Sikh temple

Headington Headlines #74

TonyOX3

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 #66

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 18 – 24 June —

The Sikh community’s application to establish a Temple on the London Road was approved by the City’s Planning Officers despite local residents’ concerns over parking congestion.

Headington Co-op has submitted an application (12/02373/PREM) to extend its licensing hours for the sale of alcohol on Sundays from 0600 to 2300, starting Sunday 22 July. This is in line with the government’s decision to relax Sunday trading restrictions for 8 weeks from that date so traders can cash in on the Olympics and Paralympics.

The @ACECentre charity based in Windmill Road has been saved from closure by joining forces with a similar operation in Oldham. The charity supports young people and adults who have communication problems. The closure threat was reported in April, attracting interest from Andrew Smith MP and PM David Cameron.

Pickwick’s Guest House sign has been re-erected after being blown down in the recent storm, so we’ll all know where to turn into Sandfield Road again.

There is now a pink bank for recycling small electrical items in the Waitrose car park. Having raised the query I can confirm that although energy-saving bulbs should be recycled because they contain mercury they should NOT be put in the pink bin (because they’ll probably break, apparently). Instead you should take them to Homebase, Robert Dyas (in the city centre) or Sainsbury’s at Heyford Hill who all collect them for recycling. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) which are the commonest of the new low-energy bulbs should not be put in domestic waste disposal bins of any colour. More info here and my blog post attempting to clear up the confusion here.

The new road in the development between Manor Hospital and the London Road is to be named Blackburn Close in memory of Barbara Woodhouse’s mother.

Two boys aged 17-yrs and 15-yrs were sentenced to 3 years in a young offenders’ institute, and a six-month youth referral order and a three-month 7am-to-7pm curfew respectively for stabbing a man on his own doorstep in Valentia Road last November.

@TVP_Oxford appeals for information after a burglary at the Jack Russell pub, Salford Road, Marston early on Wednesday morning.

There was a burglary in Dunstan Road sometime during Thursday evening. The Police are appealing for information.

@106jackfm was in Headington on Tuesday and gave away £600 in their “Runaway” promotion.

Friends of Old Headington (and that’s all of us surely) held their Gardens Open day yesterday (Sunday).

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

  • Begging outside Budgens/Greggs
  • Headington to Wheatley Cycle Path
  • Sikh temple in Cherwell Drive
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.