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Jul18Thu20247:30 pm Parish Council Meeting @ Village HallParish Council Meeting @ Village HallJul 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pmThe Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th July 2024, in the Village Hall. All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.Jul21Sun20249:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchJul 21 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 21st July at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome.Aug4Sun20249:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchAug 4 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 4th August at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome.Aug9Fri20246:00 pm Wittfest 2024 @ The Plough InnWittfest 2024 @ The Plough InnAug 9 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pmThe Plough Inn’s annual free music festival. Lots of local bands from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Friday 9th August at 18.00 to 11.00pm. Saturday 10th August 12 noon – 11.00pm, Sunday 11th August 12 noon to 16.00pm.
Category Archives: Friends of St Mary’s
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The Friends of St Mary’s support the church by helping with maintenance and providing little extras when Parochial Church Council resources are stretched. They usually raise money for this by running events throughout the year. However, with the Covid-19 crisis … Continue reading
Friends Events Cancelled
The Friends of St Mary’s are disappointed to have to announce that the Village Produced Show which was scheduled for 12th September and the Opera Anywhere performance of The Mikado on 19th September have been cancelled owing to the Covid-19 … Continue reading
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Tagged Moonrakers, Opera Anywhere, Produce Show
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Moonrakers – Saturday 4th April
Residents who enjoy traditional Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English music will be excited to hear that the Friends of St Mary’s have booked the Celtic music group Moonrakers to perform at St Mary’s Church on Saturday 4th April starting at … Continue reading
Some Enchanted Evening
There are still tickets available for the Sorelle concert at St Mary’s Church tomorrow evening (Saturday 7th December) starting at 7:30pm. Some Enchanted Evening promises to be a magical event celebrating the witches, fairies and enchantresses of opera and musical … Continue reading
Some Enchanted Evening
Less than three weeks to go to the Sorelle concert at St Mary’s Church on Saturday 7th December. Some Enchanted Evening promises to be a magical event celebrating the witches, fairies and enchantresses of opera and musical theatre, and, as … Continue reading
Some Enchanted Evening
Residents who were lucky enough to get a ticket for Opera Anywhere’s performance of The Pirates of Penzance at St Mary’s Church last May, will remember the wonderful singing of the female soloists. Three of the Opera Anywhere sopranos have … Continue reading
Harvest Supper – Saturday 5th October
The Friends of St Mary’s Church Long Wittenham will be holding the annual Harvest Supper at the Village Hall on Saturday 5th October starting at 7pm. All residents from Long Wittenham and the surrounding villages, together with their families and … Continue reading
St Mary’s Bells Appeal
Residents may be aware that a project has been underway for some time to raise funds to refurbish and re-tune the bells at St Mary’s Church. The last time such works were carried out was in 1923 and they are … Continue reading
Big Picnic Lunch Success
A huge thank you to the organisers of the inaugural Long Wittenham Big Picnic Lunch which took place at Bodkins Field yesterday afternoon. A good turn out of approximately one hundred and fifty villagers and fine weather made it a … Continue reading
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Pirates In Church
St Mary’s church resounded to the strains of Gilbert and Sullivan last Saturday evening as Opera Anywhere performed one of the most popular works in the canon of English comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty. … Continue reading