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Selection of some archive news items :-
Baydon Parish Council - News report on
the 25th February meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon Parish Council - News report on the 4th February meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Parking in and around the revised
junction of Ermin Street and Aldbourne Road
Sarah Dearden (Senior Traffic Technician at Wiltshire Council) asks that
everyone is aware of the legislation and dangers of parking in and
around Baydon St Nicholas School as a number of vehicles are still
parking in and around the revised junction of Ermin Street and Aldbourne
Road, causing unnecessary dangers to children and other road/footway
users. Please
click here for Sarah's full advice
Share memories of Baydon back in the 1940's
Recently Philip Moleman, a 1940's wartime evacuee, got in touch with me
via the Baydon website ahead of revisiting Baydon some 70+ years after
coming here at the age of 7 years in 1941 and living at Baydon House,
then a private school run by two ladies both called Miss Smith. If
either you or you know of anyone who may also remember these times
please do get in touch with me via website@baydon.org or the general
enquiries section of the
Contact Us page as Philip is very keen to get in touch
with anyone who also has memories of these times gone by. For an item
kindly subsequently provided by Philip Moleman, please
click here
Baydon Parish Council - News report on
the 26th November meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon bonfire night - Another great event on the cricket field
2012's event was another great Baydon
bonfire night celebration, with a marvellous bonfire, a great firework
display and 100's of people coming along to enjoy it all. Well done to
all involved including Trevor, Jim, Martin and Steve (the firework
committee), the marshals, Little Crickets & Baydon Brownies for the
refreshments and everyone else who helped make this such a successful
local event
Baydon Parish Council - News report on the 15th October meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon Parish Council - News report on
the 3rd September meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon Parish Council - News report on the 13th August meeting
Please
click here
for a copy of Barbara Furber's news report on the
recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon Parish Council - News report on
the 16th July meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon's annual Beating the Bounds sees a good turnout
The Jubilee bank holiday Monday saw the good number of 17 walkers
(and several dogs, as photo) take part in the annual Beating of the
Bounds, with many using the opportunity to clear their heads after the
previous day's Jubilee celebrations on the Cricket Field ! At the
half-way lunch break a family of 4 joined the group to complete the
second part of the boundary. Tired but triumphant the group returned
home to the centre of the village by 4pm
Historically villagers walked around the
parish boundary pausing at certain trees, walls and hedges that denoted
the extent of the boundary to exclaim, pray and ritually ‘beat’
particular landmarks with sticks. The aim was to keep fresh in the local
collective memory the exact location of a boundary that may never have
been written on any kind of map. Many thanks go to Barbara Furber for
organising this years event
Baydon celebrations the Diamond Jubilee weekend
The weather did not dampen the great Baydon village spirit, with
over 150 people enjoying the Sunday afternoon Jubilee bank holiday
activities. The event began on the Village Green with music provided by
a Baydon brass ensemble conducted by Kim Austen
Bryn Furber, with a trumpet fanfare,
heralded the crowning of Queen Willow Smart and King Oliver Head, by
Councillor Andrew Knowles who was ably assisted by Princess Carmen
Ritchie. The Royal Family then proceeded to the Cricket Field in a 1937
Ford V8 “Woodie” driven by Mr Roger Forster of Baydon Hole Farm
Villagers gathered in the Cricket Field,
protected at times by their tents and gazebos, to enjoy fun and games
provided. There were Olympic medals and other prizes to be won, faces to
be painted and picnics to eat. Local lads Gordon Buckingham and Ben
Banyard on their guitars and the brass ensemble provided music during
the afternoon until the Reading band FUZED began their session at 7pm.
The crowds danced into the night, often in torrential rain, until Jim
Grove and Trevor Dominy lit the beacon, to complete a glorious
celebration
Very well done to everyone involved who
made this such a successful village event
Baydon Parish Council - News report on
the 11th June meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon's annual Parish Assembly - full
news report issued
Friday 18th May 2012 saw a great village
turnout at the Parish Assembly in the school hall, at which the Parish
Council, Wiltshire Council and village clubs and groups all gave updates
on what is taking place here in Baydon.
Click here for a full news report
prepared by Barbara Furber
Car treasure hunt in aid of Help for Heroes - Nearly £700 raised
On Saturday 19th May 2012, 15 cars with
42 people set off from the cricket field on what should have been a 26.6
miles treasure hunt. Only 1 car did the correct mileage, most were over!
After about 1.5 to 2 hours they started to arrive back at the pub for a
bowl of chilli while their papers were marked. 1st prize was won by
Barry and Linda Hopkins with 43 points out of 50, 2nd prize went to
Melissa, Renee and Christopher with 42 points on countback on mileage,
3rd prize went to Mike and Chris Whale with 42 points also. There was a
raffle with 14 prizes. Many thanks to everybody who took part and all
those who gave donations and prizes. In total £698 has been raised for
Help the Heroes, many thanks Jim, Sue and Trevor
Prospect Hospice collection
The Spring collection for the Prospect
Hospice raised £216.70. Many thanks to all the box holders who gave so
generously again this year. If anyone in the village would like to have
a home collecting box please contact Penny Stephens on 540283 and she
will drop one round to you. They are emptied twice a year in April and
September. All your small change does make a difference as we send about
£450 a year to them!
Baydon Parish Council - Parish financial statement for year ended
31st March 2012
Please
click here for a copy of the Baydon
Parish Council fourth quarter financial report, being the full financial
year ended 31st March 2012. Please
click here to see the full Parish
Finances Page
Wiltshire Council - Annual report issued for 2011/12
Please
click here for a copy of the Annual
Report from The Leader of the Council, Cabinet members and portfolio
holders. It can also be found on the Wiltshire Council Page
Baydon Church - Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Please see the
Church Page for a copy of the
Minutes from the recent Annual Parochial Church Meeting, that took place
on Wednesday 14th March 2012
Baydon Parish Council - News report on the 30th April meeting
Please
click here for a copy of Barbara
Furber's news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon Parish Council - News report from the recent meeting of 26th
March
Please
click here for a copy of the full
news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
Baydon Parish Council - News report
from the recent meeting of 19th March
Please
click here for a copy of the full news report on the recent
Baydon Parish Council meeting
Thames Water builds Baydon back-up pipe to the water tower
Thames Water is to build a new pipeline to make its local water supply
network more resilient. The new main will run 2.3km across fields from
Bailey Hill Reservoir under the M4 motorway to Baydon's water tower. The
new pipe will provide security of supply during periods of peak demand,
helping reduce the risk of interruptions to customers’ water supplies.
One common belief is that the water tower provides water to us here in
Baydon, which is not correct. It supplies areas to the east, including
Membury and Hungerford Newtown, we are supplied with water taken from
boreholes at Ramsbury.
Click here for full details
Baydon Parish Council - News report from the meeting of 20th February
Please
click here for a copy of the full
news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting from the meeting
of 20th February
Baydon Parish Council - News report
from the recent meeting of 16th January
Please
click here for a copy of the full
news report on the recent Baydon Parish Council meeting
The Walk4Life website
The
Walk4Life website is totally free
and has thousands of walk ideas all over the country. If we wanted to
add some more walks in the Baydon area it is easy to do. The website
uses OS maps which can easily be printed out at home so is proving
really popular. People can also keep a track of the walks they have done
and set themselves a target! Anyone can search for a walk or an event
and print things off without having to create an account and log in. You
need an account only if you want to add photos or comments to other
people’s walks, track the walks you have done, or add your own walks.
Walk4Life have said that it would be wonderful if local people wanted to
start using the site, and if there are more walks in the Baydon area it
would be great if we added them
Thames Water project on our local water mains network
There will be a local Thames Water
project making changes to our local water mains network, with the work
starting on 5th September and continuing through to March 2012. This
will involve working on a new water main along B4192 around Aldbourne.
Click here for a copy of the
related notification letter
Aldbourne and Baydon Aid In Sickness
Fund
The Fund benefits the sick or those in financial difficulty because of
sickness. Small grants are offered to residents of the two parishes plus
loans of medical equipment (to parishioners or visitors).
Click here for details
The Sylvia Mather
Charity
Following the recent article in the Scene Of
Baydon about this charity that helps to provide grants to local students
who are continuing into higher and advanced education, please click
here
for further details about this charity and
its aims
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