What's on this week
Newburytoday.co.uk's news and events from West Berkshire and beyond
Thursday, March 3:
Newbury Charter Market. Market Place, Newbury. Butchers' stalls and others selling fruit and veg, herbs, spices and exotic fresh produce, olives, fresh bread and cakes, cheese, flowers, plants and books, jams and chutneys, army surplus goods and a range of pet supplies. Also on Saturday.
Newbury Chess Club. Mary Hare School, Snelsmore Common, 7.30pm to 10pm. Details (01635) 253545.
Newbury Sub Aqua Club. Mary Hare School, Snelsmore Common, 7.30pm. Ian McDean, 07971 955602.
Newbury Camera Club. Shaw Social Club, Almond Avenue, 7.15pm. www.newburycameraclub.org.uk
Lenny Henry: Cradle to Rave. The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.30pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Joni Mitchell Project. The Forge at The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.45pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Film: ‘Rabbit Hole' (12A). Soul-affecting drama as happily married young couple's world changes. Corn Exchange Newbury, 1pm, 6pm and 8.15pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Friday, March 4:
'An audience with Alan Titchmarsh'. The Watermill theatre, Bagnor, 2pm. All proceeds to the Watermill production fund.
Milton Jones: ‘Lion Whisperer'. One-liners from the bloke with the shirts in BBC1 Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow and BBC2 Mock the Week. Corn Exchange Newbury, 7.45pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Newbury Caledonian Society. Scottish country dancing at Highclere Village Hall, 8pm to 10pm. Details (01635) 861249.
Busy Bees toddler session relaunch. Now relocated in Kingsclere Methodist church, weekly 9am to 11am. This launch session free. Amanda Keable, amandakeable@hotmail.com
Newbury Astronomical Society monthly meeting. The Latest Result from Spaceborne Solar Observatories talk, 7.30pm at the United Reformed Church Hall, Cromwell Place, Newbury. Steve Harris, (01635) 860047.
Jimmy Carr: ‘Laughter Therapy'. The Anvil, Basingstoke, 8pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Arkells Raceday. Newbury Racecourse, first race 2.10pm. Details (01635) 40015 or www.newbury-racecourse.co.uk
Film: ‘The Fighter' (15). Corn Exchange Newbury, 2.30pm and 8.35pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Film: ‘The King's Speech' (12A). Corn Exchange Newbury, 6pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Saturday, March 5:
Newbury Charter Market. Market Place, Newbury. Butchers' stalls and others selling fruit and veg, herbs, spices and exotic fresh produce, olives, fresh bread and cakes, cheese, flowers, plants and books, jams and chutneys, army surplus goods and a range of pet supplies.
Nearly new baby and toddler sale. Toys, clothes, equipment, tea and cakes on sale to raise funds for Teddy Bears pre-school, Boxford.
Beenham Wind Orchestra. Robert Roscoe conducts a concert in St Nicolas' Church, Newbury, 7.30pm. Now in its 11th year the 40-member Beenham Wind Orchestra, formerly called Beenham Band, performs music written specifically for symphonic wind bands, with both woodwind and brass instruments, by composers such as Percy Grainger, Philip Sparke and Adam Gorb. The programme will include Philip Sparke's ‘Song and Dance', a lyrical trumpet solo played by BWO's founding chairman, Simon Witcomb, and a jolly Mozart pastiche ‘Eine Kleine Walzermusic' by Adam Gorb. The band's popular repertoire will include ‘Miss Saigon' and the toe-tapping music of ‘Riverdance'. Tickets at the door £8 adults, concessions £6, under-18s £2.
Music evening featuring local band Idle Words. Ace Space, St Nicholas Road, Newbury 7pm to 10pm. Bar and tea/coffee. All proceeds to Newbury charity St Ann's Children's Home supporting children in Kakinada, east coast of India, www.poorandneedy.co.uk. Tickets £7.50. Tom Medhurst, tom@idle-words.co.uk
Aldworth Saturday market. Produce and variety of stalls. Aldworth Village Hall. Details (01635) 578177.
Silchester Village Market. Local and homemade produce for sale, Silchester Village Hall, 10am to noon. For details visit www.silchestervillagehall.org.uk or email sandismithers@btinternet.com
Kettlebell workshop. Concept Fitness run series of six sessions (until Saturday, April 9) at Willink Leisure Centre, School Lane, Burghfield Common, 10am.
Greatwood Charity Day. Newbury Racecourse, first race 2.05pm. Details (01635) 40015 or www.newbury-racecourse.co.uk
Kennet Valley Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers. Greenham Church Hall, New Road, Greenham. Meet for sociable crafts at 10am, then business meeting at 2pm followed by ‘A Feltmaker's Trip to Peru' talk by Ali Rabjohns.
Mayor's Spring Concert. A celebration of youth music, The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.30pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk'. Presented by The Quarter Too Ensemble as a double bill at The Watermill, Bagnor, 11am. (01635) 46044 or www.watermill.org.uk
Long Nose Puppets presents ‘Penguin'. Corn Exchange Newbury, 11am and 1pm. Suitable for ages three and over. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Film: ‘The Fighter' (12A). Based on underdog story of Massachusetts' blue-collar boxer ‘Irish' Mickey Ward. Corn Exchange Newbury, 12.30pm, 6pm and 8.30pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Film: ‘The King's Speech' (12A). Multiple award-winning dramatisation of the Duke of York, later King George VI, battling with a disabling stammer in the face of public duties. Corn Exchange Newbury, 3.15pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Sunday, March 6:
'Björn Again'. Party night out featuring ABBA songs from Mamma Mia with the voice of Tony Blackburn. The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.30pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Pete Allen's solo jazz show. Three Swans Hotel, Hungerford, 3pm. £7 at the door, proceeds to Cancer Research UK. Bar and light snacks, car parking.
Robert Hardy and Jon Snow, and John Schelesinger's short film ‘Black Legend'. The Watermill, Bagnor, 7pm.
Tadley car boot sale. Silchester Road, 8am to 1pm. Entry 20p, parking free, Traders pay up to £12.50. Details and bookings (0118) 945 1799 or helen@hughmark.co.uk
Thatcham Walkers. Aldbourne to Ridgeway 12 mile walk with pub stop at the end. Meet at 10am at Thatcham Memorial Car Park to share cars where possible. For more information email pphillips @westberks.gov.uk
Valley Film Society film day: ‘How To Train Your Dragon' (PG). Animation in which a hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself. Entry by donation to Lambourn Valley children's clubs, children under 13 must be accompanied. East Garston Village Hall, 4pm.
Valley Film Society film day: ‘Made in Dagenham' (15). Dramatisation of 1968 strike at Ford's Dagenham car plant where female workers walked out in protest at sexual discrimination. East Garston Village Hall, doors and bar open 6.30pm for 7pm screening. Guests £5, bangers and mash meal after the film £4 extra. (01488) 7205 or email pennyandbob.brewer@tiscali.co.uk or visit www.valleyfilmsociety.org
Film: ‘The Fighter' (12A). Corn Exchange, Newbury, 3pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Film: ‘The King's Speech' (12A). Corn Exchange, Newbury. 1pm (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Monday, March 7:
Thatcham & District Philatelic Society. Meeting on the theme'The Four Seasons' at the Council Chambers, Thatcham Town Council Building, Brownsfield Road, Thatcham, 2pm.
Newbury Wargames Club. Fir Tree Primary School, Fir Tree Lane, Newbury, from 7pm. Graham Hyland, (01635) 46627.
Newbury & District Gardeners Association. ‘Butterflies UK' talk by Roger Kemp, 7.15pm, St Nicolas School, Link Road, Newbury.
Silver screen film: ‘The Fighter' (12A). Corn Exchange Newbury, 2.30pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Tuesday, March 8:
Newbury Annual Pancake Races. Organised by Soroptimist International of Newbury & District, Newbury Market Place from noon followed by pancake lunches in St Nicolas' Church Hall from 12.15pm. Entries invited from teams of four, preferably in fancy dress, entry fee £20 a team. For details email Katy Hawthorne, kfh7@hotmail.com or telephone 07810 767 026 and entry forms and rules will be sent to you.
Burghfield Women's Institute annual meeting. Burghfield Village Hall, 7.30pm. Details, secretary@burghfieldwi.org.uk
Torch Club. Established social club for local people who are lonely, disabled, depressed or bereaved and wish to have a club to go to on a regular basis. Fairclose, Newtown Road, Newbury, 7.30pm to 9pm. Jane Belcher, (01635) 40210.
Berkshire Group of the Hardy Plant Society. ‘Pollination' talk by honorary fellow from School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Dr Michael Keith-Lucas. Includes annual meeting. Owner of Phoenix Perennial Plants, Marina Christopher, will have plants for sale. St Peter's Church Hall, Church Road, Earley, Reading. Doors open 7.15pm, meeting starts 7.45pm. Visitors welcome (except annual meeting section). Details (0118) 970 0522 or visit www.berkshirehps.org.uk or www.hardy-plant.org.uk '
The Soldiers'. Improbable but true story of a group of British Army servicemen who combine duties in various world war zones with making a hit album. The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.45pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
'4 Parts Guitar'. Raymond Burley, Clive Carroll, John Etheridge and Gordon Giltrap all have solo careers and here bring a concert of solo, duo, trio and quartet pieces with a spontaneous, flavour. The Haymarket, Basingstoke, 7.30pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Newbury Floral Society. ‘Journey through France Part 2' demonstration by Lucinda Sanderson, Royal British Legion Hall, Newbury, 2pm. Details (01635) 48852.
Film: ‘The Fighter' (12A). Corn Exchange Newbury, 2.30pm, 6pm and 8.30pm. (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Wednesday, March 9:
Free valuation day for collectables. Special Auction Services, New Greenham Park. www.specialauctionservices.com.
Thatcham Community Market. A range of home baking, produce and crafts at Thatcham United Reformed Church Hall, Church Lane, off High Street, 10am to 11.30am. Details (01635) 866653.
Newbury Symphony Orchestra. Ambitious community orchestra rehearses on Wednesdays, 7.15pm to 9.15pm, at St Bartholomew's School Hall. Details (01635) 42988 or visit www.newburysymphonyorchestra.org
Community bingo night. Ace Space, St Nicholas Road, Newbury, 7.30pm. All welcome. Bar and refreshments. Details from Keith on 07884 198866 or Ron on 07806 608099 or visit www.acespacenewbury.com
Chieveley and District Gardening Club. Garden Photography talk by Geoff Hobson, Chieveley Village Hall, 7.30pm.
Berkshire Family History Society, Newbury Branch. Dramatic presentation of the 1851 census by Meryl Catty and Audrey Gillett. St Mary's Church Hall, Shaw-cum-Donnington, Newbury RG14 2DS 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Nick, 07876 346295.
Music evening featuring local band Idle Words. Ace Space, St Nicholas Road, Newbury, 7pm to 10pm. Bar and tea/coffee. All proceeds to Newbury charity St Ann's Children's Home supporting children in Kakinada, east coast of India, www.poorandneedy.co.uk. Tickets £7.50. Tom Medhurst, tom@idle-words.co.uk
'From Newbury With Love'. Story of Newbury 70-year-olds Harold and Olive Edwards who began a 15 year correspondence with seven-year-old Marina Aidova in Moldova, daughter of an imprisoned Soviet dissident. Presented by RedCape Theatre. The Corn Exchange, Newbury (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
Chas and Dave: ‘Together Again'. The Haymarket, Basingstoke, 7.30pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Ed Byrne: ‘Crowd Pleaser'. Young grumpy old man and observational comedian who has appeared on BBC2 Mock The Week and BBC1 Have I Got News For You. The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.30pm. (01256) 844244 or www.anvilarts.org.uk
Film: ‘The Fighter' (12A). Corn Exchange, Newbury. Bawl showing, 11am, regular screening 6pm, 8.30pm (01635) 522733 or www.cornexchangenew.com
