Great News -Two New Vehicle Speed Signs for the Village
With the support of OCC Highways, the Parish Council put forward an application for HS2 funding to purchase two vehicle activated signs, one for the Launton Road and the other for Mill Road. Despite only a slender chance of success as we are not directly affected by the construction, it has been approved and the new solar powered signs should be installed prior to Christmas. The actual cost including installation and service contracts is in the region of £10,000 but thanks to the grant will cost the Parish Council and local residents absolutely nothing.
This means that each of the approach roads to the village will now have a permanent speed warning sign which will act as a reminder to reduce speed in the village.Stratton Audley ChurchThe following is from Becky Adams:
“The Remembrance Day service will be held in St Mary and St Edburga, Stratton Audley this Sunday,13th November at 10.50pm. All are welcome.
‘Little Lambs’ baby and toddler group continues on Wednesdays in term time in Stratton Audley Church, starting at 9.30am and finishing at 11am. Just turn up or for more information contact Alice at rector@shelswellparishes.info“.
Please check the Shelswell website for details of services on other Sundays and in other parishes in the benefice http://www.shelswellparishes.info/services.phpHelp for the Hungry!
As the economic crisis continues to bite, more people are finding that they are really struggling to make ends meet. The parish church are doing what they can to help.
A Foodbank Donation Point can be found in the church porch. If you can, please support this with your donations of tinned and dried goods, toiletries, and so on. Urgently needed are tinned tomatoes, tinned fish, rice pudding, tinned meat, tinned fruit, and juice / squash. (They have plenty of cereal and pasta)If you need to, you are very welcome to take whatever you need from the box, and any leftovers will be taken to the Bicester Foodbank on a regular basis.
The Rector, Alice Goodall is now a ‘Local Referrer’ and can refer you to the Bicester Foodbank. She would need a few basic details from you, and then will be able to give you a referral number. You can then go into the Beacon in Bicester and collect a bag of food to keep you going for a few days, or you can phone them and they will be able to drop off a bag to you. Contact:
Alice Goodall, The Rectory, Finmere 01280 848192 alicegoodall313@gmail.com
The Beacon is situated in Wesley Lane, Bicester OX26 6JU (off Sheep Street – not the Market Square end but the other end!). As well as the bag of dried goods, you may be able to collect some fruit and vegetables and a meat voucher. Someone from Citizen’s Advice is there on a Tuesday from 10 – 12 am, and there is a wellbeing café on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 1 – 4 pm.Stratton Audley Barn The following is from Richard, Sara and the team:
“The clock seems to be ticking extra fast this year, Christmas is most definitely coming!! The shop has taken an extra festive feel this week, a real Christmas grotto, we’d love to welcome you in to explore. Times are tough for us all this year but we bring some cheerful festive news; we’ve worked extra hard to hold our prices both across our Cafe and on our Fresh Christmas Trees for this festive season, order this years tree at last years prices! All our stock Christmas trees will be on sale from 25th November and are also available to preorder online at www.strattonaudleybarn.co.uk. The order book is still open for the larger trees, for anything over 9ft, get in touch via info@strattonaudleybarn.co.uk and we can provide a quote to supply & deliver to your door.
Over in the Cafe our hearty daily soups and winter warmers are proving popular, pop on in for a catch up over lunch with your friends or a coffee and cake or cheeky milkshake with the family, back by popular demand are our classic homemade Ice cream flavours, why not treat the kiddies (or big kiddies!) and turn that Ice Cream treat into a delicious milkshake this weekend. Hope to see you soon”. What’s on at The Red Lion
The Following is from Dillie:
“What’s on at the pub…
23rd November, Hunt Supporters Pub of the Month – thanks for choosing us!
24th November Quiz Night and Play Your Cards right.
17th December Christmas Party with music.
22nd December Christmas Quiz and Raffle Otherwise Opening hours, no change. Fish as usual on Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday lunches as usual. If you’re hungry on a weekday lunch and Sapphire is around, she’ll make sure you get something nice to assuage your hunger!” Bicester Heritage January Scramble
The next scramble takes place on 8th January, 9am to 2pm. The special local residents discount code is BristolBoxKite 100 Club Winners The Winners in the 100 club draw for the month of November 2022 are:
£30 Jeff Wakefield (117)
£20 Good Family (68)
£10 Flack Family (154)
£10 John James (126) Next Village Road Sweep 15th December
Arrangments have been made with Cherwell District Council to sweeps the roads in the village on Thursday 15th December from 8am. This is the big one of the year when all the leaves have fallen, so please make a note of it in your diary and keep the roads clear. It is the one exception to the rule, where we encourage residents to park on the verges where necessary or alternatively just to move cars when you hear the road sweeping vehicle, who usually makes several passes during the morning. Thanks for your continued co-operation. Padbury Brook Solar Farm Academic Study and Questionnaire
Ronan Goss, a resident of the village who lives at Elm Farm met with the Parish Council on 2nd November to request help with a dissertation he is writing, as part of his studies. He is a third-year student at the University of Cambridge studying Land Economy, where he studies planning and development, among other modules. The following is from Ronan and outlines his plan:
“As you may be aware, JBM are expecting to submit a planning application for the Padbury Brook Solar Farm scheme in the next couple of months. I understand this has caused a lot of interest within the community, with both negative and positive outcomes of the project being voiced. For me this has been really interesting, and I am intending to write my undergraduate dissertation on these exact local attitudes to the development.
For context, I have received permission to prepare a short questionnaire for the community, asking about attitudes towards the development. This will be distributed door to door throughout the parish, hopefully sometime in late November/early December. These results will help myself and the parish council understand the views of the community (both positive, negative and everything in between) which will ultimately help the Council in deciding the best course of action that reflects everyone’s views. The questionnaire will be anonymous and will follow the strictest rigour in regard to data ethics, so please be assured your responses will not be used inappropriately. I am also going to be conducting some short interviews afterwards, so if you would like to be considered for this please let me know on the initial questionnaire. These interviews which will be conducted face to face will be entirely confidential and anonymous when published.
If you have any worries or questions regarding this project, please reach out to me via my email or my number. I would love to hear any thoughts you had that may help my research. Please also keep an eye out for the questionnaires in the coming weeks.
Thank you for your time”.
Ronan Goss
Email: rg641@cam.ac.uk Phone: 07521518686 Bird Bath Water
A week ago a resident found a baby owl on a lawn in Cavendish Place and sadly, despite valiant efforts by a local vet the bird died a few days later – some unpronounceable disease passed between birds sharing water. The vet suggested it is a timely reminder for people to give their bird baths a clean in an effort to try to decrease the chance of our beautiful birds contracting the infection. Collection Point for Disposal of Ink Jet Cartridges
The collection service in the Glen Close bus shelter is no longer in operation. Thank you to those who regularly deposited cartridges. |