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BARNES, PALLION AND MILLFIELD
Ring Dorothy McQuillan on 0191 514 0315 or email frankieanddorothy@yahoo.com Thanks go To The RAOB Club, Wilson Street, Millfield, for the use of their concert room for a fundraising event for St Mary Magdalene’s Church on Friday, February 17. Thank you also to Lorraine and to Chris and Dave for a wonderful night of entertainment in a Tina Turner Tribute and Friends Night. Thank you to the home team for catering and organising the night. A total of £355 was raised. And thank you to all who supported the event. Park Productions proudly presents The Witness on Friday, April 26, at 7.15pm, and Saturday, April 27, at 3.30pm, in Burn Park Methodist Church, Burn Park Road. Tickets in advance, adults £5, children under 16 £3, family of two adults and two children £15. Tickets on the door, adults £7, children under 16 £5, family of two adults and two children £22. Call 0191 511 0748 or e-mail parkproductions1992@ hotmail.com or text 07845 555677. Members of Sunderland Men’s Probus Club will have the opportunity to learn more of the Bishopwearmouth Townscape’s Heritage Project when Judith Miller from the city council addresses them at their Spring meeting in The Ashbrooke Sports Pavilion on Tuesday, March 12, at 10.30am. Members of the public, for whom there is no admission charge will be welcome. Ewesley Road WI meet in The Enid Dagg Room of the Church on Wednesday, March 6, at 2.15pm. On this occasionitwilltheAGM.The stall is home baking, and the competition, ‘Buttons in a Jar’. The next charity night in aid of MS is ‘Wor Vera’ at 7pm on Friday, March 1, at The Holy Rosary. First half of the evening is based on the 40s followed by music through the decades. Doors open at 6.15pm to buy your raffle and bingo tickets. There will also be a Big Card, Name the Teddy, and sale of knitted goods. Tickets are £5 and please dress in your favourite era. Guaranteed a fabulous night. Call 07806 778392 to reserve tickets. Messy Vintage is at Ewesley Road Church on Monday, March 11, from 2pm to 4pm including afternoon tea. In the style of Messy Church, but for anyone who has a few wrinkles and is young at heart. Messy Vintage is Christ centred, creative, full of celebration and hospitality, and open to all. Get ready to visit the event of the month, Sunderland Minster Vintage and Craft Fayre on Saturday, March 2. Enjoy perusing the stalls selling knitted items, hand crafted greetings cards, cakes, jewellery, wooden items, and much more. Partake in the delicious home made cakes and savouries sold in the cafe, and all in all have a wonderful day. Open from 10am to 3pm, the fantastic atmosphere, friendly stallholders and amazing assortment of items to buy will make this an unmissable occasion.
GRANGETOWN AND ASHBROOKE
Ring Chris Dixon on 0191 551 7090/07950828272 or email cmdixon@hotmail.co.uk Sunderland Floral Art Club is offering Flower Arranging Classes on the following Tuesdays: February 26; March 5, 12 and 26. They are to be held at St Cecilia’s Church Hall, Ryhope Road, from 1.45pm to 3.30pm. The course tutor is Mrs Karl Brunton and the cost is £18. Booking is essential as places are limited so please contact Pam on 0191 522 7832 if you are interested. Groundwork, funded for their work here in St Michael’s by the East Area Committee of Sunderland Council and supported by the three local ward councillors, is organising a community clean-up on Saturday, March 9, from 10am to 11am, meeting outside the Ivy House, Worcester Terrace. This is part of the ‘Reclaim the Lanes’ scheme and local residents/helpers are encouraged to call along; all equipment is provided. Anyone 18 years and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. For more information please contact Julia. bentley@groundwork.org. uk or call 0191 567 2550. St Nicholas Church, off Queen Alexandra Road/Dunelm South, working within the St Michael’s Ward Community Connector Hub project, holds its next ‘Open Arms’ session on Wednesday, March 6, commencing 10.30am until noon. On offer is tea, coffee and biscuits, but most of all support and a listening ear to carers who need a short break or indeed anyone feeling isolated or lonely. In addition, St Nicholas, under the same project, is holding its next ‘Care and Share’ session on Saturday, March 9, from 12.30pm until 2pm. Here a safe, welcoming, setting is on offer to anyone in need, vulnerable or lonely who can come along and enjoy a free cooked meal and dessert, plus soft drinks/coffee or tea. Thornholme Residents’ Association will hold its next meeting on Monday, March 4, at Ashbrooke Sports Club, commencing 6pm. Sunderland Ladies Probus Club holds its next meeting this Thursday with coffee at 10am and the meeting itself commencing at 10.30am. The guest speaker will be Judith Phillips whose talk is entitled ‘Working with the Archives’ (of Bowes Museum). The meeting takes place at the usual venue, St John’s Church, Ashbrooke. Early notice for your diary is Saturday, March 23, for the Spring Concert being held by Sunderland Symphony Orchestra, entitled ‘Spring into Jazz’, with guest soloist Megan Robinson (flute). The venue is West Park Church, Stockton Road, (opposite the bus interchange and Park Lane Metro station), and the concert begins at 7.30pm. Tickets (at the door) are £8, with under 16s and students both £5. The programme will include: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, Carnival of Venice and music by John Dankworth and Shostakovich. St Michael’s Residents’ Association holds its next meeting, which is once again at the Community Centre, Stannington Grove, tomorrow, Wednesday, commencing 6.30pm. Friends of Backhouse Park and Barley Mow Park next meets on Tuesday, March 12, at the Back-on-the-Map Building, Toward Road, commencing 6.30pm. Ashmore Residents’ Association holds its next meeting on Wednesday, March 20, at the British Legion Club, Grange Crescent, commencing 7.30pm.