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Cogges opens for the
season
Cogges Manor Farm Museum has opened its
doors for the summer season with a weekend
packed full of activities as well as a few new
faces. Visitors were able to enjoy a textile
exhibition by Sue Tucker at the Café which
featured some hand-woven textiles reflecting
the surrounding Cotswold countryside and made
from the wool of rare breed sheep. Sue also gave
a spinning demonstration.
There were also plenty of activities to take part
in, such as willow craft, dressing up, cooking
and ‘welly walks’ around the moat and River
Windrush. There was also a chance for den
making and playing on the Cogges Castle timber
fort.
But the stars of the show were the museum’s
new Oxford Sandy and Black piglets donated by
Witney MP David Cameron. One of the pigs is
named Florence, after David’s youngest daughter
and the other is named Nancy. Florence and
Nancy, along with all the other animals and staff,
will be there to welcome guests all through the
season.
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London Welsh put
Witney plans on hold
London Welsh Rugby Club has decided not to
move to Witney FC’s old ground after all. The
club currently plays at the Kassam Stadium
and was considering the Downs Road site,
which has stood empty since Witney FC
folded a year ago. Plans for a 10,000 spectator
capacity stadium were approved by the
council, although Sport England objected as
the project would see the loss of two football
pitches. However, the site at Witney would not
be suitable if London Welsh gain promotion
and an auditor will look around the Kassam to
see if that site is suitable for top-flight rugby.
Chairman of London Welsh, Bleddyn Philips,
has said that the Witney project will still be
considered in the future, especially as planning
permission as now been granted.