THERE are many who maybe would have thought the day would never come.

But the wonderful turnout at the Witney splash park’s official opening on Monday proved them wrong and as smiling faces enjoying our local area, could there be a better way to start the school summer holidays?

Witney needs something like this. Something to bring the community together.

But we should not stop there. Science is coming to the fore in the south of the county. North Oxfordshire is flying the flag for retail and sustainable development.

West Oxfordshire needs to make its mark too, though that does not mean sacrificing its much-loved tradition and history.

If we want to keep going forward, we need to know who we are. And the good feeling created by the splash park, which had so much backing from normal people in the community maybe gives us a start.

In Witney and West Oxfordshire, it’s all about community, so let’s use it to build and even better place to live.