Week beginning October 6th 2003

Farmer's Bingo in Hedon : After the success of their first Farmer's (Pig) Bingo, Holderness Lions are running a second evening, again at The Haven Arms, Hedon, on Wednesday October 8th starting at 8.00 p.m. As before, entrance will cost £1.50 and for this you will get two books of ten tickets each. Prizes will be of sausages, bacon, pork chops and pork joints etc.. The Lions need your support to make the night as good as the last one. If you were at that event, you won't need any encouraging to go along a second time; if it's new to you, please give it a try - you never know you might just enjoy it!

Keep young and beautiful! On Friday October 10th the Hedon Branch of Age Concern East Riding of Yorkshire (ACERY) are holding a Ladies' Night - "an evening of beauty and Christmas shopping" - in the Alexandra Hall, St. Augustine's Gate, Hedon, starting at 7.00 p.m. Virgin Vie cosmetics are running the event, and all ladies are invited along to be pampered with facials, hand massage, nail art and alternative therapies as well as having the opportunity to 'shop till they drop' and buy cosmetics and toiletries, jewellery and gifts, crafts, Christmas cards etc.. Tickets for this fundraising event cost £2.50 to include a glass of wine and a free prize draw and are available from the Age Concern office on St. Augustine's Gate or by post from ACERY, Motley's Cottage, Motley's Yard, Beverley, East Yorkshire - a stamped addressed envelope would be much appreciated. The office can also be contacted by telephone on 01482 893191.

Change of venue for Hedon and District Local History Society : The next meeting of the Hedon and District Local History Society will take place on Tuesday, October 14th at 7.30 pm in a changed venue: The Church Room, Magdalen Gate (the entrance is right at the back of the Magdalen Gate car park.) The speaker will be Richard Walgate and his subject will be memorial inscriptions in local churches. Everyone interested is invited.

Get your tickets early! Hedon Drama Group presents The Farndale Ladies ('If anything can go wrong, it will') in "Macbeth - the Farce," performing nightly at 8.00 p.m. in the Alexandra Hall, St. Augustine's Gate, Hedon, from Thursday October 16th to Saturday October 18th . Tickets cost £3 (£2.50 for concessions) and are available from Heather - telephone 01964 622944 - or Dave - 01482 896592 - or you can pay at the door.

Church Services for Sunday October 12th
Hedon : St. Augustine's Parish Church : Sung Eucharist at 9.30 a.m.
Hedon Methodist Church, Church Lane : all age worship at 10.30 a.m., evening service at 6.30 p.m.
SS Mary & Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Baxtergate, Hedon : Daily Mass times : Sunday 10.30 a.m., Monday 9.15 a.m., Tuesday 9.15 a.m., Wednesday 7.30 p.m., Thursday 9.15 a.m., Friday 7.30 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m.
Hedon Pentecostal Church meets every Sunday at 10.30 a.m. in the Jubilee Room of the Alexandra Hall, St. Augustine's Gate; a Sunday School is also held at 10.30 a.m. every Sunday.
Paull : St Andrew's Parish Church : Harvest Festival and Supper at 6.30 p.m.
Paull Methodist Church, Main Street : this week the congregation are invited to join St. Andrew's Church for their Harvest Festival and Supper at 6.30 p.m.
Preston: All Saint's Parish Church : Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m.
Preston Methodist Church : morning service at 10.30 a.m.