THE Chinnor Road, from the B4445 to Towersey was closed for four hours today, for emergency high voltage line repair works after a car hit a pole carrying electricity cabling.
The road was re-opened just before 2pm this afternoon.
Author: Sonja Francis
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29/11/12…….This week in Thame ? news round up
SELLING CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS TO THE FRENCH – This is exactly what a delegation from the Thame and District Twinning Association were doing last weekend when they visited our twin town, Montesson, to take part in the French town?s own Twinning Committee?s annual Christmas market.
Six members of Thame Twinning, led by its Chair, Jeannette Matelot Green, ventured through the Channel tunnel to sell English tea, marmalade, pickles, homemade lemon curd and cakes, and yes, Christmas puddings. This was the tenth year that Thame has taken part in Montesson?s Christmas market and over that time, has gone from having to try to explain what Christmas pudding is and only selling a few to ?ex pats? in the town, to quickly selling out of all their stock this year, and a lot of disappointed customers!
Profit made from the Christmas market goes towards helping the Thame Twinning Association ? a self-funded community group – entertaining visitors to Thame from Montesson, in May. (Photo: Three of the Thame Twinning group enjoy an evening in Paris on their way back to catch the Eurostar home – L to R, Sonja Francis, Jeannette Matelot Green and Liz Barker)LOSS OF INTERNET AND PHONE LINES – Several areas of Thame have been affected by a loss of internet and telephone services for over 48 hours in some cases. BT says that the problem has been caused by ?suspected Cable Thefts and damage caused by third parties.?
The areas affected include Cotmore, Towersey Drive, Essex Road and Queens Road. Some have since been restored but Chinnor Road has recently been affected too.
BT?s estimated restore date is Monday, December 3.
?MOVEMBER? DRAWS TO A CLOSE – Facial hair has been sprouting on the faces of the men of Thame in support of ?Movember?,- a world-wide movement, which aims to raise vital funds and awareness for men?s health, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Tomorrow, the razors will be coming out and the contributions, so honourably raised, totted up and sent in to the various charities. ThameNews.Net will be featuring some of these men tomorrow.
RUGBY PLAYERS WILL GET THEIR KIT OFF – Tomorrow, November 30, the boys of Chinnor Rugby Club, based in Thame, will be getting their kit off to raise funds to put a new kit on!
This amazingly popular event first took place three years ago and raised more than enough to buy new kit and some for charity. The idea is a cat walk event of some 30 players from the Third & Fourth teams. Ladies in the audience get to choose the final 12 who will then feature in a calendar.
Honorary Secretary of the club, Carol Bradbrook-Taylor explained further: ?Visitors and members may have seen the very tasteful B&W photos in the Ladies? loo last season. These were from the last calendar. Trust me; these are home cultivated hunks from our own club, and not professional models!
?This event will be in the best possible taste ? for a rugby club ? and should be suitable for ladies of all ages. Tickets are
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29/11/12….The future for Thame’s business discussed
COULD the economy of Thame benefit from a Business Improvement District (BID)? This was the question posed at a lunch time meeting today of over 40 businesses from the Thame area, who were the guests of the Thame4Business group.
A Business Improvement District is basically a partnership between a local authority and the local business community aimed at developing projects and services that will benefit the trading environment within the boundary of a clearly defined commercial area.”
Money to be ring-fenced for defined projects in the BID is raised through a small levy on the Business Rates of the businesses within the BID.
Guest Speaker, Matthew McMillan, who has wide experience guiding other towns towards gaining BID status, explained the benefits and the nuts and bolts of the process and answered questions from the floor.
Thame4Business is the Economic Working Group of 21st Century Thame, the town partnership and is aiming to have a video of Matthew?s talk up on YouTube shortly.
The next stage will be to carry out a feasibility study to demonstrate an identified need for a BID in Thame, and then to measure levels of interest and commitment among a wide range of local businesses.
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28/11/12….Bras and bubbles ! Fashion Show
THAME Lingerie shop, Elegance, is teaming up with ladies’ wear shop, Isabella’s Closet, for a fashion show next week (28/11).
Ticket only – 7-9pm.
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28/11/12…..Thame Amnesty meeting
NOVEMBER monthly meeting of Thame Amnesty Group will be 7.30pm-9pm on Wednesday next, November 28.
Usual venue, Lord Williams Lower School Conference Room on the 1st floor of the Sports Hall, off Queens Road, Thame.
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28/11/12….Cash stolen from railway station ticket machines
THE ticket machines at Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station remain out-of-order after thieves broke into them and stole cash, sometime in the early hours of Monday morning (26/11)
Until these machines are repaired or replaced, tickets can be obtained from the manned ticket desk inside the station, from the machine at Princes Risborough station or booked online. Extra staff with mobile machines will be on hand to help during morning peak times.
The police are currently examining CCTV camera footage and Chiltern Rail is increasing night security around its stations until Christmas, as a precautionary measure.
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28/1/12….’Use your ambulance service wisely’ pleads SCAS
WITH winter pressures just around the corner and the Christmas party season traditionally starting in the last weekend in November, Oxfordshire’s ambulance service is asking everyone to please spare a thought for their local ambulance service and the people who need it the most.
In a statement today, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: “Mis-use of the ambulance service costs lives. Please only call 999 in the event of a genuine medical emergency such as a serious accident, severe loss of blood, heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, or breathing difficulty. For non life threatening injury or illness, choose well and:
? Call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 (24hrs)
? Call your Out of Hours GP Service
? Consult your local pharmacist
? Go to your local Walk-in-Centre or your Minor Injuries Unit
? Go to your local accident and emergency (A&E) departmentThe statement continues: “With the party season upon us once again please drink responsibly and ONLY call for an ambulance in the event of a life threatening medical emergency. Between Saturday 26 November and Saturday 17 December 2011, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) received 35389 emergency calls.
“The last Saturday before Christmas is traditionally our busiest night. On Saturday 17 December 2011 we dealt with 1441 calls. That?s 22% more calls
than we attended on an average Saturday in 2011. On an average Saturday in 2011 we attended 1179 calls across the four counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.“Like all public sector organisations SCAS is under pressure to save money whilst at the same time
continuing to provide the best possible mobile healthcare to those who most need it. With each
incident we attend costing an average of -
28/11/12…..Meet your community police officers and ‘have your say’
THE following ‘Have Your Say’ Meetings are being held in Thame throughout December. These meetings are your opportunity to speak with your neighbourhood officers to discuss any local issues of concern you may have:
Wednesday 5 December, at the Co-Op Cafe, High Street, Thame, between 11am and 1pm.
Monday 10 December, at Costa Coffee, High Street, Thame, between 4pm and 6pm.
Thursday 20 December, at the Co-Op Cafe, High Street, Thame, between 11am and 1pm.
If you are unable to attend but wish to speak with your neighbourhood officers, you can call 101.
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28/11/12……New electronic chip race system for Thame 10K
THE annual Thame 10km road race is Thame?s largest mass participation sports event which, from a humble start in the 1980s as a charity fund raiser for the Thame Boys Brigade, has grown to one of the key sporting fixtures in Thame.
The event sees 1000 runners pounding a course through the town centre to Towersey and back along the Phoenix Trail. Thame Runners took over the organisation of the event after the first year but have kept the charities principle, allocating profits to local Thame charities. From the rain-soaked 2012 event, cheques totalling
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27/11/12….Your chance to spend a evening with Raymond Blanc
THE organizers of Thame Food Festival 2013 are offering local foodies a fabulous opportunity to celebrate what will be the sixth Thame Food Festival on Saturday, September 28, 2013.
“An Evening with Raymond Blanc” will be an exclusive event, limited to just 50 places. Guests will be greeted with champagne and canap