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The Good Neighbours project are continuing to host Thursday afternoon teas in 2017 in the Methodist schoolroom in Chadlington between 2.30 and 4 pm.

Everyone is welcome – meet up with old friends, make new friends. We look forward to seeing you for a cup of tea and a piece of cake.

There is no charge for refreshments but a donation would be very welcome. Please let the organisers know if you require transport by calling 07541 235002

Kay Higgins will do a demonstration entitled ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.

This event will involve a free tour of the cells in Chipping Norton police station and a talk about the Ascott Martyrs, whose imprisonment caused a major public disturbance in the town in the nineteenth century.

The Ascott Martyrs were sixteen women who were imprisoned in 1873 for supporting their striking farm worker husbands in the Oxfordshire village of Ascott Under Wychwood. The women were released due to a reprieve from Queen Victoria.

Their legacy today is that picketing was made legal and local religious leaders were no longer Magistrates. The educational project aims to raise the profile of the historical event to ensure a more permanent tribute for descendants and the wider village community.

More details to follow…

Cert.12A / 96mins
Based on true events, this award winning film directed by Clint Eastwood tells of how on 15th January 2009, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) attempted an emergency landing in New York’s Hudson River after US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of geese. Miraculously, all 155 passengers and crew survived the harrowing ordeal, and Sullenberger became a national hero in the eyes of the public and the media. However, despite these accolades, the famed pilot faced an investigation that threatened to destroy his career and reputation. Doors and licensed bar from 6.45pm.

This year’s WI Harvest Supper is being held together with Charlbury and Spelsbury Women’s Institutes.