What's On Guide Winter 2013/14 | Page 30

30 visit www.south-derbys.gov.uk/swadlincotetic visit www.south-derbys.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 31 Thurs 13 Feb, 1.30pm Tues 18 Feb, 2pm Mon 24 Feb, 7.30pm Thurs 27 Feb, 10am Winter Walk – Dane’s Bottom, Netherseal & Church Way Wildlife Watch - Family Discovery Walk Illustrated Tour of the Isles of Scilly at Findern Ticknall to Melbourne Circular Walk Overseal Church, Woodville Road, Overseal, DE12 6LQ Meet at Overseal Church SK294154. A walk of much interest including recent woodland planting in Dane’s Bottom and the Conservation Area of Netherseal, returning to Overseal along Church Way. Terrain - woodland and field paths; country lanes 4.5 miles - 3 stiles. Leader Dot Morson Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Price: £2 per person Sat 15 Feb, Wed 19 Feb, Fri 21 Feb, 11am - 2pm Half Term Clay Days at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Family activity workshop – design and make an object out of clay or paint one you have already made. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk  free Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Rosliston, DE12 8JX Enjoy a winter ‘woodland experience’ around the forestry centre. Take part in a winter scavenger hunt and look for the signs of spring. Bring your cameras! Meet in the Forest Classroom. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Price: £2 per person Tues 18 Feb, 7.30pm Burnaston and Derby Airfields Talk Chapel Schoolroom, Etwall, DE65 6LU Join Etwall and Burnaston History Society for this talk by Martin Jones. Please telephone for further information. Tel: 01283 730287 Email: [email protected] www.etwallhistory.org Sat 22 Feb, 10am - 12 noon Saturday Talk - Tudor Gardens at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum Walk & Warm at Rosliston Forestry Centre West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Join Maureen Taylor for this talk on Tudor Gardens. One in series in Sharpe’s Saturday talks programme. Afterwards everyone can have the opportunity to take part in a gardening/ wildlife/craft activity. Tel: 01283 563483 www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Price: £3.50 to include soup Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Talk: Adults £5 (Friends of Sharpe’s £4.50), Child £1.50 Gardening/Wildlife Activity: Adults £3, Children £1 Sat 15 Feb, 10.45am Burton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JX Come along for a walk stopping off for a bowl of soup in a local village pub. Sat 15 Feb, 7.30pm Hey Beatles in Concert at Melbourne Assembly Rooms High Street, Melbourne, DE73 8GF One of the best Beatles tribute’s around. Doors open 7.30pm. Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: Tickets £7 If you would like your event included in the next edition (March-June 2014) or would like to advertise in the publication, please contact Swadlincote TIC on 01283 222 848 Findern Parish Rooms, Lower Green, Findern, DE65 6AD Join South Derbyshire Badger Group with guest speaker Dot Morson. Tel: 07754 094177 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshirebadgergroup.co.uk Price: Visitors £2 Tel: 07708 435469 www.melbournefootpathsgroup.wordpress.com Price: £2 per person Mon 24 Feb, 7.30pm The Trent Valley Through Time Talk Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Melbourne, DE73 8GF Join Melbourne Civic Society for this talk by David Knight describing the discoveries made by Trent and Peak Archaeology on Roman and Medieval sites near Barrow. Tel: 01332 865760 Email: [email protected] www.melbournecivicsociety.co.uk Price: Members £1, Non Members £2 Fri 28 Feb, 7.30pm History of the Cromford Canal Talk Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, Ticknall, DE73 7JW Join Ticknall Preservation and Historical Society for this Talk by guest speaker Barry Lings. Tel: 01530 810266 Email: [email protected] www.ticknall.org.uk Price: Non Members £2, Members £1 Includes refreshments Wed 26 Feb, 12.30 - 1.30pm Tours of the Museum at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum Fri 28 Feb, 7.30pm West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Free guided tour of the Museum on the last Wednesday of every month including the new Heritage Lottery Funded exhibition ‘A Toilet Story’. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, Ticknall, DE73 7JW Meet Melbourne Footpaths Group at Ticknall Village Hall, for this 6.5 mile walk. Out via Robin Wood, Shepherds Lane and Bog Lane; back via Staunton Harold Sailing Club and Broadstone Lane. There will be a short stop in Melbourne for drinks. free Stargazing at Rosliston Forestry Centre Burton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JX Talk on the Night Sky followed by stargazing if sky is clear using our telescopes. Bring your binoculars. Beginners and more experienced stargazers welcome. Details correct at time of going to print but please check web site for updates. Tel: 07966 882157 Email: [email protected] www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Price: £2 Photography by Christopher Beech, Louise Galdes, Ian Hey, Kevin Mason, Charlie James. Compiled by Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre, October 2013. Obtaining alternative v ???????????????????)%??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????Q????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????)A???????????????????????????????????????????????((0