Gaydon Parish Magazine November 2024
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Gaydon Gazette for November
Parish Council Tues 5th at 7.30pm Village Hall
Remembrance Day Sun 10th at 11.45am St Giles' Church
Village Hall C'tee Mon 11th at 8pm Village Hall
Gift Day & Coffee Sat 16th at 11am Village Hall
Mobile Library Fri 22nd at 2.40pm Phone Box
Tai Chi Wednesdays at 7pm Village Hall
Something to Look Forward to: CHRISTMAS!
Parish Council News
The next meeting of the Council will be on Tuesday 5th November at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.
Remembrance Service Sunday 10 November 10.45am
The Act of Remembrance will take place at the foot of the tower of St Giles' Church where the Memorial Clock and Plaque are housed. The service will continue inside the Church at 11.15am.
'Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn...'
November Church Services
All Souls' Day Saturday 2nd
6.00pm All Souls Service Northend
3rd 9.30am Holy Communion Gaydon
10.00am Holy Communion Northend
10th Remembrance Sunday
10.45am Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial
11.15am Service of Remembrance
Monday 11th
7.30pm Induction Service Northend
17th 9.30am Agapë Service Gaydon
10.00am Holy Communion Northend
24th 9.30am Stir-up Sunday Gaydon
10.00am Morning Prayer Northend
Roman Catholic Church of St Francis, Kineton, Sunday Mass 11am
All Souls
There will be a service for All Souls' Day on Saturday 2nd at 6pm at the Chapel of Ease, Northend. The names of the Departed will be read out during the service. If you would like anyone to be remembered in this way, please write the name on the sheet of paper at the back of the church.
Service at Northend 11 November at 7.30pm
The Reverend Barry Jackson will be licensed as Priest-in-charge of the parishes of Dassett Magna by Archdeacon Barry Dugmore.
St Giles' Church Gift Day and Coffee Morning
Village Hall Saturday 16 November at 11am
The next Coffee Morning will also be the Church's Gift Day when you can give money towards the up-keep of our Parish Church by attaching a golden gift bag to the Christmas Tree.
There will be refreshments, a book stall and a Raffle. Donations for the raffle will be very welcome and all proceeds will go to church funds.
Stir-up Sunday 24 November is when we make the Christmas Cake in Church that is shared at the Christmas Eve Crib Service. Please sign up at the Coffee Morning or on Remembrance Sunday to help contribute ingredients for the cake.
Tai Chi
The Tai Chi group meets every Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock in the Village Hall. Please text 07514 011406 so that we can look out for you. After a month, please donate a coin for the hire of the Hall.
Mobile Library
The Mobile Library will call at the Telephone Box at 2.25pm for half an hour on Friday 22 November.
Christmas Lunch Helpers
I will be in touch with you all soon about arrangements for the
Over-65s Lunch on Sunday 8th December. Thanks for your help past and future! Julie Rickman 640349 or at the Old Bakehouse.
British Motor Museum Events in November
Half-Term Activities 1st - 3rd November
Jaguar Breakfast Meet Saturday 2nd
Saturday Clubs - Animation Stations 16th
Mini Motorists Mondays 18th
Festive Lunches in the Sky Suite 4th - 17th
Information and tickets at www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
Carers4Carers
Kineton Village Hall 10:30am to 12 noon. Come along and meet fellow local carers over coffee, tea, and biscuits.
Friday, 22 November: Christmas is on the horizon and so we'll be crafting some simple decorations that you can use at home or send to a friend.
Friday, 13 December: There will be a festive feel to our meeting with mince pies and music.
Please feel free to bring your loved ones along - they can join our Companionship Group while we meet.
For further details about our carer support group or help with transport arrangements, please contact Gillian on 07947 893504; or send an email to kcarers4carers@gmail.com; or explore our website www.carers4carersonthefosse.org.uk.
Swan Singers Concert
St Peter's Church, Kineton, Sunday 8 December at 3pm. Free Concert!
Get into the Christmas spirit with Swan Singers' Christmas Concert on Sunday 8th December at 3pm in St Peter's Church, Kineton.
Directed by Gary Beman and accompanied by Gustavo Schafaschek, the programme features a wide variety of carols and songs, both modern and traditional. As usual, the concert is free, with refreshments and a retiring collection. Further details from admin@swansingers.uk
November Memorial Book
2010 4th Wilfrid Hotchkiss
2014 9th Joyce Hammond
1999 10th Sybil Lightowler
2006 16th Leonard Walker
2005 21st Joyce Walker
2006 22nd Edna Young
If there is a special entry that you would like to see, let me know and I will try to make sure that the Book is open on that day. Julie Rickman
Obituary
Mrs Violet Liddington
Wendy, Pete, Dawn, Violet and families would like to thank everyone for their kind words, letters, cards and flowers that were given to us when Mum passed away at home, on the 22nd September aged 97.
We would also like to thank everyone who came to her funeral which was a lovely service.
Mum joined the Land Army in the 1940s and came to Fenny Compton from Birmingham. She met our Dad, Fred Liddington, (originally from Gaydon) and they married in 1948. They lived in Gaydon for over 45 years until they then moved to Bishops Itchington, where Dad passed away in 2006, aged 81; Mum had lived there for another 21 years. Wendy Etheridge
Gaydon Development November Update
D-Day…?
No, not that one. This month sees ‘Determination Day’ on Friday
22 November which is the deadline Stratford District Council (SDC) Planning Department have nominated by which time CEG (Malta) Ltd. are expected to provide a revised application for the proposed
Gaydon development.
This re-submission should respond to (answer/resolve?) the 28 points and issues of concern raised by ourselves and summarised by the SDC Planning Department (12-page document submitted to CEG (Malta) Ltd. and referred to in my December 2023 Update).
So, a very significant month indeed for us in terms of Gaydon villagers’ challenge to this development…!
First of all, a reassurance regarding sight of CEG(Malta) Ltd.
re-submission: the Planning Department will not just post it on the application (23/01054/OUT). All of us - 200+ villagers and concerned organisations - will be directly contacted by SDC to produce a ‘round of consultations’ during which we will be able to see how far - or not! - CEG (Malta) Ltd. have properly responded to the multiple concerns the development has raised.
Secondly, the Planning Department will not expect the re-submission to take a partial, fragmented response to the concerns raised which are then answered by trickling out a stream of responses over the coming months.
It is useful to be aware of SDC’s attitude and position, generally, to this development. It has been defined and regarded as a ‘windfall’ development as opposed to an ‘allocated’ development.
Basically, this means that a ‘windfall’ development is ‘speculative’: a means to make money for the company involved in contrast to SDC allocating part of the district as an area of need for housing or commercial development, which can then be fulfilled by a commercial company building there.
It doesn’t automatically mean that SDC is against the development, but it does set the bar higher in terms of the value and need for this development at all, in this area, at this time.
Talking of money being made (at a time of the year associated with vampires and the like!) Severn Trent announced that they are paying £3.4 million bonus to their CEO at a time when they are culpable of innumerable transgressions involving water, drainage and sewage in recent years. Oh, and they are already seeking eye-watering increases in the amount we’ll be paying them in the future.
How is this specifically to do with the proposed development? As I have related in previous ‘Updates’, the particular elevated nature of the site, towering above the village, means that the whole issue of drainage and run-off has a massive prominence at a time when financially compromised water companies will not be in a hurry to deter the flood risk for a relatively small community.
I’ve been assured by the Planning Department, that CEG (Malta) Ltd would not be allowed to finance and remedy the drainage needs of the village generally, which Severn Trent is unable to fulfil, as a means of making their development appear more attractive to the village.
November could be an interesting month regarding the development. Hopefully, it won’t be an example of the ancient Chinese curse:
“May you live in interesting times…” Tony Hughes
Nature Notes for October
Although we are still experiencing mild temperatures in Gaydon, there
has been a sudden leaf-fall and vivid Autumnal colours. The Field Maples and Spindle trees are bright red at present and the fierce winds have stripped many larger trees of their leaves altogether. The large tree in my garden is now shedding showers of Walnuts, encouraged by two Grey Squirrels which have arrived recently to share in the feast.
A flock of Goldfinches make rippling calls in the upper branches, warming themselves in the late sunshine. The hardy Red Admiral butterflies are feeding on the ivy flowers, along with late Wasps and bees. I noticed two Magpies feeding on the Honeysuckle berries in my front garden in a furtive fashion. The local Jackdaws dislike them because they are competition for food, so often mob them.
Nearby Lighthorne has had Nuthatches on their feeders and sadly an Otter has been, yet again, a road casualty. In Stratford, there has been a photograph of another Otter ignoring the tourists and crossing Waterside. They are definitely on the increase around this area and there will be some fish in the Avon for them, maybe. The local ones probably come from Kingston Pools or Chadshunt lake. They can certainly cover considerable distances at night using the flooded ditches; and so will eat a wide variety of prey such as frogs, worms and mice. Some of us remember the Otters on the Banbury road a few years ago, caught on a wildlife camera; but their pond is now drained by a new-build.
It will soon be time to renew bird feeders: mine are already attracting a couple of regulars. Bernard Price
Flag
The Flag was raised on 10th and 11th to commemorate Remembrance Day. It flew on the 14th for the Birthday of HM The King - God Bless him and long may he reign! If you have something to celebrate or commemorate, ring Siobhan on 07780 689582, and she will raise the flag for you - in return for a £5 contribution to Church funds.
Gaydon Village Store
November is definitely the month for pumpkins and squash and you may have noticed that we have had pumpkins in the shop for sale recently - so now what can we do with all these orange beauties?
A favourite soup recipe will help use up all your leftovers and your Village Shop is full of ingredients to help you cook your family the most nutritious of home-cooked foods.
Seasonal Recipe: Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
2 tbs olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped
150ml double cream 700ml vegetable stock or chicken stock
1kg pumpkin or squash (try kabocha), peeled, deseeded and chopped into chunks.
For the croutons:
2 tbs olive oil 4 slices wholemeal seeded bread, crusts removed
handful pumpkin seeds
Method
Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan and gently cook onions for 5 mins, until soft but not coloured.
Add the pumpkin to the pan and carry on cooking for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally until it starts to soften and turn golden.
Pour the stock into the pan and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins until the squash is very soft.
Pour the cream into the pan, bring back to the boil, then purée with a hand-blender. For an extra-velvety consistency you can pour the soup through a fine sieve.
To make the croutons: heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan and fry the bread until it starts to become crisp. Add a handful of pumpkin seeds to the pan, then cook for a few mins more until they are toasted.
Reheat the soup if needed, taste for seasoning, then serve scattered with croutons and seeds. Serves 6.
Christmas Orders at the Shop
The Festive Season will soon be upon us and the Shop will be taking orders for all your Christmas Meats and Pies from our local suppliers. Pop into the store for more details about how and when to order. Siobhan Dodd
Shipston Home Nursing
A message from Andrew Revell, Executive Director:
'It has been a busy first quarter of our new financial year. We have an average of 50 patients on our caseload at any one time, with varying levels of intervention, from four visits daily to perhaps one visit monthly.
Our aim is always to be supportive and available to both the patient and their family carers without being intrusive.
'An ongoing challenge we face is reaching out to people in need of our services who either do not know of us or who are understandably reluctant to contact us. If you know of anybody in this situation, please do connect them with us.'
Dates for your Diaries
Moda Rosa Designer Sale at Darlingscott Farm, Thursday and Friday 7/8th November;
Christmas Gift Fair at Ettington, Tuesday and Wednesday, 19/20th November:
Carol Concert at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, Saturday 7th Dec.;
Christmas Craft Fair at Brailes Village Hall, Friday 13th December.
For more details, see our website (www.shipstonhomenursing.co.uk)