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Headington Headlines #85

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 5 – 11 November —

Martin Young’s latest planning application for 29 Old High Street was withdrawn at the East Area Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday. Local residents were prepared to accept it but Council officers were recommending refusal.

There was an accident involving a cyclist at the corner of Osler Road and London Road early on Wednesday morning. The road was blocked for more than half an hour.

A man’s gold signet ring was found on Windmill Road last weekend. Details on the e-democracy forum.

The corner shop (F&M’s) at the junction of Merewood Avenue and Burdell Avenue in Sandhills reopened on Tuesday.

@Oxford_Brookes held an Open Day on Saturday.

There doesn’t seem to be much to report this week but instead I’ve got two Headington-related tweets this week which I couldn’t choose between for favorite:

It may have been a quiet week for news but the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum has been particularly busy this week. Active topics:

  • Fireworks on a Sunday night
  • Empty shops in Headington
  • Proposed Changes To Holy Trinity Church
  • Thornhill Park & Ride: proposed charges for 11+ hours
  • Supermarket at Barton west
  • Should Windmill School grow to over 600 pupils?
  • Accident on London road/Osler road junction today
  • Sandhills Shop
  • Osler Road (Osler Road Junction)
  • Fireworks Display in Risinghurst 10th November 2012
  • Hit and run on Headley Way
  • Check your home medicine cabinet, say Oxford doctors
  • Lost gold ring
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 #74

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 13 – 19 August —

@TVP_Oxford are appealing for information on three separate incidents. There was another robbery/burglary in Sherwood Place, Barton on Sunday 12 August. Also over that weekend there were three thefts from vehicles in Cheney Lane. Then in the early hours of Tuesday morning there was an assault & attempted robbery in Hollow Way.

@oxford_brookes released a set of architectural pictures (and some pictures of tea) showing off their new Abercrombie Building.

The Sikhs have started using the old Sharpe+Howse plumbers’ merchants building on the London Road as their new Gurdwara (temple).

Three separate development projects – two in Marston/Northway – involving Kevin McCloud have been delayed for the third time.

On Armistice Day in 1950 four trees were planted around Marston to commemorate those from the district who died during the Second World War. People have been worried that the one outside the old Friar pub would be felled or damaged when Tesco build their planned store there. Independent councillor Mick Haines is using some of his discretionary Ward money to install a plaque marking the tree in an attempt to protect it permanently. The Oxford Mail article mentions the locations of the other trees.

Barnado’s Viking House children’s care centre in Saxon Way announced the opening of a new ‘sensory room’.

@RuthWilk reported a good turnout for the Ward Focus meeting on Tuesday to discuss parking and related issues.

Caffè Corsica was open again by Wednesday. @amhogarth and @joe_bwab were among the first to try the pizza: they reported enthusiastically.

Work was done to raise and resurface the pavement and entrance to the service road on Old High Street between Monaco and Waitrose. Hopefully it will mean an end to the puddle, but more work is still needed on the drainage around the main crossroads.

Thames Valley Police held a Family Fun Day at Oxford Brookes’ Headington campus on Saturday.

My favorite Headington-related tweet this week:

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

  • Puddles outside Waitrose
  • walking dogs in Bury Knowle Park
  • Street lighting which remains on all the time
  • Empty shops in Headington
  • Save Bury Knowle Barn and Stables!
  • When is a cycle lane not a cycle lane?
  • New Lime Walk and All Saints junction “improvements”
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

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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.