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inside guide selected events in your area april - may 2020

Thursday 2 April Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members. The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm

Sunday 5 April Plant Hunters’ Fair Huge choice of quality, nursery-grown plants. At this time of year, there will be a brilliant line-up of nurseries attending who will come laden with flowering bulbs, early flowering perennials, shrubs and trees to provide instant colour and also lots of later flowering plants to get planted for colour into the summer and beyond. Fund Raising Event for special projects at the Hall: £2 Entry to Plant Fair. Details at www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk Bramall Hall, Bramhall Park, off Hall Road, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 3NX. 10am to 4pm

Tuesday 7 April David Carey from ‘I Love Hedgehogs’ will be giving a short presentation on how we can help hedgehogs. This event is free of charge. This will be followed by crafts (50p per craft) for children and the opportunity to ask David any questions. This event is suitable for all ages. Handforth Library, 11am

Tuesday 7 April Graham Brook presents Tuesday Jazz and Swing Alex Clarke (reeds) guests with The Lucy Lockwood Quartet. £8 on door. For more events in April see www.grahambrookjazz.co.uk or call 01625 528336 Upstairs at Wilmslow Conservative Club, 15, Grove Avenue, Wilmslow, SK9 5EG 8.30pm

Tuesday 7 April Handforth Gardening Society Spring Show - In House St Chad’s Church Hall, Handforth 7.30pm for 8pm start

WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL Wilmslow Historical Society Claire Moores from Great Warford, a well-known history writer and researcher with a particular interest in Cheshire local history, landscape and genealogy, will give an illustrated presentation on Unearthing Cheshire’s Quaker Community. Visitors are welcome £4, including tea/coffee and biscuits. Students admitted free. The Large Hall, United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR

Tuesday 14 April East Cheshire Association of the National Trust Lecture – Elizabeth Raffald – Suze Appleton Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3AB 2pm

Wednesday 15 April Lunchtime Concerts Meraki Duo - Meera Maharaj, flute, James Girling, guitar. Light lunches available from 12 noon, concert at 1pm. Admission by programme £6 Tel. 01625 586713 Tel. 01625 584410 Tel. 01625 584367 www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com aemcchurchoffice@gmail.com Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7DU

Thursday 16 April Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society Brief AGM followed by Hedgehogs – a talk by Jan Miller from Withington Hedgehog Hospital. Visitors very welcome (£5) Details from Steve Osborne 01625 879087 or www.wilmslowguild.org The Guild, 1 Bourne St, Wilmslow SK9 5HD 7.30pm

Saturday 18 April Bollington Chamber Concerts: The Carducci Quartet Beethoven - Op 18 no 4; Janacek - Kreutzer Sonata; Dvorak - Op 96 in F. ‘American’ Tickets £19 from www.bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/ carducci or 01625 576402 or 574435 Bollington Arts Centre 7.30pm

Monday 20 t o Sat urday 25 April Anything Goes. A fabulous nautical musical by Cole Porter, featuring songs such as You’re the Top, It’s De-lovely, I Get a Kick Out of You and the show-stopping title song. Box office 0161 302 2302 Brookdale Theatre, Bridge Lane, Bramhall. Curtain up 7.30pm, Saturday Matinee 2.15pm

Wednesday 22 April Wilmslow U3A. Tracey Earley (Cheshire Police Cyber Crime Team) “Cyber Crime” URC School rooms, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow 2.30pm

Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 April Woodford Players Comedy Play – “The Magnificent Seven” Tickets £10 www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodfordplayers www.woodfordplayers.co.uk Woodford Community Centre, SK7 1PS

Saturday 25 April Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra concert. We are performing two works on this occasion, both by English composers. Edward Elgar’s concert overture, ‘In the South’ and Gustav Holst, ‘The Planets.’ A varied evening of music with something for everyone! Tickets £12, concessions £10 and under 18s £2. Available from: ticket secretary 01925 756144, ‘Bang and Olufsen,’ Alderley Road, Wilmslow, ‘Therapy,’ Bank Square, Wilmslow, at the door or via www.wilmsloworchestra.co.uk Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre 7.45pm

Tuesday 28 April Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire. What did he die of? Talk by Sylvia Dillon. Exploring causes of death and where you might find death records. Admission £2 for members and £3 for non-members including refreshments. macclesfield@fhsc.org.uk. Salvation Army Hall, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6XD 7.30pm

Wednesday 29 April Wilmslow Guild Floral Design Club Derek Morgan, North West Area. Meetings are usually held on the last Wednesday of each month. Tel: 01625 523903. Visitors fee: £7 (special events as advertised) www.wilmslowguild.org www.nafascheshire.org.uk. Wilmslow Guild, Bourne Street, Wilmslow SK9 5HD 1.45pm 52

Saturday 2 May Cheshire Sinfonia – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN BRAMHALL. Mozart: Symphony No. 31 K.297 (Paris). Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate K.165. Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Tickets: £12 (Full), £10 (concessions), £3 (students). Reserved tickets available in advance from 07967 852986 or at the door. St Michael’s Parish Church, Robins Lane, Bramhall 7.30pm

Saturday 2 May Bramhall Worker Bee Market Worker Bee Markets’ regular event is in Bramhall village with locally handmade crafts, gifts, fresh produce, jewellery, homeware, international street food and more. Find hand-picked quality artisan goods right on your doorstep. Workerbeemarkets.wordpress.com Bramhall Village Square SK7 1AW 10am to 3pm

Tuesday 5 May Handforth Gardening Society AGM and Plant Exchange - In House St Chads Church Hall, Handforth 7.30pm for an 8pm start

Tuesday 5 May Graham Brook presents Tuesday Jazz and Swing The Brian Pendleton Trio £8 on door. For more events in May see www.grahambrookjazz.co.uk or call 01625 528336 Upstairs at Wilmslow Conservative Club, 15 Grove Avenue, Wilmslow SK9 5EG 8.30pm

Wednesday 6 May Simply Books presents a ‘Meet the Author’ event with the Canadian writer Emily St John Mandel in conversation about her international best-seller Station Eleven and her captivating new novel The Glass Hotel - a story about money, beauty and moral compromise. Tickets: £8, to book call 0161 439 1436 or book online at www.simplybooks.info Simply Books, Bramhall 7.30pm

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Thursday 7 May Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members. The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm

Friday 8 May Halle Chamber Concert Eight cellists from the Halle Orchestra will perform an evening of Latin music, to include pieces by Villa-Lobos, Lindemann and Sollima. Tickets £11 and £9 (concession). Under 18s free. Available from Church Office (0161 439 1204), Thrift Shop, Simply Books (228 Moss Lane) and at the door. Refreshments included. Bramhall Methodist Church 7.30pm

Sunday 10 May Plant Hunters’ Fair. Half price entry to the Gardens & Plant Fair £3 (children under 15 Free) Details at www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk Adlington Hall, Mill Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4LF. 10am to 4pm

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY Wilmslow Historical Society Following a brief AGM, and back by popular demand, one of our members, Jon Armstrong, will be presenting More from Our Archives. This time he will be including some oral histories describing life in mid-20th century Wilmslow. Visitors are welcome £4, including tea/coffee and biscuits. Students admitted free. The Large Hall, United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR TIME?

Saturday 16 May Stockport Symphony Orchestra. Elgar: In the South, Bridge: The Sea, Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2 “London” Conductors Robin Wallington and Omer Shteinhart. For more information visit www.stockportsymphony.co.uk Tickets available at the box office, online or on the door. £15 full price/£13 concessions/students £5/accompanied children under 16 free Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm 54

SATURDAY 16 MAY The Barnby Choir Summer Concert Mozart, Regina Coeli, Haydn, St Nicholas Mass Fauré, Requiem Advance booking advised or tickets at the door, £12, £10 concessions, £5 student. Phone 01625 520193 www.thebarnbychoir.co.uk United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR 7.30pm

Wednesday 20 May Lunchtime Concerts Students from The Royal Northern College of Music Light lunches available from 12 noon, concert at 1pm. Admission by programme £6 Tel. 01625 586713 Tel. 01625 584410 Tel. 01625 584367 www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com aemcchurchoffice@gmail.com Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7DU

Wednesday 20 May Wilmslow Guild Floral Design Club “Pot Luck” Ann Houghton, Cheshire Area Meetings are usually held on the last Wednesday of each month. Tel: 01625 523903. Visitors fee: £7 (special events as advertised) www.wilmslowguild.org www.nafascheshire.org.uk Wilmslow Guild, Bourne Street, Wilmslow SK9 5HD 1.45pm

Saturday 23 May Cheshire Sinfonia and Chorale BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN BRAMHALL. Haydn: The Creation Tickets: £12 (Full), £10 (concessions), £3 (students). Reserved tickets available in advance from 01969 667033 or at the door. St Michael’s Parish Church, Robins Lane, Bramhall 7.30pm

Tuesday 26 May Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire. Women of Macclesfield - short talks. Some you may have heard of and others may be new to you. Open to the public, and admission is £2 for members and £3 for non-members including refreshments. For more details please contact macclesfield@fhsc.org.uk Salvation Army Hall, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6XD 7.30pm

Wednesday 27 May Wilmslow U3A David Bell - “The Plague Doctor” URC School Rooms, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow 2.30pm

Saturday 30 May The East Cheshire Alpine Garden Society Show A wide variety of beautiful alpine plants will be on show. Specialist nurseries will be present selling plants. Tea/ coffee and cake will be available and sandwiches at lunch time. Competition schedules and further details are available by contacting Bob on 07808 974753 Entry £3 The Village Club, 2 Melbourne Road, Bramhall, SK7 1LR 10.30am to 3.30pm

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