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The BBQs are burning, Port Meadow is full of picnickers, and the sun has shown its much-missed face—summer is upon us! So grab your iced drink of choice and enjoy this second edition of the Jericho Info newsletter, brought to you by the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) community wardens. We’re here to foster positive relations between residents and students through doorknocking, events, campaigns, and friendly newsletters (like this one!).

Jericho Info is brought to you once a term to keep you in-formed about what we’ve been doing, as well as local hap-penings. We want this newsletter to be valuable to you: do you have an idea, story, event, or community initiative to share? Email us your thoughts: wardens@ousu.ox.ac.uk.

In this issue, you’ll find out about the Oxford Canal Festi-val, our fabulous Pimm’s and Cake Party, and the Lebanese gem on Little Clarendon Street. Happy reading!

Your dedicated Jericho wardens,

Anna, Joy, Max, and Yin

COMMUNITY BULLETIN

We hope you had a fantastic time at the annual Jericho Street Fair, which took place on Saturday 11 June from 12-9pm. Canal Street was completely closed for the oc-casion, which involved live music, a BBQ, a bouncy castle, Morris danc-ing, a crêperie, and many other delights.

Take part in the Run Jericho 10K on Sunday 19 June from 9am-2pm, starting at St Barnabas School. You’ll see the highlights of Jericho, Worcester College, Port Meadow, and the Oxford Canal. There’s also a 1-mile run for children before-hand. For more information visit www.runjericho.com.

Blues singer Debbie Bond will be performing her soulful, New Orle-ans-flavoured pieces at the Jericho Tavern on Monday 25 July. For ticket information, contact en-quiry@thejerichooxford.co.uk.

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Summer greetings from your community wardens!

Jericho Info Volume 1, Issue 2 June 2016

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The Oxford Canal, home to an unimposing boating community, sits in part behind Jericho and the up and coming Jericho Wharf project, which is being developed at the Castle Mill boatyard. A walk alongside the lovably un-blue water is surprisingly peaceful, and one of Oxford’s underappreciated treasures.

That is, until the 25th June! This is the day the Oxford Canal Festi-val will be swinging and singing into Aristotle Lane Recreation Ground, ensuring that you take notice of the greatness of the Ox-ford Canal Heritage project. Get ready for all kinds of fun: the Ox-ford Canal Heritage website (www.oxfordcanalheritage.org) promis-es a dog show, a strong man/woman competition, the excitingly-named ‘Canal Olympics’, and fairground rides, all in a very convinc-ing bid for your Saturday afternoon (festivities run from 2-6pm). With food, drink, bands, community stalls, and a bouncy castle, it seems that all roads point to the canal on the 25th June.

We have the Heritage Lottery to thank for funding the Oxford Ca-nal Heritage project; they work with local communities to raise awareness of the waterway. As stated on their website, their slice of priority extends from Duke’s Cut to Hythe Bridge Street, but the canal’s history stretches all the way to the Midlands. Before the rail-ways of the 1840s, Oxford relied on the canal system for the devel-opment of coal, iron, and paper industries. Although the passing of time has led to the decline of this usage, the Canal Heritage Project is eager to dispel the view that the canal’s golden days are long gone.

So do your bit and revive the character of the canal for one possibly sunny but definitely sparkling afternoon! And if you’re on Twitter, don’t forget to share your experiences on the day with the hashtag #LoveOxfordCanal.

Joy Dempsey

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NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING SUMMER NEWSLETTER

SAFETY NOTICE

Although there has been a de-crease in residential burglary in the neighbourhood, now that the weather is brightening up and the sun is shining, people can become complacent when it comes to home security. The most common cases of opportunist summer bur-glary involve offenders that:

Enter an insecure front door while residents are in the back garden.

Enter doors that are closed but unlocked at night while resi-dents are asleep.

Reach through windows to take valuable items.

Please take sensible precautions.

JERICHO WHARF UPDATE

Jericho Wharf has been granted SIAHAF planning permission from the City Council. The next stage of agreements rests with the Canal and River Trust, St Barnabas Paro-chial Church Council, and the Jeri-cho Wharf Trust. To learn more, visit www.jerichowharf.com.

NO 17 BUS UPDATE

Earlier this year it looked as if Jeri-cho’s No 17 bus to the city centre would be discontinued, but Thames Travel have decided to provide off-peak service from 9.30am to 3.30pm (every half hour). This service is being trialled for six months to determine sus-tainability.

Anna Hutchinson

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A Pimm’s and Cake Success St Anne’s was definitely the place to be on Saturday the 28th of May. Opening its doors to the students and residents of Jericho for an afternoon of merri-ment (and competition), the college hosted the latest instalment of our Celebrate Jericho event series. The Pimm’s and Cake Party was a glorious success, and helped promote our overall aim of fostering positive interactions between students and residents.

Despite the weather forecast’s promise of heavy thun-derstorms, the sun shone and the skies were blue, set-ting the scene for the perfect summer party. After blowing up an seemingly endless supply of balloons, mixing enough Pimm’s to fill several kitchen sinks, and flooding a table with delicious snacks, we wel-comed our first guest. He arrived with an entry for our bake off competition creatively presented on a plastic cutting board. The contest had begun!

Before long the room was abuzz with chatter from residents and students, all with Pimm’s in hand and smiles on faces. After some general mingling, we in-troduced the Jericho and Pimm’s themed quiz, giving guests the perfect opportunity to get to know each other through teamwork. There was an initial tie, but in the end we had a winning team that boasted im-pressive knowledge of some rather obscure facts.

After a informative and much-enjoyed tour of the college led by one of the community wardens, the time had finally arrived to judge the bake off entries. Each delicious offering was sampled by all four war-dens and given a score out of ten in three categories: taste, appearance, and imagination. The points were

extremely close, but the winning bake was a scrump-tious Italian crostata filled with chocolate and ricotta, and the runner-up a bacon tarte flambée. There was just enough time for the winners to choose their priz-es (a wine tasting for two at the Oxford Wine Café and a voucher for brunch at the Rickety Press) before the rest of the room descended upon the baked offer-ings—it didn’t take long for the plates to empty!

All in all, the afternoon was a resounding success. It was amazing to see such a strong turnout from Jericho and to help students and residents get to know each other. We really enjoyed hosting it and already can’t wait to organise a similar event next year!

Max Savage

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food! It’s healthy, and it’s trendy because we have so many gluten-free and vegan options. The moussaka is one of my favourite things. I do literally have it every day! It’s definitely our most popular dish.

How has your experience of Jericho been?

Amazing! Mum has always been talking about open-ing somewhere in Jericho because she loves the area so much. Little Clarendon Street has such character; I think we fell in love with it. The customers around here are so lovely and the atmosphere is so nice!

Is there anything you’d like the students and residents of Jericho to know about Elham’s?

Well we do a 10% student discount, and everything is homemade. We don’t cut any corners—even the pickles and syrups are homemade!

Anna Hutchinson

It’s well known that Jericho boasts a plethora of delicious places to eat. We’re here to make your next meal out an easy decision—Elham’s Lebanese Deli on Little Clarendon Street will not disappoint! We sat down with the owner, Sara Nasser, to find out more about her family-run success.

Sara, happy (almost) first birthday to Elham’s! Tell me how it all got started…

Elham’s is a partnership between me, my Mum (Elham) and Dad. I look after the shop, Dad does all the paperwork/contracts/finance stuff, and Mum does all the cooking! We’ve always been pushing Mum to sell her food because it’s amazing.

Wow, so your Mum does all the cooking!?

She singlehandedly does everything; she’s a bit of a perfectionist. She has a lady who helps her but it’s literally to wash dishes—she worries about her reci-pes getting out because there’s a lot of competition so I don’t think she trusts anyone!

Presumably your family has links to Lebanon…

Yes, we’re from Haris in the south. We came as a family to the UK in 1985 but before that we were in Liberia, and my brothers are in South Africa now.

What do you think makes Lebanese food so great?

It’s simple, but the flavours literally burst out of the

Lunch in Lebanon, Anyone?

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