The Hook Norton Village Newsletter
October 2006 Series 31 No 5

Arts & Entertainment


HOOK NORTON CLOCK APPEAL

AN AUTUMN BAZAAR AT THE BREWERY

SATURDAY OCTOBER 7TH BETWEEN 10.30AM AND 12.30PM


ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR

ST PETERS, HOOK NORTON

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4th BETWEEN 10AM AND 5PM


WIGGINTON METHODIST CHAPEL BUILDING FUND

CHRISTMAS FAYRE AT HOOK NORTON MEMORIAL HALL

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25TH BETWEEN 1PM AND 3.30PM


WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE – KATIE WOOD
On Friday 3rd November, Katie will be holding a coffee morning at the Study Centre, Hook Norton Primary School, 9am - 11.00am, in aid of raising money for World Scout Jamboree. There will be coffee and cakes, raffle squares and hopefully a cake stall. Please put the date in your diary and look out for posters advertising the event nearer the time.
On Saturday 25th November, 2pm - 4pm Katie will be holding a Christmas Funky Fete in aid of World Scout Jamboree. She will be inviting the rainbows, brownies, guides and rangers to hold a stall there to raise funds for their own units/charity. Please make a note of this date - she has provisionally booked the Memorial Hall, but please look out for posters nearer the time to confirm the place of the event.

LEE STRATFORD COMMUNITY TRUST
The Great Hooky Duck Race
Thanks to everyone who helped with the brook clean up and with the Duck Race, and of course all that attended. We raised £500, but not only that it was a pleasure to see all the smiling faces - adults and children! It was a great day. Special thanks to Keith, Glyn & Di, Jackie, Nigel, Katie and Nathan, Jill Deller and family, my mum, Les for stepping in with the skittles and Alison Willis who did a fantastic job with the duck sales. The winners trophy was awarded to three year old Jago Gourlay. The brook is booked for next August Bank Holiday Monday for the Duck Race II - hope to see you all there.
Family Dog Race Night
Come and join us at the Sports & Social Club on Saturday 28th October for a fun night out. There will be food available (hot dogs of course) the proceeds of which will go to the Oxford Retired Greyhound Fund. 7:30 for an 8:00pm start. The Club is now a non smoking establishment, which makes it more family friendly!
The Village Children's Christmas Parties Saturday 16th December
Application forms will be available from lit November for tickets for the three parties. The tickets will be FREE to children who live in the village, attend the school or playgroup or are members of village clubs. Instructions and information will be on the application forms and will be distributed via the school, playgroup, on the Chippy School bus and various clubs. Application forms will also be available from myself The three parties will be for 3-S year olds, 6-9 year olds and 10-16 year olds. Under three's are welcome with a parent, but a ticket must be applied for.
The first two parties have a magic show followed by a puppet theatre, a visit from Santa with gift and a goody bag to take home. The third party has a nightclub theme, with full club music and rig. There will also be a non-alcoholic cocktail bar.
Food will not be provided at the parties, mainly due to the numbers involved, but drinks will be freely available. The closing date for applications it lit December - No applications will be accepted after this date.
Please remember 1 application per child, 1 ticket per child and admission will by ticket only.
Canal Walk
To celebrate what would have been Lee's 25th Birthday, I am planning to walk the Oxford Canal (77 miles) on the 4th August 2007. The aim is to collect as many sponsors as possible for this as well as approaching local businesses for a minimum of £ 1 per mile; in return I will wear their company logo on my walking T-shirt. I will make sure that the event has as much publicity as possible and will be throwing out an open invitation for people to join me on various stages of the walk. Money raised from this event will be split equally between Lee's Trust, The Lee Stratford Memorial Kitchen Oxford & Cherwell Valley College, Banbury, and Hook Norton Football Club. Watch out for more details.
Valerie Stratford The Old Police House, Netting Street, Hook Norton
valerie@stratford4496.fsnet.co.uk


HOOK NORTON BRASS BAND
2006 has been an eventful year - the Band's 120th year culminated in a very busy & enjoyable summer season.
We celebrated our Anniversary by playing at the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway at Toddington in June - nicely linking our origins back in the 19th Century with the construction of the Railway through Hook Norton.
Our busiest day involved playing at a Charity polo match @ Hook Norton in the morning & our MP's Garden Party @ Bloxham in the afternoon.
In addition an open air concert near Stratford & Brailes Show ensured we kept busy.
Looking forward - a wedding at Hornton is scheduled for September 9th, and our annual Charity Autumn Concert @ St Peters Church is at 7.30pm on Sunday 15th October - all very welcome - admission free (retiring collection).
On the 8th to 11th June the Band were invited by Hennef & Banbury twinning Associations to perform @ Hennef in Germany as pert of the celebrations to commemorate 25 years of Banbury's association with the lovely town of Hennef. The Band arrived in Germany to magnificent weather and cloudless blue skies where they were met by their hosts. On Friday, 9th June we were welcomed at a civic reception at Hennef Town Hall in the presence of the Mayor of Hennef and the Mayor of Banbury. The day was then spent on a guided tour of Cologne - ending with a cooling boat trip along the Rhine.
On Saturday the real business of the visit began - with the Band playing in Hennef Market Square (complete with British telephone box) in temperatures of 25 degrees plus - and this was in the morning!!
In the afternoon, those people that wanted to watch the opening ceremony of the World Cup and others attended a picnic under the trees of the Kurpark in the town. The climax of the visit that evening was an open air concert in the park where a large audience was treated to some typical British Brass Band music.
On Sunday everyone said their goodbyes and were sad to leave such hospitable people, but were happy in the knowledge that relations between Banbury & Hennef could only go from strength to strength.
Many thanks to Hook Norton Brewery for providing gifts for our hosts. So ... we hope to see you on the 15th October - 7.30pm.
Martin Quartermain & John Eades.


FRIENDS OF HOOK NORTON SCHOOL (FOHNS)
Tomcats in November
The cold weather might be coming, but Dwyer 'Thomas O'Malley' Scullion and his alley cats are keen to keep you warm with some hot music that would keep Officer Dibble on his toes. The Tomcats, Hooky's most famous blues rock'n'roll band, will be banging their bin lids on 11 November at Hook Norton School for one night only, so make sure you don't miss out. There will be a light supper, bar and a touch of wild romance from these feral felines. More information from the School Office.
And remember that Christmas is coming and there is no place better to pick up some good value presents and get into the Yule mood than at the Hook Norton Christmas Fair. It will be held at the school in early December so look out for further announcements nearer the big day.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Bags to School clothing collection in September. We're hoping to receive a healthy cheque for FOHNS funds in exchange for everyone's contributions.
Expect more FOHNS announcements over the next few weeks, as our new committee and chair take over the reins. However, for now, I would like to say thank you to everyone who offered their support during my time as chair. It has been great fun. I hope that you will offer your continued backing to the new team.
Sally Scullion, FOHNS chair, Sally.scullion1@btinternet.com


DISCOVERING OXFORDSHIRE'S BUILDINGS
'Discovering Oxfordshire's Buildings' is a travelling exhibition created by the Oxfordshire Buildings Record with financial support from Awards for All. It opened at Hook Norton Library on 14 September and can be seen there until 31 October.
The exhibition aims to explore some of the ways in which buildings can be interpreted for clues to the past - not only how they were build, but who lived in them and what they did there. It shows that recording buildings can be fun, something people of all ages and backgrounds can get involved in. It features the great diversity of Oxfordshire's building materials – Cotswold stone in the west, ironstone in the north, coral rag and witchert in the plain, with timber framing along with chalk, brick and flint in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. People are also included – the craftsmen who worked with these materials, the farmers who stored their crops in the great barns of the countryside and the townspeople whose lives were lived in the shops, workshops and houses of the city and market towns.
Another focus is on the changes taking place such as the need to record farm buildings before they are converted into houses, and workshops before they are demolished to make way for houses and flats. A current project with the Victoria County History on the buildings of Burford is also be given prominence.
The Oxfordshire Buildings Record is a group of volunteers who work to research and record buildings in the county. Membership is open to all. The exhibition shows some of the things we do. Pick up a membership leaflet at the library and get involved. Perhaps a Hook Norton recording group could be set up? For further details contact the secretary on drc@davidrclark.plus.com
David Clark, Secretary.


HOOKY PLAYERS

At the time of going to press, auditions are taking place for the forthcoming pantomime. By the time you read this, the pantomime should have been cast and the first rehearsals arranged. The production team are already in place so we are well on the way.
Performance dates for your diaries are Wednesday 31st January, Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd February at 7.30pm and Saturday 3rd February at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.
For a later update, please contact Brian or Adrianne.


Bloxham Amateur Theatrical Society
Rough Justice by Terence Frisby at the Warriner Drama studio
7:30pm on the 26th, 27th and 28th of October 2007
Rough Justice by Terence Frisby
James Highwood, TV presenter, is on trial for murdering his severely mentally handicapped baby son. Follow the courtroom drama and the emotional tension between James and his wife as the case proceeds and the razor sharp Margaret Casely, Prosecuting Counsel seeks to gain a conviction.

Bloxham Amateur Theatrical Society are presenting this play at the Warriner Drama studio on the 26th, 27th and 28th of October 2007 at 7:30pm. Tickets from One Man Band or Bloxham PO, price £7, or from Keith or Diane Disney.

COMPTON VERNEY EXHIBITIONS

Richard Billingham: Zoo
30 September – 10 December
Compton Verney presents the UK premier of Zoo, a compelling new sequence of video installations by Richard Billingham, which has been in development for the last two years. Filmed in zoos across the UK, Europe and South America, the project explores the impact of confined spaces on animal behaviour in acutely observed detail. By focusing on the psychological space of the zoo enclosure, the series also captures the complexities of the viewing relationship between captive animals and their public audience. Billingham won the Citibank Photography Prize. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize at Tate Britain in 2001.

Vive la Parisienne:
Women through the Eyes of the Impressionists
30 September – 10 December
Vive la Parisienne focuses on the portrayal of women in Parisian life in the late nineteenth century. The exhibition includes twenty five works, including Degas' Chanteuse de Café-Concert Pissarro's Mme Pissarro Sewing Beside a Window. Helleu's Portrait, Toulouse-Lautrec's La Passagère du 54, Renoir's Misia Sert, and Cassatt's Portrait of a Woman. In addition, a ceramic by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, depicting Paul Helleu painting a female sitter, has been generously lent from a private collection.
Ina Cole, Tel: 01926 645540; ina.cole@comptonverney.org.uk


SCIENCE EVENTS
Details of exciting and unusual science events for the general public and for families in the county during the autumn.
Capturing the Sun Exhibition
Art and poetry inspired by research into Fusion at UKAEA at Culham.
Scientists have been inspired by artist in residence Jane Corbett, to represent their work on blackboards and in Haiku, seventeen syllable poetry. This free exhibition runs from 8th September to 14th October and can be visited Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 4.00pm or whilst events listed below are taking place. Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BL. 01865 728953. events@oxtrust.org.uk
Creative Writing Workshop
Tues 3rd & Wed 11th October 7-9.15pm events@oxtrust.org.uk
£5 per person (Oxford Trust Members free)
Come and try your hand at writing creatively on some novel themes. Celebrate the many forms of energy in our lives, our connection with nature, the scientific magination and the search for a more sustainable future. Mix any or all of these with more personal themes. Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BL. 01865 728953.
3rd October - Open to all (Adults)        11th October - Open to practising writers
Drawing Energy: Family Workshop
Saturday 14th October 2-4.30pm events@oxtrust.org.uk
Free with admission to Hands On
Come and explore how the sun brings energy to earth and the many other forms of energy in our lives and out in space. There will be opportunities for detailed drawing using microscopes. A drop in workshop as part of the National 'Big Draw' Day.
Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BL. 01865 728953.
Wine Tasting Evening
Thursday 19th October 7.30pm events@oxtrust.org.uk
£3 (RSC and Oxford Trust Members free)
Guy Boursot, a leading wine expert, will lead an informal, entertaining and informative evening on red and white Burgundy wines with a science bouquet. Organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BL. 01865 728953.
The Wicked World of the Bumblebee
Thursday 26th October 2pm events@oxtrust.org.uk
Free of charge but donation welcome.
It's not all honey and flowers you know! Peep into a bumblebee's nest and you'll find trickery, fighting and mayhem. This lively talk, with chocolate pollen, will get children acting out life (and death) in a bee's nest. And what is a bumblebee anyway? Come and learn all about these fascinating creatures. Presented by Ivan Wright of Shotover Wildlife and organised by Oxford Urban Wildlife Group.
Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BL. 01865 728953.
The Goldilocks Enigma
Friday 13th October 5pm The Oxford Playhouse, £6 Adults, £4 Child (18 and under)
One of the striking features of the universe is that everything is 'just right'. Slight changes in the laws of physics or the cosmological arrangement would prove lethal. Scientists are split on the explanation for this 'cosmic fine-tuning.' Paul Davies chairs a debate between proponents of each theory and gets to the heart of our understanding of the universe. Please book through The Oxford Playhouse on 01865 305305.
The Mathematics of Luck, Risk & Gambling
Friday 27th October 5pm The Oxford Playhouse, £6 Adults £4 Child (18 and under)
Are you lucky or just obeying the laws of chance? Simon Singh looks at the mathematics behind situations involving luck, risk and coincidence.
Book through The Oxford Playhouse on 01865 305305.

LECTURES FOR SCHOOLS AND THOSE INTERESTED IN SCIENCE
The CCLRC is one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organisations supporting scientists and engineers world-wide. Admission is free but booking is essential as places are limited. Booking opens four weeks prior to the lecture. To reserve places please either email talkingscience@rl.ac.uk or phone 01235 445959 (24hr answerphone) and leave a message, including the title of the lecture, the time you want to come, the number of places you require, your name, full postal address and a contact telephone number. Children under-16 must be accompanied by, and sit with, a responsible adult.

Friday 13 October, 7pm Life in Antarctic extremes - Lloyd Peck British Antarctic Survey.
How do humans deal with the coldest, driest, windiest and most isolated continent on Earth? Why do some species of sea spiders grow to over 30 cm across? Come along and find out the answers to these and other cool questions.

Friday 10 November, 7pm Rosetta on the road - Sim Barber Open University
Rosetta is the first mission ever to land on a comet. After its lander reaches the comet, the main spacecraft will follow for months as it heads towards the Sun.

Friday 8 December, 7pm Cartoon Science - Helen Lloyd
The laws of cartoon science state that nothing falls faster than an anvil! Join your favourite cartoon characters on a journey to discover the difference between cartoon science and real science. What are forces and how do they work? Find out what happens to things when they combust or explode! Features animated clips, audience interaction and lots of demonstrations of 'real-world' science.

Friday 12 January 2007, 7pm The science of Harry Potter - Roger Highfield
Who is the real Dumbledore? Can owls really deliver the post? The world's best Muggle scientists identify the explanations behind everything from broomstick flight to the Invisibility Cloak. A fascinating account of the world of Harry Potter.

Friday 9 February, 7pm Gravity, gas and stardust – Pete Edwards Durham University
'Gravity, gas and stardust' will take a journey through the cosmos, exploring some of the latest research projects of astronomy and what they reveal regarding the birth, life and death of our universe.

Wednesday 7 March , 7pm Enigma Project - Presenters from the Enigma Schools Project
An interactive presentation introduces students to cryptography – the science and mathematics of codes and code breaking. See a genuine WW2 Enigma machine in action and discover why it is one of the most famous cipher machines of all time.