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Lifestyle and Leisure News
Friendship ring for nature reserve
LOCAL people are invited to a special event where they can help plan the future for one of March’s best loved nature reserves.
Wimblington
WIMBLINGTON now has its programme in place for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Wake up to Drowsy Chaperone
MEMBERS of Wisbech Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society take to the stage this week with ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’.
Jubilee celebrations
WORK on new railings commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is set to start this weekend alongside the river in March.
Library Friends have re-formed
THE Friends of March Library have reformed and are holding their first coffee morning on Saturday May 26 at 10am at the City Road library.
Theatre group’s national success
ONE of Fenland’s longest standing amateur theatre groups has won a clean sweep of the top awards at the annual NODA East Region District 4N awards ceremony.
Dusk walk
THE Friends of Wisbech Park have organised a Dusk Chorus Walk led by Paul Stancliffe of the British Trust for Ornithology starting at 7pm on May 16.
Tackling Japanese Knotweed in Fens
UK trade body the Property Care Association (PCA) has launched a new group – dedicated to the removal and control of Japanese Knotweed in Fenland.
Pooch mooch at Block Fen
THE RSPCA Block Fen Animal Centre, in Wimblington, is set to host a pooch mooch on Sunday, 20 May.
Festival marks centenary year
THE Wisbech Arts Festival is a new project running out of Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House for this year as it is a memorial year - 100 years since her death.
Creative challenge to win Jubilee goodies
FENLAND’S children are being invited to say what they would do if they were King or Queen – as part of June’s Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration.
Pooch mooch for centre
THE RSPCA Block Fen Animal Centre at Wimblington is hosting a pooch mooch on Sunday May 20.
Riding club’s all year venue
WISBECH and District Riding Club are delighted to have secured a fantastic all year round club venue, thanks to Western equestrian supremo David Deptford and his team at Stags Holt.
Review: Dirty Dancing
WHAT is still regarded as an iconic movie has been turned into a theatrical winner and, for the next three weeks, Milton Keynes Theatre will be packed with enthusiastic audiences wanting to see more Dirty Dancing.
Rental prices could be levelling out
SIGNS suggest that rental prices in the Private Rental Sector could be levelling out, according to letting agents.
Stonea Camp event
Archaeologists and a story teller are to welcome people to Stonea Camp hill fort near Wimblington to help bring the story of Fenland and Cambridgeshire to life.
Runners take to the roads
ON SUNDAY (May 6) the streets of King’s Lynn are once again set to be filled with runners and spectators as the annual Bespak Grand East Anglia Run takes place.
Now is time to enter
ENTRY has opened for the first ever Wimblington Village Church Art, Craft and Hobbies Show.
Be a friend to Ring’s End
FENLAND District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council are looking for volunteers to start a new Friends group to help them look after Ring’s End Nature Reserve, near March.
Junior model railway club
MARCH and District Junior Model Railway Club is still going strong after moving to the new rooms at March Railway Station in September last year.
Ideas for the Bank Holiday
AS another Bank Holiday Weekend approaches, there are a couple of things that are almost certain - rain and the opportunity for DIY!
Winners announcement: Grand Designs Live
THE winners have been chosen in our recent competition to win tickets to Grand Designs Live in London.
May Pole dancing fun
OPPONENTS of wind farms in the Fens are staging a major fundraising event next weekend.
1 commentGoalbound family fun day postponed
THE Wisbech Town Football Club Goalbound family fun day has been postponed due to the weather.
Benefit concerns
LANDLORD Assist, the nationwide tenant eviction and referencing firm, has criticised the Government’s plans to stop people under 25 who are unemployed from receiving housing benefit.
Spicers to host open house event
SPICERS McColl is hosting an open house event in Wisbech over the coming May Day Bank Holiday.
Anglian Players
MARCH-based Anglian Player’s spring production is entitled ‘Kindly Leave the Stage’.
Play darts against ‘Wolfie’ Adams
STEPPING Stones Pre-School in Leverington is holding an evening of darts with Martin ‘Wolfie’ Adams on Saturday at Leverington Sports and Social Club.
Final heat for talent show
FRIDAY is the final heat for the Fenland’s Got Talent competition at Wisbech St Mary Community Centre.
Home buyers look towards joint ownership
WOULD-be first time buyers struggling to raise large deposits or secure finance from reluctant banks could consider buying with family or friends as a potential solution to help spread the costs of buying and maintaining a home.
Craft SOS for Wisbech Arts Festival
CRAFTY people are sought to help with a project for Wisbech Arts Festival.
Win tickets to vintage rally
THE 37th Stradsett Park Vintage Rally is coming up over the May Bank Holiday weekend and the Citizen has five family tickets to give away.
Feeling the squeeze
NEW research from letting agents shows the UK is feeling the squeeze of the economic slowdown, as more tenants are struggling to pay their rents on time.
Car boot event
A FUNDRAISING car boot is being held on April 29 at Walpole Highway School playing field from 9am to 1pm with booters turning up from 8am.
Celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day
CELEBRATE International Dawn Chorus Day at Natural England’s Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve.
Country Company
COUNTRY Company give their last performance at Terrington St Clement Church on May 10 at 7.30pm before retiring.
More confidence in the market
AWARD-winning estate agency William H Brown in Wisbech is delighted to report higher levels of activity from home buyers in the first three months of this year.
Keep up to date with letting legislation
LOCAL landlords are being warned to ensure they are keeping up to date with letting legislation, writes Rob Smy, director of Fenland Estates, ARLA licensed specialist residential lettings agency with offices in Wisbech and Long Sutton.
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Thursday 17 May 2012
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