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COTSWOLD TIMES STOW TIMES SEPTEMBER 2015 ISSUE 141

Where have the garden birds gone? PAGES 12-13

The Adventures of an over-sized rugby ball #CarryMeHomeKate PAGE 25

WHAT’S ON? – PAGES 26-38 Events Diary

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Photo Competition Last few days + Prize List PAGES 39-42

PLUS – Your local sports reports, schools and community news

1 Japanese nuclear holocaust-surviving trees - growing at Batsford Arboretum

News from Batsford Arboretum Batsford Arboretum has recently received seeds from two species of tree that survived the nuclear bombing in Hiroshima in 1945. The seeds come from a Ginkgo tree and the Ilex Rotunda, and were requested by Batsford’s Head Gardener Matthew Hall. The Ginkgo seeds were sown in Batsford’s nursery in June and saplings are already coming through. Matthew says, “I read an article about the Green Legacy Hiroshima (GLH) project in an RHS publication and thought it would be an honour to grow seeds from an A-bombed tree, so that Batsford could be part of the LGH initiative and help Batsford Arboretum head gardener Matthew Hall promote the Green Legacy.” with Ginkgo saplings Survivor trees Despite the devastation caused by the bombing, new GLH have so far sent seeds of ‘survivor trees’ to botanical seedlings started to sprout across the desolate landscape gardens, schools, embassies, institutions and other symbolic and the ‘A-bombed’ trees continued showing signs of life. sites across 25 countries. Head Gardener Matthew Hall was GLH was founded in 2011 to safeguard the surviving trees thrilled to have been successful in acquiring some Ginkgo and (known as ‘A-bombed trees) and educate on the meaning of Ilex Rotunda seeds for Batsford in May. The Ginkgo tree in their existence. The initiative oversees the safeguarding of Hiroshima is more than 200 years old and currently sits within around 170 trees across 55 locations, all set within a 2- Shukkeien Garden – a place where many people gathered, kilometre radius of the atomic bomb hypocentre. The trees and sadly died, after the atomic bomb. are cared for by various authorities, botanists and various It is hoped that there will be around eighteen Gingko saplings citizens’ groups and individuals, and are all labelled with out by spring 2017 within the grounds of the arboretum. The ‘Hibakujumoku’ meaning ‘survivor tree’. Ilex Rotunda seeds are yet to be sown.

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4 COTSWOLD TIMES STOW TIMES FROM THE EDITOR INSIDE OUR SEPTEMBER EDITION . . .

The early sunshine was picking up the first touches of gold this FEATURES morning - before the rain started! STOP THERE! We have so 12-13 Where are all the garden birds? – by Andy Lewis & Mike Boyes much going on before we let go of summer! There are end of season festivals - star chefs and top bands 16 Stow Cotswold Festival Review live on stage at Feastival, the newest and best-ever Moreton 25 The #CarryMeHome campaign Show, a Steam Festival at Northleach, a choice of two Beer & Cider Festivals, an Indian Summer Evening at Chadlington, a 26 Broadway Tower by Julie Hall Bakeathon, a Boot Sale and a Garage Sale, with Barn Dances, Concerts and Village Shows highlighting the diversity of interest 39-42 Our 6th PHOTO COMPETITION – Last Few Days! and enthusiasm in our communities. Just have a look in our centre pages – we are spoilt for choice! REGULARS So, whatever your plans, you can see out Summer 2015 with a 11 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books flourish! 15 Job Vacancies Oh, and do send us an ’instant postcard’, a ‘selfie’ if you can, of the places, the things and people that are making you smile – 17 Local Authority information, Blood Donor sessions, Community sharing a smile – it’s such a great idea! Notices What gives you a 18 Report from Stow Town Council Meeting Cotswoldsmile? 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 Community Pages: What’s going on in the background 21 Planning - Summary of Applications received

Use your camera or phone and share a Cotswold SMILE! 24 Church Services Whatever the weather, and despite the road closures, the Cotswold Times team wish you a very enjoyable end to Summer 25-38 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY (including local cinemas, 2015. fairs & fetes, concerts, etc) Best wishes, 45 Report from North Cotswold Rotary and Armed Forces Day Jenni Turner 46 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing (always a Work In Progress!) Editor PS. Apologies to callers who have had problems ringing 01608 47 Club Notices; The Villager Bus 8658797. We recently moved office and in mid-July we booked 51-53 News from some of our Local Schools BT to move the number with us. Hmm! With luck it will be restored before/early in September! 59-61 News from local Sports Clubs

With over 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds, we are delivering 62-63 Local Business Directory the four community magazines to letterboxes in Moreton, Todenham, Evenlode, Kingham, Bledington, Maugersbury, Stow, Condicote, Longborough, Donnington, Broadwell, Adlestrop, Daylesford. Churchill, Idbury, Fifield, Ascott– With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including: Under-Wychwood, Shipton-Under-Wychwood, Chadlington, Charlbury, Chipping Caroline Fisher, Emma Hope, Nigel Moor, Jan Marley, and our volunteer Norton. Bourton-on-the-Hill, Blockley, Aston Magna, Draycott, Chipping Campden. deliverers. Gt Wolford, Little Wolford, Shipston-on-Stour, Whichford, Long Compton, Little Compton, Salford, Over Norton, Hook Norton, Heythrop. Bourton-on-the-Water, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Westcote, Gt Rissington, Clapton-on-the-Hill, Notgrove, Northleach, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Naunton, Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter, Wyck Rissington, Lower Swell, Upper Swell. Icomb, Lower What gives you a Oddington, Upper Oddington, Great Tew, Ford, Church Westcote, Batsford, Stretton-on-Fosse, Chedworth, Sherbourne. Cotswoldsmile? Our Next edition is for October 2015 The copydate is 15th September, 2015 Contact Stow Times on:

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11 “Where Have All My Garden

1 Written by Andy Lewis with photographs by Mike Boyes ©mikeboyesphotography. Looking out into the garden around this time of year, you may notice the bird-table seems to be much quieter than usual and wonder, “Where have all my garden birds gone?”

If you stop and think about it, this is a reasonable question. There ought to be plenty of birds in residence around now - bird feeders have been occupied since Spring at least and gardens have been twittering with birds old and young. With all those new fledglings, it is this time of year that the bird population is at its highest – so where have they all gone?

A large part of the explanation is that this isn’t only the peak season for birds! Walk around the Cotswold countryside and you can hardly fail to notice the abundance of berries, fruit and seeds in the hedgerows. Garden birds have noticed this too. At this time of year there is just so much food available that the regular visitors to your bird table can easily find other places to forage. Besides, we all enjoy trying a new restaurant in the holiday season!

Young birds need protein to grow - and do they grow in their first few weeks, so their parents generally feed them on protein-packed insects or invertebrates during their early life. Blackbirds digging up worms and Blue Tits with beaks full of insects are a common sight when there are young birds in the nest nearby. But as the youngsters reach adult size, they need less of a high-protein diet to bulk them up and more energy-rich carbs and fats for an active lifestyle. Out in the 2 hedgerows there are easy pickings.

Bird behaviour is also much more restrained and unobtrusive at this time of year. In the Spring the males were singing, displaying, setting up territories, attracting mates, seeing off rivals, and generally going out of their way to make exhibitions of themselves. You couldn’t help but notice them in your garden! Now, apart from a few late breeders, that’s all over for another year. There may be quite a few birds still around the garden - they’re just harder to notice.

3 12 4 Birds Gone?”

Many birds are unobtrusive at this time for a different reason. Their feathers do not grow continuously like animal fur does, and worn or damaged feathers need to be moulted out and replaced with brand new ones. Late Summer, after the breeding season and before the colder weather arrives, is the time of year when many adult birds undergo a moult. It’s also when the young throw off their juvenile plumage 5 and start to look like adults themselves: the young Robin in the photo may have 1. Scruffy kids: in a month vanished from your garden, but it’ll be back these young Starlings will with a full red breast in time for Christmas. look like adults 2. Young Pigeon in a It takes quite a bit of energy to grow Rowan tree new feathers, and when the large flight 3. Mallard in eclipse feathers are affected the bird is much more plumage vulnerable to predators like cats and foxes. 4. There’s just so much food in the hedgerows right This is taken to extreme in ducks (yes, they now! can be garden birds in parts of Moreton- 5. Time for a new outfit: in-Marsh and Bourton-on-the-Water!) 6 Coal Tit in moult which lose all their flight feathers at once, 6. Young Robin meaning that the birds are grounded for about a month. Mallard males change their 7. A bite before we leave. brightly-coloured green heads to a more camouflaged ‘eclipse plumage’ until they can Young Swallow building fly again. Late Summer is a good time of year for birds to keep their heads down! up strength before its first migration to Africa.

Of course, there are some birds that move much further away from our gardens. Small flocks of Swallows and House Martins can be seen around now, perched on telephone wires, getting ready for their annual journey to Africa. Swifts, their sleeker and more rangey cousins, have mostly left already.

For our more common birds, 7 though, it’s all about renewing their feathers in peace while enjoying the extra food the countryside currently offers. But those berries won’t last forever – so if you’re wondering where your garden birds are, don’t worry - they’ll be back when they get hungry!

Mike Boyes’ nature photos can be viewed at www.mikeboyesphotography.zenfolio.com Andy Lewis is Chairman of the North Cotswold Ornithological Society www.ncosbirds.org.uk

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Did your ancestors emigrate? Discover more about your family history

To help you to learn more about the lives and communities of Original documents your ancestors, County History Centre hold books and  Diocesan records relating to parishioners and Church pamphlets on a variety of topics such as: Court proceedings may show your ancestors' activities in  town and village histories will tell you about the place previous centuries. your ancestor lived  Parish Poor Law records may refer to your ancestors.  trade and street directories will help you find the  If your ancestors were nonconformists there may be actual house or workplace records deposited by the different nonconformist sects.  house history sources will tell you about the property  Business records may discover your ancestor in the they lived in workplace.  maps will show you where they were in the county  Organisation records may refer to your ancestors.  newspapers and periodicals may have stories and  Manorial records may refer to your ancestor as a tenant of articles relating to them the lord of the manor.  oral history recordings may mention them or their  Family and personal records may have been handed over occupation relating to your family.  photographs may show them or where they lived.  Solicitors and estate collections might contain deeds to Use our guides and resources to help you to research which your ancestor was a party. particular topics or to locate records in other libraries, record Online catalogue: offices and institutions. A personal name index to business, organisation, manorial, The County History Centre has an enquiry service to help with family, personal, solicitors and estate records can be viewed. your research. It is also possible to get copies of some items. Since 1991, names can be searched on our online catalogue. 16 LOCAL AUTHORITIES SEPT 2015

C.D.C. Committee STOW TOWN COUNCIL STOW TOWN COUNCIL Meetings NEXT MEETING THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER NOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING PLEASE CHECK NOTICEBOARD JULY 2015 Meetings are held at the Council Offices, Trinity Road Cirencester, GL7 1PX. Agendas, reports and Minutes are published Residents are welcome to attend Abbreviated notes from the Meeting are online five working days before each meeting at meetings. Questions* from the public relating available online at www.stowonthewold.net www.cotswold.gov.uk. to a proposal in discussion by and are displayed on the Council’s noticeboard Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting on St Edwards Hall in Stow Square. Copies of Members of the public are encouraged to attend Minutes, associated committee meetings and meetings of the Council and Committee. If you on that proposal. General questions are correspondence are available from the Council’s live in the District and are on the Electoral Register taken at the end of the meeting. Office, in George Alley off Stow Square. you can take part by asking up to two questions * A max of 3 minutes allowed. per meeting. Information about your Councillors The Council office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and committee members are on the website www. Town Councillors are available before & after & Thursdays, 10 am – 1 pm (subject to meetings) cotswold.gov.uk the meeting. District & County Cllrs, representatives of Stow Police and local Tel: 01451 832 585 SEPTEMBER Press regularly attend. E: [email protected] Tues 1st Overiew & Scrutiny Wed 2nd Sites Inspection Briefing Wed 9th Planning & Licensing ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 08000 514 514 Thurs 17th Cabinet Tues 22nd Audit The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or online Thurs 24th Joint Consultative Committee www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks Tues 29th Council Questions to the Council or a committee about any matter on which CDC have any powers or duties or which affects the district must first be received in writing by the Head Stow on the Wold Police Service Point of Democratic Services – By email no later than 5pm on the prior working Stow Police Station Monday to Thursday: day: [email protected] By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. High Street 8:30am to 4:30pm GL7 1PX. Stow, GL54 1AB 01285 623204/ 201 Petitions can be presented to express local feeling Friday’s: about an issue or a suggested action that we 8:30 to 4:00pm might take. A petition must contain at least 10 signatures. Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes can Closed daily for lunch: be found on the Council’s Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, 12:30pm to 1:00pm Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues and Membership of the Committees. Drugs gangs target market towns From Ruralcity Media (17.08.15) Dealing mainly in heroin and crack cocaine urban gangs are believed BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: to be targeting vulnerable adults and children in rural and coastal communities. Around half the places affected are towns with high levels GLYME HALL, Burford Road, 02/09/15 of unemployment, mental health issues or crime, according to a report Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY produced by the agency ‘County Lines’ THE VILLAGE HALL, Willersey, 28/09/15 Nr Broadway, Wr12 7PJ Better front line awareness is needed to help protect vulnerable individuals Do Something Amazing... 96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood. Please don’t leave it to someone else. Gangs begin by taking over premises in the target town, sometimes by coercion, using property belonging to local addicts who are paid in drugs, For more information/ to book an appointment to attend a session, please call 0300 123 23 23 or visit or by beginning a relationship with a vulnerable female. They use common www.blood.co.uk marketing tactics to get established, including introductory offers. They will then expand the workforce, recruiting local runners to deliver drugs

Calls will cost 15p irrespective and money – children are frequently used because of their low profile. of how long that call may last, on landlines and mobiles. Call 999 In an emergency, The government is taking action against gang and youth violence by such as when a crime is in progress, when there is targeting support in the areas that need it most to reduce offending and danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened. protect vulnerable young people.

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Notes from Caroline Doran, Clerk to Stow Town Council

Notes from the Council Meeting Thursday 30 July. Full draft minutes Grants. A £9,500 budget was approved to support any local groups or are on the website and noticeboard. All councillors were present. organisations ‘of purposes, which may bring a direct benefit to their area or any part of it for some or all the inhabitants’. (£7,500 of this has Announcements already been earmarked for the Youth Club but the remainder can be Casual Vacancy: The council have permission to co-opt a new member. applied for via a form on our website or from the office). Report from Police Emergency Plan – Can you spare an hour or so if the worst happens?  The police are now based in Cirencester. Stow station is still open. We are looking for people able to respond to an emergency (e.g. flood,  Police are concerned about the reduction of paramedics. snow, explosion, crash) by providing •venues •practical skills District Councillor – Barry Dare •coordination and communication skills •resources • welfare support.  Barry will be available to discuss queries from residents before the If you can help in that awkward period before the emergency services next Council meeting i.e. from 6.45pm on 27 Aug. take over, please get in touch.  We have ‘a little list’ BD has a £2000 budget for cleaning projects. ( Planning Bretton House: The planning inspector considered the sight and will apply for this money). lines onto the Fosse appropriate and allowed the appeal. Ashton County Councillor - Nigel Moor House: Application permitted after CDC planners advised the  Following recent accidents on the A429 a Scrutiny Committee will committee that they had to have ‘solid evidence of harm’ to justify consider look at highway issues along the Fosse. refusal. GCC Highways did not object to either application. To improve  The Transport Review examining the routes taken by heavy lorries understanding between STC and GCC Cllr. Nigel Moor has asked GCC will continue in November. NM praised the work done by Kit Ayers Highways to run a seminar for parish councils using Ashton House as a to bring the concerns of Stow and the N. Cotswold to the attention case study. of the GCC decision makers. Please get in touch about:  Work to be done on the Monarch’s Way Path (western side of Stow Hill): GCC will contribute £16,000 & Nigel Moor £4,000. Stow Town  Gardens (big or small) Open Day: A charity fundraising day next Council need to find £12,000 and are applying for grants. May/June. Would you like to take part?  802 Bus Service linking Stow and Kingham Station. (Latest  Events Co-ordination: We don’t want to take over your event but we estimated start date from GCC is 26th Sept.) think it might be useful to have a central shared resource /

knowledge base. Spring Gardens The road leading to the allotments and cemetery will  Emergencies: to identify what resources we have in the town be repaired in August. The Council is contributing £3,300. (venues, key people - see above) Planning Training. We have asked CDC to visit to explain some of their  Neighbourhood Plan: This will become a planning consideration recent planning decisions. Instead CDC has offered a training evening when adopted. Always recruiting - see above. to parishes. STC planning committee members will be attending.  Charity Market stalls. Our Farmers Market needs encouragement. Cricket Club. Following legal advice a renewable 5-year lease was One stall / month is available free of charge. agreed and signed by both parties.  Christmas Fayre. We are considering a late night event to coordinate Strategic Plan 2015-18 An action plan was approved. Committees are with the Tree Festival. Would you like a stall? now busy collating cost estimates so that projects can be prioritised in  Ad hoc Maintenance people. I have problems getting things done the next budget. fast. If you can help (voluntary or paid) for those little jobs that crop up I would love to hear from you. The Stocks It was agreed to apply to have the Stocks delisted, making it easier to apply for planning permission to replace them.  Playground Watch: Any problems please call 01451 832585

A Stow Housing Association The Neighbourhood Plan Group is actively exploring ways to provide housing for local young people and as a first Committee Meeting Dates - September 2015 step have registered with the Community Lands Trust. The Group are Thursday 3 Burial Board 9.15 am always looking for new recruits who are interested in shaping the Thursday 3 Traffic & Parking 7.15 pm future of Stow and Swell. Thursday 10 Finance 7.00 pm

The Square GCC are preparing drawings for public consultation. The Tuesday 15 Planning 7.00 pm suggestion of paving Digbeth Street was thought to be too expensive Thursday 17 General Purpose 7.00 pm but GCC would consider it at a later date. Thursday 24 Council 7.15 pm

Introducing your councillors (a few at a time, A-Z). NB. Our website now allows you to email the councillors.

Val Davies Ben Eddolls Tom Edwards: Finance Mike Moseley: Traffic Jenny Scarsbrook

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19 Gloucestershire County Council from Cllr Dr Nigel Moor There has to be a better way Moreton Bridge to beat TB. We were all disappointed to hear that another accident had From a report by Gloucestershire Against Badger occurred at Moreton Bridge recently and our thoughts are Shooting, by Jeanne Berry. (11.08.15) with the person involved and his family. GCC Engineer Bob Skillern has confirmed that GCC already have a feasibility Whilst the NFU are stating publically that the two years of study in progress regarding the bridge, with a brief to review badger culling in Gloucestershire have been a big success, the the existing studies, information available and previous recent publication of an independent House of Commons proposals for improvement of safety at the location for both report confirms that the cull in Gloucestershire has been an traffic and pedestrians. Following this and the recent fatal expensive and ineffective use of public money. Local campaign crash on the A429 at Fosse Bridge I have requested a formal group, Gloucestershire Against Badger Shooting (GABS), are investigation by the County Council`s Environment Scrutiny challenging the NFU to come to a public debate about the Committee requesting the committee scrutinise the issue of evidence in the report, which confirms that further culling in both safety and congestion on the road. the county is not going to work. Jeanne Berry of GABS said “The level of detail in the report is Bus Services excellent and it totally undermines the NFU’s assertion that The commercial 801 Pulhams Service has been extended to Cheltenham Railway Station and to the Mosedale Estate the cull has been a success in Gloucestershire and we’d love our farmers to read the facts.” adjoining the Fire Service College in Moreton. Later in  September the subsidised 802 service will include buses Gloscon, the cull company, failed to meet the government’s through Stow from the Rissingtons to Kingham Railway station own targets for the number of badgers shot for the last two and from there bus connection to Chipping Norton. years. In 2014 alone the target was to kill over 1000 badgers – in fact they only killed 274. Stow Bridge A429 Stow Road Moreton From the 9th September to the 18th September there will be a Jeanne Berry added: “While this report is full of detail, the NFU closure of this road to allow for the installation of two 750mm and others are still saying that the cull has been a success and diameter pipes across the road at Stow Bridge as part of the resulted in a decrease in cattle TB. However even DEFRA has Stow Bridge Flood Relief Scheme, which will – when necessary confirmed that there is no evidence to support this claim. I -carry flood water from around the town via the Stow Brook have written to the Gloucestershire NFU Chair to come and to the River Evenlode. It is a further phase of the flood relief debate these figures and I look forward to airing the facts in scheme being carried out by the three county, district and public.” town councils under the supervision of the CDC Engineer www.glosagainstbadgershooting.org Laurence King. Farmer outlines scientific case for badger culling Stow Hill An article from an organic beef farmer in the Cotswolds From the beginning of September there will also be (earlier this year) outlining the scientific evidence which resurfacing of Stow Hill, which is being carried out at night to shows badger culling can help reduce bovine TB in cattle in minimise daytime disruption to traffic. Over the past two areas where the disease is endemic has been published on years there has been a considerable amount of resurfacing The Ecologist website. carried out in the North Cotswolds as the county council tackles the backlog of work needed to the 1000 miles of roads In the article, Charles Mann highlights how analysis of in the district. It has been a priority of mine and I am pleased evidence from the Randomised Badger Culling Trials has to see the progress. shown that badger culling can have an overall beneficial effect on bTB in cattle in England. Devolution Gloucestershire has submitted its bid to government to take Mr Mann writes: “To say there is no scientific evidence to greater control of its public services. Devolution would allow show that culling badgers will have a beneficial effect on Gloucestershire to have responsibility for public services reducing bTB in cattle in endemic areas is wrong. There clearly based on what people need and want. Partners across the is. No one has ever said badger culling alone will solve the county would have more say over social care and health problem of bTB. Just like no one has ever said badger culling spending, local transport networks, business rates, education needs to be carried out across the whole country. But the and infrastructure. Public spending in the county exceeds £3 scientific evidence shows that culling badgers in areas where billion and devolving this to the county area will obtain better the disease is endemic can help reduce bTB levels in cattle in value for money while promoting greater efficiency. those areas. Gloucestershire`s advantage to government is that it has a “Cattle movement controls and cattle testing have an common boundary for a whole host of partners including the important role to play, badger vaccination could play a role in six district councils, the LEP, the Police and Crime areas on the edge of the disease spread to stop it spreading Commissioner, the NHS and the Gloucestershire Clinical further, and cattle vaccination has a role to play once a Commissioning Group.(CCCG) making it more compact and workable vaccine is available. cohesive than a number of other bids. “To wipe out bovine TB we need a comprehensive strategy Nigel Moor is the elected Conservative councillor for the Stow division that tackles the disease on all fronts at the same time. Only by of Gloucestershire County Council but the views expressed here are doing this will we have the best chance of wiping this disease his own and do not necessarily coincide with either those of the out and making England TB free.” Gloucestershire County Council or the Gloucestershire Conservative www.theecologist.org/ Group. 20 Planning Applications & Approvals

Information about large / major new developments or those CDC Planning Committee meets once a month – the details which are likely to raise public interest (not ‘general domestic’ are on p17 of this magazine. Full information is available and small residential applications). The top table includes the online at www.cotswold.gov.uk. This website also explains Applications within our area that went to the recent CDC planning procedures, how to comment on applications and Planning Committee Meeting for decision. speak at public planning meeting at CDC.

NO PLANNING MEETING IN AUGUST

New Applications received between 06/07/15 and 10/07/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline Land Adjacent To Fosse Outline application for the Owen Parry Batsford 15/02701/OUT Lodge, Stratford Road erection of 2 new dwellings 30/07/2015

New Applications received between 20/07/15 and 24/07/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline Police Station Extension of The Old Police Bourton-on- Alison Curtis 15/02202/FUL Moore Road Station to form 2 dwellings and the-Water 13/08/2015 GL54 2AZ pair of holiday units Land Parcel At Manor Construct stable building, with 12 David Graham Evenlode 15/02718/FUL/LLFA Farm, Church Lane stables 12/08/2015 Stow-on-the- The Tower Parsons Corner Alison Curtis 15/02813/FUL New vehicular access Wold GL54 1EE 12/08/2015

New Applications received between 27/07/15 and 31/07/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline Matcon House Moreton-in- Removal of parking to the front Alison Curtis 15/02655/FUL London Road Marsh of the property 20/08/2015 GL56 0HJ

New Applications received between 03/08/15 and 07/08/15 Parish Application No. Location Proposal Officer & Deadline Conversion of two single storey Greystones Farm Bourton-on- barns. Kitchen extension and Mark Sweet 15/02845/FUL Greystones Lane the-Water creation of a toilet block under an 24/08/2015 GL54 2EN existing covered area. Land Parcel E416571 9 flags, 1 stack sign to be Bourton-on- Owen Parry 15/02243/ADV N221444 Station Road illuminated, 1 stack sign, 2 sets of the-Water 24/08/2015 panel hoarding signs Demolition of existing dwelling Moreton-in- Blue Cedar House Alison Curtis 15/03036/FUL and erection of five dwellings, Marsh Stow Road GL56 0DW 28/08/2015 formation of new access Planning applications register The register allows you to search, view and comment on current applications. You can also search and view: Decided applications back to 18 March 2004 Appeals information back to 01 January 2007 Tree applications back to 30 October 2007. Look online www.cotswold.gov.uk - 21 VILLAGE HALLS

This is free A-Z listing of village and community halls in our towns and villages which are available to the public to hire for functions and meetings, etc. The information is provided by the local community or committee and, to our knowledge, is up to date. This is not a comprehensive list of every hall in the area. If your hall is available to hire to members of the public and is not currently included in our free A-Z listing please email the information to be added to [email protected]. (If the information about your community or village is not up to date or inaccurate, please let us know using the same eml address.)

ADLESTROP VILLAGE HALL LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, Bell Bank, Blockley ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY • Available to hire - special functions, classes /event - £6 an hour Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order. Seating • Discounted fees for long term bookings. meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc.35-50 people. capacity 160. Well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets heating. Off • Redecorated • small stage, kitchen, disabled toilet / access. Reasonable charges, ample parking. . With Wireless Broadband street parking. Suitable for wedding receptions etc. Raised • Excellent parking. Tel 01386 700880.email [email protected] stage. Sound system. Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528 Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further info

BLOCKLEY COMMUNITY HERITAGE BOURTON ON THE WATER Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water

CENTRE THE ROYAL BRITISH Available to hire - very competitive rates. Local functions, Refurbished, the Jubilee Hall seats 80. Light, bright and warm, LEGION BRANCH HALL childens parties etc welcome. Disabled access & facilities drop down screen, parking.. Suitable for all sorts of events. Very Available for hire; 150 seated / 250 standing. Call David Tebbutt 01451 821098 for bookings and information good rates. Enquiries to Laurie Clayton, 01386 701528 Ample off-road parking. Office Tel: 01451 824303 bourtononthewatervillagehall.co.uk

GEORGE MOORE COMMUNITY CENTRE BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL ▪ Excellent, new facilities ▪ Function Room seating 75 Lovely rural location with spacious parking. Seats 90, Large main Weddings, parties, clubs, classes, and family events. Large car ▪ Conference Room seating 14 hall, & 2 meeting rooms. Stage with electric drop down screen. park, modern kitchen, pull-down projector screen, disabled Refreshment Facilities & convenient on-site Parking Built in sound system with microphone and hearing loop. toilets and access, hearing loop Contact:: Philip Johnson 07587 Email: [email protected] Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities. 097795 or at email: [email protected] Tel: 01451 820712 Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994

ENSTONE PARISH HALL EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL Great Rollright Village Hall Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, presentations & Large hall; seating for 100 suitable for a myriad of uses. Conference/ family events. Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern Main hall, small meeting room, verandah, views, Meeting Room fitted for audio and visual presentations. Free Wi Fi. kitchen and loos. Disabled access. New pull-down projector kitchen facilities, disabled access & toilets, parking. Well equipped kitchen. Parking for 23 vehicles. Susanne Hamilton screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery available. Suitable for meetings, parties, exhibitions. 01608 677156 Email [email protected] Please call Tim Proger 01608 652392 / 07718 207097. More information: Booking Sec. 01608 730268

GUITING POWER VILLAGE HALL KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL LITTLE COMPTON VILLAGE HALL Spacious hall seats 110 people. Large stage with artistes Beautiful hall; capacity 100. Off-street parking; disabled access. dressing room. New well-equipped kitchen, tea room, Available to hire at very competitive rates. Seats approx 60. Fully equipped kitchen. Easy disabled access. toilets/shower. Private free car park. Very reasonable and Nicole Marina, 07733 238334. Fixed projector for showing films. Good parking. flexible rates. Contact – 07468 099432 Email: [email protected] Contact 01608 674437 for more information www.guitingevents.co.uk

LITTLE WOLFORD VILLAGE HALL LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE VILLAGE HALL LONG COMPTON VILLAGE HALL Rural position 5 miles from Moreton and Shipston, We are fully equipped with an extendable stage with pull-down screen. 3/4 sized snooker table • table tennis table • piano Up to 100 people, separate meeting room, china and furniture accommodates 60 – 80, good parking, Fully equipped kitchen, hire, kitchen, lawn, parking. 01608 684834 or china etc., disabled facilities, projection screen, hearing loop, • Hi-Fi system • all equipment for short mat bowls. stage available, reasonable charges. For further details T: 01451 830944 or email [email protected] for information or to make a booking Details and booking 01608 684704 [email protected]

LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL Community Room - Moreton-in-Marsh. MORETON IN MARSH, REDESDALE HALL Recently refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, Two venues with a stair lift. The Lower Hall accommodates tables & chairs. Disabled facilities. Seats up to 70. The community room can accommodate between 35-40 Competitive rates (inc.heating) vary with use. Parties, shows, 80; modern kitchen facilities. Beamed Upper Hall people, is fully carpeted and heated, has a kitchen and off- accommodates 120. Reasonable charges. Nearby parking. receptions, displays, evening classes. Mo Griffiths 01451 road parking. For further details contact Moreton-in-Marsh 832241, 07903 829685, [email protected] Historic town centre building. Clerk 01608 650040 Funeral Directors 01608 652612 [email protected]. www.redesdalehall.org.uk

Women’s Institute Hall, Moreton in Marsh COTSWOLD HALL Northleach THE WESTWOODS CENTRE NORTHL EACH Suitable for meetings, parties and exhibitions. Accommodates 60 Ideal for wedding receptions, Parties, Dances, Exhibitions Large hall plus two additional rooms to let separately or as a Kitchen facilities, hearing loop, disabled access / facilities, public Accommodates up to 100. Lift, Licenced bar, Kitchen facility, whole, fully fitted kitchen, large enclosed garden, wifi access, car park nearby. Competitive rates (incl heating) vary with use Disabled access and toilets. All-round sound system, Hearing disabled friendly, good off-road parking, well equipped, marquee Booking details from Pam Clarke 01608 652575 loop, Competitive hiring rates lining available, licensed bar. [email protected] Information and booking phone Jacques 01451 860366 telephone: 01451 861499

NOTGROVE VILLAGE HALL ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL OVER NORTON VILLAGE HALL Large hall with seating for 80 plus additional small events tent. Newly refurbished - full c/h, new kitchen and toilets. Spacious Large hall with stage, separate bar and kitchen area. Ideal for Raised stage. Disabled access and toilets. Licensed bar. main hall with seating for 100, also a smaller meeting room. family gatherings, children’s parties, exercise classes etc. Reasonable rates. Stage, pull down projector screen and hearing loop. Facilities for Seating capacity approx. 100. Off street parking. Toilets. Contact: [email protected] / the less able. Spacious parking. Competitive rates with discounts for regular users. Keith on 01451 850726 Telephone 01451 830817 or 01451 831917 For bookings/enquiries please call 07880593597

Stow Baptist Church Hall, Stow GL54 1AA Stow on the Wold SALFORD VIILLAGE HALL In the community for the community Attractive and flexible venue in Cotswold village. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB Spacious hall, recently refurbished, fully-equipped new Recently refurbished. Seats 80. Disabled access. Parking. Clubroom and bar with entertainment system, karaoke, etc. kitchen facilities & disabled toilets. Usage Policy: we support Toilets. Modern well equipped kitchen. Small lounge bar. Large and small meeting rooms with community-focused groups. [email protected] conference facilities for up to 150 (seats 60/12 dining); Tel: 01608 650624. We do not lease the hall for commercial events. www.salfordvillagehall.co.uk Tel: 01608 642853 Parking. Enquiries to Colin and Alison 01451 830242

ST EDWARDS HALL, STOW ON THE WOLD STOW YOUTH CLUB Stow on the Wold Rugby Club Two large rooms (accommodating 50-60 people) • Internet café with 12 Panelled 1st floor room with Civil War portraits & memorabilia. Large venue with seating for 200 & plenty of private, computer terminals • Projector & screen • Pool table • Table football • Holds 100. Hearing loop. Lift and staircase from lobby. Kitchen, free parking. Licensed bar and kitchen. Ideal for weddings, Nintendo Wii • Modern kitchen • Disabled access & toilets • Rates toilets, anti-room. CCTV. Competitive rates. 2 Hrs Free C/P(day) courses, classes, clubs, parties & presentations etc. negotiable for regular users.. The Club is next to the Police Station on the dates for 2014 -15 available. 01386 761514 Fosseway and accessed easily from The Square. Contact Amanda on 07940 141192 [email protected] D Neill: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830656. S-J Rich: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830654.

TODENHAM VILLAGE HALL WESTCOTE VILLAGE HALL WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL in quiet location Recently refurbished hall in quiet rural village. Seats 50 Small hall in quiet, attractive setting. Ideal for small groups, Large Hall seats 60. Small anti-room. New modern well Well equipped kitchen. Disabled toilet classes and family gatherings.. Seats a maximum of 30 for equipped kitchen. Disabled entrance and facilities. Car parking dinner in comfort. Disabled access. Fully equipped kitchen. at rear. Very attractive rates. Contact Karen 01608 651301S-J Enquiries: Christine Walford 01993 831196 or Tony Gibson 01993 Rich: [email protected] Tel: 01451 830654. 830699 Enquiries Judith Wheeler 01451 821094 22 On the Tourist Trail – VILLAGE HALLS New Regional Funding Plan The Prime Minister recently announced the government’s new Five Point Plan to boost tourism right across the UK - This is free A-Z listing of village and community halls in our towns and villages which are available to the public to hire spreading the benefits of one of our fastest growing sectors for functions and meetings, etc. The information is provided by the local community or committee and, to our knowledge, is up to beyond the capital, helping to create jobs and rebalance the Youth representation proves to date. This is not a comprehensive list of every hall in the area. If your hall is available to hire to members of the public and is not economy. currently included in our free A-Z listing please email the information to be added to [email protected]. (If the be a huge success information about your community or village is not up to date or inaccurate, please let us know using the same eml address.) A new inter-ministerial group will be formed to coordinate and align action across government, to ensure that we have On 31 July, Members of the UK Youth Parliament from the right infrastructure in place to make it easy for visitors across the British Isles descended upon the South West for to discover the best of what this country has to offer. the Annual Sitting, hosted at the University of Exeter. Whilst The group will be headed by the Culture Secretary John there, all 370 MYPs debated and decided on the new issues Whittingdale, and include ministers from right across that will become part of our manifesto and be eligible to government. The focus will be on five key areas: appear on the upcoming Make your Mark ballot. Make Your Mark is the UK’s largest youth consultation, which gave a  A better co-ordinated sector: the sector is too voice to 876, 488 young people last year. fragmented - we want to see local attractions and

tourism organisations collaborating to grow the As proud hosts, the South West Youth Parliamentarians sector for everyone, not competing; initiated the Opening Ceremony and paved the way for  Skills and jobs: Driving and retaining talent in the Right Honourable John Bercow, Speaker of the House sector to encourage growth; Commons to mark the event with a truly inspirational  Common sense regulation: Reforming speech. Mr Bercow pledged his continued support for the regulation sensibly to drive competition and UK Youth Parliament in his sixth appearance at this annual improve the tourism offer for visitors; event and emphasised that "quantity, persistence and  Transport: Forging innovative links between the overall repetition" is the key to achieving our campaign transport and tourism sectors to help visitors travel goals. outside of the capital;

 An improved welcome: Delivering a world class

welcome at the Border.

Ministers from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland

Governments are invited to join the group when relevant. ‘Rail for Tourism innovation’ competition’ I proudly spoke during the debate about Youth The Prime Minister has also announced a £1 million ‘Rail for Representation and highlighted the negative portrayal of Tourism innovation’ competition, which will call for ideas to young people in the media and proposed that, as a Youth transform the travel experience for visitors to the UK and Parliament, we needed to counteract this. It was very make exploring the UK by rail more attractive to tourists. interesting to hear the range of opinions and ideas The competition will be run by the RSSB’s Future Railways presented in the debate and this clearly showed the Programme, and winners will receive funding to develop diversity of the UK Youth Parliament. their ideas and carry out trials. The plan will build upon the enormous success of the 2011 Democracy at Work tourism strategy, which culminated in a record year for On both Saturday 1 August and Sunday 2 August, the Big overseas visitors in 2014 and now sees the industry Vote took place. Numerous proposals were passed through contribute £60 billion to the UK economy a year. By the success of the democratic process, and some failed in opening up new experiences to tourists, we can build on the same manner. Democracy was truly at work as 26 new this and ensure more visitors travel outside London and motions were passed, including Tackling Racism, gender experience the very best of Britain. equality, improving political education and prioritising young people. David Cameron, said: “Millions of overseas tourists visit the UK every year and most take in the sights of London. But Overall, the annual sitting was a brilliant opportunity to Britain has so much more to offer, from the Cornish Riviera meet inspirational young people from all over the country. to the Scottish Highlands and everything in between.” In addition, it was really insightful ear to h from such a range of people in the Big Debate and plan for success in the year The plan and funding is in addition to new funds announced ahead. We are all now very much looking forward to our in March to boost tourism in both the South-West and the North. The £5 million fund for the South-West will position sitting in the House of Commons on Friday 13 November, the area as a ‘must see’ destination, generating an where we will debate the topics voted on by young people with passion and a desire for change. additional £60 million in additional visitor spending, creating up to 1000 jobs and incentivising local partners to Press release from Alysha Bodman work together on improving the experience for visitors to Member of Youth Parliament for Stroud and the Cotswolds

the region. www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk (From Train on Line - August 2015) 0845 2501299 23

The Catholic Church BAPTIST CHURCH MASS TIMES FOR SEPTEMBER SHEEP STREET STOW ON THE WOLD Our Lady, Help of Christians, In the Community for the Community Bourton-on-the-Water Sunday Mass: 8.30 a.m. Welcome to our family service every Sunday morning at 10.30am. The st rd Our Lady & St Kenelm, 1 and 3 Sunday’s communion is celebrated during the service. Our speakers for the month of SEPTEMBER are: Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold Sunday Masses: 10.00 am & 6.30pm 6 JEFF BAILEY 20 KEN DAVIS - HARVEST FESTIVAL 13 TBA 27 PETER ALLAN For times of Confessions, or other information, please call 01451 BABY AND TODDLER GROUP every Monday during term time 830431 or visit our website: www.stowrc.co.uk 9.30am - 11.00am. £1 to cover snacks. EVERY TUESDAY 9.45am Prayer Meeting Eyford, Guiting and The Slaughters 10am - Noon - COFFEE MORNING AND FOOD BANK. Sunday ServicesSEPTEMBER All welcome!! Please check our Website: www.stowbaptistchurch.org.uk Sun 6 08.30 am –HC at Lower Slaughter 09.30 am –HC at Temple Guiting 09.30 am –HC BCP at Naunton 11.00 am –HC at Upper Slaughter ST EDWARDS CHURCH 11.00 am –Family Service at Guiting Power Stow-on-the-Wold Sun 13 08.30 am –HC (said) at Naunton SEPTEMBER 09.30 am –HC at Farmcote 09.30 am –HC at Lower Slaughter Sunday 6th 8am BCP Holy Communion 11.00 am –Eleven4All at Temple Guiting 11am Morning Service and Holy Communion 11.00 am –Matins at Upper Slaughter Sunday 13th 11am Sung Eucharist 06.00 pm – HC at Guiting Power 6pm Evening Reflection Sun 20 08.30 am –HC (said) at Upper Slaughter Sunday 20th 8am BCP Holy Communion 11.00 am –HC at Lower Slaughter 11am Morning Service and Holy Communion 11.00 am –Matins at Naunton Sunday 27th 11am Sung Matins 03.00 pm – Harvest Festival at Cutsdean 6pm Holy Communion with prayers for healing 06.00 pm – Songs of Praise with TG at GuitingPower Special Services at Stow Sun 27 9.30 0 am –HC (said) at Cutsdean All Souls Evensong – November 1st at 4.00pm 11.00 am –Family Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter The annual Service to mark the Feast of All Souls is where the Church 11.00 am –Holy Communion at Temple Guiting commemorates all those who have gone before us in the faith. We 04.00 pm – Harvest and Patronal Festival at Guiting Power believe that the all of the faithful, both living and departed, remain bound 06.00 pm – Evensong with LS and Naunton at Upper Slaughter together in the love of Jesus. We will remember that his love spans this world and the next. The service will be followed by a cup of tea or coffee in Church. During this Service, we shall read the names of those who we INTERESTING FACTS FROM: are asked to remember in this way. If you would like us to include someone on this occasion please get in touch with the Rector. St James Church, Longborough There is a service of Holy Communion in Stow every Tuesday at EARLY TURRET CLOCK 10.00am. More details of our services can be found on our website This clock has been restored and mounted in the wooden www.scats.org.uk frame by the Cumbria Clock Company. The work was Benefice Services completed in February 2005. The clock maker was Sunday 6th 6pm Patronal Evensong at Upper Swell Sunday 13th 9.30am Holy Communion at Condicote Thomas Steight of Pershore, who is known to have been 11am Matins at Upper Swell working between 1699 and 1752. The iron frame is even earlier. Turret Sunday 20th 6pm Evening Reflection at Lower Swell clock s had no dial, only a striking mechanism. The escapement here is Sunday 27th 9.30am Holy Communion at Condicote 11am Harvest Service at Lower Swell a verge and pendulum. The clock will run for six hours when the Everyone is welcome to join us. weights are wound to the top of the frame for a demonstration.

STOW METHODIST FELLOWSHIP ------The morning service at St David’s, Moreton in Marsh is recorded each We meet on Tuesdays from 2pm Contact Michael on 01451 830579 week and broadcast online every Sunday at 4.30pm. www.nccr.co.uk for information & details.

Quakers – The Religious Society of Friends ST JAMES’S CHURCH Sunday 11:00 a.m. at The Friends Meeting House,Pytts Lane, Burford LONGBOROUGH Everybody Welcome. For more information contact Howard Crook Sunday Services in SEPTEMBER 01451 810 447 or go to http://www.burford-quakers.org.uk Sunday 6th 8.00am - Holy Communion 9.30am - Morning Service Sunday13th 9.30am - Holy Communion Sunday 20th 4.00pm - Messy Church in Village Hall Sunday 27th 9.30am - Holy Communion CHURCHES a place to worship 24 Adventures with an over-sized rugby ball SPORTING stars and community figures were challenged to support a vital local charity.

Story by Caroline Fisher for Cotswold Times.

DARING sky-divers will be carrying a large rugby ball home to its grass roots on September 6. It will have TO DONATE or buy a been on an extraordinary journey, raising funds for the wristband visit #CarryMeHomeKate challenge. www.justgiving.com/carr ymehomekate It has blazed an amazing fundraising trail. The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team from Brize Norton touch down on Stow RFC’s pitch around noon at a Family The ball makes a special appearance the day before in the Fun Day. The day is the climax of the club’s campaign attractions ring at Moreton Show. #CarryMeHomeKate in aid of north Cotswolds charity Kate’s Donations can still be made and wrist bands purchased on Home Nursing. www.justgiving.com/CarryMeHomeKate. People can also Stow RFC challenged the community to ‘pass’ an iconic donate by texting RUGB50 with the amount to oversized rugby ball in as many fun and inventive ways as 70070.Events can still be held right up to September 6, by possible in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup in contacting the website or 07867 121122. September, each pass raising vital funds for local charity #CarryMeHomeKate committee chairman Sean Clarke, also Kate’s Home Nursing. chairman of Stow RFC Minis and Juniors, said: “Even just walking down the street carrying the ball I have people With supporters urging each other on to new ways to pass stopping me wanting to know what it’s for. When they hear the over-sized rugby ball, ideas become more daring and it’s being passed to raise money for Kate’s Home Nursing, madcap by the minute – and every event was helping to which is such a well-loved charity here, everyone wants to raise Kate’s profile and bring in donations from participants join in.” and onlookers. Videos were posted on the official website showing the ball’s adventures and progress and how to The total amount of ‘passes’ will be revealed on Sept 6. The donate: day’s entertainment includes children’s activities, food, a www.facebook.com/CarryMeHomeKate licensed bar, live music and Zorb balls. Kate’s Home Nursing CEO Karen Pengilley said: “Over 20 It challenge has inspired everyone from schoolchildren to years we’ve built up a team working very closely with senior citizens to become hands-on, triggering generous district nurses and six GP surgeries all in a 20-mile radius of donations from participants and onlookers. Along its Stow. This year we need to raise £280,000 to enable us to journey the ball has been passed by sporty water polo nurse 70 to 80 people with life-limiting illnesses in their players, dainty ballerinas, giant quarry diggers, Iron Age pigs own homes during their final days.” and a fleet of mobility scooters, amongst others. Each event has been filmed so people could watch the ball’s adventures

and progress on the official website. Photos from a huge selection on #facebook CHURCHES a place to worship 25

Article by Julie Hall. Situated approximately a mile from the beautiful Cotswolds village of Broadway, just off the A44 between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh, sits a delightful folly: Broadway Tower. Sometimes referred to as the “highest little castle” in the Cotswolds, it is unique; built by James Wyatt, it is a Capability Brown-inspired folly with an interesting mix of architectural styles, and a fascinating history. Completed in 1798 by Wyatt for the 6th Earl of Coventry it exhibits turrets, battlements , gargoyles and balconies - walking up the slight hill from the car park, it is a breath-taking sight. The tower was built on the site of an ancient beacon; visitors who make the long climb to the top are rewarded with magnificent views in a radius of 62 miles - on a clear day it is said that 16 counties can be seen! I visited on a beautiful June day: sunny and warm, it was the perfect day for such a vista; however, even if you are unlucky with the weather there is plenty to see and do. The three floors of the Tower provide plenty of displays and cases of artefacts on a variety of subjects, covering several centuries of history. Perhaps the most famous and interesting portray the life and work of William Morris, the renowned Arts and Crafts designer.

Rural Skills & Crafts Courses www.cotswoldruralskills.org

Flax Making Workshop Saturday 5th September. £59

Rural Skills & Crafts Courses www.cotswoldruralskills.org

Flax Making Workshop Saturday 5th September. £59

Dry Stone Walling – Improvers The landscape surrounding the tower is itself worthy of a 7th – 8th September £119 visit: stunning Cotswolds countryside as far as the eye can see - fields and trees, rolling hills and herds of deer. Nestled Introduction to Scything - 12th September. £75 in the middle is a delightful café and small gift shop, the No prior experience required. BBQ lunch included. Do you know an adult who perfect place for visitors and tourists to pick up a unique gift made by local designers, or enjoy a very welcome cup of tea LANTRA Brushcutter / Trimmers – Maintenance and freshly made scone. and Operation - 17th September. £135 struggles to read? You can help In addition to the main Tower, there is also a secret nuclear Thatching – Taster Day - 19th September. £99 bunker to explore! During the two world wars the Royal Put them in touch with Observer Corps were able to track enemy planes over Cotswolds Tile Roofing – Beginners England from this special vantage point, and during the Cold 19th – 20th September. £119 War a bunker was constructed from which to report any Read Easy North Cotswolds nuclear attacks. Charcoal Making - 23rd September. £59 The Tower site is on the Cotswold Way and is a popular Dry Stone Walling – Beginners We provide one-to-one tuition in private destination for many hikers and tourists; dogs are welcome 26th – 27th September. £99 here. It is open daily from 10.00 – 17.00, although the Bunker is only open at weekends and on special days. Blacksmithing – Taster Day - 27th September. £99 For more information on location and opening times, or on the history of the Tower, please visit: Call Sue Brereton on 0844 493 0686 www.broadwaytower.co.uk Training courses and competitions in a wide range of rural skills and or email at [email protected] crafts throughout the Cotswolds AONB, working with local [email protected] 01386-852390 instructors, organisations, community groups and landowners. The readeasy.org.uk courses are informative and practical, and make a noticeable and Admission is charged for the Tower and for the Bunker; lasting contribution to the Cotswold landscape. Read Easy North Cotswolds is an Afﬁliated Member of Read Easy UK Registered Charity No: 1151288 concessionary rates are available. 27 HARVEST WEEKEND Kepow Theatre presents: October 2nd to 4th 'On The Edge’ Essentially a comedy with touching moments. CEILIDH Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival ~ 5-star reviews. nd Friday 2 October, 7.30 pm. At the Redesdale Hall at Condicote Village Hall. Friday 2nd October, 7.30pm Tickets £10 include a ploughman's supper. Tickets from Mike Rees 01608 650825 Available in advance from or Mike O'Neill 01608 650762 Dilys Neill 07799 431044 or Sandra Morris 0771 2002967, or at the door. Saturday 3rd October, 2- 4 pm. POP UP MARKET - Produce, Crafts Etc. in St.Edward's churchyard, Stow on the Wold.

STARTS 15AUTUMN SEPTEMBER TERM IT’S OFFICIAL… SINGING REDUCES STRESS! Recent research indicates that the beneﬁ ts of singing range from the physical – it boosts oxygen levels in the blood – to the psychological – because it lowers stress and strengthens feelings of community. So come and join us – no audition is required – just a genuine enjoyment of singing. We are a very friendly local choir who rehearse every Tuesday, 7:30–9pm in school term-time at St. Nicholas’ Church in Chadlington, where we sing a wide repertoire of music: secular and sacred, old and new.

You are welcome to come to a FREE taster rehearsal. Visit our website or call Emma on 01608 659737

WWW.WYCHWOODCHORALE.ORG.UK

THE FINSTOCK ALE 2015 BEER FESTIVAL Kate’s Home Nursing Friday 11th & Saturday 12thSeptember Annual fundraising Finstock Playing Field C a r o l C o n c e r t COTSWOLD COMEDY NIGHT

An evening full of Christmas spirit at The Finstock Ale

12th December at 18:30pm Friday 11 September, doors from 7pm, performance at 8pm. in the beautiful setting of A fantastic night of comedy, featuring Steve Hall (from St Edward’s Church, Stow on the Wold We are Klang fame and Russell Howard's Good News), Ben van der Velde and George Rigden. A Programme of Beautiful Choir Pieces Entry £10, tickets from

provided by Canticle Chamber Choir www.wegottickets.com/event/316605 or message Directed by Roderick McPhee [email protected] or on the door. For tickets and more information All proceeds to Finstock Village Hall. [email protected] Finstock Playing Field, OX7 3DH

or Sue Hutt on 07714 007654 28

An Indian Summer's Evening EVENTS at THE OLD of Music, Song & Readings PRISON at St Nicholas' Church, Chadlington, OX7 3LX SEPTEMBER 2015 in support of the Lawrence Home Nursing Team

Featuring 'The Cotswold Concertiers', Refreshments 'The Rhythm Is Life Choir', Folk Group 'Revival' will be ser th and soloists William Ford and Jill Greer ved Friday 11 September Spinning & Weaving Group 7pm Friday18 September 2015 Monthly meeting 10.30am £5 including light refreshments Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September Tickets £15, please contact [email protected] or 01608 684475 HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Free guided tours of the Old Prison by local historian Michael Banks. Saturday @ 11am and Sunday @ 2pm Tuesday 15th September Cotswold Friends: Lunch Club Come and meet other local people and enjoy a cooked lunch. Celebrate Shipston’s foodie offering £5.50 for two courses (over 60s only)

To book a place or transport call Wendy on 01608 651745 Shipston Food Festival th th Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September Friday 2nd October 7.30pm Market Place, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4AG Don’t Go Into The Cellar Hosted by Taste of the Country, Shipston’s top quality A high-energy one-man show, featuring provider of local produce and handmade food, will be a plethora of dashing heroes, villainous unveiling their new shop and expanded product range and rogues and vintage thrills! free hot and cold tastings as well as selling snacks, drinks and lunches throughout the festival. There will be tapas and a bar from the café on the night. £7 advance tickets until 20th Sept, £10 afterwards. Tickets through café (01451 861563) or online www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/oldprison

th Thursday 15 October TALK: The Highwaymen of Gloucestershire by local historian John Putley.7.30 – 9pm th Saturday 5 December Christmas Food & Craft Market A festive day to showcase local Cotswold Craft and Food Producers. Indoor stalls, decorations, music and mulled wine. This year’s event kicks off on Friday 18th September with To book a stall (£15!), ring the Old Prison on 01451 861563 the Shipston Beer Festival, hosted by Shipston Rugby Club, and features a unique ‘Taste Trail’ on the 19th and the main th Food Festival from 10am to 4pm on Sunday 20 . This will Tuesday 8th December 7.30pm feature over 40 stalls from businesses in the Cotswolds, Ghost Stories for Christmas Stour Valley and West Oxfordshire featuring locally produced artisan foods, beers and hot food. Many Shipston £7 advance tickets until 11th Oct businesses will be open and local wine retailer, Edward £10 afterwards. Sheldons, will be offering wine tastings and cellar tours. Tickets through café 01451 861563

LOCAL WALKS WITH THE COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY WARDENS September 2015 Northleach Steam Dipping into Broadway’s Heritage – Thursday 3rd September - Moderate and Vintage Show 2015 We whet our interest in Arts and Crafts with a brief visit to Broadway Tower. After descending to Broadway we explore its heritage with a talk from the Gordon Russell MuseumLOGO (pub lunch optional or bring your own) and return up the High Street past historic houses. 5.5 hours: 7.5 miles. Start: 10:00 am Fish Hill car park, near Broadway. OS Map ref SP 120 369. Over the Cotswold Edge 4 – Friday 4th September - Moderate Another chance to see the north western edge of the Cotswold Hills. From Snowshill we walk southwards and join the Cotswold Way down to the Stanways and Stanton before returning uphill off the Way. Please bring a packed lunch. 5 hours: 10 miles. Full size and scale steam engines ~ Stationery Start: 9:30 am Snowshill Public Car Park. OS Map ref SP 097 340. th engines ~ Vintage tractors ~ Vintage military Blockley Heritage Walks 4 – Thursday 17 September - Moderate Enjoy some of the walks in the recently published Blockley Heritage & commercial vehicles ~ Vintage motorcycles collection. This one takes us to Moreton-in-Marsh via Draycott, Aston ~ Classic cars ~ Stalls Magna and Dorn, with its Roman connection, returning via Batsford and Blockley Downs with wonderful views over the village. Please bring plus Real Ale Festival & Live Music a packed lunch. 5 hours: 8.5 miles. September 12th & 13th from 10am. Start: 10:00 am Bus shelter, Blockley Village Green. Please park considerately in the village. OS Map ref SP 164 349 Entry £5. 07765 692758 Napping with Bella – Friday 25th September - Moderate A walk to Belas Knap through woods and fields. Start is west from [email protected] Brockhampton crossroads then right at the T junction and on to the end of the road; or, turn right on the Syreford to Whittington road and BLOCKLEY DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY then continue to the car park at the end. 3 hours: 6 miles. Start: 10:00 am Car park by Wardens Wood at the dead end of the road from a lecture Brockhampton or Syreford and Whittington. Phone 01452 619838 for directions if needed. OS Map ref SP 010 235 Barbara Hepworth and Villages and Views South of Stow – Wednesday 30th September - Terry Frost Moderate by Justine Hopkins From Stow we pass through Netherswell on our way to Wyck Rissington. Onwards to Icomb Hill for panoramic views of the Swells, at 2.45pm on 21 September 2015 Stow, Daylesford and beyond. Please bring a packed lunch. Also ample in St George’s Hall, Blockley opportunities for refreshments on return to Stow. 6 hours: 10 miles. Start: 10:00 am Stow-on-the-Wold, public car park near Tesco off A429. Please contact Elaine Parker (01386 840326) OS Map ref SP 191 262 for booking guests (which is essential) and more details. PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and muddy in places. MODERATE - includes some hills and rough ground. We welcome guide and hearing dogs - sorry, others not allowed. Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund our conservation and improvement work. The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds. For more information see www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000 for any changes to arrangements due to extreme weather.

Bryncoch Male Voice Choir South Wales IN CONCERT Featuring Jennifer Smith Westcote Methodist Church at the Town Hall, Chipping Norton NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA WALK & TALK Saturday 26th September at 7 pm Lead by Cherry Hubbard on September 16 Admission by Programme at the door Hear the stories of the luxuries of Roman life as they took their pleasure in the mosaic floored bath house or lounged in their fragrant courtyard garden, fine dining in Bourton-on-the-Water Visitor Information Centre sumptuous clothes. 'The Romano British period in this country is fascinating. By using both the familiar and the exotic, I Fund Raising event weave in the Roman ideas of family, Tuesday 1 September, 10.30am-4pm food, beauty, art and religion'. The most important feature is a nearly complete TOMBOLA, DUCK RACES, CAKE STALL and more... mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and on the village green browns. Please note: Dogs on leads are welcome. (2 miles north of North Leigh; 10 miles west of Oxford, off A4095) Parking is available in We will be most grateful for any donations for the lay-by, not in access lane.SAT NAV: Latitude: 51.834645 Longitude: - Tombola and Cake stall. Please let us know if you can 1.424707. £5 per person. support our event. Book your place online http://www.wychwoodproject.org/cms/node/21 01451 820211 [email protected] 30 L

North Cotswold CAMRA & Moreton C.C.

8th BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL 11th & 12th September 2015 45 Beers, Ciders & Perrys Hot Food, Pig Roast, Soft Drinks Live Music, Red Shift, www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk Kinky Farnham, No Tools Required Good Intent, Ellen Larson. Camping & Parking See website for details at Moreton in Marsh Cricket Ground, Batsford Road Pose with a nose! Get involved and send us Friday 12 noon to 11pm Entry £3 your photos! Saturday 12 noon to 11pm £4 CAMRA members receive beer token allowance

Blenheim Palace Sponsored Ride Friday September 25th

in aid of Riding for the Disabled Abingdon Group. 10.30 am through to 3.30 pm. For schedules, entry forms and further information

visit www.rda-abingdon.org.uk or email [email protected]

Stow on the Wold & District RFC FAMILY FUN DAY Sunday 6th September Oddington Road, Stow GL54 1JJ 01451 830887 From 10am to 3pm, starting with registration for the club;  circa 12 noon the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team, from Brize Norton, land on the Oddington Road club’s pitch.  The day also features a match between Stow RFC under-9s and Tewkesbury under-9s, coached by Richard Whincup from Stow, a former Stow junior;  children’s activities, a parachute run, jungle run, raffle, bouncy castle, stalls, food, licensed bar, live PHOTO: RAF Falcons ready for 2015 display season music and Zorb balls. 01 May 2015. Copyright: Crown  Donations to #CarryMeHomeKate are gratefully received on the day. Help us pass the #Carry Me Home Kate rugby ball and raise money for Kate's Home Nursing. The club are raising money for Kate's Home Nursing and having a lot of fun along the way by passing an over sized rugby ball. It will all culminate in our Family Fun Day on Sunday the 6th of September. Get in touch if you want to pass the ball and we will try and fit you in. Tel: 07867 121122

Market Days SEPTEMBER 2015 BOURTON ON THE WATER Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (listed separately) Farmers’ Market 4th Sunday, 9.30–1300 CHARLBURY EXHIBITIONS Farmers’ Market 13 June, 12 September, 12 December Playing Close, Charlbury OX7 3RJ (9-1pm) 4 Sept Crawfurd Christie English Civil War Collection – 60 period CHIPPING CAMPDEN portraits of C17th. characters involved in the Civil War and Country Market every Friday, 9–11am (except January) Battle of Stow. Free entry (donations welcome). 10.30-3pm. CHIPPING NORTON St Edwards Hall, Stow Square. Farmers’ Market 3rd Saturday, monthly from 8.30am 4 - 12 Sept Walking the Cotswold Way Original Oil Painting by Landscape Country Market every Saturday 8.45–11am Lower Town Hall Artist Anna Dillon SOTA Gallery 9 Langdale Court Witney OX28 6FG (with Farmer’s Market on 3rd Saturday) [email protected] 01993 862 799 Weekly Market every Wednesday 5 – 31 2015 ‘Open Air’ Sculpture Exhibition at Hidcote. 10am- GREAT ROLLRIGHT 6pm. Hidcote Bartrim, Chipping Campden, GL55 6LR. 01386 Village Market last Saturday monthly (except December) 438333. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote KINGHAM to 13 Sept The Arts & Crafts House; The Hart Silversmiths; 2 Farmer’s Market 21 June, 20 Sept, 13 December Exhibitions at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, CV35 MORETON-IN-MARSH 9HZ. 01926 645500. www.comptonverney.org.uk Weekly Market every Tuesday, 9–3.30pm Country Market every Thursday, 9.30–12noon in W I Hall to 27 Sept Morris & Company Tile Exhibition – Patterned and story Farmer’s and Craft Market 1st Sunday (except 12 July) 09.30-2pm approx tiles from a private collection of the company's designs and NORTHLEACH every Wednesday, 8.30–3.30pm production techniques. Court Barn Museum, Church Street, STOW ON THE WOLD Chipping Campden GL55 6JE. 01386 841951. Farmer’s Market 2nd Thursday, 9am–1pm wwwcourtbarn.org.uk.

19 / 20 Stow Flea Market at St Edwards Hall. 10am - 4.30 pm. Free FESTIVALS Entry. Contact Rose 01451 870675 or [email protected] 19 Family Bingo Night at Guiting Power Village Hall. Bar opens 12 & 13 The 8th North Cotswold Beer Festival. Refreshments. at 7pm Bingo starts at 8pm. Adults £5 Child £2. Entertainment. Camping £5/night for tents, £8 caravans. At 19 BAKEATHON. Free Entry. 8am-8pm. at SHIPSTON SPORTS Moreton Cricket Club, Batsford Road, Moreton GL56 9QA CLUB, London Road, CV36 4EP. Details from Rebecca on 01608 674929 or email [email protected] 19 WI Craft and Produce Stall - Redesdale Hall 11.30 - 4pm 19 Shipston Home Nursing Bakeathon at Shipston Sports Club DIARY 8am - 8pm Free Entry. Contact 01608 674929. 25 Wetnose Fun Day. Pose with a nose. 01508 518650. 1 Bourton VIC Fund Raising Event 10.30 - 4pm. Tombola, Duck [email protected] Races, Cake Stall. Information 01451 820211 26 Well Boogie Me a Borneo Fundraiser at The Cotswold 1, 8, 15, Vinyasa Flow Yoga classes, studio in Little Compton School, Bourton. Tickets £10. 01451820386 / 01451 820554. 22, 29 GL56 0SH. 6.30-7.45pm. Please contact Alice on 07932 26 Bryncoch Male Voice Choir, Chipping Norton Town Hall 611042 for more information. 7pm. Admission by programme on the door. 3 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. 7:30 - 11:30 pm. Live music from Kaliber. Bar. £5 pp. 07870795560 FORTHCOMING EVENTS OCTOBER 4 Gospel Concert: Out of the Ashes. Bourton Baptist Church, Station Road, Bourton. GL54 2AA. 7 for 7.30pm. Donations on 1 Oct Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall. 7:30 - 11:30 the door £3. Refreshments. 01451 824225/07970 991307 pm. Live music from Johnny & Linette. Bar. Tickets £5. 4 Dementia Friends Information Session at Broadwell 07870795560. Village Hall. 2-4pm. Just turn up! 9 Oct Rogues on the Road. Blofeld and Baxter share tales from 6 Chippy Rambling Club: 2 hr walk. New members welcome. over 80 years of cricket commentary. Chipping Norton Meet 2pm New Street C/P, Chipping Norton. 01608 643691. Theatre. 01608 642350. www.chippingnortontheatre.com 6 Car Boot Sale Honington Hall Estate, nr Shipston on Stour 17 Oct – 1 Nov. Autumn Photography Workshops with award- CV36 5AA. Further information: Rebecca 01608 674929. winning photographer Alan Ranger, working with each 6 Wyck Rissington NGS Open Gardens 1 - 5pm Tickets £5. person individually. Advance booking only. Details and to 6 Stow and RFC Family Fun Day 10am - 3pm 01451 830887. book -www.alanranger.com/Batsford Many activities and donations to Kate's Home Nursing. 17 Oct Barn Dance at Chipping Norton Town Hall 7.30 - 11.30pm. 7 & 14 Chipping Campden’s Contemporary Dance Festival with £20 to include supper. Church Office. 01608 646202, 9 & 16 William Crowley. At the 360 Freestyle Gym Studio in Blockley 26 Oct Quiz Night – fundraising for Bourton Panto Gp. £10 for a 12 & 19 [email protected] for details/ to book. team of 4. Bring your own drinks - nibbles provided. 7-10ok 9-12 Bourton Panto 'The Wind in the Willows', evenings 7:30 in Victoria Hall, Bourton. pm. Matinee on Saturday 2pm. Box Office 10 - 12 Mon to Sat. 22 , 23, 24, Oct Shipston Amateur Dramatic Society presents 07876 5877211 FAWLTY TOWERS and BLACKADDER, Townsend Hall. 10 Garage Sale from 9am. 1 Wolford Rd, Todenham. Tools, household, garden equip, wooden toys, etc 11 SHN Golf Day Tadmarton Heath Golf Club, OX15 5H. Tee off Tickets, Booking information etc. from – 9am. 18 hole Stableford Competition. Breakfast, 2 Course Buffet lunch, Auction, Prize giving. To enter a team/ BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE information from Rebecca on 01608 674929 Victoria Street, Bourton on the Water. Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5pm, Sat 9.30- 12 End of War Tea Dance at The Crown and Cushioin, Chipping 5.30, Closed Sunday 01451 820211 Norton in aid of Poppy Appeal. Tickets £20 to include buffet E: [email protected] supper. Contact Steve King on 01295-780558. BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. Open 12/13 Northleach Steam & Vintage Show – a traditional country Mon-Sat 9.30-5pm, Sun 10-4pm. 01993 823558 E: steam fair. Full size / scale steam engines, vintage tractors & [email protected] classic vehicles; Real Ale Festival; Live music, stalls & events. CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT Eastington Road, Northleach, GL54 3PJ. 07765 692758 Guildhall, Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri. 13 Car Boot Sale, fundraising for Northleach & Fosseway Lions. STOW VISITOR INFORMATION St.Edwards Hall, The Square, Stow. Countywide, Station Road, Bourton on the Water. GL54 2EP. Library (open library hours) + Information Point in the lobby (open every 01451861210. www.northleachandfosselions.org.uk day). 13 Garage Sale - Bledington Village Hall from 8.30am High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-4.00pm, 17 Country Music Night - Notgrove Village Hall. 7:30 - 11:30pm. MORETON AREA CENTRE Live music - Best of Friends. Bar. £5 pp. 07870795560. Tues-Thurs 8.45am-5.15pm, Fri 8.45am-4.45pm, Sat 10am-1pm (BST), 17 Valuation Day (JS Fine Art Auctions /Valuers) 10am-4pm at 10.00am-12.30pm (BWT), Sun CLOSED. 01608 650881 E: Whichford Pottery, Whichford CV36 5PG. 01608 684416 [email protected] 32     

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The Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society

Days Out with Thomas & Friends 500 Years of Portraiture Sat 19th & Sun 20th September Lecturer: Sarah Kelly Ⅵ Travel from Toddington, Winchcombe or Cheltenham Race 11.00 a.m. Wednesday Course stations on our award-winning heritage railway 9th September 2015 Ⅵ 24 mile round trip through glorious Cotswold scenery Coffee/Tea available from 10.15 to 10.45 Ⅵ 693 yard tunnel at Greet - 2nd longest on a preserved railway Ⅵ Famous 15 arch Stanway viaduct Non-members are welcome, no need to book Ⅵ Tea room, shop, heritage trail and small museum at Bradwell Village Hall, Burford, OX18 4XF Toddington, café, shop and picnic area at Winchcombe

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway MORETON IN MARSH WOMENS INSTITUTE'S The Railway Station, CRAFT AND PRODUCE SHOW Toddington, GL54 5DT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH ෟ 01242 621405 REDESDALE HALL 11.30 - 4PM www.gwsr.com PLEASE COME AND VIEW THE ENTRIES M5 junc 9, only 15 mins ADMITTANCE FREE AND COMPLIMENTARY CUP OF TEA!

Food, Farming, Fashion and Fun! SAVE money and buy your tickets NOW! www.moretonshow.co.uk

Or call 01608 651908 33 NGS Open Gardens - Wyck Rissington COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT 6 September 2015 1‐5pm at Notgrove Village Hall 4 beautiful gardens 7.30pm – 11.30pm Cream teas overlooking Village Green LIVE MUSIC – Licenced Bar, £5pp entrance Hear the historic Wyck Rissington Hybrid Minimus on the restored Church Bells Thursday 3 September: Playing - Kaliber. th Admission £6, Children Free. Car Parking. Thursday 17 September: Playing - Best of Friends Wheelchair Access. Disabled Toilets Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details.

“End of the War” dance On Saturday 12th September we are holding an “End of the War” dance, starting at 7.30pm through to midnight at the Crown and Cushion Hotel in Chipping Norton. Music by The Magdalen Swing Band. Tickets will be £20 and include a finger buffet, with proceeds going to the Poppy Appeal and to supporting the branch. 40’s style dress optional, with prizes for the ON SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER best costumes. Raffle, wartime sing along and other attractions, plus licensed bar of course. Tickets will be available from West Street FROM 10 - 12 Newsagents, The Crown & Cushion or by contacting CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL GL54 1ES [email protected] or 01295-780558.

REGULAR EVENTS WEDS Awareness Through Movement classes 7pm at Church Westcote Village Hall, OX7 1st MON Folk Night Ebrigton Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.uk 6SF £10/£40 for 6 classes. Karin 01993 832520 [email protected] MON Dance Fusion Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience necessary. Exercise WEDS Dance 50+ Termly, 9.45am-10.45am. Keep fit and mobile. Upstairs in The in a fun way. No pre-booking necessary. Chipping Campden Town Hall 9.30-10.30. Theatre's Gallery. £60 for ten week term. 01608 642350 £4.50 www.chippingnortontheatre.com MON Scottish Country Dancing St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30-7pm Children and WEDS Weds Walk Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 862000 7-9pm Adults 01451 831876 3rd WEDS N Cots Support Group for Parents & Carers of people with additional needs. MON Childrens Dance Class Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5- Childrens Centre (behind Stow Primary Sch) 7.30-9pm. 6pm. Single class £7pp, Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057 [email protected] 01451 831642 MON YogaChipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 01386438537 WED & FRI Adult Garden Workshop.1.30 - 4pm. P3, The Windrush, High Street, MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the Water (10am -12) Moreton.Tel: 01608 653377 for more info. for anyone to come along for a cup of tea and a chat, 1st THURS Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes Stow-on-the- MON Burford OrchestraRehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community Primary School Wold Primary School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk, OX28 1HL. [email protected]. 07984 492 976. New members welcome; 1st THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women (Adults only) no audition. Stowon- the-Wold Primary School 07977 560086 MON Powerfreestyle Kickboxingat Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7-7.50pm. Adults www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk 7.50-8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. Call Adam 07774285459 THURS Fitness League Exercise and movement to music. 9-45am to 11-15am in the MON Bridge Club @ Northleach 7.30pm. Partners not necessary. Non members British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Kathy Kirk 01993 882350 welcome, 01285 750288 Tim Morris THURS Belly Dancing Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes MON Dance FusionAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary.All Longborough V Hall, 7.30-9pm, Beginners 7-8.30pm, 01608 663480 Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) THURS Ceramics Class (adults). Blockley High Street, 4.30-7pm. 01386 700903. MON Robert Cox Pilates 4U relocation for Monday 7pm classes to Haybarn, Daylesford [email protected] near Kingham, GL56 0YG THURS Quiz Night at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688 MON Jun/July Samba drumming groupBourton-on-the-Water. (Not bank holidays) 7.30- THURS Chippy Art Club Fortnightly in Glyme Hall, next to Leisure Centre. £5 per 9pm British Legion Hall. £5/£4 per drop in session or block discount. morning. 10.30-12.30 Friendly group. All abilities. 01608 730268 www.olasamba.co.uk THURS Adult Arts & Crafts Workshop. 09.30 - 12noon. Moreton Congregational 3rd Mon West Oxfordshire WI St. Mary's Parish Rooms, 7.30pm. 3 sessions at £4 a nd Church Hall. Tel: 01608 653377 for more info then hope you'll become a member! Contact Hilary Dix 01608 646228 THURS Line Dancing1.45pm beginners, 2.30 others. King George Hall, Mickleton Last MON Whist Drives at Burmington Village Hall. 7.30pm. In aid of the village hall 01386 438 537 TUES Blockley Ladies Choir 7.30 - 9.15pm Little Village Hall. Sec: Sue Wareham 01608 THURS Notgrove Country Music Every other Thursday, 8pm to 11:30 pm. £5 654299: 07917198327. [email protected] entrance. Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details. TUES Fit For Life at Baden-Powell Hall, Bourton. Tai Chi: 9.30-10.30am £4.50/session. THURS Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC) 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall. David Artingstall, Balance & strength: 11-12noon £4.50/ session. Contact Denise Nethercott Sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] 07909874186 or email [email protected] THURS Toddler groupVillage Hall in Upper Rissington. 10-12. £2 per Family. Newborn TUES Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 / 07908 to 5 years old. Contact 01451 822379 or [email protected] 512734 [email protected] FRI Kettle’s On coffee morning. 10.30am to 12 noon. Henry Cornish Care Centre, TUES Seated Tai Chi 11.15am – 12 noon. Henry Cornish Care Centre, Rockhill Farm, Rockhill Farm, Close off London Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. Contact Close off London Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AU. £2 per session. Sylvia Evans Sylvia Evans on 01608 642364. 01608 642364. FRI Belly Dancing New beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Room, Chipping TUES Pottery Class Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30-12:00 noon. £95 plus materials/ firing Campden.Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. cost per 10 weeks. Beginners welcome. [email protected] 01451 870734 01608 663480 TUES Great Rollright Baby and Toddler Group 10-11.30am in the village hall. Ann White FRI Blockley Brass Band 7.30-9.30pm St George's Hall. Rachel Galt 01386 841677 01608 737437 FRI Dance FusionAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. All 1st TUES Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer’s Guild Afternoon meetings with Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) speaker then tea & cake. Broadwell Village Hall. 01451 821291 FRI Active & Able classes for older people. Baptist Church Rooms, Stow 01285 1st WED Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes. Chipping Norton 623450 Leisure Centre. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk FRI Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 1st WED North Cotswolds Friendship Centre, Broadwell Village Hall, Nr. Moreton in Marsh /07908 512734 [email protected] - 10.30 - 12 noon FRI Painting Class with Fleur Grabow at Longborough Village Hall. 9.30-12.30. 2nd WED Charlbury Art Society 7:30 pm. Many other activities arranged throughout t he 01451 830767 [email protected] year.Marion Coates 01608 810116. FRI Line DancingWillersey Village Hall, near Broadway 01386 438537 WEDS Fitness classes and Kettlercise 5.15 - 6.30pm/6.30 - 7.45pm. Stow on the Wold FRI Active & Able Classes Posture & Stability – Tai Chi Chi Kong at Bourton, Primary School. email millyjopt@gmail Moreton and Stow. 01285 623450 WEDS Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall. 1:30 - 4:00 01451 831862/ 07908 FRI Moore Lunch ClubThe Naight, Bourton on the Water. Secretary: Sheila 512734 [email protected] Thorpe 01451 822846 [email protected] WEDS Chipping Campden Bridge Club 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town SAT Drama sessions for 5-7 year olds. 10-11am or 11.15-12.15. Sessions build Hall. Non members welcome. Partners not necessary, 01608 664456 confidence and creativity. £55 per term. Ch Norton Theatre, OX7 5NL. 01608 WEDS Environmental projects 10-1pm. Chipping Norton Green Gym is a friendly group 642350 Last SAT (exc December) Great Rollright Village Market 9.30-12.30 in with jobs for all! 01608 643269, [email protected] the village hall. www.greatrollrightvillagemarket.weebly.com www.chippygreengym.org 34 Rural Cinema – SEPTEMBER 2015

The Playhouse, St George’s Hall The Old School Victoria Hall Memorial Hall BLOCKLEY BOURTON ON THE HILL BOURTON ON THE WATER CHARLBURY’S OWN CINEMA Thursday 24 September Saturday Monday 21 September Sunday 13 September A LITTLE CHAOS CHECKSaturday LOCAL 27 June NOTICES PADDINGTON WOMAN IN GOLD 7.15pm. Hot dogs on sale from 6.30. Film: 7.30pm – Doors & bar from 2013 Season Tickets available – £25 7.15pm. Hot dogs on sale from 6.30. Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 6.45pm. Tickets £5 / U15s £3, at the Doors/Bar open at 7.00pm / 7.45pm film. Wine with a donation £3.50 on the refreshments. door. Family ticket £12 (2 adults, 1 or 2 Advance tickets £3.50/ on door £4. door. Tickets/Queries 01386 Family Tickets £10 (2 adults, 2 Advance tickets 01386 700647/593386 700647/593386 children) Queries 01451 822365 children) Queries: 01608 810713 served in Village Hall Screen on the Green, Village Hall Village Hall St. Andrew's Church CHURCHILL AND SARSDEN ILMINGTON LITTLE WOLFORD NAUNTON Friday 11 September Friday 25 September Thursday 17 September Tuesday 1 September THE SECOND BEST MARIGOLD THE SOUND OF MUSIC 50th PADDINGTON PADDINGTON HOTEL ANNIVERSARY SING ALONG VERSION Doors open 7.15, Film 7.45. Film 7.30pm. Tickets £4.50 at the door. Film 7.30pm Tickets £3.50 (students Film 7.30pm Tickets £4.00 inc. Tickets £3.00 at the door. Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903 £2.50) Advance tickets Red Lion. refreshments 01451 850897 or bob@markets- [email protected] Queries 01606 682806 Refreshments Advance tickets/queries international.com 01608 684223 or 01608 674200

Village Hall Films ODDINGTON A Little Chaos Landscape architect Sabine De Barra (Winslet) is selected to design a garden in the grounds of King Louis XIV's new Tuesday Palace of Versailles. As she develops a professional relationship with the king's gardener André Le Nôtre (Schoenaerts), romance CHECK LOCAL NOTICES gradually blossoms between the two. Meanwhile, Sabine faces challenges in her new position within the palace and must defy the limits of her gender and class 7 for 7.30pm. £3.00 Wine and soft Woman in Gold Sixty years after fleeing Vienna, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), an elderly Jewish woman, attempts to reclaim drinks. Advance tickets/queries Ted family possessions that were seized by the Nazis including a portrait of Maria's beloved Aunt Adele. 01451 830738 Paddington A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

CHIPPY RAMBLING CLUB Join us for a leisurely two-hour walk in the countryside! Bourton Panto Group On the first Sunday of the month we meet in the New Wind in the Willows. th th Street carpark at 2pm (1.30pm after the clocks change). Wednesday 9 - Saturday 12 September. Then get into 2 or 3 cars and go to the start of a different Tickets available from Victoria Hall (10-12 noon, walk each month. We are a friendly group and go to lovely parts of our not Sunday) A family show with a Saturday matinee. We look forward local countryside. Do join us. to seeing lots of friendly faces and are confident you will enjoy it. Enquiries to Heather on 01608 643691. Dates for your diary: Monday 26th October – Quiz Night fundraising for Bourton Panto Gp. At Victoria Hall, Bourton NB. Thank you very much to everyone who came and supported us at our two August fundraisers – we really appreciate all the local support we have.

an amazing evening of fabulous entertainment! Saturday 26th September from 7.30pm FAMILY BINGO NIGHT A Borneo fundraiser in conjunction with St. Lawrence's Church Starring "BoogieMe" a 15+ boogie swing band - www.boogieme.co.uk Saturday 19th September 2015 At The Cotswold School, Station Road, Bourton on the Water. Guiting Power Village Hall an evening filled with fun, dancing and great music for all the family! Bar opens 7pm * Bingo starts 8pm Tickets £10 from Rev. Rachel Rosborough 01451 820386 and Cotswold School on 01451 820554. £5 per adult to include cards for 6 games (£2 per child)

Additional cards available to purchase GARAGE SALE IN BLEDINGTON on Sunday, 13th September Bar & light refreshments available Bacon baps, coffee, tea and maps Further details available at www.guitingevents.co.uk at the Village Hall from 8.30am. Some stalls in the Hall, others around the village. A Bledington Village Hall event. Charity No. 234825 35 TH BOX OFFICE BARN DANCE SAT 17 OCT 01608 642350 Chipping Norton Town Hall Mon to Fri 10am - 6pm with live music and caller from Merrylegs Sat 10am - 2pm 2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton. OX7 5NL 7.30 – 11.30pm Tickets £20 (to include supper) SEPTEMBER 2015 available from Jaffe and Neale and 6 Emma's Trust Gala Concert Films Church Office 01608 646202, 9 Bond 5 The Choir [email protected] 11 The Rat Pack is back 6 True Story 12 Sean Hughes 8 True Story (bar available) 13 The Beaux' Stratagem 12 Inside Out proceeds to Friends of St Mary's Church, 18 - 26 The Kreutzer Sonata 20 Salt of the Earth 21 South Pacific

[email protected] www.chippingnortontheatre.com

THE COTSWOLD LION CAFÉ A perfect venue to hold your private event, party or celebration. Hire the Café, or our unique Court Room – ideal for a business or group meeting, workshop or a smaller private event.

Housed in the Old Prison, the unique Cotswold Lion Café offers a wide range of delicious home-made and locally sourced lunches, sandwiches, soups and cakes, along with speciality teas and coffees.

Contact: Jessica Hughes Café Manager on 01451 861563 [email protected]

The Café is light & airy, with a large grassed courtyard at the September 5th rear and casual outside seating. Parking. Disabled access.

MORETON SHOW

The Cotswolds Awards have been created to give everyone in the Cotswolds a chance to nominate their favourite 'A Real Country Show' businesses, hotels, restaurants, spas and shops, and to Farming, Food, Fashion & Fun! give every Cotswold business a fair chance to win an award voted for fairly by customers. Advance tickets available We’re all the best at something … so get nominating on from the Visitor Information Centre www.CotswoldsAwards.co.uk Adults £13.50 (£17.00 on the day) Child £4.50 (£6.50 on the day) MILL DENE GARDEN Family - 2 adults 3 children £35.00

(£43.00 on the day)

CHADLINGTON APPLE DAY RHS Partner garden and offers cream teas by the millpond, plant sales ON SATURDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER

Open Wednesday to Friday 10 – 5, Saturdays 9am to 1pm. Apple pressing, apple cider, apple sauce for the hog roast, apple-tasting Entrance £7, (£6.50 for concessions.) and identification, apple-baking, apple games and competitions.

Directions: follow brown tourist signs from Bourton on the Hill, A44 PLUS live music, pony rides and bouncy castle. A great day

for everyone - unless you're an apple. Info from 01386 700457 ww w.millden egarde n.co.uk 36 “Grips like a Hitchcock thriller, delivering its twists and The Telegraph surprises with superb panache” The Kreutzer Sonata A play about desire, death and Beethoven By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Nancy Harris Starring acclaimed stage actor Greg Hicks, who in recent years played Macbeth, Prospero, Claudius, Julius Caesar and King Lear for the RSC.

Friday 18th – Saturday 26th September BOX OFFICE 01608 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com 2 Spring Street | Chipping Norton | Oxfordshire | OX7 5NL 37 bedding whereas barley and oat straw can be used for feed. Sometimes we will choose to leave the harvested wheat fields as stubble as this provides an important winter feeding area for farmland birds, something which we are particularly passionate about. Arable farming involves growing crops on cultivated land that are Harvest is hard work for the planted and harvested within the we buy every day. Winter barley, arable team but the job is made same agricultural year (annual also sown in September, is milled considerably easier with high- crops). The main crops in the UK and mixed into animal feed. The tech machinery like the combine are cereals, oilseed rape, beans larger crop of spring barley, sown harvester. Combines are fitted and vegetables. Cereal crops in March, is used in malting. The with GPS self-steer systems, take their toll on the land and are majority goes to the Coors touch screen computers and known as ‘exploitative crops’ brewery in Burton-on-Trent but we even a fridge to keep the operator meaning they use nitrogen and are also growing a variety called happy! However, don’t for a other important nutrients in the Explorer for Budweiser. In addition moment think that technological soil to grow. To counter this, we we grow a small area of Maris advances render the farmer use ‘restorative crops’, also known Otter barley, a heritage variety, obsolete. Now more than ever, as break crops, including oilseed which is sent to Butcombe farming is a science which rape and beans to help put Brewery and made into Adam requires great skill, experience nutrients and organic matter back Henson’s Rare Breed Ale. and business acumen. Harvest is into the soil. As well as helping Oilseed rape is a low yielding crop the culmination of a year’s hard the nutrient level in the soil, crop when compared with cereals. work and investment, the stakes rotations prevent the build-up of However, with a higher price and are high and there is no room for pests and disease. When a the ‘break crop’ benefit to the error. The future will no doubt farmer plants the same crop in subsequent wheat crop, it remains bring many challenges for arable one field year after year (known an important crop in the arable farmers as with a booming as monoculture) the pests and rotation and currently the UK is population comes many more diseases that attack the crop about 90% self-sufficient. Our mouths to feed. The fossil fuels become established and increase oilseed rape is grown for a that power our machinery will in number. Rotating crops helps neighboring farmer who produces become increasingly expensive to break this cycle thereby cold-pressed rapeseed oil. A and more limited, some of the reducing the need for pesticides. small proportion of this is sold as land we farm is becoming locally-produced R-oil but the unproductive due to climate Here, rotation is split fairly equally majority is used for Sainsbury’s change and there is little extra between three crops - wheat, ‘Taste the Difference’ range. farmland available to use. In barley and oilseed rape. This order to overcome these issues, year we are also growing a few The cereal straw left behind is we must embrace new oats to be processed into porridge either chopped and spread by the technology in plant breeding, for Morning Foods. Winter wheat combine then cultivated into soil to productivity and renewable is sown in late September and all provide organic matter and energy sources. that we grow is used for bread fertiliser for the following crop, or production. It contributes to the left in a row to be baled. Wheat For more information, visit 12 million loaves that, as a nation, straw will be used for animal ww.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk 38 This year’s Photograph Competition closes on 2nd September. Please get your entry in (drop it into Stow Post Office for P.O.Box 6, or Email it to editor@ CoTSWold TIMeS PS. You won’t need 62 correct answers to pick a prize - so send in that entry! photo LAST FEW DAYS! Competition 2015 cotswoldtimes.co.uk).

Where is that? I know where that is! Where was that taken? I’ve seen that before . . . bedding whereas barley and oat straw can be used for feed. LOOK UP – LOOK DOWN – LOOK BEHIND YOU! Sometimes we will choose to leave the harvested wheat fields Inside the August editions of Stow Times, Moreton Times, Bourton Times and Chipping as stubble as this provides an Norton Times are a set of numbered photographs, all taken recently, one in each of the important winter feeding area for communities where we deliver the magazines every month. But – these are not average farmland birds, something which picture postcard images, and you may need to look carefully! we are particularly passionate about. Arable farming involves growing The Challenge . . . crops on cultivated land that are Harvest is hard work for the To identify the communities where the photos were taken. You will need to get out and about in our planted and harvested within the we buy every day. Winter barley, arable team but the job is made stunning corner of the Cotswolds and look for something or somewhere which is on our doorstep – and same agricultural year (annual also sown in September, is milled considerably easier with high- which you might not have noticed before! And EVERYONE can have a go! crops). The main crops in the UK and mixed into animal feed. The tech machinery like the combine larger crop of spring barley, sown harvester. Combines are fitted There will be LOTS of winners NB. Only 2 of the Cotswold Times team know where the are cereals, oilseed rape, beans photographs were taken – so everyone can join in! in March, is used in malting. The with GPS self-steer systems, for the most correct answers of course, and for the and vegetables. Cereal crops youngest/oldest entrant, the best family entry, the best take their toll on the land and are majority goes to the Coors touch screen computers and local business entry, the best pub or club entry and more. That includes our contributors, our deliverers and editorial known as ‘exploitative crops’ brewery in Burton-on-Trent but we even a fridge to keep the operator team, and everyone who has contributed prizes too. No- meaning they use nitrogen and are also growing a variety called happy! However, don’t for a Timetable one needs to be left out! So, other important nutrients in the Explorer for Budweiser. In addition moment think that technological The competition will run for the whole of August. Answer • make up a team, or we grow a small area of Maris advances render the farmer Sheets must be returned to the Editor by Wednesday soil to grow. To counter this, we 2nd September 2015. . . . Please don’t be late as late • organise the family to get out together and look, use ‘restorative crops’, also known Otter barley, a heritage variety, obsolete. Now more than ever, entries won’t count! The winners will be notified early in • talk your partner into getting involved, or as break crops, including oilseed which is sent to Butcombe farming is a science which September and sent a voucher to claim their prize. An rape and beans to help put Brewery and made into Adam requires great skill, experience A-Z list of all the prizes is overleaf, and with no specific first • enjoy a day just for you, to potter around the prize, the first winner has first choice. area nutrients and organic matter back Henson’s Rare Breed Ale. and business acumen. Harvest is into the soil. As well as helping Oilseed rape is a low yielding crop the culmination of a year’s hard A perfect excuse to spend time looking around our gorgeous villages and towns and the nutrient level in the soil, crop when compared with cereals. work and investment, the stakes rotations prevent the build-up of However, with a higher price and are high and there is no room for SPOT WHERE THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN pests and disease. When a the ‘break crop’ benefit to the error. The future will no doubt farmer plants the same crop in subsequent wheat crop, it remains bring many challenges for arable The Answers one field year after year (known an important crop in the arable farmers as with a booming There are 6 pages of numbered photos in every copy of Stow Times, Moreton Times, Bourton Times & Chipping Norton rotation and currently the UK is population comes many more Times. The answer sheet over the page has numbered boxes - write down the name of the community (eg. Naunton) as monoculture) the pests and against the correct number, and send the answer sheet or a copy into the Editor to arrive before 2nd September, either via diseases that attack the crop about 90% self-sufficient. Our mouths to feed. The fossil fuels P.O. Box 6 at Stow Post Office, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold GL54 1WD, or by email to: [email protected] (NB. become established and increase oilseed rape is grown for a that power our machinery will Allow a week for posted entries to PO Box 6) in number. Rotating crops helps neighboring farmer who produces become increasingly expensive Notes to break this cycle thereby cold-pressed rapeseed oil. A and more limited, some of the Every photograph was taken in the last few weeks, within the 30 mph signs for each community, from public land/a reducing the need for pesticides. small proportion of this is sold as land we farm is becoming road, pavement or footpath, and not on private land. All the items photographed are expected to still be visible, without locally-produced R-oil but the unproductive due to climate ladders, binoculars, etc. There is no trick photography and every photo was taken in one of the communities we deliver to, Here, rotation is split fairly equally majority is used for Sainsbury’s change and there is little extra including a list of the villages and towns photographed for the 2015 Competition. Moreton, Todenham, Evenlode, Kingham, Bledington, Maugersbury, Stow, Condicote, Longborough, Donnington, Broadwell, Adlestrop, Daylesford. Churchill, Idbury, between three crops - wheat, ‘Taste the Difference’ range. farmland available to use. In Fifield, Ascott–U-Wychwood, Shipton-U-Wychwood, Chadlington, Charlbury, Chipping Norton. Bourton-o-t-Hill, Blockley, barley and oilseed rape. This order to overcome these issues, Aston Magna, Draycott, Chipping Campden. Gt Wolford, Little Wolford, Shipston-o-Stour, Whichford, Long Compton, Little year we are also growing a few The cereal straw left behind is we must embrace new Compton, Salford, Over Norton, Hook Norton, Heythrop. Bourton-o-t-Water, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Westcote, oats to be processed into porridge either chopped and spread by the technology in plant breeding, Gt Rissington, Clapton-o-t-Hill, Notgrove, Northleach, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Naunton, Upper Slaughter, Lower for Morning Foods. Winter wheat combine then cultivated into soil to productivity and renewable Slaughter, Wyck Rissington, Lower Swell, Upper Swell. Icomb, Lower Oddington, Upper Oddington, Great Tew, Ford, Church Westcote, Batsford, Stretton-on-Fosse, Chedworth, Sherbourne. is sown in late September and all provide organic matter and energy sources. that we grow is used for bread fertiliser for the following crop, or Details of the prize chosen by each winner will be detailed on a card or Voucher and emailed or posted to the address left in a row to be baled. Wheat For more information, visit supplied. NB: Some businesses may apply terms and conditions (eg: to use the voucher within a certain time). Cotswold production. It contributes to the Times cannot enter into any discussions regarding the prizes/vouchers and accept no responsibility for what is contributed/ 12 million loaves that, as a nation, straw will be used for animal ww.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk any terms or conditions which may apply. Editor. 39 Answer Sheet 2015

NAME(S) (max 4 in any team or group) 1 (age if under 16) 2 (age if under 18) 3 (age if under 16) 4 (age if under 18) Address Post Code: Contact Tel Number: Email: Which title of this magazine do you receive through your letterbox? q ST q MT q BT q CNT q None Are you a resident/in business here? q Yes q No If you are on holiday here is this your first visit? q Yes q No NAME OF TOWN, NAME OF TOWN, NAME OF TOWN, No No No VILLAGE OR HAMLET VILLAGE OR HAMLET VILLAGE OR HAMLET 1 22 43

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Send your Answer Sheet to: PHOTO COMPETITION, COTSWOLD TIMES, PO BOX 6, STOW GL54 1WD Or by email to: [email protected]

From the FIRST WINNING ANSWER SHEET, our winners can choose their preferred prize on a ‘first come, first choice’ basis. There are 23 prizes, displayed A-Z, which means 23 winners . . . (and you may not need 62 correct answers to be one of them!) 40 A Family Ticket ~ Covering a wide range of Beauty and BATSFORD Holistic therapies, ARBORETUM from the new George Moore Enjoy magical walks, browse our Community Centre, fantastic range of plants, gardening Bourton on the water. supplies and gifts and soak up the sun on the deck of the Garden 01451 828192 Terrace Café. A perfect day out for X PRIZE: Back, Neck and Shoulder Massage X all the family - dog friendly too! Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AD 01386 701441 [email protected] www.batsarb.co.uk

YOUR PRIZE – A full T tour of the Distillery PRIZE and tasting for 4 people T (ages over 18 please) LuxuryManicure Gelish

Set in 5 acres of Warwickshire countryside and housed in a beautiful Cotswolds Qualified & Insured Professional Nail Technician stone building, the Cotswolds Distillery is the first full scale distillery in the area. Gelish Gel Polish, Prohesion Acrylic Extensions, Hard Gel Our bespoke distillation equipment is well underway in the creation of our fine, Overlays small-batch spirits, including Cotswolds Dry Gin and the first ever Cotswolds Single Malt. Mobile, Home Salon, Weddings Our young and passionate team are keen to impart their knowledge to visitors on the distillery tour (11am and 2pm Monday-Sunday), where guests will be 10 - 9 pm, 7 days a week able to see the bespoke copper stills first-hand, whilst learning the science behind distilling process from one of our highly-skilled distillers. Contact Bex for appointments or enquiries: www.cotswoldsdistillery.com 07500 907 334 Email:[email protected] Phillip’s Field, Whichford Road, Stourton, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 5HG

Cotswolds Hotel & Spa is a beautiful wedding venue situated alongside the golf course, licensed for civil ceremonies and wedding receptions. The hotel provides a superb stylish venue for you & your guests.

Cotswolds Club, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QH Tel: 01608 642383 ** PRIZE: 1 NIGHT B&B STAY FOR 2 PEOPLE ** W PRIZE: A Family Ticket W

T PRIZE FixYaCycles T Free book up to the value£14.99 of Mobile Cycle Servicing and Repairs Onsite service at home, work or wherever you and the bike are!

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41 Cotswold Tourism Award Winner 2014 & 2015 Cotswold Life Innkeeping Pub Restaurant Your Prize – A Family Ticket (valid to 07/2016) With Excellence of the Year Ⅵ Travel from Toddington, Winchcombe or Cheltenham Race Course on our award-winning heritage railway 2012 & 2015 Ⅵ Tea room, shop, heritage trail and museum at Toddington; café, shop and picnic area at Winchcombe Ⅵ 24 mile round trip through glorious Cotswold scenery Ⅵ Travel over the famous 15 arch Stanway viaduct Ⅵ 693 yard tunnel at Greet - second longest on a preserved railway Ⅵ Heritage steam engines, diesel locomotives and railcars Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway The Railway Station, Toddington GL54 5DT ෟ 01242 621405 Bourton on the Hill Moreton in Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9AQ Tel: 01386 700413 www.gwsr.com www.horseandgroom.info email: [email protected] M5 junction 9 only 15 minutes drive W PRIZE: Meal for Two People W LUELLAS Louisa’s Gifts HAND-MADE AND DECORATED Baby & Beyond CELEBRATION CAKES Gifts for all ages Call Kate 07703856774 [email protected] Personalised Blankets, Nappy Cakes, Facebook – Luellas Sock Cupcakes, Sock Bouquets, Wedding Gifts, And much more…..

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A First Edition copy signed by the author, Derek J. PRIZE:

Taylor. (May 2015.Hardcover.) £15.00 The story of this world famous document told in a unique and VOUCHER entertaining way, through twenty places associated with the Great Charter’s birth and extraordinary Childrens Parties later history. The journey takes us through England and Wales, to Birthdays France, the Middle East and the Playschools USA. Reviewed for Cotswold Times Unique Gifts by Colin Piper (June 2015). Baby Keepsakes RRP £18.99 Hen Parties

It’s a perfect venue for hiring for your own private event, party or celebration. Our unique Court Room is also available -‐ ideal for a business or group meeting, workshop or similar event.

Housed in the Old Prison, Northleach, the Cotswold Lion Cafe offers a wide range of delicious e homemad and locally sourced lunches, soups and

Bourton-on-the-Water cakes along with specialty teas and cotswoldmotoringmuseum.co.uk coffee. Contact: 01451 861563 or ★ PRIZE: Family Ticket ★ [email protected] ✭ PRIZE: LUNCH FOR TWO ✭

42 PRIZE: Discover Pilates Package

Complimentary Pilates sessions Sarah Edwards Beauty Try our boutique Pilates studio For that more bespoke pilates Experienced Beauty Therapist workout to Celebrating 30 ‘beautiful’ years help you lengthen and strengthen those muscles, to give you that perfect posture Full range of body and beauty treatments with the slim toned physique you've 20% off your first appointment with this advert always wanted. For more information please contact -‐ Sarah: [email protected] OR 07824 506 809 To book your complimentary session please visit us at: ** PRIZE: LUXURY PEDICURE & CALLUS PEEL ** www.robertpilates4u.com/ complimentary-pilates-session.html

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For a friendly, professional Licensed ResTAURAnT physiotherapy service • Sports Injuries • Back/neck pain • Neurology • Post-surgery • Women’s health • Pilates YOUR PRIZE and all general physiotherapy Dinner 01451 822660 Lucy Walmsley | James Clapp | Kate Badger 10 Talbot Court, for Two www.stowphysio.co.uk | [email protected] Stow-on-the-Wold Terms and Conditions apply Hawthorne Court, Bourton Industrial Park, Bourton-on-the-Water, GL54 2HQ Gloucestershire GL54 1BQ

** PRIZE: 5 X BOOTCAMP CLASSES ** Whichford Pottery Café • Shop • Flowerpots • Garden Gallery • Working Pottery Sarah offers Personal Training and

Group Exercise Classes at The Fire www.whichfordpottery.com Service College. Sessions are fun and specifically to an individuals fitness goals.

POTTERY Classic Hand-made Prize: £25 FlowerpotEnglish Flowerpots Voucher

The prizes are listed from A-Z. From the first winning Answer Sheet, winners will be able to choose their own prize – on a first winner, first choice basis.

With so many prizes, we are expecting LOTS OF WINNERS – and you won’t need a full answer sheet to be a prize-winner! We will publish a list of the top prize-winners in the October magazines. W PRIZE: Luxury Pedicure W 43 The North Cotswold Property Market New look choir

It is amazing what some good weather and majority win can do Kingham Choral Society for your local property market! Since the election the one Methodist Chapel, Churchill question I regularly hear is…………. Are you busy at the moment? Mondays 8-9:30pm The past few months have been very busy indeed; there is still Many of you have asked about the future of the choir now a shortage of good Cotswold property and still plenty of eager that Lesley has retired. We are delighted that Rosie buyers looking in the area. There is a high number of properties Marlborough will be our new conductor. Rosie teaches currently under offer and this means that local solicitors and singing and conducts Blockley Ladies Choir – she will bring mortgage brokers are also very busy too. However, selling a lots of experience and ideas. We will also have a new pianist, house can be a frustrating business, so perhaps the question Linda Green. She and Rosie have frequently worked together that people should be asking is.…… and will be a great team. To fit in with Rosie’s and Linda’s Is the time right - and what exactly is involved? commitments, choir rehearsals will be on a Monday evening.

Part 1 – YES the time is right, the market is the best we have seen since the height of 2007. Rehearsals Part 2 – A house sale is not as daunting as one might think. An Monday 14th September –Monday 19th October estate agent is there to offer support, answer questions about the process and guide you through the sale with as little stress Half term break as possible. No-one can promise that there won’t be a little Monday 2nd November – Monday 14th December stress involved – it’s managing it that is important. In most cases Concert Tuesday 15th December at 7:30pm buyers are looking to act quickly and with transaction levels increasing it is vital that you are prepared to respond to an offer knowing that you have everything in place to proceed. Come along and try it - if you enjoy it, subs are £25 per half term Here are a few top tips to help with a smooth transaction when (£5 per session) you are about to begin the marketing of your home; Contact: Linda Sale 01608 658647 • Instruct your solicitor immediately, even before agreeing a sale, so that they can complete any necessary ID checks / Email: [email protected] paperwork before acting for you. • You will need to complete a fixtures and fittings list and property information questionnaire once you have agreed a sale. Ask your solicitor for these forms before agreeing a sale so SINGING FOR ALL that they can be completed and returned promptly. This means

that your solicitor can issue paperwork to your buyer’s solicitor Stour Singers could offer you a great quickly, preventing any delays. opportunity to sing together with a large local choral society, • Make sure that all paperwork relating to any recent celebrating 40 years of singing this year. It doesn’t matter building works is all together and complete. whether you are an experienced or novice singer, everyone is • Solicitors will ask for up to date service records for welcome. Richard Emms, Stour Singers’ founder and director, boilers and guarantees for any other works that have been guides people through understanding the music, and carried out. It’s best to supply your solicitor with any copies produces CDs to help singers rehearse at home. straight away. A house sale is not something that most people undertake on a regular basis so if you do have questions or want some advice on the process then never feel too shy to ask your estate agent or solicitor what happens next, or if there is anything you can be doing in the meantime. Estate agents can sometimes forget that there are people who will only go through the process a few times in a lifetime. If you have any questions then I am always happy to offer some advice. The choir starts rehearsals again on Thursday 17th September Please feel free to contact me at the in Shipston Primary School Hall, at 7.30 pm., when we shall be Office in Stow on the Wold – learning Bach’s Christmas Oratorio for the December 12th T 01451 600610 concert. Also in rehearsal throughout the autumn will be a E [email protected] selection of carols, in preparation for “The Big Carol Sing”, @leighglazebro ok which the choir is presenting in conjunction with children from Shipston Primary School on Thursday December 17th. For further details please contact: Yvonne Ridley: 01789 269587 Visit the website: www.stoursingers.org.uk

The Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds

Rotary duck races raise £1000 for charity A successful event for North Cotswolds Rotary Club raised a total of £1000 to be split between the club’s four principal charities for this year - Winston's Wish, the charity for bereaved children; Carers Gloucestershire, which provides support and advice for carers when they need it most; Stow Disability Association (covering the north Cotswolds), and Building Malawi, which provides buildings for use as libraries and schools in that country. Duck races began at 10am and continued until 4pm. It was a fun day out for

visitors from many countries, including India and Israel, Lithuania and

America, to name just a few, and many passers-by stopped for a chat and a punt Evening on the ducks walk and around tombola –Greystones all in aid of good Farm causes.

An evening walk around Greystones Members and partners enjoyed an evening walk around Greystones Farm led by Will Masefield of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, during which we learned of the Trust’s ambitious plans to build a visitor centre and classrooms within existing buildings so that the public can learn more about this nationally important site. Afterwards Bryan and Shirley Sumner laid on an excellent barbeque at their home, rounding off an evening full of interest and fellowship.

Future events

Saturday 3rd October – Youth & Music concert, St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold. Saturday 12th December – Christmas concert with The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment

To find out more about our club visit our Facebook page or go to www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.uk

V.J Day Derek G. Arthurs, Branch Chairman Stow-on the-Wold Royal British Legion, Commemoration Branch & Women’s Section th 15 August

‘Live On’ To the memory of the fallen ad the future of the living

01451 831550 Branch 01451 831592 Women’s Section

The veteran tea party on August 1st was a great success and a good time for all, both in the afternoon and in the evening. Thank you to everyone who came along and helped with all the preparations. The parade on AF Day also commemorating VE/VJ Day. th Mr D Arthurs would like to apologise for the August 13 fete not taking place. Elderly residents of Stow and surrounding areas joined us, from ages 60 to 100. Thank you to the Women’s Section for Events for the diary a fabulous buffet, followed by old time entertainment and Saturday November 14th fun was had by all! Brize Norton Military Wives Choir St Edwards Church – more details to follow Tuesday October 20th AGM to be held at 8pm at the Social Club. New members welcome. Women Section The Chairman would like to thank her ladies for putting st on a superb spread at the veteran party on August 1 . 45 Local Clubs. Societies, Associations and Charities

Clubs Sat 10.30am at Gr Rissington Social Club (+ Weds 6.30pm in summer) Essential Skills in Moreton-in-Marsh Michael Ebelthite 01451 824161, Niall McIntosh 01451 870221 Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC!) Thurs 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall. run by YES Mondays & Tuesdays at the library. Sally 07988531774 David Artingstall, Sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] London Chinatown TaeKwondo Weds 6.30pm kids and families, Fair Shares, N Cotswolds Community Time Bank 7.30pm teens and adults Redesdale Hall, Moreton 0751 7437300 Bourton and District U3A. Contact: Jenny Stanfield 01451 824388. 01608 812338 [email protected] u3asites.org.uk/bourton Moreton Badminton Club Mike and Joyce Rees 01608 650825 Friends of Stow Surgery 01451 832200 & 830610 Bourton Panto Group www.bourtonpantogroup.com Moreton in Marsh Bowling Club Home-Start N Cotswolds Family Support Charity 01451 831781 Club Captain, Brenda Dix 01451 821020 [email protected] Club Club Notices Bridge Club at Broadwell Village Hall Chair, Helen Tuff 01608 650893 [email protected] Independence Trust mental health, drug and alcohol support Weds afternoon at 1.45pm. Mary Wood, 01451 822313 North Cotswolds Aikido Club 01608 652232, www.independencetrust.co.uk. Sue Tomlinson – local CH. Norton Amateur Astronomy Group www.cnaag.com Thursday nights 8-10pm.Village Hall, Naunton, GL54 3AS. 07554 contact East Glos Mental Health 01285 650523/07920 427608 3rd Monday/m. 7.30pm. Methodist Rooms, CN. 252021 www.northcotswoldsaikido.co.uk Insight Moreton Area Centre, High St, Moreton Mondays 10am–1pm Chairman Robin Smitten 07527 224411 or [email protected] North Cotswold Cycling Club 01242 221170. [email protected] Stow on the Wold and Countryside Charlbury Art Society Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 650217 Kate’s Home Nursing (palliative nursing care at home) Karen Pengilley, STOW & DISTRICT CIVIC SOCIETY Second Weds/month at 7:30 pm. Marion Coates, 01608 810116 th N Cotswolds Youth Cricket Club [email protected], 0754 0898 143. Thursday 17 September - day trip to the city of Bath including private Embroiderers Guild Cotswold Investment Club Shaun Williams 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.uk We meet every first Tuesday of the month for some fascinating talks on Meets 2nd Tues of each month. Judith Borsay, 01608 650787 Medical Detection Dogs (charity no 1124533) guided tours of No. 1 Royal Crescent and the Roman Baths. Cost per Stow Badminton Club Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer Support group. Organising fundraising textile and needle related work. This month, 1st September, the talk is by Cotswold Wardens (conservation, guided walks) Forbes Campbell 01451 832188, Dennis Fisher 01451 830068 person incl coach etc is £35. There are still a few places available. 01451 862000 www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk events and talking to local groups. 01993 831909 Edwina Mackinnon "Colour Stories" followed by tea and cake, from 2-4 at Stow Cricket Club Captain Ash Andrews 07891 536418 [email protected] Please contact Rachel if you are interested. Dinner Hosts Single 35–55 yr olds, social life through dinner parties. Broadwell Village Hall. Visitors are welcome, £5 charge. Our monthly [email protected], http://stowotw.play-cricket.com/home In this autumn of the Rugby World Cup, our own new season ‘kicks off’ www.DinnerHosts.net Moore Friends Secretary, Sandra Morgan 01451 824316 workshops or Sit and Stitch days are open to non - members. Stow Rugby Club [email protected] on Friday 2nd October at 7.30 pm with the talk “Magna Carta: villainy, Knit One, Sip One Knitting Group Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge www.stowrfc.co.uk For info contact Fiona Vann - Chairman 01451 821 291 Alternate Weds at 8pm Coach & Horses, Longborough N Cotswold Community Radio treachery and liberty” by our own local historian, journalist and Society Contact Carlin on 07769646996 or [email protected] Tae Kwon Do Assoc of GB Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, www.nothcotswoldonline.com Lee Chapman 07977 560086. Tues 6.30 Adults, Thurs 6.30 Juniors, member Derek Taylor. How appropriate he’s coming to talk to us in Life Saving Club (Fire College) N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch th Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 7.30 Seniors, 8.30 Adult Self Defence [email protected] this special 800 anniversary year. www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk Non-emergency 0845 0901234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk Upper Windrush Local History Society Northleach & Fosse Lions Club Interested in joining us? N Cotswold Support Group – Parkinson’s UK Next meeting on . 2nd Tuesday/month (business meeting) at The Ox House, Northleach Music Mike Winter 01451 831194 Please call Rachel or Nigel on 01451 833783. Membership - single £8, Monday 14 September at 7.30p.m 8pm. northleachandfosselions.org.uk 0845 8339825 Putting the Windrush on the map - from Gough to Google - Bledington Music Festival www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk P3 Stow on the Wold Drop In Centre joint £14. Full details of our programme are on our website and N Cotswold Arts Association Sandi Garrett 01451 822550 Youth Centre: every 2nd & 4th Tuesday 1pm to 4pm Speaker John Leighfield Blockley Brass Band Friday 7.30–9.30 pm St George’s Hall. noticeboard. www.stowcivicsociety.co.uk N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc Read Easy North Cotswolds 1-1 reading coaching for adults, 0844 Naunton Village Hall. Members £1 Visitors £2 Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] Sec: Rachel Galt 01386 841677 493 0686 [email protected] www.upperwindrushlhs.org.uk Tel.01451850232 N Cotswold Bridge Club Meets Bourton-on-the-Hill on Tues, Weds, Blockley Ladies Choir Tues 7.30–9pm Little Village Hall.Sue Thurs. Alan Lamb 01608 650202 www.bridgewebs.com/northcotswolds Wareham 01608 654299, 07917198327 [email protected] RNLI N Cotswold Branch Chairman Diana Porter 01451 830508 N Cotswold CAMRA 01451810305 [email protected] Burford Singers www.burford-singers.org.uk The Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually impaired. North Cotswold Friendship Centre [within AgeUK]. 01242 252072. [email protected] N Cotswold Disabled Club Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 (Box Office The Madhatter Bookshop, High St Burford) The talk by Ken Ingamells at our August meeting gave us a wonderful Campden Music Society The Stroke Association (Age UK) MORETON IN MARSH W I N Cotswold Digital Camera Club insight into the natural phenomena of Iceland. James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk Carol Jackson – concert mgr [email protected] Louise Read 01452 520723, [email protected] For our August meeting Dr. Pilkington spoke to us about "The Oxford Cotswold West Gallery Group Annette Smith 01451 830160 At our next meeting on Wednesday 2 September the talk will be on N Cotswold Friendship Centre (Within Age UK) 1st Weds monthly. The Villager Community Bus Canal." She explained about the canals origins, functions and what Peter 01608652267/[email protected] Cotswold Youth Choir Keith Gowing 01608 658579/ www.villagerbus.com Medical Detection Dogs. We will be most pleased you for you to join us Every Saturday for children ages 3-6, and 7 upwards. Burford Methodist remains to be seen in the present day. Our next meeting will take place North Cotswold Model Aero Club Flying site at Far Heath Farm, U3A – Bourton & District Sec Janet Prout 01451 821478 at 10.30 at Broadwell Village Hall for coffee/tea and biscuits before the Moreton-in-Marsh. Ken Rathborne, 01386 858649 Church. Contact Amanda Hanley 07976 353996 u3asites.org.uk/bourton on Thursday, 3rd.September at 2 pm. when Susie Godwin will tell us Kingham Choral Society Linda Sale, 01608 658647 talk. sites.google.com/site/northcotswoldmac/home YHA Stow on the Wold about "The Midlands Air Ambulance." A note for your diary will be the N Cotswold National Trust Pat Poulton 01608 651372 Naunton Music Society www.yha.org.uk. Manager Dawn Rankin. [email protected] Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 [email protected] outing to Bagpuize House on Thursday 17th.September. N Cotswold Rotary Club Young At Heart Club We were delighted to welcome several newcomers to our last meeting Dudley Mills 01451 820704 Bourton on the Water, Brian Honness Stow Youth Singers (Ages 9+) Linda Green – 01451 830327 1st and 3rd Fridays monthly, 10.30am-2.30pm Lounge at Chamberlayne Fridays Term time, 6–7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow MORETON IN MARSH (EVENING) W I 01451 830052 Stow, Barry Peaston 01608 650526 House. A light lunch is served; Carer Respite Service available for a For further information please contact Trish on 01608 651367. In August we took an excellent guided tour of Northleach, with Peter N. Cotswold U3A. Contact: John Bissett 01386 859319. Young People and Children modest charge. Please call Val on 01451 810637 for more information. u3asites.org.uk/northcotswold Dawson. A very enjoyable summer evening. Our next meeting is on Oddington WI Meet on the 2nd Tue each month Oddington Village Hall Activity Camps All holidays for ages 3-13 years old. 07793949198 Local Authorities Thursday 10th September at 7.30 in the WI Hall when the Speaker will Sue John 01451 830989 www.activity-camps.com Bledington Toddler Group Nicki 01608 658137 Mon 10–11.30am Cotswold District Council be retired local vet Alan Walker with his talk "Four Legs and a Tale" and The Villager Bus – a Rural Lifeline Rotary Kingham/Daylesford Trinity Road, Cirencester. 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Meets fortnightly Weds evening, Sat morning. www.kinghamrotary.org.uk Children’s Art Club (ages 4–12) on Saturday 19th September we hold our Craft and Produce Show in the The Villager is your local, friendly community bus service County Cllr Nigel Moor 01386 700240/07778 207034 Royal British Legion/Stow on the Wold Social Club After school, Saturdays and holidays, Gill Parkes 01386 700991 Redesdale Hall. Contact Jo on 01608 650821 running scheduled weekday routes serving Stow, Moreton, Branch chair Derek Arthurs 01451 831550 Condicote Playgroup & Toddlers [email protected] Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT Club at Well Lane, Stow. 01451 830242 Leader Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 Stow-on-the-Wold District Councillor Barry Dare barry.dare@ Chipping Norton, Bourton and Witney – and rural customers in Salford Players Drama & Music Group Guiting Power Brownies (age 7–10) cotswold.gov.uk (01386) 700457 outlying villages. Our fleet of flame-red 16 seat mini-coaches is Glos Homeseeker applying for affordable housing www. Doreen Herrington 01608 642853 Tuesday Evenings 6.15–7.30pm, Leader Cheryl Millar 01451 831233 ART CLUB managed and driven entirely by trained volunteers. We accept Scottish Country Dance Group Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 Guiting Power Pre-School Playgroup gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 666 6330 –charged at local rate Single File Social group for unattached 45-70’s living within 15 miles of 01451 851742, Becky Roseblade, leader Glos Rural Community Council Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 at Fisher House, Stow national bus passes or cash in fare payment (children half price if Chipping Norton. Fortnightly pub meetings and programme of events. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.grcc.org.uk A small group of amateur artists. they’re good!), and everyone is welcome aboard. Sadly, we are 07765 598518 www.meetup.com/single-file-chipping-norton Monkey Music (pre-school music classes) Moreton Area Centre Meeting every Tuesday from 9.30am – 12.30pm Tues afternoons. 07768 457403 or [email protected] unable to take wheelchairs, unless they can be folded and the Stow Disability Association High Street, Moreton 01608 650881. [email protected] Free of charge. 01451 833572 George Hill 01608 658636 www.stowda.org.uk Moreton Scouts Beavers Mondays 17:30–18:45 Age 6–8½ Cubs, Stow Town Council Stow Council Office, Stow Youth Club, Stow, GL54 passenger seated. Stow & District Civic Society Mondays 18.45–20.15 Age 8–10 1AB 01451 832585 [email protected] Meets 1st Friday evenings alternate months, St Edward’s Hall, Stow. Explorer Scouts, Wednesday (fortnightly) 20.00–22.00 Age 14–18 Village Agents Our speciality is providing essential connections time-tabled to Nigel Surman 01451 833783 Scouts, Thursdays 19.30–21.30 Age 10½–14 Dave Manley, Moreton Scout Group Secretary 01608 650814 [email protected]. [email protected] Stow and North Cotswold Probus Club Naunton W I complement commercial bus services. Our regular passengers 1st & 3rd Thurs mornings, Broadwell Village Hall, Broadwell nr. Stow, Springboard Children’s Centre St Edwards Drive, Stow on the Wold. Key Information Meets in the Village Hall on the 1st Wednesday of every month call us as their lifeline, enabling them to go shopping, attend 10.30 a.m. Secretary Martin Hornby 01608 654356 01451831642. www.springboardcc.co.uk 0300 421 6980 9.00am- Visitors very Welcome Contact 01451 850475 Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer’s Guild Stow Gymnastics Club Childrens Physio Direct helpline health appointments and meet friends. Our regular services also 01451 821291 Every Saturday,Tuesday and Thursday for a fun Gymnastic Session for 12.00pm, Monday-Friday (except Bank Holidays) Childline 0800 11 11 call into the new medical centres in their just-out-of-town Stow on the Wold Social Club Well Lane. 01451 830242, 2-13 year olds. Caroline:07793949198 www.stowgymnastics.co.uk Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital incorporating Stow RBL Branch and Women’s Section Stow Youth Centre Albion Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5BN 01608 642547 locations. We are truly a rural lifeline. Fosseway, Stow. Youth Worker, Linda Burke, Stow Town Council, 01451 Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 BOURTON & DISTRICT Sports and Outdoor 832585. Office hours T, W, Th, 10am–1pm Whether you are local or Citizens Advice Bureau Freephone 0808 800 0511 (10am-4pm Adlestrop Cricket Club Mr S/N Kean 01451 831458 Monday to Thursday). www.cotswoldcab.org.uk rd a visitor, The Villager bus Business Associations & Groups Monthly Meeting, September 23 at the British Legion Hall, Bourton Angling Club Chairman Neil Halley 07961 920708, First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) routes and timetables are www.moretonanglingclub.co.uk Cotswold Business Clubs 01452 858220 [email protected], www.sja.org.uk Join us for a cup of tea or coffee between 10-10.45am, you will also be Cotswold Business Centre, [email protected] Bourton Vale Cricket Club Glos Heart Support Group Weds 10.15am. Moreton Congregational able to join or renew your membership during that time. The annual on our website at Trustee Robert Barnett Philip Winter 01451 821920 [email protected] Stow Fund Church Rooms. John Green 01451 824141 subscription is still £12 for single membership, £22 for joint or £6.50 for www.villagerbus.com Bourton Badminton Club Tesco Community Champion Mobile police station: MPS can still be booked to attend local Ann Lattimore [email protected] 07514 408598 Duel Membership (if you are already a Full Member of another U3A). and in Tourist Information Monday evenings 6.30–10pm. 07840 113477 [email protected] community events by contacting PCSO Simon King, 07718 708520 or Bourton Hockey Club WIRE Network (Women in Rural Enterprise, N Cots) [email protected] Please bring a cheque made payable to Bourton and District U3A or the Centres. Chairman Stuart Colmer 01451 821921/07900028732 Emma Heathcote-James. www.wire.org/networks 01386 correct money if possible. Our speaker from 10.45-12noon is Gill 831379/07977 226025 N Cots. District, Community First Responders, Home fixtures at the Cotswold School, The Avenue, Bourton-on-the- Notgrove Training Centre, SJA, Bourton-o-t-Water If you would like to help our local community by joining our team Water, GL54 2BD White, her subject will be “Mary Queen of Scots”. Entry £2. 3rd Monday at 7.30pm. You can train to be a CFR in this area, William Bourton Roadrunners Tuesday & Thursday evenings at Bourton Community Groups Visitors Very Welcome. of volunteer drivers, please call Keith Gowing on 01608 658579, Warmington 01608 651886 rd Leisure Centre, 7.00 and 7.30pm. Info on adult sessions Lynn Hudson Breathe Easy Groups 3rd Weds / month, Baptist Church Rooms, The University of the 3 Age (U3A) is a group for retired and semi or Paul Branch on 01608 659749. You need to be under 70, have 01242 820920. Juniors meet at Cotswold School, Tuesdays 7pm. Bourton on the Water. 01451 822102 07845 542336 North Cotswold Hospital Stow Road, Moreton in Marsh GL56 0DS. daily 8am-8pm, 0300 421 8770 www.gloshospitals.nhs.co.uk retired people that enables members to meet and share many Richard Bufton 01451 824379/ Chris Hartley 01451 830015 Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) a regular driving licence (preferably without endorsements), and Cotswold Walkers 2nd Tues/monthly 2–4pm. 01451 822102/810520 N Cotswold St John Ambulance & St John Cadets educational, creative and leisure activities. More details available from able to commit to one drive every other week. Full training is Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 623450 Every Thurs 2pm Moreton Area Baden Powell Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water (from age 10) Meets at Bourton Thurs 7–9pm. 01451 820570 www.u3asites.org.uk/bourton [email protected] Susan Dodd, given. We do have some lady drivers and would be delighted to Centre. Wed 2pm Bourton Parish Church. Alan Robinson 01451 821067 Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people) Police Station High Street, Stow on the Wold. Mon-Fri 08.30–16.30. Publicity Officer 01451 822431. Great Rissington Archers Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802, [email protected] Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 welcome more. 47 Do You Run A Limited Company?

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By Helen Monteith Summer Fun Ahoy! Whether the sun is Cotswold School students have excelled themselves again this year with shining or the rain is pouring, children the fantastic results they have achieved at both A Level and GCSE. attending Dormer House School's summer Congratulations to you all! It is testament to our students’ and staff’s holiday club are extremely busy! hard work, dedication and talent; and also to the valuable support given From meeting a pirate to creating palm trees, by families and our wider community. days at Dormer House have been fast paced As the school’s A Level grades soared to 70.3% A*-B this year, Vice and full of fun with a wide range of activities Principal and Head of Sixth Form, Mr White said: "It’s great to see such for the children to experience and enjoy. Holiday Club Coordinator, joy on the faces of the students, parents and teachers. They have worked Sam Tustin, comments,"We have really enjoyed receiving a visit from really hard for these examination results. To exceed 70% of grades being Pete the Pirate! Pete visited us as part of our pirate themed week and A* to B for the first time in the school’s history is very satisfying, but it’s conducted a brilliant magic show, which the children loved watching the individual stories behind the results that make this job so rewarding." and participated with great enthusiasm!" The summer school Principal, Mr Morgan, added: ‘“What is most pleasing for me is the students have also been decorating the playground to ensure it looks consistency that we are achieving year in, year out, in all subject areas. It bright and colourful. They have worked to create numerous summer shows that whatever your ambitions are, with hard work and our themed pieces including: balls, palm trees and a giant ice cream. outstanding teaching, you can fulfil them at The Cotswold School. This is Budding young artists win eco competition! why our Year 11’s stay with us and so many students want to join us – the results, the destinations and the atmosphere within this Sixth Form Pupils at Dormer House School in Moreton-in- speak for themselves – success is clearly breeding success.” Marsh, were recently invited to enter a While so many deserve special mentions, particular congratulations must competition organised by Cheltenham based go to Andrew Everitt and Anna Gibbons who gained four A* grades each. company, GreenBuying.co.uk. Green Buying Anna achieved her A*s in History, Geography, English Literature and the aims to educate school staff and pupils about Extended Project Qualification. Meanwhile, Andrew’s A*s were in sustainable supply chains and how buying Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and his behaviour impacts on the environment. Dormer House entered outstanding exam performance included scoring a staggering 600 out of Green Buying's competition to win an Eco table. The competition was 600 across his six A-level Mathematics papers - a rare feat, indeed! We open to all Key Stage 1 children and their challenge was to draw wish Anna and Andrew and all the Year 13 cohort every best wish for the pictures which illustrated what is great about Dormer House School. future. We look forward to hearing news of our graduates! Good luck! Art teacher, Mrs Julia Burn, comments, "I completed the lesson with We are hitting the new school year running with Duke of Edinburgh Year 1 and Year 2, then selected the boldest, most creative Bronze and Silver expeditions, school trips, the arrival of German illustrations from several children to amalgamate into our composite exchange students and a cake sale for Macmillan Cancer Support! We entry. The completed piece was scanned and sent to Green Buying are also very excited to be hosting biologist and TV Presenter Simon Watt and I am proud to say we won!" Matt Roper, Founder of (of Channel 4’s ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’ series). Mr Watt will be inspiring GreenBuying.co.uk, explains, "GreenBuying.co.uk is all about helping our students with a special talk later this month. organisations to buy more sustainably. Given we work with lots of Welcome back everyone and an especially big welcome to our new schools, we felt launching the art competition was a great way students and staff! of engaging with both children and teachers in a fun way and we were delighted with the response we received. Dormer House School's art work really stood out to us and we were thrilled to see such creative and inspiring designs from such young pupils. Way to go Dormer House!" The drawings which were chosen to feature in the winning design were created by Year 2 pupils, Sophie Campbell, Milo Moore, and Sienna Galer, and Year 1 pupils, Marsu Dunn at Condicote Village Hall and Kitty Hudspith. Green Buying will visit Dormer House School on

Wednesday 9th September at 11am to provide pupils with an insight We’re looking forward to the start of a new term and hoping for some into the journey of the Eco table before presenting it to the winners. good weather to continue enjoying our outdoor area. Our Toddler group For a photo opportunity, please call Dormer House on 01608 650758 returns on Friday 4th September welcoming children from birth to school th age and their parents / carers. Our Playgroup returns on Monday 7 September and our focus for the term will be ‘Ourselves’, looking at things we are good at and what we need to learn as we grow. Our committee of parents are always thinking of new ways to th fundraise and are planning a Jumble Sale on Saturday 26 September from 10 – 12 at Condicote Village Hall, there will be lots of bargains as well as refreshments and home made cakes. Our Playgroup session is 9.15am – 1pm Monday to Thursday with extended sessions available on a Monday and Thursday until 2.45pm. Contact Jo Abrahams, our Early Years Professional / qualified teacher on 07796 987173, website www.condicoteplaygroup.weebly.com to arrange a free stay and play visit. 51 Holy Trinity RC School CHIPPING CAMPDEN SCHOOL We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all the new families by Lise Evans and children who have joined us here at Holy Trinity. We would also like Chipping Campden School has officially marked its 575th anniversary with a to welcome our two new teachers, Mrs Kyla Bates who will be working in weekend of commemoration. The school, which was originally founded in 1440 by money left by wealthy Campden wool merchant John Fereby, held Year 4, and Mrs Sam Butler-McCleese who will be teaching in Year 1. two days of celebration on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July. Hundreds of This year, 100% of our children achieved a level 4 in our KS2 SATs, people from far and wide attended a However, in reading, writing and maths, we achieved 72%, 50%, and 80% special open event on the Saturday, which respectively at Level 5 and six of our children achieved level 6. included a hugely popular six centuries of school history display and the official opening of the We also achieved record attainment in both our Year 2 SATs and our new £550,000 artificial sports surfaces by Early Years assessments. A truly amazing year! Thank you to all of the Councillor Lynden Stowe. Judith Ellis, 575 children, staff and parents who helped us accomplish this. Archive Project volunteer, said: “The Hall was Last year we took part in over 28 partnership competitions as well as the buzzing with people recalling their time at the school, including some West Oxfordshire Schools’ Sports Partnership competitions. Of these families who could record four generations of attendance. There were visits from ex-teachers including a 100-year-old who taught French during competitions we won the: High Five Netball, Boys’ Football, Hockey, WWII and our oldest 'Old Boy', Bill Jones, now 101 years old. The Cricket and a further three trophies for our athletics teams. This meant photographs prompted memories of school productions and playing sport, that we were BIG SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONS with the added surprise that in 1914 girls were playing cricket and boys for our partnership. In girl’s cricket, Holy had a hockey team!” Outside, it was fun in the sun and many enjoyed the Trinity School went on to win the County various ‘have a go’ activities, refreshments and live music. A dynamic display of dancing by students from the Rozie T Dance Academy on the Championship at Radley and represented new pitches was followed by hockey and football training sessions courtesy Oxfordshire in the National finals in Bristol. of local sports clubs. Well done to all the children who have On the Sunday evening a special Thanksgiving service at St James’ Parish represented Holy Trinity during the year. Church was led by school governor, The Reverend Dana Delap, and Sports day was blessed with wonderful weather and children displaying featured readings and musical contributions from various members of the school community. School Principal, Mr John Sanderson, said: “For a great sportsmanship. It proved to be a great success, with all children school that has served its surrounding community since 1440, our 575 thoroughly enjoying themselves. It was lovely to see so many parents Celebration and Thanksgiving weekend provided a fantastic opportunity to join us for a celebration picnic and to watch the sporting events come together to look back at all that has been, as well as forward to all throughout the day. Our thanks to Mrs Di Woolley for organising and that is yet to come. I am confident that this fabulous weekend will live long supporting all the sporting events. in the memory and would like to thank everyone who was involved in making it so successful.” Foundation spent a very exciting day on Thursday at Hill End Activity Centre. We built amazing dens in the woods. The Hill End organiser said they were the best she had ever seen. Some of the children wanted to sleep in them! We had to find our way through a willow maze and made music in the fabulous sound garden. ‘Can we stay here?’ some Temple Guiting children asked as we made our way back to the coach. Church of England School We would like to thank our PTA for all their hard work and support they have given to our school over the last year. At the AGM in July, David Ogden, Headteacher Marsha Rickard was re -elected as Chair. ‘Yee-Ha!’ is a smash hit! Howling Mad Dog McNutt and his band of desperadoes prepare to take on the good folk of Splodge City.

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Edwardian England, Neverland, pirates, lost boys, a talking dog and At the end of last term ten very excited Year 5 pupils mermaids – it could only be Sherborne Primary’s interpretation of ‘Peter arrived at Chipping Norton School with their parents Pan’! We finished a busy school year with a spectacular production; the and teachers to take part in an inter-school Bake- children sang, danced and performed beautifully to provide us all with a Off Competition. Miss McSwiney, D&T Department, wonderfully entertaining evening (we certainly do seem to have some rising stars amongst our cast). We were sad to say farewell to our Year 6 very kindly hosted the competition in the Cookery Room. She was assisted pupils but are looking forward to seeing our children back in school and by Year 9 and 10 Food Tech students who acted as judges and supported to welcome our new reception pupils and their families in September. the Year 5 pupils, helping them with equipment, the ovens and giving them a lot of encouragement. The quality of the cakes presented to the judges was outstanding and it was a really difficult task to choose the winners , Bo Field (Great Rollright) and Isla Mackintosh (Enstone). At this time of year our newspapers are full of pictures of happy students and there is plenty to smile about at Chipping Norton School. The students opening envelopes to reveal their grades have done exceptionally well. Well over half of all the grades achieved were at A*, A or B, 27% of grades were either A* or A and 10 students achieved all A* and A grades. A significant number of students have successfully gained places at our top universities to study courses ranging from Hazard Management and Electrical Engineering, to Politics with International Relations and Mathematics. The school is delighted that Jordan Eriksen and Trystan Surawy Stepney have got the top grades required to study Engineering at Cambridge and Physics at Oxford respectively. Once again these outcomes Aquatts cement Chipping Norton School’s reputation for high quality teaching and outstanding student outcomes. The hard work of both students and their SwimmingSwimming teachers has produced some exceptionally good results. Teach your baby to swim 2015 A level Results you’ll love it and your baby will too! % A* and A 27% ● 16 years of teaching % A*, A and B 54% babies to swim % A* to C 81% ● Starting from 12 weeks ● Experienced Qualified ASA/ % A* to E 99% STA Teachers & Lifeguards ● Free taster sessions ● Over 150 classes available 7 days a week

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57 58 Stow Badminton Club North Cotswolds Young Cricketers Club Our small friendly club meets on Tuesday evenings in St Edward's Hall and would welcome new members of all levels. Interested in joining us? Please phone: Forbes Campbell on 01451 832188 or Dennis Fisher on 01451 830068. Come and give it a try.

MORETON BOWLS CLUB MORETON LADIES DO IT AGAIN ! Report from Mike Wainwright A Ladies` team from Moreton-in-Marsh Bowls Club has once again achieved success in a County Competition, this time in the Inter-Club format of the game, beating a team from North Cotswolds Bishops Cleeve BC by eight shots. The Moreton team, now Young Cricketers Club - U19 T20 champions of the Cheltenham Section, will play in the rd County finals in Stroud on Sunday 23 August. North Cotswold Young Cricketers Under 19 team have The Inter-Club rules require two rinks from each of the qualified for the finals weekend at Gloucestershire Cricket’s competing Clubs to play each other, simultaneously, one at home ground, Nevil Road in Bristol on the 30th August. home and one away, exchanging details of the scores by telephone at pre-arranged times during the match - the Easily beating Purton away and Cirencester at home, the level highest aggregate score deciding the result. of competition got stiffer on Friday 7th August with a game against top Gloucester Cricket Club Frocester, in front of a Moreton`s home team - Valerie Higton, Jane Clarke good crowd at Moreton Cricket Ground. Coloured clothing (Captain), Linda Bennett and Brenda Dix got off to the worst and music gave the evening the feel of a true T20 game. North possible start, soon finding themselves 9 - 1 down. Showing Cotswold Captain Ollie Currill decided to bat first and they great character and determination the ladies clawed back posted 129 for 7 off 18 overs with Darrel Williams 50 not out the deficit and levelled the scores by half way through the the headline performance. The visitors started well, until the match. The scores remained close until late in the game pace of Currill proved too much for the Frocester batsman as when Moreton surged ahead, finally winning by three he claimed 5 wickets for 1 run in 3 overs. North Cotswolds shots 23 - 20. won by 24 runs. Moreton`s away team - Noreen Biddlecombe, Trish They then went onto meet Charlton Kings at their ground in Wainwright (Captain), Rita Gerry and Jenny Stanfield started Cheltenham for a ‘winner takes all’ game the following week. well, racing into a 6 - 1 lead. However, Bishop`s Cleeve surged back, scoring six shots on the very next end to go Skipper Ollie Currill won the toss and elected to bowl first on into the lead by 7 - 6. However this was the last time that what looked a good bowling track. This time Jack Groves the Moreton ladies found themselves behind. The match came to the front of the action bowling down the hill with remained close until a late burst of scoring by the Moreton accurate seam bowling and claimed 3 wickets, backed up by team resulted in a well-deserved victory 20 - 15. Ollie Currill taking 3 another wickets to restrict Charlton Kings to 126 for 8 off their 20 overs. Long-time opening FINAL RESULT: MORETON- in-MARSH 43 partners Sam Nicholls and Dan Moore lead the chase from BISHOPS CLEEVE 35 the start with an opening partnership of 78 laying the foundations for a comprehensive victory with 4 overs spare. Nicholls top scored with 50 retired, including one six that probably landed in the next county! Rupert Bell of Talksport Radio and the club’s non exec Chairman, speaking from his base in Germany for the next two weeks and taking a break from commentating at the European Dressage Championships, said: “this small Cotswold Club have beaten some of the oldest and most respected Cricket Clubs in Gloucestershire to reach these finals. To say I am delighted is a total under statement and I am so proud to be associated with these young lads”. The Team and supporters will be heading to Bristol with a strong chance of winning through to the regional competition if the best teams from Bristol and South Gloucestershire can be overcome. 5th/6th September. Welsh Road Farm, Nr Offchurch CV33 9BG Report from Martin Jones. 59 Stow on the Wold & District RFC

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 6th Sept. - Save The Date ... For #CarryMeHomeKate At 12pm, for the 2nd part of the day, The RAF Falcons will be para- chuting in with a #CarryMeHomeKate rugby ball to launch the culmination of the clubs fundraiser for Kate’s Home Nursing. There will be lots going on with the opportunity to guess the total number of passes the now famous ball has had, a friendly match between Stow and Tewkesbury’s U9s teams, raffles, display stands from sponsors and other supporters, food, drink and lots to do. A big day is planned and it will finish with a final pass of the ball to all of those present. So, if you haven’t yet passed the ball, this will be your last chance ! The club would also like to get past players and people associated with the club to Oddington Road on the 6th September. Join us to see THE RAF FALCONS & celebrate #CarryMeHomeKate. Moving onto other matters, the Rugby World Cup starts on the 18th of September and what better place can there be to watch it than As is tradition, the Rugby Club’s season kicks off with the Family Fun your local rugby club ? Stow RFC will be showing all the major Day. This year the day will be split into 2 parts with M&Js registra- games live on the big screen and if its any- tions taking place from 10am. This is a great opportunity for parents thing like the 6 Nations there will be a great and players to come and meet the different age group coaches and atmosphere. All are welcome with the bar take a look at the club. There will also be lots of fun to be had with 3 open and food available. We are looking for- Bouncy Castles and Jungle Runs as well as Soak the Coach, Para- ward to a great season ahead, both on and off chute Races etc. and other rugby skill games. If you would like to the pitch and would like you to be a part of it. find out what the club has to offer and ask questions, this is the Whether you are looking to play or just enjoy perfect day to come and check out the facilities we have available. the social side of the club, you’ll be welcomed.

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Stuart Colmer - Chairman www.bashc.com T. 07900 028732 E. [email protected] by Stuart Colmer & Sean Clarke

BASHC’s Busy Summer Team Cam Win The Series If you thought Hockey stopped at Easter think again. BASHC have mixed game saw the club raise money for #CarryMeHomeKate. The played in the Gloucester Summer Mixed League, taken part in a giant rugby ball was passed from one end of the pitch to the other Men’s Over 40 Masters fixture, played in a Swindon tournament, by players keeping the ball off the ground using just their hockey entered the Gloucester 6s league, had the final Cam v Coombes sticks. The game was won by Team Cam to give them the series with match and continued with Back To Hockey every week. The 2 wins to 1. BASHC raised over £ 200 for Kate’s Home Nursing, Gloucester Mixed League attracts a good standard of players and through match fees and spurious fines in the pub after the game. ran until the end of July. The team did well, drawing the Shield Final And through all of the above, Back To Hockey has been running 4 all but losing 5-4 on the deciding penalty flicks. July also saw an every week for all those wanting to play hockey at any level. The invitation to BASCH to an Over 40s friendly three team tournament club always welcomes new players but the Mens teams are espe- at Stratford with a touring team from Penarth. The club’s Veterans cially looking to recruit for their entry to the MBBO league. Get in team is in its infancy and this was a great chance for the team to get touch to check training times on BASHC’s website & Facebook pages some game time. Both Stratford and Penarth’s Masters teams are well established with a number of substitutes and it was apparent in their play. Both games were good matches and BASCH were disappointed to lose the first to Stratford 2-0 and the second to Penarth 3-0. However, playing back to back matches with no subs against 2 good teams, although tough, was good training for the future. The annual weekend tour to Swindon saw both the Mens and Ladies field teams. The full tour experience was enjoyed over the weekend, so much so that results haven’t been reported ! How- ever, both teams certainly enjoyed the social side of the tour. The Men’s team entered a side into the Gloucester 6s where they faced some national league players and did very well to reach the Plate Final, only to lose 4-2. The final inter club Cam vs Coombes 60 Stow on the Wold & District RFC

The Clubhouse, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold , GL54 1JAH . 01451 830887 MORETON RANGERS FC Contact: moretonrangersfc.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/stowrtfc/ CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR REPORTS, PHOTOS, NEWS & INFO From Sean Clarke 6th Sept. - Save The Date ... For #CarryMeHomeKate nd New Challenge for Adult Teams At 12pm, for the 2 part of the day, The RAF Falcons will be para- chuting in with a #CarryMeHomeKate rugby ball to launch the culmination of the clubs fundraiser for Kate’s Home Nursing. There will Moreton Rangers are looking forward for exciting be lots going on with the opportunity to guess the total number of new challenges this season with our first team now passes the now famous ball has had, a friendly match between Stow playing in the Uhlsport Hellenic League. This new and Tewkesbury’s U9s teams, raffles, display stands from sponsors and other supporters, food, drink and lots to do. A big day is venture is part of the club’s aim to bring high quality planned and it will finish with a final pass of the ball to all of those football to the London Road ground. Our Reserve present. So, if you haven’t yet passed the ball, this will be your last team will be playing in the Witney and District chance ! The club would also like to get past players and people League and we still have spaces in the squad for any associated with the club to Oddington Road on the 6th September. players wishing to join us. Contact first team manager Join us to see THE RAF FALCONS & celebrate #CarryMeHomeKate. Moving onto other matters, the Rugby World Cup starts on the 18th Gary Barnet on 0790717693 for details. of September and what better place can there be to watch it than As is tradition, the Rugby Club’s season kicks off with the Family Fun your local rugby club ? Stow RFC will be showing all the major Fixtures for September are as follows and we look Day. This year the day will be split into 2 parts with M&Js registra- games live on the big screen and if its any- forward to having support from the town for your tions taking place from 10am. This is a great opportunity for parents thing like the 6 Nations there will be a great local club. and players to come and meet the different age group coaches and atmosphere. All are welcome with the bar take a look at the club. There will also be lots of fun to be had with 3 open and food available. We are looking for- Sat 5th Bouncy Castles and Jungle Runs as well as Soak the Coach, Para- ward to a great season ahead, both on and off Home V Shrivenham 3pm chute Races etc. and other rugby skill games. If you would like to the pitch and would like you to be a part of it. September find out what the club has to offer and ask questions, this is the Whether you are looking to play or just enjoy Sat 12th perfect day to come and check out the facilities we have available. the social side of the club, you’ll be welcomed. Home V Letcombe 3pm September

Sat 19th Home V Old Woodstock Town 3pm Bourton & Sherborne Hockey Club September match, a pro-scooter display and demonstration on

the Skate Park, and Sack Races. Stuart Colmer - Chairman www.bashc.com A big crowd turned out and enjoyed the T. 07900 028732 E. [email protected] by Stuart Colmer & Sean Clarke Celebrating ‘Have a Field Day’. entertainment, cheering on the ladies team who To celebrate the Have a Field Day campaign from put up a good performance against the gents team. BASHC’s Busy Summer Team Cam Win The Series Fields in Trust and to celebrate our playing fields, a Some of the challenges were less than gentlemanly, If you thought Hockey stopped at Easter think again. BASHC have mixed game saw the club raise money for #CarryMeHomeKate. The fun evening was held at the London Road playing but once the odds were evened up (with the whole played in the Gloucester Summer Mixed League, taken part in a giant rugby ball was passed from one end of the pitch to the other field on Friday 17th July. ladies squad of 17 players being on the field) and the Men’s Over 40 Masters fixture, played in a Swindon tournament, by players keeping the ball off the ground using just their hockey men entered into the spirit of the game, it was great entered the Gloucester 6s league, had the final Cam v Coombes sticks. The game was won by Team Cam to give them the series with Highlights of the event were a Ladies V Gents football entertainment. match and continued with Back To Hockey every week. The 2 wins to 1. BASHC raised over £ 200 for Kate’s Home Nursing, Gloucester Mixed League attracts a good standard of players and through match fees and spurious fines in the pub after the game. ran until the end of July. The team did well, drawing the Shield Final And through all of the above, Back To Hockey has been running 4 all but losing 5-4 on the deciding penalty flicks. July also saw an every week for all those wanting to play hockey at any level. The invitation to BASCH to an Over 40s friendly three team tournament club always welcomes new players but the Mens teams are espe- at Stratford with a touring team from Penarth. The club’s Veterans cially looking to recruit for their entry to the MBBO league. Get in team is in its infancy and this was a great chance for the team to get touch to check training times on BASHC’s website & Facebook pages some game time. Both Stratford and Penarth’s Masters teams are well established with a number of substitutes and it was apparent in their play. Both games were good matches and BASCH were disappointed to lose the first to Stratford 2-0 and the second to Penarth 3-0. However, playing back to back matches with no subs against 2 good teams, although tough, was good training for the future. The annual weekend tour to Swindon saw both the Mens and Ladies field teams. The full tour experience was enjoyed over the weekend, so much so that results haven’t been reported ! How- ever, both teams certainly enjoyed the social side of the tour. The Men’s team entered a side into the Gloucester 6s where they faced some national league players and did very well to reach the Plate The ladies team with guest Goalkeeper John Macteer and Final, only to lose 4-2. The final inter club Cam vs Coombes mascot Lenin the dog Report from Martin Jones 61 LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN EVERY EDITION ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN EVERY EDITION ALL 4 MAGAZINES FROM £12 PER MONTH +VAT LBD ALL 4 MAGAZINES FROM £12 PER MONTH +VAT LBD

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A Rule of Thumb Guide to ‘VALUE FOR MONE Y ’ ADVERTISING with COTSWOLD TIMES Let’s say the budget is £250 – these figures are appro ximate for 14,500 magazines (i.e in all 4 magazine titles). www. .org/ dogsforthedisabled £250 will buy - £260 = almost 1 x Half A4 for 1 month £220 = 4 x Twelfth A4 for 4 months th GILL MOUAT of CN GLASS is walking 50K along the Thames Path on Sept 12 Maps available at Over Norton Village Hall on the day from 10 £280 = 2 x Qtr A4 for 2 months (1 per month) £220 = 4 x Business Cards size for 4 months to raise money to sponsor a Dog for the Disabled through his training. His name is NORTON. Go online to support her – am. In the village hall will be some stalls and bacon rolls and £220 = 2 x Sixth A4 for 2 months £240 = 6 x Sixteenth A4 for 6 months www.justgiving.com/gillandlouise-cngnortonwalkers refreshments. Money raised will go to the funds for a new hall £225 = 3 x Eighth A4 for 3 months £220 = LBD (on this page) for a year. Dogs for the Disabled is a life-transforming charity, creating partnerships floor. between people living with disability and specially trained assistance dogs. Based on print-ready copy. All these prices will attract VAT. OR pay for 4,000 flyers to be delivered = 27.5% of our circulation. 62 63 SOHO Coffee Co. comes to Warner’s Budgens Moreton-in-Marsh!

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