Horley’s Summer Fete is NEXT Saturday 25th June, lots of work has gone into making this annual event special so make sure you get there from 2 to 5pm, in the Old School and Church.
Stalls include the tombola, plants, bric-a-brac, splat the rat, homemade cakes, nice or nasty jars, water or wine and many more.
Wandering minstrels, refreshments – teas, cakes, Pimms and a barbecue
Raffle Prize Draw – first prize £100 cash, second prize a BMW for a weekend.
Below are some excerpts from a report based on the activity statistics in 2015 for our village site thehorleyviews.com :
In 2015, there were 175 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 220 posts.
The busiest day of the year was October 5th with 185 views, with the most popular post that day was Wow That’s A Lot of Apples!.
Thehorleyviews was viewed about 17,000 times in 2015. There were 336 pictures uploaded, averaging about 6 pictures per week.
Most visitors came from United Kingdom with the United States & Bahrain not far behind, from a total of 63 countries.
The most-viewed pages where:
1 Calendar
2 Planning
4 2015 Midsummer Night’s Dream
It’s our first “Contact Us” email and shows an outsiders perspective:
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 > To: HorleyViews@outlook.com > Subject: Your Website
Hello. I was actually looking for Planning information at Horley, Surrey having been a previous resident there. Thinking this may be a new site within the Parish, I clicked on. WOW… how I wish I had lived in your Horley! This is magnificent. You actually cater for all of the village with films and all the other interests.
I have passed through the village on the main through route several times and often wondered what it would have been like to live there, now I know. You have a great village and a wonderful village life.
Long may it continue. John Potts , Former Horley (Surrey) resident.
Did you get up early on Monday morning (28th September) to see the Super Blood Moon eclipse, Hanwell Observatory estimated it would be best seen at 03:47am BST when the moon should appear red due to light bent by the earth’s atmosphere.
Harvest Festival – two events this week the first on Friday (tomorrow) 2nd October 7:00pm at The Red Lion and sees the return of the ever popular Harvest Festival Auction. Please either drop off your produce or bring it with you at 7:00.
Then this Sunday October 4, 11:00 at St. Ethedreda’s Church a traditional Harvest Holy Communion.
A Vanished Past – Clare Marchant has kindly agreed to let us take a “look inside” her two books to share some photo’s and excerpts. Here are two emails we’ve received from former Horleyites ….
Hi Debra, Thank you for replying to my email and yes, of course, it’s quite o.k. for you to include my email in the October update. Although I have not visited Horley in a number of years I am always very happy to see photographs of the village and read all the events taking place. I must say I think the people who now live there are exceptionally lucky to have such a wonderful calendar of events. I hope to be in the Banbury area in the early part of October and, time permitting, I will certainly come through Horley and look at the houses which have been built in the field (Astells) behind the house where I once lived. I am in touch with Clare and spent a lovely time with her recently and also met up with Shan after a very long time (1965) it was such a good feeling. Looking forward to reading the October update! With best wishes Pat (the daughter of Vic and Lucy Shawyer of Box Cottage)”You can buy them directly from Clare by sending your address and cheque made payable to Clare Marchant to 15 Circus Street, London SE10 8SN. Each book is £15, Post & Packing is £3 whether you buy one or both.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Took place in our magical church last weekend, and was the most spectacular production so far. In addition to the “5 Reasons” each and every actor played their parts brilliantly, the feedback from each of the audiences was that they were amazed at how highly entertaining and professional it was. Full credit goes to Tessa Howell for her brilliant creativity in reducing this play to its pure essence and re-imagining it here in our church. Tessa adapted the script and had been struggling to recruit the cast for over a year. It was also no mean feat managing the scheduling of the rehearsals ; only on the final dress rehearsal the did she have a full cast!
Tessa always encouraged the cast to do their best and although you will probably find this hard to believe she did on occasion even shout at them, ensuring they played their role to their full potential. Tessa paid special thanks to David Kyle for his musical contribution and to Mike Patching for all his help with the stage, music and lighting. She says this is her last production and what a high to end on….. however we have a feeling that our sprite-like, inexhaustible and incorrigible director may be persuaded to do another small adult production, never say never – “Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
Reminder: The Parish Council pages are frequently updated; see the Notice Board for items that are sent to the Parish Clerk that may be of interest; see Planning for applications that are received and those decided. Also due to the transparency requirements all Parish Council Meetings agendas are published in advance and then the resulting meeting minutes are posted.
Also remember you can always see what Lucy submits to the Banbury Guardian, these pages are updated regularly as are the photo’s and headers. I’ve started to include photo’s of Horley Views from Facebook and if you have any you would like to share you can always email them to horleyviews@outlook.com . We really enjoy getting your feedback and are delighted to include your ideas, information or memories in fact anything that you would like to share.
So let us know…….. Di (Marriot) & Deb (Fox)
Current cost saving proposals by OCC include the reduction of the number of household waste centres from 7 to 3 or 4 with one site in central North Oxfordshire. This means the likely closure of Alkerton tip.
To have your say on the future and location of Household Waste Recycling Centres in Oxfordshire and contribute to the consultation visit the Oxfordshire County Council website consultation page.
From the 10th August to the 5th October make sure you have you say www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/waste
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 …………….
Yayeeee 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!
June 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.
There 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)
As seen in today’s Banbury Guardian following last weeks celebration our very own Dave and Natasha are declared to be one of the best 200 local pubs in the country by Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
It is a beautiful day as I write of the season to come and soon we will be back at the Cricket ground for the summer. Cricket comes round very quickly after Christmas and our planning is well under way – machinery is being repaired thoughts are turning to our working party weekend on the 28-29 March and then the cricket season begins at the end of April.
At our AGM in November the club voted for Dave Taylor to remain as 1st Team Captain, Julian Wright stood down as 2nd Team Captain, and Mark Tubb was asked to take on the role having been vice for the past few years, Dave Eaton has taken over as Sunday Captain. Julian now takes on the role of Club Captain and we wish them all well for the coming season.
Our season starts on Saturday 25th April with both teams playing Cropredy home and away in friendly matches – the first team playing at home. The following Sunday May 3rd we play Great Tew in our first venture into the Village Cup – a knockout competition which ends up with a day at Lords for the finalists. We then host the England Deaf cricket team on the Monday 4th May, this is a great honour for the club and a day we are all looking forward to.
The League then starts in earnest on Saturday 9 May with the first team hosting Bicester & North Oxford at home and the second team travel to Didcot.
Our plans for the new pavilion are progressing and we will continue to keep you informed and updated when we are in a position to do so.
There will be lots more fund raising events this year ; Quiz night early in the season, Family games evening – normally the last day of the school year, Race night
All our events and fixtures are on our website www.horleycc.co.uk or via our Cricket Club page or in the calendar on our village website thehorleyviews.com and we look forward to seeing you all soon when the weather is as bright as today but warmer!
Kind regards Judith Beck
Tel: 07816 134708 email: Judith_17@btinternet.com
Dates for the DiaryFriday 27th March – Meet & Greet Player registration 7.00 – 9.00, a very popular evening when we all catch up with each other over supper which this year will be Chilli – meat and vegetarian – the cost for the Supper is £5 per adult £3 per child. Registration will be for both Senior and Junior players more details will be on our website shortly.
Saturday & Sunday 28th & 29th March – Working weekend in association with Nat West who sponsor this event – anyone is welcome to come and help as we get the ground and pavilion ready for the summer – 11am onwards
Monday 4th May – England ‘A’ hearing impaired squad – we are proud to be hosting this team for the day, this is a unique occasion and spectators are welcome to come and watch.
Saturday 24th October – Dinner Dance at Bloxham School.
TheHorleyViews.com 
