Apr 07
Wolvercote and Wytham Friendly Line
With a huge thank you to all that have volunteered, our Wolvercote and Wytham Friendly Line is now open!
It will be open 7 days a week, from 10am to 4pm.
Anyone who’s feeling a little low and can do with a bit of company with a friendly volunteer, is free to call us!
Please share away our number to all your friends and family in Wolvercote and Wytham!
PS: For your friends and neighbours who are not online/on social media, we’ve also created a printer-friendly PDF. You can find it here: https://wytham-village.org.uk/friendly-line.pdf
Mar 19
Midsummer Festival Cancelled
(Sent by the Festival Committee Chair)
Dear Friends,
Thank you to all who were able to attend last night and those who couldn’t.
The consensus of those around the table was that in view of Covid-19 threats, it makes sense to cancel this years festival. When the festival is designed to bring people together, it would seem wrong to continue, when all advice is to stay apart. I personally feel that I wouldn’t want additional stress being placed on committee members finding themselves having to cover additional duties as fellow members fall ill. Not to mention the financial loss of paying for publicity, staging, PA, etc and finding we cant sell tickets to cover these outgoings. We hope you understand.
On a positive note, our conversation extended to considering a late summer event, just a day or a weekend. This provides an opportunity for the village to have a ‘party’ after the ordeal of spring and could allow the hard work already done be usefully put to good use. The suggested weekend is 5/6th September, which would coincide with the Young Peoples club ‘Howl’ event. I will check the Hall’s availability and get back to you.
If it helps I attache a prayer we used on Sunday.
with love
John
Prayer-for-a-Pandemic.docxMar 15
Orchard Closed 16th March for Disability Access
We can at last inform you that work on the new access and reinforced path through the orchard will be starting next Monday 16th March. During this time the orchard will be closed and after the work is completed we will have to keep it closed until the new grass has grown through the pathway grid. It may look a bit messy to begin with but once the path is set and the new grass grown we hope that it will blend in quietly with the orchard. We did hope that we would be able to have an official opening on the day of Blossom Day Picnic but sadly it looks as if the grass will not be quite ready for use by then. However, as soon as the path is mowable and ready for wheelchairs and boots we will organise an official opening, inviting all the groups who have helped us make this project a reality. Once the path is open and usable it does not mean of course that you have to use it – those of you who are able may still weave your way between the trees as you have done before and in fact in the first year we would probably encourage this rather than constantly using the new path.
Feb 27
OXCLEAN Litter pick Saturday 29th Feb
The rain may be raining and snow may be snowing
but it’s still time for the Spring Wolvercote Litter Pick
Saturday 29th February
Meeting Points & Times
10am – 12noon
UPPER WOLVERCOTE
Opposite the Village Hall
LOWER WOLVERCOTE
Bathing Place Car Park
See you there
Organised by: The Wolvercote Commoners and The Wolvercote Tree Group
As part of Ox Clean 2019: www.oxclean.org.uk <www.oxclean.org.uk>
Feb 24
New WHS 2020 Programme
The new Wolvercote Horticultural Society programme of events, show classes and associated information has now been updated on their page: https://wolvercote.org/wolvercote-horticultural-society/
Why not think about what you can enter on the summer show? You don’t have to be a member to enter.
Jan 16
A34 Lane Closure 27th Jan
Please see the attached regarding a lengthy lane closure on the A34 Northbound and to the Wytham turn slip road.
Jan 09
White Hart Market News
Dear All,
A reminder that the Sunday Market starts again this Sunday (12th Jan) in the tender care of the new ‘Friends of the Market’ group. So you can again feast on Polish sourdough and wonderful cakes, and organic veg, there will be local charcuterie, jams, chutneys and (new!) Crudge’s amazing goat cheese, and knitted things.
Do come and support the new committee so we can sell all our veg – there will be cavalo nero, cabbage (red and white) two sorts of potatoes, celeriac, carrots, onions, garlic and lemon. (Let us know of other things you would like us to try and get). All organic, all UK (apart from lemons, and most very local.
Container alert: There will be eco-refills of dry foods, cleaning stuff etc on Jan 26th, so save your containers to bring with you then.
And remember to come and enjoy live music at the pub –
Monday 20th English folk from 8.30pm
Monday 27th Irish folk from 8.30pm
Saturday the 21st Pete Mcray from 9pm
Sunday 26th White Hart Sounds – this month is the amazing Stannick – 8.00 ppm
Wednesday 29th Jazz Jam 8.30
Happy January!
Dec 10
Commoners’ Carol Concert Monday 16th Dec
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