Don't forget to check all of Hornton's village events. This is always available
through the Entertainment link on the right-hand side of the page.
February 27th '03 - Are you a gambler? Go on, risk it!
Don't forget the School Association's James Bond Theme Night and Casino to be held at the Pavilion on Saturday 1st
March at 8pm. A snip at £7.50 for supper and £50 gambling money! You can dress up or not. Tickets from Jill Offord (670689).
February 26th '03 - Exercise your democratic rights!
The AGM of the Hornton Parish Council will be held on Monday 3rd March at 7.30pm in the Church Room. This may be more
interesting than you might expect but you'll only find out if you go along.....
February 19th '03 - The Return of the Missing Cat
Last night at about 20.45 Wedgie the cat returned home.
February 18th '03 - Missing Cat
WEDGEWOOD (WEDGIE)
GREY LONG HAIRED CAT (PERSIAN) (Male) - 9 years old.
Please check your sheds, barns, garages, vans etc &
if you are looking after the home of a friend / neighbour, please check inside it, especially if they have an unlocked cat / dog door.
(NOTE: Wedgie went missing this time last year when we believe he was locked in someone's house for 8 days!) REWARD IF FOUND
Phone: Brian or Margaret Wright on 670252 Foxgloves, Millers Lane
A new date has been fixed for the next Progressive Dinner Party. It will be on Saturday 5th April. Your application form
is inside this week's Gossip, and the deadline for joining in is Friday 28th March. If you mislay the form just write your
name and telephone number and whether you'd like to be hosts or guests on a piece of paper and post that in the village
internal post-box next to the notice board on the green. Hopefully as many people as possible will join in - variety is
the spice of life!
February 6th '03 - Spectacular snowdrops!
For the next couple of weeks, snow permitting, you can see a wonderful display of snowdrops and aconites at Wroxton Abbey.
You can walk in the Abbey grounds free of charge and the gates are open all day, every day although dogs are not allowed.
The Abbey and grounds belong to an American university which is generous enough to let us all walk there.
The grounds are lovely and the snowdrops are along a bank to the left and immediately behind the Abbey/house itself.
You don't have to walk far if you don't want to .....
It really is too beautiful to miss and will make you feel that spring is not too far away.
February 5th '03 - Don't be intimidated by your computer or the Internet
Some PC skills and Internet training courses are being run in Banbury from February to April. They take place on Wednesday
mornings for a few weeks at a time. The contact is Peter Titman at Bancec on 01295 266763.
February 1st '03 - Fly a Flag for a Fiver
JUMPA are arranging for a 'Birthday Flag' to be made - it will say 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY (NAME)'.
You can arrange to have this flown all day from the Flagpole on the Green as a Birthday Treat for Someone Special - or
even for Everyone Special - in your life. Simply write the date and the Christian name of the Birthday Person on a piece
of paper, enclose it together with five pounds and post it through Ian Harris's letter box (Grafton Rise, Bell Street) at
least a week before the date, and Ian will take care of the rest. Unfortunately everyone born around Christmas will miss
out, because as well as getting one present instead of two and having your Birthday cards mixed up and indistinguishable
from the Christmas Cards, the Christmas tree on the Green will be occupying the Flagpole hole, so you can't have a
birthday flag either!
