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Market Days in Maldon District
Thurs - General Market: Butt Lane Car Park.
Maldon Country Market: Maldon Town Hall Foyer,
9am– 1.45am. Saturday - Indoor Boot Sale United
Reform Church Hall, Market Hill. 9am. 01376 329838.
4th Sunday of month - The Barn, Wrekin Farm Shop,
Althorne 10-2pm. 07787 619300. 1st Saturday of month
– Antique & Collectors Fair, The Bewick Suite, Swan Hotel
9am-4pm. 1ST Saturday of month - 2nd Hand Market,
Town Hall. 9am – 3pm. 01702 544063. bank Holiday
Market - Prom Park. 9am – 5pm. Enq: Joe Villar 07949
304413. Farmers’ Market - 3rd Sunday of month Carnival
Hall Burnham-on-Crouch 9–12.30pm. Farmers’ Market -
17th December, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Rettendon.
Guided Tours of Maldon Moot Hall
Saturdays 2pm & 3.30pm. Enq: 07711 985 540.
Work Party Days Abberton Reservoir Nature
Reserve/Essex Wildlife Trust. Thurs AMs
9.30am–1pm. No experience/tools req. Enq: 01206
738172.
Quiz Night Hare & Hounds, Crayes Green,
Layer Breton. 1st Weds of month. £1pp - winning
team is offered question to win Landlord’s Pot.
8pm sharp!
Mersea beat Surgery
Mersea PCSO’s - at the Library 2pm - 4pm
every Saturday, for concerns or queries. Mobile
Police Office also at the MICA every Thursday 10.45am–
1.30pm.
Walking Groups - Visit website for this month’s walks
East Essex: www.eastessexfriends.plus.com
Maldon/Dengie: www.maldondengieramblers.org.uk
Fitsteps: www.fitsteps.org.uk
REGIONAL
FEBRUARY EVENTS
2nd February
Maldon Society ‘River Colne from Source to Sea’
7.45pm - United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon.
CM9 5PZ. Free - donations welcome. Talk by Alexander
Bass. www.maldonsociety.com
WEA Course - Tsars to Commissars
Date: 12th Jan 2012 - 15th Mar 2012
Every week. Time: 19:45. £45. Friends Meeting House,
Butt Lane, Maldon. CM9 5HD. Tsars to Commissars. Ten
week course covering the lives of the last three Tsars of
Russia. Enq: Caroline Spong 01621 855220.
4th February
After Eight Social Club - Quiz Night
8pm – 11.30pm - Village Hall, Langford. CM9 6QA.
£2.50. Nothing too serious - just a bit of fun. Prize for
everyone on the winning table. Don’t worry if you are on
your own - we make up tables of up to six. A good way to
meet others. www.aftereightsocialclub.co.uk
Indoor Boot Sale
9am - United Reformed Church Hall, Market Hill, Maldon.
CM9 5PZ. Admission 30p, children free. Sellers from
8am. Tables £8 or two for £12. Refreshments available.
Enq: 01376 329838.
Mica “Mastermind Of Mersea” Quiz
Mersea Centre, 38 High Street, West Mersea, Essex CO5
8QA. Enq: 01206 384656
5th February
Friary Walled Garden Open Day
10am – 4pm – White Horse Lane, Maldon CM9 5FW.
Maldon & Heybridge Horticultural Society. Enq: Arthur
Cox 01621 741234. www.mhhs.co.uk
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk - Goldhanger
10am - Meet at the Chequers public house. Park in the
street. CM9 8AS. 5 mile walk. Enq: Alan Seager 01621
858071 or Frank Bermingham 01621 856176.
6th February
Maldon’s BIG Sing
Every Monday 7pm – 9pm. £5 a week. The Plume
School, Fambridge Road, Maldon CM9 6AB. The Maldon
community choir is open to everyone - young and old! No
auditions and no experience needed - just enthusiasm!
Singing funky, modern pop, gospel and contemporary
songs! Enq: 01375 512292. Email:gemma@
howardfrancis.co.uk. www.big-sing.com
WEA Course - The Magic of the Musical
Every week 8pm. £45. Friends Meeting House, Butt
Lane, Maldon. CM9 5HD. Ten week course focusing
on the influence of operetta on the development of the
Broadway musical. Enq: Sue Thomspon 01621 852751.
7th February
Heritage Winter Talks - The Master of Little Braxted
7.30pm – Free. Friends Meeting House, Butt Lane,
Maldon CM9 5HD. Heritage Winter Talks - The Master
of Little Braxted - the life and work of the Rev. Ernest
Geldart, priest architect 1848 - 1929 by James Bettley.
Enq: Maldon Tourist Information Centre 01621 856503.
Soup Lunch - in aid of Riding for the Disabled
12:00 - 14:00. Minimum contribution £3. Maldon Little
Ship Club, Hythe Quay, Maldon. CM9 5HN. Enq: Diana
Rogers 01621 853841 diana.rogers2@btinternet.com
8th February
‘Wilding of Dunwich Heath’
Essex Wildlife Trust Maldon and South Woodham Ferrers
Group. 20:00 - 22:00. £1.50 donation. The Friends
Meeting House, Butt Lane, Maldon. CM9 5HD. Illustrated
talk by Simon Leatherdale. Enq: Phil Luke 01621 853969.
9th February
The Dixie Trio plus one
The Little Crown Pub, 12 Short Wyre Street, Colchester,
CO1 1LN. 8pm – 10.30 pm. Free admission.
Healthy Living For Over 40s
Time: 10:00 - 13:00. Free. Maldon Library, Carmelite Way,
CM9 5FW. Free Health Checks including Blood Pressure,
Cholesterol and Body Mass Index - Booking Essential.
Fitsteps Walks at 10.30am and 11.30am. Free Back Care
Advice, Healthy Eating Info. Enq: Library: 01621 853556
Maldon Lunchtime Concert - Cello Ensemble
1pm-2pm. Voluntary contributions at door. United
Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon. CM9 5PZ. Sally
Goodfellow and Clive Smith present a concert of cellists
playing an eclectic choice of compositions. Coffee and tea
from 12.30pm. Feel free to bring lunch and come and go
as you wish. Disabled access. Enq: Martin 01621 858178.
WEA Course - Tsars to Commissars - See 2nd February
10th February
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk - Heybridge
Time: 10:00. Meet at Plantation Hall Car Park, Colchester
Rd, Heybridge CM9 4NN. 6 mile walk. Enq: Alan Seager
01621 858071. www.maldondengieramblers.org.uk
11th February
Antiques Fair at Mersea Museum
High Street, West Mersea CO5 8QD. Enq: 01206 385191.
M I Twinning Assn. – Valentines Dance With The Poachers
Mersea Centre, 38 High Street, West Mersea, Essex CO5
8QA. Enq: 01206 384656.
12th February
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk - Purleigh
Time: 10:00. Meet at Roundbush lay-by on B1018.
CM9 6NN. 5 mile walk. Enq: Frank Bermingham 01621
856176. www.maldondengieramblers.org.uk
Boat jumble
Maldon little ship club - 10am. Lots of nautibits for all!!!
Refreshments.
Book a table (£5) or come
and bag a bargain. Enq:
Steve 01621 841890 or
scoleman3@btinternet.
com. Proceeds to sea
change (commodores
charity) and club funds.
13th February
Maldon’s BIG Sing - see
6th February
WEA Course - The Magic of
the Musical - See 6th Feb
14th February
Maldon & Dengie
Ramblers Walk - Maldon
Time: 10:00. Meet at
Blackwater Leisure Centre
car park, Park Road,
Maldon. CM9 5UR. 7 mile
walk. Enq: Alan Seager
01621 858071.
Pancake Races
The Swan, Little Totham,
CM9 8LB. Enq: Vivienne
Smith 01621 891660
Mersea Horticulural
Society - Design for the
Small Garden
Mersea Museum, Street,
West Mersea CO5 8QD.
7.30pm.
“Larry Green” Playing For A Valentines Evening Special
Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Dancing – Tickets £9.
Mersea Centre, 38 High Street, West Mersea, Essex CO5
8QA. Enq: 01206 384656.
15th February
Maldon Film Club - Le Quattro Volte
Every fortnight. 20:00hrs. Annual subscription of £25
covers admission to all films. Town Hall, Maldon. CM9
4RL. Maldon Film Club - best of recent English and
foreign language films not shown in mainstream cinemas.
www.maldonfilmclub.info
16th February
WEA Course - Tsars to Commissars - See 2nd February
16th – 18th February
Creative Crafts Show - Five Lakes
Adults £7.95, Concessions £6.95. Five Lakes Crowne
Plaza Resort, Colchester. CM9 8HX. Stands, workshops
and displays including the Braintree Wool Gatherers
knitting group, Essex WI and the Essex Silk Painters plus
new displays from the Warner Textile Archive. Enq: www.
sccshows.co.uk/maldon_11_announce.html
Snow White Panto at Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe Village Hall. Enq: 07578 946497.
17th February
Grand Barn Dance
Time: 20:00 - 23:00. £5. The Centre, Tollesbury
Congregational Church CM9 8QD. Presented by
Tollesbury Folk Dance Club with live band and caller. Bring
your own food and drinks. Enq: 07702 016 742
Walk your way to London 2012 - walk 1
Time: 11:00. Free - but car parking charges apply.
Information Point, Prom, Maldon. CM9 5JQ. 2.5 mile
guided walk around the Prom - for all ages. First in a
series of 5 free guided walks leading up to the Olympics.
Each walk has been allocated one of the colours of the
Olympic Rings and everyone who completes a walk
will receive a limited edition Essex Legacy badge in the
corresponding colour. Enq: Fitsteps co-ordinator 01621
876275 or email roy.read@maldon.gov.uk.
Essex Dialect a talk by Mark Astell
Mersea Museum, High Street, West Mersea CO5
8QD. 7.30pm. Admission £5 for non-members or £3 for
members including refreshments. Enq: 01206 385191.
18th February
Mersea Museum Resource Centre/Shop open for visitors.
Mersea Museum, High Street, West Mersea CO5 8QD.
10am to 3pm the Resource Centre and will be open.
Come and browse the pictures and information we have
available. Free admission - a donation will be invited for
refreshments. Enq: 01206 385191.
After Eight Social Club -Valentine Dance & Cabaret Evening
Time: 20:00 - 23:30. £9. Hatfield Peverel Village Hall.
Cabaret act “EXPERI-MENTAL” will present people
reading, mind reading and sixth sense. Dancing to your
favourite sounds from 5 STAR DISCO. Bar & Raffle. Enq:
www.aftereightsocialclub.co.uk
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