HANDS OFF OUR VAN, MR MAYOR

A VILLAGE shopkeeper was left stunned when a bailiff tried to seize her van. Sarah Harper, 51, general manager of Hambleden Village Stores and Post Office, fell victim to criminals who cloned the licence plates of the shop’s Volkswagen Caddy. She was...

Film night

HAMBLEDEN Cinema’s winter season opens next Saturday with a screening of Sully, Miracle on the Hudson (12) from 8pm. The film tells the true story of pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who makes an emergency landing. Tickets cost £8 from tinyurl....

Garage and butchers used for film sequel

FILMING took place in Hambleden on Monday for the sequel to a romantic drama fantasy film on Monday, writes Alex Carter. Warner Bros Studios Leavesden set up, filmed and dismantled the Practical Magic 2 set in the village on the same day. The church...

Church organist to retire after playing at 4,000 ceremonies

A CHURCH organist from Hambleden is to retire after 67 years. Christine Wells, 87, of Pheasants Hill, near Hambleden, has played the organ at St Mary the Virgin since 1957. She applied for the job after answering a newspaper advertisement. Mrs Wells...

Brook talk

A PRESENTATION on the Hamble Brook will be held in Hambleden village hall on Monday, March 25 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. This will look at habitation reinvigoration and citizen science monitoring around the brook, a winterbourne chalk stream which...

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ALDI announces plans for Henley store

ALDI announces plans for Henley store

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi has confirmed that it plans to open a new food store in Henley. The Henley Standard revealed in May last year it was looking at the Jewson site, off Reading Road, with the materials firm set to move to the former Gibbs and Dandy...

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