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King’s Sutton TimesNo 196, March 2015

INSIDE: Which Way Ahead for King’s Sutton?

The results of the village survey

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Here’s hoping you all had a great Christmas/New Year break. It seems so long ago! Now everything’s back to normal, we’re all looking forward to summer and blue skies and warmth, hopefully with things going on in the village to keep us all busy.

***We had a wonderful pantomime at Christmas. Cinderella was performed by Northampton’s Looking Glass Theatre, and everyone enjoyed it. We have already booked next Christmas’s pantomime: Sleeping Beauty. I am sure the Memorial Hall will be full again for that one as well. The Looking Glass company always enjoy playing in King’s Sutton – they told me that they get the largest audiences here. I am so glad that they are so well supported. We are also hoping to organise a new play in June. This will be “Sense and Sensibility”, a comic spoof for all the family. More information will be in our June issue.

***The Banbury Lane Carol Singers would like to thank all those who sang on Christmas Eve and everyone who donated so generously. Once again, the evening was a great success, raising £185 in memory of Rose Shepherd for Katherine House Hospice. The Carol Singers would love to see you all again next Christmas Eve and would welcome new members in into their merry band.

***I hope all of our elderly residents are keeping warm and well and that people are keeping a watchful eye on them. It doesn’t take much to reassure people that we all care about them.

***We lost quite a few of our fellow residents over the last couple of months: Fred Dancer, Jeff Judd, Irene Burnham, Michael Varney (Sailor), Bob French, Roy Fisher (former landlord of the White Horse), Maralyn Green and Don Hughes. My apologies if I’ve missed anyone out but I feel we should acknowledge the passing of these people, who were so much part of our village and our lives. Our article on Jeff Judd appears on page 26.

On a lighter note, we have to say congratulations once again to Stuart Monks, who not only obtained his degree but achieved special recognition from the Open University for doing so while he was coping with very difficult circumstances. It just shows that nothing is impossible and that if you set your mind to things, everything is achievable. Well done Stuart.

***Phil Addison is organising monthly Table Top sales at the Memorial Hall to raise funds for the Playing Fields. There are two sales booked for April and May respectively. The dates are listed in our Events Diary and on the parish council website at www.kingssutton.org. Please call Phil on 07837 487314 to book your table.

***I am very pleased to report that the revised flood alleviation scheme for Wales Street has been unanimously approved by South Northamptonshire Council. Let’s hope things go smoothly from now on and that full funding is obtained so we can finally achieve what has now taken 16 years of fighting for.

***This issue contains the long-awaited results of the “Way Ahead Village Survey” and we take this opportunity to thank all of the people who organised it. Collating the survey results has taken months of hard work by many, and they will be a very effective weapon in our fight to take more control over the future of our village.

***I note that Banner Homes has withdrawn its application for a further 14 houses next to the current development. We will keep you up to date on these subjects as we learn more.

***Please let us know if you would like anything included in the June issue. Perhaps you are organising some event that you would like people to know about? Remember, we can’t write about what we don’t know about!

Ed

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Village Diary

Please note that event details may very well change over time, so please check for updates and additional information in the Events Diary pages on King’s Sutton Parish Council’s website: www.kingssutton.org/events-diary.

Organisations With Diary Events50+ Club The club usually meets every second Wednesday of the month at 14:30 in the Millennium Memorial Hall.. Visitors are welcome for a fee of £1.00 per session, which includes refreshments. The joining fee is £5.00 per person for the year, so it makes sense to join early! For more information, please call Carol McGarry on 01295 811271. Adderbury Ensemble Tickets for Adderbury Ensemble concerts at the Parish Church are usually available at the door or from King’s Sutton Post Office for £15.00 (adults) and £13.00 (full-time students, senior citizens

and children 11-16). Children 5-10 years old are admitted free of charge. There is no admission for children under the age of five.

Andrea Leadsom, MPPlease contact Ms Leadsom’s constituency office on 01604 859721 to make an appointment or for more information. “Drop-in” surgeries do not require an appointment.

Film SocietyLife membership of the Film Society is offered at a “one-off” cost of £10.00, with a reduced entrance fee of £4.00 (usually £6.00). The Film Society offers the opportunity to meet up with people in the village, have a coffee (or tea) and a chat before watching a great film (chosen by the audience) and all without having to leave the village – what a great way to spend an evening! Screenings normally start promptly at 20:00 with tea and coffee available from 19:30. (Times may vary depending on the length of the film so please check the Events Diary at www.kingssutton.org/events-diary. )

Horticultural Society The society meets in the Millennium Memorial Hall at 19:30 on the last Wednesday of the month except where otherwise stated. Visitors are welcome for a charge of £1.50. (Membership is still £8.00.) Every effort is made to adhere to the published programme but changes cannot be ruled out. Please check the website Events Diary or the notice boards at the Millennium Memorial Hall and Post Office. For more information contact Lynette Owen on 01295 812815.

King’s Sutton Tennis Club The club is always looking for new members and welcomes King’s Sutton residents of all ages and standards. Please do come along to open days and other events to find out what the club can offer. For more information or to apply for membership, please contact Mary Awre on 01295 788226.

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Middleton Cheney Library Supporters GroupThe group presents regular events at Middleton Cheney Library, Main Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury OX17 2PD. Tickets and information are normally available from the library.

Mobile LibraryNorthamptonshire County Council’s Mobile Library, Route West 03 visits King’s Sutton on the first Friday of the month. For further information, please call 0300 126 1000. (Please note that calls to 03 numbers cost the same as calls to geographic numbers starting 01 or 02.)

PubsThe residents of King’s Sutton are very lucky to have two excellent pubs in the village: the Butchers Arms in Whittall Street and the White Horse in The Square. As well as serving fine ales, wines and spirits, both pubs have good food cooked on the premises – takeaway Chinese meals in the case of the Butchers Arms and award-winning “gastro pub” cuisine at the White Horse. Both pubs also host regular events such as the fortnightly Sunday evening quizzes at the Butchers Arms and the monthly jazz sessions at the White Horse. Other live entertainment is often arranged at short notice, so it is always worth keeping an eye out for last minute details in the Events Diary pages on King’s Sutton Parish Council’s website: www.kingssutton.org/events-diary.

Women’s InstituteThe WI usually meets at 19:30 on the third Wednesday of the month in the Millennium Memorial Hall. Guests are always welcome and can attend up to three meetings in a year, after which they will be invited to join. The cost for guests is £2.00, which includes refreshments. Why not come along and enjoy the evening? Get in touch with us on 01295 812815 or 01295 811253 for more information.

March 2015Sunday, March 1, 201520:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms Public

House for teams of up to five. Entry fee is £1.00 per person. Winning team takes all!

Thursday, March 5, 201517:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from

dusk until dawn. Sponsored by Carole Galloway, Sue Bignell and Barbara Woods in memory of their mum, Joyce Townsend.

Friday, March 6, 201512:20 Mobile Library (for 1 hour, 40 minutes) at

the Millennium Memorial Hall, Car Park. 12:30 Lent Lunch at the Parish Church – A light

lunch of homemade soups and breads will be served in the Church Room. All are most welcome. Donations raised will be sent to The Women’s World Day of Prayer Charity.

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19:00 An Evening with Lord Heseltine: “Creating an Arboretum” – An illustrated talk at Middleton Cheney Library. Adult £8.00, child £4.00, with wine & soft drinks.

Saturday, March 7, 201517:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk

until dawn. Sponsored by Chris Hone in memory of Barbara Hone.

21:00 Live Music: Katie Wickham at the Butchers Arms Public House – Katie sings songs ranging from Eva Cassidy to Christina Perri to help celebrate Eric and Sam’s second year at the pub.

Sunday, March 8, 201517:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk

until dawn. Sponsored by William Tustain and Gillian Reynolds in memory of Lilian May Tustain and Dennis William Tustain.

Thursday, March 12, 201518:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk ’til

dawn. Sponsored by Roger and Margaret Burne in memory of Miriam Thorne.

19:30 Film at the Library – “Belle” at Middleton Cheney Library, the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy captain. The film traces Belle’s unusual upbringing, her romance with a rebellious young lawyer-in-training, and charts how their relationship helped bring about the end of slavery in 18th Century England. Tickets from the library: Adult £6.00, child £4.00.

Friday, March 13, 201512:30 Lent Lunch at the Parish Church – A light

lunch of homemade soups and breads in the Church Room. All are most welcome. Donations raised will be sent to The Neuroblastoma Society.

Village Diary (continued)

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Saturday, March 14, 201519:00 Quiz Night to Raise Funds for LARK at

the Baptist Church Hall – £5.00 per person in advance (£6.00 on the night) to include a ploughman’s supper. Call Sue Hall on 01295 811527 to reserve your place.

Sunday, March 15, 201520:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms Public

House for teams of up to five. Entry fee is £1.00 per person. The winning team takes all!

Wednesday, March 18, 201521:00 Live Jazz at the White Horse Public

House – Resident jazz musicians headed up by David McCormack, rehearse their ‘acoustic jazz’ performances.

19:30 Women’s Institute: International Evening at the Millennium Memorial Hall. The presentation focuses on Finland and Finnish food. The evening is hosted by Steve Burrell, who has lived and studied in Finland for several years. Why not come along and enjoy the evening! Get in touch with the local branch on 01295 812815 or 01295 811253 for more information.

Thursday, March 19, 201518:30 Parish Council Open Evening at the

Millennium Memorial Hall – Come to the open evening hosted by King’s Sutton Parish Council to find out whether joining the council would suit you.

Friday, March 20, 201512:30 Lent Lunch at the Parish Church – A light

lunch of homemade soups and breads will be served in the Church Room. All are most welcome. Donations raised will be sent to Parish Church Funds.

15:00 Andrea Leadsom, MP – Surgery at the Town Hall, Brackley NN13 7AB. By appointment only.

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Friday 6 March at 7 pm‘Creating an Arboretum’Lord Heseltine

Thursday 12 March at 7.30 pmFilm at the Library‘Belle’

Sunday 22 March at 3 pm‘Tracing Your Family Tree’Anthony Adolph

Friday 17 April at 7.30 pm‘A Year in the Life of a Wood’Chris Bazeley

Thursday 30 April at 7.30 pm‘Rothschild & Waddesdon Manor’Maureen Paterson

Thursday 14 May at 7.30 pm‘A Tanzanian Safari’Bob Brind-Surch

Friday 29 May at 7 pmAn Evening Garden SoireeMusic, Summer Supper & Wine

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two great pieces of chamber music: the Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat and Faure’s Piano Quartet in C minor.

Wednesday, March 25, 201519:30 Horticultural Society: “This Gardening

Business Year Round” – A Talk by Chris Day at the Millennium Memorial Hall.

Friday, March 27, 201512:30 Lent Lunch at the Parish Church – A

light lunch of homemade soups and breads will be served in the Church Room. All are most welcome. Donations raised will be sent to The Primary Bereavement Service.

Sunday, March 29, 201520:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms Public



Sunday, March 22, 201515:00 “Tracing Your Family Tree” – A talk at

Middleton Cheney Library by television genealogist, writer and broadcaster Anthony Adolph, who has worked on “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Gene Detectives”, and has written a number of books. Tickets from the library: Adult £8.00 / Child £4.00, with Tea/Coffee/Soft drinks.

Tuesday, March 24, 201517:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk

until dawn. Sponsored by Bob Hunter in memory of Jill Hunter.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 (continued)19:30 Live Music: The Adderbury Ensemble

with Viv Mclean (Piano) at the Parish Church of Ss Peter and Paul. Viv Mclean joins the Adderbury Ensemble playing

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Tuesday, March 31, 201519:00 “Sounds Good” Concert at the Parish

Church: Joseph Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross” performed by members of the Adderbury Ensemble with readings and poetry. Entry: £15.00 (adults), £10.00 (concessions), children free.

April 2015Wednesday, April 1, 201518:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk

until dawn. Sponsored by Derek Wise in memory of Arthur Halestrap who died on April 2, 2004.

19:30 Film Society: The Book Thief at the Millennium Memorial Hall – Germany during WWII and young Liesel finds solace after losing her brother and being placed with a foster family by learning to read. She steals books and shares

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Tuesday, April 7, 201510:00 Easter Eggstravaganza at the Millennium

Memorial Hall – Avoid child boredom in the holidays, come to our “Easter Eggstravagnza” crafty play session! Cost is £5.00 per child (£4.00 for each sibling). There are games, crafts, an Easter egg hunt and a fun time to be had. Activities are suitable for children aged 2-8 years. Please do book in advance as places are limited. Call Anna on 07725 819619 to book.

18:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk until dawn. Sponsored by Ian Nutt in memory of Joan Leycester.

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Wednesday, April 8, 201519:30 Women’s Institute: “Group Evening” –

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Friday, April 10, 201510:30 Andrea Leadsom, MP – “Drop In”

Surgery at Towcester (TBC). No appointment needed.

Saturday, April 11, 201519:00 “Sounds Good” Concert: “Cool ‘n’ Blue”

Jazz at the Parish Church with their own brand of cool jazz. Entry is free of charge. (Donations are invited.)

North Oxfordshire Bridge Clubat King’s Sutton Memorial Hall

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Contact: Marian on 01295 811393 orJonathan on 07766 621710

Sunday, April 12, 201513:00 Table Top/Car Boot Sale at the Millennium

Memorial Hall. If the weather’s fine, this is a Car Boot Sale. If not, it’s into the Memorial Hall for a Table Top Sale! Refreshments • Cake Stall • Tombola • Raffle... Set-up time is 12:00 for sellers. Book your table or pitch from Phil Addison on 07837 487314. (All proceeds to the Playing Fields.)

15:00 “Sounds Good” Concert: Sam Haywood (Piano) at the Parish Church – A concert recital by Sam Haywood, a young British pianist who has performed to critical acclaim in many of the world’s major concert halls. Entry: £15.00 (adults), £10.00 (concessions), children free.

20:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms Public House for teams of up to five. Entry fee is £1.00 per person. Winning team takes all!


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Wednesday, April 15, 201519:30 King’s Sutton – Annual Parish Meeting

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19:30 Women’s Institute: Craft Evening at the Millennium Memorial Hall. Tonight’s craft evening enables people to try out a range of crafts, including crochet, knitting, and different types of embroidery and stitching.

21:00 Live Jazz at the White Horse Public House – Resident jazz musicians headed up by David McCormack, rehearse their ‘acoustic jazz’ performances.

Friday, April 17, 201510:30 Andrea Leadsom, MP – “Drop In”

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19:30 Illustrated Talk – “A Year in the Life of a Wood” at Middleton Cheney Library. This evening’s presentation is by Chris Bazeley, wood warden at Whistley Wood near Crowfield. Tickets from the library: Adult £6.00, child £3.00, including refreshments.

Wednesday, April 22, 201519:30 King’s Sutton Millennium Memorial Hall

– Annual General Meeting. This year’s Hall AGM takes place in the small hall.

Friday, April 24, 201516:00 Andrea Leadsom, MP – Surgery at South

Northamptonshire Council, Towcester. By appointment only.

Sunday, April 26, 201520:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms

Public House for teams of up to five. Entry fee is £1.00 per person. Winning team takes all!

Tuesday, April 28, 201518:00 King’s Sutton Tennis Club – Tennis For

All (Open Day). Rackets can be provided and there are free refreshments – no need to book. Any query, please telephone Mary Awre on 01295 788226.

Wednesday, April 29, 201519:30 Horticultural Society: Annual Spring

Supper at the Millennium Memorial Hall.

Thursday, April 30, 201519:00 Parish Church Floodlighting from dusk

until dawn. Sponsored by Ian Nutt in memory of Les Nutt.

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Thursday, April 30, 2015 (continued)19:30 “Rothschild and Waddesdon Manor” –

an Illustrated talk by Maureen Paterson at Middleton Cheney Library. Tickets from the library: Adult £6.00, child £3.00, including refreshments.

May 2015 Friday, May 1, 201512:20 The Mobile Library will be open to the

public in the car park of the Millennium Memorial Hall for one hour and 40 minutes. For further information, please call 0300 126 1000.

Wednesday, May 6, 201519:30 Film Society: The Imitation Game at

the Millennium Memorial Hall. During World War II, mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the Enigma Code with help from fellow mathematicians

at Bletchley Park. Starring Oscar-nominated Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing with Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode. Shows normally start at 20:00 with tea/coffee from 19:30. (Times may vary.) Tickets can be purchased on the door.

Thursday, May 7, 201507:00 Parliamentary Election and Elections

for South Northants Council and King’s Sutton Parish Council until 22:00 at the Millennium Memorial Hall. Electors have their chance to make their voice heard at three different levels of government today. Make your hard-fought-for vote count!

Friday, May 8, 201510:00 Horticultural Society: Plant Sale at the

Millennium Memorial Hall. Contact Carol on 01295 811271 for further details.

Saturday, May 9, 201519:00 “Sounds Good” Concert: Immanuel’s

Ground at the Parish Church. “In Prosperity and Adversity”, which approximates to the life and times of George III, includes an 1809 wedding sketch. There will be plenty of opportunity for audience participation in patriotic songs and other secular music of the period. Entry: £15.00 (adults), £10.00 (concessions), children free.

Sunday, May 10, 201513:00 Table Top/Car Boot Sale at the Millennium

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15:00 “Sounds Good” Concert: Launton Handbell Ringers and Lucy Kinch at the Parish Church – A light-hearted concert with proceeds shared between the parish church and LARK, a King’s Sutton charity that provides aid to street children in Eldoret, Kenya. Entry: £10.00 (adults), children free.

20:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms Public House for teams of up to five. Entry fee is £1.00 per person. Winning team takes all!

Saturday, May 16, 201518:00 AGM at the Baptist Church Hall for

Linking Arms with Rescued Kids (LARK). Details from Sue Hall on 01295 811527.

Wednesday, May 20, 201519:30 Women’s Institute: “My Life as a Police

Constable” by David Perkins at the Millennium Memorial Hall. At tonight’s meeting, members of the village branch discuss their resolutions to the National WI AGM. The talk is given by King’s Sutton’s former village policeman David Perkins, who still lives at the old Police House in Astrop Road. Call 01295 812815 or 01295 811253 for more information.

21:00 Live Jazz at the White Horse Public House – Resident jazz musicians headed up by David McCormack, rehearse their ‘acoustic jazz’ performances.

Sunday, May 24, 201520:00 Quiz Night at the Butcher’s Arms Public


Wednesday, May 27, 201519:30 Horticultural Society: “Stowe Landscape

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King’s Sutton Bridge Club at the Millennium Memorial HallBridge was developed in the late 19th century and became one of the most prestigious card games played worldwide. The late John Rippin began the King’s Sutton Bridge Club in the 1970s and it has thrived in the village since that time. (Must be a lot of very clever people in King’s Sutton!)

Why not come along and play Bridge regularly in a friendly relaxed atmosphere? Two kinds of Bridge are on offer at the Millennium Memorial Hall:• Rubber Bridge is played on Tuesday at 18:30-

21:30 weekly. (For more information, contact Terry on 01295 269533.)

• Duplicate Bridge is played weekly on Thursdays from 18:45 (for 19:00) until 22:00 by pairs and teams of four. (For more information contact Marian on 01295 811393.) If you are wishing to improve your Bridge,

you are very welcome to attend our supervised

play sessions and seminars on Wednesday mornings each week at the Memorial Hall. We have coffee from 09:40 before a playing session 10:00-12:00. Please contact Marian on 01295 811393 for more information.

King’s Sutton Film Society at the Millennium Memorial HallAmazingly, we are now half way through our fourth film season with a few more screenings still to go for this one. The good news is that we now have more than 40 people who have signed up to become Life Members of the Film Society – so a big thank you to you all for your support, which is much appreciated. This commitment enables us to have a safety net for when our audience numbers are on the “lean” side without continually having to dip into the accrued funds.

A reminder that there are two further screenings for this season: on Wednesday, April 1 (not a joke!) and Wednesday, May 6, 2015. The last screening of this season will be The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

The 2015/16 Autumn/Winter season augurs well with some of the films nominated for Oscars being brought out on DVD, including The Theory of Everything and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2. We look forward to seeing you soon at a forthcoming screening.

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Coffee Shop at the Millennium Memorial HallThe Hall Coffee Shop is open to all every Monday and Friday morning between 10:00 and 12:30 at the Millennium Memorial Hall. A great place to make new friends if you are new to the village and a great place to catch up with old friends if you’re not. On Friday mornings, we usually get a visit from our local police officers, the vicar, various parish councillors and the King’s Sutton Walkers as well as all the regulars. Our local MP Andrea Leadsom and district councillor Ian Morris are also frequent visitors.

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Bingo Club at the Millennium Memorial HallBingo is usually played at the Memorial Hall fortnightly on Wednesday evenings (black bin week), 19:00-21:00. All profits from the club go to various organisations around the village. Call Barbara on 01295 811738 for details.

Sutton Stitchers Young Quilters Group in the Parish Church RoomThe Sutton Stitchers Young Quilters Group group has now been running for about 18 months. We meet every Monday 15:30-17:30 in the Church Room during term time. The aim of the group is to teach children sewing in its many forms in a fun and enjoyable way. A lot of wonderful work has been achieved during our sessions, some of which will be exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition in October. We have four sewing machines, which all the children are now more than happy using.

At the moment we have eight children ranging in age from nine to 13. Most of the time there are two of us working with them but on some occasions it is just me. It is then difficult to give them all the attention that they deserve. We are therefore putting out a plea for another helper. It would not necessarily be for every session. Any help would be more than welcome. No qualifications needed except to enjoy working with children and encouraging them in what they are doing. Sometimes this is just threading a needle or a sewing machine for them.

If you feel you might be able to give us some help or just want more details, please contact me.

Carole Hill, Group Organiser01295 811134 or [email protected]

Lent Lunches in the Parish Church RoomLight lunches of homemade soups and breads are being served at 12:30 in the Parish Church Room every Friday throughout Lent. All are most welcome. Donations raised are being sent to a number of worthwhile charities.

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Marie’s Handy Hints and Tips

Pull bananas apart before putting them in the fruit bowl. If you leave them connected at the stem they will ripen faster and go brown quicker.

***To reheat a pizza so that the base is nice and crisp, heat your leftover slices in a frying pan over a low/medium heat on the stove until warm and wave goodbye to the days of soggy microwaved pizza.

***If your recipe calls for garlic, add it immediately to the other ingredients if you want a subtle taste or towards the end to blast it with flavour.

***For a beautiful flavour and crisp bright colour when frying onions, soak your onion rings in milk for 15 minutes before frying.

***To stop celery wilting, wrap it in foil when you’re putting in the fridge and it will keep for weeks.

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Fluff up your down jackets or down-filled quilts and reduce static cling. Throw 2-3 tennis balls in with those items in the tumble dryer. The balls keep the filling from clumping together so they are spread evenly through the jacket or quilt.

***If your furniture has left dents in your carpet, try this: drop an ice cube in the dent and leave overnight. As the ice cube melts the nap will fluff up. In the morning you can mop up the excess water with some paper and the dent will be gone.

***If you seal an envelope and realise that you have forgotten to include something inside, just place it in the freezer for an hour or two and voilà! the envelope will unseal without a trace.

***Prevent plastic containers from staining by spraying the inside with non-stick cooking oil before pouring in things like beetroot, curries or tomato-based sauces.

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There have been a few changes in police personnel in recent months. Our former PCSO Simon Phillips left last year and was replaced by Stuart Dowell (pictured right). Now, Stuart’s application to become a police officer has been accepted and he too will be leaving us. We offer our congratulations to Stuart and wish him the very best for his future police career. Sgt Michaela Simons at Brackley will keep village residents up to date with future developments.

Northamptonshire Police no longer offers a front counter service at Brackley. Anyone dropping into the station will still be seen if officers are available but residents are best advised to call 101 or email [email protected] to arrange an appointment beforehand. Please continue to use 999 only in cases of emergency.

***South Northants is experiencing sporadic thefts of tools from vans. All owners and/or operators of vans are of course advised to remove tools overnight where possible for security. However, they should also ensure their tools are security marked and serial numbers recorded.

***The village’s Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator is John Bell of the Bell House, The Square on 01295 811166, [email protected]. Please contact John if you would like to join the village’s Neighbourhood Watch group.

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KIng’s Sutton Way Ahead Village Survey

The King’s Sutton Way Ahead campaign was launched as a village-wide initiative in February last year, largely in reaction to unwanted housing developments. The aim of the campaign was (and still is) to enable local residents to gain more control over their community’s future by delivering evidence of local opinion in support of the district council’s Local Plan and to provide a Village Design Statement that might eventually form the basis of a Neighbourhood Plan.

A village survey was conducted in Spring and summer 2014 as part of the Way Ahead campaign, and a team of volunteers has since then been collating the 472 valid survey responses ready for analysis. There is not enough room here to summarise every single aspect of the survey but we thought King’s Sutton Times readers would be interested in seeing some of the preliminary highlights.

For the moment, we’ve focused on the percentage of respondents with views on specific aspects of village life and have left readers to draw their own conclusions. A full report on the survey will be made available later in the year.

Development preferences %Think retaining traditional building style is important

78.79

Want more affordable homes 59.96

Want more flats/maisonettes 11.5

Want more terrace houses 13.94

Want more semi detached houses 22.12

Want more detached houses 19.03

Want more bungalows 27.43

Want more sheltered housing 33.63

Would accept infilling with single buildings

41.59

Would accept infilling with groups up to four buildings

38.27

Development preferences %Would accept infilling with groups up to 10 buildings

10.18

Would accept expansion on the edge of the village

28.54

Would accept conversion of redundant buildings

70.13

Are opposed to replacing Astrop Grange with private apartments

80.53

Education in King’s Sutton %Think preschool is important 91.95

Think primary school is important 88.98

Employment in King’s Sutton %Would support development of a small business/enterprise hub

45.55

Would support development of small workshop units

52.54

Would support development of larger business premises

4.03

Would support a local apprenticeship scheme

57.84

Satisfaction with King’s Sutton Parish Council services

%

Think the parish council provides adequate play facilities for young children

44.25

Think the parish council provides adequate play facilities for teenagers

14.82

Think the parish council communicates effectively with residents

70.8

Think the parish council provides adequate litter/dog mess bins

51.99

Think the parish council does a good job picking up litter, etc

79.65

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Satisfaction with District & County Council services

%

Think the local authority does a good job in Street Cleaning

71.02

Think the local authority does a good job in road maintenance

11.95

Think the local authority does a good job in refuse/recycling collection

92.92

Think the local authority does a good job providing grit/salt bins, road gritting, snow clearance, etc

47.57

Satisfaction with Northamptonshire Police

%

Think Police presence in the village is adequate

23.67

Think the Police communicate effectively with the village’s residents

17.48

Satisfaction with privately-run services

%

Think Royal Mail does a good job delivering and collecting post

93.81

Think Anglian Water does a good job providing good quality drinking water

87.17

Think Thames Water does a good job providing and maintaining the sewerage system

59.51

Think provision of telephone/broadband services from local exchange is adequate*

19.91

Think provision of local mobile telephone and broadband coverage Is adequate

37.39

* It is worth bearing in mind that the Way Ahead Village Survey was conducted before BT’s introduction of Superfast Broadband services in October last year and that it is therefore likely that the level of satisfaction would now be higher.

KIng’s Sutton Way Ahead Village Survey (continued)

Satisfaction with King’s Sutton Parish Council services

%

Think the parish council provides adequate street lighting

66.15

Think the parish council does a good job of cutting the grass

89.16

Satisfaction with District & County Council services

%

Think the local authority does a good job providing day-care facilities for elderly, sick or disabled

7.08

Think the local authority does a good job in planning, development control, etc

19.69

Think the local authority does a good job in flood alleviation

29.2

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I have recently been doing some research into the Bog Spring, which as many will know, is situated in our field near the station. Betty Coxon, who lived in Brookfield House for many years, was a great researcher and what she discovered is of great interest to me.

Lots of us think of Astrop Well as the original St Rumbold’s Well, which is credited with bringing about one of the most prosperous periods in the village’s history. (Visitors came from miles around to drink that well’s waters in the days when spas were fashionable, and a number of hotels, tea rooms and public houses sprang up after its discovery.) Below, however, is an article from our August 1977 issue that discusses Betty Coxon’s findings to the contrary.

Liz Al-AnaziMrs Coxon’s researches into the ancient

history of the village had discovered that the original Holy Well of St Rumbold (the Saxon saint who was born in King’s Sutton in 662 AD) was in fact the spring known of later years as the Bog Spring.

John Leland, the well known historian and antiquary of Henry VIII’s day, made these remarks in his report of the district to the King, dated 1537, ‘I rode from Brakely to Kyngs Southtown 4 miles. The spire of Southtown churche is a fayre peace of worke. St. Rumbalde was born in the paroche. There be two faire springs or Welles, a little West North West (20) from ST. Peter’s Churche. The one of them is called St. Rumbalde’s Welle, where they say that within a fewe dayes of his Birth he preched.’

This of course places the Welles in that part of King’s Sutton which came to be known as ‘Welles’ or ‘Wales’ in the old maps, and which is now commemorated in the name Wales St.

Sir George Clark, the Oxford historian lately living in this village, also arrived at this conclusion, which he mentioned in an article

entitled The Legend of St. Rumbold which he contributed to Northamptonshire Past and Present. (Vol.III No.4) published by the Northamptonshire Record Society in 1963. The article in question begins saying: “The name of St. Rumbold lingers in the south-west corner of Northamptonshire and in the adjoining part of Buckinghamshire, in the names of a house, a street and so on. Sometimes it has been attached where it does not rightly belong. The Ordnance Survey, for instance, gives it to the medicine well in Astrop Park, which was discovered in the 17th century and round which the one-time spa grew up; but this seems to be a modern mistake.

In fact the discovery of the spring at Astrop did not take place until 1664, when two Oxford doctors who had been treating a patient, the Earl of Thanet, at Newbottle Manor, came by chance upon a spring at Astrop, as their horses wandered back along the way. It was recorded by the famous historian Anthony Wood that those two men, the physician Dr. Thos. Willis and his assistant Dr. Richard Lower of Christ Church, noticed that ‘crocus martis’ colour of the water trickling forth, and resolved to recommend it to their patients, instead of sending them off to drink the waters at Tonbridge Wells. Anthony Wood writes “Soon after this the water was contracted into a Well and it was frequented by all sorts of people, and its fame in a short time extended itself over the kingdom” In the summer of 1694 he himself spent over a month by the Wells, lodging in King’s Sutton, and paying 4/6d a week for his lodging.

It seems fair to assume that the two ambitious doctors who popularised the Astrop spring attached the name of the local saint to it in order to attract more clients, and in this they were most successful. The spa became very popular with the local gentry, and in 1697 Dr Peirce of Bath spoke of Astrop as “grown so famous as (almost) to emulate Tonbridge itself.

St Rumbold’s Well, Astrop or St Rumbold’s Well, Wales Street?

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King’s Sutton Primary AcademyThis term has been very busy so far, with a lot of exciting work taking place both in the classroom and outside.

Our Year 4 children visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to find out as much as they could about the ancient Egyptians and how ‘mummies’ were made! The Year 6 children went to Milton Keynes to visit the ‘Real Science’ Exhibition and came back to school extremely keen to pass on their new found scientific knowledge. There have also been various trips out of the school into the local area to visit the churches.

The Year 1 children went for a walk around the village investigating the wide variety of old and new houses for their topic. They looked at thatched and tiled properties, and old and new bricked houses. The Year 5 children have undertaken the “Bikeability” training course, which teaches

children the importance of maintaining their bikes, as well as aspects of the Highway Code and how to ride safely while on the roads.

Some of our Year 1 children have contributed their wonderful writing and pictures they did for their homework on ‘character descriptions’. (See the example below.) I’m sure you will agree we have some budding writers and artists!

The Year 5 children have begun training at Chenderit to become “Sports Leaders”. This will enable them to coach the younger children in different sports. These will begin after the Easter holidays for the Year 1 and 2 children.

Children from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 have taken part in various sporting activities at Chenderit. The Sportshall Athletics Tournament was very exciting, with King’s Sutton coming third with some excellent team and individual performances. Our Year 3/4 Football team achieved a very good

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Mali Hart: A character description completed for a Year 1 homework task.

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second place in the latest football festival and the Year 5/6 team performed very well to come third in theirs. A huge well done to all the children involved, and we will continue to encourage all of them to perform to the best of their ability.

King’s Sutton PreschoolThe weather has provided the children at Preschool with many fun learning experiences this term. Sadly, there was not enough snow for a snowman, but the children played hide and seek on the snowy field and tried to catch snowflakes in bowls, talking about how the snow turned to water and looking closely at the shapes of the snowflakes. We explored ice in the gardens and conducted experiments by bringing the ice inside to see what happened.

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only). We currently have some spaces available so, if you would like to arrange a visit, please call the Manager, Lisa Hawtin, on 01295 816006.

It seems a long way off, but Easter is not that far away, and to avoid child boredom in the holidays, we’re holding our “Easter Eggstravaganza”, a crafty play session at the Millennium Memorial Hall, 10:00-12:0 on Tuesday April 7. The cost is £5.00 per child (£4.00 per sibling). There will be games, crafts, an Easter egg hunt and a fun time to be had for all children over two years old. Please do book in advance though because places are limited. Call Anna on 07725 819619 or Catherine on 07771 627674 to book.

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Have You Ever Considered Using Your Skills to Help the Local Community?It’s well known that we have parliamentary and district elections coming up on May 7. (Or at least it ought to be.) Perhaps less well known is the fact that local parish council elections are being held on that day as well. But who cares? Everyone knows that parish councils are made up of interfering busybodies, toffs, weirdos and village idiots – right? Certainly you could be forgiven for thinking so if the portrayals of parish councillors in television’s The Casual Vacancy and The Vicar of Dibley are to be believed. Sadly, the reality in King’s Sutton is somewhat more mundane. We are actually very lucky to have a team of relatively well-adjusted, competent and highly skilled people on our parish council who give their time freely for the benefit of everyone else living in the village.

In recent years, King’s Sutton Parish Council has worked with local councils, central government agencies and other volunteers within the community to:• Deliver better play facilities for young

children on the Rec• Implement two major flood alleviation

schemes in the village

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• Deliver superfast broadband several years ahead of schedule

• Provide traffic calming measures on the busiest roads in the village

• Maintain and improve important local amenities such as the Memorial Hall, the cemetery and our open spaces

• Establish a legal basis to deter inappropriate development and encourage affordable housing

• Make substantial grants to organisations such as the Playing Fields, the Preschool Playgroup and the Playpark Project that support social and recreational activities in the village

• Use a mix of traditional and digital media to enhance communications and make residents more aware of the issues that affect their daily lives in the village

What You Can Do to HelpHave you ever enjoyed being part of a community fundraising effort? Do you care what happens to your local community? Do you like to take part in lively debate? Have you ever thought you could use your skills for the benefit of others? Or do you simply think you could do a better job than the current lot sitting on the parish council?

Even if you’ve done none of these things yet, we need more energetic, skilled and community-minded people (like you maybe) to throw their hats into the ring. There are now vacancies for parish councillors in the village and April 9, 2015 – the deadline to receive nominations for May’s elections – is fast approaching.

We would urge you to come to the open evening hosted by King’s Sutton Parish Council in the Millennium Memorial Hall at 19:30 on March 19, 2015 to find out whether joining the council would suit you. If nothing else, you’ll come away with a better understanding of what we do and how you could bring your skills to the table. And who knows? You may just discover that standing for election to the parish council could make a positive change to your life and the lives of others in the village.

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Julie Cross, Friends and FamilyIt is not widely known that between 12 and 16 young people a week die in the UK from sudden cardiac death (SCD). Eighty percent of those youngsters will have shown no prior symptoms. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation and widespread availability of automatic external defibrillators would very likely prevent a significant number of those deaths. Survival rates as high as 75% have been reported when defibrillation was administered swiftly.

King’s Sutton resident Julie Cross has long maintained an interest in the devastating effects of SCD. That’s why she and her family kicked off fundraising efforts In September last year in the hope of accumulating enough money to buy a potentially life-saving defibrillator for the village primary school. Just six months later, the Cross family has raised the incredible sum of £3,650 – enough to buy defibrillators both for King’s Sutton Primary Academy and for Chenderit secondary school in neighbouring Middleton Cheney.

“We set out with the intention of increasing awareness of the incidence of sudden cardiac death in children,” says mum Julie Cross. “We wanted to do something to make our school ‘Heart safe’ – to help reduce the risk of SCD to the school’s pupils, teachers and visitors. Following discussion with the parish council and Nick Peters, head of King’s Sutton Primary Academy, we began fundraising activities at the end of last summer to buy a defibrillator for the school.

“My nine-year-old son Daniel wanted to take a lead with the fundraising and devised a 100-lap challenge, which involved him completing 100 circuits of the village recreation ground with a mix of cycling and walking. Daniel’s grandparents were a great source of support, encouraging lots of friends and family to sponsor him. Another family member, Tony Platten, was so impressed with Daniel’s determination to raise money that he donated an amazing £2,000

from his own charitable fund, the Community Foundation Northumberland.

“Daniel and his sister Emma held a cake and wrist-band sale at school to raise money too, with cakes made by his grandma. Geoff Reason, the dad of one of Daniel’s school friends, was also keen to help and last December, he ran in the Hook Norton Christmas Canter, donating all his sponsorship money towards our project. Finally, we have to thank another family friend, Dave Brett, who ran in last November’s Las Vegas Marathon and kindly added the money he raised to the cause.”

The Cross family chose to spend the money they raised on defibrillator packages from the Hand On Heart Charity (www.handonheart.org). Each of these packages includes the defibrillator itself, a carry case, batteries, disposable equipment, and training for staff and up to 30 children at King’s Sutton Primary Academy and Chenderit School.

Village People

Daniel Cross and sister Emma at their cake stall

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Village People (continued)

Jeff JuddIt was with great sadness that we recently said goodbye one of our best known and most respected village residents, Jeff Judd. Jeff died peacefully at the Horton General Hospital on Christmas Eve and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Jeff was a very familiar figure around the village, usually seen travelling around on his trademark bicycle and latterly on his tricycle.

In 1992 the Parish Council was asked by Northamptonshire Rural Community Council to take part in “Parish 2000”, a project that encouraged parishes to look at their communities and to produce an appraisal of the results. As part of that project, a number of local residents were asked if they would like to contribute to a section called, “Memories”. It seems an appropriate opportunity, therefore, to share with our readers Jeff’s earliest memories of life in King’s Sutton:

My parents moved to King’s Sutton in 1919 soon after they were married and lived in

Richmond Street. That year my father bought the coal business from Mr Arthur Jennings. I was born in that house and the coal yard was situated to the rear.

My earliest memories go back to 1927. I can vaguely remember the model T Ford lorry that carried a one ton load of coal. This lorry, when carrying a full load up Newbottle Hill to Lord Birkenhead’s residence was not reliable compared to today’s lorries. The exhaust, which went partly through the cab, would become red hot and set fire to the floor boards. This obviously required emergency action! Having stopped the lorry on the hill it was a problem to get it started again and often gave trouble.

My father supplied coal to Lord Birkenhead and his family. They would burn thirty hundredweight of coal during a weekend house party entertaining royalty and politicians.

In 1930 my father bought a 30cwt. Chevrolet – RP 8687. This lorry was far more reliable

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although occasionally gave problems. My father allowed me to take the wheel on farm tracks when I was ten years old. In school holidays I would spend all my spare time helping my father with coal deliveries. In 1941 I made my first journey collecting coal from the Coventry pits. Once I had five tons of coal on the two ton Bedford lorry. At that time Bedords were well known to have poor brakes. On this occasion in Coventry, as I approached the traffic lights they changed to red. I applied the brakes which failed and I sailed straight through – a hair raising experience! Because of the air-raids on Coventry not all roads were open and not all traffic lights in operation.

Roy, our Labrador, was a familiar sight riding on top of loads of coal. He would ride all the way back from Coventry on top of a load in all weathers and loved the experience. My father retired in 1946 due to ill health and sold the coal business to Mr Ewart Medley who lived in Adderbury.

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From the Potting Shed

This can be a difficult month for working outside. Wind and rain, even snow and ice can keep the hardiest of gardeners indoors looking at their seed catalogues. Frost is still a regular visitor, so keep off the lawn as this can damage the grass and blacken it.

***Make sure containers are standing on feet to improve drainage and try to keep them in a sheltered position if possible.

***Provided the earth is not frozen, it is a good time to move established shrubs that have outgrown their position. Perennials can be cut back hard now, removing old growth ready for the new shoots.

***There are few flowers in the garden at the moment but the hellebores are well worth planting in a shady spot as their flowers are beautiful. However, always cut off the old leaves once established to show the flowers at their best.

***Hedges can be pruned this month as early as possible before birds begin to nest. The hedge needs to be narrower at the top and wider at the base.

***Trenches can be prepared now for runner beans which need a good moisture-retentive soil to crop well. I throw all my potato, vegetable peelings, teabags and egg shells in. It seems to do the trick.

***Feed established fruit trees, bushes and soft fruit with pelleted chicken manure or blood fish and bone mean. They would also benefit from a good mulch or compost or manure.

***Happy Gardening!

Linda.

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The King’s Sutton Times is sponsored and published quarterly by King’s Sutton Parish Council. However, the magazine maintains editorial independence and its content does not necessarily reflect the council’s views.

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