Nailsworth news with Pam Browne

THIS column is published fortnightly, so please let me have details of any event/feature you wish to publicise by Thursday, July 18 for publication on Wednesday, July 24.

On Saturday, July 20, the Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill, Nailsworth (GL6 0JF) will be open from 10am to noon. Visitors can try their hands at weaving a pattern as well as seeing demonstrations of the flying shuttle and a power loom. Allow 45 minutes for the visit, £3 for adults. The Mill Centre at Dunkirk Mill will be open 2pm to 4pm with demonstrations of Victorian textile machinery, some driven by a large water wheel. See how the finish on a fine Stroud scarlet cloth was produced. Parking for the disabled at the mill otherwise please walk along the cycle track from Nailsworth (GL5 5HH), £3 for adults. Allow 30 minutes for the visit. Dunkirk Mill Centre is also open on Sunday, July 21 from 2pm to 4pm.

Nailsworth Society Local Studies Group is organising a guided tour of Painswick (led by the Civic Sociey) on Monday, July 22. Lifts from Nailsworth available at 7pm for a 7.30pm start in Painswick. Please call David and Lesley Partington on 01453 832034 for details.

On Thursday, July 25, Nailsworth Society Rambler’s Group will meet outside Nailsworth library at 9.30am for a drive to The Dog at Over (one mile west of Gloucester on the A40). From there they will walk for 4.5 miles, following the Wysis Way and Three Choirs Way to Lassington. The return will be via farmland and wooded tracks through Highnam Estate. Lunch will be available at The Dog at Over (Toby Carvery). There will be some stiles and gentle gradients. More details from Angela on 01453 832911. The Rotary Club of Nailsworth would like to remind everyone that they meet every two weeks at Egypt Mill. If anyone has a wish to visit could they please telephone Jane Goldsmith on 01453 885373.

The following five entries all take place in the Arkell Centre: Stroud & District Citizens Advice Bureau is open for drop in advice on Tuesday afternoons from 1pm to 3.30pm. The town council is funding the pilot service and you can call 08444 111444 or 0300 330 0650 (from mobiles) for more information, or visit the website www.strouddistrictcab.org.uk. Every Tuesday, there is a family drop in from 10am to 11.30am, for information please call 01453 755373.

The Senior Citizens’ Club meets on Thursdays at 2pm. The cost is just £1.50 and Dave will be able to give you more information if you call him on 01453 833411.

Tracey Young, the community development worker is holding a ‘drop in’ on Fridays from 10am – noon.

Karen Ashley is running sessions on IT for beginners on Fridays at 1pm. More details from karen.ashley@sgscol.ac.uk.

The Men’s Shed community workshop, a popular gathering, takes place every Tuesday at 1.30pm in the Subscription Rooms (formerly the Boys Club).

Searching for that illusive piece of history? Then visit the archive office in the town hall on Mondays and Fridays from 10am until noon.

A new creative textile course is now running on Mondays from 1pm to 3.30pm and 6pm in the Subscription Rooms. For more information please ring Grace on 0787 263 3956 or Patricia on 0789 145 6095.

Nailsworth Silver Band hold its training evening on Mondays in the Band Room in Brewery Lane. Beginners meet at 5.30pm, the training band meet at 6pm and there is a full rehearsal at 7.15pm A reminder that Tinkers Knitting Group is still meeting on Thursdays at 10am and Saturdays at 2.30pm at Mother Goose in Market Street. There is also a group called Woolly Crafters who meet on Thursdays at 8pm. For more details call 01453 298725.

Walking for Health ticks all the boxes; physical, mental and social. These led walks take place in Nailsworth at 2pm each Tuesday departing from the library. Everyone is welcome; you may even like to consider training as a walk leader to help this ever growing group of folk expand their repertoire. Duration is for approx one hour and covers the myriad of footpaths (and a few roads) in and around the town. For info call 01453 832907 or visit www.strollinginstrouddistrict.org.uk to view other walks in the district. The Monday Pacerpole 1 - 11⁄2 hour walk for posture will remain at 7pm on Monday, for the duration of the ‘summer’. Other walks can be arranged as and when required. Call the above number for details. There is now a shorter walk by popular request. This is on the third Tuesday of each month. It starts at the library at 2pm and lasts about 45 minutes. It will suit those wanting to get back into walking in a more gentle way, and also those who have joined us before, but who have felt that the duration of the current walking programme is a little too long and possibly a little too steep.

Nailsworth Recreation Centre in Nympsfield Road has a number of regular events including classes in zumba, Chinese boxing, tae kwon do, shaolin qi shi kung fu; book the gym or hall for badminton, basketball, etc. or a family event. Contact Ian Crawley on 01453 834822 or email him: Crawleyid@aol.com The Forest Green Senior Citizens Club continue to hold meetings most Thursdays on the ground floor at The Arkell Centre at Forest Green where we open at 1.45 for a 2.15 pm start and welcome any new or prospective members who are sixty or older. Varied entertainment is provided and the £1.50 fee includes a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits and a chance to catch up on local gossip. Contact David Boulton on 01453 833411 for more details.

Stroud and District Macular Society meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Please call Sandra Best on 01453 833614.

New to the area? The Nailsworth Society has regular weekly meetings on a Monday. The arts, crafts and music group meets on the first Monday in the month, the local history group meets on the second Monday, the gardening group meets on the third Monday and local studies is on the fourth Monday. In addition, there is also a theatregoers group and a rambling group. Please support this valuable and varied group, call Jane Butler for more information on 01453 836331 or visit www.thenailsworthsociety.com.

Larry Dyer’s vintage and collectables fayre at the Nailsworth town hall is held regularly on the first Friday of each month. Entry is free and profits will be donated in goods to the Cotswold Care Hospice shop. Contact Larry Dyer on 0780 095 1964.