| October 2005 | Series 30 No 5 |
| October 2005 | Series 30 No 5 |
| Directory: | Diana Barber |
| Advertising: | Judi Leader |
| Distribution: | Bunty Reid |
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One further swinging date for your diary. On Saturday 10th December, Caliente! Salsa Party Night. Lisa and her partner from Salsa Oxford will give a demonstration, followed by lessons, and we will also be dancing to Latin/Cuban rhythms by the end of the evening. There will be tapas, sangria and the tequila will flow. You don't need a partner, so if your other half can't/won't dance, come along and find someone who will!
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| Phil Knights Comrades Cup for most points in show by a gentleman | Nick Faulkner |
| Debenham Cup for most points in show by a lady | Nancy Longmore |
| Rose Brown Cup for most points in show by a child | Jasmine Faulkner |
| Edge and Bolton Cup for highest number of points in Floral Art section | Nicola McHugh |
| W.I.Cup for highest number of points in Homecraft section | Alice Dudfield |
| President's Cup for the winner of Section A. 1. (collection of any 4 vegetables) | Tim Burchell |
| Brewery Cup for highest number of points in Photography section | Peter Arnold |
| Novice award for merit in Horticulture(Coffee table exhibit) | Elizabeth Wyatt |
| Certificate of merit for Floral Art(Church bells) | Nicola McHugh |
| Diploma for Excellence in Horticulture (Vase of mixed cut flowers) | Eileen Rogers |
No transport necessary (we'll deliver and collect)
A way to earn a bit of extra cash. Ideal for a retired person or similar.
On 1st July David Shirt heard hissing/snoring calls of an Owl in the distance which he heard again at dusk on 3rd and he found that a Little Owl was nesting in an ash tree north of the village. He has also heard the "squeaky gate" calls of young Tawny Owls coming from the oak trees north of the village. On 31st July at approximately 8.00am Paul Bendon in Hollybush Road, his wife Anita and their children all saw for the first time a Great Spotted Woodpecker on one of the feeders in their garden. Roger Cooke who takes his dog for a walk around Burycroft/Southrop most days sees a Buzzard flying around, but on the evening of 7th August there were five flying around together which he watched for about 15 minutes before they soared too high. When he walked passed the allotments and looked back up the hill they had come back again and were flying just above the hedgerow. His wife also saw five in the morning of 9th August. Coral who lives in Downend was absolutely stunned to see a Sparrowhawk kill and begin to eat a large pigeon in her front garden about a foot from her house. She watched it for a few seconds, but when it spotted her it flew off with its dinner. She has also had several visits from a pair of Green Woodpeckers which have fed on the ants in her garden. In the morning of 24th August Mick and Beryl Jakeman saw a Sparrowhawk take a Wood Pigeon in St Peter's Churchyard. Nuthatches have been seen in two gardens in the village, one by Betty White in Scotland Bungalow feeding on nuts and seeds which it liked best and Christopher Barry who has seen one Nuthatch before on his feeder, but on 22nd August he saw two. At the end of June I was asked by Diana Barber, the Tawny Owl of the 2nd Hook Norton Brownies, to look through the Wildlife Notebooks for their Wildlife Explorer badges and I just wanted to mention how pleased I was to do this and also how interesting it was to read what the girls had seen and also some of them had done some great drawings. Thanks to all of you who have been in touch.
In 1906, the year of the first ever Radio Broadcast, and almost three years to the day before Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly across The Channel, Minnie May Burtonshaw was born. She began life with her sister Beatrice and brother Lesley at the Gas Works in Chipping Norton where her father was the Manager. He and William Bliss, who owned the Tweed Mill, were the only two people in Chipping Norton to have motorcars. In later years Minnie recorded her pride in her father's invention, the Burtonshaw Patent Tar Burner. The family's fortunes changed when the Midland Gas Company went bankrupt and her brother Lesley was struck by lightning when he was just five and a half years old; he was playing in the children's playground in the Worcester Road Chipping Norton. Minnie went to Chipping Norton C of E School, and at the age of eleven passed both the Schools Scholarship and the British Dominion School of Drawing Exams. She was an amazing artist but, unfortunately, her parents could not afford further education. She left school at fourteen and went to Over Norton School as a Pupil Teacher. She passed her Preliminary Teaching Exam and after saving up fifteen shillings bought a bicycle from the Vicar of Chipping Norton. She got her first teaching job at Heythrop School. Minnie was there for thirteen years and during that time progressed from a bicycle to a moped which got her all over the place. It took her to Oxford for Teacher Training, and also to Hook Norton for courting. From Heythrop, Minnie moved to a school in Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire and it was during her time there that she met a young man from her mother's home village of Hook Norton. Romance blossomed, but the distance between Temple Guiting and Hooky began to take its toll on the old moped. Minnie then moved to Great Rollight School and in 1939, she and Jack Padbury got married and so began a very close and loving partnership which lasting over 53 years. They set up in the family home at 'Marie Mount' in Brewery Lane in Hook Norton. It was the beginning of the Second World War, her 'second' experience of world war; and she and Jack took in evacuees. The wonderful friendship between Minnie May and Eileen and Frank and their cousin continued to her death. In time, Minnie and Jack were blessed with a son, John. Eventually, in 1957, Minnie resumed teaching in Great Rollright before transferring to Hook Norton School. Reluctantly, she retired from school in 1972 (over 50 years from when she first started!) However, she continued giving private lessons for at least another twenty years! She was fascinating person with many varied interests. She gave lessons in piano, painting, art, English and Maths. How many hundred teddies did she knit? How much did she raise for Cancer Research? How many greeting cards did she make? How many flowers did she press? How many letters did she write and what about the pictures she painted or the poems she composed? And how many envelopes did she address for the Hook Norton Newsletter postal deliveries, right until a few months before her death when only failing eyesight stopped her. As well as the intellectual, scholarly and creative Mrs. Padbury, there was also the Minnie Padbury who loved whist drives and attended many in Hook Norton and the surrounding area. She also loved to go to the wrestling at the old Winter Gardens in Banbury and was 'fanatical' in her support of Oxford United! With husband Jack, she attended most of their home matches right until the time when her eyesight failed. Minnie still reckoned she could cheer them on better than most! She was present when Oxford United went to Wembley in 1986 and she reckoned it
William Thomas INGHAM of Park Close, Hook Norton was baptised at St Peter's Church on 28th August 2005 Leah Francesca PELLING of Edgcot Cottages, Hook Norton was baptised at St Peter's Church on 28th August 2005 Ellie Victoria HARRISON of Bury St. Edmunds (formerly Hook Norton) was baptised at St Peter's Church on 17th July 2005 Congratulations to Hayley & Adrian WHITE on the birth of their baby daughter, Ella Jayne Elizabeth on 23rd August 2005 Love from all the family |
Barry John PEARSON and Natasha PAGE were married at St Peter's Church on the 9th July 2005 Nicholas RONSON and Emmaline Caroline VAUGHAN were married at St Peter's Church on 30th July 2005. Heart felt thanks to all who contributed to their special day. Matthew James DAVIES and Carley Michelle DUCKETT were married at St Peter's Church on 6th August 2005. |