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Centre Newsletter - March 2004

LYMINGTON PLAYERS
Saturday, March 20 in the Robert Hole Room at 7.30 pm. Club Night: 'Entertaining Ourselves'.
Tuesdays at 1.45 pm in the Beagley Room. Play Readings. New members always welcome. (Hon Sec: Hazel Gibbs on 622946)
LYMINGTON TRAVELLERS' CLUB
Monday, March 1 at 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm in the Wellington Room. Talk by Don Bradshaw ARPS, 'Realm of the Ice Bear'. Last meeting of the season. New members and visitors welcome. (671781)
LYMINGTON HEALING GROUP
Thursdays, March 4 and 18 from 2 pm in the Normandy Room. Come and experience healing to help shift those winter blues. All welcome. (Shirley on 615644)
LYMINGTON ARTS GROUP
Friday, March 12 at 7.30 pm in the Wellington Room. Demonstration by Dennis Hill on Beachscape in watercolour. Non-members welcome, £2. (644474)
LYMINGTON CAMERA CLUB
Wednesday, March 10. Donald Bradshaw comments on members' prints on the subject 'On the Move' and slides (free choice of subject). Trophy awarded for the best set of prints.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24.
AGM and members' presentations.
Meetings in the Phoenix Room at 7.30 pm. Visitors welcome. (623848)
SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB
Short Mat Bowls is for everyone-the fastest growing sport in the UK!
Monday March 8, 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm Open Day. Bowls provided. Footwear must be flat, smooth-soled and heel-less-some available. £2 per session.
CLUB PLAY:
Tuesdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm.
Mondays, March 15 and 29 at 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm.
Monday, March 22 at 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm and 7.30 to 9.30 pm.
All in the Wellington Room.
Membership details from Reception or Peter Bassett on 672579.
CINEMA
Members' bookable matinées: Weds March 3, "Love Actually", Weds March 17, "Cold Mountain", Weds 24 March, "Girl with a Pearl Earring". Note: 2.30 pm start. Tickets £3 each.
MARINE VHF (GMDSS) RADIO
Friday March 26 at 6.30 pm: a short upgrade course for those with the old style certificate.
Saturday March 27: one-day course for those new to marine radio. Details from the office. (672337)
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
Saturday, March 20 at 12.30 pm. Speaker Peter Greaves, former UNICEF staff member, on 'Over 50 years of Service to Children.' Optional light lunch £3. Talk starts at 1.15 pm. Open meeting. All welcome. (676093)
MILFORD-ON-SEA HISTORICAL RECORD SOCIETY
Thursday, March 25 at 7.45 pm in Milford Church Hall. 'Hengistbury Head' by Mr Graham Teasdill. (Hon Sec: Miss Bennett, 642022)
BEAULIEU CAMERA GROUP
Meets first and third Wednesdays at Beaulieu Village Primary School at 7.30 pm.
Wednesday, March 3 'Weather Permitting': taking pictures in all weathers. Slide talk by Philip George.
Wednesday, March 17. Irish Themed Evening and members' slides of the Emerald Isle. New members/visitors welcome. (689252)
LYMINGTON CARE GROUP
Thursday, March 25th at 3 pm in the Robert Hole Room. AGM followed by talk "Sailing for the Disabled" by James Venner. All welcome. Tea. (642674)
BROCKENHURST MUSIC SOCIETY
Tuesday, March 23 at 10.45 am to 12.30 pm at Parish Church Hall. Coffee Morning. Members, friends and supporters welcome.
(Bill Chainey 023 80 243339).
LYMINGTON & DISTRICT INTERNATIONAL TWINNING ASSOCIATION
Visiting Twin Towns, Vitre, France in May and Almansa, Spain in August this year. Interested? Phone Lynn Banfield on 622465 for more information.
LYMINGTON SPIRITUALISTS
Meetings held every other Wednesday 7.30 pm-9.30 pm in the Robert Hole Room. Demonstrations of clairvoyance and mediumship. Open meeting. All welcome. Free raffle. £2.50. (670192 or 614642)
LYMINGTON AND DISTRICT NATURALISTS' SOCIETY
Tuesday, March 9 at 7.15 pm. Illustrated talk by Brian Fletcher on 'Wild Flowers of Exmoor.'
Tuesday, March 23 at 7.15 pm. AGM and talk by
Adrian Butterworth: 'Amateur Naturalist at Large'. (622587)
RNLI LYMINGTON GUILD
Saturday, March 13 at 9.30 am-1.30 pm in St. Thomas Church Hall. Spring Market. Cakes, produce, etc. Refreshments. Donations (not clothing or electrical goods). Tel. 679205, 671132, or 673473.
CHRISTCHURCH & NEW FOREST NATIONAL TRUST ASSOCIATION
Monday, March 8 at 7.30 pm, New Milton Community Centre, 'The National Trust for Scotland' - Mrs Drysdale.
Thursday, March 25 at 7.30 pm, Lymington Community Centre, 'Romans and the National Trust' - J G Smith. All welcome. (01202 476279)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Wednesday March 10 at 7.30 pm. Speaker: Robert Pearce of Christian Aid on 'Sudan-Prospects for Peace'. All welcome. (673838)
ADULT EDUCATION
Spring Classes: Flower Arranging. Alexander Technique
Saturday Classes: Silver Jewellery, Soft Pastels
Art Talks: Hans Holbein, Titian. Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne.
At other Venues: Dressmaking, Chi Kung, Horse Ownership (level 3). (679457)
MUSIC AT BEAULIEU
Saturday, March 20 at 7 pm, Beaulieu Abbey Church. The Guildhall Singers 3. Tickets £8. www.musicatbeaulieu.org. (675268)
LYMINGTON FLOWER CLUB
Monday, March 1 at 2.30 pm. Presentation of audio-visual slides, 'Inspired by Nature'. New members/visitors welcome. (678094)
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE
Thursday, March 4 at 2.30 pm. Speaker from Southampton University Oceanography Dept. Visitors welcome. £2.
Thursday, April 1 at 2.30 pm, AGM and talk by Air Commodore John Mitchell on 'Flying with the Prime Minister and other VIPs in Wartime.' Members only. Both events at Brockenhurst Village Hall. (678790)
TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD
Tuesday, March 9 at 2.15 pm in the Robert Hole Room. Talk by Dr E Cantrell on 'Painful Feet'. Raffle, refreshments & Bring & Buy. Subscriptions due for 2004/5 (50th Anniversary). Visitors welcome. (674507)
FRIENDS OF ST. BARBE MUSEUM
Until Saturday, 13 March: 'An Alphabet of Animals'. Exhibition of works by Chris Wormell and Michael Turner.
Friday, March 5 at 7 pm in the Robert Hole Room. Lecture with slides by Mark Tomlinson, 'History of the Island of Jersey.' Refreshments 7 pm. Lecture 7.30 pm. Visitors welcome.
Friday, March 12 at 1 pm to 2 pm: 'The Seasons-a medley of music across the year' by Peter and Vicki Witham. Tickets £4 from the museum shop.
Saturday, March 20 until Saturday May 29: 'Sea Changes-Paintings by Richard Eurich in War and Peace'.
Museum open Mon-Sat. 10 am to 4 pm. (676969)
CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
Thursday, March 11 at 12 noon for 12.30 pm at South Lawn Hotel, Milford-on-Sea. Early summer fashions presented by Elliotts of Lymington. Tickets £25 for a 2 course lunch with wine and coffee. (Joy Poustie on 671449)
ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CAMPAIGN
Monday, March 22 at 12 noon in Milford Church Hall. New Forest Branch Lunch and Bring & Buy. £8. (0870 850 5000)
GRAHAM SAUNDERS
Sadly we announce the sudden death of Graham Saunders on Tuesday, 27 January. Graham will have been known as the recently retired proprietor of the Handyman Shop. He also taught Bridge at the Centre for many years and was an active Rotarian and President in 1977/78, being awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship for services to the local community in 1996.
CAR PARKING
A reminder that both the Centre car parks are for the use of Members who have purchased and displayed an LCA permit. Nearby free parking (on display of NFDC clock) for 2 hours behind Tesco and in Emsworth Road. All day parking behind Fairwinds Garden Centre, and near the Town Hall/Barfields (off Emsworth Road).
BRITISH RED CROSS
Saturday, March 20 at 9 am-5 pm at Lymington Red Cross Centre. Basic First Aid Course. For information call 01730 266426.
Monday, March 15 to Sunday March 21. Sponsored knitting event for Third World countries. For sponsorship forms and patterns phone Margery Bradley on 672641.
OAKHAVEN HOSPICE TRUST
Wednesday, March 24 and Wednesday May 26th at 2.30 pm to 4 pm. Open Afternoons. Tour, tea and cake. Phone Avril on 613026 if you would like to attend. All welcome.
Sunday, March 14 at 11 am-3 pm. Craft Fair at Brockenhurst Village Hall. Refreshments. Phone for more details or to book a table.
(Beryl Killeen on 638509)
PENNINGTON W.I.
Tuesday, March 9 at 7 pm in the W.I. Hall, Ramley Road. 'Signs of the Times'. Speaker: Kay Browning
Tuesday, March 16 at 7 pm-9 pm in the W.I. Hall, Ramley Road. Cheese and Crackers Evening. Competitions, light refreshments. £1.50. (674608).
HANTS WILDLIFE TRUST
Wednesday, March 3 at 9.30 pm to 12.30 pm. Morning bird watch at Keyhaven with Gerald Martin. Meet car park opp' The Gun Inn, Keyhaven. Stout shoes and binoculars. (674013)
Thursday, March 4 at 7.30 pm at the Centre. 'Experiences of a Wildlife Warden. (Members note re-arranged dates). Visitors welcome. £2 includes coffee and biscuits.(673899)
Sunday, March 14 at 10 am-12 noon. Guided Walk of Roydon Woods. Meet at Trust workshop, gravel track near Filly Inn.
[SU 307 004]. (622708)
TRESPASSERS' THEATRE COMPANY
Saturday 6 March at 3 pm and 7.30 pm in the Malt Hall. Samuel Beckett's 'Come and Go' and 'Footfalls', Harold Pinter's 'A Kind of Alaska.' Tickets £3.50 and £2.50 (concessions) from Leigh's Fabrics, High Street.
(678648)
NEW FOREST ORGAN SOCIETY
Tuesday, March 23 at 7.15 pm in the Church Hall, Milford-on-Sea, Chiho Sunamoto makes a return visit. Visitors welcome. £2.50. (612515)
NEW FOREST EVENING DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY
Wednesday, 10 March at 7.45 pm at Brockenhurst College. Lecture on Wren's City Churches by Hilary Williams BA. New members welcome. Visitors £4. (Pat Dexter on 023 8084 2037)
WEA
Courses now running in Philosophy, English Literature, History of Art, Egyptology, History and Music Appreciation. All welcome. Information: Tom Harding on 642358.
HANTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND
The Lymington Group have donated the 'Easy to Read' enlarger recently installed in the Library enabling the visually impaired to read documents, family photographs etc. for themselves. Library staff will be pleased to introduce newcomers to the machine which is hoped to prove a benefit to many. (622243)
DELIVERERS
Please note revised publication dates for 2004

Apr 23, May 28, June 25, July 23
Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 26, Dec 17

APRIL NEWSLETTER WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY APRIL 23 DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: NOON SATURDAY APRIL 10
Edition No. 577 : published and printed by Lymington Community Association.
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