What's On in October

1 OCTOBER

Saints Crafters 9.30-3.30pm Free Church Hall, Market Hill, St Ives Art and craft fair. Buy original and handmade items direct from the crafter. Email: saintscrafters.gmail.com

1 OCTOBER

Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire Hardy Plant Society 2pm Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade ‘Biodiversity Audit at Great Dixter (How a garden can support wildlife)’ with Fergus Garrett. Fergus is head gardener and steward of Great Dixter Gardens. Plants for sale. Visitors welcome – small charge. Web: www.hpscambsandbeds.co.uk

1-8 OCTOBER

Crazy Lego! St Neots Museum Free entry A fun and family friendly exhibition featuring mountains of Lego and Duplo that visitors can use to create buildings, animals, vehicles – anything that can be made from the standard bricks. A Lego model of a Roman Villa discovered in Eynesbury in the 1960s will be on display. Book online. Web: stneotsmuseum.org.uk

2 OCTOBER

Hinxton Watermill Open Day 2.30-5pm CambridgePPF members free, nonmembers - adult £3, child £1 This stunning working watermill dates to the seventeenth century. See the mill working and hear the history of this incredible building. No need to book. Web: www.cambridgeppf.org

4 OCTOBER

Hail Weston Wildlife and Gardening Group 7.15pm for 7.30pm Hail Weston Village Hall Members £1, non-members £3 AGM followed by a talk on ‘Winter 50

Colour’ beating the winter blues with garden colour by Geoff Hodge. Tea/Coffee/glass of wine/ biscuits will be available at the meeting for a voluntary donation. Email: hwwgg@yahoo.com for more info

4, 11 & 18 OCTOBER

St Neots Sinfonia 7.45-9.30pm Eynesbury Junior School, Montagu Street, Eynesbury Rehearsals are every Tuesday in term time. Tel: 01480 212298 Web: www.stneotssinfonia.org.uk

4, 11, 18 & 25 OCTOBER

St Neots & District Camera Club 7.15pm for 7.30pm Bowls Club, St Neots Regular talks and competitions. Web: www.stneots-camera-club. org.uk

5 OCTOBER

Brampton Flower Club 7.30pm Community Centre, Brampton High Street ‘Autumn Delight’ with Gill McGregor. Meets the first Wednesday of the month. Visitors welcome.

5 OCTOBER

Buckden Local History Society 7.30pm Millard Suite, Village Hall Visitors £4, children free ‘Religion in 18th Century Huntingdonshire’ by Simon Clemmow. Meets first Wednesday of each month. New members/ visitors welcome. Annual membership £16. Web: www.buckdenhistory.co.uk

5, 12 & 19 OCTOBER

St Neots Choral Society 7.30-9.30pm Eynesbury Junior School, Montagu Street, Eynesbury Rehearsals are every Wednesday in term time. Tel: 01480 212298 for membership enquiries Web: www.stneotschoral.org.uk

5, 12, 19 & 26 OCTOBER

Kimbolton Bridge Club 10am-12pm Mandeville Hall, Kimbolton Meets every Wednesday for friendly, social bridge. Players of all standards are welcome with or without a partner. Just turn up!

6 OCTOBER

Roxton & District Local History Group 7.15pm for 7.30pm Roxton Village Hall Members free, visitors £4 ‘From Erik the Bald to Nigel de Albini: the Domesday Book in Bedfordshire’. Annual membership £20. Email: mariascreen1@gmail.com Web: roxtonhistory.org.uk

6, 13, 20 & 27 OCTOBER

Riverport Singers 10.15-11.15am The Corn Exchange, St Ives Community choir for people living with dementia, their carers, family and friends. Tel: Agi 07757 811802 Email: agipeach@icloud.com Web: facebook.com/ riverportsingers

6, 13, 20 & 27 OCTOBER

Bingo 7.30pm Alconbury Sports & Social Club Eyes down for the weekly Bingo session! Web: www.assc.org.uk

6, 13, 20 & 27 OCTOBER

Huntingdon Male Voice Choir 7.30pm Abbots Ripton Village Hall Huntingdon Male Voice Choir is always pleased to see new singers. No formal audition and you do not need to be able to read music; all you need to do is sing a few notes so the musical director can determine which part of the choir suits you best. Web: www.hmvc.org.uk

WHAT'S ON IN OCTOBER

7 OCTOBER

St Neots Local History Society 7.30pm Eynesbury Primary School SNLHS members free, visitors £4 ‘One of Our Own: Victor Ekins MBE DFC’ by David Duker of The Tally Ho Project. Web: www.stneotslhs.org.uk

7, 14 & 21 OCTOBER

Great Fen Little Bugs 10.30am-12pm Great Fen Countryside Centre, Ramsey Heights Wildlife Trust BCN child member £5, non-member £7 A fun and sociable morning of exploration and discovery for preschool children and their guardians. Web: wildlifebcn.org

8 & 22 OCTOBER

St Neots Farmers & Craft Market 8am-1.30pm Products from local food producers and craft makers.

10 OCTOBER

Perry WI 7.30pm Sailability Club House, Grafham Water Centre Mary’s Meals, an international charity which provides one daily meal in a place of education to some of the world’s poorest children Tel: Jakki Spall 07703 431900

12 OCTOBER

Community Defibrillator Seminar 6.30pm Little Paxton Village Hall Little Paxton Parish Council invite residents to come along to a defibrillator awareness session to demonstrate how the defibrillators work and how to use them. Refreshments.

12 OCTOBER

The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust Meeting 7.30pm Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston Road, Brampton Entry £3.50. ‘Gardening With Wildlife in Mind’ by Iain Webb who enjoys nothing more than sharing his love of local wildlife, and how to nurture it, with others. Tel: George 01480 450809 Email: george.cottam@virginmedia. com

18 OCTOBER

Dementia Café 10am-12pm St Ives Free Church, St Ives £2.50 per person For people with dementia and their carers. Tel: George 07725 588145 Web: facebook.com/ stivesdementiafriendlycommunity

19 OCTOBER

Godmanchester WI 7.30pm Church Hall, Chadley Lane, Godmanchester Meets the third Wednesday of the month. Regular speakers and activities. New members welcome.

19 OCTOBER

St Neots Art Group 7.30pm Roxton Village Hall Members £5, non-members £8 Demonstration by Carole Massey ‘A portrait in pastels’.

21 OCTOBER

Kimbolton Community Cinema Doors open 7, film 7.30pm Mandeville Hall, Kimbolton Tickets £5, concessions £4, children £2.50 (subject to classification) Downton Abbey – A New Era. Tickets from Bytes Café Monday and Friday mornings, online or on the door if available. Small booking fee applies online. Email: kimbolton.cinema@gmail. com Web: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ mandeville-hall-kimbolton

23 OCTOBER

Autumn Craft Fair 12-4pm St Peter’s Church, High Street, Offord Darcy Free entry Local crafts people will be selling their wares in time for some early Christmas shopping. Huge variety of stalls including the well-known ‘Yelling Pig’ with spinning demonstrations and a talk. Refreshments available. Free parking on adjacent archery field. Tel: 07776 426103 Email: jennygriffiths908@btinternet. com

27 OCTOBER

St Neots & District Gardening Club Meeting 7.30pm St Mary's Church Hall, Brook Street, St Neots Members £2, Non-members £2.50 ‘My Life In Horticulture’ by Phyllis Hooper. Competition - A photo of your garden, allotment, etc. Raffle and refreshments. Web: www.stneotsgardenclub.org. uk

30 OCTOBER

St Neots Art Group Autumn Exhibition 10.30am-4.30pm Roxton Village Hall Free entry A chance to buy art from local artists. Refreshments.

30 OCTOBER

Autumn Concert 6pm Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, Great Paxton Tickets £10 Concert by the renowned Cambridge Voices Choir. From 5pm tasting and sales of heritage apples and juices. Supper available afterwards for £2.50. Email: diane.james42@outlook.com for tickets