A monument in St Giles Churchyard is in urgent need of repair. It commemorates George Monk who died May 25th 1910. I am trying to contact any of his heirs or descendants before the work can proceed. If anyone from the village knows the whereabouts of any living family members, please ask them to contact me within the next four weeks.
Thank you,
 
Reverend Maureen Turner,
01367 240875

Tickets must be bought in advance, and we are currently seating 125 visitors.
 
Weds 6 April - A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood (PG)
(2019 - Biography, Drama)
We could all use a little kindness...Lloyd Vogel, a cynical journalist, gets acquainted with a kind-hearted television presenter, Fred Rogers, while writing an article on him.  With time, the two strike an unlikely friendship.  
Stars: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys
Film duration: 1 hours 49 mins (no interval) 
Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema, Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 12.30pm, film starts at 1pm
ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY £4 from Faringdon Information Centre
Matinee Club Membership - Just £24 for 12 films
 
 
Fri 29 March - West Side Story (12A)
(2021 - Crime, Drama, Musical)
An adaption of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores the forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler
Film duration: 2 hrs 36 mins plus 15 min interval
Blockbuster @ The Regent Cinema, Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm
ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY £3 U18s, £4 Adult, £10 Family from Faringdon Information Centre
 
For more info or to join the mailing list, please visit our website www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/regent-cinema-2
 

I had an email to the website:

Good afternoon

I’m emailing to let you know about an upcoming concert of The Magnificent AKs, on March 19 in Cirencester, which I hope may be of interest to some of your choir members.

Regards,

Neil

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sundial/the-magnificent-aks/e-rjylpo
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There is full information on this on the council website.

https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/vale-of-white-horse-district-council/council-tax/support-for-energy-prices-the-council-tax-rebate/

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The following documents have been added to the website:

Parish Council Meeting Minutes February 28th 2022
Reading Room Meeting Minutes February 28th 2022

Dear all,
 
Here is the flyer for our next concert and as before, you can read Simon and Jude's biographies here.    This is really exciting, as this will be our first jazz concert here at Stonevale. We had a full house at the last concert, so make sure you book your seat.  Covid made people realise how empty our lives are without live concerts. 
 
Best wishes,
Lynette
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AGM in the Faringdon Corn Exchange LIVE at 2.30pm

This will be followed by Gordon Rogers talking about Winston Churchill’s Toyshop. Gordon discovered that the premises near his home in Buckinghamshire were the United Kingdom’s premier weapons experimental station in World War 2. When Churchill became Prime Minister he was aware of the massive War Office red tape; to bypass this he appointed himself Minister of Defence and created just one department - MDI. This was located in Whitchurch near Aylesbury.

Gordon has carried out much research to ensure that he knows as much of the facts about this topic as possible. He has asked various TV channels to make a documentary, and so far the Discovery Channel has made a short TV programme. This is a fascinating talk from a very entertaining speaker. After the talk refreshments will follow with cakes – available to all members.  Non -members are also welcome but are required to pay a £1.50 entrance fee.

Dear town and parish councils,

We recently announced some measures aimed making district council car parks in the Vale of White Horse more sustainable to manage.  We can now confirm that we’ll be introducing these changes on Monday 4 April.
 

• Free parking will still be available but reduced to one hour a day*
• New fees will apply for parking for up to two hours
• All other charges will go up by 40p
• New and renewed permits will be valid for the specific car park they are issued for and will not be transferable.

 
*except for Southampton Street car park in Faringdon, which will continue to offer two hours free parking a day. Faringdon’s main supermarket is out of town so we hope that by offering two hours free in this town centre car park we will continue to encourage people to support local trade.

To ensure people know that the changes are coming, from today we’ll be carrying out a public awareness campaign.  This will include information via the local press and our usual communication channels to parishes, residents and businesses.

Special notices will go up in our car parks around two weeks before the changes are introduced.  We’ll also be running messages on our social media channels - so please do help us spread the word to residents throughout the district.

We’ve also put together this information<http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/parkingchanges> to help explain what’s happening.

We have also prepared some posters, should you wish to print them off to display on public noticeboards.
 

• Abingdon<https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/Abingdon.pdf>
• Faringdon and all Vale district<https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/Faringdon-and-all-Vale.pdf>
• Wantage<https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/Wantage.pdf>

 
Many thanks
 
Communications
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils
01235 422400
www.southoxon.gov.uk<http://www.southoxon.gov.uk>
@southoxon<http://twitter.com/southoxon>
www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk<http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk>
@whitehorsedc<http://twitter.com/whitehorsedc>
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Great excitement today as I found and read a copy of the neighbourhood plan for above. I recently visited Great coxwell with my son and grandson when we dropped said grandson in Oxford to study and couldn’t resist bringing them to see where I lived for a few years and attended the village school during the 2nd world war. Myself and my brother and sister went to live with my aunt and uncle who lived in the house (I believe now divided into 3) i.e. I believe from the map Jenners and Pear Tree Farm and I believe properties on either side are listed, attached to what was then the public house called “The Royal Oak“. My mother had died (we lived in Cheshire I believe,) at the age of 32, and I was aged 4 and young as I was I have many memories of my time there I think that the pub was open only occasionally and I think my uncle ran it when open as he also work at Watchfield (I think an army base) as well. My uncle and aunt were named Harold and Doris Hunter. I remember the school and how we wrote on slates and sand trays also there was only one teacher for the whole school. Our milk was delivered in churns in a pony and cart that we labelled Cox's cavalry as it was Mr Cox who drove it he lived in the village and I believe sold black market cigarettes from his back door. I well remember the church and actually my grandfather Captain Clark who fought in the Boer War, also was in India where his daughter was born i.e. Doris Hunter, is buried in the village churchyard I also remember the Americans who sometimes came to the pub bringing chocolate and gum and silk stockings to us!! We had the VE party on our lawn and the whole of the occupants of Great Coxwell came to tea and I still have the China that was used. Post office was run by a Mrs Swindles who had a daughter called Phyllis, and coincidentally I saw in the neighbourhood plan a desire for a village shop. Well in my day there was one, and the elderly lady who ran it dressed in a long dress and bonnet, there was very little stock in the shop and she kept the money in an OXO tin. We also had a boy billeted with us from the east end of London called Alfie who much to my aunt's delight became as a son to her. We also had a prisoner of war came every day to help in the garden, a very large garden complete with a stream. Pigs and goats as there were no other houses behind ours and as you can imagine it was a large garden. He too became as one of the family and painted many lovely oil paintings in our stables and back at his presumably close by POW camp. I have many more memories, in fact more than I have of my recent past also a few photos if you are interested. My name is Mrs Kay Creed nee Clark (address withheld - Editor). I am in my 80s but think my memory is not too bad. I also remember the pump! Since writing this I have amazed myself as to how much more as a small child I can remember  I must say having seen your wonderful Reading Room teas I am tempted to "come to tea" one day. I will continue to try and remember more of Great Coxwell in the war and perhaps write my musings down. It is obviously a much larger place now than it was at the beginning of the war but I do remember it being a very friendly caring village with many celebrations, parties and fancy dress events. Of course nearly all knew what the others did!

Kindest regards to Great Coxwell and all its inhabitants you live in a very beautiful village.
Kay Creed

I have a large bag full of vintage and modern cotton fabrics, all large enough for patchwork and small projects. If anyone would be interested in this please contact Jo Haine on 01367 240581
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