ANTIQUES FAIR - Courtyard Antiques of High Street in Presteigne are holding a one day antiques fair at Burton Court, Eardisland, Sunday from 10-5pm.

There will be refreshments available.

Admission will be £3. For further details call 267033 or 07974 356128.

SIDNEY NOLAN TRUST - There is a sculpture programme talk at St Andrew’s Church hall next Thursday, May 23, from 7.30pm.

Howard Skempton and Mathew Harris will be in conversation with Stephen Newbould, artistic director of BCMG. Tickets are £5 for adults and £3 for students and can be purchased by calling 260149 or info@sidneynolantrust.

org MUSIC - The local band Kaytown will be playing at the Royal Oak on May 26, from 9pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

GARDENS OPEN - Whimble Gardens and Nursery are open through the summer to the public on Thursdays to Sundays from 10.30am-5.30pm daily. Entry to the formal gardens with parterre and fish pond, wildlife pool, meadow walks, nature reserve and toposcope is £4. Entry to the nursery is free. Whimble Gardens and Nursery is at Kinnerton on the B4372 New Radnor to Presteigne road. For further details, visit whimblegardens.co.uk.

SERVICES - There are services of Holy Communion on Sunday at Lingen at 9.30am, St Andrew’s at 11am and Discoed at 6.30pm.

Everyone is most welcome.

FLICKS IN THE STICKS - The film Quartet (12A) will be shown at Lingen Village Hall on May 24, at 7.30pm. The entry fee is £4 and everyone is welcome.

ADVANCE NOTICE - This year’s Lingen Fete will take place on June 29. There will be a novelty dog show plus lots more.

EVERGREENS - The Evergreens are organising a bus trip to Hayon- Wye and the old Railway Line Nursery and Garden Centre on Wednesday, leaving at 10am. The cost will be £10. To book, or for more information, call Pat on 260823.

GARDENS - Presteigne Bindery gardens at 14 Hereford Street will be open to the public on Saturday from 2pm-5pm. Admission is £3 with the proceeds going to St Andrew’s Church.

SEWING BEES - Linda Till is holding a Lingen sewing bee sewing workshop of six sessions in Lingen Village Hall beginning on Wednesday. The six sessions cost £48 and refreshments will be provided. Machines and overlockers are available to use. For further details or to book a place, call Linda on 07870 979441 or email looking-good2me@hotmail.co.uk.

SANKEY EVENING - There is a Sankey evening at Lingen Chapel on Sunday at 6.30pm. This will be followed by a good tea. Everyone welcome with donations appreciated.

COFFEE MORNING - The annual coffee morning at One Caefelyn in Norton takes place Saturday from 10am-noon. There will be plants, cakes, bric-a-brac, a raffle, tombola plus lots more. All profits will go to the Wales Air Ambulance.

FLEA MARKET - Following the successful April market this month’s flea market will take place on Saturday at the Memorial Hall from 9.30am- 1.30pm. It is an ideal opportunity for people to sell all their unwanted items from their lofts, garages etc. Pitches are £7.50 and can be booked by calling Ann on 260695.

COMMUNITY DRAW - Presteigne and Norton Community Support draw winners for May are: £20 Peggy Fazer Scott, £15 B Sanders and £12 E Inskip. The draw was made by Amy Price.

FILM - The documentary film Gasland (PG), by Josh Fox, is shown at the Assembly Rooms tomorrow (Friday) evening at 8pm. Admission is free but donations will be gratefully received.

PRESENTATION EVENING - The football club is holding its annual end of season presentation evening at the clubhouse on Saturday from 7pm. There will be a hog roast, live music with Dave Luke and The Desperados and plenty of bufooning. Tickets are £12.50 and must be purchased in advance by calling 07917 606127.

CHESS CLUB - Can you play chess? Or would you like to learn?

If so then join the chess club. It meets on Tuesday at the Farmers Inn from 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome with all abilities. For further details, call David Hancock on 231208.

CHARITY SUPPORT FOR MUSEUM - The Judge’s Lodging in Presteigne has received a wonderful surprise. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom charitable trust has shown its support for the work of the museum in preserving the building and its past in a very complimentary letter and donation of £500. The charitable trust was set up on the death of T E Lawrence to distribute the royalties received from his famous writings.

Born in 1888 in North Wales, Lawrence worked as a British intelligence officer during the First World War and was instrumental in mobilizing the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks in 1917-18, earning him the title by which he is often best known, Lawrence of Arabia. Seven Pillars of Wisdom was his autobiographical account of his experiences. It was originally published in a small run for a subscription-only audience in 1926, but on Lawrence’s untimely death in a motorcycle accident in 1935, the book was made widely available.

His brother Arnold set up a trust to distribute the royalties from the book to good works in his brother’s name.

And that is what the Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust still does. True to its founding principles, it awards grants for archaeological, environmental and other academic projects that the trustees feel worthy. The letter to the Judge’s Lodging reveals that trustees had anonymously visited last year and were so impressed by the building, its work and the friendliness of its staff that they felt they wanted to show their support for its future. Gaby Rivers, The Judge’s Lodging’s curator, said: “We are very moved by their support of us. Their kindness towards our work and comments about our friendliness are very touching. We are proud to have received a donation from an organisation associated with such a great man.”

THE CIRCLE - The growing success of her own cleaning business means that Val Taylor who has led the Circle for the past year is moving on. However she is handing over the (bread) baton to stepsister Liz Gaine who starts next week. The Circle is the weekly drop-in held in The Youth Centre in Presteigne every Tuesday, 10.30am to 2pm.

Staunton-on-Wye ANNUAL MEETINGS - The statutory annual parish meetings for Staunton-on-Wye and Brobury with Monnington-on-Wye parishes will be held in Staunton-on- Wye Village Hall on Monday, commencing at 7.15pm. Following these meetings, Staunton-on-Wye Group Parish Council will hold its annual meeting.