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Organiser know if you are entitled to a CONCESSION. Prices
shown and online payments are full price.
Book at least 2 WEEKS IN ADVANCE
or 2 months for West End shows to avoid disappointment. |
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Sunday
12th September
midday
note
date change
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Heritage Open Day – Manchester
Visit a number of historic buildings
specially opened for this free national event. Followed by a
meal. Locations to include Freemasons Hall, Manchester Law
Library, Manchester Cathedral
Meet at the Law Library 11am. |
Book with Adrian 01695 727555
aptayler@btconnect.com
(limited to 10 people) |
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Tuesday 21st September
6 for 7pm |
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Literary Evening: Preston
Chris Ryan (ex SAS)
Chris talks about his new book "The
Kill Zone" at County Hall. Ticket refunded if you buy a
copy. |
Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or
m.barnes@btinternet.com
£5 |
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Thursday
23rd September
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Olympus fish restaurant
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Play: A Streetcar named Desire
Bolton Octagon
Tennessee Williams’ classic Pullitzer Prize winning drama set in
New Orleans with fading southern belle, Blanche DuBois. £17.50 /
£15.
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Book with Gordon 01772 510186 or
gordonjbenson@googlemail.com
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Sunday 26th
September
Departs Salford Quays 10.00am
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Manchester Ship Canal Cruise
Sail 35 miles along the canal aboard a Mersey Ferry, arriving at
Birkenhead to tour the U-Boat Story, then return bus provided to
Salford. Refreshments and licenced bar available on board. £41
(or £37 without U-Boat). Concessions available.
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Book with Adrian 01695 727555
aptayler@btconnect.com |
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Monday 4th October
6 for 7pm |
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Literary Evening: Kirkham
Sir Michael Caine
Listen to the national treasure at
Kirkham Grammar School. The ticket includes a signed copy
of his latest book, "The Elephant to Hollywood" |
Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or
m.barnes@btinternet.com
£20 |
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Thursday
14th October
6 for 7.30pm; eat at Gio’s
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Concert: Hallé play English
Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Elgar violin concerto and Vaughan Williams London Symphony. Cost
tba.
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Book with Adrian 01695 727555
aptayler@btconnect.com |
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Thursday
14th October
6 for 7.30pm; eat at Mamma's Italian restaurant, Topping St. |
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Concert:
Maximum Rythm & Blues
Blackpool Grand
The Manfreds, including Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo, along with
Alan Price and Cliff Bennett
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Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or
m.barnes@btinternet.com
£24 |
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Thursday
21st October
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Olympus fish restaurant
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Play: Love on the Dole
Bolton Octagon
The Hardcastle family face the Great Depression in Hanky Park,
Lancashire. Voted one of the 100 best plays of the 20th century.
£17.50 / £15.
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Book with Gordon 01772 510186 or
gordonjbenson@googlemail.com
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Thursday
21st October
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Gio’s
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Concert: Hallé play Russian
Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Rachmaninov piano concerto no.1, Shostakovitch symphony no.5.
Cost tba.
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Book with Margery Comer 01254
702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk |
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Tuesday 2nd November
6pm meal tba, show starts 8pm |
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Opera: The Merry Widow
Opera North at the Lowry,
Manchester
Sung in English. Set in 1905,
this new production infuses Parisian sensuality with Viennese
sophistication as the young, beautiful and stupendously wealthy
widow, Hanna Glawari, seeks a new husband. |
Book with Margery Comer 01254
702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk
£18/£16 |
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Tuesday 26th
October
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Bistro Pierre
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Play: Antony & Cleopatra
Liverpool Playhouse
Kim Cattrall and Jeffery Kissoon star in Shakespeare’s tragedy
of passion and empire, directed by Janet Suzman. £10 French
bistro meal before. £17.50.
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Book with Adrian 01695 727555
aptayler@btconnect.com
Booking closed. Revised date due to sell out. |
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Wednesday 27th October
6 for 7pm |
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Literary Evening: Kirkham
Sir Michael Parkinson
Listen to Parky reminisce at
Kirkham Grammar School. The ticket includes a signed copy
of his latest book, "Parky's People" |
Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or
m.barnes@btinternet.com
£20 |
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Saturday 6th November
Meal tba |
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Play: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Lowry Manchester
Filter in assoc with Royal
Shakespeare Company
Two worlds collide as Olivia’s
melancholic, puritanical household clashes head on with Sir Toby
Belch’s insatiable appetite for drunken debauchery. |
Book with Margery Comer 01254
702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk
£20
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Saturday 27th November
Meal tba |
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Ballet: Cinderella
Lowry Manchester
Set in London during the Second
World War, Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Prokofiev's
haunting score has, at its heart, a true wartime romance. A
chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her
dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in
love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz |
Book with Margery Comer 01254
702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk
£20
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Friday 31st December
Meal tba |
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New Year's Eve Prom
Guild Hall Preston
Flag waving, indoor fireworks and
orchestral pops lasting through the midnight hour |
Book with Margery Comer 01254
702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk
£34.50
or £5 discount if booked
by 4th September
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