Melton Messenger April 2020

62 April EVENTS/DIARY DATES 20 May
Apr 1st—May 10th
During National Pet
Month SEEK & SNIFF
Self guided walking
packs around Melton
Country Park. Win a
hamper and private
tour. £3.50 available
from Dogs Trust Tel
01509 882966
Fri 3rd LEICES.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
FOR EASTER HOLS.
Re-open Mon 20th
Tues 7th - Sat 18th
EASTER CRAFTS
Small charge for some
activities. Melton Carnegie
Museum free to
drop in 10-4.30pm.
Sat 4th PURE
BREEDS POULTRY
SALE & EASTER
CRAFT FAIR Melton
Market, Scalford Road.
9.30-5pm.Showcasing
a range of rare breed
poultry. Free entry.
Mon 6th MELTON
WILDLIFE TRUST
MEETING Talk by Ian
Ritson from Woodland
Trust. United Reform
Church Hall, Chapel
St. Melton. 7.30pm. Tel
568791.
Wed 8th SPARK-
HOUSE PERFORM-
ANCE Melton Library.
Interactive performances
for 5yrs+ 45min
sessions 10.30 /12pm
/1.30pm tickets £3 Tel
01163053646 for info.
Sat /Sun 11th /12th
KIDS EASTER TRAIL
Melton Country Park
Café. Running between
11–3pm.
Easter Mon 13th
MAD HATTER’S TEA
PARTY. Old Brickyard
Tea Garden. See p.xx.
Tue 21st BOOK
FRIENDS TALK Melton’s
history via
books.2.30pm Melton
Museum. £3 non
mems. Members free
Wed 22nd MELTON
NOW &THEN PART 7
With Arthur Payne.7pm
Melton Museum. £4
booking essential.
Thurs 23rd AUTHOR
TALK Linda Porter on
Sex & Scandal at Court
of Charles II . Melton
Library 6.30pm £6 PP
incls refs'. To book
Tel 0116 305 3546
Fri 24th MOSAIC IN
CONCERT. EM chamber
choir at St Mary’s
L.Clawson. For Macmillan.
7.30pm tickets
£8 incls glass wine. Tel
01664 822673 .
Fri 24th CLASSIC /
VINTAGE CARS EVE.
First of the season’s
monthly meet in Melton
T Centre. 5pm.
Fri 24th ROTARY
QUIZ Royal British
Legion. Contact Richard
Angrave for more
info MM 569493 rwangrave@btinternet.com
Sun 26th NGS OPEN
GARDENS. Tresillian
House, 67, Dalby Rd.
Melton. Teas available.
Tel :01664 500057.
Sun 26th SAINT
GEORGES SERVICE
AND PARADE Starts
in Melton town centre
12.15pm followed by a
service at St Mary’s
church at 1pm. Free
Sun 26th RUTLAND
& MELTON INTERNA-
TIONAL CiCLE RACE
Finishes in Melton
town center approx
4.15pm. Free.
Fri 1st M. MENCAP
QUIZ Parkside MBC
offices. Contact Richard
Angrave for more
info MM 569493 rwangrave@btinternet.com
Sat 2nd AUCTION &
TABLE TOP SALE.
Dove Cottage Hospice
LE14 4EX, Viewing at
12pm, bidding at 1pm.
Free entry, Tel
01949860303 for info.
Sat / Sun 2nd & 3rd
ARTISAN CHEESE
FAIR. 70+ cheese
producers from all over
the country with other
local produce and ales.
Melton Cattle Market,
10am-4pm. £4 in advance
£5 on the door.
Under 16’s free.
Sat 2nd – Sun 3rd
KBGA 39TH ANNUAL
ART EXHIBITION.
See page 59.
Wed 6th TALK ON
THE ROMANS by Jed
Jaggard. Eastwell Vill
hall ( Eastwell History
Group) 7.30pm £4 non
mems.
Fri 8th MAY DAY
AFTERNOON TEA
Swing band and WW2
memorabilia. Eastwell
Village Hall. 2.30-4pm.
Free
Fri 8th VE DAY MAR-
KET Melton Market
Scalford Rd. Entertainment,
crafts etc 9am
Free entry. Tel 562971
Sun 10th NGS OPEN
GARDENS Burrough
Hall. LE14 2QZ 2-5pm.
Sat 30th
Adults £4 . Homemade
teas available.
Sat & Sun 16th-17th
40’S WEEKEND Melton
town centre. Live
music, stalls, displays
and events. 10am-
4pm. Free
Sat 16th 40’S TEA
DANCE Live music,
cream teas. St Mary’s
Church Melton 6.30-
11pm. Tickets £20 Tel
07937398610
Sat Sun 16/17th
NGS OPEN GAR-
DENS Grimston. 10 -
5pm. Combined admission
£5. Teas available
in Village Hall.
Thurs 21st AUTHOR
TALK Alison Weir on
Kathryn Howard –
Tainted queen . Melton
Library 6.30pm £6 PP
incls refreshments'.
Tel 0116 305 3546 to
book.
Sat 23rd SPRING
SERENADE CON-
CERT with Sara
Gibbson clarinettist .
7.30pm Burton Lazars
Church. £10 on door.
Sun 24th NGS OPEN
GARDENS The Old
Vicarage Whissendine.
LE15 7HG
2-5pm. Adults £5 .
Homemade teas available.
Fri 22nd LEICS.
SCHOOLS CLOSE for
half term Reopen
Mon 1st June
Mon 25th DUCK
RACE Melton Play
Close 2pm. Free
NGS OPEN
GARDENS Goadby
Marwood Hall. 10.30 -
5pm. Adults £5 Child
£3.50.Teas available.
Have you any free, charity or community events
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