ANDREW PARKER oTalk: Local actor and historian Robert Hardy discusses The Great Warbow, his history of the longbow and crossbow, in Charlbury War Memorial Hall at 2.30 pm. Tickets: £5 adult/£2.50 child, in aid of community centre, from New & Things and Vincent's Pharmacy in Charlbury or on the door.

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