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Brize Norton Parish Council Newsletter |
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Newsletter. Here is the text from the December 2011 Newsletter Published here with permission of the Parish Council.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORTAs we approach Christmas it is once again good to see the contributions from a wide variety of activities in the Newsletter. Allotments and the Brize Norton Horticultural Show may remind us of summer; however the hardier gardeners will still be working on their plots with plans for even more and better produce for next year. The Brize Norton over 60's Club, Dance Club, Woman's Institute, Brownies and the various sporting activities all serve the village in their own way providing facilities for all ages. The primary school seems to go from strength to strength and the Parish Church remains the cornerstone of the village. I feel sure you would all join me in a vote of thanks to all who give so generously of their time in the organisation of all these activities to the benefit of the village. St Britius Church has a full programme of services and details of events are included in this Newsletter. There is also news on the Church Roof Appeal although progress will be held up by the "bat "breeding season. The "fund raising team" have been outstanding and the varieties of fund raising activities they have organised have shown their remarkable tenacity, endurance and originality. Congratulations to all the team, the structure of the church roof will be secure now for many years. The 2011 Poppy Appeal within the village has again set a new record, the public awareness of the Royal British Legion's activities no doubt heightened by the repatriations that are taking place within our community. It is difficult to express ones feelings or imagine how the relatives of these repatriated soldiers cope with the situation. What can be stated is that the relatives of the fallen have offered their thanks and gratitude for the very public demonstration of respect and sympathy at their tragic loss. Whether you stand at the Chequers or the Memorial Garden, Norton Way your presence is appreciated. On behalf of all Brize Norton Parish Councillors may we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year. Keith
REPATRIATIONSDetails of repatriations are usually received on a Monday. Notices will be displayed on the village notice boards at the earliest opportunity. Further details may be found on The Royal Marine Association web site and also the Oxfordshire County Council web site. Please note timings are always subject to change. REPATRIATION MEMORIAL BELL MARCH
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The approximate times of the march through Brize Norton are as follows:
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For additional details see the village notice boards.
| Thank you to all businesses and collectors
for helping in collecting for the Royal British Legion Poppy
appeal. The village total this year was £1,165.94, a
significant increase on last year. Thank you for all your
donations. Barbara Thorne |
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We have a new all-age service called the 'Light Zone' on the first and third Sundays of every month at 11am. It takes the best bits from our Family Service and our Café Church on the Shilton Park estate and puts them together in a church setting. It includes Sunday Club, their band, craft activities for the children who also participate with the reading, prayers and songs. It is informal, with refreshments served, and everyone is most welcome.
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Christmas ServicesOur Christmas Services start on Sunday 18 December with a Candlelit Carol Service at 6 pm. The nine lessons will be read by representatives of village organisations and all children are welcome to come dressed as shepherds, angels, wise men, people of Bethlehem, etc, for the nativity tableau. Please contact Carolyn Peach on 844102 for more details of the nativity tableau. Coffee and hot mince pies will be served after the service. Candlelit Midnight Mass will be at 11.30 pm on Xmas Eve (Saturday 24 December) and there will be a combined Family Service and Holy Communion at 9.15am on Christmas Day. James asks the children to bring a present that they have received with them to show! Our Christingle Service will be held on Sunday 5 February at 11 am when the children will decorate the oranges during the service. |
Thank you to everyone who contributed gifts and items for the recent
Samaritan's Purse Christmas shoe box appeal. We were able to send off 47
boxes.
James, Bill, Jo, the Churchwardens and members of the PCC wish everyone a very happy and peaceful Christmas.
The bat survey has been done and we cannot start on the roof until September 2012 when the bat maternity roosting season has finished. The tenders for the phase 1 work are now in and the contractor will soon be appointed.
Fund raising continues apace with a very successful sponsored 'Ride and Stride', Quiz Night at the Chequers, and Hippocampus evening. We await the outcome of our application to English Heritage for a grant for phase 2 (nave and porch).
Thank you to everyone, in particular to the Fund Raising Team, for their help and support with this project.
Please continue to support our forthcoming events:
Events to look out for in the New Year include a Safari Supper on Friday 3rd February and Pancake Supper on Tuesday 21st February in Elderbank Hall. Look out for other events still in the planning stage.
Our website for the roof fund is www.brizenorton.org.uk/stbritiusroof
We have enjoyed our speaker Martin Way on "The Cotswold wool trade",
our trip to Windsor and the meal at Wychwood golf club. We are looking
forward to our Christmas meal on 13 December at
The Trout, Lechlade.
Our future programme is as follows:
We are a small club for village residents. We meet 2.30pm - 4.30pm at 4
Squires Close.
A big THANK YOU to Benita, Connie and June for providing teas with home
made cakes.
We wish a Happy Christmas to you all.
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Did you know that your village Post Office provides all of the services listed below and lots more?
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We have an ageing cliental at present and would very much welcome young
parents to use our facilities. At a time when the post office network is
under considerable threat, we need all the support that we can get. We
need everybody using the post office in order to survive.
Michael your postmaster attends the Sports Pavilion on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9.30am and 12.30pm.
Thank you for your continued support.
Wishing everybody a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year.
Michael
A great class for all levels of Fitness.
Wednesday 8-9pm at the Elderbank Hall, Brize Norton.
Steph Hill (steph_fitness@hotmail.co.uk
07970831061)
Following on from the success of this year's show this is to let you know what categories there will be for 2012 so that you can get those seeds in early.
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Runner Beans Beetroot Carrot - Short Carrot - Long White Onion - from sets White Onion - from seed Red Onion - from sets Red Onion - from seed Garlic Potato - coloured Potato - white Parsnips Vegetable Marrow Cucumber Shallot - round Shallot - long Tomato Cherry Tomato Dwarf Beans Courgette Collection of 4 vegetables |
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Rose - specimen |
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Looking forward to the results in 2012.
Judy Gush
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With the summer well and truly over we have been enjoying our Tuesday evenings with some line dancing by Diane's School from Carterton. Some of us were brave enough to get up and have a go and certainly gave those watching a laugh at our attempts - not all good. But that aside, a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had. |
In September we were given a very interesting insight into the workings
underground in Buckingham Palace by a guy that had organised the
security of this part of the Palace. We learnt about the Post Office
that is fully working with a train that delivers up to 20,000 pieces of
mail each day, along with the stores that hold all the Queen's gifts
from other countries - a really interesting evening.
In October we had a Flower Arranging demonstration from the Carterton Flower Guild. They made three lovely arrangements, one of which was raffled and the other two were taken to the residential home on Shilton Park to be enjoyed by the resident's each day.
By the time this newsletter is delivered we will be looking forward to the New Year. In January we are having a General Knowledge Quiz; it would be great to see some other ladies in the village on that evening, Tuesday 10th January at 7.30 p.m. We will be making chocolates at our February meeting on Tuesday 14th. So, if you would like to join us, please just come along on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Elderbank Hall at 7.30p.m. We are a very friendly group of ladies and we would love to welcome more of you at our meetings.
Judy Gush
We are still dancing on Thursday evenings, 7.30-9.30pm in the Elderbank Hall. We dance to CD's and dance ballroom, Latin American and sequence dances. We have refreshments of tea and biscuits, with thanks to Mabel and Jean. We wish you all a Happy Christmas. For more information contact Joy on 01993 842373. |
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101 is the new number to contact the police on
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101 replaces 0845 8 505 505, although both numbers will run side by side until the end of March 2012.
Calls to 101 (from both landlines and mobile networks) cost 15 pence per call, no matter what time of day or duration.
101 can be used to report crime such as:
• If your car has been stolen
• If your property has been damaged
• Where you suspect drug use or dealing
• If you want to report a minor traffic collision
• If you want to provide information about crime
If an emergency please continue to use 999.
WitneyWe meet at Witney Leisure Centre at 10am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. There is no charge. We do two walks; one is 1-2 miles long, the other 2-3 miles. For more information contact Joy on 01993 842373.
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As always it has been a busy term at Brize Norton Primary School. At the start of the year we welcomed
fifteen new children into our Foundation Stage class and one
or two children into other year groups. Our ethos is to
ensure a sense of belonging, learning and succeeding. All of
our new children have been helped to settle into school by
our very caring community. They are working and playing very
well and have celebrated many successes already this year.
As well as welcoming new children we have had some staff
changes. This term we have welcomed Mrs Cox and Mrs Winter
to the teaching team and Miss Ferguson as a new teaching
assistant. The baby bug has gripped school over the last six
months with Mrs Barker, Mrs Rae and Mrs Challender all
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This term we have been working on an exciting whole school topic, 'Heroes'. The younger children have been learning all about people who help us and superheroes, while children in the older classes have been studying historical heroes and inspirational leaders.
This year all of our classes decided on a charity to support for the
year. They did this by researching different charities, presenting their
ideas to the class and then taking a vote. Class 1 are supporting
St John Ambulance, Class 2 - Just for James, Class 3 - Help for Heroes,
Year 5 - the Blue Cross and Year 6 - the Make a Wish Foundation. Each
term the classes decide and run a fundraising event.
This term we have also looked at the meaning of harvest, with a celebration in the church and donations taken to The Porch, in Oxford. We have also been learning about the importance of remembrance with each class preparing work and thoughts to be given at the memorial.
This term our School Council have been working hard to make our school a fantastic place to learn. We have developed a strong link with Church Cowley St James CE Primary School in Oxford. The School Councils have visited each other and are planning many events to help us learn from each other. Our Uganda link continues to grow and we are very excited by the news that David, the headteacher, will be visiting us in June.
The School Association continues to ensure that events are planned for children, families and the community, raising important money for the school at the same time. Forth coming events include:
As always you can keep up to date with all the exciting things we have been doing by visiting our school website at, http://www.bnschool.org
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Thank you to everyone who supported the pre-school at our recent shopping evening on Tuesday 22 November. Approximately £450 was raised for pre-school funds. Look out for posters advertising our Christmas events. Alex Skym |
| We meet on Monday evenings during school term time at the Elderbank Hall
from 6pm to 7.30pm. Brownies is for girls aged between 7 -10 years old. We have lots of fun, playing games, cooking, craft projects, singing, theme evenings, e.g. spooky party, and sometimes there are weekend activities. We also go away for weekends on Pack Holiday. We meet with other Brownies in the area and have trips out which have included the Cotswold wildlife park, swimming pool and the local pantomime. Come and join in the fun, anyone is welcome to come and visit for an evening. Contact Shirley Ingham, Brownie owl 01993 213075
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The allotments have mostly been well cultivated this year with many enjoying large crops especially root crops and potatoes etc despite the lack of rain.
Tony and Polly once again organised the barbeque although it wasn't as well supported this year, perhaps a different date might help.
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As the allotments are now fully worked the Parish Council has donated a shield for the 'Best kept allotment'. This year's winners were
A pumpkin and sunflower competition was organised this year with plants grown from a batch of seeds purchased for a small fee. The winners were as follows:
The weigh-in and presentation evening was held in the Masons Arms with live folk music. Thanks to Paul for organising this. Hopefully next year we can make it a bigger event and raise more money for the chosen charity. A total of £42 was raised for the Air Ambulance this year. The competition is open to all Brize Norton gardeners and allotment holders with seeds being available from Paul when the time comes. Look out for details in the next newsletter. Fred Bellenger |
We have a small charity in the village which pays out a small gift to
pensioners and widows (Brize Norton residents only) at Christmas. If you
haven't received a gift before and think you now qualify please let me
know before 10 December to be on this year's list.
Fred Bellenger, 1 Daubigny Mead 01993 841189
All entries for inclusion in the March 2012 issue should be received by the 15th February 2012
Chairman: Keith Glazier (843640) Vice-Chairman: Garry Griffin (841616)
Councillors: Fred Bellenger, Stuart Guest, James Gillies, Lindsay Meeks, Laurence Taylor
Clerk to the Council: Carolyn Peach, 52a Station Road, Brize Norton (844102)
Parish Representatives:-
Oxford County Council: Jim Couchman, Dovecot House, Langford (01367 860289).
WODC: Verena Hunt, 2 Rocky Banks, Brize Norton (841853)
Meetings held in the Pavilion, first Monday every month at 7.30 pm, all welcome to attend.
| Organisation | Contact | Telephone No. |
| The Church | Rev James Maddern | 844175 |
| The School | Mark Smith (Head) | 842488 |
| School Governors | Tracy Barnett | 850471 |
| Football Club | Fred Bellenger | 841189 |
| Ladies FC | Jenny McDowell | 07894 495500 |
| Cricket Club | Tim Gush | 846730 |
| Elderbank Hall | Diane Davies | 843430 |
| Horticultural Show | Judy Gush | 846730 |
| Women's Institute | Shelagh Chatterton | 843136 |
| Over 60's | Joy Douglas | 842373 |
| Open Gardens | Judy Gush | 843730 |
| Post 0ffice Sports Pavilion | Tues & Thurs 9:30-12:30 pm | |
| Police (Carterton) | Mon-Fri 9.30-12.30 & 13.00-15.30 | 101 |
The following table lists only the regular events. There will
be other bookings and readers should not assume that the hall is available without reference to Diane Davies (see below)
| Pre-school (3-5 years) | Mon - Fri | 9 am - 12 noon | Alex Skym | 07769617696 |
| Mon & Wed | 12.00 - 3 pm** | |||
| Brownies | Mondays | 6 pm - 7.30 pm | Barbara Thorne | 842013 |
| Badminton | Mondays | 9.00 - 10.30 pm | Mrs Claridge | 8431966 |
| West Oxfordshire Woodturning Assoc | 1st Tuesday in the month | 8.00-10.00pm | Andrew Tinsley | 832041 |
| Women's Institute | 2nd Tuesday in the month | 7.30 - 10 pm | Shelagh Chatterton | 8431366 |
| Rainbows | Wednesday | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Barbara Thorne | 842013 |
| Dancing Club | Thursdays | 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Joy Douglas | 842373 |
| Karate | Fridays | 6 pm - 7.30 pm | Matt Webb | 840890 |
| Judo Club | Saturdays | 9.30 - 11.30 am | Jonathan Gerrans | 01865 8843399 |
| 20:20:20 Zumba:Step:Tone |
Wednesday | 8 - 9 pm | Steph Hill | 07970831061 |
** Pre school opening hours
The Hall is available for Private Hire Contact:- Diane Davies on 843430
