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    100 years ago

    100 years ago

    A YOUTH named Archibald Faulkes, of Grange Road, Henley, met with an unfortunate accident on Sunday evening. With two companions, he was cycling to Reading and when on the top of Span Hill he went on in front. As he was descending the hill there were...

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    50 years ago

    50 years ago

    STONOR PARK, which has been in the ownership of the same family since before the Norman conquest, is to be sold because taxation and inflation have taken their toll. Three weeks ago the owners, Lord and Lady Camoys, put the property in the hands of...

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    25 years ago

    25 years ago

    FIREWORKS with the power of military explosives — capable of killing people and destroying buildings — have been stolen from a farm in Shiplake. The fireworks, worth £40,000, were stolen sometime between Friday and Saturday. Jack Burbage, owner of...

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    THERE will be no beds at Townlands Hospital when it opens in December. Despite calls to install 18 in the new building, as originally promised, health chiefs have instead agreed to “buy” eight beds from the neighbouring care home, which has not yet...

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    THERE were large attendances at the Congregational Church on Sunday last, the special occasion being the Harvest Festival. A wealth of gifts enabled the ladies to decorate the church interior with their customary skill, a most attractive display...

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    PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

    PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

    TWO entrepreneurs were forced to give up two pubs after accruing debts of more than £1.5 million. Alex Sergeant and David Holliday ran the Bottle and Glass Inn in Binfield Heath and Hart Street Tavern in Henley as separate companies. They were wound...
    Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset

    Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset

    A PUB in Maidensgrove will be protected for five years as an asset of community value. A group of residents has successfully registered the Five Horseshoes as an asset of community value with South Oxfordshire District Council. The pub closed in...

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