Stolen tools; 75 years of Thame theatre; living with Alzheimer’s and a body MOT! – Thame News in brief

BETWEEN 5pm – 10pm on Saturday, July 20, tools were stolen from a black Ford Transit on Lincoln Road, Thame. If you have seen any suspicious looking people or vehicles in thid area or have any information relating to this incident, call the Police via the 24 hour non-emergency telephone number 101.

Alternatively, if you have information but wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online by visiting www.crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

Celebrate 75 years of Theatre in Thame

A REMINDER that Thame Players are celebrating 75 Years of entertaining audiences with their new review show, Landmarks, which they will be performing on Friday, July 26, and Sunday, July 28, at the Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame.

Thame Players can trace their origins back to 1944, when they put on one of Thame’s fundraising events, held a few weeks after D-Day, to welcome returning soldiers home. Since then, this well-loved amateur group has gone from strength to strength, from performing only once or twice a year to audiences of just a few hundred, to today’s thriving theatre which has some 8000 people coming through the doors to see Thame Players’ own productions or visiting live shows and cinema screenings. See website for more information and to book tickets: https://www.thameplayers.co.uk/Events/75-Years-Of-Thame-Players—Landmarks

Living with Alzheimer’s disease, with humour, love and hope

AS part of this year’s TAL Festival in Thame, meet Steph Booth, the wife of actor, Tony Booth, the father of Cherie Blair, and hear her remarkably moving and personal story of coping with a partner suffering from Alzheimers.

Join Steph on Sunday, October 20, at 11am, in the Players Theatre, as she recounts their experience, adding humour, love and hope to her practical advice for partners and children. She helps us see that for all its difficulties, there is still a life to live and a person to care for.

Get yourself a Functional Fitness MOT!

TO be held at Thame Town Hall, on Friday October 4, 2019, between 1pm and 4pm, the Functional Fitness MOT is a programme developed by the partnership between the Glasgow Caledonian University, the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Later Life Training.

A Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Fitness Instructor or Postural Stability Instructor will take the participants through seven tests that will give them an indication of their exercise performance. Each test comes with a set of ‘normal values’ for people of different ages (From 60yrs to 90yrs) and this will give participants an idea of whether they are doing well compared to their peers, or whether they could benefit from being more active.

Participants are recommended to book an appointment – they can just turn up but may risk being turned away. Appointments can be made from September 23, 2019, with Karen Copping on: 07842 684760. There will be a list available of local activity opportunities the participants may like to join in with, and some online websites that will give them some more information. Also on hand will be representatives from the following organisations to give information and advice, mainly on physical activity opportunities available in the Thame area; AGE UK Oxford including the Community Information Network and Generation Games and Thame Leisure Centre including GO ACTIVE.