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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Thomley Activity Centre Birthday Party

    TO celebrate Thomley Activity Centre’s fifth birthday, they are having a grand party. The invitation is: “Please come, in your best party outfit for a fun-filled day that the whole family will enjoy.”
    There’ll be bouncy castles, jelly and ice cream, a B-B-Q, a magic show, the chance to make your own birthday badges and hats, a plant and cake stall, bric-a-brac sale, sporty competitions, a raffle with wonderful prizes plus lots more.
    It is also hoped that the Centre’s Patron, Jeremy Irons, will be able to attend to cut the special birthday cake.

    Thomley Activity Centre, Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, Bucks. For further information phone 01844 338380 or email enquiries@thomleyhall.org. www.thomleyhall.org.

  • More Pictures From Thame Festival and Carnival

    TO see more pictures from Saturday’s Thame Festival, see Link

    Why not share YOUR photos of Thame Festival and Carnival? Send them to editor@thamenews.net and we will upload them for everyone to see.

  • Advice From Chiltern Rail For This Weekend

    ALL this weekend, buses will replace trains between Aylesbury and Princess Risborough. This is due to important engineering works and therefore, passengers may face a longer journey time.
    There will also be some early morning and late night services operated by buses between High Wycombe and Aylesbury, also due to engineering works that will be carried out over the weekend.

    On Sunday, buses replace trains between Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon and Leamington Spa and Solihull/Birmingham Snow Hill until approx 12.30. This is because of track improvements and so Birmingham passengers are being advised to use connecting Virgin Cross Country trains between Leamington Spa and Birmingham New Street where applicable.

  • Criminal Damage In Park Street

    POLICE Forensic specialists were called in on Sunday after a town councillor had his windscreen deliberately smashed over night last Sunday (June 17).
    Sunday’s incident is the latest in an on-going problem of criminal damage to vehicles parked in Park Street, Thame, particularly over-night on Fridays and Saturdays.
    Cllr Mike Dyer told ThameNews: “Neighbours heard a loud commotion during the early hours of Sunday morning but it wasn’t until the next morning that I was told it was my car. It looks as though the windscreen has been deliberately kicked in.
    “We have had problems with bent windscreen wipers and wing mirrors before from time to time along this street, but this takes the problem to a new level.”
    “Some residents have been calling for cctv cameras to be installed in the street but we understand that there is no budget for that at the moment. We are currently forming a Neighbourhood Watch group and are hoping that the police will do all they can to tackle this problem which has now been going on for a long time.”

  • ‘Wild Geese ‘ Shot Off Their Perch

    THAME’S top quiz team, The Wild Geese, were de-throned last Friday, when they were beaten by just one point by a team who walked in off the street seven years ago and won that year’s Thame Festival quiz and have been trying ever since to win again.
    The Wildgeese team has its name engraved on the Thame Festival Quiz Trophy, 12 times, having won most years since the quiz began in 1993. But last Friday,(June 15), the Ad Hoc team pulled ahead following the final question of the night about the name of Take That’s album.
    Quiz Misttess, Sue Boyle explained that the team which gave the exact, right answer would gain two points, and that anything near would earn one point. The Wild Geese just could not pull the answer out of their collective memories, but Ad Hoc came up with ‘Lovely World’. The correct answer of course, is ‘Beautiful World’, earning them the one extra point to take the trophy.
    It is expected that the evening, which attracted 15 teams altogether, raised around

  • Woman Cut From Car After Thame By-Pass Smash

    THE roof of one of three cars involved in an accident in Thame on Sunday, had to be removed by fire crew to release an injured woman trapped inside.
    The woman, who remained conscious throughout the operation, was one of three people taken to the John Radcliffe hospital after the accident which happened just before mid-day last Sunday, June 17. None of them are believed to have been seriously injured.
    One car, a Black Honda, left the road and ended up in a field, opposite the entrance to Cromwell Avenue, Thame.
    The other two vehicles involved were a grey, Fiat Ponto and a green Citroen. The road was closed for around two hours until the damaged cars could be taken away by Break-down vehicles.
    A police investigation into the cause of the accident is on going.

    Photo: Thame fire crew demonstrate how they cut trapped accident victims from a car, at Thame show a couple of years ago – skills that came in handy for real last Sunday when they released a trapped woman from a car involved in an accident on the edge of the town.

  • Ride Your Bike To The Station!

    THAME COMMUTERS who take the popular 07.24 Chiltern Railways train to London, will be taking part in a group cycle ride tomorrow morning, June 20, to
    Haddenham and Thame Parkway station.
    Free tea or coffee and a pastry will be available for those taking part on arrival at the station, courtesy of Simon and Catherine Keeley, who run the cafe franchise on Haddenham and Thame Parkway station, Little Italy.
    The group will leave Montesson Square in Thame at 6.45am for the station, tomorrow, which is National Bike to Work Day.

    The event is part of a local programme of events organised by Haddenham and Thame cyclists for National Bike week. So,if you have always wanted to ride to the station but been a bit nervous of the road, this is your chance to ride with a group.

    For further information on this event and others during Bike Week contact Lindsey Poole on 01844 290331.

    NB Cyclists from Thame and Haddenham are working towards a possible cycle path between Thame and Haddenham, an aspiration which has so far been held up over land-ownership issues.

    Photo: Flash back to the trail blazing ride to show support for a Thame-Haddenham cycle link, around three years ago.

  • Debut Gig For Thame Duo

    EXCITING new Thame band, Fee Fi Fo Fum will be playing their debut gig this Thursday, at the Cellar in Oxford.
    The duo, consisting of Pascal Ansell (formerly of Shed Sound)on guitar and Max Camp on drums will be supporting Indie rockers, A Silent Film and Diatribe. (A Silent Film are actually a band).

    Tickets for the gig, which starts at 8.30pm, are

  • Thame Young Cricketers Through To Quarter Finals

    THAME under 13s have beaten East & West Hendred by 30 runs in the Oxon under 13s Ron Maudslely Trophy and will now meet Kennington in the quarter-finals.
    The final score was Thame Tn 99, E&W Hendred 69.

  • Thame Record Company Signs TV Talent Star

    A TALENTED Young finalist in the current, BBC 2 prgramme, Let Me Entertain You, is to release her first single and video on the Thame-based record label, Crash Records.
    Thirteen year-old Claudie Mills will appear on the programme on Friday, June 22, at 6.30pm, and will be releasing her single/video early in July, shortly after the show.
    Michelle Pether, of Crash Records, who regularly promote rock nights show-casing local young bands in Thame, told ThameNews.Net: “Please ask all your readers to make sure they watch this Friday to see Claudia sing her heart out on the programme.”

    Friday night finals is open for public voting so if you would like to know more about this rising young star, check out the link below:
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    Thousands of people took part in auditions to get a place on BBC Two’s talent show, Let Me Entertain You. The show has been running for over three weeks, with five shortlisted acts performing every night in front of a live studio audience. The longer the performers can keep the demanding studio audience entertained, the more chance they’ll have to reach the Friday final, and possibly the live grand final!