Friday 21st August – Camping pitching from 2:00, Live on the Frog stage, Oil Slick Fire and guests from 7:00pm. Saturday 22nd August – Kids fun and games from 1:00pm, Live on the Frog stage Big Ballosh and guests from 5:00pm, Camp fire at 12:00. Plus Bouncy castle, giant volley ball, 140ft water slide, sumo wrestling, Beach bar, BBQ and Love Shack disco … all for just £5
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Horley Fest – 21st & 22nd August
Live Music – Camping – Beach Bar – BBQ Hut – Fun & Games- Camp Fire
The Three Belles @ Upton House – 29th August
This bank holiday weekend, Upton House welcomes the beautiful Three Belles to perform in the gardens as part of the Banking for Victory wartime project currently in the house.
Join us on Saturday 29 August to get in the party mood, bring a picnic, listen to great music and have a dance as the sun sets on the lawn as you are transported back to that great era of music.
The Three Belles are a professional 1940s vocal trio inspired by The Andrews Sisters. They have performed at IOW Fest, West End Live at Trafalgar Square, The Royal Albert Hall, The Ritz and The Savoy and featured on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, BBC South Today and The X Factor Talk Talk Ad, ITV’s ‘Inside The National Trust’ and ‘The Evening Show’ on London Live.
Victoria Wright, Events and Marketing Manager said, ‘We are delighted to welcome The Three Belles for a glamourous evening of drinks, dancing and picnicking in the grounds of Upton. The bank staff who lived here during the war would have listened to this type of music on the wireless in the sitting room and would never have imagined it would have been played out on the terrace in 2015!’
*We are offering a special group discount of 1 free ticket with any booking of 6 people or more.
Booking is essential on 0844 249 1895 or online
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We Are A Digital Year Old – August 2015
The Horley Views went digital with its first post “And There Was A Secret Horley Fest” on 17th August 2014. Actually it was a repost of a blog that Carlie Lee wrote a year earlier about Horley Fest. Since then we have put up over 150 posts on the home page newsfeed (blog) and created 61 pages about Horley on the website. Most of the content has been provided by our villagers who organise the many groups and activities. THANK YOU for your efforts; you are the backbone of our small but perfectly formed community.
We Brits are not big on that “praise thang” however everyone that Di and I have spoken to about thehorleyviews.com have said that they really enjoy reading it. We also know that over 80 of you that follow via email and wordpress, as well as just over 200 on Facebook and Twitter. Some of you have told me they have book marked us as a favourite and check in regularly.
One of the reasons social media is so brilliant is that we can instantly see if the content is being looked at. There are stats for the number of views, visitors, whether they come direct or via another media. We can create graphs such this one below showing by country the 10, 500 views that, 9,500 as you would expect are in the UK. We can be pretty sure on who is viewing in the US, France, Bahrain and those down under but who knew our little corner of North Oxfordshire was so global!
Another aspect of social media that helps is the fact that we instantly share the posts with our twitter feed (@horleyviews) and Facebook page (horley.views). We also follow with other Horley groups such as the Horley Cricket Club site, or on facebook Horley Playgroup , these and many Other Links, Local Villages and Gastropubs as seen in the right column, be sure to scroll down.
We have a rising star in out midst as Judy has not only found fame on our website and Facebook pages but now even has her own twitter hashtag …. #SelfieWithJudy
What started out as an online news feed for Horley Views Magazine has become a website for all our activities and where Horley Parish Council can openly share its information. We are also really pleased to be able to share some of our Pub’s successes and events – Dave and Natasha are really at the heart this village. But our boundaries don’t stop at the 30mph sign – we also have close ties with our neighbours especially Hornton and Hanwell, and families and friends who live there and nearby.
So what’s in store for our second digital year???
Well it’s up to you; it’s your resource and you can share whatever you would like, in whatever format. We would love to get more people involved and support any ideas you may have. You don’t have to understand the technology you just need to be passionate about something and want to share it.
It could be anything about Horley Life, or something you are involved that would be of interest. How about a living memory history of Horley? Photo Album? Country life and farming? A history group like Hornton? Or a guess the baby photo competition , yes that right I still have them from a village fete years ago! Let us know, Di & Deb …………….
The Bells The Bells- Dates
Just so you know last Friday 24th July at 1930 to 1945 they rang the Quarter peal for Banbury Branch 90th Anniversary.
Coming up:
Saturday 1st Aug 1930 to 1945 – Quarter peal (Oxfordshire Ladies Guild)
Friday 14th Aug 1930 to 2100 – Practice
Sunday 23rd Aug 1500 to 1600 – Edgehill Ringers Afternoon Tea
Thursday 10 Sep 1930 to 2100 – Banbury Branch Practice
Saturday 24th Oct 1430 to 1600 – Ringing Course
ALSO A REMINDER – No Yoga now until Wednesday 2nd September
For all the dates we are given see the Village Calendar
Ironstone Chamber Music Festival – Horley Concerts
Friday 11th September at 7.30 pm, Saturday 12th September at 12.30 pm and Saturday 12th September at 7.30 pm, see full detail here www.ironstonechambermusic.com
Superfast Broadband – Are We There Yet?
We are in the green zone! Wroxton St.Mary area is enabled and our cabinet is installed………..
however they still are not accepting orders yet, and it could still be anytime up until December. You can check for yourself by adding your post code here https://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when here’s one I did earlier for Wroxton Lane ……
When we do get it will open up all sorts of other services and entertainment packages so its worth shopping around and seeing if you can get a bundle which will give you the best overall deal. Oxfordshire Rural Broadband lists providers here and you should also check with your mobile provider as they too have formed consortiums. Deb
Have You Noticed the Horley Header Photo?
Just in case you’ve not visited thehorleyviews.com site recently we have a new header photo of Horley Village, its included in this post below but looks best on the site on a large screen.
This photo is up in the Old School without a date, any ideas? I know it was before 1996 as the conifers are all still lined up round our place, it looks like building work at the Dairy Court ……… any other clues??? Answers on a [postcard] or email horleyviews@outlook.com. 
, or Facebook or Twitter or comment on the post
What On This Week – July 13th
This week sees the beginning of the school summer holidays and many of the groups tent to also take a break.
This morning is Horley Playgroup end of term Teddy Bears Picnic party, be sure to bring along your favourite soft toy and a plate of goodies for lunch (might also need a mac and umbrella) !
Yoga will continue until 29th July and return 2nd September as will the Cinema Club return in September.
Cricket Club is in full swing with matches, fitness training and the Summer Games this Friday.
Summer Cricket Update
Before the summer holidays: Summer Games and open Evening Friday July 17 at 6.30pm. Come and join in the fun and games on our favourite evening of the season, races, tombola, competitions, lots of fun for everyone. This year we are being sponsored by the England Cricket Board so as well as our normal burgers and hot dogs there will be salads and fruit – courtesy of Waitrose, included in our normal price of £2. If anyone has any donations for the tombola please bring them to the club on a Tuesday evening. As ever coaching will continue through the summer holidays and we will have our parents’ v children match on a date to be confirmed. Have a great summer holidays………….
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