South Newington Requests the Pleasure of Your Company To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla

MEMORIAL MOSAIC MAKING
A bespoke mosaic has been commissioned for South Newington and everyone in the village is invited to come and help make it.
Please come along to either or both workshops in the village hall:

Saturday 22nd April 2 – 6 pm
Saturday 29th April 2 – 6 pm

The mosaic will be 3’ x 3’ in size and mounted in the village when completed. The designer will bring along all the material needed to complete the mosaic, but if you would like to include any pieces of found porcelain or old costume jewellery to use in the mosaic (such as ‘jewels’ for the crown) that would be very welcome and mean that it really does hold South Newington memories.

You or your family could chose to work on one square and draw your own design, or ask Sophie the designer to draw a picture which you work on. Or you could do the lettering, or the Union Jacks, or any part of the picture you like. Sophie will be there to help.

We would like to keep a record of who helped complete the mosaic so that it also becomes a ‘time capsule’ of the village community in 2023.

The mosaic is being commissioned from Sophie Mack Smith of Oxford Mosaics aka ‘Shattered and Smashed’ on Instagram.

VILLAGE BRING & SHARE TEA PARTY – SUNDAY 7th May from 3pm
The village hall and garden will be laid out for a community tea party and celebration, everyone welcome! Please bring your family and food for a fun and friendly afternoon.

Best decorated coronation hat competition and parade (adults & children)

Musical pass the hat game

Heads & Tails game

Below are documents relating to the Parish Council Elections in May 2023

South Newington PC – Notice of Uncontested Election

Parish Council Elections – Spending Return and Notes

Register of Interests Form Parish Councils

Please see link below to download details of people noominated to stand in Parish Council Elections 2023

South Newington PC Statement of Persons Nominated 2023

Parish Council Election Notice

 Saturday 6th August 2022

1pm

BBQ and Stalls from 1pm, Show Marquee opens at 1.30pm

Everything you love about the Flower Show will be there:

–          Flower & Produce

–          Tea and cakes

–          BBQ

–          Dog show

–          Brass band

–          Bottle stall

–          Raffle – lots of lovely prizes and a special charity raffle where you can win a Dubarry voucher.

SUBMITTING ENTRIES

On-line entries via website – deadline for on-line entries – 6pm Tuesday 2nd August.

Registration evening – Thursday 4th August 6 – 8pm in the Village Hall – this is last chance to submit your entries.

PUTTING YOU ENTRIES IN THE SHOW TENT ON SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST

All entries must be in the show tent by 10am on the morning of the show. 

Heaviest spuds – bring the pot to the show tent by 10am on the morning of the show where the judge will weigh the crop.

Tallest sunflower competion – flowers will be measured in situ.

The Flower Show Committee

Amanda Blythe-Smith, Miles Colegrave, James Durley, Graham Fewster, Becky Harden, Penny at the Duck on the Pond, Nicky Smith, Julia Streeter.

An exhibition will be held in the Village Hall on Saturday 6th November and Sunday 7th November between 2pm and 4pm to show the work that has been done on the project to date, the options suggested by the architects , the recommended option and the next steps in the poject.

There will be drawings of the options and a model of the recommended option kindly made by Tim Catton.

You are warmly invited to visit the exhibition, ask questions and to give your views on the proposals.

DO COME!!

Click on Link below to see Survey Findings:

Village Hall Development Survey Findings

South Newington Singers gave a resounding performance as part of the Cumnor Music Festival on June 16^th June, in a  delightful garden opened especially for the occasion. 

The day raised money for Breast Cancer Care and Oxenford House Care Home, and we were one of the main groups performing along with a wonderful ukulele band, drama groups, a capella singers and a swing band in the evening

“Joyous and fun, a pleasure to listen to and watch such a happy group” was how one member of the audience described us, and we weren’t even twisting his arm at the time!

If you would like to try singing,  please do come along to the village hall on Saturday mornings when we practice with Stuart Dunlop our conductor and Joe Cummings our piano accompanist.  Stuart lives in the village and is Musical Director of UEA so we are incredibly lucky to have the benefit of his skill and leadership, and Joe is an accomplished young professional pianist from the Royal Academy of Music.  Not bad for our little village eh?

We are now working on music for a special concert in South Newington in November to commemorate 100 years since the end of the WW1.  The music we will be performing includes some favourites such as Jerusalem, Breathe Soft Ye Winds and The Long Day Closes.

Any questions about singing please just ask, call Nicky Smith on 07771 785228 or contact Elizabeth Wheeldon.

South Newington Potholes referenced in the Banbury Guardian.

Click to view

To report a pothole click here

We have received a complaint from a concerned villager regarding the increased instances of dog fouling around the village.  Areas mentioned were outside the Village Hall where the school buses pick up / drop off and children need to wait. Also the public footpath across the field off Sands Lane (where we have incidentally sited a dog bin).

From Cherwell District Council Website – “If you allow a dog in your charge to foul any area to which the public has access you are committing an offence. The penalty for not clearing up dog fouling can be up to £1000 if the case is dealt with by the magistrates courts, or £50 if the owner is given a fixed penalty notice.”

We have recently installed dog bins in the village and dog poop bags are also available in the village free of charge.  They can be picked up from a box sited outside The Old Forge on Moor Lane.

Let’s be vigilant to keep our village a beautiful place to live and explore.

Thank you.