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Conkers!

Most sources agree that the gloriously eccentric game of conkers began in England, but conkers is also played in North America, Canada, Ireland and Switzerland.

Success in conkers relies on good equipment. Hence you need a good horse chestnut . The best are firm, uncracked and symmetrical. Drill through the centre and thread a shoelace through the hole, knotting it securely.

The aim is to smash your opponent’s conker with your own and if you achieve this, your conker becomes a one-er. From here it gets a bit more complicated. If it then smashes another one-er it becomes a two-er. If it then smashes a two-er it automatically becomes a four-er. If it then smashes a six-er it becomes a ten-er and so on. Still with me?

The rules of conkers are many and varied. I rather like the one which states that if you drop your conker your opponent can yell ‘stamps’ and crush your conker with his foot. If you yell ‘no stamp’ first, he’s not allowed to do this. Good luck with that one one in the heat of battle!

Dense conkers are best. If yours sinks in a bucket of water it’s a good one.

Less legitimately include baking your conker in a low oven, soaking it in vinegar or coating it in nail polish are all guaranteed to improve your chances of success in open competition.

The official world conker championship is held annually in Ashton in Northamptonshire. Contestants are not allowed to use their own conkers. They also dispense with the points rule mentioned earlier, and no-one is allowed to stamp on anyone else’s conkers, which surely takes some of the fun out of it.

In recent years the Health and Safety police have banned conkers in schools up and down the land. This is a shame and perhaps we should campaign to get conkers back into playgrounds as part of our rightful heritage.

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World Record Challenge Wardown Park Museum Saturday 16th August 11:30am - 3pm

To register to take part in this World Record challenge go to: www.museummakers.co.uk Largest Gathering of People Wearing Boater Hats On Saturday 16th August 2014 Museum Makers and Wardown Park Museum will be attempting to break a Guinness World Record for "Largest gathering of people wearing boater hats" live outside the museum.

Luton has a long association with the hat industry, both in the UK and around the world. Wardown Park Museum is home to an international hat collection with over 700 hats, pieces of headwear, materials and objects from the trade. And of course our awesome local football team are otherwise known as the 'Hatters' making this World Record one that deserves to be held no where else but Luton Town.

This is where we need you! The current record stands at 250 people and in true Luton style we are going to raise the bar as high as we can. We need a minimum of 2000 people to help us do this, here's how; •We are asking all participants to register individually online with Museum Maker's so we can keep track of how many of you will be helping us break this record.

•From here we will keep you up-to-date with how and where its all going down, and how you can get others involved with the Museum Maker's project.

•Before the event we will send you a need to know information pack to prepare you for the big day •If you can't find your own straw boater, boaters will be available on the day.

•Participants must be available from 11.30am on Saturday 16th August 2014 •Participants 16 or under must complete a parental permission form and be supervised by an adult (18 or over) The first 300 sign-ups will receive a special Museum Makers gift and be located in Zone A (stage front) for the event.

Music on Mondays 2014 -15 Celebrated clarinettist & eminent open the second season of pianist “Celebrating British Composers” , Luton Library Theatre on Monday In the 30 years since EMMA JOHNSON was crowned ‘BBC Young Musician of the Year’ she has established a truly outstanding career as an international solo artist.

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Clarinet and piano recital. Programme includes Schumann’s , Poulenc’s poignant late sonata and a new work by rising star composer Samuel Bordoli.

This recently formed flute, viola and harp trio are winning plaudits throughout Europe for Trio, the their impeccable musicianship. Programme includes Mozart’s Trio by Bax and Britten’s haunting Lachrymae.

One of the country’s finest young quartets continue their survey of string pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Programme includes his first Quartet from 1908, inspired by Ravel with whom the young composer was studying in Paris & Ravel’s exquisite F major quartet.

An ongoing series celebrating the music of Beethoven and the Celtic nations. This Irish programme includes John Field’s rarely heard Piano Quintet, Beethoven’s Piano Quartet op 16 and his Variations on St Patrick’s Day. Soprano Christine Bunning also performs Beethoven’s arrangements of Irish folk songs.

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A Good Read For You

For The Kids

When the Odds are Evens

By Colin Lord was not returned one of the brothers would pay with his life.

Colin had spent some time in Hong Kong and had mixed with some unsavoury characters. Selling insurance to ex-pats paid for Colin Lord has lived in Luton for fifty years with a background work- his lifestyle but was secondary ing in sales to corporate business’s to one of his business interests, a floating brothel aboard an old and the Education sector. In his Chinese junk ship. He had a younger days he enjoyed many feeling his ex-partner the Midget sports representing Bedfordshire might be connected with the in Rugby, Tennis and Football. He theft of the gold but he was dead. still follows many sports, including Colin had seen him jump off a American football and Basketball. bridge in Kowloom, the body was The Los Angeles Lakers are mennever found. tioned in his book, which was a very Being accused of the theft and daunting evening for him. the death threat the brothers went looking for the gold, the trail led The completion of this book is from Hong Kong, the Cayman largely down to the encouragement Islands, France and ending in South Africa. from Colins late brother.

They needed help. Favours were “Many times I mentioned that called in and the SBS and SAS I could write a book and my late were involved. The Special Forces Brother basically said to me ‘Stop brought with them sophisticated talking about it and do it’. So I systems and firepower. did.”

When a meeting ended with a massive explosion in Canary The property world was good Wharf, rumours spread like wildto the brothers, Colin and Mike.

They were on target for a bumper fire. Was it the Taliban attacking year. Both had large houses, one London’s financial centre? in Hampstead, London the other It grabbed the Media’s attention, in Much Haddam, Hertfordshire. not to mention the Government.’

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Magic Tree House: Valley of the Dinosaur

By Mary Pope Osborne Time travel. A quest to solve.

Exciting adventures. This book for young readers who are growing in confidence has all of these and much more. The first of a series of books, it follows the adventures of Jack and Annie as they discover a magic treehouse in their neighbourhood.

As the story begins Jack and Annie are chasing an imaginary monster into a nearby wood when they stumble across a solitary treehouse.

Curiosity getting the better of them, they decide to explore and inside they find wonderful collection of books. Jack is drawn to a dinosaur book and before they know it the two children are transported back to the time of the dinosaurs.

Full of fascinating facts this book will appeal to any budding palaeontologist. At ten chapters this is a nice introduction to reading without seeming too daunting. The sentence structure can be repetitive and simplistic, but I am assured by young readers that this is not a problem!

There are currently sixteen books available in the series covering different time periods and geographic locations. These along, with an interactive website, promise to engage and educate young readers for many a long school holiday.

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What’sBestForYou

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Consumer Clinic

By Jonathan Vernon-Smith

How To Deal With Debt

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It is a sad reality that most of us are in debt these days. With the high cost of housing, it’s perhaps unsurprising that people are having to borrow more money than they really should.

For many, this debt is perfectly manageable. However, it only takes a problem like losing your job, or ill health to suddenly turn manageable debt into an utter nightmare.

If you are having financial difficulty and realise that you are unable to meet your debt responsibilities, the most important thing to do is to face up to the reality. As tempting as it may be to bury your head in the sand and ignore the demand letters, it is simply going to make the problem much much worse.

When you have accepted the situation, you need to sit down and look openly and honestly at the money you have coming in, and the money going out. Even if the prospect is thoroughly depressing, you need to understand exactly what the numbers are before you go any further.

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contacting the companies you owe money to and explaining the situation. They may be able to give you a 'payment holiday' until you get yourself back on your feet again. They are also much more likely to be helpful if you've been open and honest with them rather than ignoring them and hoping they will simply go away. Remember, they want their money, so it's in their interest to work with you as opposed to against you.

When you've worked out how much money you can put towards your debts, you then need to prioritise them. The most important debts are: mortgage or rent arrears, gas and electricity arrears, council tax arrears, court fines, income tax or VAT arrears and TV licence arrears.

If you fail to pay these, you could lose your home, and in the most extreme circumstances, could end up in prison.

The less urgent debts include: benefits overpayments, credit cards and loans, water and sewerage bills (you can't be cut off for water debts), student loans, loans from family and friends

and parking penalties from local authorities. That's not to say that you shouldn't bother trying to pay them, but these should be at the bottom of the list.

Hopefully, with careful budgeting, balancing and communication, you'll be able to manage your debts until you get back on your feet. However, if you simply cannot pay what you owe, then there are some options for you. However, be aware they do not come without costs.

Solutions such as debt consolidation, or even bankruptcy can be the only way out for some people but please look at the pros and cons before committing.

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Health Beauty & Wellbeing Back To School

Bugs & Beasties How does it happen? Your family has enjoyed a happy, healthy six week summer holiday, but within just days of returning to school your child comes down with a cold, or develops an itchy skin condition, or catches nits. Why, when they need to be settling into a new routine and you need to be back at work, do they suddenly get ill?

Like it or not, children gathering in schools is one of the main ways germs circulate in communities. Their immune systems are less mature, they tend to be in close contact, and they have ‘germy’ habits like sticking fingers or pencils into their mouths, so it is inevitable that they are going to come home with something nasty at some point.

That said, most illnesses can be avoided if a few good practices are followed. Top of the list is to make sure that your child’s immunisations are all up to date, and that all family members have had a seasonal flu vaccination, where appropriate. Prevention is definitely the best medicine.

Teach your child ‘germ etiquette’. This means staying away from other children who may be sneezing or coughing, covering their own coughs and sneezes by using tissues that should be thrown away immediately, and avoiding head to head contact with others. If your child is older, warn them about sharing items such as lipstick, lip balm, make-up, razors, creams, lotions and other personal items such as towels and sports kit.

There are some germ hotspots in schools, and cafeteria trays are one of them! One survey found that there were more bacteria per square inch on a cafeteria tray than there were on a toilet seat, probably because the trays don’t get Next, make sure they wash their hands enough cleaned as often. If your child drops food on a - and properly! The most common way to catch tray, they should throw it away! illness is through the mouth, eyes or nose after Finally, your child can build up their immunity the hands have been in contact with infected surfaces. A thorough wash with soap and warm by getting enough sleep and exercise, eating a well balanced diet that includes lots of fresh water to the back of the hands, in between the fruit and vegetables, and by drinking plenty of fingers and around the nails for 20 seconds (as long as it takes to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice!) water. Take these preventative measures and hopefully going back to school will be a happy, - before eating or drinking, after a visit to the toilet, blowing their nose, or touching animals healthy time for everybody! and waste, should be the minimum.

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to consume, you could also make your preserved You can get lots of advice from your local cook fruits into lovely Christmas gifts. There are many shop on what’s required, but some basics are: a large heavy based saucepan, spoons and funnels, possibilities including jams and marmalades, Perfect for a simplecontainers lunch or a dinner party this and mainpickles, course and is anbeverages easy crowd pleaser, chutneys such as sloe a sugar thermometer, and jars, lidswith and friends, serveestablishments with vegetables orevening salad alike. gin.toMany run classes labels. looks great on the plate and is a wonderful dish which can help you create these and many other The concept of preserving foods has been around fabulous recipes, such as fruit butter or fruit processor or mortar and pestle cheese. since the earliest humans. To survive, Equipment: ancient manSmall had to harness nature. In frozen climates he froze Ingredients Oven: Gas Mark 5, 190°c When preserving, you should use fruits that are seal meat on :the ice. In tropical climates he dried sun ripened, as the process will not improve foods in the sun. Food by its nature begins to 4 skinned fillets sea Method: Brushgreen undersides with olive oil and fish all tasteless fruit.

Using fruitseason that has a high spoil the moment it isbass, harvested. So the ability to washed food underenabled runningancient water man toover salt and one of the lemons and likely squeeze acidpepper. content Zest is recommended, as it less to preserve makewith roots, 3 unwaxed lemons juice. Wedge the otherbacteria. lemon for garnish.

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Quite quickly you should produce moist very tasty recheckPress the seals tighten lidsonto to prevent any Greece quince was mixed with honey,breadcrumb dried and mixture.

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Nowadays it’s rare to find someone who sticks to one style within their home. Modern homes are full of mix and match pieces, from antiques to vintage and retro alongside contemporary counterparts, and guess what?

It somehow works. But rest assured, this hasn’t just happened on its own. An eclectic look takes a little effort to make sure that your space doesn’t end up looking like a car boot sale!

Here are three tips that I’ve picked up along the way to best style your home using vintage and modern pieces to create a cool contemporary look.

1Go All Out

When I’ve seen eclectic done badly it’s because someone feels unsure of what they are creating. Eclecticism says confident! In order for it to work you need to go all out. You know that saying about how supermodels could wear a black bin liner and still have everyone demanding where they got it?

Well, styling your home in an eclectic way is the same – it needs confidence and attitude to carry it off. Instead of being shy with one or two pieces, get a few. Go for items that make you feel something. One wacky item on it’s own can look odd, but a few strange items grouped together alongside new products looks casually cool!

2Mix Art Styles

The easiest way to create an eclectic look using pieces from different ages is with art. A classic Black & White film photograph can look great against an abstract piece or POP art print.

You can tie the look together by using the same colour or finish frames throughout and creating a gallery wall space. Choose a colour scheme to work with, and try not to stray too far outside of it. This will give your collection a theme and help older pieces sit alongside modern with no problem!

3Group In Odd Numbers Decorative pieces work well when grouped in odd numbers.

This way, one or two pieces can take center space and be flanked either side. Choose the most special or statement piece to sit in the middle and dress either side with something either of a complementary texture (think wood and leather for instance), or colours that work with the main piece and palette of the room.

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In The Garden

Laying The Foundations To A Successful Garden

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oes the thought of your garden fill you with guilt as the weeds grow bigger and bigger? Chances are your garden is not based on the 3 Essential Foundations or one or more are out of balance.

Or do you want to change something in the garden but don’t know where to start? Then the 3 Essential Foundations will be vital in helping you create the most relevant and best possible starting point for your new garden.

Having designed and planted small to medium sized gardens for the past 17 years, I have found that the ones that are the most beautiful and pleasurable to be in are those that are based on an equal combination of what I call the 3 Essential Foundations and it’s never too late to look at them again.

The first one is to ‘Know what you want’. Work out exactly what you’d like to do in the garden and what you must have to make it work on a practical front. The way to do this is to sit down and take a few minutes to really think about what you like doing outside. For example, many people like to eat outside, to entertain or just to relax at the end of the day with a glass of wine – and I expect that you will too. Make a list and consult the others who use the garden too.

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growing conditions in your garden and work with nature rather than against it. Essential characteristics to look for are the soil type, the soil pH (acidic, neutral or alkaline), where the sunny and shady spots are, is it sheltered or exposed and how much annual rain fall your garden gets. All these things will dictate the types of plants you can grow successfully and which part of the garden they will do best in. It is much easier to look after the right plant in the right place.

The third is to ‘Know how much time you’re REALISTICALLY prepared to give to looking after the garden’. Once you know this, design the garden to fit in with your lifestyle. Err on the side of caution rather than enthusiasm because it is much better for the soul to look at one or two areas that look beautiful and feel right rather than the whole garden being a burden.

The answers to these 3 questions will guide and direct the design that emerges and will dictate how much maintenance you will have to do in the future. When you feel on top of the maintenance, then you will be able to relax and enjoy the garden.

There is no right or wrong time to assess the 3 Essential Foundations and there is a lot to be said for doing so at the beginning of the growing season and again at the end of it. You might be surprised at what you ‘unearth’.

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Ban Peat Peat bogs are an essential part of our eco system. Once they’re gone they’re gone forever. There is no excuse for buying peat-based products…ever. Use only peat-free composts, soil-improvers and mulches.

Recycle. Recycle. Recycle Make a compost heap or buy a compost bin. Re-use plastic and crock pots. String old cds and bottle tops over newly planted seedlings as bird scarers.

Restrict Chemical Usage Try nematodes for pest control. Encourage ladybirds for greenfly control by planting fennel, dill, white cosmos and scented geraniums.

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I’m not saying you’ll ever get sick of driving the Q5, but when you’ve had enough of all that commuting to work and driving the kids to school malarkey, the Audi will thrill you off road. It may look a bit bling but it actually performs well on rugged terrain. Its maximum climbing angle is 31 degrees and its approach and departure angles are each 25 degrees. And you won’t rip anything off the Q5’s underbelly because the vehicle’s ground clearance measures 20 cm. This is truly a motor for everyone – but you’ll have to have a decent bank balance, or a boss who’s nice enough to put this on the company car list to drive one.

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Do you find yourself shouting at your children and afterwards regretting it?

Try these tips to bring mindfulness in to your role as a parent or grandparent:

Is family life more often stressful than not?

• Start the day with a mindful ritual: spend a few

Would you like to have a stronger relationship with your son or daughter?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to explore mindfulness, the currently ‘hot’ topic in self-help. It has many applications: in sport for performance and focus; in the NHS for depression and chronic pain; and in the corporate world to help reduce work stress and improve creativity. Initial research also shows that mindfulness may reduce parenting stress.

So what is mindfulness? A search on-line will reveal information, books, CDs, and courses.

Essentially it is about becoming more aware and present in the moment, which is achieved through mindfulness practices. These are simple in terms of what you do, but difficult in the sense that our minds are usually all over the place, with all sorts of thoughts jumping in, generating feelings and probably affecting our mood. Regular practice is necessary to get the benefits, just as with any new skill, such as learning to swim. However, even 10 minutes a day has been shown to achieve results.

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seconds following your breath in and out before you get out of bed; really feel your feet in contact with the floor as you get out of bed; be mindful when you brush your teeth (not thinking about anything else and really feeling what it is like to brush your teeth)

• Be mindful with your child/grandchild:

focusing intently on what they are saying or showing you without letting your thoughts wander to anything else. Do this at least a couple of times a day, even if it is not always possible.

• Take mindful pauses in difficult moments –

toddler tantrums or teenage moodiness – follow a couple of breaths in and out. That pause might stop you throwing a tantrum too!

A key aspect of mindfulness is self-compassion, so don’t be too hard on yourself – you really care about your family and are doubtlessly working hard to be a good parent. Give yourself a pat on the back, you deserve it!

ortance Of Tailoring p m I e h T There is a saying is that a ‘well tailored suit is to women what lingerie is to men.’ If that is to be believed why do so many gentlemen just ‘make do’?

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5 top tips 1 A suit must fit well or it is not worth wearing.

2 Dress for your shape and personality.

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4 Limit trips to the dry cleaners your suit doesn’t always need it.

5 Dress with the season – cotton suits in summer - tweeds, flannels, and corduroys in winter.

It’s all about the fit SHOULDERS • The jacket should hug your shoulders, not slouch off them.

• Be warned—most gentlemen think they are a size larger than they are, for example a 42 regular instead of a 40.

• When you pull on the jacket there should be a firmness to it—you should snap to attention.

• If a jacket doesn’t fit right on the shoulders it will never look right.

SLEEVES • Think about the width of the sleeves.

Always a slim fit for sartorial elegance.

CUFF • Your suit sleeves should end just above the hinges of your wrists. Show a quarter / half inch of cuff.

BODY • Your jacket should contour your body and accetuate your shoulders. This will always make your shoulders look stronger.

• You should be able to easily cup your hands beneath the hem of the jacket; if you can't, it's too long.

TROUSERS • Trousers should just clip the tops of your shoes, not bunch over them.

• Slim fitting trousers with very little break at the ankle never goes out of fashion.

LAPELS • Thin or wide - nothing dictates a suit’s character more.

BUTTONS • Two or three? The choice is yours.

TICKET POCKET • The sign of an English gent.

POCKETS • Traditional flap or slit. Many options.

VENTS • As important as the lapel. The unobtrusive centre vent or the statement side vent, personal preference.

One in 3 suits in the UK is purchased from a well-known retailer at prices that on first look are competitive. Take into account, the fabric and styling restrictions, the price of alterations and the lack of personal service and you are often parting with a substantial amount of money for something that lacks personality and fits poorly. By choosing made to measure you remove doubt, you create individuality and a suit that fits perfectly. Consultations are personal ensuring posture, size and quirks are all catered for. Fabrics, linings, lapels, pockets, vents, buttons etc. are your choice and tailored to meet your needs.

With autumn just round the corner it’s time to start thinking about your wardrobe, the casual sports jacket, the business suit or the dinner jacket – it’s time to get something that creates confidence every time you wear it!

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Out&About STOCKWOOD DISCOVERY CENTRE Tel: 01582 548600 Invasion Sci fi Exhibition Friday 4th July- Sunday 31st August £3.95 Adults £2.95 Children & concessions £12 Family ticket £15 Large family ticket Guaranteed to thrill, this fabulous exhibition of props and costumes from sci fi movies will be on display this summer.

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The craft activity will be different each week. 7-10 years The capacity for activities is 15.

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Bee and Honey Day Sunday 17th August 11am – 4pm Free (There maybe a small charge for some of the activities) A family fun day with a busy, buzzy bee theme.

Take part in different bee themed activities and learn all about bees and beekeeping with the Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association.

Family BBQ Evenings • Honey extraction demonstrations Sunday 20th July -Sunday 24th • Live observation of a real hive with industrious worker bees and the August 4.30pm – 9pm Queen Bee Free entry.

• The Virtual Hive - explore the Drop-in every Sunday throughout inner workings of a bee colony the Summer Stockwood Discovery Centre will be openning late. There • Introduction to candle rolling • Children’s craft activities will be the usual free access to our exhibits, gardens and children’s play • Honey tasting area, plus we will cooking delicious • Honey for sale • Specialist advice on keeping BBQ food for purchase. your own bees, including basic Licenced bar available. equipment required, winter months, Tel: 01582 548 600 approaching bees and what bee keeping generally entails.

Live Music Nights For all ages Thursday 24th July -Thursday 28th For more information call August 6.30pm – 9pm 01582 548 600 Free Enjoy summer nights, set to a back LUTON LIBRARIES drop of live music every Thursday.

Roald Dahl Day 24th July - Mashasha and Sam Saturday 13th September. Free. 6+ Zimbabwean bass & drums artists.

Libraries and Times are 31st July - Schrödinger’s Strings Leagrave Library - 11-11.45am Schrödinger’s Strings are a harpMarsh Farm Library - 2.15-3pm based .

Saturday 20th September, 2014 7th August - RYUSSI (Zoe Thorpe) Libraries and Times The Lutonian singer/songwriter.

Library - 11-11.45am 14th August - Schrödinger’s Strings Stopsley Luton Central Library - 2.15-3pm Schrödinger’s Strings are a harpWear yellow, whizz pop, and kalt based trio . sdrawkcab - enjoy some of Roald 21st August - Osagayefo Dahl’s favourite thing as we celOsagyefo Theatre Company. ebrate his birthday.

28th August - Mantrata more information visit www.

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evening activities.

New members are always welcome.

Prospective members are invited to get in touch via the website, give us a ring or just turn up to an event or walk.

Enquiries@dunstablebogtrotters. co.uk www.dunstablebogtrotters.co.uk 01582 865966 Sue or Julian SAPPHIRE SOCIAL & SINGLES GROUP we are a social group for those aged 45+ and unattached. We are not a dating agency or a lonely hearts, our emphasise is on social. We have 38 members at present for those aged 45+ and unattached meet in Hitchin every Thursday at 8.30pm Tel Joyce for details 07960 440417 www.sapphiresocialsinglesclub. co.uk WARDEN AFTERNOON CLUB Meets every Tuesday 2 - 4pm Warden Hill Community Centre (rear of the Warden Tavern) We are a recently established group of friendly ladies and gentlemen who meet weekly for companionship, activities and refreshments. If you would like some company, or know someone who would benefit from joining us, please come along any Tuesday - everyone is very welcome.

For more information contact Sue on 07706895444 or email sueblee@ hotmail.co.uk SAINTS FAMILY FUN DAY Saturday 16th August 12pm – 4pm A fun packed afternoon for all the family Attractions: Bouncy castle. Face Painting, Children’s Entertainer, Food, Fun and Games, Beauty Treatments, Stalls.

For more details or to book a stall please contact: 01582 566607 This event takes place in Saints Community Centre.

WARDOWN PARK MUSEUM Tel: 01582 546722

rare objects donated by the community and discovered deep in the museum stores. Call 01582 546 722

famous Author Dennis Wheatley when he was based at Biscot. Spaces are limited, to avoid disappointment you can book your free ticket now by phoning 01582 546719

Children’s Holiday Craft Activity Wednesday 6th, 13th & 20th August Music in the Museum: Soul Music 11am – 4pm £2 Sunday 7th September, 2pm - 4pm.

Drop in summer holiday arts and crafts workshops, every Wednesday Free in August.. 3+ years Wardown Park Museum is hosting Call 01582 546 722 a series of intimate gigs on the first Sunday of every month. Enjoy live music in this unique setting for free!

Wardown Big Summer Saturday 9th August 10:30am - 9pm Spaces are limited, to avoid disappointment you can book your free Free entry ticket now by phoning (Costs may apply to some activities) 01582 878100 presented by Museum Makers Come and join in with our big HOMESTART summer celebrations with plenty to Have you got just 2 to 3 hours to do including a Traditional Punch For Baby With Love and Judy show, summer BBQ and a spare each week to support a local Tuesday 22nd July-Sunday 30th 12ft Beach ball.Stay with us into the young family who are struggling to evening to enjoy music from Luton’s cope? The charity Home-Start is NovemberFree Tiny white baby caps that have been finest local talent. A licensed bar will looking for caring parents and grandembroidered with love. Amongst the be available. parents. All training and support is Book tickets now for the traditional beauty, come and find out the sad given and expenses paid. It’s a great Punch and Judy Show or the Bolstory behind two caps on display. lywood Style alternative Punjeet and way to gain new skills, make friends Call 01582 546 722 Judy Gee. For more information call and really make a difference to your community.

- 01582 546 722 Luton in WW1 Talk Tel: 01582 660061 Wednesday 23rd July Wardown Military Hospital in WW1 office@home-startcentralbeds.org.uk 18:30 - 19:30 Free. For ages 18+ www.home-startcentralbeds.org.uk Wednesday 13th August Talk covers an introduction to Luton’s role in World War 1. What was 6.30pm – 7.30pm Free. For ages 18+ BREAKOUT SOCIAL CLUB Wardown Park Museum was a happening? Where it was happenvoluntary aid detachment hospital in We are a club for the over forty fives, ing? Who was involved? How did not a singles club but a social club WW 1. Hear stories from the time, war affect Luton? for people who enjoy going out but view photographs of the hospital Spaces are limited, to avoid disapare on their own, where they can pointment book your free ticket - Call taken from an album of one of the nurses. View a plan of the museum, meet like-minded people, with a 01582 546719 and hear about what went on in varied monthly programme covering Music in the Museum: Eastern Euro- those rooms. The talk will finish with Disco’s, Pub lunch’s, walks, parties a moving reading of the names of and much, much more, we meet pean Music all who lost their fight for life in the once a week in the front bar at the Sunday 3rd August 2pm – 6pm Free hospital during WW1.

Conservative Club, High street North Wardown Park Museum is hosting Spaces are limited, to avoid disapDunstable a series of intimate gigs on the first pointment book your free ticket - Call For more information please contact Sunday of every month. Enjoy live 01582 546719 Sandy on 07813 262556 music in this unique setting for free!

Spaces are limited, to avoid disapBiscot Camp: Luton’s WW1 Army pointment book your free ticket - Call THE PARKSIDE SINGERS Base 01582 878100 Do you enjoy singing?

Wednesday 27th August, 6.30 - 7.30. The Parkside Singers is a lively mixed Free. For ages 18+ Luton’s World War 1 Stories choir, singing four-part harmony Biscot Camp was a large army train- music Tuesday 5th August - Sunday 4th ing base in WW1 that occupied an including pop, songs from musicals January. Free Luton’s Great War told by its people area of land now framed by Biscot and some choral favourites such as Road, Kennington Road, Leagrave today. Commemorating the 100th Ave Road and Holland Road.

Nothanniversary of the start of the First Verum and The Lords Prayer. ing now remains of this enormous World War, this exhibition looks at Call Claire on 01525 753110.

WW1 relic, the final piece being how one of the deadliest conflicts demolished in 1937 just prior to in human history affected the town.

WW2. Hear stories of the camp, Find out Wardown Park’s history as view photographs and maps showing a World war 1 hospital, read stories about how ordinary Lutonian’s were the size and complexity of this vast affected by the war, and enjoy a rare base, and...if you want...you can read the ‘filthy’ limericks created by chance to see many precious and Saturday Selection Every Saturday 11am - 1pm / 2pm 4pm. Free Drop in and Take part in objecthandling sessions on Saturday’s at Wardown Park Museum.

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