Christmas festival could be extended into whole weekend
THIS year’s Christmas Festival in Henley could be held over three days. The event has taken place on the evening of the last Friday in ...
Christmas festival could be extended into whole weekend
THIS year’s Christmas Festival in Henley could be held over three days. The event has taken place on the evening of the last Friday in ...
Competition winner and sisters enjoy tea with Mayor
THE winner of the Mayor of Henley’s Christmas card competition was treated to a tea party at the town hall. Alice Vernon, eight, and ...
A LANTERN procession which took place in Kidmore End on Christmas Eve raised £250. The money will go towards the primary school in ...
Professor writes his own Christmas charity song
A PROFESSOR from Sonning Common wrote and performed a Christmas song for charity. Ben Cosh penned Christmas is Coming to raise money ...
Mum’s birthday dog walk raises £1,150 for charity
A DOG walk in Charvil raised more than £1,149 for the charity Blood Cancer UK. Julie Barnes organised the walk on Boxing Day for the ...
RETAILERS in Henley experienced a busy Christmas trading period. Most traders say they saw an increase in sales compared with last ...
Camel and donkeys take part in nativity procession
ABOUT 200 people attended a recreation of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. The Christmas Eve procession began at Ewelme village ...
Welcome return of Santa on tractor
FATHER Christmas helped raise £843.13 for two charities by visiting Sonning Common. The village’s fourth annual Santa on a Tractor ...
On the second covid Christmas...
Tuesday, December 21 THE year’s shortest day. Queen to stay put in Windsor this Christmas, covid cautious. Daily case count 91,700, ...
Winners delighted with Christmas hampers
A WINNER of the Henley Standard’s Christmas hamper competition said she was thrilled. Beryl Rush, from Wallingford, won a Tesco hamper ...
LIS RANSOM’S nine grandchildren were last together during the autumn half-term when they invaded Kew Gardens and made an assault on ...
THE Santa sleigh tour of Henley and Shiplake raised almost £5,500 over nine evenings. The annual festive fund-raiser is organised by ...
South Oxfordshire Mencap Society
ABOUT 60 members of the South Oxfordshire Mencap Society attended a Christmas party at Harpsden village hall. The event, which was ...
Retirees learn how to make Christmas floral wreaths
A CHRISTMAS celebration was held at Albert Court, the retirement development in Reading Road, Henley. Residents and over-60s from ...
THE wind, north of the North Pole, beat against the banners held by the elves outside the glass workshop of Santa Claus. The elves’ ...
Charity volunteers happy to hold Christmas lunch again
ABOUT 35 people enjoyed the eighth annual Christmas lunch organised by the Henley branch of Parkinson’s UK. The event at the Christ ...
We decorated Christmas tree outside No 10 (again)
A MOTHER and daughter spent five hours decorating the Christmas tree outside No 10 Downing Street. It was the fifth year running that ...
PETS of all shapes and sizes took part in a festive fancy dress dog show in Nettlebed at the weekend. About 30 pooches dressed as ...
Victorian gingerbread street named best window display
AN estate agent won the Victorian Christmas window display competition organised by Henley Town Council. Hamptons in Hart Street won ...
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