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The Wychwood

Editorial
The run-up to Christmas gets underway with stories from ‘across the pond’ of past Christmases. Dec/Jan 2010-11
A Christmas Doll
Trudy Yates shares her memories of Christmas past and a special present of Shirley the doll. Dec/Jan 2010-11
The Wychwood Wild Garden
The garden is now open after 13 months of hard work by many volunteers. A consultation on the future was well attended. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Christmas Eve at the Surgery
Geoff Stringer looks back to 1992 in a poem about the surgery and the last minute rush!  Dec/Jan 2010-11
The Fantastic APW Calls it a Day
Described in Wisden as the best Groundsman in the country, Antony Prior-Wandsforde retires from the Shipton Cricket Club. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Christmas and New Year festivities
A roundup of events over the festive season. Dec/Jan 2010-11
A Pint in the Quart Pot
Irene Miles and Chris Jones take over the running of the Quart Pot in Milton and promise a good ‘Village Pub’. Dec/Jan 2010-11
They Enable People Like us to...
The day centre continues to thrive on the support it receives from the local community. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Fashion Show
The Shipton WI put ob their fashion show in conjunction with Jean from ‘Just in Fashions’. Something for all occasions. Dec/Jan 2010-11
The BIG Wychwood Society
A celebration of volunteering in the Wychwoods, keeping our way of life intact. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Christmas Tips to Tempt
Some Christmas recipes to try and a card game to round off the festive days. Dec/Jan 2010-11
I Once was Lost but Now am Found
Beverley Harvey tells the moving story of the mass graves at Fromelles and the identification of her uncle. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Home and Colonial
Rachel Grant celebrates a busy 90 years, having travelled the world but settled in Shipton. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Shipton Fete and Play Area
An update on the 2011 Shipton fete and the much delayed Play Ground renovation project. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Gig-Arts comes to Shipton
Abbie Cooke introduces Gif-Arts, a creative project involving young people in their community. Dec/Jan 2010-11
The Wychwood Way
Liz Clarke-Watson describes the 37 miles round walk of the Wychwood Way, worth trying in stages. Dec/Jan 2010-11
The King is not Dead!
Elvis came to the Tennis Club annual get together when the New Beaconsfield Hall was transformed into Studio 54. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Shipton WI Triathlon
A different take on Jam and Jerusalem as 59 members of the WI take part in the Triathlon. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Don’t let the Wychwoods Get Left Behind
Once again rural communities lose out on broadband services as BT rolls out fibre based services. Act Now to get us included. Dec/Jan 2010-11
News from Burford School
A visit to Osmington Bay and the site of the Olympic Water Sport facilities, book awards and ‘All That Jazz’. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Rev’d Up and Raring to Go.
John Pitts is ordained as pastor of the Wychwood Baptist Church in Milton. John, Ali and family have come to the Wychwoods from north London. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Leaves, Creaky Bones and Pancakes
More advice from Max on arthritis in pets and the treatments available. Oh, and Max likes pancakes. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Christmastime in California
Maureen Sandate recalls her Christmasses in California where the traditions of old Europe become the new traditions of the US. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Milton under Wychwood Allotments and Garden Association
Time off for winter but a good time to reflect on the successes and failures of the harvest for the year. Dec/Jan 2010-11
A Very Special Day
The Primary School attends the St Frideswide Service in Christchurch Cathedral and on the way put Mr Edwards on trial. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Dilly’s Diary
Time spent getting the winter crops in before the hard frosts, the shorter days usher in winter. Dec/.Jan 2010-11
Wychwood Library News
Unwind, brush up and Knit, all in the days offerings from the library. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Windrush Valley School
A successful harvest festival with donations towards the Pakistan Flood Relief Appeal. Congratulations to the 2011 leavers. Dec/Jan 2010-11
Love’s Labour’s Frozen
The Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society hold their Christmas lecture on the them of Dutch Winter Paintings. Dec/Jan 2010-11
A Walk in the Park
Heather Derkacz and friends walk around Oxford to raise funds for the new Oxford Cancer Centre. Dec/Jan 2010-11
NADFAS Church Recorders
The Church Recorders have finished their work in St Mary’s Shipton and donated a copy of the record to the Parish. Dec/Jan 2010-11