Stewart Warburton will be taking us on a Snibston Colliery Tour seeing and hearing “A Coal Miner’s Story” Meeting at 2:00 pm for the tour and then followed by a Cream Tea.
The cost of the Tour will be £3 each plus the cost of the Cream Tea which will be advised nearer the time.
Jed will give us a talk on the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration.
An evening of toe-tapping country music with HARTLAND.
Fundraising in support of Motor Neurone Disease: MY NAME’5 DODDIE Foundation.
Tickets £10 (cash only) available from Ashby Toolbox or at the door.
Opportunity to buy raffle tickets. Prizes included: Sunday lunch for two, 2 tickets to Lyric Rooms tribute night inc meal, Fishing experience for two, Car MOT, Voucher for local café, a bottle of Doddie’5 own tipple.
Please bring your own glasses and drink
For more information contact JChilvers461@gmail.com
There will be a Table Top Sale to raise funds for The Parkinson’s UK Fund. The fundraising event will be held on Thursday, 26th October between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 Noon at Smisby Village Hall. Attendees will be able to enjoy coffee and freshly baked cakes.
Dr Mark Knight – Transforming the Trent Valley – Cultural Heritage along the Rivers Trent, Tame and Dove.
A talk by Philip Heath, Chair of the Melbourne Historical Research Group and former Heritage Officer at the South Derbyshire District Council about King’s Newton at the Bowls Club this Saturday 11th Nov 7.30 pm for the King’s Newton Social Group.
In this talk we discover how people of all classes in England celebrated Christmas before Singing Santas, outdoor lights and Sellotape. Back in the time when all the trees were real and candles were the main form of lighting, we look at the origins of well-known Seasonal Customs, Food, Cards and Gifts.
MHRG present this talk on the transformation of Melbourne “from farming village to manufacturing town” at the Melbourne Assembly Rooms at 7.30 pm on 1st December.
Entrance is £3 (£2 to Patrons/Friends). Refreshments are available. All welcome.
Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be on December 9th and 10th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm PLUS a Christmas Bazaar (also in church) on the 9th with Father Christmas Grotto, Preserves, Wreaths, Decorations, Pottery etc etc.
Refreshments will be available on both days of homemade soup and cakes PLUS on Saturday, Homemade Beef Baps.
Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be on December 9th and 10th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm PLUS a Christmas Bazaar (also in church) on the 9th with Father Christmas Grotto, Preserves, Wreaths, Decorations, Pottery etc etc.
Refreshments will be available on both days of homemade soup and cakes PLUS on Saturday, Homemade Beef Baps.
Kevin Reynolds – Love and War – how we created our garden birds. A look back at how and why our relationship with the birds in our garden has changed over the last 150 years. When did we start to feed the birds, put up bird boxes and decide that some species were “garden birds”?
Sir John Betjeman once said, ‘ Derbyshire has every kind of scenery except the sea.’ In this revealing presentation, Ashley will take you on a visual journey across our rich, diverse and beautiful county, showing the many photos he has taken of towns and villages over 15 years of writing for Derbyshire Life magazine, with a special focus on his documenting of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.