WHAT'SON Your essential guide to activities, clubs, events and lots more in your area. There’s something for everyone! ARTS & CRAFTS, TALKS & DEMONSTRATIONS Bedford Art Society Meeting Friday 1st June 7.15 for 7.30pm Roy Holding, established local artist, will show us how he paints landscape with buildings in pastels and mixed media. Free for members £5 for visitors Putnoe Heights Church, Bedford MK41 8EB Contact Jean Paterson 01234 307210 or www.bedsartsociety.co.uk for information. Bedford Camera Club Photographic Exhibition, Bromham Mill Sun 3rd June-Sat June 30th, 10.00am to 3.00pm. Free entry. All images are for sale. More details at www.bedfordcameraclub.co.uk Bedford Floral Art Society Flower arranging demonstration by Clare Allen. Raffle of arrangements, Sales table Visitors £7 Everyone welcome Addison Centre, Kempston MK42 8PN www.bedfordfloralartsociety.co.uk Bedford Drama Company AGM Wed 7th June 7.30pm for 7.45pm A chance to review the 2017/18 season and look ahead to the exciting coming year and beyond as well as electing our committee for the next 12 month. Members old, new and prospective welcome The Place, Bradgate Road, Bedford MK40 3DE Biddenham Gardeners Association Tuesday 19th June at 7.30 Biddenham Village Hall Easy Ways to better Gardening By Adam Pasco Visitors very welcome. Admission £5 per meeting – includes Raffle and Refreshments www.biddenhamgardenersassociation.org.uk Embroiderers’ Guild, Bedford Branch Thursday June 21st 7.30 for 8.00pm Jenny O’Leary will be speaking about ‘Batik – tissue, bleach and ink – my inspiration’. Sales table, information about local textile events. Visitors welcome, £4 including refreshments. St Mark’s Church, Calder Rise, Brickhill MK41 7UY
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Bedford RSPB Local Group Evening Walk Thursday 21st June 7pm Suitable for Experts and Novices, RSPB membership not essential. Priory Country Park Car Park. MK41 9DJ More info www.rspb.org.uk/groups/bedford Bedford Guided Walks Led by the Bedford Association of Tour Guides Meet at the BPHA Customer Service Centre, St Paul’s Square 11am Sunday 3 June The Rise and Fall of Bedford Castle Sunday 10 June The Silent Faces of Bedford Sunday 17 June The Jewel in the Crown Sunday 24 June Who Lived in a House Like This? Cost £3 Pre-booking essential! The Box Office, Harpur Street, Harpur Square, Bedford MK40 1LE. Tel 01234 718044 email cornexchange@bedford.gov.uk www.bedford.gov.uk/guidedwalks Pole to Pole Exhibition of Landscapes and Wildlife Photogaphy Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th June 10.00 am-4.00 pm (Sunday 2.00-4.00 pm) UK and worldwide photographs by Ursula Clare Franklin. Many for sale. Admission £1. Children under 16 free St Paul’s church, St Paul’s Sq, Bedford MK40 1SQ Further details 01234 340163 Supper with Music Friday 22 June 7 for 7.45 pm As part of the Pole to Pole Photographic Exhibition Music from Cantamus Chamber choir. Tickets £25-from St Paul’s church office Tel 01234 340163 Email: admin@stpaulschurchbedford.org.uk St Paul’s church, St Paul’s Sq, Bedford MK40 1SQ In aid of St Paul’s church and Bedford Hospitals Charity (30th anniversary) “Women from Willington’s History” Display Sunday 24th June 1.00 – 5.00pm The National Trust shines a light on women’s histories to celebrate the anniversary of female suffrage in 2018. Tudor story telling for children, costumes to try, and other activities. National Trust Dovecote & Stables, Church End, Willington, Bedford, MK44 3PX. Free admission, but a donation to the National Trust on the day appreciated. Tel. 01234 404879 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/willington-dovecote-andstables
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