... thanks to those wonderful scarecrow makers (28 plus some extras) and all the visitors to the village who made the effort to come along and do the trail.

Ticket sales were brisk, around 260 sold, 140 maps were handed out and there were 70 maps returned after the trail, a fantastic effort, and thanks to the volunteers at the Scarecrow Cafe many of them left full of baked potatoes, quiche, cake and tea.
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We'll announce the winning scarecrow in the newsletter when the votes are all counted up.

There were some lovely comments on various social media sites:

"Great scarecrow hunt in Great Coxwell on Sunday. Thank you to the organisers. My children had a lovely time and spent the majority of the day looking for scarecrows. The jacket potato pit stop was also well received! Thanks!."

"My granddaughter loved it especially the live chickens & donkeys "

"There are some great ones. Some people have really made a good effort"

"All the scarecrows were brilliant! So pleased everyone had such a lovely day"

"Great job Hope it becomes an annual event !!"

Along with the well supported raffle, I think we can say it was a success.

Once again thanks to everyone who helped out or did the trail and to the whole village for hosting the event.

Until next time??

Regards
Great Coxwell WI Scarecrow Team
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Hello!
 
Here are our offerings for November at Faringdon Regent Cinema in the Corn Exchange.
We are currently seating 40 people.  Advance tickets only so please be sure to book early!
 
Wed 3 November - Summerland (12A)
(2020 - Drama, Romance,. War)
During World War II, reclusive writer Alice has her sequestered life upended when Frank, an evacuee from the London Blitz, is left in her care. Despite initially resolving to be rid of him, Alice finds herself and her emotions reawakened by him.
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Tom Courtenay
Film duration: 1 hour 39 mins (no interval)
Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema, Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 12.30pm, film starts at 1pm
ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY £4 from Faringdon Information Centre
Matinee Club Membership - Just £24 for 12 films
 
Fri 26 November - In The Heights (PG)
(2021 - Drama, Music, Musical)
A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life
Stars: Anthony Ramos
Film duration: 2 hrs 23 mins plus 15 min interval
Blockbuster @ The Regent Cinema, Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm
ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY £3 U18s, £4 Adult, £10 Family from Faringdon Information Centre
 
For more info or to join the mailing list, please visit our website www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/regent-cinema-2
 
Kind regards,
Billie
 
Billie Hayter
Cinema Supervisor - Faringdon Regent Cinema
Faringdon Town Council
The Pump House
5 Market Place
Faringdon
SN7 7HL
 
01367 240281
 
www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk

November’s speaker will be Polly Vacher MBE who will talk in the Corn Exchange at 2.30 pm but also by Zoom for those members who prefer to watch at home.  Her talk is about her latest adventure as she raises money for the MS Society Research programme.  In July she did a 200 mile trek with two donkeys from south Oxfordshire to North Wales – a Donkathon.  Polly enjoys adventures and at one time flew singlehanded twice round the world over the North Pole and over Antartica.  Her talk promises to be interesting.

We are pleased to be able to reopen the Reading Room after a very difficult time. While it has been closed, we have carried out extensive repairs to the building following a major water leak, the effects of the subsidence to the south wall have been repaired and we have installed a replacement boiler. There have also been substantial improvements to the kitchen, new storage cabinets built in the main hall and repairs completed to the toilet facilities and to the fire escape. The Council wishes to acknowledge and thank Richard May for his hard work and carpentry skills in achieving a lot of this repair and renovation work.

As part of reopening, the Trustees have renewed the risk assessments and carried out a review of our insurance policy. To comply with the requirements of our insurance and the terms of our risk assessment, all users must now please book their use using a booking form available online or from [email protected]. This will enable us to demonstrate that we have provided users with appropriate information for their safe and proper use of the Room and that they have agreed to those conditions.

Insurance is not automatically in place for regular users of the Room, so please discuss this with us before arranging such events.

We have also reviewed and updated the hiring fees. In the interests of simplicity, fairness and transparency, all events will now be charged by the hour with a refundable cleaning deposit required for some events.

The charges will apply to all users to enable the Reading Room to cover some of its costs, however, it is not our intention for the Reading Room to be fully funded through the hire fees and it will continue to receive financial support from the Council. 

Our intention in setting the fees was to try to make the Reading Room as accessible to all village users as possible and the prices have been maintained very close to the those set in 2005. Events run for community fundraising or community benefit, can apply to the Council to fund the hire of the room for such purposes, for example the weekly Drop-in.

Higher hourly charges will be applied for non-parishioner use.

The charges are shown on the Reading Room page.

We understand that it has been inconvenient not having the Reading Room available and hope that it can now be used as much as possible.

Great Coxwell Parish Council
26th October 2021
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Saturday 13th November 2021

Christmas Bazaar

at Foxley, Great Coxwell

10 am – 12.30 
& 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Refreshments, coffee, tea, cakes
Christmas Gifts and Decorations
Chutney, Jams, 
Jewellery, Puzzles, Books, Raffle
Free entry - ALL WELCOME 
(Including children)


Jane Holmes 241367 (pink cottage at bottom of village)
+ in aid of St Giles Church building maintenance +
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Don’t forget Village teas will restart on Sunday 31st October.
Come along for a cup of tea and a delicious slice of cake.
Reading Room
2.00 till 5.00
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​The following documents have been added to the website:

Parish Council Meeting Minutes October 18th 2021
Reading Room Meeting Minutes October 18th 2021

Dear all, 
 
As promised, here is the flyer for our next concert.  Ben Schoeman has been to Stonevale several times, this time he is joined by another renowned South African pianist, Tessa Uys.  In 2010, Tessa and Ben established a duo partnership after being invited to give a two-piano recital at the Royal Over-Seas League in London. Ever since, they have performed regularly at music societies, festivals and at the BBC. In 2015, they embarked on their journey with the 9 Beethoven Symphonies transcribed for piano four hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka. They are currently recording the complete Beethoven/Scharwenka Symphonies for SOMM Recordings.  Their CDs will also be available to purchase at the concert. 
 
Seats are limited so make sure you reserve quickly.
 
Best wishes,
Lynette

Would anyone like these two largish pieces of wood?  They’re 4.8m x 15 cm x 9.5 cm (or 15 foot x 6 inches x 4 inches) approximately.  
 
Contact Ian Mason 07973 793089 or [email protected]
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 Garden Waste

The garden waste service will return to its normal fortnightly collections from next week. 
The normal garden waste collection schedule in Vale will resume on 25 October and so from that day onwards, customers can put their brown garden waste bins out on their normal collection day in their recycling week every fortnight.  
As mentioned last month, to make up for the disruption to the service we are extending customers' current subscription to the service by three months. 
The councils are emailing and writing to their garden waste customers this week letting them know the good news. 
Vale garden waste customers will also benefit from the scheduled Extra Garden Waste Week next month (week commencing 8 November) when customers are entitled to put out one extra bin's worth of garden waste that week. 
There is more information at: whitehorsedc.gov.uk/gardenwaste

White Horse Community Lottery 
The White Horse Community Lottery had its first draw on Saturday 18 September, with many supporters winning a variety of prizes including £25 to 3 extra tickets. In the first draw, one good cause had multiple winners.  In addition to this, players of the first five tickets drawn have won £100 to donate to a good cause of their choice.

Since the launch, many good causes have joined the White Horse Community Lottery and can now benefit from vital unrestricted funds and players can support the causes they care about the most.  It’s predicted that over the next year, the lottery will raise just over £30,000 for good causes in the district.

Please spread the word to good causes in your area and encourage local voluntary groups and charities to register.

For more information please visit whitehorsedc.gov.uk/communitylottery.

Organisations that want to register for the lottery please visit whitehorselottery.co.uk/good-causes/apply