'Behind The News'

with tutor Martin Bloxham.

Start of 10-week  course. All welcome

  'Behind The News'

with tutor Martin Bloxham.

Start of 10-week  course. All welcome

Plant identification quiz plus local speakers: Simon Harris,

the Revd Will Adams and the Silverstone Garden Club

All welcome.  Guests £2 at the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Guided tour of cathedral and then time for lunch and

shopping in Peterborough

£10 members, £13 non-members

Carol Brookhouse (012295) 760315   e-mail

'Water' dvd

Parish Council Meeting

Teams of 4 or 5.  £10 per team.

Question Master: Ross Vicars

Drinks available, raffle.

Tickets from Roger 768964, Vanessa 760477,

Niki 768202, or Jo 760248

Advance notice preferable but no-one turned away!

All Welcome

Bring & Buy  and Raffle

Entrance £3 to include glass of wine.  Raffle,

stalls and refreshments.  Variety of treatments

by local therapists available such as reiki,

mini facials, Indian head massage all at £8.

Best to book ahead.  All welcome.

Margaret Holland will take a 'Fascinating Look into the

World of Bees & our Gardens'.

All welcome.  Guests £2 on the door

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Annual General Meeting & Auditions

Auditions are for summer play.  All welcome

Talk about the work of the CAB, Daventry:

Anne Bamfield

- Southern Peru & Galapogos Islands: Ruth Champion

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

Fun Quiz with raffle prizes.  How clever are you?

All welcome

Social night with meal, plant quiz & raffle

Please buy a ticket for this event at any club meeting.

Members & non-members welcome

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Evening of Indian Classical Dance with an

Indian meal & refreshments

Tickets £10 (including the meal)

Profits for the Reading Room Renovation Fund

Coffee Morning & Table top sale (bring & buy)

and raffle

Dorothy Micklethwaite will be grateful for any donations

for raffle or stall.  All welcome. Proceeds for new

bell ropes in church

Parish Council Meeting

Annual General Meeting

Agenda herewith

John Roberts

Over sixties/early retirees welcome

Wind Turbines - presentation by local

residents

Discussion about the issues around the

proposed Wind Farm just outside Helmdon.

Residents of Helmdon Parish are invited.

Timothy Walker (Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden)

talks to us about creating his own small garden.

All welcome. Guests pay £2 at the door

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

All welcome.  Ideas and offers of help very welcome

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Supper evening with entertainment

Tickets £7.50 from Roger 768964, Vanessa 760477,

Niki 768202

All ages welcome - refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Annual Parish Meeting

Cost £8 (to include flying display, ploughman's

lunch +drink)

Bring & Buy

In aid of the Katherine House Hospice

All Welcome

Corn Dollies,

Make Your Own Corn Dolly:Robert Manton

Annual General Meeting

All welcome (although only

committee members are entitled to elect

the officers)

Quiz and date to be arrranged and evening at

the Catering College

Plant Sale and talk on Garden Security

All welcome. Guests pay £2 on the door

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

All ages welcome - refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

The Bell

All welcome. Ideas and offers of help very welcome

Julia McAuliffe (01295)  760539   e-mail

2 Hintons Close

By kind permission of Bill & Doreen England

All Welcome

Bring & Buy  and Raffle

Talk and Presentation on Bungoma -

Diannah Dean

Annual General Meeting followed by ordinary meeting

A look at Sue Wallace's wonderful garden. Please

put your name down on the list at a club meeting.

All welcome.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Fountain House (by kind permission of Phillipa

Lloyd)

Bar available serving Pimms & wine, etc. Raffle

and 'Best Hat' competition.   Proceeds to the Friends

of St Mary Magdalene.  Tickets £6.50 each or family

£15 (which include 'Sandwiches and Strawberries')

from Roger (01295) 768964 or Niki (01295) 768202

Wychwood, Wappenham Road.

By kind permission of Val Smith

All Welcome

Bring & Buy  and Raffle

Local (very) mystery garden visit and plant quiz.

All welcome.  Guests £2 at the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Lady Windermere's Fan

Rerfreshments available

Tickets: £6 adults, £4 concessions

Lady Windermere's Fan

Rerfreshments available

Tickets: £6 adults, £4 concessions

All Welcome     Bring a picnic

Members £10, non-members £12.50

Enjoy a sumptuous tea, listen and dance to Big Band music.

Tickets £4. All welcome

All ages welcome - refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Fountain House, by kind permission

of Philippa Lloyd

Stalls, games, beer tent, music, owl

display, teas, barbecue, raffle, etc.  No

admission charge.  All proceeds

to Helmdon Church.

A fun and fundraising workshop for mums who want to explore how to achieve a good work life balance and sense of 'EQuilibrium' for themselves.  All welcome. £12 per mum (includes one free glass of wine or soft drink)

Profits to Acorns Pre-School

Coffee at 11:00  a.m., Bring & Buy, raffle

followed by lunchtime bbq

22 Bell Close

By kind permission of Jan & Cec Harrold

Names to Carol Brookhouse for barbecue, please

Gardens entered

Judging of the first 5 garden classes of the Show

Julia McAuliffe (01295)  760539    e-mail

Dress up for a fab evening out!  Champagne reception,

3-course dinner.  Dancing, 10-piece live band. Raffle &

Charity Auction. Tickets £50 to end of March, £55

thereafter - numbers limited.  Book a table

or buy tickets individually. Black tie.

Helmdon Church

All welcome

Please come along and support us

Presentation of photo-montages of turbines

set against the local landscape

Dr Glyn Jones gives an amusing talk about plants

(followed by a short talk by Jean Spendlove about

harvest festival).

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

10:00 p.m. - 12 noon

12A  Church Street

Bring & Buy and Raffle.

Come along and support the project to provide a

loo in Burundi, so that people have a safe, private

and hygienic place to go to the toilet.

10:00 p.m.

The Churchyard

These are monthly occasions in the warmer

months only.  We need more

volunteers. Why not come and see

if you can help by strimming, gardening,

mowing or generally tidying up?

Refreshments available.

Margaret Reardon on behalf

of Helmdon Gardening Club

All welcome.Spend an evening in a truly wonderful

garden. £1 entrance fee. Wine & drinks available.

All proceeds go to the Reading Room 'Buy

A Chair' refurbishment fund.

Trip

Return: 4:30 p.m.

All welcome, Cost £14 per person

All ages welcome - refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

Games, art, drama and refreshments provided. All

free.  Children to be registered and collected

by an adult on the day

Parish Council Meeting

5 Wrightons Hill, Wappenham Road

NB Change of venue

Club members only.

Come to a meeting and put your name down

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

2 Hintons Close

In aid of Reading Room fundraising

All Welcome.  Teas, bring and buy, cake stall,

raffle, tombola. If wet, in the Reading Room

The chief executive of the Royal Meteorological

Society will talk about climate change and forecasting.

Lecture followed by buffet supper. Entry by ticket (£5

to include a buffet supper) from Bungalow Stores,

the Bell, the gardening club or (01295) 768695

Open Meeting.  All welcome.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Romiley Lodge,Cross lane

By kind permission of Trudie & Barbara Buxton

All Welcome

Bring & Buy and Raffle

Reading Room

(Entries for the Show to be staged between

9:30 and 10.30 a.m.)

All welcome to the Show. Raffle, teas, and

auction at 5:00 p.m. of some of the produce

Julia McAuliffe (01295) 760539   e-mail

All ages welcome - refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

BBQ, homemade sweets, quality household

effects for sale, putting tournament, balloons,

jewellery, cream teas, a bar and more. 

All welcome

'The Helmdon Hurler'    - a 4.3 Mile Run Around

the Astwell track

Official run affiliated with England Athletics.

Adult £8 in advance (£10 on the day)

Child (5-17 years) £5 in advance and £7 on the day.

To be followed by BBQ at the Bell Inn

All profits from the run will be donated to support village groups.

Download the event flyer and entry form.

Bob Lenton  (01295) 768264    e-mail

Roz Page (01295) 768552       e-mail

Helmdon - Weston - Helmdon (about 7 miles)

then BBQ and social afternoon with the

Helmdon Hurlers.  All welcome, young & not-so-young.

Dogs must be on a lead at all times.

Advanced entry fee £4, on the day £4.50 (reg.

9:30 a.m.)     Children under 12 free

Bill England (01295) 760744 e-mail

David Dyndor (01295) 768095 e-mail

Come & have your say about the future

of Helmdon

Club's AGM and local guest

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

 'Astronomy for Beginners'

with tutor Frank Gear

Start of 10-week  course. All welcome

Members £3, visitors £5

Parish Council Meeting

10:00 p.m.(and onwards well into the afternoon

for those unable to come earlier but you will

miss the raffle being drawn!)

All welcome - Raffle, Cake Stall.  Donations of cakes

and raffle prizes would be much appreciated.

Proceeds in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care

All ages welcome - refreshments available.

Half the proceeds to Send a Cow

7:30 p.m.

Reading Room

All welcome.   Details later

Tea to include a talk on doorstep crime by Northamptonshire Police

Stage production 'Farm Boy'

the compelling sequel to 'War Horse' in a

magical new stage adaptation

Club Night with a raffle and local guest speakers.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Cooking Demonstration:

Margaret Goes Vegetarian

8:00 a.m. 1662 Communion

10:00 a.m. service in the church

Followed by Act at Helmdon Memorial

at 10:50 a.m.

All welcome

Andy Patmore from the Forestry Commission.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

Parish Council Meeting

Social evening

TBA

Come and join the festive fun

Gifts, toys, cakes, fancy food, tombola,

raffle, games for children, refreshments

Father Christmas will be visiting.

Pantomime

To follow

Pantomime

To follow

Social Event

TBA

Pantomime

To follow

Pantomime

To follow

Christmas Party with Fun 'Gardeners' Question Time'.

Competitions.

All welcome. Guests £2 on the door.

Caroline King (01295) 768695   e-mail

TBA

Vanessa (01295) 760477