Marcham & District News COTHILL – FrilFord – GarFord – Gozzards Ford – MarCHAM – TUBNEY Your Independent Local Newsheet – www.madnews.co.uk May 2011 Vol: 33 No: 5 READ & RECYCLE! FREE ▲ Moonwalking in London see page 13 ▲ Marcham School “Heroes” Car Wash ▼ see page 13 ▲ Little Angels with Easter crosses see page 13 DIARY FOR MAY 1 Sat Table Top Sale, Hanney, 10.00 – 14.00 15 21 Sat Isis Chamber Orchestra, All Saints’, 19.30 7 6 Fri Tea Dance, Civic Hall, Wantage, 14.00 - 16.30 15 21 Sat Abingdon European Society, St Helen’s 15 6 Fri MP’s Surgery, Didcot, 17.30 – 19.00 11 Church Centre, 19.15 8 Sun Abingdon Air Show, Abingdon Airfield, 10.00 15 24 Tue Garford Parish Meeting AGM, Village Hall, 3 19.30 10 Tue Marcham Society, All Saints’, 19.45 9 27 Fri BBOWT Bridge Day 15 11 Wed Marcham Parish Council Meeting, Duffield 3 Place, 19.30 27 Fri Have Your Say, Duffield Place 14.00 – 15.00 9 12 Thu Midweek Walk The White Hart, Wytham, 9 27-28 Dews Meadow Farm Open Days 15 12.30 lunch / 13.30 walk HoLidAy WAStE CoLLECtioNS 13 Fri Quiz Night, MSSSC, 20.30 15 Please ensure your rubbish bags aren’t left vulnerable to animal and/or bird attack. 14 Sat BBOWT Plant Sale & Coffee Morning, Botley, 15 Normal day Revised day Which bin? 09.00 – 12.00 Monday 2 May Tuesday 3 May Grey 14 Sat Moonwalk, London 13 Tuesday 3 May Wednesday 4 May Grey 14-15 Marcham Tennis Association Renewals, 15 Marcham School, 16.00 – 17.00 Wednesday 4 May Thursday 5 May Grey 18 Wed Marcham Annual Parish Meeting, Marcham 9 Thursday 5 May Friday 6 May Grey School, 19.30 Friday 6 May Saturday 7 May Grey 19 Thur Marcham WI, Denman College, 19.30 9 Monday 30 May Tuesday 31 May Grey 20 Fri Deadline for June issue of MADNews, 17.00 Tuesday 31 May Wednesday 1 June Grey 20-21 Abingdon Bowling Club Open Days 15 Wednesday 1 June Thursday 2 June Grey Thursday 2 June Friday 3 June Grey Details of events may change after publication, please check with the relevant organisers before attending events. Friday 3 June Saturday 4 June Grey MarchaM & District News MarchaM Parish couNcil rePort & Notices Dear Readers MARCHAM PARISH COUNCIL NEWS to encourage their children to walk on the PARISH COUNCIL NEWS pavements, and play in the recreation areas AV or not AV, that is the question this New Council is formed where it is safer. month! As well as voting there are lots The term of office for the current Parish Youth Shelter of events this month including parish Council is coming to an end and a new Unfortunately there have been recent meetings, fly fishing lessons, bowls and Parish Council will be formed from the 4th episodes of vandalism at the youth farm open days, bridge with BBOWT, tea day after the election (5th May) to serve shelter and nearby litter bin in the Anson dances and all the other usual activities for the next 4 years. There are 10 seats on field. Would anyone seeing inappropriate – so no chance of anyone being bored! the Council and 7 local people have been behaviour in the area please report the And if you have to stay indoors you can nominated to fill the seats. As the election matter to the Police on the non urgent keep busy with the crossword ... who says is uncontested, no formal ballot is needed. number of 0845 8 505 505 or alternatively MADNews doesn’t have something for Your new Parish Councillors will be: if you have information, particularly as everyone! to those responsible, you may prefer to Until next time Colin Bough 28 Kings Avenue contact crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. William Cumber Manor Farm, Mill Road Date of Next Council Meeting: Malcolm Denton 10 Kings Avenue Wednesday 11 May 2011 at 7.30pm. in the Matthew Hillis 77 Howard Cornish Road residents’ lounge, Duffield Place. This will PUBLISHER/EDITOR Ruth Mander 11 Orchard Way be the first meeting of the new Council Meriel Lewis Samantha Turney 20 Longfields Clerk to the Council: Mrs. L. Martin, 8 Orchard Way, Marcham David Walton 19 The Farthings 90 Howard Cornish Rd, 01865 391833 Abingdon OX13 6PP Tel: 01865 391725 [email protected] Website: www.madnews.co.uk Full contact details for the members, will www.marchamparishcouncil.gov.uk Email: [email protected] be advertised on the Council’s noticeboard ADVertisinG once the first meeting of the new Council Kenneth Sidney Knott has taken place. Contact the Editor 25.12.1921 – 30.3.2011 Adverts are not endorsed and MADNews The following current Parish Councillors makes no guarantees as to accuracy or Jennifer Allan, Marjorie Evans, and Betty, Julia, Sara, Lindsey and authenticity. Christine Ricketts have not put themselves Jonathan would like to thank distributorS forward for nomination. The Council everyone who attended Ken’s Judith & Peter Fontaine wishes to express its thanks to them all for funeral on 6 April to pay tribute their efforts on the Council, and their work 14 Tower Close, Marcham to a special person. Abingdon Tel: 01865 391275 on behalf of the community over the last DEADLINES 4 years. They would also like to thank Advertising: 5pm 15th month Vacancy on the Parish Council all those who have given them Other copy: 5pm 20th month As only 7 parishioners were nominated for support and sympathy during except for Jan when it is 15th Dec for both 10 seats, there are 3 seats on the Council this time. ADDITIONAL COPIES which remain to be filled. The Parish These are available free from Marcham Council can proceed to co-opt someone - - - Post Office or the Editor. Postal copies are within a statutory timescale. Ken was a former Lancaster also available – contact the Editor. The Parish Council maintains the children’s bomber pilot who was shot down NOTES play area, runs the allotments and Cemetery over Germany and imprisoned We apologise in advance for any errors that along with Frilford parish and is a consultee during WWII. may creep into MADNews (online or print), on planning applications and many local or omissions that creep out - we don’t do it issues. It plays a vital part in representing He continued flying with the on purpose! the interests of the community which it RAF until his retirement in 1976. The Editor reserves the right to alter, serves and is an effective lobby group His final posting was as the omit or hold over copy to another issue. influencing the other decision makers. If commanding officer of No 6 Air The views expressed in the Marcham & anyone is interested in filling one of the Experience Flight, based at RAF District News are not necessarily those of vacant seats and joining the other members the editorial team, who are all volunteers. in helping improve community well-being, Abingdon. POLICE then please contact the Clerk as soon as Following his retirement from the PCSO Carly Milward possible. RAF, he became the volunteer Tel: 0845 8 505 505 District Council Elections commanding officer of the COUNTY COUNCILLOR Did you know you can register with Oxfordshire, Bucks and Berks Iain Brown the District Council to receive the local Janus, Westcot Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, election results by text message? Text the Wing of the Air Training Corps, Oxon OX12 9PZ word ELECTIONS followed by a space undertook voluntary work for Tel: 01235 751210 and the number of the ward you would like Save the Children and was Email: [email protected] results for to 07797 870371. The number also Chairman of the RAF DISTRICT COUNCILLOR for Marcham and Shippon is 221 and the Bomber Command Association’s Marcham and Shippon number for all of the wards is 240. The Jane Hanna OBE numbers for other specific Vale wards, and Oxfordshire branch. 4 Charlton Road, Wantage OX12 8ER for other information, see the noticeboard Tel: 01235 772782 and Post Office window Email: [email protected] Children in Roads Garford Parish Meeting For other councillors go to At the last meeting of the Council it was AGM www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk reported that children had been playing Tuesday 24 May © Marcham & District News 2011 in certain roads around the village. The 7.30pm The copying of any part of this publication Council would remind parents of the Garford Village Hall without written authorisation is not permitted. dangers of the roads and would ask parents May 2011 3 MarchaM & District News letters & Notices Dear Editor of the front and all areas inside, all Please can dog walkers It has been a great pleasure talking to presumably paid for by the sale of the 6 on the Anson Field ensure residents in Marcham and Shippon over house development that they use the special the few weeks as I call door to door before In April’s MADNews, Jane Hanna our bins for the disposal of the forthcoming District elections and District Councillor says in her letter on page their dog waste. The green referendum. Everyone is keen to see the 5 “I have been working with Vale officers waste bins located near community shop reopen and many have and the Chair of Planning to ensure that the SSSC and the children’s play area are mentioned volunteering to me. Please do let significant funds released as a result of any for the disposal of general waste only. Ruth Mander know. The working group has development behind the Institute(Anson DIRECTORS OF THE ANSON TRUST a lot of positive news to move forward, but Trust’s 2004 planning permission) will See www.madnews.co uk to download a need your help.