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  • Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

    Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

    After a break for the summer, come along and enjoy our September Artisan Makers Market here at Wimborne Community Centre. Open from 10.00am till 3.00pm on Saturday 23rd September 2023, […]

    Free

  • Charity Band Concert – The Grenadier Guards

    This Concert is being held in Sherborne Abbey on Saturday 23 September at 6.30pm by kind permission of The Reverend Martin Lee. The Band of the Grenadier Guards will play […]

    Free

  • EG Coles Open Day

    EG Coles & Son Station Yard, Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury

    We’re delighted to be throwing open our doors on 27 September for our 2023 Open Day, and showcasing everything that we do here at EG Coles.

    Free

  • EG Coles Open Day

    EG Coles & Son Station Yard, Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury

    We’re delighted to be throwing open our doors on 27 September for our 2023 Open Day, and showcasing everything that we do here at EG Coles.

    Free

  • Medical Detection Dogs a lecture by Joanna Gardiner

    29 September. The Blandford & District branch of the University of the Third Age invites you to a lecture at 2 pm at Durweston Village Hall, where Joanna Gardiner will be speaking about Medical Detection Dogs. Please phone 01258 628079 for further information.

    Free

  • Words, Music and Silence – The House of Life

    Arts University Bournemouth Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown

    This lecture recital will consider Ralph Vaughan Williams’ settings of 6 sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1904). The first of these to be composed was 'Silent Noon’; singer Julia Hollander and pianist Peter McMullin will focus on this song, its relationship to the rest of the cycle and especially the theme of silence. They analyse […]

    Free

  • Blues Night with “The Buffalitos Blues Band”

    Tolpuddle Village Hall Main Road, Tolpuddle

    Another "Not for Profit" S&S community Music Night in Tolpuddle Village Hall featuring "The Buffalitos Blues Band" A Bristol based Band led by Damien Cheung on vocals and guitar delivering […]

    £12.00

  • Reminiscence Afternoon Photography Continued!

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Shaftesbury Library Reminiscence Afternoon. Monday 2nd October 2.30pm - 3.30pm Photography continued! Talk about the way that photography reminds us of the past. Share favourite photos of people and places. […]

    Free

  • Reminiscence Afternoon Photography Continued!

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Reminiscence Afternoon Photography Continued! Talk about the way that photography reminds us of the past. Share favourite photos of people and places. Tea and cakes will be served. Please book […]

    Free

  • SchoolReaders

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    School Readers Do you love books? Enjoy working with children? You could become a Schoolreaders volunteer. Find out what it involves and inspire the next generation of readers! Shaftesbury Library […]

    Free

  • Community Policing Drop In Surgery

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Community Policing Drop In Surgery. PCSO 5382 Leatt will be at Shaftesbury Library to offer Crime Prevention advice and leaflets and to hear any local concerns. Shaftesbury Library 5 October […]

    Free

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