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Upcoming Events
Sep18Sat202110:30 am The Pound Tidy-Up @ The PoundThe Pound Tidy-Up @ The PoundSep 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 amIf anyone has a spare hour to come and help tidy up The Pound please bring along your secateurs/shears & wheelbarrow on Saturday 18th September 10.30am. 🌻Many Hands make Light Work🌼Sep19Sun20219:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchSep 19 @ 9:30 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 19th September at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome. In line with Government regulations for Track and Trace purposes please let Revd David Haylett know if you plan to … Continue readingSep26Sun20219:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchSep 26 @ 9:30 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 26th September at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome. In line with Government regulations for Track and Trace purposes please let Revd David Haylett know if you plan to … Continue reading
Category Archives: History Group
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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Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. Last time, this feature showed some aerial photographs of the village taken in 1959. Sharp eyed residents will have spotted that this was before the … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, some fascinating aerial photographs of the village taken in 1959. Click on the thumbnails to view or download high resolution versions.
