Essential Guide 2019

Essential Guide 10

Community listings

History/heritage

Berkshire Family History Society www.berksfhs.org.uk; new- bury@berksfhs.org.uk Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group contact@biag.org.uk; http://biag.org.uk/ Kennet & Avon Canal Trust 01380 721279; office.manager@katrust.org.uk www.katrust.org.uk Newbury & District Association of the National Trust https://www.nationaltrust.org. uk/features/newbury-and-dis- trict-association Newbury District Field Club secretary@ndfc.org.uk www.ndfc.org.uk/index.php Reading and District Natural History Society http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/ Sandham Memorial Chapel (NT) www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ sandham; sandham@national- trust.org.uk Sasha (Stockcross and Surrounds Historical Association) info@stockcrosshistory.org.uk www.stockcrosshistory.org.uk Thatcham Historical Society enquiries@thatcham historicalsociety.org.uk www.thatchamhistoricalsoci- ety.org.uk The Newbury Society chairman@newbury-society. org; www.newbury-society.org.uk Chieveley Floral Group Every third Tuesday (not August and December), Chieveley Village Hall, 7.30pm; http://bbandoflowers.org.uk/ clubs/chieveley/ Cold Ash Horticultural Society shows and talks held at Acland Hall, Cold Ash; https://coldashhortsoc.word- press.com/ Curridge Horticulture Society Horticulture

WI Hall, Curridge, Newbury; www.curridgehortic.org.uk/ Newbury & District Gardeners Association Every fortnight, October to March, St Nicolas’ School, Link Road, Newbury; www. newburygardeners.org.uk/ Newbury Floral Society Meets 2pm, second Tuesday of every month (not August), Royal British Legion Hall, Pelican Lane, Newbury, RG14 1NP, www.nafas.org.uk/clubs/

National Needlework Archive The Old Chapel, Main Street, Greenham Business Park, RG19 6HW; Elaine Wrightson, centre manager; octc@live.com; 01635 38740; www.national needleworkarchive.org.uk Newbury & District Beekeepers Association Swarms, keeping bees, train- ing, regular meetings www.newburybeekeepers. org.uk Newbury & District Transport Group Talks & slide shows about all forms of transport; David & Marion Canning, secretary and treasurer; 0118 981 5678; info@davidandmarionphotog- raphy.co.uk

Leisure interests

4x4-without a club club www.4x4withoutaclub.co.uk Earl Rivers Regiment of Foote Local Regiment of the Sealed Knot Society, based at Donnington Castle; www.earlrivers.org.uk Kennet Valley Guild Weavers, Spinners & Dyers First Saturday of the month, Greenham Church Hall, New Road, Greenham, Berks. RG19 8RZ; ;https://www.ken- net-valley-guild.com/ Kennet Valley Woodturners Meet Padworth Village Hall; http://kvwt.co.uk/ Mid Thames Model Boat Club Beale Park, Lower Basildon, RG8 9NH; www.mtmbc.co.uk;

newbury-floral-society/ Woolton Hill & District Gardeners’ Club St Thomas’ Church Hall,

Woolton Hill, September to April; http://www.wooltonhill. com/our%20village/gardener- sclub.html

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