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Cricket Club Dinner Dance 21st October

Wardington Cricket Club Dinner Dance and End of Season Presentation Evening Saturday 21st October 2017 at 7pm Wardington Memorial Hall Pig Roast, Bar, Live Music, Slave Auction & Raffle And return of the home-made puddings (by popular demand) Tickets £20 Whole-table booking for up to 8 also available Tickets from: Chris Morgan on 07831 337363 or 01295 750408 Claire Tucker on 07903 068813 or 01327 871784 Gill Slade on 07947 027582

Local Business Meeting Facility

The Lady Wardington Room in the Wardington Memorial Hall is now available for use by local businesses as a meeting room. Details of the facility are as follows: Lady Wardington Room Wardington Memorial Hall OX17 1SL Room capacity – up to 12 persons Boardroom style tables & chairs Blackout blinds Digital visual display screen WiFi via superfast broadband Colour printer Flip charts Kitchen facility Disabled access Competitive hire rates from only £36.50 per ¼ day (3 hours) To book: wardington.hall@btinternet.com or Paul Bimson (01295 758855) or Clive Hunt (01295 758087)

Fourth Cinema Season Celebration

It's not too late to book your place at this Friday's village cinema performance.  We are celebrating a fourth year of screening films to the village at the memorial hall, and will be doing so with a colonial style themed social evening. The evening will start earlier than usual at 7pm to allow time to enjoy a Raj style buffet spread, followed by the film "Viceroy's House".  We will however have the usual raffle in the half time interval (prize donations gratefully received) and encourage the audience to stay on after to socialise further. If you do plan to come, please let us know so we can cater for the correct numbers - Telephone Paul Bimson on 01295 758855 or

Time to book your tickets

Tickets are selling fast for Wardington Village Cinema's screening of Viceroy's House next Friday (6th October). So, to avoid disappointment, book your tickets now by calling either Paul (01295 778855) or Sam (01295 750871) or email wardingtoncinema@hotmail.com We look forward to seeing you for this special colonial style themed evening to celebrate a fourth successful year of Wardington Village Cinema.

Craft Workshop for Families – Tomorrow in the Memorial Hall

Free Harvest Themed Craft Workshop A SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP FOR FAMILIES, TO MAKE DECORATIONS FOR THE FAMILY HARVEST SERVICE ON SUNDAY 10am AT THE CHURCH Where: WARDINGTON MEMORIAL HALL When: SATURDAY 30th SEPTEMBER Time: 10:00AM – 12 NOON Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Download the poster here.

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Macmillan Coffee Morning

Friday 29th September 9.30am-12noon at Barn Farm Plants, Garden Centre. Come and enjoy delicious cakes and coffee, raffle, Ella Art Stall and Plant Tombola and help raise funds for Macmillan.

Minutes of Wardington Parish Council Meeting – 5th September 2017

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting   Location:  Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 5th September 2017, (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page, Mr M Patterson, Mr G Martin, Mr A Crossley, Mr B Jarrett (Clerk), Mrs A Gordon-Finlayson Apologies: Mr N Bankes, Mrs A Pascoe, Cllr G Reynolds, Mr I Franklin In the absence of Mr Bankes, Mr Patterson chaired the meeting. Agenda Items Minutes of previous meetings: 25th July 2017 approved and signed Matters arising from previous minutes: 2.1  HS2 Update: Meeting with OCC Highways & Police (full notes from the meeting available for perusal upon request) The proposed 20 mph limit in the village has been deemed unenforceable and unnecessary due to low incident rate; speed cameras

Home insurance – Support your church

To celebrate their 130th anniversary, Ecclesiastical Insurance plc is offering to donate £130 to St. Mary Magdalene for every new home insurance policy taken out by local residents. This offer is not endorsed by Wardington PCC, however should you wish to add Ecclesiastical Insurance plc to your list when obtaining renewal quotes for your home insurance it could be of benefit to Wardington. Please download the poster (link below) for full details. Ecclesiastical 130 Poster

Church Services – October

ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH OX17 1RS WARDINGTON OCTOBER SUNDAY SERVICES SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 1st OCTOBER FAMILY HARVEST FESTIVAL 10.00am SUE UPTON SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 8th OCTOBER UNITED BENEFICE COMMUNION SERVICE 10.00am Revd HILARY CAMPBELL at CLAYDON EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 15th OCTOBER FAMILY COMMUNION 10.00am Revd HILARY CAMPBELL NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 22nd OCTOBER NO SERVICE - See Claydon, Cropredy, Gt Bourton & Mollington LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 29th OCTOBER HOLY COMMUNION 8.30am Revd HILARY CAMPBELL ************ WEEKDAY SERVICES EVERY TUESDAY (except 3rd) MIDDAY COMMUNION (Iona Liturgy) At ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CROPREDY WEDNESDAYS MORNING PRAYER - 9.00am 4th October - Claydon 11th October - Cropredy 18th October - Great Bourton 25th October

Hannah Phillips’ Skydive

Hannah Phillips is a resident of Upper Wardington and granddaughter of 99-year-old Evelyne Phillips.  I am doing a skydive for Alopecia UK because the condition needs more awareness Alopecia - the partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows; baldness I have had Alopecia Areata since I was 7 years old which then progressed into Alopecia Universalis 2 years ago. It is a condition that no one knows what the cause is and there is no cure for it. It started off as slight hair loss when i was 7-8 and it would come and go then at the age of 13 it came out in clumps and didn't grow back, I wait in