THE MELBURY Osmond Garden and Show Society is holding its Annual General Meeting at 7.15pm on Friday, November 9. Do come along to hear about amendments to the show schedule and afterwards to listen to the talk on ‘Planning a Border’ by the Castle Gardens Group. Admission is free to members and £2 to non-members. There will be refreshments available.

THE IVY Club in Maiden Newton will be having a talk and slides by Kay Townsend at their meeting on Tuesday, November 6, starting at 2pm.

Could you also please bring along items for the Autumn Sale to this meeting.

The Autumn Sale will take place on Saturday, November 10, also at 2pm. There will be a raffle, tombola, gifts and cakes for sale, as well as a bric-a-brac stall. ARTSREACH presents ‘Morgan and West, Time Travelling Magicians’, at Melbury Osmond Village Hall on Thursday, November 8, beginning at 7.30pm.

The cost of tickets is £8 for adults, £5 for under 18’s (minimum age 7 years) and £20 for a family (2 adults and 2 children).

The show is great fun for all the family.

To buy tickets, please contact Teresa Oaksford on 01935 83410 ARTSREACH will also present an event at Evershot Village Hall on Sunday, November 25. This event begins at 8pm and will feature the Budapest Café Orchestra. Tickets cost £10 and are available from Evershot Village Shop. The music will include ‘entrancing folk with blistering czardas, grief-stricken ballads and rollicking dances’.

FROME VALLEY History Society has its next meeting at 7.30pm on Monday, November 12, when Rob Curtis will give an illustrated talk entitled ‘Sherborne – a special place’.

The entrance fee is £3.50. Please address any further enquiries to John Darnley on 01935 83347 HUG A Baby Curry Night and Beetle Drive will be held in Melbury Osmond Village Hall on Friday, November 16.

Please arrive at 6.30 for 7pm.

There will a bar and a raffle. Tickets cost £8 and booking is essential. Please contact Hazel Melling on 01935 83463 or Barbara Waine on 01935 83265 STUCK FOR Christmas present ideas for the children? Why not come along to the Toy Fair at Rampisham Village Hall?

The event takes place on Saturday, November 17 from 10am until 1pm. Coffee and refreshments are available.

Please contact Mary on 01935 83206 for more details.

MELBURY MEN’s Breakfast will hold their next meeting on Saturday, November 17, when the guest speakers will be Dan Evenhuis, UK Director of Fusion, an international youth and community organisation which emerged as a creative response to socially at risk young people.

Meetings are held at the Southern Counties Shooting Club Cafe on Wardon Hill (A37), starting at 8.45 and finishing at around 9.45am. There is a vegetarian option for those who require it, as well as a lighter breakfast for those who do not wish to have the ‘full English’.

Please contact Paul Wilcock on 01300 321112 or p.wilcock@virgin.net for more information or to book a place.

THERE will be a one-day workshop for church organists in the parish church of St Osmond, Evershot on Saturday, November 17, starting at 11am.

The tutors will be David Bruce Payne and Richard Godfrey from the Lyme Regis Organ School. This is an opportunity to develop keyboard skills, particularly in the accompaniment of hymns, and many other useful aspects of service accompaniment. This will be a relaxed and informative event, open and accessible to all levels of experience. The cost (including tea and coffee) is just £5.

To register please contact The Sherborne Office, St Nicholas’ Church Centre. 30 Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen BH21 3LE. Telephone 01202 659427 or email sherborne.office@salisbury.anglican.org THE NEXT Evershot Village Coffee Morning takes place on Monday, November 19 at the Stobarts’ house, 26 Fore Street. All are welcome to come along from 11am.

SARAH, our local Police Community Support Officer will be in the Fox and Hounds, Cattistock, between midday and 1pm on Tuesday, November 20.

If you cannot make it but would like to talk, then please call 01305 226815 Do come along and discuss any issues that are concerning you. Or simply pop in to say hello to Sarah and share a coffee with her!

THERE will be a Grand Christmas Bazaar in Frampton on Saturday, November 24 .

This is always a very popular annual event put on by the Trustees of the Frampton Village Hall (on Dorchester Road – DT2 9NF). The event has grown year by year and each year the Trustees try to make the bazaar interesting and fun for everyone. The event starts promptly at 2pm with a 15 minute auction and features bric-a-brac, a giant tombola, raffles, books, CD's, as well as craft stalls by local artists and craftspeople. Refreshments will be available, as will ample on-site parking. Come along and have some fun and find a bargain. If you are looking for that special Christmas present for someone this is the place to look. You won't be disappointed. Admission is £1 for adults, children are admitted free of charge ON THE same day but starting at 1pm in a marquee behind the hall, the Two Slim Ladies will be demonstrating a delicious and easy to make three-course meal, with a scrumptious starter, mouth-watering main course and decadent pudding. Recipes and cooking methods will be provided, together with the individual costs of all ingredients. Everyone will have a chance to taste the dishes. If you are interested in cooking lovely food, then this is a demonstration not to be missed. Places for these events go very quickly, so please arrive early. We would request that guests arrive at least 15 minutes beforehand so that the event can start promptly at 1pm without interruptions. The entrance fee is £2.50, which will include admittance to the bazaar which follows at 2pm and of course all proceeds go to the running of the hall.