DOWN YOUR WAY
Santa is on his way and he will be out and about on his sleigh, accompanied by his helpers from Seaburn Rotary, touring the Fulwell, Seaburn and Roker streets to meet as many people as possible. He will be at the following places: Sunday from 4pm to 7pm, Alston Crescent and all streets between there and Dovedale Road; Monday, December 11, from 6pm to 8pm, The “D” streets between Sea Road and Dykelands Road including terraced streets north of Sea Road; Tuesday, December 12, from 6pm to 8pm, Dovedale Road and all streets on the North side around Seaburn Dene; Wednesday, December 13, from 6pm to 8pm, Side Cliff Road down to Roker Park Road and the terraced streets on the west side back towards Neale Street; Friday, December 15, from 6pm to 8pm, Roker Baths Road and the streets on the south side as far as Roker Avenue; Sunday, December 17, from 4pm to 7pm, All streets on South Bents estate. Santa’s tours will depend on good weather and suitable access to some streets where there are parked vehicles. The 21st St Andrew’s Cubs’ Carol Service is in St Andrew’s Church Hall. Join them tomorrow at 6.30pm for mince pies, tea/coffee and a sing-song. Entrance is £1 per person at the door. All welcome. All Saints Ladies’ Fellowship will meet tomorrow in the Vestry Meeting Room at 7.30pm for carols and cards. All ladies are welcome. Wearside Field Club next meets on Tuesday, December 12, at 7.30pm in Fulwell Community Centre, Chapman Street. There will be an ‘Out and About with the Field Club’ picture show followed by tea/coffee and mince pies. A Christingle Service at St Andrew’s Church, Roker, is on Sunday at 4pm. All are welcome. Sunderland Philatelic Society meet in Roker Methodist Church at the junction of Lonsdale Road and Roker Park Road tomorrow at 7 pm. It is Members’ Night – philatelic items associated with the letter ‘K’. For further information call Fred Greener on 0191 385 2196. St Peter’s Ward Surgery will be held in Enon Baptist Church on Saturday from 10.30am to 11.30am with Coun Julia Jackson in attendance. St Andrew’s Wednesday Afternoon Social is from 1pm to 3pm in the Priestman Hall. Please go along and join in with crafts (take your own knitting/crocheting etc), art group, games or just have a cup of tea or coffee and a chat. Everyone is welcome. Line and couples dancing to country music at the Mill View Club with live artists every Tuesday night along with bingo and a raffle, from 7.30pm to 11pm. Admission is £3 to cover the cost of artist on stage. Go along to Fulwell Library to hear their band ‘Bookworms’ play on Wednesday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm. All are welcome. Extended opening times for Fulwell Community Library are Mondays and Fridays 10am to 4pm, Wednesdays 10am to 5pm, Saturdays 10am to 1pm. A 50/50 Tea Dance is at the Mill View Club, Fulwell, on Thursday from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, £2.50 includes refreshments. Dance with Johnny and Jean. A Social Dance to be held at Fulwell Community Centre, Chapman Street, off Sea Road, Fulwell, is on Wednesday from 8pm to 11pm. It is 50/50 dancing to recorded music. Tea and coffee will be served, or you can take your own refreshments. There is a raffle and bingo. Tickets £2. Sunderland Pianoforte Society will meet in the Sunderland Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, tonight for their 453rd Recital at 7.15pm. Grace Yeo began her undergraduate studies at the Seoul National University and in 2008 was awarded the Barbara Stringer Scholarship for postgraduate studies in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since becoming the winner of the Beethoven Society of Europe’s Piano Competition in 2009, Grace has continued to build an international career. She has given recitals and concerto performances throughout Great Britain, as well as in France, Italy, Germany, Finland and South Korea. This is her second recital for the society. Programme: Frank Bridge: A Fairy Tale Suite, Debussy: Ballade in F major L.70 Suite Bergamasque L.82, Ravel: Sonatine, York Bowen: Romance No.1 Op.35 No.2. berceuse Op.83, Suite No.4 Op.39 No3,Toccata Op.155, Schumann: Sonata No.2 in G minor,Op.22. Membership fees are being held at £60 to include all seven concerts, single tickets price £12.50, £6 for students over 16 and those claiming unemployment benefit. Accompanied children are free. Bishopwearmouth Young Singers present ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Scrooge Revisited) on Saturday at Ewesley Road Methodist Church, SR4 7RT, at 7.30pm. Entrance is a minimum £5 donation. Hendon Ward surgery at CHANCE, 2 Rickaby Street, on Thursday is from 3pm to 4pm with Coun Barbara McClennan in attendance at both venues. The next coach trip organised by the Friends of the Donnison School is on Saturday going to Tennants Auction House, Leyburn, cost £13.50. For details of how to book contact the Donnison School on 0191 565 4835 or email info@donnisonschool.org.uk Thinking of Christmas, birthday or anniversary presents. At Sunderland Maritime Heritage you can get an ideal gift, a commemorative copper plaque for HMS Venerable for £10 with your chosen name inscribed on it. The copper plaque drive is progressing swimmingly (pardon the pun) and if you are interested you can buy one via paypal at sunderland maritime heritage. org.uk or you can purchase by phone on 0191 510 2540. The hulls of ships like HMS Venerable and other sailing ships preceding the 20th century were covered by copper plates as this prevented sea parasites (such as Gribble Worms) and molluscs from attaching to the boat which compromised speed performance. The centre is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 4pm and Saturdays 10am to 2pm. Hendon Karate Class at Cheers public house is tomorrow from 6pm to 7pm for beginners and on Friday 6pm to 7pm. For further details call 07932 724720. The Parent & Toddler group meets at Sunderland Minster on Tuesdays from 9.30am to 11.30am. Sunderland Antiquarian Archives at the Sunderland Antiquarian Heritage Centre, 6 Duro Terrace, is open for research on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9.30am