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A READING WITH MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS
Take this rare opportunity to hear Michael read from his newly-published poetry collection The Half Healed and his latest novel Breath. There will also be an opportunity to discuss Michael’s work with him in a question and answer session.
Tickets £6/£4 from 573413
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POETRY READING WITH HARRY OWEN
Cheshire’s first Poet Laureate Harry Owen is visiting this country from his new home in South Africa and launching his latest collection “Five Books of Marriage” here in Bollington so take this rare opportunity to hear him live!
Tickets £5 /£3 Pay at Door
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OLD BOLLINGTON
Tim Boddington shows a selection of slides from the archives –
see Bollington as it used to be!
£5/£3 Pay at Door
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THE HISTORY WARDROBE PRESENTS
THE FABULOUS FIFTIES
Remember sugared petticoats, Amami wavesets, Liberty bodices and spiky stilettos? In this new show from the History Wardrobe, enjoy the transformation of housewife Doris Drudge into Mrs Dreamwife, living in the age that invented dazzle.
Tickets £7.50 & £6.50 from 01625 575287
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FESTIVAL FARE
Come and buy your Christmas presents at our stalls full of hand-crafted goodies; needlework, embroidery, bags, knitwear, hand-made slipware pottery, wooden items, paintings, cards, jewellery, ceramics plus items from the RSPB (including wildlife photography) and the Bridgend Centre, a book stall, cakes and a tombola. Tea, coffee and cakes will be on sale to give you sustenance.
FREE ADMISSION. All profits will go to Bollington Festival 09
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BOLLINGTON CARBON REVOLUTION
A one- day course led by Nick Parsons from the Centre for Alternative Technology about heat loss in buildings, eco-friendly materials, water use, heating systems and ventilation.
Cost; Bollington/ Rainow residents £10, others £20
Reservations at myskos@ntlworld.com
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LIVING IN SIBERIA
Immediately after her marriage in 1930, Margaret Lorimer and her engineer – husband left Scotland to travel to Siberia where they were to live for a year. Jessie Beard, their daughter, reads from her mother’s reminiscences of a very eventful year in that vast wilderness.
£5/ £3 Pay at Door
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POETRY WORKSHOP
Work with poet Gail Ashton and, using your senses observe, explore and create word-salads, poem pies and a wonderful word-fest.
Bring a picnic lunch, pens and paper – tea and coffee will be provided.
£6 for the day. Ring Gail on 01625 877804 to register
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A VERY SPECIAL WINE TASTING OF A MIXED CASE OF TROPHY, GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS WINNERS 2008
with Bruce Kendrick of Liberty Wines
Order your Christmas wines (they’ll be delivered the following week) – either a case or half a dozen mixed wines.
Tickets £10 from 01625 575287.
All profits to Bollington Festival 09
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AN EVENING WITH RORY MOTION
Comedian, Singer/Songwriter
and Tree Impressionist!
Rory’s shows are a brilliant melting pot of characters and styles; he is a true master of the stage and really holds the audience spellbound with an astonishing array of, well just about anything. You are guaranteed to leave grinning from ear to ear!
Tickets £8 from 01625 575287 or dandjransley@btinternet.com
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