Advertiser July18

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July 2018

Advertiser Essential shops & services with everything you need all wonderfully local!

Inside this month: Lotus India Adventures Regent Cinema: Movies For You Artist Of The Month: Karen Spence The Bell Hotel: New Lunchtime Menu Faringdon Bell Ringers Winning Team Local Author Clover Stroud: Book Review Carswell Golf Course: Welcomes Everyone Museum Exhibition To Open In Faringdon The Treatment Rooms Shrivenham Winners FollyFest: Programme Of What's On & When Stanford In The Vale Drama: Building Bridges Stanford In The Vale: Outstanding Ofsted Rating Promoting local business, trade and services.

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WHO’S NEXT?

Call Trish: 01367 820060 Cowleaze Farm, Woolstone, Oxon SN7 7QS Email: thedogstudio@live.co.uk For details of what is going on visit www.faringdonfollyfest.co.uk For all those retailers and shoppers out there, this must be a case of “Carpe diem”.

Enjoy the sunshine folks!

Faringdon Business Breakfast Club It was great to welcome some new members to our June meeting held in The Bell. All of us came prepared to talk about ‘Why we love what we do’ so it gave the meeting a very special energy but may have caused one or two problems for our timekeeper. To be fair we were kept in order and we finished on time.

There were one or two identifiable themes emerging from our discussions.

The importance of clear and concise communications with suppliers and customers alike was mentioned several times as well as the benefits of providing help and support to other people without necessarily giving them a bill.

Our new members included Elizabeth Carter who runs her own consulting business and Veitza Weise and James Cox both from Red Kite financial solutions. We had advice from Tim Cave on the frequency of putting fresh information on websites and more than one person shared some quirky information about either themselves or their business, fortunately it was all legal!

At our next meeting on 2 July we are looking forward to hearing about how perfection is the key word when it comes to selecting your teas. Everyone is welcome even coffee drinkers so do book a place on our website www.fbbc-networking.co.uk.

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Business Update The sun is out and summer is here. Indeed, the sun seems to have brought people out and about too. At the time of going to press, it will be the weekend of Live at the Park, which if previous years are anything to go by will be a resounding success. Go to Tucker’s Park and support it – for more details visit their website www.liveatthepark.co.uk That is just a starter for a whole host of fetes, festivals and other events in the area. The feel good factor these create is palpable and help the town prosper economically and socially. We hope the great people who work tirelessly to put on these events take great pride in the contribution they make to the towns community and economy. In these struggling times for the high street retail trade every little bit of assistance helps.

For the other businesses in the area, the Oxfordshire Towns Chamber Network (OTCN) has a timetable full of networking events in Oxfordshire over the next few months. It’s always worth investing a little time to interact with other local businesses to share successes, challenges and opportunities. As with any networking meeting there is always the chance that your next big customer may be there. Go to www.otcn.co.uk for more details of their events.

So what does it take to build a successful business? This month Harwell Campus is hosting a free morning of workshops focusing on the skills and knowledge it takes to do just that. Information on this and other fantastic seminars can be found on the Vale 4 Business web site www.vale4business.com Finally, back to the sunshine and the feel good factor. The biggest cultural event in Faringdon’s eclectic calendar is arguably “Follyfest” and the 2018 edition will be raising spirits in the Market Place from Friday 27th until Sunday 29th drawing people to our town from far and wide.

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REGENT CINEMA Weds 4th July - Finding Your Feet (12A) (2017- Comedy, Drama, Romance) When "lady" Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister Bif. The two could not be more different. But different is just what Sandra needs at the moment, and she reluctantly lets Bif drag her along to a community dance class, where she starts finding her feet.

Stars: Joanna Lumley, Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie Film duration: 1 hour 51 mins (no interval) Free tea/coffee and a biscuit Doors open 12.30pm, film starts at 1pm Tickets in advance £4 from Faringdon Information Centre £5 on the door Friday 20th July - The Shape of Water (15) (2017 - Adventure, Drama, Fantasy) Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified secret - a mysterious, scaled creature from South Africa that lives in a water tank. As Elisa develops a unique bond with her new friend, she soon learns that it's fate and very survival lies in the hands of a hostile government agent and a marine biologist.

Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon Film duration: 2 hours 3 mins (plus 15 min interval) Doors open 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm Tickets in advance £3 U18s, £4 Adult, £10 Family from Faringdon Information Centre Tickets on door £4 U18s, £5 Adult, £11 Family

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Faringdon Bell Ringers won the Greenley shield in June at the annual 6-bell striking competition of the Vale of White Horse. Kay Chamberlain, Jon Chamberlain, Cheryl Watson, Clare Knock, Julian Watson and Doreen Leslie won by several clear points, scoring only 6 faults out of a possible 120 changes of Grandsire. All Saints' tower also provided a new ringer, Wendy Tynan, to the runner-up team, Stanford in the Vale. The other towers taking part were Uffington, Coleshill and Shellingford, Hinton Waldrist, Shrivenham and Longcot, at which the competition was held. Faringdon tower will represent the Vale of White Horse at the Guild competition in October.

Looking forward to later this summer, we are holding an open-tower day on Saturday 25 August, during All Saint's Flower Festival. If you would like to know about how English bells are rung or the people who ring them, save this date and look out for further details closer to the time.

Alternatively, visit us during Sunday service ringing (9.45–10.30 am) or Monday practice (7.30–9.00 pm) Or contact us at faringdonringers@gmail.com

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Winners The Treatment Rooms Shrivenham

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The Treatment Rooms Winner of Pevonia Salon of the Year 2017 Pevonia UK is delighted to award The Treatment Rooms, Shrivenham winner of Pevonia Salon of The Year 2017.

The respected team of non-biased judges selected The Treatment Rooms as the clear winner in this highlycompetitive category. Nominees were judged throughout the year based on performance, sales, PR & Marketing strategy, activity, training, staffing; as well as creativity, inventiveness and overall success.

Rachel and Siobhan from the treatment rooms are delighted at the win: “We are so thrilled to have won salon of the year, it means a great deal to us winning this award and would like to thank all of our clients and staff for their support and loyalty to our salon.”

The Treatment Rooms are a health and beauty salon providing luxury treatments, located on the high street in the heart of Shrivenham. The salon has four beautiful treatment rooms, and a calm and comfortable relaxation area. The perfect place to relax, unwind and be pampered.

Pevonia UK Director, Paul Mason was impressed with The Treatment Rooms: “Last year The Treatment Rooms came runner up in this category, and with dedication and a consistent high standard of customer care and treatment performance, took home the title in the 2017 awards. Their team of highlyskilled therapists should be congratulated as the feedback from their customers was exemplary.”

Congratulations to the team at The Treatment Rooms, you thoroughly deserve this Pevonia award win!

The Treatment Rooms: www.treatmentroomsshrivenham.co.uk

crowdy & rose solicitors of faringdon and lechlade We have a wealth of local knowledge and are an established part of the local community providing for the needs of our clients

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Roberts Ramblings!

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Hello and thank you for joining me on a new ramble.

We’ve had some very helpful information posted this week, advising how members of the public can assist with a swarm of precious honeybees, from a safe distance. Our local beekeeper Justin, who can be contacted on 07407271299 asks that no-one approaches the swarm, ring him immediately, close windows and take children and pets indoors. The family can then watch how the beekeepers collect and take the colony to a fresh hive and feed them too, if necessary. If no-one notices or takes any action, the swarm will move off within the hour and may take up residence in a house roof where the ability to collect it will be almost impossible – and the swarm may have to be wastefully destroyed. So please act quickly, Justin asks!

As I pull on the reins of this piece, it’s Swift awareness week - those scimitar shapes in the sky that I wrote about last month.

The adults can fly up to 500 miles over a day, hunting not only insects but spiders on their silken threads high up in the sky, to fly down and feed their young in the nest. The juvenile birds follow their parents a short time after the adult birds have flown back across Europe and African in early August. Young birds may not actually land anywhere “solid” for 18 months, after leaving the nest.

A new way of helping people to learn how to make themselves and their dog responsible around sheep has been developed by farmer Tobin Bird, who’s experienced the rough side of livestock worrying, a word that can’t possibly describe the horror of mutilation and abortion that can follow a dog attack. Tobin Bird says, “It is often said that any dog is capable of attacking a sheep – it’s the hereditary wolf in them, and even the most placid pooch can turn killer if those ancient genes kick in.

Have a look at his web site, its a very interesting read. www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/farm-diversification-whichtrains-dogs-to-stop-sheep-worrying With another World Cup in full swing again, something to really whet the appetite happened on a pitch in Guernsey recently. The local Constabulary may well have been called to a pitch invasion! One hundred and fifty milking Guernsey cows broke through the fences and hedges as they left the farm parlour to go back out into the farm fields to graze. However, someone must have fancied a game and ran on to the pitch – tails up! Some dribbled (on) the ball as players hurriedly left and the farmer and linesmen brought them to order using corner flags! The local derby was decided later in the local pub, where a draw was declared. Must see!… https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/local-football-match-abandoned-cows-pitch/ Jersey cows were the foundation herd at Oathill Farm in the Cotswolds, where farming progressed “organically” with the land – in the broadest sense, caring as well as advancing the skills and knowledge at the time, in the early 1920’s. This was under the care of a farmer-in-training then, George Henderson, with his family. Pioneering husbandry of the cattle and diversification into pigs, poultry, sheep and arable. The story of this farm is written up in the book “The Farming Ladder”, followed-up with “Buttercup the Calf” as a book for children and adults who don’t grow up!. The first book is highly praised by several book reviewers, including one from the Daily Herald called John Betjeman. Mr Betjeman writes: “..Shows the calm and balance a man may derive from a well-ordered life, timed to fit in with the blessed inevitability and variety of the seasons”.

Rabbit awareness week is just finishing as I write and we have really enjoyed meeting the stars and their owners.

Rabbits are the third most popular pet in the UK and during the week, we have been advising, as well as carrying out, vaccinations for the RHD2 viral disease, often causing sudden death in rabbits who have never been in contact with other rabbits. This distressing disease is preventable and so is the Myxomatosis vaccine, given 2 weeks apart.

Another issue in warm, humid weather is blowfly “strike”, particularly around the perineum if there’s any lingering moisture from urine or impacted faeces. Researchers at the Liverpool Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Unit, have pooled data taken from a sentinel network of veterinary practices for three years, regarding confirmed cases of fly-strike.

Rabbits aged 5 or over, female more than male, have the highest incidence. Sadly, 44% of those rabbits presented died or were euthanased. The problem can start as early as April, with the peak months June to August, when the green-bottle fly is most active. By “moving away from muesli” towards a high-quality hay-based diet, with the result being cleaner rabbits, the “ideal” environment for fly strike can be very significantly reduced.

On a lighter note, to our local poultry keepers, from the APHA “AVIAN INFLUENZA ZONES have been lifted in both England & Wales. All bird keepers should continue to maintain good biosecurity to help prevent the outbreak or spread of diseases.

More information on the gov.uk, gov.wales and gov.scot websites.”

So, before flying off, may I wish you a great month and until we meet again in August!

Robert Elliott 21-23 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, SN7 8LH 01367 710595

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Artist of the month Faringdon Information Centre is very happy to welcome Karen Spence as July’s Artist of the month.

Karen is a local primary teacher and self taught artist. Over the years, she has tried and enjoyed many art and craft activities, particularly those involving sewing. As a military wife she has travelled the world and in her husband’s last posting, Naples, Italy, when it was too hot to quilt she took up painting. There was no shortage of inspiration in the city and surrounding countryside. Her early works were in ink and watercolour but now she also enjoys working in oils.

When working in inks and watercolours, she enjoys painting old buildings, particularly those with wonky walls and difficult perspective and in oils she enjoys painting portraits, animals and still life.

Examples of her work can be found at www.karenaspence.weebly.com and on the Faringdon art society www.faringdonartsociety.co.uk/karen-spence.html Come along to the Information Centre in the Pump House to view Karen’s work. Open 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 9:30am to 1pm on Saturdays.

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The manager and her team at Stanford in the Vale Pre-school are delighted to announce their ’Outstanding’ rating in their recent Ofsted inspection! The Pre-school, which was previously rated as ‘Good’, was awarded outstanding in every area that was assessed : - Effectiveness of Leadership & Management, Quality of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Personal Development, Behaviour & Welfare and Outcomes for Children. “ We are absolutely delighted with the result and feel it is recognition for the ongoing hard work and commitment of our staff. It recognises the passion and the way staff keep the children at the heart of everything they do.”

Nina Stillion, Pre-school Manager. www.stanfordpreschool.org.uk

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By Colin Calvert. Published by Lazy Bee Scripts A mixed group of, mostly, volunteers – The Friendly Ferrets- are building a wooden bridge across a swamp.

A frustrated leader, an ex-Met Inspector, a Nerd, an Asbo and two dear older ladies – or are they?

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Evocative descriptions of a distillery and the landscape it inhabits can help to form a bond with the whisky it produces and this was certainly the case when Matt Chambers recently presented a tasting for us which featured four whiskies from the Glenglassaugh distillery. Matt’s talk of the ‘brutalist architecture’ of the buildings and his experience of being exposed to the elemental nature of the coastal setting on the Moray Firth, within a stone’s throw of the North Sea, certainly painted a picture of where the whisky we tasted was made and brought the whisky more fully to life.

Built in 1875, Glenglassaugh has had a chequered history.

After initial success, several changes in ownership, followed by a downturn in the demand for whisky, led to it closing in 1907. However, in the late 1950s the majority of the buildings on site were rebuilt (hence the ‘brutalist architecture’) and the distillery reopened but closed again in 1986 because the whisky was thought to be too complex for the blends it was intended to be used for. However, in 2008 it was revived by the Glenglassaugh Distillery Company and two further changes of owner since then have continued its legacy of producing quality whisky. It is currently owned by Brown-Forman, who acquired it, along with BenRiach and GlenDronach distilleries, in 2016 from the BenRiach Distillery Co. Whilst the distillery and its location may be raw and uncompromising the whisky itself is anything but brutal! It is a medium weight, elegant dram that is described as ‘a Highland malt with seductive coastal charm’ and the Evolution expression that we started with was a perfect showcase for the spirit. Matured in bourbon casks it’s sweet fruitiness, vanilla and oak makes it an ideal summer whisky.

Moving on, we then tasted the Torfa – a peated whisky, only produced in very limited quantities every year. The peat used for malting the barley is from the Eastern Highlands and was formed from compacted heather, fern, and bracken, resulting in a sweetly smoky dram rather than the seaweed and iodine imbued flavours to be found in many of the Islay whiskies. It was well balanced with enough peat to satisfy and would be a good introductory malt for those not sure about full on bonfire flavours.

Our next treats were two of the first wood finish expressions to be produced by the distillery. The PX finish starts life in bourbon cask and then spends about a year in Pedro Ximenez casks to produce a rich, warm and sweet whisky (think raisins and dark brown sugar), that is multi layered and finishes on a note of liquorice. The Peated Portwood (finished in ruby port pipes) was my favourite of the night, with the peat blending harmoniously with the port to give an aromatic, smoky and fruity whisky with notes of barley sugar – just luscious!

Fran Thomas

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New Chef Mark Harwood Joins The Club House Team Exciting new menu Sunday roasts starting from £10.95 Food served from 8am to 9pm daily. � En-suite B&B rooms available overlooking picturesque countryside and the Golf Course Contact Natalie for more info via phone 01367 870887 or clubhouse@carswellgolfclub.co.uk www.carswellgolfclub.co.uk �

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Lady Captain, Carole Avenell, and director of Carswell Golf Club, takes the first putt on the newly finished second putting green.

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LOTUS INDIA ADVENTURES India travel is life-changing. There's few countries you can visit for two weeks and return home, your heart and mind slightly rewired. I've witnessed this first hand many times on the tours I run. An anxious man once booked along with his wife - "she's phobic of dirt" he whispered, "do you think she'll be ok?" This was a cause for concern, but once she'd entered Old Delhi's ancient labyrinthine streets all fears and phobia's seemed to vanish to dust. She drank chai in the market from little earthen cups and wondered barefoot around the temple with the rest of us. Indeed, when we stayed with villagers in the magical riverside town of Orchha - with cows tethered outside the front door and the only water from a nearby well - she said she had never felt happier. I've seen other people return to the UK and quit jobs, change their life direction - something deep inside inherently changed by their experiences. You see India turns all we know about life upside down. We experience stillness and peace amongst apparent chaos, incomparable richness amidst seeming poverty, and everywhere we turn we see life.

A teeming, flowing sense of life that we rarely see in the west, and it feels amazing.

It's a blessing taking groups to India and showing them what I have come to know and love about this country. I run the tour with my partner Hari who is from the ancient kingdom of Hampi in south India. Our journeys are designed to give you an insiders glimpse of this incredible country. We largely stay off the main tourist trail and keep group sizes small...

We chose hotels that are very much part of the experience eco hotels, family-run boutiques, converted maharajas palaces packed with history - places where you can learn more about India's rich and diverse culture. Whilst each trip will include many wonderful experiences - tiger safaris, dawn-bird spotting treks, yoga on the beach, tours of temples and palaces - we generally like to keep the pace and feel of the tours very relaxed - maintaining the sense of freedom and wonder you might feel as an independent traveler. After all, it is those moments where you find yourself chatting to villagers then being spontaneously invited into their home for chai, or wandering alone, slightly lost, through the bazaar or simply sitting on your veranda watching the sun setting that you will get a true sense of what India means to you.

Lotus India Adventures are running a journey through "Hidden Rajasthan" this November or your can experience "Undiscovered South India" next February when we will journey through northern Kerala, Karnataka and south Goa. To find out more visit our website www.thelotusretreat.com or pop into the Lotus Retreat for a chat.

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FollyFest 27-29 July 2018 Join Faringdon's music & community arts festival. Free entry Friday 27th

Crown Stage

Crown Stage Sir Loin & the Steak Knights 7:00pm NM3 8:15pm White Ridge 9:30pm

Saturday 28th

Main Stage Ukey D’Ukes 7:00pm Dirty Deeds 8:15pm The Blind Lemon Blues Band 8:30pm

Crown Stage

Sin City 12:00 noon

Cotswold Voices 12:00 noon

Phil Baker 1:15pm

Post 12 1:00pm

Caribou 2:30pm

Port In A Storm 2:15pm

JayJay 2:15pm

Down & Dirty 3:10pm

Awakening Savannah 3:00pm

Polly Josephine 3:45pm Wing & A Prayer 5:00pm Two Fighters 6:00pm

Baby changing & quiet feeding area available all weekend, visit the VIP area in the Pumphouse Project for our tiniest festival goers.

Main Stage

Sunday 29th

Blacksmith 4:46pm Powertrain 6:00pm

The JuteRays 7:00pm

Emergency Banter 7:15pm

Citizen Kane 8:15pm

Darren Hunt 8:30pm

Lucky Generals 9:45pm

Missin’ Rosie 8:45pm

Its Complicated 12:00 noon Emily Snuggs 13:45pm

Sall From Ruin 4:00pm Bants 5:00pm

Main Stage Al Jenkins Banned 12:00 noon Andy Robbins 1:00pm Robbie Williams Experience 2:00pm Splat The Rat 3:00pm Ponderosa 4:00pm Wirebirds 5:00pm

At FollyFest this year, there will be a vibrant programme of Fringe events and things to see and do, alongside the music and stalls.

From Tai Chi at the Folly Tower, craft sessions in the Corn Exchange, Treasure Trails, pop-up poems, Karate displays, a tea dance, photo exhibition and a full day of classical music recitals at the Piano Gallery - clear your weekend and come and get stuck in!

In the Pumphouse Project and in town, younger festival goers can enjoy children's cinema, fancy dress disco, a dance workshop and display, plus 'stay and play' fun, face painting, craft sessions and a fairground ride.

As a special event, there will also be a children's creative chocolate brownie competition judged by Sudbury House's very own top chefs, Nick Bennett and Andrew Scott!

Look out for more details on the FollyFest website www.faringdonfollyfest.co.uk and facebook page www.facebook.com/FollyFest

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Is our own wellness bigger than us?

Should we be considering the bigger picture when it comes down to our own wellness and health and our own weight?

‘Wellness is bigger than any individual’s journey’.

A lot of medicines, nutrition and exercise programmes are much more personalised now. We are demanding, as individuals, a higher quality product which considers sustainability when we purchase, take part in, or recommend products to improve our health and vitality.

Recently there was an amazing response to David Attenborough when he showed us the disastrous effect of plastic on the environment and the creatures living in it.

Maybe our priorities are now shifting to not only taking care of ourselves but one another and our planet too.

Those passionate about personal wellness are much more likely to be aware of the effect of our actions on our surroundings and those around us.

We consider ● The quality of the food we eat and where it comes from ● The effect food has on our body and the environment ● The cost to us and the cost to our environment ● How much food we waste and how we dispose of packaging (or don’t use it in the first place!)

All the above impact how we behave (I hope!). Our actions have a far-reaching effect beyond our own personal health.

Taking responsibility for ourselves, how we eat, what we eat and how we move is so important to us – and it shapes not only our health and bodies but also the environment.

Looking after our skin is an example where it is best done through quality nutrition, good hydration (drinking plenty of water!) and protecting it with moisturisers and sun cream.

However, we are now considering how our skin care affects the environment too - plastic beads that exfoliate must go somewhere when we wash them down the drain! There are always affordable environmentally friendly alternatives out there if we take the time to look for them.

Considering the environment and others whilst targeting our own health and wellbeing is all about taking responsibility. Even though it can raise complicated issues it is predominantly your own actions that make you and others the way we are. Your decisions alone and not the decisions of others are a factor when it comes to what we eat, the amount we move and the degree we affect the planet.

Once again, making a difference is down to you! We are lucky enough to live in a country where we are free to choose our path so choose wisely. Take the opportunity and make that difference.

Take personal ownership of your food, drink and exercise!

Rich Richard Marfell – Wellness Coach 07800636004 Richardmarfelluk@gmail.com

SUNDAY - TUESDAY CLOSED WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Museum exhibition to open in Faringdon A new exhibition ‘Hospital: Faringdon’s Pump House in WWI’ will open in the Pump House, Faringdon, on August 17th, 2018.

The exhibition will feature previously unseen items from Lord Faringdon’s personal collection, which have been in storage at Buscot Park. His grandmother, Lady Violet Henderson, was a registered nurse caring for her husband, brother, father and uncle, who had been wounded in the Boer War (1899-1902). With the onset of war, she took the decision to set up an Auxiliary Red Cross Hospital at her home, Kitemore House at Shellingford, where she and four nurses cared for wounded ‘inmates’. The hospital was transferred to The Pump House in Faringdon during the First World War. Sally Thurston, Clerk to Faringdon Town Council, says ‘the Town Council are very excited to be working with Buscot Park and The Company Curator to develop this museum exhibition in the centre of Faringdon. Our residents have long wanted to see a dedicated museum, that celebrates Faringdon’s rich and diverse history. This will be the first step in realising that ambition.’

The exhibition is being curated by Faith Carpenter, Director of The Company Curator, with the support of Faringdon Town Council and Buscot Park Estate.

Faith would like to involve local residents and to show stories and items with local importance. “We are asking anyone who has items connected with Faringdon’s hospital in WW1 if they would like to lend them to have them displayed, or to tell us their stories to see if they would be suitable for featuring in the exhibition. It will be lovely to be able to show items from Faringdon in the exhibition and to tell the stories of those involved.”

If you have a story, photograph or an item connected with the Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals at the Pump House in Faringdon or Kitemore, please email heritage.assets@thecompanycurator.co.uk. The exhibition will run from August 18th, 2018 for approximately six months.

Faith Carpenter Faith Carpenter MA heritage.assets@thecompanycurator.co.uk www.thecompanycurator.co.uk 07842 320691

Faringdon Folly Tower SN7 7AQ

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By Clover Stroud It’s been a funny old six months. On the one hand I had crushing personal losses – with my beloved dog Willow and my sister-in-law Maureen both passing away within months of each other.

On the other hand I’ve reached swoony heights in my work life, with Olympus, the global camera company, agreeing to sponsor an art gallery space for my company, the After Nyne Creative Services Group, in London.

Workwise, this is everything I ever wanted and envisaged when I left the civil service to move into the creative sector all those years ago. All of those nights spent in torment wondering whether the company would ever break through, would I ever make any money again, should I just go and get another job - were worth it.

I’m currently working in London five days a week in preparation for our debut exhibition with Olympus and I’m exhausted…but have never been happier in my life. I thrive under pressure, being as I am, solution focused and not afraid of hard work.

I think about this contrast between what has been great in my work life and what has been difficult in my personal life often at the moment, and was very pleased when Clover Stroud’s memoir The Wild Other came into my life a few weeks ago. It seemed like fate that I felt the strength of Clover riding through adversity (literally) when I was going through tumultuous times.

Clover – journalist, writer, and Faringdon local – had an idyllic childhood that was torn at the seams when her mother had a terrible riding accident and was left incapacitated on almost all fronts. The wrench of this tragedy sent her into a whirlwind of travel and turmoil until she found her peace with the love of her life, her five children and life in the shadow of Uffington’s white horse.

Her memoir is brave and frank and I felt the wind of her courage beside me every time I picked it up. She writes with candour and conviction, and one can’t help but come away from it feeling strengthened and open to adventures that formerly lay beyond our expectations. A bracing shot of literary vodka that makes your senses sing.

The Wild Other is available from all good bookshops

Claire Meadows

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We offer government funded Nursery places to some 2 year olds, as well as 3 and 4 year olds For more information, contact Stephanie Chapman

01367 243800 visit www.theoldstationnursery.co.uk

Tel: 01793 513864 Fax: 01793 535476 Email: sales@cameo-glass.com Cameo Glass, 100 Faraday Park, Dorcan Ind. Est., Swindon, SN3 5JF

Popping the Cork!

After many years and many stories of vinous delights, the time has now come for me to ‘retire’ from writing the Advertiser’s Wine Review.

How best to mark such an occasion? With bubbles, of course!

I’m pretty sure that many of you (as indeed I do too) refer to said bubbles to the one and only Prosecco. It is, without a doubt, the big name in sparkling wine. Last year, it was reported that in 2016, British Prosecco fans guzzled a staggering 112.7 million bottles (OK, so I had a bit of help from my friends!!). You can guarantee that this number will only be set to rise.

But what if you tire of Prosecco (seriously?) – what are the alternatives?

You’ll be pleased to know that there are a host of equally (if not better) well priced, readily available alternatives beginning to emerge in the marketplace. Many of them have been around for many years, shadows of Prosecco’s limelight.

French Regional Sparkling Wine Why: Representing excellent value for money as it’s produced outside the regions and classifications of better-known areas such as Champagne, regional sparkling wine can show all the quality at a quarter of the price tag of some better-known alternatives.

Suggestion: Aldi’s Cremant du Jura NV £7.99 Tasting notes: Floral, fruity finish with hints of brioche. Perfect for Summer. Amazing value.

Buy British! English Sparkling Wine Why: Our home-grown sparkling wine offerings are a booming, multi award winning world of exciting opportunities.

Cut down on food miles, support our wine making industry and explore the amazing things Britain has to offer!

Suggestion: Tesco finest English Sparkling Brut NV £18.00 (online) Tasting notes: Elegant bouquet of apple and citrus, with brioche on the finish.

Cava Brut NV Why: Cava can only be produced by the ‘traditional method’ used in Champagne Production.

These wines are great value and tend to be crisp, citrus and apple-flavoured, with a touch of richness and lovely fresh acidity.

Suggestion: Aldi’s Contevedo Cava Gold NV £4.99 (online) Tasting notes: Light, citrus and pear notes with crisp acidity.

A crowd pleaser.

So there you have it, folks! I’m off to teach wine appreciation at Marlborough Summer School, planning the next wine dinner (Sadlers, Thursday October 11th) and launching a new website.

Your new wine columnist from next month is Ian Lloyd, who has also studied with the Wines & Spirits Association and is a kindred wine enthusiast. I wish Ian well and look forward to trying new wines whilst putting my feet up reading the wine review!

Thank you Donna You will be very missed! Lou :) x

Call Donna on: 01367 241169 Or 07919 241881

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Out and About Date

Event

Venue

Time

Contact

Charge/info

Sun 1st

Folly Tower open

Folly Hill

11am 5pm

Sun 1st

Buscot Run 5k & 10K

Buscot Park

9.30am

Wed 4th

Finding your Feet (12A)

The Regent Cinema

12.30pm

Wed 4th

Icknield Morris Men

The Horse and Jockey

9pm

Wed 4th

‘The Coming Battle: UK Foreign Policy and the Rise of Jeremy Corbyn’

Friends’ Meeting House Lechlade Road

7.30pm

Speaker is – Ian Sinclair Jennie 01367 710308

Donations

Thu 5th

Connnie’s Colander - Theatre

The Beacon Wantage

7.30pm

beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on

£5

Fri 6th

Faringdon Country Market

Corn Exchange

9.15am 11am

Derek Pepper 01367 243554

Sat 7th

Peace Group 37th Grand Fete

Clock House, Coleshill

2pm 5pm

www.faringdonpeacegroup.org.uk 01367 241707 or 01367 710308

All welcome

Sat 7th

Women’s Breakfast: Talk by Jenny Baines “Home by another way”

Large Hall, Stanford Village Hall

8.30am

To book place contact: Julia Thorp 07760370717 / stdenysgals@yahoo.com

Donations welcome

Sat 7th Sun 8th

Ruby’s Vintage & Retro Fair

Millets Farm

10am 5pm

milletsfarmcentre.com/what-s-on/this-year

£1.50 or 50p off with flier

Mon 9th

Charcoal Drawing Demo at Stanford Art Group Meetg

Stanford Village Hall

7.30pm

All welcome No experience necessary

£4 Non members £2 members

Thu 12th

U3A Talk: Downton Abbey Film Locations by Diz White

Corn Exchange

2.30pm

Margaret Brown 01367 15385

Visitors £1.50

Sat 14th

Faringdon Singers Summer Concert

Corn Exchange

7.30pm

Karen Vogt: 01367-241707, karen@vogt.org.uk . www.faringdonsingers.org.uk

Free - Donations for “The Place” welcome

Sat 14th

Wantage & Grove Lions Cash Bingo

Grove Village Hall

6.45pm

Sat 14th

Music in the Vale Concert “A Secret Weiss”

All Saints Church, Goosey

6pm

Sun 15th

Folly Tower open

Folly Hill

11am 5pm

Sun 15th

Faringdon Singers Summer Concert

Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington

7.30pm

Carl Oberman 01367 820230 carloberman123@btinternet.com . www.faringdonsingers.org.uk

£10 - Money raised will go to Sobell House Hospice

Tue 17th

Romeo and Juliet

The Earth Trust Centre, OX14 4QZ

6.30pm

earthtrust.org.uk/whats-on/romeo-and-juliet/

From £14

Wed 18th (- 9th Sept)

Millets Maize Maze

Millets Farm Centre

9.30am 6pm

milletsfarmcentre.com/what-s-on/this-year

Adult/Child £7 2-3yrs £3 U2s Free

Fri 20th

The Human Story Theatre

Faringdon Library

7pm

Fri 20th

The Shape of Water (15)

The Regent Cinema

7pm

Sat 21st

Live Music: Simon Goodall and the Bourne Again Shadows

The Beacon Wantage

7.30pm

Sat 28th

Fairtrade Stall

St Denys’ Church

10am 12noon

Fri 27th Sun 29th

Faringdon Folly Fest

Market Square

Sun 29th

Live Screening: Andre Rieu Maastrict Concert

The Beacon Wantage

Adults £3, 11-16 £1, U11s Free www.faringdonrotaryclub.org Roddy Benson 01367 243864 Advance £4, Door £5

Raffle Tickets From Vogue Hairdressing info@musicinthevale.net 01367 710476

£15 Adults £3, 11-16 £1, U11s Free

Tickets from U18s £3, Adults £4, Family £10 beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on

£15

All day

www.faringdonfollyfest.co.uk www.facebook.com/FollyFest/

Free

3pm

beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on

£15

August Fri 17th

‘Hospital: Faringdon’s Pump House in WWI’ - Exhibition

Pump House

All day

Exhibition will run for 6 months

All Welcome

Sun 19th

The Great Kilimanjaro Cake Sale in Aid of Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Folly Tower, Folly Hill

11am 5pm

Lisa2488@hotmail.co.uk www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lisabotsford

Charity Cake sale, raffle, and pop up shop

Sat 25th Tue 28th

Lechlade Art Society Annual Exhibition

Memorial Hall, Burford Rd, Lechlade

10am 6pm

www.lechladeartsociety.co.uk

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Local Events Date

Event

Venue

Time

Contact

Charge/info

Every Sun

Easy Cycling

Under the Town Hall, Faringdon

11am

Cycling at a gentle pace, Families welcome. No one gets left behind

Free

Mon, Tue & Wed

Free One to One IT Help

Faringdon Library

2:30pm 4:30pm

Faringdon.library@oxfordshire .gov.uk

Free

Every Mon

Little All Sorts Toddler Group

All Saints Church Barber Room

9:30-11:00

Margaret 01367 244901

Free

Every Mon

Bridge Club

Faringdon United Church

6.45pm 10.15pm

Françoise Stacey, Secretary of the Club: 01367 241813

£2 per person

Every 2nd & 4th Mon

Disco Dots

Pump House Project

9:30-11am

Lucy 07900 800657

£1

3rd Mon

Faringdon WI

Old Town Hall

2pm

Jan vinerjan@hotmail.com

Every Mon & Thurs

Faringdon Day Centre

Baptist Church Hall Bromsgrove

9:15- 2:15

Supervisor 07523 116918

1st Tue

Farmers Market

Market Place, Faringdon

Until 1pm

01367 710445

Every Tue

Coffee Morning

Faringdon Library

10:00 - 11:30

Sheena 01367 240311 wantage@babysensory.co.uk Kat Culverwell 07800568040

£10 inc lunch. Transport available Free

Every Tue

Baby & Toddler Sensory

The Pump House Project

10:30am 11.30am

Every Tue

Whist Drive

The Old Town Hall

2:00pm

Sylvia 01367 242007

Free Tea & Coffee

Every Wed

Ferndale Choir

Catholic Church

7-8:30pm

louisejwoodgate@gmail.com

£3.50

Every Wed

The Crafty Crew

The Pump House Project

9.30-11.30am

info@thepumphouseproject.co.uk

Runs during Cake Cafe

Every Wed

Walking for Health

Start at Old Town Hall

10:30am

www.faringdon.org/walking-and-cycling

Walks to suit all abilities

Every Wed

Community Cake

The Pump House Project

9:30-11:30

info@thepumphouseproject.co.uk

£1 for Cake & Drink

Every Wed

Community Singing Group

The Pump House Project

12-1:00

info@thepumphouseproject.co.uk

£3 per person

Every Wed

Citizen Advise Bureau

Pump House

10am - 11am

01367 242191

Free

1st Wed

Open Mic Night

Horse and Jockey, Stanford in the Vale

9pm

Info@horseandjockey.org

Free

1st Wed

Buckland WI - Speaker and meeting each month

The Memorial Hall, Buckland

7pm

Libby Calvert 01367 870803

Non members £4 incl. refreshment

1st Wed

Information & Gadget Drop-in

Pump House Project

9:30am-11:30

Sonia

During Cake Cafe

2nd Wed

Follies Dollies WI

Catholic Church Hall

8-10pm

Charlotte 07809 225795

1st & last Wed

The Knitting Group

Horse and Jockey, Stanford in the Vale

7pm

Ruth Chester 01367710362 caston@tlkc.co.uk

Free

Every Wed & Thurs

Slimming World

United Reformed Church

Wed 5:30pm Thurs 9:30am

& Wed 7:30pm Louise 07717 681939

£4.95

Every Thu

Baby & Toddler 0-4yrs

United Church

9:30 -11am

faringdontoddlers@gmail.com

£1

Every Thu

Slimming World

Stanford Primary School

7:30pm

Nancy 07710177808

£4.95

Every Thu

Slimming World Highworth

Southfield Junior School

5:30&7:30

Louise 07717 681939

£4.95

Every Thu

Quiz

Horse & Jockey, Stanford in the Vale

9pm

01367 710302

Free

Every Thu

Chatterbox

Stanford Small Village Hall

10am - 12pm

Sandra 01367 718303

Coffee/Tea, Chat, Raffle

1st Fri

Book Club

Faringdon Library

6:00-7:00pm

Sheena 01367 240311

Free

Every Fri

Country Market

Corn Exchange

9:15am 11.00am

Jenny Howard-Jones 01367710382

Tea & coffee available Goods orders taken

Every Fri

Rhymetime

Faringdon Library

10:30 - 11:00

Sheena 01367 240311

Free

Every Fri

Badminton

Faringdon Leisure Centre

Fri 5-6pm

Every Fri

Bowling Club - Open Nights

Bowling Club

Fri 7:30

Trevor Durrant 01793 330564

Every Sat

Yoga Classes

Faringdon United Church

9am - 10.15am Adults

www.yogabear.org.uk 7875633923

Every Sat

Stagecoach Faringdon

Faringdon Junior School

Various

Stagecoach.co.uk/faringdon 01367 240663

2nd Sun

Great Coxwell Teas

The Reading Room,

2:30pm - 5pm

Great Coxwell

3rd Sat

Junior Book Club 8-11yrs

Faringdon Library

10:30-11:15

Sheena 01367 240311

Free

Sat - Sun

Tom Browns School Museum

Broad St Uffington

2-5pm

Karen Pilcher 01367 820 978

Open Bank holidays

£3 per session

Tea, Coffee and Cakes

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We aim to provide high quality care in an especially warm and friendly environment.

E-mail: enquiries@vets-surgery.com www.vets-surgery.com

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Court Cattery Stanford-in-the-Vale FAB now ICC & Vale licensed Established in 2000 Family run – Short or long stays; Medical management service available on enquiry.

Veterinary Care provided by the adjacent Robert Elliott Veterinary Surgery you are always welcome to arrange a first-time visit E-mail: sam@vets-surgery.com www.court-cattery.com

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