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16 April 7.30pm
Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society present concert of popular music by Andrew Nix at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne. £6 payable at door. Info: 01202 895254.
17 April 10am -noon Information event for anyone considering adopting a child. Learn about becoming and adopter and how Families for Children can support you for life. To book please contact Families for Children on 01305 250204 or email devon@ familiesforchildren.org.uk
18 April 6pm
Maundy Thursday meal and reflective service. St Gabriel’s Church, Keysworth Road, Hamworthy.
19 April 9.45am
Good Friday Walk of Witness from St Gabriel’s Church, Keysworth Road, Hamworthy to St Michael’s Church, Blandford Road, Hamworthy.
20 April 2pm
A unique show featuring the Amazing Bubble Man. For more than 30 years Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide. Now he is coming to Poole Lighthouse. Tickets £12. www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
19-22 April 10am-4.30pm
Easter Egg Hunts, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, £2.50. Usual admission prices apply
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19, 20 and 22 April 2-6pm
Open Garden. Knitson Old Farmhouse, Corfe Castle, Wareham. Admission £4, children go free. Cream teas, home made cakes. Mature cottage garden. Wildlife friendly kitchen garden. Uneven, sloping paths. Dogs on short leads welcome.
20 April 11am
East Cliff Rotary Club’s Easter Quarter Marathon race Start/ finish at the Urban Reef Restaurant, Boscombe Pier to raise funds for charities. Further details and online application can be found at www.eastcliffrotary.org or contact Peter Jones on 07746 826872.
20 April 10am
Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Ringwood, Help raise money for two of Ringwood’s great schools (Poulner Infants and Ringwood Infants). 100% of the proceeds will be donated. £2 per entry card and the hunt will be officially opened by the Ringwood Town Mayor. 01425 480600.
21 April 6am
Easter Morning Holy Communion Service, Sandbanks Beach, Poole, led by local churches.
22 April
Open Garden, Edmondsham House, Wimborne. Six acres of mature gardens. Victorian walled garden. Admission £2.50, 50p for children. Wheelchair access to most of the area. Refreshments in house.
23 April 2.30pm
For those with memory loss, an Easter ‘Forget Me Not Service’ at Broadstone United Reformed Church, Higher Blandford Road. The Easter story told through hymns and readings, followed with tea and cakes. All welcome, including groups from local nursing homes. Supported by Broadstone Churches Together and the Tuesday Luncheon Club.
24 April 2pm
Andrew Varney will talk of his experiences as ‘A Christchurch Constable’ at the Red House Museum, Priory House, Quay Road, Christchurch, BH23 1BU. His book will also be for sale. Tickets £2.50/£4.50 Friends/visitors. Call 01202 482860 to book.
26 April-24 May 9am-4pm
Drawn To Paint – a free exhibition of recent drawings and paintings by Wimborne Creatives Group at the Learning & Resource Centre, King Street, BH21 1BE (behind Wimborne Minster church and opposite the Model Town).
26 April 10am-4pm
Ferndown Bowls Club, Peter Grant Way. Come along and try bowls for free. Please wear flat shoes. For more info contact Sue Aplin 01202619349.
27 April 7.30pm
Fordingbridge Choral Society present’s Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and other Italian favourite choral works at a spring concert at St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge SP6 1BB. Tickets available from Fordingbridge bookshop at £12 www.fordingbridgechoral. ticketsource.co.uk/
27 April 7.30pm
Plants, Gardens & Wildlife: talk and Wildlife Gardeners’ Question Time. The Allendale Centre, Wimborne. Tickets £8 for adults, £5 for children (under 16s), To book visit www. theallendale.org or ring 01202 887247
May 7.30pm
‘Florilege’, Ferndown French Circle at the Barrington Centre. Members £3. Visitors £5. More info from 01202 526918.4
May 10am
West Moors Horticultural Society plant sale at West Moors Memorial Hall. More details: Sue Hamlett on 01202 871536.
27 April - 9 June
Exhibition of artwork inspired by the bestselling book ‘The Lost Words’. Artwork from artists of all ages will be on display at Moors Valley Country Park. Artwork will be available to purchase, with proceeds going towards the RSPB. www.moors-valley. co.uk. Parking charges apply.
28 April 10am -4pm
Ferndown Bowls Club Youth Day, Peter Grant Way. 5-18 year olds can come along and try bowls for free. Please wear flat shoes. For more info please contact Sue Aplin 01202 619349
28 April 2pm
Town Mayor’s Civic Service at the Allendale Centre’s Minster Hall-guest speakers, musical entertainment and footage from Wimborne Movie Makers. Tickets are free, but on a first come first served basis, from the town hall.
30 April 7.30pm
West Parley Gardening Club meets at the West Parley Memorial Hall. Visitors welcome £2. Refreshments available. Contact Malcolm Plascott 01202 950521 email plascott@outlook.com
4 May
VenFest-19, the Dorset Food and Venison Festival, Post Green, Lytchett Minster, Poole. Entry (over 12s) £3.50. www. venfest.org
4 May
Versus Arthritis meet on the first Saturday of every month at the Day Centre, Ferndown. An hour’s entertainment followed by tea and cakes. Further details from Pam Bentley on 01202 872074 or email pam. bentley@uwclub.net
8 May 1.45pm
AGM of the Association of Dorset Watches at Hamworthy Club, Magna Road, Canford Magna BH21 3AP. Guest speakers: Mr James Vaughan, Chief Constable of Dorset Police and Marty Underhill, Dorset PCC.
17 May Twilight Walk for Women at Bournemouth Pier Approach. Walk either 1km, 5km or 10km to raise money for women’s health treatment at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Everyone welcome. Sign up at BHCharity.org/twilight/, or call 01202 704060.
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