FETE. Tim Armitt, Haddenham fete organiser, has announced that the fete committee has added some undistributed funds from previous years to this year?s proceeds of
Author: Sonja Francis
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Enter now for the Chi Open Racketball Tournament – Aug 14/15
WHERE? Chichester Racquets & Fitness Club, Oaklands Park, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6AR – WHEN? August 14th and 15th, 2010, Featuring A, B & C grades – closing date for entries: August 6, 2010.
Please send your entry form with entry fee of
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27/07/10….Man charged with Chinnor burglary
THIS is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police.
Soloman Percy Biddle, date of birth 01/02/1986 of 132 Chaffinch Green Waterlooville, Hampshire has been charged with Aggravated Vehicle taking in Chinnor on 21/07/10, burglary non-dwelling at Summit Service Station Stadhampton on 16/06/10 and handling stolen goods and Shoplifting in Bicester on 20/07/10.He is currently on remand awaiting trial.
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28/07/10…Fun down at the market
THAME’S Tuesday market was the focus for fun and games yesterday, with stilt walkers, balloon art, a test-your-strength machine, splat the rat and much more, all courtesy of the regular traders as part of a market fun day.
The Mayor of Thame, Cllr Adam Buckland, was on hand to judge the best presented stall, or Flash of the Year, to Mike Smith and his fruit and veg stall, and to hand over a cheque to the Thame Youth Memorial Fund, as a contribution from the market traders’ day’s takings.
An unexpected contribution too came from Thame Fire Officer, Andy Ford, who handed over a cheque representing funds raised when Thame’s contingent of fire officers ran in breathing apparatus, in the recent Thame 10K.
Radio station, Mix ’96 was there with their giant inflatable slide and as well as the Thame Youth Memorial Fund, several other local charities and Societies had stalls, including the Thame Widows and Widowers Club, Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers and Thame Safari Wombles selling their handmade crafts and jewellery.
Chris Hurdman, the Secretary of the Thame Market Traders Cooperative, told ThameNews.Net: “This was a day for anyone with something to promote to let the public know just what they do, want, or need. We are very grateful for the support we get from the people of Thame and its great to be able to put something back.
“Our chosen charity, the Thame Youth Memorial Fund, is a great cause and one we can all relate too in some way.”
PHOTO: Mike smith receives a plaque and medal from Thame’s mayor (Left) assisted by the Deputy Mayor, Don Butler, and the Chair of The Thame Market Co-operative, Mike Braun
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Meet children’s author at opening of new library 02/08/10
THAME’S long awaited new library in North Street, with a host of innovative features, is set to open at 10.30am, on August 2, 2010.
Children can delve into the world of illustrating during a special event to mark the opening of the new library. Well-known author and illustrator, Shoo Rayner, will be on hand at the new library from 2pm to show youngsters how to draw many of the characters he is famous for, including Ricky Rocket and Vic the Viking.
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27/07/10….Thame pupil dies after tragic bike fall
A young man from Thame has died after injuring his neck in a fall from his bicycle.
Promising ice hockey player, Jack O’donnell, died in hospital last night, five days after the accident in a Thame park.
Jack, from Youens Drive, Thame, had just completed his GCSEs at Lord Williams’s school, in Thame. He was a member of the Swindon Wildcats Academy and played for the England under 16s Ice Hockey team last season.
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Family outdoor fun in Thame – FOR FREE
WHERE can families enjoy playing together at very little or no cost in Thame? The answer is at this year’s Thame Playday.
Playday is about getting outside and playing games and activities rather than sitting inside playing on a computer!
Playday in Thame this year is being supported by Thame Town Council, Oxfordshire Play Partnership, Oxfordshire Play Association, Oxfordshire Association of Young People and Nexus Leisure. Generous support has also been given by the Co Op and Sainsburys, who are supplying water.
The event is to be held at Southern Road Recreation Ground or THE SOUTH POLE as it is now known, the Cuttlebrook Nature Reserve and Thame Leisure Centre on Wednesday 4th August from 10.30-3.30.
The event is free of charge and there will be various activities taking place across the sites. Those wishing to take park will need to ring the leisure centre direct on 01844 215607 to find out more information and to book onto the activities being held there.
ALL children must be accompanied by an adult.
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26/07/10…New housing strategy ‘some year’s away’
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council has announced that it will commence work on a new Core Strategy for future housing development, after it scapped the last one following the general election.
In a statement today, SODC warned that a new strategy could be some years away.
The purpose of this key document will be to set out how SODC will provide new housing up to 2026, as well as how it will help to provide new jobs and help town centres across the district to thrive.
In June, a report on the district council’s Core Strategy was withdrawn from the agenda of the council’s Cabinet in the light of a letter from Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, setting out his commitment to abolish regional spatial strategies, including the South East Plan.
The old South East Plan had contained housing targets for individual local authority areas – including 850 for Thame, to 2026. The strategy attracted much opposition from Henley, Wallingford and particularly Thame, where a petition against SODC’s preferred site for a large housing development attracted many signatures.
The secretary of state has issued further guidance on what the council should now be doing and makes clear that revoking the South East Plan is not a signal for councils to stop making plans for their area and that they should continue to develop their core strategies, reflecting local peoples aspirations and decisions on important issues such as housing and economic development.
Cllr Angie Paterson, Cabinet Member for planning, said:
“We now have a strong steer from government that we are responsible for establishing the right pattern of development for our area, including the right level of local housing provision. The withdrawal of the South East Plan means that housing targets will no longer be imposed upon us.“The responsibility is now ours to address how best to meet the various challenges facing us, including how best to foster a healthy local economy and how to meet the present and on-going need for more housing.
“To respond fully to these new freedoms and responsibilities will mean a fresh approach to producing local planning policy documents and we know this will take some time to do, probably several years. But in the meantime we are also very conscious that our current Local Plan only takes us to 2011. We need a clear vision to carry us through the next few years until we can deliver the next generation of local plan. We need a vision that will help us to continue to attract funding and investment for those areas where we are confident there is support for further development and that will also ensure we are in control of what development happens elsewhere – development led by our vision and not by speculative planning applications.”
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Two arrested after lead thefts, Thame
This is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police.
On Thursday 22nd July, members of the Thame Neighbourhood Policing Team arrested two males in connection with theft of lead from school and business premises in Thame. They are currently on police bail pending further enquiries.
Message Ends.
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22/07/10….CHANGE OF DATE: Next Late Breakfast meeting, Thame
AS The Late Breakfast Club’s Thame venue, The Spread Eagle Hotel, is still being refurbished so Thursday’s event, June 17, 2010, is cancelled.
The next meeting there will be Thursday July 22, 2010.