Upper Rissington’s Newsletter Despite the distractions of sunshine and summer activities, the ‘Breeze’ team has finally got its act together and produced the next newsletter. So far all the feedback from the first issue has been good, but please keep your comments and suggestions coming ([email protected]), Summer/Autumn positive or otherwise! Also, do let us have any news 2014 items or announcements we might include. On which note, congratulations to Maisie Laughton for being Inside this issue: selected to attend an international guide camp next year, hopefully we’ll hear more in future Village news p2 issues. Albion news p3 UR history p4-5 This quarter we continue David Harrison’s series on Upper Rissington road names, I’m not sure how Sports Page p6 many issues we are from Wright Road! Also more Bus news p7 gardening tips from Polly, photos from the fete, The View from Here p10 and an insight into what it’s like to run the London Youth Page p11 Marathon (gulp!). Gardening on a Hill p12 Parish Plan Thanks again to our sponsors and advertisers for update p13 enabling us to stay in full colour for this edition. Development Don’t forget to let us know if you would like your news p14 copy electronically. CUR:ve news p15 Sue Handy Useful contacts p16 Upper Rissington Annual Fete—Third time lucky for the weather What a great day for a fete. The weather really helped us all get out there and have a wonderful time mixing with friends and neighbours, entertaining ourselves and being entertained. This is the third fete that the Social Committee has organised and it's a tribute to the community that it was so well supported. With a range of activities building year on year we can only look forward to the next one with a sense of anticipation. Remember, it's your fete so if you've got any ideas you'd like to see in the next one let us know. A selection of photos from the day has been posted on the Upper Rissington Facebook page. Well done to the Social The fun dog show attracted some serious competition.. Committee and all of the on the day helpers who made this happen. Sadly no one told these piggy back The Aikido class struts its stuff to an contestants that it was all change at the appreciative audience half way mark Remember the next event on 20 th September for those quizzers amongst you. Come along and enjoy good food and good fun. Tickets will be advertised soon. “Thank you” Many thanks to those who helped in the first stage of development of the Jubilee Garden, especially: Steve Mcguiness, Liz Demzcyuka, David Harrison, Carole Farquasant, and young James of Bristol Road. Help is always needed with weeding! Also thanks to Kier, who are building the school, for the wood they provided for the (fantastic! – Ed ) Splat the Rat for the village fete, and to Martin Sayer for making it. 2 3 Behind the Road Names in Upper Rissington – Part 2 De Havilland Road De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire. De Havilland Aircraft Company was responsible for the Moth biplane, which revolutionized general aviation in the 1920s, the 1930s Fox Moth, which was the first commercial transport aircraft able to operate without government subsidy, and the Comet, which was the first passenger jet to enter service, along with other innovative and important aircraft. In 1960 de Havilland became a member of the Hawker Siddeley group but lost its separate DH.83 Fox Moth identity in 1963. Delfin Way The Aero L-29 Delfín (English: Dolphin) is a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces of Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s. It was Czechoslovakia's first locally designed and built jet aircraft. Production began in April 1963 and continued for 11 years, with 3,600 eventually built up till 1974. A dedicated, single-seat, aerobatic version was developed as the L-29A Akrobat. A Georgian Air Force Aero L-29 reconnaissance version with nose-mounted cameras was built as the L-29R. Dowding Close Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding GCB, GCVO, CMG (24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970) was a British officer in the Royal Air Force. He was the commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence the defeat of Hitler's plan to invade Britain. 4 Sir Hugh Dowding Eagle Drive There are many references to Eagle – is this the feathered bird or, within the aero world (the theme of other road names in our village), the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle? This is one of the most successful modern fighters, with over 100 aerial combat victories. It is an American twin-engine, all-weather, tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas (now USAF F-15C during Operation Noble Boeing) to gain and maintain air superiority in Eagle patrol aerial combat. The design was selected by the United States Air Force in 1967 to meet the need for a dedicated air-superiority fighter. The Eagle first flew in July 1972, and entered service in 1976. The USAF(E) were based here at RAF Little Rissington from 1981 to 1993, during which time it became the largest military contingency hospital in Europe. If you’ve been enjoying David’s series how about trying to see how many new and existing Upper Rissington road names you can find in the grid below? Normal wordsearch rules apply. Answers in the S S I L L A W S E N R A B A V E Autumn issue! W O F N E R G E A B E E L G A E I P R A I P N N L V I C K E R S T W P G R S I E K L S K A L I R T I H H A M R N M N I K S L S E L T M O P I A I S T R N S V T T L H I Z O T E N T V R R G U Y S E L T T I H W Y N I A S N T T A H B A R N B H A L C H S I N O C C A D E H A V I L L A N D G L N T V L O W R E H C R E K W A H A I B I K O R P B R I S T O L W L M T S S D Y E N I F L E D C X K 5 Steph Holton shares her experiences … London Marathon 2014 : that was my goal for when I turned, dare I say it, 50! I wanted to enter on a ‘Good for Age’ basis, which I did by completing the Loch Arber marathon last spring in 3hrs 41mins 56 secs. Sunday April 13 th and there I was at the ‘Green Start’ queuing for the second time in a long snake- line for the toilet, with my friends, Claire, Liz and Niamh. There was a real buzz in the air, a mixture of nerves, apprehension and excitement! Everyone had the same goal and we stood united, sharing how we felt and wishing each other luck. An announcement was made that if we didn’t put our kit bags on the lorry in the next 10 minutes it would go to the finish line without them. Big dilemma: we were nearly at the front of the ‘Toilet Queue’ but still had our bags. We frantically stuffed our warmer clothes in the bags and rubbed in the last bit of suncream, then two of us dashed to the lorry while the other two saved our places in the queue – perfect! We made it to our starting zones with only a few minutes to spare. Niamh and I were together and the other two were in two other zones. Checking laces, socks, and energy gels, watches set: we were ready to go. There were hundreds of people standing around us, but this was nothing compared to the thousands of runners we were about to meet up with. The race started and everyone moved slowly forward to go over the start line with fingers poised on their stop watches. “Yes!” We were off … with only 26.2miles to go! The atmosphere around us was amazing. I don’t think there was one bit of the course that wasn’t lined with supporters, cheering us all on, some giving out orange slices and Jelly babies too. In places the crowds were 5 or 6 deep. To add to this, live music echoed out from steel bands, drummers and even a small orchestra! Niamh and I were planning to run each mile in 8 mins to give us a time of 3hrs 30mins, or as close to this as possible. Early on we decided this was going to be pretty difficult due to the number of runners, especially when the other start areas merged into our lane. We just couldn’t get through. In the first 2 miles alone we were 1 min 15 secs down, but we weren’t fazed by this.