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22 October 2004

Guildford Museum Finds Identification Day

On Thursday 28 October from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm, bring along your finds from gardens, fields, or anywhere else to be identified by Surrey's Finds Liaison Officer, David Williams. This is Free!! For more information phone the museum on 01483 444751, email guildfordmuseum@guildford.gov.uk or visit their website.

Wey Ceramics Society

The Wey Ceramics Society will be holding their winter Exhibition "Shimmering Ceramics" in November 2004, at Country Pictures Gallery, 3 miles south of Bramley (on the A281). The exhibition is open from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Saturday. For further information contact Sally Sparham on 10483 564160 or email her at sally.sparham@which.net. Alternatively you can visit their website.

Harvey Gallery

From 1 November to 13 November there will be a selection from the final year degree work of Farnham Art College Students, including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and installation, all in a contemporary idiom. They are all mature students, aged from 36 to 67, from a variety of backgrounds.

Guildford Lion's Firework Fiesta

Free! On Friday 5 November come and join the torchlit procession from the Guildhall to Stoke Park, watch the beacon being lit and enjoy the spectacular firework display. All donations go to charity. Starts 7.30 pm. All enquiries 07719 695174. For more information go to the Guildford Lions website.

Harvey Gallery Silver Jubilee Celebrations 2004

The Harvey Road Gallery was established in 1979 by students and staff of what was then called The Visual Arts Centre, which was part of Guildford Adult Education Institute. Since then, it has provided an important arts facility for Guildford by showing the work of professionals, amateurs, students and community groups. Now called Harvey Gallery and part of the Adult Learning Centre, it has come to represent how a much needed larger centre for the arts might function, and serve this important town. To read on click here. To view the Harvey Gallery list of Exhibitions for 2004 to 2005, visit the Societies pages.

21 October 2004

Herald Players

At 8.00 pm on 10, 11, 12 and 13 November the Herald Players present the comedy Grapes and Raisins. by Lawrence Roman at the Electric Theatre. Tickets £8.00 (£6.50 concessions). For more information about the Herald Players go to their website, or phone the Box Office on 01483 444789.

Guildford Chamber Choir

At 7.30 pm on 13 November the Guildford Chamber Choir. will present a concert in aid of CHASE Children's Hospice Service. The concert is full of pieces from the early 17th Century to the late 20th Century inspired by Mary, the Mother of Our Lord, including Magnificats by Palestrina and Heinrich Schutz and Hymns and Antiphons by Bruckner, Britten, Monteverdi, Joubert and Arvo Part. David Davies (sub organist at the Cathedral) will play two organ pieces on the same theme and the concert is conducted by Stephen Farr, Organist at the Cathedral. For more information about the Choir go to their website.

20 October 2004

A Christmas Fantasia

Guildford Cathedral's Christmas Concert is on Saturday 11 December 2004 at 7.30 pm. The Cathedral Choir will be joined by the Guildford Chamber Choir and Harlequin Brass for a rousing Christmas treat. The Concert will be directed by Stephen Farr and David Davies. Tickets available at £13, or £5 children, students, and ES40, from the Cathedral Box Office on 01483 547870. To find out more about the Cathedral visit their website. To find out more about Harlequin Brass visit the Chameleon Arts website. To find out more about Guildford Chamber Choir visit their website.

HTAG's "Wish List"

HTAG has been invited to submit a "wish list" of improvements that might be provided through future section 106 agreements ie planning gain, eg playgrounds, footpaths through a development, amenities such as benches, extra trees etc. If you have any suggestions please let us know fairly soon. Suggestions may be made via This site.

HTAG Coffee Morning

The next coffee morning will be, as usual, at 10.30 am on the last Thursday of the month (28 October) but at 10A Sydney Road by kind invitation of Christopher and Thelma de Chazal.

The Dream of Gerontius

On Saturday in the Cathedral at 7.30 pm, 30 October, the Guildford Philharmonic Choir are singing Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius". This a sombre but marvellous work. A fortnight later (13 Nov), same time same place, the Guildford Choral Society are giving a Remembrance Day concert of music by Vaughan Williams and Elgar. Many HTAG members will be taking part in these concerts and would love to see you there! Tickets available from Guildford Tourist Information Centre 01483 444334

Items for Sale

If you have something advertised for sale on our Adverts pages, could you please let me know if it has been sold in order that I can remove it. If you have had no success and want another mention on the Front Page, let me know. Photos of items for sale can also be put on site.

Submissions

Please note that our Contact Us page has been changed. To view these changes and to select the appropriate link for your submission, visit the Contact Us pages. "Previous" and "Next" buttons have also been added to the Photo Gallery to make it easier to scroll through the photos.

18 October 2004

Herald Players

At 8.00 pm on 10, 11, 12 and 13 November the Herald Players present the comedy Grapes and Raisins by Lawrence Roman at the Electric Theatre. Tickets £8.00 (£6.50 concessions). For more information about the Herald Players go to their website, or phone the Box Office on 01483 444789.

GSA Conservatoire

Guildford School of Acting Conservatoire presents a fully staged entertainment featuring favourtie songs old and new in aid of TALK , helping people with dysphasia, on Saturday 20 November at 7.30 pm, United Reform Church, Portsmouth Road, Guildford. Tickets £12.00, include wine and canapes. To book call 01372 471088 or 01483 234677. For more information on GSA visit their website.

Guildford Museum

On Thursday 28 October from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm you can bring along your finds from gardens, fields, or anywhere else to be identified by Surrey's Finds Liaison Officer, David Williams. This is Free! For more information telephone 01483 444751, email guildfordmuseum@guildford.gov.uk, or visit their website.

Guildford Book Festival

Don't forget the Book Festival, from 17 to 31 October. For more information visit the Book Festival website.

17 October 2004

Charlotteville Barn Dance

The Hogs Back Band soon had everyone on the floor enjoying the dancing at the Charlotteville Barn Dance and Raffle on Saturday evening at Holy Trinity School. To find out more about the Charlottville Jubilee Trust visit Charlotteville website, or email info@charlotteville.co.uk. To see a few more photos of the evening go to the Gallery's Events section and click on Charlotteville Barn Dance.

16 October 2004

Harvey Gallery Silver Jubilee Celebrations 2004

Guildford Action Furniture Project

The Project collects unwanted furniture and appliances and re-distributes them to individuals and families in need. For further information, please call them on 01483 506504

Halloween Haunts

A Charity Event: On Tuesday 30 October a costumed guide will first take you on a ghost walk, and then you will descend into a creepily decorated medieval undercroft for a warming glass of "witches brew". Tickets are available from the Tourist Information Centre, and early booking is adviseable.

Guildford Philharmonic Choir

Tuesday 30 October 2004, Dream of Gerontius by Elgar, in Guildford Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Tickets are available from Guildford Tourist Information Centre 01483 444334 To find out more about the Philharmonic go to their website.

11 October 2004

Guildford Book Festival

The fifteenth Book Festival starts on 17 October and runs to the end of the month. BBC Southern Counties will be covering Festival events on a daily basis, or go to the Book Festival website or telephone the Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334.

Harvey Gallery Exhibitions

Glory Of Colour, 18 to 30 October. A display of the crochet work and knitting produced by ninety year old Glory Romp. This body of work reveals a natural, personal sense of colour and an ability to improvise upon fashion over many decades. To view the Harvey Gallery list of exhibitions for 2004 to 2005, visit the Societies pages.

08 October 2004

Barn Dance

The Hogs Back Band Present the Charlotteville Barn Dance and Raffle on 16 October 2004, 7.30 pm at Holy Trinity School. £7.00 Per Adult £2.00 per Child under 2's Free. Supper plus Wine/Beer/Soft Drink Included in ticket price. Dig out those old dungarees! Got a checked shirt? Come along and have some fun. Top Prizes for the best dressed cowboy and girl. Bring the children - they'll love it (soft drinks free). Supper (including vegetarian) will be provided by a Professional Chef. Ticket price includes one glass of wine, soft drink or beer (additional drinks available from the bar). 01483 533448 for Tickets. This event is organised by the Charlotteville Jubilee Trust. Registered Charity No 1103768. Addison House, 12 Addison Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3QP. For more information go to the Charlotteville website, or email info@charlotteville.co.uk.

Country Walks

Saturday 9 October: Morning, Albury, 4 miles. Lunch: Drummond Arms recommended; (lunch can be ordered before the walk). Afternoon, Brook, (new) 4 miles. Sunday 10 October: Shere (new) 12 miles. Lunch: 17th century Volunteer at Sutton Abinger. Good food and beautiful terraced garden. For more details phone June and Aubrey on 020 7233 6563. For more information go to the Country Walks website.

Kitchen Units for Sale

Antique pine kitchen units. Owing to refurbishment, Steve and Pam Palmer have a number of antique pine wall and floor units for sale. Very reasonable price, to be donated to Guildford Action for Community Care (the Leapale Lane drop-in centre for street people). Available early November; buyer collects. To view, please phone 01483 538761.

07 October 2004

Guildford Transport Plan

There is to be a consultation meeting at the SCC building in Cross Lanes on Wednesday, 3 November at 7.00 pm. HTAG needs someone to represent them at what will be quite a large and significant meeting to discuss a Local Transport Plan. This would give HTAG an opportunity, for example, to express a view about how traffic could be slowed along Pewley Way, Harvey Road, Pewley Hill, South Hill/Warwicks Bench etc. Any volunteers? Contact us via this page.

Harvey Gallery - Elements

From 4 to 16 October there will be an exhibition of figurative and landscape paintings in oil and acrylic by Suzanne Stewart-Smith, depicting images of various components and environments, of nature and life. To view the Harvey Gallery list of Exhibitions for 2004 to 2005, visit the Societies pages.

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