UPDATES

Here you can see the latest on the community's steps to save the pub and ways to help.

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Jan 143 min read

Being a part of village history

First of all … A Happy New Year to all our followers! Let’s hope for exciting things in 2025! Echoes in the landscape Historic ridge &...

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Sep 20, 20242 min read

Community ownership on the agenda

Last week we attended webinar about “Community Right to Buy” hosted by Power to Change. It was very interesting to hear a wide range of...

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Mar 29, 20242 min read

HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Last week a FOURTH application went in for The Oddfellows site! The last application, which was eventually refused in December 2023, had...

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Nov 15, 20233 min read

VALUING COMMUNITY ASSETS & HEARING THE COMMUNITY VOICE

It was really good to see our colleagues at The Fleece Inn on BBC Countryfile this weekend – they’re a great example of how a community...

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Jul 23, 20232 min read

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP FUND VOTE OF CONFIDENCE!

Many of you will already know but we are very pleased to announce that earlier this month we heard that we had succeeded in our bid for...

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May 6, 20231 min read

POP UP ODDIES JOINS THE PARTY!

We looking forward to joining the community picnic with our 'Pop up Pub' on Sunday, bringing a flavour of the pub spirit to the village...

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Feb 11, 20231 min read

Planning & the Community Hub

We were all set to go the December Planning Committee, when I got a call from the Planning Department to say we didn't need to go! We'd...

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Dec 19, 20221 min read

STOP PRESS....ANOTHER WIN!

The developers have requested the withdrawal of the application from the Planning Committee agenda meeting tomorrow. So no need to go out...

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Dec 13, 20221 min read

ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS... OUR COMMUNITY PUB!

We love this memory shared by a friend in the village. There's nothing like singing carols on the village green then going for mince pies...

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Jun 12, 20221 min read

PLATINUM CELEBRATIONS SHOWS THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT!

The village looked amazing with the 'yarn grafitti' along all the streets. The green opposite the pub was glowing with colour - the...

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Jan 30, 20222 min read

Fundraising from the comfort of your own sofa!!

We are still beavering away and liaising with the developers to push the project forward. We've had some productive conversations and are...

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Dec 2, 20212 min read

A little bit of Christmas cheer!

Another win! Many of you will have seen in the local news media that the planning application for The Oddfellows Arms and the area behind...

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Jul 28, 20212 min read

A village without a pub is like a scone without cream!

One of the most inspiring things to come out of the challenges we have faced is the growth of ‘community’. Small acts of kindness for...

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Jun 19, 20212 min read

Keeping on, keeping on!

It's been a while since we shared our news – I can only blame my day job, teaching A level students in several lockdowns then working on...

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Jan 29, 20212 min read

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - BE A PART OF THE PLAN

Planning Pushback Yet again the community has shown its desire to keep the pub – THANK YOU to the dozens and dozens of people wrote to...

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Jan 14, 20211 min read

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who was been in touch and who has taken action with regard to the latest planning application for the pub...

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Jan 1, 20211 min read

HAPPY 2021 - LETS MAKE THIS THE YEAR WE GET OUR PUB BACK!

Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters! It’s been so lovely to see all the fun activities that have been happening despite the...

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Dec 16, 20202 min read

SAVE THE ODDIES PUB’ - ROUND TWO ....URGENT ACTION REQUIRED

The vision for ‘The Oddies' – a pub at the heart of the community We have continued to speak with the developers to push forward our...

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Nov 30, 20202 min read

‘SAVE THE ODDIES’ UPDATE NOVEMBER 2020

Introducing ‘Higham Community Benefit Society Ltd’ We told you in August that we had been approached by Cartwrights with regard to our...

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Sep 3, 20201 min read

ODDIES UPDATE: 26 AUGUST 2020

We recently told you that we had been approached by Cartwrights with regard to our interest in the pub. We told them the community are...

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