The total made at TEAS for the last financial year 2017-18 was £1,117. 

A huge thank you to all who support it. All the money went to the PARK for it’s upkeep.
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Thank you to everyone in the village for welcoming artweeks again this year. So many people were involved in so many different ways, eating in the cafe, buying plants, visiting the artists, cooking, donating food, donating money, growing plants, working in the cafe and BBQ. You were a great team - thank you all.

PS we raised a good amount of money for the Church, Park, Reading Room and Community Fund - totals to come in next week's newsletter.
 

National Trust Estates Dates:

The next listening session is Tuesday 19th June in Great Coxwell Reading Room 

Weds 6th June - The Mercy (12A)
(2017- Biography, Drama)
 

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The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1968.  The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times
Director: James Marsh
Stars: Colin Firth, Rachael Weisz, David Thewlis
Film duration: 1 hour 52 mins (no interval)
Free tea/coffee and a biscuit
Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon 
Doors open 12.30pm, film starts at 1pm
Tickets in advance £4 from Faringdon Information Centre / £5 on the door
Matinee Club Membership - Just £24 for 12 films (inc half price pre-booked Blockbuster evening cinema tickets)
 
Friday 29th June - Darkest Hour (PG)
(2017 - Biography, Drama, History)
 
Within days of becoming Prime Minister, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James
Film duration: 2 hours 5 mins (plus 15 min interval)
Blockbuster @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm
Tickets in advance £3 U18s, £4 Adult, £10 Family from Faringdon Information Centre
Tickets on door £4 U18s, £5 Adult, £11 Family
 
For more info or to join the mailing list, please visit our website www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/regent-cinema-2
Tickets can be bought in advance from Faringdon Information Centre, 5 Market Square, Faringdon SN7 7HL
 
Many thanks for helping to promote Faringdon's community cinema.
With kind regards
 
Billie Hayter
Faringdon Regent Cinema
Tel: 01367 240281

Thank you to all the children who came and painted flags for the bunting in the Reading Room. It was great to see so many of you there. TEAS went very well too and we raised £175 for the Park, thank you all.

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Dear neighbours around Stonevale, 
 
We get a visit every night from a big black cat with a beautiful fluffy tail.  He comes in through our cat flap between 11 and early morning hours and eats all of our cat’s food.  He is very clever, and even opens the dry food container to help himself.  We started to lock the cat flap at night, but then our cat cannot get out, and wakes us all up at 2 am with howling.  We are now forced to keep it open again, but this morning, all of the cat food has gone again and the container has been opened.  Katherine was woken up with the culprit's scratching while opening the container, all after I had to let our cat out at 1.30 this morning.
 
We know how he looks, because we caught him in the act a couple of times.  Would it be possible for the owner (if you know who you are), to really feed your cat up, and possibly keep him indoors for a few nights to retrain him?  It is getting expensive and we really need uninterrupted sleep!  We don’t really want to go to the lengths of changing cat flaps etc..
 
Best wishes,
Lynette Stulting

Between 11.50am and 12.10pm on 10/05 a car was broken into whilst parked on The Hollow Road, Great Coxwell. Offender(s) smashed the rear windscreen and stole a handbag from the boot of the vehicle.
Please consider the following when leaving your vehicle:
• Remove everything from your vehicle including removable stereos and sat-navs. Do not leave anything in the glove compartment.
• Close all windows and the sunroof
• Lock your vehicle and use your alarms if you have them.
• Park in a garage or drive way where possible. If this is not possible park in a well-lit/busy area.
• If you do see any persons or vehicles acting suspicious in the area then call 101 (non-emergency) and 999 in an emergency.

This year we have two pop-up cafes during artweeks. Both are organised and funded by villagers and all the profits go to village things - the Park, the Church, the reading room and the village fund.
The Reading Room cafe will be open all five days. Pam is still looking for bakers/cakes or donations of ingredients. If you can help please contact her on 240 233, thank you.
The other cafe is a BBQ by the Phone Box on Saturday and Sunday 26-27.

The funerals of two long-standing  and much loved residents of Great Coxwell will be taking place is St. Giles Church in May:

Jeannette Grace
The funeral and celebration of the life of Jeannette Grace will be held
on Tuesday May 15th at 2.00pm, and everyone who knew Jeannette is warmly
invited after to the funeral to the wake at the Eagle Tavern, Little
Coxwell.

Tommy Thompson
"Tommy" Thompson, retired pilot, R.A.F and Britannia Airways, died peacefully at home on 24th April 2018, aged 88 years, surrounded by his family, who were loved by him, as he was much loved by them.
The funeral will be held on 22nd May 2018 at 11.30 a.m. at St Giles Church, Great Coxwell.  No flowers.  Funeral Director Godfrey and Sons, Stanford in the Vale.
There will be a wake afterwards at Wickstead Farm, Coleshill.

I wish to thank everyone for their kindness and good wishes, l am afraid l have a bit of a long haul before l am back among you, but am trying hard to get stronger.

With many thanks, Jennifer

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