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EXHIBITIONS
LYNN: True’s Yard Museum:
Continues to Saturday, April 30, Royal King’s Lynn photographic exhibition, 01553 770479.
Greyfriars Art Space:
Saturday, 12-4pm, Tony Bellars “A Life With Birds”, continues to February 20.
Lynn Museum:
Continuing, Art of the Mart, 10am-5pm, 01553 775001.
WESTACRE: Westacre Theatre gallery:
Continuing to February 28, Garlinda Birkbeck photography, open air theatre production shots.
FAMILY
LYNN: Library:
Friday, 10am-12, Computer session for beginners, must book on 01553 761393;
Friday, 10.30-11.30am, “Read and Rabbit” fun book club;
Friday, 2-5pm, Job help free drop-in session;
Friday, 5.30-7pm, Harry Potter theme night, must book on 01553 761393;
Saturday, 9am-5pm, book sale, 01553 772568;
Saturday, 11-11.45, Norfolk Big Storytime record-breaking attempt;
Monday, 10-11am, Football focus monthly session;
Tuesday, 10.30am-12, Colour yourself calm;
Tuesday, 2-4pm, Introduction to word processing, £5, must book on 01553 761393;
Wednesday, 10am-12, Scrabble Club;
Wednesday, 2.30-3.30pm, King’s Lynn History Discussion Group;
Thursday, 10-10.30am, Baby bounce and rhyme time.
Gaywood Library:
Friday, 2.30-4.30pm, Stree-free colouring session;
Saturday, 11-11.45, Norfolk Big Storytime record-breaking attempt;
Monday, 10am-12, Scrabble club;
Tuesday, 10.30-11am, Baby bounce and rhyme time.
DERSINGHAM: Library:
Saturday, 11-11.45, Norfolk Big Storytime record-breaking attempt;
Monday, 1.30-3pm, Scrabble club;
Monday, 6-7pm, Crime book club monthly session, 01485 540181;
Thursday, 10.30-12, Knit and Natter drop-in session.
DOCKING: Ripper Hall:
Wednesday, 9am-1pm, weekly crafts and produce market.
DOWNHAM: Library:
Saturday, 11-11.45, join in with the Norfolk Big Storytime record-breaking attempt;
Tuesday, 1-3pm, Scrabble club;
Wednesday, 1.30-3pm, Keep Calm and colour in;
Thursday, 10.30-11.30am, Baby bounce and rhyme time.
EAST LEXHAM: Lexham Hall:
Sunday, 11am-4pm, Snowdrop walk and garden open, in aid of local churches, adults £5 children free; home-made refreshments, dogs allowed on lead, plants for sale, 01328 701341.
HUNSTANTON: Library:
Saturday, 11-11.45, Norfolk Big Storytime record-breaking attempt;
Monday, 10.30am-12, Colour yourself calm;
Monday, 2-4pm, The joy of Pinterest, tickets £5 must book on 01485 532280;
Thursday, 10.30am-12.30pm, Knit and Natter monthly session, 01485 532280;
Thursday, 2-4pm, Email for beginners, booking is essential, call on 01485 532280.
NORTH CREAKE: Creake Abbey:
Saturday, 9.30am-1pm, first farmers’ market of 2016.
OXBOROUGH: Oxburgh Hall:
Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am-12.30pm and 2-3pm, snowdrop walks in the grounds; free event but normal admission charges to the hall will apply.
SWAFFHAM: Library:
Monday, 10am-12, Getting started with email.
WEST DEREHAM:
Village Hall:
Monday, 7.30 for 8pm, Chinese New Year supper event, £5 per person, 07833 192629.
FUNDRAISING
LYNN: St Edmund’s School:
Sunday, 10am-1pm, car boot and table top sale, stallholders set up at 8.30am, £6 per car, £8 van/trailer/truck, 078656 92159.
North Lynn Discovery Centre,
Columbia Way:
Wednesday, 7.30pm, bingo.
St Raphael Club, Parkway, Gaywood:
Saturday, 10.30am, jumble sale, in aid of club funds;
Wednesday, 7.30pm, bingo, in aid of club funds.
BARROWAY DROVE: Village Hall:
Saturday, 7.30pm, quiz night in aid of hall funds, teams up to six, £4.50 per person (includes supper), bring your own drinks, 01366 324207.
CLENCHWARTON: Memorial Hall:
Saturday, 2pm, RSPCA jumble sale, 30p, children free, 01366 383751.
DENVER: Village Hall:
Friday, 7.30pm, bingo, for hall funds.
FINCHAM: Memorial Hall:
Friday, 7.30pm, quiz night, £2 per person teams up to six, bring your own refreshments.
St Martin’s Church:
Wednesday, 10am-noon, coffee morning, in aid of church funds.
FLITCHAM: Community Centre:
Monday, 7.30pm, Bingo in aid of Flitcham and Hillington senior citizens and children’s Christmas parties, 01485 600504.
HILGAY: Good Companions:
Saturday, 9.30-11.30am, Coffee morning, 01366 388158;
Tuesday, 7.30pm, cash bingo.
METHWOLD: Social Club:
Wednesday, doors 6.30pm, bingo 7.30pm, 077706 13880/078180 74683.
NARBOROUGH: Community Centre:
Friday, 7.45pm, bingo, for funds.
NORDELPH: Village Hall:
Friday, 7pm, bingo, in aid of hall funds, Daphne: 01366 324213.
ST GERMANS: Memorial Hall:
Friday, 7.30pm, bingo, in aid of sunshine club funds, 01553 617550.
SNETTISHAM: Memorial Hall:
Friday, 7.30pm, bingo, in aid of hall funds.
The Paddocks:
Tuesday, 7.30pm, charity bingo.
Salvation Army Centre, Alma Road:
Thursday, 10am-noon, Salvation Army coffee morning and stalls.
STOKE FERRY: Village Hall:
Friday, eyes down 7.30pm, cash bingo in aid of hall funds.
STOW BRIDGE: Village Hall:
Monday, 7.30pm bingo, for hall funds.
SWAFFHAM: Assembly Rooms:
Fridays, 9am-2pm, indoor market, free entry, 01760 725499, in conjunction with Iceni Partnership to raise funds for town events.
TERRINGTON ST JOHN: Scout Hall:
Saturday, 7pm, charity bingo.
WALPOLE HIGHWAY: Village Hall:
Friday, 7.30pm, Family bingo in aid of hall funds.
WATLINGTON: Village Hall:
Saturday, 7.30pm, quiz night in aid of church funds, entry £6, bring your own refreshments.
WEREHAM: Village Hall:
Wednesday, 7.30pm, bingo, in aid of hall funds, 01366 500218.
WEST WINCH: Village Hall:
Thursday, 7.30pm, bingo in aid of Buttercup Nursery funds.
MEETINGS
LYNN: Museum:
Wednesday, 2.30-3.30pm, talk with David Waterhouse, of Norwich Castle Museum, on “How to dig up a Tyrannosaurus”, must book on 01553 775001, £2 or free to museums pass holders and Friends of Lynn Museum.
Friends’ Meeting House:
Saturday, 10am-4pm, Memoir writing day with Sue Burge, 01553 692798.
Conservative Club, London Road:
Thursday, 8pm, Royal Air Forces’ Association, Lynn and District branch, 01553 764330.
Reffley Community Centre:
Friday, 1.30-4.30pm, Pro-Active Care Support activity and social group, 01553 816519;
Wednesday, 10am-noon, Reffley Art Group, all welcome.
Ouse Sailing Club, Ferry Lane:
Wednesday, 10.30am-12.30pm, King’s Lynn Collectors’ Club monthly meeting, 01553 671683;
Wednesday, 8.30pm, Renaissance Singles social club.
Providence Street Community Centre:
Wednesday, 7-9pm, Fenland Ukeleles (Flukes) group.
12th Scout Hut, Beulah Street:
Sunday, 1-6pm, King’s Lynn Roleplay and Wargames Club, 07704 161890.
CLENCHWARTON: Memorial Hall:
Wednesday, 7pm, Lynn Woodturners’ Club, 01553 763275.
DENVER: Village Hall:
Wednesday, 7.30pm, Denver Ladies Group monthly meeting, 01366 377223.
DOWNHAM: Town Hall:
Thursday, 2-4pm, Silver Threads Club.
Methodist Church Hall:
Tuesday, 7.30pm Downham Singers, all welcome;
Thursday, 2pm, Downham Family History Society monthly meeting;
Thursday, 7.30pm, Singers Inspired Capella Choir, all welcome.
Library:
Wednesday, 10am-1pm, Free drop-in information session by Community Action Norfolk.
Sovereign Centre, Trafalgar Industrial Estate:
Friday, 10.30am-12.30pm, Carers group meeting.
GRIMSTON: Village Hall:
Friday, 7pm, Lynn Model Railway Club.
HILLINGTON:
Ffolkes Arms:
Friday, 12.30pm, Young at Heart carers group lunch meeting.
HUNSTANTON: Library:
Tuesday, 1-4pm, Free drop-in information session by Community Action Norfolk.
St Edmund’s church hall:
Saturday 11am-1pm, CALM (Caring, Advising, Listening, Mentoring) Support Group session.
NORTH RUNCTON: Scout HQ:
Thursday, 7.30pm, Lynn Amateur Radio Club.
ST GERMANS: Memorial Hall:
Tuesday, 7-9pm, carpet bowls session, 01553 617418.
STOW BRIDGE:
Village Hall:
Wednesday, 7.30pm, Jive survivors dance group, 01553 617392.
SWAFFHAM: Community Centre:
Sunday, 6.30pm, Spiritual Awareness Group with Dave Summerton from Lowestoft.
Community Centre:
Tuesday, 10.30am, Wellbeing carers group.
TILNEY ALL SAINTS: Coach & Horses:
Thursday, 8pm, King’s Lynn Kruisers, classic, custom and American vehicle enthusiasts.
WALPOLE CROSS KEYS: Jephson Hall:
Thursday, 8pm, Misfit Molly dance group, all welcome, 01366 328422.
WEST WINCH:
William Burt Centre:
Sunday, 7.30-10.30pm, Jive survivors dance group, 01553 617392;
Monday, 7.30pm, Lynn Camera Club, “What is it, where is it?” fun competition, www.klcameraclub.org.uk
Tuesday 2-4pm, New-Lynn Dance Club, admission £3, 01553 760632.
Village Hall:
Tuesday, 7-9pm, King’s Lynn Photography Group.
PUBS & CLUBS
DERSINGHAM: Coach and Horses:
Thursday, quiz night, cash prize, 01485 540391.
DOWNHAM: The Cock Inn:
Monday, 8pm, poetry night.
Downham Club, Paradise Road:
Thursdays and Sundays, 7.30pm, bingo, 01366 382246.
HEACHAM: Fox & Hounds:
Thursday, 9.30pm, quiz night, 01485 570345.
HUNSTANTON: Waterside Bar:
Thursday, 9pm, quiz night, free, 01485 535810.
INGOLDISTHORPE: Sports and Social Club: Saturday, eyes down 8pm for bingo, 01945 773323.
SWAFFHAM: Conservative Club:
Wednesday, 7.30pm, bingo.
THEATRES & SHOWS
LYNN: Arts Centre:
Friday, 7.30pm, Saturday at 2.30pm and 7.30pm, The Yeomen of the Guard staged by West Norfolk G&S Society, tickets 01553 764864.
Corn Exchange:
Saturday, 7.30pm, The Elvis Years, £22, concs £21, 01553 764864.
HUNSTANTON: Princess Theatre:
Sunday, 7.30pm, The Unforgettable Show, £20/£21, 01485 532252.
WESTACRE: Westacre Theatre:
Friday and Saturday, 7.30pm, Issy Huckle in Bed Among the Lentils and Andy Naylor in A Chip in the Sugar (Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads), ticket details 01760 755800.
WALKS & TOURS
LYNN: Norfolk Area Ramblers’
Association, Lynn Group (info@kingslynnramblers.org):
Saturday, 10am, North Creake 6 miles, led by Alan C 01328 738142;
Sunday, 10am, East Walton 8.5 miles, led by Derek 01553 635013;
Tuesday, 10am, Old Hunstanton brisk 7 miles, led by Gerald 01485 532987;
Thursday, 10am. Old Hunstanton 5 miles, led by Angela and Dennis 01485 752458.
FIT TOGETHER WALKS:
West Norfolk and Breckland areas:
West Norfolk contact is Jackie Squires on 01553 616279; Breckland contact is Stephanie Middleton on 07771 618 565.
Friday, 10.30am, Lynn town walk, meet Lynn Library;
Sunday, 10am, Swaffham 2.9 miles, meet Buttercross car park;
Monday, 10.30am, Great Massingham 3 miles, meet opposite church;
Wednesday, 10.30am, Gaywood 1.5 miles, meet Gaywood library;
Wednesday 2pm, Downham, meet Leisure Centre;
Thursday, 10.10am, Ashill 2.8 miles, meet Community Centre;
Thursday, 10.30am, Southery 2.7 miles, meet Old White Bell;
Thursday, 11.45am, Lynn town walk, meet Providence Street Community Centre.
TWALK, Denver and Downham walk and talk group:
Walks start at 10am, call Ken: 01366 382310. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, meet Denver Village Hall; Wednesday and Friday, meet Downham Library.