November - Deddington News

Deddington News 

November 2008 – 1 

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by next copy date: 

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Next advertising copy date: 

10 NOVEMBER 

MANAGING EDITORS: 

Jill Cheeseman 338609 

Mary Robinson 338272 

editor@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

PARISH COUNCIL CORRESPONDENT: 

Charles Barker 337747 

CLUBS’ EDITOR: 

Alison Day 337204 

clubs@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

DIARY EDITOR: 

Jean Flux 338153 

diary@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

FEATURES’ EDITOR: 

Molly Neild 338521 

features@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

CHURCH & CHAPEL EDITOR: 

Frank Steiner 338264 

LETTERS’ EDITOR: 

Kristin Thompson 337052 

letters@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

MONTHLY ADS & INSERTS: 

Debbie Grimsley 336110 

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ANNUAL ADS: 

John Sampson 338739 

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TREASURER: 

Buffy Heywood 338212 

PRINTING: 

Ruth Johnson 338355 

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COLLATING & DISTRIBUTION: 

Pat Brittain 338685 

assisted by Alison Brice, 

Yvonne Twomey and teams 

LAYOUT: 

Mary Robinson 

2008 COVER: 

Deddington Primary School 

We’re appearing a week late this month as the Primary School, where 

DN is printed, was closed for its half-term break at the end of October. 

Consequently we have left out any dates or news of events that precede 

our distribution date. 

DIARY 

NOVEMBER 

Thu 6 Friends of Deddington Festival AGM, Parish Church, 7.45pm, p.8 

Fri 7 PTA: Firework display, school field, gates open 6pm, p.5 

Sat 8 Piano Recital by Elizabeth Tebby, Parish Church, 7.30pm in aid of ROSY, p.7 

Sun 9 Remembrance Day parade and service, moves off 10.45am, p.3 

Sun 9 Talk on ‘Aloe Vera and its Properties’, Steven Jones, Parish Church, 3pm 

Tue 11 Armistice Day Service, Parish Church, 11.00am, p.3 

Tue 11 WI: ‘Statues and Monuments of London’, Adrian Williams, Holly Tree, 7.30pm, p.12 

Wed 12 Deddington Police Office: Drop-in session, 5–7pm 

Wed 12 ‘Food 4 Life’, Windmill Centre, 10am–12 noon, p.4 

Wed 12 History Society: ‘Marriage in Georgian England’, Dr Joanne Bailey, 

Windmill Centre, 7.30pm, p.14 

Thu 13 Annual Pudding’n Pie Fair, Market Place 

Sat –15 

Sat 15 Barford Village Market, Village Hall, 10am–12.30pm 

Sat 15 Bell Ringers: Annual Dinner, Unicorn, 7 for 7.30pm 

Sat 15 Warriner Choral Society concert, Parish Church, 7.30pm, p.11 

Wed 19 Parish Council meeting, Hempton Church Hall, 7.30pm 

Sat 22 Deddington Farmers’ Market, 9am–12.30pm 

Sat 22 Art at The Holly Tree, 10am–4pm, p.5 

Sun –23 

Sun 23 Free Spirit: Film on a South African HIV/Aids Orphanage, Parish Church, 4pm 

Thu 27 Monday Morning Club: Film Evening, Holly Tree, 6.30pm 

Thu 27 Book Club: for venue, call Sally Lambert on 338094, p.13 

Sat 29 Hempton Christmas Bazaar, Hempton Church Hall, from 11am, p.11 

DECEMBER 

Mon 1 Monday Morning Club: Christmas Lunch, Holcombe Hotel, 12.30 for 1pm 

Wed 3 Photographic Society: ‘Faces of India’, Philip Rigby, D. Arms, 7.30pm 

Sat 6 Royal British Legion and British Legion Club AGMs, 10.00am, p.3 

Sun 7 Choros Carol Concert, Parish Church, 7.30pm 

Tue 9 WI: Christmas dinner at the Unicorn, 7.30pm 

Wed 10 Deddington Police Office: Drop-in session, 5–7pm 

Wed 10 History Society: ‘Sex, Drink and Death in the 17th Century’, Tim Healey, 

Windmill Centre, 7.30pm, p.14 

Thu 11 Monday Morning Club: Film Evening, Holly Tree, 6.30pm 

Sat 13 PTA: Santa’s Float 

Sun –14 

Wed 17 Parish Council meeting, Town Hall, 7.30pm 

Sat 20 Deddington Farmers’ Market, 9am–12.30pm 

Sat 20 PTA: Santa’s Grotto, Town Hall 

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2 – November 2008 Deddington News 

Present: Cllrs Flux [Chair], Alton, Anderson, Ince, Privett, Rollason, 

Rudge, Spencer, Squires, Todd, Ward, Watts, Westbury, Wood, CC 

Jelf & DC O’Sullivan, the Clerk, the Minute Clerk, three members 

of the public and the DN correspondent. 

Open Forum 

Lynda Lake-Stewart drew the Council’s attention to 

the considerable work that had been undertaken by 

the new allotment association. Cynthia Napper from 

the Oxfordshire Nature Conservancy Forum explained 

the requirements of the new legislation which encourages 

councils to co-ordinate conservation activities 

and to consider the environmental impact of planning 

decisions. She particularly endorsed linked wildflower 

meadows to provide migration corridors for insects 

and other fauna. In discussion it was recognised that 

DPC was well informed and was in the vanguard of 

councils taking environmental initiatives. 

Planning 

DPC no objection: [1] Stoneyford, Main Rd, Clifton 

– conversion of garage into new accommodation, 

subject to the property not being split into two separate 

dwellings and that vehicular access was safe. [2] 

Pieris, 14a High St – trimming of tree. 

Amended application: [3] 3 Holly Tree Cottages – adaptation 

for use as a part-time clinic, original objection 

still stands. 

DPC approvals: [4] The Homestead, The Lane, 

Hempton – repairs and reroofing of outbuildings. [5] 

Holcombe Hotel – works associated with the change 

of use to four domestic dwellings, conditional approval. 

[6] Old Corner House, Market Place – change of use 

from domestic to business. [7] Old Corner House, Market 

Place – single storey extension to house disabled 

toilet. [8] 38 The Daedings – demolition of garage and 

construction of house extension. [9] The Willery, Clifton 

Rd – single storey extension. 

Possible non-compliance: Ithaca, Hopcraft Lane – exterior 

work to the front of the house may not conform 

to original planning application. 

Cherwell Local Development Framework – the next 

stage of the development plans has been published; 

however, most of the detail relates to Bicester and 

Banbury towns. 

DEDDINGTON PARISH COUNCIL 

Meeting in Town Hall 15 October 2008 

Environment, Recreation & Special Projects 

[1] Satin Lane allotments: 

• Rules and responsibilities under discussion 

• Communal work shed conditionally approved 

• JCB/digger for site clearance, approval deferred 

• Apple trees have been planted too close to residence 

and may need to be moved 

• Notice to prevent parking across entry from highway 

was referred to OCC 

[2] Castle Grounds: car parking and changing facili- 

ties under consideration for Colts football, as well as 

a possible fitness trail. 

[3] Youth Club: volunteers needed for the committee. 

Funding will need to be reviewed after Christmas. 

[4] Bowls Club: a padlock is needed for the gate. 

[5] Market Place oak tree: looking less sick. 

[6] Dog and litter bins: not enough bins and not being 

emptied regularly – referred to CDC. 

[7] Gaveston Gardens: Wednesday 29 October suggested 

for clean up. 

[8] Cemetery: implications of new health & safety requirements 

need to be considered by DPC. 

[9] Windmill Centre: a wireless router is being installed 

for internet access. RoSPA have approved the play 

area and the netball ring has been repaired. 

[10] Hanging baskets have been removed for winter; 

new bulbs going into planters at entry to the villages. 

[11] Bus shelter, Hempton Rd: needs painting; ownership 

is unclear. 

Finance & General Purposes 

In the aftermath of the collapse of some banks and the 

exposure of both OCC and CDC to Icelandic banks, 

a discussion was held on the security of DPC’s deposits. 

The problem for councils is that most banks do 

not normally offer gross interest. £330,000 (60%) of 

Deddington money is with the West Bromwich Building 

Society, a traditional building society following conservative 

disciplines and considered secure. A further 

£200,000 (35%) is deposited at Birmingham Midshires, 

owned by HBOS and now covered by government 

guarantees. It was agreed to monitor the situation. 

• The Church clock has been repaired and the PCC 

are considering making a contribution to the cost 

• A tertiary grant was approved for Sam Thornton 

of Mill Close 

• The Tennis Club application for a grant was declined 

because they have sufficient funds available 

Highways 

• Earl’s Lane parking and speeding – a site visit and 

meeting with the school governors and the HWG is 

being arranged 

• A4260 crossing point – a survey was undertaken by 

OCC who found that no-one wanted to cross west–east 

over a one-hour sample period; further consultation to 

be undertaken 

• A4260 New Street crossing – consideration for a 

crossing at the southern end was suggested again 

Parish Finances 

Invoices passed for payment £8301. 

Investments totalled £545,425 at W Brom BS, Barclays 

& Birmingham Midshires BS 

Next meeting Wednesday 19 November, Hempton, 7.30pm 

These notes are a summary by DN’s reporter Charles Barker, and not the official Minutes (http://www.deddington.org.uk/community/pc/pcminutes). 




DEDDINGTON ROYAL BRITISH LEGION 

Remembrance Sunday 

This year Remembrance Sunday falls on 9 November. 

The Royal British Legion invites all villagers to join 

them in the parade, as well as in the Act of Remembrance 

at the War Memorial and in the Parish Church 

afterwards. The parade assembles at 10.30am in the 

Bullring and moves off to the War Memorial at 10.45, 

arriving at 10.55 in time for the Act of Remembrance 

at 11.00, and followed by a short service 

in the Parish Church. Afterwards the Royal 

British Legion Club welcomes everyone for 

liquid refreshment. 

Armistice Day 

In recent years the government and the Royal 

British Legion have been encouraging the public 

to mark the anniversary of the Armistice that ended 

the First World War. The Armistice became effective at 

11.00am on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. As 

this is the 90th anniversary we are marking it by a short 

service in the Parish Church at 11am on Tuesday 11 

November when the Legion’s standard will be paraded, 

and we hope to be joined by local schoolchildren and 

villagers to mark this special occasion. 

Poppy Appeal 

Once again the annual Poppy Appeal supports our 

brave men and women in theatres of war all over the 

globe. In the event of their suffering loss, we are here 

to help them and/or their dependants to thank them 

for their sacrifice. Here in Deddington, dedicated villagers 

work to ensure that we contribute some £4000 

annually to the Poppy Fund. Let us make this year 

no exception. Door-to-door collections will take place 

from 25 October to 8 November and, during the same 

period, nearly all the retail businesses in Deddington 

will be making poppies and collection boxes available 

at their premises. Please give generously. 

Annual General Meetings 

The AGMs of the Deddington Branch of the Royal British 

Legion and the Royal British Legion Club will be 

held at the Club on Saturday 6 December at 10.00am. 

They will include elections of officers and committee 

for the coming year. The meetings are open only to 

members, but if there are any villagers who feel they 

could make a contribution, large or small, to 

the running of the RBL, please contact the 

Vice-President. 

Welfare 

The prime purpose of the Royal British Legion 

is to give assistance to ex-service personnel 

and their dependants in times of need. If any 

ex-service villagers or their dependants need 

our help, or if you know anyone in this position, please 

contact Ray Morris. There are many ways in which the 

RBL can assist, but we can’t help if we don’t know. All 

help is in strict confidence. 

Ray Morris, Vice-President, 338143 

DeddingtonRBL@aol.com 

Clocking back on: the new hands go on to the southfacing 

side of the church clock (pic. Colin Robinson) 

PHYSIOTHERAPY 

Treatment available at 

the Deddington Health Centre 

GILL RANDALL 

Grad Dip Phys MCSP 

 



SERVICES FOR NOVEMBER 

Parish Church SS Peter and Paul 

Thu 6 2.00 pm Squeals and Wheels 

Sun 9 8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 

11.00 am Service of Remembrance 

Tue 11 10.45 am R. British Legion Service 

in Commemoration of the 

90th Anniversary of the 

end of the First World War 

Wed 12 10.00 am Eucharist 

Sun 16 10.00 am Sung Eucharist 

(with Healing Prayer) 


Thu 20 2.00 pm Squeals and Wheels 


Feast of Christ the King 

10.30 am Eucharist 


(with Healing Prayer) 

CHURCH AND CHAPEL 

For baptisms, weddings, funerals or home visits in case of illness, please contact the Vicar, the Rev. Dr Hugh 

White, 28 Duns Tew (349869), the Rev. John Dane (337403), or one of the church wardens, Glynne Bianchi 

(337743) or John Osborough (07753 802841). 

Bible Study Groups: Contact Jean Welford (338539), or Liz Dickinson (337050) for dates, times and venues. 

Wesleyan Reform Church, Chapel Square Pastor Isabel Walton 337157 

Sunday mornings at 10.30am: Pastor Walton, except 23 November: David Morris. 

Congregational Chapel, New Street Joyce Minnear 338529 

Sunday morning services are held at the Wesleyan Reform Church together with their congregation. Sunday 

afternoon services at 3.00pm at the Chapel, organised by Pastor Derek Walker of the Oxford Bible Church. 

RC Parish of Hethe with Adderbury Fr John Burns 277396 

Masses at Holy Trinity, Hethe: every weekday (except Wed) at 9.30am, Sun at 10am. St George’s Church Adderbury: 

Mass Wed 7pm and Sun 8.30am. Confessions at Hethe Sat 5.30–6.00pm and at Adderbury before Mass. 

Deddington Farmers’ Market celebrated its 7th 

anniversary at the end of September when 

13 village groups each received a cheque for 

£200 from the outgoing Management Group Chairman, 

Althea Wood. At the close of the market, stallholders 

FARMERS’ MARKET 


10.30 am Eucharist: St Andrew 

6.30 pm Advent Celebration 

St John’s Hempton 

Sun 16 9.00 am Eucharist 

Sun 23 6.00 pm Evensong 

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS 

17 Aug: Baptism – Summer Prasher 

23 Aug: Wedding – Harry Adams and Georgina Hill 

11 Sept: Memorial meeting for Mary Martin 

13 Sept: Interment of ashes – Hewitt Wilson 

20 Sept: Renewal of marriage vows on 60th anniversary 

of wedding of Stan and Joyce Scrivens 

9 Oct: Funeral – Gwen Bond 

13 Oct: Wedding – Richard Gregory and Lauren Young 

17 Oct: Service of celebration of the life of 

Maureen Bannister 

gathered in the Unicorn to thank Althea for her years 

of service to the market. Later she received presentations 

from helpers and committee at the group’s annual 

dinner at Otters Restaurant. Geoff Todd took over as 

Chairman on 1 October. 

The group, set up in 2001 as a non-profit making 

organisation, had accumulated an excess and decided 

to make donations to a variety of local organisations, 

as well as the ‘Help the Heroes’ Fund, in accordance 

with its objectives of supporting the community. 

The Farmers’ Market will have a stall at the ‘Food 4 

Life’ event at the Windmill Centre between 10am and 

noon on 12 November. The event marks the launch 

of the Rural Healthy Living Road Show run by the 

Oxfordshire Rural Children’s Centre. We look forward 

to seeing you there. 

Geoff Todd, 338532 

Cheques galore – Althea Wood and representatives of village 

organisations with their £200 cheques. Other pictures by 

Geof Todd and a list of benefitting groups can be seen on 

http://www.deddingtonnews.co.uk/pics.html 



News from Deddington School 

After the half-term break we have another busy time 

ahead. Year 3 are looking forward to a trip to Sulgrave 

Manor on 26 November which will enhance their learning 

about the Tudors and promises to be a great day 

out. They will be dressing up and role-playing life in a 

Tudor Great House, an experience greatly enjoyed in 

previous years. Year 6 are honoured to have been invited 

to the Remembrance Day Service at Deddington 

Church on Tuesday 11 November at 11am. 

It was good to welcome back the Rev. John Dane 

from his successful pilgrimage along the Camino de 

Santiago in Northern Spain. The children enjoyed 

tracking his progress, as well as sharing his experiences 

in a special school assembly. 

Another event that the whole school is looking forward 

to is our Fireworks Night on Friday 7 November 

on the school field. Our wonderful PTA work extremely 

hard to ensure that this event always goes off with a 

bang – so fingers crossed for good weather! 

Jane Cross, Deputy Head Teacher, 338430 

PTA 

Firstly, I would like to thank the Farmers’ Market 

Committee for their generous donation of £200 which 

was presented to us at the September market. It is a 

fantastic start to our new fund-raising year! 

Unfortunately, our good luck with the weather 

ended abruptly on 5 October when we had to abandon 

our car boot sale due to heavy rain. However, I 

am hoping that we will have lovely clear skies for our 

Fireworks Night on Friday 7 November, which will 

be held on the school field as usual. We have again 

invested in a fabulous firework display to delight both 

young and old! The gates will open at 6pm when a 

tantalising aroma will be wafting from our sizzling 

barbecue to tempt your taste buds! There will be 

children’s entertainment and lots of fun ‘glow in the 

dark’ products! We have toffee apples (thanks to the 

Co-op), and a licensed bar selling mulled wine and 

beer. For a special treat we also have hot chocolate 

with whippy cream. This is an all-weather event – we 

will not be rained off! We look forward to seeing you 

all there and hope you will support this annual village 

event. We would like to take this opportunity to thank 

the Farmers’ Market Committee for lending us their 

market stalls for this event, as they do every year – it 

is much appreciated. 

Once again, our children have designed a wonderful 

range of Christmas cards. Many thanks to Mike 

Homer and Multiflow Print Ltd for assisting with their 

production. Cards can be obtained from the November 

Farmers’ Market or from Janet Watts. And please do 

not forget our craft market in the Royal British Legion 

on Farmers’ Market Day. There are some fabulous 

new stalls and it is a great place to get some unique 

and quality Christmas gifts. 

Janet Watts, PTA Chair, 337135 

janet@janetwatts6.wanadoo.co.uk 


PFSU and Village Nursery 

At our recent AGM, reports on the year’s activities 

were presented and our new committee elected. We 

welcome the new committee and hope you enjoy working 

with us. Thank you to all the outgoing members for 

their hard work, particularly to Chair Emma Thompson, 

who has put in many hours beyond the call of duty. 

For those of you who don’t know, both the PFSU and 

Village Nursery are parent-managed settings, run by 

local parents for the benefit of the children of the community. 

We are charities and are run neither privately 

nor by the LEA, as many people think. 

After the holiday we will be learning about ‘Festivals’, 

finding out about Bonfire Night, Diwali and 

Christmas, and no doubt enjoying lots of glitter! The 

PFSU Christmas production (with the school F1 class) 

will be held in the Church on Monday 15 December, 

during the afternoon. We also hope to hold a decorations 

day when parents will be invited to join us to make 

the PFSU and Nursery look suitably festive. 

Thank you to our recent visitors, Naomi and Tom 

with their hen Sweet, and Rachel with her hamster 

Rex. We love to have something different to show the 

children and would welcome you if you have a skill, 

hobby, collection, etc. that we might enjoy. Please do 

get in touch. 

Lucy Squires, 337484 

ART AT THE HOLLY TREE 

An exhibition by four local artists supporting 

Katharine House Hospice 

Come to the Holly Tree, Deddington 

Sat 22 and Sun 23 November 2008, 10am–4pm 

Admission free 

See the paintings, drawings, prints, cards 

Have a cup of tea or coffee 

Talk to the artists and, we hope, 

buy something you like 

Peggy Baker, Michael Baker, 

John Cheney, Norman Stone 

In the Calor Village of the Year Competition Deddington was 

the £500 winner in the Cherwell category. Paul Blacklock, 

Marketing Manager of Calor, presents the plaque to Mary 

Robinson. Also in the picture: Jim Flux, Don Anderson and 

Brigadier Ian Inshaw, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. 



It seems to have been a very long and protracted 

harvest and planting season, but at last the drill 

and cultivation equipment have returned to the 

barn for the winter. So after a very difficult and delayed 

harvest, which meant the oil seed rape was also some 

four weeks late in getting into the ground, the recent 

good spell of back-end weather enabled us to get the 

wheat crops in by 17 October. It was always said that 

the wheat should be in the ground by Banbury 

Fair week to give it enough time to establish 

itself before the winter set in, but then that 

was an old local saying, when we used to get 

a proper winter and before the advent of global 

warming. 

The ewes have been enjoying the good 

weather of late and despite the standing water in 

the meadows they are in fine fettle and ready for the 

rams to go out during Banbury Fair Week. This year 

we brought 100 mule gimmer (under a year old) ewe 

lambs (Swaledale x Bluefaced Leicester) from the 

North of England as flock replacements and these will 

go to the ram to lamb in late April. 

The bees have been very busy during the last few 

weeks, gathering large amounts of ivy pollen to help 

see them through the winter months. In addition to their 

DOWN ON THE FARM 

foraging we have given them sugar syrup to replace 

the honey that was taken off during the summer. Now 

that the honey season has finished, they have also 

been treated for the dreaded varroa mite so, despite 

all the doom and gloom about the imminent demise 

of honey bees in this country, the bees of Home Farm 

are going into the winter in fine form. Just how they will 

come out next spring only time will tell. But one thing 

is certain, there will be honey on the market stall 

long after Christmas. 

Although the bees have had a reasonably 

good year despite the weather, the same cannot 

be said for the other insects on the farm. 

The moth counts have been consistently very 

poor with only small numbers coming to the 

light traps. Although we have recorded 23 different 

species of butterfly on the farm this year, the numbers 

have again been very low, with no Marsh Fritillaries or 

Copper Skippers. As both of these frequent the river 

meadowland, last year’s flooding and this year’s low 

temperatures are the probable cause of their absence. 

However it was good to see a number of late-hatched 

Comma butterflies in mid-October and we can always 

hope that next year will be better. 

George Fenemore, 338203 

Adderbury is holding an Xmas Market on Sunday 30 November from 11am to 4pm outside and inside the 

Institute – see www.adderbury.org 

Masey’s Property 

Maintenance 

New UPVC fascias, guttering 

or repairs 

External painting and staining 

Fencing and gates 

Decking and slab patios 

Dry and wet stone walling, pointing 

Shingle and low maintenance areas 

Scrap metal removal 

and bulky item tip runs 

Other work undertaken, 

please enquire 

Telephone: 01869 811010 

Email: s.masey@btinternet.com 

CHRISTINGLE SERVICE 

Bring your children to this 

A Candlelit Service 

at Deddington Parish Church 

on Sunday 14 December 

at 4pm 

And with your donations support 

the Children’s Society 

in their care for 

disadvantaged children 




EMAIL FROM LUCAS BENNETT 

daleg1@blueyonder.co.uk 

I believe my grandfather was called 

John Callow and lived in the Banbury 

area at some point during the 

late 1940s or early 1950s. He may 

have served in the Royal Electrical 

Engineers division of the army. 

Unfortunately I have nothing more 

than a name and a possible occupation, 

and am having difficulty tracking him down. My 

family were originally from the canal boat community 

and the rumour is that my grandfather was engaged to 

my grandmother who took particularly ill with epilepsy 

and was institutionalised, as was the procedure in the 

1950s (she would have been unsafe on the boats). 

His daughter was raised by her mother’s family, but I 

do not know what became of him. Does anyone have 

any further information on the name, or know of any 

FROM THE EDITOR’S POSTBAG 

Please address all letters to: 

KRISTIN THOMPSON 

5 THE LEYES, DEDDINGTON 

letters@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

and include your name and address 

even if they are not for publication 

POLICE REPORT 

Callows still living in the area who 

may be able to help? 

FROM HAZEL HALL, GAVESTON 

GARDENS 

Ray and Hazel Hall would like 

to thank everyone who kindly 

donated, helped and attended 

our Coffee Morning in aid of 

Macmillan Nurses. We raised 

around £400. 

FROM CHRISTOPHER HALL, THE KNOWLE, 

PHILCOTE STREET 

In his Green Piece Colin Robinson wrote: ‘When we’re 

not burning a fire, warm air is still rushing up the flu to 

heat the sky’. Instead of paying for a chimney balloon, 

our sweep said, fill a bin bag with crumpled newspaper 

and stuff that up the chimney and, before Fire Officer 

Anne starts objecting, tie a label to the neck which 

hangs down, to remind you that it’s up there. 

In November and December 2007 we surveyed 

communities to find what residents think the Police 

should focus on. The priorities were: (1) speeding, 

(2) burglary/dwelling, and (3) groups of youths congregating 

and indulging in anti-social behaviour. 

Some facts and figures regarding the second 

priority: from January to October 2008 there were 

29 reported burglary/dwellings in the Banbury Rural 

Neighbourhood (32 villages) which averages out at 

less than one burglary/dwelling per village this year 

so far. In the same time period last year there were 

52 burglary/dwelling offences, 23 more. 

I believe that this is due to the hi-visibility patrols 

conducted by the Banbury Rural Police Community 

Support Officers, plus the hard work of the Banbury 

Priority Crime Team, Crime Reduction and Neighbourhood 

Watch. Even though the number of burglaries is 

dropping, you should still be aware of home security 

such as locking all doors and windows when you leave 

the house, and not leaving doors wide open even 

when you are in the house. If you would like free and 

independent crime reduction advice, please contact 

Crime Reduction Officer Jayne Taylor at Banbury 

Police Station on 08458 505505. 

Please also be aware of leaving valuable possessions 

on view in unattended cars. Do remove sat navs 

completely (including the holder), mobile phones and 

other valuables. If you have a van containing tools, 

please mark them clearly with your postcode and 

preferably remove them overnight. By being vigilant 

you can save yourself expense and inconvenience 

Phil Morris 

FAIR TRADE FOR CHRISTMAS 

The popular range of Christmas cards from Traidcraft 

is available in Deddington now. With over 50 new and 

exclusive card designs to choose from, they offer a 

wide a range of styles, sizes and shapes, most of 

which reflect the traditional Christmas story. This year 

inspiration, including patterns from fair trade products, 

has come from Traidcraft’s producer groups in many 

countries. The added dimension is that each card 

that is bought helps a craftsperson, farmer or other 

producer to develop their skills and sell their products 

in world markets. Each pack of 10 or 20 cards is 

competitively priced and they are on sale at the Fair 

Trade stall in the Church during the Farmers’ Market, 

or can be chosen from the free Traidcraft catalogue 

– available every day from the Church. Alternatively, 

please call Hugh Marshall on 337761 for a catalogue, 

to place an order, or with any queries. 

Deddington Fair Traders, 337761 

PIANO RECITAL IN AID OF ROSY 

At 7.30 pm on Saturday 8 November, Elizabeth 

Tebby will be giving a piano recital in Deddington 

Parish Church in aid of Rosy. She will be playing 

three Preludes and Fugues by Bach, Beethoven’s 

Sonata Opus 10 No. 3, Bloch’s ‘Poems of the Sea’, 

a selection of Chopin pieces and Debussy’s ‘Feux 

d’Artifice’. 

Rosy (Oxfordshire’s Children’s Respite Nursing 

Team) provides invaluable service to sick children 

and their families, and also a substantial amount of 

medical equipment and specialist toys. They have 

set a target of raising £150,000 this year. 

Elizabeth Tebby lives in Leamington Spa and is 

now giving piano recitals after spending most of her 

career teaching the piano and violin. 

Tickets are £6.50 (concs £5.50) and are available 

from One Man Band in Banbury or at the door. 



In recent months I have chatted on about compost 

and its importance to the vegetable gardener. I 

hope you enjoyed reading about its production 

and usefulness. One kindly reader thought he might 

enlighten me further about the production of commercial 

fertiliser and what happened soon after its 

invention. 

Commercial fertiliser was shipped dry, 

because in dry form it weighed a lot less than 

when wet, but once water hit it (at sea), it not 

only became heavier but the process of fermentation 

began again, a by-product of which 

is methane gas. 

As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles 

you can understand what could, and did, happen. 

Methane began to build up below deck and the first 

UP THE ALLOTMENT 

time someone came below with a lantern, boom! 

Several ships were destroyed in this way before it 

was determined just what was happening. All future 

shipments were stamped with the term ‘Ship High In 

Transit’ on them, which was a direction to sailors to 

stow them high enough off the lower decks so 

that water entering the hold would not touch 

this volatile cargo and start the production of 

methane. 

Thus evolved the term ‘S.H.I.T’ (Ship High In 

Transit) which has been passed down through 

the centuries and is still in use today. 

You probably did not know the history of the 

word. Neither did I – and I had always thought it 

was a golfing term! 

Tony Campion, 337113 

FRIENDS OF DAEDA’S WOOD 

The leaves may be falling and flowers scarce, but there 

is still plenty to see in Daeda’s Wood if you know what 

you are looking for. I say this because, in the summer, 

Kristin Thompson was looking for butterflies when, instead, 

she saw an otter swimming in the River Swere. 

These shy animals are not commonly seen in the 

daytime when noisy humans and dogs are around. 

And this is where the experts appear. Philippa Burell 

and Ellen Lee from the Thames Valley Environmental 

Records Centre visited the wood, armed with cameras, 

buckets and nets. Ellen, clad in waders, set off into the 

river and firstly showed us crayfish – unfortunately the 

American invader since the English crayfish in this part 

of the Swere have already succumbed to the fungal 

infection imported with the larger American variety. 

They then went on to look for evidence of otter 

habitation. Otters are solitary and territorial, and move 

around their patch rather than settling in one particular 

place, leaving their spraints (or fishy/jasmine teascented 

droppings) on their favourite platforms and 

shelters. They soon found plenty of recent spraints in 

several different locations as well as fish scales and, to 

their great excitement, a large half eaten fish on a flat 

rock at the water’s edge. We had probably disturbed 

its meal since it was a very fresh chub and I hope it 

returned after we had gone. 

If you walk in the wood you are unlikely to see an 

otter or even spraints without guidance, but the thought 

that these beautiful, shy animals are there must surely 

enhance your pleasure. 

Elspeth Cox, Chairman, 337635 

FRIENDS OF DEDDINGTON FESTIVAL 

Just to remind everyone that the AGM is on Thursday 

6 November at 7.30pm in the Parish Church (meeting 

begins at 7.45pm, time for a glass of wine beforehand.) 

Please come, there are some important issues to discuss. 

And please bring with you anyone who might be 

interested in joining. 

Kristin Thompson FDF Publicity, 337052 

SATIN LANE ALLOTMENTS 

The fantastic weather of the weekend of 27–28 September 

was matched by the enthusiasm and hard 

work of allotment holders who joined forces to clear 

and tidy the communal areas of the Satin Lane site. 

Clearing brambles on vacant plots, strimming and 

mowing paths and clearing rubbish was organised by 

the newly formed Allotment Committee who would like 

to thank everyone who gave their time and energy over 

the weekend. The hard work concluded with a communal 

barbecue and an agreement that the exercise 

should be repeated next year. 

Lynda Lake-Stewart, 336253 

Chairman/Secretary, Allotment Committee 

THE STORY OF DEDDINGTON, 

MARY VANE TURNER, 1933 

Following the notice in October’s Deddington News, 

we now have further details on the Deddington & District 

History Society’s new edition of the very rare Story 

of Deddington by Mary Vane Turner. We will republish 

the book as a facsimile for our tenth anniversary, with 

an introduction by Chairman Chris Day. 

Just before we were going to press we discovered 

a lot of new material, including the original typescript, a 

corrected copy of the book and the originals of almost 

all the illustrations. We thus expect the quality of reproduction 

to be significantly improved. We also discovered 

that one of the rival histories was in part written 

by a ‘ringer’ – not only a man (this was a WI project), 

but a professional author and archaeologist! 

We expect to have copies ready in December, an 

ideal Christmas gift. If you would like a copy, please 

send a cheque for £9 made out to the Deddington & 

District History Society to: Janet Broadbent, Stonecourt, 

Earls Lane, Deddington, Oxon OX15 0TJ. 

Members of the D&DHS or WI can pay at their 

November meetings. The cost of postage for copies 

that need mailing will be posted in the December issue 

of DN. 

Colin Cohen, 337040, cohen@nehoc.co.uk 



NEWS FROM CLIFTON 

Another year, another Deddington Farmers’ 

Market Dinner with Clifton supplying 14 out of 

33 diners. We should all be proud of the Market 

group and be very smug about how little old Clifton 

really does a lot more than its bit. Five people from 

Clifton set off on the Ride and Stride of Oxfordshire 

churches; only three made it out of the village, however, 

as Alice Collins took an enormous tumble by the 

mill and mum had to take her home to be tended by 

our GP. Linda Davies, Harry and Alan Collins got to 12 

churches and greatly enjoyed the heroically fabulous 

spread at Hempton. 

A fantastic measure to beat the credit crunch in 

Clifton is underway – making our own beer! Marcus 

has commissioned a local brewery to create the pub’s 

very own Prince Rupert ale, to be sold for a yet to be 

disclosed credit-crunching price. Marcus has recklessly 

asked the Clifton Book Club to lend its considerable 

expertise in the selection of the hops and barley, the 

malting duration and mashing temperature. The Book 

Club honed this expertise by reading and researching 

their book, 300 Beers to Try Before You Die. They are 

up to page 27 now and would welcome new members 

most Thursdays at 9.00pm in the Duke. 

We also welcome Kelly and Tim to the village. Tim 

is from Banbury via Stowe and Oxford, but Kelly is from 

Washington DC, thus keeping our ‘septic’ count stable 

after a recent departure. A wedding is in the offing next 

year across the pond and we warmly welcome them 

to our little corner of loveliness. 

Clifton also enjoyed its very own air show when 

Andre Tansley was flown in a North American Harvard 

2-seater Second World War trainer, and proceeded to 

beat the village up in a series of rolls and wing-overs. 

This was a long-service award from his employer and 

a change from his usual aerial pootling with the Clifton 

Flying Club. 

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The station received 21 calls in the past month. 

The fires included a timber yard in Charlbury, 

a tumble dryer in Middle Barton, a car fire near 

Bullingdon, a chimney in Croughton, a huge barn fire 

in Long Wittenham (Didcot), an electrical fire in a shop 

in Banbury, and two early unattended bonfires. We also 

attended three road traffic collisions and a chemical 

spillage in Chacombe. 

I am looking forward to the introduction of satnav 

into the cabs as locating our destination is not always 

easy. If you live in a house with no number and you 

call the emergency services, please think about giving 

some landmarks for us to aim for, and get someone to 

be outside to meet us. We don’t use sirens at night if 

we can avoid it; however driving up and down a long 

street looking for a house name, usually hidden by a 

bush, can be very frustrating. 

We are very pleased to announce that our newest 

recruit, Graham Harding of Barford St Michael, 

has just passed his basic training. He will have a few 

weeks’ training with us and then he will be ‘on the run’. 

Congratulations Graham! 

Well done also to Adam Franklin who has completed 

his LGV course; he will clock up a few miles 

driving at normal road speed before going on to his 

‘blue light’ driving course next March. 

We had a fantastic day on 18 October: 40 potential 

recruits – 16 women and 24 men – came from all over 

Oxfordshire to have a go at the fire fighter selection 

tests. I have seven possible recruits for Deddington, 

so I am delighted. It was a great day and everyone 

enjoyed it, apart from my crew who spent the entire 

day demonstrating the fitness challenges and were 

absolutely exhausted at the end of it. Well done team, 

and yes, I will stock up on plasters for blisters before 

the next one! 

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WELL REMEMBERED 

CYRIL TUSTAIN 

Cyril was born at Chisnell Farm, Souldern, one of ten 

children, his mother and father being workers on the 

farm. The family came to Deddington when Cyril was 

five. He married Rene (a schoolmate) just as the War 

began. At the same time, having worked at the slaughterhouse 

in the Grove, Cyril went to Alcan. Here he 

spent the remainder of his working life, finishing as a 

supervisor with a large body of men in his charge. 

Cyril and Rene moved into the Paddocks when the 

houses were first built, by which time they had three 

children, Brian, Peter and Pat. In 1961 they suffered 

the tragedy of losing Brian and Peter in a car crash. 

Despite this hardest of blows, Cyril managed to find 

contentment, particularly in his extended family. He delighted 

in his greenhouses and garden. In his younger 

days he played snooker at the Legion. He enjoyed 

football on the television (Manchester United was his 

team) and racing, with a flutter on the horses from 

time to time. He also played the lottery; he wanted a 

big win – not for himself but for Pat; after all, his family 

was everything to him. 

MAUREEN BANNISTER 

Maureen came to Deddington only two and a half years 

ago, but she quickly established herself as a valued 

member of our community. She was an Oxfordshire 

girl, born in Witney, the daughter of an editor of the 

Witney Gazette. She spent much of her life in Hayes 

in Middlesex where she was immersed in the life of 

the community as a member of the literary and historical 

societies, the Church, and much else besides. In 

Deddington she became part of Grove Court; she 

joined the Windmill Tuesday and Thursday Clubs and 

the Parish Church. Her unassuming yet weighty presence, 

her open integrity, her lop-sided smile and, not 

least, her propensity for a nice cup of tea will be much 

missed. We should have had her longer. 

GWEN BOND 

Gwen Bond lived most of her life in Dartford, the 

daughter of a philanthropic butcher. She married Cliff 

at the beginning of the War and had three children. 

Gwen caught her father’s desire to help those in need 

and worked with the Red Cross Club for Disabled, the 

Kent Association for the Disabled and the Women’s 

Auxiliary of the YMCA. In her time off from such activities 

she took part in amateur dramatics. Gwen and Cliff 

came to Mill Close in the early 1990s. They became 

members of the Bowls Club, Gwen took up hand-bell 

plate ringing and they soon found themselves committed 

to various charitable activities. A few years ago 

Gwen suffered the loss of a brother, a son and her 

husband in quick succession, a sequence of events 

from which, despite the ministrations of her family and 

friends, she never fully recovered. She met her own 

mental degeneration with a brave defiance. She wasn’t 

going to dwindle uncomplainingly in meek submission 

to the cruel blows life dealt. And, as those caring for 

her at the end will attest, she didn’t. 

Hugh White, 349869 

Congratulations are overdue to the research 

team who gathered together old Minute Books, 

photos and official notices to choose suitable 

items for entry in two interesting tomes, which 

now present a wonderful record of 

Deddington village life as seen through 

the eyes of Institute members. 

In front of me lies a self-explanatory 

supplement, added in recent times, 

depicting the Jubilee Seat probably sat 

upon by most of us who visit the Holly 

Tree garden. The following comment is 

added to the picture: ‘Reading through 

the Minutes for 1969–70 we discovered 

the Deddington Wl discussed and made a gesture for 

Jubilee Year. This was to commemorate 50 years of 

the Oxfordshire Federation of Women’s Institutes. We 

found the seat in the garden of the Holly Tree Club, 

close against the clubroom where we meet. None of 

the original photographs mentioned in the following 

Minutes have, as yet, been found. This picture shows 

the seat now, looking rather worn. It is our intention 

to revive it!’. 

In May 1969 the following suggestions to com- 

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE 1925–2007 

memorate Jubilee Year were discussed: (1) a tree 

in each of the three villages [Hempton, Clifton and 

Deddington], (2) a teak seat for the Holly Tree Club 

garden, (3) crocuses planted on part of the village 

green, (4) waste-bins on strategic 

parts of the village to co-incide with the 

NFWI’s anti-litter month of July. A vote 

at the May meeting decided on a teak 

seat. July 69: After studying prices it 

was agreed that a 5ft seat at the cost 

of 13 gns would be the best buy and it 

was proposed that the seat should be 

presented at the September meeting. 

April 1970 meeting: ‘The President 

welcomed Mrs Collin and Mrs Lewis and with very 

appropriate words presented the seat to the Holly Tree 

Club [then just a club for senior citizens, of which Mrs 

Collin was Hon. President]. Both Mrs Collin and Mrs 

Lewis thanked Wl members warmly. Mrs Collin said 

she hoped that everyone would use the seat, not just 

the people belonging to the Club. Photos were then 

taken by Mr Garrett’ (I well remember a photo of this 

event hanging in the clubroom). 

Ruth Johnson. 338355 



NEWS FROM HEMPTON 

Nearly 40 people sat down to the recent Harvest Supper 

and enjoyed a good meal provided by the Friends 

of the Church. Afterwards there was an evening of 

prize bingo, with Barbara Chappell in good form as 

the caller. The next evening was the Harvest Festival 

Service with about 30 people in the congregation. This 

was followed by a sale of the produce, raising £72 

for the Church School in Deddington. The following 

evening the Friends of the Church held their AGM 

before an improved attendance. The present committee 

was re-elected en bloc. During the past year John 

Sampson replaced John Temple-Smith as Secretary. 

The Parish Council will be holding their meeting 

in the Church Hall on 19 November at 7.30pm. If you 

have any concerns to raise with the Council, please 

come along as there is a ten-minute Open Forum at 

the start of the proceedings. 

Remember the forthcoming Bazaar on 29 November 

from 11.00am, with all the usual stalls and 

hot snacks. There will be a Grand Draw and I would 

appreciate help in selling tickets in the weeks before 

the event. Gifts suitable for a Christmas Bazaar will 

be most welcome. 

The Church which has been open daily this summer 

will be closed from now and will re-open at the 

start of British Summer Time 2009. It was pleasing to 

see that several people had been in and signed the 

Visitors’ Book. 

Les Chappell, 338054 

Warriner Choral Society 

(Musical Director Martin Quinn) 

presents 

THREE JOYFUL WORKS 

From the ‘blistering brass’ that opens 

John Rutter’s Gloria to the ‘great peal of 

Alleluias’ that closes his Winchester Te Deum 

we can promise an evening of jubilant music. 

Voice, brass, percussion and mighty organ will 

sound to the rafters in these and in 

Bob Chilcott’s Jubilate – a new, joyous 

composition 

Church of St Peter & St Paul, Deddington 

Saturday 15 November, 7.30pm 

Refreshments available 

Tickets (£8 and £7 concs) from 

Hamptons International Deddington, 

One Man Band Banbury, Bloxham Post Office, 

Jenny on 01295 721224, 

or on the door 

www.warrinerchoralsociety.co.uk 

SET DIAGRAMS 


Have you ever worked with set diagrams? If 

you use a set diagram to describe our community, 

you would have a series of circles for 

those formal divisions within the Parish, e.g. Clifton, 

Hempton, Deddington. The Parish Council would go 

around all of them. Then there are representations 

for the commercial aspects of the community: shops, 

offices, home-based businesses. Don’t forget the 

organisations within us either: churches, school, Windmill 

Centre. And there are all our clubs and societies. 

Your diagram would begin to have a lot of circles, with 

many areas overlapping. How would you represent the 

Deddington News, and Deddington OnLine? Would 

you represent them with the widest circles of all? 

In some ways, the strength of a community is to 

do with the diversity of interest – i.e. the number of 

circles – and the strength of communication, or the 

amount of overlap between the circles. 

As a club organiser, you can use DoL to widen 

your circle and increase its presence by ensuring your 

information is complete and timely. Worried about the 

difficulty? If you can send an email, you can cope with 

keeping your text up to date. Training can be provided 

to help you on your way! The first workshops have 

been run, and now DoL is really getting better at being 

both for the community and by the community. Come 

and help us draw circles. 

Paul Drawmer, 338450, editor@deddington.org.uk 

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CALLING ALL CLUBS 

1st Deddington Brownies 

The girls have been working on their Out and About 

badge, packing rucksacks and learning to use a compass. 

Following this they learnt the Morse code. Sending 

messages to one another in the dark must rank 

as one of their favourite sessions this year! They also 

used the code to make bracelets with their names in 

dots and dashes. On another interesting evening they 

learnt some basic first aid, including who to attend first 

in the event of an accident and how to put a casualty 

into the recovery position. It is hoped that some more 

in-depth first aid can be studied at a later date, possibly 

leading to the First Aid badge. The Brownies would 

like to thank the Farmers’ Market for their generous 

donation of £200. It will be put to good use. 


1st Deddington Guides 

Medals of all kinds were presented after our own 

mini-Olympics organised by the older Guides, a late 

reminder of summer before settling into our autumn 

programme. We’ve tried various crafts, enjoyed energetic 

games, including one in the dark. The Caterpillar 

patrol elected Natalie T as their leader. We’ve 

voted on our new unit guidelines and held a promise 

ceremony for five new Guides: welcome to Harriet, 

Lottie, Tori, Emily and Abbi. 

We’ve been working really hard on our next 

awards and badges, and enjoyed beginning our new 

patrol projects. Recently we had a pet evening, everything 

from hamsters to guinea pigs, snakes, a rat 

and even an assortment of virtual pets. It was a great 

chance for each Guide to handle and learn about 

other pets and how to care for them. Next we are 

dividing into younger and older Guides and having a 

cinema evening. 

Maggie Rampley, 01295 810069, 

Marian Trinder, 340806 

1st Deddington Scout Group 

Cubs 

Another Jake has joined Cubs; we hope he enjoys his 

time with us. So far this term the Cubs have looked at 

home safety, including a survey of the Windmill Centre 

and spent a couple of evenings working towards their 

Emergency Aid badges. The Young Leaders acted 

as casualties, complete with gory wounds and a lot 

of overacting. Several Cubs also went to the Midland 

Air Museum at Coventry to complete their Air Activities 

badge. It was a very pleasant trip, and they were 

treated to a tour of a Vulcan bomber. 

Three of the older Cubs attended the annual Sixers 

Day (or in this case, weekend) organised by the 

district. This year it consisted of a survival camp led 

by an ex-soldier and they learned different methods 

of fire lighting, including the best woods to use. They 

made bashers, lanterns and stretchers, tried whistle 

signalling, and rescued and treated a casualty lost 

in the woods. The evening was spent eating dinner 

cooked in parcels on the fire and listening to lurid 

stories of survival. But the memorable moment was 

the exploding tin of beans! 

Jo Churchyard, 338071, jochurchyard@hotmail.com 

Scouts 

Scouts have also been to camp at the County Patrol 

camping weekend at Youlbury, Oxford. George, Jamie 

and Jack or ‘Triple Trouble’ represented us. Although 

the weather wasn’t great, they all enjoyed themselves 

and returned unscathed. The rest of the troop tested 

a variety of camping stoves and lamps, gas, trangia, 

solid fuel, etc. to assess their suitability for hikes and 

lightweight camps. They’ve solved problems such as 

how to light a match six feet away from the strike, and 

hunted each other in the dark. We are now working 

on individual badges from cycling to snow sports and 

are planning a night hike to Horley. 

Many thanks to the Farmers’ Market and Craft 

Group for their very kind donations; we’ll let you know 

how we use the money. Christmas Post – I hardly like 

to mention it – dates and collection points in the next 

issue of DN. 

Pete Churchyard, 338071 

WI 

After a small amount of business had been dealt with 

at our meeting on 14 October, members enjoyed a 

Bring and Share supper with wine. The annual auction 

of suitable items followed which raised funds for 

the RBL Poppy Appeal. On 11 November Adrian Williams 

will tell us about the ‘Statues and Monuments 

of London’. Our Christmas Dinner is on 9 December 

at the Unicorn Inn. 

Rene Mahony, 338438 

Deddington Beeches Bowls Club 

Our recent Race Night was a great success and much 

needed funds were raised to help us maintain our 

green. May I thank all who sponsored races, bought 

horses and attended on the night, and also thanks to 

the Royal British Legion for allowing us to use their 

premises. 

Yvonne Twomey, Hon. Secretary, 337213 

Youth Club 

The term got off to a brilliant start with over 40 young 

people coming to Youth Club, making our evenings 

lively and good fun. We are pleased to announce that 

Dawn Franklin has taken over as leader and we are 

delighted to welcome Jon Cardy as second leader. We 

also welcome Clare Newcome back who will be helping 




CALLING MORE CLUBS 

on a regular basis and Nikki Kirk will be returning to 

help out occasionally. In September Harriet Wimbush 

and Joe Manson collected £200 from the Farmers’ 

Market. This generous donation will enable us to continue 

funding our health and fitness project. Thanks, 

farmers. We have already held some smoothie-making 

evenings, and we will be able to book the A team 

to run some extra sports activities. Unfortunately our 

Treasurer is unable to continue because of greater 

work commitments, so we are in desperate need of 

a replacement as soon as possible. If you are able 

to help, please get in touch with Maureen Forsyth on 

338384. 

Pam Axten, 337919 

Book Club 

At our September meeting we discussed Keeping 

Mum by Brian Thompson and here is our review: ‘a 

memoir about growing up in a dysfunctional family 

during the war years. This story of an extraordinary 

childhood, verging on child abuse, is told without selfpity 

or bitterness and after ultimately triumphing over 

his circumstances, the author is able to look back and 

laugh. The book stirred many personal reminiscences 

among the group and led to an animated discussion. 

Generally well written, though some found his style a 

little confusing at times. Recommended particularly 

for those who remember that era, it would also be of 

interest to younger generations’. 

The next book is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos 

Ruiz Zafón and the next meeting is 27 November. 

Please call if you would be interested in joining our 

group – we are always delighted to welcome new 

members. 

Sally Lambert, 338094 

Photographic Society 

The exhibition of photographs by members, which took 

place at the Adderbury Institute for a day and a half 

over the weekend of 26–27 September, marked the 

second anniversary of the formation of the Society. A 

total of 75 photographs were displayed which showed 

the increasing creative ability of members during this 

period. Attracting over 100 visitors, there were many 

positive comments on the content, quality and diversity 

of the photographs. At our monthly meeting the Society 

again welcomed Yin Wong, a local photographer of 

some repute. Yin has previously given a presentation 

to the Society and returned to give an informal and 

light-hearted critique of members’ photographs in his 

own unique style. The next meeting of the Society is 

on 5 November, when there will be a presentation on 

‘How to Succeed in Sports Photography’ by an outside 

speaker, Gordon Roberts. 

John Branton, 01295 811071 

Deddington Colts 

The nine teams in the yellow and blues of the 

Deddington Colts are all enjoying their season to date 

with over 17 wins across the teams. The U-15s are 

taking pride of place topping their league undefeated. 

Deddington Colts are supporting the FA’s ‘Respect’ 

initiative and as part of that we would like anyone 

interested in refereeing to contact the club as we can 

arrange certified coaching, after which there are lots 

of opportunities to get games and even some money. 

One of the U-9s managers, Jerry Wood, was also 

able to obtain a Football Foundation Grant towards a 

new set of goals for the mini soccer teams. Thanks to 

Jerry and also to the Football Foundation for supporting 

kids’ football. 

Mike Watling, Secretary, 337310 

 

Christmas Activities 

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Unusual fashion accessories, 

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High Street, Deddington 

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Mon–Sat 9.30–5.30pm 

for Primary School children aged 5–11 

Deddington Parish Church, 10–12.30pm 

Crafts, cooking, chess and other games 

Saturday 13 December 2008 

Cost £1.50 

Application forms and enquiries to: 

Caroline Tindale 337962 

Janet Watts 337135 

Sarah Boss 338536 

Additional forms at school office and Church 

Applications in by Monday 8 December please 



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Deddington Town Football Club 

First Team Results: 

20.09.08 Souldern (a) 

W 5–1 Kaye, Large (2), Laird, Hewitt 

27.09.08 Middleton Cheney (h) 

W 4–3 Fleming, J (2), Laird (pen.), Hewitt 

(Coronation Cup) 

04.10.08 ABK (h) 

L 1–3 Large 

11.10.08 Glory Farm (a) 

L 2–3 Fleming, S, Kaye 

(Lord Jersey Cup) 

Reserve Team Results: 

20/09/08 Fenny Compton Res (h) 

W 6–1 Hall (3), Gibbs, Thornton, L (2) 

27.09.08 Steeple Aston Res (a) 

W 5–3 Gibbs (2) Hall (2,1 pen.) Thornton, L 

04.10.08 Drayton Village Res (a) 

W 6–2 Keys (2), Gibbs (2), Rollason, Hall 

(Geoff Wilson Cup) 

11.10.08 Steeple Aston Res (h) 

W 5–0 Thornton, L, Hall (3), Giles 

(Eric Morris Cup) 

We live in uncertain times. A potential worldwide 

financial meltdown looms, and it seems as if vapid 

buzzwords and tedious clichés will eat us alive. But 

amid the grating sounds of crunching and tightening 

its good to know that your football teams are doing 

you proud! 

After a couple of morale-boosting wins, the wheels 

came off somewhat for the first team, but performances 

against top-of-the-table ABK and Glory Farm, where 

only a last-minute goal decided it, suggest a promising 

season. A nice balance of goals, with youngsters 

Jordan Kaye and Michael Large adding to strikes by 

veterans Keith Laird and Micky Hewitt. Definitely a 

great team in the making. 

The Reserves offered their fans six of the best, 

with 100% victories so far, and some thrilling football 

as they soar to the top of Division 3. Simon Hall has 

two hat-tricks already, but perhaps the highlight was an 

astonishing free kick against previous league leaders 

Fenny Compton. Matty Gibbs, no doubt inspired by his 

manager paying out £20 after 15 goals, has struck in 

every game he has played before being unfortunately 

sidelined. Local lad Luc Thornton has burst on to the 

scene with a bundle of goals. With as many as 8 of 

the regular 11 under 21 years of age, this is a team 

that can only get better. These results, including three 

crushing victories against close rivals Steeple Aston, 

mean that the Reserves have lost just one of their last 

16 matches in normal time. 

Just a quick reminder that never seems to get 

through to some people – hopefully a small minority. 

As much as I enjoy clearing dog mess off the pitch before 

games, children and adults regularly play football 

on this surface. Would you like your children to slide 

about in it? If you can’t bring yourself to clear up after 

your dog, please do not walk dogs across the marked 

pitch! Thank you. 

75 Club Winners: 

19.09.08 C. Smith £50 

26.09.08 M. Walker £50 

03.10.08 G. Howard £50 

10.10.08 C. Smith £50 

17.10.08 R. Cowley £50 

Aaron Bliss, 07909 642882 

Deddington Original Golf Society (DOGS) 

The DOGS attempted to tame the mighty Kings Norton 

Golf Course on Monday 20 October; full details of the 

outcome are on Deddington OnLine. At this time of 

year golfers have a unique problem in locating their 

balls. The problem is leaves – everywhere! Even a 

spectacular golf shot could result in a lost ball buried 

under numerous leaves. That’s life on the links in 

the autumn! Attention all DOGS members – the announcement 

of our AGM will be out shortly. 

David Darst, 338589 

Deddington & District History Society 

At our October meeting, which was also the AGM, Tony 

Yelloly gave a fascinating account of the history and 

impact of the Quakers in this area. Our next speaker, 

on Wednesday 12 November, will be Dr Joanne Bailey, 

on ‘Marriage in Georgian England’. Then, on 10 

December, we shall welcome Tim Healey, well-known 

writer, broadcaster and director of the Oxford Waits. 

He will talk to us about ‘Sex, Drink and Death in the 

17th century’, following which we shall enjoy seasonal 

refreshments (not based on the theme of Tim’s talk 

– we are a more or less respectable society!). If Tim 

doesn’t tempt people out then nothing will, and we 

anticipate a bumper audience. 

Our meetings take place at the Windmill Centre 

at 7.30pm on the second Wednesday of each month 

from September to May. All are welcome. 

Chris Day, Chairman, 337204 

Moira Byast, Secretary, 338637 

Deddington Players 

Auditions for the pantomime, Captain Hook’s Revenge, 

by Richard Coleman, were held on 2 November, and 

rehearsals begin shortly. There are still opportunities 

to get involved if you fancy helping out with costumes, 

sound and lighting, or backstage. Please get in touch! 

The performances will be on 22–24 January 2009 at 

the Windmill Centre. We hope to see you there. 





The following are extracts from the diaries of the 

Rev. Cotton Risley for the month of November 

1858: 

[During part of October and November 

the family were on holiday, firstly at St Leonards 

where they had lodgings at 5 guineas 

per week, paying extra for fires and shoe 

cleaning, then at Brighton where ‘the town 

was crammed with visitors’.] 

13th November: I called on Mrs Harris 

to tell her I had heard from her son in New 

Zealand – Dunedin, Nr. Otago – John Hyde 

Harris. Holford went hunting at South Newington and 

got a ducking in Deddington Brook. 

22nd November: our Annual Fair took place and 

passed off quietly, not a large one. 

23rd November: we filled the Ice House today. 

29th November: I attended a large Parish Meeting, 

31 ratepayers were present, to consider the propriety 

of applying again to the Poor Law Board to sanction the 

formation of a new Union here from certain parishes 

in the Woodstock, Banbury and Bicester Unions – for 

DEDDINGTON 150 YEARS AGO 

certain special reasons in addition to those already 

stated. I was called to the Chair and certain steps were 

unanimously agreed to be taken. I was deputed to go 

to Lord Courtenay, the Poor Law Commission 

Secretary, on Friday and re-open the matter. 

30th November: I drove to Souldern to see 

about the Parish joining us in forming a new 

Union here. They were undecided about the 

matter – and rather averse to it than not – and 

asked for information on certain points. The 

Board in London did not encourage the project, 

tho’ acknowledging the hardship of our present 

position. 

1st December: I called at the Vicarage and H. 

Franklin’s and was seized with a shivering fit there. 

Came home and then the shivering and chilling increased 

so much that I went to bed before dinner. I 

took some of James’s Powder, became worse with 

low fever and cough and continued confined to bed 

and house till January the 2nd 1859, Mr Turner [the 

doctor] attending me. 

Buffy Heywood, 338212 

AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE SENTENCED TO BE TRANSPORTED 

FROM DEDDINGTON TO THE COLONIES 

This is a further extract from Rob Forsyth’s article, the full version of which can be found on Deddington OnLine at 

http://www.deddington.org.uk/history/articles. If you don’t have your own computer, please do use the free internet terminals 

in the Library. The librarian will provide help if you need it. 

1835 5 March: Robert COWLEY (22) and John 

WHEELER (25) were both charged with killing 

eight sheep belonging to Henry Dean the elder of 

Deddington – tenant of Earl’s Farm – and also killing 

another sheep belonging to Henry Dean the younger 

and stealing its carcass. Henry and John Cowley were 

all involved in some way but escaped the charges. A 

very full transcript of the discovery of the evidence by 

the village constable, including discovering a leg of 

mutton hidden under clothes, bloody footprints and 

more, can be read in the publication Banished! in the 

Library. It is recommended reading. Robert Cowley 

was transported to Hobart in the Aurora where he 

arrived in October 1835 and was pardoned in 1846. 

John Wheeler was shipped out on the Mary Anne to 

Sydney where he arrived in October 1835. Nothing 

more is known about him after this. 

1836 4 January: William LEWIS (31) was charged 

with stealing several thimbles, the property of Thomas 

Fardon* of Deddington. When being pursued he threw 

away a bundle containing ‘a crow bar, several skeleton 

keys and other housebreaking implements … ’. One 

would not be surprised to hear that he pleaded guilty! 

He was transported to Sydney on the Moffatt, arriving 

in August 1836. He was not from a Deddington family 

having been born in Lancaster. 

1837 27 February: Zachariah GIBBS (28). 10 years 

on from his first offence and transportation to Bermuda 

(see September issue of DN) – and none the wiser it 

seems! – Zachariah is charged with breaking into the 

house of Mary Butler of Stoke Lyne on ‘15th December 

last, and [having] stolen 10 loaves of bread, 30 Ibs. of 

bacon, 12 Ibs. of cheese and two silver spoons, the 

property of Elizabeth Butler’. Zachariah’s eloquent 

defence is a masterpiece: ‘My Lord, I got to say this 

I’m innocent of the crime. Well, my Lord, Nancy Butler 

and William Butler told me as if I wouldn’t give ’em four 

pounds, they’d send me where their father and brother 

went to. Now, my Lord, I went to Nancy Butler’s house 

and I slept with her. That’s true and her picked my 

pocket of nineteen shillings and a pocket handkerchief 

and I found the pocket handkerchief in her drawer and 

her swore me out and out it wasn’t the same. And her 

wanted me to pay for it and so accordingly I didn’t and 

then she asked me ‘will you lend me two pounds?’ and 

I says no, for I think you’ve had quite enough off me, 

and her knows that’s true. That’s all I’ve got to say, my 

Lord’. Nancy Butler was called to give evidence, but 

she denied the whole of the prisoner’s statement! This 

time he was transported to Hobart where he served 

out his time and died an old man in 1881. 

*Thomas Fardon was a very well-known Quaker clockmaker 

in the village; the church clock was built by him. A lot more 

about him can be seen in the October, November and December 

1994 issues of the DN either in the Library or on 

the Deddington OnLine website (http://www.deddington.org. 

uk/history/people/quakerclockmakers). 

Rob Forsyth, 338384 


DEDDINGTON CONTACTS LIST, NOVEMBER 2008 

Adderbury, Deddington & District Photographic Society Philip Rigby 01295 812481 

Allotments (Satin Lane) Parish Clerk 

(see under Parish Council) 

Art at the Holly Tree Peggy Baker 338576 

Art Group Ken Wilkinson 337256 

Badminton Andrew Munson 337416 

Babies and Toddlers Group Jenny Dahlan 337547 

Banbury Guardian Correspondent Molly Neild 338521 

Books on Wheels Margery Hawes 338029 

Bowls Yvonne Twomey 337213 

Boys’ Brigade Anchor Boys (5–8) Tim Cooper 337771 

Boys’ Brigade Juniors Chris Mitchell 338010 

Boys’ Brigade Company Section Chris Mitchell 338010 

Brownies Anne Kent 337917 

Churches 

SS Peter and Paul, Deddington and St John’s, Hempton Rev. Dr Hugh White 349869 

Bellringers Colin Cox 337486 

Mothers’ Union Jean Welford 338539 

Congregational (Village Contact) Joyce Minnear 338529 

Wesleyan Pastor Isabel Walton 337157 

Roman Catholic Fr John Burns 277396 

Craft Group Delphine Sampson 338739 

Cricket Derek Cheeseman 338609 

Cub Scouts Jo Churchyard 338071 

Deddington Charity Estates Pat Swash 338920 

Deddington C of E Primary School Vicky Stevens (Sec.) 338430 

Deddington Colts FC Rachel Teare 337077 

Deddington and District History Society Moira Byast 338637 

Deddington Fair Traders Hugh Marshall 337761 

Deddington Friendly Bridge Club Kenneth Holt 338154 

Deddington Ladies Mrs Franklin 338322 

Deddington Map Group Jo Eames 338752 

Deddington Market Management Group Geoff Todd 338532 

Deddington News Jill Cheeseman 338609 

Mary Robinson 338272 

Deddington Online Elizabeth Burak 337259 

Deddington Original Golf Society David Darst 338589 

Deddington Players Lucy Squires 338442 

Deddington Pre-School (School hours only ) 337383 

Football Tim Spencer 07969 886247 

Friendship Club Joyce Minnear 338529 

Friends of Daeda’s Wood Elspeth Cox 337635 

Friends of Deddington Festival Sue Goddard 338122 

Good Neighbour Group Molly Neild 338521 

Guides Maggie Rampley 01295 810069 

Holly Tree Club Room Jean Flux 338153 

Monday Morning Club Jean Flux 338153 

Parent Teacher Association (Primary School) Janet Watts 337135 

Parish Council (Deddington) Parish Clerk Lorraine Watling 337447 

Rainbows Hazel Neal 337822 

Royal British Legion and Club, Deddington Branch Ray Morris 338143 

Scouts Peter Churchyard 338071 

Tennis Trevor Stevens 01295 669135 

Hempton Village Correspondent Les Chappell 338054 

Warriner School Correspondent Angus Alton 337288 

Windmill Centre Bookings Joyce Minnear 338529 

Windmill Tuesday/Thursday Club Debbie Harris 07737 892745 

Women’s Institute Beryl Suckling 337385 

Youth Club Maureen Forsyth 338384 

Amendments and additions, please, to Jean Flux, 14, The Daedings, Deddington, 338153, diary@deddingtonnews.co.uk 

Copies of this list are kept in Deddington and Banbury Libraries 

For email addresses of contacts, go to http://www.deddington.org.uk/doldex/index.html

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