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West Norfolk History Society Programme
Secretary and Treasurer Peter Ward 01553-765527 Gaywood Church Rooms Oct
7th | David Higgins
| A Town Transformed
The 19th
century remaking of King's Lynn | Nov 4th
| John Dominy | Norfolk Building
Flint &
Gingerbread Stone | Dec 2nd
| Michael Begley
| Topic to be announced | Jan 6th
| Elizabeth James | St. Faith's Church and Saint
| Feb 3rd
| AGM
| Social Evening | March 3rd
| David Grimes
| King's Lynn - Part 3
Illustrated
talk | April 7th
| Kate Parker | A Journey to London
| May 5th
| Paul Richards | Topic to be announced | June 2nd
| Andrew England
| Interesting individuals associated
with West Norfolk during the Great War | July 5th
? 12th
| ? | ? | All meetings at the Gaywood Church Rooms commence at 7.30pm. Visitors Welcome
Friday, September 12, 2008
September Events in West Norfolk
More events coming up in September, that we have not yet had time to include on the What's On page ... September
Events in West Norfolk | Date | Contact
Number | | King's Lynn Corn Exchange | Various | 01553 764864 | | King's Lynn Arts Centre | Various | 01553 764864 | | Princess Theatre, Hunstanton | Various | 01485 532252 | | Westacre River Studios and Theatre | Various | 01760 755800 | Guided Walks, King's
Lynn Town Guides.? Meet at Tales of the Old Gaol House, Saturday
Market Place.? No advance bookings necessary, all walks start at 2pm
every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. | Various | 01553 774297 | Singers Inspired,
Downham Community Choir, Methodist Church Hall, Paradise Road, Downham
Market, 7:15pm | 4 | 01945 430440 | Painting with Acryllics,
Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre.? Painting boats and coastal
landscapes with Bob Larking at Brancaster and Burnham Overy Staithe.?
All abilities welcome.? Booking Essential | 5 - 7 | 01485 210719 | Deaf Association
Craft Fair, Town Hall Hunstanton. | 6 | 01485 532402 | The Magic of the
Musicals, Oxburgh Hall. 7:30pm - 9:30pm.? Proceeds of concert to
Oxburgh Gardens.? Booking essential.? | 6 | 01366 328258 | Farm Tours, Pensthorpe.?
Find out how to run a conservation grade farm on this special land rover
tour with Bill Jordan.? Limited Spaces.? | 6 | 01328 851465 | Robbie Williams
Tribute. ?Live at the Bandstand on The Green, Hunstanton | 7 | 01485 535150 | Wild about Autumn,
WWT Welney.? Learn to identify autumn waders and hopefully pick up
a migrating rarity.? Booking Essential. | 7 | 01353 860711 | Craft and Plant
Fair, Elgoods Brewery and Gardens.? 10am - 4pm | 7 | 01945 583160 | Titchwell non-birders
Guided Walk, RSPB Titchwell. ?Free event starts at 15:00 | 8 | 01485 210779 | Sushi Intermediate,
Simms Reeve Hall, Brancaster 71 Club, a follow up course to Sushi for
beginners, 7pm - 9pm ?20 per person.? Booking Essential visit the website | 11 | ?07948 627243 | Game Fair &
Country Show, Sandringham.? Country sports and pursuits fair.? | 13 - 14 | 01283 820548 | Heritage Open Day, King's Lynn. ?The chance to see some of the town's historic
buildings not normally open to?the public.?? | 14 | 01553 763044 or 01553 763983 | King's Lynn Town
Band, Live at the Bandstand in the Walks, King's Lynn. 2pm till
4pm | 14 | 01553 768930 | In Your Dreams (Duo).?
Live at the Bandstand on The Green, Hunstanton | 14 | 01485 535150 | Massed Morris Dancing,
Thornham.? The King's Morris and their guest teams dancing at 3 pub
venues starting at The Old Coach House at 11.30am, The Orange Tree at
12.15pm and The Lifeboat Inn at 1pm. | 14 | 01553 768930 | Coal Shed Gallery
Exhibition, Hunstanton.? Exhibition of railway photographs and memorabilia.?
A collaboration between the Hunstanton Civic Society and Arts Development | 17 - 30 | 01553 764864 | Royal British Legion
Show, The Town Hall, Hunstanton. | 18 | 01485 532402 | French Market, Tuesday
Market Place, King's Lynn.? 9am-5pm. Goods available include fresh
bread, cheese, garlic, charcuterie, olives, wines, crepes, biscuits,
jams, sauces, handbags, clothing, jewellery, basketwork, wooden sculptures,
enamelware, terracota ware, dried flowers, pot pourri, tablecloths and
soap. | 19 | ?01553 616202 | Exhibition of Local
Artists, The Green Quay, King's Lynn.? In aid of the Mayor's charity
appeal for East Anglian Children's Hospices | 19 - 28 | 01485 534670 | The Sandringham
Stroll, by Wood Green Animal Shelters, Sandringham Country Park
Registration is ?10 e-mail info@woodgreen.org.uk | 20 | ?08701 904090 ext 307 | Trash or Treasure,
The Green, Gayton Thorpe.? Bring along your treasures and get advice
from the experts, Refreshments, stalls, music?and games too. | 20 | 01553 636253 | Fick n Finn (Duo).?
Live at the Bandstand on The Green, Hunstanton. | 21 | 01485 535150 | French Market, Southend
Car Park, Hunstanton. 9am-5pm. Goods available include fresh bread,
cheese, garlic, charcuterie, olives, wines, crepes, biscuits, jams,
sauces, handbags, clothing, jewellery, basketwork, wooden sculptures,
enamelware, terracota ware, dried flowers, pot pourri, tablecloths and
soap. | 21 | ?01553 616202 | Flower Festival,
Peckover House.? A special 60th anniversary flower festival using
seasonal foliage, flowers and produce from Fenland. | 20 - 24 | 01945 583463 | Autumn Arts &
Crafts Festival, St Nicholas Church, Dersingham. 10am-5pm.? Coaches
by prior booking,?visit the website | 25 | 01485 544561 | King's
Lynn Poetry Festival?
At the Green Quay, King's Lynn.? Robert Crawford, Ruth Fainlight,
Michael Hulse, Elizabeth Smither, (New Zealand Poet Laureate) Helen
Ivory, Louis de Berniere with his father Piers Alexander, Alan Sillitoe,
Alan Jenkins and Will Stone.? | 26 - 28 | 01553 691661 | Burnham Market Concerts,
Burnham Thorpe, Concert to celebrate the 250th anniversary of
Nelson's birth.? String Quartet and?Soprano (to be announced), the
programme includes world premiere of a work by Joseph Phibbs. | 27 | 01728 602216 | Hunstanton and District
Festival of Arts Craft Fair, The Town Hall, Hunstanton | 27 | 01485 532402 | Living History,
Oxburgh Hall.? A presentation by aardvark productions of Elizabethan
England.? Centred around an important household as it responds to the
war in Spain. | 27 - 28 | 01366 323258 | Nelson Celebrations,
An evening of entertainment celebrating the 250th anniversary of Nelson's
birth, The Green Quay, King's Lynn, Tickets ?14 including supper, Advance
Booking Essential. | 28 | 01553 818500 | March Brass 2000.
?Live at the Bandstand on The Green, Hunstanton | 28 | 01485 535150 | West Norfolk Minors
Club, On the Green, Hunstanton. | 28 | 01485 535150 | Labels: events
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