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Clocks go The Cassington back one hour p s Sunday 25th 60 t F n RE de Gamers Moot March E to resi Joanna and Frankie Chesterton would like to say thank you The Village Hall, Sunday 5th March to everyone for their well wishes following the safe arrival of their 1pm – 4pm daughter, Orla Roxy Grog Chesterton.

Ever fancied saving the world from a global epidemic, She was born on 20th January or being a 19th Century European railway magnate? 2017 and she is looking forward Perhaps you would prefer conquering the universe, to meeting the villagers with her escaping from a sinking island or may be just a good old bleary eyed parents. game of Cluedo will do? If so……. Come to the latest in Cassington Entertainment, a Sunday afternoon’s board gaming at the Village Hall. All the family are welcome. Eldritch tea, hobbit second breakfast snacks and Romulan Ale will be available to sustain you on your adventure. Your gaming hosts, Alex, Zoe and Freya will bring a selection of the latest and most popular games for you to try out. We also invite you to bring your family’s favourite games – the more the merrier. At the end of the session we’ll rate the games and write a review for publication on the internet. If it is a success we will run the afternoon regularly. £2 entry per adult, £1 for children and pensioners. All proceeds divided between the Hall Committee and St Peter’s School

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Contributions should be provided by 20th of the month. Email submissions (in the body or as a Word attachment) to: cawneditor@ gmail.com. Photographs should be supplied as separate attachments, not placed in the Word fi le. Typed or clearly handwritten submissions may be posted to: Kevin Burroughs, 5 Hollow Furlong, Cassington, OX29 4ET. We look forward to hearing from you.

1 Cassington, then and now welcome Interested to see how Kevin's CAWNer Cassington has evolved over 2017 is well underway and everyone's lives are getting the years? Or do you have any busy judging by the variety of events been spoken about in old photos of the village you this month's edition. wish to share? If so, search It's so easy to get wrapped up in our own lives we lose ‘Cassington, then and now’ on sight of the bigger village, country and national picture. Facebook and feel free to join Hopefully this publication helps you learn more about the the group! village picture and the odd County story that will impact our lives in Cassington. Do let me know your thoughts and opinions on various events and developments. I still dream about sharing updates on the sporting and exercise activities of the village - it's an important part of a balanced life style and yet something this publication talks very little of. Here we are talking about the desire to Specialising in the letting of property in the Eynsham / Witney area improve the facilities up at the sports field and yet silent Professional advice on what we're already achieving in our personal pursuits. Free market appraisal I look forward to reading about the efforts of at least the village youngsters in future editions. Competitive fees We are a wonderful community here in Cassington For personal service call Christopher Dodds 01865 883108 [email protected] but circumstances have shown we perhaps need a Neighbourhood Watch arrangement. See page 17 and let 11b High Street Eynsham - Tel: 01865 883108 us know your thoughts. www.abbey-rentals.co.uk Till next month - happy reading. Kevin Contents The Cassington Gamers Moot...... 1 One of the leading hair West Oxfordshire - Too Good to Lose?...... 3 talk & beauty therapy salons hair and beauty salon in Oxfordshire Sports & Social Update...... 4 The Salon Friendly and professional staff guarantee you a warm Observation...... 5 Body11 High Street welcome and a calm, restful and relaxing treatment. Roy's Ramblings...... 6 Eynsham 01865 880820 Established 15 years ago, we offer a full range Village Hall special events ...... 7 of hair and beauty treatments, from waxing and St Peters CofE Primary School News...... 8 eyelash extensions to non-surgical facelifts and everything in between. (New Vicar) Where are we now? ...... 10 Check our website for details of monthly special Village Hall AGM & Patron invite ...... 11 offers and our famous Pamper Days, which take Village Contact list ...... 13 place on the last Friday of each month. Cassington WI update ...... 14 www.bodytalkhairandbeauty.co.uk Eynsham Park & Ride update ...... 14 Parish Council news ...... 16 Churchfields Care Home ...... 17 Advertising rates Neighbourhood Watch ...... 17 Local ‘what’s on’ and fund-raising stuff is free. Simple local Sign Up for Garden Waste Collections ...... 18 services, ‘for sales’ etc., are also free on noticeboard. Suitable commercial businesses are invited to support Cassington Bike Night 2017 ...... 18 our community by buying advertising space at the follow- What’s on? / Movie news ...... 19 ing rates: Noticeboard ...... 20 1/8 page, £6 (£60 per year) 1/4 page, £10 (£100 per year) 1/2 page, £15 (£150 per year) ------Full page, £25 (£250 per year) With special thanks to... Technical details for artwork are available on request. Lorna Mills (Accountant), Fineprint Witney (Printer), All material included at the discretion of CAWN. Clare Want and her team (Distributor) and to everyone Profits will be passed to the Cassington Parochial Charities who actively participates in the production of Cassington & to support our community. Worton Newsletter. 2

2 West Oxfordshire: Too good to lose? EYNSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH

Residents in West Oxfordshire are being warned the proposed creation of a ‘super council’ could see council tax Minister Rev Zoltan Biro 01865 881670 rise, services decline and spell the end of free parking. Baptist Church telephone/answer phone: 01865 882203 Oxfordshire County Council is promoting ideas for Church secretary, Denise Launchbury: 01865 881128 the creation of a single unitary authority that would sweep Hall bookings: 07900 066471 away existing district councils.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE But Cllr James Mills, leader of West Oxfordshire District with Junior Church, 10.30am Council, believes a unitary council would fail to recognise the specifi c needs of local residents and be unable to attract Songs of Praise much-needed funding for housing, infrastructure and usually the 2ND SUNDAY of the month, 3.00pm leisure. THURSDAY Refl ective Service with Holy Communion, He said: “Our residents appreciate the fact that we have 12.00 noon the lowest council tax in Oxfordshire and off er services Bible Study Groups meet throughout the week, such as free parking which are of huge benefi t to everyone. so please enquire. “Th e County’s proposals will involve creating a whole new council which would take at least two years. Meanwhile, our roads become ever more potholed, social The Cassington Kickabout - every care shrinks still further and rural bus services continue to Wednesday at 6pm at Cassington disappear.” playing fi elds

Cllr Mills is in favour of the creation of a combined authority model with a local mayor which would pave the way for devolution, unlocking central government funds for major infrastructure improvements. He added: “Rather than spending huge amounts of taxpayers’ money on the new council which will undoubtedly increase council tax, we would be able to keep the effi cient services and great benefi ts residents already enjoy as well as delivering the housing and infrastructure that is needed in the short-term.”

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3 Sports & Social Club

The MUGA pitch is now fully operational and is being used regularly. If you know of any teams that would be interested in hiring the pitch, please do put them in touch with Graham Mills (graham@millsclan. Lumos offersoffers the highhigh quality,quality, f9.co.uk). The tennis season has now come to a close and the nets have been taken down but the MUGA can professionalprofessional service service of anof approvedan approved elec- be booked for football or hockey training by emailing tricianelectrician under under17th edition 17th edition wiring wiring regula- Graham. regulationstions and and fully fully P Part.P Part. General hire prices are as follows: Pavilion £10 per hour. All types of installations from All types of installations from Adult grass football pitch and pavilion domestic to industrial will be £35 per game. undertakendomestic toin industriala professional will be and Cricket pitch and pavilion £50 per game. undertaken infriendly a professional manner. and friendly Tennis court £10 per hour. (April to September) manner. MUGA £22 per hour . Telephone 07748840065 Thank you to everyone who completed and returned TelephoneE-mail 07748840065 the playing field consultation questionnaire. We re- [email protected] ceived responses representing 196 people from the vil- [email protected] lage. The questionnaire responses show strong support www.LumosElectrical.co.uk for providing further facilities at the playing field and the main priority areas were as follows: www.LumosElectrical.co.uk 1. Improvements to play equip for 6-10 year olds 2. Climbing wall 3. Outdoor gym 4. Youth play facilities for 11-16 5. Zip wire We have subsequently arranged appointments with M&M Waste Solutions 3 playground equipment providers and hope to have We recycle over 90% of all waste we collect, quotes back by the middle of March. and turn food waste into electricity! After that we will apply for grants to cover the cost of Bargain rates for local clearance the equipment as well as carrying out our own fundrais- ing activities. The first of these is the Cassington Spring Ball being held on 18th March. We will keep you updated on our progress but if you have any specific ideas, please email [email protected].

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4 Observation by Stephen Wright

Having been a uni student for a fair amount of time now, I It’s amazing how the youthful lifestyle can pull the rug from have attended a reasonable amount of clubs. It got me thinking, under you occasionally. For instance, even when the group of why do people even go clubbing in the fi rst place? young men and women I call friends decide to go out for one beer at the local Wetherspoon’s, we somehow end up pretending Everything is against you from the outset were you to decide to enjoy loud drum and bass music at a fl at party 5 hours later. to go clubbing. People consume liquids they proudly proclaim It’s got to the stage where I nap during the day to re-energise that they dislike, and go out in the freezing cold to dance to the myself for the endurance required to go out. But of course, it same drum & bass playlist they heard last week. catches up with you. One night, my friend Jonathan wanted a couple of us to go out with him. I told him that fi rst I had to Don’t get me wrong, I’m prone to the odd club now and again watch the fi nal episode of Th e Grand Tour, and once I had done and have had a good time visiting them, but we went to a club that I accidentally fell asleep. I am sorry Jonathan. It’s not me, called Toast the other day and didn’t even get any toast. False it’s the lifestyle. advertising at its fi nest. Nevertheless, I was pleasantly surprised when we entered the club - having queued outside for 16 hours I guess I just fi nd it peculiar that at a time in life when we - to hear the music that was being played. Th e Fratellis and Th e have degrees to obtain and employers to impress, our sleeping Killers were among the kinds of rock bands being blasted out and eating patterns have never been more un-stable. If there is the speakers, before the DJ announced that it was time to return one place that couldn’t have prepared me for this lifestyle, it’s to drum & bass. Boring normality restored. Cassington, but it is nice to go back from time to time, to get the best of both worlds. It’s easy to see why some people love to go clubbing all the time, but personally I would rather have a night in having fun I’m sure all of this is music to the ears of my parents and with friends because that way you can actually communicate grandparents, but they can rest assured that I am a well behaved with them. I don’t know if I’m crazy, but there’s something about student who doesn’t fall into the typical demographic. Mostly. staying in and having a good time that sounds almost better than All in all, I do like the university life, but it’s just a bit weird, pretending to understand what people are saying and making perhaps never more so than when we visited a 24/7 ASDA late the appropriate gestural reactions before entering bed at 5am. at night and I purchased nothing more than a Peppa Pig kinder egg. Rob Atkinson Member of the Chartered Institute of Building

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Roy’s ramblings

There nearly wasn’t a Ramblings this month. I had to get over the miseries, having just gone through an uneasy time. I think I am going to live a bit longer. I have found Established Independent Estate Agent the power of prayer very comforting. The news one reads does not help much. When you see specialising in the sale of village property what is happening with the sea’s, we all thought it too large throughout West Oxfordshire since 1983.

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to football matches, etc. on a Sunday, to start off with a prayer of thank-you for 5 minutes. You see as a youngster Contact our during the war, a lot more folk took the trouble, when we experienced were up against it. Directors for Ah well, an old man’s thoughts. accurate and Another point. It was always said man will invent his professional own destruction. It was the atom bomb but that is old hat advice on the now. I think it is rubbish and pollution, especially plastic. local property It does not seem to rot and go away. market. Sorry not to be more cheerful. God bless you all. He must be looking down and thinking “What do I do with that lot down there?” Roy Partridge BURLEIGH FARM Oxfordshire Museum - Woodstock Traditional Farmhouse Listed below are activities and events happening at the Bed and Breakfast Accommodation Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – most of which are Contact Jane Cook – 01865 881352 free of charge. 14 January – 26 March Burleigh Farm, Burleigh Road, Cassington Cameras in the sky Oxfordshire OX29 4DZ An exhibition of aerial photographs of Oxfordshire from Visit the Aerofilms collection cared for by Historic England www.oxfordcity.co.uk/accom/burleighfarm Archive. for more information The Watlington Hoard with us until 18th March This significant archaeological find features rare coins, silver ingots, arm rings and other objects buried Chimney Sweep by Viking raiders around 870 as they fled the area. Saturday 11th March 2.30pm Rule Britannia: How Alfred the Great became a Bertie the Sweep National Hero by Dr Oliver Cox Tickets for lecture £8 available in advance Open Fires / Wood Burners / Flue Sweeping Saturday 18th March 2.30pm Nest Removal – Bird Guards / Cowls Fitted King Alfred’s Coins: The inside story of the Chimney Pots Supplied and Fitted Watlington Hoard by Dr John Naylor Fully Insured ICS Member 411 – Certificates Issued Ticket for lectures £8 available in advance Tel: 01993 899143 or 07954180371 Look out for more information: Email:[email protected] On 22nd March for the launch of 2017 The Cotswold Hare Trail. This exciting initiative will see 5ft Hares popping up in towns around the Cotswolds, each beautifully decorated with individual designs and styles. 6

6 The Cassington Village Hall PELLMANS is delighted to host YOUR LOCAL SOLICITORS SUNDAY 19th MARCH • Business and Employment Law 6pm Contracts, Legal Compliance and Disputes Tickets £10 child £5 • Property Buying and Selling Homes, tel Ruth on 07768 450095 or 01865 883512 Commercial and Agricultural Suitable for age 8 upwards • Wills, Probate and Trusts Tax Planning and Lasting Powers of Attorney 01865 884400 www.pellmans.co.uk 1 Abbey Street, Eynsham, Oxford OX29 4TB

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SATURDAY 8TH APRIL Time 7:30pm Tickets - pay what you can donation Bookings: https://thelittleboxoffice.com/humanstorytheatre/event/view/56804 FLAT 73 By Gaye Poole with Music by Arne Richards A delightfully upbeat comedy written by A one hour play about loneliness and the Kate Bramley with songs from Jez Lowe Samaritans with an accompanying Q and A with Eddie. Is back. local volunteer organisations who support lonely people (e.g the Samaritans and Age UK) and are It’s the 1960’s and every village in England has trying to reach different communities. a band determined to hit the big time. This tale follows our Eddie, a hard-working milkman, Battersby Buildings has 75 flats, so at least 75 people live inspired by the cream of the pop charts and tired of there and yet very few know each other. Beryl aged 68 years and the milk-float of ordinary life, dreaming of stardom recently widowed lives on the ground floor, daytime television and success but money lenders, managers and real her only companion. In the flats above her lives Chelsea aged life just keep on getting in the way. Will his dreams 18 years, not long out of care and struggling as a new single be thwarted, as his career takes a churn for the mum to Albie a colicky 18 month old. Along the corridor worse? from her lives Simon, a young man with learning disabilities Get ready, Eddie, go! You’re heading for the high and a sunny disposition with a passion for ‘flashmobbing’. On life, with the fabulous Gold Tops behind you every the top floor lives Laura who, unbeknownst to them, connects step of the way! them all in her role as a Samaritan – they all call Laura when they are feeling at their loneliest. The play sees these lonely This fantastically successful show from 2012 with characters going about their daily lives, passing each other songs from the award-winning writer Jez Lowe and ‘unseen’ until one fateful day when Laura’s past catches up innovative design from Charlie Cridlan. with her and her resultant final actions cause them all to come together.

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7 ST PETER'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY The Green, Cassington, Witney, Oxon, OX29 4DN E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01865 880443 Web-Site: www.st-peters.oxon.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs Jeanette A. G. Millward MA(Ed) Registered in England and Wales Company number 07939655

March 2017 Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Please, please bring your vouchers into us – we use them to ‘buy’ worthwhile equipment for our school. There is a box in our reception area or alternatively just pop them through the school letter box. Thank you.

Easter Bonnet Parade We will be holding our annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Easter Tea on Thursday 6th April at 2pm at the school.All welcome.

Year 3 Dance One of the benefits of being an Academy has been the way in which the primaries have been able to benefit from close links to Bartholomew School. This is evident in the joint opportunities put on by Bartholomew specifically those to do with developing their Sports Leaders. Last month there were two such opportunities: dance and gymnastics. I went with the Year 4 children to the Sports Hall to a lively session led by Nadia Pharoan and other Step2 Dance leaders. The students from Bartholomew supported the younger children from each primary school by encouraging them to participate in the street dance movements. It was fascinating to watch the enthusiasm of the children and their development of skills. It was also good to see the end dance which included a little ‘free style’ for the more confident ones.

New Incumbent Interviews Our School Council was called upon to take part in the interviews for the new vicar for Cassington and Eynsham. I am sure that there will be mentions of this event in this months edition of the CAWN but it is worth saying that I was very proud of the children and the professional way they conducted themselves. The eight children from year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 each put a question to each of the five candidates and made notes of their responses. The questions, which the children thought of, ranged from ‘Why do you want to be our vicar?’ to ‘How would you lead Collective Worship on our values?’ At the end of the day I fed back their thoughts to the interviewing panel.

Chinese Themes Three classes focused on China last term: the Foundation found out about Chinese New Year, Oak Class took the book ‘The Magic Paintbrush’ and explored all things Chinese and Willow Class looked at the Shang Dynasty. Both Oak and Willow Class took advantage of the wonderful Chinese artefacts display at the Ashmolean and had an education talk as well. Oak Class stayed in Oxford and went to a Chinese Restaurant for the full Chinese Experience. Oak Class also experienced a Chinese Yoga session led by Vicky Clarke-Thomas.

WANTED We currently have a vacancy for a Foundation Governor in our school so if you have a Christian commitment and are interested then please contact the school office for further details. You do not have to be involved in education but should be willing to attend meetings throughout the year.

Stay and Play If you have a child who is two we offer Play and Stay sessions once a month. The cost is £2 a session and the next one will be on Wednesday 15th March between 2 and 3pm. Just come along and join in the fun!

Within our Nursery at St Peter’s Church of England School we provide education and care for children from three to five years. Funded places are available. For further information or to arrange a visit please contact the school office.

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8 Th e curious workings of the Church of England. Community Education at the Or “Where are we now?” Marlborough School, Woodstock We run an extensive programme of courses for adults Well, on 1st February a short list of 5 very strong candidates within the school all year round (apart from school were taken through a rigorous interview process. One holidays). A full weekly programme of courses candidate was unanimously chosen from the fi ve and our began again in January 2017. A full copy of our new vicar was appointed. His name is Duncan Fraser. NEW 2016-17 brochure is now available to download Duncan is married to Carmen and they have two children, on the Marlborough School website Caleb and Scarlet. Duncan will take up his post sometime www.marlborough.oxon.sch.uk/commed aft er Easter depending on practical arrangements and I’m Our next Saturday workshops are sure that the family will make themselves known in the (check our website for up-to-date availability): villages when they arrive. Saturday 4 March 2017. If you would like a free printed copy of our brochure Will it mean changes? I don’t know. In most walks of life, or to book a place please telephone 01993 813592 or when there is new management there are usually some email [email protected]. All our changes – oft en for the better. Fresh eyes and fresh ideas can courses are competitively priced to give our students bring a wind of change that is dynamic and empowering, great value for money. revitalising an organisation and giving new energy. For up to date and comprehensive information about One thing I do know is that we will still worship Jesus availability on courses please see the school website Christ who the bible says “is the same yesterday, today and (as above). As courses become full they are listed for forever”. (Hebrews chapter 13 verse 8 (page 257 in your your information. Jubilee New Testament)). In our rapidly changing world it is a great thing to know that some things and some people remain the same. Th ere’s a hymn that you might remember, which goes: Great is the faithfulness, O God my Father, Th ere is no shadow of turning with Th ee. Th ou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; As Th ou hast been Th ou forever wilt be.

Revd Roger Aston

Musical Evening Witney Music Society at St Leonards Church Th e fi nal concert of Witney Music Society's 2016-17 season Eynsham will be given by Savitri Grier (violin) and Richard Uttley Sat 18th March 7.30pm (piano). Savitri Grier is a selected artist on the Philip and Dorothy Green Awards for Young Concert Artists scheme. Th e programme features works by Mozart, Enesco, Stravin- Oxford Gospel Choir and sky and Brahms. In the week ahead of this concert in Witney, Pocket Handkerchief Jazz group this duo will be performing two of the works at Wigmore Tickets £6 Hall and St John the Evangelist, Oxford. Th e concert is at 7.30pm on Friday 10 March at High Street Proceeds to Oxford Homeless Pathways Methodist Church, Witney. Tickets (full price £12, senior and Eynsham Day Centre concessions £11, under 18 £1) will be available at the door Refreshments! from 7pm. For more information, please telephone 01993 702296 tickets are available from Eynsham DIY store or June Poole 01865375130 or visit the Witney Music Society website www.witneymusicsociety.org.uk 9

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10 Cassington Village Hall Management Committee Registered Charity No 304279 “Not just a building, but building a community”. Chairman’s Report to the AGM - 15 February 2017

2016 was a successful year of consolidation for the hall. continues to be Events Organiser Ruth Bakewell, Secretary We sustained our fairly solid pattern of bookings from Penny Burroughs, Treasurer Lorna Mills, Buildings Officer repeat customers and added some welcome new ones, whilst Frank Nelson, acting Deputy Chair Bryan Partridge, Jan everyone reaped the benefits of the many refurbishment Faulkner, Bridget Sherlock, Malcolm Teal and Di Williams. projects we had carried out the year before. Thank you all for everything you do for the hall - not least the much-savoured Bike Night bacon butty counter. Our income from hall lettings for the year was up by over 8% at £14,132 (£13,015 in 2015) which is starting to get The village hall is a registered charity and relies totally back to where we were in 2014 (£14,928). Our revenue from on income from bookings and donations to keep the place events was substantially lower at £2,673 (£4,328 in 2015) as going. We receive no state subsidies of any kind and depend it’s been proving difficult to attract original live events since on the goodwill, time and energy of many volunteers. The the touring theatre companies lost their subsidies. But our hall is effectively owned by the village and run by the village events do continue to make a profit, which is good news. for the benefit of the village. Our income from donations was down too at £210 (£1,360 in 2015), so overall our total income for the year was down at We will soon be facing more big expenditure, such as the £17,057 (£18,732 in 2015). But we spent less this year, and our heating system which may need major attention this year. expenditure before depreciation was just £12,033 (£19,834 in So we can’t rest easy, and to help us plan for the future we 2015). After allowing for the annual depreciation of £2,964, are launching the Patrons of Cassington Village Hall. If you that leaves net incoming resources of £2,060 (net outgoing value the hall at the heart of our community and wish to see was minus £4,066 in 2015). So in cash terms we improved it kept in the best possible condition for everyone to enjoy, our healthy position and finished well up on the year. both today and tomorrow, then please consider joining us. By becoming a Patron, you can make a tax-efficient donation Although we had no major refurbishment costs in 2016, of as little as £10 a year to help towards the upkeep of the there was a steady flow of expenditure on minor repairs building and its facilities. If you’re a tax-payer, you can Gift and maintenance that goes on week in and week out - Aid your donation so that as a registered charity we can from flickering exit lights to new cutlery (many thanks to reclaim the tax and increase the value of your gift at no cost to Cassington Cafe for their donation). In total we spent £1,029 you. Every £10 you give could be worth £12.50 to the village (£7,520 in 2015) on repairs and renewals. hall. So please do consider becoming a Patron in 2017.

Great thanks are due to the whole team involved, starting Thank you to all our customers and donors. with our dedicated manager Nicky Copelin and cleaner Kathryn Teal, who we’re going to miss hugely when she leaves John Hemingway us this coming Spring. Our hard-working team of trustees 15 February 2017 ------I would like to become a Patron PAYMENT OPTIONS: of Cassington Village Hall I enclose a cheque for £10 ___ £20 ___ £50 ___ other £ ______made payable to Cassington Village Hall Name ______-OR- I would like to set up a standing order of £______Address ______and acknowledge that someone from the Village Hall will contact me regarding this. ______I am UK tax payer, by consenting to pay through the Gift Postcode ______Aid scheme we can reclaim the tax for your donations - up to the value of 25p per £1. Tel no ______Signature ______E Mail ______Date ______Please complete and return this form to: Lorna Mills, Treasurer, Cassington Village Hall, Slocken The Green Cassington, 01865 731222, [email protected] -OR- Nicky Copelin, The New House, The Green Cassington,[email protected] 11

11 Village contact list Executive and VIP Transport

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12 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST PETER, EYNSHAM Serving the Hanboroughs, Freeland, Cassington, South Leigh, Stanton Harcourt, Sutton and Northmoor.

Many non-Catholics come to our Church or get help from our Priest. All are welcome.

Address : Abbey Street, Eynsham OX29 4HR Phone 01865 881613 Website: www.stpeterseynsham.org.uk

SUNDAY MASS is at 10.00am with a Children’s LENT is a time when Christians try to do something extra Liturgy during Mass and SATURDAY for Sunday at for God. This may include giving up some special food, 5.00pm but always as an offering to God no simply as a way of losing weight. One of the best ways of keeping Lent is to come once a week to a weekday Mass as well as on Mass also Mondays,Tuesdays and Fridays at Sundays, or to send more time in private prayer. 9.30am at 10.00am & at ,Wednesdays Thursdays LENT begins/or began on Ash Wednesday 1st March 5:30pm (new time on Thursdays). : Anyone can/or could come forward to be ashed during Mass. We use it as a reminder that without God we are THE PARISH PRIEST : Father Mark Lagorio is happy dust and ashes, and as a sign of our determination to do to receive enquiries by phone on 01865 881613 or email all we can to serve God more faithfully throughout Lent, [email protected] as we prepare for Easter. Mass is/was at 10.00am and 7.00pm on that day. The Retired Priest : Father Martin Flatman is available OUR LENTEN QUIET DAY is on Saturday 11th March on 07719 646790 or email [email protected] and is at the Catholic Church in Witney, and will be led by Father Martin, our retired priest. There is an BIBLE STUDY after Mass on Wednesdays. optional Mass at 10.00am, and then a time of welcome at ADORATION after Mass on Fridays. 10.30am. The First Talk begins at 11.00am followed by Silent Prayer and Adoration. You are asked to bring your own lunch, and the afternoon session begins at 1.30pm during daylight THE CHURCH is open for prayer with an interactive prayerful activity called Lectio Divina hours at Abbey Street, Eynsham, OX29 4HR. followed by the Second Talk ad Questions and Discussion from about 2.15pm. We finish at 3.00pm with Tea for those THE HALL (The Tolkien Room) is available for hire who want to stay and chat a bit longer. with a lovely outside area where people can sit or walk, OUR LENTEN PENITENTIAL SERVICE is on Tuesday and children can play. To book contact the Parish priest 21st March at 7.00pm. There will be a short service as above. and then a number of priests will be available to hear Confessions.

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Churchfield’s Care Home, in Cassington, are looking for individuals who share our commitment and enthusiasm for care. Join our professional, friendly, fun and supportive team.

• Excellent training opportunities. • High staff ratio at all times. • Strong leadership and supportive management. • Friendly, welcoming home working together to be the best!

Contact Steph Eley at Churchfields to find out more about these exciting job opportunities. Churchfields Care Home 01865 881440 • [email protected] Individual care for Individual people Cassington, Oxfordshire. www.churchfieldscarehome.co.uk

Churchfields advert_v2.indd 1 17/01/2017 21:32 CASSINGTON WI Construction on a new bus lane and park-and- FEBRUARY MEETING ride west of Oxford could begin in September 2018, according to the council. Oxfordshire County Council said it hoped to complete the The business section of our Meeting came after our Speaker design of the 1,000-space park-and-ride and transport route this month as he had travelled quite a distance to get here. Di by next year. Williams our Vice President introduced Roger Powell who The authority has said it needs to invest £3m to develop the told us about ‘Royal Mistresses’. project, which would be recouped from the Department for Royal Mistresses and Roger he told us about many of them Transport. The project would cost about £36m. throughout history, were very often intelligent and full of A council spokesman said the project would "provide character coming from well known families who had fallen on a congestion-free route for public transport on the A40" hard times and the girls had no dowry. They invariably had a approaching Oxford. carefully thought out plan as to how to be noticed by the King Eynsham is the proposed site of the 1,000-space park- and how to hold onto their position particularly while they and-ride. were giving birth on a fairly regular basis. Many were already Council leader Ian Hudspeth said: "The kind of married and would have children from their husbands as well. improvements we are proposing will be another step change Nell Gwyn and Mrs Jordan didn't come into this category and for improving journeys following the completion of the A40 were both poor but had the charisma to entertain. Wolvercote and Cutteslowe roundabouts." Barbara Villiers was an interesting mistress of Charles In addition, a stretch of road from Witney to Eynsham 11, often painted by Sir Peter Lely and with whom she had could become a dual carriageway. 5 children all of which were acknowledged by the King and The cabinet will vote on proposals to spend £3m on recognised by the name FitzRoy. Her influence was referred designing the project. to as the ‘Uncrowned Queen’. The Villiers family throughout A spokesman said the funding was needed to secure £35m the ages provided many mistresses for future reigning kings. of investment from the Department for Transport. Sheila Nelson gave the vote of thanks… Ann Humphris The spokesman added: "The detailed design is scheduled to and Wilmine Winstone served refreshments. be completed in April 2018, following which the construction We completed our business and noted that our next Meeting contractor will be appointed and construction works is on 16th March and is our AGM followed by Supper. Please forecasted to start in September 2018." note that 25TH MARCH IS OUR SPRING ‘JUMBLE SALE’.

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14 ST PETER’S CHURCH CASSINGTON The Church of St. Peter's is here as a fellowship to worship God, build people up in Christ and share his love with others The church is open daily as a place of quiet and escape from everyday pressures.

MARCH 2017 There is usually a service of Holy Communion on Tuesdays at 9.30am except 28 Feb. There will be Holy Communion at 9.30 on Ash Wednesday 1 March. Prayers at 12 noon on Thursdays. The church bells will usually be rung between 9.30-10am prior to the 10am service Practice night is on Thursdays between 7pm and 8pm.

Sunday 5th March Sunday 12th March 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10am Holy Communion Revd Andrew Atherstone Revd John Underwood 10am ST PETER’S TOGETHER Revd Roger Aston Sunday 19th March St Peter’s Together is usually held monthly 8am Holy Communion (BCP) on Sunday mornings in the church. 10am Morning Worship A celebration suitable for all ages and an Revd John Underwood opportunity for church congregations, (Preacher: Derek Foster) St Peter’s School and Cassington Community to gather together.

Sunday 26th March – MOTHERING SUNDAY 10am ST PETER’S TOGETHER Revd Roger Aston A traditional celebration for Mothering Sunday with posies being handed out. All are welcome – bring family and friends

2.15pm Mothering Sunday Songs of Praise at Churchfields Nursing Home

6pm Evening Prayer (BCP) Revd Andrew Atherstone (Preacher: Olly Shaw – youth worker)

TINIES & TODDLERS Mondays – March 13th, 20th, 27th (term-time only) A Parent/Carer & Toddler group in Cassington Village Hall 10.00-11.30am Toys, crafts, songs & refreshments for under-fives and their carers. The group is being run by St Peter’s Church in partnership with local parents

There are a number of activities and cell groups for young people age 11-18 in Eynsham. Please do contact our Youth Worker, Olly Shaw - details below.

Contact details: Associate Curate – Revd Roger Aston Tel: 01865 880757 email: [email protected] Youth Worker: Olly Shaw email: [email protected] blog: http://stleonardsyouth.blogspot.co.uk web site www.stleonardsyouth.co.uk Enquiries including weddings, baptisms and funerals: Church Administrator: Jan Macdonald – Mon-Thurs 9am-1pm Tel:01865 883325 email [email protected] West Oxfordshire Community Choir Thursdays (term time) 7.30 - 9.30pm, St James Centre, High Street, Stonesfield, Oxon, OX29 8PU wocchoir.co.uk

 From Michael Jackson to Elbow; Guns and Roses to Marvin Gaye. WOC choir performs a variety of musical genres with all arrangements created by the choir’s director and founder, Laura Rudge.  Open to all West Oxfordshire residents over 18. No auditions or music reading ability needed, simply come along and discover what being part of WOCC is all about.  Weekly membership is charged at £5 per week for full time members if paid in advance or £7 a week for ad hoc members. The first session for all new members is half price.  Lift share from Cassington possible.  New term starts Thursday 5th January with music from the musicals.

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Parish Council News Horsemere Lane Awaiting news on the consultation for the Bus Lane and Park EYNSHAM and Ride which will determine the future status of Bell Lane. EMPORIUM Road Safety Volunteers continue to carry out speed checks, however more volunteers are needed if we are going to continue this NOW STOCKING… on a more regular basis. Carol Mitchell, your Parish Councillor, is coordinating the Avoca, BOHO Betty, Wild & Wolf checks. If you want to volunteer, please contact Carol by emailing David Casey the Clerk & at [email protected] Jelly Cat, Great Gizmos, Ridley’s We posted this last two months, we still need volunteers. and lots of individual, traditional and retro toys and games Overgrown hedges, ditches, road and footpath Maintenance And for the first time If you find potholes in the road, hedges overhanging the Gisele Graham’s road or footpath you can report this to Highways on FIX MY STREET. Oxfordshire County Council Website. Beautiful Christmas Decorations

The main storm drain that runs down Mill Lane is still under 8.30-5pm Monday to Friday investigation. Recent investigations by Thames Water has 9.30-5pm on Saturday. 01865 731717. located a leak in the area that has made the flooding in the info/w w w .eynsham-emporium.co.uk field beyond worse than normal. 32-34 Mill Street, Eynsham, OX29 4JS If you know of any other drainage problems please report to ------FIX MY STREET. FREE ON-STREET PARKING & OTHER War Memorial GOOD INDEPENDENT LOCAL SHOPS WITHIN The Parish Council is currently getting further professional EASY WALKING DISTANCE reports on the memorial to complete information required by the grant provider.

Worton Farm Road safety. Worton Park in response to a more positive approach by OCC have started work on getting a scheme together for the improvement of the junction on Yarnton Lane

Bell Lane and Yarnton Lane junction Safety Mirror The Parish Council have requested the repainting of the lines on the junction

Tall Conifer Trees in Church Lane. The Parish Council have received a favourable quote for providing low shrub cover to the area which should tidy the area up after the recent tree removal.

Witney to Oxford Transport Group We need more bell ringers.... Members of the Parish Council attended a recent meeting. Other than understanding some of the aims of the group You don't need to be strong, musical or a nothing concrete came out of the meeting. It is however church goer. planned to attend subsequent meeting to keep in touch with But possible have plenty of patience and plans to see where we might support some new ideas. perseverance ! We are a nice easy going bunch Next Parish Council Meeting is who have a laugh while trying to get better at ringing. Thursday March 9th @ 7.30pm in the Village hall. Drop in and have a go on Hugh Thomas - Chairman, Cassington Parish Council Thursday's 7pm-8pm. Age 12+

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16 Churchfields Care Home Churchfields has lots more exciting outings and Churchfields Care Home has a busy start to the New activities planned and as always we welcome the Year! community to join us, or to make suggestions of how We have been busy with activities, celebrations and we could engage with each other. outings over the past few weeks and we are now looking forward to planning for the warmer months of spring. Dates for your diary: The Chequers Inn has made us all feel welcome with our new regular coffee mornings. This outing is proving Coffee morning: Every Wednesday at 11am, to be very popular with our residents. Members of the Chequers Inn. Join us for a coffee and chat. £3 for community are also invited and it would be great for coffee, re-fill and biscuits. our residents and staff to meet you all. More details are below. Hairdressing service: Every Thursday morning Burns Night and Valentines kept our chef and at Churchfields Care Home. A range of hairdressing kitchen staff busy as they prepared tasty, themed meals services available, please phone Churchfields to enquire and treats for us all. With any of our themed events, about prices and to book. residents were highly engaged with the preparation and enjoyed learning about the different cultures and We look forward to seeing you soon, and please do traditions. get in touch if you would like to take a look around Our residents have also enjoyed a host of exciting Churchfields Care Home. activities and visitors, including singers and entertainers, keeping fit, flower arranging and trips Karen and Anne, Lifestyle Support Coordinators – into the village. 01865 881440 www.churchfieldscarehome.co.uk

CASSINGTON RESIDENTS PLEASE READ: BE VIGILANT FOLKS, NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH As has been previously reported in the CAWN and social media, there has been a recent spate of thefts from Cassington resident's garages, sheds and drives. We are the sort of village who don't feel the need to keep bikes etc under lock and key at all times of night and day, but it would seem, that this sort of vigilance is necessary. Following some serious acts of theft on The Tennis, Elms Road and Bell Lane, some residents have been excersising an informal neighbourhood watch scheme. Look out for vans/trailers slowly cruising looking for unlocked garages and bikes left without locks. We have seen cases of this type of thing in broad daylight several times over the past few months. Sometimes, the thieves even wear high visibility clothing to look like official workers.

There is a Facebook page called "Cassington Family Group", please join if you can - here, residents have made efforts to alert others of suspicious looking vehicles and in some instances this information has led to being helpful to the police. A few times it was noticed that the number plates on such vehicles have not matched up to the correct vehicle when investigated online ie. stolen or uninsured vehicles.

So, please keep a watch out, if you see anything suspicious it is worth taking a photo if possible. And above all, keep garages and sheds locked at all times. We can all look out for each other. It has also been suggested residents should attend next Parish Council meeting to get a real Neighbourhood Watch thing going.

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17 Sign up for garden waste collections by 3 March 2017 From April, West Oxfordshire District Council will be charging £30 per bin, per year, for its fortnightly garden waste collections. You need to sign up to receive this service and the Council are writing to all households in early February with more details. To take advantage of the maximum number of collections for the year, starting from April 2017, please register before 3 March. If you do not wish to pay the £30 charge, simply do nothing and your garden waste collections will cease at the end of March 2017. For more information or to sign up: • Visit www.westoxon.gov.uk/garden • Call 01993 861025 Payment will be taken with a debit or credit card only. For many years this service has been free in West Oxfordshire, but due to the loss of external funding it is now necessary to charge.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Burford Singers Handel Messiah - booking now open

As our Palm Sunday (9th April) concert of Handel’s Messiah opens for booking in February, and competition for tickets will be high. Burford Singers – Handel's Messiah Burford Singers with Sunday, 9th April 2017 , 7.30pm Cotswold Chamber Orchestra, leader Kate Bailey Church of St John the Baptist Robyn Allegra Parton, Soprano Church Green, Angharrad Lyddon, Mezzo-Soprano Burford OX18 4RY James Oxley, Tenor - Jon Stainsby, Bass Brian Kay - Conductor Tickets reserved at £23, £19 and £15, unreserved £10 Postal booking (advised) opens on 18 Feb 2017 Booking in person opens 20 Mar 2017 Telephone booking opens on 6 March on 01993 822412 Th e Madhatter Bookshop, 122, High Street, Burford OX18 4QJ

Full details and booking form available on our website www.burfordsingers.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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tea, sandwiches, marshalls people, bikes, marshalls - the evening simply doesn't happen without the eff orts of a team of

marshalls directing traffi c and people safely and shaking buckets so we all have a fun and successful event. It's a village event organised by the village for the village. To be

a successful and safe event we need to start putting preparations in place now. We're looking for a team of volunteers to help us marshall the event this year. If you are aged 16 and over an can help us out for at least half an hour we'd love to hear from you.

Please put Cassington Bike Night (Mon 26 June'17) Th e moremarshalls we have the more we can ALL enjoy the in your diary now and then send us an email us at event. Even if you're helping out with another village group on [email protected] letting us know when you can the night we really could do with your assistance. Th ere are over help us marshall. 550 half hour marshall slots to fi ll, including the school and sports fi elds. 18

18 what’s on? CASSINGTON CAFÉ CASSINGTON VILLAGE HALL Next Café Monday 6th March from 10am until noon We look forward to seeing you all then!

VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS

Film in March, the fi rst Friday of the month: Friday 3rd March will be The Girl on the Train Tickets £5 from Nicky 01865 881813 or Ruth 01865 883512. Doors open at 7pm and the fi lm starts at 7.30pm. Bar and raffl e. For information, and to book the Village Hall, contact: Nicky Copelin, Th e New House, Th e Green, Cassington Tel: 01865 881813; Email: [email protected]

Don’t forget … When you book the Village Hall you can make use of our wireless broadband connection – ask Nicky for details when you make your booking cassingtonvillagehall.org.uk

CASSINGTON WI THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2017, AGM & Supper SATURDAY 25 MARCH Spring Jumble Sale 2pm Film in March, the fi rst Friday of the month: Friday 7th April will be A Street Cat called Bob Eynsham Bridge Club Tickets £5 from Nicky 01865 881813 or Ruth 01865 883512. As the nights are drawing in, it’s time to start thinking Doors open at 7pm and the fi lm starts at 7.30pm. Bar and raffl e. about what to do in those dark evenings. Why not join us and play bridge? We are an informal group who play for fun on alternate Monday evenings from 7.00 – 10.00pm. It only costs £3 a session. For more information contact Helena Nielsen on 01865 880685. Cassington Bookworms We shall be reading 'A Matter of Death and Life’ by Andrei Kurkov Night @ Eynsham Library Book Group Next meeting on March 6th at 8pm. Please phone 881808 for venue. Enjoy a lock-in at Eynsham Library Being a social bookworm has never been so much fun If you wish to be uplifted, link into my thought for the day. MARCH 28 2017 AT 7:30pm Twitter @1947irene • Rev’d Irene B (Irene Buckingham)

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19 noticeboard Calling all Cassington mums, dads and carers HATE IRONING? Dates for your diary We would like to invite you to join our Then Take It To Elsie Unless shown, events are in the friendly local group on Facebook. Search @ 15, Elms Road, Cassington for Cassington mums’ group and send a Tel. 01865 882168 for further Village Hall request to join. It’s a great way to meet details new people, keep up-to-date with what’s March 2017 going on, and get involved in lots of fun Thursday 2nd, 7:30pm social stuff too – both with and without Parish Council Meeting the kids! Need any clothes stitched up? Buttons sewn on? Hems taken up? Friday 3rd, 7 for 7:30pm If anyone is new to the village and Cassington Movies: The Girl on the would like a friendly chat to introduce Contact Eleanor: 01865 880581 or Train themselves and their families, feel free [email protected] Sunday 5th, 1pm - 4pm to contact Vicky (07917 403976; vickyt@ I have lots of experience and will The Cassington Gamers Moot pink-sky.co.uk) or Jess (07852187079; use a sewing machine Monday 6th, 10am - 12 noon [email protected]). Prices vary per item Cassington Cafe Monday 6th, 8pm Do you know Need music for a there is a free Cassington Bookworms - phone children’s party? service to 881808 for venue Cassington Two young, up-and-coming DJs, Aaron Thursday 16th, evening residents that will take you to the and Lily, can provide personally WI AGM & Supper doctors’ surgeries at Eynsham or arranged playlists, lights and Saturday 18th, 7pm - midnight Long Hanborough? equipment plus lead fun dance Cassington Spring Ball Fundraiser Run by volunteers, thisis available routines! Contact Sunday 19th, 6pm by phoning [email protected] or "Eddie and the Gold Tops" Sheila Nelson on 880740 or [email protected] or Pat Vereker on 880693 call 07711 489463 for details Saturday 25th, 2pm WI Jumble Sale Please give us as much notice as ======Sunday 26th, 1am possible Cassington Sports and Social Club are looking for a cleaner for Pavilion on Clocks go back 1 hour Unfortunately we are now unable to offer transport to hospitals for occasional basis £8 per hour. Sunday 26th, routine outpatient appointments. Cleaning can be done at your convenience Mothering Sunday For these please contact the patient and at the moment is only required transport number 0300 100 0015 occasionally. or Volunteer Link Up 01993 776277 Please contact Kate Rogers by email if April 2017 interested [email protected] Monday 3rd, 10am - 12 noon ======Babysitter available Cassington Cafe Cleaner wanted Thursday 6th, 7:30pm Bethan Humphris (17) for Cassington Village Hall Parish Council Meeting First aid qualification. £5 per hour. 01865 882171. Friday 7th, 7 for 7:30pm Good rates of pay and hours to suit Please contact Lorna on 07711489463 Cassington Movies: A Street Cat PORTRAIT ARTIST ======called Bob Saturday 8th, 6:30pm Full time artist working from "Flat 73" play & open forum studio in Cassington. Friday 14th, Commission a drawing/ painting – any Good Friday bank holiday subject/ media, from life or photos. Monday 17th, email: [email protected] Easter Monday bank holiday web: www.amyhemingway.com tel: 01865 883991

Tickets for films and shows from: GIFTS | WEDDINGS | BABY | FAMILY | Ruth Bakewell (01865 883512) PETS | HOME Nicky Copelin (01865 881813) For local services, ‘for sale’ or similar notices, please send copy (by email ideally) to the usual address. Appropriate notices are FREE, and are placed at our discretion. 20

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