Bear necessity
A COUPLE who run Henley Scan had their work cut out after they “teddy bear sat” a Henley shop over the weekend. Eva and Graham Rickett ...
Friday, 05 September 2025
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Diary Mr Toad
In upsetting news for the woman inside the Mr Toad costume, the promotional pictures for a competition set up by Ace Places and the ...
Warmer month
TEMPERATURES were two degrees above the average in July, the mean maximum and minimum being 25.5C and 13.4C respectively. The highest ...
Sign of the times
CHEF Shaun Dickens, who runs Bistro at the Boathouse in Station Road, Henley, thought he had seen it all — that was until last Friday. ...
Pulling power
SPECTATORS giggled quietly as volunteers struggled to unveil a plaque at Goring and Streatley Station on Friday. Stephanie Bridle, ...
Easy to spot
THREE people were spotted with yellow arrows floating above their heads during Saturday night at Henley Festival. The symbol was ...
Catch of the day
NEIL Gunnell, of the Henley Trains rail user group, praised the majority of guests arriving to attend Henley Royal Regatta last week. ...
Hottest day record
WELL, has it been as hot as 1976? Three things are embedded in my mind for June of that year; the sea in the English Channel was ...
Witty librarian
ANYONE stopping by Henley’s recently re-opened library in Ravenscroft Road may be surprised to see image depictions of their book ...
Dry, warm May
THE dry weather for spring continued until the third week of May, then 33mm of rain fell on seven days from the 20th. Normally you ...
Tribute to vicar
REV Sam Brewster paid tribute to Duncan Carter, his predecessor at Holy Trinity Church in Henley, at his retirement service. He wrote ...
‘We won the war’
JOHN Green, president of the Henley branch of the Royal British Legion, recalled the moment he was told the Second World War was over ...
Nursery owner’s delight as former pupil enrols son
A NURSERY owner has told of her delight after a former pupil brought their child back to the nursery where he was taught. Oliver ...
Hidden Henley
INSTALLED in 1788 in the old market place in front of the town hall, the obelisk, which is now in Mill Meadows, once had lamps mounted ...
Hard day’s night
ALEX Eberhard and Bernd Rest from the All Things Must Pass band were celebrating the music of George Harrison at the Crooked Billet in ...
Different tastes
PLANS to install a carport on a front driveway in Green Lane in Henley were mocked by councillors at a meetingon Tuesday last week. ...
It’s faster by...water
A VISIT to Henley by a journalist to attend the Conservative south-east regional conference on the Saturday before last didn’t leave ...
Give and take
GUESTS of Lady McAlpine at the Fawley Hill for the launch of this year’s Thames Traditional Boat Festival Launch were delighted to ...
Miserable month
I THINK most readers would agree that February was, on the whole, a rather miserable month, writes Denis Gilbert. from Shiplake. The ...
Woman knitting for charity in memory of footballer
A WOMAN has pledged to knit every day this month for charity in memory of a former Reading FC player. Lottie Armstrong, 35, is raising ...
