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Market Harborough
Remembers 100 Years
– A Century of Stories Exhibition
Until Saturday 26 January
Everyone has a connection to the
events of the First World War. Find
out how the people of
Leicestershire discovered theirs!
Find out what it
might have been like to be a
policeman, a fireman, a vicar or a
farmer’s wife in Market
Harborough during this war. Read
primary school children’s prayers
for peace. Discover how this town
was transformed by the incredible
Remount Depot for horses. Learn
about major battles fought by
local men and how to find the
rescued medical records of the
Leicestershire Regiment. Free.
Market Harborough Library
Christmas Crafts
Tuesday 4 December,
3.45-4.45pm
Join us for Christmas crafts.
Make a card, write a letter to
Santa and create your own
decoration to take home. Drop in
after school to join the fun. Ages
4-11 years. £1 per child.
Wigston Library
Come and Meet
Father Christmas
Wednesday 12 December,
1.30-2.30pm
Listen to some festive stories and
make some Christmas crafts.
£1 per child, booking essential.
Melton Mowbray Library
Wriggly Readers
Christmas Special
Wednesday 12 December,
2pm
Festive Stories, songs and rhymes.
Includes light refreshments. Free.
Tel: 0116 305 3627
harboroughmuseum.org.uk
/harboroughmuseum
History of Market
Harborough Fire Station
Until Saturday 26 January
Learn more about the fascinating
history of Market Harborough Fire
Station through this exhibition of
stories and objects, all donated by
firefighters. Free entry.
Museum open 10am-6pm
Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm
Saturday.
Christmas Trail
Saturday 1 December,
during opening hours
Based on objects in the cases in
the Story Place, our trail will lead
you around the museum with a
dose of Christmas spirit. Free
leicestershire.gov.uk/libraries
/yourlibrary
Hinckley Library
Christmas Choir Showcase
Saturday 8 December,
10am-3pm
Come and listen to local school
choirs performing festive songs
throughout the day. Sit back with
a hot chocolate, a mince pie and
enjoy! Don’t forget to browse our
local craft stall too. Free.
Earl Shilton Library
Winter Wonderland
Saturday 8 & 15 December,
10am-2pm
Join us for a Winter Wonderland
themed children’s craft session. A
range of crafts and activities will
be available at this drop-in session
from 10am-2pm. All ages are
welcome. £1 per child.
Tel: 0116 305 3860
leicestershire.gov.uk/
meltoncarnegiemuseum
/meltonmuseum
Victorian Christmas
Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 December,
10am -4.30pm
Part of the Melton Mowbray Victorian
Fayre weekend. The museum will be
decorated with festive trimmings, lights
and a tree. With Christmas cracker
making and a Santa trail around the
museum. Free entry, some small charges
may apply for activities.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5
January, 10am-4.30pm
Craft activities, museum trail and an
escape room-style game based on the
beloved children’s book. Free entry, some
small charges may apply for activities.
Coalville Library
Construction Club
Saturday 8 & 22 December,
10.30am-12noon
Let your imagination run wild
playing with LEGO! All families
are welcome, children to be
accompanied by an adult. Free.
Coalville Library
Christmas Craft Fayre
& Festive Choirs
Saturday 15 December,
10am-3pm
Join us for festive fun with
Christmas gifts available to buy from
local crafters, festive refreshments,
and performances by Belvoirdale
Primary School, All Saints Primary
School and a community carol
service. Free.
Hogwarts at Christmas Digital Event
Use our iPads to make fun Christmas movies with Lego. Find out what a
code-a-pillar does! For children aged 8-12 years. £2 per child. Booking
essential. At the following libraries:
Oadby Library, Tuesday 4 December, 3.45-4.45pm
Market Harborough Library, Tuesday 18 December, 3.45-4.45pm
Tel: 01509 233754
charnwood.gov.uk/
charnwood_museum
/charnwoodmuseum
Tiny Tuesdays Special:
Festive Fun!
Tuesday 18 December,
10.30-11.30am
It’s the most wonderful time of the
year! Come and have a go at our
festive fun craft session – the last
one of 2018! Under-fives only –
suitable from 12 months upwards.
Booking essential. £2.50 per child.
Beaumanor Hall
History Tour
Friday 28 & Saturday 29
December, 9.30am-12.30pm
Guided tour of the main rooms,
cellars and attics of the Hall and
some of the buildings in the grounds
used as a vital listening post for
Bletchley Park’s work in cracking
the Enigma code. Refreshments
provided. £8 per person. Booking
essential 01509 890119.
Winter Fair
Saturday 8 & Sunday
9 December, 10am-5pm
Come along to our annual Winter
Fair and enjoy a festive weekend for
the whole family to enjoy, including
more than 75 food, drink and gift
stalls, Father Christmas’s grotto,
children’s Victorian activities, live
Christmas music, gingerbread house
competition and craft demonstrations.
£4 adults, children under 12 free.
Breakfast With Santa
Friday 21 December, 8-11am
Get into the festive spirit and
meet Father Christmas as you’ve
never seen him before! Build the
anticipation of Christmas and bring
your children for a tasty breakfast
and the chance to get on the nice
list! £8 adult, £10 children. Prebooking
essential 01509 890110.
Leicestershire’s Great Outdoors!
Wrap up warm and head out to one
of our country parks – they’re our
very own winter wonderland!
www.leicscountryparks.org.uk
/leicscountryparks
For conservation volunteering
opportunities visit
www.leicestershire.gov.uk/
conservation-volunteering
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