Café

Amy's Cafe is now closed waiting refurbishment. Please contact the community centre for details.

The Cafe was named after Amy Johnson who lived in the village in the 1930's:-

Amy Johnson

The Coffee Shop is named in recognition of a truly outstanding British heroin who lived in Stoke Orchard during the 1930’s. 

Amy Johnson, record setting and record breaking aviatrix when flying was still very basic and dangerous

Some of her records include:-

First woman to fly single handed to Australia flying her  de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth G-AAAH named  Jason.

London to Moscow, Siberia, Tokyo in her de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth G-AAZV  named Jason II (with Jack Humphreys).

London to Cape Town  in a de Havilland Puss Moth G-ACAB, named Desert Cloud (with Jim Mollison).

Second World war -she rose to become a first Officer in the Air Transport Auxiliary.

In January 1941, aged 37, Amy was killed during a delivery flight, taking an Airspeed Oxford from Prestwick to RAF Kidlington, Oxford, thought to have got lost in adverse weather, ran out of fuel and crashed into the Thames.