: percussion. The Cotswold Times caught guitarist. “And the adventure of being on- For all other tour dates please go to: up with founder member Simon Nicol and stage playing music became a way of life www.fairportconvention.com Children Saving Lost Words The pupils from Swell and the winning entry. Longborough Primary Schools entered About 50 entries were received which were a poetry competition to coincide with then passed on to Rona Laycock, Poet National Poetry Day on 3rd October. and Creative Writing Teacher who was Gloucestershire Libraries asked them extremely impressed with their imaginative to write a poem using one of “The Lost and vivid images. Words” from the book of the same The children will be recorded reading their title by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie poems and have the opportunity to be Morris. The book came about after broadcast on Corinium Radio and North many words such as willow, otter, Cotswold Community Radio. acorn, bluebell, bramble and many more were removed from the Oxford children’s dictionary. Photo supplied by Stow Library Borzoi Bookshop, Stow on the Wold Winner – Willow, and three highly commended donated a copy of this beautiful book for pupils – Isobel, Brooke and Shamayah COTSWOLD TIMES | 11 Established 1988

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Tim Norris shares the history of the portraits in St Edwards Hall in Stow

situation in Oxford became worse and Queen Henrietta and Sir Jeffrey Henrietta was pregnant again, so she Hudson with his pet monkey travelled to Exeter for the birth, but was forced to leave her baby there and travel to France. She continued to support Charles with funds and an exchange of letters, but the Royal couple did not meet again and Charles’s execution left her destitute, being no longer the Queen but Queen Mother to Charles II. After the Restoration she returned to England several times but by 1665 she was suffering with bronchitis – blamed on the British weather - and died near Paris in 1669 having taken an excessive dose of opiates. She was buried in the basilica of St Denis and her heart was buried at Chaillot. In our large painting, Henrietta is accompanied by the court dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson, an unusual example of a proportionate dwarf. He was presented to the Duke of Buckingham by his father, an employee of the Duke, who in turn presented him to the Royal Court. Eventually he became no longer prepared to be a clown or to suffer the butt of jests and he challenged his chief tormentor, Crofts, to a duel. Crofts treated it as a joke but Hudson arrived with a pistol and shot his opponent through the head. Duelling was illegal so he was forced to flee to France where he was later captured and held as a slave for 25 years by Barbary pirates. He was released in 1669 and died of unknown causes in 1682.  There is a good portrait of Henrietta’s brother, Louis XIII, to the right of the large portrait and to the left is her youngest daughter, Princess Henrietta. Above it is a metal tray with the embossed image of her father, King Henri IV, who was assassinated in Paris Henrietta Maria married Charles took a dislike to the Duke of Buckingham, in 1610. I by proxy in Paris as a Catholic the King’s favourite, but after he was queen in 1625 at the age of 16. She assassinated in Portsmouth their was very open about her religious relationship improved. She immersed Louis XIII beliefs, despite many Catholics being herself in politics and fully supported killed during these times, especially Charles in his dealings with Parliament, following the failed Gunpowder and later during the Civil War. She even Plot. Her Catholicism made her sold her large collection of jewellery in very unpopular and she could not order to support the Royalist cause. be crowned with her husband in an However, pressure from the Puritans, Anglican ceremony. She was known and from Parliament with John Pym’s by the people as Queen Mary, and the Grand Remonstrance, which was aimed state of Maryland in America, where at Henrietta, kept her out of public life many Catholics settled, was named from the 1630’s. When war became after her. imminent Henrietta retreated to the At first the marriage was not a success, Hague to reduce religious tensions at mainly due to the large French entourage home, where she continued to raise she brought with her. Charles eventually funds. She returned to England in 1643, dismissed them in an attempt to bring landing in Yorkshire, and travelled to her lavish spending under control. She join the King in Oxford. By 1644 the 14 | COTSWOLD TIMES His new year An original story by Bob Forster © Jeremy Bishop

He had never felt like this before – he never knew it was reminder of his lack of direction. possible to feel so low. Depression was for others – if The night time cold was biting into him. Unable to walk any depression it was! It had all come on so suddenly. One faster, this chill merely darkened his soul. minute he was one of four, carrying presents to deliver Yet there was a lightness in front. It wasn’t a lightening of at Christmas, and now he was alone. the sky but something more focussed, more intense, even The day had been empty, the night as black as soot. He had if the distance mellowed its impact. If his feet could have wandered aimlessly on through a land of seemingly eternal taken on a new stride, perhaps they would have done so, bleakness, his friends no longer even a speck on the horizon. but it was only in his heart that his spirit dared to lift. There In truth, nothing was on the horizon… sand, bare earth, the were no buildings in sight in this barren wasteland; indeed, occasional scrubby bush… and a sky devoid of life. there hadn’t been for nearly two days but that lightness was One step – in front of the other – in an unchanging rhythm. coming from somewhere. At least there was plenty of time for reflection. His present As he half walked, half stumbled, his hopes were tinged had been chosen with care; perhaps his friends, less so. with. fear Was this to be a false dawn – or the arrival he had Fair-weather friends? At the start of the journey spirits were dreamed about? high even if the destination was uncertain. It was as he tired The lightness was undoubtedly brightening, and then that their loyalty came into question. “You’re holding us he saw it – a low, ill-formed dwelling crouched below the back. “Can’t you keep up?” He had never been a fit person skyline, right beneath the palest part of the night. He dared but the lure of arrival had always appealed. It must be worth to. hope The dwelling held little allure… but, maybe… the the effort, he thought. But thoughts count for little when promise of something better? others think differently. “Just think what it’ll be like to meet The closer he got the brighter it became, while all around him,” they said. “Could change your life,” they smiled. But was darkness. Doubtfully, he fingered the present in his now they were gone. bag. Was this the time, this the destination? Approaching His legs ached, his feet were sore with impending blisters. with a mix of fear and longing, he pushed open the door – Three full days of walking and still no end in sight. Looking wooden, rather bent and speckled with lichens, but inside upwards, the sky was still pitch black. Nothing to break that was what had been beyond his dreams. horizon; or was there? Some lightness maybe? It would take It wasn’t the young woman that caught his eye but the child much, much more than that to lighten his mood. Strange that she held. Slowly, wonderingly, he lifted the present and to think that he had always been known for his light spirit, placed it wordlessly beside the child. His own epiphany had his sunny nature, but now – this. Without a destination the arrived and, though he was not to know it at the time, his life journey had little purpose. The present in his bag was just a would change immeasurably from that moment onwards.

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CHIPPING NORTON TOWN COUNCIL hold a Town Council meeting on the 3rd Monday of every month Parishioners are very welcome to attend all meetings. Anyone wishing to speak at the Town Council meeting on an agenda item is allowed to talk for five minutes but must notify Mrs. V. Oliveri, Town Clerk at least three working days prior to the meeting. Town Councillors may ask questions afterwards. Occasionally confidential items are discussed and members of the public are asked to leave the meeting at this point. Full minutes of meetings are available on the new Town Council web site: www. chippingnortontowncouncil.co.uk and also at The Guildhall. Once a year the Town Council awards Grants to Local Voluntary Bodies. Applications must be received by 1 September each year. Application forms are available at: Chipping Norton Town Council, The Guildhall, Chipping Norton, Oxon. OX7 5NJ Tel: 01608 642341 (9 am – 1 pm) [email protected]

West Oxon District Council ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Committee Meetings Telephone: 08000 514 514 Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings of the Council and Committees. If you live in the District and are on the This information is continuously updated. please check by telephone or online: Electoral Register you can take part in the meetings. Information about this and your Councillors and committee members is www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks available online at www.westoxon.gov.uk.

DECEMBER 2019: Get the latest on essential work to keep Oxfordshire moving direct from Mon 2 Uplands 2pm the teams on site, and stay up-to-date ahead of any changes Thurs 5 Environment O&S Committee 2pm Mon 9 Lowlands 2pm Wed 11 Cabinet 2pm

JANUARY: 2020 Mon 6 Uplands 2pm Mon 13 Lowlands 2pm Wed 15 Cabinet 2pm Wed 22 Council 2pm Thurs 23 Economic & Soc O&S Comm 6.30pm Wed 29 Finance & Management O&S 2pm

All meetings start at 2 pm (except those marked #). Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes can be found on the Council’s Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues and Membership of the Committees.

£30k funding to help achieve carbon neutral homes

A carbon neutral toolkit will assist developers, housing providers, existing homeowners, self-builders and local communities wishing to work with three District Councils to bring forward sustainable carbon neutral applications. Cotswold, West Oxfordshire and Forest of Dean District Councils declared a ‘climate emergency’ earlier this year, aiming to achieve carbon neutrality within the next decade. The £30,000 grant from the Local Government Housing Advisers Programme will secure expert advice to assist in producing a ‘toolkit’ (similar to a residential design guide) to promote the delivery of highly efficient carbon neutral homes.

Cllr Lisa Spivey, CCD, said: “This is an exciting opportunity to initiate a robust guide for developers and homeowners to advance carbon neutral design. We are committed to working with our partner councils to create sustainable and vibrant developments whilst protecting our rural landscape and heritage.

“The Council’s work to tackle the climate emergency goes hand in hand with delivering social rented homes - if we build carbon zero houses we significantly reduce the energy costs for future tenants.”

Cllr Steve Good, WDC, added: “ A well-designed toolkit can tackle the design and delivery of major developments including a new garden village, single dwellings, rural exception sites and the retro-fitting of existing homes across the partnership.”

Cllr Di Martin, FDDC explained: “A key strategic aim of this partnership is to help tackle climate change by accelerating the delivery of energy efficient and carbon neutral dwellings while addressing the demands of existing stock, meeting the needs of a growing population and promoting growth in the local economy.”

Working alongside the production of local plan policies, the three councils aim to introduce the toolkit by spring 2021.

Further information: 01285 623454 or [email protected] Oliver Somervell, Communications Specialist COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES TIMES | |17 17 Planning Applications & Approvals

WODC Planning Committee meets once a month – the detail are on p17 of this magazine. Full information is available online at www.publicaccess.westoxon.gov.uk or 01993 861000. This website also explains planning procedures, how to comment on an application and speak at a public planning meeting at WODC offices at Witney. WEST OXFORDSHIRE PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND APPROVALS

Reference Address Proposal Status

Two storey rear extension and loft conversion to main house with insertion of 11 London Lane, dormer windows and roof lights. Alterations Pending 19/02789/FUL Ascott Under Wychwood, to existing outbuilding to include conversion Consideration OX7 6AN and extension to create a self contained annexe ancillary to main dwelling. DECISIONS

Reference Address Proposal Decision

20 Meadow Lane, Alterations and erection of infill rear 19/02632/HHD Shipton Under Wychwood, Approved extension. OX7 6BL Northernmost Agricultural Change of use of agricultural building to Prior approval 19/02474/PN56 Building, Chapel House create two dwellings. not required Farm, Chipping Norton

Barn 5, North West of Prior approval 19/02479/PN56 Chapel House Farm, Conversion of Barn 5 to dwelling. not required Chipping Norton

Erection of lambing shed and farm shop, Land North West of including car parking and associated 19/02110/FUL Chipping Norton Road, Approved landscaping. Potential for occasional Chadlington film-making. (Amended)

21 Insall Road, Chipping 19/01888/FUL Erection of single storey side extension. Refused Norton, OX7 5LF

Shipton Lodge, High Street, Internal and external alterations to construct 19/01313/LBC Shipton Under Wychwood, Application withdrawn conservatory to south elevation. OX7 6DG

Shipton Lodge, High Street, Construction of conservatory to South 19/01312/HHD Shipton Under Wychwood, Application withdrawn elevation. OX7 6DG Talbot Farm, Thames Internal and external alterations and erection 19/00590/LBC Application withdrawn Street, Charlbury, OX7 3QQ of single and two storey extensions.

Talbot Farm, Thames Alterations and erection of single and two 19/00589/HHD Application withdrawn Street, Charlbury, OX7 3QQ storey extensions.

NB. Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Full information can be found on the West Oxfordshire District Council website www.publicaccess.westoxon.gov.uk Chipping Norton lorry ban could affect Rollright Stones Plans to redirect lorries away from the centre of Chipping Norton would help to lower air pollution, but could infringe upon an ancient monument. At a recent meeting, County councillors unanimously approved plans for a ban on heavy goods vehicles driving through the centre of the town. The ban, proposed by Chipping Norton councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles, would either be in the form of a weight restriction on the A44 as it runs through the town, or a lorry route around the town. Ms Hibbert-Biles’ motion added, ‘There is also a safety issue where two A roads merge into a narrow road unable to take an HGV and a car travelling in the other direction, and narrow pavements. There have been two deaths and a serious accident in recent years.’ She suggested money from the development of the council-owned Tank Farm could fund measures to impose a weight limit or lorry route. Mike Tysoe of Chipping Norton Town council spoke in support of the route but acknowledged it could have an impact on the Rollright stones, a collection of Neolithic standing stones, which are on the roadside. He said the health of Chipping Norton’s residents had to be weighed up against the heritage left by their ancient ancestors.

1818 | | COTSWOLD COTSWOLD TIMES TIMES Plans for the A417 Missing Link - Consider a ‘landscape-led design’ PR from Alana Hopkins, Cotswold Conservation Board (08.11.19) Highways England’s six week public consultation period closed on 8th November. The Cotswolds Conservation Board (CCB) submitted a detailed response which actively supports the need for improvements to this busy and problematic stretch of road. CCB also urges Highways England to continue to work with the Board on its recommendations to further improve the proposed works..i.e: any new route would be as originally conceived: a truly ‘landscape-led’ design which would benefit road users and further reduce the adverse effects – and increase the beneficial effects – on wildlife and the local landscape.

As the entire stretch of proposed new route lies within the boundaries of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the CCB is working with Highways England and other conservation bodies to ensure that proposed improvements to the A417 Missing Link are genuinely ‘landscape-led’.

In its consultation response, the Board has worked to identify and highlight priority recommendations for Highways England as follows:

1. A comprehensive and quantitative assessment of the overall balance of adverse and beneficial effects for the Cotswolds AONB.

2. Give further consideration to the potential benefits and viability of a ‘cut-and-cover’ ‘tunnel’ option, instead of the 25 metre deep and 1 kilometre long open cutting with a green bridge which is currently proposed.

Calculations made by the Board show the cut-and-cover option would be overall at a comparative cost of the current proposal, with the addition of many more benefits for the environment – including creating a greater habitat area for wildlife; reduced noise, air, and light pollution; retained woodland; a reduction in the area of land affected by a new scheme; increased tranquillity; an enhanced experience of walking the Cotswold Way National Trail; and a significant reduction in excavated and relocated material.

3. Give further consideration to alternatives to relocating excavated material from the proposed new route to the head of the Upper Churn Valley at Shab Hill Junction, and to the adverse effects of excavating and disposing of large volumes of excavated materials on site.

Current proposals could potentially involve a quantity of excavated material the equivalent of 10 times the volume of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Current plans include relocating a proportion of this to the proposed Shab Hill junction – which is currently an area of precious calcareous grassland – an important priority habitat for a number of plant and wildlife species. The Board’s alternative suggestions would significantly reduce the volume of excavated material and the volume of material that needs to be disposed of elsewhere, lessening the impact on the surrounding landscape.

The Board fully appreciates the restrictions placed on Highways England in relation to the scheme’s budget. It’s suggested recommendations have been aimed to achieve overall comparative costs.

The Board remains committed to continuing to work closely and constructively with Highways England to achieve the jointly agreed landscape-led vision, design principles, and objectives for any solution – as agreed with Highways England in 2017.

The recent Landscapes Review of National Parks and AONBs, commissioned by government and recognising the Cotswolds as a potential National Park, reinforces the need for a highly sensitive and genuine landscape-led solution for the A417.

Liz Eyre, Chairman of the Cotswolds Conservation Board, said, “We’re pleased to be working with Highways England. The need for this stretch of road to be improved is undeniable. As an organisation whose statutory duty is to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the Cotswolds, the CCB have responded to the proposed A417 Missing Link plans responsibly making a number of costed and considered recommendations which could deliver a number of significant further improvements, ensuring even more that the scheme is truly as far as possible landscape-led.

“These improvements would limit the adverse effect on our beautiful and internationally-recognised landscape, while offering genuine benefits for all those affected by the proposed new route.

We hope that Highways England will give full consideration to these recommendations, and continue an open dialogue with us and other local conservation organisations in order to deliver a solution that works well for everyone, and for decades to come.” Cotswolds Conservation Board The Old Prison, Fosse Way, Northleach, Gloucestershire, GL54 3JH 01451 862003 | www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk Follow us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter

20 | COTSWOLD TIMES COTSWOLD TIMES | 19 CPRE, the countryside charity The Campaign to Protect Rural England is a pressure Fracking has been halted in England – a huge victory for the group in England with over 40,000 members and support- countryside, communities and the climate. The government ers. Formed in 1926 by Sir Patrick Abercrombie to limit also dropped proposals to fast-track fracking the planning urban sprawl and ribbon development, the CPRE claims system, in no small part thanks to our campaign supported to be one of the longest running environmental groups. by so many of you taking action for local democracy and the Curently Crispin Truman is the Chief Executive, Emma countryside. Bridgewater is President and Su Sayer is Chair. Space to breathe More young people are aware of the need to invest in their health and wellbeing – something the countryside can deliver. Countryside-loving millenials are also most likely to vote with the countyside and swing the General Election, according to the latest CPRE poll. (19th November 2019)

What if we invested in our Green Belts, planting trees and allowing nature to recover, so that even more of us can enjoy beautiful countryside on our doorstep? Our latest report found that just 1 in 10 houses built on former green Belt land are affordable. This is the clearest indication yet The new poll commissioned by CPRE reveals that: that building on our Green Belts is not a solution to the • Overall 60% of people said they would be more likely to housing affordability crisis. vote for a political party that wants to protect and enhance the countryside, including the Green Belt, and just 1% said Green Clean – the results they would be less likely; • On the same question, 71% of people aged 25-34 felt strongly about this; • Almost two-thirds (63%) of 35-44 year olds and 57% of 45-54 year olds said policies relating to the countryside would affect their decision in the polling booth; and • Regionally, Londoners feel particularly strongly about protecting and enhancing our green spaces, with 73% saying this mattered to them when deciding who to vote for.

The research was published on the same day as CPRE’s countryside manifesto, which includes 12 recommendations for how the next government can harness the potential of We’ve done the number crunching on the data that our the countryside to promote a healthier economy and dedicated Green Clean volunteers collected. They collected happier communities. We’re calling on all political parties a staggering 10,000 bottles and cans from the countryside to embrace our vision for a thriving countryside that’s across England – a huge achievement. Again the data shows accessible to everybody. Your next MP will play a key that bottles and cans of all shapes, sizes and materials are role – vote with the countryside in mind. littered in our countryside, which is exactly why they should be included in a deposit return system. We will be using this At CPRE, we live for those moments that show we’re mak- information to keep the pressure on the new government to ing a real impact on the future of the countryside. urgently introduce an all-in system that collects every bottle November certainly had its fair share of those moments! and can. We’ve been making the case for the continued importance of Green Belts, celebrating a halt to fracking in England and gearing up for a general election. Thank you for supporting our work and helping make the An end to fracking countryside even better.

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20 | COTSWOLD TIMES 20 | COTSWOLD TIMES Plans for the A417 Missing Link - Consider a ‘landscape-led design’ PR from Alana Hopkins, Cotswold Conservation Board (08.11.19) Correspondence... Highways England’s six week public consultation period closed on 8th November. The Cotswolds Conservation Board (CCB) submitted a detailed response which actively supports the need for improvements to this busy and problematic stretch of The good Samaritans - 15th November 2019 road. ‘Editor, since we do not know where else to send a thank you note we thought you may help. CCB also urges Highways England to continue to work with the Board on its recommendations to further improve the On October 29th, my husband and I were waiting for a train from Moreton to Oxford only to find out it was cancelled and as the trouble on proposed works..i.e: any new route would be as originally conceived: a truly ‘landscape-led’ design which would benefit the line might not be corrected for a while we were not sure what to do. We are senior Americans and never considered this might happen as we have always found public transport in England to be very reliable. road users and further reduce the adverse effects – and increase the beneficial effects – on wildlife and the local landscape. The point of bringing this to your attention is you may be able to include a brief note of thanks in the magazine to John and Polly who As the entire stretch of proposed new route lies within the boundaries of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural drove us to Oxford. They live in Moreton and were very kind to give a lift to strangers who much appreciated their kindness. Beauty (AONB), the CCB is working with Highways England and other conservation bodies to ensure that proposed Thank you from JoAnn and Jim Pinard. improvements to the A417 Missing Link are genuinely ‘landscape-led’.

In its consultation response, the Board has worked to identify and highlight priority Increase in Rail Fares - 29th October 2019 recommendations for Highways England as follows: Dear Cotswold Times Are you aware of the proposed increases to fares that Great Western Railways intend to introduce using the subterfuge of a change in the 1. A comprehensive and quantitative assessment of the overall balance of adverse and timetable? beneficial effects for the Cotswolds AONB. As a consequence of the introduction off new, faster trains a new timetable is due to be introduced from December 2019. I believe, although details have not yet been officially published, that the 8.15am train will now be scheduled to arrive about 5 minutes earlier, at 2. Give further consideration to the potential benefits and viability of a ‘cut-and-cover’ 8.10am. This is a popular service because it is classified as off-peak. However I have also been advised that the new slightly earlier ‘tunnel’ option, instead of the 25 metre deep and 1 kilometre long open cutting with a green bridge which is currently proposed. service will be re-classified as a peak service. This means that I, and most of my fellow travellers joining the service at Moreton, will not be able to get an off-peak fare. For me, and I use a senior rail card too, my return fare to London will effectively increase by 60%. This is Calculations made by the Board show the cut-and-cover option would be overall at a comparative cost of the current proposal, just unfair. A lot of people, like myself, commute regularly to London but increasingly many of us can work from home so we don’t com- with the addition of many more benefits for the environment – including creating a greater habitat area for wildlife; reduced mute daily (and this is a positive for the environment) and so buying a season ticket would not be economically sensible. noise, air, and light pollution; retained woodland; a reduction in the area of land affected by a new scheme; increased tranquillity; I would also add that GWR are introducing this fare change, effectively a fare increase, without any consultation. Annual fare increases by an enhanced experience of walking the Cotswold Way National Trail; and a significant reduction in excavated and relocated material. GWR have outstripped inflation for the last 9 years. The company is using another mechanism to increase fares and its profits. GWR would probably argue that there has been considerable investment in the service - much better and faster trains, better longer 3. Give further consideration to alternatives to relocating excavated material from the proposed new route to the head of the platforms and electrification of the line between London and Didcot. But of course much of this investment has actually been funded by Upper Churn Valley at Shab Hill Junction, and to the adverse effects of excavating and disposing of large volumes of excavated the taxpayer. materials on site. I believe that GWR is behaving in an underhand manner. It is merely seeking to increase its return to shareholders and senior staff and ignoring the needs of its customers and stakeholders by virtue of the fact that it essentially operates a monopoly. I’d also like to add that Current proposals could potentially involve a quantity of excavated material the equivalent of 10 times the volume of St. Paul’s train and station staff are excellent - they are always friendly and helpful and often have to deal with criticism that is really the Cathedral. Current plans include relocating a proportion of this to the proposed Shab Hill junction – which is currently an area of responsibility of senior management at GWR. precious calcareous grassland – an important priority habitat for a number of plant and wildlife species. The Board’s alternative suggestions would significantly reduce the volume of excavated material and the volume of material that needs I wrote to GWR and their response ignored the issue of the actual fare increase and suggested that I change my routine. That pretty to be disposed of elsewhere, lessening the impact on the surrounding landscape. much sums up GWR’s attitude to its customers. Yours sincerely. (Correspondent’s name & contact details available via the Editor.) The Board fully appreciates the restrictions placed on Highways England in relation to the scheme’s budget. It’s suggested recommendations have been aimed to achieve overall comparative costs. Parking (with reference to GWR expansion) Editor, what is happening to the Moreton in Marsh parking problems? The Board remains committed to continuing to work closely and constructively with Highways England to achieve the jointly agreed landscape-led vision, design principles, and objectives for any solution – as agreed with Highways England in 2017. GWR Train Station Lengthened platforms, longer trains and more customers from 15th December 2019 as part of the biggest timetable change on the Great Western Railway network since 1976, bringing faster, more frequent services with thousands more seats across the region. https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/timetable-2019 The recent Landscapes Review of National Parks and AONBs, commissioned by government and recognising the Cotswolds as a There was a widely advertised rumour of GWR and a Developer getting together to create a new additional station car park…..when is potential National Park, reinforces the need for a highly sensitive and genuine landscape-led solution for the A417. this going to be built? It seems to me that this train service increase is going ahead and Moreton just isn’t ready for it.

Liz Eyre, Chairman of the Cotswolds Conservation Board, said, “We’re pleased to be working with Highways England. The need for this Why isn’t Moreton ready? The High Street and central area in Moreton in Marsh are already full of all day parkers. These are made up of station commuters who stretch of road to be improved is undeniable. As an organisation whose statutory duty is to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of are avoiding car parking charges, employees and visitors. Anybody who visits the town during the middle of day will see that is full of cars the Cotswolds, the CCB have responded to the proposed A417 Missing Link plans responsibly making a number of costed and with few spaces turning over. This is well documented in studies and the daily crowding and bad parking is apparent. considered recommendations which could deliver a number of significant further improvements, ensuring even more that the scheme is truly as far as possible landscape-led. What is needed? A series of measures need to be introduced to manage the parking in the centre of town that ensures an appropriate number of all day parkers are encouraged to park in the correct places. This will free up the centre of town for the benefit of all. For example, parking “These improvements would limit the adverse effect on our beautiful and internationally-recognised landscape, while offering management including free parking periods, parking permits and Pay and Display could be set up to encourage the current and genuine benefits for all those affected by the proposed new route. increasing numbers of station commuters to park in appropriate railway car parks. This step alone could free up circa 50 spaces in the town. Organised zoning in the centre of town could additionally displace a number of employees and free up premium spaces for use by We hope that Highways England will give full consideration to these recommendations, and continue an open dialogue with us and visitors. If additional car parking spaces were to be found for the all day parkers (perhaps the RBL or the Glebe sites for example) then other local conservation organisations in order to deliver a solution that works well for everyone, and for decades to come.” these could alleviate the risk of displaced all day parkers from the centre from becoming nuisance parkers in a wider area. Cotswolds Conservation Board What needs to be done? The Old Prison, Fosse Way, Northleach, Gloucestershire, GL54 3JH Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown urgently needs to pull together a senior committee to deliver a coordinated Parking Strategy for Moreton in 01451 862003 | www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk Marsh including MIMTC, GCC, GWR, CDC and any other critical Stakeholders. Without this very little will be achieved. Follow us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter (Note Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Browns article: https://www.cliftonbrown.co.uk/content/moreton-parking-campaign)

20 | COTSWOLD TIMES COTSWOLD TIMES | 21 Church Services

22 | COTSWOLD TIMES Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (see below) DIARY December 2019

STRIPES hurch ervices MUSICMUSIC S 12 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. Open from 7:30 C to 11:30 pm - live music, licensed bar. £5 entrance fee. Market Days Tonight’s act Martin Jaye MARKET DAYS BOURTON ON THE WATER 13 Kate’s Home Nursing Christmas Carol Service in St Edwards BOURTON ON THE WATER Church at 6.30pm. Tickets £15 from Borzoi Bookshop Farmers’ Market 4th th Sunday, 9.30–1300 14 Cotswold Choir Christmas Concert 7 – 9pm in St David’s Farmers’CHARLBURY Market 4 Sunday: 9.30 - 1300 Church, Moreton. Tickets £8, children/concessions £5 on the door CHARLBURYFarmers’ Market 13 June, June, September, 12 September, December 12 December 9 - 1pm to include complimentary drink. Farmers’ Market Playing Playing Close, Close, Charlbury Charlbury. OX7 3RJ (9-­‐OX71pm) 3RJ 14 Blockley Ladies Choir Concert with Blockley Blokes doors CHIPPINGCHIPPING NORTON CAMPDEN open 7pm for 7.30pm start tickets £8 to include mincepies, stollen CountryCountry Market Market every Every Friday, Saturday 9–11am 9.00am (except - 11am, January) Lower and mulled wine. Tel 01608 238218 for tickets. CHIPPING NORTON Town Hall – Closed January 14 Choral Society Stratford Prelude to Christmas at Holy Trinity Farmers’Farmers’ Market Market 3rd Every Saturday, Saturday monthly in Market from Square 8.30am Church, Stratford. Tickets from RSC box office 01789 331111 Country Market every Saturday 8.45–11am Lower Town Hall 14 Charity Band Concert in The Cotswold School at 7.30pm. 8.45am – 11am (with Farmer’s Market on 3rd Saturday) Tickets £12 Tel: 01451 820211 GREAT ROLLRIGHT Weekly Market every Wednesday 20 Kingham Singers Christmas Concert at Kingham Primary Village Market first Saturday monthly except January GREAT ROLLRIGHT School at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 with refreshments. Contact Linda MORETON-IN-MARSH Village Market last Saturday monthly (except December) Sale 01608 658647 Weekly Market every Tuesday 9 - 3.30pm KINGHAM Country Market every Thursday 10am - 12noon in WI EXHIBITIONEXHIBITION & DEMONSTRATIONS & DEMONSTRATIONS Farmer’s Market 21 June, 20 Sept, 13 December 3 - 8 Pop-up Art and Craft at Binghams Gallery, Sheep Street, Stow MORETON-­‐IN-­‐MARSH Hall NORTHLEACH every Wednesday 8.30-3.30pm GL54 1HQ - art, photography and glass for inspirational gifts Weekly Market every nd Tuesday, – 9 3.30pm 10am - 5pm STOWCountry ON Market THE WOLD every 2 and Thursday, last Thursday 9.30–12noon 9 in -W 1pm I Hall until To 15 Images from The Magnum Photos agency, focusing on the Farmers’Farmer’s Market and Craft Market 1st Sept Sunday (except 12 July) 09.30-­‐2pm approx history of the second half of the 20th century through the lenses STOURTONNORTHLEACH every First Wednesday, Thursday 8.30–3.30pm monthly except of 75 leading photographers. Compton Verney Art Gallery CV35 Farmer’s STOW ON Market THE WOLD January in Village Hall. CV36 5HG 9HZ 01926 645500 Farmer’s Market 2nd Thursday, 9am–1pm To 9 National Portrait Gallery exhibition at Upton House and Gardens: Faces of Change: Natures Champions - contact Meghan Tiplady | [email protected] | 01295

671113. More information on ‘Nature’s Champions’ and on the 12 Shipston and District Literary Soc. Christmas Lunch at National Trust’s People’s Landscapes programme visit The White Bear, Shipston at 7.30pm. Contact Helen www.nationaltrust.org.uk/peopleslandscapes Marshall 01789 740773 DIARY 14/15 Christmas Tree Festival at St Peter’s Church Hook

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.30/11 The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway will be running and musical entertainment. th Santa Specials from 30 November. See advertisement or our Until 15 Christmas at Blenheim Palace Illuminated Light Trail,

Website for details. Advance booking is essential. Christmas Alice in the Palace. Book tickets th st Cracker services will run from 26 December to 1 January Until 22 Christmas throught eh Ages at Canons Ashby. Meet

2020. See www.gwsr.com for more information. Father Christmas 7/8 & 14/15. Christmas Trail details 1 Santa’s Grotto at Batsford Arboretum 10am – 4pm. To 01327 861900 book call 01386 701441 5/6 A Christmas Carol at Chipping Campden School 7pm start JANUARY th th th JANUARY 5-8 Stow Christmas Tree Festival 5 – 7 10am – 5pm & 8 12.30 – 5pm in St Edwards Church, Stow Until 5 JANUARYThe Big Batsford Elf Hunt at Batsford Arboretum, GL56 5-8 St Mary’s Church, Charlebury Christmas Tree Festival 9AD. Santa’s helpers have gone missing and they’re all Christmas market, Concert, Café more info: 01608 811204 hiding at Batsford Arboretum - find them to win a prize! For [email protected] more details, visit www.batsarb.co.uk 5 CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL – St Mary’s Church 11 A Christmas Carol at The Barn Theatre, Cirencester Tel Charlbury In aid of the roof appeal. Opening party - 01285 648255 Christmas market - Concert 18 Kate’s Home Nursing Quiz Night in St Edward’s Hall, www.stmaryscharlbury.co.uk Stow. Fish and Chip supper. Doors open 6.30pm quiz 6 Festive Fun in Stow from 5pm free soup and mincepies. starts at 7pm Team of 8 £25 per head 01451 831330 5.30pm Christmas Tree lights switched on. Stow Primary 29 Fairport Convention Winter Tour. Roses Theatre, school children singing festive songs and carols. Tewkesbury GL20 5NX. 7.30 - 10.45pm. Tickets £27.50 6 Christmas Tree Festival Lunch 12 noon in St Edwards Hall. Tickets, www.rosestheatre.org Booking information etc. from – Tickets £28 Welcome drink & 3 course lunch with wine. Speakers: Martin and Belinda Keighley. Tickets, Booking information etc. from – 7 Chipping Campden Rotary Tree of Light 2pm – 7pm lights BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE switched on at 5,30pm. BOURTON Victoria Street, ON THE Bourton WATER on the VISITOR Water. -­‐ Open Mon Fri INFORMATION 9.30-­‐5pm, CENTRE 7 Paint your own Christmas bauble 1pm-2pm at Batsford Victoria Street, Bourton on the Water. Open Mon-­‐Sat 9.30-­‐5pm, Arboretum, GL56 9AD. In Batsford’s Forest aschool£15 per Sat 9.30-­‐5.30, Closed Sunday 01451 820211 child pre-booking essential 01386 701441 Sun E: info@visitbou 10am – 2pm(May rton.com– Sept ember) 01451 820211 7 Ramsden Christmas Market at Shucklets Paddock, OX7 3AU E: BURFORD [email protected] INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. from 1pm – 5pm Admission £2 BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. 7 Chipping Norton Walking Tour at 10.30am - details Open Mon-­‐Sat 9.30-­‐5pm, Sun -­‐ 10 4pm. 01993 823558 E: offbeatcotswolds.com Open [email protected] Mon-­‐Sat 9.30-­‐5pm, Sun 10-­‐4pm. 01993 823558 E: 7 Christmas at Bledington Village Hall – breakfast with Santa [email protected] NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT from 8.30am. Santa arrives at 9.30am. Hamper raffle 7/8 Christmas Tree Festival at St John, Great Rissington 10 – CHIPPING Guildhall, NORTON Goddards VISITOR Lane, Chipping INFORMATION Norton POINT OX7 5NJ. Office hours th 5pm Tea, coffee & cake. 8 12.30 – 5pm Guildhall, Mon-­‐Fri. Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours 7/8 Stow Gift, Craft & Collectors Fayre St Edwards Hall, Stow MonMORETON -­‐Fri. AREA CENTRE High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-­‐ 9.30am - 4.30pm Free Entry, Refreshments All Day Disabled & 4.00pm, Tues-­‐Thurs 8.45am-­‐5.15pm, Fri 8.45am-­‐4.45pm, Sat Dog Friendly! Please contact Issy 01608 682598 or MORETON AREA CENTRE High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-­‐ [email protected] 4.00pm, 10am-­‐1pm Tues-­‐ Thurs (BST), 8.45am 10.00am-­‐-­‐12.30pm 5.15pm, (BWT), Fri 8.45am-­‐ 4.45pm, Sun 01608 CLOSED. Sat 8 Christmas Market in Bledington Village Hall 2 – 4.30pm – 10am650881 -­‐1pm E: (BST), [email protected] 10.00am-­‐12.30pm (BWT), Sun CLOSED. 01608 many stalls plus Santa Scarecrow Trail around village. STOW VISITOR INFORMATION St.Edwards Hall, The Square, Stow. To 8 Fairytale Farm Tickets available online fairytalefarm.co.uk 650881 E: [email protected] Library (open library hours) + Information Point in the lobby (open £6.75 Adult/12.49 for children having Santa present.Moorlands STOW VISITOR INFORMATION St.Edwards Hall, The Square, Stow. Farm, Little Kineton . 6pm start, workshop 7 – 9pm. Tickets every day). Library (open library hours) £45. To book call Sarah Irwin 01926 651364

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COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHTS The Notgrove Village Hub GL54 3BS 7.30pm – 11.30pm LIVE MUSIC – Licenced Bar, £5pp entrance Thursday 12 December 2019 Tonight’s act is Martin Jaye

Contact Ken on 07870795560 or 01451 850502 for further details.

THE ARTS SOCIETY BLOCKLEY a lecture 1950s Britain through the eyes of Picture Post by Howard Smith at 2.45pm on 2 December 2019 in St George’s Hall, Blockley Please contact Elaine Parker (01386 840326) for booking guests (which is essential) and more details. www.theartssocietyblockley.org

Weekly dance classes for Parkinson’s and MS are held in Oddington Village Hall – Mondays 10-30 to 12 noon Abbey Fields Community Centre, Winchcombe Mondays 2pm to 3pm Therapy Suite, Trafalgar Road, Tewkesbury Tuesdays 1.15pm to 2.30pm Term-time only, £5 per person; family, friends and carers welcome (donation £1). The sessions are a mixture of seated, standing and travelling dances, enabling people to go at their own pace. Refreshments. Contact Sarah at BeSocial@theCentre on 01242 603207, or email her: [email protected]

24 | COTSWOLD TIMES COTSWOLD TIMES Local Directory of Really Useful Information THIS LISTING IS FREE AND A FIRST POINT OF Village REFERENCE FOR CLUBS, EVENT ORGANISERS ETC. This listing may be published two/three times a year and will be available on line at www.cotswoldtimes.co.ukVillage halls Please inform us of any changes HallsThis listing is free and a first point of reference for clubs, event organisers etc.

ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL £8 per hour contact: 01608 658710 email: [email protected] BATSFORD ARBORETUM EDUCATION CENTRE contact: 01386 701441 www.batsarb.co.uk BLEDINGTON VILLAGE HALL contact: 01608 658699 [email protected] BLOCKLEY LITTLE VILLAGE HALL contact: 01386 700880 email: [email protected] BLOCKLEY ST GEORGE’S HALL raised stage, sound system, contact: Ray Mayo 01386 701451 BLOCKLEY JUBILEE HALL contact: Hilary Sutton 01386 700914 [email protected] BOURTON ON THE HILL THE OLD SCHOOL contact: Sandra Gee 01386 701385 BOURTON ON THE WATER ROYAL BRITISH LEGION HALL seats 150 contact: 01451 824303 BOURTON ON THE WATER VICTORIA HALL contact: Annette Lane 01451 831039 bourtononthewatervillagehall.co.uk BOURTON ON THE WATER GEORGE MOORE COMMUNITY CENTRE contact: 01451 820712 email: [email protected] BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL contact: [email protected] BURFORD WARWICK HALL contact: [email protected] or 01993 224783 www.warwickhallburford.org CHARLBURY WAR MEMORIAL HALL contact: 01608 810879 www.charlbury.info

CHURCHILL VILLAGE HALL contact Roy Crumpton 07748241436 mailto:[email protected] CHIPPING NORTON GLYME HALL contact: Tor Oliveri 01608 238037 email: [email protected] CHIPPING NORTON TOWN HALL contact: Kay 01608 642341 email: [email protected] ENSTONE PARISH HALL contact: Susanne Hamilton 01608 677156 email: [email protected] EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL contact: Linda Gray: [email protected] 01608 654015 GREAT ROLLRIGHT VILLAGE HALL contact: booking secretary 01608 730268 GUITING POWER VILLAGE HALL contact: 07468099432 www.guitingevents.co.uk KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL contact: Nicole Marina 07733 238334 email: [email protected] LITTLE WOLFORD VILLAGE HALL contact: James van Heldon 01608 674244 LONGBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL ¾ sized snooker table, table tennis table contact: http://longboroughvillagehall.co.uk LONG COMPTON VILLAGE HALL contact: 01608 684834 email: [email protected] LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL contact: Donna Graham 01451 605071/07557442896 email: [email protected] MORETON IN MARSH COMMUNITY ROOM contact Funeral Directors 01608 652612 MORETON IN MARSH REDESDALE HALL Lower and Upper hall contact: Clerk 07519330096 email: [email protected] MORETON IN MARSH WOMEN’S INSTITUTE HALL contact: Pam Clarke 01608 652575 NORTHLEACH COTSWOLD HALL contact: Jacques 01451 860366 NORTHLEACH THE WESTWOODS CENTRE contact: 01451 861499 email: [email protected] NOTGROVE VILLAGE HALL contact: [email protected] or Keith 01451 850726 ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL contact: 01451 830817 or 01451 831917 OVER NORTON VILLAGE HALL contact: 07880593597 PAXFORD VILLAGE HALL contact: 01386 593090 www.paxford.org.uk RAMSDEN MEMORIAL HALL contact: 01993 869026 email: [email protected] SALFORD VILLAGE HALL contact: 01608 641414 www.slfordvillagehall.co.uk SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD NEW BEACONSFIELD HALL Gymnasium, contact: 01993 832216 www’newbeaconsfieldhall.org STOW ON THE WOLD BAPTIST CHURCH HALL contact: 01608 650624 HALL NOT LEASED FOR COMMERCIAL EVENTS STOW ON THE WOLD STOW SOCIAL CLUB contact: Tim 01451 830242 STOW ON THE WOLD RUGBY CLUB contact: Amanda 07940141192 STOW ON THE WOLD ST EDWARDS HALL contact: James Black 07986623358 [email protected] STOW ON THE WOLD YOUTH CLUB Pool table, Table football contact: D Neill 01451 830656 email: [email protected] TODENHAM VILLAGE HALL contact: Margaret Clark at [email protected] WESTCOTE VILLAGE HALL contact: Christine Walford 01993 831196 or Tony Gibson 01993 830699 WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL contact: Liz Townsend 07715763414

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A-Z Listings of associations, clubs, societies and Local Authorities A-Z Listings of associations, clubs, societies and Local Authorities

N Cotswold CAMRA 01451 810305 Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults) CLUBS [email protected] 2nd Weds. Meet at Rugby Club, Greystones 7-9pm Jane N Cotswold Disabled Club Joan Oughton 01451 830580 Nolan 01608 643855 Blockley Art Society www.blockley-art-society.co.uk N Cotswold Digital Camera Club James Minter Gloucestershire Stroke Group Caroline Seguro or [email protected] 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk www.stroke.org.uk 01452 520723 Bourton and Distric U3A Contact: Jenny Stanfield N Cotswold Model Aero Club Far Heath Farm Moreton. Henry Cornish Care Centre (The Orders of St John Care 01451 824388. U3asites.org.uk/bourton Brian Lacey 01608 652213 Trust), Manager Natalya James, 01608 642364, manager. Bourton on the Water WI 2nd Tues 7.15pm, Victoria Hall, N Cotswold National Trust. Pat Poulton 01608 651372 [email protected], www.osjct.co.uk BOW. Sec Janet Randall 01451 821739 N Cotswold Rotary Club Bourton on the Water Dudley Mills Home Start N Cotswolds Family Support 01451 831781 Bourton-on-the-Water Probus 2nd & 4th Mondays 10am 01451 820704, Stow Brian Honness 01451 830052, Barry Independence Trust mental health, drug and alcohol support at the George Moore Community Centre. Sec Chris Fowler Peaaston 01608 650526 01608 652232. www.independencetrust.co.uk 01451 820787 N Cotswold U3A John Bissett 01386 859319. Insight Moreton Area Centre Mondays 10am-1pm. Bourton Vale Horticultural Society 7.30pm second U3asites.org.uk/northcotswold [email protected] Wednesday of the month – Baptist School Room, Station Oddington WI 2nd Tues Oddington Village Hall. Sue John Kate’s Home Nursing (paliative nursing care at home) Karen Road, 01451 830989 Pengilley. [email protected]. 07540898143 Bourton Panto Group www.bourtonpantogroup.com Oddfellows (CN Branch) A social group, 3rd Wed/M at the Lawrence Home Nursing Team Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549 Bridge Club at Broadwell Village Hall Weds afternoon Lower Town Hall, Market Street. Dave Talbot, 07815 099 884. Lights Up Arts Club for people with dementia, meets 2nd 1.45pm. Mary Wood 01451 822313 [email protected] and 4th Tuesdays monthly, 10.30am-12.30pm at Highlands, Chadlington Flower Club Ann Aston 01608 683289 Over Norton History Group Jan Cliffe, 01608 641057 Burford Road. Charlbury Art Society 2nd Weds at 7.30pm. Kati Eidenbenz Round Table Gavin Southwell, 01993 730888 Lunch Clubs, Cotswold Friends. [email protected] 01608 810911 Royal British Legion Michael Dixon, 01608 643755 Mind in Chipping Norton (people with mental health Ch. Norton Amateur Astronomy Group www.cnaag.com Royal British Legion (Women’s Section) Betty Hicks, difficulties) Di Taylor, 01608 645296 3rd Monday 7.30pm. Methodist Rooms, Robin Smitten 01608 642551 [email protected] 07527 224411 Rural Living Group Betty Bryan, 01608 674255 Multiple Sclerosis Society Carol Owen, 01993 880099 Chipping Norton & Area U3A Janis Paxton, 01608 644896 Royal British Legion Branch The Naight, Lansdown, Medical Detection Dogs Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer Chipping Norton Art Club All abilities. Thurs mornings, Bourton GL54 2AR. Branch, 01451 824303 support Group. Fundraising & talking to groups. fortnightly, 01608 730268 Salford Players Drama and Music Group. 01993 831909. [email protected]. Chipping Norton Bridge Club David Megson, 01608 645382 Doreen Herrington 01608 642853 uk Moore Friends Sec: Sandra Morgan 01451 824316 Chipping Norton Historical Research Group Jan Cliffe, Scottish Country Dance Group. Brenda Parsons [email protected] 01608 641057 01451 831876 National Childbirth Trust 0870 444 8707 Chipping Norton Lions Club Liz Nason & Mike Graham both Shipston on Stour ‘The Literary Society’ Meets on the last N Cotswold Community Radio Old Police Station, on 01608 644678 [email protected] Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at the George Hotel. Chipping Campden. www.northcotswoldonline.com Chipping Norton Museum & History Society 2nd Mondays 01295 680628 or 01608 663482 N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch non emergency 7.30pm, September to May Methodist Hall, West Street, Single File Social Group 45-70s. Living15 mins of 0845 0901234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Mon. 07765598518 N Cotswold Support Group – Parkinsons Uk Mike Winter Chipping Norton Postcard Club Brenda Morris, 01608 643779 www.meetup.com/single-file-chipping-norton 01451 831194 Chipping Norton Probus 3rd Tues at The Crown & Cushion Stow Disability Assoc. George Hill 07952857229 Oxon Assoc. for the Blind Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL 11am Sec. Geoffrey Norris, 01608 676997 Stow & District Civic Society Meets 1st Friday evenings 01865 725585 Chipping Norton Probus for Ladies Sec Linda Mottram, alternate months, St Edwards Hall, Stow Nigel Surman P3 Stow Drop In Centre Youth Centre 2nd & 4th Tues 1pm-4pm 01608 646635 01451 833783 P3 Charity (Supporting People through Advice & Guidance) High Chipping Norton Railway Club Alan Brain, 01608 641586 Stow and North Cotswold Probus Club 1st and 3rd Thurs Street, Moreton in Marsh. 01608653377 .www.p3charity.org Chipping Norton Rotary Club Mons 7/ 7.30pm at mornings Broadwell Village Hall 10.30am sec: Martin Hornby Redesdale Hall Plays Committee Mike Rees 01608 650825 The Mason’s Arms, Swerford, OX7 4AP David Haine, 01608 654356 Read Easy North Cotswolds 1-1 reading coaching for 07889 609221/01608 643964 Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderers Guild adults. 0844 493 0686 [email protected] Chipping Norton Scrabble Club Sarah Turner. Broadwell Village Hall on first Tuesday of the month at 2pm. RNLI North Cotswold Branch Chairman Stephanie Hornby [email protected] Visitors £5.00. Contact 01608 651006 01608 654356 Cots Conservative Association Moreton Branch Stow on the Wold WI 1st Wednesday, Church Rooms, Save the Children Fund Katherine Kimmance 01295 810189 [email protected]. www.moretonconservatives.org Church Walk. Sec: Hazel 01451 830726 Stow on the Wold Communithy Land Trust providing Cotswold Volunteers North Lunch Club St David’s Centre, Stow Social Club Contact Tim on 01451 830242 . affordable housing in Stow. Contact Peter Minty on Moreton 3rd Thursday/month – £4.00 Well Lane Club 01451 832433 or [email protected] Cotswold Investment Club 2nd Tuesday each month. Tredington & District Gardening Club Every 3rd Tuesday at The Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually Judith Borsay 01608 650787 the Tredington WI Hall at 7.30pm 01608 682644 impaired. 01242 252072. [email protected] Cotswold Wardens (conservation, guided walks) Tangent Val Carpenter, 01608 641452 The Stroke Assoc. (Age UK) Louise Read 01452 520723 01451 862000 www.contswoldsaonb.org.uk The Theatre Friends Heather Leonard, 01608 643691 [email protected] Dinner Hosts Single 35-55 yr olds, social life through dinner Trefoil Guild Betty Gardener, 01608 641664 Villager Community Bus Keith Gowing 01608 658579 parties. www.dinnerhosts.net Twinning Association Jo Graves, 01608 643976 www.villagerbus.com Duplicate Bridge Club Broadwell Village Hall, 2pm WI Chipping Norton Prudence Chard, 01608 642903 U3A – Bourton & District Sec. Janet Prout 01451 821478 Wednesday afternoon. Mary Wood 01451 822313 WI Over Norton Becky Pearman, 01608 643463 u3asites.org.uk/bourton [email protected] WOWI West Oxfordshire WI Hilary Dix 01608 646228 W. Oxfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau Adviceline Friends of the Town Hall Chipping Norton Jackie Haworth, Weavers Spinners & Dyers Club Rose Kirkcaldy, 01295 253789 08444 111 444 01608 641368, [email protected] Wychwood Old-Time Dance Club Margaret Pitman, Gloucestershire Advanced Motorists www.glosiam.org.uk, 01993 810897 CHARITIES Contact Andrew Bowden, [email protected] or Young At Heart Club 1st and 3rd Thursdays monthly, 07801 716443. 10.30am-2.30pm, Lounge at Jameson Court. A light lunch is Cotswold Friends [email protected]. Gloucestershire Heart Support Group 10.15am Wednesday served; Carer Respite Service available for a modest charge. 01608 697009 morning. Moreton Congregational Church Rooms. Kelly Hennesey-Ford 07707787580 First Responders (St John Ambulance) 01452 858234 John Green, 01451 824141 [email protected] Moreton in Marsh Knit One, Sip One Knitting Group Alternate Weds at Save the Children 01608 650825 Coach & Horses, Longborough. Carlin 07769646996 or BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GROUPS [email protected] Bourton on the Water Chamber of Commerce admin@ SPORTS AND OUTDOORS Life Saving Club (Fire College) Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle bourtoninfo,com Moreton Chamber of Commerce to be advised 01386 882430 Redesdale Hall Management Committee Clerk Rachel Adlestrop Cricket Club Mr S Kean 01451 831458 Moreton Conservatives Chairman Nigel Moor Davis 07519 330096 Angling Society Robert Jarvis, 01608 643494 [email protected] Cotswold Business Clubs Cotswold Business Centre www.moretonanglingclub.co.uk Moreton Flower Club 4th Thursday every month, 7.30pm [email protected] Stow Fund Trustee: Robert Barnett Athletics Club Allen Souch, 01865 372484/0798 1089457 Broadwell Village Hall Joan Malings 01451 822723 Tesco Community Champion Ann Lattimore Banbury Ornithological Society Frances Buckel, 01608 644425 Moreton Interest & Leisure Club 2nd Weds monthly. [email protected] 07514408598 BBOWT Reg Tipping, 01295 251673 Club Sec Morag 01608 652621 Wire Network Emma Heathcote-James Bourrton Badminton Club Monday 6.30-10pm Moreton Probus Club 2nd and 4th Mondays each www.wire.org/networks 01386 831379/07977226025 07840113477. [email protected] Month.10.30 am. Swan Hotel, Moreton-in-Marsh. Secretary: Bourton and Sherborne Hockey Club Chair: Tracey Dixon Robert Holland 01608 654373 COMMUNITY GROUPS 07813187933 [email protected] Moreton WI 1st Thursday (afternoon) W.I. Hall, New Road. Bourton Road Runners Tues & Thurs Evening Bourton Trish 01608 651367 Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) 2nd Tues Leisure Centre. 7 & 7.30pm. Lynn Hudson 01242 820920. Moreton (Evening) WI 2nd Monday at 7.30pm. St David’s 2-4pm 01451 822102 Baden Powell Hall, Bourton Juniors meet Cotswold School Tues 7pm. Centre. Sec: Jo 01608 650821 Chipping Norton Amnesty International Group meets 01451 824379/830015 Moreton & District Local History Society Sec Ruth Wright 2nd Thursday monthly. 7.30pm, Lower Town Hall, Chipping Bourton Vale Cricket Club Philip Winter 01451 821920 01451 831104 Norton. Priscilla Peace 01451 830459 Chipping Norton [email protected] Moreton Reading Club Newcomers welcome 01608 654111 Leisure Centre Burford Road OX7 5DY, 01993 861951 Bourton Vale Equestrian Centre Pony Club Weds 3.45-5.45. Northleach & Fosse Lions Club 2nd Tuesday [email protected] 01451 821101 [email protected] (business meeting) at the Ox House, Northleach. 8pm Chipping Norton ‘The Lido’ 01608 643188 Email Bourton Vale Lawn Tennis Club Ann Whitney, 07917163001 northleachandfosselions.org.uk 0845 8339825 [email protected] [email protected] N Cotswold Arts Assoc. Sandi Garnett 01451 822550 Cotswold Volunteers Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 Chipping Norton Bowls Club Greystones Leisure Centre, N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc. Julia Edwards [email protected] 01608 644154, [email protected] Indoor (Oct-Mar) 01608 659396 [email protected] Cotswold Friends Lunch Club Roberta Jarvie 01608 643556. Outdoor (Apr-Oct) Val & Mike N Cotswold Bridge Club meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, [email protected] Harris 01608 65820. www.chippingnortonbowls.co.uk Weds, Thurs. Alan Lamb 01608 650202. Cotswold Friends Carers Club [email protected] www.bridgewebs.com/northcotswolds Friends of Stow Surgery 01451 832200 & 830610 www.cotswoldtimes.co.uk Tel: 01608 652299 or 07789 175002 A-Z Listings of associations, clubs, societies and Local Authorities A-Z Listings of associations, clubs, societies and Local Authorities

Chipping Norton Cricket Club Graham Beacham, 01608 810047 Hook Norton Film Society Harry Smith, 01285 737417 [email protected] Chipping Norton Golf Club 01608 642383 golfadmin@ Kingham Choral Society Linda Sale, 01608 658647 www.bourtononthewaterpc.org.uk chippingnortongolfclub.com www.chippingnortongolfclub.com North Cotswold Chamber Choir Shauni McGregor, County Cllr Paul Hodgkinson Shire Hall, Chipping Norton Green Gym (environmental projects, Weds 01608 642352 Gloucester GL1 2GT. 01285 831359/07785 263759 mornings). [email protected] 01608 643269 Nortonians Amateur Dramatic Soc Andrew Pitman, [email protected] www.chippygreengym.org/ 01993 830930 Society of Recorder Players District Cllr Nick Maunder, Bourton Village Ward 07866 Chipping Norton Horticultural Assoc Sec. Eileen Forse, Jenny Graham-Brown, 01285 740156 885468 [email protected] 01608 643275 Naunton Music Society Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 Chipping Norton Town Council The Guild Hall, Chipping Norton Hockey Club Clive Briant, 01608 677913 [email protected] Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ 01608 642341 Chipping Norton Pistol & Rifle Club John Chaplin, Recorder Ensemble beginners meet on Fridays @Gl56 9SR. [email protected] 01608 641245 Cost 50p. Christine 07967423550 Chipping Norton Intermediate Care Unit Russell Way, Chipping Norton Rambling Club First Sunday afternoon in the Stour Singers Vic Twyman Choir Manager 01451 870361 Ward clerk, nurses office in-patient number 01608 690411. month. Heather 01608 643691 or [email protected] [email protected] Out-patient unit 01608 648200. Chipping Norton Rugby Football Club Andy Dawson, Via Fosse advanced recorder group meet on Mondays Chipping Norton Visitor Point The Guildhall, Middle Row. 01608 683352 @GL56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967423550 Mon to Fri 8.45–13.00, 14.00–16.00. 01993 861000 Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club Contact Louise County Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles (Chipping Norton) Murphy, 01608 644091 for details. YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN 01993 831822/Mob07793 935655 Chipping Norton Town Football Club Shaun Green, [email protected] 07845216412. [email protected] Activity Camps Holidays for ages 3-13 yrs 07793949198 County Councillor Liz Leffman (Charlbury & Wychwood) Chipping Norton Yacht Club Duncan Wheatley, www.activity-camps.com 01608 810513/07741 073088 [email protected] [email protected] www.cnyc.co.uk Aikido for Kids Saturday mornings 10-11am. Village Hall, Chipping Norton District Council Mike Cahill 07876 685419 Cotswolds Aikido Club Friday nights 7.30-10pm. Village Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. 07738 837904 [email protected] Hall, Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. [email protected] Oxfordshire County Council County Hall New Road 07738 837904 [email protected] 6th Chipping Norton Scout Group and Explorer Scout Unit OX1 1ND. Tel 01865 792422 Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Wendy Lines, 01608 642360 Ian Bushrod Group Scout Leader, [email protected] West Oxfordshire Council Offices The Guildhall, Middle Cotswold Walkers Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 823450 Bourton BumblebeeZ babies/pre school group St Lawrences Row, OX7 5NH Open Mon-Thurs 08.45-13.00 & 14.00-16.00 Thurs 2pm MAC. Weds 2pm Bourton Church. Alan Robinson Church, Thursdays 9.30-11.00am. Contact Linda Powell Fri 08.45-13.00 & 14.00-16.00. 01451 821067 01451 822206. Cotswold District Council 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Great Rissington Archers Sat 10.30am Gt Rissington Bourton Gymnastics Club Age: Reception to Year 8. County Councillor Nigel Moor 01386 700240 Social Club 01451 824161/ 870221 Contact Kerwen or Martin 01451 820015 [email protected] Little Compton Bowls Club All Year Club. Play stars April. Bourton Pre-school & Out of School Clubs Pam Coombes Glos Homeseeker applying for affordable housing Sue Grantham, 01608 642859 07950048066 bourtonpreschool&eygloucestershire.co.uk www.gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 6666330 London Chinatown TaeKwondo Weds 6.30pm kids and Children & Young Peoples Directorate Stephen McDonald Glos Rural Community Council Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 families. 7.30pm teens & adults Redesdale Hall, Moreton Snr Youth Worker. Bourton Youth Centre, 01451 820525. Mobile: [email protected] www.groc.org.uk 07517437300 07825732523. [email protected] Moreton Area Centre 01608 650881 [email protected] Moreton Badminton Club Mike Rees 01608 650825 Blockley Toddler Group Jubilee Hall, Blckley Thursday Moreton in Marsh Town Council Council Office, Old Town, Moreton Bowling Club Captain Brenda Dix 01451 821020 10 - 11.30am (term time only) Clare 01386 701695 Moreton in Marsh. GL56 0LW. 01608 651448 [email protected] [email protected] www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk Moreton Cricket Club Capt: 01608 652630 Bledington Toddler Group Nicki 01608 658137 Mon Moreton in Marsh District Councillors Rachel Coxcoon, Sec: 01608 650928 www.moretoninmarshoc.co.uk 10-11.30am Moreton East Ward 07968 533286 Moreton Rangers Football Club Sec: 01608 650955 Chipping Norton St Mary’s Toddler Group Julie Jennings, [email protected] www.moretonrangersfc.co.uk 01608 643796 Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502 Clive Webster, Moreton West Ward 07590 073250 Moreton Tennis Club www.moretontennis.co.uk Chipping Norton Air Training Corps Steve Taylor, [email protected] Sec: Sue Bull 01386 853298 01608 641299 Stow on the Wold District Councillor Dilys Neil, Stow Ward Monkey Dragon School of Karate Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Army Cadets Colin Tye 07917 273535 07799 431044 [email protected] Leisure Centre. John 01608 643903 or 07984 791866 Chipping Norton Brownies 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, Village Agents [email protected] N Cotswold Cycling Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 645563 [email protected] 01608 650217 Chipping Norton CN Rainbows Alison Dunbar, 01608 N Cotswold Akido Club Thurs 8-10pm. Village Hall, 644480 KEY INFORMATION Naunton. 07554252021. www.northcotswoldakido.co.uk Chipping Norton Crusaders (11–13) David Radcliffe, N Cotswold (Chipping Norton) Badminton Club Contact: 01993 831472 Bourton-on-the-Water Police Station Moore Community James, [email protected], 07917835325 or Chipping Norton Crusaders (14+) David Radcliffe, Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ Non-emergency 101, Mick, [email protected], 01993 881545 01608 646202 Emergency 999 N Cotswolds Youth Club Cricket Club Shaun Williams Chipping Norton Guides 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, 01608 645563 Bourton-on-the-Water Visitor Information Centre 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.uk Chipping Norton Pre-School 01608 643376 Victoria Street. 01451 820211/822583. Northwick Bowls Club 01386 700390/01608 650853 Children’s Art Club ages 4-12 after school, Saturdays and [email protected] Riding for the Disabled Ann Nobbs, 01869 338404 holidays. Gill Parkes 01386 700991 Bourton on the Water Citizens Advice Bureau Moore Stow Cricket Club Captain Ash Andrews 07891536418 Condicote Playgroup and Toddlers Jo Abrahams Health Centre Freephone 0808 800 0511 [email protected] 07796 987173 (10am-4pm Monday to Thursday). www.cotswoldcab.org.uk Stow Gymnastics and Trampoline Club Wed, Thurs Guiting Power Brownies age 7-10 Tues. 6.15-7.30pm Carers Oxfordshire (Support Group for Carers) and Sat. Sessions for 2-17 year olds. Caroline Ardron Cheryl Millar 01451 831233 0845 050 7666 [email protected] :07793949198.www.stowgymnastics.co.uk Guiting Power Pre-school Playgroup 01451 851742. Chipping Norton First Aid Unit Rear of Chipping Norton Stow Rugby Club Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge. Becky Roseblade [email protected] War Memorial Community Hospital, Russell Way, off London www.stowrfc.co.uk Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502 Road. Open Monday to Friday 5.00pm– 9.00pm, Methodist Junior Church Club Sec 01608 643847 weekends and bank holidays 10.00am–9.00pm, no MUSIC Monkey Music Tues afternoon 07768 457403 appointment necessary [email protected] Chipping Norton Health Centre The White House Surgery Bell Ringers Bourton-on-the-Water, Anne Clark, 01451 821 759 Moreton Rainbows for girls aged 5-7 reopened on Saturday & West Street Surgery are now amalgamated as – Chipping Bell Ringers, Great Rissington Mondays 7:30-9pm, 14th October in St Davids Centre and will take place on the Norton Health Centre, Russell Way, Chipping Norton, Sheila Jesson, 01451 820 395 2nd Saturday of each month from 9:30am-12:30pm. If you are OX7 5FA 01608 642742 Bledington Music Festival www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk interested please contact Daphne Walton (aka as Barn Owl) Chipping Norton Police Station London Road, OX7 5AW. Blockley Blokes Choir Thurs 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall David on 01608 650011 Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 Artingstall sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] Moreton Brownies is for girls aged 7-10. We meet every Cotswold Maternity Unit at Chipping Norton 01608 648222 Blockley Brass Band Friday 7.30-9.30pm St Georges Hall. Monday evening from 5:30pm-7:00pm in St David Centre. [email protected] Sec Rachel Galt 01386 841677 We still have a few spaces for the Autumn Term. If you are Children’s Pysio Direct helpline 0300 421 6980. 9-12noon Blockley Ladies Choir Tues 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall. Sue interested please contact Daphne Walton (aka as Barn Owl) Monday to Friday Wareham 01608 654299/ 07917198327/[email protected] on 01608 650011 Childline 0800 1111 Burford Singers www.burfordsingers.org.uk Moreton Guide Unit ages 10-14 Weds 6.30-8pm at Scout Ch Norton Veterinary Hospital OX7 5SY 01608 642547 Burford Orchestra Rehearse Monday evenings at Witney. Hut. Alison Eastabrook 01608 650515 Crime Stoppers 0800 555111 [email protected] www.wospweb.com/site/The- Moreton Scouts Beavers Mon 5.30-6.45pm age 6-81⁄2 Citizens advice Bureau Freephone 0808800 051 Burford-Orchestra Helen Jenkins, 01993 830559 Campden Cubs, Mon 6.45-8.15pm age 8-10. Explorers Tues 7.30- Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm www.cotswoldcab.org.uk Music Society Arthur Cunynghame [email protected] 9.30pm (fortnightly) age 14-18. Scouts Thurs. 7.30-9.30pm Glos Heart Support Group Weds 10.15am Moreton Chipping Norton CHAOS (Amateur Operatic) David Court, age 101⁄2-14. Dave Manley Scout Group Sec: 01608 650814 Congregational Church Rooms John Green 01451 824141 01608 811031 N Cotswold St John Ambulance & Cadets from age 10 First Responders (St Johns Ambulance) 01865 378228 Chipping Norton Choral Society Sarah Cobb, 07836 meets in Bourton Thurs. 7-9pm 01451 820570 John Radcliffe Hospital Casualty 01608 64465508520 518868, [email protected] Springboard Children’s Centre St Edwards Drive, Stow Mobile Police Station PCSO Simon King 07718 708520 or Chipping Norton Creative Arts Society Kathee Coonerty, 01451 831642 www.springboardoc.co.uk [email protected] 01993 891312 Stow Gymnastics Club every Tues, Thurs and Sat for 2-13 N Cots District Community First Responders Notgrove Chipping Norton Folk Club Caroline 07793949198 www.stowgymnastics.co.uk Training Centre 3rd Monday 7.30pm William Warmington www.chippingnortonfolk.org.uk/contact us Stow Youth Centre Youth Worker. Linda Burke, Stow Town 01608 651886 Cotswold West Gallery Group Annette Smith 01451 830160 Council 01451 832585 Office hours T,W Th 10am-1pm N Cotswold Hospital GL56 0DS daily 8am-8pm Cotswold Youth Choir Saturdays for children 3-6 & 7 upwards. 03004218770 www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk Burford Methodist Church. Amanda Hanley 07976353996 LOCAL AUTHORITIES N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Non-Emergency Fosseway Café Orchestra meets every Tuesday 10-12 0845 090 1234. www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk Toddenham village hall £3 per session. Christine 07967423550 Bourton on the Water Parish Council George Moore Stow Police Station Mon-Frid 8.30-4.30pm. Community Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ. 01451 820712 Non emergency 101 Emergency 999 www.cotswoldtimes.co.uk Tel: 01608 652299 or 07789 175002 www.cotswoldtimes.co.uk Tel: 01608 652299 or 07789 175002 REGULAR EVENTS REGULAR EVENTS 1st MON Folk Night Ebrington Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.uk REGULAR EVENTS 1st MON FolkNorthleach Night Ebri Bridgengton ArmsClub m9pm.eets www.theebringtonarms.co.uk in the Cotswold Hall, Northleach at 6.45 WEDS Awareness Through Movement classes 7pm at Church pm for Duplicate Bridge. Visitors welcome. Tim 01285 750288 MON Northleach Bridge Club meets in the Cotswold Hall, Northleach at 6.45 WEDS AwarenessWestcote Through Village Hall, Movement OX7 6SF classes £10/£40 7pm for at6 classes.Church Karin MON pm forDance Duplicate Fusion Bridge. Adult Visitors dance class.welcome. Mixed Tim styles. 01285 No 750288 experience 01993 832520 [email protected] necessary. Exercise in a fun way. No pre-booking necessary. Chipping Westcote Village Hall, OX7 6SF £10/£40 for 6 classes. Karin MON Dance Fusion Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience WEDS 01993Dance 832520 50+ [email protected], 9.45am-10.45am. Keep fit and mobile. necessary.Campden Exercise Town Hallin a 9.30fun way.-10.30. No £4.50 pre-booking necessary. Chipping Upstairs in The Theatre's Gallery. £60 for ten week term. 01608 MON Scottish Country Dancing St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30- WEDS Dance 50+ Termly, 9.45am-10.45am. Keep fit and mobile. Campden Town Hall 9.30-10.30. £4.50 Upstairs642350 in Thewww.chippingnortontheatre.com Theatre's Gallery. £60 for ten week term. 01608 MON Scottish7pm Children Country and Dancing 7-9pm St Adults Edwards 01451 Church 831876 Rooms, Stow. 5.30- WEDS Weds Walk Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 862000 MON Childrens Dance Class Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com 7pm Children and 7-9pm Adults 01451 831876 WEDSWEDS WedsHJ WalkJungling Easy/moderate Forest School walks. Pre Start-school at 10am. sessions 01451 9.30 862000 – 11.30am MON Childrens9-11 yrs Dance 5-6pm. Class Single Chipping class £7pp, Campden Monthly Town membership Hall.6-8 yrs £22pp. 4-5pm, 07527 07880908760 http://www.hjjungling.co.uk 757057 WEDS HJ Jungling Forest School Pre-school sessions 9.30 – 11.30am 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp, Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 3rd WEDS07880908760 N Cots Support http://www.hjjungling.co.uk Group for Parents & Carers of people with MON 757057Yoga Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 3rd WEDS N Cotsadditional Support needs. Group Childrens for Parents Centre & Carers(behind of Stow people Primary with Sch) MON Yoga01386438537 Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 7.30-9pm. [email protected] 01451 831642 MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the additional needs. Childrens Centre (behind Stow Primary Sch) 01386438537 WED & FRI7.30 Adult-9pm. Garden [email protected] Workshop.1.30 - 014514pm. P3, 831642 The Windrush, High MON ‘OldWater Sweats (10am NAAFI -12) break’ for anyone at Royal to come British along Legion, for a Bourton cup of tea on andthe a chat, Street, Moreton.Tel: 01608 653377 for more info. MON Burford Orchestra Rehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community WED & FRI Adult Garden Workshop.1.30 - 4pm. P3, The Windrush, High Water (10am -12) for anyone to come along for a cup of tea and a chat, LAST WEDSStreet, Book Moreton.Tel: Club 10 – 11am01608 -653377 Daylesford for more Organic info. Farm, Kingham in MON BurfordPrimary Orchestra School OX28Rehearsals 1HL. [email protected]. 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community 07984 492 association with BORZOI BOOKS who will choose the books and 976. New members welcome; no audition. LAST WEDS Book Club 10 –11am - Daylesford Organic Farm, Kingham in Primary School OX28 1HL. [email protected]. 07984 492 associationcontribute with to BORZOIthe discussions. BOOKS 01451 who will 831268 choose (Borzoi the books Books) and MON 976.Powerfreestyle New members welcome;Kickboxing no ataudition. Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7- THURS HJ Jungling Forest School Home school sessions 1 - 3 pm. Pre- 7.50pm. Adults 7.50-8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. contribute to the discussions. 01451 831268 (Borzoi Books) MON Powerfreestyle Kickboxing at Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7- THURS HJ Junglingschool sessions Forest 9.30 School – 11.30am. Home school 078809087 sessions60 1 - 3 pm. Pre- 7.50pm.Call AdamAdults 07774285459 7.50-8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. http://www.hjjungling.co.uk MON Bridge Club @ Northleach 7.30pm. Partners not necessary. Non school sessions 9.30 – 11.30am. 07880908760 Call Adam 07774285459 1st THURShttp://www.hjjungling.co.uk Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes MON Bridgemembers Club @welcome, Northleach 01285 7.30pm. 750288 Partners Tim Morris not necessary. Non Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School. 07977 560086 MON Dance Fusion Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience 1st THURS Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes members welcome, 01285 750288 Tim Morris Stowwww.martialartsvoucher.co.uk,-on-the-Wold Primary School. 07977 560086 MON Dancenecessary.All Fusion Adult Welcome. dance class,Ch.Campden mixed styles. Town NoHall, experience 9.30-10.30 £4.50 1st THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and (conc £2.50) www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk, necessary.All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 1st THURS FreeWomen Self Defence (Adults only) / Jeet Stowon Kune -Do the Lessons-Wold Primary for Men School and 07977 MON (concRobert £2.50) Cox Pilates 4U relocation for Monday 7pm classes to 560086 www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk Haybarn, Daylesford near Kingham, GL56 0YG Women (Adults only) Stowon- the-Wold Primary School 07977 MON Robert Cox Pilates 4U relocation for Monday 7pm classes to THURS 560086Yoga www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk Class in Condicote Village Hall from 6.30 – 7.30pm. Details MON Haybarn,Jun/July Daylesford Samba neardrumming Kingham, group GL56 Bourton 0YG -on-the-Water. (Not bank from Anne 01386 700364 holidays) 7.30- 9pm British Legion Hall. £5/£4 per drop in session or THURS Yoga Class in Condicote Village Hall from 6.30 – 7.30pm. Details MON Jun/July Samba drumming group Bourton-on-the-Water. (Not bank THURS fromFitness Anne 01386 League 700364 Exercise and movement to music. 9-45am to 11- holidays)block discount.7.30- 9pm www.olasamba.co.uk British Legion Hall. £5/£4 per drop in session or 15am in the British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Kathy Kirk 2nd MON MORETON PROBUS CLUB at The Swan Hotel, High Street, MoretonTHURS Fitness League Exercise and movement to music. 9-45am to 11- block discount. www.olasamba.co.uk 15am01993 in the 882350 British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Kathy Kirk 2nd MON MORETON10:30 to PROBUS12:30. Contact CLUB Mike at The Wareham Swan Hotel, on 01608 High 654299. Street, Moreton THURS Bourton Panto Group Group Nights at Victoria Hall 7 – 9pm. 3rd MON West Oxfordshire WI St. Mary's Parish Rooms, 7.30pm. 3 sessions at 01993 882350 10:30 to 12:30. Contact Mike Wareham on 01608 654299. THURS BourtonHarmony Panto singing, Group charades Group Nights i& workshops at Victoria in Halldance, 7 –drama 9pm. and 3rd MON West£4 Oxfordshire and then hope WI you'll St. Mary's become Parish a member! Rooms, Contact 7.30pm. Hilary 3 sessions Dix 01608 at backstage craft. 646228 Harmony singing, charades i& workshops in dance, drama and £4 and then hope you'll become a member! Contact Hilary Dix 01608 THURS backstage Quiz Night craft. at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 4th MON646228 MORETON PROBUS CLUB at The Swan Hotel, High Street, Moreton 840688 10:30 to 12:30. Contact Mike Wareham on 01608 654299. THURS Quiz Night at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 4th MON MORETON PROBUS CLUB at The Swan Hotel, High Street, Moreton THURS 840688Chippy Art Club Fortnightly in Glyme Hall, next to Leisure Centre. TUES 10:30HJ to Jungling 12:30. Contact Forest MikeSchool Wareham Home schoolon 01608 sessions 654299. 10 – 12 £5 per morning. 10.30-12.30 Friendly group. All abilities. 01608 07880908760 http://www.hjjungling.co.uk/ THURS Chippy Art Club Fortnightly in Glyme Hall, next to Leisure Centre. TUES HJ Jungling Forest School Home school sessions 10 – 12 £5 per730268 morning. 10.30-12.30 Friendly group. All abilities. 01608 TUES 07880908760Fosseway http://www.hjjungling.co.uk/ Cafe Orchestra at Stretton on Fosse Village Hal lGL56 THURS Adult Arts & Crafts Workshop. 09.30 - 12noon. Moreton 9SD 10 - 12. No auditions - players are Grade III - VI. Cost £3.00 per 730268 TUES Fosseway Cafe Orchestra at Stretton on Fosse Village Hal lGL56 THURS AdultCongregational Arts & Crafts Church Workshop Hall.. Tel:09.30 01608 - 12noon. 653377 Moreton for more info 9SDsession. 10 - 12. 07967 No auditions 423550. - players are Grade III - VI. Cost £3.00 per THURS Line Dancing 1.45pm beginners, 2.30 others. King George Hall, TUES Baby Bounce and Rhyme 10.30-11am, Moreton Library. Free Congregational Church Hall. Tel: 01608 653377 for more info session. 07967 423550. THURS LineMickleton Dancing 01386 1.45pm 438 beginners, 537 2.30 others. King George Hall, TUESTUES BabyBlockley Bounce Ladies and Rhyme Choir 10.307.30 -- 11am,9.15pm Moreton Little Village Library. Hall. Free Sec: Sue THURS Notgrove Country Music Every other Thursday, 8pm to 11:30 Wareham 01608 654299: 07917198327. [email protected] Mickleton 01386 438 537 TUES Blockley Ladies Choir 7.30 - 9.15pm Little Village Hall. Sec: Sue THURS Notgrovepm. £5 Country entrance. Music Contact Every Ken other on 07870795560 Thursday, 8pm for tofurther 11:30 details. TUES WarehamFit For 01608 Life at 654299: Baden- Powell07917198327. Hall, Bourton. [email protected] Tai Chi: 9.30-10.30am THURS Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC) 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall. David £4.50/session. Balance & strength: 11-12noon £4.50/ session. Contact pm. £5 entrance. Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details. TUES Fit For Life at Baden-Powell Hall, Bourton. Tai Chi: 9.30-10.30am THURS BlockleyArtingstall, Blokes Sec: Choir 01386 (BBC) 701556 7.30 [email protected] pm Little Village Hall. David £4.50/session.Denise Nethercott Balance 07909874186 & strength: 11 or-12noon email [email protected] £4.50/ session. Contact THURS Toddler group Village Hall in Upper Rissington. 10-12. £2 per TUES Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 Artingstall, Sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] Denise Nethercott 07909874186 or email [email protected] THURS ToddlerFamily. group Newborn Village to Hall5 years in Upper old. Contact Rissington. 01451 10 -82237912. £2 peror TUES Art 831862Class by / Jill07908 Jarvis 512734 at Oddington [email protected] Village Hall 9:30o.uk - 12:00. 01451 [email protected] TUES Great Rollright Baby and Toddler Group 10-11.30am in the village Family. Newborn to 5 years old. Contact 01451 822379 or 831862 / 07908 512734 [email protected] THURS [email protected] North Cotswolds Aikido Club at Naunton Village Hall, GL54 3AS. TUES Greathall. Rollright Ann White Baby 01608 and 737437 Toddler Group 10-11.30am in the village All ages from 14yrs welcome 8-10pm. TUES Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds “Serving the Community” meet THURS North Cotswolds Aikido Club at Naunton Village Hall, GL54 3AS. hall. Ann White 01608 737437 All ageswww.northcotswoldsaikido.co.uk from 14yrs welcome 8-10pm., [email protected] TUES Rotaryat Naunton Club of Downs the North Golf Cotswolds Club, Naunton, “Serving GL54 the 3AE. Community” 7.15pm for meet 7.45pm. or call Graham on 07554 252021. Tel: 01451 830887. www.NorthCotswoldRotary.org.uk www.northcotswoldsaikido.co.uk, [email protected] at Naunton Downs Golf Club, Naunton, GL54 3AE. 7.15pm for 7.45pm. FRI or callBelly Graham Dancing on 07554 New beginners 252021. class. 11-12.30 The Church Room, 1st TUESTel: Stow01451 on 830887. the Wold www.NorthCotswoldRotary.org.uk and Countryside Embroiderer’s Guild Afternoon Chipping Campden.Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all meetings with speaker then tea & cake. Broadwell Village Hall. 01608 FRI Belly Dancing New beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Room, 1st TUES Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer’s Guild Afternoon Chippingages, Campden.Informalshapes & sizes. 01608 & relaxed 663480 classes for ladies of all meetings651006 with speaker then tea & cake. Broadwell Village Hall. 01608 FRI Blockley Brass Band 7.30-9.30pm St George's Hall. Rachel Galt TUES Stow Art Club at Fisher House: beautiful views. Local amateur artists ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480 651006 FRI Blockley01386 Brass 841677 Band 7.30-9.30pm St George's Hall. Rachel Galt TUES Stowmeet Art 9.30Club – at12.30pm. Fisher House: £3 charge beautiful for tuition. views Imelda. Local 01451amateur 833572 artists FRI Dance Fusion Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience 1st WED Chipping Norton U3A meet at 2:30 at the Methodist Hall, West Street, 01386 841677 meet 9.30 – 12.30pm. £3 charge for tuition. Imelda 01451 833572 FRI Dancenecessary. Fusion AllAdult Welcome. dance class, Ch.Campden mixed styles. Town No Hall, experience 9.30-10.30 1st WED ChippingChipping Norton Norton. U3A Contact meet atjo.mcvicker@btinte 2:30 at the Methodistrnet.com Hall, West Street, £4.50 (conc £2.50) 1st WED Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes. necessary. All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 Chipping Norton. Contact [email protected] FRI £4.50Active (conc & £2.50) Able classes for older people. Baptist Church Rooms, 1st WED FreeChipping Martial NortonArts Lessons Leisure SeparateCentre. 07977 adult 560086& children’s classes. Stow 01285 623450 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk FRI Active & Able classes for older people. Baptist Church Rooms, Chipping Norton Leisure Centre. 07977 560086 FRI Stow Art 01285 Class 623450 by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 2nd & 4thwww.martialartsvoucher.co.uk Coffee and Chat in Broadwell Village Hall (GL56 0TL) 10.30am – 01451 831862 /07908 512734 [email protected] WEDS 12.00 Homemade Cakes to buy. Plenty of Parking FRI Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 2nd & 4th Coffee and Chat in Broadwell Village Hall (GL56 0TL) 10.30am – FRI 01451Painting 831862 Class /07908 with 512734 Fleur [email protected] at Longborough Village Hall. WEDS2nd WED 12.00 Charlbury Homemade Art SocietyCakes to 7:30 buy. pm. Plenty Many of Parkingother activities arranged 9.30-12.30. 01451 830767 [email protected] throughout the year. Kati Deidencenz 01608 810911. FRI Painting Class with Fleur Grabow at Longborough Village Hall. 2nd WED Charlbury Art Society 7:30 pm. Many other activities arranged FRI 9.30Line-12.30. Dancing 01451 Willersey830767 [email protected] Village Hall, nr Broadway 01386 438537 2nd WEDthroughout Age UK the Drop year.-in Katisessions Deidencenz from 10.30am 01608 810911 – midday. in the Oxfordshire FRI Active & Able Classes Posture & Stability – Tai Chi Chi Kong at Museum Café, Park Street, Woodstock. OX20 1SN. 01993 811456 FRI Line Dancing Willersey Village Hall, nr Broadway 01386 438537 2nd WED Age UK Drop-in sessions from 10.30am – midday in the Oxfordshire FRI ActiveBourton, & Able Moreton Classes and Posture Stow. 01285& Stability 623450 – Tai Chi Chi Kong at 2nd WEDMuseum Knit andCafé, Natter Park Street,Community Woodstock. Centre, OX20Bourton 1SN. 10 01993– 12noon. 811456 Irene FRI Moore Lunch Club The Naight, Bourton on the Water. Secretary: Summers 01451 798718; Peter Boxall 01451 820099 Bourton, Moreton and Stow. 01285 623450 2nd WED Knit and Natter Community Centre, Bourton 10 – 12noon. Irene FRI MooreSheila Lunch Thorpe Club 01451 The Naight,822846 Bourton [email protected] on the Water. Secretary: WEDS SummersRecorder 01451 Consort 798718; meet Peter @GL56 Boxall 9SR. 01451 Playing 820099 in 4 parts. Cost 50p. FRI Henry Cornish Care Centre, Rockhill Farm Court, Chipping Contact Chirstine 07967423550 Sheila Thorpe 01451 822846 [email protected] WEDS Recorder Consort meet @GL56 9SR. Playing in 4 parts. Cost 50p. FRI HenryNorton. Cornish 01608642364 Care Centre invites, Rockhill everyone Farm to Court, our weekly Chipping Friday Coffee WEDS Contact Fitness Chirstine classes 07967423550 and Kettlercise 5.15 - 6.30pm/6.30 - 7.45pm. Stow Mornings from 10.30am to 11.30am. Cakes are homemade with on the Wold Primary School. email millyjopt@gmail Norton. 01608642364 invites everyone to our weekly Friday Coffee WEDS Fitness classes and Kettlercise 5.15 - 6.30pm/6.30 - 7.45pm. Stow Morningsentertainment from 10.30am from singing to 11.30am. to a few Cakes poems. are Comehomemade and be with part of WEDS on theArt Wold Class Primary by Jill JarvisSchool. at emailOddington millyjopt@gmail Village Hall. 1:30 - 4:00 01451 our community. 831862/ 07908 512734 [email protected] entertainment from singing to a few poems. Come and be part of WEDS Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall. 1:30 - 4:00 01451 FRI our Alcommunity. Anon Family Group 'Is there a drinking problem in your family WEDS 831862/ Chipping 07908 Campden 512734 [email protected] Bridge Club please arrive by 6.40pm Duplicate or with a friend? We meet for support in the Creche room at St Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members welcome. Partners not FRI Al Anon Family Group 'Is there a drinking problem in your family WEDS Chipping Campden Bridge Club please arrive by 6.40pm Duplicate or withMary's a friend? Church, We Chipping meet for Norton,support 10am. in the CrecheAll welcome. room Contactat St Bridge.necessary, Upper Town 01242 Hall. 621337 Non members welcome. Partners not 07805 566773 if you'd like further information. WEDS Environmental projects 10-1pm. Chipping Norton Green Gym is a Mary's Church, Chipping Norton, 10am. All welcome. Contact necessary, 01242 621337 FRI 07805Late 566773 Spring if you'dBereavement like further Group information. for over 55’s is free with WEDS Environmentalfriendly group projects with jobs 10 for-1pm. all! Contact Chipping [email protected] Norton Green Gym is a support, coffee. Tel Helen on 01235 849434 for times, venues etc. www.chippygreengym.org FRI Late Spring Bereavement Group for over 55’s is free with friendly group with jobs for all! Contact [email protected] support, coffee. Tel Helen on 01235 849434 for times, venues etc. www.chippygreengym.org

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Please Book Early

Christmas Join our magical steam train from Cracker Cheltenham Race Course to visit Santa in his grotto at Winchcombe station. Or choose a special trip on a vintage rail car from Toddington, when Santa Sat 28th & Sun 29th December spends time with families on the train. Steam and Diesel Specials Santa Specials run on 30th November, 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 20th. 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th December. Advance booking is essential to avoid disappointment Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway The Railway Station, Toddington GL54 5DT ෟ 01242 621405 The Friendly Line in the Cotswolds

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Many Local Events & most Local Fundraising is published FREE of charge. Copydates are always the 12th of the month. Look Online for Advertising sizes, prices & discounts. Christmas Tree Festival St Mary’s Church Charlbury Thursday 5 December to Sunday 8 December In aid of the St Mary’s roof  appeal  Come along and enjoy – open to all – Opening party      • Christmas market • Concert • Café • Songs of Praise More information: [email protected] 01608

811204, www.stmaryscharlbury.co.uk

A New Walk for 2020

Do you enjoy walking? Have you ever thought about doing a long distance walk but are put off by the daily distances and Saturday 14th December 2019 at 7.30pm the terrain? THE COTSWOLD SCHOOL The Cotswold Voluntary Wardens have put together a linear Bourton-on-the-Water walk called Delights of the Eastern Cotswolds TICKETS £12.00 The walk is organised in a series of 8 walks all between 5 and 8 miles Available from: and will take place on the third Thursday of the month starting in April Visitor Information Centre Bourton-on-the-Water 2020. The route starts at Warmington in Warwickshire and finishes at Telephone: 01451 820211 Great Barrington. Each walk will take half a day and finish with somewhere suitable for lunch. THE WATERLOO BAND AND BUGLES OF THE RIFLES (The Band plays by permission of 7Rifles of The British Army) There will a charge to cover the cost of a coach to get us to the start of each walk. As with all walks led by Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Arranged by: The Royal British Legion information about points of interest will be shared. Assisted by North Cotswolds Rotary Charity No: 1033739 For more details email [email protected] 01993 831810

Local Walks with the Voluntary Wardens December 2019/January 2020

On the Edge and Beyond the Boundary – Wednesday 4 December A Polar Expedition – Monday 20 January – Moderate We walk part of Ditchedge Lane, which is a green lane that is part of the A walk through some of the remoter parts of the North Cotswolds, visiting the Eastern boundary of the Cotswold AONB. We also discover the largely stone monument that gives this walk its name and returning through Longborough built Sibfords. 5 miles 2.5 hours Start: 10:00am Wykham Arms for those and past Sezincote House. Please bring a packed lunch. 5.5 hours: 10.5 taking lunch there, otherwise please park tidily in the village. OX15 5RX miles. Start: 9.30 am Community shop, Blockley. OS Map ref: SP 164 349 A Short Walk to Rajasthan – Tuesday 17 December – Easy Stonesfield and "Over the Wall" – Monday 20 January A very gentle stroll to Sezincote House and the option to go to the Horse and A lovely and varied walk in parkland, fields and riverside. 6.5 miles: 3.5 hours Groom for pre-Christmas drink and food. 2 hours: 3.5 miles. Start: 10.00 am Start: 10:00am Stonesfield Village Hall OX29 8EF Car Park at Horse and Groom Pub, Bourton-on-the-Hill, on A44 2 miles west A Car Crash, A Gardener and a Battle – Wednesday 22 January of Moreton in Marsh. OS Map ref: SP 173 326. The village of Radway has links to the Battle of Edge Hill, Sanderson Miller Blenheim Estate: of Kings, Queens and Heroes – Thursday 2 January and possibly the first female car fatality. Please bring a snack. 5 miles: 3 hours This short walk around the Blenheim estate looks for traces of its historic Start: 10:00am Radway Church CV35 0UE past. 4 miles: 2 hours. Start: 10.00am Hensington Road Car Park A Shutford Circuit – Sunday 26 January Guiting Power to Kineton – Tuesday ( )'* 7 January – Moderate A walk to Epwell, Balscote and Broughton. Please bring a packed lunch. 12             A moderate walk through Cotswold woods, fields and villages. Food and miles: 5.5 hours Start: 9:30am Sibford Gower, please park carefully near the drink available in local pub afterwards. 3 hours: 5.5 miles. Start: 10.00 am Primary School OX15 5RW Guiting Power village hall car park (donation). OS Map ref: SP 095 246. A Distillery Trio – Thursday 9 January PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep A leisurely walk on field paths and quiet lanes criss-crossing the three and muddy in places. EASY – Length may vary but terrain is mainly villages which straddle the Stour Valley. Coffee before and lunch after flat (level); MODERATE – includes some hills and rough ground. STRENUOUS – may be rough underfoot and ascents and descents available at The Cotswold Distillery. 2.5 miles: 1.5 hours Start: 11:00am Cotswolds Distillery: Stourton, near Shipston on Stour CV 36 5HG may be steep. We welcome guide and hearing dogs – sorry, others not allowed. A nice winter walk – Sunday 12 January – Moderate We leave the valley and ascend the scarp slope, passing historic sites along Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund our the way, to enjoy airy views from the Salt Way. Then towards Hailes before conservation and improvement work. The Wardens run a full returning to Winchcombe in time for lunch. 3 hours: 6 miles. Start: 10.00 am programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds. For more Winchcombe Back Lane car park (£1 all day). OS Map ref: SP 024 285. information see www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, also for any changes to arrangements such as due to extreme weather. 26 | COTSWOLD TIMES

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The Arts Society Cotswolds Kingham Singers 11 December 2019 300 years of Christmas shows at ROH So here it is Merry Christmas! Covent Garden with Sarah Lenton Friday 20 December at 7:30 pm Kingham Primary School Lectures begin at 11.00 at Tickets £6 the Warwick Hall, Church Green, Burford OX18 4RZ Non-members are welcome (suggested donation £10) Main Charity: crisisoxford For more information see www.theartssocietycotswolds.org.uk Refreshments available Tickets available from: Choir Members, Kingham Coffee Mornings, Kingham Stores Christmas at Bledington Village Hall! Or contact Linda Sale 01608 658647 Saturday, 7 December Breakfast With Santa from 8.30am Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society Bumper Hamper Raffle Santa arrives 9.30am – visit him in his grotto Prelude to Christmas Sunday, 8 December Saturday 14 December at 7.30p.m Christmas Market 2-4.30PM in the hall at Holy Trinity Church, Old Town, Stratford

Lots of stalls, Santa Scarecrow Trail around the village, Maps & hot drinks at the hall The programme will include Christmas music, both old and new, with  the King’s Brass group and organ accompaniment by James Fellows,         and readings given by Tim Raistrick.             Tickets are available from RSC Box Office – 01789 331111 –             or at the door on the night. Two children up to 16 !" !"#$ %&'$#%#"(##!(#%)""%&%&#$  !"  ' #"(%#$# """"%)#(!##  are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult.            www.stratfordchoral.org.uk      *'+, #!"(        * '*  ,+ ,+  ("!# ,  -"%-"%%"%" %% BOX OFFICE   .-. /--0   .   .- 0 /   -- 0 BOX OFFICE 01608 642350 Mon-Tues,01608 642350 Thurs-Fri 10am- , 1 .   --. 1 ,     . --   Mon to Fri 10am - 6pm 6pm. Wed 10am-1pm. !#2/## )  ))/#2! !2%3 (#"4*+*5 # !2%  3  4"# ( 5*+*  Sat 10am - 2pm 2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton. OX7 5NL Sat 10am-2pm December  2019  Theatre        Films to 12 Jan      1 Official Secrets Puss in Boots   2 Non-Fiction 8 Sorry We Missed You 6 Ed Gamble 15,16 The Good Liar 10 Albion Band Christmas Show 17 The Aeronauts 18 The Report [email protected] www.chippingnortontheatre.com

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in aid of Kate’s Home Nursing

     Qui Nigh  Join us for a night of fun, questions and •     a ƂUJCPFEJKRUUWRRGT •  !"#$#%&'%( Fabulous • #)   •  St. Edward’s Hall, Stow-on-the-Wold  Saturday 18th January 2020 For further details call on 01327 861900

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby Doors open: 6.30pm | Quiz starts: 7.00pm [email protected]  Gather your team together and  book your table by contacting  ‘Christmas Through the Ages’  Anna Wheeler:  [email protected]  at Canons Ashby 01451 831330 Open and decorated 30 November until 22 December Teams of 8 per table E at £25.00 per head Meet Father Christmas – 7, 8, 14 & 15 December E Christmas trees, festive lights and baubles Than You E for your  Christmas trail support

For further details call on 01327 861900 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby [email protected]

St Peter’s Church Hook Norton Saturday 14th December CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 09.00 - 16.00

including POP-UP-MARKET 09.00 - 15.00 Crafts, Home Bakes, Gifts, Toys, Recycled Goods, Books etc Musical Entertainments Font Café + Soup & Bread Lunch

Sunday 15th December CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 12.00 - 16.00 Tea and Cake Refreshments Musical Entertainments

Sponsored by Finders Keepers Banbury

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BLO CK LE Y LA D IES’ CH OIR Make Magical Memories

“Let’s C elebrate Christmas” Santa’s Magical Grotto

with our gue s ts the Bloc kley Blokes Choir at Clapton-on-the-Hill opens on 7th December

Booked time slots give each child time to enjoy Santa’s Magical World (some children may be nervous at first and we will appreciate your patience) Activities & face painting Enjoy tea & homemade cake

St. George’s ’egroeG.St ’ Hall,,llaHs BlockleylocB kleleyk No children to bring? No problem – SSaaturday 1441yadrutSa th DecembererbmecDe 20191902 our ‘Just for Grown-ups’ event is on 3rd December DoorsrooD and Bar openporaBdnas ’ at 7pm, mp7tanep forffoo 7:30pmy mp30:7ro Tickets ScostcstekcTi £8 available ’lliava£8tsoc ebla ffrfromr, mo BloBlockley locB y leyk S Shopho p For information and to book, visit www.santasmagicalgrotto.org S and/orandnd ro/a All of the grotto funds go to our charity supporting Mental Health & p fromffrr mo SSylvia yyllvvi i Hemming mmeHa on 01608 0610nognim 23821881238280 Wellbeing in local young people a r p to include dulcnito mince pies,eipecnmied en’ s , stollentlleos , & mulledy wineeeniwdellum m a r 8 S ’ , y m 8 e S e p CHIPPING CAMPDEN ROTARY a r p m a r 8 m Tree of Light 8 e Saturday 7 December from 2 – 7 pme Lights switched on at 5.30pm

During November Rotary will be distributing leaflets in Chipping Campden and the villages by which people can donate (c.£5 or more) in memory of departed loved ones. The names will be displayed on the tree and on a list in the Post Office. The proceeds are shared between local charities … with no administration costs or wages to pay, every penny you 1 week only SALE of HOUSEWARES help us raise goes directly to where it is needed.

6TH – 12TH DECEMBER (10am-6pm) § French-style stressed dresser & sideboard 4panel cane screen (early Habitat) Stripped walnut single wardrobe with mirror 2 IKEA black high-leather swivel chairs 4 IKEA folding wooden chairs Pine double bed (painted cream) Black wrought iron king-size bed (Habitat) Full-length pine mirror * 2 wicker log baskets PUSS IN BOOTS Green metal Christmas tree stand POAntiqueP Typewriter–UP (workin SHg order)O P The Theatre Chipping Norton Original Amstrad Pantomime 2019/20 Antique stripped oak pew (Cornwall) Playing at The Theatre and more …

13 November 2019 to 12 January 2020 New Road, Moreton in Marsh GL56 0AS 07789 175002 ‘A sparkling gift of a show’ – The Oxford Times 2018 ***** Box office 01608 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com COTSWOLD TIMES | 29

North Cotswolds Rotary

On 8th October, North Cotswolds Rotary held its inaugural Sustainability Community Meeting, a get together for the local community. Nearly 90 people representing 28 organisations and clubs got together for an evening to discuss practical steps to Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle plastics. The meeting included the launch of the Yellow Bins for TerraCycle recycling. Despite our best efforts to avoid plastics it may take manufacturers many years to reduce or replace plastics in their products, many of which cannot be recycled by local authorities. But products such as crisp packets, bread wrappers, biscuit packets, sweet wrappers, toothpaste tubes, brushes and Pringles tubes all can be collected and returned to a company called TerraCycle who turn them into things like garden furniture! In cooperation with Gloucestershire County Council, Fran Hamilton, a volunteer from Stow on the Wold has just taken delivery of the first batch of yellow wheelie bins that will be placed at a number of sites in the local area. So please keep a look out for them. A key message from the evening was that recycling can only go so far – the most effective thing we can all do is to reduce the amount of single-use-plastic we consume in the first place. And it is clear that there is not enough information readily available to guide people. To help, we are aiming to grow a network of people who can share and spread information to help us all make better choices. If your company, organisation or school would like to help, or needs help, with reducing the impact of single use plastics in the Cotswolds; or maybe you’d like to become a ‘yellow bin collection point’ for TerraCycle; then please contact us by email: [email protected] or use the NCR3Rs Facebook page. People of action Connecting Communities Having Fun Doing It! The perfect last minute Cotswold Fosseway Lions stocking Thanks to Northleach School and their Harvest Festival we contributed almost 75kgs to the North Cotswold Food filler… Bank at Guiting Power. On behalf of the Foodbank, we send our thanks to the staff and pupils of the Near the school for this generous donation. Thank you. Motorways At our last meeting in October the club were delighted to 12th Edition welcome two new Lions, Peter and Mary Mills. They have already assisted at a number of events during the year, This handy glove including RIAT and the Northleach Charter Fair. Rob Elliot box-sized guide also attended this meeting and talked about his role as the contains nearly 200 Northleach Community Worker. The club looks forward to pubs and filling being involved in future community initiatives, where we can. stations across The Christmas Hamper Draws the UK, all within Hampers have been delivered to 5 local establishments. 5 minutes from the Part of the proceeds from each hamper draw will be donated motorway. All visited to a charity chosen by that establishment, with the remain- personally by the der to Lions Charitable donations. The Club is most grateful book’s author. to the local companies that made a donation, either in goods or cash, to cover the cost of Available from filling these hampers. Contributors from Northleach and the Amazon and from immediate surrounding area include Upton Smokery, W. J. book shops this Castle Butchers, Huffkins and the Curious Wine Cellar. guide will help frustrated motorists You are welcome to come and find out what our find a quick and Lions Club is all about. quiet stopover on Come and join us for coffee before our meetings at the their journeys. Cotswold Hall on the second Tuesday in the month from Hugh Cantlie 7.40pm., or telephone 01283 831601 for information. You RRP: £ 14.95 will receive a warm welcome. COTSWOLD TIMES | 31 30 | COTSWOLD TIMES Club Notices

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BLOCKLEY at St George’s Hall on Monday SEE LOCAL NOTICES Film 7.30pm Tickets £5 refreshments. Queries [email protected] BOURTON ON THE HILL at The Old School on NO DECEMBER FILM Saturday 25 January SEE LOCAL NOTICES Doors open 6.30pm. Film starts at 7.15pm. Tickets £3.50 on the door. Donations bar / hot dogs available. Contact 01386 701385 / 701564 BOURTON ON THE WATER at Victoria Hall on Monday SEE LOCAL NOTICES Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 refreshments. Family Tickets £10 Queries 01451 822365 CHARLBURY at War Memorial Hall on Sunday SEE LOCAL NOTICES Film: 7.30pm – doors/ bar from 6.45pm. Tickets £5 / U15s £3, at the door. Family ticket £12 (2 adults, 1 or 2 children) Queries: 01608 810713 CHURCHILL & SARSDEN at Village Hall on Saturday14 December FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS Film 7.30pm. Tickets £5 at the door. Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903. [email protected] LITTLE WOLFORD at Village Hall on Thursday SEE LOCAL NOTICES Film 7.30pm Tickets £4.00 inc. refreshments. Advance tickets/queries 01608 674244 NAUNTON at St. Andrew’s Church on Tuesday 3 December GREEN BOOK Doors open 7.15 for bar/ refreshments, Film 7.45. Tickets £3.00 at the door. 01451 850897 or [email protected] ODDINGTON FLIX IN THE STIX in the Village Hall on Tuesday 17 December WAKING NED 7 for 7.30pm. £3.00 Advance tickets/ queries /bookings Margaret 01451 831917 LOWER SWELL at Lower Swell Village Hall on Friday SEE LOCAL NOTICES Tickets £4, Child £2.50 on the door. Doors / bar from 7pm. Film starts at 7.30 ILMINGTON at Screen on the Green, Village Hall on Friday SEE LOCAL NOTICES Film 7.30pm Tickets £3.50 (students £2.50) Advance tickets Ilmington Community Shop.Queries 01608 682806 Refreshments

Green Book: Dr Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist, who is about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation. Fisherman’s Friends: Ten fisherman from Cornwall achieve a Top 10 hit after they are signed to Universal Records by a cynical London music executive. Waking Ned: When best friends Jackie O’Shea and Michael O’Sullivan discover someone in their small Irish village has won the lottery, they immediately set off to see if the winner is in a sharing mood. Deducing that Ned Devine is the lucky man, O’Shea and O’Sullivan pay him a visit, only to find him dead from shock. Since Devine is the only one who can claim the prize, the townsfolk band together to convince the claim inspector that O’Sullivan is really Devine, and split the cash.

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32 | COTSWOLD TIMES DRIVERS BBC Radio training opportunity – URGENTLY Introduction to Radio Operations NEEDED North Cotswold Community Radio volunteers might be interested in finding out more about this free week-long radio Cotswold Friends is putting out a plea for drivers, as the training course with BBC News UK Operations. It’s a great demand on its Community Transport Service continues opportunity to train with the BBC, and learn about the roles of to increase. Last year, drivers undertook 10,500 journeys Studio Managers and Studio Directors. These are the people for medical, social and practical need - helping over 1,000 who operate the studios for radio news programmes across Members of the North Cotswold Community. BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Asian Network and Amanda Howard, CEO of Cotswold Friends commented, “There BBC World Service Radio. is so much to be gained from volunteering. Our drivers tell us that The aim of the course is to develop entry-level operational they feel more connected to their community and enjoy meeting skills in radio, particularly driving studio desks and getting new people, often making friends for life.” programmes on the air. We’re keen to hear from people Jenny Smith has been driving for Cotswold Friends for over 20 with technical curiosity and a passion for radio, and who are years and said, “The service is being used more and more so we committed and eager to learn. are short of drivers. My husband died twelve years ago and it gives Applicants will need to be available from 27th to 31st January me a purpose for my day and I just love it. You get out, meet 2020 or 2nd to 6th March 2020 people, they hear your stories and you hear theirs. I think it’s a The course is residential, in Evesham in Worcestershire, and wonderful service and so do the Members.” full attendance is essential A driving role at Cotswold Friends provides complete � Accommodation and transport costs volunteering flexibility. Drivers can tell us when they want to will be covered by the BBC drive and what types of journey they are happy to do. � Applicants must be over 18 If you can help, please contact Sheryl on 01608 697007 or � Places are limited [email protected] � The closing date is Cotswold Friends, Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Sunday December 8th Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AZ You can find out more – including how to apply Tel: 01608 651415 Email: [email protected] at this website: Web: www.cotswoldfriends.org www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20161107103630346 Registered Charity No 1106748, Company Limited by Guarantee No: 5182191, Registered in England and Wales We Have Jazz 628 Presented by Gemma Nelson North Cotswold Community Radio (NCCR) is pleased to announce our new Jazz programme Jazz 628 on air from 6 to 8pm every Tuesday evening, presented by Gemma Nelson. Gemma Nelson is a Jazz & Soul vocalist and accomplished musician with over 20 years of experience. Following her first major breakthrough in 1998 performing alongside legendary American New Community Shop and Café – Soul-Singer Jimmy Ruffin, Gemma has performed with some of the world’s leading musicians on the Beating Heart of Bledington both stage and screen, including ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes as Prue Leith, CBE, opened Bledington Community Shop Shania Twain, soloist and ensemble support alongside Cher, and Café in November, following ten years of hard work Neil Cowley, The Royal Air Force Squadronaires, Kool and the by the community to build a new heart in the village. Gang, KT Tunstall and Natalie Imbruglia. With regular live gigs, Pupils from Bledington Primary School buried a time capsule Gemma is in contact with many of the movers & shakers in the near the building for future generations to discover the events industry. of today. Gemma’s love of Soul, Jazz and Funk has inspired her to “Creating this Shop and Café has been a true community want to bring her kind of music to NCCR and to present her effort”, says Michael McCulloch, the joint chair of the shop very own programme. management committee. “Over 300 villagers have been Robb Eden, NCCR’s founder, says: “After 12 years on air involved in many different ways. People who have been it’s surprising that we’ve never broadcast a specialist jazz building the shop look forward to becoming regular customers, programme. Jazz 628’s presenter Gemma Nelson brings a and sampling goods from local suppliers.” vast knowledge & experience of the genre. We are very lucky The shop and café will be open seven days a week. that Gemma has decided to move to the Cotswolds”. [email protected] 01608 658941

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Bampa’s Bedtime Stories Crossword solution 43 Phil Avery, Bampa, lives in Great Rissington and has been writing children’s for over forty years, based on stories he told his children and later his grandchildren. His first book, ‘Bampa’s Bedtime Stories’ published by Austin Macauley is now available. The person who perhaps knows them best – his daughter, Katie Willis, evocatively illustrates the stories, written in graceful rhyming couplets. OUR WORLD Have you ever walked in a field oh so green, it looks like the paint is still wet? Or walked in the snow on a cold frosty morn where nobody else has walked yet? You know on a beach when the tide’s just gone out it’s smooth and it’s clean and it’s fresh. These things are to show what the world was once like before people made it a mess!

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December Highlights Fiction Blood Orange, Hamet Tyce; Those People, Louise Candlish; Meet Me at the Museum, Anne Youngson (local author); Politics & Current Affairs Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis. Food and Drink Tom Kerridge: Lose Weight and Get Fit (100 high-flavour recipes for dieting and fitness). Memoirs & Biography Eddie Jones: My Life and Rugby; Down in the Valley: A Writer’s Landscape, Laurie Lee. Equine Enable: Queen of the Turf, Andrew Pennington; Art John Piper’s Brighton Aquatints, Alan Powers; Children The Beast of Buckingham Palace, David Walliams (Age 7+). Dog Man: Fetch 22, Dev Pilkey (Age 7+). Don’t forget that we have lots of lovely stocking fillers, calendars, Christmas cards and wrapping paper and are open on Sundays from 10am-3.30pm in December until Christmas. January Highlights Come and see us at the Borzoi in the New Year to browse or to spend your Christmas book tokens. Fiction (hardback) Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, Elif Shafak; Highfire, Eoin Colfer; Miss Austen, Gill Hornby; American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins; A Silent Death, Peter May; The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon – Duchess of Marlborough, Hugo Vickers. Fiction (paperback) Reasons to be Cheerful, Nina Stibbe; The Rosie Result (Rosie Project Series, Book 3), Graeme Simsion; The Office of Gardens and Ponds, Didier Decoin; Love Without End: A Story of Heloise and Abelard, Melvyn Bragg; Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve – Queen of Secrets, Alison Weir; Never Be Broken (D.I. Marnie series), Sarah Hilary; The Poison Garden, Alex Marwood; Frankissstein: A Love Story, Jeanette Winterson; Memoirs & Biography Motherwell, Deborah Orr; The Frozen River, James Crowden; Everybody Died So I Got a Dog, Emily Dean (pb); Children Aalfred and Aalbert, Morag Hood (Age 3+); Just Annoy- ing, Andy Griffiths (Age 5+); The Boy who Fooled the World, Lisa Thompson (Age 9+); Bookshop Girl in Paris, Chloe Coles (Young adults); Arctic Zoo, Robert Muchamore (Young adults); Infinity Son, Adam Silvera (Young adults). A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS.

40 | COTSWOLD TIMES YOUNG CARERS Henry Wells, 19, one of Gloucestershire County Council’s ambassadors for vulnerable children and young people, has won the award for ‘outstanding contribution by sons and daughters’ at The Fostering Network’s ‘Fostering Excellence Awards’. The Fostering Excellence Awards are the UK’s most prestigious foster care awards, celebrating outstanding achievement in fostering and recognising those who make Offbeat Cotswolds exceptional contributions to foster care every day. The ‘Outstanding Contribution by Sons and Daughters’ award is for those who have gone the extra mile to support their parents or the My walking tours of Chipping Norton young people in foster care with their family. Henry’s parents have are proving very popular, where I tell the story been foster carers for 12 years, fostering teenagers who need of the ‘The town that moved up the hill’, intensive support. Henry helps them settle into their new taking in riots, headache cures and a surprising environment, supporting them through challenging times. role in music history. Henry is an ambassador for vulnerable children and young people at Gloucestershire County Council, working alongside young people in The next walk is on care and care leavers (16 to 25 year olds). The ambassadors are the voice of young people in Children’s Services and help with training Saturday 7th December at 10.30am and recruitment of social workers. Henry is also involved in training Details from offbeatcotswolds.com foster carers and co-delivering ‘The Skills to Foster’ training for birth children. Henry said: “I think that university would be a great path for me. Studying Sean Callery MITG, mental health and psychology will help me to further develop my skills to Blue Badge Tourist Guide carry on doing what I enjoy to a higher level.” for the Heart of England There are more than 700 children in care in Gloucestershire. Phone: 07961 090454 Gloucestershire County Council has 270 fostering homes and needs many more. Find out more about fostering by visiting www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/fostering.      Plastic Fantastic this Christmas? A warm house is key The young people at Stow on the Wold youth club have been THE COLD WEATHER PRIORITY SCHEME excitedly making decorations for our entry into the Christmas Tree designed to help prevent excess winter deaths Fair Competition at St Edwards Church. Our theme for the entry is Plastic Fantastic and we have been using our imaginations to The Cold Weather Priority initiative, supported by the Department for Business, create Christmas decorations from single use items, exploring our Energy and Industrial Strategy, is designed to enable members of the UK and relationship with disposable and the effect this has on the planet. Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) heating oil suppliers to identify the people who are most vulnerable to cold weather, ensuring deliveries are pri- Everyone is aware of the plastic problem the planet is facing, and oritised for them if there are supply shortages or the weather is extremely cold. some of us have made switches to plastic-free alternatives. However, were you aware that some of these switches can be Since 2017 over 22,000 elderly consumers of heating oil have joined the scheme more costly to the planet than the plastic version? A paper bag and it proved vital when the Beast from the East hit in February/March 2018. needs to be reused 5 times to equal the same energy and water National statistics show that in the 2017/18 winter there were an estimated footprint as a plastic bag that is used once and recycled 50,100 excess winter deaths in England and Wales - the highest recorded since - however a paper bag just cannot last long enough to winter 1975/76. An estimated 80% of these deaths were people aged 75 and over. be reused 5 times!

Pledges – ‘just one thing’ Advertisement. The elderly are most at risk during the winter months. Cold homes can be very detrimental, and being cold can cause various health prob- In youth clubs we have been discussing ways we can avoid single lems, increasing blood pressure or reducing the immune system and putting use plastic and making conscious choices to do the best we can, people at greater risk of respiratory illnesses. The Cold Weather Priority Initia- pledging to try and consistently do one thing to help the environ- tive is designed to help heating oil suppliers* identify those most at risk from the ment. These pledges will be on display with our tree and there will cold and take steps to prioritise deliveries to them, ensuring they have enough be the opportunity to make pledges of your own. fuel to stay warm throughout winter. A warm house is key in the fight against excess winter deaths.” After all, the planet doesn’t need a few of us doing zero waste Members of the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) perfectly, it needs lots of us imperfectly doing our best to reduce our impact. It costs nothing to be part of the Cold Weather Priority Initiative. Ask your local UKIFDA member who supplies your heating oil and they will help. Similarly, if Community Mentoring and Support CiC you have elderly neighbours or friends who use heating oil to heat their homes, The GCafe @ The Ron Smith Pavilion, Springbank Way, encourage them to sign up and stay warm all winter. Cheltenham, GL51 0LH Email: [email protected]:[email protected] To find out more about the Cold Weather Priority, Phone: 01242 224 509 visit ColdWeatherPriority.co.uk

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Ladies 1sts Need To Build Results Mixed Results For Ladies 2nds 1. Wake up at the same time every day – waking at the same time every day will actually help you sleep better at night. A consistent sleep pattern has also shown to improve alertness, short-term memory, immune system function and After a solid start to the new season with a win and 2 draws, the drive to exercise. Ladies 1sts came away from their next 3 matches empty handed. 2. 5 minutes of stretches every morning – specific stretches to loosen up your major joints will help you stay injury Anneka Pearce has taken over the role of captain, supported by a and niggle free. Speak to a personal trainer to help you perfect these stretches. strong spine to the team of established players. They have been 3. Don’t skip breakfast – research has shown that skipping your breakfast tends to cause over-eating for the rest of the supplemented by a few younger players pushing up from the 2nds and day. This could lead to an increased risk of high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol as well as a sustained daily new members to the club. Shipton Oliffe was the first game of the lethargy. season and it finished as a 2 all draw at home. Badgers were beaten 3- 1 away next with another 2 all draw at home against Stroud the third 4. Maintain a basic level of health by walking every day – something as simple as a daily brisk walk can help you live a healthier life. You can expect to maintain match. This was followed by a 4-2 away loss at Leominster, a 3-4 a healthy weight, as well as prevent or manage various health conditions including home loss to East Glos and a 3-2 away loss to Cheltenham. The score heart disease and type 2 diabetes. lines show tight margins and it wont take much to build a good run of 5. Drink more water – a huge proportion of us are dehydrated. You can’t function at your best if you haven’t got the water in results but the team have to turn draws and tight losses into wins. your system to move blood around your body. Little and often is probably the best way to stay hydrated through the day. 6. Plan your food intake – plan out your meals for the week ahead. It will help you keep control of what you’re eating and get a spread of all the nutrients your body needs. 7. Make exercise social – choose something you really enjoy that involves socialising and isn’t solitary. You have the added advantage of the endorphins that are released when we have fun. Maybe a gym buddy, tennis partner or running group. The Ladies 2nds, captained by Petra Lorman (centre front) are 7th 8. Maintain a healthy weight – maintaining a healthy weight is important for general health. In addition to lowering the risk of in the Severn Division 2 league of 10 after 6 matches. The season heart disease, stroke and diabetes, it can also lower the risk of many different cancers. started with a good 4-1 away win against Cirencester 3rds and was 9. Exercise regularly – Britain is now considered a 50% sedentary nation. Often, people feel they don’t have time to exercise followed up by a 2 all draw at home against Bretforton, who are due to work and family constraints, or lack of ‘exciting’ options. Throughout the country there are gyms, sports clubs and traditionally strong opponents. The 2nds were unlucky to lose 1 nil activity groups, as well as the great outdoors to explore. Speak to your local gym for local suggestions to help you become more active around your current lifestyle. against Stroud 2nds in their 3rd match and this was followed by a 4 -3 home lose to Hereford 2nds. Match 5 was a 2 all away draw at Contact the team at Peak Fitness and Lifestyle if you want any help implementing any of these changes. We know gyms aren’t for everyone, but our trainers are available to offer support and advice on a variety of local activities. Ross followed by a 1 nil home loss to Colwall & Malvern. There is 3 Badgers Make The Step Up lots to be positive about for the 2nds with the gaps filled by play- Please contact us for more information about our exciting new facility launch and New Year offers. Three players from the Badgers U16s team have stepped up to play ers moving up to the 1st team taken by players who were ready for info@peakfitlife | Peak Fitness and Lifestyle, Far Peak, Northleach for the Men and are gaining valuable experience at a much higher the step up from last year’s 3rds team. The 3rds team has been put level. The players, pictured below, are left to right, Peter, Joe and on hold for a couple of seasons to ensure that an U16s Vixens Ryan. Peter and Ryan made their debuts in the away match against team can be re-established. With a number of much younger play- Wootton Under Edge, subbing on and off for each other on the right ers ready for competitive hockey but perhaps not for adult hockey Bourton Roadrunners wing, whilst Joe debuted the week before in goal against Winch- just yet, the move makes sense. It also means that it adds to the combe. Peter and Joe have been selected for County this season and pool of players that both the 1st and 2nd teams can draw from. The first round of the Gloucestershire Cross Country League took place in the are joined by 2 other players from the club; Freya Gilbert and James grounds of Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School near Wotton-Under-Edge, and Hoole-Jackson. The Men have had a hard start to the season playing despite heavy rain and partly waterlogged course, a committed number of the top 3 teams in the first 3 matches. They lost 5-3 away to Stroud on junior runners turned out. the opening day followed by a narrow 3-4 home defeat to Winchom- be. The third match was a 5-1 away loss to a strong Wootton. With those 3 tough matches out of the way, the team were pleased with a The U11 boys had a strong team, with Michael Astor, the club’s first runner 3 nil home win on matchday 4 against Cirencester. Unfortunately, taking 2nd place, Lucas Hartley, finished a superb 5th, and Rueben Long-Field Leominster away (always tough) was next and resulted in a 2 nil loss. finishing in 10th place; these results gave the 1st team first place overall. However, a 4-3 win v Newent took the Men up to 8th in the table. The U11 girl’s race included three of our runners who all ran extremely and were all well placed, bringing the team home in 10th place.

The U13 boys with a very strong team, some of which had moved up from last year’s U11s, including Charlie Astor who ran superbly on the day for 4th place overall. Kian Dee keeps on improving and put in another strong performance, pacing the race perfectly to finish 5th, George Swayne has worked hard since joining the club and this showed, with a very strong performance for 10th place. These three results brought the 1st team home in first place.

After winning the Cross Challenge at Cardiff the day before, Kiya Dee again put in a great performance, winning the U15 girls race with ease.

All of our runners showed determination and stamina, and with continued www.pitchero.com/clubs/bourtonsherbornehockeyclub hard work and commitment, individuals and the club will undoubtedly go from Photos: Sean Clarke, Petra Lorman & Ben Pearce strength to strength. Overall a superb set of results for a small club.

44 | COTSWOLD TIMES New year, new start – 9 lifestyle tips to implement this coming new year Every January welcomes the customary British tradition of the New Year resolutions. For most of us it’s a single, mostly elaborate, choice of challenge that will change everything in one fell swoop; whether its losing a stone in weight, training for a 5km run, banning alcohol, or any one of the many resolutions you hear of. The problem is that most people will either complete their sentence and stop, or struggle to do it whole-heartedly. Either way it is not a sustainable process and the rest of the year is spent waiting for the next New Year to try again.

This New Year, why not try something a little simpler and more sustainable… here are 9 small lifestyle changes that are easy to implement and easy to maintain. Try adding a number of these, if not all of them, to your everyday life, leading you to a healthier 2020.

1. Wake up at the same time every day – waking at the same time every day will actually help you sleep better at night. A consistent sleep pattern has also shown to improve alertness, short-term memory, immune system function and drive to exercise. 2. 5 minutes of stretches every morning – specific stretches to loosen up your major joints will help you stay injury and niggle free. Speak to a personal trainer to help you perfect these stretches. 3. Don’t skip breakfast – research has shown that skipping your breakfast tends to cause over-eating for the rest of the day. This could lead to an increased risk of high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol as well as a sustained daily lethargy.

4. Maintain a basic level of health by walking every day – something as simple as a daily brisk walk can help you live a healthier life. You can expect to maintain a healthy weight, as well as prevent or manage various health conditions including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. 5. Drink more water – a huge proportion of us are dehydrated. You can’t function at your best if you haven’t got the water in your system to move blood around your body. Little and often is probably the best way to stay hydrated through the day. 6. Plan your food intake – plan out your meals for the week ahead. It will help you keep control of what you’re eating and get a spread of all the nutrients your body needs. 7. Make exercise social – choose something you really enjoy that involves socialising and isn’t solitary. You have the added advantage of the endorphins that are released when we have fun. Maybe a gym buddy, tennis partner or running group. 8. Maintain a healthy weight – maintaining a healthy weight is important for general health. In addition to lowering the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, it can also lower the risk of many different cancers. 9. Exercise regularly – Britain is now considered a 50% sedentary nation. Often, people feel they don’t have time to exercise due to work and family constraints, or lack of ‘exciting’ options. Throughout the country there are gyms, sports clubs and activity groups, as well as the great outdoors to explore. Speak to your local gym for local suggestions to help you become more active around your current lifestyle. Contact the team at Peak Fitness and Lifestyle if you want any help implementing any of these changes. We know gyms aren’t for everyone, but our trainers are available to offer support and advice on a variety of local activities. Please contact us for more information about our exciting new facility launch and New Year offers. info@peakfitlife | Peak Fitness and Lifestyle, Far Peak, Northleach

CHIPPY SWIFTS Chippy Swifts 2019/20 campaign is now in full swing. Teams across all age groups are enjoying their football and making the most of the mild weather before the dreaded period of frozen and waterlogged pitches takes hold. Check out our website www.chippingnortonswifts.co.uk or follow us on facebook for details of our weekly fixtures. The kids love to play in front of a crowd, everybody is welcome.

Our club now has its very own qualified goalkeeper coach now that Rob Hayes has passed his FA course, many congratulations to him.

Chippy Swifts can proudly announce that or FA Charter Standard has been renewed. This accolade recognises youth football clubs that provide a safe environment for kids to learn the game. With this in mind, we are on the lookout for an assistant welfare officer to ensure continued support for the children within the club. Please contact us via the website if you are interested to learn more about this valuable role. Pictured are our U10’s, coached by Martyn Clements.

Bourton Roadrunners The first round of the Gloucestershire Cross Country League took place in the grounds of Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School near Wotton-Under-Edge, and despite heavy rain and partly waterlogged course, a committed number of junior runners turned out. The U11 boys had a strong team, with Michael Astor, the club’s first runner taking 2nd place, Lucas Hartley, finished a superb 5th, and Rueben Long-Field finishing in 10th place; these results gave the 1st team first place overall. The U11 girl’s race included three of our runners who all ran extremely and were all well placed, bringing the team home in 10th place. The U13 boys with a very strong team, some of which had moved up from last year’s U11s, including Charlie Astor who ran superbly on the day for 4th place overall. Kian Dee keeps on improving and put in another strong performance, pacing the race perfectly to finish 5th, George Swayne has worked hard since joining the club and this showed, with a very strong performance for 10th place. These three results brought the 1st team home in first place. After winning the Cross Challenge at Cardiff the day before, Kiya Dee again put in a great performance, winning the U15 girls race with ease. All of our runners showed determination and stamina, and with continued hard work and commitment, individuals and the club will undoubtedly go from strength to strength. Overall a superb set of results for a small club.

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The Clubhouse, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold , GL54 1JAH. 01451 830887 www.pitchero.com/clubs/stowrtfc/ CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR REPORTS, PHOTOS, NEWS & INFO From Sean Clarke Colts Comin g Together U10s Lions Roar The Colts team, which is a combination of U17s and U18s players, have had a mixed start to their season, but the players are starting to gel together. They’re putting in some good performances, with their coach Mark Ingham and Head Club Coach Matt Carter, pleased with their development. They had a tough start with an away fixture to serial Junior County Cup champions Cinderford who took a strong win. However, they turned it around with their next match against Cheltenham Saracens which resulted in a tight 27 - 24 win. An away derby match against Shipston followed with a deserved win for the home team. Old Pats, also recent County champions, were up next with the Colts travelling to Cheltenham. The final score was 32-14 to Pats, deserved winners but they were flattered by 2 late tries and The club’s U10s Stow Lions have enjoyed a great start to their Stow can take a lot from the game. This was shown in their next season. It began with an invitation to a coaching session at Dean match, a home fixture with Old Richians. Stow were 34-24 winners Close school with a number of 1st XV school and Gloucester Acade- in what started as an even match before the hosts began to domi- my players, including Stow player Bertie Taylor (stood at the back, nate in the 2nd half, inspired by captain Tom Davies (centre with wearing the hat). They’re a good sized squad with 34 players who ball) who scored a hat trick of tries. There’s a lot to be positive are split into equal ability teams. After training in September, about this team and it was to be expected that it would take a few matches started in October with a festival at Royal Wooten Bassett games for players to get used to each other. Numbers are a little and then a winning trip to Shipston, playing both the hosts and tight with Gloucester Academy taking a few stars like Arthur Clark Claverdon. Next up was a visit from Tewkesbury with both teams and Bertie Taylor from the team, so new players are welcome. enjoying coaching on the ruck by Gloucester’s Community coaches before they played each other. The Lions won 3 and drew 1 out of 4 matches with both clubs showing improved skills at the breakdown. The Lions hosted Longlevens next, on the 20th of October, and played 3 matches. Although the opposition started well and were clearly technically good, the Lions eased themselves back into the game with their strong rucking paying dividends. All 3 games were won with an away rematch set for February. Banbury visited Stow the following week and the Lions once more dominated their games. After a few weeks missed due to heavy rain, the team played a rear- ranged fixture away to Brockworth with Old Richians joining in. The Lions kept up their winning run in emphatic style. This is clearly a tight squad both on and off the pitch with the members playing for each other and the parents actively involved, shown by the organisa- tion to see the Barbarians v Fiji at Twickenham, following their own matches on the cabbage patch against Stamford & Canterbury RFCs.

Strong Start For U14s Each Month the Spotlight Spotlight On is focused on a member from the club Freddie Fox

Team U12s

Position I hope to be a No. 8

Best rugby moment: Being coached by Eddie Jones at my old club & his advice on team work

Favourite Player Maro Itoje, (Saracens & England) The U14s have also started well with convincing wins away at Ship- po, home to Dursley and away to Gordon League with a combined I enjoy Rugby because I get to points for of 138 and only 26 against. Next up were St. Brendans spend time with my new friends away and a narrow 24-19 loss. It was back to winning ways with a 59-15 home result against Chippenham but the team then got a My Rugby ambition is to keep working hard to lesson from Sillhillians who ran out 44-14 winners. You learn more get better and enjoy the time with my friends from defeats than victories and this is a team that enjoys a test.

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