14/04/11……Allottments, festivals,keeping fit & posers for councillors – The Annual Town Meeting

CONSIDERING the number of controversial projects and plans that have stirred local emotions in Thame over the past year, surprisingly Thame town hall was only half full for Tuesday?s Annual Town Meeting. Maybe it was something to do with a certain football match that was being televised on the same night. Anyway, those that missed the meeting, for whatever reason, missed an interesting and lively event with a definite sporty theme, but one which also revealed the occassional problem area in the town. (More of that further on)

Around 50 Thame residents joined town, district and their county councillor on Tuesday, (April 12) for an update on what the town council has been doing on their behalf, and to pose questions and comments of their own.

The Mayor of Thame, Adam Buckland, welcomed everyone and kicked the evening off with a short video looking back on his Mayoral year and announced that at his Mayor?s Ball the previous week at the new football stadium, he had raised