Hands Around Our Hornton
Our Local MP Victoria Prentice is helping to organise this local event in order to save our local hospital. Show your support by joining this event on Sunday.
For letter from Victoria Prentice see Prentice letter
Banbury Lane Closure 26 – 28 August
Banbury Lane at Manor Farm Barn will be temporarily closed for 3 days to facilitate sewage connection work.
For further details see Notice and Map on the Parish Council Notice Board.
Anyone Missing A Tabby???
A rather nice Tabby Cat has been frequenting our garden and drive over the past 2 weeks. Unfortunately he has no collar or name tag and we are just concerned that he may be lost or even abandoned. We wondered if anyone knew anything about him?
Vivienne and Vic Smith, Church Lane
Have your say on the Future of Household Waste Recycling in Oxfordshire
Currently the Alkerton site is due to close in 2017. Oxfordshire County Council propose to extend the life of Alkerton until 22/23, and meanwhile to seek to identify and develop an alternative site to replace both Alkerton and Ardley in 22/23.
For further information on the strategy document and consultation process (which is running from 14th July to August 11th) see the Parish Council Noticeboard page.
All The World’s A Stage – This Saturday 23rd
Horley Footlights Shakespeare Medley – 23rd July
To mark the 400 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, a selection from his works will be performed by adults and children from Horley.
Tickets priced at £5 (adults) and £3 (children) available now from Dave and Jenny Reynolds on 738125
All proceeds will go towards the church fund.
Only one performance starting at 6.00pm on Saturday July 23rd in St Etheldreda’s Church
The Horton General Needs YOU – You Can Make a Difference See How
THIS COULD BE OUR BIGGEST FIGHT EVER
Consultant-led maternity, 24/7 Childrens Ward, Special Care Baby Unit, A&E, medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, and the Critical Care Unit are all under threat. See the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s “emerging options” link:- http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/media/pdf/n/s/CPN_Agenda___Meeting_doc_140616.pdf)
Keep the Horton General campaigners, midwives, SCBU staff, members of the public and local GPs have publicly come out against the options.
“What can I do?”
The MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do right now is to write to the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, via your GP at your local doctor’s surgery, and tell them why we need the full services of a General Hospital in Banbury (ie one that provides all the above mentioned services.) You might consider safety, cost, travel difficulties, the growing population, and the effect on the lower income and disadvantaged families. If you can illustrate your email or letter with a personal experience, that will make it more powerful.
Copy your GP letter to your MP and to us at keepthehortongeneral@hotmail.co.uk
Banbury: victoria.prentis.mp@partliament.uk
See www.keepthehortongeneral.co.uk or the Save Our Horton facebook group for more information, including many more ways you can help.
Contact us on Facebook via Katherine Wells, email keepthehortongeneral@hotmail.co.uk or phone/text our Chairman, Keith Strangwood on 07740 599736
Warwick Road Planned Closure Number of Days Reduced
Thanks for your efforts Horley Parish Council and other affected villages we have now a reduction from 8 weeks to 2 weeks that the road will be closed. Here the email from the contractors and a copy of the letter from Thames Water:
Good afternoon,
I am writing to send you the enclosed update letter regarding our revised plans to close Warwick Road.
We have been able to reduce the duration from eight weeks to two and will hope to improve on that.
I realise that the diversion route is not ideal and understand concerns raised but we have a bit more time to resolve some of those issues now.
I would be most grateful if you would please circulate this information among your parishes.
J. Murphy & Sons Limited
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Additional Cricket Club Bar Opening Hours For July !
The cricket club bar is open whenever there is a match being played in addition until the end of July we will be open
- Tuesday – Thursday 6:00 – 10.00
- Friday from 6:00
- Saturday and Sunday 2pm onwards
Please feel free to come along have a drink and watch some cricket
Complete This Survey To Help Keep Vital Services at The Horton General
Could you please spend a few minutes to complete survey link below. The Oxfordshire University Hospital Trust, has launched a on line survey, to establish what services are required at the Banbury Horton Hospital. They have only aimed this survey at the 900 or so OUHFT registered members, mostly elderly trust members.
We fear, that this survey is designed, to get the desired result, to back up their decision to downgrade the Horton, to a day case unit.
Keep The Horton General Group, are extending the survey to all the Horton catchment area users. You may be aware, that there are plans afoot, to once again downgrade, Consultant led Maternity/Children’s services/Special Care Baby Unit/Paediatrics/Obstetrics/ 24hr Children’s ward, at the Banbury Horton Hospital.
Please click on, and complete survey below, then please forward to your contacts list, asking that they also complete survey, and forward to their contacts list. (Local)
Thanking You. Keith Strangwood. Chairman KTHG.
Remarkable Achievement for Cricket Pavilion Fundraising
Way beyond the wildest expectations here’s the July Fundraising Update:
Sunday 10th July 2016 was a pretty remarkable day at Horley Cricket Club, apart from one early light shower, the sun shone all day. The club came together across all playing age groups, social members, supporters and villagers to raise on total over £2,500 for the new pavilion fund – way beyond the wildest expectations of the Fundraising Committee.
The day further emphasised what a great club this is and how it richly deserves the new facilities that it will eventually get.
There are too many people for the Fundraising Committee to thank so huge apologies in advance for those names missing off this list but here goes in no particular order(!): Ross; Terry; Clive; James; Jamie; Claire; Richard; Mark; Sue Row; Sue Row’s sister; Rosie; all juniors who played in the morning and all parents who supported them; all those that offered Promises for the Auction and all those that bought Promises; all who offered items for sale that have been held over for an auction of physical items later in the season; all 1st & 2nd team players that both played and supported; and finally thanks to playing friends of Horley from Long Compton CC and Sibford CC and their families.
A very high benchmark has been set and we now have a stockpile of physical items to auction later in the season. We’ve had new ideas for Fundraising including a Cheese and Wine Winter Evening – which will happen. Please keep the ideas coming. We are continuing positive funding discussions with ECB, OCB, CDC and Sport England but these processes are typically quite slow – bear with us. Many have asked when we can start to see some of the ‘Batometer’ on the pavilion beginning to be coloured in – watch this space!
Some more dates for your diary are below.
Fri 22nd July Summer Games Evening
Sat 13th Aug V.I.P. Pimms & Presecco evening
Sun 14th Aug Presidents Day
Mon 29th Aug Children’s Fundraising Day
Sun 4th Sept Parents v Children’s Match
Sat 15th Oct Annual Dinner Dance at Bloxham School
The cricket club bar is open whenever there is a match being played in addition until the end of July we will be open
- Tuesday – Thursday 6:00 – 10.00
- Friday from 6:00
- Saturday and Sunday 2pm onwards
Please feel free to come along have a drink and watch some cricket
Huge thanks to all one again
The Fundraising Committee
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