Street wishes girl happy birthday after party cancelled

RESIDENTS organised a surprise birthday celebration for a young girl who had to cancel her party because of the coronavirus pandemic, writes James Burton. Amelie Hepwood’s neighbours decorated their front windows, driveways and cars as well as hedges...

Floyd celebrates birthday with dog show and cake

A DOG from Witheridge Hill has celebrated its seventh birthday in style. Floyd, a Jack Russell Boston terrier cross who turned seven on Monday, celebrated at his home, the Rising Sun pub on Saturday. His owner Kate Makin, 42, who runs the pub,...

Parking by war memorial is disrespectful, says villager

THE owner of a children’s nursery has denied “disrespecting” a war memorial by allowing people to park close to it. Andrew Ball has called for a fence to be installed around the memorial in the grounds of Highmoor Cross Memorial Hall. He says that...

Clerk wanted

HIGHMOOR Parish Council is seeking applicants for the post of parish clerk following the resignation of Jean Pickett. Anyone interested in the part-time role should email clerk@highmoorparishcouncil. org. uk

Patched up

A ROAD in Highmoor was closed from 6am to 6pm on Monday for patching work by Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority.

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Charlie Anderson-Jeffs, from Harpsden

Charlie Anderson-Jeffs, from Harpsden

WHEN I was 13, I worked at Bix Manor and met Katie, who worked in the kitchen. Our friendship blossomed and I used every excuse to go to the kitchen. We even used to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend to get each other out of sticky situations. I...

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