SPONSORED BY LAUNCESTON TOWN COUNCIL

From
Saturday
28th Jan

BOX OFFICE OPEN FOR
Launceston Amateur Dramatic Society's
CINDERELLA
Thursday 16th - Saturday 18th Feb
Tel 07970051945

Thursday
2nd Feb

MOVIE NIGHT - TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
Tickets are £4 (£5 on the door)
Fish ‘n’ Chip Supper for £6 from 6pm – pre-booked only
Tel. 01566 784863
www.liftonhall.co.uk

Friday
3rd Feb

FLIC - Films Launceston in the Community
present
TINKER, TAILOR SOLDIER, SPY
(Rating 15)
Launceston Town Hall 7.30 pm (Doors open at 7 pm)
Tickets £5  Concessions £4

Friday
3rd Feb

WINE & WISDOM
7.30pm - White Hart Hotel
Book a table to take a team of up to six for £18,
payable on the night - Wine and nibbles
To book a team contact Launceston & District Twinning Association Secretary Jenny Birkett  on 01566 777978, or email jennybirkett@hotmail.co.uk  as soon  as possible

Friday
3rd Feb

PRAGUE MUSICIANS ARE COMING BACK TO CORNWALL!
Classical concert folowed by buffet
7.00pm at Minstrels Music Centre, Canworthy Water PL15 8UB, Tel: 01566 781 491
Due to their popularity these very talented musicians will be performing in Cornwall for the 3rd time!
Ota Lébr – violin Marek Šedivý – piano
Programme includes Handel, Beethoven & Josef Suk
Tickets: £6.50 or £7.50 at the door (buffet included)
For tickets & information please ring Tatjana Balsdon on 01566 781 420

Saturday
4th Feb

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon (doors open 8.30am)
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Tuesday
7th Feb

GREEK FOOD NIGHT
6 - 9pm - Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
With our own Greek chef you know its going to be good - book early
Tel. 01566 784863
www.liftonhall.co.uk

Wednesday 8th Feb

LIGHT LUNCH
12.00 - 2.00pm Langore Village Hall, Launceston PL15 8LD
Homemade Soup, Dessert, Tea/Coffee - Only £3.00

Wednesday 8th Feb

LAUNCESTON OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY
7.30pm Eagle House Hotel
"Hurling at St Columb" - Mr Colin Rescorla, St Columb

FLOWERPATCH QUILTERS
7.30pm in The Eagle House Hotel
Three Corners

Thursday
9th Feb

MATT HARVEY - THE WONDERMENTALIST
Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
An evening of comedy and poetry as part of Villages in Action. Raising funds for the Lifton Community Centre. Tickets £7 (£5.50 conc.) from the hotel
Tel. 01566 784863
www.liftonhall.co.uk

EGLOSKERRY GARDENING CLUB
All meetings are held in Egloskerry Village Hall at 7.30pm except for visits when times will be as shown in the programme.
For more information please call
Dawn  01566 785422 or Judith  01566 785220
The Fascination of Ferns
Mike Stephens from Coombegate Cottage

Saturday
11th Feb

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
11th Feb

BOOK SIGNING WITH LOCAL POET JANET GUEST & ILLUSTRATOR LAURA WALL11.00am - 2.00pm - Southgate Café 
Join Janet and Laura for a coffee and buy your signed copy of "Bringing out the Sunshine from Within" - original poems and paintings

Saturday
11th Feb

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Saturday
11th Feb

WINE & WISDOM QUIZ NIGHT
7.30pm - Launceston Golf Club
Everyone welcome - singles - couples - families - teams of 6
£3 per person
Free bottle of wine and nibbles per table of 6
Tel: 01566 770643 for further info

Sunday
12th Feb

MUSIC RECITAL
3.00 pm - Minstrels Music Centre, Canworthy Water PL15 8UB
Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola, and Anthony Hewitt, piano,
playing
Mendelssohn, Delius, and Prokofiev.
Tickets £12 at door, students free
Contact: 01237 451300
Website: www.budemusicsociety.com

Tuesday
14th Feb

VALENTINE'S DAY ROMANTIC 5 COURSE TASTER MENU
Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
£29.95 per person - menu is on our website or you can pop in for a copy.
To make Valentine’s even more special – add a bottle of House Champagne to your meal for two and a night’s bed and breakfast and get the whole lot for £129 per couple!
Please ask for details
Tel. 01566 784863
www.liftonhall.co.uk
REGULAR QUIZ NIGHT AS USUAL
8pm with lovers' theme - Everyone welcome

Thursday 16th Feb

BINGO
Eyes down - 7.30pm - Launceston Golf Club
Everyone welcome - singles - couples - families
Disabled facilites and chair lift
Entrance fees will apply on the night

Thursday 16th Feb

POETRY & PROSE NIGHT
Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
Hosted by Janet Guest. Come along for some heart-warming, uplifting poetry and the odd funny story
Listen to others or share your own
In the lounge from 7.30pm
£1 to take part, with money going to the Community Centre Fund.

Thursday 16th - Saturday 18th Feb

Launceston Amateur Dramatic Society
presents
CINDERELLA
Box office opens at Launceston Library on Saturday 28th January
Tel 07970051945

Friday
17th Feb

Lewannick Film Society
presents
JANE EYRE
Cert PG - 121 min
Lewannick Village Hall - Doors open 7.30pm Film starts 8pm
Entry £4.50 Adult, Under 16 £3.00

2011 release of Charlotte Brontë's classic romantic drama with Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench,Tamzin Merchant, Sally Hawkins, Imogen Poots, Simon McBurney, Sophie Ward, Harry Lloyd.

Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. As she reflects upon the people and emotions that have defined her, it is clear that the isolated and imposing residence - and Mr. Rochester's coldness - have sorely tested the young woman's resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. She must now act decisively to secure her own future and come to terms with the past that haunts her - and the terrible secret that Mr. Rochester is hiding and that she has uncovered.

Lewannick Film Society
Information & Bookings:
Carole Newbery Telephone: 01566 782 621
or David Eno Telelephone: 01566 782 352
Website: www.filmlewannick.co.uk
Email: info@filmlewannick.co.uk

Saturday 18th Feb

ORCHARD LEARNING STUDIOS GUNNISLAKE OPEN DAY
12 noon - 4.00pm
Poetry Readings & New Book launch by new author & lots more

Saturday 18th Feb

LIVE MUSIC - THE LEGENDARY MIGHTY REVS
8.00pm - The Bell Inn, Launceston
Free Admission
Tel: 01566 775154

Sunday
19th Feb

TAMAR DOWSERS
2.15pm North Hill Village Hall
David Ward - Dowsing and Hypnotherapy

Sunday
19th Feb

TRADITIONAL AFTERNOON TEA
2.30 - 4.30pm Langore Village Hall
£1.50 per person.
Cakes and pastries to delight your taste buds, along with tea or coffee.
Small Tombola stall plus a Lucky Dip for the children

Sunday
19th Feb

LIVE IN SESSION AT THE BELL INN LAUCESTON
Alan Deane The Belfast Busker - 3pm
Free Admission
Tel: 01566 775154

Monday
20th Feb

LAWHITTON FRIENDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
2.30pm - Lawhitton Village Hall
We would like as big an attendance as possible
to hear about lots of interesting suggestions

Tuesday
21st Feb

CHSW SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE & WAFFLE SHOP
for one day only
10.00am - 4.30pm - Delicious Café, Tintagel just opposite Methodist Church
by kind permission of David & Brenda Williams
The Little Red Bus will be going - fare £8- be sure to book your ticket on 01566 777960

Tuesday
21st Feb

ITALIAN FOOD NIGHT
6 - 9pm - Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
There’ll be some tasty dishes – menu to be confirmed
It’s best to book if you’d like to join us
Tel. 01566 784863
www.liftonhall.co.uk

Saturday
25th Feb

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Saturday
25th Feb

FLIC - Films Launceston in the Community
present
JANE EYRE
(Rating 12A)
Launceston Town Hall 2.30 pm (Doors open at 2 pm)
Tickets £5  Concessions £4

Sunday
26th Feb

AN EVENING OF DARTS WITH STEVE BEATON & MIKE GREGORY
7.30pm - Launceston Town Hall
Tickets £7.00 available from The Bell Inn, Launceston
Tel: 01566 775154 - email: thebellinnlanson@aol.com

Tuesday
28th Feb

LAUNCESTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN CLUB
7.30pm - Eagle House Hotel. Launceston. PL15 8BA.
40th Anniversary Concert
with Michael Mc Aneny from Irthlingborough. Northants

Tuesday
28th Feb

QUIZ NIGHT
8pm in the bar - Lifton Hall Hotel  New Road Lifton PL16 0DR
Everyone welcome – the more the merrier!
Tel. 01566 784863
www.liftonhall.co.uk

Saturday
3rd Mar

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon (doors open 8.30am)
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
3rd Mar

TAMAR VALLEY MALE VOICE CHOIR
Ashwater Village Hall

FLOWERPATCH QUILTERS
7.30pm in The Eagle House Hotel
Lyn Carr - My Journey in Quilting

EGLOSKERRY GARDENING CLUB
All meetings are held in Egloskerry Village Hall at 7.30pm except for visits when times will be as shown in the programme.
For more information please call
Dawn  01566 785422 or Judith  01566 785220
 Don’t Fence Me In – Climbers and Wall  Shrubs
George Kestell
Followed by the A.G.M

Friday
9th Mar

AN EVENING WITH JOHNNY COWLING
7.30pm 'til late - Eagle House Hotel Launceston
Tickets £12 including buffet supper at 7.45pm available from
Eagle House Hotel, David Parish Menswear, Launceston
or Cym Downing Tel: 01566 774425
all proceeds to Launceston Memory Café

Saturday
10th Mar

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
10th Mar

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Sunday
11th Mar

LAUNCESTON MALE VOICE CHOIR
6.30pm Trebullett Methodist Church

Wednesday 14th Mar

LAUNCESTON OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY
7.30pm Eagle House Hotel
Pentewan Railway and the ‘Tea Treat Trains' - Mr Robert Evans, Pentewan

Friday
16th Mar

Lewannick Film Society
presents
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Cert PG- 13 - 94 min
Lewannick Village Hall - Doors open 7.30pm Film starts 8pm
Entry £4.50 Adult, Under 16 £3.00

Lewannick Film Society
Information & Bookings:
Carole Newbery Telephone: 01566 782 621
or David Eno Telelephone: 01566 782 352
Website: www.filmlewannick.co.uk
Email: info@filmlewannick.co.uk

Saturday 17th Mar

ST PATRICK'S IRISH NIGHT
Ashwater Village Hall

Tuesday
20th Mar

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Professor Chris Ponting,
Professor of Bioinformatics,
MRC Functional Genetics Unit, University of Oxford.
"The Human Genome: Who Do You Think You Are?"
Traces of our evolutionary ancestry are readily apparent within the 2 metres
of DNA in each of our cells. This talk will highlight recent surprises from
genetics and genomics research, including how each one of us carries
dozens of defunct genes.

Thursday 22nd Mar

NORTH CORNWALL NATIONAL TRUST ASSOCIATION
7.30pm Central Methodist Hall
"My Life as a Tenant Farmer with the national Trust" - Barry Rose
£3.50 for non members £3.00 for Members

Saturday
24th Mar

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Saturday 31st Mar

LAUNCESTON CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm Central Methodist Church
Beethoven - Mass in C

Saturday
7th Apr

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon (doors open 8.30am)
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
7th Apr

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Wednesday 11th Apr

LAUNCESTON OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY
7.30pm Eagle House Hotel
A Potted History of the Tamar Valley - Mr John Snell, Bere Alston

Saturday
14th Apr

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Sunday
15th Apr

LAUNCESTON MALE VOICE CHOIR
Tetcott Chapel

Tuesday
17th Apr

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Professor Roderick Hunt
University of Exeter, School of Biosciences
“Ecological challenges and evolutionary solutions”
'All the biosphere's a stage, and all the organisms merely players'. This
adaptation of Shakespeare's famous aphorism well encapsulates the
responses of life on earth to the external pressures which it faces. In the case
of plant life, these responses can lead to clear outcomes that are
independent of scale, time and location. And maybe the story does not end
there, for certain parallels also show up within the human domain.

Thursday 19th Apr

LAUNCESTON & LIFTON CANCER RESEARCH GROUP CHARITY CONCERT
with
Plymouth Police Choir and St Joseph's Girls
Launceston Central Methodist Church
Watch this space for more details!

Saturday
21st Apr

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Saturday
5th May

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon (doors open 8.30am)
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
7th Apr

LAUNCESTON MEMORY CAFÉ
2 - 4pm at Launceston Methodist Church Hall
Understanding & support for those with memory loss & their carers

Wednesday 9th May

LAUNCESTON OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY
7.30pm Eagle House Hotel
Legacy of a Cornish Saint - History of St Clether Holy Well
Mrs Vanda Inman, St Clether

Saturday
12th May

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Tuesday
15th May

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Professor Geoffrey Allen,
Director, Materials Centre SouthWest
Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol
“The UK’s Energy Policy”
The talk will present an overview of the British Nuclear programme in relation
to that of France and will discuss the status of alternative energy sources -
tidal, wind, coal, oil etc. in meeting National needs over the next few
decades.

Friday
18th May

LAUNCESTON MALE VOICE CHOIR
7.30pm Mary Tavy Chapel

Saturday 26th &
Sun
27th May   

DINGLES FOOD FAIR & CHSW COUNTRY COOK OFF
“Let’s get the party started; Buy West Country Food and Celebrate!”
Details to follow - watch this space

Saturday
2nd Jun

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Sunday
3rd Jun

QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE STREET PARTY IN LAUNCESTON TOWN SQUARE
 Entertainment and complimentary tea/coffee
All enquiries to Anita White Tel 01566 773479 or email anitawhite@sky.com
More details to follow

Tuesday
5th Jun

QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN LAUNCESTON CASTLE GROUNDS
More information to follow
Contact  Brian on  bjhogan@sky.com

Saturday
9th Jun

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Friday 15th - Junday
17th Jun

DIAMOND JUBILEE WHITEFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL
This year's Diamond Jubilee Whiteford Music Festival will be the last*, but as you'll see, we've done all we can to ensure it will be our most fantastic festival ever:
Website and on-line ticketing will go live on 1st February with postal, telephone and in person bookings from 1st March
*Why end the Festival?
Increasing costs and the difficulty of securing sponsorship have dramatically increased the risk involved with each festival.  For this reason, the trustees have decided that it represents too greater risk to continue with the Festival in its current format.  This isn't the end of great entertainment though.  The committee are excited about looking for to new ways to both raising money for the church and give you all great entertainment

Friday
15th Jun

Saturday 16th Jun

DIAMOND JUBILEE FESTIVAL
Proms in Whiteford Park
Our final, fabulous orchestral Proms will see the Radio Light Orchestra return with a selection of your favourite tunes from the last 10 years of the festival.  The RLO will be joined by soloist Helen Sheppard, the Loveny Male Voice Choir and all the drama of the Kernow Pipes & Drums!  Finishing as ever with our fantasitic firework finale, our Proms night will certainly end with a bang!

Sunday
17th Jun

DIAMOND JUBILEE FESTIVAL
Whiteford Sunday Chill Out
Who else could we welcome back for our final Sunday chill out than the marvellous Mad Dog Mcrea.   Mad Dog will be supported by your favourite local bands and, with all the other Chill out favourites, you won’t be disappointed!

Sunday
17th Jun

LAUNCESTON MALE VOICE CHOIR
7.00pm Chilla Chapel

Saturday
7th Jul

BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
14th Jul

LAUNCESTON TOWN SQUARE EVENTS FAMILY FUN DAY
All enquiries to Anita White Tel 01566 773479 or email anitawhite@sky.com
More details to follow

Saturday
14th Jul

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Tuesday
17th July

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Professor Mike Ashfold FRS
Head of Department, School of Chemistry,University of Bristol
“Growing diamonds in the laboratory.”
The presentation will describe: Some properties and applications of diamond;
How diamond films can be grown in the laboratory by a technique called
chemical vapour deposition (CVD); the ways in which careful experiments
(laser and optical spectroscopy), along with companion modelling (with
Moscow State University), reveal key aspects of the gas phase chemistry
necessary for diamond CVD; and finally how this information informs our
understanding of how diamond grows by CVD.

Saturday
28th Jul

LAUNCESTON & PELYNT MALE VOICE CHOIRS
Sterts Theatre, Upton Cross

Saturday
4th Aug

BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
11th Aug

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
1st Sep

BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
8th Sep

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Wednesday 12th Sep

LAUNCESTON OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY
7.30pm Eagle House Hotel
AGM and film show -  new members welcome

Tuesday
18th Sep

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Dr Richie Abel
Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Science, Imperial College, London.
“What Lies beneath?”
Richie trained as a zoologist, palaeontologist and anthropologist before
working at the Natural History Museum in London for three years. After
realising that these subjects cannot pay the mortgage he decided to apply the
skills and knowledge he acquired in the field of medical research at Imperial
College. In particular Richie is adapting methods and techniques he learned
studying museum collections to explore age-related bone diseases such as
osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. The main cross over is computed
tomography (CT), an x-ray based technique for producing ”virtual” 3D objects
on a computer. Richie uses the models to look inside objects and analyse
internal structure. For example, crocodiles, Egyptian mummies ancient stone
tools, tropical coral reef, sharks and (most exciting) snails!

Saturday
6th Oct

BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Wednesday 10th Oct

LAUNCESTON OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY
7.30pm Eagle House Hotel
The Charlotte Dymond Murder Mystery
Mrs Jane Nancarrow, Launceston

Saturday
13th Oct

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Tuesday
16th Oct

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Professor Frank Close FRS
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.
“The Infinity Puzzle”
This is the story of how science progressed from atoms to the Large Hadron
Collider, focussing on the human stories and discussing the question of
whether the Nobel Prizes went to the right people. And of course: will Peter
Higgs have got/be getting the 2012 award for the Higgs Boson? (Plus, why is
it called the Higgs Boson when at least 5 other people lay claim to the idea?)

Saturday
3rd Nov

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon (doors open 8.30am)
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

Saturday
10th Nov

GIANT BRIC-A-BRAC, JUMBLE & BOOK SALE
10am - 12 noon
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Contributions welcomed
In aid of St Stephen the Martyr Church, Launceston
Any questions please contact Eve Gabriel 01566 775216
Wheelchair friendly

Tuesday
20th Nov

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE
7.00pm Liberty Suite, Jericho's Bistro
Professor Henry Hutchinson
Formerly Head of the Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
and the Laser Research Group, Imperial College, London.
“Prospects for Laser Induced Fusion Power”
The talk will introduce and explain what fusion is, and the features which
make it attractive as a potential energy source. It will describe the two main
approaches, Magnetic Confinement Fusion (MCF) and Inertial Confinement
Fusion. MCF involves the generation and containment of a high temperature
plasma in a large machine such as a Tokomak. ICF involves the
concentration of a huge amount of laser power onto a pellet-like target to
compress and heat the target to temperatures where a thermonuclear
reaction can be initiated. Current research efforts on ICF in Europe and the
USA will be described

Saturday
1st Dec

BOOK SALE
9am - 12 noon (doors open 8.30am)
at St Stephens Community Hall, Roydon Road, Launceston
Entry 50p (includes cup of tea or coffee and biscuits)
Many thousands of books sorted into fiction, non-fiction and children's only 40p each
Other stalls includequality bric-a-brac, best jumble, knitting wool, home-made cakes and preserves, hand knitted items & lots more
Wheelchair friendly

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