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@Milton Keynes Museum
14-15 May, Saturday and Sunday
Join them at MK Museum to nd out about 1000+ years of living history! Across the site, there’ll be a chance to see - and join in with - people living, working, ghting and playing during key periods in the UK’s history. All this and much more is available with the Museum’s new annual season ticket - with a £26 family ticket admitting two adults and up to four children as many times as they like over the next 12 months! Individual season tickets: £9 for adults, £6 for children, £7.50 for retired/unwaged.
HULA Animal Rescue’s Fun Dog Show and Anniversary Celebrations
@Glebe Farm, Salford Road, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8HZ
Fun Dog Show Classes, Doggie Games and Scurry, Pet Photo Competition (please bring your own photos), Parade of Rescued HULA Dogs, Refreshments, Fun and Games for the Kids, Stalls and Much More! Dogs welcome and invite your friends. Admission only £2 adults and £1 children, FREE parking. All proceeds for the care and welfare of HULA’s animals. Enquiries: 01908 584000.
Website: www.hularescue.org
@AGE UK, The Peartree Centre, MK6 3EB
15 May, Sunday, 12 noon - 4pm
Nursery Plant Sale. 10 nurseries from 6 counties will be selling plants. Many unusual plants, homemade refreshments, keen prices, free parking and advice, children’s playground. Admission £1.20.
Woody Mann in Concert
From 17th May:
21 May, Saturday, 10am-2pm
From 22nd May:
Olney & District Historical Society
Now is the time to plant up your garden and the Village Plant Sale, organised by Turvey Bloomers, provides the ideal opportunity for you to stock up on a wide range of plants including bedding, vegetables and perennials. The event includes a massive collection of sweet pea and cosmos plants. Also available will be freshly cut owers & bouquets. Refreshments: lter coffee, tea, cakes, bacon butties and Burley burgers. Entrance is FREE. Cash and cheques only please.
Lathbury Fuchsias and More Sale
Hackleton & District WI Annual Plant Sale
@Main Hall of the Olney Centre
@Hackleton Village Hall
30 May, Monday, 10am onwards
17 May, Tuesday, 7:30pm
22 May, Sunday, 10am-1pm
WW1 Royal Flying Corps. A talk by Barry Tomlinson - Bedford Aeronautical Heritage Group. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month. Membership fees remain at £5 plus £1 per meeting. Visitors £3 per meeting. Refreshments included.
Hanslope & District Historical Society
@The Club, Hanslope, 28 High Street, Hanslope, MK19 7LQ
19 May, Thursday
Third Thursday of every month (except July, August and December)
May’s meeting will be “Buckingham Canal, Then & Now” by Athina Beckett from the Buckingham Canal Society. Visitors and new members very welcome.
Hackleton & District WI are holding their annual Plant Sale which will feature professionally- grown plants at bargain prices plus tea and coffee, and homemade cakes! Please bring cash along as they cannot take cheques or cards.
Cowper and Newton Society
24 May, Tuesday (please note change of date to 24th May)
The May meeting is an outing to Shuttleworth/ Swiss Garden at Old Warden. For details, please ring Ann Collins on 01234 712882.
19 May, Thursday, 7:30pm-9:30pm
If you are a bereaved parent (whatever age your child was) and you would like to meet with other parents who know how you are feeling, please come along. It is parent-led group where you receive a warm welcome. Find more information on www.MKBP.com or phone on 07917 743816.
Embroiderers’ Guild, Bedford Branch
@St Marks Church, Calder Rise, Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7UY
19 May, Thursday, 7:30pm for 8pm start
Do you like textiles? Would you like to learn some new techniques or just see great work in a friendly setting? Would you love to buy previously loved fabrics, threads, magazines and books at very reasonable prices? You do not have to be an expert needlewoman to enjoy the Embroiderers’ Guild. This evening Jacqueline Holmes will be speaking about Smocking. All welcome, visitors £4.
Turvey Village Plant Sale
@Pavenham Village Hall, MK43 7PE
@Turvey Village Hall
World-renowned guitarist, Woody Mann, in concert. www.woodyman.com. Tickets £12.50 from Debby and Terry Horsman on 01234 825711.
@Lathbury Village, near Newport Pagnell
21 May, Saturday, all day event
Lathbury’s annual Fuchsia Sale is back! All are welcome to this exciting, all-day event. There will be a substantial range of fuchsia plants available; bush, trailing and standard varieties, as well as an excellent range of other plants. Free expert advice.
From 27th May:
Your Diary of all the Latest Local Events
History Festival
Membership £5 per year. Visitors £2 per meeting. Further details on the society website: mkheritage.co.uk/hdhs.
MK Bereaved Parent Support
Delicious Vintage Afternoon Teas will be served in the garden accompanied by craft stalls. There will also be a wedding fayre held in the village church - a great selection of suppliers will be available to talk to you about your big day. Live classical music will be played in the church all day too.
Come early to avoid disappointment. FREE entry and ample car parking. Pro ts to All Saints Church and Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. Enquiries to Peg Thorn - 01908 616804/07487 531251 or email peg.thorn@ hotmail.co.uk.
Friends of St Peter’s Pavenham
27 May, Friday, 7:30pm
Come and enjoy a concert given by the U3A Choir at the URC in Newport Pagnell. Soloist: Ralph Mazzone. Tickets available from: 07762 178379 or Jennifer Mazzone (613088) at £7 each to include refreshments. All proceeds for Air Ambulance and URC Mead Centre Fund.
Castle Ashby Gardens: Evening of Swing and Jazz
@Castle Ashby Gardens
27 May, Friday, evening
This is a late night evening of swing and jazz in marquees in the gardens of Castle Ashby House featuring top jazz and swing musicians. The ticket for the show includes a hot supper in the price.
Newport Pagnell Museum Open Day
@Chandos Hall Museum (along the short tunnel between 52 and 54 Silver St)
29 May, Sunday, 2pm-4pm
Newport Pagnell Historical Society Museum Open Day and the rst opportunity to see the new exhibition on the subject of ‘The Civil War’. Also various books, maps and other items of local interest will be on sale. Admission FREE. For more information about the Society, visit www.mkheritage.co.uk.nphs.
Castle Ashby Gardens: Annual Craft and Design Show
@Castle Ashby Gardens
29 May, Sunday, 10am onwards
This year, this top quality craft and design show is on 29th and 30th May. The show offers traditional skills but also contemporary design- led crafts. Purchase original and affordable work created by some of the country’s leading makers in wood, art, leather and more. As well as handmade work to buy, there is lots to see and do. There will be displays of falconry, and traditional Punch and Judy shows. Also featuring Northampton gun club & Northampton archery club. Enjoy a ride on a traditional carousel for a small fee and visit the menagerie in the gardens. Usual garden charges apply. Adults: £5.50, concessions/over 12s: £5.00. Under 12s free. Family (2+2): £18.00. There is no additional charge for the show or displays. FREE parking. Open from 10 daily.
21 May, Saturday, 10:30am-2pm
@Pavenham Village Hall, MK43 7PH
21 May, Saturday
@Outing to Shuttleworth/Swiss Garden
U3A Spring Concert Celebrations
@URC, Newport Pagnell
LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MUSIC
CLASSES IN OLNEY Contact Alexia for details
07795 547431
alexiavw@hotmail.com
Mon & Tues 6.30 - 7.30pm Wednesday 9.30 - 10.30am Thursday 7.00 - 8.00pm
£5 per class
£3 students & U18’s
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Take a Step into the Past
Joyce and Ken
Buying/Selling
Newspapers, Magazines, Comics, Posters, Postcards, Sheet Music, Maps & Prints and much much more. Plus Autographs and Programmes for Military, Politics, Artists, Writers, Opera, Ballet, Classical Music, Film & Theatre, Variety, Football, Cricket, Boxing, Athletics, Other Sports and much, much more.
Ken’s Paper Collectables
29 High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AR
Proprietors Joyce & Ken Graham: Established 1983
9.30am to 5pm Mon - Fri. Sat 9.30 to 4pm. Closed all day Thurs & Sun Telephone 01908 210683 (Normal Business Hours)
Web Site Ken’s Paper Collectables: E-Mail ken@kens.co.uk
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