LITTLE MILTON  NEWSLETTER

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October   2006

PARISH COUNCIL

The Council meeting held on Wednesday 213th September was attended four Parish Councillors, the Clerk, the District Councillor and County Councillor. There were three members of the public in attendance.

Triangle of land adjacent to Wells Farmhouse

The Clerk informed the meeting that the application to register the triangle of land adjacent to Wells Farmhouse had been re-submitted to OCC and that he had already received an acknowledgement of the documentation.

   OCC Highways

The Clerk reported that he had spoken to Mr Peter Ronald of OCC Highways in respect of the additional markings around the build-outs and the removal of temporary road signs as you approach the build-outs. Mr David Turner informed the meeting that the work had been ordered and it is hoped that the work will be completed in the near future.

   Listing of the Telephone Box

The Clerk stated that English Heritage had now submitted their recommendations to the Secretary of State and that a decision will be received in the near future.

Recreation Ground

The Chairman welcomed Mr Chris Gilding to the meeting. The Chairman explained that in response to a request at the Annual Parish Meeting for the Council to consider a Youth Shelter. Mr Gilding informed the meeting that a survey of teenagers in the village indicated that there was support for a youth shelter. There was a discussion on a possible design and it was agreed that it would better to hear the views of the young people involved and they would be invited to the next Council meeting. The Chairman stated that he would include a report in the next newsletter to inform the village and invite any comments.

The Chairman stated that the Recreation Ground Committee were still pursuing additional lighting for the MUGA.

The Clerk requested that the Council should consider the installation of a CCTV system to cover the play area as well as the entrance to the car park. It was agreed that the Clerk should consult with the Community Police Officer

Planning

P06/W0769 – 33 Chiltern View, single storey extension

This planning application has been granted by South Oxfordshire District Council

P06/W0903 – Wells Farm Cottage, re-siting of vehicle access and construction of double garage

The Council recommended that the application should be approved by South Oxfordshire District Council

P06/W0846 & P06/W848/LB – Lamb Inn, extension to existing premises to include a toilet block and courtyard area

The Chairman welcomed Mr Paul Thomas of Punch Taverns to the meeting. Mr Thomas was invited to give the background to the proposal. He explained that the current premises were too small to be economically viable and the current demographics of the location suggested that the development should be food led. He believed that the future of the Lamb depended upon a successful application to develop the premises.

The Council discussed the application and agreed that they fully supported the need to secure the long term viability of the Lamb. However they believed that the design, roof, facia and windows were out of keeping with the existing premises. The Council agreed to recommend approval of both applications subject to the reservations that had been expressed by the Council.

ORCC – Thame Area Review of Subsidised Bus Services

The Chairman read out from ORCC in which they offered the Parish Council free support and advice in conducting a survey of transport needs and used within the community. The information would be used to feed into the Thame area review of subsidised bus services that will carried out OCC

Village Shop/Post Office

The Chairman reported that he had spoken with a District Council Officer in respect of disabled toilet facilities in the proposed new building for the shop/Post Office. The information being given would allow the use of the facilities within the Pine Lodge in order to meet any statutory obligations. Mr Tim Robinson asked if minutes of the working party could be circulated to Council members. The Chairman stated that Business Plan would be presented at the December/January meeting.

The Parish Council will meet on Wednesday 11th October 2006 at 8.00 p.m. in The Pine Lodge Little Milton unless there is a need to convene any planning or other meetings.

R. Fergusson Parish Clerk

Please note that the complete minutes of the Council are now included on the Council website www.littlemilton.org.uk  after they have been approved by the Council.

Freedom of Information Act – Parish Council Publication Scheme

Residents can see the records of the policies and practices of the Parish Council

including minutes, financial information and responses to planning

consultations, on request from the Parish Clerk (Raymond Fergusson –279150). Current Council member are:

Mr Stuart McGill Chairman                Mr Simon Oddie Vice Chairman

Mrs Mabel Wood    Mrs Alison Shelton   Mr Barry Coward Mr Tim Robinson

SODC: WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT

For a charge of £35 residents can arrange for their unwanted vehicle to be collected from within the District and a charge of £7.50 per bulky item e.g. fridge furniture etc. To arrange this service residents can call the Public Amenities Team on 01491 823416 or print a copy of the form from the Council’s website www.southoxon.gov.uk .

SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL –GARDEN WASTE COLLECTION

Your bin will be collected on the same day as your normal refuse and recycling. Please ensure however that your bin is placed in a safe place that does not obstruct the pavement or highway. The dates for September are as follows:-

  Tuesday 10th and 24th October

If you are interested in this service please contact SODC Public Amenities on 01491 823416 or email: public.amenities@southoxon.gov.uk or visit www.southoxon.gov.uk

South Oxfordshire District Council’s new garden waste scheme is proving very popular, with over 4,000 residents signing up for the scheme. In the first week alone nearly 40 tonnes of garden waste was collected for composting- double the amount expected. (SODC Town and Parish Newsletter, July 2006)

COMMUNITY WASTE VEHICLES – DOMESTIC WASTE ONLY

The Oxfordshire County Council Waste Recycling Centres at Redbridge and Oakley Wood are open Monday to Saturday

8.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. and Sunday 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

YOUTH SHELTER

At the Annual Parish Meeting in May, the idea was raised that the Parish Council should consider building a Youth Shelter on the Recreation Ground.

We have investigated this idea, and there is a strong case for building one, with support from Thames Valley Police, South Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. Thames Valley Police in particular are strongly supportive, as a means to reduce vandalism and allow teenagers to feel ownership of the shelter and the surrounding area, and have produced a very helpful booklet with designs and advice on how to achieve the best result. We have also asked teenagers in the village if they think it would be a good idea, and have received a positive response.

Chris Gilding has kindly offered to lead the project, and the shelter, if built, will be made of tanalised timber and located at the far side of the Recreation ground, at the southern  end of the exercise trail. Current suggestions are that it would be about 12 feet wide by six feet deep, and open on three sides, with bench seating and solar powered lighting.

We would like to hear your views, particularly those residents in Cremar Cottages whose gardens back onto the Recreation Ground. We will be debating this at the next Parish Council meeting, which will be held on Wednesday October 11^th at 8.00pm in the Pine Lodge.

Please come along and let us hear your views, or write to Raymond Fergusson, Parish Clerk, at 27, Chiltern View, Little Milton.

Thanks        Stuart McGill   Chairman    Little Milton Parish Council

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

NEW SEAT BELT LAWS FOR CHILDREN

A new law, designed to save as many as 2,000 children from death or injury as car passengers in the UK begins next week.  Yet many parents are either unaware of this change or have been misinformed by friends about exactly what the law entails.

What is the law?

The New Law for Children up to 3 years old

In the Front Seat
The child MUST use the correct child restraint.

In the Rear Seat

The child MUST use the correct child restraint.

In a licensed taxi or licensed hire car, if a child restraint is not available then the child may travel unrestrained in the rear. This is the ONLY exemption, and has been introduced for practical rather than safety reasons. You should always think about ways to make sure that a child seat is available.

It is the driver's legal responsibility to ensure that the child is correctly restrained.

The New Law for Children over 3 and up to EITHER 1.35 metres in height, OR the age of 12

In the Front Seat
The child MUST use the correct child restraint.

In the Rear Seat
The child MUST use the correct restraint, where seat belts are fitted.

There are three exemptions, where a child in this category does not have to use a child restraint. In each case the child MUST use the adult belt instead. They are -
1) in a licensed taxi or private hire vehicle;
2) if the child is travelling on a short distance for reason of unexpected necessity;
3) if there are two occupied child restraints in the rear which prevent the fitment of a third.
In addition, a child three and over may travel unrestrained in the rear seat of a vehicle if seat belts are not available.

It is the driver's legal responsibility to ensure that the child is correctly restrained.

The New Law for Children over 1.35 metres in height, or who are over 12 years old

In the Front Seat

The adult seat belt MUST be worn if available.

In the Rear Seat

The adult seat belt MUST be worn if available.

It is the driver's legal responsibility to ensure that the child is correctly restrained.

(Source OCC News desk September 21^st 2006)

GRASS CUTTING ROTA FOR OCTOBER

W/E 7th October                        -            Stuart McGill

W/E 14th October                        -            Tim Robinson

W/E 21st October                        -             David Hawkins

W/E 28th October                        -            Raymond Fergusson

W/E 4th November                     -            Phil Jones

CHURCH CLEANING ROTA FOR OCTOBER

W/E 7th October                        -            Mrs E. Summers/ Mrs A Jones

W/E 14th October                        -            Mrs. G. Taylor/Mrs H Ridley

W/E 21st October                        -            Mrs A. Hawkins/Mrs. S. Jones

W/E 28th October                        -            Mrs. M. Davies/Mrs S A Dennis

W/E 4th November                     -            Mrs L. Lovegrove/ Mrs C Coward

Sally Ann Dennis 278029

CHURCH FLOWER ROTA FOR OCTOBER    

W/E 1st October                        -            Anne Hawkins

W/E 8th October                           -            Anne Hawkins

W/E 15th October                        -                                             

W/E 22nd October                        -            Maggie Wheeller

W/E 29th October                        -            Maggie Wheeller

We are looking for new volunteers to help with flowers in the church.            

Teresa Quested

BELL RINGING PRACTICE DURING OCTOBER

Just to let Villagers know that the Bell Ringers will be ringing in St. James’ Church, Little Milton on 

Tuesday 3rd October                                                7.30 pm. to 9.00 pm

Tuesday 10th October                                                7.30 pm. to 9.00 pm

Sunday 14th October                                               10.30 am to 11.00 am

Tuesday 17th October                                                7.30 pm to 9.00 pm

Tuesday 24th October                                                7.30 pm. to 9.00 pm.

Tuesday 31st October                                                7.30 pm. to 9.00 pm.

Raymond Fergusson (279150)

A TIME TO KEEP SILENCE.

‘For everything there is a season…a time to keep silence, and a time to speak’, but most prefer the latter. Silence, they find is very uncomfortable, even embarrassing. Others can’t stand it and find it too threatening. Many in today’s world have become so inured to a background of noise that they’ve largely lost the ability to listen, or don’t know what listening really means, let alone the value of silence and how much there is to be heard in it. Indeed, so accustomed have they become to continuous noise that if it stops and stillness falls, they feel imprisoned. It frightens them, means nothing to them-for them it is simply nothing, just a terrifying emptiness and void.

In many respects it is the same with darkness. There are many who are fearful of the dark and hate venturing out without a torch. The dark means nothing to them: they believe there is nothing to be seen it. It is just a frightening emptiness full of the threat of invisible and unknown danger.

But there’s another side to this, and it is revealed to us when we experience being out at night in open country. It’s not the emptiness and abyss that we once believed. Once our eyes have become accustomed and adjusted to the darkness we can see a great deal. We can see the stars and constellations, glow worms, foxes, badgers, and all manner of creatures, great and small which, if it were not dark, would be hidden from us.

It is much the same with silence. Once we have become adjusted and accustomed to it, we discover it’s not the empty thing we once supposed. All manner of messages may be picked up it, including, if we are on the right wavelength, messages from the God who, in the words of the old collect, ‘puts into our minds good desires’.

I’ve said, ‘the right wavelength….of God’. We are now thinking of an approach to prayer.

This is very hard to explain, for each one of us approaches God through our own personal private stair, and we mustn’t prescribe for others. But what I believe is helpful, and what I think is required of us all, and that is deliberately to bring ourselves into the stillness and silence of God, to bring less of ourselves to him and our own personal desires, rather to seek more of him, to be sensitive to him, more open to him and his inspiration. In this way we come to know him better, and, by contrast, we recognise our own faults and limitations, our need of help, and how far we are from being perfect.

 Recently a friend came and we were talking together on prayer. I spoke of how I value the time of stillness and quiet in church in the early morning. The time when I offer to God myself and my daily work, and how, in return I receive my life-his life within me.

Somewhere in the conversation we sought for an image of prayer, which we thought helpful. It’s like dropping a stone into a deep well of water-living water- and waiting patiently for the echoes to return. Echoes which can inspire us encourage us, empower us.

The story is told of St. Francis that when he sent his Friars out to the villages and cities of his world he told them, ‘Preach the Gospel everywhere. Use words if necessary.’

If we were to seek to do that, it should always start from silence, and it should never be noisy.

‘Be swift to hear, slow to speak. For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under the sun. A time to keep silence and a time to speak.

Victor Story

FROM THE RECTORY.

FROM THE REGISTERS. We welcome into the family of the Church Beatrix Grace Fallon Gelling who was baptised in St. James’ on the 16^th September. Please do remember her and Jenifer and Robert in your prayers.

MARGARET HUE-WILLIAMS.

We were all saddened to learn of Meg’s death on the 8^th September after a long illness, which she fought so bravely and courageously and always with tremendous joy. In Meg Little Milton has lost a person of tremendous stature. She loved our village, and was a tremendous supporter of our community. We can think of how she directed her energies to keeping the Post Office open, the way she opened her garden for the many good causes, her support for the Christmas Fayre, the Harvest Lunch, the Food Frolic when we were raising money for the bells. All of us in so many ways will miss her, for we loved. Our prayers go out to Georgina and Michael and all the members of her family and friends whose grief is so acute at this time.

SUNDAY 29th OCTOBER.

The Revd. James Watson, Rectory of Wheatley warmly invites all from the parishes of the benefice to join together with the congregation of St. Mary’s Parish Church Wheatley and the congregation of the United Reformed Church in Wheatley for a joint Communion Service on the 29^th October at 10.00 a.m. in Wheatley Parish Church. Whenever I am away, the services in our benefice are usually covered by the clergy of the Wheatley team, and I’ve often wondered how we could in some way reciprocate. Arising from that came the invitation. I believe it would benefit us all to worship in a different setting, and to see and to meet fellow Christians who, after all are our neighbours. Thus on the 29^th October there will be no services in our own benefice, instead we shall all go to Wheatley for 10.00 a.m...

ALL SAINTS DAY

All Saints day falls on Wednesday 1^st November, and there will be a celebration of Holy Communion in St. Mary’s, Great Milton at 7.30 p.m.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, 12th NOVEMBER.

The Services for Remembrance Sunday will be

Holy Communion at St. Peter’s Great Haseley at 8.00 a.m. followed by laying a wreath on the village War Memorial.

Sung Communion at Little Milton at 9.30 a.m. during which we shall lay a    wreath on the memorial in the Church,

Benefice Remembrance Day Service in St. Mary’s Great Milton beginning at 10.45 at their War Memorial.

DEANERY EUCHARIST.

There will be a Deanery Eucharist for the Aston and Cuddesdon Deanery on Tuesday 31^st October at 8.00 p.m. in Christ Church Cathedral. The service will    be led by the Archdeacon of Oxford and followed by refreshments. All welcome. It would be good if our group of parishes were represented.

Victor  01844 279498

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

This month we are meeting on 1st October for a Brunch meeting at Lucinda’s home,3 Chiltern View and on 15th October in St James’ Church. The session begins at 11.00 a.m. and finish at 12.30p.m.

At the start of a new “academic” year we would once again welcome like to welcome any new child or children between the ages of approximately 4 and 12 years with or without their parents. Why not come along and try it out? You won’t be disappointed!

S. A. Dennis 278029

BENEFICE SERVICES FOR OCTOBER

ALTAR CARPET

This has really had it !!

If you have a spare rug or carpet (predominantly blue or red) that you no longer need we would be happy to give it a new home beneath the altar. The size needed is approximately 48” x 87”.If you can help please phone Raymond Fergusson on 279150 or Sally Ann on 278029.

GREAT MILTON METHODIST CHURCH Minister:  Revd. Derick Chambers Tel: 212019

SUNDAY SERVICES IN OCTOBER

 OTHER CIRCUIT EVENTS

Sunday 29th October, 10.30 a.m. at Christchurch, Thame. This service of Holy Communion will be led by the Chair of our new Northampton District, Rev Alison Tomlin. 

Wednesday 4th October, 7.45pm, Great Milton Church Council Meeting

Thursday 12^th October, 7.30 p.m. at Christchurch, Circuit ‘Living Faith’ course begins. This is designed for those seeking membership.

For further information please ring me.   Evelyn Holme 278938

MEG HUE WILLIAMS

Many of you will by now have heard the sad new that Meg died on Friday, 8^th of September, at home in Willowbank Cottage, after a long fight against cancer.

I first met Meg 15 years ago, and over the years developed enormous respect and admiration for this quite extraordinary lady.

No one cared for Little Milton more than Meg, and she was a constant source of ideas, support and wisdom. Her contribution to the welfare of the village was enormous, yet it was rarely noticed, because Meg wanted no thanks, or to be given any credit for what she did. So, an unseen yet powerful hand was constantly at work moving and shaking, to the benefit of all. To give just one example (she wouldn’t thank me for any more!) without Meg, we would have lost our Post Office forever.

Meg was nobody’s fool, and I found her a superb judge of character, and a great source of wisdom when called upon. She opened her house and gardens for village fund raising events, allowed us storage in her barn, and her gallery for Harvest Festival. The fact that Dorchester Abbey was chosen for her memorial service probably says more than words can- she had won the hearts of so many, a Cathedral was needed to house them.

Goodbye Meg-the village owes you so much, and will miss you. You cannot be replaced.

Stuart McGill

NEWS FROM LITTLE MILTON SCHOOL

We welcome John Derrick, Katherine Erwood, Sara Lyden and Luke Maslen to our Reception Class, and Eleanor Walton to Year 3.  We hope that they will all settle down very quickly and be enjoying their time at Little Milton School.

This term’s topics include The Rain Forest, Fires, including the Great Fire of London and Dragons, and Change!  We have organised visits to the Living Rainforest near Newbury, and a Dinosaur exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Oxford, to reinforce the work that we are doing in school.

At the moment, we are practicing for our Harvest Festival, which is being held at 9.00 am on Friday October 6^th, at St James Church.  Children from the Orchard Pre-School will be coming along, and it would be lovely to welcome people from the village too.

ADMISSIONS TO PRIMARY SCHOOL – SEPTEMBER 2007

If your child was born between 1^st September 2002 and 31^st August 2003, you should be looking around schools in earnest!  Applications for admission to primary school need to be with Oxfordshire County Council by 20^th November at the latest.  Please ring for an appointment to look around Little Milton School if you are interested in your child gaining a place here.  We have copies of the admissions book and forms etc at school, ready for interested parents to collect. 

Eve Hunter

01844 279310

FRIENDS OF LITTLE MILTON SCHOOL 200 CLUB

The prize wining numbers were drawn by the Little Milton School Children at their Good Work Assembly and were as follows:

August 2006

1st Prize            No 35               Mark Platts                            £20.00

2nd Prize            No 13               Sarah Wakeley                                   £14.00

3rd Prize            No 8                 Sarah Simmonds                     £10.00

September 2006

1st Prize            No 3                 Diana Phillips                          £20.00

2nd Prize            No 14               Lucinda Arnold                         £14.00

3rd Prize            No 28              Sarah Sadler                           £10.00

Please complete your application form if you want to support the school in the coming year. It is on

Sarah Sadler 278563     For the Friends of Little Milton School

THE POST OFFICE/VILLAGE SHOP PROJECT

The Post Office relocation project is now gaining momentum, with a steering group meeting monthly to drive the project forward. We now have full Planning Permission from SODC to build the new Village Shop/Post Office, and have made improvements to the interior layout to provide more open selling space. We are awaiting costings from Pinelog Ltd, who built the Pine Lodge, for this extension, and we can then start the process of applying for grants to pay for it. Our target opening date is 1^st October 2007.

I believe we will be looking at a total build cost in excess of £100,000, including fixtures and fittings, but I am confident that there are a number of funding bodies (now including the Lottery) who will pay this sum for a Community Shop and Post Office.

COMMUNITY SHOP

The concept of a community shop means that the shop will be owned by, and run on behalf of, the village. In other words, it is your shop !. Annie will continue to run the new Post Office, which she has done so well over the last 6 years, and will have an input to the Shop, and we have agreed that we will appoint a full time manager for the shop.

However, this means that until the shop is established we will need to fund the salary of the Manager and the stock in the shop from our own funds, and we believe this sum could be in the region of £15,000.

FUNDRAISING

We therefore have a need to fund raise to find the £15,000, and we have already generated a number of ideas and projects to do so.

These include:

PROMISES NIGHT- We would like everyone to think about ideas for promises which could be sold at Auction- we have run three very successful events in the past, each raising between £5,000 and £7,500 for the village. Ideas in the past have included gourmet meals, fishing trips, motor racing events, a-cake-a –month etc. Every little helps!

CASINO NIGHT- Las Vegas comes to Little Milton, at least for one evening!

PANTOMIME- The last Village Pantomime was superbly produced by Alison Shelton, with Messrs Peter Vogt and Richard Alliston as Ugly Sisters (!) and we look forward to the next.

CHRISTMAS TREE SALE- On the run-up to Christmas, we thought it would be a nice idea to buy and decorate Christmas Trees for sale to the Village (and passers by) from the Car Park at the Recreation Ground.

VOLUNTEERS

We have a need for volunteers to help run the shop to assist the Manager, and to help with fund raising events like those listed above. If you feel you could spare a few hours during the week or weekend, please let us know. We would also welcome any other ideas you may have to raise money for the Post Office/Village Shop!

Stuart McGill 279092

THE PINE LODGE

We have now been open a full year, and I am delighted to say that the Pine Lodge is just as popular now as it was when it opened, with a constant stream of bookings coming in from the village and the surrounding area. We are a very popular venue for wedding receptions, with three since August, and we have had rave reviews from the hirers.

With 12 months sales and running costs under our belt, we know that the Pine Lodge is profitable, how much it costs to run, and we have already identified cost savings.

For example, last year our Insurance Premium was £1450, but this year a new underwriter (Norwich Union) has entered the Village Hall market, and we have achieved a 50% reduction to £737 for full cover for 12 months.

 The Hall is therefore likely to be financially secure for the foreseeable future. As a result, the committee have offered to fund and produce the Senior Citizens Xmas Party this year on December 16th

PINELOG

The builders, Pinelog, have been very helpful with correcting faults which always appear in a new building, and have replaced a door, the electricity credit meter, upgraded all of the heaters in the Main Hall, replaced a fire sensor, and constructed door stops to prevent the outside doors being caught by the wind. They have also installed air vents in the roof to prevent condensation. This work is all carried out under their guarantee.

P.A SYSTEM

At the recent amazing Don Wright Quintet gig, our new P.A system got its first public airing, and both musicians and audience were delighted by the result! The system was originally designed as the sound part of the Cinema system, but is loud enough to cope with a Jazz concert at the very least. This facility is often requested by Hirers, so we can add it to our list of assets.

NEXT EVENTS

WINE APPRECIATION COURSE

We had 14 attendees for our first wine appreciation night, and sampled 11 wines in total which were different styles of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Shiraz. There were a few people staggering home afterwards! Our next session will be on October 10^th   at 7.30pm when we will be tasting examples of:

Riesling             Chenin Blanc

Merlot                          Pinot Noir

HORSE RACE NIGHT

There will be an exciting evening celebrating the sport of kings on Saturday, 14^th October- there will be six races, where you can bet on each, buy a horse, or sponsor a race, all aided and abetted by snacks, and a bar. A chance to win some money!

QUIZ NIGHTS

Ooops- the perceptive will have noticed that the date of our next Quiz Night was the same day as the 50’s/60’s dance in Aid of Sobell House-so we have re-scheduled the next Quiz Night to Saturday, 2^nd December.

After that, the next date is 20^th January 2007. These dates are definitely in the diary!

REAL ALE

I recently discovered that the beer we serve at Quiz Nights is not regarded by connoisseurs as REAL ALE. Apparently the real stuff has to be racked up and vented for 72 hours to allow secondary fermentation to take place, and the sediment to settle, so for future events we could be adventurous and do the job properly.

FIREWORKS NIGHT-Saturday 4^th November

After a very successful event last year, we have booked the Hall for Saturday the 4^th November for another Fireworks celebration. There were some comments last year about how noisy the fireworks were, and we all care about our pets, so we have agreed to buy “Quiet” fireworks this year-or at least quieter than before, for the benefit of small children in particular.

There will be hot soup and hot dogs included in the prices, plus sparklers and coloured fluorescent bands for sale, so come and enjoy a great evening.

THE FIREBIRD TRAVELLING PLAY

We have booked the Oxford Travelling Theatre Company for their production of The Firebird on Saturday, 25^th November 2006.

CINEMA CLUB

Two applications for grants have been made for projector and screen, one from Charlotte Watts on behalf of the young people of Little Milton. Thanks to her for her contribution, and fingers crossed!

 Stuart McGill 279092

DON WRIGHT QUINTET

For anyone wondering why the walls of the Pine Lodge were shaking on Wednesday night, the answer was that Little Milton's answer to Ronnie Scotts jazz club was in full swing. The first concert in what will hopefully be a regular fixture featured the Don Wright Quintet and was a triumph on all fronts. Don Wright is a virtuoso sax player who is equally at home playing the flute or one of his collection of clarinets.

 The acoustics and ambiance of the Pine Lodge suited the concert surprisingly well, although the air conditioning, which consisted of opening all the windows and letting a gale blow through the hall, had a few of the audience reaching for their coats and scarves. The only off note was that out of the 90 or 100 people who had travelled from around Oxfordshire to enjoy some of the best jazz to be heard outside the West End, barely a dozen had made the trip from Little Milton. Given the ambience and the quality of the music, this is a treat which you would do well to make sure you book for next time. Keep an eye on the Newsletter for upcoming dates.

David Wakeling

FIREWORKS NIGHT

LOW NOISE

SATURDAY NOV 4^TH-

6PM START

TICKETS £5 FOR ADULTS

£3 CHILDREN & SENIORS

£15 FAMILY TICKET

FROM POST OFFICE

 INCLUDES SOUP & HOT DOGS

BAR

FRIENDS OF WELLS FARM

We plan to meet on Sunday 8^th October, when we intend begin tidying up the Allotment area. We as a group are now responsible for taking this quite neglected area forward. The long-term plan is to plant a hedge adjacent to the road & to plant an orchard within the existing allotment area. If anyone knows of local varieties of fruit tree, we will be interested to find out more.

The Highland Cows are returning to the farm for a while, in the next couple of weeks. Martyn Lane the Reserves Officer wanted to point out that these animals are not bulls & although they look fearsome with the horns they are in fact quite gentle animals. The two horses that are here are called Ollie & Bertie, be careful with these animals as they are not used to handling so can scare quite easily.

We welcome anyone who would like to come along and get some fresh air. We meet in the Farmyard at 2.00pm.

Phil Jones 278120

POND CONSERVATION

If any residents would like to help the Pond Conservation Charity with gathering data, the recording forms are available from the Post Office with the kind permission of Annie.   To the best of my knowledge single ladies are not required to kiss any frogs! Thank you

LITTLE MILTON W.I.

Next Meeting:  In October we will be tackling Mistakes in the Garden with Mrs Farrar - and what to do about them!  Visitors are very welcome to join us at The Pine Lodge, Little Milton on the 12^th October at 7:45 pm.

Group Meeting:   Stadhampton WI will be hosting the next meeting of our cluster of WIs' on the 18^th October.  The work of the Berks and Bucks Wildlife Trust will be featured. The theme of active concern for local wildlife and habitats is a top WI priority and this is a good opportunity to keep well-informed. The competition will be an animal collage made from natural materials.

Amanda Wood gave a lively presentation of The Real Cuba to our September meeting. Her trip there avoided the tourist hotels and she lived among Cubans in their towns and villages.  Cuba is a nation of contrasts – of happy, lively people singing and dancing at every opportunity while living within a police state. At one point Amanda and her travel companions negotiated a police road check by singing Jerusalem and pretending to be a gospel group following on from the Pope’s visit. (After the Pope’s visit, Castro allowed Christmas Day back.)

Poverty is everywhere, particularly now that Russia has ceased supplying Cuban needs – bread is rationed and transportation for ordinary people depends on unreliable, decrepit vehicles. Buildings are generally in poor repair. Every resource is used and re-used – everything repairable is repaired.  Some limited private enterprise selling produce and light manufactured goods is allowed, but the restrictions on everyday life and entrepreneurial activities are immense – even to cooking meals for foreign visitors – and the ‘thought’ police are everywhere.

The history of Cuba is exciting – from the Spanish invaders through slavery and plantations to the 1950’s Communist revolutions. Contradictions are everywhere – from the free education to children of all ages that is rare in developing countries, but done with so few resources that even the torn-out pages of diaries are welcomed, to readily available medical care with well-trained doctors, but with limited modern drugs and equipment.

Now the most tantalising question of all hangs in the air – what will happen to the Cuban way of life after Castro – a US take-away or an evolving modern Cuba based on its own traditions and culture?  Amanda’s advice was simple – go and see it now.

Other Events / activities:  Members can choose to go to Exbury Gardens, Birmingham Christmas Market, a Sugarcraft Workshop, Thanksgiving Lunch and the Oxford Operatic Society production of West Side Story at the end of November.  We are also taking part in a Village Pond Survey.

President:  Anne Hawkins, Little Milton 279526 Secretary:  Helen Ridley 278816

Press Correspondent:  Lyndell Dixon, Great Haseley 279275

BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB

The Book Club met on Thursday 21st September at Brooklands and had an interesting and varied debate about 'The Crow Road'.   A Scottish theme was followed through from the heated and lively discussion of the book to the nibbles and the Dundee cake! 

The selected book for October's discussion is 'My Cousin Rachel' by Daphne du Maurier. If you need a copy of the book please contact Jo Preston ASAP on 279788 to order a copy.  We will meet at 8.00pm on Thursday 19th October at Lesley McCaig's, Penn House, Little Milton.  Please let Lesley know if you can / cannot attend by Tuesday 17th Oct, so that food numbers can be arranged.

This Club is open to EVERYONE.  Please feel free to come and join. Just read the book and come to the group with a bottle of wine!!!!  If you want more information about the group call Paula on 279120. 

Paula Cameron

NEIGHBOURS CLUB

We were all feeling fitter and healthier after our meeting on the 31st August, the reason being that Yvonne Cartwright came to give us a session of "chair yoga and excercises".  On the 6th September we had a full coach to take us on our outing to Caversham Bridge where we boarded a boat for a two-hour river cruise through Mapledurham and Whitchurch Locks, Goring Gap and Wind in the Willows country to Beale Park.  Light refreshments were available on board and there was a good restaurant at Beale Park for lunch and tea.  In the park animals and birds are displayed in continents and there are gardens to explore and a small train to take you round if required.  There was also a very impressive model boat exhibition.  On the 14th September we held our annual Harvest Festival when the Rev. Victor Storey led us in a short service after which the sale of the produce brought along took place.  This raised the sum of £15 which, as usual, will be sent to CLIC.

Forthcoming Events - October

Wed 4th - Outing to Bablockhythe for lunch and skittles afternoon.

Thur 12th - Barbara Gray - Student talk - 2.15 p.m.

Thur 26th - Bring and share lunch + entertainment by Pam Assiter and Viv Godfree - 2.15 p.m.

SEWING GROUP

Than you Mary for making us all so welcome in Spring and Well Cottage last month. This month we’re moving only a few doors along to Spring Cottage on the Haseley Road. We are meeting on Tuesday 17^th October from 11.00 a.m. onwards and if you can telephone 278029 (my number) by Monday 16^th, it is a help towards knowing how many to provide lunch for. Anyone is welcome to join us!

Sally Ann Dennis

VIEW FROM VIEWS

This is the time of year when mushrooms are plentiful, depending on the weather. Usually they are most prolific after a dry spell when the soil temperature is warm, following a nice warm rain. For some reason or other they have not been that productive this year, and giant puff balls, of which we usually have plenty, have only produced one suitable for cooking. This is probably a good thing as they take a long time and use up a lot of butter.

One extra problem we have encountered due to this extraordinarily dry weather, is that a little grass paddock, behind the house here, had become infested with weeds with very little grass. So last autumn we decided that a serious replant was required. This was done then, and again in the spring, but neither planting managed to re-establish the grass cover we required, due to the lack of rainfall, that we all know about. Now after what we thought was a reasonable downpour in the middle of the month it was sown again, and now looks as if we actually have some grass coming after the rain that has fallen between the 21^st and 14^th, this is what makes farming so interesting.

Through my involvement with the Organic movement I have been asked to comment on a “DEFRA” paper (some 90 A4 pages of very exciting reading). This paper is on the coexistence of GM crops with Non-GM crops, we in the Organic world have stated, due to consumer requests that no Organic food should have any GM presence whatsoever. This paper asks us to consider what measures should be taken to protect Non-GM crops from GM crops, should they be allowed to be grown in this country, to a tolerance of 0.9% contamination. This seems to me rather naive to expect us to comment, on issues that are far beyond what we and the legislation that controls the Organic market, have felt acceptable. This report goes on in great detail how far pollen will travel for certain species, and all other conditions, this also to me seem very naïve, we all know how nature can play tricks. I personally have no particular axe to grind either way, but there are two issues that will not go away, once a GM crop is grown for it’s resistance to the one herbicide that kills everything how will we ever get rid of it, and once the land is contaminated will it ever have a resale value?  The trouble for all of us is that we just do not know!

After such a long dry and cold winter, we now seem to have experienced a long dry and warm summer, what does the coming winter hold for us; unfortunately I am not in a position to know. What I do know is that shortly we will have the migrating birds arriving with the threats of avian flu rearing its ugly head. The hedge rows will certainly provide, our indigenous birds and winter visitors, with a bounteous larder, this is mainly due, as I believe I have said before, to the lack of frosts at the critical time, and the fact that on the whole we understand more about hedge management, and the effects we can have on nature, and the consequences if we do not manage nature properly.

The extremely calm weather of the last month (since we finished harvest) has meant that the planting for next season is well in advance, the recent rain will help these crops enormously, making it one of those planting seasons that we always pray for but never get, but I must not say too much until all is safely in the ground. This weather has also enabled us to control a lot of weeds naturally just by starving them of water through cultivations, having said that it does present us with another dilemma, is it better to use fossil fuel to cultivate weeds to control them, or use practically no fossil fuel and kill them with chemicals?

Talking of fuel our new and enlarged Bio-Diesel plant, is gradually looking like it might be producing some substantial amounts of fuel before too long. This is all very exciting for all those involved, not only that it is the fruits of months of labour, but mainly all thought and ingenuity that it has required, plus a far amount of disappointment when it has not all turned out as we had hoped. We feel that by producing this green fuel we are doing our part to save the planet.

Charles Peers

Get Fit in 00:30:00 -Top tips for getting fit-

Incorporating regular physical activity into your life can seem like a daunting task. However, SOLLutions Health & Fitness has put together five top tips to help you get more active, more often in the easiest possible way!

1. Get a walking buddy

Instead of meeting friends for coffee, beer or a glass of wine – suggest going for a walk. Once you start gossiping, you’ll be surprised how quickly the time flies and how far you’ve walked!

Alternatively arrange to meet a colleague to walk to work together. Meet at a place where you can park the car, get off the bus or train 15 minutes away from work.

If it’s practical, think about walking the kids to and from school, you will all get the benefit and may even save time and money! If you do the school run in the car, can you park the car and walk part of the way?

2. Take ‘exercise breaks’

When your colleagues take smoking breaks at work, take exercise breaks instead. Spend ten minutes walking up and down the stairs or doing lunges in the corridor. If you do this once in the morning, once at lunch and once in the afternoon, that’s already your thirty minutes! 

3. Join the kids

When you get home from work, challenge the kids to a game of ‘Stuck in the Mud’, ‘What’s the Time Mr Wolf?’ or ‘Tag’. These fun games will get your kids laughing, your heartbeat up and the whole family fighting fit.

If your family are a bit older why not get the bikes out or take a ball to the park, everyone will soon feel better for it.

4. ‘Skip’ TV

If you regularly watch Neighbours, Coronation Street, or Eastenders, do it while skipping. You will become so absorbed in the programme, that you won’t realise how hard you’ve been exercising. By linking your exercise regime to a TV programme, you will help create a regular routine. Soon, every time you hear the theme tune for Eastenders, you will feel an overwhelming urge to get up and get active.

5. Become a class act

Join a fitness class. At SOLLutions Health & Fitness we offer a whole range of innovative classes including Ball room dancing, Body Combat and Aqua-aerobics. By regularly attending a class, you will meet new people, gain a new skill and feel and look much fitter!

For further information about SOLLutions Health & Fitness Fit in 00:30:00 programme contact 01865 408380 or visit www.soll-leisure.co.uk

TALKING SCIENCE – Events at CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Friday 13 October 10.30 am 1.30 pm 7pm Age 8+

Life in Antarctic extremes Lloyd Peck British Antarctic Society

The CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory carries out world leading research ranging from the vastness of space to the invisibly small world of nanotechnology. All the lectures are free and many are suitable for families – age guidelines are shown for each lecture. If you are interested in what might be available please contact 01235 445000

SCIENCE OXFORD

There is a list of events that can be viewed on www.oxtrust.org.uk or you can ring 01865 728953.

ADVICE FROM THE CAB:

For more information and advice on consumer rights go to www.adviceguide.org.uk or contact your local CAB.

THAME AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Advice line 01844 214827                Appointment Line 01844 217186

1950’s/1960’s DANCE     On November 18 2006      In   THE PINE LODGE

LIVE MUSIC      LIGHT SUPPER          RAFFLE

(Star prize a week for 4 in a village in the Languedoc region of Southern France)

 All proceeds in aid of SOBELL HOUSE

Contact Mary Davies on 279471 for further information.

HALLOWEEN GUIDE

Halloween is a great time for children, youths and some adults to dress up as ‘ghouls’ and ‘witches’ and go out into the night to knock on doors to play “Trick or Treat”. The majority of your callers will be harmless and will be happy even if you say “no thank you”.  However there are a handful of callers who may throw eggs or flour at you home, if they don’t get what they want.

This action causes alarm and distress for people who live on their own and for those who are elderly or vulnerable; if this has happened to you in the past you know it can be a very unpleasant experience. 

Thames Valley Police in the Thame are continuing to work with local shop keepers and schools to reduce the incidents of nuisance and criminal damage that happen at this time of year.  Please help us to help others by not sending your children along to the local shops to buy items that may cause a nuisance to others over Halloween e.g. eggs, flour, tomato sauce. Some shops will be displaying posters this year stating that they reserve the right not to serve persons under the age of 16 years with such items.

So what can you do?

Ø      Display a Thames Valley Police Card that says “no trick or treat” available from local police stations, libraries, town and parish council offices or download it from www.thamesvalleypolice.co.uk

Ø      Don’t open your door if you are unsure who is there.  Use your spy hole, look out of a window, and use your door chain if you decide to open your door.

Ø      Have a contact number of a close relative or good neighbour to hand by your telephone, just in case you need to phone them.

Ø      If you feel threatened or vulnerable call the police on 08458 505 505

Ø      If you are in a Neighbourhood Watch scheme let your co-ordinator know that you will be on your own at Halloween.  Likewise if you are a co-ordinator you can identify people within your scheme that may be vulnerable, and offer them some reassurance.

RACE NIGHT

THE PINE LODGE

SATURDAY 14^TH OCTOBER-

7.00 FOR 7.30PM

RACE CARDS £5 PER PERSON AVAILABLE FROM THE POST OFFICE

(INCLUDES ENTRY AND COMPLIMENTARY SNACKS)

BAR!

COME AND TRY YOUR SKILLS ON THE TOTE-A CHANCE TO WIN OODLES OF LOLLY!

GREAT HASELEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

This year’s Show was a great success as I am sure many of you who came along would agree.  There were a good number of entries and the standard was high despite dry weather and water shortages.  The wonderful venue and good weather, side shows and teas made for a good afternoon out.  Thank you to all who took part and who helped out.

Tips for October gardeners

Vegetables - Plant out spring cabbages while the soil is still workable.  Make a final sowing of winter and spring lettuce too.  Clear up and dig over the ground then leave for the winter weather and frost to break down the soil.

Fruit - Cut down old raspberry, blackberry and loganberry canes and then tie in new replacement shoots which will have next years crop. Tie grease bands round the trunks of apple and cherry trees to trap egg laying insects.

Herbaceous Borders - Now is a good time to divide clumps of herbaceous plants which have outgrown their space or move ones which may be in the wrong place.  Dig out the whole plant stick two forks, back to back into the centre of the clump and gently work apart.  You may get three or four smaller plants.  When replanting fork over the soil, add some fertiliser and you will get improved flowering next summer.  Any plants left over can be given to friends!

Dahlias - Once blackened by frost, the old idea was to lift and store the tubers but with warmer, drier winters they can be left in the ground as long as they are covered.  Leaf mould or straw then an upturned plastic pot to keep the corms dry works well, (even in last winter’s cold)

If you would like to join your local gardening society,

Membership only £3 a year.

Contact Membership Secretary Sally Orriss at:

The Old Stores, Great Milton OX44 7NL or on 01844 279231

WHEATLEY LIBRARY

Firstly, I would like to thank all the children who took part in the Reading Mission at the library.  We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.  It was so good to see so many taking part and I would therefore like to extend my thanks to parents, carers and teachers for helping spread the word.

Story time

This will take place on Tuesday 24^th October from 11.00 until 12 noon and is open to all 4-8 year olds.  Tickets are FREE but must be collected in advance from the library.

Adult Book, Video and DVD Sale.  This sale will start on Tuesday, 10^th October.  Find a bargain to help get through the long winter evenings!

Our new e-mail address is wheatley.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk. The telephone number is unchanged at 01865 – 875267.

A reminder of the opening times:

Tuesday  2.00  – 7.00 p.m : Wednesday  9.30 am.- 1.00 pm.: 2.00 5.00 p.m.

Thursday 2.00  – 5.00 p.m. :Friday 9.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m. : 2.00p.m.- 6.00 p.m

Saturday 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

Carole Underwood (Library Manager)

BORIS JOHNSON MP – SURGERY DATES AND VENUES OCTOBER 2006

Friday 13th October            4.00 pm-5.45pm        Thame Town Hall

Friday 20th October       4.00 pm – 5.45pm     Berinsfield 

The surgeries are very popular and it advisable that if you wish to make an appointment that you do so sometime before the surgery you would like to attend. Please contact 01491 612852 

CAR SERVICE TO THE DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL

The car service to the doctor or hospital is for anyone in the villages of Great Milton, Great Haseley or Little Milton. Passengers are required to pay:

Visit to Hospital £4.00 (passenger pays for any car park) and Visit to Doctor            £2.00

This service is made possible by a grant from the Parish Councils to help cover the driver’s petrol cost.

We are very short of drivers and if there is anyone willing to give a small amount of time, possibly twice a month, to drive either to the doctor or hospital we would be very grateful.

Thelma Blake 279567

GETTING THE RIGHT TREATMENT

NHS Direct

If you want advice or general information call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47. This is a 24 hour service staffed by nurses who can give confidential advice and information on what to do if you are unwell,

have any health concerns and give contact details or self help or support organisations. You can also visit their website at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

What to do when your GP practice is closed

GREAT HASELEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

This year’s Show was a great success as I am sure many of you who came along would agree.  There were a good number of entries and the standard was high despite dry weather and water shortages.  The wonderful venue and good weather, side shows and teas made for a good afternoon out.  Thank you to all who took part and who helped out.

Tips for October gardeners

Vegetables - Plant out spring cabbages while the soil is still workable.  Make a final sowing of winter and spring lettuce too.  Clear up and dig over the ground then leave for the winter weather and frost to break down the soil.

Fruit - Cut down old raspberry, blackberry and loganberry canes and then tie in new replacement shoots which will have next years crop. Tie grease bands round the trunks of apple and cherry trees to trap egg laying insects.

Herbaceous Borders - Now is a good time to divide clumps of herbaceous plants which have outgrown their space or move ones which may be in the wrong place.  Dig out the whole plant stick two forks, back to back into the centre of the clump and gently work apart.  You may get three or four smaller plants.  When replanting fork over the soil, add some fertiliser and you will get improved flowering next summer.  Any plants left over can be given to friends!

Dahlias - Once blackened by frost, the old idea was to lift and store the tubers but with warmer, drier winters they can be left in the ground as long as they are covered.  Leaf mould or straw then an upturned plastic pot to keep the corms dry works well, (even in last winter’s cold)

If you would like to join your local gardening society,

Membership only £3 a year.

Contact Membership Secretary Sally Orriss at:

The Old Stores, Great Milton OX44 7NL or on 01844 279231

WHEATLEY LIBRARY

Firstly, I would like to thank all the children who took part in the Reading Mission at the library.  We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.  It was so good to see so many taking part and I would therefore like to extend my thanks to parents, carers and teachers for helping spread the word.

Story time

This will take place on Tuesday 24^th October from 11.00 until 12 noon and is open to all 4-8 year olds.  Tickets are FREE but must be collected in advance from the library.

Adult Book, Video and DVD Sale.  This sale will start on Tuesday, 10^th October.  Find a bargain to help get through the long winter evenings!

Our new e-mail address is wheatley.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk. The telephone number is unchanged at 01865 – 875267.

A reminder of the opening times:

Tuesday  2.00  – 7.00 p.m : Wednesday  9.30 am.- 1.00 pm.: 2.00 5.00 p.m.

Thursday 2.00  – 5.00 p.m. :Friday 9.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m. : 2.00p.m.- 6.00 p.m

Saturday 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

Carole Underwood (Library Manager)

BORIS JOHNSON MP – SURGERY DATES AND VENUES OCTOBER 2006

Friday 13th October            4.00 pm-5.45pm        Thame Town Hall

Friday 20th October       4.00 pm – 5.45pm     Berinsfield 

The surgeries are very popular and it advisable that if you wish to make an appointment that you do so sometime before the surgery you would like to attend. Please contact 01491 612852 

CAR SERVICE TO THE DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL

The car service to the doctor or hospital is for anyone in the villages of Great Milton, Great Haseley or Little Milton. Passengers are required to pay:

Visit to Hospital £4.00 (passenger pays for any car park) and Visit to Doctor            £2.00

This service is made possible by a grant from the Parish Councils to help cover the driver’s petrol cost.

We are very short of drivers and if there is anyone willing to give a small amount of time, possibly twice a month, to drive either to the doctor or hospital we would be very grateful.

Thelma Blake 279567

GETTING THE RIGHT TREATMENT

NHS Direct

If you want advice or general information call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47. This is a 24 hour service staffed by nurses who can give confidential advice and information on what to do if you are unwell,

have any health concerns and give contact details or self help or support organisations. You can also visit their website at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

What to do when your GP practice is closed

GREAT HASELEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

This year’s Show was a great success as I am sure many of you who came along would agree.  There were a good number of entries and the standard was high despite dry weather and water shortages.  The wonderful venue and good weather, side shows and teas made for a good afternoon out.  Thank you to all who took part and who helped out.

Tips for October gardeners

Vegetables - Plant out spring cabbages while the soil is still workable.  Make a final sowing of winter and spring lettuce too.  Clear up and dig over the ground then leave for the winter weather and frost to break down the soil.

Fruit - Cut down old raspberry, blackberry and loganberry canes and then tie in new replacement shoots which will have next years crop. Tie grease bands round the trunks of apple and cherry trees to trap egg laying insects.

Herbaceous Borders - Now is a good time to divide clumps of herbaceous plants which have outgrown their space or move ones which may be in the wrong place.  Dig out the whole plant stick two forks, back to back into the centre of the clump and gently work apart.  You may get three or four smaller plants.  When replanting fork over the soil, add some fertiliser and you will get improved flowering next summer.  Any plants left over can be given to friends!

Dahlias - Once blackened by frost, the old idea was to lift and store the tubers but with warmer, drier winters they can be left in the ground as long as they are covered.  Leaf mould or straw then an upturned plastic pot to keep the corms dry works well, (even in last winter’s cold)

If you would like to join your local gardening society,

Membership only £3 a year.

Contact Membership Secretary Sally Orriss at:

The Old Stores, Great Milton OX44 7NL or on 01844 279231

WHEATLEY LIBRARY

Firstly, I would like to thank all the children who took part in the Reading Mission at the library.  We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.  It was so good to see so many taking part and I would therefore like to extend my thanks to parents, carers and teachers for helping spread the word.

Story time

This will take place on Tuesday 24^th October from 11.00 until 12 noon and is open to all 4-8 year olds.  Tickets are FREE but must be collected in advance from the library.

Adult Book, Video and DVD Sale.  This sale will start on Tuesday, 10^th October.  Find a bargain to help get through the long winter evenings!

Our new e-mail address is wheatley.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk. The telephone number is unchanged at 01865 – 875267.

A reminder of the opening times:

Tuesday  2.00  – 7.00 p.m : Wednesday  9.30 am.- 1.00 pm.: 2.00 5.00 p.m.

Thursday 2.00  – 5.00 p.m. :Friday 9.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m. : 2.00p.m.- 6.00 p.m

Saturday 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

Carole Underwood (Library Manager)

BORIS JOHNSON MP – SURGERY DATES AND VENUES OCTOBER 2006

Friday 13th October            4.00 pm-5.45pm        Thame Town Hall

Friday 20th October       4.00 pm – 5.45pm     Berinsfield 

The surgeries are very popular and it advisable that if you wish to make an appointment that you do so sometime before the surgery you would like to attend. Please contact 01491 612852 

CAR SERVICE TO THE DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL

The car service to the doctor or hospital is for anyone in the villages of Great Milton, Great Haseley or Little Milton. Passengers are required to pay:

Visit to Hospital £4.00 (passenger pays for any car park) and Visit to Doctor            £2.00

This service is made possible by a grant from the Parish Councils to help cover the driver’s petrol cost.

We are very short of drivers and if there is anyone willing to give a small amount of time, possibly twice a month, to drive either to the doctor or hospital we would be very grateful.

Thelma Blake 279567

GETTING THE RIGHT TREATMENT

NHS Direct

If you want advice or general information call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47. This is a 24 hour service staffed by nurses who can give confidential advice and information on what to do if you are unwell,

have any health concerns and give contact details or self help or support organisations. You can also visit their website at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

What to do when your GP practice is closed

In an emergency please call 999 to talk to the ambulance service.

DEADLINE REMINDER – Please note that unless articles are in the hands of the Editor by the 20^th of the month (unless otherwise stated), such articles will miss the scheduled Newsletter. The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Parish Council. All material

for inclusion in the November 2006 Newsletter should be with the Editor at 27 Chiltern View, Little Milton, by 8.00 p.m. on 20th October 2006. The Editor reserves the right not to print items submitted for publication and to edit those items, which are published.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

OCTOBER 2006