EVENTS & DAY TRIPS

2023

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Monday September 11th
Matlock shops, riverside fish and chips followed by Tansley garden centre.

Monday October 9th
Denby pottery and lunch

Saturday November 11th
Swing Band evening

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2019 Events

Monday 9th December

Christmas lunch at Portland training college Eastwood Suite

Monday 14th October: Ten Pin Bowling.

Ten Pin Bowling at Mansfield Superbowl 1pm.

Monday 9th September: Masson Mills or Cromford Mill Trip

Followed by fish and chip tea at Matlock Bath. Buses leave from Kirkby Festival Hall at 12 noon.

Monday 23rd September: Masson Mills or Cromford Mill Trip

Followed by fish and chip tea at Matlock Bath. This second trip is to make sure that those who

couldn't make it on the 9th, don't miss out. Buses leave from Kirkby Festival Hall at 12 noon.

Monday 30th September: Forget-Me-Not Choir

1.30 - 2.30pm at the Trinity Centre Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

If any of our members love to sing then this is for you. The choir is really just an informal gathering for everyone to sing familiar songs together. It's all just a bit of social fun!

Saturday 5th October: Forget-Me-Not Fundraiser.

Please come along and support us as we raise funds for the group in the Hive in the Four Seasons shopping centre in Mansfield. We will be there most of the day from 10am.

There will be a tabletop sale, a children's Halloween photo booth and a raffle to win a Halloween party bundle. Please come along and say hi!

Monday 29th April: Derby Garden Centre

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2018 Events

23rd April

Trip to a garden centre with a cuppa and a cake included.

30th April

Garden Centre or Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum

11th or 25th June

River Trent cruise & Afternoon Tea

13th August

Woodies Wings at our new venue, St John's church hall, Skegby Road, Kirkby Woodhouse.

10th Sept

Carsington Water

24th Sept

Newark Air Museum

5th November

Ten Pin Bowling at Mansfield Superbowl

10th December

Christmas lunch

2017 Events

February 20th:

Visit from Richard (Fidler & Pepper solicitors) talking about Power of Attorney

27th February:

Ten Pin Bowling Trip

24th April:
Trowel Garden Centre Trip

15th May:
Music Quiz

19th June:
Jene Alle re healthy housing

28th June:
Peak Railway Trip

5th August:

Coffee Morning at Anne Hammerton's. Contact Joan Sharp for details

7th August:

Woodies Wings

http://www.woodies-wings.org.uk/

'Close encounters of the feathered kind’

Woodie’s Wings is a registered charity that looks after captive bred birds, mainly parrots and owls, that are no longer able to be cared for by their current owners.

We visit many different shows, fairs and fetes during the summer months and during the winter are happy to give talks about the birds.

21st August:

Jenelle re Healthy Housing

11th & 25th September:

Masson Mill Or Cromford Mill With Fish & Chip Supper.

Members can choose from one of these dates for a lovely trip to either Masson or Cromford mill and then be picked up later for a fish and chip supper in Matlock Bath.

Masson Mill

Cromford Mill

16th October:

Talk by Andy Oxnard about Fire Safety

13th December:

Christmas Lunch at Portland Training College

2016 Events

December 19th:

'Name that tune' and music by Ann Hill

December 14th: Christmas Lunch

The John Eastwood Suite, Portland Training College

November 21st:

Trevor Lee - Singer and Instrumentalist

14th November:

Ten Pin Bowling Trip

17th October:
Mobile Mini Zoo

12th September and 26th September:
Masson Mill Shopping trip and Fish & Chip tea at the Riverside restaurant, Matlock Bath. Anyone who preferred to go to Cromford Mill instead were dropped off there and picked up later in time for the fish and chip tea.

Monday 23rd May & 27th June: Cruise on The River Trent.

On the Nottingham Crusader + Afternoon tea included

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