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LOCAL EVENTS

Forthcoming Events

September

CIRCUS MONDAO
presents

GYPSY
Traditional Family Circus

1st to 5th sept 2010
weds 1st to fri 3rd 5pm and 7.30pm
sat 4th 2pm and 5pm
sun 5th 2pm only
RIVERSIDE CARAVAN PARK

first day all seats £6 other days £8 adult £6 child
First 100 people booked are guaranteed ringside seats
info line 07722791777

Woodlands Animal Sanctuary
Family Fun Day
Sunday 5th September 11am till 4pm
Woodlands, Sandy Lane, Holmeswood L40 1UE

A great day out for all the family
Dog Shows & Display Team
Birds of Prey
Ferret Display Team
Bee Hive Display
Reptiles and Skunks
Morris Dancing
Kids Games & Activities
Stalls Galore
And so much more!!
www.animalsanctuary.org.uk

Tarleton Family History Group
FAMILY HISTORY HELP DESKS
Monday 6 September 10am to 12
Tarleton Library
(and every 1st Monday of the month thereafter)

Free help for beginners and experienced Family Historians to research their ancestors and solve problems. Help also with online access to Ancestry and Computer Programmes. Telephone Ian White on 01772 816841 (Tarleton Family History group is affiliated to the Federation OF FH Societies and members of Liverpool & SW Lancashire FH Society)

Beginners Running Course
Starts 6pm Monday 6th September 2010
Cost: £20 membership + £2 per week
Bridge Court Car Park,
Liverpool New Road, Much Hoole, PR4 5BF

(includes insurance/t-shirt/running log & water bottle)
To book your place contact: Sarah on 07779 180126

Longton Players present:
Laburnum Grove
a comedy by J.B. Priestley

7.30pm Wednesday 8th September to Saturday 11th September
St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Longton
Tickets £6 - includes a free programme and refreshments
To book tickets ring: 01772 613968

Friends of Becconsall Old Church
NATIONAL HERITAGE WEEKEND HESKETH BANK HERITAGE HARVEST
Saturday and Sunday 11th and 12th September from 12 noon to 4.30pm
Becconsall Old Church

As a contribution to the annual Open Days event organised by English Heritage we celebrate local produce, plants, home-made preserves, cakes and local cheeses. Admission free

Mere Brow Local History Society
Quiz Night
Saturday 11th September, 7.30pm
Mere Brow Village Hall

Hotpot Supper - All Welcome

Hesketh Bank Cricket Club & Hesketh Bank AFC
Sports Fun Day
Sunday 12th September 10.30 – 6.00
3G Sports Pitch and Hesketh Bank Cricket Club

Triangular cricket and football tournament BBQ, Bar, Bouncy Castle and much more.
All welcome
Enquiries call Simon 07780848110 or Paul 07713158393

Mere Brow Local History Society
Dr Hilary Walklett -
Victorian Leisure & Pleasure

Wednesday 15th September, 7.30pm
Mere Brow Methodist Schoolroom

All Welcome

Hesketh Bank Village Show
Saturday 18th September 12 noon
All Saints Church Hall

Lunches, BBQ, and Afternoon Teas
Robinsons Ice Cream
Bouncy Castle, Dunking Stool and loads more...
Plus live entertainment from solo artist David Marshall and Hesketh Bank Silver Band
All Welcome
www.heskethbankvillageshow.co.uk

WeLCOT presents
COME DANCING
Saturday 18th September, 7.30 - 11.30 pm
Hesketh Bank Village Hall,
Station Road, Hesketh Bank, Preston PR4 6SR

Dance styles include Ballroom, Latin, Sequence and Old Tyme.
Tickets £5.00 in advance; £6.00 on the door (if available)
Includes supper, bring your own booze.
Tickets from Andrew 01772 812296
www.welcot.co.uk

OCTOBER

Community Facilities Action Group/Village Hall
Family Fun Night
Friday 1st October, 7pm - 11pm

Village Hall, Back Hall
Cash prize Play Your Cards Right, Quiz and Bingo followed by disco and karaoke. 
Admission FREE
£1 for each quiz member and £1 per bingo ticket
Bring your own picnic!

West Lancashire Light Railway
AUTUMN GALA
Sunday 3rd October, 11.30 - 4.30
Station Road, Hesketh Bank

All available engines in steam.
Visiting loco [to be confirmed]
Other attractions.
www.westlancs.org

Lancashire Police
TARLETON & HESKETH BANK
P.A.C.T. MEETING

Wednesday 6th October 5:30pm - 6.30pm
Tarleton High School
Click Here for the Latest PACT Newsletter

Mere Brow Giant Pumpkins
2010 MERE BROW GIANT PUMPKIN COMPETITION
2pm Saturday 16th October 2010
Gravel farm, Gravel Lane, Banks
HOME OF RECORD BREAKING GIANT PUMPKINS!
www.merebrowgiantpumpkins.com

WeLCOT presents
COME DANCING
Saturday 16th October, 7.30 - 11.30 pm
All Saints Hall, Station Road, Hesketh Bank PR4 6SN

Dance styles include Ballroom, Latin, Sequence and Old Tyme.
Tickets £5.00 in advance; £6.00 on the door (if available)
Includes supper, bring your own booze.
Tickets from Andrew 01772 812296
www.welcot.co.uk

WALMER BRIDGE VILLAGE HALL
Jimmy Cricket's 65th Birthday party
Saturday October 16th Doors open 7.00pm
He's spending it with us!
Tickets, inc supper, £12 from 01772 613460

WALMER BRIDGE VILLAGE HALL
Halloween Night
Saturday October 30th
All the usual plus a children's entertainer!

NOVEMBER

Community Facilities Action Group/Village Hall
Family Fun Night
Friday 5th November, 7pm - 11pm

Village Hall, Back Hall
Cash prize Play Your Cards Right, Quiz and Bingo followed by disco and karaoke. 
Admission FREE
£1 for each quiz member and £1 per bingo ticket
Bring your own picnic!

West Lancashire Light Railway
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED
Sunday 14th November, 11.30 - 4.30

Station Road, Hesketh Bank
Two locos in steam. Free train rides - but please give generously to the Children in Need appeal.
www.westlancs.org

Mere Brow Local History Society
Steve Williams -
A Mothers Tears (1917)

Wednesday 17th November, 7.30pm
Mere Brow Methodist Schoolroom

All Welcome

WeLCOT presents
COME DANCING
Saturday 20th November, 7.30 - 11.30 pm
All Saints Hall, Station Road, Hesketh Bank PR4 6SN

Dance styles include Ballroom, Latin, Sequence and Old Tyme.
Tickets £5.00 in advance; £6.00 on the door (if available)
Includes supper, bring your own booze.
Tickets from Andrew 01772 812296
www.welcot.co.uk

DECEMBER

Community Facilities Action Group/Village Hall
Family Fun Night
Friday 3rd December, 7pm - 11pm

Village Hall, Back Hall
Cash prize Play Your Cards Right, Quiz and Bingo followed by disco and karaoke. 
Admission FREE
£1 for each quiz member and £1 per bingo ticket
Bring your own picnic!

Friends of Becconsall Old Church
LEYLAND MALE VOICE CHOIR
Sunday 5th December at 2.30pm
Becconsall Old Church

LEYLAND MALE VOICE CHOIR: enjoy a wonderful festive concert Admission £4 includes seasonal refreshments Free transport by vintage coach from All Saints Church Hall Car Park.

West Lancashire Light Railway
SANTA SPECIALS
12th, 18th and 19th December 11.30 - 4.30

Station Road, Hesketh Bank
Travel in a steam train to meet Santa at Toyland.
Advanced booking recommended.
www.westlancs.org

WeLCOT presents
COME DANCING
Saturday 18th December, 7.30 - 11.30 pm
All Saints Hall, Station Road, Hesketh Bank PR4 6SN

Dance styles include Ballroom, Latin, Sequence and Old Tyme.
Tickets £6.00 in advance; £7.00 on the door (if available)
Includes supper, bring your own booze.
Tickets from Andrew 01772 812296
www.welcot.co.uk

January

Mere Brow Local History Society
AGM
Wednesday 19th January, 7.30pm
Please bring ideas for talks and trips
All Welcome

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Regular Events

Monday

Tarleton Family History Group
FAMILY HISTORY HELP DESKS
1st Monday of the month
10am to 12, Tarleton Library
Free help for beginners and experienced Family Historians to research their ancestors and solve problems. Help also with online access to Ancestry and Computer Programmes. Telephone Ian White on 01772 816841 (Tarleton Family History group is affiliated to the Federation OF FH Societies and members of Liverpool & SW Lancashire FH Society)
More Local Family History

GET FIT - GO FIZZICAL
PILATES
MONDAYS 6:45-7:40PM
OUR LADYS PARISH CENTRE
HESKETH LANE, TARLETON
£4 per session
DANCERCISE
MONDAYS 7:45-8:45PM
£3.50 per session
Suitable for all ages for more information ring Julie on 01704 211871 or Val on 01704 212924

OPEN MIC NIGHT
1st Monday each month 8.30pm Cock & Bottle, Tarleton
Bring along your instrument & SHOW US WHAT YOU CAN DO! Or just come along to watch!
FREE ADMISSION
For more information, please contact Sue Tel: 07754-203-701

Tuesday

Northern Impact Kick Boxing
KICK BOXING CLASSES
Tuesday 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Hesketh Bank Village Hall, Station Road, Hesketh Bank

Family run Martial Arts club led by Instructor Geoff, a 4th Dan with 25years experience. Kick Boxing is a semi contact sport that is suitable for ages 4 to adult. It teaches self defence, sparring, improves fitness, self confidence, and discipline. For further information ring Geoff and Anne on 01772 451931

Black Belt Leadership Academy
FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS
6.30 pm Every Tuesday
Our Ladies Parish Centre
Hesketh Lane, Tarleton

You can discover the hidden secrets to developing a more focused, confident, self-disciplined and physically fit child - plus find out how to raise a leader NOT a follower! We are confident our programmes will suit you and your family - get in touch now to find out how you can try our classes for free.
Contact: 07770 616501
Email: vip@futureblackbelt.co.uk
Web: www.futureblackbelt.co.uk

Wednesday

North Meols Nifty Fifty Sports Club
NIFTY FIFTY CLUB
Every Wednesday morning
10am - 12 noon
North Meols Community Centre,
Greaves Hall, Banks

Keep fit with one hour of circuit exercises then coffee/tea break followed by yoga, badminton, short tennis or use of the equipment in the fitness room. We also organise short walks locally on various other days. Feel free to call in and see what we do. Membership fees are £10 per term (3 terms) and £2.50 per week
Classes are supervised by trained staff.

COERVER COACHING
FOOTBALL SKILLS COACHING
WEDNESDAYS
4-5PM 5 & 6 Yrs
5-6PM 7,8 & 9yrs
6-7PM, 10,11 & 12yrs
3G SOCCER, HESKETH BANK

The Coerver Coaching method is an Individual Football Skills development programme for all children no matter what ability, as long as they want to learn and have fun. It is very individually based and concentrates on the individuals skill base through the Technical, Psychological, Social and Physical.
For details please get in touch with Simon Hardman 07538 288767 coerver.eu@hotmail.co.uk
www.coerver.co.uk

RED ROSE
YOGA CLASS

Starting Wednesday 7pm-8.30pm
Hesketh Bank Village Hall

Suitable for all abilities
Please bring own mat if possible
Ring Samantha 07738765839 for further details

Thursday

ACTIV8 SELF DEFENCE
JUJITSU CLASSES
Juniors every Thursday 6.00pm
Hesketh Bank Village Hall, Station Rd, Hesketh Bank

Jujitsu will improve your confidence, peace of mind and fitness levels. Jujitsu is a practical self defence for todays changing society. No more bullying at school or work.
01772 743315

Black Belt Leadership Academy
FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS
6.15 pm Every Thursday
Our Ladies Parish Centre
Hesketh Lane, Tarleton

You can discover the hidden secrets to developing a more focused, confident, self-disciplined and physically fit child - plus find out how to raise a leader NOT a follower! We are confident our programmes will suit you and your family - get in touch now to find out how you can try our classes for free.
Contact: 07770 616501
Email: vip@futureblackbelt.co.uk
Web: www.futureblackbelt.co.uk

WEIGHT WATCHERS
Every Thursday 7 - 8 pm
The Christian Centre, Moss Lane, Hesketh Bank.

Refreshments are available. New 'recruits' are always made welcome. For further information contact Michelle Hartley on 01772 621437

GET FIT - GO FIZZICAL
DANCERCISE
OUR LADYS PARISH CENTRE
HESKETH LANE, TARLETON
THURSDAYS 7:45-8:45PM
£3.50 per session
Suitable for all ages for more information ring Julie on 01704 211871 or Val on 01704 212924

Saturday

FARMERS' MARKET
Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
Riverside Holiday Park
Southport New Road, Banks, PR9 8DF

West Lancashire Cinema Organ Trust (WeLCOT)
BALLROOM DANCING / SEQUENCE DANCING
7.30 - 11.30 pm
Supper dances every third Saturday
(except July)
All Saints Hall,
Station Road, Hesketh Bank,
PR4 6SN

Contact Andrew Sephton
01772 812296
More information: WeLCOT Website

Sunday

West Lancashire Light Railway
STEAM TRAIN RIDES
11.30 am - 4.30 pm
Every Sunday & Bank Holiday
from 28th May to the end of October
Station Road, Hesketh Bank

West Lancashire Light Railway

Black Belt Leadership Academy
FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS
2.30 pm Every Sunday
Tarleton Community Sports Centre

You can discover the hidden secrets to developing a more focused, confident, self-disciplined and physically fit child - plus find out how to raise a leader NOT a follower! We are confident our programmes will suit you and your family - get in touch now to find out how you can try our classes for free.
Contact: 07770 616501
Email: vip@futureblackbelt.co.uk
Web: www.futureblackbelt.co.uk

FREE LISTINGS FOR ALL LOCAL EVENTS
To get your local event listed please
email the following information to
editor@heskethbank.com
Organising Body
EVENT TITLE
Date, Time
Location
Short Description
WEB LINK (If Applicable)