Goat to retire after four years delivering eggs to people in Oxfordshire village | ITV News Meridian (21 February 2024, 9:45 pm) Alan the goat has been delivering eggs from his owner’s farm to villagers in Sibford Ferris for four years. | ITV News Meridian.
Oxfordshire goat that delivers eggs to villagers in Sibford Ferris is to retire – BBC News (12 February 2024, 10:29 pm) Alan, a five-year-old pack goat, puts his harness on his back every Friday morning and trots around Sibford Ferris in Oxfordshire on his egg round.
Sibford Gower Parish Council currently has a vacancy for a parish councillor. If you are enthusiastic about your community and would like to work as part of team to maintain and improve the village then please consider joining the Parish Council.
The Parish Council meets 4 times per year (Mar, May, Sep, and Dec) with the occasional need to call extra meetings due to planning applications or other urgent matters. The dates for meetings in 2024 are:
19th March
22nd May
11th September
18th December
If you have any questions or would like to put your name forward to be considered for co-option please contact the Clerk on sibford.gower.pc
CRITERIA FOR STANDING AS A PARISH COUNCILLOR
Candidates must fit at least one of the following criteria –
Results of the February draw:
Tempted? Read more about the Village Hall Lottery
Sue Tompkins writes to ask if anyone would be interested in a monthly whist drive in the Village Hall. If so, please phone her on 01295 780 541 – or contact the webmaster.
Wikipedia has this to say about whist drives:
A whist drive is a social event at which progressive games of whist are played across a number of tables which are numbered or ordered into a sequence.
In it, the winning (or sometimes losing, dependent on the local custom) pair of a hand “progress” around the room, i.e. one person moves up the table sequence and one person moves down. On arriving at the new table, the next hand is played.
The Scrambled carols answers are on page 20 of the December 1993 Sibford Scene, where they were printed upside down. Here they are the right way up:
Tim Huckvale writes: The answers to the Christmas Picture Quiz are:
Results of the January draw:
Tempted? Read more about the Village Hall Lottery
Tim Huckvale writes: In recent years at Christmas my brother Mark has created a picture quiz for the family to puzzle over during the holiday. He is happy for me to share it with fellow villagers.
You may also download the complete quiz for printing.
Opening hours for Sibford Stores & Post Office over the festive period:
Wed 3 Jan onwards: normal opening hours Mon – Sat 8 – 6, Sun 8 – 1
Sue Bannister writes: The Mulberry Bush School, Julie Lynn-Evans and I would like to thank Oli Broom for a wonderful talk about his 14 month bike ride to Australia for the Ashes in 2009 and the book he wrote about his adventures. We are most grateful for all the support we received from attendees, donors, canapés makers and all those who helped on the night. We still await a final figure but with doubling by the Big Give we will have raised over £12,000 for The Mulberry Bush School, Standlake.
We are already thinking about next year and do hope that you will join us then.
While you’ve got Christmas carols buzzing round your head, you should find these opening words of some (mostly) well known carols easy to unscramble. Answers after Christmas (or, as an additional challenge, see if you find them now – they are on the website!)
