Essentially Local March-April 17
Essentially Local is bimonthly magazine that is distributed to homes and businesses in North Milton Keynes and South Northamptonshire. It includes a directory of local businesses, useful information and a calendar of local events.
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What’s On – <strong>March</strong>/<strong>April</strong> 20<strong>17</strong><br />
HISTORY, ARTS &<br />
CRAFTS<br />
Craft Social Club<br />
All crafts welcome. Pop in for a<br />
cup of tea & chat. Old Stratford<br />
Memorial Hall. Mondays 2.00-<br />
4.30pm. 01908 380777<br />
Cosgrove Art Group<br />
Friendly art group meets<br />
welcomes new members.<br />
Meet at Cosgrove Village Hall.<br />
Tuesday 10.00am- 12.00noon.<br />
Call Joy 01908 677679<br />
Westbury Arts Centre<br />
admin@westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
www.westburyartscentre.co.uk<br />
01908 501214, Foxcovert Road,<br />
Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes,<br />
MK5 6AA<br />
The North Bucks<br />
Woodturning Club<br />
Courtyard Arts Centre,<br />
Parklands, Great Linford, Milton<br />
Keynes Saturdays 10.00am-<br />
12.00pm 01908 311243‚<br />
pip.watts@btconnect.com<br />
Stony Stratford Floral Group<br />
Spring is in the Air<br />
Demonstration by Jane Haas<br />
Tuesday 7 <strong>March</strong>.<br />
Annual Charity Quiz Tuesday<br />
31 <strong>March</strong>.<br />
A Night on the Town<br />
Demonstration by Shirley<br />
Henderson Tuesday 4 <strong>April</strong><br />
Demonstration by local florist<br />
Tuesday 2 May<br />
Visitors £6.00 Doors open<br />
7.00pm for 7.30pm Sue 01908<br />
564453 or Judy 01908 569429<br />
Russell Street School Hall,<br />
Stony Stratford<br />
Milton Keynes Aviation<br />
Society (MKAS)<br />
AGM and Photo Competition.<br />
14 <strong>March</strong><br />
Britain’s First Space Rocket.<br />
11 <strong>April</strong><br />
Lecture to be confirmed. 9 May<br />
8pm doors open 7.30pm, 2nd<br />
Tuesday of the month Kents Hill<br />
Community Centre MK6 6HQ<br />
Visitors £3 www.mkas.co.uk<br />
mkasinfo@gmail.com<br />
Milton Keynes National<br />
Trust Association<br />
Old Wolverton to Loughton, an<br />
illustrated talk by member June<br />
Watson 8 <strong>March</strong><br />
The Swedish Nightingale talk<br />
on the popular 19 century<br />
singer Jenny Lind 12 <strong>April</strong><br />
AGM followed by Medieval<br />
Dunstable: monasteries,<br />
manors, markets and melees<br />
10 May New members and<br />
guests welcome. Membership<br />
Secretary 01908 314151 7.45<br />
pm usually 2nd Wednesday of<br />
month. Cruck Barn, Bradwell<br />
Abbey<br />
Wolverton Archaeological &<br />
Historical Society<br />
Past, Present and Future of<br />
Stowe House by Anna McEvoy<br />
Wednesday, 15 <strong>March</strong><br />
Entertainment in Northampton<br />
by Ruth Thomas Wednesday,<br />
19 <strong>April</strong><br />
No more lectures until<br />
September St Mary & St Giles<br />
School, King George Crescent,<br />
Stony Stratford MK11 1EF<br />
Enquiries Iris Day 01908 568330<br />
or irisdy86@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Yardley Gobion History Group<br />
Meets village hall 8pm, 1st<br />
Thursday of the month<br />
01908 542322<br />
babskingyg@talktalk.net<br />
The National Museum of<br />
Computing<br />
Museum open 12noon-5.00pm<br />
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday<br />
afternoons. Guided Tours at<br />
2pm on Tuesdays and 10.30am<br />
on Thursdays. Booking<br />
recommended. The Colossus<br />
Galleries open 10.30am – 5pm<br />
daily. www.tnmoc.org/bytes<br />
Bletchley Park, The Mansion,<br />
Bletchley, Milton Keynes<br />
MK3 6DZ. 01908 374708<br />
Vitreus Art Courses<br />
Full range of art and craft<br />
courses available. Vitreus<br />
Art, No. 4 Wakefield Country<br />
Courtyard, Potterspury NN12<br />
7QX 01327 810320<br />
See www.vitreus-art.co.uk for all<br />
courses.<br />
Buckingham Canal Society<br />
Restoration of disused canal –<br />
practical task conservation work<br />
parties, alternate Thursdays<br />
and 2nd Sunday of each month.<br />
No experience necessary, all<br />
welcome. Meet 10.00am Lock<br />
Lane, Cosgrove, MK19 7JR.<br />
01908 6612<strong>17</strong> to confirm or<br />
Athinabec@aol.com<br />
www. buckinghamcanal.org.uk<br />
CHILDREN<br />
Cosgrove Playdate!<br />
Drop in and out for under 5s,<br />
meet friends, share a favourite<br />
toy, drink and biscuit or bring<br />
your own snack.<br />
10.30am-12.00 noon, 3rd<br />
Thursday of the month. St Peter<br />
and St Paul Church, Cosgrove.<br />
Act Out & Act Up<br />
Term-time drama group for all<br />
levels and abilities of 7-14 year<br />
olds, covering theatrical skills<br />
– acting, story telling and the<br />
spoken word etc.<br />
Act Out for 6-10yrs starting at<br />
4.30-5.30pm, and Act Up for<br />
11-16yrs 5.40-6.40pm. Both on<br />
Thursdays. York House Centre,<br />
London Road, Stony Stratford.<br />
info@redphoenixstory.co.uk<br />
York House Junior Youth Club<br />
Ages 8 -12 6.00pm-7.30pm<br />
Mondays during termtime.<br />
yorkhouseyouthclubs@hotmail.<br />
com Maria 07988 078056<br />
www.york-house.org.uk<br />
York House Senior Youth Club<br />
Ages 12 – 16 years 6.00pm-<br />
7.45pm Wednesdays during<br />
termtime Tash 07949 402862<br />
tash.youth@ymail.com<br />
Stony Stratford & Wolverton<br />
Library Stories, songs and<br />
rhymes for under 5s and carers,<br />
free 11.00- 11.30pm, Thursdays<br />
Stony Stratford. 2.00-2.30pm,<br />
Fridays Wolverton.<br />
Term time only<br />
www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/libraries<br />
Deanshanger Library<br />
Rhymetime 2.15pm every<br />
Thursday Under 1s Play and<br />
Learn 10.30am every<br />
Wednesday Deanshanger<br />
Library, Deanshanger MK19<br />
6HT<br />
Brownies and Guides<br />
South Northants Brownies (7-<br />
10yrs) Guides (10-14yrs) Every<br />
Mon, Tues & Wed. South<br />
Northants Rainbows (5- 7yrs)<br />
Every Wed. Call Emma<br />
01908 571244<br />
Wolverton Rainbows, Brownies<br />
and Guides & Stony Stratford<br />
Guides. Every Monday. Stony<br />
Stratford Brownies and<br />
Guides Every Wednesday<br />
Stony Stratford Rainbows<br />
Every Thursday Stacey Pond:<br />
staceywpond@gmail.com<br />
Towcester Brownies Brownies<br />
– Tuesday, Wednesday and<br />
Thursday. Guides – Monday<br />
and Thursday. Hattie – Guider<br />
in Charge 3rd Towcester<br />
Brownies, 07776 257398<br />
3rdtowcesterbrownies@gmail.com<br />
Stony Stratford Beaver Scouts<br />
1st Stony Stratford Beaver<br />
Scouts (boys & girls 6-8yrs),<br />
Mondays 1st Stony Stratford<br />
Cub Scouts (boys & girls<br />
8-10.5yrs), Thursdays 1st Stony<br />
Stratford Scouts (boys & girls<br />
10.5-14yrs), Tuesdays<br />
www.facebook.<br />
com/1stStonyStratford<br />
Email: alby@backstage.co.uk<br />
MUSIC<br />
Jazz – New Orleans Jazz Club<br />
With Good Time Jazz Trevor<br />
Jeavons. £3 entry on the door.<br />
01908 569432<br />
www. goodtimejazz.co.uk,<br />
08.00pm-10.30pm, 1st<br />
Wednesday of the month<br />
The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford<br />
Jazz Jam<br />
Terry Marshall (tenor sax) and<br />
The Hounds with other local<br />
musicians. The Fox & Hounds,<br />
Stony Stratford Free entry.<br />
8.30pm Every Thursday.<br />
Junction 14 Ladies A Cappella<br />
You don’t need to read music<br />
to have fun singing and<br />
entertaining. Singing for<br />
pleasure and to raise funds for<br />
club and charities. Rehearsals<br />
7.30pm Thursdays Drama<br />
Studio at Shenley Brook End<br />
Secondary School, Milton<br />
Keynes. To join:<br />
01908 678558. To hire:<br />
01908 667029<br />
bookings@junction14.org<br />
www.junction14.org<br />
MK Acapella Men<br />
Barbershop Chorus Rehearsals<br />
every Monday Stantonbury<br />
School, Bradville, Milton<br />
Keynes. To join:<br />
membership@mkacapella.com<br />
To hire:<br />
bookings@mkacapella.com<br />
www.mkacapella.com<br />
Milton Keynes Acoustic<br />
Music Centre Tuition in roots<br />
guitar, fiddle and penny whistle.<br />
Beginners to advanced, exciting<br />
projects – join a band. 1st & 3rd<br />
Thursday Community Centre,<br />
Britten Grove, Old Farm Park,<br />
Milton Keynes.<br />
johntimpany@aol.co.uk<br />
www.mkamc.co.uk<br />
Music Makers of<br />
Milton Keynes<br />
Choral music and singing.<br />
Rehearsals in Stony Stratford.<br />
7.30pm- 9.30pm Thursdays<br />
Call Teresa 07928156006<br />
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