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STOW ON THE WOLD FEBRUARY 2019 • ISSUE 181
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Contents
FEATURES & LOCAL STORIES REPORTS
12 End of the Line - Bob Forster 40 Rotary, Lions Clubs, RBL & RAFA
13 Making 2019 your year - Charlotte Moore 43-47 News from local Schools
14 A new camera… what now? – Sarah Howard 48 Crossword Answers
26 Sounds Alive – Richard Wood 49-53 News from local Sports Clubs
36 Ancient and Veteran Trees- Tom Hamments
February 2019
REGULARS Happy New Year! (Yes, I know this is a month later than you might expect, but
that doesn’t invalidate it!) With grey skies and uncertainty about local, national
7 Book reviews from Borzoi Books and international issues, it’s a difficult time to be making decisions…… and
keeping to our new year resolutions. The team here is finding that too - although
there are small signs of success (walking to work, cutting back on sugar, early
13 Community news 22, 23, 25, 34, 37, 38, 39 morning swims, etc..)
Local Authority information, Blood Donor
17 With grey skies and wall-to-wall uncertainty in our lives, it has been hard
sessions, Community notices making decisions as the magazines came together. No particular reason….just
a general ‘fog’ that seems to have got into the usual system and ‘messed around
18 Report from town council with things’!
19 District Council However, as you will see in our pages, there is a lot going on.
Starting with our Local Authorities there are changes in government funding,
21 Planning some local elections - and invitations for new applicants. There are changes to
council tax, some good some not so good, new 20mph limits, and new cameras
24 Local Church Services to help the police stop us speeding!
Sarah Howard has written about how to get the best out of a new camera,
27 Events Diary with some stunning photos to inspire us to use our ‘new toy’ - maybe taking
it for bird watching duty. Bob Forster’s article is about the local chemist in
27-32 Events including, Festivals, Exhibitions, Burford, Cedric Reavely, whose grandfather bought the premises in 1918. Tom
Concerts, Local fundraising and Walks Hamments is an arborist and writes about ancient trees with beautiful photos to
illustrate the words. Tim Norris continues the histories of two more of the Civil
30 Regular Events Listing War portraits in St Edwards Hall in Stow. Then there are spring events to put into
your diary, and a selection of sports reports and achievements.
33 Club notices and Rural Cinemas
We look forward to longer days and brighter skies as spring creeps in next
month. Nobody has mentioned Valentine’s Day, so I will! And hope to bring you
35 Village Halls more local news, articles and stories in the next edition.
Local Clubs, Societies, Associations and With best wishes,
41
Charities A-Z
Jenni
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
The programmes are now available for the Chipping
Campden Literature Festival 2019 which runs from 7th to
11th May. Once again, we will be supplying the books and be
in attendance throughout the week. The theme is news, both
real and fake, and Vicky Bennett has put together a topical
and stimulating series of talks and events.
Our Highlights of the Months
• January and February are always lean
months for new books, but there are still
novels from Gerald Seymour, Douglas
Kennedy, Tim Pears and Tessa Hadley
as well as the paperbacks of Let Me Lie
by Clare Mackintosh and Dear Mrs Bird.
There is also an interesting selection of
Faber Stories at £3.50 each with about
80 pages; the authors include Sir Kazuo
Ishiguro, P D James, Sally Rooney and Sewing Tuition with Sue Hazell (Cert. Ed)
Leisure Workshops or Career Change Courses
Edna O’Brien.
Curtains, Cushions or Roman Blind Workshop
Jan 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, Feb 18, 19, 21, 25
• Michael Peppiatt recounts life in Paris among the artists,
Dressmaking for Beginners – Wednesdays
whereas Richard Bassett relives the final decade of the Cold Sewing Machines – Jan 21, 31, Feb 22, Mar 18, 29, April 8, 11
War from Trieste to Vienna to Prague. There is a biography Overlockers – Jan 25, Feb 20, 28, Mar 22, 28, April 9, May 17
of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, and memoirs by the OR
former ambassador Robin Renwick and Tim Waterstone 10 Date Certificate Course – Career Change/Retirement
10 dates to July 2019 – see website for details
(of bookshop fame). There are also memoirs of a front
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• There are new cookery books from Tom Kerridge, James
Martin and Mary Berry and a new gardening book from
Adam Frost. Each year seems to bring
a new diet fad, but this year Michael
Mosley builds on his popular plans
with The Fast 800, which offers easier Providing a range of support and care services to enable
fasting days and a higher 800-calorie people to live safely and independently in their own homes.
limit. Are we all living on Borrowed
Time? Sue Armstrong explores how We can help with personal care, medication, meals
and why we age. Mariella Frostrup and much more.
edits a collection of great female travel Fully insured and all staff are police checked and trained
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Love Letters of Great Men. Experienced, reliable and honest.
• Two books will be of local interest: Clare Mackintosh,
To discuss your requirements please call Karen or Jessica
the thriller writer (see above) has a memoir of Cotswold
Family Life based on her Cotswold Life columns, and
Gloucestershire’s rich food and drink heritage is explored in
the delightfully-sounding Stinking Bishops and Spotty Pigs.
• For our younger readers, intriguing Registered with the Care Quality Commission
titles abound: The Boy who Flew
with Dragons, The Dog who Saved
the World, Our Castle by the Sea,
The Girl with the Shark’s Teeth and
A Pinch of Magic. The 12th Wimpy
Kid story The Getaway and Bad Dad
by David Walliams reach paperback.
There’s the start
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Special Forces Offering tree surgery solutions to
Cadets, by Chris Ryan and a 3rd • Crown reductions domestic, commercial and local authority
AWOL spy thriller from Andrew Lane, • Remedial pruning clients throughout the Cotswolds.
Last Boy Standing. For cat lovers • Veteran tree care
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• Six meetings a year with talks and lectures.
• Annual lunch with after dinner speaker.
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COTSWOLD TIMES | 11Cedric Reavely by Deric Keepin
End of the line
Bob Forster
Every day throughout the year, tourists stream into Burford, initially alongside his mother. There he has stayed ever since.
attracted by its ancient church, the dual rows of higgledy-piggledy
shops that line the hill down towards the Windrush and, of course, While he remained in place, the business around him changed
the famed pubs that have lined the main street for hundreds of beyond measure. No longer were strychnine or cyanide sold,
years. But there is one pub missing. Few will know where it was. nor Dettol by the gallon. The dispensary still sold medicines,
But The Crown, at the junction of High Street and Sheep Street, tablets and ointments, but behind the scene, extra layers of
disappeared in the eighteenth century to be replaced by a shop administration and regulations were often the bane of the
that is unique, utterly unique. pharmacist’s lot. For what is essentially a one-man band, at
least as far as responsibility lies, the buck stopped with Cedric.
‘Robert Reavely Chemist’ is the bald and simple name above Alongside the additional rules and regulations, training had to be
the doorway; this unprepossessing exterior identifies the constantly updated.
oldest pharmacy in England. Few tourists notice it but it can
nevertheless claim to be the most distinctive premises in Burford. “They don’t trust us to do a good job anymore,” is surely not just
Dating back to the year 1401, this former pub was bought in 1734 Cedric’s complaint in today’s world.
by Nicholas Willett, to be used by him as an apothecary’s. In
those days, an apothecary was the poor man’s doctor, dispensing It was Simon and Garfunkel who sang the words: ‘Try to keep
cures and medicines from their own home. It was not until the the customer satisfied, satisfied,’ and Reavely’s would echo that
mid-eighteenth century that the term ‘apothecary’ began to sentiment. With the increasing affluence of the area and the
disappear, replaced by the title ‘chemist’ or ‘druggist,’ at which constantly rising number of visitors, the pharmacy has to meet
point the business was run from shops rather than homes. the changing needs with more up-market products aimed at both
locals and visitors. Cedric notes that probably half his trade
The premises in Burford house both a shop and a dwelling. On nowadays is attributable to visitors and it could be argued that
the left hand side of the frontage is the original shop. The old without them, this business would not survive.
L-shaped counter is still in use and behind it, an array of original
dark wooden drawers, labelled with contents including Camphor, So in November 2018, exactly 100 years since the name of
Senna and even Opium. The right hand side, once the front Reavely first came to town, Cedric came to retirement. His
parlour of the house, was converted in the 1960s and added on to 44 years of service as the town’s pharmacist are at an end.
the shop where it now houses a range of beauty products. Summing up his time at the shop, he gives no eulogy or speech,
saying simply.
So where did the name Reavely come from? It was in 1918
that Robert Reavely, a native of Jarrow in the north east and “It’s been a privilege.”
grandfather of the present owner, bought the premises; this
extended the long local history of pharmacy to a new family. The business has been sold but the name will be retained,
And when he handed over responsibility to his son, Eric, and surely a tribute to the shop’s fine local reputation. The pharmacy
pharmacist wife, Sybil, this ownership was maintained. trade will continue in the same premises but the real ‘Robert
Reavely, Chemist’ will be consigned to the history books, a name
The family line was destined to continue when their son, Cedric, synonymous with service, quality and friendship; there can be few
trained as a pharmacist. After qualifying in 1974, he worked better qualities to decorate such a book.
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TIMESMaking 2019 your year! I loved the beauty and
simplicity of my daughter’s
January can be seen and son’s wishes,
as a grey month when reminding me again that
the weather is cold and children can teach you so
overcast. It’s always felt much. To do a handstand
to me to be the perfect – solo, to start ballet
match for how we lessons in Moreton-in-
generally tend to feel. Marsh, to be able to swim
A sort of ‘nothing state’; unaided to the end of the
having overindulged in pool, to have breakfast
the excitement and fun once a week as a family.
of the festive season. Once everyone was done,
So January becomes we spent time finding
a month where good the visuals – a picture of
intentions give way into us outside on a walk, an
broken promises and image of a qualification, a
we chide ourselves for visual of a lounge completed. We then arranged them all
being unrealistic, whilst in a frame which now hangs proudly by our door.
reverting back into
So this January is different! As we go in and out of
embedded patterns.
our home, I love how we are visually reminded of what’s
This year I decided ‘NO’! I have activated something I important to each of us – and how we are prompted
have always wanted to do. Something that’s perfect for to stop other noise and ensure we put our energy into
January! So I thought I’d share it, in the hope you give it achieving what we really want this year.
a go too.
Suddenly it doesn’t seem so overcast
Grabbing a notebook and pen I considered “What Would
I really hope you give this a try on your own, as a
Make Me Happy in 2019?” with quotes flying around like
couple or as a family.
‘365 New Chances’ I made some simple bullet points. I
then did exactly the same with my 5 year old son, 6 year Charlotte Moore
old daughter and my (won’t share his age) husband. EQ Coach
WARNER’S BUDGENS – IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The Midcounties Co-operative, the UK’s largest Warner said: “In the past 11 years we’ve developed four
independent Co-operative, has agreed a deal to purchase highly successful food stores, reaching a turnover of £20
four of the Cotswolds-based Warner’s Budgens food million in 2017-18. Midcounties is an excellent fit for these
stores, a deal that will complete this summer. stores as we have shared community values as well as a
Midcounties Co-operative has supermarkets and total commitment to supplying more locally-sourced food
convenience stores across a number of counties and prides and drink products. Our staff will have greater opportunities
itself on supporting local producers and suppliers. Its store in in a larger organisation and our customers will benefit from
Bourton-on-the-Water was selected last year by the Institute the Co-op’s extensive own brand range”.
of Grocery Distribution as one of the top stores of its type in He added: “We are proud to serve shoppers in the
Europe thanks to its local sourcing programme. Cotswolds and will continue to do so with our petrol
The acquisition of the Warner’s Budgens stores will forecourt businesses and new ventures.”
strengthen its presence in the Cotswolds and give greater Phil Ponsonby, Group CEO of The Midcounties Co-
access for its members to high quality food stores. operative, commented: “We’ll be delighted to welcome
The four Warner’s Budgens stores are in Bidford-on-Avon, the Warner’s Budgens colleagues into our Midcounties
Broadway, Moreton-in-Marsh and Winchcombe and are family as they’ve an excellent reputation for great customer
currently owned and operated by independent retailer Guy service and product knowledge and will be a valuable
Warner who, under the terms of the deal, will retain freehold addition to the Society. The quality of the stores that Guy
ownership of the four properties. Warner has built up over a number of years now provides
Guy Warner, who opened his first supermarket in Broadway us with a fantastic base to build upon.
in 2006, said the sale to Midcounties Co-operative was a “This latest purchase will also help strengthen our
vote of confidence in the success of the Warner’s Budgens relationships with local producers, allowing us to continue
brand which has just notched up its two best years of sales to develop and grow our Best of our Counties range of
since its launch in 2006. It also offers him the opportunity to locally produced food and drink. In addition, we will offer
invest in new sites and develop his existing petrol forecourt an increased range of own brand products to provide even
businesses where the Warner’s Budgens brand will continue. more choice for shoppers.”
COTSWOLD T IMES | 13A new camera…what now?
So you were given a new camera for Christmas. Great! The camera is a much more than just a recording device.
Except the manual is over 300 pages long and first glances Once in our hands, it becomes an extension of the
of it, whilst pointing you to where each button is on your photographer’s eye and mind. With it, we have the ability
new toy, leave you confused and don’t actually help you to capture what we see around us, to show mood and
very much. atmosphere, and to record moments of beautiful light.
If you’re new to photography So where do you start? The first thing to get to grips with
is how aperture, shutter speed and ISO relate – once you
The easiest, and most tempting thing to do is to set
have grasped that, you are well under way. It’s not as
everything to ‘Auto’ – there; brilliant – great photos
complicated as it sounds. Your lens has a hole (aperture) in
guaranteed every time! Except it’s not that straightforward.
it, through which passes light to the camera sensor (the bit
Yes; you may well get some half decent shots, after all
that captures the image when we press the shutter). The rate
cameras are very intelligent these days, but it’s very much
at which the light passes through the aperture will depend
hit and miss, and will you actually understand anything
on the size of the aperture itself; if the aperture is large,
at all about how your camera works or how it managed
light will pass through quickly ie; a fast shutter speed, if it’s
to achieve those photographs? For some, that’s not
a small aperture it will be slower. Not only can we control
important; as long as it looks ok on the LCD screen on
the size of the aperture and also the shutter speed, but we
the back, that’s all that matters, but, the screen can lie;
can also change the ISO (sensitivity) of the camera to light
something you often only discover when you come to print
so that the camera reacts quicker or slower as required.
out one of your photographs.
Of course we also need to know how to actually change
Moving off ‘Auto’ the aperture, shutter speed and ISO, which will involve
For those of you out there who want to learn a bit about becoming familiar with the camera controls and knowing
photography and how to get the best from your camera, this where to locate them (this is where the manual comes in
will inevitably involve taking that big brave step to move off handy). However this is only the beginning…at this point
‘Auto’. It’s a scary thing to do, but it’s also the best thing you you discover your camera’s internal menu is huge; full of
will ever do - that is, if you want to take your photography pages and pages of features you don’t understand. In all
forward and start producing pictures that you can be proud honesty you won’t need a third of them to produce good
of, photographs that are the result of decisions YOU have photographs, but knowing what they do, and which ones
made rather than the camera making them for you. you do and don’t need, is the key.
14 | COTSWOLD TIMESSarah Howard
07760 498 112
info@imageseen.co.uk
Oppisite: ‘Derwent Water’
Above: ‘Spiral Staircase,
St. Stephens Basilica, Budapest’
Right: ‘Hidcote, National Trust’
Background Image: ‘North Cornwall – Cascade’
Practice and play
Have a read of a beginners guide to photography - but more
importantly, put it into practice and experiment! Choose a
simple subject, your own back garden or the local park for
example – and don’t expect to produce masterpieces on
day 1, focussing instead on understanding what the various
buttons do. Then look at your photographs and evaluate
them; refer to the shooting data for each photograph and
the settings you used and in this way you will develop an
understanding of what works and what doesn’t.
For the less technical out there, you’ll be pleased to hear
producing a good photograph isn’t all about camera
settings, there’s far more to it than that. To develop as a
photographer we need to understand light and composition,
then we are really getting somewhere.
‘All of a sudden...’
Enrolling on a photography course or booking a session
with a pro-photographer will speed up your understanding Sarah Howard is a professional landscape
no end and, quite possibly, save you hours of frustration. photographer based in the Cotswolds. She runs
Once you have mastered the basics, things can get exciting; Image Seen, a photography workshop company
all of a sudden you are photographing waterfalls, capturing which offers 1-2-1 photography tuition in the
crashing waves or birds of prey in flight and you can really Cotswolds, and group workshops throughout the UK.
start to be creative. Visit www.imageseen.co.uk for more details and
her website www.sarahhowardphotography.com
Photography is a fantastic hobby
to see her work.
Through photography we develop our powers of
observation, we can record special moments in time, and it
We feature four of Sarah’s photographs on our front covers
can take us to places we may never have been before. So, this month. The four magazines will be on our website from
don’t be baffled by your camera, embrace it! 4th February. www.cotswoldtimes.co.uk
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES FEBRUARY2018
AUTHORITIES OCTOBER 2019
C.D.C. Committee Meetings
STOW TOWN COUNCIL STOW TOWN COUNCIL
Meetings are held at the Council Offices, Trinity Road
Cirencester, GL7 1PX. NEXT MEETING: Thurs 28/02 @ 7pm NOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING
Agendas, reports and Minutes are published online five PLEASE CHECK NOTICEBOARD JANUARY 2019
working days before each meeting at Abbreviated notes from the Meeting will be
www.cotswold.gov.uk. Residents are welcome to attend meetings.
Questions* from the public relating to a available online at
Members of the public are encouraged to attend www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk and are
meetings of the Council and Committee. If you live in proposal in discussion by Cllrs may be taken
displayed on the Council’s noticeboard on
the District and are on the Electoral Register you can prior to Council voting on that proposal. St Edwards Hall in Stow Square. Copies of
take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. General questions are taken at the end of the Minutes, associated committee meetings and
Information about your Councillors and committee meeting. correspondence are available from the Council’s
members are on the website: Office, in George Alley off Stow Square. Minutes
www.cotswold.gov.uk *A maximum of three minutes allowed. of Council Meetings are available in the Library
and online at www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk.
FEBRUARY Town Councillors are available before and The Council office is open Tuesdays,
Tues 5 Overview and Security after the meeting. District and County Cllrs, Wednesdays & Thursdays, 10 am – 1 pm
Weds 13 Planning & Licensing representatives of Stow Police and local Press (subject to meetings)
Thurs 14 Cabinet regularly attend. Tel: 01451 832 585
Tues 26 Council (setting of Council Tax) E: info@stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk
Questions to the Council or a committee about any
ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION
matter on which CDC have any powers or duties or Telephone: 08000 514 514
which affects the district must first be received in This information is continuously updated. please check by telephone or online:
writing by the Head of Democratic Services by email no www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks
later than 5 pm on the prior working day:
Nigel.adams@cotswold.gov.uk
By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. CHANGES AHEAD FOR YOUR RECYCLING CENTRES
GL7 1PX. 01285 623204/ 201
Petitions can be presented to express local feeling about
Beware of new wave of fraudulent
To reflect the 25 % reduction in demand throughout the winter months, the five
an issue or a suggested action that we might take. A
petition must contain at least 10 signatures. emails and phone calls
household recycling centres (HRC’s) in Gloucestershire will be reducing their opening
hours as ofPolice Speed Checks – North Cotswolds
October 28th.
Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes
can be found on the Council’s Committee Information Release
From date:
Sunday
Police 8 January
28th October2019
have recently Often,2019
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to Sunday 31st March the period
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System. Also available are details of your Councillor, main complaints from members of the public to police have been around
Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues at 9am
Action Fraudconcerns
has aboutnational
issued speeding in villages in the North
guarantee the Cotswolds.
victim will have little, if
and Membership of the Committees. close an hour later at 5pm. Each site will also close one day a week.
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BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: and emails about a council tax
Bourton-on-the-Water
to be. – Landsdown (20mph)Always question Road
and Rissington unsolicited requests
Call the number above or look online Blockley – Station
overpayment fromRoad (20mph)who
individuals and Greenway Roadpersonal or financial
for your
www.blood.co.uk “Recycling is very
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which direct the recipient to a website information
primary school can be found on our recycle
name and contact details), it doesn’t for
BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: Gloucestershire
where they We will website.”
will also
be be supporting
asked to provide other community
mean they speed-watch
are genuine. locations.
Instead,
personal data.
Police will be issuing offence tickets in support contact the company directly using
of the community speed-watch initiative.
Giving blood is quick, easy,
‘THERE BUT NOT THERE’ trusted
Be safe “20 is methods such as a known
plenty”
and it saves lives Action Fraud has also experienced an email address or phone number. Many thanks
increase in the reporting
PC of malicious
2201
‘There But Not There’ aims to place a Nick Westmacott, Stow Neighbourhood policing team
Do something Amazing . . . calls, voicemails,
representative text
figure formessages
as many asor Listen to your instincts. If something
96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood emails to
possible ofmembers
the namesofonthe public
local war which feels wrong then it is usually right to
Please don’t leave it to someone else appear to originate
memorials, around the from HMRC.
country, into question it. No genuine organisation
Look online to read about their place of worship, their school, will ask you to pay taxes, bills or fees
THE DONATION PROCESS. The workplace
their fraudstersor state that as
wherever a result
their using iTunes Gift Cards, or any other
Why give blood? Who can give blood? of their non-payment
absence was keenly felt. of tax or other type of voucher.
duty, the victim is liable to prosecution
These transparent
or other silhouettessuch
legal proceedings will be
as Don’t be rushed or pressured
Calls will cost 15p irrespective
of how long the call may last, in their communities
repossession for Remembrance
of belongings to settle into making a decision. Under no
on landlines and mobiles. 2018, the centenary
the balance but cancommemoration
avoid this by circumstances would a genuine bank
Call 999 in an emergency of the end of
arranging forthe 1914-1918
payment to beFirst
made or some other trusted organisation
such as when a crime is in World War. by method such as bank
immediately force you to make a financial
progress, where there is danger
to life or when violence is being transfer or by iTunes gift cards. transaction on the spot.
used or threatened ‘There But Not There’ will be the
defining centenary commemoration of the end of the 1914-1918 war, installed where
If the victim is hesitant or refuses to Report Phishing attempts. If you
the men and women came from across the country, back in the communities they left
Do you know who to contact if comply,
behind. the suspect makes a threat receive a call, text or email of this
you have a power cut?
105 Is the new number to call. such as immediate arrest, bailiffs or - nature and have not lost money, report
It’s free of charge and will put you in cases
Both where had
documents the victim appears
been subject to to thispublic
extensive as a consultation
phishing attempt to Action
and then examined
through to your local network operator who can be of overseas origin - deportation. Fraud.
in public by an independent Inspector at the end of 2017.
give you help and advice.
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Stow on the Wold Town Council
Stow Youth Centre,Stow
Fosseway,
on theStow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1DW
Wold Town Council
Stow Youth Centre, Fosseway, Tel: 01451 832585Gloucestershire GL54 1DW
Stow-on-the-Wold,
Email: info@stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk
Tel: 01451 832585
Email: info@stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk
Website: www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk
Clerkwww.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk
Website: & RFO: Heather Sipthorp
Clerk & RFO: Heather Sipthorp
£10,000 ON OFFER VIA ALLOTMENTS FOR RENT
GRANTS FOR ELIGIBLE HELP!!!!!!
The council has commissioned a second
TescoORGANISATIONS
LOCAL Bags of Help Benchmarking Survey. Some of you will recall
this was first done back in February 2017 and
In 2018
The counciltheapplied
Council forgave grants
a grant fromtothisthe
gave some interesting feedback. The survey
following
fund and was organisations:-
successful. This will be in the measures key performance indicators such as
Tesco, Stow store for voting during September retail offer, footfall, car parking, business
and October. The Motor
Stow councilShow
owns and£2,000maintains confidence and shoppers origins. It showed the
the cemeteries and over the past couple of
Villager Community Bus £900 town has a parking problem (tell us something
years, with the help of the Community Payback
Stow improved
Team, have vastly Cricket Club £225This work
the area.
we don’t already know!) but in many instances
Cotswold Friends £500 the town scored higher than the national
is ongoing. There are several kilometres of average which is amazing for a town like ours.
pathsSt Edward’sthe
throughout Church Christmas
cemeteries and it isTree
the So this second survey will enable the council to
council’s hope to be Festival
able to £250
resurface these do a direct comparison and see if in that period
with a resin Stow
coatedCivic
material that will
Society £300transform things have changed.
the look of the cemeteries. This
Stow Community Land Trust £417 will have to be If you
Where weare interested
need your helpin renting
is to an aallotment
complete short
in stages as the cost is considerable. The first thenon please contact the office – details at
Stow RBL £350 survey line which will take 2 minutes and can
stage will be from the Lych Gate entrance on betop
Stow Almhouse
Fosseway through to the Bier Charity
House.£250
of this
accessed viapage. Just £23 per annum per
Centrepop 67 your
(Stow Youth Club) £5,000 www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SotW18TCU
plot.
SO PLEASE community tokens into
Please make sure you type in the address exactly
our box and see if we can get the maximum
If youofthink
grant £4,000your
andorganisation
encourage yourmeets theand
family PRECEPT
as it is shown. If you don’t have access to the
internet then you can come to the council office
friends to do the same.
Council’s criteria then do make an application onThe Council
a Tuesday, approved or
Wednesday the budget morning
Thursday for the new
THANK
as soon YOUas VERY MUCH.
possible. All applications will be financial year effective 1 st April 2019 at their
from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm or you can go into the
considered, at the same time, at the June December
library 2018 meeting.
in St Edward’s Hall and one of the team
2019 Council meeting. This is a change in will help you.
Council set Closing date for
the precept atcompleting
£142,170. theIn
Stow events to mark
policy.
th
survey is 27 September 2018.
reality this means a Band D property will be
A meeting has been organised for People &
100th anniversary of
An application form and a copy of the
charged
Places £151.68
to present per annum
the findings of the or £2.92
survey andper
week.
this will take place
This at the
is an Youthof
increase £2.66
Centre at per
the
Council’s Grantend of
Awarding WW1
Policy are available
by contacting the office – details at the top of
7.00 pm on TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER.
annum or 5 pence
RD
per week. A full
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND and
this page or by visiting our website. breakdown of the budget
refreshments will be served from can6.30 pm. on the
be seen
Sunday 11th November Council’s website www.stowonthewold-
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS
ST
FORTHCOMING
tc.gov.uk
31 MAY 2019
Armistice Day Parade with “march off” MEETING
starting in the square at 10.30 am followed
However, why not get your application in early
by a service in St Edward’s Church which
so you don’t forget and miss the deadline!
starts at 10.50 am.
d,E>
of the UK wide celebrations. All meetings take place in Youth Centre
EVERYONE WELCOME.
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1818 | | COTSWOLD
COTSWOLDTIMES
TIMESMAKE A CHANGE, BECOME A LOCAL COUNCILOR
STOW ON THE WOLD TOWN COUNCIL is calling on residents, passionate about their community to
stand in the local elections on 2nd May 2019.
What do councillors do? Councillors are the Square, Burial Board, Planning with Traffic & Parking, and
champions of their community and give residents a Finance and General Purpose. You will be expected to sit on
voice on the decisions the council makes. at least one of the committees and ideally more than one.
Becoming a councillor will allow you to make a real Who can stand for election?
difference in your community by engaging with residents, Most people are qualified to stand for their local council
local groups and businesses to find out their needs; but there are a few rules. You have to be:-
making decisions on which services and projects the
• A British citizen, or a citizen of the Commonwealth, or
council should take forward; and getting involved locally
the European Union
to ensure the services are meeting your community needs.
• 18 years of age or older
How much time does it take?
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Local • Live in an area that is served by a local council
Councillor Census Survey said that on average councillors
To become a councillor do you need to be available
spend about three hours per week on council work.
during work hours?
Obviously there are some councillors who spend more
No, the majority of councillors work full time and meetings
time than this and some less, but in the main, being a
are generally held in the evening and therefore outside
local councillor is an enjoyable way of contributing to your
normal working hours.
community and helping to make it a better place to live
and work. How can I find out more information on being a town
councillor?
Do local councillors get paid? In the first instance please contact the clerk, Mrs Heather
Working as a local councillor is a voluntary role. However, Sipthorp, by calling the office on 01451 832 585 or email
local councils do have the power to pay allowances to info@stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk.
councillors, subject to approval from the local council?
We can then arrange to meet informally and can explain
How many seats are there on full council? what the role entails and also arrange for you to meet with
The council has 11 seats and meet on a monthly basis some of the current members of council so they can share
(except August). It also has four committees – Parks & their perspective and experiences as a local councillor.
IT’S FROZEN AGAIN – our share of the council tax bill
At a time when nearly all local authorities are increasing Our Local Plan has now undergone examination in public
their share of the 2018-19 council tax bill, Cotswold District and should be approved by summer 2018, serving as
Council has announced another freeze. This follows on a blueprint for development control in the Cotswolds.
from: freezes in 2017-18 and 2016-17; a 5% cut in 2015- Finding affordable housing is an issue for many people in
16; a 3% cut in 2014-15; and a 5% reduction in 2013-14. the District and we are exceeding our target of delivering a
This means that the average band D charge for District minimum of 150 affordable homes each year. During 2016-
services will remain at £126.40 for the third year running. 17, over 260 affordable houses were built in different parts
Furthermore, this sum is on a par with what residents were of the District and we have also provided over 200 houses
paying in 2005. Taking the average annual inflation rate into in 2017-18. The threat of flooding is always a concern
account since 2005, this represents a real terms reduction for many communities across the District, but they are
of about 45%. much more resilient now following years of investment in
defences, including the completion of a major relief scheme
We have also frozen charges again for car parking and
in Moreton last year.
garden waste collections, and we are extending our ‘free
after three’ scheme at selected car parks across the District The Cotswolds is a wonderful place to visit and we continue
until the end of March 2019. And there’s more: to support the thriving tourism industry and continue to
fund visitor information centres across the District. In the
– we are moving forward with a proposed decked car park
community, we are always looking to support the health
at the Waterloo in Cirencester;
and wellbeing of residents through a range of support
– we have joined forces with Cirencester Rugby Club to schemes and the regulation of food and safety standards.
create 150 parking spaces which (subject to planning
We continue to record the best recycling rate in
consent) will help meet the rising demand for parking
Gloucestershire, thanks to the e orts of residents who
spaces in the town;
recognise the need to reduce the amount of waste going to
– we are setting aside £300,000 to extend the network of land ll. We have increased the number of recycling facilities
Electronic Vehicle Charging Points in the Cotswolds; for textiles and we now provide Tetrapak carton recycling
– and each councillor will receive an allocation of £1,000 to facilities in response to demand from residents.
help fund local youth events. Providing the best possible value for your council tax is
We are not making any cuts to any of our frontline services! our constant aim – and we will also continue to look for
Nevertheless, working with several partner councils, we improvements to our service.
continue to look for efficiencies to help keep our running
costs down. Collectively, we are on target to share savings www.cotswold.gov.uk Follow us on
of £5.6 million per year by 2020. @CotswoldDC COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCIL
COTSWOLD TIMES | 19District Council Funding – All change in 2020
The outcome of the Governments ‘Spending Review’ and Under the current Local Government funding mechanism,
Local Government ‘Fairer Funding Review’, together with the Council is highly reliant upon its share of Business
changes to the Business Rates funding retained by the Rate income which is retained by the Council. Around
Council, all come into effect from April 2020. 58% of the Council’s Government funding comes directly
Cotswold District Counci’s draft 10 Year Financial from Business Rates with the balance from New Homes
Strategy includes indications of possible reductions to Bonus and Rural Services Delivery Grant. This is a key
their funding from central government from April 2020. strand of the Government policy to localise financing of
The key points of the budget proposals for 2019/20 are local authorities which could introduce increased risks or
available online – draft medium term financial strategy increased rewards, depending upon the Council’s ability
2019-20 to 2028/29. This also includes other changes to raise business rate income.
which will have a financial impact upon the Council.
BUSINESS RATES RELIEF: New Scheme – January 2019
April 2019 will bring another Business Rates Relief any contract with a third party asking them to claim on
Scheme and sadly a further chance for “scammers” to your behalf as this relief will come automatically.
approach local businesses. The Chancellor in his 2018
Autumn Budget announced a scheme which will reduce NB. Small Business Rates Relief
the rates payable by all retailers, with 2019. This will be It is still possible for businesses with a rateable value
very beneficial to the vast majority of local retailers. There of less than £15,000 to claim Small Business Rates
should be no need to make an application; your council Relief; in some cases refunds are available for each
has been instructed by Central Government to give of the financial years back to April 2012. We strongly
this relief automatically even if you have more than one advise you to check your Non-Domestic Rates Demand
outlet. There is no limit on the number of premises you to ensure that you are receiving the appropriate relief. If
can receive this relief on, providing each has a RV of you have not claimed at some date in the past, you will
under £51,000. not be receiving the relief. Councils are not able to give
relief automatically.
Warning to all Retailers
This new relief is to be calculated after the effects of
Businesses who believe they may be affected are
any Small Business Rates Relief (or Charity Relief) is
welcome to make contact and read
calculated, so you will benefit from both reliefs.
www.centre-p.co.uk/Small_Business_Rates_
For further details please email reception@centre-p.co.uk.
Relief_2018_2019.pdf
If you write Retail Relief in the subject box, we will send you
further details. Our advice is free as will be the advice of the BANKIER SLOAN Chartered Surveyors
business rates department of your local council. Banbury 01295 688384 Mobile: 07831 338111
There is no need to pay for this advice; please do not sign email: reception@centre-p.co.uk www.centre-p.co.uk
NHBC new home registration figures confirm November is a top month
The DECEMBER figures from NHBC to 2019, NHBC will continue to support
showed that new homes registration the country’s house-building industry to
in November, totalling 15,155, was the deliver more, high quality new homes for
second highest monthly total of 2018, consumers.”
meaning a 2% increase year-on-year According to new research by the
This breaks down to 11,135 private sector Federation of Master Builders (FMB),
new homes (11,017 in November in 2017), buyers are twice as likely to be “very
with affordable sector new homes at 4,020 UK regions seeing significant growth, with satisfied” with the quality of a new home
(3,785 this time last year.). Yorkshire & Humberside, Wales and the built by a small and medium-sized (SME)
Total new home registrations in the rolling South West seeing increases of +43%, house builder.
quarter, September to November, rose +34% and +21% respectively. However, The federation’s research into satisfaction
to 43,745 new homes against the same registrations in London dropped by 16% rates for people who have bought a home
period last year, an increase of 7%; of this, and 11% in the West Midlands. in the past 5 years concluded that 36%
private registrations were up 6% to 33,104 Steve Wood, CEO at NHBC, said: “As we were ‘very satisfied’ with the quality of
whilst those in the affordable sector grew reach the end of the year it is reassuring their new build home when purchased
to 10,641, a rise of 10%. to see continued strong new home from an SME house builder, which is twice
Year-on-year new home registrations, registration numbers, with growth across as many people whose home was built by
during this rolling quarter, saw 9 of the 12 the majority of the UK. Looking ahead one of the top 20 large builders (17%).
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