A BOOKLET celebrating Witney’s global reputation in the blanket industry has just been released. Keith Crawford, a descendant of the Early family of blanket makers and a member of the Rotary Club of Witney, has written The Story of Witney Blankets
MEMBERS of North Leigh WI held a party to celebrate the organisation’s 95th anniversary. Current president Wendy Goddard and Ann Buckingham, who held the position in 1973 cut a birthday cake at the event in the Memorial Hall on Tuesday, October
STAGECOACH'S decision to improve its S7 bus route from West Oxfordshire to the John Radcliffe Hospital by dropping off passengers at the entrance is welcome but the firm still has a way to go before it meets passengers’ needs. When the S7 was first
North Leigh United went down to a 2-1 defeat at home to Purton in Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 West, their only goal coming from Elliott Bryant.
Witney men kept up their fine start to the season with a 2-0 success at home to Slough in Regional Division 2. After a goalless first half, Witney took the lead, Justin Churchill firing home from all of three inches. The prolific Mike Godwin
EXTRA trains between Oxfordshire and Worcestershire be introduced on the Cotswold Line next May and a key morning peak train will be retimed to give an earlier arrival in London. Train operator First Great Western announced the changes after being
Carterton A opened up a three-point lead at the top of the Witney & District FA Premier Division with a 3-0 win at Chipping Norton Town. Jason Trinder, Mark Stay-ers and Michael Duerden were on target. Charlbury Town are third after a 4
A FORMER chaplain at RAF Brize Norton has been appointed as the new minister for the Methodist churches in Witney and Minster Lovell. The Rev Melanie Reed is responsible for the High Street Methodist Church, Davenport Road Methodist Church and
Denise Bridges finished third in the ladies only Candleford Canter 10K on Sunday. The Woodstock Harriers athlete completed the course in 42mins 51secs to finish 16 seconds behind second-placed Lisa Webb (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers). Former
Tower Hill Ladies edged to a 4-3 win at Fleet Town Ladies in the first round of the Southern Region League Cup on Sunday. However, they were breathing a sigh of relief when Jess Witcher’s attempted clearance hit the bar at the death. Tower
Burford won the Division 1 title for the third time in four years, but only by the narrowest of margins. The defending champions lost their final fixture 2-1 at bottom club Feldon Valley, but Dave Summers and Simon Hopkins’s one hole success proved
Chipping Norton were trailing 20-0 when their Berks, Bucks & Oxon League Premier Division clash at Gosford All Blacks were leading was adandoned due to an injured referee. Match official Keith Cannock pulled a leg muscle on 48 minutes, which
Sir – I was interested to read the article about the Prime Minister supporting a feasibility study for the reopening of the Witney to Oxford railway (Gazette, August 27). I think a reliable alternative to the A40 gridlock would be of great benefit
Sir – May I just make a correction to the quote you attributed to me in last week’s Witney Gazette about the Bridge St pedestrian crossing. You correctly say I am in favour of the zebra. True in principle, but in practice I think it is wrongly
THE Roaring Twenties are coming back to Charlbury as a theatre is turned into a speakeasy. But it won’t be selling illegal alcohol and will instead be a venue for live music, comedy and poetry. The first event is on Friday at The Shed, in Nine
North Leigh’s superb away win was marred by two late red cards in their Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West match at Tiverton. The Millers were leading 4-1 with a few minutes left when Kieran Sanders head-butted Dan Western.
Sir – I refer to the letter ‘Smaller developments can meet homes need’ by Nick Hobbs (Gazette, September 10). I concur with the underlying sentiment of his letter that inconsistency seems to exist within the West Oxfordshire District Council’s
Sir – I write as someone who has regularly commuted between Witney and Oxford for 20 years using the area’s main road – the A40, and so has first hand experience of its increasing inadequacy. At 6.45 am on weekdays the Witney bypass is at a standstill
Sir – The new S7 bus route is brilliant. If you want to go to London or to the airports, just take it to Gipsy Lane in Headington, cross the road and there is the coach stop. You avoid central Oxford and save more than 20 minutes. Judit Brody
Spirit Of Shankly ensured a week of triumph and tragedy ended on a high note for Chipping Norton trainer Charlie Longsdon with an authoritative victory at Aintree on Saturday. The well-backed 2-1 favourite was an appropriately-named winner of a
A REVIEW of the RSPCA’s policy on prosecutions for animal cruelty, ordered after a controversial action against the Chipping Norton-based Heythrop Hunt, says it should leave cases of alleged illegal hunting to the police and Crown Prosecution Service
