Fairs/fêtes/bargains

Richmond May Fair

Programme

Saturday 10: Around town: Horse drawn dray tours. Dray stop at Paradise Road end of Church Walk; from 1.15pm refreshment pavilion.

The 38th May Fair opens 10am and runs all day.

In St Mary's Church: 10.30am Old Vicarage School Ensemble; 10.45am Archdeacon Cambridge Primary School Choir; 11am The Mall School Ensemble; 11.20am The Vineyard Primary School Singers; 11.40 The Queen's School Singers; 12.10pm Broomfield House School, Kew, Year 3 Singers; 12.20pm Blessing of the May Queen; 2pm Kings House School Jazz; 2.45pm Richmond Music Trust Concert Band; 3.30pm Art Festival Prizewinning Ceremony.

Outside the church: 12.30pm onwards Richmond Music Trust Band; 11.30am, 12.45pm, 2.30pm Punch and Judy.

In the Parish Rooms: 10am-3pm Art exhibition of paintings by pupils of borough schools.

On Richmond Green: 10.30am Open of the May Fair with maypole dancing by the Russell School, Richmond; 10.45am Orleans School Soul Band; 11.30am 144 Richmond Squadron Air Cadets; 11.50am Children's fancy dress; 12 noon Welcome from the Mayor of Richmond upon Thames followed by the crowning of the Richmond May Queen; 12.15pm Richmond Academy of Dance; 12.25pm Jon Hicks TV comedy artist, paints an amazing icon'; 12.50pm Covent Garden street theatre star Jason Maverick performs an unbelievable comedy juggling routine; 1.15pm Offspring Morris Men; 1.30pm Stagecoach Richmond song and dance medley from the musical Hairspray; 2pm The Royal Ballet School; 2.30pm Maria Kochetkova, principal dancer San Fransisco Ballet, formerly of the Bolshoi Ballet and English National Ballet. Partnered by Pedro Lapetra. English National Ballet, Swan Lake, Act II Pas de Deux; 3pm St Margarets Elastic Band; 4pm The Flutatious Folk Band; 5pm Morphic Musicalia Jazz Band; 6pm Programme concludes.

Sunday May 11 Art Richmond Book Picnic in the marquee, The Green. Details, booking The Open Book, King Street, Richmond.

Organiser is Liz Carran 020 8948 4464.

TS Goodwin, Richmond's Sea Cadet Unit, have a stall selling books, plants and bric-a-brac. The cadets meet weekly on Tuesday evenings in the Unit Headquarters in 1 Park Lane, Richmond and welcome new members. Julia Ainsby on 020 8332 2873.

Having a spring clear out? Your bric a brac, books, records and DVDs etc are wanted for locally based ASCA (Addiction Support and Care Agency) which is taking a stall 07984 921 935.

Fridays: Sales at the Teddington Salvation Army 9.30am-11am, Church Road, off Broad Street.

Fridays: The Vineyard Project 9am-2pm, clothes, books, bric a brac etc at The Vineyard, Richmond.

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

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

Saturday 10: Table top sale at The White House Community Association, buyers 50p, 10 am-1 pm, set up 9am, tables £10, space for clothes rails £3 extra, no traders or electrical items. Book 020 8979 1884.

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

Saturdays: Richmond, farmers' market, 11am-3pm, Heron Square, next Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue. 8878 5132.

Saturday June 14: Book a pitch at Ham Fair Mike Holwill 020 8940 9476.

Sunday 11: Chestnut Sunday, Park Road, Bushy Park, Teddington, 12noon-4pm. 020 89479 1586.

May Fair Ball

Friday 9: Richmond May Fair Ball, Richmond Green, 020 8940 0741.

Performance

Friday 9: Festival Showcase of most entertaining items in Richmond upon Thames Performing Arts Festival. Queen Charlotte Hall, Parkshot, Richmond. 6.30pm for 7pm, £4.50, £2.50 concession. 020 893 8656.

Courses/ classes

Sunday 11: Green Bites. Booking essential. Richmond Lending Library, Little Green, Richmond 2pm. Free. 020 8940 0981.

Saturday 17: Drawing Workshop at Twickenham Library, Garfield Road, Twickenham, 10am - 1pm £20. 020 8892 8091.

Walks and tours

Saturday 10: Walk In Bushy Park. Meet Diana Fountain car park. RSPB Richmond & Twickenham Local Group, Bushy Park, Park Road, Teddington. 10am, £1 to non-members. 020 8977 6496.

Saturday 10: Ramble via Sheen Common and Isabella Plantation Linear ramble via Sheen Common and Isabella Plantation. Meeting at North Sheen Station. Richmond Ramblers, Sheen Common, Fife Road, 10:30am. Free.020 8876 7576.

Wednesday 14, 21, 28: Garden Tours of Ham House, Ham Street, 2pm and 3pm. £9.90, £5.50 child, £25.30 family 020 8940 1950.

Free Health Walks organised by the health development team, under an hour, weekdays 10:30 am. Also walks at the weekends and in the evenings. Details 020 8891 7445.

Book picnic

Sunday 11: Dame Jacqueline Wilson speaks at the May Fair Book Picnic with Ben Macintyre and Bamber Gascoigne. Richmond Green, 12 noon, talk starts at 12:45pm. £12.50. 020 8979 3848. 3.30pm:

Bowling

Sunday 11, 18, and 25, 1: Free tuition sessions, bowls provided, wear flat shoes. Hampton Bowling Club, Carlisle Park, Wensleydale Road, Hampton. 10am. 020 8941 0005.

Talks and meetings

Friday 9: Richmond Archaeological Society lectures 8pm, Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Secretary John Costello 020 8871 9332. www.richmondarchaeology.org.uk Visitors and students welcome. May 9: The Ancient Merv Project, Turkmenistan by Tim Williams of the University of London. The AGM follows.

Friday 16: A History of British Ballet by Patricia Linton in Ham Library, Ham Street, 6:30pm. Free. 020 8940 8703.

Monday 12: Richmond Local History Society holds the AGM and party. Includes reports of members' own researches. Information 020 8891 3825.

Monday 12: St Margarets Afternoon Townswomen's Guild meets Twickenham United Reformed Church, First Cross Road, The Green, Twickenham, 2pm-4:30pm. 020 8867 2436. Monday 12: Recycling in Richmond upon Thames.

Mondays: Richmond branch members of the International Friendship League meet 7.30pm, in the headquarters of Richmond Council for Voluntary Service, first floor, 1 Princes Street. 020 8894 0664.

Monday 12: Greensleeves Flower Club at the Whitton Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road, holds lessons on 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Programmes 020 8894 6463 or just go along. May 12: workshop Elizabeth Wait: Bare Essentials. Bring scissors, pot tape and reel wire.

Monday 12: Richmond Women's Institute meet on the second Monday of each month in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Hall, 222 Sheen Road, Richmond. 7:30pm-9:30pm. 020 8940 7386. May 12: discussion of resolutions going to the AGM in Liverpool on June 4.

Tuesday 13: The Samaritan movement, talk by Julian Rye to the Probus Club of Twickenham at Fulwell Golf Club, Wellington Road, Fulwell, 12 noon for 12:30pm. £13 lunch. 020 8893 8656. Retired professional and businessmen especially welcomed. Lunch precedes the lecture.

Tuesday 13: Richmond Friendship Federation (Heyday), Holy Trinity Church Centre, Sheen Park, Sheen Road, 2pm. 020 8878 0614. Activities include swimming, ambles, talks, theatre. This month: bring and buy sale and plants.

Wednesday 14: AGM of the Friends of the Museum of Richmond will be held 6.30pm- 7.45pm at the Museum of Richmond, Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond.

Wednesday 14: Barnes Literary Society, events usually at the Old Sorting Office (OSO) Community Arts Centre, Barnes Green at 8pm. Wednesday 14: Getting Published' - Literary Agent and Publisher.

Thursday 15: The Richmond Society and the Kew Society joint meeting 7.30pm, St John' s Church, Kew Road, Richmond (opposite Orange Tree Theatre box office). Visitors welcome, £1 for tree fund. Speaker Peter Murray, exhibition director of the Building Centre and deputy chairman of the Bedford Park Society illustrates how to reduce carbon footprint whilst respecting historic nature of your home. Wine and nibbles in a get-together after the lecture. 020 8948 0643, www.richmond society.co.uk Thursday 15: 6.45pm for 7pm-9pm. Talk on Wild Law - upholding the rights of the natural world in law. Richmond Environment Forum with the Gaia Foundation. www.guardian .co.uk/environment. Free. Grove Gardens Chapel, Lower Grove Road (off Queen Road), Richmond. Contact REN Team info@richenvironmentnet.org.uk or 020 8831 6142 (best to e-mail us.

Thursday 15: Knitting Bee if you love to knit or want to earn. United Reform Church, Quadrant Road, Richmond, 10am-12 noon, free. 07787 124 268. 020 8940 3738

Eco activity

Richmond Environment Network (REN): one-stop shop for local environmental information. Visit Sunday 11: 10.30am-4pm: Practical work day with Friends Of the River Crane Environment (FORCE). www.force.org.uk Rob Gray 020 8892 9518, info@force.org.uk Sunday 11: 11am Herb Walk around Crane Park with Bergitte McGovern of Herbs by Bee. Meet outside the Shot Tower in Crane Park. Path uneven in places and can be muddy. Booking required on 07711 539 488 bergitte@herbsbybee.co.uk. Free.

Storytelling

Thursday 15: Momus Storytelling with a difference. Richmond Lending Library, Little Green, 8pm. £3. 020 8940 0981.

Poetry

Sunday 11: Celebrity poetry night at Mary Wallace Theatre, Twickenham Embankment, for Mayor's fund. 020 8744 0547.

Tuesday 13 Poetry Slam. Bring your own poems to read on the night. 5 minute slot, £30 book token for the winning poet, Twickenham Library Garfield Road, Twickenham, 7pm. Free. 020 8892 8091.

Dancing

Friday 9: New courses. Learn to jive 1940s & 1950s style, with Maddy's Jiving School in Richmond, Hammersmith and Ealing. Robin or Colette on 020 8566 5226. Visit www.LearnToJive.com Monday 12, 19: 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, homemade cake for sale.

Thursday 15: Rubies tea dance, 1pm-3pm at Whitton Community Centre, Percy Road. £3 including tea, cake and biscuit. 020 8230 1253, 07821 086 678, email: Rubiesdancecentre@hotmail.co.uk

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.

Talks and meetings

Thursday 15: The ninth Friends of Isleworth Public Hall will be held at South Street at 7.30pm. The evening includes refreshments and a talk about Richmond Highlights by heritage guide Jane Short. Secretary Rosemary Bunce 020 8568 3721.

Thursdays: Barry Jobling's opera lectures start at 2pm sharp and end at 4.15pm in St Michael and All Angels Parish Hall. This time: Königskinder Engelbert Humperdinck. £9 per lecture. Coffee or tea and biscuits included. 020 8995 4271 sara@elliottroad. freeserve.co.uk May 15: Il Trovatore, Giuseppe Verdi; May 22: La Gioconda, Amilcare Ponchielli; May 29: Tosca, Giacomo Puccini; June 5: Iolanta, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky; June 12: Wagner's Women, June 19: The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky; June 26: Basses.

Friday: The Cercle Francais invite French speakers, Francophiles and students of all ages to listen to professionals speak on a variety of subjects. The meetings are held at the Raphael Room, St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall near Turnham Green tube station. 6.30 for a glass of wine and a chat before the speaker at 7pm. New members are always welcome. For more information email joan@blackham01.freeserve.co.uk or call 07956 245 438. Mai 9: Toulouse Lautrec, Marie-Madeleine Keyte; Juin 27: L'Histoire des Francais a Londres depuis le Moyen Age a Aujourd'hui, Eric Simon; Juilliet 20: Dejeuner de cloture.

Friday 16: The Roof of Africa, 8pm at St John's Church, Isleworth is an illustrated talk by three intrepid travellers including local resident David Bagnall about high altitude treks to Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro. £5 each/£4 senior citizens. All proceeds to St John's Church. 020 8758 0872 or email david.bagnall@blueyonder.co.uk to book tickets in advance.

Scouts and cadets

Weekly: Scouts, Cubs And Beavers, 23 Groups, four Explorer Scout Units & Network Unit. Every weekday night across the borough. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts - ages 6-14 years. Explorers Scouts and Scout Network - ages 14-25 years. Bedfont, Feltham & Hanworth - 020 8898 1385; Heston, Hounslow, Isleworth & Osterley - 020 8568 0797; Brentford & Chiswick - 020 8560 1076.

Weekly: Chiswick Sea Cadets meet at Chiswick Pier in Edensor Road. Activities include going to sea with the Royal Navy, going up in a search and seek helicopter, five-a-side football, power boating, sailing and taking part in various parades such as the Lord Mayor's show in London. The sea cadets can be contacted by email at chiswickscc@live.co.uk or boys interested in joining can go along on Wednesdays evenings from 7.15pm to 9.30pm, or every other Sunday from 10am to 2.30pm. Leader is Petty officer Richard Flann.

Social clubs

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, or leave details on 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.

Museums

Tuesday, Thursdays: Kempton Steam Museum, Kempton Park Water Treatment Works, Snakey Lane, Hanworth.

Every Tuesday and Thursday 11am-4pm. Hour-long tours include a visit to five of the six levels of the biggest steam engine in the world (currently static), accompanied by volunteers who are on hand to answer any questions and share their expertise. Cost: £4, concessions on request, 01264 782 318, www.kemptonsteam.org Tuesdays-Sundays: Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, 11am-5pm. Outstanding collection of water-pumping engines powered by steam. Cost: weekdays (engines static) adult £4.25, concessions £3.25, accompanied children under 16 free; weekends (steam hall engines in steam) adult £6.50; concessions £5.50, accompanied children under 16 free; Cornish engine weekends: adult £7.50; conc £6.50; accompanied children under 16 free, www.kbsm.org Tuesdays-Sundays: The Musical Museum, 399 High Street, Brentford. Contains one of the world's foremost collections of automatic musical instruments. Open Tuesday to Sunday each week from 11am-5.30pm (last admissions 4pm). Standard entry is £7; concessions (UB40, Student card, Pensioners): £5.50; Children under 16: free (but all children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult). Pre-booked parties of 25 or more are entitled to a discount of £1.50 per person. There is disabled access to all areas. Further information: www.musicalmuseum.co.uk , tel: 020 8560 8108 9383.

Song and dance

Friday 9: New courses starting. Have fun, and learn to jive 1940s & 1950s style, with Maddy's Jiving School. Lively and friendly classes in Richmond, Hammersmith and Ealing. Complete beginners welcome. Free information pack available from Robin or Colette on 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: Enjoy Dance & Movement to Christian praise music. All ages welcome. £2. First Saturday of each month from 10am to noon in the United Reformed Church, Chapel Road, Hounslow, eight minutes walk from Hounslow Central tube. 020 8744 5333.

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.

1:03pm Thursday 8th May 2008

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