FLOODS: Many residents in the area have now cleaned up most of the damage caused by the recent flooding.
Residents reported that the Banbury Road was flooded in parts up to and including the bridge over the Dene, and although most households escaped completely, some had flooded cellars, porches and gardens.
Kineton was somewhat gridlocked, due partl
y to the fact that traffic had been diverted off the M40 and through the village. Cars were abandoned for the night in the Banbury Road.
Mr Gordon Archer reported the following for the Neighbourhood Watch: The M40 J15 to the services was the biggest traffic jam in the county. Local roads affected by flooding were the M40 junction 15 to services standing traffic; B4100 Warmington; B4455 Combrook; Mill Lane, Ashorne; Warwick Services - north flooded; B4455 Fosseway at Morton Morrell (impassable); B4087 Barford impassable; Fosseway (Chesterton) closed; B4455 Harwoods House; A429 Wellesbourne and Barford; B4100 Gaydon; B4084 Edge Hill (Camp Lane) top and bottom of Edge Hill.
Send us your village news by clicking hereKADS: The KADS murder mystery evening party will take place on Saturday evening (August 11) at 7.30pm for 8pm at Kineton village hall. As usual there will be a two course supper and a bar, and a raffle. Tickets £10 are available from Yve Rivers-Fletcher (01926 640337) and from the Country Pursuit in Kineton.
SPORTSMAN'S DINNER: This cricket club event will take place at the sports and social club on Friday, September 14, where the guest speaker will be Mr Geoff Miller, England selector. Tickets are available from Paul Richardson.
BEER FESTIVAL: Kineton's own beer festival will take place at the sports and social club on September 22. Further details later.
W I: Kineton Women's Institute will celebrate its 90th birthday on September 6 in the village hall from 2pm to 4pm when all members and their friends are invited to tea and cakes.
HEART START: Mr Harold Porter reports that Kineton Heart Start is back in business. Very soon they will be inviting new volunteers to join their present depleted ranks of responders so that they can fill those many days and nights they are not providing any cover. They estimate a call for an ambulance is occurring every month to which they are failing to provide any advanced attendance.
They are looking for volunteers between the age of 18 and 70 years, who once trained would go on to the rota as responders. The training is not at all arduous. Time spent on a call on average is not more than 20/30 minutes. When applying artificial respiration there is no mouth-to mouth contact and the equipment used is fully automatic. Paper work is minimal or, for many of the calls, non-existent. The initial training is completed in an afternoon.
If you can help, please do so. Existing members of Heart Start will willingly attend any village function or organization to give just a five minute talk or longer if required to give people more information on what is involved.
Don't forget, here in Kineton residents are 30 minutes away from the nearest ambulance but only five to eight minutes away from the nearest responder - day or night - if sufficient volunteers come forward.
Please telephone Harold Porter ( 01926 641078) if you can help.
BEST KEPT VILLAGE: The results of the 2007 best kept village competition have been announced, and Kineton has won the large village category. The best kept churchyard went to Butlers Marston. The best kept villages were large - Kineton, medium - Wooton Wawen, small - Sambourne, hamlet - Barton-on–the Heath.
