The Long Wittenham Lunch Club recently celebrated its twentieth birthday with a slap-up meal and wine, and fifty members raised their glasses to toast the next twenty years.
It was in December 1997 when principal organiser June Woodage spoke to villagers to see if they would be interested in joining a lunch club. Late in January 1998 a note was delivered to every home in both Long and Little Wittenham, inviting people to a get together on 12th February. On that first menu for thirty-eight members was soup, bread and cheese and a hot drink for 50 pence. Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (8th March) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
Following the success of last year’s Barn Dance, The Friends of St Mary’s Long Wittenham will be hosting another on Saturday 21st April, this time at the Sylva Wood Centre. Along with good music and dancing, there will be a buffet and a donations bar.
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The Long Wittenham 200 Club is pleased to announce the February winners.
On Sunday 9th September, the Dragon Boat Race comes to Abingdon again.
In common with many communities in Oxfordshire and the rest of the country, Long Wittenham is coming under pressure from developers to build homes. Look everywhere in the near vicinity and new homes are being built or are planned. More than 3,000 houses are proposed as part of the Culham Science Village development. It is a key part of South Oxfordshire District Council’s Local Plan which is currently under scrutiny.
The next meeting of the Long Wittenham Good Neighbours Group is on Thursday 1st March at 2:30pm in the Village Hall.
An occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past.
A reminder that Generation Games – Age UK Oxfordshire’s physical activity service – run Strength and Balance Classes every Wednesday in the Long Wittenham Village Hall from 3.30 to 4.30pm.