in and around the area
what’s on
this month Until 6 November
‘Lines of thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to now’, 70 works from the British Museum by artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso, Matisse and Hockney. Open daily. Free admission. www.poolemuseum.co.uk
15 – 30 October
New Forest Walking Festival 2016. Expert-led walks revealing the history, heritage and wildlife of the New Forest. Festival dates include half term week. www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/walking_ festival
26 October
Pumpkin evening, Stewarts Garden Centre, Broomhill. Family Halloween fun. £3.50 with £1.50 going to Lewis Manning Hospice. Ticket only event. 01202 882462
26 October 7.30pm
New Forest Jazz Workshop, Godshill Village Hall opposite the Fighting Cocks. All levels of musicianship are welcome. For details call Derek Ayling on 01425 650770 or contact by email Hippotrain@btinternet.com
26 October 7.30pm
Verwood Keyboard Society presents Ryan Edwards playing a Yamaha at Verwood Hub. 01202 822936
27 October 5pm-7pm
Knoll Gardens Bat Walk. Dusk stroll with Dorset Wildlife Trust looking for bats as part of Wild About Gardens week. £5, child £3, proceeds split between DWT and the Knoll Gardens Foundation. Booking essential. 01202 873931
27 October 7.30pm
Jazz at the Meeting House, Ringwood with the ‘Memphis Jazzmen, to support Julia’s House.
28-29 October 9.30am-1pm Fairtrade autumn event at Verwood United Reformed Church, Manor Road. Fairly traded every day and Christmas items and catalogue. 01202 814270
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VIEWPOINT October 2016
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29 October 10.15am
West Moors Horticultural Society coffee morning, West Moors Memorial Hall. 01202 871536
30 October 10am-4pm
New Forest Jazz Workshop, all day workshop featuring Ben Essenhigh, a rhythm specialist. For details call Derek Ayling, on 01425 650770, or email Hippotrain@btinternet.com
31 October 7.30pm
Kinson Photo Club presents international medal winning photographer Maurice Pugh, ‘Looking at Nature’ through his camera. Kinson Community Centre, Pelhams Park, Milhams Rd. £3. 01202 892976
2 November 12.15pm
Ferndown Probus Club meets at Dudsbury Golf Club, Ferndown for lunch and talk on ‘Magic Behind the Screens’. 01202 875757
2 November
Fireside Theatre East Dorset branch meets for reading of ‘No Room at the Inn’ by Joan Temple. Hosts Carol and Richard Sharples. 01202 829978
3 November 12.30pm
Eat & meet lunch with quiz. Warm welcome for anyone who is alone and would enjoy some lunchtime company. Royal British Legion Ferndown Club, Church Road. Members £3, nonmembers £6. In association with Douch & Son. To book your place call 01202 877706
3 November 2.15pm
West Moors WI bazaar, Memorial Hall, Station Road. 01202 868781
3 November 7.30pm
Verwood Horticultural Society meeting at Memorial Hall. ‘Northern Cyprus Isle of Beauty - Scented Isle’ by Eric Watson 01202 814376
5 November 10am-4pm
Craft fair, St Mark’s Church hall, New Road, West Parley. Proceeds going towards new kitchen in hall. Appearance by local author Heather Chamberlain. Face painting. 01202 987915
5 November 11am-12noon Bonfire and fireworks craft activity. Fordingbridge Library. 0300 555 1387
8 November 7.30-9.15pm
Bournemouth and Beyond Discovery Group, talk ‘Roses in No-Mans Land: Nursing in the UK and on the battlefields during World War 1’ at Richmond Hill St Andrews United Reformed Church Hall, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth. www. bournemouthandbeyond.co.uk
9 November 10am-12.15pm ‘Dark Knights and Saxon Days’ talk and visual presentation by local author, Janet KL Seal, in The Cedar Room, Haskins Garden Centre, Longham, in support of Wimborne Stroke Support Group. £5 for visitors, includes tea or coffee. 01202 884737
10 November 7.30pm
Wimborne Horticultural Society AGM followed by ‘Dorset through the year -part one’ by Paul Sturgess. Community and Resource Centre, 41- 44 King Street. Wimborne. 01202 887006
11 November 7.45pm
Wimborne Movie Makers meets in green hut next to Allendale Centre, Wimborne to film a ‘whodunnit’. 01202 387515
12 November 10am-3pm
Wimborne in Bloom charities fair, Allendale Centre, Wimborne. Stalls raising money for own charity. 01202 888703
15 November 7.30-9.15pm
Bournemouth and Beyond Discovery Group, talk on ‘Incorrect Political Correctness’ at Richmond Hill St Andrews United Reformed Church Hall, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth. www.bournemouthandbeyond.co.uk
15 November 7.30pm
Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society presents concert of popular music by Andrew Nix at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne. Visitors welcome. £5. 01202 895254.
18 November 1-4.30pm, 19-20 November 10am-4.30pm
Wimborne Art Club exhibition and sale of art and craft. Pamphill Parish Hall, BH21 4ED. 01202 892064.
19 November 10am-12 noon
Wimborne in Bloom pre-Christmas coffee morning with raffle and bring and buy, 34 Park Lane, Wimborne. 01202 888703
19 November 10am-1pm
Canford Cliffs Christmas craft fair, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Canford Cliffs Village Hall, Ravine Road, BH13 7HT. 07811 871347
19 November 1pm
West Moors Horticultural Society, buffet lunch followed by presentation of cups and trophies West Moors Memorial Hall. 01202 871536
19 November 7.30pm
Dorset County Orchestra concert, Dorford Centre, Dorchester. Programme includes Mozart’s violin concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet overture and Walton”s Henry V Suite. dorsetcountyorchestra.org
21 November 2.30pm
‘West Moors: a history in images’, St Martin’s Discovery Group, St. Martin’s URC.
22 November 7.30-9.15pm Bournemouth and Beyond Discovery Group, ‘Round London by Canal’ at Richmond Hill St Andrews United Reformed Church Hall, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth. www.bournemouthandbeyond.co.uk