Events calendar 2009

For 4 – 8 year olds

We will meet every 2nd Sunday from now on.

Please come and join us.

The Last Main Line (The Great Central

extension to London) 1894 – 1925

with tutor Martin Bloxom

Start of 10 week course. No meeting

on 17th February All Welcome

Reflexology & Healthy living with

Sally Gordon and Sue Pontin

with cider making and tasting

All Welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed]

e-mail

Helmdon Motor Cycle Charity Chapter

curry evening

New members welcome – please get in

touch with Will Adams

Parish Council Meeting

“Home” dvd with readings and discussion

Choice of two soups,

Butternut Squash with Red Peppers

or Leek & Potato, roll, tea and coffee

and a biscuit. £3

Talk by Sarah Valentine

Demonstration and optional mini-workshop

New members welcome

The Story Behind the Painting

– Susan Edwards

All Welcome

Bring & Buy and Raffle

Janet Cropley from the National Open

Gardens Scheme talks about Plants

for Difficult Spots

All Welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Talk by Faith Sharp

Annual General Meeting

All welcome

Talk by Lorna Robjohns

New members welcome

Circular health walks of about 45 – 60

minutes and every Thursday thereafter.

Tea and coffee available in the

Reading Room afterwards.

Pampered Chef Night

Cookery demonstration and sale of

cookware items. Tickets £3 to include

glass of wine and canapes

All proceeds to Acorns Pre-School

Victoria Webster [phone number removed]

Laureen Thompson [phone number removed]

Talk: Rockingham Castle & the Watsons

Mick Boyce

With buffet – starts at 7.30 pm

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Curry & Quiz Night

Two course meal – Bar- Music

Quiz – Raffle

Tickets £10

All proceeds to Acorns Pre-School

Liz Hart [phone number removed] or Rachel Wheeler

[phone number removed]

Light lunch

Please give your name to your committee member

Lady Day Service

Parish Council Meeting

Life in Zimbabwe by Jill Knight

Auditions for Summer Play

Annual General Meeting

Cheese and wine after the fomalities!

All welcome

Questions will be answered about

their operationsand plans for the

future. They will have available during

the visit free bags of compost from the site

for all attendees.

Lesley Underwood

New members welcome

Partners in Rhyme

Jane Osborn with Ted Harrison

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

50 Year Celebration

Supper and talk by Edward Parry

“The Past in the Present:

Reminders of Helmdon’s History”.

For WEA members and invited guests only

Annual PCC Meeting &

Annual Vestry Meeting

All Welcome. Only members whose

names are on the church electoral role

role are entitled to vote at the

annual PCC meeting

Parish Meeting

All Welcome. Come along & find out more

about what has been is happening in

Helmdon & what may be happening

next year. Short reports by county & district

councillors, village groups and

from Anglian water. Refreshments.

Short Communion Service followed by music

by Anna Mackaness and others. Wine and

savoury finger buffet

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send A Cow

Stowe’s Head head gardener gives a talk about

his work.

Alll welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Tickets £6 per person including a

chilli supper. Teams up to ten. Licensed bar

Lexi Threfall [phone number removed] or email

With Liz Humphrey

New members welcome

Annual General Meeting

Refreshments. All welcome (although only

committee members are entitled to elect

the officers)

Music from The Shunters. Tickets £5 (to include supper and a

welcome drink) from Roger Miles ([phone number removed])

or Niki Philips ([phone number removed]). (by 11th May

for catering purposes). Bar Available.

£5 Visitors, £4 members

AGM and Parish Council Meeting

Helmdon Presents in association with

Northants Touring Arts

Cancelled because of illness of one of the

cast. Liberty Tree – Tales of Robin Hood

and the EnglishRadicals wih Hugh Lupton

and Nick Hennessey

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Outing to Children’s Centre Northampton with

Magaret Riley and visit to St Michael’s Church

Normal format and plant sale

All welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Helmdon Health Walks – weekly evening

walks begin

Circular health walks of about 90 minutes

and every Monday thereafter. Return to

the pub afterwards.

Various. Please contact chairman (below)

for details

Members only.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

All welcome

Andrea will talk about her life as a prospective

local MP and her work with OXPIP, a charity helping parents and young children.

New members welcome

Summer Play “The Odd Couple”

(Female Version) by Neil Simon

Tickets: £6 Adults, £4 concessions

Dave [phone number removed], Morag [phone number removed]

Michele [phone number removed]

Summer Play “The Odd Couple”

(Female Version) by Neil Simon

Tickets: £6 Adults, £4 concessions

Dave [phone number removed], Morag [phone number removed]

Michele [phone number removed]

Falcutt House

A large garden with herbaceous borders,

woodland area, topiary, etc.

Entry: £2.50 adult, £2.00 concessions

(children free). Plants, Tennis

(bring a racquet), refreshments,

garden quiz,children’s games

Acres End, by kind permission of David

& Carol Brookhouse

12 noon until 4.00 p.m.

4.30 pm Raffle drawn and short service in the Reading Room

Barbecue, children’s games, tombola, teas and ices, book stall, plants, bric a brac, cake stall,sweets, lucky dip, clothes stall, Acorns stall, etc

Just come along and a programme on the day will give full details of venues and events. No admission charge.

All proceeds to Helmdon Church.

Diocesan President – Meg Dyer

Tour & Shopping opportunity

All welcome

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

The Woodpecker band leads this year’s

Barn Dance. Adults £10, Children £5,

Family £25. Pig Roast included.

In aid of village organisations.

A great evening for all ages.

By kind permission of Rose Gulliver.

Paul Underwood [phone number removed] e-mail or

Simon Cherry [phone number removed] e-mail

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send A Cow

Abingdon with a boat trip

Book by June 1st at the latest.

Ann Harman or your

committee member

Bell Inn

This is in aid of Katherine House Hospice, supporting the ladies in the village who are taking part in the Katherine House Hospice Midnight Walk

Gill Garner

Romiley Lodge, by kind permission of

Trudie & Barbara Buxton

Helmdon WI

on behalf of The Northamptonshire

Federation of WIs

Followed by meal at the Bell but names for this to be submitted by 1st July

All welcome.

Carol Brookhouse [phone number removed] or

Ann Smith [phone number removed]

An evening outing to Chris Duke’s garden for those

who feel that they cannot go on the village walk

(above) arranged on behalf of The Northamptonshire

Federation of WIs

Pamper-Me-Party

Reiki, massages, facials, Indian Head Massage

– crystal mud treatment -a clairvoyant –

tea and biscuits – raffle – Cards – mini IQ books –

Fairtrade clothing & handbags – handmade jewellery –

pampered chef and crystal stall – manicures

All welcome. ADMISSION FREE.

In aid of the Reading Room Refurbishment Fund.

In Mrs McAuliffe’s garden.

By invitation only The party is only open to

people who have attended a club meeting

and put their name down on the list.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

All welcome

Helmdon School

The gardens – on a lovely summer evening

– are said to be exquisite. Open to

members. Cost £13.50 per person (coach

fare and admittance fee) or possibly less.

All welcome.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Open to anyone who would like to come and support

their public house. Cost: £5.

Helmdon House (next to the church) or

in the Church if wet.

Bring chair or a rug!

Tickets £7 (£6 concessions).

Bar.

John Clews from the RSPB will give an illustrated

talk about his work and in particular how

to attract birds to our gardens.

Open to all. £2 on the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Children’s Workshop

Registration is at 9:45 a.m. and all children should be brought to

church by an adult for registration and also collected at noon. The theme is ‘St Francis’ and there will be a story, songs, activities and of course refreshments. In past years the workshop has proved to be very enjoyable for both children and helpers.

Parish Council Meeting

Illustrated talk and discussion

“Celebrating Darwin”: Glyn Jones

With dinner. Tickets £3.50 (to be booked before 19th July)

Bring your own drinks. All Welcome

Viist to Ickworth House, Suffolk

Leave Helmdon the Green 8:15 a.m.

The Square 8:20 a.m.

All Welcome. Tickets: £12 5O to include

admission to Ickworth

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Flowers with a ‘poetry theme’.

Refreshments & light lunches

Raffle

Jenny Saunders [phone number removed], Vanessa Vicars [phone number removed], Dorothy Micklethwaite [phone number removed]

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m

followed by ‘Songs of Praise’ at 4:00 p.m.

Flowers with a ‘poetry theme’.

Refreshments & light lunches

Raffle

Jenny Saunders [phone number removed], Vanessa Vicars [phone number removed], Dorothy Micklethwaite [phone number removed]

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

Local Government composting expert gives

a talk

All welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Tombola, plants, produce, bric a brac, raffle

cakes, etc. Any donation gratefully received.

Barbeque, and hopefully ferret racing.

In aid of Reading Room fundraising.

If wet, in the Reading Room.

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

10:45 p.m.

Representatives of most of the village organisations will be present to introduce their choice of hymns.

Tea and coffee will be served afterwards.

Coffee morning

All Welcome

Coffees, Bring & Buy and raffle

In aid of Mothers’ Union charities

Reading Room

Talk by Louise Stothard.

Travelling round New Zealand by motorbike

New members welcome

Reading Room

For women of all ages

Clothes to try on and buy after the show

In aid of the Reading Room repair fund

Sunday School Service, tea party and

Teddy Bear Parachute Jump

3:00 p.m

Open to all infants and pre-school children.

Dads, Mums and Grandparents welcome. Perhaps

they could bring their own teddy bears too!

Ann Smith [phone number removed]

Ckers Youth Group New Members’ Evening

and Rounders

6:30 p.m – 7:30 p.m.

Youth Group supported by the church

and open to year 5 and above

Andrew Rimmer [phone number removed]

Normal format plus bring & buy sale of

gardening equipment

All welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Rockingham Castle

Members £20 Visitors £23

Price includes light lunch & private tour of castle.

There will be time for a walk round the gardens

and grounds

Auditions for Pantomime

For anyone aged 14 years and above.

Auditions for children will be held later in the year.

To be followed by quick committee

meeting

Michele [phone number removed]

Parish Council Meeting

Quiet Evening with Dorothy Micklethwaite

10:00 p.m.(and onwards well into the afternoon

for those unable to come earlier but you will

miss the raffle being drawn!)

All welcome – Raffle, Cake Stall, Bring & Buy.

Any cakes, gifts for bring & buy, raffle prizes

would be much appreciated. Proceeds in aid

of Macmillan Cancer Care

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Reading Room

Please give your name to your committee member

The English Cathedrals, with tutor Keith Hasted

Start of 10 week course. To register

just turn up at the Reading Room

between 7:15 and 7.30 p.m. on

the first or second week of the course.

All Welcome

All welcome. Followed by auction of harvest

produce.Tickets £5 to include a welcome drink.

Bring your own wine and glasses for meal

Coffee morning

Bring & Buy and raffle

In aid of the Reading Room renovation fund

Reading Room

Followed by tea

Cake stall, facepainting, books, children’s clothes,

toys, etc. Please come and help raise £2,500

for Tommy’s (Let’s Talk baby) charity.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission presentation

and film

All welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Three course meal and entertainment

In aid of the Reading Room renovation fund

Tickets £12

Sale of jewellery made by Suwanna Payne

Beautiful and unusual hand-made jewellery and designs

from Thailand. Perfect gifts. Great prices from £3.

All welcome.

Stalls of homemade and local produce, demonstration of

cider making, talk to a beekeeper, cheese maker, etc. Sample the Bell Inn’s large range of ale, cider or beer. Hot dogs. Live music. All staslls under canvas. In aid of the Reading Room’s renovation fund.

Pantomime “Babes in the Wood “

Auditions for young actors aged 9-13 years. Two

minutes to show off your talents – sing, dance, recite

a poem, play an instrument, in a group or solo.

Bryony Worthy [phone number removed]

or Becky Leitelmayer [phone number removed]

For children aged 8 – 16 who will be supervised

by qualified staff. Under 8s need a responsible adult.

Bring your own skateboards, roller blades or BMX

Annual General Meeting

BBC Radio Northampton Gardeners’ Question Time

with Johnny Amos from ‘The Green Welly Show’

Come & ask a question (pre-arranged with Caroline before 31st October) on live radio and get the answer from a panel of experts. Booked tickets only: £6 adults, £3 for 6-12 year olds, from The Bell, Bungalow Stores or 28 Church Street. Ploughman’s supper. In aid of Reading Room Renovation Fund.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Drop-in Information session on Affordable

Housing Scheme at Station Road

Take the opportunity to find out more about the designs for the homes at Station Road and who will be eligible to

apply. Once this event has taken place arrangments will be made by Grand Union Housing Group to submit a

planning application

Alice Izzett (Strategic Housing officer) [phone number removed]

or e-mail

What is Prison For? Discussion led by Maureen Hale

and Steve Edwards. Open to all.

Tickets £3.50 from Ann

Crafts in Action – A Celebration of Work by Local

Artists & Craftsmen

Ceramics, knitting, greetings cards, jewellery,

produce, needlework, Christmas gifts, art

and photography. Craft demos.

Ploughman’s lunches, refreshments available.

Entrance £1 (for adults only) to include raffle.

Any profits will go to Horton Hospital Neo-natal unit.

10:50 a.m. at Helmdon war memorial

Act of Remembrance

Antone, Church Steet. By kind permission of

Ann Smith.

Bring and Buy, raffle

All welcome

Helmdon WI

on behalf of The Northamptonshire

Federation of WIs

Five mile walk taking in Weston

& Lois Weedon

Two-course Lunch at the Bell £7 (book in advance by November 7th ). All welcome

Carol Brookhouse [phone number removed] e-mail

or Ann Smith [phone number removed]

The Northampton based “A La Carte” singing group.

Tickets: £7.50/£6 concessions from Roger [phone number removed], Niki [phone number removed], Pat [phone number removed], Vanessa [phone number removed]

Helmdon Presents

Annual General Meeting

All welcome

Christmas Crafts Afternoon

Children can make their own pottery, artwork,

tiles (£4). Decorations, Christmas baubles (£5).

Activities will focus around crafts that children can make and give as gifts. Entry free, pay for the items your child makes. Refreshments and face painting so bring a full wallet.

Parish Council Meeting

Short Service followed by Wild Life Slides –

John Roberts

Helmdon Presents in association with

Northants Touring Arts

Play “Faith Healer” by Brian Friel peformed

by the highly acclaimed New Perspectives

Theatre

Suitable for adults and older children.

Refreshments available

Tickets £7.50 from Morag ([phone number removed]) or

or Christine ([phone number removed])

Come and join the festive fun

Gifts, toys, cakes, fancy food, tombola,

raffle, games for children, refreshments

Father Christmas will be visiting.

Live Music with AcXent

Pantomime “Babes in the Wood”

£6 adults £4 concessions

senior citizens £1 (Thursday only)

Lots of inexpensive but exciting gifts,

mulled wine and mince pies.

Pantomime “Babes in the Wood “

£6 adults £4 concessions

Winter Event

Speaker Dr Glyn Jones: illustrated talk on

‘Celebrating Darwin’. Afterwards supper will be served.

For members, partners and guests. £7 per head.

Lots of inexpensive but exciting gifts,

mulled wine and mince pies.

Pantomime “Babes in the Wood “

Pantomime “Babes in the Wood “

Members’ Night with a Christmas

Theme

All welcome (£2 at door)

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

In aid of the Children’s Society and its work for children and youngsters at risk.

Feeling flat after Christmas? Come and join us.