Here’s what’s on this week in West Berkshire
FRIDAY
ROYAL British Legion, Pelican Lane, Newbury, 8pm-late, Marshall Couzens band. Entry £5 .
SATURDAY
ROYAL British Legion, Pelican Lane, Newbury, 8pm-late, Extra covers band . Entry £5 .
THATCHAM Board Game Club, Moorside Community Centre, 7.30pm to 9.30pm Monthly group for adults and accompanied children aged 13+, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. £3, or £5 to include two drink/snack tokens Feel free to bring own games. Book your slot at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ thatcham-board-game-club
WOOLTON Hill and Highclere Spring Market, Thorngrove School, Highclere, 10am-1pm. Tea Room by Time to Talk. Over
60 stalls including local produce (Bread, honey, cakes), local high welfare meat and fresh fish from Devon, Freshly cooked hot brunch rolls. Charity of the Year Newbury Cancer Care.
NEWBURY De-Stash Market, St Nicolas Church Hall 10am-3pm. Local crafters and small businesses selling craft supplies at bargain prices. Plus a pop up cafe in aid of Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
ART exhibition, Peasemore Village Hall, 10am-4pm. Local artists. Tea, coffee, cakes.
BELLE Canto Trio sing Forties Favourites, St Marys Church Speen, 7pm. Tickets £12 on the door. Refreshments available during the interval and after the concert.
SUNDAY
MEETING of the MG Car Club at Greenham Common Control Tower, celebrating national Drive-it Day. Cars arriving from 11am. Café and exhibitions also open
WEEKLY bingo at Thatcham Rugby Club, doors open 6.30pm, eyes down around 7.30pm. All cash prizes and a raffle. Everyone welcome.
MONDAY
BRADFIELD Historical Society, Southend Cricket Club Pavilion, Heath Road, Bradfield Southend, Maj Gen (retd) Peter Williams: My Life as a Cold War Spy, 7.30pm. After studying History at Cambridge University, Major General (retd) Peter Williams spent over 30 years in the Coldstream Guards and enjoyed an unusually varied career. During the Cold War he specialised in intelligence. He studied Russian and German before spending more than four years in the 1980s in Berlin and East Germany as a liaison & operations officer in the British Commanders’-in-Chief Mission to the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (known as BRIXMIS), in effect working as a military spy. No entry fee, but a donation of £4 towards expenses would be appreciated; a card payment facility is available. No advance booking required.
NEWBURY & District Transport Group meeting, Kennet School Thatcham, 7pm-9pm. David and Marion Canning will show photographs and talk about their trips by train to Austria and some bordering countries in the 1980s. Raffle and refreshments. Free admission no membership required.
WEDNESDAY
INCANTATA Choir Open Morning in Greenham church hall from 9.20am to 11.30am. ‘We are a welcoming group who enjoy singing. Come and try us, new members are always welcome. Visit Facebook and www.incantata.co.uk for further details.
FIRST Newbury Boys' Brigade and Girls' Association meets weekly 6.15pm-7.45pm term time at the Church Centre, St Mary's Shaw-cum-Donnington. A uniformed organisation for children aged 5-12. Contact: 1newbury@boys-brigade. org.uk
WATERSIDE Centre, Newbury, 6.30pm-8pm. Share your views on policing and crime with Matthew Barber (police & crime commissioner for Thames Valley) and a Thames Valley Police officer. Register your interest in attending at www.thamesvalley-pcc.gov.uk/engagement/
