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We will be serving a delicious selection of
- Soups and Breads
- Cheese and Wine
- Coffee and Cakes
Chamber Choir Viva La Musica has become recognised locally as one of the more exciting vocal ensembles performing across the East Midlands. The Loughborough-based choir attracts singers from a wide area. Its repertoire ranges across the centuries and embraces both sacred and secular music in various styles. Simon Lumby conducts the choir.
‘Now is the month of Maying’ is a concert celebrating nature and the season. It will include a selection of madrigals and works by Lauridsen, Finzi and Rachmaninoff.
This late-afternoon concert will last approximately an hour and a quarter. There will be refreshments to follow.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
This week’s get-together is High Tea and you are asked to assemble at 3:30 pm for a 4:00 pm start. More details later.
Monies raised from this event will go to The Alzheimer’s Society.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Alison Thornhill will examine how Ticknall Limeyards evolved from a warm sea to a tranquil woodland from prehistory to the present day.
The talk will reveal some of the natural gems in this intriguing place.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Performed in Victorian Mourning dress we explore Warwick Castle and Calke Abbey’s “not so living history”.
The secrets that lie beneath and the inhabitants that still occupy the rooms, corridors and grounds of two very different Stately Homes as witnessed by myself, colleagues and guests.
At a slightly later time than usual, we will be serving
Pork and Stuffing Rolls with apple and chutneys, followed by Treacle Tart or Parkin.
Much of Melbourne’s history can be told by the story of individual houses in the parish and their occupants. This talk by Melbourne History Group Chairman Philip Heath, given on Saturday, 16 November, at 7:30 pm at Melbourne Assembly Rooms Main, selects twelve of the most interesting ones to prove the point.
Admission is £4 (Under 16s free if accompanied by an adult). Refreshments will be available.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Christmas time! A look back at some of our Christmas traditions, celebrations and favourite toys!
Enjoy a cracker joke or two, as we reminisce on our Christmases past!
The Pigeon – from the gods to the gutter. Dove of peace or rat with wings? A look at our perceptions and complex relationship with this remarkable bird throughout history.