Goring Gap News – Monthly Diary – July 2008
This monthly diary reproduced from the Goring Gap News lists the activities of many local clubs and societies, and other events. The Information Office (01491 873565) can always provide more details.
At the end of the pages you will find emergency medical information and details of the rubbish disposal schedule
The following abbreviations are used: Bellême Room BR; Free Church Hall FCH; Goring Community Centre GCC; Goring Village Hall GVH; Morrell Room MR; Storton Lodge SL
You will find some events in the diary have links to further details under Forthcoming Events further down the page.
Tuesday 15 July
7 for 7.30pm—Goring Gap Business Network meeting. For this
month's venue see www.goringgapbusiness.net
or contact Ian Dale (01491) 872420.
Wednesday 16 July
10am—CareBus River Trip – Reading to Henley.
Thursday 17 July
2.30pm GVH—Goring WI Meeting. Thames
Valley Police Museum with the Curator Ken Wells.
Saturday 19 July
Goring & Streatley Regatta.
Saturday 26 July
10am-12noon—St Thomas’s Coffee Morning with books for sale.
Monday 28July (to Friday 1 August)
10am-12.30pm GVH—Goring Free Church King’s Club Team – Waste Watchers open to
all 4-11 year olds free of charge. Contact Yvette (873693) or Ruth (874339).
Sunday 3 August
10.30am Goring Free Church—King’s Club Family Service. All are welcome.
Wednesday 6 August
7.30pm the Red Cross Surgery— MIGGS meeting.
Thursday 7 August
10am-1pm Goring Parish Council Room— Police Surgery Meeting.
Friday 8 August
8-11.30pm GVH—The Gap Gig.
Monday 11 August
6.30pm Streatley Recreation Ground—Hot Air Balloon Night
Glow.
Thursday 14 August
2pm MR—Streatley WI meeting – Thirty Five Years on a Milk Round with Sylvia
Brown.
Saturday 16 August
2-4pm GVH—Village Greenfingers’ Annual Summer Show.
Wednesday 20 August
9:30am—CareBus trip to Newbury.
Thursday 21 August
Goring WI—Boat Trip.
Saturday 23 August
MR—The Streatley Art Exhibition.
Sunday 24 August
MR—The Streatley Art Exhibition.
Monday 25 August
MR—The Streatley Art Exhibition.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
THE LIGHTYEARS TO PERFORM AT REGATTA
The Lightyears, the Reading-based band some of whose members
have a Goring Gap connection, have increased their reputation hugely in the
last couple of years, winning awards and playing big venues to great acclaim.
They will be live at Goring & Streatley Regatta on Saturday
19 July. More information is on www.thelightyears.com
DON PASQUALE
By kind permission of Sir Julian Rose, Garden Opera Company is delighted to
be performing in the stunning garden setting of Hardwick House at Whitchurch
on Thames on Saturday 19 July. The opera, which
will be sung in English, sparkles with wit and the most enchanting music and
is well suited to Garden Opera’s company of talented young professionals. Whether
an opera lover or absolute newcomer, you’ll enjoy the entertaining, intimate
and approachable style. Why not make up a group of friends and bring a picnic
to enjoy on the stunning lawns to the side of Hardwick House. Gardens open at
5pm. Seating is provided for the performance.
Tickets: £27. Numbers limited, pre-booking essential.
Box Office: 0118 984 4959/2437. Tickets available at Warmingham, 4 High Street,
Goring. In the case of extremely inclement weather, this performance may not
take place. Please note all tickets are non-refundable. www.gardenopera.co.uk
NSPCC LUNCH
Goring and Streatley Branch Committee of the NSPCC will be holding
their Annual Summer Lunch in Goring Village Hall on Thursday 7 August at
12.30 for 1pm. This will be our 14th Annual Lunch and we look forward to welcoming
old friends and new.
Tickets for the lunch are £13.50 and can be bought
from any Committee member or by telephoning (01491) 872012 or (01491) 872924.
JAZZ – THE GAP GIG
The Gap Gig, in Goring Village Hall, from 8pm to 11.30pm
on Friday 8 August, presents Jim Mullen, the
Guitar Supreme with his musicians with guitars and Hammond organ.
Fully licensed bar with local Real Ales. Tickets, £10, are available from Inspiration
or at the door. To book a table call Bill (875758) or John (874492).
HOT AIR BALLOON NIGHT GLOW
Monday 11 August will see
Streatley Recreation Ground (start 6.30pm) glowing with Hot Air Balloons, which
will be inflated whilst dusk falls. This is quite a spectacle with an assorted
collection of colourful balloons. Come and join the fun – your children can
use the new and updated play equipment in the play area.
Entry is free and there will be beef-burgers and hot dogs, wine and real ale
and other light refreshments, all at extremely reasonable prices. For further
information please call Susan Carter on 874397.
STREATLEY ART EXHIBITION
The members of Wallingford Rotary Club invite you to come
along to the Streatley Art Exhibition, at the Morrell Room, on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday 23, 24 and 25 August. Entrance is £1 and as always,
all profit from the event will go to charity. This year that includes the continued
fight to eradicate polio from the few remaining areas in Nigeria and India where
it still exists and also to fund the wonderful work done by Life Education Centres,
Thames Valley Ltd, which visits Junior Schools with a mobile classroom to encourage
children to eat healthily and discourage them from abusing their bodies. Please
come to see the wonderful paintings (which will also be for sale), and to help
us in our fund raising.
AROUND & ABOUT
WALLINGFORD MUSEUM – FAMILY ARCHAEOLOGY
DAY
Family Archaeology Day is being held in the Courtyard (under
cover if raining!!) behind Wallingford Museum on Sunday
20 July, between 10am and 4pm. You are invited to dig for your ‘finds’
(in sandpits), learn how to identify and draw them, plus lots more fun for the
family. It’s free and an excellent opportunity to combine it with a visit to
the museum itself. This is a national event, whose aim is to encourage young
people and their families to visit sites of historical interest or museums,
and to take part in activities on-site. Our local event has been deliberately
timed to coincide with the Wallingford Charity Fun Day, which takes place on
the Kinecroft immediately opposite the museum, so families can make it a full
day out.
SUMMER THEATRE AT BASILDON PARK, BERKSHIRE
The magnificent grounds of eighteenth-century Badildon Park in Berkshire provide
the setting for a sizzling summer of outdoor theatre. Bring picnics, rugs, friends
and family, and settle back as the curtain rises on tales of hidden treasure,
pirates, and man-eating crocodiles!
On Sunday 13 July, young hero Jim Hawkins finds
himself in the grounds of Basildon Park, as he searches for the buried treasure
of the notorious pirate, Captain Flint. But Jim needs all his wits about him,
because the terrifying Long John Silver is hot on his trail! Quantum Theatre
presents Robert Louis Stevensons's swashbuckong classic, Treasure
Island, in an action-packed show with live music. This lively adaptation
is as faithful as possible to the original novel and is performed in Quantum's
characteristic pacey and humorous style. The gates open at 4pm, performance
begins at 5.30pm.
The fantasy world of Neverland comes to the lawns of this English country house
on Friday 25 July when Heartbreak Productions
presents children's favourite, Peter Pan. Noted
for their entertaining production style, Heartbreak uses innovative design and
music to give the audience a truly magical experience. The gates open at 5pm,
performance begins at 6.30.
Booking is essential for both events on 0871 527 1887 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events
Adults £12, children £8.
CHOLSEY – FAMILY FUN
Children and parents will enjoy the big Annual Model Mania
Show, from 10am to 4pm on Sunday 27 July at Cholsey
School. Working model railway layouts, aero models, dolls’ houses, scale models,
Meccano, with small steam vehicles and model aero acrobatics going on outside
on the playing field.
Parking and refreshments available! For further information
telephone 652536.
SUE RYDER CARE, NETTLEBED
– FUND RAISING EVENT
The Ride for Ryder Bike Ride event is being organised in aid of Sue Ryder Care,
Nettlebed Hospice. On Sunday 14 September you
are invited to saddle up for a choice of two fun, circular, CTC approved routes
around the Chilterns: The Ride for Ryder Route, which is 10 miles and suitable
for families and leisure cyclists or The Chiltern Route, which is 30 miles and
aimed at the keen cyclist.
For more information please contact Sarah on (01491)
641070, email to sarah.smith@suerydercare.org
or text Bike and your full name and address to 07917 558760.
CORN EXCHANGE, WALLINGFORD
Cinema at 7.30pm
Tickets: Adults £6 Under 15s £4
Sun 27 July - Thu 31 July
PRICELESS (12A)
Fri 1 Aug - Thu 7 Aug
MAMMA MIA — THE MOVIE (PG)
Fri 8 Aug - Sun 10 Aug
THE EDGE OF LOVE (15)
Tue 26 Aug - Sat 30 Aug
THE FOX AND THE CHILD (U)
Fri 12 Sep - Sun 14 Sep
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA— THE PRINCE CASPIAN (tba)
See the Arcade Noticeboard or phone the Box Office (Tel: 825000) for more details. Also on www.cornexchange.org.uk The Box Office is open Fri and Sat mornings from 10-12.30pm.
To assist residents of Goring & Streatley, cinema bookings may be made through 19 Lockstile Way, Goring. (Tel: 872660) at any reasonable time. Payment by cheque please, made payable to ‘Corn Exchange’, must be made by 6pm on Thursdays for performances during the following week.
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Doctor—to contact a doctor between 8am and 6.30pm ring (01491) 872372.
To contact a doctor when the surgery is not open, at night and at weekends (i.e. 6.30pm-8am Monday to Friday and throughout the weekend and Bank Holidays) Telephone 0845 345 8995.
This number will also be available on the surgery answerphone. If necessary you may be asked to attend Abingdon Hospital or Townlands Hospital in Henley.
Nearest Casualty Department – RBH, Reading 0118 987 7020.
NHS Direct is available for advice (e.g. on minor ailments, coughs, etc) 24 hours a day, on 0845 4647.
Your local pharmacy can also offer you a range of services, including advice and medicines to relieve symptoms of minor ailments.
Emergency Dentist – Weekdays 6.30pm-10pm. Weekends & Bank Holidays 9am-9pm. Contact 0845 345 8995.
British Red Cross Medical
Loan – for short term loan of Wheelchairs etc. –
Mon - Sat 10am to 12 noon. 873565.
Emergency 872736.