Penny Post Hungerford – January

This month you’ll find news from the Town Council, Town & Manor, Town Football Club, schools and the Chamber of Commerce, advice on tax and collectables, a book review and dates for the diary. Oh, and a Hungerford-themed quiz with a prize for the lucky winner.

More News

• Hungerford Chamber of Commerce to re-launch…read more
• Exciting first year of John O’Gaunt School’s New Library… read more
• Leisure Centre’s new Fitness Class timetable for 2017… read more
• HEAT (Hungerford Environmental Action Team) is looking for volunteers…read more
• Primary School Headteacher to retire this summer… read more
• Big success for first Christmas Lunch at the Methodist Church… read more

Features

• Book of the Month from Hungerford Bookshop (now selling 2017 diaries half price)
• How the new Making Tax Digital policy will affect you by Ross Brooke Accountants
• Coronation Mugs & Other Collectables by Hungerford Arcade

Local Jobs

• For jobs in and around Hungerford please visit the job section at pennypost.org.uk

Hungerford Event Diary

Weekly markets: Wednesdays (inc big produce stall) & Sundays (bread, eggs & chicken)

JANUARY
Fri 20    Croft Films: Spotlight 8pm Croft Hall
Sat 21   Charity Burns Night 7.30pm Town Hall
Sun 22  Indoor Antique/Flea Market, 10am – 4pm Town Hall
Wed 25 Historical Association: The Spoils & Ashes of War 7.30pm Town Hall
Sat 28   Indoor Antique/Flea Market 10am – 4pm Town Hall
Sat 28   HEAT Swap Shop 11.30 – 1.30pm Croft Hall
Sat 28   Young Singer Songwriters (Arts for Hungerford) 8pm Croft Hall

FEBRUARY
Wed 1   Indoor Antique/Flea Market, 10am – 4pm Town Hall
Wed 1   Hungerford WI: A Stitch in Time 7.30 – 9.30pm Croft Hall
Fri 3      Croft Films: I, Daniel Blake 7.30pm Croft Hall
Sat 4     Les Amoures Baroques Concert of Lute Songs 8pm Croft Hall
Fri 10    Poetry in The Bookshop Hungerford Bookshop
Wed 15 Town Show: Mack & Mabel , John O’Gaunt School till Sat 18 
Sun 19  Fundraising Sunday Fun Day, Hungerford Football Club

AND BEYOND
Sat 4 Mar  Cocktail & Casino Night, John O’Gaunt School
Sun 5 Mar Italian Market, High Street
Sat 1 Apr  Colour Mile (in aid of Prospect House Hospice & JO’G PSA)

We’d like to leave you with this thought for the month, from Marie Osmond: “If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”