Headington Headlines

Headington Headlines #48

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 30 January – 5 February —

Strong feelings about traffic signs in cycle lanes and the design of road ‘improvements’ in the Lime Walk and Highfield areas continued to be expressed on the e-democracy forum.

Costa Coffee were refused planning permission for a change of use to open a coffee shop where Cartridge World used to be.

The Russian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas The Wonderworker in Ferry Road, Marston was given planning permission to ring its bells. The bells are a gift to the Church from Voronezh in Russia.

There was a robbery in Barton Lane last Friday. @TVP_Oxford appealed for witnesses or information.

Retired Headington dentist Raymond Read has died at the age of 89. He had a surgery in Windmill Road.

A ferret called Chaos has gone missing from his home in Lime Walk.

This map shows the location of some of the places mentioned in this report.

My favorite Headington-related tweet this week:

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • Road signs in cycle lanes
  • Latimer Rd London Rd Jct
  • New Lime Walk and All Saints junction “improvements”
  • Church Bells in Ferry Rd, Marston

I try to cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #47

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 23 – 29 January —

It looks as though Headington is getting another charity shop. Sue Ryder has submitted planning application 12/00126/ADV for Clovers.

A man from Toot Hill Butts, along with another man, was charged with a burglary at the Oxford Union.

There was a fire at The Bricklayers Arms in Old Marston on Friday: arson is suspected. The pub is empty and has been boarded up since it closed in 2010. Planning permission has been given to build houses on the site. The story made it onto the local BBC TV news.

Headington’s @RyeStAntony School senior netball team whopped Magdalen College School 13-4 in a match last week.

This map shows the location of some of the places mentioned in this report.

My favorite Headington-related tweet this week:

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • Shocking acknowledgement of the extent of the housing crisis in Oxford
  • Royal Mail customer services
  • Library
  • Headington Focus meeting on cycling is NOT today!
  • Church Bells in Ferry Rd, Marston

I try to cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #46

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 16 – 22 January —

Posh Fish suffered a fire on Friday. They had one before in 2008, and before that when it was the Mediterranean Fish Bar another in 2002. History (near bottom of page, LH column) | Photo on Friday.

Sandhills Community Primary School was closed on Monday and Tuesday because they had no heating.

The base of the ‘Storybook’ Tree in Bury Knowle Park is rotting away. Article | Original picture

The new junction at All Saints’ Road/Lime Walk is proving unpopular.

The Oxford Book Fair (@OxfordBookFair) was held at @Oxford_Brookes‘ Gipsy Lane Campus on Saturday and Sunday.

It was announced that Dee Sinclair, City Councillor for Quarry & Risinghurst, to be Sheriff of Oxford from May.

The Russian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in New Marston celebrated the baptism of Christ with a blessing of the waters at Parson’s Pleasure on the Cherwell on Friday. Pictures.

Two Headington-related tweets I liked this week. The first echoes a common theme:


and this one I liked as an example of the problems middle-class residents face:


Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • Lack of seating in Bury Knowle Park
  • Shocking acknowledgement of the extent of the housing crisis in Oxford
  • New Lime Walk and All Saints junction “improvements”
  • Thornhill Park and Ride….again
  • Cycling bottleneck through Headington, junction of London Road with Windmill Road
  • Peacocks
  • Thornhill park and ride and morning rush hour queueing
  • Royal Mail customer services

I try to cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.