GARDENING CLUB - On Tuesday at 7.30pm in Lingen Village Hall, Can we garden as we get older? is a talk by Howard Drury. Visit lingen.org.uk for more on this and many other village events.

TEA PARTY - There is a tea party at Lingen Village Hall tomorrow (Friday) from 3pm-5pm. There will be cakes, sandwiches etc with gentle live music, a home-made stall plus a raffle. Entry is £5 with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Fund. For further details, call Sue Spence on 01568 770636.

TEDDY TOTS PLAYGROUP - Tuesdays 9.30am-11.30am, £2 per family at the village hall, Visit lingen.org.uk or call Hannah on 01584 831551.

LINGEN SEWING BEE - Sewing workshops will be held at the village hall by Linda Till. Autumn is coming and it's time to get sewing again. Wednesday mornings from 10am-noon on October 2, 9, 16 and 23. Tea and coffee is provided with machines and an overlocker available for use. Just bring your ideas and enthusiasm - complete beginners and the more experienced welcome. Ring 07870 979441 or email looking-good2me@ hotmail.co.uk to book a place.

YOGA CLASS - Wednesdays 7pm-8.30pm at Lingen Village Hall, £7, with Nora. Call 01584 823850 or visit lingen.org.uk.

CARPET BOWLS - Today (Thursday) 7.30pm onwards. Call Trevor on 01544 267469 for details of a great inexpensive fun evening at Lingen Village Hall.

OPERA FLICKS - On October 6 at 6.30pm see Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro screened in the village hall for £5 including a glass of wine. Call Judith on 01568 770723.

MUSIC AND POETRY - An Arts Alive event at Lingen Village Hall on October 11 at 7.30pm, The Fruit of Paradise is a unique blend of songs, music, poetry and history, celebrating the amazing journey of the apple along the ancient Silk Road, through the golden apples of mythology to modern orchards. Traditional wassails, hints of monastic plainsong, reels with eastern promise and heartfelt ballads embrace the Tien Shan Mountains, Victorian pomologists, cider, Henry VIII, apple crumble and the Isle of Avalon. Adults £8. For details, call Mary on 01568 770920 or visit lingen.org.uk.

A PURRRRFECT DAY - There is a ‘make and tell’ craft sewing and story day at Lingen Village Hall on Sunday from 11am-3pm. In the morning you will be able to make a pet flat cat with Julie Llewellyn-Roberts. Then in the afternoon there will be words and stories with Linda Till. The cost for the day is £10 for adults and £4 for children which will include tea/coffee and biscuits. Please bring a packed lunch. For further details, call 07870 979441 or email wordspill@hotmail.co.uk.