wild about glow worms guided walk – 9.45pm to 11.30pm – a magical after-dark glow worm spotting expedition! Bring a torch, sturdy footwear & warm clothing; Adults
Author: Sonja Francis
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29/06/13…..St. Joseph’s Church & School Summer Fete
AT Brook Lane, Thame. 11am to 2pm; Cakes, jams, books, cards, plants, clothes, etc., for sale. Games and Raffles.
Excellent food, multi-national, freshly prepared
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29/06/13……Affray at Thame recreation ground
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following an incidence of affray at the Southern Road Recreation Ground in Thame.
At around 6.15pm on Tuesday (25/6), an altercation took place between four white men during which three of them sustained injuries. A dog may also have been involved in the incident.
Shortly after, a further altercation took place between the same group of men, in Van Diemans Road, during which a vehicle was damaged.
Police would like anyone who witnessed the incident or who has information regarding either of the two incidents to call the 24 hour non-emergency number 101 and ask to speak to Designated Investigator Stephanie Chase at Abingdon CID.
If you don?t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at Crimestoppers-uk.org.
No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.
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28/06/13….Creating Cracking Content
TALK: Friday, June 28 – 08:30am – Cat Young of STW, based in Thame, is giving a 20-minute talk at a networking event being run by Adhere Training Club.
The event is a monthly meeting run by the Adhere Training Club to give local businesses a chance to network and gain some valuable skills from a 20-minute mini training session.
This month, Cat will be sharing her secrets to creating cracking content for your website, blogs & social media updates.
In this concentrated session you will discover:
Why creating content is so vital to SEO
Where you can distribute content to
How easy it is to know what to write about and when to publishClick here to find out more about the event, or to book yourself in.
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25/06/13…….Thame?s largest mass participation sporting event
THAME CPM 10km Road Race – this coming Sunday, June 30; This popular event has been run since 1985 and has grown to be one of the key sporting fixtures in Thame and is sponsored by CPM. There will be 1000 runners pounding a course through the town centre to Towersey and back, along the Phoenix Trail
The race starts at 9.30 from Thame Leisure Centre. The race is full and so there will be NO ENTRIES ON RACE DAY. There will be road closure in place on the Oxford Road for five minutes from 9.30 to 9.35 am and then the ring road from the rugby club to Chinnor Road from 9.40 to 10.30 am.
Please do go along and support the runners, many of them running in order to raise money for charities like the Supergran team from Oxford with some 25 family members raising money for Sobell House. In addition, several local charities will benefit from the funds raised by the organisers. For more information about the race, visit Thame Runners?WEBSITE
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Items for sale
FOR SALE: Wooden bookshelf wall unit, Dining room table (chairs optional), White wooden double bed (new), Two kitchen stools, Large three-piece suite and pouff
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27/06/13…Infrastructure investment but must happen soon
THE Infrastructure investment announced in the Chancellor’s Economic Statement yesterday, has been welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses but delivery must happen soon, it has stated today.
Welcoming the Government?s infrastructure investment outlined today by Danny Alexander MP, John Allan, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said, on roads investment: ?The
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27/06/13…..Siberian Soprano to light up Thame
ROYAL Academy Opera star Anna Gorbachyova will be lighting up Thame next Saturday (July 6t) with her stunning interpretation of Haydn?s Nelson Mass.
Famous for the ?fireworks? demanded of the soloist, the work is perfect for the Russian Soprano who is renowned for her faultless technical virtuosity.
She will be singing with Lord Williams?s Festival Chorus (LWFC), a community choir which has gained a name for itself by staging concerts to an extraordinary standard. The conductor is John Gibbons.
Choir chair Claire Humphries says: ?We are thrilled to have Anna singing with us again. We?re an un-auditioned amateur choir, and our concerts usually feature both classics and beautiful, lesser-known works. As well as the Haydn on Saturday, the programme will include Vaughan Williams? sublime Benedicite, and Bach?s much-loved Double Violin Concerto.”
The concert will start at 7.30pm at Thame Leisure Centre, Oxford Road. Tickets cost
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27/06/13….Red kites inspire school children’s creation
LOCAL children with learning difficulties, some of whom are autistic, have been working with a local art studio on a project based on the beautiful Red Kite birds that frequently soar above the school.
With James Ort, manager of The Phoenix Studio, Towersey, the children created a sensory wall piece focusing on the region’s iconic Red Kites. The clay creation now resides by the main entrance of the Base for all to see!
Over the course of three weeks, the children were visited by James, who said: ?The children and I had great fun making clay critters and name plaques which they took home. We then used the rest of the time working on a large joint project; interesting patterns were added to clay tiles and were then decorated with special glazes. Positioned outside, the wall relief offers a sensory experience for the children to enjoy ? they can touch the textured clay of the Kite, listen to the ?wind chime rain cloud?, watch birds feed from the ?smiley sun bird feeder? & smell a pot planted with sweet smelling lavender. It?s been such a rewarding project to be involved in!?
Margaret King, The Base Coordinator, secured funding from The West Wycombe Decorative and Fine Arts Society – a branch of NADFAS (the National Association of Decorative & Fine Art Societies). She said: “All the children have issues with their interaction and communication with others; it was great to see them working together cooperatively. James really encouraged them and they enjoyed being involved in each stage of the process of making the sensory wall. They are very proud of the finished result!”