Friday 8 January 2010

‘Behind The News’

with tutor Martin Bloxham.

Start of 10-week course. All welcome

‘Behind The News’

with tutor Martin Bloxham.

Start of 10-week course. All welcome

Plant identification quiz plus local speakers: Simon Harris,

the Revd Will Adams and the Silverstone Garden Club

All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Guided tour of cathedral and then time for lunch and

shopping in Peterborough

£10 members, £13 non-members

Carol Brookhouse [phone number removed] e-mail

‘Water’ dvd

Parish Council Meeting

Teams of 4 or 5. £10 per team.

Question Master: Ross Vicars

Drinks available, raffle.

Tickets from Roger [phone number removed], Vanessa [phone number removed],

Niki [phone number removed], or Jo [phone number removed]

Advance notice preferable but no-one turned away!

All Welcome

Bring & Buy and Raffle

Entrance £3 to include glass of wine. Raffle,

stalls and refreshments. Variety of treatments

by local therapists available such as reiki,

mini facials, Indian head massage all at £8.

Best to book ahead. All welcome.

Margaret Holland will take a ‘Fascinating Look into the

World of Bees & our Gardens’.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Annual General Meeting & Auditions

Auditions are for summer play. All welcome

Talk about the work of the CAB, Daventry:

Anne Bamfield

– Southern Peru & Galapogos Islands: Ruth Champion

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

Fun Quiz with raffle prizes. How clever are you?

All welcome

Social night with meal, plant quiz & raffle

Please buy a ticket for this event at any club meeting.

Members & non-members welcome

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Evening of Indian Classical Dance with an

Indian meal & refreshments

Tickets £10 (including the meal)

Profits for the Reading Room Renovation Fund

Coffee Morning & Table top sale (bring & buy)

and raffle

Dorothy Micklethwaite will be grateful for any donations

for raffle or stall. All welcome. Proceeds for new

bell ropes in church

Parish Council Meeting

Annual General Meeting

Agenda herewith

John Roberts

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

Wind Turbines – presentation by local

residents

Discussion about the issues around the

proposed Wind Farm just outside Helmdon.

Residents of Helmdon Parish are invited.

Timothy Walker (Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden)

talks to us about creating his own small garden.

All welcome. Guests pay £2 at the door

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

All welcome. Ideas and offers of help very welcome

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Supper evening with entertainment

Tickets £7.50 from Roger [phone number removed], Vanessa [phone number removed],

Niki [phone number removed]

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Annual Parish Meeting

Cost £8 (to include flying display, ploughman’s

lunch +drink)

Bring & Buy

In aid of the Katherine House Hospice

All Welcome

Corn Dollies,

Make Your Own Corn Dolly:Robert Manton

Annual General Meeting

All welcome (although only

committee members are entitled to elect

the officers)

Quiz and date to be arrranged and evening at

the Catering College

Plant Sale and talk on Garden Security

All welcome. Guests pay £2 on the door

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

The Bell

All welcome. Ideas and offers of help very welcome

Julia McAuliffe [phone number removed] e-mail

2 Hintons Close

By kind permission of Bill & Doreen England

All Welcome

Bring & Buy and Raffle

Talk and Presentation on Bungoma –

Diannah Dean

Annual General Meeting followed by ordinary meeting

A look at Sue Wallace’s wonderful garden. Please

put your name down on the list at a club meeting.

All welcome.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Fountain House (by kind permission of Phillipa

Lloyd)

Bar available serving Pimms & wine, etc. Raffle

and ‘Best Hat’ competition. Proceeds to the Friends

of St Mary Magdalene. Tickets £6.50 each or family

£15 (which include ‘Sandwiches and Strawberries’)

from Roger [phone number removed] or Niki [phone number removed]

Wychwood, Wappenham Road.

By kind permission of Val Smith

All Welcome

Bring & Buy and Raffle

Local (very) mystery garden visit and plant quiz.

All welcome. Guests £2 at the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Lady Windermere’s Fan

Rerfreshments available

Tickets: £6 adults, £4 concessions

Lady Windermere’s Fan

Rerfreshments available

Tickets: £6 adults, £4 concessions

All Welcome Bring a picnic

Members £10, non-members £12.50

Enjoy a sumptuous tea, listen and dance to Big Band music.

Tickets £4. All welcome

The Bell, Seckingtons Stores, Fellowship

meetings, Drop-in Centre, Tuesday Lunches

or Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail or at [address removed]

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Fountain House, by kind permission

of Philippa Lloyd

Stalls, games, beer tent, music, owl

display, teas, barbecue, raffle, etc. No

admission charge. All proceeds

to Helmdon Church.

A fun and fundraising workshop for mums who want to explore how to achieve a good work life balance and sense of ‘EQuilibrium’ for themselves. All welcome. £12 per mum (includes one free glass of wine or soft drink)

Profits to Acorns Pre-School

Coffee at 11:00 a.m., Bring & Buy, raffle

followed by lunchtime bbq

22 Bell Close

By kind permission of Jan & Cec Harrold

Names to Carol Brookhouse for barbecue, please

Gardens entered

Judging of the first 5 garden classes of the Show

Julia McAuliffe [phone number removed] e-mail

Dress up for a fab evening out! Champagne reception,

3-course dinner. Dancing, 10-piece live band. Raffle &

Charity Auction. Tickets £50 to end of March, £55

thereafter – numbers limited. Book a table

or buy tickets individually. Black tie.

Helmdon Church

All welcome

Please come along and support us

Presentation of photo-montages of turbines

set against the local landscape

Dr Glyn Jones gives an amusing talk about plants

(followed by a short talk by Jean Spendlove about

harvest festival).

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

10:00 p.m. – 12 noon

12A Church Street

Bring & Buy and Raffle.

Come along and support the project to provide a

loo in Burundi, so that people have a safe, private

and hygienic place to go to the toilet.

10:00 p.m.

The Churchyard

These are monthly occasions in the warmer

months only. We need more

volunteers. Why not come and see

if you can help by strimming, gardening,

mowing or generally tidying up?

Refreshments available.

Margaret Reardon on behalf

of Helmdon Gardening Club

All welcome.Spend an evening in a truly wonderful

garden. £1 entrance fee. Wine & drinks available.

All proceeds go to the Reading Room ‘Buy

A Chair’ refurbishment fund.

Trip

Return: 4:30 p.m.

All welcome, Cost £14 per person

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Games, art, drama and refreshments provided. All

free. Children to be registered and collected

by an adult on the day

Parish Council Meeting

5 Wrightons Hill, Wappenham Road

NB Change of venue

Club members only.

Come to a meeting and put your name down

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

2 Hintons Close

In aid of Reading Room fundraising

All Welcome. Teas, bring and buy, cake stall,

raffle, tombola. If wet, in the Reading Room

The chief executive of the Royal Meteorological

Society will talk about climate change and forecasting.

Lecture followed by buffet supper. Entry by ticket (£5

to include a buffet supper) from Bungalow Stores,

the Bell, the gardening club or [phone number removed]

Open Meeting. All welcome.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Romiley Lodge,Cross lane

By kind permission of Trudie & Barbara Buxton

All Welcome

Bring & Buy and Raffle

Reading Room

(Entries for the Show to be staged between

9:30 and 10.30 a.m.)

All welcome to the Show. Raffle, teas, and

auction at 5:00 p.m. of some of the produce

Julia McAuliffe [phone number removed] e-mail

All ages welcome – refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

BBQ, homemade sweets, quality household

effects for sale, putting tournament, balloons,

jewellery, cream teas, a bar and more.

All welcome

‘The Helmdon Hurler’ – a 4.3 Mile Run Around

the Astwell track

Official run affiliated with England Athletics.

Adult £8 in advance (£10 on the day)

Child (5-17 years) £5 in advance and £7 on the day.

To be followed by BBQ at the Bell Inn

All profits from the run will be donated to support village groups.

Download the event flyer and entry form.

Bob Lenton [phone number removed] e-mail

Roz Page [phone number removed] e-mail

Helmdon – Weston – Helmdon (about 7 miles)

then BBQ and social afternoon with the

Helmdon Hurlers. All welcome, young & not-so-young.

Dogs must be on a lead at all times.

Advanced entry fee £4, on the day £4.50 (reg.

9:30 a.m.) Children under 12 free

Bill England [phone number removed] e-mail

David Dyndor [phone number removed] e-mail

Come & have your say about the future

of Helmdon

Club’s AGM and local guest

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

‘Astronomy for Beginners’

with tutor Frank Gear

Start of 10-week course. All welcome

Members £3, visitors £5

Parish Council Meeting

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. Donations of cakes

and 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

7:00 p.m.

Reading Room

All welcome. Details later

Tea to include a talk on doorstep crime by Northamptonshire Police

Stage production ‘Farm Boy’

the compelling sequel to ‘War Horse’ in a

magical new stage adaptation

From age 7+

Club Night with a raffle and local guest speakers.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Coffee Morning

Preview of regular cafe starting in January 2011

All welcome

Coffee (or tea) and cake£1

Cooking Demonstration:

Margaret Goes Vegetarian

Felix Francis, author, will be talking about his

father Dick Francis (champion jockey & best

selling author), writing the last few books

with him and now ‘going it alone’. Tickets (£6) to

include a hot supper available from the Bell,

Bill England and Caroline King from mid-October.

Mr Francis will be selling and signing his

recent book which came out in October 2010.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Bill England [phone number removed] e-mail

Bring & Buy

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

Budapest cafe orchestra

An evening with the Budapest cafe orchestra

who will be playing blistering czardas, grief-stricken

ballads and rousing dances for us …

cafe style … in the Reading Room. Tickets £8.

7:15 for 7:30 p.m.

Lois Weedon Village Hall

Speaker Dr John Muddiman from Mansfield

College: ‘Who Can Be A Christian’

Tickets (with supper) £4

8:00 a.m. 1662 Communion

10:00 a.m. service in the church

Followed by Act at Helmdon Memorial

at 10:50 a.m.

All welcome

Proceeds to go to help start-up costs of the

new Helmdon cafe

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Cothes to try & buy after show.

Tickets £5 to include glass wine/juice

In aid of the Pakistan Flood Appeal

Vanessa Vicars [phone number removed] e-mail

Sue Lidgley [phone number removed]

Andy Patmore from the Forestry Commission.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Parish Council Meeting

General Management Meeting

Bill England [phone number removed]

or Barbara Whitlock [phone number removed]

Social evening (postponed until December 3rd)

Talk on ‘Drovers’ Roads’ followed by supper

For WEA members, partners and friends NOW FULL

Come and join the festive fun

Gifts, toys, cakes, fancy food, tombola,

raffle, games for children, refreshments

Father Christmas will be visiting.

Coffee morning and Bring & Buy

‘Deanery Advent Service

Meeting Re Wind Turbine Planning application

To discuss and share views re the

Broadview Planning application to erect five

wind turbines near the village.

Residents and press welcome.

Christmas Supper and guest speaker

For members, partners and guests Now Full

Selection of Christmas goodies to purchase, and children will have the opportunity to make gift tags, cards, etc.

Area dedicated to decorating your own piece of pottery. Activities aimed at pre-school and primary aged children. Entry free. Refreshments available. Just pay for what you create.

Pantomime Alice in Wonderland

Tickets £6 and £4 concs.(Senior citizens £1 tonight only)

Pantomime Alice in Wonderland

Tickets £6 and £4 concs.

Pantomime Alice in Wonderland

Tickets £6 and £4 concs.

Pantomime Alice in Wonderland

Tickets £6 and £4 concs.

Christmas Party with Fun ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’.

Competitions.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King [phone number removed] e-mail

Tickets £6 to include a glass of mulled wine and a

mince pie

Hugh Walmsley [phone number removed], Julia O’Brien [phone number removed],

Ann Smith [phone number removed]

Finishing at Carpenter’s Close with Alan and Eileen Watson at

9 (ish)