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The Thatcham Festival is in full swing with a fantastic Art exhibition at the Bluecoat School. Come along and view the pictures and vote for your personal favourite.

An ex-West End performer, and a teacher at some of the countries leading drama schools, is celebrating 20 years of coaching singers in Thatcham. Jamie Read – who has appeared on stage with the likes of Judi Dench and Brian Blessed – started offering one-to-one singing lessons back in September 2005 after returning from an

We have now completed the installation of the new posts for the car park, which has now reopened. The work was undertaken by A.D. Landscaping

We are delighted with our new oak counter top that has been expertly fitted by S Bryan Kitchens today. The old one was certainly showing its age and its replacement now blends in perfectly with the rest of its surrounding. Now its onto the replacement car park barriers which are due to be installed in

The timber fence that surrounds the car park is over 30 years old, is decaying and has been damaged by cars. Although the rails have been patched up, many of the posts are now rotten and loose. We are therefore looking to completely renew the fence and have been raising funds to deliver this in

We are delighted with our new carpet that was fitted last week by Phillip Green & Partners. As well as bringing a fresh look to the inside and finishing off the interior of our door/porch project, it also gives a warmer feel to the inside of the building, which is timely as we move into

We are pleased to announce we are about to replace all the carpet in the building, with work scheduled for the 18th September. This will conclude the recent renovation work we have been doing on the door and porch. This will make a great difference to the appearance and general feel of the building.

Work is continuing on the door with further repairs undertaken by John Cook & Sons to the outer door frame to remove the rotten elements, as well as fit a wood edging on the inside. Mark Thomas is seen here erecting scaffolding to complete some mortar repairs which will reduce drafts during winter and secure

The Trustees presented Ali Watkinson with a rose bush on 29th May to mark the occasion of her standing down from her role as OBS Administrator after five and a half years.  Ali organised the Booking of hirers, Finance, Publicity, Social events and much more, for which we have been very grateful.

Work started on installing the doors on Tuesday 7th May and they look fantastic. There is still a lot of painting & decorating required to finish off the whole porch project and this will be completed over the coming days, weeks & months. In the meantime we are absolutely delighted with the workmanship on these