A leaflet has been circulated with this newsletter regarding what the
village would like the Section 106 money to be spent on. Please respond with
any ideas of what we could use it for. Have a chat to your families — any
age can respond. We will collate the most popular ideas and put them
together in an open consultation in the village hall in October or November.
This is your chance to have a say on how this money is spent to the benefit
of the village, so please do get involved.
Rail Crossing
Tackley Railway Residents Action Committee (TRAC) and Reg Cox
write: Network Rail has reneged on its commitment to build a subway,
identifying cost as the main issue. TRAC continues to push back on Network
Rail regarding this decision.
Network Rail has proposed to build a new bridge to the north of the
station. When the time comes, TRAC will need the support of the village to
make sure the new bridge does not negatively impact the lives of railway
residents or the wider Tackley community who use the railway.
We are still working on getting a new dog waste bin on Ashwell Bank Lane,
and on getting the one in the Jubilee Garden returned, along with the bin
that used to be next to the stone Rousham Road bus stop at the end of
Nethercote.
We are also looking for someone who may be interested in regularly emptying
and changing the bags in the bins in the playground, by the teen shelter and
on the hard court. If you may be interested in this, please contact us or
come to the parish council meeting on Monday, 26 September.
Remembrance Service
A Remembrance service will be held on Sunday, 13 November at
11 am at the village memorial hall, followed by refreshments. For those
who would like to join the Scout group parade from the village green, we
will be meeting there at 10:30 am. We are looking for people who would
like to do a reading — please email
liz.marshall@tackleyvillage.co.uk.
Litter Picking
Thank you so much to the Tackley PALs for their recent litter pick around
the village. This is something we can all get involved in to help keep the
place tidy and a safer environment for both human and non-human inhabitants
of Tackley. Please have a look at the wonderful poster by Kate Schermbrucker
further on in the Newsletter for some of the ways you can help on a daily
basis.
On Sunday, 23 October outside Tackley Village Hall from 2 to 3 pm
we are hoping to arrange once again an opportunity for villagers to come and
press their own apples, or just come along to see and have a go at the
process of making wonderful freshly-squeezed apple juice. Please bring your
own containers.
Following the drought, there is some concern about the supply of suitable
apples to press on the day. If you have fruit on your tree in the weeks
leading up to 23 October, please deliver any spare apples to me at
11 Nethercote Road, or just bring them along on the day.
Tackley History Group is hosting a talk on Apples! The Myth and
Mystery of England’s Favourite Fruit by Tim Healey the following
evening on Monday, 24 October at 8 pm.
A huge thank-you to the wonderful volunteers and our committee who have
continued the clearing of the paths through the heath over the summer. We
now have a complete circuit open around the heath.
Another big thank-you to Alan Diver for his donation of bat boxes. A second
bat survey is planned for the autumn.
Join us on Sunday, 20 November and/or Sunday, 11 December between
10 am and 1 pm, even for just an hour. We can promise a workout!
Wear gloves, and bring shears or loppers if you can. Follow markers from the
heath entrance off Fox Hill or footpath from Ball Lane to find where we are
working.
The review of Oxfordshire’s Local Wildlife Sites takes place next year, and
we need villagers to record any sightings on the iRecord app — see
irecord.org.uk. The app and website
help with identification, so you don’t have to be able to name the species,
and you can upload photos. Refer to the location as Tackley Heath Local
Wildlife Site 42Q01 (grid ref around SP469211).
We gathered in St Nicholas’ Church on the eve of the Queen’s funeral for a
service to say Tackley’s farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We are
all so grateful for her devotion to our country and to the Commonwealth, and
for her Christian faith which shone through in all that she did and said.
She was an example to us all.
In October and November we have several special services, to which you are
invited:
Sunday, 2 October at 5:30 pm: Harvest Thanksgiving service led
by Fr Robin Gibbons. Afterwards we auction the gifts – fruit and
vegetables, wine and cakes – which have been given. There is also a said
Holy Communion service on the same day at 9:30 am.
Sunday, 16 October at 10:30 am: United Benefice Holy Communion
service at Tackley, with Fr Robin preaching, followed by the dedication of
our new noticeboard at around 11:30 am. This was purchased in memory
of Lawrence Clack, who loved and cared for our church and churchyard so
much.
Sunday, 30 October at 5:30 pm: All Souls’ service, when we
come together to remember and give thanks for family members who have
died, both recently and longer ago. Their names are read out during the
service and we light candles in their memory. Our Bishop, Gavin of
Dorchester will lead this service for us this year.
Sunday, 13 November at 5:30 pm: Remembrance Sunday service,
with two-minute silence, in the church. There has been a war memorial in
the church since the end of the First World War, and John Cooper lays a
wreath there at this service every year on behalf of the village.
And then it will be time to prepare for Christmas, starting with the St
Nicholas’ Christmas Fair in the village hall on Saturday,
3 December.
You are, of course, very welcome at our services every Sunday. They are
listed in this newsletter and on the church noticeboard. Tea and coffee are
served after services.
Walking Group
Linda Birch lindabirch20@hotmail.comShorthampton church, CC BY-SA 3.0 by Motacilla on Wikimedia
Commons
This group is a friendly way to get to know the Oxfordshire countryside
better, on its leisurely walks. We meet at Tackley Village Hall at the times
given to arrange transport to the walk start. There’s no obligation to car
share, but there isn’t always enough parking for each person to drive
themselves to the start. Face masks are advised for car sharing whilst Covid
infection rates are high. Distances are approximate and all walks are at
participants’ own risk.
Saturday, 8 October at 9:30 am: Evenlode, Little Compton.
Circular route along field paths, tracks and village roads from Evenlode
to Little Compton, passing through Chastleton Park. 7 miles; bring a
picnic.
Wednesday, 26 October at 2 pm: Cornbury Woods and
Shorthampton. Through old beech forest and new plantations, continuing
with views across the Evenlode valley, and a visit to the tiny frescoed
Shorthampton church. About 4½ miles.
Saturday, 12 November at 9:30 am: Bloxham. Through the
village, noting traces of history: disused railway, coffin road and
workhouse. Visit The Slade nature reserve, then across fields and over
Hobb Hill. About 4½ miles.
Wednesday, 23 November at 2 pm: Adderbury. Details TBA.
3½ miles.
Tackley WI enjoyed excellent meetings in August and September when two of
our members taught us new skills. In August, Louise showed us how to make
woven lavender bottles; and in September, Mariella gathered us around the
table again to make pasta shapes of many kinds while chatting, as Italian
families do. We have shared patterns for knitting and crocheting poppies for
Remembrance — look out for them in November!
Tuesday, 4 October at 7 pm: harvest supper. Places need to be
booked by 30 September so that we know the numbers for catering.
Tuesday, 1 November at 7:45 for 8 pm in the village hall: our
speaker will present Doing Their Bit: Life on the Home Front
about the Women’s Voluntary Service from 1938–45. Entry for non-members is
£5, which includes a cuppa and a raffle ticket.
Saturday, 12 November from 10 am to 12 noon: all
villagers (not just the women!) are warmly invited to our fundraising
coffee morning in Tackley Methodist Church. There will be refreshments and
cakes, plus homemade jams, crafts and gifts for sale.
Tuesday, 6 December at 7:45 for 8 pm: Christmas craft evening
in the village hall. Entry for non-members is £5, which includes a cuppa
and a raffle ticket.
