The Cotswolds | Archive | 2003 | June
THERE'S pomp in circumstances all over the area in coming weeks as the middle of summer is marked by a spate of proms concerts. more...
THE picturesque Cotswold town of Burford is holding its own festival from June 24 to 29 and boasting some big names taking part. more...
JUDI Dench and Ian Richardson are just two big names set to appear in this year's Stratford Poetry Festival. more...
ONE of the world's top gipsy guitarists is coming to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall on Tuesday. more...
WHAT'S cool, hot, smoking and chilled and down by the riverside next weekend? more...
A YOUNG pianist who, at the age of 23, has already scooped top prizes and appeared with top musicians all over the world, is coming to Stratford for a concert on Sunday. more...
ONE of our most popular and familiar actresses, Liza Goddard says she is looking forward to making a return trip to appear on the stage in Malvern. more...
ONE of Britain's favourite and most familiar actors, Freddie Jones, is coming to Chipping Norton to round off this season's Soundbites sessions. more...
`A HUGE army of bizarre characters' is being performed by Sicilian actor Antonio Venturino when he returns to The Theatre, Chipping Norton on Tuesday. more...
I AM delighted once again with the response from people in your area to Campaign for Learning's Reading Families Millennium Award scheme. more...
MAY I, through your columns, offer my personal thanks for the magnificent support given to our small team of eight representing Bengeworth Post Office in The Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research on Sunday June 15 at Evesham, in which over 900 runners and walkers took part. more...
I HAD no idea that the name of Gerald Nabarro would elicit such a vitriolic response. MPs can scarcely go shouting to the rooftops of all the things they are doing for their constituents. more...
FOLLOWING the completion of a major drainage scheme in the North Littleton area, we feel it only right to praise the work of the Severn Trent Water and their contractors Tomlinson. more...
I READ in one of your `In short' columns this week of an application for permission to build a house in a garden, received by Wychavon District Council. more...
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IN response to Mr Chadwick's letter which was published on June 5 in your Letters to the Editor. Every Local Authority has to meet statutory recycling targets which increase over time. more...
`CALLING at Kingham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham and Pershore' is a phrase that will be familiar to anyone who has ever travelled on the Cotswold line. more...
A BROADWAY farmer is counting the cost of allowing cold callers to tarmac his drive after getting a bill nearly twice as high as he was expecting. more...
BIDFORD is bracing itself for a controversial planning application which would increase the number of lorries travelling through the village. more...
TEWKESBURY is opening its heart to a group of children from Chernobyl. more...
IS someone really getting on your nerves - a person you would dearly like to get rid of? more...
BLOOMING good, that was the judge's decision on Kevin Vaughan Spruce's entry for a competition to find a logo for Tewkesbury in Bloom. more...
MINUTES before he was involved in a crash which caused the deaths of an elderly couple in Tewkesbury, teenager Riley Smith drove the wrong way around a roundabout to argue with another motorist. more...
PARENTS and teachers alike have welcomed plans to introduce a six-term year in Gloucestershire schools. more...
CHRIS Smith, Tewkesbury's last borough mayor, has died just a month after handing over his chain of office. more...
TEWKESBURY'S despised `Kremlin' may be demolished. more...
HUNDREDS of children had their swimming lessons and fun sessions cancelled this week when vandals forced the closure of Shipston pool. more...
ST JAMES' CHURCH: The annual summer fete took place in and around the village hall last Saturday and was a great success, attracting considerable numbers of people and giving evident enjoyment to all. The sun shone brilliantly which meant that the ice cream proved to be a major attraction, as did the afternoon teas served in the comparative cool of the village hall. more...
THERE'S a good excuse to drop in at the local - the Countryside Alliance is looking to recognise pubs that serve local produce. more...
SHEEP farmers in the Cotswolds could make mincemeat of their continental competitors if the shackles of market-skewing subsidies were removed by CAP reforms. more...
AN award-winning estate in the North Cotswolds was chosen for the national launch Farming and Wildlife Farm Week Initiative on the theme of improving biodiversity on farmland. more...
SIX Broadway parish councillors who were disqualified for not signing the new Code of Conduct are set to hear their fate this week. more...
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Lifestyles is a locally based charity that aims to advance and improve the quality of life for those with disabilities. Working on a one-to-one basis, we endeavour to enable our members between 18 and 65 to make choices and take increasing control of their own affairs. more...
SCHOOL pupils in Chipping Campden have been given a musical boost by a local charitable fund. more...
STOW horse fair came under scrutiny last week as around 70 townspeople attended a public meeting to discuss the future of the twice-yearly event. more...
HUNDREDS of people are expected to turn out on Saturday to pay a nostalgic farewell to a much-loved nursery school. more...
POLICE have warned that a bogus caller who claims to be from the water board may be operating in the Cotswolds. more...
A CHIPPING Norton street has again been named as the worst place for traffic pollution in West Oxfordshire. more...
A NEW six-term year for Gloucestershire schools has been confirmed this week. more...
COTSWOLD police are warning residents not to tell cold callers when their homes will be empty. more...
ROTARY CLUB: Members learnt more about one of their fellow members, Tony Price, when he gave his my job talk. He stressed his talk would be half business and half nostalgia. more...
STAFF at a roadside restaurant endured a terrifying ordeal at the hands of a knife-wielding robber as they shut up shop on Saturday. more...
CONCERTS: The second concert in the series Music in Rural Churches was recently given by the Shipston Town Band in St Mary's Church, Tysoe, under its new conductor Dennis Grant. The band is fortunate to have acquired his services, for many years he was principal cornet with The Flowers Band of Gloucester. more...
AN idyllic three-bedroom cottage is being offered at reduced rent in a bid to maintain a village community centre. more...
FILM AT NUMBER 8: There will be no film show on Saturday. more...
PEOPLE in the Cotswolds will be spared a vote on the issue of regional assemblies, it was announced this week. more...
VANDALS who smeared dog waste over children's play equipment have been accused of deliberately trying to infect youngsters. more...
FLOWER CLUB: Members held their meeting at Broadwell Village Hall. The demonstrator for the evening was Mrs Georgina Burrell who used many flowers including roses, baby pineapples, orchids. more...
WEDNESDAY CLUB: The meeting on May 21 was opened by chairman Joan Chaloner, who introduced the speaker, Colin Jacks, who gave a talk with slides on the GWR at Toddington. more...
CSRF: The meeting on June 10 began with the usual coffee and biscuits and general up-date between members. The chairman opened the meeting and a discussion was held regarding Christmas arrangements. A show of hands decided that Christmas lunch will be at the Round of Gras on January 13 and the Christmas social morning will be at Evesham Library on December 9. Also there will be no 2004 diaries available. more...
THURSDAY CLUB: The next meeting will be held in the village hall at 2.15pm on Thursday for bingo. more...
SUMMER FAIR: This will take place at Dunnington School on Saturday, June 28 at 2pm.There will be lots to do and see, games, plants, tombola and Punch and Judy will be there. more...
THE return of livestock to the Three Counties showrings after an enforced absence of two years gave a boost to organisers and visitors alike. more...
PARISH COUNCIL: It is often said "If you want a job done, ask a busy person" and this could be the case where the newly-elected parish council chairman is concerned. Mrs J Wenham, who is the youngest chairman of Bredon Parish Council, has taken on this task in the face of caring for her young family, running her business, Playzone, and being a governor of Bredon Hancock's First School. In the previous parish council Mrs Wenham worked tirelessly to raise funds for the children's play area on Bredon playing field, and was famous for a painful sponsored walk around Bredon Hill. more...
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Members were recently treated to a delightful tour around A Monastery by Mrs Betty Houghton of Winchcombe, a retired teacher and consultant to The Cotswold Perfumery. She is interested in old buildings, history and plants. more...
AT a recent meeting of the parish council, the chairman and clerk gave a brief overview of a meeting that they had attended in Woodstock regarding the formation of an A44 Working Group and its aims. This parish is not the only one seriously affected by heavy lorry traffic and a disregard of speed limits. It was decided to pool resources in order to more effectively put pressure on the various governmental bodies. more...
OPEN DAY: It was Scarecrow Day and Open Gardens last Sunday when a fine selection of lovely gardens and a batch of artistically built scarecrows. more...
CONCERT: Four by Two are giving a concert at St Laurences at 7.30pm on Saturday, June 28, with strawberries and fizz afterwards at Blythe House, Grange Road. Tickets are available at Bidford News. more...
HUNDREDS of children had their swimming lessons and fun sessions cancelled this week when vandals forced the closure of Shipston pool. more...
A MAJOR new multi-agency initiative has been set up to provide better services for vulnerable children and young people in Warwickshire. more...
SHIPSTON library was plugged into to the high-speed broadband Internet system this week - and a huge regional funding package could mean that the rest of the town soon follows suit. more...
EVESHAM'S prolific batsmen were again to the fore on an afternoon when struggling Pershore displayed welcome tenacity in the face of adversity. more...
LEE Perry of Team Tri UK Gatorade produced one of his performances of the season so far to finish fourth overall in the Gatorade Royal Windsor Triathlon Age Group race on Sunday. more...
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