3 OCTOBER, 2012
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Stand up for politics… as well as laughs > CORBY A SCOTTISH comedian who has won a Perrier Award and has appeared with Frank Sinatra at Glasgow’s Ibrox stadium, is coming out of semi-retirement to support the Labour Party in a comedy night in Corby on Sunday October 7. Arnold Brown (pictured left), who also starred in cult 1980s television shows The Young Ones and Comic Strip Presents, is taking part in a night of comedy and politics, called Stand up for Labour. Brown says he is doing the show – at the Corby Trades & Labour Club – as he is concerned about the Government’s plans for the NHS. “I’m worried about the future of the NHS and
MONDAY
00.00 Music Jam 07.00 Andy Coupland 10.00 Des Barber 13.00 Stewart McNeill 16.00 Paul Moore 19.00 Alistair Wheeldon 70s Show 21.00 Mick Mitchell
TUESDAY
00.00 Music Jam 07.00 Andy Coupland 10.00 Des Barber 13.00 Stewart McNeill 16.00 Paul Moore 19.00 Paul Headland 21.00 Chuck Middleton 23.00 LoveGroove (Alistair Wheeldon)
WEDNESDAY
00.00 Music Jam 07.00 Andy Coupland 10.00 Des Barber 13.00 Stewart McNeill 16.00 Paul Moore 19.00 Academy 21.00 Mark Coates 23.00 LoveGroove (Alistair Wheeldon)
THURSDAY
00.00 Music Jam 07.00 Andy Coupland 10.00 Des Barber 13.00 Stewart McNeill 16.00 Paul Moore 19.00 Martin Brown 21.00 Charlie Watts 23.00 LoveGroove (Alistair Wheeldon)
FRIDAY
00.00 Music Jam 07.00 Andy Coupland 10.00 Des Barber 13.00 Stewart McNeill 16.00 Paul Moore 19.00 Alistair Wheeldon 60s Show 21.00 Blane Chambers 23.00 LoveGroove (Alistair Wheeldon)
SATURDAY
00.00 Music Jam 07.00 Paul Moore 10.00 Mike Warburton 12.00 Andy Coupland Local and Live 14.00 Stewart McNeill Sport 963 18.00 Andy Barnes Saturday Soul 21.00 Daniel Mushiko 23.00 DJ Will
SUNDAY
01.00 Music Jam 07.00 Rob Jones 10.00 Pat McMahon 12.00 Blane Chambers 14.00 Nathan Chilcott 16.00 Dave Irving 18.00 Micaela Kelly 20.00 Nora Green Rock Show 23.00 Music Jam
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SHOWS
Stand and Deliver – a comedy set in a maternity ward, by Bonkers Theatrical Productions. At the Masque Theatre, Barton Seagrave. October 25-27, 7.30pm. Call 01536 213030 to book. Kettering Youth Theatre, October 31-Nov 3, times vary. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Details here: www.kytg.co.uk Kettering Gang Show – book now on 01536 414141. November 23-26, 7.15pm and Saturday matinee at 2.15pm at the Lighthouse Theatre in Kettering. More than 100 Brownies, Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Guides and Leaders perform songs, sketches, dance and comedy routines, both old and new. Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society – A Murder Is Announced. At Thrapston Plaza, December 5-8. Forthcoming details will be here: tadsthrapston.org.uk Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show at Kettering Conference Centre, October 13 and 14 papercrafts, stamp-collecting and more. Details: www.bssbs.co.uk or: 01536 481778. Lenny Henry’s one-man comedy tour of ‘Pop Life’ at The Core at Corby on October 25. Tickets range from £18 – £25. To book, call: 01536 470 470. Wicksteed Park’s Hallowe’en entertainment: a Rocky Horror Tribute on Friday October 26, from 7:30pm. £15 per person with a basket meal and disco with Big Bopper Entertainment. A Little Monsters Ball – spooky fun with Wicky Bear and his friends on Saturday October 27, with tickets £3 for children and 50p for adults if booked in advance. Bonfire Night display at Wicksteed Park by award-winning MLE pyrotechnics, from Daventry, Saturday November 3. Plus fuinfair and local band Short Notice. Tickets £4 if booked in advance and £5 on the day. Book here: http://www. wicksteedpark.co.uk/whats-on.aspx
QUIZ
Wellingborough Town FC’s quiz night at the Dog ‘n Duck stadium. Top prizes, teams of up to four people. Tickets £5, including light buffet. Call: 07948 872074. Quiz and raffle at The Star Inn, Geddington to raise cash for Kettering Mosaic Fund. Tuesday October 16, organised by Kettering Civic Society. 8.30pm start. Details: 01536 745990 or visit: www.ketteringcivicsociety.ukf.net
EVENTS
Next meeting of church-run Retireds’ Group will be on Friday October 7, with monologues by Margaret Cornes, 1.30pm in the Bridge Community Office, Whitefriars Junior School, Boughton Drive, Rushden, NN10 9HX. Call John or Celia Underwood:01933 676989 Every Sunday Car Boot Sale at Wicksteed Park. Until autumn, gates are open from 6am to buyers and 7am to sellers. Whitefriars Church’s ‘Stepping Out’ events on
I think it’s a great idea to combine comedy and politics to get the message across,” said Brown. “I used to do comedy nights for the miners in the 1980s and I think it’s great that there is an event like this before the crucial by-election.” Brown will be joined on stage by Hal Cruttenden, who has performed at the Royal Variety Performance and on Michael Macintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, as well as up-coming acts Jim Smallman and Sir Ian Bowler MP (a character act who plays a Conservative politician). Stand up for Labour will also feature guest speakers Andy Sawford and Tom Watson MP, who was the chief cross-examiner of the Murdochs in the phone hacking enquiry. Tickets, £10/£8 concessions, by phone: 07961 638683 or via: www.wegottickets.com/letslaugh
the second Sunday of the month, details from Philip and Denise Evans: 01933 316834 or www.whitefriarschurch.org.uk Every Monday Bridge lessons. At Kettering Bridge Club, on the corner of Grange Road and Field Street in Kettering. Call: 01536 502 795. Every Wednesday Burton Latimer Youth Service, advice sessions for young people on subjects such as drug and alcohol awareness and personal matters. 7pm to 9.30pm, Civic Centre, Burton Latimer. Details: 01536 721261. First Thursday Kettering Stamp & Philatelic Society meets at St Mary’s CEVA Primary School, Fuller Street, Kettering at 7.30pm, membership is £10 adults and £6 senior citizens. Call: 01536 746800. Forthcoming book signings at Kettering Waterstones bookshop: October 6 (10-4pm) military historian Christopher Jory; October 13 (10-4pm) teen fiction writer Jess SturmanCoombs; October 20 (10-4pm) ‘Email from a Vampire’ author Nigel Cooper; and October 27 (11am) Derrick Thompson, signing copies of ‘Last Night’ – set in Northampton in 1963. More details at Waterstones. Whitefriars Messy Church ‘Our World’ at 10am, Sunday October 14. Activities, craft, breakfast and worship. Whitefriars Junior School, Boughton Drive, Rushden, NN10 9HX. Details from Matt & Emma Croxon on: (01933) 411393.
CHILDREN’S GROUPS
Play in a Week: Tuesday October 30 to Friday November 2. Work with a professional theatremaker at The Core at Corby Cube (George Street) to create a play in four days, to premiere for friends and family at the end of the week. Price: £60, suitable for those aged 6-12. Find out more, here: www.thecorecorby.com or call: 01536 470 470. Whitefriars KidzKlub (Reception to Year 4) and SeniorKidz (Years 5 and 6) meet each Friday in term time, 6.15pm to 7.15pm at Whitefriars Junior School, Boughton Drive, Rushden, NN10 9HX. Fridays in term-time, free, for all primary school age children: an hour of music, games, panto, Bible stories, dancing, mascots and more. Theme is the Circus. Call Philip and Denise Evans: 01933 316834. Every Tuesday and Thursday Buggy Fit, Mocha Mama, Glendon Farm Complex. Fitness class for new mums. 11am-12noon, £5 per person. BrambleTots Fridays, 10-11.45am, Ise Pavillion, £1.50/family. 01536 524701 Alley Cats Fridays, 10-11.30am, Praise Community Church, Alexander Street, £1 first child, 30p per child thereafter. Call: 01536 410285 Smiley Tots Tuesdays, 9.45-11.45am, Ise Pavillion, Grantown Close, £2 for 1st child, £1 thereafter. Call Sarah: 01536 352653 St Edwards Mums & Tots Wednesdays, 9-11am, St Edwards RC Primary School, Eastleigh Road, £1.20 for 1st child, 30p thereafter. Contact Kim on: 01536 391581
Rhymetime Tuesdays, 9.30-10am & 10.30-11am Kett’ring Library. Free. 01536 512315 Pytchley Mums & Tots Tuesdays, 10-11.30am, Pytchley School Hall, Call: 07964 225369 Hopscotch (Loddington) Thursdays, 2.153.15pm Loddington School, Call: 07742 664604 Mawsley Baby & Toddler Group Thursdays, 9.30-11am, The Centre at Mawsley. Call: 01536 790517.
WALKS
Organised by the Wellingborough Ramblers – any capable walker welcome; ring the leader shown for details. Thu Oct 4, 10am (14.5miles) Meet at the car park on the A422 near Thornton, Buckingham. SP747368 (P) Circular via Nash. (Picnic lunch). Sue: 01234 713526 Sat Oct 6, 10am (8m) Meet near the Windhover pub Boughton SP738653 Circular via Harlestone. Sally & David: 01604 408499 Sun Oct 7, 10am (7m) Meet near Apethorpe church. TL024958 Morning circular. Maggie: 01832 280248 Tue Oct 9, 1.15pm (3m) Meet near Stanwick church TW. Please park considerately SP977714 Via the rock face of Stanwick. Cynthia & Barbara: 01604 846201 Wed Oct 10, 9.30am (7.5m) Meet at the Black Horse P.H. Foxton. SP699898 Via Marston Trussel, Lubenham & G.U.C. Gwilym: 01604 810581 Thu Oct 11, 10am (14m) Meet near The Queens Head pub Bulwick. SP963942 (P) Via Fineshades & Apethorpe. (Picnic lunch). Clive Geddes: 01604 405521 Sat Oct 13, 10am (7m) Meet near Easton Maudit church. SP888587 Via Strixton & Grendon. Rose: 07740 995707 Sun Oct 14 10am (10m) Meet at the Draughton Crossing Brampton Valley Way. SP755773 Circular via Lamport & Blue Berry Lodge. (Picnic Lunch) Josephine: 01933 228486 Tue 16-Oct 10am (6m) Meet at The Griffin’s Head pub Mears Ashby. SP841665 Circular via Ecton & Earls Barton. Diane & John: 01933 678545 Wed Oct 17, 9.30am (7.5m) Meet at the Lamb pub Lt. Harrowden. SP869714 Via Hardwicke Lodge and Gt. Harrowden. Richard: 01536 726588 Thu Oct 18, 10am (13m) Meet near The White Hart pub Hackleton SP805551 (P) Via Hartwell & Stoke Park Wood. (Picnic lunch). Clive: 01604 405521 Sat Oct 20, 10am (7.5m) Meet at the Star & Garter pub Chelveston. SP993696 Via Nene Way Marsh Lane & Stanwick. Greg: 01933 313566 Countryside walk: ‘A Finedon Foray’, Sunday October 14: meet at Whitefriars Junior School (NN10 9HX) at 9.45am or outside Finedon cricket ground in Avenue Road, Finedon NN9 5JJ at 10.30am. Join us at ‘Countryside walks near Rushden’ on Facebook or contact Andrew Presland on: (01933) 316927. Send in details of your diary date to: newsdesk@extranewspapers.co.uk