A reminder that the village verge clean will take place on Saturday March 9th . Meet at the grass triangle in Long Wittenham Road from 10 a.m. to help clear all the accumulated rubbish from the hedgerows and verges before the stinging nettles take over. Rubbish bags, pick-sticks and fluorescent jackets will be provided but garden gloves and wellies are recommended! Please note that only the bags provided should be used (ordinary black bags will not be collected by OCC either from the roadside or the trailer) and any items that can’t be picked up with the grabber should be left in situ and the location noted (use ‘what3words’ if you have it on your phone). Tyres should not be collected as they are processed differently and they should be left in situ and reported as fly-tip using the ‘FixMyStreet’ app. As always, even just half an hour of your time would be very much appreciated.
Back in November 2017 we held a History Exhibition in The Bear which was well attended, with several of those present expressing an interest in setting up a small Village History group. Six years have now passed without progress, and during that time many of those who lived through the post war years have sadly died and their memories are lost forever.
Although fortunately we have the results of the detailed research carried by Gerald Howat and Kelvin White, there is always more to be discovered - and we also need to remember that today’s hap-penings are tomorrow’s history……
If you are interested in carrying out further research, providing the history of your property, or have any suggestions, do contact
Nora.haycock@btinternet.com
This newsletter is produced four times a year by Nora Haycock and once again our thanks go out to her for all her hard work.
A reminder that North Moreton Charitable Trust is able to make a grant of£75 to young people on attaining the age of 18, whose family have beenresident in the village for a minimum of one year.
Please apply to the Clerk of the Trust
Nora.haycock@btinternet.com giving your age, a brief description of your further education, apprenticeship or job, and the likely purpose towards which you would apply the grant
Parish meetings
All members of the public are invited to attend and address the council. The next parish council meeting will be on Tuesday 19th March 2024 at 7pm. This is the Parish General Meeting.The agenda is usually published ten days before the meeting. It will available to read on the village notice board or you may read it or download it here. (Agenda)
Car park update
More Recycled Plastic matting has been laid at the entrance to the recreation ground parking area. Many thanks to Rob and his children for their invaluable help. The matting has had a thin layer of soil spread over it so by this spring grass should be growing through the matting which should soon disappear into the the grass.
Other recreation ground news
Just before last July’s Cricket Festival, we installed three green recycling bins next to the general waste bins in the recreation ground, since most of the rubbish generated consists of bottles and cans. We would like to point
out that all the bins are emptied by volunteers (thanks to Dave Powell and Jon Slade for this), so it would be greatly appreciated if dog poo bags were put in the dog poo bins, bottles were emptied prior to disposal, waste food was bagged tightly and disposed of in the general waste bin, and babies’ nappies were taken home with the babies and definitely not put in the recycling bin.
Dog poo bins
The five dog poo bins around the village are provided principally for use by walkers. Although Biffa empty them regularly, they seem to fill up very quickly, so please don’t use them for dog waste from your garden, which can be disposed of in your black wheelie bin.
The second village community polytunnel has now arrived
and will be built in the near future. For more details and how to get involved see web page here
Or contact via email North Moreton Green Shoots
Cost of hiring the village hall have been increased due to the rise in heating and lighting costs. See booking form for new prices You can download the booking form here .
South Moreton Primary School has tours available throughout the coming term for families of children due to apply for places in Reception in September 2023.
You are warmly invited to find out more about us – a happy, effective school in your local community – and what makes us an excellent choice for your child. Email us at
office.2566@south-moreton.oxon.sch.uk
to book your personal tour with Mrs Sanchez, Head Teacher.
Click here for link to Gofund page
For more infomation about the school go the web site:
http://www.south-moreton.oxon.sch.uk/
South Moreton Pre-school is a friendly, small co-educational pre-school set within the grounds of South Moreton Primary School. We are licensed to take children 2-5 years old; on a flexible session basis (please see website for details. Our catchment areas are North and South Moreton and surrounding areas. We are very passionate about our roles at pre-school and provide a calm and happy atmosphere where children can really excel themselves and have lots of fun with all our different activities and resources. If you have any questions or would like to get in touch for a visit, please do not hesitate to contact Lily or Claire at the pre school via email or visit page on this web site here.