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Lewknor Parish Recreation Ground
We are delighted to be able to tell everyone that the lottery application for a grant to finish the hall has now been submitted - at last - and all of us involved with it have heaved a huge sigh of relief that it is finally in. The next stage will be a member of the lottery board 'phoning us to have a talk about the application and following that we should hear within two or three months whether we have won a grant. You might all add it to your list of prayers at night!!
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KRAKATOA
The glorious weather of the last few weeks has been put to good use at Krakatoa. We have been able really to enjoy the outside play area. Water play is very soothing and reassuring for the younger children as well as a valuable learning tool encouraging dexterity and early mathematics through pouring, measuring and comparing. The children however just think they are having great fun!
Their senses have been assailed in many ways - by tasting pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, smelling silage on a local walk, listening to stones, looking at their world and feeling earth as they planted runner beans to name but a few. It has been an enjoyable topic for this half of term.
We say Goodbye to Deacon Ashworth, Elisabeth Gowans and David Greensmith at the end of term and wish them all well at Lewknor School. As usual we will be able to keep in touch easily with our friends in their new life and watch their settling into school with pleasure.
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Correspondence
We have been asked if we would reprint in Grapevine the following letter:
To: The Chair, Lewknor Parish Council
From: David Picton-Turbervill
Crossways, Watlington Road, Lewknor
Oxford Tube Service at Lewknor
I was dismayed to read the article in Grapevine describing the Parish Council's intentions for Oxford Tube services at Lewknor.
The Oxford Tube is a remarkable facility for the residents of the parish, serving Oxford and London every twelve minutes throughout the day. It is widely used by many people in the parish of all ages, not least for the daily trip to school and to work. A move to Stokenchurch would be deeply unpopular and would result in a number of households having to run an additional, otherwise unnecessary, car - if they are able to do so.
I acknowledge the fact that the current arrangements are not ideal. However I feel very strongly that the Parish Council should be exploring every possible avenue in a positive and open-minded way, in a determined effort to keep this facility at Lewknor for the benefit of the parishioners. For a Parish Council to be striving to get rid of almost the last remaining public transport to serve Lewknor seems to me to be quite extraordinary."
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ANNUAL SHRUB SALE
Lewknor School
SATURDAY 8th APRIL
10am - 1pm
Homemade cakes and biscuits, refreshments and Dorling Kindersley stall
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Friends of Lewknor School
The Friends and Krakatoa raised an amazing £365 at the jumble sale last month. A big thank you to everyone who supported us, and for the fantastic cakes made by mums and pupils.
Do make a date on your calendar for our Shrub Sale on Saturday 8th April where we shall have large stocks of home grown and 'Cottage Garden Nurseries' plants and shrubs.
There will be a lot of homemade cakes and refreshments and our friendly DK lady, Joanna. She has told me that there will be some very special warehouse clearance offers on books and CD Roms.
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Icknield Community Education Centre
Love Lane, Watlington
Thank you to those people who responded to my last article about new tutors for the Centre starting in September 2000. We already have some interesting new ideas (and of course old favourites) for the programme, but we need more please! Training for tutors is available from Oxfordshire County council. Informal interviews for tutors are being held with me at Icknield Centre so if you are a potential tutor on Environmental/Natural History topics, Sugarcraft, Recorder Ensemble, Holly Wreaths for Christmas, Dance of any sort, Maths, Local History, Using your Microwave Cooker, Furniture Restoration, Feng Shui, Psychology or anything else, please get in touch.
We are looking for a volunteer driver to drive the minibus on Monday mornings to take a group of students to Radley for swimming. Potential helpers would need to be available from 10am to 12.45pm and would be able to go swimming free of charge! If we get more than one volunteer, a rota would mean that drivers would not have to be available every week. Please telephone if you would like to know more or think you can help.
Another plea for your outdated computer equipment to help the Centre. If you have access to a number of computers (486 or better) which are being upgraded for new models, please let me know.
Please ring or fax us on 01491 613004 or e-mail on icknieldcec@eclipse.co.uk We are anxious to serve the community and are always open to your ideas and suggestions.
Sheila Bruce, Head of Adult Education
ICKNIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 2000
In an attempt to try and avoid clashing with other parties, we are publishing the date of our party in good time!
The date for our Senior Citizens' Christmas party is: WEDNESDAY, DEC 13th 2000
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MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS
Postcombe, South Weston and Lewknor will be celebrating the Millennium with a week of fun and festivities from June 24th. Dates for your diaries follow below. There will be fun events for everyone, so start thinking about those fancy dress ideas now. Prizes for the best!! There will be a barn dance at an early hour so that the children can join in the fun, followed by a disco; fun and games at the Recreation Ground; celebrations at school; a concert and the flower festival to name but a few of the events.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday 13th May 7.30pm Classical guitar concert with refreshments at Stoke Talmage in aid of bell project and restoration fund.
(contact Chris and Yvonne Kemp)
Wednesday 17th May 8.00pm Lewknor Primary School. 'The History of the Icknield Way' in poem and prose - Tim Horton
Thursday 25th May 10.00am Coffee morning, The Old Fox, Lewknor in aid of Flower Fund
AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THE DATES FOR THE PARISH MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS:
Saturday 24th June to Sunday 2nd July 2000
Saturday 24th 5.30pm to 9.30pm Lewknor Parish Recreation Ground - Barn Dance and Barbecue followed by 9.30pm to 11.30pm Disco and Barbecue
Sunday 25th 2.30pm - Family Fancy Dress Parade from Lewknor School to the Recreation Ground. Prizes for the best entry. Followed by fun and games. Bring a picnic
Monday 26th 5pm to 6.30pm Lads and Lassies Football Fun. All former Lads and Lassies players are invited to join the Lads and Lassies for a Fun Night.
Tuesday 27th 2.30pm Tree Planting Ceremony - Lewknor School Millennium Tree 3pm Assembly at St Margaret's to bury Lewknor School Millennium Capsule.
Wednesday 28th 10am Krakatoa Millennium Bike Ride
Friday 30th 10am-3pm, 4pm-8pm Flower Festival, St Margaret's Church
Lewknor School Open Day and Millennium Celebration:
1.30pm-2.30pm - Millennium Celebration Country Dancing and Music
2.30pm-3pm Open half hour to look around the school
3pm-3.30pm Millennium Assembly, St Margaret's Church
3.30pm Teas in the new classroom
Saturday 1st July
10am to 7pm Church open for the Flower Festival. Afternoon Teas.
7.30pm Concert. The Close Shaves and The Wendlebury Winds at St Margaret's. £5 per ticket includes a glass of wine and nibbles. In aid of the Lych-gate Appeal.
Sunday 2nd July 10.30am Millennium Week Thanksgiving Service at St Margaret's. Preacher Cannon David Winter, former Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC.
St Margaret's open for the Flower Festival 11.30am to 8pm. Afternoon Teas.
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Mobile Skip Availability
SODC reports that the reaction to the recently introduced mobile skip facility has been favourable and the scheme will therefore be retained. Details of the availability of skips in the vicinity for the month of April are shown below.
1st 0800-0950 Chinnor, Mill Lane Car Pk
4th 1115-1400 Watlington, SODC Car Pk
5th 0800-1045 Adwell, Farmhouse Yard
6th 0800-1045 Shirburn, Portabello Farm
6th 1115-1400 Chinnor, Mill Lane Car Pk
12th 0800-1045 Adwell, Farmhouse Yard
15th 0800-0950 Watlington, SODC Car Pk
15th 1010-1200 Kingston Bl'nt Village Hall
19th 1115-1400 Watlington, SODC Car Pk
20th 0800-1045 Lewknor, Lambert Arms
28th 1115-1400 Shirburn, Model Farm
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GORGEOUS ORGANICS
Gorgeous Organics is a new local organic food box delivery service based in Chinnor and Towersey and run by two very ordinary Mums, Glen and Sue, who wanted good wholesome food for their families. We were aware of other organic delivery organisations but found that the Chinnor and Thame area was right at the edge of the delivery zones of the three nearest ones! We also both have allergic, food intolerant and sensitive children and that is really why we feel that organic food is right for us and may be right for a lot of other people too.
Glen's son Ryan has had severe problems with eczema and other allergies whilst my own son Philip, has a nut allergy and asthma. My younger daughter became manic with additives! The increasing advent of GM foods really brought things to a head for me because I realised that it wasn't enough for me to know that a food was genetically modified, I needed to know the gene with which it was modified, to see whether I needed to avoid the product. (I had anecdotal evidence of the use of a brazil nut gene in modified soya, that started to throw up allergies and I have to say that alarm bells rang).
For both Glen and I it was back to basics and here we are, with a small business (started January 2000), delivering boxes of organic fruit and vegetables, to homes in the Chinnor area and surrounds. At the moment we buy the boxes in from a supplier, ready packed, (one of the three suppliers mentioned above) and deliver on to your home. The boxes have a variety of seasonal produce, the majority of which is UK grown, and at least three items vary each week. At the moment fruit and salad stuff is imported but we wait in anticipation for the summer season!
We type a newsletter each fortnight and just try to give you snippets of information, recipes and ideas. We love receiving feedback and your own favourite recipes. A lot of people know an awful lot more than us about organics and GM food but we are learning fast and at the end of the day we believe in offering good value and a good customer service to all of our customers. We would love to pack our own boxes in the future and enable customers to choose their own bespoke order - it is certainly something to work towards. However, it is still quite fun having a selection of vegetables that has been chosen for you and cooking around your box of goodies for the week!
Most of our customers have set up a standing order for either weekly or fortnightly deliveries, or have trialled a box for a few weeks and then reviewed. Would you be interested in trying a delivery? Vegetables boxes are priced at £8.50 and £11.00, a mixed fruit and vegetable is priced at £16.00 and there is a fruit box at £8.50. All prices include a £1 delivery charge.
Please call either Glen or myself to have a chat or to place an order.
Glen - 01844 212459
Sue - 01844 354038
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