December 2012/January 2013 - Watlington Parish Council
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<strong>Watlington</strong> • Pyrton • Shirburn<br />
<strong>December</strong>/<strong>January</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
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CHRISTMAS<br />
WREATH MAKING<br />
WORKSHOPS<br />
B<br />
C<br />
J<br />
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Contents<br />
St.Leonards<br />
p.26-27<br />
Pyrton p.13<br />
Methodists<br />
p.14-15<br />
Church services<br />
p.6-7<br />
News from Registers p.33<br />
Ministry Team p.5<br />
Editorial Team<br />
Editor…Pauline Verbe<br />
Sub Editor...Ozanna Duffy<br />
St.Leonard’s Church News<br />
Val Kearney<br />
Advertising Manager<br />
Helen Wiedemann<br />
Front Cover Designer<br />
Benji Wiedemann<br />
Printer Simon Williams<br />
From the Editor<br />
Dates for<br />
your diary<br />
Advent Service of readings and<br />
music 4pm Sunday 2nd <strong>December</strong><br />
Christmas childrens services p.28<br />
Christmas Carol Services p.29<br />
4 All Services p.19<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Christmas Fair 1st Dec p.18<br />
Christmas Tree Festival<br />
8th-23rd <strong>December</strong> p.56<br />
A note about our Cover Page - Our grateful thanks to Emily Cooling for<br />
allowing us to use a photo of one of her extraordinary and enchanting<br />
Lanterns featured in the Local schools and community groups’ magical<br />
Oxford Lantern Parade. We look forward to writing more about Emily, a<br />
professional Shirburn artist; her creative children’s workshops and much<br />
more – Her website is: www.kidsarts.co.uk<br />
THE EDITORIAL TEAM WISH ALL OUR READERS A PEACEFUL<br />
CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR<br />
Date for copy- Feb/March <strong>2013</strong> edition is 8th <strong>January</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
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The Minister Writes<br />
“It’s the lights that get me in the end. The candlelight bouncing off<br />
the oh-so-carefully polished glasses on the table; the dim amber<br />
glow from the oven that silhouettes the golden skin of the roasting<br />
bird; the shimmering string of lanterns I weave through the branches<br />
of the tree. That, and the carols that float from the radio or those I<br />
catch as I pass by the open doors of St Saviours.”<br />
So begins Nigel Slater’s Kitchen Diary entry for Dec 1st. In which<br />
he paints an evocative picture about the forthcoming season, about what’s to unfold and the<br />
delights ahead.<br />
Food is a hugely important part of our Christmas festivities, whether you’re a Goose or Turkey<br />
fan, even down to the smallest details of the stuffing – we want it to be perfect. That is only<br />
Human. But I know we have all had those Christmas’ that have been anything but perfect for<br />
one reason or another – please spare a thought for those that will struggle this Christmas and<br />
please support local food banks.<br />
This year I am staying at home, and my parents are coming down for a few days. Being a<br />
Minister means the traditions long held simply have to change to fit around services etc. And<br />
that is no bad thing – but it is different. And I have noticed that there is a whole group of my<br />
friends whose traditions are changing too. No longer are they continuing to do the Christmas<br />
things that they did as a child. Instead they are creating new traditions, new patterns, and new<br />
ways of being – as family circumstances change.<br />
At the Methodist Church in this year, we too have seen some change, amid the celebrations<br />
of our 200 years of worshipping history. But as we have looked back and celebrated what has<br />
been, we have been careful also to look forward, and to celebrate what God is unfolding now<br />
as well. And I would like to thank everyone, for being a part of our celebrations, and especially<br />
to the Congregation who have worked immensely hard at making it all happen.<br />
So I want to leave you with a question as you prepare for Christmas – what traditions<br />
are changing in your life? And what does that say about where you are in your walk with God?<br />
For in the midst of change the message of a small child who crept into the world<br />
begins to unfold, but in that birth, came the constancy of the love of God, that is our past, our<br />
present, and our future hope. May God bless you this Christmas. Adam<br />
Financial or health problems ? We may be able to help.<br />
We offer support to residents of the <strong>Parish</strong> of <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
suffering from financial hardship, sickness or disability.<br />
Contact us on 01491 613366, or via the Community<br />
Office at 1 Old School Place, <strong>Watlington</strong> OX49 5QH,<br />
or email trustees@watlingtonsupportfund.org.uk<br />
Registered Charity No. 241730<br />
www.watlingtonsupportfund.org.uk<br />
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England<br />
Church of<br />
England<br />
The Church<br />
Rector<br />
of<br />
England<br />
MINISTRY TEAM<br />
MINISTRY TEAM<br />
The Rector<br />
MINISTRY TEAM<br />
Associate Priest<br />
The Rector<br />
Associate Priest<br />
Assistant Associate Priest<br />
Assistant Associate Priest<br />
Church Wardens<br />
Assistant St. Leonard’s<br />
Priest<br />
Church Wardens<br />
Assistant St. Leonard’s<br />
Priest<br />
Church Wardens<br />
St. St. Mary’s<br />
Leonard’s<br />
St Mary’s Pyrton<br />
All St Leonards Saints Shirburn<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Mary’s Pyrton<br />
The All St Leonards<br />
Saints Rev Christopher<br />
Shirburn<br />
Idris <strong>Watlington</strong> Evans. The Rectory,<br />
Hill St Mary’s Road, Pyrton <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
OX49 The All Saints Rev 5AF<br />
Christopher<br />
Shirburn<br />
Idris Evans. The Rectory,<br />
The Hill Road, Rev Angie <strong>Watlington</strong> Paterson<br />
OX49 The Rev 5AF<br />
Christopher<br />
Idris Evans. The Rectory,<br />
The Hill Road, Rev Adam Angie <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
Clayton Paterson<br />
OX49 5AF<br />
Canon The Rev Tony Adam Angie Williamson<br />
Clayton Paterson<br />
Revd Canon The Rev Lucy Tony Adam Austin<br />
Williamson<br />
Clayton<br />
Mike Revd Canon Gardner<br />
Lucy Tony Austin<br />
Williamson<br />
Val Mike Revd Kearney<br />
Gardner<br />
Lucy Austin<br />
Jenny Val Mike Kearney<br />
Gardner Lockwood<br />
How to Contact<br />
(Day off Monday)<br />
01491 612494<br />
c.idris.evans@gmail.com<br />
(Day off Monday)<br />
01491 612494<br />
01491 c.idris.evans@gmail.com<br />
614033<br />
Angie.paterson@btinternet.com<br />
(Day off Monday)<br />
01491 612494<br />
01491 c.idris.evans@gmail.com<br />
612210<br />
614033<br />
adam@ajbc.fsnet.co.uk<br />
Angie.paterson@btinternet.com<br />
How to Contact<br />
01491 612210<br />
614033 612143<br />
adam@ajbc.fsnet.co.uk<br />
Angie.paterson@btinternet.com<br />
tony_williamson@lineone.net<br />
01491 07906 612210<br />
612143 684987<br />
adam@ajbc.fsnet.co.uk<br />
luciea48@gmail.com<br />
tony_williamson@lineone.net<br />
07906 01491 612111<br />
612143<br />
684987<br />
mike.gardner@pharm.ox.ac.uk<br />
luciea48@gmail.com<br />
tony_williamson@lineone.net<br />
01491 07906 612111<br />
684987 614543<br />
mike.gardner@pharm.ox.ac.uk<br />
luciea48@gmail.com<br />
valkearney@aol.com<br />
01491 612111<br />
613240 614543<br />
mike.gardner@pharm.ox.ac.uk<br />
Jennifer.lockwood@btinternet.com<br />
valkearney@aol.com<br />
St. St. Mary’s<br />
Leonard’s<br />
Jenny Val Kearney<br />
Lockwood<br />
01491 613240 614543<br />
Jennifer.lockwood@btinternet.com<br />
Methodist Church<br />
valkearney@aol.com<br />
St. Mary’s<br />
Jenny Lockwood<br />
01491 613240<br />
Rev’d Adam J Stevenson (Day off Friday)<br />
Methodist Church<br />
Jennifer.lockwood@btinternet.com<br />
01865 714163<br />
adam.stevenson@oxfordmethodists.org.uk<br />
Rev’d Adam J Stevenson<br />
(Day off Friday)<br />
Methodist Church Mr Phil Crockett<br />
01491 01865 612801 714163<br />
Littlefield, Christmas<br />
adam.stevenson@oxfordmethodists.org.uk<br />
Common, Rev’d Adam OX49 J Stevenson 4HR<br />
(Day off Friday)<br />
Mr Phil Crockett<br />
01491 01865 612801 714163<br />
Mrs Littlefield, Ann Caffari<br />
Christmas<br />
adam.stevenson@oxfordmethodists.org.uk<br />
01844 353732<br />
16Ashridge, Common, OX49 Chinnor,<br />
4HR<br />
OX39 Mr Phil 4JU<br />
Crockett<br />
01491 612801<br />
Mrs Littlefield, Ann Caffari<br />
Christmas<br />
01844 353732<br />
WEDDINGS IN THE METHODIST 16Ashridge, Common, CHURCH<br />
OX49 Chinnor,<br />
4HR<br />
If you wish to be married in OX39 the Methodist 4JU Church, please contact the Revd. Adam Stevenson<br />
Mrs Ann Caffari<br />
01844 353732<br />
WEDDINGS IN THE METHODIST 16Ashridge, CHURCH<br />
Chinnor,<br />
If you wish to be married in OX39 the Methodist 4JU<br />
Church, please contact the Revd. Adam Stevenson<br />
WEDDINGS IN THE METHODIST CHURCH<br />
If you wish to be married in the Methodist Church, please contact the Revd. Adam Stevenson<br />
If you wish to be married in the Methodist Church, 5<br />
please contact the Revd. Adam Stevenson
Services in St Leonard’s <strong>Watlington</strong>, St Mary’s Pyrton, The Methodist<br />
<strong>December</strong> 2nd (Advent Sunday)<br />
10.0am Eucharist with Hymns<br />
St Mary`s Church, Pyrton<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
4.00pm “A Service for The Beginning of Advent” St Leonard’s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
<strong>December</strong> 9th (Advent 2)<br />
8.30am Said Eucharist<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
10.0am Eucharist with Baptism<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
10.0am Village Service<br />
St Mary’s Church, Pyrton<br />
10.00am Sung Eucharist<br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
7.0pm Evening Praise St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
<strong>December</strong> 16th (Advent 3)<br />
10.0am Eucharist with Baptism<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
4.00pm Carol Service<br />
6.00pm Carol Service<br />
6.00pm Carol Service<br />
<strong>December</strong> 20th (Thursday)<br />
7.00pm TOWN Carol Service<br />
<strong>December</strong> 23rd (Advent 4)<br />
10.0am Mattins<br />
10.0am Crib Service<br />
11.0am “4 ALL” - CHRISTINGLE Service<br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
4.00pm Pub Carol Service<br />
<strong>December</strong> 24th (Christmas Eve)<br />
5.00pm Children’s Carol Service<br />
11.30pm Midnight Mass<br />
11.30pm Midnight Mass<br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Mary’s Church, Pyrton<br />
St Botolph’s Church, Swyncombe<br />
St Nicholas` Church, Britwell Salome<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Mary`s Church, Pyrton<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
The Chequers, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Mary’s Church, Pyrton<br />
St Botolph’s Church, Swyncombe<br />
St Leonard’s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
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Church, St Botolph’s Swyncombe & St Nicholas’ Britwell Salome<br />
<strong>December</strong> 25th (Christmas Day)<br />
8.30am Said Eucharist<br />
9.30am Eucharist with Carols<br />
10.00am Eucharist with Carols<br />
10.00am Eucharist with Carols<br />
10.30am Eucharist with Carols<br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
<strong>December</strong> 30th (Christmas 1)<br />
10.00am BENEFICE Sung Eucharist<br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
<strong>January</strong> 6th (The Epiphany)<br />
10.0am Eucharist with Hymns<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
11.0am Covenant Service JOINT Anglican<br />
and Methodist Congregations<br />
St Botolph’s Church, Swyncombe<br />
St Nicholas Church, Britwell Salome<br />
St Mary’s Church, Pyrton<br />
St Botolph’s Church, Swyncombe<br />
St Leonard’s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Mary`s Church, Pyrton<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> 13th (Baptism of Christ)<br />
8.30am Said Eucharist<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
10.0am Village Service<br />
St Mary`s Church, Pyrton<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
7.0pm Evening Praise St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> 20th (Epiphany 3)<br />
8.30am Said Eucharist<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
10.0am Village Service<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
St Mary`s Church, Pyrton<br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
St Nicholas` Church, Britwell Salome<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> 27th (Epiphany 4)<br />
10.0am Mattins<br />
St Mary`s Church, Pyrton<br />
10.0am Sung Eucharist<br />
St Botolph`s Church, Swyncombe<br />
11.0am “4 ALL” - The NEW All Age Service St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
11.00am Morning Worship<br />
The Methodist Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
7.00pm Evening Praise<br />
St Leonard`s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
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CONGRATULATIONS<br />
TO STANLEY & SARAH FARR – DIAMOND WEDDING CELEBRATIONS<br />
On 9th Dec 1952 Stanley Farr and Sarah Buckland were married at St.Leonard’s Church<br />
and some 60 years later they are still living a mere stones throw from that same church!<br />
After their marriage they lived in aptly named Love Lane with their next move to Webb’s<br />
Yard (now situated along the Cuxham Road) where they live comfortably and happily today.<br />
They have a Son (also named Stanley) and daughter Anita, four Grandchildren and a Great<br />
Grandson and although not quite sure what celebrations have been planned to mark this<br />
landmark occasion, I am positive they will enjoy every minute of their special Day.<br />
We wish Stanley and Sarah many more happy years together.<br />
Jane Ordish<br />
Progress of Water Feature<br />
in Memory of Anna Thomas<br />
Pete Hemmins responsible for the wonderful gardens at <strong>Watlington</strong>’s Sanctuary Care Home<br />
together with his colleague Doug (electrics) first of all constructed the foundations for the<br />
water feature. This then enabled our good friend and neighbour Paul Mercott to form the<br />
stone structure which brings us nearing completion of this lovely memorial to Anna Thomas.<br />
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the collection to make this feature possible and<br />
especially to Pete, Doug and Paul for all your hardwork in its construction. The Thomas<br />
family are so grateful to everyone and come Spring they hope to let you all know when the<br />
official opening will take place.<br />
Pauline Verbe on behalf of the Thomas family<br />
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WATLINGTON SURVEYED IN<br />
NATIONAL REPORT<br />
WATLINGTON is amongst the least deprived communities in the country ranking 612th out<br />
of 12,706 parishes surveyed by the Church Urban Fund.<br />
According to the report “Pensioner poverty and lone parenthood in <strong>Watlington</strong> are lower<br />
than average compared with other parishes in the country. Male life expectancy and<br />
qualification levels in this parish are higher than average compared with other parishes<br />
nationally. Child poverty and working age poverty in this parish are among the lowest in the<br />
country. Female life expectancy in this parish is among the highest nationally”.<br />
I don’t imagine many of us will be surprised by these findings. Most of us know how<br />
fortunate we are to live in <strong>Watlington</strong>.<br />
However within this encouraging assessment there are statistics that at the very least<br />
should start us thinking in more depth about the community that we live in.<br />
For instance the percentage of working age adults (aged 16-74) with no academic,<br />
vocational or professional qualifications came out at 21%, which is a much higher figure<br />
than I would have expected.<br />
Child poverty in <strong>Watlington</strong> while very small compared with some parishes in the country<br />
comes out at 6% which reminds us that within our community there are children and<br />
families that are finding life very tough.<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> is very fortunate in having some excellent organisations and charities that work<br />
very hard to assist those who are going through difficult times. The Church Urban Fund<br />
report gives us an opportunity to think again about the needs of <strong>Watlington</strong> and to give<br />
thought to whether there are people who are slipping through the net and who are suffering<br />
in silence behind closed doors.<br />
The report can also help us to look at other communities in Oxfordshire and throughout the<br />
country where the problems are substantially greater than they are in <strong>Watlington</strong>. Child<br />
poverty rises to a maximum of 65% in the country and people are literally dying a decade<br />
earlier in some areas than they are in <strong>Watlington</strong>.<br />
When our own lives are comfortable, it is easy to forget those whose lives are hard beyond<br />
our imagination. But are there things that we could be doing to lessen the hardship both<br />
in <strong>Watlington</strong> and elsewhere? Are there things that we can do to fulfil the Church Urban<br />
Fund’s aim of Tackling Poverty Together?<br />
The Church Urban Fund website: www.cuf.org.uk<br />
Information about <strong>Watlington</strong> can be found at: www.cuf.org.uk/270025-0<br />
Christopher Idris Evans<br />
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FILIPINO COMMUNITY CELEBRATE<br />
SPORTING SUCCESS<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong>’s thirty strong Filipino community and friends celebrated a recent sporting<br />
triumph with a victory party at the Town Hall.<br />
In their second anniversary year, <strong>Watlington</strong>’s basketball team “Top Gun” won the <strong>2012</strong><br />
Filcom Oxford Basketball Tournament.<br />
Top Gun team members include: Marco Lapuz, Richard Reyes, Resty Ciria,<br />
Rodel Deocera, Roger Deocadez, Reggie Ramos, Patric Castro.<br />
The Rector, The Revd Christopher Evans, went to the party to congratulate the team<br />
players and enjoyed the wonderful hospitality and delicious food of the Filipinos.<br />
Some Friday’s are a special day for Neil<br />
and Rita McLaughlan<br />
Many of you may know Neil and Rita as regulars at the Methodist Church. Rita is one of<br />
their church’s Friday Lunch Club team who once a month provide a delicious lunch for<br />
approx. 30 people- which is then followed by an epilogue.<br />
Rita has also written some delightful devotional booklets for older people. They offer a<br />
month’s supply of daily readings at a time. The front covers are inviting and the addition<br />
of large print most helpful. There is a Bible passage in full and then some thoughts by<br />
Rita for contemplation.<br />
Neil, around 11.00pm on Friday evenings, you’ll find him in Oxford city center. You might<br />
ask what is an 83 year old doing out at that time of night? Well, he is a Street Pastor. He<br />
started as a Street Angel in Watford some years ago and when he moved to <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
he made enquiries and found the Oxford Street Pastors.<br />
He attended a 12-week evening course and then a Saturday course on ‘Conflict<br />
Management’ excellently presented by a retired police officer. For 2 years now, he has<br />
worked in a team of four helping young people often drunk or into drugs, revellers,<br />
as well as down and outs. He feels concern for 17/18 year olds who go to clubs and<br />
become very merry. Working in pairs, the Pastors stay with these people until they are<br />
sober enough to go back into a club, onto a bus or into a taxi or in the case of the young<br />
girls wait with them until their parents pick them up. With down and outs the shelters are<br />
full by 11.30pm so they offer aluminium blankets and conversation, if requested.<br />
The Street Pastors have a professional camaraderie with the police, ambulance service<br />
and Shelter and their team leader knows all the contacts. Often the police officer<br />
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TRAIDCRAFT - Fighting poverty through Trade<br />
A Traidcraft stall selling Christmas Cards and Delightful small<br />
handmade Christmas Gifts will be in the High Street on<br />
Saturday 1st <strong>December</strong><br />
the day of the <strong>Watlington</strong> Traders Christmas Celebrations<br />
All Traidcraft good s are available at the Drop In Centre 26B High<br />
Street <strong>Watlington</strong> on Monday -Friday mornings.<br />
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present, known as a Bronze Sergeant, will call on them to go and stand with someone.<br />
Neil comments, ‘Frequently we are seen picking up glass from broken bottles – to avoid<br />
temptation for use as a weapon’.<br />
‘People do query what the church is doing our there?’ says Neil. ‘and ask why we are<br />
doing this? I reply it is the work of Christ on the streets. Sometimes people want more<br />
of an answer so I invite them to take a seat’. Neil says that with a little drink inside them,<br />
some of them are able to talk more freely about their worries or perplexities and get into<br />
a deep conversation but will only do this is they ask and offer any prayers if asked for<br />
that too. However one passer-by, a Catholic, fell to his knees and insisted on giving a<br />
confession to the group leader. It takes all sorts!<br />
Because these Pastors are from all walks of life and across the breadth of Christian belief,<br />
they enjoy meeting others and get to know them without preaching at each other. Neil<br />
claims that one girl walked out of a nightclub some years ago and disappeared. This was<br />
the catalyst for his interest. ‘We do get our hands dirty; we are not just sitting in pews! We<br />
are the practical side of Christianity as well as carrying water bottles, lollipops and flip flops<br />
as girls can’t walk in high heels and the threat of broken glass.’<br />
On one night two chaps were in conversation with Neil and his partner on theological<br />
arguments near a car. An immaculately, well-dressed, but drunk woman, came out of the<br />
shadows of a door. The chaps and this lady walked with them back to her club. At some<br />
point there was a change in attitude from the young men as they became aggressive and<br />
abusive. He says ‘my partner and I were concerned she didn’t know what she was doing<br />
and that they might take advantage of her. We stayed with her to protect her until she got<br />
back to the club’. Unfortunately, she was not allowed back into the club so they continued<br />
to stay with her until she was sober enough to get home.<br />
Asked how he’d like to see the Street Pastor service enhanced, he commented an<br />
opportunity to extend to a Saturday as well, and some cover for Christmas and New Year.<br />
But it needs enough people to help. There are plenty of opportunities for younger people to<br />
join in but he thinks they need the qualities of patience, endurance, and ability to be out in<br />
all weathers, understanding, and commitment as well as the ability to work in mixed aged<br />
teams. Just a breeze then!<br />
He does get a break in the middle, but at the end of the night the team meet up, discuss<br />
any issues and the team leader writes up a report to include their comments. At about 4am<br />
Neil heads home.<br />
His last comment is that ‘Sometimes everything happens at once, ‘God’s in charge and<br />
these people go on to the next link. We are not dealing with people who are the finished<br />
article, so we don’t want to be the weak link’.<br />
Ozanna Duffy<br />
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News from Pyrton<br />
As the first frosts of winter are approaching, we are relieved<br />
and pleased that the Stage 1 repairs on St Mary’s church<br />
have been completed. All of the external flintwork on the West<br />
wall has been reset and repointed and the internal wall replastered and painted. Whilst the<br />
scaffolding has been in place, close examination of the condition of the leaded West window<br />
showed that it too was in need of restoration, which is taking place as I write. Our thanks go to<br />
our architect, John Radice, and the contractors, Owlsworth IJP, for their excellent work. Plans<br />
are now being made for Stage 2 – restoration of the other walls during <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
We are now looking forward to Advent and Christmas. The Carol service takes place on<br />
Sunday <strong>December</strong> 16th at the earlier time of 4pm and will be followed by refreshments. The<br />
ever popular Children’s Candlelit Carols on Christmas Eve will take place at 5pm and Christmas<br />
Day Eucharist at 10am.<br />
Improvements at the Village Hall are continuing. New sound insulation panels have been fitted<br />
to improve the acoustics – the wooden floor had increased the amount of reverberation making<br />
it difficult for some people to hear clearly. Plans are being made to replace the curtains to<br />
reduce the reverberation even further. Hope fully this will allow everyone to enjoy functions in<br />
the Hall.<br />
After the extremely successful social events this summer and autumn – BBQ, Aunt Sally<br />
evening, Bingo Night and Harvest supper – plans have been drawn up for the next 12 months.<br />
There is a Quiz Night on November 2nd, Pub Nights with food on <strong>December</strong> 7th and February<br />
1st. We are delighted that the <strong>Watlington</strong> Band will once again be playing carols in the Village<br />
Hall on Monday <strong>December</strong> 17th at 7pm. Mulled wine, mince pies and sausage rolls provided.<br />
In <strong>January</strong>, following the success of last year’s Annual Dinner, this year’s will take place on<br />
Saturday 11th. Tickets cost £15 for a 2 course meal with drinks. Invitations will be sent out<br />
before Christmas. Places are limited to 54 so please book early – payment with reservation<br />
please.<br />
Pyrton PCC and the Village Hall committee wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy<br />
New Year and look forward to seeing you at some of the events.<br />
Jenny Lockwood<br />
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September was<br />
a busy month for<br />
us. First there<br />
were the Heritage<br />
Open days, and<br />
the Ride & Stride<br />
to raise money for<br />
historic churches in Oxfordshire. Since<br />
it was our 200th Anniversary we thought<br />
it would be appropriate if John Wesley<br />
could greet people when they visited<br />
the church, so we produced a full-size<br />
model of him preaching. We enquired<br />
as to how tall he was but nobody knew!<br />
In the end his height was decided by<br />
the size of the piece of plywood we had<br />
available! The first group he welcomed<br />
were from St.Leonard’ s Church, Chrissie<br />
and Jeremy Bell with friends Hazel & Flis.<br />
Later our Minister, Rev.Adam Stevenson,<br />
arrived having cycled from Wesley<br />
Memorial Church, Oxford visiting a dozen<br />
churches on the way.<br />
As a historical note John Wesley preached<br />
at least twice in <strong>Watlington</strong> in 1766 and<br />
1775, well before the present church was<br />
built in 1812.<br />
A fortnight later a past minister, Rev.<br />
Andy Bryer, and his wife Janet came to<br />
celebrate Harvest Festival with us. Andy<br />
is now very much in a rural area and<br />
farming and harvest and the problems of<br />
rural communities are very real to him.<br />
Many friends from the other churches in<br />
his old circuit joined us for the service<br />
and for the harvest lunch afterwards. As<br />
usual the centre of our harvest display<br />
was a cake made and decorated by Pat<br />
Bird. The cake, our gifts and the gifts from<br />
News from the Methodists<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Pre-school go to the Porch<br />
Steppin’ Stones Centre in Oxford. The<br />
Centre helps those in need by providing<br />
meals, advice, training and support and<br />
these are even more necessary at the<br />
present time.<br />
On the last Sunday of November our<br />
Bicentenary guest preacher will be Mrs.<br />
Ruby Beech, past Vice-President of the<br />
Methodist Conference and previously<br />
Assistant Serjeant at Arms in the House<br />
of Commons. We start on the run-up to<br />
Christmas with our Advent Studies on<br />
4,11 & 18 <strong>December</strong>. Then we shall be<br />
welcoming the churches in <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
when they join us for the <strong>Watlington</strong> Town<br />
Carol Service at 7.30pm on 20 <strong>December</strong>.<br />
Meanwhile we shall be preparing our entry<br />
for the Christmas Tree Festival, this year’s<br />
theme “Celebrations & Jubilations” is very<br />
appropriate for our Bicentenary.<br />
To finish off our Bicentenary Year we<br />
shall be welcoming Rev. Peter Hancock,<br />
Chair of the Northampton District. as our<br />
guest preacher on 23 <strong>December</strong>. We<br />
then look forward to <strong>2013</strong> and welcoming<br />
St.Leonard’s to our Covenant Service on<br />
6 <strong>January</strong> when we renew our covenant<br />
with God for the coming year.<br />
Our Lunch Clubs continue at 12.30 on the<br />
first Friday of each month to which all are<br />
welcome. As of Sunday 13 <strong>January</strong> we<br />
shall hold our services in our Community<br />
Room while we insulate the ceiling of the<br />
church and redecorate it: a challenging<br />
start for <strong>2013</strong> and the third century of our<br />
church!<br />
Phil Crockett<br />
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Forthcoming Methodist Services<br />
2 Dec 11am Mrs. Jennifer Thompson<br />
9 Dec 11am Rev. Adam Stevenson incl. Holy Communion<br />
16 Dec 11am Mr. Peter Honeyball<br />
23 Dec 11am Rev. Peter Hancock, Bicentenary Service<br />
25 Dec 11am Rev. Adam Stevenson, Christmas Day Family Service<br />
30 Dec 11am Dr. Neville Shepherd<br />
6 Jan 11am Rev. Adam Stevenson, Covenant Service incl. Holy<br />
Communion<br />
13 Jan 11am Mr. Paul Spray<br />
20 Jan 11am Dr. Julie Todd<br />
27 Jan 11am Dr. Alan Turner-Smith<br />
RIDGEWAY<br />
Venue: The Sports Pavilion, <strong>Watlington</strong> Recreation Ground<br />
Date: the 3rd Tuesday of every month<br />
Time: 2.30pm.<br />
Tea & biscuits served.<br />
We welcome all retired and semi-retired visitors who come to our monthly talks and<br />
encourage you to join us. Membership is £18.50 p.a. which also allows you to participate<br />
in our Group activities that include Walking, Reading, Outings, Antiques & collectibles,<br />
Heritage, Patchwork & quilting and our Lunch group<br />
Non-members can come to our monthly talks by paying £4.00 entrance..<br />
For more details contact Jacky Wagstaff<br />
Email jacky.wagstaff@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01491 613175<br />
PROGRAMME – <strong>2013</strong><br />
18th <strong>December</strong> at 2.30 pm<br />
Tony Brown will give<br />
A Victorian Magic Lantern Show to be followed by Christmas drinks and snacks.<br />
15th <strong>January</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Tim Horton will give an illustrated talk about Victorian <strong>Watlington</strong> its growth and decline,<br />
a subject close to all our hearts.<br />
19th February <strong>2013</strong><br />
Francine Blake will be talking about Crop Circles. How do they get here? Is it aliens or<br />
tractors? Or something completely different.<br />
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“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is<br />
progress: working together is success”. Henry Ford<br />
Once in a while, there is a photo that stops you in your tracks. This picture shows four people who have<br />
influenced many lives. From left to right:<br />
Henry Ford (1863-1947) was an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit experimented<br />
on internal combustion engines By 1908, Henry Ford realised his dream with the production of the<br />
Model T: reasonably price, reliable and efficient. By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model T’s.<br />
Ford’s continuous moving conveyor belt and mass production scheme reduced his costs undercutting<br />
his competitors. Ford’s became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. By 1925, Ford was<br />
producing 10,000 every 24 hours and by 1927 he had sold over 15 million Model T’s.<br />
Thomas Edison His first invention was the ‘tin foil phonograph’ that recorded and reproduced a telephone<br />
message using a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, and brought Edison to international fame. In 1913 he<br />
introduced the Kinetophone. It attempted to synchronize motion pictures with the phonograph cylinder<br />
sound.<br />
But Thomas Edison’s greatest challenge was the incandescant electric light. He didn’t invent it, but he<br />
improved a 50 year-old idea. In 1879, he was able to produce a reliable, long-lasting source of light. He<br />
made it safe, practical and economic. His vision brought us: light bulbs, fuses, insulating materials, on-off<br />
switches and once tested, Edison created the electric industry and made his millions. Street lighting and<br />
power stations followed and by l890 power demand was worldwide. His company Edison General Electric,<br />
later dropped his name and in1892 became General Electric.<br />
Warren G Harding was born in Ohio in 1865. As a young man, he brought a nearly bankrupt newspaper,<br />
the ‘Marion Star’ back to life. His even-handed reporting made him popular with Ohio politicians, important<br />
businesses and charitable enterprises. Harding went from a seat in the Ohio State Senate, to a US<br />
Republican senator and then in 1920, he became the 29th President and the first President to ride in a car<br />
to his inauguration (a Ford of course!).<br />
Once in office, Harding admitted to his close friends that the job was beyond him. But during his time,<br />
homes were built, car and radio ownership escalated, businesses offered antiunion drives e.g. paid<br />
holidays, cheap lunch, pensions - if they left, or did not join, ‘Labor’; and oil markets were secured in Iraq<br />
and Iran. Ignoring prohibition, Harding’s lifestyle came into question although he was never linked to any<br />
crooked deals.<br />
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In 1923 while touring America, suffered ptomaine poisoning and died from a heart attack. His wife was<br />
rumoured to have poisoned him to save him from any charges of corruption. Historians regard Harding as<br />
the worst president.<br />
Harvey Samuel Firestone born in 1868, in Ohio, started work in a buggy company. It folded, so he set<br />
up his own business selling rubber tyres. In 1896 he gave a set of rubber tyres to Henry Ford who was<br />
experimenting with horseless carriages. By 1900, Firestone realised cars were the future and his tyre<br />
business must grow with it.<br />
At 31, he founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. He pioneered the manufacture of pneumatic<br />
tyres for the Ford Model T. and by 1906 his sales reached $1million propelling Firestone to the top of<br />
the American tyre industry. He developed new treads, promoted the use of trucks for hauling freight and<br />
lobbied for the construction of vast highway systems.<br />
In 1926, in protest over the British-held monopoly over production of raw rubber held by Far East rubber<br />
growers, Firestone started his own rubber plantations in Liberia, West Africa. He was president of the<br />
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company until 1932, with sales of over $100 million at the time of his death in<br />
1938.<br />
Without all four of these men’s visions we might not have had paid holidays, driven to collect the turkey<br />
hopefully without a puncture or lit up the Christmas tree.<br />
Seasonal Greetings Ozanna<br />
NewsWATCH<br />
The <strong>Watlington</strong> & Chalgrove<br />
GP Practice Newsletter<br />
News from Your Surgeries!<br />
Email us at: wat.chal@nhs.net Oct <strong>2012</strong><br />
In the latest full version of our Newsletter the following topics are covered.<br />
The Patient Survey <strong>2012</strong>, Flu Jab Campaign <strong>2012</strong>, On-line appointment booking,<br />
Missed doctors appointments!, The new 111 telephone number, Gluten free products<br />
prescribing.<br />
If you would like to find out more about any or all of the above,<br />
the full version of the newsletter is available on our website at<br />
www.watlington-surgeries.nhs.uk/patient-group/newsletters<br />
Alternatively, hard copies are available at the two surgeries and in many local outlets.<br />
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<strong>Watlington</strong> Town Christmas Fair<br />
1st <strong>December</strong><br />
A great way to kick off the Christmas season festivities<br />
The <strong>Watlington</strong> Business Association is pleased to announce that once again we will be<br />
running the highly popular <strong>Watlington</strong> Town Christmas Fair. There will be something for<br />
all the family with stalls along the High Street, sleigh rides, craft fair, music from local<br />
groups, Calnan’s famous BBQ, community group stalls, and of course, Father Christmas<br />
will be arriving on his sleigh! New for this year is a fabulous food fair, chuck the turkey<br />
and pupils from <strong>Watlington</strong> Primary School and Ickneild College will be performing.<br />
As in previous years we will be running a Grand prize Draw with some fabulous prizes<br />
that are worth winning. Look out for tickets that will be posted through your door at the<br />
beginning of November. Stubs and money can be dropped off at the Post Office.<br />
Final arrangements are still being made so watch out for further announcements and put<br />
the date in your diary for what promises to be a great day out, and a chance to get the<br />
Christmas shopping off to a flying start. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook: www.<br />
facebook.com/<strong>Watlington</strong>TownChristmasFair<br />
Anyone wishing to take a stall either on the High Street or in the Craft Fair please contact<br />
Linda Morriss on 01491 613396 or email: Linda.morriss1@btinternet.com<br />
CONGRATULATIONS TO BARBARA WILLIAMSON<br />
Barbara Williamson’s sterling contribution to St Leonard’s Church, <strong>Watlington</strong> and to<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> itself was recognized at a service at Dorchester Abbey on September 30th.<br />
The Bishop of Dorchester, The Rt Revd. Colin Fletcher OBE, admitted Barbara into the<br />
Fellowship of St Birinus.<br />
Bishop Colin founded the Fellowship in 2009 as a way of acknowledging exceptional<br />
service at a parochial or benefice or deanery level including outstanding service as a<br />
church member in the wider community.<br />
The ceremony took place in the abbey after a wonderful tea reception and a beautiful<br />
service of Evensong. Barbara and other recipients were then welcomed into the<br />
Fellowship and presented with certificates by the Bishop.<br />
Barbara was accompanied at the ceremony by her husband Tony and also by her guests,<br />
Doreen Hobbs, Janice Measures and myself. We all watched with pleasure as Bishop<br />
Colin presented Barbara with her certificate.<br />
Christopher Idris Evans - Rector<br />
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WATLINGTON WI<br />
Have you thought about joining the 21st century WI and if<br />
not, why not?<br />
<strong>2013</strong> is <strong>Watlington</strong>’s 80th Anniversary Year<br />
And we would love to welcome more New Members on Board<br />
• What do we do?<br />
• What are our Ideas for getting women’s voices heard?<br />
• How can we make this Your kind of WI ?<br />
Why not come along and see what we have to offer?<br />
Allow us to evolve around your ideas and input<br />
The WI is made up of young working girls, mothers, professional women, and<br />
retired ladies from all walks of life, which makes for diversity and covers a broad<br />
spectrum of interests. Meanwhile, as we come to the end of our varied and<br />
interesting <strong>2012</strong> programme we are looking forward to our party and would like to<br />
wish a Happy Christmas to one and all.<br />
Next Meetings:<br />
Dec 12th Christmas meeting with carols, finger food and glass of wine<br />
Jan 9th <strong>2013</strong> Speaker: Joanna Cary<br />
Work & History of The ACWW (Associated Country Women of the World) -Water<br />
Project in 3rd world countries<br />
Venue : <strong>Watlington</strong> Town Hall<br />
Date : second Wednesday of the month<br />
Time: 7.30-9.30pm<br />
Contact Ronnie Roper: 01491 612675<br />
Please leave your details on her answaphone so she can return your call.<br />
What is special about the<br />
4th Sunday of the month?<br />
The morning service at st.Leonard’s on the<br />
4th Sunday of each month is rather different<br />
from other Sundays.<br />
How different?<br />
Why don’t you come and find out?<br />
11.00am at St. Leonard’s Church on<br />
Dec 23rd – Christingle<br />
Jan 27th The NEW ALL AGE service<br />
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Adam Clayton in Shropshire<br />
The bells pealed, the congregation gathered from surrounding parishes and the clergy<br />
flocked, headed by the Bishop of Lichfield, to celebrate the new Ministry and the<br />
Licensing and Installation of The Reverend Adam Clayton as Priest-in-Charge of the<br />
parishes of Myddle, Broughton, Newton and Loppington with Burlton.<br />
As will be known, Adam has recently left our local Benefice of Icknield to take up his first<br />
stipendiary post in Shropshire, about a dozen miles from Shrewsbury. The parishes<br />
within his benefice are about as close as you can get to Wales without actually leaving<br />
England. A move from one beautiful part of the English countryside to another, albeit, a<br />
good deal wetter!<br />
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The service was held at St Michael and All Angels Church,<br />
Loppington, a building which pre-dates our St Botolph’s by about 50 years. Amongst<br />
those gathered were our Rector, Christopher, and three others from <strong>Watlington</strong> and<br />
three more from Swyncombe - all there to wish Adam and Jo well in their new domain.<br />
The Bible Reading was the story of Jesus showing to his disciples how they could<br />
become “fishers of men” and it was upon this theme that the Bishop of Lichfield based<br />
his sermon in a straightforward and amusing way. Nobody fluffed their lines and the<br />
service was a great success. Afterwards, we all trooped to the nearby village hall to<br />
attack the spread of home-made sandwiches, biscuits and cakes.<br />
Oxfordshire’s loss is Shropshire’s gain. We wish Adam and his<br />
family success in their new challenge.<br />
John Bayford<br />
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The Picnic Hamper’s New Cafe<br />
Christmas Menu<br />
10th -14th <strong>December</strong> 12.00pm - 1.30pm<br />
Homemade Carrot & Coriander Soup<br />
Homemade Chicken liver pate served with side salad & Melba toast.<br />
xxxx<br />
Traditional Roast Turkey served with the trimmings.<br />
Sliced Roasted Rib of Beef served Yorkshire pudding.<br />
Cranberry & chestnut Stuffed Mushroom wellington.<br />
Brussel Spouts Sliced Carrots peas & Roast potatoes & gravy.<br />
xxxx<br />
Traditional Christmas pudding with custard<br />
Homemade lemon Cheesecake with cream.<br />
£15.95 per person<br />
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FUNDRAISING IN MEMORY<br />
OF PHILLIP BOWDEN<br />
The death of Phillip Bowden from <strong>Watlington</strong> on September<br />
30th <strong>2012</strong> at the age of only 29 has brought it home forcibly that<br />
cancer is no respecter of age. Cancer is the major cause of<br />
death in the UK and most people will know someone – perhaps a<br />
close relative or friend -who is suffering or has suffered from the<br />
illness.<br />
Friends and relatives of Phillip<br />
have been fundraising for Cancer<br />
Research UK whose vision statement<br />
is for “leading pioneering, life-saving<br />
research to bring forward the day<br />
when all cancers are cured”<br />
Just a few days after Phillip died.<br />
Michael Spicer, from <strong>Watlington</strong>, a<br />
very good friend of Phillip, raised<br />
£1000 for Cancer Research UK by doing a sponsored parachute<br />
jump at Chiltern Park Aerodrome.<br />
Michael and Dawn, like all of us, have<br />
other relatives and friends who have<br />
died or are suffering from cancer. They<br />
want their fund-raising to be dedicated<br />
to them as well as to Phillip. They would<br />
also like to thank the very kind people<br />
of <strong>Watlington</strong> and beyond for their<br />
generosity.<br />
Then on October 20th Dawn Marriott, Phillip’s sister, together with<br />
other friends stood outside <strong>Watlington</strong> Town Hall in fancy dress as<br />
part of Cancer Research’s Stand Up To Cancer campaign. They<br />
raised £1400.<br />
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Message from PCSO<br />
Diane Greenwood C9840<br />
Christmas is a busy time of the year for everyone, including criminals. A large portion of<br />
crime is opportunist, so this Christmas we are seeking your help to stop thieves in their<br />
tracks.<br />
Reduce the risk of your home being burgled by making sure you take some simple and<br />
inexpensive precautions. Take action now and don’t become a victim of burglary over<br />
the coming days.<br />
Anything on view in your car or in your house is a target for thieves and I would like to<br />
offer the following advice to residents:<br />
• Keep your car locked whenever it is unoccupied, even when paying for petrol.<br />
• Don’t leave any valuables including Christmas presents in your vehicle.<br />
• Make the house looks occupied after dark by leaving a lamp on a timer.<br />
• Don’t leave Christmas presents where they can be seen though the ground floor<br />
windows of your house.<br />
• Ensure that front and back doors and windows are locked when you are out and at<br />
night.<br />
• Lock valuable or sentimental jewellery away in a large lockable cabinet or in a safe<br />
bolted to the wall or floor.<br />
• When putting out your rubbish, break up and dispose of packaging with care so<br />
thieves don’t target your house for your new purchases.<br />
Home security advice leaflets, property marking pens and security labels to go onto<br />
bicycles are available from your local police station or contact me via email on diane.<br />
greenwood@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk or through the parish council<br />
If you have see any suspicious activity call us on the emergency number 999 or have<br />
any information to help the police with their inquiries contact the police non emergency<br />
number 101, if you do not want to talk to the police you can call the Crimestoppers<br />
charity on 0800 555 111 and remain anonymous.<br />
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POP IN CAFE<br />
Name:<br />
Venue:<br />
Pop in Cafe<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Sports Pavilion<br />
Shirburn Road, <strong>Watlington</strong>, OX49 5BZ<br />
2nd Tuesday every Month.<br />
13th November & 11th <strong>December</strong><br />
2pm – 4pm<br />
Shirley Brown, Doreen Hobbs & Beryl Parkinson<br />
Meet:<br />
Next meeting:<br />
Time:<br />
Contact details:<br />
Telephone: 07977 605443<br />
Email:<br />
popincafe@gmail.com<br />
Did you know that the Pop-in Cafe has been running for just over a year? We are a<br />
group of local volunteers who give a few hours of their time to seniors in our community<br />
irrespective of their ability, to meet and have fun once per month in an afternoon. The<br />
focus is on fun, laughter and the Feel Good Factor!<br />
Why not come and join us for tea and cakes and a chat and have some fun and see what<br />
you think. You can help us to make it what you want.<br />
You can be a Friend of the Pop-in as we need people to help us fundraise or be a helper.<br />
There is no charge except for donations.<br />
Everyone is welcome. Thank You. See you There.<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Gardening Club <strong>2012</strong>/13<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong><br />
Venue :<br />
Time :<br />
Gardening Club<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Sports Pavillion<br />
7.45pm<br />
Our Christmas Social will be on 5 <strong>December</strong>:<br />
Christmas Social<br />
Time to chat and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and nibbles and a quiz.<br />
There will be a charge for guests.<br />
Wednesday 2 <strong>January</strong> : Weather Lore – Fact or Fiction. Speaker: Ian Currie<br />
As always, we look forward to seeing members, new members and guests. Please get in<br />
touch with any member of the committee if you need a lift and for more information, please<br />
contact Cheryl Barnes, 01491 614928.<br />
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Churchwarden’s bit<br />
<strong>2013</strong>! Where do we fit in?<br />
Where are we headed?<br />
Its a funny old world isn’t it, one bunch of folk tell me we are being too new and<br />
revolutionary......and another will accuse us of being part of the Traditional Church set up!<br />
Well what to answer? Where is St. Leonards going.<br />
Our fervent prayer is that wherever we are headed, we are going there together. I<br />
remember a couple of years ago rather grumpily removing myself from a Matins Service,<br />
childishly complaining that it wasn’t at all my type of Service!<br />
A Humbling moment came later during prayer when I strongly felt told that God had<br />
wanted to send me a special word during the Service. The very one from which I had<br />
so arrogantly removed myself! Not only that, but that I had hurt folk God loved, who had<br />
practised hard to give our Lord a special Service of worship. Who was I to judge it?<br />
Did I ever finally receive that special message? I don’t know. But I do know that I then<br />
realised that our Lord wants us to enjoy any expression of love and worship for Him. He<br />
does: so why shouldn’t we. I felt Him tell me that he wanted me to enjoy Heaven and the<br />
many rooms in His house. That in our future, with Him its much more fulfilling to be able<br />
to wander around at home, in his home, rather than constrained to just one part of His<br />
wonderful creation.<br />
Since then I have shared this with other Christians who have admitted to having a similar<br />
experience when grumpily removing themselves from a ‘Happy Clappy’ Service. I think<br />
sometimes our Father feels he can best approach us when we have humbled ourselves to<br />
a form of worship that spiritually stretches us. When we are stretched....we actually find<br />
we grow!<br />
How does this reflect in St. Leonards? Well this year we have started up a Mustard Seeds<br />
Group, combining practical and spiritual enrichment for Mums and their little ones ( and<br />
the bouncy castle goes down well). And we also have a monthly 4ALL Service which is a<br />
fresh expression of our Sunday afternoons Messy Church.<br />
We are having more bring and share lunches than ever and our coffee and delicious<br />
cakes (thanks Heather!) after every Service are drawing all together in a true Church<br />
fellowship. We have found these Services are influencing us all. We are learning as<br />
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much from our younger generation, as we hope they are learning from us.<br />
We are learning that we don’t need a Messy Church Service. Our congregation is full of<br />
us messy folk. “There but for the Grace of God” is muttered between us all regularly.<br />
St. Leonards isn’t a place to come to see Christians who have all the answers and are<br />
smugly living our lives. Most of us aren’t sure how we fit in or where we are headed. But,<br />
we are learning to trust in God, to lead us there, to lay our hopes, fears and prayers at His<br />
feet, and love and support each other.<br />
When we say all are welcome, we mean it. The more the messier....oops, I meant merrier,<br />
either which way we know that Church isn’t a place where you are judged, just a place<br />
where you are loved.<br />
Merry Christmas and do come to see us.<br />
Val Kearney<br />
GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME.<br />
Being a good neighbour comes naturally in a community such as <strong>Watlington</strong> – but<br />
remember this is not restricted to the older generation -<br />
Are you over 18yrs old?<br />
Young people can equally be a great asset to the community!<br />
‘Getting to know’ next door is common ground to a lot of us - a friendly gesture of help<br />
now and again is not regarded as a task but a genuine act of kindness. However not all<br />
are so fortunate, which is why we are Setting up a “Good Neighbour Scheme” to benefit<br />
people who need help with simple tasks but don’t know anyone to ask. Things we take for<br />
granted, which can be a daily challenge for others.<br />
• Changing a light bulb<br />
• Doing a weekly supermarket shop<br />
• Bringing Fruit/veg back from the Undercroft<br />
• Pruning a rose<br />
• Taking the dog for a walk when the owner is unwell<br />
• Collecting a prescription<br />
• Helping with simple computer problems etc.<br />
Good Neighbours allow everyone to be independent and not suffer in silence, but it is not<br />
an every week commitment and there are no driving jobs. What we are trying to do is<br />
compile a register of volunteers – so anyone in need can ring a central operator who in<br />
turn contacts a volunteer.<br />
If you are interested in sharing your kindness and expertise in please ring 01491 614187.<br />
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CHRISTMAS SERVICES<br />
FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES<br />
The much loved Crib Service<br />
Sunday 23rd <strong>December</strong> 10.00am<br />
St. Botolph’s Church Swyncombe<br />
St. Leonard’s Christingle Service<br />
11.00am Sunday 23rd <strong>December</strong><br />
You and your family are warmly invited to<br />
St. Leonard’s Christingle Service with<br />
refreshments afterwards<br />
Children’s Candlelit Carol Service<br />
5.00pm <strong>December</strong> 24th Christmas<br />
Eve<br />
St. Mary’s Church Pyrton<br />
Family Eucharist with Carols<br />
Christmass Day 10.30am<br />
St. Leonard’s Church<br />
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Christmas Carol Services<br />
Throughout the Benefice<br />
Sunday 16th Dec 6.00pm<br />
CAROL SERVICE<br />
St Nicholas Church Britwell Salome<br />
Thursday 20th Dec 7.00pm<br />
TOWN CAROL SERVICE<br />
The Methodist Church <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
Sunday 16th Dec 6.00pm<br />
CAROL SERVICE<br />
St. Botolph’s Church Swyncombe<br />
Sunday 16th Dec 4.00pm<br />
CAROL SERVICE<br />
St. Mary’s Church Pyrton<br />
Sunday 23rd Dec 4.00pm<br />
PUB CAROL SERVICE<br />
The Chequers <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
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RUNNING THE MARATHONS<br />
Paula and Nick say:<br />
Nick and I have recently taken part in two<br />
half Marathons to raise funds for Valley of<br />
Hope (UK) Charity<br />
www.valleyofhopecharity.org<br />
Our first was in May when we ran in<br />
Helsinki, Finland, my home city. Followed<br />
by the October run in Henley-on-Thames<br />
near <strong>Watlington</strong> (Nick’s hometown).<br />
Valley of Hope is chaired by Nick’s Dad<br />
and local Rector, Christopher. We’re really<br />
excited to be running both for the people of<br />
Mothibistad, to whose lives your donations<br />
will be of such direct benefit, and, on a<br />
personal level, for Nick’s Dad, whose tireless<br />
efforts in leading Valley of Hope continue to<br />
bring real hope to people whose lives are<br />
afflicted by HIV/AIDS. Your donation will make a<br />
really valuable difference.<br />
Thank you all for your fantastic level of support!<br />
Paula Ahvonen & Nick Evans<br />
www.charitygiving.co.uk/valleyofhope<strong>2012</strong>b<br />
Jeremy & Chrissie say:<br />
We live in <strong>Watlington</strong>, and our way of helping<br />
the Valley of Hope Charity to fundraise for<br />
monthly Grocery parcels has been by running<br />
the Henley Half Marathon in 2011 and more<br />
recently the Dublin Marathon on 29th October<br />
<strong>2012</strong>, to raise sponsorship money.<br />
We can at least run, albeit slowly, but some<br />
of those who benefit from the Valley of Hope<br />
parcels are too ill to run. It seemed when we<br />
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moved outside our comfort zone, and had to just keep going for 5 hours, we would have to<br />
rely on God, just like many in Mothibistad. Amazingly, we just kept going, and it was God<br />
who kept us going. We are in our 60’s and we have not run a marathon before. However<br />
we did it, and it was fun. There were 14,300 runners in all, and there were over 4000<br />
behind us! The whole route was lined with people cheering us on, reading our names on<br />
our running tops and shouting “Come on, Jeremy, Come on Chrissie.” There were five<br />
from <strong>Watlington</strong>, and one from Cholsey.<br />
WATLINGTON<br />
MEMORY CAFE<br />
Many of those who benefit from the Valley of<br />
Hope have far bigger challenges than running<br />
a marathon. They have crises every day, and<br />
not only do they need God, but they know they<br />
need God. Many in the richer nations like the<br />
UK have not had the experience of being poor<br />
and having to rely on their faith. Faith is having<br />
an active and living relationship with God.<br />
Jeremy & Chrissie Bell<br />
www.charitygiving.co.uk/valleyofhopedublin<br />
Support local people with dementia and their carers and volunteer at our new friendly<br />
Memory Café.<br />
Memory Cafes provide an opportunity for people with dementia and their carers to meet<br />
informally and receive information & support.<br />
Volunteers are needed to welcome guests, help plan activities and make & serve<br />
refreshments.<br />
The Memory Café is held on the last Tuesday of each month from 10.30 to 12.30 at<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Sports Pavilion, Shirburn Road, <strong>Watlington</strong>, OX49 5BZ<br />
If you are interested or would like to find out more please contact Volunteer Officer, Sara<br />
Uren on 07713390713 or Dementia Support Worker Gilly Fishleigh on 07889604599.<br />
Alzheimer’s Society. Registered charity no 296645 A company limited by guarantee and<br />
registered in England no 2115499.<br />
Registered office: Devon House, 58 St Katharine’s Way, London E1W 1LB<br />
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Do you Need a new direction in your life??<br />
Inspirational stories of <strong>Watlington</strong> People and how their lives took on a different<br />
direction from the year of their 80th Birthdays!!<br />
Neil and Rita McLaughlan<br />
Read about their wonderful work (Pages 10-12)<br />
Below - ‘excerpts’ from Not one but TWO<br />
remarkable ‘Gutsy’ Ladies who in their different<br />
ways embarked on a whole new approach to<br />
their lives following their 80th Birthdays.<br />
Eve Diett<br />
At her book signing on Nov 10th <strong>2012</strong> in<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Library – DIARY OF A NAAFI GIRL.<br />
Now 86 this is Eve’s second book – the first ‘Here<br />
Come the Land Girls’ was published in the year<br />
of her 80th birthday. Meanwhile, she is well into<br />
writing her third!! Many congratulations Eve!<br />
Dorothy Ackerman<br />
A hands-on former Dinner Lady – has helped<br />
transform the lives of people in a small village<br />
5,000 miles away. In her 80th year she made her<br />
first visit to our Link <strong>Parish</strong> of Mothibistad on the<br />
edge of the Kalahari. At 86 embarking on her 9th<br />
trip with me - this will see the Official Opening<br />
of the installation of a Wind powered irrigation system for the Garden Project she and I<br />
helped initiate 5 years ago. Young film-maker Michael Demetriou will be there to record<br />
this momentous occasion!<br />
Pauline Verbe<br />
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NEWS FROM THE REGISTERS<br />
Holy Baptism<br />
We extend all good wishes to the following who were baptised at<br />
St. Leonard’s Church <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
Archie Patrick Smith and Jenson James Hookey who were baptised on September 16th<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Joseph William Wood; Paige Nicole Wood and William Robert Wood who were baptised<br />
on October 18th <strong>2012</strong><br />
Sophie Maureen Newman who was baptised on October 21st <strong>2012</strong><br />
St. Mary’s Pyrton<br />
Emma Tara Sophia Brittain who was baptised on September 16th <strong>2012</strong><br />
Arthur Francis Holdship who was baptised on October 14th <strong>2012</strong><br />
WEDDINGS<br />
Our congratulations to Elizabeth (Zee) Gilmore and Nameer Kanderian who were married<br />
at St.Mary’s Church, Pyrton on September 22nd <strong>2012</strong><br />
WEDDINGS AND BAPTISMS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND<br />
If you wish to arrange a baptism or get married in either St Leonard’s, <strong>Watlington</strong> or St<br />
Mary’s, Pyrton please contact The Revd Christopher Evans: 01491 612494<br />
BAPTSIMS AND WEDDINGS IN THE METHODIST CHURCH<br />
If you wish to be baptised or married in the Methodist Church, please contact the Revd.<br />
Adam Stevenson: 01865 714163 e-mail: adam.stevenson@oxfordmethodists.org.uk<br />
Rest in Peace<br />
We offer our sympathy and the assurance of our thoughts and prayers to the families and<br />
friends of the following people who died recently:<br />
Christopher Gee who died on August 31st <strong>2012</strong><br />
Margaret Mitchell who died on September 1st <strong>2012</strong><br />
Phillip Bowden who died on September 30th <strong>2012</strong><br />
David Wyndham Smith who died on October 7th <strong>2012</strong><br />
June Knowles who died on 14th October <strong>2012</strong><br />
Doreen Vincent who died on October 19th <strong>2012</strong><br />
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e: teresa.mcteague@btinternet.com<br />
Mums and Toddlers Coffee Morning<br />
with toddlers snacks<br />
1st & 3rd Monday of the Month<br />
St.Leonard’s Church – starts at 9.45am<br />
Next dates are:<br />
3rd and the 17th Dec.<br />
and for <strong>January</strong> <strong>2013</strong> the 7th and the<br />
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Mums/dads/grandparents/friends –<br />
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Multiple Sclerosis Society<br />
Henley MS<br />
Support Group<br />
The Henley Support Group in association<br />
with the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre<br />
has now been running for 2 years. It is<br />
based at the Brunner Hall, Greys Road,<br />
Henley, RG9 1QR and is open every<br />
Thursday from 10.00am until 1.00pm.<br />
Various services are provided which<br />
include group therapy sessions, individual<br />
physiotherapy sessions, footcare and<br />
informal lunches with the MS Specialist<br />
Nurse. We are also very pleased to see<br />
people who just ‘drop in’ for a cup of<br />
coffee to to find out what it is all about.<br />
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01491 614989<br />
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Contact during office hours<br />
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01491 613867<br />
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John Howell MP writes...<br />
A look back at recent key issues from Westminster and in the constituency<br />
IN WESTMINSTER<br />
Over the summer months although parliament does not sit much goes on behind the scenes<br />
and the work of different Government departments hits the news from time to time. Between<br />
the summer recess and the break for the conferences of the main political parties Parliament<br />
sat for a short time. Now that everything is back in full swing we have seen a number of<br />
Ministerial Statement to the House. Among these perhaps the most notable have been:<br />
A Statement by the Secretary of State for Local Government on Housing and Planning which<br />
set out how the Government is planning to tackle the problem of affordable housing, the<br />
difficulties over delays in the planning system and the Green Belt. With regard to the latter,<br />
the protections contained in the National Planning Policy Framework remain firmly in place.<br />
The Statement merely brought forward the possibility of using previously developed land<br />
within the Green Belt.<br />
A statement by the Home Secretary on European justice and home affairs powers which set<br />
out how the Government is withdrawing from the powers in the EU agreement on European<br />
Justice.<br />
There were also Statements from the Secretary of State for Transport on the West Coast<br />
Main Line; the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland on the Referendum on<br />
independence for Scotland and the Home Secretary on Extradition.<br />
IN THE CONSTITUENCY<br />
During the Conference Recess I used the time to undertake another Village Tour around the<br />
constituency. During the course of the two weeks over we travelled some 350 miles and met<br />
just over 200 people. There were a number of consistent themes which came up. By far the<br />
biggest of these was Broadband. Another area which came up frequently was the economy.<br />
This is particularly relevant in a week which has seen the latest unemployment figures<br />
issued. Nationally the number of people out of work fell by 50,000 in the three months to<br />
August. The number of people in employment has not been higher since records began<br />
in 1971. Whilst not under-estimating the difficulties faced for those who are unemployed,<br />
overall this is good news.<br />
For more information, my website is regularly updated and offers information on my work<br />
both in Westminster and in the constituency. Its address is www.johnhowellmp.com In<br />
addition, if you would like to subscribe to my free e-newsletter please e mail me at:<br />
john.howell@oxfordshireconservatives.com<br />
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GARDEN MAINTENENCE<br />
GRASS CUTTING<br />
LAWNS, PADDOCKS, SPORTS FIELDS<br />
OVERGROWN AREAS<br />
TURF CARE<br />
SCARIFY AIRATE, OVERSEED, FERTILISE<br />
TOP DRESS, VERTI DRAIN, ROLL<br />
HEDGE<br />
TRIMMING, REDUCTION<br />
REMOVAL, PLANTING<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
PATIOS, DRIVES, FENCING, TURFING<br />
HEDGE/TREE PLANTING<br />
Local References<br />
01491 826925 or 07977 237798<br />
www.groundworx.org.uk<br />
2 Mays Cottages, Ewelme<br />
Aerobics & Pilates<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Town Hall<br />
Drop-in classes:<br />
Aerobics<br />
Monday 8-9pm<br />
Tuesday 9.30am – 10.30am<br />
Pilates<br />
Thursday 8-9 pm<br />
Pre-booked Pilates classes<br />
(spaces available) :<br />
Monday 6.30-7.30pm<br />
Thursday 9.15-10.15am, 6.30-7.30pm<br />
Friday 9.15-10.15am<br />
For further information please email Katy Riddell<br />
katyriddell@btinternet.com or call 0770 999 1623<br />
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WATLINGTON<br />
OPEN FOR YOU!<br />
Opening Hours<br />
Monday - Friday 0900 - 1730<br />
Saturday 0900 - 1230<br />
Use your local Post Office for:<br />
• Bureau de Change • Car Tax<br />
• Banking / Moneygram • Mobile Top-Ups<br />
• Insurance<br />
• Bill Payments<br />
And for sending your post!<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Post Office<br />
8 High Street, <strong>Watlington</strong>, OX49 5PS<br />
01491 614424 watlington-post@btconnect.com<br />
NEED A<br />
BARBER?<br />
Amber’s Barber Shop -<br />
07929 337015<br />
Thursday -<br />
9 – 5.30 visit<br />
Hair by James<br />
9 Shirburn Street<br />
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BRITWELL SALOME FARM SHOP<br />
Our own free- range Pork and properly hung<br />
beef. Lots more local foods including bread,<br />
milk, cheese and beer.<br />
01491 612070<br />
just off the B4009 behind The Goose at Britwell Salome<br />
BRITWELL Opening hours SALOME<br />
FARM SHOP<br />
Tuesday our own free-range - Friday pork<br />
8.30 and properly a.m. - 6 p.m hung beef<br />
lots more local foods including<br />
bread, milk, interesting jars<br />
Saturday and sweet things<br />
9 a.m. Tuesday—Friday,<br />
- 5 p.m.<br />
8.30 Sunday a.m.—6 p.m.<br />
9<br />
Saturday,<br />
a.m. - 12<br />
9 a.m.—5<br />
noon.<br />
p.m.<br />
01491 612070<br />
plenty plenty of parking of parking<br />
just off the B4009 behind<br />
The Goose at Britwell Salome<br />
M. J. GEE<br />
MARKET GARDENER<br />
READY NOW<br />
PANSIES<br />
POLYS VIOLAS<br />
VIOLAS PERENNIALS<br />
PRIMROSES & HERBS<br />
WINTER BASKETS<br />
Hyacinth Baskets<br />
TUBS AND PLANTS<br />
CYCLAMENS & WALL Cyclamen<br />
FLOWERS<br />
COMPOST CABBAGES & CANES<br />
PERENNIALS & HERBS<br />
Tel: 01491 612479<br />
WINDMILL LANDSCAPES<br />
(Thame based)<br />
Your Local Landscaping Company<br />
Established 1989<br />
Landscaping<br />
• Grass Cutting<br />
• Turfing/Seeding<br />
• Hedge Cutting<br />
• Fencing – All Types<br />
• Tree work<br />
Construction<br />
• Patios<br />
• Drives/Paths<br />
• Gates – Wood/Metal<br />
• Groundwork<br />
Tel: 01844 279519<br />
Freephone: 0800 783 7194<br />
www.windmill-landscapes.com<br />
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01844 354744<br />
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ST. LEONARD’S<br />
CHURCH HALL<br />
Large hall with ample<br />
parking<br />
Available to hire for<br />
classes, parties,etc<br />
For details and bookings<br />
contact<br />
Judy Keen 01491 612422<br />
Circle Dancing /<br />
World Dancing<br />
in <strong>Watlington</strong><br />
7-9 pm every Tuesday<br />
No partners necessary -<br />
Beginners most welcome.<br />
Enjoy the gentle exercise & the<br />
fun of learning a dance together.<br />
Relaxing & therapeutic.<br />
Tel: Margot Peters<br />
or phone 0118-984 1559<br />
e-mail:<br />
lesmargotdancing@btinternet.com<br />
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<strong>Watlington</strong> & District Nursing Home<br />
Afraid to talk about care?<br />
Let us help you<br />
We know from experience considering<br />
care options can be overwhelming. This is<br />
why we get to know you and your family<br />
and make sure your experience is tailored<br />
especially to your specific needs.<br />
With our dedicated teams on hand 24<br />
hours a day, <strong>Watlington</strong> & District Nursing<br />
Home offers the highest standards of care<br />
for all its residents including those<br />
needing re-ablement care following a<br />
hospital stay, nursing, respite, dementia<br />
and palliative care.<br />
To discuss your plans for now and the<br />
future, please call 01491 613400<br />
www.sanctuary-care.co.uk<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> & District Nursing Home<br />
Hill Road, <strong>Watlington</strong>, Oxfordshire OX49 5AE<br />
Email: care@sanctuary-housing.co.uk<br />
Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity<br />
Dedicated to care<br />
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Mail Handling<br />
Telephone Answering and Call Forwarding<br />
Meeting Room<br />
Full Reception Service<br />
Offices on Flexible Terms<br />
41, Couching Street, <strong>Watlington</strong>, Oxfordshire<br />
01491 613311<br />
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“You take care of your business<br />
We look after your office”<br />
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Altom Tree Care Ltd<br />
For a reliable, professional service<br />
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MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS<br />
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JP CARAVANCARE<br />
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JP Caravancare is pleased to offer the following Services<br />
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We can tailor our services to suit You and remember “We Come To You”<br />
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We offer a variety of services for your trees and<br />
gardens, from hedge cutting to tree removal.<br />
Fully insured with £5M public liability cover<br />
All jobs considered and all quotations are free of charge.<br />
Telephone:<br />
Call Owain Devey NCH Arb on<br />
07922736451 01844281101 or<br />
owain.devey@hotmail.co.uk www.deveytreecare.co.uk<br />
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L B Plumbing<br />
Toilets, taps, showers,<br />
immersions, leaks, all<br />
general repairs.<br />
Free estimates, insured.<br />
<strong>Watlington</strong> Youth Club<br />
Meets at the Sports Pavilion in Shirburn Road every<br />
Tuesday 7pm to 9pm<br />
If you are 13 to 18 years old please come and join us to<br />
play pool; table tennis; darts and table games. Also have<br />
coffee on us!<br />
Enquiries Welcome - Call Roger On 613687 for a<br />
programme<br />
No callout charge<br />
Call Lee Brook on<br />
01491 834484<br />
07981642688<br />
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THE CHEQUERS<br />
LOVE LANE<br />
WATLINGTON<br />
01491 612874<br />
Traditional Home-cooked Bar Meals<br />
Lunches: 7 days a week<br />
Evening Meals: Tuesday – Saturday<br />
Sunday Roast Lunches<br />
Monthly Charity Quizzes<br />
Christmas Menu Available<br />
Christmas Carol Service 4pm, Sunday 23 rd Dec.<br />
Boxing Day Lunch 12 noon-3pm Book Now<br />
www.thechequerswatlington,co,uk<br />
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Friends of<br />
St Leonard’s Church<br />
Christmas Tree Festival <strong>2012</strong><br />
Celebrations and Jubilations<br />
Saturday <strong>December</strong> 8th to Sunday <strong>December</strong> 23rd<br />
2.00 - 5.00 daily<br />
Grand Opening Saturday <strong>December</strong> 8th<br />
Come and see Father Christmas switch on the lights at<br />
3.00pm and enjoy mulled wine. seasonal refreshments<br />
and informal carol singing<br />
Bring your friends and family to see the 36 beautifully<br />
decorated and highly imaginative Christmas Trees with<br />
titles ranging from the Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics,<br />
Mardi Gras , the Chinese New Year, Bonfire Night and<br />
many, many more joyful celebrations both at home<br />
and worldwide.<br />
An uplifting start to Christmas for everyone<br />
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