Organisers of May’s Tea for Ukraine have received the attached letter from the Red Cross to thank Sibford for raising £1025 for the Red Cross Ukrainian refugee appeal.
Don’t forget to send in your best photos on the theme of The Spirit of the Sibfords for the 2022 Sibfords Photographic Competition.
Holy Trinity Church, assisted by the Sibford Photography Club, are hosting this competition to select twelve images for a 2023 calendar, which will be sold to raise funds for the church.
You have until 10 September to send in your best photos. There is a special section in the competition for children.
Full details are on this leaflet: 2022 Photo Comp Entry Form
Featured photo was chosen for August in the 2022 calendar.
The minutes of the July meeting of Sibford Ferris Parish Council can be found below:
The Parish Council are aware that some parishioners have concerns that the Parish Council will not be able to make a response to appeal reference APP/C3105/W/22/3295704 relating to the Blaze Inn Saddles/The Pheasant Pluckers Inn. On this occasion the Parish Clerk has used her delegated powers as the Proper Officer to make a response on behalf of the council. The response submitted today is as follows:
‘Since the submission of the original planning application and the Parish Council’s subsequent response the membership of the Parish Council has changed resulting in the applicant, the applicant’s wife, and 1 neighbour mentioned in the application now being council members. Due to their personal interests in this application they cannot be involved in the Parish Council discussions relating to this application and obviously it would not be an option for them to speak on behalf of the council at the appeal, particularly as the Parish Council’s response was to object to the application. This does not leave a quorum of councillors who can make a decision about any further response therefore I must use my delegated powers to respond as the Proper Officer.
In order to make my decision regarding how to proceed I have discussed the appeal with the remaining councillors and have considered the strong feeling within the parish about this application. On the basis that we believe an appeal is just to review the correctness of Cherwell District Council’s decision on this application and does not include any amendments from the original application (as surely that would require a new application rather than an appeal?) the Parish Council have nothing further to add to the original response. We cannot send someone to speak on behalf of the Parish Council at the appeal hearing but would like to ensure that the original objection from the Parish Council is fully taken into account when deciding the outcome of the appeal.
We are aware that individual responses to the appeal have been submitted by Mr Roger Mallows and Mr David Allen. We can confirm that Mr Mallows and Mr Allen were councillors at the time of the original parish council response.’
Results of the August draw:
1st prize – Ruth Smith
2nd prize – Sue Rowley
3rd prize – Anne Spackman
Tempted? Read more about the Village Hall Lottery
A date for your diary: On Wednesday 21 September, join Why me? for their Restorative Talks event at Sibford Village Hall, which will introduce the benefits of Restorative Justice for all those harmed by crime and conflict.
Hosted by Revd Neil Bowler, the speakers include Gillian Slovo, novelist and Chair of Why me?’s Trustees, the Right Revd Gavin Collins, Bishop of Dorchester, and Lucy Jaffé, Director of Why me?
Full details are on this poster: Restorative Talks with Why me Flyer
A query received via our Contact form asks if anyone can help identify this artefact spotted on the Macmillan Way (southern end of Ditchedge Lane), about 250 metres north of Traitor’s Ford.
There’s some discussion about it in the Facebook group Ridgeway and Ancient Tracks of Britain . Please let us know if you can add any further information.
Results of the July draw:
1st prize £70 – Tracy Morbey
2nd prize £42 – Jane Morgan
3rd prize £28 – Martin Garnham
Tempted? Read more about the Village Hall Lottery
This is the first year that the swifts colony in Mannings Close has a full house of four breeding pairs with three eggs each – and the eggs have started hatching. Below is a video of 2-3 day old swiftlets being fed. Follow reports of their progress. Watch the live SwiftCams.
The Village Hall Trustees would like to express their thanks and appreciation for all the hard work of the Jubilee Celebration organisers. They have worked tirelessly over the last few months to organise a wonderful array of events, including beacon lighting, picnics, music events, games, quizzes and tree plantings. These last few days have been a chance for us, as a community, to come together to mark the Queen’s long service and have fun while doing so.
None of these events could have happened without the dedication of those involved, led by Keith Hicks. We are very lucky to have members of our community who are willing to give up their time to plan events for us all to enjoy.
We also thank all of those who participated, helped, cooked, cleaned and played such wonderful music.
On hearing about the Afternoon Tea fundraiser Granny and friends held for Ukrainian Refugees, Rupert Spooner (age 7) decided he would like to invite his friends to play with his Lego and charge them a small fee. This proved very popular and, on 3rd June, 15 children descended on Sibford Gower and built endless Lego models, in the welcome sunshine. With picnic lunch and a Raffle Rupert and team raised an outstanding £360 for this very worthy cause.
6 Jun 2022
The competition for village children to design a flag in line with the national River of Hope competition resulted in just three entries, all from one family.
Two Sibford elders and one youngster ceremoniously planted an oak sapling and unveiled a plaque to mark the Jubilee. The tree’s life expectancy is a thousand years, but it will be only(!) seventy years before it matches the magnificent mature oak in the opposite corner of the field, which was planted at the opening of the village hall in 1957.
Flag 1
5 Jun 2022
Flag 2
5 Jun 2022
Flag 3
5 Jun 2022
The tree planters
5 Jun 2022
Oak tree plaque
5 Jun 2022
The 1957 oak planted when the village hall was opened
5 Jun 2022
