Deadline for the Next Oil Order
UPTON OIL SYNDICATE
The next order is scheduled to be placed on Monday 23rd August (that’s a week later than normal). To be included, I need to have your orders by Saturday 21st August at the latest.
My current contact details are (preferably by e-mail) colin.batchelor@eggconnect.net or by telephone 01235 851362 (after 7.00pm).
Colin Batchelor
Congratulations to the Graduates
Congratulations to the following young parishioners who have recently been awarded University degrees.
Matthew Smith B.Sc. Sports Management, Ben Shaw B.A. Hons Politics, Alex Davies B.A. Hons History, Ross Telling B.Sc. Mathematics, David Yates B.A. Hons History, Charlotte De Wilde B.A Communications and Media.
We wish them all good fortune in their chosen careers.
Only 10 Tickets remain for Pimms and Pate.
Just 10 tickets left for the very popular Pimms Pate and Pudding Event on Sunday 15th August 2010 at 12.30pm at, or hopefully outside, the Upton Village Hall.
If you would like a ticket and have not already purchased please call now to avoid disappointment on the day.
Advance tickets - £10.00 - Adult, £5.00 - 5-15s and Under 5s free
We can only cater for a maximum of 70.
Celia Davies 850684 or Maggie Maytham 850126
Thanks from Charmian, Derek and the Dogs.
Charmian and Derek Whitmell would like to thank the many people in Upton (and further afield) who have helped out in various ways over the recent weeks since our mishaps. We are now recovering and hope to be fully operational before long. We have been really touched by the generosity and kindness of the village community and our dogs have met lots of new, exciting walk-mates.
Changes to your Refuse Collection
The big day for the change over to the new multi-bin refuse collection in this village is October 5th.
From that day onwards you will have your rubbish and re-cycling waste collected on the same day of the week but on alternate weeks. Food waste in your separate bin/caddy will be collected every week. If you sign up for the optional garden waste collection, that will be collected at the same time as the re-cycling waste.
In this village our collecting day will be every Tuesday although the day will change for one or two weeks immediately after a bank holiday.
Your new bins will be delivered to your residence between the 9th and the 23rd August but the bins must not be used until after your last normal September collection and must not be put out for collection before Tuesday October 5th.
When your bins are delivered you will find an information pack including a collection calendar inside your kitchen caddy. If your bins have not been delivered to you by 23rd August please go on the District Council website at www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk to look up the telephone number that you need to contact or give me a call and I will sort out the number for you.
If at any time you are unsure about a collection date please go onto your village website and look on the calendar of what is happening in the village. Collection dates are one of the items kept up-to-date on the calendar.
Mike Brown 850135
Pimms, Pates and Puddings
Pimms, Pates and Puddings on Sunday 15th August at 12.30 at the Village Hall on the new patio
Advance tickets - £10.00 Adult, £5.00 5-15s and Under 5s free
On the Day - Adult £12.00, Child £6.00
On sale from 1st July from
Celia Davies 850684, Maggie Mayham 850126
Clare Lightfoot 850486, Jessie West 851206
Book your table now, ticket includes the first glass of Pimms, soft drinks also available.
All proceeds to UVHAT
Work on the Village Hall Car Park
Please be aware that work will start on extending and re-surfacing the car park on Monday July 12th. The car park will be closed to all vehicles for the whole of the week starting on the 12th but the pedestrian access to the hall, the play area and to the Recreation Ground will remain open; all persons using that access should proceed with caution.
It is requested that all children visiting the play area during that week are at all times accompanied by an adult as there will be large equipment operating and at times will be using hot material.
Alternative arrangements are being made for the Blewbury School Bus to pick up from a safe location.
An Opportunity to Earn Real Green Money and Help the Environment
On Monday 5th July the Blewbury Energy Initiative (BEI) will be holding an information meeting to describe the very attractive investment opportunity now made available by the new feed-in tariff for generating your own electricity.
The BEI is organising a collective approach so that residents in Blewbury and Upton may club together to obtain an attractive discount by installing solar photovoltaic systems during a limited time span in 2010. To achieve the best benefit for all it is important that as many as possible come to the meeting on 5th July in the Blewbury Methodist Chapel at 8.00 pm. If you cannot come to the meeting and you would like to partake in the opportunity please contact John Richards on tel: 850218 or e-mail: johnr@gmail.com
Southern Championship Horse Event comes to Upton
Endurance GB (equivalent to a marathon but on horse back) are holding their Southern Championship at Alden Farm on June 5th & 6th.
Between 250 & 300 horses are expected with quite a lot of these staying overnight. Some of the classes will be riding their horses over 80 Km!!! They will be riding over a very well planned route on the Downs starting and finishing at Alden, around Aldworth, Compton, East & West Ilsley with marshals, vets etc on route.
For more information go to:-
http://www.endurancegb.co.uk/ or
http://www.berkshiredowns.endurancegb.co.uk/
Christian Aid Collection
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
The collection in the village for Christian Aid raised £316.16, of which some £93 was Gift-aided.
Many thanks indeed to all who gave and extra thanks to those who collected.
Elisabeth and Malcolm Wright
