When we worried about next meal...
THIS old handbill was found by Judi Marshall as she was clearing out some old family papers. The bill advertises a meeting in Harpsden ...
Thursday, 27 January 2022
Delivering the news from Henley on Thames and South Oxfordshire for over 100 years
FULL marks to the staff at Jonkers Rare Books in Hart Street, Henley. On Thursday last week, I spotted one of them walk across the ...
ANYONE dreaming of a white Christmas will have been disappointed with not a flake to be seen, writes Denis Gilbert, from Shiplake. ...
MEMBERS of the South Chilterns Path Maintenance Volunteers were replacing a stile with a gate in Cottesmore Lane, Ewelme, when they ...
JEWELLER David Rodger-Sharp is a generous guy. It was almost a year ago that he saved Lawlors bakery from closure, saying he wanted to ...
AN artist from Henley has painted matching portraits of a father and son in their royal waterman uniforms. Bill Mundy, of Wargrave ...
IT was good to see the long arm of the law being put to good use in Henley. Two Thames Valley Police officers came to the aid of ...
Children’s books are second nature to creative sisters
TWO sisters from Henley have released the second in a series of books designed to teach children about wildlife. Janine Lewis, 54, ...
Singer’s solution to card dilemma
HAVE you ever had that peculiarly festive dispute with your other half where you can’t decide which Christmas card you want to send to ...
Boy raises money for NHS by selling leftover drawings
A BOY has raised money for the NHS by selling his artwork. Johnny Pratt started selling his pencil drawings in March last year when ...
THE allegations of sleaze against Conservative MPs have reached Henley... sort of. It has been revealed that Oliver Dowden failed to ...
MY picture shows the view along Pack and Prime Lane in Henley, looking away from the town. The track is just off Gravel Hill where, ...
Memoirs of Queen Mother’s German governess revealed
KATHE KUBLER was a governess who helped to home- school Lady Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon, who later became the Queen Mother. She succeeded ...
A WOMAN from Henley helped to stage a “magical” event for refugees who have fled Afghanistan. Sam Jonkers is regional lead for the ...
NO weather records were broken in October but the mean temperature for the month of 11.9C was a degree above the 30-year average. The ...
MP likes numbers (or at least some)
DESPITE a difficult few days for the Conservatives with the row over sewage in rivers and the Owen Paterson affair, John Howell has ...
Fake daffodils that give film the feel of a Twenties spring
A NEW film released today stars Colin Firth and Olivia Colman — and Henley and Hambleden. Mothering Sunday is based on Graham Swift’s ...
THE Princess Royal is used to having her photograph taken but here she is seen taking one herself on her phone. This picture was taken ...
I restored old truck used in remake of hit children’s film
A MAN from Henley has restored a vintage truck which appeared in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Lee Hawkes, 48, rescued ...
FORMER Henley mayor Martin Akehurst has an eye for the unusual. He spotted a temporary traffic directional sign at the bottom of New ...
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