09/11/10….Tuesday Thame news round-up
SOME members of Thame Town Council are unhappy about the full-size plastic cows that have recently been seen on the pavement outside Newitts’ butchers shop and The Thatch restaurant in the High Street.
The council is to undergo a review of the use of A boards and other so-called ‘obstructions’ on the pavements around the town.
At a recent meeting of the council’s Planning committee, one councillor described the cows as “a bit of nightmare,” adding that they should “be sent to a field.”
Cllr Beatrice Dobie though said: “A lot of people are rather fond of them.”
SPEED CAMERAS
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is close to doing a deal with Thames Valley Police is securing funding toward the running of the district’s speed cameras which were turned off two months ago. The cameras are expected to be turned on again next April, 2011.
VISIT ‘MIDSOMER’
PEOPLE visiting South Oxfordshire are now able to follow in the famous footsteps of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby following the launch of a new website highlighting the district?s starring role in TV?s Midsomer Murders.
South Oxfordshire District Council has launched www.visitmidsomer.com to highlight the locations in the district, including around Thame, where Midsomer Murders is filmed, to help attract more visitors to the area.
An interactive map shows key Midsomer locations and a blog highlights themes and topical news items connected with the district?s towns and villages.
WHAT A SHAMBLES!
THE piece of land between Buttermarket and Cornmarket, Thame, currently used as a public throughway and for parking by the surrounding shops, has been described as: “Looking seedier by the day!” by a Thame Town Councillor.
Despite years of investigations, the council says that it has been unable to establish who the owner of the land it is, and therefore intends to investigate the costs of applying for ‘Voluntary registration’ of the land to itself so that the area can be tidied up, and to look into any other financial implications of taking over responsibility of the Shambles.
TOWN COUNCIL ADVICED TO ‘PLAY SAFE’ WITH INVESTMENTS
THE Investment Management company that looks after Thame Town Council’s investments, has told the council that the best way to invest money in the current financial climate is: “..to stick to companies that make the things you find in your bathroom or your kitchen; the staples of our lives!”
“Something horrible is going to happen in Europe,” warned Rupert Baron of Rathbone Investment Management, “Greece, Portugal and Spain are very likely to go ‘pop’ – its just a question of where and when,” he added.
Currently the council’s investment port folio includes gold, hedge funds, BP, Blue Crest and index linked guilts and its value stands at
