NAILSWORTH community news with Pam Browne Send your Nailsworth news items to pam.browne1@tiscali.co.uk or call her on 01453 832907.

The copy deadline for the next column will be August 29. If you would like your event listed, then please let me know.

Town Information Centre - this is now located in the old police station, adjacent to the library in Old Market.

Are you learning a foreign language, or want to improve your English? Contact feedback@corfizz.com for more information and to join the mailing list. The next meeting is on Thursday, August 22 from 7pm-9pm at The Premier Inn (formerly The Old Nelson) Stratford Road, Stroud. Next to Tesco. Email feedback@corfizz.com for more information and to join the mailing list.

The next Nailsworth Society ramble will take place on Thursday, August 22. Please meet at the Nailsworth library at 9.30am for a drive to Birdlip. The ramble will start from The Royal George for a five mile walk taking in the Roman Villa at Great Witcombe. There will be a few stiles, and there could be some muddy patches. One steep climb at the end of the walk will lead back to The Royal George where lunch will be available. Details from Angela Middleditch on 01453 832911.

The New Renaissance Art Group would like to invite you to an exhibition of art on Saturday, August 24 from 10am until 4pm at the Quaker Meeting House in Chestnut Hill. There will be art and handmade cards to buy and refreshments to enjoy.

On Wednesday, August 28, 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.

The Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill, Nailsworth (GL6 0JF) will be open from 10am to noon on Saturday, September 7.  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, September 8 from 2 to 4pm.

Jayne Morris will be demonstrating Gardening Versus Floristry for Nailsworth and District Flower Arrangement Society on Wednesday, September 4. There will be two competitions on the night - Class 1: Nature’s Garden and Class 2: Spice of Life.

Box Garden Club are holding their Village Produce Show on Sunday, September 8 from 3pm and on Tuesday, September 17 John Crowther will be speaking to the club about the Help a Hedgehog Hospital in Brimscombe.  This is a small, not for profit organisation specialising in the recue, rehabilitation and release of hedgehogs back to the wild.

Nailsworth Tennis Club is holding a fundraising barn dance at 7.30pm on Saturday, September 14 at the Nailsworth Subscription Rooms. Tickets are £10 each, to include a ploughman's supper.  Licensed bar. To order tickets, please text Debbie Apew on 0753 208 9834 or Judith Haines on 0781 782 1818.

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 call 01453 755373.
Tracey Young, the community development worker, is holding a drop in on Fridays from 10am to 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 Sub Rooms (formerly the Boys Club).

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 - 1/2 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.