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Carterton Community Magazine 1
EDITORIAL STAFF Wendy Morgan EDITOR Margaret Millington TREASURER Chris Morgan DISTRIBUTION Bill Gosling Fred Robertson Please send contributions by April 24th for the June edition. The Editor, 6 Butlers Drive, Carterton, Oxon OX 18 3QU. Tel: 842663. A printing error in the December issue put the number of the Editor’s house as no. 8. Apologies to my next door neighbour! Old correspondents know it is no. 6, new readers please take note! DELIVERY ROUNDS — Volunteers to deliver this magazine needed in the following places. LATIMER ROAD, NETHERAVON CLOSE, HALTON ROAD, NORTHOLT ROAD, LYNEHAM CLOSE, LORD CLOSE, MILESTONE ROAD MOBILE HOMES, ROBINSON CLOSE. If you can help us contact Chris Morgan 842663.
BROADSHIRES HEALTH CENTRE/CARTERTON HEALTH CENTRE Incorrect items of information were given in the December issue on the Clubs & Organisations pages. Carterton Health Centre was omitted and the Broadshire Health Centre put in its place but with the other’s phone number! Carterton Surgery (now the Broadshire and obviously moved) was still on the list. All items have now been altered in this issue. I apologise to both Health Centres for any confusion that may have arisen. It was my mistake and I blame Busy Updating Magazine Pages Syndrome (BUMPS).
It has been suggested that these should be in alphabetical order for easier access. We feel, after 25 years in print that by grouping them in similar activities this is more useful. Thus, if you are looking for clubs/groups for toddlers or young people then these will be on page 46—47. Sports and crafts on page 48. Theatre, music and dancing on page 49 where you will also find clubs for the active oldies. For those who need help, advice and care information these will be on pages 49/50. For finding charitable organisations who give help these are also on page 50: Other organisations including surgeries, churches, animal welfare and the Social Centre are on page 51. As a beginning to a new year the pages have been re-organised so if you can’t find your club on the usual page it has not been omitted, just moved! When looking for a club on the pages you might come across one you didn’t know existed and give it a try. This year get out and join a club or organisation, see new people and make new friends. There are many choices listed on pages 46—51. Note to secretaries and chairmen. Please inform us if you close down, alter venue or change contact names/telephone numbers.
Although people living in rural areas are statistically less likely to become victims of crime, the fear of crime can lead some of those living in more isolated areas feeling very vulnerable. To combat this the police are expanding their Country Watch scheme which is to rural areas what Neighbourhood Watch is to towns and villages, i.e. a network of people with whom the police can make contact and occasionally be asked to assist, perhaps with spotting a particular vehicle or report sightings of vulnerable missing people. Members also receive a regular newsletter and information on crime prevention methods and products. If you are interested in becoming a member (no charge) call WODC area 893811.
THE END IS NIGH? Last year it was reported in the press that the Ministry of Defence was contemplating closing down RAE Brize Norton. As so many residents are employed, either as servicemen or civilians, by the RAF I wrote to the Commanding Officer voicing my concern. On page 8 Wing Commander Malcolm replies to my letter.
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH PRIMARY SCHOOL Work has finally started on the building of the new school in the Carterton North East development. What was just a field in January this year will be by January 2003 a functioning school of 10 forms taking children from 3—11 years. The Headteacher Mrs Tessa Farley, who lives locally and at present works for the Education Authority in Swindon, will be taking post during the year. She says~, ‘the school is a landmark building and will be built using modem materials with an innovative design. It will include a purpose-built nursery, a landscaped play area, with a good sized hail which will be available to hire out’. The school will serve children from the new development as well as children from a wider area who wish to attend a church school. Chairman of the School Governors is the Revd Roger Billings Tel: 846996 who you can contact for further information or you can also contact Tessa Farley Tel: 841357.
CARTERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL - OPEN DAY The Head Teacher and the Board of Governors of Carterton Primary School would like to invite ex-pupils and ex-teachers to an Open Day, in July, when we will officially open our five new classrooms and Nursery Unit. The HORSA classrooms, built just after the Second World War, have been demolished and replaced with a new modern building housing five classrooms and a library. The temporary pre-fabricated building, which served as a Nursery Unit for over 30 years, has also been demolished and the Nursery has moved into the original Carterton School which was opened in 1928. This building, refurbished as a Nursery, still retains features from the 1928 single classroom school. We are hoping to have an exhibition and are looking for photographs, exhibits, etc. Can you loan us your photographs? What happened to the certificates for exceptional attendance or the English, History, Maths prizes you have won? Have you still got them and, if so, are you willing to loan them to us? Can you recollect stories about your teacher? I understand one Head Teacher was fond of the cane. Did you suffer an injustice? If so perhaps you can write an account of what happened. We would particularly like to meet anyone who was at this school before, during and just after the Second World War. If you have anything of interest, or know of any ex-pupil or ex-teacher, then can you pass that information on to the school, Tel: 01993 842502. Email: headteachel@carterton-pri.oxon.sch.uk or contact me 01993 213238. Email: Richard.Harold@ntl.com R. A. HAROLD, Chairman, Board of Governors
SAVE THE CHILDREN - FORTHCOMING EVENTS SAVE THE CHILDREN WEEK. This takes place April 28th to May 4th. Would you be prepared to collect donations in your road? You will be spending an hour or two helping very needy children. Please ring Dorrie Stroud 704835. CARTERTON MAY DAY FAIR AND CAR BOOT SALE. This takes place on May Day Bank Holiday Monday May 6th at the Recreation Ground. The Grand Opening is at 12 noon. It starts with a Walking Parade from the Carterton Community College to the Recreation Ground for judging, the theme is Fictional Characters. Why not enter a ‘float’ (no vehicles). from your organisation, street or work place? Contact Sue James 212911. A full programme of arena displays is being prepared for your entertainment and there will be a vast range of sideshows and stalls on the field and inside the Social Centre. A Bar-B-Q and refreshments will be on sale. For Car Boot enquiries phone Roy Jackson 841670. CARTERTON OPEN GARDENS. SUNDAY JULY 14TH FROM 2—5PM. Save The Children will be working with the Carterton Town Council to bring this brand new event to our town. It will be an opportunity to either share your garden with others or marvel at others in the town. If you would like to include your garden in this day’s event please contact Graham Evans 842983.
FROM WING COMMANDER C. D. MALCOLM
TO THE EDITOR Thank you for your letter seeking the facts behind recent newspaper articles concerning the future of three Royal Air Force airfields. In the absence of the Station Commander I am replying on his behalf. The newspaper reports are correct in stating that the Royal Air Force is conducting a study into its future requirements for the airfields at Brize Norton, Lyneham (Wiltshire) and St Mawgan (Cornwall). I should make it clear from the outset that the study is to determine our needs as an air force and may not necessarily result in the closure of any Stations or their airfields. The study will take account of future equipment programmes, including the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) project, intended to replace VC 10 and Tristar aircraft at Brize Norton and the A400M programme, a project to replace the remaining part of the Cl 30K Hercules fleet currently based at RAE Lyneham, with a new airlift aircraft. The future size and shape of the Royal Air Force’s tanker and air transport fleets have yet to be clearly defined but there is sufficient detail available to access which types of aircraft could be operated from these airfields in order to allow the study to progress. You may recall that the two consortia bidding to provide new tanker aircraft under the FSTA programme have both indicated, in their submissions to the Defence Procurement Agency, that their basing preference is Royal Air Force, Brize Norton. The study is being carried out by a team based at Headquarters Strike Command, Royal Air Force High Wycombe. Their task should be completed by the summer; the findings will then be passed to Ministers for approval and public announcement. At this stage it would be both unhelpful and inappropriate for me to speculate about the outcome of the study, future aircraft basing options, aircraft procurement projects or, indeed, the future of the three Stations themselves. I hope that you will appreciate that, although I have explained the likely term and rationale of the study, and the issues that will be taken into account, it would be unhelpful to sketch out the possibilities for the future of these three stations. As ever, once the Ministers have taken a decision, we would expect it to be made public in the normal manner.
NO FUN DAY FOR THE GOLDEN JUBILEE Owing to a lack of interest from the public in forming a committee to organize it, the Carterton Fun Day has been disbanded (as reported in our December issue) and will not therefore be putting on a show for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. With the loss of the Fun Day some items had to be sold, with proceeds going to local charities and the Public Address System was one of them. It was offered to the Town Hall, the Town Clerk recommended against buying it as they couldn’t store it and their office staff could not set it up or keep it in working order. Town Council agreed with her and declined to buy it. Now it has been sold to a worthy cause, all monies in the Fun Day account can now be given out to charities. It is hoped that some other organisation will put on a town show this special year as it is an event that the town needs and a way of raising money for charity.
Before RAE Brize Norton was an air base it might be difficult to imagine that most of the land that makes up the Brize base was very good farm land, supporting all types of interesting features and wild life. A farm track (Bourton Track) ran from the Brize Norton village northern end (close to the present base hangar) meandering through the fields and coming out at Black Bourton by the Mushroom Farm. About halfway along the track stood a large Cotswold-type barn (Field Barn) and this housed several pairs of white barn owls (to be seen no more). Nearby where the No 4 Hangar is now was a quarry supplying stone to patch up farm tracks. Along where the main runway now goes was a long winding hedge called Snake Hedge and this and adjoining fields were home to all forms of wildlife — rabbits, hares, pheasants and a covey of partridges. About seven types of birds would take off filling the air all day, including crows, wood pigeons and sky larks. Around September time mushrooms, blackberries, crab apples, rosehips, haws and sloes for wine making could be picked. Foxes lived in the kale patches, all in harmony and left alone. In the north east corner, by the present fuel dump, was our swimming pool — the Cuckoo Pen — a big pond fed by the Brize Brook, quite murky but cool! In the summer Brize Brook was filled with minnows, sticklebacks, redbreasts, cray fish and water cress etc. Further down stream, by the end of the present runway, Farmer Jim and Mrs Hoskins owned a lovely Cotswold farm house (Marsh Haddon Farm) approached by a bridge over a stream where large brown trout swam in crystal clear unpolluted water, all now gone under concrete. Along the south side ran the Great Western Railway from Oxford to Fairford, carrying passengers and freight to villages along the line — AND the train ran on time! On the western side boundary were the poultry farms, small holdings and market garden nurseries of Carterton, now housing estates. It really was a tranquil and peaceful part of West Oxfordshire, then a little guy called Hitler put paid to all that. Giant steam engines and tractors came and pulled up all the trees and hedges, crawling tractors, ploughs and graders levelled it off, planted grass and RAE Brize Norton was born. Now we have to listen to VC 10’s, one of the noisiest aircraft flying in the world today and we smell, and almost taste, neat kerosene — such is the price of freedom. GORDON A. GILES We would welcome any other memories from readers who can remember the village, and the country life, between the world wars.
EDITOR
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL
Once again the Royal British Legion Appeal is nearing its close for the year 2001. Donations may still come in up until May 8th 2002 but our final total at the time of writing (January) stands at £4,294.61. My sincere thanks must go out to all those who have helped to make the Carterton Appeal a success. To the house-to-house collectors, to the shops, offices, clubs and to all the-organisations, churches, parish and town councils who donated so generously for the wreaths etc that they laid in remembrance. Unfortunately I have to report that we did have two static collection boxes stolen from shops in the town and it does grieve me to think that someone could stoop so low as to steal something like £200 from a charity that does so much good work. They were not stealing from the shops nor were they stealing from the Royal British Legion but from the service personnel, and their families, who have served their country in times of war and died or fallen on hard times so that Britain and her allies could remain free for so many years. From the Royal British Legion, and myself, many thanks to all who gave so generously. BILL GOSLING P.A.O.
OXFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND - 125 YEARS OLD! This year we are celebrating our 125th birthday. It was first formed to provide help and support for local visually impaired people. This makes it one of the county’s oldest charities. To mark the occasion we are organising a variety of exciting events for you to join in. Every year over 300 people are newly registered blind in Oxfordshire. OAR has over 2,700 clients whose ages range from 4 years old to 101 years old. Sight loss can often be a profound and traumatic experience. A piece of equipment or a home visitor to help with reading and general tasks can make a significant difference; OAR exists to provide this difference.
Sir Michael Sobell House Hospice is seeking volunteers to join its 200-strong team, providing help for people with a terminal illness. They particularly need people to work on the reception desk, hairdressers, qualified complementary therapists and shop assistants. They are also recruiting volunteers to join the Bereavement Support Service — which will begin a training course in May. Volunteers are an essential part of the hospice team, most work three to four hours a week, some weekend work is available. They spend a good part of their time in direct contact with the patients by listening to them, helping with creative activities or driving them to and from home to hospice. Other tasks are serving meals, cooking or shopping for them. Initially volunteers work alongside an experienced volunteer and Sobell House offers support and training as well as on-going training throughout their time they are there. For more information contact: Hilary Lloyd, Voluntary Services Manager, 01865 225868 Di Rivers, Bereavement Support Service Training, 01865 225878.
Did you leave Burford School between the years 1980 and 1982? Were you in the same year as Peter Ridgeway, Michelle Davis, Michael Bowman, Kevin Suter, Sue Roper or Jeannine Baker? If so, then a reunion has been planned for July 6th 2002. Phone Michelle Davis 01635 867142 or www.burford-pupils.org.uk
“THE SYCAMORES” TENANTS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION This Association was set up in September 1999 to represent the views and feelings of residents in ARKELL AVENUE, ROCK ROAD, ROCK CLOSE and SYCAMORE DRIVE. The Association aims to promote the rights of tenants and residents and bring improvement to the area. We also hope to increase community spirit and make this area a more pleasant place to live in. Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month in the community lounge at Blenheim Court at 7.3Opm and all residents of the above roads are welcome to attend. Contact Association Secretary Tan Marchant 841060.
This year, for the first time, Blenheim Palace are giving people the opportunity to purchase a season ticket. Aimed particularly at people living within a 30 mile radius of Blenheim they hope that it will be an attractive proposition to people who may find that there is far more to see there than they can possibly cover in a single visit. A single payment will provide you and your family unlimited access to the Palace and Gardens during usual opening times throughout the year. You can also get a Park and Gardens ticket only. Contact Administrator’s Office, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, OXON OX2O 1PX or telephone 811091 for more details.
APPLICATION FOR GRANTS. The Carterton Town Council is inviting applications for grants from voluntary groups and organisations within Carterton. Applications will be considered twice a year, in June and December closing dates May 1st and November 1st respectively. Please apply giving full details of the sum required and the purpose of your application, together with a copy of your accounts or a statement of your club, group or organisation’s financial position. Contact Town Hall, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Oxon OX 18 3JL. Tel: 842156.
ST GEORGES DAY. In celebration of St George’s Day — 23rd April 2002, the Council is to hold a dinner at Greens Restaurant, Downs Road, Witney. Tickets can be purchased at £23 per head from the Town Hall. Tel: 842156. Pictures/entry forms for the Children’s Colouring Competition can be collected from the Town Hall now and returned by April 15th.
CARTERTON OPEN AIR HEATED SWIMMING POOLS. These will be open from Saturday May 4th at 10 am. Time tables can be obtained from the Town Hall from mid-April 2002. We look forward to seeing you at the Swimming Pools and getting fit for the summer months. WANTED! LIFEGUARDS AND CASHIERS. These will be required at Carterton Swimming Pools during the season. Please apply to the Town Clerk, Town Hall for an application form or Tel: 842156. OPEN GARDENS DAY 2002. Carterton Town Council, in partnership with Save The Children Fund are hoping to organize an Open Gardens Day in Carterton on Sunday July 14th. If you have a garden that visitors would appreciate, or if you know of such a garden, the Town Council will be pleased to hear from you. Contact the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Alvescot Rd, Carterton OX18 3JL. Tel: 842156. Email: justice@carterton.org.uk
CARTERTON TOWN CENTRE PARTNERSHIP. It has been agreed that the Town, District and County Councils should join together to set up a Town Centre Partnership for Carterton. Other bodies, such as the Chamber of Trade, will be invited to join. It will be looking at ways to develop the town centre and will be aiming to expand retail and employment opportunities. The development of a new central shopping area can only be achieved with money from the private sector and a key task for the Partnership is to establish what is needed to attract investment into the town. Things are still at a very early stage and further articles will appear in this magazine over a period of time. Meanwhile if you have any ideas that you would like the Partnership to consider contact the Town Clerk at the Town Hall. THE CHIEF ADVISOR. The Society of Local Clerks have invited the Carterton Town Clerk to be their chief advisor, this involves her mentoring other Parish and Town Clerks and also overseeing the re-writing of the Clerks Manual.
Please note that we now have a Carterton web site, it is at https://www.angelfire.com/okl/cart with photos, history and lots of other things of local interest. You can also access the other local village web sites on http://www.ox18.com From this address you can also enter the local chat room. If you would like this magazine and other local newsletters together with local news (Witney Gazette) e-mailed to you free of charge then send an e-mail to dave@oxl8.com or send a note to D. Oakey, Pathfields, Alvescot, Oxford OX 18 2PS with your e-mail address. DAVE OAKEY
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT IN CANADA
In this issue you will find more photographs of Carterton in the 1940/50’s sent by Bill Vincent. They, with others that he sent earlier, have been put on file by Peter Seldon for a future publication on Carterton in pictures. Bill has written the account below on the Air Training Corps of which he was a member.
ATC IN CARTERTON - THE EARLY YEARS 2001 was the 60th Anniversary of the Air Training Corps but it wasn’t until 1947 that Carterton village lads descended on RAF Brize Norton to sign on as cadets. We were attached to Witney Squadron 2120 and occasionally joined them for lectures, parades and glider training, otherwise we were independent with our own C.O., a regular RAE office and we met at Brize Norton camp. In 1948 due to National Service our ranks were depleted when our fellow cadets went into the Armed Forces. Due to respiratory problems I was not called up and remained in the Corps as a cadet until we acquired a civilian C.O. who requested me to stay on to assist him and promoted me to sergeant! I remained with him for three years. Our group grew and when the USAF took over Brize Norton we obtained for use a RAE covered lorry for transport and an ex-Army hut in Bampton for our HQ. Our first flight as a new cadet was in an Avro Anson, with comfortable seats, a luxury seldom repeated in later flights. We were a lucky bunch for flying and by donning our uniforms and cycling down to the Control Tower at Brize we would beg a flight and rarely were disappointed. Flt Lt’s R C Hartley and E Barton, our C.O.’s, both flew the Douglas Dakotas that were used for ‘snatch’ gliding. They had no door as it had been permanently removed to allow the co-pilots to lie flat on their stomachs and lean out to lower and adjust the arrester hook used to snatch the glider from the ground. We, together with Witney cadets, were privileged to have been passengers in the Hadrian glider to be picked up. This was accomplished by having the glider’s tow rope (10,000 pairs of nylon worth) attached to a ‘goal post’ and the Dakota flying low, with the arrester hook, would grab the cable and catapult the glider into the air from zero —80mph in a split second. On July 10 1948. as passengers in a Dakota we took part in the Gatwick Air show retrieving a glider. In performing this feat we all agreed that the Dakota seemed to halt in mid-air and pilots confirmed that this was their reaction! We flew in a variety of aircraft — Dakotas, York’s and Hastings transports (which were all used in the Berlin Airlift 1948—49), navigation trainers, Avro Anson’s and Valetta’s, Halifax bombers. The light plane Taylorcraft Auster was one from which I took my first aerial photographs of Carterton and Burford. The Waco Hadrian we flew both night and day. Some cadets flew in a USAF Fairchild Packet and I added to my log a one hour flight in a Tiger Moth DH82A at Woodley. Many cadets obtained their ‘A’ Gliding certificates at RAF Benson and a few joined the Combined Services Soaring Club at Brize and flew sailplanes. One of our Halifax Bomber trips took us over Southampton Dock where we saw the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary docked together. We got to recognise the call signs of the beacons each airfield identified themselves with, ours was a welcome BZ in morse code.
APPENDIX. Flying today on commercial aircraft will never replace the thrill of those military flights of those days. One occasion, though, stays in my memory when landing in the Virgin Islands, while seated behind the pilot of a DHC Twin Otter and seeing his white knuckles relax after halting a few feet from the end of a runway and short of the rocks below. BILL VINCENT
Bill has sent me a copy of his log which included night flying in Dakota, Halifax and Hastings as well as night gliding in the Hadrian. During his time in the cadets, he went on 28 flights on a variety of aircraft which are now long gone or are museum pieces.
Just under 20 years ago Carterton had its own newspaper. The Carterton Chronicle came out each month but unfortunately was rather short lived. I recently came across a couple of copies.
NOVEMBER 1983 was the first issue and the headline was about glue-sniffing children in the town. There was a report about the Peace People at the RAE gates for a 24 hour sit-in to publicise the Greenham Common Women Against Cruise (for younger readers this was a missile and not a holiday booking!) The Peace women arrived with 10 tents and expected 100 more helpers. County Councilor Madden proposal for a Fire Station in Carterton was turned down by the County Council even though he had support from all parties except the Conservatives — who had the majority vote. 20 years ago and we are still battling for one! Carterton held its first Remembrance Day service at the war memorial’s new site outside the new Town Hall, re-sited amidst great protest. Two boys, Andrew Collis and Jonathan Shorrocks, took part in their first Gymnastic competition and did well. The ladies of the Cotswold Flower Club did well in various competitions — Joy Long, Molly Coles, Mary Rose, Jane Horsly, Joan Messer, Jan Griffiths and Betty Holmes being mentioned. A new surgery, run by Dr Wilkinson, opened in the old Town Hall offices. DECEMBER was the 2nd issue and the centre pages displayed some old photographs of old Carterton, some lent by David Oakey. A potted history of Carterton, of which we are all familiar now and letters from early 1900 from happy buyers of land sold at £3 for a l6ft x 150ft cottage plot, land sold at £10 an acre and a ready built bungalow plus an acre of land at £100. Easy term payments available! Letters to Homesteads Ltd: - CORONATION Cottage, CARTERTON. Dear Sir, I am perfectly satisfied with my purchase of land in Carterton. In London my breathing through some lung complaint was very bad for years past. Since coming to Carterton to live I have been entirely free from all chest troubles and I attribute this to the healthy situation of the place. Old inhabitants state that this district is unsurpassed for health and I myself notice that Carterton seems to make the old young again. GEORGE HARRISON (No! Not THAT one!) ROCK NURSERIES. 1905. Dear Sirs, Am very pleased with the ground and construction of the bungalow. The soil here in my opinion is most suitable for fruit growing and general market gardening and with good cultivation produce some of the finest crops grown in England. Your resident agent (Mr W Rossiter) has been most courteous and obliging. Yours truly I SCHRODER MKGV. An ‘EARLY SETTLER’ reported that in 1902 one or two houses were built here but by 1904 houses were scattered all over the estate, a post office, three dairies, two general stores, a bakery and many greenhouses made up the village with orchards of fruit trees, poultry and rabbit farms. There was no unemployment and the resident doctor grumbled that Carterton was too healthy for his trade. Utopia comes to mind! Elsewhere there was an article on the Co-op, it originally started as the Carterton Society in 1904 with committee members Mr T Rose, Mr I Faulder and Mr Hellman. The Oxford Coop bought it in 1934 and it continued as a general store and butchers shop and eventually moved to the old Emporium which became the Golden Eagle pub when the Co-op moved to the building next to it. At the time of the Chronicle article Peter Thompson was the manager. It has since been demolished when the Co-op Superstore was built. In the Chronicle there were adverts for a terraced 3 bedroom house with garage £28,950, a detached 4 bedroom bungalow with detached double garage came more expensive £48,500. There were new bungalows for first time sale in Arcon Square, 2 bedroom with garage a snip at £28,750. Ah! those were the days! Giles shop advertised children’s bikes for under £20, you could rent a TV for £8 a month, a coach trip to Birmingham for Christmas shopping would cost £2.50. W. MORGAN THE QUEEN’S GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS The Town Council will not be putting on a town show or event but have formed a Golden Jubilee Committee, of four councillors, which discusses plans made by other club and organisations committees and offer monetary help if required. EVENTS PLANNED June 2 Golden Jubilee Thanksgiving Service, St Johns Church June 7 Cotswold Rower Club, Special Event, Social Centre June 29 or July 6— date tbc Songsters Golden Jubilee Performance, Gateway School July 9 Swimming Gala/Picnic with Golden Jubilee Theme July 14 Open Gardens Day. Save The Children Fund July 19 Joint Tea Party. Over 60’s/Friends & Neighbours Clubs August 26 Golden Jubilee Fair, Alvescot Recreation Ground EVENTS STILL TO BE PLANNED Carterton Lions Club Tea Patty. Carterton Bowls Club Event. Carterton Town Football Club Event. Sycamores Tenants/Residents Association Party/Barbecue held at Blenheim Court.
FROM ThE SECRETARY OF THE CARThRTON DISTRICTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Our Carterton is named after Charles Rooking Carter from Kendal, Westmoreland. I tried to find out more about his middle name, from his mother’s family, and found another ‘Rooking’ in Canada where I also found another Carterton (Our readers know about this one — ED). Carter was the main benefactor of the town, previously named Three Mile Bush, which started in the area where I am now living, Clareville, named after one of the first settler families, Clara Francis, a student from Cheltenham, Gloucester, daughter of a local farmer. I am an exLondoner, I live 2kms north of Carterton and used to cycle there for shopping but now have passed the driving test — the English licence I had was useless as here they have different rules and regulations than London! New Zealand in September 2001 celebrated their 1st Centenary of Registration of Nursing and I attended a function at Parliament — at least I can say now that I have attended Parliament! I recently completed research into Ellen Dougherty the 1st registered Nurse in the world, and she was buried at Clareville Cemetery in 1919. They call me ‘The Mayor of Clareville’ as people come to me when they want advice or something to be done, the Carterton Mayor knows me well enough. I was to stand for Council last year but withdrew saying I can cause more damage on this side of the fence than behind closed doors. I am sure I heard a sigh of relief! At our next Society meeting in February we are expecting Peter Seldon, from your Carterton, to give us a talk on his home town and we hope that we will give him a meeting he won’t forget in a hurry! We have already met Maurice Warsop who attended the opening of what I call ‘Piddle Park’. Don’t worry, the whole town and the Mayor know what I think of the Millennium Park! I am also in contact with Maurice Catt, he recently found a cousin in our Carterton. If any other members of your town are to visit New Zealand please visit OUR Carterton, come to our Museum and sign the visitor’s book. I would also like to keep in contact with our other Carterton so write to me: Adele Pentony-Graham, Dakin Cottage, Neich’s Lane, Clareville, Carterton, NZ or email me pentony@infogen.net.nz or contact the Carterton D.H.S. web page http://www.geocities.com/cartettou historical society ADELE PENTONY-GRAHAM
NOTE. It would be nice if we also had a Museum and a Historical Society for our town before artifacts, papers, documents and photographs all get lost when our oldest residents pass away. At the moment all we have is articles in this magazine of personal memories, Peter Seldon’s collection of photographs and what the Town Hall has managed to collect. THE EDITOR
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
An evening of great, enthusiastic music by this renowned and highly talented orchestra will take place on Saturday 13th April at Burford Community College, Cheltenham Rd, Burford. Tickets are £4 and are available from Michael Lowe & Partners, The Precinct, from Burford College or orchestra members. MADDY RADBURN, PR Secretary, Carterton Lions
New bus times of village routes, as from February, have been received. This one is for the 19 Bus from Carterton crossroads calling in at Bampton, Clanfield, Black Bourton and Alvescot and returning to Carterton. Times from the crossroads are 42 minutes past the hour starting at 6.42am and ending at 5.42pm, except Sundays and Bank Holidays. Up to date local bus times are available at the Town Hall.
Some occupants, of the Kings Court mobile homes site in Burford Road are very worried about future building plans that will affect them. Planning applications involve the rear of 20/22 Burford Road where retirement homes are to be built. Now they are neighbours divided with some against possible moves and others for it and committees have been set up amongst the occupants of the mobile homes. There are also residents nearby who are concerned that this plan involves Church View and Sellwood Drive and the closure of the public footpath. Here are the feelings of one Kings Court resident.
MY CONCERN The residents have been given first refusal of a new retirement home but they are concerned how the development will take place and where they will live in the meantime. Hopefully they can be put straight into their new homes if the land nearby can be developed alongside the existing site. Also an adequate level of compensation for their homes, which they have lovingly made into cosy domains, is a concern. The residents take heart that the Town Council is concerned and that they will ask for an amicable settlement of their needs if the plan goes through this year. Some of the residents in Kings Court would welcome the footpath closure because of various acts of mindless vandalism they have suffered. In the meantime Kings Court residents are still very much enjoying living amidst the town centre and the nearby town facilities.
CONTINUAL FIREWORKS. One thing I am fed up with is the endless fireworks that go off nightly, well past Guy Fawkes Night into the whole month of November, then New Years Eve and beyond. On the appropriate night is quite sufficient. Is anyone else fed up —not least our pets? A CARTERTON RESIDENT IN KINGS COURT
UP THE POLE. Plans were submitted to erect a 15m high multipole with associated antennae and microwave dishes and ancillary equipment cabinets. Our Town Council objected strongly to the mast being sited close to a residential area and 150 residents opposed it on the grounds of safety and visual impact. West Oxfordshire District Councillors, on the proposal by one of our District Councillors Keith Stone, rejected the plan. If you don’t like it, fight it!
FIRE! For many decades Carterton has asked for a Fire Station but have been turned down on the grounds there was sufficient fire cover from stations at RAE Brize Norton, Witney and Burford and Bampton village. At the time of writing (January) there are rumours of the camp closing down, that Burford cannot respond sometimes because of lack of manpower and Witney is seriously down on crew numbers. Which is serious news for Carterton already expanding with the new North East development, and extra housing going up all the time. Witney Fire Chief stated that unless more people came forward to join, things could get difficult this year. Applicants have to get to the station in 5 minutes so Carterton residents need not apply! In Burford things are more desperate as if they do not get more crew the engine can’t go out at all. Where does that leave us in Carterton with a big fire, say on one of the industrial estates? An engine from the camp, only if it can be spared. From Witney, if there is a crew available. From Burford if there is any crew at all. From Bampton, all on their own. Our town is the 2nd largest in West Oxfordshire and we still have to rely on villages to provide our fire cover.
KEEPING OLD CARTERTON SAFE. In the last issue I suggested that Carterton have no buildings with a protection order on them. I have since learned that Rock Farm and adjoining buildings, (the only ones in 1900 when the land was purchased by William Carter) are all under that Protection Order. The farm — now the Manor Guest House — St Josephs Church, formerly a farm barn, two cottages with attached stables are protected property. Do you know of any others that should be protected from demolition?
NEW SHOPPING CENTRE PLANS. There is a Town Centre Partnership made up of Town, District and County Councillors who have in mind a new shopping centre in Carterton and a favoured area is in the south west part of town. This appears to be that now occupied by the market site/market car park Somerfields, with a by-pass road going from Black Bourton Road to an exit by the Town Hall, with part of Black Bourton Road and Alvescot Road pedestrianised. This proposal is not new as it was first put forward in 1987 and was turned down in favour of the Co-op Superstore. North Carterton — from Upavon Way upwards — has always been denied any shops at all. Considering the large number of young families and pensioners who have to walk about a mile to the shops, and who have no transport, a shopping centre up there would be more than welcome. The proposed NE development will have shops, eventually, but nowhere near the established housing area of North Carterton.
COLLECTING FOR BURFORD/WITNEY HOSPITALS
You may have noticed in some of the Carterton shops that the collection tins for Burford Hospital have been changed to that of Witney Hospital. For a few years I have put out and collected the tins for the treasurer of Burford Hospital but when it unfortunately closed for its intended role I returned the tins and made enquiries to have some collecting tins for Witney instead. Our family, many friends and customers (of Giles shop) have received such wonderful treatment etc at Witney Hospital which often saves a long trip to the John Radcliffe in Oxford and endless hours of waiting! We have placed 8 collection tins around the town and homes. I am pleased to say that £220 has been raised in 4 months to help buy much needed equipment for Witney Hospital which we all must try to keep open. If any business owner, or family home, would like to have a collection tin I would be delighted to arrange to get one for you. With grateful thanks to all concerned. MRS BETTY GILES Tel: 841151
CARTERTON LIBRARY - OPENING TIMES Monday 9.30—5.00 Tuesday 9.30-7.00 Wednesday CLOSED Thursday 9.30—5.00 Friday 10.00-7.00 Saturday 9.30-1.00
CARTERTON TRADES PEOPLE 1958-59 This was the time that the Ml, our first motorway, was opened and it became an offence to drop litter. School leaving age was raised to 16 years and the Clean Air Act came into being banning all dark smoke emissions. Carterton then was still a village, with many shops but no supermarkets. The Americans occupied RAE Brize Norton and our health needs were served by doctors in Bampton and Burford. We did have quite a thriving shopping centre around the crossroads. Do you remember these people? The Parade No 1 R. Minchin, Ironmonger, Paint/Wallpaper Merchant No 2 L. Minchin, Cafe, Cycle/Electrical Dealer No 3 Friths, Grocers, Parade Stores No 4 Reays, Quality Catering
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YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT David Cameron, your MP, will be available to help you either by appointment at Advice Centres across West Oxfordshire or if urgent by writing to him. Advice Centres will be open on Fridays from 5—7pm at Carterton Town Hall April 5th, Charlbury Corner House May 3rd, Burford Warwick Hall May 24th, Chipping Norton Town Hall, June 2 1st. Witney Corn Exchange July 19th. To make an appointment contact W.O. Conservative Association, 10 Bridge Street, Witney, Oxon OX28 1HY or telephone 702302. You can also write direct to him, David Cameron MP, The House of Commons, London SW1A OAA.
EMERGENCY ALARM SCHEME Would you like to help disabled or elderly people stay safely in their own homes? There is an Emergency Alarm Scheme which provides an alarm, with pendant, to a client who may need to summon help when alone and unable to reach a phone. Volunteers are needed to install alarms and pay annual visits to check that all is well with the client and the alarm. Installation is simple and full training and support given. For more information phone Lynn: 01865 768278.
CARERS DISCUSSION NETWORK We are in the process (as of Nov 2001) of finding venues all over Oxfordshire for Carers and former Carers to meet informally and socially. The Network meetings will provide an opportunity for people to discuss health issues affecting Carers and have questions answered by Health Care professionals. For further information contact Simon Halliday 708020 or Oxfordshire Carer’s Forum, FREEPOST (SCE9038), Witney, Oxon OX28 6GZ.
TRANSPORT DIRECTORY The latest edition of the ‘Directory of Community Transport Schemes in Oxfordshire’ is now available. Compiled by the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council it is aimed at helping people who may not have private transport, cannot access public transport and also for those who need to arrange transport for others. It lists all the schemes in the County that provide transport for health and welfare purposes as well as those that help supplement public transport services, particularly in rural areas. These are all schemes run by volunteers. This Directory also provides information on help available to set up community transport schemes, organisations who hire out vehicles and organisations that have a wider role in community transport. Copies of the Directory are free of charge from Oxfordshire Rural Community Council, Tel: 01865 883488.
UNCLAIMED MILLIONS! Every year millions of pounds are unclaimed by thousands of people, who struggle on low incomes, but fail to claim state benefits that are theirs by right. Many are reluctant to claim because they feel it is charity but this money comes from taxes that you or your family pay when you are able to contribute. It’s like putting money into a bank for a ‘rainy day’. So when you claim benefit you are in effect withdrawing funds that were previously paid in by you. The range of benefits range from help to pensioners and families on low income, to people off work due to illness, an accident, redundancy or a business failure or to disabled people who need extra care. Are you one of them? Staff at West Oxfordshire District Council Benefits Office advise on Housing, Council Tax as well as other welfare benefits. If you are unable to attend the offices our Visiting Benefits Officer can visit you at home. An Officer from the Benefits Agency is at the Council Benefits Office on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from l0.3Oam—l2noon. Telephone 01993 770022 Or write to WODC Benefits Office, 26 Church Green, Witney, Oxon OX28 4AU.
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL & TODDLER GROUP — Tanners Lane, Burford. Ages 3—5 yrs. Mon—Fri 9—l2am. 2 mornings weekly. Nursery voucher provider. Toddler group Wed 1—3pm. Enq Sally 824031.
BRIGHT START PRE-SCHOOL — 2—4 yrs old. Daily 9.15—11.45am. Mon—Wed 12.30—2.45pm. Enq Carol Maudsley Tel: 842489 in term time.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLAYGROUP — Monday—Friday 9.15—11.45am. Community College Upavon Way. Enq: Maddie Davies. Tel: 844071.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE MOTHER & TODDLER GROUP — Every Monday 1—3pm. Community College Playgroup, Upavon Way. Enq: Maddie Davies. Tel: 841342.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH PLAYGROUP — Mon—Tues—Wed 9.15—11.45am. 12.15— 2.45pm. Tel: 07866 234106 gam—3pm term time or Kim Wilson 840347.
RAF BRIZE NORTON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP — Mon—Fri 9.l5am—11.45am. Mon—Thurs 12.3Oam—2.3Opm. Enq: Kylie Gorman 8972156.
WEDNESDAY CLUB — For Mothers and Toddlers under 5, Carterton Health Centre. F. Smith, 30 Stoneleigh Drive. First Wednesday of the month at 2—4pm.
BROADSHIRES PRE-SCHOOL — Tues—Fri 9.lSam—12 noon. Ages 21/2~5 years. The Old School, Broadwell (2 miles from Carterton). Enquiries: Jackie Overton. Tel: 01367 252192. (Registered for Nursery Vouchers).
HIVE INFORMATION CENTRE — 11 Ely Close. Enquiries: Gail Lever/Melanie Bushnell. Tel: 841497. Mon—Fri 9am—2.3Opm. BUMBLES COFFEE SHOP. 12 Ely Close. Enquiries: Fran Jeffs. Tel: 846103. Mon—Thurs 9am—2pm. Fri 9am—1 2 noon. BUSY BEES. 10 Ely Close. Enquiries: Rose Bach/Nicky Ralph. Tel: 844011. 0—5yrs Mon—Fri 9am—12 noon. 2—3 yrs Mon—Thurs 12.3Oam—2.3Opm.
RAINBOW MOTHERS & TODDLERS DROP-IN. Tuesdays 9.30-1 1am during term time. Carterton Methodist Church, Burtord Rd. Enq: Kirsty Judson Tel: 846569.
AFTER SCHOOL CARE — Carterton Community College. 2.50—5.3Opm. School Holidays 8.3Oam—5.3Opm. Tel: 844071.
EDITH MOORHOUSE SCHOOL. FUN CLUB — After-school care. Mon—Fri 3pm— 5.3Opm. Enquire at School office or Phone Sue or Carmen 842372.
WITNEY FIRE CADETS — 12—16 yrs. Meets Witney Fire Station, Welch Way Mondays 6.30—8.3Opm. Enq: Simon Bradley, Cadet Unit, 702722.
AIR TRAINING CORPS — 2267 (Brize Norton) Sqn. ATC RAF Brize Norton. Boys & Girls 13—18 years. Tues & Thurs 7—9.3Opm. Building 901 (behind Gateway House). Contact: Bob Wise Tel: 212595.
CARTERTON ARMY CADET FORCE — Meets Tuesdays 7.30—9.3Opm Scout Hut, Swinbrook Road. Ages 13—18 years.
ALLANDALE YOUTH HOUSE — Mon, Thur, Fri, Sat, 7.30—lOpm. All enquiries Jo Melling Tel: 842416.
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND — Secretary: Mrs Pauline Evans. Telephone: 842983.
NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST — WITNEY AND DISTRICT BRANCH — Antenatal Classes and social events for parents-to-be and new parents. Enq: Andrea Mayho, Witney 773602.
R.C.A. — Raising Children Alone. 1 .30—3.3Opm. Fridays (term times). Playgroup Unit, Carterton Community College. Enquiries from Playgroup Unit: 844071 or Sue 840001.
CARTERTON SCOUTS & CUBS — Scout & Guide HQ, Swinbrook Rd, Carterton, Group Chairperson, Kerstie Hunter-Judson. Group Secretary, Lyn Halford 841993. Scouter In Charge, Barbara Furnival 212558. Beaver Colony — Fri 6—7.lSpm. (Boys) Age 6—8’/2yrs Barbara Furnival 212558. Cub Pack (Boys & Girls) — Tues 6—7.lSpm. Age 8—101/2yrs. Barbara Furnival 212558. Scout Troop (Boys & Girls) —Wed 6.30—8.3Opm. Age 101/2—l5yrs. Mike Drysdale 844942.
2nd BRIZE NORTON (RAF) AIR SCOUT GROUP — Scout HQ — situated behind the Sgts mess, RAF Brize Norton. Tel: 01993 842551 ext 7929. Group Scout Leader — John Gulliver. Tel: 01993 842551 ext 7895, or 01993 845914. Air Scout Troop (Age 101/2~1 6): Mondays: 1900-21 00. Chipmunk Cub Scout Pack (Age 8~101/2): Tuesdays: 1830-2000. Hawk Cub Scout Pack (Age 8~101/2): Wednesdays: 1900-2030. Lightning Beaver Colony (Age 6—8): Thursdays: 1730-1 845.
BRIZE NORTON DISTRICT GUIDING District Commissioner: Diane Gracey, Tel: 212760 Rainbows 5—7 years Brownies 7—10 years Guides 10-14 years+ Rangers & Young Leaders 14 years+ Families amenities Center 1st BZN Rainbows Weds 4—Spin 2nd BZN Brownies Weds 6.15—7.45pm 4th BZN Brownies Thurs 6.15—7.45pm 3rd BZN Guides Mons 7—8.3Opm St Johns Church 2nd Cart. Guides Weds 7.30—9pm 1st Cart. Brownies Mon 6—7.3Opm 1st Cart. Guides Mons 7.30—9pm Carterton Community College Play School 2nd Cart. Brownies Mons 6.1 5—7.3Opm The Hive 2nd Cart. Rainbows Thurs 4—Spin Methodist Church 1st Cart. Rainbows Weds 5—6pm WI Hall 3rd Cart. Brownies Mons 6—7.3Opm St Kenelms Hall, Minster Lovell 1st ML Rainbows 3.45—4.45pm 1st ML Brownies 5—6.3Opm Young Leaders meet monthly and work with their units weekly CARTERTON TREFOIL GUILD — Meetings W.l. Hall, 3rd Wednesday of month. 7.45—9.3Opm. Contact: 842026.
CARTERTON RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB — President: Mike Stevenson — 842075. Chairman: Nick Truman —842753. Secretary: Mrs Ann CaIlen —845126. MANAGERS: Girls — Julia Nichols 704450 U1 l’s Colts — Jeremy YalIop 841491
U7’s —
Darren Lee 214515
U12’s —
John Williams 844515
CARTERTON ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE — Cadets. Contact: Claire Hammond. Tel: 212687. Adults. Contact: Christine Keep. Tel: 841473. BRITISH RED CROSS — Carterton joint-co-ordinators Jan Kingsby-Huntley and Sandra Dibbens. Tel: 843300 or 844115.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTiON - Windrush Valley Branch. Enq: Chairman — Mr P. H. Thompson. Tel: 841325 or Representative — Mrs Pat Shepherd. CARTERTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB Chairman: Bob Taylor — 840214. Secretary: Cathryn Taylor — 842410. Hall Hire: Cohn Brown 841109. Club Stewards: Cohn Brown 841109, Kevin Rose 841105. Hellenic Premier League. 1st Team: Andy Slater — 01865 375389. Reserve Team: Mark Light —213100. Witney & District. A Team: David Day — 843333. B Team: Richard Baker 213024. U18’s (Allied Counties): Mac Mcleman — 07747 640977. U17’s (Elsivier League): Mike Fleming —842410. U16’s: Dave Stock —843126. Mini Soccer: Paul King —840412. SWINDON BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM — Tuesdays 7—9pm. Supermarine Swindon Sports Ground. Contact Neil Ferguson 01793 614703. CARTERTON GYMNASTIC CLUB — Enq: D. Newton. Tel: Witney 703670. CARTERTON JUDO CLUB — Tues 7.3Opm. Allandale Youth House. Enq: David Small, 16 Shillbrook Avenue. Tel: 843267.
BUSHINDO-KAI MARTIAL ARTS — Thursdays & Fridays 8.30—lOpm. W.l. Hall, Carterton. Enq. J. Williamson 840205.
CARTERTON SQUASH CLUB — Contact: Gavin Powell, 845220. Club House: 842996.
BADMINTON CLUB — Witney Leys Badminton Club. Wed 7.3Opm—10.3Opm (in Woodgreen School Sports Hall — 4 courts). All welcome. SUMMER CLUB too. Tel. Graham 01993 702219
WITNEY & CARTERTON BADMINTON CLUB — Wednesdays 8—1 Opm. Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton. Enq. Mr Aggawal 774164.
SHORT-TENNIS CLUB — Mondays 4—Spin. S—6pm. Carterton Community College. Enquiries to Rachel. Tel: 842816 or Mobile 0589 973914. CARTERTON BOWLS CLUB — Arkell Avenue. Open all year round. Bar and Lounge facilities available nightly. Instruction for beginners. Membership applications and information: 843366 After 6.3Opm.
CARTERTON HOCKEY CLUB — Meets at Carterton Astro Turf, Upavon Way. Adults Weds 7.00—8.3Opm. Telephone 01451 844776.
WINDRUSH COLLECTORS SOCIETY — Meetings 2nd Wednesday of month. 7.45pm Carterton Social Centre. Enquiries: Mr Everett Tel: 213030.
FULBROOK CAMERA CLUB — Enq: Ellen or Gordon Parker 843985. SHILL VALLEY LACEMAKERS — Meets 1st Mon in the month. Town Hall, Carterton 7.30—9.3Opm. Ring Julie 840276.
BUTTERCROSS QUILTERS — Meets every 2nd Tuesday. The Buffet Room, Lang- dale Hall, Witney 7.30—9.3Opin. Tel: 841704. COT~WOLD FLOWER CLUB — 1st Wed. of each month, W.I. Hall 7.30—9.3Opm. Secretary: Ann Hancock. Tel: 842197. Chairwoman: Mrs Betty Holmes Tel: 841140. WITNEY BRIDGE CLUB — Wed. 7.lSpm. Burwell Hall, Witney. Enq: Alexander Bain — Tel: 840984. WITNEY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Meets 3rd Tuesday in month. Sept—May. 7.3Opm in Corn Exchange, Witney. Enquiries Tel: 779093. ACTING COMMUNITY THINGUMYBOGS — Rehearsals in Drama Theatre, 7—9pm. Community College, Thursdays. Enq: Sue 212911. RAF BRIZE NORTON THEATRE CLUB — Splinter Village, Hut 49a. Wed. 8.3Opm. Enq: Pat Roberts Tel: 201236 or Sam Dick-Marner Tel: 0410 367721.
SCOTTISH DANCING — Lechlade, New Memorial Hall. Thurs. 7.3Opm. Beginners & Experienced Dancers. Enq. Shirley Jenkins 01367252623.
WITNEY SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCERS — Mondays during term time, Henry Box School, Witney. 7.45—9.45pm. Enq: Alexander Bain — Tel: 840984.
DUCKLINGTON MORRIS DANCERS — Practices 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month. 8pm Duckhington Village Hall — and afterwards in ‘The Bell’. Information contact Andy Cheyne 831657 or Neil Sleight 01865 241081.
WITNEY SEQUENCE DANCING CLUB. Tuesday evenings 7—lapin. Beginners tuition 6.30—7pm. Langdale Hall, Witney. Modern, old time & Latin dances. Enquiries 01865 722250.
SONGSTERS. Meets Wed/Thurs 7.3Opm. Further details from Chairman — George Fox 842187 or Secretary/Musical Director — Dee Bulley 842427.
RAF BRIZE NORTON SINGERS — Officer in Charge: FIt. Lt. S. P. Hamilton. Secretary: M. Spalding, 1 Finchdale Chose, Carterton. Tel: 842229. Meets Mondays. 7.45pm RAF Community Centre.
WITNEY AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ORCHESTRA — Rehearsals Monday afternoons 2—4.3Opm Corn Exchange, Witney. Details: Tel: Witney 704566.
AEROBICS/STEP AEROBICS — Day (with qualified creche facility) and evening classes in Carterton. For days and times and more information contact: Janey Shader. Tel: 845812.
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION CARTERTON BRANCH — Chairman: Edith Richens. Tel: 841954. Secretary: Joyce May. Tel: 842585.
CARTERTON OVER 60’s & EARLY RETIRED CLUB — Meets every Fri 2-4pm at Social Centre, Alvescot Road. Ring May SaIeII 841682.
AGE CONCERN DAY CENTRE — Meets every Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs. Access Rd, Lawton Aye, Carterton. Enquiries to: Trish Pratley 840162. FRIENDSHIP GROUP — Tues Coffee Morning 10—12 noon at Allendale Youth House. Thurs 2—Spin. Enq: Mrs Pearman 842255.
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS — Alternate Thurs. 2—4pm. W.l. Hall. Chairman: Mr H. Pickett, 35 Edgeworth Drive, Carterton. Tel: 845041. Secretary: Mrs E. Hainsworth, 26 Shilldeane Drive, Carterton. Tel: 842157.
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE — Meets 1st & 3rd Thursday of month. 2pm. Langdale Hall. For people 50 years & over. New interests & new friends. Details Eric Cole 772961.
THE SYCAMORES TENANTS & RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION — This encompasses ArkeIl Aye, Rock Road, Rock Close, Sycamore Drive. Meetings 1st Monday of month at 7.3Opm at Blenheim Court, Sycamore Drive. Contact: Secretary, Mrs Tan Marchant. Tel: 841060.
WITNEY TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND — Secretary: Mrs B. Cleary. Tel: Witney 703418/704858. CARTERTON FRIENDS OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED — Meetings 3rd Wed. in the month 2—4pm Town Hall, Alvescot Road, Carterton. Enquiries: Mrs Gibbens — Tel: 843502. ADVICE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE — Thurs 10-4pm. Sats. 10-11.3Oam Tel: 845884. SOLACE — Drop-In Centre for Carers. Wed. 10.3Oam—12.30Pm. Congregational Church Rooms. Welch Way, Witney. Tel: 01345 125546. VOLUNTEER LINK-UP — Matching people with time to spare to those who need help. Mon—Fri 9am—1 pm. 10 Wesley Walk, High Street, Witney. Tel: 776277.
CHALLENGER CLUB — For the physically handicapped and the able-bodied. Meetings held on the last Thursday in the month, Town Hall, Alvescot Road, 2—4pm. All enquiries to Mrs Carey, Greenview, Arkell Aye, Carterton — Telephone: 843663.
SPRINGBOARD CHILDREN, ADULTS & FAMILIES PROJECT — Supports individuals/ families with anxiety, depression/long term mental health. Drop In for adults Mondays & Fridays 1 Oam—3pm. Enq. Doreen 841740 Mon—Frid 1 Cam—Spin.
WEST OXFORDSHIRE CITIZEN ADVOCACY — Volunteers speak up for people who cannot communicate well. Enq. Anthony Richards 704826. ROTARACT CLUB OF WITNEY — For those aged 18—30 yrs. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesdays. 8pm. Club Room, Windrush Leisure Centre, Witan Way, Witney. Tel: Claire 779682 or Alan 898382.
CARTERTON LIONS CLUB — President: Bernie Wellstood Tel: 213680. Secretary: Ken Tinner Tel: 841865. Meets 8pm 1st Tuesday of the month at The Old Bull, Burford.
ORDER OF LADIES GLADE — The Belle Glade No 513 meets every Mon. 8pm at the Activities Centre, Splinter Village, RAF Brize Norton. Secretary: Mrs J. Pearce. Tel: 843696.
ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES — Wychwood Lodge No. 5308. Thurs. 8.OOpm. Village Hall, Swinbrook, Nr. Burl ord. Sec: Mr R. C. Vincent, 25 Richens Drive. Tel: Carterton 213555.
ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES — Flaming Torch Lodge 7494 every Thurs. 8pm, Social Centre. Sec: Mr M. C. Drew, 46 Arr~pney Orchard, Bampton. Tel: 210129. CARTERTON & BRIZE NORTON BRANCH, ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION — Information contact Bob Wise, 3 Humphries Close 212595 or Secretary: Phil Caswell 212429. Meetings: 8pm 2nd Monday of each month at Bowls Club, ArkeIl Aye, Carterton. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION — Meetings 3rd Mon of each month at 8.OOpm at Carterton Bowls Club, Arkell Ave. Membership Secretary: A. J. Staddon, 57 Bnze Norton Rd, Tel: 841861 — Welfare Secretary: Mr M BuIley, 53 Swinbrook Road, Carterton. Tel: 842427.
ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION - 2nd & 4th Monday of each month. 8pm, Social Centre. Chairman: S. W. Scarsbrook, 12 Westfield Road, Witney. Sec: A. J. Wixey. Tel: 844699.
S.S.A.F.A. WITNEY & AREA — Contact: Don Deaney, 35 Curbridge Road, Witney. Tel: 201442.
FARINGDON & LECHLADE ROUND TABLE — Meets 1st and 3rd Monday of month. At Crown Hotel, Faringdon. Begins 7.3Opm. Enquiries to Ray Bather. Cartertofl 843205.
WITNEY SPEAKERS CLUB — Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 7.45 for 8pm Witney Corn Exchange. New members welcome. Learn to speak with confidence. Enq: 845328/842383. RSPCA — Local Secretary Jason Kibble, 16 Hillview, Carterton. Tel: 213225. LOST AND FOUND BIRDS REGISTER — Also birds cared for in your absence. All enquiries phone: 841778.
CATS PROTECTION LEAGUE, W. OXON BRANCH — Co-ordinator: Lou Tyack. Tel: 01608 659940.
CARTERTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST — Provides funds to groups & individuals for educational purposes. Further details of this charitable trust contact: Mrs T. Marchant. Hon. Secretary, 56 Sycamore Drive, Carterton. WITNEY MOTOR CLUB — Meets 2nd and 4th Thurs of each month. Secretary Simon Bradley, 7 Beech Road, Witney. Tel:702722.
CHAMBER OF TRADE — Hon. Sec.: Mrs C. Byrne, 42 Foxcroft Drive. Tel: 212872. SWINBROOK ROAD ALLOTMENTS ASSOCIATION - Enq: Sec. Mr M. Alcock, 8 Shillbrook Road, Carterton. Tel: 841704. SOCIAL CLUB — Social Centre, Browne’s Lane. Large Bar open Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday lunchtimes and each evening. Small Bar open Mon, Tues, Wed and Sunday lunchtimes. Fri, Sat and Sunday evenings. Booking Secretary, Mr Barnard. Tel: 07765 502258. SOCIAL CENTRE — (Carterton & Black Bourton Village Hall) Browre’s Lane. Booking Secretary: Eric Wilson, 7 Kingham Drive, Carterton 841617. CARTERTON WOMENS INSTITUTE — Every 2nd Tues. 7.3Opm at the WI Hall Brize Norton Road. President: Mrs C. Sherwood 843919. Sec: Mrs B. Fall — Tel: 841674. W.l. BOOKING CLERK — Mrs B. Fall — Tel: 841674. BROADSHIRES HEALTH CENTRE — Broadshire Way, Carterton. Tel: 844567.
CARTERTON HEALTH CENTRE. Alvescot Road. Tel: 841718. METHODIST CHURCH — Rev. Andy Chislett-McDonald, 51 Scholars Acre, Carterton, Tel: 845322. CATHOLIC CHURCH — Father V. Armishaw, The Presbytery, Arkell Ave. Tel: 842463.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND — Rev. Roger Billings, The Vicarage, Burtord Road. Tel: 842429. WITNEY & CARTERTON COMMUNITY CHURCH - Kings School, New Yatt Rd. l0.3Oam Sundays. Details: Mr Ellwood 704606.
CARTERTON AND BRIZE NORTON COUNCIL OF CHURCHES - Once a quarter. Enq: Mrs S. Rankcom, The Sycamores, 72 Oakfield Road. Tel: 842997.
CARTERTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH - Tues 7.lSpm. Carterton Social Centre. Enquiries Tel: Bonnie 212755— Roma 704240— Jean 771132.
LOCAL PLAN 2011- PROGRESS REPORT In September 2001 the draft Local Plan Review, covering new development proposals, was published for public comment. This plan, covering the next 10 years, continues the present strategy of concentrating development in the larger towns, new sites are proposed in Carterton, Witney, Chipping Norton and Woodstock. The process of producing the final plan is lengthy but consultation is an important part of the democratic process. In September there was a 6 week period when the plan was available to the public at the West Oxfordshire Council Offices and libraries. There have also been exhibitions and many meetings with over 100 organisations. Sometime this year, after analysing all comments received the Local Plan Team will publish a modified plan. Then the public will be given an opportunity to comment on the changes which have been made from the original draft. A Public Enquiry will be expected to take place in 2003.
COMMUNITY COMPOSTING The County and District Councils are trying to encourage as many people as possible to recycle kitchen and garden waste by home composting. However, for those with small gardens or little time this is not always practical, nor is getting to one of the eight waste recycling centres in Oxfordshire.
The answer might lie in community composting, an initiative currently being promoted by the County Council. All its needs is an area of land where a compost site can be located, some willing volunteers that want to do their bit for the environment and residents that want lots of lovely rich compost! If you are interested in finding out more then please contact Fay Dashper on 01865 815499.
THE TRULY USEFUL NATURE CONSERVATION DIRECTORY Are you looking for practical ways in which to get involved in your local environment? Then log onto www.oncf.org.uk where you will find the Truly Useful Nature Conservation Directory, or telephone 01865 407034 for a copy (~l for p+p). The Directory gives you a direct link to all the environment groups that work across Oxfordshire — what their interests are, what type of events they organise and what services they offer. If you would like to understand and enjoy the countryside more, play a role in protecting green spaces or get involved in campaigning then this Directory will provide you with the impetus.
WILDLIFE ON OUR DOORSThP -16 MARCH People wanting to join or find our more about local wildlife groups are invited to come to a free event between lO.3Oam and 3.3Opm on Saturday 16 March at Oxford Town Hall where there will be stalls, displays, a quiz and talks, including special events for children and teenagers. The event marks the centenary of a similar meeting in 1902 organised by the then Lord Mayor George Claridge and is being organised by a group of societies including the Ashmolean Natural History Society.
HAVING TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES? Then Katharine May, the new Rural Community Transport Worker at Oxfordshire Rural Community Council may be able to help. She can offer help and advice on different transport options and work with communities to develop new transport ideas. To get in touch, please call Katherine on 01865 883488. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||