The 2026 Calendar will be on sale at Blewbury Post office early in November.
Blewbury News
Keeping up the Cob Walls
20/09/2025
The Parish Council arranges and pays for the maintenance of this one in the lane by the Play Close, so it belongs to all of us (others belong to the adjacent properties). Here we see Skimp the Thatcher demonstrating his expertise in repairing the “roof” of the wall.
Measure for Measure – Introductory Talk
Monday 6th October, 7:45pm, Blewbury Village Hall – Vale Room
If you’re interested in this particular dark comedy, Chris Whatmore will be giving a talk on it which hopefully will appeal both to first-timers and to anyone who might like to brush up or learn a bit more. While it’s aimed mainly at those Crew members who are coming to see the play at Stratford on October 8th, absolutely everyone is welcome. As well as showing how Measure fits in with Shakespeare’s work as a whole, Chris will be looking at its plot, characters and some of the questions it raises, and asking how it might still speak to 21st century audiences.
Tickets are £4 each, to include an interval refreshment – available from Blewbury Post Office or can be reserved by emailing admin@themotleycrew.org.uk.
North Moreton Book Sale
Saturday 1st November, 10am – 3pm, North Moreton Church
As usual, thousands of books will be on sale, with all proceeds going to support the village hall and church.
Tea, coffee and home-made cakes will be available. Free entry and car parking. Donations of spare books are always
welcome. Email northmoretonbooksale@gmail.com or call 01235 818900 or 07908314771 if you have any books to
give, and the organisers will happily collect them.
Arts and Crafts Fair – East Hagbourne
Saturday 1st November, 10:30 – 4:30, St Andrew’s Church
Come and meet local crafts people, artists and writers. Admission
is free, there is ample parking at Hagbourne Village Hall and refreshments served all day. Do come prepared with cash or cheques, due to limited internet signal in the church. Proceeds are in support of The Friends of St. Andrew’s. Further information from: linda.benton@live.co.uk 01235 817891.
Brush Party with Rachael
Friday 26th September, 7pm, Village Hall
Come and paint the stunning “Sorrento Lemons”
Bar, snacks and a raffle in aid of the village hall, no experience needed, all you need is provided for your painting to take home!
Tickets £35 from the Post Office or http://buytickets.at/blewburyvillagehall/1765105
Halloween Fundraiser Disco
Saturday 18th October, 7:30 pm
Following our usual summer break, we are now preparing for our autumn events, the first of which is a fundraiser for St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation in Ghana to provide food, books and clothing for the orphanage/school in Senya Beraku (see September’s Bulletin for more details). If anyone would like to donate directly to the cause, the link is: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/smwef
Come and dance the evening away, in a scary costume if you’re so inclined. Tickets are £10 (available via the QR code). Over 18s only. Please support the bar and the charity raffle, but feel free to bring your own snacks.
… and Keeping down the Hedges
A gentle reminder to people who have properties adjoining footpaths and lanes: please cut back overhanging trees and shrubs now the nesting season is over.
Miles to Malts walk raises £23,000 for Motor Neurone Disease Association
My friend Paul Booer and I have now completed our 666-mile walk from Blewbury to the Isle of Islay – here we are at the end of the walk, overlooking the Atlantic.
St Michael’s Church to close
26/08/2025
…but only for a few weeks! Closing a church is a serious matter; the only time we have previously had to take this drastic action was during the height of the Covid pandemic. This year during the month of October the church will be closed for a rather more exciting reason.