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The Grapevine Magazine December 2002 Issue No 176
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League of Friends Watlington Hospital
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20th November 2002 Our Christmas Bring & Buy Coffee Morning was held on 20 November at the Old Rectory and was hosted by Paula Dormer, who organised the occasion. The event was well attended, not only by villagers but also their friends from South Weston, Aston Rowant, Watlington and beyond. Quite apart from the local cakes, scones and produce, we had several stalls selling Christmas gifts, jewellery, Tear Fund (products from the Third World) and candles. All this helped us to start to get the Christmas spirit going! The excellent morning, enjoyed by all, at the time of going to press has raised over £400 for St Margaret's Church with some further donations still to come in. I would like to thank Paula for hosting the event and the helpers, all those who gave items for the raffle and those who generously gave cakes, produce and other homecrafts. They all contributed to an excellent morning! Ian Orr-Ewing, Churchwarden
Oxford Historic Church Ride & Stride I would like to express my thanks to those who took part in the "Ride & Stride" on 14 September this year. The number of those braving the elements was somewhat down on the previous year, but the result was nevertheless encouraging. Our Riders & Striders raised £167.00 - half of which will be given directly to Lewknor Church. I would wish particularly to thank Joan Baxter, who raised £124.50. This was a splendid effort and shows what can be done!! I would also like to praise and thank Val Bunce and Adrian and Janet Black's children for a very good result. Elizabeth Orr-Ewing
The damp, dull weather of late certainly hasn't affected the spirit of the children and our dedicated staff (we hope!) Delicious warm soup has been made, a cake is in the offing and our Christmas plans are well under-way (including the first ever Krakatoa Christmas production!). Our first term at the Jubilee Hall has been a huge adventure - hopefully enjoyed by all! We have had quite a few new children and hope that they, and their parents, enjoy their time at Krakatoa. We will also be saying good-bye to Amy, Daniel, Thea, Ishbel and Josephine as they go off to "Big School" and wish them a wonderful and happy time there. Our fund raising evenings went very well - thanks to Lisa Cumming for organising a Body Shop evening - and to Sue Graham for hosting it. Thanks also to Mark and James from "The Theatre of Flowers" in Caversham for some wonderful ideas and demonstrating some seemingly simple, but exotic, flower arrangements - which we will all be trying to imitate! For information about Krakatoa (waiting lists, session times etc) please phone Penny on 01844 353727.
Barbara Mullins, and her helper, would like to thank all who gave so generously to the recent Poppy Appeal. The amount collected this year in Lewknor was £213.19 - a record amount. Well done.
League of Friends of the Watlington & District Community Hospital The League of Friends Committee, at a recent meeting, agreed that they would like to support the Watlington Charitable Trust in their aim to generate a 'Patients Fund' amounting to some £600K for the purpose of maintaining 2 beds for use by patients from Watlington and District at all times. We will be holding a Spring Fair on Saturday 8th March (10.30 - 3.30) in the Watlington Church Hall and all proceeds will go to the 'Patients Fund'. Please do make a note of this event in your 2003 diary and come along and support a very worthy cause. Some of you will be aware of the voluntary driver scheme at Chalgrove which relies on voluntary contributions and the League of friends have made a donation of £100 towards this valuable service to Chalgrove residents. If you have any enquiries do please contact either our Chairman: Ursula Clissold (01491 612361) or Secretary: Terry Bacon (01491 614332).
Members of the Parish Council have been delivering packs of Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Stamps to all the children in the parish. They are a gift from the Parish Council to commemorate this special year. If you have not yet received yours, please contact Caroline Hjorth on 352720. N.B. If you missed the School Bazaar this year you can still order Christmas Wreaths - phone Caroline, as above, about that too. You may have seen on the BBC last week about the Ridgeway Management Group trying to tackle the problem of 4 wheel drive vehicles wrecking the surface of the Ridgeway the whole length of the trail, including the stretch by Lewknor. Sadly the Management Group seems to think it necessary to carry out further 'assessments'. This, in the view of the National Trails Office and our Parish Council is irresponsible as it is obvious that unless the Ridgeway gets a chance to recover, the ability of walkers, cyclists and horse riders to use it will be lost forever. It is very important that we make sure our views are known so please write if you can to the address below. The management group are asking for comments by the end of the year. Write to:- Mr Furness, The National Trails Office, Cultural Services, Holton, X33 1QQ
Refuse Collection - Christmas/New Year In LEWKNOR and POSTCOMBE the collecting days will be unaltered over the Christmas period. LEWKNOR PARISH COUNCIL - DECEMBER MEETING This meeting will take place on December 9th at 6pm - a much earlier start, due to other events happening in the evening.
JUBILEE HALL MONDAYS 10.00 - 11.45 Starting Monday 13th January 2003 EVERYONE WELCOME FOR COFFEE AND A CHAT Further information from Lisa Cumming KB350290
From next April Travel Tokens will be available, for Lewknor residents, from Eileen Swell. Starting from April '03 the tokens will be available for both men and women over the age of 60. In the meantime anyone reaching the required age (men 65, women 60) can obtain their tokens by post from SODC. Contact Peter Jarmaine on 01491 823413 to arrange this.
TWO DATES FOR NEXT YEAR'S DIARY Brighten the winter months with two evenings of high quality entertainment:- The Heart of England Jazz Band SATURDAY 1st FEBRUARY at 8.00pm Kingston Blount Village Hall Tickets £7 - contact 01844 354942 The Heart of England Jazz Band comprises of six experienced musicians, most of whom are vocalists as well as instrumentalists. All have been playing jazz for many years with Midlands' leading bands, and most of them have played together for over ten years as members of the Arthur Brown Jazz Band. This is your chance to enjoy an evening with many favourite songs which will get more than just your toes tapping! Winter Sunshine SATURDAY 15th FEBRUARY at 7.30pm Jubilee Hall, Lewknor Tickets £5.00/£3.00 (conc.) Contact 01844 352622 INNER STATE THEATRE COMPANY Music, mirth and old chestnuts for a winter's evening. Guaranteed to brighten the dark nights, make you laugh and give you the chance to join in the music. Inner State's repetoire of songs stretches from the Edwardian era to 'skiffle' and beyond...so be prepared for anything! Suitable for Adults 15+
A Computer Course for Beginners is available at the Jubilee Hall, Lewknor but a minimum of eight people are needed before the course can be arranged. So far there are about five people interested. The course would run for five weeks (two hour sessions) in the New Year, possibly on Wednesday evenings. If you can help to make the numbers up phone Gill Bindoff on 01491 612663.
Your views make a difference There are five area forums in South Oxfordshire where local residents can get together with councillors from town and parish councils, the district and the county councils, and other public bodies to discuss issues of local concern. You are encouraged to attend these meetings and add your views to the discussions and a time is set aside where you can ask questions or raise your own matters of local concern. The meeting for the Thame area is on 13th January at Watlington Primary School. If you would like more information contact your Parish Clerk or Claire Pope at South Oxfordshire District Council. Claire can be contacted on 01491 823619 or emailed at claire.pope@southoxon.gov.uk
Thank you to those of you who responded to my appeal for help with delivering and Ads. etc. May we wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year - I'm sure Grapevine will go from strength to strength. Let's have lots of items for the February issue.
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