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Faringdon Repatriation Group
For the majority of many hundreds of people, the transfer of repatriations from RAF Lyneham to RAF Brize Norton will mean an end to meeting at the Folly Hill lay-by on the A420 Swindon to Oxford road, when a cortege bringing home service personnel who died in Afghanistan, passed by. During the time meetings have been held from December 2008 until August this year. 107 meetings have taken place and 232 serving personnel have passed through on their way to the JR Hospital in Oxford.
Support for these meetings has come from many people, including members of several branches of the Royal British Legion and members of the branch in Highworth, including Hazel Hayes, the standard bearer, Ken Poulton, and the late Howel Stokes, all attended on a regular basis, as well as members from the Faringdon Branch.
The support by so many people during almost three years has been appreciated by the families of those returned and the many people throughout our country, unable to get to the Wiltshire –Oxfordshire towns.
Joy Blake Faringdon Repatriation Organizer.
Highworth Learning Group is hoping to run a course at the Community Centre on ‘Grow your own’ this autumn. If you have taken a new allotment and are not quite sure what you can do with it over the winter, what to plant in the spring or would like to have some tips on anything green, call Helen on 07810326774 to register your interest.
Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust [WeSET] Tour of solar and wind farms
Saturday 26th November at Westmill farm, SN6 8TH 2-3pm Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust (WeSET) is organising a special guided tour of the wind farm and the solar park at Westmill Farm at Watchfield at 2pm
The tour will be followed by a presentation in Watchfield Village Hall at 3.30-4.30pm where WeSET trustees will explain the work that they have been doing locally and how they may be able to help you or your organisation.
WeSET is currently working with local schools, organising tours of the wind farm for interested groups, supporting local organisations to save energy (WeSET paid for and organised the fitting of roof insulation to Watchfield Village Hall) and providing free expert advice and support for individuals and organisations who wish to save energy or want to generate renewable energy.
There will also be a presentation by Adam Twine of Westmill Solar Co-operative about the forthcoming public share offer for the solar farm and the opportunity for individuals and businesses in Highworth to own a slice of the solar park and join the renewable energy revolution. For further information please call Liz Rothschild – 01367 240508 or visit www.weset.org
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