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Sunday 01 January 2017
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| JANUARY | 2017 | |
| Date: | Sunday 01 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Benefice Service for Epiphany |
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| Time: | 11:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | St James The Great, Syresham | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Contact: |
Roger Miles [phone number removed] e-mail |
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| Date: | Friday 06 January 2016 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Presents | |
| Event: | Film: My Talks With Dean Spanley | |
| Time: | 7:15 p.m. for 7:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | New Members welcome | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Presents’ committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 08 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Benefice Service for Epiphany |
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| Time: | 11:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | St Mary The Virgin, Wappenham | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Sunday 08 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Messy Church Party |
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| Time: | 03.30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Wednesday 11 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Midweek Communion |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Wednesday 11 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon W.I. | |
| Event: | ||
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon W.I. | |
| Date: | Friday 13 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
Tea Dance |
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| Time: | 02:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 15 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Family Service with Baptism |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Tuesday 17 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Tuesday 17 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | WEA (Adult Education) | |
| Event: |
From Les Misérables to the Belle Epoque: The social history of France 1815–1914 |
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| Time: | 7:15 p.m.for 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room, Church Street | |
| Details: |
David Price. Start of 9-week course. All welcome Try one week without obligation. |
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| Contact: | Richard Farquharson | |
| Date: | Wednesday 18 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | ‘This is your Life’ – Carole Peters | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. Our rector will recall her life during her pre-Helmdon days. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 19 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Successional Planting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Talk by Chris Day, Buckingham Garden Centre All welcome. |
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| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
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| Date: | Sunday 22 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Holy Communion |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Wednesday 25 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Midweek Communion |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Wednesday 25 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
Coffee Morning |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 25 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Helen du Bois [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 25 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Paul Stothard on Blood Bikes – the volunteer bikers who help the NHS |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Friday 27 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Presents | |
| Event: | Film: Eye In The Sky | |
| Time: | 7:15 p.m. for 7:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | New Members welcome | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Presents’ committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 29 January 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Benefice Candlemas Communion |
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| Time: | 11:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | St Mary & St Peter, Lois Weedon | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church |
| FEBRUARY | 2017 | |
| Date: | Sunday 05 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Prayerbook Said Communion |
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| Time: | 08:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Sunday 05 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Village Praise & Prayer |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Friday 10 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
From Cadet to Airline Pilot – Roger Moore |
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| Time: | 02:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 12 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Parish Communion |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Wednesday 15 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | David Willatts | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. Retired consultant anaesthetist with his talk ‘Anaesthesia – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Friday 17 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Presents | |
| Event: | Film: Bread & Tulips | |
| Time: | 7:15 p.m. for 7:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | New Members welcome | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Presents’ committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 19 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Family Service & Aernative Harvest |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Tuesday 21 february 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | House Communion with Rev’d Carole Peters | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 26 February 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Holy Communion |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church |
| MARCH | 2017 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 01 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
The Imposition of Ashes & Communion for Ash Wednesday |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Friday 10 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
A Day in the Life of Time Team – Paul Blinkhorn |
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| Time: | 02:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Matisse Evening | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. A bried talk about Matisse by Chrissie Borland, followed by a production of a Matisse postcard by members. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 16 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Distinctive Containers: Spring to Summer | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Talk by Kathy Brown. All welcome. |
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| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
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| Date: | Friday 17 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
St. Patrick’s Day Lunch |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Tuesday 21 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Helen du Bois [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Speaker TBA | |
| Time: | 07:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Saturday 25 March 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Lady Day Deanery service | |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Middleton Cheney church | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| APRIL | 2017 | |
| Date: | Friday 07 April 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
TBA |
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| Time: | 02:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Tuesday 18 April 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 April 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Annual Quiz | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. With Quiz Master John Coatsworth. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 20 April 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Topical Tips For April | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Talk by Andrew Mikolajski All welcome. |
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| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 April 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
Spring Coffee Morning |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Acres End | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 26 April 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Police Officer Stories – Lorna Clarke | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| MAY | 2017 | |
| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Yvonne Bell, Vestment Designer | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. Talk: Silk for Sundays |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 18 MAY | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Talk/Demo and Plant Sale | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
From Swines Meadow Farm Nursery. All welcome. |
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| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 Mau 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | On Being A G.P. – Fiona Mason | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Helen du Bois [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Fiona Mason | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| JUNE | 2017 | |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 21 June 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Medical Dogs Detection | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. An overview of the charity by Claire Farrar |
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| Contact: |
| JULY | 2017 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 12 July 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Jenny Overson | |
| Event: | Annual Coffee Morning & Bring & Buy | |
| Time: | 10:30 – 12:30 pm | |
| Venue: | 49 Church Street | |
| Details: | In aid of Cancer Research UK | |
| Contact: | Jenny Overson [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | The Club Summer Party | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | T.B.A. | |
| Details: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Helen du Bois [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Contact: |
| AUGUST | 2017 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 09 August 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Mary Sumner Day | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | ||
| Details: | All Welcome. Service, pimms & Nibbles | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Thursday 26 August 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Flower & Produce Show | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. Details to follow |
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| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
| SEPTEMBER | 2017 | |
| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | ‘Shake It Up Baby’ | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. Norman Jopling, writer and journalist, talks about his book recalling his days at the ‘Record Mirror’, the music newspaper for pop fans |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 21 September 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | The Heritage Seed Library and Heritage Vegetables | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Neil Munro. All welcome. |
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Helen du Bois [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
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| OCTOBER | 2017 | |
| Date: | Tuesday 17 October 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Annual General Meeting | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 25 October 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Annual General Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. Also Bring & Show | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| NOVEMBER | 2017 | |
| Date: | Thursday 16 November 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Annual General Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Your chance to say in how the club is run. |
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| Contact: |
Julia McAuliffe |
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 November 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Helen du Bois [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 November 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | Chris Bazeley – Christmas Customs | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Contact: |
| DECEMBER | 2017 | |
| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 2017 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Tuesday Lunches |
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| Time: | 12:30 p.m. for 1:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome. Pre-book with Judith. | |
| Contact: | Judith Elkington [phone number removed] |
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