Sarah Walther and Jo Gammage hold their
annual Cheese and Wine evening tomorrow, Friday, in aid of cancer
research.
It’s all happening at 7.30pm in Peartree Cottage, Eastgate, Hornton and
everyone is invited.
There will be lots of wine, beer and good cheese - plus a bring’n’buy
stall, games and a bumper raffle! All the money raised will be going to
the MacMillan Cancer Relief Oxfordshire Nurse Appeal.
Any donations for any of the stalls or the raffle would be greatly
appreciated - just contact Sarah on 01295 670627 or Jo on 01295 730717.
“We look forward to seeing you - the more the merrier- to help us raise funds
for this very worthwhile cause,” said Sarah.
26th September '06 - Meet on Monday
Hornton Parish council meets at the Church Room next
Monday, October 2, when James Alcock of Oxfordshire Rural Community
Council will be reviewing the report compiled on affordable housing
following last May’s Housing Needs Survey in the village. Everyone is
welcome.
26th September '06 - Sound of Silence
There’s a host of exciting goodies on offer next Friday,
October 6, when Peach Tree Pre-School holds a silent auction.
You can bid for a meal for six cooked in your own home by a Cordon Bleu
chef, a day’s hawking, a glider flight, a Christmas cake, a round of golf,
an hour’s shooting lesson and much more.
There’s also a wine tasting to get you in the mood, so pop along to the
Old School at Horley at 8pm. Tickets are just £5 reach in advance from
either Claire Bottoms on 01295 670776 or Peach Tree. Alternatively, you
can pay on the door.
26th September '06 - Climb every Mountain
Hornton’s Sam Offord has been selected to go on a
cadet corps expedition to Kenya next summer - one of only 38 from from all
over the country.
And you can help him raise money for the trip and enjoy a cryptically
quizzical evening at the same time on October 14 at the Dun Cow from
7.30pm.
That’s when Hornton’s fiendishly clever question-setters, Ollie Fickling
and Steve Woodcock, have agreed to host a quiz with an African theme.
There will also be special African-themed nosh in a basket, so put the
date in your diaries now and salivater on the ostrich burgers!
When he’s there, Sam will be working for a week in a school and also
climbing Mount Kenya.
"Just a small donation or supporting myself at one of the fund raising
events would help me to make the children's lives better through improving
their school,” he said. “I feel school is the most influential part of a
child's life and that this should be a happy time."
He’s been busy this summer teaching clarinet to Hornton Primary School
children, cutting neighbours’ grass and repairing his parents’
conservatory. So far he has raised about £250 but he has to reach £1700 to
be able to go.
26th September '06 - Fair Witch Project
Waking the Witch are coming to Hornton!
It’s a real coup to get the four-piece girl combo - whose music was
described by Radio 2’s Janice Long as ‘absolutely gorgeous’ - to play in
our village, so make sure you get a ticket!
They play a unique combination of blues, rock, R&B and folk, with lots of
soothing acoustic guitars - ust what the doctor ordered after a hard week
at work.
They’re coming to Hornton Methodist Church on the evening of Friday,
October 27, at 7.30pm as part of Cherwell’s Arts At Large programme.
Tickets cost just £8- £6 with concessions - and are available
from Hornton’s ticket-queen, Julie Stanley, on 01295 670507.
26th September '06 - Final Whistle
Now that the dark nights are creeping in, Friday night
football on the JUMPA pitch will stop but those interested in arranging a
game of tennis & meeting new people, should contact Sikmon Perkin on 01295
670701 or Mark Wright on 01295 730530.
Simon and Mark are also going to see if there is enough interest to get an
tennis ladder going.
26th September '06 - Opening Chapter
The mobile library from Oxfordshire County Council will
visit Hornton next Wednesday. It will be parked on the village green from
10.40am to 11.20am.
26th September '06 - Church Services
Harvest Festival will take place this Sunday, October 1,
in Hornton Methodist Church, at 11am. It will be a “bring and share”
festival and people are asked to bring already prepared food for the
Harvest Table.
After the service, the food will be used for the Harvest Lunch and
donations for the meal will be sent to Famine Relief. Everyone is welcome.
The usual 8.30am Holy Ehucharist Srvice at the Parish Church will not take
place this Sunday.
The Thursday Club meets every week after school until 4.30pm in the
Methodist Church School Room. 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 plenty to chat about!
20th September '06 - Hornton has Spoken
The people of Hornton have come out overwhelmingly in favour of a big
refurbishment of the pavilion in a village survey.
Out of a total of 59 responses, more than two thirds – 40 – wanted the refurb option, with 17
opting for a new building. Just two people wanted the less ambitious option of just extending
the kitchen but almost everyone who opted for one of the less popular options put the big
refurbishment down as their second choice.
Although the village opted to keep the present pavilion, it’s clear from the comments on the
completed survey forms that a number of people want the building’s outward appearance to
change.
‘The external appearance should be much improved with Hornton stone cladding,’ said one
respondent.
‘A refurb needs to address the aesthetics of the exterior – the external look of the building
needs to improve,’ said another.
Andy Perry, who is the co-ordinator of the steering group which has been examining the future
of the pavilion, said the next stage was to draw up some more detailed plans – hopefully in 3D -
giving people an idea of exactly how the pavilion can be extended and what materials can be
used to clad it.
Hornton architect Pete Whitehead has agreed to do this and then there will be a wine and
cheese evening at the pavilion where everyone can see the choices on offer.
20th September '06 - More Cheese Please
Cheese will be very much on the menu next Friday, September 29.
That’s when Sarah Walther and Jo Gammage hold their annual Cheese and Wine Evening in aid of
cancer research.
It’s all happening on at 7.30pm in Peartree Cottage, Eastgate, Hornton, when there will be lots
of wine, beer and good cheese – plus a bring’n’buy stall, games and a bumper raffle! All the
money raised will be going to the MacMillan Cancer Relief Oxfordshire Nurse Appeal.
Any donations for any of the stalls or the raffle would be greatly appreciated - just contact
Sarah on 01295 670627 or Jo on 01295 730717.
“We look forward to seeing you - the more the merrier- to help us raise funds for this very
worthwhile cause,” said Sarah.
20th September '06 - You Can't Afford to Miss it
Hornton Parish Council will be discussing affordable
housing at their next meeting on October 2.
James Alcock of Oxfordshire Rural Community Council will be reviewing the Housing Needs
Survey Report following the survey into affordable housing that was undertaken in Hornton
last May.
20th September '06 - Time for Gardening
The 3Hs Gardening Club were charmed and amused by a host of
hornticultural anecdotes when Howard Drury, the former presenter of Central TV’s Garden
Time programme, came to talk to them at the recent meeting.
“It was a very nice evening and he’s awfully accomplished,” said club secretary Lady
Tweedsmuir. “There were lots of stories and then we had a quiz, won by Frank Jarrett.”
The next meeting of the 3Hs Gardening club is on Tuesday, October 10, when Mick West
will give a talk with slides about moths.
20th September '06 - The Nursery End
Hornton’s very own nursery, Quarry Nurseries, is up and
running for the Autumn season on Quarry Road from 10am every weekend and Wednesday morning
and from 6pm other weekdays. It closes at 8pm or at dusk if that’s sooner.
20th September '06 - Bloomin' Marvellous
Gardeners should pop up to Upton House next Wednesday, September
27, when you can catch the National Collection of Asters in its prime.
The glorious gardens will be open from midday till 4pm for the National Garden Scheme’s
nominated charities, including Macmillan Cancer Relief and the Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.
On the following day, you can find out more about Upton’s superb collection of landscape
paintings, when the last in the Art in Focus series of expert-led tours takes place. Tickets
cost £12 and should be booked in advance.
You can find out more about both events and book tickets by calling Upton on 01295 670266 or
emailing uptonhouse (at) nationaltrust.org.uk
20th September '06 - Church Services
There will be a Morning Service at 11am this Sunday, September 24, in Hornton
Methodist Church. At the same time, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 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 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.
13th September '06 - Say Cheese
Sarah Walther and Jo Gammage hope to have plenty to smile about on Friday, September 29,
because that’s the day they hope their annual Cheese and Wine Evening will raise lots of
lolly for cancer research.
There will be lots of wine, beer and good cheese - plus a bring’n’buy stall, games and a
bumper raffle! All the money raised will be going to the Macmillan Cancer Relief Oxfordshire
Nurse Appeal.
It all kicks off at 7.30pm in Peartree Cottage, Eastgate, Hornton and any donations for any
of the stalls or the raffle would be greatly appreciated - just contact Sarah on 01295 670627
or Jo on 01295 730717.
“We look forward to seeing you - the more the merrier- to help us raise funds
for this very worthwhile cause,” said Sarah.
13th September '06 - Curtain Call
Calling all Allsorts! Hornton’s talented Thespians are back in business and raring to go.
After too long a “rest”, as it’s called on the stage, the Allsorts are about tread the boards
once again with a Christmas night planned for November.
They’re meeting in the Dun Cow next Tuesday, September 19, at 8pm, to discuss the Christmas
Theme Night planned for November and a pantomime pencilled in for next February.
Never been tempted onto the stage before? Well, now’s your chance. And if you don’t fancy
performing, there’s plenty of other vital tasks that need doing - stage management, costumes,
drinking lots of wine. The list is endless.
So whether you’re an old Allsorts member or have never done it before, pop along to the Dun
Cow on Tuesday.
13th September '06 - Cribbage Kicks Off
The cribbage season starts next week with a fun singles competition on Tuesday night for teams
in the Harbury and District Crib League.
The competition, at the Green Man, Long Itchington, will start at 8pm and teams will need to
send at least three players and a raffle prize.
The League will start proper on Tuesday week, September 26.
13th September '06 - Shank's Pony
Organisers of this year’s Ride and Stride fundraising event got a shock last weekend when two
horses - with their owners - turned up to sign in at Hornton’s churches!
The event usually attracts walkers or cyclists who go around to Oxfordshire’s historic
churches to raise money but there’s nothing in the rules to stop participants on horseback
and they were very welcome. And especially welcome were James Rushforth and Lynn Corke from
Hornton who both participated. Well done to both of them!
13th September '06 - One Careful Owner
If you pop up to Upton House next Monday afternoon, September 18, from 1.30pm you can see
demonstrations and displays of the techniques used by the National Trust to care for its
many delicate objects.
On Wednesday week, September 27, there’s and Aster Open Day when Upton’s beautiful gardens
will be open for the National Gardens Scheme from midday till 4pm. You can catch the National
Collection of Asters in its prime and join talks and walks with garden’s team. There will
also be an opportunity to buy plants.
A proportion of all garden admission prices go towards nominated charities including Macmillan
Cancer Relief and the Royal Gardener's Orphan Fund.
On the following day, it’s time for the final event of the Art in Focus series of expert-led
art tours and talks when landscape paintings will be examined in The Wider Angle.
13th September '06 - Flying Fiction
The mobile library from Oxfordshire County Council
will be on the village green next Wednesday from 10.40 to 11.20am.
13th September '06 - Church Services
Mattins will be celebrated at the Parish Church
of St John the Baptist this Sunday, September 17, at 10.30am. Half an hour later, there will
be a Morning Service at Hornton 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 the Thursday Club begins this afternoon, September 14, and will meet every Thursday
after school till 4.30pm.
6th September '06 - The Choice is Yours
After a lot of hard work over the last few months, the steering group looking at the future
of Hornton Pavilion now need to have your views on the different options on offer.
There are three possibilities - to keep the existing pavilion and just build a kitchen
extension, to extensively refurbish the present building or to build a brand new pavilion.
All the options have their advantages and disadvantages. The kitchen extension would be the
cheapest and easiest option at about £37,000 but most of the present facilities would
not be improved. The extensive refurbishment would be much more expensive - around £200,000 -
and give us extra facilities but we would not end up with a bigger hall. The new-build option
would give us almost every facility villagers requested in the last pavilion survey but would
easily be the most expensive option at around £450,000.
The survey form has a rough plan of what the extensive refurbishment might look like. There
are no plans for the new-build option because that would depend exactly what the village
wanted if Hornton went for a new pavilion.
Villagers are asked to put the three options in order of first, second and third choice and
return the survey by next Tuesday, September 12.
The Pavilion Committee meet on Thursday, September 14, and survey organiser Andy Perry would
like to find out people’s views in time for that meeting. All Hornton residents are also
invited to attend then - it takes place at the Pavlion at 8.30pm.
So please fill out the form as soon as possible and drop it through Andy’s door at The
Thirty-Nine Steps, which is just by the bottom green near the flagpole. If you have any
questions or need extra forms for other members of the family, you can call Andy on 01295
670404 or email him at andyperry1 (at) hotmail.com
6th September '06 - Aisle be There
It’s not too late to raise money for a good cause - and take a trip through some of our most
beautiful Oxfordshire countryside at the same time.
You can do both by joining the annual Historic Churches Ride and Stride this Saturday, September
9. The idea is simple: you either cycle or walk round to as many of our local historic churches
as you want and get sponsored according to how many you visit.
Half the money you raise goes to the church of your choice and the rest to the Oxfordshire
Historic Churches Trust.
You can still get a sponsorship form and more details by ringing Julie Stanley on 01295 670507.
6th September '06 - Pennies to Heaven
It costs £200 a week to keep the most historic building in Hornton - the Parish Church of St
John the Baptist - going and those pennies don’t come from heaven!
So to raise the much-needed funds, it’s holding its annual gift Day this Saturday, September
9, from 10am to 12noon. Pop along if you can and you’ll be welcomed by a member of the
Ministry team, the Church Warden and be sustained with refreshments from the Ladies’ Working
Party. And if you can also contribute to some of those £200-a-week running costs, you will be
especially welcome!
Holy Eucharist will be celebrated in a United Service at the Church this Sunday, September 10,
at 11am.
And don’t forget that you can pop in for coffee, cake and a chat in the Methodist Church
tomorrow and 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!
The Thursday Club begins again next Thursday, September 14, and will meet every Thursday after
school till 4.30pm.
Last Sunday’s Methodist Church morning service was omitted from this column last week. Apologies
for any inconvenience this caused.
6th September '06 - Time for Gardening
The 3Hs Gardening Club are holding a special event this Tuesday, September 12, when the former
presenter of Central TV’s Garden Time programme will share lots of anecdotes and take questions
from the audience.
The club are opening up the Evening With Howard Drury to everyone in Hornton, Horley and
Hanwell and non-members will be especially welcome.
As well as Howard’s horticultural wit, there will also be a quiz - and the traditional Hornton
raffle, of course.
It'll be a great evening, even if you haven't got green fingers, so please pop in to Hornton
Pavilion at 7.30pm on Tuesday.
6th September '06 - The Nursery End
Hornton’s very own nursery, Quarry Nurseries, is open for the Autumn season up on Quarry Road
from 10am every weekend and Wednesday and from 6pm other weekdays. It closes at 8pm or at dusk
if that’s sooner.
6th September '06 - All Sorted Out
Hornton Allsorts are back! After too long a “rest”, as it’s called on the stage, the village’s
talented Thespians are about tread the boards once again with a Christmas night planned for
November.
They’re meeting in the Dun Cow on Tuesday week, September 19, at 8pm to discuss the Christmas
Theme Night planned for November and a pantomime pencilled in for next February.
Never been tempted onto the stage before? Well, now’s your chance. And if you don’t fancy
performing, there are plenty of other vital tasks that need doing - stage management, costumes,
drinking lots of wine. The list is endless.
So whether you’re an old Allsorts member or have never done it before, pop along to the Dun Cow
on Tuesday week.
6th September '06 - In the Pink
Generous Hornton came up trumps again when a Pink Cocktail Party inspired by the Breast
Cancer pink ribbon campaign raised more than £800 for Cancer Research.
Guests were treated to pink drinks and pink canapés - and, of course, had to dress in pink,
all in a good cause.
“You raised an amazing £830 for Cancer Research,” says organiser Anne Joyner. “Thank you.”
And there will be a chance to raise even more money for cancer research - and a glass or two -
when Sarah Walther and Jo Gammage hold their annual Cheese and Wine
Evening.
It’s all happening on Friday, September 29, at 7.30pm in Peartree Cottage, Eastgate.
There will be lots of wine, beer and good cheese - plus a bring’n’buy stall, games and a bumper raffle. All the money raised will be going to the MacMillan Cancer Relief Oxfordshire Nurse Appeal.
Any donations for any of the stalls or the raffle would be greatly appreciated - just contact Sarah on 01295 670627 or Jo on 01295 730717.
“We look forward to seeing you - the more the merrier- to help us raise funds
for this very worthwhile cause,” says Sarah.
6th September '06 - Sheaf of Support
Hornton residents have really put their weight behind the move to stop the land behind the
children’s playground in West End being redesignated from agricultural to housing use.
Members of the public had until Friday, August 25, to comment and a spokesman for Cherwell
District Council said that they had received a sheaf of letters and emails from people in the
village.
The Hornton site is just one of dozens in Banburyshire villages where a change of designation
is being considered. If the site is redesignated on the recommendation of Cherwell’s Executive,
planning permission is not certain but the landowners - the multi-billion pound steel giant
Corus - have made no secret of their desire to develop the site.
“A large number of representations have been received and it will take some time
to process and analyse them,” said a Cherwell spokesman. “There will be a need to look closely
at the substance of comments and to undertake detailed analysis of all sites. We arecurrently
scheduled to report to the Executive on the results in December.”
6th September '06 - Off the Menu
The Progressive BBQ that was going to be held this Saturday has been put off until next Summer
because it’s too cold!
But fans of the moveable feasts won’t have to wait long before another one. There will be a
Progressive Dinner Party organised during the Winter.
6th September '06 - Lots of Notes
Hornton’s annual Blues Festival on Bank Holiday Monday hit a high note despite several
downpours when more than £800 was raised for village funds.
After expenses, more than £500 was taken on the door and the BBQ, which sold out completely,
added a further £291.
The event was organised by Hornton’s Mark Bowes, whose Mighty Firebirds band headlined the
concert. Mark announced that this is the last time it will be held on Bank Holiday Monday.
But don’t worry. Next year, it’s going to be moved to the Saturday when there will be an even
bigger line-up of bands!
6th September '06 - Close-Up
If you pop up to Upton House next Thursday, September 14, you’ll be able to get up close and
personal with some of the National Trust’s most treasured portraits.
The Closer View is the second in a series of three expert-led art tours and talks and this one
concentrates on : Portrait paintings the many fine examples of portrait painting in the Upton
collection, including works by Romney, Reynolds and Holbein.
The final talk in the series, The Wider Angel, visits Upton’s collection of landscape paintings
on September 28 and explores how our greatest artists have captured their environment.
The two-hour talks cost just £12 each and start at 10am.
On September 18, in Conservation in Action, you’ll be able to enjoy demonstrations and
displays of the techniques used by the National Trust to care for its many delicate objects
from 1.30 to 3.30pm.
And on September 27 at the Aster Open Day and National Gardens Scheme Open Day, you’ll be able
to see the National Collection of Asters in its prime. The magnificent gardens of Upton will be
open that day from noon to 4pm to raise money for charity and there will be talks and walks
with garden’s team and an opportunity to buy plants.
A proportion of all garden admission prices go towards nominated charities including Macmillan
Cancer Relief and the Royal Gardener's Orphan Fund.
You can get more information on all these events by ringing Upton on 01295 670266. Bookings
can be made on 01295 671121 or you can email uptonhouse (at) nationaltrust.org.uk
6th September '06 - Neighbourhood Watch
An organisation assigned to detect new threats to personal security
issues recently discovered what type of information is embedded in the
credit card type hotel room keys used throughout the industry. Although
room keys differ from hotel to hotel, a key obtained from a well known
hotel chain was found to contain the following the information:
a.. Customers (your) name
b.. Customers partial home address
c.. Hotel room number
d.. Check in date and check out date
e.. Customer's (your) credit card number and expiration date!
Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an
employee re-issues the card to the next hotel guest. At that time, the
new guest's information is electronically "overwritten" on the card and
the previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process.
But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept
in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!!!!
It is recommended that you keep the cards, take them home with you, or
destroy them to be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal
information on them that could be easily lifted off with any simple
scanning device card reader. Also if you discover you still have the
card key in your pocket, do not throw it in the bin. Take it home and
destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the electronic
information strip!
