Category: Thame news

TEMPORARY OPENING HOURS AT THAME MUSEUM – Due to necessary building works during January, February and March, the museum will only be open to visitors at the weekends when the builders have gone home. Temporary opening hours are Saturday 10am-4pm; Sunday 12 noon-4pm. Entrance free.

Alterations and maintenance are being made to the main gallery, however the Community, Reading, and Wall Paintings rooms are still well worth a visit especially when you know what is happening:-

TOUCHING TIME AT THAME MUSEUM

What can you remember of the 1950s? As well as a temporary display, there is an opportunity to see and hold some of our precious items from that decade. Come and ?touch time? at the museum and either learn for the first time or rediscover fond memories of childhood and growing up in the post-war years. Other ?touching? opportunities will happen throughout the next three months.

PROGRAMME OF MONTHLY TALKS

We have an exciting and wide programme of talks. Our programme for the first 6 months are as follows:

February 10th Railways Around Thame Rod Byles
March 10th Being a Boy in the Blitz Len Chapman
April 14th The Thame Workhouse Shaun Morley
May 19th The Murder of William ?Noble? Edden Alan Rose
June 9th Write Your Life Story Mike Oke
July 7th Why did John Hampden die? Tricia Tokeley
All talks take place on a Thursday and commence at 7.30pm
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THIS is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police sent on behalf of Oxfordshire Trading Standards. Reference: M 19/01/067] INFORMATION APPEAL:

Trading Standards are making enquiries about a company called Homepride Landscapes. They are a driveway and landscaping company.

Trading Standards have the vehicle used by this company, but would like to know if anyone saw it in their area before 11th January this year. The vehicle is a Green Landrover with yellow wording ?Contracting and resurfacing division ? Civil engineering? registration number J8 HDF.

If you have had any sightings or dealings with this company, please could you let the Doorstep Crime Team know at Trading Standards on 0845 051 0845.

THIS is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police. Betweem 0001 hours and 0645 hours on Sunday 16th January a property in Chinnor Road, Thame was subject to a burglary and a vehicle taken (vamoose).

Unknown offenders have gained entry via front door. An ipad, wallet and 4 X 4 black Kia Sportage Estate partial registration YG10 also taken.

If you have seen any suspicious looking people or vehicles in the area or have any information relating to this message, please call the Police on 08458 505 505 and quote URN 381 of the 16th January. Message Ends.

THAME’s first, fiver-only cash machine has recently been installed at Martins, the Newsagents and post office, in the High Street. The Free-To-Use ATM is the latest of cash machine operator, Bank Machine’s as part of what it calls its: “Fight For Fivers” campaign designed to get more fivers into circulation. Whether you withdraw

RELEASED today, the latest crime update for Thame, from the local Neighbourhood Policing team: Regarding Anti-social behaviour (ASB), during December, we had one alcohol seizure in Thame and no Section 59 warnings have been issued by Thame PCSOs. However, three warnings have been given to teenage boys who have come to our attention driving anti-socially. Should we receive further reports, Section 59 warnings will be served. (Ed. Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 states that any person driving a vehicle on or off a road in a manner that causes nuisance or inconvinience to other road users or members of public will recieved a warning that lasts for 12 months. If at any point within that 12 month period you are caught driving in a similar manner then your car can be seized by the police and you’ll have to pay a penalty to get it back. This is normally in the region of

FIVE men were arrested on suspicion of fraud and two offences under consumer protection regulations on Monday, (10/01)after an elderly woman was apparently pressured into having her drive cleared of weeds and re-paved.

The 74-year-old, from the Thame area, was apparently approached by a man on the previous Saturday, who offered to do the work for

FOLLOWING the success of last year’s Thame Arts and Literature Festival(TAL), the date for this year’s festival has been announced, and there are to be some real literary ‘big hitters’ taking part.

TAL 2011 is being planned for October 14, 15, & 16, and aims to bring ‘another amazing weekend of intriguing, fascinating and compelling talks, debates and workshops to Thame’.

As well as visits from established, local and new authors, there will also be a programme of music, performance and poetry, a brilliant Children?s Festival, called TALk2 and look out for the all-new TAL Art Show.

All events will be on the TAL website as soon as they are booked so keep an eye on www.talfestival.org or register by email by contacting: info@talfestival.org to get regular newsletters.

A series of events called ALONG THE WAY will lead up to the festival and to get the year off to a wonderful start, TAL Festival Director, Yvonne Maxwell has announced An Audience with Joanna Trollope, the popular writer of up-market family dramas, romances and historical novels. Joanna is celebrating her new book, Daughters-in-Law, which will be launched in late February. She is an excellent speaker by all accounts and will take questions and be available afterwards to sign copies.

An Audience with Joanna Trollope will be held at Thame Town Hall on March 4, at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm.
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OXFORDSHIRE’S Trading Standards team is warning people about conmen who are cold calling residents and claiming that their computers are infected with viruses which they can fix.

The number of complaints received by Trading Standards has risen in the last month with 23 people reporting the scam since the beginning of December.

These conmen often say they work for Microsoft or Windows, although many different names are used. They will know the victim’s name and address and will suggest that their computer is at serious risk from the VIRUSES or MALWARE with which it is INFECTED.

SOURCE – Press release

STEALING INFORMATION

They may ask the consumer to shut down and re-start the computer or direct them straight to a program called WINDOWS EVENT VIEWER. This will list errors, some of which will be labelled CRITICAL. In fact, there is nothing wrong with the computer and the program is simply being used to con the victim into thinking they have a problem.

If the consumer falls for the scam, they will then be directed to a website to download a program which will allow the caller to control the computer to fix it. All that is actually happening is that the conmen are being given access to all the data stored on the computer, which could include personal, banking and identity information.

The caller will then demand payment for the so-called service provided. The victim will be asked for a direct debit or credit card payment and may also be asked to sign up to a direct debit payment scheme for ongoing protection. If they refuse to pay, the criminal on the other end of the phone may threaten to crash their computer. Trading Standards has received reports of up to

FROM this week brown bins will start to be collected again, on the same day as recycling, following the Christmas and New Year collection schedule.

From Wednesday, January 12, brown bins should be put out for collection on the normal day your recycling collection is due, and can put out a reasonable amount of extra garden waste next to the brown bin. This extra waste, which can be up to the equivalent of an extra bin load, should be put out in a black bag, plastic box or sturdy container and should obviously be garden waste so please leave the bag open or lid off so crews can see what it is.

The extra waste must also be able to be lifted by one person.

Christmas trees can be left next to the brown bin if that helps create more space in the bin for garden waste.

THE in-patient ward at Thame community Hospital is to be closed temporarily as part of the general refurbishment work currently being undertaken at the hospital to bring infection control up to modern standards.

The works, which will be completed by the end of February 2011, include a number of improvements to the outpatient department, day services and inpatient ward such as new flooring, paint and general refurbishment. The inpatient ward will also receive new sinks, ceilings and lighting.

In a statement today, the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust explained: “To complete this work in a timely way, with little disruption to patient care, it will be necessary for us to temporarily close the inpatient ward from 14 January 2011 for a period of six weeks (reopening 28 February 2011). During this time patients requiring an inpatient stay will be cared for at either Buckingham or Amersham community hospitals ? although as far as possible, patients who are well enough will be seen in their own homes by our specialist staff.”

The rest of the hospital will continue to be open during this time, although some outpatient clinics and day services may be moved to other parts of the Thame Hospital site or rearranged for another date. Patients will be contacted directly if there are any changes to their appointment.

Rachael Corser, lead nurse for the community hospital, said: ?Staff are doing everything they can to try and minimise disruption to patients using the rest of the hospital whilst the works are ongoing. However, we do apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.

She added: “Following the successful integration between acute and community healthcare services last year, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has been working hard to improve and develop services in the community, providing high quality care closer to patient?s homes wherever possible. We believe the refurbishment works at Thame Community Hospital will put the hospital in a better position to support services as we look to develop them there into the future.”