Essentially Local March-April 17
Essentially Local is bimonthly magazine that is distributed to homes and businesses in North Milton Keynes and South Northamptonshire. It includes a directory of local businesses, useful information and a calendar of local events.
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<strong>March</strong>/<strong>April</strong> 20<strong>17</strong> – What’s On<br />
The Song Loft<br />
Saffron Summerfield, 8.15pm,<br />
Friday, 7 <strong>April</strong> £7.00<br />
Bob Fox 8.15pm, Friday, 10<br />
<strong>March</strong> The Concrete Cowboys<br />
5 May, £7.00<br />
Perfomers Nights with Narius 24<br />
<strong>March</strong>, with Storywheel 21 <strong>April</strong><br />
The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford<br />
MK11 1AH<br />
Scribal Gathering<br />
Stony Stratford’s premier music<br />
& spoken word open mic event,<br />
hosted by Jonathan JT Taylor.<br />
Welcome to musicians, poets<br />
and performers of any style,<br />
genre or level of experience.<br />
Headline performances from<br />
acclaimed acts. Upstairs at The<br />
Crown, Market Square, Stony<br />
Straford. 7.30pm for 8.00pm-<br />
11.00pm, 2nd Tuesday of<br />
every month. Free entry with<br />
dedicated bar! www.facebook.<br />
com/ScribalGathering<br />
The Towcester Choral Society<br />
Rehearsals in Towcester Town<br />
Hall, 7.30pm-9.30pm Tuesday.<br />
01327 353314 or<br />
membership@<br />
towcesterchoralsociety.org.uk<br />
www.towcesterchoralsociety.org.uk<br />
See Facebook and Twitter<br />
DANCE<br />
Old Mother Redcaps<br />
Friendly Ladies Morris dancing<br />
side, looking for new dancers<br />
& musicians. Meet in Swinfen<br />
Harris Hall, Stony Stratford,<br />
8.00-10.00pm Mon evenings<br />
Catherine 01908 667112<br />
Potterspury Dance Club<br />
Friendly group of ballroom and<br />
sequence dancers. £2.50. New<br />
members welcome. John &<br />
Di 01604 862632 8pm-10pm<br />
Tuesday, Potterspury Village<br />
Hall.<br />
Rose & Castle Morris<br />
New members welcome to<br />
this morris side. Stoke Bruerne<br />
Village Hall 8.30pm-10.30pm<br />
Every Wednesday.<br />
Dance out with other Morris<br />
sides, The Boat, Stoke Bruerne<br />
followed by music and singing<br />
in the pub. 7.00pm 23 <strong>April</strong> Ian<br />
01908 635133 or<br />
welborn@cmdevelopment.co.uk<br />
www.rose-castlemorris.org.uk<br />
Triple K Western Line Dancers<br />
Improvers class 7.30pm-9.00pm<br />
Thurs, Haversham Social &<br />
Community Centre. Beginners<br />
class 10.45am-11.45am,<br />
Deanshanger Memorial Centre.<br />
Kay or Andrew on<br />
01525 376<strong>17</strong>2<br />
Royal Scottish Country Dance<br />
Society Milton Keynes Branch<br />
(RSCDSMK)<br />
Classes 8.00pm-10.00pm<br />
Mondays, Bradwell Village<br />
Memorial Hall MK12 9AG<br />
Newcomers and experienced<br />
dancers welcome, no need to<br />
bring a partner. For info 07877<br />
153259<br />
MARKETS<br />
Monthly Farmers Markets<br />
Market Square, Stony Stratford<br />
Last Friday 9.00am- 1.00pm<br />
Towcester Nr Waitrose 2nd<br />
Friday 9.00am-1.00pm<br />
Wolverton Road/Creed Street,<br />
Wolverton 1st and 3rd Saturday<br />
9am-1.00pm<br />
Milton Keynes Country Market<br />
Fridays 8.00am- 12 noon. <strong>Local</strong><br />
produce, baking, crafts, plants,<br />
cafe. The Old Bath House,<br />
Stratford Rd, Wolverton. Free<br />
entry.<br />
Timor Court Market, Stony<br />
Stratford. Saturdays Fruit, veg,<br />
owers and other stalls.<br />
LEISURE<br />
Coffee mornings<br />
First Thursday each month<br />
from 10.30am. Contact<br />
wendypage1@gmail.com<br />
St Peter and St Paul’s Church,<br />
Cosgrove<br />
Reading Group<br />
Meet 2.00pm second Friday of<br />
month, Deanshanger Library<br />
01908 562889 paula.culley@<br />
rstforwellbeing.co.uk<br />
Yardley Gobion Coffee shop<br />
Coffee, cakes and chat that<br />
welcomes everybody, toys<br />
available for children 10.30am-<br />
12noon 3rd Saturday of month<br />
The Knit and Natter<br />
Learn to knit and natter<br />
3.30- 4.00pm First and third<br />
Friday of month, Learn to knit<br />
and sewing. Aimed at children.<br />
Thursdays (term time only)<br />
3.30pm- 4.00pm Deanshanger<br />
Library, Little London,<br />
Deanshanger MK19 6HT<br />
01908 562889<br />
paula.culley@ rstforwellbeing.co.uk<br />
Stony Stratford Library<br />
Knit and Natter 1st and 3rd<br />
Fridays of month Learn to Knit<br />
Thursdays 3.30- 4.00pm (term<br />
time only) Book Club 2.00-<br />
3.00pm, 4th Wednesday of the<br />
month<br />
www.miltonkeynes.gov. uk/libraries<br />
Deanshanger Sports Club<br />
Social Evenings In partnership<br />
with Deanshanger Colts<br />
and Divas. Little London,<br />
Deanshanger MK19 6HU 01908<br />
567137 Facebook Deanshanger<br />
sportsandsocialclub<br />
Stony Stratford Tuesday Night<br />
Charity Curry Club Quiz<br />
Fun general knowledge quiz<br />
and meal – teams of 4 – £15<br />
per head £24k raised for<br />
Willen Hospice and Rett UK<br />
since 2008. Naidni Restaurant,<br />
Wolverton Road, Stony<br />
Stratford. 8-10pm, 1st Tuesday<br />
of every month www.facebook.<br />
com/groups/StonyStratford<br />
TuesdayNightCharity<br />
CurryClubQuiz<br />
Wolverton Community<br />
Orchard Gardening Day<br />
10.00am– 3.00pm Tuesdays<br />
weather permitting all welcome.<br />
Yvonne 01908 320405 or<br />
Mandy on 01908 319719<br />
Towcester Bridge Club<br />
Meet 7.20pm for a 7.30 start,<br />
every Tuesday for friendly<br />
duplicate bridge at Towcester<br />
Conservative Club. Price Table<br />
Money £2.50 for members<br />
£3.50 for visitors. Membership<br />
£10 annually. More information<br />
Lynda Riecken,<br />
lynda@riecken.co.uk.<br />
New players welcome.<br />
www.bridgewebs.com/towcester<br />
Towcester & District Art<br />
Society<br />
Meet every Thursday<br />
throughout the year in<br />
Paulerspury Village Hall.<br />
www. towcesterart.com<br />
SENIORS<br />
Senior Citizens Afternoon Tea,<br />
coffee, home-made cakes. All<br />
welcome. Last Friday of month,<br />
2.00pm-4.00pm, Memorial<br />
Hall, Deanshanger Road, Old<br />
Stratford (by village shop).<br />
Havencourt Sheltered Home<br />
Bingo 7.00pm Mon & 2.00pm<br />
Weds Coffee Morning<br />
Fri 10.30am jean.miller@<br />
southnorthantshomes.co.uk<br />
Ridgmont, Deanshanger<br />
WOMEN’S<br />
INSTITUTE<br />
Bradwell WI<br />
Friendly afternoon meeting<br />
with interesting speakers, tea<br />
and cake, warm welcome. Olive<br />
Stewart 01908 310267. 2.30pm,<br />
3rd Tuesday of month Sports &<br />
Social Club, Abbey Road,<br />
Bradwell Village.<br />
Castlethorpe WI<br />
Meet 7.30pm, 2nd Thurs of<br />
month Castlethorpe Village<br />
Hall. castlethorpewi@gmail.com<br />
Cosgrove WI<br />
Meet 7.30pm, 1st Tues of the<br />
Month, Cosgrove Village Hall<br />
Deanshanger WI<br />
Visitors and new members<br />
welcome. Visitors £3.50<br />
7.30pm, 2nd Thursday of<br />
month, Deanshanger Memorial<br />
Community Centre, Deanshanger<br />
Hanslope WI<br />
Meet 7.30pm, 1st Tuesday of<br />
month, Hanslope Village Hall.<br />
Visitors welcome. R. Simpson<br />
01908 510516<br />
tubs@full-moon. eclipse.co.uk<br />
Potterspury WI<br />
Visitor fee – £3.00 7.30pm, 1st<br />
Wed of month, Village Hall<br />
Stony Stratford WI<br />
The History of Woburn Abbey<br />
by Kirsten Ash 2.15pm Tuesday,<br />
7 <strong>March</strong> Sweet Memories by<br />
Kevin Varty 2.15pm Tuesday,<br />
4 <strong>April</strong> Resolution meetings<br />
2.15pm Tuesday, 2 May<br />
York House, London Road,<br />
Stony Stratford<br />
Craft and Chat, Methodist Hall,<br />
Silver Street, Stony Stratford<br />
2.15pm Tuesdays, 21 <strong>March</strong>, 18<br />
<strong>April</strong>, 16 May<br />
gill.williams@fsml.co.uk<br />
Stony Nightingales WI<br />
Talk by Paula Rastrick from Brain<br />
Tumour Research 8pm,<br />
Thursday, 9 <strong>March</strong>. Talk about<br />
the design and maintenance<br />
of the Gold Award Winning<br />
gardens at the OU by Alan<br />
Marham, Open University 8pm,<br />
Thursday, 13 <strong>April</strong>. Member<br />
only for May meeting.<br />
Visitors welcome. Swinfen<br />
Harris Hall, London Road, Stony<br />
Stratford MK11 1AJ. Julie<br />
Clothier – President:<br />
07738 054915 Facebook:<br />
Stony Nightingales WI<br />
www.snwi.co.uk<br />
… continued<br />
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