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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Building work begins at Barley Hill (Status: Press release)

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  • Calls to action from Transition Thame (Contributed)

    THANKS to all those who came over to talk to us at our stand at the Thame Food Festival. For those who wanted to know more about what we are planning for the future, there’s plenty going on!

    We are having a film showing ‘Powerdown’ on more sustainable transport and use of energy followed by a discussion at 8pm on Tuesday, October 06, 2009, at the Cross Keys pub, Park Street in Thame – all welcome.

    There will be a talk on Climate change and energy – What are we going to do about it? by Julian Darley, co-founder of the Post-Carbon Institute, followed by discussion at the Seer Green and Jordans Society AGM 8pm on Tuesday, October 13, at Jordans Meeting House, Welders Lane, Jordans, Bucks HP9 2SL. Julian is the co-founder of the Post Carbon Institute (http://www.postcarbon.org/) of which he was President from 2003 to 2008.

    He is also the author of High Noon for Natural Gas: the New Energy Crisis (2004).

  • Thame’s got talent! Enter now ! (Status: Press release)

    YOU’VE seen the ?Diversity? on Britain?s Got Talent; now let?s see what Thame has to offer.

    Thame?s Got Talent is to be held at the Spread Eagle in Thame on Sunday, November 15, 2009, starting at 2pm.

    We are very lucky to have our very own Peter Denton from Mix 96 who will be one of the judges, and Mix 96 is promoting the event from their radio station. Richard Carr from Bucks TV will be attending the event with his film crew to film the entire event and Local studio Vocal Booth is also one of the judges.

    The

  • Thame left hungry for more food festivals! MORE PHOTOS AVAILABLE

    VISITORS to the Thame Food Festival were left clammering for more such events, after hundreds of visitors flocked to taste what the town has to offer.

    Local cheese, chutney, fruit and vegetables, meat, yogurts and pre-prepared tasters from local restaurants and event caterers were among the dozens of varieties of edible delights on offer to visitors, both local and from as far afield as Oxford, Marlow, Wooburn Green, Suffolk and even a family from Amsterdam.

    Thanks, congratulations and compliments to the organisers, 21st Century Thame, were still coming in this morning, Tuesday, September 29, 2009, following the festival on Saturday.

    Children were entertained by Colonal Custard as they queued for the chocoate making and pasta making workshops held in the town hall. Later, he helped the Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green, judge the childrens’ vegetable monster competition. The joint winners, two Thame sisters, were presented with Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes book donated by The Bookhouse, Thame.

    Here are just some of the comments expressed about the Food Festival:

    “The town felt so busy and vibrant – wouldn’t it be nice if we could have something like this going on every Saturday!” Bill Saunders

    There was such a nice feeling of people gathering together and meeting and chatting with friends, whilst sitting outside el fresco style; quite continental!” John Francis

    Why can’t we have more cafe seating outsite every weekend? The Buttermarket looked so nice with the plants and the tables outside the Coffee House, and Cornfield Bakery – just what Thame needs!” Mary Stiles

    “I liked tasting the food and the Alpaca best.” Eleonor B.

    “I didn’t expect so many people. Our stall took more money at the festival, than we have ever taken at any other event!” Proprietor, The Oxford Cheese Company.

    “This was a wonderful event for Thame. Such a wealth of culinary delights and it was good to see so many people having a good time. The Buttermarket was transformed into a open air cafe with everyone enjoying the lovely sunny weather. The highlight for me was judging the childrens’ competition with Colonel Custard ! A thoroughly enjoyable day and my thanks to the organisers for their hard work!”
    The Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green.

    Event Co-ordinator, Alison Isherwood, was justifiably delighted with how the event went, and said: “The weather was perfect and the crowds rolled into the picturesque market town of Thame to see what its Food Festival had to offer. The atmosphere was relaxing with al fresco dining either outside the Town hall or outside the cafes in Buttermarket. Both stallholders and customers enjoyed the day, celebrating local food and all Thame has to offer as a historic market town.”

    Photo: A scene from the Thame Food Festival through the stall of What’s Cooking, Cornmarket, Thame –

    Click on the LINK TO PHOTO BUCKET
     to see more pictures from the food festival.

  • Thame United tackles Kidlington in the Challenge Cup preliminaries

    Challenge Cup Preliminary Round – 27th Sept 09 – Thame Uninted 1, v Kidlington 5 – Match report;

    WITH half an eye on the fixture this coming Saturday against league leaders Wokingham and Emmbrook, United fielded a changed side for this Challenge Cup match at Premier Division Kidlington. Whilst the result was a fair reflection of the play, the scoreline somewhat flattered Kidlington as they scored two goals in the last ten minutes as United were looking to get back in to the game.

    Kidlington opened the scoring in the 18th minute a minute after Thame should have taken the lead when Nik Rhodes was unable to force the ball home from three yards following a near post flick. As it was, Kidlington went straight down the other end and, with some fortunate officiating for the home side that saw an off-side missed and a corner wrongly awarded from which striker Jimmy Deabill headed past Paul Searl in the Thame goal. Three minutes before half time Kidlington stretched their lead when a free kick from the right was delivered low in to the box, with Weedon the quickest to react, placing the ball beyond Searl.

    Three minutes after half time and it was game over as Leggett again placed a header wide of Searl. United then put together their best period of football and were rewarded in the 68th minute when Ben Connelly ran on to a through ball and, with the keeper coming out at speed, somehow managed to divert the ball to Aaron Rogers who slotted in to an empty net, whilst Connelly felt the full force of the keepers challenge. Five minutes later and United could have had a second as Stuart Barr delivered a pin-point cross from the left on to the head of Lawrence El-Kassir who could only divert the ball wide from three yards. This turned out to be the last opportunity for Thame, as Kidlington hit them with two late goals to make the scoreline more comfortable than it was.

    United will be looking for a big crowd on Saturday (October 3, 2009) as they entertain league leaders Wokingham and Emmbrook (3:00pm kick off at AFC Wallingford). This will be United?s first league game for five weeks, and they remain the only club in the Hellenic League with a 100% record. Already Thame have played five games fewer than most of the league, with Wokingham sitting 10 points clear of Thame at the top of the table.
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  • Thanks for scam warnings

    Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter received from Kimberly Hunter, and would also like to reiterate of behalf of the members of ‘The Thame & District Day Centre our thanks to you for the scam warnings, i.e. Mobility Aids and phone calls pretending to be BT.

    As the manager of the Day Centre and recipient of your daily news bulletins, I pass this information onto our 60 members, all of whom are vulnerable to this sort of scam, and who, in turn pass the information onto their friends and neighbours. We discuss what to do if anything like this happens to them. I would just like to reassure Kimberly that at least we are here to pass on this information to our older people of Thame.

    Kind regards
    Gillian Coleman

  • Buy top designer clothes for Burma charity

    A LOCAL charity that supports soldiers who fought in Burma in World War II, is offering local ladies the opportunity to buy up-to-the-minute fashion from designers such as Frank Usher and Dusk.

    The clothes range in size from size 10 – 20, and are all new! Call: 01844 291526 for an appointment and to try on. Prices are

  • Thame Hair Salon to hold car boot sale for Youth Memorial in Thame

    BROTHERS hair salon in Thame recently launched a new initiative aimed at improving the environment and the Community Spirit in Thame.

    Once every six weeks the staff at Brothers take time out of their training schedules on Tuesdays to help local projects and Community groups in and around Thame.

    Brothers Community Spirit’s latest project is to be a charity Car boot sale in the Upper High Street car park, in Thame. The event will be open to the residents of Thame and aims to help raise money for the Thame youth memorial project, currently being made in the Memorial gardens, next to the war memorial.

    Jayd Martin, Brothers’ Community Spirit Organiser, told ThameNew.Net: “Unfortunately Thame has lost several young people over the last few years and the Thame youth memorial team are hoping to raise money to build a memorial in town and we hope that our car boot sale will help raise funds towards something special.”

    The car boot sale will be held Sunday, October 11, 2008, between 1pm ? 4pm. The entry fee is

  • Community policing newletter September 25, 2009 (Contributed)

    HERE is the latest Thame update for September 2009 from Police Community Support officer Diane Jackson C9610.

    LOCAL NEWS

    Shop Watch /Business watch has been set up in Thame; there are seventy four shops signed up. There will be a small number of shops from the seventy four who have suffered thefts, which will have a ring round system to alert each other of possible offenders.

    Thame fair was a success over the three days with only two arrests. Thame council and Thame police worked closely together to ensure an enjoyable and safe event.

    COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    I continue to join Soha and South Vale Housing on site inspections around Thame. This month has seen the removal of three abandoned vehicles, the tidying up of residents’ gardens and other issues.

    I had a invitation to attend a meeting on Thursday 10/09/09 with the British Legion to talk about my job role to members .They found it very interesting and had plenty of questions. They admitted that they did not realise the areas of work that I cover ensuring that Thame community have a safe and nice place to live and work in, keeping on top of fly tipping abandoned vehicles and anti-social behaviour.

    One warning letter has been served to a resident in Thame for Anti-social Behaviour.

    SURGERIES

    PCSO C9610 Diane Jackson’a surgery date is on 3RD October 2009 at Thame Town Hall 10.00-1200hrs.
    PC Russell Hounslow?s surgery date is to be held by Diane on 16/09/09 at Thame Police Station 1800-2000hrs.

  • Chinnor Autumn Swap Shop – September 26, 2009

    A Swap Shop is a unique way of recycling and re-using unwanted goods, things that you don?t use anymore but are just too good to throw away.

    Here is your chance to see them being used by someone else, which is much more satisfying than throwing them out.

    The Swap Shop
    Date: Saturday 26th September
    Time: 10am till 12noon
    Place: Chinnor Village Hall

    Just bring along your unwanted items ? good condition only – on the day, and take away anything you see that you want.
    ? Toys, books, CDs, bric-a-brac, linen, clothes, baby equipment, kitchenware, unwanted gifts
    ? No electrical goods please
    You can just bring or you can just take. You don?t have to bring to take or vice versa. Everything is free. Everything is donated.
    NO MONEY IS EXCHANGED.

    Goods left over will be taken to charity shops or clothes banks or recycled if unsuitable for reuse.

    The Recycling Centre
    You can also deposit any of the following items for recycling on the day:
    ? Household batteries, CDs, used postage stamps, foreign coins, mobile phones, printer cartridges and old reading glasses.

    Entrance free Refreshments available

    Organised by Chinnor and Thame Friends of the Earth.
    For more information ring Maureen on 01844 352816