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Events - November 2008


Charterhouse Craft Market
selling IW fudge, handmade jewellery, handmade candles, handmade cards, handcrafted soaps and canine products. Free admission. At Charterhouse, St Thomas's Square, Newport, every Monday, 10am-2pm; Local crafts and gifts fair every Wednesday from Easter to November at Wilberforce Hall, Brighstone 10am-4pm; IW Observatory tour of the stars every Thursday at 7.30pm onwards, recreation field in Watery Lane, Newchurch, opposite Amazon World; Newport Farmers’ Market selling Island produce at St Thomas’ Square, Newport, 9am-2pm every Friday; IW Country Markets are open every week at Freshwater, Fridays 9.15am-11.15am at Freshwater Sports Centre; Newport, Fridays 9am-12noon at Holyrood Hall, High Street; Shanklin, Fridays 9.30am-11.30am at Falconcross Hall and Yarmouth every Wednesday, 9.30am-11.45am at The Institute; Table top sale of handicrafts, china, CDs, books and other items at the Parish Hall of St. Thomas, Town Lane, Newport, 10am-2.00pm every Friday, supporting the Earl Mountbatten Hospice; Ryde Farmers’ Market selling Island produce at Town Square, Anglesea Street, Ryde, 8.30am-12.30pm, every Saturday.

1: Book, postcard and ephemera fair
at Parish Centre, Town Lane, Newport, 10am-3.30pm; Black Widow, Edwardian ghostly thriller at Trinity Theatre, Cowes, 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 and £6. Tickets available from the box office from Friday, October 17, except Sunday, 11am-2pm on 01983 295229. For more details visit www.caods.org.uk; Ghost Walk at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet.For more details visit www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk; Part Xchange at Sandown Social Club.

2: Antiques and Collectors Fair in aid of Earl Mountbatten Hospice. At The Riverside Centre, Newport, 10am-3.30pm.

5: November 5th Carnival & Celebrations in Sandown, 6pm.

6: Huge Hospice Quiz in aid of Earl Mountbatten Hospice at Lower Hyde, Shanklin.

7: Open Mic Evening at Dimbola Lodge Museum, Freshwater Bay, 8pm-10.30pm; FBI play at The Vine Inn, St. Helens, 9pm-11pm.

7-11 Jan: Bruce Rae, Silvered Surfaces exhibition at Dimbola Lodge Museum Museum, Freshwater Bay, closed Mondays.

8: Part Xchange at Whitecliff Bay, all-day event.

14: Downland Folk Club at The Castle Inn, Newport, 8.15pm for 8.30pm.

22: FBI play at Sandown Social Club, 9pm-12pm.

28-29: November IW Gift Fair in aid of Earl Mountbatten Hospice at Bembridge Sailing Club.

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