Year: 2017

Girls Cricket Academy to be Held at Thame Town Cricket Club

16th March 2017

The summer of cricket is bringing with it a very exciting opportunity for girls within Oxfordshire. Lydia Greenway (ex-England international) is bringing her cricket academy, Cricket for Girls, to Thame Town CC. The academy is open to girls up to the age of 18 and will be run on Friday evenings for 7 weeks from […]

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‘Cheers’ to a successful fundraising evening

15th March 2017

An impressive £600 was raised at the Mayor’s ‘Bubbles, Boards and Creams’ evening held in The Stables at The James Figg last Thursday (9 March). The charity event was in support of the Mayor’s charities – The Red Kite Children’s Centre and Thame Youth Café. Frazer Sutherland, from Peach Pubs, hosted the event and added […]

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Five reasons to keep Thame tidy!

15th March 2017

Did you know that around 2.25m pieces of litter are dropped on the streets of the UK every day? Thirty million tonnes of rubbish are collected from England’s streets each year and it costs councils more than £1bn a year to clean up. We can all do our bit to help bring this figure down. […]

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Your chance to design Thame’s town flag!

13th March 2017

We need you! In 2016, Thame Town Council installed a Flag Pole outside the Town Hall and various flags are flown to mark special and significant occasions throughout the year. However, the Flag Pole is not used all the time and the Town Council, with the help from the people of Thame, want to change […]

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Thriving Thame is a Quadruple Winner!

9th March 2017

Thame has won four prizes at the Revive & Thrive Local Legends Conference held in Northwich, Cheshire on 2nd and 3rd March. The conference was attended by Sonja Francis and Helen Johns, steering group members of 21st Century Thame, who were nominated to attend as ‘Local Legends’ for their work on Thame projects by Becky […]

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Young Entrepreneurs Get Expert Advice

9th March 2017

The winners of Thame’s Small Business Saturday Young Entrepreneurs Competition in December 2016 attended a brainstorm session at the offices of CarmichaelUK on Saturday 25 February, where they received expert advice on how to develop their winning business ideas. The brainstorm, attended by young entrepreneurs Tom Wylam, Amelie Mason and Philippe van Caloen, was hosted by […]

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Mayor’s Charity Quiz Night raises £795!

6th March 2017

The Mayor hosted a hugely successful charity Quiz Night on Thursday 2 March, with an impressive £795 being raised for the Mayor’s chosen charities – the Red Kite Children’s Centre and Thame Youth Café. The quiz, which took place at Thame Leisure Centre, was attended by 16 quiz teams and hosted by the fantastic ‘Quiz […]

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View your Town Council’s 2017-18 Budget Leaflet

3rd March 2017

The Town Council has published its annual budget leaflet, which outlines the Town Council’s expenditure and gives details of what your council tax has and will be spent on. The leaflet can be viewed online here [PDF], or you can view a physical copy in Thame Information Centre. You can also view the 2017-18 Budget […]

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45 miles covered by Thame Swimathon swimmers

2nd March 2017

Thame Swimathon swimmers covered 45 miles (2,899 lengths) having fun and raising lots money towards charity.   20 teams attended the 5th edition of the Thame Swimathon at Thame Leisure Centre on Sunday 26 February, a fun and fund raising event organised by the Rotary Club of Thame. Thame Rotarians received great help from members […]

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Nominate your unsung Thame hero now!

27th February 2017

There are people all around Thame who help their neighbours, support local groups or go out of their way for others in their community. That is why, nine years ago, the Town Council launched Thame Town Awards as a way to recognise, thank and celebrate those special people who are working hard to make our […]

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Advice from UK Power Networks regarding Storm Doris

22nd February 2017

You may have seen that bad weather is on the way and we are likely to see high winds in parts of the East of England tomorrow (Thursday, 23 February). In preparation for this, the Town Council has received the following advice from UK Power Networks: Preparing for a power cut Keep our freephone number […]

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Italian Market returns to Thame!

22nd February 2017

The popular continental market will be coming to Thame in March. Italia in Piazza will be returning to the cobbles on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 March offering authentic, fresh Italian cuisine. The popular food market will be bursting with authentic Italian delicacies available to try and buy. All the market traders are real Italians […]

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