Category: Parish news 2012

Parish News December 2012

In last month’s issue it was mentioned that hopefully you would be able to take your Christmas trees to either of the Forest Side or Playfield Road playing fields car parks, where they would be collected on the normal recycling day. Unfortunately at the time of writing, this still is to be confirmed. I have …

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Parish News November 2012

Is your child 3 or 4 years old? If your child was born on or between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, you need to apply for a primary school place now. You must still apply even if your child already attends a nursery attached to the school. Closing date is 15 January 2013. …

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Parish News October 2012

Following on from last month’s article about the play areas in both Forest Side and Playfield Road, by the time you are reading this, the recommendations made by RoSPA in it’s annual report will have been carried out, making these areas as safe as they can be. I would very much appreciate you letting me …

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Parish News September 2012

Those of you whose children or grandchildren play in The Links Play area will have noticed that the repair and maintenance works have not yet been carried out, as promised in last month’s edition. This is because whilst quotes were being sourced, the council received the annual inspection report, which RoSPA carry out every year. …

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Parish News July 2012

Sadly the dry stone wall, as part of The Links Children’s Play area was vandalised during July leaving it exposing the maintaining wall for the slide. The dry stone waller who originally built it has been contacted and by the time you read this, the wall will have been re-built and will be as good …

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Parish News June 2012

The walkers of the village will be pleased to hear that Footpath 13 – through Chandlings Manor School has been re-opened – which is great news for us all. As promised in the March edition of the Chronicle, the Oxford Conservation Volunteers are returning to Kennington Pools on Sunday 5 August 2012. Chris Skepper, the …

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Parish News May 2012

The walkers in the village may have noticed that Footpath 13 – through Chandlings Manor School has been temporarily closed. This is due to an unsafe bridge on the property of the Chandlings. The Council is in correspondence with the Oxfordshire County Council to make sure that a diversion to this public footpath can be …

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Parish News April 2012

Most of you will have noticed the water on Kennington Road between Best One and the roundabout at the beginning of Kennington. The leak’s progress is given on Thames Water Live www.thameswater.co.uk however, hopefully by the time this goes to print Thames Water will have sorted it and no more wet road! It has been …

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Parish News March 2012

Before the end of March all the Royal Mail post boxes should be refurbished, as you can see they are extremely tired and in need of freshening up! Many thanks to the parishioner who made a special trip to last month’s Saturday office to thank the Parish Council for what they do – comments like …

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Parish News February 2012

As you may be aware, over recent months the Council has been going through the process of appointing a new clerk. During January the application period closed, applications were received and candidates interviewed. I am very pleased to inform you that I [Anne Feather] was the successful candidate and am thoroughly looking forward to getting …

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Parish News January 2012

The Parish Council has appointed a new footpath warden, who has produced a report on the footpaths within the village. More details to follow in a later Chronicle. As you might have noticed, the replacement footbridge over the railway near the Tandem is now in place. Inevitably there is a certain amount of making good …

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