What’s On

Lenny’s Cafe in Shipham.
The community cafe in Shipham Village Hall on alternate Fridays beginning 27th September, from 11:00am to 2:30pm. Serving light lunches and delicious home-made cakes. It’s a warm and friendly place where you can come to meet and make new friends. Everyone is very welcome.

The Isle of Wedmore Society September meeting will take place on Thursday 26th September at 7:30pm in the Wedmore Masonic Hall. Our Wedmore Parish Clerk, Lindsey Baker and Matthew Martin, a councillor from Somerset County Council, will attend.  They will tell us, given  the recent changes in local Government structure, how things are managed now.

Celebrate the voice YOU have and join us for an afternoon of song. Open to those living with Dementia, Parkinson’s, other brain atrophy or those feeling isolated – along with your partner/carer – you are ALL VERY WELCOME. Enjoy a drink, a biscuit and chat with others before singing starts. Meet alternate Tuesdays, Axbridge Town Hall. Times 2:15pm – 3:45pm. £2 donation welcomed.
Next sessions: September 24th; October 8th, 22nd; November 5th, 19th; Dec 3rd, 17th.

The first RNLI Folk Night this autumn will be on Saturday 28th September featuring two folk groups “Three Rivers Music”

“Finishing Well”; addressing questions around the end of life & funerals

Knowing what happens when we die & how to organise a funeral can greatly relieve anxiety. Churches Together in the Cheddar Valley invite you to this free event. We’ll hear from a GP, hospice nurse, funeral director & local church ministers; with sessions on what a good death looks like, what has to be done after a death, how to arrange a funeral and where we go when we die. Opportunity to ask questions & share experiences.

21st September, 9:15am – 12:30pm, Cheddar Village Hall.  Coffee & cake from 9:15am.

Wedmore Antiques and Collectables goes from strength to strength.
The Next Fairs are Saturday 21st September, 16th November, and 28th December with no fair in October. All 9:00am – 4:00pm.
Why not join us one Saturday?

SAVE THE CHILDREN lunches begin again and will be served in Shipham village hall at 12:30pm on Friday 20th September, 4th and 18th October. All are welcome to come and join us for bread and cheese, soup, chutney, homemade biscuits, tea/coffee for £5.50pp. Pay at the door. All profits go to SAVE THE CHILDREN charity.

Winscombe District U3A Monday 16th September,  2:30pm at Winscombe Community Centre, BS25 1HP. Illustrated Talk on “Hannah More, writer and

The Royal Air Forces Association Mid-Somerset Branch (RAFA-MSB) Battle Of Britain Service will be on Sunday 15th September at 11:00am in St John’s Church, Glastonbury, BA6 9DR. The Service will commemorate the 84th Anniversary of the Battle and the activity, personnel and service of the RAF during WW2 and subsequent conflicts. The Service will be followed by a Wreath Laying Ceremony.

Cheddar Arts’ autumn season begins on Friday 6th September with Wicked Little Letters starring Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman and Timothy Spall.
Tickets are available online at
www.thelittleboxoffice.com/cheddararts
The doors of Kings Theatre at the Kings of Wessex School open at 6:45pm and performances begin at 7:30pm.