Latest ‘A Vanished Past’ Volumes to be available at the Christmas Market ………….

Two new volumes (3 and 4) of ‘A Vanished Past’ Horley Oxfordshire by Clare Marchant are a now available. You will be able to view and purchase them at our  fabulous Christmas Market this Saturday (December 3rd).

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Volume 3

Work and Our Surroundings : by Clare Marchant

  • Farming
  • Working on the Ironstone
  • Women at Work
  • The Village and Countryside
  • Winter
  • Country Life

Price £17.50 Shaftesbury House Publishing 2016. ISBN 978-0-9932788-2-2

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Volume 4

Horley School and People at Leisure

  • Schooling
  • Leisure (including the cricket club)

Price £17.50

Price £17.50 Shaftesbury House Publishing 2016. ISBN 978-0-9932788-3-9

 

Watch this space to see extracts from these books and enjoy a further dip into Horley’s past after Christmas….

If you are unable to attend the fair and are interested in purchasing the books please contact Mike Patching on 01295 730039 or mike.patching@btinterest.com or

Contact Clare Marchant, 15 Circus Street, Greenwich, London SE10 8SN or marchantclare@hotmail. Cheques payable to Clare Marchant.

 

Horley Christmas Market this Saturday…

 

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Horley’s Christmas Market is being held in St. Etheldreda’s Church on Saturday December 3rd between 5 and 7pm.

This year there will be lots of new stalls to tempt you with their festive offerings.

There will also be home made produce,   tombola, raffle, mulled wine and mince pies not forgetting Father Christmas!

We will have Horley’s very own wandering minstrels serenading us throughout the evening to help to get us into the festive spirit!

Horley Christmas Market – Saturday December 3rd – 5 – 7pm

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Horley’s Christmas Market is being held in St. Etheldreda’s Church on Saturday December 3rd between 5 and 7pm.

This year there will be lots of new stalls to tempt you with their festive offerings.

There will also be home made produce,   tombola, raffle, mulled wine and mince pies not forgetting Father Christmas!

We will have Horley’s very own wandering minstrels serenading us throughout the evening to help to get us into the festive spirit!

Cinema Club – this Friday night

“Friday night at the movies” on 18th November is showing ‘Our Kind of Traitor’ and the Children’s cinema club is showing ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ on Saturday; see details below:

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Next Parish Council Meeting – Thursday November 17th

The next Parish Council Meeting will take place at 7.30 on Thursday November 17th in the Old School Room. The meeting is open to the public, and if anyone wishes to address the Council on any of the items on the agenda, please notify David Marriott on  0787 2930030 or horleyparishclerk@btinternet.com before the meeting. Whilst there is no absolute right to do this, the Chairman has the authority to permit it if he chooses to do so.

The Agenda Items include:

  • Apologies
  • Declaration of Interests
  • Minutes of the meeting held on November 15th August 2016
  • Matters arising
  • Verge Maintenance
  • Finance – 2016/17 budget monitoring report/Draft budget for 2017/18
  • Land adjoining the Old Council Houses, Wroxton Lane
  • Requests for charitable donations
  • Planning Report
  • Water leaks in Wroxton Lane
  • Proposed removal of the telephone box
  • Reports from external organisations
  • High Sheriffs Awards for 2016/17
  • Date of next meeting – Thursday 16th February
  • Any other urgent business

For full details of items and reports see 16-11-17-agenda

HanFest Food & Craft Markets – Gets Folked Up – You’re Invited

Another Hanfest just over the road in our sister village Hanwell with a few folk from Horley and Horton! The 3H’s now have music and crafts to add to our gardening collaborations. What a creative community we have here in our little corner of North Oxfordshire, hope to see you there. Deb

See http://www.hanfest.co.uk for more details ……..

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Start your Christmas shopping early at HanFestive Food & Craft Market at St Peter’s Church Hanwell – Free Entry –

Saturday 26 November at  11am – 5pm and Sunday 27 November 11am – 4pm

AND for one night only Hanwell gets folked up and you are invited to the Folk Night & Supper

Saturday 26 November at 7:30pm – Adults £10, Child (7 – 16 years) £5 – Price of the ticket a tasty hot meal & of course a night of live entertainment!

Get ready for a fiery jig! Brimstone’ folk band performs live and will get you up for a fiery jig!  Plus ‘Horwell’ local folk group performs.

Dancing • Food & Craft Stalls • Bar with local beers!

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See http://www.hanfest.co.uk for more details ……..