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Thursday 30 November 2023Private event
Film Night
Based on true events from his childhood, Belfast is a 2021 British coming-of-age drama film …
Based on true events from his childhood, Belfast is a 2021 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. It is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy's childhood amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. Buddy's family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families, but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down.
Buddy's family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay or leave the only place they have ever called home. Through it all, his passionate parents (Catriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan) and quick-witted grandparents (Judy Dench and Ciaran Hinds) keep the joy alive through music and the magic of movies in this feel-good story that reminds us that no matter how far you go, you never forget where you came from.
Doors open at 7. Film starts at 7.30. Refreshments available. Admission £3.
https://youtu.be/YukTDq88YkU?feature=shared
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Art Class / Oil painting
Sibford Tots & Babes Group
Men’s Brunch Club
We're just these guys having a late breakfast, you know? For further information, please visit …
We're just these guys having a late breakfast, you know?
For further information, please visit our website page
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Art exhibition
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Film Night
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Men’s Brunch Club
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Christmas Tree Festival
Sibford Art Group Exhibition
Christmas Tree Festival
Sibford Art Group Exhibition
Pound Lane closed
Oxfordshire CC has given notice that Pound Lanewill be closed to traffic for five days …read more
Christmas Tree Festival
Pound Lane closed
Christmas Tree Festival
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News & Notices
Pound Lane closed
Oxfordshire CC has given notice that Pound Lane will be closed to traffic for five days from Monday 4 December "to facilitate new water connection".
Sibford Scene distributor needed
Tony Skowronski, Sibford Scene Editor, writes: We need a distributor for Acre Ditch: deliver to 25 houses in total on about the 25th of every month excepting August and December.…read more
Seasonal Wreath Workshop
Held in the oak panelled Arts & Crafts dining room of Home Close Flowers
In this two hour workshop Carolyn will guide you to create your own beautiful Christmas Wreath.…read more
Cycling to the Ashes
The Mulberry Bush school, Sue Bannister and Julie Lynn-Evans invite you to
Cycling to the Ashes : a story of a cricket-mad solo adventure across the world
As a fitting …read more
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The Town Estate Charity
The Town Estate Charity Sibford Gower and Burdrop (Registered Charity No 253440) has a remit to use surplus funds for three purposes:
- the general benefit of the parish,…read more
Walks near Sibford
We are blessed with great walking country around the Sibfords. Visit the Sibford Walkers webpage for maps of over 50 circular walks. Each map page includes a link to download …read more
Fix My Street
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- Abandoned vehicles
- Dog Fouling
- Drainage
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- Flytipping or litter
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- Unlit lampposts
- Potholes…read more
Nextdoor social network
Nextdoor is a social network designed specifically for local communities. Locally it runs with the Ferris and the Gower as separate neighbourhoods, but it does share information between them. It …read more
…earlier news
Voices from the past
41 years ago
the Sibford Scene in March 1982
Village Hall news: This year celebrates the 25th anniversary of the opening of Sibford Village Hall. It has been in continuous use since …
Village Hall news
This year celebrates the 25th anniversary of the opening of Sibford Village Hall. It has been in continuous use since 1957 providing an attractive building in which all kinds of groups have met to enjoy friendship in the company of those sharing their interests. To mark this special Silver Anniversary.year, the Village Hall Committee are arranging a series of events which we hope will appeal to as many villagers as possible.
Dr. Agnew set the ball rolling most successfully last month when he gave us an entertaining talk and wine-tasting.
Please book Saturday March 13th for your next evening with us. For an inclusive price of £1.50 you can enjoy the Belvedere Singers in Concert, a glass of wine and a light, tasty supper. The Belvedere Singers are coming from London in order to treat us to an informal programme of light music from English madrigals through to Beatles, Blues and Barbers Shop.
Instead of our Village Fete, normally held in September, we have decided to hold an Open Village Weekend earlier in the summer. A bumper programme of_events is well in hand, including an Open Village Day, and we shall keep everyone informed a little nearer the time.
We hope to be able to select a Miss Sibford from among our beautiful Sibford young ladies, who will be crowned during-the Open Village Day. The Youth Club have kindly agreed to organise a Disco evening on Monday 24th May when Miss Sibford will be chosen by a panel of independant personalities from Banbury. They will be looking for an attractive, pleasant young lady, aged between 14 and 21. In next month’s Scene we shall include an entry form, so please tell your friends and let us have a really good number of entries.
137 years ago
Reverend Stevens's diary for Monday 29 November 1886
Very fine, but cold. Drove Bell to Tadmarton. Called on Mrs Smith at the Rectory, which she is to leave …
Very fine, but cold.
Drove Bell to Tadmarton. Called on Mrs Smith at the Rectory, which she is to leave next Thursday, as the new Rector Mr Riddle, Vicar of Rydal, is coming in at the end of the week.
Called on the McDermots at Tadmarton Manor House. Some of the young men about the place have, for the 5th time, pulled off the coping stones on one of the McDermots’ walls. Las year one of them was prosecuted for the offence and got 6 weeks imprisonment at Oxford. Now he has offered a reward for information etc and has had notices put up to that effect. Also a notice that he will turn out all the tenants from his cottages if the name of the offender is not given up. The latter is an unnecessarily harsh and very unwise step. He appears to be very unpopular, and apparently with reason.
Visited school, Mary Lively and Ezra Green.
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Sibford Club 17

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