What’s on at The Red Lion
The Following is from Dillie:
“Come along to our Christmas Quiz on 22nd followed by Play Your Cards Right. We have a new quizmaster… he’s apparently brilliant.
It’s Christmas and our staff need a break. So we are not doing food on Christmas Eve or on 30th January.
On Christmas Eve, however, the parish council are kindly providing mince pies and mulled wine at 6.30, followed by a singalong of carols and Christmas songs at 7pm.
On Christmas morning, we are offering a free drink to our lovely village friends from 12-2. However, as I hinted in the last parish newsletter, if the last time you came for a drink was Christmas morning 2021, we’ll still be delighted to see you but do bring some method of payment.
Finally, there’s a large green pig on the counter in the pub. It says STAFF XMAS TIPS. Our staff are FANTASTIC and if you were minded to put something in there this week, it will be greatly appreciated. (None of it comes to me, btw.)
And we will be open Boxing Day from 12-9pm”.Stratton Audley Church The Following is from Beckie Adams:
“We do hope you can join us in church to celebrate the Christmas season. Our services will be:
Friday 23rd December (7pm) Carol Service in Godington
Christmas Eve (4pm) Crib Service – bringing the Christmas story to life for young children and providing a magical start to Christmas for all ages. Your children are invited to come in costume if they would like to. The collection taken at the service will be shared between the local church and the Children’s Society to help children and young people in distress.
Christmas Morning (10.45am) Holy Communion – All welcome, of any denomination or none. Perhaps you might like to donate some items to the Foodbank Collection Point in the church porch as one way of thinking of others at this time of year.
Please check the Shelswell Benefice website for details of Midnight Communion and other services in the various parishes within our the benefice http://www.shelswellparishes.info/services.php
A Very Happy Christmas!” Stratton Audley Barn The following is from Richard, Sara and the team:
“there are still a few hours left to pop on down and enjoy a warming hot choccie, tasty light lunch, grab a Christmas tree & maybe a chance to add a few festive treats to your basket too! We have a 30% off sale on selected Christmas item.
We are open 10am-4pm daily with lunches served 12-2pm (give us a call to book for lunch, it’s been a busy few weeks).
We close our doors for the Christmas break at 4pm this Thursday 22nd December and will re-open on Tuesday 10th January with a spring in our step for 2023! We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support this year and wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and very good wishes for 2023!” Two New Vehicle Speed Signs for the Village
As previously reported two new Vehicle Activated Signs have been purchased for the village, one near the Mill Road entrance and the other on the Launton Road.
I am delighted to report that they are being installed on Wednesday in time for the Christmas craziness.
When we carried out the village survey earlier in the year, 55% of respondents said they were in favour of these devices and evidence increasingly suggests that they do help to reduce speed by reminding everyone to slow down. Cancelled Road Sweep
Apologies for being unable to tell you that the scheduled road sweep for last Thursday was cancelled at the last minute but I was away. This was due to the vehicle breaking down and the excessive ice and snow on the roads. It is being re-scheduled for sometime in January and you will be informed in advance. Christmas Garden Waste collections
There will be no changes to our general waste, recycling and food caddy collections over the festive period, however our brown bin collection scheduled for Tuesday January 3rd is being skipped and there will be no collection.
Christmas Tree Collections will take place on Tuesday 17th January. The good news is that you do not need a Garden Waste subscription in order for your Christmas tree to be collected. Residents leaving large trees out for composting are asked to cut them into pieces that are four feet tall or smaller. This makes it safe to load them into the recycling trucks. The pieces of Christmas tree should then be left next to the blue recycling bin on collection day.
All this information is available on the Cherwell District Council website in case you want to double-check for yourself. 20 mph Consultation
As previously mentioned, one of the points emerging from the village survey earlier in the year, was that 70% of respondents were in favour of reducing the speed limit in the village to 20mph. At the time, the cost of such a programme was prohibitive but upon further investigation we discovered that Oxfordshire County Council was setting up a scheme for towns and villages to offer free conversion to those that qualified. The Parish Council went through an application process and Stratton Audley was selected to be amongst the first to be adopted.
They have now started a consultation process and are asking for your views on the proposal to replace the existing 30mph speed limit in its entirety.
Details of the proposed Traffic Regulation Order can be viewed on the Councils consultation portal at the address below:
https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/strattonaudley_20mph2022
As stated on the notice, any objections or other representations on the proposal should be submitted by Friday 20th January 2023.
With regard to the speed limit on the approach roads to the village, for the timing being there are no plans to reduce these from the national speed limit of 60mph, but this is something that has been raised on number of occasions and will be pursued given sufficient interest. Children’s Safety Posters
It has been decided that the children’s road safety posters around the village should be taken down. Any that are still intact will be placed in the bus shelter on the Stoke Lyne Road. Original artists are welcome to come and collect their own work of art before they are disposed of. Bicester Heritage January Scramble
Tickets are still available for the Scramble on 8th January (9am to 2pm) The special local residents discount code, which gets you 50% off is: BristolBoxKite
I have also just been told that tickets will go live for the 8th April Scramble event, on the 9th January at 10am. The Coffee morning Christmas Lunch
The Red Lion coffee morning regulars participated in a Xmas Lunch at the Red Lion this week and had a scrumptious roast turkey lunch followed by Xmas pud and trifle. All agreed it was a truly lovely meal prepared and cooked by the staff and Dilly who made the trifle. The coffee morning gang would like to thank Dilly and staff for a lovely festive meal, and to Maggie Woodward who organises the coffee mornings.
Annie organised a raffle the proceeds of which (£48) is to be given to the village church, hopefully to pay for the brown bin yearly fee.
Thanks to all that took part in raffle and helped on the day
Coffee mornings are Weds mornings at 11.00 join us everyone welcome. Village Improvement
An enquiry was made recently as to whether there was anything left in the village improvement fund that was created out of the Street Festivals in 2016 and 2018. When the last analysis was made available in 2019 there was some £1600 remaining, although this figure was depleted further and as a result the Parish Council agreed to allocate a further £5000 to this fund. Please see the latest PC Minutes for further information.
At every Annual Meeting of the Parish, people are reminded to come forward with ideas, hopefully ones that they can help implement, whether it is for something physical to improve the look of the village, organising an event or the setting up of a service for residents. All you have to do is attend a Parish Council meeting and put forward your idea. |