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inside guide selected events in your area april - may 2020
Wednesday 1 April Coffee and Conversation. Join Andrew for half-an-hour of lively conversation about books in the news. Hear what’s happening in the shop and pick up suggestions for a few ‘good reads!’ Price: £3.50 (towards your coffee and homemade cake!) (Coffee and Conversation usually takes place on the FIRST Wednesday of each month at 11am) Simply Books, Bramhall 11am
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Thursday 2 April Friends of Bramall Hall & Park A talk on ‘A Prospect of Arley’ by Ms Judy Popley £1.50 refreshments included carolinefurious@gmail.com Bramall Hall, Bramhall 7.45pm
Thursday 2 April Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members. The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm
Friday 3 April Café y Conversacion A conversation group for anyone interested in improving their Spanish! Join us for informal Spanish conversation over coffee and cake with local Spanish teacher Liz Wilson. £5 (includes refreshments) (Cafe y Conversacion meets at 11am on the first Friday of each month) Simply Books, Bramhall 11am
Friday 3 April (and every Friday ) Woodford Bridge Club We are a small friendly bridge club meeting every Friday evening between 7.30 and 10.15pm at Woodford Community Centre. You do not need a partner to join us as we alternate between Singles and Partners nights. If you enjoy playing rubber bridge and Chicago, you are welcome to come along as a guest to try us out. For more details, please contact Judith Fletcher on 0161 439 5310.
Saturday 4 April Marple Choral Society Brahms Requiem Advance tickets £12 or two for £20, £13 on the door, students £6 To reserve at advance price email: marplechoralsocietytickets@gmail.com Norbury Parish Church, Hazel Grove 7.30pm
Sunday 5 April Plant Hunters’ Fair Huge choice of quality, nursery-grown plants. At this time of year, there will be a brilliant line-up of nurseries attending who will come laden with flowering bulbs, early flowering perennials, shrubs and trees to provide instant colour and also lots of later flowering plants to get planted for colour into the summer and beyond. Fund Raising Event for special projects at the Hall: £2 Entry to Plant Fair. Details at www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk Bramall Hall, Bramhall Park, off Hall Road, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 3NX. 10am to 4pm
WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL The Art Society North East Cheshire Stitching a casket was one of the ways that middle-class girls In the 17th century prepared for marriage. This lecture by Susan Kay-Williams, Chief Executive of the Royal School of Needlework, will examine some of these wonderful objects including how and when they were made, and the stories they depict. Potential new members welcome. To attend as a visitor (£8) please contact Maggie Schofield on 0161 427 9451 or email info@theartssocietynortheastcheshire.org.uk Brookdale Club, Bramhall 10.30am with coffee from 9.45am
Thursday 9 April The Family History Society of Cheshire, Bramhall Group A round trip with the seed man from Sale by Liz de Mercado. Samuel Ryder, the seed man, led an extraordinary life of success and engagement with his business ventures, community, family and pastimes. Visitors very welcome, admission £2. For more information email bramhall@fhsc.org.uk United Reformed Church Hall, Bramhall SK7 2PE, 7.30pm
Tuesday 14 April East Cheshire Association of the National Trust Lecture – Elizabeth Raffald – Suze Appleton Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3AB 2pm
Thursday 16 April Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society Brief AGM followed by Hedgehogs – a talk by Jan Miller from Withington Hedgehog Hospital. Visitors very welcome (£5) Details from Steve Osborne 01625 879087 or www.wilmslowguild.org The Guild, 1 Bourne St, Wilmslow SK9 5HD 7.30pm
FRIDAY 17 APRIL Stockport Historical Society “Women’s Suffrage and the 1911 census in Ashton” by Alice Lock Visitors very welcome Admission £3. Further information from Tony Nightingale 0161-440 0570. Stockport Sunday School, 96 Nangreave Road, SK2 6DQ (Next to Aquinas College) 7.45pm
FRIDAY 17, SATURDAY 18 & SUNDAY 19 APRIL Bramhall Art Society will be holding its 53rd Annual Exhibition. There is an open invitation to come along to view the work of the Society, with original paintings both framed and unframed available for purchase. Entrance is free and there is adjacent free parking. Opening hours are 10am to 6pm on Friday and Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. Tea, coffee and cakes will be served each day from 10 to 4pm, with all proceeds being donated to Beechwood Cancer Care. For regular updates go to www.Facebook.com/ bramhallartsociety Bramhall Village Club, Lumb Lane, Bramhall, SK7 1LR
Saturday 18 April Bollington Chamber Concerts: The Carducci Quartet Beethoven - Op 18 no 4; Janacek - Kreutzer Sonata; Dvorak - Op 96 in F. ‘American’ Tickets £19 from www.bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/ carducci or 01625 576402 or 574435 Bollington Arts Centre 7.30pm
Mon day 20 to Sat urday 25 April Anything Goes A fabulous nautical musical by Cole Porter, featuring songs such as You’re the Top, It’s De-lovely, I Get a Kick Out of You and the show-stopping title song. Box office 0161 302 2302 Brookdale Theatre, Bridge Lane, Bramhall. Curtain up 7.30pm, Saturday Matinee 2.15pm
Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 April Woodford Players Comedy Play – “The Magnificent Seven” Tickets £10 www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodfordplayers www.woodfordplayers.co.uk Woodford Community Centre, SK7 1PS
Friday 24 April Simply Cinema presents Military Wives (12A) The feel-good film of the year! With their soldier partners serving in Afghanistan, a group of women come together to form the first military wives choir. Helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments they become a media sensation and the start of a global movement. Tickets £8 To book: call 0161 439 1436 email events@simplybooks.info or book online at www.simplybooks.info Centrepoint, Bramhall Methodist Church 7pm
Saturday 25 April Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra concert. We are performing two works on this occasion, both by English composers. Edward Elgar’s concert overture, ‘In the South’ and Gustav Holst, ‘The Planets.’ A varied evening of music with something for everyone! Tickets £12, concessions £10 and under 18s £2. Available from: ticket secretary 01925 756144, ‘Bang and Olufsen,’ Alderley Road, Wilmslow, ‘Therapy,’ Bank Square, Wilmslow, at the door or via www.wilmsloworchestra.co.uk Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre 7.45pm
Monday 27 April Bramhall and District Trefoil Guild The Trefoil Guild is a non-uniform branch of girl guiding that gives fun, friendship, opportunities and new challenges to adults. We meet on the fourth Monday of each month, but please call our secretary to check whether we are at home or out and about. Further details are available from Secretary.BramhallTG@gmail.com or 0161 440 8482 Parish Lounge of St. Michael’s Church, Bramhall 2pm
Tuesday 28 April Caffe e Conversazione at Simply Books. Join us for informal Italian conversation over coffee and cake with local Italian teacher Giulia Shepherd. £5 (includes refreshments) (Caffe e Conversazione takes place on the last Tuesday of each month) Simply Books, Bramhall 11am
Saturday 2 May Cheshire Sinfonia – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN BRAMHALL. Mozart: Symphony No. 31 K.297 (Paris). Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate K.165. Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Tickets: £12 (Full), £10 (concessions), £3 (students). Reserved tickets available in advance from 07967 852986 or at the door. St Michael’s Parish Church, Robins Lane, Bramhall 7.30pm
Saturday 2 May Bramhall Worker Bee Market Worker Bee Markets’ regular event is in Bramhall village with locally handmade crafts, gifts, fresh produce, jewellery, homeware, international street food and more. Find hand-picked quality artisan goods right on your doorstep. Workerbeemarkets.wordpress.com Bramhall Village Square SK7 1AW 10am-3pm
Saturday 2 May The Great British Dog Walk, a fun-filled dog walk supporting national assistance dog charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The event raises funds to help the charity train more dogs to alert deaf children and adults to important and lifesaving sounds and help them to leave loneliness behind. Lyme Park, Disley SK12 2NR
Wednesday 6 May Simply Books presents a ‘Meet the Author’ event with the Canadian writer Emily St John Mandel in conversation about her international best-seller Station Eleven and her captivating new novel The Glass Hotel - a story about money, beauty and moral compromise. Tickets: £8, to book call 0161 439 1436 or book online at www.simplybooks.info Simply Books, Bramhall 7.30pm
Thursday 7 May Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members. The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm
Friday 8 May Halle Chamber Concert Eight cellists from the Halle Orchestra will perform an evening of Latin music, to include pieces by Villa-Lobos, Lindemann and Sollima. Tickets £11 and £9 (concession). Under 18s free. Available from Church Office (0161 439 1204), Thrift Shop, Simply Books (228 Moss Lane) and at the door. Refreshments included. Bramhall Methodist Church 7.30pm
Sunday 10 May Plant Hunters’ Fair. Half price entry to the Gardens & Plant Fair £3 (children under 15 Free). Details at www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk Adlington Hall, Mill Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4LF 10am to 4pm
WED NESD AY 13 MAY Arts Society North Cheshire John Francis talks about the 1930s where, against a backdrop of the Wall Street crash and a questioning of the success of the American dream, the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and the New Deal was created. The government initiatives meant employment for over eight million largely unskilled Americans and importantly 5,300 artists. Murals, painting, photography, graphic design all flourished. In this lecture we will explore some of the key artists at this time. Potential new members are welcome. To attend as a visitor (£8) please contact Maggie Schofield on 0161 427 9451 or email info@theartssocietynortheastcheshire.org.uk. Brookdale Club, Bramhall 10.30am, coffee from 9.45am
Thursday 14 May Family History Society of Cheshire, Bramhall Group What I learned from Great Uncle John by Hazel Rugman A talk about the Reformatory System in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Visitors very welcome, admission £2 For more information email bramhall@fhsc.org.uk United Reformed Church Hall, Bramhall SK7 2PE, 7.30pm
FRIDAY 15 MAY Stockport Historical Society “A Short History of Stockport Sunday School” By Judith Higgins. (Followed by the AGM) Visitors very welcome, admission £3. Further information from Tony Nightingale 0161 440 0570 Stockport Sunday School, 96 Nangreave Road, SK2 6DQ. (Next to Aquinas College) 7.45pm
Saturday 16 May Stockport Symphony Orchestra Elgar: In the South, Bridge: The Sea, Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2 “London” Conductors Robin Wallington and Omer Shteinhart For more information visit www.stockportsymphony.co.uk Tickets available at the box office, online or on the door £15 full price/£13 concessions/students £5/ accompanied children under 16 free Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm
SATURDAY 16 MAY The Barnby Choir Summer Concert. Mozart, Regina Coeli, Haydn, St Nicholas Mass Fauré, Requiem Advance booking advised or tickets at the door, £12, £10 concessions, £5 student. Phone 01625 520193 www.thebarnbychoir.co.uk United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR 7.30pm
Saturday 16 May The Marple Band and Robins Singers Joint concert to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day Tickets £10. Available on the door, email sec.robinssingers@gmail.com or tel 0161 285 1192 St Andrews Church Cheadle Hulme SK8 5ET
Saturday 23 May Cheshire Sinfonia and Chorale BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN BRAMHALL Haydn: The Creation Tickets: £12 (Full), £10 (concessions), £3 (students) Reserved tickets available in advance from 01969 667033 or at the door. St Michael’s Parish Church, Robins Lane, Bramhall 7.30pm 50
Monday 25 May Bramhall and District Trefoil Guild The Trefoil Guild is a non-uniform branch of girl guiding that gives fun, friendship, opportunities and new challenges to adults. We meet on the fourth Monday of each month, but please call our secretary to check whether we are at home or out and about. Further details are available from Secretary.BramhallTG@gmail.com or 0161 440 8482 Parish Lounge of St. Michael’s Church, Bramhall 2pm
Thursday 28 May Bramhall Christian Viewpoint Supper Evening Andrew and Mari Shepherd will be coming to talk to us about their work with Fountain of Peace Children’s Foundation which they have been involved with since it was first registered as a UK charity in 2006. Located in Western Uganda in a rural, poverty-stricken area, the core purpose is to rescue orphaned and abandoned babies, giving them a loving Christian home with a surrogate mum to care for them until adulthood. To book a place (£14 including supper) phone Sheila Salden 0161 440 9794 The Deanwater Hotel, Woodford (Balmoral Suite) 7pm for 7.30pm
Saturday 30 May The East Cheshire Alpine Garden Society Show A wide variety of beautiful alpine plants will be on show. Specialist nurseries will be present selling plants. Tea/ coffee and cake will be available and sandwiches at lunch time. Competition schedules and further details are available by contacting Bob on 07808 974753 Entry £3 The Village Club, 2 Melbourne Road, Bramhall, SK7 1LR 10.30am to 3.30pm
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