Parents of children at local schools are organising a protest at the traffic on Quarry Hollow on Wednesday 6 December from 0800 to 0900. Friends of Quarry has raised concerns about traffic on this stretch on a number of occasions in the past.
More information is available online. Concerned residents are welcome to attend.
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Headington Quarry Morris Dancers will perform the traditional Boxing Day Mummers Play and Rapper Sword Dance on Boxing Day, Tuesday 26th December 2023, taking place outside the following pubs in Headington Quarry:
11:30 The Crown & Thistle (pub now closed), 132 Old Road
12:20 The Six Bells, 3 Beaumont Road
13:00 The Chequers, 17A Beaumont Road
13:40 The Masons Arms, Quarry School Place
Free. All are welcome!
More details are on Headington Quarry Morris Facebook page
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Our annual AGM will take place at 1930 on the evening of 10 November in the Village Hall, followed by a Quarry themed Quiz (with prizes).
Entrance is only available to current members of Friends of Quarry. It will be possible to join Friends of Quarry before the meeting starts.
Refreshments will be provided.
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Headington Action are running their Light in the Darkness campaign again this year, with free Christmas Lights being available.
More information is available on their poster, which includes dates of other key events in the run up to Christmas in Headington.
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Oxford Fiddle Group are celebrating their 25th anniversary on 8 December in the Village Hall. More information is available on their poster.
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Update: The grass has been mown and the weather is looking good for Saturday, so we are going ahead with the bulb planting to 7 October.
As mentioned in our recent newsletter, we will be meeting to plant an additional 500 tulip bulbs at the entrance to the Quarry to augment those planted in recent years.
Please join us at 1000 on Saturday 7 October at the entrance to Beaumont Road near the 6 Bells. (NB: The date in the newsletter was wrong), with a spade, to plant the bulbs. Children are welcome.
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Following the very successful lecture at our last AGM by Maurice East, we will be holding a longer lecture on 13 October on several aspects of the history of the Quarry. The topic is ‘Digging out a living. A history of life and work in Quarry’.
Entrance is free for Friends of Quarry Members and £2.50 for non-members. It will be possible to join Friends of Quarry on the evening. More information is available here.
There will be a cash bar on the evening.
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Building work is due to start at Holy Trinity on 9 October. More information, including timings for the closure of the Church Path during the works and contact details for updates are available online.
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We have released our September newsletter, containing details of our activities and upcoming events. It will be delivered to all homes in the Quarry over the next few days and is also available online.
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In order to fully reflect resident’s views when preparing our response to the planning application for change of use for the Chequers, we have prepared a survey to capture your input.
Please complete the survey as soon as possible, as the deadline for comments is 27 September.
Many thanks for sharing your views.
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