Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past.
This time, two photographs of Carmela Cottage, next to the primary school. The first taken recently and the other taken when it was the village co-operative store, which it was until 1975. Continue reading
The next meeting of the Long Wittenham Good Neighbours Group is on Thursday 5th July at 2:30pm in the Village Hall.
Steve Brown has arranged for Judy Gibbons to talk on Life at Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary which is sure to be an interesting insight into a very local charity. Continue reading
You are invited to join the Wittenham W.I. for a colourful Summer soiree of songs and sketches presented by the Didcot Divas on Tuesday 10th July at 7:30pm in the village hall.
All villagers are welcome. The event is free to W.I. members with a £4 entry at the door for non members. There are no tickets but please email janedmay@btinternet.com if you plan to come. Continue reading
The Pendon Museum celebrated its sixty-fourth birthday yesterday (27th June) with the formal opening of the scale model Bristol Line by BBC Antiques Roadshow transport expert and author Paul Atterbury.
Mr Atterbury cut the tape across the track to allow the model Britolian – the non-step express linking London with Bristol in 1935 – to pass through the Continue reading
The fight continues to stop a huge quarry on land near Clifton Hampden. Despite the county council’s planning committee having rejected previous proposals, Hills Quarry Products has produced a revised application.
Objectors say the new application still fails to answer major concerns. They argue that heavy lorries using the quarry would still increase congestion and Continue reading
More than seventy people packed into Long Wittenham village hall last Thursday evening (21st June) for a meeting called by the parish council to discuss the revision of the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) and to report progress on the Community Hub.
The meeting also examined the Kler plan for thirty-six houses at the corner of Fieldside Continue reading
The Parish Council has erected new warning signs on the Long Wittenham to Didcot cyclepath urging cyclist to be aware of horses. The signs are sited at the entrance to the path at Acklings at the west end of the village and at the junction with the Appleford Road.
The cyclepath, which is part of the National Cycle Network, is widely Continue reading
Organisations in Long Wittenham are invited to apply to the Parish Council if they would benefit from a financial donation. Every year the council receives requests, mainly from charities outside the village, but the council is keen to support local initiatives.
Some outside bodies that rely on public support such as the Citizens Continue reading
Music lovers will be flocking to South Oxfordshire’s premier music event this coming weekend. The annual three-day Wittfest in the garden of The Plough Inn, Long Wittenham, will take place between 6pm and 11pm on Friday 22nd, noon until 11pm on Saturday 23rd and between noon and 5pm on Sunday 24th. The festival has been running for eighteen years and is a popular event in the local music calendar. Continue reading
The Long Wittenham 200 Club is pleased to announce the winners for April, May and June (to date).
April
£10 each to:
81 N. Gitsham Continue reading
