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Hosepipe Ban
Thames Water has announced that it is imposing a hosepipe ban (also known as a Temporary Usage Ban) from Thursday 23rd July. The ban applies to those who receive their water supply from Thames Water. A fine of up to … Continue reading
Memories of Moving Into Westfield Road
Diana Wright remembers …. We moved into No. 14 Westfield Road on 31st August 1975. The houses were about two thirds occupied by then. Bob and Barbara Edwards had moved into No. 13 one week prior to us, only moving … Continue reading
Pendon Museum Pop-up Café
The pop-up café at Pendon Museum will be open again on Wednesday 8th July from 10am to 12:30pm. Members of the Community Police team will be there and residents are encouraged to go along and meet them. This is a … Continue reading
Village Traffic Volumes
Resident Jim Brown has written an interesting article about the volume of traffic through the village over the last twenty or so years. Read the article here.
Fun Run
Prew Bowtell, organiser of the event reports … The Long Wittenham Fun Run took place last Sunday (14th June) in glorious sunshine. There were 195 entrants, although several who had entered online did not take part, perhaps because other events … Continue reading
Littering Incident
A resident of Appleford writes … Last Tuesday morning, an unacceptable amount of litter, including spent BBQ waste, soft drink cans and bottles, food wrappers from burgers, crisps and sweets, sun tan lotion, socks and a Nike T shirt plus … Continue reading
Recycling and Waste Collections
Residents are reminded that recycling and waste collections will be a day later this week owing to the Late May Bank Holiday. See the changes below. There is more information on the South Oxfordshire District Council
Potholes
Resident Jim Brown has recently completed his training to be a FixMyStreet Super User. As such he is privvy to information about how it works in the background. As potholes are such a talking point in the village, he has … Continue reading
Recycling and Waste Collections
Residents are reminded that recycling and waste collections will be a day later this week owing to the Early May Bank Holiday. See the changes below. There is more information on the South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) website:
Extra Garden Waste Collection
Residents who have purchased a permit for the district council’s brown bin garden waste collection service in South Oxfordshire can have extra garden waste collected for free on their normal scheduled collection day 1st May. Permit holders can put out … Continue reading