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December 2024 Parish Magazine

The 2024 edition of St. Andrew’s Christmas Tree Festival is ready to roll out. The full programme of events, times and venues is available via the link below. Come and enjoy this wonderful festival of Christmas. We not only have carols galore and the 30+ decorated trees in the church (of course) but also the Big Wassail, the grand raffle, tunes, concerts and . . .yes, soup lunches!

Or maybe you just like wandering the lanes of East and West Hagbourne seeing the trees in all the front gardens; there are well over 100 this year!

This is partly made possible by our kind festival sponsors who this year are Krissy’s Canines, Family Placement, Root One, Larkmead Vets and The Fleur de Lys.

We hope that you enjoy the TreeFest!   WHATS ON TreeFest 2024

The local board of Governors at Hagbourne C of E School are looking for a Foundation Governor to join our board. The role is a voluntary position and the applicant needs to be a regular church attendee to meet the Diocese requirements for the role.

If you would like the opportunity to give back to the local community, and be part of a friendly team that makes a real difference to the local children in the area we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please email Chair of Governors, Jemma Dyson on jdyson@hagbourne.oxon.sch.ukto find out more.

Hello Villagers and welcome to TreeFest 2024!

Yes, it’s time for the annual St Andrew’s Christmas Tree Festival – now firmly established as a favourite, traditional village event. As a previous supporters know, as part of the festival villagers in West and East Hagbourne kindly purchase a tree from us then light it up in their front gardens to make the Hagbournes sparkle all over the festival and Christmas.

You can join in too.

The price remains at £26 per 4 foot, ‘live’ Norwegian spruce tree. You can find the order form on this webpage, or you can simply email Sarah on sarahtreefest@gmail.com with your name, address, telephone number and quantity required. Please pay upon ordering as your order cannot be confirmed until payment is received. Thank you.

Trees are available to collect from The Pavilion in East Hagbourne on the afternoon of Tuesday 3 December, but we’ll email you details nearer the time.

Proceeds from the festival will be split between the church and local charities which this year are Didcot Emergency Food Bank & First Steps Baby Bank who provide essential support to families in need in Didcot and the surrounding areas.

The festival will take place from Friday 6 December to Saturday 14 December. As well as the village trees, there will be 30 spruces inside the church, decorated by local businesses and village groups, remaining in place all over Christmas (more info in other articles on this website).

Keep your eyes peeled on this website, and also the village Facebook and WhatsApp groups for details of all the events scheduled for the whole festival which kicks off with the lovely ‘Carols in the Close’ on Friday 6 December followed by the ‘lighting up’ of the trees in the church.

Thank you very much for your support.

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November 2024 – Parish Magazine

From 26th October until the SGN works on Main Road are completed, the 94A bus service has a temporary timetable in place.

During the day, service 94A will operate via normal route to East Hagbourne, then divert via Blewbury and Upton to The Horse & Harrow pub in West Hagbourne, before returning towards Blewbury and resuming normal route.

The following bus stops will not be served:
– East Hagbourne War Memorial on Main Road – use the layby on Blewbury Road where service 94 stops towards Blewbury.
– West Hagbourne Moor Lane (with the exception of the school journeys – see below)

On school days, the morning 94A trip will leave Didcot Parkway at 0717 and serve Sandringham Road as an alternative for students who normally board in East Hagbourne. Both school journeys will then operate via Park Road and serve the Moor Lane bus stop in West Hagbourne for students who board here. These school journeys will not serve East Hagbourne at all.

This is being queried with the bus company and if there is any change made we will update as soon as possible. Please consider alternative methods of travel to St Birinus and Didcot Girls Schools in case the timetable is not able to be amended.

The temporary 94A bus timetable can be viewed here

A reminder:
Updates on all roadworks can be found on one.network

EAST HAGBOURNE IS SEEKING A NEW POSTMASTER!

Do you enjoy working with people? Are you looking for a new challenge? East Hagbourne Post Officer has a unique opportunity for sub-Postmaster, offering a valuable service as part of this vibrant community!

· East Hagbourne PO serves East and West Hagbourne, Upton, Didcot and neighbouring communities

· Key Skills include Retail Experience, Customer Service, Financial Awareness and basic computer literacy

· 30 Hours/Week, averaging £18-£20K p.a.

· The independent, not-for-profit Community-run Shop on the premises covers most lease & utility expenses

Interested? Stop in to speak to current Postmaster Steve Smith or email easthagbourneshop@gmail.com to arrange.

**Applications close 15th November**

October 2024 parish magazine

MAIN ROAD CLOSURE 26^th OCTOBER – 6^th DECEMBER
(ESTIMATED 6 WEEK COMPLETION SCHEDULE)

 

The Parish Council have been informed that as part of SGN’s ongoing gas maintenance works in the village, Main Road from Lower Cross to Upper Cross will be closed for an estimated 6-week period starting on 26th October.  Access for Emergency vehicles and properties within the closure zone will be maintained.

The hard closure (where active works are being carried out) will be completed on a rolling basis, with approximately 200m fully closed at any time, and residents will be kept updated during the works.

Diversion signage will be in place at both ends of the village for the duration of the works for all through traffic.The contractors are currently working on Blewbury Road with traffic lights in place until 15th November.

The notice and diversion map for the road closure can be found below. Further updates on all roadworks can be found on one.network

Main Road – Didcot – Closure

NOTICE of ORDER