Essentially Local November-December 2017
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What’s On – <strong>November</strong>/<strong>December</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Deanshanger Sports Club<br />
Evenings in partnership with<br />
Deanshanger Colts and Divas.<br />
Little London, Deanshanger<br />
MK19 6HU 01908 567137<br />
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 />
Friendly duplicate bridge.<br />
New players welcome<br />
7.20pm for 7.30pm, Tuesdays<br />
Towcester Conservative Club<br />
Lynda Riecken,<br />
lynda@riecken.co.uk<br />
www.bridgewebs.com/ towcester<br />
Towcester & District<br />
Art Society<br />
Thursdays Paulerspury Village<br />
Hall. Len Lane 01908 569425<br />
or 07957 281493<br />
www.towcesterart.com<br />
SENIORS<br />
Senior Citizens<br />
Afternoon Tea, coffee, homemade<br />
cakes. All welcome. Last<br />
Friday of month, 2.00pm-<br />
4.00pm, Memorial Hall,<br />
Deanshanger Road,<br />
Old 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 />
2.30pm, 3rd Tuesday of month.<br />
Olive Stewart 01908 310267.<br />
Sports & Social Club, Abbey<br />
Road, Bradwell Village.<br />
Castlethorpe WI<br />
7.30pm, 2nd Thurs of month<br />
Castlethorpe Village Hall.<br />
castlethorpewi@gmail.com<br />
Cosgrove WI<br />
7.30pm, 1st Tues of the month,<br />
Cosgrove Village Hall<br />
Deanshanger WI<br />
7.30pm,2nd Thursday of<br />
month, Memorial Community<br />
Centre, Deanshanger<br />
Hanslope WI<br />
7.30pm, 1st Tuesday of month,<br />
Hanslope Village Hall.R.<br />
Simpson 01908 510516<br />
tubs@full-moon.eclipse.co.uk<br />
Potterspury WI<br />
7.30pm, 1st Wed of month,<br />
Potterspury Village Hall<br />
Stony Stratford WI<br />
2.15pm 1st Tuesday of month<br />
York House, London Road,<br />
Stony Stratford<br />
Craft and Chat, Methodist Hall,<br />
Silver Street, Stony Stratford<br />
2.15pm 3rd Tuesday of the<br />
month gill.williams@fsml.co.uk<br />
Stony Nightingales WI<br />
8pm, 2nd Thursday of month.<br />
Swinfen Harris Hall, London<br />
Road, Stony Stratford MK11<br />
1AJ. 07738 054915 Facebook:<br />
Stony Nightingales WI<br />
www.snwi.co.uk<br />
Towcester Evening WI<br />
7.00pm for 7.30-10.00pm, 1st<br />
Thursday of month. Richmond<br />
Road Towcester NN12 6EX<br />
towcesterwi.blogspot.co.uk/<br />
Yardley Gobion WI<br />
7.30pm 2nd Thursday of month.<br />
Yardley Gobion Village Hall.<br />
New Manor WI Wolverton<br />
7.45pm 2nd Wednesday of<br />
month. Christian Foundation,<br />
The Square, Wolverton MK12<br />
5DX sandra.brian7@tiscali. co.uk<br />
EVENTS<br />
Friends of<br />
Deanshanger Library<br />
Family fun. Create pictures of<br />
fireworks and bonfires. Bonfire<br />
sweet treats. Free 10am -2pm,<br />
Saturday, 4 <strong>November</strong><br />
Remembrance Day poppy<br />
crafts. 2 minute silence at<br />
11am. All ages welcome.<br />
Free. 10am-2pm, Saturday 11<br />
<strong>November</strong>. AGM Deanshanger<br />
Village library. 4pm, Friday 24<br />
<strong>November</strong><br />
Family fun – decorate the library<br />
and tree for Christmas. Free.<br />
Seasonal quiz (£1). Saturday 2<br />
<strong>December</strong><br />
James Hornsby one man show<br />
“Twist”. Tickets from library.<br />
7.30pm, Thursday, 7 <strong>December</strong><br />
Westbury Arts Centre<br />
An Elizabethan Winters Tale –<br />
Candlelit performance by Mr<br />
Simpsons Little Consort, mulled<br />
cider & more 2.00-6.00pm 5<br />
<strong>November</strong>. Drypoint Printing<br />
Workshop 10.00am-4.00pm<br />
11 <strong>November</strong>. Time to Write<br />
2.00pm-5.00pm, 12 <strong>November</strong><br />
Winter Fayre – Craft Stalls,<br />
Choirs, Refreshments and<br />
Christmas festivities. 11.00am-<br />
4.00pm, 18 <strong>November</strong><br />
www.westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
Westbury Arts Centre Courses<br />
Foxcovert Road, Shenley Wood,<br />
Milton Keynes, MK5 6AA<br />
01908 501214<br />
admin@westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
www.westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
Old Stratford<br />
Fireworks Display<br />
Professional display with stalls,<br />
activities and refreshments.<br />
5.30 – 7.30pm (display<br />
approx. 6.30pm) Saturday, 11<br />
<strong>November</strong>, £2.50 for adults<br />
(under 16s free). Community<br />
Hall, Old Stratford<br />
Five Men Not Called Matt<br />
A capella joy, with shanties,<br />
eulogies to beer and rum. Guest<br />
singers. Tickets York House<br />
or www.wegottickets.com.<br />
www.york-house.org.uk 8.00 –<br />
11.00pm Saturday,<br />
11 <strong>November</strong>. York House<br />
Centre, London Road, Stony<br />
Stratford, MK11 1JQ<br />
Annual Kelly Bronze Turkey<br />
tasting days<br />
Christmas Fair and annual<br />
KellyBronze Turkey tasting.<br />
Handmade chocolates by Leon,<br />
Wines from Aubergine Woburn<br />
Sands, Moorgate Farms locally<br />
grown veg boxes, Burtree House<br />
puddings, Jam Moo Kow, artisan<br />
cheeses, Christmas trees.<br />
www.moorgatefarm.co.uk<br />
moorgatefarm@btinternet.com<br />
01908 543008 / 07922 134915<br />
Sundays 12 &19 <strong>November</strong><br />
Hula animal rescue<br />
Meet the HULA dogs,<br />
refreshments, shop and pet<br />
shed bargains, fun and games.<br />
£2 per adult, Children 50p.<br />
Glebe Farm, Salford Road,<br />
Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes,<br />
MK17 8HZ. 1pm-3.30pm,<br />
Sunday, 12 <strong>November</strong><br />
Christmas Lights Switch on<br />
and carols in The Square,<br />
Wolverton<br />
w/c 13 <strong>November</strong><br />
Milton Keynes Western<br />
Front Association<br />
Cheerful Sacrifice by Jonathan<br />
Nichols 17 <strong>November</strong><br />
Remembrance photos.<br />
15 <strong>December</strong>. Meet 7.30pm –<br />
9.30pm 3rd Friday of month.<br />
WFA members and members<br />
of the public welcome. Roman<br />
Park Residents’ Club,<br />
1 Constantine Way,<br />
Bancroft Park, MK13 0RA<br />
Cosgrove Craft Fair<br />
26 Artisan Crafters stalls. Full<br />
range of handmade items for<br />
home and gifts. Henna Tattoos,<br />
refreshments. Free. Cosgrove<br />
Village Hall Bridge Road,<br />
Cosgrove. 10am and 4pm<br />
18-19 <strong>November</strong>.<br />
Milton Keynes Museum<br />
See page 31<br />
Towcester & District<br />
Art Society<br />
Christmas Exhibition <strong>2017</strong><br />
Sale of quality framed original<br />
paintings and greeting cards by<br />
local amateur artists. Coffee/Tea<br />
and homemade cakes. Raffle.<br />
Free Admission. Preview only<br />
7.30pm-9.30pm Friday 24<br />
<strong>November</strong>. Exhibition Opening<br />
Times. 9.00am-5.00pm<br />
Saturday 25 <strong>November</strong> and<br />
10.00am-4.30pm Sunday 26<br />
<strong>November</strong><br />
www.towcesterart.com<br />
Towcester Town Hall<br />
Wolverton Lantern Festival<br />
See page 22<br />
A Secret Winter Garden<br />
See page 45<br />
Robin in the Whittlewoods<br />
See page 24<br />
Friends of Stony Stratford<br />
Health Centre Bazaar<br />
Bazaar with refreshments and<br />
more. Stony Stratford Health<br />
Centre 9am-2pm. Saturday, 2<br />
<strong>December</strong><br />
Stony Straford Light Switch on<br />
See page 22<br />
Innocent Hare<br />
Communal carols in Wolverton<br />
and Stony Stratford pubs this<br />
<strong>December</strong>. Free 7.30pm.<br />
The Stables Bar (Bull Hotel)<br />
MK11 1AQ, Tuesday 12<br />
Biergarten MK12 5FJ Friday 15<br />
Fox and Hounds MK11 1AT<br />
Wednesday 20<br />
Bar Bar Black Sheep MK12 5DG<br />
Friday 22<br />
Christmas Celebrations<br />
Santa in his North Pole cabin,<br />
carols, refreshments, BBQ,<br />
music. Free – donations<br />
welcome. Yvonne<br />
01908 320405 or Mandy 01908<br />
319719 yvonnegalu@gmail.com<br />
17 <strong>December</strong> 4.00-7.30pm<br />
Wolverton Community Orchard.<br />
To advertise please call 01908 380777<br />
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