Marcham & District News COTHILL – FRILFORD – GARFORD – GOZZARDS FORD – MARCHAM – TUBNEY Your Independent Local Newsheet – www.madnews.co.uk MAY 2021 VOL: 43 NO: 5 READ & RECYCLE! FREE ▲ It's Artweeks! ▲ Easter service at St Luke's see page 9 see page 7 ▲ Fairies in Marcham see page 13 ▲ Marcham Primary treasure-hunting on World Book Day see page 13 May Bank Holidays 2021 Waste Collection Changes Wednesday 5 May Thursday 6 May Rubbish and Food Waste Wednesday 2 June Thursday 3 June Rubbish and Food Waste ▲ The bar's open! see page 11 Diary for May Date Event 20-23 Feathered Glass Open Studio, Marcham 7 1-23 Artweeks across Oxfordshire 7 10.00-18.00 1 Sat Thirsty Café, Marcham Centre, 09.00-11.30 7 20 Thur Deadline for next issue of MADNews, 17.00 5 Wed NO WASTE COLLECTION – it will be on Thur 6 Email [email protected] May (Rubbish and Food Waste) 22 Sat Thirsty Café, Marcham Centre, 09.00-11.30 7 5 Wed Marcham Parish Council Meeting, online, 3 22-23 Kingston Bagpuize & Southmoor Bowls Club 19 19.30 Open Days, 11.00-15.00 6 Thur Local Elections, 07.00-22.00 3 22 Sat Thirsty Café BBQ, Marcham Centre, 17.00 7, 8 Sat Thirsty Café, Marcham Centre, 09.00-11.30 7 11 8 Sat Milton Hill Bowling Club Open Afternoon, 15 24 Mon Marcham Society: LiDAR, Ed Peveler, 19.30 9 14.00-17.00 28 Fri Abingdon Bowling Club Open Evening, 17.30 7 15 Sat Thirsty Café, Marcham Centre, 09.00-11.30 7 29 Sat Thirsty Café, Marcham Centre, 09.00-11.30 7 15-16 Feathered Glass Open Studio, Marcham 7 30 Sun Abingdon Bowling Club Open Morning, 10.00- 7 10.00-18.00 12.00 17 Mon Marcham WI: Misba Khan, 19.30 17 19 Wed Arts Society: Genius of Beethoven, 11.00 & 19 Details of events may change after publication, please check 14.00 with the relevant organisers before attending events GARDEN & HOUSE SERVICES Garner’s Estates & Landscapes Landscaping for over 30 years • Soft & hard landscaping • Landscaping works including patios, paths, steps, driveways, decking, installing gates, turfing, stonework & drainage work • Fencing, all types carried out including: close board, panels, trellis, willow hurdles, post & rail • Free Estimates Professional Tree Management throughout Oxfordshire • Fully Insured & hold a Waste Licence Tel: 07751 764144 01865 730936 Tree removal Seasoned logs and kindling Email: [email protected] Crown thinning delivered www.garnersestatesandlandscapes.co.uk Crown reduction and lifting Sectional tree removals £5M Public Liability Insurance Fruit tree pruning Stump grinding All work carried out to Hedge cutting BS 3998:2010 [email protected] 01865 391859 For a full list of services visit: @admtrees www.admtrees.co.uk 07889 881 525 or 01491 651052 Home & Garden Maintenance All garden maintenance covered from lawn cutting to lawn care * small garden designs * flower beds tidied/shrubs/bulbs planted • tree removal • tree thinning • tree reduction • dead wood removal • stump grinding * tree work - pruning/lopping/shaping etc * patios laid /cleaned • landscaping • £10 million public liability *fencing & gates erected/repaired/painted *sheds erected/repaired • City & Guilds Certified Most property maintenance covered * painting / decorating including outside * tiling * all indoor jobs covered * small carpentry work * guttering/replaced/cleaned * house removals& clearance Mr G. TIERNEY Tel. 01865 730428 Mob. 07885550075 Suppliers of aggregates and Free quotes & estimates Email [email protected] concrete for every need Our products include: • ready-mixed concrete • sand cement floor screed • decorative aggregate • sand, gravel and stone Upwood Quarry open T: 01235 221012 six days a week M: 07974672579 T: 01865 390838 E: [email protected] www.hills-quarry.co.uk 2 search for a local service online: www.madnews.co.uk/adverts May 2021 MARCHAM & DISTRICT NEWS MARCHAM PARISH COUNCIL & NOTICES Dear Readers MARCHAM PARISH COUNCIL should be no excuse for fly tipping. Planning Applications There are plenty of opportunities to try out HRH Duke of Edinburgh The Chairman, on behalf of the Council, P21/V0564/FUL Improvements to existing bowling this month – three local clubs have access and creation of an agricultural open days and a new indoor session is councillors, staff and residents of the parish track. Field adjacent to the war memorial, starting in Marcham Centre! has offered condolences and sympathy to all members of the Royal Family on the south of the A415. The Council requested It is wonderful to see the Centre opening up death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip. a condition, should the application be for all sorts of activities, from bacon butties Parish Council Meetings approved, that it be used solely for and beer to toddlers and table tennis – and Owing to the period allowed for public agricultural purposes. lots in between! mourning and the notice period required for P21/V0700/FUL Demolition of existing Until next time the calling of Council meetings, the usual house and garage, and replacement house April meeting was postponed, and a meeting and garage at Kernanderry, Faringdon to deal with urgent business only was called Road. The Council commented on visibility for the end of the month. At the time of for the exit onto a busy road and impact writing, the Council is waiting for a decision on parking and traffic, and the need for PUBLISHER / EDITOR of the High Court as to how meetings in the screening. Meriel Lewis future can be held as legislation passed to P20/V1388/O Outline application for 8 Orchard Way, Marcham residential development of up to 90 Abingdon OX13 6PP enable Councils to meet remotely for up to one year, is soon to expire. Details of future dwellings on land south of the A415. Tel: 01865 391725 Amended information on drainage and Website: www.madnews.co.uk Council meetings will be on the website Email: [email protected] www.marchamparishcouncil.gov.uk traffic lights at Frilford. The Council ADVERTISING Local Elections - Reminder maintained its concerns regarding the Fran Russell: [email protected] County Council elections plus Police and impact of additional dwellings on drainage Adverts are not endorsed and MADNews makes Crime Commissioner elections are being and traffic in the area. no guarantees as to accuracy or authenticity. held on Thursday 6th May. For those who P21/V0530/HH Second storey side DISTRIBUTORS have not applied for a postal vote, and are extension at 10 Chancel Way. The Council Paula Utting and Claire Wright had no objection. voting in person, the polling station will 13 Parkside, Marcham Date of Next Council Meeting: be the new village hall in Barrow Close, Abingdon OX13 6NN Tel: 01865 391443 A provisional date has been set as off Morland Road. Social distancing and PROOFREADING Wednesday 5th May, at 7.30 p.m., but hand sanitising measures will be in place, Jane Mander please check the Council’s website for the and you will be required to wear a face DEADLINES latest information as regulations as to the Advertising: 5pm 15th month covering. Please remember to take your holding of meeting are changing.. Other copy: 5pm 20th month own pen or pencil. Clerk to the Council: except for Jan when it is 15th Dec for both Oxford Cambridge Expressway ADDITIONAL COPIES Mrs. L. Martin, 90 Howard Cornish Road The Parish Council has been following Tel: 01865 391833 These are available free from Marcham the progress of the Oxford Cambridge Post Office or the Editor. Postal copies are [email protected] also available – contact the Editor. Expressway plans, and has sent a www.marchamparishcouncil.gov.uk DISCLAIMER representative to local meetings to be We apologise in advance for any errors that may creep involved in discussions on how it might into MADNews (online or print), or omissions that have affected our local area. As residents creep out - we don’t do it on purpose! may have heard, the government has now The Editor reserves the right to alter, omit or hold cancelled the project. The government in over copy to another issue. The views expressed in the continuing to work with the Highways POLLING STATIONS Marcham & District News are not necessarily those of Agency to consider where targeted localised THURSDAY 6TH MAY the editorial team, who are all volunteers. road investment could be needed in the If you are unsure of where you should vote, POLICE Oxford/Cambridge arc. PCSO Rich Osborn C9323 you can go to: electoralcommission. [email protected]. Annual Parish Meeting org.uk/i-am-a/voter/your-election- uk for Marcham The Parish Council is considering whether information to find where to go. this meeting should take place in 2021 07980 924693 This is a short list of local polling Or just dial 101 (non-emergency) and omit owing to ongoing concern for public safety the C from his number and face to face meetings. Information stations, but please check before you go. CRIMESTOPPERS regarding this will be posted on the Parish • Scout Hall, Dry Sandford (for Cothill) Call 0800 555 111 (anonymous calls) Council’s website. • Cox’s Field Sports Pavilion, Frilford NHS NON-EMERGENCY Grass Cutting • Village Hall, Garford Call Free from any phone - 111 It is that time of year when we are all out • Marcham Centre COUNTY COUNCILLOR cutting grass and managing our gardens. Richard Webber, Orchard Barn, Sutton • Church Hall, Shippon Wick Lane, Drayton OX14 4HJ In previous years, the Council has had • White Hart, Fyfield (for Tubney) Tel: 01235 534001 reports of dumping of grass cuttings, and [email protected] unfortunately again this season cuttings Wear a face covering and DISTRICT COUNCILLOR have been spotted on highway verges take your own pencil! Marcham and Shippon and on private land and paths.The Vale of In unforeseen circumstances, such as Catherine Webber, Orchard Barn, Sutton White Horse District Council provides a you having to self-isolate, you can use Wick Lane, Drayton OX14 4HJ successful recycling and waste collection Tel: 01235 534001 an emergency proxy vote by contacting service for all its residents in the district.