A happy ending to a stray story

  The Editor is pleased to report that the young cat seen astray in Brook End has been reunited with its owner. Thanks to the kind neighbours who kept an eye on this cat and took the trouble to help him find his home again.

Become an ‘on-call’ Firefighter

There are vacancies at Chipping Norton, Charlbury and Woodstock for ‘on-call’ firefighters. If you’re interested there will be a taster day on 29th April at Chipping Norton Fire Station. During three two-hour sessions you can experience hose running exercises, ladder climbing and water pumping drills. …

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Drop-in for independent advice

Citizens Advice offers sessions two days a week in Chipping Norton for free impartial, advice, information and support with benefits, dealing with debt, housing  or employment issues and any other problems they can help with. On Mondays, between 9.30 and 12.30  advisers are available at …

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Is this your cat?

This young cat has been spotted stray around Brook End. He’s appeared in the last week. He’s a young male who doesn’t seem to have been neutered and so he may have roamed. He doesn’t have a collar and he looks about a year old. …

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Cricketers Wanted

Chadlington’s cricket teams are in need of players from age 14, to join their regular practice sessions and League cricket teams. Please contact Mark, Paul or Freddie to find out more via the sports club e-mail as soon as possible.

New clue to origin of village’s name

Why is Chadlington so called? There are a number of theories but new evidence points to an origin for the village’s name linked to the traditional crafts practiced locally. See April’s Home Page for more……

State of Nature in Oxfordshire 2017

Wild Oxfordshire – a countywide local conservation charity, have produced this report together with a number of other groups, to record the current condition of Oxfordshire’s natural habitats and species. The work was funded by Oxfordshire County Council, Natural England and Banbury Ornithological Society. Although …

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Arts and heritage projects offered grant funding

Grants of up to £500 are being made available to organisations across West Oxfordshire looking to develop arts and heritage projects. Grants of between £100 and £500 are available for specific projects to be carried out by community groups and charities. For more details and an …

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