Nuffield News
June 2013
What’s
happening
WE’RE GOING ON-LINE !
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After much debate at the
like to receive a paper copy
21st June - Sue Ryder
Parish Council, we’ve decided
of the newsletter.
Fundraiser
to follow the lead of many of
the other Parishes in the area
and deliver our quarterly
newsletter by email and
through the Nuffield Parish
website. Printing and
delivering the newsletter by
We need to know the name
of your household and your
address so that we can keep
up with who is getting an
electronic newsletter and
who is getting the paper
version – to make sure no
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NEWS BY EMAIL
“A Summer Delight” is
being held at Bix Manor to
raise funds for the Nettlebed
Hospice. Contact Karen
Hilton on
dying4lifefundraising@gmai
l.com or the Sue Ryder team
on 01491 641070
29th – 29th June - Nuffield
Extravaganza
In aid of Church funds,
come along to the Mini Fete,
Flower Festival and Open
hand is expensive and the
one misses out ! For those
Parish Council thinks that the
who send us your email
money can be better spent on
details, we will respect your
11th July - Parish Council
other projects. However, we
privacy and will not share
Meeting
understand that some of our
your email details with
The next meeting is on 11th
parishioners may not have
anyone else. You can
July at 8pm at the
access to email and so may
register by email
Huntercombe Nursing
still want to receive a paper
(admin@nuffieldparish.org)
Home
copy of the newsletter. We’re
or by completing the form
asking you, therefore, to let us
attached to this newsletter.
have your email details (if you
Gardens.
13th - 14th July - Woodcote
Rally
want to receive by email) or to
We look forward to
For details see
let us know if you would still
hearing from you.
http://www.woodcoterally.o
rg.uk/
TRAFFIC MONITORING
travelling over 56mph. We had quite a number
travelling between 41-46mph – 135.
Some people in the Parish have expressed
concerns about the speed of cars and other
The Parish Council will continue to look at these
vehicles as they travel through Nuffield. So the
findings and consider what next steps, if any, to
Parish Council arranged for a speed monitoring
take.
system to be set up.
The monitoring took place from 20th to 26th
March on Timbers Lane, just North of Timbers
Farm. The traffic was monitored in both
directions – north and southbound.
Over the 7 day period, a daily average of 511
vehicles travelled south along the road and 512
travelled north, with 449 (south) and 455 (north)
travelling between 7am and 7pm. The weekend
days were noticeably quieter with just under 300
MOST VEHICLES TRAVELLING
vehicles travelling in each direction on Saturday
THROUGH NUFFIELD RESPECT
and Sunday.
THE SPEED LIMIT.
Peak flow during the week (Mon – Fri) was
between 8-9am and 3-6pm.
SOME DON’T, HOWEVER.
The good news is that the vast majority of the
people travelling through Nuffield respect the
30mph speed limit. Over the 7 days of the
monitoring, between 6am and 6pm the average
PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP
speed southbound was only once over 30mph
YOUR SPEED TO 30 MPH OR
and twice over in the northbound direction.
UNDER AS YOU PASS
THROUGH NUFFIELD VILLAGE
The fast traffic was travelling in the early hours
of the morning with averages between 31mph
and 40.4mph between midnight and 4am.
There’s a tendency for the traffic to travel a little
faster in the southbound rather than the
northbound direction.
Unfortunately, as on all roads, there were some
road users who exceeded the speed limit.
Throughout the whole week, we had 3 vehicles
travelling between 51-56mph and no one
NUFFIELD CHURCH
As you know, the church in Nuffield is in need of funds to keep it, and the churchyard, in good repair.
The next fund raising event is the Nuffield Extravaganza on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June. As well
as raising funds for the church, the event promises to be a nice day out and a chance to catch up with
others from the village and surrounds.
NUFFIELD EXTRAVAGANZA
SATURDAY 29th JUNE
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Mini Fete at the Church. Stalls include a raffle, tombola, bric-a-brac and a home-made
cake stall. There will be a barbeque from 12 noon to 2pm and cream teas served from
2pm.
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Flower display in the Church
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Open Gardens – a chance to wander round and enjoy some of the gardens in the village
SUNDAY 30th JUNE
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Flower display in the Church
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Open Gardens
CAR BOOT SALE - AUGUST
Also in aid of Church funds, there will be a car boot sale in August. The sale will be held on the field at
the Huntercombe officers’ carpark. Watch out for further details and start collecting your unwanted bits
and bobs for the sale.
CROWN PUB
Keep an eye on the website
www.crownnuffield.co.uk for information.
The Crown Pub is doing well. Under the capable
hands of Sam and Richard, the pub is open for
bar visitors and diners from Tuesday to Saturday
for lunch and dinner and on Sundays for lunch.
The menu is delicious and there is entertainment
laid on, too. On Wednesday 19th June there’s a
folk music evening from 8.30pm and on Friday
21st June there’s a hog roast and several local
bands playing.
TAXI SERVICE
IPSDEN PRIVATE HIRE
TAXI SERVICE
Lady driver
07894-994-047
Jill_yates2002@yahoo.co.uk
COUNCIL ELECTIONS
result of boundary changes. No single party got
The Oxfordshire County Council elections took
the majority of 32 seats necessary to lead the
Council.
place on 2nd May. The number of seats in the
County Council was reduced from 74 to 63 as a
UKIP, 0
The results for the overall Council were:
Other, 4
Lib Dem, 11
Conservative, 31
Labour, 15
Green, 2
Nuffield is part of the Benson and Cholsey ward for the County Council, the results of which were:
Mark Gray (Independent) – 1,194 votes – elected
Peter Skolar (Conservative) – 545
Robert Nielsen (UKIP) – 513
Tim Fenn (Green) – 166
Mandy Winters (Labour) – 154
For District Council purposes, Nuffield is part of
And then there’s our Member of Parliament. For
the Crowmarsh ward and our district councillor
those purposes, we’re part of the Henley on
is Christina Krabbe. The district is South
Thames constituency and John Howell is our MP.
Oxfordshire and the district council is
responsible for local services including planning,
council housing and rubbish collection.
The County Council is also responsible for local
services including education, social services and
roads (but not trunk roads).
And, finally, we are represented in the European
Parliament by seven MEP’s who represent the
South East of England.
There’s a useful website that tells you who is
who at: http://www.writetothem.com/
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