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Charities Fair
Haslingfield Methodist Church is holding a charities fair where 15 charities will have stalls selling Christmas gifts, including jewellery, cakes, preserves, sweets, cushions, hand made gifts, Christmas cards. There will be children's activities. Bring along an item for the food bank or a filled shoe box for Operation Christmas Child. Refreshments available including light lunches. This year, the Fair coincides with the 100th Anniversary of the ending of the Great War and lots of villagers have been crocheting and knitting…
Find out more »Three Wine Men – Cambridge Christmas Tasting
Taste with the UK’s favourite wine personalities. Wine lovers of Cambridge unite! After the huge success of last year’s inaugural Cambridge Three Wine Men wine tasting, the UK’s best loved wine experts Oz Clarke, Tim Atkin MW and Olly Smith are back in Cambridge in November for this year’s wine extravaganza. Swimming in wine is their day job but what they love best is roaring around the country pouring the finest bottles for the wine lovers of Great Britain. What’s in store…
Find out more »Ely Fireworks
Come along to Ely's Fireworks. All funds go towards local charities and Global's Make Some Noise, Help The Heroes, Royal British Legion. The scouts will be running an 'epic' BBQ and local primary schools will be able to get involved with the Guy competition. Need more info. Go to elyfireworks.co.uk.
Find out more »Wandlebury Adventures: Stargazing
Take a wondrous night-time walk under the stars with your fellow adventurers and learn fascinating facts about the universe. The action-packed Wandlebury Adventurers takes place on five consecutive Monday evenings each term and you can sign up for a term (£60.00) or for an individual session (£14.00). Sessions will be, to a certain extent, child-led and once established the children will play a large part in choosing and creating activities. NB: For ages 8-12. Places limited so please book in…
Find out more »Live Soul/Funk Disco
Live Soul/Funk/Disco at The Portland Arms from Cambridge Soul Revue with Kip and the Crew and Soft Crunchy Landing. Tickets - £3.00 in advance and £5.00 on the door. For info go to http://theportlandarms.co.uk/wp/event/soul-funk-disco-night/?instance_id=9378
Find out more »‘The Drop’: an evening with Mick Herron
Heffers is delighted to welcome back thriller favourite Mick Herron, who will be here for an evening devoted to his latest Slough House book, The Drop. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Dagger Award-winning author Mick in the intimate setting of Heffers bookshop. Old spooks carry the memory of trade craft in their bones, and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from one pair of hands to another in a Marylebone café, he knows he's witnessed more…
Find out more »Mill Road History Society Talk – The Outbreak of Peace, 1918-1919
On 11 November 1918, at 11.00 am, guns stopped firing and peace broke out. Bells were rung, Cambridge rioted, and the war was over. But men did not return instantly; fighting continued in Russia, the Armistice was not, technically, a peace treaty, and many men would never return. Jo Costin will describe the end of the war and its immediate aftermath in Cambridge. The event takes place at Ross Street Community Centre. Doors open at 7.00 pm with the talk…
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