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Now on a Friday !
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In the Sibfords today…
Friday 19 July 2019Summary for SE England: Outbreaks of rain, heavy at times.
Minimum tonight
15°
Met Office forecast …and tomorrow
16°
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Cloudy
18°
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Cloudy
Private hire
Village Hall
19°
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Partly cloudy
20°
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19°
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Partly cloudy
… and after that
Don't miss
Sibfords Society – visit to Highclere Castle
We hope you can join us on a coach trip to Highclere Castle, known …more
Village Hall car park
Film Night – All is True
Written by Ben Elton, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench and …more
Village Hall
Men’s Breakfast Club
Put the world to rights for an hour or so over breakfast with fellow villagers.…more
The Sun Inn, Hook Norton
Ladies’ Coffee Club
Ladies! Put the first Wednesday of each month in your diary for a coffee and …more
The Wykham Arms
Horti Entry Night
The schedules and entry forms were distributed with the July / August Sibford Scene; to …more
Village Hall (Small hall)
Horti Summer Show
The Village Hall will be bursting with flowers, arrangements, preserves, fruit and vegetables. Come along …more
Village Hall
Family Film Night – Mary Poppins Returns
An earlier start for the film tonight to suit the younger villagers and their friends …more
Village Hall
Men’s Breakfast Club
Put the world to rights for an hour or so over breakfast with fellow villagers.…more
The Sun Inn, Hook Norton
Ladies’ Coffee Club
Ladies! Put the first Wednesday of each month in your diary for a coffee and …more
The Wykham Arms
Sibfords Society – Sulgrave Manor
Sulgrave Manor and the Washington family, with Martin Sirot-Smith
Village Hall
… more events
News
Sibford road safety
Our community is typical of small villages across the country having a mix of narrow twisting roads with limited footpaths …more
Final chance to book your place at the Neighbourhood Watch summer seminars (Neighbourhood Watch)
Good afternoon, There are still spaces available to attend the Neighbourhood Watch summer seminars in Leeds and Cardiff this August. The London event is now …more
Sibfords SwiftCam 2019
House to let
The School House, owned by the Town Estate Charity of Sibford Gower and Burdrop, is currently being refurbished and will …more
Town Estate Trustee Vacancy
The Town Estate Charity is a long-established charity that receives rental income from various sources including a farm, livery and …more
A visit to Downton Abbey
The Sibfords Society writes: We hope you can join us on a coach trip to Highclere Castle, known world-wide …more
The Sibfords news feed
Our daily news feed provides the local weather forecast and lists upcoming village events. Subscribe here!
The Town Estate Charity
The Town Estate Charity Sibford Gower and Burdrop (Registered Charity No 253440) has a remit to use surplus …more
Sibford Friendship Club
The Friendship Club caters for anyone over 50 who would like to meet (in the Small room of the Village …more
Walks near Sibford
We are blessed with great walking country around the Sibfords. Visit the Sibford Walkers webpage for maps of over 50 …more
Fix My Street
The most reliable way to report problems with roads and local amenities, such as
- Abandoned vehicles
- Dog Fouling
- Drainage
- Flyposting …more
… earlier news
Voices from the past
42 years ago
Sibford Scene of July 1977
Rollright rhymes:
Seven strides thou shalt take,
And if Long Compton thou can see,
King of England thou shall be.
Following last …
Seven strides thou shalt take,
And if Long Compton thou can see,
King of England thou shall be.
Following last …
Rollright rhymes
Seven strides thou shalt take,
And if Long Compton thou can see,
King of England thou shall be.
Following last month’s article on Midsummer customs we are reminded by Jean Evans of the rhyme associated with the Rollright legend.
After six strides the hopeful king thought the land was his, but at the seventh, the view was obscured so he and his men were turned by the witch into stone while she turned herself into the eldern tree.
142 years ago
Reverend Stevens's diary for 17 July 1877
Went to Birmingham to Congress on Domestic Economics as a branch of Elementary Education and read paper on "Text Books". …
Went to Birmingham to Congress on Domestic Economics as a branch of Elementary Education and read paper on "Text Books". …
Went to Birmingham to Congress on Domestic Economics as a branch of Elementary Education and read paper on “Text Books”. Slept at Rev Brooke Lamherst’s Vicar of Tamworth. Dined each day at C. E. Matthews, Oakgates, Augustine’s Road, Edgbaston where I met Miss Cobden daughter of the late Richard Cobden MP, Miss Smith of the Oxford School Board, sister of Professor Henry Smith, and Miss Bramston daughter of the Dean of Winchester.
The Congress lasted till Thursday evening. On the Friday July 20th I went to Bridlington to join Rev Thomas Smith as guest of Mr and Mrs ??? Cooper 74 High Street.
Local picture of the day
4. Early bluebells
21 Apr 2014