Auction of Gifts

FINAL EXTRAVAGANZA

IN AID OF ST GILES’ ROOF APPEAL 

18th March at 7:30 p.m. Douglas Price Room at Keble College  ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHEESE… …BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company will talk about cheeses and cheese making followed at 8:15 by AUCTION OF GIFTS AND PROMISES Auctioneer will be Benjamin Lloyd of Mallams

 Early booking advised as numbers are limited.  Tickets are £10 per person (to include wine, cheese and canapés) and are available from Anne Dutton (secretary@st-giles-church.org) or  Margaret Bullard (margaretbullard@btinternet.com) 18 Northmoor Road, OX2 6UR.  Table reservations (seating 9) and advance bids are very welcome, bids in person even more so, and of course any  donations!

The entrance to the Douglas Price Room of Keble College will be from Blackhall Road (which joins Museum Road with South Parks Road) and which will be open from 7.15pm on Sunday 18 March.

 Auction Items

Name of donor indicated in brackets

1.  Sirloin of beef from a rare breed (Matthew Alden)

2. Beauty products worth at least £50 from l’Oreal (Lady Jay)

3. Overnight in the Old Parsonage for two with breakfast and dinner (Jeremy Mogford)

4. A case of wine:  3 Bordeaux from the Baron de Rothschild    
       collection 2002 + 3 Spanish Monte Maguillo 2005 + 3 Graves -     
       Domaine de Millet Vin de Pays de Gascogne 2004 + 3 Chateau
       Constant 2005 (Avery’s)

5. A case of wine:  3 Spanish Borsao 2005 +  3 Avery’s Pays d’Oc + 3 Sauvignon Blanc + 3 Pays d’Oc  2004 (Avery’s)

6. A case of wine:  3 Chateau les Saints Amant, Bergerac 2004  + 3 le  petit Jaboulet + 3 Michel Torino, Argentine 2004  + 3    
       Mount   Lindsay Sauvignon Blanc 2002 W. Australia (Avery’s)    

7.  Case of champagne  (six bottles) (Genefer Clark)

8. Private tour of the Bodleian for a small group with Bodley’s   Librarian Emeritus  (David  Vaisey)

9. Two return flights to New York (Richard Branson)

10. Tour of All Souls College – Codrington Library, Hall and Chapel (Rev. Professor Michael Screech)

11. Chauffeur driven car to Heathrow/Gatwick/London show (John Clare Cars)

12. Dictionary of National Biography - 60 volumes (OUP)

13. 1Shampoo and set/blow dry (Revelation, Woodstock Rd)

14. Ring of Bells for special occasion (St Giles Bellringers)

15. Sallies from old bell ropes (St Giles Bellringers)

16. £30 Voucher for  meat or game (Feller, Son & Daughter)

17. Chocolate cake for 10 (John Clements)

18. A week’s rent of a cottage, sleeps 4,  on the Lot river between Cahors and Figeac – includes school holidays (Margaret Ellis )

19. A simple will, a bottle of champagne and an umbrella  (Marshall & Galpin)

20. A cut glass decanter from Asprey’s (Ann Edwardes)

21. A day out with the Lord Lieutenant (Hugo Brunner)

22. A year’s subscription to Look and Learn Magazine  (Laurence Heyworth)

23. Two first class return rail tickets  to anywhere served by First Great Western

24. A 5-day footloose walking holiday Etruscan Lanes to Orvieto including B & B accommodation in an elegantly restored 16^th Century palazzo, luggage moves and route manager backup (Alternative Travel)

25. A day for two people at the Randolph Hotel Spa

26. A voucher for £25 of fish (Haymans Fisheries)

27. Two tickets for a debate at the Oxford Union next term including  drinks with the speakers.

28. A flower arrangement  (Clare Woods)

29. Three hours professional gardening /advice from a Jesus College gardener (Margaret Bullard)

30. Three days’ rent of a cottage in Shropshire (David Longrigg)

31. Guided visit for two to Bothy Vineyard, Frilford (Richard Liwicki)

32. Two hours computer instruction/advice (Dr Andrew Dunn)

33. Tea  for four on the terrace of the House of Commons (Henry Bellingham MP)

34. Two watercolours by Margaret Norman RWA 1908-1976 (Catherine Barrington Ward)

35.  £100 voucher to spend at Boswells

36. 10 guitar lessons  - must own guitar  (David Scotter-Mainprize)

37. Two bottles of Croft’s Port 1970  (All Souls College)

38. Ceramic dish (Liz Storrar)

39. An introductory wine tasting session for eight people (Graham Harding)

40. Lunch for two at le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons  (Raymond Blanc)

St Giles’ Roof Appeal was launched in 2005 to fund essential repairs to St Giles’ Church, including a new roof for the Chancel and Lady Chapel.    When these have been completed the next phase of work will include redecoration,  repair of the organ and re-hanging of the bells.   Contributions are warmly welcomed. Please make cheques payable to St Giles’ Church and send to:

Mrs Alison Bickmore, Treasurer
28 Northmoor Road
Oxford. 
OX2 6UR

About St Giles’ Church

The Church of St Giles was probably built as a private church by Edwin, son of Godegose, between 1123 and 1133, but soon had a huge but thinly populated parish of its own stretching northwards as far as the present northern bypass, and including Port Meadow in the West and extending to the River Cherwell in the east. St John's College bought the advowson of the church in 1553. 

 The church was damaged during the siege of Oxford in the Civil War, and in 1643 its furniture was burnt by parliamentary troops who were being held prisoner in the church.  The picture on the cover shows the church in 1834, when it marked the beginning of the countryside. As outlying parts of Oxford were developed, it gradually lost chunks of its parish to Summertown, St Paul's,  St Philip & St James and St Margaret’s..   

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