Deddington News September 2016 – 1 THE TEAM YOUR EDITOR THIS MONTH: CATHERINE DESMOND OCTOBER 2016 COPY TO JILL CHEESEMAN [email protected] Happy 40th, Deddington News! Not bad in the 21st century for an by 17 September old-fashioned print publication. It has only reached this milestone thanks to the contributors, ADVERTISING COPY without whom there would be no readers, without whom there by 10 September would be no advertisers, without whom we could not cover publica- tion costs (or make donations to parish causes) and, of course, the EDITORS 60 plus team of volunteers who deliver each issue, rain or shine. Jill Cheeseman 01869 338609 Catherine Desmond So here’s to the next 40 years. 01869 336211 CD [email protected] MONTHLY ADS & INSERTS Debbie Grimsley WHAT’S ON 01869 336110 September [email protected] Sat 3 Parish Show: Exhibits to church 9.00–10.30am, open to public 2.00pm ANNUAL ADS Sun 4 Youth Dance Company: recommences, Windmill, Sandie Goundrey 10.00am, Juniors 11.30am [email protected] Mon 5 Rhymetime: recommences, Deddington Library, 2.30pm WHAT’S ON Wed 7 Photographic Society: Andreas Klatt, ‘Rajasthan and Mary Robinson Sri Lanka’, Cartwright Hotel, Aynho, 7.30pm [email protected] Sat 10 Adult Reading Challenge ends Sat 10 Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust: Ride and Stride, CLUBS 10.00am–6.00pm Alison Day 01869 337204 Sat 10 Deddington Royal British Legion: Bingo, 8.00pm [email protected] Sat 10 Concert: Neil Colledge, piano, Parish Church, 7.30pm Tue 13 WI: Liz Woolley on ‘Beer, Sausages and Marmalade’, PARISH COUNCIL Jean Rudge 01869 338110 Holly Tree, 7.30pm [email protected] Wed 14 History Society: Barrie Trinder, ‘Industry in Banbury, 1700–1960: An Overview’, Windmill, 7.30pm FEATURES Wed 14 1st Deddington Boys’ Brigade meetings start Hilary Smith Sat 17 Children’s Summer Reading Challenge ends [email protected] Wed 21 Photographic Society: Workshop on ‘High Speed Photography’, Cartwright Hotel, Aynho, 7.30pm PRINTING Sat 24 Farmers’ Market, Market Place, 9.00am–12.30pm Ruth Johnson 01869 337166 Pat Swash Sat 24 PTA: Kids’ Mud Run, Eynsham Hall, 2.00–4.00pm Sat 24 Concert: Neil Colledge, piano, Parish Church, 7.30pm COLLATING & DISTRIBUTION Mon 26 Weekday flu clinics start: Deddington Health Centre Pat Brittain 01869 338685 Thu 29 Book Club: Contact Sally Lambert, 338094, for details and teams Fri 30 DOGS: Final meeting of season, Blackwell Golf Club, TREASURER Buffy Heywood 01869 338212 October [email protected] Sat 1 PTA and Friends of Deddington Church: Harvest Ceilidh, Parish Church, 6.00pm COVER Thu 6 PTA: Bags to School, drop off unwanted clothes for charity Jane Wilson Sun 16 Auditions for Aladdin, Windmill Centre, time tbc Copies of the Deddington News are available at THE FLOWER SHOP with a box for donations. 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Find us on www.deddington.uk Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/deddingtononline and Twitter @DeddiOnLine 2 – September 2016 Deddington News CATS – VIEWS FROM STAGE AND AUDITORIUM There was a clutter of cats meandering up the Hemp- Everybody was just purrfect so nobody could be ton Road to the Windmill Centre: it could only be singled out. It was just so marvellous that so many peo- Deddington Primary School’s ambitious production of ple participated in this annual phenomenon and once the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. They were on their again stunned audiences (we have quite a reputation way to perform a Friday matinée, much to the amuse- now). The timeless songs, the breath-taking dancing ment of passing drivers. The cast performed five times and faultless acting have made this year’s show the in three days, including a dress rehearsal, showing best Deddington performance yet. the most outstanding commitment and maturity for an From the auditorium: ensemble ranging in age from five As a member of the audience on the last night of the to eleven. production, and having no family bias, I was asked to There are many people to thank, in particular the give my impressions of this year’s show. production team, including many staff members and Take one primary school, 120 children, one stage, parents backstage, but especially Alicia Rumsby the enthusiastic cooperation of teachers, support staff, and Seb our outstanding directors; we couldn’t do it parents for the costumes, make-up and chaperoning without them. while participants were not on stage, inspired direction Finally, a big thank you must go to the audiences by Alicia and Heather Rumsby and you had – Cats. who made all the hard work worthwhile and gave Those who attended saw a very polished per- the children standing ovations each night. We were formance with all the participants maintaining their overwhelmed by the donations for the Performing Arts feline movements throughout their appearances. The Fund that enables us to enhance our productions with quality of the technical provision of lights and sound top class equipment such as staging and lighting, as in the Windmill and the simple, dramatic stage setting well as paying for license fees. The search is now on supported the players beautifully and enhanced the for the next amazing show. experience for those watching. (Raked seating would From the stage: also help.) An illuminated moon and stars glistening over a rub- My only reservation was a slight imbalance be- bish tip, including a spooky doll’s golden head, worn- tween the music and some of the children’s voices out boots and broken wheels, was the first impression making it difficult to hear all of the words. The chore- when entering the venue. Within minutes of taking ography, including set piece dance routines, acrobatics their seats, dramatic music started as the audience and stilt walking, was simple but effective given the was submerged into darkness, followed by smoke constraints of space, with cats appearing and exiting filling the air with a smoky haze … the scene was set. to maintain a smooth flow of action. Throughout, the The cats slowly crept onto the stage and began sing- children were the stars, obviously enjoying the show. ing. The make-up was amazing, the costumes were Anne Hunsley brilliant, the singing beautiful, the dancing fantastic [email protected] and the set creepy. All this added up to make you feel Joseph Buckland, Year 6, aka Bustopher Jones as if you were watching real cats. Christine Gillespie [email protected] Find us on www.deddington.uk Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/deddingtononline and Twitter @DeddiOnLine Deddington News September 2016 – 3 FROM THE FIRE STATION June brought thirty-five call-outs which, to my knowl- cables. Thankfully the three people in the van were edge, is a record for Deddington, and July brought rescued and walked away with no injuries but it is 31. Granted there was an unusually high number of worth reminding people that if they are involved in an standbys. A standby is when crews in larger towns accident of this type they should stay in their vehicle and cities are called out and need coverage from as this is the safest place to wait for rescue. elsewhere. There was a call onto the M40 at junction This month saw us doing a water training exercise 12 where someone had entered the slip road to join the at the Old Mill at Barford St John where the crew had motorway in the wrong direction, causing a collision of to bridge the canal with our 13.5 metre ladder and use five cars and a lorry. There was only one casualty who the light portable pump to get jets working using water was taken to hospital by ambulance and we wish him from the canal. A very big thank you to Mark Lovell at a speedy recovery. This is not the first such incident Manor Farm who allowed us to use his land. There here and we hope that the layout is changed as part were breathing apparatus drills at the Horton Hospital of the improvements that are being carried out there. in a large unused building with a very complicated The Deddington crew was sent to Bloxham where layout which is perfect for training. heavy rain started flooding houses in Greens Garth. Congratulations to Fire Fighter Tom Hall who has A pump was set to pump out the close into the centre just passed his breathing apparatus team leader’s of a nearby field. There was also a fire in a flat above training. This means he can now lead his own team the Co-op in Bloxham which was quickly dealt with into burning buildings. He also passed his HGV driving and no-one hurt. We rescued someone from a lift in so now can drive the fire engine, but only back from Banbury.