Issue 413 December 2018 Price 50p Happy Christmas From the News Team & our local posties Our Chippy posties are gearing up for their busiest time and hope everyone will post & order online early for Christmas! Bumper Christmas issue Spot the 16 hidden camels & Churches at Christmas Your Vegan try our Have I Christmas in Chippy got Chippy News Christmas dinner free family for You Quiz friendly Aladdin panto review event Christmas Diary, Opening Times plus all the Local News, Arts, Clubs, Sport, Schools and Letters SEASONAL INFORMATION Season’s Greetings to all our Christmas opening times readers from the News Team Chemists: For urgent prescriptions when chemists are closed call your GP surgery for an emergency number. REMEMBER! CN Health Centre: Closed from 6.30pm (phones 6pm) on No January edition of the Chippy News Friday 24 Dec until Thursday 27 Dec at 8am (phones 8.30am). Next deadline is Friday 11 January Closed from 6.30pm (phones 6pm) Monday 31 Dec until Wednesday 2 Jan at 8am (phones 8.30am). Outside surgery opening times, call 111 for urgent but not life threatening Diary symptoms, and 999 for a life threatening emergency. Order December (News out Monday 26 November) repeat prescriptions well before Christmas. See also Church Services p15, Festive Dates p16, Christmas Hospital: (01865 903333) Open for first-aid injuries – Concerts, Exhibitions & Lectures on p20-21 normal weekday evenings 5pm-9pm, Bank Holidays (ie 25, 26 29 Nov-1Dec Methodist Christmas Tree Festival - see p16 Dec + 1 Jan) & weekends 10am-9pm. Casualty at Witney or 3rd Chippy News Team Christmas Event (& AGM!) Banbury hospitals will deal with more serious injuries. 7.30 lower Town Hall see p3 Police: The area is policed by local officers 24 hours a day. 2nd Rambling Club NB meet Winter time of 1.30pm - see p25 Banbury Police Stn is open every day except 25 Dec. In an 4th Railway Club 7.30 Lwr Town Hall - see p24 emergency ring 999. Call 101 to contact the Police for non- 5th U3A 2.30pm Methodist Hall see p26 emergency calls. North Oxon Organic Gardeners see p24 WODC One Stop Shop in the Guildhall closed from 1pm 8th Kingham Singers’ Christmas Concert - see p21 on Friday 21 Dec until 9am Weds 2 Jan. Services are available Finding your Feet 7.30pm Churchill Village Hall see p13 online 24/7 at: www.westoxon.gov.uk or call 01993 861000. 9th Christmas in Chippy Christmas Market etc noon-6pm see advert on back page for details Library: Closed Thurs & Sun as usual plus, 25 & 26 Dec + 1 WOWI’s Tea, cake & chat Methodist Hall 2-3.30pm p26 Jan. Open: Mon 24 Dec 9.30am-1pm, Fri 28th 9.30-5, Sat 29th 10th History Society 7.30 Methodist Hall Mike Heaney - 9.30-4, Mon 31st 9.30-5. Back to normal Wed 2nd Jan 9.30-4. Percy Manning The antiquary Leisure Centre: Closed 25/26 Dec & 1 Jan. Opening hrs 24 & 31 Folk Club 8pm Artyard Cafe Enstone - see p24-25 Dec 6.30am-3pm. Visit www.better.org.uk or call 644412 for other 12th Methodist Coffee Morning 9.30-11.30 Crisis at Christmas holiday opening times. CNWI 2.15pm Lower Town Hall see p24 Rubbish & Recycling Collection: When ~ Mon 24 Dec Horticultural Assoc 7.30 Methodist Hall see p28 then, Weds 2 Jan, Tues 8 Jan back to normal Mon 14 Jan. What 13th CN Probus Ladies’ Lunch see p27 ~ food caddy collections weekly; household rubbish 15th CN Farmers’ Market 8.30-1.30 fortnightly alternating with Recycling (& Green Waste 17th Amateur Astronomy Group see p25 where appropriate - - note last Green Waste collection Mon West Oxon WI 7.30 Parish Rooms see p26 st 24 Dec – service resumed 14 Jan). Collections as per the 21 LHNT Candles of Remembrance see p13 Calendar issued by WODC, call 01993 861025 or visit: January (No Chipping Norton News) www.westoxon.gov.uk 6th Rambling Club 1.30pm New St Car Park see p25 Xmas Trees etc: From 14 Jan Garden Waste customers can put WOWI’s Tea, cake & chat Methodist Hall 2-3.30pm p26 real trees & greenery (holly, ivy, wreaths) out as garden waste 8th U3A Annual Lunch see p26 inside their licensed bin. Remove pot, decorations, wire etc. 9th Methodist Coffee Morning 9.30-11.30 Church Flowers Festive food recycling (turkey bones, peelings etc) can be put 10th Amnesty 7.30pm Lower Town Hall - see p27 out in both your kitchen and outdoor food caddies. th 11 CHIPPING NORTON NEWS DEADLINE Extra recycling can be black boxes, open cardboard boxes or clear 12th The Bookshop 7.30pm Churchill Village Hall see p13 bags (but not black bags) NB glass must go in your recycling boxes. 13th Christmas Trees come down! 9am Town Hall Small electrical items can be recycled in black boxes (but not 14th History Society Members’ Afternoon Tea mixed with glass) & put textiles in a carrier bag. Folk Club 8pm Artyard Cafe Enstone - see p24-25 15th CN Probus Monthly Meeting see p27 Markets: 16th Horticultural Assoc 7.30 Methodist Hall Ian Gourlay Chipping Norton Wednesday Market: 19 & 26 Dec & 2 Jan - Organic gardening and Bridewell see p28 though not all traders may attend 17th Green Drinks 8pm Chequers Goddards Lane Farmers’ Market: 8.30-1.30 Saturday 15 Dec & 19 Jan as usual. 19th CN Farmers’ Market 8.30-1.30 21st Amateur Astronomy Group see p25 24th CN Flower Club 7pm Lower Town Hall see p27 Town Xmas trees 26th Friends of St Mary’s Church Burns Night - see p8 come down Sunday February (News out Monday 28 January) 13 January 3rd Rambling Club 1.30pm New St Car Park see p25 5th Railway Club 7.30 Lwr Town Hall - see p24 meet at the Town Hall 9am 6th U3A 2.30pm Methodist Hall see p26 & join the jolly fairy light gang North Oxon Organic Gardeners - 7.30 see p24 2 LOCAL NEWS Chippy News Xmas event January start for M&S? The Chipping Norton News Team wish all our readers a very The News tried to get Marks & Spencer to confirm a January Happy Christmas. Would you like to come and meet the Team start date for their new food store up the London Road, and and celebrate the end of another year of the Town’s information about car parking, but all a spokesperson for M&S community newspaper – run by volunteers since 1976? Why would say was, ‘We’re looking forward to bringing a new not come along at 7.30 on Monday 3 December to the Lower Marks & Spencer Foodhall to Chipping Norton early next Town Hall in Chipping Norton – everyone who supports the year.’ However, another store coming, Pets Corner, confirmed News is welcome – readers and contributors alike. And maybe to the News that they planned to open in January – aiming to you could see if you can help, along with the other volunteers ‘dovetail’ with M&S. Property Director Simon Forrest said who contribute in whatever way they can to produce your ‘Our store will stock our full range of natural pet food and community paper. pet accessories. We will also be installing our dog grooming The non-profit making salon Dogwood’. A Mountain Warehouse and Costa Coffee News Club ‘Team’ are also expected. includes around 20 local people who write articles or features, edit, What are Chippy’s Brexit voters do computer layouts, fill avoiding at Christmas dinner? up our 20 or so boxes, Brussels count money and proofread – or simply contribute ideas. Then Dog ban on Recreation Ground? for each issue probably In November Chipping Norton Town Council agreed to pursue another 50 local people a plan to ban dogs, whether on a lead or not, from most of the contribute with news New Street Recreation Ground to give priority to the safety articles, pictures, clubs, and health of children. The plan could see a limited area at the schools, arts, sports end of the Ground beyond the far goalpost, available for dogs. reports and letters. We Practical issues, including rights of way and enforcement, will have no professional need to be addressed. journalists and lots of the team have ‘day jobs’ We want our bus shelter! as well! And if you want Within 60 seconds of the installation Last year Chip- to try out some writing of the latest Chippy News box in the ping Norton Co-op Pharmacy, customer Joyce or computer work, the Town Council, Harrison reached for her 50p and Team helps each other. It following com- inaugurated our latest outlet. ‘I love all works only because it’ she said. ‘You get all the local there’s lots of local plaints that news. I buy it every month.’ interest in keeping the youths were Pharmacist Yasin Jussab seems community up to date gathering and equally pleased to have the honesty with what’s going on. behaving badly in box on the counter, as is Sue who There will be a a bus shelter works in the Pharmacy at whose short (15 minute) AGM along Walterbush suggestion the box has been at 7.30, to which any of Road, decided the installed. Smiles all round! our Chipping Norton solution was to News supporters are welcome, followed by some wine and remove the soft drinks for anyone present, especially all our regular shelter entirely, contributors, avid readers, and others just interested … And and it seems may of course, you would be very welcome at any of the Club’s not have con- Regular bus users at the site of the demolished bus shelter monthly meetings where we discuss news items and features sulted the public coming up.