Wantage Farmers’ Market is held in the Market Square on the last Saturday of every month from 8.30am – 1 pm. Smaller markets can be found in the same place in Wantage on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Good range of market stalls selling locally grown fresh country products

Book and DVD sale 

Monday 18 – Saturday 23 February at Burghfield Library, nothing more than £1.

For more information, please contact the library.

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Get Ready for FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT!

Don’t Feed Exploitation – Choose Fair Trade

Fair Trade Coffee & Cake Morning at Thatcham U. R. Church, Church Lane, off High St. Spotlight on the crisis in the world’s cocoa industry for a fair deal and living wage for cocoa farmers.

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Our Market has been running for over seven years, and offers fantastic produce, arts and crafts, and an opportunity for friends and neighbours to meet over a cup of tea! We boast a great selection of things to eat, try and buy. The choice of food, dependent on the line up for each market, includes high-welfare pork, beef, lamb, venison and charcuterie; fresh Devon fish; organic bread and cakes; tasty cheese; home-made ready meals and deli goods; hand-made chocolate and pure coffee.

We also run our community stalls, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, local eggs, English cut flowers and cooked refreshments – bacon, chipolata or pulled pork rolls – with any profits contributing to the running of the Market, or going towards our ‘Charity of the year’ donation.

Visitors can also browse accessories; well-being products; toys; cards; plants and crafts; demos and meet local charities or community groups. Our children’s activity is always busy. While the youngsters are amused with arts and crafts, the parents can catch up with friends! The popular tea room, selling home-made cakes and proper tea and coffee, and the raffle, are always busy and offer opportunities to raise money for good causes.

Come along to the Village Hall on the last Saturday of most months (there are no markets in August and December) between 10am and 1pm, for a friendly welcome and some lovely things to tempt you and the family!

Storytime for children under 5 years

Every Saturday, 10.15-10.45am at Theale Library.

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Coffee, Croissants & French Conversation

With the Hungerford Twinning Association

Once a month on a Saturday, 10.30-12.00pm at Hungerford Library.

For more information, please contact the library.

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Craft Club @ Thatcham Library

For children aged between 3 and 10 years old.

Last Saturday of the month, 10.30-11.30am.

For more information, please contact the library.

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If you have an upcoming presentation or speaking engagement, or want to overcome your fear of speaking in public or you are looking to improve your speaking skills, this is the perfect taster opportunity!

This workshop will cover some of the key tools needed to help you become a confident speaker and communicator.

Participants will learn some speaking techniques and have the opportunity to give a brief speech and receive constructive feedback from experienced speakers, with agreement of course.

To book your place, please visit: newburyspeakers.eventbrite.co.uk

• Saturday 23 February 2019
• 1.30 pm To 3.30 pm
• The Long Room, West Berkshire Museum, Newbury

The 2019 Hungerford Town Show is The Sound of Music.

This classic Rogers and Hammerstein musical tells the story of Maria, a tomboyish postulant as she becomes a governess for seven children. Under her influence a new love of life and music is brought back into their home.

This musical includes well-known songs; ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘My Favourite Things’, ‘Climb Every Mountain’ and ‘Do Re Me’

Shows are nightly at 7:15pm from 20th- 23rd February with a Saturday matinee at 2:15pm.

Tickets are available online: http://www.hungerfordtheatre.com/buy-tickets.html or from Crown Needlework in Hungerford High Street (01488 684011)

The 2019 Hungerford Town Show is The Sound of Music!

This classic Rogers and Hammerstein musical tells the story of Maria, a tomboyish postulant as she becomes a governess for seven children. Under her influence a new love of life and music is brought back into their home.

This musical includes well-known songs; ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘My Favourite Things’, ‘Climb Every Mountain’ and ‘Do Re Me’

Shows are nightly at 7:15pm from 20th- 23rd February with a Saturday matinee at 2:15pm.

Tickets are available online or from Crown Needlework in Hungerford High Street (01488 684011)

Name of event: Spamalot
Date and time: 21 – 23 February, 7.30pm (additional matinee 2.30pm on 23rd)
Location: Kennet School, Stony Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
Cost: £12, available from http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/katsorguk or PictureIT in Thatcham

KATS are proud to present Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, a musical lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Spamalot is a riotous comedy full of misfit knights, killer rabbits, dancing nuns and ferocious Frenchmen. Join King Arthur as he travels with his hapless Knights of the Round Table on a divine mission to locate the illusive Holy Grail – with uproarious consequences.

Described as being ‘Funnier than the Black Death’ and winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best New Musical, the hilarious Spamalot was written by Python legend Eric Idle, with a fantastic score co-written by John DuPrez including “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life“.

Benji, Saul and Paul return to give you their unique take on English folk music.

Faustus us a English tradition folk trio, nominated in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, featuring three of the leading lights of their generation of folk artists: Benji Kirkpatrick (Seth Lakeman Band, Bellowhead), Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Whapweazel) and Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast). Rooted deeply in the English tradition, in 2007 they received a 75th Anniversary Award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

‘Death and Other Animals’ received the 2017 German Critics Award (Schallplatenkritik Bestenliste) in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter/World Music category. It has received at 2018 nomination for the Maltzhaus Plauen Music Music Prize.

Faustus have been touring with The Tranports, a revival and reworking of Peter Bellamy’s ballad opera, which has received stunning reviews and five stars from the Guardian. They are working alongside the University of Exeter on a collection of 19th century texts from the Lancashire Cotton Famine, one of their musical settings having recently featured on BBC Radio 4.

’One of Britain’s outstanding folk bands.’ **** The Guardian

The Club was founded in October 1997 when a group of like-minded wood turners got together for the first time. Many members have been active woodturners for a lot longer.  Workshops are held at, Padworth Village Hall, Padworth, Reading, RG7 4HY on the fourth Saturday of each month 10.00am – 1.00pm.

Edible Thatcham is looking for volunteers to join our monthly garden sessions (last Sunday of the month) and to grow edibles in a site near you in Thatcham. We currently have an edible garden outside the Town Council office on Brownfields Road and will be creating at least three more sites over the summer.

Tools and gloves are provided but bring your own if you’d prefer.

If you’d like to learn new skills, meet new people and help make Thatcham more clolourful, join us!

Everyone welcome, no experience required.

Edible Thatcham also runs occasional courses on specific topics – email ediblethatcham@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/EdibleThatcham/ for more information.

• Further adventures with watercolours by Andi Mulholland – taking away the fear and having fun with this versatile medium. £15, includes selection of materials. (Limited places).
• Where are we? Church Street, RG 17 0JG. Pay & Display parking (free on Sunday) next to the Hub. To find out more about any event, go to http://hungerfordhub.com.
  Hungerford Library & Community Trust is a registered charity No 1174178

Further adventures with watercolours by Andi Mulholland – taking away the fear and having fun with this versatile medium. £15, includes selection of materials. (Limited places)

To book a place contact info@hungerfordhub.com

Brenna Hassett, on Sun 24th Feb 2019, 3pm Balcony Bar, Corn Exchange. Brenna is an archaeologist who specializes in using clues from the human skeleton to understand how people lived and died in the past.

The talk explores evidence of health and growth locked into the body, and how clues from archaeological teeth and bones can tell us key parts of the human story. Building on her work across the world, including Thailand, Greece, the Pyramids in Giza, a 10,000 year old village in Anatolia, and a series of basement labs in between, the talk will be an accessible journey through our recent evolution into a majority-urban species over the last 15,000 years.

15,000 years condensed in 50 mins – that’s a good use of time!

Brenna is also one of the cofounders of Trowel Blazers, an organisation dedicated to outreach activities aimed at encouraging participation of women and underrepresented groups in archaeological, geological, and palaeontological science. https://trowelblazers.com/about/ .

As always, if you have any feedback on any of the talks or comments you’d like to make, please feel free to email (info@newburytalks.org.uk), contact us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/newburytalks/) or via the website (https://newburytalks.wordpress.com/)  or tweet (@newburytalks) us! If you’ve enjoyed the talks, then please spread to the word to other people in the area who may be interested in what we’re doing.

Also, if you like what we’re trying to do, and would like to support us, we have a Patreon page where you can sign up to giving as little as $1 per event – https://www.patreon.com/newburytalks

Most of the restaurants and pubs may be shut of a Sunday evening – but not the Queens Arms. Just as the last Sunday lunches are being cleared away, we’re firing up our pizza ovens ready for that last part of the weekend…

Pizzas are available from our wood-fired oven every Sunday from 5 to 8pm. They are also available for private parties and functions and when requested in advance.

Super thin and crispy and gluten-free dough also available on request.

Choose from our traditional toppings, Queens specials – or make your ow.

Prices start at £9 up to £14, £1 per extra topping.

Pre-school stay and play session with bouncy castle and ball pit.

Buy tickets on the door – no booking required.

Dates

Every Monday & Friday (except Bank Holidays).

Price

£3.70 per child or £5.70 for two.

Monday Rhymetime at Thatcham Library

Rhymetime for under 3’s at Thatcham Library.

Every Monday in term time, 10.00-10.20am.

For more information, please contact the library.

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For under 5s – come and join Music Mondays.  Join in with traditional songs and rhymes accompanied by live music.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.  Spaces are limited so please book in advance by calling or e-mailing (see above), or pop into the Museum.

There is a suggested donation of £2 per family.

Afternoon Book Group

Last Monday of the month, 1.30-2.30pm at Theale Library.

For more information, please contact the library.

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Duplo Play Sessions

For toddlers and preschoolers:

• Mondays, 1.30-3.00pm all year round
• Wednesdays. 10.45am-12.15pm half-term and holidays

An informal session to have fun with Duplo. Younger siblings welcome – we have a few baby toys to play with as well.

For more information, please contact the library.

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Coffee and Craft

Every Monday in term time, 2.00-4.00pm at Pangbourne Library.

Drop in and bring any craft with you.

For more information, please contact the library.

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Family History Sessions

Every Monday, 2.20pm-4.45pm at Theale Library.

Learn to use Ancestry.com for your personal research.

No need to book, just drop in. For more information, please contact the library.

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