The Best of Henley and the Henley Partnership held their second monthly Business networking lunch at The Three Tun’s in Henley today, we went along to chat to Best of Henley’s Phil Chappell to find out more about it.
Look out for more info in this month’s Local Business programme.
Henley Sprint and Tri a Triathlon are back for a fourth year, at Shiplake College, on Sunday 27th May.
For the more advanced, the Sprint, consists of a 400 metre swim, a 28 kilometre cycle and a 5 kilometre run. For beginners the Tri a Triathlon consists of a 300 metre swim, a 14.5 kilometre cycle and 3.2 kilometre run.
Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third for both male and female.
This will mark the first of two events to [...]
The Power of 3 partners Maria Hastings and Lori Weber are holding an event – ‘Horses, Hats and Henley’ at the Chocolate Theatre Cafe on Friday 1st June to help with preparations for special events.
Maria is a personal stylist and colour expert and Lori is a communication skill expert, and the two, along with 7 others will give specialist talks including make-up and hair advice.
Catwalks will showcase special occasion fashion from top Henley names including Sullivan’s Mens Outfitters, Gorgeous and [...]
This month View TV went to Henleys Regal Picture House to get the lowdown from Iain Boulton on all things cinematic. We found out what films are opening at the Picture House in the next few weeks.
Last night View TV Henley went to Magoos, in Hart Street, where former contestant from BBC’s The Voice, John James Newman, was performing.
John James impressed the coaches on the show with his version of Pack Up and Don’t Worry, Be Happy and joined Team Danny.
However, he went out in the battle rounds after going up against fellow team member David Julien.
We went to chat to him to find out more.
You can catch John James performing at Magoos every second Thursday [...]
Olly Murs is performing at the Henley Festival this year on Sunday 8th July and two lucky pairs of festival goers are being offered the chance to meet him.
Everyone that buys tickets to see Olly will be entered into the prize draw, and those who have already bought tickets will be automatically entered.
The Henley Festival is taking place from 4th to the 8th July, other acts include Sting, Tim Minchin and Katherine Jenkins.
To find out more and book tickets visit – [...]
Blue have been confirmed to play at this year’s Henley Festival. The boy band will perform on the Saturday night, as well as LuLu and the London Community Gospel Choir.
Lee Ryan, who lives in Henley, along with his fellow band members Duncan James, Simon Webbe and Antony Costa originally formed the pop band in 2000, releasing debut single ‘All Rise’ in 2001, before splitting in 2005, and reforming in 2009 to represent the UK in the Eurovision song contest
The Henley [...]
The Olympic torch will be making a 70 day journey across the UK, visiting 1,000 cities, towns and villages.
On the morning of the 10th July it will arrive in Henley and will end the day in Reading, where a free evening celebration is being held at the Madejski Stadium.
The celebration at The Madejski Stadium will enable thousands of people in Reading to enjoy a variety of entertainment staged by LOCOG and the three Presenting Partners of the London 2012 Olympic [...]
Mike Hurst and the Springfields are performing at the Kenton Theatre this Saturday night.
Mike was one third of the original Springfield group alongside Dusty and Tom Springfield, and has since produced 51 top 40 hits and 25 platinum albums, for the likes of Cat Stevens.
View TV Henley caught up with Mike to find out about the newly reformed Springfields and what we can expect on Saturday night.
Henley College are holding the opportunity tonight for SMEs in the Henley area to find out what skills they need for the future to help grow their businesses
Henley’s MP John Howell has brought together leading local people in this field to speak, including Martin Dare-Edwards from the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, who will give an overview of recent work on skills development and the work of the LEP, Colin Willman from the Federation of Small Business who will focus on [...]
The Henley Regatta was first held in 1839 and has been held annually ever since. It has become one of the best known Regattas in the world, attracting thousands of visitors over a 5 day period, to watch over 200 races.
Preparations have already begun for this year’s Regatta which will be taking place from the 27th June to the 1st July, as the tents start to go up for the enclosures alongside the world famous Leander Club.
Keep an eye on [...]
The Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society are holding a May Day fun run on Monday 7th May.
The 5 mile run, which begins at 11am, will start and finish at Temple Island Meadows.
Entry fee for adults is £8 in advance or £10 on the day. For children aged 10 to 15 it is £4 in advance or £5 on the day and under 10’s are free.
Medals will be awarded to all finishers and a presentation will be made to the [...]
Mike Hurst and the Springfields will be performing in Henley this Saturday night.
Mike Hurst is one third of the original Springfield vocal group, alongside Dusty and Tom Springfield. The group enjoyed international success and were the first British vocal group to have a Top 20 American chart hit in 1962.
Mike has since produced 51 top 40 hits and 25 platinum albums for the likes of Cat Stevens, The Four Tops and Showaddywaddy.
Now the only Springfield left, Mike has reformed the [...]
This year’s May Fair is being held on Monday 7th May at Mill Meadows. The fair will open at 12pm with live music, entertainment and activities all afternoon till 5pm.
New this year is a May Queen and King children’s fancy dress competition and the children’s baking competition, with prizes in 4 categories for best big cake, biscuits, tray bake and cupcakes.
The Fair will also feature Ferret Racing, Morris Dancers, a performance of songs from Annie by local performing arts school [...]
Last night View TV Henley went to the launch party for the Regatta for the Disabled at the town hall.
Local dignitaries, charities and business people had been invited to help promote the Regatta.
First we heard from the Mayor Pam Phillips and Chairman of the Stewards Mike Sweeny and then we spoke to Regatta Chairman Jane Holmes.
The Mayor of Henley, Pam Phillips, is holding an evening with Elvis to raise money for charity.
On Friday 4th May from 8pm Elvis tribute act, Ben Portsmouth will be performing at the town hall.
Tickets are £20 and the proceeds from the evening will go to the mayor’s three charities, Nomad, Henley Youth Centre and CAB.
To book please phone 01491 576982 or email enquiries@henleytowncouncil.gov.uk
Local charity, The Face of Henley, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To raise awareness of the Charity and additional funds for worthy causes, they have teamed up with local photographers, Janet Hanton and Claire Smith, for a special portrait project entitled 100 Faces of Henley.
To promote the event, some familiar local faces took part in an early shoot– including magician Paul Daniels.
Now, from Thursday 19th April until Tuesday 24th April, between 10am to 5pm, anyone from Henley or [...]
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Henley Town Council and The Henley Partnership are organising a lunch for 60 nominated guests who are over 80 years old.
The event will take place on Sunday 3rd June in Falaise Square, from 12.00pm until 2.30pm.
Six local restaurants and pubs have volunteered to provide catering by each adopting a table of 10, and other local wine distributors and hostelries provide drinks. Volunteers have also offered their services to drive guests to and from home, [...]
This month View TV catches up on how the Henley Youth Festival went and takes a look at the forthcoming Henley International Film Festival, with this years tasty theme being food.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are to meet residents from Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire at a garden party and river pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
4000 guests will attend the party which will be held on 25th June near Henley, a significant proportion of whom will be selected by a public ballot in May.
Residents who are successful in the ballot will join representatives of voluntary organisations and charities, together with civic, community and business leaders.
More information about how [...]
The Henley International Film Festival is taking place this month from the 27th to the 29th April, with the theme of food.
Visitors will have the opportunity to see independent food cinema, shown in a specially designed Cinema Cube, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Fried Green Tomatoes, as well as being able to sample a variety of different food.
View TV Henley went to Mill Meadow, the site of this year’s film festival to meet festival director Richard [...]
From the 19th May the Olympic Flame will be carried by 8,000 inspirational people as it journeys across the UK, visiting more than 1000 cities, towns and villages, over 70 days.
Potential torchbearers were nominated through programmes run by Locog and sponsors Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung in 2011. They aimed to recognise and reward people with a story of personal achievement and or contribution to the local community.
7,300 Torchbearers have now been confirmed, including three who will carry the flame [...]
The Mayor of Henley, Pam Phillips, is holding a charity fundraising event at the town hall on Saturday 28th April from 7.30pm.
The evening of entertainment will include acts such as Handbell Ringers Gay & Alan Cooper, who found fame when they made it to the semi-finals of last year’s Britain’s Got Talent. The Henley Rock Choir, The International Ulkulele Club of Sonning Common, The Madelaine Kelly School of Dance, all female Jazz and Blues band Nine Lives and Piper David [...]
A new interactive exhibition, that documents the history of British Olympic rowing, will be running at the River and Rowing museum from the 31st March to the 30th September.
Visitors to the exhibition, The Perfect Rower – 100 years of racing for glory, will be able to see artefacts from the two previous London Olympics, in 1908 and 1948, and the impact rowing made at each Games.
Visitors will also learn how the training for rowing at the Olympic Games has changed [...]
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