Come and renew your membership to the Garden Society (or join for 2025!) at our two renewal sessions at the Community Centre in January, click below for more details:
- On Saturday 11th, 10am to 12am
Geneviève Hug · Tue 31 Dec 2024, 08:55 · Link
St Mary's Church, Charlbury has developed a special relationship with the Our Lady of Kazan Church in Slatyne, a small rural town in the east of Ukraine. It is close to Kharkiv and only 15 Km from the Russian border. It has suffered greatly from repeated bombing during the war. Many have left the town but the old and frail have not been able to do so. Those remaining depend greatly on aid, mainly food and medicines. However, the war has destroyed much of its infrastructure. They were desperate for a vehicle to distribute aid so St Mary's Church, Charlbury raised over £4,000 in order to buy an estate car from western Ukraine. It arrived in Slatyne on Christmas Day. Let us pray for happier times for them in the New Year.
Patrick Gallagher · Thu 26 Dec 2024, 12:10 · Link
The results of the competition are as follows.
Children's Trees.
1st Place. Little Monkeys
2nd Place. Tied by Pre-School and the Primary School
Adult Trees.
1st Place. The Museum
2nd Place. Churches Together in Charlbury
Very well done to everybody that took part.
Patrick Gallagher · Tue 24 Dec 2024, 14:34 · Link
West Oxfordshire District Council is conducting a Night-time Safety Survey. Please click here for more details: https://charlbury-tc.gov.uk/news/night-time-safety-survey/
Lisa Wilkinson · Thu 19 Dec 2024, 11:07 · Link
We’re thrilled to announce our Long Table Nights for the first quarter of 2025!
These evenings are a great, cost effective way to meet people and find out about new subjects from passionate speakers. Each evening is loosely themed with two short ten minute talks and sometimes a Q and A. The £25 ticket includes a welcome drink and two course simple vegetarian supper with Chloe’s bread. Tickets can be bought HERE
We’re really looking forward to these and can’t wait to welcome you!
Chloe and the gang.x
Chloe Horner · Wed 18 Dec 2024, 18:55 · Link
We are deeply grateful for the incredible generosity and support shown by our community during this year’s Giving Tree initiative. Thanks to your compassion and kindness, every child in need has been sponsored this Christmas.
Your contributions—whether through thoughtful gifts, essential items, or vouchers—have brought joy to the local families who needed it most.
Thank you for making a meaningful difference and reminding us all of the true spirit of Christmas. Charlbury is truly such a special place.
Anna Boardwell · Wed 18 Dec 2024, 18:11 · Link
Charlbury Probus is organising a day trip to Birmingham to attend a concert by the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on 12 March 2025. We will leave the Spendlove centre at 9.15am and have a few hours free there to visit the shops, museums or art galleries before lunch. At 2.15pm we will be in the Symphony Hall for the concert. We plan to be back in Charlbury about 6-7pm.
William Grant Still. Poem for Orchestra.
Dvorak. Cello Concerto.
Rachmaninoff. Symphonic Dances.
Tickets are priced at £35 each for the concert (central stalls) and £20 each for the coach. We have a few tickets left and you are most welcome to join us.
If interested we need the £35 now for the concert and the coach fare nearer the time.
Contact. paddygallagher@hotmail.co.uk
Patrick Gallagher · Wed 18 Dec 2024, 11:31 · Link
For more than seventy years, Charlbury volunteers have been making and delivering meals for residents of Charlbury, Chadlington, and Stonesfield on a weekly basis. This year over seven hundred meals were delivered -- some of the recipients were Meals on Wheels volunteers themselves in earlier years. Today the team produced their annual Christmas lunch of roast turkey, stuffing, sprouts, vegetables, potatoes, gravy, and homemade mince pies.
Huge thanks to Jules, Susan, Marianne, Jenny, Chris, Brigid, David, Wendy, Tonya, Jan, Peter, Diana, Liz, Graham, Mary, Tony, Brian, Shelagh, Alison, Pauline, Jim, and the Memorial Hall team who are all so generous with their time in volunteering.
If you would like to volunteer to help or know someone who would enjoy a home cooked meal once per week delivered to their door for £5.00, please contact mglasgow@theridgegroup.com
Marjorie Glasgow · Tue 17 Dec 2024, 12:42 · Link
CLPG has been asked by Great Western to draw to your attention the following message.
A reminder of the changes to rail services on 27-29 December (following the usual Christmas closedown on 25 & 26 December) due to HS2 work on the new station at Old Oak Common just outside Paddington. At the same time, Network Rail will also be carrying out track maintenance designed to improve punctuality and reliability of services in the Thames Valley area.
Full details are on our dedicated page www.gwr.com/christmas.
Services diverted to London Euston are not available to passengers from Charlbury and the North Cotswolds Line. Alternative routes are available using the Elizabeth Line at Reading and the London Underground at Ealing Broadway.
Brian Murray · Tue 17 Dec 2024, 10:52 · Link
Christmas opening hours - get spruced up for Christmas/New Year Celebrations 😀
Sian Coombes · Mon 16 Dec 2024, 20:21 · Link
When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, it was an overnight success. The story is the theme of the Museum’s tree for the Christmas Tree Festival this year. Christmas was becoming increasingly popular as a midwinter celebration in Victorian Britain. Yet a parliamentary report that year revealed the effects of the industrial revolution on working class children. While the middle classes prospered and feasted, the poor suffered greatly in the slums with bad housing, long working days, low wages and dangerous working conditions.
Having suffered poverty himself when young, Dickens was appalled by their plight of poor children. He saw them at work in the mines and visited the Ragged School in London which offered basic education to some of the half-starved and illiterate street children. His experiences spurred him to wrote A Christmas Carol which was published in late 1843.
It was an immediate success – the first print run sold out in days and it went into many editions. Ten years later Dickens began to give public readings of the story. It was extremely popular in the United States. It is said that after hearing a reading in Boston on Christmas Eve 1867, one factory owner decided to close it for Christmas and provide all his workers with a turkey!
The story is the theme of the Museum’s tree for the Christmas Tree Festival this year. Look out for it as you enter the church, the tree is at the entrance to the porch. See if you can spot the main characters – Scrooge with his money bag, the three ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, Scrooge’s clerk Bob Cratchit with tiny Tim on his shoulder and with his wife and five other children. Oh and Mr & Mrs Fezziwig who were Scrooge’s first employer. And at the top of the tree is Dickens himself giving a public reading of the book.
Only five Charlbury children remain on the Giving Trees, waiting for sponsors this holiday season! You can make a difference by visiting the Charlbury Community Centre, Cornerstone, or St. Mary’s Church to choose a child to support. Together, let’s ensure every child in our community experiences the joy of a magical Christmas!
Anna Boardwell · Thu 12 Dec 2024, 12:15 · Link
The proposed residents’ parking scheme was approved at this morning’s Oxfordshire County Council delegated decisions meeting.
Richard Fairhurst · Thu 12 Dec 2024, 10:46 · Link
Come join the fun this Saturday, 14th December. Teams will be made up of six people each, and tickets will be £12 person. We can find a team for singles and doubles wanting to participate.
Doors will open at 6pm, and the Quiz will start at 630pm and finish by 8pm. We will be serving festive snacks, and there will be a bar, raffle, and a silent auction (so bring cash or card). It will be a great way to kick-off your evening.
To reserve your spot, please contact Dine Glasgow dglasgow@theridgegroup.com. All proceeds will benefit St. Mary’s and its local initiatives.
dine glasgow · Wed 11 Dec 2024, 11:53 · Link
The Town Council has a vacancy in the office of town councillor. If you are interested in standing then please see the town council website: https://charlbury-tc.gov.uk/news/notice-of-vacancy-for-role-of-town-councillor/
Closing date for applications is 10th January 2025.
Lisa Wilkinson · Tue 10 Dec 2024, 09:17 · Link
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
Mon 9 Dec 2024, 06:15 · Link
We're very sorry to announce the death of Reg James, of Crawborough, last Thursday (5th) in his ninetieth year. Thirty years a resident of Charlbury, and a good friend of many, Reg's thanksgiving service will be in January, on a date to be announced. Our condolences are with his family.
John Partington · Sun 8 Dec 2024, 15:51 · Link
Would you like to sponsor a local child in need this holiday season?
Be sure to stop by one of our Giving Trees at the Charlbury Community Centre, Cornerstone, and St Mary's Church. Each ornament represents a local child here in town and lists the child's gender, age, interests, and wishes for Christmas. This is an excellent opportunity to come together as a community and support our local youth. For more information, visit one of the locations mentioned above or get in touch with Jo at cornerstone@charlburychurch.uk.
Groups of friends, societies/clubs, and businesses are very welcome to sponsor a child together.
Anna Boardwell · Sun 8 Dec 2024, 11:58 · Link
Following on from the sellout of this production at the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford, Tall Story are delighted to bring this production back home to Charlbury for its premiere on 12th January. Please see event listings for further details.
An Innocuous Prick by Ian Cox
This play has contemporary resonance focusing on local rows, riots and politics as compulsory smallpox inoculations are introduced in the late C19 and the impact on the small Oxfordshire town of Charlbury.
Paddy Hitler by Kieran Cooke
This intriguing soliloquy on power and politics looks at the often tortured life of Paddy Hitler, son of Hitler’s elder half-brother and Irish mother: as WWII approaches Britain is desperate to win Paddy over to its side.
From 9th December, The Bull Charlbury will be open for lunch every Monday.
Kamil Swiderek · Fri 6 Dec 2024, 14:28 · Link
A big thank you to the Coop for a trolley full of food for us to use in our weekly food bags, provided to families in Charlbury who are struggling financially.
The Coop will be supporting us again with Christmas food during the week before Christmas.
How can you help?
St Marys and All Saints · Fri 6 Dec 2024, 09:13 · Link
Make plans now to join us on Saturday, 14th December at St. Mary’s Church.
Teams will be made up of six people each, and tickets will be £12 per person. Doors will open at 6pm, and the Quiz will start at 630pm and finish by 8pm.
We will be serving festive snacks, and there will be a bar, raffle, and a silent auction (so bring cash or card). It will be a great way to kick-off your evening.
Contact Dine Glasgow (dglasgow@theridgegroup.com) to reserve your team. All proceeds will benefit St. Mary’s and its local initiatives.
dine glasgow · Mon 2 Dec 2024, 12:10 · Link
Cornerstone and the Christmas Tree Festival are running the Giving Tree Initiative this Christmas to support families who will struggle financially with buying presents.
Trees are now set up in St Marys Church, Cornerstone and the Community Centre. At each tree you can choose an angel decoration which has the details of one child and their present requests. You are invited to spend about £40/£50 on their present ideas and hobbies, and bring the purchased items to Cornerstone by 16th December. A step by step guide is available by the trees. Don't forget to list your details on the sign up sheet.
Do get in touch if you'd like to sponsor just part of a gift parcel or if you would prefer to give us a financial donation and we will do the shopping.
Any queries contact Jo on cornerstone@charlburychurch.uk
Thank you for your support.
Cornerstone Team
St Marys and All Saints · Mon 2 Dec 2024, 09:38 · Link
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
Mon 2 Dec 2024, 06:15 · Link