What’s On

Every Monday & Thursday 1.30pm-4pm Sherborne Indoor Short Mat Bowls West End Hall, Sherborne 01935 812329. All welcome

____________________________ Every 1st Thursday 9.30am Netwalk for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs Pageant Gardens. @Netwalksherborne

____________________________ Thursdays 7.30pm-9.30pm St Michael’s Scottish Country Dance Club Davis Hall, West Camel £2. Call Elspeth 07972 125617 stmichaelsscdclub.org

____________________________ Thursday 1st 2pm Coker Canvas: The Textile Industry of the Somerset/ Dorset Border Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road Free to members of Sherborne Museum, £5 to visitors. Tea included Christians Against Poverty (see page 24)

____________________________ Sunday 4th 10-4pm Sherborne Festive Shopping Day Abbey and Church services, Christmas tree lighting, Santa’s grotto, music, bands and choirs, street events, festive shops and stalls, food and drink

____________________________ Monday 5th – Saturday 10th December 7.30pm Amateur Players of Sherborne - Betrayal by Harold Pinter Sherborne Studio Theatre, Marston Rd £10/£12 07786 070093 aps-sherborne.co.uk

____________________________ Tuesday 6th 8pm Members’ Christmas Evening - Dr Ruscombe Foster - A Moral Threesome: Florence Nightingale and the Herberts Digby Hall, Hound Street Members free, visitors £5 sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk

____________________________ Saturday 3rd - Saturday 10th December 10am-5pm Sherborne Christmas Tree Festival ____________________________ Wednesday 7th 10.45am The Probus Club of Sherborne Talk - Medical Detection Dogs

Cheap Street Church. Proceeds to Sherborne Food Bank and Sherborne

The Grange Hotel, Oborne New members always welcome. Info: jhbuckleyfca@aol.com 01935 507459. probus-sherborne.org.ukEM_ST.qxp_Layout 1 10/09/2022 13:42 Page 1 ____________________________ Wednesday 7th 3pm & 7pm The Arts Society Sherborne Talk - Toulouse Lautrec - the Golden Age of Cabaret Digby Hall Hound Street theartssocietysherborne.org

____________________________ Wednesday 7th December 7.30pm Petite Maman (2021) U Cinematheque, Swan Theatre, 138 Park St, Yeovil BA20 1QT Members £1, guests £5. cinematheque.org.uk (see preview page 8)

____________________________ Thursday 8th 2.30pm Sherborne and District Gardeners’ Association Quiz & Festive Refreshments Digby Hall, Hound Street All are welcome. Non-members £2. Info 01935 389375

____________________________ Friday 9th - Sunday 1st January Dick Whittington Octagon Theatre Yeovil. 01935 422884 octagon-theatre.co.uk

____________________________ Friday 9th 7.30pm Concert - Mike Denham’s Elite Syncopations Cheap Street Church. £15.00. Bookings:

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raymondwood1949@gmail.com. In aid of Sherborne Food Bank and CAP (Christians Against Poverty)

____________________________ Saturday 10th 10am-2.30pm Milborne Port Christmas Fair Milborne Port Village Hall, DT9 5RE In aid of the Friends of Milborne Port Community Library

____________________________ Wednesday 14th 10.45am The Probus Club of Sherborne Talk - History of Pantomime The Grange Hotel, Oborne New members always welcome. Info: jhbuckleyfca@aol.com 01935 507459. probus-sherborne.org.uk

____________________________ Wednesday 14th 7.30pm Parallel Mothers (2021) 15 Cinematheque, Swan Theatre, 138 Park St, Yeovil BA20 1QT. Members £1, guests £5. cinematheque.org.uk (see preview page 8)

____________________________ Saturday 17th 10am-12.30pm (last repair 12.15pm) Repair Cafe Cheap Street Church Hall Bring household items to be repaired and avoid landfill. repaircafesherborne@ gmail.com or @repaircafesherborne Sunday 18th The Sherborne Market Local producers, suppliers, amazing food, arts and crafts. thesherbornemarket.com

____________________________ Sunday 18th 4pm Candlelit Village Carol Service St James the Great, Longburton. Come dressed as a nativity character or we can dress you when you arrive. Seasonal refreshments. vicarlesley@outlook.com

____________________________ Sunday 25th 12.30pm-3pm Sherborne Churches Together - Christmas Day Lunch Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road Bookings - Sherborne Abbey Parish Office (3 Abbey Close) or 01935 713777 (mornings only). Free to all.

Planning ahead

____________________________ Sunday 1st 2pm-4pm Divine Union Soundbath Oborne Village Hall, DT9 4LA. £15. Advance bookings 01935 389655 or ahiahel@live.com

____________________________ Wednesday 4th January 2023 3pm & 7pm The Arts Society Sherborne - The Gateway to Eternity - Icons Digby Hall, Hound Street Free for members, £7 for non-members theartssocietysherborne.org/

Sport

____________________________ Sherborne RFC The Terrace Playing Fields Men’s 1st XV (3pm KO)

Saturday 3rd St Austell (A) Saturday 10th Sidmouth (H) Saturday 17th Truro (A) (2.30pm KO)

____________________________ Sherborne Football Club The Terrace Playing Fields Men’s 1st XI (3pm KO)

Saturday 10th Clevedon (H) Saturday 17th Cadbury Heath (H) Monday 26th Street (A)

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