Events 2019
Monthly meetings are held at 2.00pm on the Last Wednesday of each month at the E T Foakes Memorial Hall, Stortford Road, Dunmow. They will include a Speaker and news of 'What's On', the opportunity to meet our Group facilitators and to view suggestions for new interest Groups
Note - Event dates for Groups are provisional. Always make contact with the Group Leader to confirm an event is taking place as adverised.
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| Dates for your Diary | ||
|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | ||
| Fri Feb 28th | Art | 9-11, 11-1 Dourdan Pavilion |
| March 2020 | ||
| Mon Mar 2nd | Walking | Short walk of 4 miles in Hatfield Forest meet Dourdan 10am or Green Man Takeley Street at 10:20 led by Jenny |
| Tue Mar 3rd | Wine Appreciation | WAG2 monthly meeting - DEBBIE |
| Tue Mar 3rd | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Wed Mar 4th | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| Thu Mar 5th | Garden | Visit to Beth Chatto gardens, Details on garden page. |
| Fri Mar 6th | Art | 9-11, 11-1 Dourdan Pavilion |
| Mon Mar 9th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Laurie Page – Talk: Palaeography (old handwriting) – brief talk with hands-on experience of deciphering old wills. (£5 fee) |
| Tue Mar 10th | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Tue Mar 10th | Outings | The Making of Harry Potter — Warner Bros. Studio tour, Leavesden. One place remaining. |
| Tue Mar 10th | Whist | Whist in Day Centre from 2 - 4 pm |
| Wed Mar 11th | Science | Visit to Suffolk Energy from Waste Centre 10 a.m. |
| Fri Mar 13th | Art | 9-11, 11-1 Dourdan Pavilion |
| Sat Mar 14th | Latest News | 60s Rock Music Concert to the Beaucrees in HRS Tickets from Mike Best 01371 872290 |
| Mon Mar 16th | Walking | Cherry Land Garden Centre, Braintree CM77 8AE meet 10am at Dourdan or garden centre at 10:20 led by John |
| Tue Mar 17th | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Tue Mar 17th | Photography | 2 pm at The Community Hub Topic - Harlow |
| Thu Mar 19th | Garden | Visit to Perrywood Garden Centre. Details on Garden group page. |
| Thu Mar 19th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- 'The Storm' |
| Fri Mar 20th | Art | 9-11, 11-1 Dourdan Pavilion |
| Tue Mar 24th | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Tue Mar 24th | Whist | Whist in Day Centre from 2 - 4 pm |
| Wed Mar 25th | Meeting | Emily Yarrow — Cabaret Singer. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| Wed Mar 25th | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| Fri Mar 27th | Art | 9-11, 11-1 Dourdan Pavilion |
| Mon Mar 30th | Walking | Panfield area 5 miles finishing at Bell Inn led by Mike |
| Tue Mar 31st | Wine Appreciation | WAG1 Sparkling Wines at Patrick's |
| Tue Mar 31st | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| April 2020 | ||
| Wed Apr 1st | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| Wed Apr 1st | Outings | 9 to 5 the Musical. SOLD OUT - names being taken for the waiting list |
| Thu Apr 2nd | Garden | Visit to Capel Manor |
| Mon Apr 6th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Tracing your London ancestors. |
| Tue Apr 7th | Wine Appreciation | WAG2 monthly meeting - HAZEL |
| Tue Apr 7th | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Tue Apr 14th | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Thu Apr 16th | Garden | Plant Swap |
| Thu Apr 16th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Fri Apr 17th | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| Tue Apr 21st | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Tue Apr 21st | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Reflections, and if time permits we'll need cameras and a model for 'Portrait' ( if nobody volunteers, I challenge anyone to take a good portrait of me - Peter T) |
| Wed Apr 22nd | Outings | UPSTART CROW (names being taken for the waiting list) The hilarious adaptation of Ben Elton's comedy, 'UPSTART CROW' comes to the Gielgud Theatre. See the website for details. |
| Wed Apr 22nd | Outings | A day out in London's West End. £20 Taking names for the waiting list. See the Outings page for full details |
| Sat Apr 25th | Science | Visit to P&A Wood motors. 10.a.m. |
| Tue Apr 28th | Line Dancing | Priors Green Hall Little Canfield |
| Wed Apr 29th | Meeting | Speaker: Anthony Poulton-Smith — What's in a Name? The Origins of English Place Names. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| Wed Apr 29th | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| Thu Apr 30th | Garden | Visit to Myddleton House. |
| May 2020 | ||
| Mon May 4th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Finding out about illegitimacy/bastardy & adoption records. |
| Tue May 5th | Wine Appreciation | WAG2 monthly meeting - SONIA |
| Fri May 15th | Garden | Visit to National Flower Show at Hylands Park |
| Fri May 15th | Outings | A day out in South Kensington - £20 per person Full details online. |
| Tue May 19th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Patterns |
| Thu May 21st | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Fri May 22nd | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| Wed May 27th | Meeting | Speaker: Sophie Biebuych — Hearing Dogs. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| Thu May 28th | Garden | Visit to Field Cottage, Stebbing |
| Thu May 28th | Outings | New Hall vineyard tour and wine tasting. Taking names for the waiting list. |
| Fri May 29th | Cycling includes Electric Cycling | TBA |
| June 2020 | ||
| Mon Jun 1st | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Robert Parker – Talk: Newspapers & directories. (£5 fee) |
| Tue Jun 2nd | Wine Appreciation | WAG2 monthly meeting - GLENDA & PETER |
| Thu Jun 11th | Garden | Visit to Dene Court |
| Tue Jun 16th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Southend Pier |
| Thu Jun 18th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Sat Jun 20th | Science | Visit to Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge Open Day. 12.30 p.m. |
| Wed Jun 24th | Meeting | Speaker: Linda Scoles — The Yanks Are Coming: An American’s View of a Suffolk Village. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| Thu Jun 25th | Garden | Visit to Kelvedon Hall |
| Fri Jun 26th | Outings | Blenheim Palace Flower Show (A tour of the Palace and grounds and entry to the flower show) details to follow. |
| July 2020 | ||
| Tue Jul 7th | Wine Appreciation | WAG2 monthly meeting - VICKY |
| Tue Jul 7th | Outings | Only Fools and Horses: the Musical Tickets on sale from April 2020 |
| Thu Jul 16th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Tue Jul 21st | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Wild Life |
| Mon Jul 27th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings DNA – what can you find out & should you share it. |
| Wed Jul 29th | Meeting | Speaker: Keith Baldwin — All the Queen’s Horses and All the Queen’s Men: the men (and women) who guard Her Majesty. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| August 2020 | ||
| Tue Aug 18th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Treasure Trail There'll be cryptic clues to direct you round Dunmow, to sites where you will need to take 'inspired' photographs. They'll be issued soon. This will need to be done before the meeting, so we can see the results. |
| Thu Aug 20th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Mon Aug 24th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Overcoming brick walls. |
| Wed Aug 26th | Meeting | No August meeting — see you in September. |
| September 2020 | ||
| Tue Sep 15th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Abandonned Buildings |
| Thu Sep 17th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Mon Sep 21st | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Robert Parker – Talk: Early parish records – the Parish Chest. (£5 fee) |
| Wed Sep 30th | Meeting | Speaker: Dr James Taylor — Forgotten Art of the Comic Picture Postcard, 1840s to 1950. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| October 2020 | ||
| Thu Oct 15th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Sat Oct 17th | Latest News | Quiz Night for U3A and Friends in Foakes Hall |
| Mon Oct 19th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Finding your ancestors’ military service records. |
| Tue Oct 20th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Churches |
| November 2020 | ||
| Wed Nov 4th | Meeting | NOTE CHANGE OF DATE! Speaker: Tony Harris is Winston Churchill. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| Mon Nov 16th | Family History | 4.15 pm @ The Maltings Sarah Doig – Talk: A job for life, the history of apprenticeship & guilds. (£5 fee) |
| Tue Nov 17th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Architecture |
| Thu Nov 19th | Creative Writing | Monthly meeting 2.00pm in the Private Dining Room at the Angel & Harp, Church End. Writing Topic:- tba |
| Wed Nov 25th | Meeting | Speaker: Jean Fullerton — District Nursing Before the NHS. Starts at 2 pm at E T Foakes Hall, Great Dunmow. |
| December 2020 | ||
| Tue Dec 15th | Photography | 2pm at The Community Hub Topic - Night |
| Wed Dec 30th | Meeting | No December meeting. Have a wonderful Christmas — see you in January! |
| February 2029 | ||
| Wed Feb 21st | Nature Walks | Guided walk round the gardens of Easton Lodge at 2.30pm |