Coming events in the Crediton area - Your local event listing

FRIDAY 17

10.30am to 12 noon - Going for a Sing, Boniface Centre, Crediton.

SATURDAY 18

10am to 1pm - Crediton Farmers' Market, Town Square.

1pm - Clothes Swapping begins at Sustainable Crediton Clothes Swap, Crediton Congregational Church, bring clothes at 11.30am, refreshments available from 11.30am.

7pm - The Connect Quiz, Boniface Centre, teams of six, £10 per quizzer, includes free pasty, cake and drink, book by email: [email protected] to book.

7pm - for 7.30pm, Cheer Up January Party, Zeal Monachorum Village Hall, admission £2 plus a plate of food to share, bring own drink and glass, prize draw, everyone welcome, enquiries on 01363 82606.

SUNDAY 19

Jim Causley, Crediton Library.

6pm - Epiphany Carol Service, Holy Cross, Crediton, all welcome.

WEDNESDAY 22

6.30pm - Doors open for Bingo in aid of ELF, Crediton United AFC Clubhouse.

7pm - Sampford Courtenay Village Hall AGM, in the hall.

THURSDAY 23

2pm to 3pm - Crediton Courier Drop In, Crediton Library.

3pm - Age Concern Crediton AGM, Lady Mills Centre, Deep Lane, Crediton, followed by talk about Fifty Years of the Crediton Courier by Editor Alan Quick, with refreshments and cake.

7.30pm - and January 24 and 25, Brown Paper Bag Theatre Company present Baggage Collection, five short plays, Crediton Arts Centre, tickets £12/£10 from Crediton Arts Centre, 01363 773260 or online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/creditonartscentre .

FRIDAY 24

7pm - Sandford Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sandford Parish Hall, and 2pm and 7pm on 25th, tickets £4 from Sandford Community Stores or at the door.

7pm - for 7.30pm, Crediton Boniface Rotary, Burns Night Dinner, Waie Inn, Zeal Monachorum, tickets £30, book on 01363 84256 or email: [email protected] or: [email protected] . In aid of charities FORCE and Hospiscare.

SATURDAY 25

10am to 12 noon - Coffee morning, cake, produce and book sale, St Matthew's Church, Cheriton Fitzpaine.

7pm - Doors open for 7.30pm eyes down, Bingo, Bow Village Hall, tickets £7 for 6 books and 1 flyer, single book £1.50, good prizes, prize draw, draw prizes welcomed.

SUNDAY 26

2.30pm - and January 30, 21 (7.30pm) and February 1 (2.30pm and 7.30pm), Snow White by TADS, Tedburn St Mary Village Hall, Tickets available from: [email protected] or 07917 794589.

3pm - Saint Boniface Concert Society AGM and FREE recital by internationally acclaimed Chopin specialist Robin Stephenson, Crediton Parish Church, refreshments afterwards.

4pm - Mulled Wine and Melodies, St Matthew's Church, Coldridge, hymns, carols, modern songs of worship, musical accompaniment, nibbles and mulled wine. POSTPONED, to February 23, 5pm.

7.15pm - for 7.30pm start, Bow History Society, talk by local author and historian Tracey Norman on the subject of Plants, Poultices and Persecution, Bow Village Hall. Visitors entry is £4 and tea/coffee and biscuits are included in the admission cost.

BDHS Annual Membership is £15 and it is free to people under 18. Enquiries can be made on 01363 82468

TUESDAY 28

10am to 1pm - Digital Voice, Neighbourhood Watch volunteers free information session for Whitestone residents about the BT landline switch over, Whitestone Parish Hall, drop in and find out more.

7pm - Crediton Garden Club meeting, Crediton Library, talk, The Olive, Caradoc Doy. Annual membership £12 (talks free), visitors welcome £3.

7pm - Cheer Up January Party, Zeal Monachorum Village Hall, bring a plate of food to share and own drink and glass, grand draw. Admission £2, all welcome, contact 01363 82606.

THURSDAY 30

2pm to 3pm - Crediton Courier Drop In, Crediton Library.

FRIDAY 31

7pm - Doors open for 7.30pm start, Lapford Celebrations Committee Quiz Evening, Victory Hall, teams of six, £8 per person, hot pasty supper, with cake, bring own booze, soft drinks available, draw, cash only, book on 01363 83763 or email: [email protected] by January 23.

SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY

10am to 1pm - Crediton Farmers' Market, Town Square.

10am-12.30pm - Table Top Sale, Crediton United Football Clubhouse, tables £6.50, book via text 07807058549.

10am to 5pm - Come and Sing Handel's Messiah, Choral Workshop, North Creedy Choral Society, morning session at the Boniface Centre, afternoon session at Crediton Parish Church. Book or more info via: [email protected] or via: www.northcreedychoral.co.uk . £15 non choir members, £10 choir members, U18/students, £3 hire of vocal score.

Ends with 4pm to 4.30pm informal performance, Crediton Parish Church, free to all.

If you have a forthcoming event, please email: [email protected] .

THURSDAY 6

2pm to 3pm - Crediton Courier Drop In, Crediton Library.

SATURDAY 8

10am to 12 noon - Table Top Sale, Crediton Methodist Church, cards, gifts, bric-a-brac, books and lots more. Raffle.

Tables cost only £5 and to book please telephone 01363 775450 or email: [email protected] . Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available throughout the sale.

7pm - Doors open for an 8pm start, "A Night with Tank Sherman", a well-known comedian, in aid of Lapford AFC, Victory Hall, Lapford. Tickets £15, include a pasty and pudding supper. Licensed bar. To buy your tickets, please contact John Burrows on 01363 83985 or 07814 941454.

7pm - for 7.30pm, Quiz Night, Bow Village Hall, £10 each, incl pasty, four players per team, £40 prize money, booking preferred but not essential, contact Gill Nicks on 07891 289847.

If you have a forthcoming event, please email: [email protected] .