LEISURE, SPORT & KEEP FIT BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: ladies only, 1.30pm-3pm; aerobics, 6pm-7pm; yoga, 7.30pm-9pm.

DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 656033: junior swimming lessons, 5.30pm-7.30pm; weights room, 4.30pm-10.30pm; martial arts Shotokan, 6.30pm-8pm.

FARNWORTH Leisure Centre, Brackley Street, Farnworth, tel: 334477: morning refreshers swim, 7am-7.30am and 7.30am-8am; open session, 8am-12 noon; splash aerobics, 12 noon-1pm (SP) and 8.30pm-9.30pm; senior citizens, 12 noon-1pm; adults only, 7pm-8.30pm.

HARPER Green Leisure Centre, Harper Green Road, Farnworth, tel: 701946: junior roller hockey training, 5.30pm-7.15pm.

HAYWARD Leisure Centre, Lever Edge Lane, Hayward, tel: 656819: Fat Burner aerobics and relax, 7.30pm-9.30pm; karate, 6pm-7pm.

Horwich Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, Horwich, tel: 334488: main pool, 7am-7pm; body conditioning, 11am-12 noon; step class, 12 noon-1pm; small pool, 3pm-4pm; health and fitness night, 6pm-9.30pm; boxacise, 8pm-9pm; spinning, 6pm-8pm; aqua aerobics 7.30pm-8.30pm and 8.30pm-9.30pm; swim fit, 7pm-8pm; adults only, 8pm-9pm.

Kearsley Leisure Centre, Springfield Road, Kearsley, tel: 709250: weights room, 5pm-10pm.

Little Lever Leisure Centre, Church Street, Little Lever, tel: 708250: trampolining 5pm-6pm; squash courts available from 5.20pm-10pm, badminton courts; table tennis, 5.30pm-10.30pm; Bolton Metro Trampoline Club, 5.15pm-6.15pm beginners/intermediate.

Sharples Leisure Centre, Hillcot Road, Sharples, tel: 301444: junior swimming lessons, 5.30pm-8pm; trampolining, 5.30pm-6.30pm; body conditioning, 6.30pm-7.30pm; Wednesday Workout, 7.30pm-8.30pm; pool open session, 8pm-9.30pm; Hi-NRG workout, 8.15pm-9.15pm.

Turton Leisure Centre: junior swimming lessons, 5.30pm-6.30pm; junior soccer skills, 5.30pm-6.30pm; open swim session for all, 6.30pm-8pm; Go Ju Ryu - Japanese Karate, 7.30pm-8.30pm; aqua aerobics, 8pm-9pm.

WATER Place, Great Moor Street, tel: 334466: Lifestyles Gym, 7.30am-10pm; Lifestyles Gym (Young At Heart), 9.30am-12 noon; Water Aerobics (Young at Heart), 10.30am-11.30am; lunch break swim, 12 noon-2pm; after work swim, 4.30pm-7pm; water aerobics, 8.30pm-9.30pm; fitness swim, 9pm-10pm; leisure pools, 2pm-8.30pm.

Westhoughton Leisure Centre, Bolton Road, Westhoughton, tel: 01942 814030: junior swim lessons, 4pm-8pm; trampoline course, 6.15pm-7.15pm; large pool, 6pm-9pm.

WITHINS Leisure Centre, Newby Road, Breightmet, tel: 395980: ladies only weights, 6pm-7pm; mixed weights, 7pm-8pm; aerobics, 6.30pm-7.30pm.

HILTON Table Tennis Centre, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis,for all ages 1pm-3pm and 7pm-9pm..

GO Shin Jitsu, New house Farm Pavilion, Darcy Lever, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Seniors £1 and juniors 50p in aid of club funds. For further details tel: 418230 or 418956.

ST Chad's Church, Longworth Street, Tonge Fold: exercise class concentrating on toning up hips, thighs and tums, 6.30pm-7.30pm, £1.50. Tel: Ruth on 411142.

YOGA run by CES, Walmsley Parish Hall, 1pm-2.30pm and Turton High School, 7pm-8.30pm; Sharples School, 7pm-8.30pm.

BOLTON 6th Form, Lever Edge Lane: line dancing, 7pm-8pm; aerobics, 8.15pm-9pm.

BOLTON YMCA, 125 Deansgate: second hand book sale, 10am-5pm; aerobic class, 6.15pm; slot car racing, 7pm; Ju-Jitsu self defence, 7.15pm; Tae Kwon Do self defence, 7.30pm. CLUBS & GROUP MEETINGS FIBROMYALGIA Support Group, meeting, Globe Inn, Higher Bridge Street, 8pm. Tel: 861714.

BOLTON Support Group of the National Osteoporosis Society, a talk about Bolton Community Health Council by Jane Morrison, lounge of Jubilee House, Moor Lane, 7.30pm. Tel: 01942 815945 or 01942 790142.

FRIENDS Of Guiding, coffee evening, bring and buy and talk by N Hindley on the Reminiscences of the Co-op, Guide HQ, Shepherd Cross Street, 7.30pm. Admission 70p.

BOLTON Conservation Volunteers, management work at Clifton Moss and short visit to Eatock Lodge to plant some wild flowers, meet at Bolton Central Library, 10am. Tel: 361847 for further details.

CRAFT Class, Age Concern Headquarters, 10am-12 noon.

BOLTON Toy Library, Children's Centre, Devonshire Road, 10am-3pm.

LOWNDES Street Family Support Centre, Bolton: Taming Young Toddler Group, 10am-12 noon, tel: 843107; Parents Group, 1pm-3pm.

OVER 60s Group, 2pm. 50p per session. St. Luke's, Halliwell.

SEAN Chairde (Old Friends) Over 50s Club, hot meal, Irish music, entertainers, bingo etc, outings, advice, St Joseph's Hall, Hobart Street, Halliwell, 11am-3pm. Tel: Margaret on 794036.

MhIST (Mental Health Independent Support Team), first aid course, Deajon House, 30 Chorley New Road, 1pm-3pm.Tel: 527200.

SENIOR Residents' Friendship Club, 12.30pm-2.30pm, St. Matthew with St. Barnabas, Stowell Street.

Boothstown's Over 55s Club meet for an opportunity to meet people and arrange trips out, speakers, social events, slide shows, bingo, games, Boothstown's Community Centre, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Tel: Shirley Jones on 0161 799 9425 for further details.

BOLTON Art Circle Workshop, Highfield Hall Community Centre, Marsh Lane, Farnworth, 2pm (portraits & general).

BIRCH Avenue Senior Citizens Club hold a social afternoon with dancing, artists, tea and biscuits and to arrange parties and outings for the year, Carnegie Hall, Westhoughton Town Hall, 1.30pm-4pm. Annual membership is 50p plus 50p a week admission which includes a cup of tea. Tel: 01942 815553.

MOVEMENT To Music, Age Concern, Ashburner Street, Bolton, 2pm-3pm. Admission 75p including tea or coffee.

SOMERSET Road Church Women's Guild, devotational meetings with different speakers, 2pm.

TREASURES, games and activities for youngsters age 7 to 11, Westhoughton Pentecostal Church, Bolton Road, 6pm-7.15pm, admission 30p.

THE Rainbows for 5 to 7 year olds meet at St Paul's, Peel, 6pm-7.15pm. Tel: 0161 748 7508.

WESTHOUGHTON Area Junior Youth Centre for age 10-13, Central Drive: 7pm-9pm.

THE 3rd Worsley Cubs meet at St Paul's, Peel, 7pm-8.30pm. Tel: 0161 790 1228.

BOLTON Burns Club, literary evening, Social Centre for the Blind, 7.30pm.

Bradshaw Bridge Club, Duplicate Bridge, Clubhouse, Bradshaw Cricket Club, Bolton, 7.30pm. Admission for visitors is £1 per session plus table money of £1. Please come with a partner.

YOUTH Club, Salvation Army, King Street, Farnworth, 7pm.

WHITEFIELD 18+ for 18-35 year olds is meeting to arrange social events, quizzes, competitions, discos, holidays at The Ostrich Pub, Bury Old Road, Prestwich at 9pm. For further information tel: Paul on 0836 568046, Fiona on 0161 688 0964 or Jo on 0161 683 5863. OTHER EVENTS BOLTON Deaf Society, Bark Street: advice and information centre, 9am-1pm; British Sign Language Classes (stages 1), tel: Gillian Gregory on 521219.

COFFEE Morning, Little Lever United Reformed Church, Market Street, 9am-12 noon.

BOLTON Volunteer Bureau open to callers, tel: 380692.

WESTHOUGHTON Community Centre: Under 5's, 9.30am-11.30am and 1pm-3pm; flower arranging, 1pm-2.30pm.

HORWICH Resource Centre, Beaumont Road: playgroup, 9.15am-11.45am, tel: 668158; CES creative writing, 1pm-3pm; CES picture framing, 1pm-3pm; Heritage Centre open, 2.pm-4pm; dance school, 4pm-7pm; Tai Chi, 7pm-8pm, tel: 01942 832023; gentle keep fit, 8pm-9pm; Horwich prize medal morris men, 8pm-10pm, tel: Bob Bradley on 840949.

FARNWORTH Evangelical Baptist Church: Toddler Time, 9.30am; Children's Challenge/Youth Challenge (activities for children age 5 to 10 and 10 to 14 (during term time), 6.15pm-7.15pm; Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7.45pm.

DROP-IN Centre with food and clothing store and CAB service, St Luke's Church, Chorley Old Road, Bolton, 10am-3pm.

DROP-IN Centre, St. Luke's Halliwell, 10am-3pm.

'THE Well' Luncheon Club providing a hot lunch and sweet with a cup of tea, St George's Church, Daisy Avenue/Plodder Lane, Farnworth, 12 noon. Admission £1.40. Tel: Christine Faulkner, 437846.

ART and craft, Sutton Community Centre, Addington Road, off Wigan Road, 1pm-3pm. Tel: 64678 or 653054.

OVER 60s Club, Church Rooms, St Luke's Church, Chorley Old Road, 2pm. Tel: Judith Giles 843060.

DAY Centre for elderly people, Gibbon Street Community Centre, 2.15pm. For further details tel: 363094.

CAMPAIGNERS Children's Club, Bolton Pentecostal Church, Bury New Road, 6.30pm.

'THE Path of the Elders', the principles and practice of Theravada Buddhism - the original form of Buddhism - a course of talks and meditations, Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street, Bolton, 7.30pm. Tel: Pete Thorogood, 365711.

BINGO, Heaton Village Club, Waddington Road, 7.30pm.

PARISH Bingo, Our Lady and The Lancashire Martyrs, Hallstead Avenue, Little Hulton, 8pm.

ST Paul's Church, Peel: Rainbows and Brownies, 6pm-7.15pm. For further information tel: 0161 748 7508; playgroup, tel: 0161 703 7455.

THE Royal British Legion Womens Section, bingo, Ambulance Hall, Adlington, 8.15pm.

HARWOOD Library, Streetlife display by Bolton Documentary Photographers and painting exhibition by Lindsey Leeks.

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