JULY
TUESDAY 1st
Lunchtime Recital: Alice Bishop and David Elwin (soprano and piano). 12.30pm. Retiring collection. Light lunches (£6) available after the recital. St Mary’s Church, The Walk
WEDNESDAY 2nd
*Wednesday Community Club Tina Papasavva of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care THURSDAY 3rd
Coach Trip Hampton Court Flower Show. £70. 07354 903222
Knitting group meets once a month. First Thursday. 10am to 12 noon. St Mary’s Church, North Mymms, AL9 7TN
SATURDAY 5th
Coach Trip Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival and Deal. £40. 07354 903222
*East Barnet Festival Oakhill Park, Parkside Gardens, EN4 8JS. Come and join us for endless music, a choir concert on Saturday and loads of food and craft stalls. Children’s activities, including inflatables and games. Cherry Lodge will be there with our Information & Merchandise Stall. Please pop by and say hello to the team. Tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Radlett. League. Home 11am
SUNDAY 6th
*Summer Sponsored Swim To be held in the stunning QE Boys School Pool, Queens Road, Barnet, EN5 4DQ, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. The sponsored swim is open to all abilities. The pool is 25m long. Set your own target (e.g., 10, 20, 30 lengths) and try to beat it! To register, please contact Tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
*North Mymms Horticultural Society Summer Show. 2pm-4.30pm. North Mymms Youth & Community Centre, Welham Green, AL9 7PF
‘Sense and Sensibility’ The Pantaloons. Shenley Walled Garden. 7pm.
Coach Trip Hampton Court Flower Show. £70. 07354 903222
TUESDAY 8th
*Cuffley Floral Art Club Demonstrator Lorraine Saunders ‘All Kinds of Everything’. 7.30pm at Cuffley Hall, Maynard’s Place, Cuffley.
WEDNESDAY 9th
*Wednesday Community Club Games & chat
THURSDAY 10th
*PB Filmmakers ‘A cut above’. Editing.
*North London & Middx. Morris Minor Owners Club ‘Show and Shine’ and picnic night at the Whitewebbs Museum, Enfield from 7.30pm
SATURDAY 12th
Permaculture Course at Northaw Community Orchard. Learn how to use permaculture in your home, garden, and work. Discover how to create gardens for wildlife and humans. No previous knowledge of permaculture necessary. Contact wyldedges@posteo.net for further info. To book 07516 477470
*Potters Bar Community Music School Concert at Mount Grace School. 7pm. Feel free to pop in and look round between 9 and 11:15am any Saturday at Mount Grace during term time.
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Bishops Stortford. League. Home 11am
SUNDAY 13th
*Potters Bar Society Walk
Permaculture Course at Northaw Community Orchard. See above.
Teddy Bears Picnic St Mary’s Church, North Mymms. 2pm-4pm. Have a picnic with games in the grounds of the Church and watch teddies fly from the tower
Special Sung Service Potters Bar United Reformed Church. The church’s own choir will be joined by the Aeolian Singers. See page 22.
MONDAY 14th
*Potters Bar u3a Barry Watson ‘The Agony and Ecstasy of a canal boat hotel owner’
WEDNESDAY 16th
Coach Trip Southend for the Day! £35 07354 903222
*Wednesday Community Club Sue with a quiz.
THURSDAY 17th
Coach Trip Norfolk Village Tour & Paddle Steamer Trip. £60. 07354 903222
FRIDAY 18th
‘Robin Hood’ The Pantaloons. Shenley Walled Garden.
SATURDAY 19th,
*Potters Bar Choral Society Concert at Mount Grace School. 7pm. Orchestras and choirs of all ages from 6 to retired, playing popular and classical music. Tickets £7/free at the door.
Anniversary Event United Reformed Church, Potters Bar. BBQ or cream tea. 2.30 – 5pm. Activities for young children and a Ukelele Band.
Battle Proms Hatfield House
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Hertford. Away. League. 11 am
SUNDAY 20th
Community Picnic at Northaw Community Orchard. 12noon onwards. Celebrate our 10th Anniversary Year. Bring a picnic, meet up and enjoy the orchard. Free.
Coach Trip Southampton Three River Cruise with 3 course lunch. £79. 07354 903222
WEDNESDAY 23rd
Coach Trip A Day in Bournemouth! £40. Under 16s £30. 07354 903222
THURSDAY 24th
*PB Filmmakers Competition. Subject open/unclassified.
*Wednesday Community Club Lisa Garrity. End of term tea.
FRIDAY 25th
Poetry Group 2.30 – 4.30pm. St Mary’s Church, North Mymms AL9 7TN
SATURDAY 26th
Coach Trip Isle of Wight Tour or Osborne House. £69. 07354 903222
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Harpenden Home. League. 11am
SUNDAY 27th
*Potters Bar Society Walk
WEDNESDAY 30th
Coach Trip Cadbury’s World with optional afternoon tea. £60/£75. Or The National Trust’s Packwood House. £39/£55 Non-NT Member. 07354 903222
*Wednesday Community Club Outing to Southend on Sea. 10.30am.
AUGUST
SATURDAY 2nd
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v West Herts. Away. League 11am
SUNDAY 3rd
Coach Trip Henley Jazz Cruise with afternoon tea. £90. Or a day in Henley with River Trip £50. 07354 903222
TUESDAY 5th
Lunchtime Recital Sally Quantrill & Lydia Bosworth (flute & piano), 12.30pm. Retiring collection. Light lunches (£6) available after the recital. St Mary’s Church, The Walk
WEDNESDAY 6th
Coach Trip Stamford & Geoff Hamilton’s Barnsdale. Or Rutland Water Boat Trip. £60.
07354 903222
SATURDAY 9th
Coach Trip Southwold with Optional Brewery Tour. £40/£60. 07354 903222
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Flitwick. Home. League. 11am
SUNDAY 10th
*Potters Bar Society Walk
Coach Trip Stamford and Burghley House with Jazz in the Garden. £70. 07354 903222
SATURDAY 16th
Coach Trip The Royal Mint Experience Wales. Or Cardiff. £70/£50. 07354 903222
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Welwyn Garden City. Away. League. 11.30am
British Gladiolus Society Southern Show Capel Manor, Enfield. 10am-5pm.
SUNDAY 17th
Big Family Fun Day and Car Show Potters Bar Rotary in partnership with Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, sponsored by Duncan Perry.12 to 5.30pm, Elm Court Youth Centre, Mutton Lane EN6 3BP.Entry FREE. Donations on the gate welcome. Entertainment by ‘Shades of Midnight’ & Hoodoo Radio. Food stalls, raffle, ice cream, Peppa Pig and beer tent.
‘Tale of Jemima Puddleduck’ Quantum Theatre. Shenley Walled Garden. 3pm
Coach Trip Eastbourne Airshow. £40. 07354 903222
British Gladiolus Society Southern Show See above.
THURSDAY 21st
Coach Trip Canterbury with optional historic river trip. £39/£55. 07354 903222
SATURDAY 23rd
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v North Mymms Home. League. 11.30 am
SUNDAY 24th
*Potters Bar Society Walk
Coach Trip A Day in Bath. £40. 07354 903222
WEDNESDAY 27th
Coach Trip Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Margate! £40. 07354 903222
FRIDAY 29th
Poetry Group St Mary’s Church, N. Mymms, AL9 7TN. 2.30-4,30pm.
SATURDAY 30th
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Totteridge. Home. League. 11.30am
SUNDAY 31st
*North London & Middx. Morris Minor Owners Club Morris Minor Rally and Classic Car Show at Capel Manor Gardens, Enfield. 9am – 5pm.
SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 2nd
Lunchtime Recital Pavlos Triantaris & Marily Kritikou (organ & soprano). 12.30pm. Retiring collection. Light lunches (£6) available after the recital. St Mary’s Church, The Walk
WEDNESDAY 3rd
*‘The Vicar of Dibley’ PB Theatre Company. Wyllyotts Theatre, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar. 7.30pm. Tickets Adult £19, Child £16. www.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk 01707 645005
Coach/Theatre Trip ‘Evita’ at the Palladium or ‘Oliver’ or ‘The Great Gatsby’. £85. 07354 903222
THURSDAY 4th
*PB Filmmakers Competition. A film to a poem or record.
*‘The Vicar of Dibley’ See above.
FRIDAY 5th
*‘The Vicar of Dibley’ See above.
SATURDAY 6th
*Potters Bar Cricket 1st X1 v Radlett. Away. League. 11.30am
*‘The Vicar of Dibley’ 7.30pm. Matinée. 2.30pm. See above.
SUNDAY 7th
*Potters Bar Society Walk
TUESDAY 9th
*Cuffley Floral Art Club Demonstrator Angela Woodley ‘Wood and Wool’. 7.30pm. Cuffley Hall, Maynards Place, Cuffley
WEDNESDAY 10th
*Wednesday Community Club – Games & chat
FRIDAY 12th
Quiz Mayfair Lodge Fundraising Friends at Potters Bar Cricket Club. 7 for 7.30pm. £10. Tickets: Paula Barden 07833 306093
Potters Bar Health and Wellbeing Event Wyllyotts Theatre, Darkes Lane. From 10 am to 3pm. There will be mini health checks, health talks from local GPs and health professionals, activity taster sessions, and over 25 information stands offering health and wellbeing advice, and support to the Potters Bar Community.
SATURDAY 13th
*A Night of Rock’n’Roll for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. With Shades of Midnight. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Elstree, WD6 5PU. 7.30-11.30pm. Welcome drink. Hot buffet. Raffle. Dress code – smart or rock’n’roll. Tickets from Tina 0208 441 7000 or tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
SUNDAY 14th
Messy Church King Charles the Martyr. 3pm.
MONDAY 15th
*Potters Bar u3a Speaker is Caroline Broome, a professional gardener with her intriguing talk ‘Kiss her in the Buttery’, a reference to pansies.
WEDNESDAY 17th
*Wednesday Community Club Jane Andrews on dementia awareness.
SUNDAY 21st
*Potters Bar Society Walk
Harvest Festival at St. Margaret’s Church, Ridge. 9.15 am.
WEDNESDAY 24th
*Wednesday Community Club Games & chat
FRIDAY 26th
Poetry Group St Mary’s Church, N. Mymms, AL97TN. 2.30-4,30pm.
SUNDAY 28th
Harvest Festival at St. Giles Church South Mimms. 11am.
*North London & Middx. Morris Minor Owner’s Club ‘Morris and Spares Day’ at the Whitewebbs Museum, Enfield. 9am – 4pm.
OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 1st
*Wednesday Community Club Stephen Poxon ‘My life as an author’
THURSDAY 2nd
*PB Filmmakers ‘Pot Luck’. Members to bring films that we may, or may not, have seen.
SATURDAY 4th
Jumble Sale 4th Potters Bar Scouts at St John’s Methodist Church, Baker St., Potters Bar. EN6 2DZ. Entry (from Heather Way) £2 at 10am or 50p at 10.30am. Finishes at noon
Quiz Night at the United Reformed Church, Potters Bar.7 for 7.30 pm. Contact 01707 856967
Bee and Honey Annual Show Capel Manor, Enfield. 10am-5pm.
SUNDAY 5th
*PB Filmmakers Public Show 2.30pm in The Wyllyotts Centre. Free entry
Bee and Honey Annual Show See above.
TUESDAY 7th
Lunchtime Recital Simon Philip-McKenzie & Jen Carter (viola & piano). 12.30pm. Retiring collection. Light lunches (£6) available after the recital. St Mary’s Church, The Walk
WEDNESDAY 8th
*Wednesday Community Club Games & chat
THURSDAY 9th
*North London & Middx. Morris Minor Owners’ Club Club Night at the Whitewebbs Museum, Enfield. 7.30-9pm
SATURDAY 11th
*Hertfordshire Philharmonia Concert St Mary’s Church, The Walk, Potters Bar. 7.30pm. Conductor: Martin Smith, Soloist: Angela Crisp. Elgar ‘In the South’. Elgar ‘Enigma Variations’. Binge ‘Saxophone Concerto’. Tickets www.hertsphil.org.uk or on door. £16 in advance. £18 on the door. £1 children, £5 students.
SUNDAY 12th
Harvest Festival Family Communion service at 10am, followed by lunch at 12 noon. All welcome. St Mary’s Church, The Walk. Details: 07803 756088
Messy Church King Charles the Martyr. 3pm.
MONDAY13th
*Potters Bar u3a Speaker Roger Wotton talking to us about ‘Ships and Mythical Sea Creatures’. The observations of seafarers on krakens, mermaids and many others.
WEDNESDAY 15th
*Wednesday Community Club Yvonne Perry. Talk on ‘Getting a job’.
THURSDAY 16th
*PB Filmmakers ‘My life in Films’ Speaker TBA.
SATURDAY 18th
*Cherry Lodge Pink Tombola Spires Shopping Centre, Barnet. From 11 am until all the prizes have been won. This popular event is put on to raise awareness of breast cancer and help fund Cherry Lodge in its many services for people affected by cancer. Contact Tina 0208 441 7000
SUNDAY 19th
Apple Day Shenley Park Walled Garden. 12noon-4pm.
Harvest Festival St Mary’sChurch, North Mymms. 10.30am.
MONDAY 20th
*Afternoon Tea and Talk at The Landsby, Merrion Avenue, Stanmore, HA7 4RY. 3–4.30pm. with guest speaker Esther Rinkoff . ‘Bake Talk’ of East London, tales of Bishopsgate, Spitalfields and Whitechapel. Learn the history of the Rinkoff bakery and the journey the Ukrainian founders, took when they established their shop in Old Montague Street, E1 in 1911. Tickets £25. Cherry Lodge. Contact Tina 020 8441 7000
WEDNESDAY 22nd
*Wednesday Community Club Games and chat.
WEDNESDAY 29th
*Wednesday Community Club Anniversary Lunch. Christians against Poverty THURSDAY 30th
*Halloween Walk in High Barnet. 7.30pm. Meet at High Barnet tube station. Barnet Walks
*PB Filmmakers Another Creepy Evening
FRIDAY 31st
*Halloween Walk in High Barnet. 7.30pm. Meet at High Barnet tube station. Barnet Walks
Poetry Group St Mary’s Church, N. Mymms, AL9 7TN. 2.30-4.30pm
NOVEMBER
SATURDAY 1st
‘Angels and light party’ for children 2pm – 4pm. St Mary’s Church, North Mymms, AL9 7TN
*Halloween Walk in High Barnet. 7.30pm. Meet at High Barnet tube station. Barnet Walks
*Quiz and Concert Hertfordshire Showband presents ‘Cave of Wonders’ Quiz Night with live music. 7:30 – 9:45pm at Mount Grace School. www.hertfordshire-showband.org/events
TUESDAY 4th
Lunchtime Recital Bernice Clark (soprano), 12.30pm. Retiring collection. Light lunches (£6) available after the recital. St Mary’s Church, The Walk
SATURDAY 8th
Christmas Market 4th Potters Bar Scouts at St John’s Methodist Church, Baker Street, Potters Bar, EN6 2DZ. 10.30am to 1pm. Various stalls, games, tombola, raffle and other attractions. Refreshments, including hot food. Early visit from Father Christmas!
SUNDAY 9th
Remembrance Day Service at the War Memorial from 10.50am, following church service at St Mary’s at 9.30am.
The Act of Remembrance for South Mimms and Ridge. Outside the White Hart at 10.45 am. followed by a Service of Remembrance in St. Giles Church South Mimms at 11.15 am.
MONDAY 10th
*Potters Bar u3a Speaker Peter Weiner presents ‘The Countryside Talk’. A former chairman of CPRE gives a comprehensive talk about the English countryside.
TUESDAY 11th
*Cuffley Floral Art Club Social. Aruna Mene will give a talk on floral art and collage. 7.30pm. Cuffley Hall, Maynards Place, Cuffley
*‘Gypsy – A Musical Fable’ Potters Bar Theatre Company. Wyllyotts Theatre, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar. 7.30pm. Tickets Adult £20, Child £1.www.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk01707 645005.
WEDNESDAY 12th
*‘Gypsy – A Musical Fable’ See above.
THURSDAY 13th
*North London & Middx. Morris Minor Owners Club Club Night at the Whitewebbs Museum, Enfield. 7.30-9pm
*‘Gypsy – A Musical Fable’ See above.
*PB Filmmakers Competition. Documentary.
FRIDAY 14th
*‘Gypsy – A Musical Fable’ See above.
SATURDAY 15th
Christmas Fayre Potters Bar Baptist Church. 11am to 3pm.
*‘Gypsy – A Musical Fable’ See above. 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm.
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