Essential Guide

Thames Valley Vikings (wheel- chair basketball) Training sessions held at Kennet Leisure Centre, Stoney Lane, Thatcham; 01635 871112 Jacqueline, coach and chair- woman: berkswheelchairbasketball@ hotmail. com; 07775 682987; www. spaces. msn.com/thamesvalleyvikings essential guide 20

Community listings

Croft Hall, The Croft, Hungerford

New Era Theatre, 196 Andover Road, Wash Common RG14 6NU Marian Hatfull, communi- cations officer; secretary@ neweraplayers.org; tel 07919916009; www.new- eraplayers.org Newbury Dramatic Society c/o 106 Enborne Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6AN; Alan Davidson, chairman: 01635 33572; annied106@hotmail.co.uk Newbury Theatre Paul Shave: 01635 866800; www.newburytheatre.co.uk; editor@newburytheatre.co.uk Hambridge Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5SJ ; First aid at work 0844 871 8000 First aid for the public 0344 412 2808 www.redcross. org.uk; Buttercups Baby and Toddler Group The Frank Hutchins Community Centre, Bradley Moore Square, Thatcham, RG18 4QH; FB Buttercups & Daisies Kintbury Volunteers Thatchers Yard, Church Street, Kintbury: 01488 657119 Newbury & Thatcham Neighbourhood Watch Angela Money BEM, Chair www.uknags.org.uk/newbury_ south_west; www.tvnhwa.org. uk; ajmy5m7@inbox.com 07774962641 Volunteer Centre West Berkshire 1 Bolton Place, Northbrook Street, Newbury, RG14 1AJ; 01635 49004; info@vcwb.org. uk; www.volunteerwestberks. org.uk West Berkshire Citizen’s Advice Bureau Broadway Hosue, 408 The Broadway, Newbury; 0300 222 5941; www.citizensad- Volunteer Groups British Red Cross 12a Kingfisher Court,

Women’s Institutes

vicewestberkshire.org.uk/ Ashmore Green WI Acland Hall Mary Shaw, president: 01635 862508 Bradfield WI Bradfield Village Hall Karel Webb, committee member: 01635 201435 Calleva WI c/o Nuthatch, The Glen, Pamber Heath; Tricia Gardiner; 0118 970 1109; tricia.gardiner@gmail.com Chieveley WI Chieveley Village Hall, Chieveley J Pocock, secretary: 01635 248211; michaeljean@btinter- net.com Cold Ash WI Acland Hall, Cold Ash Helen Mowat, president: 01635 569357 Curridge WI Pendennis House, Chapel Lane, Curridge, RG18 9DX Doreen Handby, Secretary thehandbys@rocketmail.com 01635200857 Falkland WI St George’s Hall, Wash Common; Christina Castle, secretary: 07971056958 Greenham WI Newbury Conservative Club, 5 Cheap Street, Newbury; Judith Walton, secretary; 01635 524238 Hampstead Norreys WI Hampstead Norreys Village Hall; Gwenan Paul, president; 01635 200863; gwenanpaul@ yahoo.com

Secretary: 01488 682683; www.hungerfordwi.co.uk Lambourn WI Memorial Hall, Oxford Street, Lambourn Mrs M. Williams, secretary: 01488 71812 Padworth WI Padworth Village Hall; Myrtle Beale, president: 0118 971 3593 Purley-on-Thames WI Purley Memorial Hall, Glebe Road Tricia Wilson, secretary: 0118 942 4679 Ramsbury WI Methodist School Room Rosalie Winter, secretary: 01672 520261 Shaw-cum-Donnington WI Village Hall, Love Lane, Donnington Mrs S. Ansell, secretary: 01635 841441; saraheansell@ Thatcham Memorial Hall, Bath Road, Thatcham, RG18 3AL; Kathie Cripps, secretary; 01635 874348; www.thatch- amwi.weebly.com Theale Green WI Theale Village Hall, Englefield Road Barbara Browne, committee member: 0118 959 7204 Welford & Wickham WI Mrs Pat Williams, secretary: The Pound House, Hoe Benham, Newbury, RG20 8PX; 01488 608626; Poundhousepair@aol.com hotmail.com Thatcham WI 1st Compton Cub Scout Pack Cheseridge Rd, Compton, Newbury RG20 7PL; gsl. compton@tacehamhundred. org.uk 1st Newbury Boys’ Brigade Newbury Baptist Church, Cheap Street, Newbury; https://boys-brigade.org.uk/ Youth Groups

Theatrical

Community of Hungerford Theatre Company c/o 7 Combe View, Hungerford David Clayton, chairman: 01488 683845; Barry Waddell, press and publicity: 01488 684904; barry.waddell5@ntl- world.com; www.hungerford- theatrecompany.co.uk Compton Players Coronation Hall, Compton, chair@comptonplayers. co.uk; www.comptonplayers. co.uk Kennet Amateur Theatrical Society (KATS) www.kats.org.uk secretary@kats.org.uk 08443105040 Kennet Opera 5 St Mary’s Road, Newbury, RG14 1ES; Cathy Black; sec- retary: 01635 551638; www. kennetopera.co.uk; cathy- black9@gmail.com New Era Players

Headley Woodlands WI Headley Village Hall Betty Eckton, secretary: 01256 681080 Hungerford WI

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