Out & About November 2017

OA what’s on

November dates for your diary

Tuesday 21 And Tuesday 28, Swiss Darning with Meg Crowther, 7pm–9pm, Old Chapel Textile Centre. £44 Friends of the Watermill: Lunch and Social Bridge, 11.30am bar, 12 noon lunch, 1pm Bridge £65 per table of four. Box office 01635 46044 Wednesday 22 The West Berkshire Diabetes Support Group, Sainsbury’s Café, 6.30 and 8pm Hungerford Historical Association, talk by Alan Heasman: The oldest profession in Aldbourne? Warrening , 7.30pm, Hungerford Corn Exchnage. Visitors welcome. Thursday 23 Loose Cover for a Dining Room Chair with Linda Connell, Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park, 10am–4pm. £48. 01635 38740 email: octc@live.com Friday 24 Talk: SimonYates – My Mountain Life, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244 246 Saturday 25 Cromwell Singers concert, A Taste of Christmas , 3pm, St Mary’s Church, Shaw. Retiring collection on behalf of Christian Aid. Refreshments will be available. An Evening of Chanson, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244 246 Newbury Symphony Orchestra Concert, 7.30pm, St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Arturian Trumpet Concerto – soloist David Shead. Conductor Gwyn Parry Jones. Tickets £12 adults, £5 students £2 under 18yrs from Hogan Music and Phillip Brown Violins Carols at the Corn Exchange with the Salvation Army, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 £9 Thursday 30 Wool Roving Fairies and Angels with Sue Howell, Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park, 10.30am-1pm. £20. 01635 38740, email octc@live.com

Newbury Floral Society, 2pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common, Newbury. National demonstrator Tony Brown will present Festive Delights . Call (01488) 685491 for further information and tickets And Wednesday, Vamos Theatre presents Finding Joy, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Wednesday 15 Talking history: Wining and dining in the 17th century, 7pm-8pm, West Berkshire Museum Tickets £5 from the museum or online. 01635 519562 Friday 17 Case Hardin, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244246 The West Berkshire Diabetes Support Group, West Berkshire Community Hospital meeting room 2, between 1pm and 3pm Mayor’s Charity Quiz, Newbury Town Hall, 7pm start. Teams 4-6 people, £10 per person to include a ploughman’s supper tea/coffee. Tickets available from the Town Hall reception. Saturday 18 Headley community shop local food tasting and Christmas gift preview, 10am and 1pm, The Old Baptist Chapel, Thornford Road, Headley. Free entry The Thinking Drinkers: History of Alcohol, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244 246 Soul Legends, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. 0845 5218218 Sunday 19 Pete Allen’s Hot Four with Enrico Tomasso, Chequers Hotel, Newbury, 3. Tickets on the door £13.50 (Cash only) Winter wire with Flora Gare, 2pm-6pm, Corn Exchange Learning Centre. 0845 5218218 Afternoon Concert, 3pm, DirkJan Rantzijn, William Penney Theatre, AWE, Tadley. £8. 0118 932 3971. Ask for theatre at main gate. Contact Sylvia 01189 323971 or Christine 01252 623108 Monday 20 Neighbourhood Watch Meeting, 7.30pm, West Berkshire Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury. Dr Nick Young speaking about Newbury Then and Now . Representatives from the Police and Fire Service will give crime updates and answer questions. All welcome

Village markets Village markets

Aldworth Community Market, every Saturday, 9.30am to noon. 01635 578090. Basildon village market, 10am to 12.30pm. Last Saturday of the month. 01491 671515. Beenham village market, 2pm to 3.30pm. Second Saturday of the month. 0118 971 4822. Bradfield market, Bradfield Village Hall, 10am to 11.30am on the second Saturday of the month. 0118 9744068. Bucklebury Artisan food market, The Bladebone Inn, Chapel Row, first Saturday Farmers’ markets – Newbury, first and third Sunday of every month, 9am to 1pm; Hungerford, fourth Sunday, 9am to 1.30pm; Purley-on-Thames, second Sat, 9am to 1pm. Hamstead Marshall market, second Saturday of every month, 10am to 1pm, 01488 658932 / 658168. Hermitage farmers’ market, second Sunday of every month, 10am to 1pm, 01635 201555. Inkpen food and craft market, Inkpen Village Hall, third Sunday of every month, 10am - 12.30pm. Silchester Market, Silchester Village Hall, first Saturday of the month, 10am to midday. Spirals Craft market, raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity, dates and venues vary. Wednesday, United Reformed Church Hall, Church Lane, Thatcham 10am to 11.30am. 01635 872713. Wolverton Village Hall, market first Saturday of every month, 9.30am to 11am. 01488 608594. Woolhampton village market, first Saturday of the month, 10am to midday. 0118 971 3637. Woolton Hill village market, last Saturday of every month, 10am to 1pm. See www.spiralscraftmarket.co.uk Thatcham Community Market every of the month, 10am to 12noon. Love food @BuckleburyAFM

Deadline for listings for December issue: Tuesday, November 7 Email: report@newburynews.co.uk or tweet: @outnaboutberks

October competition winners: Foodylicious: Lorna Cox, Twyford, Mrs C Dearle, Newbury, Val Cattell, Newbury, Helen Tayler, Reading, Rachel Regan, Newtown Common, Chris Vane, Woolton Hill, Sara Alexander, Reading, Mrs B Simmons, Comton, Lynn Hughes, Thatcham, Mrs C Brookes, Thatcham General competition rules: The winner(s) will be the first entry(ies) drawn with the correct answer. In the event that a winner must be notified

quickly and is unavailable on the daytime number provided, another winner may have to be chosen. Newbury News Limited employees, and employees directly involved in the competition, and their families, are not eligible to enter. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Responsibility not accepted for entries lost or torn in the post. Postal entries must be on the original form. There are no cash alternatives to the prize.

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