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Last Call for HMS Pinafore
A reminder that Opera Anywhere will be performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera HMS Pinafore at St Mary’s Church on Saturday 12th November starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are £20 for adults and £10 for under 18s and are available from … Continue reading
Parish Council Meeting – Thursday 10th November
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 10th November. All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
OCC Newsletter
Residents who are not already subscribers to Oxfordshire County Council’s digital newsletter “Your Oxfordshire” may like to download the latest edition.
John Stimson 1939-2022
John Stimson, the former chairman of South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) and member of Long Wittenham Parish Council, has died. He was eighty-three and had been suffering from cancer and dementia for the last twelve months. Mr Stimson, who lived … Continue reading
Solar Streets
The Parish Council has had confirmation that the Didcot Plus Solar Streets scheme is now accepting new enquiries. Current installation dates are from March 2023 onwards, due to the existing workload that needs to be worked through. Interested residents should … Continue reading
Village Greens Created
Two new village greens have been created at Dorchester on Thames and Little Wittenham. The greens, at the historic Dyke Hills, a scheduled Iron Age settlement, and at Day’s Lock Meadow beside the River Thames, have been voluntarily registered by … Continue reading
Bus Service Update
Going Forward Buses, the company that runs the Mondays and Wednesdays bus service between Long Wittenham and Didcot, has announced that from Monday 28th November, there will be an additional afternoon journey to Didcot and back. See the revised timetable … Continue reading
Poppy Sellers
Prew Bowtell, Long Wittenham Poppy Appeal Organiser, writes … Would anyone like to volunteer as a poppy seller for this year’s Poppy Appeal? I’m looking for someone to cover Saxons Heath and another to cover Wessex Way (the new houses … Continue reading
Lunch Club Thanks Founder
Members of the Village Lunch Club thanked June Woodage for twenty-five years as the principal organiser of the club at its October meeting in the village hall. It was in December 1997 when June contacted villagers to see if they … Continue reading
OCC Newsletter
Residents who are not already subscribers to Oxfordshire County Council’s digital newsletter “Your Oxfordshire” may like to download the latest edition.