Thame MP adds his support to ithame

THAME’S MP, John Howell, called in to the ithame shop on Saturday, to learn about the world’s first dedicated town iphone application, launched recently in his constituency.

John Howell told the developers, Simon Ralph and Andy McDonald, that he was very impressed by their initiative and the way the town’s businesses were all working together to promote the town.

He added: “I am delighted to support this brilliant initiative and look forward to seeing how it develops further.”

Thame’s Member of Parliament, no doubt hungry after his two hour, monthly surgery in the town hall, sampled one of Brother Tom’s pies, made and provided free to sample, by Newitt’s butchers. Newitts are one of the founding businesses that have helped finance the ithame

Other founding businesses took advantage to promote themselves in the ithame store, which has temporarily taken over the ex Bump and Beyond shop in the High Street, through the generosity of Tom Newitt. They included Racquets Fitness Centre, Thame Service Station, Kismet Jewellers, Brothers Hair Salon, The Thatch and Les Liney.

STW Thame, (Solve the Web)generously loaned a projector so that visitors to the shop could see the ithame app. in all its glory, projected onto the back wall of the shop. The video of the recent BBC South news item about the ithame was also linked up to a large TV screen in the window of the shop and ithame balloons were distributed to passers by with children.

The ithame store will be open again on Wednesday morning, March 10, to co-incide with the opening of the Sainsbury store in the High Street.

PHOTO: L to R – Adam Buckland (Brothers), Simon Ralphs, Andy McDonald, John Howell MP, Martin King (Raquets)and Tom Newitt.