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Jun10Sat20239:00 am Car Boot Sale @ Bodkins FieldCar Boot Sale @ Bodkins FieldJun 10 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 amLong Wittenham Athletic Club will be hosting a Car Boot Sale at Bodkins Field this coming Saturday (10th June) starting at 9am. Any profits will go towards putting a new roof on the club house. Tables are £10. Entry £2. … Continue reading →10:00 am Bell Striking Competition @ St Mary's ChurchBell Striking Competition @ St Mary's ChurchJun 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pmThe newly refurbished bells at St Mary’s will be having a full work out on Saturday 10th June between 10am and 12:30pm when the regional Striking Competition will take place. Teams of ringers will choose a ‘method’ – a tune … Continue reading →Jun11Sun20239:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchJun 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 11th June at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome.Jun15Thu20237:30 pm Parish Council Meeting @ Village HallParish Council Meeting @ Village HallJun 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pmThe Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 15th June 2023, in the Village Hall.Jun18Sun20239:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchJun 18 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 18th June at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome.
Category Archives: History Group
Village History Group
The November meeting of the village history group will be on Monday 21st November at 8pm in the Village Hall. The speaker will be Jane Card with a colourful talk: “When is a crest not a crest? When it’s a … Continue reading
Village History Group Meeting
Long Wittenham Local History Group will be meeting on Monday 17th October in the Village Hall at 8pm. There will be an illustrated talk: “A Short History of Long Wittenham”. All are welcome. It is free to members or £4 … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, a postcard which shows the Three Poplars Inn at the end of the High Street, sometime between 1901 and 1911. This is now … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, three photographs taken in 1958, of the Didcot Road and Saxons Heath, not long after the houses were built. The first looking north … Continue reading
Big Picnic Lunch Success
A huge thank you to the organisers of the inaugural Long Wittenham Big Picnic Lunch which took place at Bodkins Field yesterday afternoon. A good turn out of approximately one hundred and fifty villagers and fine weather made it a … Continue reading
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Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, an article from the Oxford Mail dated 13th April 1961 in which it was reported that the Parish Council had agreed to demolish … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, an article from the Oxford Mail dated 3rd October 1958 reporting on a parish council meeting, which suggest that, despite there being far … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, an article dated February 1939 about Clifton Hampden Bridge and it’s toll sign, from Morris Mirror magazine. This was the official organ of … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. With the village’s sewerage system in the news, we have some items from 1962 when the system was installed. First, a newspaper cutting dated 17th … Continue reading
Big Lunch Update
Members of village groups attended a meeting on Monday 26th November at the Athletics Club to plan for the village Big Lunch which is lined up for Sunday 30th June next year on Bodkin’s Field. The Wittenham Big Lunch will … Continue reading
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