DOWN YOUR WAY
Every Tuesday in your Echo
HOUGHTON Ring Ron Young on 0191 584 2692
At the Rotary Club fifth Wednesday dinner with family and friends in Chilton Country Hotel, the speaker was Ken Clark, the secretary of Burnmour Conservation Group. He spoke about his hobby of bee keeping and demonstrated the hive, equipment and protective clothing used in the porcess of producing honey and wax. The interest of the audience was shown by the many questions asked at the end. Popular entertainer Ron Spence will make a welcome return to perform at Houghton Older People’s Enterprise in the Methodist Church hall on Thursday at 1pm. The next walks by Sunderland Group of the Ramblers’ Association are: Sunday, Wylam Circular, meeting in the car park north of Wylam station – across the bridge take the right turn at the left handed bend (NE 41 8DZ). More details from leader Dennis Borley on0191 4920029. Wednesday, September 13, Aycliffe Village circular, meeting at 10,30am at the village green (DL5 6LW), parking with consideration. For further details, contact leader Dennis Borley. The next meeting of the members of the Friends of Rectory Park will be in community hall of St Michael’s Kepier Hall at 7pm on Tuesday, September 12. Age UK Sunderland, sponsored by Sunderland Council Community Chest, will be hosting the annual Queen of Eventide Afternoon Tea event on Wednesday, October 4, from 2pm to 3.30pm in Houghton Miners’ Welfare Hall. Tickets, £3, are on sale from Karen McKinney on 07889812780. Gilpin WI will hold its first meeting after the summer break in Houghton Kepler Hall at 1.30pm on Thursday October 4. Entertainment will be from musical duo, Fools Gold. Members are reminded there will be a bring-and-buy sales table with the theme, Harvest Produce.
CLEADON Ring Lesley Smith on 0191 536 3346 email lesley.smith@live.com
Soup lunches on Tuesdays at All Saints’ parish hall opens again today after the summer break. Call in and enjoy a choice of homemade soups with a roll followed by homemade cake with tea or coffee all for £3. Included is plenty of chat and friendship. The PCC for All Saints’ Church meets tomorrow at 7.30pm in the Chapter House. The coffee morning on Saturday in All Saints’ parish hall from 10.30am to noon is in aid of Safe Water Trust. This charity provides clean drinking water all over the world and the proceeds from this coffee morning will be used to provide drinking water in Uganda. There will be a bring-and-buy stall, a cake stall and a raffle with plenty of coffee, tea and scones and time to chat. On Saturday at 7.30pm, Danny Reed, a Cleadonbased tribute act to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others, is entertaining at a charity evening in the Pier Pavilion, South Shields, to help the Westovian Theatre Group raise funds for new theatre seating. Tickets are available at £8 from The Word, or by ringing 456 6566. New Cleadon WI will meet on Monday at 7pm in Cleadon Methodist Church hall, when members and guests will hear about Marley Fire Station. There will also be a harvest stall and a raffle. New members and visitors are most welcome. Cleadon WI will meet next Tuesday, September 12, at 6.30pm in All Saints’ parish hall. New members and visitors are welcome. Compass Acapella, the Cleadon-based close harmony men’s choir, will be singing in St Edward’s Church, Whitley Bay, on Saturday, September 16, at 7.30pm. The new nursery building in Cleadon Church of England Primary Academy is up and running with a very few places left. The Cleadon Owls is also a new facility for before and after-school care. Anyone who wants to arrange for their children to attend should contact the school. If you call in to John Lewis’ Place to eat in Newcastle, ask for a token to vote and support Churches Together South Tyneside’s Happy at Home project, which supports frail, elderly people. You could help them win a share of £3,000. The more tokens, the bigger the share. South Shields Community School Karate Club meets in the school in Nevinson Avenue on Mondays at 5pm. The club welcomes all ages and abilities. You can go along to a session or telephone 07979538992 for more information. A T’ai Chi class is available in All Saints’ parish hall on Wednesdays at 10.45am. This calm movement class improves breathing, balance and energy and anyone is welcome to go along or telephone Ros on 07891 419006.
HENDON Ring Connie Bulmer on 548 6066
Take a guided tour of The Port of Sunderland. Meet at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens reception, Burdon Road, to board the bus to the port on Friday, from 10am to noon. This is part of Heritage Open Days project and must be booked by email at janet.robinson@ sunderland.gov.uk The Masonic Temple, Queen Street, will be open on Saturday from 10.30am to 4pm as part of the Heritage Open Day events. The Phoenix Hall, built in 1785, is a Grade 1 listed building and retains virtually all its original features. It is the oldest purpose-built Masonic Temple under the English Constitution in existence in the world and is still in continuous use today. The Parish Church of St Ignatius The Martyr, Suffolk Street, will be open on Thursday from 10am to 4pm, Friday from noon to 4pm, Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 11.30am to 1pm as part of the Heritage Open Days