Deddington News December 2016 – 1 THE TEAM YOUR EDITOR THIS MONTH: JILL CHEESEMAN FEBRUARY 2017 COPY TO I hope you have enjoyed reading our 40 years of CATHERINE DESMOND reminiscences. Don’t miss the View from Fleet Street. Once [email protected] by 14 January again the issue is jam-packed with interesting items so sit down with a glass of something and a mince pie and enjoy ADVERTISING COPY a good read. Have a happy and peaceful Christmas and we by 10 January look forward to seeing you all in 2017. JC EDITORS Jill Cheeseman 01869 338609 What’s On Catherine Desmond December 01869 336211 Sat 3 Hempton Christmas Bazaar: Old School Room, 11.00am [email protected] Sat 3 Christmas card collection box: (Scouts local delivery), MONTHLY ADS & INSERTS Eagles, Market Place (until 17 December) Debbie Grimsley 01869 336110 Sun 4 Concert: Advent Carols by Candelight, Choros Choir, [email protected] Parish Church, 7.00pm Tue 6 School: Open morning for parents, tours at 9.10, 9.40, 10.10, ANNUAL ADS 10.40 and 11.20am Sandie Goundrey Tue 6 PFSU/Nursery: Christmas Fayre, Parish Church, 7.30pm [email protected] Wed 7 Photographic Society: Gail Girvan, ‘From the Shadows Back to Light: Pastels to Camera’, Cartwright Hotel, 7.30pm WHAT’S ON AND WEB Sat 10 Christmas concert: Akeman Voices, Parish Church, 7.30pm Mary Robinson Mon 12 School F1 and Nursery/PFSU: ‘Noisy Nativity’, Parish [email protected] Church, 2.00pm CLUBS Tue 13 School KS1: ‘Lights, Camel, Action’, Parish Church, 4.30pm Alison Day 01869 337204 Tue 13 WI: Christmas and 91st Birthday lunch, Holly Tree, 12 noon [email protected] Wed 14 Nursery: Interactive Christmas celebration, ‘Journey to Bethlehem’, Nursery, 10.00am–12.00pm PARISH COUNCIL Wed 14 Primary School: Carol service, Parish Church, 2.15pm Jean Rudge 01869 338110 Wed 14 History Society: Christmas social and quiz, Windmill, 7.30pm [email protected] Thu 15 School KS2: Carol Service, Parish Church, 5.45pm Sat 17 Farmers’ Market: Market Place, 9am–12.30pm FEATURES Wed 21 PC meeting, Holly Tree, 7.30pm Hilary Smith 01869 337812 [email protected] Sat 24 Carols in the Market Place: Deddington Brass, 6.00pm January PRINTING Wed 4 Photographic Society: ‘Three best images of 2016’, Cartwright Ruth Johnson 01869 337166 Hotel, Aynho, 7.30pm Pat Swash Thu 5 DOGS: AGM, Deddington Arms Boardroom, 7.00pm Tue 10 WI: Tim Bryce, ‘The Beauty of Trees’, Holly Tree, 7.30pm COLLATING & DISTRIBUTION Wed 11 History Society: Stephen Wass, ‘The Archaeology of Pat Brittain 01869 338685 Farnborough Hall Landscape’, Windmill Centre, 7.30pm and teams Wed 18 Photographic Society: Workshop, Cartwright Hotel, 7.30pm TREASURER Thu 19– Deddington Players: Aladdin, Windmill Centre Buffy Heywood 01869 338212 Sat 21 2.30pm and 6.30pm [email protected] Thu 26 Book Club: Call Sally Lambert on 338094 for details February COVER Wed 1 Photographic Society: Paul Brewerton, Cartwright Hotel, Jane Wilson Aynho, 7.30pm Copies of the Deddington News are available at THE FLOWER SHOP with a box for donations. 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The DN is printed on recycled paper. www.deddington.uk Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/deddingtononline and Twitter @DeddiOnLine 2 – December 2016 Deddington News DEDDINGTON PARISH COUNCIL at the Old School Room, Hempton – Wednesday 16 November District Councillor Bryn Williams reported that the Lo- to be stripped of concrete tiles, roof strengthened and cal Plan will be discussed on 9 January and villages re-laid using blue slates. will learn of the proposed new dwellings allocated to Highways and transport their communities. Data from the speed monitoring equipment at Clifton Because of Oxford City’s failure to meet their hous- suggest that a high percentage of traffic is speeding. ing need, CDC has been asked to accept an additional DPC is to contact OCC and Thames Valley Police. 4,400 dwellings to the 22,840 already agreed. Six pos- No changes to parking in New Street at present. sible locations have been put forward in Deddington A resident’s concerns have been forwarded to OCC. and one in Hempton. Consultation is ongoing and A resident has complained about inconsiderate is available to view online at www.cherwell.gov.uk/ parking in the Tchure during building works. This will planningpolicyconsultation or at Deddington library. be investigated as a condition of planning approval Comments should be sent to PlanningPolicyConsulta- was that this inconvenience should be avoided. [email protected] or Planning Policy Team at Environment and Recreation Cherwell District Council. The fitness trail will shortly be installed. It has been reported that the time allowing pedestri- Four defibrillators will be sited in former telephone ans to cross at the traffic lights is not long enough for kiosks in Hempton and Clifton, and at the Co-op in the elderly or large groups of schoolchildren. County Deddington (or possibly in the telephone kiosk if this Councillor Fatemian will look into this. is not appropriate). The telephone kiosk in Hempton He will investigate the aggressive cutting back of Road is to be removed. the hedge on the main road by David Wilson Homes. The Christmas tree will be erected on Tuesday 29 The developers were asked to treat such work sym- November. David Hope Electrical has kindly offered to pathetically. There is concern as to the legality of work supply hardware and install the lights free of charge. already begun on site. Also the condition that vehicles Councillors have volunteered to clean road signs leaving the site should only turn left towards Banbury is on Sunday 20 November. apparently not being observed. CDC will be informed. The farmers’ market has offered to install a new Daytime Support Services are to be re-structured shed at the Holly Tree Club and this has been grate- due to financial restraints. It is likely that organisa- fully accepted. tions will no longer receive funding from OCC after Windmill Upgrade August 2017. The Windmill Thursday Club falls into Most work has now been completed. this category. More details can be found on http://news. Note from correspondent: residents are reminded oxfordshire.gov.uk/dayservices/. It would be helpful if that parish councillors are volunteers and have voted residents concerned by this proposal could respond to receive no payment for their considerable input of individually to the consultation. time, effort and expertise. Neighbourhood Plan Next PC meeting: Wednesday 21 December at Following final two public consultations in spring 2017 7.30pm at the Holly Tree Club, Deddington. a Parish referendum will be organised by CDC. The Jean Rudge group is concerned that some issues have not been covered by the parish questionnaire. These include unadopted play areas and roads and leasehold prop- Blissful Thinking erties. So the year of our Lord two thousand and sixteen has Planning Applications bequeathed to us quite a slough of despond. Copious No Objections world icons of art, culture, sport and science perished, 8 Castle St – refurbish garden shed and garage, more refuge was needed than ever, and demagoguery garden walls, replace front door to match adjoining was de rigeur once more. The Western body politic house. Some concern that this work may already have is more fractured and confused than ever. The fact been carried out. that the news of a sitting member of parliament being Ivy Cottage, 3 St Thomas St – fell one tree. Requested murdered was on the front page for only a couple of another tree be planted elsewhere. days illustrates the pandemonium crashing all around The Cottage, Philcote Street – new flat roof extension us for much of the year. Even in the parish, we’ve had over existing courtyard. Requested consideration be several local icons taken from us, and that wretched shown regarding highway obstruction during building housing estate has now begun its first phase towards works. our ultimate car-mageddon. But we’re still here, still The Unicorn Hotel, Market Place – single storey side fighting, and still beautiful, so let’s all have a wild extension with two openings to existing building. Christmas for the ages, and let 2017 clean up the 2 Chapmans Lane – change of approved drawings. mess. Hilary’s Hat Hire, Market Place – part of existing roof Aaron Bliss, [email protected] www.deddington.uk Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/deddingtononline and Twitter @DeddiOnLine Deddington News December 2016 – 3 DEDDINGTON LIBRARY December is upon us. Perhaps time to reflect on some the library. They do a valuable job. Without them, my of the highlights of our incredibly busy year and to say job would be all the more difficult. a huge thank you for your continued support. The committee of Friends works very hard to Deddington Bookworms started in April and has fundraise and support our library and, indeed, are gone from strength to strength, a lively bunch of incredibly supportive of me, and perhaps, more than happy bookworms, enjoying meeting and reading a little indulgent.