Peachtree Pre-School are holding their Autumn Scavenger Hunt this Saturday, November 27, from 10.30am - 12.30pm. It only costs £2.00 per child and all
are welcome. This time, it’s being held this time at Hornton Pavilion and refreshments will be available.
25th November 2010 - Pop Down to the Pavvy
If you haven’t been to Hornton Pavilion recently, you’re in for a treat! It’s had a complete transformation. Its new eco-friendly heating system makes it warm as toast, the
new windows make it wonderfully light and the brand new big kitchen and bar area make it perfect for parties.
And you can see just how perfect by coming along this Sunday, Novermber 28, between 3 and 7pm. Come on down and enjoy a glass of bubbly to celebrate this brilliant
renovation!
25th November 2010 - Yule Be There
It’s the real start of a Hornton Christmas! You know the festive season has really arrived when the Ladies Working Party of the Parish Church hold their
annual Christmas Social and Sale and it’s just a week away! It all kicks off in the church at 6pm on Satuday week, December 4.
There will be special Christmas stalls, a tombola, a raffle and plenty of mulled wine to wash down the home-made mince pies, so don’t miss it!
25th November 2010 - Eat Your Greens
Hornton’s green-fingered folk will next get together when 3Hs Gardening Club hold their annual Christmas dinner on Tuesday, December 14, at the New Inn. If you ring Eileen
Lewis on 01295 670449, she can make sure you get a place and she also has the menus.
25th November 2010 - Godhead to Godhead
Marilyn Nutt will lead the11 am service in Hornton Methodist Church this Sunday, November 28. At the same time, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated in the
Parish Church of St John the Baptist.
Don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every Friday morning from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There is a book, DVD 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.
25th November 2010 - Flying the Flag
Have you got a birthday in the family? Then make sure you celebrate it in style by flying the Hornton birthday flag! For just £5 for village funds, you can
have the name of the birthday boy or girl run up the Hornton flagpole – advertising your age is optional but all ages from 1 to 150 can be accommodated!
All you have to do is to ring Ian Harris on 01295 670541 and the celebrations can begin!
18th November 2010 - Look In
St John the Baptist Ladies Working Party are holding a Christmas Bingo tomorrow, Friday, at Hornton Sports Pavilion. Eyes down at 7.30pm
18th November 2010 - Souper Event
Hornton Methodist Chapel was packed on Saturday for a Christmas Soup Lunch. A tempting choice of bean vegetable, onion, roasted vegetable and spicy Tsunami soups were
waiting for hungry customers and £600 was raised for much-needed chapel funds.
18th November 2010 - All In
Everyone is invited to the next meeting of Hornton Parish Council, which takes place this Monday, November 22, at 7.30pm in the pavilion.
18th November 2010 - Glum Cow
The Dun Cow lost by the narrowest of margins – 4-3 – to Kineton’s Carpenters Arms, leaving them mid-table in the Harbury and District Crib League. Better luck next week!
18th November 2010 - All The Trimmings
The 3Hs Gardening Club once again hosted an enjoyable visit from Freefields florists who gave a demonstration of Christmas flower arranging. The club’s annual Christmas
dinner is on Tuesday, December 14, at the New Inn. If you ring Eileen Lewis on 01295 670449, she can make sure you get a place and she also has the menus.
18th November 2010 - Church Services
Mattins will be celebrated in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist this Sunday, November 21, at 10.30am. There will be no service at the Methodist Chapel because
there’s a 10.30am service at Malborough Road church in Banbury.
Don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every Friday morning from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There is a book, DVD 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.
18th November 2010 - Stamp of Approval
Christmas cards will soon be dropping through your door and, when they do, please don’t throw the stamps away! Hornton’s Maggie Higgins collects them for the Royal
National Institute for the Blind.
British and foreign stamps can be sold to raise funds to support their vital work in the UK, so please tear off your used stamps – leaving one cm. of envelope around it.
These used stamps can then be dropped off at Holloway House, Bell Street, Hornton, and Maggie will forward them on to the RNIB.
If you have any queries please feel free to contact her by telephone (01295 670375) or e-mail maggiehiggins (at) hollowayhouse dot freeserve dot co dot uk
18th November 2010 - A Good Read
The mobile library from Oxfordshire County Council will be on the village green next Wednesday, November 24, from 10.40am-11.20am.
11th November 2010 - Eleventh Hour
Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and if you haven’t bought your Poppy yet, it’s not
too late. Hornton’s Maggie Higgins and Audrey Turner are organising the Poppy Appeal in the village and, if you
weren’t in when they called, you can still buy your Poppy directly from Maggie at Holloway House or Audrey at
Bellevue.
11th November 2010 - Soup on Saturday
Hornton Methodist Church are holiding a Christmas Soup Lunch and crusty bread this Saturday.
November 13. There will be a bring’n’buy stall and traditional Hornton raffle, so roll up from 12 noon to 2pm. All
the proceeds will go to much-needed chapel funds.
11th November 2010 - One and Nine
The festive season has arrived in the Chrimassyist village in Banburyshire! It may still be the
first half of November but St John the Baptist Ladies Working Party are holding a Christmas Bingo on Friday,
November 19, at Hornton Sports Pavilion. Eyes down at 7.30pm
11th November 2010 - Sit Up
The brilliant new interior of Hornton’s pavilion is almost complete and we can all sit back and enjoy it
– as long as we buy the new chairs necessary to enjoy it!
The village is buying 100 new chairs for the pavilion and are appealing to people to sponsor a chair for
£30 a time. So far two thirds of the chairs have been sponsored but that still leaves another 30. If you can buy a
whole chair - or even more than one - that would be great but any donations are welcome. Please contact Sarah
Walther on 01295 670627 or email her sarah dot walther (at) hotmail dot co dot uk
11th November 2010 - Crib Crunch
The Dun Cow slipped up in their latest home match when they went down by the narrowest of margins.
They lost 3-4 to Southam Sports and Social Club, leaving them one place behind their opponents in the Harbury and
District Crib League. The Hornton cribbers lie fourth with six points.
11th November 2010 - Lest we Forget
Don’t forget that, as this Sunday is Remembrance Sunday, the village service at the Parish Church
of St John the Baptist will start five minutes’ early at 10.55am.
And don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every Friday
morning from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There is a book, DVD 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.
11th November 2010 - Up to Date
If you run a club or society in Hornton and you’re on the official Hornton website, please keep it up to date.
4th November 2010 - All The Trimmings
Moira Byast will talking to Hornton and District WI about Tasting the Christmas Past tonight, Thursday, at 7.30pm in the Methodist Chapel. The competition is for Bonfire
Night on a Plate.
4th November 2010 - The Holly and the Ivy
This Tuesday’s meeting of the 3Hs Gardening Club will be a special Christmas event, when Freefields Florists from Banbury will give a demonstration on making festive
decorations. As usual, it will take place at 7.30pm in the pavilion.
4th November 2010 - Gourmet Ghouls
The latest progressive dinner party was a terrifying triumph! As it should have been, because it took place on Halloween weekend, with guests asked to dress “ghoulish”
and the hosts asked to provide “weird and wonderful” food.
Everyone complimented Anne Joyner for organising yet another fantastic evening and they hope she’ll be persuaded to put on another in the spring. Village funds were
almost £500 richer from the event.
4th November 2010 - Calling All Shepherds
And Wise Men, Angels, Marys and Josephs. If you’d like to be in the Hornton nativity play at the Christingle Service on December 12, get your Mummy or Daddy to call the
organisers today.
They should ring Clair Bottoms on 01295 670216 or Laura Short on 01295 6702332 and then you too can be the star of the show!
4th November 2010 - Popping By
The Poppy Appeal is underway and Hornton’s Maggie Higgins and Audrey Turner are doing their bit by doing a house-to-house collection around the village. Wear your poppy
with pride but make sure it’s a Hornton poppy! If you’re not in when they call, poppies can also be obtained directly from Maggie at Holloway House or Audrey at Bellevue.
4th November 2010 - Soup Saturday
The Methodist Chapel are having a Christmas Soup Lunch on Saturday week, November 13 from 12 noon to 2pm with stalls and a traditional Hornton raffle. Proceeds will go to
much-needed chapel funds.
4th November 2010 - Church Services
The Rev Dorothy Hewitson will lead a service in Hornton Methodist Church this Sunday, November 7, at 11am. As this is a United Service, there will be no act of worship in
the Parish church this Sunday.
Don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church every Friday morning from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There is a book, DVD 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.
4th November 2010 - Bookworms Welcome
The mobile library from Oxfordshire County Council will be on the village green next Wednesday, November 10, from 10.40am-11.20am.
