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April - May 2000

Editorial
Mrs J Schwarz's telephone number should have been 831686, the history society's millennium exhibition is not to be missed, and we have internet in the library. Apr/May 2000  
Red Cross Chipping Norton and Woodstock Centre
The Chipping Norton and Woodstock branches have amalgamated.  The BRC Disabled Club meets monthly.  Apr/May 2000.  
Hobby Gardening in the Allotments
Places of convivial camaraderie, there are allotments in Shipton, Milton and Ascott for growing vegetables and fruit, but please no dog poo!  Apr/May 2000.  
Fifield Village Hall
The village hummed when the Mid Winter Warmer supper was held in February, and work is proceeding on the recreation ground.  Apr/May 2000.  
HSBS Mobile Branch
The Milton HSBC branch closes on 3 March 2000 but the mobile branch will visit the Village Hall Car Park on Tuesdays.  Apr/May 2000.  
The Internet has reached Wychwood Library
A grant from the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund has provided an internet terminal in the library.  Apr/May 2000.  
Wychwoods History Society
John Rawlins explained how the naming of buildings spread very slowly in this area, and Alan Watkins spoke about Packer and Simms – Chipping Norton Photographers.  Apr/May 2000.  
Mary Barnes
In memory of her mother, Mary, Doreen Barnes introduces a poem by Pat Shelley written in 1987, called 'An Ode to Mary'.  Apr/May 2000.  
Local Food for Local People
Jane Gilbert writes about the introduction of a local food directory, and the spread of Farmer's Markets.  Apr/May 2000.  
Shipton Cricket Club Report 1999 Season
Shipton reaches the semi-final of the national village knock-out competition, comes 5th in the Cherwell League, and the second eleven does well too.  Apr/May 2000.  
1st Wychwood Guides
The Guides have a day out in London using the Big Bus Company to see many of the cities attractions, and find time for a quick whizz round Harrods.  Apr/May 2000.  
In Memory of Ian Matthews
Tribute to Ian Matthews who died on 28 Dec 99, including the text of a talk he gave to the Evergreens on Shipton Station and other Railways.  Apr/May 2000.  
Wychwood Bowls Club
Join the club for a lot of laughs, a good chat, and some good competitive play.  Apr/May 2000.  
In a Green Shade
Dorothy Pavey captures the atmosphere of a perfect summer's day with a poem by John Keats called 'On the Grasshopper and Cricket'.  Apr/May 2000.  
The Oxfordshire Befriending Network
Some information on Befrienders who visit people with a life threatening illness.  Apr/May 2000.  
Gardening
Tips on pruning roses: Hybrid T, Floribundas, Climbers and Ramblers, and what to do for climbers and ramblers in the autumn.  Apr/May 2000.  
Loxleys School of Dance
Results of International Dance Teachers Association examinations in Tap Dancing, Theatre Craft, Ballet and Disco.    Apr/May 2000. Artx
Milton-u-Wychwood Allotments and Gardens Association
Mrs Mornee Button spoke and showed pictures of the Windrush Valley.  There was also a talk on Construction and Maintenance of Lawns.  Apr/May 2000.  
Wychwood Mums Share Second Thoughts
Carol Ayres, Dee Brooker, Fiona Latter and Liz Williamson are the new owners of Second Thoughts which will now focus entirely on children.  Apr/May 2000.  
Moving from Church View (Cartwheel Cottage) Ascott-under-Wychwood
Pauline Skelton and Gordon Wallace say goodbye after nine and a half years in Ascott, before moving to Scotland.  Apr/May 2000.  
Dear Willis Happy Millennium
An extract from a poem written by Dean, brother of Lee Potter of Milton, who died at the age of 21 on 11 Oct 99.  
Country Pie
Opening a tin of sardines, spring flowers emerge, the return of the chiff chaff and how it