PROPOSED CHANGES TO Stansted Airspace
The Parish Council Clerk has leaflets and further information (including a DVD) about the proposed changes to Stansted Airspace. THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT US and the consultation period lasts until the 22nd of May. Further details will be on the Wickhambrook website shortly. In the meantime visit www.nats.co.uk/TCNconsultation for more information.

... APRIL

Tuesday 1st - BINGO
Start 7.30pm W.I. Hall

Saturday 5th - TRAIDCRAFT SHOP
10.00am - 12 noon in the Benefice Hall (next to Wickhambrook church).

Saturday 5th - Michael-the-Gentlemen’s-Barber

will be in the Pavilion lounge from 9am to midday.

Sunday 6th  - FARMERS MARKET
Local produce and products at the MSC from 9am to 1pm with the Centre Café offering teas, coffee and hot and cold refreshments from cheese and fruit scones for the discerning to irresistible hot bacon sandwiches for the hungry and indulgent.

Monday 7th - Memorial Social Centre : Trustees Meeting (changed from a management meeting).

7.30 in the Pavilion lounge. Tea/coffee and biscuits to start, then to business…. Fete plans to hear about. Some expenditure to approve. Project progress to please the ear. Important: New Hire Agreements to give some urgent thought to. These affect everyone, so please send a deputy if you cannot be there.

Tuesday 8th - WICKHAMBROOK W.I.
Rights of Way. Talk by Patrick Scrivens. 7.30pm in the W.I. Hall.

Wednesday 9th WICKHAMBROOK FETE 2008 : Meeting

Saturday 12th W.I. QUIZ NIGHT

at the W.I. Hall. £4 including Ploughman’s Supper. This is a popular event and so please book early - £10 deposit per team of four.

Tuesday 15th - HISTORY SOCIETY
‘Lord Nelson’ talk by Robert Borridge. 7.30pm in the WI Hall

Saturday 19th - THE THEATRE ROYAL : comes to Wickhambrook with their latest touring play ‘ART’. “A remarkably wise, witty and intelligent comedy… ‘Art’ has touched a universal nerve” (The Times). Is a plain white canvas art? Three old friends become embroiled in an increasingly personal argument. Art won the 1997 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Seating is limited and this performance will be publicised by a door-to-door leaflet drop throughout Wickhambrook. So don’t leave it too late to get your tickets (£10.50 and £9) from Thorns Corner Stores, or Box office tel: 01284 769505 or via www.theatreroyal.org

Sunday 20th - CAR BOOT SALE

1pm - 4pm on the Recreation Field (indoors if wet). Refreshments available. £5 a boot in aid of St Nicholas Hospice - to book call Roz 820757.

Monday 21st - HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
‘Flower Arranging with Fruit and Vegetables’ with Sally Swift. Start 7.30pm at the W.I. Hall. More details from Jackie on 820108.

Tuesday 22nd - STRICTLY COMES ... to Wickhambrook : First of the Ballroom Dance classes (for absolute beginners and ‘improvers’) which come to Wickhambrook for a trial 10-week term. Details in the Scene (which is free to members of the MSC Supporters Association) or from Elaine Simmons at Haverhill Learning Centre tel: 01440 712177. Only £56 for the whole course (£48 for the over-60s).

Thursday 24th - Parish Council Meeting
Start 7.30pm at the MSC Pavilion. Refer to the Parish Council noticeboard for an Agenda nearer the date.

... MAY

Saturday 3rd - Traidcraft Shop
10.00am - 12 noon in the Benefice Hall (next to Wickhambrook church)

Sunday 4th  - FARMERS MARKET
More local produce, products with refreshments available. Still with hot tasty snacks and tea, coffee and other refreshments from the Centre Café.

Sunday 4th - JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON : The Three Tuns, Cowlinge. Kerry Hodgkin Jazz Duo - Contemporary Jazz, Blues, Latin, Soul.
Live from 4pm. Entrance FREE

Tuesday 6th Bingo - Start 7.30pm WI Hall

Tuesday 6th - PARISH COUNCIL ESTATES COMMITTEE MEETING

Start 7.30pm at the MSC Pavilion. Refer to the Parish Council noticeboard for an Agenda nearer the date.

Saturday 10th Michael-the-Gentlemen’s-Barber will be in the Pavilion lounge from 9am to midday.

Monday 12th HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Coffee Evening and Bring and Buy. Start 7.30pm at the W.I. Hall.

Tuesday 13th - W.I.
Resolutions. W.I. Hall at 7.30pm

Thursday 15th ANNUAL PARISH MEETING : from 7.30pm in the MSC Pavilion lounge.

Sunday 18th - CAR BOOT SALE

1pm - 4pm on the Recreation Field (indoors if wet). Refreshments available. £5 a boot in aid of St Nicholas Hospice - to book call Roz 820757.

Sunday 18th FAMILY OPEN EVENT (FREE) : 2pm - 5pm at Wickhambrook Bowls Club, Recreation Ground. Try your hand at Bowls - open to all. Bring your friends and family for some fun and enjoy a cream tea too! Please wear/bring flat shoes such as trainers. More details from Elaine on 01440 821721

Tuesday 20th History Society
’History of Sanitation’ talk by Tony Redman. 7.30pm at the W.I. Hall.

Thursday 22nd - Parish Council Meeting
Start 7.30pm at the MSC Pavilion. Refer to the Parish Council noticeboard for an Agenda nearer the date.

CHARITY DANCE : June 13th 
Tickets will be on sale from the 12 of May to the 6th of June for the next Charity Dance, featuring 60’s Band The Fortunes plus a disco. Doors open 7.30pm til Midnight at the MSC (over 18’s only). Tickets are £12 and will be on a first come, first served basis due to popular demand. Call Roz on 01440 820757, Lyn on 01440 820155 or Jan on 820481. Proceeds to St Nicholas Hospice.

THE SCENE : A far better source of information, detailing virtually all the community activities throughout the village, is the Wickhambrook Scene – a bimonthly village magazine which is delivered free to members of the MSC Supporters Association (currently to most houses in the village). Membership is £8 per year (for the whole household). Phone Patrick on 01440 821367 or Steve on 01440 820520 for information on how to join.

ALL SAINTS CHURCH

All are very welcome to join us at 9.30am for our Sunday services at All Saints Church Wickhambrook, and around the Benefice.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of the next rector of the Bansfield Benefice. The Reverend Stephen Abbott will join us in September. For further details please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/ab6/bansfield/benefice/abbott.html

Click here for service dates and times

Traidcraft shop is available in the Benefice Hall (next to Wickhambrook church) on the first Saturday morning of each month, 10.-00am - 12 noon. A wide selection of consumable goods are available to buy, as well as chance for a chat at the coffee morning. All welcome.

For further information about any of the above please visit the Benefice website
http://www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/wickhambrook/