EDITORIAL - West Oxfordshire
EDITORIAL
IT is said, and probably wrongly (though one should never let mundane facts get in the way of a good story), that Henri d'Aguesseau, an illustrious Chancellor of France in the 18th`" century, having noted very early in his married life that his wife always kept him waiting for 15 minutes after the gong sounded for dinner resolved to use this time usefully, and over the next 15 years wrote a four volume definitive work on the duties of a French magistrate.
Assuming, reasonably enough I think, that his wife was also late for lunch as well as dinner (but discounting breakfast for it is surely unlikely that someone so habitually late for meals would come down at all so early in the day), and further assuming that the God-fearing M d'Aguesseau did not write on a Sunday, he had only about 2400 hours to complete his task which, for a decent four-decker, means he wrote about a page every two hours.
Frankly, that's damned impressive. And even more so when one considers that while d'Aguesseau was generally counted a Very Good Egg (the Duc de Saint Simon sets the scene with: `the possessed in the highest degree genius, application, penetration, learning of every kind, magisterial gravity, equity, piety, purity of life, integrity, good nature, mildness, humanity, and candour'), it was widely accepted that Chancellor d'Aguesseau was a bit slow. Even d'Aguesseau himself admitted that he was `as doubtful, as timid, and consequently as dilatory as I am accused of being.'
So, during the time when ordinary chaps are reading the menu and fiddling with the breadsticks, M Frenchman churns out four fat volumes and calls himself congenitally lazy. Incroyable, mes amis!
Imagine what you could achieve if you more usefully used all those wasted hours hunting for the car keys, or calling the cat in, or manipulating conversations at parties while you try in vain to work out who it is you are talking to. All you need is the incentive to act.
Which brings me neatly round to...
... The December issue of Parish Pump will be my last. Time to say goodbye later, but if anyone has `d'Aguesseau's 15 spare minutes' do get in touch. Enjoy 'Warhol fame, unexpurgated use of the editor's casting couch, and a standing invitation to attend the Benefice Council. Could life get better?
Ring me now on 01367 860660 or 0771 3636 415. Richard Martin
THE LECTIONARY
5th October - Trinity XX (G)
Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:8-16
Philippians 3. 4b-14 1 Matthew 21. 33-end
19th October - Trinity XXI (G)
Isaiah 45:1-7 Psalm 96
Thessalonians 1.1-10 Matthew 22.15-22
12th October - Trinity XXII (G)
Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 23
Philippians 4. 1-9 Matthew 22. 1-14
26th October – Trinity XXIII (G)
Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 8-12 Psalm 119:9-16
Colossians 3:12-17 Matthew 24:30-35
ALFRED, KING AND GOOD EGG
0N 26th October, the Church of England celebrates the life of King Alfred, the chap Winston Churchill said was the greatest Englishman who ever lived. Everyone knows about the cakes business, but Alfred can also lay claim to being the first English king who thought that Law and Education are a better basis for a fair society than a clout with a broadsword. He had the slightly Hoddlish idea that the Viking pillage was in retribution for a willful decline in English learning.
Alfred's splendid statue in Wantage was designed by a nephew of Queen Victoria resoundingly called Admiral Victor Ferdinand Franz Eugen Gustaf Adolf Constantin Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (who became a sculptor after he left the navy.)
The inscription on the statue's plinth sums up Alfred the Great very well:
King Alfred found learning dead and he restored it
Education neglected and he revived it
The laws powerless and he gave them force The church debased and he raised it The land ravaged by a fearful enemy from which he delivered it
Alfred's name will live as long as mankind shall respect the past
PARISH & BENEFICE SERVICES
Sunday 5th October - Trinity XX
9.00am Westwell/Holwell Holy Communion EJ
10.30am Filkins Harvest Festival EJ
10.30am Langford Harvest Festival DK
11.00am Broadwell Harvest Festival HM
6.00pm Shilton Harvest Festival HM
Sunday 12th October - Trinity XXI
9.00am Broadwell Holy Communion HM
9.00am Holwell/Westwell Holy Communion EJ
10.30am Shilton Parish Communion & Children's Church EJ
11.00am Alvescot Harvest Festival HM
11.00am L Faringdon Harvest Festival tbc
6.00pm Kencot Evensong HM
Sunday 19th October - Trinity XXII
9.00am Kencot/Broadwell Holy Communion AM
9.00am Holwell Holy Communion EJ
10.30am Filkins Family Communion HM
11.00am L Faringdon Parish Communion AM
4.00pm Kelmscott Harvest Festival EJ
6.00pm Westwell/Holwell Evensong EJ
6.00pm B Bourton Harvest Festival tbc
Sunday 26th October - Trinity XXIII
9.00am Shilton Holy Communion HM
10.30am Alvescot/B Bourton Parish Communion EJ
10.30am Langford Parish Communion HM
4.00pm B Poggs Evensong EJ
6.00pm Holwell Evensong HM
Sunday 2"d November - IVth before Advent
10.30am Westwell Benefice Service JH, NUW
6.00pm Filkins Evensong NUW
Combined services are held in the first-named church
There is a Communion Service at Black Bourton every Wednesday at 10.00am
CELEBRANTS & SERVICE LEADERS
AM Alister McGrath DK Denise Kemp
EJ Liz Johnson HM Harry MacInnes
JH Julian Hubbard NUW Neville Usher-Wilson
BENEFICE SERVICES
Date Benefice service at 10.30am 2nd November Westwell 7th December Langford
THE RECTOR'S LETTER
Dear Friends
THIS morning I heard what I thought was the most extraordinary interview on Radio 4 with Canon Andrew White (right) who is known as the Vicar of Baghdad. Andrew suffers from multiple sclerosis and was considered too ill to take on a parish in England. His Anglican parish in Baghdad in contrast is probably the most
dangerous in the world. He needs 35 armed guards just to get to his church. He has had guns held to his head, been kidnapped and seen posters offering rewards to anyone who would kill him. Yet he is one of those rare individuals who seems to have escaped the ravages of fear and anxiety.
What is interesting is that at the height of the affluence which this country has enjoyed for the last six or seven years, there was a phrase used to define us in a book called Complicated Lives published in 2003. The authors called us 'The Anxiety Society'. They argued that worry was not only caused by the threat of terrorism and knife crime , but also by such things as the multiple choices in the Supermarkets, the blurring of boundaries between men and women and the complications of modern technology. They claimed that 50% of people were not able to operate all the features of their video recorder, 70% were not able to use all the features of their personal computer, and 30% were baffled by the intricacies of their microwaves. One young actor who had bought a new mobile phone, said to me `The irony of my mobile is that I can make a video on it, but I can't actually make a phone call a lot of the time'.
2008 has suddenly added a new dimension to all this. The global uncertainty resulting from the shift in world politics as Russia flexes its muscles, the cost of living, the financial market upheavals, the downturn in house prices (and of course the weather!) have been enough to make anyone fed up and anxious.
During Andrew White's interview he was asked why it was that he was so free of anxiety. Andrew responded by first quoting from John's epistle.... `perfect love drives out all fear'. He went to say that he had often wondered whether it is his love for the Iraqi people and their love for him not least the children that had kept him going.
Andrew is unquestionably an exceptional man with an extraordinary vocation and yet I think he reminds to us all of where our real security is to be found.
One paraphrase of the ending to Jesus' sermon on the mount puts it like this. 'Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes'.
Harry Maclnnes
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
THE Children's Church continues on the second Sunday of every month: so this month on 12th October. The venue as usual is at the Village Hall in Shilton starting at 10.15am, with the service starting in the Church (right opposite) at 10.30am. We have very exciting and diverse activities and lessons planned for the coming months. This term culminating with our own Christingle Service on 14tht'' December. So without further ado here are our forthcoming dates till then...
Sunday 12th October Shilton 10.15am Sunday 9th November Shilton 10.15am
Sunday 14th"' December Shilton 10.15am Christingle service
If you need any more information, do please contact either Harry McInnes or me on 01993 847039, or email me at dcp@jajp.co.uk
Debs Price
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
0 OUR next meeting is on Wednesday 1" October in the Filkins Chapel Schoolroom at 2.45pm, as usual. We shall welcome again Mrs Elizabeth Duffy of Faringdon, whose visit we so much enjoyed last year. Anyone who would like to join us will be most welcome.
Marjorie Barstow
BIBLE STUDY GROUP
DURING the autumn, we are planning to explore some of the Psalms in the Old Testament. I've chosen four written by King David, psalms which express his deepest feelings in the tumultuous events of his life. Our meetings are held at the Vicarage in Filkins, starting at 7.30pm. The first meeting was in September, when we discussed Psalm 23, but if you would like to join us this month, you are most welcome. Please phone me on 01367 860846.
Monday 6th October - Psalm 51: `Praying our failures'
Monday 3rd November - Psalm 73: 'Praying our doubts'
Monday 1st December - Psalm 103: 'Praying our praise'
Liz Johnson
SHILTON BAPTIST CHAPEL
I LIKE doing crosswords but often have to refer to a dictionary, a Latin phrase book or even the internet. There are so many places to go for help.
I could also go to many books etc. for spiritual advice but for the
Christian there is only one Book and I am sure you know the book to which I am referring.
At a small Bible group I attend, we were reflecting on the fact that
although God is all powerful and can do anything He pleases, yet He cares for us. Psalm 36 verses 6 and 7 say:
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains Your justice is like ocean depths.
You care for people and animals alike, 0 Lord. How precious is your unfailing love, 0 God!
All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.
Janet Whitfield
Preachers for October
5th October Informal
12th October Graham Sparrowhawk followed by communion 19th October Mike & Chris Barrett
26th October Ray & Dorothy Honeyford
We are always very pleased to see visitors at any of our services. Elizabeth Harfield
ST JOHN FISHER & ST THOMAS MORE, BURFORD
THE Catholic church of St John Fisher & St Thomas More is at 171 The Hill, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4RE, and the priest is Ian Ker. Fr Ker can be contacted on 01993 823219. Sunday Mass 9.15am & 11.00am Weekday Mass Times vary, so please ring for information.
There will be Eucharistic Adoration for half an hour before Mass during the week, excepting Tuesday and Wednesday when it is afterwards.
Confessions usually follow Saturday morning Mass.
ST JOSEPH'S, CARTERTON
ST Joseph's Church is at Arkell Avenue, Carterton, OX18 3BS, and the priest is Andrew Foster who can be contacted on 01993 842463. Fr Foster also says mass at St Mary's Church (C of E) in Bampton. St Joseph's Primary School is on Lawton Avenue.
Mass times
Sunday 9.00am St Mary's, Bampton
11.00am St Joseph's Tuesday 7.00pm St Joseph's Wednesday 9.45am St Joseph's Continued over
Thursday 9.45am St Joseph's during school holidays
9.30am St Joseph's Primary School during term-time and on
some Feast Days. Please check with Fr Foster.
Friday 9.45am St Joseph's
Saturday 9.45am St Joseph's 6.00pm St Joseph's
Confessions are heard on Saturdays between 10.15 and 10.45am, and at other times by arrangement with Fr Foster.
Eileen Wojciechowska
WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH OUR CHURCH?
HOW we can use our churches most creatively as centres of mission both for our congregations and for the wider community? Come on 14th October to Burford Church, and hear Sir Roy Strong (right ex-director of the Victoria & Albert Museum) speak to this theme and take part in workshops geared to the experience of churches that have set off down this route in recent years.
There are two meetings, the day time meeting is primarily for the clergy, both of the Dorchester Area and of the
Oxford Diocese as a whole, together with colleagues from Gloucester and Coventry. The evening meeting is designed first and foremost for local church wardens, PCC Members and members of ministry teams.
In both cases if there are people who would like to come but cannot make their designated one then they are more than welcome to attend the other.
Programme
Day meeting
09.30 Arrivals
10.00 Setting the Scene - the Bishop of Dorchester
10.30 A Personal View followed by questions - Sir Roy Strong
12.00 Creating a Vision for the Role of Church Buildings in Mission
The Archdeacon of Oxford
12.30 Beyond the Building Works
Using Renewed Church Buildings in Mission 13.00 Lunch
14.00 Beyond the Building Works - Workshop 1 14.45 Beyond the Building Works - Workshop 2 15.30 Closing Worship
15.45 Depart
Evening meeting
18.45 Arrivals
19.15 Setting the Scene - the Bishop of Dorchester
19.45 A Personal View followed by questions - Sir Roy Strong 21.00 Response - the Bishop of Dorchester
21.15 Compline
21.30 Finish
The cost is £15 for the day meeting, and £5 for the evening., and tickets may be obtained from:
Mrs Carolyn Jupe, Arran House, Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PB Places will be reserved on a strictly first come first served basis.
Please make cheques payable to `Bishop of Dorchester'. If there are no further places available, cheques will be returned.
If you would like more information, do call me. (Details on inside back cover) Sally Peach
IT'S YOUR CATHEDRAL
THE Dean of Christchurch Cathedral in St Aldates, Oxford would like to remind all parishioners in the diocese that they can enter the cathedral freely on production of a membership card obtainable from their local church.
Ask the ever attentive benefice administrator, Sally Peach, to arrange the card, and then go and see St Frideswide, Oxford's patron saint, in the Burne-Jones glass in her chapel in the cathedral.
CHURCHES ON 'THE; WALL
AN EXIHBI'I'ION of drawings & paintings of 220 of Oxfordshire parish
churches (Harwell Church, right) by Steve Empson is at the Sewell Centre
Gallery, Radley College, Abingdon daily from 11.00am to 4.00pm on 4t'' to 19th'' October.
The exhibition will be opened by The Bishop of Dorchester at 5.15pm on 3rd October.
Steve Empson works predominantly on landscape and exhibits in galleries in Oxfordshire and from his studio in Oxford. He has held several exhibitions on the landscapes of England, Sweden, Morocco and Greece; but Indian landscape and architecture (left) is the subject for which he has
been best known. He is
much attracted by the strong sense of place through
India's colour, its vegetation and its architecture.
Steve Empson has travelled the Indian sub-continent extensively since 1980, finding many areas of artistsic interest in rural South India; making many contacts there and absorbing aspects of the culture into his own life.
For more information on his foray into church paintings, please ring 01235 543039
VIVE LA DIFFERENCE
DAN Denby lives a double life
By day a jobbing builder,
But home at five, and scrubbed till pink
He sashays forth as Hilda.
In Sedgely Cross we know the score:
When buildings face disaster,
Our Dan's the man to hammer nails,
and no one lays bricks faster.
But equally, when evening sees
The back-bar at the Compass,
Our comely Hilda whoops it up:
The Mistress of the Rumpus.
We love our Dan throughout the day
In dusty, half-mast trousers,
And then again, when Hilda's out
Her scarlet satin wows us.
We seek our solace where we may,
Some bowl, and others garden.
But who's to say, of all of us
The Gods of Life blow hard on?
FROM THE REGISTERS
CHRISTENINGS
14th September Holwell Freddie Samuel Gardiner
WEDDINGS
2' August Alvescot Sarah Barling & Matthew Bryant
9th August B Bourton Amy Dunnett & Rada Bicer
16th August Alvescot Emily Gervers & David Jollands
23rd August Langford Kerry Anne Powell & Jamie Smith
30th August Shilton Helen Harris & Leon Harris
FUNERALS
2nd September Kelmscott Jean Corfield died 26th August aged 76 years
19th August B Bourton David Finlayson died 10th August aged 59 years
10th September Shilton Maisie Brassington died 3'd September aged 80 years
FARMING HONOURS ITS OWN
ON 17th October at 7.00pm the annual Farming Harvest Festival service will take place at Dorchester Abbey. The Bishop of Dorchester will be preaching. At the service the Oxfordshire Agricultural Society Trust Award will be awarded to a resident of Oxfordshire considered to be most worthy of recognition for his or her work in promoting agriculture and rural life and values, in the broadest sense with a cash prize of £250.
FILKINS & DISTRICT ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Autumn Dinner
BRANCH members should have received the flyer about the dinner at Burford Golf Club on Tuesday 21s October. Please let me have the reply slip by 7th October. It should be a pleasant evening, if last year's event is anything to go by. Our Guest Speaker will be a Military I-Iistorian who will be talking about the Great War and its relevance today. This will be a topical subject in this the 90th anniversary of the end of that terrible conflict.
Poppy Appeal
This year's Poppy Appeal will take place from Saturday
25'h October until Saturday 8th November. Village
collectors will be making house-to house collections during this period. Please give them every support as they brave the elements on behalf of this essential fund-raising appeal that supports the welfare of ex-servicemen and their dependants. Boxes will also be available at the usual static points in the Broadshire villages.
Remembrance Service
This will be held at St George's Church Kencot on Sunday 9th'' November. Further details will be included in the next issue of the Parish Pump. As has been the case in recent years, a Field of Remembrance will be set up to enable individuals to remember those who were known to them who have died as a result of war. Small wooden crosses will be available from village Poppy Appeal representatives and at the Remembrance Service.
Committee Meeting
The next Committee Meeting will be held in the-Bell, Langford on Tuesday 7th October at 7.30pm.
Branch AGM
This will be held on Tuesday 4th November in the Five Alls Filkins. All members are most welcome to attend.
Jeremy Taylor
- ALVESCOT
St Peter's
HARVEST FESTIVAL AND VILLAGE LUNCH
This year our harvest festival is at 11.00am on Sunday 12 October. It's a lovely service of hymns and readings and will be followed by a village lunch of wonderful home cooking and a get together in the village hall. There will be a bar. Tickets for the two course lunch are available now from Jayne Lewin (01993 842435) or Sue Cave (01993 846696), priced £15 for a family, £6.00 adult and 3.00 for a child.
We will be decorating and cleaning the church at 10.00am on Saturday 11 October and everyone is welcome to come along and participate. Gifts of garden flowers would be much appreciated.
There will also be a churchyard tidy-up at the same time so please come along if you can - your help is needed.
Jayne Lewin
TODDLER COFFEE MORNING
As there is currently no Toddler Group running in Alvescot I'm holding a coffee morning as an opportunity for those of us in the village/area with young children to meet each other and let our children play together. The
first coffee morning will be held in the Village Hall on Friday 24th October from 10.00 to 11.30am. If there is enough support this could become a regular thing.
Tea, coffee and squash will be provided, perhaps even a spot of cake! You just need to bring:
Yourself, your little ones, a few toys for them to play with and share, a drinking cup for your children.
Jo Bath
IN THE PINK COFFEE MORNING
See entry under ck Black Bourton
THE VILLAGE SHOW
Following a very successful village show on 6th September, when the number of exhibitors was up but that of exhibits slightly down, a very well supported raffle made £117 for the Air Ambulance Trust.
Well done to Sue Portergil for winning the trophy for most points overall and the ladies group trophy.
Next years photo competition is four pictures, one for each of the four seasons, so get snapping.
Thanks to all who supported us. Sandie Morris
ST PETER'S INFANT SCHOOL
Despite the weather, it has been an excellent start to the new school year at St Peter's. Both staff and children have returned to school with great excitement and have settled quickly to the daily routines of school life. We have welcomed twenty five children to our Foundation Stage Class and hope that they and their families soon
become fully involved in the life of the school.
During the summer holiday the dry stone wall at the front of the school was rebuilt, the kitchen was completely refurbished and the outdoor instruments were installed in our new `music garden'. The children are loving the instruments and we hope to further develop this area of the field over the forthcoming year.
Funds raised at the Family Barbecue at the end of term and on the Activity Days at the start of the summer holiday have been used towards the outdoor instruments. Many thanks, once again, to those of you who braved the storms to support the barbecue.
Alan Elbourne is returning to teach tennis this term so we are keeping our fingers crossed for some dry weather!
There will be a Race Night in the Village Hall on 18th October. Please look out for posters around the village for details and come along.
The school will hold its annual Harvest Festival service at St Peter's Church on Tuesday 14th October at 1.30pm. All are welcome to join us.
The Gift Evening this year will be on 12th November so don't miss the chance of getting your Christmas shopping done early this year and avoiding the Christmas rush. Choose from a wide range of gifts at your leisure with a glass of wine and a mince pie. Tickets will be available for £3.50, including entry into a free draw, a glass of mulled wine and mince pie, from the school office.
The school's annual Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday 22nd November.
Sam King
RACE NIGHT
Come to a great evening's entertainment on 18th October in the village hall. Tickets are £7.50 each, including supper and are available from school.
If you would like to sponsor a horse for £3.50, please bring the money and your horses name into school or contact Sandie Morris on 01993 842135 or me on 01992 845610
Sharon Waters
VILLAGE HALL EVENTS
Quiz Night on Saturday 4th October. For tickets at £6, including supper, please telephone me on 01993 842135
Terry Morris
Hansel & Gretel on Friday 21st
November. Oxford Touring Theatre are here with their production. `Phone me on 01993 842832 for tickets: Adults £8.50, Children £6.50, families (2+2) £26.00
Concert night with Gordon Giltrap (right) on Friday 6th March 2009. Tickets £8.50.
Phone me on 01993 842832
Liz'
BLACK BOURTON
St Mary's
WE STILL REMEMBER
There was a Service of Remembrance at the Memorial Cairn at Mill Farm on 27th August. We were very lucky with the afternoon weather compared to the lashing rain of late. Phil Shaw and members of the RAF Association organised a poignant service on the anniversary of the loss of the Albemarle and her crew. Padre Andy McMullon from RAF Brize Norton gave a moving Introduction and members of the Air Cadets attended as well. Wreaths were laid on behalf of RAF Brize Norton by Wing Commander Tony Toner, the R.A.F. Association and three on behalf of relatives.
I am extremely grateful to the RAF Association and also to RAF Brize Norton for their commitment to this little memorial and all that it represents. In remembering the five young men who lost their lives in this crash, we remember all those others who lost their lives locally during the war.
Thank you to all those who attended. It was a lovely gathering.
Monica Tudor
[See Parish Pump for the story of the Albemarle crash and the memorial cairn. Ed]
IN THE PINK COFFEE MORNING
Sandi Morris and I are holding a Coffee Morning in Alvescot Hall on Saturday 11th October from 10am to 12noon to raise money for Breast Cancer Research. There will be a Cake Stall (all cakes welcome), a raffle, greetings cards, jewellery, second-hand books, a bran tub... and more. Your support will be welcome. Pink clothing optional. Ring Sandi on 01993 842135 or me on 01993 844124 if you wish to help.
Doreen Hart
PLEASE CLEAR UP AFTER YOUR DOG
Over the past few months we have become increasingly aware of dog fouling on our public footpaths, verges and recreation ground. Can we politely remind all dog owners that it is their responsibility to deal with their dog faeces.
Dog fouling is considered an offence when a person permits a dog in their charge to foul in a public place and fails to clean it away immediately after. A public place means land to which the public has access which includes roads, gutters, footpaths, verges, pedestrian areas, parks, school playing fields, sports grounds, and cemeteries, etc.
As most of you will be aware dog faeces carry many germs including campylobacter, salmonella and other pathogenic organisms which can contaminate wounds or broken skin and that can cause illness and in extreme cases blindness in humans. Toxocariasis is particularly hazardous to small children where infection can lead to loss of sight: a parasitic worm causes this disease and infection occurs when the worms' larvae found in dog faeces is ingested.
We have two dog waste bins in the village, one on the verge opposite the recreation ground and one on the verge opposite Mill Lane. Please use them. The Parish Council pay a weekly fee for the clearing and maintenance of these bins in order to keep our public areas pleasant for everyone to use, not just dog walkers.
Anne Sherriff
FLOWER ARRANGING CLASSES
If you would like to join us for flower arranging classes which started in September, please ring me on 01993 845998 for details of the classes.
Christine Pope
HARVEST FESTIVAL AND LUNCH
Please join us for a simple Harvest Festival Lunch at noon on Saturday 18''' October in St Mary's Church. There will be soup and cheese board, come and have a chat with your neighbours. The cost is a donation of your choice which will go towards the upkeep of the Church. The Harvest Festival Service will be on Sunday 19th October.
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
Once again we will be holding our Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary's Church. If you wish to sponsor a tree please contact me on
01993 844124. You may decorate it yourself or we will arrange for it to be decorated, the theme is a Christmas Carol or Christmas Song of your choice.
Doreen Hart
VILLAGE ASSOCIATION
The summer holidays are now over and it's all back to school and work. The weather has been so awful it has been difficult to plan anything, so many events have had to be cancelled and those that went ahead found many people so very muddy and wet.
However, we did. have one success of the Summer and that was our Music Festival.
All of the bands attended as booked and entertained us superbly, I am sure will see some of them again next time. The raffle went down very well and
The rain held off for us very nicely, just a couple of drops in the early afternoon and it stayed lovely and warm, thus ensuring a roaring trade in the beer tent.
There was a small committee who carried out the ground work for the festival but I have to say it would not have been the success that it is, had it not been for many other people who helped us along the way...
Brian Wallis who very kindly offered his land for the whole event but ultimately only had to steer his cattle away from the car park and camping area.
Mark Sherriff who was a great help providing us with the stage, power, lighting and fencing.
Pete Miles for his Marquees, Bar equipment and staging. Terry Pope and his lads for his fencing and straw bales. Pete Hughes and his team building the bar and staging.
The Vines and the Plough at Alvescot who both did exceptionally well selling tickets.
Our sponsors, Mark Sherriff, Mark Wearing, Smart Fish & Chip Shop Carterton and Oxford Partitions.
Those who tidied up admirably the following day.
The team that eventually pulled it all together, Pete Hughes, Julian Perry, Chris Hariss, Jan Wojciechowski, Roger Strettton, David Nixon.
We have a new Black Bourton Village Association Committee who would like to thank all those involved with the previous committee, especially Jackie, Pete and Susie for their work and committment over the last ten years, it is a lot of hard work which they carried out splendidly.
Finally, we should like to compile a list of e-mail addresses from..
Anyone who would like to receive news of any further music festivals, in which case please put `Black Bourton Music Festival' in the Subject Field.
Residents of Black Bourton for news of any events that may be coming up or with any suggestions, please put `BBVA' in the Subject Field.
Please send all e-mails to:- nixonhollycottage@ Looking forward to hearing from you. Amanda Nixon
HAVE YOU LOST A KEY?
Found in Burford Road in August... A key ring holding a stainless steel coloured penknife and four keys of different sizes. Please ring me on 01993 842599 to arrange collection.
Eileen Wojciechowska
BROADWELL
St Peter & St Paul's
OH! DINE ON, DINE ON HARVEST LUNCH
Our annual Harvest Lunch will be held after the Harvest Festival on Sunday 5th October. It will be run along the same lines as before. This is a much welcomed `get-together', and greatly enjoyed by all. So keep 5th October clear.
June Goodenough
ALTAR FLOWERS
5th, 12th & 19th October Robina Lockyer
26th October June Goodenough
BROOM, BROOM!
I'd still like volunteers to give St Peter and St Paul's Church a jolly good clean on the Saturday before the Harvest Lunch (see below) on Sunday 5th October, that is on Saturday 4th October. All volunteers please ring me on 01367 860086
Bronwen Mills
MUSIC & MUSING
We were surprised and rather flattered to discover that Adrian Munsey, who has composed quantities of music, and is newly arrived in Broadwell, has added a track titled `Broadwell' to his latest disc. It captures the quiet introspective character of this village, and is a very good listen. Not out yet, but it will be available soon.
It made me think about this odd village, and how we in this benefice are all so different. Here are three facts about Broadwell...
A Broadwell was bigger than Burford in the 14th century. (Was it the new road between Burford and Lechlade in 1814 that took us off the map, along with Holwell?)
B A huge church that seats 250. The Population in 1871 was 400. Now it is under 90.
C I can think of only three truly dramatic events in Broadwell since the Dissolution of the Monasteries... The old manor burning down in about 1740, the tornado cutting through the village in 2004, and the floods of last year.
Not much really. Perhaps other parishes in the benefice are more interesting? June Goodenough
[Thank's June... An interesting thought, and one we will return to in a future issue of Parish Pump. Please join in, readers.
In the meanwhile, while perhaps not as seismic as the three events you describe, might a fourth be that the village chatelaine now allows verbs (eg `listen) to be nouns? Ed]
FILKINS & BROUGHTON POGGS
St Peter's
NEW ARRIVALS
Clare and Joss Thomas of Broughton Hall Cottage have had a daughter Isla born in July, a sister for Elodie.
Philip and Jennifer Genge of April Cottage have had a son born early September, a brother for Ptolemy. At the date of going to press, the baby has not yet been named.
Congratulations to both families
FILKINS FLOWER ROTA
5th October Harvest Festival 12th & 19th October Mary Cover
26th October Fiona Cowburn
FUTURE CHURCH EVENTS
Sunday 5'h October
Harvest Festival followed by the Harvest Supper at 7.30pm.
Saturday 15th November
Social evening/Auction of Promises in aid of the restoration of our wonderful church buildings in Filkins and Broughton Poggs.
Come and join us for supper and a convivial evening with friends, followed by our Auction of Promises. You will have a chance to find out how we plan to spend the money raised on restoration of both our churches.
We are already compiling a list of exciting items offered for auction - there will be a range of items from small to large to interest everyone and it will be a fun evening, whether you wish to bid or not. 7.00pm in the Village Hall, tickets £3 to include supper and a glass of wine. Pay bar.
Please contact me on 10367 860195 if you wish to donate an Auction item. Barbara Bristow
Saturday 29th November
Coffee Morning/Christmas Sale: back by popular demand! This year our sale will be held in The Vicarage from 10-12am. There will be many gift items for sale as well as the usual bargains, raffle, cake stall, and a chance to catch up with friends. Items for donation to me on 01367 860195 or Liz Johnson on 01367 860846.
Barbara Bristow
ROSTER FOR VOLUNTARY CAR SERVICE TO SURGERIES
Covering Filkins, Broughton Poggs, Broadwell, Kencot, Langford and L Faringdon 7th October Mrs J Geake 860534 23rd October Mrs C Lauzier 860644
9th October Mrs V Godfrey 860498 28th October Lady Allison 860787
14th October Mr P Coleman 860571 30th October Mr A Heath 860129
16th October Miss H Squire 860337 (All codes 01367)
2st October Mr J Moir 860031
For hospital runs, or with any problems, contact me on 01367 860319
Local surgery runs £2.00
Hospitals: Fairford & Witney £5.00 Swindon & Cirencester £8.00 Oxford £10.00
At the JR, parking charges may have to be paid, and will be added to the bill. Tony Woodford
GARDENING CLUB
On Wednesday 29th October at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, we are hosting a talk by Chris Carter of Colvin & Moggridge. Colvin and Moggridge is a well known and respected landscape architecture company based for many years in Filkins. This will be a great opportunity to hear Chris talk about some of the gardens he has designed.
This is an Open Meeting of the Gardening
Club to which you are cordially invited. Entrance, including refreshments, is £3.50 for those not members of the Club. For further information please contact Chris Woodford on 01367 860319 or me on 01367 860282.
Lucille Jones
PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes etc: Do please remember that minutes and notices of meetings are displayed on the notice boards in the bus shelter, in Broughton Poggs in the Village Shop, and in the Post Office.
There is a more comprehensive file of Parish Council bumph in the Cotswold Woollen Weavers Coffee Shop.
Cris Hoad
BARCHESTER TOWERS
More or less every year for the 15 or so, Appletree Theatre have brought their very individual brand of outdoor theatre to the courtyard at Cotswold Woollen Weavers.
This year doubtful weather drove them indoors, and they were very grateful to the rector and churchwardens for permission to use St Peter's Church.
Three good congregations watched the Barchester plot thicken, and our woman-in-the-stall was there for Parish Pump...
It was good to welcome Appletree Theatre again, with a strong and handsome cast inviting us to witness the intrigues of cathedral life, as the world of the decent and honourable incumbents was thrown into disarray by the arrival of the new Bishop, his ghastly wife - and his ambitious chaplain.
St Peters Church, Filkins was a perfect venue, and as soon as Mike Waters (ideally cast as the kindly Se ptimus Harding) was before us setting the scene, we knew we could settle back and enjoy the fun, as pride, icy disapproval and manipulation very nearly - but not quite - won the day, before life could be restored to its previous gentle rhythm.
Appletree Theatre has strength in depth. Each year the company visits, it's pleasing to see familiar faces and also meet new ones, and each time it's hard to single out performances for special mention, but here are the ones that particularly impacted on me:
- outward piety and inward cold self-interest , a potent recipe served by a
deliciously slimy Obadiah Slope - a showcase performance by Nick Claydon. I think you would be hard pressed to find a better portrayal.
- Will Martin, deputizing for his father, playing Dr Proudie and showing an acting maturity well beyond his years
- the self-effacing openness combined with dash and swagger shown by Joe Packer as Bertie Stanhope, and Joe's ability to contrast this nicely with his other role as the much older Mr Quiverful, father of fourteen children ! (charmingly and beautifully represented by Alys and Elizabeth Martin)
- and the delightful dottiness of Ann Martin as Miss Thorne.
Trollope is not the easiest of authors to stage, and the device of using the cast to now and again remind us of what had happened and what was about to happen was helpful - and well done to the script writers for steering us through without too much confusion, and, indeed, to the whole production team. We were in good hands.
Finally - I would love to see this cast do A Midsummer Nights Dream'. Pat Clark
NURSERY UPDATE
Our term-time children have now settled happily back into nursery. I would like to give a special welcome to our new children; Oliver Doughty, Thomas Mehtar, Oliver Charlton, William Merrett, Kate Mowbray, Toby Lee and Fletcher Hart.
We are holding a coffee morning on Friday 12th September at 11.00am. Please come along, particularly if you are a new parent and would like to chat informally about any aspect of nursery life. Staff will also be available to answer any questions about the new Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. Our topics this half-term are "All About Me" and `Numbers'.
As a nursery, we promote the `Stop the Rot' dental campaign. Children staying for lunch now have their own toothbrushes and they will be encouraged to brush their teeth after their lunch.
Half term holiday is Monday October 27tht'' to Friday 31st and our usual holiday club will be running during this week. Please contact me if you require more details of activities on offer.
We are continually trying to add to our resources and equipment and over the summer we have built a large sandpit in the playground and now have guinea pigs for the children to enjoy.
Please do take a minute to look at out new website and let us know your thoughts or new suggestions. theoldstationnursery.co.uk.
Louise Jenkins
STRUTTING AND FRETTING
Future FT events include:
A Children's Theatre production on 28th & 29"' November. Contact Pat Scott 01993 846255
A Murder Mystery on 7th February In aid of Ghanaian Children's Charity Daniel Porter
NEWS FROM THE FIVE ALLS
Summers over! Hurray! Light the fire, crack open the red wine!
We have a guest autumn ale, Honey Bee (don't worry the Organic Oxford Gold is still there too) as well as some decent game and new sticky puddings on our new menu. Well done again to Head Chef Rob and the team in the kitchen for yet another cracking review, this time in the Oxford Times. We've also been put up for The British Beautiful Beer Award. Drinks all round!
We have pool and darts leagues starting in the new Games Room at the back of the Pub, do come in and sign up if this is of interest, we've got a few
people from neighbouring towns and villages now becoming regular players. Great prizes too.
Pub quiz every two weeks from 14th September, Sundays at 8pm, new people made welcome, always spare players to make up a team too. In a sign of changing times we've expanded our non alcoholic range with pressed juices, Elderflower, alcohol free lager and the biggest selection of J2Ots in the Cotswolds. Read the papers by the fire or enjoy one of our 37 varieties of teas and coffees, we're open all day
All our reviews mention the wonderful atmosphere that The Five Alls has now. If it has been a while since you've been in, do pop by and see the small but homely changes we've made. Whether its a quick lunch, a glass of claret, a real ale or a dinner for two you will be looked after and warmly welcomed.
In the words of a recent review: `A Great Village Pub'. See you soon. Tom Hardyment
HOLWELL
St Mary's
THE GATHERING OF THE CLAN
On 7th September, nearly all the inhabitants at home that day met for a Barbecue Lunch at the invitation of Julie Anne Edwards, who had instigated our successful Village Party in 2005. You were all invited to that; this time it was just a village affair. We drifted in, bringing our as yet un-burnt offerings and handed them over to the tenderising mercies of Antony and Richard, along with exotic salads and puddings.
Against all the odds, it hardly even drizzled as we sat eating, drinking and talking under a spreading `parasol', while the children had fun with Sam's toys inside. It was good to have a chance to catch-up after people's summer breaks. Thank you!
SING UP!
Just to remind those fortunate to receive Parish Pump before the end of the month, there will be a Harvest Festival Evensong at Holwell at 6.00pm on the 28th September. The Choir will be there, having started to practise again after the holidays. We do enjoy ourselves, if you like to sing why not come and join us? No previous experience necessary. Just ring David New (Choirmaster) on 01993 841807, or Barbara Bristow (Librarian) 01367 860197.
Corinna Rock
KELMSCOTT
St George's
CHURCH BRASS AND FLOWERS
Liz Nelson
JUMBLE SALE
The Jumble Sale in aid of the Heart
Foundation is now at 2.00pm on Saturday 4th October in the Memorial Hall.
Attractions include: White Elephant, Bric-a-brac, Bottle Stall, Books & Raffle
Any contributions will be gratefully received. Please contact Linda Lappington on 01285 810634.
Louise Hatton
MAKE A DATE FOR LIVE THEATRE
Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company will be returning to the Morris Memorial Hall with two new productions: Hansel & Gretel and River's Up.
Hansel & Gretel will be performed on Saturday 13th December.
River's Up will take place on Saturday 14th March 2009.
As always, further information will be available shortly, but in the meantime, please make a note in your diary to avoid disappointment.
KENCOT
St George's
CHURCH FLOWERS
4th & 11th October Helen Squire
18th & 25th October Rachel Leveson-Gower 1st & 8th November Lesley Metcalfe
LANGFORD
St Matthew's
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
On 30th August the village held a very successful Dog Fun Day with show classes. Ricky Moloney from
Langford Downs gave us an excellent display of dog discipline training with his Labradors after which he judged nine classes with a total of over 80 entries. We raised £180 for church funds. Many thanks to all.
Richard Kirby
Ps: Draw tickets 40, 183 & 261 were unclaimed. Let me know f you have them.
CHURCH FLOWERS
5th October Harvest Festival
Anyone wishing to help please contact Doreen Lowden on 01367 860060 or me on 01367 860314
12th, 19th & 25th October Rachel Range
Rachel Range
HARVEST FESTIVAL
This will be held in St. Matthews on 5th October at 10.30am. Gifts of fruits and vegetables would be much appreciated for decorating the church. These will be auctioned at the Harvest Lunch.
HARVEST LUNCH
The Harvest Lunch will be held on Sunday 5th October in the village hall, starting at 12noon for 12.30pm. Every one is welcome, but please book your tickets early, as this will help the caterers. Tickets are £8 each and are available from Jenny Pitkin (01367 860091) or me (01367 860462).
Gerry Austin
BELL RINGING
Bell ringing practice restarted in September. Practice sessions take place three Tuesdays a month at 7.00pm in the bell tower at St. Matthew's Church.
The practice is open to everyone from age 8 upwards, and we welcome everyone from beginners who have never rung to anyone who may be able to ring peels.
The bell tower will be open from 7.00pm. (Do remember that the steps are steep and narrow). To find out more beforehand, and if there is a practice on any Tuesday please give me a call on 01367 860514. Entrance to the Bell Tower is on the right hand side of the Church looking from the road, just in front of the buttresses.
Andy Tinson (Bell Tower Captain)
GARDENS QUESTION TIME
Starting at 7.00pm a Gardens Question Time will be held in the Village Hall on Friday 31st" October, when the Panel will answer questions posed by the audience. The panel will be composed of -
Richard Gaitland former gardener at Barnsley. Peter Augur gardener at Buscot Park Dr Lawn Doctor aka Ian Handy
The Question Time will be followed by an Auction of Promises. Entry is £5 and includes refreshments, which will be served during the interval.
JUMBLE SALE
There will be a Jumble Sale on Saturday 18th October in the Village Hall starting at 2.00pm. Free entry. Good quality clothes, Bric-a-brac, Books, Cakes, Raffle and Refreshments.
Proceeds 50/50 in aid of the Village Hall & St. Matthews Church. The hall is open Friday 17th from 6.00 to 7.00pm for acceptance of goods. For more information telephone me on 01367 860091
Jenny Pitkin
REMEMBER, REMEMBER... THE CHICKENS
As the firework season will soon be upon us the hen-keepers on the village allotments have voiced their concerns over the holding of display fireworks in recent years. So for the welfare and safety of our birds we would ask other allotmenteers to be considerate and hold their displays elsewhere. Thank you.
Andrew Clemons
LANGFORD LADIES
Our speaker for 9th October is Lesley White who will be giving a talk with wonderful slides entitled `Land of the Incas', (sounds very mysterious). We meet every 2nd Thursday 7.30pm, in the Village Hall with a raffle and refreshments available. Visitors are most welcome at £1.50, but you can become a member anytime. Do ring if you would like to know more, on 01367 860514
Chrissy Tinson
ST CHRISTOPHER'S NEWS
The school year has begun as it ended: with a bang. The end of term back in July was as emotional as ever with the Year 6 children moving on to various schools for the next stage in their education. Harry MacInnes led a very moving service in the hall where the children presented the school with memory stones which they had decorated. These will be laid in the new playground as a permanent reminder of their time with us. The children went on to share their memories and stories with us and sang us their favourite songs. The children were all presented with a signed photograph of all their friends. The last day ended with `Teachers got talent.' This was a fantastic, hilarious show put on by the Year 6's and all the staff as a fun end to the school year.
At the end of the term we also had another amazing sporting success. Mrs Brownjohn took our school swimming team to the Burford schools' gala and once more we came back with first place. We are really proud of the children's achievements and would like to thank Mrs Brownjohn for all the hard work she puts into not only our swimming programme but all other sporting events both in and out of school. As part of the winning team, children from Oak class were then invited to support Oxfordshire's teacher training programme and spent the first Friday of term at Carterton pool where teacher training was taking place. The children received many compliments on not only there swimming prowess but also their exemplary behaviour and good manners.
This summer for the first time we were able to access funding from extended services to put on a holiday activity club. We ran this for the last week of the holidays with great success. Thirty children attended from Tuesday to Friday and gave their parents a well earned break. Julie Gibb ran a cooking session
on two days and the children cooked a full roast dinner for their lunch one day and Cornish Pasties and salads the other. It was great to see all the children really enjoying both cooking and eating their food. We even went and picked apples and plums for pudding thanks to Mr and Mrs Bennet a few doors down from the school. The children also enjoyed two days of tennis coaching from Alan Elbourne at Colston tennis Club. This was a great opportunity for all the children attending to use the tennis courts and we would like to thank Colston for their on-going support. Oxford United also came along and the children enjoyed excellent football coaching too. All in all it was a great four days and a lovely end to the holidays.
We welcomed all our new children in at the beginning of September. Both the Foundation Stage and year 3 intake have settled down really well and are
already making the most of the many learning opportunities both within the curriculum and after school. Our comprehensive extra-curricular activity programme has already begun with a range of activities including recorders, orchestra, tennis, football, multi-skills, sewing, gardening, bike maintenance and study clubs. We are also lucky enough to offer childcare on-site with Sarah's after school club to support our working parents.
Our whole school theme this term is people. Our first stimulus day was Superhero Day on the first Monday of term. We use these stimulus days to kick-start our themes and really get the children thinking. This year we all worked on the qualities and characteristics of superheroes. The children started off talking about comic strip heroes and then were encouraged to think about real life heroes and the qualities they needed. Children throughout the school made thoughtful and insightful comments about such qualities as bravery, courage, determination and much more. We then all dressed up as our Superheroes for the day. Thank you to all our parents who spent time and effort with their children thinking of the costumes and in many cases making them. It was very rewarding to see that the children had been really inspired by all the discussions and were seeing the importance and role of real-life heroes. We had eco-heroes, doctors, nurses, super teacher, wonder mum and so many more.
We are already looking forward to our first celebration of the year - Harvest. This year we will be thinking about the global element of harvest around the world and the different types of harvest. We will be donating our collections to Seeds for Africa this year to reflect this and to encourage the children to
think about people around the world less fortunate than ourselves.
As always, if you have any queries, want to find out more about our school or help in any way then please contact the school office on 01367 860318 or have a look at our website on st-christophers.oxon.sch.uk.
Sarah Nisbett
LITTLE FARINGDON
St Margaret's
HARVEST FESTIVAL ON 12TH OCTOBER
This year's Harvest Festival service at St Margaret's Church will be held on 12th October. Contributions of harvest produce and flowers would be greatly appreciated to decorate the church, and the donated items will be available for purchase following the service.
BONFIRE PARTY ON 7TH NOVEMBER
Our annual village Bonfire Party will take place on Friday 7th November at Langford House in Little Faringdon, directly opposite the church. As usual, there will be a spectacular fireworks display and an amazing array of food and drinks. Fliers with full details and times will be distributed soon. For information, please ring me on 01367 252155.
Emma Abdy Collins
EVENING CAROL SERVICE ON 21ST DECEMBER
Please mark your calendar with the date of the St Margaret's Carol Service on the evening of Sunday 21stt December. This year, our refurbished church will look even more stunning by candlelight. Singers, musicians and readers (young and not so young) would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to participate, please ring me on 01367 252772.
Barbara Browne
THANKS TO `RIDERS AND STRIDERS'
This year's Ride and Stride fund-raising effort for the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust took place on Saturday 13th September. St Margaret's lovely new look has been helped along immensely by this excellent charity. The church receives half of the total raised by our valiant Riders and Striders. We are ever so grateful to all those who dodged the puddles as they pedalled and puffed from church to church!.
[The picture shows the two church wardens completing a tour of benefice churches. Ed]
RAIN STOPS THE SOUTHROP SHOOT
This summer's persistent rain unfortunately forced the cancellation of the Southrop Clay Pigeon Shoot, which had been set for Saturday 13th September. St Margaret's Church has benefited substantially from this annual charitable event, which will reconvene next year undaunted. Our thanks go to George Ponsonby and everyone else who put in so much work in their effort to stage this fund-raising event for the church.
CHURCH FLOWERS
October Emma Abdy Collins
Help please from all for Harvest Festival on 12th October November Jeanie Pollock
SHILTON
Holy Rood
A HATRICK OF HOT ONES
Well someone in Shilton must have a direct line to whoever controls the weather because we did it again and were lucky enough to be granted, for our third and final outdoor event of the year, that is the fete and fun dog show, a perfect warm and sunny summer Saturday. Despite what went before and came after, 30th August just couldn't have been better and lots of people and dogs turned up to enjoy some traditional fun.
We are as usual extremely grateful to everyone who helped in any way, particularly to John & Bradley Hatwell for providing some old fashioned fairground fun, and to the brave volunteers who sweltered in the Peter Rabbit costume and brought delight to some of our younger visitors. Fortunately the nightmare scenario of Peter being chased by a pack of ravening dog show entrants didn't materialize. I'm delighted to say we made £2,469.47 for Old School funds.
Shirley Cuthbertson
PARISH COUNCIL
The next Parish Council meeting will be on Wednesday 8th October at 7.30pm in Shilton Old School.
The last meeting in 2008 will be held on Wednesday 3rd December in Shilton. Katherine Robertson
KEEP FIT
Please remember... Keep-fit every Thursday in Shilton Old School from 7.00 to 8.00pm at £3.50 per session. Telephone me for more details 01993 706265.
Sandie Hunter
HISTORY GROUP
At our meeting at 7.30pm on Friday 10th October Dr. John Wilson will talk about 'Early photography and the local historian'. (The photo is of Witney station, about 1910.) Visitors are welcome for just £2.
Fred Robertson
HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE AND SUPPER
Our Harvest Festival Service is on Sunday 5th October at 6.00pm and any gifts of fruit and vegetables would be much appreciated for decorating the church. If you do have any produce please either leave it in the church porch on Friday 3rd October or give me a ring on 01993 841194 as I would be happy to collect.
Following the Service we are having a Supper in the Old School and by the time you read this you will have
received a village newsletter and hopefully completed the application form because space is limited in the Old School and sadly in previous years we have had to
disappoint some people. Please do try and come to both - if you are not able
to do that you would be very welcome to come along for the service or the supper.
Jean Roberts
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
Our annual Chapel/Church coffee morning this year will be held at Little Viners in Church Lane on Saturday 8th November. This is a good chance to start your Christmas shopping, enjoy coffee and biscuits and chat to friends.
Any offers of homemade cakes, jams and bring and buy items would be greatly appreciated. More news will be in next month's Parish Pump. We do hope lots of you will be able to support this event so please make a note in your diary - Saturday 8th November, 10am to 12noon at Little Viners.
Jean Roberts
BRADWELL VILLAGE (part of Shilton Parish)
VILLAGE COFFEE SHOP
The Coffee Shop is open on Friday in term time from 10.30am until 2.30pm in the Village Hall selling hot and cold drinks and home-made cakes and savouries. This is a splendid social focus for anyone with an hour or so to spare. For further details telephone me on 01993 824801.
Sharon Howat
VILLAGE STITCHERS
The next meeting is on Tuesday 14th October from 10.00am until 2.30pm. Visitors are most welcome, at £2 for the day. The half-annual subscription is £10. Please bring along your latest project to work on. Drinks and biscuits are provided, but please bring a packed lunch. Telephone me on 01993 824475 for more information.
Marion Ellis
UP, 1, 2, 3. DOWN, 1, 2, 3...
There is a new 50+ Exercise Class every Tuesday at 9.30am in Bradwell Village Hall. Give me a ring on 01993 822781.
Sue Hayman
BABY & TODDLER GROUP
We meet in the Village Hall on Mondays during term time from 9.30am to 11.30am. The group is open to babies, toddlers & pre-schoolers from 0 to 5 years, and the cost is £1.50 per session per family including playtime, songtime, tea, coffee, juice, biscuits & raisins.
Contact Angela on 01993 823623 or email
forresterangel@welcome or me on 01993 822777 or email mirrymowbray@
Miranda Mowbray
WESTWELL
St Mary's
FUTURE EVENTS
Our Carol Service will be on Sunday 21stt December and at 4.00pm. Chris Fox
FILKINS VILLAGE SHOP
Opening Hours
Monday 3.00 to 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am to 12noon & 3.00 to 5.00pm Wednesday 2pm to 4pm
Thursday 9.00am to 12.00noon & 3.00 to 5.00pm
Friday 3.00 to 5.00pm
Saturday 9.00am to 1.00pm & 3.00 to 5.00pm
Sunday 3.00 to 5.00pm
Please note: we are opening on Wednesday afternoons for the next 2 months!
Volunteers
WE are always on the look out for new volunteers to come and join our friendly team. Typically working a 2-3 hour shift, you can sign up to do as many or as few as you wish. Its a great way of meeting people across all the villages and of contributing to this great community project in Filkins. Contact me on 01367 860095 for more information.
Ann Choyce
A VIEW FROM COUNTY HALL
Our County Councillor, Don Seale, reports on the South East Plan for Housing over the next twenty years...
SOME of you will be interested in the Government proposals for housing growth in the South East. There has been some confusion about the numbers as they have changed during the consultations which have taken place, and I hope to clarify as far as is possible what is afoot for the South East of England and in particular Oxfordshire over the next twenty years.
Why Does the Government Say We Need More Houses?
Before I go into the numbers it is useful to establish the reasons put forward by the
Government for the vast building programme they
hope to embark upon. They say that the overall housing numbers need to increase for economic, demographic and `housing need' reasons. In other words to compete in the world markets we need a well housed work force who
will supply the skills needed for the high tech industries in the South East of England, the numbers of people living here are increasing as people live longer and immigrants arrive and settle, and many family units split up as young people wish to set up in their own houses (whether married or not) and established couples split up.
How Many?
The numbers which follow are the minimum, which means that the Government can increase them if and when it considers it necessary. The rate of build in the South East is 33,125 a year giving 662,500 over the 20 years.
The allocation for Oxfordshire is 2760 each year giving a 20 year total of 55,200.for Oxfordshire, of which at least 40% must be affordable (the definition of affordable is based on selling price as defined by the local authority). The numbers for the twenty year period which have so far been allocated for each District in Oxfordshire are as follows
Cherwell 6400 Oxford 8000
South Oxfordshire 4000 Vale of the White Horse 10,250
West Oxfordshire 3800
The Government has stated that it expects an urban extension of Oxford into the Green Belt of 4000 houses probably at Grenoble Road
Should We Worry?
The County Council has concerns, some of which are,
The Green Belt: The principle that the Green Belt should not be built upon in significant numbers appears to be ignored.
Potential Disputes: The potential for building in the City of Oxford lies wholly within South Oxfordshire.
Transport: The transport impacts of the proposals are significant given that the `conditionality clause' which said that new development should not proceed until the local authorities were satisfied that necessary infrastructure would be provided has been deleted from the Plan.
Housing in the Right Place: More employment land will be released around Oxford which exacerbates the housing/jobs imbalance.
The Eco-Village: The Weston Otmoor Eco-Village appears not to be mentioned in the Plan therefore we are uncertain whether the numbers are part of, or in addition to, the numbers of houses proposed.
Finally, the Plan is due for further consultation by 24th October 2008 and is due for adoption in 2009. There will be reviews regarding employment issues, climate change, and the practicality of house building in an unfavorable economic climate.
Don Seale
BURFORD SCHOOL NEWS
The school is on its hols, but 'news' will return next term. Mary Alcock
WEST OX ARTS
West Ox Arts Gallery is on the first floor of Bampton Town Hall. The Gallery opening hours are: Tuesday - Saturday: 10.30am - 12.30pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm & Sunday: 2.00pm - 4.00pm. Tel: 01993 850137 or email: westoxarts@yahoo.co.uk.
Earthly Materials: 4th' to 26th October
AGROUP of nine artists from Oxford Printmakers Co-operative will be exhibiting striking and beautiful prints of landscapes, animals and architecture made by etching, collagraph, linocut, screenprint, lithography and monoprint. Including information from the artists about the materials they use in the creation of these original prints: the stones, metals, oils, pigments and cotton papers. This exhibition is part of the Oxfordshire Planet Earth Season.
FIRST HOWARD, NOW CLIVE
0 N Wednesday 8th October, at 2.00 pm, in Bradwell Village Hall (coffee 1.15 to 1.45 pm), The Cotswold Antiques Study Group will host a talk entitled: Ancient Egypt, showing that a thousand years before the Greeks, the ancient Egyptians were producing sculptures of amazing quality. The speaker will be Clive Barham Carter, M.A., member of the Egyptian Exploration Society.
Non-members are always welcome. For more information telephone the Membership Secretary on 01869 345332.
Ray Murray
CLASSICAL MUSIC ON YOUR DOORSTEP
J T'S a commonly held fallacy that lovers of `serious' music who live in these parts have to drive many miles to hear professional performances. Not so. The Lenthall Concerts have been putting on chamber music concerts of the highest standard for the past sixteen years, and the 2008/9 season kicks off with a concert by the Bochmann Quartet on 15th October at Burford School and Community College, Lenthall Concerts' home since they began. Five more concerts will follow at monthly intervals to complete the season.
The concerts are devised by the violinist Michael Bochmann, who as well as being the Concertmaster of the English Symphony Orchestra is leader of the Bochmann String Quartet, which enjoys a high reputation nationwide. Typically, the Quartet makes a couple of appearances in each season, and Michael appears in another concert, usually duetting with a similarly distinguished partner - this season he will be joined by the internationally renowned cellist Raphael Wallfisch. Other highlights will be the fourth visit of the Royal College of Music String Orchestra, and the first of a young German group called Klanglust (sounds a bit fierce, but it means Joy of Sound, approximately). A popular alternative to wall-to-wall music will be a return visit of the actor Gabriel Woolf, who will be presenting a programme of poetry and prose to commemorate the 150th anniversary of A E Housman, with the young tenor John Bacon singing some of the many settings of Housman's poems.
Never been to a Lenthall Concert? Not sure about chamber music? In common with all arts marketing best practice, we'll give first-timers a special taster offer of two tickets for the price of one. Just ring me on 01285 720154, or e-mail me at chrisyapp@. If you're hooked and want to become a member after your first concert, we'll refund your ticket money. Money back if not satisfied? Er, suppose so - we've never been asked.
Christopher Yapp
SO, TO RE-CAP...
THE opening Lenthall Concert features The Bochmann Quartet and Steve Warner (double bass) with a programme including works by Beethoven, Debussy and Dvorjak at Burford School from 7.30pm to about 9.45pm on Wednesday 15th October.
Tickets are £12 at the door, or £10 in advance from The Red Lion Bookshop, Burford (01993 822539), or contact our chairman and take up the offer of which he writes above.
MAPPING THE TERRITORY
Just like buses. No sooner does one poem come along mentioning Filkins and Broughton Poggs (AH Vernede's paeanto OxOxfordshire place-names in September's Parish Pump), then along comes another. This time a poem extolling the virtues of maps from Urula Fanthorpe, who was born in 1929, and afterwards Oxford scholar, Cheltenham Ladies College mistress, and variously hospital receptionist, secretary and poet. She is shown right giving a poetry reading in 2002.
On buying OS Sheet 163
I OWN all this. Not loutish acres
That tax the spirit, but the hawking
Eye's freehold, paper country.
Thirty two inches of aqueduct,
Windmill (disused), club house, embankment,
Public conveniences
In rural areas. This is my
Landlocked landscape that lives in cipher,
And is truer than walking.
Red and imperial, the Romans
Stride eastward. Mysterious, yellow,
The Salt Way halts and is gone.
Here, bigger than the hamlets they are,
Wild wayside syllables stand blooming:
Filkins, Lechlade, Broughton Poggs.
Here only I discard the umber
Reticulations of sad cities,
The pull and drag of mud.
Ursula A Fanthorpe
POTTERING IN THE POTTING SHED
HAVING resisted writing about wet weather, in the hope that there will be an improvement, it seems there is no hope. For that reason here are some ideas for a few things that will thrive in the soggiest conditions.
Gunnera, better known as `giant rhubarb', is a spectacular herbaceous plant, which is shown at its best as a specimen plant in a damp bog garden, or beside a large pond where the reflections reveal the prickly undersides of the leaves. The fat growth buds clustered in the crown are prone to frost damage, so pile the dead leaves and stems into a mound over the plants in autumn to provide winter protection.
Filipendula, is an attractive, spreading plant for damp soil and boggy areas. The large, deeply cut leaves are a fresh green and the flower spikes, which appear from early to mid-summer, are dark rose pink becoming paler with age. They look particularly good teamed with Gunnera.
Lysichiton, or 'yellow skunk cabbage' (left), is a hardy, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, originating in America. It is grown for its bright yellow spathes, which appear in spring. It makes a good plant for stream and pond edges, bog gardens or moist ground. The name comes from the smell of the flower, which is attractive to pollinating insects and is said to be like a combination of skunk, carrion and garlic. It is related to our native cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) but much bigger and more brightly coloured.
Caltha, is a small genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Common names include kingcup and marsh marigold. The name Caltha derives from the Greek for a cup (calyx), describing the open flowers. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 15-80 cm tall, in boggy ground.
Primula, is a genus of 400 to 500 species of low-growing herbs in the family Primulaceae. They include primrose, auricula, cowslip and oxlip. Many species are grown for their ornamental flowers. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, south into tropical mountains in Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Guinea, and in temperate southern South America. Perennial primulas bloom mostly during the spring. Their flowers are purple, yellow, red, pink, or white. Generally, they prefer filtered sunlight. Many species are adapted to alpine climates.The word primula is the Latin feminine diminutive of primus, meaning first (prime), applied to flowers that are among the first to open in spring.
Leptospermum scoparium (right), The `Manuka' or `tea tree' of New Zealand and Tasmania loves soggy, horrible sites where little else wants to grow. The redder flowered varieties are rather too tender for wet sites, but the vigorous white Tasmanian form, or some of the hardier pink forms from New Zealand, like `Chapmanii' and dwarf `Elizabeth Jane' are well suited.
Anne Greenwood
NATURE NOTES
After a nude dalliance in the churchyard, David tackles the serious threat to our horsechestnuts...
NAKED ladies are showing well in our churchyard! Although these were probably planted some years ago they do appear naturally in the wild but only in a few places. Otherwise known as, Meadow Saffron, autumn crocus or Colchicum Autumnale. The name naked ladies comes from the fact that they spring from the ground without leaves, just stems carrying mauve crocus like flowers, a member of the lily family. Large leaves come from the ground in the spring and later die away. The plants are poisonous due to the presence of Colchine and this is still used in the treatment of gout.
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Our horse chestnut trees are currently under siege from three fronts. For several years now we have been noticing the premature browning of the leaves on many trees and this has been caused by Cameria Ohridella the horse chestnut leaf miner which was first observed in Northern Greece in the late 1970's. In 1989 it appeared unexpectedly in Austria and has since spread throughout central and eastern Europe. It was first found established in the U.K. in the London Borough of Wimbledon in July 2002. Leaf miners with larvae were present in high densities on horse chestnut trees along the southern edge of Wimbledon Common and in nearby streets and gardens, which suggested that the first moths had arrived in either 2000 or 2001.
From this area of infestation the moth has spread rapidly and it is now present across most of south central England, East Anglia and the Midlands.
The rate of spread is 40 to 60 kilometres per year. Dispersal of the moth from infested areas occurs on a broad front through adult flight, assisted by the wind and through the passive transport of adult moths or infested leaves in or on cars and other vehicles. Transportation by vehicles appears to be responsible for the sudden appearance of the moth in towns and cities a long way from the known areas of infestation. Severely damaged leaves shrivel and turn brown and fall by late summer, well before the autumn season. There is no evidence so far that this causes the tree itself to die, as only the leaves are affected but the trees reduced photosynthetic ability may affect its growth during the growing season and they may fail to produce conkers.
Guinardia, or leaf blotch is one of the most common diseases, caused by the fungus guinardia aesculi. This disease can be mistaken for the leaf miner disease. It is recognisable by the reddish or dull brown irregular blotches that are often concentrated at the tips or margins of the infected leaves. The blotches are often outlined by a conspicuous yellow band. Again this disease only affects the leaves of the trees, reducing their photosynthetic ability and in both this case and the case of leaf miner the leaves need to be disposed of during the winter to limit its spread.
The third disease is horse chestnut bleeding canker which affects major branches and stems. These exhibit black tarry bleeding areas which may girdle the whole tree and eventually kill it. All major diseased branches need to be removed as they may suddenly fracture and drop as the wood dries out. There is no chemical treatment currently available. Affected trees may survive for many years as progression can be slow and sometimes cease. The Netherlands, Prance and Germany are also experiencing an upsurge in the disease.
David Roberts
WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DINNER?
This month the Fakir with the Fork [Have I done that one? If so, apologies all round. Ed] tackles the immensely satisfying topic of.. Grown-Up Puddings
BY `GROWN-UP' I mean alcoholic. And why not? It has been such a miserable summer I think we have every excuse to turn to drink and these two puddings are an excellent way of becoming gently squiffy. After a hearty main course either of these would make a lovely end to an autumn or winter supper. Both can be made well ahead of time and are easy to make.
Regular readers of my pieces for the Pump will have noticed a trend here. I don't do difficult `restaurant' food. My ideal recipes are simple to execute but, hopefully, taste as if I have spent hours slaving away in the kitchen. No choux pastry, sugar thermometers or last minute ministrations for me!
Grown-up Fruit Salad 21/2 pts port
4 oz caster sugar
1/2 vanilla pod, split lengthways
Strip of lemon zest
Twist of pepper
1 oz each of...
cherries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, redcurrants"
* Frozen fruit is fine for this. You should be able to get all the above at the supermarket but if not Millets Farm Shop sells an excellent assortment of individually frozen fruits. Obviously you can play
around with the proportions if you cannot find one or other type of fruit.
Bring the port, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest and pepper to the boil and reduce by half. Add fruit and cook gently for 5 minutes (don't boil or they will go mushy). Remove the vanilla pod and lemon zest when cool. Serve with cream. Serves 4-6.
Honey & Brandy Ice Cream
6 eggs, separated
1/2 pt clear honey
1/4 pt brandy
1 pt double cream
8 oz icing sugar
Beat the egg yolks until thick and pale. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Whip the cream to the firm peak stage. Beat the honey, brandy and sugar together until combined. Finally, fold the egg yolks, then cream, then egg whites into the honey mixture. Pour into a 3 pt container and freeze for 4 to 5 hours before serving. The ice cream will have a softer consistency than bought ice cream. Serves 10 +.
Angela Galione
LETTERS
Letters are welcome on any subject. Just email them, post them or drop them in to Parish Pump: all contact details are on the inside front cover of Parish Pump. Ed
Doorstep milk delivery
Many mourn the passing of another great British institution with the news that Roger Prew is giving up his doorstep milk delivery service. As someone who has bought more than 25000 pints of doorstep milk since we came to Filkins I heartily agree with these sentiments, and am sorry to see yet another stone kicked from Old England's wall...
Sir: I was born in Alvescot in the early sixties, and lived there until I was 20. I remember the daily milk delivery, and when the alternate day delivery started. Now Mr. Prew is stopping his delivery round and no one has taken it up.
A few of the more senior residents of our village are now retiring from committees and or moving away. It is sad to see this happen, and it seems as (thought it is accompanied by a few other endings around the village.
I However the circle of life' demands change and renewal. For the (relatively, for I still struggle with the thought of being middle aged) younger residents it is now our responsibility to take up the baton of responsibility and keep our community rolling.
I'm not suggesting that someone has to start a milk round. The village shop has very effectively helped replace that function already, but the apathy which might come after a tedious or frustrating committee meeting might lead one to wish to no longer be involved with some group or club.
However I for one do not want to be part of the generation who turned a prize winning village into another dormitory. I hope there are many more people who will be grateful for Mr. Prew's service and celebrate his :achievement, but we must look out for opportunities to keep our village invigorated.
Daniel Porter Filkins
Sir: Doorstep deliveries of milk have been a British tradition for decades, and this local trade has been provided by Roger Prew's family for generations.
It is therefore very sad to learn that, after delivering milk on our doorstep for t he past 21 years, in all weathers, including the floods of 2007, due to lack of demand, Mr. Prew can no longer continue to do so.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Prew and his Father, for providing us with delicious Cotswold milk for all this time; but really hope that residents will start placing their orders and help you keep this tradition going for many more years to come.
JE Wojciechowski & Family Black Bourton
Support those bells and country smells
The government has set up a system to allow those who feel strongly on an issue to register that interest...
Sir: I don't normally pass on links/emails that have been sent to me and I doubt that the government give a damn about the email petitions even though it was their own creation. However I have always been irritated by people moving to a village and then trying to silence the church bells or stopping cricket that has been played on the village green for 200 years etc, so the petition that the link below leads to struck a chord with me.
Andy Hoad Filkins
The on-line petition reads:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to introduce a green paper proposing ways, that, where complaints have been instigated by resident(s) against a long standing activity (for example, church bells, sports facility, local airfield and similar), and where residence has been taken up since the start of that activity (providing there has been no significant increase in activity), a presumption should be made to protect the continuation of that activity and reject such complaint.
TAILPIECE 1
A local publican in the benefice very recently received the. following CV with an application for a job...
Curriculum life
Name: Francesco
Last Name: Brucchietti
Been Born: To Rieti city, ITALY
The: 22/05/1966
Now resident in London in kings cross
PERSONAL DATES
Height:1.82
Weight: 85 Kg
Athletic Body
Hats: Black
Eyes: Black
SCHOLASTIC: Graduate from INDUSRIAL TECHNICAL INSTITUE in TELECOMMUNICATION
MARINE SCHOL: Graduate Captain of Marine Boat Military and member of the helicopters of Combat.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES.: ITALIAN 100%, SPANISH 100%, ENGLISH 500/o, FRANCH 40%.
WORKING EXPERIENCES: From 1984 to 1997 Officer of Marine the Boarded Soldier on Ship of the War of NATO. In 1991 have part to the First WAR of the PERSIAN GULF.
In 1997 I have finished the Military Services. And they are transferred to me in ROME going to work in the COFFEE SHOP of Family and beginning also like second job SECURITY STAFF in the NIGHT CLUBS of the Capital City. Working in the COFFEE SHOP I have learned the art of COFFEE. CAPPUCCINO and ESPRESSO. FRAPPUCCINO MOKA with Flowers, today task of having excellent acquaintance. To part the preparation of the Coffee, I have learned also of the TOASTING of the GRAIN of COFFEE. Perfect acquaintance of the Coffee MACHINE, marks FAEMA, SAN MARCO, GAGGIA automatic and seed automatic ASSEMBLY and
MAINTENANCE: In 2004 I have decided to transfer to me MEXICO in CANCUN CITY. Here I have opened my COFFE SHOP and ICE CREAM and MARTINI DRINK WINE and COULD FOOD.
Here I have develop to me acquaintance of the COFFEE Hot & could field learning the way to taste the Coffee in entrance halls you mail of the World and beginning also the job of BARMAN with COCKTAIL WINE and SNACK. Naturally the are occupied to me of the MANAGEMENT of the STORE and the STAFF. Task that this experience in Cancun has helped to develop me and to open my views in the World of the Job and I very feel a lot to it important in order to go in this field.
Given the numerous offer of the night life in CANCUN and the Strong more famous DISCO CLUBS presence night to the world I have continued to always Work in Staff of Security of the COCO BONGO and THE CITY Clubs. After Three Years of residence in ready CANCUN now they are to LONDON UK to insert to me in the World of the English Job. Carrying with me much will and acquaintance of various working truths.
I feel my self available and I offer for Every Job are extremely honest person and of civic responsibility with a lot it wants to work. They are available to begin the job immediately.
TAILPIECE 2
A BUSLOAD of politicians veered off the country lane and crashed into a barn. The farmer got off his tractor and went to investigate. He dug a hole and buried the politicians. A few days later, the local policeman saw the crashed bus and asked the farmer where all the politicians had gone.
The farmer told him he'd buried them. `Good heavens' said the policeman ` were they all dead?'
The old farmer replied, `Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how them crooked politicians lie.'
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