Sibford Scene Archive

A huge thankyou to the Town Estates Charity, the Sibford Gower Parish Council and all the parents who contributed towards the £1100 needed to purchase the new Village Hall football Goals.

On a serious note:

If your children are likely to use the them PLEASE ensure that they respect the goals and the people that live nearby by not using bad language or littering or swinging on the goals.

We will not be able to replace them if they become damaged due to ill-use. Nor will the Village Hall Committee allow the goals to be used if there is swearing or littering.

So lets keep it good clean fun!

Thankyou and Enjoy!

On Sunday, June 18th there will be a day dedicated to awareness of the plight of the Tibetans.

11.a.m. ‘Return from Rewalsar‘: a talk by York Tibet Support Group organisers Dee and Rowena on their recent visit to Rewalsar in N. India, home to many exiled Tibetans.

12.30 p.m. Curry iunch provided by the Gurkha Spice Restaurant, price not included in entrance ticket.

2.30 p.m.Screening of the latest film, duration 60 minutes, by Nawang N. Anja-Tsang, (Sonam), ‘A Mother’s Son’ – a highly acclaimed film about the self-immolation of a Tibetan teenager. This will be followed by a Q and A with Sonam, who has taken his film all over India, to many European capitals and to the US.

Please come for all or part of the day. Tickets £5 from Diana Hughes or from Banbury Museum.

Real pashminas and Tibetan merchandise on sale.

Village Hall, Sibford. Doors open 10.45 a.m.

In 1308 the Pope, fearful of the power of the Knights Templar as a challenge to his authority over the Roman church, called for their entire suppression. All their lands and properties were transferred to the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem who had provided hospice and medical care to the Knight Templars during the Crusades.

The Hospitallers continued as lords of the manor at Sibford for two centuries from 1338 to 1512. By 1512 their interest had waned and all the lands were released to local tenants. By 1536, when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and turned against the Church of Rome, the priest who had been paid £2 a year to conduct mass in the Sibford Chapel went away and the chapel fell into disrepair.