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Thornberry Animal Sanctuary: Always looking for volunteers (must be over 18) to help with dog walking, sorting jumble, and help with fundraising days. Call 01909 564399 (between 11am-3pm except Wednesdays) and ask for Sarah or Judy for more information.

WORKSOP

Family History Group: Held at Worksop Library, Memorial Avenue, last Thursday of each month, 5-7pm. Come along and help us trace your family tree, new members always welcome. Admission free. For more information ring 01909 472408.

Step2it Dukeries: Health and leisure walks, everyone welcome including young and old (sensible shoes are advised). Thursdays, Kilton Forest Golf Club at 10am for around three to five miles (on going throughout the year except for Christmas Day). After the walks, you can join us for coffee in the club. For more details contact 0783 649 7532 or 01909 488704.

Worksop Flower Club: Meets on the 1st Monday of the month (except bank holidays) at St Anne's Church Hall, 7-9pm. Contact Wendy on 01909 485680 for further details.

Worksop Ramblers Association: On Sunday, Barry will lead the group's Anniversary Walk. The seven-eight mile circular route will be around the area of Longshaw and will take in Burbage Rocks, Burbage Bridge, Booth's Edge and Padley Gorge. Further details can be obtained by contacting the leader on Worksop 481804. Anyone wishing to take part should meet at Worksop's Memorial Avenue car park, with a packed lunch, for 9.30am.

Bowling Club, Newgate Street: Come and join Worksop Bowling Club, which offers crown and flat green bowling at a convenient venue and with parking. Novices of any age are very welcome and whether you can bowl or not, tuition is available. There is a Friday morning flat green bowls session open to non-members and the greens would be available most mornings to practice on. Social and league bowling takes place as well as internal matches. The clubroom's facilities include a bar, lounge, snooker tables and card tables. Dominoes and whist drives are held on every second Monday. Call 01909 472250.

Bridge Club: Every Monday (except bank holidays unless stated otherwise) at Worksop Cricket Club from 7-10.30pm. Bar available. £5 membership fee followed by £1 per week. For further enquiries, or if you would like to learn how to play bridge, contact Sally Cook, chairman, on 01909 473598.

Worksop and District Photographic Society: Last Wednesday the society welcomed husband and wife team Peter and Carol Cheetham. Both Peter and Carol hold APAGB distinctions and are key members of the North and East Midlands Photographic Federation administration team. Peter is a traditional photographer using Leica equipment and producing quality monochrome images in the darkroom, a time consuming and meticulous process which most of us have gratefully abandoned in favour of digital technology. With a large selection of black and white prints, Peter took us to a variety of locations in the UK, France and Thailand. The images were accompanied by an informed and entertaining lecture, which included a sobering tribute to those men who suffered as prisoners of the Japanese, forced to labour on the Burma railway. Carol Cheetham then presented a selection of colour prints mainly produced from scanned transparencies. The quality was excellent and the images were once again accompanied by an entertaining lecture. Club vice president, Colin Brenchley, gave the vote of thanks and the evening concluded with a raffle. The next meeting on 19th November will feature PAGB exhibition slides with a recorded commentary.