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MORETON TIMESCOTSWOLD TIMES

NOVEMBER 2016 ISSUE 121

In your

NOVEMBERmagazine

An Autumn Walk in Batsford Arboretum PAGE 25

What I’m really thinking PAGE 27

Greenfields to Doorsteps PAGES 28–29

PLUS Pre-Christmas Events PAGES 31–38

PLUS Community News and reports from our Councils, Schools, Social Clubs and Sports Clubs

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Visit Batsford for a range of Christmas gift ideas you won’t find

on the high street, plus decorations, homemade wreaths and a huge variety of quality Norway and

Nordmann Spruce Christmas trees – available from late November.

Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre, Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9ADwww.batsarb.co.uk 01386 [email protected]

Santa’s GrottoSaturday 10th December 2.30-4.30pm& Sunday 11th December 2.00-4.30pm

Santa and his Elf are returning to their magical grotto at

Batsford Arboretum!£5 per child – each child visiting

Santa will receive a gift.

The Big BatsfordChristmas Hunt!

3rd December to 2nd JanuarySanta’s helpers have gone missing

and they’re all hiding in the Arboretum – find them to win a prize!

£2.50 per child, plus Arboretum admission fee.

No need to book, just turn up and enjoy!

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One of the most common causes of complaint we hear about at the gym is backpain - it can be extremely debilitating, causing chronic tiredness, depression andirritability. Your back is a complex structure made up of bones, muscles, nerves andjoints, which can make it difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of the pain. In mostcases it is not serious damage but small muscle strains, sprains or pinched nerves –even so, these can be very unpleasant and the longer these small injuries are leftuntreated, the more likelihood there is of developing a chronic back problem.

Here are some of the most common causes and what you can do to help;

1. Commuting and Computing; your back is compressed when you sit for too longso try to move as much as possible during the day, and align your spine properlywhen sitting.

2. Overdoing it at the weekend; gardening or a game of tennis when your body isn’tprepared are two common culprits. The only preventative solution here is exercise.

3. Absentmindedness; picking something up from the floor, loading the dishwasher– it’s always the simplest of things. Prevent this by teaching your body to engage itscore muscles properly .

If you do find yourself suffering, the first step is to get things checked by aprofessional to rule out any serious damage. After that, a programme of stretching,strengthening and back maintenance can work wonders for long term relief. THEWORST THING you can do is NOTHING!

Alex Doggett, Cotswolds Health Club

BACK PAIN – WHAT CAN YOU DO?

GYMMEMBERSHIP

PERSONALTRAINING

FITNESSCLASSES

THERAPYROOMS

INJURYREHABILITATION

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COORDINATED THERAPIES – Movement based neurological rehabilitation for all

Parkinson’s Disease – Stroke – Cerebral Palsy – Multiple Sclerosis

Following on from last month, we talked about how repetitive, coordinated movements can stimulate the repair or re-organisation of the nervous system, helping those with neurological conditions to improve symptoms and relearn lost movement patterns. But what exactly is the theory behind this?

The synapses in the brain are responsible for transmitting nerve messages around the body – conditions such as Parkinson’s disease inhibit these messages, causing disrupted motor and non-motor functions. On a neurological level, whilst cardiovascular exercise (walking, cycling, running, swimming etc.) increases blood flow in the brain it doesn’t provide an increase in synaptic numbers, whereas skilled exercise (learning a new motor skill) increases the number of synapses per neuron without the corresponding increase in blood flow. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the optimum conditions for effective neuroplasticity will occur through synergy of the two types of exercise.

Our coordinated therapy machine provides stimulus on both levels and we also specialise in creating skilled exercise programmes to provide the optimum conditions for stimulating the nervous system.

We’ve had especially good results with Parkinson’s disease, Stroke and Cerebral Palsy – give us a ring or pop in and have a chat about how our movement therapy could work for you.

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FROM THE EDITOR INSIDE THIS EDITION ...

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Our next edition is for DECEMBER 2016The copydate is 15th November 2016

With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including:Christabel Hardacre, Nicholas John, Jan Marley and Jaime Shaw (editorial); Marian Hutchinson and Jim Duggan (‘prep’ and pre-print team) - and to all our volunteer deliverers. They all help to make these magazines happen each month!

Cover photograph: ‘Autumn Highlights and Lowlights’ at Batsford Arboretum. © Judy Dean.10.2016

Extra copies of Moreton Times are generally available in the Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, at Moreton Library and the surgeries, and at Budgens. Copies are also carried on the Village Bus.

Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur.

Contact Moreton Times on:Tel: 01451 822788 Mob: 07789 175 [email protected] P O Box 6, The Square Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AB

FEATURES

15 Men in Sheds Nicholas John

16 The Great British High Street Competition

25 An Autumn Walk in Batsford Arboretum Judy Dean

26 Edward Branscombe-Smythe Bob Forster

27 What I’m really thinking Bob Forster

28, 29 Greenfields to Doorsteps Robin Smitten

49 Sounds Alive Nicholas John

REGULARS

8 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books

17 Local Authority information, Blood Donor sessions, Community Notices

19, 20 District & Local Community news

21 Planning - Summary of Applications received

22, 23 Community Pages – what’s going on in the background

24 Local Church Services

31 – 38 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY (Festivals, fairs & food, art and craft shows, markets, live music, walks, clubs, etc)

40 Tax issues – Robb Eden

41, 42 Club Notices & Rural Cinemas

43 Regular Events (pub.bi-monthly)

45 Reports from North Cotswold Rotary /Lions

47, 48 Local Clubs, Associations & Societies A-Z (published bi-monthly)

50 - 55 News from some of our local Schools

59 - 61 News from local Sports Clubs

62, 63 Local Business Directory

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NOVEMBER 2016FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

J K Rowling makes her screenwriting debut with this film starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander. The original screenplay will be published on 18th November and we will be offering it at a discounted price while stocks last.

CIVILISED SATURDAY, 26TH NOVEMBERAfter the excesses of Black Friday, come and enjoy a relaxing and stress-free way of shopping at the Borzoi – and enjoy a 10% discount off all hardback books in stock on the day.

CHRISTMAS IS A-COMING......and there’s no avoiding it! But we can ease the burden with our lovely selection of Christmas cards (traditional, contemporary and humorous) and wrapping paper, Advent calendars (two designs in particular are quite delightful) and calendars for 2017 (the Eric Ravilious is particularly popular). We also have a great variety of gift and humour books in the £10-15 range, ideal as last-minute presents or stocking fillers.

OUR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTHAnother terrific selection this month. Jeffrey Archer brings his Clifton Chronicles to a conclusion with This Was a Man. Lee Child has another adventure for Jack Reacher in Night School. There are biographies of Jonathan Swift (by John Stubbs), Rasputin (by Douglas Smith) and Jane Austen The Secret Radical (by Helena Kelly). Lord Hindlip remembers his triumphs and disasters at Christie’s in An Auctioneer’s Lot. The golden years of glamour and excess, 1920-1960, are recalled by Mary S Lovell in The Riviera Set. John Lewis-Stempel, whose The Running Hare is one of our best sellers, has two new titles: Where Poppies Blow, which looks at the British soldier, nature and the Great War, and The Wood in Winter, a beautiful piece of nature writing about the life of a wood in bleak midwinter. The indefatigable Diana Athill looks back at a holiday she took in 1947 in A Florence Diary. There is an eagerly-awaited cookbook from the Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone by Andre Balazs and Nuno Mendes. Hello, is this Planet Earth? is a stunning photographic tour of Tim Peake’s mission on the international space station. What better for Christmas than Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson? On the humour front, we have high hopes of a spoof Enid Blyton series, with titles such as Five on Brexit Island and Five Give up the Booze! Matthew Parris has updated his compendium of the wittiest and wickedest insults in human history, Scorn. For our younger readers, Double Down is a new Wimpy Kid story from Jeff Kinney. There are also new stories from Michael Morpurgo, The Giant’s Necklace, and David Walliams, The Midnight Gang.

WELLCHILD CHRISTMAS FAIR AT DAYLESFORD

We will be at the above from 7th to 9th November with a selection of our new bestsellers signed by the authors themselves. Jilly Cooper will be signing Mount! between 6.30 and 7.30 on the 7th at the Preview evening.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support and encouragement. Here’s to a book-filled Festive season!

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There’s no better place to visit this

Winter

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Christmas Party Day Saturday November 26th

- Free to allBlockley Brass Band

Free face painterFree undercover bouncy castle

Santa and his Elves Grotto Launch (book tickets online)

Santa and his Elves at FossewayNovember 26th – December 21st

Monday- Saturday 10-4 pmSunday – 11-3 pm

£10 per child - Which includes entry, festive activity, 1 free accompanying adult plus FREE

gift worth at least £5. Additional adults £2 each

Tea With Santa9th/16th/21st December, 4pm

Santa will read the children a story, then tea will be served and finally presents

£7.99 per child

Wreath making courseWednesday 14th and Saturday 17th December

Come and get into the festive spirit, making your own door wreath. 10am until 2pm

£40 per person - which includes unlimited tea/coffee, cake and festive nibbles.

Timothy’s RestaurantFestive Menu coming soon and available

from Late November

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24 November – Auction in Winchcombe with British Bespoke Auctions

24 November – David Walton evening talk1December – Handbell Ringing Concert

13 December – Christmas Wreath MakingCalligraphy coming soon

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We have a fantastic range of gourmet hampers,packed in our stylish wicker baskets (open or lidded),

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Visit our shop in DigbethStreet, Stow on the Woldand make up your ownhamper with as little or asmuch as you like - tailored tosuit your budget & made upwhile you wait.

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Wilmers Cotswold Barber ShopSheep Street, Stow

Due to high demand we are pleased to announce we have 3 full time barbers, all of us focused on one thing, producing high quality hair styles for all ages.

Also specialising in beard grooming, treated with our home made beard oils.We have nearly 30 years experience between us all in the trade and we do every new look out there.

Gents £14.50 Seniors £9

Kids £10.50Toddlers £7.50

Beard grooming £5Wet shave £15

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Wilmers Cotswold Barber ShopSheep Street, Stow

Due to high demand we are pleased to announce we have 3 full time barbers, all of us focused on one thing, producing high quality hair styles for all ages.

Also specialising in beard grooming, treated with our home made beard oils.We have nearly 30 years experience between us all in the trade and we do every new look out there.

Gents £14.50 Seniors £9

Kids £10.50Toddlers £7.50

Beard grooming £5Wet shave £15

All card payments acceptedFriendly family atmosphere, great customer care, and a good laugh guaranteed!

Oh and don't forget the top shelf for a cheeky tot occasionally!

Tue/Wed/Fri 9-5 • Thurs 9-6:30 • Sat 7:30-1

“Guys aren’t always great at keeping on top of their lives are they? Whereas the ladies are brilliant at organising lunch clubs, book clubs and suchlike, we tend to wander off to the shed to make or break something! The challenge was to address this issue for males and Men In Sheds was the answer.” Mark Weir.Part of the national UK Men’s Sheds Association, which has around 7000 members and 350 sheds across the country, Bourton Men In Sheds is an initiative supported by Cotswold Friends, a local charity providing friendship and support to older and vulnerable people across the north Cotswolds. The charity combats loneliness and isolation and has been particularly successful working with the female community but, as Men In Sheds’ Project Co-Leader, Mark Weir, points out, the attention has now shifted towards the men!Based in the former Chapel of Rest at the George Moore Community Centre in Bourton-on-the-Water, Bourton Men in Sheds is both a working environment and a social group where men come together for their own well-being, as well as providing a much needed service to the local community. The group formed in February of this year and now has 28 members and is looking to expand its premises so that it can accommodate the increased membership, but also facilitate less able-bodied members. Mark: “I have learnt what a widespread problem male loneliness is, particularly in rural areas, so it’s great to set this up and have the support of Cotswold Friends.” Along with fellow Project Co-Leader, Howard Crook, Mark’s role is to organise “The Shedders” (as they are known) into working teams to take on local projects.“People come here with projects they’d like us to do: woodworking, refurbishment, tool sharpening or repairs, fixing garden furniture is always high on the list - all kinds of things that are sometimes tricky to get done nowadays. A lot of us have a background of repairing things, not just buying a new one when it goes wrong. We have a clock repairer here, a joiner, a sign-writer…. Our members have so many different skills to offer, all skills available to be put to use for the community.” The group is also actively involved in larger projects in the wider community, one of which is currently assisting other local organisations

make a wheelchair friendly garden for a local resident suffering from Motor Neurone disease. This involves constructing plant containers at wheel chair height, making picket fences and a garden arch. Another project ‘on the go’ is the construction of a bicycle trailer for a Syrian refugee family in Witney, to help with local shopping.Mark is proud of what the group has achieved in such a small space of time. “We love people bringing their projects here to Bourton Shed. We don’t charge for the work we do, we just ask for all materials we use to be reimbursed and a donation to funds here is always welcome. “I think we have made a real difference here. We’ve built a community for the men involved and created a sense of belonging, which is actually what Men In Sheds is all about. Men In Sheds is not an opportunity to make money, it is all about serving the community.”

NICHOLAS JOHN

BOURTON MEN IN SHEDS

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The Great British High Street competition – the nation’s best high streets. (Let’s make Chippy one of them!)

On 18 October The Great British High Street competition announced the nation’s best high streets. Twenty-seven finalists now have the chance to impress an expert judging panel and battle it out in a public vote to be crowned Britain’s Best.

Winners in each category share a prize pot worth £100,000, and will receive expert training from Google’s digital taskforce for shops, bars and restaurants, plus a trip to Twitter UK’s London office to boost their social media skills.

Between now and 18 November you can cast your vote via www.thegreatbritishhighstreet.co.uk

High Streets Minister Andrew Percy said:“There are bustling high streets up and down the country from North London to Northumberland and you can show support for your local area and get voting.”

Finalists:• City: Derby, Norwich, Bristol• Coastal: Prestatyn, Falmouth, Cleethorpes• Local Centre: Hoole, Tunbridge Wells, Claygate• London: Romford, Lower Marsh Waterloo, Myddleton

Road Haringey• Market Town (small): Thame, Chipping Norton,

Hebden Bridge• Market Town (large): Hinckley, Market Harborough,

Bridgnorth• Town Centre: Hemel Hempstead, Banbury, Blackburn• Village: Langport, Kirkby Lonsdale, Pateley Bridge• Rising Star: Dornoch, Stockton-on-Tees, Leominster

The Great British High Street Competition 2016 celebrates the great work that is being done to revive, adapt and diversify the nation’s high streets.

The government is helping local business communities adapt to the changing face of high streets, with a £6.7 billion package of business rates support, cutting business rates for 900,000 businesses – with 600,000 now paying none at all.

This year’s competition saw a record 900 entries across all 14 categories, including the new categories for individuals and shops.

The second Great British High Street competition last

year saw 230 entries and attracted over 200,000 public votes, with Bishy Road in York crowned ‘Britain’s Best’. Bishy Road found that winning boosted town pride, and had a tangible economic impact with retailers reporting increased footfall.

Alongside the public’s votes shortlisted areas will also be inspected by judges made up of industry leaders from across retail, property and business – including British Land, the Post Office and Holland & Barrett.

To go online to cast your vote, visit the Great British High Street website and follow @TheGBHighSt on Twitter.

Voting closes on 18 November 2016.

Business Rates RevaluationThe next business rates revaluation takes effect in April 2017 and the Valuation Office Agency has published more than 1.9m draft rateable values online. It will also be updating its online service as soon as details of the multiplier (rate in the £) and the transitional relief scheme are available – so business owners will be able to quickly find their property and get an estimate of their 2017–18 bills to aid financial planning

In general, rateable values have risen signifcangtly across the district although the multiplier is expected to fall by around 3.5%. Next year, small businesses should also benefit from the extended Small Business Rate Relief scheme, announced the the last budget.

Olympic cycle stars shine thanks to Eynsham firmA West Oxfordshire firm can claim to be a key component in the success of the British cycling team and the Olympics. Lentus Composites of Eynsham worked with Cervélo to design and manufacture the frame for “the world’s fastest bike.” The company, based at Station Point, spent over a year using its expertise in laminate design, testing, and development to come up with stiffer, lighter frames with new geometry which enhanced performance.

Cervélo bikes with frames made in Eynsham

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LOCAL AUTHORITIES NOVEMBER 2016

Calls will cost 15p irrespective of how long the call may last, on landlines and mobiles.Call 999 in an emergencysuch as when a crime is in progress, where there is danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened

ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATIONTelephone: 08000 514 514

This information is continuously updated. please check by telephone or online: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks

C.D.C. Committee MeetingsMeetings are held at the Council Offices, Trinity Road Cirencester, GL7 1PX.

Agendas, reports and Minutes are published online five working days before each meeting at www.cotswold.gov.uk.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings of the Council and Committee. If you live in the District and are on the Electoral Register you can take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. Information about your Councillors and committee members are on the website: www.cotswold.gov.uk

NOVEMBERWed 09 PlanningThurs 17 CabinetQuestions to the Council or a committee about any matter on which CDC have any powers or duties or which affects the district must first be received in writing by the Head of Democratic Services by email no later than 5 pm on the prior working day: [email protected] post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 1PX. 01285 623204/ 201Petitions can be presented to express local feeling about an issue or a suggested action that we might take. A petition must contain at least 10 signatures.Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes can be found on the Council’s Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues and Membership of the Committees.

Do you know who to contact if you have a power cut?105 Is the new number to call.It’s free of charge and will put you

through to your local network operator who can give you help and advice.

MORETON TOWN COUNCILNEXT MEETING: Monday 14 November

PLEASE CHECK NOTICEBOARD

Residents are welcome to attend meetings. Questions* from the public relating to a

proposal in discussion by Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting on that proposal.

General questions are taken at the end of the meeting.

*A maximum of 3 minutes allowed.

Town Councillors are available before and after the meeting. District and County Cllrs,

representatives of Stow Police and local Press regularly attend.

MORETON TOWN COUNCILNOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING

OCTOBER 2016

Abbreviated notes from the Meeting are available online at

www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk and are displayed on the Council’s noticeboard in the High Street (on Barklays House). Copies are available at the Council’s Office, Moreton Library, and the CDC Moreton Area Centre in

High Street.Office opening hours:

Tuesday – 10:00-16:00 Wednesday and Thursday – 09:00-16:00

AND subject to meetings. Moreton in Marsh Town Council, Old Town, Moreton in Marsh,

GL56 0LWTel: 01608 651 448

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Javid blocks Warwickshire homes over neighbourhood plan clash The communities secretary Sajid Javid has blocked plans for up to 90 homes at Kineton in Warwickshire after he concluded that the scheme would be contrary to a neighbourhood plan which represents the ‘choice expressed by local people’.

Electric vehicle charger usage greatly exceeds expectations!Figures showing the annual use of two rapid Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs) provided by Cotswold District Council have shown that almost 200 owners charged their vehicles over 6,600 times.

The EVCPs – one at the Beeches Car Park in Cirencester and the other at the Old Market Way car park in Moreton-in-Marsh – were installed last year to encourage more people to adopt a greener mode of travel between locations in the north and south of the district, as well as linking to the nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Cllr Chris Hancock, the CDC Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Partnerships, is delighted with the results:“These figures show that the use of electric vehicles in the Cotswolds is far higher than we would have expected at this stage, and indicates that local motorists are keen to adopt environmentally-friendly vehicle technology. Charges during the first year were the equivalent of a saving of over 1,450 kg of carbon dioxide emissions and I expect this trend will continue to rise as more people buy electric vehicles.

“We are looking at how we can best meet the parking needs of motorists in the future and we should consider the provision of more electronic charging points as part of those plans.”

The EVCPs allow motorists to charge their vehicles in about thirty minutes – up to eight hours quicker than standard charge points, and also a three to four hour improvement on fast charge points. There will be a £4 ‘charge and park’ fee which will cover a charge-up for each vehicle using the EVCPs and up to an hour’s worth of parking. Users can access a Pay As You Go service via telephone or mobile phone app to pay for this service.


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Moreton Transport Problem/SolutionIn 1957 I took up a teaching post in Billingshurst, West Sussex, a small rural town on the A29, Stane Street, a main north/south route from Dorking to Arundel and Littlehampton. In passing through Billingshurst it formed its high street which contained its entire shopping facility much as does the Fosseway in Moreton.

It also had, and still does, a main-line rail station also running north/south. Similar to Moreton, yes, but since 1999 Billingshurst has been blessed with a western by-pass resulting in complete freedom from through traffic and restoring comparative tranquility and safety to its shopping area.

A similar example is Newbury where a relative reduction in traffic flow has been achieved by re-routing the n/s

A34 to the west side of the town. Many other examples can be cited.

Gloucester County Council, together with the Government department for road transport, needs to authorise urgent provision of a similar solution for Moreton-in-Marsh. A glance at an OS map would show how feasible it would be, as, to the west of the town there is mainly open rural land.

I feel sure this provision would supply a positive solution to a worsening situation over our lovely town’s traffic dilemma and remove the fear of heavy traffic flow and possibly subsequent danger to road users and pedestrians alike.

Ron Flexman Local resident

October Blogby Robert Dutton – 17 October, 2016It has been a fairly uneventful summer and the latest Council was held on 27 September when the main agenda item related to extending the joint working with neighbouring district councils.

Moreton Flood Alleviation Scheme Preparatory work for the Moreton Flood Alleviation Scheme remains ongoing and final details are still being resolved. I find it extremely frustrating that we are fast approaching winter and construction work remains held up. Mr. Clifton Brown, our MP, has convened a public ‘Flood Review’ meeting for Friday, 25 November (2.00 pm at the Moreton Area Centre) which will provide an opportunity for residents to express their concerns at the continuing delays. I can assure concerned residents that there is a firm commitment to deliver the Scheme; it is fully funded; and yet it is proving difficult to overcome the final hurdles.

Moreton Park – Difficulties With DevelopersResidents of Moreton Park have been experiencing some difficulties with the developers, Cala/Bloor and with the estate management company. Cala, as lead developer, have assured us they will seek to rectify the mistakes and overcharging that has occurred by returning residents to the position they would otherwise be in. It has also become clear that many of the estate roads, both surfaced and still unsurfaced, have not been constructed in accordance with the agreed plans. Our County Councillor, Dr. Nigel Moor and I, together with Cllr. Jeff Martin, Chairman of Moreton Town Council, met last month with the Cala Managing and Commercial Directors; they accepted ‘serious mistakes’ had been made; explained there had been significant management changes; and stated they were committed to putting matters right and, in particular, to get the estate roads (and lighting) into a condition whereby they can be adopted by GCC. Subsequently Dr. Moor and I, together with GCC and CDC officers, met with the Cala Commercial Director to agree a scheme and outline timetable. It has been agreed that Cala/Bloor will submit a new planning application with plans and technical drawings for rebuilding many of the estate roads so that they can, in due course, be adopted by GCC; this will include road and pavement realignment and widening; lighting; completion of the outstanding

landscaping; and, under section 278, a block-paved junction in Mosedale. In addition section 206 monies will be utilized by GCC to complete the footpath links to Moreton and for Moreton Town Council to construct the planned MUGA (multi-games area) on London Road. It is also planned to erect a bus stop at the end of Mosedale. By making a new planning application to CDC as the Planning Authority, this process will be made public and residents will have the opportunity to comment and raise issues. It should enable residents to have claritywhich they currently lack. It is expected then that the required work would be carried out as soon as weather conditions permit in 2017. Cala/Bloor have also been asked to submit a unilateral undertaking, as part of the planning application, that they will use all reasonable endeavours to complete the works as agreed.

It may be helpful to comment here that CDC, where appropriate, will take firm enforcement action against developers who do not comply with the terms and conditions of Planning Consents. This Month ‘Redrow Homes’ were prosecuted and fined in relation to a housing development in South Cerney. Other recent successful prosecutions by CDC have included fly-tipping; food hygiene failures; and dog fouling.

Planning ApplicationsThere have been a number of small planning applications in Todenham in which I have been engaged. In particular I was pleased to support an application for a much-needed farmers bungalow which was approved contrary to the planning officers recommendation.

There have been no new significant planning applications in Moreton East. Many residents will welcome the prospect of an ‘Aldi’ store next to the new hospital. I continue to be seriously concerned at the level of housing development taking place in Moreton – with Bovis Homes about to commence building 250 houses off the Todenham Road and a ‘Spitfire’ application expected south of the town. The scale of development is already overwhelming the town which gets more and more congested and, quite frankly, I don’t think the recent re-jigging of the mini-roundabouts here will make much difference. Residents should please note that, in view of our concerns, Cllr Coggins and I both voted against the emerging CDC local plan.

I remain available at [email protected] and, at any reasonable hour, on 01608 651914.


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Moreton Transport Problem/SolutionIn 1957 I took up a teaching post in Billingshurst, West Sussex, a small rural town on the A29, Stane Street, a main north/south route from Dorking to Arundel and Littlehampton. In passing through Billingshurst it formed its high street which contained its entire shopping facility much as does the Fosseway in Moreton.

It also had, and still does, a main-line rail station also running north/south. Similar to Moreton, yes, but since 1999 Billingshurst has been blessed with a western by-pass resulting in complete freedom from through traffic and restoring comparative tranquility and safety to its shopping area.

A similar example is Newbury where a relative reduction in traffic flow has been achieved by re-routing the n/s

A34 to the west side of the town. Many other examples can be cited.

Gloucester County Council, together with the Government department for road transport, needs to authorise urgent provision of a similar solution for Moreton-in-Marsh. A glance at an OS map would show how feasible it would be, as, to the west of the town there is mainly open rural land.

I feel sure this provision would supply a positive solution to a worsening situation over our lovely town’s traffic dilemma and remove the fear of heavy traffic flow and possibly subsequent danger to road users and pedestrians alike.

Ron Flexman Local resident

October Blogby Robert Dutton – 17 October, 2016It has been a fairly uneventful summer and the latest Council was held on 27 September when the main agenda item related to extending the joint working with neighbouring district councils.

Moreton Flood Alleviation Scheme Preparatory work for the Moreton Flood Alleviation Scheme remains ongoing and final details are still being resolved. I find it extremely frustrating that we are fast approaching winter and construction work remains held up. Mr. Clifton Brown, our MP, has convened a public ‘Flood Review’ meeting for Friday, 25 November (2.00 pm at the Moreton Area Centre) which will provide an opportunity for residents to express their concerns at the continuing delays. I can assure concerned residents that there is a firm commitment to deliver the Scheme; it is fully funded; and yet it is proving difficult to overcome the final hurdles.

Moreton Park – Difficulties With DevelopersResidents of Moreton Park have been experiencing some difficulties with the developers, Cala/Bloor and with the estate management company. Cala, as lead developer, have assured us they will seek to rectify the mistakes and overcharging that has occurred by returning residents to the position they would otherwise be in. It has also become clear that many of the estate roads, both surfaced and still unsurfaced, have not been constructed in accordance with the agreed plans. Our County Councillor, Dr. Nigel Moor and I, together with Cllr. Jeff Martin, Chairman of Moreton Town Council, met last month with the Cala Managing and Commercial Directors; they accepted ‘serious mistakes’ had been made; explained there had been significant management changes; and stated they were committed to putting matters right and, in particular, to get the estate roads (and lighting) into a condition whereby they can be adopted by GCC. Subsequently Dr. Moor and I, together with GCC and CDC officers, met with the Cala Commercial Director to agree a scheme and outline timetable. It has been agreed that Cala/Bloor will submit a new planning application with plans and technical drawings for rebuilding many of the estate roads so that they can, in due course, be adopted by GCC; this will include road and pavement realignment and widening; lighting; completion of the outstanding

landscaping; and, under section 278, a block-paved junction in Mosedale. In addition section 206 monies will be utilized by GCC to complete the footpath links to Moreton and for Moreton Town Council to construct the planned MUGA (multi-games area) on London Road. It is also planned to erect a bus stop at the end of Mosedale. By making a new planning application to CDC as the Planning Authority, this process will be made public and residents will have the opportunity to comment and raise issues. It should enable residents to have claritywhich they currently lack. It is expected then that the required work would be carried out as soon as weather conditions permit in 2017. Cala/Bloor have also been asked to submit a unilateral undertaking, as part of the planning application, that they will use all reasonable endeavours to complete the works as agreed.

It may be helpful to comment here that CDC, where appropriate, will take firm enforcement action against developers who do not comply with the terms and conditions of Planning Consents. This Month ‘Redrow Homes’ were prosecuted and fined in relation to a housing development in South Cerney. Other recent successful prosecutions by CDC have included fly-tipping; food hygiene failures; and dog fouling.

Planning ApplicationsThere have been a number of small planning applications in Todenham in which I have been engaged. In particular I was pleased to support an application for a much-needed farmers bungalow which was approved contrary to the planning officers recommendation.

There have been no new significant planning applications in Moreton East. Many residents will welcome the prospect of an ‘Aldi’ store next to the new hospital. I continue to be seriously concerned at the level of housing development taking place in Moreton – with Bovis Homes about to commence building 250 houses off the Todenham Road and a ‘Spitfire’ application expected south of the town. The scale of development is already overwhelming the town which gets more and more congested and, quite frankly, I don’t think the recent re-jigging of the mini-roundabouts here will make much difference. Residents should please note that, in view of our concerns, Cllr Coggins and I both voted against the emerging CDC local plan.

I remain available at [email protected] and, at any reasonable hour, on 01608 651914.


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‘Creepy clown’ Police WarningPolice resources are being tied up, impacting on their ability to react to other incidents.

Across the country, police have been called to dozens of incidents in which people have dressed up as ‘creepy clowns’ specifically to scare people. Gloucestershire police said it had received six reports of ‘clowns’ behaving suspiciously, or carrying knives. In one instance a child was followed.

One man has been arrested after terrifying a lone woman in a public park.

These incidents may seem harmless pranks, but are very terrifying to those experiencing it.

Council to award Honorary Alderman status to the late Cllr Barry Dare

Members of Cotswold District Council agreed to award the title of Honorary Alderman to former Councillor Barry Dare who died in July.

Since being first elected as a ward councillor in 2003, Barry Dare served as the Councillor for Blockley until 2015 and then represented Stow from 2015 until his death. He filled a range of key roles, including Cabinet Member for Corporate Resource issues, and two stints as Chair of the Audit Committee. Highlights included his oversight of the ‘GO’ project which transformed the delivery of ‘back office’ functions across Cotswold, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean and West Oxfordshire Councils. He also played a leading role in the leisure working group which was tasked with rebuilding the Cirencester leisure centre after the 2008 floods. Cllr Dare also served as Leader of Gloucestershire County Council from 2005-10 (as well as being the Conservative Group Leader from 2002-10), and also helped to oversee the work of the Gloucestershire Police Authority.

HM Revenue & Customs Fraud Warning

A Phone scam that may accumulate large charges on your phone bill is currently being reported across the country.

An automated message can be heard when the call is answered, telling the resident they are under investigation and due in court.

Hang up immediately, if the instructions are followed, the call is forwarded to a premium rate number, which will then accumulate large charges onto the victims phone bill.

Are you concerned a crime has been committed, but you are worried about reporting it? Contacting Crimestoppers is completely anonymous. You can call the number below, or fill in the on line form on the website www.crimestoppers-uk.org They will ask questions about the crime you have information on but will never ask questions about you.

The Marie Curie Care North Cotswolds Fundraising Group would like to thank all those involved in the exit collection, held at this years Moreton Show.

A grand sum of £2119.18 was collected, despite the weather.




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Planning Applications & Approvals

Parish Application

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A = Accept Officer RecommendationV = Varied Officer RecommendationO = Overturned Officer Recommendation

Stow on the Wold Land North of Tesco Fosseway Stow on the Wold Gloucestershire 16/00139/REM CD.0070/3/FApproval of Reserved Matters

03 O Refuse

Mickleton Land Parcel Off Broad Marston Road Mickleton Gloucestershire 16/02049/REMApproval of Reserved Matters

04 A Permit

Westcote The Quarry Nether Westcote Chipping Norton Gloucestershire 16/01562/OUT CD.1019/SOutline Application

07 A Refuse

PLANNING AND LICENSING COMMITTEE 12 October 2016APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AND DECISION

Parish Application No. Location Proposal Deadline Date

Mickleton 16/04089/FUL Land Rear Of Willann High Street Mickleton Gloucestershire

Erection of two dwellings (revision to 15/02416/FUL)

04/11/2016

Upper Rissington C/2016/037090/PRE

Land between Sandy Lane Court and Southgate Court Upper Rissington

01/11/2016

Moreton-in-Marsh 16/03918/PAYPRE

Land Adjacent To Fosseway Garden Centre Stow Road Moreton-In-MarshGloucestershire

01/11/2016

Evenlode 16/03021/FUL Land East Of Evenlode Road Evenlode Gloucestershire

Creation of equestrian yard and manege with associated access and landscaping

24/10/2016

Evenlode 16/03698/FUL Land At Evenlode Grounds Farm Adlestrop Road Evenlode Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0YS

Change of use of land from agriculture to recreation use (sui generis) for the siting ofsix permanent camping pods and associatedworks

27/10/2016

Applications Received

CDC Planning Commmittee meets once a month – the details are on p17 of this magazine. Full information is available online at www.cotswold.gov.uk or 01285 62300. This website also explains planning procedures, how to comment on applications and speak at a public planning meeting at CDC.

New design guide will help solar panels shineFor the first time, a simple national guide helps property owners install attractive solar panels

Get them right, and they can be an attractive part of your home and lower your electricity bills. That’s the message about solar panels from a countryside charity and a leading building science centre, who have teamed up to prevent common design pitfalls.

The new guide and summary leaflet on solar design, published by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and BRE National Solar Centre, show how solar panels on buildings can look good whatever the structure

or surrounding landscape.

Among the various design principles, CPRE advocates the use of panels that match the size and shape of existing roof tiles. Other suggestions include installing panels symmetrically or ensuring that panels fully cover the roof. Aimed at property owners, designers and installers, the guide and leaflet also illustrate how the sun is already helping to power an

incredible range of the nation’s buildings – from homes and listed churches to greenhouses and office blocks.

With millions of viewers tuning in to programmes such as Grand Designs each week, there is a clear appetite for innovative design, and 800,000 home solar panel systems have already been installed in the UK.

New technologies are reducing the cost of solar panels, despite Government cuts to solar subsidies. The publication of the guide has therefore come at a very useful time to showcase solar developments that protect the countryside.

Helping you use solar design that fits with your building

and local environment

SOLAR DESIGN TIPSyour 10-point guide



Business rate payers – check these proposed rises A revaluation of business rates by the Inland Revenue Valuation Office Agency – which is due to take effect next year- will have a signficantly adverse impact on many firms and organisations in the Cotswolds. On average, they face an increase of 12.7% in their rateable values – the biggest increase in Gloucestershire. Although some will actually see a reduction in their business rates, the increases far outweigh the reductions and, in one instance, the increase in the rates bill could be as high as £185,000 per year.

The Leader of Cotswold District Council, Cllr Lynden Stowe, feels that the revaluation is grossly disproportionate:

“This is nothing to do with this Council – the Inland Revenue Valuation Office has proposed these rises, and the average increase is far too high. It seems ridiculous that business rate payers in Cheltenham and Gloucester face average rises of just over 2% which effectively gives them a competitive advantage of about 10% over neigbouring organisations in the Cotswolds.”

Cllr Stowe continues:“I would urge those who are losing out to review the government’s findings – you can check your new valuation on the Valuation Office website at: www.tax.service.gov.uk/view-my-valuation/search and there may be grounds for appeal. You should also check to see if you are entitled to the small business rate relief which will be extended to more businesses after an announcement in the March 2016 budget.

“I can understand why some firms in this area might be expected to pay higher business rates than those in areas of the country where trading conditions are more difficult, but an overall increase of 12.7% is far too high. Essentially every extra pound

that our local businesses and organisations have to pay is a loss to our local economy – they worked hard to weather the recession and now they are being asked to provide a heavy subsidy to other areas that didn’t perform so well.

“From a Cotswold District Council perspective, we face an annual increase in Rateable Values totalling £23,000 for our offices at Cirencester and Moreton-in-Marsh, as well as significant additional rises in the rateable value of car parks and other assets. Additionally, we will not gain a penny of these increases in the form of additional income because the money will be shifted to the rest of the country.

“I believe that the government is currently consulting on a scheme called ‘transitional relief’ that would phase in large increases in rate bills to cushion the blow, but this still doesn’t make things right. I am particularly concerned about the local hotel sector which will be hit particularly hard.”

Before you appealPlease contact the Valuation Office Agency: https://www.gov.uk/valuation-offices-business-rates to discuss your case – you may be able to resolve it informally find out deadlines for appealing.

Appealing to the Valuation Office Agency You can appeal online: https://www.gov.uk/correct-your-business-rates by filling in an appeal form: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-domestic-rating-proposal-to-alter-the-2010-rating-list and sending it to your local office: https://www.gov.uk/valuation-offices-business-rates

Moreton Cricket Club support local SchoolPlayers for Moreton Cricket have doanted £135 in cricket equipement to St Davids School in Moreton from money raised during the season in after match fines. Having played in the competetive atmosphere of matches the team then have fun over a drink after the game collecting fine money for misdemeanors on the pitch.

First team captain Graham Jones explained “we have built up a great bond in the team and like nothing better than having a post match fines session where players make small doantions for obvious things like dropped catches and misfields along with more obscure things spotted by other players such as dirty kit”. The money raised goes towards a good cause and the end of season meal.

The donation of the Cricket equipment to St Davids School is an important part of developing cricket in the community. With the new practice nets now in place and North Cotswold Young Cricketers sharing the ground the players wanted the next generation of cricketers having the opportunity to learn the game.

Women's CricketYoungsters are not the only ones benefiting at the club with taster coaching sessions being run for women and girls at the end of the season proving very popular. Trudy Bartlett who took part in the first session said “We learnt loads and laughed lots, nothing too serious but I think we are all looking forward to the next session.” Thanks to the coach Shaun Williams for running the sessions and we look forward to developing this further next season so look out for the adverts for activities at Moreton Cricket Ground.

North Cotswold Hospital, Moreton-in-MarshAs you know we have a splendid new hospital/surgery here which is reputed to have cost over £10 million. We also have a town and surroundings with literally thousand of elderly people and pensioners.It therefore seems hard to believe that this hospital has no ambulance unit, cardiac or stroke unit, and that all such cases have to be referred to Gloucester, Cheltenham or Warwick hospitals, or even further afield to Bristol or Oxford. An A & E department is perhaps too much to hope for (though I don’t really know why.)Even more incredible is that when my GP summoned an ambulance for me recently when I presented to the surgery with chest pains, it was just under three hours before the ambulance arrived. On another occasion it took an hour and a half in the middle of the night. Then I was told that A & E in Cheltenham was banned to ambulance drivers after 7.00 pm. The driver also told me that if I knew how few ambulances were available for a huge area during the night, I would be horrified. He said he had come that day from the Devon border!Before I have a further heart attack, could you please tell me if you think this state of affairs is sensible, economic, humane or farsighted? If you (inevitably) quote cuts to me, I further believe that there are over 300 people employed in the management offices at Cheltenham General, no doubt dealing with the senseless amount of paperwork generated by a grossly over- inflated bureaucracy. Or so rumour has it. Perhaps some of them could be spared from their desks to drive an ambulance?As this may literally be a matter of life and death for many hundreds of your constituents, may I beg that you treat this matter as one to be urgently addressed?Yours faithfullyRichard Vaughan-DaviesMitford Oak House, Church Street, Moreton in Marsh GL56 0LN

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Looking for friends…Charities asking for volunteers

Two charities have joined forces to find volunteers to help people with learning disabilities in the Moreton area. For the past 20 years, Cotswold Friends, a charity that helps vulnerable people in the north Cotswold community, has been working in partnership with learning disabilities charity, Home Farm Trust (HFT).This has included Cotswold Friends providing transport and volunteers to befriend people supported by HFT to take part in leisure activities, such as walking and swimming. Both charities are now keen to find friends for more people. Among the people looking to find friendship is Amanda, who has been supported by HFT for the last 15 years, she is a keen photographer and would like to find someone who could join her on wildlife walks.“... My hobby is photography and I would really like someone to come with me to take photographs of local wildlife. I enjoy going out for coffee and cake and I really enjoy music, …”

Andy would like to find someone who shares his enthusiasm for sport. “I enjoy watching football and rugby. I like playing darts, pool and snooker. It would be great to have someone to go with. I love Elvis...”Other people are looking for volunteers to go dog walking with, visit coffee shops and attend horse racing events. One lady would also like some support with caring for her pet rabbit. Judy Johnson is a Manager for HFT, she said: “This scheme will provide a valuable addition to the existing day service. For many people, with … needs, funding cuts have resulted in a loss of support hours. This can cause some people to feel more lonely and isolated. Volunteers play a crucial role … by helping us to provide the opportunities for the people we support to pursue their hobbies and take an active role in their local community.” If you have a little free time and could befriend anyone who is supported by HFT please contact Sheryl Murray at Cotswold Friends.“Volunteering for Cotswold Friends is a really rewarding experience; many of our volunteers tell me how their lives are enhanced by their voluntary work in the community. Please do contact me for an informal chat about the voluntary roles we have available.”

Sheryl can be contacted on 01608 697007 or email [email protected]

Local Soprano singing with Stratford-Upon-Avon Choral Society

Eleanor Broomfield solo soprano in Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Missa Brevis, with

Mozart’s Misericordias Domini.

Earlier this year Eleanor Broomfield from Ilmington graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with First Class honours, winning a scholarship onto the Masters programme, under the guidance of Julie Kennard and Audrey Hyland. Eleanor was a pupil at Chpping Campden School, and has been a soloist with Longborough Opera House and with the Campden Festival Chorus, where she sang Bach’s St John Passion and Handel’s Messiah in Chipping Campden. Eleanor is rapidly gaining a strong reputation in opera and concert performance. She is singing this month as a soloist with Stratford on Avon Choral Society, and will bring a large local following. She is supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, Richard Porter Trust, the Mario Lanza Educational Trust, the Denne Gilkes Memorial Trust and the Ilmington Music Festival Trust.

A concert of Choral ClassicsA concert of Choral Classics including Haydn’s Nelson Mass in D Minor, Haydn’s Missa Brevis in B Flat sometimes known as the Little Organ Mass and the less often heard Mozart’s Misericordias Domini K.222 will take place on Saturday 19th November 2016 at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon. Tickets are £15 (adults) or £8 (students) from Carol Jackson on 01386 841440, at Holy Trinity Bookstall or on the door on the night. Up to two children under 16 are admitted free of charge if accompanied by an adult.

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Church ServiceSAn Autumn Walk in Batsford Arboretum

Words and photographs by Judy Dean

The Batsford Estate was the home of the famous Mitford sisters until 1916. Algernon Mitford inherited it in 1886, and his travels in China and Japan had a direct influence on the design of the Arboretum. The estate was sold to Gilbert Wills, who became the 1st Lord Dulverton, but after the second World War, during which time an American hospital was positioned, the gardens had fallen into disrepair, and it was the second Lord Dulverton who revived them in the mid 1950s

In the Spring there is a continually changing display of aconites, snowdrops, daffodils, scillas etc, eventually being overcome by the fresh green of the new foliage of the trees.

In Autumn, the gardens are ablaze with the colourful glory of Japanese Maples, Sorbus, Cornus, etc, all showing off in a final fling of majesty before winter comes, with the delicate beauty of cyclamens peeping through the crackly fallen leaves

It was into this Autumnal flame that we stepped the other day, a beautiful sunny day with blue skies to set off the colour. From the ticket office we walked along to the main Estate road, which crosses the Rockery Bridge, and passes in front of the magnificent house. Here is a major display of Colour from the Acer – all shades of yellow, orange, red and green. Following the drive through the estate to the gates to the delightful Cotswold village, where the spire of St Mary’s church is set off against the bold green of evergreen trees. Then we backtracked just a few yards and followed the path up the hill to explore more of the 56 acres, crisscrossed by numerous paths. The paths can be steep, but are all easy to walk.

On our way, we passed various points worth stopping to see – the Swamp, with it’s water margin plants, the Ice House, wonderful Giant Redwoods, until we came to the enigmatic Buddha statue, with it’s polished hands, rubbed by passers-by for luck, and the Japanese Rest

House, which holds a 4ft wide section of Elm tree, marked out to show a timeline of history from 1750.

Carrying on uphill we found the Hermits cave – dank, dark and mysterious – before turning back down to the viewpoint, where the lovely Cotswold scenery was laid before us in a typical Autumnal haze. The path then led us to the red Japanese bridge, the lily pond and the bronze statue of the Japanese Foo Dog – a personal favourite!

We followed the stream down to the signs to the Exit through the shop and the restaurant, which serves wonderful cakes!

There are around 3000 specimens in the arboretum – many of which are rare, and a number that are extinct in the wild. The national collection of Japanese Flowering Cherries live here as well as the living gene bank for some endangered Chilean conifers.

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The Cotswold Times is sad to report the demise of one of the region’s most colourful characters as the result of a tragic accident on a sunlit April evening.Edward (Teddy) Branscombe-Smythe was not a naturist but he certainly wore his toga a little on the wild side. This was just one of the characteristics which endeared him to the Wychwoods in Oxfordshire..Born of a doting mother and a father who had clearly deprived another village of its resident idiot, Edward was one of life’s little idiosyncrasies. Not that he was ever called Edward. From his early predilection for running naked around the house, Teddy was the name, bare was the nature; and Teddy stuck, which was more than could be said of his toga.Home was the big house behind the church. As an only child, Teddy ruled the roost, turning room after room into playpens, rockets, dens or even a forum, the latter complete with floor-to-ceiling pillars made with myriads of toilet rolls, yards of sellotape and a surfeit of anticipation.This love of all things Roman stemmed from a topic at the village school when, as a wide-eyed and rampaging nine year old, with the cheek of an overgrown hamster, he had become impregnated, even inoculated, with the summer term’s topic which had included a visit to the Corinium Museum at Cirencester. This was followed by a walk beside the ancient Roman walls in the park and lunch at the amphitheatre. It was from here that Teddy and Alice went missing. While an agitated Miss Windridge searched futilely among her flock at the bottom of the theatre, an unmistakable nine year old voice piped down from the highest ranks.“Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your wears,” and there stood Teddy with Alice’s dress twirled about him and Alice herself, perhaps wisely, well out of sight. The toga habit had been born.

He was short of neither character nor admirersWhat others called mischief, high spirits, youthful exuberance or worse, he simply put under the umbrella of personality. Naughty boys loved him, naughty girls pursued him. While the majority of his misdemeanors could be put down to an excess of frivolity over intelligence, he never was able to give a satisfactory explanation of how Tigger’s exuberant tail came to be tied in the neatest of reef knots around its back leg.He was quite unsuited to state schools. Something altogether more Bohemian was required. So it was that he arrived at a minor public school in Berkshire where his exploits became the stuff of legend. Conformity was never a choice. The navy blue serge uniform was not merely off the peg but off the shoulder and, in his prime, off the hips as well.Scholastic talent was in exceedingly short supply. Neither in the classroom nor out on the sports field could he excel. For him, education was at worst a trial, at best an

entertainment. Baiting teachers, especially those members of the fairer sex brave enough to cross the portals of an all-boys establishment was both his focus and, ultimately, his downfall.But it was when he climbed unnoticed to the top of the quadrangle tower that he immortalized himself into juvenile infamy. Standing framed against the sky, legs astride the castellation, he poured forth his sorrows to the crowd of pupils below - the lonely childhood, the chronic lack of ability and the unrequited love for Miss Lusten. It was all totally unexpected. And totally untrue. For a second he disappeared and then the uniformed figure hurled itself off the parapet suspended from the four corners of a white bed sheet. With trademark blazer akimbo, the mannequin crumpled onto the grass. Teddy roared his triumph from the heights. The toga swirled extravagantly in the breeze and from somewhere he had acquired a laurel wreath on his brow. Tales of derring-do such as his would never be rivaled.This premature end of his schooling began what he later referred to liberally as his ‘gap year’ when he attempted, single-handedly, to put the gay back into Pari. “C’est tout l’amour” became his catch phrase in a language he never mastered. He rarely failed, however, in what he cheerfully called his extra muriel relationships.Eventually, duty called. Too limited and too disinclined to attend university, his application for the land management course at Cirencester’s agricultural college was accepted with an understandable lack of enthusiasm by a lecturer who got wind of his reputation. But the academic demands put upon him were limited and Anthea, a compliant trainee shepherdess with similarly unconventional roots, almost kept him on the straight and narrow.

willfulness was never far awayIt was seen as a sign of his eventual maturing that, upon leaving college, he married said Anthea, much to his mother’s chagrin and his father’s bewilderment. Despite the marriage, willfulness was never far away. Sobriety and etiquette were largely alien planets but his regular inebriation was rarely offensive. “Remember the words of the bard, dear boy,” he would intone, “Full of sound and fury, signifying damn all.Work was an unavoidable necessity. He became deputy land manager at the nearby stately home where he reveled in the brash lavishness of his surroundings. Forestry issues and preservation of game birds were his priorities, many colleagues feeling the latter to be particularly suitable to his little proclivities, although nobody could be quite sure if he was being mischievous or simply one antler short of a full herd when he repeated, ad nauseam, that his main role was to keep the pheasants in their places. His hold upon the job was always a little tenuous, especially after the staff ball when, egged on by ribald supporters, he abseiled down from the top of the West Wing, resplendent in the characteristically wayward toga, a progression which left much to chance but little to the imagination.

Pensioners don’t run. I can still shuffle in my dated running gear. Through the woods, across the fields, far from mocking gazes. Half marathons, marathons, even my single marathon victory now just a memory; was that really 1986 back in Milton Keynes? Thirty years ago and counting. Now it’s painfully slow, soles and soul often scraping the ground. I feel your jibes: ‘Isn’t he too old for that?’; ‘It’s time he gave that up’; ‘Call that running? I could almost walk that fast.’ But there’s still satisfaction to be had as well as nostalgic pleasure in accomplishment, no matter how slow.I see young runners and my mind churns. All shapes and sizes. Some true athletes. Many others with wires dangling from their ears. Water bottles clutched pointlessly. Watches referred to at regular and self-conscious intervals. And those pouches on the upper arms: are they for mobile phones,

heart rate monitors or portable defibrillators? Is my cynicism the product of athletic purity or athletic snobbery?I note your status – some proper runners with characteristic glide, some joggers, intense and breathless, some posers, and those team sport competitors whose rolling gait and chunky thighs convey their keep-fit motivation. Lycra everywhere, its owners shrink-wrappped, revealing their limitations. Whatever happened to vest and shorts, proper shorts, made for speed not fashion? And trainers embalmed in mud? Amid these recollections and this list of characters, I note the thoroughly overweight joggers and my spirit rises to their challenge; that effort takes commitment.But then I see, coming towards me, a young runner, wearing a shapeless and unbranded grey T shirt, flapping shorts, uncompromisingly worn-down trainers, head erect, eyes focussed, knee lift high, and aroused at such simple memories, I smile.

‘From Bob Forster’(Article previously published in The Guardian Newspaper.)

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What I’m really thinkingThe old-runner

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In 1741 the artist William Hogarth produced an engraving entitled ‘Enraged Musician’ depicting street musicians causing havoc in the street to the annoyance of the musician homeowner. Centre piece of

the picture is a milkmaid balancing a churn of milk on her head as she picks her way through the melee. This is probably the earliest depiction of milk being delivered from the dairy to the household. The present day equivalent is the small army of milkmen and women that regularly deliver milk and associated products to the nations doorsteps all year round and in all weathers.Milk delivery has been a part of the nations life for hundreds of years but more recently has seen dramatic changes to the industry as a whole, the very recent political turmoil increasing the pressure on an already struggling industry. At the beginning of the century doorstep delivery of milk accounted for over 25% of milk distribution, today it stands at a mere 3%. Eventaking into account 2 world wars, technology and social changes this is a massive decline, and one that is difficult to see how it can be resolved. Since 1933 UK farmers had the safety net of the Milk Marketing Board to fall back against which gave the luxury of a guaranteed minimum price to

dairy farmers for their milk production. However, political and commercial changes of the 70’s and 80’s brought about its demise and the MMB finally came to an end in 2002 resulting in the domination of the dairy production process by the large conglomerates. With no subsidy to fall back on, todays milk delivery industry, has to work extremely hard to compete with the large supermarkets who can buy in bulk from exclusive suppliers, making their shelf product available at a cheaper price. The Cotswold area is host to many dairy farms and milk delivery businesses who, despite the pressures on them still manage to make headway.Peter and Emma Ledbury run a 120 acre, 85 head dairy farm close to the village of Long Compton just inside the southern boundary of Warwickshire. A third generation dairy farmer and just one of the nations 9,500+ dairy farms, Peters roots are in Devon but the family moved from Weston Super Mare in 2014 to set up at Butlers Hill Farm. He recalls how, along with the bulk of the smaller dairy farmers, his farming parents lamented the demise of the Milk Marketing Board and how many sold up as soon as the minimum guaranteed price for milk disappeared. Despite echoing the sentiments of many farmers,’…if we could get a fair price for

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our milk then there would be no need for subsidies’, Peter is level headed enough to appreciate that this could also lead to surplus production and quotas being introduced , illustrating that the solution to the whole milk farmgate price/production problem is quite complex and will not easily be resolved. The Brexit issue also gives him cause for concern, ...’it could be a real nightmare, particularly if the subsidies go’ but he remains philosophical despite the growing uncertainty amongst the whole dairy industry. I asked him about his thoughts for the future, ‘I have got to be positive, I work too many hours and dont spend enough time with the children, but the herd is as much of my life as the kids are – its my life, and I love it.Tom Sammon and his wife Anne are primarily sheep farmers but find time to run a rural milk delivery service, serving approx 1000 customers from their 300 acre farm situated on the top of one of the many hills overlooking the picturesque village of Whichford approx 4 miles north of Chipping Norton. Coventry born Tom took over the milk delivery business of Country Dairies in 2004 when the long standing Over Norton based enterprise came to an end, his upbringing in the dairy industry providing him with the necessary skills to take on the business . Bucking the national trend he has seen his customer base gradually increase to’ almost double that of when we first started’, a success he attributes to the diversity of products now available, keeping his prices as low as possible and providing a reliable service in a very rural area, particularly during the winter months. He also sees the milkman as carrying out an important social function either talking to an elderly customer or dealing with the fire brigade or police in the dead of night. Whilst traditional doorstep delivery remains the major part of his operation, increasingly he is taking on smaller commercial enterprises and venturing into some of the larger towns. Just like the dairy farmers, he feels the pressures that are affecting the industry but his small and significant success gives him a very positive outlook. ‘There will always be a need for some form of doorstep milk delivery’, his wife Anne adds,’ just what form that will take is unknown’.Whilst the general trend nationally may give the picture of a gradual decline in the door step delivery of fresh milk, from a very local level ,from the producer to the smaller local delivery concern there appears to be a

slightly brighter picture. This tiny glimmer of hope may suggest that despite gloomier statistics nationally, at a local level the tenacity and determination of both producer and delivery businesses together with the Brexit implications, may help to bring about a new surge in the requirement for a continuing door step delivery. The long term future of the milk industry as a whole remains very uncertain but, at the present time for everyone who values a high quality, locally produced and traceable product delivered reliably in all weathers to your door or business, you cannot beat your local milk delivery. The Cotswold dairy herds produce a product of superb quality, and the milkmen and women of the Cotswold remain dedicated to deliver it.

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at 2.45pm on 21 November 2016 in St George’s Hall, Blockley

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Stow Disability AssociationChristmas Fayre

Saturday 12 November 10am - 3pmAdlestrop Village Hall

Sale of: Preserves, Gift Ideas, Bric-a-brac, Cakes and much more

Tombola, Raffle and other prize winning games.Refreshments

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Artists in Charlbury will once again open their studios for

Oxfordshire’s Christmas Artweeks Event over the weekend of November 19 and 20.

Sites will be shown in the trail map from various venues.Opening times are usually from 11 to 6, but check in one of the many trail maps.

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Burford Singers – Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Sunday, 20 November 2016 at 7.30pmChurch of St John the Baptist

Church Green, Burford OX18 4RY

Burford Singers withCotswold Chamber Orchestra

Brian Kay – Conductor

Tickets reserved at £21, £17 and £13, unreserved £10.50

01993 822412or from The Madhatter Bookshop

122, High Street, Burford OX18 4QJwww.burfordsingers.org.uk

Ramsden Christmas Market & FOOD HALL on 3 December 2016 from 1pm to 4pm

Over 50 stalls Admission £2 (children free)

Lower Farm, Ramsden OX7 3AZTel: 01993 868996, Mob: 07966 019540

Find us on Facebook or on the Ramsden Village Website

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Autumn at Upton: Poppies and RemembranceCelebrating 70 years since the endof the Second World War we reflectand remember those played theirpart in this conflict.

Remembrance Poppy Display, 12 & 13 November 12-4pmSee the poppies crafted by visitors displayed around the propertyand write your own messages to the fallen on our flag ofremembrance in the house. Normal admission prices applyWrite a message to the fallen, 22 October – 13 November At the end of your house visit take moment in the Ballard room towrite your own message to the fallen by our flag of remembrance. Find peace in the gardensThe garden is a great place for reflection, so pleaseenjoy a wander along the winter route, enjoying time withfriends and family or finding a quiet corner to reflect.Details of all events, opening times and dates are on thewebsite. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/uptonhouse

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Manor Farm, Chapel Lane, Longborough

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Raffle, refreshments and festive cheerCafé offering light homemade ‘soup and roll’ lunches, homemade sausage rolls, mulled wine and mince pies,

tea or coffee and home baked cakes £2 programme entry & children FOC Tel Shona for details on 07803029943

COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHTSat Notgrove Village Hall

7.30pm – 11.30pmLIVE MUSIC – Licenced Bar, £5pp entrance

Thursday 10 November 2016 – Tonight's act is MarcusThursday 24 November 2016 – Tonight's act is Donna Wylde

Thursday 15th December 2016: Christmas Country Music Night with Chris Rainbow

Contact Ken on 07870795560 or 01451 850502 for further details.

A Christmas Concert given by Chedworth Silver BandIn aid of Clic Sargant Cancer in Children FundBourton on the Water, Royal British Legion Hall

Saturday 3 December, 7-30pm Come and join us to sing along with carols

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Local Walks with the Voluntary WardensNovember 2016

Survival on the Scarp – Thursday 3 November – ModerateA look at the lovely countryside around Winchcombe as much of thenatural world closes down for winter. Pub lunch available after thewalk. 3 hours: 6 miles. Start: 10:00 am Winchcombe, Back Lane CarPark (pay and display £1). OS Map ref SP 023 285.Three Churches and a River – Sunday 6 November – ModerateTo Shorthampton Church with wall paintings, then to Spelsbury churchwith memorials to the Lee family. Return via Coldron Mill and DeanGrove to Charlbury and the 12th century church. Carry a snack, lunchopportunities after walk in Charlbury. 6.5 miles Start: 10:00 am at theSpendlove car park Charlbury OX7 3PQThe Saltway and Ditchley Park – Tuesday 8 November – Moderate A circular walk exploring the eastern border of the Cotswolds AONBand part of Ditchley Park, the wartime retreat of Prime MinisterWinston Churchill. 5.5 miles Start: 10:00am at Ditchley Park GateSP379206. Reached via the Ditchley road from Charlbury.Cotswold Heroines – Jane Austen – Thursday 10 November –ModerateVia Chastleton to Adlestrop where author Victoria Huxley will tell us aboutJane Austen's visits to the village to stay with friends. Return via a route oflittle-known paths. Lunch at pub available. 3.5 hours: 6 miles. Start: 10:00am Little Compton, Red Lion pub, park in pub car park if having lunchthere, otherwise considerately along the road. OS Map ref SP 257 302.A Way with Water – Saturday 12 November – ModerateA walk touching on the influences of water in bygone times on the wayof life in the Cotswold Hills. Bring a packed lunch. 6 hours: 11 miles.Start: 9:30 am Temple Guiting Village Hall car park (next to primaryschool). OS Map ref SP 090 279.Uphill and Down Dale – Saturday 12 November – Strenuous Up and over Margetts Hill, Whichford hill and Green Hill viaCherington, Long Compton, Whichford and Sutton under Brailes. Pub stop available at lunch and after the walk, but please bring food

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just in case! 10 miles 5 hours Start: 10:00am Cherington Arms,Cherington CV36 5HSIsbourne Way 5 – Tuesday 15 November – ModerateThis is this last in a series of five circular walks which will incorporate thewhole of the new Isbourne Way. Bring packed lunch. 4 hours: 8.5 miles.Start: 10.00 am Sedgeberrow. Meet outside at the public footpath sign atthe junction of the B4078 and the Old Cheltenham Road. Please parkconsiderately along the Old Cheltenham Road. OS Map ref SP 025 387.Ascott has more than just Two t’s – Wednesday 16 November – EasyDiscover the charm and amazing history of the beautiful village of Ascottending up at The Swan for lunch should you choose. 4 miles Start:10:00am Ascott village green.Northwest of Guiting – Friday 18 November – ModerateA chance to see Guiting Wood and the scarp on the eastern side ofWinchcombe. Bring packed lunch. 5 hours: 10 miles. Start: 9:30 amGuiting Power Village Hall. Donation box at the car park for the villagehall upkeep. OS Map ref SP 095 246There’s an Old Mill by a Stream … Saturday 26 November – ModerateJoin us as we look at the key moment in the Arts and Crafts Movement.Bring packed lunch. 5.5 hours: 10.5 miles. Start: 9:30 am ChippingCampden, Dovers Hill NT car park. OS Map ref SP 137 396.

PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep andmuddy in places. EASY – Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat(level); MODERATE – includes some hills and rough ground.STRENUOUS – may be rough underfoot and ascents and descents maybe steep. We welcome guide and hearing dogs – sorry, others not allowed.Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund ourconservation and improvement work.The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout theCotswolds. For more information see www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk orTel: 01451 862000, also for any changes to arrangements such as due toextreme weather.

Designer Pop Up ShopSale of fabulous designer collections at incredible pricesThursday 3 November 6-9.00pm, Friday 4 November 9-5.00pm10% to SHNDarlingscott Farm, Darlingscott CV36 4PNThank you John & Maggie Sargent for your generous hospitality

Christmas Gift Fair at the Townsend Hall, Sheep Street, CV36 4AETuesday 15 November 6-9.00pm, Wednesday 16 November 9.30am-3.00pmEntry £5 to include a coffee and home-made biscuitMore new stalls this year not to be missed!Lunch will be served between 12.00-2.30pmAll proceeds to SHN

The Carice Singers Carol Concert in aid of Shipston Home NursingSaturday 17 December 7.00pmSt Edmund’s Church Shipston on Stour CV36 4APTickets £15 to include a glass of wine and mincepieAvailable from Rebecca 01608 674 929 or [email protected] tickets available on the door


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It’s been nearly three years since I last mentioned banks in my articles but sadly the drought has come to an end. A number of small business clients have asked me to mention that their banks have started to put the squeeze on them by

not giving them big enough overdraft facilities for the size of their businesses. This results in the bank returning items as unpaid so that they can charge exorbitant amounts for going into the red. At a time when small, local, businesses could do with a helping hand it is the banks, once again, who are profiting from others misfortune. From the work I do I see the effect this type of decision making has on businesses and I also see that many banks are making little effort to understand the workings of these businesses by enforcing a strict lending criteria.

Another problem for many businesses is that they do not know who to talk to at their bank. Most say that they are fed up talking to a faceless operator at the end of a phone. With online banking some banks are asking for regular updates on business information not once, twice but sometimes three times a year! The consensus is that businesses are happy to provide this information once but shouldn’t have to spend fifteen minutes at the beginning of their working day filling in the same information again & again.

The months are ticking by and a number of tax deadlines are looming. If you have been asked to submit a Tax Return and you wish to file a paper Return you should do this by the end of the month. The online filing deadline is 31st January 2017. If you haven’t received a notice to submit a Tax Return but you have additional income to declare to year ending 5th April 2016, you should either request a paper Return to file immediately or submit the information online by the date requested.

If in doubt about filing any of your Returns, or if you simply want help in organising your business paperwork, then give me a ring. I will be more than happy to help.Robb Eden is based in Moreton-in-Marsh. He can be contacted via e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone 01608 651802.

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The Playhouse, St George’s Hall BLOCKLEYThursday 24 NovemberDAD’S ARMYSeason Tickets available – £25Doors/Bar open at 7.00pm/7.45pm film. Advance tickets £3.50/on door £4. Advance tickets 01386 700647/593386

The Old SchoolBOURTON ON THE HILLSaturday

See Local notices7.15pm. Hot dogs and wine with a donation £3.50 on the door. Tickets/Queries 01386 7013857/701396

Victoria HallBOURTON ON THE WATERMonday 21 NovemberEYE IN THE SKY Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 refreshments. Family Tickets £10 (2 adults, 2 children) Queries 01451 822365

Memorial HallCHARLBURY’S OWN CIMEMA Sunday 13 NovemberEVERESTFilm: 7.30pm – Doors & bar from 6.45pm. Tickets £5/U15s £3, at the door. Family ticket £12 (2 adults, 1 or 2 children) Queries: 01608 810713

Village HallCHURCHILL AND SARSDENSaturday 12 NovemberLOVE AND FRIENDSHIPFilm 7.30pm. Tickets £4.50 at the door. Advance tickets/queries 01608 [email protected]

Screen on the Green, Village HallILMINGTONFriday 25 NovemberEYE IN THE SKYFilm 7.30pm Tickets £3.50 (students £2.50) Advance tickets Ilmington Community Shop.Queries 01608 682806 Refreshments

Village HallLITTLE WOLFORDThursday 17 NovemberEYE IN THE SKYFilm 7.30pm Tickets £4.00 inc. refreshments. Advance tickets/queries 01608 684223

St. Andrew’s ChurchNAUNTONTuesday 1 NovemberEYE IN THE SKYDoors open 7.15, Film 7.45. Tickets £3.00 at the door. 01451 850897 or [email protected]

Village HallODDINGTONTuesday 15 NovemberEYE IN THE SKY7 for 7.30pm. £3.00 Wine and soft drinks. Advance tickets/queries/bookings Margaret 01451 831917

Love and Friendship: a 2016 period comedy written and directed by Whit Stillman. Based on Jane Austen’s epistolary novel Lady Susan, written ca. 1794, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, and Stephen Fry.

Everest: Based on the true story of the ill-fated expedition which took place in May 1996 and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley. To Include Q&A session with the Scenic Artist on the film, Steve Mitchell.

Eye in the Sky: A top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya.

Dad’s Army: The story sees Catherine Zeta-Jones play an elegant journalist, who is sent to report on the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon. This is all before MI5 discovers that there is a German spy, hiding in the fictional British town

RURAL CINEMA NOVEMBER

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REGULAR EVENTS 1st MON Folk Night Ebrington Arms 9pm. www.theebringtonarms.co.uk MON Dance Fusion Adult dance class. Mixed styles. No experience

necessary. Exercise in a fun way. No pre-booking necessary. Chipping Campden Town Hall 9.30-10.30. £4.50

MON Scottish Country Dancing St Edwards Church Rooms, Stow. 5.30-7pm Children and 7-9pm Adults 01451 831876

MON Childrens Dance Class Chipping Campden Town Hall.6-8 yrs 4-5pm, 9-11 yrs 5-6pm. Single class £7pp, Monthly membership £22pp. 07527 757057

MON Yoga Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 01386438537

MON ‘Old Sweats NAAFI break’ at Royal British Legion, Bourton on the Water (10am -12) for anyone to come along for a cup of tea and a chat,

MON Burford Orchestra Rehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community Primary School OX28 1HL. [email protected]. 07984 492 976. New members welcome; no audition.

MON Powerfreestyle Kickboxing at Guiting power Village hall. Juniors 7-7.50pm. Adults 7.50-8.30pm. freestyle Kickboxing or adult Boxersize. Call Adam 07774285459

MON Bridge Club @ Northleach 7.30pm. Partners not necessary. Non members welcome, 01285 750288 Tim Morris

MON Dance Fusion Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary.All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50)

MON Robert Cox Pilates 4U relocation for Monday 7pm classes to Haybarn, Daylesford near Kingham, GL56 0YG

MON Jun/July Samba drumming group Bourton-on-the-Water. (Not bank holidays) 7.30- 9pm British Legion Hall. £5/£4 per drop in session or block discount. www.olasamba.co.uk

3rd MON West Oxfordshire WI St. Mary's Parish Rooms, 7.30pm. 3 sessions at £4 and then hope you'll become a member! Contact Hilary Dix 01608 646228

Last MON Whist Drives at Burmington Village Hall. 7.30pm. In aid of village hall TUES HJ Jungling Forest School Home school sessions 10 – 12

07880908760 http://www.hjjungling.co.uk/ TUES Fosseway Cafe Orchestra at Stretton on Fosse Village Hal lGL56

9SD 10 - 12. No auditions - players are Grade III - VI. Cost £3.00 per session. 07967 423550.

TUES Baby Bounce and Rhyme 10.30-11am, Moreton Library. Free TUES Blockley Ladies Choir 7.30 - 9.15pm Little Village Hall. Sec: Sue

Wareham 01608 654299: 07917198327. [email protected] TUES Fit For Life at Baden-Powell Hall, Bourton. Tai Chi: 9.30-10.30am

£4.50/session. Balance & strength: 11-12noon £4.50/ session. Contact Denise Nethercott 07909874186 or email [email protected]

TUES Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 / 07908 512734 [email protected]

TUES Great Rollright Baby and Toddler Group 10-11.30am in the village hall. Ann White 01608 737437

TUES Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds “Serving the Community” meet at Naunton Downs Golf Club, Naunton,GL54 3AE. 7.15pm for 7.45pm. Tel: 01451 830887. www.NorthCotswoldRotary.org.uk

1st TUES Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer’s Guild Afternoon meetings with speaker then tea & cake. Broadwell Village Hall. 01451 821291

1st WED Chipping Norton U3A meet at 2:30 at the Methodist Hall, West Street, Chipping Norton. Contact [email protected]

1st WED Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes. Chipping Norton Leisure Centre. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk

1st WED North Cotswolds Friendship Centre, Broadwell Village Hall, Nr. Moreton in Marsh - 10.30 - 12 noon

2nd & 4th Coffee and Chat in Broadwell Village Hall (GL56 0TL) 10.30am –WEDS 12.00 Homemade Cakes to buy. Plenty of Parking 2nd WED Charlbury Art Society 7:30 pm. Many other activities arranged

throughout the year. Kati Deidencenz 01608 810911. 2nd WED Age UK Drop-in sessions from 10.30am – midday in the Oxfordshire

Museum Café, Park Street, Woodstock. OX20 1SN. 01993 811456 WEDS Recorder Consort meet @GL56 9SR. Playing in 4 parts. Cost 50p.

Contact Chirstine 07967423550 WEDS Fitness classes and Kettlercise 5.15 - 6.30pm/6.30 - 7.45pm. Stow

on the Wold Primary School. email millyjopt@gmail WEDS Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall. 1:30 - 4:00 01451

831862/ 07908 512734 [email protected] WEDS Chipping Campden Bridge Club 7.15 for 7.30pm Duplicate Bridge.

Upper Town Hall. Non members welcome. Partners not necessary, 01608 664456

WEDS Environmental projects 10-1pm. Chipping Norton Green Gym is a friendly group with jobs for all! Contact [email protected] www.chippygreengym.org

WEDS Awareness Through Movement classes 7pm at Church Westcote Village Hall, OX7 6SF £10/£40 for 6 classes. Karin 01993 832520 [email protected]

WEDS Dance 50+ Termly, 9.45am-10.45am. Keep fit and mobile. Upstairs in The Theatre's Gallery. £60 for ten week term. 01608 642350 www.chippingnortontheatre.com

WEDS Weds Walk Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 862000 WEDS HJ Jungling Forest School Pre-school sessions 9.30 – 11.30am

07880908760 http://www.hjjungling.co.uk 3rd WEDS N Cots Support Group for Parents & Carers of people with

additional needs. Childrens Centre (behind Stow Primary Sch) 7.30-9pm. [email protected] 01451 831642

WED & FRI Adult Garden Workshop.1.30 - 4pm. P3, The Windrush, High Street, Moreton.Tel: 01608 653377 for more info.

THURS HJ Jungling Forest School Home school sessions 1 - 3 pm. Pre-school sessions 9.30 – 11.30am. 07880908760 http://www.hjjungling.co.uk

1st THURS Free Martial Arts Lessons Separate adult & children’s classes Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk,

1st THURS Free Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women (Adults only) Stowon- the-Wold Primary School 07977 560086 www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk

THURS Fitness League Exercise and movement to music. 9-45am to 11-15am in the British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water. Kathy Kirk 01993 882350

THURS Ceramics Class (adults). Blockley High Street, 4.30-7pm. 01386 700903. [email protected]

THURS Quiz Night at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688

THURS Chippy Art Club Fortnightly in Glyme Hall, next to Leisure Centre. £5 per morning. 10.30-12.30 Friendly group. All abilities. 01608 730268

THURS Adult Arts & Crafts Workshop. 09.30 - 12noon. Moreton Congregational Church Hall. Tel: 01608 653377 for more info

THURS Line Dancing 1.45pm beginners, 2.30 others. King George Hall, Mickleton 01386 438 537

THURS Notgrove Country Music Every other Thursday, 8pm to 11:30 pm. £5 entrance. Contact Ken on 07870795560 for further details.

THURS Blockley Blokes Choir (BBC) 7.30-9 pm Little Village Hall. David Artingstall, Sec: 01386 701556 [email protected]

THURS Toddler group Village Hall in Upper Rissington. 10-12. £2 per Family. Newborn to 5 years old. Contact 01451 822379 or [email protected]

THURS North Cotswolds Aikido Club at Naunton Village Hall, GL54 3AS. All ages from 14yrs welcome 8-10pm. www.northcotswoldsaikido.co.uk, [email protected] or call Graham on 07554 252021.

FRI Belly Dancing New beginners class. 11-12.30 The Church Room, Chipping Campden.Informal & relaxed classes for ladies of all ages, shapes & sizes. 01608 663480

FRI Blockley Brass Band 7.30-9.30pm St George's Hall. Rachel Galt 01386 841677

FRI Dance Fusion Adult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50)

FRI Active & Able classes for older people. Baptist Church Rooms, Stow 01285 623450

FRI Art Class by Jill Jarvis at Oddington Village Hall 9:30 - 12:00. 01451 831862 /07908 512734 [email protected]

FRI Painting Class with Fleur Grabow at Longborough Village Hall. 9.30-12.30. 01451 830767 [email protected]

FRI Line Dancing Willersey Village Hall, nr Broadway 01386 438537 FRI Active & Able Classes Posture & Stability – Tai Chi Chi Kong at

Bourton, Moreton and Stow. 01285 623450 FRI Moore Lunch Club The Naight, Bourton on the Water. Secretary:

Sheila Thorpe 01451 822846 [email protected] FRI Henry Cornish Care Centre, Rockhill Farm Court, Chipping

Norton. 01608642364 invites everyone to our weekly Friday Coffee Mornings from 10.30am to 11.30am. Cakes are homemade with entertainment from singing to a few poems. Come and be part of our community.

FRI Al Anon Family Group 'Is there a drinking problem in your family or with a friend? We meet for support in the Creche room at St Mary's Church, Chipping Norton, 10am. All welcome. Contact 07805 566773 if you'd like further information.

SAT Drama sessions for 5-7 year olds. 10-11am or 11.15-12.15. £55 per term. Ch Norton Theatre, OX7 5NL. 01608 642350

Last SAT Great Rollright Village Market 9.30-12.30 in the village hall. www.greatrollrightvillagemarket.weebly.com

1st SUN in the month: Chippy Rambling Club: Leisurely 2 hour afternoon walk in countryside. Heather 01608 643691 [email protected]

EVENTS


Neighbourhood Planning Bill: CPRE’s response

This week the government published the first draft of the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, putting in place proposals to meet their commitment as set out in the Queen’s Speech in May to “further strengthen neighbourhood planning and give even more power to local people … by making the local government duty to support groups more transparent and by improving the process for reviewing and updating plans”.

The Bill also includes measures to reduce the use of unreasonable conditions on the grant of planning permission and to further streamline processes for compulsory purchase.

The Queen’s Speech had stated that the Bill would also include proposals regarding the National Infrastructure Commission and the Land Registry, but these will now be addressed separately.

Matt Thomson, head of planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said:“CPRE welcomes those parts of the Neighbourhood Planning Bill that will make it quicker and easier for communities to get their aspirations for the future of their neighbourhood in place, and allow communities to update or amend their plans without having to start from scratch.

“Proposals to make clear the support local planning authorities are required to offer neighbourhood planning groups are also welcome. But, to ensure communities actually receive the support they are entitled to, this needs to be backed up with a radical increase in resources for town hall planning departments.

“Many communities are put off going to the great effort and expense of preparing a neighbourhood plan because they do not believe that their aspirations will be upheld by decision makers when planning applications are submitted, especially while the neighbourhood plan is being prepared. CPRE, alongside Civic Voice and the National Association of Local Councils, worked hard to address this during the passage of the Housing and Planning Bill (now Act) through Parliament. While the particular proposals that we promoted were opposed by the Government, ministers said they recognised and wished to respond to the problem that we were trying to address.

“It is therefore disappointing that the Neighbourhood Planning Bill proposes little or no action in this regard, and CPRE, with its partners, will therefore be lobbying for further measures to be included in the Bill.

“CPRE will be checking the detail of the remainder of the Bill’s proposals around planning conditions and compulsory purchase with regard to any potential for harmful impacts on the English countryside. We are pleased that consideration of the future of the National Infrastructure Commission and the Land Registry are now to be considered separately, enabling all these disparate issues to be given the attention that they deserve rather than being lumped in together haphazardly. We look forward to seeing an Infrastructure Bill being presented to the House in the near future.”

Have we got the bottle? The case for deposits on drinks containersPublished in the CPRE newsletter, August 2016 From Shaun Spiers, CPRE CEO

Bottle deposits have been in the news. CPRE’s President spoke up for them in the Mail on Sunday; the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland has been running a tremendous campaign for a Scottish deposit scheme, Have you got the bottle?; and the anniversary of the bag charge has shown that nudging people towards doing the right thing really does work.

It is a year since major retailers in England were required to charge 5p for single use plastic carrier bags and in that time six billion fewer bags have been issued. Yes, six billion, an 85% reduction.

This has had a big impact on litter and pollution (plastic bags take hundreds of years to degrade); it has saved wildlife (the RSPCA used to receive 7,000 litter-related calls a year); and it has raised some £29 million for ‘good causes’ (though more of this money should go towards tackling our national litter problem).

The bag charge does not go far enough – for instance, small retailers want to be included in the scheme – but its success is something to celebrate. We should even celebrate Nick Clegg (principally) and David Cameron for pushing it through against considerable opposition from some of their colleagues.

The only downside to having fewer carrier bags is that it makes the other litter more noticeable, principally the

countless bottles and cans stuffed in hedges or abandoned in fields after summer picnics.

‘Have you got the bottle?’ The case for deposits . . .And here again, there is an easy solution: deposits on drinks containers. A deposit scheme would quickly reduce littering and give people an incentive to pick up any bottles that were littered. Deposit schemes are the norm many other countries. Within the UK, Scotland looks set to lead the way – ‘have you got the bottle?’ asks the campaign led by CPRE’s sister organisation, the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland. I hope England will not be too far behind.

If the Government has the guts to introduce deposits for bottles and cans, people will soon get used to them and welcome the change. No one will pay more for their drinks, provided they return the container. Recycling rates will increase, there will be less need for land fill, and there will be considerably less litter.

Of course, the drinks industry hates bottle deposits (just as it is trying to undermine the proposed sugary drinks tax) and we can expect a fight from some very wealthy corporations. But why would any government resist a change that will be popular and have such clear benefits? That is the question the Break the Bag Habit Coalition asked when we first proposed the bag charge. Looking at its success, most people are asking, ‘what kept us?’


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Youth & Music Concert This year’s “Youth and Music” concert was held in St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, on Saturday 1st October, when again, a packed audience was treated to a memorable evening of music performed by hugely talented young people.

The evening was opened by Hannah Brooks-Hughes ably accompanied on the organ by Sophie Dudley. At 12 years old Hannah’s violin playing can only be described as ‘superlative’. Hugo, Hannah’s seven year old brother showed that he was not to be ‘out-done’ by his sister in playing on the cello. Katie Jenner played on both clarinet and saxophone. Katie has recently commenced studying at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

The ten strong wind ensemble “Triple Time” from the Cotswold School, played a number of mixed items, including a solo tune by Grace Clare and also a piece by Shostakovich for a trio.

This 9th anniversary concert proved highly entertaining and showed that there are some remarkable talented young musicians in our area. Over £1,000 was raised for Rotary Foundation and we sincerely thank all those who assisted with the evening.

“Moreton 2 Moreton” Charity Cycling Event On a sunny Tuesday 4th October 13 intrepid (not so young) Club Members cycled a total of 102 miles in 6 hours – and got no-where!

11 Rotarians cycled for half-hour, and two members for 15 minutes each. This was not a test of fitness, we were there to have fun in complete safety, and at the same time help several good causes that the club is supporting this year. And in the spirit of light-hearted fun Colin Gatenby (President), in the manner of a boxing second, waved a towel to cool down Graham Ogden as he put in a spurt towards the end of his half-hour stint.

We are most grateful to members for taking part and to all who generously supported the riders. A total of £850.00 was raised.

The four charities to benefit from the event are: Gloucestershire Young Carers: MIND, the mental health charity: Multiple Sclerosis Society; and Building Malawi, a charity that the club has been associated with for 2 years and which helps to build schools and libraries in Malawi.

Forthcoming Events – Raising funds for our nominated Charities:Saturday, 10 December: 30th Anniversary Charity Christmas Concert, The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, Cotswold School

(Please see our advertisement in this edition)To find out more about our club visit our Facebook page or go to www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.uk

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Local walks with the CotswoldsVoluntary WardensIn Between – Saturday 7 March – ModerateFrom Toddington we climb the Cotswold Edge at WoodStanway and on to Ford for lunch, returning through Cutsdean. Pub lunch available at Ford. 6.5 hours: 11 miles.Start: 10:00 am Toddington Church. Please park considerately invillage. OS Map ref SP 034 331.

History and Mystery – Saturday 14 March – ModerateWe dip our toes into Warwickshire between Ilmington and Stretton onthe Fosse and learn some fascinating facts about former inhabitants.Please bring a packed lunch. 5 hours: 9 miles.Start: 9:30 am Ilmington Village Green, War Memorial. Please parkconsiderately in village. OS Map ref SP 211 433.

Valleys and Woods North of Guiting Power – Thursday 19 March –ModerateA pleasant undulating route north of Guiting Power, passing theWindrush river at Kineton and returning through Castlett Wood. 2.5 hours: 5 miles.Start: 10:00 am Guiting Power Village Car Park (honesty box). OS Map ref SP 095 246.

Hidden Valleys in the Wolds – Friday 20 March – ModerateAn early Spring walk from Hazleton where we will see several hiddenvalleys including the 'Valley of the Boars'. Quiet countryside and lovelyvillages. Please bring a packed lunch. 5 hours: 10 miles.Start: 9:30 am Hazleton Church. Please park considerately in thevillage. OS Map ref SP 079 183.

Later Signs of Spring – Thursday 26 March – ModerateAround Langley, Nottingham and Cleeve hills in search of signs thatspring is well under way. Pub lunch available or bring your own. 6 hours: 10 miles.Start: 10:00 am Winchcombe, Back Lane Car Park (Pay & Display).OS Map ref SP 024 284.

A Short Walk along the Ways – Friday 27 March – ModerateDelightful route from Blockley to Broad Campden making use of theDiamond, Heart of England and Monarch's Ways which all run throughthis area. 3.5 hours: 6.5 miles.Start: 9:30 am Blockley, outside the Church. Please park consideratelyin the village. OS Map ref SP 165 349.

PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep andmuddy in places. EASY – Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat (level);MODERATE – includes some hills and rough ground. We welcome guideand hearing dogs – sorry, others not allowed.Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund ourconservation and improvement work.The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout theCotswolds. For more information seewww.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, also forany changes to arrangements such as due to extreme weather.DOWNLOADABLE WALKS INCLUDE:Miles without Styles; Car-free Walks; Walkers are Welcome and Walkson Wheels www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/ walking

Rural Skills courses www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk Hedgelaying – Beginners (Berkeley style)7 - 8 March, Coaley, Glos, £109Cotswold Tile Roofing – Beginners7 - 8 March, Naunton, £119Dry-stone Walling Course – Intermediate9 - 16 March, Northleach, Glos, £325Blacksmithing – Taster Day COURSEFULL!15 March, Tetbury, Glos £99Dry Stone Walling – Beginners24 - 25 March, Cotswold Farm Park, £99

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Northleach & Fosse Lions Club – October NewsHomeless, sight impaired and limbless, service personnel, as well as a children’s cancer charity, set up by a North Cotswolds couple, will benefit from donations made by Northleach & Fosse Lions Club in October.At their monthly business meeting club members voted to make a donation to the Sam Pilcher Trust, set up by Colin and Teresa Pilcher in memory of their son, who died in 2010, aged 11. The Trust cares for children suffering from all forms of cancer and their families.A Lions Club International British Isles & Ireland special appeal will benefit from a further donation. The appeal monies are being used within a building project costing £1.65 million to refurbish three disused buildings at the Blind Veterans UK Centre at Llandudno.When completed the complex will be used to provide Life Skills for Independent Living. This is a tailored programme of counselling and training in purpose-built accommodation. Beneficiaries will be current and ex-Service men and women now needing this vital support as they face homelessness as a result of their lives being immeasurably altered, often shattered, whilst they were protecting our safety.In late September the final ‘Famous Lions Coffee, Tea & Cakes’ event of the season was held at the Victoria Hall in Bourton-on-the-Water. Members would like to thank all local residents and visitors who have supported these regular fundraising events on behalf of Lions Club charities.Activities during October included the SMA Trust Mud Run @ Freestyle 360 at Blockley, near Moreton-in-Marsh, where club members acted as course marshalls for the event which raised funds for research into Spinal Muscular Atrophy. SMA is the leading genetic cause of death of infants and toddlers.Winner of the Lions ‘100 Club’ draw for October is Northleach resident Anthony Slocock.All local residents of the North Cotswolds area are welcome to join club members for their regular monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of the month at the Ox House wine bar in Northleach. The next meeting will be on 8 November at 8.00pm.


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Blockley Art Society www.blockley-art-society.co.uk or [email protected] and Distric U3A Contact: Jenny Stanfield 01451 824388. U3asites.org.uk/bourtonBourton on the Water WI 2nd Tues 7.15pm, Victoria Hall, BOW. Sec Janet Randall 01451 821739Bourton-on-the-Water Probus 2nd & 4th Mondays 10am at the George Moore Community Centre. Sec Chris Fowler 01451 820787Bourton Vale Horticultural Society 7.30 pm second Wednesday of the month - Baptist School Room, Station Road,Bourton Panto Group www.bourtonpantogroup.comBridge Club at Broadwell Village Hall. Weds afternoon 1.45pm. Mary Wood 01451 822313Chadlington Flower Club Ann Aston 01608 683289Charlbury Art Society 2nd Weds at 7.30pm. Kati Eidenbenz 01608 810911Ch. Norton Amateur Astronomy Group www.cnaag.com 3rd Monday 7.30pm. Methodist Rooms, Robin Smitten 07527 224411 Chipping Norton & Area U3A Janis Paxton, 01608 644896Chipping Norton Art Club All abilities. Thurs mornings, fortnightly, 01608 730268Chipping Norton Bridge Club David Megson, 01608 645382Chipping Norton Historical Research Group Jan Cliffe, 01608 641057Chipping Norton Lions Club Liz Nason & Mike Graham both on 01608 644678 [email protected] Norton Museum & History Society 2nd Mondays 7.30pm, September to May Methodist Hall, West Street, Chipping NortonChipping Norton Postcard Club Brenda Morris, 01608 643779Chipping Norton Probus 3rd Tues at The Crown & Cushion 11am Sec. Geoffrey Norris, 01608 676997Chipping Norton Probus for Ladies Sec Linda Mottram, 01608 642155Chipping Norton Railway Club Alan Brain, 01608 641586Chipping Norton Rotary Club Mons 7/ 7.30pm at The Mason’s Arms, Swerford, OX7 4AP David Haine, 07889 609221/01608 643964Chipping Norton Scrabble Club Sarah Turner. [email protected] Conservative Association Moreton Branch [email protected]. www.moretonconservatives.orgCotswold Volunteers North Lunch Club St David’s Centre, Moreton 3rd Thursday/month – £4.00Cotswold Investment Club 2nd Tuesday each month. Judith Borsay 01608 650787Cotswold Wardens (conservation, guided walks) 01451 862000 www.contswoldsaonb.org.ukDinner Hosts Single 35 – 55 yr olds, social life through dinner parties. www.dinnerhosts.netDuplicate Bridge Club Broadwell Village Hall, 2 pm Wednesday afternoon. Mary Wood 01451 822313 [email protected] of the Town Hall, Chipping Norton Jackie Haworth, 01608 641368, [email protected] Heart Support Group 10.15 am Wednesday morning. Moreton Congregational Church Rooms. John Green, 01451 824141Knit One, Sip One Knitting Group Alternate Weds at Coach & Horses, Longborough. Carlin 07769646996 or [email protected] Saving Club (Fire College) Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430Moreton Conservatives Chairman Nigel Moor [email protected] Flower Club 4th Thursday every month, 7.30 Broadwell Village Hall Joan Malings 01451 822723Moreton Interest & Leisure Club 2nd Weds monthly. Club Sec Morag 01608 652621Moreton Probus Club 2nd and 4th Mondays each Month.10.30 am. Swan Hotel, Moreton-in-Marsh. Secretary: Robert Holland 01608 654373Moreton W.I. 1st Thursday (afternoon) W.I. Hall, New Road. Trish 01608 651367Moreton (Evening) W.I. 2nd Thursday. W.I. Hall, New Road. Sec: Jo 01608 650821Moreton & District Local History Society Sec Jane Ingles 01608 650349Moreton Reading Club Newcomers welcome 01608 654111Northleach & Fosse Lions Club 2nd Tuesday (business meeting) at the Ox House, Northleach. 8pm northleachandfosselions.org.uk 0845 8339825N Cotswold Arts Assoc. Sandi Garnett 01451 822550N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc. Julia Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] Cotswold Bridge Club meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs. Alan Lamb 01608 650202. www.bridgewebs.com/northcotswoldsN Cotswold CAMRA 01451 810305 [email protected] Cotswold Disabled Club Joan Oughton 01451 830580

N Cotswold Digital Camera Club James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.ukN Cotswold Friendship Centre (within Age UK) 1st Weds monthly 1030am. Broadwell Village Hall. Peter 01608 652267 [email protected] N Cotswold Model Aero Club Far Heath Farm Moreton. Brian Lacey 01608 652213N Cotswold National Trust Pat Poulton 01608 651372N Cotswold Rotary Club Bourton on the Water Dudley Mills 01451 820704, Stow Brian Honness 01451 830052, Barry Peaaston 01608 650526N Cotswold U3A John Bissett 01386 859319. U3asites.org.uk/northcotswoldOddington WI. 2nd Tues Oddington Village Hall. Sue John 01451 830989Oddfellows (CN Branch) A social group, 3rd Wed/M at the Lower Town Hall, Market Street. Dave Talbot, 07815 099 884. [email protected] Norton History Group Jan Cliffe, 01608 641057Round Table Gavin Southwell, 01993 730888Royal British Legion Michael Dixon, 01608 643755Royal British Legion (Women’s Section) Betty Hicks, 01608 642551Rural Living Group Betty Bryan, 01608 674255 Royal British Legion/ Stow Social Club Branch chair Derek Arthurs 01451 831550. Well Lane Club 01451 830242Royal British Legion Branch The Naight, Lansdown, Bourton GL54 2AR. Branch, 01451 824303Salford Players Drama and Music Group. Doreen Herrington 01608 642853Scottish Country Dance Group. Brenda Parsons 01451 831876Shipston on Stour ‘The Literary Society’ Meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at the George Hotel. 01295 680628 or 01608 663482Single File Social Group 45-70s. Living15 mins of Chipping Norton mon. 07765598518 www.meetup.com/single-file-chipping-nortonStow Disability Assoc. George Hill 01608 658636 Stow & District Civic Society Meets 1st Friday evenings alternate months, St Edwards Hall, Stow Nigel Surman 01451 833783Stow and North Cotswold Probus Club 1st and 3rd Thurs mornings Broadwell Village Hall 10.30am sec: Martin Hornby 01608 654356Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderers Guild 01608 651006Tredington & District Gardening Club Every 3rd Tuesday at the Tredington W I Hall at 7.30pm 01608 682644Tangent Val Carpenter, 01608 641452The Theatre Friends Heather Leonard, 01608 643691Trefoil Guild Betty Gardener, 01608 641664Twinning Association Jo Graves, 01608 643976WI Chipping Norton Prudence Chard, 01608 642903WI Over Norton Becky Pearman, 01608 643463WOWI West Oxfordshire WI Hilary Dix 01608 646228Weavers Spinners & Dyers Club Rose Kirkcaldy, 01295 253789Wychwood Old-Time Dance Club Margaret Pitman, 01993 810897Young At Heart Club 1st and 3rd Thursdays monthly, 10.30am-2.30pm, Lounge at Jameson Court. A light lunch is served; Carer Respite Service available for a modestcharge. Kelly Hennesey-Ford 07707787580

BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GROUPS Bourton on the Water Chamber of Commerce admin@bourtoninfo,comMoreton Chamber of Commerce to be advisedRedesdale Hall Management Committee Clerk Rachel Davis 07519 330096Cotswold Business Clubs Cotswold Business Centre [email protected] Fund Trustee: Robert BarnettTesco Community Champion Ann Lattimore [email protected] 07514408598Wire Network Emma Heathcote-James www.wire.org/networks 01386 831379/07977226025

COMMUNITY GROUPS Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) 2nd Tues 2-4pm 01451 822102 Baden Powell Hall, BourtonChipping Norton Amnesty International Group meets 2nd Thursday monthly. 7.30pm, Lower Town Hall, Chipping Norton. Priscilla Peace 01451 830459Chipping Norton Leisure Centre Burford Road OX7 5DY, 01993 861951 [email protected] Norton ‘The Lido’ 01608 643188 [email protected] Volunteers Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 [email protected]

Cotswold Friends Lunch Club [email protected] Friends Carers Club [email protected] of Stow Surgery 01451 832200 & 830610Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults) 2nd Weds. Meet at Rugby Club, Greystones 7-9pm Jane Nolan 01608 643855Gloucestershire Stroke Gp Caroline Seguro www.stroke.org.uk 01452 520723Henry Cornish Care Centre (The Orders of St John Care Trust), Manager Natalya James, 01608 642364, [email protected], www.osjct.co.ukHome Start N Cotswolds Family Support 01451 831781Independence Trust mental health, drug and alcohol support 01608 652232. www.independencetrust.co.ukInsight Moreton Area Centre. Mondays 10am-1pm. 01242221170. [email protected]’s Home Nursing (paliative nursing care at home) Karen Pengilley. [email protected]. 07540898143Lawrence Home Nursing Team Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549Lights Up Arts Club for people with dementia – meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays monthly, 10.30am- 12.30pm at Highlands, Burford Road. Lunch Clubs, Cotswold Friends. [email protected] in Chipping Norton (people with mental health difficulties) Di Taylor, 01608 645296, [email protected] Sclerosis Society Carol Owen, 01993 880099Medical Detection Dogs Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer support Group. Fundraising & talking to groups. 01993 831909 [email protected] Friends Sec: Sandra Morgan 01451 824316 [email protected] Childbirth Trust 0870 444 8707N Cotswold Community Radio Old Police Station, Chipping Campden. www.northcotswoldonline.comN Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch non emergency 0845 0901234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.ukN Cotswold Support Group – Parkinsons Uk Mike Winter 01451 831194Oxon Assoc. for the Blind Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL 01865 725585P3 Stow Drop In Centre Youth Centre 2nd & 4th Tues 1pm-4pmP3 Charity (Supporting People through Advice & Guidance) High Street, Moreton in Marsh. 01608653377 www.p3charity.orgRedesdale Hall Plays Committee Mike Rees 01608 650825Read Easy North Cotswolds 1-1 reading coaching for adults. 0844 493 0686 [email protected] Cotswold Branch Diana Porter 01451 830508 Save the Children Fund Katherine Kimmance 01295 810189The Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually impaired. 01242 252072. [email protected] Stroke Assoc. (Age UK) Louise Read 01452 520723 [email protected] Community Bus Keith Gowing 01608 658579 www.villagerbus.comU3A – Bourton & District Sec. Janet Prout 01451 821478 u3asites.org.uk/bourton W. Oxfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau Adviceline 08444 111 444

CHARITIES Cotswold Friends [email protected]. 01608 697009First Responders (St John Ambulance) 01452 858234 [email protected] in Marsh Save the Children Joyce Rees 01608 650825

SPORTS AND OUTDOOR Adlestrop Cricket Club Mr S Kean 01451 831458Angling Society Robert Jarvis, 01608 643494 www.moretonanglingclub.co.ukAthletics Club Allen Souch, 01865 372484/0798 1089457Banbury Ornithological Society Frances Buckel, 01608 644425BBOWT Reg Tipping, 01295 251673Bourrton Badminton Club Monday 6.30-10pm 07840113477. [email protected] and Sherborne Hockey Club Chair: Tracey Dixon 07813187933 [email protected] Road Runners Tues & Thurs Evening Bourton Leisure Centre. 7 & 7.30pm. Lynn Hudson 01242 820920. Juniors meet Cotswold School Tues 7pm. 01451 824379/830015Bourton Vale Cricket Club Philip Winter 01451 821920 [email protected] Vale Equestrian Centre Pony Club Weds 3.45-5.45. 01451 821101. [email protected] Vale Lawn Tennis Club Ann Whitney, 07917163001 [email protected]

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Chipping Norton Bowls Club Greystones Leisure Centre, 01608 644154, [email protected] Indoor (Oct-Mar) Roberta Jarvie 01608 643556. Outdoor (Apr-Oct) Val &Mike Harris 01608 65820. www.chippingnortonbowls.co.ukChipping Norton Cricket Club Graham Beacham, 01608 810047Chipping Norton Golf Club 01608 642383 [email protected] www.chippingnortongolfclub.comChipping Norton Green Gym (environmental projects, Weds mornings). [email protected] 01608 643269www.chippygreengym.org/Chipping Norton Horticultural Assoc Sec. Eileen Forse, 01608 643275Chipping Norton Hockey Club Clive Briant, 01608 677913Chipping Norton Pistol & Rifle Club John Chaplin, 01608 641245Chipping Norton Rambling Club First Sunday afternoon in the month. Heather 01608 643691 or [email protected] Norton Rugby Football Club Andy Dawson, 01608 683352Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club Contact Louise Murphy, 01608 644091 for details.Chipping Norton Town Football Club Shaun Green, 07845216412. [email protected] Norton Yacht Club Duncan Wheatley, [email protected] www.cnyc.co.ukCotswolds Aikido Club Friday nights 7.30-10pm. Village Hall, Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. 07738 837904 [email protected] Voluntary Wardens Wendy Lines, 01608 642360Cotswold Walkers Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 823450 Thurs 2pm MAC. Weds 2pm Bourton Church. Alan Robinson 01451 821067Great Rissington Archers Sat 10.30am Gt Rissington Social Club 01451 824161/ 870221Little Compton Bowls Club All Year Club. Play stars April. Sue Grantham, 01608 642859London Chinatown TaeKwondo Weds 6.30pm kids and families. 7.30pm teens & adults Redesdale Hall, Moreton 07517437300Moreton Badminton Club Mike Rees 01608 650825Moreton Bowling Club Captain Brenda Dix 01451 821020 [email protected] Cricket Club Capt: 01608 652630 Sec: 01608 650928 www.moretoninmarshoc.co.ukMoreton Rangers Football Club Sec: 01608 650955 www.moretonrangersfc.co.ukMoreton Tennis Club www.moretontennis.co.uk Sec: Sue Bull 01386 853298Monkey Dragon School of Karate Chipping Norton Leisure Centre. John 01608 643903 or 07984 791866N Cotswold Cycling Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 650217N Cotswold Akido Club Thurs 8-10pm. Village Hall, Naunton. 07554252021 www.northcotswoldakido.co.ukN Cotswold (Chipping Norton) Badminton Club Contact: James, [email protected], 07917835325 or Mick, [email protected], 01993 881545N Cotswolds Youth Club Cricket Club Shaun Williams 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.ukNorthwick Bowls Club 01386 700390/01608 650853Riding for the Disabled Ann Nobbs, 01869 338404Stow Badminton Club Forbes Campbell 01451 832188 Dennis Fisher 01451 830068Stow Cricket Club Captain Ash Andrews 07891536418 [email protected] Gymnastics and Trampoline Club Wed, Thurs and Sat. Sessions for 2-17 year olds. Caroline Ardron :07793949198.www.stowgymnastics.co.ukStow Rugby Club Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge www.stowrfc.co.uk

MUSIC Bell Ringers, Bourton-on-the-Water, Anne Clark, 01451 821 759Bell Ringers, Great Rissington, Mondays 7:30-9pm, Sheila Jesson, 01451 820 395Bledington Music Festival www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.ukBlockley Blokes Choir Thurs 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall David Artingstall sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] Brass Band Friday 7.30-9.30pm St Georges Hall. Sec Rachel Galt 01386 841677Blockley Ladies Choir Tues 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall. Sue Wareham 01608 654299/ 07917198327/[email protected] Singers www.burfordsingers.org.ukBurford Orchestra Rehearse Monday evenings at Witney. [email protected] www.wospweb.com/site/The-Burford-Orchestra Helen Jenkins, 01993 830559Campden Music Society Arthur Cunynghame [email protected] Norton CHAOS (Amateur Operatic) David Court, 01608 811031Chipping Norton Choral Society Sarah Cobb, 07836 518868 [email protected]

Chipping Norton Creative Arts Society Kathee Coonerty, 01993 891312Chipping Norton Folk Club www.chippingnortonfolk.org.uk/contact usCotswold West Gallery Group Annette Smith 01451 830160Cotswold Youth Choir Saturdays for children 3-6 and 7 upwards. Burford Methodist Church. Amanda Hanley 07976353996Fosseway Café Orchestra meets every Tuesday 10-12 Toddenham village hall £3 per session. Christine 07967423550Hook Norton Film Society Harry Smith, 01285 737417Kingham Choral Society Linda Sale, 01608 658647North Cotswold Chamber Choir Shauni McGregor, 01608 642352Nortonians Amateur Dramatic Soc Andrew Pitman, 01993 830930 Society of Recorder Players Jenny Graham-Brown, 01285 740156Naunton Music Society Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 [email protected] Ensemble – beginners meet on Fridays @Gl56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967423550Stour Singers Vic Twyman Choir Manager 01451 870361 [email protected] Fosse Advanced recorder group meet on Mondays @GL56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967423550

YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN Activity Camps Holidays for ages 3-13 yrs 07793949198 www.activity-camps.comAikido for Kids Saturday mornings 10-11am. Village Hall, Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. 07738 837904 [email protected] Chipping Norton Scout Group and Explorer Scout Unit Ian Bushrod Group Scout Leader, [email protected] BumblebeeZ babies/pre school group St Lawrences Church, Thursdays 9.30-11.00am. Contact Linda Powell 01451 822206.Bourton Pre-school & Out of School Clubs, Contact Pam Coombes 07950048066 or email: bourtonpreschool&eygloucestershire.co.ukChildren & Young Peoples Directorate Stephen McDonald Snr Youth Worker. Bourton Youth Centre, 01451 820525. Mobile: 07825 732523 [email protected] Toddler Group Jubilee Hall, Blckley Thursday 10-11.30am (term time only) Clare 01386 701695 [email protected] Toddler Group Nicki 01608 658137 Mon 10-11.30amChipping Norton St Mary’s Toddler Group Julie Jennings, 01608 643796 Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502Chipping Norton Air Training Corps Steve Taylor, 01608 641299Chipping Norton Army Cadets Colin Tye 07917 273535Chipping Norton Brownies 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, 01608 645563Chipping Norton CN Rainbows Alison Dunbar, 01608 644480Chipping Norton Crusaders (11–13) David Radcliffe, 01993 831472Chipping Norton Crusaders (14+) David Radcliffe, 01608 646202Chipping Norton Guides 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, 01608 645563Chipping Norton Pre-School 01608 643376Children’s Art Club ages 4-12 after school, Saturdays and holidays. Gill Parkes 01386 700991Condicote Playgroup and Toddlers Jo Abrahams 07796 987173Guiting Power Brownies age 7-10 Tues. 6.15-7.30pm Cheryl Millar 01451 831233Guiting Power Pre-school Playgroup 01451 851742. Becky Roseblade [email protected] Playgroup 01608 659502Methodist Junior Church Club Sec 01608 643847Monkey Music Tues afternoon 07768 457403 [email protected] Guide Unit ages 10-14 Weds 6.30-8pm at Scout Hut. Alison Eastabrook 01608 650515Moreton Scouts Beavers Mon 5.30-6.45pm age 6-8½ Cubs, Mon 6.45-8.15pm age 8-10. Explorer Scouts Weds 8-10pm (fortnightly) age 14-18. Scouts Thurs. 7.30-9.30pm age 10½-14. Dave Manley Scout Group Sec: 01608 650814N Cotswold St John Ambulance & Cadets from age 10 meets in Bourton Thurs. 7-9pm 01451 820570Springboard Children’s Centre, St Edwards Drive, Stow 01451 831642 www.springboardoc.co.ukStow Gymnastics Club every Tues, Thurs and Sat for 2-13 Caroline 07793949198 www.stowgymnastics.co.ukStow Youth Centre Youth Worker. Linda Burke – Stow Town Council 01451 832585 Office hours T,W Th 10am-1pm

LOCAL AUTHORITIES Bourton on the Water Parish Council George Moore Community Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ. 01451 820712

[email protected] ww.bourtononthewaterpc.org.ukCounty Cllr Paul Hodgkinson Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT. 01285 831359/ 07785 263759 [email protected] Cllr Len Wilkins (Bourton Ward) 01451 821063 [email protected] District Cllr Richard Keeling 01451 831146. [email protected] Norton Town Council The Guild Hall, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ 01608 642341 [email protected] Chipping Norton Town Councillors Mrs L Carter, G Saul, G WallChipping Norton Intermediate Care Unit Russell Way, Ward clerk, nurses office in-patient number 01608 690411. Out-patient unit 01608 648200.Chipping Norton Visitor Point The Guildhall, Middle Row. Mon to Fri 8.45–13.00, 14.00–16.00. 01993 861000County Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles (Chipping Norton)01993 831822/Mob07793 935655 [email protected] Councillor Rodney Rose (Charlbury & Wychwood) 01865 810419 / 07919 298277 [email protected] Chipping Norton District Council Guy Wall, 01608 643306 [email protected] County Council County Hall New Road OX1 1ND. 01865 792422West Oxfordshire Council Offices The Guildhall, Middle Row, OX7 5NH Open Mon–Thurs 08.45–13.00 & 14.00–16.00 Fri 08.45–13.00 & 14.00–16.00.Cotswold District Council 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.ukCounty Councillor Nigel Moor 01386 700240 [email protected] Homeseeker applying for affordable housing www.gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 6666330Glos Rural Community Council Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 [email protected] www.groc.org.ukMoreton Area Centre 01608 650881 [email protected] in Marsh Town Council, Council Office, Old Town, Moreton in Marsh. GL56 0LW. 01608 651448 www.moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.ukMoreton in Marsh District Councillors Alison Coggins 01608 652124 [email protected]. Robert Dutton 01608 651914 [email protected] Town Council GL54 1AB 01451 832585 [email protected] Agents [email protected] [email protected]

KEY INFORMATION Bourton-on-the-Water Police Station Moore Community Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999Bourton-on-the-Water Visitor Information Centre Victoria Street. 01451 820211 / 822583. [email protected] on the Water Citizens Advice Bureau Moore Health Centre Freephone 0808 800 0511 (10am-4pm Monday to Thursday). www.cotswoldcab.org.ukCarers Oxfordshire (Support Group for Carers) 0845 050 7666 [email protected] Chipping Norton First Aid Unit Rear of Chipping Norton War Memorial Community Hospital, Russell Way, off London Road. Open Monday to Friday 5.00pm– 9.00pm, weekendsand bank holidays 10.00am–9.00pm, no appointment necessaryChipping Norton Health Centre The White House Surgery & West Street Surgery are now amalgamated as – Chipping Norton Health Centre, Russell Way, Chipping Norton, OX7 5FA 01608 642742Chipping Norton Police Station London Road, OX7 5AW. Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999Cotswold Maternity Unit at Chipping Norton 01608 648222 [email protected]’s Physio Direct helpline 0300 421 6980. 9-12 noon Monday to FridayChildline 0800 1111Ch Norton Veterinary Hospital OX7 5SY 01608 642547Crime Stoppers 0800 555111Citizens advice Bureau Freephone 0808800 051 Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm www.cotswoldcab.org.ukGlos Heart Support Group Weds 10.15am Moreton Congregational Church Rooms John Green 01451 824141First Responders (St Johns Ambulance) 01865 378228John Radcliffe Hospital Casualty 01608 64465508520 Mobile Police Station PCSO Simon King 07718 708520 or [email protected] Cots District Community First Responders. Notgrove Training Centre 3rd Monday 7.30pm William Warmington 01608 651886N Cotswold Hospital GL56 0DS daily 8am-8pm 03004 218770 www.gloshospitals.nhs.ukN Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Non-Emergency 0845 090 1234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.ukStow Police Station Mon-Frid 8.30-4.30pm. Non emergency 101 Emergency 999

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A few years ago (maybe more than a few, time flies doesn’t it?), I was working for a record company based in London called Cherry Red. A friend of mine (we’ll call him Mark, for that is indeed his name), knowing of my bottomless pit of pointless knowledge of seventies’ bands and taking pity on my current state of unemployment, had asked me to help with a new label called Ork Records, named somewhat bewilderingly after honorary New Yorker, Terry Ork, who’d managed US new wave band, Television and had worked with Andy Warhol.

The label’s strategic intention was to fill the then under-populated black hole of great albums that had slipped the net (both commercially and in terms of critical approval), and my role in the operation was, as well as penning sleeve notes, to scour charity shops, bargain basements and bins for strange, obscure vinyl albums that had been released in the 70s and could now be re-issued on CD and foisted upon the receptive, obsessive, middle-aged man market. Over the course of two months, I spent my not-overlarge Ork expense account on a box of knackered, old albums that reeked of patchouli oil and held commonality in that every band member on every album sleeve sported flares.

One album in particular, bought for a quid at my favourite record shop, Vinyl Vault in Cheltenham, caught my eye and, upon putting needle into groove, my ear: Hanson’s “Now Hear This”, a slice of funky, guitar-rock redolent of the Isley Brothers and Jimi Hendrix, that had been released in 1973. Not to be in any way confused with sibling band, Hanson, who’d enjoyed a massive, Grammy-nominated hit with “Mmm Bop” in 1997, my Hanson had released two largely-ignored, poorly-selling albums before breaking up. “Now Hear This” was the first and had been released on Manticore, the vanity label of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the rights now being owned by ELP’s ex-manager. A deal was duly struck and Mark and I set about the task of promoting the re-release.

Hanson’s singer and guitarist was Junior Hanson, also known as Junior Marvin, a man with an accomplished career behind him: as a teen actor in the Beatles’ movie “Help!” and performing in the London production of “Hair”, then touring and recording with many different bands and musicians before joining Bob Marley and The Wailers in 1977. Mark arranged for him to come over to the UK from the States to do some interviews and help promote the re-release of an album he’d perhaps not thought about in years…

Junior had been born Donald Hanson Marvin in 1949 in Jamaica and played with The Wailers on their final four albums. Rock royalty! We arranged to meet him in Oxford and I dug out my Bob Marley CDs, hopeful that Junior would sign them when we met. One afternoon, while enjoying a cuppa in Vinyl Vault, I mentioned to the owners, Mike and Phil, that I was going to be meeting Bob Marley’s guitar player. Mike suggested I might like to take all the

Bob Marley vinyl albums he had in the shop and get Junior to autograph them, pushing the price up and making them highly collectible, adding those immortal words, “There’ll be a few quid in it for you.” So I left Cheltenham that afternoon with a large bag of second hand albums under my arm.

Junior’s a lovely man, funny and sensitive and he was absolutely delighted that we were bringing out the Hanson album again. We had a great meeting and, at the end, I asked him to sign my CD books and squiggle on a rather large pile of Wailers’ albums, which he duly did. It took about half an hour. Every CD book, every LP sleeve was subsequently ordained with a long message, handwritten in appreciation of my support and help: “One Love to Nick, Jah Live, from Junior Marvin”, “One Love to Nick, Good Vibrations…” As we’re sitting there and he’s scribbling away, I’m getting worried – this wasn’t exactly what I’d planned ; every sleeve is being signed to me and I’ve got to take them back to the record shop! “Hey Junior, it’s fine, don’t worry, just sign them, no need to write a message….” but on he goes, every last one personally endorsed and adorned. When I take them back to Mike at Vinyl Vault, he just looks at them and says, “Well, I can’t really sell these can I? I’m only going to be able to sell them to a bloke called Nick!”

He had a point I suppose. I had to buy them all, every last one.

******All of which reminds me of another Marley-related anecdote: after seeing Rita Marley (Bob’s wife and backing singer in The Wailers) at the Cheltenham Literary Festival one year, discussing the book she’d written about her life with Bob, a long queue quickly formed in the signings tent. A harassed Waterstones’ employee walked the line, sternly telling everyone that Rita “will only be signing copies of her book, not Bob Marley album sleeves or programmes or paraphernalia.” Over half the line sighed heavily and left. Call that an own goal?

Nicholas John

“Before I met Bob, I really admired how he had spearheaded the reggae movement, and I was really blown away when I was given the opportunity to play with him. Funnily enough, the same day that I got the call from [Island Records founder] Chris Blackwell, I also got a call from Stevie Wonder and I ended up having to choose one of the two. My family and friends advised me that because I was from Jamaica, I should really sign with Bob. I’m sure I would have learned a lot from Stevie, but Bob was very dynamic and his music was very spiritual and had a great message that appealed to me.”

From an interview with Junior Marvin by Roger Catlin, published in The Washington Post in August 2016…with thanks.

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Edward Branscombe-Smythecontinued from p26.

He lived life to the full. But a full life can overflow and so it was, one glorious sunny evening, frivolity turned to fatality. If he had known his end was nigh he could not have dressed more promisingly or more fittingly. Wearing his newest and most thistle-down toga plus bandana, Stetson and sandals – he certainly knew how to catch the eye, he mounted his ride-on mower. Cheroot at a jaunty angle he headed into the lengthening shadows. The toga was too loose and the blades too sharp. The sunset turned crimson.For years to come Teddy’s name cropped up regularly on smoky nights in the Red Horse. That name was discussed with anything from reverence to revelry; he would have preferred the latter. And at their most whimsical, villagers recalled his life and the manner of his demise with a fond epitaph: he was a leg end unto his time.

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Burma Star memorial cupBurma Star memorial cup goes to MoretonThe Burma Star Memorial Cup competition was played at Adderbury on Wednesday 27 July in honour of former servicemen who served in the Burma Campaign between 1941 and 1945.Eight clubs – Adderbury, Banbury Central, Banbury Borough, Bloxham, Woodford Halse, Middle Barton, Byfield and Moreton in Marsh – took part.Moreton in Marsh won a closely-fought tournament and received the trophy from Mrs Orchard (see picture below). Adderbury came second.In addition to the trophy, as the winning club we received £174 – money raised from entry fees, a raffle and a whisky draw – the money to be given to a charity of our choice. It was decided that the money should go to Help for Heroes.The cup was originally bought by the Burma Star Bowls Club and for many years was played for by Banbury area bowls clubs. The competition was last held in 2012 and since then the cup has been in the safe keeping of Banbury Burma veteran Alan Orchard – himself a keen bowler who played for Banbury Central, Banbury Chestnuts and Burma Star. Alan died last year and it was his wish that the tournament should be revived. His widow Sheelagh asked Adderbury to run the competition.

The Lido’s season set to end on a highThanks to some extended periods of clement weather, and even short bursts of real heatwave, The Lido has been enjoying buoyant numbers so far this season, both during public sessions and private hires. The children’s swimming lessons have been a real success, again with good numbers and reports of fantastic progress from our young swimmers, as have our regular activities. Synchro for All on Mondays 7.30-8.30pm and Junior Water Polo 7.00-8.00pm on Sundays are also popular with a wide range of participants and it’s never too late to start (although it might be next season now!)

Two fabulous late swims have been really popular and successful fundraisers, especially the second thanks to live music from our friends, FiddleBop. So we’re pleased to announce a third Sunset Swim on 3 September, from 7.00pm.

Last but by no means least, we are looking forward to our now regular season closer, The Dog Swim! From 7.00pm on Sunday 11 September all well-behaved dogs are welcome for just £7.50 each. Tickets must be booked in advance and one (free) human swimmer must accompany each dog in the water, other human members of the dog’s “pack” get free entry to spectate. There will be a donation bar,

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Further details about all the above are available on our website, www.chippylido.co.uk, or from The Lido itself. Keep up with the latest at facebook/ChippyLido and Twitter @ChippyLido, or contact The Lido directly for more details of how to join the Lottery, the Committee, Friends or to donate: [email protected]

Basic Bike Maintenance courseA 6 hour course run by the Windrush Bike Project. The course is split into three weekly two-hour sessions in the barn at Cogges, covering the fundamentals of bike maintenance and repair.

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The course costs £65 and will run on three consecutive Tuesday evenings commencing 13 September at 6.30pm – see the Windrush Bike Project’s events page for details: www://windrushbikeproject.uk/events To book and secure a place on the course, read the small print, fill in the booking form and follow the payment instructions therein. Please email: [email protected]

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Ladies from Naunton Downs Golf Club climb England’s highest mountain!On Saturday, 10 September, the ladies of Naunton Downs Gold Club managed to climb Scafell Pike in the Lake District in perfect weather conditions. This mammoth climb was in aid of the charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK which is Naunton Downs Lady Captain’s designated charity for 2016.

Sue Wood (Lady Captain) said “It has been a pleasure to lead such wonderful people up a very high mountain, (and back!) with only a few sore muscles and a couple of grazes. Everyone had such a positive attitude despite some who were amazed at how high and steep Scafell is – but after all, it is England’s highest mountain at 3,210 feet, I hope some lovely memories will be with you for ever.

My thanks go to every member who made the ascent, the support team for all their work and everyone who has very kindly donated money to Crohn’s and Colitis UK.

At this point we have collected in the region of £1,500. This is a huge amount and will go to help many people who have this awful disease.

You were all fantastic, very determined and I heartily congratulate you all on your achievement.”

Ladies Invitation Day, was held on 21 September and the prayers had worked as the day was fine and dry. Thirty lady members and their guests from as far afield as London and Cambridgeshire enjoyed a round of golf followed by a delicious two-course buffet meal enjoyed during prize giving.

Anyone interested in joining this thriving golf club could take up this special offer.

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The offer will run from 1 November until the end of March 2017.

During this period Naunton will undoubtedly be the driest golf course in the area.

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Moreton Bowls ClubDid you ever think of trying bowling? It’s NOT, as the media often present it, an “old” person’s game. If any of you have watched the televised matches, they are extremely skilful affairs, played by ALL ages!

Even though the outdoor bowling season is over, there are opportunities to try the sport indoors. Moreton members hold practise sessions on an indoor carpet rink every Monday at their clubhouse in Moreton-in-Marsh. (Behind the Esso garage in Moreton, accessed via Redesdale Place. There is car parking in front of the clubhouse.) The indoor game is slightly different to the lawn bowls played outside, but the idea is the same. The jack (the little white ball) is bowled to the end of the carpet then you must roll your wood (the bigger bowl) and get as close to the jack as possible. There! Easy! Or is it?? Why not have a go one Monday evening. You may find a new hobby! We meet from 6pm - 8pm and there are always more experienced members willing to coach newcomers in the intricacies of the sport.

Also, this winter, we are hosting “Coffee and Company” mornings on the first Wednesday of each month. If you’ve missed the 2nd November, don’t worry, the next one is on 7th December. Everyone is welcome, whether you are a member of the club or not. Hope to see you soon!

Ann ChapmanClub Captain: B. Dix 01451 821020

750 Marathon MilestoneAmateur marathon runner Steve Edwards aged 54 from Moreton In Marsh has run his 750th official marathon race at the tough Maidstone event in Kent. He crossed the finish line in 3hrs 27min 42sec to finish in fifth place.

Afterwards, Steve who now runs for new Gloucestershire club ‘North Cotswold Tri & Run’, commented “So far, this has been another hard year, they certainly don’t get any easier, this was a real toughie, over 2500 feet of climbing! Trying to fit in training and racing around a full time job really does test you. If you add the logistical elements like travelling and arranging accommodation, there are days when I’m just so tired and motivation is difficult. Luckily I have an understanding wife who comes to all my races, we are a great team.”

Steve’s average finish time for 750 marathons is 3hrs 17min 11sec – taking 28 years to achieve, an average of one every thirteen days since 1988. Having set several world records, his ultimate goal is to try and set a new 1000 marathons world record. A daunting task, which Steve admits will be incredibly tough, especially, when he’s not getting any younger and injury becomes an increasing risk.

His biography, ‘The Man Inside The Machine’ is now available on Amazon, 10% of all proceeds are being donated to local Gloucestershire charity Kate’s Home Nursing.


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Burma Star memorial cupBurma Star memorial cup goes to MoretonThe Burma Star Memorial Cup competition was played at Adderbury on Wednesday 27 July in honour of former servicemen who served in the Burma Campaign between 1941 and 1945.Eight clubs – Adderbury, Banbury Central, Banbury Borough, Bloxham, Woodford Halse, Middle Barton, Byfield and Moreton in Marsh – took part.Moreton in Marsh won a closely-fought tournament and received the trophy from Mrs Orchard (see picture below). Adderbury came second.In addition to the trophy, as the winning club we received £174 – money raised from entry fees, a raffle and a whisky draw – the money to be given to a charity of our choice. It was decided that the money should go to Help for Heroes.The cup was originally bought by the Burma Star Bowls Club and for many years was played for by Banbury area bowls clubs. The competition was last held in 2012 and since then the cup has been in the safe keeping of Banbury Burma veteran Alan Orchard – himself a keen bowler who played for Banbury Central, Banbury Chestnuts and Burma Star. Alan died last year and it was his wish that the tournament should be revived. His widow Sheelagh asked Adderbury to run the competition.

The Lido’s season set to end on a highThanks to some extended periods of clement weather, and even short bursts of real heatwave, The Lido has been enjoying buoyant numbers so far this season, both during public sessions and private hires. The children’s swimming lessons have been a real success, again with good numbers and reports of fantastic progress from our young swimmers, as have our regular activities. Synchro for All on Mondays 7.30-8.30pm and Junior Water Polo 7.00-8.00pm on Sundays are also popular with a wide range of participants and it’s never too late to start (although it might be next season now!)

Two fabulous late swims have been really popular and successful fundraisers, especially the second thanks to live music from our friends, FiddleBop. So we’re pleased to announce a third Sunset Swim on 3 September, from 7.00pm.

Last but by no means least, we are looking forward to our now regular season closer, The Dog Swim! From 7.00pm on Sunday 11 September all well-behaved dogs are welcome for just £7.50 each. Tickets must be booked in advance and one (free) human swimmer must accompany each dog in the water, other human members of the dog’s “pack” get free entry to spectate. There will be a donation bar,

BBQ and Bonios, so what are you waiting for? Book now!

Further details about all the above are available on our website, www.chippylido.co.uk, or from The Lido itself. Keep up with the latest at facebook/ChippyLido and Twitter @ChippyLido, or contact The Lido directly for more details of how to join the Lottery, the Committee, Friends or to donate: [email protected]

Basic Bike Maintenance courseA 6 hour course run by the Windrush Bike Project. The course is split into three weekly two-hour sessions in the barn at Cogges, covering the fundamentals of bike maintenance and repair.

Learn how to make a bike run smoothly and keep it that way; including fixing a flat, keeping the brakes sharp and tuning the gears.

The course costs £65 and will run on three consecutive Tuesday evenings commencing 13 September at 6.30pm – see the Windrush Bike Project’s events page for details: www://windrushbikeproject.uk/events To book and secure a place on the course, read the small print, fill in the booking form and follow the payment instructions therein. Please email: [email protected]

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Spotlight On Max ’Power’ Bayliss Team U7s Lions Position I hope Fly Half when we get positions Favourite Player Chris Cook Bath Scrum Half I enjoy Rugby because we get to meet new friends from other schools My Rugby ambition is to play rugby at Twickenham

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With new training jackets sponsored by Matthews Comfort (Oxford independent brokers) the U12s are ready for when the colder weather starts to kick in. The team have got off to a great start to their season. Their fixtures against Hucclecote, Shipston andPershore have all produced positive results but more importantlygreat games of rugby that all the teams and players took somethingfrom. Congratulations must be given to the U12s and their coachesbecause Hucclecote and Pershore are suffering from low squadnumbers but Stow found a way to make the fixture happen andbe fair. The team are pictured both to the left and on the banner.

I bet if you look close enough you ’ll spot at least one person you know in the above photo. Given how many people play for, are members of or make use of the club’s facilities we thought it would be a great idea to take an annual photo of as many of them as possible. All the age groups etc. merge into one but at the front on the left we have the U6s with the U7s in the middle and the U8s on the right. Behind the U6s are the U9s on the left with the U10s next to them and the U11s on the right. The next row, from left to right has the U12s, the U13s and the U14s. The row behind them has the U15s and the U16s with the coaches from the Minis and Juniors behind them. Behind them are players from the 1st and 2nd XVs with committee members, past players and vice presidents. The back rows and gaps are filled in with parents and siblings of players. There were still a good number of players and members missing from the photo and the challenge for next season is to make it an even bigger picture to celebrate a club that means so much to so many people from 4 years old to well past their playing prime.

Hands Up For The U12s

The new U7s have chosen the team name The Lions and got off to a roaring start to the season. After a few weeks of training, they trav-elled, with most of the other Minis teams to the Shipston Festival at the beginning of October. This was the first ever competitive match in any sport for a number of the players and not only did theyhandle it well but they thoroughly enjoyed it. The team are at the very start of their rugby journey but they have a dedicated group of 6 coaches to guide them with the emphasis on keeping it enjoyable.


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New Kit inspires Under 12s to top of the League Moreton Rangers Under 12 team celebrated the arrival of their new kit kindly sponsored by TAG Tallis Amos Group with a hard fought 5-4 win over Witney Vikings. The win took the team to the top of their league where they remain unbeaten with four wins and a draw. In an end-to-end fixture Moreton took the lead from their first attack through Will Tallis only to be pegged back by Witney within two minutes. Both teams then scored again with Arthur Virgin on target for Moreton. Further goals from Josh Hardwick and Arthur Virgin with a second put Moreton in control with a 4-2 lead at half time. Ross Harding converted a penalty after he was fouled to give Moreton a three goal cushion. They needed this as Witney fought back with two excellent goals to leave a nervous finish for the players and supporters.

Moreton Rangers U12 Team in their new Kit Sponsored by Tallis Amos Group

First Team up to third placeMoreton’s first team climbed to third place in the Uhlsport Hellenic Division Two West with three wins in a row. A fine 1-0 win away at Highworth Town who held top spot in the Chairman Paul Luker and Coach Graham Jones are joined by enthusiastic players.

Women’s Football comes to Moreton Rangers.Women’s TrainingThe first session of Women’s training at Moreton Rangers took place in October and as a result to the enthusiastic response a regular training spot has been set by Coach Graham Jones.

Training will be on Thursday evenings 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Contact Graham on 07795294789 or [email protected] for further information.

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league through a goal form Harry Peters was followed up by a remarkable home win 4-3 over Abingdon United. Two goals for Lee Brooks had not looked enough for Moreton as the game entered added time with the visitors leading 3-2. Martin Tombs was then fouled in the box to give Jammie Wyatt the opportunity to level the game with a coolly-taken penalty. Moreton then forced a corner from which Adam Shipman headed home the winner to secure a last gasp win.

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KATES HOME NURSING EVENT In August we carried an article on a fundraising challenge, publishing this photo of the team involved. We omitted to tell you that the photographer was Marie Cecil from Moreton. Our apologies Marie.

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The Villager Bus – a Rural Lifeline

P3 – People Potential PossibilitiesNEW drop-in days & times – between 9am and 1pm daily Monday to Friday (inclusive) at P3, Upper Floors, The Windrush, High Street,

T: 01608 653377M: 07794 280094W: www.p3charity.org

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY. 0145186012 [email protected] Competitive Prices • Album • CD • A4 photo canvas.

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Unusual & Occasional

VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED

The Villager Community Bus is managed and run entirely by volunteers. We are always looking for new volunteer drivers, male or female, who can spare and commit to one morning or afternoon every fortnight.

In addition to regular services, we also hire buses with driver for activities such as social occasions, school runs and sports events (see Villager Bus Hiring).

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£5 OFF To the customer: Redeemable at Warner’s Budgens Bidford on Avon, Broadway, Moreton-in-Marsh and Winchcombe only. Only one coupon will be accepted per transaction, and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. The offers excludes tobacco, infant formula, e-top up, fuel, concessions (Post Office), stamps and National & Health Lottery. Photocopies are not acceptable. Offer only valid if presented with this coupon. £40 must be spent in one transaction. Valid until 30th November 2016.

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