Village Pavilion and How To Book It!
Looking for a great venue for a birthday party, meeting, band practice, flower arranging session or similar? then book the village pavilion!
Kitchen equipped with smart crockery and a new fridge! Comfortable tables and chairs, piano, two loos and dedicated car park, doors that open on to patio and recreation ground so ideal for bouncy castles and kids parties!
Very competitive rates to hire the Pavilion and even more so if you live in the village where you get an automatic 50% discount on any standard 4 hour or more booking!
New and simpler hire rates are effective from 30th July 2007 and a deposit will usually be requested:
Village resident rate:
- Up to 4 hours for £10.00
- Additional hours charged at £2.50/hour
- Minimum booking charge is £10.00
- Payment in advance
Non-village resident rate
- Up to 4 hours for £20.00
- Additional hours charged at £5.00/hour
- Minimum booking charge is £20.00
- Payment in advance
Childrens Parties:
- Same rate for village and non-village residents
- Up to 4 hours for £30.00
- Additional hours charged at £5.00/hour
- Minimum booking charge is £30.00
- Payment in advance
** Discounted rates may be agreed for regular bookings! **
Special booking rates apply for the following Village organisations
- Moulsford Cricket Club
- Toddlers Group
- Moulsford Moulez
Bookings can be made by calling Karen Gilmore on 01491 659005.
Attention ALL Properties Connected to Private Sewer in Underhill!
All properties that connect to this private foul water sewer in Underhill need to be aware that South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) maintains the sewerage treatment plant but not the sewers. The sewers that feed into the plant remain the responsibility of the residents using it.
What this means is that in the event of becoming aware of any sewer blockage, then the SODC Environmental Health Officer will serve notice under the public health act on everyone upstream of the blockage requiring that they get together to arrange to clear the blockage within 48 hours.
Reality is that to organise such a clearance is unlikely. So if it's not cleared by the expiration of the deadline then the council will arrange for a private contractor to clear it and then divide the cost between the houses upstream of the blockage and follow up to recover such costs from the upstream properties.
High Speed Internet Access in Moulsford
If you live in Moulsford then up until recently your choices to connect to the Internet were either to "dial up" using an ordinary phone line (rather slow!) or depending on which part of the village you lived in, use ISDN (fairly fast and more expensive than dial up).
There is now a third option and that is to use the high speed wireless Internet service provided by Countryside Broadband. Webmaster experience of this service has been excellent and there are now over 80 households using the service.
Key facts: £140 fee for one off installation of radio antenna then direct debit of £30/month for minimum period of 12 months [pricing correct as at May 2004 - and January 2010]. Maximum upload/download speeds of 512Kbps. Lots more information at the Countryside website http://www.countrysidebroadband.com/.
Mobile Library
Calls at Moulsford on alternate Tuesday afternoons as follows:
- Underhill 3.40-3.50pm
- Old Vicarage 3.55-4.25pm
Neighbourhood Watch
Local Neighbourhood Watch representative is Peter Ferry on 01491 652524.
Local Police
The Area Beat Officer for Moulsford (and Cholsey) is WPC Pip Walker based at Wallingford. Pip also covers North and South Moreton and can be contacted on 01491 821515.
Non-emergency calls can be made to Thames Valley Police on the 24 hour contact telephone number 0845 8 505 505.
Thames Valley Crimestoppers
Some people who have information about crime don't want to speak to he police and certainly don't want anyone to know who they are. So how do they pass on what they know? The answer is to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Because the callers are anonymous, ther is no way of knowing who they are. The calls are not traced or recorded and don't show up on phone bills unless made from mobile phones.
Crimestoppers removes any fear of reprisal, retribution or revenge. The critical point is that the information does get through and certainly makes a difference. This is because the police cannot solv crime on their own but need help from everyone. Sometimes the police know who the criminals are, but dn't have enough evidence to make an arrest. When information - often like the final piece in a jigsaw - is given through Crimestoppers, the criminals are caught.
The Freephone number 0800 555 111 should only be used to give information about people involved in crime or who may be planning a crime. The emergency 999 number should always be used if, for example, a crime is actually being committed. If anyone is not bothered about anonymity, then they can call the general police enquiry number: 0845 850 5505.
If you would like to know how to get involved with Crimestoppers, please contact:
Thames Valley Crimestoppers, PO Box 4818, Earley, Berkshire. RG10 0FT
Web: www.thamesvalleycrimestoppers.org
or email: TVCS@ehotspot.co.uk
Safer Streets
Thames Valley Police launched Safer Streets, a campaign to tackle robbery, alcohol-related violent crime and the possession and use of replica guns. The campaign is aimed at 15-35 year-olds.
More details and tips on staying safe and what police and their partbers are doing during the campaign at www.thamesvalley.police.uk/saferstreets
Dog Owners
Please help to keep all our public places clean by cleaning up after your pets! Special bins are provided for the disposal of dog mess at various locations on the village recreation ground and near the Cranford hockey pitch.
Images of England
Researchers from the Images of England Photographic survey were in the village recently taking photographs of listed buildings and milestones. The aim is to create a 'point in time record' of the 370,000 listed buildings in England, covering almost every town and village in the land.
To access this unique photographic record of England's architectural heritage and find out more, visit www.imagesofengland.org.uk
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