Bus passes             Free bus pass to residents over 60 or registered disabled accepted for free travel from 9.00am within Oxfordshire, 9.30am beyond. Issued by SODC until March 2012, OCC thereafter.

Church                         St Helen’s Church, Albury

                                    Services: see Newsletter Diary for service times

                        Rector: Revd Caroline King. Tel: 01865 873451. Email: reverend.caroline@googlemail.com

                                    Churchwardens: John Nowell-Smith.  Tel. 01844 339650.  Ken Field.  Tel. 01844 339671

Community Education   Thame: Towersey Road , Thame. Tel. 01844 213400/213114

                                    Wheatley: The Lodge, Wheatley Park School , Holton. Tel. 01865 872664

Cricket                        Tiddington Cricket Club

Contact: Ray Manning. Tel. 01844 338911. E-mail. RRayManning@aol.com

Website: www.tiddingtoncricketclub.org

Crime Stoppers        Tel: 0800 555 111

Doctors                        Rycote Practice, Thame Health Centre, East Street , Thame. Tel. 01844 261066

                                    Wheatley: Morland House Surgery, London Road , Wheatley. Tel. 01865 872448

                                    NHS Direct: Tel: 0845 46 47. Flu Hotline: Tel: 0800 1513 100

Car service to appointments at doctors or hospitals for those having difficulty arranging transport – contact Fleur Hughes on 01844 338254

Flooding                       Environment Agency Floodline Tel. 0845 988 1188

                                    South Oxfordshire District Council Tel. 01491 823473

Food waste            Raw and cooked food waste collected every Monday in small green bin

Garden Refuse             Fortnightly kerbside collection from wheeled bins at cost of £32 per year.

For terms and conditions and further details visit the website: www.southoxon.gov.uk

Gardening                     Great Haseley and District Horticultural Society

                                    Contacts:     Sandra & Eric Fincham, 10 Albury View. Tel. 01844 339675

Library                         Mobile Library: alternate Wednesdays 10.35-11.10am, Cricket Club entrance, Tiddington

                                                             alternate Wednesdays 11.25-11.40pm, Sandy Lane , Milton Common

                                                             See Newsletter Diary for visiting dates.

                                    Branch Libraries: Thame. Tel. 01844 212288. Wheatley. Tel. 01865 875267  

Markets                Thame, Tuesdays 8.30am – 4.30pm

                                    Farmers’ market, Great Haseley Village Hall, 2^nd Sunday of the month

                                    Farmers’ market, Tetsworth Memorial Hall, 3^rd Sunday of the month 10.00am – 12.00noon

                                    Farmers’ market, Thame, 2^nd Tuesday of the month 8.30am – 1.30pm

                                    Organic farmers’ market, Sandy Lane Farm, Tiddington, Thursdays 2.30 – 6.00pm

Neighbourhood Watch            Milton Common and Sandy Lane : Elaine Horne. Tel: 01844 279520

                                    Tiddington: Chris Williams. Tel: 07710 620820

Newsletter                   Published bi-monthly at beginning of February, April, June, August, October & December

NHS Direct            Tel: 0845 46 47           www.nhs.direct.nhs.uk

Parish Council              Meetings held in Tiddington Village Hall at 8.00pm on first Monday in the month

(2^nd Monday if first is a Bank Holiday)

Phone Books                 Residents of the Parish may request an Oxford Phone book free of charge

                                    Tel: freephone 0800 833 400 and select option 1

                                    For the Oxford Yellow Pages Tel: 0800 671 444

Police                           Police Enquiry Centre:- 101 or 0845 8 505 505 (non-emergency 24hrs)

                                    Thame Police Station opening hours: Mon & Fri 0900-1700, Tue-Thu 0800-2000

Post Office                Wednesdays, 1.30-3.00pm, Tiddington Village Hall

Public Transport          Buses:   280      Oxford – Aylesbury                  The Fox, Tiddington

                                                275      Oxford – High Wycombe           Sandy Lane , Milton Common

                                    Trains:             Thame/Haddenham Parkway (on 280 bus route)

Recycling centres      OCC Centres at Redbridge, Drayton and Oakley Wood

                                    Opening times: Mon-Sat 8.30 – 4.00, Sun 9.00 – 4.00

Recycling collection     Cans, tins, paper, cardboard, glass bottles/jars and plastics collected on alternate Mondays in large green bins

(See Newsletter Diary for collection days and Bank Holiday changes)

Books, CDs, videos, DVDs, cassettes at Asda, Wheatley and Waitrose, Thame.

Refuse Collection         Waste that cannot be recycled collected on alternate Mondays in grey bins (see Newsletter Diary for collection days and Bank Holiday changes)

Schools                                    Primary:            Great Milton C of E. Tel. 01844 279388

                                    Secondary:       Wheatley Park . Tel. 01865 872441

Village Hall                  Chairman:         Alan Stratton. Tel. 01844 339430

                                    Bookings:          Brian Price. Tel. 01844 339977

Waste collections        For enquiries about collections email: admin.southoxford@verdant-group.co.uk or

                                    Telephone: 03000 610610

SODC will make the following collections:

                                    Unwanted vehicles for £68.00

                                    Up to three bulky items for £20.00 and £6.35 for each additional item.

                                    Contact Public Amenities Team on 01491 823416 or find application form on the website:

www.southoxon.gov.uk

See also under Food, Recycling, Refuse

Water                          Thames Water.  To report leaks: Tel. 08459 200800

Website                       Village website:- www.tiddingtonoxon.co.uk

WI                             Waterstock and Tiddington Women’s Institute

Meetings: 2^nd Thursday in the month at 7.30pm in Tiddington Village Hall (see Newsletter Diary for dates and speakers). Contact: Joan Wood. Tel. 01844 339598

Yoga                             Thursdays, 10.30am in Tiddington Village Hall.

                                    Contact: Yvonne Cartwright. Tel: 01844 279205

The views expressed in the Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Parish Council.

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