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  • National Recognition For Umberto

    JUST as we are all being urged to ‘Try Thame First, the fame of Umberto’s, the Specialist, Italian food shop in the town, has reached the National papers.
    Last weekend, this award-winning, local business was featured in the Independent newspaper, which featured Umberto Della Valli talking about his passion for real, good quality, Italian food.
    Follow the Link
     to read the whole article.

    Umberto’s epitomises the type of quality, independent retailer that characterises Thame as somewhere to enjoy the good, old-fashioned qualities of personal service and quality products that cannot be found in the supermarket of ‘cloned’ High Streets of other towns.

  • Are Wheelie Bins A Waste Of Money? By Norman Brand

    A THAME resident has contributed the following thoughts on the District Council’s proposal to use wheelie bins for the collection of garden waste:
    “Householders would have to produce a great deal of garden waste to fill the proposed new wheelie bins every fortnight, especially if they compost some of the stuff themselves.
    The splendid paper eco-sacks at present available from the town hall for compostable waste cost 30p each. You could buy 96 of them for the

  • No Consolation For Thame United – Report by Bob Dixon

    Ashford Town (Middx) 5 – Thame United 0
    These two teams last met in August for Thame United?s first ?home? match at Aylesbury. The result was a 2-2 draw. Since then whilst Ashford have improved their squad, and currently occupy second league place, By contrast, Thame have been forced to slash their playing budget and are bottom of the league. The gulf between the two teams was very apparent.

    Ashford controlled the match from first to last whistle. Their first goal came after five minutes when ex-Wycombe Wanderers defender Jason Chewins met a short corner with a well placed near post header. Paul Searl was kept busy in the Thame goal. On 23 minutes he did will to get a hand to a fierce shot, but the ball fell to Gavin Smith who finished from 6 yards.Thame were unlucky when, following a corner, a Joe Da Silva shot hit the crossbar.

    Ashford?s third came in the 65th minute the result of a quality run and shot from Anthony Joseph. Smith got his second five minutes later when he lobbed Searl, who was blinded by the low sun, from the edge of the area. With about three minutes remaining Dave Hocking did well to clear a goal bound shot off the goal line. Thame pushed for a consolation goal but it was Ashford substitute Lee Passmore who finished the scoring, in extra time, when he met a cross with a far post tap in.

    Thame United: Searl, Hopkins (Morgan), Raja, Eason, Hocking, Groves, Way (Fisher), Da Silva, Moore, Bradley, Boland.

    Thame United entertain 18th placed Taunton Town at Aylesbury next SUNDAY 5th March. KICK OFF IS AT 1.00 pm

  • Liberals Accuse Ruling Conservatives Over Budget

    THE leading Tory group at the district council has rejected the Liberal Democrat’s alternative budget, which the Lib Dems say which would have: “Protected and improved services and been fair to all residents.”

    David Turner, the leader of South Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats, presented an alternative budget at the full SODC Council meeting on February 23, which he claimed would have protected and improved services and cut out waste, whilst producing a zero increase in Council Tax.

    In a statement today, David Turner said: “Unlike the ruling Tory group budget the Liberal Democrat Budget Group would have maintained fairness by offering bus tokens to the over sixties as an alternative to a bus pass. Despite a Government increase in grant of a massive 13%, the Tory budget removed this choice for residents between sixty and seventy, and in effect turned residents in villages without public transport into second class citizens compared with people from areas with public transport. The tokens benefit people living in villages without public transport as they can be used for taxis. In addition many people who find it physically difficult to get on buses prefer the token system. The Tory budget in effect increased the Council Tax of a couple in their sixties who previously chose to have bus tokens by

  • Thame Hospital Fears

    LOCAL doctors fear that Thame could lose its community hospital if proposed county boundaries to health care management are implemented.
    Lead by Dr Ken Birch at the Health Centre in East Street, Thame, a petition and public meeting have been set up and the public are being urged to sign the petition which calls for the hospital to remain in the cross-boundary, Vale of Aylesbury Primary Care Trust.
    The Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority is looking at merging primary care trusts to bring them in to line with local government boundaries.

    Sarah Taylor, chairman of Thame Hospital League of Friends, is reported to have said: “This move causes us great concern.
    “It is vital that we demonstrate just how strongly people on both sides of the boundary feel about their hospital.”

    GP, Dr Ken Burch has said that in his view, the boundary issue would seriously undermine “the highly successful cross-boundary co-operation between the two Thame practices and three others in Haddenham, Princes Risborough and Chinnor.”
    He fears that Thame could go the same way as Watlington and Burford community hospitals, which were both closed by The Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust, and pointed out that both Bicester and Henley’s hospitals are currently under threat too.
    The public meeting will be at Thame town hall at 6.30pm on Monday, March 6.

    To read The Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority’s reasoning behind the proposed changes, visit: Link

  • Cycling Shorts

    ** A ‘Try Cycling’ event is being planned by TWAC (Thame Walking And Cycling), as part of this year’s Thame Festival in June.
    The event will give newcomers to cycling the opportunity to try a variety of bicycles and may be combined with cycle training for children.

    ** LORD Williams’s school, Thame, has been awarded

  • New Head Appointed

    LORD WILLIAMS’S School has appointed a new, permanent Headteacher.
    Mr David Wybron, the Acting Head, was selected from a short list of three, which included ex Deputy Head, David Jones, who is the current Head of a school in Kidlington.

  • Traffic Restriction Howland Road

    DUCT-LAYING by British Telecom will be taking place between February 22 and March 1; traffic restricted to a single lane during that time.

  • Monthly Gardening News Letter

    GARDEN designer, Jane Follis,will be publishing her news letter for gardeners, once a month on ThameNews.Net. With gardeners beginning to look forward to Spring, here is the first which includes gardening tips and places to visit. Happy gardening!
    I can?t remember when it last felt this cold and my poor garden still looks neglected and badly in need of a tidy up. Due to an injury last September I have not been able to do anything, but now that I am fit again it is doubly frustrating not to be able to get out there. There is, however, still plenty to do in February (see Seasonal tips). My seed order has now been sent off and as usual I am not quite sure where I am going to put all the goodies I have ordered but where there?s a will?

    I came across The Herb Society the other day and think I might join. There is a quarterly magazine free to members or

  • Clothers Under Wraps

    EXCITEMENT is growing in anticipation of the Fair Trade fashion show to be held in Thame soon, as part of Fairtrade Fortnite.
    The clothes to be put on show by Claire Billsborough, of Sapphire Moon, in Thame, have started to arrive but Claire is keeping them well out of sight until the the night, Saturday, March 11.
    “We really have got some very exciting clothes to introduce,” said Claire, “and I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Fair Trade clothes have come along way from hippy skirts and cheese cloth tops. Our models are aged from 15 to 50 years-old and the sizes go right up to size 22, so there should be something for everyone,” she added.
    The show will also include a selection of knitwear designed in Britain, made from organic cotton that has been grown, spun and dyed in Zimbabwe, and sold in Christine Garnett’s shop, Flame Lily, in North Street, Thame.
    The