Category: entertainment and leisure news

THE AGE of STUPID film to be screened in Chinnor!

This much acclaimed Climate Change blockbuster will be shown at the Village Centre in Chinnor on Thursday 8th October, 7.30 ? 10pm.

The drama?documentary stars Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: Why didn?t we stop climate change while we had the chance?

The Guardian called the Film “The first successful dramatisation of climate change to hit the big screen,” and The Ecologist magazine said, “Knocks spots off An Inconvenient Truth.”

Tickets cost

Litter Pick and Picnic (Bring your own)- Saturday, September 19th 2209 – 10.30 am to 12pm – Meet at The Moat.

Collect bags, litter pickers and vests.

Return to enjoy your picnic with other Lea Park Residents.

Blood Donor Session at: The Village Hall, Church Way,
Haddenham – September 22, 2009;

Session times are: 13.00 – 14.55 & 15.45 – 18.25

ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES. The 5 year old artsmart School of Art, which is based in Beaconsfield, is launching a new 10 week course in Haddenham, at the Village Hall, on September 23 (1.30-3.30pm). Drawing 4 Absolute Beginners will be led by tutor John Harrad, who holds a B.A. from Brighton College of Art and has over 30 years experience of Adult Education teaching in Art and Design. For details call 01494 670372 or look at www.artsmartuk.com.

The Tai Chi and Gentle Exercise Monday morning classes run by Buckinghamshire Adult Learning start again on September 21. For details and bookings a place call 0845 045 4040.

You can learn about ?Real Life in an Ancient Egyptian Village?, with tutor Rosalind Janssen, at a 7 week WEA course on Wednesdays (1.30-3.30pm) in the Methodist Chapel starting on September 23. Call Carole Fryer on 01296 748538 for details and bookings.

Thurs 10th Medical Centre. Haddenham Medical Centre will be closed for staff training (from 12.30pm). Emergency cover will be provided.

Thurs 10th Climate Change. The climate change pressure group Climate Rush will be joining forces with Transition Thame and District in the lounge area of the Red Lion pub (7-10pm) for an evening on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (Dec 7-18th 2009). This will be an opportunity to learn about what is going on in the lead up to Copenhagen, and particularly about ?The Wave?, the big climate change march in London on December 5.

Sat 12th ?Ride and Stride?. If you would like to sign up to take part in this year?s sponsored cycle ride, horse ride and walk, contact Richard on 292463. Half the money raised goes to a church of your choice and half to Bucks Historic Churches Trust.

Sat 12th Best Kept Village. Vice Lord Lieutenant Jenny Hopkirk will be presenting the Pushman cup for Best Kept Village (3000+ population) just before 4pm, at Church End Green.

Sun 13th Aylesbury Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, Fruit and Vegetable Society has its annual show at Haddenham Village Hall (2-4.30pm).

Sun 13th Simply Walk. A reminder that the monthly Sunday walks have been cancelled due to the leader?s ill health. The walks will be re-instated if a new leader comes forward. Call Terry on 01296 640013 or Fiona on 01494 475367 if you are able to help.

Sat 19th Table Top Sale. Call Tracy Powell on 01844 296078 to book a table (

SEPTEMBER, Sunday 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th September: 10am ? 5pm – Northmoor Trust Wild Food Foraging – Drop in session – Blackberries, rosehips, nettles and more. ?How to? kits

WOW what a night; if you missed Mean Poppa Lean live at the Pavilion in Chinnor, make sure you check them out next time, they rocked chinnor.

Tomorrow, Friday October, 02, 2009, we have a night of Ska and punk rock, with the awesome UK Vomit, Near the Knuckle, Almost Presidents, Blame Jack and We’re not Mexicans; all this for a mere

COME and join in the fun on the Tiddington village playing field from 2.00pm. Circus Workshop, The Chinnor Silver Band, Kids Bouncy Castle plus all the usual games and stalls.
Refreshments provided by the WI. Evening Social, Picnic (bring your own) or Special Indian Meal

MICHAEL Mansfield QC, is the high profile English barrister who led the appeal against the conviction in 2001 of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi for the murder of 270 people in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie.

The release of al-Megrahi on compassionate groundS brings the whole tragedy back into the public eye. Michael Mansfield is also the barrister involved in many other highly publicised cases such as Jill Dando?s murder, Stephen Lawrence, Bloody Sunday, the Omagh bombing, the Marchioness disaster, Jean Charles de Menezes inquiry and Princess Diana?s crash hearing.

Recently retired, he has a truly unique and fascinating story to tell. He is touring the country to talk of his experiences in a presentation called Brief Encounter ? an audience with Michael Mansfield, QC.

One of the first of these shows will take place at The Players Theatre, in Nelson Street, Thame at 7.45pm on Sunday 20th September. Tickets for the show cost

ONLY eight days until the perfect end to your summer. And we have just a handful of Full Season tickets left. Don’t be the one that missed Towersey 2009.

BUY TICKETS NOW – WEB LINK

PHOTO: The Demon Barbers who are among the great acts appearing at this year’s Towersey Festival over the August Bank Holiday 2009

BANK Holiday weekend, Sunday, August 30. Event to raise money for the pool which is at St. Andrew’s School, Chinnor.

WHERE? Station Road Playing Fields in Chinnor.

WHEN? Sunday August 30th from 2- 4.30pm.

Come and learn some circus skills with Colonel Custard! He will be teaching children to juggle, stilt walk, spin plates, unicycle and much, much more in our summer fund raiser for Chinnor Community Swimming Pool.

Other attractions include bouncy castle, bar, refreshments, hot dogs and mini games.