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Horley Village information, news and beautiful views. Helping to continually improve communications in our small but perfectly formed community. Hope you enjoy it, let us know what you think and feel free to share.

What’s New – June

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…and so to June and the Summer Solstice….

june-solstice-illustrationYayeeee it’s the month of the longest day of the year,  the Summer Solstice , which is when the sun is at its maximum elevation.

Interestingly, Solstice or Litha means a stopping or standing still of the sun, so here’s to the sun “resting” over us for a long summer!

Events:

buntingJune is the month of the Summer Fete (13th) which is organised by the Ladies Guild and seems to grow in popularity every year. It’s a great opportunity to detox your cupboards and if you’re lucky you might even win your stuff back! Before that in Hanwell there is HANFEST (6th/7th) a two day art exhibition and evening concert. Back in Horley we are packed with cricket  events, the last two Cinema showings until September (Mr Turner  & Selma ), the Progressive Dinner (27th), and all the usual weekly activities. Find out about these and more events in our village Calendar.

TOP TIPS: To find a post on the site look to the right column and use the “Search” field or scroll through “Recent Posts” or click on the “TAGS”, see what you might have missed.

New & Updated Pages:

school 2There is now a new page for the Old School Hall  and a MHT team page. The Village page has Village Maps, and want goes into the Banbury Guardian weekly, plus alerts, walks and history.  The Church page has information about the team behind the scenes and what the Wardens get up to. Parish Council Page have been updated with agenda & minutes together, notice board, and planning applications as they are received.

We have now created pages that represent all of the groups and interests in Horley, if there is anything else you would like seen added to our Village Website let us know. Maybe a Horley memories page where we can share photos and stories?

Also if you have an event or news you would like to share, just email through the text and any photos to us at horleyviews@outlook.com

Here’s to glorious June

Di (Marriot) & Debra (Fox)

What’s on – 1st June

Our Summer Fete is on the Saturday after next (13th June) and the “ladies of guild” will be coming around the village to collect for donations. So go on have a cleansing sort out of your cupboards and places you store stuff for any raffle prizes, bottles and food for the tombola, plants,  and bric-a-brac.

Meanwhile back to this coming week we have the following in our calendar : playgroup, brownies, zumba, (NO YOGA), cricket nets and match, cinema, bingo, bell ringing and at Hanfest a two day art exhibition and evening concert….. and all in our little corner of North Oxfordshire

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Your Parish Council Needs You

Horley 1912 Sydney R JonesThere is a vacancy for a new councillor to join Horley Parish Council. Would you like to  represent our village and continue to help make Horley a great place to live? To find out more about being a Parish Councillor, please contact: David Marriott (clerk) by either calling  730726 or emailing horleyparishclerk@btinternet.com or call Simon Attfield (chair) on 738898. See Parish Council Noticeboard for more information

Have You Checked the Notice Board Lately?

Did you know that we post notices that are sent to our Parish Council that we think might be of interest?  See the Parish Council, Notices page here for everything from fund raising walks, superfast broadband to changes to the Oxfordshire Mobile Library.

Mobile Library Visit Poster

On Walking: Monday 26th May

Here comes summer……it’s the land that has really changed; the earth has warmed up, and you can smell summer on the air. Down in Bra Corner there’s a clump of pink campions, flowering as high as my hip, and nettles, growing even higher. The Sor Brook is low and slow; its depths bronzed in the sunlight……

mrscarlielee's avatarCarlie Lee

I am walking through the margins in the fields below the dryer, where the grass reaches my mid-thigh, and soaks my jeans above my wellies. I’m walking very slowly, suddenly noticing that there’s a world around me, and that it’s changed completely from the last time I looked.Dora the Jack Russell Terrier

I have been finishing a book, and for the last two months or so, have thought of little else. The book has been sent away now, to Judith, my agent, and I feel as if I’m returning from someplace I can’t explain.

Stevie is relieved it’s over, and both children seem to have grown an inch or so.

But it’s the land that has really changed; the earth has warmed up, and you can smell summer on the air. Down in Bra Corner there’s a clump of pink campions, flowering as high as my hip, and nettles, growing even higher. The Sor Brook…

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Signs Are Looking Good – 6th & 7th June

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Signs Up for what looks to be a Hantastic weekend 6 & 7 June,  a 2 day Art Exhibition & Saturday night concert right next to us in Hanwell http://www.hanfest.co.uk/

 

What’s On – 18th May

Thursday sees both the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Parish Meeting (see here for full agenda). Remember you have the opportunity to ask questions and raise new topics at the later meeting and can find out more about the planning applications, notices, finances etc on the  Parish Council pages. Otherwise a fairly quiet week by recent standards in and around Horley…..

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What’s On This week – 11th May

See what’s on in and around Horley in the calendar, see the String Quartet Concert – Here In Horley Church – on Thursday 14th May  or the Plant Sale on Saturday, plus Cinema Club Friday night and Saturday morning , Cricket, Gardening Club, Belling Ringing, Playgroup and all the usual weekly events.

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Cinema Club – May 15th & June 5th

‘Friday Night at the Movies’  15th May  –  The Theory of Everything (Cert 12A)  and Friday 5th June – Mr. Turner  ( see all dates in the calendar)

In addition we plan to show “Selma” as the last film in the season on Friday 19th June. Then we will have a summer break and hope to be back with you for September. We will advise you of the new season’s films in due course.
Regards,
Barry Moss.

Cin Club

3Hs Gardening Club Talk & Plant Sale

The 3Hs Gardening Club will hear about  top tips from an old gardener when the Rev John Carrier gives a talk on Tuesday, May 12, at 7.30pm in the Horton Pavilion.

Plant-Sale-7And don’t forget the 3Hs Plant Sale at 10.30am in the Pavilion on Saturday May 16. Be there early for a bargain!

See 3Hs Garden Club for detail of this group and our calendar