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Local boy and multi-award winning comedian Matt Richardson – as seen on Celebrity Coach Trip, Dancing on Ice and The Xtra Factor- presents the very first night of a new Comedy Club at The Beacon.

Headlined by Milton Jones – the weirdo one-liner merchant in a crazy shirt is not to be missed, the first time Wantage has seen this well known comedian! He’ll be supported by Jen Brister – QI, Live at the Apollo and dozens of other shows.

*All acts may be subject to change

For further details:-

For safety reasons, Oxfordshire County Council will be shutting each of its centres for two days – although never at the same time – to allow for deep cleaning and essential maintenance to take place. This includes jet washing the sites and structures, repainting lines and safety areas, as well as other general work to improve the customer experience.

The closing dates are:

• Alkerton (Banbury)     Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 March
• Ardley (Bicester)       Thursday 23 and Friday 24 March
• Dix Pit (Stanton Harcourt)     Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 April
• Drayton (Abingdon)     Thursday 30 and Friday 31 March
• Redbridge (Oxford)     Monday 17 and Tuesday18 April
• Oakley Wood (Wallingford)     Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April
• Stanford (Faringdon)     Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 March

All closures are on quieter weekdays to minimise disruption, and sites will reopen at 8am the following day. Residents are asked to plan ahead, ideally holding on to their waste until the site reopens or, if that is not possible, visiting one of the neighbouring sites.

More information can be found on the Oxfordshire County Council website (click), including details of your nearest alternative site during the closures.

Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza!

Magicians, time travellers and all-round spiffing chaps Morgan & West have a secret past – they are genuine, bona fide, legitimately qualified scientists, and are bringing their love of enlightenment to the stage!

Expect explosive thrills, chemical spills and a risk assessment that gives their stage manager chills, all backed up by the daring duo’s trademark wit, charm and detailed knowledge of the scientific method. Leave your lab coats at the door it’s time for Unbelievable Science!

On TV Morgan & West have fooled Penn & Teller (Fool Us ITV 1), competed to be the Next Great Magician (ITV 1), and even attempted to escape The Slammer (CBBC).

Please note: Morgan & West take full responsibility for any horizons broadened, passions enflamed or minds blown during the course of the show.

Tickets £12 adults, £10 Children

★★★★★ “Put quite simply…great science with hilarious hosts!” – Primary Times

★★★★ “hugely talented” – Daily Mirror

★★★★ “superbly crafted – The Stage

For further details:-

• Call To Book 01235 763 456

• www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on

Meetings are usually in the Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA.

Meetings held on the 1st Thursday of the month at 7.30pm, unless otherwise stated.

Membership £15 per annum. Visitors £3.00 per meeting.

Contact Pamela P to find out more:-

• www.uffington.net/clubs-asso-cns/garden-club (click)
• or email: [email protected]

2023 WHITE HORSE GARDENING CLUB PROGRAMME

• APRIL 6^th

Talk – Perfect Pelargoniums

By Heather Godard-Key who is a multi-award gold medal winner for her displays of pelargoniums.

Fibrex Nurseries hold the national collection of Pelargoniums.

www.fibrex.co.uk

• MAY 4^th

Talk – Hostas

By Peter Savage from Bowdens Nurseries.

Hold 125 RHS gold medals.

www.bowdenhostas.com

• SATURDAY MAY 20^TH – Uffington Plant Sale Trail

10am – 2pm

• JUNE 1^st

VISIT - Littleworth village gardens at 6pm

Social evening including wine & nibbles. Free to members. Visitors £3.00

• WEDNESDAY JUNE 7^TH

VISIT Morning: Suggestion - Stonor Park, Henley on Thames RG9 6HF

(By own arrangement – free to NT and HH members)

Afternoon: Kidmore House, Garden and Vineyard, Chalkhouse Green Road, Kidmore End, Reading RG4 9AR.

2.30pm includes tour and refreshments. £12 per person. Min – 8 Max - 25

www.kidmorevineyard.com.

• SUNDAY JUNE 11th

UFFINGTON GARDENS OPEN. £5 per person. Refreshments. Raffle.

UFFINGTON FUN DAY including DOG SHOW & CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES

In aid of St Mary’s Church and the White Horse Gardening Club.

• FRIDAY JULY 7^th

VISIT – Morning: Old Court Nurseries LLP & The Picton Garden

Michaelmas Daisies Specialists since 1906

Old Court Nurseries, Walwyn Road, Colwall WR13 6QE

10am for 10.30am. £7 per person. Entrance, tour and refreshments.

autumnasters.co.uk

VISIT - Afternoon: 2pm. Little Malvern Court. Little Malvern WR14 4JN.

£12 per head to include house and garden. Refreshments available at café.

In a magnificent setting in the Malvern Hills, overlooking the Severn Valley, Little Malvern Court is a 15th century former Prior’s hall and a courtyard of adjoining monastic buildings – the garden has terraces that were laid out in the 1980s, devised by Arabella Lennox Boyd and Michael Balston.

www.littlemalverncourt.co.uk
 

• AUGUST – FREE
• SEPTEMBER 7^TH

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND TALK – KEW GARDENS

By Matthew Biggs. Gardener, writer and broadcaster, BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. Television researcher, presenter and director, written or contributed to over ten books on subjects ranging from houseplants to unusual vegetables and on historic subjects including 'Secrets of Great Botanists'. www.matthewbiggs.com

Visitors £5.00

• SATURDAY 9^TH SEPTEMBER

VISIT TO WISLEY FLOWER SHOW BY COACH? TBA

OCTOBER 5^TH

TALK – A Spoonful of Herbs (Part 1) From sowing and growing to harvesting and preserving

By Lynda Warren, Education Consultant, Author and Researcher.

www.lyndawarren.co.uk
 

• NOVEMBER 2^ND

TALK – Gardening with Ornamental Grasses

By Katherine Crouch, Garden Designer, Chelsea Gold Medal winner

(“Gardens are in my blood…and under my fingernails”)

www.katherinecrouch.com
 

• NOVEMBER 30^TH

CHRISTMAS MEETING AND TALK - GREAT DIXTER By Fergus Garrett www.greatdixter.co.uk

Visitors £5.00

NB: No December Meeting.

Further information: Pamela - [email protected]

“Emily” tells the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Bronte. The film stars Emma Mackey as Emily, a rebel and misfit, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights.

• Certificate: 15
• Tickets £6

This screening includes a 15 minute interval during the film where you can enjoy a drink from The Beacon Bar.

Future films at the Beacon:-

For further details:-

AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF SPARSHOLT PARISH COUNCIL

to be held in Griffin Memorial Hall on

Tuesday 18th April 2023 starting at 7.30pm

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1. tbc.

Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy by arrangement with Curtis Brown presents

CLIVE ANDERSON: ME, MACBETH & I

• Tickets £20
• Time: 7.30pm

The host of Whose Line Is It Anyway, Loose Ends and Talks Back takes to the road with his much-anticipated first ever solo tour, in a one-man show guaranteed to be funnier than Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.

‘A complete delight’ ****

The Telegraph

‘An assured and entertaining show’ ****

The Times

For further details:-

• Call To Book 01235 763 456

• www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on