The Cotswolds | Archive | 2001 | January
SATURDAY: Wardens from the Cotswold AONB Partnership will be leading a nine and a half mile walk. The walk will take in the highs and lows of three farming villages in the Warwickshire border country. Leaving Manor Farm, Great Wolford at 10am, a pub lunch will be available if required. The guides for the day will be Ann Julian and Peter Woolfenden. more...
THE Lifford Hall in Broadway was rocked to its very foundations last Friday by Marty Wilde and the Wildcats. more...
SILVER-haired stars in the making are being sought for a new talent competition specially designed for those over 60s . more...
NOBODY loves a good giggle at somebody else's misfortune better than actors so it's not surprising they all have a wealth of stories to tell. more...
A helping voice more...
A PROFESSIONAL actor from Broadway, John Stevens has penned another panto for the village amateur group. more...
IT may be cold outside but a warm greeting and a packed programme await shivering theatre goers at Evesham Arts Centre. more...
THE Weston Players take to the stage tonight (Thursday) for the first performance of their annual pantomime. more...
ALAN Bennett, Alan Bleasdale - both are featured in the new spring/summer season from the Birmingham Rep. more...
THE Old Rope String Band promises an hilarious combination of great folk music from around the world, comedy, dancing, juggling and even acrobatics. more...
BUDDY Holly raves on - with his Cricketers. more...
THERE'S dinner and dancing at the Dormy House hotel but if you're doing the dinner you won't be doing the dancing. more...
100 years ago more...
ON December 30, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway ran its first train into Cheltenham Racecourse Station. When proper services commence over this new section in just over two years time, it will bring even more visitors into the North Cotswolds area, not only increasing the railway's income but also that of other tourist-related businesses in the area. more...
THE Evesham District Pensioners Association is acutely aware of the dangers of letting governments past and present manage the NI pensions, trusting them not to abuse the security and dignity of members who have paid into the scheme for 40 years or more. more...
ON behalf of my fellow-canines, I must respond to Rosalind Humphrey's letter with Wychavon District Council's comment, on a subject which we dogs find most embarrassing: that of dog-fouling. It is widely known that we are (Wo)Man's Best Friend: we live to serve, obey, befriend and devote our lives to the service of our masters and mistresses. more...
I HAVE been following the hype of the hunting community, ingratiating themselves with the populace in an effort to survive the current vote. As a country chap, I do not want to be associated with them in any way. This is what happened to me in my early teens, returning home from Campden School for lunch. more...
WITH their sport facing possibly its greatest ever threat, one would imagine that supporters of foxhunting would be making every effort to avoid any form of adverse reaction. The behaviour of the earthstoppers employed by the Heythrop Hunt causes me to doubt this. more...
AS everybody is aware it is time to take a stance. more...
I AM writing on behalf of the Shakespeare Lions to thank the Gilbert and Sullivan Society for providing their services absolutely free and giving us such a truly magnificent concert at the Civic Hall in December. more...
WE had our bungalow up for sale with Darlows Estate Agents. On Thursday, December 21 they went into receivership. On the same evening, I was told by a friend who had heard it on the local radio station. On Tuesday, January 2, Shipway's came to our rescue, I telephoned the manager at Evesham office, he was with us within one hour, our bungalow was on the market again within two hours. This was the best service you could get. Thank you all very much at Shipways. more...
AS a former resident of Evesham, I was delighted to discover the Journal web site while browsing through the internet today. more...
I'M writing because my BT phone isn't working! I'm alarmed to see in the Journal, January 11, on page 9, that my favourite car dealer, Pershore Motors is under scrutiny for the new district plan. Is there also a threat to the well-regarded `Sam's Garage' behind? Please tell me that further drastic upheaval is not planned to follow on the extensive Severn Trent digging up of the town's streets. more...
POLICE in the Chipping Campden called in armed officers and arrested a teenager after he was spotted in the town centre waving a gun around. more...
A COTSWOLD hotel is set to expand after district councillors approved new building plans. more...
MENTAL health problems in teenagers is a topical and ongoing issue - 20% of British children suffer some degree of mental or emotional problem and figures are expected to keep rising. more...
I JOINED the Journal at the age of 16 when I left Prince Henry's Grammar School. I served at the Tewkesbury office before Pershore and at Evesham just before I was called up. more...
Did you know that Worcestershire County Council charges the second lowest Council Tax of any county in England? more...
RECENT government announcements have highlighted the importance of the voluntary sector and there is no doubt that the work of volunteers in their own communities is vital in knitting together the social fabric of the country. more...
THE intervention of the Charity Commission into the affairs of Stratford Town Council was always going to cause sweeping change, but when the investigation first started perhaps no-one could envisage the demolition of one of the town's most well-known recent buildings, which now appears to be more than a possibility. more...
Evesham and District Association more...
Chipping Norton 15pts, Windsor 14 more...
Stow 0, Abbey 22pts more...
Shipston 22 pts, Pinley 20 more...
Shipston II 10 pts, Brackley Select 45 more...
SHIPSTON'S third team threw it away as too many mistakes cost them dear. more...
Leamington 33pts, Evesham 7 more...
ONLY four clubs were allowed when 72 members embarked on the Recovery Cup - the first event of the new year at Naunton Downs. more...
CHIPPING Norton's Les Gillett won through to the quarter-finals of the World Indoor Singles Championships in Norfolk yesterday afternoon when he defeated Mark McMahon by three sets to one. more...
CHIPPING Norton junior Andrew Martin bowed out of the England IBA National Championships at the area semi-final stage. more...
NORMAN Wilson, a member of Bourton Roadrunners, is the organiser of a new National 10K Run to take place in Cheltenham later this year. more...
THE Cotswold Floorball League's A Division has started to take shape, although the qualification for play-offs, and relegation, have yet to be decided. more...
Ultra Electrics 2, Great Rissington 3 more...
Evesham Robins U-11 7, Stratford Colts 2 more...
Welford 1, Long Compton Rovers 1 more...
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