Don’t forget the “Skittles and Supper Evening” 7pm on Saturday April 28th in the Village Hall.
Blewbury School
Blewbury Church of England Endowed School is celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of its foundation this year.
Bridge Players’ Success
Congratulations also to Andrea Brown (High Street) and to Heather Saysell (Stream Road) on winning the Oxford Times Cup, a county wide event for improving Bridge players.
Diana Milford-Cottam
Died on 20th March aged 92.
Diana was very interested in and knowledgeable about ballet, opera and the fine arts. In fact she and her husband George were largely instrumental in the formation and establishment of the Goring and District Fine Arts Society. Over the last twenty-five years this has gone from strength to strength – to the extent that over three hundred people now attend the monthly lectures. She was also a member of St Mary’s Parochial Church Council.
She had lived a life full of interest, spending some time in South America, and finally retiring to Upton in about 1990.
The burial took place on the 29th following a service at St Mary’s Church. She is survived by her husband.
Litter Pick
On a dry but cold Saturday morning 11 enthusiasts plus 3 junior parishioners met for the annual village litter pick.
Found!
On Sunday 1st April a valuable article was found on the footpath between Blewbury and Upton.
If it is yours, please call 01235 850449…
A New Arrival
Congratulations to William and Fiona Betts on the arrival of Emily Helen, born this morning in Oxford at 2.35am.
Emily tipped the scales at 9lbs 5.5oz. Fiona and Emily are both doing well, and look forward to returning home
tomorrow.
Theft in Upton
Please be aware that a house in Prospect Road had a wheelbarrow and a cement mixer stolen from its garden last night (11/3/07).
Upton Roads
After months of trying the P.C. has managed to drag out of the Highways Dept their intentions for re-surfacing our village roads this spring/summer.
In March, Station Road and Pound Lane will be treated with a slurry surface, we have inspected similar treatments on roads in Harwell and have no objections to this work. During the summer months it is intended that High Street, Church Street and Stream Road will be treated with a summer dressing which is the process where the road is covered in tar and then stones are spread over the tar. You will all have seen the results of this treatment where initially many of the stones remain loose and given time and a few hot days some of the remaining stones particularly on slopes and corners are removed by the traffic leaving patches of tar.
Your P.C. has written to the Highways Dept stating that this treatment is not acceptable in this village where our roads are also our pavements. We are awaiting a reply.
Blewbury School 300th Anniversary
Blewbury Church of England Endowed School, the local primary school for Upton children, is celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of its foundation this year.