Life in Brackley March 2016 issue

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BRACKLEY IN BUSINESS

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MARCH ISSUE 2016

Welcome...

Lots of lovely comments this months from customers, new customers and my readers about the new derign....Amazing...thanks everyone for all the entries to the BIB competition, I have never had so many as well.

If you are a charity or have an event and you would like to add some editorial please feel free to email me at lifeinbrackley@gmail.com Until next month……

Mandy Johnson x

Mandy Johnson Editor

The aim of the monthly Life in BRACKLEY Magazine is to support businesses in order that the local community can flourish.

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Reds is the leading retailer in balloons and party supplies serving Brackley, Banbury, Milton Keynes and beyond. A family run business which started in 2012 by Jane offering face painting services to local schools and kids parties, Reds soon started growing and a year later Mike hopped on board and introduced balloons to the business. 3 years on and they've moved from a garage on Buckingham Road, to a unit at the Courtyard and have now expanded again and opened their own shop on Draymans Walk.

Reds offer a range of both party and balloon related products and services for every celebratory occasion.

Whether it's a single foil balloon or the most amazing bouquet which will last longer than any other balloons 4

bought locally, Mike will help you choose the right combination for your special event.

Mike has worked and trained with some of the industries leading balloon artists and recently helped decorate the Great Ormond Street Christmas party, which was a spectacular event.

You can rely on Reds to provide you with quality products and great customer care.

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Motoring

TRAVELING HUNDREDS OF MILES EVERY WEEK

Many of us have a car, and may travel hundreds of miles each week, but very few cars contain the emergency items that could get you, or someone else, out of a jam. Severe weather, an unexpected breakdown, or happening upon the scene of an accident can all require items that can be bought quite cheaply and could save a life, or enable you to complete your journey as planned.

In many European countries, it’s a legal requirement to carry emergency kit – the contents may differ depending

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on the country, but a basic kit is just common sense, so here are our recommendations: First Aid kit Blanket Torch Essential toolkit Spare fuses and bulbs – headlights, sidelights, indicator, stop & tail Emergency warning triangle Reflective tabard / jacket Small amount of money Tow rope Hand warmers – the kind that heat up when you ‘pop’ them

This can all be bought for as little as £25 - £30, and bulky items stored in a bag under the seat or in the boot, ready for use if needed. Keep the torch and first aid items in the glove box, ready for immediate use when needed, and then you’re prepared, whatever your journey may bring.

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Brackley Vehicle Services

SPRING

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(Normal Price £54.85)

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Unit 4, Buckingham Court, Brackley, Northamptonshire, NN13 7EU 9

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Well Established Garage In Brackley

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Friendly Female Driving Instructor, Brackley Based.

Competitive Rates, Block Booking Discounts.

Hourly Lessons and Intensive Courses Available Pass Plus Tuition for Discounted Insurance Telephone Number: 01280 705311 Mobile Number: 0791 274 6215

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Are you a First Time Buyer?

The Help to Buy ISA is a new scheme being offered by the Government giving a helping hand to First Time Buyers.

If you are saving to buy your first home into a Help to Buy ISA, the government will boost your savings by 25%. The minimum government bonus is £400, meaning that you need to have saved at least £1,600 into your Help to Buy ISA before you can claim your bonus. The maximum government bonus you can receive is £3,000 and to receive this you would need to have saved £12,000.

As this is an ISA, the interest you earn is tax free.

You are eligible if you are buying a property for up to £450,000 in London and up to £250,000 out of London. You must not have owned any property in the UK or abroad, and the property you are purchasing must be your primary residence and not be rented out after you buy it.

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When you find your first home, it is your solicitor or conveyancer who will apply for your government bonus on your behalf and add this money to the money you are putting towards your first home, ensuring your purchase is simple and trouble free.

For further information, please contact Terena Barnacle, Spratt Endicott Solicitors, on 01280 730 880 or tbarnacle@se-law.co.uk.

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Mob: 07956 039268

Banbury Chiropractic Clinic Est. 20 years, are offering a special discount for Initial consultations - just £30 (normal price £125) – including x-rays taken with our on-site facilities if necessary.

For those who are new to Banbury or to Chiropractic, we’d like to introduce our clinic and Chiropractors:

Jwala Gurung

Clinical interests: Problems of the foot, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow Sports Injuries

Matt Scroggs

Clinical interests: Acupuncture Headaches and Migraine Sport Injuries

Steph Ward

Clinical interests: Pregnancy care Chiropractic for children

Chiropractic may help many conditions including:

• Acute and chronic back and neck pain • Some types of headaches and migraines • Joint aches and pains, including but not

limited to hip, knee, elbow and shoulder pains (including frozen shoulder) • Pain from osteoarthritis

For more information or to make an appointment please call 01295 253434.

We look forward to meeting you, Steph, Matt, Jwala, and the team.

Banbury Chiropractic Clinic 37 South Bar Street, Banbury OX16 9AE Tel: 01295 253434 15

Brackley Mind

Health, Beauty & Fashion

Brackley Mind offers help, information and support for anyone in the Brackley community experiencing any type of mental health issue. If you are feeling anxious, distressed or struggling to cope please come along and talk to us. We are open every Wednesday from 10 until 3 and are based at Brackley Health Centre on Halse Road.

In the mornings we run courses including, Managing

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Anxiety and Coping with Depression; these are aimed at promoting better coping strategies to improve wellbeing. In the afternoons we have our peer support sessions where anyone can access and have a coffee and talk to others experiencing similar things. Trained staff are always available to offer one to one support if needed and we also have various activities including art and

craft and games available.

Mental health issues can affect anyone, so please feel free to pop in and see us. We are a very supportive and friendly group and understand how difficult it is to make that first step.

For any further information please call Jo Webb 07889 181 220

07921 956535

Evening appointments available. To book an appointment or ask any questions telephone Located in Culworth 6 miles North East of Banbury OX17 2BB

M: 07751 895622

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Health, Beauty & Fashion

Serendipity for Spring

This Spring, make more time for you! Be that person you want to be – stop putting off any changes you’d like to make for the better, and embrace them, to revitalise yourself and refresh your life for the new season.

• Give up smoking – this takes willpower and determination, but the health and financial benefits are so worthwhile.

You’ll save so much money, and put extra years on your life, not to mention the improvement in the smell of your home and clothes, so what are you waiting for?

Speak to your GP about help available on the NHS – there’s support out there for you, so it won’t be a battle you have to wage on your own.

• Get in shape, don’t go on a diet – being the best version of you, means not being a slave to the scales. Different people, different shapes. What matters most is that you get healthier and happier – that’s not about being skinny and starving, it’s about getting more exercise and eating less junk – sounds simple, but old habits are the hardest to break. If you buy

PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING

PAT THOMPSON

MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, MBACP. •I am a registered Psychotherapist with 25 years experience, the last 20 years being in private practice in this area.

•I work with a broad range of people from many walks of life including: - Some who are deeply unhappy, without knowing why.

- Some who cannot break out of abusive patterns of behaviour which are damaging to themselves or others.

- Some who are overwhelmed with powerful feelings, thoughts and emotions and cannot make sense of them.

- Some who have lost their way and a sense of who they are.

These different issues show up as:

STRESS, ANXIETY & DEPRESSION, EATING DISORDERS, RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS, LOW SELF-ESTEEM, PHOBIAS & OBSESSIONS,

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•I believe that people’s present day problems are often rooted in the past and can be ingrained, I can help to resolve these and put them into perspective.

For an initial appointment please contact

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processed packaged food, that’s what you’ll eat, so shop smart, walk more and you’ll look and feel better.

• Learn to love yourself – we’re all different, but all that really matters is to love, and be loved, and live every day the very best we can. No money can buy any of these things, it’s all about finding that peace within yourself, and loving who you are.

If that means you need to change your job to reduce stress, or delegate more tasks to others, do it now, don’t struggle on regardless.

Previously partner in Hot Headed

Hair Salon

Michelle Upstone Ladies & Gents hair by appointment

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Family Focus

Your Weekend Workforce!

We all love a prize, a bonus or an incentive, and it’s also a rewarding way to parent; to involve children in little tasks around the home in return for treats, pocket money or stars on a chart.

Children of all ages can be involved in keeping things tidy, even if it’s simply clearing away their toys, and if parents are working long hours, it can be very useful, too!

Motivating kids to help out around the home and garden is nothing new – don’t we all remember that list of chores to complete at weekends, before we could go out to play or watch TV – but helping them realise the value of money and the fun of saving for something they really want, is beneficial in many ways.

Your child will understand working as part of a team, their own ability to contribute to running their home, and the value of money and hard work, in a nurturing way and at a young age.

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There are a few points to making this a success: Explain the scheme to your child, in a way that they’ll understand – pictures or looking at a coin and describing the task that will earn it, makes it real

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• Look at what they may wish to

save for, and perhaps make a progress chart, showing in a visual way, how soon they will have saved enough

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Make the tasks age-appropriate and achievable

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Set the reward at a sensible level for the task, so that savings targets can be accessibly reached

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Make sure all carers know the value of a task, and reward accordingly

• Decide in advance whether

rewards can be ‘fined’ for bad behaviour, or whether it

will be a purely praise-based reward system, and stick to this throughout

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Monthly Words

Were you aware, according to the Global Language Monitor, that there are in excess of 1,000,000 words in the English language?

Those of us with a reasonable

standard of education

probably have a vocabulary of

around 45,000 but we rarely

use more than a thousand in

our day to day lives.

The average teenager only

uses about 800 as much of

their communication is done

with “textspeak” and of

course the “in” words

recognised by their peers.

How much more colourful and

enriched would our lives be by

occasionally bringing to the

fore a few words so long

forgotten. When Stephen Fry is

in full flight I often have to

rush to the dictionary even

though the context generally

conveys the meaning.

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May I be so bold as to suggest

we try to inject a few forgotten

words into our daily

conversations.

I issue this challenge …..

engineer the following into

your next chat at the local or

“pulchritudinous”

having great beauty.

Or my favourite, a little risqué

I dare say..

“callipygian”

having beautiful buttocks!

whenever friends are present

“guddle”…………………

(on-a-mat-a-pee-a)

E-mail and let me know how

“onomatopoeia”

A word which imitates the

sound it represents. E.g. hiss,

bonk, fizz or plop.

tell you next month, arf arf !!

you get on or even better,

suggest some of your favourite

“obscure” words for our readers delight and

delectation…..obviously

nothing indecent if you don’t

mind, that would defeat the

object.

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A perfect example is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=yaxCYgqh2ao

Pets Corner This month’s topic is a very important one if you have pet dogs and small children in your home – and it’s all about something animal behaviourists call Calming Signals.

Calming Signals are subtle signs that your dog uses to show how it feels, to other dogs and any humans that know how to read them. They may suggest it is inwardly stressed and trying to handle a situation without resorting to their instinctive behaviour, and will usually be shown long before a dog snaps, growls or reacts in another obviously upset or aggressive manner.

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To spot the signs, you need to know your dog, and what their relaxed and happy behaviour looks like. Little gestures, such as blinking, yawning and changes in posture, can give away how your dog feels, and if you have small children around the home, then it’s important to know your dog is getting stressed so that you can intervene.

Since qualifying in Animal Behaviour, I have seen so many photos and videos shared by friends, where their toddlers have dressed the family dog in a hat, or where little children are lying on their pet and cuddling it – and

where there are subtitles to

let you spot the micro-gestures the dog is making.

the dog’s expression and mannerisms suggest that a nasty bite is not too far away.

Dogs are not toys, they are descended from predatory carnivores, which have been domesticated over many thousands of generations, to become an accepted part of the household, a faithful friend and a highly trained worker in many complex environments.

Please take a moment to read more, and take a look at video clips, which will show you what to look out for, to enable your family and your muchloved pets to live happily and continue to enhance each other’s lives.

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M J Moore Electrical Contractor Ltd Local electrician with over 45 years experience

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After the festivities of Christmas and New Year, March necessitates a little more care with the pennies, so making tasty meals, relatively cheaply, is the order of the day. penne, mix well and cover the Flavour is key – you can buy cheaper cuts of meat, or make tasty vegetarian alternatives, if you season and use herbs to accentuate the taste.

Simmering stews and soups gently, such as in a slow cooker or low oven of the Aga or Rayburn – or even in a cast iron casserole on top of a banked-down logburner – costs less and adds depth to the flavours. Jacket potatoes are also great cooked this way, and can be filled with whatever you fancy, for inexpensive and healthy ‘fast food’.

Batch cooking – spending a few hours once a week, making meals which will ‘do two’ or can be frozen for another day, means you can eat good home-cooking all the time, without the effort when you’re busy.

Mince – beef, lamb or veggie – is definitely your friend; it can make so many dishes! If you

prepare a large batch with onions, mushrooms, peppers and garlic, add dried herbs and season to taste, a couple of tins of chopped tomatoes, stock cubes and simmer gently, it’s ready to be chilled and frozen in family-sized portions, and defrosted to make a quick tea when you’re short of time.

• Cottage pie - add baked beans, or diced mixed veg to the mince, with mashed potato on top • Spag Bol – add extra chopped tomatoes and herbs, and serve with spaghetti or penne, for a change • Chilli – add a readymade chilli sauce for speed, or swap in baked beans instead of kidney beans, add chilli powder, simmer and serve with rice • Pasta bake – add an equal quantity of water to the mince mix, add dry

top with cheese – pop in the oven until the pasta has taken up all the liquid and the cheese is bubbling – mmmm!

For those of us who need school or work lunches, cook extra portions, microwave until piping hot at breakfast time and use a food flask to keep it hot for lunch – tasty, filling and very much cheaper than the canteen!

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GARDENING THIS MONTH...

To See Sunshine Will Be Joy! Having squelched around in what seems the wettest, dullest winter ever, it will be a joy to get some sunshine and surely a run of dry weather, perhaps running into April and May.

Looking Good

To herald spring, nothing is more full of cheer than a forsythia bush in bloom.

A bit of space is needed for this large shrub (see pic) . As a complete contrast, the diminutive Epimediums hold their dainty shy flowers above compact foliage, happy in light shade and good soil. Colours include pinks, reds, yellow and white. But position where you can appreciate the exquisite shapes and shades at close range!

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And now for mass appeal, the perennial Heucheras (pictured below) with their colourful foliage.

Sun or light shade with vertical inflorescences to follow, these are great value.

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Jobs in the Garden

So much to do, especially in gardens that hold the water making working on the soil difficult. Pruning work not done yet should be carried out. Fruit trees and bushes, general shaping of shrubs and climbers. Cut back dogwoods grown for their stem colour, which is best seen on one year shoots.

Planting is still ok for bare root trees, hedges, fruit bushes etc. providing roots are kept moist and well watered in.

Sow What

Seed beds can be prepared for sowing at the end of the month. Many crops are best

grown in succession with, say, 7-14 day intervals to give continual cropping through summer to autumn. Subjects include lettuce, radishes, spinach, beetroot and turnips, to name but a few.

Early potatoes are best planted about 30cm apart, ‘spit’ deep (spade depth) in a manured trench. Cover with the soil from the trench.

Bring on the Spring!

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s On Every Tu esday Dance S chool Ste pbystep Ballroom and Latin Dancing with And rzej Mialk owski CHILDR EN: 6pm - 6.5 0pm Beg inners ADULTS : 7.pm - 7 .50pm B eginn 8.pm - 9 pm Impro ers Waynefle v te Hall, M ers agdalen College School, Brackley

Every Wed nesday (term Brackley W time only) ind Ensembl e is a lively group of who meet on wind players Wednesday evenings in cent We are look ral Brackley. players Gra ing for new de No auditions 5 standard.

For informatrequired. www.bwem ion visit usic.co.uk

3rd Saturday of the month

19th March Every Wednesday Evening & Sunday Afternoon Mixed Club Sessions Brackley Tennis Club, Westminster Road, Bracke y.

John Leftwich 01280 705717 and Nigel Evans 01280 701740.

BRACKLEY CRICKET CLUB

run 2 Saturday Teams and a Midweek Team as well as kwik circket and junior teams and are always looking for new players. We are currently running indoor nets at Winchester House School in Brakcley on Thursday from 8pm Please feel free to come and intriduce yourself or call or email

Keith Cartwright for more information Tel - 01280 840192

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Every Saturday BRACKLEY DIPPERS 12 noon until 1.30p.m. We are a club for adults with physical problems that meets each Saturday to use Brackley Pool.

For information please ring Janine on 01295 712408"

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Every Wedne Mind in Brackle sday ym 10 – 3 at Brack eet from ley Health Centre, Halse Support for an Road. yone over 18 who experienc es anxiety, stress or depression.

Please contac t Jo Webb on 07889 181220 or just call in

Every W eds/Th ursday (term ti me Sing and only) Sign Baby S babies 6 igning classes for weeks to Wed m spea Manor R ornings at WI Hking. o morning ad, Brackley, T all, h s Hall, Bo at Evenley Villa urs oking is ge contact essential H 07906 0 elen 55591

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Brackley Rotary Club of ev meets ery ing.

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at 7pm It will be a Bistro evening with delicious ho cooked food and an entertaining quiz.

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RACECOURSE ch 2016

h March 2016 - 04:45 pm MISSION th April 2016 - 05:00 pm MISSION

The Red Lion, Market Square , Brackley at 8pm . All welcome.

For more details please contact C 01327857195/ snakesharbour@ arrie aol.com We are a friendl y group who ra ise fund for Native and Rare Breeds of British Farm Animals.

Brackley’s Business Networking Group 7-9pm Every 1st Tuesday of the month www.BrackleyMeansBusiness. co.uk Building Business Connections

Monday 21 March

7.30pm at Methodist Church, corner of Hill Street & High St, Brackley NN13 7ZX “Water Voles”, talk by Matt Johnson, Living Landscapes Manager, Bedfordshire, Cambridge, Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust Water Voles are fast disappearing from our countryside. Come and find out about this delightful creature, what the Wildlife Trust is doing to protect it and how you can help.

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The Rotary Club of Brackley

Discard the hand tools and have a coffee Brackley and district residents are being asked to make space in their tool sheds by putting discarded tools to good use.

Brackley Rotary Club is collecting old hand tools to support the Tools for Self Reliance charity.

The tools may be handed in at Brackley Rotary’s coffee morning at Brackley Town Hall on Saturday 19 March, from 9.00am to 12noon. The coffee morning and a tombola is in support of the Jaipur Foot organisation, providing artificial limbs, primarily in Asia and Africa.

Rotarian Ian Watson said; “We need old and new hand tools (carpentry and metal work, but not garden tools). The tools will be serviced and boxed up by volunteers at the Tools for Self Reliance centre in Northampton. The sets will go to Africa for distribution, helping families produce income to support themselves.”

“If you are unable to bring your contribution to the Town Hall, please email Ian Watson: watsonhinton@aol.com and we will try to make a collection.”

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PUBL ICITY J FOR B A treat UBILEE CH RACK is in sto OIR C LEY re ONCE fo Jubilee r music RT. C lovers w hoir, in Chamb collabo er Music ration w hen the Brack choir’s ley ith the B preside Club, togethe rac nt, Meri r el Dickin with readings kley from th son, pre e se of “Mus nt an evening ic fo r Spring”.

Partson g ranging s and madriga ls fro centurie m 16th to 20th s will be chambe s u w n it g h , instr r mu interlud umental Hubble sic club. The es c evening with Cathy Bo hoir is conduc from the w te o place o f delightful and ker as accomp d by Stuart Brackle n Saturday, 19 easy-listening anist. This y, March, 16 adm at 7.30 p.m. in St Pe music takes T itted fre e) can b ickets (£8, wit ter’s Church, hc e or boug obtained from hildren under c ht at th e door. hoir members

Mondays – 2PM-4PM – Knit and Natter Wed nesdays – 10 AM – Brackley short health walk.

Sat urdays – 10AM-11AM – Creation Club – Children’s craft activities Thursday 3rd March – 11AM-12 noon – Reminiscence group Satu rd ay 5th and 19th March –2PM-3PM Kids knitting course - £7.50 a child - booking essential Sat urday 12th March – 10 AM -3PM EASTER EGGTRAVAGANZA - Our Easter fundraiser with activities and craft stalls plus Peppa Pig. We will be launching our Read on, Get on for children Sat urday 12th March 2PM - 3PM – Roald Dahl Club – Fortnightly club.

Thursday– 17th March – Doors open at 7PM for 7.30 PM start - Cinema Club – The lady in the van-£5. Refreshments available to buy Mondays 21st March – 10.30AM – 12 noon – Jewellery workshop - £6 Wednesday 30th March – 7.30PM -9 PM Adult colouring – Come and relax

in the loan transfer market bringing Liam Slade from Burton Albion to the club and then Liam Marsden from Mansfield Town.

These two join midfielder Matt Lowe who is also on loan.

Lowe has become an instant hit establishing his place in the side and proving a consistent performer.

After a tough run of games against teams at the top, Saints now face a more mixed run of matches including several against Photographer John Maund teams around them in the league An excellent 4-0 home win against FC United of table. These become “must win” games in the miniManchester and a 2-1 away win at Tamworth have league that Saints are competing in and from which offered the promise of lasting improvement in the Brackley must break away if the season is not to fortunes of Brackley Town as they seek to climb the finish on another nail-biting, nerve jangling cliffleague table away from the relegation zone. hanger as it did last season!

After Aidan Hawtin departed for loan parent club For the forthcoming fixtures and club news visit the Oxford United after an impressive few months at Brackley Town FC website.

The Saints, manager Kevin Wilkin has been active www.brackleytownfc.com

BRACKLEY TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB WWW.BRACKLEYTOWNFC.COM

01280 704077

Every Thursday from 3rd March Line Dancing!! Starts at 7pm.

Friday 26th March The Boys are Back…

Motown and Northern Tickets £5.00 on door 8pm till late

TICKETS NOW ON SALE:

ROBBIE WILLIAMS TRIBUTE NIGHT,

SATURDAY 23RD APRIL 2016.

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Local Handy Numbers

Magdalen College School 01280 846 300 Newbottle & Charlton Pre-School 01295 812909 NHS Direct 0845 46 47 Northampton General Hospital 01604 634700 Northants Fire Service 01604 797000 Police 03000 111 222 Post Office 01280 841676 Puddleducks Day Nursery 01869 811222 Reg. of Births, Deaths & Marriages 01327 350774 Snvb 01280 841250 Southfield Primary School 01280 709792 Springfield Surgery 01280 703431 / 01280 704122 St James Pre-school Playgroup 07976909005 Stepping Stones Pre-school 01280 706553 Sure Start 01280 841674 Syresham Playgroup 01280 850269 The House At Pooh Corner Ltd 01280 704422 Tiddlywinks Nursery School 01280 705244 Washington House Surgery 01280 702436 Waynflete Infant School 01280 702 270 Winchester House School 01280 702 483 Winchester House School Pre-prep 01280 703070

Beachborough School 01280 700 071 Boots the Chemist 01280 702213 Bracken Leas Primary School 01280 707050 Brackley C Of E Junior School 01280 707 060 Brackley Health Centre 01280 703460 Brackley Library 0300 126 1000 option 5 Brackley Leisure Centre 01280 701787 Brackley Swimming Pool 01280 704906 Brackley Town Council 01280 702441 Car Share 01280 841099 Connexions South Northants 0800 731319 Croughton All Saints Cofe Primary 01869 810727 Croughton Pre-school 01869 811968 Farthinghoe Primary School 01295 710406 Helmdons Acorns Pre-School 01295 768327 Helmdon Primary School 01295 768126 Horton A & E 01295 275500 Horton Treatment Centre 01295 755000 Job Centre 0845 6060234 John Radcliffe Hospital 01865 741166 Lakefield Nursery 01280 701587 Lark Rise Pharmacy 01280 700222 Little Fishes Pre-school 01280 705295 Little Oaks Pre-school 01280 840201

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