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What’s On – January/February 2017<br />
HISTORY, ARTS &<br />
CRAFTS<br />
Craft Social Club<br />
All crafts welcome. Pop in for a<br />
cup of tea & chat. Old Stratford<br />
Memorial Hall. Mondays 2.00-<br />
4.30pm. 01908 380777<br />
Westbury Arts Centre<br />
admin@westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
www.westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
01908 501214, Foxcovert Road,<br />
Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes,<br />
MK5 6AA<br />
The North Bucks<br />
Woodturning Club<br />
Courtyard Arts Centre,<br />
Parklands, Great Linford,<br />
Milton Keynes Saturdays<br />
10.00am- 12.00pm<br />
01908 311243‚<br />
pip.watts@btconnect.com<br />
Stony Stratford Floral Group<br />
AGM and talk on Medical<br />
Detection Dogs Tuesday 7<br />
February Visitors £6.00<br />
Spring is in the Air<br />
Demonstration by Jane Haas<br />
Tuesday 7 March.<br />
Visitors £10.00<br />
March Annual Charity Quiz<br />
Friday 31 March Visitors £6.00<br />
Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30pm<br />
Sue 01908 56453 or Judy<br />
01908 569429 Russell Street<br />
School Hall, Stony Stratford<br />
Milton Keynes Aviation<br />
Society (MKAS)<br />
From Flying Dreadnaught to<br />
Dogfighting by Dr M Fopp.<br />
10 January<br />
Flight Simulation by Barry<br />
Tomlinson. 14 February<br />
Monthly meeting 8pm doors<br />
open 7.30pm, 2nd Tuesday<br />
Kents Hill Community Centre<br />
MK6 6HQ Visitors £3<br />
www.mkas.co.uk<br />
mkasinfo@gmail.com<br />
Milton Keynes National<br />
Trust Association<br />
Local supporters’ group<br />
Talk by Milton Keynes’ own<br />
Poet Laureate Mark Neil. 18<br />
January<br />
The Story of Panama by Richard<br />
Thomas 18 February<br />
The Flora, Fauna and Gardens<br />
of Madeira by Roger Skipper<br />
8 March<br />
New members and guests<br />
welcome. Membership<br />
Secretary 01908 314151 7.45<br />
pm usually 2nd Wednesday of<br />
month. Cruck Barn, Bradwell<br />
Abbey<br />
Wolverton Archaeological &<br />
Historical Society<br />
AGM and local slides by Ron<br />
Unwin Wednesday, 18 January<br />
Lace Making in North Bucks by<br />
Elizabeth Knight, Wednesday<br />
15 February All at 7.30pm<br />
Past, Present and Future of<br />
Stowe House by Anna McEvoy<br />
Wednesday, 15 March<br />
St Mary & St Giles School,<br />
King George Crescent, Stony<br />
Stratford MK11 1EF<br />
Yardley Gobion History Group<br />
Meets village hall 8pm, 1st<br />
Thursday of the month<br />
01908 542322<br />
babskingyg@talktalk.net<br />
The National Museum<br />
of Computing<br />
Museum open 12noon-5.00pm<br />
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday<br />
afternoons. Guided Tours at<br />
2pm on Tuesdays and 10.30am<br />
on Thursdays. Booking<br />
recommended. The Colossus<br />
Galleries open 10.30am – 5pm<br />
daily. www.tnmoc.org/bytes<br />
Bletchley Park, The Mansion,<br />
Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3<br />
6DZ. 01908 374708<br />
Vitreus Art Courses<br />
Full range of art and craft<br />
courses available.<br />
Vitreus Art, No. 4 Wakefield<br />
Country Courtyard, Potterspury<br />
NN12 7QX 01327 810320<br />
See www.vitreus-art.co.uk<br />
for all courses.<br />
Buckingham Canal Society<br />
Restoration of disused canal –<br />
practical task conservation work<br />
parties, alternate Thursdays<br />
and 2nd Sunday of each month.<br />
No experience necessary, all<br />
welcome. Meet 10.00am Lock<br />
Lane, Cosgrove, MK19 7JR.<br />
01908 661217 to confirm or<br />
Athinabec@aol.com www.<br />
buckinghamcanal.org.uk<br />
HEALTH<br />
ASD Coffee Morning<br />
Every Fortnight 9.15am–<br />
10.30am Fridays, call for details.<br />
All welcome. Deanshanger<br />
Sports & Social Club,Little<br />
London. Deanshanger 01908<br />
567137<br />
CHILDREN<br />
Cosgrove Playdate!<br />
Drop in and out for under 5s,<br />
meet friends, share a favourite<br />
toy, a drink and biscuit or bring<br />
your own snack. 10.30am-<br />
12.00pm, 3rd Thursday of<br />
month. 17 November & 15<br />
December. St Peter and St Paul<br />
Church, Cosgrove.<br />
Act Out & Act Up<br />
Term-time drama group for all<br />
levels and abilities of 7-14 year<br />
olds, covering theatrical skills<br />
– acting, story telling and the<br />
spoken word etc.<br />
Act Out for 6-10yrs starting at<br />
4.30-5.30pm, and Act Up for<br />
11-16yrs 5.40-6.40pm. Both on<br />
Thursdays. York House Centre,<br />
London Road, Stony Stratford.<br />
info@redphoenixstory.co.uk<br />
York House Junior Youth Club<br />
Ages 8 -12 6.00pm-7.30pm<br />
Mondays during termtime.<br />
yorkhouseyouthclubs@hotmail.com<br />
Maria 07988 078056<br />
www.york-house.org.uk<br />
York House Senior Youth Club<br />
Ages 12 - 16 years 6.00pm-<br />
7.45pm Wednesdays during<br />
termtime Tash 07949 402862<br />
tash.youth@ymail.com<br />
Stony Stratford &<br />
Wolverton Library<br />
Stories, songs and rhymes for<br />
under 5s and carers, free 11.00-<br />
11.30pm, Thursdays Stony<br />
Stratford. 2.00-2.30pm, Fridays<br />
Wolverton. Term time only<br />
www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/libraries<br />
Deanshanger Library<br />
Rhymetime 2.15pm every<br />
Thursday Under 1s Play<br />
and Learn 10.30am every<br />
Wednesday Deanshanger<br />
Library, Deanshanger MK19 6HT<br />
Brownies and Guides<br />
South Northants Brownies<br />
(7- 10yrs) Guides (10-14yrs)<br />
Every Mon, Tues & Wed. South<br />
Northants Rainbows (5- 7yrs)<br />
Every Wed. Call Emma 01908<br />
571244<br />
Wolverton Rainbows, Brownies<br />
and Guides & Stony Stratford<br />
Guides. Every Monday.<br />
Stony Stratford Brownies and<br />
Guides Every Wednesday<br />
Stony Stratford Rainbows<br />
Every Thursday Stacey Pond:<br />
staceywpond@gmail.com<br />
Towcester Brownies<br />
Brownies – Tuesday,Wednesday<br />
and Thursday. Guides –<br />
Monday and Thursday. Hattie –<br />
Guider in Charge 3rd Towcester<br />
Brownies, 07776 257398<br />
3rdtowcesterbrownies@gmail.com<br />
Stony Stratford Beaver Scouts<br />
1st Stony Stratford Beaver<br />
Scouts (boys & girls 6-8yrs),<br />
Mondays 1st Stony Stratford<br />
Cub Scouts (boys & girls<br />
8-10.5yrs), Thursdays 1st Stony<br />
Stratford Scouts (boys & girls<br />
10.5-14yrs), Tuesdays<br />
www.facebook.com/1stStonyStratford<br />
Email: alby@backstage.co.uk<br />
MUSIC<br />
Jazz – New Orleans Jazz Club<br />
With Good Time Jazz Trevor<br />
Jeavons. £3 entry on<br />
the door. 01908 569432<br />
www. goodtimejazz.co.uk,<br />
8.00pm-10.30pm, 1st<br />
Wednesday of the month<br />
The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford<br />
Jazz Jam<br />
Terry Marshall (tenor sax) and<br />
The Hounds with other local<br />
musicians. The Fox & Hounds,<br />
Stony Stratford Free entry.<br />
Every Thursday 8.30pm.<br />
Junction 14 Ladies A Cappella<br />
You don’t need to read<br />
music to have fun singing<br />
and entertaining. Singing for<br />
pleasure and to raise funds for<br />
club and charities. Rehearsals<br />
7.30pm Thursdays Drama Studio<br />
at Shenley Brook End Secondary<br />
School, Milton Keynes.<br />
To join: 01908 678558.<br />
To hire: 01908 667029<br />
bookings@junction14.org<br />
www.junction14.org<br />
MK Acapella Men<br />
Barbershop Chorus Rehearsals<br />
every Monday Stantonbury<br />
School, Bradville, Milton<br />
Keynes. To join:<br />
membership@mkacapella.com<br />
To hire: bookings@mkacapella.com<br />
www.mkacapella.com<br />
Milton Keynes Acoustic<br />
Music Centre Tuition in roots<br />
guitar, fiddle and penny whistle.<br />
Beginners to advanced, exciting<br />
projects – join a band. 1st & 3rd<br />
Thursday Community Centre,<br />
Britten Grove, Old Farm Park,<br />
Milton Keynes.<br />
johntimpany@aol.co.uk<br />
www.mkamc.co.uk<br />
Music Makers of<br />
Milton Keynes<br />
Choral music and singing.<br />
Rehearsals in Stony Stratford.<br />
7.30pm- 9.30pm Thursdays<br />
Call Dianna 07846 972970<br />
The Song Loft<br />
Hope in High Water, 8.15pm,<br />
Friday, 13 January £7.00Said<br />
the Maiden 8.15pm, Friday, 10<br />
February Box Fox Friday, 10<br />
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