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Winter 2000             Issue 80



Where
are you
heading this
Christmas?
sledging
Women's
Institute
Party

Page7
Merry Christmas Christmas
Carol
Service

Page 3
manger
Children's
Carols

Page 3
New
Year's Eve
party

page 5
Star Midnight
Mass/
Christmas
Services

page 2



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CHURCH NEWS

Ministry team:
Robert Morgan (Lower Farm, 748848) priest-in-charge;
licensed lay ministers: Brian Andrews (777011);  Liz Shatford (772598) - pastoral assistant and parish chiropodist.
Church Wardens:
Mrs Marjorie Harris (24 Henley Road) and Ray Lee (93 Henley Road).
Organist: Daniel Chambers.
Choirmaster: Richard Christopher.



Sunday services:

8.00 a.m. (First Sunday of the month)    Holy Communion BCP
10.00 a.m. (Weekly) Parish Communion
11.15 a.m. (Last Sunday of the month) Family service
6.30 p.m. (Weekly) Evening prayer



CHRISTMAS SERVICES

Sunday December 17th
6.30 p.m. CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
Christmas Eve
10.0 a.m. Parish Communion
11.15 a.m. CHILDRENS CAROLS
11.30 p.m. MIDNIGHT MASS
Christmas Day
8.0 am. Holy Communion (BCP)
10.0 am. FAMILY COMMUNION
Sunday December 31st
10.0 am. Parish Communion
(No Family Service on last Sunday in December)
6.30 p.m. Evening prayer



At Littlemore church:
Sunday 17 December 5pm Christingle Service
Monday 18 December 7pm Community Carol Service
Sunday 24th December 6 pm Blessing of the Crib



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Celebrating Christmas

As we with heart and minds go with the shepherds and the wise men to Bethlehem to worship the Christ child and celebrate God's gift to the world, the birthday of the Prince of Peace is blighted for us this year by the deaths in the war and the injustice in Bethlehem and other parts of Palestine and Israel. We pray for reconciliation but realize there can be no lasting peace without a just settlement of the territorial problem - which is partly of our making. Christmas is also shadowed for us in Britain by the shameful murder in Peckham of the Nigerian boy Damilola - a symbol for much that is rotten in our own society.

Still, we shall (everyone is invited, despite limited seating) meet together to pray for a better world, and to remember in songs and readings the events which are registered in history by the way we date each new year. There is nothing more basic, more innocent, more hopeful, more adorable, than a newborn child, and in the birth that marks God's loving engagement with this imperfect (to say the least) world, we bundle in all the children for whom we are thankful. In the stable we include all the homeless whose situations appall us, all those who are hungry as we eat and drink well (and with gratitude), sparing a thought for the unequal distribution of this world's goods and the foolishness with which the environment is damaged by human greed and carelessness. We shall also remember those who are sick, lonely, or bereaved this Christmas.

As usual at St Andrew's the collection at the

Carol Service at 6.30 on Sunday 17th December

singing will go to the Porch, a centre for the homeless in East Oxford, where some of the congregation work as volunteers and other villagers are invited to help (see Lisa in Riverview). Then on Christmas Eve after the usual 10 a.m. Parish Communion there will be the

11.15 Children's Carols

and at 11.30 p.m. Midnight Mass.
Then Christmas Day 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.


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Compline
will be sung by candlelight at St. Andrew's at 9.0 p.m. on three Thursdays in Advent (as in Lent), on Dec. 7th 14th, 21st
Advent discussion Groups
(Wednesdays 7.30, ending on 13th December) are discussing the new services, baptismal policy, second marriages. All welcome.



IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME TO SPARE
ON CHRISTMAS DAY...

meal Oxfordshire Mind is opening one of its East Oxford day centres for people who are experiencing mental health problems - with a traditional Christmas lunch and festive games and quizzes. They need VOLUNTEERS who will help to lay tables, prepare veg, cook, wash up, talk to members, play games etc. throughout the day. If you can help, please contact Nicky Clargo on 310830, extension 22. (Donations also welcome to Oxfordshire Mind, 125 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AH)



Many congratulations
from all members, helpers, and committee of the Youth Club to Michelle (and Paul) on the birth of Tobias - and many thanks for all your labours for the Youth of Sandford.
BINGO
in the Village Hall every Thursday 7.0 for 8.0 - in aid of Village Hall funds
baby reading Mobile Library Alternate Thursdays 4.0 p.m. outside the Fox
[more info]



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New Years Eve

PARTY

December 31st 7.30 p.m. in the Village Hall. Tickets £5 per couple £10 per family

(admission by ticket only)

Contact Yvonne Hutton (778403) or Helen Willmot (747648)
bring a plate of food



Toddlers and Mothers

End of an era: Maria Griffin retires this month after five years taking responsibility (with Mandy earlier) - since the last of her brood is now at school. So a big thanks, Maria, and great that you'll stay in touch. The new convenor/ organizer/secretary will be Louise Rogers of 14 Janaway (396006) helped by Christine (7 Heyford Hill Lane). Rebecca is also retiring, so thanks there too.

By the time the Link reaches you the early Christmas party may or may not have happened on Monday 11th - Father Christmas promises an early rising at 11 a.m. instead of his usual 11 p.m. chimney climbing.

The New Year begins Mondays 10.0 - 12.0 (note new time)
in the Village Hall starting 15th January.

New mums and impendings welcome.
'What life have you if you have not life together?
There is no life that is not in community, and no community not lived in praise of God'
T.S. Eliot



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Welcome
to Alison Nicol, Lisa and Lee Thompson and Ms Mahu Shant to Church Road.
to Graham Bilbrough and Dr Abril Scott to Riverview (if patient confidentiality allows the Link would like publicly to thank Graham for his skill in repairing Tess after her unfortunate debate with a badger).


Welcome back
to Sarah Grylls after a mid-life round the world sabbatical.


SAVE THE CHILDREN shop at 47 High Street, Oxford, is desperate for volunteers. Ring Nora Dennison, 01242-678360
Welcome to the world
to Tobias, a firstborn son to Paul Pattison and Michelle Robson, born 19th November
to Lara Kate, a first daughter born on 9th June to Sarah Gracie and Rowland Stout
to Thomas Charles Gerald, a son to Jacqueline Smithson and Simon Burrows
to Carys Sarah, born to James and Janet Bufford of Riverview 13th November
to Michael Joseph, born to Rachel, nee Turner, and barren Drinkwater - a brother for Daniel Owen.


Sports news: Chris Hackett, Sandford's 17-yr-old Oxford United player, has been playing for Youth, Reserves and the First Team and is already into double goal-scoring figures. The Youths had a good run in the Youth Cup, eventually going out to premiership Coventry - in the earlier rounds Chris bagged four goals, including a hat trick. He now figures regularly for the reserves and recently has often come off the bench for the first team. He is hoping for a chance to make his first full appearance for the first team soon.

Villagers continue to watch Kelly Caffel's progress too, as well as the football younger generations James Fenn and Ian Middleton.


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Sandford-on-Thames Womens Institute
OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY
will be held in the Village Hall on 11th December,
and details will be posted throughout the village.
Guests will be particularly welcome to take this opportunity to meet with other ladies, and hopefully to decide to join us in the WI.

Meetings in the New Year will include:
Monday 15th January - Aromatherapy
by Sandra Ross
Monday 19th February - Light Entertainment by Thelma Sanders.
Village Hall 7.30 - 9.30 - come along and bring a friend, Ladies!


After our summer break, when we went to the Dogs, and also toured the Blanket Factory in Witney, we got down to business again in September.
Encaustic Art was described and demonstrated by Sally Brown, who created beautiful coloured pictures by using wax and a warm iron. All sorts of artistic images may be produced by moving the iron in certain ways across the paper. Most of the members tried their hands and managed to create a small picture for themselves.
Our Second Anniversary Dinner was held in October at the Four Pillars Hotel bistro, when a dozen members enjoyed their own company with a lovely meal in pleasant surroundings.
In November, Annie Blake came along to demonstrate the ancient art of Reflexology, which has grown in popularity in the West since the early 1 900s. The theory is that the body's organs and systems are reflected in the feet, and gently massaging these reflexes stimulates the corresponding organs, releasing blockages in energy pathways and stimulating inert healing powers. Reflexology has been found to help migraine, headaches, back problems, and anxiety and stress-related conditions. Two members who accepted treatment from Annie both afterwards agreed they felt more relaxed and revitalised.
Report by Joan Inston



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SANDFORD-ON-THAMES
VILLAGE HALL

This is a really fine local facility for family or other group activities.
We can offer a good-size hall with plenty of off-street parking space, a dancing floor, cloakrooms including disabled toilet facilities, kitchen and the possibilities of a bar via the local pubs, 'The Fox' and 'The Catherine Wheel'.

Hiring rates are £10 per hour
or £5 per hour for genuine village residents bookings.
To make a hooking, contact Sharon Fenn - 716597.

Other Officers and Keyholders:
Chairman: Leslie Rhodes (778475)
Treasurer: Paul Daglish (748962)
Caretaker/Cleaner: Hazel Hutton (779767)

There are plans in hand to improve the lighting and other facilities in the Hall.
If you would like to become involved in the decision-making and planning process, the Hall committee would very much welcome an injection of keen villagers.
For more information, please contact the Chairman.




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Oxford Park Homes

Mrs Hutton thanks those who expressed an interest in the recently planned party which for logistic reasons was unable to take place. So do come instead to the New Year's Eve Party detailed on page 5. Another event is planned for later in 2001.

smowman The Residents' Association Committee withes the rest of the village a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year.
(Anyone wishing to read about the legislation on Homes currently before the House of Lords contact Mrs Hutton.)


Congratulations

The Fox Pub to Bob and Hazel Hutton of Main Avenue who were invited to County Hall on 24th November and presented with an Engraved Vase of hand-cut glass and a certificate in recognition and appreciation of their fostering scores of children (more than the Link can number) over the past twenty-four years.
Their many friends in Sandford join in celebrating this part of their many-sided loving service to the wider community and wish them every further happiness in the years ahead. (They seem to manage kids brilliantly long past the age of even the Sandford 'Fathers Approaching Retirement Time' Society.


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SANDFORD-ON-THAMES PARISH COUNCIL

Notes from recent meetings.
Full minutes are displayed on the noticeboards.

Autumn Cleanup
The Council has decided to embark this year on a programme to tidy up trees and hedgerows on village land for which it is responsible, starting with the central area surrounding the Village Hall and recreation ground. This first stage may well be in progress by the time this Link reaches you, so that you may already see an improvement in safety and security in that area.

Village Hall Refurbishment
Electoral Roll 2001
Any queries or corrections may be given to the Parish Clerk at the Old School.
Talks are taking place between the Parish Council and the Village Hall Management Committee to ensure the continued improvement of the fabric of the village hall, in particular with regard to the ceiling and lighting. We aim to make the hall as attractive as possible to potential hirers, and attract additional income. Local user groups will be protected from increased charges by subsidy from the Council. It is your community facility, please make best use of it!

That 10B Bus
Following the late news in the previous Link that the 10B bus had been withdrawn, contact was made with Stagecoach, who gave an explanation of their reasons. Three parties were involved in subsidising the service, but had withdrawn: Oxford Brookes University decided there was no great benefit, the John Radcliffe Hospital found they could not afford it, and Sainsburys proposed to set up their own free bus service (subsequently abandoned before it started). Perhaps we may gain some benefit from the provisions in the recently-published Rural White Paper.


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STOP PRESS from the Council meeting of 4th December

* The parish council has bought new football goalposts for the Fox Furlong recreation ground. They will be set up soon.
*Two new pieces of equipment for older children have been ordered for the Church Road recreation area a ladder walk and a set of chin bars.
*The council is working with residents and young people in the Heyford Hill Lane area to provide a youth shelter next year. This has proved a popular and successful measure in many other places and is recommended by youth development workers and Thames Valley police.
*The council has approved work to be carried out on fences, hedges and ditches near the village hall, for the hall ceiling to be replaced and new recessed lights to be installed. Next year it is hoped to build another bus shelter at the Heyford Hill Lane stop.
*The precept for next year will be held at £9,000




Homoeopathy
Your local homoeopath is
Misbah Rishi
BSc, DHMS, DMLS
practicing at
THE BELAWARR CLINICDelawarr Clinic
OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITYBrooks University

Homoeopathy is an holistic therapy, not just treating symptoms, but taking into consideration a person's physical, emotional and mental state. It is effective for all ages and equally useful for both acute and chronic conditions.

Misbah is also qualified to offer basic:
Nutritional advice, Counselling and Touch for Health (Kinesiology)

ENQUIRIES AND APPOINTMENTS TELEPHONE: 01865 200365 or 01865 395301



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All Souls 2000

On November 5th at 6.30 a candle-lit Memorial Service was held at St Andrew's to commemorate the departed. Individual candles were lit for loved ones, many remembered by name, and the choir sang the Russian Kontakion for the departed. Lessons were Wisdom 3 - the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God', read by Gina, and Revelation 21.1-7 - 'I beheld a new heaven and a new earth'. Hymns included 'For all the saints', The Lord's my shepherd (Brother James' air), 'O what their joy', 'Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him', and 'Immortal invisible'. This annual celebration provides us with an opportunity to consider our own lives too, following the Psalmist's prayer: 'O teach us to number our days: that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom' (Ps. 90).


Rev. Mary Parsons

A party was held at the Old School on 2nd December to say farewell to Mary, who has been associate priest at St Andrew's for the past 6 years following her retirement from the Churchill Hospital. This second retirement takes her to Birmingham to her twin sister Canon Marlene. We have valued the balance she gave to our ministry team and time she spent with the more elderly and housebound members of the congregation, and the prayerful support she continued to give when herself latterly housebound. As the youngest member of the ministry team she leaves a vacancy that we are looking to fill, so if you see a beady eye upon you, run for dear life. But we send Mary on the next steps of her journey with thanksgiving, and lots of love. A presentation included a picture of the church with members of the congregation in a collage created by digital-dynamo-Liz.


Talking of pictures, the vicar thanks those who commissioned a painting of St Andrew's by the Estonian artist Elo of Littlemore and presented it to the latest addition to the over-60s club. Viewing (of the picture) at Lower Farm by arrangement.


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Sandford Youth Club: Michelle reports
The Youth Club has recently introduced a cooking programme for those members who wish to try out their culinary skills. The members have cooked a variety of tasty cakes and biscuits which have been sold through the tuck shop. A thank you to Carol Sellwood who oversees this programme.
The 'A Team' visited a few weeks ago and ran a successful session. Further dates booked for 17th January and 7th March. These sessions will run half an hour late - 7.0 - 9.0.
The Club has subscribed to the OAYP Film Circuit. This started successfully with Chicken Run and further booking were made, but sadly have been cancelled until further notice as OAYP have had problems getting films and finding volunteers to run these sessions.
Last session will be 13th December -
members have requested a party night, so music and party games will be the focus - the Club will re-open on the 10th January.

Trips: a Laserquest Challenge was arranged by OAYP in October. Our Club team consisted of six members: Tom D., Tom C., Ryan, Mark, William and Richard. Well done! - they came 8th place within the challenge.
Five girls from the Club recently went on a Top 2 Toe day arranged again by OAYP. This involved all sorts of activities such as hair styling, henna tattoos, facials, art and sports and many more... all enjoyed themselves.
A snowboarding trip is being arranged in December. Unfortunately because of popular demand there are limited spaces - we have two members going, Ian and Mark.

Helpers news.' I would like to say thank you to Alice and Paul, Clive and Ann, Pose, Carol and Paul for their continued support in helping to run the Club. Over the last year we have seen it grow and develop into a safe environment and friendly atmosphere, new members have joined and a variety of activities and trips have been available.


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Faith and Lightning

Like summer lightning my faith arcs through my life.
There and then gone.
Like snow in spring, frost in pale winter sun, mist at dawn,
And the darkness after the light is profound.
Deep, black despair.
Why?
Why this, why that, why here, why now.
The eternal question
With flesh-crawling wonder the lightning traces glowing transient hope across star-studded sky.
And God speaks as air meets air and the waves meet in my mind.
Faith begins again.
Life begins again.
Without my God I am as nothing.
With him, I am as nothing.
I know that like the inevitability of death, and the endless roll of the great ocean wave
That I will sin again.
For to be is to err.
All that is left is prayer.

Ashley Cadman


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(BEHIND BULLDOG PUB, OPPOSITE TOWN HALL)



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Johann Sebastien

The 250th anniversary of Bach's death was celebrated in Sandford on October 15th with an organ recital by Daniel Chambers in the middle of Songs of Praise (a breather), including the Toccata and Fugue - greatly appreciated by all who heard it. Bach will be back at St Andrew's shortly.


The Community Waste Vehicle
will be in the Village Hall car park on:
Tuesday 23 January at 8.0 - 10.45 a.m.;
Saturday 10 February from 8.0 - 12 noon;
Tuesday 6 March from 8.0 - 10.45 a.m.



Aladdin



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Rest in peace

GORDON OSBORNE (9.5.39 - 11.11.00)
Son of an old Sandford family (his grandparents Percy and Ethel Maud Osborne are buried here), Gordon spent his life in Littlemore and over two thirds of it assembling car bodies at the Cowley works. But he was baptised at St Andrews on 16th July 1939 and his friends and neighbours brought him back here for the funeral service prior to cemetery burial. Since 1939 is prior to the present incumbency they also wrote about him for this occasion which turned out to be a moving memorial of Gordon's life and a commendation to God and a reverent taking of leave, followed by excellent sandwiches and beer, courtesy of Barry at the Catherine Wheel.

The preacher observed that one of the ways God takes care of us is through friends and neighbours; another is through giving us things to share. In Gordon's case that included garden produce. One friend had written that his 'rhubarb went one way over the hedge, cabbages, leeks and carrots the other way ... Gordon's hedge was no barrier ... it was a meeting place ...'. What a good epitaph - and a detail to be inspired by: not a barrier - a meeting place.
(Despite ancient and historic enmities it has been our privilege to welcome several bodies from Littlemore to Sandford while St Nicholas has been shut for repairs).


English School
ALAN BUTLER
Your local maintenance man, builder, carpenter. Mature, honest and trustworthy - excellent local references. Sandford- on-Thames tel. 779185.
LET THE BUTLER DO IT



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Remembrance Sunday 2000

This is the day we sing the English National Anthem in church since it is a prayer for this country and all the Commonwealth (the Welsh one is more stirring and the debate whether to have that sometime continues - along with the Battle Hymn of the Republic sung at November 11.15 service and Advent Sunday) - but this year we looked beyond the Commonwealth by singing the nineteenth-century second verse:
Not on this land alone -
but be God's mercies known
from shore to shore.
Lord, make the nations see
that all should brother and sisters be
and form one fam-i-lee
the wide world o'er.
This was immediately followed by a hymn sung to the tune 'Austria'.
In a sermon on the virtue of patriotism (and its difference from nationalism) the preacher took as examples of true patriotism Bishop Bell's attack in the House of Lords on obliteration bombing of civilians, and the German theologian Bonhoeffer's resistance to his own government, and consequent martyrdom.
This was the first year that the congregation were without two members (Norman Challenor and Katherine Woodford) who as very young children lost their fathers in the First War, but the rest of us consider it important to continue the memorial of those terrible events, the horror and the pity of war, and to teach our children the value of coming and doing this together. This year the generation born in the 1970s was notable by its absence. The two-minutes silence was observed as usual at 11 a.m.


Visit the Sandford website on www.tarzey.co.uk/sandford
on which you can now consult Link back numbers.



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A Knock Out £10,000 raised for charity

The money has been counted after the It's a Knockout day hosted by Four Pillars Hotels and Fox FM and an amazing £10,000 was raised for Charity 2000 - the fundraising organisation set up by Four Pillars Hotels and Fox FM. This year's beneficiaries are Restore (a mental health rehabilitation service), the Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the J.R. and Victim Support Oxfordshire.

Twenty-four teams from local companies gathered to compete in this year's event, but Thames Valley Police proved too strong for the other teams, winning through in style. Ian Keeling, Managing Director of Four Pillars Hotels, said: 'We are so pleased that everyone had a fantastic day and that the weather was kind, but I am even more delighted that this fun day has once again raised such an impressive amount of money. We are trying to raise £50,000 this year through various initiatives and it is fantastic to know that through one event we are already well on the way.'



The Four Pillars

Henley Road, Sandford on Thames, Oxford OX4 4GX
Telephone: (01865) 334444 . Fax: (01865) 334400

WEB http://www.four-pillars.co.uk Email: enquiries@four-pillars.co.uk


Set in 30 acres of glorious parkland on the banks of the Thames.

Open to non residents for drinks, light meals and riverside dining.
Carvery lunch on Sundays.

Conferences, Weddings (including Ceremony) and private parties.

Telephone 01865 334444.



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Government Business re National Heritage

The vicar thanks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for meeting him more than half way over his grumble on the inside cover of the last Link about having to pay 17% VAT on repairing the Church tower - we thought historic buildings should be zero-rated, as the Village Hall is. This is now to be reduced to 5%, if Brussels agrees. This change of heart came too late to help us this time, so we again thank all villagers who helped foot the bill to preserve the church fabric, and we hope the next bill will be a bit less. That there will be future bills we do not doubt - the architect's Quinquennial Report is imminent, but we are glad that all donations can now get full tax- rebate if donors sign the form in the last Link.

Rather more important on the global front is the Chancellor's welcome gesture on third-world debt. The obscenity of the Western countries blood-sucking the economies of the poorest countries through interest on debts has sickened many in Sandford and elsewhere for too long. Pray God other countries will follow Britain's moral lead for once.


Thought for the month:
Darius the Mede was aged 62 when he took over Iraq following the collapse of the Babylonian Empire.
Barry and Barbara
welcome you to the
Catherine Wheel
FREEHOUSE
38 Henley Road
Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford OX4 4YP
Tel: 01865-778340
Hot and Cold Bar Food
Traditional Sunday Roast Lunches     Real Ales
Large Garden     Ample Car Park
Parties and Outside Functions catered for



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VOLUNTEERS WANTED

by HEADWAY
They write: we need three more volunteers on Tuesdays at the Headway bay Centre, Rivermead, Abingdon Road:
* Someone willing to learn to drive our minibus so we can enjoy local outings on Tuesdays and/or Fridays.
* Someone willing to train with the Red Cross in manicure and hand massage so that our members can enjoy some regular pampering.
* Someone interested to get us going with art and craft ideas.
You would be needed for a few daytime hours. Our members are a friendly group of adults of all ages living with the effects of head injury. Please contact Sue on 790500 (9-4 on Tuesdays and Fridays, otherwise leave a message on the answerphone.)


By AGE CONCERN
whose Information and Advice Service is looking for volunteers to help staff the Telephone Helpline at the Oxford office, and also to visit people in their own homes to help with form filling and benefits checks. No particular qualifications required - training offered. Contact Sandra or Jenny on 247852.


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The Link magazine is published by the Link Committee
and is edited by Prue Sykes, Lower Farm, Sandford-on-Thames (748848).
Articles, letters or news items for inclusion in the next issue
should be sent to Lower Farm by 28th February.
Whilst the Committee. makes every effort to ensure
the accuracy of the material contained no responsibility can be held
for any action arising from this publication.
Printed by Parchment (Oxford) Ltd.
Printworks, Crescent Road, Oxford



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Issue 80 Index

Page 1 Where are you heading this Christmas?
Page 2 Church news.
Christmas Services.
Littlemore Church Services.
Page 3 Celebrating Christmas.
Page 4 Compline.
Advent Discussion Groups.
Time to spare?
Congratulations.
Bingo.
Mobile Library.
Page 5 New Years Eve Party.
Mothers and toddlers.
Page 6 Welcome to...
Welcome to the world.
Sports news.
Page 7 Sandford Womens Institute.
Page 8 Sandford Village Hall.
Page 9 Oxford Park Homes.
Congratulations.
Page 10 Parish Council Notes...
Autumn Cleanup.
Village Hall Refurbishment.
That Bus 10B.
Page 11 Council Meeting of 4th December.
Page 12 All Souls 2000.
Rev. Mary Parsons.
Talking of Pictures.
Page 13 Sandford Youth Club.
Page 14 Faith and Lightning - Ashley Cadman.
Page 15 Johann Sebastien.
Community Waste Vehicle.
Page 16 R.I.P. - Gordon Osborne.
Page 17 Remembrance Sunday 2000.
Page 18 A Knock Out £10,000 raised for charity.
Page 19 Government Business re Notional Heritage.
Thought for the month.
Page 20 Volunteers Wanted by Headway.
Volunteers Wanted by Age Concern.
Advertising Rates.


Other highly recommended links:

The Sandford-on-Thames home page
Saint Andrew's Church, Sandford-on-Thames



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