BOTH the Buttermarket, and part of Rooks Lane, where it joins the Upper High Street, Thame, will be closed from January 26 for up to 18 months, whilst cabling for Thame’s CCTV system is installed.
The alternative route for traffic affected by the Rooks Lane closure is via Upper Hight Street, Nelson Street and Southern Road. No alternative route for Buttermarket traffic will be available.
Author: Sonja Francis
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CCTV Cabling Work – Road Closure
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Theatre Rings To The Sound Of Music
THAME Players Theatre rang to the ‘sound of music’ recently, when the audience dressed as assorted characters from the film of that name, threw themselves into their roles and sang along to all the well-known songs from the cinema classic.
The evening, organised by Thame Cinema 4 All, was supported by people of all ages, from younger children dressed as cats and snowflakes, (with reference to the rousing ‘These are a few of my favourite things’), to grown up men dressed as Captain Von Trapp in hats with feathers and shorts. One of TC4A’s committee members turned out in a splendid smoking jacket and cravat and a Haddenham resident wore his father’s Naval cap. Two glamourous Countesses, complete with long cigarette holders, several Marias in big hats (one carrying an authentic carpet bag), and a human brown paper package (minus the string)which rustled in the background, all contributed to a very entertaining evening.
All the money raised from the evening went to a centre for the homeless in Oxford. -
Thousands Of New Homes Planned For Oxfordshire
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has recently announced where it plans to build thousands of new homes within the next 20 years.
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Brill On Air
AS from today,December 30, www.brilloldies.com will be live, on air, until January 8, 2006.
The radio station, which won The Brill Society 2005 award for “Outstanding contribution to the amenities of the Parish of Brill”, plays vinyl classics from the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.
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Former Thame Players Scores Against Old Club (By Bob Dixon)
THE match on December 27, was Joint manager Alan Thorne?s first view of the young Thame team for since his appointment.
His partner, and former caretaker manager Richard Searl, fielded the same squad who had drawn 4-4 against Hemel Hempstead, although some defenders were assigned to different positions.It was a fast moving match played on a very cold afternoon in which there was little to choose between the sides for the first 75 minutes. Thame had the better of the opening exchanges, with both Craig Caldwell-Smith and Darren Moore looking dangerous. The visitors had a good chance after 30 minutes when they were awarded a free kick just outside the area. Moore dummied and Nik Rhodes struck the ball hard but was unlucky to see it clear the crossbar by inches. Marlow gradually fought back and just before half time Paul Searl made an excellent save from Marlow striker Adam Dickins. This was the first of several fine saves that Searl made during the game. The teams went in for half time with the goalless score, which was a fair reflection of possession.
The first half hour of the second half was similar with close chances at both ends. On 62 minutes, Mactaggart, in the Marlow goal, brought off a particularly memorable save from a strong Luke Fisher shot. Towards the end Marlow were gaining the upper hand and were rewarded when on 83 minutes, former Thame player Colin Simpson, who had just come, on, headed a corner home from the near post. United threw everything into attack but this inevitably left defensive gaps. Simpson exploited this by netting his second from 8-yards with 3 minutes remaining.
Overall a disappointing result for United, but Alan and Richard can take encouragement that for long periods of the game, there was little to choose between 5th Placed Marlow and their young, bottom of the league, team.
Marlow 2, Thame United 0
Thame United: Searl, Hocking, N. Rhodes, Eason, Lane (N. Stewart), A. Rhodes, Fisher, Connelly, Moore (Finch), Caldwell-Smith, Boland
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Kidde’s Christmas Gift To Fire Service
THAME company, Kidde Products, presented some very necessary equipment to Thame Fire Officers yesterday.
Station Officer, Andy Ford and Fire Officer Kirsten Purnell, received Two kit bags to carry vital Defibrillators to patients as part of the Fire and Ambulance services Co-responder scheme.
Brian Keeble, Marketing Services Supervisor at Kidde Products, also presented two Pulse Ox meters that clip on to a patient?s finger and give vital information about a patient?s pulse rate and oxygen levels in the blood, information that can tell whether the patient?s condition is deteriorating or improving.Andy Ford told ThameNews.Net: ?These specially designed bags will enable us to stow our equipment in a much more convenient way and make it easier and quicker to access it in an emergency instead of having to fumble around in an ordinary holdall.?
Thame Fire Officers are currently attending around 150 incidents per year where there is risk to life, as part of the Co-responder scheme, when, because they are closer to the incident than an ambulance, they can get to the patient first, administer First Aid and then hand over to paramedics.
Kidde Products make fire fighting and fire protection equipment and received an emergency call just after 7am on the morning of the Hemel Hempstead Fuel storage depot explosion and fire, and supplied 600,000 litres of special foam concentrate to fire officers dealing with the emergency.
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An Icy Adventure
THE Ice Hotel at Jukkusjarvi, near Kiruna, is both a work of art and a stunning wonder of architectural imagination, built completely of ice, in which I was fortunate enough to spend one, incredible night last weekend.
At this time of the year, when we are celebrating new birth and new beginnings, above the Artic Circle in Northern Sweden there is an awe-inspiring building that stands for just a few short months and then slowly melts into the river to be re-born every year.But this crystal wonder is not just a novelty for the adventure-seeking yuppy, though there were quite a few of them, but a place that inspires a spiritual awareness of the transience of things, both material (it?s easy for the Krona in your wallet to flow away in the ‘Absolut’ Ice Bar on warming vodka-based cocktails) and of nature itself.
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Elderley Man Tricked Out of
THAME Police are appealing for witnesses following a theft from an elderly man in a Thame charity shop on Saturday, December 17.
Between 2.45pm and 3pm, a man stole a wallet from an 85-year-old man?s coat after asking him to try on another jacket in the Oxfam shop to see how it looked on.
The offender is described as being a white man, around 5ft 8ins tall, in his mid-twenties, slim, with short dark hair, a thin face and clean shaven. He was wearing glasses with small round dark lenses and a dark coloured suit.
PC Grant Howes, of Thame police station, said: “The offender spoke with a speech impediment that indicated he was deaf. I appeal to anyone who was in the Thame High Street on Saturday afternoon and saw a man of this description acting suspiciously to contact police.”
Anyone with information that could assist police inquiries is urged to contact PC Howes at Thame police station, via 0845 8 505 505. If you don?t want to speak to police and don?t want to leave your name contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. -
Chinnor Trounce Reading Abbey
CHINNOR fielded a new set of half-backs for this return fixture at Kingsey Road last Saturday, with Matt Buckley and Danny Burns starting the
game.
Chinnor took the lead in the fifth minute when Centre, Sam Soane, powered over the line from 20 metres out. He looked to offload the ball to supporting players on a couple of occasions but with defenders bouncing off him, he made the line himself. With James Hewitt, back from University, taking over
kicking duties slotting the conversion, Chinnor had the start they wanted.
Another Soane try 20 minutes later, an exact replica of the previous score, gave Chinnor a 14 point advantage. With James Hewitt kicking a well
judged penalty this gave the home side a comfortable 17 point lead at half-time – although having said that they did squander a 21 point lead in
their previous game.
Abbey responded well in the first quarter of the second half with tackling of top drawer quality, particularly by Burns and Buckley keeping them at bay. With Pike and Tom Burns twice missing penalty
attempts, Chinnor sealed the game when Buckley, man of the match, broke from open play with the ball going through several pairs of hands before
reaching Eric Brown to score with just 5 minutes left on the clock.
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Concert Jazz Sell Out!
THE next offering from Concert Jazz @ The Players Theatre, tonight is a sell out!
All 118 seats at the Players Theatre, Thame, have now been sold.
Look out for the the next concert in January and book early so as not to be disappointed.