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March/April 1992             Issue 43

CHURCH NEWS

Spring and Summer Services

During March (Lent) there will be midweek services on Wednesdays: Ash Wednesday Holy Communion at 7.30 p.m. and evening prayer/quiet time, lasting about 20 minutes, at 6.0 p.m. on the following Wednesdays. Anyone is invited to drop in.

Precept

A budget is prepared in December/January each year to establish the amount of money the Parish Council will need to cover its expenditure over the next financial year. The Council then applies to SODC for a precept which is taken out of the general rates/community charge made by each community charge payer.

The figure per community charge payer for 1991/2 was estimated at £15.00 per charge payer. The amount of the precept allocated to the Parish Council for 1991/2 was £11,595.00.

Some areas of the parish have been neglected over the years due to lack of funds and it had become necessary to increase the precept to cover repairs and improvements. Also this Parish Council became responsible for Heyford Hill. Lane, which includes the new developments, on the 1st April 1991. The increase in precept for 1991/2 was to cover expenditure on this new area.

The Parish Council has just considered the precept for the period 1992/3 and will be allocated the sum of £11,595.00 again for this year. The figure per community charge payer for 1992/3 is estimated at £14.57 per charge payer.

I trust the foregoing clarifies the situation, but should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Mrs C.F. Leary
Clerk to the Parish Council
January 1992

ESSENTIAL HEALTH & BEAUTY

The Kennington House 204 The Avenue Kennington Oxford OX1 5RN

Extensive range of health and beauty treatments to be enjoyed in quiet and pleasant surroundings
Open Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings
Ample parking - Tel (0865) 327298
Please phone for an appointment
Gift Vouchers available

The Parish Audit

The questions range widely about people's willingness to share their faith, learning to pray, offering help where needed, support for youth organisations, keeping the vicar up to the mark, paying to repair the building, relating their faith to their daily work, paid and unpaid, looking beyond the parish boundaries etc. All a bit much - suggestions welcome, contact the vicar.


Refuse skip
A refuse skip for use by anyone in the village will be at the Village Hall on 13th March, 24th April and 19th May.

Baptisms

JANE ALICE BROOKE (Yeftly Drive)
GRANT ANTHONY BROWN (Broadhurst Gardens)
ALISON LOUISE MARY SELWOOD (The Crescent)

The vicar noted the significance of their initials, and also pointed out that the current baptism register contains the record of the baptism of Alison's mother Diane nee Butler, her grandmother Mary nee Tucker, and her great-grandmother Daisy Jane Mary nee Evans (New Year's Day 1905). The Register only goes back to 1895 (earlier one's in Record Office), but will extend into twenty-first century so may contain a bit more of the family tree in due course.

Pause for Thought

[Very many thanks, Linda, for all your contributions to the Link over past years, and best wishes to you both for your move to Iffley].

    RESIGNATION OF A COUNCILOR

If within 14 days* after the date of this notice a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to Mr R W Houghton, P 0 Box 21, Council Offices, Crowmarah, Wallingford by ten electora for the said pariah an election will be held to fill the vacancy; otherwise the vacancy will be filled by the parish council.

Dated this 24th day of FEBRUARY 1992

(Signed) C F Leary
Clerk to the Parish Council

* excluding Saturdays and Sundays.
If there is no request for an election the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option. Anyone wishing to be considered for this post should contact the Parish Clerk, Carole Leary, as soon as possible, tel. no. Oxford 773266.

"Stop at the stile, please"

It was, I suspect, around 1925 when the first bus began to run to the village. This was an open top bus with outside staircase and recently converted to pneumatic tyres from solids, on route no. 7, turning round in the entrance to Brick kiln Lane and then waiting outside the Catherine Wheel public house for passengers for the return journey to Oxford. Here also was the parcel receiving office, situated in a little shop presided over during the last days of its existence by Mr Herring.

Before this time buses had only run as far as Littlemore church or to Iffley turn, so it was quite a walk before catching the bus. Many villagers did indeed walk to town. A popular walk was to Messrs Butlers on the Cowley road where bread and groceries could be bought much cheaper than the village shop.

Carriers regularly passed through the village on their way to Oxford from outlying villages. It was on Mr Andrews carrier's cart that my grand parents regularly travelled to Wallingford to visit relatives. As new bus routes were added by the Oxford bus company, the route numbers changed

Post war buses appear to have continued services as before, together with the Thames Valley, which ran through from Reading. The decline, I would imagine, began in the 1960s, when the route number became No.1. Our own service ceased also about this time, and villagers had to depend on through buses from Reading and Wallingford, which were often full when they arrived in the village.

Now, alas, services are little better than in 1925, and those without cars are more dependent on buses than ever before, when even to buy a postage stamp one has to travel out of the village.

Kingcup

[Kingcup - more info]

Dates of Parish Council meetings
During 1992 meetings of the Parish Council will be held on Mondays 13th January, 3rd February, 2nd March, 6th April, 13th April Annual Parish Meeting, 11th May, 8th June, 6th July, 3rd August, 7th September, 5th October, 2nd November, 7th December.

LAST MONTH'S PUZZLE Six correct entries were received, and the winner, drawn from the hat, was   JOHN AKRIGG who wins £5 - which all goes to show that persistence wins in the end. SOLUTION: Across: 1, Mistrustful. 8, Rinse. 10, Annul. 12, Elf. 14, Demigod. 16, Blur. 18, Pap. 20, Find. 21, Lone. 22, Gap. 24, Err. 25, Pure. 26, Etch. 27, Dim. 28, Rear. 29, Dictate. 33, Red. 35, Agile. 36, Vetch. 37, Exterminate. Down: 1, Mice. 2, Serf. 3, Rand. 4, Stem. 5, Flag. 6, Landlord. 7, Galore. 9, Sediment. 11, Noble. 13, League. 15,Indicate. 17, Unripe. 19, Paradise. 23, Peril. 25, Preach. 30, Cent. 31, Aver. 32, Etui. 33, Rhea. 34, Dose.

SANDFORD-ON-THAMES PARISH COUNCIL

At the meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 13th January, six members were present, and Mr S. Matthews, District Councillor, and Mr Stevenson, County Councillor, attended.

Oxford Science Park - access road in front of Oxford Park Homes and Ten Acre: Magdalen College have said they have no interest in this access road and suggest that enquiries should be direct to Thames Water. The Director of the Magdalen Centre has requested that the Local Authority include in their salting contract the new entrance access to Oxford Park Homes and Ten Acre.

Village Hall repairs: PC to consider amount of funding available from the precept for 1992 at the next meeting.

Budget 1992/93: the precept was set at £11,595.00.

Best Kept Village Competition 1992 It was agreed to enter again this year.

Tree Planting: to mark the 40th anniversary of the accession to the throne by Her Majesty the Queen, two oak trees will be planted in the recreation field. Clerk to apply for grant from SODC.

Oxford Playing Fields Association The PC approved an annual donation of £25 to the Oxford Playing Fields Association.

Woodcote Village Appraisal: copy of Appraisal to be purchased.

Provision of Litter Bins: one at junction of Heyford Hill Lane and Sandford Road, one at new bus stop on A 423 (roundabout), and one adjacent to under-pass.

Planning:
41 Henley Road, demolition of single storey extension and erection of two storey side extension and one storey rear extension. No objection.

Appeal: Land at Watlington Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford. Erection of 20,000 all seater stadium and associated commercial leisure/community facilities and hotel, with car park and coach park. Outline. Noted. POG have been instructed to act on behalf of Sandford PC. County Councillor also to speak on behalf of the PC at the Appeal.

Permission granted: 93 Church Road, extension and alterations. Granted.

Income	£		Expenditure	£
Ms Green (mooring)	48.00		Magdalen College rent
			for recreation field	75.00

County Councillor's Report: Mr Matthews reported that the planning application for 5 Burra Close had been approved.

District Councillor's Report: Mr Stevenson reported that the County Council budget had been approved and that there were substantial increases in funds in many areas. Social Services, Education, Environment and Public Protection would all benefit from the increases.

Items to report:
Mrs Ashburner said that there is some confusion regarding the new road markings at the junction of Kiln Lane with Henley Rd. Clerk to inform Highways.
Mrs Shepherd reported that fencing is down around the new planting on the Science Park, and Mrs Hutton asked if a salt container could be provided at the top of the new footpath. Chairman to speak to Mr Lee, Magdalen College.

General Information on Village and Local Organisations

Clerk to the Parish Council: Mrs C. Leary, 1 Riverview
Citizens Advice Bureau: St Aldates, Oxford
Samaritans: Iffley Road, Oxford (722122)
Acorn: a drop-in centre for support. Cowley Community Centre, Barns Road, Non-Thurs 10-3 (716633)

EMERGENCY SERVICES (phone nos): Gas 727111; Electricity 85-4304; Water 85-7911

SHOULD YOU BE RECYCLING?
If you would like to do more to reduce waste by recycling old packaging, Oxfordshire County Council produces a useful leaflet (Recycling in Oxfordshire) listing all the centres in Oxfordshire. Examples nearest to Sandford are:

* drinks and food tins can go to Redbridge Park and Ride car park
* newspapers and magazines also at Redbridge, at the Oxfam Paper Bank, 1st Saturday of the month 9.0-1.0
* a minimum of ten sacks of waste paper can be collected from offices or businesses by Oxfam (ring 742000)
* nearest bottle banks are at Sainsbury's Heyford Hill, Redbridge Park and Ride, and (coming soon) the John Allen Centre, Cowley
* and the Waste Reception Centre at Redbridge takes all kinds of waste, including scrap metal, oil, fridges and freezers (open Mon-Fri 8.30 - 5.30 and weekends 8.30 - 4.0.

CHEMIST'S ROTA SERVICE

Closest to Sandford area only

The following Chemist will be open for dispensing from 5.30 - 6.30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, and 12 noon - 1.0 p.m. Sundays and Public Holidays, on the week commencing:

March 1st	P.L. Jenner, 236/8 Cowley Road, Oxford
March 8th	Lloyds Chemist, 103/5 Pound Way, Cowley Centre
March 15th	Emerald Pharmacy, 34 Cowley Road, Littlemore
March 22nd	W.H. Green (Chemists) Ltd., 8 Rose Hill Parade, Oxford
March 29th	M.J. Proctor, 252 Cowley Road, Oxford
April 5th	M.J. Proctor, 158 Oxford Road, Cowley
April 12th	P.L. Jenner, 236/8 Cowley Road, Oxford
From Friday April 17th until Saturday April 25th inc.
	Lloyds Chemists, 103/5 Pound Way, Cowley Centre
From April 26th until Monday May 4th inc.
	Emerald Pharmacy, 34 Cowley Road, Littlemore
From May 5th	W.H. Green (Chemists) Ltd, 8 Rose Hill Parade, Oxford