Adderbury Theatre Workshop – Calendar Girls
This was a Great Show! Back in March we did a Contact interview with ATW chair Karen Dwyer who planned to celebrate their 50th anniversary over this year and next – but wanted to kick off with a big impact show – and there’s none bigger than Calendar Girls! The hit West End play adapted by Tim Firth from the original film was a real challenge – it’s an expensive licence with very strict controls and the obvious other demands – but they were going for it!
The Institute is booked; the admin is completed; the Parish Council have given a grant towards the costs so Adderbury Gardening Club’s Summer Show is good to go. The Schedules, for Adults and Juniors, are now in Adderbury Stores, the Library and on the Adderbury web page. For the adults the usual range of fruit and vegetables, plants, flowers, jams, breads, cakes etc. For the Juniors a few craft based classes, which might give them something to do in the summer holidays. 
There will be a brilliant afternoon of fun from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm. There will be family games and rides including a teacup ride, a bouncy castle, tombola, Aunt Sally, Morris dancing and a raffle. There will also be delicious food from Mr Souvlaki, ice cream, cakes, and a well-stocked bar. Do come along to have a good time and support the school.
Dickie White and Friends will be playing in the garden of The Old Vicarage, Mill Lane, between 1.00 pm and 5.00 pm. Tickets at £10.00 are available from Adderbury Stores or on the gate. Bring a picnic and drinks and enjoy the music. For more details of this FOSMA event ring 01295 811059.
Neil Wilson will give a talk in The Institute on Oxfordshire Emigrants who were on the Cataraqui in1845. Doors open at 7.15 pm and the talk starts at 7.30 pm. This tragic story tells how the poor were ‘encouraged’ to emigrate in the 19th century and the fate of the 400, many from Oxfordshire, who endured the journey on the Cataraqui — only to be shipwrecked one day from its destination of Melbourne, leaving just nine survivors. Visitors welcome at £5.00.