November 1989             Issue 25

Did you know that the old conspirator Guy Fawkes was born in York of Protestant parents in 1570. He became a zealous Catholic before he was of age, served in the Spanish army from 1593 until 1604 and was actually hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot in January 1606 - not burned on the bonfire at all! The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt on the part of a small number of Catholic gentlemen to destroy by gunpowder King James I and the Houses of Lords and Commons on the day of the opening of Parliament, November 5th 1605. The reason for their treason being the desperation felt by the faithlessness of James, who before his accession had led Catholics to expect some toleration and then afterwards put in full force laws against popery.

Did you also know that the art of making fireworks, or pyrotechny is generally accredited to the Chinese from a very early age. It is a very fine art form and the variety of colours that can be seen are as a result of simple metals being burned, such as nitrate of barium for green; salts of strontium for crimson and lithium carbonate for purple red.

CHURCH NEWS Priest-in-charge: Rev. Robert Morgan, xxx Iffley Road, Tel: xxxxxx

ON GENEROSITY

Religions teach a kind of financial management called 'stewardship', as part of the larger project of handling our personal and family and social life prudently and generously. It is a step on the way to becoming the kind of people who we are meant to be. Governments try to encourage us as taxpayers by making our giving "tax-efficient". That takes a bit of organizing, and there are so many claims upon our generosity we can easily get into the habit of disregarding them.

One way of combining thoughtfulness about what we can afford to give each year, with tax-efficiency, and ease of giving tax-free to a variety of things as we spontaneously want to, is the voucher system of The Charities Aid Foundation (48 Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent) set up by the charities themselves. (They get your donation grossed up by tax relief and give you a kind of cheque book so you can give directly out of your charity account, which is enlarged by the tax recovered on your annual gift). If we have homes and other good things and still find it hard to give, our heart muscles and strings need exercise before they get hard and unhealthy - and we die spiritually even before physically.

SWEET SUCCESS NOVEMBER

4oz/100g plain chocolate
4oz/100g chestnut puree
3oz/75g icing sugar
1oz/25g chocolate vermicelli
3oz/75g white, milk or plain chocolate
MAKES: 14 PREP: 25 minutes COOK: 2-3 minutes

1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water or microwave on MEDIUM for 2-3 minutes.

2. Beat in the chestnut puree and icing sugar until smooth and creamy. Chill for two hours until fairly firm.

3. Shape mixture into 14 even-sized balls. Roll some in the chocolate vermicelli.

4. Melt the remaining chocolate. Coat the rest of the balls and roll them on a wire rack to create ruffled effect. When set, chill for two hours.

TIP
Freeze it! make the truffles up to and including step 3. Freeze in an airtight container. Defrost in the fridge for 4-5 hours. Complete as above.



PARISH SKIPS FOR NOV/DEC

LOCATION

KILN PARK	MID-WEEK	14TH NOVEMBER
VILLAGE HALL	MID-WEEK	19TH DECEMBER

WANTED RELIABLE PERSON

For child supervision (ages 7 & 11) and light housework. Monday - Friday 3-6pm in Sandford. Contact Mrs Daniels Oxford xxxxxx after 6pm and weekends.

NOVEMBER WINE

Apricot Wine
Dried Apricots	2lb/1 kilo
Wheat	1lb/.5 kilo
Sugar	3lb/1.5 kilo
Lemons, juice	2
Grape tannin	1 teaspoon
Water	1 gallon/4.5 litres
Yeast & nutrient
Pectic enzyme

PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
NOVEMBER

PRIZE CROSSWORD WIN £5.00

Answers to xx Church Road
by the 17th of November please.

CHILDRENS FAVOURITES

Q. What did the traffic light say to the car?
A. Don't look now I'm changing.

Q. Why do bees hum?
A. Because the don't know the words.

Doctor, Doctor, people keep ignoring me...
Next please!

Q. What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?
A. Cliff

Doctor, Doctor, I'm invisible...
Who said that?

Q. What do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
A. A woolly jumper


Answer the clues to find another word

My first is in apple but not in cap
My second is in dine and also in mini
My third is in nothing and also in something
My last is in knowing and the answer is what?


Change the first letter of the first word to form a new word. The letters you have changed when re-arranged will make the name of a famous TV and pop star.

PACK.........	( )ACK
LAME.........	( )AME
PUMP.........	( )UMP
END..........	( )ND
CUT..........	( )UT

Announcements

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling is out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as the turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Have you something you would like to announce A wedding? A new baby? An anniversary? Just drop in the details to the Editor by the 17th of each month. The Link also runs a free lost and found service.

Now that the darker nights are once again with us a timely reminder about riding your cycle without lights. This really is a very dangerous activity and it can be difficult to see a bike on a road with little or no street lighting, and also that particularly bad time of day, dusk, when any driver will tell you that cyclists can be impossible to see sometimes. The police do prosecute offenders as well, so it is in your interests to see and be seen.


Distribution
Distribution of the Link is always a job that is absolutely vital if everyone is to get their copy and is a duty that is sometimes carried out under the most arduous of conditions such as only the Pony Express and Wells Fargo would have experienced. So from everyone on the Link Committee a hearty thankyou. (Should anyone wish to volunteer their services and join this band of stalwarts please contact either the Manor House or the Link Committee)

ARTICLES FOR SUBMISSION

The Village Hall Committee
The Youth Club
The Residents Association for the Mobile Home
Mother & Toddlers Group

Is there anyone who would like to try and arrange some sort of team for say a five- a-side soccer match or tournament? Or any sport/activity. All it really needs is a little enthusiasm and encouragement.
Contact people and get them together using the Link (Link - definition: connect, join, (things, persons) together)

The Link Magazine is published monthly by the Link Committee and is edited by Richard Jackson, xx Church Road. Whilst the Committee takes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the material contained, no responsibility can be held for any action arising from this publication.

Childrens favourites: solutions:

My first is in: LINK

Change the words:

Pack	=	Sack
Lame	=	Name
Pump	=	Jump
End	=	And
Cut	=	Out

SNJAO re-arranged = JASON (Donovan)

Captain Jenkins treasure is under route D

CHEMISTS' ROTA SERVICE

Closest to Sandford area only

The following Chemist will be open for dispensing
from 5.30pm - 6.30pm Mondays - Fridays
and 12 noon - 1 pm Sundays and Public Holidays.

Week commencing

November	5th	M J Proctor 158 Oxford Road Cowley
November	12th	P L Jenner 236 Cowley Road Oxford
November	19th	Kingswood Chemists 103 Pound Way Cowley Centre
November	26th	Emerald Pharmacy 34 Cowley Road Littlemore
December	3rd	W H Green (Chemists) Ltd 8 Rose Hill Parade