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1 The Timsbury Letter Sheep Invasion by Clive Smith PUBLISHED BY TIMSBURY PARISH COUNCIL No: 468 March 2018 timsbury.org.uk

2 Monday 5th March Friday 9th March Parish Council Meeting St Mary s School Science Fair Conygre Hall 7 30 pm St Mary s School pm Saturday 10th March Seedy Saturday Conygre Hall 10am-2pm Saturday 10th March Craft Fair Camerton Hall 10am- 1pm Sunday 11th March Saturday 17th March Saturday 17th March Thursday 22nd March Saturday 24th March Mothering Sunday at Tabor Church Jumble Sale Easter Cards and Gifts Sale Luncheon Club Proposed Refurb Discussion Tabor Chuch 11am Service 4pm Free Afternoon Tea Conygre Hall am South Road Methodist Church 10am-12pm Conygre Hall 12 30pm St Mary s Church 1am-12pm Thursday 29th March Saturday 31st March Maundy Thursday Service Easter Egg Hunt Methodist Church South Road 3pm St Mary s Church 2-4pm 2

3 Welcome to the March Timsbury Letter Features this Month A Fond Farewell to Eric Brimble Page 4 Seven Stars to Celebrate First Anniversary!- Page 17 St Mary s School to Host a Science Fair!- Page 13 Fitness, Health and Wellbeing in Timsbury Page 18 Village News Get Active in Timsbury become a Parish Councillor The Parish Council is your community council and you can have a say and support initiatives in a way that makes a difference. Currently, 12 residents volunteer and new Councillors are welcome to take up this opportunity from April. The PC is a legal body which has been going since 1894(!) and raises its 70,000+ annual funds mainly a from a Precept which is added to your Council Tax. It has monthly meetings and is not connected to a church. So, if you want to contribute your ideas in your community see timsbury.org.uk/parishcouncil and contact the Chairman on Allotments Available There are a few plots available to rent for only 15/year. Anyone who wants to grow their own fresh vegetables and fruit on this friendly well organised site off Lippiatt Lane should contact the Allotments Committee Secretary Sandra Heward sandra.heward@btinternet.com. 3

4 Buses and Transport to Timsbury The Parish Council is appealing for a new long-term approach to providing buses and transport for the village. This is in response to B&NES consultation to cut their subsidy of the 768 and late 179 services. Withdrawal of support will make things worse, but retaining it will not provide a decent answer to the problems. This is causing dependence on cars resulting in more traffic into towns. Elderly and vulnerable residents can be isolated, and workers find it difficult to get in and out of this large village. The Parish Council suggests that B&NES Council and the new West of England Combined Authority (the Metro Mayor) should consider a long-term commitment to reliable integrated rural transport services through: A wider range of travel options such as shared taxi systems, community transport and car share schemes, all linked up. Using new powers in the Bus Act 2017 to provide what communities need, not the bus companies. Improved timetables and better publicity for bus and other services. The Parish Council already donates to some community transport and Dial-A-Ride services in the village Centenary Commemorations This 11 th November is the centenary of the end of the First World War and the village is planning to mark this with a range of activities and hopefully some improvements to the memorial in Lippiatt Lane. Anyone who would like to offer help or ideas for activities working with the Parish Council and the Royal British Legion please get in touch with Chris Gittins below. See more from the Legion on page 27. Planning Application Decisions Made by B&NES Council Comments by the Parish Council on these can be seen on the B&NES website, in the PC Minutes at: timsbury.org.uk/parishcouncil/ meetings and on noticeboards. 17/06022/FUL Wembury, North Road, Timsbury, BA2 0JN Demolition & replacement of existing sun room to the rear and erection of a first-floor rear extension over existing. PERMITTED 4

5 Next Parish Council Meetings 7.30pm on Mon 5 th March and 9th April Tyning Room, Conygre Hall, North Road. Agenda and previous Minutes can be seen on: and on noticeboards outside fish & chip shop in Newmans Lane and in the Conygre Hall. The public can attend though need permission in advance to speak. Chris Gittins Clerk to Timsbury Parish Council timsbury.parish.clerk@gmail.com The deadline for the April issue is Monday 12th March Please send your articles and adverts to: Felicity Groves ; newsletter@timsbury.org.uk Have something you would like to say or promote? Get in touch! We would love to hear from you. 5

6 Eric Brimble We were saddened recently to learn of the death of Eric Brimble, one of our most distinguished and very long serving Parish Clerks. Eric held this position for 35 years, from , a time of significant change and development in both the village and the work of the Parish Council. Eric s minutes of all Parish Council meetings now form part of an important archive kept in the local Record Office. For many years these were hand written to be read aloud for approval at the start of each subsequent meeting. During the 1970s they began to be typed and distributed to all Parish Councillors. At this time, in addition to a typewriter the Parish Clerk also acquired a telephone, both signs of a move into another, more recognisably modern age. The decision to issue The Timsbury Letter created another monthly job for the Parish Clerk, that of typing and reproducing the magazine on a Gestetner machine ready for delivery around the village. Eric was very involved in establishing the Allotment Field in the mid 1970s. I remember seeing him in his muddy Wellington boots busy measuring and marking out the plots. He also knew and walked the many footpaths in the parish and regularly reported those that required attention. We remember with much respect a man who quietly worked so hard for the village he knew and served so well and we send our condolences to Freda and the family. Veronica Packham Chairman Timsbury Parish Council 6

7 EASTER EGG HUNT at St Mary s Church pm Saturday 31 st March Egg Challenge! Can you create a vehicle to transport an egg safely the length of the Church? Prizes for the fastest and safest! Make at home or create at the church per child for Egg Hunt. Refreshments to buy, donations for craft activities. Info. Rosanna

8 Village Church Services for March Congregational Church North Road (with full wheelchair access) Secretary: Maureen Cox Sunday 4th March: 10 30am Lin and Len Wills Sunday 11th March: 10 30am Mr and Mrs Fry (Mothering Sunday) Sunday 18th March : am Paul Graham Sunday 25th March: 10 30am United Service at St Mary s Knit and natter: 1st and 15th March from 1 30pm-3 30pm. If transport is needed then please call Maureen. We look forward to seeing regulars and welcome newcomers too. St Mary s Parish Church Sunday 4th March: 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 11am: All age service Sunday 11th March 8 am Holy Communion (CW) 11am: Holy Communion Sunday 18th March 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 11am: Morning Praise 4-4 :30pm: Four Craft, music, fun and tea! Sunday 25th March: 8am Holy Communion (CW) 10 45sm: Palm Sunday Procession with Donkey from Conygre Green. Followed by Parish Communion at 11am. Friday 23 rd March pm Kids Crazy Club at the YMCA Hall, North Road. Friday 30th March (Good Friday) 2pm Walk of Witness to the Miners Garden, followed by an hour at the Cross ( at St Mary s Church). Every Wednesday 9.30am Holy Communion at St Mary s Church. Every Friday (Term-time) am St Mary s Tots Group at St Mary s Church. Games Lent Study Course: All Things are Possible The Benefice of Timsbury (Including Priston, Camerton and Dunkerton churches) are running a Lent Study Course for the 5 weeks of Lent on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm. Open to all. Please contact the Rector for details. Starting Wednesday 21 st February Revd Martin Blewett, Benefice of Timsbury with Priston, Camerton & Dunkerton. The Rectory, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0EJ. (01761) martinblewett@gmail.com 8

9 Methodist Church South Road Minister: Rev. Martin Slocombe 46 Ludwells Orchard, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7XW. Tel: martin.slocombe@methodist.org.uk Sunday 4 th March: 10.30am Mrs Cathy Edge Sunday 11 th March 10.30am Mr Paul Trembling Sunday 18 th March 10.30am Rev Martin Slocombe. Holly Communion Sunday 25 th March 11am Palm Sunday at St Mary s Church. Thursday 29th March 3pm Maundy Service, Martin Slocombe. Frances Nicholson (Secretary) OPEN DOORS coffee/tea & cake every Wednesday from 9.15 until 12 noon. Everyone Welcome. Tools Amnesty Clear out all those old and unused hand and power tool for Tools for Self Reliance a charity which refurbishes them and donates them to help young men learn a trade to earn a living and support their families. Collection point at South Road Methodist Schoolroom on Wednesday mornings Tabor Free Methodist Church Pastoral Matters: Eric Barge Secretary: David Carter: Sunday 4th March 11am Mrs R Blewitt. Flowers: Mrs B Newth Sunday 11th March: 11am Mrs M West. Coffee to follow and foodbank donations. Flowers: Mrs V Rhodes Sunday 18th March: 11am: Mr E Barge (Holy Communion). Flowers: Mrs M Moon. Sunday 25th March : 11am Palm Sunday Service at St Mary s Church. Thursday 29th March: Maundy Thursday Service. 7pm at 7 Rectory Close, Farmborough. Good Friday (30th March): 11am: Mrs M West. Followed by Fish Lunch 9

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11 Minister s Letter By Martin Blewitt Easter Sunday is a Movable Feast. (A term I was disappointed to discover, when younger, that did not refer to a church picnic.) As we know, Easter can vary in the year by almost a month from the end of March to almost the end of April, a variation that has long frustrated educationalists trying to accommodate school terms with religious holidays, hoteliers depending on good weather over the Easter break for good profits and confectioners having to plan the production and supply of chocolate to changing annual deadlines. Be prepared for a crash-course in ancient history, astronomy and complex mathematics: The events of Jesus death and resurrection occurred around the Jewish festival of Passover, and so since the earliest years of the Church, the Christian Easter has been regulated by the date of Passover, with the difference that Christian s celebrate on the Sunday, the first day of the week as opposed to Shabbat, the seventh day of the week. The date of Easter is calculated (to simplify a complicated formula) by being the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox (21 st /22 nd March). So it follows that Easter Day can fall anywhere in a 28 day lunar cycle. Only it s not quite that simple: to be precise you need to use a rather complex algorithm! In order to simplify and rationalise the calendar and our year planning, the churches are considering whether the time has come to designate the celebration of Easter on a fixed date each year. A position that traditionalists will no doubt be staunchly against, whilst others will argue that it is a long overdue change! Whatever the uncertainties about the date, the where and the when, Christians from the earliest days were convinced and of one mind about the what, and that was that Jesus who had died was now alive again. He who had died had conquered death, and this is the central belief of all Christians in all churches in all centuries Christ is risen: He is risen indeed So whatever our feelings about the when of Easter, may I wish you a real sense of the what: May you have a very happy Easter. (This year, 1 st April, if you were wondering.) 11

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15 Timsbury WI You could have mistaken our February meeting for a scene from BBC 'Casualty'. our speakers came from Casualty Union a group from Bath who are well practised in making realistic wounds and injuries as well as 'playing the part', sometimes for hours, to enable first aiders and others to have experience of major Incidents. We welcomed five new members and are happy to have visitors to our monthly meetings. Our next meeting is : Thursday March 1st 7.30pm Conygre Hall Michael Malaghan!It shouldn't happen to writer Competition A Limerick timsbury.womensinstitute@gmail.com Please look us up on Facebook (Timsbury WI) to see all the other On Friday 9th March St Mary's primary school is having an open afternoon as part of Bath Taps into Science. The children will host their own science fair, showcasing the work they have been doing this term with support from University of Bath scientists and engineers. The event is open to the whole community. Please do come along and see what the children have been doing. Start time 1:15pm until 3pm. This event is from Science week' St Mary s Science Fair Returns! British funded by a grant 15

16 Timsbury Theatre Group by Peter Buchanan The Group is following up last year s successful comedy whodunit Agatha Crusty and the Village Hall Murders with another murderthemed play. This one is an Intriguing thriller Curtain Up on Murder by Bettine Manktelow. An amateur dramatic company are rehearsing in their theatre at the end of a pier. But, as in all thrillers, the best laid plans of mice and men have a habit of going horribly wrong sometimes with fatal consequences. With a classic thriller set-up a group of people trapped, underlying tensions within the group, the obligatory storm and no means of communicating with the outside world the sequence of unexpected and unexplained deaths will keep the audience on the edge of their seats right up to the end. As the drama unfolds, secrets are revealed and tensions magnified as the players are forced to spend the night together in what appears to be a haunted theatre, with a murderer in their midst! The cast is led by George Clark and Paige -Alex Lee-Edmunds, with Peter Buchanan, Ian Clark, Jo Jewell, Suzanne Morys, Emily Webber and Sharon Wilkins taking the other parts. Curtain Up on Murder will be on stage at the Conygre Hall on Friday 23 rd and Saturday 24 th March and at the Mission Theatre, Bath on Tuesday 27 th and Wednesday 28 th March. All performances start at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at 10 (reserved seats in Timsbury, unreserved in Bath). Call or text or visit to book. The Group will be making use of some new lighting equipment for this production. The Group and the Conygre Trust have jointly invested in a set of LED floodlights, which can be remotely controlled to produce a wide range of colours and will of course use considerably less electricity than the conventional fittings they replace. We meet every Tuesday at the Conygre Hall from 7.45pm. We are very keen to welcome new members to appear in productions or help with the vital backstage jobs such as stage management, costume, lighting and sound. If you're interested in joining us, come along on a Tuesday evening or call Pete Crooke (434479) or Peter Buchanan (471818). 16

17 The cast of "Curtain up on Murder" relaxing during a break in rehearsal. Meadgate Farm Shop Join us for Mother s Day! Open 10-4 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Cream Teas 17

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19 The Seven Stars Dry January? No thanks! By Rich Sturgess We lost ten of our favourite drinkers to this Dry January initiative. Dammit! And they were welcomed back with open arms when 1 st February arrived with one of them falling off the wagon on the 19 th Jan better luck next time, mate! The 6-Nations has also kicked off now and we re showing every game on TV in our pool room. It was very busy for the first England game not so much for Wales. This last month has flown by and we saw our very own Luke performing his amazing mix of world music and rhythms to a packed pub, and even got a few locals up to join in on percussion and keyboards well done, Rob and try a bit harder next time Christian! Two of the firm staples of the pub are the petanque pistes at the end of the garden and we have about 40 locals in the local league who play three evenings a week throughout the summer. A few are a bit raucous but I put it down to their age the most mischievous is about 80 and enjoys a few real ales on every trip! And to celebrate last year s season they are having a rather large bash at the pub in March we ve ordered extra gin so don t worry! March 17 th this year is a very special day for the pub and not just because it is St Patrick s Day or the final day of the 6-Nations, but it will be the 12 month anniversary of me opening the pub can you believe it is a year since the whole village descended on the Seven for some well deserved drinks after a 7 week refit?! The whole team will be here that day and I ll try and get Abbie back to see some of you locals, but Corinna can t get a flight back from Thailand that day unfortunately! Are you coming? We d love to see you! 19

20 Fitness, Health and Wellbeing There are lots of classes, activities and treatment practitioners in the village to enjoy and support you in your health, fitness and wellbeing. These are now listed on the website: Balance Yoga, circuits, stretch & roll, Salsa-size at studio Loves Hill Best Foot Forward walking group Twice a month from Conygre Hall. Drop in and free. Contact St Mary s Surgery Body Benefit exercise with your babies Tuesdays 9.30 at the YMCA with Louise Bennett. Bootcamp Tuesdays 6.30pm, and Thursdays & Fridays 9.30am on the Conygre Creative Wellbeing Group in Conygre Hall every Monday 1-3pm with Sirona mhsls@sirona-cic.org.uk Exercise Class in Conygre Hall 9.45 every Wednesday Gym & Circuits at the YMCA. Weds 2-9pm. Thurs 5-9pm. Fridays 7-11am. Circuits Weds 6.30pm Nutrition at the YMCA 1st of the month 7.30pm with Laura Hilton. Pilates: in the Conygre Hall 9.30 every Friday laurahiltonpt.com Singaholics at the YMCA. Fridays 11.30am (term time) with Caroline Lowe. singahlolics.co.uk Slimming World in Conygre Hall 6.30pm every Wednesday. Contact Jackie or via website. All About Me relaxation, reconnect for women class at YMCA Thursdays 11am with Sam Thorp Sunrise Therapy sunrisetherapy1@gmail.com. Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing TMW at the YMCA Thursdays 7-8pm drop-in with Mercedes Nunez Universal Yoga wide variety of local classes, therapies, massage & reflexology for all ages, including for mothers. universalyoga.co.uk Yoga for Pregnancy Wednesdays pm Dunkerton Parish Hall and other classes. Emma Farrell ww.yummymummyyoga.co.uk Yoga at the YMCA Mondays 6.15pm gentle class; 7:15 energy class with Kat Weston. Contact: katweston@gmail.com Zumba with Karen Thursdays at Camerton Community Hall, 7-8pm. Fridays at Tunley Recreation Centre, 7-8pm 5. Facebook: Zumba with Karen 20

21 Therapies and Treatments Chiropodist with Elaine Hale Counselling with Rowan Long Counselling & Hypnotherapy with Sam Thorp Sunrise Therapy Hypnotherapy with Isabelle Arnold isabellearnold.co.uk Pura Vida Holistic Therapies Remedial & Relaxation Massage Therapies and Holistic Facials on a mobile basis. Lindsay Cope Shiatsu Healing with Mercedes Nunez Total Synergy Beauty treatments, sports massage & more Health & More in the High Street sells local and whole foods, supplements and much more: healthandmoreonline.com Timsbury Pharmacy New Services Your community pharmacy in the High Street is now designated by the NHS as a Healthy Living Pharmacy, working closely with the doctors surgery. They are trained to provide advice on minor health concerns and support national health campaigns. They now provide the following extra services: Repeat Prescription Collection Medical Healthcare Advice Medicines Use Review Smoking Cessation Flu Vaccination Emergency Hormonal Contraception Disposal of Unwanted Medication

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23 Timsbury Horticultural Society Ofsted Registered, we care for children from 0-11 years 7.30am -6pm Mon-Fri term time Tabor Church, North Road, Timsbury Daycare for all your needs, flexible hours Funded spaces available (15 OR 30 hours per week) Preschool Sessions, Nursery Care. Breakfast and After School Club. All day/half day holiday sessions For more information please call Nicky on or us at Due to the early copy date for the March issue this will be shorter than usual and before the Christine Walkden talk which I hope you all enjoyed. Our March meeting at the YMCA hall will be a Gardeners Question Time followed by the Annual General Meeting. In April John Tucker will be talking on Let s Grow Vegetables. April 14th features our Annual Spring Show at Conygre Hall from 10am till midday and is a chance for everyone to come in for some refreshments and check out the displays from daffodils to potted plants. In May, Sally Gregson is visiting us again and we hope will explain the intriguing title of her talk. Shady Ladies and Damp Damsels. Our summer show schedules are being prepared and all being well will be out in May. More can be seen at timsburyhorts.webplus.net 23

24 Easter Cards and Gifts Sale Saturday 17th March Timsbury Methodist Church (South Road) 2 for 1 on gifts, lovely cards and bric a brac also on sale All proceeds for Bibles for Children Refreshments and cake available 24

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27 Timsbury Natural History Society by Rod Bruce When you are reading this, our Field Trip to Slimbridge will be over. We will have seen the Over- Wintering Wildfowl in the Estuary and the WWT Ponds for the permanent Residents, having taken advantage of the Hides and the Paved Footways, a welcome feature after some of the sites we visit and the ability to wear walking boots instead of wellies. In reality I am writing this prior to the visit to meet publishing deadlines. A full List of our sightings will be, as usual, displayed in the Log Book we maintain and which can be perused at the Monthly Meeting in the Conygre Hall. Our speakers will be Stewart Rowden and Kiri Green. New Speakers as far as we are concerned but practised ones from other Natural History Groups. Their subject will be Bats. It's years since we last heard about bats when our talk was by Bob Howard a much loved former Chairman and vet who had a Bat Roost in the Attic of his Keynsham Home and who wrote a book on the subject. Bob passed away several years ago. Martin Hunt, another dedicated servant of the group, will also be missed. We said our final good-byes to Martin at Heycombe on January 25 th where a full Chapel reflected how much he was loved and admired. It was fitting that during the Service a Heron passed across the Picture Window, of all that Martin loved about nature Birds were his favourite. As we entered the Chapel a recording of Birdsong played instead of the usual entry music. Some say that Birdsong is Music to the ears anyway. At the February Meeting we will have been enlightened regarding Buzzards. Robin Prytherch will have updated our knowledge of these predators which are more prevalent than previously. Our March Field Trip will be to RSPB Swell to see the Heronry, who's inhabitants should be well into their nesting occupations. Hopefully on the way home we will see a repeat of our last time when we had a good sighting of the Cranes We will meet in the Car park at on Saturday 24 th, neatly avoiding the bank Holiday weekend. See you there? 27

28 LIVING ALONE? Next luncheon club 22 nd MARCH Weekend dog walking service in Camerton, Timsbury and all surrounding areas Solo or group walks available every Saturday and Sunday. 10 per hour. Fully insured and canine first aid trained. Conygre Hall To book for food/ transport

29 Soldiers Celebrating News of Armistice The 4 August 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the day Britain entered one of the costliest conflicts in history the First World War, which ended on the 11 November 1918, Armistice Day. Nearly everyone in the UK has an ancestor directly affected by the First World War, and all of us live with its effects today. The losses were felt in nearly every UK town and village, as more than 1.1 million lives were sacrificed by men and women in service of the British Empire. The Royal British Legion was founded by British veterans in the aftermath of the First World War, and will be at the forefront of Centenary commemorations. As we come together in Remembrance of events a century ago, we are reminded of the important welfare work the Legion continues to provide today, and will need to provide in the future. A century on from the First World War, those serving in the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families still call on us for help with almost every aspect of daily life. The problems facing First World War veterans when they returned to the UK continue to affect serving personnel and veterans today: whether living with bereavement or disability, finding employment, or coping with financial stress. As the UK s Custodian of Remembrance, the Legion will be leading the nation in respecting the sacrifices of the First World War. As the UK s largest Armed Forces charity, the Legion will be leading the nation in providing direct care and support to Armed Forces and veteran families in need. Help us to catch the torch from the First World War fallen to hold it high today. Visit to participate, donate, or shop. Thank you. 29

30 Timsbury Wives March 14th Members Evening March 28th Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard Shaun McCornick South Road Methodist School rooms 8pm 30

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33 Jumble Sale Saturday 17th March am, Conygre Hall Craft Fair 10th March 10am-1pm Camerton hall Stalls, Toy Tombola, Cakes and Tea! In Aid of Timsbury Pre School In Aid of Children s Hospice South West Dear Editor, Anyone following the recycling vehicle each week will see the trail of litter and devastation left behind by the crews. When emptied the bins are thrown in any nearby garden leaving residents to sort their bins from their neighbours. I appreciate the crew numbers seem to have been cut back considerably recently putting the crews under more pressure but I don't think that entitles them to rudeness. Nor does it mean we should have to endure littered streets and litter blowing around the countryside, which is dangerous for both wildlife and farm animals. Yours sincerely, Sheila Moss. This reminder is helpful as litter from recycling has gone up. Residents and the Parish Council's litter picker Les Robbins have to pick it up. Any comments should be addressed to B&NES via or 'report it' on their site. Parish Clerk. 33

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38 CONYGRE HALL SESSIONS March 2017 TIMSBURY SHORT MAT BOWLING CLUB MONDAY 10.00am to 12.30pm TUESDAY 7.00pm to 9.30pm THURSDAY 7.00pm-9.30pm MONDAY RUGBY TOTS CREATIVE WELLBEING PARISH COUNCIL Main Hall Bowls Court Tyning Room Every Week Every week 5th 4 pm 1pm 7 30pm TUESDAY BALLETT Main Hall 6th, 13th & 20th 4 15 pm OVER 60S Main Hall 6th & 20th 1 30 pm THEATRE GROUP Main Hall Every week 7.30pm WEDNESDAY GOLDEN OLDIES Main Hall 7th 11am EXERCISE CLASS Main Hall Every week 9 45am SLIMMING WORLD MH Room Every week 6.30pm PILATES Bowls Court Every week 6.30pm BADMINTON Main Hall Every week 7 30pm THURSDAY TIMSBURY ART GROUP Bowls 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd 2pm ART GROUP 2 Bowls Court 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd 10am THEATRE GROUP Main Hall 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd 7 30pm 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd FRIDAY PILATES T Room 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd 9 30am ART GROUP Main Hall 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd 9 30am SATURDAY BALLET Bowls 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th 9 45am 38

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