Thursday, 05 August 2021
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RESIDENTS in Henley and the surrounding area have been invited to take part in an online festival. Henley Lockdown Fest will be held on the weekend of May 2 and 3 to raise money for the NHS and Riverside Counselling Service. It will be hosted...
THE new chairwoman of the Henley Youth Festival says she wants children to have a greater say in how the event is run. Laura Matthews takes over from Jo Dickson and Kate Swinburne-Johnson, who had shared the role since 2015. The duo stepped down a...
BUSINESSES and event organisers in Henley say they are disappointed by the delay in the easing of coronavirus restrictions. Prime ...
A NEW president has been appointed by the Henley & District Agricultural Association. Alan Pontin, who lives in Mill Lane, Henley, ...
THE Henley Festival will continue to use fireworks despite a call to try modern alternatives. Henley Town Council has adopted a new ...
WHEN James Blunt headlines the Henley Festival this autumn, it will be his first ever visit to the town — and he can’t wait. “I’m ...
THE line-up for this year’s Henley Literary Festival schools programme has been announced. It will run from October 4 to 8 and feature ...
THIS year’s Henley Literary Festival will take place both in person and online. It will run from October 2 to 10 at venues across the ...
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help run next year’s Henley Youth Festival. This year’s event should have taken place last month but was ...
JO DICKSON lives in Greys Hill, Henley, with her husband Tim and two teenage daughters. She is a former co-chair of the Henley Youth ...
THE line-up for Henley Festival’s Summer Fling has been announced. The one-off pop-up “party” will be staged at Butler’s Field in ...
WILL the “Trad” be held this summer? While the little group of volunteers who run the Thames Traditional Boat Festival are all more ...
THIS year’s Henley Festival has been postponed until September. New chief executive Jo Bausor has decided to shift the dates of the ...
REWIND organisers are promising a party like no other when the Eighties pop festival returns to Temple Island Meadows this August. ...
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MORE than £100,000 has now been raised to rebuild the organ at St Thomas’s Church in Goring. The sum has been raised by parishioners to refurbish its 1,760 pipes, 14 sound boards, ... [more]
FACE-to-face clubs and activities are resuming at The Hub in Goring following the relaxation of the covid restrictions. These include its carers’ group, which meets at the High ... [more]
Woman finds 70-year-old photo of her brownie pack
A FORMER member of Goring brownies has unearthed a long-lost photograph of the pack from the early Forties. Avril Nash, 89, of Cleeve Down, found the picture while clearing out ... [more]
DISCUSSIONS on a Goring community Facebook page have taken a distinctly saucy turn. One member of the Spotted group posted a warning saying “Knockers on Goring high street” in ... [more]
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