A GROUP of ex smokers from Thame, who have all given up with the help of a local Smoking Cessation group, recently walked five miles and raised money for the local day centre.
Ten members of the group
which was started eight years ago by Bill Jeffery, from Victoria Mead, Thame, walked from Thame’s by pass to The Lions pub, at Bledlow, via the Phoenix Trail, and raised between them
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IT was standing room only at The Spread Eagle, Thame, on Sunday (15/11/09) for a capacity audience who wanted to see if indeed, Thame?s Got Talent!
The 300 strong audience ranged from very young children to grandparents, and all those in between who had come to enjoying the musical, dancing, circus skills, poetry and gymnastic talent on display.
The high standard of the performers was quite staggering and they all, without exception, entertained the lively and interactive crowd with a variety of acts, by performers as young as nine years-old, right through to the over 65s.
YOUNG DANCERS RAISE THE ROOF
The loudest cheers of the afternoon went up for a group of younger pupils from John Hampden School, who with their demonstration of street dance, earning them a richly deserved ?highly commended? award from the judges, and a promised visit to the school from Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes, CBBC and Sports presenter, and Thame?s Got talent judge.
WHAT THE JUDGES THOUGHT
Another of the judges, Rick Chase, from the Vocal Booth, said: “My overall impression was the very high standard of talent witnessed by all, which made a very difficult job for us judges to decide the final positions. I was especially impressed with the younger contestants who proved to everyone that they don’t spend all their spare time on the computer! They should all be proud of themselves whether they won or not.
“It was a refreshing change to see a real talent show rather than the Simon Cowell TV ratings show! I’m looking forward to The Vocal Booth studio session winner, Catherine Jacobs, coming along to record her CD, as she has such a huge voice for her small stature! Well done everyone!”
Lizzie and Rick were joined by Peter Denton from Mix 96, Peter Farquhar, General Manager at the Spread Eagle Hotel, who sponsored the event by providing the venue free of charge, and Justin Shardlow from jltd, a local businessman.
THANKS FROM THE ORGANISERS
“I was so proud of what we have achieved,” said one of the event organisers, Matthew Cundy, Chair of local business group, Thame First. “What started as a fun idea last March has produced a community event, solely funded by the generosity of local businesses and produced by volunteers, and with the help of Alison Isherwood from 21st Century Thame Partnership without whose support the event would never have happened.
“The aim was firstly to keep Thame on the map as a vibrant community whilst having a bit of fun, and the messages of thanks that we have received since Sunday, coupled with offers from local business who want to be involved next year has been quite overwhelming and made all the hard work worth while.”
Alison said: “I would like to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers involved in the many months of organising and on the day. Without them the event could not have taken place; to Matthew Cundy from Kismet Jewellers, who generously sponsored the winning prize of
THE Mayor of Thame and BBC Radio celebrity, Ken Bruce, were among the crowds of locals – and real ale enthusiasts from as far away as Oxford, who witnessed the pulling of the first pint of Thame-brewed beer for probably a century.
The man with his hands on the pump for this momentous occassion at The Cross Keys pub in Park Street, Thame, was the town’s MP, John Howell.
It was standing room only by 12.30pm on Saturday (14/11/09), half an hour before landlord, Peter Lambert officially announced that Mrs Tipple?s Ghost, a medium bitter beer, named after a former
landlady who ran the pub in the 1950s, would be on sale.
Ken Bruce, who lives at Towersey, and a man who himself knows a good pint when he tastes one (as rumour has it anyway), drank the first pint, and the Mayor herself, Jeannette Matelot Green (more an aficionado of the grape than the hop (as rumour has it 🙂 imbibed of the second pint of amber liquid.
The general concensus seemed to be that Mrs Tipple’s Ghost is indeed a fine brew of great character, and a very commendable effort for a first time brewer.
IT is with great sadness that we have to report that a popular teacher who taught at John Hampden Primary school for many years, has died suddenly.
Graham Hollows worked at the school in Park Street, Thame, for over 10 years, until 2003, eventually rising to Deputy Head under the current Headteacher, Alan Haigh.
He was later Head at Longfields Primary and Nursery School in Bicester, where he had to deal with an arson attack in March 2007, which caused
THE organisers of the Thame’s Got Talent competition this Sunday (15/11/09)are warning that there are absolutely no more tickets available for the show.
250 tickets have been sold for the event, which is being held at The Spread Eagle Hotel.
The editor of Thame.Net, Sonja Francis, will be taking photographs of all the competition entries and prints will be available after the event.
All the pictures will be available to view on the internet early next week.
THE young cat that featured on ThameNews.Net last week, after beeing injured by a car, has been returned to its grateful owner.
The kitten’s owner heard about its accident via a friend who saw the report on ThameNews.Net.
The ginger kitten was taken to the Blue Cross hospital after it was hit by a car in Cromwell Avenue, Thame.
12/11/09
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information after two burglaries in South Oxfordshire, including one in Chinnor.
Between 1.50pm and 3.50pm, overnight (9/11/09 to 10/11/09), a house in Crowell Hill, Chinnor was broken into. The thieves smashed a rear patio door and stole some jewellery.
At around the same time, a property in Cuddesdon Road, Horspath was burgled. The thieves got into the house through an insecure front door and stole a mobile phone and car keys.
The car, a Vauxhall Corsa, which was parked on the driveway, was also stolen and later found abandoned in Shotover.
PC Emma McGrath, investigating the incidents, said: “I don?t believe that these burglaries are linked but we are investigating every possibility and appealing for witnesses to come forward.
“I would like to take this opportunity to remind residents that most thieves are opportunist, so always ensure that windows and doors are secure when you aren?t in the room.
“I am also appealing to anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity to contact the police.”
Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to contact PC McGrath at Didcot police station via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don?t want to talk to the police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
Operation Breaker is a Force-wide campaign aimed at reducing the number of burglaries across the Thames Valley area. For crime prevention information and advice to help keep your home protected, please visit http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/crprev/crprev-home.htm
A THAME group is working with South Oxfordshire District Council to review community facilities available in the town.
In response to an offer from CMAG (Cattlemarket Action Group) to help SODC identify whether there is a need for more community facilities in Thame, Matt Prosser, SODC’s Strategic Director, said that the South Oxfordshire market town action plan for Thame had highlighted the council’s intention to carry out an audit of community facilities in Thame and that SODC’s economic development team would be undertaking this work in-house.
The council intends to contact all community groups using community space in Thame to establish whether their needs are currently being met and to contact the venue providers in order to assess whether there is any spare capacity within the town and if it could be used more effectively.
Helena Richards, spokesperson for CMAG, said: “We want to ask people to come forward with any examples of need for community space. We don’t want SODC to just look at what’s going on now, but the lost
POTENTIAL for events that don’t have a venue.”
Local people or groups who have a need for community space can contact CMAG at thamecmag@yahoo.co.uk
Matt Prosser told CMAG that SODC intends to send out a questionnaire to each organisation CMAG identifies in the town, and to carry out a survey electronically.
Picture: The old Thame United Club House, an important community space lost when it was demolished over two years ago.
This is a Ringmaster message from Thames Valley Police. Sometime between the hours of 12 midnight on Friday 6th November and 14:50 on Saturday 7th November 2009, a property in Tree Lane, Postcombe, Thame has been subjected to a burglary.
The offender or offenders have gained entry to the property by forcing open a rear door and damaging a padlock. Various items of jewellery have been stolen along with some Christmas presents.
If you have any information relating to this message, or have seen any suspicious people or vehicles in the area, please contact the Police on 08458 505 505 and quote URN 896 of 7th November 2009. Thank you. This is the end of the message.