DENSHAW’s VILLAGE cinema has big plans for its small screen with a galaxy of stimulating films.
The Great Gatsby, stars Leonardo Di Caprio and Isla Fisher in Baz Luhrmann’s glittering adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic drama on Saturday, November 9.
Summer in February focuses on the bohemian Lamorna group, telling a tale of love and heartbreak in the shadow of The Great War on November 16.
And on November 30, science fiction film Cloud Atlas sees six tales in the past, present and future collide as individuals impact on one another’s lives as they cross timelines. Showings at 4.30pm and 7.30pm.
December starts with From Here to Eternity on Saturday 7, a 60th anniversary reissue of the film which captured viewers with frolicking in the surf, Frank Sinatra’s performance as a useless wide boy and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
Promised Land sees hard edged corporate salesman Matt Damon take on a small community to drill oil under their land on December 14.
And on December 28, comedy Populaire from 1958, in French with English subtitles, offers wit, humour and passion as village girl Rose escapes her quiet life to take on the world as a secretary – and must win speed trying competitions to impress her new boss.
Prices: £5 for an adult, £4 for under 14s and a season ticket allows you to see five films for the price of four. Call 01457 870348 or 870074 or email denshawvillagecinema@gmail.com to book.
There are showings of each film at 6.00pm and 8.15pm, unless otherwise indicated if the film is longer. The last showing finishes before 10.30pm, the latest time you can use Local Link taxis.
The cinema has a big screen and full Dolby Surround Sound. A hearing loop has been installed and refreshments are available 30 minutes before films.
JOIN SADDLEWORTH Civic Trust for its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, November 14 followed by an Illustrated Presentation by Ray Hoerty.
The meeting starts at 7.15pm at the Saddleworth Museum Gallery before Manchester Blue Badge Tour Guide Mr Hoerty speaks about ‘Famous Buildings in the City of Manchester’.
There is free entry, with refreshments available, and new members are welcome.
HOUSEHOLDERS ARE invited to attend Greenfield and Grasscroft Residents Association meeting at 7pm on Thursday, November 14 at the Satellite Centre, Greenfield.
Residents can air their views and discuss news, views and hot topics, and there will be refreshments on arrival.
For more information or to send in questions on local issues, contact secretary Mike Rooke on 01457 810666 or email info@ggra.co.uk
A NIGHT of entertainment will be held on Friday, November 15 to raise funds for Help for Homeless Veterans.
Hosted by local musician Martin Stimson, ‘An Evening with Buzz Hawkins, Stanley Accrington and Eliza P’ will start at 8pm at the Royal George in Greenfield (doors 7.30pm).
Tickets cost £8 and are available from The Royal George on 01457 837851 or from Martin on 01457 834970.
Martin recently released a song ‘The Blue Ribbon’ to raise funds for the charity after finding a ribbon and balloon fragment on Alphin Pike released in Newcastle for a fallen solider.
THE ANNUAL Saddleworth Ladies Lifeboat Guild lunch raised £3,200 towards their target of £15,000 for 2013 with three events still to come.
They are staging coffee mornings at Uppermill Methodist on October 30 and at Delph Methodist on November 16.
And the guild’s popular annual Quiz night is on November 22 at Greenfield Conservative Club.
For more details please contact chairperson Joan Halkyard: 01457 875375.
UNWIND WITH yoga and meditation during a Feel Good Day in aid of the Northern Cleft Foundation on Saturday, November 16.
The day at Marsden Mechanics Community Hall runs from 10.30am (doors from 10am) to 4.30pm and includes an introduction to yoga, meditation and Emotional Freedom Technique.
Taster Holistic Therapies will also be available, and you can relax by listening to the beautiful voice of Iona, a talented female singer.
There will also be stalls, a raffle and more, with tea, coffee and cakes available.
Tickets cost £10 (including morning coffee/tea) from Radish Deli in Marsden or ring Joan on 07748 807606.
DOBCROSS ELDERBERRIES have announced their provisional programme of events for the year.
They will be holding a coffee morning on Saturday, November 16 from 10.30-12noon at Dobcross Church room, £1 admission paid at door.
Their Christmas lunch is scheduled for Thursday, December 5. Notifications of all trips, coffee mornings and Christmas will be delivered prior to each event.
Further information, contact Richenda Williamson: 01457 870471. Any programme changes will be publicised in Dobcross Diary.
TREAT YOURSELF at a Christmas Pamper and Presents session on Saturday, November 16 at St Mary’s School in Greenfield from 6pm-8.30pm.
Organised by the PTFA, the event will include pamper treatments such as threading, file and polish, brow shaping and more.
There will also be stalls ranging from clothing and knitwear, personalised little girlie curiosities, bespoke wooden gifts, chocolates and sweets, to cards, toys, bespoke homeware, jewellery and flowers.
Tickets cost £2.50, including a glass of mulled wine and are available by phoning: 01457 820726.
AN ANTIQUE and Collectables Fair is to be held at Dobcross Band Club on Sunday, November 17 from 10am to 4pm.
This will be a new attraction for the village and profits from stall rentals and admissions will be donated to Dobcross Band Club.
Stalls can be rented for just £10 and admission will be £1. So why not come along and support this new venture.
For stall rentals please contact Gill Smith on 01457 870669.
JOIN Saddleworth Historical Society for its Annual General Meeting followed by presentation on Tuesday, November 19.
The meeting starts at 7.30pm at the Saddleworth Museum Gallery before Neil Barrow speaks about ‘The Saddleworth Families DNA Project’
There is free entry, with refreshments available, and new members are welcome.
Then on Monday, December 2, there is an illustrated presentation entitled ‘Saddleworth in Film ll’ at the Saddleworth Museum Gallery by museum curator Peter Fox at 7.30pm.
All are welcome, with free entry to members and donations otherwise, and refreshments will be available.
BRITAIN’S BLUEST comedian Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown will shock and delight at the Uppermill Civic Hall on Friday, November 22.
Famous for his lewd, crude, often insulting but always entertaining humour, the comedian has toured the UK every week of every year for the past 30 years.
Tickets are available from Uppermill Post Office 01457 872100, from Phil Beck 07976 165815 or from Ticketline 0844 888 9991 or online www.ticketline.co.uk
RAISE THE roof at a barn dance in the Christ Church Hall on Oaklands Road in Friezland on Friday, November 22.
The event starts at 7pm and tickets cost £10 (children go free), which includes a supper, and there will also be a bar.
Tickets can be purchase from Susan on 07800 511461 or you can pay on the door on the night.
ENJOY AN evening of music at a ukulele fundraising night for Reuben’s Retreat on Saturday, November 23 from 7pm.
Local group the Barn Howlers will play at the event at Greenfield Conservative Club, with a raffle and cake stall also available.
Tickets cost £5 for adults and £2 for children, including supper and are available from Becky on 07833 477872 or from Greenfield or Uppermill Post Offices.
DENSHAW CHRISTMAS Fair will take place on Saturday, November 23 at the Village Hall from midday to 4pm.
Organised by Christ Church Denshaw, the event will include home-made lunches and afternoon teas, carols from Delph Youth Band, craft stalls, bric-a-brac and tombolas, and a visit from Father Christmas.
To reserve a stall, please contact Ros on 07765 221339 or email rosmartin05@hotmail.co.uk
GET FESTIVE at St Mary’s Church Christmas fair on Saturday, November 23 from 11am-3pm.
Held at St Mary’s School in Greenfield, the event includes toy stalls, refreshments, cakes, tombola, Santa’s grotto, cards and gifts as well as festive brass band entertainment.
SADDLEWORTH-INSPIRED dance workshops are being held monthly for 7 to 11-year-olds by Born and Bred Dance Theatre.
Each session will have a theme from the area’s past present or future and will be held at St Mary’s School in Greenfield from 1pm-3.30pm on Sunday afternoons.
Parents can return around 3:15pm for refreshments and an informal sharing of dance work created in the workshop.
Themes are: Sunday 24th November – Howzat! A Cricket themed dance workshop; Sunday 22nd December – A Saddleworth Christmas.
One child attending one workshop costs £6.50 but for two workshops it will cost just £10. For two children attending one workshop it will cost £10 but for two children for two workshops it will cost just £18.
Places are limited so please book in advance by calling Olivia on: 07983 469398 or 01457878913 or email bornandbreddancetheatre@gmail.com.
FIND OUT more about helping people live with Dementia at a public event on Tuesday, November 26 at the Satellite Centre in Greenfield at 7pm.
Hosted by GGRA, the event will include guest speaker Helen Morris, a Dementia Friends Champion from Dobcross, audience questions, and booklets will be available.
A SPECIAL charity meal and wine tasting event for the PC Nicola Hughes North Pole Marathon Fund has been organised by Saddleworth Rotary Club.
The event will take place at Fresca Restaurant in Delph on Wednesday, November 27, beginning 7.30pm with the three course meal at 8pm.
Tickets are priced at £25, with £5 from each ticket going to the North Pole Marathon Fund in memory of PC Nicola Hughes. To book call: 01457 870797.
SADDLEWORTH MOTHERS Club has an interesting list of events planned for the rest of the year.
Their November 27 gathering hosts ‘Out of Africa Jewellery’ by Bernie Slater followed by a Christmas meal (venue to be decided) on December 4.
Next year launches with ‘Armchair Yoga and Relaxation’ by Gaye Hilton on January 22 and then ‘Chaplain to the Queen’ by John Sykes on February 26.
‘Music and the Deaf’ will be on March 26 by Paul Whittaker and the club’s AGM and supper will be held on April 23.
All meetings are held at St Chad’s Parish Centre on Lee Street, Uppermill, and begin at 8pm. For further information contact Margaret Hardy: 01457 873571.
JOIN Old Mill House in Grotton for their Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 30 at 2pm.
Father Christmas will be in attendance with sweets for the children plus there will be stalls including bottles, home-baked goods, hand-knitted items, candles and brick a brac.
There will also be a hamper raffle, chocolate tombola, and guess the weight of the cake as well as a café.
Old Mill House is a Housing 21 extra care flats for the elderly on Old Mill Lane in Grotton.
LIVE MUSIC events will raise the roof at Diggle Band club on the last Saturday on each month to raise funds for the clubhouse.
On November 30, the doors open at 7pm as The Junkhouse Dog Blues Band perform, with tickets costing £5, including a pie and peas supper.
Then on December 28, Film Extras plus The Non-Skills, Drums & Wires take to the stage, with more acts also to be confirmed for a Christmas Extravaganza.
Tickets are available from Diggle post office, behind the bar at the band club or contact 07789 204085.
SADDLEWORTH’S MOST glamorous annual fundraiser is coming back bigger and better than ever on Saturday, November 30
The Masquerade Ball will be held at the Saddleworth Hotel and will consist of a drinks reception, four course meal, celebrity presenter, dancers, entertainers, singers, raffle and Grand auction.
The dress code is black tie and masked glamour. Tickets are £55.00 and tables of 8,10,12 are available, with this year’s chosen charity the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
If you would like to donate or sponsor the event please also get in touch. Book now by emailing info@iievents.co.uk or calling 07815 042797.
BRIGHTEN UP your weekend with a Spanish Evening at the Navigation Inn, Dobcross, on Saturday, November 30.
The event starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £25.00 per head. Please contact Sue for a menu or to book by calling 01457 872418 or emailing saddleworthsue@gmail.com
PAY A visit to Santa at a fun-filled Christmas Fair at St Anne’s Lydgate CE Primary School on Saturday, November 30 from 1pm-4pm.
At the fair, organised by the PTA at the school on Cedar Lane in Grascroft, children can visit Santa in his Secret Santa room and pick a gift for their parents. There will also be stalls, crafts, refreshments and a tombola.
ST ANNE’S Church in Lydgate will hold its annual Christmas Fair in the Parish Hall on Sunday, December 1.
The event will run from 12.30pm to 3pm and will offer all sorts of stalls, including Love Lydgate’s stall with calendars, cards and decorations handmade by the Lydgate Stitchers.
There will also be a tombola, a raffle, a café, homebake, and visits to Father Christmas between 12.30pm and 2pm.
Entry is free but proceeds raised from the event will go towards the refurbishment of the Parish Hall
ENJOY A Saddleworth Male Voice Choir concert at Greenfield Methodist Church featuring guest artiste soprano Suzanne Mather on Saturday, December 7.
The concert starts at 7.30pm and is in aid of church funds.
Admission costs £8, including mince pies and coffee, and tickets are available from members of the church or on the door.
ENJOY a visit from Father Christmas at Saddleworth Museum on Saturday, December 7.
The event runs from 1pm-4pm and includes a present from Father Christmas and free family entry to the museum.
Refreshments will be available, as well as activities for four to 11 year-olds provided by Boredom Busters.
Tickets cost £5 per child and are available from Saddleworth Museum Shop – call 01457 870336 or 01457 874093 for details.
SUPPORT CHARITIES and causes at the monthly coffee morning in the parish community of St Chad, Saddleworth, on Saturday, December 7.
The event runs from 10am – 11.30am at The Parish Centre, Station Road, Uppermill, with funds going to Saddleworth Playgroup for children with special needs.
Entry costs £1, which includes coffee and cake, and all ages welcome. A raffle will be held and greeting cards and other goods are on sale.
TUCK INTO coffee and tasty snacks at the Dobcross Band Club coffee shop on the first Saturday of every month.
Guests can enjoy beans on toast, cakes, toast, scones, teacakes and drinks, which are served up by volunteers to raise funds for the club.
One of the organisers Val Hanson said: “We really appreciate the community support we get each month and want to thank everyone for coming along. The coffee shop is doing really well.”
The next coffee shop will run from 10am-12noon on November 2, followed by a festive event on December 7 when there will be a free raffle to show appreciation for community support.
There will be no coffee shop in January and crown green bowling will not be available over the winter months.
ENJOY A Christmas Concert with Lydgate Band in the Parish Hall, Lydgate, on Sunday, December 8 from 2pm until 4pm.
Admission will be £4 for adults and £2 for children (including refreshments) and there will also be a raffle. Tickets are available from V Baxter 01457 870338 or J Yates 01457 873048.
FROM CHRISTMAS songs and carols to brass entertainment there will be something for everyone to enjoy at the Saddleworth Singers’ Christmas Concert.
The group and Musical Director Jen Law invite you to join them on Saturday, December 14 at 7.30pm at Uppermill Methodist Church.
To commemorate Benjamin Britten’s centenary, they will delight you with a small selection of Christmas songs from “A Ceremony of Carols” to traditional Christmas Carols for all to sing.
There will be Brass entertainment from Castlefield Brass Quintet and great raffle prizes to be won.
Tickets, which cost £6 for adults including refreshments and children go free, are available from Uppermill Post Office, on the door or via Kathleen.
Saddleworth Singers have a varied repertoire and are available to sing for your special occasion with full or part choir. Call Kathleen on 0161 628 2564 for more details.
