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| JANUARY | 2014 | |
| Date: | Thursday 02 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Health Walks | |
| Event: | Walk | |
| Time: | 1:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Meet at the Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome | |
| Contact: | Roger Miles [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Friday 03 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Time to Pray |
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| Time: | 8:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Friday 03 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Presents | |
| Event: | Film: The Angels’ Share | |
| Time: | 7:15 p.m. for 7:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | New Members welcome | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Presents’ committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 05 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Prayer Book Communion For Epiphany |
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| Time: | 8:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Sunday 05 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Epiphany Village Praise & Prayer |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Monday 06 January 2013 | |
| Organiser: | Art Group | |
| Event: | Watercolour Painting | |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All welcome | |
| Contact: | Brian Marshall [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Friday 10 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: |
Talk by Queen’s Flight + tea with Inner Wheel. Bring & Buy in aid of Air Ambulance |
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| Time: | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Date: | Sunday 12 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Parish Communion – The Baptism of Christ |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Tuesday 14 January 2013 | |
| Organiser: | WEA (Adult Education) | |
| Event: |
Shakespeare’s England |
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| Time: | 7:15 p.m.for 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room, Church Street | |
| Details: |
Elaine Rawlinson. Start of 10-week course. All welcome Try one week without obligation |
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| Contact: | Richard Farquharson | |
| Date: | Wednesday 15 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Patchwork Quilting with Val Sandford | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 16 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Winter Colour and Plant Sale with David Wilcox | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Pickles & preserves |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Sunday 19 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | St Lawrence, Radstone | |
| Event: |
Parixsh Coimmunion in Epiphany |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 22 January 2014 | |
| 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 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Holy Communion in Epiphany |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Sunday 26 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Messy Church ‘Candles & Kings’ |
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| Time: | 3:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Sunday 26 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Swimming (Brackley Pool) | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Brackley Pool | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
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| Date: | Friday 31 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Presents | |
| Event: | Film: A Lonely Place To Die | |
| Time: | 7:15 p.m. for 7:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | New Members welcome | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Presents’ committee |
| FEBRUARY | 2014 | |
| Date: | Friday 07 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Time to Pray |
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| Time: | 8:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Friday 07 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Friends Of Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Supporters Supper |
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| Time: | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Helmdon Church | |
| Details: | later | |
| Contact: | Hugh Walmsley [phone number removed] | |
| Date: | Friday 14 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: | Talk by Kevin Lodge ‘The History of Morris Dancing’ | |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship committee | |
| Date: | Monday 17 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Social Night & Supper TBC | |
| Time: | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Bell Inn | |
| Details: |
Names before the night and £7 at a gardening club meeting, please. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 19 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: |
How To Make Your Camera Work For You with Charles Binns |
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| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Friday 21 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Presents | |
| Event: | Film: Paul | |
| Time: | 7:15 p.m. for 7:45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | New Members welcome | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Presents’ committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Talk: A Visit to Iona Abbery Jenny Overson |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| MARCH | 2014 | |
| Date: | Sunday 2 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Pizza making | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
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| Date: | Friday 07 February 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Church | |
| Event: |
Time to Pray |
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| Time: | 8:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | The Church | |
| Details: | All welcome. | |
| Contact: | Helmdon Church | |
| Date: | Friday 14 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: | Talk by Frank Preece on Claydon House (visit later) | |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Malaysian Cookery with Yolanda Topping | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome. Cookery demo which will cost £5 for a small buffet |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 20 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Bee Keeping | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
with Darren Jeacock of Syresham Honey |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Tuesday 25 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Deanery Lady Day Service |
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| Time: | 10:00 a.m. | |
| Venue: | Farthinghoe village hall | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Talk about Katharine House Hospice Fund Raising |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Friday 28 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: | Fish & Chips lunch | |
| Time: | 12:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 30 March 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Games | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Church | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
| APRIL | 2014 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 09 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: | Easter Coffee Morning at Acres End | |
| Time: | 10:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship committee | |
| Date: | Friday 11 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Helmdon Fellowship | |
| Event: | Talk by Moira Byaast ‘Tasting the Past’ | |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | Over sixties & retirees welcome | |
| Contact: | Fellowship committee | |
| Date: | Wednesday 16 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Hanging Baskets Demonstation | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Trip to Hilliers in Banbury | |
| Details: |
All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 17 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Visit to Oxford Botanical Gardens & Harcourt Arboretum | |
| Time: | TBA | |
| Venue: | ||
| Details: |
Coach and prices to be arranged. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 23 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Annual Parish Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 23 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Talk: Loyalty Islands and Kanak People Rev’d Douglas Hadfield |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 27 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | The Pimlico Light Railway Club | |
| Event: | Trains at Pimlico (weather permitting) | |
| Time: | 3 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Pimlico | |
| Details: |
All ages welcome – refreshments available. Half the proceeds to Send a Cow |
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| Contact: | John Roberts – [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Sunday 27 April 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Climbing | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | TBA | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
| MAY | 2014 | |
| Date: | Thursday 15 May 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Visit to Syresham Open Gardens TBC | |
| Time: | TBA | |
| Venue: | ||
| Details: | ||
| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Sunday 18 May 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Games | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | School field | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 May 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Annual Quiz with John Coatsworth | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Sunday 25 May 2014 | |
| Organiser: | The Pimlico Light Railway Club | |
| Event: | Trains at Pimlico (weather permitting) | |
| Time: | 3 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Pimlico | |
| Details: |
All ages welcome – refreshments available. Half the proceeds to Send a Cow |
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| Contact: | John Roberts – [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 28 May 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Annual General Meeting followed by ordinary Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 28 May 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Talk by Sue Tringham |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| JUNE | 2014 | |
| Date: | Tuesday 17 June 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Helmdon Open Gardens TBC | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | ||
| Details: |
Later |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 18 June 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Take Your Head Out Of The Sand with Linda Ayres | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Find out more about keeping ostriches. All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Sunday 22 June 2014 | |
| Organiser: | The Pimlico Light Railway Club | |
| Event: | Trains at Pimlico (weather permitting) | |
| Time: | 3 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Pimlico | |
| Details: |
All ages welcome – refreshments available. Half the proceeds to Send a Cow |
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| Contact: | John Roberts – [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Sunday 22 June 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Lazar Tag | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | TBA | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
| JULY | 2014 | |
| Date: | Sunday 13 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Ckers | |
| Event: | Games | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. | |
| Venue: | School field | |
| Details: | For children/youths from year 5 upwards | |
| Contact: |
Andrew Hart [phone number removed] e-mail |
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Jenny Overson | |
| Event: | 15th 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: | Wednesday 16 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | BBQ | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | ||
| Details: |
All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 17 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Allotment Garden Party TBC | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | Jenners Piece | |
| Details: |
details later |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Talk by Rev’d David Randell |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 27 July 2014 | |
| Organiser: | The Pimlico Light Railway Club | |
| Event: | Trains at Pimlico (weather permitting) | |
| Time: | 3 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Pimlico | |
| Details: |
All ages welcome – refreshments available. Half the proceeds to Send a Cow |
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| Contact: | John Roberts – [phone number removed] e-mail |
| AUGUST | 2014 | |
| Date: | Sunday 24 August 2014 | |
| Organiser: | The Pimlico Light Railway Club | |
| Event: | Trains at Pimlico (weather permitting) | |
| Time: | 3 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Pimlico | |
| Contact: | John Roberts – [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Details: |
All ages welcome – refreshments available. Half the proceeds to Send a Cow |
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| Date: | Saturday 30 August 2014 (provisional date) | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Flower & Produce Show | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | ||
| Details: |
details later |
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| Contact: |
Julia Mcauliffe |
| SEPTEMBER | 2014 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 17 September 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Design Your Own Card | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 18 January 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Visit to Bay Tree Cottage, Farthingstone | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | ||
| Details: |
Car sharing to get there. Garden related talk and tour of the garden/nursery with cake. |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 24 September 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 24 September 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
Talk by Sara Ridley (to be confirmed) |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee | |
| Date: | Sunday 28 September 2014 | |
| Organiser: | The Pimlico Light Railway Club | |
| Event: | Trains at Pimlico (weather permitting) | |
| Time: | 3 – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Pimlico | |
| Details: |
All ages welcome – refreshments available. Half the proceeds to Send a Cow |
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| Contact: | John Roberts – [phone number removed] e-mail |
| OCTOBER | 2014 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 15 October 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | AGM | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | ||
| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 16 October 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Supper Lecture: Val Bourne, garden writer in The Telegraph | |
| Time: | ||
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Pre-booked tickets only. Details later |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 22 October 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: |
AGM |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| NOVEMBER | 2014 | |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Women’s Club | |
| Event: | Talk by Gail Stewart, Eric Morecombe’s daughter | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Special meeting. All welcome |
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| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Thursday 20 November 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | AGM and the club’s 6th birthday | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | ||
| Contact: | ||
| Date: | Wednesday 26 November 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Parish Council | |
| Event: | Meeting | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: | All Welcome | |
| Contact: | Liz Hart [phone number removed] e-mail | |
| Date: | Wednesday 26 November 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Mothers’ Union | |
| Event: | TBA | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | 12A Church Street | |
| Details: | All Welcome. | |
| Contact: | Mothers’ Union committee |
| DECEMBER | 2014 | |
| Date: | Thursday 18 December 2014 | |
| Organiser: | Gardening Club | |
| Event: | Christmas Party | |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Reading Room | |
| Details: |
Please put your name down on the list. Free nibbles. |
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| Contact: |
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