Wardington News

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Resident of Upper Wardington and responsible for the development of this website.

Wardington Garden Club

The Garden Club AGM was well attended. We had a good discussion about how we move forward. Everyone wants the Club to continue Jane Pearson will not be continuing as Secretary for reasons we all understand. She and Andrew will remain Members Jane was thanked by everyone and was presented with a very nice bottle by Bridget As a result of the request for new volunteers Bridget will take responsibility for arranging visits with the help of Norman and Jane Hudson. Other Members are asked to help with ideas and recruiting potential new Members. The point was made that guests are always welcome to our visits and meetings The final copy of the Programme for 2019 is shown below As

The 2019 Call My Bluff Wine Tasting Evening – A Huge success

This year’s Call My Bluff Wine Tasting evening held at the Memorial Village Hall proved to be a huge success with a record-breaking number of attendees. The evening was sponsored by local wine supplier North Oxfordshire Wine based in Little Bourton. This family run business provided 8 different wines for attendees to enjoy, together with a case of wines for the winning team and a generous donation of a fabulous raffle prize. 10 teams took part in the evening and featured three “bluffers” from the village, Catherine Jenkinson, Linda Ayers and Simon Gibbs each of them trying to persuade attendees that their description of the wine was the correct one for the wine being tasted. The evening involved

Wardington Memorial Hall – volunteers required!!

Wardington Memorial Hall is a well used community asset.  To ensure that the Memorial Hall is well maintained and fully funded, a number of volunteers donate some their spare time to make this possible. A vacancy has arisen for the voluntary position of Chair and a new voluntary position of Vice Chair.  The current Chair will be moving from the village, hence the vacancy. Chair  The function of the Chair is to arrange and chair quarterly meetings of the Management Committee who act in a voluntary capacity to ensure the hall is well maintained and well used.  Participating committee members undertake a number of key roles and responsibilities to help with the running of the hall (e.g. Treasurer).  The Chair

Call My Wine Bluff REMINDER – Get your tickets now!

The Friends of St Mary Magdalene, Wardington invite you to join them for an evening of light-hearted entertainment, good wine, good food and good company, kindly sponsored by North Oxfordshire Wines, on Saturday 30th March 2019 at 7pm for 7:30pm start in Wardington Memorial Hall If you haven't been to this event before then do come and join in - it's really good fun. You are welcomed with a drink before forming teams of approximately six people. Three 'Bluffers' will then describe the wine you're drinking and your team has to decide who is telling the truth. There will be six wines to taste, so six rounds of guessing. After the tasting comes a delicious supper, accompanied by more

HS2 – Petition

If you are against HS2 please sign this parliamentary petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/230452. If you are not against HS2 then forgive the intrusion. Please send to as many people as you are able.

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Call My Wine Bluff REMINDER – Buy tickets online

The Friends of St Mary Magdalene, Wardington invite you to join them for an evening of light-hearted entertainment, good wine, good food and good company, kindly sponsored by North Oxfordshire Wines, on Saturday 30th March 2019 at 7pm for 7:30pm start in Wardington Memorial Hall Tickets at £18 are available from Philippa Hunt (philippa.hunt@btinternet.com or 01295 758087) Or buy your tickets online for £18.80 (price includes 80p per ticket PayPal fees - to save the fees, please pay Philippa by cash or cheque!):  Choose the quantity after clicking the PayPal button below. You can use any credit card to pay and you don't need a PayPal account! Please book as soon as possible! All proceeds towards replacing the church

M40/A361 junction – URGENT REMINDER

The clock is ticking. If you wish to object, please don't wait any longer. Send an email to bernadette.owens@cherwellandsouthnorthants.gov.uk NOW! Plans have been resubmitted for the redevelopment of land to the east of the M40 at the A361 junction to include two large distribution warehouses with 32 loading bays between them and a possible third warehouse of similar size, over 200 car parking spaces and 40 HGV parking bays. The planning officer responsible is Bernadette Owens (bernadette.owens@cherwellandsouthnorthants.gov.uk). Your Parish Council has already objected to this application and if you would also like to object, please email the Planning Department. You are therefore urged to email as soon as possible. The planning application reads as follows: 19/00128/HYBRID | Part A: Full

M40/A361 junction – URGENT ACTION REQUIRED

Plans have been resubmitted for the redevelopment of land to the east of the M40 at the A361 junction to include two large distribution warehouses with 32 loading bays between them and a possible third warehouse of similar size, over 200 car parking spaces and 40 HGV parking bays. The planning officer responsible is Bernadette Owens (bernadette.owens@cherwellandsouthnorthants.gov.uk). Your Parish Council has already objected to this application and if you would also like to object, there is still a week left to email the Planning Department. You are therefore urged to email as soon as possible. The planning application reads as follows: 19/00128/HYBRID | Part A: Full planning application - the development of a new priority junction to the A361, internal

Call My Wine Bluff 2019 – Buy tickets online

The Friends of St Mary Magdalene, Wardington invite you to join them for an evening of light-hearted entertainment, good wine, good food and good company, kindly sponsored by North Oxfordshire Wines, onSaturday 30th March 2019 at 7pm for 7:30pm startinWardington Memorial HallTickets at £18 are available from Philippa Hunt (philippa.hunt@btinternet.com or 01295 758087)Or buy your tickets online for £18.80 (price includes 80p per ticket PayPal fees - to save the fees, please pay Philippa by cash or cheque!): Choose the quantity after clicking the PayPal button below. You can use any credit card to pay and you don't need a PayPal account!Please book as soon as possible!All proceeds towards replacing the church aisle lights.

DATE CORRECTION – Call My Wine Bluff 2019

The Friends of St Mary Magdalene, Wardington invite you to join them for an evening of light-hearted entertainment, good wine, good food and good company on Saturday 30th March 2019 at 7pm for 7:30pm start in Wardington Memorial Hall Tickets at £18 are available from Philippa Hunt (philippa.hunt@btinternet.com or 01295 758087) Please book as soon as possible! All proceeds towards replacing the church aisle lights.