Out & About Autumn 2019

Find out what’s happening in West Berkshire and the surrounding area, with concerts, theatre, fetes, lectures, exhibitions and markets to choose from. You can find more detailed listings every Thursday in the Newbury Weekly News or online at www.newburytoday.co.uk WHAT’S ON Out&About leisure

Entry free Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society, Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, 2pm  The Missing Tombs of Egypt  - Dr Chris Naunton describes the search for the tombs of Imhotep, Nefertiti, Alexander the Great or Cleopatra and other great ‘missing’ tombs and key moments of discovery Saturday 14 Newbury Real Ale Festival Northcroft Fields, 12 noon onwards Over 200 beers and ciders plus live music Buy tickets online www.newburyrealale.co.uk Sunday 15 Hannington Silver Band, Victoria Park bandstand, 3pm-5pm An afternoon of Traditional Jazz, Chequers Hotel, Newbury, 3pm Featuring Pete Allen’s Dukes of Wellington with Andy Dickens (trumpet).  Tickets at the door £13.50 (cash only) Sunday 22 Cholsey Silver Band, Victoria Park bandstand, 3pm-5pm Thursday 26 Newbury Riding for the Disabled (RDA) autumn gift fair, Hillfields Farm, Park Wall Lane, Lower Basildon, 9.30am-4pm Entry £5 (children free). Light lunches between 12am and 2pm. Tea, coffee and cakes served all day. Free parking, sorry no dogs. Kingsclere Heritage Association, Kingsclere Village Club, 7.30pm  Richard Croft talks about the history of Kingsclere from Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II. Tickets £3 Saturday 28 and Sunday 29, West Berks Indoor Bowls Club open weekend,  Pyle Hill, Newbury, 10am-2.30pm Free taster session. All ages and abilities welcome from age nine years. www.wbibc.co.uk or call Angela on  07729 183373 Beenham Wind Orchestra 20th anniversary concert,  St Mary’s Church, Thatcham, 7.30pm Tickets in advance £10, on the door £12. Available from orchestra members, Picture It, 17 High Street, Thatcham or phone (answerphone) 0118 9712575 Sunday 29 Artisan Market, Northbrook Street, Newbury, 10am-4pm

SEPTEMBER Friday 6 Belle Canto Trio, Silchester Parish Church, 7.30pm Tickets £10 on the door. ralph.atton@btopenworld.com  Saturday 7 Family Fun day, Hampstead Norreys, 10am-4pm www.communitygreenfest.weebly.com MusicFest, White Hart, Hampstead Norreys, 1pm-11pm Music from local musicians and bands. Children’s activities: Glee workshop, Greenfest crafty music and drumming workshops. www.goodfoodatthewhitehart. co.uk or Facebook Hampstead Norreys Village Events   Sunday 8  Pangbourne Band, Victoria Park bandstand, 3pm-5pm French market, Heath End Village Hall, Baughurst, 10-4pm Monday 9 Newbury Embroiderers’ Guild, St Francis de Sales Church Hall, off Warren Road, Newbury, 7.30pm Talk by Jean Battle, Stitching with Alison Holt , about her time spent with well-known textile artist Alison Holt. Visitors welcome £6.50. www.newbury-embroiderers.co.uk Contact newburyembroiderers@btinternet.com, 

Facebook @ Newbury Embroiderers’ Guild Chapel Talk, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere, 11am. 

The story behind Sir Stanley Spencer and how his dream of a ‘Holy Box’ came to fruition. Tickets £8 call 0344 249 1895 Wednesday 11

Newbury District Field Club, West Berkshire Museum, 2pm 

The Dovecotes and Pigeon Lofts of Old Berkshire – a talk by Andrew Hutt. Members Free, visitors £3 on the door Berkshire Family History Newbury Branch, Shaw Church Hall, 7.30pm-9.30pm  Is your ancestor a railway policeman? by Steve Beamon, committee member of the British Transport Police History Group. All welcome. Free parking. Refreshments. Non-members £3 donation towards costs  Enquiries newbury@berksfhs.org.uk or visit www.berksfhs.org.uk  Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, Heritage Open Weekend, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere, 11am-4pm View some of Stanley Spencer’s rarely seen sketches. Hands-on activities and a pop-up vintage tearoom.

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