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try to resurrect a City of Sunderland show but we need helpers and supporters.” An exploratory meeting is to be held on Tuesday, March 14, at 7pm in Middle Herrington Methodist Church, next to the Board Inn pub. “We cannot remain as a city without a show of this kind. Growers, gardening club officials, leek club members and enthusiastic gardeners are welcome to attend the meeting.” Contact Leslie on 5280580 or Ernie on 07469738774 for more information.
Sunderland Embroiderers’ Guild will meet in St Aidan’s Parish Centre, New Herrington, on Saturday, March 18, at 2pm. This will take the form of a Spring Event, including embroidery Supplies stalls, a cake stall, raffle and tombola, plus refreshments. Admission is £2 and all are welcome.
Herrington Flower Club will meet on Monday, March 13, at 7.30pm in St Chad’s Church hall, Durham Road. The demonstrators will be John Dalton, from Carlisle. Visitors welcome, pay £4. (Fosums) will meet on Saturday in Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Burdon Road at 2pm. Speaker will John Sadler on the Magna Carta. Visitors are welcome, charge £2.
Sunderland Pianoforte Society will meet in the Sunderland Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, on Tuesday, March 14,at 7.15pm. Guest will be Harry Nowakowski-Fox. Programme will include: Bach: Partita No.2, Beethoven: Sonata Op.53 (Waldstein), Chopin: Fantasie in F minor Op.49, Schumann: Kreisleriana. Membership is full subscription (six recitals) £60, individual recitals £12.50, accompanied children (16 and under) free, full-time students and those in receipt of unemployment benefit, £6.
Friends of the Donnison School trip to Bowes Museum and Barnard Castle takes place on Saturday, March 18. Places are still available, cost £10 for coach only. Coach and reduced price entry to museum £17, a saving of £3.50 per person. Coach will leave Burdon Road near Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. For more details, contact Donnison School on 0191 565 4835
The next Lovell Lecture at the Donnison School will be on Monday, March 20, from 1pm to 3pm. Speaker will be Pauline Hilton on It’s a Small World – East End Family History. Entrance is £3 for visitors, members £2.50, which includes refreshments.
Hooky, Clippy and Proggy workshops are being held at Donnison School by the school’s clippy mat lady Margaret. Next session is on Friday from 10.30am to noon. For more details, ring 0191 5654835.
Sunderland Antiquarian Society Archives at the Sunderland Antiquarian and Heritage Centre, 6 Douro Terrace are open for research Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9.30am to noon.
If you enjoy singing go along to the new Intergenerational Choir, which meets tonight in Donnison School, Church Walk, at 6pm. All you need is your voice. For more information, ring 5654835.
Sunderland Maritime Heritage Centre, 2 Church Street East, is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 4pm. Admission free and as always if you are interested in volunteering, pop down for a char. Members have been involved in a project with Hylton Castle Primary School and the Amber Collective of Newcastle on the film project Sunderland Oak, which can be viewed on http://www. amber-onlinecom/project/ sunderland-oak-project/. For those without a computer, they are arranging showings at Heritage Centre. Dates to be announced shortly. They