by Freddie Wassell, October 7, 2009
100 members of Oundle School’s Community Action programme experienced a little bit of what it is like to be homeless by sleeping rough in Birmingham for a night. The pupils were only given cardboard boxes and a plastic survival bag in which they were told to make themselves as comfortable as possible on the surface of the concrete car park at St. Basil’s Centre for the Homeless.
The pupils arrived in high spirits on a mercifully sunny evening. A huge scramble for the cardboard followed and everyone soon got to work on creating their home for the night using odd bits of string and sticky tape. There was a feeling of excitement in the air as this was a new experience to many of the pupils. Continued…
by Staff Writer, July 1, 2008
The purpose of a country park is to provide a place that has a natural, rural atmosphere for visitors who do not necessarily want to go out into the wider countryside. Visitors can enjoy an open public space with an informal atmosphere, as opposed to a formal park as might be found in an urban area. And Barnwell Country Park is Oundle’s very own country park.
Barnwell Country Park is made up mostly of 15 hectares of lakes, riverbank and meadows to explore. The park has 4 lakes in its compound, the north lake, the middle lake , the little lake and the mill lake. There are picnic areas, fishing points and pathways all around the park.
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by Staff Writer,
Oundle residents had the opportunity to meet one of Britain’s leading statesmen at an event hosted by the Oundle Festival of Literature in March.
Described as a “great peace maker”, Paddy Ashdown was until recently the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Oundle Festival of Literature he delivered “bleak and bitter news” to speak on the sombre issue of conflict.
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by Staff Writer,
It has been over a year since the Supermarket giant moved into Oundle under the guise of “Express” but what effect has it had upon local businesses in the Town? The answer appears to be none or very little.
Oundle residents appear to be sticking with their local stores and escaping the lure of the low prices and the “B-O-G-O-F” deal which Tesco is famous for. Even Oundle News, which was expecting a difficult ride after Tesco arrived, is still doing well. Why is this? When the Tesco juggernaut has, according to mainstream media, trampled hundreds of bakers, butchers and newsagents thought the country into receivership, why is Oundle any different?
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