What's on today (Saturday)
Entertainment for all the family
Tigers Two Day Nursery summer fete at Chequers Court in Station Road, Thatcham, from 10am until 2pm.
Raising money for Cancer Research, the Brain Tumour Charity and Head Way.
Tadley Town councillors’ advice surgery Warwick Lovegrove and Jo Slimin will be held between 10am and 12pm in Sainsbury’s café, in Mulfords Hill.
A Barn Dance will be held from 7.30pm in the Fieldgate Centre, Kingsclere.
West Berkshire Ramblers weekend walk from 10.30am. Park in the centre of Ramsbury and meet in the square for a leisurely, four-to-five-mile walk to Littlecote.
Mortimer Fun Day, from 10.30am until 5.30pm, at the Mortimer Fairground. Parking and entry is free.
Gill Hornby book signing at Waterstones, Parkway, Newbury, from 10.30am.
Kennet School summer fete, Stonmey Lane, Thatcham, from 12pm until 3pm. American-themed family fun day. Admission 50p.
Blues On The Meadow, from 12pm until 11pm. Clearly signposted between the A4 and the A340 at Aldermaston. Tickets £25 plus booking from www.bluesonthemeadow.com
Compton Village Fete, Recreation Ground, 12.30pm to 4.30pm. Car boot sale and family fun. Entry free but donations welcome.
St Thomas Church Fete, Woolton Hill, from 2pm.
The Cromwell Singersd present As Long As I Have Music, a fundraising concert at Midgham Park Farm, Midgham Park, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, including drinks and canapes, available in advance from Sue Evans (0118 971 3364) or Francine Gibbs (0118 971 2944). Proceeds to restore the Lady Chapel at Midgham Church.
ELO Experience at the Corn Exchange, Newbury, at 7.45pm. Tickets £20.
Independence Day tribue with Elvis In Trouble, at The Clere School, Burghclere. Doors open 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
Tickets £10 available from www.elvisintrouble.com or by telephoning 07776 206 918 or from Burghclere Sportsd and Social Club.
Hungerford Primary School fete, including arena events, from 12pm to 4.30pm.
THATCHAM schoolchildren will be rebelling against British rule on Saturday, writes Bridie Pearson-Jones.
Spurcroft Primary School will be parading their stars and stripes at their biggest fundraising event of the year, their American Independence Day-themed summer fete.
The event will take place between noon and 3pm at the Spurcroft Road school and in keeping with the star spangled theme the event will feature American-themed cake stalls, raffles and more.
2015 marks 239-years since the American war of independence, which is a national day of celebration with barbeques, firework displays, and parades in the US.
SUPERMAN, Spiderman and Thor are among the superheroes flying into Thatcham this weekend, writes Bridie Pearson-Jones.
Whitelands Park Primary School is holding its superhero-themed summer fete between noon and 2.30pm at the school in Sagecroft Road.
There will be a bouncy castle, a barbeque, and a football speed-shot game among the stalls run by children of the school.
The stalls will be based on Asgard, the land of the Norse gods, Superman’s Earth home of Smallville, and Batman’s Gotham City.
Musicians from the Kennet School Samba Band will also play and the main event of the day will be the fancy dress parade.
Entry is 50p per adult, and free for accompanying children. All money raised will go towards school projects.
BRING your Thatcham issues to the fore with councillors on Saturday.
The leader of Thatcham’s Liberal Democrat opposition Lee Dillon (Thatcham north) and recently elected councillor Anne Johnson (Con, Thatcham south and Crookham) will be in the Broadway Green between 10am and noon.
PEOPLE in Cold Ash are invited to celebrate their parish history this weekend.
The parish and St Mark's Church will be commemorating 150 years of village life with a parade of the decades on Saturday. Families will carry the celebration baton for each decade spanning the creation of the parish in 1865 – making it older than Germany, which unified in 1871 – to the present day.
And the moment will be captured for future generations when a village photograph will be taken at 2.30pm. This will be followed by villagers recording their hand prints for the Make your Mark for St Mark’s commemorative display.
People are invited to bring picnics and make the day into a true community event for families to look back on.
Joint organiser Rachel Quartley said that she wanted people to be a part of the village activities and of their community.
On Sunday, people can learn more about the history of Cold Ash on a heritage trail from 2pm until 4.30pm.
The walk starts at the Fisher Room at St Mark’s Church where maps and a children’s quiz will also be available.
COLD Ash Brass will perform on the playing fields at St Mark’s School, together with singers David Stephenson and Val MacFarlane, on Saturday, and in honour of the date the band will incorporate a selection of music marking American Independence Day.
People are invited to bring a picnic and chairs and to sit back and enjoy the music, with the recently-formed Cold Ash Community Band performing a warm-up set before the main event.
A bar will be provided courtesy of the Castle pub and parking will be available at the school.
Gates open at 6.15pm with the Community Band performing at 6.45pm, then the main concert at 7.30pm. Tickets are £7.50 on the gate.
