Hands Off Our Horton

Margaret Halstead

HI THERE FRIENDS,

WELL, IT'S NOVEMBER, OC TOBER IS A LINGERING MEMORY OF LOVELY DAYS, WALKING ALONG THE OXFORD CANAL, PICKING CANAL SIDE CRAB APPLES, BERRIES AND HAWS FOR AUTUMN-INSPIRED PHOTOS TO TREASURE. DAYS OUT, BUSY DAYS AND ACCEPTING THAT OUR ENTENDING SUMMER IS AMAZING AND WE CAN'T QUITE REALLY BELIEVE THE SUMMER WEATHER IS STILL WITH US. I HOPE ALL OF YOU ENJOYED OUR LONG LASTING SUMMER. ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT. TREASURING THOSE GOLDEN, GLORIOUS AUTUMN DAYS. HAPPY OCTOBER AND NOW ITS NOVEMBER AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT SUMMER-LIKE DAYS, GLORIOUS AUTUMN TINTED LEAVES, DEEP BLUE SKIES AND THE LINGERING SWEET SMELL OF SUMMER.

THIS WEEKEND, WE'VE REMEMBERED ALL THOSE WHO FELL IN THE T WO GREAT WARS AND ALL OTHER CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FOR OUR TOMORROW THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY . WE WILL REMEMBER THEM - POPPIES FOR EVER -LEST WE FORGET.

AND HEY HO, CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND IT WILL BE GREAT xxx

Horton General Hospital - We've lost a battle, Not the war. Our Protest Goes On

09/01/2016

Copied from Facebook today = Thursday, 1st September 2016 - "David Cameron speaks out against the decision of the NHS Trust Board to downgrade Banbury's Maternity Unit at the Horton General Hospital David Cameron urges reversal of Horton maternity downgrade David Cameron wants the maternity downgrade reversed BY ROSEANNE EDWARDS Email 10:33Thursday 01 September 2016 0 HAVE YOUR SAY Former Prime Minister David Cameron has stepped into the furore over removal of consultant-led maternity services

UPTON HOUSE AND GARDEN, WARWICKSHIRE

08/31/2016

A visit to Upton House and gardens late August with friends for a guided tour by Mr. Victor Ince, one of Upton's knowledgeable voices, whose insight provided a most marvellous account of the House and its many inhabitants, then a follow-up visit to view and photograph the gardens and buy plants for my own garden space. Upton House in the English Baroque style, originally a hunting lodge in 1757 and owned by the Villiers family during the 19th century. The estate was purchased by the 2nd

Serious Matters

08/28/2016

Hands Around The Horton. 5000 supporters gathered to join hands around our Horton General Hospital on Sunday, 21st August in protest at proposed cuts and changes to the facilities we currently use and employ here in Banbury. It is being argued that our maternity unit should be Midwife led, with the assistance of fully trained top surgeons, anaesthetists and other specialists meaning should any mum-to-be suddenly present with a difficult birth and need expert intervention, the hospital's only