Clubs/societies

LEARN about one of Spain's most famous artists - and his influence on the Catalonian capital - at a lecture in Edgware.
George Perkin will give a talk entitled 'The Spirit of Gaudi in Barcelona' based on a study he recently made of Antoni Gaudi's buildings in the city.

AN ABBA tribute act is performing at a fundraising night for St Joseph's Youth 88 FC, whose teams play at Kenton Recreation Ground, Alicia Avenue, Kenton, and Whitchurch Playing Fields, Wemborough Road, Stanmore.
Tickets for the gig at 7.30pm on Saturday, February 13, at Harrow Weald Memorial Club in High Road, Harrow Weald, cost £12 and can be bought via 07928 083293.

STANMORE'S majorette troupe has qualified for the national championships for the second time in two years - and will hope for a repeat performance of last year's stunning début trophy haul.
The Attwirlettes, a team of girls aged between 5 and 19 who dance with twirling batons, ribbons, wheels, maces, flags and pom poms and practise weekly at Culver Church in Culver Grove, Stanmore, recently came away from the first regional competition of the season, held in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, with armfuls of prizes.

Music at St Lawrence's, Whitchurch Lane, Canons Park. The Grier sisters are playing on Sunday 15th November at 3.00 pm. Admission £5 includes refreshments in the Church Hall after the concert.

A TALK about some of the most notable British winters of the past 1,000 years - including when the River Thames used to freeze over - is to be held on Wednesday, November, 18 at 7.30 pm at St Lawrence Church Hall, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware.
Speaker Ian Currie presents weather programme on BBC Southern Counties radio, writes a column for 'Garden News' and co-wrote a book on the 1987 hurricane.

1st Queensbury Rainbows Christmas Table Sale is being held at The Rochdale Scout Centre, Roch Ave, Edgware on Friday 13th November from 5.30 - 8pm.

The Stanmore Society is holding its annual general meeting tomorrow at 8pm at Stanmore Library, in Stanmore Hill, Stanmore.
News about Bentley Priory - particularly the threat to the future of the proposed Battle of Britain museum there - will be just one of the items discussed.

The Stanmore Society is holding a meeting with local traders to set up a business association in the area.

The event, which is open to all businesses in the Stanmore area, will take place at 1pm next Thursday at Glebe Hall, in Glebe Road, Stanmore.

Bird watchers are invited to take part in a free walk on December 7.
The Friends of Canons Park will be hosting the event led by an experienced member of the RSPB and will tour Canons Park.
The group will meet at 10am at the Donnefield Avenue entrance gates to the park, next to Canons Park tube station.
For more information contact www.friendsofcanonspark.org.uk or emailcontact@friendsofcanonspark.org.uk

A nursery could be opened in a 450-year-old Grade II Listed building in Stanmore.
Cottrell Cottages, at 57 to 65A The Broadway, are currently empty but Watford-based Boys and Girls Nursery has applied to Harrow Council to change their designation from offices (B1 use) to a nursery (D1).
The company intends to make internal and external alterations to the two-storey property and add car parking and an outdoor play area.
The nursery would run from 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and would employ 20 full-time and four part-time staff.