Issue 13 - October 2011 (PDF - Chipping Norton Times

CHIPPING NORTON TIMES 

Issue 13 October 2011 

An independent monthly magazine delivered FREE OF CHARGE for residents and businesses in and around Chipping Norton. 

Copies will also be made available at a number of distribution points 

Chipping Norton Times – joining Stow Times, Moreton Times & Bourton Times, 

already delivered free of charge to over 11,500 homes and businesses 

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From the Editor 

A change of season…and pace 

The schools going back after the long warm and relaxing days of 

summer always brings a change of pace, squeezing our daily lives 

back into timetables and an altogether far more structured routine. 

However, this September presented us with an incredible selection 

of big events, inviting us to ‘top up our good time factor’ before 

the long cold evenings set in. The new and amazing Harvest 

Festival was worthy of all the accolades it received and we hope it 

will become a regular in our local events diary; a bigger and even 

better than ever before Moreton Show ticked boxes with all the 

family with so much to see and do that our photographer there, 

Charlie Doran Davis, had a helper so that she could be in two 

places at once(!); and finally a breath-taking Cotswold Festival 

complete with ranks of Parliamentarians and Royalists as The 

Sealed Knot marched into Stow and re-enacted a Civil War battle 

on their cricket field. This was an impressive event and the crowd 

got fully behind both sides, shouting and cheering them on and 

having a wonderful time. With cannons and gunfire as well, I 

imagine that the town’s neighbours in the Swells and Naunton 

knew that Stow was once again ‘at war’! I wonder if being so close 

to a major event in our past will have triggered an interest in local 

history and politics? 

In this edition of the magazine the first Christmas adverts appear 

and we can sense that the rush to get lists made and things done 

before the end of the year is’ on’. But before you get too caught up 

in it all, we hope you will enjoy the magazine this month – we 

name the winners of our photographic completion, there is a nice 

and true story from local author Nicholas John, Mike Boyes treats 

us to a look at some local wildlife and we catch up with some of 

community issues around at the moment. 

We receive regular comments from people that there isn’t enough 

Chippy content – this can be easily overcome, simply by sharing 

with us the events and articles, reports and news that you would 

like to see in Chipping Norton Times, and we will tell everyone! 

Of all the things we do, we totally fail at mindreading - so it’s up to 

you, we need to be told! Our contact details are below and we 

will look forward to hearing from you. 

Best wishes 

Jenni Turner, Editor 

Our Front Cover : 

This photo, taken and sent in by Ann Wyatt, was the overall winner in 

the Moreton in Marsh Show Calendar competition this year, and will 

appear on the October page. It was taken at Ascott near Whichford. 

AW©CNT.10.2011 

Copydate for the November edition is 16th October. 

(The 16th is our copy date for every month next year) 

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Inside this edition 

FEATURES 

8 Moreton in Marsh Show - a photo-montage 

9 The Sealed Knot – Re-enacting a Civil War Battle 

10, 11 The Photographic Competition, Answers & Winners 

32, 33 Local Nature Reserves – A personal view in words & photos by 

Mike Boyes 

35,36 What Price a Signature – A short story by Nicholas John 

REGULARS 

18 Market Towns test new planning powers. 

Rural fund re-opens for applications 

19 Local Authorities, meetings & information 

21 Thames Valley Police – Neighbourhood Watch; Safe Biking 

22 Church Services 

24, 25 Village Halls; Rural Cinemas and Regular Events Diary. 

26-29 EVENTS & Events DIARY for October 

30 Local Walks in October; 

31 Cotswold A.O.N.B. & Glos.Wildlife Trust 

36 Book Reviews from Cotswold Bookstore 

41 Robb Eden – shares a few opinions on tax. 

42 - 44 Reports from some of our local Schools 

45, 47, 49 & 51 News & Reports from some of the Local Sports Clubs, etc.. 

53 Clubs, Societies & Associations, etc (this list is updated bi-monthly) 

54 Club News & Reports 

55 Local Business Directory 

Thank you to all our contributors, the writers and photographers who 

have helped produce this edition. This month the team doing research, 

sub-editing and proof reading included Jan Marley (who also manages our 

deliveries) and we are delighted to welcome a few guest writers this 

month, too. As always, their time and input are invaluable. Thank you 

too to all our volunteer deliverers and sources of information – without 

them these magazines couldn’t function and we always appreciate their 

time and commitment. 

Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. 

0845 230 8955 / www.eagledesign.net 

Extra copies of Chipping Norton Times may be available at The Leisure 

Centre and at The Information Point.

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Photography at Moreton Show by Charlie Doran Davies 

Freelance Photographer 

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tHe 

CotswoLd FestivaL 

Love History? 

Live History witH tHe seaLed Knot 

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1. CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

2. STOW ON THE WOLD 

3. MAUGERSBURY 

4. MAUGERSBURY 

5. DAYLESFORD 

6. BROADWELL 

7. MORETON IN MARSH 

8. UPPER ODDINGTON 

9. DAYLESFORD 

10. LOWER ODDINGTON 

11. ADLESTROP 

12. BROADWELL 

13. LOWER ODDINGTON 


15. NAUNTON 

16. UPPER SLAUGHTER 

17. EVENLODE 


19. LOWER SWELL 

20. UPPER SWELL 

21. WYCK RISSINGTON 

22. OVER NORTON 

23. LITTLE WOLFORD 

24. CHURCHILL 

25. CLAPTON ON THE HILL 

26. LITTLE RISSINGTON 

Your local high street needs your support 

Sustaining a high street and a community is not only about 

shopping locally from independent small shops. It is about 

ensuring that the high street and people who live in the 

community have a viable sustainable future. Parking, 

transport, procurement, the threats of supermarkets and outof 

town developments - all these issues are best dealt with by 

local authorities, local community groups, local businesses 

and local people working together. From the Federation of 

Small Businesses 

THE ANSWERS 

27. FORD 

28. LONG COMPTON 

29. *BOURTON O/T WATER 

30. CONDICOTE 

31. UPPER SWELL 

32. CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

33. BOURTON ON THE WATER 

34. BLOCKLEY 

35. DRAYCOTT 

36. LOWER SLAUGHTER 

37. LONGBOROUGH 

38. BLOCKLEY 

39. GREAT WOLFORD 

40. BOURTON O/T HILL 

41. SALFORD 


43. FORD 


45. DAYLESFORD 



48. DONNINGTON 


50. ADLESTROP 


52. LITTLE WOLFORD 


54. ADLESTROP 

55. EVENLODE 

56. DAYLESFORD 

57. BROADWELL 

58. LOWER ODDINGTON 

59. BROADWELL 

60. BROADWELL 

61. UPPER ODDINTON 

62. LITTLE COMPTON 

63. NAUNTON 

64. HEYTHROP 


66. UPPER SLAUGHTER 

67. CHIPPING NORTON 

68. BOURTON / WATER 

69. ICOMB 

70. BLEDINGTON 

71. GREAT WOLFORD 

72. CONDICOTE 

73. LITTLE RISSINGTON 

74. TEMPLE GUITING 

75. HEYTHROP 


77. NETHER WESTCOTE 


* OR LOWER SWELL. The answers left blank most often were numbers 27, 43, 53, 64 and 68. 

The communities that were miss-identified most often were Ford, Donnington and Heythrop (although 

there were some good guesses – which are definitely allowed!) 

One the whole however, most people know the area quite well and are pretty observant too! 

If you did, thank you for taking part and we hope you enjoyed the challenge. 

PS. We will be repeating the competition next August – so keep your eyes open as you travel around!

I know where that is! 

Where was that taken? 

I’M SURE WE’VE SEEN 

THAT SOMEWHERE. 

OUTSTANDING 

WINNERS 

1st. Robin Howells (70/78) 

2nd. Jane Furze and Alan Bush (69) 

3rd. Helen and Mary Smith (67) 

1st Business Team - Our Community Police (65) – 

Caroline Paxford, Rob Wells, Alison Shaw and 

Jenna Pendle 

2nd Business Team - Dales Trails (60) 

1st Family entry – The Colston family (59) – 

Laura, Sue and Margery with Louise Passey and 

Jean Stowe 

2nd Family entry – The Lamb family (58) 

Mavis, Colin and Freda 

3rd Family entry – The Coleman family (53) – 

Lindsey, Chris and Hannah with Tom Webb 

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 

Jane Ford and David Harman (64) 

Lucy Dale (62) 

Well done to everyone who took part this year. There is a bundle 

of prizes waiting to be awarded (at the time of writing none of our 

winners have been contacted, but we hope to speak to all of them 

before the magazines are delivered). Starting with Robin Howells 

in first place, our winners have their choice from a wonderful and 

wide-ranging selection of prizes from the local businesses kindly 

supporting the competition – they are listed on the right. The 

majority of entries achieved 60+ and 50+ correct answers so there 

was a close-run contest for the middle positions, all of whom will 

have a choice of prizes. If you aren’t mentioned above, you still 

qualify for a prize, and we wish you better luck next time because 

you weren’t far away! 

We look forward to compiling next year’s photo competition, 

which will be in our August 2012 magazines. Meanwhile we hope 

you continue to enjoy our wonderful local towns and villages, and 

the businesses that keep them alive and vital. 

PHoTo ComPETiTioN 

‘WHERE iS THAT?’ 

Look up – look down – look behind you! 

In August we featured 78 numbered photographs, taken recently in the communities where we deliver the magazines 

every month. But these were not average picture postcard images, and proved to be not that easy to identify! 

LOCAL BUSINESSES 

SUPPORTING THE COMPETITION 

In alphabetical order:- 

ARTIGIANO 

BARKS & PURRS 

BOURTON CYCLES 

BOURTON HOUSE GARDEN 

BROCKS MENSWEAR 

CACAO BEAN 

COTSWOLD BOOKSTORE 

COTSWOLD CYCLES 

COURT BARN MUSEUM 

CREAM TEA ROOM 

ELECNOLOGY 

JO SAUNDERS MASSAGE THERAPY 

JOHNSONS DRY CLEANERS 

LITTLE BLACK DRESS 

MARTHA’S COFFEE HOUSE 

MATT KEYTE SPORTS & REMEDIAL MASSAGE 

MILL DENE GARDEN 

NEW ENGLAND COFFEE HOUSE 

NORTH COTSWOLD COMMUNITY RADIO 

NUMBER 4 HOTEL at STOW 

ROUVEURE GALLERY 

RIVERFORD ORGANICS 

THE COACH & HORSES, LONGBOROUGH 

THE VINE LEAF 

WREAL SPORTS 

Well done to all our entrants, and a huge Thank You to all the local businesses who supported 

the competition with prizes, we really appreciate it. 

Jenni Turner - Editor 

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Children : Adults : Everybody Welcome. 

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Stressed? Moi? 

Therapists from the Natural Therapies Clinic, Moreton-in- 

Marsh, provide some advice about coping with stress. 

Everyone needs some degree of stress in their lives in order 

to have enough motivation to function on a daily basis. 

Stress only becomes a problem when the amount is greater 

than an individual’s ability to cope. 

The body is designed to cope with high levels of stress in the 

short-term. The natural “fight or flight” response that occurs 

in a life-or-death situation gave our ancient ancestors a 

survival advantage - the ability to respond more effectively 

when faced with danger. 

While this was useful in the days when people were out 

hunting mammoths, nowadays we are juggling the demands 

of modern life instead. For many of us, stress has become 

chronic. This means that our system does not get a chance 

to return to normal; we live as if we were on constant red 

alert, and, inevitably, this takes its toll. Stress directly affects 

the nervous, hormonal and digestive systems, but in the 

longer term can lead to cardiovascular, skin, and immunity 

problems, as well as difficulties with sleep and energy levels. 

Stress quickly depletes the body of the nutrients required for 

the release of hormones during a stressful event, such as 

adrenalin and cortisol. Adrenalin is a protein-based hormone 

and cortisol is a fat-based hormone. Therefore, it is 

important to consume good quality protein and plenty of 

good mono- and polyunsaturated fats, such as those found 

in oily fish, avocados, nuts and seeds. Many vitamins and 

minerals are also required for the synthesis of these 

hormones, and eating a healthy and varied diet is essential. 

For many of us, habitual negative or fearful thinking creates 

more stress than the actual reality of our situation warrants. 

Try to become aware of the thoughts you have that lead to 

feelings of stress, and challenge whether they are valid. 

Relaxation, breathing exercises or meditation can be helpful 

to slow the internal chatter of the mind while relaxing the 

body. Regular exercise, and physical treatments such as 

massage and reflexology, can also be great for releasing the 

physical tension that stress creates. 

The Natural Therapies Clinic offers a wide range of therapies, 

including nutritional therapy. If you would like to find out 

more or book an appointment, call us on 01608 650077. 

www.natural-therapies-clinic.co.uk 

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PASSIONATE ABOUT SPOILING YOUR DOGS AND CATS? 

You will enjoy a visit to our beautifully designed shop and if 

there is anything particular you need we will buy it in for you. 

It will be our pleasure. 

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• Independent Family Run Funeral Directors 

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We stock a selection of traditional coffins as well as a wide 

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We work with you to ensure you get your ideal kitchen. 

We are friendly, reliable and come highly 

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Call us for a free no obligation design and quote. 

Tel: 01993 898808 

Email: contactus@realwoodkitchens.co.uk 

Tim Maule and Dominic Harrison 

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& Repair/Handyman 

Furniture restoration and repair. 

Assembling flat pack furniture. 

Putting up shelves, mirrors, pictures, 

curtain poles etc. 

Jonathan Ward 

01608 664626 or 07557 883835 

No job too small. Free quotations in the local area. 

Tel: 01608 651721 | Mob: 07974 030246 

Email: kppainting@hotmail.co.uk 

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Suppliers and installers quality ’A’ rated Upvc / Hardwood 

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Secondary double glazing specialists 

Conservatories cleaned, repaired and serviced 

Free quotation with no obligation 

Fully insured 

Local tradesman 

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10 Fosseway Business Park, 

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We update our web site frequently, adding new stock and 

removing sold items. 

Tel: 01608 652505 Fax: 01608 652881 

Email: info@coxsarchitectural.co.uk 

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Market towns test 

planning powers 

From a report by Ruralcity Media 

RURAL and market towns are among 36 more 

communities that will try out new planning powers, 

bringing the total to ninety communities that are 

among the first to test out new neighbourhood 

planning powers introduced in the Localism Bill. 

Planning minister Greg Clark said neighbourhood 

planning would give local people a real voice in deciding 

how development will look in their area, allowing 

people to shape their own vision for their community – 

in contrast to top-down regional strategies that are 

being scrapped. 

• Communities would be able to decide the locations of 

shops, offices and schools, protect valuable green 

spaces and set standards of design for new housing. 

• In areas where local people want to see homes and 

businesses built, communities would be allowed to 

grant blanket planning permission. 

• The community would also have the final say on 

whether a neighbourhood plan comes into force. If 

more than 50% of people voting in a local referendum 

support the plan, then the local planning authority 

must bring it into force. 

Mr Clark said: "For too long local people have been shut 

out of the planning process with no real voice to affect 

decisions about the places where they live. Unpopular 

regional strategies left people without the ability to 

influence the future of their community and this fuelled 

resentment towards growth." 

In each of the selected communities the local council 

will receive £20,000 to support work on neighbourhood 

planning as well as free advice from planning experts. 

RSN’s rural consultant Brian Wilson, of Brian Wilson 

Associates, said rural communities had a proud history 

of developing parish and town plans. "The advantage of 

the neighbourhood planning approach is that it will 

have statutory legitimacy. However, along with this will 

come additional complexity which could turn some 

rural communities off." 

In South Oxfordshire, Thame town council is already 

focusing on the local need for more affordable housing 

and transport infrastructure. In Northumberland two 

rural parishes are concentrating on the need for more 

affordable housing, a new high school and an education 

campus. In Wiltshire, Sherston Parish Council is aiming 

to deliver new homes, especially affordable homes for 

elderly and disabled residents. Its plan will also look at 

the need for key local infrastructure such as high speed 

broadband, new schools and the development of a 

community orchard. Meanwhile, local businesses in 

Rutland are working with the community on a 

neighbourhood plan for Uppingham town centre. 

The list of 36 communities includes Chipping Norton in 

West Oxfordshire, Thame and Woodcote in South 

Oxfordshire, Malmesbury and Sherston in Wiltshire. 

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New approach 'vital' to save services 

From a report by Ruralcity Media 

Budget cuts mean a new approach is vital to maintain rural 

public services, the government has been warned. A report 

commissioned by Defra warns that significant funding reductions 

mean new ways are needed to maintain and enhance public 

services. "This challenge is particularly acute in rural areas," 

warns the document. 

The report, Developing Collaborative and Innovative Approaches 

to the Delivery of Rural Services, was written for Defra's Rural 

Community Policy Unit. A full copy of the document can be 

downloaded from www.rsnonline.org.uk 

“At risk are smaller and more dispersed populations. Some 

services will become increasingly vulnerable to further 

reductions in funding, these include services with high fixed 

costs relating to staffing and premises, and those relying on a 

minimum scale of activity to retain critical mass. Pressure facing 

some services – for example rural primary schools, libraries and 

buses – is already reaching a tipping point. A fundamental 

change in the way services are delivered is therefore needed to 

maintain access to services in some parts of rural England. 

Innovation and collaboration in local service delivery is well 

established in rural areas. However, the range of public services 

delivered and managed by local communities is extensive and 

includes schools, libraries, transport and social housing." 

Further engagement of communities in local service provision 

could help meet the challenges faced by rural public service 

providers, the report adds. The development of community scale 

solutions around service provision should be diverse and have 

different features depending on local conditions.” 

Rural fund reopens for applications 

From Ruralcity Media at rsnonline.org.uk 

The Prince's Countryside Fund has re-opened for applications 

from projects that benefit rural communities. 

With over £1.5 million donated the Fund has so far supported 19 

projects. These are as diverse as hill farming apprenticeship 

schemes, supporting school farms and community transport 

schemes. In addition to these projects, the fund supports three 

farming help charities through a dedicated emergency funding 

stream. 

Applications are invited from projects working towards securing 

a sustainable future for the British countryside and rural 

communities. Eligible projects must clearly contribute towards 

one or more of the fund's charitable objects and fit within the 

following areas: 

* Improving the sustainability of British farming 

* Improving the sustainability of rural communities 

* Reconnecting people with the countryside 

More detailed information about eligibility criteria can be found 

online at www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk. 

The deadline for submissions is 5pm on 14 October 2011. 

Applications received after this time will not be considered. All 

applications will be acknowledged and successful projects will be 

notified in the New Year.

CHIPPING NORTON TOWN 

COUNCIL 

MEETS on the 3rd MONDAY 

EVERY MONTH 

Monday 17th October 2011 

Parishioners are very welcome to attend all 

meetings; some confidential matters may be 

discussed by councillors in camera. 

Parishioners wishing to ask about local issues 

are given 5 minutes at the start of the meeting, 

subject to advising the clerk in advance. 

Local groups and organisations can apply for 

grants; Council also supports a variety of 

causes including The Town Museum, 

The Silver Band, The Lido, The Theatre and 

other charities operating in the parish. 

Town Councillors are available before and 

after the meetings. District & County 

Councillors, representatives of the Police and 

local press may attend. 

WEST OXON DISTRICT COUNCIL 

Committee Meetings 

Members of the public are encouraged to attend 

meetings of the Council and Committees. If you 

live in the District and are on the Electoral Register 

you can take part in the meetings. Information 

about this and your Councillors and committee 

members is available online at 

www.westoxon.gov.uk 

OCTOBER 

Mon 3 Uplands 

Thurs 6 Human Resources 

Weds 12 Cabinet 

Mon 17 Lowlands 

Weds 19 Council 

Meetings held at the Council Offices, Woodgreen, 

Witney. Start time 2pm. 

For further information contact Committee 

Services: 01993 861523 

EMail: enquiries@westoxon.gov.uk 

Agendas, reports and minutes are available 

online: www.westoxon.gov.uk/meetings 

Bourton on the Water – Royal British Legion – 14th 

October 

THAMES VALLEY 

POLICE 

www.police.uk 

CHIPPING NORTON TOWN 

COUNCIL 

Notes on the Council Meeting for 

SEPTEMBER 2011 

Full Minutes of meetings, associated 

committee meetings and correspondence are 

available in the Council Office. 

Mr G Beacham (Acting Clerk) 

The Guildhall, Goddards Lane 

Chipping Norton, 

Oxon, OX7 5NJ 

01608 642341 (9am to 1pm) 

cntc@btconnect.com 

Chipping Norton 

Police Station 

London Road, 

Chipping Norton, 

OX7 5AW 

Non-Emergency Number 

0845 8 505 505 

Opening Times 

Monday to Friday 

8am – 4pm 

Saturday & Sunday – Closed 

Closed for lunch 12.15 – 1pm 

2,012 Beacons across UK & the Commonwealth 

On Monday the 4th June 2012, 2,012 Beacons will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, 

Channel Islands, Isle of Man, the Commonwealth and the UK Overseas Territories in 

celebration of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, marking this historic moment in The Queen's 

reign. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations are 2nd - 5th June 2012 and Her Majesty 

The Queen will light the first National Beacon on Monday the 4th June. 

The National Council of Local Councils has issued an official 'Guide To Taking Part' 

in The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacons - 4th June 2012, for town and parish councils to 

participate in this unique, exciting celebration, involving local communities. The Guide is 

available online from NALC www.nalc.gov.uk. Email requests for printed copies to 

pageantmaster@mac.com. All the Beacon locations will be entered into a special 

presentation book* that will be given to The Queen after the event, as a record of this unique 

moment in history is celebrated. (* It is important that those taking part register or email 

their details to pageantmaster@mac.com as soon as possible to ensure that every Beacon is 

registered as one of the 2,012 being lit on Monday the 4th June 2012, along with being sent 

an official lighting time.) 

There are two types of Beacons being used for this occasion, the Bonfire Beacon and Church 

Tower Beacon. The Bonfire Beacon can be located on a local common or farmland owned by a 

local farmer. The event can be used as a private celebration for families and friends or can 

involve the local community from within your town and parish. The Church Tower Beacons, 

fueled from two small bottles of propane gas, are ideal for Church Towers or Castle 

Battlements. They are safe to use, look dramatic when lit, can be removed after the event and 

stored away for future celebrations of this kind. 

If your Town or Parish Council feels unable to take part, please pass this information onto 

others you feel may wish to participate, to ensure your local community has been given the 

opportunity to consider it. 

From Cllr Michael Chater, Chairman of National Association of Local Councils. 

GOLF CHALLENGE DAY 

Thursday 6th October 

At Feldon Valley Golf Club, Brailes. 

An 18 hole competition with a shotgun start 

at 2pm. Teams of four @ £200. Buffet, presentations, raffle 

and auction. 

Registration before 6th October.. 

01608 674929 07940 716345 

E: rebecca@shn-fundraising.co.uk 

ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 01452 425000 

The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or online www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks 

Not Available at the time of going to print 

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The Reaper Rip It Up At Harvest 

By Mike Kenny, photos by Georgina Ashwin and Nic Vickery-Brown 

When Alex James booked ‘The Reaper’ to open his Harvest 

festival on Saturday, I hope he didn’t think that they were going 

to cut and gather his field of corn!! However, there was nothing 

‘grim’ about this performance on the main stage. The local 

Chipping Norton four piece of Joey Kenny, Harry Winks, Joe 

Landles and Callum Woodward presented a slick, tight and 

highly professional set. 

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The band are aged between 10 and 

13 and have been together for less 

than a year, with a growing 

reputation locally and nationally. 

Highly accomplished musicians in 

their own right they refuse to play 

covers, penning their own brand of 

music that is proper metal based 

on the days classic rock, with songs 

built up from catchy riffs 

interspersed with face melting 

guitar solos. Their routine included 

the head banging rock anthems 

‘Cry Me A Place To Be’, ‘Iron Cell’ 

and ‘Don’t Stop The Blood’, with 

the rock opera styled ‘Fate Awaits’ 

and a new ballad, ‘Unfound’. 

The Reaper are a product of 

Witchwood School of Rock, who 

were giving kids free taster 

sessions at the festival. If this band 

is an indication of their success, 

Oxfordshire is going to be treated 

to a number of great young bands 

in the next few years. The Reaper 

were the only band at Harvest to 

perform two sets – one on the 

main stage and one in the 

Witchwood School of Rock tent - 

which was rammed to capacity for 

them and turned out to be a 

special kind of homecoming 

performance. 

Alex James hinted that the festival 

will continue as an annual event. 

This fusion of his two passions - 

music and food - was a great 

success. Even the weather was 

kind, with the rain staying away. 

Celebrities were out in force with 

David & Samantha Cameron, 

Jeremy Clarkson, Harry Enfield, 

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and John 

Torode all enjoying the food and 

music. Alex James was also on 

hand to serve cheese on toast to 

the thousands of Harvesters. 

Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder 

for veterans’ mental health 

Each year 4,000 returning Service men and women suffer 

mental health problems resulting from traumas and injuries 

experienced during active Service. It is likely that these 

numbers will rise, as more personnel return from 

Afghanistan, and other conflict zones, over the coming 

months and years. 

That's why The Royal British Legion is funding a muchneeded 

volunteer peer-mentoring scheme, alongside 

Combat Stress. 

The service is called 'Shoulder-to-Shoulder' and is run by 

TimeBank, a national volunteering charity with 10 years' 

experience running mentoring projects. And the volunteers 

are all ex-Service men and women (regular, Territorial Army 

or reserve) who have made a successful transition into 

civilian life or who have an understanding of the issues 

through direct family connections. As ex-Service people they 

are in a unique position and their skills, expertise and 

hands-on knowledge can be channelled, through careful 

training, to help people whose experiences they know only 

too well. Find out more – 

www.Timebank.org.uk/shoulder-to-shoulder 

Moreton in 

Marsh 

Christmas 

Lights 

TimeBank receives funding from Royal 

British Legion and Combat Stress to 

expand military mental health project. 

Christmas Market & Light Switch-On 

SATURDAY 26TH NOVEMBER in Moreton Town Centre 

Christmas Market opens at 9am 

Father Christmas will drop by later 

Charity and local organisations stalls from 9am 

in the Redesdale Hall 

Raffle, Tombola, Carol Singing, 

Face Painting & Hair Braiding etc.. 

(more events and timings will follow) 

Should you have any queries, would like to be involved or 

are interested in having a stall at the Market, please contact 

Maria via email Tiamaria.burns@hotmail.co.uk 

Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton in 

Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0AZ 

Tel: 07766 142113 

www.moretoninmarshchiropractic.co.uk

THAMES VALLEY 

POLICE 

www.police.uk 

news 

and information 

Neighbourhood Watch 

Please consider joining your local Neighbourhood Watch. 

Neighbourhood Watch is all about people getting together with 

their neighbours to take action to cut crime. 

Neighbourhood Watch schemes are community initiatives owned 

and run by their members. They work by developing close liaison 

between neighbourhood households and the local police. It is an 

active partnership. Neighbourhood Watch schemes can: 

• Cut crime and the opportunities for crime. 

• Help and reassure those who live in the area. 

• Encourage neighbourliness and closer communities. 

For more information on how these schemes work, their benefits, 

and running a scheme in your local area, please contact your local 

Watch Administrator in Witney, Danielle Hilton - 01993 861640. 

Each Neighbourhood Watch Scheme needs a co-ordinator, whose 

main role is: 

1. Maintain contact between the police and members of the NW 

scheme. 

2. Maintain a record of member households 

3. Receive crime information from the Local Policing Team and 

distribute this information to members. 

4. Look out for the well being of vulnerable members. 

5. Encourage members to be aware of and put into practice crime 

reduction measures, such as property marking and fitting security 

devices. 

6. Supply each member with NW and police crime reduction 

literature. 

7. Promote vigilance amongst members and actively encourage 

the early reporting of suspicious incidents direct to the police. 

8. Welcome newcomers to the neighbourhood and invite them to 

join the NW scheme. 

9. Participate in the activities of the local NW Group. 

10. Identify a Deputy Co-ordinator for the scheme. 

Interested in becoming a co-ordinator in the is area? Contact 

Danilee Hilton on – 01993 861640. 

In general the public are very diligent about alerting us to 

suspicious people and vehicles. It is important to encourage and 

maintain this trend, as the more chances we have to check these 

incidents helps us to maintain a relatively safe and secure 

environment. Reports of unwanted calls range from cold callers 

on the local estates to vehicles reported hanging about on farms 

and around other isolated premises. The majority of cold callers 

turn out to be genuine charities or other organisations such as 

utility companies. However, this is not always the case, and you 

should always call in on the non-emergency number if you are 

worried. Any suspicious vehicles should always be reported - even 

if nothing has happened at that time, it may be linked to another 

crime. Any crime in progress should be reported using the 999 

system. 

Use 999 when:- 

A crime is in progress - There is danger to life, 

Violence is being used or threatened. 

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(informaton from English Heritage: Caring for places of worship. 

www.english-heritage.org.uk/powar) 

With lead being stripped from roofs overnight, 

How do we prevent lead theft? 

The high price of lead, copper and other metals has 

encouraged theft from places of worship, particularly from 

roofs, lightning installations and drain pipes – this is 

demoralising for a congregation and endangers the building. 

As the frequency of such thefts increases, insurers expect a 

greater degree of care from building owners and may limit 

payouts, particularly if simple precautions have not been 

taken. Basic security measures are important – make sure 

ladders are store securely, that rubbish bins cannot be used 

to help, people get onto roofs and consider devices such as 

intruder alarms and CCTV as a deterrent. 

See www.churchalert.co.uk 

www.ecclesiastical.com/metaltheft, and 

www.churchcare.co.uk/building 

For specific guidance on you building consult your own insurer. 

Maintenance. Identifying and planning regular 

maintenance minimises the risk of the unforeseen, crisis 

situations arising. For helpful checklists and information go 

to: www.spabfim.co.uk or www.churchcare.co.uk/building. 

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) 

run free Faith in Maintenance courses. 

What English Heritage is doing… 

Raising awareness of the good work already being done by 

congregations already, conscious of their responsibility to 

pass on their place of worship to future generations. 

Offering repair grants. Each year £25 million is available 

under the joint English Heritage/Heritage Lottery Fund 

Repair Grants for Places of Worship Scheme. 

Funding Support Officers provide a skilled and experienced 

local person for congregations to turn to. 

www.english-heritage.org.uk/protecting/places-of-worship

SEWING DAY 

Learn a skill & make a Christmas Present! 

Lower Swell Village Hall 

Saturday 26th November - 10am - 4pm 

All materials and lunch included - £45.00 

For more information please call Jackie on: 07837602004 

TELL EVERYONE 

ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS – 

Talk to us* 

about advertising 

your business 

07789 175 002 

Editor@stowtimes.co.uk 

*STOW TIMES, MORETON 

TIMES, BOURTON TIMES 

& CHIPPING NORTON TIMES 

Programme of Events : Autumn 2011 

Tuesday 4th October 7.00pm 

JIM WILSON will talk about and sign his gripping new book NAZI PRINCESS – HITLER, LORD ROTHERMERE AND PRINCESS 

STEPHANIE VON HOHENLOHE. The author has used recently declassified MI5 files and FBI memos to tell the real life story of a 

spy “more dangerous than ten thousand men”, who was a confidante of Hitler and was paid a retainer by Lord Rothermere. 

VENUE: The Masonic Hall, Stow-on-the-Wold (next door to the Borzoi) Tickets: £5 each :(to include wine and eats) 

Saturday 22nd October 11.00 am 

PAM AYRES the much loved poet, radio and TV presenter will be signing her memoirs – THE NECESSARY APTITUDE 

VENUE: The Borzoi Bookshop – All welcome 

Friday 28th October 7.00pm 

FIONA MacCARTHY the acclaimed biographer and cultural historian will talk about and sign her new book – THE LAST PRE- 

RAPHAELITE: EDWARD BURNE-JONES AND THE VICTORIAN IMAGINATION 

VENUE to be confirmed. Tickets: £6 each :(to include wine and eats) 

Thursday 10th November 7.00pm 

BROUGH SCOTT the popular horse-racing journalist, radio and TV presenter, grandson and biographer of the Great War soldier 

“Galloper Jack” Seely will talk about and sign the new edition of his grandfather’s book – WARRIOR: THE AMAZING STORY OF A 

REAL WAR HORSE. Original illustrations by Sir Alfred Munnings 

VENUE: Naunton Downs Golf Club. Tickets £6 each :(to include wine and eats) 

Church Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1BB. 

01451 830268 | www.borzoibookshop.co.uk | email: mail@borzoibookshop.co.uk 

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KINGHAM VILLAGE HALL 

Beautiful Hall; capacity 100. Off-street parking; disabled access. 

AVAILABLE TO HIRE AT VERY COMPETITIVE RATES. 

Contact Jacki Jones, The Barn, Orchard Way, Kingham. OX7 6YT. 

Tel: 01608 658089 

LONGBOROUGH & SEZINCOTE 

VILLAGE HALL 

Set in the heart of this delightful village, we can offer 

We are fully equipped with a few unexpected bonusses - an extendable stage with pull-down screen • 3/4 

sized snooker table • table tennis table • piano • Hi-Fi system • all equipment for short mat bowls.. 

So if you’re having a wedding reception or wake, children’s party or family birthday, training course or 

business meeting, exhibition or exercise class, club social or kids’ sleepover, we would love to see YOU! 

FOR FURTHER DETAILS T: 01451 830218 or E: alan@longborough.net 

LOWER SWELL VILLAGE HALL 

Traditional Cotswold VH on picturesque village green. Recently 

refurbished – fully equipped kitchen, heating, tables & chairs, Disabled 

facilities. Seats up to 70. Competitive rates (inc.heating) vary with use. 

Perfect for parties and receptions, Shows, displays, evening classes, etc 

Tel: 01451 831916 Eml: rada8421@kingham.ocnmail.net 

MORETON IN MARSH 

REDESDALE HALL 

Clerk 01608 654064 Two venues with a stair lift. The Lower Hall 

accommodates 80; modern kitchen facilities. Beamed Upper Hall 

accommodates 120. Reasonable charges. Nearby parking. 

Historic town centre building 

ODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL 

Ideally placed in centre of lovely Cotswold village 

Newly refurbished - full c/h, new kitchen and toilets. Spacious main hall with seating for 100, 

stage, pull down projector screen and hearing loop, also a smaller meeting room. Facilities 

for the less able. Spacious parking. Children have access to the adjacent playground. 

TO GET YOUR DATE ON OUR CALENDAR please ring 

01451 830817 / 01451 831917 

STOW BAPTIST CHURCH HALL, STOW GL54 1AA 

In the community for the community 

Spacious hall, recently refurbished, fully-equipped new kitchen facilities 

& disabled toilets. Usage Policy: we support community-focused groups. 

We do not lease the hall for commercial events. 

01451 870437 stowbaptist@gmx.co.uk 

STOW ON THE WOLD 

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB 

Clubroom and bar with entertainment system for discos, karaoke, etc. Small lounge bar. 

Large and small Meeting rooms with conference facilities for up to 150 (seats 60/ 12 

dining); Catering. Parking. Minibus. 

Enquiries to Colin and Alison 01451 830242 

ST EDWARDS HALL, STOW ON THE WOLD 

Panelled 1st floor room with Civil War portraits & memorabilia. 

Holds 100. Hearing loop. LIFT and staircase from lobby. Kitchen, toilets, 

anti-room. CCTV. Competitive rates. 2 Hrs Free C/P(day) 

2011 dates available. 01451 831633. PeterKing9@aol.com 

STOW YOUTH CLUB 

Two large rooms (accommodating 50-60 people) 

Internet café with 12 computer terminals • Projector & screen • Pool table • Table football • Nintendo 

Wii • Modern kitchen • Disabled access & toilets • Rates negotiable for regular users. 

The Club building is next to the Police Station on the Fosseway and accessed easily from The Square. 

Dilys Neill: dwsshaneill@btinternet.co Tel: 01451 830656 

Sarah-Jane Rich: richfamly_91@hotmail.com Tel: 01451 830654 

KATE'S HOME NURSING 

We are very grateful to those who have organised events so far 

this year, such as the successful Golf Day at Naunton on 12 August, 

which raised over £5,000. 

See our website www.kateshomenursing.org for updates, news of forthcoming 

events and information about our Christmas cards. 

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT at St. Edward's Church Stow-on-the-Wold 

on Saturday 10th December at 7pm. Tickets available now. If you would like to 

be added to our mailing list please e-mail: hdspooner@btinternet.com. 

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EVENLODE VILLAGE HALL 

adjacent to Green in quiet village 

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE at reasonable rates 

Ideal for classes, clubs, parties, receptions, presentations & family events. 

Newly decorated; light and spacious. Modern kitchen and loos. Disabled 

access. New pull-down projector screen. Tables, chairs, china and cutlery 

available. Please call Philip Pratt, 01608 652499/ 07051 867493. 

CONDICOTE VILLAGE HALL 

The perfect setting for that special occasion” 

Recently built in Cotswold stone. Large car park, well 

equipped kitchen, on the outskirts of the village. 

Tel: 07587 097795 Come & see what we have to offer! 

BROADWELL VILLAGE HALL 

Lovely rural location with spacious parking. Seats 90, 

Large main hall, & 2 meeting rooms. Stage with electric 

drop down screen. Built in sound system with microphone 

and hearing loop. 

Kitchen. Toilets. Disabled facilities. 

Bookings - Frances Dodwell on 01451 830994 

BOURTON ON THE WATER 

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION BRANCH HALL 

Available for hire; 150 seated / 250 standing. 

Ample off-road parking. Office Tel: 01451 824303 

Victoria Hall, Bourton on the Water 

AVAILABLE TO HIRE - VERY COMPETITIVE RATES. 

LOCAL FUNCTIONS, CHILDENS PARTIES ETC WELCOME 

DISABLED ACCESS & FACILITIES 

CALL RICHARD MOONEY 01451 820679 

FOR BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION 

ST GEORGES HALL, BLOCKLEY 

Fully Licensed Village Hall in good decorative order. 

Seating capacity 160. Large well equipped servery/kitchen. Toilets. 

Gas central heating. Off street parking for 40 cars. Suitable for wedding receptions etc. 

Raised stage. Excellent sound system. (No discos) 

Enquiries: Brian Clayton – 01386 701528 

LITTLE VILLAGE HALL, BELL BANK, BLOCKLEY 

Quiet rural venue with modern facilities for exhibitions, meetings, classes, parties, weddings, etc. 

35-50 people. Reasonable charges, ample parking. 

WITH -WIRELESS- BROADBAND incl BT OPENZONE. 

01386 700880 / email dimccaul@btinternet.com 

A D L E S T R O P V I L L A G E H A L L 

• Spacious, light, warm and colourful and available to hire for your special functions, 

classes or any event – only £6 an hour • Discounted fees for long term bookings. 

• Just redecorated • small stage, kitchen facilities, disabled toilet and disabled access. 

• Excellent parking. 

Please phone 01608 658710 for bookings and further info 

WYCK RISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL 

Recently refurbished 

A perfect Venue for Family Occasions 

Seats 40/20 for Dinner. Disabled access & loos. 

Fully equipped kitchen 

Enquiries - Call Judith Wheeler 01451 821094 

The Branch is seeking new 

fund raising helpers. 

Can you help? Please contact 

Mrs Diana Porter, Branch 

Chairman 01451 830508. 

Loyal support for our dedicated Lifeboat 

Crews was once again demonstrated when 

the magnificent sum of £3147 was raised 

through House to House and Street 

Collections by members of the North 

Cotswold Branch of the RNLI. 

Many thanks to all who helped with these 

collections and those who continue to 

support this vital life saving service around 

our coasts.

THE PLAYHOUSE, ST GEORGES HALL, 

BLOCKLEY 


TAMARA DREWE 

Doors/Bar open at 7:00pm - 7:45pm film 

Advance tickets are now £3.50/ on the door £4 

Advance tickets/queries 01386 700647/593386 

Upper Town Hall, 

CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

Friday 28th October 

Please see local Notice Boards 

Film 8pm 

Advance tickets/queries 01386 841206 

from Ch C. Information Centre/on door. 

VILLAGE HALL, 

LITTLE WOLFORD 


WATER FOR ELEPHANTS 

Film 7.30pm - TICKETS £4.00 

Advance tickets/queries 

01608 684223 or 01608 674200 

RURAL CINEMA - OCTOBER 

OLD SCHOOL VILLAGE HALL, 

BOURTON ON THE HILL 


Film 7.15pm 

Advance tickets/queries 01386 701196 

Tickets - £3.50 

VILLAGE HALL, 

CHURCHILL 

Sat 18th October - TAMARA DREWE 

Sat 29th Oct - Special for half term - UP 

Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £4.50 

Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903 

E: churchillmovies@btinternet.com 

VILLAGE HALL, 

LOWER ODDINGTON 

Tuesday 18th October 


7.30pm | TICKETS (see below) 


Refreshments served in the interval 

First WED Free MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS. Separate adult & children’s classes. 

Chipping Norton Leisure Centre. 07977 560086 

www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk, 

WEDS LINE DANCING at Chipping Campden British Legion Hall at 7pm 

WEDS WEDS WALK Easy/moderate walks. Start at 10am. 01451 860366 

WEDS CHIPPING CAMPDEN BRIDGE CLUB 7.15 for 7.30pm 

Duplicate Bridge. Upper Town Hall. Non members 

welcome. Partners not necessary 01608 664456 

First THURSFree MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS. Separate adult & children’s classes Stowon-the-Wold 

Primary School. 07977 560086 www.martialartsvoucher.co.uk, 

VICTORIA HALL, 


Monday 17th October 


Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 refreshments. 

Tickets/queries 01451 822365 

SCREEN ON THE GREEN, VILLAGE HALL, 

ILMINGTON 

Friday 28th October 

GROW YOUR OWN 


Advance tickets from the 

Village Store & Red Lion 

ST. DAVIDS CENTRE, 




Advance tickets/queries 

01608 812338 or 652666 

VILLAGE HALL, 

BROADWELL 

Friday 21st October 



including refreshments 


VILLAGE HALL, 

LITTLE COMPTON 

NEW INFO & DETAILS 

AVAILABLE BY EMAIL 

Film 7.30pm | TICKETS £5.00 inc. tea/coffee 


E:littlecomptonfilms@gmail.com 

VILLAGE HALL, 

WYCK RISSINGTON 

NO FILM ADVISED 



Check Notice Board 

REGULAR EVENTS 

First MON FOLK NIGHT, Ebrigton 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 

Tamara Drewe 107 mins 

Having left a Dorset village as an awkward teenager Tamara returns as a glamorous 

career girl, kicking up a storm wherever she goes. Tamara is the ultimate modern girl 

but her story of love and confusion is timeless. Starring Gemma Arterton. Comedy 

Romance. 

Water for Elephants (PG) 2 hrs 1 min 

An unexpected romance in the unique setting of the Big Top. Based on the Best Seller 

book and starring Reese Witherspoon. Drama. 

MON 

MON 

MON 

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 

YOGA Chipping Campden Town Hall. 2pm Starts again 21st Sept 

01386438537 

‘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, 

Burford Orchestra. Rehearsals 7.30-9.30pm at Witney Community Primary 

School OX28 1HL. burfordorchestra@gmail.com. 07984 492 976. New 

members welcome; no audition. 

Up (PG) 89 mins 

Computer-animated adventure. Action and comedy – good family entertainment, 

quality production. 

Grow Your Own 

A year of life on Blacktree Road allotments: a bunch of middle-aged characters find 

companionship in digging, planting, cropping - and moaning to each other about the 

state of the nation. Then a handful of asylum-seekers show up to occupy a couple of 

plots. 

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 

First THURSFree Self Defence / Jeet Kune Do Lessons for Men and Women 

(Adults only) Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School 07977 560086 

www.selfdefencevoucher.co.uk 

TUES COTSWOLD AONB WALKS www.cotsaorb.org.uk 01451 862000 

THURS LINE DANCING at Ch.Campden Town Hall 2.30-4pm 01386 438537 

TUES Pottery Classes at Lower Swell Village Hall, 9:30am to 12:00 noon 

10 week term £90 plus £15 materials/firing cost. Beginners welcome 

Contact annec@ebshr.co.uk 01451 870734 

THURS 

Starts again 1st wk in September 

QUIZ NIGHT at The Volunteer Inn, Ch.Campden 8.30pm 01386 840688 

TUES until July Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise 

classes. Suitable for all abilities. Fun exercise, great music!! 2-3pm. Unit 6 

Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call 

01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com 

THURS in April Thump Boxing - Exercise Class. No previous experience. 

Drop into one of our mixed classes. 6.30 – 7.30pm.. Unit 6 Draycott 

Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call 


WEDS until July. Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise 

classes. Suitable for all abilities. Fun exercise, great music!! 6.30 – 

7.30pm.. Unit 6 Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh 

GL56 9JY Call 01386701231 www.rapid-fx.com 

THURS 

& 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 until July. Spinning Fitness Class (reservation required) exercise classes. 

Suitable for all abilities. Fun exercise, great music!! 6.30 – 7.30pm.. Unit 6 

Draycott Business Village Draycott Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9JY Call 


FRI DANCE FUSIONAdult dance class, mixed styles. No experience necessary. 

& MON All Welcome. Ch.Campden Town Hall, 9.30-10.30 £4.50 (conc £2.50) 

FRI ACTIVE & ABLE Fitness & Falls classes for older people at Stow to Church 

Rooms, Stow 01285 623450 

FRI LINE DANCING: Willersey Village Hall, near Broadway 01386 438537 

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October 2011 

Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (see below). 

EXHIBITIONS 

To 2nd A Showcase of 10 contemporary artists including Jake Winkle, 

Graham Towler & Trinidad Ball. Little Buckland Gallery, Little Buckland, WR12 7JH 

11am – 5pm, www.theartagency.co.uk 0771 444 9888 

1-10th Useful & Beautiful: Arts and Crafts textiles from Paul Reeves. 

10-4pm Closed Monday. Free entry to the Exhibition – normal charges apply. Court 

Barn Museum, Church Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6JE. 

E:admin@courtbarn.org.uk T:01386 841951. www.courtbarn.org.uk 

DIARY 

1 Autumn fair & Farmers celebrating the local harvest - fruit, vegetables, 

meat and other handmade delicacies. Ceam teas, cakes and hot food. Apple 

tastings and fresh juice. Noon – 4pm. Burford Primary School, Priory Lane, Burford 

OX18 4SG. www.burfordfair. 07977 535178 

1 Church Westcote Coffee Morning Raising funds for Samaritans Purse 

Shoe Boxes. Cakes, Books, Quality Bric & Brac. Village Hall, Church Westcote. . 

10.00 - 12 noon. 

1, 2 Flea Market and collectables- jewellery, silver, militaria, art, etc.. 

Refreshments. St Edwards Hall, Stow. Free entry. 10am-4pm. 01451 831675 

1, 2 Craft Fair supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. Victoria Hall, 

Bourton-on-the-Water. 10-5pm. 01793 770148. 

7 Recital: Schubert's famous song cycle by celebrated tenor Mark Padmore, 

accompanied by Simon Lepper. Starts 7.30pm at St. Andrew's Church, Naunton, 

GL54 3AX (approx. 4 miles west of Stow on the Wold). Tickets £17.50/ £12 from 

info@NauntonMusic.org.uk 01451 850897. 

www.NauntonMusic.org.uk 

8,9 Sale of books and jewellery. Costume and designer jewellery at bargain 

prices; bargain new children's books and second-hand fiction. Refreshments. Lower 

Slaughter village hall. 10-5pm. 01451 831675 

9 Car Boot Sale. Bag a bargain or book a pitch to sell those unwanted items. On 

hard standing. at Countrywide Store car park, Station Road, Bourton-on-the-Water. 

£5 per pitch. 9.30 - 1.30pm. 01451 861210 

12 Blockley & District Horticultural Society Talk by Paul Williams - Potatoes, 

Petunias, Peppers & Poisons. 8pm at Jubilee Hall, Blockley. 01386 701310 

14-16 Craft Fair. All crafts handmade by the exhibitors. Demonstrations. Most items are 

for sale! Refreshments. Free Entry.10 – 4.30pm. Redesdale Hall, Moreton in Marsh. 

01684 274853. www.craftinaction73.co.uk 

15, 16 Cherwell Valley Craft Fair. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water, 10 – 5pm. 

01295 264723 

21 Tea Dance in Bourton Ballroom, Latin & Popular Sequence. Music by Good 

Dancing with Bill. Free tea & coffee. £3 on the door. 2-4.30pm. Royal British Legion 

Hall, Bourton. 07970 180296 

22, 23 Craft Fair supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the- 

Water. 10-5pm. 01793 770148. 

27 Moreton-in-Marsh Flower Club - 'Lets Go To The Movies' Demonstrator 

- Marie Munday at Moreton-in-Marsh monthly meeting. Visitors most welcome. 

Broadwell Village Hall, Broadwell, Glos.. 7.30pm. 

30 Cherwell Valley Craft Fair. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water, 10 – 5pm. 

01295 264723 

Market Days 


Farmers Market every 4th Sunday, 9.30 - 1300 

Car Boot Sale every second Sunday, 9am. (Mar to Oct) 

(for Northleach & Fosse Lions Club) 

CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

W I Country Market every Thursday, 9 - 11am 

Country Market every Friday. 9-11 

Weekly Market every Wednesday. 

Farmer's Market third Saturday morning 

CHIPPING NORTON 

Farmers Market 3rd Saturday - monthly from 8.30am 


Weekly Market every Tuesday, 9 - 3.30pm 

W I Country Market every Thursday, 9 - 11.30 

Country Market every Monday, 9.30am (W.I.Hall) 

NORTHLEACH every Wednesday 8.30am-3.30pm 


Farmers Market 2nd Thursday - 9.30 - 13.00 

ESCAPE TO THE COTSWOLDS - www.escapetothecotswolds.orgh.uk 

Information on outdoor activities and places to visit. The site contains easy-to-access details of 

walking routes, guided walks, cycle rides, horse riding, events and festivals, plus information 

on local attractions including historic sites, towns and villages, nature reserves, museums, 

gardens and much more. 

(A simple and free facility for event organisers/walks leaders to easily submit their own walk 

or event for inclusion on the site.) 

BOX OFFICE – 01608 642350. 

Administration@chippingnortontheatre.com 

www.chippingnortontheatre.com 

3 Pocket Comedy presented by Propellor (all male Shakespearean 

company). 1.30pm/7pm Tickets £12, concessions. 

12 Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian Voices. 7.45pm. Tickets £14. Concessions. 

22 Mr Mark’s Children’s Concert -Tuba. (Under 6’s) £7.50 All children 

must be accompanied by an adult. 

22-7th Jan Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. Please call the Box Office for ticket 

prices- vary depending performance. 

FILMS (More information available online) 

2 In a Better World (15) 7.30pm 

5, 7 One Day (12A) 7.30pm 

5 Cinema Bambino – Film Club. One Day (12A) 

9 The Skin I Live In (15) 7.30pm 

11 The Guard (15) 7.30pm 

13 Beautiful Lies (12A) 7.30pm 

15 Jane Eyre (PG) 7.30pm 

18 The Inbetweeners (15) 7.30pm 

23 Kes (PG) 7.30pm 

Stow & Countryside branch of the Embroiderers Guild. 

Our stall at the Cotswold Festival, with everyone dressed in 17th Cent 

costume, attracted a steady stream of buyers with 'entertainment' from The 

Sealed Knot. 

Next meeting - Tuesday 4th October - AGM but visitors are very welcome. 

Speaker -Helen Mc Cook on A History of Whitework. 

Queries? Call Angela on 01451 830259. 

Tickets, Booking information Etc. from - 

BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE, Victoria Street, Bourton on the 

Water. 01451 822583 Open 9.30-5pm Mon-Fri: 9.30-5.30 Sat: Closed Sunday 

E: Bourtonvic@btconnect.com 

BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, The Brewery, Sheep St, Burford. 

Open (Nov-Feb) Mon-Sat 9.30-4pm. OX18 4LS. 01993 823558. E.Burford.vic@westoxon.gov.uk 

CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT 

Guildhall, Gossards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri. 

GO-STOW, 12 Talbot Court, Stow on the Wold. 01451 870 150. Open 10am-5pm Mon-Sat; 11am- 

4pm Sunday. E: info@go-stow.co.uk 

MORETON AREA CENTRE, High Street, Moreton. 01608 650881 

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LOCAL WALKS WITH 

THE COTSWOLDS VOLUNTARY 

WARDENS – OCTOBER 

Celebrate British Food Fortnight – Sunday 2 October – Easy 

Along the Sudeley Valley to Newmeadows Farm. Farmer Duncan will talk about his 

rare breed herd which supplies beef to local restaurants. Pub lunch available at 

White Hart Inn (local beef!) 3 hours, 5 miles. Start: 10 am Winchcombe Back Lane 

car park. OS Map ref 023 284 

From Neolith to Nouveau Riche – Friday 4 October – Easy 

Straddling 3 counties and countless centuries. From an ancient cattle enclosure to 

modern leisure facilities and everything in between. Optional pub lunch. 3 hours, 

6 miles. Start: 10 am The Greedy Goose at junction of A44 and A436 between 

Chipping Norton and Moreton-in-Marsh. OS Map ref 270 289 

Walking from Longborough 1 – Thursday 20 October – 

Moderate. 

A series to celebrate Longborough’s new “Walkers are Welcome” status. Westwards 

across the highwolds to Ford and back. Pub lunch available. 5 hours, 10 miles. 

Start: 10 am Cotswold Food Store car park, Longborough (on A424). OS Map ref 

170 296 

A Victorian Rector and Nine Old Maids – Saturday 22 October Easy. 

Short walk, true story about life in the high cold Cotswolds. Pub lunch available at 

end. 2.5 hours, 4 miles. 

Start: 10am Lamb Inn car park at Great Rissington. OS Map ref 200 173. Postcode 

GL54 2LP 

Both sides of the track - Saturday 29 October – Moderate 

A figure of 8 centred around the parishes of Campden and Ebrington. 5.5 hours, 

10.5 miles. Start: 10am Market Hall, Chipping Campden. OS Map ref 151 392 

Chipping Gem Stones – Sunday 30 October – Moderate 

From Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire’s highest market town, to the unique Rollright 

Stones through rolling countryside views. Please bring packed lunch. 5.5 hours, 8 

miles. Start: 10am Chipping Norton Town Hall steps. OS Map ref 313 270. 

PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and muddy in places. 

MODERATE - includes some hills and rough ground. Sorry, no dogs allowed except 

guide and hearing dogs. 

Walks are free although donations help to fund our conservation work and 

improvement projects. 

The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Cotswolds. For 

more information see www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk or Tel: 01451 862000, also for any 

changes to arrangements such as due to bad weather. 

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NORTH COTSWOLD 

RAMBLERS GROUP 

information on any walk or a copy of the 

Group’s current walks programme can be 

obtained from the Secretary : Tel. 01386 700847, email at 

salmonoldwell@hotmail.com or online under “Local Groups” 

at www.gloucestershirearearamblers.org.uk 

The Cotswold Voluntary Wardens service was 

established in 1968. Anyone can join and, today, there 

are over 340 full time members. The wardens are part of 

the Cotswolds Conservation Board and volunteer their 

time and skills to help keep the Cotswolds special. 

Warden work parties help conserve and enhance the 

AONB, taking part in a range of projects from drystone 

walling, hedge laying, and tree planting to installing 

kissing gates. The wardens work with parish councils, 

farmers and local residents to help keep footpaths open 

and identify local features in need of restoration. 

When they are not taking part in conservation work many 

wardens conduct hundreds of guided walks, throughout 

the Cotswolds AONB. Some voluntary wardens also help 

out at shows and give talks about their work and the 

AONB to local groups. 

Support, training, equipment, travel expenses and a sense 

of achievement are offered in return for volunteers’ 

valuable time. For further information on joining the 

Cotswold Voluntary Wardens contact the Volunteer Coordinator 

rebecca.jones@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk 

Tel. 01451 862008. 

Conservation work and achievements 

of the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens 

Nearly 300 Voluntary Wardens continued to play an important 

role for the Board by volunteering their time and skills to help 

keep the Cotswolds special.2010-11 was another successful 

year achieving a record total of 43,772 hours work by 280 active 

volunteers, worth over £300,000. This represents an increase 

over the previous year despite many work parties and guided 

walks being cancelled due to bad weather. 

Voluntary Wardens’ 

conservation and access 

work during 2010-11 at a glance: 

• 19 bridges constructed 

• 107 kissing gates installed 

• 173 finger posts installed 

• 187 trees planted 

• 835m of fencing erected 

• 905m of hedgerow laid 

• 921m of dry-stone walls built 

• 171m of streams and ditches cleared 

• 413 steps in banks constructed 

• 800 hedge trees and shrubs planted 

• 1131 contacts with parishes, landowners and the public 

• 4,266 path miles patrolled 

• 9,681 sq m of woodland coppiced and 16,588 sq m cleared 

• 23,291m of paths and bridleways cleared 

• 118,409 sq m across 23 grassland sites cleared 

Almost 70% of wardens’ hours were spent on conserving 

and enhancing the countryside and its features, and 

improving access to it.

The Cotswolds Area of 

Outstanding Natural Beauty 

North Cotswolds 

Hedgelaying 

Competition 

Saturday 19 

November 

8.30 to 3.30pm 

Hitchen Farm, Ford. 

10th Cotswolds annual 

Dry-stone Walling 

Competition 

at Adam Henson’s 

Cotswold Farm Park 

Sunday 2 October 

Organised by the Cotswolds Conservation Board, in partnership 

with the Cotswolds branch of the Dry Stone Walling Association 

of Great Britain (DSWA), the competition will see four classes of 

competitors - beginner pairs, novice, amateur and professional - 

vying for the prestigious walling trophy and up to £120 cash 

prize under the expert eyes of Master Craftsmen judges from 

the DSWA. There is an additional prize for the best waller under 

age 21. 

Depending on which class competitors enter, they will have to 

strip and rebuild a limited length of wall to the correct 

specification. The rules associated with the competition are 

strict with marks awarded for quality of foundations, cope 

stones, sides, middle filling, batter and straightness. 

The draw for stints starts at 8.45am with work completed by 

4.15pm. Prizes awarded at 4.30pm. 

Anyone wishing to enter the competition can phone Cotswolds 

Conservation Board on 01451 862000 or register online at 

www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk 

Cotswold Farm Park Ltd, Bemborough Farm, Guiting Power, 

Cheltenham, GL54 5UG 

Every year the Cotswolds 

Conservation Board runs 

the North Cotswolds 

Hedgelaying Competition with the support of the National 

Hedgelaying Society. Winners in each class receive prize 

money and a trophy and 2nd-3rd places receive prize 

money. The competition is free to enter and has the 

following classes – Open, Intermediate, Junior and 

Beginners, Veteran. 

For more information please contact David Molloy, our 

Rural Skills & Grant Officer on 01451 862002 or online: 

www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/competitions/northcotswolds-hedgelaying-competition/ 

Spying on our river wildlife 

GREYSTONES FARM NATURE RESERVE AND THE COTSWOLD 

RIVERS LIVING LANDSCAPE 

By Will Masefield - Community Wildlife Officer, 

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust 

Using a motion-sensor camera to sneak footage of secretive 

wildlife seems like a good idea until you realise just how much 

motion there is out there. And yet having to watch through 

endless snippets of grass moving, water moving and shadows 

moving only makes it more exciting when, eventually, there’s 

a bona fide animal moving. With an eagerness born more of 

naiveté than experience, I set about watching through 218 

one minute snippets of footage from a motion-sensor camera 

set on one of our mink-monitoring rafts on the river at 

Greystones Farm Nature Reserve last month. The varnish was 

wearing thin on my eagerness as early as clip 16, and by clip 

80 it had been almost entirely eroded away. Two clips of a 

wood mouse leaping up onto the raft and running around 

with a feather temporarily resuscitated it, before my 

beleaguered eagerness was fully restored by the appearance 

of one of our least-known river mammals. This diminutive 

character entered stage left, bustling around the raft, snaffling 

up aquatic insects as if its life depended on it. In fact, its life 

probably did depend on it, for this is an animal that lives life 

at a hectic pace. The Kurt Cobain or James Dean of the animal 

world, shrews live fast and die young (although it would 

probably be safe to assume the similarity ends there). Their 

metabolisms run so fast, in fact, that they can die if they go 

three hours without sustenance. This particular shrew, with 

black fuselage and grey undercarriage, was a water shrew, a 

species that we had not seen here before. They spend their 

time fossicking around the banks for insects, diving 

underwater for caddis-fly larvae and shrimps, and 

occasionally tackling fish or frogs, which they immobilise with 

venomous saliva. 

With my eagerness gauge now fully charged, I watched 

through the last hundred and forty clips until finally, on clip 

216 of 218, a much larger and rarer denizen of our waterways 

made its cameo. Having spent so much time watching the tiny 

mouse and water shrew, it came as something of a shock 

when the blunt, bewhiskered snout of a much larger animal 

hove into view. A chunky round body followed (thankfully – 

disembodied snouts don’t half give me the willies), with a 

shortish, hairy tail in tow. We know we have water voles at 

Greystones Farm, but it was thrilling to see this one in the 

flesh, if only for a few seconds. You can see it too, as well as 

the mouse and water shrew, at 

www.facebook.com/gwtcotswolds. 

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s Cotswold Rivers programme, 

kindly supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is working 

with local communities and landowners to improve these 

mammals’ chances of survival. The water vole, especially, is 

on a knife edge. 

If you are interested in joining us (however little time or 

experience you have at your disposal) please contact me at 

will.masefield@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk, or ring me 

on 07793 307056. You can also reach us on Facebook at 

www.facebook.com/gwtcotswolds. 

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Nicholas John (armed only with a spare biro), stands in line and begs the question - 

WHAT PRICE A SIGNATURE? 

A Short Story by Nicholas John 

I once stood with my son for forty-five minutes in a 

snaking line of parents and toddlers in order to get 

Francesca Simon to sign six “Horrid Henry” paperbacks. 

When we got back to the car, my son asked me who the 

lady was and I explained (for the twelfth time) that she 

was “the nice lady who wrote the stories.” He, frankly, 

didn’t give a fig and it transpired he had been expecting 

Miranda Richardson who had voiced the audio-books. Cue 

heaven-wards look of exasperation. 

For a brief minute it looked like gardening was to 

become the new rock ‘n’ roll, but no, turned out it was 

writing and literature. All hail the rise and rise of The 

Literary Festival. They’ve sprung up all over the place (in 

much the same way as you can’t move in the summer for 

music festivals: find a farmer with a muddy field and 

you’re away). We rush to Cheltenham and Hay-on-Wye to 

hear our favourites reading from their latest tome, then 

spend twenty minutes in line for a quick greeting and a 

hallowed signature (and maybe even a photo on your 

mobile). And all the while you just know you could pick up 

the thing for half the price on Amazon. But, let’s face it, 

there is a certain credence, a certain (dare I say it) style in 

paying the full retail price and lugging that 400-page 

hardcover all the way to the front of the queue to obtain 

the authorial flourish 

From the author’s point of view, selling books directly 

at a book-signing or literary event, yields a greater return 

than simply waiting for one’s publishing royalties to arrive 

in the post. Reading a few extracts, meeting the public and 

squiggling “all the best” for a half-hour is a better way of 

shifting units than hoping someone in Waterstone's is 

going to pluck your offering from the shelf. This tactic is 

something that jobbing musicians have been employing 

for a while: folk artists have long followed a tradition of 

being “of the people” by communing with their audience 

to discuss Arran knitwear (only kidding) and to sign copies 

of their latest disc. In these days of Amazon and iTunes, it’s 

a personal touch that seems to resonate, judging by the 

number of acts that now take to the road surrounded by 

boxes of CDs and DVDs. Obviously, Bono is not going to 

stop for long round the back of Wembley Stadium to flog a 

few more copies of ‘The Joshua Tree’ but in the world of 

normal, it’s a practice that has become commonplace. 

Publishers are increasingly seeing the manifold 

opportunities in getting their charges in front of the paying 

public. Independent bookshops are often effectively 

invited to tender for book-signing appearances – a friend 

successfully bid for Charley Boorman to do a three-hour 

“meet and greet” in his shop and flavoured the shebang 

by arranging a “ride-through” (forgive me if this is an 

incorrect biking term) by the Oxford branch of the BMW 

Bikers Club. And it paid off too – he shifted over eighty 

books to a steady stream of customers (all signed by 

Charley) and received much welcome publicity from the 

whole event. So everybody goes home happy. It’s a winwin 

situation. 

At this point in proceedings, as I merrily tap away, I'm 

sorely tempted to bang on a bit about how the likes of the 

Cheltenham Literary Festival increasingly appear to be 

relying on the pulling power of mainstream culture 

(television, film, sport, politics), to put bums on seats, 

rather than actual poets, authors or playwrights. Sorely 

tempted, but then I realised that I would be forced to 

instigate an argument with myself. It’s unlikely to be our 

nation’s finest authors attracting the longest queues, it will 

be the “celebrity writers," those who have successfully 

plied their trade elsewhere and have gone back to write 

about it. Surely (I would say with a smug smile), the 

shedloads of fans who wait for hours to get Katie Price to 

autograph her new, ahem, novel, are not there because 

they think she's a brilliant writer? But then I would have to 

confess my duplicity: Martin Jarvis signed three dog-eared 

“Just William” hardbacks one year that had been my Dad’s 

(well, I couldn’t get Richmal Crompton could I?) and my 

wife "did" Brenda Blethyn, Terry Jones and Leslie Phillips in 

two (expensive) days. Uh oh. Cue unsavoury incident 

between pot and black kettle. 

So far, so what? Big deal. "Celebrity" will sell 

everything from books to game shows to fridges. And it’s a 

two-way street: Sue Cook, the journalist and former BBC 

television presenter (who in 2009 published her second 

novel ‘Force Of Nature’ and is currently at work on her 

third), readily admitted that having been a “face” on 

television was undoubtedly helpful in securing her 

publishing deal. So is it the notion of celebrity we actually 

value? Are we getting our books signed because we like 

the written work or because we’d like to meet the writer? 

Authors rapidly grew wise to the individuals who would 

arrive at the desk holding six or seven copies of the same 

book and ask for a signature with no message or named 

greeting – these were destined to be 

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on eBay before the ink was dry – but publishers have not 

been adverse to maximising internet potential themselves: 

whenever there was a lull in proceedings, Charley 

Boorman happily signed extra copies that were earmarked 

to be sold over the internet and by mail order as 

collectibles. At a signing by Rita Marley (promoting her 

book about her life and marriage to Bob Marley), two 

rather-large security men prowled the line of expectant 

fans, informing us that Rita would not (and that was a very 

definite not) be signing anything other than copies of her 

book. This rather upset the plans of about 90% of the 

queue, judging by the number of album sleeves, tour 

posters and flags in abundance and frankly seemed a tad 

churlish, bearing in mind that she was surely only able to 

get the book published due to having lived and sung with 

one of the twentieth-century’s most important musicians. 

I wonder what would have happened if the entire queue 

had said "fair do" and gone down the pub instead. But of 

course the large men won; I and most others, duly paid 

£16-99 for the book, got it signed and kept our Wailers’ CD 

booklets in our pockets. 

So I guess we'll buy the books we want, for whatever 

reasons we want and, if the mood takes us, put the cream 

on the cake with an autograph. The price of a signature is 

whatever we choose to pay and it is generally a genuine 

pleasure to meet someone whose work you admire, be 

they author or television personality. 

I was ever-so-pleased when my wife bought tickets to 

see Michael Palin reading extracts from the latest 

instalment of his autobiography at the Oxford Playhouse. I 

was even more-so-pleased to find out that our "special" 

ticket included an hour in The Green Room, where we 

would get to meet Michael; "we" turning out to be about 

fifty souls who'd paid "upwards" of the normal price for 

this privilege. Forty-nine normal people and one carrying a 

Tesco's bag bulging with "Around The World..", "Pole To 

Pole" et al and a Python book. My wife was not impressed. 

"Will you put that bag down," she hissed repeatedly as we 

loitered self-consciously near the bar, pretending not to 

watch as Michael professionally "worked" the room. 

When he finally made his way to our neck of the woods, 

he was apologetic about how long he'd taken: "Sorry to 

keep you waiting" he said, smiling and perhaps noticing 

the large bag propped up on the bar. "Don't worry," I 

replied, "I once waited forty-five minutes for Francesca 

Simon...." Which is, I believe, where we came in. 

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Nicholas John 

Nicholas John will be appearing at the Cheltenham 

Literature Festval as part of the Gloucester Writers' 

Network event on Tuesday 11 October 7.30pm. 

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REVIEWS 

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This is a tale of two very different Yorkshire families a century 

ago, one headed by a miner, the other by Lord Hoyland, the 

mine owner. When young, beautiful, Eve Williams is widowed 

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Eve holds centre-stage with her friends and family, Lord Hoyland 

and his are also star and both strands of the plot are told equally 

well. There seems little to challenge Eve’s rise ever upward to 

success and new love so this is a happy read which should not 

have been my cup of tea . However, it was, and good, Yorkshire 

tea at that. Perfect for Downton Abbey fans. 

The Very Picture of you by Isabel Wolff 

Paperback at £7.99 

Though this is normally the sort of book I’d not pick up, when I 

received it as a proof, I decided to give it a go. I’ll confess that I 

quite enjoyed it. Young, very single, Ella is a portrait artist who 

has painted many famous figures and can command a large fee. 

However, it is a portrait requested by her sister that causes her 

the biggest problem. The two main themes are this painting (the 

portrait of her sister’s future husband) and the unexpected and 

unwanted contact with her father who left the family when Ella 

was still a child. Though the central love story was given away by 

the blurb (don’t do that people!) and the truth about Ella’s 

missing father was rather telegraphed it was the atmosphere of 

the portrait sessions that made this book worth reading. The 

painting sessions and the conversations between sitters and 

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spent many hours observing an artist at work. A light, enjoyable, 

if predictable romance. 

This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel 

Hardback at £12.99 

It is eighteenth century Geneva and young Victor Frankenstein 

feels himself unfavourably compared to his twin, Konrad. 

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dangerous journey through the dark arts to save him. With him 

on his adventures come friend Henry and beautiful cousin 

Elizabeth. Soon his passion to save his brother conflicts with his 

growing love for Elizabeth for she and Konrad are betrothed. 

Though I initially worried that it was following the ‘vampire trail’ 

(seeing like a wolf and hot breaths come into it) the author kept 

to what he does best, that is, writing a great adventure yarn for 

youngsters with the stirrings of young love included. A duology, 

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As I am writing this, news is coming in that HMRC will be taking on up to 

2,000 extra staff whose job it will be to monitor the activities of those who are 

seeking to evade or avoid paying tax. No doubt these extra bodies will be more 

than welcome but it doesn’t alter the fact that many of these jobs would not be 

needed if our tax system were made simpler and fairer and allowed everyone to 

keep more of the money they make in their pocket. Again & again I see people 

who shouldn’t be in the tax system at all, pensioners, students and those who 

earn so little that it costs more to collect the tax than is received. I realise that 

now is not the time to be suggesting tax cuts but the Chancellor does have 

some room for manoeuvre when setting personal allowances & implementing a 

better & more efficient tax regime for those on low incomes. In the past, there 

has been much talk of moving to a flat-rate scheme for all tax & I for one would 

advocate any scheme that would reduce the burden of taxation and 

bureaucracy. This may also avoid the regular amnesties, the latest being aimed 

at businesses who are trading over the Vat threshold but are not yet registered 

for Vat and give more officers at HMRC the time to concentrate on the people & 

businesses who make it their business to avoid paying tax. 

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 this on paper then 

you need to do this by the end of the month. The online filing deadline is 31st 

January 2012. If you haven’t received a notice to submit a Tax Return but you 

have additional income to declare, to year ending 5th April 2011, then you 

should either request a paper Return to file immediately or submit the 

information online by the date requested. 

We’re already half way through the tax year so perhaps it’s a good time to 

review your payroll & accounts. By checking this information now you could 

save yourself a lot of trouble at tax year-end. If you run a payroll you should 

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is not made any more difficult. Also, if your accounting year-end comes up 

over the next few months it would also be wise to spend a little extra time in 

making sure that your paperwork is in order. Remember, the more you can do 

now the less you will be charged by your accountant for sorting out any 

problems at a later stage. 

If in doubt about filing any of your Returns, or if you simply want help in 

organising your paperwork, then give me a ring. I will be more than happy to 

help you to run your business more efficiently. 

Robb Eden is based in Moreton-in-Marsh. He can be contacted via 

e-mail at robbeden@aol.com or by telephone 01608 651802. 

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WOLFORDS 

HALLOWEEN 

THE 

IN AID OF THE WOLFORDS VILLAGE FUND 

BONfIRE 

Saturday 29th October 

Gates open 6.30pm. 

Fireworks,pig roast,bbq,bar, fancy dress competition. 

"Children in Halloween 

Costume get in Free" 

Location this year is 

GREAT WOLFORD 

more info from 

www.thewolfords.net

Cotswolds Health & Fitness Club 

01451 821320 | info@cotswoldsfit.co.uk 

Unit 4d Hawthorn Court, Bourton Industrial Park, Bourton on the Water, GL54 2HQ 

Cotswolds Health and Fitness Club offers you a very different gym 

experience to that which you are used to. We are professional, 

helpful and friendly and believe that regardless of your experience, 

fitness levels or injury problems, there should be a place you can go to 

get the help and advice you need. 

Gym Membership is perfect if you wish to train without a personal 

trainer, but still retain the personal touch - you are never completely 

on your own as we are always available to offer advice. 

Personal Training, on the other hand, is great if you have any injury 

concerns or feel you really need that extra help, support or 

motivation. 

You can also benefit from our vibration training and nutritional advice, 

and have a range of classes available. 

For more information please visit www.cotswoldsfit.co.uk or call us 

on 01451 821320. 

• Pre and Post Natal Care and Training 

• Fitness, Toning and Weight Loss 

• Injury Rehabilitation 

• Nutritional Advice 

Sally’s personal training sessions are tailored to meet 

every individual needs. Sessions are fun, creative and 

effective, all in a friendly and relaxed environment. 

Contact call: 

07738354513 

sallydoneganpersonaltraining@gmail.com 

www.sdpersonaltraining.com 

In the last two editions, we have looked at changing your 

eating habits for the better and how a personal trainer could 

really help in starting and maintaining a sensible and enjoyable 

exercise plan. This month I’d really like to look at why we 

should all take a step back and look at just how healthy we 

really are, and why it is so important. 

I’d like you to ask yourself a few questions. Am I doing some 

form of physical activity every day? Do I raise my heart rate to 

a higher level 3 or 4 times a week? Do I eat 3 healthy meals a 

day with a balance of proteins, carbohydrates, fruits and 

vegetables? Do I drink 2 litres of water a day? 

It would be great to think that most people can put a tick next 

to each of these questions, but the reality is that work, family, 

stress, tiredness and boredom all get in the way. 

The problem is that our bodies are not designed for the 

sedentary lifestyle we have become accustomed to, and over 

time, people have developed a pattern of eating more and 

doing less. This has caused rising obesity, increased levels of 

heart disease, strokes, diabetes and osteoporosis. 

There are some simple steps you can take to help you on the 

road to a healthier lifestyle. The first piece of advice I would 

give is to join a gym. Walking and in home exercises are great, 

but you need to try and get your heart rate up significantly 3 

times a week. Remember, the heart is like any other muscle in 

the body; if you make it work harder it adapts and gets 

stronger and a stronger heart means a healthier body. At a 

gym, you can also try some more resistance-based exercises; 

this is essential for protecting your bones from osteoporosis. 

Exercise doesn’t have to be a chore, but the same old workouts 

all the time and lack of atmosphere in a gym can be really demotivating. 

So here is my challenge; come down to Cotswolds 

Health and Fitness Club and have a chat to us. Commit to a 

couple of months of exercise and healthy eating, and if you 

don’t feel fitter and healthier at the end of it, I’ll give you your 

money back! Remember, the gym here is different to others; 

we’re fun, professional and really want to help people enjoy 

their exercise and make a change for the better. 

Alex Doggett, Cotswolds Health and Fitness Club 

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A toe on the green…’ 

It’s not an unusual story – a burgeoning talent, but no 

money to develop it! Ryan Jenkins is impressing the pros 

and Gary Smith, the England coach, with a natural talent 

for golf. 

Ryan started his golfing with a set of Dunlop starter clubs 

bought on Ebay by his sister Kelly, for £50. Playing with his 

friend Liam Agg, Ryan was surprised at how quickly he was 

able to achieve a ‘reasonable round’ and the pair attracted 

the attention of the local Pro, quickly getting into the Junior 

Team and winning their first match. Ryan has since gone on 

to win many Junior matches 

and also a Mens’ 

competition at Naunton 

Downs. 

The enthusiasm is tangible 

when Ryan talks about 

golf:” I love the 

competition and pressure, 

and the skill involved in the 

game. 

I have always been 

competitive – whoever I am 

playing, I like to try and 

beat them. The Competitions are great because the 

prizes are generally vouchers for the Pro Shop, which 

help me to get better clubs. I'm trying to play as many 

courses as possible, especially Championship courses like 

Heythrop Manor Park and Celtic Manor.” 

Ryan’s golf has caught the eye of professional golfer, Gary 

Smith, an England coach. “He was ‘blown away’ by Ryan” 

says Kelly, “ which was a validation of what the family 

had been thinking – that Ryan has a talent worth 

developing, something special!” 

The challenge goes up a gear now as Gary has agreed to 

coach Ryan intensively for one year and is confident he 

will be playing off scratch before the year is out. The 

coaching will develop Ryan’s ability but the cost of 

professional time will increase as Ryan’s golf improves. So 

the current task is to obtain sponsorship - not too 

different to a student loan for university, and Ryan is 

looking at grants and the support available from the 

Council and national bodies such as Sport England. With 

Kelly he is actively looking for corporate sponsorship and 

Dr Peter Dean has lead the way with support from his 

company Cambio Ltd, whose logo Ryan now wears on his 

sports shirts. 

The immediate focus is on the British Junior Golf Tour to 

Portugal this month, which is a recognised event for 

young players ‘coming up the field’. This is followed by a 

qualifying tournament in April 2012 for the Callaway 

World Junior Championship in San Diego later in the year. 

Look out for the name Ryan Jenkins. 

Contact Ryan via Kelly, on 07855 224662 

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& DISTRICT RFC 

The Clubhouse, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold 

GL54 1AH 01451 830887 

www.pitchero.com/clubs/stowrfc/ 

CHECK WEBSITE FOR REPORTS, PHOTOS, NEWS & INFO 

STOW ON THE WOLD & DISTRICT RUGBY 

MINIS & JUNIORS OPEN DAY 

From Sean Clarke 

Photos by Liz Frazer 

As is tradition, Stow Rugby Club Minis & Juniors section kicked off their 

new season with the Open Day. There were a number of rugby skills 

games for the kids to play, allowing those who are new to the game to 

try it out and see if they like it. It was also an opportunity for the 

parents of potential new players to see the club at first hand and have a 

chat with the coaches about what to expect. 

Aside from testing their rugby abilities there were other attractions 

such as the Fire Engine and the water slide which proved a big hit. A lot 

of fun can be had with water and the kids made sure that those 

coaches who were put in the stocks were well and truly soaked. For the 

adults there was a fish pedicure tank in the club house, kindly provided 

by Tootsies. It proved very popular, with many 

feeling they had acquired go faster 

feet for the season ahead after dipping their toes 

in the water. 

The day finished off with a Tug of War contest and 

after two adult teams fought it out, it was the kids 

turn to test their strength against the grown ups. 

It was a hard-fought battle but, in the end, with 

the 

weight of numbers on their 

side, the kids celebrated 

victory. 

The Open Day is always a 

super way to start the 

season and this year it 

proved a great success. 

The club would like to 

give special thanks to 

Stow Fire Station and 

Tootsies Fish Pedicure for 

supporting the event. 

Its not too late to sign up to play rugby at Stow, no matter what your 

age. There are coaches for the Under Sixes all the way up to the Under 

17s - and if you are older than that, then the Seniors will welcome you 

into their two teams. 

EXCITING NEW MERGER 

between two local Hockey Clubs 

Sherborne Hockey Club, the first sports club to achieve ‘Club 1st’ status 

in the area this year, is merging with Bourton Vale Ladies Hockey Club 

to form Bourton and Sherborne Hockey Club - the largest hockey club 

in this area of North Cotswold. 

Together the clubs offer two Men’s League teams, Mixed Social side, 

Badgers, Vixens and a strong Junior section (ages 6 years +) with two 

Ladies League sides. Chairman, Stuart Colmer said:” This is an exciting 

merger of two progressive clubs into one, offering good coaching from 

level 1 and level 2 coaches for both young and older members, as well 

as a full range of teams covering all abilities - and a good social side as 

well.” 

All teams train and play at the Cotswold School Astro turf pitch on a 

Wednesday nights - Junior Under 11s 6-7pm, Under 15s 7-8pm; Men’s 

and Ladies 8-9pm. 

We are always looking for new players of all abilities. Interested? 

Please visit our web site 

‘www.sherbornehockeyclub.co.uk’ 

or contact Stuart Colmer on 07900 028732 

or Tracy Dixon on 07813 187933

Stow on the Wold Cricket Club 

Reports from Ashley Andrews,Capt. 

Saturday 3rd September vs Andovesford – WON 

Stow welcomed bottom of the table Andovesford to the club this week 

in a reverse of the first game of the season that got cancelled. Stow 

won the toss and elected to field, getting off to the best possible start. 

Dan Heaps and Hayden Elsdale both took 2 early wickets to have 

Andovesford struggling at 30-4. Both of Stow’s openers set the tone 

and bowled well. Hayden ended with figures of 2/23 off 10 and 

Heapsy ended with 4/14 off 10 overs. A few small partnerships from 

Andovesford in the middle order helped them, but Seb Bevan 

wrapped up the tail enders taking 2/25 and leaving Andovesford 

scoring 97 all out. 

Things didn’t get off to the best of starts with Max Fisher getting 

bowled for a duck in the second over, and when Ashley Andrews was 

bowled for 17 it brought Dan Heaps to the crease - and he took apart 

the Andovesford bowlers. Coming in at 35-3 with the team needing 

only 63 more runs to win he smashed an incredible 50 not out off 29 

balls to ease the team to victory after 17 overs. 

Another win for the team which pushes them well up the table to 5th 

with 1 game to go against 3rd place Chedworth. 

Stow on the Wold Cricket Club 

Stow Cricket Club thank everyone who supported the fundraising 

event which went really, raising over £300 which was fantastic. 

Ashley Andrews, Captain. 


BOWLS CLUB 

From Roberta Jarvie, (Chairman, Indoor Secton) 

The Bowls Club reports that the Outdoor season has now drawn to 

a close with the green looking and playing very well and the 

weather not affecting us too much. The finals have all taken place 

and the winners are as follows: 

Ladies Singles Nicola Jones 

Mens Singles Denis Barnes 

Never Won Singles Tom Granville 

2 wood Singles Denis Barnes 

Over 60’s Singles Keith Field 

Ladies Pairs Nicola Jones and June McDonald 

Mens Pairs Bill Jarvie and Mike Harris 

Open Pairs Val Harris and Peter Houghton 

Married Couples Sue and Keith Field 

Triples Bill Jarvie, Sue Field and Tom Granville. 

Well done to everyone. 

With no time to turn around we are already up and running 

Indoors with leagues and weekend friendlies starting from the 

beginning of October. 

If you have never been to the Bowls Club and would like to see how 

we all spend the autumn and winter months in warm, friendly and 

relaxing surroundings make your way to our clubhouse at 

Greystones. We have bowls and shoes for those who have never 

bowled before and people on hand to give help. 

For more information please call Roberta Jarvie 01608 643556 

Friday 9th September vs Spye Park – WON 

Stow welcomed touring team Spye Park for an evening 2020 match. 

Stow won the toss and chose to bat. Rob Wise opened and hit a quick 

42 before being caught. All the middle order chipped in with Hayden 

Elsdale the pick, hitting 29 including some huge shots and helping 

Stow rack up 163 off the 20 overs. 

Stow’s bowlers didn’t hang around either and Hayden was pick of the 

bowlers, taking 3 wickets for 6 runs in his 2 over spell. A few of the 

Spye batsmen looked dangerous but when two of the team were both 

run out trying to up the run rate Stow took control, bowling out Spye 

for 137. 

A friendly and fun evening game. 

Saturday 10th September vs Chedworth – Lost 

The team’s final game of the season saw them play 2nd place 

Chedworth. Chedworth batted first and hit 246 off their 40 overs , the 

biggest score Stow have been set this season (after all of Stow’s 

players had a bowl). With a new batting line up Stow got off to a 

dreadful start with Craig Hughes (normal number 11) losing his wicket 

first ball of the innings! 2 more wickets fell in the first over which 

brought Dan Smith, who hit a quick 30, and Ashley Andrews, 35, to the 

crease to get Stow up towards the 100 run mark. But Chedworth were 

always in control and took wickets regularly, although a cameo of 19 

from Sam Webley at the end of this innings took Stow’s total to 116 

before being bowled out. 

A disappointing end but everyone was involved and the result didn’t 

affect the team’s final league position of 5th. 

A good first season in Division 1, finishing mid table and with things to 

look forward to next season. 

MORETON-IN-MARSH BOWLS CLUB 

From Mike Wainwright 

The photograph shows current progress (to 16/09/11) 

with the building of the new clubhouse. 

The new clubhouse has now almost reached completion. 

Plumbing and electrical work has taken place and 

internal walls and ceilings have been plastered. 

Members are at the ready, armed with paintbrushes and 

tins of paint, to begin the internal decoration phase of 

the project. 

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Report from Martn Jones 

MORETON RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB 

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www.facebook.com/MoretonRangers 

Secretary Chairman Treasurer Vice Chairman 

Martin Jones Tim Sedgley Graham Rees Paul Luker 

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The New Season - report from Martin Jones 

The football season is now in full swing and all our teams have started 

playing league games and have enjoyed mixed results. 

The First Team have opened their Gloucestershire Northern Senior 

league campaign with two wins, a draw and one defeat to put them in 

the top half of the table. They have an excellent goal difference 

following an 8-1 victory away in Gloucester against Abbeymead Rovers. 

The Reserve Team head the third division of the Cheltenham league 

with four wins and one defeat which includes victories away at 

Cheltenham Civil Service 5-0 and Cheltenham Saracens 8-0. 

The Colts Team have one win, one draw and one defeat which is a good 

start as they are yet to field their strongest team due to the needs of 

the other teams calling on players to bolster their squads. 

The Junior Teams have only played two games with both the new Under 

9 and Under 10 teams winning their first games. The Under 11 and the 

Under 12 team have one win and one defeat as they adapt to eleven a 

side games. The Under 14 team have been beaten twice. 

Moreton Rangers Under 11 Team wearing their new kit kindly 

sponsored by Europa 

Moreton Rangers Under 9 Team wearing their new kit kindly sponsored by 

Bromford Living. 

The Moreton 10K 

B i g A t m o s p h e r e – B i g F u n ! ! ! 

SUPPORTING MORETON RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB 

The first “running” of this road race including parts of Cotswolds 

picturesque Countryside. 

This race is in support of Moreton Rangers Football Club and ALL the 

race entry money will go to maintaining and improving this local 

facility. All setup costs are being covered by the local sponsors – 

DEKOMTE and COTSWOLD ZUMBA 

Sunday 9th October • 10am 

FROM MORETON IN MARSH CRICKET CLUB 

Prizes: 1st Male & Female, plus 1st in all both groups. 

Medal & goody bag for all finishers. Post race massage 

Entries: £10 affiliated runners & unaffliliated in advance 

£12 entry on the day - if available 

Enter via email to tracey@cotswoldzumba.co.uk 

By post to Tracey Walton, 17 Beceshore Close, Moreton in Marsh, Glos, GL56 

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Diana and her team (with Donnington, the dog) welcome you to The 

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Serving Donnington beer, cool Guinness, Carlsberg, Stowford Press 

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Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities 

Clubs 

Chadlington Flower Club 

Julie Thompson Tel: 01608 676368 

Chipping Norton Bridge Club 

Jack Viney Tel: 01608 641454 

Chipping Norton Historical Research Group 

Jan Cliffe Tel: 01608 641057 

Chipping Norton Lions Club 

Martin Guy Tel: 01608 641154 

Ch.Norton Museum & History Society 

2nd Mondays 7.30pm, September to May 

Methodist Hall, West Street, Chipping Norton. 

Chipping Norton Postcard Club 

Brenda Morris Tel: 01608 643779 

Chipping Norton Probus 

3rd Tues at The Crown & Cushion 11am 

Sec.Geoffrey Norris. 01608 676997 

Chipping Norton Probus for Ladies 

Sec: Christine Carpenter. 01608 642155 

Chipping Norton Rotary Club 

Mons 7/ 7:30pm. at The Mason's Arms, Swerford, OX7 4AP. 

David Haine 07889 609221 / 01608 643964 

Chipping Norton Society 

Jill Thorley, 01608 643219 

Chipping Norton Railway Club 

Alan Brain Tel: 01608 641586 

Chipping Norton Scrabble Club 

Sarah Turner Email: gos.info@yahoo.co.uk 

Cotswold Investment Club 

Meets 1st Tues of each month. Jeremy Main 01608 658675 

Friends Of The Town Hall.Chipping Norton 

Jackie Haworth 01608 641368 .jaxy1@btinternet.com 

Inner Wheel 

Terry Howes, 01608 642423 

www.kinghamrotary.org.uk/wwwribi.org 

Kingham & Daylesford Rotary 

Fortnightly Weds. Paul Jackson 01608 658500 

N.Cotswolds Bee-Keepers Assoc 

Julie Edwards 01608 659396 julia@ncbka.org.uk 

N Cotswold CAMRA 

01451810305 chair@northcotswoldcamra.org.uk 

Alan Lamb 01386 701603 

N Cotswold Disabled Club 

Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 

N Cotswold National Trust 

Sec Pat Poulton 01608 651373 

N Cotswold Probus Club 

2nd & 4th Thurs mornings Sec: James Grafton 01608 684181 

N Cotswold U3A 

Contact Jenny Stanfield 01451 824338 

Oddfellows (CN Branch) a social group. 

3rd Wed/.M at the Lower Town Hall, Market Street. 

Dave Talbot, 07815 099 884, Dave.Talbot@oddfellows.co.uk 

Over Norton History Group 

Jan Cliffe Tel: 01608 641057 

Round Table 

Gavin Southwell Tel: 01993 730888 

Rural living Group 

Betty Bryan Tel: 01608 674255 

Royal British Legion 

Michael Dixon Tel: 01608 643755 

RBL (Women’s Section) 

Betty Hicks Tel: 01608 642551 

Scottish Country Dance Group 

Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 

Shipston on Stour ‘The Literary Society’ 

Meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at the George Hotel. 

Tel: 01295 680628 or 01608 663482. 

Single File 

Single, divorced, separated and widowed people aged 50-70. 

Meets fortnightly on Friday evenings at The Chequers. 

Daphne Lever, 01295 788474 

Tangent 

Val Carpenter, 01608 641452 

Trefoil Guild 

Betty Gardener, 01608 641664 

The Theatre Friends 

Heather Leonard, 01608 643691 

Twinning Association 

Jo Graves, 01608 643976 

WI-Chipping Norton 

Prudence Chard, 01608 642903 

WI-Over Norton 

Becky Pearman, 01608 643463 

WI-Salford 

Mary Smith, 01608 642577 

WI - Spelsbury 

Michelle Horace, 01608 641749 

Weavers Spinners & Dyers Club 

Rose Kirkcaldy Tel: 01295 253789 

Wine Appreciation Club 

David Megson Tel: 01608 645382 

Wychwood Old Time Dance Club 

Margaret Pitman Tel: 01993 810897 

Outdoor Activities 

Angling Society 

Robert Jarvis Tel: 01608 643494 

Banbury Ornithological Society 

Frances Marks Tel: 01608 643494 

Banbury Ornithological 

Francis Buckle 01608 644425 

Chipping Norton Horticultural Assoc 

Sec. Eileen Forse, 01608 643275. 

BBOWT 

Reg Tipping Tel: 01295 251673 

Cotswold Voluntary Wardens 

Wendy Lines Tel: 01608 642360 

Rambles Association 

Peter Barbour Tel: 01608 641081 

Rambling Club 

Liz Desbrow Tel: 01608 641222 

Woodstock & Ch.Norton Green Gym 

01608 643269 www.woodchipgreengym.org.uk 

Wychwood Forest (Friends of) 

Stuart Fox Tel: 01993 832004 

Sports 

Athletics Club 

Allen Souch Tel: 01865 372484 / 0798 1089457 

Chipping Norton Badminton Club 

Jeff 01608 642006 / Ant & Sheila 01608 646687 

Chipping Norton Bowls Club 

Greystones Leisure Centre Tel: 01608 644154 

chippybowls@hotmail.com 

Chipping Norton Rugby Football Club 

Andy Dawson Tel: 01608 683352 

Chipping Norton Cricket Club 

Graham Beacham Tel: 01608 810047 

Chipping Norton Easy Riders – Cycling Club 

Jill Reynolds Tel: 01608 642667 

Chipping Norton Town Football Club 

Shaun Green. 07845216412 

info@chippyswifts.co.uk 

Chipping Norton Golf Club 

01608 642383 | golfadmin@chippingnortongolfclub.com 

www.chippingnortongolfclub.com 

Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club 

Contact Louise Murphy on 01608 644091 for details. 

Chipping Norton Hockey Club 

Clive Briant Tel: 01608 677913 

Chipping Norton Pistol & Rifle Club 

John Chaplin Tel: 01608 641245 

Little Compton Bowls Club 

All Year Club. Play stars April. Sue Grantham 01608 642859 

Riding for the Disabled 

Ann Nobbs Tel: 01869 338404 

Tae Kwon Do Association of GB 

info@combinedselfdefence.co.uk www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk 

Music 

Bledington Music Festival 

www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk 

Chipping Norton Choral Society 

Roger Stein Tel: 01295 721522 

Chipping Norton CHAOS (Amateur Operatic) 

Martin Hannant 01608 643653 

Chipping Norton Circle Dance) 

Susie Straw Tel: 01295 788398 

Chipping Norton Creative Arts Society 

Kathee Coonerty Tel: 01993 891312 

Chipping Norton Folk Club 

Peter Allum Tel: 01608 642296 

Hook Norton Film Society 

Harry Smith Tel: 01285 737417 

Kingham Choral Society 

Derek Woods 01608 658738 

Nortonians Amateur Dramatic Society 

Andrew Pitman 01993 830930 

North Cotswold Chamber Choir 

Shauni McGregor Tel: 01608 642352 

Naunton Music Society 

Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 

barbara@marketsinternational.com 

Salford Players (Drama Group) 

Doreen Herrington Tel: 01608 642853 

Society of Recorder Players 

Jenny Graham-Brown Tel: 01285 740156 

Stow Youth Singers (Ages 9+) 

Linda Green – 01451 830327 

Fridays Term Time, 6 – 7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow 

Stour Singers 

01451 870361 vicandjill@btinternet.com 

Community Groups 

British Heart Foundation 

John Hunt Tel: 01608 642556 

Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) 

01451 822102/810520 

CHART-Transport Group 

Eve Coles, 01608 643570 

Chipping Norton Leisure Centre 

Burford Road OX7 5DY Tel: 01993 861951 

euen.kennedy@westoxon.gov.uk 

Chipping Norton ‘The Lido’ 

Tel: 01608 643188 Email:info@chippylido.co.uk 

Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people) 

Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 

jane@sc-vs.com 

Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults) 

2nd & 4th Weds/M at Rugby Club, Greystones, 7-9 pm. 

Sara McCrea, 01608 683334, Jane Nolan, 01608 643855 

Lawrence Home Nursing Team 

Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549 

Mind in Chipping Norton (people with mental health difficulties) 

Di Taylor, 01608 645296 

mindinchippingnorton@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk 

Multiple Sclerosis Society 

Carol Owen, 01993 880099 

Oxfordshire Association for the Blind 

Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL. 

Tel: 01865 725585 

Hailcorns Tenants & Residents Association 

Keith Clandfield, 01608 642327 

National Childbirth Trust 

Tel; 0870 444 8707 

N Cotswold Community Radio 

Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, 

www.nothcotswoldonline.com 

N.Cotswolds Friendship Centre (Within Age UK) 

1st Wed monthly. Colin: 01993 842820/01608 650868. 

colmar@oxon1939.fsnet.co.uk 

N Cotswold Support Gp – Parkinson’s UK 

Mike Winter 01451 831194 

RNLI Chipping Norton Branch 

Mike Howes Tel: 01608 642423 

Save the Children Fund 

Catherine Kimmance Tel: 01295 810189 

The Stroke Club (Part of Age UK) 

Caroline Seguro 01452/www.stroke.org.uk 

Local Authorities 

Chipping Norton Town Council 

The Guild Hall, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ 

01608 642341 cntc@btconnect.com 

Chipping Norton Visitor Point 

19 High Street 

(Mar-Sept. 01608 644379) (Oct-Feb 0199381327) 

Chipping Norton War Memorial Hospital 

Horse Fair OX7 5AJ Tel: 01608 648450 

County Cllr Hilary Hibbert-Biles 

H.Tel:01993 831822 / Mob:07793 935655 

Hilary.biles@oxfordshire.gov.uk 

District Councillor Eve Coles 

Tel: 01608 643570 eve.coles@westoxon.gov.uk 

District Councillor Patrick McHugh 

Mob:07980 117405 patrick.mchugh@westoxon.gov.uk 

District Councillor Annie Roy-Barker 

Tel: 01608 644107 annie.roy-barker@westoxon.gov.uk 

West 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. 

Oxfordshire County Council 

County Hall New Road OX1 1ND 

Tel: 01865 792422 

Children & Youngsters 

Chipping Norton Air Training Corps 

Steve Taylor 01608 641299 

Chipping Norton Army Cadets 

Clare Watts 07383233272 

Chipping Norton Brownies 1st CN 

Tracey Shadbolt Tel: 01608 645563 

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Children & Youngsters 

Chipping Norton Crusaders (11-13) 

David Radcliffe Tel: 01993 831472 

Chipping Norton Crusaders (14+) 

David Radcliffe Tel: 01608 646202 

Chipping Norton Guides 1st CN 

Tracey Shadbolt Tel: 01608 645563 

6th Chipping Norton Scout Group 

Gp.Scout leader: Ian Bushrod 

and 

Explorer Scout Unit 

Brian Sargent: brian@bsargent.me.uk 

Chipping Norton CN Rainbows 

Alison Dunbar Tel: 01608 644480 

Chipping Norton Pre-School 

Tel: 01608 643376 

Chipping Norton St Mary’s Toddler Group 

Julie Jennings Tel: 01608 643796 

Churchill Play Group 

Tel: 01608 659502 

Noah’s Ark Toddler Group 

Justine Fowler Tel: 01608 659853 

Children’s Art Club (ages 4-12) 

After school, Saturdays and holidays 

Gill Parkes: 01386 700991 

Methodist Junior Church Club 

Sec: 01608 643847 

Monkey Music (pre-school music classes) 

Tues. afternoons 01242 890200 or 

Sian.ferris@monkeymusic.co.uk 

WE NEED HELP PLEASE 

with delivering Chipping Norton Times. 

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Local Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities 

Chipping Norton Times is produced and delivered almost 

entirely by volunteers, eleven times a year. We publish 

community information (such as local events, fundraising, club 

news and items sent in by our local schools) entirely free of 

charge, and feedback tells us that this works very well, 

increasing public awareness and attendance and, importantly, 

fundraising opportunities. 

We rely entirely on commercial advertising to meet our bills 

(i.e. our designer and our printers), and we ask the local 

communities to help with deliveries within their areas. This 

makes a lot of sense as:- 

• local people know their communities 

• some groups already deliver around the community or have 

established drop-off points 

• newcomers ofen appreciate the opportunity to get out and 

meet their neighbours, find out about local issues, etc. 

• we can keep these community magazines available to 

everyone and free of charge. 

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Key Information 

Childline 0800 11 11 

Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 

Chipping Norton Police Station 

London Road, OX7 5AW Tel: 0845 8505505 

Chipping Norton West Street Surgery 

West Street OX7 5AA 

Appointments Tel: 01608 642529 

Prescriptions Tel: 01608 645999 

All Other Calls Tel: 01608 644655 

Chipping Norton White House Surgery 

Horse Fair OX7 5AL 

Appointments Tel: 01608 642742 

tony.love@gp-k84039.nhs.uk 

First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) 

Tel: 01865 378228 countyhq@oxfordshire.sja.org.uk 

www.sja.org.uk 

N.Cots.District, Community First Responders, 

meet at Notgrove Training Centre, SJA, Bourton-O-T-Water 

3rd Monday/M at 7-30pm. 

You can train to be a CFR in this area, 

Tel. William Warmington 01608 651886 

John Radcliffe Hospital Casualty 

01608 644655 

N Cotswold St John Ambulance & St John Cadets 

(from age 10) Meets at Bourton 7-9pm Thurs 01451 820570 

Talk to us* 


your business 

07789 175 002 

Business Associations & Groups 

British Heart Foundation 

John Hunt Tel: 01608 642556 

Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) 

01451 822102/810520 

CHART-Transport Group 

Eve Coles, 01608 643570 

Chipping Norton Leisure Centre 

Burford Road OX7 5DY Tel: 01993 861951 

euen.kennedy@westoxon.gov.uk 

Chipping Norton ‘The Lido’ 

Tel: 01608 643188 Email:info@chippylido.co.uk 

Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people) 

Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 

jane@sc-vs.com 

Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults) 

2nd & 4th Weds/M at Rugby Club, Greystones, 7-9 pm. 

Sara McCrea, 01608 683334, Jane Nolan, 01608 643855 

Lawrence Home Nursing Team 

Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549 

Mind in Chipping Norton (people with mental health difficulties) 

Di Taylor, 01608 645296 

mindinchippingnorton@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk 

Multiple Sclerosis Society 

Carol Owen, 01993 880099 

Oxfordshire Association for the Blind 

Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL. 

Tel: 01865 725585 

Hailcorns Tenants & Residents Association 

Keith Clandfield, 01608 642327 

National Childbirth Trust 

Tel; 0870 444 8707 

N Cotswold Community Radio 

Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, 

www.nothcotswoldonline.com 

N.Cotswolds Friendship Centre (Within Age UK) 

1st Wed monthly. Colin: 01993 842820/01608 650868. 

colmar@oxon1939.fsnet.co.uk 

N Cotswold Support Gp – Parkinson’s UK 

Mike Winter 01451 831194 

RNLI Chipping Norton Branch 

Mike Howes Tel: 01608 642423 

Save the Children Fund 

Catherine Kimmance Tel: 01295 810189 

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Local Business Directory 

Stow Times, Moreton Times, Bourton Times and Chipping Norton Times new BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 

Animals & Pets 

DIAL-A-DOG-WASH Mobile Grooming Parlour 

01993 845360 / 07754 039665 

Dog Walking/ Sitting Service 

Telephone Carol 01451 820661 

Accommodation 

TREE TOPS GUEST HOUSE (Liz & Brian Dean) 

Secluded B&B; 5 mins from train station & Moreton town centre 

LONDON ROAD, MORETON IN MARSH 01608 651036 

3* Tourist Board Approved B&B, Bourton O/T Water 

Lin Stevens 07740 805250. “Comfortable & friendly” 

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning 

GRIMEBUSTERS 01993 868924/ 07778 298312 

Professional service at unbeatable rates 

Chiropody 

DEREK BROOKES MSSCh,MBCPA,HPCReg 

For all your foot health needs. 01451 822540 

Clothes & Curtain/Alterations 

BERNIE’S ALTERATIONS – 35 yrs experience 

Tel 01451 833831 or 07768 305427 

How to Use a SEWING MACHINE or How to Make 

Curtains, Cushions, Blinds or Clothes 

www.sewing-tuition.co.uk•Ring Sue on 01608 644877 

Florist 

ALLIUM FLORIST www.alliumflorist.co.uk 

More than just Flowers 

1 Oxford Street, Moreton-in-marsh, GL56 0LA Tel 01608 650630 

Stow Roses – The Flower Shop 

01451 832277 www.stowroses.co.uk 

Hair & Beauty 

BELLISSIMA BEAUTY Treatments and make-up for all occasions. 

01451 810489/07780 684134 www.bellissima-beauty.co.uk 

Health & Fitness 

PHYSIOTHERAPY – Orthopaedic & sports injury specialists. 

MCSP HPC Reg. Spinal & joint pain. Acupuncture. 

Bourton-on-the-Water. 01451 822660 

PILATES 4 U - Tel Robert - 07500 188 445 

Bourton on the Water, Northleach, Aldsworth, Wyck Rissington 

House & Home 

J.BRYER CARPETS 

Carpets supplied & fitted at below shop prices. 

Shop at Home Service. www.jbryercarpets.co.uk 

Call: 0790 9991216any time. 

Learning & Tuition 

ITALIAN LESSONS IN CHIPPING CAMPDEN 

www.italianlanguageschool.co.uk 01386 849156 

Marquees 

COTSWOLD MARQUEES LTD 

Tel 01608 686900 

www.cotswoldmarquees.co.uk 

Music 

PIANO/SINGING TUITION EXPERIENCED TEACHER 

Adult & Young Pupils Welcome 01608 642025 

www.raymondhead.com E:raymondhead@aol.com 

Pest Control Services 

MIKE VICKERS PEST & MOLE CONTROL Domestic, 

Commercial, Agricultural Tel 01608 642531/07788 668740 

info@molecatchermick.co.uk 

Property & Garden Services 

Batsford Timber Ltd – Fencing & Sheds 

01608 651096. www.batsfordtimber.co.uk 

Brian Halling - Window Cleaner 

01608 651406 | 07969 934230 

Dovedale Services – Mowing/Landscaping/Decorating 

Mark Penfold 01386 700165/07811 217043 

FREEMAN & GREEN. General Builders. 01608 644933 

07884170909/ 07903800555 e: freemangreen@yahoo.co.uk 

TREE CONNECTION.CO.UK - Climbing tree surgeon 

Fully insured & qualified. Free quotes. 

07588417514 (E)connectwithtrees@yahoo.co.uk 

Professional Services 

Just Wills - Will Writing Service. 

Your instructions are taken in the comfort of your own home. 

From £47.50 single will £80 joint/will. No payment until your will 

is produced. 01608 643142 or insall@btinternet.com 

Taxi/Private Hire 

ELDRIDGE TRAVEL – PRIVATE HIRE 

8-seater – 01993 822271 

Local - Long distance - Airports 

M.H TAXIS – your Local Taxi Service 

Tel 0777 993 9415 www.mhtaxis.com 

NORTHWICK PRIVATE HIRE 

John Whateley 01386 701806/07855 824 788 

STOW TAXI SERVICE – 07887 714047 

info@stow-on-the-wold-taxi-service.co.uk 

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