Christmas

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 ...

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 ...

A PROFESSOR from Sonning Common wrote and performed a Christmas song for charity. Ben Cosh penned Christmas is Coming to raise money ...

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 ...

ABOUT 200 people attended a recreation of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. The Christmas Eve procession began at Ewelme village ...

FATHER Christmas helped raise £843.13 for two charities by visiting Sonning Common. The village’s fourth annual Santa on a Tractor ...

FORTY veterans in the Henley area had Christmas hampers delivered to them by RAF Benson officers. The food hampers, which ...

Tuesday, December 21 THE year’s shortest day. Queen to stay put in Windsor this Christmas, covid cautious. Daily case count 91,700, ...

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 ...

ABOUT 60 members of the South Oxfordshire Mencap Society attended a Christmas party at Harpsden village hall. The event, which was ...

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’ ...

ABOUT 35 people enjoyed the eighth annual Christmas lunch organised by the Henley branch of Parkinson’s UK. The event at the Christ ...

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 ...

AN estate agent won the Victorian Christmas window display competition organised by Henley Town Council. Hamptons in Hart Street won ...