Diary & Events
REGULAR EVENTS:
(Scroll down for "Dates for your Diary")
Please note that not all clubs, organisations or their activities are listed here - for more in-depth detail please click on "Community & Clubs" (left), then make your selection.
Mondays
Black box collection on alternate Mondays. Click here for the website giving details of collections.
Garden waste collections - if you have opted in to the chargeable garden waste collections these are collected on alternate Mondays. For further information see www.wiltshire.gov.uk/rubbish-collection-days.
Autumn Club, 2pm - 4pm on alternate Mondays (for dates, etc, please look at Autumn Club's page).
Bell-ringing, 7pm to 8pm in St Michael & All Angels Church. No strength needed, expert and safe tuition given, all free. Teenagers to pensioners – all ages welcome! Please call Diane for more details – 07768 053116.
Book Club, monthly at 11am in Folly Row Café - all welcome. Details from (01249) 750887.
Tuesdays
Mobile library every 4 weeks (fortnightly at the school). This vehicle has full disabled access. It arrives at the Old Post Office, Stubbs Lane (near the telephone box) at 10.10am until 10.30am every four weeks. It also visits the school every fortnight on a Tuesday from 9.15am to 10am, where it is open to the general public (and schoolchildren during term time). For full details and dates and for other library services click here. For dates of visits and more information, click on mobile library.
Pilates on Tuesday evenings (apart from WI night - see "Dates For Your Diary"). Beginners at 6pm to 7pm and Improvers at 7.15pm to 8.15pm. Contact sfppilates@outlook.com
Thursdays
Salsa classes, from 8.30pm in the village hall (please check dates below as Salsa doesn't run in the village hall when there's a parish council meeting). Beginners welcome. Run on a drop in and dance, pay-as-you-go basis by our instructor, Anthony. Bring your own refreshments and no stilettos please. Details from Linda Durno on (01249) 750514.
Fridays
Refuse collection on alternate Fridays. Bank holiday collections link.
Blue lidded plastic & cardboard wheelie bin collection on different alternate Fridays to the refuse and garden collections.
Women Out Walking
WOW meets each month, 10am at the end of The Close, for a gentle walk and friendly chat. Details from Delcia Fussell on (01249) 750529. Walk dates below - please note that WOW walks are dog-free.
Fish & chips and curry night at Kington St Michael Club, from 5pm to 7.45pm - to eat in or take away. The Club now offers GLUTEN FREE fish and chips, on request. Please telephone in advance on Friday evenings from 5pm, on (01249) 750336.
Dog Training
Every Friday evening in the village hall; to book a place please contact Julie on (01249) 650062.
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Thursday 13th June:
Salsa, 8.30pm in the village hall. Pay as you go, £5 each; details from Linda on (01249) 750514.
Friday 14th June:
WI Walk, leaving The Ridings at 9am.
Monday 17th June:
1. Autumn Club, 2pm in the village hall, featuring flower arranging with Jenny Hayne.
2. All Angels WI, 8pm in the village hall, for croquet.
Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd June
Festival on the Farm, Manor Farm, Easton Piercy (please click here to view a PDF of the poster, with full details).
Wednesday 26th June:
Open Afternoon at Acorns Pre-school, from 1.30pm in the village hall.
Thursday 20th June:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Saturday 29th June:
Kington Fieldfest, 3.30pm - midnight on the QE2 Field. Live music, fab food, licenced bar and entertainment for all ages! This is a free, but ticketed event - tickets available from Kington Club. Monday 1st July:
Autumn Club, 2pm in the village hall. Speaker, Richard Pickitt, will give a talk on the history of bees.
Friday 5th July:
Women Out Walking, meeting at the end of The Close at 10am. Details from Delcia Fussell on (01249) 750529; sorry,
no dogs.
Saturday 6th July:
School Fête, from 11.30am. There will be a wide range of stalls, bar and BBQ and the opportunity to win some great prizes in our raffle.
Tuesday 9th July:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall - Warfare
to Welfare with Mandie Cran. The
competition is for 50 words on “My inspirational woman” and why.
Sunday 14th July:
Annual buffet lunch, 12.45pm for 1pm in the village
hall. Proceeds this year are going to Freewheelers (Bloodbikes).
Tickets available in June from Jenny Hayne.
Monday 15th July:
1. Autumn Club, 2pm in the village hall. Speaker, Alan Fisher, will give a talk on sailing for the disabled.
2. All Angels WI, 8pm in the village hall, for the summer party.Wednesday 17th July:
Newsletter deadline; copy for theAugust/September edition should be sent to the editor, Andrew Noblet, by 10am, via a.j.noblet@phonecoop.coop.
Thursday 18th July:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Saturday 27th July:
Village summer picnic, 3pm - 6pm at The Old Rectory - bring-your-own picnic; details to follow. In aid of FOSMAA.
Monday 29th July:
1. Autumn Club heads off for afternoon tea at The Toast Office in Whitley.
2. Fun in the Sun. Fun in the Sun is a free activity programme for 5-11 year olds, aimed at providing high quality sports coaching during the summer holidays for young
people. It has been held in Kington St Michael for several years now and has
proved very popular, with our take-up being one of the highest in the area.
This year's dates are all on Mondays from 2.30pm to 4pm on the QE2 Field
(if wet then in the village hall). Further sessions on August 5th, 12th & 19th.
More details to follow in due course.
Saturday 3rd August:
Flower, produce & craft show, 3pm in the village hall, followed by an auction of produce at 4pm; entry by donation. Please click here for a copy of the schedule and click here for the competition recipes. Proceeds go the retirees' Christmas drinks and nibbles event. Run by KSM WI.
Monday 5th August:
Fun in the Sun. Fun
in the Sun is a free activity programme for 5-11 year olds, aimed at
providing high quality sports coaching during the summer holidays for
young
people. It has been held in Kington St Michael for several years now and has
proved very popular, with our take-up being one of the highest in the area.
This year's dates are all on Mondays from 2.30pm to 4pm on the QE2 Field
(if wet then in the village hall). Further sessions on August 12th & 19th.
More details to follow in due course.
Monday 12th August:
Fun in the Sun. Fun
in the Sun is a free activity programme for 5-11 year olds, aimed at
providing high quality sports coaching during the summer holidays for
young
people. It has been held in Kington St Michael for several years now and has
proved very popular, with our take-up being one of the highest in the area.
This year's dates are all on Mondays from 2.30pm to 4pm on the QE2 Field
(if wet then in the village hall). Further session on August 19th.
More details to follow in due course.
Saturday 17th August
Fun Family Day, 1pm - 5pm on the QE2 Field. Licensed bar, barbecue, soft ball, tug-of-war, bouncy castle, tombola, egg & spoon race, sack race, welly wanging and more. Prizes! Run by Kington Club.
Monday 19th August:
Fun in the Sun. Fun
in the Sun is a free activity programme for 5-11 year olds, aimed at
providing high quality sports coaching during the summer holidays for
young
people. It has been held in Kington St Michael for several years now and has
proved very popular, with our take-up being one of the highest in the area.
This is the last session to be held, from 2.30pm to 4pm on the QE2 Field
(if wet then in the village hall). More details to follow in due course.
Tuesday 10th September:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall, featuring Foraging
for Food with Charlotte Pepscu. The
competition is for a recipe using foraged food.
Monday 16th September:
All Angels WI, 8pm in the village hall; learn to make your own wax covers.
Thursday 19th September:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Tuesday 8th October:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall, with music
with The Village Choir. The competition
is for a limerick starting “She wanted to sing in the choir…”.
Thursday 17th October:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Monday 21st October:
All Angels WI, 8pm in the village hall; with a talk (to be confirmed).
Saturday 26th October:
1. Halloween Party & Karaoke in Kington Club. Fancy dress Halloween Party, 6pm in the Clubhouse Lounge, £1 entry. fancy dress Halloween party, featuring wonderful magician and children's entertainer, Dave Hickory. Dave will bring along his disco and do balloon modelling. Hotdogs wll be served. Followed by... 2. Karaoke, 8.30pm in Bar 12 at Kington Club. Go along for a fun evening's karaoke with DJ Dave.
Tuesday 13th November:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall. Susan Rivett will give a talk on the
Casualties Union. The competition will
be announced on the night.
Monday 18th November:
All Angels WI, 8pm in the village hall; for a Christmas making evening.
Thursday 21st November:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Saturday 7th December:
1. Christmas Fayre in the village hall - details to follow.
2. Christmas Meal in Kington Club - details to follow.
Monday 9th December:
All Angels WI, 8pm in the village hall; making a Christmas table decoration.
Tuesday 10th December:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall, for an evening cake
decorating. The competition is for the
best decorated cake on the night.
Friday 20th December:Children’s’ Christmas Disco, 6pm - 9pm in Kington Club. Fun children’s disco for kids up to age 14. Saturday 21st December:
Christmas Bingo & Draw, 8.30pm in Kington Club.
2020
Tuesday 14th January 2020:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall, with a talk from Burnard Purrier from the Whale & Dolphin
Conservation. The competition is for any
representation of marine life (photo, model, etc).
Thursday 16th January:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Tuesday 11th February:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall, with a talk on
The History of Lydiard Park. The
competition is for 50 words on your favourite park/garden and why.
Thursday 20th February:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Tuesday 10th March:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall, for the Annual
meeting, with the election of President and committee, plus the presentation of
the annual report and financial statement.
The competition is for a piece of vintage clothing or accessory.
Thursday 19th March:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Thursday 2nd April:
Annual Parish Meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Tuesday 14th April:
WI, 7.30pm in the village hall. Cheryl Corcoran will talk about her
life as a tour guide. The competition is
for your most unusual holiday souvenir.
Thursday 16th April:
Parish Council meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
Thursday 21st May:
Parish Council meeting, to include the Annual General Meeting, 7.45pm in the village hall; all welcome.
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