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December 2018
3rd to 22nd December
LOOK OUT FOR FATHER CHRISTMAS WITH THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE. (Start: weekdays 5.30pm, Saturdays 4.30pm)
Wednesday 19 December – Faringdon (Century Close, Rawdon Way, Townend Road, Marines Drive, Marlborough Gardens, Folly View Road)
Thursday 20 December – Uffington
Friday 21 December – Buckland
Saturday 22 December – Faringdon (Fernham Fields, Wearn Road, Coleshill Drive, Fernham Road, Leamington Drive, Carters Crescent, Fernham Gate)

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Wednesday 19th December.
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club, 7.30 pm.     Christmas Evening.
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk   Non Members welcome


Friday 21st December
Christopher Robin (PG)
(2018 - Animation, Adventure, Comedy) 
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael
Film duration: 1 hr 44 min (plus 15 min interval)
Refreshments, ice-cream, popcorn 50p  FREE squash!
Kids Cinema @ The Regent, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 2.00pm, film starts at 2.30pm.
Tickets in advance £3 U18s, £4 Adult, £10 Family from Faringdon Info Centre
Tickets on door £4 U18s, £5 Adult, £11 Family
For more info or to join the mailing list, please visit our website www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/regent-cinema-2

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26th December
Mummers Play
Faringdon Market Square, 10am
See poster

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December 31st
NEW YEAR’S EVE DISCO 
FARINGDON BOWLING CLUB Gravel Walk, Faringdon, SN7 7JN
8.00 p.m. until late
Dancing to White Horse Disco
£15 per person to include buffet supper
For more details or to purchase tickets please contact the Club Secretary,
Trevor Durrant on 01793 330564
email trevor.durrant1@ntlworld.com 


Until February 2019
Exhibition ‘Hospital: Faringdon’s Pump House in WWI’
The Pump House, Faringdon,  from August 17th, 2018 for 6 months
See details press_release_museum_2018.pdf
JANUARY 2019
Weds 2nd January
Edie (12A) (2017 - Drama)
83 year old Edie believes that it is never too late - packing an old camping bag, leaving her life behind and embarking on an adventure she never got to have - climbing the imposing Mount Suilven in Scotland
Stars: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan
Film duration:  1 hour 42 mins (no interval)
Free tea/coffee and a biscuit
Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon Doors open 12.30pm, film starts at 1pmTickets in advance £4 from Faringdon Information Centre / £5 on the door
Matinee Club Membership - Just £24 for 12 films (inc half price pre-booked Blockbuster evening cinema tickets)


Saturday 5th January
CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
9am 'till 3pm
by Faringdon & District Rotary
Bring your Christmas trees for recycling to: Faringdon Market Place or Shrivenham High Street. Donations please for Helen & Douglas House.


Thursday 10th January 2019
  "January Japes"  our New Year Celebration in the Corn Exchange at 12.15 for 12.30.  Menu in the Winter Newsletter.  To reserve a seat contact Rita Higazi on 01367 244 494.  Cost is £15.00 per person.  Deadline is 31st December.
Meal is followed by a talk and photograph show by Tony and Rosemary Hadland at 2.30pm about their visit to the Falkland Islands.  It is possible to attend the talk without the meal.  Refreshments available after the talk. All members are welcome but visitors are required to pay £1.50.
https://faringdondistrictu3a.com/

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Wednesday 16th January 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 Pm. Guest Speaker, Mark Stone, ( Local War Graves)
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk    non Members Welcome.


Thursday 17th January 2019
A film show  in the Corn Exchange at 14.30   This film is an evocative exploration of the countryside of the UK.  All members are welcome.
https://faringdondistrictu3a.com/

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Saturday 19th January
MAGICAL MOMENTS Winnie and Wilbur come  to Faringdon with Korky 
Paul Korky will be reading  Winnie  the Witch capers AND giving  away to lucky fans  with magic numbers’ personalised  colour  drawings  of Winnie  and Wilbur along with signed hardback Winnie books
Faringdon Library, Gloucester Street  SN7 7HY 11:00am Saturday 19 January 2019.  FREE Tickets from the library.


Friday 25th January
The Children Act (12A) (2017 - Drama ) 
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principles
Stars: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin
Film duration: 1 hrs 45 min (plus 15 min interval)
Licensed bar, refreshments, ice-creams and popcorn
Blockbuster @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon
Doors open 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm
Tickets in advance £3 U18s, £4 Adult, £10 Family from Faringdon Information Centre
Tickets on door £4 U18s, £5 Adult, £11 FamilyFor more info or to join the mailing list, please visit our website www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/regent-cinema-2
Tickets can be bought in advance from Faringdon Information Centre, 5 Market Square, Faringdon SN7 7HL

end Jan, early Feb
Wishing on a Star
A pantomime by Helen Thrower & Verity Roberts
Saturday 26 January 2019 - Sunday 27 January 2019
Friday 1 February 2019 - Saturday 2 February 2019
Faringdon Junior School
Please visit our website for tickets & further details: www.faringdondramatic.org.uk

February 2019
​Wednesday 20th February 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM. Guest Speaker, Brian Barber,( Radio Stations in Liberia)
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk      Non Members Welcome.
March 2019
Wednesday 20th March 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM. Guest Speaker,  Linda and Fidgey,    (Hearing Dogs)
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk       Non Members Welcome.​
April 2019
Wednesday 17th April 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM. Guest Speaker Peter Williams, ( My life as a Cold War Spy)
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk       Non Members Welcome.
May 2019
Wednesday 15th May 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM. Guest Speaker Ali Herbert, (Mercy Ships)
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk       Non Members Welcome
June 2019
Wednesday 19th June 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM. Guest Speaker to be Confirmed.
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk      Non Members Welcome
July 2019
Wednesday 17th July 2019
British Legion.
Meeting in the Crown 7.30 PM.         
Contact mailto:=RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk       Non Members Welcome.
August 2019
Wednesday 21st August 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM.     Members Evening.
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk    Non Members Welcome.
September 2019
Wednesday 18th September 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM.   To Be Confirmed .
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk   Non Members welcome.
October 2019
Wednesday 16th October 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM.    Remembrance Service Planning.
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk     Non Members Welcome.
November 2019
Wednesday 20th November 2019
British Legion
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM. Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk   Non Members Welcome.
December 2019
Wednesday 18th December 2019
British Legion.
Faringdon Bowls Club 7.30 PM.  Christmas Meeting.
Contact = RBLFaringdon@yahoo.co.uk    Non members welcome.