This is the official Filkins community website, maintained on behalf of the
Cotswold villages of Filkins and Broughton Poggs
by members of the St Filica Society, a local charity fundraising group
News in brief...
Forthcoming Village events
| October 2009 |
| 15th (Thursday) |
Filkins Fillies evening |
Five Alls (not on 8th as in newsletter) |
| 31st |
Halloween & Conker Championship |
Five Alls from 5pm
See Five Alls Page |
| November 2009 |
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| 2nd |
Parish Council Meeting |
Filkins Village Hall 7.30 |
| 21st |
Call My Bluff Wine tasting |
Filkins Village Hall 7.30
See St Filica Page |
28th/29th
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Pantomime: Rumpelstiltskin |
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| December 2009 |
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| 5th |
Father Christmas is Coming |
5pm look for nearest Santa stop sign
See St Filica Page |
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Please support you local pub
Lots of events coming up see Five Alls page:
Please note the next Filkins Fillies and Broughton Babes is on Thursday 15th October.
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Shop Volunteers urgently needed - Please contact Hilary Skinner
Hilary Skinner: hairfilkins@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone number: 07887584367
Out of opening hours: 01367 810651
Due to lack of volunteers and darker evenings the shop will now close at 5pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
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New webmaster
Emilie Dallyn is now the new webmaster for the Filkins website. Please be patient while I get to know my way around the site. All updates for the site should still be sent to webmaster@filkins.org.uk. Thank you to Paul Thompson who has looked after the site for the last few years and good luck with his move to Newbury. Sadly his move will also mean the end of the 'In the Sky' page as Paul will no longer be here to keep it up to date.
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Loose Dogs on the Road
Over the last week we have been visited by two large pale coloured dogs (please excuse my ignorance but I am unsure which breed!). They have been running around our garden and we have also seen them running about on the main round outside our house. They have no collars so we are unable to identify the owners. We are concerned that they may be injured or cause an accident (cars have been beeping at them on the road). Does anyone know who they belong to? If so could we have a telephone number to call if they come wandering again.
Very many thanks,
Jo Ashby
Foxfield House
Broughton Poggs
860253
ashby@peruvianconnection.co.uk
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Veteran Cycle Club Visits Filkins
Added: 10th August, 2009
Members of the Veteran Cycle Club of Great Britain visited Filkins recently.
Click here for more information.
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Parish Council News
Updated: 1st August, 2009
Green Waste Collection 5th and 19th August.
After the Bank Holiday collection will be Thursday 3rd Sept instead of the Wednesday
Next Parish Council meeting Monday 7th
September 7.30pm in Filkins Village Hall.
Drain Jetting: It has taken 18 long months for us to arrange for our drains to be jetted.
If they are in your area of the village please ensure you do not park over a drain cover.
We don’t want to delay them!!!!
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Please use our visiting mobile library!
Updated: 1st August, 2009
The County Library Service mobile library stops in Filkins every other Thursday from
12.20 to 12.30 outside St. Peter's Church. It has a selection of fiction, nonfiction
and childrens' books. You can also reserve books from the library service online
catalogue at ww.libcat.oxfordshire.gov.uk Currently only one person from our
village is using this facility so why not try it out. Dates for August are Thursday 6th
and Thursday 20th.
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Parish Benefice Website
Added: 27th July, 2009
The Shill Valley & Broadshire Benefice website is now live with all the service times for the benefice. More features will be added as time goes on.
Pay a visit at www.12churches.org.uk and let me know what you think (webmaster@filkins.org.uk)
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Filkins Museum's Buildings Survey
Added: 20th July, 2009
The Museum Trustees have been thinking for some time that a survey of the buildings in our villages; Broughton Poggs and Filkins, is very much needed to record the houses and their occupants. We have applied for a West Oxfordshire Heritage Grant to purchase a digital camera and are awaiting notification of our success.
Helen Blackett has agreed to embark on the photography
and we hope to photo the house and the occupants during
the summer. We will be contacting each household for
permission to do so but if you have strong objections
please do not hesitate to let me know. The village is changing quite quickly and we want
to capture these changes.
If it is not too onerous a repeat in, say, ten years would be good for comparison. We will
shortly be delivering a questionnaire and details and would appreciate your cooperation
in carrying this survey out.
Diane Blackett (Tel: 860504)
Filkins Revue 2009
Added: 27th June, 2009
The video of all the acts taken at the Filkins Revue 2009 is now available for download on the Theatre page.
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Filkins Classic car show 2009
Added: 24th June, 2009
Pictures from the this year's Classic Car Show are now available.
Click here to see them
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The Filkins ‘Our Village Shop’ Email Wine Offer
Added: 18th May, 2009
Many friends of Filkins will already be enjoying the benefits of the Email Wine Offer from ‘Our Village Shop’ in the village. For more details, visit the Village shop page.
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Fitness in Filkins
Added: 7th May, 2009
Wednesday Mornings
9.30 – 10.30am in Filkins Village Hall
£2.50 per session
It’s a fun and energetic hour. If you are over 50 and would like to keep your joints supple while
exercising in a small group with an expert teacher then come and try this one Wednesday morning.
The activities are adapted to the fitness level of the participants. You will be made welcome,
so why not come and join us or for more information, contact Gill Allison (01367 860787),
Chris Woodford (01367 860319) or me; Lucille Jones (01367 860282)
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The St. Filica Summer Ball 2009
Added 3rd April, 2009
The details of the ball are out. Click here for more details.
David Clifton's pictures from the ball are available to view and order in the Village Shop
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Village Hall Lottery
Updated: 1st August, 2009
This month’s lucky winner was
Ticket 107
Well done to Roy Farmer
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St. Filica Newsletter
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