Just a few tables left for Faringdon Writers next Book Fair on 23rd Nov. in the Corn Exchange Faringdon This event gains in popularity each year. So if you have published/self-published work you would like to make available/share with a wider audience then please get in touch as soon as possible.

Email [email protected] for further information.
Tables are £12 each.
No commission taken.

I currently have six nice new wooden pallets stacked outside Stonevale (from the roofing work) and the roofers do not want them, so they are free to a good home.  Perfect for making planters or compost bins.  Also any batten offcuts etc in the skip are up for grabs.  Hopefully the work is ok?  If anyone is inconvenienced or otherwise bothered by the roofers, please let me know – they have asked for feedback as this is important to them.

Thanks,
Russ Payne
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Harold Peter Turner, passed peacefully at home on the 10th August 2024, aged 89 years. He will be greatly missed by Betty, Geoff and all his family and friends.

Funeral service to take place at South Oxfordshire Crematorium, Garford on Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 11:00am. Family flowers only please but donations if desired to The Fire Fighters Charity.

Donations can be made online via haroldpeterturner.muchloved.com or c/o J Godfrey & Son Funeral Services, 20 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HY.

Great Barn Festival is back 13th -15th of September this year. By now you should have had a flyer through your door with details on village festival discounts as well as advice on getting tickets for Sunday evening at the barn which will be free to villagers from 5.30pm. Please get in touch at [email protected] or call me, Ainslie, on 07774 459046 and I can help arrange tickets or answer questions. 
 
Stonevale Concerts will be in the evening on Saturday the 14th in St Giles, a return of piano for four hands with Aleksei Demchenko and Lynette Stulting following their sell out concert earlier in the year. There will also be a classical guitar recital with Fernando Aguera on Sunday morning in support of the church roof fund. Other villagers will feature in bands on both Saturday and Sunday. Come along and cheer them on, see who you can spot! 
 
If you would like to get involved there are always things to lend a hand with (rewards given in the bar) or if you would like to perform, exhibit or sell at the event it’s never too late!
 
With around 200 performers, that’s over 30 individual musical acts, three stage plays, storytellers, Punch and Judy, a Flea Circus, craft, nature and science activities, workshops and even a medieval village we hope we have something to get everyone involved.
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On Saturday morning, starting at 9.30, some of our younger villagers will be sweeping the church path, clearing the way, ahead of the wedding taking place in the afternoon.
 
We thought we’d make this a fun event, and raise some money for the church roof fund at the same time.
 
The kids will be knocking (gently) on local doors and asking (politely) if anyone would care to sponsor them – any pledge will help!
 
Thanks for your support – bring a broom yourself on Saturday if you’re in the mood……..
 
Russ Payne

We are having a small family wedding at St Giles’s on Saturday 20th July at 1.30pm.

We wanted to make villagers aware of the increased traffic on that day.
 
We are bringing most of the guests to the Church by bus and wanted to advise villagers of this as the bus will be taking up some space for a short time that day.

We'd also like access, if possible, for the bus to use The Laurels for turning so that there are no vehicles parked at the end of the road at 1.10 (arrival) and again at 3.00-3.30 (departure). 
 
Many thanks,
Amy and James
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We have a meeting of the Village Community Fund Group next week. If you have any suggestions, please contact a member of the Committee. Annabelle, Pam, Pauline, Steve & Sylvia.

In the past we have bought new chairs & tables for the Reading Room, a new church carpet, new cutlery & crockery and this year we have had the railings outside repainted and the flower bed replanted.

We have also subsidised the Jubilee & Coronation Events held in the Village.

If you have a new group you would like to start we are happy to help Fund you to get started.

It’s all money you the Village have helped raise, predominantly from The Art weeks Cafe & The Sunday Teas.

The only criteria is that the money must be spent within the Village.

The Committee
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The final (!) stage of the Stonevale refurb will hopefully be starting soon (early August was promised), this being the complete replacement of the roof of the original house. I will be talking to neighbours personally about access for scaffolding etc, but as before, please let me know if the work causes any issues for anyone in the village. Again, as before I will request radios be kept off (or quiet) and if there are any disputes with the roofers (I can’t imagine it), please come and find me – I am usually around, or leave a phone message.

Thanks for your patience – we are nearly there!  Russ Payne 07968-277059.

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​For info, from a note on the post box in the village:

"Change to last collection time

In order to improve efficiency we're reviewing our mail collection arrangements and revising collection times.

From 29 April 2024, the final collection from this postbox will be made no earlier than 9am Monday to Friday and 7am on Saturday. That latest collection time for the area is shown on the postbox notice."