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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Exciting plans for Thame’s new festival (13/01/10)

    PLANS for Thame’s first Literary and Arts Festival (June 25/27) are moving on a pace with some exciting names already lined up for the event in June this year.

    As well as Thame’s very own Playwright and Poet, Patrick Collins, who will run a Creative Writing workshop and run a ‘Play in a Day’ workshop, the creator of the popular TV series, Who Do You Think You Are, Nick Barratt will be taking part in the event.

    The Senior Archivist at the Oxford Records Office, Carl Boardman will be giving a talk, and on the Friday night, there will be a pub quiz.

    Other events incude Meet the author events, Talks, Lectures and discussions, Poetry in the pubs, a Festival Dinner with guest speakers, Art Shows and Installations and TALKids, a programme for young readers.

    Thame Literary and Arts Festival (TAL) now has its own website where anyone can sign up for news letters and up-dates to be sent to them:
    http://www.talfestival.org/

  • Running Buddies Fun Run for all ages and abilities 31/01/10

    RUNNING Buddies in Thame is organising its first ever fun-run on Sunday, January 31, 2010. The purpose of the run is to raise money for the children and families of the village of Burkino Faso in Africa.

    Patsy Baker, co-founder of Running Buddies, will be flying out to Burkino in February to see where help is needed.

    It will be a 5k fun run/walk for families of all ages and abilities, beginning at 9.30am from Leyland Daf, taking in the Phoenix Trail and onto Cuttlebrook and finish at the Guide Headquarters in Southern Road, Thame.

    There will be refreshments of teas and coffee and a prize for best fancy dress costume at the end.

    PHOTO: People of the village of Burkino Faso in Africa Courtesy of travelworks.co.uk

  • Thanks from the family of Gordon Hussey

    OLIVE and family would like to thank everyone for the many cards and messages following their sad loss.
    Please except this as a personal acknowledgement.

    It was lovely to see so many people at the Thanksgiving service on Friday 8th January at St Mary?s church Thame.

    Many more expressed a desire to attend but were prevented by the weather conditions. It was wonderful to have all this support.

  • Distraction burglary ? Thame 12/01/10

    THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a distraction burglary in Thame.

    Between 5.15pm and 5.55pm a man went to a property in Southern Road and said to the occupant that there was a burst water pipe and he needed to turn the water off.

    The man is white, aged in his 20s and was wearing a dark coat and a red baseball cap.

    Det Insp Kev Elkins, leading the investigation, said: ?It wasn?t until the man left that the woman noticed that he has stolen some belongings from upstairs, including some jewellery, credit cards and around

  • Thame beginning to return to normal as snow thaws 11/01/10

    THAME was today beginning to return to normal as temperatures rose above freezing for the first time in days.

    Some post was delivered for the first time in over a week, as the Post Office apologised for the interruption in deliveries, mostly caused because many areas of the town were just too dangerous for postmen and women to operate in.

    Waste collections also started again today, from homes normally collected from on Mondays, although the district council warned that this was only where vehicles could safely get to properties.

    All Thame schools were open today for the first time since before Christmas.

    Sporting fixtures in the town have been severely effected, including Thame United. All Hellenic League games were postponed from last Saturday, January 9. Chinnor RFC’s First team match against Taunton was unable to be played at the weekend.

    Despite a slow thaw, there was still enough snow around at the weekend for snowman building, as this pictures of a snow couple, built by Paul Earley from Thame, shows.

  • County Council’s U turn on youth service cuts

    OXFORDSHIRE County Council has announced that it will not now be carrying through with stringent cuts to the county’s youth services.

    This policy reversal comes after complaints about the council’s original plans to make savings of around

  • Big ‘thank you’ from Thame couple marooned in their home

    A COUPLE from Thame who are both wheel-chair bound, today thanked local people who came to their aid during the snowy conditions of the last week.

    Byron and Sue Harvey, who live in Wellington Street, Thame, told ThameNews.Net today: “We would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to all those wonderful people who braved the cold slippery conditions to make sure we had all we need. A lovely couple came and cleared all our paths for us, and we have been inundated by callers to see if we need any shopping.

    “Another person offered his 4×4 if we had any appointments or needed to go anywhere urgently, and a lovely couple gave our dogs a good run while we are housebound by the weather.

    Sue added: “Byron has always thought that Thame Community is wonderful but this takes the biscuit!! so once again can we say huge ‘Thank you’ to you all. We hope to be able to get out soon.”

    PHOTO: Sue and Byron Harvey enjoying the warm, sunny weather of last summer 2009

  • Worst winter weather for thirty years? 08/01/10

    A THAMENEWS.NET reader today sent in this photograph and the following message:

    “I was just reading your story about our current snow cover being the worst for 30 years. Although I was living in Thame at the time and do remember the period, it is difficult to directly compare then (from memory) and now (from looking out of the window).

    I found a few photographs that I took at the time and I’ve attached one taken near the town hall. Not the best quality but it might enable a few people to judge whether it really was worse back then.

    Stuart Holding

    ED. Your comments please.

  • More pictures of Youth Memorial Garden Dedication 10/01/10

    MORE images of the dedication of the Thame Youth Memorial on January, 04, 2010, are now available on flickr.

    Copy this link into your browser:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thamenews/

    Contact editor@thamenews.net for prints.

  • Thame libraries – Past, present and future – an exhibition 09/01/10

    AN exhibition produced by the Friends of Thame Library at Thame Museum; From January 9, 2010 to January 31, 2010.

    Opening times: Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday – 10am to 4pm; Sunday – 12 – 4pm FREE ADMISSION