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Interest Groups

Name of Group

Group Leader

Contact

Place

Vacancies

Times

Notes

 

BIG BAND & JAZZ

John Stemp

01284 702848

Great Barton Village Hall

Vacancies

10.00am last Friday

 

BIRD WATCHING

Rene Brown

01359 221359

Venues and times vary

Full

2nd Thursday

Contact group leader for venues

BOOK GROUP

Steph Miller and
Inger Petersen-Smith

01359 230096
01359 230265

Members’ homes

Vacancies

10.15am 2nd and 4th Thursdays

Please contact group leader for venues

CANASTA GROUP

Sue Russell

01359 231285

Members’ homes

Full

2.00p.m. 1st Tuesday

Please contact Group leader

CHURCH CRAWLING

John Robinson
 

01359 251078

Various locations

Vacancies

2.00pm 4th Tuesday

Contact group leader

COMPUTER GROUP

Judith Constantine

01359 241079

 

 

CRAFTS

Joyce Kirk

01284 705520

Moreton Hall

Vacancies

2nd Monday
am Winter
pm Summer

Contact group leader

 

FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Bob Mountfort

01359 235183

Cloverfields, Thurston

For support only

 

Contact group leader

FRENCH APPRECIATION

Frederick Spoun

01284 763885

Various members’ homes

Full

2.00pm every other Wednesday

Contact group leader

FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS

Frederick Spoun

01284 763885

Various members’ homes

Vacancies

10.30am every other Wednesday

Contact group leader

FRENCH
INTERMEDIATE

Frederick Spoun

01284 763885

Various members’ homes

Vacancies

2.00.pm alternate Wednesdays

Contact group leader

GARDEN VISITS

Barbara Milner

01284 761508

Venues and times vary

Open   

4th Wednesday

Contact group leader for venues

LOCAL HISTORY

Enid Reid

01359 221592

Genesta Drive, Thurston

Full

2.00pm

1st Tuesday

 

MAJ JONG

Christine Glover
 

01284 788075

Members’ homes

Full

2.00pm 2nd Thursday

Contact group leader

MUSIC LISTENING
AND LEARNING

Joy Bolwell

01359 231301

Cloverfields, Thurston

Vacancies  

2.30pm

3rd Friday

 

PARCHMENT CRAFT

Betty Clarke

01359 230153

Members’ homes

Full  

9.30am 2nd Wednesday

Contact group leader

PHOTOGRAPHY

Ken Weston

01359 244251

Lower Broom Road, Woolpit

Vacancies

10am 3rd Tuesday

     

SCRABBLE

Lillian Gow

01359 259470

The Institute, Woolpit.

Vacancies

2.00pm 3rd Thursday

 

SINGING FOR PLEASURE

Marion Canter

01359 230694

Woolpit Church

Vacancies

2.15pm  3rd Tuesday

 

SOCIAL HISTORY (Barningham Group)

Deidre Dobson

01359 221643

Millfield Road, Barningham

Full

2.30pm 2nd Tuesday

 

SOCIAL HISTORY (Thurston Group)

Christina Ruddock

07766 332273

New Green, Thurston   

Vacancies

10.00am 3rd Friday

 

THEATRE VISITS

Sue Russell

01359 231285

Various

Vacancies

 

Contact group leader

THEN AND NOW

Brian Milner

01284 761508

New Green Thurston

Full

2.00.-.4.00p.m.

4th Thursday

Please contact group leader  as sometimes there are outside visits/walks

TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Tony Sear

01359 230423

New Green, Thurston.    

Full

10.00am 2nd Monday

 

TRAV2

Bob Mountfort

01359 235183

New Green, Thurston   

Open

11.00am 3rd Monday

 

WALKS WITH AN INTEREST

Bryann Ward

01284 787508

Starting points vary

Full

10.00am 1st Thursday

See notice board at Monday lectures

SHORTER WALKS GROUP

Barry Wells

01359 259112

Starting points vary

Vacancies

10.30am 1st Friday

Contact  group leader

WATCHING WILDLIFE

Rob Parker

01284 705476

Starting points vary

Full

10.00am 3rd Thursday

Please contact group leader

 

WATER-COLOUR PAINTING

Roger Eburne

01359 240704

Pakenham Village Hall

Vacancies

2.00pm 1st and 3rd Tuesdays

Contact group leader