FoDL News

​July 2025

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Our photo competition for the ‘2026 Parish Calendar’ closed on the 4th August. A big thank you to everyone who've sent in their Deddington Library photo competition entries, we've had some FAB pics from around the parish, especially these past weeks of harvesting.

The calendar is our main way of raising funds to keep the library open, so we really do appreciate our entrants and our sponsors.

 

Over the next few weeks, the committee will narrow down the entries and then vote for the 12 images to be included in our 2026 calendar. Entrants and sponsors they will be invited to a presentation evening in September and will receive a free copy of the calendar. The three

with the most committee votes will also receive a printed canvas of their wining entry.

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Thank you.

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Bryn Williams

abw@brynwilliams.com

FODL Chair

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From the Library

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July was a busy month for Deddington Library. Our Lego club has proved popular since the school broke up for the holidays and

we will continue to run it through the holidays, except bank holiday Mondays.

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We have had lots of children sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge, which is great

to see and our courtyard is continuing its makeover with potted plants in line with the ‘Story Garden Theme.

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We have now received several drawings for adding to the Mural planned for the courtyard wall and may extend the closing date as so

many are on holiday, and it now won’t go into the design stage until later in the year giving us extra time. So, why not draw your own

favourite a book character or your favourite scenic background and drop it into Gail at the library.

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A massive thank you to all my readers, volunteers and friends of the library for your continuing support .

Gail

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Gail Cripps

Deddington Library manager​

Gail.Cripps@oxfordshire.gov.uk

01865 816010​​