The Hook Norton Village Newsletter
October 2003 Series 28 No 5

Village Affairs



NEWSLETTER TEAM


Directory: Diana Barber
Advertising: Judi Leader
Distribution: Bunty Reid
Postal Services: Mrs M Padbury
Proof reading: Nigel Lehmann
IT/Web Support: Martin Baxter
Treasurer: John Stratford


FROM THE EDITORS
We are pleased to see the amount of copy this month was very high and apologise to contributors who may have their longer articles edited to make them fit.
£68.24 was donated to the Newsletter this month – thank you!

Sadly, we report the deaths of Leslie Thomas Gasson aged 88 years, Adrian Lloyd John Hibberd aged 24 years, Anthony Paul (Tony) Higgins aged 76 years, Wendy Stratford aged 34 years and Cyril Wells. On behalf of the village, we send our condolences to their families and friends.

Andy Horne Helen Foster
hooknorton.news@btopenworld.com helen@monivea.freeserve.co.uk

The views expressed in the Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Editorial Team.



ADRIAN HIBBERD
Isabelle, Tony & Jackie would like to thank everyone who attended Adrian's funeral. To see so many people there made us realise just how much he was loved. We had so many cards and letters of condolence.
We would like to thank the Firefighters, for whom it must have been very hard as they were all his friends, particularly Ivor who came and broke the sad news to us.
Thank you to Tom at the shop who gave such a wonderful reading in church and managed to make us laugh at such a sad time.
To all the coffin bearers Keith & Glyn Wise, Mark Walters, Adam White, Luke & Joe Williams. To Derek & Jo at the Bell who provided such a wonderful spread, and to Donna next door for her lovely poem.
Adrian was a very special person and whoever met him will not forget him, he was someone who liked to be different and stand out in a crowd. No one who knew him can forget his silly hats - the more ridiculous the better. He was the last pupil at Chippy school to wear a blazer & tie. He wasn't giving these up for anyone and of course his ties were an endless source of amusement, they always had to be silly and of course silk.
One of his favourite jobs of the year was to play Father Christmas at the playgroup. He was always realistic although one year a certain little person called Jennifer said, “That's not Father Christmas that's Arbydoo”
We don't think Adrian will ever be forgotten in this village as he was such a character and there aren't many of those about. Thank you again to everyone.
Isabelle, Tony & Jackie



HOOK NORTON LOCAL HISTORY GROUP AND MUSEUM
Our new season started on 2nd September. Dr. John Wilson who is based at Cogges Farm where we have all I'm sure spent happy hours holding lambs or marvelling at the Victorian kitchen full of baking smells, came not to speak of farming but of Early Photography & the Local Historian. He's a versatile chap and an example of the three E's; eccentric, erudite and enthusiastic. We learned that Renaissance painters used a device to help them focus which, I believe was called a camera. It was not until the nineteenth century that proper photography was invented and caught the imagination of the populace.
Dr. Wilson brought many example photographs; early shadowy sepia and black and white ones. Before Brownie enabled us all to take a quick snap, the photographer spent ages beneath hot black covers getting his camera just so while the subjects sat absolutely still. To move was to ruin the picture. So, if you find yourself in Laycock, pop into the Fox Talbot Museum and see his work. He was possibly the first to turn photography into an art.
Future dates;
Museum News:
The Museum is in need, among other things, of display boards and containers to enable us to take exhibitions out and about. These portable boards are breathtakingly expensive. Never one to let needs grow under her feet, Barbara Hicks researched the 'Grant Scene' and found Awards for All – a branch of the Lottery Fund which deals in smaller applications. The Fund has sent the History Group £2925 to be spent on items specified in the application. Whoopee and our thanks to Barbara and to the Lottery Fund.
The first outing of the boards will be in January when the Museum will put on a display for the first meeting of Janet Warwick's enterprise, 'Carry on Learning'.
Sheila Terry, Chairman



HOOK NORTON GARDEN CLUB
The Autumn Show on Saturday 6th September was as usual a very colourful and enjoyable village event. Despite the dry weather, there was a good display of fruit, vegetables and flowers. The Homecraft and Photography classes were well represented and the children's classes were particularly commended by the judge. The prize winners were;

Phil Knights Comrades Cup: Tim Burchell Edge and Bolton Cup: Vicki Mepham
President's Cup: Tim Burchell, Debenham Cup: Dorothy Harvey
Brewery Cup: Frank Faulkner Rose Brown Cup: Francesca Mair
W.I.Cup: Dorothy Harvey, Vicki Mepham and Sally Woods jointly
Diploma for Excellence in Horticulture: Tim Burchell,
Certificate of Merit for Floral Art: Pat Fletcher
Novice's Award for Merit in Floral Art: Dorothy Harvey.

The next club event will be the annual Fungi Foray led by Dr. Shirley Grover on Sunday 5th October-watch the village notice boards for time and place of meeting. This will be followed by the AGM on Wednesday 15th October at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall and the year ends with a Gardening Quiz on 19th November-same time and place.
Verity Calderan



HOOK NORTON W.I.
We celebrated our Golden Jubilee on 22nd July with a splendid buffet lunch at The Red Lion, Little Compton with members past and present, husbands, friends and guest of honour WIA Barbara Gray, who congratulated Hooky W.I. on their 50th anniversary. Toasts were drunk, absent friends remembered, an excellent cake made by Beryl White cut and enjoyed and photographs taken. Thanks were given to Sarah and David Smith of The Red Lion for making our celebration such a happy and memorable event.
The August outing to Sudeley Castle was cancelled due to lack of support, but instead, President Suzy Bolland and her husband invited members to a party in their lovely garden in Tadmarton which was hugely enjoyed. The speaker for the 16 September had to cancel, but Barbara Gray came to the rescue and offered to be the speaker instead.
Two meetings will take place in October. On 21st at 2pm in The Baptist Hall, Mrs Christine Bloxham will talk about 'Halloween and the Supernatural.' The competition will be an arrangement of Autumn leaves and fruit. On 23rd at 7.30pm in The Memorial Hall, Hook Norton, W.I. will host a Group Meeting at which member Pat Fletcher will give a flower arranging demonstration. Pat has received congratulations on being awarded the Huxley Cup for Floral Art when she represented the Oxfordshire Federation W.I. at The Royal Show and also for her awards at the Garden Club Autumn Show.
The meeting on November l8 at 2pm in the Baptist Hall will welcome the Rev'd David Knight who will give a talk 'From Pub to Church' the competition being a photograph of a church. The W.I will be having their Christmas lunch on December 10 and look forward to another interesting year welcoming speakers, enjoying outings and holding fund raising events. As usual guests are invited to all the meetings. Look out for Posters.
Marion Roberts



ST. PETER'S CHURCH ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR
This well established popular event will take place on Saturday 1st November 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. As always there will be a wide variety of high quality handmade crafts, offering unique ideas for original gifts. Several new crafters along with all the old favourites provide an even greater selection of crafts and demonstrations to enjoy.
The Grand Prize Draw will take place at the fair; 1st prize this year, £100 Cash, plus of course many other luxury prizes, including the super Christmas Hamper. Draw tickets are available from Jan Hughes. Please come and join us in St. Peter's. We look forward to welcoming old friends and new.
Jan Hughes



ST. PETER'S CHURCH
Some changes are afoot at St. Peter's this autumn. Following a number of open meetings to discuss the format of the 10 o'clock Sunday morning service, a new 'programme' of 10 o'clock services is now in place, hopefully to ensure that there is something for everyone each week. All are welcome, including children of all ages. The children's Sunday Gang continues as usual, with Sheila Smith and Jenny Mead providing activities up in the 'glass house', combined with participation in the main service. Please don't feel that a particular service “won't be for me” – Worship is about making peace and communion with God and the Ministry team has worked hard to consider everyone's feelings in this. The first two services in the new programme have been wonderful.
On the subject of the younger generation, the local Deanery is looking to appoint a part-time youth worker to communicate with our teenage group. Interviews are currently ongoing, and once appointed, the youth worker will represent a valuable asset to the local parishes and their young populations. If you would like to find out more about how the youth worker will fit into the local ministry, please contact John Acreman.
The youth Alpha course has also started, and is being held in Chipping Norton every other Sunday evening. Nine Hook Norton youngsters, aged 11 upwards, are already attending. Any teenagers interested in the course can contact Sheila Smith for some more details. Travel can also be arranged to take the children to Chipping Norton and bring them home afterwards.
For the Sunday Gang of all ages, the next Pottery Teas will be on Friday 17th October and Friday 14th November, at Hook Norton Pottery. Please note the new time of 4.00 pm.
Other dates for the diary: - The annual Craft Fair at St. Peter's will be on Saturday 1st November. Further details are elsewhere in the newsletter, so please mark the date! The Service of Remembrance on Sunday 9th November, will be preceded by the procession to the Church, including the Hook Norton Brass Band. The procession will assemble at 10.15 am. at The Green in the village and the service will start at St. Peter's at 10.45 am.
On Sunday 23rd November at 6.30pm, St Peter's Church is delighted to welcome Brian and Gillian Privett from Open Doors, to speak to us about the persecuted church. The main theme of the evening will be the war-torn country of Colombia, from where the Privetts have just returned. Please come along for this evening of praise and prayer. It promises to be a fascinating and thought-provoking evening.
And, finally, the repairs to the tower are due to start during the first week in October, and should last about 4-6 weeks. I know I have gone on and on about safety around the tower, but this will be especially important once the equipment and machinery move in. Please make sure all children keep well away.
Sophia Fox



HOOK NORTON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAYRE
As part of this year's school fundraising activities, the Friends of Hook Norton School (FOHNS) will be holding a Christmas Fayre on Saturday 6th December 2.00 - 5.00pm. Lots of exciting things are planned including a variety of Christmas craft stalls, games, refreshments, entertainment and much more, with a portrait photographer taking pictures on the day and Father Christmas expected to drop in too. If anyone would like to run a Christmas craft stall at the Fayre (in return for a small donation), please contact Charlotte Pashley or Sarah Gardner as soon as possible to reserve a table. We are still looking for more stalls to add to those we already have. Don't forget to make a note of the date in your diary. Everyone is welcome, entrance is free and all the proceeds will go to the school via FOHNS. We hope to see you there!
Sarah Gardner



FRIENDS OF HOOK NORTON SCHOOL
With shoes shined and pencils sharpened for the new term, we have been delighted to welcome our new head teacher, Stella Belgrove, to the school. We wish her the best of luck and the Friends have a busy programme of support.
First up is our latest Murder Mystery in which the audience sleuths collect clues and speculate on who may be the villain … or villains …among a deceptively innocent-looking cast of volunteer parents/staff. In a unique double act, Kevin “Hitchcock” Hope is providing the script, while Hazel Hope and Helena Rothwell provide a great supper. It all starts 8pm prompt Saturday, 8th November and tickets at £7.50 each are available from the school office.
A stupendous Christmas Fair is being planned for 6th December and it's not too late to bag a stall or offer your help. Just let us know. And remember you can save yourself time by buying a special Hook Norton School Christmas Pudding from us. Book your pud early to avoid disappointment. Likewise, sign up for a Web Ivory catalogue and make your shopping easier while raising some cash for the children.
If you prefer to support our school more discreetly, then why not chip in with a voluntary contribution? Many families of children currently at the school donate £5 for the year. It may be that you once had children at the school or intend to one day – or just want to support a key village institution. By pledging a sum through the Gift Aid scheme, the school benefits from both the donation plus the tax that can be reclaimed on it.
Alternatively, you may fancy a flutter. You are invited to take part in this year's School Lottery. There are 10 monthly draws, two of which are “mega” draws, attracting a first prize of up to £100 (think how many free Christmas puds that is!) All you need do is print and fill in this slip and return it to the school office with a cheque to FOHNS or £10 cash. Alternatively, fill in the details and we can arrange a once a year direct debit from your account.
Remember, you're never too old to get involved in school. Just check in with the school office or contact me.
Sue Wood, FOHNS chair, woodees@btopenworld.com



HOOK NORTON CARRY ON LEARNING - An Advance Notice for 2004
This is for those amongst us who cannot walk very far or sit for too long, but still enjoy learning and reminiscing. We will need a warm comfortable venue at a good time of day away from other village activities that some may already enjoy.
I hope this will take place once a month at 10.30am on Thursdays in the Village Library.
A small support group has been set up, rather than a committee. It is open for anyone who is interested to join us, bring a friend, or help in any way.
We hope to provide transport for anyone needing it who would like to come along. Each meeting will start with a “cuppa” arid a chat and go on to an interesting quality talk for about 50 minutes so that our “students” can get home in good time for lunch.
I have begun a programme for 2004 which so far includes:

This is just for starters!! For more information do please contact me.
Janet Warwick



FIRE FIGHTING OCTOBER 2003
It has yet again been a rather eventful and busy time for Hooky Fire fighters. In the last 2 months, we have answered calls to 35 incidents. Nine were standby's for both Banbury & Chipping Norton. The remainder were calls to a cooker fire, release an occupant of a lift, an automatic alarm and a Hoax call to a car on fire in Banbury. A Bedroom and a House fire in the Chipping Norton area were also dealt with along with two Road traffic accidents, a skip fire and eight calls to various hedge & field fires in our area.
Away from the fire fighting side, the crew presented a cheque for £900 which was raised at last years Bonfire Night to the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance. This was followed by an insight into the work carried out by the Air Ambulance and how it is managed. The Air Ambulance covers four counties including Oxfordshire, and is based at White Waltham, Near Maidenhead in Berkshire, on average four calls a day are answered to provide critical care to patients. The Air Ambulance carries vital life saving equipment; the crew is made up of a pilot and two paramedics and has the capability to carry two patients to the nearest hospital in this area within six –eight minutes the patients will be at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The Air Ambulance trust costs nearly £1 million to operate per year, an average of £500 per call and relies on the support of the public. There are many ways in which people can support the trust and if you would like to find out more or make a donation contact Mrs Stevie Horton, Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust, Legato House, Waltham Road, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3TP. 01628 511691. Website www.airambulancetvac.org or contact any Hooky fire fighter for further information.
Once again thanks to everyone who supported last years Bonfire night, we are now in the process of getting ready for this years Bonfire again at the rear of the Brewery on Wednesday 5th November starting at 6.30pm., Put this date in your diary now.
In addition, if anyone can offer any help for an hour or two taking money at the gate or serving some food & drink, then let us know.
Finally, we all get in to a routine of weekly tasks, like putting the bin out, taking bottles to the bottle bank, but how many of us actually check our smoke alarm every week to make sure it is functioning. Around 80% of homes in Oxfordshire now own a smoke alarm. Fire statistics show that many of these alarms are not functioning due to flat or missing batteries. We would urge you to check your smoke alarm once a week and to replace the batteries every year.
Our Message is simple “PUSH THE BUTTON! NOT YOUR LUCK!'
If you would like any more information on Fire Safety, Bonfire Night, The Air Ambulance or are interested in joining the Fire & Rescue Service then contact one us below.
Sub Officer James Clarke, Leading Fire-fighter Nigel Matthews, Fire-fighter Joe Williams




HOOKY'S VERY OWN BILLY ELLIOT.
Congratulations to nine-year-old Hugo Brown who has been accepted by The Royal Ballet School after successfully auditioning along side thousands of young hopefuls for a place as a Junior Associate. This means that he will attend classes fortnightly on Saturdays at the School in Covent Garden, London. He will be taught by the very best teachers. Hugo starts this adventure on Saturday, 20th September. We wish him lots of luck for what seems to be a bright future in classical Ballet with this world famous Ballet Company. After the shock of his baby sister's illness of meningitis in May this year, it looks like things are getting better for his family after a nasty start to 2003.



PLEA FOR NEW CUB SCOUT LEADER
Hook Norton Cub Scouts needs a new leader.
The present leader Ian Varley is leaving the village to work in the USA. As a result, Cubs is unable to continue this term in Hook Norton.
A link group arrangement has been agreed with Sibford Cub Scouts to allow our current boys to attend there. Cubs is a lively and much enjoyed activity for boys, mainly from the village, between 8 & 10 years of age. Whilst we are extremely grateful that the Sibford Cubs have agreed to help us, it would be very sad to loose the group from the village permanently, hence this plea.
If you are interested in volunteering to take over this role, please contact me to discuss the details.
Mike Everitt



A BIG THANK YOU
to Colette Warner, who helped us out last year by becoming our 'BROWN OWL.' We've all had a fantastic time at Brownies. You've made it really fun for us all. We'd all like to wish you and your family all the best now you are leaving to have a baby.
Good Luck!
Love from all the girls at 1st Hook Norton Brownies and their families.



1ST HOOK NORTON GUIDES
'The first week of the summer holidays was spent at Cowley Deer Park, near Cirencester. Twenty four guides went camping - six joined us from Sibford and Katie Wood had a separate camp with five others as she was taking her Patrol Camp Permit Badge.
It was really good fun, we especially liked the food which was cooked on a wood fire. We did lots of cooking ourselves in patrols on the fires. We liked watching the adders lying in the grass - they were quite scary, but stayed very still until we moved and then they shot into the undergrowth!
We did lots of different activities - grass sledging, low ropes course and archery - we also made friendship bracelets and did lots of crafts. We enjoyed sleeping in the tents and we enjoyed every minute of it - overall it was a really successful camp.'
By Lucy Curtis, Corrie Ricardo, Rosie Callery, Charlotte Smith and Becky Watkins



MY MOST EXCITING DAY IN THE HOLIDAYS - ANGLIA GUIDE CAMP
We woke up to the sun beaming through the sides of the tent; our last day of camp was going to be great. After a while of messing around in our tent, we realised it was breakfast in 15 minutes. That was the quickest time we had got changed, looped up the side of the tent, put the bedding outside to air and tidied our tent! We had done what we normally did in 1 hour!
We went to breakfast – it was cereals, followed by cooked, it was great to start us off for our last day. We had all the usual notices about what to do next, but the most important thing was the morning activities – that day it was a choice of a craft. As I was one of the oldest, I got to pick quite soon, so I chose to do “patchwork”. Before we could go to our activities, we had to do our washing up and our bedding rolls.
My friend and I made our way all the way over to the craft tent, where we thought patchwork was, but we were wrong, so we had to go all the way down to the sports centre! We made a small patch square and we sewed it by hand. The material was really pretty and brightly coloured. The session was 2 hours long and we both completed it in the time. I am going to sew my patch on my camp blanket.
We thought we were late, so we had to run all the way back to camp, but when we got back, we were just in time for lunch.
After lunch, we washed up and then had to take all our bags and bedding down to the marquee and get changed into our pirate costumes. When everyone was dressed in our tent, we started to strike the tents. (Take them down!)
All week we had been learning a song that my sister, Megan and I had made up and today we were entering the song competition. We were performing second, so we went straight to the marquee where we performed the song. It was absolutely fantastic. After that, we had the rest of the afternoon to have a look around the pirate fete. First, we headed for the swaps area in the International building. Three of us got some really good badges to sew on our camp blanket. Next, we went to the international cooking area to see what everyone was making. We were able to do lots of tasting – I liked the Canadian fudge best. We then spotted that there was no queue at the foot spa, so we spend 5 minutes with our feet in a nice hot foot spa.
At 4.15pm, we were so excited as the judges had asked us to return to sing in the final with three other counties. At 4.30pm, we all sang our song again. We didn't win, but we really enjoyed performing it.
After tea, we all went down to the bottom field to join 1100 other guides and guiders from the Anglia Region. First of all, we had a camp fire and we sang songs for an hour until it was dark. I was thrilled to be asked to carry in the World Flag with a Suffolk Ranger.
When they said the “World Flag”, we walked into the ceremony in front of 1200 people and the rest of the international flags followed us. Near the end of the ceremony, we were all given flow sticks – mine was pink. We all lead off to the main marquee and there was a “boy band”, which played until 11pm. It was great and I was given a long rainbow glow stick, which I put on my head, like a halo!
Back at the camp site, all the tents had been taken down, so we slept either in the marquee or “Under the Stars”. I slept under the stars with 44 others. It took 1 hour to get everyone ready for bed, so we ended up going to bed at 1am. We had a great nights sleep. That was the end of a great day that I won't forget for a long time.
Katie Wood - Aged 14



WILDLIFE NOTEBOOK - MID JULY TO MID SEPTEMBER
Marianne Joyce in East End spoke to me on the 22nd July to say that many butterflies were on her Buddleia, including Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock and Red Admiral. I received an email from Teddy and Gillian Liddell, who live at Magdalen Lodge, to say they had seen many butterflies in their garden including 14 Peacocks, 12 Painted Ladies and 32 Small Tortoiseshells. A few people have said that they have seen many Butterflies this spring and summer.
Teddy and Gillian Liddell have also had visits from Dragonflies, the Southern Hawker and Common Darter. Dragonflies are long-bodied insects with two pairs of gauzy wings and very short bristle-like antennae. The true Dragonflies are divided into hawkers and darters. Hawkers spend most of their time on the wing, hawking to and fro in search of prey, while darters spend much time resting on the vegetation and simply dart out when prey approaches. There are also Damselflies which are much daintier than the hawkers and darters and generally fly rather slowly. They feed largely by plucking small insects from the vegetation. Dragonflies rest with wings outstretched, but Damselflies normally fold their wings together over their body. They all spend their early life in water.
They usually climb reeds when it is time for the adults to emerge. There is no chrysalis stage. The larger Dragonflies are strong fliers and often roam far from water, but are most commonly seen close to ponds and streams.
Hummingbird Hawkmoths have been seen by Kjell Trogstad in East End on 20th August, Helen Foster in Burycroft Lane who saw one on 30th August about lunchtime feeding on a bed of phlox flowers in her garden and it seemed to prefer pink ones over the purple or white. In addition, Teddy and Gillian Liddell have seen one at least eight times at the end of August and the beginning of September. It has a wingspan of about 50mm, is a fast-flying stout-bodied moth with relatively narrow, pointed front wings, is day flying and is most often seen as a brown blur as it hovers to feed at flowers.
Pauline Horn, of The Green, had large holes in her garden on 29th August which were dug by Badgers.
Teddy and Gillian Liddell saw the last Swift over the village on 2nd September. They have had a Sparrowhawk visit their garden most weeks, also seen a Green Woodpecker during July and August, but last saw Great Spotted Woodpeckers mid July. The day after they had seen the 32 Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies, three Spotted Flycatchers paused in their garden to feed. Two Ravens flew over their garden on 24th August and Tim Burchell in Bourne Lane also saw a Raven fly over his home. A few people, including Pauline Horn and Tim Burchell, have seen large flocks of noisy Canada Geese.
In mid June Roger Cooke, who lives in the centre of the village, saw a female Sparrowhawk after a Sparrow which it chased into his conservatory and it sat by an open window for quite a while, and he was able to take some great photos. He has also seen a Great Spotted Woodpecker in his garden. On 15th August at about 11.15am, Christopher Barry in East End saw three Buzzards which appeared to be two adults and one young circling quite high over the area. We have seen two Lesser Whitethroats and a Willow Warbler in our garden on 16th August and a Spotted Flycatcher on 25th August. Two juvenile Pied Wagtails have been around a lot, a juvenile Bullfinch, Dunnock, Greenfinch and Wren. A Buzzard was seen over East End many times and there have been sightings of Green Woodpecker and Goldfinch.
Thank you to those of you who have contacted me. I would be pleased to hear from anyone with your sightings.
Geraldine Moore geraldine.moore1@btinternet.com



TYRES
Would the person that is responsible for the tyres being dumped in Cow Lane between Hooky & Swerford kindly remove them and deposit them at the appropriate tip. A Hooky resident has been seen dumping them and there are witnesses who are willing to return the tyres to the rightful owner. Thank You.
Name supplied



NEW VILLAGE GATES
Whilst it is quite a good idea to have the white gates to denote the various entries to the village, what a great pity the contractors left such a mess by the gates on the Chipping Norton Road above Harwood House. The tree stumps and undergrowth look very untidy indeed, having been hacked about, and detract greatly from the white gates. Considering the time it took to do the work, I do feel the road verges and undergrowth should have been totally cleared and left in a much more tidy condition. At present, it all looks like an unfinished symphony.
Paula Clarke



BROADBAND HOOKY
After my last article on Broadband for Hooky, I found that many Hooky people would take Broadband if they could and it was the same in all the villages in NW Oxon. A campaign, details at broadband4chippy.co.uk, needs a Hooky champion to work with it to develop alternative Broadband solutions for the villages. Waiting for BT will not bring us an answer.
I really wish I had the time – do you? Please?? If you could help, then get in touch and I will fill you in. Even if you can't, do register your interest on the BT web site. Lots of registrations showing potential customers makes it easier to convince an independent provider to bring broadband to Hooky.
Helen Foster



WEDDING THANKS
We would like to thank all those who helped make our daughter Anna's wedding on the 12th July such a perfect day.
Mary Powell and her team for decorating the Church; Janet Randall for the bouquets, button holes and table decorations; Tom Williams for providing the flowers; Diana Henderson and Virginia Yip (Smart Cookies) and their team for the buffet; The bell ringers, the organist and his trusty helper; Derek Brotherston for the evening's entertainment; Tim Burchell for his help in preparing the garden and, last but not least, the Reverend John Acreman for the wonderful service.
Finally, our thanks to our immediate neighbours and all others in the village who put up with the evenings entertainment. We have another daughter who just happened to catch the bouquet!!!
David and Christine Taylor



SOMEONE YOU KNOW GETTING MARRIED, CHRISTENED,
PASSED THEIR EXAMS OR DRIVING TEST? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT THE WORLD - WELL HOOKY - TO KNOW ABOUT?
Why not send an announcement and a photo to the Newsletter
and let everyone know?
If you want to include a photo but don't want to put it in the Newsletter box, give me a call and I will collect it, scan it and return it.



ANNOUNCEMENTS



Alan John Ridley of Evesham and Julia Maria Wyatt of Great Rollright were married at St. Peter's Church on 30th August 2003




Benjamin Charles Brooks Crossman of Dorset and Julia Louise Shepley Cuthbert of Hook Norton were married at St. Peter's Church on 6th September 2003



Thomas Oliver Jayner, son of Peter & Gillian, was baptised at St. Peter's Church on 10th August 2003



Zoe Alexia Stanton Dare, daughter of Clifford & Joanna, was baptised at St. Peter's Church on 31st August 2003



Harry Joseph Watts, son of Phillippa & Adrian, was baptised at St. Peter's Church on 27th July 2003