Last updated 16:14, Thursday, 20 November 2008

WHY not join Wylam Scouts and Guides on Saturday, November 22, for an evening of fun, food and entertainment in Wylam Institute from 6.30pm until 10.30pm?

Soft drinks bar, three course dinner, music by In the Mood, and quiz (tables of six or eight, or come to open tables). Tickets from Stobos, the Deli or Ken John, (01661) 853355.

THE Wylam Amateur Puppet Theatre had a great success on Sunday afternoon – like 125 children and parents turned up, many to sit on cushions on the floor, to see The Happy Prince and ecologically correct Jack and the Greenstalk.
So don’t miss the society’s next production on December 4-6, of Murdered to Death, a detective spoof in which several well-known sleuths can be found. Tickets from Wylam Teashop and Stobo’s or at the door.

THE film club’s showing of Bride And Prejudice, followed by a substantial tea provided by the Women’s Institute, suffered from a little technical difficulty at the start, but resulted in an enjoyable way to spend a rainy afternoon. There were no such problems in the showing last Saturday of The Counterfeiters.

DISCUSSION Group 65 was fascinated by professor Desmond Graham’s reading of the poetry of Anna Kamienska, which he had translated from the Polish, and a lively discussion followed.

MEANWHILE Wylam Discussion Group was having a creepy time with Geoff Hughes’ Ghosts and Hauntings of the North East. He showed slides of Chillingham Castle, the most haunted castle in the North East, visited the Lambton Work and Dunstanburgh, and revealed a ghost nearer to home called Long Lonkie, in Ovingham!

MEN at Home was delighted with opera singer David Owen-Lewis’ talk about his life in the business – he is a most entertaining speaker.