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Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival AGM 2021

WOLVERCOTE AND WYTHAM MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL Annual General Meeting Thursday 14th January 2021 At 7.30pm via zoom. Open to all residents of Wolvercote and Wytham At this meeting: We will be looking back at the festival 2020 virtual events; Looking forward to festival 2021 with hope for a real celebration; Deciding a theme this new year …

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Something fishy is happening

Sadly St Peter’s isn’t able to hold two of our most social events this year – the Church Fete and our Patronal Lunch.  But that doesn’t stop us finding a way to celebrate St Peter. And since Peter was a fisherman, a “fishy” theme seems appropriate. We’re going to make an art installation inside the …

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Pixey Mead Walk

Thanks to Dr Alison McDonald for completing a virtual walk planned for this years midsummer festival. Pixey Mead is a very special flood meadow and this film by Emily Malden shows why. Use the settings on the video (bottom right) to play in the highest resolution your broadband can manage.

Festival Lockdown Music Night

Broadcast on Saturday 20st June 2020. Click below to view again.

WHS Virtual Summer Show 2020

21st June 2020 This year’s Summer Show is going to be a virtual display of exhibits available online. No judging* (*except for Class 22! – This is a new children’s class sponsored by Carl at The Post Box.)No prizes – Just a wonderful visual miscellany of the produce of the society’s members and friends everyone can enjoy looking at! …

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2020 Festival Lockdown Treasure Hunt

Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to identify the sixteen numbered locations of these images of bridges and causeways, all of which are accessible on foot via public rights of way or common land in Wolvercote and Wytham. Please observe the current lockdown rules as you explore. A map can be found …

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The Goose has Landed!

The Goose has landed! The June issue of St Peter’s quarterly magazine – The Flying Goose – is now available on St Peter’s website (www.stpeterswolvercote.org) or by cutting and pasting this link http://www.stpeterswolvercote.org/wp-content/uploads/Flying-Goose-issue-56-web-version.pdf into your browser. Sadly, due to COVID-19 restrictions, it hasn’t been possible to deliver printed copies around the area. We hope to …

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Oxfordshire Artweeks 2 – 25 May

May is the time for Oxfordshire Artweeks – so many artists and craft workers have been working hard for this but now cannot have any visitors. They still need your support so do visit the online tours and see their amazing work in this new socially distant way. Visit https://www.artweeks.org/ to find your favourite, medium …

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Wolvercote Morris May Morning Dance

Wolvercote Morris have put together a socially distanced interpretation of a dance called Chasing Chickens for your amusement! Happy May Day!

Poets Corner at Wolvercote.org

As the Wolvercote Festival Poetry Evening has had to be postponed we have created a Poetry Corner on the Wolvercote and Wytham website. We invite you to send in poems you have written that  you feel will strike a chord  with others (happy or sad) in this strange time. You can send in an accompanying …

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