Events and Groups October 2023
Events
Longhorsley Village Hall
Saturday 18th November – Table Top Sale
Think of it as an indoor car boot sale !!
Doors open at 9am for sellers to set up.
Open to the public (buyers) from 10am – 12 noon.
£10 per table - must be pre-booked and paid for in advance.
Email: janepringle125@gmail.com to book a table.
Tea/Coffee etc available. Guess the Name of the Toy and Tombola.
Entry fee: £2 per adult (includes a free cuppa)
Saturday 2nd December at 2pm – Christmas Get Together
Come and have some fun and try your hand at making a festive wreath.
Materials will be supplied, or bring your own to personalise your wreath.
Teas/Coffees, Mince Pies and Mulled Wine.
Places are limited so make sure to book - £25 pp
Contact: Anne Peat 07876 475536
Halloween Quiz in the Shoulder of Mutton
Tuesday 31st October at 7pm for 7.30pm start
With Quizmaster Mick Wake
In aid of the Longhorsley Village Hall. Entry: £3 per person.
Raffle donations kindly welcome. Please drop off at Village Hall.
“Fun with Flowers”
Longhorsley Village Hall
Friday 20th October 2.30 - 4pm
£5 per person - includes refreshments
Booking is essential, so we can provide the necessary equipment.
Contact Olive olivelight72@gmail.com or 07907 714455
No experience necessary.
Looking forward to seeing you - Olive, Dorothy and Shirley
The Longhorsley Ball
The 25th Ball is on Saturday 2nd December at Linden Hall.
Tickets are £50pp, which includes a glass of fizz, a three course dinner, close-up magician, fantastic band Shakedown and our amazing raffle.
Tickets are now on sale! Please get in touch.
Lizzy Prescott 07595 909510 and Karen Fish 07803 603376
Netherwitton Village Hall
Fri 6th October, 7pm-11pm: Pub night. Come and socialise with your neighbours.
Sat 7th October, 10.30am-12.30pm: Village Walk. Weather permitting there will be an organised walk around Netherwitton followed by food in the hall. £5 per person.
Thu 12th October, 5.30pm-7.30pm: Gardening Club. To be a social session and making plans for next year.
Fri 20th October, 7pm-11pm: Quiz for Maureen. £5 per person to include refreshments with additional donations to go to St. Oswald’s Hospice.
Fri 27th October, 9am-1pm: Crafty Friday, bring your own activity and enjoy a coffee with company.
Contact: Peter Pacepavicius 07785 577466 or see Netherwitton Village Hall Facebook page.
Highlights and Wingates Village Institute Hall present
Mon 9th October, 7pm: restart of our Ballroom and Latin-style Line Dance Classes (non-partner) with tutor Ken Yung. The 8-week term costs £45 pp for all sessions, payable in advance. Followed at 8.15pm by a ‘Taster Class’ of Ballroom and Latin-style Dancing for Couples costing £2 pp. You don’t have to bring a partner to either class.
Contact Louise Kirkwood 07710 453148 secretarywvi@rothbury.net or see Ken’s website www.foreveryungdance.co.uk
Thur 19th October, 7pm for 7.30pm: The Border Readers Present: “Murder, They Write”
An atmospheric autumnal evening of live readings of crime stories by professional actors Stephen Tomlin and Janine Birkett, who will be reading three wonderfully absorbing crime stories by Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards and Cath Staincliffe. See www.theborderreaders.co.uk for more information. There will be a licensed bar, tea and coffee. Book your tickets (£7 pp) with Louise Kirkwood (see above) or pay on the door.
Sat 21st October, 10.30am - 12noon: Heritage Coffee & Cake Morning
We will be sharing our current research on the history of our Village Institute. Come along and bring any photos or information you would like to share. Admission and coffee / tea are free, please bring cake or biscuits if you are able - donations to the Village Institute are welcome!
Sat 28th October, 2pm: Halloween Party
Includes: party games, fancy dress competition, food and drink, carved pumpkin contest, treats - no tricks!
Tickets £5, RSVP: Cath Bell 07931 036467.
Sat 18th November, 10.30am: Winter Wonderland Coffee Morning and Mini Christmas Market
£5 per table, to be pre-booked on 07501 383138
Sat 14th October, 10.30am: Tree of Life craft workshop (Highlights)
with Helga Putt of Colourbuzz Workshops. This half day workshop is a great introduction to working with wires and uses techniques and tools commonly employed in wire weaving and jewellery making.
£30 pp - places are very limited so book your place now (see below).
Sat 25th November, 7.30pm: Basset (Toronto based folk duo) (Highlights)
Tickets available: Adult £12, Child £6, Unwaged £10, Family £25 (see below).
Sat 9th December, 7.30pm: Believe! with Romany Diva of Magic (Highlights)
Tickets available: Adult £10, Unwaged £8 (see below).
Please contact Julie Famelton 01669 620512 famelton@rothbury.net or book online at www.highlightsnorth.co.uk for a small extra fee.
Wingates Village Institute Annual General Meeting
Wingates, Morpeth NE65 8RW
The AGM of the Wingates Village Institute (Charity No. 1088983)
will be held on Friday 24th November at 7.00pm at the Institute
This meeting is open to all
Doors and bar open at 6.30pm
A free drink will be offered to attendees before the meeting starts
If you think you might be interested in joining the Institute’s management trustee committee, please consider attending the AGM and putting your name forward.
The Northumbrian Language Society presents
on Saturday 14th October from 1pm
Northumbrian Dialect Dictionary Launch (1pm)
“A Northumbrian Wordhoard”
A new two-way dialect dictionary will be launched
by Society member Ian Lavery MP
The 2023 Roland Bibby Memorial Lecture (2pm)
Graham Bell, Morpeth-bred farmer and dialect songwriter
“Aroond the Rugged Rock”
a journey through the cornfields and coalfields of Northumberland
Morpeth Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth
FREE admission. Full disabled access.
Further details: northumbrianlanguagesociety.co.uk
Groups
More details about all groups are in the Groups Supplement that was distributed with the September 2021 edition of the newsletter.
Extra copies are available on the Back Copies page.
St. Helen’s Coffee Morning
Our next Coffee Morning will be held in the Church on Saturday 7th October at 10am. All are welcome.
There will be refreshments, stall and raffle as usual.
Mary Stephenson 788232
Walking Group
The walks are usually 4 to 6 miles long and it’s a good idea to bring a drink and energy snack on the walk.
In September we had lovely weather for our walks around Ingram and Shaftoe Crags (pictured).
The next upcoming walks are:
Monday 2nd October: Felton Fence, led by Leigh and Neil 787115
Thursday 19th October: Simonside Woods, led by Tracey 07528 014772
New walkers are always welcome.
For more information please contact Sheena & Jan 07801 005634
Longhorsley Local History Society
At our meeting in September the Local History Society were treated to a fascinating talk titled “The Berwick Photo Centre Collection 10 Years on”.
Cameron Robertson, from Berwick Records Office, told us about David Smith who started with the Berwick Advertiser and had a distinguished record as a photographer before setting up his own business, The Photo Centre, in the town. It was the place to go for all events and occasions and we saw many of the interesting photos illustrating life from the 1950s to the 1980s. Berwick Record Office took over the very large archive of negatives and are in the process of digitising them. They are also producing books of the photos for each decade.
Don’t miss our next talk in November, which will be about lifeboats.
Penny Ford
Keep Fit Class
Meet in the Village Hall - Monday mornings between 9.15 and 10.15 am. Our aim is to have fun while exercising. New members are welcome.
Shirley Forster is our Instructor and we are supported by Age U.K.
Mary Stephenson 788232
Longhorsley WI
Both Members and guests at our last meeting enjoyed the illustrated talk by Janet Dickson. She is a Printmaker, working in 4 different mediums from her Studio in Netherwitton, and draws her inspiration from gardens and nature. We welcomed the opportunity of purchasing some samples of her work.
Our next Meeting is on Thursday 5th October when we will be having a Film Night.
For more information contact: Audrey Wiggins, Secretary, on 788692 or swigginsa@btinternet.com
Ladies Lunch Group
The Ladies Lunch Group’s next outing will be to the Oak Hotel Alnwick on the 19th October at 12.30pm. Anyone is welcome to come along to enjoy a lovely meal and pleasant company.
If anyone requires a lift then please let me know at the email address below and I will try to help.
The Christmas lunch has been booked for the 14th December at Linden Hall at 12.30pm. I am letting you know now so that those wishing to attend can get it in their diaries as it’s such a busy month. We are hoping to get enough volunteer husbands to run everybody up.
Please let me know at francesmurphy48@gmail.com if you wish to attend either lunch.
Christian Vision for Men
The Christian Vision for Men group has monthly breakfasts at the Angler's Arms. Our next breakfast will be on Saturday 28th October at 8.30am. Our speaker that morning will be Nick Megoran from Newcastle University whose title is “Big Questions in an Age of Global Crises”. The charge for those attending the breakfast is £11.
For more information and to book a place, please contact
Jim Cockburn 01670 510130 jim.cockburn@btinternet.com
Northumberland Wildlife Trust - Coquetdale Group
We meet on the first Monday of each month from September to April at the Jubilee Hall, Rothbury. Outings/visits are organised in the summer months. Guests are very welcome and a fee of £5 is charged. Doors open at 7pm with tea and coffee available for a small donation.
2nd October at 7.30pm: “The Wood Age; how trees taught us to be human”, an illustrated talk by Max Adhams.
6th November at 7.30pm: “From Soil to Song” an illustrated talk by Charlie Bennett on his project of rewilding and how he got to where he is now.
Contact Conrad Chilvers 788351