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  • Crafts return

    By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 15/05/13
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    THE fifth Dursley Craft Market of the year will be held in the town centre on Saturday. From 9.30am to 1pm, there will be many crafts for sale in Dursley Market Place, including model planes and chocolate pizzas. To book a stall, email dursleycraftmarket@ gmail.com or call 01453 548 704.
  • Women and war effort

    By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 15/05/13
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    Discover the stories of women in wartime at Kingshill House on Friday at Kingshill House in Dursley. Stroud-based theatre company Spaniel in the Works will be performing two one-hour plays celebrating the role women had in helping the war effort. The Idle Women explores the lives of women working on the canals transporting coal, munitions and other cargoes across England on narrowboats during the Second World War. The second play...
  • Dance to keep fit, older people told in Cam and Dursley, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

    By The Citizen at 06:00 on 15/05/13
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    DANCING is the key to a healthier old age, according to a Dursley GP. Fitness in the over 50s and 60s is being promoted by Dr Simon Opher who's set up a series of dance classes in the Cam and Dursley area. "Dance can contribute to both the emotional and physical well being of people," Dr Opher said. "It improves co-ordination, reaction times, flexibility and strength," he said. The drop-in Zumba dance classes...
  • New eyecare hope for those with reading problems

    By undertheedge at 21:34 on 14/05/13
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    Norville Opticians has introduced a specialist eyecare package for children and adults with issues relating to literacy skills. The hour-long examination is designed to help pinpoint the issues which may be preventing someone from developing the skills required for reading. The package of tests sets out to assess whether the problems are due to difficulties with memory, the tracking of the eyes, pattern recognition or visual...
  • Yercombe Lodge annual fete in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

    By The Citizen at 06:00 on 09/05/13
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    FRAIL and disabled people will benefit from money collected at a planned summer fete in Stroud. The residents of the charitable Yercombe Lodge long stay, respite and day centre at Stinchcombe near Dursley would receive enhanced facilities with money it is hoped will be raised at the annual fete on June 1, spokeswoman Teraza Bingle said. "All proceeds will be used to provide craft materials, outings and other items," she...

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