Jazz diva Minika Green and her trio will be
performing an array of beautiful songs at Hornton Methodist Church tomorrow,
November 24, at 7.30pm.
Minika, a firm favourite on the London Jazz circuit, will be performing as
part of the highly-successful Cherwell Arts At Large project, which has
brought a cornucopia of different acts to Hornton over the last year or so.
Use it or lose it, so do buy tickets from Julie Stanley on 01295 670507 or
come along tomorrow night to hear some smooth inspirational vocals with a
light jazzy touch!
22nd November '06 - Up the Garden Path
When the clock strikes thirteen, you don’t know what
will happen. But you’ll find out if you pop along to The Mill later this
week!
That’s when the Banbury Cross Players will be performing Tom’s Midnight
Garden and it will feature Bell Street’s Ruth Griffiths and Hornton School
pupils Joshua and Siobhan Wray-Mitchell.
Ruth will play Hatty, Siobhan Little Hatty and Josh will be Peter.
They will be performing tomorrow night - Friday, November 24 - and also at
the 2.30pm matinee on Saturday, plus the evenings of November 28, 30 and
December 2.
Tickets are from The Mill so catch it if you can!
22nd November '06 - Not so Bazaar
Hornton School are having their Christmas bazaar on Friday
week, December 1 at 6pm when there will carols in the playground.
Afterwards, there will be stalls and surprises for all ages, so pop along!
22nd November '06 - Up the Pole at Christmas
Bell Street’s Jill Offord has come up with a
brilliant idea to send Christmas wishes and save the environment at the same
time.
She’s suggested that the flagpole, which hosts birthday greetings throughout
the year, should also be used for Horntonians to say ‘Happy Christmas’ to
friends and neighbours.
“The idea is that you would rent the flagpole for a day in return for a £5
donation to village funds,” says Jill.
“Any birthdays would still take precendence and it can only happen before
the Christmas tree goes up but, if people don’t mind sharing, we can
maximise the number of greetings.
I see it as a way of sending festive greetings to friends in the village
whilst saving a few trees and donating to charity, as all the money will go
to the Pavilion fund.”
Flag pole supreme Ian Harris has given the thumbs up to the idea and if
you’d like to put your Christmas greetings “up the pole” you should ring him
as soon as possible on 01295 670541.
22nd November '06 - This was no Turkey
Hornton Allsorts are back with a triumphant return!
Their latest theme night packed out the Pavilion on Saturday night with
Tinsel and Turkey.
Once again, the lucky Horntonians who managed to get a ticket marvelled on
how the Allsorts managed to provide a full meal - Christmas dinner with all
the trimmings to match the Yuletide theme - as well as providing the
entertainment.
And what an entertainment, which got funnier, the more wine everyone
consumed!
The next Allsorts offering will be a panto in February, so don’t miss out!
22nd November '06 - Turkey in Abundance
Turkey will very definitely be one the menu when the
3Hs Gardening Club go out for their Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December
12. This year, it will be at The Gate Hangs High in Hook Norton and
members who have never been before are particularly welcome. The
three-course meal will cost just £17 and it includes such mouth-watering
choices at mackerl mousse and Bailey’s Cheescake, as well at the traditional
turkey with all the trimmings followed by Christmas pudding. There are also
vegetarian options. You can book your place by ringing Eileen Lewis on
01295 670449.
22nd November '06 - A Christmas Date for your Diaries
As Hornton’s the Christmassiest village
in Banburyshire, it’s not too early to tell you about the Ladies’ Working
Party Christmas Fair, which traditionally kicks off our Yuletide
celebrations in ten days’ time.
There will be the usual mix of stalls with a Christmassy theme, all washed
down with home-made mince pies and glasses of wine and it all takes place
from 7pm in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist on Saturday week,
December 2, so put the date inyour diaries now!
22nd November '06 - And Another
There will be a Christmas coffee morning on Saturday, December
9, from 10.30 to 12.30 in the Methodist Church. There will be all the usual
Yuletide excitements, so don’t miss it!
22nd November '06 - And Two More
The festive season will come early at the Dun Cow this year
with Christmas Dinner on Saturday, December 16, at 7.30pm and the following
day for Sunday lunch at 1pm.
Please book you starter and main course by the previous Sunday, December 10.
Full details and menus will be available shortly but you can put your name
down now by ringing Gwyneth on 01295 670524.
And the pub will have an international flavour on New Year’s Eve when it
hosts another Jacob’s Supper. That’s where everyone brings a dish to share
and Gwyneth would like this year’s dishes to come from around the world.
“Do let me know if you are coming and what dish of food you are bringing
just so that I can be sure that we don't have too many dishes being
repeated,” she said. “Last year’s event was a great success and I hope this
one will be even better.”
22nd November '06 - The Perfect Gift
There’s Only One Hornton and there’s only one Hornton
film! It’s the perfect Christmas gift and it’s been digitally remastered
on to DVD. Get your copy today for just £10 by ringing Roger Corke on 01295
670673.
22nd November '06 - New Site Proposed
Following the Issues and Options Paper for consultation,
which included land off West End, Hornton Parish Clerk Alan Cater has
received a Supplemental Paper from Cherwell District Council, which contains
an additional site in Hornton.
The site is at The Yews in Church Lane. Its existing use is classified as
“Greenfield” and the suggested use is “Residential”. Comments are sought as
to whether this site is suitable or unsuitable for residential development
in this rural area (it is also in the Conservation Area). Reasons should be
given for your views.
Comments should be sent to Community Engagement Officer Astrid Blackburn at
Planning and Development Services, Cherwell District Council, Bodicote
House, Bodicote, Banbury OX15 4AA or emailed to
astrid.Blackburn (at) cherwell-dc.gov.uk.
Letters should quote “Banbury and North Cherwell - Supplemental
Consultation” and should include your name and address. Views should be
submitted by December 22, 2006.
This proposal will be on the Agenda at the next Parish Council Meeting on
December 4.
The district council’s views on the proposal to redesignate the land in West
End from agricultural to residential will be made known next month.
22nd November '06 - Come Down at Upton
There are free tours of the basement at Upton House
this weekend. This is a rare oppprtunity to see life below stairs and find
clues to the early history of the house.
During this time, the rest of the house is closed for conservation but there
are plenty of other activities.
And if you’re stuck for Christmas shopping ideas, avoid the horror of the
High Street with a festive market in the old kitchens at Upton House the
weekend after next on December 2 and 3. You can also enjoy the ground floor
rooms of the House, sumptuously decorated for a period Christmas, and visit
Father Christmas in his grotto.
The following Tuesday, December 5, there will be a Christmas Cookery
Workshop of Festive Nibbles and Canapés from 10am to 4pm.
The workshop will be led by esteemed Cotswolds chef and tutor, Sonya
Brooke-Little, and you’ll produce mouth-watering nibbles and canapés with a
Christmas twist. Coffee and lunch included and tickets cost £35 each.
On Saturday, December 9, and the following day you can enjoy a festive day
at Upton with all the trimmings of a perfect Christmas. Arrive in timeless
style courtesy of two great shire horses who will be conveying visitors
along the majestic North Drive, whilst the ground floor rooms of the House
will be sumptuously decorated for a period Christmas. The little ones will
enjoy a visit to Father Christmas in his grotto, whilst Christmas lunches
will be on offer in the Pavilion restaurant, and a range of festive gift
ideas in the shop. The festive fun will also be available the following
weekend, December 16 and 17.
Finally, historian Tim Porter will be exploring the lives and status of
women from all strata of medieval society in a lecture lunch at Upton on
Tuesday, December 12 as 10.30am. Tickets cost £20 from Upton on 01295
671122 or by emailing uptonhouse (at) nationaltrust.org.uk
22nd November '06 - Read On
The mobile library from Oxfordshire County Council will be on the
village green next Wednesday from 10.40 to 11.20am.
22nd November '06 - Church Services
There will be a service at 11am this Sunday, Novermber 26,
in Hornton Methodist Church. There will be no service in the parish church
because there’s an Advent Carol Service for the whole Benefice at 6pm in
Holy Trinity, Shenington.
Don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the
Methodist Church every Friday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. There are
Phoenix greetings cards for sale plus a book and video swap - and, of
course, lots of good gossip! And Thursday Club meets every week after
school until 4.30pm in the Methodist Church School Room. All children are
welcome. Pamela Smith on 01295 730951 or Pamela@banx.fsnet.co.uk for St
John the Baptist and Julie Stanley on 670507 or julieharrystan@aol.com for
the Methodist Church.
And the programme for Christmas church services has been published. The
Christingle service will take place in the Parish Church on December 10 at
6pm. At the same time the following Sunday, there will be a carol service
in the Methodist Church. On Christmas Eve, there will be a crib service and
then Midnight Mass, both in the Parish Church.
15th November '06 - Midnight's Children
When the clock strikes thirteen, you don’t know what will happen. But you’ll find out if you pop along to The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury later this month!
That’s when the Banbury Cross Players will be performing Tom’s Midnight Garden and it will feature Hornton School pupils Joshua and Siobhan Wray-Mitchell, along with Bell Street’s Ruth Griffiths.
Siobhan will play Little Hatty, Josh Peter and Ruth will be Hatty.
They will be performing on the evening of Friday week, November 24, the 2.30pm matinee on November 25, and the evenings of November 28, 30 and December 2.
Tickets are from The Mill, so catch it if you can!
15th November '06 - Three's Not a Crowd
Jazz diva Minika Green and her trio will also be performing at Hornton Methodist Church a week tomorrow, November 24, at 7.30pm.
Minika, a firm favourite on the London Jazz circuit, will be on stage as part of the highly-successful Cherwell Arts At Large project, which has brought a cornucopia of different acts to Hornton over the last year or so. Minika will be bringing an array of beautiful songs with her smooth inspirational vocals and light jazzy touch.
Hornton is so lucky to have concerts like this that it’s a case of use it or lose it. So do buy tickets from Julie Stanley on 01295 670507! They cost jut £8 or £6 with concessions.
15th November '06 - All Sorted
The Hornton Allsorts’ first Theme Night for three years is already sold out!
The event, which has a Christmas Theme and takes place at the pavilion this Saturday, proved so popular that extra tickets had to be made available.
The big demand for tickets is especially good news because there’s been a rise in ticket prices since the last show in 2003 and because one recent event at the pavilion had to be cancelled when insufficient tickets were sold.
If you’re a lucky ticket holder, see you on Saturday!
15th November '06 - Bumper Harvest
The 3Hs Gardening Club are eagerly counting the money after they made almost £300 last Saturday on a sale of gardening paraphernalia.
Everything horticultural from mowers to sundials was up for sale and the club members are delighted with the result.
They’ll be able to raise a glass in celebration at their Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December 12. This year, it will be at The Gate Hangs High in Hook Norton and members who have never been before are particularly welcome. The three-course meal will cost just £17 and you can book your place by ringing Eileen Lewis on 01295 670449.
15th November '06 - A Christmas Date for your Diaries
As Hornton is the Christmassiest village in Banburyshire, it’s not too early to tell you about the Ladies’ Working Party Christmas Fair, which traditionally kicks off our Yuletide celebrations.
There will be the usual mix of stalls with a Christmassy theme, all washed down with home-made mince pies and glasses of wine and it all takes place from 7pm in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist on December 2, so put the date inyour diaries now!
15th November '06 - The Perfect Gift
If you’re not sure what to get for that perfect Christmas gift, what about a video camera? Then you and your family can take part in the Hornton Film Festival 2007!
The festival is back by popular demand and it’s already making headlines in Cannes, Venice, Hollywood… and Banbury. And for this next one, there is every reason why YOU should unlock the Spielberg inside and try your hand at making a movie.
If you’re not going to get a camera for Christmas, don’t worry. Everything you need is available, including all the latest camera and computer gear to produce a high-quality video, which are now a village resource for everyone to share. The equipment comes with an idiot’s guide on how to use it (no offence intended)!
But don’t leave it too late as there is certain to be high demand for the equipment in the last few weeks before the Festival itself, which is due to take place in mid-March 2007. If you need any information, or would like to book the camera and / or computer for anytime between now and March, call Pete Whitehead on 670320. DVDs of the 2005 and 2006 events are still available @ £10 each. The perfect stocking filler!
15th November '06 - Come Down at Upton
There are free tours of the basement at Upton House between midday and 4pm every weekend until November 26. This is a rare oppprtunity to see life below stairs and find clues to the early history of the house.
During this time, the rest of the house is closed for conservation but there are plenty of other activities.
Next Tuesday, November 21, Dr Jennifer Meir will speak at a lecture lunch on Sanderson Miller and His Landscapes. Miller was an eighteenth century architect and landscape designer who became a leading figure in the history of landscape design and an inspiration to ‘Capability’ Brown. Examples will be drawn from his many works to be found in Worcestershire, South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire.
You can book for both these events - tickets are £20 - by ringing Upton on 01295 671122 or emailing uptonhouse (at) nationaltrust.org.uk
Stuck for Christmas shopping ideas? Avoid the horror of the High Street with a festive market in the old kitchens at Upton House on December 2 and 3. You can also enjoy the ground floor rooms of the House, sumptuously decorated for a period Christmas, and visit Father Christmas in his grotto.
The following Tuesday, December 5, there will be a Christmas Cookery Workshop of Festive Nibbles and Canapés from 10am to 4pm.
The workshop will be led by esteemed Cotswolds chef and tutor, Sonya Brooke-Little, and you’ll produce mouth-watering nibbles and canapés with a Christmas twist. Coffee and lunch included and tickets cost £35 each.
On Saturday, December 9, and the following day you can enjoy a festive day at Upton with all the trimmings of a perfect Christmas. Arrive in timeless style courtesy of two great shire horses who will be conveying visitors along the majestic North Drive, whilst the ground floor rooms of the House will be sumptuously decorated for a period Christmas. The little ones will enjoy a visit to Father Christmas in his grotto, whilst Christmas lunches will be on offer in the Pavilion restaurant, and a range of festive gift ideas in the shop. The festive fun will also be available the following weekend, December 16 and 17.
Finally, historian Tim Porter will be exploring the lives and status of women from all strata of medieval society in a lecture lunch at Upton on Tuesday, December 12 as 10.30am. Tickets cost £20 from Upton.
15th November '06 - Church Services
Matttins will be celebrated in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist this Sunday, November 19, at 10.30am. Half an hour later there will be a service in the Methodist Church.
Don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every Friday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. There are Phoenix greetings cards for sale plus a book and video swap - and, of course, lots of good gossip! And Thursday Club meets every week after school until 4.30pm in the Methodist Church School Room. All children are welcome.
9th November '06 - Neighbourhood Watch messages
A resident in Bodicote recieved a call during the evening of the 9th November from a male caller purporting to be from NPOWER. The caller asked for bank details, which was refused. The caller persisted by asking for bank details to be sent by email, again this was refused.
It has been confirmed that NPOWER would not ask for bank details over the phone.
The resident states the caller was very persistant and is worried that vulnerable people may be tempted to give out the details.
Please make your neighbours aware.
9th November '06 - The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.
If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk
9th November '06 - Ringmaster to Banbury Rural
Another burglary took place last night at around 6.30pm at Oxford Road, Adderbury.
If you live in Addebury, did you see anything suspicious?
With reference to yesterdays appeal for information of Antique dealers in the area. We have had a very good response from Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators regarding a man distrbuting lealfets and knocking on doors around 2 weeks ago. Our Priority Crime Team are following up the information and will be questioning the person concerned. If you have any information that you feel could help with police enquiries, please contact the police on 08458 505 505 and ask for your information to be passed onto our priority crime team.
If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying
that, he or she is a company engineer, or telling that they're checking
your mobile line, and you have to press #90 or #09 or any other number.
End this call immediately without pressing any numbers. There is a fraud
company using a device that once you press #90 or #09 they can access
your "SIM" card and make calls at your expense. Forward this message to
as many colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it.
8th November '06 - Dig out your Spades
Have you got unwanted bits’n’bobs in your garden shed? If so, this Saturday’s sale of gardening paraphernalia is the place to send them.
And it’s also the place to go if you need a spade, fork, mower or any other gardening accutrement.
The sale, in the Church Room, is being run by the 3Hs Gardening Club to raise funds and lasts from 10am to 2pm. If you want help delivering your horticultural donations to the sale, please ring Malcolm Cross on 01295 670562.
The next meeting of the 3Hs will be next Tuesday, November 14, when members will be able to make their own Christmas decorations. And in the Church Room on Tuesday week, November 21, there will be a bingo session to raise funds. Eyes down is at 7.30pm. Prizes would be welcome either in advance - please call Eileen Lewis on 01295 670449 -or bring them along on the night.
Plans for next month’s Christmas dinner are on hold at the moment because the New Inn, where it was due to be held, is not open at present. Watch this space for details of a new venue.
8th November '06 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars
The Hornton Allsorts are back! And they are bringing in international stars from abroad to make sure that their first event - a Theme Night on November 18 - is a rip-roaring success.
To be fair, the stars don’t have to come far - Wales, in fact. That’s where former Allsorts regulars Jan and Jeremy Newman moved to when they left the village three years ago but they’re sure to get a great welcome when they return for the Theme Night, which has a Christmas theme.
That means there will be a proper Christmas dinner as well as an evening’s fantastic entertainment for just £12.50 a ticket, so it’s not surprising that tickets are selling like hot cakes. Book yours now by ringing Hornton Ticket Queen Audrey Turner on 01295 670304.
8th November '06 - Three's Not a Crowd
Jazz diva Minika Green and her trio will be performing at Hornton Methodist Church on Friday, November 24, at 7.30pm.
Minika, a firm favourite on the London Jazz circuit will be performing as part of this year’s highly-successful Cherwell Arts At Large project, which has brought a cornucopia of different acts to Hornton over the last year or so.
Use it or lose it, so do buy ticketssoon from Hornton’s other Ticket Queen, Julie Stanley, on 01295 670507!
8th November '06 - Christmas Date for your Diaries
As Hornton’s the Christmassiest village in Banburyshire, it’s not too early to tell you about the Ladies’ Working Party Christmas Fair, which traditionally kicks off our Yuletide celebrations.
There will be the usual mix of stalls with a Christmassy theme, all washed down with home-made mince pies and glasses of wine and it all takes place from 7pm in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist on December 2, so put the date inyour diaries now!
8th November '06 - Hit for Six
The British Legion crib team from Bishop’s Itchington proved no match for the Dun Cow when they were trounced 6-1 in the latest round of matches.
The win - the Hornton cribbers’ first victory this season - pulls them off the bottom of the Harbury and District Crib League and, with just four matches played and 14 more to go, there’s still all to play for!
8th November '06 - Down at Upton
There are tours of the basement at Upton House between midday and 4pm every weekend until November 26. This is a rare oppprtunity to see life below stairs and find clues to the early history of the house.
At this time of year, the rest of the house is closed for conservation but there are plenty of other activities.
Next Wednesday, November 15, there’s a lecture lunch on Winter gardening by TV and radio presenter David Jones. He’s an advisor to the Royal Horticultural Society, a Britain in Bloom Judge and a former Director of London Parks and Gardens, so he’ll have plenty of expert advice and entertaining anecdotes from his horticultural career.
On Tuesday, November 21, Dr Jennifer Meir will speak at a lecture lunch on Sanderson Miller and His Landscapes. Miller was an eighteenth century architect and landscape designer who became a leading figure in the history of landscape design and an inspiration to ‘Capability’ Brown. Examples will be drawn from his many works to be found in Worcestershire, South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire.
You can book for both these events - tickets are £20 - by ringing Upton on 01295 671122 or emailing uptonhouse (at ) nationaltrust.org.uk
Stuck for Christmas shopping ideas? Avoid the horror of the High Street with a festive market in the old kitchens at Upton House on December 2 and 3. You can also enjoy the ground floor rooms of the House, sumptuously decorated for a period Christmas, and visit Father Christmas in his grotto.
The following Tuesday, December 5, there will be a Christmad Cookery Workshop of Festive Nibbles and Canapés from 10am to 4pm.
The workshop will be led by esteemed Cotswolds chef and tutor, Sonya Brooke-Little, and you’ll produce mouth-watering nibbles and canapés with a Christmas twist. Coffee and lunch included and tickets cost £35 each.
8th November '06 - Don't be Overdue
The mobile library from Oxfordshire County Council will visit Hornton next Wednesday, July 30. It will be parked on the village green from 10.40am to 11.20am.
8th November '06 - Church Services
At 10.50am on Saturday, Armistice Day, there will be a short service of Remebrance and the laying of poppy crosses at the only war memorial in the Benefice, Alkerton.
And on Sunday, a Remembrance Service will take place in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist at the lightly earlier time of 10.55am. As this is a United Service, there will be no service in the Methodist Church.
But don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every Friday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. There are Phoenix greetings cards for sale plus a book and video swap - and, of course, lots of good gossip! And Thursday Club meets every week after school until 4.30pm in the Methodist Church School Room. All children are welcome.
1st November '06 - Lest We Forget
Hornton raised around £275 for Poppy Day in 2005. This year, let’s raise
more!
“It would be really good if people bought their poppies through the house-to-house collection
in the village,” said organiser Maggie Higgins. “There was a fantastic response last time and
it would be great to do even better this year! Many thanks in advance.”
By the time you read this column, you may have seen Maggie going round the village, Please give
generously any time up to Remebrance Sunday, which this year is on Sunday week, November 12.
1st November '06 - Three's Not a Crowd
Jazz diva Minika Green and her trio will be performing at Hornton
Methodist Church on Friday, November 24, at 7.30pm.
Minika, a firm favourite on the London Jazz circuit will be performing as part of this year’s
highly-successful Cherwell Arts At Large project, which has brought a cornucopia of different
acts to Hornton over the last year or so.
Use it or lose it, so do buy tickets from Julie Stanley on 01295 670507!
1st November '06 - Bottoms Up
With the Dun Cow losing 4-0 away to the Red Lion Inn at North End, the Hornton cribbers are
unfortunately languishing at the foot of the Harbury and District Crib League.
But the top teams have only got six points, so it’s early days. Come on. cribbers!
1st November '06 - Rake It In
Have you got unwanted rakes, mowers or other gardening bits and bobs cluttering up your shed?
If so, the sale at 10am in the Church Room on Saturday week, November 11, is the place to take
them.
And you’ll raise lots of lolly for the 3Hs Gardening Club! if you’ve got things to get rid of,
do get in touch with Malcom Cross in advance on 01295 670562.
The next meeting of the 3Hs will be on Tuesday week, November 14, when members will be able to
make their own Christmas decorations but before that – on– club members are going to raise
money through a garden paraphernalia cale.
And it’s time to book for the club’s Christmas dinner on Tuesday, December 12. Once again,
it will be at the New Inn at Wroxton Heath and members who have never been before are
particularly welcome. The three-course meal, which includes a choice of turkey with all
the trimming, salmon or roast beef, costs just £15.50 and you can book your place by ringing
Eileen Lewis on 01295 670449.
1st November '06 - All Sorted Out The The 18th
The Hornton Allsorts are back! And they are bringing in talent
from abroad to make sure that their first event - a Theme Night on November 18 – is a rip
roaring success.
Jan and Jeremy Newman, who used to live in West End, Hornton but now hail from Wales, will be
back to give one of their star performances. And you’ll get a full Christmas dinner thrown in
with your ticket. So keep the 18th free – more details on tickets next week.
1st November '06 - The Perfect Gift
There are still a few copies left of the DVD of our very own film, There’s Only One Hornton!
It makes the perfect Christmas gift for anyone near or far. To secure your copy, please ring
Roger corke on 01295 670673.
1st November '06 - Bargain Basement
You can seize a rare opportunity suring this month to enjoy a free tour of the basements
beneath Upton House, learning of life below stairs and seeing clues to the early house history.
The tours, from midday till 4pm, is the only part of the house open – the rest is closed
for conservation.
But there are plenty of other activities going on at Upton over the coming weeks. There may
still be a handful of precious tickets available for one of Upton’s most popular tours -
Putting the House to Bed on Friday week, November 10. The Conservation team will teach
you some of the processes of preparing National Trust collections for winter hibernation.
Tickets are £15 and booking is essential.
On November 15, TV and radio presenter David Jones will be giving a lecture lunch on Winter
Gardening. An advisor to the Royal Horticultural Society, a Britain in Bloom Judge and a
former Director of London Parks and Gardens, David will proffer expert advice, peppered with
examples and entertaining anecdotes from his horticultural career. Coffee and lunch included.
Tickets are £20.
On on the following Tuesday, November 21, Dr. Jennifer Meir will lead a fascinating journey
through the life and works of 18th century gentleman architect and landscape designer
Sanderson Miller in a lecture lunch. Miller was a leading figure in the history of landscape
design, and an inspiration to ‘Capability’ Brown. Examples will be drawn from his many works
to be found in Worcestershire, South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire.
You can book for all these events by ringing Upton on 01295 671122 or emailing
uptonhouse (at) nationaltrust.org.uk
1st November '06 - Church Services
Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8.30am this Sunday in the Parish Church of St John the
Baptist. There will be a United Service of Holy Communion at 11am in the Methodist Church.
And don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every
Friday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. There are Phoenix greetings cards for sale plus a book
and video swap - and, of course, lots of good gossip! And Thursday Club meets every week after
school until 4.30pm in the Methodist Church School Room. All children are welcome.
