The Cotswolds | Archive | 2004 | January
AN Evesham brass band will join forces with bands from Smethwick and Belgium for a concert in Evesham next month. more...
VILLAGE halls in rural Warwickshire will be among the venues hosting professional shows as part of the Live and Local spring season. more...
EVERY child in the county can shake off the post-Christmas blues with two fun events at the Everyman Theatre this Saturday. more...
BOOKINGS are now being taken for a series of one-day workshops on Oriental art. more...
THE Rudolf Kempe Society will open its new season in Stratford with actor and pianist Zubin Varla performing piano trios by Mozart, Beethoven and Hummel and readings from Wolfgang's letters. more...
POPULAR regional blues duo, Blues Anoraks, are launching what they hope will be the first of many monthly acoustic blues nights at an Evesham pub. more...
TWO leading musicians will be performing some of their best known songs at Huntingdon Hall next week. more...
THE Malvern Show Ground will be the venue for the Midlands Needles and Crafts Show this weekend. more...
SINCE it opened in 1986, the Swan Theatre in Stratford has been the venue for most of Shakespeare's plays - with a few notable exceptions. more...
SUGAR Daddies, a tale of a good Samaritan who gets more than she bargained for as her reward, comes to Malvern Theatres in February. more...
AN evening of electrifying energy is in store for dance lovers when the Alma Flamenco Dance Company return to Malvern Theatres. more...
THE Phoenix Theatre Group will be performing their annual pantomime, Cinderella, at the Arts Centre in Evesham this month. more...
YOUNGSTERS can enjoy four theatre productions at the Swan Theatre at Worcester geared specifically towards children. more...
THE National Holocaust Memorial Day will be marked with a special evening of theatre and music by Playbox Theatre Company and Warwick Arts Society. more...
Aladdin, the Everyman's very own pantomime, has smashed box office records. As the curtain fell on the show's last performance on Saturday night over 38,000 people had cheered, shouted, booed and sung along with the theatre's most successful pantomime ever. more...
MR Pritchard's comments on my letter brought Macbeth to mind - `Methink he doth protest too much'. more...
YOUR puff on pharmacies (Behind the News - Mathew Martin) is totally contrary to my experience. more...
YOUR headline: Superwardens to be paid for by motorists. Highway code the law: Stop means stop! more...
In your Editorial "Family's anger after hounds run over smallholding - again" (Jan 1st 2004) we noted that Richard Sumner, joint master of the Heythrop Hunt made rather pathetic excuses as to why the hounds rampaged through our garden, putting my four cats at serious risk. more...
It's a good job that Councillor Mrs Amphlett is a Lib Dem and one of a small group of 10 at Wychavon. Had she been a Member of the 33 strong Conservative Group, Pamela Ford may have bitten the hand that feeds her. After all, Wychavon are spending millions of our money building her practice a sparkling new Health Centre! more...
Re Davies Road Open Space - Football Pitches. Regarding last week's front page story Clubs See Red At Pitch Price Rises, I would like to put the record straight. more...
THE next meeting of Broadway Parish Council will take place at the Lifford Hall in the village tonight. more...
AN exhibition of early Gordon Russell furniture, due to go on show at the Gordon Russell Heritage Centre in Broadway, will be displayed in Chipping Campden this year. more...
Chart-topping Tewkesbury band Spunge are about to release their latest CD. To mark the launch they will be setting out on a nationwide tour. The CD, That Should Cover It, will be launched on February 9. more...
TOWN Crier Mike Keane-Price is delighted with the gift he has received from Tewksbury, New Jersey. more...
HOLOCAUST Memorial Day will be marked by the launching of balloons at Tewkesbury Borough Council Offices. more...
TEWKESBURY Town Council is avoiding a big rise in council tax by taking out a loan to cover the cost of providing disabled access to the town hall more...
A charity shop manager from Tewkesbury stole more than £4,000 from the takings, depriving cancer victims of the benefit of the cash, a court was told on Monday. more...
MATTHEW Alonzo would love to go to John Moore Primary in Tewkesbury when he starts school in September. more...
A NEW £1,265,200 arts and sports building at Cleeve School will benefit both pupils and the local community. more...
COUNCILLORS have welcomed news that owners of second homes and empty properties may no longer benefit from council tax discounts. more...
A PONY was saved from the chilly waters of Tirle Brook by the swift action of visitors to Tewkesbury. more...
DRINKING in public may soon be banned in Tewkesbury. more...
AN American tourist killed in an accident on a busy Cotswold road last Thursday had tried without success to get a taxi to take himself and his wife back to their holiday cottage in Longborough. more...
GARDENING SOCIETY: The New Year's programme began with the January meeting Gardening for Wildlife, which was well attended, with members, visitors and new members. The talk was given by local photographer Tony Hamblin, who commented that having lived in the village for 43 years and being invited for the first time to talk to the society, did this mean he was now accepted! more...
FARMERS must take advantage of revolutionary agricultural reforms which pave the way to a more profitable and environmentally sustainable future for the countryside. more...
A DAIRY farmer and judge at agricultural shows has been elected chairman of Warwickshire NFU. more...
HELP is on hand for women living in rural communities to help develop their own businesses. more...
DEVELOPMENT is well under way at the Gordon Russell site in Broadway now workers have begun to lay the foundations for the first block of apartments on the site. more...
THROUGH your letters page I would like to say thank you and a sad farewell to all our loyal customers and to the many friends we have made whilst in Evesham. more...
UNWANTED jewellery has helped raise £1,800 for Stow surgery and the county air ambulance. more...
ALMOST a quarter of homes in Moreton and Blockley are suffering from `fuel poverty' according to figures from Cotswold District Council. more...
PARENTS who park on the grass outside Dormer House School in Moreton are damaging the green, the town council was told. more...
A PEUGEOT 406 car driven by a Church Westcote man collided with a telegraph pole last Saturday bringing down telephone and power lines. more...
SIGNS warning dog owners to keep their pets on a lead are to be put up in Moreton's Victoria Gardens. more...
THE DAILY bus service between Chipping Norton and Stratford via Moreton is to be axed as part of a radical shake-up of bus services in south Warwickshire. more...
SHIPSTON High School, which only a few years ago was struggling to attract pupils, has been named the tenth most improved school in the country. more...
INFORMATION technology trainer Karin Blak is offering her services to charity for the next few weeks as she tries to raise enough money for a trek up Mount Olympus in Greece in June. more...
A RECORD-BREAKING four students from the Cotswold School in Bourton have been offered places at Britain's top universities. more...
EMBROIDERERS' GUILD: Chairman Jean Gay welcomed members and visitors to the January meeting with New Year good wishes. more...
A DISGRACED former district councillor who downloaded thousands of pornographic images of children on a council computer tried to blame a computer-illiterate colleague for hacking into his machine. more...
POSTCODE: In the recent parish appraisal many residents again expressed concern that Willersey (in Gloucestershire) has a Worcestershire (WR12) postcode. The parish council has taken up this matter with the postal authorities on previous occasions but in response to the recent concerns expressed, the council has taken up the matter again. more...
A VALE singing group has collected more than £3,000 for local charities with a seasonal series of performances. more...
SOCIETY CELEBRATES: On Saturday, more than 70 PODS members gathered at a dinner dance in the Vale Golf Club to celebrate PODS' 15th birthday. PODS was founded on January 25, 1989, by husband and wife Judy and Stuart Megarry. Judy's singing, acting and dancing skills were honed by years of playing leading roles in operatic and drama groups before she founded PODS. Stuart's background as a chartered mechanical engineer, coupled with musical experience and stage management and set design qualifications, provided the perfect technical balance to Judy's artistry. more...
BANK customers in the north Cotswolds have fallen victim to a new cash point scam that has cost them thousands of pounds. more...
A NORTH Cotswolds company is launching its own Backing Britain campaign to defend itself against an influx of cheaper foreign imports. more...
PARISH COUNCIL: A minute's silence was held in remembrance of Stanley Gisbourne, who had served on the parish council for a number of years. more...
ST DAVID'S CHURCH: What have the men in Moreton been up to? more...
VILLAGE HALL: The village hall management committee met last Wednesday evening but before the meeting began, several members had the opportunity of taking part in a short chat with the architect who is handling the development plans for the hall. more...
PARISH COUNCIL: The council met on January 12. more...
A FAMILY have swapped life in the African bush to return home to the Cotswolds. Kate Nicholls and her partner Dr Pieter Kat are settling into life in Broad Campden after spending the last few years in Botswana, where they carry out research into lions. more...
CSRF: Members attending the Christmas lunch on January 13 at the Round of Gras agreed it was an enjoyable occasion and Mrs June Green was thanked for her excellent organisation of the event. Numbers were slightly down as illness prevented several members from coming along. more...
Nothing is being done to curb bovine TB despite the concerns of Defra minister Ben Bradshaw, according to Tony Gibson, NFU director for Gloucestershire. more...
GARDEN CLUB: At the January meeting, Tim Miles, head gardener at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, gave a talk about The Glorious Gardens of Cornwall, illustrated by slides of the gardens and of the exotic plants that can be found there. more...
PROBUS GROUP: The annual speakers secretary meeting for local Probus groups is to be held on Tuesday, February 10 at 10am for 10.30am at The Horse and Groom Public House, Oddington, Nr Stow. more...
DEBATING SOCIETY: The next meeting will be on Saturday, January 31, The School Debate. more...
GARDEN CLUB: At the November meeting Christmas refreshments were taken before the evening's lecture. David Arthey, who has been a visitor a few years ago, has a business of dealing in food and is invited by his suppliers to many exotic places. His slides are of great interest. On this occasion it was the Desert Parks of South West America and their flowers. more...
LOCAL VANDALISM: The new parish council is grasping the nettle to deal with vandalism. Recent damage in local woodlands to hides on a lake, and to equipment on the playing field, plus damage to a lamppost opposite the village hall has made councillors see red. Councillors say proceedings will be taken against those who indulge in such mindless but costly activity. Parents will have to answer for those who are too young to be prosecuted. more...
WARWICKSHIRE police have refuted claims that Shipston is not getting its fair share of police officers and is virtually abandoned in the evening. more...
LIME trees in London Road, Shipston have been dubbed "tatty" by a town councillor. Coun Keith Rutter said: "I was wondering if the height of them should be reduced. Years ago you used to pollard them but they look tatty now." more...
THE Lizards of Jazz will be slithering into the George Hotel, Brailes this Sunday at 2pm for a free gig. more...
A DOG lover in Brailes has added her voice to the growing clamour for tougher laws on the sale and use of fireworks. more...
RESIDENTS of Shipston and the surrounding area are being invited to a profile-raising event to find out more about local charity Shipston Home Nursing. more...
STRATFORD District Council has been congratulated for opening up the debate on council tax rises to the public. more...
Evesham Jubilee Society more...
MAN of the match Malcolm Nash ended up on the losing side as Dumbleton secured a thrilling last ball victory over Bidford. more...
LAST Sunday members of Bourton Roadrunners headed off to Stratford for the first major road race of the season. more...
EVESHAM Rugby Club's youth section is looking to boost its numbers. more...
Bicester 49pts, Chipping Norton 29 more...
Broadway more...
Stratford II 3, more...
Bromsgrove 3, Evesham 2 more...
Aldridge 0, Stratford 4 more...
Bredon Colts U-10 2, Peopleton 1 more...
FIRST qualifying stages for the Matthew Stuart Memorial Trophy took place last weekend. more...
HARRIET Parker took pride of place when Tewkesbury Swimming Club members competed at the Gloucester County ASA Championships at Bristol's Kingswood Leisure Centre. more...
Tewkesbury 3pts, Gordon League 25 more...
SECOND division Red Horse moved into the last four of the Evesham Sunday League's Tewkesbury Sports Knockout Cup at the expense of top flight Willersey. more...
SECOND division Red Horse moved into the last four of the Evesham Sunday League's Tewkesbury Sports Knockout Cup at the expense of top flight Willersey. more...
Stratford & District Winter League more...
SEVEN intrepid Evesham Wheelers set out on a cold and frosty morning into the Gloucestershire lanes. more...
A WORCESTER round was shot at the Evesham Indoor club's championships when a five-dozen round shot at a five-zone face produced close competition in all classes. more...
THERE'S been team and individual success at Welford Bowls Club during the past week. more...
THIRTEEN proved unlucky for Broadway FC when they played host to league leaders Offenham RBL. more...
Moreton and District League more...
THE long lay-off brought about by the shut down of the Stratford Leisure Cen-tre pool over the second half of last month, certainly had an effect on members of Stratford Sharks on their return to competition. more...
REFEREE Russell Green left both managers seeing red after last Saturday's Dr Martens league clash at Common Road, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
THOR'S Phantom will be looking to make it three wins in successive years when he lines up in the Members Race at the second South Midlands Area fixture on Sunday - the Heythrop Hunt meeting at Dunthrop. more...
Moreton Rgrs U-11 1, Banbury Tn 3 more...
Bourton Rovers 3, Dursley Town 1 more...
SIX runners from Evesham High School represented South Worcestershire at the District Cross Country Championships staged at Bredon School. more...
SECOND division Red Horse moved into the last four of the Evesham Sunday League's Tewkesbury Sports Knockout Cup at the expense of top flight Willersey. more...
DENNIS Walmsley made the trip to Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for the Midland Veterans Cross-Country Championships that took place on a fairly flat three-lap six-mile course. more...
Evesham Utd Ladies 3, more...
THE C Division of the Cots-wold League reached a climax on Tuesday night with a series of close matches. more...
BOURTON Rovers have been drawn at home in the semi-final of the County Senior Cup competition to third-placed Northern Senior League Division One outfit Lydney Town. more...
ILMINGTON provided the surprise of the day with a 5-1 Nursing Home Cup victory at Badsey United. more...
Evesham Utd 2, Redditch Utd 0 more...
CONFIDENT Evesham United will be in seventh heaven if they can avoid defeat at Halesowen Town on Saturday. more...
FORMER Kidderminster Harriers' manager Ian Britton has been brought in to assist Stratford Town manager Lennie Derby, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
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