Bloxham Online

The Landlord of the Elephant and Castle for 37 years died recently at his home in Kings Road after a short battle with leukaemia. Chas […]

It was noted at the meeting re flooding that stones are being removed from the sides of the Brook by youngsters so as to dam […]

Readers of the Broadhsheet may recall a correspondence a couple of years ago about the possible future prospects of hydrogen power , especially to replace […]

Tailor Heath was the village tailor in Bloxham and he made a waterproof coat for Mr George Collins for the cost of 15/-. One Thursday, […]

No. 1 On Christmas morning I was driving through South Newington and a tyre on my car blew out with a very large bang, caused […]

I love my garden. I am not very knowledgeable about names, Latin or otherwise, but I do know one weed from another and what suits […]

Extracts from the tribute given by his eldest son John at his funeral. It was only while we were clearing his beloved home in Bloxham […]

Inland Revenue warns of a sophisticated and prolific scam that is now doing the rounds: Small business owners and the self employed are being sent […]

Dr Martin Harris will be retiring from the practice at the end of February and his patients would be welcome to drop in to the […]

My hobby really began when I was about six and started making paper dolls and designing outfits for them. Many years later as a result […]

HOBBY No.6 Reading the Broadsheet has prompted me to write about my hobby, which is collecting Dinky toys that were made by Meccano Ltd. Dinky […]

Saturday 20th December 2008 and Saturday 24th January 2009 – 9.00 am to 12.30 pm

Every year The Daily Telegraph organises a Junior Golf Championship, the finals to be played in Dubai with the qualifying rounds played all over the […]

To explain – there is a move afoot to gain independence from the rest of the UK and make Yorkshire a Republic! OK, maybe we […]

Do you always like to get to the carousel first when you fly back from holiday so that no one takes your suitcase? Well, I […]

Beware!! You may get a card posted through your door from a company called PDS (Postal Delivery Service) saying they were unable to deliver a […]

The Second World War was over but there was still rationing and what a job it was trying to buy food or anything really because […]

The 60 mile walk entailed starting at 3.00am on Saturday 23rd August, walking to Whichford, Stourton and circling the north of Banbury, through Chacombe to […]

We celebrated our Ruby Anniversary this year with a holiday in Tanzania. Learning from experience, we booked a longer safari than on our previous visit […]

The coffee morning held at Long Leys, Queen Street on Friday 31st October raised £468.40 for Katharine House Hospice. Raffle winners were Mrs Harwell, Mrs […]

We almost had an Indian Summer in September although it did not last long ‘ enough to enjoy many barbecues or patio parties! 2008 in […]