Out & About October 2017

October dates for your diary

 Sunday Concert, Steve Hubble, 3pm-5.30pm, Aldermaston Concert Centre, William Penney Theatre, AWE West Gate, Tadley. Contact Sylvia 01189 323 971 Wednesday 11 Drawing and painting animals and birds workshop, 10am-3pm, West Berkshire Museum, Wharf Street, Newbury. 01635 519562 museum@westberks.gov.uk Berkshire Family History Society, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Shaw Church Hall. Things aren’t what they used to be – Tony King’s reflections on the time when most of us were growing up, remembering radio, going to the pictures and the coming of television. All welcome. Free parking. Refreshments. Good company. Non- members are requested to make a £3 donation towards costs. Enquiries to newbury@ berksfhs.org.uk or see www.berksfhs.org.uk Thursday 12 Aldworth comedy night, with Lewis Bayan, Alan Francis, John Pearson, Dougie Dunlop, 7pm, Aldworth Village Hall. Tickets £20. 07796 855315; Aldworthcomedy@googlegroups.com Friday 13 Flight from Uganda: No sense for what the future held . Talk by Pragna Hay, 7pm-8pm, West Berkshire Museum. 01635 519562 To Saturday 15, Hungerford Literary Festival See feature p16 Newbury District Field Club, Talk by Dr David Russell on The Story of the Calendar , 2.30pm Newbury Town Hall. Saturday 14 Electric Strawbs, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre Box office 01635 244 246 And tomorrow, Kingsclere Photo Club’s 10th annual photo exhibition, in the main hall, Village Club, George Street, Kingsclere. Saturday 10am– 5pm, Sunday 11am – 4pm. See the photos and vote for your favourite. Porchlight Smokers , ACE Space, St Nicholas Road, 8pm-10pm. A varied and at times virtuoso repertoire that mixes self-penned works with covers made very much their own. Tickets available from Hogan Music, Newbury, at ACE Space events and www.wegottickets. com English Civil War Family Fun Day, West Berkshire Museum, 10am to 3pm. Meet historical re-enactors from the English Civil War Society in period costume to learn about life in 17th-century West Berkshire, as well as demonstrate skills and crafts that you can have a go at. Themed trail, opportunity to handle replica objects, and colour in a scene of the English Civil War, with a chance to win museum goodies. Free Sunday 15

Sunday 1 Big Beat Little Feet: David Gibb, 3pm, Arlington Arts Centre. Box office 01635 244 246 Wednesday 4 Greenham : 100Years of War and Peace. Talk by writer Beth Flintoff, 7pm-8pm, West Berkshire Museum. 01635 519562 To Saturday 7, Nomads Musical Theatre present Thoroughly Modern Millie, 7.30pm (Saturday matinee 2.30pm), Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Thursday 5 Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls, alt-rock music, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre. Box office 01635 244 246 Friday 6 Plants andWildlife on Greenham Common , talk, 7pm-8pm, West Berkshire Museum 01635 519562 Elles Bailey, blues, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre. Box office 01635 244 246 French Market, Newbury town centre, 9am to 5pm. Croissants, cheeses, charcuterie, crêpes and lots more will be on offer as traders travel across from Normandy to sell a wide range of authentic produce. Laughter Yoga with Ian MacDonald, 7pm-10pm, Soulstice Wellbeing, Old Courthouse, Newbury Town Hall. £30 per person, includes refreshments. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternative-friday-night- tickets-37309719375?aff=efbeventtix Saturday 7 Come and sing day, St Mary’s Church, Shaw. Sounds of Sullivan , registration from 10am. Workshop 10.30am-4pm. Informal audience performance 4.30pm. 2017 is the 175th anniversary of the present St Mary’s Church building. It is also the 175th birthday of Sir Arthur Sullivan. Come and sing extracts from Sullivan’s Festival Te Deum and gentler songs from this master of English music and his contemporaries. Tickets £18 for the day including hire of music. Group discount for visiting choirs. Audience free. For more details and booking arrangements go to www.shawchurch.org.uk and follow the link from the home page or email eventsshawchurch@gmail.com Flanders and Swan Recaptured , artistry in words and music with Two Blokes and a Piano – James Mitchell and Grahame O’Connor, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Aldworth. Tickets £15, including refreshments. Box office 01491 671714 or 01635 578936 Craft & gift fair , Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park, 10am-3pm. Free

entry, free parking, tea room. Crafts on sale incude wood turning, jewellery, patchwork, knitting, crochet, candles, mixed media art-work, fairy houses, ceramics, embroidery, handmade paper, hand-dyed fabric and thread, tote bags, bunting, memo boards, and more. www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk/octc@ live.com Monday 9 Newbury Embroiderers’ Guild , 7.30pm, St Francis de Sales Church Hall, off Warren Road. Visitors are welcome £5. AGM with an exhibition of members’ textile bags. Contact: 01635 862289. Newbury and District Association of the National Trust, 7.30pm, St George the Martyr Church, Wash Common, Newbury. The Earls of Pembroke and the Ladies who Made a Difference , speaker: Ros Liddington, who wrote the education programme for the estate of the late Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House, and for the last 16 years she has been responsible for exhibitions, both research and presentation, in the course of which she has amassed a large
collection of artefacts and costumes. In her talk she will cover some 500 years of the residence of Earls and their Ladies at Wilton, from the Tudors onwards. She will bring some artefacts and costumes. Touch to See , West Berkshire Museum. Sociable monthly discussion group for those with visual impairments. The group has access to tactile and audio resources from the Living Paintings library, enabling them to explore the work of famous artists, architects and designers. Local artists and guest speakers are also invited to talk about their work. The activity is free and no booking is required. To find out more, call the Corn Exchange on 01635 582 666 or email getinvolved@cornexchangenew.co.uk Tuesday 10 Robert Harris talks about his new novel Munich, 7.30pm, Hungerford Corn Exchange. Tickets from Hungerford bookshop. Newbury Floral Society , area demonstrator Nicky Heal presents Creative Inspirations . If you are interested in flower arranging, Newbury Floral Society meet at 2pm on the second Tuesday of each month, at the British Legion Hall, Newbury, for demonstrations and workshops. Guests are welcome. Contact the society for more information on (01635) 253874. info@newburyembroiderers.org.uk www.newbury-embroiderers.co.uk

Mary Hare Hearing Centre open day, 9.30am-1.30pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common

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