THE NEW FOXTROT SERENADERS – The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame; 7.45pm on Saturday, October 17, 2009.
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Author: Sonja Francis
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Vintage dance band music at The Players Theatre
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Return of the local favourites to Rock The Pavilion
AFTER a very successful night with Madness Tribute band recently, Rock the Pavilion return to their usual Friday night original band nights.
Friday, October 16, 2009, sees the return of local favourites The Unchosen, with support from
Van Diemens, female fronted melodic rock band 14ten, Terrorfret and Desolate Earth.Five great rock bands, heavy rock, classic rock, melodic rock, indie rock, all for a mere
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Adopt a red phone box consultation (Status: Press release)
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is asking residents to have their say on proposals to protect traditional red phone boxes, by allowing towns and villages to adopt them.
British Telecom (BT) is looking to introduce the ?Adopt a Kiosk? scheme, so that town and parish councils have the option to protect their distinctive red telephone kiosks by adopting them and taking on maintenance costs.
The initiative follows BT?s payphone removal programme last year. At the time, the council objected to the proposed removal of 35 out of 50 payphones after feedback from residents raised objections to the loss of these community lifelines.
BT?s plans included the removal of some of the iconic red kiosks. The company has now provided a list of all 47 red kiosks found in the district and is asking the council whether these should be adopted. Adoption of the kiosk would come at an initial cost of
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Holby City star and “Corrie” new-comer perform in Thame 25/10/09
THAME Players in association with Clive Conway Celebrity Productions presents ROBERT POWELL and GABRIELLE DRAKE in The Silver Screen, at the Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, on Sunday, 25/10/09 at 7.45pm.
The next celebrity performance at the Players Theatre in Nelson Street, Thame, is The Silver Screen starring Robert Powell, star of Holby City and Gabrielle Drake, recently joined the cast of Coronation Street.
The show is a fond look back at the golden age of the cinema from the early days through to the 1950s and 60s. In the course of the evening the audience will meet Charlie Chaplin, Mae West, Mickey Mouse, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and others.
Accompanying the two stars of the show will be Christine Croshaw on the piano and Clive Conway on the flute. Music from Scott Joplin and George Gershwin through to John Barry?s James Bond theme.
The evening promises to be a wonderfully nostalgic look at the great days of cinema and is guaranteed to please both theatre and cinema enthusiasts alike.
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Public meeting to support Thame hospital
A PUBLIC meeting is to be held to discuss the future of Thame Community hospital.
Everyone with an interest in the future of the hospital is invited to go along to the town hall on Thursday, October 29, 2009, at 7pm.
Local GPs have put pressure on the Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust, to include a public meeting in its review of new contractural arrangements for medical cover at the hospital.
Enter Thame hospital in the search box on the right of the page, to see all previous news items with background info about this subject.
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Thame United still unbeaten in league campaign
SATURDAY, October 10, 2009 – SCORE: Finchampstead 0, versus Thame United 2; Match report:
UNITED maintained their unbeaten start to the league campaign with a hard fought win at sixth placed Finchampstead on Saturday.
The result owed much to the form of keeper Paul Searl as United found it hard to break down the home defence. The most telling contribution from Searl came ten minutes before the break when, with United already leading 1-0, defender Mitchell Meredith was adjudged to have fouled striker Bobby Hogg in the penalty area. Pat Selby drove the resultant penalty powerfully down the centre of the goal and, with Searl already committed to diving to his right, his outstretched left arm somehow managed to keep the ball out and push it away from goal where Selby collected the ball only for Searl to again save his goal bound effort. This proved to be as near as Finchampstead got to scoring, but nevertheless was a turning point for the game.
Ten minutes earlier United had taken the lead when Stuart Barr got the faintest of touches to an Adam Rhodes free kick and, with the assistance of a deflection off a defender the ball found its way in to the back of the net. Until then United had been in the ascendancy and were unlucky not to have already been further ahead following good efforts from Ben Connelly, Nik Rhodes and Aaron Rogers.
The second period began with Finchampstead putting more pressure on the Thame goal without really causing the defence, or Searl, any particular problems. United themselves were dangerous when breaking forward and nearly added to their lead in the 65th minute when Aaron Rogers floated a cross from the right that beat the keeper and was heading for the back of the net until the unfortunate Mark Jones, who had pushed forward for the cross, inadvertently blocked the ball on the line. As it was, United had to wait until the 89th minute to extend their lead when, with Finchampstead pushing forward, United broke down the right. With Connelly picking-up the ball on the half way line he beat two defenders and with the keeper coming out to collect the ball, Connelly managed to stab the ball across the six yard line where Sam Cowan was on hand to score from close range.
The win pushes United up to fourth in the league and well-placed with up to five games in hand on their promotion rivals. On Saturday United face Penn & Tylers Green at home (AFC Wallingford; 3:00pm kick off), opponents they have never beaten in the league.
Thame United ? Searl, Barnett, Meredith, Hocking, N.Rhodes, Cowan, A.Rhodes, Barr (G.Way), Jones (Higgs), Rogers, Connelly (El-Kassir).
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Join climate change action in London (Contributed)
THE WAVE – Come to London and join thousands of others in a massive demonstration in support of Climate Change action.
On Saturday, December 05, thousands of people will flow through the streets of London in a blue wave of support for a safe climate future for all.
Join us and together we can inspire our Government to quit dirty coal, build a green economy and protect the world?s poorest and most vulnerable communities.
Start time: 12noon at Grosvenor Square, 3pm Houses of Parliament. WEAR BLUE.
For more info. www.the-wave.org.uk
Coaches running from Thame and Chinnor, email mdyroff@tiscali.co.uk or ring Maureen on 01844 352816
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Battle of the Thame netball teams
MATCH REPORT: Thame Netball Club – Tornadoes 12 v Kies 25; 07/10/09
THAME Tornadoes lost out on their third win of the season as rival Thame team, Kites, took the win on Wednesday evening.
It was another fast game and both Tornadoes and Kites played the ball well between the centre court players. Tornadoes player of the match was awarded to Rachel Wilkins who played a superb game at Centre, a position she doesn?t usually play. The Tornadoes shooters also played well and scored some excellent goals but Kites made it very difficult with excellent defending in the circle.
Both teams gave the game their all and it was a very close match. Some outstanding shooting by Kites GS saw them take the win 25 goals to 21.
Team: Hannah White (captain), Sue Dunn, Rachel Wilkins, Carol Storey, Vanessa Hake, Karen Fowler, Amanda Collingwood, Katie Houghton and Lisa Sydenham.
Image courtesy of skippytinks.co.uk
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Don’t lose your voice for the general election
THAT’S the message from South Oxfordshire District Council as it gets preparations underway.
Although a General Election has not yet been called, one has to take place by June 3, 2010, next year so the council wansts to make sure that all eligible residents can have their say on polling day.
It has sent forms to every household in the district to compile a new electoral register that will be the basis for the General Election.
TEXT OR PHONE
Registration is quick and easy. If people?s details are the same as the previous year?s they can let the council know online, by text or by free phone, so there?s no need to post a paper version. If there are changes, however, the form needs to be altered and posted back.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO RE-REGISTER
A common misconception is that if you notified us last year you don?t need to this year. Unfortunately the information cannot be used again, so households need to let the council know each year even if their details haven?t changed. Contrary to popular belief, people are also not automatically registered even if they pay council tax. Registering is particularly important for anyone who has recently moved home.
David Buckle, Returning Officer for South Oxfordshire District Council, says: “Voting is the only way residents can choose the people making decisions that affect their everyday lives, but they can only do this if they?re registered. Registration is happening now and is very simple.”
CREDIT RATINGS
“A General Election must take place by 3 June 2010, so by registering to vote people are securing their voice in deciding who will represent them in Westminster and ultimately how the country will be run in the future. Another really important reason to register to vote, particularly in this current economic climate, is it can affect people?s credit ratings.
“Latest figures show that about 14,500 households still have not returned their forms. Registering in the next few weeks will save the council about