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February - March 1996

Editorial
Welcomed contributions from younger readers.  Feb/March 1996  
Police Notebook
An increase in staff and police area means some redistribution of the beat cover. Feb/March 1996  
North Oxon Amateur Video Club
A revitalised video club is formed. Dennis Weeden outlines its goals and meeting programme. Feb/March 1996  
S.O.S. Save our Santa
The Teenage Activity Group from Milton Baptist Church performed a great new panto written by Adam Pepper. Feb/March 1996  
Hyphen Wychwood
Anthony Cronk reviews the history of the hyphens for the Wychwood villages. Probably stared around 1830 by Rev Robert Phillimore. Feb/March 1996  ,  
Women take up the Business Challenge
New courses by Thames Business Advice Centre to encourage Women Returners. Feb/March 1996  ,  
The Wychwood Singers
A busy season over Christmas raised money for the 'Porch' in Oxford and finished with a Carol Concert in Leafield. Feb/March 1996  
Wychwood C.E. Primary School
Three productions were staged before Christmas and Eric Corbett donated a colour TV. The new nursery building is progressing. Feb/March 1996  
The Wychwood Local History Society
Ralph Mann talked about unbroken frost from four months in 1796 and the local mutiny. Tim Porter went back to tribal kingdoms and Tom McQuay followed the medical changes in Shipton. Feb/March 1996  
Events in Fifield/Idbury
Minced pies and mulled wine encouraged the carol singing. Feb/March 1996  
The Rovings of a Nocturnal Fruit Cake
Conditions are perfect for a night run around the Wychwoods. The Sod Jobber tours the area in his night gear. Feb/March 1996  
Cinderella
A poem on the Village pantomime. Feb/March 1996  
Gardening
Not too much damage from the frost so far. Too early for sowing early cabbages but now's the time form rose pruning. Feb/March 1996  
1066 and all that jazz - a modern version
Four years away from the millennium and some thoughts of life around 1066. The warmer weather has produced local bird activities. Feb/March 1996  ,