Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 97
Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 97
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.com 'l-l sure ty . per- ost of gical tions ear- x of ic, rom live. 579. 'esto- ton ces :hly about which ; been ’1 for 50 ippeal— l a 50 herefordtimescom Thursday, January 28, 2016 THE HEREFORD TlMES 97 countytime ‘ branch secretary the Rev Leigh Spicer on 01597 851109 and give their service number and details, he will then forward these to the RAFA Head Quarters. The Knighton branch covers all of Radnorshire and the surround- ing areas. The committee congratulated vice chairman Roger Bright upon the Queens New Year award of the British Empire Medal for over 60 years voluntary service to the community. The bingo will continue the first Tuesday of every month and the club will be open with its big screen for all Wales games in the Six Nations championship, half an hour before the start of each. match, the first one is on Monday when Wales play Ireland. Leominster LEOMINSTER AND DISTRICT U3A - Fun with antiques: At the January meeting of the Leominster and District University of the Third Age, Geoffrey Croft gave a humorous, interesting and enlightening talk on the subject of antiques. Geoffrey, a “Leominster boy”, is a well-known and much-admired character around Leominster, particularly among the antiques community. In a talk enlivened with Geoffrey’s sparkling wit, he described and passed around his audience a number of antiques from his per sonal collection. The items, all of them over a hun- dred years old, mainly consisted of weird and wonderful contrap- tions (all obsolete now), none of which your writer could recog- nise (I’m not a hundred years old, al)though sometimes it feels like it . The various antiques, too numer- ous to mention all of them here, included a leather quick-release dog lead, a boot-shaped brass plate for reflecting candle-light into the room, a First World War brass tourniquet, a suppository mould, a ham-bone handle and a candle snuffer and wick trimmer. He explained that the value (i.e. price) of antiques is subject to fashion. Currently we are being told that IKEA-type minimalist furniture is fashionable and this is having a negative affect on the antiques trade. This, coupled with the crash in value of gold and silver, and the growing tendency of prospective customers to engage in haggling, has cast a slightly gloomy shadow over the antiques businesses. Geoffrey’s talk was very well received, and more than made up for the obvious discomfort of the coldest day of the year (so far!). The USA is a national organisa~ tion which acts as an umbrella for all the autonomous local U3As, of ’ Which Leominster and District USA is one. Formed in 2005 our U3A has almost 200 members. _ _ For just £16 a year you can Join as many of the 20-plus special inter- est groups as you like. The groups vary in size from _ about 10-15, and depending on Size and the nature of the group they meet in a hall or in each others’ houses. The groups cover a variety of sub- Jects, including but not limited to cycling, walking, history, garden- Send news to your LITTLE Birch’s annual panto- mime looks set to be a huge suc- cess. The show this year, Camelot — The Pantomime, will be on February 5 and 6, in the village hall. Rehearsals have gone extreme— ly well and excellent perfors mances are expected, especially Merlin (Tim Betts) and Morgan Le Fay (Ellen Green) during a break in rehearsals by the young members of the cast. Scenery and sound effects are reportedly even better than usual this year. I l Youngsters set to star in Village pantomime ; l I l The matinee on S-t'zirrin' is sold out but ticke' .. ;.. ~ performance booked bybi . 541027 01‘019‘5‘1 34“?” ing, geology, language learning, mah-jong, art, bridge and pub lunches. You can learn more about us on our website u3asites.org.uk/leom— inster or get in touch via 01568 620208 or e-mail janm14msec@ ail.com. LEOMINSTER CHORAL SOCIETY - Leominster Choral Society invites all singers to our weekly rehearsals on Tuesdays in the Baptist Church, Etnam Street (entrance on the left). These are from 7.30pm to 9.30pm with a half-time break for drinks and socialising, and music copies are provided. Our musical director, James Atherton, is working with us on Haydn's late masterpiece, The Creation, culminating With the performance on June 28. This will be in Leominster Festival, accompanied by the Chameleon Arts Orchestra in the fine acoustics of the Priory Church. We welcome singers of all ages, novice and expert, including of course newcomers to the area; do come along to try out the experi- ence of singing with the 80 mem- bers of this friendly group. For further details, see our web- site leominsterchoralsociety. co.uk — or phone our membership secretary on 01568 611817. HEREFORDSHIRE HEARTSTART - Free two-hour Heartstart Course (CPR etc) at Chameleon Executive Resources Ltd, Leominster on Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm. Booking essential, to book your place e-mail info@herefordshire- heartstart.co.uk or call 01432 850067 01‘ 0845 60 60 654. Lingen TEDDY TOTS - Toddler playgroup takes place at the hall every Tuesday 9.30-11.30am. Lot of toys for the tots and a coffee for the mums and dads. £2 per family. Tel: 07791 449294. CARPET BOWLS ~ Lingen Carpet Bowls tonight at the hall 7.30pm. For more information Richard 01544 267508. GARDENING CLUB - Lingen Gardening Club Tuesday. 7 .30pm at the hall. Talk on how to improve the look of your garden by Roger Turner. Membership renewal night £10 per annum plus £1 per talk (seven per annum) plus three garden vis— its per annum (garden admission prices extra). Alvin 01547 540176. For more information on all of the above events. as well as news and views, log on to lingen.org.uk Longtown LONGTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - The Herefordshire Regiment. 100 years ago. the regi- ment's First Battalion had just reached Egypt after suffering heavy losses at Gallipoli. Andrew Taylor. OBE, will give an illustrated talk on its history on Monday at 7.30pm in Longtown Village Hall. Anyone who had relatives in the unit is especially welcome to attend. On March 7. Professor David Austin‘s subject will be Llwyn Celyn: a Medieval House in the Vale Of Eu'yas Membership :2: year COSIS _ ing. For more intbrmatitm. contact Andrea Jacki .n. andreajack maanG a gma lhsarchiveorguk Marden NC FWG - Meeting on Wednesday at 6pm to tlecttle \‘Clllt'h architect to reconnne:d for the new cont munity centre. All welcome. PARISH COL'XCII. - Meeting on February 8 at T St‘pn‘. in the Community Centre » All welcome. Mordiford BINGO — Tomorrow at Hampton Bishop Village Hall. Doors open at 5.30pm. eyes dovm at 6.30pm. Light refreshments available. This event Will be fun for all the family with plenty of fantastic prizes to. be won. ‘ Presented by the Mordiford —\. |
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