Wantage Summer Festival Tour, the Icknield Way Morris Men Are ‘WHEN I GROW OLD I SHALL WEAR PURPLE’ FOLK in the ABINGDON ARMS GALLERY TALK by LESLEY WILKINS

TUESDAY 7TH JUNE 7.30PM SATURDAY 11TH JUNE 8.00PM-11.30PM 2011 July 3rd - June 4th Welcome to the 16th WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST FOLK FOR MS

GUIDED SUMMER CANAL WALK FOLK FOR MS 22ND ANNUAL CHARITY CONCERT WANTAGE Join us in a circular walk around East & West Challow and Childrey, taking The 22nd Annual folk concert for M.S. charity will feature legendary FUN TALKS•WALKS•FAMILY

in parts of the Wilts & Berks canal. These annual guided walks in and harmony singers COCKERSDALE, exciting young trio ISAMBARDE,

SUMMER FESTIVAL around Wantage and the surrounding villages are an opportunity to learn the incomparable singer/guitarist NICK DOW and talented multi- CRAFT • WORKSHOPS

about the history of the canal, the ongoing restoration and to enjoy the instrumentalists VICKI SWAN & JONNY DYER. Back in February I was starting to panic that this year’s programme would countryside. Come prepared with suitable shoes or boots. Please note that Licensed Bar, Raffle, Hot & Cold food available. Great Entertainment DRAMA • MUSIC • ART be very short. However I needn’t have worried as suddenly my in-box was there may be stiles to negotiate. This walk is about 2.75 mile, starting and – Great Cause! Visit www.FolkForMS.org for more details. in overdrive as entry forms came in thick and fast! As well as art, music finishing at East Challow Village Hall, Map Ref 380884. For further details OLD MILL HALL, Grove. £10 Adult, £5 under 16 years and drama, the interest in our heritage and surroundings continues to contact Brian Stovold on 07946524928 EAST CHALLOW VILLAGE HALL. SUNDAY 12TH JUNE 11.00AM-4.00PM increase. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust have organised five walks as last FREE WANTAGE CHAMBER/WANTAGE REJUVENATED year they proved very popular. For those of you interested in military WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE 10.00AM-2.00PM history, there is a guided walk around the Grove airfield (perhaps last WANTAGE CHILDREN’S DAY WANTAGE LACEMAKERS The aim of Wantage Children’s Day is to showcase the local activities, chance to see?). As usual, the museum have arranged some excellent services and organisations available in the Wantage area, and of course talks with the theme ‘My Family History’. For the first time, there is a BOBBIN LACEMAKING The members of the Wantage Lacemakers will be demonstrating the art of to have lots of fun! The day will include stalls, rides, workshops, weekend of ‘exploring a small world’ using microscopes, organised by a bobbin lacemaking. All standards will be shown at each session. We will bring entertainment, music, games, demonstrations, BBQ and a hog roast. local microscope group, hosted by the museum and is a family-friendly pillows & bobbins for anyone to have a go. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Donations of £1 per adult (children free) are requested in order to raise drop in event. Join the Wantage Silver Band for a nostalgic lakeside picnic Wantage. FREE funds for the Sweatbox, the Wantage Museum and other community concert at Ardington House and listen to music from the ‘40s. We are very projects. MANOR ROAD RECREATIONAL PARK, Wantage pleased to welcome newcomers Richmond Retirement Village at Letcombe WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE 7.00PM THE RIDGEWAY MILITARY & AVIATION RESEARCH GROUP Regis – they have joined forces with BBOWT for a wildlife walk and also SUNDAY 12TH JUNE 5.30PM-7.30PM with the Letcombe Brook Project officer to discover the underwater world ‘LAST CHANCE TO SEE’ GROVE AIRFIELD WALK (GATES OPEN AT 4.00PM AND CLOSE AT 8.30PM) of our local chalk stream. The staff and residents have also been very busy This 2hr 30 min walk by a local historian provides a closer look at WANTAGE SILVER BAND producing photographs and paintings which will be on display for the what remains of the former airfield and reveals its full extent. Little- LAKESIDE PICNIC CONCERT duration of the Festival. Of course, we have many of our stalwarts taking known aspects of its original purpose will be seen, and some of the Dust off your hamper and enjoy a picnic concert on the lakeside lawns of part, so take some time out to go through the programme and note down remaining features pointed out. Suitable outdoor clothing and footwear Ardington House listening to the wartime music of the 40s, plus: Hurricane all those ‘not to be missed’ events. is recommended. MEET AT THE CARPARK at the entrance to Grove fly past, food and drink for sale, sing along to ‘White Cliffs of Dover’ and Technology, opposite John Lewis of Hungerford. £2.00 (no concessions) other wartime favourites, in aid of charity (Help the Heroes & Wantage Many thanks to RSRL for their sponsorship, to the Waitrose Community WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE 7.00PM-9.00PM Silver Band), Raffle and lucky programme draw. ARDINGTON HOUSE, Matters scheme, to Wantage Town Council and the Vale District Council DOLPHIN ART Ardington. Adult £8/Concessions £6 (OAPs, students, under 16s), Family for their grants, to members of the Festival committee for their support, MOUNT CUTTING WORKSHOP Ticket £20 (2 Adults and max. 2 children). The cost on the day will be an and last but by no means least – to all the participants of this Festival. Always wanted to re-mount a particular print or photograph? Here is your additional £1 on all prices. chance to spend an enjoyable evening learning various techniques. A great MONDAY 13TH JUNE 7.30PM (Doors open at 7.00pm) Julia Reynolds – Festival Chairman opportunity to learn new skills and have fun at the same time. Please Vale and Downland Museum phone to book as numbers are limited - 07890145109 DOLPHIN ART, SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 11.00AM ‘D-DAY AND THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY 1944’ 23-24 Market Place, Wantage. Price: Cost of Materials (approx. £5) HISTORICAL TALK Dr Niall Barr is Reader in Military History in the FESTIVAL OPENING WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE 8.00PM Defence Studies Department, King’s College, London, working out of Wantage Silver Band Youth Section & Morris Men in front of the ICKNIELD WAY MORRIS MEN the Joint Services Command and Staff College. The talk will provide an BEAR HOTEL, Wantage overview of the Day while also giving a series of vignettes highlighting the The Icknield Way Morris Men are a nationally known side, based in SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 9.45AM-10.30AM main themes of the campaign. Advance booking recommended (01235 the Vale of the White Horse. This evening, we will be joined by the 771447). Refreshments on sale. V&DM Wantage. £3.00 (no concessions) NCT SATURDAY SING-A-LONG Armaleggan Border Morris Dancers. Dancing starts at 8.00pm at the Fox Family orientated music and movement activity, suitable for babies Inn, Denchworth, then at 9.00pm they will move to the Black Horse, East MONDAY 13TH JUNE 8.00PM upwards RED CROSS HALL, Wallingford Street, Wantage. £3 Per Family Hanney. STARTING AT THE FOX INN, Denchworth. FREE CORNUCOPIA SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 12.00 NOON-3.00PM FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 8.00PM-11.30PM APPALACHIAN DANCING MAD HATTERS CEILIDH BAND FOLK FOR MS/WHITE HORSE CEILIDHS Cornucopia is a group of dancers and musicians based in Wantage. They FOLK MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM FOLK FOR MS CEILIDH perform Appalachian Step Clogging and British Clog Dancing to a variety of American, Irish and British folk music (jigs, reels and hornpipes). The The Mad Hatters play for barn dances, weddings and parties on a variety of ASHA are an exciting dance band with synth, saxophone, drums, fiddle, dancers are energetic performers who are entertaining to watch and the instruments; accordion, melodeon, fiddle, guitar, ‘cello, mandolin, recorder, melodeon, guitar, flute and whistles all employed to deliver funky band is great to listen to. KING ALFRED’S HEAD, Wantage. FREE spoons and bones! Come and be entertained from rousing reels to gentle waltzes rhythms, soaring melodies and lush harmonies. A caller will guide you and listen to tunes from the traditional music of England, Scotland, Ireland, and �� through the dances so no experience is needed, just a sense of fun. Bring a TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 10.00AM-3.30PM �� America. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Wantage. FREE �� smile and comfy shoes for an exhilarating evening. Licensed Bar – Raffle THE OXFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY/THE VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM �� SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 2.00PM-4.30PM – Sandwiches/rolls available. Great fun – Great sounds – Great cause! See ‘MY FAMILY HISTORY DAY’ DROP IN HISTORICAL EVENT �� RICHMOND RETIREMENT VILLAGE/BBOWT www.FolkForMS.org for more details The Oxfordshire Family History Society exists to help you trace your �� OLD MILL HALL, Grove. £8.00 Adults (Under 16 £4) Oxfordshire ancestors and they will be at the Museum today. Find out how � � WILDLIFE DISCOVERY DAY � �� to build your family tree, and meet an expert who can help you search the � Bring the family for an afternoon of nature discovery in Berkshire, FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 2.00PM � �

�� Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust’s newest nature reserve. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM records. A drop-in event. V&DM, Wantage. FREE �

�� Activities start at 2.30 on the Reserve, which will be signposted from CREATING MEMORABLE FICTION TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 10.30AM �� Richmond Letcombe Regis Shop & Cafe (next to St Andrew’s Church). As VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM � �� ‘THE ART OF THE STORYTELLER’. GALLERY TALK Oxford novelist Mary � the ground is uneven in places, and also may be muddy and slippery if Cavanagh will discuss her need to create strong, memorable characters �� wet, please wear appropriate footwear. Refreshments and light lunches ‘THE DUKE AND THE MINER’S DAUGHTER’ and provide page turning tension. Advance booking recommended (01235 TALK BY TONY HADLAND (Part of ‘My Family History Day’) � can be purchased in the Cafe. LETCOMBE VALLEY COMMUNITY NATURE � 771447) VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Wantage. FREE Family tradition said that Tony Hadland’s great-grandfather, Thomas �� RESERVE, Letcombe Regis. FREE �� SATURDAY 11TH JUNE 10.30AM-12.30PM Young, was the illegitimate son of a Duke. Using techniques anybody can MONDAY 6TH JUNE 7.30PM (Doors open at 7.00pm) PANDEMONIUM employ, Tony discovered the truth was even more interesting than the �� VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM legend. Advance booking recommended (01235 771447). �� ‘STEAM AND STEEL IN THE VALE’ V&DM AUDITORIUM, Wantage. FREE �� Let Pandemonium serenade you over coffee and cake in the Museum. �� ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL TALK, Tony Hadland traces the development Tunes and gentle airs on a variety of instruments. TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 12.00 noon of Wantage Engineering Ltd and Nalder & Nalder, both of which exported VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Wantage No Entrance Fee. Voluntary VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM agricultural machinery worldwide, and also examines the history of collection for the Museum Building Appeal Fund ‘CAPTURING THE PAST’ �� Wantage Tramway. Advanced booking recommended. Refreshments on �� GALLERY TALK BY BILL FULLER (Part of ‘My Family History Day’) sale. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Wantage. £3.00 (no concessions) SATURDAY 11TH JUNE 11.30AM �� Son of a head-gardener, Bill Fuller spent an idyllic childhood on a grand �� NCT FAMILY CYCLE & PUB LUNCH country estate in Surrey, but times were changing....Bill traces how the �� TUESDAY 7TH JUNE 10.00AM-11.30AM �� Meet at Mably Way Health Centre and take part in a group cycle ride to The Fox demise of this country house led him to record, photograph and collect RICHMOND RETIREMENT VILLAGE /THE LETCOMBE Inn, Denchworth for a well-deserved pub lunch. �� what would soon be history. Advance booking recommended (01235 �� START AT MABLY WAY HEALTH CENTRE, Wantage. Cost of Lunch BROOK PROJECT 771447) V&DM, Wantage. FREE �� Join Sally Wallington (Letcombe Brook Project officer) and explore this SATURDAY 11TH JUNE 1.30PM-2.30PM TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 2.00PM �� FLOWER OF THE QUERN rare chalk stream, discovering what lurks beneath the waters. NB: This VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM �� event is limited to 20 people, so please reserve your place by picking up FRIENDLY FOLK IN THE MUSEUM a ticket at the Museum (no charge). Please note: parts of the walk are on Come and listen to instrumental folk music from a variety of traditions ‘THE LIFE & TIMES OF BENJAMIN CASTLE’ uneven ground which can become slippery. Walking boots advised. Not played in the informal setting of Wantage Museum. What better way to & ‘VICTORIAN FARM’ Ticket sales 01235 771447 suitable for pushchairs. Refreshments and light lunches can be purchased follow a pleasant lunch in Wantage’s favourite cultural venue? AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATIONS (Part of ‘My Family History Day’) in the cafe. Meet at RICHMOND LETCOMBE REGIS SHOP & CAFE (next VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM Wantage. FREE Joanna and David Castle present two short audio-visual talks. The first Vale & Downland Museum to St.Andrew’s Church), Letcombe Regis. FREE, but pick up a ticket at the examines the life of their ancestor who farmed in Wantage and Charlton Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 4.00pm Museum to reserve a place. during the 19th century. The second features a ‘visit’ to Home Farm, discovering a little of what life was like in Victorian times. Advance booking recommended (01235 771447) V&DM Auditorium. FREE TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 3.00PM SATURDAY 18TH JUNE 7.30PM THURSDAY 23RD JUNE 7.30PM (Gardens open at 6.00pm) WEDNESDAY 29TH JUNE 7.30PM (Doors open at 7.00pm) VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM WANTAGE CHAMBER CONCERTS RAIN OR SHINE THEATRE GROUP VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM ‘WHAT MY DNA TEST TOLD ME’ CONCERT BY FAMILY & FRIENDS ‘MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’ by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ‘THE LOCKINGE ESTATE’ ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL GALLERY TALK (part of ‘My Family History Day’) Elizabeth Norris and Sarah Barnett (sopranos) are both music graduates The Rain or Shine Theatre Group are a touring company, based in TALK After years of hesitation, Tony Hadland took a comprehensive DNA from Royal Holloway College. They will perform songs by Bach, Gloucestershire, and they have been performing at the Old Church House Christine Wardingley, keeper of the Lockinge Estate archives, test. His aim was to prove or disprove a family tradition that his great- Mendelssohn, Schubert, Duparc, Quilter and others. Graham and Henry for 10 years. Bring a picnic and come along for a thoroughly entertaining examines the estate’s origins, its historical, family and geographical grandmother was of Spanish descent. The test confirmed a cover-up ... Blyth will accompany them and play piano solos and duets. evening, in a beautiful quintessential English garden setting. This background and how it was consolidated and expanded. She will Advance booking recommended. (01235 771447) V&DM Wantage. FREE CHALLOW PARK RECITAL HALL. £7.50 (Concessions £6.00) performance is in aid of The Children’s Society.OLD CHURCH HOUSE, also consider Lord Wantage’s philosophy and the social polices TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 7.30PM SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 2.00PM-5.00PM Priory Road, Wantage. £13 Adults, £10 OAP, £5 Children he implemented on the estate. Advanced booking recommended. WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST BETJEMAN MILLENIUM PARK TRUST/DOLPHIN ART THURSDAY 23RD JUNE 7.30PM V&DM, Wantage. £3 (no concessions) GUIDED SUMMER CANAL WALK ‘ART IN THE PARK’ sponsored by Dolphin Art WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST WEDNESDAY 29TH JUNE 8.00PM Join us in a circular walk around Childrey and West Challow, taking in Take part in sculpture, painting, and drawing master classes provided GUIDED SUMMER CANAL WALK ICKNIELD WAY MORRIS MEN the newly restored canal north of Childrey. Come prepared with suitable by three popular local artists (Dawn Benson, Lendon Scantlebury and Join us in an exploration of the remains of the Grove flight of six locks. This evening, The Icknield Way Morris men are joining forces with shoes or boots. Please note there may be stiles to negotiate. This walk is Stuart Roper) plus two acclaimed artists from the Ruskin School of Art, The path can be overgrown – be prepared for nettles and wear suitable the group ‘Cornucopia’ (Appalachian and English Clog Dancers). about 2.5 miles, starting and finishing at Childrey Village Green, Map Ref Oxford. Limited places available: 24 (Sculpture), 36 (Painting and/or footwear and clothing (shorts not a good idea!). Please note there may The entertainment kicks off at 8.00pm outside the Bay Tree in 362875. For further details contact Brian Stovold on 07946524928 Drawing). Tickets available on first come first served basis. Wet weather be stiles to negotiate. For further details contact Brian Stovold on Grove, then moves on at 9.00pm to outside the Bell, Main Street, Meet at CHILDREY VILLAGE GREEN. FREE facilities available at K.A.’s College Art Department. There will also be a 07946524928. Meet at GROVE RECREATION GROUND, Cane Lane, Grove, Grove. STARTING AT THE BAY TREE, Grove. FREE WEDNESDAY 15TH JUNE 10.00AM-2.00PM display of Wantage Art Group work on the park railings. THE BETJEMAN Map Ref 398898. FREE FRIDAY 1ST JULY 7.00PM WANTAGE LACEMAKERS MILLENNIUM PARK,Wantage. £5.00 Adults, £3.00 Students SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 10.30AM THE LETCOMBE SINGERS SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 2.30PM BOBBIN LACEMAKING WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST ‘RUDDIGORE’ by GILBERT & SULLIVAN See 8th June WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST GUIDED SUMMER CANAL WALK The Letcombe Singers will be presenting a semi-staged version of WEDNESDAY 15TH JUNE 2.00PM GUIDED SUMMER CANAL WALK This is ‘The Long One’! Starting and finishing at the Vale & Downland ‘Ruddigore’. Gilbert and Sullivan’s ultimate parody of Victorian Join us in a pleasant afternoon circular walk, following the Wantage VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM Museum (Map Ref 397879), this circular walk goes via East Challow to melodramas includes a bad baronet, lots of ghosts, too many branch of the canal, together with the main line between East Challow Sparsholt and returns via the canal (where footpaths permit). There are bridesmaids and all the stock characters subtly inverted in a rich ‘RESISTING THE VIRGIN QUEEN’ and Grove. Come prepared with suitable shoes or boots. Please note there excellent views (weather permitting) across the Vale from the path to diet of comedy washed down with marvellous music. Tickets An illustrated talk by Tony Hadland Sir Francis Englefield, Edmund may be stiles to negotiate. MEET AT THE SACKHOUSE, Wantage Wharf, off Childrey. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear and also note there include an excellent buffet supper. WANTAGE METHODIST Plowden and William Woollascott were all Thames Valley gentry who Mill Street, Map Ref 396881. pay & display carpark in Limborough Close, resisted Queen Elizabeth the First’s orders to conform to the new state- may be stiles to negotiate. For further details contact Brian Stovold on CHURCH. £9 Adults, £8 Concessions Mill Street. For further details contact Brian Stovold on 07946524928 FREE 07946524928 MEET AT THE VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Wantage FREE controlled Church of England. But which worked best? Space limited - SATURDAY 2ND JULY 2.00PM MONDAY 20TH JUNE 7.30 PM (doors open at 7.00PM) advanced booking recommended (01235 771447)V&DM auditorium. FREE June 23, 24, 25 THE RIDGEWAY MILITARY & AVIATION RESEARCH GROUP VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM WEDNESDAY 15TH JUNE 7.30PM-9.30PM STAGELIGHTS THEATRE GROUP ‘LAST CHANCE TO SEE’ GROVE AIRFIELD WALK WANTAGE ART GROUP ‘THE LIFE AND TIME OF ALFRED THE GREAT’ Old Mill Hall, Grove. Play not known at time of going to print.Visit: www. As per event on 8th June A historical talk by local historian Judy Dewey. King Alfred was born stagelightsgroup.org.uk or 01235 765562, or wantage.com KEEPING A SKETCH BOOK by AMANDA HISLOP in Wantage; The Victorians built him a statue; he was the only English DEMONSTRATION AND TALK Come along to the Wantage Art Group this SATURDAY 2ND JULY 3.00PM-5.00PM king to be called ‘The Great’. But what is the real history behind this SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 10.00AM – 3.30PM evening for an entertaining and informative demonstration and talk by remarkable Anglo-Saxon? Advance booking recommended (01235 771447). COMPLETE PANDEMONIUM AT THE KING ALFRED’S HEAD QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB Come and enjoy an afternoon of traditional music, songs and dance local painter and textile artist, Amanda Hislop. CIVIC HALL, Portway, Refreshments on sale. V&DM, Wantage. £3.00 (no concessions) Wantage. £4.00 on the door EXPLORING A SMALL WORLD – FAMILY-FRIENDLY tunes whilst sipping a drink in the garden of the King Alfred’s TUESDAY 21ST JUNE 2.00PM WEDNESDAY 15TH JUNE 8.00PM DROP-IN EVENT Head, and listen to familiar tunes from the British Isles and beyond. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM Venue courtesy of King Alfred’s Head Bar and Bistro, Market Place JAZZ AT LAINS BARN Members of this microscope club are keen to introduce you to the micro ‘5000 TINY STITCHES’ world. They will have magnifiers and microscopes, along with specimens Wantage. FREE. Voluntary collection for the October Club. Jazz at Lains Barn is now in its 20th year. We present monthly concerts of from the natural world and from closer to home, for you to examine and traditional jazz and this year our June concert replaces the annual ‘Jazz on AN ILLUSTRATED TALK by ANNE GRIFFITHS SATURDAY 2ND JULY 7.00PM marvel at the details. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM GALLERY. FREE a Midsummer Day’. We will have the remarkable JAMES EVANS ROCKET Wantage-based textile artist, Anne Griffiths has worked on projects with THE LETCOMBE SINGERS FIVE with special guest, award-winning saxophonist ALAN BARNES. Diamond Light Source and as Artist in Residence. More recently, she has used textile techniques to create soft furnishings. Anne will discuss how SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 2.00PM-2.45PM ‘RUDDIGORE’ by GILBERT & SULLIVAN Licensed bar available, fish and chip supper also available at a cost of QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB The Letcombe Singers will be presenting a semi-staged version of £3.50. LAINS BARN, Wantage. £9.00 (in advance or at the door) scientific images inspire her work as well as outlining current projects. Advanced booking recommended. V&DM Auditorium, Wantage. FREE ‘TINY PIECES OF EVIDENCE’ ‘Ruddigore’. Gilbert and Sullivan’s ultimate parody of Victorian THURSDAY 16TH JUNE 7.30PM-10.00PM It’s not CSI – the real life of a forensic scientist is much less exciting! melodramas includes a bad baronet, lots of ghosts, too many WANTAGE FOLK DANCE CLUB TUESDAY 21st JUNE 7.30PM bridesmaids and all the stock characters subtly inverted in a rich WANTAGE CAMERA CLUB Peering through microscopes to look for damage on something like a shoe, AN EVENING OF TRADITIONAL DANCING AND CUSTOMS or spending ages collecting and examining all the dust that is on a jacket diet of comedy washed down with marvellous music. Tickets English Country Dance has one of the most varied traditions in the AUDIO VISUAL SPECTACULAR is all in a day’s work. But it’s these tiny bits of evidence which can provide include an excellent buffet supper. LETCOMBE REGIS VILLAGE world. Ted Morse will lead an evening of traditional dance and customs, A firm favourite in the Festival Calendar. The Audio-Visual group of the the necessary information to help solve a crime. In this family-friendly HALL £9 Adults, £8 Concessions accompanied by live music. Full instructions will be given. Give it a go Wantage Camera Club presents a highly entertaining programme of images talk, Pam Hamer, a forensic scientist for many years, will describe some – no previous knowledge or experience required. Light refreshments will set to voice and music. The subject matter is often of local interest but of the work done and the evidence which may be found by scientists in EXHIBITIONS some guest productions will be included. All the AVs will be presented a forensic laboratory. Space limited, so advanced booking recommended be available. CHARLTON DAY CENTRE, Wantage. £1.50 at the door, no SATURDAY 4TH JUNE TO SATURDAY 2ND JULY concessions digitally and will include some award winning sequences. METHODIST (01235 771447) V&DM AUDITORIUM, Wantage. FREE CHURCH HALL, Newbury Street, Wantage. £3.00 (No Concessions) (MONDAY TO SATURDAY, OPENING HOURS) WANTAGE ART GROUP FRIDAY 17TH JUNE 1.30PM-3.30PM SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 11.00AM-3PM ‘A LOCAL VIEW’ VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE 10.00AM-2.00PM QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB WANTAGE LACEMAKERS Throughout the Festival, there will be a display of painting and ‘KNIT, KNOT & NATTER’ - CRAFT EVENT EXPLORING A SMALL WORLD drawings by local artists, members of Wantage Art Group. If you want to learn to knit or crochet, drop in to the museum’s ‘Knit, Knot BOBBIN LACEMAKING AS 25th ABOVE MADISONS TEAROOMS, Newbury Street, Wantage. FREE See 8th June & Natter’ session. Beginners and experts meet monthly to share skills and SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 7.30PM TUESDAY 7TH JUNE TO SATURDAY 2ND JULY socialise. There will also be a chance to try out some historical weaving WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE 7.00PM-9.00PM THE WANTAGE ORCHESTRA VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM (OPENING HOURS) and braiding techniques. VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM, Wantage. FREE DOLPHIN ART MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING FRIDAY 17TH JUNE 8.00-10.30PM MOUNT CUTTING WORKSHOP If you feel in the mood for some light, easy-listening music, then The SMALL WORLDS A Mixed media exhibition featuring work created by local artists, BLIND DOG BLUES Always wanted to re-mount a particular print or photograph? Here is your Wantage Orchestra’s concert is just the ticket. They promise a selection poets and photographers in response to the title, ‘Small Worlds’. chance to spend an enjoyable evening learning various techniques. A great of orchestral pieces from the lighter repertoire – just perfect for a FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES AT THE ALFIES Miniature landscapes, microscopic close-ups, sci-fi fantasy, opportunity to learn new skills and have fun at the same time. Please summer evening. CATHOLIC CHURCH, Charlton Road, Wantage £8 (£6 An excellent evening of blues is promised at the King Alfred’s Head, with childhood memories, village life? Who knows where two words local group Blind Dog Blues. Their inspiration comes from a blend of the phone to book as numbers are limited - 07890145109 DOLPHIN ART, 23-24 concessions) on the door. £7 (£5 concessions) in advance Market Place, Wantage. Price: Cost of Materials (approx. £5) may lead them! Some art will be for sale. V&DM. FREE blues legends, and some more contemporary influences. KING ALFRED’S TUESDAY 28TH JUNE 2.00PM SATURDAY 4TH JUNE TO SUNDAY 3RD JULY(CIVIC HALL OPENING TIMES) HEAD, Alfred’s Street, near Market Place, Wantage. FREE WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE 8.00PM VALE & DOWNLAND MUSEUM WANTAGE FLOWER CLUB FRIDAY 17TH JUNE 9.00PM ICKNIELD WAY MORRIS MEN - FESTIVAL TOUR ‘MY MINIATURE PASSION’ For this Wantage Summer Festival Tour, the Icknield Way Morris Men are ‘WHEN I GROW OLD I SHALL WEAR PURPLE’ FOLK IN THE ABINGDON ARMS GALLERY TALK by LESLEY WILKINS. Seventeen years ago, Leslie Wilkins starting the evening outside the Shoulder of Mutton at 8.00pm, then at This year, The Wantage Flower Club’s Exhibition is a delightful Come along to this traditional music ‘jamming’ session to join in or just was given a dolls’ house and found a passion. Furnishing the house in 9.00pm moving on to the Market Place, and finally at 9.45pm outside the floral interpretation of Jenny Joseph’s poem, ‘When I Grow Old listen. Everyone welcome, singing or playing, anything goes! Victorian style circa 1875, Lesley became absorbed in historical research, Abingdon Arms, culminating in a lively music session inside. I Shall Wear Purple’. The Club meets in the Civic Hall on the ABINGDON ARMS, Wantage. FREE making objects and seeking specialist manufacturers. Her talk will STARTING AT THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON, Wantage. FREE first Thursday of each month for like-minded people who enjoy SATURDAY 18TH JUNE 10.00AM-2.00PM highlight the fascination of a world in miniature. Advanced booking friendship through flowers. New members are very welcome. WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE 8.30PM recommended (01235 771447) V&DM, Wantage. FREE CIVIC HALL FOYER, Wantage. FREE WANTAGE LACEMAKERS & WANTAGE YOUNG LACEMAKERS DAVE MOORWOOD’S RASCALS OF RHYTHM BOBBIN LACEMAKING JAZZ AT THE LAMB WEDNESDAY 29TH JUNE 10.00AM-2.00PM TUESDAY 7TH JUNE TO SUNDAY 3RD JULY 10.00AM – 4.00PM WANTAGE LACEMAKERS The members of the Wantage Lacemakers and Young Lacemakers will be This monthly jazz session at The Lamb presents the Rascals of Rhythm RICHMOND LETCOMBE RETIREMENT VILLAGE demonstrating the art of bobbin lacemaking. See 8th June with a special guest – the internationally renowned clarinettist, PETE BOBBIN LACEMAKING ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION SATURDAY 18TH JUNE 4.00PM ALLEN. Just drop in, or if you wish book a table, telephone The Lamb See 8th June An exhibition of art of photography by residents and staff of ICKNIELD WAY MORRIS MEN (01235 766768). There will be a raffle to help cover the expenses of our Richmond Retirement Village RICHMOND LETCOMBE REGIS SHOP The Icknield Way Morris Men are performing at the Childrey Village Fete. occasional guest musicians. THE LAMB INN, Mill Street, Wantage. FREE & CAFÉ (next to St. Andrew’s Church) FREE CHILDREY VILLAGE. Entry Fee to Fete