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Event	Start Date	Contact
New Year's Day Holiday	03/01/2011
World Braille Day	04/01/2011
Farmhouse Breakfast Week	23/01/2011	shakeupyourwakeup.com
Food Allergy and Intolerance Week	24/01/2011	allergyuk.org
Burns Night	25/01/2011
Australia Day	26/01/2011
Holocaust Memorial Day	27/01/2011	hmd.org.uk/
National Storytelling Week	29/01/2011
Chinese New Year	03/02/2011
National Marriage Week	07/02/2011	marriage-week.org.uk/
Valentine's Day	14/02/2011
Cancertalk Week	15/02/2011	macmillan.org.uk/GetInvolved/CancertalkWeek/CancertalkWeek.aspx
National Chip Week	21/02/2011	lovechips.co.uk/
Fair Trade Fortnight	28/02/2011	fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/fairtrade_fortnight/fairtrade_fortnight_2011/default.aspx
St David's Day	01/03/2011
World Book Day	03/03/2011	worldbookday.com/
British Pie Week	07/03/2011	britishpieweek.co.uk/
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day	08/03/2011
International Women's Day CENTENARY	08/03/2011	internationalwomensday.com/
Ash Wednesday - Lent Begins	09/03/2011
No Smoking Day	09/03/2011	nosmokingday.org.uk
National Science and Engineering Week	11/03/2011	britishscienceassociation.org/web/NSEW/
Commonwealth Day	14/03/2011	commonwealthday.org/
St Patrick's Day	17/03/2011
Comic Relief - Red Nose Day	18/03/2011	comicrelief.com/get-involved
National Salt Awareness Week	21/03/2011	actiononsalt.org.uk/awareness/awareness/index.html
BST Begins	27/03/2011
April Fool's Day	01/04/2011
International Children's Book Day	02/04/2011
National Pet Month	02/04/2011	nationalpetmonth.org.uk/
Mothering Sunday	03/04/2011
World Health Day	07/04/2011	who.int/world-health-day/en/
Palm Sunday	17/04/2011
Good Friday	22/04/2011
Earth Day	22/04/2011	un.org/en/events/motherearthday/
St George's Day	23/04/2011	stgeorgesholiday.com/
easter Sunday	24/04/2011
Easter Monday	25/04/2011
Royal Wedding 2011	29/04/2011
National Windsurfing Week	30/04/2011	nationalwindsurfingweek.org/
Early May Bank Holiday	02/05/2011	bank holiday
Deaf Awareness Week	02/05/2011	deafcouncil.org.uk/daw/index.htm
International Firefighters' Day	04/05/2011
National Doughnut Week	07/05/2011	thechildrenstrust.org.uk/events.asp?section=217&itemid=1046
Europe Day	09/05/2011
Limerick Day	12/05/2011
British Sandwich Week	15/05/2011	sandwich.org.uk/
Walk to School Week	16/05/2011	walktoschool.org.uk/
Spring Bank Holiday	30/05/2011
Volunteers' Week	01/06/2011	volunteersweek.org.uk/About+the+Week/Preparing+for+2011
World Environment Day	05/06/2011	unep.org/wed/2010/english/flash_2010/intro.html
World Blood Donor Day	14/06/2011	wbdd.org/
National Bike Week	18/06/2011	bikeweek.org.uk/index.php
Fathers' Day	19/06/2011
Wrong Trousers Day	24/06/2011	wallaceandgromitteaparty.org.uk/pages/wtd.htm
Armed Forces Day	25/06/2011	armedforcesday.org.uk/
World Population Day	11/07/2011	un.org/en/events/populationday/
St Swithin's Day	15/07/2011
International Youth Day	12/08/2011	un.org/en/events/youthday/
International Left Handers Day	13/08/2011	lefthandersday.com/about.html
Summer Bank Holiday	29/08/2011
Organic September	01/09/2011	soilassociation.org
Heritage Open Days	08/09/2011	heritageopendays.org.uk/
British Food Fortnight	17/09/2011	lovebritishfood.co.uk/about-british-food-fortnight/british-food-fortnight-2011/plans-for-2011/
International Talk Like A Pirate Day	19/09/2011	talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
World Car Free Day	22/09/2011
World Space Week	04/10/2011	un.org/en/events/spaceweek/
National Poetry Day	06/10/2011	nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
National Eating Out Week	09/10/2011	nationaleatingoutweek.com/
National Curry Week	09/10/2011	nationaleatingoutweek.com/
Trafalgar Day	21/10/2011
BST Ends	30/10/2011
Hallowe'en	31/10/2011
Guy Fawkes Night	05/11/2011
Remembrance Day	11/11/2011	britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/two-minute-silence
Remembrance Sunday	13/11/2011	britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/remembrance-sunday
BBC Children In Need	18/11/2011	bbc.co.uk/pudsey/
St Andrew's Day	30/11/2011
World AIDS Day	01/12/2011	un.org/en/events/aidsday
Christmas Day Holiday	26/12/2011
Boxing Day Holiday	27/12/2011

Theme: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DOWNRIGHT UGLY.

Beneficiary: THE HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD and other local causes.

ENTRY FORMS available email: raftrace.chester@mail.com

http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.asp?ClubID=1077&PgID=186829

You are invited on October 30th to The Gold Dust Annual Halloween Ball 2010.

It’s Burlesque Queens gone wild!

It’s HUGE!

At 8pm we unlock the crypt at the 400 year-old Chester Guildhall, a stone gothic church, to herald in Halloween burlesque style, with our biggest and best line up ever!!!!

International burlesque firecrackers, Dirty Martini Miss Exotic World 2004 and Kitten De Ville Miss Exotic World 2002, fight woman to woman with UK heavy weights, Leyla Rose and Satan In High Heels herself Missy Malone…., as the bride of Frankenstein.

As well as that giant dragons, skeleton Parade and more in the Carnival of the Undead.

Rock out to the melancholy melodies of The Harmonettes, Live Spook
Show, Vintage Horror on super 8mm and Scooby Doo with boobs from Velma Bon Bon, unearthly gyrations from Myles Away and long lost relative ‘Uncle’ Rory Del Rivo has been dug up to host the satanic spectacle.

More, more you shriek, but of course we crown Miss and Miss Halloween in the Hex factor, with amazing prizes our own haunted studio, or horror for keepsake shots is open.

Meet the stars deadly dancing till two am and more, more, more.

Limited to 200 unlucky punters book now.

It’s going to be one hell of a night…..

Visit the facebook page for ticket information

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144936118871022&index=1

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Heritage Open Days:
A Weekend @
Stretton Watermill

Heritage Open Days 2010

A day out for the whole family.

Stretton Watermill joins in the national event, aiming to open the doors to free access to architectural and historic treasures.

Take a tour to find out the story of the watermill through the ages.

Admission is Free this weekend, as part of Heritage Open Days.

Time:
1.00pm – 5.00pm
Date:
Saturday 11th September 2010
Sunday 12th September 2010

Admission is FREE for this event.

Opening Hours:

April
Weekends only 1.00pm – 5.00pm

May to August
Tuesday to Sunday, Bank Holiday Mondays 1.00pm – 5.00pm

September
Weekends only 1.00pm – 5.00pm

For Admission Prices, please visit the Stretton Watermill Website.

Address:

Stretton Watermill

Mill Lane

Stretton

near Farndon

Cheshire

SY14 7JA

Tel: 01606 271640
This is The Cheshire Museums Service

Stretton Watermill is only 10 miles from the city of Chester

Annual All Breed Cat Show:

Chester & North Wales Cat Club

Annual All Breed Cat Show

Time Open To The Public:
12noon – 4.00pm
Date:
Saturday 14th August

Opening Hours:
Monday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Tuesday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Wednesday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Thursday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Friday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Saturday 6.30am – 10.30pm
Sunday 6.30am – 10.30pm

For admission prices please visit the website.

Address:

Northgate Arena

Northgate Arena Leisure Centre

Victoria Road

Chester

Cheshire

CH2 2AU

Tel: 01244 372 333

Northgate Arena on Directory of Chester
Northgate Arena Website

Walking Chester:
St Olav’s Day Walk
from Neston

Olosk: St Olav’s Day Walk

Meet at St Mary and St Helen’s Church, Neston
The Vicarage
High Street
Neston
Merseyside
CH64 9TZ

Tel: 0151 353 1000

This annual pilgrimage walk between two local sites of Viking heritage commemorates St Olav, patron saint of Norway.

The 13-mile walk will be accompanied by Stein Thue from Trondheim, where St Olav is buried.

Stein, who organises the famous St Olav pilgrimage in Norway, will explain the essentials of the pilgrimage along the way.

The walk will finish with a short ceremony outside St Olave’s Church in Chester.

St Olave’s Church
Lower Bridge Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 1AB

Please wear appropriate footwear and bring refreshments to last the distance.
Walkers are responsible for their own safety and come on the walk at their own risk.

Time:
9.30am
Date:
Saturday 31st July 2010

This is a FREE drop-in event.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Admission is FREE.

Address:

Grosvenor Museum

27 Grosvenor Street

Chester

cheshire

CH1 2DD

Tel: 01244 402033

Grosvenor Museum on Directory of Chester
Grosvenor Museum Website