CASSINGTON& WORTON NEWS

June 2007 – Issue 360News and views from the parish of Cassington and Worton

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Cassington, Witney OX29 4DL, by the 20th of the month. We look forward to hearing from you.

From the teamOur splendid cover picture means we haveless space to tease you with what you mightfind in this month’s issue, so you will have toread it for yourselves.

One event not detailed inside is Bike Night.This year’s event is on Monday 25th June. If you are new to the village you won’t believeit until you see it for yourselves.

Also missing this month are Roy’s Ramblings.Roy is taking time out to recover from a littlesurgical intervention. We are assured he willbe rambling again very soon, and wish him afull and speedy recovery.

Have a great month.

CONGRATULATIONS!Eat your hearts out, Hello and OK magazines. We’ve hadthe wedding of the year to celebrate, right here in St Peter’s.

On the morning of Saturday 5 May, two great Cassington families came together when childhood friends Basil Bushnell and Janet Elgergracefully declared their vows before The Reverend Colin Sanders and a full church. And what a glorious gaggle of girls were there too towitness the day that Mrs Elger became Mrs Bushnell.

We’re sure that everyone in the village will want to join us in wishingthe happy couple many, many years of harmony and bliss.

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NEWS FROM THE PEWS OF ST PETER’SCHURCH, CASSINGTON

From the registers:

Baptism:29th April 2007 Hamish LINNELL

Wedding:5th May 2007 Basil BUSHNELL & Janet ELGER

Many church members attended the wedding of BasilBushnell and Janet Elger on 5th May. There was alsoa group of children and staff from St Peter’s School.We all wish Basil and Janet every happiness andblessings in their future together.

Mid Week home groups continue to meet twiceweekly as well as a prayer meeting in St Peter’sChurch at 1.30pm on Thursdays and 9.30am HolyCommunion on Tuesdays.

Benefice events have included Prayer and Visionevening in St Leonard’s Church, Eynsham and therewill be a camping weekend in June.

Please join us for supper - Wednesday July 18th at 7.30 pm

Come and enjoy an impromptu, out-door, contributory,free-of-charge supper at my home on Wednesday July18th at 7.30pm. Just pray for a fine evening, we haveenough room in the house if it is wet so do come.

Everyone is welcome. Let’s see some fresh faces as well asthose we know, even older daughters with mums, pleaselet us get to know more people who are our neighbours, itmakes life more pleasant. New people in the village - youwill find we are not a bad lot to get on with.

June Partridge The Mill House, Cassington.

Sorry, we are the south side of the A40, team up withsomeone, give one another a lift.

ST PETER’S DAY

SONGS OF PRAISE with Witney Town Band

on CASSINGTON VILLAGE GREEN

SUNDAY 1ST JULY 6PM Everyone welcome

New Music Group

A new music group has been formed in Freeland whichmeets on alternate Wednesday evenings from 7.45-9.45pm. We would like to invite intermediate to advancedstrings or woodwind players to join this friendly group.

The next meeting dates are 6th and 20th June and 4thJuly. Please telephone Wendy Marks on 01993 883379 oremail wendymarks@lineone.net if you are interested incoming along.

Great value wholefood buying opportunity

The Cassington Wholefoods buying group will be makinga purchase in early June, so if anybody’s interested inlooking at the catalogue they should contact Richard on731348.

There’s no obligation to purchase anything as we alreadymake the minimum order amount on our own, andthere’s no charge for deliveries or for being in the group –this opportunity is offered as a community service.

The groceries get delivered to Cassington so you’d justneed to pick them up from our home in Eynsham Road.

Richard Buckner

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St Peter’s Church

ST PETER’S CHURCH, CASSINGTON SERVICES JUNE 2007

Church Office: Eynsham Village Hall, Back Lane, Eynsham Mon–Thurs 9am–1pmTel: 01865 883362 email: stleonards_stpeters@yahoo.co.uk

Revd Morey Andrews: 45 Acre End Street, Eynsham, Oxon OX29 4PF Day off: FridayTel: 01865 881323 email: moreyandrews@onetel.com

Sunday 3 June

8am Holy Communion (BCP)Revd Roger Aston

10am All Age Worship

Sunday 10 June

10am Holy Communion & BaptismDeborah Lake

Sunday 17 June

8am Holy Communion (BCP)Revd Andrew Atherstone

10am Morning WorshipRevd Andrew Atherstone

Sunday 24 June

10am Holy Communion & ThanksgivingRevd Roger Aston

6pm Evening Prayer (BCP)Revd John Underwood

Midweek Holy Communion at 9.30am on Tuesdays

Young people join our worship for the first 15 minutes of the 10am service and then go to the school forSunday Club (3-10) and Soul Living (11+). We now also have a crèche for the under 3s.

(Except All Age Worship when everyone stays in church.)

At the moment in church we are looking at the first bookof the Bible, Genesis.

Many people think that Science and the Bible (andparticularly the creation) are in headlong conflict but inreality it’s not like that. At St Peter’s church we have threevery active and involved members who were, or are,teachers of Science who don’t hold their scientificbackground in conflict with the creation as portrayed inGenesis.

The creation stories in Genesis are more about Why andWho than How. More about our place in the universe andabout our relationship with God rather than how God putparticular atoms and molecules together to make livingthings.

Antagonists say; “Who was Cain’s wife” – “How could weall have a common ancestry back to Adam and Eve”.These questions make the authors or compilers of Genesisout to be fools which I’m sure that they were not – and thymiss the point. The scholars who wrote down theseaccounts were highly educated and intelligent people.Such obvious loop-holes and inconsistencies in thecreation stories of Genesis point, for me, to the conclusionthat Genesis is not intended to be a chronological, factual,

account of how God created the universe and everythingin it. The creation stories in Genesis are more pictures - orimages. They are pictures of why God made the universe,the earth, life and human beings.

“In the beginning God, created the heavens and the earth”.– God creates the sea and the sky, the dry land – the plantsand the animals. And God creates humankind. Wow!

The creation accounts in Genesis give us a poetic vision ofthe world as it was intended to be, God’s people in God’splace, under God’s rule & blessing. Repeatedly in thepassage, after His works of creation, we are told that Godsaw that it was good and after the completion of creationon the 6th day we are told that God saw it all and it wasvery good.

This is what chapter 1 of Genesis tells us. God createdeverything from the beginning, it’s His, and it was good.It’s God’s world – not ours. It was us, mankind, thatmucked up paradise. So much so that God himself had tocome, in the person of Jesus Christ to give us a way backto Himself – to forgive or past sins and give us a hope forthe future.

Rev’d Roger Aston

Would you Adam and Eve it?

parish notes

CASSINGTON PARISH COUNCIL Meeting held on 10 May 2007

(The draft notes below are subject to confirmation by the ParishCouncil on 5 June)

Councillors Clive Wilkinson (chair), Iwan Hughes and Olaf Rockattended, plus two members of the public, Cllrs Margaret Stevens andRichard Andrews (West Oxon) and the clerk Liz Bickley.

Election of Chair

Cllr Wilkinson was elected as Chair for the next year. The position ofvice-chair would be dealt with at the June meeting.

A new code of conduct for councillors had been launched by theStandards Board for England. The council decided to follow therecommendation of West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) toadopt it from 1 June.

Matters arising from the Meeting held on 4 April

Village Hall land registration: the Managing Trustees of the VillageHall were taking action on this.

The parish council had replied to a letter from South East EnglandRegional Assembly (SEERA): review of housing strategy (affordablehousing). The parish council had not replied to a letter from SEERAon review of land-won aggregates apportionment. The clerk hadspoken to Geoff Ives about Bike Night on 25 June and had contacted StJohn Ambulance and the police. The council agreed to donate £120 toSt John Ambulance, for their attendance.

Correspondence

Training sessions for the new Code of Conduct had been arranged byWODC and councillors agreed to attend.

An invitation to a reception had been received from RAF Brize Norton(5 July)

Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) Minerals Sites consultation– siteson Worton Farm and to the west of Cassington were proposed. Thecouncil would consider its response at the next meeting.

Oxon. Assoc. of Local Councils AGM would be held on 11 June.Nominations for Executive Committee were sought. Accident inVillage Hall – a solicitor’s letter had been received by the parish counciland passed to the Village Hall Management committee. AffordableHousing – new planning guidance was issued by WODC. KidlingtonLynx community bus – the service would no longer be available from 1July 2007. Oxon and Bucks Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust wasseeking members for the Foundation Trust. The Trust wants to recruitrepresentatives of its community, to consult e.g. when appointingGovernors. Oxon Playing Fields Assoc. Road show on 23 May at BrizeNorton – How to inspect play areas, funding, insurance /accidents etc.Other correspondence was circulated to councillors

Ditches, Drainage and Flooding

Flooding – Steve Long would start work on 14 May to improve theditch behind the Pavilion. WODC had been asked to help with thestagnant water problems in the vicinity of St Peter’s Close ditch.

Planning

Worton Farm, Yarnton: Extension of existing composting site toprovide for In-vessel Composting with reception building, bio filter,weighbridge, office, composting tunnels and earth bunding. By WortonFarms ltd OCC ref JOD/TO/8.1/4711/1. The council considered theimpact on the Green Belt, and the alternative sites which had beenlisted in the application. The council concluded that in this case they

had no objections: the need for the facility had been demonstrated andit had been shown to operate in other areas without causing nuisanceto neighbours.

20 The Green Cassington: Installation of three roof lights to the rearelevation. By Mr H Thomas (WODC Ref 07/0651/P/FP). The councilnoted that as custodian trustees of the village hall they wereneighbours, and potentially had a prejudicial interest. However WODChad advised that Standards Board advice was that parish councillors inthis position need not register an interest. Cllr Rock as managementtrustee left the room. The council had concerns about this planningapplication. The change of use from garage to accommodation couldaffect the character and quality of the buildings in the conservationarea and might set a precedent. In particular there were too manywindows.

There would be a planning consultation meeting on 24 May at 7 p.m.at Trelawn.

Finance

Cllr Rock declared a personal interest in one of the invoices and left theroom. The following bills were approved:

Rock and Co – trademark for Cassington Bike Night 100.00

C Hales –new doors for Bell Lane notice board 202.92

ORCC subscription 20.00

WODC Parish Council elections 2006 (admin charge, explained last year) 68.20

The clerk had issued a summary of the years’ finances. Cllr Wilkinsonproposed preparing the annual return and accounts for approval bythe council before passing to the internal auditor.

A Risk Assessment for the council had been circulated, and would beagreed at the next meeting.

Fidelity insurance (against employee fraud etc.) was an element of riskmanagement and an increase in the level of cover was agreed. It wasalso agreed that councillors should be included in the cover; thepremium would be adjusted next year.

Any Other Business

Maintenance

Pedestrian/cyclist safety at the A40 Cassington Turn junction – theclerk would chase this again via Cllr Chapman.

Road sweeping in Cassington was done by WODC on a Thursday,monthly. Any problems areas should be reported to the clerk. OCChad accepted responsibility for clearing the debris in St Peter’s Close

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after Thames Water had attended a burst water main. Mud on theroad should be reported to Police.

Traffic

Vehicle Activated Signs. Hanson had increased its offer of sharedfunding to £3000. St Peter’s School Travel Plan application for VASfunding was being considered by OCC.

Safer Roads Partnership had written to confirm that Cassington’srequest was still under consideration (they were looking at collisionhistory). If our site is accepted, speed enforcement would be donefrom a van or motorcycle.

Play Area

More bark was required. The clerk was finding out about grants.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Thursday 7 June 2007 in the VillageHall at 8.00 p.m.. All welcome!

Liz Bickley 01865 884496 clerk.cassington@tesco.net

(£6000 over 3 years) might help the Sports Club.

Playgroup (Vanessa Gregory) The Playgroup was doing well, with 19 children on roll and improvedfinances. Staff training was well underway. Fund-raising had beensuccessful. There were links with the community and a partnershipwith St. Peters school. A full report was passed to the clerk.

Village Hall Management Committee (John Hemingway’s report was read by Olaf Rock) A positive report was given. Total bookings raised close to £15000. Thehall had been repainted inside and out. Volunteers run the hall andoffers of help are welcome. A full report was passed to the clerk.

Parochial charities (Michael Linnell) The almshouses and thrift club are run by six trustees with combinedservice of nearly 200 years! New trustees will be needed in the futureand any offers would be welcome. The almshouses and their gardensare being maintained and improved, and the alms people seem toenjoy living there. Finances are healthy, with two large tracts offarmland in Freeland and Burleigh Lane. A savings club continues tobe supported. Any profits from external adverts placed in theCassington and Worton Newsletter are passed to the charities, which inturn passed £200 this year to the school swimming pool fund.

St Peter’s School (Jan MacDonald’s report was read by the clerk) There had been a number of changes with the departure of some longserving staff. In September the new Headteacher Sara Lawrence wouldjoin the school. The governors looked forward positively to the futureat St Peter’s, with new staff settling in and maintaining a stable andenriching environment for all. A full report was kept by the clerk.

St Peters Church (Rev. Roger Aston) Morey Andrews who was not well was wished a speedy recovery. Aswell as regular worship at St Peter’s, there was a crèche, youth workers,a car pool, Cassington Café, foundation governors at St Peter’s school,Lent lunches, Christian Aid, Songs of Praise. Repairs to the building ofSt Peter’s were supported by the Friends. A harvest supper for thewhole village was being planned.

Royal British Legion (Mike Randal’s report was read by Jack Evans)The RBL does fund-raising and work in the village. Younger bloodwould be welcome! You do not have to be ex-service. The £791 raisedin the Poppy collection was a record, and was supplemented withincome from work (grass cutting etc) in the village, to a grand total ofover £1400. This is used for the benefit of ex-service man and womenand their dependents in times of need. A full report was passed to theclerk.

Sports and Social Club (Adrian Gregory).The future was uncertain and Adrian planned to step down, althoughhe was happy to help a new committee. Please look out for AGM date.Insurance was a large expense – see comments about grants above(District /County Council reports). The football side had done well,being promoted to the premiership for the first time. Pete Bowermanwas thanked for his work. A report and accounts were passed to theclerk.

Women’s Institute (Sue Godfrey’s report was read by the clerk)The Women’s Institute had had a good year with an interesting andvaried programme/. There would be an open meeting in October –visitors welcome. A full report was kept by the clerk.

Clive Wilkinson thanked all for attending and reporting. Mike Linnellthanked the chairman and parish councillors and clerk for their work.

Liz BickleyClerk to Parish Council, 21/5/07

CASSINGTON PARISH ANNUAL MEETING

The annual parish meeting took place on 10 May 2007 at 7.30 p.m. inthe Village Hall. Clive Wilkinson, chairman of the parish council,welcomed everyone. Apologies were received from Kate Cropper, JohnHemingway, Sue Godfrey, Jan Macdonald, Morey Andrews and RoyPartridge.

The minutes of the annual meeting held on 11 May 2006 were issuedand agreed by those present to be a correct record of the meeting.

Reports from the following were given:

Police (Richard Conner)Recruitment /training was underway of two support officers forEynsham area. Details of their high visibility role and uniform weregiven. Incidents over the past year: 11 at industrial sites /quarry and 14in the village. PC Conner explained the legal position of minimotorbikes.

Parish Council (Clive Wilkinson)The work of the council was described and all those helping in villagelife thanked. A full report was passed to the clerk.

District Councillor (Margaret Stevens, France Pike, Richard Andrews)Cllr Stevens introduced new councillor Richard Andrews. Shereported on the district elections, budget and council tax, green wastecollection, new community sports hall at Bartholomew school openingin September 2007, mobile sports road shows, mobile theatre andmovies. She said that WODC was involved with resolving flooding andditch problems. Adrian Gregory said he had been unable to getfinancial help for the Sports and Social club from WODC, and CllrStevens offered to find out more.

County Councillor (Louise Chapman), Cllr Chapman reported on the recent proposal by Oxford City for aunitary council, which would have been costly; it had been rejected. Infuture, all councils had to work more closely together and with thevoluntary and private sectors. OCC had been judged Excellent by arecent independent inspection, especially in value for money, with £5mefficiency savings. Cllr Chapman said there was a focus on the frontline; shared services would save more money.

Speeding was clearly a problem in many villages including Cassingtonso she was pleased that there was progress towards getting VehicleActivated Signs. Funding for young people via the Chill Out fund

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Don’t get caught out if you’re organising an eventthis summer

Anyone organising an event in West Oxfordshire rangingfrom a fete to late-night disco or wedding is being urgedby the District Council to check whether they need alicence.

Temporary Event Notices (TENs) are required for eventswhere alcohol will be sold or where regulatedentertainment will be provided – such as a performanceof a play, live music or screening of a film.

The Council is encouraging everyone involved inorganising an event to find out in advance whether theyneed to apply for a TEN as failure to do so can result in afine up to £20,000, maximum imprisonment of 6 months,or both.

Applications for TENs cost £21 and should be made toWest Oxfordshire District Council.

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Local Rotary Club helps set up a new ‘First Responders Unit’ in North Oxford

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The evidence of other First Responder Units alreadyestablished in the UK has shown that this ability to attendso quickly can be the difference between life and death.Although a fairly new concept, these units have alreadysaved many hundreds of lives.

The Rotary Club of Oxford North are proud to have beenable to support in the establishing of this new Unit andare extremely grateful to the businesses and general publicwho have donated so generously towards this cause.

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Popular Swim or Play for £1 sessions will berunning again this May half term at Council-owned leisure centres in West Oxfordshire.

Swim for £1 will be available at Carterton LeisureCentre and The Windrush Leisure Centre, Witney,to young people under the age of 16 years.Chipping Norton Leisure Centre will be runningPlay for £1 on all racket sports for all ages duringthe week-long break, from Monday 28th May toSunday 3rd June.

The Windrush Leisure Centre will also run ‘CampWindrush’, from Tuesday to Friday during the halfterm break. The OFSTED-registered sessions offera variety of activities for children aged 5-12,including arts and crafts, roller-skating,trampolining and much more.

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Pre-School Music Group

We would like to start up a Salt Box music group in Septemberwhich would be held in Cassington Playgroup one afternoonduring term time from 2.00-2.45pm. This would be aimed at all pre-school children from babies to school age. Sessionswould cost £4.25 for the first child then a 20% discount isoffered for siblings (siblings under one year go free).

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Combining customer services

Refurbishment work to combine the Visitor InformationCentre in Witney with the Council’s Town Centre Shop isnow underway. The Visitor Information Centre, currentlylocated at 26A High Street, will move to the Council’sTown Centre Shop on Welch Way from 25th June 2007.

The Town Centre Shop provides information, assistanceand payment facilities on a range of services includinghousing and council tax benefit, concessionary travel,waste and recycling collections. It also houses a call centreanswering all calls to the council’s main switchboardnumber and many other dedicated lines.

Both local people and visitors use the Visitor InformationCentre’s services which include accommodation booking,events listings, Cotswolds area information, theatre andcoach ticket sales, souvenirs, map and guides.

All the refurbishment work at the Town Centre Shop willtake place outside opening hours to avoid any disruptionto customers.

Committee appeals for members

West Oxfordshire District Council is looking to appointtwo people to be members of the Panel which considersallowances for councillors.

Duties will include making recommendations to theCouncil regarding the allowances that should be payableto councillors. The appointment is on a rolling basis withthe term of office up until the end of March each year.The Panel has a key role to play in helping to ensure thatdemocracy in the District continues to be accountable.

Panel members can not be members of any localauthority. They should possess the relevant knowledge,skills and abilities that will enable them to make ameaningful contribution to the process.

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The closing date for the receipt of applications is Friday8th June 2007.

Cassington Women’s InstituteWe were welcomed by president Sue Godfrey to ourresolutions meeting on the 17th May in the village hall.After apologies were given, Margaret Partridge read theminutes. We made £210 at our jumble sale and Suethanked all those who made this such a success. Namesare now being taken for the Portsmouth outing on the16th August. It was noted that our youngest member,Anne Bishop’s daughter Nicole, won the children’sdecorated Easter egg for the up to 7 year olds at the Eastershowcase at Exeter Hall and got a mention in News andViews magazine. Sheila Nelson reported that she enjoyedher bursary course at Denman college. Jean Bailey saidshe was enjoying golf lessons at Southfield Golf coursewith the W.I. (six lessons for £35.)

Sue Godfrey presented flowers and a birthday cake toDaphne Russell to celebrate her special birthday andflowers were also presented to June Partridge to celebrateher special birthday in the near future. Happy Birthdaywas sung to them.

We then were told all about the resolution which this yearis that we urge the government to stop the closure ofcommunity hospitals and withdrawing services in someareas, it was voted for unanimously, after discussing thehealth service it was felt that it really is a shortage of fundsthat dictates many of the closures.

We then had a social time when we were asked to giveideas for speakers for the 2008 programme by Jane Cookand Margaret Partridge who are programme secretaries.

We then enjoyed a buffet supper and wine, Daphne’s cake(cooked by Sue Godfrey) was cut and very nice it wastoo!! The meeting ended 10pm.

Our next meeting will be on the 21st June in the villagehall when Anne Addyman will talk about ‘Kimonos’.

We wish our president Sue Godfrey a speedy recoveryafter her knee replacement in June and we will all bethinking of her. We’ll miss her at our meeting.

Ann Humphris (01865) 880983

CASSINGTON WI

Thursday 16 AugustDay trip to

PORTSMOUTHWe are organising a day trip to Portsmouth on

Thursday 16 August.

If you would like to join us we are taking bookings,the cost for non members will be £10. Further details

will follow next month but we advise you to bookearly to be sure of your seat.

Ring Jane Cook on 01865 881352 or Margaret Partridge on 01865 731253

State RegisteredPodiatrist (Chiropodist)Rebecca Tyrrell BSc Hons PGDip MChS (HPC Reg’d)Tel: 01993 880225

Specialist footcare in thecomfort of your own home

• All aspects of footcare

• Specialist advice

• Over 17 years experience

KLEENEZE YOUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS

MART & PAULINE

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CATALOGUEDELIVERED or if you know anyone who wouldlike to earn an extra income! £50 plus a week

plus bonuses, please give us a ring

Come and join our very successful team

01865 883931 / 07921126406or email: mp_1055@fsmail.net

CASSINGTON LEGEND COMPETITION

Don’t forget we are still looking for interesting legends,tales, sightings, hauntings and other occurrences to addto ‘The Map’.

For those who missed last months CAWN, ‘The Map’ is aproposed display for the entertainment and informationof visitors to our village, part funded by the cash prizefor our success in last years Oxfordshire Community ofthe Year competition.

In addition to useful information such as how to find thechurch, pubs or telephone box, we are hoping to includesites of historical interest - almost any occurrence of thepast 2000 years will qualify. Perhaps a previous occupantof your home entertained a fleeing royal? Maybe yourneighbour’s prize pumpkin was struck by lightening? Areyour hallways haunted by the ghost of a nun bricked-upbehind your fireplace? Just let us know ...

Entry to the competition signifies that the entrant agreesto conform to the rules as published last month.

Further information from Olaf Rock 01865 880389Please send entries to the competition or information ofinterest to olafrock@rockand.co.uk

THE CHEQUERS INNThe Chequers Inn, Cassington

A la carte and bar menusfor lunch (12 to 2.30) and evenings (6.30 to 9.30) seven days a week

Sunday Lunch £7.95 (12 to 3.00) with a free roast for children of 10 or under

Any pint of draught beer or lager £2.00Monday to Saturday 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Chequers Pie and a Pint only £7.5012 – 2 and 6.30 – 8.30 Monday to Friday

Quality en-suite rooms with breakfast also available

For information or reservations, please call 01865 882620

The UK’s First Ever Children’s Food Festival

14 and 15 July 2007, 10am - 6pmAbingdon Airfield, OxfordshireFree entry (£6 charge for car parking)

Children are invited to discover the wonders of foodand cooking at the UK’s first ever food festival createdespecially for them.

The Children’s Food Festival aims to transform youngpeople’s approach to food by celebrating food andcooking. Celebrity chefs Raymond Blanc and SophieGrigson are joint Patrons of the festival and they willbe giving cookery demonstrations along with PrueLeith, Antonio Carluccio, best selling children’s foodwriter Annabel Karmel and Nora Sands, from the TVprogramme, Jamie’s School Dinners.

As well as watching the pros, children will be able totaste all kinds of food and try out all kinds of hands-onactivities, including smoothie blending, chapati rollingand pizza tossing. Tastes from around the world will bethere to try, including Mexican, Thai, Egyptian andCaribbean, as well as local, organic and fairtradeproduce from the Farmers’ Market. And there will befarm animals, as requested by children themselves.

More information: www.childrensfoodfestival.co.uk

Here are two simple ideas which will help the St Peter’s School Association raise essentialfunds but which will cost you nothing.

Do you shop online?

If you do, you can reach many popular stores throughwww.schoolfunds.co.uk. All you need to do is log on,select the school you wish to support (St Peter’s SchoolCassington, please), then shop from over 350 top retailersincluding Amazon, Tesco, Toys-r-us, Comet, Staples, Next,John Lewis and many many more. Shopping through thesite will earn the school points which they can exchangefor educational equipment.

Do you have old mobile phones, inkjet and tonercartridges to recycle?

If you do, bring them into school and we can recycle themfor cash. Maybe your business just throws them away? We can get useful funds, and our recycling partner,EnviroStream International Ltd, will also donate a royaltyto the charity Sense, and to the National Confederation ofParent Teacher Associations.

Please join in and help the School, and encourage yourfriends and colleagues to do the same. It couldn’t beeasier. If you would like to know more, please ask.

Nicky Copelin, Chair of the SPSA.

what’s on?

Cassington Bookworms

Join us on Monday 9th July at 8pm at

the house of Margaret Bonfiglioli

(The Old Manor, Bell Lane, Cassington).

We are now reading David Golder by Irène

Némirovsky – this is her first book, completed

as she wished. We have chosen another book

by Irène Némirovsky as last month’s book, Suite Francais, was

published after the author’s death from an uncompleted draft.

Our next choice is by Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner,

and is called A Thousand Splendid Suns. This will probably be for

late August, if it is out in paperback by then.

For further information call 01865 880709

Longlands Summer Fete

Longlands Nursing Home will be holding their Summer Feteon Saturday 16th June 2007 from 2.00–4.00pm.

Stalls, raffle and tombola, and this year “Chrissie’s Owls”.Chrissie runs an owl rescue at Stonesfield and will bebringing some of her rescued birds and talking about them.

Please put this date in your diary and come and support us.

CASSINGTON WI THURSDAY 21st JUNE 7.45 pm

THE VILLAGE HALL

KimonosSpeaker: Anne Addyman

ALL WELCOME

Garden OpeningSaturday 23rd June 10am to 3 pmLong Leys, Leys Road, Cumnor OX2 9QG

A rare opportunity to visit one man’s dream garden inCumnor. Poet/writer James Fenton has spent the last17years creating a spectacular four acre garden fromwasteland. Come and see for yourself the marvellouswalled gardens, herbaceous borders, orchard, rosegarden, yew hedges and sweeping views to the Thames.4000 plant species from across the world make this anall year plants man’s garden but the scented roses reignsupreme in June.

(Leys Road begins at Cumnor Village Hall, follow theroad to the end for parking.)

The garden is opening in aid of the Oxon PotteryWorkshop for the Blind and Partially Sighted (OXPOTSRegistered Charity Number 1022559) New Kiln Appeal& Interface Uganda (Registered Charity Number1091419) which provides Plastic Surgery for burnvictims etc. with an entry fee of £5.00.

Saturday 23rd June 2007, 10.00 – 16.00

Gifts & Treats FairLangdale Hall, Witney

Many businesses will be present selling Gifts and Treats at fantastic prices!

Entrance is free and refreshments are available

Enquiries: Maxine Pridsam, t. 01993 703627e. max.pridsam@maxexposure-online.co.uk

Take a night time stroll through Oxford to support Sobell House Hospice Charityand Fox FM’s Help an Oxfordshire Child

Saturday 30th June – 10.30 pm start

Registration from 8.30 pm at St Edwards School,

Woodstock Road, Oxford

In aid of Sobell House and Help an Oxfordshire Child,the Oxford Moonlight Stroll will take you through nineand a half miles of the most historic streets inOxford, walked by a host of famous people fromCharles I to Roger Bannister and Stephen Hawking toRadiohead, as we celebrate Oxford’s 1000th birthday.

Look out for leaflets to register in advance, or contactthe Sobell House Hospice Charity. Entry costs £12and registered walkers will receive a limited editionOxford Moonlight Stroll T-shirt, refreshments and agoodie bag with a memento of the event. Also, as asponsorship incentive, anyone raising over £300 willbe entered into a draw to win a Fox FM Flying Foxhelicopter flight for two.

Garden Gallery 26th May – 12th AugustTudors Family friendly, hands-on exhibition

Treasures Gallery and Picture Gallery3rd March – 22nd SeptemberOxford in the 1950s Touring exhibition of photographs from theThomas Photographic Collection. A nostalgic look at leisure andlabour in the 1950s produced by the Oxfordshire Record Office.Also photographic equipment and memorabilia to take you backin time.

Children’s activitiesFree family drop-ins and Kids’ Club activities during school holidaysFor bookings and information telephone the museum on 01993 814115

Childrens’ Back Packs, Craft Cart, Trails and Gallery interactivesAvailable during Museum opening hours all year round FREE

Young Archaeologists Club Oxfordshire Branch for children aged 8-16 years. Monthly meetings either at the Museum or off-site for a widerange of activities. For a membership form or further information telephone 01993 814103

Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum - LectureWednesday 6th June 7.30pmStained Glass in OxfordJune OsborneLectures start at 7.30pm Visitors are welcome. Admission £2

The Museum Learning Centre(on the first floor of the Museum) Computers available for your own research or access to the internet

Archaeological FindsOn first Wednesday of each month Finds Liaison Officer,Charlotte Burrell will be in the Learning Centre from 2-4pm toidentify archaeological finds. Bring your finds in for her to see.Telephone in advance to confirm availability. 01993 811103

Museum Coffee Shop and gardenTea and coffee, light snacks and lunches. Tables on decking for use during warm weather.Lovely garden to relax in.

Museum opening hours Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 2-5pmClosed on Mondays

For bookings and information please telephone themuseum on 01993 811456

Bridewell Organic Gardens and Vineyard at Wilcote(situated between North Leigh and Finstock) will be openon Sunday 15th July and again on Sunday 9th Septemberfrom 2–5pm.

Tel: 01993 868445 for more information

Witness the largest re-enactment in the area for many years ...

The Battle of NewbridgeSaturday 21st - Sunday 22nd July11.00am to 6.00pm

Organised entirely by volunteers from KingstonBagpuize, Southmoor and Longworth to raise moneyfor desperately-needed new preschool premises in thevillage, The Battle of Newbridge, catering for up to5000 members of the public per day, is a weekend ofhistorical entertainment paying homage to events thattook place in 1644 when this was a strategicallyimportant river crossing.

Battle will commence on the banks of the Thames justa few miles away from Aston, with several hundredauthentically-dressed civil war soldiers, children’spuppet shows, funfair, craft marquee organised byMillets Farm, and more. The event opens at 11, andcosts £6 for adults and £4 for children.

See more at www.oxfordshire2007.co.uk/listings/showevent.asp?Event=239

Cassington Art Classes

Exhibition 2007Sunday 16th September

The Village HallWatch this space for further details

An illustrated talk on the English artist

Stanley Spencerby Anne Farncombe

Monday 16th July, 7.00 pmTHE VILLAGE HALL

ALL WELCOME

Cassington Playgroup have a spare

CRT monitor (It’s either 15 or 17 inch)

If anybody wants it, either collect it from Playgroup during open hours,

9 –11:30am, or contact

Richard Buckner on 731348

who can arrange to get it to you.

noticeboard

Pretty hand-made cards

In a variety of mediums using real pressedflowers, 3D images, painting on acetate,

paper flowers, ribbon and glitter etc.

Cards made for all ages.Special occasions and orders can be made.

Prices vary from approximately

£1.80 to £4.50.

Carol Baldwin, Silver Birches, Yarnton RoadCassington Oxon OX29 4DY

Tel. No. 01865 881454

E-mail:patrick.baldwin@talk21.com

Visit Cassington community web site ...www.cassington.info

Baby and toddler groupJoin us for a drink and a chat

Tuesdays

Lisa Tyler 880619for more information

HATE IRONING?THEN TAKE IT TO ELSIE @

15, ELMS ROAD, CASSINGTONTel. 01865 882168 for further details

BABYSITTING?ODD JOBS?

Call Johnny (17) or Lydie (15) Horgan01865 881480

noticeboard ...For local services, ‘for sale’ or similarnotices, please send copy (by email ifpossible) to the usual address.

Appropriate notices are FREE, but willonly be placed at our discretion.

Do you know there is a freeservice to Cassingtonresidents that will take you tothe doctors’ or hospital?

This is run by volunteers and isavailable by phoning:

Pam Turner 880492 or Pat Vereker 880693

Please give us as muchnotice as possible

Village Hall Bookings

For information and to book the Village Hall, contact:

Nicky CopelinThe New House, The Green, Cassington

Tel: 01865 881813Email: nickycopelin@aol.com

Village Dates for your diaryUnless shown, events are in the Village Hall

June 2007

Saturday 16 JuneLonglands Summer FeteLonglands Nursing Home

Thursday 21 June, 7.45pmCassington Women’s InstituteKimonos Speaker: Anne Addyman

Monday 25 JuneCassington Bike NightThe Green and almost everywhere

July 2007

Sunday 1st July, 6pmSongs of Praise with Witney Town BandThe Village Green

Monday 9 July, 8pmCassington BookwormsThe Old Manor

Monday 16 July, 7pmStanley SpencerAn illustrated talk by Anne Farncombe

Wednesday 18 July, 7.30pmContributory SupperThe Mill House (June Partridge’s)

Thursday 19 July, 7.45pmCassington Women’s InstituteImage Consultancy Speaker: Stephanie North

Tickets for films and shows from: Carolyn Hinton (01865 884458) Nicky Copelin (01865 881813)Amanda Fancourt (01865 880581)

DREAM STUDIOSDRAMA - DANCE - MUSIC

MASKS - SOUND RECORDINGVIDEO - SHOWS

PROFESSIONAL TUITIONAFFORDABLE FEES

AGES 6-14, ALL WELCOME

01865 880476 FOR DETAILSwww.dream-studios.co.uk

AVONCALLING

Hello! My name is Julie Perrin and I am Cassington’s Avon Lady!

If you would like a friendly and convenientdoor to door service for all your toiletries,

make-up and luxuries, please contact me anyweekday morning on 01865 881371 for your

free catalogue.

I will be pleased to add you to my round.

Julie Perrin, Red Lion

Fridge and Freezer for Sale

Under-counter fridge (no freezer compartment) £15

Small chest freezer 60x55x90cm £15

All clean & good working order

Tel 880757