What's On
Sponsored by Wisbech Town Council
Events - May 2019 1st - Maypole Dancing Demonstration (Schools Competition) at 10 am. Celebrate May Day in a traditional way by watching local schoolchildren dance around the maypole on Centenary Green. Free to watch. For more information, please contact Peter Clayton by e-mailing info@octaviahill.org. 1st - Elgood’s Brewery and Gardens opens, from 10am,
for the new season until December 20th. For more information, please call 01945 583160 or e-mail info@ elgoods-brewery.co.uk.
1st - Family Quiz raising funds for the football club and gardens from 6 pm. At Peckover Primary School. For more information, please call 01945 584741. 3rd - Oasis Centre - Love Your Home Events from 10
am - 1 pm. Fun DIY and craft activities, free refreshments and lunch, CCORRN Pop Up Paint Shop, CCORRN Pop Up Scrapstore and so much more. For more information, please contact admin@ccorrn.org.uk or call 01354 607667.
4th - Fun Dog Show at 11.30 am. Raising money for
Rough and Smooth Collie Rescue UK and Cancer Research UK. Car Boot Field, Emneth, Wisbech, Cambs, PE14 8BG. For more information, please contact Hayden Feetham haydenfeetham@yahoo.co.uk.
4th - Bookbinding Exhibition at Peckover House.
Demonstrations will be held with the chance to take part in book craft activities on specific dates. Normal admission applies to non-NT members - see prices on our website. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/peckover. Donations towards materials would be welcomed.
6th - May Bank Holiday! 6th - The Big Ben story at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House from 2.30 pm. The event will be followed by a talk on ‘The Big Ben story’, the story of the great clock and bell of Westminster and the boxer, Benjamin Caunt. For more information, please call 01945 476358.
7th - Community Engagement at Wisbech Library from 10 am - 11 am. A drop-in session with local PCSOs and Fenland District Council’s Community Safety Project Officer.
11th - Bookbinding Exhibition at Peckover House.
Demonstrations will be held with the chance to take part in book craft activities on specific dates. Normal admission applies to non-NT members - see prices on our website. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/peckover. Donations towards materials would be welcomed.
11th - Library Friends’ Coffee Morning at Wisbech Library from 10 am - 12 pm.
13th - Family Bingo at Marshland Hall from 6.30 pm. Come and join us for our brand new Bingo Nights in 2019! Family Bingo is on every 2nd Monday of the month. Doors open at 6.30 pm, eyes down at 7.15 pm. Lots of great prizes, a bonus game, and a cash game. There will also be a raffle and a tombola, and even a free children’s game if we have enough kiddies on the night. Contact details: tracy@ marshlandhall.org.uk. 14th - Queen Mary Centre - Love Your Home Events
from 10 am - 1 pm. Fun DIY and craft activities, free refreshments and lunch, CCORRN Pop Up Paint Shop, CCORRN Pop Up Scrapstore and so much more. For more information, please contact admin@ccorrn.org.uk or call 01354 607667.
16th - Connie’s Colander at Wisbech Library from 3 pm - 4
pm.
17th - March Jive Club have everyone’s favourite band
- The Kingcats! We guarantee that the dance floor will be full all night! A great crowd pleaser, plus, a supporting DJ! Any enquiries, go to Andy and Donna 01353776229. The entrance fee will be £10 on the door from 7.30 pm at the Braza Club.
18th - Saturday Storytime at Wisbech Library from 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm.
May 3rd - Fish and Chips Eve train May 4th - BH (Sat) Wallace & Gromit May 11th & 12th - Steam Punk May 12th - Afternoon Tea NVR May 19th - Thomas Big Adventure
Tickets online at www.nvr.org.uk Nene Valley Railway, Wansford Station, Old Great North Road, Stibbington, PE8 6LR • Telephone: 01780 784444
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may 2019