Events

4-12th

Severn Vale Arts Trail, many local venues.

12th

‘The Strongman’, an hour-long family event – a story of intrigue and jealousy, comedy and lively music, inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Circus’, put on by The Bash Street Company, courtesy of S.Glos Rural Arts. Ticket available on the door - £7.50 (£6.50 concessions, £5 children, £20 for a family ticket). Refreshments available. Parish Hall Tockington, 5pm.

14th

Aust Parish Council meeting, Elberton Village Hall, 7.30pm

14th

Olveston and Tockington WI: Come and hear our speaker tell of packing up her belongings in a rucksack at the age of 65, renting out her house and going off travelling – for 4 years and visiting 14 countries! Members and visitors are all welcome to come and hear about her travels and the people she met. We’re having a Plant Stall too – buy plants for your garden or bring along cuttings of your own. Parish Hall, Tockington, 7.30pm.

15th

Severn Vale Flower Club: Linda Garrett with All that Glisters. Competition – A Basket Arrangement. Armstrong Hall Complex, 2pm

15th

‘Historic Thornbury’ Evening Walk, led by volunteers from Thornbury & District Museum. The walk will be around the town centre, to discover some fascinating insights into the history of the ancient town and borough. About one and a half hours. No children under 10; older children must be accompanied by an adult. No dogs, except guide dogs. Booking essential, as places are limited. Tickets available from the Museum (in person or on 857774), open Tues-Fri 1-4pm and Sat 10-4. Suggested donation of £2 towards museum funds would be appreciated, payable on the night. Meet outside the museum in Chapel St. at 6.20pm.

15th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

16th

Thornbury Farmers’ Market, 9am – 1.30pm

16th

Parish Players AGM – for Players and prospective Players. The AGM will be followed by the selection of the show for next year. Can we top ‘The King and I’? Tockington Methodist Chapel, 7.30pm.

17th

Friends of Olveston School Annual Quiz Night! £2.50 per person, max 6 people per team. B.Y.O drinks and nibbles - this year there will be a prize for the best laid table! Please confirm your entry with Clare at: clareevanstobe@hotmail.com or 07584 194545. Wike Hall, Olveston School. Doors open at 7.30pm. Quiz starts at 8.00pm. Hope to see you there!

17th

Thornbury Picture House film: ‘Le Havre’, a charming, deadpan French film about the people of the harbour city standing up to officials doggedly pursuing a young African refugee with the aim of deporting him. £5 on the door for non-members. Cossham Hall, 7.30pm.

18th

Aust Pilgrimage: Walk from Bristol Cathedral, starting at 6.50am or, for a more leisurely start, join en route, aiming for Aust by 3pm. Tea at the Church. The Boar’s Head will be open for us. Short service in the church at 4pm. Details from David (614601).

18th

Annual Plant Sale ((in aid of Thornbury in Bloom) next to Thornbury Town Hall, 10am – 1pm. Donated plants may be brought along from 9.30am on the day or dropped off in advance at The Thornbury Garden Shop.

19th

Garden Tea Party for ‘Lord Nelson’ and ‘Tenacious’ (the ships of the Jubilee Sailing Trust), the only two tall ships in the world designed and built to enable people of all physical abilities to sail together as equals. Join us for our Tea Party where the ever-popular Mystic Anna will be palm-reading. Stalls, including an Island Treasure Hunt, spin-a-wheel with compass points, books and a raffle. We look forward to your company. Entrance £3 and £1 children, including tea. Peacehaven, The Street, Olveston, next to the Methodist Hall, 2.30 – 5pm.

19th

Spring Craft Fair at Winterbourne Medieval Barn. APOLOGIES- EVENT CANCELLED.

20th

Monday Movies Extra: It’s night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over the River Seine with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere, someone takes an interest in her… Award-winning French love story. (1999) Cert. 15. Free entrance; donations welcome. Licensed bar & soft drinks. St Mary’s Olveston. Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

20th

Severn Vale Flower Club: Practice Session: Influenced by Ikebana. Armstrong Hall Complex, 1.30pm

22nd

Open Morning at Stepping Stones, the small, friendly pre-school in Elberton. Come and see what we have to offer you and your pre-school child. We will be running our usual Woodland Wednesday session and you and your child are welcome to join in. You can check out our website here and read our very positive Ofsted report. For more information, please ring Gill Powell on 07853 173221. The Open Morning will run from 10am – 12 noon.

22nd

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: Talk – ‘Inspired By’ with Lesley Brankin. (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

28th

Olveston Parish Council monthly meeting, Queen Alexandra Memorial Pavilion, Old Down, 7.30pm

1st & 2nd

Malmesbury to Littleton Walk, commemorating the journey made by medieval monks from Malmesbury Abbey to St. Mary de Malmesbury, Littleton-upon-Severn. For details, contact Dave (414810) or Tim (416422).

3rd

Monday Movies: At a home for retired opera singers, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents. If you enjoyed Marigold Hotel, you’ll enjoy this! (2012) Cert. 12. Free entrance; donations welcome. Licensed bar & soft drinks. St Mary’s Olveston. Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

6th

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

14th

Thornbury Picture House film: ‘Only Human’ (2004) – selected as the Members’ Choice film for our June showing. A heartwarming and very funny Spanish comedy about a young Jewish girl bringing home her Palestinian fiance to meet her family. Cossham Hall, 7.30pm.

15th-22nd

Scarecrow Festival, Olveston. The theme of this year’s Scarecrow Festival is ‘Superheroes’, so why not create your favourite character? Erect your scarecrow in your garden on 15th June, so they can all be admired, then bring them to the vicarage by the school on the morning of the fete, 22^nd June, to be judged! Start thinking about your designs. We want to see lots! Any queries to Debbie on 613273.

17th

Monday Movies Extra: A gripping and harrowing docudrama about a 1985 mountaineering expedition that went horribly wrong, told in the words of the survivors (2003) Cert. 15. Free entrance; donations welcome. Licensed bar & soft drinks. St Mary’s Olveston. Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

19th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

22nd

Olveston Fête & Scarecrow Festival – Church & School Together, held in the Vicarage garden and the school grounds. Entrance through Vicarage gates. 2 - 4.30pm.

22nd

Thornbury Food Fair - Now in its sixth year, the quarterly food fair is a great place to meet old friends and neighbours, while buying delicious local and/or artisan produce. Castle St. and The Plain, Thornbury, 10am – 2pm.

22nd

Special Fund-Raising Concert for the Roof of St. John’s Church, Aust: Dursley Male Voice Choir! Details from Janet (633300) or David (614601). This Midsummer’s Night concert will be in the Church – time tbc.

26th

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: Skills Night - Various workshops & demos. (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

30th

Old Down Neighbourhood Watch Summer Barbecue

30th

Olveston School Fun Run. Did you enjoy running the Fun Run last year, or wish you had taken part? This year there will be a 1K course around the school field and a 5K course starting and ending at the school. Entry forms are available here or from Nicola Bushell on 612173.

4th

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

5–7th

Flower Festival: A Year in the Life of a Parish Church, St. Mary’s Olveston.

13th

Concert by BCO Sinfonietta, in aid of church funds. Tickets £7.50 (Box Office: 616593/617491). St Mary’s Olveston, 7.30pm.

17th

The Butterfly Ball in the Marquee at Tockington Manor, 6.30pm. Dancing to Manhattan Nights. Tickets at £60 (£55 before 1^st May) from Julia Johnstone (07966 302762), in aid of the Porch Restoration Fund, St Mary’s Olveston.

17th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

24th

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: Group Visit to Oakshott Fabrics. (members only). (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

1st

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

21st

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

29th

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

7th

14th

Thornbury Food Fair - Now in its sixth year, the quarterly food fair is a great place to meet old friends and neighbours, while buying delicious local and/or artisan produce. Castle St. and The Plain, Thornbury, 10am – 2pm.

Tockington Harvest Fayre on Tockington Green, in the Church and in the Wesley Rooms

18th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

25th

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: 25^th Birthday Party with members Past & Present. (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

26th

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

12th

Harvest Supper, Olveston Parish Hall, Tockington, 7.30pm

16th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

23rd

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: Talk - ‘Colour & Illusion’ with Jan Hassard. (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

24th

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

20th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

21st

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am

23rd

Fish and Quiz, Olveston Parish Hall, Tockington, 7.30pm.

27th

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: Christmas Workshop with Heather Hasell. (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

7th

Christmas Fayre (organised by the Friends of Olveston School), including Father Christmas visiting the school grotto. Olveston School.

7th

Thornbury Food Fair - Now in its sixth year, the quarterly food fair is a great place to meet old friends and neighbours, while buying delicious local and/or artisan produce. Castle St. and The Plain, Thornbury, 10am – 2pm.

11th

Severn Valley Quilters meeting: Christmas Party – American Supper plus Fun & Games. (Any queries, tel. Lorraine Shergold 417559). Cossham Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

18th

Panama Trad Jazz Band – come and support this friendly bunch of musicians while dining off scampi or sausages in a basket. White Hart, Olveston, 8.30 – 11pm.

19th

Olveston Police Beat Surgery, Olveston Stores Coffee Shop, 10.30-11.30am