Year: 2018

Mayor’s Charity Fundraising Totals

10th May 2018

At the Annual Meeting of the Council on Tuesday 8 May, Cllr Tom Wyse presented Amy Spicer and John Hulett from the Red Kite Family Centre and Alison Champken-Woods from Thame & District Day Centre with a cheque of £5,874 each, making his fundraising total an impressive £11,748. Throughout his year in office, the Mayor held […]

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New Town Mayor elected

9th May 2018

On Tuesday 8 May, Thame Town Council elected Cllr Ann Midwinter as Mayor and Cllr Linda Emery, for the second year running, as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor has chosen Sharing Life Trust and Thame Youth Projects as her charities for the year. She added, “It is a great honour to represent Thame as Mayor and I […]

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Can Midsomer Murders Help to Build Your Business?

8th May 2018

Thame lies at the heart of Midsomer County. About 80% of the filming locations for the popular ITV series, Midsomer Murders, are in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and the show is watched by millions, both in the UK and in over 100 countries worldwide. Visitors from all over the world want to experience for themselves the […]

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Thame Fair Agreement

27th April 2018

The London and Home Counties Section of The Showmen’s Guild and Thame Town Council have great pleasure in announcing the signing of a new Three year Agreement to run Thame Fair and Thame Charter Fair. The agreement covers 2018, 2019 and 2020. The Guild have thanked Thame Town Council for being understanding, accommodating and constructive […]

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May is Market Month!

26th April 2018

To celebrate ‘Love your Local Market’, a national initiative to promote markets, the traders at Thame’s Tuesday Market, Thame Town Council, and Thame Farmers Market (which joins the main market on the second Tuesday of each month), have a host of fun activities for you to get involved in: 1 May: Live music from Simon […]

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Mayor’s Golf Day raises over £4,500

26th April 2018

The Mayor, Cllr Tom Wyse, had a hugely successful charity Golf Day on Friday 20 April, with an impressive amount of over £4,500 being raised for the his chosen charities – the Red Kite Family Centre and the Thame & District Day Centre.  The event, hosted by Studley Wood Golf Club, was sponsored by many […]

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Mayor’s Dinner

20th April 2018

The Mayor would like to thank all those who supported his Charity Dinner on Saturday 14 April by either attending or donating a prize.  The dinner was held at the Spread Eagle Hotel and the evening was a huge success, raising over £1,600 towards his two chosen charities, the Red Kite Family Centre and the […]

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Midsomer Murder tours are back!

18th April 2018

This month sees the start of a new season of Midsomer guided walking tours of Thame, following their highly successful début last year. Six trained volunteer tour guides took 200 people on Midsomer tours last year, visiting filming locations in the town centre used in episodes of the popular ITV series Midsomer Murders. Thame is […]

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Potholes and the Thame Neighbourhood Plan

29th March 2018

The Town Hall was packed on Tuesday night for the Annual Town Meeting, a meeting for the electorate of Thame to express their views.  After a brief summary from the Mayor, extolling the virtues of the Thame Community and highlighting specific items of progress in the year, the bulk of the meeting was then taken […]

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Predatory Developer launches Care Home Consultation

23rd March 2018

Angle Property Limited, who recently purchased the Kingsmead Business Park (including the DAF site), have launched a public consultation with the objective of securing community support for building a care home on the site. This land is designated under the Thame Neighbourhood Plan for retention as employment land so we wish to present some relevant […]

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One week left to make your nomination!

22nd March 2018

Thame Town Awards is celebrating its tenth year in 2018 and nominations are currently open for you to put forward an individual, group or business for a Town Award this year. If you’re reading this, chances are you know someone who either works, lives, studies or contributes to life in Thame – if you think […]

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