The Editor writes …

Now back in Launton and it is very refreshing to be in a European spring - all the grass growing so fast and so green: grass in Cape Town tends to be plastic (green) or natural (brown), or on irrigated golf courses. And the bluebells, daffodils, and apple, cherry, pear, and thorn blossom are stunning.

Speaking of May blossom, the ex-Launton Boy (pages 39-41) writes about the saying “Ne’er cast a clout until May is out” and tries to work out the real meaning. And he tells of something I recall doing as a child in Kent - eating the “Bread and Cheese” from the thorn bushes in the hedgerows.

The cover this month features the scene at the April Scramble at Bicester Heritage, with another photo on page 17. The centre spread (22-23) has a match report of semi-final success for one of the Launton Boys Under 12’s teams - and a team photo. I hope we can report their Final success.

There is much on the Coronation of Charles III with St Mary’s events on pages 19, 21, 24, and 44, and a photo of the new ‘topper’ on the post box by Costcutter on page 10. There are two AGMs this month: FoLPH (page 20) and the Plotters (page 28): both have 18 May for their meetings.

Pages 34-35 report on N2O (Laughing Gas) cylinders discarded along Station Road, with a statement from PCSO Louise Beaumont.

Robert Cornford