Spare Times - events in your area (From Richmond and Twickenham Times)

Spare Times - events in your area

3:58pm Thursday 22nd January 2009 in Bulletin By Gail Hébert

Are you stage struck?

Are you interested in singing, Dancing and Acting? Whitton’s Happy Wanderers are looking for new members.Their shows are about an hour long and full of singing and dancing and lots of laughs, so energy and enthusiasm are the most import qualifications!

A new show is performed each season which is filled with well known songs and their own script. Everyone joins in the creative process - “no stars just a great team.”

Rehearsals are on a Thursday evening and when the season starts around twenty shows are performed on weekday evenings or weekends.

The groups also needs musicians, who can play the piano or keyboard to accompany the shows.

Want to find out more, maybe go along to a rehearsal? Email info@thehappywanderers.co.uk, visit www.thehappywanderers.co.uk Fairs/fêtes/bargains Fridays: Weekly sales at the Teddington Salvation Army are open 9.30am-11am every week at Church Road, off Broad Street.

Fridays: The Vineyard Project’s weekly sale, 9am-2pm, offers clothes, books, bric a brac etc at The Vineyard, Richmond, a short walk from the bridge.

Fridays: Barnes Green Day Centre bargain corner, 10am-12 noon, Church Road.

Fridays: Collectors’/bric a brac market 9am-1.30pm, first Fridays at the Sheen Lane Centre, East Sheen. New stallholders welcome 8393 2042.

Fridays: The WI’s Barnes Country Market 10am-12 noon at Rose House, 70 Barnes High Street. 01246 261 508.

Saturday 24: Children’s clothing, equipment and toy sale, 10am-1pm in Kitson Hall, Kitson Road, Barnes. Kit 4 Kids will raise money for Under Tree Schools in Southern Sudan. 020 8878 8638.

Saturday: Twickenham’s weekly farmers’ market is open 9am-1pm in the Holly Road car park. 7704 9659, www.lfm.org.uk Saturday Barnes farmers’ market, 11am-3pm, Station Road, opposite the duck pond on Barnes Common. 8392 0631.

Saturday: Richmond, farmers’ market, 11am-3pm, is weekly in Heron Square, next to the Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue. 8878 5132.

Courses/ classes Saturday 24: Introduction to Bird Watching. Booking essential. London Wetland Centre, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes , 9.30am-11.30am (breakfast 11am). £20, includes breakfast, but not entrance into the centre. 020 8409 4400.

Walks and tours Free Health Walks run by the health development team last for under an hour and leave on weekdays at 10.30am. Also weekends and evenings. 020 8891 7445.

Friday 23 and 30 January Sunday 25: Ghost Tours. Booking essential. Hampton Court Palace, 7pm. £25. 08448 427 777.

Saturday 24: Walk with the Richmond Ramblers from 10am, meeting at Ham Lands, lasting approximately 2.5 hours. 020 8977 6496.

Dancing Monday 26 Tea dance, 1.45pm-3.45pm in the Clarendon Hall at York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham. Beryl Lywood 8894 4482. £3 includes tea and biscuits. Please confirm attendance.

Ten week courses for beginners in Hammersmith, Ealing and Richmond from Monday February 16. Have fun, and learn to jive with Maddy’s Jiving School. Beginners welcome. Details 020 8566 5226. Visit www.LearnToJive.com Weekly: Dansicality runs a variety of dance and movement activities for children at the Salvation Army Hall, Colne Road, Twickenham. Anna Mederson – Desborough 020 8979 7847 or 07958 612199, email: annadansicality @aol.com Talks and meetings Friday 30: Tea with Lydia Syson: In Conversation with Anne Sebba at East Sheen Library, Sheen Lane, 2pm. Free. 020 8876 8801.

Saturday 24: Meet the Author: Peter Ward talks about his book set in ancient China. Chinese New Year Celebrations. Twickenham Library, Garfield Road, 11am. Free. 020 8892 8091.

Monday 26: The South West London Humanist Group at The Old Ship, King Street, Richmond, in the upstairs room 8pm. Meetings last Monday of each month www.swlhumanists. org.uk, email info@swlhumanists. org.uk or call 020 8892 5077.

Monday: Greensleeves Flower Club at the Whitton Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road, holds lessons on 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. 020 8894 6463 or just go along.

Tuesday 27: Richmond Afternoon Forum meets at Raleigh Road United Church Hall, 2:45pm. 020 8878 9996. January 27: An Actor’s Tale by Maria Miles.

Tuesday 27: FiSH Tuesday Talk at Barnes Green Day Centre 11am. Coffee from 10.30am. January 27: Denise Potts: Papua New Guinea. Tuesday 27: An Evening with Tom McInulty. A chance for questions to be put to someone from head office. Richmond Macular Disease Support Group monthly meeting at Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond from 2pm-3.30pm. Leader Jill Mason on 020 8332 0817.

Tuesdays: Whitton Model Club meets at Whitton Community Centre, Percy Road at 8pm. Chairman is David Mayne 020 8894 0798.

Eco activity Richmond Environment Network, 6 Phoenix Wharf, Eel Pie Island, Twickenham TW1 3DY. Visit www.richenvironmentnet.org.uk or ring 020 8892 0590.

Friday 23 and 30, Sunday 4 and 18, Wednesday 7, 14, 21 and 28, Thursday 8, 15, 22 and 29: Practical Conservation in Richmond from hedge planting to cutting brambles. Meet at the bottom of Eel Pie Island footbridge. Twickenham. 10am. 020 8891 4295.

Mondays: 12 noon-2pm: Gardening and maintenance. Kilmorey Mausoleum, St Margarets Road (opposite Ailsa Tavern). Environment Trust for Richmond. Ring beforehand to confirm attendance. 020 8991 5455 or 07955 172 940 on the day.

Weekly: Conservation work days with BTCV Richmond Wednesdays and Thursdays, and first and third Sundays. Details 020 8831 6150, or 07740 899 538 on the day. www.btcv.org/richmond richmond@btcv.org.uk Whist and bingo Tuesdays and Fridays from 1pm to 2.30pm. Cash prizes at every game. Tea, coffee and light refreshments available. £1 for three cards, £2 for six cards. Meadows Hall, Church Road, Richmond. 020 8940 1008 Weekly Whist and bingo alternate at weekly Monday sessions in the Crane Community Hall, Meadway, Twickenham at 8pm. Bingo also on alternate Wednesdays at 2.30pm. 8898 9269.

Take a break Weekly: FiSHnChats is open for a coffee at Sheen Lane Centre on Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays, but not the first Friday in the month, 10.15am-12.30pm.

Saturdays: Morning coffee, 9.30am-12.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Mortlake High Street. 8878 2298.

Wednesdays: Weekly coffee morning at the Salvation Army Teddington, 9am to 12 noon at Church Road, off Broad Street. Pop In and have a cuppa.
Fairs and bargains Saturdays Weekly car boot sale, Green Lane Recreation Ground, Hounslow. Entrance via Heathrow Gym Club. Set up 7am. 07957 354 383.

Sundays: Farmers’ market, 10am-2pm on Duke’s Meadow, off Alexandra Gardens, Chiswick, near the A316, Chiswick. 020 8742 2225, Website: www.fodm.org.uk Sunday: Second hand car boot bargains every first Sunday, except for January, at the Chiswick Community School, Burlington Lane. 8am-1pm. Sellers from 7am. Refreshments. Cars £10, vans £20. Buyers car park £2. Trestle tables £5, deposit £20. All proceeds to the school. 020 8847 5282.

Sunday: Weekly car boot sale, 7am-1pm set up at Hounslow Heath Garden Centre, Staines Road, Hounslow. Pay on entry. Hardstanding. 020 8890 3485.

Sundays: Car boot sale every last Sunday of the month, 9am-1pm at Southfield Primary School, Southfield Road, Chiswick. 07765 128 890.

Tennis Thistleworth Tennis and Social Club welcomes all members of the community are welcome, The club also has a bridge section and regular social functions. There are about 250 local tennis members ranging from 4 to 80 years old. Thistleworth Tennis Club, 129a Ridgeway Road North, Isleworth, TW7 5LX. 020 8400 5860 Wildlife walk Saturday 31: Visitors from the north at Bedfont Lakes 11am-1pm The chance to possibly see bittern, smew, and water rail and all of the other birds present in the country park at this time of year makes this a must do visit. Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Clockhouse Lane, Bedfont. 01784 423 556.

Concert Saturday 24: 7.30pm, Chiswick Baroque and David Juritz, leader of the London Mozart Players, will be giving a Concert for Musequality at St Michael & All Angels. Music from 14th to 21st century, including Lassus, Josquin, Schutz, Bach, folksongs and spirituals. Solo violin and violin with voice, as well as music for five voices. £10 with £8 concessions (price to be confirmed). http://www. chiswickbaroque.com/index.php/about-cb/ http://www.musequality.org/ Youth drama Monday-Tuesday 30-31: St Michael & All Angels Church, Bedford Park, holds its first youth drama workshop, in the Michael Room. 11am to 5pm, with an open performance at 7pm on the Tuesday to which everyone is invited. All aspiring actors, directors, writers, technicians and designers are encouraged to come - bring lunch and plenty of enthusiasm! It's aimed at 14-18 year olds, but younger children are most welcome. Contact Amy Watson, on 07944 240 728 or email amywatsonsa@aol.com.

Talks and meetings Thursdays: Barry Jobling’s opera lectures start at 2pm sharp and end at 4.15pm in St Michael and All Angels Parish Hall. £9 per lecture. Coffee or tea and biscuits included. 020 8995 4271 sara@elliottroad. freeserve.co.uk £9 per lecture. Coffee or tea and biscuits included. January 29: The Bartered Bride, Bedøich Smetana; February 5: Die Zauberflöte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; February 12: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi; February 19: Adriana Lecouvreur, Francesco Cilea; February 26: 1984, Lorin Maazel; March 5: Lohengrin (1), Richard Wagner; March12: Lohengrin (2); March 19: The Operatic Ensemble.

Friday mornings with Barry Jobling at The Friends Meeting House, Woodville Road, Ealing. January 23: Les Troyens (2); January 30: The Bartered Bride, Bedøich Smetana; February 6: Die Zauberflöte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; February 13: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi; February 20: Adriana Lecouvreur, Francesco Cilea; February 27: 1984, Lorin Maazel; March 6: Lohengrin (1), Richard Wagner; March13: Lohengrin (2); March 20: The Operatic Ensemble.10.05am-12.15pm, £9 per lecture. Refreshments. Siggi Oldfield 020 8840 4364.

Courses and classes Mondays: Improve your English and computer skills at free classes for women, 10am-1pm at St John’s Community Centre, 80 St John’s Road, Isleworth. Run by the Ethnic Minority Foundation. Sara Ali has details 020 7426 8961, 07912 692 295 or go along to the centre to enrol, email: Sara.Ali@EMFoundation.org.uk Bridge Wednesdays: Free bridge sessions 1pm-4pm at Heston Community Centre, Vicarage Farm Road, Heston. For more information contact Ken O'Connor on 020 8580 5956. All are welcome.

Jazz Sundays: Station House, 2 Grove Park Road, Chiswick, 020 8742 2555 Jazz every Sunday with Eric Gilchrist and guests. 8pm Free.

Social clubs Heston Catholic Social Club, a multi-purpose venue in Eton Avenue, is a family friendly members club with activities to suit everyone. They include pool, darts indoor bowling, a golf society, set dancing and Irish music lessons. Live music is held at the club each weekend. A live show is staged at weekends. ThePremiership and European football games are shown on the centre’s big screen. See hestoncatholicsocialclub.com or telephone 020 8574 5411 for more information.

Weekly: Age Concern Hounslow, Alexandra House, Albany Road, Brentford. Contact: Barbara Paul 020 8560 6969. Café open for breakfast and lunches Monday-Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm. Activities: Mondays: Keep-Fit (Chair Exercises) 10am-11am (£1.50); ‘IT’ Classes 1pm-3pm (donation)/ Monday Group (Asian Ladies) 2pm-3.30pm 50p.

Tuesdays: Bingo (1.30-3pm). Wednesdays: Mosaic Workshop 10am-12 noon(£2); ‘IT’ Classes 10am-12 noon (donation); shopping trips (please ring and book space (£3.50 round trip door to door); Mamta Social Group (Asian Ladies)12 noon-3pm 50p; Thursday: Acupuncture Clinic 8am-7pm / Fun & Fitness In Retirement Group 12 noon-2.30pm 50p / ‘IT Classes 1.30pm – 3pm(donation)/ Pilates 2.30pm–3pm (£1.50); Friday: ‘IT Classes 10am-12 noon(donation) / YOGA 10am-11am (£1.50) / Quiz & Raffle 12 noon-1.30pm/ Chess Class 2pm-3pm (Free). Also monthly outings (ring for details) or help in the organic vegetable garden. Visit www.buy.at/ageconcernhounslow Weekly: Girls’ And Boys’ Clubs, St George’s Church, Hanworth Park. Social evenings for young people aged 5-25 years, including a Duke of Edinburgh Award Group every Wednesday. 020 8844 0437.

Weekly: Haaya Boys And Girls Clubs for young people staged at Hounslow Youth Club, Brentford School for Girls and The Attic (Connexions) during the week and on Saturdays: 020 8569 6350.

Fridays: Christian Community Church 101A Pears Road, Hounslow 7.30pm-9.30pm. A weekly gathering for teenagers and young people, featuring sit-down discussions as well as plenty of socialising 020 8569 5359.

Tuesdays: Babies And Toddlers Group, St George’s Church, Hanworth Park, 10am-11.30am. Fun activities for all carers and their children. 020 8844 0457 Tuesdays: Hounslow 18plus Group at the White Bear Pub, Kingsley Road 9.30pm, friendly social group for 18-35 year olds. Free, 07010 714 686 Tuesdays: Chiswick Active Plus Group is part of the national organisation called The National Federation of Plus Areas. Social, apolitical, offering mainly 20s and 30s chance to meet new friends and enjoy wide range of social and sporting activities, including weekly club night, meals out, day trips, clubbing, comedy nights, quizzes, bowling, live bands, theatre, weekends, karaoke etc. Meetings at the JB Bar and Diner, Chiswick High Road, short walk from Gunnersbury and Chiswick Park tube stations, from 9.15pm. Visit www.chiswickactiveplus.co.uk, phone 07010 714 686.

Tuesdays: Isleworth Babyzone at St John’s Community Centre, St John’s Road, Isleworth, Tuesday, 10am-11.30am.Set up by the Twickenham and Hounslow branch of the National Childbirth Trust (NCT). Everyone with babies under a year old, and their older siblings, is very welcome. £1, 020 8847 4355.

Tuesdays and Thursdays: Retired Members’ Association, Heston Community Centre, Vicarage Farm Road, 11am-1pm. Group for Asian elders living in Heston, including social, welfare and educational activities.

Wednesdays: Over 50s Club, St Paul's Parish Centre, St Paul’s Road, Brentford, 1pm-3.30pm. Bingo, raffles, days out – plus tea and biscuits! £2.50 per month, 020 8579 3517.

Wednesdays: Ekta Older Asian Women's Group, Heston Village Hall, New Heston Road, noon-3pm. Retired ladies over 65 years old are invited to share activities, talks and entertainment. 020 8759 2735.

Song and dance Ten week courses for beginners in Hammersmith, Ealing and Richmond from Monday February 16. Have fun, and learn to jive with Maddy’s Jiving School. Beginners welcome. Details 020 8566 5226. Visit www.LearnToJive.com Fridays: Hanworth Park Choral Group, St George’s Church, 7pm. Choral tuition for children and adults, run by Arts in Hanworth. Free, 020 8844 0457.

Saturday: Dance & Movement to Christian praise music. All ages. £2. First Saturday of each month 10am-noon in the United Reformed Church, Chapel Road, Hounslow, short walk from Hounslow Central tube. 020 8744 5333.

Sundays: Chiswick Scottish Country Dance Club. Sessions £4 each in the upper hall of St Michael & All Angels Church, Chiswick, corner of Bath Road and The Avenue, turn right out of Turnham Green tube station – 50 yards across the pedestrian crossing). Term fee for beginners’ classes is £36 for all 11 sessions. Full time students £30. 6pm-7pm Beginners; 7pm-7-45pm Beginners and Intermediates; 7.45-8pm tea break; 8pm-8.45pm Intermediates and advanced; 8.45pm-9.20pm more complex. Kay Senior on 020 8743 9385, visit www.chiswickscottish.org.uk Sundays: Bellydance classes are held in the Watermans Arts Centre, High Street, Brentford. 2pm-3pm. Details from Lily 07886 102 885.

Sundays: Bollywood Dance Class. All Bolly addicts come and keep fit, and enjoy learning dramatic and expressive dance routines to current Bollywood tunes with teacher Monisha Bharadwaj. For details please contact Johanna at Watermans on 020 8232 1038 or johanna@watermans.org.uk Watermans, 40 High St Brentford, 10.30am-12.00pm Sundays: Bharatanatyam Dance Class. Monisha Bharadwaj, who has danced for the Queen, teaches this graceful dance style, 12 noon-1pm. For details please contact Johanna at Watermans on 020 8232 1038 or johanna@ watermans. org.uk Watermans 40 High St Brentford TW8 0DS, Sundays: Lambada classes and club at Potions Cocktail Bar & Lounge, 291-293 King Street, Hammersmith. Beginners 7pm, upper levels 8pm. Club with DJ Radi playing Latin, Zouk, Kizomba and Reggaeton with R’n’B in the bar. £7 per dance class, free before 8.30pm, £5 thereafter. Contact 07930 487 343 or www.lovelambada.com.

Monday: Try SoulDance, learning jazz techniques with exercises to strengthen and tone the body, 6.30pm-8pm at the Holistic Centre, 5a Devonshire Road, Chiswick. Details of fees etc Georgina 020 8987 0364.

Mondays: Teenagers and adults can learn to jive in the style of the 1940s and 50s at the Feltham Assembly Hall, Hounslow Road, weekly 6pm-7pm. Tickets in advance or at the sessions. Feltham Arts Association event. Details from Vera Scott 020 8844 1802.

Mondays: Old time and modern sequence 7.45pm-10.15pm at Heston Community Centre. First visit free then 60p per session. Sidney Ivscombe has details 020 8570 7430.

Tuesdays Singing For Fun 10am-11.30am at Heston Community Centre. Free first visit then 60p.

Tuesdays: Country Dancing in Brentford. Bring a partner or friend or come on your own and make new friends. All dances are walked through beforehand. Beginners are welcome. 8pm-10pm. 020 8749 6933.

Tuesdays 7.30pm-11pm, line dancing at Feltham Assembly Hall, Hounslow Road, with instruction 7.30pm-9pm. £4 a session, 020 8393 0914.

Tuesdays: Boys and girls can learn traditional Irish dances every week at 4.45pm in Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, just off Chiswick High Road. 020 8571 7798.

Tuesdays: Social dancing at the Heston Community Centre, Vicarage Farm Road, 8pm-10.30pm. Bring your partner for an enjoyable evening in a friendly atmosphere. Denise Wood 020 8848 3931.

Tuesdays: The Chiswickians welcome new members to their modern sequence dancing club, held weekly at 7.30pm in Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace.

Wednesdays: Salsa Nation, Holiday Inn, Brentford Lock beginners 7pm-8pm, improvers 8pm-9pm, run by Robert Charlemagne. Come on your own, or with a partner. £7 per session, £12 for both, pamsalsa.co.uk, 07916 327 541