Essential Guide

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Community listings

Music Thatcham & District Philatelic Society Memorial Hall, Bath Road, Thatcham (Thu eve) and Council Chambers, (Mon pm); Graeme Stewart, honorary secretary: www.tdps.org.uk; 01635 866942; graeme_viv@btopenworld. com Thatcham Photographic Club Sue Lloyd, chairman; www.thatchamphotoclub.com info@thatchamphotoclub.com Valley Film Society East Garston Village Hall; Penny Brewer, chairwoman: 01488 72305; www.valleyfilmsociety.org; Penny Locke (membership): pennylocke@freeuk.com Vintage Motor Cycle Club, Berkshire section Meets at Englefield Social Club, near Theale; Michael Bryant, secretary: 0118 942 3094; www.berkshire-vmcc.org.uk; berkshirevmcc@yahoo.co.uk West Berks Ramblers Mrs Lesley Webb; 01635 45689; www.wberksramblers.org.uk Third Sunday of the Month Afternoon Concert of Popular Melodies, William Penney Theatre, AWE Aldermaston; Christine or Sylvia brockwellcga1@btinter- net.com; www.organfax.co.uk; 0118 932 3971 Apollo Big Band Society Rehearses at Stockcross Village Hall; George Wicks, chairman: 01635 47675; www. apollobigband.co.uk; apollobigband@btopenworld. com Beenham Wind Band Rehearses on Friday evenings in Beenham; Simon Witcomb, chairman; 01635 869869; www.beenhamband.com; simon@witcombs.co.uk Cold Ash Brass

www.newburycameraclub. org.uk; Newbury Car Club 117 Kingsley Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EB; Carrie Meissner: 07761 222072; www.newburycarclub.co.uk; info@newburycarclub.co.uk Newbury Conservative Club Cheap Street, Newbury RG14 5DD Tel: 01635 41471 Newbury Group of Advanced Motorists Group Secretary: Dick Bird; 07717 366500; secretary@ niam.org.uk; www.niam.org.uk Newbury MG Owners’ Club The Woodpecker pub, Wash Water, Secretary; Ian Deverall, 23 Conifer Drive,Tilehurst; 0118 962 4624; ian.deverall@ ntlworld.com Editor: Roger Boys, 11 Fairacre, Woolton Hill; 07966 132295; rogerb@newbury.net Newbury Model Railway Club Wash Common Community Centre, Glendale Avenue Newbury; Alan Robertson: 07580177864; www.newburymrc.co.uk Newbury Road Club (cycling club) Ian Lakey, secretary: www. newburyrc.co.uk; 01635 864314; secretary@newburyrc.co.uk Newbury Scale Model Club Meetings at Newbury Rugby Club Ian Shumsky, Secretary; 07769 887 532; secretary@ newburyscalemodelclub.org. uk; www.newburyscalemodel- club.org.uk/ Newbury Speakers Club Phil Gladwell, vice president; info@newburyspeakers.org; 07785 913267; www.newbury- speakers.org St Nicolas Church Bell Ringers Julia Deady, secretary; 07788 447940; newbury@bells- nearnewbury.org.uk; www. bellsnearnewbury.org.uk

Newbury Spring Festival 1 Brdige Street, Newbury RG14 5BH, Mr Ashley Morris; 01635 32421; Ashley@new- buryspringfestival.org.uk; www.newburyspringfestival. org.uk Newbury Symphony Orchestra Rehearses at St Bartholomew’s School, Newbury; David Cooper 01635 551875; david_e_coop- er@tiscali.co.uk www.newburysymphonyorches- tra.org Pangbourne & District Silver Band Rehearses on Wednesdays in Pangbourne Village Hall; Edmund Pike, general sec- retary; 0118 972 4249; www. pangbourneband.org.uk Royal British Legion Hungerford Jazz Forum 20 Church Way, Hungerford; George Wicks, chairman: 01635 47675; www.geocities.com/hunger- ford jazz; hungerfordjazz@btopenworld. com Downland Choir Collingwood, Orchard Close, Hermitage, RG18 9RU; Mrs G Martin: 01635 200686; martin- bnj@btinternet.com The Sandham Singers Chamber choir, rehearses on Wednesday evenings; sandhamsingers@gmail.com;

Rehearses at St Mark’s School, Cold Ash; Paul Sanders, secretary: 01635 869906; www.coldashbrass. org.uk; paul@sanders23.freeserve. co.uk Cromwell Singers c/o 5 Brummell Road, Newbury Gayle Penrose, secretary: 07919 413420; ww.cromwells.new- bury.net; cromwell.singers@hotmail. co.uk Hungerford Town Band 3 York Road, Hungerford, RG17 0DF; Tim Crouter, musical director: 01488 680674; www.hungerford- townband.co.uk; imcrouter@ hungerfordtownband.co.uk Newbury Chamber Choir Rachel Bowey, secretary: 01635 580833; www.singnewbury. co.uk; secretary@singnewbury.co.uk Newbury Choral Society Methodist Church Hall, Newbury; Monday evenings, 7.30pm; secretary@newburychoral.org. uk; www.newburychoral.org; Newbury Jazz Colin Willcock, organiser: Quarry Cottage, Garden Close Lane, Newbury, RG14 6PP; 01635 43405

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