Hanwell News SPRING 2010 1 From the (guest) Editor I am delighted to be the guest editor for the Spring 2010 edition of Hanwell News. Not least because it gives me the opportunity to say something complimentary about Anne that she would be far too modest to say herself. Our magazine has been going for some time now and has embedded itself into the psyche of the village. I know for a fact that many people find it not just a useful reference source for everything from bus timetables, to what‟s going on - but a very interesting read in itself. We have Anne to thank for that, ably supported (I suspect) by her husband Charles. By pain and travail we have a great magazine and long may it continue. Thank you!! Of course it can only succeed with input from the very people who enjoy it and to that end I would implore people to make sure that Anne always has material for each issue. Please do not sit back thinking someone else has done it, you really do need to participate. If you don‟t know Anne, get to know her – she doesn‟t bite and she‟s incredibly helpful. Spring is with us and with it the promise of warmer days and brighter smiles. The sap is rising and the birds are singing with full vigour. It‟s time to venture outdoors again as the rhythm of village life beats a little faster. Isn‟t it just great to be alive and living in Hanwell? Do read Ken‟s article before you thrust yourselves into physical work. It‟s back to normal after this edition so please send your articles, letters and adverts to the real editor: Anne Sheppard Editor, Hanwell News Fairways Church Lane Hanwell Tel. 730441 [email protected] Best wishes, Carl Portman Dates for your diary Drop In Surgery (Sibford Village Hall) Hanwell Parish Council Meeting th 1430-1530 Wednesday 10 March th Wednesday 17 March Progressive Dinner Drop In Surgery (Hook Norton Baptist Hall) Friday May 7th 1130-1230 Friday 26th March Items for next edition of Hanwell News should Clocks forward One Hour be given to Anne Sheppard (see above) by th st Sunday 28 March Friday 21 May St George’s Day Friday April 23rd Cover photo: View of castle towers from inside Hanwell Church taken by Carl Portman Good Friday Easter Day nd th Friday 2 April Sunday 4 April 2 Village Information Buses Household waste collection Catteralls bus service goes twice a week Bins are emptied every Thursday and into Banbury on Thursday and Saturday. should be left out by the kerb, by 7am, The bus stop is in front of the village hall. with handles facing outwards. From Hanwell. Departs Hanwell village 4th Mar – Green bin hall 10.18 am, arriving Banbury bus 11th Mar – Blue and Brown bins station at 10.25 am. 18th Mar – Green bin 25th Mar - Blue and Brown bins From Banbury. Departs Banbury bus 1st Apr – Green bin station 1.30 pm, arriving at Hanwell 8th Apr - Blue and Brown bins village hall at 1.40pm. Cost £2 each way, 15th Apr – Green bin or free for bus pass holders. 22nd Apr - Blue and Brown bins th 29 Apr – Green bin th 6 May - Blue and Brown bins Dial a Ride th 13 May – Green bin 20th May - Blue and Brown bins The Dial-a-Ride, the door-to-door minibus 27th May – Green Bin request service operates from 8.00am to 6.00pm every weekday and is intended to Primary School benefit the elderly and infirm who have difficulty in using public transport. Please The local primary school is Hornton book a day ahead. Details are available County Primary School, in Hornton from Charles Nixon-Eckersall on 730314. village, tel. 670335. The head teacher is Mrs Hillary Childs. The school bus Mobile Library picks up pupils from the village hall at 8.50am each morning and drops them off again at 3.40pm. The mobile library calls fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons at approximately Secondary School 3.15pm. It stops opposite the village hall. The local secondary school is the Milk Deliveries Warriner School, in Bloxham village telephone 720777. The head teacher Milk can be ordered for door step delivery is Mr Nick Hindmarsh. The school bus from Dairy Crest. It is delivered in the picks up pupils from opposite the very early hours of Tuesday, Thursday village hall at 8.00 am and drops them and Saturday mornings. Tel 01295 off again at 4.20pm. 264776 3 Village Hall Committee Parochial Church Council Chairman Chairman Bob Dainty 730677 Position vacant Secretary Vice Chairman Wendy Green 738712 Charles Nixon-Eckersall 730314 Treasurer Secretary Gordon Polson 738031 Philip Ledger 738174 Village Hall Hire Treasurer Wendy Green 738712 Giles Dessain 730679 Committee members Churchwardens Jill Bailey 730442 Charles Nixon-Eckersall 730314 Juliet Dessain 730679 David Martin 265775 Jill Hart 730269 Liz Mobbs 738005 Richard Woodward 738975 Newspaper delivery Newspapers can be ordered for Neighbourhood Watch delivery from Smiths in Banbury. Tel 01295 268499 and their email is Village co-ordinator [email protected] Keith Williams 738004 Village Website Parish Council The Hanwell village website with the village forum is located at Chairman John Spratt 730671 Arnold Bailey 730442 www.hanwellvillage.com Bob Dainty 730677 John Hart 730269 Terry Tuite 738612 Gordon Polson 738031 Village Weather Station Charles Nixon-Eckersall 730314 Clerk to the council A weather station which gives current Jayne Gordon 730878 up to the second meteorological information for the village is at Church www.villagenow.co.uk St Peters Church of England Church, Church Lane, Hanwell. Hanwell Community Observatory Monthly pattern of services will be The observatory website is confirmed once the new Rector has www.hanwellobservatory.org.uk settled in. The churchwarden on 730314 can advise. Contact the Observatory on 730762 for more information or to book a The Rector is the Reverend Doctor John group or private star party. Reader, telephone 730344 4 Hanwell Neighbourhood Watch Important Information numbers Once again people who live alone, and are Police 0845 850 505 most vulnerable are being targeted by Thames Water 0845 920 0800 distraction burglars. They usually work in twos, one keeps the occupant talking while Area Co-ordinators the accomplice carries out the robbery. They usually claim they are engineers from Wendy Green 738712 the Gas/Water or Electricity board. 2 Sackville Court Hanwell Always Always! Ask to see their I.D. If Gullicote Lane/Houses west you're ever in doubt ring a neighbour or the police, on 0845 50505. Pam Kennedy 730013 Old Barn There has also been a spate of thefts from Main Street cars, and vans. Satnav equipment and Houses adjoining village green to village hall spare wheels seem to be the most sought after things to steal, once again if you see Thelma Spratt 730671 or suspect any robbery is taking place The Old Rectory please ring 0845 50505. Church Lane Church Lane On the 27th of January 2010 at the village hall just prior to the Wine and Wisdom Amanda Wray-Mitchell 730402 lecture, the crime reduction officer would Heron Cottage like to address the people of the Main Street village on further ways to safeguard their Moon and Sixpence area homes, It will only be a short address of about 20 minutes at 7-30pm. Joe McGloin 730383 2 Hanwell Court People who might find it difficult to get to Hanwell the village hall, contact, 738004 for a lift. Hanwell Court/Main Street south Keith Williams 730004 2 Sackville Court, Gullicote Lane 5 Charity Collections Community Messaging Many charities put bags through our Wendy Green regularly receives letterboxes offering to collect unwanted Community Messaging from Thames items for sale in their shops to raise funds. Valley Police which informs villages These are legitimate and very worthy around Banbury of suspicious incidents, organisations and they deserve all our crimes etc and aims to alert local residents support. of what is going on. The more people who are aware of these incidents, the better However residents should be aware that not and as a Hanwell resident you too can be all these requests are from charities. There included in these alerts. The idea is that is one who has several times put bags the more awareness there is, the better through letterboxes in Hanwell and they are the chance of us in Hanwell not becoming not a charity. They are a business, which victims too especially as there seems to sells for their own profit, the clothes which be an increase in the number of incidents are donated to them and if you check the lately. If you want to be included in this bags that they put through the letterbox, then please email they do not have a registered charity [email protected] and Wendy number but a registered business number. will add you to the list. If you want the name of the company, email Juliet Dessain Anne Sheppard See http://andy.2boyz.co.uk/?p=618=2 for more information. 6 The Good Neighbour Scheme and someone to co-ordinate this. Any volunteers? In „the olden days‟ communities looked out for each other. People knew all their Anne Sheppard neighbours, knew if someone was sick and so would take something round, knew if an Hanwell Parish Council elderly person was living alone and had no visitors, and would call in, would see if the Village Allotments local children were misbehaving and stop them, would know if young parents were Hanwell Parish Council is delighted to having difficulties and offer help.