The closing date for the next issue is 15th October which will appear in December, listing events in December, January and February
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Wed 3rd Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Fri 5th Fri Coffee at URC 7.30 p.m. for 8 p.m. start: Bible Study at Melbourn URC Sat 6th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon with Women’s British Legion Stall Sun 7th Guided History Walk at 2 p.m. in Meldreth, starting & finishing at the Village hall. Tue 9th Mothers’ Union: 2.30 p.m. at Methodist Church Hall, Orwell Gardening Club: All Saints’ Community Hall: Spring Flowers at Anglesey Abbey, 7.30 p.m. Wed 10th Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon 7.30 pm Reflective Service at Melboum URC Fri 12th Fri Coffee at URC McSplash Autumn Term starts Melbourn Photographic Club Year begins at Foxton: 7.30 ‑ 9.30 p.m. Sat 13th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon Historic Churches Cycle ride Tue 16th New Melboum Singers restart: MVC 7.30 ‑ 9.30 pm Melbourn Photographic Club Year begins at Foxton: 7.30 ‑ 9.30 p.m. Wed 17th Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Melbourn & District U3A, 2.45 at MVC: A talk by Liz Carter on “Strong‑minded Women” which recalls the start of the campaign for women’s suffrage in this country in the 19th Century. Fri19th Christian Aid Fundraising Coffee Morning & Tea Afternoon at 26, Beechwood Avenue Sat 20th Harvest/Fanning Display at URC from 10 am, details nearer the time. Sun 21st Harvest service I I a.m. URC Churches Together Harvest Festival Service, Moorlands, 2.30 p.m. ‘Great Cambridgeshire Run’ in aid of the British Heart Foundation,at Wimpole Hall Tue 23rd Women’s Group 7.45 pm: Members’ Music Wed 24th Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Thu 25th Royston Arts Festival begins. Every day until Sun 28th . Fri 26th Fri Coffee at URC Sat 27th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon
All copy for the Decembe r 2008 and January & February 2009 should be in before 15th October Copy due six weeks befor e the following publication date Winter December 1st
Wed 1st Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Thu 2nd Royston & District Local History Society: ‘Hatfield Forest, Past, Present and Future’, illustrated Ian Pease, Royston Town Hall, 8 p.m. Fri 3rd Fri Coffee at URC 7.30 pm for 8 pm start: Bible Study at Melboum URC Royston & Saffron Walden N.T. Association Jane Gosling, the custodian of Lavenham’s Guildball, tells us about “Mediaeval Lavenham and its famous Guildhall”. Saffron Walden County High School Sports Centre 7.30 p.m. Sat 4th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon Wed 8th Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon 7.30 pm Reflective Service at Melbourn URC Whittlesford Gardening Club: ‘Gardening at home and abroad’: Memorial Hall, 7.30 p.m. Fri 10th Fri Coffee at URC Sat 11th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon Christian Aid Partner BIDII Stall ‘Auction of Promises’ at MVC Tue 14th Mothers’ Union: Vicarage close Community Room: ‘Hymns & Things’ by Jose Hopkins Wed 15th Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Melbourn & District U3A 2.45 at MVC: Richard Revels, a well known wildlife photographer, tells us about “The fabulous Falkland Islands”. Fri 17th Fri Coffee at URC Sat 18th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon SOAS Quiz All Saints’ Community Hall Sun 19th Melbourn Mushroom Club Exhibition, Masonic Hall, Royston. Tue 21st 7.45 p.m. Women’s Group: Wed 22nd Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon University of Cambridge ‘Festival of Ideas’ begins, continuing to November 2nd Fri 24th Fri Coffee at URC Sat 25th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon Cambridge ‘Festival of Ideas’ Family Day. Sun 26th 6.30 pm: Bible Sun Service: Churches Together, Shared Worship At All Saints’ Church Tue 28th Women’s Group 7.45 pm: A ‑ Z of a Parish Clerk by Avril Mellor Wed 29th Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Fri 31st Royston & Saffron Walden National Trust Association. Tom Doig, our local historian, tells us about “Birth and Baptisms in the 1800’s”. Royston Town Hall, 7.30 p.m. Baptist Church Hall: Light Party for Children aged 4 to 11years, 5.30–7pm
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‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon Melbourn Photographic Club at Foxton: 7.30–9.30 p.m. Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Royston & District Local History Society, ‘An Army Life’, including as a British Military Attache, Colonel Derek Bishop, Royston Town Hall 8 p.m. Fri Coffee at URC 7.30 pm for 8 pm start: Bible Study at Melbow‑n URC ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon 10.45 a.m. Remembrance Service at Melbourn Cross, followed by Service in All Saints’ Church Mothers’ Union: AGM Fowlmere church Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon 7.30 pm Reflective Service at Melbourn URC Fri Coffee at URC No ‘Coffee Stop’. Bazaar in All Saints’ Community Hall & Church: I I a.m. ‑ 3.30 p.m. Meldreth Village Hall: Local History Group Open Day I I a.m. ‑ 4 p.m. Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Melbourn & District U3A 2.45 at MVC: Janet and Christopher South say ‘Snap out of it pictures without a camera7.’ Fri Coffee at URC ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon 7.45 p.m. Women’s Group: The Fruit Growing Year by Tim Elbourn. Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Fri Coffee at URC Royston and Saffron National Trust Association. A social evening and fun quiz at Saffron Walden County High School Sports Centre 7.30 pm .Sat 29th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon Christmas Tree Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Meldreth 11 am–5pm Christmas Tree Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Meldreth, I I a.m–5pm followed byAdvent Carol Service 5.30 p.m.
NOVEMBER Tue 2nd Photographic Club at Foxton: 7.30 ‑ 9.30 p.m. Wed 3rd Coffee Break; Baptist Church Hall 10.30‑12 noon Thu 4th Royston & District Local History Society: ‘A Silk Purse from a Pig’s Nose’ 450 years of our house, Robin Webb. Royston Town Hall, 8pm Fri 5th Coffee at URC Sat 6th ‘Coffee Stop’ All Saints’ Community Hall, 10.30‑12 noon URC Christmas Bazaar 10 am until 12 noon, followed by an opportunity to share a hot lunch Sun 7th Meldreth Guided History Walk 2 p.m. Wed 10th Churches Together Carol Singing at the Black Horse, 9 p.m.
