We are very sad to hear of the death of Martin Thorne, Editor of MADNews and first recipient of Marcham Parishioner of the Year in 2004.
He contributed so much to Marcham over his years here and will be very much missed.
There will be a full obituary in a future issue of MADNews.


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    Yellow Peril
  • Who remembers the Yellow Peril? Back in 1989, a group from Marcham got together to write, perform and film Yellow Peril. It started as a summer holiday project but then just grew, adding actors from all over the village!
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Christine Whild-Castaway at the WI Desert Island Discs evening in September 2018 For the full tributes to Christine Whild from Martin Whild and John Howden Richards, please click here.