Out & About September 2017

OA what’s on

September dates for your diary

Jericho comedy stand-up, 8pm, Croft Hall, Hungerford. Tickets from https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/jericho-comedy-stand-up- tickets-35369765922?ref=wpwidget Silchester Parish Church concert by Berkshire Brass, 7.30pm. Includes works by Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and others. Tickets £10 or at the door. Proceeds to church funds. Contact Ralph Atton, 0118 970 0825 Tuesday 26 Victorian Lunch Club meal, 12noon-2pm, St Mary’s Church, Shaw Newbury District Field Club . Talk by Terry Gilligan: the Famous Albourne Bell Foundry, 7.30pm, St John’s Parish Rooms, St John’s Church, Newbury Wednesday 27 Hungerford Historical Association Talk: Escape from Colditz by Col Piers Storie-Pugh, 7.30pm, Hungerford Corn Exchange. £4. Visitors welcome Thursday 28 James Hamilton talks about his biography of Gainsborough, 7.30pm, Hungerford Corn Exchange. Tickets from Hungerford Bookshop Saturday 30 And tomorrow, Flower Festival weekend – Harvest through the ages , St Mary’s Church, Shaw And tomorrow, Oil Painting weekend with Kevin Skully, 10am-4pm, City Arts, Newbury. £100. info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk Coffee morning for Thames Valley Air Ambulance , 10.30am to 12.30pm, The Friends Meeting House, 1 Highfield Ave, Newbury. Meet Quakers and other groups that use the meeting house, 1.30pm to 4pm. Tel: 01635 47550. 9th Bucklebury Beerfest, 12noon til 6pm, Bucklebury Village recreation ground. Includes Bucklebury Fun Dog Show. www.bucklebury. beer

Textiles Collage with Lorna Goldsmith, 10am- 4pm, City Arts. https://cityartsnewbury.co.uk/ Saturday 16 Life and art: a night of Opera, 8pm, Croft hall, Hungerford. Tickets from Hungerford Bookshop or Arts for Hungerford https://artsforhungerford. com/2017/06/10/sat-16-sep-life-and-art-a-night- of-opera/ And tomorrow, Royal County of Berkshire Show (see feature p16) Andy Parsons: Peak Bullsh*t, 8pm, The Haymarket, Basingstoke. 012556 844244 Razzmatazz , Park House School, dance classes for all ages and abilities. Free taster session today. Classes run every Saturday. For more information contact Debbi Ledwith 01635 905404, email newbury@razzamataz.co.uk or visit their website for more information www.newbury.razzamataz.co.uk Sunday 17 Songs of Praise, St John’s Church, Newbury, 3pm. This will take the form of songs/ hymns and prose personally chosen by members of the congregation. The service will be followed by tea and cakes. All are welcome Tuesday 19 Sandham Memorial Chapel service , 10am-10.30am. Conducted by the parish rector. Services are free but donations are welcome Thursday 21 To September 30, Hungerford Visual Arts Trail – HADCAF https://artsforhungerford. com/2017/06/09/visual-arts-trail-thu-21-sat- 30-sep/ Friday 22 And tomorrow, Silchester Players present Mourning, Nun & Night , three short comedies, Silchester Village Hall, 7.30pm (Saturday matinee, 2.30pm). Tickets, £8 adults, £6 concessions, call 0118 981 5600. Here Endeth the First Lesson, a satire by Stewart Auty, None the Wiser , comedy by Anthony Booth and Properly Processed a comedy by Lynn Brittney Saturday 23 And tomorrow, Mortimer RNLI charity book sale , St Johns Hall, Mortimer, 10am to 4pm (2pm on Sunday). Contact John Bull 0118 933 3741or j.r.bull@btinternet.com

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 October issue: Tuesday, September 12 Email: report@newburynews.co.uk or tweet: @outnaboutberks

August competition winners: Highclere Vintage Party: Rosemary Haynes, Donnington

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Great Antiques Pursuit: Judith Palka, Cold Ash, Paul and Christine Kinsman, Newbury, Janita and Brian Thomas, Newbury, Mrs Moya Tong, Lambourn 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

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